Day: December 18, 2012

As reported on Businessinsider.com by Geoffrey Ingersoll In light of recent calls for stricter gun control, an inevitability following the grisly acts of a troubled gunman in Connecticut, knowing a glossary of important weapons terms is integral to understanding the debate.  Naturally, many people have strong opinion on guns and gun control, but have little background to discuss it. So we’ve put together a primer on what people mean whey they talk about “assault weapons” or the “gunshow…

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As reported on Businesinsider.com by Geoffrey Ingersoll In the wake of the horrific, tragic shootings at Sandy Hook school last week, some people have suggested that our culture of super-violent video games are at least partially to blame. The Sandy Hook gunman, Adam Lanza, reportedly spent hours playing a game called “Call of Duty” every day. Those who have not played “first-person shooter” games like this may not understand how realistic they have become in recent…

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As reported on LifeHacker. by Peter Bregman Is writing a quick “thank you” email a proper form of business etiquette, or just another frivolous piece of inbox clutter we could do without? In this piece, Peter Bregman of the Harvard Business Review examines how important thanking others via email can be. John, the CEO of a sales organization, sent an email to Tim, an employee several levels below, to compliment him on his performance in a…

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As reported on Wired. BY SPENCER ACKERMAN Guns for sale at a Houston, Tx. gun show, 2007. Photo: Flickr/M Glasgow   Updated, 5:35 p.m. Suspected terrorists can’t fly on planes, but they can buy guns. The feds can track sales of fertilizer, but not semi-automatic rifles. Brick-and-mortar gun dealers perform background checks, but online ones often don’t. These are three of the many odd aspects of the gun trade that are now being reconsidered after the massacre…

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