“The smallest act of kindness is worth more than the grandest intention.”
- Oscar Wilde
A man died…
When he realized it, he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.
Dialog between God and Dead Man:
God: *Alright son, it’s time to go*
Man: So soon? I had a lot of plans…
God: *I am sorry but, it’s time to go*
Man: What do you have in that suitcase?
God: *Your belongings*
Man: My belongings? You mean my things… Clothes… money…
A Letter to the Next President on Behalf of Women Entrepreneurs
Published under Democracy and Freedom (or lack of), Entrepreneurship and Management, Leadership Nov 01, 2016#WhatWeNeedToSucceed: A Letter to the Next President on Behalf of Women Entrepreneur
Elizabeth Gore, Dell EIR Elizabeth Gore, Dell EIR 1 Nov 2016
#WhatWeNeedToSucceed
Nov. 1, 2016
To: Secretary Hillary Clinton / Mr. Donald Trump
Dear Madam Secretary / Mr. Trump:
We write to you today on behalf of our nation’s leading innovators, entrepreneurs and influencers regarding one of the largest untapped economic and social opportunities in our country – women entrepreneurs. If women and men participated equally in the entrepreneurial ecosystem, the United States’ GDP could rise by $30 billion.
While women are starting businesses twice as fast as men, they face unique challenges, including experiencing disproportionately high failure rates, receiving only seven percent of venture capital and being represented in only seven percent of media stories. Through leadership and sound public policy, our country can benefit from the economic and social opportunity women entrepreneurs cultivate.
Over the last month, top business leaders – from enterprise CEOs to leading entrepreneurs – developed a set of policy and leadership recommendations that we believe will help women entrepreneurs start and scale businesses. Our suggestions for the necessary elements for success for women entrepreneurs focus on access to capital, expanding and supporting networks and markets, and addressing the changing face of business through technology.
Smart and clean campaign by Canadians:
This personal and authentic speech by Michelle Obama shook me to the core. All Trump supporters have a responsibility to listen to it with an open mind. It is just the last of many datapoints that cannot be ignored.
“Those who are happiest are those who do the most for others.”
– Booker T. Washington
The sugar industry paid scientists in the 1960s to play down the link between sugar and heart disease and promote saturated fat as the culprit instead, newly released historical documents show.
The internal sugar industry documents, recently discovered by a researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, and published Monday in JAMA Internal Medicine, suggest that five decades of research into the role of nutrition and heart disease, including many of today’s dietary recommendations, may have been largely shaped by the sugar industry.
“They were able to derail the discussion about sugar for decades,” said Stanton Glantz, a professor of medicine at U.C.S.F. and an author of the JAMA Internal Medicine paper.
The documents show that a trade group called the Sugar Research Foundation, known today as the Sugar Association, paid three Harvard scientists the equivalent of about $50,000 in today’s dollars to publish a 1967 review of research on sugar, fat and heart disease. The studies used in the review were handpicked by the sugar group, and the article, which was published in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, minimized the link between sugar and heart health and cast aspersions on the role of saturated fat.
Amos Oz on what constitutes fair criticism of Israel vs. anti-Semitism, and why he is proud to be called a traitor
Published under Israel, Middle East, Palestine Oct 11, 2016Amos Oz, as always, provides interesting insights on a variety of topics in this succinct interview on BBC