Elitenmigration muss nicht zu "Brain-Drain" führen
Wenn gut ausgebildete junge Menschen ihr Land verlassen, muss das nicht unbedingt einen "Brain-Drain" - einen Verlust an Wissen und Fähigkeiten - für ihre Heimat bedeuten. Wie die Migrationsforscherin Nina Wolfeil von der Uni Wien in einem Interview betont, kann sich die Auswanderung von hoch Qualifizierten positiv auf die Wirtschaft ... (Read on Source)
Yankees Chick :: Back on the see-saw again.
We're at .500. Again. So up the see-saw goes, with us sitting at the top again. I have a feeling this is something we'll be experiencing more and more as the 2nd half progresses. Maybe a carousel would be a... (Read on Source)
Embed a terminal in your Ubuntu desktop
Admit it. You enjoy using the command line in Linux. You only have a graphical interface so people in the office don't look at you strangely. So why not embed a command line in your desktop?
Sturm vs Griffin tonight: The disappointing career of Felix Sturm
By Jason Peck: HBO commentator ... (Read on Source)
No! No! I Said Fire Achmed! Fire!
OK, so there's been all this controversy around the Photoshopped Iranian missile test. Newspapers all over the world ran one image that was released that showed four missiles streaking into the sky, while another, taken at an almost identical moment shows three missiles launching and another sitting on its mobile launcher (i.e....
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Killdeer
tags: Killdeer , Charadrius vociferus , birds , nature , Image of the Day Killdeer chick, Charadrius vociferus , at Anahuac Wildlife Refuge, Texas. Image: Joseph Kennedy , 27 June 2008 [ larger view ]. Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with TSN-PZ camera eyepiece 1/2000s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400. Read the comments on this post... (Read on Source)
ImClone calls Bristol offer too low
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc said on Monday that a $60-per-share takeover bid from partner Bristol-Myers Squibb Co was too low, but it would hire financial advisers to help it study the unsolicited offer.
New Role Found For A 'Foxy Old Gene'
Researchers have discovered that a protein called FOXA2 controls genes that maintain the proper level of bile in the liver. FOXA2 may become the focus for new therapies to treat diseases that involve the regulation of bile salts. (Read on Source)
Average Mac price now 2X Windows PCs
The going price for a Mac notebook is now over twice that of a typical Windows model, according to data collected by The NPD Group. While the average selling price of a Windows notebook has dropped from $877 in June 2006 to $700 today, the average cost of an Apple system has remained consistently above $1,500 and has only dropped $59 in the past t...
HYPLEUROCHILUS BERMUDENSIS
From a recent conversation with a fellow environmental economist:EE #1: I'll take it on faith you are avoiding the HYPLEUROCHILUS BERMUDENSIS. Which, of course, would be a deal breaker. EE #2 (me): No one has conducted research on HYPLEUROCHILUS BERMUDENSIS for at least 10-12 years. Since fisheries research is open... (Read on Source)
Blogger dinner for Blonde 2.0
On our Silicon Valley blogger trip to Israel in April I made fast friends with Ayelet Noff, aka Blonde 2.0, who's one of the top social marketing consultants in Israel. Ayelet put together a blogger dinner for us and helped organize much of our nightlife itinerary. (Read on Source)
INFLATION WORRIES FADE AS REAL YIELD RISES
Its no surprise to learn that inflation expectations have been pounded downward in the wake of the financial crisis,...
Americans Can't Live Without Their Cable TV
Most Americans are scrutinizing their every household expense about now. But one line item that probably won't get cut out of the budget: Cable TV. It's become as necessary as electricity and water, analysts say.
