Archive for January, 2010

Can the Nobel Peace Prize still be considered a "prestigious" award?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Here are the last fifteen winners. There seems to be a "pattern" developing or am I wrong? 2009 - Barack Obama 2008 - Martti Ahtisaari 2007 - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Al Gore 2006 - Muhammad Yunus, Grameen Bank 2005 - International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei 2004 - ...

What are the benefits of student-led parent conferences?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

I'm a teacher and I'm just wondering. I've heard about student-led conferences using powerpoint slides but I'm not really sure how to that with kindergartners. Did it work for any of you? Yeah that does sound like a huge undertaking. You could just have the children begin the ...

Is Dallas Mavericks and San Antonio Spurs the best inter-conference rivalry in the NBA?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

Celtics and Lakers is not inter-conference so dont' say that. The Mavericks and Spurs are always battling for the division and have had some great playoff meetings including the 2006 Western Conference Semifinals which was one of the best series' I've ever seen. They have 2 of the 3 best PFs in ...

What are the best and worst ACADEMIC colleges in the SEC Conference?

Saturday, January 16th, 2010

What are the best and worst ACADEMIC colleges in the SEC Conference? I heard the best were Vanderbilt, Florida, Georgia, Ole Miss, and Alabama. Auburn and South Carolina were okay. Arkansas, Kentucky, LSU, Miss. State and Tennessee were the worst. Is this accurate? *I post this in the college football section because I thought I ...

Tamis: About the proposed International Tamil Conference..?

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

What is sought to be achieved as the proposal is from a ruling Tamil zealot? Is it going to break any new ground, or simply turn into one more political show, the organiser is famous for..? At a time when the Tamils across the globe are most weary of the fate ...

What types of companies are using conference calling today?

Wednesday, January 13th, 2010

I would like to know what types of companies are using reservationless calling these days? Are companies using GoToMyPC for web conference calling, today with so many options is there a market for reservationless calling at a low rate (Lower than AT&T etc) ? Any feedback or personal experience with conference ...

Does the Air Force have double standards on adultery for men and women?

Saturday, January 9th, 2010

(I wrote this question with Governor Mark Sanford in mind. It is unbelievable that the cowardly high command of the Air Force let this Airman stay in his job and in his rank after he was AWOL and committed Adultery??? Please read the case about 1st Lt Kelly Flinn an ...

What is the best company for international conference calls?

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

I work for a not-for-profit organization. We have offices in Shanghai, Mexico, Canada and South Africa. We have a conference call with all offices around once a month. As you can imagine, it gets very expensive. We have been using Bell Canada. My managers are wary of VOIP as they ...

What do I need to do to get into Columbia University?

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

I had taken part in the school play this year. And also for the past 3 years or so. I play the piano. I've been playing it for 12 years now. And i've given 4 examinations (Royal School of Music). I was also in a band. I went along with ...

SHOULD THE WORLD WAIT FOR ANOTHER CONFERENCE (COP 16)?

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Try & try until you succeed – that has been the desperate desire & hope of UN. As such, the world should not anymore rely, dwell & wear itself out trying to reach an impossible agreement because carbon emission reduction is only a theory, more so an illusion that was ...