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December 22, 2012
(Bloomberg) Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), the world’s second-largest carrier, received 22,000 applications for about 300 flight attendant jobs in the first week after posting the positions outside the company.
The applications arrived at a rate of two per minute, Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson told workers in a weekly recorded message. Applicants will be interviewed in January and those hired will begin flying in June, for the peak travel season.
“We’re hunting for foreign-language speakers as we continue to expand to all points around the globe,” Anderson said. “We are experiencing a phenomenal response to the job posting.”
Delta’s applicant rush reflects the demand for jobs amid a 7.9 percent U.S. unemployment rate and the interest in an industry where flight privileges are a prized employee benefit. The Atlanta-based carrier received 100,000 applications for 1,000 jobs when it last hired flight attendants in October 2010. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-21/delta-gets-22-000-applications-for-300-flight-attendant-jobs.html
Delta Air Gets 22,000 Applications for 300 Attendant Jobs
(Bloomberg) Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL), the world’s second-largest carrier, received 22,000 applications for about 300 flight attendant jobs in the first week after posting the positions outside the company.
The applications arrived at a rate of two per minute, Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson told workers in a weekly recorded message. Applicants will be interviewed in January and those hired will begin flying in June, for the peak travel season.
“We’re hunting for foreign-language speakers as we continue to expand to all points around the globe,” Anderson said. “We are experiencing a phenomenal response to the job posting.”
Delta’s applicant rush reflects the demand for jobs amid a 7.9 percent U.S. unemployment rate and the interest in an industry where flight privileges are a prized employee benefit. The Atlanta-based carrier received 100,000 applications for 1,000 jobs when it last hired flight attendants in October 2010. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-21/delta-gets-22-000-applications-for-300-flight-attendant-jobs.html
December 21, 2012
from Der Spiegel:
Amateur photographer Espen Bergersen's career took a serendipitous turn when he spotted an unusual winter appearance of whales near his hometown in northern Norway. His spectacular images, marked by eerie polar light, were made possible by the changing migratory patterns of fish.
Two years ago, Espen Bergersen was visiting his parents in the northern Norwegian island of Andøya, where he grew up, for the holidays. About a week before Christmas he was walking along the shore, taking photos of the landscape. When the hobby nature photographer saw something splashing in the water, he thought perhaps there were waves crashing on the cliffs. But then he remembered there were no cliffs in the area, and realized that the splashing was coming from whales.
The sight caught Bergersen completely by surprise. While sperm whale watching has long been a summer activity in the deep waters far off the Norwegian coast, they aren't usually seen in the winter. Bergersen says that humpbacks and killer whales like the ones he saw had never been spotted near his hometown before -- and certainly not so close to land that residents could catch a glimpse without even getting on a boat.
Bergersen spent the rest of his holiday taking pictures of the whales every day, spreading news of the whale sightings and even landing an article in the local paper. By Christmas the word was out. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/suprise-whale-sightings-in-norway-bring-hobby-photographer-recognition-a-874312.html
Surprise Whale Sightings in Norway
from Der Spiegel:
Amateur photographer Espen Bergersen's career took a serendipitous turn when he spotted an unusual winter appearance of whales near his hometown in northern Norway. His spectacular images, marked by eerie polar light, were made possible by the changing migratory patterns of fish.
Two years ago, Espen Bergersen was visiting his parents in the northern Norwegian island of Andøya, where he grew up, for the holidays. About a week before Christmas he was walking along the shore, taking photos of the landscape. When the hobby nature photographer saw something splashing in the water, he thought perhaps there were waves crashing on the cliffs. But then he remembered there were no cliffs in the area, and realized that the splashing was coming from whales.
The sight caught Bergersen completely by surprise. While sperm whale watching has long been a summer activity in the deep waters far off the Norwegian coast, they aren't usually seen in the winter. Bergersen says that humpbacks and killer whales like the ones he saw had never been spotted near his hometown before -- and certainly not so close to land that residents could catch a glimpse without even getting on a boat.
Bergersen spent the rest of his holiday taking pictures of the whales every day, spreading news of the whale sightings and even landing an article in the local paper. By Christmas the word was out. .................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/suprise-whale-sightings-in-norway-bring-hobby-photographer-recognition-a-874312.html
December 21, 2012
(Bloomberg) After being dismissed from her job as a Midtown Manhattan securities attorney in October 2009, Christina Tretter-Herriger hitched a used horse trailer to her Dodge Ram pickup and drove 1,628 miles to Texas.
The 32-year-old lawyer sold skin-care products in Houston before finding work as the assistant general counsel of a futures-trading firm where an irate customer punctuated a recorded voice-mail message with gunfire.
“No one was left with the impression that he just happened to be phoning from a sporting clays range,” she says.
