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Can the G8 solve climate change?
in Sox First, on July 6, 2009
...ergy efficiency and forest protection, not carbon trading. Which will probably go down like a brick parachute with various governments committed to cap and trade. Just another sign that we are no clo...
Airline crisis strategy: screw customers and staff
in Sox First, on June 21, 2009
...tish Airways is demanding its staff work for a month without pay. That's gone down like a brick parachute with the union. As if that's not bad enough, the Miami Herald tells us that they ar...
In Search of a Cool Summer: Lake Baikal, Siberia
in Hidden Travel Gems, on June 12, 2009
...untains in the region provide a variety of difficulty levels for climbers.
© Oh mon héros ! [parachute doré]
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Fannie and Freddie fallout
in Sox First, on September 9, 2008
...9;s chief executive officer Daniel Mudd and Freddie Mac's Richard Syron are going to get golden parachutes worth millions of dollars, reports the Los Angeles Times . It's a situation that ha...
How not to be a CIO
in The CIO Weblog, on February 27, 2008
...ually you'll be shown the door when someone figures it out. You will probably get a nice golden parachute, though, and maybe that's what's really important, I don't know....
Book Review: A Life at Work by Thomas Moore
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 26, 2008
...k to a publisher, I'd call it a cross between The Road Less Traveled and What Color Is Your Parachute? , although leaning more toward the Road than the Parachute .
In guiding you down a p...
O'Neal's $160 million parachute: Merrill Lynch's reward for failure
in Sox First, on October 31, 2007
Merrill Lynch has shown the world that it's possible to get rich from failure, at least on Wall Street, with its announcement yesterday that after a loss of $2.2 billion last quarter following an $8.4 billion write-down, its former CEO Stanley O'Neal is walking away with more than $160 ...
This Week in Outdoor History: First Parachute Jump & Animal in Space
in The Aviation Weblog, on October 30, 2007
...outh Pole and the first animal in space.
October 22, 1797: Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a balloon.
French aeronaut, the first person to use a parachute regularly and s...
This Week in Outdoor History: First Parachute Jump
in The Outdoor Weblog, on October 25, 2007
...victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.
October 22, 1797: Andre-Jacques Garnerin made the first parachute jump from a balloon.
October 24, 1901: Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to survi...
Spinal Body Armour For Extreme Sports Fanatics
in The Gadgets Weblog, on October 24, 2007
...If you're into throwing yourself off buildings with a parachute on, snowboarding in extreme climes, or just good old fashioned no-holds-barred street hockey, you might want to consider the very re...
Virgin America Offers Low Airfares From Frisco To Vegas
in Play Las Vegas, on October 24, 2007
...are, Virgin owner and sometimes daredevil , Sir Richard Branson , who undertook a near fatal parachute jump off The Palms Hotel and Casino, officially launched the new routes.
In typical Las ...
How it Feels to Survive Parachute Failure
in The Outdoor Weblog, on September 5, 2007
...about what its like to win the Tour de France? Or to freedive? How about what its like to survive a parachute failure.
In an excellent series for Esquire , travel writer Frank Bures, profiles Mike H...
Nardelli Will Work For $1 A Year
in carzz.org, on August 6, 2007
...ies have all the luck in sourcing cheap labor.
Taking plenty of heat for his $210 million golden parachute from Home Depot , Robert Nardelli has been hired by Cerberus to perform the stressful func...
The bear turns global
in Sox First, on August 1, 2007
...ot for the faint hearted. It would be like jumping from a plane with leonardo da vinci 's parachute. In the US, the problem extends well beyond housing. Railroads, chemical producers and i...
Henk: Ein Koffer à la James Bond
in Worldwide Luxus, on July 26, 2007
...ariously from red Italian burl, black Madagascar ebony, horse hair, magnesium, aluminum, titanium, parachute fabric and the finest leathers. At the heart of the invention and the key to its phenomenal...
Collecting Automobilia Made Easier With Online Auction
in Classical Drives, on June 6, 2007
...cial event poster . The green-tone background features a photo of a salt -flats race car with parachute deployed and timing tower in background. Sized 22" x 14" and in A-1 condition, i...
The Return of the Breadcrumbs...
in The Search Engine Weblog, on April 11, 2007
...of the site.
* Breadcrumbs afford one-click access to higher site levels and thus rescue users who parachute into very specific but inappropriate destinations through search or deep links.
* Breadcr...
Ford's Top Brass Awarded Millions While Rest Of Company Suffers
in carzz.org, on April 6, 2007
...y should quit his job, or if the Blue Oval goes bust, he'd drift away with an additional golden parachute package of $27.5 million.
