Cuba is firing 500K people

I wonder if Castro is considering it safe shaving 500K people from the government job list. I mean even if we consider they do it evenly through the time, it will be almost 120K of fired people per month. In the end Cuba will easily jump over 10% unemployment rate (Cuba's official work force is 5.1 million — meaning nearly 10 percent of all employees could soon be out of a government job.).

I think we've seen already what happened in Greece when union was cut and many people were left without job. Is Cuba a new economic bomb waiting to go off in coming weeks?

BP vs OBAMA

Top Obama administration officials said Thursday that BP is failing to keep the government and public informed about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, and ordered the company to quickly publish environmental monitoring data and other information.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa Jackson and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, in a letter Thursday to BP CEO Tony Hayward, say BP transparency efforts have “fallen short in both their scope and effectiveness.”

“In order to meet BP’s responsibilities and to fulfill this obligation, BP must make publicly available any data and other information related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill that you have collected, or that will be collected in the future,” the letter adds.

Ipad Sucks

1. No multitasking
2. No camera - not even a simple 0.3 megapixel webcam for video messaging
3. No USB
4. No card reader for popular memory cards
5. No support for Flash
6. No widescreen
7. No permission screen high-definition (HD)

Here, in principle, the main disadvantages iPad. Someone surely will find more cons to the heap (such as, no FM-radio, can not make calls, etc.). And someone, and seven of these defects is negligible, and even in the plus wrap:) And each of their rights will be - all need different things.

Monday - Eric Schmidt vs Steve Jobs or Google vs Apple

First I read about Apple pulling Google Voice from IPhone, couple of hours later I found that FCC is already on top of this case (FCC sent letters to Apple requesting details and explanations) and now I found that Google's Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple.

I am not sure if this these are all simply co-incedents, but knowing how much money Google spent on lobbying I am not surprised that FCC is reacting right away.

I tried Google Voice before on Verizon blackberry, and liked the way you can use free SMS messaging, call screening, voicemail to email and good international rates. I completely understand why ATT would not want that on their network, but I guess they will have to open up and COMPETE.

Federal Government vs Private Companies

Primary reason people are working (or, if retired, used to work) for the Federal Government:

27% are working because of job security
19% work for the benefits package (other than pay)
18% say they have too much invested in the retirement system to leave
15% work to "make a difference" in America
8% work because the money is good
5% like the challenging work environment
8% work for the federal government for "other" reasons

People often mention government's more generous policies with regard to holidays and taking annual leave, the ability to transfer to different regions while staying with the same employer, and the ability to obtain health insurance with better benefits that they could then take into retirement with them.

John Jay or not John Jay

John Jay pro.....
1. Criminal Justice program tops in country!
2. Very affordable
3. Grad program is among top 50

John Jay con.....
1. CUNY rep
2. May not be for you if you want more than a commuter school
3. Are there job opportunities outside of law enforcement?

Columbia vs NYU

NYU is (behind Stanford) one of the top "dream schools," and is getting more selective year after year. Again, if you want to study the arts or business as an undergraduate, NYU may be a better choice than Columbia. However, Columbia is no slouch, and their graduates are more likely than NYU's to make it into graduate business schools (including the Columbia Business School, which consistently ranks higher than NYU Stern) regardless of their major. The difference is that Columbia students use their undergraduate years to explore other, less specialized fields of study that range from philosophy to engineering.