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A longstanding research project of mine has now provided enough evidence for me to say that my dogs like to eat what we humans might call cuisine. They are Staffordshire Bull Terriers called Roy and Trotsky.When they came to live with me as puppies three years ago I had
management & leadership
The Origins of Unengaged Employees has quite an interesting take on employee engagement, but I'm not sure that I agree completely. Engagement is all about feeling like you are a part of something bigger and more meaningful than yourself alone. When I've been engaged at work
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During my review of newstand women's magazines it has become clear that there are only 3 things of interest to women: 1) looking sexy 2) food - both eating and cooking thereof 3) creating 'lovely' living spaces This must mean that women who do not have
gender & sexism
My post the other day on this topic revealed my complete ignorance of house & home magazines (this deficiency in my reading was kindly pointed out in a recent comment). I have rushed to the store to get hold of a bunch of womens' magazines and have been reading
gender & sexism
It is astonishing that many women in the west still seem to be obsessed with housework and cleaning in spite of the advances women have made in the past 100 years. A recent series of visits to various online women's groups (that are ostensibly about something else) showed
gender & sexism
I do not have children, nor do I plan to reproduce - so I suppose you could say I have no skin in this particular game. But I've been thinking about the debates around maternity leave and the low birthrate that have occurred recently in Australia. The key
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This site is a real gem, at the Doomsday Guide you track doomsday in its many and varied forms. This site provides an "online link resource to the full spectrum of End of the World Scenarios" inlcuding Armageddon, the Apocalypse, End of Days, Doomsday. There are even categories
management & leadership
Aaargh!! It is an unending source of amazement to me that our society will not let a hairdresser cut your hair or a mechanic fix your car unless they've done a multi-year apprenticeship BUT they will let any half-wit who thinks they have a clue play with mission
gender & sexism
Women in the western world are actually very lucky in many ways. Now there are so many choices for women - education, full time career, part time work, family, no family, travel, etc. But for men there does not seem to be so many choices. Many women of my acquaintance
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One thing that the big focus nowadays on so-called 'family friendly' workplaces (including maternity/paternity/parental leave) has overlooked is that this excludes the many people who for various reasons do not have children. The question is 'what about us'? While parents are getting time off,
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This from 2002: Whirlpool News - Telstra to stop rolling out pair gain Many people (including me) are still suffering from this stupidity and cupidity of Telstra! They knew pair gain was a cheap but ineffective way to roll out phone lines but they did it anyway. I think this
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These issues with pair gain go way back and Telstra is still avoiding the problem! Here's some more evidence: War of words erupts over Telstra service levels, pricing: ZDNet Australia: News: Communications By Rachel Lebihan, ZDNet Australia, 13 March 2002