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Times LIVE
Owner of 'The Spear' wants painting 'as is'
The German art collector who bought the painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed will not restore the work and will collect it in person, it was reported.
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CNN
How to get lucky: Making serendipity work for your career
We can make luck work for our careers by being aware of the opportunites of serendipity, says internet entrepreneur Thor Muller.
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Daily Mail
May pledges to stop Greek migrants flooding into Britain if they are forced to pull out of the Euro
The Home Secretary said the government is drawing emergency plans over fears millions of Greeks will lose their jobs and be forced to search for work abroad.
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Wired
Augmented Reality: T(ether) from MIT
*Well, the ergonomics of pads and gloves are gonna need a lot of work... At the very least somebody in the AR biz needs to come up with a rubber clip-on pad-holder you can securely slip your hand through, instead of sweatily holding an expensive fragile windowpane at arm's length.
*But look at that! ...
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Telegraph
George Fergusson shows grit as he takes up Bermuda post after losing sight
George Fergusson, who was recently blinded in one eye when he was mugged, has begun work as the Queen's representative in Bermuda.
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WSJ
Federer's French Open Gauntlet
Looking at the draws, the Swiss tennis star has his work cut out for him. Tom Perrotta analyzes that and the rest of the potential paths for male and female contenders.
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Los Angeles Times
Deputies fired on while serving warrant in Wilmington
Two men were arrested in connection with shots being fired at Sheriff's deputies. The incident took place in Wilmington
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Los Angeles Times
High winds, rough surf begin Memorial Day weekend
Memorial Day weekend will began with windy conditions and a warning from the National Weather Service of potentially dangerous surf Saturday morning.
Swells of up to 12 feet and rip currents are predicted Saturday morning, officials said.
A low pressure system from the Pacific Northwest is bringing unseasonably cool weather to the Southland through Saturday morning.
"It will move across South...
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New York Times
Bats: Hefner Remains Only Option for No. 5 Spot in Mets' Rotation
With Miguel Batista injured and Chris Young trying to work his way into major league shape, the Mets have to rely on Jeremy Hefner.
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BoingBoing
Letterpress edition of Pride and Prejudice seeks funding
James sez, "The Bowler Press is taking on printing a letterpress, three-volume edition of Pride & Prejudice, and they are trying to fund the costs of getting the materials to do so with crowd sourcing. The link is to the IndieGoGo crowd funding site for the project, where folks can donate to the project and [...]
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The Lancet
[Perspectives] Reading bones
The discovery of human bones is always newsworthy. But when the bones of at least 84 individuals are found under the main quad of the oldest college of the University of London, UK, it is bound to raise questions. This is what happened in March, 2010, during construction work at University College London. After a visit from the police had ruled out any suspicion of foul play, UCL's forensic ana...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
How much cleavage is too much cleavage for work?
Style expert Russell Smith explains why Christine Lagarde is a better role model than Christina Aguilera when it comes to dressing for your job
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Irish Times
Further Liverpool talks for Martínez
ROBERTO MARTÍNEZ will hold further talks with Liverpool’s owners on Tuesday as he considers whether he can work within the new management structure Fenway Sports Group wants at Anfield.
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Irish Times
McGahern annual tribute detects green shoots in work
THE VIOLATION of the Irish countryside that occurred during the Celtic Tiger may have partly accounted for a change in emphasis in John McGahern’s later work, one academic suggested yesterday.
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Gizmodo
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Some Mostly Harmless Fun [Video]
Monday might be Memorial Day, but today, friends, is Towel Day, that somewhat arbitrarily chosen time of the year when fans of Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series carry a towel around with them as a sign of appreciation. But if that's too weird for you—and I kind of hope it is—you could also just watch the best adaptation of ...
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BBC
Cashback websites: how do they work?
Are there any pitfalls to cashback shopping sites?
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The Sun
1,000 readers find work or interview thanks to Sunemployment fairs
STUNNING 7,000 jobseekers visited our Sunemployment fairs in five cities across UK
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Reuters
EU says China, U.S., Japan also have economic work to do
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The United States and Japan must tackle their tax issues and China must relax restrictions on the yuan, as they share responsibility with Europe for restoring global economic health, EU leaders said ahead of a June summit of the G20 leading economies.
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Daily Mail
Help! Sir Humphrey has done a bunk
QUENTIN LETTS: Hercule Poirot himself might struggle to work out what happened to top civil servant Ian Watmore. Was Cock Robin killed? Or did he chew a cyanide tablet?
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USA Today
Doar to receive Medal of Freedom for civil rights work
Doar served as assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division in the 1960s.
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Daily Mail
Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee competition: Chance to see your work in the National Portrait Gallery
Rolf Harris, 82, was commissioned to paint the Queen to mark her 80th birthday. The portrait currently hangs in an exhibition of Rolf's work at Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery.
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China Daily
China says it holds fast to Durban outcome
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said Friday that the country holds fast to the Durban outcome and will work with the international community to promote negotiations on climate change.
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New York Times
ArtsBeat: New Victory Season Will Include Opera Adapted From Philip Pullman Novel
"The Firework Maker's Daughter," based on a 1995 Pullman work, will have music by David Bruce and a libretto by Glyn Maxwell.
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Huffington Post
UN Climate Conference In Bonn Reaches Agreement After Week-Long Deadlock
* Agenda for work on new global climate deal is adopted * Agreement breaks week-long deadlock over procedure * Mistrust between countries remains * Urgent climate action needed to limit global warming (Adds further context, quotes) By Nina Chestney BONN, May 25 (Reuters) - More than 180 countries agreed on an agenda...
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Mashable
Facebook Wants You to Star Your Friends in Push for Lists
Facebook is testing a new feature called Close Friends, which lets you know every action the people you add to the list take on the social netwo…
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Video: The Bachelorette explains her approach to men
Things didn't work out when Brad Womack picked Emily Maynard on ABC's 'The Bachelor.' 26-year-old Maynard is now 'The Bachelorette' and she says she took steps to be sure to have a happy ending.
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Huffington Post
Bianca Bosker: Is Facebook About To Crash Its Own Party?
You're invited to a party. The host tells you all of your close friends are coming. You'll also meet his friends, and friends of their...
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People
The Bachelorette's Joe Gendreau: 'We Just Didn't Click'
"I thought it was going well, but ultimately didn't work out," Emily Maynard's first reject says
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SI
Cliff Corcoran: Orioles not getting bargain they hoped for with Jones deal
Adam Jones has been one of the most valuable players in baseball this season, helping the Orioles to a surprising 28-17 start that has them in first place in the American League East with the second-best record in all of baseball. On Thursday, he was rewarded for that good work with a contract extension that Fox Sports' Ken Rosenthal reported is worth around $85 million over six years.
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Telegraph
Whether suburbia or bohemia, we all need the same things to live well
Be it Barnet or Hackney, a town falls apart when too high a proportion of its citizens doesn't work, says Graeme Archer.
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perez hilton
Madonna Is Ready To Take Us There With MDNA Tour!
Madonna fans, can you believe we are now only DAYS away from the MDNA world tour kickoff?!!
Her Madgesty will give her first show in Tel Aviv next Thursday and to say we are SUPER excited to be there is probably the understatement of the century!!! LOLz!!
Madonna's been hard at work rehearsing for the musical Masterpiece [...]
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The Nation
PML-N mulls strategy after Speaker’s ruling
LAHORE - PML-N is holding hectic consultations and mulling over a strategy after the Speaker ruled out disqualification of Prime Minister Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani as member of the National Assembly on the basis of which he is holding the office.
With PML-N President Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif in the chair, the party high command met in Islamabad on Friday to work out the strategy after ...
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Telegraph
She Lay Down Deep Beneath The Sea: 'This show is about what turns me on', says Tracey Emin
Ahead of the opening of her major new exhibition at the Turner Contemporary in Margate, Tracey Emin reveals how ageing is making her work "more romantic".
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TechCrunch
White House Receives Flood Of Innovation Fellow Applications After Its Disrupt Announcement
Disrupt isn't just a great launch platform for startups. Earlier this week at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, President Obama's senior technology advisor, Todd Park and U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel announced five new federal initiatives to get entrepreneurs and other innovators to work on the White House's new digital road map for open government. Within the 24 hours after the announcement at Disrupt...
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Daily Mail
West Yorkshire Police: 'Lonely' policeman stole £4,000 from raids on brothels and lap dancing clubs and used work computer to contact women
Ex-West Yorkshire policeman James Hughes (pictured), 31, from Leeds, turned to crime after his relationship failed, leaving him owing £60,000 and cherishing female companionship, a court heard.
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Amnesty International
Activist: ‘Zimbabwe government increases repression following Arab Spring’
Headline Title:
Activist: ‘Zimbabwe government increases repression following Arab Spring’
25 May 2012
Hope that the wave of popular uprisings across the Middle East and North Africa would spread south and translate into widespread social reforms was quashed over the last yea...
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politico
Week in one-liners: Booker, Biden, Couric
(AP Photos)
The top quotes in politics ...
"There have been bad ones before, but this is by far the worst so far." — Journalist Dan Rather on the 2012 presidential campaign.
“It’s nauseating to the American public." — Newark Mayor Cory Booker criticizing the Obama campaign for attacking Mitt Romney's work at Bain Capital.
"That no more qualifies you to be president than being a plumber." — Vi...
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Rolling Stone
Nostalgia Songs for Memorial Day
Memorial Day weekend is the unofficial start of summer and a time to look forward to warm weather cook-outs days at the beach and cutting out of work early on Fridays But Memorial Day is a holiday of remembrance so it's also a chance to reflect on the past In...
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science blogs
Gene therapy might actually work for HIV-1 infection
If you had asked me 6 years ago about using gene therapy to fight HIV/AIDS, I would have given you a nice rant about how expensive it is, how non-viable it is in the places that need anti-HIV strategies the most, how dangerous it can be, and I would have been damn offended you even…
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physorg
Managing biodiversity data from local government
Local governments around the world have a new tool to help share and use vast amounts of biodiversity knowledge collected in the course of their work.
