Vincent Feli Boy’s Blog

When business schools study the real world to find out what companies do that works and what doesn’t, why do they never seem to pick up on the really interesting stuff? Considering that Google Inc. is so fabulously successful that it can suggest better ways to run a country (see above), Vasanth Sridharan, writing in the Silicon Alley Insider , found a few job openings at Google that suggest the kind of leadership culture the company stands for. Among jobs for people who don’t have an MBA degree or can’t write code, are: executive chefs; a massage therapist, a manager for the Infant Toddler Program and Children’s Centre Teacher, and an animal health expert.

When was the last time you worked at a company that had hired such people? Sega, not to be outdone by any other Japanese company vying to create a more human-like robot, has introduced the E.M.A., and its, um, friendliness has frightened Engadget.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A biographer for country music superstar Eddy Arnold says the singer has died at the age of 89. Belmont University Professor Don Cusic says Arnold died at a care facility near Nashville Thursday morning. Arnold was just days short of his 90th birthday.

Arnold’s mellow baritone on songs like “Make the World Go Away” — a crossover hit on the pop charts in 1965 — made him one of the most successful country singers in history. Advertisement He became a pioneer of “The Nashville Sound,” also called “countrypolitan,” a mixture of country and pop styles. He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1966. The following year he was the first person to receive the entertainer of the year award from the Country Music Association.

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And why wouldn’t they. Gambling911.com predicts that Daniel Day-Lewis will walk away with the “best actor” award. Likewise, Javier Bardem will win for No Country for Old Men.

He’s a huge risk too of $13 just to win $1. Some Oscar gambling pundits believe it’s worth the risk. The next shortest odds belong to Hal Holbrook and that’s for a $9 payout on every $1 risked.

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