Scheduling systems: protocols and punishments

Quote of the week

What should happen to someone who manipulated the VA hospitals’ scheduling system? Should they lose their job?
(asked by Senator Johnny Isaakson)

"I don't know whether that's the appropriate level of punishment or not."

- Robert Petzel, Honorable Undersecretary of Health

Enigmatic acqusition: Apple to buy Beats

Quote of the week

What are the key factors that make this acquisition of a headphone maker by the iPhone company so unusual?

"This would be the biggest ($3.2 billion) deal ever by Apple, the first significant acquisition by (its new CEO) Tim Cook, and the first where Apple would likely want to keep the brand going, rather than absorb it." 

- Jan Dawson, Jackdaw Chief Analyst