Keep god out of it - The Daily Targum - Opinions - The reality is that those people objecting to this sort of research are mainly religionists who are strictly against any type of cloning. This cannot occur in a democracy where we are supposed to separate church and state. Advancements in medicine are going [...]
Mac Word 6.0 - Shipping a crappy product is a lot like beating your head against the wall. It really does feel good when you ship a great product as a follow-up, and it really does motivate you to spend some time trying to figure out how not to ship a crappy product again. [...]
Fast Company | The Cannabis Conundrum - Although nonprescription medications such as aspirin kill thousands of people every year, not a single death has ever been attributed to a cannabis overdose. The “therapeutic ratio” of marijuana is estimated to fall somewhere between 20,000 and 40,000–meaning it would take that many times a normal dose to [...]
Edwards Notes Differences on Issue of World Trade - Mark Sanford, who is the Republican governor of South Carolina and who has pushed the Bush administration to be tougher on China’s trade policies, said, “Trade, in fact, is a surprisingly bipartisan issue [ "(extlink)NYTimes":http://www.nytimes.com ]
That last qoute seems to put a strong point behind [...]
Say I wanted to build a technology research company from scratch. I would hire all of the principal analysts and core management team (including IT) from US sources. All of the accounting, admin, international sales, research associates, call center sales, editorial support, translation services, report production, and IT services would be hired from [...]
SYMBOL ADDED TO MORSE CODE - The 160-year-old communication system now has a new character to denote the “@” symbol used in e-mail addresses. In December, the International Telecommunications Union, which oversees the entire frequency spectrum, from amateur radio to satellites, voted to add the new character. [ "(extlink)CJ Online":http://www.cjonline.com ]
Now there’s a [...]
Apple CEO Steve Jobs today sent out a letter to Apple employees:
Team,
Today is a historic day of sorts for our company. When I arrived back at Apple in mid-1997, the company was burdened with $1 billion of debt. Through everyone’s hard work we turned Apple around, paid off the majority of our debt and began [...]
Getting to ” Very Satisfied” - Lewis and Brzykcy, fortysomething sisters with otherwise normal lives as a training consultant and a management consultant, respectively, in suburban Illinois, decided to channel their own mounting dissatisfaction as customers into a full-flung survey of almost 500 retailers. At home-improvement stores, gas stations, and fast-food restaurants, the sisters shopped, [...]
How to never lose Pepsi’s iTunes giveaway - The secret is the angle. I’ve found it to be 25 degrees, but that’s really no use when you’re out in the field. Just tilt it until it seems about that, and look up towards it (hold it above your head). With luck, you should be able [...]
Killing the Music - When I started in the music business, music was important and vital to our culture. Artists connected with their fans. Record labels signed cutting-edge artists, and FM radio offered an incredible variety of music. Music touched fans in a unique and personal way. Our culture was enriched and the music business [...]
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