The Material Girl is at it again with another ad campaign for Dolce & Gabbana. What do you think?
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Filming a Traffic Stop...
One guy films his being pulled over and it works to his benefit.
Only a short time after these tapes hit the internet, his case was thrown out. Seems the charges were dropped after the attorney set to argue the case on behalf of the city was made aware of Colley's efforts to dig into the "pacing" issue that he had videotaped. Oddly, Colley says that attorney admitted she hadn't even seen the video evidence, but nevertheless the case went into the circular file.
Only a short time after these tapes hit the internet, his case was thrown out. Seems the charges were dropped after the attorney set to argue the case on behalf of the city was made aware of Colley's efforts to dig into the "pacing" issue that he had videotaped. Oddly, Colley says that attorney admitted she hadn't even seen the video evidence, but nevertheless the case went into the circular file.
New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner has died after a massive stroke.
Steinbrenner was rushed to St. Joseph's hospital in Tampa, Florida, earlier this morning.
Steinbrenner turned 80 on July 4.
The team has seven World Series trophies – 1977, '78, '96, '98, '99, 2000 and '09 earned under Steinbrenner's ownership since 1973.
Steinbrenner is the longest-tenured owner in Major League Baseball, having served as principal owner since purchasing the club on Jan.3, 1973, according to the Yankees website. Over that time, the Yankees have won 11 American League pennants.
Steinbrenner has been in failing health in recent years and his son Hal is the managing partner of the team.
Steinbrenner bought the Yankees for $10 million and under his ownership they have become the most valuable team in U.S. professional sports, with Forbes.com estimating its value at over one-billion dollars.
He also was suspended from baseball twice, once after being indicted for allegedly making illegal campaign contributions to Richard Nixon, and once after paying a gambler to dig up dirt on one of his own players, Dave Winfield.
Surviving the Baby Boomers Exodus
While many people are worried about what the year 2012 might bring to the world as we know it - thanks to Hollywood's movie '2012' and the so-called Mayan prophecies, businesses will be far more worried about 2011. Why 2011? The first of the Baby Boomers will turn 65 in 2011 and will begin retiring. Baby Boomers make up more of the U.S. work force -- 38 percent -- than any other age group.
Boomers were born between 1946 and 1964, and are 46 to 65 years old. The book details how to capture their work knowledge before they retire, a process that can take a few hours to many months, depending on the job skills and if the knowledge is tacit or implicit. Tacit knowledge, such as explaining how to ride a bike, can take a lot more time.
In the book readers will find that this is not simply a question of replacing Boomers with younger workers. After all, Generation Y, born between 1980 and 1995, has population numbers nearly equal to the Boomers. But the loss of Boomers' expertise and institutional knowledge could be catastrophic to American business.
So what steps can companies take to retain and transfer the knowledge and experience that will walk out the door as these workers retire? The fundamental issue is training, and the smartest companies are already planning for this as the next major challenge in the workforce.
Capturing, transferring and retaining Baby Boomers' knowledge, skills and expertise before they retire will enable Generations X and Y employees to maintain business continuity. The skill and expertise of 76 million Baby Boomers is too critical to waste!
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