cia IBM Verse, el mail social, combina tecnologías Cloud, Social, Analytics e innovación en diseño para transformar la forma en que trabajamos By www.ibm.com Published On :: vie, 21 nov 2014 03:58:49 GMT IBM (NYSE: IBM) reinventa hoy el correo electrónico empresarial con una nueva oferta de colaboración social freemium que utiliza la tecnología de analítica integrada para dar a los empleados una nueva forma de conversar, encontrar a las personas y la información correcta rápidamente, y hacer su trabajo de manera eficiente. IBM Verse es el resultado de una inversión de US$100 millones en diseño e innovación, y reúne las plataformas líderes cloud, analytics, social y de seguridad de la compañía para transformar el futuro del trabajo. Full Article Mobile
cia La infraestructura de IBM ayuda a empresas de Latinoamérica a mejorar resultados con tecnologías de nube, analítica, movilidad y social By www.ibm.com Published On :: jue, 09 abr 2015 03:19:11 GMT Empresas y organizaciones como bancos, agencias de viajes, restaurantes, proveedores de salud y gobiernos municipales en toda América Latina están adoptando nuevas tecnologías de nube, movilidad y analítica que llevan a una mayor eficiencia, menores costos y un mejor servicio a sus clientes y ciudadanos. Full Article Mobile
cia El Tecnológico de Monterrey transforma gestión de talento con solución de tecnología social By www.ibm.com Published On :: lun, 27 ago 2018 05:43:49 GMT IBM dio a conocer que el Tecnológico de Monterrey está transformando la gestión del entorno laboral de todas sus unidades de negocios con su solución de gestión de talento, Kenexa. La solución permite a los profesionales de Talento y Cultura (Recursos Humanos) del Tecnológico de Monterrey, tomar decisiones estratégicas a fin de impulsar los resultados de negocio basadas en hechos, es decir, sobre la base del análisis de talento (reporteadores) de su tradicional encuesta de clima organizacional. Full Article All Topics
cia IBM contribuye a la reinvención de la fuerza de trabajo en América Latina, beneficiando a más de 370.000 estudiantes con acceso a conocimiento en IA, Cloud y Blockchain By www.ibm.com Published On :: jue, 11 oct 2018 11:16:39 GMT IBM (NYSE: IBM) anunció hoy que está trabajando con más de 300 universidades y más de 400 instituciones educativas en toda Latinoamérica para respaldar la inminente necesidad de desarrollar habilidades asociadas a los requerimientos de la transformación digital, ya que el 60% de los ejecutivos se esfuerza hoy por mantener las habilidades de la fuerza laboral actualizadas y relevantes frente al rápido avance tecnológico. Full Article All Topics
cia IBM presenta pequeño sensor de uñas con inteligencia artificial y anuncia una alianza con la Fundación Michael J. Fox para comprender mejor y predecir la progresión de la enfermedad de Parkinson By www.ibm.com Published On :: mar, 08 ene 2019 07:15:37 GMT La enfermedad de Parkinson es un trastorno neurológico degenerativo crónico que afecta a una de cada 100 personas mayores de 60 años. Se estima que más de 5 millones de personas en el mundo tienen Parkinson y el número está aumentando con la población actual que envejece. Full Article All Topics
cia Estudio de IBM indica que 64% de los Directores de Marketing estará listo para adoptar Inteligencia Artificial en los próximos 3 años By www.ibm.com Published On :: lun, 14 ago 2017 04:19:52 GMT IBM reveló un nuevo estudio acerca de la manera en que los profesionales de marketing y ventas están adoptando soluciones cognitivas o de Inteligencia Artificial (IA). A pesar de que el 64% de los Directores de Marketing -CMOs por sus siglas en inglés- y líderes de ventas encuestados cree que sus industrias estarán listas para adoptar ese tipo de tecnologías en los próximos tres años, sólo 24% de los encuestados cree que tiene una estrategia establecida para hacerlo en la actualidad. Full Article IBM Watson
cia IBM y MIT Emprenden Investigación Conjunta en Inteligencia Artificial y Establecen el Laboratorio de IA MIT-IBM Watson By www.ibm.com Published On :: vie, 08 sep 2017 11:55:37 GMT IBM y el Instituto Tecnológico de Massachusetts (MIT) anunciaron los planes de IBM para realizar una inversión de 240 millones de dólares por 10 años a fin de crear el Laboratorio de Inteligencia Artificia MIT-IBM Watson. El laboratorio llevará a cabo investigaciones fundamentales de IA y buscará impulsar avances científicos que desbloqueen su potencial. La colaboración tiene como objetivo avanzar en el desarrollo del hardware, el software y los algoritmos de IA relacionados con el aprendizaje profundo y otras áreas, aumentar el impacto de la misma en industrias tales como el cuidado de la salud y la seguridad cibernética, así como explorar sus implicaciones económicas y éticas en la sociedad. La inversión de IBM de 240 millones de dólares en el laboratorio apoyará la investigación de científicos de IBM y del MIT. Full Article IBM Watson
cia IBM da un gran paso para abrir la caja negra de la inteligencia artificial By www.ibm.com Published On :: mié, 19 sep 2018 03:23:11 GMT IBM (NYSE: IBM) presentó hoy una tecnología que da a las organizaciones nueva transparencia en inteligencia artificial (IA), permitiéndoles aprovechar más plenamente su potencial. Full Article IBM Watson
