August 2012
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UrbanRelations.Info: #Microsoft Gets County... →
urbanrelationsinfo:
Santa Clara County, Calif.,announced Wednesday, Aug. 22, it will upgrade and consolidate its email systems and move into the cloud. By using the cloud-based Microsoft Office 365 system, Santa Clara will combine email systems that include more than 15,000 employees from 26 departments and…
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A philosophy on poetry and death: Thoughts on... →
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After reading on Nietzsche’s work, I find it tragically comical that people take his claim that, “God is dead” to be strictly literal. God is defined here as all higher values and separate worlds such as Plato’s real world, in opposition to the apparent world, and Christianity’s…
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“India is becoming more like the US in credit and spending and losing its...”
– Household savings lowest in 22 years - The Times of India
“I tried to find Him on the Christian cross, but He
was not there; I went to the...”
– Jalal ad-Din Rumi, 13th century Persian Muslim philosopher and poet (via sunoaisha)
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CIOs Flock to #SocialMedia
urbanrelationsinfo:
n late 2011, social networking surpassed online gaming as the most popular online activity — globally, nearly one in every five minutes online that year was spent on social networking sites, according to digital business analyst firm comScore. Smartphone users now spend an average of 24 minutes each day using social networking apps, according to app services company Flurry....
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Music on air: Koss reinvents headphones for the... →
“Missouri Republican claims ‘legitimate rape’ rarely results in...”
– Missouri Republican claims ‘legitimate rape’ rarely results in pregnancy – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs
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Arabian Dessert: At Cheesecake Factory’s Middle East Locations, No Booze, But Plenty Of Decadence
The Cheesecake Factory has shaped the way we eat for over three decades, introducing 81 million people a year to mainstream versions of upscale dishes. Today, CEO David Overton launches his very American brand in the malls of the Middle East.
The Arabian Desert may not be the first place...
“He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he...”
– Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina.
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Doha News: Report: Custody battle over British boy... →
dohanews:
An ongoing custody battle between a British schoolboy’s mother and his late father’s Qatari family is starting to affect diplomatic relations between the two countries, the Guardian reports.
The case of Adam Jones, a 13-year-old boy whose Qatari relatives seized custody of him in 2009…
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“A rational mind does not work under compulsion; it does not subordinate its...”
– Ayn Rand
Will Restaurants Bite on a LEED-Type Ratings... →
