Outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc released a list of what it called 2007’s most unbelievable workplace stories. Some highlights: Workers in Scotland lined up to take classes which encouraged flirting to get ahead in their careers. Class exercises included purring like a kitten and dancing like Christina Aguilera and Justin Timberlake. An […]
Guantanamo Bay detention camp
Guantanamo Bay detention camp is a cooperative military prison and detention camp under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002. The prison, established at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, holds people accused by the United States government of being terrorist operatives, as well as those no longer considered suspects who are being held pending […]
RAH RAH RAH is not the usual cheering chant
Have you been watching games of the PBA (Philippine Basketball Association) on the cable tv lately? I have. I have known a long time ago that basketball is the acknowledged national diversion of many Filipinos, and today the PBA is the biggest sporting event in the Philippines in terms of the number of viewers who […]
Analytical Writing & Essays for Admission to Foreign Universities GMAT, GRE & TOFEL
Analytical Writing & Essays for Admission to Foreign Universities GMAT, GRE & TOFEL Author: M.J.Ashok ISBN: 9788178060910 Publisher: Unicorn Books Apart from being absolutely invaluable for those seeking admission into the prized portals of US and other top global universities, this book will also be of immense benefit to students of various management courses. […]
Key Lockerbie Witness Admits Perjury
[They] have eyes to see but do not see, ears to hear but do not hear … –Ezekiel 12:2The Lockerbie Affair has taken yet another extraordinary twist. Last month, I received from Edwin Bollier, head of the Zurich-based company MeBo AG, a copy of a German original of an affidavit. The document is dated July […]
The Pianist
There is certainly much to be said about the woman who built up a $40 million foie gras business in a country where cheese whiz and peanut butter are the cracker toppings of choice. I, however, cannot say much at all, since the woman in question was unable to make the interview we had scheduled. […]