"... It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings."....I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"
Saturday, July 12, 2014
STUDY FINDS READING ONLINE–SUCH AS SKIM READING LEAVES ZERO BENEFIT AND MAKING RETENSION A ZERO FACTOR FOR AN INDIVIDUAL - ZERO REMEMBRANCE AFTERWARDS
Countless hours spent online could be making us dumber, a new study has found. Victoria University researchers examined online reading habits, and have suggested changes may be needed in how the tech savvy generation is taught.
In general, online reading was found to have a negative impact on understanding. Skim reading and scanning was the most common online reading behaviour.
People were churning through more material, but they took a scattergun approach, and remembered little of what they had seen. "Multi-tasking when reading online was common, with activities such as reading emails, checking news . . . and viewing video clips providing distractions, which could have something to do with it," said Dr Val Hooper of the School of Information Management.
"People almost expect to be interrupted when they're on their computers."
The three main reasons people gave for reading online were information seeking, work or study and pleasure.
People still enjoyed reading books, magazines or e-readers, the study found.
Hooper and masters student Channa Herath said their research had implications for the way young people were taught: "I think it makes sense to look at getting messages across in ways in which readers expect to receive it now, rather than how it was given in the past. Long chunks of text aren't exactly going to appeal to today's students."
http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/digital-living/60146334/getting-dumber-by-the-day-online.html
THE RISE AND FALL OF STROHS–THE ONCE THIRD BEER BRAND IN AMERICA BEHIND ANHEISUR BUSCH AND MILLER BEER–ONCE WORTH BILLIONS TO DUST IN THE WIND- AS INVESTMENT IN THE 90’S DESTROYS A ONCE SUCCESSFUL BRAND
THE powerful and rich Stroh family was once one of the richest families in America.
In 1988, the family was valued at $700 million by Forbes, which would be worth $9 billion in today’s terms if you matched the S&P 500.
According to Forbes, within a year, the steep decline of the Strohs’ fortunes would be set in motion with a series of bad business decisions that would see the once-illustrious clan almost penniless.
The Strohs’ prosperity, started with a German immigrant, Bernhard Stroh, in 1850 Detroit. He started with $150 and a family recipe for beer. For more than 100 years, the family business grew steadily in the Great Lakes region, taking advantage of the post-war boom years which saw it increase its sales from half a million barrels in 1950 to 2.7 million barrels in 1956.
The 1980s was the decade of real affluence, but also folly, for the family owned and run business. Peter Stroh took the reins in 1980 and had ambitious expansion plans. First, he bought the New York-based brewer F&M Schaefer. But it was the next purchase which set the path for the Stroh business.
In 1982 Peter Stroh borrowed $500 million against the company’s then-$100 million value to gobble up the Joseph Schlitz Brewing business in Milwaukee. It was all part of the grand plan of national reach. The acquisition made Stroh the third biggest brewers, with seven plants, in the US, behind Anheuser-Busch and Miller.
But it couldn’t match the ad spend of its bigger rivals and resorted to price to survive, which whittled away its margins. It also missed the defining trend of the times: light beer. The emergence of the Coors business (which has since merged with Miller to become MillerCoors) saw Stroh Brewery fall to fourth place in a market that could only really sustain three big breweries.
SEXUAL HARRASMENT IS NO LONGER LIMITED TO DIFFERENT SEX BUT SAME SEX HARRASSMENT–AS YAHOO EXECS GETS SUED AFTER FIRING AN EMPLOYEE FOR ENDING THE RELATIONSHIP DUE TO SEXUAL HARRASSMENT
Sexual harassment complaints aren't uncommon in the tech industry, but a new one at Yahoo is making headlines because of an unusual twist: A female executive is accused of coercing a female subordinate into sex.
The lawsuit filed by engineer Nan Shi says that her boss, mobile exec Maria Zhang, forced her into sex and then punished her with lousy performance reviews when Shi put a stop to it, reports the San Jose Mercury News.
When Shi reported it to Yahoo, the company put her on unpaid leave and eventually fired her, according to the lawsuit. It names Yahoo as a defendant, reports Reuters.
"Zhang told Plaintiff she would have a bright future at Yahoo if she had sex with her," says the complaint. "She also stated she could take away everything from her including her job, stocks, and future if she did not do what she wanted."
Both women joined Yahoo last year when it acquired a company founded by Zhang. Shi, a native of China, says Zhang ordered her to move into Yahoo housing in Sunnyvale, Calif., and soon moved in with her.
Yahoo is sticking by Zhang and says it will "fight vigorously to clear her name."
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/07/12/newser-yahoo-sexual-harassment/12569447/
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