cia LUZi, aplicación que lucha contra la mortalidad materna e infantil con ayuda de la Inteligencia Artificial de IBM By www.ibm.com Published On :: mié, 17 oct 2018 08:42:35 GMT PROESAH – asociación civil formada por un grupo de doctores, profesores y alumnos de la Universidad Autónoma de Guerrero-, anunció el día de hoy el lanzamiento de una aplicación llamada LUZi, que utiliza tecnología de Inteligencia Artificial (IA) de IBM para analizar el riesgo obstétrico. El objetivo del proyecto es reducir la mortalidad materna e infantil en las comunidades rurales de Guerrero, México. Full Article IBM Watson
cia Inteligencia artificial de IBM para repensar la fuerza laboral moderna By www.ibm.com Published On :: mié, 28 nov 2018 06:41:13 GMT La inteligencia artificial (IA) promete transformar tanto el futuro del trabajo como la función de Recursos Humanos (RRHH). Alineado con esta premisa, IBM (NYSE: IBM) anunció hoy IBM Talent & Transformation, una nueva unidad destinada a ayudar a las organizaciones y a sus empleados a tener éxito en la era de la inteligencia artificial y la automatización. Full Article IBM Watson
cia Cisco e IBM unen fuerzas contra la delincuencia cibernética By www.ibm.com Published On :: mié, 31 may 2017 03:25:48 GMT Cisco e IBM Security anunciaron hoy una magna colaboración para abordar la creciente amenaza global de la delincuencia cibernética. Mediante un nuevo acuerdo, las compañías trabajarán juntas de forma más abierta en productos, servicios e inteligencia de amenazas. Full Article Security
cia IBM y Fleury Medicina e Saúde anuncian alianza para ayudar a desarrollar medicina de precisión en Brasil By www.ibm.com Published On :: mié, 05 oct 2016 03:28:56 GMT Fleury Medicina e Saúde es el primer socio de la unidad IBM Watson Health en Latinoamérica. Las dos compañías trabajaron juntas para testear y validar la solución Watson for Genomics en Brasil como una potencial herramienta, que provee información para ayudar en la toma de decisiones médicas. De este modo, la alianza busca avances que permitan aumentar la precisión en la medicina personalizada. Full Article Business partners
cia CEMEX Transformará Digitalmente la Experiencia de sus Clientes a través de Colaboración con IBM By www.ibm.com Published On :: vie, 18 nov 2016 07:01:41 GMT CEMEX, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: CEMEXCPO), una de las compañías de materiales para la industria de la construcción líder en el mundo, e IBM (NYSE: IBM) anunciaron hoy que CEMEX llevará a cabo una importante transformación tecnológica diseñada para optimizar sus operaciones, mejorar notablemente la experiencia de sus clientes y aumentar la eficiencia del negocio. Full Article Business partners
cia Dona IBM servicios de consultoría a organizaciones mexicanas para proyectos de impacto social By www.ibm.com Published On :: lun, 20 feb 2017 07:59:19 GMT Con la finalidad de apoyar el desarrollo de proyectos de alto impacto en la Ciudad de México, la Asociación Mexiana de Ayuda a Niños con Cáncer (AMANC), Fondo Unido México, Fundación Carlos Slim, el Patronato del Museo Nacional de Antropología e IBM, ponen en marcha el día de hoy el programa de consultoría Corporate Service Corps (CSC), en su edición Ciudad de México. Full Article Corporate
cia Organizaciones beneficiadas e IBM, comparten resultados de servicios de consultoría en proyectos de impacto social By www.ibm.com Published On :: mar, 21 mar 2017 05:07:43 GMT Después de un mes de haber iniciado la consultoria pro-bono de IBM denominada Corporate Service Corps (CSC), el día de hoy se hizo la entrega del resumen ejecutivo de cada uno de los proyectos de las organizaciones receptoras de este apoyo: Asociación Mexiana de Ayuda a Niños con Cáncer (AMANC), Fondo Unido México, Fundación Carlos Slim, el Patronato del Museo Nacional de Antropología. Full Article Corporate
cia IBM anuncia nueva gerente general en América Latina By www.ibm.com Published On :: mar, 11 jul 2017 06:04:40 GMT IBM anunció hoy que Ana Paula Assis ha sido nombrada gerente general para IBM América Latina. Ana Paula será responsable por la estrategia de negocios de la compañía y el desarrrollo de sus profesionales, y trabajará con los clientes y el mercado para ayudar a acelerar la transformación digital y la adopción de inteligencia artificial y nuevos modelos cognitivos en la región. Full Article Corporate
cia Dona IBM Servicios de Consultoría a Organizaciones Queretanas para Proyectos de Impacto Social By www.ibm.com Published On :: mar, 03 oct 2017 08:50:58 GMT IBM, Peace Corps y cuatro instituciones locales dieron inicio el día de hoy al programa de consultoría Corporate Service Corps (CSC), en su edición Cd. de Querétaro; con la finalidad de apoyar el desarrollo de proyectos de alto impacto en esta localidad. IBM y Peace Corps (PC) trabajarán en conjunto con la Secretaría de Desarrollo Social del Estado de Querétaro, el Instituto Queretano de las Mujeres, el Municipio de Querétaro - Delegación Santa Rosa Jáuregui, y la Universidad Politécnica de Santa Rosa Jáuregui (UPSRJ). Full Article Corporate
