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Monthly Archives: January 2010
NYT – The Web Way to Learn a Language
Just in case the link below does not work, here’s the permalink – http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/28/technology/personaltech/28basics.html. Got to try some of these maybe the BBC to start with. Quote The Web Way to Learn a Language – NYTimes.com
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BW – Questions To Ask Before Using the Cloud – Enter the Cloud with Caution
A good summary of the questions to ask and things to understand before using the cloud – Quote Enter the Cloud with Caution
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You’ve got to see hotel promo pics vs actuals – Hotel Photo Fakeouts: Riu Negril Club pool – Bing Travel
The link below is form bing but here’s the link on the original comparisons from oyster: http://bit.ly/5BHXAG or in case that does not work try this for oysters photo fakeouts Quote Hotel Photo Fakeouts: Riu Negril Club pool – Bing … Continue reading
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Better Hospital Results – Atul Gawande’s ‘Checklist’ For Surgery Success : NPR
Surgery getting more prescriptive for better results – still need that experience, however the checklist improves results dramatically Quote Atul Gawande’s ‘Checklist’ For Surgery Success : NPR
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NYT – David Broosk – The Sidney Awards.
Some very interesting articles on health care in the list (I already had read the series about the journalist captured by the Taliban but that’s worth reading for sure). Quote Op-Ed Columnist – The Sidney Awards – NYTimes.com
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FT.COM – Market Performance Graphs Over The Last Decade.
Some interesting graphs. Look especially at the graphs for the US – you’re down even in that graph that assumes you bought a few "key" stocks (I’m sure it would be different if there were some other "key" stocks there). … Continue reading
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Adobe Patches PDF Zero-Day, Other Critical Bugs – CIO.com – Business Technology Leadership
Increasingly pdf files are becoming the attack vector. That’s particularly bad, given that they are widely and extensively used now. So much for pdf files being free of the problems normally associated with word documents! What’s next – we … Continue reading
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Wilson Center Quarterly Article – Rediscovering Central Asia –
Facinating article to read. Would be interesting to check out how accurate it is, I expected the author to be from Central Asia but that does not appear to be the case Quote Rediscovering Central Asia
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Wealth Tax Primer for India – Pay for being rich
Good article to understand what comes under the wealth tax net and also what is exempt. Quote Pay for being rich
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The 31 Places to Go in 2010 – NYTimes.com
How many do you think you will manage to visit on this list? Quote The 31 Places to Go in 2010 – NYTimes.com
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