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Hey, Chris...Do you speak Chinese?

Hey, Chris...Do you speak Chinese?The better help...would be, to give them an intensive course in English. No technology needed, just plain and simple old fashioned education. The more intensive the English course is, the better.That's really helping them to find their way in an English speaking country. In the Netherlands...

Tags: Strategy, immigrant, immersion

Discussion threads 2009-03-06

Becoming Americanized can be depressing

The Mexican-American population in San Antonio is increasingly Americanized, thus depression should be on the increase. by Dana Blankenhorn

Tags: Immigrant, Women, Poverty, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-08-15

Globalization's discontents

Globalization's discontentsOpinion is dictated by costThe last sentence in John's post pretty much says it all. With economies in third world countries heating up and the ability to market one's skills across the world becoming a reality, I am very excited about the new frontiers opening up. Also,...

Tags: globalization

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Globalization's discontents

I'm back from Africa, and what a trip it has been. Ghana was certainly a marked contrast to Zimbabwe. You would never mistake Ghana for a rich country, though compared to Zimbabwe, it is positively affluent. People are poor, but the roads are filled with cars, the stores are filled...

Tags: Immigrant, Africa, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Globalization, Government, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, John Carroll

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Attracting high-skilled immigrants

Attracting high-skilled immigrantsfunnyWhen u say "We need to be prepared to be an active competitor in a global marketplace" about USA, it is more funny from Europe.I agreeBut I'm actually in favor of abolishing H1-B outright and instead making it easier to get a green card.CorrectionsYou wrote:H1-B visas are pegged...

Tags: H-1B visa, H-1B, immigrant

Discussion threads 2007-11-08

Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrights

Separating fact from fiction on digital copyrightsI totally agreeThat's why I pretty much flip off the MPAA and RIAA. They've been hitting us over the head for so long for [I]their rights[/I] with frivilious lawsuits, that what does it matter? We have fair rights, but with this bought and paid...

Tags: copyright law, immigrant

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

Justice expanding DNA collection to include illegal immigrants

A little-noticed amendment to the 2006 renewal of the Violence Against Women Act authorized the Justice Department to massively expand DNA collection - and the department is finalizing rules to do just that, The New York Times reports. Under the new rules federal law enforcement will collect DNA from...

Tags: Government technology, Law enforcement, immigrant, DNA

Blog posts 2007-02-05

H-1B debate: Immigrants key to tech startups

Indian and Chinese immigrants are a huge part of the technology startup story. Everybody knows this intuitively. Now a study from UC Berkeley and Duke researchers finds that fully 25 percent of tech and engineering companies launched since 1995 had at least one foreign-born founder. According to the study, immigrant-founded...

Tags: immigrant, H-1B, Congress, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-01-04

Gonzales talks immigration in Silicon Valley

Gonzales talks immigration in Silicon ValleyKick em all outNo I am not kidding. No I am not joking. Yes I realize that America was ofunded one the backs of immigrants. Yes I realize that not all immigrants are bad. But you see enough of the bad...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Nothing, Gonzales, immigrant

Discussion threads 2006-07-21

Civilization IV Immigration mod 0.4.5 (Windows)

Immigration has always been a part of the history of the world and now it can be part of the history of your game. There are several conditions that can cause a city to spawn immigrants: war, sickness, unhappiness, lack of food, etc. Any of these situations can cause a...

Tags: Immigrant, Immigration, TheLopez, Microsoft Windows, Food & Beverage, Games, Operating Systems, Software, Manufacturing, Personal Technology

Software downloads 2006-07-19

Photos: Immigrant rights rally

Thousands of immigrant rights supporters in San Francisco join their counterparts nationwide in a one-day protest.

Tags: immigrant, San Francisco, protest

Image galleries 2006-05-02

Photos: Immigrant rights rally

Thousands of immigrant rights supporters in San Francisco join their counterparts nationwide in a one-day protest.

Tags: immigrant, San Francisco, protest

Image galleries 2006-05-02

Immigrants stand up to be counted

Immigrants stand up to be countedThese are Illegal Aliens, not ImmigrantsImmigrant: one who goes through our Legal process of becoming a U.S. Citizen, as controlled by our Laws.I urge everyone to boycott all businesses that closed in support of Illegal Aliens.You Forgot The ILLEGAL partIt is not immigrants but ILLEGAL...

Tags: immigrant, Illegal Aliens

Discussion threads 2006-05-01

Microsoft Office Specialist Certifications Result in New Skills and Employment for Cambodian Immigrant

When the company Ainly Zajicek was working for went out of business, the Cambodian immigrant found herself unemployed, without a college education, and without many marketable skills. Fortunately, she learned about the Microsoft Office Specialist certification program and gained computer skills and credentials to validate them. Now, she has a...

Tags: Immigrant, Certification, Skill, Microsoft Corp., Certiport, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

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Firefox faces browser clone war in China

Come on ZDNet!!!!Is this really newsworthy????Newsworthy? That's not the point...ZDNet's intent was not to write about anything worthwhile. It's intent was to draw you in and to have you read further in order to get you to visit at least one more page in their web-site.If they had...

Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Net Neutrality: Hit satire coming to a theatre near you

wow bravo again encore bravowhat what a introduction ... Come on Doug bring some more .... If this is the type of blog that you are planing ill by hook like a addict .... give us more dammit .Goverment should nationalize the infrastructure...

Tags: Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

How Internet surveillance, IT sleuth work helped indict suspected terrorist Zazi

Kinda eerieMakes me wonder if I should delete that "Socialism" picture of Obama as the Joker from my machine.There are 2 Issues HereThe first is whether such forensics have a legitimate place in law enforcement and the second is whether these methods can be misused. I believe that the...

Tags: Blogging, information technology, Zazi, Internet Surveillance, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-09-25

Paediatric Handbook 12.0.2 (Mobile)

powered by Skyscape Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Paediatric Handbook is a highly popular, succinct guide to managing common and serious disorders in childhood. It is used far beyond the hospital by medical, nursing, and allied health professionals caring for children. It emphasizes the community-based approach to the management of children''s problems along...

Tags: Mobile, Insulin, Health Care, Skyscape Inc., Data Mining, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-08-25

Paediatric Handbook (Mobile)

powered by Skyscape Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Paediatric Handbook is a highly popular, succinct guide to managing common and serious disorders in childhood. It is used far beyond the hospital by medical, nursing, and allied health professionals caring for children. It emphasizes the community-based approach to the management of children''s problems along...

Tags: Mobile, Insulin, Health Care, Skyscape Inc., Data Mining, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Human Resources

Software downloads 2009-08-25

Flint sparks change

Flint sparks changeNo surpriseCouple of thoughts:(1) The white population is Europe is declining in general, due to couples having fewer children than needed to even maintain stasis. In sharp contrast, Muslim immigrant families are reproducing at a far higher rate. Estimates are that many of the "traditional" European...

Tags: Food & Beverage, Flint

Discussion threads 2009-06-12