Catering Equipments — Backbone of any Dining requirement
Catering industry has grown immensely in the last few years and the same requires a professional touch which can be given by presenting food in quality equipments while dining. The catering equipment manufacturers have come out with real quality materials which can change the look of any dining table and the excellent cutlery and tableware can present the food brilliantly amazing the customers and guests in any hotel or restaurants attracting them to go ahead for dining. Catering equipment can range from even a spoon, knife, bowls and tableware to huge cooking equipments as pans, mixers, pulverizers and slicers. The same are available from several manufacturers throughout the world in all types of quality. Not only hotels and restaurants, even small fast food counters and coffee shops are taking immense care for serving the food in a professional manner which shall impact their reputation positively on the customer. The number of buyers has witnessed a speeding surge in the past few years for catering equipments. Restaurant Industry — The best buyer of Catering equipments The best buyer in the industry for any catering equipments is hotels and restaurants as they have constant flow of guests and customers who need to be served well and proper hygiene is also required at such places which shall impact the customer to come again. The food quality also need to be on the top shelf as the same shall actually impress the customer which is easily maintained by quality catering equipments in place. Some essential equipment like servery counters and displays can actually help these businesses store the food items and deliver immediately by warming the food items. The displays and counters are made to maintain the temperature under which the food can be preserved for several hours. Types of Catering equipments in use Manufacturers of catering equipments have come up with varieties of equipments and categories which have changed the way caterers served earlier. The all new equipment includes some great items like "rotating centerpiece" which revolves around the dining table and the guests do not have to be served by the waiters. This removes the fear of spills and unhygienic contact by hand. Stainless steel is old fashioned and some ceramic ware which is being used since the past many years are much popular with caterers as they can also be used in heaters and ovens. Some other equipments like skewers, spatulas and whisks are also put to use these days by caterers which increase the value of the presentation. Not only this, the tableware and covers are available in attractive and bright shades which can be added to increase the presence of the table. A perfectly laid table is enough to attract any guest for food. The caterers should work hard in selecting the equipments and quality equipments should be selected which serve the purpose.
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Linky Goodness, November 21
Bad news for the SEO industry: we’ve seen the elephant. We’ve jumped the shark. We’ve made USA Today’s Small Business Strategies column. (Read on Source)
Antibiotika können taub machen
Gewisse Antibiotika können das Gehör schädigen - bis hin zur Taubheit. Schweizer Forscher haben nun herausgefunden, warum. Jetzt sollen Antibiotika ohne diese Nebenwirkung entwickelt werden. (Read on Source)
Online Caroline petition draws 240 signatures
But an online petition hocking David Paterson to hire her for the Senate has garnered only about 240 takers despite a 10,000-signature goal -- and it's been up since Dec. 7th. (Read on Source)
Relaxed App Store Rules May Spark Censorship Debate
Just a warning, this post may remind you of some conversations you heard in the junior high locker room. For the record, I agree with Apple's decision to filter its items for sale in the app store. To maintain a family friendly feel and to avoid lawsuits, Apple is taking the moral high ground regarding adult-themed applications. (Read on Source)
AMD working on extra-low-power chip for its Shanghai line
Advanced Micro Devics (AMD) is adding a new, low-power Opteron processor to its Shanghai line roadmap and it plans to release the chip in the second quarter of the year.
AMD said the need for lower-power chips is being driven, in part, by the rise of computing cloud centers, the massive datacenters being built by the likes of Microsoft and Google to deliver cloud services.
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AMD isn't saying, just yet, how much it can cut power usage in the upcoming 45nm, quad-core chip line below the power used by its current low-power chip, a 55-watt processor released today. AMD revealed its plans for the fourth chip as part of the release of two new processors.
In November, AMD released the first in its line of 45nm, quad-core Opterons, a 75-watt version with speeds of up to 2.7GHz that makes up the bulk of sales in the Shanghai line.
Today, it followed that processor with two more: A 105-watt, 2.8GHz chip designed for high performance and large database users, and the 55-watt version, which offers speeds of up to 2.3GHz. That latter processor may appeal to cloud-centric facilities and large hosting data centers.
These chips succeed similar offerings in the 65nm Barcelona line of processors.
The decision to add the fourth chip to the line follows AMD's announcement last fall that Microsoft would use its Opteron chip for its cloud computing initiative, the company's Windows Azure Compute Service.
AMD isn't alone in looking to diversify its chip line to address escalating heating and cooling problems in data centers. Rival Intel, for instance, last year released a 50-watt Xeon chip.