cia IBM y VON DER HEIDE unen esfuerzos para transformar las iniciativas de recursos humanos en resultados de negocio By www.ibm.com Published On :: jue, 21 jul 2016 05:22:52 GMT IBM y VON DER HEIDE, compañía especializada en servicios de consultoría de Recursos Humanos, informan que han firmado una importante alianza para expandir su oferta de servicios de Employee Engagement y HR Analytics en toda América Latina. Por medio de las tecnologías de IBM, esta alianza le permitirá a VON DER HEIDE brindar a sus clientes una oferta de consultoría única en el mercado, para transformar estrategias de talento en resultados de negocio. Full Article Analytics
cia Servidores Linux de IBM, diseñados para acelerar inteligencia artificial, conocimiento profundo y analítica avanzada By www.ibm.com Published On :: jue, 08 sep 2016 09:37:15 GMT IBM (NYSE: IBM) reveló hoy una serie de nuevos servidores diseñados para potenciar las cargas de trabajo cognitivas y elevar la eficiencia en el centro de cómputo. Con un nuevo chip, la línea basada en Linux incorpora innovaciones de la comunidad OpenPOWER que ofrecen mayores niveles de desempeño y mayor eficiencia de cómputo que los disponibles en cualquier servidor basado sobre x86. Full Article Analytics
cia IBM « Social Business » : nouveaux services de conseil et de formation pour saisir les opportunités associées aux réseaux sociaux By www.ibm.com Published On :: jeu., 12 janv. 2012 08:40:26 GMT IBM (NYSE : IBM) lance de nouveaux programmes, services et partenariats afin d’aider les entreprises à renforcer leurs capacités à utiliser les réseaux sociaux pour se saisir de nouvelles opportunités affaires. Full Article Global Business Solutions
cia 【動画】宝塚歌劇 SPECIAL MOVIE 5組トップスターよりメッセージ By takarazuka.okashi.pupu.jp Published On :: 2020-04-29T16:58:18+09:00 【動画】宝塚歌劇 SPECIAL MOVIE 5組トップスターよりメッセージ 応援クリックをお願いいたします!! ↓ (1日1回有効です) 発売しました rakuten_design="slide";rakuten_affiliateId="0193c887.0c0ce49d.085070b4.f5411178";rakuten_items="ctsmat... Full Article
cia At ASCO 2017 Clinicians Present New Evidence about Watson Cognitive Technology and Cancer Care By www.ibm.com Published On :: Wed, 11 Oct 2017 05:25:39 GMT Watson matched tumor board treatment recommendations in up to 96% of cases;reduced clinical trial screening time by 78%, studies find. Prostate cancer is latest add to Watson for Oncology; the tech will be available to support 80 percent of the incidence of cancer by year-end. Nine new adopters of Watson oncology offerings around the globe expands Watson's reach to 55 organizations worldwide. Full Article IBM Watson
cia Australian Bureau of Statistics Adopts IBM Social Software to Boost Employee Collaboration By www.ibm.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 11:58:58 GMT IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced that the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) is adopting IBM social software to support the way thousands of employees connect and interact. Full Article Software
cia Zoo and Aquarium Association Uses IBM Technology to Support Endangered Species Programme By www.ibm.com Published On :: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 06:52:04 GMT Zoo and Aquarium Association Uses IBM Technology to Support Endangered Species Programme Full Article Software
cia In Appreciation: The LumoPro LP180 [2013-2020] By strobist.blogspot.com Published On :: Thu, 23 Jan 2020 16:40:00 +0000 The LumoPro LP180 is no more. You could make a strong case that the LP180 was the best manual hot shoe flash ever produced — and maybe that ever will be produced. It was a beast of a flash, with a fluid user interface and features designed specifically for off-camera lighting photographers. Now, it's the last of a bygone era. Why did it have to die? What made it so good? And what will replace it as the flash of choice for discerning-but-frugal off-camera shooters?Read more » Full Article
cia NEWS: Chapter 2 Officially Started! By starfightercomic.com Published On :: Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:30:00 GMT Hello Everyone!Chapter 02 of Starfighter has officially begun! I have really been looking forward to this moment and hope you enjoy the next installment of the story. With the first chapter of Starfighter in the capable hands of our printers, I am now free to work on pages again! Thank you so much for your patience and support; it is truly appreciated!If you haven't already, feel free to check out the shop and subscribe to the RSS feed!Much love, - HamletMachine Full Article
