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Employee Compensation Case Law
in China Venture News, on June 29, 2009
... China Law Blog had a case study (of sorts) this past week on employee compensation. The article looked at an employee claim for pregnancy leave that was filed after they'd been laid off.
The ...
Classic Bentley Tour Arrives on My Doorstep
in Classical Drives, on June 29, 2009
...and owners the tour was a challenge, which explains why some arrived with dirt and dust while a few looked as though they'd just had a visit with the detailers. Of the thirty-four classic Bentleys...
MySpace: a Comeback?
in The Social Networking Weblog, on June 22, 2009
... CNN recently looked at the future of MySpace, the once-hot social network that has lost a lot of ground to Facebook and Twitter and now seems to be in decline... In the brief history of Web site...
Have a Ball - in Dublin...
in Wandalust, on June 21, 2009
... MSNBC recently looked at the city of Dublin and said that despite the hard economic times, visitors to the Irish capital can still have a ball there. While Ireland's famed "Celtic Tiger&quo...
Unemployment: are the numbers lying?
in Sox First, on June 14, 2009
...fficial rate doesn't include "marginally-attached workers". These are people who have looked for work in the past year but stopped searching in the past month because of barriers to empl...
Hispanic? Latino? A Choice of Words...
in Latina Viva, on June 11, 2009
...otomayor refers to herself as Latina. Many people have strong preferences one way or the other.
I looked at a few web definitions for the two terms. One difference is that Hispanic seems to cover ...
The Man Who Might Have Saved General Motors
in carzz.org, on June 10, 2009
...d that Lutz' physical appearance aided his visual image, for he was handsome, white-haired, and looked every bit the retired jet pilot. Lutz has also been known to admit mistakes, for example, ref...
Aneesh Chopra, Chief Technology Officier
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 7, 2009
...scinating article a few days ago on Aneesh Chopra's appointment as Chief Technology Officer. It looked at a simple question that has probably occurred to many of you: What exactly does a Chief T...
Crowdsourcing
in Web 2.0, on June 7, 2009
... far animal.
The Social Path had a more thoughtful and less emotive article on the subject. The looked at examples of significant things accomplished iat least in part by corwdsourcing. For example...
Xbox Project Natal Makes You Get Up and Move
in The Gadgets Weblog, on June 2, 2009
...s, you will look like a dork; yes the people who demonstrated it during Mircrosoft's E3 Keynote looked like a dork; yes it looks like fun. The idea is that all physical actions will translate dire...
So You're Still Single
in The Dating Weblog, on May 31, 2009
...My friend Cherie Burbach over at Suite101 had a piece recently that looked at reasons why you might still be single , and how to address those reasons. They all have to do with attitude... If you'...
June’s Deluxe Clothing Item
in WebKinzBlog, on May 27, 2009
...ran into a bunch of kids heading to the prom at a this great Japanese steakhouse. The teenagers all looked so lovely, dressed up in their dresses and suits. Hayley and her friends had just come from m...
Three Search Engines You May Not Know About
in The Search Engine Weblog, on May 26, 2009
...arch engines they were betting we didn't know about.
Wolfram was one of the three. We've looked at it ourselves recently. But the other two were search engines I hadn't spent much time ...
No More Hydrogen Cars?
in IfEnergy, on May 22, 2009
...ombustion engine become a thing of the past. But if we have to burn something , hydrogen certainly looked like the best long term option.
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MBAs and Entrepreneurs
in BootStrapMe, on May 21, 2009
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BusinessWeek recently published an article that looked at our infatuation as a nation with the MBA and suggested that perhaps we should be more concerned with the talent of entrepreneurship tha...
President at the Pump
in carzz.org, on May 20, 2009
...electric three-wheeler , the urban car of the immediate future.
Seeking an authoritative source, I looked to Kenneth Medlock , a fellow in energy and resources economics with Rice University's B...
New Search Tool Aims at Answering Tough Queries, but Not at Taking on Google
in Wangtam, on May 12, 2009
...moval of two Holocaust denial groups. Is it enough?
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Smart Software becomes SCM best practice company for the third year
in Supplychainer, on May 11, 2009
...ot;Supply & Demand Chain Executive 100" in its June/July 2007 issue. The judging committee looked for solutions that "assist in the transformation of a diverse mix of the functions that ...
The Balance of Life
in BootStrapMe, on May 10, 2009
...rest of life.
