— Michel de Montaigne, born in 1533
The Archbishop of Canterbury: Islamic Rules Are Incompatible with Britain’s Laws
Anecdotal Evidence” in the Case of Wendy Cope - Los Angeles Review of Books
Baby girl dies in rottweiler dog attack at Inverell home
Polands Dials the Wrong Number
Anecdotal Evidence” in the Case of Wendy Cope - Los Angeles Review of Books
One in five Melbourne veggie patches contaminated with lead, study finds Sydney Morning Herald
Perth man loses $200,000 life savings to Bali card game scam
Police uncover more alleged victims of accused Plenty of Fish fraudster
Perth man loses $200,000 life savings to Bali card game scam
Police uncover more alleged victims of accused Plenty of Fish fraudster
Your Colleagues Probably Know You Way Better Than You Know Yourself
Adam Grant: "As a social scientist, if I want to get a read on your personality, I could ask you to fill out a survey on how stable, dependable, friendly, outgoing, and curious you are. But I would be much better off asking your coworkers to rate you on those same traits: They're up to 12 times more accurate. They can see things that you can't or won't - and these studies reveal that whatever you know about yourself that your coworkers don’t is basically irrelevant to your job performance." … Read More
Men’s Sperm Counts Are Dropping, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
Men’s Sperm Counts Are Dropping, and Scientists Don’t Know Why
Polands Dials the Wrong Number
Following up on my previous post, The Tyranny Of Metrics: 'Not Everything That Is Important Is Measurable, And Much That Is Measurable Is Unimportant': Inside Higher Ed, 'The Tyranny of Metrics'
STEVEN BUCCI: Sheriff Scott Israel Is a Lesson in Failed Leadership.
Real leaders take responsibility for everything their people do, and fail to do. Israel said he gave the school resource officer a weapon and training, but that he is not responsible for the officer’s lack of heart to take action.Seriously, sheriff? Training the spirit to protect is not part of a leader’s job? So you have no responsibility for the performance of your people?That is a cowardly supposition, and an inaccurate one. If your deputy failed to go to the sound of gunfire to save those children, it is on you. If he was too incompetent to recognize the shooter was still firing inside the building, it is on you, sheriff. Leaders take responsibility.Servant leaders work to empower their people in order to accomplish the mission. Beyond that, they give their troops the credit in success. But most importantly, if they fail, the true leader stands up and says, “It’s on me.”
It’s pretty clear Israel thought he could use this tragedy to further his career; it’s even more clear he isn’t up to the job he has now.
"Supreme Court sympathetic to Florida man arrested by city officials he criticized": Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that "Supreme Court defends free speech of Florida agitator Fane Lozman in his fight against city."
Alex Daugherty of The Miami Herald reports that "U.S. chief justice calls video of South Florida man's arrest 'pretty chilling.'"
And Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that "In free speech case, justices troubled by Fla. man's arrest."
You can access at this link the transcript of yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Lozman v. Riviera Beach, No. 17-21.
Q&A recap: Politicians debate rumours, slurs and innuendo Who is more likely to be bullied at work. And how they tend to respond. |
The classic metaphor - Nero fiddles while Rome burns - has
taken on new meaning in Canberra. While politicians exchange bile, the real
engine room of government, cabinet's expenditure review committee, is
examining ominous material pointing to Australia's future decline unless the
economy innovates more. The choice is stark. As Australia's innovation tsar
Bill Ferris tells AFR Weekend: "Innovation drives everything across the
whole system, so innovation has to be the core gauge; it has to run through
all policy settings if you're going to get yourself up the curve." It's
not as though Australians are not innovating. From the development of
3D-printed bespoke body parts using a metal compound sourced from rutile
mining in Australia, to supplying Ford in the US with special carbon fibre
wheels from a new plant in Geelong, and through to high speed ships built by
Austal, remarkable examples of home-grown innovation abound.
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"Supreme Court sympathetic to Florida man arrested by city officials he criticized": Robert Barnes of The Washington Post has this report.Richard Wolf of USA Today reports that "Supreme Court defends free speech of Florida agitator Fane Lozman in his fight against city."
Alex Daugherty of The Miami Herald reports that "U.S. chief justice calls video of South Florida man's arrest 'pretty chilling.'"
And Jessica Gresko of The Associated Press reports that "In free speech case, justices troubled by Fla. man's arrest."
You can access at this link the transcript of yesterday's U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in Lozman v. Riviera Beach, No. 17-21.