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CNN Money
'What's a realistic retirement age?'
"What's a realistic retirement age? How much longer will most of us have to work?" -- Charles Maimone, Wilmington, N.C.
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Reuters
IAEA finds higher-grade uranium trace in Iran: sources
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear inspectors have found uranium traces in an Iranian underground site refined to a somewhat higher level than the enrichment work normally done there, but still well below the weapons-grade threshold, diplomatic sources said on Friday.
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Slashdot
ISS Captures SpaceX Dragon Capsule
Today at 9:56AM EDT (13:56 GMT) the robotic arm on the International Space Station successfully captured SpaceX's Dragon capsule. It's the first time a commercial craft has connected with the ISS, and the first time a spacecraft made in the U.S. has gone to the station since the retirement of the shuttle. The approach was delayed temporarily as engineers worked out bad sensor readings due to li...
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AvailableDomainNames
Friday’s Top NameJet Pre-Release Domains 5-25-12
Welcome to Friday's edition of "Best of" Namejet Pre-Release domain name auctions. It's a shorter list than usual because I just didn't see the same volume of quality names as usual.
SmartFunds.com and SongsOnDemand.com are my personal favorites from today's inventory.
Next week's lists are up in the air at this point. I'll be on jury duty [...]
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AP
NYC's famed Algonquin cat, Matilda, is back
NEW YORK (AP) -- Matilda the cat is back at work at New York City's Algonquin Hotel....
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Fair Work Act should be replaced ...
THE review to be released next week won't achieve much.
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Number10
Prime Minister's Dementia Challenge
Programme of work aims to deliver major improvements in dementia care and research by 2015
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AP
German central bank head: Reform only crisis fix
PARIS (AP) -- The head of Germany's central bank says there is no quick fix for Europe's problems, calling appeals for more support from the European Central Bank and plans for investment in infrastructure a distraction from the hard work of reform....
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DomainGang
My Mom is not a Domainer
My Mom is not a domainer. She cannot even program the VCR. She doesn’t have an email address and ‘Google’ sounds like a ‘ghoul’ to her. Being a septuagenarian, my Mom is dependent on others, despite her persistence with things. When people age, there is no magic substitute to do the work one used to [...]
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siliconindia
Looks matters the most for working women
For the female gender what matters in the workplace is not just how they work or what they do, but how they look is also very important.
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The Guardian
Libyan PM visits spot where Yvonne Fletcher was shot
Wreath laid at memorial to PC killed outside London embassy in 1984, as Met police set to fly to Libya to continue investigationThe Libyan prime minister, Abdurrahim el-Keib, has visited the spot where a police officer, Yvonne Fletcher, was shot outside his country's London embassy in 1984.Keib made the visit after it was announced that a team of detectives from the Metropolitan police is to fl...
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Times of India
Work on AIIMS II project likely to begin on May 30
The work on the prestigious project of setting up AIIMS- II is likely to start after a wait of over three years at Badsha village in Jhajjar district.
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Times LIVE
Embattled Mdluli still on the job
Police crime intelligence boss Richard Mdluli is still at work and the possibility of his suspension is a matter "between employer and employee", police spokesman Brigadier Lindela Mashigo said yesterday.
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Washington Post
Editorial Board: The District can do more on children’s mental health
CHILDREN WITH unmet mental health problems suffer the effects. So do their families. But the consequences don’t stop there: Many of these children will need costly special education, end up in the juvenile justice system, drop out of school and grow into adults who are unable to get work and will rely on public assistance. The cost to children, families and society is why it is so important tha...
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Irish Times
'I feel like Canada's oldest backpacker'
GENERATION EMIGRATION: I WAS 60 last week and my husband Seamus is almost 61, and at this stage of our lives, the notion of emigrating seems ridiculous. We should be coming out to Canada on our holidays, but instead we have left our home in Galway and our three children and six grandchildren to look for work abroad for the third time in our lives.
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WSJ
Investigators Seek More Firepower
New York's attorney general said a law-enforcement group formed to go after wrongdoing related to the financial crisis needs more investigators in order to rev up its work.
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AP
Senate acts to extend flood insurance program
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate has voted to extend the life of the National Flood Insurance Program for two months, giving lawmakers time to work on a long-term extension that would seek to restore fiscal solvency to the debt-ridden program....
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Daily Mail
Revealed: The go-karting guru who helped Button become F1's smooth operator
Dave Spence does not work for McLaren. But having been instrumental in the career of a driver they feel confident will deliver more world titles he is always a welcome visitor to their hospitality.
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Scientific American
Dollars and Scents: The Chemistry of a Delicious Tomato
The typical supermarket tomato: ripe red, firm to the touch, free of blemishes--and of flavor. Since at least the 1970s, U.S. consumers have lamented the beautiful but bland fruits that farmers breed not for taste, but rather for high yield and durability during shipping. Recently, organic farmers and foodies have championed the superior flavors of heirloom tomatoes --older varieties that come...
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National Post
Chris Knight at Cannes: The Paperboy a prison break for cast
The film marks some of the best work from stars Nicole Kidman, Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron and John Cusack in some time. And the actors seemed to realize it
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National Post
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee: The Royalty’s changing role in Canadian society
Official celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee take place in Britain over the long weekend of June 1-4. In the next 30 days, the National Post will count down to that date and beyond with a special series looking at Her Majesty’s 60 Glorious Years. We will be highlighting the work of some of our ...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Inspection blitz of Gardiner Expressway under way
City putting more staff to work checking underside of structure after three incidents of falling concrete; crews will target pedestrian walkways first
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AllThingsDigital
The Aircraft Carrier Hewlett-Packard Begins Its Turn (Video)
The turnaround process is about 10 percent to 15 percent complete, CEO Meg Whitman says. That leaves a lot of turning yet to do.
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White House
President Obama Signs Kansas Disaster Declaration
The President today declared a major disaster exists in the State of Kansas and ordered Federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts in the area affected by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds, and flooding during the period of April 14-15, 2012.
Federal funding is available to state and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a cos...
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Times of India
Modi wins, Sanjay Joshi quits; BJP plays down conflict
While Nitin Gadkari hailed Narendra Modi saying they will now work "shoulder to shoulder", Rajnath Singh refused to comment.
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webwire
New Work From Home Trend Allowing Many To Make Money On Craigslist
Lehi, Utah, USA - WebDesk LLC., a leading website design and internet marketing company expands their work at home position allowing many the opportunity to make money on craigslist . - - Nathan at WebDesk has been h...
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omg
Hay book fest marks 25th at "Woodstock of the mind"
LONDON (Reuters) - For 10 days next month, some of the world's top authors and their readers will descend on a small town on England's border with Wales for a "Woodstock of the Mind" to talk about music, politics, the environment, but mostly about books. The Hay Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, bringing Nobel Prize-winning writers, philosophers, politicians and musicians to H...
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Daily Mail
'I always wanted to be a zoologist!' Cameron Diaz, 39, flirts with Sir David Attenborough, 86, as she requests a 'private viewing'
The 39-year-old actress couldn't help herself when she met the wildlife expert on The Graham Norton Show, admitting that she had always harboured a desire to work with animals.
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ElPais
The women comic book artists proving a big draw
“Now it is a livelihood, but back when I started it was simply unthinkable"
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webwire
App Empire Releases First 'How to Build a Mobile App Business' Video
Chad Mureta , creator of over 46 iPhone apps with 35 million downloads and counting, has officially released his first [url=http...
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The Jerusalem Post
Rivlin to US ambassador: Gov't must solve migrant problem
Aharonovitch says influx of African migrants "a terrible social threat," but warns against incitement: TA mayor Huldai: If gov't lets migrants stay, it should let them work.
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Mail & Guardian
The art of blackness: Joining the humour race
A new cultural movement is reinvigorating racial discourse in the US, driven by humour. Can comedy work to ease South Africa's race tensions?
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USA Today
Critic's Corner Thursday: 'Think You Can Dance,' 'Duets'
Plus: 'Rookie Blue,' new TBS series 'Men at Work,' finale of 'Awake.'
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USA Today
Health roundup: Pill not best birth control
IUDs and other methods work better than birth control pills, study shows. Also: Many heart patients get procedure when drugs would do.
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China Daily
Forum encourages bilateral investment
The United States and China should work together more on bilateral investments to help strengthen the world economy.
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Rolling Stone
Premiere: The Young, 'Livin' Free'
In their new video for "Livin' Free" Austin Texas group the Young goes road trippin' in a van while picking up band members along the way With some heavy hazy guitar work and plodding drums the track gives a psychedelic layer to a fairly literal visual translation of the song's...
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Reuters
South Africa painting debate exposes racial rifts
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling ANC went to court on Thursday seeking to remove from public display a painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed, saying the work is symbolic of the lingering racial oppression of apartheid.
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The Jerusalem Post
An open letter to Egypt's next president
Egyptian government must work to create jobs and build roads, not fight Israel.
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BnAmericas
Water & Waste - Brazil - Ministry to tender US$1.48bn São Francisco river integration works
Brazil's national integration ministry plans to tender 3bn reais (US$1.48bn) in work this year as part of the São Francisco river integration project.
The work is for projects abandoned by contrac...
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BBC
Cuba artist Lam fetches top price
A work by Cuban surrealist painter Wifredo Lam sells for $4.5m at an auction in New York, a record price for one of his works.
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AP
South Africa's Soweto gets its fashion week
JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Struggling but deserving designers will get a chance to show work inspired by the creativity and history of South Africa's most famous township in Soweto's first fashion week opening Thursday....
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NEWS.au.com
Fair Work stands by report on Thomson
FAIR Work Australia (FWA) general manager Bernadette O'Neill is standing by her organisation's report on the Health Services Union's national office and former union boss Craig Thomson.
