tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70223409115375630172024-09-05T15:08:14.231-07:00Dealing with people is probably the biggest problem you face, especially if you are in business. Yes, and that is also true if you are a housewife, architect or engineerBuya Khatibhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06247065166515327438noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7022340911537563017.post-87555423883935146562013-01-21T05:17:00.000-08:002013-01-21T05:17:56.555-08:00

Indonesia's economy held by lack of infrastructure — Locals, and their ancestors, block road project, showing constraints on Indonesian economy — Months behind schedule, the construction crew racing to finish a highway encircling Indonesia's traffic-choked capital is being blocked by a determined group of locals and the ramshackle cemetery that is home to their ancestors. Talks on a new

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Indonesia Is (Not) a Tempe Nation - Indonesian founding president Sukarno, in his fiery speech in 1963, said, "We reach the sky, control the land and seas. We are a hard-working nation, not a 'tempe' nation, nor a nation of coolies. We fight at any cost and willing to suffer to achieve our nation's goals.” The president was not referring tempe as an inferior food product, but in the course

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No love for 'fiscal cliff,' 'spoiler alert' — Spoiler alert: This story contains words and phrases that some people want to ban from the English language. "Spoiler alert" is among them. So are "kick the can down the road," ''trending" and "bucket list." A dirty dozen have landed on the 38th annual List of Words to be Banished from the Queen's English for Misuse, Overuse and General

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Stop Getting Ripped Off on Auto Insurance - Now is the perfect time to give your auto insurance a tune-up. Here are ten tips on how you can do it. Do you feel like you're spending more on auto insurance than you need to? Want 2013 to be the year you put money back into your wallet? Good news: You're likely already doing things that can help you save. In fact, a 2012 trends survey by

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World stocks mixed with US "cliff" still a concern — World stock markets were mixed Wednesday, with Asian shares up as China neared the climax of a once-a-decade leadership transition while Europe remained mired in uncertainty debt-swamped Greece. Wall Street appeared headed for gains as renewed efforts got under way in Washington to resolve the impending "fiscal cliff." Dow Jones industrial

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Britain faces "unappealing" mix of weak growth, inflation - King - Britain faces the "unappealing" mix of a weak recovery and high inflation, the Bank of England's chief warned on Wednesday, adding that the Bank could still restart its bond buying programme to stimulate the economy. Governor Mervyn King also batted back criticism of the decision to transfer back to the government the interest

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Anti-austerity strikes sweep Europe - Police and protesters clashed in Spain on Wednesday as millions of workers went on strike across Europe to protest spending cuts they say have made the economic crisis worse. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, car factories and ports were at a standstill and trains barely ran in Spain and Portugal where unions held their first ever coordinated general

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Do Apple Products Ever Go On Sale? - You may want an iPhone, an iPad, or maybe a new Mac, but Apple products always seem pricier than their competition. Still, if you know a few secrets, you can get yourself a deal. Apple is a very powerful company. They control the supply chain tightly and don't have rolling sales like other retailers and manufacturers. They also know that their reputation

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US education in focus - The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s latest report finds that 42% of American adults have some higher education. But it is lagging behind compared to countries like Canada and Japan. The “No Child Left Behind” Act was President Bush’s answer to education back in 2001, but ten years later a Gallup poll shows that Americans increasingly think that it

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Summer Learning - Researchers say that on average, students lose about a month of progress in maths skills each summer, so many projects are now promoting learning for students during summer holidays. Canada: Top-up Tuition While most teenagers spend their summer holidays relaxing, Bobby who is 16, chose to do some extra chemistry classes in Vancouver, Canada. He does three hours of

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Informal Learning - Learning can take place anywhere, any time. It is not necessary to be in a classroom. We explore some non-traditional learning experiences at the beach in Argentina, a museum in Spain and up a mountain in Croatia. Argentina: Science on holiday In Cordoba, a handful of professors from Cordoba University patrol the beach. As part of their Promotion Programme, they are

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The bilingualism challenge - Language can be a double edged-sword in multi-lingual societies. It is a keystone of cultural identity but can be a barrier to integration and educational success. Two countries dealing with these challenges are South Africa and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Post apartheid South Africa has 11 official languages, but English is increasingly dominant.