Eighteen months and two busted jobs later, the daughter of a retired physician and a former editor at Vogue circled back to upstate New York and hunkered down at a small legal office that pays about one-quarter of her former $165,000 salary. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-21/american-dream-fades-for-generation-y-professionals.html
American Dream Fades for Generation Y Professionals
(Bloomberg) After being dismissed from her job as a Midtown Manhattan securities attorney in October 2009, Christina Tretter-Herriger hitched a used horse trailer to her Dodge Ram pickup and drove 1,628 miles to Texas.
The 32-year-old lawyer sold skin-care products in Houston before finding work as the assistant general counsel of a futures-trading firm where an irate customer punctuated a recorded voice-mail message with gunfire.
“No one was left with the impression that he just happened to be phoning from a sporting clays range,” she says.
Eighteen months and two busted jobs later, the daughter of a retired physician and a former editor at Vogue circled back to upstate New York and hunkered down at a small legal office that pays about one-quarter of her former $165,000 salary. ..................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-21/american-dream-fades-for-generation-y-professionals.html
December 21, 2012
http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2012/12/amsterdam-schipol-airport-soil-portrait-cool-design-art
Flying Over Amsterdam? Eyes Down for this Megaportrait
She won’t survive long beyond Christmas day, if current weather forecasts are to be believed, but this giant soil-straw-and-sand portrait of a woman—the biggest ever in the Netherlands—is certainly making her mark while she lasts. Covering the area of two football pitches the 'megaportrait' was commissioned by Dutch women’s-rights organization Mama Cash to highlight the sometimes life-threatening problems faced by female activists in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala: "The identity of the model for the portrait is deliberately anonymous," says Babette Roelandschap, spokesperson for the group's Vogenvrije Vrouwen campaign (which roughly translates to women, free as birds). "Because that’s exactly the predicament of the women whose plight we are trying to draw attention to. Many of these women have simply disappeared." The work took Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada and a band of 80 volunteers five days to complete, and is surprisingly close to the center of Amsterdam. Tell us if you see it on your way to or from Schiphol!
Flying Over Amsterdam? Eyes Down for this Megaportrait
http://www.cntraveler.com/daily-traveler/2012/12/amsterdam-schipol-airport-soil-portrait-cool-design-art
Flying Over Amsterdam? Eyes Down for this Megaportrait
She won’t survive long beyond Christmas day, if current weather forecasts are to be believed, but this giant soil-straw-and-sand portrait of a woman—the biggest ever in the Netherlands—is certainly making her mark while she lasts. Covering the area of two football pitches the 'megaportrait' was commissioned by Dutch women’s-rights organization Mama Cash to highlight the sometimes life-threatening problems faced by female activists in Mexico, Honduras, and Guatemala: "The identity of the model for the portrait is deliberately anonymous," says Babette Roelandschap, spokesperson for the group's Vogenvrije Vrouwen campaign (which roughly translates to women, free as birds). "Because that’s exactly the predicament of the women whose plight we are trying to draw attention to. Many of these women have simply disappeared." The work took Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodriguez-Gerada and a band of 80 volunteers five days to complete, and is surprisingly close to the center of Amsterdam. Tell us if you see it on your way to or from Schiphol!
December 21, 2012
from the Toronto Star:
A Toronto teen plans to spend the first few days of the New Year with his father in Haiti, distributing school supplies to students at an orphanage southeast of Port-au-Prince, which was just 12 kilometres from the epicentre of the 2010 earthquake.
The trip will culminate his efforts to do something “meaningful” in honour of his bar mitzvah.
Josh Arbess, a 13-year-old at Leo Baeck Day School, raised almost $25,000 by asking everyone who attended his bar mitzvah earlier this year to make a donation to Ve’ahavta — the Canadian Jewish Humanitarian and Relief Project.
The idea was to use a portion of the money to buy 1,000 Kinder Kits —backpacks with school supplies — to be shipped and distributed at the House of Hope orphanage at the beginning of Janaury. .............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1305775--bar-mitzvah-inspires-a-gift-of-school-supplies-to-haitian-orphanage
Bar mitzvah inspires a gift of school supplies to Haitian orphanage
from the Toronto Star:
A Toronto teen plans to spend the first few days of the New Year with his father in Haiti, distributing school supplies to students at an orphanage southeast of Port-au-Prince, which was just 12 kilometres from the epicentre of the 2010 earthquake.
The trip will culminate his efforts to do something “meaningful” in honour of his bar mitzvah.
Josh Arbess, a 13-year-old at Leo Baeck Day School, raised almost $25,000 by asking everyone who attended his bar mitzvah earlier this year to make a donation to Ve’ahavta — the Canadian Jewish Humanitarian and Relief Project.
