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Rise and Shine!

It's Monday morning, a Monday after a Sunday in which I said "Enough. No computer for anyone, all day today." Which means yes, I'm behind, but it also means Harmony did NOT spend six plus hours playing Club Penguin. I am an internet junkie, and truly, I have a hard time keeping Harmony from playing online when it's something I enjoy myself, but there is a point where too much is too much. It helped that the power went out first thing Sunday morning. I love it when the power goes out: everythihttp://cbpotts.livejournal.com/310680.html...

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Raffaello Follieri's Big Lie

Photo: Getty ImagesWhen the F.B.I. arrested Raffaello Follieri at his condo last week, the curtain dropped on an epically great scam. High-society con men of the last two decades, like Dana Giacchetto and Christopher Rocancourt, ingratiated themselves with celebrities and, when nobody was looking, stole their money. But Follieri, despite his relationship with Anne Hathaway, was different: More single-minded and more audacious, Follieri's con was a bald-faced lie. Looking for investors to help hhttp://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/06/folli...

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FECAFOOT Youth Championship: Njalla Quan SA Lifts Trophy In Minor Category

By Leocadia Bongben Following the finals of the FECAFOOT youth championship in Yaounde of June 24-28, Njalla Quan Sports Academy emerged best in the minor category with ten teams in the starting block. Njalla Quan SA thrashed Mongo SA at the Presidential Guard stadium, Melen, 3-0 to lift the trophy and bagged FCFA 300,000.In the junior category, Cotonsport of Garoua won the championship by beating Sahel Maroua 5-3, through penalty shoot-outs. Semance of Mongo beat AS Fotuna of the Centre 2http://www.postnewsline.com/2008/06/fecafo...

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Newspapers faulted for sports hirings - International Herald Tribune

Newspapers faulted for sports hiringsInternational Herald Tribune, France - 1 hour agoAP MINNEAPOLIS: US newspapers got a failing grade for gender diversity in their sports departments and a C for racial diversity, according to a study ... http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&ct=us...

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All Hail Supply Chain Finance — The New King of Spend Management

All Hail Supply Chain Finance — The New King of Spend Management Posted At : June 26, 2008 1:06 PM Related Categories: Spend Management In probably over a dozen speeches this spring, I talked about how "pay" was becoming just as — if not more — important than "procure" in the procure-to-pay equation. It's good to see that others are validating the rise of the payment side of procurement. According to this article in Finance Week, supply chain finance, a "pay" element, is on the rise. Anhttp://www.spendmatters.com/index.cfm/2008...

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