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Nikkei
Govt Will Work To Expand Asian Middle: Gemba |
Mail & Guardian
Quick work sends Super Kings through to IPL final
Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni smashed an unbeaten half-century as two-time defending champion Chennai Super Kings defeated Mumbai Indians by 38 runs.
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WSJ
Romney Faces Latino Challenge
President Barack Obama maintains a large lead among Hispanic voters in the presidential race, while Republican Mitt Romney will have to work to improve his standing with the fast-growing group of Americans, according to a new poll.
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National Post
Raitt threatens back-to-work bill if CP strike drags on
Lisa Raitt issued a warning on Wednesday: Any work stoppage that threatens to have a 'grave' impact on the economy is fair game for government action
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New York Times
Hewlett-Packard Earnings Drop; 27,000 Layoffs Set
Finding it hard to keep up with radical shifts to new modes of computing, the technology company reported sharply lower net income and confirmed a plan to pare its work force.
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Irish Times
IMF urges UK to cut interest rates
The International Monetary Fund has called on the Bank of England to cut interest rates and resume printing money to boost demand. It has also asked the UK government to prepare plans for deficit reduction if these measures do not work.
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USA Today
Would-be vacationers too often saddled with work to play
Despite slipping gas prices and travel deals, millions of Americans are still leaving vacation days on the table.
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Science News
FOR KIDS: Young scientists
High school student wins $75,000 prize for pancreatic cancer test, others show off work
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Washington Post
Dodd-Frank is hard to understand, and that’s why it has so many enemies
While Mitt Romney was speaking at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, chamber members from across the country descended on Capitol Hill to tell Congress to get the government off their backs.
Mitch Stebal, for one, was prepared to give Sen. Dick Durbin’s office an earful about overregulation. An employee of Busey Bank in Champaign, Ill., Stebal came to the U.S. Chamber’s annual confab fo...
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DailyTech
HP to Layoff 27,000; Largest Layoffs in Company History
Chinese unit is expected to be spared; remaining workers are pressured to "work harder"
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AP
Key moments in Hewlett-Packard's recent history
On Wednesday, Hewlett-Packard Co. announced plans to cut about 8 percent of its work force, or 27,000 workers, by October 2014. It comes as the maker of personal computers struggles to compete with mobile devices....
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
HP slashes 27,000 jobs as PC market stagnates
With customers flocking to tablets and smartphones, desktop maker cutting 8 per cent of its work force
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The Nation
WTO seeks to ease entry rules for poorer countries
PARIS - Members countries of the World Trade Organization hope to adopt new rules aimed at easing entry for least developed countries, Canadian International Trade Minster Ed Fast said on Wednesday.“We’re hoping by the summer break that most of the work can be complete,” Fast said on the sidelines of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris.“We’re talking about a ...
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The Nation
WTO seeks to ease entry rules for poorer countries
PARIS - Members countries of the World Trade Organization hope to adopt new rules aimed at easing entry for least developed countries, Canadian International Trade Minster Ed Fast said on Wednesday.“We’re hoping by the summer break that most of the work can be complete,” Fast said on the sidelines of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris.“We’re talking about a ...
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The Nation
WTO seeks to ease entry rules for poorer countries
PARIS - Members countries of the World Trade Organization hope to adopt new rules aimed at easing entry for least developed countries, Canadian International Trade Minster Ed Fast said on Wednesday.“We’re hoping by the summer break that most of the work can be complete,” Fast said on the sidelines of an OECD ministerial meeting in Paris.“We’re talking about a ...
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Rolling Stone
Justin Timberlake to Compose Film Soundtrack
Justin Timberlake is set to compose music for the upcoming film The Devil in the Deep Blue Sea according to the Hollywood Reporter He will serve as music supervisor and write the film's soundtrack This will be Timberlake's first solo music work in over five years though he's kept busy recently...
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Hindustan Times
No place for netas in govt’s attendance register
RTI report reveals unlike govt officials, ministers do not have to maintain a record of working days; on paper, they work 24-7.
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Hindustan Times
AI reinstates sacked pilot after written apology
Softening its stand towards pilots on strike, Air India (AI) has reinstated one of the sacked pilots after he gave a written apology and reported back to work on Wednesday.
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AP
Romney defends record at Bain Capital firm
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Mitt Romney is aggressively defending his work at the private equity firm he co-founded and insists it makes him qualified to be president....
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New York Times
India Ink: Image of the Day: May 23
Laborers work at a brick making facility near Jaipur, Rajasthan.
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AP
Rio issues land titles to slum residents
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- The home Jose Nazare Braga built in the Rocinha shantytown is his life's work, an investment that grew from a shack to a three-story building over 30 years. A restaurant and a paper-goods store on the ground floor provide income, and his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren live above....
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New York Times
Scientist at Work Blog: In the Kipuka, Birds Take Shelter
Researchers travel to Hawaii to study how forest fragmentation caused by a series of 19th-century volcanic eruptions has shaped native bird communities.
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dlisted
The Silver Fox vs. The Human Barbie
On his talk show, The Daily Mail Show with The Silver Fox!, Anderson Cooper continued to stretch his arm out toward that Peabody Award by bringing out the factory-defected Linda Hogan Real Doll who was the 2011 valedicwhorian of Pimp Mama Kris' Night School of Murdering Your Kid's Childhood with Botox for Some Screen Time. We all know The Human Barbie as that Ipkiss-faced ...
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Daily Mail
Euro 2012: Alan Shearer hopes lack of expectation helps England
Alan Shearer believes the lack of expectation surrounding England's Euro 2012 campaign might work in their favour as they began preparations.
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BBC
How hard do you work?
How hard do you work?
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Barrons
Apple: Ive Knighted, Tells Telegraph Current Project ‘Best Work We’ve Done’
In case you missed it, U.K. paper The Telegraph’s Shane Richmond had an interview this morning with Sir Jonathan Ive, Apple’s (AAPL) lead designer, who was knighted by the crown for “services to design and enterprise.” Interestingly, Ive had parental influence similar to that of late Apple founder Steve Jobs, with a father who was [...]
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FOX
Police Chief Sends OfficersTo Search for Son's Phone
California police chief under fire for reportedly having staff work overtime to hunt teenage son's missing cellphone California Man Charged in Case of Missing TeenCops Search for Student Missing After Bike Ride
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Irish Times
Nuclear watchdog expects Iran deal
The UN nuclear watchdog director has said he expects to sign a deal with Iran soon to unblock an investigation into suspected work on atom bombs, potentially brightening prospects for big-power talks with Tehran to stop a drift toward conflict.
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Irish Times
Spanish teachers go on strike over €3bn in education spending cuts
MADRID – Spanish teachers went on strike yesterday to protest against cuts in education spending that unions say will put 100,000 substitute teachers out of work but that the government says are needed to tackle the euro zone debt crisis.
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Nature
Neuroscience: Brain stimulation zaps fear
Electrical stimulation of certain brain regions has been used to treat obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), but how it works is unknown. Researchers suggest that the stimulation could work by acting on brain circuits involved in dampening fear responses.Gregory Quirk and his team at the University
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Entertainment Online
Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis: "Trying to Work It Out"
Johnny Depp has always been pretty private when it comes to his personal life.
So it was no surprise that he was mum earlier this year over rampant reports that he and longtime...
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USA Today
North Korea vows to push ahead with nuclear program
An outside analysis of satellite images suggested Pyongyang has ramped up work at its nuclear test site over the past month.
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circleID
A Logical Place to Start the IPv6 Transition
The transition to IPv6 is top of mind for most service providers. Even in places where there are still IPv4 addresses to be had surveys we've run suggest v6 is solidly on the priority list. That's not to say everyone has the same strategy. Depending where you are in the world transition options are different — in places such as APAC where exhaustion is at hand one of the many NAT alternatives w...
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New York Times
Satellite Images Show More Work at North Korean Nuclear Site
The latest satellite imagery of the country’s nuclear test site suggested heightened preparations for a possible underground nuclear test.
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Goal.com
Lippi: I have the best team in China
The seasoned Italian manager hailed the players at his disposal, and welcomes the opportunity to work with players like Lucas Barrios
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
EI recipients expected to accept work within an hours' drive
While the exact details of the Conservatives EI reforms are still unclear, MP Keith Ashfield announced job hunters will be expected to commute
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American Scientist
Troves of Personal Data, Forbidden to Researchers
When scientists publish their research, they also make the underlying data available so the results can be verified by other scientists. At least that is how the system is supposed to work. But lately social scientists have come up against an exception that is, true to its name, huge...from the New York Times (Registration Required)
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Telegraph
North Korea ramps up work at nuclear site, satellite shows
North Korea has ramped up work at its nuclear test site, according to an analysis of newly released satellite images.
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IKRK
Haiti: new centre for disabled rekindles hope
The Special Fund for the Disabled of the ICRC officially inaugurated a new physical rehabilitation centre in Port-au-Prince today. The facility opened its doors following a year of rebuilding and repair work on the previous structure, which was destroyed by the earthquake of 12 January 2010.
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Times of India
IAEA hopes to sign deal with Iran soon
The UN nuclear watchdog chief said on Tuesday he expected to sign a deal with Iran soon to ease investigation into suspected work on atom bombs, potentially brightening prospects for big-power talks with Tehran to stop a drift towards conflict.
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BBC
Spellcheck reliance 'revealed'
A survey suggests adults are struggling to spell properly because they rely on technology to check their work.
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Fortune
Ellen Kullman: The best advice I ever got
"My dad started and ran a landscaping business. He put me to work watering plants for my grandmother and for our house. His mantra was, 'If you don't water it, it's going to die.' That was the job I hated most: pouring water on those darn flowers. But my mother and my grandmother had the most beautiful gardens in town.
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Daily Mail
Young drivers spend 18% of salary on car insurance
A large chunk of young workers' income is going on their £2,500 a year car insurance, with many left with no choice as they need to drive to work.
