Title: U.S. CEOs Who Outsource Get Bigger Pay Hike-Survey
Source: Reuters
Author: Andrea Hopkins
Summary: A study by the liberal Institute for Policy Studies shows that CEOs at U.S. companies receive more compensation when outsourcing.
Abstract:
Chief executives at U.S. companies that shipped jobs overseas won a 46 percent pay hike last y
Make sure you have all the adapters so you can recharge it via local outlets & voltages.
Traveling the world as a geek does rule. As geeks our major problem is we try to generalize our lives to NOT ENOUGH DATA. Travel gives you enormous quantities of data - especially if you blend in with the local travels. You learn so much about the world and when you come home and apply it to your own world - the possibilities are unlimited.
-Jay Thomas
Countries visited in the two years: Saudi Arabia, India (Kerela & Bombay), China (Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen), Japan (Tokyo), Hong Kong, Taiwan (Taipei), Macao, Mexico & Canada
Plans for the next year: Japan (next month!), Spain, Thailand, among other places!
jthomas2@uiuc.edu
Just bought a new camera - Hasselbad X-PAN. Hasselblad Site has some info about it. Whole unit was about $3500, including the 30 mm lenses which is a collector's item right now. Also bought a new light meter for 500. Can't wait for a clear day so I can use this - very excited!
It's been a long time since I was hooked on a video game, and played until 2 or 3 am. Age of Mythology is such a game though. I feel like I'm back in college, where time had no meaning and I could stay up until any hour and just missing class the next day never mattered...since I never went anyway.
Screw this. I need to destroy this CD and uninstall from my computer. I can't afford to spend my time like this anymore.
New photographs of Shenzhen, China and Shanghai, China up in the gallery:
"You don't go out and kick a mad dog. If you have a mad dog with rabies, you take a gun and shoot him." -- Pat Robertson, TV Evangelist, about Muammar Kadhafy
