Creating Valuable Artefacts
Artefacts - things left behind by ancient civilisations. Tangible items that remain, things that you can see and hold. “Create valuable artefacts.” I’m not sure where the phrase originated, but it is one that has stuck with me for many years. It might have come from a conversation with a developmer, in talking about coding methodologies, [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 17:41:04
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How to beat your #1 wealth-building challenge today …
If my new personal blog is proving anything, it’s that this is indeed a GLOBAL crisis, and folks from all over the globe are on my blog weighing in on yesterday’s “Question of the Day!” So far, we’ve heard from A. Wilkinson, John and others in England … John in Ireland … Johannes and Christiane in Germany … Arthur and Harry in Australia … [more...]
Date: 2009-02-12 19:50:21
Grandma, Jimmy and Wonderful Spring Breakers
Jump to CommentsThis morning I walked along the promenade after hosting my port adventure talk to find a group of three or four teenagers huddled ... ..If they like a TV program, they go online and download the whole series. If they want to go to the movies ... me he recently downloaded a program called Spotify, which gives you pretty much all the music [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 02:18:26
Why you want to have crackers in your security team
A couple of thoughts on today’s news that Jason Calacanis employed John Schiefer, at Mahalo ( ... of their lives. This is true for other areas in technology: If you’re building an online music store ... for Microsoft, it would be a good idea to regularly use Apple and *nix operating systems to understand what’ [more...]
Date: 2009-03-06 01:15:24
Some links and a reminder for courtesy
Ok, my shift as the Reader Representative mercifully came to an end on Friday. Hopefully, I can post a little bit more. But it's tough to do much since I'm not in Arizona yet, and hopefully that will change in a week or two, and Larry and I can double up on the coverage. But something that needs to be cleared up now for further reference [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 08:49:03
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/4/2009
The overwhelming evidence of global warming continues to accumulate — as does the level of ice and snow in Greenland’s central ice cap, which increases at a rate of about two inches a year.Shhh! Don’t tell Al Gore…Thanks to Abu Elvis, Barry Rubin, C. Cantoni, heroyalwhyness, JD, Lexington, LN, RRW, VH, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 04:27:00
"An Offered Kindness"
Last Friday, regular readers of CT's Liveblog know I posted about Rick Warren's offer of assistance to Anglicans who are about to lose their church ... , we offer them space, out of gratitude, to the churches that helped us before we got our own building ... other congregations as competition, but as team members in the Great Commission. Helping other [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 17:42:56
Generation Generosity
together from the ground up with the goal of raising money for clean water - putting the charity and its' mission before anything else. (Well, maybe another motivation was the desire to meet up with other Twitter users and have a good time. Fundraising events should be fun!) And while there are commercial or business event sponsors [more...]
Date: 2009-02-07 00:15:53
Cables, dispatches and memoranda
A brief world news roundup for 9 March 2009. United States & the Americas Secretary Clinton - Bob, we are in the final stages of our policy review on Afghanistan and Pakistan and I don’t want to preview that or try to summarize where we are in the process until we are ready to unveil it. But Iran borders Afghanistan [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 05:17:43
Are You Creating Micromanagement Zombies?
Do you manage other programmers, in any capacity? Then take Kathy Sierra's quiz: Do you pride yourself on being "on top of" ... ? Do you believe that you could perform most of the tasks of your direct reports, and potentially ... it. Micromanaging the people you work with is arguably the exact opposite of what a competent team leader [more...]
Date: 2009-01-05 07:59:59
For Love, Not Money (or Leaving the Mozilla Paycheck)
Over the last three-and-a-half years, I've had a dream consulting gig as a Mozilla Foundation staff member. Mozilla marked a major change for me ... and working on ideas for building a broad social movement around the Mozilla values. I'm passionate ... . While I've worked on various electronic frontier, free software and open source projects over [more...]
Date: 2009-03-07 03:12:15
Uncase Study: How AFLAC Should Assemble A Social Media Team To Build For Long-term Success
Note About “Uncase Studies”: Traditionally case studies are used to describe how a company or organization solved a problem ... what companies or organizations could be doing to improve their marketing and community building efforts using ... for here at Aflac Corporate headquarters. We don’t have the specifics yet, but we are looking [more...]
