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Wait a minute, I thought the United States and it's coalition was in control of Iraq….
Well, if anything, Iran should be saying thanks to the United States for removing it's enemy and significantly altering the balance of power in that region of the Middle East. Again I ask, what did Saddam secretly do to upset our corporate sponsored government that many of the other dictators and "democratic leaders" that we prop upa nd support haven't done.
Well, Rush Limbaugh is off the hook (but still on the wagon I think). It seems that when you have influence and money, you can get your way out of any situation.
So why are other rich white guys in jail? Because they stole money from richer white guys.
Seriously though, if this was an average citizen in terms of celebrity and financial status, would that person face a stiffer fine and probably jail time? I think so.
BTW, for those who know me, underdstand my excessive New York engrained sarcasm, for those who don’t, get used to it on this blog baby.
USATODAY.com – Limbaugh reaches settlement in Florida drug case
Legal drugs in Mexico? Oh yeah, Mexico to legalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin and marijuana for personal use. They’ll be a lot of undocumented workers from the US doing roofing, framing and brick laying to Juarez and Tijuana.
This will essentially guarantee Mexican hotspots to be the world leader in spring brakes, so much for Datona Beach. Guaranteed that Jerry Springer and MTV’s Spring Breaks will be moving south of the border, nothing like the consumer demand driving the market.
So what does this mean for the “war” on drugs? I guess it will soon just be a skirmish.
I guess the US ARmy will have to start screening every solder on a weekly basis in El Paso as you can bet the frequency of weekend excursions across the Rio Grande into Juarez will increase.
USATODAY.com – Mexico votes to legalize small amounts of cocaine, heroin and marijuana
Not everything comes out of Stanford. Here’s some new hightech East Coast style. Micropumps that are actually on the computer chip.
suvalleynews.com – Micro-pump is cool idea for future computer chips
So, I’m on my financial instution’s website and I’m about to fill out a form. Now, I’m a Firefox user so that’s what I’m using when I get to the site, and I get this message….
Your browser isn’t able to take advantage of the latest security standards. For your security, we require you to use a browser that supports 128-bit SSL encryption. SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer. It enables your browser to provide a secure connection with our secure Web server.
I don’t think it’s as much as my browser is outdated than the website programmers are not up to date, and only know how to drag and drop web pages with Visual Studio, and have forgotten all about web standards.
Wel, the Vice President just filed his taxes, and he’s getting a refund to the tune of $1.9M. Hey Dick, could you give me the number of your accountant and tax planner? I truly intend on being rich someday and I’m gonna need all the help I can get. Thanks.
BTW, you obviously have been overpaying through the year. You might want to up your dependents that you claim. I’d recommend adding Rumsfeld as a dependent, he counts as two since he obviously has special needs…. ÂÂ
Several practical tools for overcoming procrastination. Some nice tips. I’ll actually try these, because I want to, not because I have to. Hey, I think I’m getting it already !!
Hmm…and you think DHS will ever get a better IT security score ??
To computer experts, the problem is called endpoint security. Endpoints can be almost anything — USB drives, iPods, laptop computers, cell phones, even digital cameras with SD cards. They are all ticking time bombs, and they are all keeping information technology folks from sleeping at night.
And the stories go on and on. It seems that we’ll soon have the Big Six of oursourcing, like we had the big six of accounting. And eventually, there will be six IT operational models as defined by each of those companies to distinguish themselves from their competetiors instead of industry wide recognized models like ITIL, ILM, etc. Also, it seems to me that that the question of outsourcing to save 15% over the life of the contract is questionable if additional funds and resources are needed just to validate that 15%…
 More companies are outsourcing than ever before, but they may be saving a lot less from the process than anticipated, according to a newly released market survey.
In its quarterly review of the IT and business process outsourcing market, advisory firm Technology Partners International found that the total value of all contracts worth more than $50 million signed in the first quarter of 2006 increased 173% year-over-year to $22.7 billion. And a record number of 83 new deals were signed in the quarter, TPI said.
The research firm also found that the value of contracts in the pipeline, deals that are out for bid but have yet to be been signed, increased 39% year-over-year to $22.6 billion. TPI released its findings on Wednesday.
But while more firms are turning critical IT and business functions like help desk support and customer service over to third parties, who in turn often send the work to subsidiaries in low-cost countries like India or China, they are saving less from the process than is widely believed. In India, programmers and service workers are paid anywhere from 80% to 40% less than their U.S. counterparts. However, the overhead associated with outsourcing appears to be eating up the bulk of those savings. Factoring in transition, legal, advisory and management costs, outsourcing typically lets a company reduce the expense of a particular function by 15%, TPI says.
TPI also found that fewer vendors are getting a bigger share of the outsourcing market, raising the possibility that the highly fragmented services industry is beginning to consolidate. In first quarter of 2006, the six largest vendorsâ€â€Accenture, ACS, CSC, EDS, Hewlett Packard, and IBMâ€â€received 52% of worldwide outsourcing revenue, up from 47% in the previous year, according to TPI.
CRN | Outsourcing, Offshoring | Outsourcing Contracts Up, But Savings Questioned
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