Word: pedersen
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...notion of a multicultural nation: Whose culture is it? Globally we have not seen any sustainable examples of multicultural success so perhaps the answer lies in assimilation, and to paraphrase the author, the answer should be "We're in and you're welcome to join in, too!" Ray Pedersen, Coolangatta, Australia...
...Torry Pedersen came up through the paper's ranks before moving to VG Nett. Today he's managing director for all of Verdens Gang, but he doesn't get sentimental about the smell of ink. As far as Pedersen is concerned, VG Nett got to where it is by ignoring the verities of newspapering and inventing a new set of rules. For starters, Pedersen and his editors try to identify the day's sexiest story - anything from Israeli air strikes on Gaza to Britney Spears; "we don't care how important it is in typical newspaper terms." He then throws...
...debates raging in the newspaper world is whether yesterday's ink-stained wretches can be reprogrammed for a digital future. Pedersen says no, and he's not kidding. VG Nett is a separate company from the print Verdens Gang; it takes only 5% of its material from the newspaper, and hires young, inexperienced reporters. When the paper cut editorial staff, Pedersen didn't offer a single one of the old boys a job. "Just tell me the last time the same person won the 100-meter dash and the marathon," he says...
...success is due in part to the fact that its 80 staff members and 600 volunteers not only attend to such medical needs as injuries and disease, but are also trained to focus on behavioral issues. "Boulder is a very good place to be an animal," says Lisa Pedersen, CEO of the Humane Society of Boulder Valley. And, thanks to the personality tests, a very good place to find one too. The original version of this story incorrectly stated that Emily Weiss works at the Wichita Zoo. It also identified the tool Weiss devised to assess pets' personalities...
...over the years came to be known as "flexicurity," seemed to work. Unemployment fell; the economy grew. There's still much debate over how effective Denmark's job-retraining programs really are, but it's undeniable that they foster the kind of political environment in which union workers like Pedersen at Lego advocate outsourcing even as their company cuts jobs...