Walter Hutchens’ Blog

• College staffing—more admin, more support workers, more adjuncts: http://tinyurl.com/cf5jzo #
• Search for special names–>use of obscure characters, collides w/IT & Leninist gov http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/asia/21china.html #
• Ni hao, ya’ll? “Chinese Southern Belle” blog: http://www.chinesesouthernbelle.blogspot.com/ HT Atlanta paper blog: http://tinyurl.com/dbqbo8 #
• China’s popular website portal Sina.com has a video on using the iPhone with their site: http://tinyurl.com/sina-iphone #
• Not sure how often NY Times reports on Univ of Georgia, but 2x today: UGA QB #1 NFL draft pick, UGA marketing professor homicide suspect. #
• Drafting paper on grad, professional & non-trad. programs @ Whitworth U for 2010-15 strategic planning process. http://tinyurl.com/WUplans #
• Geek note: how to get GoogleDocs to show fixed width when published as web page: http://tinyurl.com/dz5rjp #
• Forbes collection on neologisms: http://tinyurl.com/dlohsc #
• Mexico’s U of Monterrey sends 40% of students to study abroad vs 1% of Mex. students in gen http://chronicle.com/weekly/v55/i33/33a02402.htm #
• Web 2.0 links for k-12 (and beyond?) ed: http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ #
• Bountiful options for mind mapping software now: MindManager, Freemind, Mind42, Xmind, Curio (Mac), etc. I’m exploring “cloud” solutions. #
• :-) My public blog, homepgs, Twitter acct & Facebook acct all now have same bow tie icon/avatar/favicon. http://www.walterhutchens.net/blog/ #
• Columbia religion prof. Taylor inveighs against tenure, departments, hyper-specialization & status quo grad ed: http://tinyurl.com/cte5b4on #

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• Cuba libre! Viva constructive engagement! http://tinyurl.com/dcazjt #
• NY Times story about Twitter: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/14/technology/internet/14twitter.html #
• NYC megafirm Skadden offers associates 1 year furloughs @ 1/3 base (so say 80k to NOT come to work): http://tinyurl.com/cko2vc #
• Interesting: NYT editors halt comments, then pick some from the avalanche to highlight http://tinyurl.com/dadcot #
• NYT on “US” tech indust importing brainpower (a longstanding feature, just like outsourcing manufacturing): http://tinyurl.com/c9aym3 #
• Google’s immigration “fixer” http://tinyurl.com/c7wbkj US immigration laws, like tax code, costs fortunes in compliance/transaction costs. #
• Elite college, MBA career paths shifting in post-meltdown, Obama era? NYT: http://tinyurl.com/cj2rp4 #
• Characters more lifelike & funnier in Monsters vs Aliens than Hannah Montana. Plots close call. Helen, 8, liked both. She’s happy, I’m happy #
• BBQ shack near Home Depot a lifesaver, but ribs @ chain Famous Dave’s surpass anything avail. in Spokane. Confirmed in Chantilly, VA on Mon. #
• On x-country flight, reading The Best 100 Business Books of All Time. Couple pgs per book & 4 hours–seems about right! Pop genre catch up. #
• Chronicle of Higher Ed on Asia-Pacific Assoc. for Intl. Ed mtg calling for Asian HEIs to become more intl. http://tinyurl.com/cjk7el #
• Chronicle of Higher Ed on practical difficulties higher ed institutions face when trying to operate overseas http://tinyurl.com/damnu7 #
• Study of growth in cross-border trade in higher ed services in EU (Bologna Process) & implications for US: http://tinyurl.com/c7ucwc (pdf) #

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• Globalization: U of GA student paper reports on research on “pad dermatitis” affecting chickens’ feet: http://tinyurl.com/uga-chicken-feet #
• NY Times travel blog on CouchSurfing (web-enabled FREE stays): http://tinyurl.com/cudp9g Actually works!? Not everyone a misanthrope! #
• I’m EXTREMELY impressed that 30% of students @ U of Georgia study abroad before graduation! http://www.uga.edu/oie/sa_statistics.htm #
• A Hong Kong univ. guide to translating its depts, job titles into Chinese: http://tinyurl.com/c93x9o #
• In Alabama, enjoying blooming azaleas and dogwoods. #
• 祝大家复活节快乐! #

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• Anybody know how to get TurboTax import of Ameritrade /Gains Keeper trade data working correctly w/wash sales? Arghhhh! #
• YES hard budget constraints for US auto co’s. Let’s try it in fin sector! US tech leads world w/creative destruction, not b/c 2 big 2 fail. #
• A house bought on certain dates in 2008 may = 7.5k tax “credit” that you must repay, while if you bought in 2009 you get an 8k gift. But… #
• … but if you already owned a house and just kept paying your mortgage (or moved & bought again) you get NO credits. #
• ..No NEW credits, I mean. You still get mortgage interest deduction, while renters (those living in cities not built on petroculture) get 0. #
• . . . Let’s burn the tax code & start over. #
• Walter thinks it is cool Google has a comic book to explain their Chrome browser: http://www.google.com/googlebooks/chrome/ But 39 pages? #
• Wonder if I could commission one for my next course packet? The financial crisis, illustrated. I can so see Paulson & Geithner as characters #
• In Spokane? Coming out of of my “family leave” semester off tomorrow night to talk about the economy http://tinyurl.com/cn3azs #
• I follow both NY Times & The Onion. Sometimes hard to tell which is which, e.g.: Miss Universe Visits Guantámo Bay http://tinyurl.com/crzprh #
• NY’s overwhelmed worker’s comp system: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/31/nyregion/31comp.html #
• Prof. Kurnow still teaching @ NYU’s Stern at 96, comparing mood now to 1929, not yet 34. Hope I make it to 46! http://tinyurl.com/c2z7at #
• I’m not the only one w/bad timing: :Pension insurer shifted to stocks” before downturn, Bost. Globe reports: http://tinyurl.com/cuxlq5 #
• Good synopsis of game of chicken btw govt. & auto co. bondholders: http://baselinescenario.com/2009/04/01/the-new-masters-of-the-universe/ #
• Would it be inaccurate to say last week Obama flipped a bird @ GM and Chrysler bondholders? #
• Germany & France want fin reg done their way, or . . . ? Obama taking a higher road. http://tinyurl.com/dmuftk #
• Boo, no cert for case that overturned VA anti-spam law. Spammers should be water boarded. Then shot. Wash Post: http://tinyurl.com/cdax4n #
• BBC guide to G20: http://bit.ly/sq10 . Thanks, @aimeesblog (she shows me lots of cool stuff!) #
• This time tomorrow I will be on my way to DC, then flying to Alabama on Sunday for week with family. #
• Excellent James Fallows article on China in Atlantic: http://tinyurl.com/cknw2p Says idea econ slowdown = revolt or “China over” wrong. #
• Evidence I’m not in Spokane: cable TV offers THREE Chinese language channels. Cox Cable in Fairfax Co., VA. #
• Yes, “I want my a la carte cable!” http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/03/AR2009040300817.html #

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