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Work/Life: As If Your Life Depended On It

How frequently do you think about what you put on the line every time you travel? Probably not often, because doing anything as remarkable as zipping 30,000 feet into the stratosphere inside a metal tube with wings over and over ...READ»

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Flawless to Clueless, Part III: Peanut Birdfeeder

One of the great joys of living in Palisades, New York, is that it is teaming with wildlife. When I saw the Peanut Birdfeeder in the "Design Within Reach" catalog, it looked way too beautiful to actually work. I was skeptical, but decided to spend the $90 to give it a try.READ»

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Another Plane Hits the Sea, but Aircraft Are Still Safe

More terrible aviation news: A passenger jet carrying 153 souls has crashed into the sea in the Indian Ocean. According to press reports, the flight was a Yemenia Airbus A310 flying out of Yemen into the island of Comoros. It was ...READ»

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Why Hudson River-Like Plane Crashes Will Happen Again

Yesterday's aircraft crash in the Hudson River may have been miraculous in terms of survivability, and it boosted the standing of Twitter, which got stunning images in circulation before the mainstream media. But its suspected ...READ»

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Picking the Right Candidate--The Question You Should Always Ask

There is an easier way for recruiters to find a Captain Sullenberger, or people like him. The clue to the key interview question lies earlier in life--what they did for extracurricular activities that they had a passion for.READ»

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Success Failure, Arrogance and Humility

Self confidence is one of the keys to success that I discuss in Straight Talk for Success.  If you want to become self confident you need to do three things.  1) Become and optimist.  2) Face your fears and act.  3) Surround ...READ»

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News You Can Use—and Create

When US Air flight 1549 touched down on the Hudson River, all aboard were saved but the major news organs got smoked: They didn't break the news or the pictures. Instead we got both in nearly real-time, via eye witnesses on Twitter. ...READ»

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Letter From the Magazine: Welcome to the Future

This issue was created at ground zero. We've just moved to 7 World Trade Center, a site destroyed on 9/11 and rebuilt as one of the first gold-level green-certified office buildings in New York. We overlook the Hudson River and ...READ»

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Letter From the Editor

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Urban Oasis

Detour: New YorkREAD»

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Global Discount Travel

Discount Global Travel - About Discount Global Travel The Philippines Barrio Fiesta would be like any other barrio fiestas in the Philippines where there are lots of local foods being served to just about anybody who would come ...READ»

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The Bonk Show HITS Stevens with a BANG

The BONK College Game Show hits Stevens with a BANG...or BONK perhap.sThat would be Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken NJ and WOW what a campus. A view right across the Hudson River to the Manhattan skyline. Not cheap real ...READ»

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Sully Sullenberger and Self Confidence

Chesley B. “Sully” Sullenberger III is a hero. I’m sure you know by now that he safely landed a US Airways Airbus A320 with 155 passengers and crew on board on the Hudson River last Thursday. And then walked the cabin – ...READ»

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Offbeat Sites for Off-Sites

Make your next off-site meeting a staff treat.READ»

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Global Discount Travel

Global Discount Travel News - Global Discount Travel Stories There are 2 ways you can enjoy a cruise onboard the Raja Laut. The first choice is to cruise along the Andaman Sea and the second choice is to cruise along the ...READ»

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MoMA Hosts Creative Lock-In to Save New York's Waterfronts

The museum is sponsoring a workshop aiming for new solutions for sheltering the city's threatened waterfront.READ»

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Digital Matters - Issue 53

Fear, says John Ellis, is the new market psychographic. Get ready for economic changes that require a whole new logic.READ»

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Fast 50 2008: IBM

The streak is still going strong. In 2007, for the fifteenth consecutive year, IBM racked up more U.S. patents than any other company on the planet -- 3,125 in all. That's a whopping 60 patents per week. Sure, they're a prolific ...READ»

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Manic Monday: The Financial Markets Are Unpredictable. Human Nature, Less So.

Bernanke speaks, AIG parties, McCain cries socialism, while the ranks of the wicked, greedy and shameless continues to grow. Given all the credit market drama, I can’t help but shake the feeling that a little penance might go a long way.READ»

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Change Agent - Issue 51

Big companies and the Web are draining the civility out of business. Are you ready to embrace accountability and sacrifice anonymity?READ»

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Sky Fighter

Daniel Libeskind shares his vision for architecture and why he's at peace with the plans for Ground Zero that replaced his own.READ»

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Can Random Thoughts Help To Make Sense of Our Current Environment?

Why would anyone want to hear someone’s random thoughts you ask? Well, perhaps it can offer some method to the madness that some feel we are living in today. Let me explain.   A few months ago, I blogged about preparing ...READ»

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Attack of the Green Tech Geeks

Jetsons-style applications, from companies like RecycleBank and Agilewaves, that measure just what we're consuming have become the hottest trend in sustainable business. Such systems give people information that rivals what Wal-Mart has of its supply chain. But can the energy savings trump the privacy hit?READ»

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SHOULD WE? or SHOULD WE NOT? Why companys are struggling to join the conversation!

You are still not on the Social Media bandwagon? Why not? See 10 valid points why Social Media Marketing should be on your A-List.READ»

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Susan Boyle and the Two Captains: A Return To Simple Narratives

The singing sensation Susan Boyle who recently auditioned for Britain’s Got Talent, a Simon Cowell creation, has taken the world by storm. I first got wind of this phenomenon when a friend of mine sent me the link last week. If you ...READ»