I'm never going to hear the end of this one...
You're Iraq!
An outcast from all you meet, you have very few friends who haven't later backstabbed you in some way or another. And you've made your share of mistakes... a little torture, a little coercion, a little stealing, it was all part of a day's work. It's hard to say if it deserves the kind of treatment you're getting now, though. When people look for someone to point to with a worse life than they have, they think of you first.
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You're Iraq!
An outcast from all you meet, you have very few friends who haven't later backstabbed you in some way or another. And you've made your share of mistakes... a little torture, a little coercion, a little stealing, it was all part of a day's work. It's hard to say if it deserves the kind of treatment you're getting now, though. When people look for someone to point to with a worse life than they have, they think of you first.
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the Country Quiz at the Blue Pyramid
UGH.
I haven't blogged this yet because it's so stressful - my managerial colleagues and I have had to fire someone due to poor performance. He has been in this job for 3+ years without ever performing at the expected level, and by the time I came into my position a year ago the problem had already gotten way out of hand. That is, it's very difficult to explain to someone that despite the fact that someone else has kept them on for 2+ years, this has been out of charity which the company can no longer afford to extend.
This all took place on Friday, after which time the employee went around and spoke to several of his colleagues about how unfairly he had been treated, as he was not given some sort of trial period in which to improve his performance - which had been given him in the past. Of course, he has had 3 years to understand the expectations for his position, but he is not the most objective judge here of course.
He was given one more month on the job - we will see if our efforts to be generous in this regard will come back to bite us. If he is disruptive he will have to be asked to leave immediately. It's unfortunate that he has decided to make a scene about this, because there's nothing anyone else can do to give him a discreet exit if he does not cooperate.
PLEASE pray for M. (the dismissed employee) and the rest of us - his colleagues, that M. is able to leave the company with dignity, and that he does not cause confusion and stress to everyone else as he does so.
Thanks.
I haven't blogged this yet because it's so stressful - my managerial colleagues and I have had to fire someone due to poor performance. He has been in this job for 3+ years without ever performing at the expected level, and by the time I came into my position a year ago the problem had already gotten way out of hand. That is, it's very difficult to explain to someone that despite the fact that someone else has kept them on for 2+ years, this has been out of charity which the company can no longer afford to extend.
This all took place on Friday, after which time the employee went around and spoke to several of his colleagues about how unfairly he had been treated, as he was not given some sort of trial period in which to improve his performance - which had been given him in the past. Of course, he has had 3 years to understand the expectations for his position, but he is not the most objective judge here of course.
He was given one more month on the job - we will see if our efforts to be generous in this regard will come back to bite us. If he is disruptive he will have to be asked to leave immediately. It's unfortunate that he has decided to make a scene about this, because there's nothing anyone else can do to give him a discreet exit if he does not cooperate.
PLEASE pray for M. (the dismissed employee) and the rest of us - his colleagues, that M. is able to leave the company with dignity, and that he does not cause confusion and stress to everyone else as he does so.
Thanks.
Al Qaeda Planned to Target Pearl Harbor
These people are morons. If they did this we would nuke everything between China and Russia.
These people are morons. If they did this we would nuke everything between China and Russia.
Late nights in the genes
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
(Filed: 16/06/2003)
The reason that some people like to burn the midnight oil could be due to their short genes, scientists reported yesterday.
Although most people know instinctively if they are owls or larks - or an 'evening' or 'morning' person - scientists have now found a genetic explanation.
A correlation between a difference in the length of a so-called clock gene and being a night owl was described yesterday in the journal Sleep by a team from the University of Surrey, St Thomas's Hospital in London, and Holland.
The gene, Period 3, forms part of our internal body clock, and comes in two variants, one short and one long. Dr Simon Archer, lead author, said: 'We discovered that the shorter variant of the gene is significantly more common in people with an extreme evening preference.
'This is even more so in patients suffering from delayed sleep phase syndrome, a sleep disorder where people fall asleep at very late times and have difficulty waking up in the morning.' Prof Jo Arendt, senior member of the team, said: 'It is tempting to speculate that one day some people might choose their lifestyle according to their clock genes.'
Another co-author, Dr Malcolm von Schantz, added: 'There are at least 10 of these clock genes. Whether you are a night owl or a morning person is determined by the sum of the differences between them.'
