18% of UK high schoolers don't study or work

And I thought I was a slacker in high school for not having a job, but I haven't got anything on these 'Neets'--teenagers neither in employment, education, or training. According to the latest stats they're a big...

Private Cuban farmers given use of government land

Private farmers in Cuba can now use up to 40 hectares of 'idle government' land.This was published in the Communist Party newspaper Granma yesterday, but it did not say how many Cubans may apply for this new...

Why are forecasters so often wrong? « Peter J. Cooper’s Weblog

"This week RBS has forecast an equity and credit crash within three months. It is unusual to get a direct warning from a major bank. Who forecast a UK housing crash last August when the sub-prime crisis hit? Nobody in my recollection and yet you could see estate agents...

Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic halted

This is going to get people's attention..."LOS ANGELES - Terminal operators say West Coast cargo traffic has come to a halt as port workers stage daylong anti-war protests. Pacific Maritime Association spokesman Steve Getzug says...

Man U Draws to Retain Premiership Lead

Soccer and merchandizing juggernaut Manchester United clings to the top of the Premiership ahead of next week's match with second-place Chelsea FC, on Chelsea's home turf in Fulham."Carlos Tevez equalized two minutes from the end for Manchester United to draw 1-1 at Blackburn...

The Idle Traveler Newsletter for February 2008. Music:Ne-Yo, App: Opera Mini,...

The Idle Traveler is a monthly newsletter with suggestions on how to pass the time during those travel moments when you are just not doing anything.In the February 2008 newsletter installment of The Idle Traveler, suggestions and recommendations are made for Ne-Yo s album...

The Idle Traveler Newsletter for November 2007: Libbie Schrader Music, Guitar...

The Idle Traveler is a monthly newsletter with suggestions on how to pass the time during those travel moments when you are just not doing anything.

IT rumble in the jungle

"IT rumble in the jungle Fancy having city kids go into the village to learn? Usually it’s the other way around. But the Horizon Lanka IT village at Mahavilachchiya in Anuradhapura plays host to students from the cities and towns keen on learning IT and this small hamlet...

Officers Curb Kerbside Emissions

New laws governing leaving your engine idling are now being enforced by newly appointed EC officers. I already turn my engine off whilst in gridlock motorway jams where accidents cause queues anything from half an hour to 10 hours. The idea is a good one but does anyone...

Tech Firms Push to Use TV Airwaves for Internet

Finally, a use for TV. Use it to transmit internet!"A coalition of big technology companies wants to bring high-speed Internet access to consumers in a new way: over television airwaves. Key to the project is...

Friendship: The Laws of Attraction

"The conventional wisdom is that we choose friends because of who they are. But it turns out that we actually love them because of the way they support who we are. My best friend, Olivia, and I met in a fiction-writing class almost 20 years ago. We bonded in an instant during...

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