New York Times mistakes Earl Weaver for being dead

Ross Ramsey, the managing editor of the Texas Tribune and regular columnist for the New York Times wrote an article yesterday titled “How Much Lower Can Democrats Fall?” You may be wondering how this affects the world Baltimore sports. In his opening sentences Ramsey wrote, “Texas Democrats have become the Baltimore Orioles of politics. Somewhere in heaven, Earl Weaver and Ann Richards are comparing notes on what went wrong with the teams they left behind.”
Half of that statement may be true, as Ann Richards passed away in 2006, but Earl Weaver is still alive and well at the age of 80.
I am assuming someone at the Times will figure this out at some point, so I took a screen shot of the article.

On top of the mistake, a correction was posted to the article to change that Ann Richards actually beat Clayton Williams in 1990, not the fact that Earl Weaver is alive.
That’s a pretty embarrassing mistake to make. I suppose if you write about politics you don’t have to be accurate about sports?

The Role of expatriates

There are four main areas of HRM: (1) staffing, (2) training and development, (3) compensation and performance appraisal, and (4) labor relations.

Staffing refers to HRM activities associated with hiring employees and filling positions.  In multinational enterprises, there are two types of employees.  Host country nationals are from the host country and are often known as locals.  Expatriates are individuals working in a foreign country.  I found an interesting article about expats.

More expensive for expats to live in Singapore.

OVER the past six months, Singapore has become even more expensive for expatriates to live in, climbing from ninth spot in Asia to No. 8, said the latest cost of living survey from ECA International.

Rising prices and the strengthening of the Singapore dollar against major currencies propelled Singapore in the cost of living stakes from 79th position globally to 42nd over the past year.

That means it is more expensive for expatriates to live in Singapore than Central London which is ranked 50th worldwide, but not New York, which came in at No.39, based on ECA's latest twice-yearly survey, released on Thursday.

However, it is not all doom and gloom. ECA International regional director for Asia Lee Quane said the rise in Singapore's cost of living is a double-edged sword.

'For companies bringing senior talent into Singapore, the cost of an assignment will increase as higher allowances are required to maintain employees' purchasing power. On the other hand, companies sending employees out of Singapore can apply lower cost of living allowances and still provide sufficient remuneration to maintain a good standard of living.'

The difference between the cost of living in Singapore and that of Hong Kong, the sixth most expensive city in Asia, is also rapidly narrowing, he noted. Two years ago there was a 15 per cent gap in the cost of living between Hong Kong and Singapore. This gap fell to 7 per cent a year ago and now stands at just 2 per cent.