In total, AMD is releasing seven chips with varying capabilities and prices; two in the 105-watt line priced at $1,165 and $2,649, and seven in the 55-watt line with speeds ranging from 2.1GHz to 2.3GHz. Prices for the 55-watt chips range from $316 to $1,514.
AMD said the new chips are available immediately on servers from Hewlett-Packard and Rackable Systems. Servers using these chips will be available from other vendors this quarter, including Dell, IBM, and Sun Microsystems.
At one time, a low-power chip with lower clock speeds would have gotten mostly niche adoption. But this niche is growing. Cloud computing is really a high-growth segment, said Steve Demski, a senior product manager at AMD. As a result, the chip maker is expecting demand for low-power chips to increase with the rise of cloud computing as a platform.
Lower power, combined with a virtualization-optimized processor, fits cloud-computing environments looking to save as much on energy consumption as possible, said Charles King , an analyst at Pund-IT in Hayward, Calif.
Computerworld is an InfoWorld affiliate.
Today's News From the Cars.com Family
Some people are all but married to a particular kind of car ? like the station wagon, for instance. Ask.cars.com helps one reader track down all the 2009 models that fall into that category. Then, PickupTrucks.com reports from behind the scenes at the Dakar Rally, where Ford Super Duties are doing much of the grunt work. Finally, MotherProof.com reviews a very un-mom car in the 2008 Porsche Cayman.
Which Automakers Still Offer a Wagon for 2009? (Ask.cars.com)
Dakar?s Behind-the-Scene Heroes: Chasing the Race with Ford Super Duties (PickupTrucks.com)
2008 Porsche Cayman (MotherProof.com)
BitDefender Partner Site Hit by Hackers
Hackers elicited customer details from a Portuguese partner site associated with the security company BitDefender.
Ten Business Lessons from 'Battlestar Galactica'
Now that Battlestar Galactica is really, really over, and people are discussing whether or not the finale was super awesome or lame (the former, obviously), we can start to look for lessons we can learn from the series that redefined science fiction. "You think your business has it rough? The people of Battlestar Galactica have lived through a recession you wouldn't believe. With dwindling resources, a skeleton crew, enemies constantly lurking out of view, and a pervasive threat of annihilation, Admiral Adama navigates the vast unknown. Like any leader, he makes his share of mistakes - sometimes with devastating consequences. But regardless of the fate of that ragtag fleet, the tale of Galactica is rife with lessons that can benefit any business leader."
Announcing a Book Publishing by Author Nadine Brown, Frequency R, A Science Fiction Trilogy
Book publishing by author Nadine Brown, Frequency R, a science fiction trilogy, Italian Easter Cookbook and Designer's Choice series on Color. (PRWeb Apr 5, 2009)
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Illustration process
Dan is an illustrator, and shares some information on how he creates his images in a few posts on his blog : These pencil sketches mark the initial step for all my illustrations where text and concept are distilled into a visual expression. Once I settle on sketches I think work the pencil roughs are scanned from my sketchbook and cleaned up, ... (Read on Source)
Recovery Act Money Invested at NREL
NREL senior scientist Howard Brantz explains his thin-film silicon PV research to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu (center) and Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter (left). Chu and Ritter visited NREL's Process Development Integration Laboratory during an April 29th visit. (Read on Source)
Proposed Stay Of Liquidation Plan Pending Appeal Rejected By Judge
SAN DIEGO - The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Metabolife International Inc. settlement on Dec. 12 denied a motion to stay liquidation pending appeal brought by a former putative class action representative whose claims were denied in two courts, stating that he has not shown a likelihood that he will succeed on his appeal or the likelihood that he will suffer injury if a stay is not granted (In re: MII Liquidation, Inc., et al., No. 05-06040-H11, S.D. Calif. Bkcy.; See December 2007, Page 4). Full story on lexis.com
Fed to hold fire on buying, talk down rate hikes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve is expected to emphasize the U.S. economy's fragile state in a policy statement on Wednesday as it talks down expectations for a rate hike this year and holds fire on expanding asset purchases. (Read on Source)
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