Some executives said that offshoring would grow even more strongly with Bush’s victory. “The elections are over and so is the rhetoric; it will be easier for American corporations to step out with their outsourcing plans,” said Vivek Paul, the vice chairman of Wipro, who works in Mountain View, California. The company is based in Bangalore.

Crisis in Darfur enables more than 200 million Google Earth users worldwide to visualize and better understand the genocide currently unfolding in Darfur, Sudan. The Museum has assembled content—photographs, data, and eyewitness testimony—from a number of sources that are brought together for the first time in Google Earth.

Crisis in Darfur is the first project of the Museum’s Genocide Prevention Mapping Initiative that will over time include information on potential genocides allowing citizens, governments, and institutions to access information on atrocities in their nascent stages and respond.

You can download Google Earth along with the Crisis in Darfur layers at USHMM.

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Tuesday, April 10, 2007
The answer is still no to “Getting to Yes”: what one conservative commentator says about the anti-bullying movement

no thanks to getting to yesRecently I looked at why the world–or least America–has not yet gotten to yes. I described the cultural forces that resist mightily the logic and common sense of principled negotiation and are deeply distrustful of peacebuilding, collaboration, and dialogue.
Outsourcing Explained
The Cornell Daily Sun reports a thoughtful essay by Benjamin Gruenbaum entitled ‘Outsourcing: Bad for the Economy or Misunderstood Phenomenon’. It’s a good read for those that are new to the debate.

“The problem with outsourcing isn’t that jobs are being lost to overseas competitors. The problem is that we generally understand outsourcing as it is framed by politicians (and therefore the media), not as it’s understood by economists. There are certainly costs and drawbacks to Americans when jobs that used to be in California end up in Bangalore, India, but there are smart ways to mitigate those costs. Unfortunately, unwillingness from politicians and unknowingness from many Americans prevents a useful discourse from emerging. First we should know the underlying facts about outsourcing and only then can we attempt to discuss possible ways to address it.”

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Thursday, November 04, 2004
Managing Outsourcing Contracts
Computerworld reports many companies do not review multiyear outsourcing service contracts until they are completed. It is important to regularly review contracts to be sure they are still relevant to your changing business strategies. They ask 10 questions to ask yourself to help you stay on track.