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SurivivingThe Holidays With The Relatives
Region: United StatesThe holidays are coming that means one thing, spending time with the family. Now unless you have the family from hell, most holiday get-togethers are not that bad. For the most part, you get to catch up with friends and relatives, eat, drink and be merry. However, for those situations where you are spending time with in-laws or family members that you have little in common or simply do not like,&nbs... more
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Thank You, Jean Claude
Region: New York
I had the honor to work as an installer on the Gates Project in February 2005. It was a transformational moment for me and the City that I love. There is something magical about spending an entire week in Central Park, especially in the frost of winter, surrounded by nature and sky, laboring to raise a work of art. Jean Claude was everywhere that week. Greeting us for breakfast in the Boat House... more
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Hackett Research: 300,000 IT Jobs Gone in 2009
Region: United States
According to the Hackett Group about 300,000 IT jobs have been deleted this year. This increase in job losses will acout for almost 2 million tech positions from 2000-2014, reports ZDNet. Hackett reports that IT is one sector that is taking the hit for firms cutting back on back-office jobs outsourced to countries like India, Philippines, China, Vietnam and Eastern Europe.This year alone about 630,000 back office po... more
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Walk Raises $58,000 to Fight Lupus
Region: United States
By Chaneé Patterson RICHMOND, Va. – Pouring rain didn’t discourage hundreds of walkers who came out recently to Richmond International Raceway to raise money and awareness for lupus patients. Lupus is an immune-system disease that attacks the skin, joints and major organs. An estimated 1.5 million Americans, including 40,000 Virginians, have a form of lupus. The Richmond Walk for Lupus Now ’... more
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States Announce Increases In College Tuition Rates
Region: United States
Incredible though it may seem, even after the massive amounts of "stimulus" monies that were supposedly earmarked for higher education at state and public universities throughout the nation, a great many are now announcing that they will be raising the costs of tuition (which was one of those "hooks" designed to manipulate the public pulse once again in order to further devalue our dollar and encourage more and more fo... more
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