By David Blackmon, Contributor
Every great American industry has had visionary leaders as a part of its history. Electricity had Thomas and Nikola Tesla. Railroads had William Henry Vanderbilt. The auto industry had Henry Ford. Steel had Andrew Carnegie. On and on it goes. …read more
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By Leigh Steinberg, Contributor Every year at this time the casualty reports from NFL training camps are filled with carnage. So far this year, TE Dennis Pitta, WR Jeremy Maclin, CB Aaron Berry, WR Armon Binns, and C Dan Koppen are done for the year before a preseason snap is taken. Playoff chances are dramatically altered as one player after another suffers a season ending or hampering injury in early practices. What is occurring in the first weeks of training camp that seems to precipitate such serious injuries? There is a dramatic difference between coming into camp “in shape” and being “in football shape” and the first sustained contact puts extra stress on player’s bodies. …read more
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By Richard Eisenberg, Contributor
Every day, I walk down the stairs into the living room and there it is: The Piano. …read more
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Every leader I know is extremely busy getting their job done. At the same time, they also realize that investing effort in their own leadership development is good. The problem is that when faced with a choice, work seems to always trump personal development. Everyone runs fast and hard, and personal development is put off as executives wait and hope for a break in the schedule. …read more
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By Barbara T. Armstrong, Contributor
Every year, the Conference Board asks CEOs, presidents, and chairmen across the globe to identify their most critical challenges for the coming year. In the CEO Challenge 2013, innovation is front and center. Surprised? Surely not. …read more
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By Peter J Reilly, Contributor Every once in a while the IRS reacts to an issue in a surprisingly easy going manner . That is how CCA 201325011, which concerns debt pay-downs of property involved in like-kind exchanges (Code Section 1031) strikes me. …read more
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By Peter J Reilly, Contributor
Every once in a while, something comes along that I know, in principle, as a citizen, I should be concerned about, that just does not interest me. The current flap about the IRS reading e-mails without a warrant is an example. Senator Grassley is making a big deal out of it. “The IRS has a very high burden to treat taxpayers within legal bounds and without abusive intrusion of privacy. The agency’s written materials suggest agents have the ability to access taxpayer emails without warrants. Acting Commissioner Miller said today this isn’t the agency position. If it’s not agency policy or practice, the IRS needs to clarify the true policy in writing, agency-wide. That’s critical. But it’s not enough. The IRS also needs to explain its aggressive stance in internal documents about accessing electronic communications and whether it in fact accessed electronic communications without search warrants and if so, when and why. The IRS has to take this issue seriously, and a casual explanation is inadequate. I’ll ask Acting Commissioner Miller follow-up questions on this issue to be answered in writing for the hearing record, as a start.” Here is why I don’t care. I never put anything in an e-mail that I would care about the IRS seeing and neither should you. When you send an e-mail, you should go on the assumption that within a few days there will be a gazillion copies of it. The system you send it from probably has multiple back-ups as does the system of the recipient and the systems of the unlimited number of people the recipient might forward it to. Never mind that there is that chance that you will send the e-mail to the adjacent name in the drop down list. How do you make sure the dirty joke for John Brown does not go to Joanne Brown ? Don’t send dirty jokes out in e-mails.
From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2013/04/18/how-not-to-care-about-irs-e-mail-snooping/
Every state in the union has benefitted from solar power’s remarkable growth over the last few years. In an actual headcount of employees, DC-based The Solar Foundation has found 119,000 employees in solar companies across the country. You can dive in and learn more about them here at the State Solar Jobs Map.
By Elaine Maag, Contributor Every year at tax time I am reminded of two tax benefits that subsidize my children’s child care – the employer-provided child care exclusion and the Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit (CDCTC). Families with sufficient expenses can benefit from both provisions. Congress could simplify these child care benefits by harmonizing the maximum allowable expenses for both benefits, or eliminating one of the benefits altogether.
From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/beltway/2013/04/16/simplifying-child-care-tax-benefits/
By Louis Columbus, Contributor
Every year Gartner receives an average 100,000 inquiries from their valued end-user clients on a wide variety of IT topics. Their most recently released series of statistics is included in Inquiry Analytics Statistics: Topic and Vendor Mind Share for Software, 4Q12 published March 13th of this year. Ten geographic regions and eight industries are also tracked, in addition to seven evaluation levels of end-user clients.
Every morning when I arrived at my office, I used to find a to-do list printed out and neatly laid on my keyboard, courtesy of my boss. But this wasn’t a typical bulleted list—it was a long (upwards of three pages), drawn-out document, where each bullet point was accompanied by paragraphs of elaboration, laying out to the very smallest of details exactly how I should accomplish the task.
From: http://www.forbes.com/sites/dailymuse/2013/04/11/how-to-manage-a-micromanaging-boss/
Every great leader ascribes to an inside-out, “Great Man” theory of human psychology and history. Check out these 8 lessons to see if you do too.
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Every season purist lovers of college basketball hope to find a Florida Golf Coast with no money beating a financially-endowed tall cotton program. Eventually, right about final four or no later than the national championship game, reality sets in. The equation we don’t want to admit hits us in the face anew: Big money = Big Program= Final Four= National Champion. Let’s be honest. We haven’t truly kissed Cinderella since Texas Western in 1966. And that was only because the college game finally let five players with permanent sun tans to compete against the blue-blood Kentucky Wildcats. …read more
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By Patrick Michaels, Contributor
Every several years, an acronym of federal climate poobahs produces a new “National Assessment” of climate change effects on the U.S. The latest one, by the National Climate Assessment and Development Advisory Committee (NCADAC) has been sent out for “expert review” to ham-and-eggers like yours truly. …read more
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Every year the Swedish Language Council releases a list of new words that Swedes are using. One word from the 2012 list has caused a bit of an issue. ‘Ogooglebar’, translated as ‘ungoogleable’ was disputed. By Google. …read more
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Every company has its own corporate culture, and Samsung became a world leader through the culture that permeates the company. Let’s examine what makes Samsung tick. …read more
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By Rebecca O. Bagley, Contributor Every year, my organization sponsors an awards ceremony that highlights creative applications of technology that create jobs, attract capital and generate long-term economic impact. One of this year’s recipients sells a revolutionary way of testing for heart disease; another turns waste into electricity or fuel; and yet another makes superabsorbent nanofibers that help wounds heal better. …read more
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By Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry, Contributor
Every economist I follow has been tweeting or retweeting this Times op-ed by renowned economist and blogger Tyler Cowen which argues convincingly that while economic analysis is value-free, most economists are not. …read more
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By Sonia Kapadia, Contributor Every entrepreneur knows that you should put together an advisory board to help guide you and your business forward. These can be formal or informal boards, but the key idea is that a founder should surround herself with diverse individuals who can impart their knowledge and experience to help navigate roadblocks and challenges. This is especially important for first time entrepreneurs. There is no manual on how to build a business. Only once you start, do you realize there is so much you don’t know. That’s where your advisors can help. …read more
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By Kelly Phillips Erb, Contributor
Every year, we expect to see a few glitches in tax filings, including software bugs and processing issues. Generally, those are resolved pretty quickly and without much interruption. …read more
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