Are dogs smarter than babies?

Are dogs smarter than babies?
Honestly, folks, I tried and tried to think of a way to relate this to what we do, but I couldn’t. It’s just too funny to not share though. Enjoy!

Small Business Idea of the Day
We’re thrilled that Barbara Weltman, the top selling author and self-proclaimed leading authority on small business, recognized AlphaMailer in today’s Small Business Idea of the Day. I’d say that’s a great start to the week for the self-proclaimed leading database!

Alpha Software talks SmallBiz with SmartMoney

Alpha Software talks SmallBiz with SmartMoney
As business owners know, the benefits to a company newsletter are great. It’s an easy way to communicate. Whether it be announcing a sale, touting a new item, or just saying hi, a newsletter is the perfect way to foster relationships with the people who mean most to your business: your customers.

But, as business owners also know, it’s become increasingly difficult to ensure a company newsletter actually gets from your computer screen to your customers’ inboxes. And when SmartMoney’s SmallBiz.com published an article on that topic, they called on me to offer some advice. *cough* AlphaMailer *cough* *cough*

Take a look.

Portable Nero 8
Nero 8 Portable | 18.1 MB Nero 8 is a software solution that brings the digital world to your PC with features that make it fun and easy to create multimedia projects with high-quality, professional results. Create MP3 mixes and edit vacation videos in High Definition format. Share content around the world with simple Internet upload functions. Burn a disc with just one click, and then enjoy it

Improve Your Company With Hifocal

Improve Your Company With Hifocal
If you would like to join the free market competition and becoming the winner in this strict global market competition, you should have a great tactics and program to become a leader better than the other companies. If you do not have any idea what you should do and what you should consider regarding to face this free market competition, you only have two choices. Move backward and out from this

Portable Adobe Fireworks CS3
Adobe Fireworks CS3 Portable | 67 MB Accelerate web design and development with Adobe® Fireworks® CS3 software, the ideal tool for creating and optimizing images for the web and rapidly prototyping websites. Create and edit vector and bitmap images, and import and edit native Photoshop and Illustrator files. Optimize graphics for virtually any delivery scenario with preview, cross-platform

Cartoon – Presidential predictions

Cartoon – Presidential predictions

Morton’s vision for UMKC – the ‘Decision Theater’
UMKC Provost Gail Hackett presented a new high-tech initiative to the Faculty Senate at its meeting on Aug. 18. It is called the “Decision Theater.”

“Leo’s [Interim Chancellor Morton] already off and running with it,” Hackett said. “He’ll probably have the money to build it before we’ve even finished talking about it.

Student government finds last minute replacement

Student government finds last minute replacement
After the resignation of Jessica Fenger over the summer, the Student Government Association (SGA) voted on a replacement administrative vice president to sit on its executive board at the Aug. 21 meeting.

Klassie Alcine, former president of Arts and Sciences student council, was elected to the position with a vote of 13 in favor, three against and four abstentions.

Police Blotter
Aug. 15

1:56 p.m. Injury -
Officers responded to a report of electrocution at the Medical School. The victim was treated by the police department.

Dreaming of future home games

Dreaming of future home games
I always seem to be missing out on something.
In 1972, my Cub Scout group was scheduled to go watch the Royals play on Opening Day at the brand new Harry S. Truman Sports Complex.

My buddies from Pack 430 in Clinton, Mo. and I instead watched the game from the unspectacular confines of the dying Municipal Stadium.

Roll out the welcome mat for our new Chief Security Evangelist

Roll out the welcome mat for our new Chief Security Evangelist
Jeff Kalwerisky has been hard at work evangelizing security best practices for a few weeks now. But as I said before, we often put the cart before the horse here at Alpha. We sent Jeff to work long before we actually announced his arrival.

Well, that ends today, because I am formally introducing Jeff to you as our new Chief Security Evangelist. In coming days, Jeff will be sharing his thoughts and insights here on the blog. Keep your eyes on this space for expanded coverage of all things security, courtesy of our new CSE.

Reservations made easy with Alpha Five
Alpha One’s Mike Thomson put together this short video demo to showcase a new commercial reservation system he recently developed with Alpha Five.

Or take a look at the high-resolution version on the Alpha site. As you can see, Mike takes advantage of many of the Alpha Five tools that make database entry easy, such as the new AJAX features introduced in v9, drag+drop functionality, context-sensitive bubble help, and the ability to resize reservations with handles.

If you’ve ever used a program for keeping track of bookings, you’ll notice this one is a big step up in the area of convenience.

Portable Extra DVD Ripper Express v.5.5

Portable Extra DVD Ripper Express v.5.5
Extra DVD Ripper Express v.5.5 Portable | 5.6 MB Portable Extra DVD Ripper Express v.5.5 is a flexible and easy to use DVD ripper software. It can quickly convert DVD movies to AVI, MPEG, iPod(MP4), iPhone, Apple TV, FLV(YouTube), Sony PSP, Sony PS3, WMV, Microsoft Zune Player, Pocket PC, Mobile 3GP without any loss of quality. Superconverter It’s packaged in Thinstall 3.358 Program is

British Council’s Project Management and Leadership Training

British Council’s Project Management and Leadership Training
Our apology if you have received this information before.

We are glad to invite young leaders age 20-35, to apply to our Project Management and Leadership Training for young leaders on climate change, which will be held in Indonesia , 24-29 August 2008.

Following the successful AYLCF event we held last December, this 5-day capacity-building programme is designed to give participants the skill they need to conduct a climate change-related project after the event. Seed funding is also available to participants with the best projects.

The participants will be from 7 countries in East Asia, namely Indonesia , Malaysia , Singapore , Thailand , Japan , Korea , and Australia whose backgrounds are media, corporate, education, government, and education.

If you are interested to join the programme, all you have to do is just to submit the online application which is available in our website www.britishcouncil. or.id. Another way to apply is through fulfilling the Ms. Word version attached and return the fulfilled version to pmt@britishcouncil. or.id

Please complete the application in 20 July 2008 at the latest so that we can select the best candidates to represent the each country in the training.

Shall you have any enquiry, don’t hesitate to contact us: pmt@britishcouncil. or.id

Please be advised that British Council will cover all of the expenses (transport, meals, accommodation, etc) of the selected participants.

Kindly forward this information to your contacts, partners and friends who are keen to apply.

We look forward to receiving your application

Thank you and best regards ,

Project Management and Leadership Training Team
British Council
T : +62 (0)21 515 5561 (ext 201)
F : +62 (0)21 515 5562
E : pmt@britishcouncil. or.id
W : www.britishcouncil. or.id

UMKC carpooling with Rideshare
You may live miles away from campus and spend hundreds of dollars a month feeding your gas tank. You may be tired of congested roadways and of adding to pollution problems.

Well, UMKC and the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) may have a solution for you.

Olympics Medal Tally Resuts Day 14

Olympics Medal Tally Resuts Day 14
Countries in the lead in Medal Tally Results count as of Day 14 5:30PM

1. USA
Gold-30
Silver-35
Bronze-35
Total-100

2. China
Gold- 46
Silver-15
Bronze-22
Total- 83

3. Russia
Gold- 16
Silver-16
Bronze-21
Total- 53

4. Great Britain
Gold- 18
Silver-12
Bronze-11
Total- 41

5. Australia
Gold- 11
Silver-14
Bronze-16
Total- 41

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