cia The coronavirus outbreak has officially been labeled a pandemic... By robertreich.org Published On :: Thu, 12 Mar 2020 18:33:25 -0400 The coronavirus outbreak has officially been labeled a pandemic by the World Health Organization, potentially grinding the global economy to a halt. Yet every step of the way, the Trump administration’s response has been to deny, blame, obfuscate, and generally cover up. Trump and his enablers are focused only on mitigating the economic consequences of the outbreak, especially before the election – mulling proposals like corporate tax cuts and bailouts for airlines and the hotel industry, but resisting the needs of average Americans and our broken healthcare system. The outbreak has also revealed the utter weakness of our social safety nets: workers may be forced to choose between a missed paycheck and risking their health because too many employers have no paid sick leave, schools are weighing whether or not to shut down because hundreds of thousands of poor children rely on them for hot meals, and our cruel for-profit healthcare system is preventing people from getting tested for the virus for fear of a hefty bill.And, remember, 80 percent of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. Coupled with Trump’s incompetence and narcissism, it’s a recipe for total disaster. Meanwhile, the Democratic electorate is in the midst of a primary to unseat this sociopath. After Tuesday, Biden has kept his delegate lead with wins in Idaho, Michigan, Missouri, and Mississippi. And while the race isn’t over yet, it’s wise to start making contingency plans. Biden’s biggest weakness is his failure to attract progressives and young voters. In a CNN exit poll for Michigan, Bernie won a whopping 82 percent of voters age 18-29. Without these voters, if Biden is the nominee, Democrats will not be able to get the votes needed to defeat Trump. So what are Biden’s options for getting out the vote of this crucial portion of the Party? He must select a true progressive for Vice President, like Elizabeth Warren or even Bernie Sanders, who can push bold progressive ideas like a wealth tax, Medicare for All, tuition-free college, cancelling student debt, and a Green New Deal. These progressive policies are also winners with the electorate – a majority of voters even in Mississippi and other southern states supported replacing the current healthcare system with a single-payer system, and polling continues to reflect this appetite for transformative change. Even if Bernie isn’t getting the support he counted on, his ideas are. And don’t count Bernie out just yet. A debate is coming up this weekend that could boost his campaign enough to help him secure wins in later key states like Ohio and Pennsylvania. But if he fails to get traction, he needs to do whatever he can to help reunite the party, and most importantly, keep working to shift the party in a progressive direction. Behind the scenes he needs to negotiate with Biden a pathway to gain progressive support. Meanwhile, Biden needs to take up the issues of concern to young people, who are the future of the party and who Democrats can’t win without. This might seem like a pipe dream, but Biden has no choice. This is not 2016. The nation cannot afford another 4 years of Trump. If you’re angry – and rightfully so – use that anger to keep pushing the movement. Full Article video videos biden39s Joe Biden Bernie Berniesanders
cia Corporations Will Not Save Us: The Sham of Corporate Social... By robertreich.org Published On :: Tue, 05 May 2020 14:21:47 -0400 Corporations Will Not Save Us: The Sham of Corporate Social ResponsibilityLast August, the Business Roundtable – an association of CEOs of America’s biggest corporations – announced with great fanfare a “fundamental commitment to all of our stakeholders” and not just their shareholders. They said “investing in employees, delivering value to customers, and supporting outside communities“ is now at the forefront of their business goals — not maximizing profits.Baloney. Corporate social responsibility is a sham.One Business Roundtable director is Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors. Just weeks after making the Roundtable commitment, and despite GM’s hefty profits and large tax breaks, Barra rejected workers’ demands that GM raise their wages and stop outsourcing their jobs. Earlier in the year GM shut its giant assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Nearly 50,000 GM workers then staged the longest auto strike in 50 years. They won a few wage gains but didn’t save any jobs. Barra was paid $22 million last year. How’s that for corporate social responsibility?Another prominent CEO who made the phony Business Roundtable commitment was AT&T’s Randall Stephenson, who promised to use the billions in savings from the Trump tax cut to invest in the company’s broadband network and create at least 7,000 new jobs. Instead, even before the coronavirus pandemic, AT&T cut more than 23,000 jobs and demanded that employees train lower-wage foreign workers to replace them. Let’s not forget Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon and its Whole Foods subsidiary. Just weeks after Bezos made the Business Roundtable commitment, Whole Foods announced it would be cutting medical benefits for its entire part-time workforce. The annual saving to Amazon from this cost-cutting move is roughly what Bezos – whose net worth is $117 billion – makes in a few hours. Bezos’ wealth grows so quickly, this number has gone up since you started watching this video.GE’s CEO Larry Culp is also a member of the Business Roundtable. Two months after he made the commitment to all his stakeholders, General Electric froze the pensions of 20,000 workers in order to cut costs. So much for investing in employees. Dennis Muilenburg, the former CEO of Boeing, also committed to the phony Business Roundtable pledge. Shortly after making the commitment to “deliver value to customers,” Muilenburg was fired