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• Buglaria: Adoption / Trafficking, not two sides of a coin

  Published: July 29, 2007, 7:13 am

  Tags: Adoption In The World, Nastiness And Shoddy Practices

  For information on Bulgarian adoption from the US Department of State, click here. This will give a look at how adoption in Bulgaria is conducted ... rules, regulations, laws, etc. ... when international adoption of a Bulgarian child is being conducted by law-abiding citizens, adoption professionals and potential adoptive parents hoping to add a

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• Africa adoption: Following rules and other messes

  Published: July 14, 2007, 4:59 am

  Tags: Adoption Stories, Nastiness And Shoddy Practices, In The News, The Un, Adopting The Process

  Any look at Africa adoptions can be complicated, as this story from Nigeria proves. With international Africa adoptions all being country-specific, a lack of understanding of just how things work can cause a world of problems. In all aspects of adoption, educating yourself is the first and most important step, and trying to do adopt without going

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• Breast Practices: 'Washington Post' Fashion Critic: A Vast Tit-Wing Conspiracy?

  Published: July 30, 2007, 12:15 pm

  Tags: Breast Practices, Cleavage, Hillary Clinton, Wonkette

  Remember Hillary Clinton's "tits"? Washington Post fashion critic and Pulitzer winner Robin Givhan wrote about them, like, forever ago, in one of those stories that seems a little mean until you... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• 3 Tips for Good Comment Responses

  Published: July 31, 2007, 2:41 pm

  Tags: Best Practices, Bestpractices, Commenting, Comments

  own comment response best practices? Leave a comment below (and see if I follow my own advice).Thanks -- Joe Permalink   Email this   Linking Blogs

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• Beyonce Prefers Women

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:07 pm

  Tags: Beyonce Beyonce Loves Women Beyonce Knowles Beyonce Gossip Beyonce Pics Celeb Gossip Music News Beyonce Hiring Practices

  If you’re going to a Beyonce Knowles concert, you may notice a serious lack of something very obvious on stage - Men.  She hired a women-only band/tour cast and she says its been great. The Bootylicious singer told press, “I grew up in a house with so many women.  I love being around women, I love being around talented

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• Vox Pop: Your best best practice for email?

  Published: August 5, 2007, 3:34 pm

  Tags: Productivity, Email, Vox Populi, Best Practices, Telephones

  — set of best practices would look like. But, that, in some ways is the problem. “Netiquette” was pounded into my head from day one on the ‘net, but I’ll freely admit I’ve never been 100% — at least partly because email was clearly the Wild West from a lot of people’s perspective.

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• A rough baptism into high school sports

  Published: August 14, 2007, 11:30 am

  Tags: High School Soccer, High School Sports, Highschoolsoccer, Highschoolsports, Soccer Moms, Soccer Practices, Soccermoms, Soccerpractices, Team Work, Teamwork

  Starting yesterday, morning practices begin at 6 a.m. sharp and last until 7:300 a.m. Then there are evening practices beginning at 6 p.m. and lasting for 2 1/2 hours. In the mornings the boys run for over an hour before they even start drills. Try outs will be in another two weeks to determine what positions, if any, the boys will play. After

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• Baby snatching

  Published: August 18, 2007, 6:33 am

  Tags: Nastiness Shoddy Practices

  Here's a scenario from today's international news: A woman is walking down a public street in village with her four-month-old daughter, when suddenly some people come out of nowhere and pounce, attempting to snatch the child. A fight ensues, during which one of the attackers repeatedly shouts, "Get the baby! Get the baby!" The mother manages

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• Prospective Client Inquires About Severance & Separation Agreements

  Published: July 6, 2007, 11:05 am

  Tags: Practices, Emplyment Agreements, Severance, Contracts, Labor Employment Law, Business Management, Human Resources, Separation, Policies

  A prospective client asked me about separation and severance agreements. More specifically, the company asked about terminating a long time employee (who's also over 40 years old), and if they should offer this individual a severance and/or have them sign a separation agreement. Generally speaking, whenever I'm asked about employment

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• The Help Group - UCLA Autism Research Alliance

  Published: September 25, 2007, 3:57 am

  Tags: Evidence Based Best Practices, Autism Education, Autism Disorder, Applied Autism Research

  of evidence-based best practices for the effective education of children with autism spectrum disorders" - Dr. Barbara Firestone, President & CEO of The Help Group and Vice Chair of the California Legislative Blue Ribbon Commission on AutismOn Monday, September 10, 2007, the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior

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• Repository Factory Out

  Published: October 2, 2007, 10:45 am

  Tags: Gat, Patterns Practices, Guidance, Gax

  it will be not only "best practices" -- but consistent and maintainable too.

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• Affiliate Management 102

  Published: October 9, 2007, 1:53 pm

  Tags: Featured Top Post, Opinions, Features, Affiliate, Business Practices, Management

  In June we wrote an article inspired by some of the most important people in the direct marketing space, account managers. As I wrote then, I still remember my entry into the online space. I was asked whether I wanted to do media buying or become an account manager, which would put me on the track to become an account executive. Neither seemed

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• 2008 Projected Employer Health Care Costs

  Published: October 15, 2007, 8:53 pm

  Tags: Benefit Plan, Business Management, Employee Benefits, Healtcare, Human Resources, Insurance, Policies, Practices, Small Business, Wellness, Employer, Healthcare, Management, Medical Benefits

  Paul Shaheen, my associate from The Horton Group, an employer benefits brokerage and consultancy, sent me their latest LegalEase newsletter today. It’s worth posting because it’s an in-depth and fascinating article concerning projected employer health care costs for 2008. 2008 Per-Employee Health Care Costs To Exceed $9,300; Wide

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• Government Accountability Office Underwriting Standards Deteriorated

  Published: October 18, 2007, 3:25 pm

  Tags: National Association Of Mortgage Brokers Namb, Mortgage Defaults, Mortgage Delinquencies, Mortgage Backed Securities, Mortgage News, Mortgage News, Aggressive, Study, Fueled, Brokers, Accountability, Label, Practices, Private, Namb

  these aggressive lending practices,” the congressional watchdog agency says. The National Association of Mortgage Brokers said the GAO study shows that securitization and too much liquidity led to aggressive practices by banks and other lenders. “Mortgage brokers are not to blame for the meltdown in the subprime market,”

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• Questions Concerning Severance & Separation Agreements

  Published: October 28, 2007, 8:31 pm

  Tags: Business Management, Complaint Or Lawsuit, Contracts, Employee Benefits, Employment Agreements, Employment Law, Health Care, Labor And Employment Law, Legal, Policies, Practices, Separation, Severance, Adea, Complaint, Employee Relations, Employment Agreement, Lawsuit, Old

  One topic I get a lot of questions about is severance and separation agreements. Generally, severance refers to giving an exiting employee a monetary bonus or settlement above and beyond their regular compensation. A separation agreement usually refers to an agreement wherein the exiting employee promises not to sue, file a regulatory agency

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