Oops. UVA is back in the news again. A year later. (I last reported on the UVA shenanigans in August of last year.) For a few reasons. It seems that Helen Dragas, while remaining on the board, will not be the Rector comes 30 June. The first black Rector of the University, George K. Martin, will take her place on 1 July 2013. Mr. Martin is an attorney with McGuireWoods, one of the most prominent of Virginia Law firms, where he manages the Richmond (and headquarters) office. While he does practice law (corporate), he has been intimately involved in the administration of the firm, which will hopefully put him in great stead to take the reins of the UVa Board.
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Self Directed Investment Retirement Accounts (SDIRA)
I’ve long advocated the use of IRA’s to expand one’s business interests. The issue is that there is a VERY fine line dividing what can and cannot be done- in a legal sense.
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It’s coming- and our balance sheet will never be the same…
FASB. IASB. Those eight (8) letters are going to cause a lot of us some grief. The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) are planning to change the rules, which will make our business profits look very different.
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A Road Not Taken
It was more than 4 decades ago that I considered starting my own compounding pharmacy. It was an idea hatched during a meeting among Drs. Joseph Letteri, Lawrence Brennan (both were nephrologists practicing at the Nassau County Medical Center), Shelly Fialkoff, and me. Both Drs. Letteri and Brennan were gracious in offering their time and input to a young tyke like me.
Are you ready for this?
You know it’s coming. And, you better be ready…
You’ve convinced the (potential) client [hereinafter, PC] that you have the ‘stuff”- you can solve their problem. And, then, the PC asks how much this is really going to cost…
The Operation Was A Success; The Patient Died
One of my favorite programs on TV is “Monday Mornings”. The cast, the creator, the concept. Because we have always done a post-mortem (I think the military jargon is after-action review) on each project and campaign we have run. We need to know what worked, what didn’t, what we learned, and what we still need to find out.
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A speech to remember
So, I told you that I attended my son’s graduation from the University of Michigan. (Of course, I did. Wild horses, a hurricane, or even a tornado would not have kept me from it.) And, I had the opportunity to hear one of the best graduation speeches ever. (I’m not inexperienced in this matter; a rough count is that I have heard- nay, endured- some 45 or so of these colloquys.)
MOOC or mook?
I have mixed emotions about these massive open online classes. The homonym MOOK (yes, they are really called MOOC’s) comes to mind. But, then I recall the first biology and microbiology courses I took. At one school, where the total enrollment (including night school) was under 4000 in all degree programs, there were 300 kids in this class. In another institution, where the enrollment was about the same (but more prestigious, and no part time students), and there were 250 in the other.
The Facts Don’t Matter!
I have been ranting about the claims that talking on the phone while driving is dangerous- but talking to your fellow passengers is not. That is such malarkey- since these actions all involve the same parts of our brain. Now, texting while driving- that is very different. Because the driver is NOT looking at the road, but at his/her cell phone…
$ 242,000…
If only we would make tough choices. The system – at least for the past years- is arranged to punt decisions down the line. Where the choices are the same, anyway- just more expensive.