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Beer: Defying the Laws of Supply and Demand: If you did a little happy dance when you learned that beer can actually be good for you, you may want to sit down before reading the rest of this post. Foreign Policy's Passport blog reports that beer "defies the laws of supply and demand." The post discusses how the...; Tags: Lori Deschene, Foreign Policy; Blog posts 2007-11-13
Presenting With Visuals: When creating a presentation, the most important thing to remember is that all written or visual material serves only one purpose—to emphasize what the presenter is saying. Many people think that it’s necessary to produce an extensive visual presentation containing all the information being discussed. This is not the case,...; Tags: BNET Editorial, font, brand, Web site, marketing, Web, sales; Articles 2007-10-17
Manage Your Manager: Manage Your ManagerSuggestionI found this video VERY helpful and succinct. It would be beneficial to have a written transcript to utilize for talking points.Thanks!Manager stylesGreat Info. The best advice was know your manager style. How they like to receive information. This I believe is the key to the relationship....; Tags: Corporate communications, Performance management, good manager; Discussion threads 2007-04-17
Developing Key Performance Indicators: Designing Measurement For Faculty Concerns: An explicit process for tracking measures is required: evaluation of qualitative Key Performance Indicators KPIs will be via self-reflection followed by external validation and benchmarking against the best health sciences faculties will clarify what our achievements mean. Integration with strategic direction setting is vital. The irony is not lost on...; Tags: Irony, Monash University, KPI; White papers 2006-08-23
Work Your Way Up the Career Ladder: HR people are seen as passive and lacking in confidence, and that 'Old chestnut': lacking understanding of the business, which hardly bodes well for any career progression. The irony is, of course, that HR professionals spend their days facilitating career progression and growth for others, often overlooking the old adage...; Tags: Irony, Reed Elsevier Inc., Professional Development, Career; White papers 2005-01-18

The Vision and the Reality - Why the Current Approach to CRM Is Marginalising Return on Investment: While Customer Relationship Management CRM technology has promised much, the reality for many has been disappointing. Industry analysts estimate 50-60% of implementations fail, or produce marginal return on investment. Exposure to Small and Medium Enterprises SME suggests that this rate may well be significantly higher. The irony is that the...; Tags: Irony, Small And Medium Enterprise, ROI, Vision, CRM, Smb/Sme, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Roi/Tco, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2005-01-01
The Urge To Merge: The article focuses on the question that as the software companies fight it out, should customers pay the price as a result. The situation may not be all bleak for customers. For one, the continuing aggregation of disparate software products could solve a major technical problem for users, that of...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, CFO Publishing Corp., software company, software product, enterprise software, motivation, software, acquisition, brand; White papers 2003-08-05
On The Phenomenology Of Technology: The "Janus-Faces" Of Mobile Phones: This paper argues that technologies perform in Janus faced ways; that is, in ways that are ironic, perverse and paradoxical, and it is argued that these qualities are important to apprehend if we are to more fully understand the role of technology in organizations and in our daily lives. The...; Tags: University of Melbourne, paradox, irony, mobile, phone; White papers 2003-06-20

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Political trivia question: In "Above the Law," Daphne Eviatar describes how KBR lawyers invoked the "political question doctrine" to dismiss lawsuits charging the company with recklessly disregarding its employees' safety in Iraq. Under the doctrine, courts refrain from resolving disputes that are better left to the political branches of government. Interestingly, the Bush...; Articles 2008-07-01
The battle of Trafalgar: His ship in a bottle will be sharing the fourth plinth in London's most famous square with Antony Gormley's soapbox. But who is Yinka Shonibare? Hannah Duguid meets him When Yinka Shonibare accepted his MBE from the Prince of Wales in 2005, there was a certain irony...; Articles 2008-06-25
Letters: Family dynamics: WHEN someone else's child commits a crime, he's a thug. When my little darling runs afoul of the law, he's either being framed or misjudged, regardless of his criminal record. If you take the time to analyze those mental gymnastics, you'd see the answer to most of the crime...; Articles 2008-06-24
'Seven Words' are now inescapable: Comic George Carlin must have loved the irony: His Seven Dirty Words, which got him arrested 36 years ago, are everywhere on the Internet today. You won't hear the words on National Public Radio or even Fox TV, and you won't read them in USA TODAY or Newsweek...; Articles 2008-06-24
Opera: THE RAKE'S PROGRESS Garsington Opera NR OXFORD **** There was something surreal about the gilded proscenium stage in the courtyard of Garsington Manor; still more about the formally attired gentleman silently emerging from between its red, crushed- velvet curtains. Who was he? And what...; Articles 2008-06-24
Simple people performing miracles without irony: Stalin's Children By Owen Matthews BLOOMSBURY Pounds 17.99 (308pp) Pounds 16.09 (free p&p) from 0870 079 8897 Owen Matthews has an extraordinary story to tell, spanning three generations of his own family, all caught up with the cataclysmic events of Russia in the 20th century. He came...; Articles 2008-06-20
'Why has no one heard of my drama qualification? Is an OU: THE CAREERS ADVISER Dramatic irony As I approach my sixties, I still dream of trying for a higher qualification. I once studied at Goldsmiths' College, London and gained a qualification - Associate of the Drama Board Education. Now, nobody seems to have heard of...; Articles 2008-06-19
Letters to the editor: Past looks pretty good I was driving by the Expocentre the other day, fascinated by the carnival rides and remembering the state fair when I was a kid here in Topeka. Before the Expocentre was constructed, the grounds had a race track, and the old steam locomotive...; Articles 2008-06-17
A void on Sunday mornings: The outpouring of praise for Tim Russert reflects the many good things he represented. One almost needs a scorecard, or a dry-erase board, to keep track of them all: thorough and professional journalist, eloquent champion of fatherhood, loyal friend, dedicated mentor and classic example of working-class-kid-makes-good success story. ...; Articles 2008-06-16
A great home bar one thing..: 3-BEDROOM HOUSE WITH OWN PUB: MITCHAM, SURREY, pounds 289,950 THE AGENT SAYS: The owner of the this end-ofterrace house in Mitcham, Surrey, converted his triple garage into a pub-style bar and games room. The rest of the property comprises th ree bedroms, two reception rooms, kitchen...; Articles 2008-06-15
AF Corse bow out before midnight.: In a cruel twist of irony, the last thing Christian Montanari had said over the team radio before AF Corse's GT2 Ferrari F430 GTC was forced out of the 2008 Le Mans 24 Hours was that the car was handling really well… The #78 car was lying third...; Articles 2008-06-15
Irony bypass: Sir: Is Paul Johnson (And Another Thing, 31 May) an American or has he merely had an irony bypass? Kingsley Amis's tongue was never more firmly in his cheek than in his bravura description of Dixon's hangover in Lucky Jim. To spell it out for Mr Johnson, the reference to...; Articles 2008-06-14