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Motherlode Blog The Privilege of the Unpaid Intern
Like 30 percent of undergraduates in the United States, my daughter, Emma, has an unpaid internship this summer. She is one of the lucky ones. She is following her passion: her internship at a food Web site is in her field of study; the work she's doing there is providing her, at age 20, with valuable skills, experience and connections.But the idea of an unpaid internship is a misnomer -- ...
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Michelle Obama lays roses at bloodiest site along Berlin Wall
1 of 4. U.S. first lady Michelle Obama (L) and her daughter Sasha place flowers as they visit the Berlin Wall memorial in Bernauer Strasse in Berlin June 19, ...
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Chutney at street festival left 400 people with food poisoning say officials
curry leaves in a chutney left more than 400 people who ate at a street food festival with diarrhoea and vomiting or salmonella poisoning, health officials have found.The leaves were contaminated with several different bacteria, experts found, which led to 29 confirmed cases of salmonella at the Street Spice festival ...
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NHS watchdog cover-up Jeremy Hunt says whole truth must come out
Link to video: NHS regulator apologises after report accuses CQC of cover-up The "whole truth" must come out about the cover-up of regulatory failures at a scandal-hit hospital, the health secretary has ...
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Adore Sundance hit renamed
, this movie with Naomi Watts and Robin Wright might be about anything. But when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, it was known by another, much more provocative ...
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Jessica Darling book First Look
#LS-100 ID is for Link Smart --> Megan McCafferty still can’t believe it took her as long as it did to come up with a Jessica Darling prequel. ';As soon as I figured it out it seemed like, ‘Duh, I should have done this three years ago,’'; she tells EW. But it didn’t seem obvious to this ...
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Lifestyle Can chickens really be cleverer than a toddler Studies suggest animals can master numeracy and basic engineering
Studies show hens to be masters of a number of complex skills, including numeracy, self-control, and it is claimed, basic ...
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Lifestyle Rapid desertification in Kenya threatening livelihood
Kenya: Drought has eroded the country's natural resources to an extent that they are inadequate for production and support for livelihoods, Environment Cabinet ...
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Una Healys husband Ben Foden gets in on latest fitness craze - Stair racing
A recent dad and only just back from the team's Argentina tour, Ben's the poor innocent who has agreed to be the celebrity pacesetter in the NSPCC's Gherkin Challenge race. Foden says he has never done a stair-climbing race before. If he thinks any old elite rugby pro can leg it up 1,037 steps just like that, he's going to know differently by Sunday evening. Good luck with ...
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Anxiety or depression affects nearly one in five UK adults
Office for National Statistics (ONS) said a higher proportion of women than men reported that they suffered from the conditions, with the highest indication of anxiety or depression occurring in the 50-54 age group.There was evidence of anxiety or depression in 19% of people aged 16 or over, with 21% of women reporting the symptoms and 16% of men.People who were divorced or separated were more ...
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Pablo Sandovals Endorsement Of Daily Fantasy Sports Could Trigger Major League Baseball Scrutiny
Known affectionately as the Big Panda, 2012 Major League Baseball World Series MVP Pablo Sandoval's endorsement of a daily fantasy sports website is likely to get the league's attention. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife) Last month, a new daily fantasy sports ...
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Boomer kids think theyre special younger Millenials less optimistic Study
A new study from MTV finds that younger American teens start mapping their careers at 13, sometimes opt for baking over texting, and take a survivalist approach to their future, inspired by Katniss Everdeen of "The Hunger Games."Dubbed "young" Millennials (ages 13 - 17), this group of teens have been, unlike twenty-somethings, raised to believe that working hard and playing ...
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Stretching at your desk can zap office stress Study
If you're feeling stressed at work, a new Spanish study finds that a quick daily stretching program at your desk goes a long way to curbing anxiety.Researchers from the Universidad de Zaragoza enlisted 134 office workers, with half of the group assigned to perform a 10-minute stretching program on work days for three months. The stretching group reported reduced levels of anxiety, body ...
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I Was Misinformed Where Did You Go for Your Bra Mrs. Robinson
The guy who is now the official boyfriend told me he'd like to take me shopping for lingerie last weekend. I declined, which was a probably a mistake, because the next thing you know, driving back home to Tennessee, he is sending me a picture of the fishing rod he has just bought for me and speaking enthusiastically about trout fishing. I have never in my life fished and I do not relish ...
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Security risk clouds Libyas tourism ambitions
With Gaddafi's iron-fisted rule isolating Libya for years, the tourism industry was in its infancy before the country's "Arab Spring" uprising ground it to a ...
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Furness general hospital failings hard to believe says bereaved father
Furness general hospital staff may have deliberately destroyed incriminating notes on the condition of Joshua Titcombe (above), says a coroner. Photograph: ...
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Health watchdog investigates sham psychometric tests for jobseekers
The Department for Work and Pensions is under investigation by a health watchdog for administering "sham" psychometric tests to the unemployed and threatening to withdraw their benefits if they did not complete them.The Guardian has learned that the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), the regulator for psychologists, dieticians and other health workers, is investigating a ...
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Sports Buzz Should fans who leave early be allowed back into games
According to South Florida media reports, Heat fans were banging on the arena doors, demanding to be let inside. The situation got so bad police were ...
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New Girl + Parks=Music video
Mayer Hawthorne , now continues with JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound — with a little help from their fancy TV-star friends. ';Rouse Yourself,'; from the Chicago quintet’s new ...
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Welfare reform piles pressure on victims of domestic violence
domestic violence services, Refuge supports 2,800 women and children on any given day of the year. Our services save and change lives. But our very existence is under threat from drastic changes to the UK's welfare system. Without these vital services, more women will be at continued risk of abuse - or worse.The housing benefit on which refuges depend is the lifeblood of the national ...
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On course for a career in charity
As a grants assistant at the Paul Hamlyn Foundation, Juliet Valdinger, 32, helps distribute funds for projects that are aimed at increasing access to arts and culture via the foundation's Arts programme. She is set to graduate with an MSc in grant making, philanthropy and social investment from Cass Business School where she has been studying part-time. "The course is based on the ...
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Peppa Pig Worlds Facebook page hijacked by abusive hacker
children 's animation.But on Monday, Peppa Pig, her brother, George Pig, and their parents, Mummy Pig and Daddy Pig, found themselves the victims of a hacker with too much time on their hands - and too many grubby thoughts on their ...
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BSkyB investigated over BT claim it is withholding Sky Sports package
BT has complained that BSkyB is withholding its Sky Sports package, which includes live Premier League games. Photograph: Olly Greenwood/AFP/Getty ...
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Floods close Lourdes Catholic pilgrimage site in France
PARIS (Reuters) - Heavy flooding in south-western France killed a woman and forced the closure of the Roman Catholic pilgrimage site at Lourdes on Wednesday, less than a year after flash floods caused millions of euros of damage to the shrine. Video footage showed frothy water a metre (3 feet) deep swirling around the Lourdes grotto, a hillside site where the Virgin Mary was said to have ...
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Nasir Mazhar at London Collections Men
You could hardly close the London menswear collections with a whimper: into the brink stepped Nasir Mazhar, until recently known as a milliner with a penchant for JD Sports, a wicked sense of humour and great taste in underground MCs. Doesn't sound very Ascot, does it?Mazhar has expanded his offering to sportswear, the kind feasibly sported by said MCs - that is, brash, body-baring, ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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