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, touring the installation site in a donated Maybach limousine, selflessly ... more
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SurivivingThe Holidays With The Relatives
Region: OHThe 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, a holiday get-together might feel longer than Quentin Tarantino's &ldquo... more
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Walk Raises $58,000 to Fight Lupus
Region: VA
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 ’09 did more than educate people about the disease. It also raised more than... more
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Hackett Research: 300,000 IT Jobs Gone in 2009
Region: India
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 positions will be swiped in some of the biggest companies in the world. In ge... more
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States Announce Increases In College Tuition Rates
Region: NE
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 foreign ownership of American assets at this point). I don't believe there w... more
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Indian Outsourcers Find Europe a Tough Market Amid Recession
Region: India
In the wake of recession, many big name Indian outsourcers turned to European clients to avert the decline in demand in the U.S. However, this attempt has been in vain, as Europeans are resistant to outsourcing and they have several outsourcing giants of their own, says Forrester Group. Capgemini is a leading outsourcer headquartered in Paris, France. According to Forrester's prinicpal analyst, Sudin Apte, Indian firms are not attuned to the nuances of European culture and this makes it dif... more
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Sri Lanka To Import Swine Flu Vaccine
Region: Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is planning to Import Swine Flu Vaccine to the Country with courtesy from the World Health Organization(WHO) according to the Epidemiology Unit.Officials of Epidemiology Department and the Ministry Of Health are currently holding discussions with WHO in this regard. Ministry Of Health decided to import the Swine Flu Vaccine due to the Deaths Reported from Matara,Kandy and Anuradhapura Districts which were related to the Flu. Even this Vaccine is Imported here it w... more
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Jeanne-Claude, Co-Creator with Christo of 'The Gates,' Dies at 74
Jeanne-Claude, who co-created with her husband Christo monumental art installations including 'The Gates' and the wrapping of the Reichstag, passed away last night following a brain aneurysm. She was 74. A family statement said that her greiving husband Christo was "committed to honor the promise they made to each other many years ago: that the art of Christo and Jeanne-Claude would continue." Jeanne-Claude is also survived by her son Cyril Christo, a poet. Jeanne-Claude and Christo shared ... more
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J&K Congress Committee celebrates 92nd birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi
Region: India
Vision of Indira Gandhi to make J&K most developed & modern State will be fulfilled Jammu, November 19 (Vijay Kumar):- Like other parts of the country, the National Integration Week coinciding with the 92nd birth anniversary of Former Prime Minister of India, late Mrs. Indira Gandhi, also took off in the state. In this connection, a state level function, to pay homage to late Indira Gandhi was organized ... more
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J&K CM expressed hope ties between Civil & Military are good & will grow further to serve State
Region: India
. Jammu,November 19 (Vijay Kumar) - Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah on Thursday expressed satisfaction over the relation between the armed forces and the civil administration particularly with Army and expressed hope that the ties between the two will grow further to serve the state and its people in the best way. “The working relations between the two are good and we have to further strengthen these to create a hom... more
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