We should also note that one of Mr. Mulally's key moves to ...
What Color is Your Parachute?
in Bizinformer, on January 2, 2007
... with information that takes very little brain power.
Do you remember the book What Color is Your Parachute? A fantastic guide to discovering the perfect career path based on your success factors. ...
Skydivers Want to Swoop into Small Town
in The Aviation Weblog, on November 27, 2006
...r in Idaho as well as a static line instructor, safety and training adviser and has a United States Parachute Association PRO Exhibition rating. He has more than 7,300 jumps since his first one in 199...
When Extreme Skiing is Not Extreme Enough
in The Outdoor Weblog, on November 23, 2006
... Is your ski scene a little too civilized? You could always strap on your skis and your parachute and jump from an airplane onto a jagged mountain top.
eBaum's World has a first-person...
Lidle Crash: What Went Wrong?
in The Aviation Weblog, on October 12, 2006
...tions about the type of airplane he was flying. They're asking why, since the Cirrus SR20 has a parachute designed to lower the entire plane safely, wasn't the chute deployed when Lidle realiz...
Cablevision Systems: We pay dead people
in Sox First, on September 25, 2006
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The web is buzzing over what can be described as the ultimate golden parachute. Yes, the stock option backdating scandal has reached new depths with revelations that cable TV operator Cabl...
Stunt Pilot Will Not Face Charges in Malta Crash
in The Aviation Weblog, on September 17, 2006
... his plane plunged into the water. The second pilot, Eddy Goggins of Ireland, was able to eject and parachute to safety.
The rest of the event was canceled after the accident.
An involutary homici...
Air Force Reserve Jet Car - Just Plane Insane
in The Aviation Weblog, on September 3, 2006
...les 40 gallons of diesel fuel before the 2,300-pound car is dragged to a stop by a ring slot parachute -- AirForce Reserve
If you're feeling fast or just want to see the the Jet Car in ...
Robert Varkonyi wins Extreme Poker Challenge
in Internet Poker, on March 31, 2006
...lace in an airplane over the Las Vegas desert in which losers in the tournament will have to parachute to the ground. Details for qualifying for this event can be found at Inter Poker ....
Exchanging Large Files With Your Team
in Java Entrepreneur, on March 28, 2006
I've been meaning to cover Dropload for a long time now but only today was reminded of it. Today I was asked if I had an FTP server on my site so a team member could send me an 80 MB file. The though of setting up an FTP server and the security implications of that made me cringe. I then t...
Ernst&Young's brain-fade: The case of the missing laptop
in Sox First, on March 28, 2006
...hem that the information was password protected. Yeah right! That would have gone down like a brick parachute. Any thief who knows what they are doing would take a few minutes to crack that one. What...
The Risks of Outdoor Sports
in The Outdoor Weblog, on January 22, 2006
...mper in one of the Banff Mountain Film Festival entries found himself. After a malfunction with his parachute, this man was smashed and broken horribly and left on a ledge a thousand feet from anybody...
100个精彩的Google Maps景点（点击即看）
in GSeeker, on January 11, 2006
Google Maps令我们大开眼界，甚至有点坐在电脑前也能环游世界的感觉。我平时也很喜欢在Google Maps上面瞎逛，满足一下眼睛的欲望。昨天发现可以将Google Maps直接插入blog里（大家可看首页的最左下的演示），一开始大为惊喜，后来慢慢发现Google Maps在国内的版本和国外不一样，只有放弃。不过，刚刚在 i-hacked 里找到了近100个有趣的Google Maps国外景点（卫星图），和大家分享一下
Attorney-client privilege: tough calls ahead
in Sox First, on December 12, 2005
... to stand up and you've got to rat on your friends." That must have gone down like a brick parachute! Sarbanes-Oxley is also playing a role in the increased litigation. A recent report com...
The Golden Parachute problem
in Sox First, on November 20, 2005
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The backlash against those appalling golden parachute payments for executives is gathering momentum. The DealLawyers blog alerts us to those moves in Congress forcing companies to ask their o...
Bidding for Ballack
in The Soccer Weblog, on November 17, 2005
...o is reportedly in line for a £5 million testimonial match at the end of the season as a golden parachute. However, Deportivo's Aldo Duscher , the man the broke Beckham's foot before the 20...
CIRRUS SR22-G2
in The Aviation Weblog, on June 22, 2005
...ine that lets you climb like a bat out of hades, the joystick controls, or the fact the thing has a parachute built right in! Whatever it is, I WANT ONE!! Of course the nearly $200,000 price tag will ...