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Chicago to approve of first gay high school
Pointing to studies showing that gay high school students are at greater risk of dropping out because of stigma and fear of violence, Chicago Public Schools leaders said Wednesday that they will recommend opening a campus aimed at these students.
Final approval of the School for Social Justice Pride Campus, designed as the city's first school for gay, lesbian and transgender teenagers, along with 17 other schools, is expected to come Oct. 22 when the Board of Education votes.
"We want to create great new options for communities that have been traditionally underserved," he said. "If you look at national studies, you see gay and lesbian students with high dropout rates. . . . I think there is a niche there we need to fill."
About 50 people attended a public hearing Wednesday night, with most supporting the school.Supporters said they envision a high school with a maximum of 600 students. It would have the same staffing and oversight requirements as other district schools. Students would be admitted from throughout the city on a lottery basis, officials said. A site has not been chosen.
A 2003 district survey shows that gay and lesbian youths are three times more likely to miss school because they feel unsafe. On Wednesday, the Gay Lesbian and Straight Education Network released a national survey of more than 6,000 middle and high school students that found that nearly 90 percent were harassed at school and about 61 percent felt unsafe.
At an earlier public hearing, some gay rights advocates said the school would segregate these students and that the district should work to foster acceptance. Pointing to studies showing that gay high school students are at greater risk of dropping out because of stigma and fear of violence, ... more -
Rednecks for Obama
Although I am a lifelong republican, I applaud these guys for breaking a steroetype.
Where I am from, South Carolina, being redneck is an honorable affliction. It means many things. It may mean one is a hardworking manual laborer, with a passion for outdoor life. It may also mean that one enjoys a simple self reliant life, with emphasis on core values. Many self proclaimed rednecks I know in my region are doctors, lawyers, educators, engineers, and all are simultaneously hunters, conservationists, part-time subsistence farmers, or philanthropists.
In many parts of the country the word 'redneck' is, more often than not, a racial epithet.
I feel the same way about the word as, I suspect, many persons of African ancestry feel about the "N word." To clarify, if the label comes from a fellow redneck, then we share a common bond. However, if it comes from someone in anger, it is the most extreme insult I could receive.
Why is that? For those who don't know, perhaps our UK brethren, many use the term 'redneck' to mean an ignorant, racist southerner who is uneducated, uncultured, and poor.
How did the term 'redneck' come into usage? Many believe the term's use came about to refer to those who worked fields of crops. Through continuous bending and stooping in these fields, one's neck became red as a result of the hot sun.
Why are the 'Rednecks for Obama' important? This group is a symbol of what I feel Obama's campaign embodies. That is, the destruction of racially motivated stereotypes.
Whether or not Obama is elected our next president, let's make 2008 known as the year the United States tore down racial stereotypes to unite for the common good. Although I am a lifelong republican, I applaud these guys for breaking a steroetype. ... more -
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Venezuela shuts down McDonald's
Venezuela's government has shut all branches of restaurant chain McDonald's for 48 hours, citing tax irregularities, officials have said.
The head of the country's tax agency, Jose David Cabello, said the chain had inconsistencies in its accounts.
The 115 branches in Venezuela were closed from Thursday to Saturday. Venezuela's government has shut all branches of restaurant chain McDonald's for 48 hours, citing tax irregularities, officia... more -
Women more interested in celebrities than own health
Women are more interested in celebrity culture than their own health, a charity claims after conducting a poll of 1,000 women.
The poll found that nearly four out of five women could name Coleen McLoughlin as footballer Wayne Rooney's wife. However, just over half said they checked their breast for lumps once a month or more. The survey showed there was a particular lack of awareness among older women.
Arlene Wilkie, director of research and policy at Breast Cancer Campaign, said: "While women are clued up about the latest gossip from celeb-land, it appears they are dismissing serious information that could save lives. More than 45,500 women in the UK are diagnosed with breast cancer every year and we know that early diagnosis gives the best possible chance of survival." Women are more interested in celebrity culture than their own health, a charity claims after conducting a poll of 1,000 women. ... more -
Owner's sign says Obama supporters can't park in his lot
The guy says he's "offended that Obama is running for President" so he's put up a sign saying Obama supporters aren't allowed to park there.
Problem is he's got a contract with the state to allow state employees to park there. How can the state support this ?
If someone parks there with an Obama sticker he would ask them something "humorous", like "if they could speak English".
Welcome to North Carolina ! The guy says he's "offended that Obama is running for President" so he's put up a sign saying Obama supporters are... more -
War on Marijuana is working...
In Washington's dreams...