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BBC
Youth unemployment rises - report
The International Labour Organisation says almost 13% of young people worldwide are out of work with no sign of improvement for at least another four years.
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Telegraph
Gary Neville as football coach and commentator is a mixture which just cannot work
A coach needs to build up players and a commentator cannot shrink from criticising them
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UN
Ban praises work of commission on access to medicines for women, children
While commending the work of a United Nations commission trying to improve access to life-saving medicines, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that much remains to be done to save the lives of the 800 women and more than 20,000 children who die every day from preventable causes.
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Reuters
Tired surgical residents may up error risk: study
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A small study suggests surgeons in training are still tired enough to raise their risk of making significant errors, despite new guidelines limiting their work hours.
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Washington Post
Obama on Bain: ‘This is what the campaign is going to be about’
Updated at 5:51 p.m.
President Obama on Monday declined to back down from his campaign’s attacks on Mitt Romney’s record at Bain Capital despite criticism from some Democrats.
Asked at a press conference in Chicago about criticism from Newark Mayor Cory Booker
regarding his campaign’s attacks on Romney’s work in private equity, Oba...
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Reuters
Emissions cut hiatus slows work to limit warming
BONN, Germany (Reuters) - Reluctance to raise ambitions to cut greenhouse gas emissions due to economic constraints is threatening progress towards limiting global warming, delegates at United Nations' climate talks in Germany warned on Monday.
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Science Daily
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may slow prostate growth
Statins drugs prescribed to treat high cholesterol may also work to slow prostate growth in men who have elevated PSA levels, according to a new analysis.
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The Sun
Strauss hails run-chase duo
ENGLAND skipper chuffed with professional work by Alastair Cook and Ian Bell
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Telegraph
Work Programme at risk as 'too few jobs' in UK
The Government's £5bn employment scheme to get the long-term unemployed back to work is in danger of missing crucial targets as employers cut back hires amid the economic uncertainty, an industry body has warned.
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Daily Mail
Jobseekers to care for patients in hospitals as part of unpaid work experience
Dozens of unpaid jobseekers are to deliver patient care at three hospitals in the Midlands, an NHS Trust has revealed.
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Domain Shane
Monday’s Big List of Domains at Auction or Dropping Around The Internet 5-21-12
This weekend kicked my ass. Hot and humid, sun beating down, and Daddy was tired. It doesn’t help that I am an idiot and tried to squeeze in a 5 mile trail sprint Saturday before work and a 50 mile bike ride before work Sunday. Combine those with the above sun,walking 10 miles on the lot helping customers and loading plants, so you can see why I make mistakes and misspell words in all my posts....
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WSJ
Alibaba Opens Door to Its Own Treasure
Alibaba Group's long struggle to buy back Yahoo's stake in it is finally coming to an end. Now the hard work begins.
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BBC
Qantas cuts 500 maintenance jobs
Qantas says it will cut 500 jobs as it relocates its heavy maintenance and engineering work out of Melbourne.
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Technology Review
IBM Faces the Perils of "Bring Your Own Device"
After letting its employees use their own phones and tablets for work, the company confronted a flood of insecure apps from the open Web.
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The New Yorker
John Lahr: Will Eno’s “Title and Deed,” Mike Bartlett’s “Cock” reviews.
8220;The humorous story is strictly a work of art,—high and delicate art,—and only an artist can tell it,” Mark Twain wrote. Will Eno’s “Title and Deed” (elegantly directed by Judy Hegarty Lovett, at the Pershing Square Signature Center) is a . . . (Subscription required.)
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Daily Telegraph
Qantas cuts 500 jobs - 'we don't have the work'
AIRLINE says 422 jobs will go from its heavy maintenance base at Melbourne's Tullamarine airport as part of restructure.
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news.com.au
Robin Gibb's finest 4 minutes and 45 seconds
STRIP away the cheese and you get a song with the raw sexuality of a fighter. But what makes it work is the vulnerability at its heart. For that, you can thank Robin.
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New York Times
Cory A. Booker Criticizes Obama’s Bain Ad
Mayor Cory A. Booker of Newark sharply criticized an advertisement about Mitt Romney’s private equity work.
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The Sun
Keith Lemon’s new squeeze is Kelly Brook
KELLY Brook has admitted she took on part in Keith Lemon: The Film because she had no other work offers
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The Sun
Keith Lemon’s new squeeze is Kelly Brook
KELLY Brook has admitted she took on part in Keith Lemon: The Film because she had no other work offers
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FT
Nasdaq ‘embarrassed’ over Facebook IPO
Chief executive says the exchange is in talks with regulators over potentially millions of dollars work of customer compensation disputes
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Irish Times
Trapattoni to err on the side of caution
Soccer:Giovanni Trapattoni will not take a risk with John O'Shea's fitness in the build up to Euro 2012 after the defender reported for training along with the majority of the Republic of Ireland squad today. The Sunderland player injured his ankle in the final game of the season against Manchester United and sat out the session this afternoon, preferring instead to work in the gym at Malahide ...
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Reuters
Dale Chihuly's 'Glass House' shines in Seattle
(Reuters) - Pioneering glass artist Dale Chihuly, whose work has been shown in over 200 museums worldwide, will be honored in his home city Seattle when "Chihuly Garden and Glass" opens on Monday,...
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Los Angeles Times
Indie Focus: A different take on addiction in 'Oslo, August 31st'
Patience is paying off for filmmaker Joachim Trier, whose quiet work had a muted start at Cannes 2011. It's steadily been amassing acclaim at festivals and now hits L.A.Amid the bumper-car hothouse atmosphere of the Cannes Film Festival, a small, serious film like "Oslo, August 31st" is easy to miss. Even director and cowriter Joachim Trier understands why his quiet study of addiction was met w...
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AP
Kennedy can't work out of trouble in loss to KC
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- Bruce Chen pitched out of trouble the way Arizona's Ian Kennedy could not. While Chen won his third straight start for Kansas City, Kennedy dropped to 0-4 in May....
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Daily Mail
History cruises: You'll dig a voyage to antiquity on a cruise that's an all-round education
Caroline Hendrie takes a cruise back in time to some of the gems of ancient and more modern history. From Ancient Rome to the Crusades, Italy to Croatia, it really is all in a day's work.
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New York Times
Letters: Sunday Dialogue: The Value of Internships
Readers debate if unpaid work is exploitative or beneficial.
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SI
Bryant gets 36; Lakers cut deficit to 2-1
LOS ANGELES (AP) With their Game 2 collapse still fresh in their minds, the Los Angeles Lakers avoided a sequel with the only
game plan they're confident will work against the younger, faster Oklahoma City Thunder .
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Times of India
Strike of AI pilots illegal: Ajit Singh
Terming the strike of Air India pilots as illegal , Union civil aviation minister Ajit Singh appealed the pilots to resume work.
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Daily Telegraph
Sydney Nicole's 'home away from home'
Nicole Richie, daughter of pop legend Lionel Richie, is making Australia her second home as she begins work here this week.
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Daily Telegraph
St Hilliers to reopen four more sites
EMBATTLED builder St Hilliers Construction Pty will reopen four more work sites on Monday.
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Entertainment Online
Men in Black 3: See Will Smith, Josh Brolin and More Work the Red Carpet!
It's time to suit up and smile for the camera.
We're eager to see what Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin—and maybe even Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber—will don...
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TMZ
Mila Kunis -- Alleged Stalker Ordered to Stay Away
Mila Kunis may now work out in peace -- because the man accused of stalking the actress outside her gym has just been ordered to stay the hell away from her ... presuming he can even bail out of jail.27-year-old Stuart Lynn Dunn was charged with two…
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Funny mad
SHAUN Micallef may not know exactly what his new show looks like, but at least he isn't sure how to work it out. Or something.
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Russian Government
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev chairs a budget policy meeting
“The government has to work to achieve its goals – and these goals are complex and ambitious…”
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Los Angeles Times
In Europe, time for true austerity
Half-hearted reforms won't work. European countries need to get serious about spending cuts.Talks to form a coalition government in Greece collapsed again this week as a result of the country's belt-tightening backlash. The country now faces an unpleasant dilemma: agreed-upon austerity measures in exchange for bailout funds, or a messy default and exit from the Eurozone. Greece's deteriorating ...
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New York Times
Advertising: TV’s Upfront Week Is Filled With Music, Mash-Ups and Frenzy
During television upfront week, NBC reached for Broadway’s stars for several new series, James Murdoch appeared at a Fox party, and USA and the CW tapped show fans to work up excitement.
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USA Today
McNabb goes back to work in hopes of returning to NFL
Released by the Vikings last season, the 35-year-old teams up with quarterback guru and looks to draw interest from teams.
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Scientific American
Job Killer? Try Bottom Line Booster: Workplace Safety Inspections Save Money, Jobs, Limbs
Costly safety upgrades, nitpicky government inspection and resulting fines are often blamed as being bad for business. But a new study shows that when government job-safety inspectors make a surprise visit, they actually enable companies to save money—and jobs—for years to come. Occupational safety has improved immensely over the decades, but in industries with traditionally [...]
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Pravda
Chinese ship on long ocean expedition
The scientific research vessel Dayang Yihao started an oceanic expedition from China to sail from the city of Sanya on Hainan island province, for a mission of 370 days. Tao Chunhui, chief of staff of experts on board, said the work will focus on the study of polymetallic sulfides, biorrecursos and the environment, according to information coming from the aforementioned island.
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Scramble to save St Hilliers
WORK on four projects of property group St Hilliers resumed yesterday, but 13 remain in limbo.
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TheDomains
Tu.Com Is Sold & Becomes Tu Me
Another two letter .com appears to have changed hands in the last few days.
The domain name Tu.com appears to have been sold.
The domain was owned by Energy Future Holdings in February 2012, then moved to Trademark Protection firm, MarkMonitor.com in the past month and yesterday became the property of Luis Miguel Sanz Triguero of Telefonica I y D of Madrid.