Date: 2009-02-25 19:35:33
Job Posting - HRG
Career Opportunities If you have both a genuine love for seniors and skills that you want to apply to a very rewarding career, ... leadership experience in Human Resources or related positions Specialized training in employment law ... , training, and preventive labor relations, preferred General knowledge of employment laws and practices [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 22:17:50
Job Posting - HRG
Career Opportunities If you have both a genuine love for seniors and skills that you want to apply to a very rewarding career, ... leadership experience in Human Resources or related positions Specialized training in employment law ... , training, and preventive labor relations, preferred General knowledge of employment laws and practices [more...]
Date: 2009-03-10 23:18:59
Totally Random
Although it seemed as if he’d never stay retired long enough to make it possible, ... to play baseball.” When searching for a seat on the Padres team bus and being told by Steve Finley, “ ... the “Entire State Building.” And when a reporter asked Henderson if Ken Caminiti’s estimate that 50 [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 02:45:10
Small Business to Get Short Shrift from Obama Administration
Entrepreneurs will face a slew of new taxes, a stifling regulatory environment, and politicians who bail out the well-connected. January 24, 2009 - by Tristan YatesAs the Ford Motor Company prepares to cash its first multi-billion dollar corporate welfare check and hand part of it over to the union, it’s easy to forget [more...]
Date: 2009-01-24 08:00:02
->>Application and Helpdesk Supervisor in PT Petrosea Tbk
PT Petrosea Tbk has been designing, building and mining in all corners of Indonesia since 1972 and today is recognized as one of Indonesia's leading ... , Computer Hardware, etc). 6.Knowledgeable in problem solving and troubleshooting related to IT issues ... . 8.Customer focus and a good team player. 9.Have Microsoft Certified Professional (is an advantage [more...]
Date: 2009-02-24 12:15:00
FRITZWIRE: What's Going On In DC This Week
You can get the FritzWire weekly here, or sign up and get it every day from Fritz directly. It's free, it's chock full of all sorts of education stuff -- legislation, events, jobs. Today's edition includes new stim guidance. Scroll all the way to the bottom and you'll see there are even restaurant recommendations and online [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 14:23:27
Charles Carrard on wine distribution in China: Shifts, prospects, the “dumping ground” mindset, and more
Posted by admin at March 4th, 2009 By Jim Boyce-Charles Carrard is the director of north China for French Wine Paradox, ... years down the line, and of building a strong presence in many cities is becoming a thing of the past ... and they will have to focus on certain cities or areas rather than spreading their resources. This is especially [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 10:27:14
Erie PA Today News, Events and Info for today, Wednesday, March 4, 2009
The Harborcreek Township supervisors are expected to announce today that they've reached a tentative agreement to purchase the Harborcreek Mall ... Hearing Board approved a request to construct a $6 million, 30,000 sq ft building in the Fairview ... Howard (Chicago, Ill/ Bloom) scored a career-high 29 points as the Gannon men’s basketball team rolled [more...]
Date: 2009-03-04 12:02:00
Daft doctors and silly nurses
A characteristically excellent post from Tom Reynolds at Random Acts which had me giggling at the delicious absurdity of New Labour’s NHS ... s exciting being a member of the on-call crash team for the first time. When the crash bleep went off ... -cardiac adrenaline. As the most junior member of the team I soon learnt to make haste slowly [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 17:01:00
Unintended Dis . . . shots in the dark about 17th District Democratic primary candidates
ADDITION: A friend of mine in the MSM sent me a kind but stern admonition that my single line in the original post below in reference to Eric ... Outdoor Recreation Area includes the lake’s only swimming beach, the park’s boat launch area ... to building the park’s 20 rental cabins. When built in the mid-1990s, these became the first cabins built [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 05:59:06
Links and Quick Takes 11/28/08
Rocketman Crosses Colorado Gorge InfoPackets Can the US Do An IMF On Itself? Sudden Debt (hat tip reader Scott) Rescue Plan Strained by Lack of Staff Wall Street Journal GM asks government to block public ... , the source is the Nationwide Building Society (um, nominal sales prices often fail to reflect builder [more...]
Date: 2008-11-28 05:49:51
Why Do Church Leaders Count?
If ministry is about people and not numbers, why do we count people? I’ve been going to church a long time ... the preaching or program is so good, we’ll know to give to a building campaign. Until then numbers mean squat. Tell your staff to focus on who does come to church and not how many more they need to reach [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 17:21:45
Leigh Terry taking the helm of the CCS girls’ soccer program
First of all, I want to thank all the parents for your compliments on my moving on to CHCA. It was a hard decision, but one I think that God was in ... leader! Coach Terry played for the W-League West Michigan Fire, a semi-professional women’s soccer team. During that time she injured her back and had to have surgery and had to give up playing [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 16:46:21
Obama ‘Shifting Power From Traditional Cabinet Posts’; Will Media Complain About ‘Too-Powerful Executive’?