You do have a life , don't you? You should.
Inc. had a piece recently that looked at the balance between work and marriage. The story, by Meg Cadoux Hirshberg, is written from...
Miles Per Acre: Is Electricity Better than Ethanol?
in IfEnergy, on May 10, 2009
... Science Daily recently looked at the question: How can we maximize our "miles per acre" from biomass? While it is possible to turn biomass into ethanol to burn in internal combustion eng...
Failure Whets the Appetite for Success
in TJ's Weblog, on May 5, 2009
...esting ideas to share recently about everybody's favorite topic: failure. More specifically, he looked at how failure impacted the entrepreneurial spirit. Give me the experienced entrepreneur whos...
Costa Rica!
in Latina Viva, on April 26, 2009
... Costa Rica is among the most over looked tourist destinations in Latin America.
Costa Rica's 800 miles of coast lines offers beautiful beaches on both the Caribbean and the Pacific. You can of...
Business Plans a Waste of Time? Maybe...
in Biz Plan Hacks, on April 26, 2009
...mount of VC funding raised. Ouch!
To be fair, we should say a couple of things. First, the study looked at business plan quality and compared it to funding received for dot-com businesses. Do the...
Linux Users Recall Their First Time
in HackITLinux, on April 24, 2009
...s ago I tried Ubuntu, it worked so great that I switched my entire family over to it, and have not looked back."
"My first real Linux install was Mandrake around the turn of the century (2...
Decoding Tiny URLs
in Web 2.0, on April 6, 2009
...It was bound to happen. Everyone has looked at a shrunken URL address shortened by some service like TinyURL and wondered where they'll really end up if they click on it. Now you can tell...
L...
Are Visa Rules a Form of Protectionism? India Thinks So...
in Global Mobility Report, on March 22, 2009
... BusinessWeek looked recently at the growing anger in India over new rules for H-1B visas for companies taking stimulus money. It's protectionism, say Indian critics, that Congress has banned com...
Global recession: no co-ordination, no end.
in Sox First, on March 20, 2009
...ompare the EU to the US. We have very sound security networks where people who lose their jobs are looked after. The US has enormous debts." The haggling over where the money should be spent is ...
Dell 终于公布 Adamo 超薄本本
in Wangtam, on March 18, 2009
传言 是真的，Dell 今天终于公布了传说中的 Adamo 超薄本本。这是一个直指 Macbook Air 的针对性产品，同样为 13 英寸，标配售价 1999 美元，将于本周六开始出货。配置方面包括了 Intel Core 2 Duo U9300 的处理器，主频为 1.2GHz，2GB 内存和 64GB 的固态硬盘。13.4 的显示屏为 16:9，一般使用分辨率为 1366 x 768。以下是官方新闻稿和一些产品相片：
Young Women Drinking Heavily, Not Impressing The Men
in Well Woman Blog, on March 13, 2009
...given event. The women overestimated by an average of one-and-a-half drinks.
When the researchers looked at the different subgroups, 26 percent of women said that men would most likely want to be fr...
Will RFID snowboard see the light of the day?
in The RFID Weblog, on March 13, 2009
... has promised to me that by next winter I would definitely hone my snowboarding skills and I simply looked at him in amazement as I feel that in this lifetime I may not be able to even become an amate...
Do You Have An Action Plan for Getting Out of Debt Yet?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on March 12, 2009
...the bank is a worthwhile goal. So what is your plan?
1. Have you set up a budget yet?
2. Have you looked to see what extra money you can put toward paying those bills?
3. Have you analyzed where all...
Caffeine Offers Skin Cancer Protection
in The Biotech Weblog, on February 27, 2009
...ism by which caffeine may confer protection against skin cancer .
For the study, Nghiem's team looked at caffeine's effect on human skin cells in a laboratory that had been exposed to ultravi...
Vitamin D, Protection For Cold and Flu
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 25, 2009
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For many decades we have looked at Vitamin C as our protection for cold and flu. A new study is saying that it may be Vitamin D that do could that...
GM Fires Robot, Saves TV Commercial
in Classical Drives, on February 17, 2009
...I was charged with rationalising the downsized cars in print and TV. Including an Olds Cutlass that looked like a hatchback but had no hatch. Inspired by mythical King Arthur tales I placed the Cu...