I couldn’t find any press releases o...
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Al Jazhera
North Korea 'resumes work on nuclear reactor'
Satellite images show renewed activity around the Yongbyon nuclear facility, site of previous tests, US institute says.
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Reuters
North Korea resumes work on nuclear reactor: report
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has resumed construction work on an experimental light water reactor (ELWR) in a move that could extend its capacity to produce more material for nuclear weapons, website 38North reported on Thursday.
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USA Today
Pit-crew competition highlights NASCAR's grunt work
Carl Edwards loves plenty of things about NASCAR's All-Star week. One of his favorites is seeing his crew members in the spotlight.
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Reuters
Obama says won't allow U.S. debt ceiling crisis repeat
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama told top lawmakers on Wednesday he was ready to work with Republicans and Democrats on a "balanced" approach to deficit-cutting but would not permit another down-to-the-wire debt ceiling crisis, the White House said.
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Elliotsblog
Who is Your Favorite Account Manager
I’m going to give out an award honoring your favorite account manager, account executive, or account representative at a domain industry company. Please post your nomination in the comment section below, and I’ll post a poll early next week where you can vote for your favorite, with the winner receiving $500 cash from me. I’ll [...]
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CNN
Scenes from Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic we can't wait to see
Apple's CEO left the master of dysfunctional relationships a lot of material to work with
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Fortune
Three scenes from Aaron Sorkin's Steve Jobs biopic we can't wait to see
Apple's CEO left the master of dysfunctional relationships a lot of material to work with
FORTUNE -- Viewers who have followed Aaron Sorkin's TV and film work over the years were delighted to learn Tuesday that one of Hollywood's most gifted screenwriters has officially signed on to adapt Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs for Sony Pictures' (SNE) film.
Sorkin is the master of romantic ...
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The Jerusalem Post
Egypt vote monitors say state hindering their work
Group says election c'tee restrictions putting in doubt foreign observers ability to check whether presidential election fair.
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Daily Mail
Researcher's dream or cheater's charter? Google Documents now pops up facts that you can paste directly into your work from the internet
If you use Google's online word processor to write - be it for a book, letter, dissertation, speech or other - Google's online word processor will scour the Internet for relevant information and display it on the right-hand side.
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Reuters
Companies less wary of personal devices at work-Cisco
(Reuters) - Corporate IT departments in the United States are becoming less wary of staff bringing their personal devices to work, a Cisco study showed, although security remains a top concern.
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USA Today
Jabari Parker gets SI cover
The Sports Illustrated jinx doesn't seem to work on prep athletes.
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news.com.au
Casual workers need annual leave - ACTU
AN ACTU report recommends casual workers be given annual leave and bosses be banned from keeping workers in unstable work long-term.
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Times of India
Merkel, Hollande pledge to work together to boost growth
New French President Francois Hollande and German chancellor Angela Merkel acknowledged differences on Tuesday over how to boost growth in recession-plagued Europe, but pledged to work together on a joint approach in time for a summit next month.
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amNY
Barack Obama shares his views on The View
President Barack Obama insisted he bore no ill will against Vice-President Joe Biden for getting "a little bit over his skis" by proclaiming his own support for same-sex marriage while a guest on âThe Viewâ yesterday morning. He also reaffirmed his own belief that the Defense of Marriage Act was unconstitutional and when Barbara Walters asked pointedly if he would work to appeal it, said "C...
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Domainnamewire
Bari Meyerson latest to change jobs within domain industry
Meyerson lands at eNom. Once people discover the domain industry and all it has to offer, it’s hard to move to any other industry. The latest move comes courtesy of Bari Meyerson. Meyerson left her long-time post at Moniker as it was being sold to Key Drive. Today eNom announced that it has hired Meyerson [...]
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Daily Telegraph
Slipper's office 'sexually hostile'
THE adviser at the centre of sexual harassment claims against Speaker Peter Slipper suffered "humiliation, distress, anxiety and stress" because he "was required to work in a sexually hostile working environment", a statement of claim filed yesterday reads.
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Irish Times
New part-time work rules sought
An Oireachtas committee has recommended significant changes to the rules governing payments to part-time jobseekers.
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Irish Times
Report seeks new part-time work rules
An Oireachtas committee has recommended significant changes to the rules governing payments to part-time jobseekers.
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BBC
Work on The Shaft to be sped up
Plans are to be accelerated to deal with one of the most controversial areas of the Dounreay nuclear site.
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BBC
Work days lost to sickness down
The number of working days lost to sickness fell again in 2011, the Office for National Statistics has said.
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siliconindia
The Best Car Insurance Policy to Buy
by Neil Neil Fisher Fisher As more and more people around the world shift their focus on understanding which are the best of ways via which they can get the best car insurance to work for them, there will always be a need which they can ensure for themselves by ensuring a way to get what they want at the best affordable rate. What must be understood is that when it comes to finding the |
China Daily
Work visa restrictions
Current regulations were criticized as failing to attract qualified foreign experts yet at the same time it was implied that many foreigners with expertise were working illegally in the country.
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The Jerusalem Post
Course shows haredi readiness to tackle sex abuse
Course launched recently to train haredi male counselors to work with sexually abused kids indicates openness to once taboo issue.
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New York Times
Drilling Down: For Oil Workers, Deadliest Danger Is Driving
Highway crashes are the largest cause of fatalities in the oil industry, partly because of safety exemptions that allow truckers to work longer hours than other drivers.
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USA Today
Cops: N.J. airport guard used slain man's ID
A Newark airport security supervisor has been accused of using the identity of a man slain 20 years ago to work in the United States.
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The Sun
Villa eye Lambert
VILLA owner Randy Lerner will work non-stop to get Lambert as Alex McLeish’s successor
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FOXnews
NBC confirms '30 Rock' will come to an end after seven seasons
"I know Tina, Alec [Baldwin] and the rest will deliver some of their best work," Greenblatt said, according to Deadline. "We think the world of Tina and hope she will be in the NBC family for years to come."
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Los Angeles Times
Dodgers get win out of playbook, 2-1 over Rockies
Sometimes things just work out right for the Dodgers. Of course, since they currently have the best record in baseball, it's been happening more often than not.Sometimes things just work out right for the Dodgers. Of course, since they currently have the best record in baseball, it’s been happening more often than not.
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Times LIVE
GeekChic: 13 May 2012
When getting drunk is just too much work, squirt yourself tipsy. US scientist David Edwards has created a mouth spray (called, strangely, WA|HH Quantum Sensations) with a difference - it induces a few seconds of intoxication but no after-effects like headaches. It minimally increases blood alcohol levels so you are safe to drive.
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Barrons
Like Father, Like Son
Oak Associates founder Jim Oelschlager at first balked at having son Mark work at the firm, but later changed his mind. And now Mark's stewardship of three funds has shown that there's little risk the father will have to fire his offspring.
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Salon
Child acting’s new golden age
"Never work with children or animals" is an old W.C. Fields chestnut that, for a while in the '90s and '00s, everyone outside of children's entertainment seemed to be holding sacred. Child actors were off on their own in a parallel entertainment universe created by Disney and Nickelodeon, while adults held down the fort in dramas and reality shows. There were some notable exceptions, like Haley...
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Washington Post
Referees optimistic of completing new NFL labor deal
The executive director of the NFL Referees Association said Friday he is hopeful the organization and the league will complete a new labor deal before the upcoming season.
The current labor agreement between the two sides expires at the end of this month. The league has taken a first step toward identifying possible replacement officials who would work games if an accord is not completed.
Read...
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USA Today
Fitocracy: A social way to work out
It folds in workout routines, social support and video game-like features to keep you motivated.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Canadian mother arrested in children's deaths
A sense of helplessness and horror, in the words of one banker, has spread among the tight-knit community of Canadians who work in Londons financial district as details emerge about the death of Jeff Bootss children.
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Telegraph
England manager Roy Hodgson 'delighted' to appoint goalkeeping coach Dave Watson for Euro 2012
England manager appoints Birmingham goalkeeping coach Dave Watson to work alongside Ray Clemence during Euros.
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Rolling Stone
Under African Skies
By all means check out Joe Berlinger's unmissable Under African Skies a documentary that shows how Paul Simon defied a UN cultural boycott to work in South Africa during apartheid to record his landmark Graceland album in 1985 Simon's virtuosity intensified by a 2011 reunion concert with the South African...
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Times LIVE
Prince Charles becomes a BBC weatherman: Video
If this king thing doesn't work out, Prince Charles may be able to fall back on a budding career as a weather man.
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MorganLinton
How To Lose A Potential End-User Sale
I had an interesting experience this week that I wanted to share with all of you. It’s a great lesson in Business 101 as well as a good example of how to screw-up your chances of making a sale to an end user. It all comes down to the fact that at the end of [...]
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Technology Review
Silicon Nanospheres Could Be Building Blocks Of Optical Invisibility Cloaks
Invisibility cloaks that work for microwaves are easy to make using simple building blocks. Now engineers have created the equivalent building blocks for visible light
Given the headlines associated with invisibility cloaks, you could be forgiven for thinking that a Star Trek-style cloaking device will be available in stores before the holiday season. Sadly, no.
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China Daily
Li Na makes quarterfinals at Madrid Open
Chinese number eight seed Li Na had to work hard on Wednesday before beating German Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-4 in the last 16 of the Madrid Open.
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Reuters
Shuttle rocket-builder vying for NASA space taxi work
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Two of NASA's prime contractors are teaming with Europe's Astrium to develop a commercial space taxi built from shuttle heritage booster rockets and a prototype NASA spaceship originally designed as an alternative to the deep-space Orion capsule, the companies announced on Wednesday.
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The Jerusalem Post
US c'tee moves to control Egypt, PA money
Palestinians would see funding withheld if they made any agreement with Hamas, didn't actively work to end incitement.