The idea was to use a portion of the money to buy 1,000 Kinder Kits —backpacks with school supplies — to be shipped and distributed at the House of Hope orphanage at the beginning of Janaury. .............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1305775--bar-mitzvah-inspires-a-gift-of-school-supplies-to-haitian-orphanage
December 21, 2012
GEESEYTOWN -- Four people are dead -- including the shooter -- and three state troopers were injured this morning in a shooting incident in Frankstown Township, Blair County District Attorney Richard Consiglio said.
The gunman and two other men and a woman are all dead, Consiglio said.
Two troopers were wounded during a shootout with the suspect, Consiglio said. One trooper was hit in his bulletproof vest and another was hit by flying glass when the gunman fired at his state police vehicle.
A third trooper was injured in a crash involving the suspect, Consiglio said. .....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/567048.html
Blair County PA: 4 dead, 3 troopers hurt in shooting incident
GEESEYTOWN -- Four people are dead -- including the shooter -- and three state troopers were injured this morning in a shooting incident in Frankstown Township, Blair County District Attorney Richard Consiglio said.
The gunman and two other men and a woman are all dead, Consiglio said.
Two troopers were wounded during a shootout with the suspect, Consiglio said. One trooper was hit in his bulletproof vest and another was hit by flying glass when the gunman fired at his state police vehicle.
A third trooper was injured in a crash involving the suspect, Consiglio said. .....................(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.altoonamirror.com/page/content.detail/id/567048.html
December 21, 2012
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. — Multiple sources say several people have been shot on Juniata Valley Road just outside Geeseytown, Blair County.
6 News has been told that the two state troopers are among the wounded. Both are in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and are expected to be in the hospital.
There are conflicting reports of other possible fatalities at several locations.
Courtney Brennan of WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh reported that three people are dead and five injured. ...............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/sources-1-trooper-shot-another-injured-blair-co/nTcf5/
Sources: Several shot, including 2 state troopers, in Blair Co.
BLAIR COUNTY, Pa. — Multiple sources say several people have been shot on Juniata Valley Road just outside Geeseytown, Blair County.
6 News has been told that the two state troopers are among the wounded. Both are in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and are expected to be in the hospital.
There are conflicting reports of other possible fatalities at several locations.
Courtney Brennan of WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh reported that three people are dead and five injured. ...............(more)
The complete piece is at: http://www.wjactv.com/news/news/sources-1-trooper-shot-another-injured-blair-co/nTcf5/
December 21, 2012
from Right Wing Watch:
Close Bachmann Ally Bradlee Dean Suggests Sandy Hook was a Government Plot
Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Friday, 12/21/2012 10:53 am
Bradlee Dean, whose close ties to Rep. Michele Bachmann are well-known and well-established, published a column in WND (Rick Santorum's new home) suggesting that, just as the Nazis burned the Reichstag, the shootings at Sandy Hook and in Aurora, Colorado were orchestrated by the government:
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The complete piece is at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/close-bachmann-ally-bradlee-dean-suggests-sandy-hook-was-government-plot
Six degrees of Michele Bachmann
from Right Wing Watch:
Close Bachmann Ally Bradlee Dean Suggests Sandy Hook was a Government Plot
Submitted by Kyle Mantyla on Friday, 12/21/2012 10:53 am
Bradlee Dean, whose close ties to Rep. Michele Bachmann are well-known and well-established, published a column in WND (Rick Santorum's new home) suggesting that, just as the Nazis burned the Reichstag, the shootings at Sandy Hook and in Aurora, Colorado were orchestrated by the government:
The Sandy Hook shooting occurred just days after Sen. Rand Paul sent out an alert that the U.N. was set to pass the final version of the Small Arms Treaty, supported by Obama the day after election.
Part of the treaty bans the trade, sale and ownership of all semi-automatic weapons … like the one Adam Lanza used to kill 20 children and 6 adults.
The “Batman shooting” in Aurora, Colo., also happened to coincide with the same time as negotiations of the U.N. Small Arms Treaty.
The timing is impeccable.
As we reflect upon massacres such as Sandy Hook, Aurora, the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin, Tuscon, Ariz., and Columbine, we cannot help but see the similarities: conflicting news reports on what happened, who did the killing and the number of shooters. Eyewitnesses in all of these massacres said there were more shooters than the media maintain, indicating the shootings were coordinated and planned.
When the “fire” is started, these government gun banners are right there to strip away your rights in an attempt to gain control under the guise of “putting out the fire.”
Adolf Hitler was responsible for attacking his own Reichstag to start a world war. Hitler was also responsible for sending his brownshirts to incite the people so he could play the role of solving their problems. No one believed Hitler was guilty of these crimes until after the fact.
Then it was too late.
The complete piece is at: http://www.rightwingwatch.org/content/close-bachmann-ally-bradlee-dean-suggests-sandy-hook-was-government-plot
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