for failing to act to address the safety problems that caused the 737 Max crashes that killed 346 people. After the crashes, he didn’t issue a meaningful apology or even express remorse to the victims’ families and downplayed the severity of the fallout to investors, regulators, airlines, and the public. He was rewarded with a $62 million farewell gift from Boeing on his way out.Oh, and the chairman of the Business Roundtable is Jamie Dimon, CEO of Wall Street’s largest bank, JPMorgan Chase. Dimon lobbied Congress personally and intensively for the biggest corporate tax cut in history, and got the Business Roundtable to join him. JPMorgan raked in $3.7 billion from the tax cut. Dimon alone made $31 million in 2018. That tax cut increased the federal debt by almost $2 trillion. This was before Congress spent almost $3 trillion fighting the pandemic – and delivering a hefty portion as bailouts to the biggest corporations, many of whom signed the Business Roundtable pledge. As usual, almost nothing has trickled down to America’s working class and poor. The truth is, American corporations are sacrificing workers and communities as never before in order to further boost runaway profits and unprecedented CEO pay. And not even a tragic pandemic is changing that. Americans know this. A record 76 percent of U.S. adults believe major corporations have too much power. The only way to make corporations socially responsible is through laws requiring them to be – for example, giving workers a bigger voice in corporate decision making, requiring that corporations pay severance to communities they abandon, raising corporate taxes, busting up monopolies, and preventing dangerous products (including faulty airplanes) from ever reaching the light of day. If the CEOs of the Business Roundtable and other corporations were truly socially responsible, they’d support such laws, not make phony promises they clearly have no intention of keeping. Don’t hold your breath. The only way to get such laws enacted is by reducing corporate power and getting big money out of our politics. The first step is to see corporate social responsibility for the sham it is. The next step is to emerge from this pandemic and economic crisis more resolved than ever to rein in corporate power, and make the economy work for all. Full Article video videos pandemic corporate social responsibility corporate power
cia "solidarity, equity and social justice" By lj.rossia.org Published On :: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 17:40:30 GMT Смешноhttps://www.forbes.com/2010/02/05/world-health-organization-swine-flu-pandemic-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento.htmlоказывается, в 2010-м WHO (это те самые люди, которыепридумали карантин против ковида и везде его пропагандируют)замечательно сели в лужу, объявив свиной грипп пандемиейи проебав на том 18 миллиардов баксов. Но делали этоони не просто так, а под знакомыми лозунгами"solidarity, equity and social justice". То бишь WHOэто такая коллективная Оказия Кортез, банда ебанутыхSJW, возглавляющая атаку международного капитала наобщественные и личные свободы.В 2010-м со свиным гриппом у них неполучилось, теперь они пытаются с короной,и у них все пока получается.Многие спрашивают, кому нужно это адскоеговно, "карантины" и все прочее, и зачем либеральная общественность так за них цепляется.А вот за этим, очевидно. Коррупционеры из WHO рвутсяк власти, а пропагандисты за "solidarity, equityand social justice" (CNN, NYT, Guardian и иже сними) им помогают, ибо надеются урвать свой кусок.Интересно, что в 2010-м в каждом магазине(я как раз жил в Бразилии) на входе был специальныйрекомендованный WHO против свиного гриппа диспенсерантисептического геля для рук, а сейчас их нет.Специально ходил сегодня в аптеку, искал,но нет антисептического геля и там.В принципе, если бы кому-то хотелосьбороться с коронавирусом, они бы этим в первую очередьозаботились, но никак. Очевидно, WHO, под впечатлением прошлогораза, сама убедила себя, что корона это фейк, и никаких реальныхмер больше не предлагает. С другой стороны, реальных мер WHOи не надо, пусть эта музыка будет вечной, им так выгоднее.В общем, чиновник WHO это адский гад,похуже любого коронавируса.Привет Comments Full Article covid
cia U.S. Financial System “Monitor” Failed to Flash Warning as Fed Pumped $6 Trillion Emergency Liquidity into Wall Street By wallstreetonparade.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 12:49:24 +0000 U.S. Financial System “Monitor” Failed to Flash Warning as Fed Pumped $6 Trillion Emergency Liquidity into Wall Street By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: May 8, 2020 ~ The Office of Financial Research (OFR) was created under the Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation of 2010 to keep the Financial Stability Oversight Council (F-SOC) informed on emerging threats that have the potential to implode the financial system — as occurred in 2008 in the worst financial crash since the Great Depression. The Trump administration has gutted both its funding and staff. One of the early warning systems of an impending financial crisis that OFR was supposed to have created is the heat map above. Green means low risk; yellow tones mean moderate risk; while red tones flash a warning of a serious problem. On September 17, 2019, liquidity was so strained on Wall Street that the Federal Reserve had to step in and began providing hundreds of billions of dollars per week in repo loans. By January 27, 2020 (before … Continue reading → - Full Article Uncategorized