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Hindustan Times
RCB are Gayle & hearty
James Franklin was out facing the gentle medium pace from Robin Singh and Aiden Blizzard. But all the hard work put in by the left-handed batsman was undone, an over into the game against Royal Challengers Bangalore on Wednesday. Anand Sachar reports.
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The Jerusalem Post
Intel Israel best place to work, says local survey
Israel Electric Corporation, Teva Pharmaceuticals, HP Israel and Microsoft Israel trail Intel Israel, who leads annual survey for 5th straight year.
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Times of India
National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) in what form?
The political storm over the National Counter Terrorism Center (NCTC) seems to have swept the merits as well as the demerits of the proposal aside to consign it to the cold storage at least for the time being. On an issue as important as terrorism, wisdom should have driven the elite forum members to make use of the opportunity to distinguish the positives from the negatives to work out an acce...
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Salon
The art of awkward timing
All signs suggest the timing was purely coincidental, but when it comes to understanding the conflicting impulses at work with President Obama’s gay marriage evolution, Joe Biden sure picked the perfect time to open his mouth.The vice president’s comments on Sunday turned the White House’s internal discussions over when Obama should formally express his support for marriage equality into a nati...
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Lakers aim to make quick work of Nuggets
Kobe learning to be setup man instead of go-to-guy
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Reuters
U.S., China must work to avoid cyber conflict: Panetta
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China both have advanced cyber warfare capabilities and must work to avoid miscalculations that could lead to conflict, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday as he hosted the first visit by a Chinese defense minister in nine years.
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Foreign Policy
The Ravenous Dragon and the Fruits of Adversity - By Peter Passell
Academic economists usually air their new ideas first in working papers. Here, before the work gets dusty, a quick look at transition policy research in progress.
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Wired
Q&A: NASA Engineer on Historic SpaceX Launch
A NASA engineer talks to Wired about SpaceX's upcoming launch to the International Space Station.
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Daily Telegraph
Thomson's escort splurge on HSU card
CRAIG Thomson used his HSU credit card on almost $6000 worth of escort services, an explosive 1100 page Fair Work Australia investigation has revealed.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Do snoring remedies actually work?
Snoring can be a major problem for some, and a multitude of supposed treatments for the condition are on the market
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Can Fairfax's bear market strategy work for you?
Company led by legendary investory adopts cautionary measures to hedge against downturn
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New York Times
A Hospital in Bloom
To commemorate the closing of the Massachusetts Mental Health Center’s old building in 2003, the artist Anna Schuleit was asked to create a work of art on the abandoned site. Some 28,000 pots of flowers were used for the “Bloom” installation.
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Reuters
Hiring slows, spells trouble for economy, Obama
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers cut back on hiring in April and more people stopped looking for work, troubling signs for President Barack Obama whose re-election prospects could hinge on his handling of the economy.
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Irish Times
US jobs growth slows in April
US employers cut back on hiring in April and the jobless rate fell as people gave up the hunt for work, a sombre note on the economy that could hurt President Barack Obama's re-election chances.
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FT
US jobs growth slows again in April
Fears the US economic recovery has lost some momentum will be stoked by April data that show job creation slowed and the number of people in work fell
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AP
Wash. mayors get started on weight-loss campaigns
WASHOUGAL, Wash. (AP) -- Sean Guard watched other people exercising from the window of his car or his office in City Hall, as the pounds piled on slowly, a little bit at a time. The Washougal mayor left his city's bike trails and foot paths to those more inclined to exercise while he made short work of chicken-fried steaks....
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The Nation
No conflict if institutions work within Constitution: Gilani
Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Wednesday said if all the institutions follow the Constitution, then there would be no conflict. Talking to newsmen here after attending a function of Pakistan Scout Association on Wednesday, the Prime Minister said, "It is responsibility of every individual and institution to follow the constitution”. He said he has the right of appeal against the ...
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USA Today
Durant, Harden take Kate Upton to work
You don't need a lot of reasons to watch a video starring Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kate Upton.
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National Post
Farrell not surprised Darvish pitched from the stretch
The Blue Jays manager said Japanese pitchers often work from the stretch if they are not completely comfortable pitching from the full windup
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dnfblog
Do We Really Care About Long-Term Plans?
Rick Schwartz penned a long post today, highlighting his vision for the next 20 years – partnering with interested parties to develop his extensive portfolio of premium domain names. It is a delightful read, as most of Rick’s work is. And it is a very appreciable sentiment – to build slow, build steady, and create [...]
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Rolling Stone
Out of the Game
What to do after finishing your first opera and a 19-disc anthology of your life's work? If you're Rufus Wainwright you make the LA-style Great American Pop Album your late mom singer-songwriter Kate McGarrigle never felt like making in the 1970s His formal mastery is so complete it's hilarious like...
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Acro
BuyDomains and UDRPs: Not really a surprise
BuyDomains was served with a third UDRP in a week, according to Mike Berkens at TheDomains. I’m not in the least surprised and I’ll explain why. It’s a game of numbers. It’s pure statistics at work: the more domains one owns – assuming that they are spread naturally and are not intentional, blatant trademark violations [...]
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AP
RPM's hiring of Ford marks start of silly season
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Nobody thought Mike Ford would be out of work very long when Joe Gibbs Racing dismissed the crew chief in December after a disappointing 2011 season with Denny Hamlin....
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Irish Times
Naoise Nunn did not work for Libertas in two referendums, as was stated in an article on the fiscal treaty in last Saturday’s edition. He campaigned for Libertas in Lisbon One only, resigned in 2008, and assisted the Yes side in Lisbon Two in 2009.
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USA Today
Disconnects in the distracted-driving blame game
Automakers, device makers and wireless companies work together despite differences over regulation.
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USA Today
DVD set includes 'Early Takes' of George Harrison's work
George Harrison's widow Olivia co-produced 'George Harrison: Living in the Material World,'out Tuesday on DVD and Blu-ray.
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BBC
VIDEO: Life for the UN observers in Syria
The UN observers team in Syria continues its work monitoring the fragile ceasefire.
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MarketWatch
Shawn Langlois's London Sketch: Olympic transport task unites Brits, Germans
BMW unveils the details of its massive Olympic fleet, showing off the greenest aspects of its lineup as organizers work through complex undertaking.
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Reuters
German retailer Neckermann closes catalogue selling
FRANKFURT, April 27 (Reuters) - German mail order company
Neckermann announced it was moving online on Friday, leaving
more than half of its staff out of work as customers
increasingly turn to...
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Salon
Horrors we hide
Would Americans eat less meat, and would animals be treated more humanely, if slaughterhouses were made with glass walls and we all could see the monstrous killing apparatus at work? This is the query at the heart of Timothy Pachirat's new book, "Every Twelve Seconds" -- the title a reference to the typical slaughterhouse's cattle-killing rate.Before you think this is a column merely about food...
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science blogs
Kommentar von mama said know bei "Privater Asteroiden-Bergbau: Wie realistisch sind die Pläne von "Planetary Resources"?" (Astrodicticum Simplex) am 27.04.2012
"The most important members of the team, then, may not be the entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who put up the drive and the money, nor the engineers who build the hardware that makes it all possible, but the economists who try to work out the effect on the price of platinum when a mountain of the stuff arrives from outer space."
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THE AUSTRALIAN
Conroy weighs new media watchdog
STEPHEN Conroy is considering a call to impose increased regulation on the media, and may create a new body to work with the Press Council.
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USA Today
Miami Heat remain top TV draw
More evidence that fans are not turned off by work stoppagex in pro sports: The NBA's lockout-shortened season gets banner TV ratings.
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China Daily
Minaj: Pop career is hard work
Nicki Minaj says being a pop star is as hard work as "running a big top-notch company".
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Krone
Nach Jobverlust: Sechs Italiener besetzen den Vesuv
Aus Protest gegen den Verlust ihrer Arbeitsplätze sind sechs Italiener am Montag auf unbestimmte Zeit in den Vesuv geklettert. Die Männer gehörten zu 55 Mitarbeitern der im Jahr 2008 wegen Geldmangels geschlossenen Gesellschaft "Vesuvius, Nature and Work". Sie wollen auf dem Vulkan so lange ausharren, bis man sich ihres Falles annimmt.
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Washington Post
U.S. soldier’s gift to Afghan workers at her base underscores divide
COMBAT OUTPOST SAYED ABAD, AFGHANISTAN — In a big war, Army Spec. Cherry Maurice believed that one small gesture could make a difference.
Temperatures at her mountain base plunged to 20 degrees below zero in January, and snow covered the ground. Maurice noticed that the eight Afghan workers on the outpost were coming to work in rubber flip-flops. The 35-year-old soldier labored with the men in ...
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USA Today
'Avengers' cast shoots for superhero spectacle
Lots of work goes into the stunts and effects of the superhero epic, in theaters May 4.
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New York Times
Building Schools Out of Clicks, Not Bricks
Organizations and universities are offering course material online free to spread knowledge more widely. Their work has been received enthusiastically, sometimes from surprising places.
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APA-OTS
"Gloriette Quartett" konzertiert im Amtshaus Währing
Wien (OTS) - Der Kultur-Verein "Forum 18" lädt am Dienstag, 24.
April, zu einem Konzert im Amtshaus Währing (18., Martinstraße 100)
ein. Die Veranstaltung wird in der Reihe "Von 1 bis 4 um 5 vor 7 (Der
'after work' Musikgenuss)" durchgeführt. Ab 18.55 Uhr erklingen
Stücke von Haydn und …
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Foreign Policy
Russia opposes threat of Syria sanctions, offers its own competing draft resolution on UN monitors
The Russian government opposes latest U.S. and European push to threaten sanctions against Syria if it fails to fully comply with U.N. cease fire committments. Moscow's offers its own competing resolution for a new U.N. monitoring without the threat. Turtle Bay analysis of today's diplomatic developments to come soon.
The Security Council,
Recalling its Resolution 2042 ...
