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...team concept also extends to the field. CforC, which is building a core staff of 20, can tap into a network of experts it has assembled, who number 30 so far and range from ex-officers and diplomats to former business executives and NGO operatives. For each project, it convenes small teams of staff and associates, mixing and matching skill sets to meet the client's needs. For example, Slim says, a team may have "a human-rights person, an environmentalist and a private-equity expert--now that's pretty wacky...
...Obama publicly stated that he supports Internet neutrality. “As president, I’m going to make sure that [net neutrality] is the principle that my FCC commissioners are applying as we move forward,” he said. Network neutrality is a concept in network design that states that information should be able to flow freely over networks, including the Internet, “regardless of political ideology or other constraints,” such as content or the origin or destination of the information, according to Co-director of the Berkman Center John G. Palfrey...
...advice for those who have to dine at Shabu Square, the Japanese-style restaurant recently opened on Eliot Street:1. Early means on-time, and on-time means a half-hour wait. I had heard nothing about Shabu Square when I decided to write them up, but the concept sounded like a great time: traditional shabu-shabu is thinly sliced raw beef and vegetables that are swished in a pot of tableside, simmering broth and then dunked in ponzu, a sesame-based sauce. Fun, right? And right here in Harvard Square. So I invited lots of friends and made...
...reconcile the values of both worlds that render his work a worthy read. Not only are his views of child-rearing surprisingly modern for the 20s, but he also incorporates such stereotypically American ideas as that of personal living-space and the capitalist work ethic alongside more traditional concepts of sin and religion. Though of Christian heritage and clearly inspired by the Bible, Gibran does not constrain his concept of spirituality to one particular doctrine, and thus Almustafa’s words stil resonate with a modern-day agnostic. “Religion,” in the sense...
...Asian market. Same-store sales for H&M worldwide were down 2% in September, but overall sales were up 10%. The brand opened its first Asia stores in Shanghai in April 2007 and in Hong Kong in March 2008. In Tokyo, a 2,800 sq-ft full concept store in Shibuya and a shop in Shinjuku are slated to open next fall, helping keep the company's pace of expanding stores by 10% to 15% annually worldwide...