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
(Filed: 16/06/2003)
The reason that some people like to burn the midnight oil could be due to their short genes, scientists reported yesterday.
Although most people know instinctively if they are owls or larks - or an 'evening' or 'morning' person - scientists have now found a genetic explanation.
A correlation between a difference in the length of a so-called clock gene and being a night owl was described yesterday in the journal Sleep by a team from the University of Surrey, St Thomas's Hospital in London, and Holland.
The gene, Period 3, forms part of our internal body clock, and comes in two variants, one short and one long. Dr Simon Archer, lead author, said: 'We discovered that the shorter variant of the gene is significantly more common in people with an extreme evening preference.
'This is even more so in patients suffering from delayed sleep phase syndrome, a sleep disorder where people fall asleep at very late times and have difficulty waking up in the morning.' Prof Jo Arendt, senior member of the team, said: 'It is tempting to speculate that one day some people might choose their lifestyle according to their clock genes.'
Another co-author, Dr Malcolm von Schantz, added: 'There are at least 10 of these clock genes. Whether you are a night owl or a morning person is determined by the sum of the differences between them.'
Telegraph | News | Daytime nap 'is as refreshing as a night's sleep'
By David Derbyshire
(Filed: 23/06/2003)
Power naps, the post lunch snoozes advocated by Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and George W Bush, can be as refreshing as a good night's sleep, according to a study.
Scientists have shown that a 60- to 90-minute siesta can charge up the brain's batteries as much as eight hours tucked up in bed. But in order to get the full benefit, dozers need to spend some of that time dreaming, the study found."
By David Derbyshire
(Filed: 23/06/2003)
Power naps, the post lunch snoozes advocated by Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein and George W Bush, can be as refreshing as a good night's sleep, according to a study.
Scientists have shown that a 60- to 90-minute siesta can charge up the brain's batteries as much as eight hours tucked up in bed. But in order to get the full benefit, dozers need to spend some of that time dreaming, the study found."
If you are using YACCS comments with the new version of Blogger (AKA Dano), you will need to go the the YACCS site to get new code for your template. Otherwise the comments will show as "no comments" even if you have comments. Thanks to Cacciaguida for calling my attention to the hidden comments.
"'Apocalypse Now' Music Fires Up U.S. Troops for Raid:
By Alistair Lyon
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops psyched up on a bizarre musical reprise from Vietnam war film 'Apocalypse Now' before crashing into Iraqi homes to hunt gunmen on Saturday, as Shi'ite Muslims rallied against the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
With the strains of Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries' still ringing in their ears and the clatter of helicopters overhead, soldiers rammed vehicles into metal gates and hundreds of troops raided houses in the western city of Ramadi after sunrise as part of a drive to quell a spate of attacks on U.S. forces."
By Alistair Lyon
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troops psyched up on a bizarre musical reprise from Vietnam war film 'Apocalypse Now' before crashing into Iraqi homes to hunt gunmen on Saturday, as Shi'ite Muslims rallied against the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
With the strains of Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries' still ringing in their ears and the clatter of helicopters overhead, soldiers rammed vehicles into metal gates and hundreds of troops raided houses in the western city of Ramadi after sunrise as part of a drive to quell a spate of attacks on U.S. forces."
This could have come from the Onion:
A Tech Industry Women's Group Takes Sex Equity Very Seriously t's the dream of many entrepreneurs: build the company and turn it over to the children. But what if the company's main reason for being is to help women get ahead in business — and both of the children are men?
Carolyn Leighton's answer: bring the boys in anyway. Ms. Leighton, 62, is the chairwoman of Women in Technology International, which she founded in 1989 as a network for women in high-tech industries. One son, Daniel, 33, has been vice president for technology at WITI for two years. And in a couple of weeks, her other son, David, 36, will be named president.
She is unapologetic about naming a man to run a women's advocacy group. "Not naming David because he's a guy is reverse prejudice, the kind of thing men have done to women for years," she said.
David, who had been running an executive search firm that his mother also started, said he sees his sex as a plus. "There are probably still some gray-haired men in boardrooms who will be more willing to listen to me than to a woman," he said.
A Tech Industry Women's Group Takes Sex Equity Very Seriously t's the dream of many entrepreneurs: build the company and turn it over to the children. But what if the company's main reason for being is to help women get ahead in business — and both of the children are men?
