Who's behind the mysterious public art over Bay Pines Boulevard? -
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Referring back to a post from June 1, the coverage hole that previously sat over my part of Midtown is finally gone. So I went ahead and signed myself up for a plan from Clear.
Now, to be.. um… clear? transparent? … about this, I do live in a bottom floor unit, which means even with the gazillion cell repeaters in the area, I’m hardly guaranteed to get a good signal.
Out of five bars, my modem gets two. Yet, it still seems faster than my DSL, though I haven’t tested it quite yet. In either case, my next step will be to use the tin foil trick to boost the signal. Then, after that, I’m pretty confident now that I’ll be able to rid myself of the AT&T monster.
Yes, You Can Save the World with Startups - The Emergent Fool -
“The only firms that create jobs on average are brand new ones.”
Interesting notion. I think this is a gross oversimplification, but I’m going to ignore this and say I agree with the conclusion wholeheartedly!
I agree that the report is an oversimplification. As the study authors note, new firms have a “definitional advantage” in that firms in their first year cannot lose jobs compared to the previous year. If the authors were to measure business failure, however, the picture would look far different — young firms are notorious for failure.
Many small firms also could be so small that they’re founded by an entrepreneur who is also running several other firms. Perhaps you’ve heard of (or know someone who personifies) the anecdote of the entrepreneur with three or more businesses all in his back pocket. All three business are legally registered with the State and employ that same person.
One person, three jobs.
As long as labor statisticians focus on job creation and destruction, they’re always going to look at distorted numbers.
Found on coupons.com: Couple is matched, gets married, and the inevitable question comes up.
“So… how’d you two meet?”
“I had a coupon!”
[SMITH]: Thoughts on "The Power Broker" -
In a 1998 speech at a Brookings Institution-sponsored conference on the future of American cities, Robert Caro offered what must surely be one of the clearest statements of the purpose of a city. In the end, Caro concluded, “a city has to be a home to its people.” This is to say that…
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After years of hiding behind his fancy mustache, Barney Simms finally started defending the record of the Atlanta Housing Authority, where he is in charge of external affairs.
The 'other' spill BP will be keeping quiet -
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With the Gulf Coast dying of oil poisoning, there’s no space in the press for British Petroleum’s most recent spill.
Just last week over 100,000 gallons were lost at its Alaska pipeline operation. A hundred thousand used to be a lot. It still is.
Last Tuesday, Pump Station 9, at Delta Junction on the 800-mile pipeline, busted. Thousands of barrels began spewing an explosive cocktail of hydrocarbons after “procedures weren’t properly implemented” by BP operators, say state inspectors.
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