No class, no cash: “Slumdog” kids miss school MUMBAI, India – The slum kid stars of “Slumdog Millionaire” want a lot of things in life — new houses, a car, trips to London and Paris — but they aren’t too interested in school. Ten-year-old Rubina Ali has missed nearly 75 percent of her classes and […]
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‘Sheriff Joe’ defiant after immigration ruling
PHOENIX – Lost in the hoopla over Arizona’s immigration law is the fact that state and local authorities for years have been doing their own aggressive crackdowns in the busiest illegal gateway into the country. Nowhere in the U.S. is local enforcement more present than in metropolitan Phoenix, where Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio routinely […]
Volcano erupts after 400-year silence
Thousands of Indonesians were evacuated from the slopes of a volcano on Sunday after it erupted for the first time in more than 400 years, spewing out lava and sending smoke and dust 1,500 meters (5,000 feet) into the air. Mount Sinabung, in the north of the island of Sumatra, began erupting around midnight after […]
13-year-old U.S. boy stages protest in China
A 13-year-old American boy campaigning to turn the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea into a peace park tried to get the Chinese president’s attention Monday, staging a brief protest near Tiananmen Square before being led away by police. Jonathan Lee unfurled a sign saying “peace treaty” and “nuclear free DMZ children’s peace forest” […]
2% Of Internet Users Pay For 100% Of Internet Content
2% Of Internet Population Paying For 100% Of Internet MARLBOROUGH, 11/18/2009 – Only two in 100 people who browse the Internet actually click on the advertisements that fund websites, according to a new report by online ad network Chitika. The study, based on the actions of 86 million Internet users over a two-week period, helps […]
Resume Keywords
Keywords Can Make or Break Your Resume By Erika Malzberg, for LiveCareer As many as 80% of employers use keywords to decide which resumes are worth a look. Using the right resume keywords can get you noticed and earn you an interview. Here’s how: What are keywords? Keywords are used in job descriptions to describe […]
David Copperfield Trick
This will blow you away!!!! How the bloody hell does it work!!! See if you can figure it out……..
It’s bittersweet
Robert Knepper says that he wasn’t told about the Prison Break series cancellation until his agent told him that he saw it in the Hollywood Reporter. He called his producers and they found out the same way! “It’s bittersweet. It’s time to let it go, but it’s been an amazing four years. It changed my […]