Madoff and the conspiracy of silence
in Sox First, on February 16, 2009
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We have talked many times about the way the Securities and Exchange Commission had looked the other way and allowed Bernard Madoff to get away with his fraud. Now, the New York Post reports tha...
How the Recession is Shaping Up
in Biz Plan Hacks, on February 12, 2009
... A few days ago I looked at job losses in this recession and talked about the difficult task of predicting sales. I used a chart from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that showed real job losses in the...
Celebrity Accounts and Twitter's Credibility
in The Social Networking Weblog, on February 10, 2009
... comes around, you reap what you sow). But I don't do much meditation and I've never really looked into the Tibetan Book of the Dead. I think the Dalai Lama is a great advocate for human right...
Stimulus Hype: A Populist Plan? (Part II)
in Bizinformer, on February 9, 2009
...ielberg over at BusinessWeek . It left me uncertain as to whether I knew what a populist was, so I looked it up... Populist \pä-pyə-list\ - A political philosophy supporting the rights and power of t...
Color Story Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on February 9, 2009
...re cool, warm, and hot looks. Every time I offered a new design in several color combinations, each looked so different that I had a hard time deciding which my favorite was.
I began to give these c...
Can You Get Links Out of Just Helping People? Probably...
in The Search Engine Weblog, on February 4, 2009
...with: These days, we have to actually create content worth linking to! Oh my, what a concept... She looked at what she calls bartering for links in some detail over at Search Engine People earlier...
Facebook Becomes (Even More) Business Friendly
in TJ's Weblog, on January 31, 2009
...ce, consultant side of my life, the "My Money" app is something I like. But I haven't looked at all 30 of the applications yet.
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Global warming a last priority
in Sox First, on January 24, 2009
...include insurance, real estate, tourism, farming, food and beverages, utilities and construction. I looked at this issue two nearly years ago in this blog entry . Clearly, if the climate crisis is n...
Are You Paying Too Much for Insurance?
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on January 20, 2009
...insurance. Think of the policies you have: home owner, life, auto. How long has it been since you looked at your rates and shopped around a little. Do you still need as much life insurance today a...
FAS 157: Is it Killing Investment?
in Bizinformer, on January 19, 2009
... action. Now, I get to do busy work and come up with falsely precise numbers. A couple of sources I looked at actually blamed FAS 157 for the size of recent bank losses. They said that FAS 157 made ...
Floppy Disk is Actually Stealth CD-R
in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 15, 2009
...d out a floppy disk. My son picked it up and asked me what it was, and so I explained it to him. He looked at me, looked at the disk, and then peered at the iMac sitting on my desk and asked me where ...
Maths and the meltdown
in Sox First, on January 14, 2009
...erspectives, Wurgler and co-author Malcolm Baker, a financial economist at Harvard Business School, looked for signatures of investor sentiment-irrational optimism or pessimism-in stock-market data si...
2go Classmate PC is First Netbook to Tempt Me
in The Gadgets Weblog, on January 13, 2009
...right. I use a wacom Tablet attached to my Macbook for doing lectures and presentations. I have looked into official tablet solutions by HP and Dell, but they are both two pricey, andthey are over...
Northeastern Supply selects TCLogic for optimizing the inventory
in Supplychainer, on January 4, 2009
...ors in the country for their industry.
When Northeastern began searching for a software tool, they looked for a company that would help realign their inventory throughout their network while helping ...
More bailouts on the way
in Sox First, on January 3, 2009
...ty Office slammed the way the bailouts had been handled, and raised questions about transparency. I looked at that issue here . It's going to get a lot worse.
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Looking in the Mirror and Seeing Your Ethics Smiling Back at You
in Biz Plan Hacks, on December 29, 2008
...ith this in mind, I supposed, BusinessWeek had a piece last week on ethical self-assessment. They looked at Peter Druker's Ethics of Prudence and declared it "timely" in light of recen...
Protecting Your Online Privacy
in The Search Engine Weblog, on December 26, 2008
...le, Yahoo, MSN or AOL searches with your right eye. And the company is saving a history of what you looked for.
It's tempting to think of it as Big Brother being there with you. It's more lik...
Madoff fallout continues to spread
in Sox First, on December 22, 2008
...u can't have a fraud of that size without some assistance. Which is why accounting firms which looked after the feeder funds that pumped billions into Madoff's Ponzi schemes are in the gun. A...