cia global financial system By www.marriedtothesea.com Published On :: Sun, 10 Nov 2019 04:00:00 EST Today on Married To The Sea: global financial systemThe Worst Things For Sale is Drew's blog. It updates every day. Subscribe to the Worst Things For Sale RSS! Full Article autogen_comic
cia Reflections on the judicial system in Malta By maltaobserver.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:25:00 +0000 One is often surprised when one reads about the trials and their outcome in Malta. What is most astonishing is how long time it takes in Malta between a crime is committed and the perpetrator’s identity is known to the police and the trial takes place. The Court House in Valletta, MaltaIn today’s The Times one can read about a hold-up that had taken place in 2007. Obviously a firearm was used and goods of substantial value were taken. If the police got to know about the robber’s identity in 2011 one can understand why the trial took place in February 2012, but that seems not to be the case.One of the most outrageous cases is the one regarding a man, who was jailed in April 2011 and sentenced to 29 years after he was found guilty of the murder of a prostitute who was killed in 1999. The circumstances around the killing and the man who was later convicted were known to the police in a much earlier stage. One can reflect in these cases on what the then suspected men did during the time between the crimes and the trials. Were they still on the loose or were they kept in custody without trial for all these years, probably not the latter. One can also wonder how the murdered girl’s relatives felt. All their sorrow must have been experienced once more, especially as Maltese papers publish names and details and even the name of the community where they live. It is also unfair to a suspect not to have his case tried; he might be innocent. Almost every week you can read about cases like these. The same, or even worse, goes for civil cases that can go on for much more than a decade to be ruled by a court. Full Article
cia The collapsed Maltese judicial system By maltaobserver.blogspot.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 09:03:00 +0000 It is obvious that the Maltese judicial system has totally collapsed. In todays The Times one can read of a man who has raped his nephew and niece and sexually abused their cousin when they were five, eight and thirteen years old. The abuses took place during several years until 2007. The father of the siblings reported this to the police 2007 and insisted that the police should take immediately action. The perpetrator, when then heard by the police, immediately admitted the acts and also showed the police videos that he previously had shown to his victims. The videos contained sexual actions the perpetrator had had with his wife. One can wonder why these terrible crimes not ended up in court until 2012! The man was this week sentenced to ten years in prison. What has happened since 2007? How have the victims and their families felt during this time? Is there any excuse for this failure of the judicial system? There is no wonder that the people in Malta has very low confidence in the judicial system and that so many people think that judges accept bribes; they are probably more interested in their own wellbeing than the one of people who have been abused. Those people are not abused only by a perpetrator but also by the judicial system. This is a shame on Malta and its (lack of ) functional judicial system. Full Article
cia A Maltese priest’s distorted view of the judiciary's role in society By maltaobserver.blogspot.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:19:00 +0000 In yesterdays The Times a Maltese priest, Mgr. Anton Gaucia, complains once more that a High Court in London a few weeks ago gave a sentence ruling that “the Catholic Church can be held liable for the wrongdoings of its priests”. Mgr. Gaucia have earlier, January 8 in Sunday Times, made the same complaint. Now Mgr. Gaucia also complains over the fact that a Mr. Justice in London has ruled that “the saying of prayers as part of the formal meeting of a council is not lawful”, adding that “there is no statutory power permitting the practice to continue”. First things first; of course the Church shall be liable for what its employees/priests do in Alphain their capacity as priests. The children in these cases were in the care of a Catholic institution. I wonder what Mgr. Gaucia would say about if a municipal employee at a daycare sexually molest a child that the child’s parents left in its care. Of course, the municipality would be responsible for its negligence and for its failure to protect a child. The same goes of course for the Church. Mgr. Gaucia may of course, probably not being a father himself in the more down to earth sense, not understand what damage the Church and its