Tuesday January 22 2013 Megan Lavelle is benefitting from a STratasys 3 D printer. Exo skeletons have been developed for older six year old kids but Megan was just two. Teh solution was to scale down the design using ligher weight plastic.  Now for the first time megan can feed herself and hug her Mom like…

Thursday Jan 17 2012 Female hedge fund managers turne din a better performance than male couterparts for 2012. This should be of interest to our female students. Gambling er I mean investing in the markets apparently appealed more to males than females but perhaps that is changing. 

Tuesday January 15 2013 Lance Armstrong seems to be going over the Edge.   In this article which has appeared around the world he declares that only one source holds the key to his redemption – himself.  Webster defines sociopath as  [count] : someone who behaves in a dangerous or violent way towards other people and does…

Tuesday Dec 11 2012 1. Stay positie honoest and open, especially when things get challenging, translation, admit your mistakes 2. Do not multi task during conversation http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20121210172831-84166298-my-rule-2-for-motivating-people-and-organizations?ref=email

Tuesday December 11 2012 A right to work law means that one cannot be forced to join a union as a condition of employment. Most of the right to work states are in the south. As untenable work arrangements broke the auto and steel industries, foreign auto makers have located in the south. Now Michigan one of…

Thursday Dec 6 2012 NASA has compiled this stunning view of the earth at night from various satellite photos.

Monday Dec 3 2012 At present only 9.43% of the students for Fall 2012 have responded. Please take time to do this. I cannot access your responses until after the grades are posted.  Texas A&M University-San AntonioStudent Rating of Instruction Survey Dear TAMU-SA Student, Texas A&M University-San Antonio values the opinions and feedback of our…

November 18 2012 A reader of The Market Perspective asked me about blogging and writing. He really got me going, and I decided to share the response to him with all of you.  We are moving to a portfolio based assessment program here at TAMUSA. This might be a good time to start your own…

Monday Nov 12 2012 Do you know the Askash?  I remarked in the investment blog this weekend that there are no French or Belgina PCs. The world is moving east. So it is not sruprising that Indian engineers have created a $20 tablet.  That is the subsidized price, the commercial price will be $64. Another mile marker…

Tuesday November 6 2012 Did you know that Lincoln was elected with a mere 39% of the popular vote. This is today's excerpt from delanceyplace.com In today's selection – Abraham Lincoln only won 39.8 percent of the popular vote in his first presidential victory, and used a questionable tactic to help win his second. In…