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When To Turn Down The Dream Job You Thought You Wanted

The Huffington Post 

By: Caroline Ceniza-Levine



We all have dream companies or dream roles, and ideally your job search is targeted to that ideal. But what happens when you actually interview at the company you’ve always wanted, land a job there, but are disappointed at the offer? How much do you negotiate to make it work? Is the best strategy to get your foot in the door and work it out later? Or are you settling, blinded by your stubborn interest in the company? Here are three scenarios for when to... Читать дальше...

Arctic Samis celebrate their national day centenary

«TDN» (tdn.com) 

HELSINKI (AP) — With chants, poetry and traditional dress, the indigenous Sami people of Europe's Arctic north, formerly nomadic reindeer herders in Lapland, celebrated their national day Monday with hundreds of events across the Nordic lands.

Arctic Samis celebrate their national day centenary

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

HELSINKI (AP) — With chants, poetry and traditional dress, the indigenous Sami people of Europe's Arctic north, formerly nomadic reindeer herders in Lapland, celebrated their national day Monday with hundreds of events across the Nordic lands. Monday's start to the weeklong festivities — attended by Norwegian King Harald and Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in Norway, and Finland's president, Sauli Niinisto, in Finnish Lapland — marked the centenary of the Sami people's first congress in the Norwegian city of Trondheim in 1917. Читать дальше...



Dollar General says it will add 10,000 jobs this year

TheRepublic.com 

WASHINGTON — Dollar General Corp. says it plans to create 10,000 jobs this year tied to the opening of 1,000 stores and two distribution centers. The discount retailer says the new jobs will increase its workforce by about 9 percent. The company says that as of last August it had 119,000 employees and operated 14

Greece's Response to its Resurgent Debt Crisis: Prosecute the Statistician

WSJ.com 

Andreas Georgiou became Athens’s statistics chief in 2010 to fix a data debacle and bring the country into line with EU standards. Now he faces accusations, and repeated prosecutions, that he manipulated deficit figures to help put Greece under the austerity imposed by the EU and IMF.

Putin Has Patriots' Robert Kraft's Super Bowl Ring, Trump May Be The Key To Getting It Back

International Business Times 

Fresh off one Super Bowl win Sunday night, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft wants the ring honoring another championship back. And President Donald Trump might just be the key. According to Kraft's telling of the incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin took his ring during at 2005 meeting. The Patriots owner show the piece of jewelry honoring a Patriots Super Bowl victory to Putin, who, apparently, thought it was a gift. In the Kremlin's version of the incident, the ring was offered to Russia's president, who simply accepted the gift.

Here's why golf balls have dimples

BusinessInsider.com 

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You'd think that smooth golf balls would travel farther than the dimpled ones we use today.

But that would be wrong. 

And there's actually some fun physics behind the dented ball design we see on today's golf courses.

Let's imagine a smooth ball flying through the air.

As the ball travels, its front surface will come into contact with the air. That air will then smoothly go over the front and separate from the ball towards the back.

That separation... Читать дальше...

Meghan Markle Adds More ‘H’ Statements to Her Jewelry Collection

Yahoo Style 

Thanks to her highly publicized relationship with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle finds herself under a new level of scrutiny and public curiosity in which every tiny detail of her appearance is up for discussion, including her jewelry. Maybe the Harry Potter book series is one of her faves? Markle has previously been seen in some H-initial jewelry — namely, a gold necklace with an “H” and an “M,” (or was that just a shout-out to a certain Swedish retailer?). She and Harry reportedly also wear his-and-hers beaded bracelets... Читать дальше...

Meghan Markle Adds More ‘H’ Statements to Her Jewelry Collection

Yahoo Style 

Thanks to her highly publicized relationship with Prince Harry, Meghan Markle finds herself under a new level of scrutiny and public curiosity in which every tiny detail of her appearance is up for discussion, including her jewelry. Maybe the Harry Potter book series is one of her faves? Markle has previously been seen in some H-initial jewelry — namely, a gold necklace with an “H” and an “M,” (or was that just a shout-out to a certain Swedish retailer?). She and Harry reportedly also wear his-and-hers beaded bracelets... Читать дальше...

Dollar General says it will add 10,000 jobs this year

«Seattle Post-Intelligencer» (seattlepi.com) 

The company reported weak earnings last quarter, citing lower food prices and a cut in food-stamp benefits in several states that forced low-income customers to trim spending.

The battle against FGM is yet to be won

The Huffington Post 

Today, in recognition of the UN's International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, we reflect upon female genital mutilation (FGM), defining this cultural practice, addressing its harmful implications, and seeking resolution on this dangerous, damaging and sadly all too prevalent issue.

FGM, also known as female genital cutting and female circumcision, is the ritual removal of some or all of the external female genitalia. The practice is common across much of Africa and the Middle East... Читать дальше...

More Pop-Up Brothels Crop Up in Britain

RIA Novosti  

The problem of pop-up brothels continues to crop up in British towns and in newspaper headlines, with police in Wiltshire being the latest force to reveal it has an issue with temporary-run sex houses opening and closing in Swindon.





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