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...been easy to mistake the thousands of people assembled in Greenville clutching their colored glow sticks and chanting the name of an all-knowing entity for worshippers at some sort of kooky New Age outdoor revival. But it wasn't God who inspired this crowd of 2,200 to gather on a recent Saturday night. It was Google - and the chance that this South Carolina city might be able to coax down the manna of super-high-speed Internet from tech-giant heaven. (See 10 tech trends...
...lost on officials in Russia, who expressed their shock and grief over the incident. "The soul can only shudder from the realization that Katyn has claimed more victims," said Konstantin Kosachyov, head of the foreign affairs committee of Russia's parliament. Mourners in Warsaw had already begun to gather by the presidential palace on Saturday to lay flowers and light candles. The political impact of the crash will likely be felt in Poland for years to come...
...ideally receive them, those most qualified and committed for a given job—a labor market failure. Conversely, opportunistic applicants are errors in selection against the interest of employers who want hires to remain at their company. Far more typical of the Harvard student, opportunistic interns intend to gather the experience and move on to a preferred job that is presently unavailable. This is largely why offering paid freshman and sophomore summer internships go against the interests of most employers under the present system; firms lose their human capital investments when trained interns leave for other companies...
...With the help of village headmen, Ekjut handpicked women who were paid and trained to facilitate the discussions or gather data on community births and neonatal deaths. Facilitators were required to be mobile and speak two or more local languages - prepared, in other words, to bicycle from village to village and sit in on sessions. Group meetings are informal, and usually open with village gossip. Goats tied with rope to trees bleat in frustration; children squirm in their mothers' sari-covered laps. The facilitator begins with a story related to a local concern, perhaps about a pregnant girl with malaria...
...cars and buying clothes - or buying anything new at all. And they're not making these vows simply to save money. For some, the goal is spiritual cleansing. For others, it's to raise awareness of big issues like the environment. It's also a cheap way to gather good material. If a book deal comes out of it, so much the better...