priests done to these children. The people The Observer talked to in this matter in Malta all agree with The Observer and I think it would be wise of the Church to listen to the people in this.Second; it might soon be time for priests like Mgr. Gauci and his colleagues to realize what century they live in. The time when Catholics ruled southern Europe is gone forever. There are Muslims, Hindus, Jews and many other people of different beliefs that have and are going to have positions in the society among which, of course, also positions in a council. Does Mgr. Gauci really mean that these people must attend Catholic or Protestant prayers? Or shall they leave when such prayer is to be said? Another possibility would of course be to have, say ten, different rooms where people of different beliefs could pray in accordance with such belief before the council meeting. Mgr Gauci, please grow up and realize what reality you live in. Full Article
cia Malta's judicial system once more By maltaobserver.blogspot.com Published On :: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 08:55:00 +0000 In todays The Times the public is given a good explanation why the Maltese courts do not have time for unimportant cases like murders, trafficking, rapes, smuggling of narcotics etc. The courts have far more important cases to deal with, namely cases of insulting. A circus agent felt insulted after being called a clown. This terrible crime was rather soon brought to court for judgment. AlphaThe Observer is confident that the public feel great gratitude that the legal system makes such wise priorities. Full Article
cia Again, the Maltese judicial system is proven to have collapsed and now it also seems ridiculous By maltaobserver.blogspot.com Published On :: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0000 Today one can read in The Times of a man being sentenced to one month in prison and fined 233€ for illegal gambling. The fantastic and almost unbelievable fact is that the crime was committed in 2001 and the man pleaded guilty in 2002. The man had to wait ten years to be punished for a crime he had admitted almost immediately! To make this even more surprising (well, maybe not so surprising; this is probably typically for the judicial system in Malta) the judge found that the prosecution had failed to prove the allegations against the man, but, since he had admitted the crime the judge had to find him guilty. The Observer sincerely hopes that the latter is not true. In most other countries, with a more sophisticated and functioning judicial system than Malta, an admission is not enough to prove that a person has committed a crime. When famous murders occur, quite many people come to the police and plead guilty. This is a well-known fact among Alphacriminologists. Probably and hopefully The Times has not published full details about why the judge had to find the man guilty. Full Article
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cia Toronto’s Long-Term Financial Plan: The Bill is Due By torontoist.com Published On :: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 17:12:54 +0000 As his parting gift to Toronto Council, City Manager Peter Wallace spells out the effect of years of promised new services and infrastructure unmatched by revenue to build and operate our dream city. Toronto Council is good at making promises, voting for better services, new transit lines, a revitalized expressway, but too many of these promises depend on money the city does not have. At budget time, city staff work their magic and trim spending to fit the available dollars. Programs are stretched to make do with less […] The post Toronto’s Long-Term Financial Plan: The Bill is Due appeared first on Torontoist. Full Article news
cia Google Plus - Google's New Social Network By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Wed, 06 Jul 2011 20:13:00 EST If you haven’t heard Google is set to launch a new social network, otherwise known as Google Plus or Google+ depending on who you talk to. Like the new Google plus 1 button, Google is trying to get into the social network scene currently dominated by Facebook. Google’s new social network will be available on all its products thanks to a completely re-designed navigation bar........... Google’s new social network will share some very similar features to its biggest rival with a similar notification system and its stream which will have a look and feel very close to Facebook’s news feed. This will allow its users to share photos, videos, and links to their contacts pretty much the same way, and with the recent plus 1 button you’ll be able to rate content much like you would “like” content on Facebook. Full Article
cia Tulalip Microsoft's New Social Network ? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:51:00 EST With all the talk about Google and their new social network Google Plus, (Or Google+) it looks like there could soon be a new player to what appears to be a rapidly growing social network feud. Recently either by accident or on purpose Microsoft unveiled a new site called Tulalip. Personally I don’t think this was by accident, rather a clever way at generating some buzz.............. Full Article