Carolyn Leighton's answer: bring the boys in anyway. Ms. Leighton, 62, is the chairwoman of Women in Technology International, which she founded in 1989 as a network for women in high-tech industries. One son, Daniel, 33, has been vice president for technology at WITI for two years. And in a couple of weeks, her other son, David, 36, will be named president.
She is unapologetic about naming a man to run a women's advocacy group. "Not naming David because he's a guy is reverse prejudice, the kind of thing men have done to women for years," she said.
David, who had been running an executive search firm that his mother also started, said he sees his sex as a plus. "There are probably still some gray-haired men in boardrooms who will be more willing to listen to me than to a woman," he said.
At least I get to live ...
Which of Henry VIII's wives are you?
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So, Wait -- I Didn't Get the Job?
Jun 10, 11:08 AM (ET)
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A note to all job seekers: you know that your employment interview did not go well when your prospective boss calls the police in to arrest you.
Anthony Kaleb Phillips, 20 was hauled away from an interview for a job with a construction company in Stillwater, Oklahoma last week after employees recognized the job applicant as the person seen on a surveillance videotape robbing the same business just one day before, police said on Monday.
Jun 10, 11:08 AM (ET)
OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - A note to all job seekers: you know that your employment interview did not go well when your prospective boss calls the police in to arrest you.
Anthony Kaleb Phillips, 20 was hauled away from an interview for a job with a construction company in Stillwater, Oklahoma last week after employees recognized the job applicant as the person seen on a surveillance videotape robbing the same business just one day before, police said on Monday.
Wackiest (and wackest) spam I have ever received - an attempt to sell crude oil?
From: brume brown - ogonicommunity@web-mail.com.ar
To:ogonicommunity@web-mail.com.ar
Subject: SUBSIDISED CRUDE OIL FOR SALE
FROM: CHIEF BRUME GEZIE BROWN
E-MAIL: ogonicommunity@web-mail.com.ar
SUBSIDISED CRUDE OIL FOR SALE
ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO, The advertising department of Ogoni Community Crude Oil Marketers Association wishes to imform your company/organization that we have subsidized Crude oil for sale.
Ogoni land which is the birth place of late Ken Sarowiwa is an oil producing community in Rivers state south east Nigeria. Due to the bid by the Federal Government to compensate our land as our community is a major source of the production of crude oil, we benefit by getting crude oil at a cheap rate.
We are presently looking for buyers and our price is $3 (three dollas) cheaper than the official price per barrel. We deliver before payment. If you are interested, please contact us now as our attorney will forward to you all the relivant documents backing the authenticity of our services.
Do not hesitate to send us an email or feel free to contact our attorney MR FESTUS KEYAMO. directly on email address: keyamo_law@consultant.com, or on telephone number: 2348023543872 to indicate your interest.
Thanks for your anticipated patronage.
CHIEF BRUME G. BROWN.
(community leader)
From: brume brown - ogonicommunity@web-mail.com.ar
To:ogonicommunity@web-mail.com.ar
Subject: SUBSIDISED CRUDE OIL FOR SALE
FROM: CHIEF BRUME GEZIE BROWN
E-MAIL: ogonicommunity@web-mail.com.ar
SUBSIDISED CRUDE OIL FOR SALE
ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO, The advertising department of Ogoni Community Crude Oil Marketers Association wishes to imform your company/organization that we have subsidized Crude oil for sale.
Ogoni land which is the birth place of late Ken Sarowiwa is an oil producing community in Rivers state south east Nigeria. Due to the bid by the Federal Government to compensate our land as our community is a major source of the production of crude oil, we benefit by getting crude oil at a cheap rate.
We are presently looking for buyers and our price is $3 (three dollas) cheaper than the official price per barrel. We deliver before payment. If you are interested, please contact us now as our attorney will forward to you all the relivant documents backing the authenticity of our services.
Do not hesitate to send us an email or feel free to contact our attorney MR FESTUS KEYAMO. directly on email address: keyamo_law@consultant.com, or on telephone number: 2348023543872 to indicate your interest.
Thanks for your anticipated patronage.
CHIEF BRUME G. BROWN.
(community leader)
CBS 2: Shake-Up At The Times - I don't even know where to begin with this story. There are so many major problems here.
You are Morpheus, from "The Matrix." You
have strong faith in yourself and those around
you. A true leader, you are relentless in your
persuit.
What Matrix Persona Are You?
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