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With the economic downturn in full swing, many companies are beginning the belt-tightening process. At such times, effectively communicating, listening, and setting a good example are more important than ever. First, know what to expect. Keeping employees focused when they fear a job loss can be a challenge. And it may get more difficult if you are expected to deliver the same amount of work with a smaller budget, fewer people, and more responsibilities. Managers in changing organizations also face a range of employee reactions – euphoria, panic, and everything in between. And as a backdrop, supervisors often face the possibility of losing their own jobs. Even if a manager understands and is on board with certain business decisions, that knowledge often doesn't make the changes that follow any easier, says Lisa Mininni, president of Excellerate Associates, a Canton-based organizational consulting and business coaching company.
Updated: When Good Interviews Go Bad
We love the band Sigur Ros. Their music is beautiful and moving, so much so that it doesn't matter that they're singing in a totally made-up language. Sigur Ros is four lads from Iceland, and recently, they were in New York to screen a new concert film Heima at the New Yorker Festival. Their P.R. folks called and asked if we wanted them on the show, to which we quickly replied, "hells yeah". Anyway, last Friday the band showed up promptly at 11am (EDT) and commenced to give what is possibly the worst interview in the history of electronic media. Seriously. It was that bad. We're not sure if they were tired, or if it was a language thing, or what... but wow. (UPDATE: Music journalist Jancee Dunn sorts through the interview's wreckage.) Whereas most shows would just bury an interview like that, we've decided to actually show it to you.
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Watch and see what happens next.Dennis SchwanderOceansideThose voting for immunity should be voted outIf the telecoms did nothing illegal, why do they need immunity? Are the laws in our justice system only for certain people to abide by, and not for others, because of their stature? Does anyone really believe that these companies do not have some of the best attorneys who absolutely knew they would be breaking the law by going along with the administration on this warrantless surveillance? ...The FISA court gives the surveillance issue a great deal of leeway and there's no reason not to obey the law. These companies went against their own privacy statements, guaranteeing confidentiality to their customers.Those House and Senate members who go along with this immunity do not represent their own constituents -- they represent the big special interests.
Interxion 'lining itself up for £300m flotation'
One of Europe's largest data hosting companies, Interxion, is understood to be lining itself up for a flotation in the new year which its owners hope will value the company at over £300m. The move follows the successful flotation of rival Telecity earlier this year and comes amid a growing realisation that the online market is expanding rapidly with electronic data retention and retrieval becoming ever more important. Interxion, majority-owned by New York-based private equity firm Baker Capital, is understood to have been approaching potential investors, using investment banks Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns for the deal. Founded in 1998 in the Netherlands, Interxion has 22 sites across 13 cities in 11 countries and delivers a full range of data center, co-location and managed services solutions to over 1,000 corporate customers.
Russia votes for Putin's puppet
Moviegoer Jim Montalbano of Queens celebrates the 75th anniversary of the original "King Kong" premiere at Radio City saying he has always been a big fan of the film. "I saw the gorilla and fell in love," he gushes. In other words: He's one hot hunk-a gorilla! The matted, lice-infested fur, those jagged fingernails, the stench of rotting vegetation on his breath. Oh, Kongie, I'll always be yours. The story: Hillary bashes Obama for being flip-floppy when talking about Canada and free trade. Says Hillary, "I don't think people should come to Ohio and tell the people of Ohio one thing and then have your campaign tell a foreign government something else behind closed doors. It looks a little like the 'the old wink wink.'" In other words: Wink wink is not acceptable.
Video is the winner on the Web
Overall, across the world, online viewers spent 3.25 hours in November watching videos up from 2.5 hours in January the same year. On an average, they spent 2.8 minutes online. In November 2007, the world watched a phenomenal 9.5 billion videos online, 28.3 per cent higher than September 2007. YouTube alone accounted for 2.9 billion of those, with 29.5 million visitors... Compete, another website analytics company, found that several new video sharing sites (including adult video sharing sites) showed growth rates of over 14,000 per cent from December 2006 to December 2007. Another trend: 18 of the top 20 sites belong to the peer-to-peer sharing platform. Video content is now an integral part of the Web 2.0 trend where person-to-person interaction and information sharing will be the bedrock of the development of the Internet.
January 2006
See id. at 33-34, 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. at 3934-36. FISA thereby “adopts the view expressed by the Attorney General during the hearings that enacting statutory controls to regulate the National Security Agency and the surveillance of Americans abroad raises problems best left to separate legislation." Id. at 64, 1978 U.S.C.C.A.N. at 3965. Such legislation placing limitations on traditional NSA activities was drafted, but never passed. See National Intelligence Reorganization and Reform Act of 1978: Hearings Before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, 95th Cong., 2d Sess. 999- 1007 (1978) (text of unenacted legislation). And Congress understood that the NSA surveillance that it intended categorically to exclude from FISA could include the monitoring of international communications into or out of the United States of U.S.
Smirnoff Launches Music Series With Signature Reinterpretations of ...
NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Beginning this month, the makers of Smirnoff vodka are launching an exciting new Smirnoff Signature Mix Series, a campaign pairing three acclaimed rappers with contemporary beat- maestros to create new versions of iconic hip-hop songs. Nationally renowned artists Common, Q-Tip, and KRS-One are joining musical forces with Just Blaze, Cool & Dre, and DJ Premier to remix Common's "The Light," A Tribe Called Quest's "Midnight," and Boogie Down Productions' seminal "Criminal Minded." The Smirnoff Signature Mix Series is part of the brand's ongoing commitment to fostering and promoting both established and emerging musical talent. The program was developed in partnership with Cornerstone, a leading marketing firm in New York City. Each artist/producer pairing represents a Smirnoff mixed drink made by blending one of the best-selling Smirnoff flavored vodka products with a popular mixer.
Hearts fan chief urges caution over match boycott plans
I can understand people's frustrations because I feel the same way myself but I don't believe that boycotts are the way to go. Even at the height of the Save our Hearts campaign I didn't support them because I believe that all they serve to do is divide the fans."Despite Watson's reservations though, the plans have been getting backing from a number of fans on the website, with one poster suggesting: "We want a manager to be given 100 per cent control of footballing operations. We want a protest against this random team selection, substitutions and tactical nonsense that are self-destructing Hearts."If we were all to choose not to go to one match to show our disapproval with this method of madness, then why not the Gretna match on February 9?"If the attendance was so low it might just implant a seed of doubt into Vlad's mind that all is not well."Meanwhile as .
CAN 2008 to enjoy uninterrupted power - VRA
Accra, Jan. 18, GNA - The Volta River Authority (VRA) on Thursday said it was fully prepared to provide adequate uninterrupted power supply throughout the African Cup of Nations Tournament the country was hosting. The Authority told the Ghana News Agency that: "VRA has made adequate arrangements such as the provision of generating sets to serve as standby power plants at all the four stadia in the country for the tournament to start this Sunday January 20." Mrs. Gertrude Koomson, of the Corporate Affairs Department of the VRA, who gave the assurance said technicians to man the various equipment have been given orientation to effectively carry out their duties. She said, "even though the VRA is currently running two to three turbines at Akosombo, it can conveniently operate all the six turbines when the need arises given the water level as at today." The VRA official said Ghanaians and their brothers and sisters from other African nations would have enough power to enjoy their football matches but added: "This is the time that we should also know that conservation of energy is key." "The 550 Megawatts (MW) Thermal Plants at Aboadze, Government's Emergency Power Programme are all in place to ensure uninterrupted supply," Mrs Koomson said.
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