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The $20 Billion African Remittance Market
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| Remittances (money sent back home from Africans living abroad) back to Africa constitute some big numbers for Africa. About $10 billion gets sent to sub-Saharan Africa. That’s the official number of course, a World Bank report stated that it’s likely double that amount, due to Africans using non-traditional means to send capital back home. |
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Hugh Hefner Roast
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| In 2001, just weeks after the September 11th terrorist attacks in 2001, the New York Friars Club went ahead with its scheduled Hugh Hefner Roast. The Friars Club is a club located in New York City, which has become famous for its risqué roasts of celebrities. It was founded in 1904, and has since roasted such notable celebrities as Milton Berle, Sammy Davis, Jr., George Burns, Johnny Carson, Nat ‘King’ Cole, Harry Belafonte, Jerry Lewis, Chevy Chase, Richard Pryor, Pamela Anderson, and Donald Trump. In recent years, their roasts have been televised on Comedy Central, and members of the public have even been invited to attend the live tapings. |
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New Training Trends to beat Terrorism
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| In the weeks following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Nicholas Santangelo of the Fire Department of New York spent days and nights searching for bodies at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center. Sleep was an afterthought for Santangelo and his fellow New York City firefighters as they tirelessly combed through the rubble of the Twin Towers 24 hours a day. |
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EEO-1 Changes: Revisions to the EEOC’s Employer Information Report
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| The EEO-1 Report at a Glance
The Employer Information Report (EEO-1) classifies an organization’s employees by job category and then by ethnicity, race, and gender. Due every September, the EEO-1 is submitted to the EEOC and the Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contractor Compliance Programs (OFCCP). Beginning September 30, 2007, employers must use the newly revised EEO-1 Report. Since September’s report will be comprised of data collected this year, organizations should collect information per the new classification format as soon as possible. |
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Greener Grass!? Counter Offer!? -How Will You Be Impacted?
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| Counter Offer attacks of the Labor War. |
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The War at Home: Marketing Opportunities in an Era of Terrorism
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| We need to build an America that can withstand the kind of terrorist attacks we can expect in the future, We have a long a long way to go, and there will be many marketing opportunities along the way. |
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Watch salmon. Swimming upstream just makes you bait for a bear
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| Statistics show that the most common time for people to have heart attacks is Monday morning – that’s how stressed we are about the work that we do, is it really worth that much? |
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Health Reform Reduces Health Insurance Options for Youth in Connecticut
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| The September mandates will decrease the medical coverage alternatives available for those under 19. Across the United States, many private medical insurance carriers appear to have decided not to insure those under 19 who purchase standalone policies after September 22nd. Not all companies have announced their decision on this issue, but many that have are choosing eliminate these types of policies.
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MORE HACKING. WHEN WILL IT STOP?
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| The simple answer? It won't. To paraphrase Willie Sutton, bank robber, "That's where the money is."
PBS, Sony, Lockheed, Amazon, IMF, US Senate, etc., all announced in 2011 that their systems were hacked. Security specialists are now calling 2011 the year of the hacker. Weak SecureID tokens, malware, password attacks, etc., have all been used. Foreign governments, terrorists and a "hacking collective" called LulzSec have been accused. Recently, the DOD announced that cyber attacks can now be regarded as a military attack with the recourse being military ordnance. |
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Don't Let Stress Hijack You Or Your Organization
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| In a challenging economic climate there are many people operating day-to-day in what amounts to a chronic, low grade amygdala hijack. Awareness is the first step in dealing with these attacks. |
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Preserving the Dignity of Our Workforce
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| We Americans celebrate Labor Day each September as a reminder of how those who toil daily are important to their families and to the country. I might offer to you that the first Monday in September is also Employers’ Day, for without employers, there are no employees. We in the human resource profession find ourselves in a no-man’s land as both an advocate for our employees and an instrument of our employers. Guest Writer Richard Virgilio explains. |
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