Emphasizes the need for personal accountability & leadership—as traditional "heros" decay Thx @mjcarter

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"Родственница патриарха" (Владимира Гундяева) Лидия Леонова, проживающая в апартаментах, принадлежащих иерарху, подала в суд на своего соседа снизу - священника, кардиолога и бывшего министра здравоохранения Юрия Шевченко.

Whose desires? Not mine. But when Siemens speaks, I listen, and I admire the moderate tone he takes in his comments on entrepreneurial reform of ed. But I wonder if the money boys need a public whacking, as in a comment by Lisa Lane: "So it shouldn’t be surprising that teachers and students are not the focus here – they are the obstacles to creating the quality product. Besides, after over a century of public education, surely they had their chance."

And, by the way, entrepreneurs don't have a pedagogy. They are entrepreneurs, not teachers.

Experts who were not involved in the multi-center trial agreed larger trials were needed, and said the impact of the drug on blood glucose levels[—.5% reduction in A1c over three months at the highest tested dose of 4g daily—]was moderate. But they said the findings were exciting because they suggested Type 2 diabetes could be treated by targeting the underlying inflammation....
Since atherosclerosis is also considered an inflammatory state, this approach may also potentially reduce the risk of cardiovascular complications associated with diabetes...
Salsalate sells for less than a quarter a pill, and does not present the opportunity for profit that would attract large pharmaceutical companies to do the research...
The patients continued with their regular Type 2 diabetes treatment regimen throughout the study.

Regulatory failure contributed to the loss of lives aboard Titanic.

#Fracking tied to Midwest #earthquakes #greed

To put the problem in the simplest terms, the interests of the client continue to be sidelined in the way the firm operates and thinks about making money. Goldman Sachs is one of the world’s largest and most important investment banks and it is too integral to global finance to continue to act this way. The firm has veered so far from the place I joined right out of college that I can no longer in good conscience say that I identify with what it stands for.

It might sound surprising to a skeptical public, but culture was always a vital part of Goldman Sachs’s success. It revolved around teamwork, integrity, a spirit of humility, and always doing right by our clients. The culture was the secret sauce that made this place great and allowed us to earn our clients’ trust for 143 years. It wasn’t just about making money; this alone will not sustain a firm for so long. It had something to do with pride and belief in the organization. I am sad to say that I look around today and see virtually no trace of the culture that made me love working for this firm for many years. I no longer have the pride, or the belief.

But this was not always the case. For more than a decade I recruited and mentored candidates through our grueling interview process. I was selected as one of 10 people (out of a firm of more than 30,000) to appear on our recruiting video, which is played on every college campus we visit around the world. In 2006 I managed the summer intern program in sales and trading in New York for the 80 college students who made the cut, out of the thousands who applied.

I knew it was time to leave when I realized I could no longer look students in the eye and tell them what a great place this was to work.

Too bad the one guy who seems to have ethics is leaving.

Student Loan Debt May Be The Next Debt Bomb #generationaltyranny #greed #socializehighereducation

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