America’s Got Talent Is Back With the Talent And A Surprise

With the pesky Olympics out of the way, the reality fans in us all are glad to have America’s Got Talent back on with the search for the next great talent with America taking over the act of buzzing by voting the contestants off that don’t fit the mold of who America thinks should win it all.  With judges, Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne and David Hasselhoff ready to hopefully not buzz too much, the race was on as we enter the home stretch of the summer blockbuster. The live action started off with Jerry Springer... [Read the full story]

Economic Development 2.0

August 2008, By Bill Trüb, businessfacilities.com E-cities. Cyber communities. Broadband economies. Byte by byte, digital infrastructures are being built all around us, and visions of the future are becoming reality. In our tech-hungry, forward-reaching business world, the days of dial-up Internet connections are tucked away in a file folder labeled "Outdated." The most progressive cities around the world are slinging webs of fiber optic wires throughout their communities, building networks of information highways, and... [Read the full story]

Andy Abramson on WiMAX

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Social Darwinism in the Buckle of the Bible Belt

RE: eugenics vs. euangellion -- Sunday brought Dean Barham's inspiring presentation at the Family of God at Woodmont Hills focusing on Bono's activities in the name of God and Isaiah's charge to Israel (Isaiah 1:10-20). Monday brought Randy Alexander's email below. I don't get the sense that the scenario which Randy describes is in line with the general tenor of “Wash yourselves; make yourselves clean; remove the evil of your deeds from before my eyes; cease to do evil, learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression;... [Read the full story]

Christopher Cox on XBRL

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The Seventh National Medical Banking Institute National Call for White Papers

Share Your Expertise, Best Practices & Model Programs! The 7th National Medical Banking Institute is an exciting cross-industry educational forum for the banking and healthcare communities. At the Institute, we explore how banks are improving healthcare by reducing costs and increasing access and the quality of healthcare. The International Journal of Medical Banking is intended to educate commerce, government and academia about medical banking principles and technologies. The editorial staff is seeking white papers... [Read the full story]

Open Compliance & Ethics Group Chairman and CEO To Present Industry Keynote Session At Interact 2008: The Legal And Compliance Technology Forum

Scott L. Mitchell, Chairman and CEO of OCEG, will be presenting the Interact 2008 industry keynote session. Mr. Mitchell's presentation, A Standardized Framework for Measuring and Evaluating GRC Program Performance, will offer guidance to assess GRC programs, to determine whether initiatives are delivering business value, and to optimize program performance. Additionally, he will bring GRC leadership insight as the moderator of an Interact 2008 panel discussion entitled, Moving to the Next Level of Your Compliance Program.... [Read the full story]

Boone Wants Me To Sign Up 5 Friends

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booz&co Organization Effectiveness Simulator

Have you ever wondered how your organization rates in terms of getting things done? Execution – consistent, coordinated, controlled execution – is the passport to sustained success in our global competitive environment, but how do you optimize execution? What actions would you take? Test your theories using our Organization Effectiveness Simulator. First, diagnose your organization’s current state, then chart a path based on selected actions and offered insights toward a higher execution score. Go ahead…see how you... [Read the full story]

74 Open Source VoIP Apps & Resources

Aaron Rosenthal sent me a pointer to http://www.os-voip.com which in turn held a link to "74 Open Source VoIP Apps & Resources" over at VOIPNow.org When a body of independent auditors and experts recommended that the State of California consider open-source software and Voice over Internet Protocol telephony (VoIP) as two measures to cut costs in 2004, that was the signal that open source and VoIP should unite. After all, what’s better than free software? Open source is better, because you have access to the code.... [Read the full story]

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