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insideedition
911 Operator Gets The Worst Call Of Her Life
It was a typical work day for a 911 operator, until she got the most dreaded call a mother could get when her own son was involved in a fatal car accident. INSIDE EDITION sat down with the grieving mother.
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DerSpiegel
Welthit "Down Under": Men-at-Work-Mitglied Greg Ham ist tot
Der Welthit "Down Under" machte seine Band berühmt: Greg Ham, Saxophonist bei Men at Work, wurde am Donnerstag leblos in seinem Haus gefunden. Mit seiner Band verkaufte er in den achtziger Jahren mehr als 30 Millionen Platten.
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el universal
Hallan muerto a Greg Ham, músico de Men At Work
La policía australiana investiga las causas de su muerte, de momento, han encontrado un número de aspectos inexplicables
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DieZeit
Musik: Flötenspieler von Men at Work gestorben
Sydney (dpa) - Der 1983 mit dem Millionenhit «Down Under» bekannt gewordene Flötenspieler Greg Ham der einst weltweit erfolgreichen Band Men at Work ist nach australischen Medienberichten tot. Freund...
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Mail & Guardian
Malema, quite contrary: How much is your gardener owed?
Julius Malema's gardener claims the youth league leader owes him R1 200 in back pay. But Malema says the man hasn't reported for work in ages.
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Irish Times
Traveller family in court over forced labour
A FAMILY of Irish Travellers held homeless men they had falsely promised to pay for work laying tarmac and paving stones as forced labour, a court in England has been told.
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chinatechnews
Dangdang.com CFO Resigns
Chinese B2C e-commerce website Dangdang.com announced that its chief financial officer Conor Chia-huang Yang has resigned due to personal reasons. However, Yang will still work for the company during a three-month transitional period, and Dangdang.com will soon start looking for a new CFO. Yang joined Dangdang.com in March 2010 and he led the company's IPO [...]
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Technology Review
Neal Stephenson on Science Fiction, Building Towers 20 Kilometers High ... and Insurance
In a public interview with Technology Review's Jason Pontin, the best-selling author talked about the obstacles faced by real emerging technologies.
Speaking before a packed lecture theater at MIT yesterday, Neal Stephenson worried that the gloomy outlook prevalent in modern science fiction may be undermining the genre's ability to inspire engineers and scientists. Describing himself as a "pess...
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Los Angeles Times
Miley Cyrus heads to the ER to fix a blender-bloodied hand
Miley Cyrus hightailed it to the emergency room Monday evening for a little repair work on her left hand, which had been wounded in battle -- apparently with a kitchen appliance.
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Barrons
Buffett Says He Has Prostate Cancer: “Not Remotely Life-Threatening”
Berkshire Hathaway (BRKB) Chairman Warren Buffett released a detailed statement today saying that he has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, although it is “not remotely life-threatening.” He will undergo two months of treatment, and doesn’t expect to miss much work. Berkshire shares fell 1.3% after hours. We’ve reprinted the full text of the statement below. [...]
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FTD
Business English: Must I be 'mousy' to succeed?
A male manager (in his 30s) wrote: I work for a big public sector corporation. Recently, a kind and much more senior colleague told me I would never be promoted because I am "too bold to make it to the top"...
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Foreign Policy
The timeless international relations humor of The Daily Show
Over the years, The Daily Show has tackled issues relating to world politics and American foreign policy with a sharp satirical, somewhat left-of-center edge. I have found most of these takes to be moderately amusing -- and it's pretty hard, sometimes, to make international politics look funny without seeming cruel.
This month, however, marks the four-year anniversary of "Britain...
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DomainIncite
ICANN reopens defensive registration debate
ICANN’s board of directors wants more policy work done on the problem of defensive domain name registrations. In a resolution passed at a meeting on Tuesday, the board’s newly created New gTLD Program Committee, made up exclusively of non-conflicted directors, said it: directs staff to provide a briefing paper on the topic of defensive registrations [...]
Related posts:How many defensive regi...
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National Post
'Control your sails' to build wealth
You can’t always control the markets, but you can control how you work with taxes, government incentive programs, and smart planning
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sueddeutsche
"Work Hard, Play Hard" im Kino: Für immer im Flow
In den lichtdurchfluteten Glaspalästen, zwischen schicken Sitzgruppen und Kuschelfarben lauert ein totalitärer Anspruch an die Mitarbeiter, auch wenn die Ausbeutung subtiler geworden ist: Carmen Losmann hat einen Film zum Fürchten gedreht und erkundet die Zukunft der Arbeit in ihrer so kühlen wie klugen Dokumentation "Work Hard, Play Hard".
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Telegraph
Rewriting reviews: LoveThis launches
Telegraph.co.uk blogger Alexis Dormandy has launched a new start-up. He explains why he's taken the plunge, and how LoveThis is his bid to rewrite how reviews and recommendations work on the web.
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Reuters
UPDATE 1-Citrix Systems buys online work platform Podio
April 11 (Reuters) - Business software maker Citrix Systems
Inc said it acquired Danish online work platform Podio
to expand its social media offerings for small and medium-sized
companies, hoping to...
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Zeit
Doku "Work hard": In der Endlosschleife des Optimierungsgequatsches
Carmen Losmann hat einen sehenswerten Dokumentarfilm über die moderne Arbeitswelt gedreht. "Work hard – play hard" erzählt von Team Buildings und kreativer Ausbeutung.
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Daily Telegraph
Australia in World Group play-offs
AUSTRALIA had to work for it, but they are through to the Davis Cup World Group play-offs after taking an unassailable 3-0 lead against South Korea.
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Foreign Policy
Assessing the Arab Spring in its second year
The
"Arab Spring" is now over one year old. In much of the popular
analysis over the past year the term "Arab Spring" has become the
defining characteristic of the "new" Middle East emerging from
decades ofauthoritarian and repressive rule. However, one should be
cautious about inflating the importance of the democratic uprisings
in several Arab countries in shaping the future contours of the
...
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Human Rights Watch
Israel: Palestinians Cut Off From Farmlands
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A court ruling upholding a military permit system has had the result that a year later West Bank Palestinians in one affected area are virtually unable to work on their farmlands, on the anniversary of the High Court of Justice ruling.
(Jerusalem) – A court ruling upholding a military permit s...
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Mail & Guardian
Komphela reserved on Bafana move
Despite remaining cagey about his imminent move to Bafana, Steve Komphela says he is willing to work with national coach Pitso Mosimane.
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National Post
CrossFit: It’s like a high-school gym class for grown-ups
“CrossFit is designed like a sport,” says Jordan Symonds, the owner and coach of Reebok CrossFit Liberty Village. “It’s fun and competitive, which encourages people to work harder and leads to better results”
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USA Today
Medical College Admission Test will expand its scope
The test is being changed to help potential doctors who will work with patients who are older and more diverse.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Ontario court crafts wise compromise on brothels
Prostitutes have the right to work in the safety of their own homes
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AP
Report: Oil spill culprit for heavy toll on coral
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- After months of laboratory work, scientists say they can definitively finger oil from BP's blown-out well as the culprit for the slow death of a once brightly colored deep-sea coral community in the Gulf of Mexico that is now brown and dull....
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Reuters
Wheldon death cast shadow on Indy season opener
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida (Reuters) - After months of mourning, IndyCar drivers returned to work on Sunday but the series-opener brought little closure as Dan Wheldon's death continued to weigh heavily on the sport.
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BBC
Extra smoking help 'doesn't work'
Offering free nicotine patches or intensive counselling to smokers calling the English NHS helpline does not help them quit, a BMJ study says.
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THE GLOBE AND MAIL
Are games art? 'Journey' moves debate to new ground
Latest game from the makers of artsy title 'Flower' a work of interactive poetry
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Art Review
©NOK&T/ART shared James Kalm's video on Twitter
©NOK&T/ART shared James Kalm's video on TwitterEve Aschheim New Work at LORI BOOKSTEIN FINE ART
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APA-OTS
Österreichs Beste Arbeitgeber 2012 - BILD
Wien (OTS) - Great Place to Work zeichnet die Top-Arbeitgeber des
Landes aus - Österreich-Wettbewerb fand zum zehnten Mal statt -
Minister Hundstorfer und Mitterlehner: Arbeitsplatzkultur ist ein
Schlüssel zu Wohlstand, Exporterfolgen und Beschäftigung
Im Rahmen einer Gala im Palladion ...
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Mail & Guardian
Law is crippling human rights work in Ethopia says Amnesty International
Human rights groups in Ethiopia are struggling to survive under a law that Amnesty International calls "restrictive".
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BBC
UK and Italy seek to dampen row
Italy and Britain's foreign ministers move to dampen the diplomatic row which erupted over the failed hostage rescue in Nigeria, saying they will continue to work together to fight terrorism.
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Handelsblatt
Top-Werte: Diese Firmen machen ihre Mitarbeiter glücklich
Zum zehnten Mal hat sich die Beratungsfirma Great Place to Work auf die Suche nach „Deutschlands Beste Arbeitgebern“ gebracht. Über 400 Firmen wurden auf den Prüfstand gestellt. Wir zeigen die Gewinner...
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BBC
VIDEO: Karzai backs sex segregation ruling
Afghanistan's government is facing criticism after welcoming guidance from Muslim clerics that women should not mix with men at school, at work or in other aspects of daily life.
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Daily Telegraph
Matt's already an overseas success
MATT Corby is heading to the UK and the US to begin work on his debut album and give fans a taste of his 'Secret Garden' shows.
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FT
Glencore: trading places
The world’s biggest trading house has work to do to convince Xstrata investors about the merits of a merger
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Mail & Guardian
Six-week strike at Implats ends
Over 13 500 workers returned to work at Impala Platinum in Rustenburg, in what may be an end to the illegal strike.