Filed under: Economy, Environment, Health Care, MSM Biz/Other Bias, MSM Biz/Other Ignorance, Taxes & Government — TBlumer @ 1: ... his executive authority.But when it comes to building his own team, Obama is taking the notion ... the Cabinet.For all the talk of his “Team of Rivals” pick in Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama [more...]
Date: 2009-01-25 18:23:04
Ethical or Unethical?
December 10, 2008 by adelle charles 28 Freelance I was recently approached by a web/graphic designer that is currently working full time for an agency. Business is currently a bit slow in the design area and someone within the company approached them about the possibility of using their personal online portfolio to show potential clients in [more...]
Date: 2008-12-10 04:09:27
Phase One in the Transition to the Caliphate
I finally got a chance to read Obama’s interview with Al-Arabiya, and I really did not find anything groundbreaking in it ... be considering the make-up of his Cabinet, staff and Middle East policy team, just as Obama’s general ... to its presentation. More basically, critics of this interview must not understand Obama at all. Obama [more...]
Date: 2009-01-27 15:11:00
Official Statements From Jets on Favre
Owner Woody Johnson opening statement…JOHNSON: Good morning, everybody. I just got off the phone a couple of minutes ago with Brett Favre ... . We talked about how difficult this was for a guy who had been at one team for so long to come ... to the team and saw the way the New York Jets were organized, the plan, got to know the players [more...]
Date: 2009-02-12 00:01:04
US Army Tribal Engagement in Afghanistan
If you don’t mind, I’ll review the second-in-a-row of military journal articles. Up next (h/t SWJ ) is an article on SF tribal engagement: ‘Tribal Engagement in Afghanistan’, by Major Darin J. Blatt, Captain Eric Long, Captain Brian Mulhern and Staff Sergeant Michael Ploskunak. Special Warfare , January-February 2009, Volume 22, Issue 1 [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 05:02:03
Obama tells Marines why we're leaving Iraq -- with text/video
Making good on his campaign pledge to end U.S. combat missions in Iraq, President Obama came to Camp Lejeune in North Carolina today to explain his decision to withdraw 100,000 U.S. troops from Iraq by August 2010. To a crowd of 3,000 Marines, convened almost two years to the day he announced his candidacy for president, [more...]
Date: 2009-02-27 17:14:45
How do I - train my team without a budget?
There is no escaping the reality that the credit crunch has led to budget cuts. The vast majority of businesses are looking to cut overheads ... Williams provides ideas for training your team when the budge has ben cut….Unfortunately, the training ... with developing what. If your team members are not used to training, it is often best to ask people [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 08:12:52
Why I'm Running for Mayor, What I'll Do if Elected, How it's Going so Far, and How You Can Help
Hello BOR community. I want to start my way-too-lengthy-I-know inaugural Burnt Orange Report post with a heartfelt salute to KT, Matt, Phillip, the BOR staff writers, and the whole BOR community for creating a fascinating and exciting place online. In my view, BOR has proven itself to be a superb source of news and insightful, colorful ( [more...]
Date: 2009-02-23 23:38:09
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/13/2009
Check out tonight’s “behavioral sink” stories from the UK. Every night there are at least a few, but tonight seems to have more than its share.Also, in case you haven’t been following the story, Obama will close Gitmo shortly after he takes office. The interesting thing will be what he decides to do with the Gitmo alumni…Thanks to Frontinus, [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 04:58:00
Five steps to Twitter success
This post was inspired by NikkiPilkington and her post How I Use Twitter ... is, jowyang . Of course. Lesson 1 ➡ Wherever you choose to position yourself, be clear ... to one: trend spotting - Twitter - checklist for building trust with your global social media audience [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 00:53:43
Tom Condon’s miners’ strike diary
THEY always say that Margaret Thatcher was lucky in her enemies. First, there was the grumpy Ted Heath and wets such as Jim Prior. Next for decapitation: Argentina’s General Galtieri and his incompetent armed forces. And her biggest prize was, of course, Arthur Scargill, the doomed leader of the shock troops of the labour movement, [more...]
