Archive for February, 2012
It might be a good idea to call Home Instead's Main Office in Omaha Nebraska and ask them for a copy of the 40/70 booklet before deciding if it is good, bad or whatever. If you don't plan ahead then you will be making crisis management plan mode decisions with no future plan developed. My father wound up with no will, no medical surrogate, no pre need More
Regarding your first point, in relation to increased wages. I am not against increasing workplace productivity a worker's wage but an increase has to reflect a concomitant increase in that worker's productivity and value. The point the authors were making was that unionized workers by forcibly increasing their wages through shutting down factories were More
I've seen a few comments -- some facetious -- mentioning the possible contributions of modern life to human brain shrinkage. Considering the enormous amount of genomic overlap between humans and chimps, one logically should consider the role of environmental factors in this process. One striking difference to me is that chimps eat a diet concordant with More
I agree with Gregg Smith that arts programs are experiencing a dramatic devaluation. It's no wonder audiences are diminishing so rapidly in concert halls around the country: We have done little to inspire the appreciation of music among younger generations. I may be getting a little off-track here, but I believe Americans need to work together to find More
Want to fix US schools at a fraction of current costs??? Give the principals the authority to fire teachers AND FIRE STUDENTS. Also give them the ability to develop and pay teachers more with the savings and to ask these teachers to take on management role of other teachers.
If the NYC public schools already have a 50% drop out rate. What is the harm More
I am not saying protests in India. I mean is change process of sorts, how democracy works. The command is set in a way that you can't do much. As the congress elects PM, the real power is coming from these corrupt MPs (Member of Parliament). I see few ministers for 30-40 yrs ruling. They get their sons elected.
The Middle East will reform, and I am with More
There is NO PROBLEM with an intern contributing their time as payment for an education, but the intern will also work and perform services--something they do NOT do in college. Even if the services are something simple, like sweeping the floors or making a resume coffee, the point is that the company would need someone else to perform these services, More
An interesting article backed up by the available peer-reviewed research as in:
M. Turinek, S. Grobelnik-Mlakar, M. Bavec and F. Bavec (2009). Biodynamic agriculture research progress and priorities. Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems (2009), 24:146-154 Cambridge University Press
Abstract
Biodynamic (BD) agriculture became the subject types of research More
Good topic. I have a mild fear of crowds of flying. But travel for me tends to be a stress event caused by the various factors involved, not just the flying part. Crowds, kids, TSA, airport food, etc. After a long set of flights I can be tied up in knots with a headache and feel terrible. Over the past year I've started walking the airports while waiting, More
Those who fail to learn from history are condemned to repeat it. The basic idea behind Laffer's curve is that there is an optimal turnover rate at which tax revenue is maximized. As the rate moves either too low or too high from that point, tax revenue declines. The obvious extremes are 0% and 100%. In neither case is any tax revenue generated. More