Folksy Gibberish from Palin

I thought Edward Winkleman's account of this moment in the VP debate was spot on: he provides a transcript showing the actual content - or lack of content- in the answer to the question about the role of the Vice...

The Audacity Of Liberal Defeatist Attitudes :: MAXINE

" By March or April 2008, the 6000 gold, silver and bronze medals for Beijing 2008 were ready. China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation in Shanghai, China, was the maker of the medals. /// The raw materials...

Working from Home – Some Options and Opportunities

Some good advice for people considering working from home."When a person is learning to live with a new disability, getting to and from their employer’s workplace on a daily basis can be a real hardship. The...

DHS Announces New Aviation Security and Traveler Screening Enhancements

"BALTIMORE– The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced today improvements aimed at strengthening aviation security while decreasing the hassle factor for travelers. Among the key improvements,...

40 Million Electric Bikes Spark Environmental Dilemma in China

You’ll be free from Road Tax and MOT tests, Driving License, a driving test and costly lessons, Congestion Charge, parking restrictions, petrol bills and the sweat of conventional cycling. But is it...

Should Business Process trample Customer Service?

Are there moments when business processes trample good customer service?  Are processes in that case a way to rationalize shortcomings in the way a business is run?  If it takes 15 steps to solve a minor issue, isn't it time to rethink the way you operate.

From Brunch to Lunch...Life then Work (South Koreans discover leisure)

Having thought of South Koreans as working even longer hours than us in the US, I was surprised to find out that since 2004 the government of South Korea has encouraged people to cut down their working week to 5 days.  Su Hyun Lee tells us about these changes and the...

Six Tips for Not Becoming An Old Fart

"Here are six tips I follow that will, I hope, set me up to be strong and healthy in my old age: 1. Exercise regularly. There are different theories to explain why aerobic exercise promotes brain regeneration and...

This Columbus Day...Serge the Explorer on Being Flexible...Monday Work Etiquette

As Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas by accident, I picked up nuggets of wisdom from others over the week-end for this Monday Work Etiquette # 7. Let me start with Marc Andreessen 's Guide to Career Planning: Part 1: Opportunity. His first rule is: Do not Plan...

Hungary welcomes US visa change

"Hungary hails the new U.S. law, including the option of extending the Visa Waiver Programme to Hungarians, as a major step forward, Hungarian Foreign Affairs Spokesman Gyorgy Odze told MTI. Odze commented the bill U.S. President George W Bush signed into law, which,...

Yoga Yogavati NOW in Raleigh, NC

***UPDATE***Yogavati is announcing that private sessions are now available.For more information please contact Yogavati at yogavati@gmail.com  WHAT IS YOGAVATIwww.yogavati.com The Sanskrit word yogavati...

Movies on Demand... At the Cinema

The concept discussed in the article below is fairly similar to seat-back entertainment systems on  airplanes, where the user can choose from a series of preloaded digital films. So far, though, traditional cinemas have not taken advantage of the flexibility of digital...

Town all set to go loco!

"Work to turn Darlington's historic Railway Centre & Museum into a world-class visitor attraction is expected to get underway after Easter. Funding for the £1.7 million refurbishment of the Grade II listed Victorian station - home of the world's first passenger railway,...

Telecommuting or Running Business from home...How to Manage the Kids asks Mik...

Back to this work-life balance issue especially when work takes place at home. How can we better deal with it?

Bigfoot: 'The Patterson Footage' and Jeffrey Meldrum (Videos)

Bigfoot - The original Patterson-Gimlin footage can be seen here Jeffrey Meldrum (homepage) is a tenured professor of anatomy at Idaho State University and has recently been in the news (see "Professor's Bigfoot...

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