December 2000 NewWork News Web Tips

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: United States Supreme Court (Friday, 12/1/00)
Many Americans are thinking about their Supreme Court today, and it may be unnecessary to explain why. Like most other organizations in the Milky Way, the U.S. Supreme Court is on the web.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: MindEdg (Saturday, 12/2/00)
There are a growing number of portals through which you can access or gain information about adult educational services of all kinds, and MindEdg is one of them. Recently, it was among several recommended by PC Magazine.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Universal Business Model (Sunday, 12/3/00)
Would you like better insight into why you organization is working so well, or not? Howard Dowding's Universal Business Model may be able to help you analyze and understand your commercial or non-profit organization in terms of aspects, elements, and issues. The site is set up so that it can be used interactively, or it can be read like a book.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Affirmative Action and Diversity Page (Monday, 12/4/00)
The Affirmative Action and Diversity Page offers diverse opinions and comes to you from the Department of English at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: PBS: Science and Technology (Tuesday, 12/5/00)
PBS has Nova, the esteemed weekly science program, but much more. Here's online access to the American public television service's vast science AND technology resources.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Business Owner's Toolkit: Absenteeism (Wednesday, 12/6/00)
Is absenteeism a problem in your business? Here's help and advice from CCH Incorporated. It's their Business Owner's Toolkit on absenteeism.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: CollegeLearning.com (Thursday, 12/7/00)
CollegeLearning.com is another of those education portals through which you can access various online educational services. Once construction on the site is complete, these services will include medical and K-12 programs, as well as college-level and industrial, we are told.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Workopolis (Friday, 12/8/00)
Workopolis is one of Canada's major job sites.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Shadow Open Market Committee (Saturday, 12/9/00)
The Federal Reserve has an Open Market Committee (FOMC) and, since 1973, there has been a Shadow Open Market Committee that has met semi-annually to discuss and evaluate FOMC decisions and policies. The shadow committee was founded by Professors Karl Brunner of the University of Rochester and Allan Meltzer of Carnegie-Mellon University.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Eh.Net (Sunday, 12/10/00)
Eh.Net may be the place to start if you are interested in finding information and resources having to do with economic history.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: FlipDog.com (Monday, 12/11/00)
FlipDog.com may or may not be one of the most interesting job sites, but it has our vote for having one of the more interesting names.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Economics LTSN (Tuesday, 12/12/00)
The Learning and Teaching Support Network (LTSN) is a network of two dozen centers in the United Kingdom intended to support quality teaching and learning in UK higher education. Here is Economics LTSN.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Academic360.com (Wednesday, 12/13/00)
Academic360.com used to called Jobs in Higher Education and evolved out of that site as well as one called Academic Advising Resources on the Internet. Consolidated, updated, and with a new URL, Academic360.com remains one of the most useful resources for those seeking employment of all kins in higher education. It's services aren't confined to those wishing to find faculty positions.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The International Institute for Sustainable Development (Thursday, 12/14/00)
Recently, another organization estimated that, in order for the entire world to have a standard of living, or standard of consumption, equivalent to that of the United States, it would require two or three additional planet earths. The planet earth that we have already is gasping, and, with approximately five percent of the world's population, the U.S. uses far more than five percent of the resources consumed each year and produces far more than its share of pollution. Still, people's throughout the world yearn for a better life. But, what are the alternative interpretations of "better life" and what will each option require? It seems clear that the world's poor countries cannot realistically aspire to adopting the U.S. model of affluence. In fact, what can the U.S. and other rich countries do to redefine "quality of living" for themselves that will not put so much pressure on the global environmental system? The International Institute for Sustainable Development explores creative possibilities and makes policy recommendations.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Friday, 12/15/00)
The United States Senate has a Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and the committee has its own web site. Among the Senate's many committees, this one appears to be one where Senators are expected to pay their dues, but there are a few famous names.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Oxford University Press: Economics (Saturday, 12/16/00)
Here are the latest economics offerings from Oxford University Press.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The United States Office of Personnel Management (Sunday, 12/17/00)
The United States Office of Personnel Management is the federal government's human resource agency, and will play a key role in the transition from the Clinton to the Bush administrations. Their site includes news and tons of resources of interest to human resource administrators.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: HomeBiz CA (Monday, 12/18/00)
HomeBiz CA is intended for Canadian entrepreneurs and contains "how to" advice, access to resources, information about government programs, and more.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: 100 Best Companies to Work For (Tuesday, 12/19/00)
Everybody's heard of the Fortune 500. Now, here's the Fortune 100. It's Fortune magazine's list of the 100 best companies to work for.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (Wednesday, 12/20/00)
During the most of the tens of thousands of years that modern humans have been using that remarkable piece of engineering, the human hand, to do work, people have not been required to make the same repetitive motions hundreds of thousands of times during a brief period, and the hand isn't well-designed for this purpose. Large numbers of people are doing just that in the new economy, of course, and repetitive stress injuries have become a common feature of the new work world. Here's what WebMD has to say about Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: RAND (Thursday, 12/21/00)
The Treasury Secretary-designate and Chairman of Alcoa is also Chairman of the Board of Trustees of RAND, one of the premier private "think tanks" in the world.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Planet Alumni (Friday, 12/22/00)
Planet Alumni may be able to help you locate those old long-lost school friends.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: WashTech (Saturday, 12/23/00)
No, WashTech doesn't have to do with computerized washing machines. Instead, it is a publication from the Washington Alliance of Technology Workers. Washington state, that is, which, as you may recall, is where the world's largest software company and the world's most influential corporation are located. Hmmmm....come to think of it, they're the same company.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: GRADSCHOOLS.COM: Agricultural Economics (Sunday, 12/24/00)
If you think it's time to learn a lot about agricultural economics, this site can direct you to post-graduate programs in the field throughout the United States. For instance, why are there so many hungry and malnourished people in the world at the same time there is a glut of food? Also, why, over the last half of the 20th century or so has American agriculture gotten so much better at producing food in abundance at about the same time it has gotten so ineffective at producing profits? Feel free to list several hundred additional questions of your own.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Paycheck Calculators (Monday, 12/25/00)
Want to be sure you're receiving the right amount from your boss after deductions? These Paycheck Calculators can help you check on that and more.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Aging Studies Program (Wednesday, 12/27/00)
Many industrialized nations, including the United States, have aging populations. The demographic shifts are likely to influence nearly everything, including the nations' respective economies. Here is the Aging Studies Program in Syracuse University's Center for Policy Research.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Understanding the Global Economy (Thursday, 12/28/00)
Professor Howard Richards believes that the problems of the global economy cannot be solved if we continue to think only in conventional economic terms. Here's his book, Understanding the Global Economy.

Today's NewWork News Web Tip: JobStar California salary surveys (Sunday, 12/31/00)
JobStar California points to a large number of salary surveys, including many that are occupation-specific.

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