http://www.spiegel.de/international/topic/euro_crisis/
http://www.borowitzreport.com/
POSTED January 23, 2012
Concerned White House Aides Say Obama Has Not Stopped Laughing Since Saturday Night
Staff Mystified by Uncharacteristic Giddiness
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – White House aides are alarmed by uncharacteristic behavior on the part of President Obama, who they say has been laughing uncontrollably since 7 PM Saturday night.The aides, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that they heard “unusual howls” coming from the Oval Office just after the seven o’clock hour on Saturday evening, causing them to rush to the President to ascertain the cause of the uproar.
“It was weird,” one aide said. “He was just watching cable news.”
The staff members thought little of the normally reserved President’s giggle attack until it continued throughout the weekend, which saw Mr. Obama laughing uncontrollably and stopping only to gasp for air.
Ever since Saturday, Mr. Obama has been oddly giddy throughout White House staff meetings, the aide said, and has been seen doodling the initials “N.G.” in the margins of memos “like a love-struck schoolgirl.”
“The only thing we can think of that N.G. might stand for is Not Good,” the aide said. “But why would he be so happy about something that’s not good?”
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The iPhone Economy
http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/apple-and-agglomeration/
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/22/business/apple-america-and-a-squeezed-middle-class.html
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whiskey_mitten
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Lunch Line Redesign
“Better eating through behavioral psychology: Lunch Line Redesign - http://nyti.ms/aatPfh”It is a real problem and must get solved."The dogs don't like it." has been what drove the feeding programs. -
Scholars Return to ‘Culture of Poverty’ Ideas
“Culture as Voldemort, redux= institutionalized interactions & practices of shared understanding. Mario props! http://nyti.ms/cMV7D7”Go back to the original papers.It is a good observation poisoned by a terrible application.
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Your Street Style Photos: Houndstooth - The New York Times
Be your own street photographer by showing us your style or someone else's in your current climate. Every week, the Styles section solicits street fashion photos based on a theme. The best photos will be published on Nytimes.com/fashion on Mondays...
I looked again at Cunningham: World Unite and at Brimming.He is right about the hats.I looked at the Paris shows as published in the Times.They seem to mostly be running the same loop we have seen for forty years.Ralph Lauren may be different. -
James Wah Kong Chan
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In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt
I know of one corporate manager, who, after having been downsized and had difficulties finding a job, paid $18,000 for several months of "training" to an organization that promised to turn him into an instant, "successful" entrepreneur. He did not become a successful entrepreneur. Several years after the bad experience, he found another job doing what he had done before but at a lower salary. The good news is that the man landed on his feet. When times are bad, people feel desperate and they are more likely to become victims of fast-talking salespeople whose goal is to make the sale. For-profit organizations are there for one reason -- they are into profit, not prophecy. There is nothing wrong in paying to improve one's knowledge and skills. But the buyer must be truly interested in the subject to make the "training" worthwhile, for the long haul. There is no overnight success. The difference between the "for-profit" schools and the "regular" prestigious schools is that the former relies on selling the idea to people whereas the latter attract people who already sold themselves to the instititions. They are self-motivated -- the best pre-requisite for any success.
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Chris_B_Leone
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In Hard Times, Lured Into Trade School and Debt
I know of one corporate manager, who, after having been downsized and had difficulties finding a job, paid $18,000 for several months of "training" to an organization that promised to turn him into an instant, "successful" entrepreneur. He did not become a successful entrepreneur. Several years after the bad experience, he found another job doing what he had done before but at a lower salary. The good news is that the man landed on his feet. When times are bad, people feel desperate and they are more likely to become victims of fast-talking salespeople whose goal is to make the sale. For-profit organizations are there for one reason -- they are into profit, not prophecy. There is nothing wrong in paying to improve one's knowledge and skills. But the buyer must be truly interested in the subject to make the "training" worthwhile, for the long haul. There is no overnight success. The difference between the "for-profit" schools and the "regular" prestigious schools is that the former relies on selling the idea to people whereas the latter attract people who already sold themselves to the instititions. They are self-motivated -- the best pre-requisite for any success.
Businesses have been willing to train people they want.At this time businesses want no people.
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