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Today's NewWork News Web Tip: An Employer's Guide to Overtime Rules (Friday, 10/1/04)
The most significant changes in overtime pay rules in a half-century have left many employers wondering what to do. Here's An Employer's Guide to Overtime Rules from Business Week magazine.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The State of the World's Cities: 2004/2005 (Saturday, 10/2/04)
Here's the latest version of the State of the World's Cities report from the Human Settlements Programme at the United Nations.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: The Future of Genetically Modified Crops: Lessons from the Green Revolution (Monday, 10/4/04)
What can the "green revolution" tell us about the "gene revolution?" The Future of Genetically Modified Crops is a 116-page report from RAND, the famous "think-tank" that came to prominence through its Cold War research.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Organization of World Heritage Cities (Tuesday, 10/5/04)
Civilization was begun with the invention of cities, but some have had far more impact on world history and cultural development than others. Founded in 1993, the Organization of World Heritage Cities has identified 208 cities with a combined population of 125 million persons which, in its judgment, have been particularly significant, requiring preservation of historic sites, among other obligations.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: 2004 B-School Profiles and Rankings (Saturday, 10/9/04)
Here's Business Week's latest rankings of the world's best business schools.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Polling 101 (Sunday, 10/10/04)
Statisticians who watch TV news programs may have very few teeth left by now. It's likely that they grind them down each time they hear a reporter or anchor person say, "Well, according to our unscientific poll..."
The reason that scientists in any field spend so much time in technical training, spend all that time on their projects, and go to all that trouble is THAT'S WHAT IT TAKES. Anyone who does not do what it takes can't expect to trust his/her results AT ALL, and there's certainly no reason to tell us about them on television, or, for that matter, to conduct "unscientific polls" in the first place. They don't mean anything.
During a presidential election year, in particular, large numbers of people--including journalists--need to understand the basics of polling. Here's a primer from the Roper organization: Polling 101.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Map-a-Planet (Wednesday, 10/13/04)
If you're a business road warrior, you've probably made heavy use of MapQuest or Microsoft's Maps and Directions to help you get to where you need to go in your work. However, what if your clients are a bit more widely disbursed throughout the universe? Try Map-a-Planet from the United States Geological Survey's Astrogeology Research Program.
Oh, okay, so, unless you work for the U.S. Geological Survey organization, Map-a-Planet won't help improve your economic life. File it under "recreational but damned interesting."
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: World Development Report 2005 (Friday, 10/15/04)
Here's the latest edition of the World Bank's World Development Report, based on data collected from tens of thousands of companies in 53 developing countries.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Global Competitiveness Report 2004-2005 (Saturday, 10/16/04)
Here's how to obtain a full copy of the latest edition of the Global Competitiveness Report from the World Economic Forum. However, the site also provides free access to all the rankings as well as a number of downloads.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Russell Sage Foundation (Sunday, 10/17/04)
The famous Russell Sage Foundation has been dedicated to the improvement of life in the United States since its founding in 1907. Currently, one of its principal research concerns has to do with the future of work.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Freshwater (Monday, 10/18/04)
According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the decline in the world's supply of high-quality fresh water could become the principal environmental concern of the 21st century.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: DocuTicker (Tuesday, 10/19/04)
DocuTicker offers a daily update on research from think tanks, research institutes, and government agencies.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: National Association of Conservation Districts (Wednesday, 10/20/04)
The National Association of Conservation Districts was founded in 1946 and now represents 3,000 conservation districts throughout the United States.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Streaming West (Thursday, 10/21/04)
The railroad was a 19th century technology which, over the following decades, made the United States into a different country with a different economy, just as the Interstate highway system, beginning in the 1950s, also transformed the nation and its economic system. Here's part of the story of railroad development during the century before last century when America's great industrial expansion was underway: Streaming West: Railway activity westwards through Kansas, 1860-1890.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Forced Migration Online (Monday, 10/25/04)
Forced Migration Online offers access to a treasure trove of information relating to peoples who have been displaced by political events, natural disasters, or for other reasons.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Your Disease Risk (Tuesday, 10/26/04)
How likely are to to contract this disease or that, given both controllable and uncontrollable factors, and what can you do to increase your odds of remaining healthy? The Harvard School of Public Health can help you make your assessments and plans with Your Disease Risk.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: South Central Career Information System (Wednesday, 10/27/04)
The South Central Career Information System is intended for the use of employers, schools, community agencies, and individuals in a region of Pennsylvania, but is likely to be of interest to persons in other areas of the country as well.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Oil Price History and Analysis (Thursday, 10/28/04)
It's always useful to put things into historical perspective. Here's an Oil Price History and Analysis from Energy Economics Newsletter.
Incidentally, in terms of buying power, the amount of time it takes the average American to work in order to buy a gallon a gas, and so on, gasoline at $1.75 per gallon is essentially equivalent to the 30 cents per gallon or so that Americans were paying more than 40 years ago. So, gas costs Americans more now than it has earlier, but not as much more as many people seem to assume. Also, gasoline has been several times as expensive in Europe than in the United States during most of the post-war period.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Higher Education Jobs (Friday, 10/29/04)
There are hundreds if not thousands of job sites on the Internet. Here's a major one that specializes in higher education jobs.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Prescription Drugs Online (Saturday, 10/30/04)
Here's a 17-page report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project on on a survey of 2200 Americans and how they use the Internet to acquire information about prescription medications as well as the medications themselves.
Today's NewWork News Web Tip: Top-Earning Dead Celebrities (Sunday, 10/31/04)
While you can't take it with you, you may be able to keep earning after you're gone--IF you've been one of a relatively few top celebrities in which there is still strong public interest. Forbes magazine compares the top-earning dead celebrities during 2004 with those from previous years.
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