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Narod (roditeli), pomogite pozh-ta - pou4avstvuyte v oprose!
Narod (u kogo est' deti)! I conducted a survey with our people 5 years ago and got over 400 responses within a few weeks. This time, I am conducting a shorter survey (10-12 min) about summer activities for kids but somehow we still have very few responses. Please-please, participate, if you can: Upon completing the survey you can enter a raffle ( Read more... ) -
Narod - te, u kogo est' detishki - pou4astvuyte, pozhaluysta!
Narod, privet! Pozhaluysta, pro4itayte i pou4astvuyte: What if there was a school that is created with the needs of your family in mind?... Please find below the information and link to the survey about educational opportunities specifically for Russian speaking Jewish families like yours. I would encourage you to participate - your voice will ( Read more... ) -
Why the authoritarian past in Russia has never been processed
A great article that explains why many Russians are still in love with Stalinism:
http://www.novayagazeta.ru/data/2008/92/00.html
Extremely accurate psychological and sociological observations.
Interestingly - the longer I live outside Russia, the more and more the Soviet past (including the War) is becoming for me a history of crimes and terror - ( Read more... ) -
The Michael Pollan for Agriculture Petition
We should really all sign it. It really makes a lot of sense: The petition itself is here: http://www.petitiononline.com/MPoll4Ag/petition.html To learn more about the subject (which is quite unusual) follow the linke below. And: sorry you'll have to paste the ( Read more... ) -
Web 2.0 or "We are the BORG..."
This guy is a technology "futurist". He is describing the future of the Web (of the Planet?). It's really cool: http://www.kk.org/2008/11/web-100.php On the other hand, it's really scary on several levels:
(a) I am quite terrified by the personal/social implications of that type ( Read more... ) -
Lack of curiousity/imagination
Really hate it in people when they are not curious and unimaginative (maybe these are just correlates of a low IQ?). Most frequently, I encounter it at work in support staff/admins. For example, if a problem is identified, they don't even try to get to the bottom of it, to hypothesize what might have gone wrong. When I ask them - could it be that ( Read more... ) -
what vs. how
"(Organizational) leadership today involves more than making the right decisions about WHAT should be done. In addition, executives must know HOW to orchestrate the human infrastructure to ensure there is enough support from the key people involved in a change effort to actually achieve the true purpose ( Read more... )