Eat Well, Live Longer – BusinessWeek
All I do is point. The rest is up to you.
Lifelong Learning
Read a Book a Week – Advice From Tim Sanders
Sanders Says: The total confidence reading plan
Sanders is a former Yahoo exec with some interesting ideas about everything.
We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Training!
REDUCING OR ELIMINATING TRAINING TO CUT COSTS
IN THE RECESSION
| Percentage of companies reporting they had reduced or eliminated training | |
| October 2008 | 10% |
| December 2008 | 23 |
| February 2009 | 35 |
| April 2009 | 42 |
| Percentage of companies reporting they planned to reduce or eliminate training | |
| October 2008 | 18% |
| December 2008 | 18 |
| February 2009 | 15 |
| April 2009 | 8 |
| Source: Watson Wyatt Worldwide, April 2009
Reproduced without permission from a newsletter I received called Workforce Training Management.
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Richard Lehman’s Journal Blog, 17 June 2009
BMJ Group blogs: BMJ » Blog Archive » Richard Lehman’s journal blog, 17 June 2009
Zika virus outbreak on Yap Island! Avoid Micronesians!
The Island of Yap
Is a speck on the map:
But it’s slightly easier
To detect Micronesia.
A virus called Zika
Made some Islanders sicker,
But they all got better,
And there’s an end to the metter:
Let’s twist no knicker
For a virus called Zika.
Colonoscopy Video
Video: Colonoscopy – MayoClinic.com
A short video, a rather large polyp.
Barium Enema Video
Video: Barium enema – MayoClinic.com
A fun short video.
Alcohol and Suicide
Alcohol and Suicide Among Racial/Ethnic Populations — 17 States, 2005–2006
This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that the overall prevalence of alcohol intoxication (i.e., blood alcohol concentration [BAC] at or above the legal limit of 0.08 g/dL) was nearly 24% among suicide decedents tested for alcohol, with the highest percentage occurring among American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/ANs) (37%), followed by Hispanics (29%) and persons aged 20–49 years (28%).
¿Habla usted español? Lap Band?
Affordable Lap Band Surgery in Mexico – MedToGo
I was doing some morality research on Lap Band surgery and stumbled across this website. Due to the proximity of Mexico, surgical procedures have to be cheaper than India or Thailand.
Maybe we should start asking application questions like:
“Within the past five years have you had, or are you considering having, any form of surgery outside of the United States?”
Drug War Update – Nuevo Laredo is “Relatively Calm”
In Mexican City, Drug War Ills Slip Into Shadows – Series – NYTimes.com
Note section on journalists.
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