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		<title>Running Fedora&#8217;s liveusb-creator on Ubuntu</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/10/14/running-fedoras-liveusb-creator-on-ubuntu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I find most annoying about Linux distributions is that when it comes to distribution-oriented tools, they tend to make other distributions feel like second-class citizens even when compared to Windows. One such example is the Ubuntu One service which had a Windows client released recently and will soon see a Mac [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=497&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Configuring Aviem PRO2100 UPS on Debian 6.0 (Stable/Squeeze)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 14:18:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Aviem PRO2100 is a SOHO Line-Interactive Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) unit that sells at a very compelling price/performance point. The PRO2100 is a 1000VA unit that sells at a price which is only slightly above that of other manufacturers` 650VA units, whereas comparable strength units typically sell for twice as much. What this means [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=469&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cobbler &#8220;Advanced Networking&#8221; not quite up to task</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/cobbler-advanced-networking-not-quite-up-to-task/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[System administrators that deploy tools such as RHEL&#8217;s Kickstart are typically concerned with rapidly deploying large numbers or servers, therefore it is quite unfortunate that Kickstart has only very basic network configuration support. What it means is that sysadmins have had to resort to manually configuring IP addresses and NIC Bonding for each and every [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=460&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summary: Promise and peril in implementing pay-for-performance</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/07/23/summary-promise-and-peril-in-implementing-pay-for-performance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jul 2011 19:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary of &#8220;Promise and peril in implementing pay-for-performance&#8221; by Michael Beer and Mark D. Cannon on 2004, Human Resource Management, volume 43, pages 3-48 Decades of empirical research in a variety of areas indicate that financial incentives are a potent motivator, however, despite the breadth and sophistication of topics being examined in research related to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=456&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summary: Has 360 degree feedback gone amock?</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/07/22/summary-has-360-degree-feedback-gone-amock/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary of &#8220;Has 360 feedback gone amok?&#8221; by David A. Waldman, Leanne E. Atwater and David Antonioni published on May 1998, The Academy of Management Executive, Volume 12, Issue 2. Three hundred and sixty degree feedback for an employee programs involve feedback from four sources: Downward from the supervisor Upward from the subordinates Laterally from [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=452&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summary: The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/summary-the-definitive-guide-to-recruiting-in-good-times-and-bad/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary of &#8220;The Definitive Guide to Recruiting in Good Times and Bad&#8221; by Caludio Fernandes-Araoz, Boris Groysberg, and Nitin Nohria published on Mayy, 2009, Harvard Business Review, page 87 (5) Time of economic crisis provide a company with an opportunity to that advantage of the &#8220;buyers&#8217; market&#8221; and fill in what is missing from their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=446&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summary: Pygmalion in Management</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/summary-pygmalion-in-management/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Summary of &#8220;Pygmalion in Management&#8221; by J. Sterling Livinson published on 1969 Harvard Business Review, pages 81-89 Employee performance is directly linked to the manager&#8217;s expectations, high expectations lead to high performance. Impact on productivity Metropolitan Life Insurance company example: Group of best manager + best agents = by far the best performance Group of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=445&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summary: Make Your Company a Talent Factory</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/summary-make-your-company-a-talent-factory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:38:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is is quick summary of &#8220;Make Your Company a Talent Factory&#8221; by Douglas A. Ready and Jay A. Conger, published on June, 2007, Harvard Business Review, pages 68-77 Human resources executives from 40 companies around the world in 2005 indicated that they had an insufficient pipeline of high -potential employees to fill strategic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=424&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Conger, J., Ready, D.A. (2007, June). Make Your Company a Talent Factory. Harvard Business Review (Reprint R0706D).</media:title>
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		<title>Summary: Talent management for the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/summary-talent-management-for-the-21st-century/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 20:37:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following is a summary of &#8220;Talent management for the 21st Century&#8221; published on March, 2008, Harvard Business Review, pages 76-81. At its heart, talent management is simply a matter of anticipating the need for human capital and then setting out a plan to meet it. Ineffective talent management: Do nothing and anticipate no needs Rely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=423&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">1.	Cappelli, P. (2008, March) Talent Management for the 21st Century. Harvard Business Review, 76-81.</media:title>
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		<title>Summry: Serious Creativity</title>
		<link>http://ifireball.wordpress.com/2011/07/09/summry-serious-creativity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Follwing is my quick summary of an article by Edward de Bono fond at the following address: http://www.debonogroup.com/serious_creativity.htm There are far too many practitioners out there who believe that creativity is just brainstorming and being free to suggest crazy ideas. I intend to show that this is inadequate. Brainstorming was designed for use in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ifireball.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1765838&amp;post=412&amp;subd=ifireball&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Edward De Bono</media:title>
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