Speed Reading - Meet, greet and move along

Meet, greet and move along
Maybe now Rome could be built in a day. It seems business relationships can be created in two minutes.

Whig.com
An attraction, or an abomination? There are three new "fast read" versions of the Bible either on the market, or soon to be. One publication has dubbed them "spiritual fast food."

GSB To Host First Nerd Olympics
The University of Chicago is a well known institution for several reasons: Nobel winning faculty, the invention of the nuclear bomb, and of course the wonderful catch phrase "the place that fun came to die." However, due to a recent trend, the University of Chicago has decided to distinguish itself in one other way: by hosting the first annual Nerd Olympics.

Get more done: 101 performance boosters
Interruptions from e-mail, phone calls and people at the office door eat up a quarter of the average workday. Here are four ways to get on with your job:

How Deal on Energy Died in Last Hours
By Kelly Brewington and Andrew A. Green, The Baltimore Sun Apr. 12--Just two hours remained before one of the Maryland General Assembly's most frenetic finishes, and in the Senate lounge Sen. Thomas M.