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cia A very special PSA from Deep-Sea News By www.deepseanews.com Published On :: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 16:39:32 +0000 Given recent news, we felt compelled to share a couple of tips with our readers. Consider them to be ocean pro-moves. Full Article Cephalopods Opinion & Editorial
cia Financial Success Within a System-Oriented Life By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Fri, 01 May 2020 14:00:30 +0000 One of the most powerful strategies I’ve found for improving my life is the idea of systems. Basically, rather than setting a goal for yourself, you develop a system of some kind, a set of daily actions that gradually nudge you toward that goal. For example, instead of saying “I’m going to lose 100 pounds this year,” you ask yourself, “What can I sustainably do each day to lead to gradual but significant weight loss over the course of this […] The post Financial Success Within a System-Oriented Life appeared first on The Simple Dollar. Full Article Getting Started Getting Started
cia What to Do If You and Your Roommate Disagree on the Concept of “Social Distancing” By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: Sat, 09 May 2020 10:00:00 -0400 Here's what to say if they're a bit more lax on the definition. READ MORE... Full Article Boyfriends Girlfriends and Roommates
cia The grand challenge(s) for social work By podcast.iriss.org.uk Published On :: Thu, 17 May 2018 23:00:00 +0000 At the Social Work Scotland AGM 2018, John Devaney, Centenary Chair of Social Work, spoke about social work in Scotland today. He focused on three key themes: The nature of modern social work and contribution of social workers to civil society The role of leadership in social work How to raise or sustain profile of what social work does and its value to wider society. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Make your dream a reality by Scott Holmes Full Article
cia Perceptions of social work education and practice By podcast.iriss.org.uk Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2018 23:00:00 +0000 Building the future: shaping our social work identity newly qualified social worker conference was held on 31 May 2018 in Edinburgh. Delivered with the University of Edinburgh (in partnership with the Higher Education Heads of Social Work Group), Iriss, Scottish Social Services Council, the Scottish Association of Social Work, Social Work Scotland and the Scottish Government, it provided an opportunity for newly qualified social workers to come together to connect and reconnect. In this episode, Martin Kettle of Glasgow Caledonian University gives an overview of research on newly qualified social worker perceptions of social work education and practice. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Make your dream a reality by Scott Holmes Full Article
cia Building the future; shaping our social work identity By podcast.iriss.org.uk Published On :: Wed, 30 May 2018 23:00:00 +0000 Building the future; shaping our social work identity newly qualified social worker conference was held on 31 May 2018 in Edinburgh. Delivered with the University of Edinburgh (in partnership with the Higher Education Heads of Social Work Group), Iriss, SSSC, SASW, Social Work Scotland and the Scottish Government, it provided an opportunity for newly qualified social workers to come together to connect and reconnect. Viviene Cree introduces the conference, and is followed by a presentation by Jane Johnstone who provides some thought provoking asks of attendees. Transcript of episode Music Credit: Make your dream a reality by Scott Holmes Full Article
cia Social work student and service user role play sessions By podcast.iriss.org.uk Published On :: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 23:00:00 +0000 This is one of seven stories, showcasing what service user and carer (SUAC) involvement in social work education looks like, what makes it work and what benefits it brings. It has a significant role to play in shaping the next generation of practitioners. SUAC involvement in social work education has been mandatory for 15 years now, so there is a lot of learning to share with others who can learn from this - transferrable to educators and practitioners working across public services, and relevant to policy-makers committed to mainstreaming person-centred – or person-led – approaches based on real partnership working between those who use and those who deliver services. Summary This story is based around role play sessions that are held between social work students at the University of Strathclyde and members of the service user and carer group. The role play is part of an exercise called Fitness to Practise, so students have to take part in a role play before they go out on placement (this is done with second year undergraduate students on the BA course as well as first year students on the Masters course). Previously these sessions were carried out solely between students, but that didn't seem to be working, with it being much harder for students to imagine each other as service users and to use that experience to inform their future work. Full Article