Spinsters in the Workplace
in The Dating Weblog, on December 12, 2008
... "had no life." This started a huge discussion on single women in careers and if they are looked at differently than men.
I mean, seriously, do you ever hear a guy something that could equ...
Fixing broken boards
in Sox First, on December 8, 2008
... is to provide oversight and guidance for managers. Instead, the directors became cheer leaders and looked the other way. Clearly, we are in need of some radical solutions. I recently interviewed KPM...
Anne Sportun Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on December 1, 2008
... as an archaeologist. Driven by her belief in a universal language of shapes and symbols, she often looked to nature for inspiration. As a jewelry artist , Anne Sportun has found perfection in organi...
Weight, Older Women and Breast Cancer Risk
in Straightfromthedoc, on November 26, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Boris Yankov
According to a new study that looked at more then 287,000 women and their mammogram habits, being overweight increases the risk of breast cancer in ol...
T-Bird #1 Goes on the Block in Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction
in Classical Drives, on November 26, 2008
... Thunderbird shortly after it reached the showrooms, thinking it was a sports car because, well, it looked like a sports car: low, wide, a compact 2-seater with a V-8 up front... how could it be anyth...
Oral Administration of Garlic Compounds May Treat Diabetes
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 25, 2008
...ation of these compounds works just as well , particularly in type-1 diabetic mice.
The new study looked primarily at how the allixin complex works. By examining the effects of the complex on genes ...
Accounting growth soars, despite recession
in Sox First, on November 24, 2008
... I always talk about how accountants are recession-proof. The last blog entry I did on it looked at how they are enjoying above-average salary increases, despite the downturn. Now a new survey, r...
Getting Started with Twitter
in The Social Networking Weblog, on November 16, 2008
...tars were eating it up, but so were school administrators, business people, and teenaged kids. So I looked at it...
It looked pretty dead to me. And I was clueless (at least at first) as to how to ge...
By 2012 We Can Expect One BILLION People to Live in Virtual World
in Web 2.0, on November 15, 2008
...ual world by 2012. And the report developed some criteria for comparing virtual worlds.
The report looked at how virtual worlds generate revenue. It also developed some criteria for comparing virtual...
Is What's New in Car Design Better Than What's Old?
in Classical Drives, on November 7, 2008
... Too many times over the last dozen years I've looked at new cars and thought they were less attractive than the the previous year's model. It seems I'm not alone, for The Winding Road o...
Windows 7 vs. Linux
in HackITLinux, on November 6, 2008
...e netbook maker [ MSI ]... The reason? People find Linux too hard to use."
And today, Gralla looked at why Microsoft is pushing so hard . "Microsoft isn't just worried about ceding 30...
UMassOnline Receives Award for Autism Program
in The Online Universities Weblog, on October 31, 2008
...FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION issued their ADDME autism prevalence report. The report, which looked at a sample of 8 year olds in 2000 and 2002, concluded that the prevalence of autism had rise...
New Web Site Launched as RM Posts Spectacular Results at London Sale
in Classical Drives, on October 31, 2008
...what that means in dollars because these days the rates are changing by the second but when I last looked a conversion site quoted $4,141,860. One of the world's fastest road cars, with just one o...
Food Allergies and Weaning Babies to Solid Foods
in Allergies, on October 20, 2008
...d allergies, as well), make her high risk.
For many parents, this is an exciting milestone that is looked forward to (well, maybe except by the baby, who doesn't know what's coming). For us, ...
Poverty and Education: the Circular Problem...
in The Universities Weblog, on October 15, 2008
...y rhetorical. It's not rhetorical. And there are obvious answers - obvious to anyone who's looked poverty in America in the face...
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England's youngsters edge out Wales
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 14, 2008
...ugh to see Stuart Pearce's young men looking forward to spending next Summer in Sweden.
It all looked easy enough when Tom Huddlestone put England ahead but Wales replied with a great strike from...
Forecasts of the economic disaster
in Sox First, on October 13, 2008
...weaknesses were concealed by the Federal Reserve, which pumped in liquidity, and by regulators that looked away as loans were handed out well beyond borrowers' ability to repay them. Meanwhile, ba...
Crouch praises Redknapp
in The Soccer Weblog, on October 8, 2008
... obvious that he rated me otherwise I wouldn't have been in those squads. When I was left out I looked to myself - 'What am I doing wrong?' - and just tried to work hard. I always felt, gi...