Date: 2009-03-08 00:00:55
Gates of Vienna News Feed 1/8/2009
The latest word is that an agreement with Russia has been reached, and the flow through the gas pipeline will resume.Also, look for the storming of the Israeli consulate in Montreal, as well as other Gaza-inspired violence around the world.Thanks to AA, Abu Elvis, Insubria, JD, Tuan Jim, Vlad Tepes, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 04:49:00
Miami Heat @ Toronto Raptors
by Holly MacKenzie Pregame Regardless of what I have to do to ensure it happens, ... , literally, 45 steps or so from the building where all of my classes were. I’d leave 15 minutes ... in that building, specifically the regulars are so comforting. They become familiar on game days and it’ [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 14:22:59
Obama dominates traditional pueblo
... s administration building in the heart of the village, bearing witness to a dramatic, more than two-fold increase ... administration building and wearing a white Obama ‘08 T-shirt, former Santo Domingo Gov. Everett Chavez [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 20:09:19
Gates of Vienna News Feed 11/16/2008
Don’t miss “Letter From Iceland” under the “General” heading. The most concentrated essence of the financial crisis can be found in Iceland, and the account of recent events there is fascinating — and sobering.Thanks to C. Cantoni, Conservative Swede, Diana West, Insubria, JD, no2liberals, RRW, TB, and all the other tipsters who sent these in [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 04:57:00
Where is Dubai?
It’s ridiculous to think that in four days I could get a true sense of a nation or region I’ve never been to before ... skylines (this is just one of them) and they are dotted - no, filled - with cranes building them bigger ... Qaeda in training,” one Brit wagged). We still [more...]
Date: 2008-11-10 21:24:08
Trial By Fire...
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door ... news release that gives some details into the Human Terrain Team that is in Afghanistan. The same ... , "human terrain teams" could become a large building block for victory, officials here said [more...]
Date: 2009-03-02 17:18:00
Oceania Cruises And Fincantieri Commence Construction Of Marina
MIAMI, FL – March 7, 2009 - A ceremony marking the Keel Laying for Oceania Cruises’ Marina was held yesterday at the Sestri Ponente shipyard of ... which comprise Marina was lowered into the building dock thus marking the official start ... team for all their dedication and hard work in making this new ship become a reality,” stated Frank [more...]
Date: 2009-03-11 04:25:59
Wall Street Waits for Fed and Whines About Bonuses
Good Evening: Capital markets participants spent most of today positioning themselves for possible policy changes once the two day FOMC meeting ... end and for TIPS, perhaps in the hope the FOMC will decide that tomorrow is the time to announce ... tomorrow (or ever) is unknowable, but I certainly hope Mr. Bernanke and team decide to support [more...]
Date: 2009-01-28 01:30:15
Why are we even arguing about this?
Presented to the AGM of the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship and for the product launch of IntranetManager.NET ... long distance access! At the same time, I doubt any of us even considered the corporate web site ... to participate in social media activity - either internally or in public. I doubt there’s anyone [more...]
Date: 2008-11-17 09:00:19
Who Should Sign Terrell Owens?
Obviously you have all heard that TO was released by the Cowboys today. After weeks of avoiding the topic and giving mostly unbelievable comments about the situation Jerry Jones decided to take the 9 million cap hit and cut the cancer. But the question is now....where should he go? Who should sign the (self proclaimed) best receiver? [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 17:15:00
The passing of Larry Miller
This day has been coming for a while, but that still didn't lessen the shock Friday with the news that Jazz owner Larry Miller had died after an ... last summer. Jazz president Randy Rigby said he called all 15 players on the team to share the news ... with NBA commissioner David Stern. Only 3 1-2 weeks ago, the entire Jazz team went to visit [more...]
Date: 2009-02-19 01:54:57
Could Americans’ Discontent Turn Violent?
We are only a few thousand points and runaway inflation away from a potential societal explosion. March 9, 2009 - by Bob KrummPage 1 of 2 Next ->At what point does discontent turn to violence?Economically, we may or may not be close to hitting rock bottom, but policy-wise, this market still has a long way to fall [more...]
Date: 2009-03-09 07:02:14
Pentagon Preps for Obama Transition (Updated)
As the ballots were cast yesterday, Jim Garamone of American Forces Press Service reported that Pentagon officials were already making room for the president-elect's transition team. This is the first wartime transition of power since ... the building to see who might be willing to stick around until their successors can take over [more...]
Date: 2008-11-05 15:07:11
Obama’s New Era Of Czars And Serfs
LA Times : President Obama’s czar system concerns some He has ’super aides’ for healthcare, the economy, energy and urban issues, ... As President Obama names more policy czars to his White House team — high-level staff members ... the Senate confirmation process. He cited President Bush’s naming of homeland security czar Tom Ridge [more...]
Date: 2009-03-05 18:00:30
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