Archive for July 15th, 2010

In our personal lives, we love to be "outraged" against something bad our "enemy" does, but excuse it in ourselves and our friends. When our enemy comes into work stressed they are just being a jerk, when our friend comes into work stressed they have been going through a rough time. When our enemy...
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In light of the current challenging economic conditions for real estate capital markets, Columbia Business School and Goodwin Procter LLP have partnered to present the 2010 International Real Estate Capital Markets Conference on Jan. 29, at the TimesCenter, 242 West 41st Street, N.Y. (agenda follows). The keynote speaker will be renowned economist Frederic S....
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With an ever increasing human population and an ever decreasing supply of open land and natural resources, wildlife conservation is a growing and serious problem. An issue of such far reaching and, in many cases, irreversible consequences.
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With the purchase of a printing press Douglass was now determined to begin an African American newspaper that would engage the anti-slavery movement politically, for as he said, "I still see before me a life of toil and trials..., but, justice must be done, the truth must be told...I will not be silent." ...
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The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) has received a Fiscal Year 2010 budget of $469,870,000 under the Consolidated Appropriations Act signed by President Barack Obama on Wednesday, December 16. The overall appropriation of $469,870,000 is an increase of 2.31 percent over last year’s funding of $459,277,000. “Given these difficult economic times, we are...
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When the spread of H1N1 flu accelerated this fall, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services needed to get more information to more people more quickly than ever before. Join Sonic Foundry, Inc. (Nasdaq: SOFO), the recognized market leader for rich media webcasting and knowledge management, for a live webinar in which Matt Duffy from...
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Once again the press is having a feeding frenzy over the sordid sex life of the rich and powerful. What is amazing is how just how worked up seemingly sophisticated adults can get over a rich politician taking liberties. Isn't rich and powerful largely about boldly going where descent folks dare not tread.
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Today is International Human Rights Day, commemorating the 61st anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights which states (in Article 26): “Everyone has the right to education and education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages.” The following is a statement by Global AIDS Alliance executive director, Dr. Paul...
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