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Reuters
For Glenstrata, China watchdog could be fiercest
LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - While Glencore and Xstrata work hard to get their merger plan past Europe's antitrust body, it is China, the biggest buyer of the materials they mine and trade, whose...
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Scientific American
Co-opulation: Sometimes It Takes More Than 2 to Tango [Slide Show]
Dawn Higginson thought it was strange when she learned that some diving beetles produce sperm that fuse together at the head like Siamese twins. But when the postdoctoral researcher from the University of Arizona began asking why such conjugate gametes form, things only got even stranger. The sperm of the diving beetle, which gets its name from its ability to swim underwater, occur in many shap...
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Reuters
Sotheby's to sell Munch's "The Scream", eyes $80 million
LONDON (Reuters) - Sotheby's will offer the only privately owned version of Edvard Munch's haunting work "The Scream" at an auction in New York on May 2 where it expects to fetch over $80 million, the highest pre-sale value the auctioneer has ever put on a work of art.
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The Jerusalem Post
Goerges makes quick work of Pe’er at Paris Open
The 24-year-old Israeli, ranked No. 37 in the world, was steamrolled by the German.
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USA Today
How to avoid - or make the most of - travel delays
Using time that would otherwise be wasted on trips to get work done also can alleviate the stress of delays, a productivity expert says.
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Times LIVE
Each one, get to work on unemployment
Sunday Times Editorial: Today the Sunday Times launches Each One, Hire One. The campaign has a simple objective: to get the readers of the Sunday Times to think about what they can do to help alleviate unemployment and give hope to young South Africans.
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BBC
Canada firm halts Argentina mine
After protests by Argentine environmental campaigners, a Canadian mining firm is suspending its exploration work on a project in La Rioja province.
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USA Today
Letters: Let's work together to protect American dream
A reader supports President Obama and his call to reject partisanship.
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Barrons
Millionaires Won't Sit Still for Higher Taxes
Rich investors would work hard to avoid Obama's tax hikes aimed at them.
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science blogs
Realität und Fiktion [Astrodicticum Simplex]
Ich bin wahnsinnig glücklich darüber, in einer Welt zu leben, die so fantastische Anblicke bietet wie die, die man im ersten Video sehen kann. Ich wäre vermutlich aber auch sehr glücklich, könnte ich in der Welt leben, die im zweiten Video gezeigt wird... Liquid Skies from Annis Naeem on Vimeo.
Das erste Video zeigt den Blick aus der Raumstation auf Stürme in Afrika und die Milchstraße im Hinte...
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News.co.au
Harbour Bridge work to continue on weekend
ROADWORKS on Sydney Harbour Bridge expected to be completed by Monday morning unless there are severe thunderstorms.
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Technology Review
Research Archive JStor Moves Toward Open Access
A nonprofit organization that holds millions of pieces of academic work will soon let the public see it for free.
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Science News
The Digital Camera Revolution
Instead of imitating film counterparts, new technologies work with light in creative ways
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Goal.com
Da Krasic a Malouda, sognando Lucas e con uno Sneijder sempre più in bilico. E un'Inter 'work in progress', che lunedì intanto accoglierà Juan...
Secondo 'Tuttosport' Ranieri ha dato il suo ok per l'esterno della Juventus. Intanto lunedì visite mediche per il difensore Juan. E il sogno resta sempre Lucas...
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Technology Review
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Ben Rubin
Rubin describes his work at EmTech 2011.
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The Nation
30 dead, over 100 injured in twin Syria blasts
Thirty people were killed and over 100 were wounded in a double suicide car bombing targeting security and intelligence buildings in Damascus, Friday. Syrian State TV said that the casualties included both military personnel and civilians, adding that the attack may have been the work of al-Qaeda. Eyewitnesses said they heard two blasts rock the capital. An activist with the Syrian Observatory ...
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The Nation
Slow work makes major City roads more messy
LAHORE The slow-paced work on various major under-construction roads in the City is not only causing massive nuisance to commuters but is also becoming a major source of everyday traffic jams on these and other roads, particularly during the peak hours.Among the messy roads, there are four big names. Theses are the Ferozpur Road, Multan Road, Allama Iqbal Road and Canal Bank Road. All these r...
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The Nation
Work on Pak-Iran gasline in full swing
LAHORE - Notwithstanding the US threats, Pakistan has not only conveyed its willingness to Iran, it has also stepped up the pace of work on Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline Project.Highly-placed diplomatic sources told TheNation that the project, which was likely to be completed in 2014, may be completed at least a year in advance and the gas flow would start between June and December 2013.Sources said up...
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The Nation
Work on Pak-Iran gasline in full swing
LAHORE - Notwithstanding the US threats, Pakistan has not only conveyed its willingness to Iran, it has also stepped up the pace of work on Pak-Iran Gas Pipeline Project.Highly-placed diplomatic sources told TheNation that the project, which was likely to be completed in 2014, may be completed at least a year in advance and the gas flow would start between June and December 2013.Sources said up...
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Bild
Im ZDF-Film - Yvonne Catterfeld sieht blau
Wer sich unter Wasser verliebt, schwimmt im Glück. Yvonne Catterfeld spielt die weibliche Hauptrolle im ZDF-Film „Das Mädchen auf dem Meeresgrund“. Foto: Frank Dicks/Producers at Work, Privat
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Reuters
Toyota, BMW say to jointly develop green technology
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp and BMW AG said on Thursday they would work together on a broad range of advanced environmental car technologies including the joint development of lithium-ion...
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The Nation
CNG closure hits Sindh commuters
KARACHI - Motorists and commuters in Karachi and other parts of the province on Wednesday faced immense problems after 75 per cent of public transport went off the road due to the closure of compressed natural gas (CNG).Local transport thinned out as filling stations were shut down, paralysing the routine life and causing nuisance to commuters moving to and from work. Many commuters were seen r...
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exchnage4media
Tata Board chooses Cyrus P Mistry as Ratan Tata’s successor
Cyrus P Mistry, who has been appointed Deputy Chairman, will work with Ratan N Tata over the next year and take over from him when Tata retires in December 2012.
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National Post
Blackwell on Health: Study finds out who comes to work sick
A new Canadian study has some interesting findings about who is most guilty of showing up at the office or factory sneezing, coughing and generally sharing their germs with all comers
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USA Today
Bishops offer Penn State help to prevent abuse
Catholic bishops say they'd gladly join in a national educational campaign to prevent sexual abuse in institutions that work with minors -- from ...
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Telegraph
Tube drivers threaten strike in row over quadruple Boxing Day pay
Thousands of London Underground drivers are to be balloted for industrial action in a row over how much extra they will be paid to work on Boxing Day, threatening disruption to festive Tube services.
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APA-OTS
1. Rendezvous der SINNE - Lifestyle trifft Wirtschaft - ANHANG
Utl.: Das SINNliche After Work Event in entspannter Atmosphäre mit
genussvollen Momenten am Donnerstag, den 24.11.2011 in Wien =
Wien (OTS) - Lassen Sie sich verführen durch GEFÜHL: SINNlichkeit
& Erotik im Trend, Lieben & Leben im Gleichgewicht, geschmeidigen
Latex-Glanz und ...
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Nature
Artificial intelligence finds fossil sites
Palaeontologists use computer neural network and satellite images to work out where to dig.
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DnJournal
The Work Week Can Wait, I'm Still Savoring a Very Special Sunday!
Sunday was such a great day I'm not quite ready to let it go. The day tied together two ends of my professional career - the present and the distant past (a past that doesn't seem distant at all after, for the first time in decades, re-uniting with some special people from those days last night).
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Technology Review
One Smart Phone, Two Personalities
Several companies are working on technology that would separate your personal stuff from your work data.Advertisement:
Prepare for the Anywhere Office with Cisco
Long commutes and limited flexibility are gradually becoming a thing of the past. The future of workplace mobility lies in the "anywhere office."http://network.cisco.com/
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People Daily
China sees smooth preparation for launch of unmanned module in 2nd half of this year
China is satisfied with preparatory work completed thus far for the launching of two unmanned space modules, the Tiangong-1 and Shenzhou-8, in the second half of this year, said deputy head of China's Manned Space Engineering Office Yang Liwei on Friday.
The two space modules will participate in the first space docking maneuver ever conducted by Chinese astronauts, said Yang.
More than 50...
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Rolling Stone
The Work Ethic of 'Breaking Bad'
Walter White could probably spring for some new glasses The guy's making money now after becoming the top meth chef in Albuquerque and he could also replace that Eighties computer watch But he still wears his old-school nerd gear with pride That's the un-American power of Breaking
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China Daily
Where shamans trump therapists, suicides soar
It can sometimes feel as if South Korea, overworked, overstressed and ever anxious, is on the verge of a national nervous breakdown, with a rising divorce rate, students who feel suffocated by academic pressures, a suicide rate among the highest in the world and a macho corporate culture that still encourages blackout drinking sessions after work.
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Rolling Stone
The Neverending Nightmare of Amanda Knox
Her killer did a bad job It was amateur work There were bloody fingerprints and footprints all over the apartment and the killer even defecated in the toilet and forgot to flush But that wasn't the worst of it Whoever murdered Meredith Kercher didn't know how to use a knife The...
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BBC
Do ads work?
An age old question they're strill trying to answer
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Foreign Policy
Cable sovereignty doesn't come cheap
Readers of this blog will be familiar with the planned 1,500km Internet link between La Guaira, Vargas state, in northern Venezuela to Siboney in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba that is slated to open in 2010 or so (curiously, the work on installing it has not even begun in earnest). So when by the Miami-based TeleCuba Communications recently announced that they got the permission (fro...
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Technology Review
Intel researcher Ling Liao on optical communications
We named Ling Liao, a senior optical researcher in Intel's Photonics Technology Lab, to our 2006 TR35 list for her work to enable the use of standard silicon in complex optical chips. When we caught up with her recently, she spoke to us about why computers may soon require high-speed optical data transmission. She also took the time to explain why ordinary silicon is the best material for the ...
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