Nuclear Waste Management Problem Remains

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Published Aug. 16, 2010 at 4:53 p.m.
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Americans have good reason to be scared of nuclear power. After being pummeled for decades with images of nuclear war, nuclear winter, and now nuclear terrorism, it's hard to stay calm about the subject. But according to a report published in Science, Obama's Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future spent so much time on fixing the country's nuclear waste program that it completely neglected to deal with the public's fears ... It's a big problem--there are over 50 reactors currently

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Do You Give Personality Tests?

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Published March 13, 2008 at 11:37 a.m.

On top of drug testing, I've been administering personality tests for more than15 years for customer service positions, sales people, and management. I havefound them to be pretty accurate. I can think of a few occasions that thetest indicated that someone was not ideal for the job but I hired the person anyway ...

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Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz: "I'm Just a Manager"

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 12:21 p.m.
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Think the scrutiny of managing the Yahoo fishbowl is unnerving? Maybe you wouldn't be fazed by having all those eyes on you if you'd grown up with pig eyeballs on your dinner plate. The CEO of Yahoo on the challenges of leading, making mistakes, and cursing people out ... Carol Bartz is used to being watched. A year and a half ago, she took the high-profile job as CEO of Yahoo, the iconic but struggling tech company. She's become a celebrity CEO whose management is continually analyzed in the

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Investors to Oil Companies: Prove That You're Prepared for Disaster

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Published Aug. 9, 2010 at 5:27 p.m.
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The oil industry has gone through the full grieving process for the Gulf oil disaster--from denial (this is something that could only happen to BP) to acceptance (creation of an industry-wide deepwater rapid response plan). But shareholders are still concerned for the overall safety of the sector, which is why 58 investors representing $2.5 trillion in assets banded together recently to demand improved disclosure of oil disaster response plans ... The investors, led by Ceres and the Investor

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Is Your Doctor Drunk on Facebook?

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Published Aug. 9, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
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Medical students may need to study Facebook Privacy 101 ... Facebook privacy concerns just hit a whole new level with the result of a recent study and a hospital horror story that suggests far too much information is made public on the Facebook pages of those to whom you entrust your life and health ... First came the story of William Wells, who arrived at St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, California on April 9 severely wounded. He died, but not before nurses could post pics of him on

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Suddenly, Everyone's an Expert on Fixing Oil Spills

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Published June 3, 2010 at 5:05 p.m.
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When it comes to halting the gush of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, we've heard all sorts of ideas. Nothing seems too outrageous at this point. From Kevin Costner's oil separation technology he invested in after the Exxon Valdez spill, to the possibility of using James Cameron's underwater robots he developed while shooting Titanic. Even tossing a nuclear bomb down the pipeline doesn't seem too unrealistic when large groups of scientists begin to rally behind the cause. Ideas are great, but what

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Day Two at the World Economic Forum on Africa

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Published May 10, 2010 at 6:25 p.m.
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How do information and communication technologies influence innovation in Africa? Robert Fabricant's third report from World Economic Forum ... The second day of the World Economic Forum on Africa was packed, with one head of state after another marching through with their entourage. The big showdown was Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe's appearance on a panel with Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe's current prime minister, to discuss Zimbabwe's future. Everyone was eager to see if he would put on a

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Sustainability Faceoff: Walmart vs. Target

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Published May 4, 2010 at 6:25 p.m.
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There can be only one winner in the battle of the big box retailers. In the new book The HIP Investor, author R. Paul Herman compares Walmart and Target in terms of profit, management, and human impact (health, wealth, earth, equality, trust). So which retailer is more sustainable? In our opinion, Walmart is the winner ... It's hard to argue with Walmart's superior profitability, but sustainability is always subjective. We've detailed Walmart's sustainability initiatives extensively on

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Bumped Passengers, Fines Aside, "It's All About Relationships" for Southwest Airlines

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Published May 4, 2010 at 5:41 p.m.
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Southwest has pissed off its fair share of customers, bumping more of them from oversold flights than any other carrier last year. You don't have to look to far to find disgruntled flyers saying things such as, "I have always flown Southwest in the past, but doubt I ever will again. Saying you care about your customers is not the same as actually caring." Even the Department of Transportation has taken a swing, citing last week Southwest’s failure to reimburse bumped passengers promptly or

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Building a Fashion Runway at School? At the d.school, Yes

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Published May 4, 2010 at 10:53 a.m.
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This week, Linda Tischler has revealed the ins and outs of Stanford's new d.school building. We asked the students to provide some insight on their new digs as well ... Four Stanford d.school students in Tina Seelig's Creativity and Innovation course used a unique space called the Concept Studio to prototype what a nearby high-end women's clothing store would look like with a runway inside ... [youtube Bymi5MMHuQY] ... -- Rachel Simpson is an undergrad studying science, technology, and society;

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