July 2008
15 posts
Social Compact →
The Columbus Dispatch : District's rating pulled... →
“Officials in growing suburban districts say the rules are unfair because the state’s more homogenous districts don’t have to deal with the federal subgroups: They don’t have those populations.”
gladwell dot com - the terrazzo jungle →
bizjournals: Winning at Work →
“Jackson believes that our society’s reliance upon machines — whether they are robots or BlackBerries — is adding to our inability to focus and concentrate. She argues that willpower and self-control are central to developing the reflective thinking skills and ‘deep engagement in learning’ that are so needed in today’s digital age. However, discipline and...
“You’ve got a lot of money but you can’t afford the freeway.”
– Aimee Mann, “Freeway”
Lax Real Estate Decisions Hurt Starbucks -... →
“These people say that the company was so determined to meet its growth promises to Wall Street that it relaxed its standards for selecting new store locations.
“In some cases, brokers say, Starbucks misjudged the risks of putting stores close to each other, leading to the decline in same-store sales that the company started reporting for the first time in its history this year.
“[Buckminster Fuller] considered himself a comprehensive anticipatory design...”
– JAIME SNYDER - Democracy Now! | 25 Years After His Death, Visionary R. Buckminster Fuller Continues to Inspire Efforts for a More Sustainable Planet
TheStar.com | Religion | Churches kickstart... →
“The small neighbourhood church of the past is fast being replaced by larger ‘destination’ churches, [Sandeep Kumar] Agrawal said, but congregations have trouble finding a large enough location for both the worship space and parking for all the parishioners.”
“But here’s a question rarely asked, at least in Washington: Why should...”
– Op-Ed Columnist - Paul Krugman - Home Not-So-Sweet Home, and the ownership obsession - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com
Not Fooling Anybody →
a chronicle of bad conversions and storefronts past