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AirAsia aborts deal to buy Indonesia's Batavia Air — Southeast Asia's top budget carrier AirAsia said Monday it has aborted an $80 million deal to buy Indonesia's Batavia Air, dealing a rare setback to the company's aggressive expansion. AirAsia announced its first ever acquisition in July to accelerate expansion in Southeast Asia's biggest economy. But in an about face, AirAsia Chief

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Federal Reserve flirting with higher inflation - Will the U.S. Federal Reserve look the other way if inflation overruns its target? Risking the wrath of politicians and the central bank's hard-won reputation for keeping prices stable, three top Fed officials are touting plans for boosting employment that explicitly allow for inflation to run above the Fed's 2.0-percent goal. Investors are

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US deficit tops $1 trillion for fourth year — The U.S. budget deficit has topped $1 trillion for a fourth straight year, but a modest improvement in economic growth helped narrow the gap by $207 billion compared with last year. The Treasury Department said Friday the deficit for the 2012 budget year totaled $1.1 trillion. Tax revenue rose 6.4 percent from last year to more than $2.4 trillion

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Attention Black Friday shoppers: You're probably wasting your time - After crunching two to six years' worth of pricing data for a number of typical holiday gifts, The Wall Street Journal has turned up the best times to go deal hunting — and they almost never involve standing in the freezing cold all night. It turns out that gifts from Barbie dolls to watches to blenders are often priced

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How A Leader Invites People's Best Thinking - While sitting here waiting for the Presidential debate to start, I read a wonderful op-ed piece by Rodger Duncan in the Christian Science Monitor –What Romney and Obama Can Learn from Jim Lehrer in Tonight’s Presidential Debate. Duncan talks about Jim Lehrer’s thoughtfulness and experience, but the main focus of his piece is on the power of

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Friends Don't Let Friends Fly American Airlines - You may have read Gary Shteyngart's endlessly amusing weekend op-ed about a nightmare experience on American Airlines over the weekend, but he's such an entertaining writer and air travel horror stories are so common that I'm afraid some people may miss the core point. You seriously have to stop traveling on American Airlines. Seriously. If

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Return to Sender - What undeliverable mail can teach us about economic growth -The allegedly poor performance of “the government” is a staple of conservative rhetoric, while progressives retort that private sector success is typically built on a solid foundation of public services and infrastructure. Common sense, however, suggests simply that the quality of government services varies. The

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A history of the U.S. Alien Tort Statute - The 33-word Alien Tort Statute, at the center of a case before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, was enacted by the First Congress in 1789. It reads: "The district courts shall have original jurisdiction of any civil action by an alien for a tort only, committed in violation of the law of nations or a treaty of the United States. It lay essentially

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Does a changing economy mean the "End of Men"? - For all the bluster of her book's title, "The End of Men: And the Rise of Women," Hanna Rosin is surprisingly ambivalent about whether men are, in fact, doomed.Women are quicker to adapt to the economy's new demands, Rosin says, pursuing higher education in record numbers and dominating fast-growing professions such as nursing and accounting.At the

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Airlines can say: You can't wear that — Airlines give many reasons for refusing to let you board, but none stir as much debate as this: How you're dressed.A woman flying from Las Vegas on Southwest this spring says she was confronted by an airline employee for showing too much cleavage. In another recent case, an American Airlines pilot lectured a passenger because her T-shirt bore a four-letter

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Deeper Asian splits possible after South China Sea spat: Indonesia - Deeper divisions could open up between Southeast Asian states and Beijing unless they do a better job of handling disputes such as a recent quarrel over the South China Sea, Indonesia's foreign minister said on Thursday.Marty Natalegawa said Jakarta was trying to restore harmony after unprecedented arguments over the sea

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5 great places to catch a falling star - Are you ready to party with the stars? The Perseids, which periodically shower the night skies with meteors, or “falling stars,” will reach their August peak this weekend. And that means thousands of astronomers, plus ordinary folks who love to be bedazzled, will head for the hills, deserts and other remote spots for star-gazing parties.No telescope or

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Ten Most Common Personal Finance Mistakes - All of us are guilty of a few bad financial habits, and most of us share a few. When financial advisors first meet with clients, they usually find a familiar set of money-losing miscues, from checking credit reports too infrequently (or not at all), paying too much for insurance, or buying stocks for the wrong reasons.Rarely are any of these bad

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