The White House Office on National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP -- the drug czar's office) has failed on its own terms when it comes to marijuana policy, according to a pair of reports examining government data by a noted marijuana researcher.
Based on the government's own numbers, ONDCP has failed to achieve its stated 2002 goal of reducing marijuana use by 25% by 2007, Gettman found. According to the national survey, last year there were 14.5 million pot smokers, compared with 14.6 million in 2002.
From 2002 to 2007 annual use of marijuana declined slightly from 25.9 to 25.1 million. The number of Americans who have used marijuana at some point in their lives actually increased, from 95 million in 2002 to over 100 million in 2007.
It has not significantly reduced marijuana consumption despite constantly increasing annual arrest numbers and ongoing propaganda campaigns, while at the same time it twists and distorts figures on people in treatment for "marijuana dependency" in order to falsely claim that marijuana is a dangerous drug, while in reality, less than half of all people treated for marijuana even fit the standard criteria for substance abuse.
"The Bush Administration has failed to reduce or control marijuana use in the United States," Gettman concluded. "Marginal changes in marijuana and other drug use have been distorted to support false claims that incremental progress in reducing marijuana and other drug use has been achieved.
Marijuana use is fundamentally the same as when the Bush Administration took office and illicit drug use overall has increased. Drug use data do not support Bush Administration claims that its policies have had a significant impact on illicit drug use in the United States."
The stability -- not reduction -- in marijuana use comes despite at least 127 different anti-marijuana TV, radio, and print ads by ONDCP, in addition to at least 34 press releases focused mainly on marijuana and at least 50 reports from ONDCP or other government agencies on marijuana or anti-marijuana campaigns.
For ONDCP head John Walters, slight reductions in teen marijuana use meant that "teens are getting the message about the harms of marijuana and are changing their behavior -- for the better, as he noted in a September 2007 press release. Still, he was forced to admit in the next breath that "youth abuse of prescription drugs remains a troubling concern."
"The government's own statistics demolish the White House drug czar's claims of success in his obsessive war on marijuana," said Rob Kampia, executive director of the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) in Washington, DC.
"The most intense war on marijuana since 'Reefer Madness,' including record numbers of arrests every year since 2003, has wasted billions of dollars and produced nothing except pain and ruined lives."
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Hey Current, Thanks for the Gifts!
To all of you at Current Networks, Thanks for all the nice gifts you sent me!
The first time I got a hat and two cool black tshirts, one Commentator and the other Contributor and the pocket book, notebook and stickers. One tshirt and the hat I gave to a good friend in Italy and he probably can see running around Rome.
The second time I got more stickers, lenses cleaning cloth, ha Thanks I need that and a plastic card with an embedded ship on it I have not been able to find out what it is. There is no instruction on the card. If any of you know what this card is for, please give a ring.
The sound on the background it is the blue angels flying over the bay.
Big hug and kisses to everybody.
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Study: Culture a factor in female math achievement
Nurturing climate produces more elite competitors
It's been nearly four years since Lawrence Summers, then president of Harvard University, made his controversial comments about the source of the gender gap in math and science careers. Still, the ripple effect continues - most recently in a study made public today on the world's top female math competitors.
The study, to be published in next month's Notices of the American Mathematical Society, identifies women of extraordinary math ability by sifting through the winners of the world's most elite math competitions. It found that small nations that nurtured female mathematicians often produced more top competitors than far larger and wealthier nations.
The message: Cultural or environmental factors, not intellect, are what really limit women's math achievements.
"The problem with Larry Summers hypothesizing that there aren't many women with intrinsic aptitude to excel at this very high level is . . . it's not that they don't have this level of intrinsic aptitude; it's that in many countries women that have this intrinsic aptitude aren't nurtured," said Janet Mertz, an author of the study and a professor of oncology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Unlike other data on gender and math, which depend on tests such as the SAT or state assessments, this study used a survey of the world's elite mathematicians to demonstrate that women with extreme math ability exist - although recognition varies by country.
Since 1974, tiny Bulgaria has had nine female competitors in the elite International Mathematical Olympiad. East Germany/Germany has had 10, and the USSR/Russia, 13. Over that same time, the United States has had three.
The study found a similar variation in another competition, the Putnam Mathematical Competition - a 12-question exam taken by college students in the United States and Canada in which most test-takers solve no problems. Over the past 16 years, 11 women have made it into the top 25 scorers. Three of those women were born in the United States, Mertz pointed out, and three in Romania, a country with one-fifteenth the US population.
"I think that's really interesting to compare what happens with other countries and see the examples of nurturing and what a difference that makes - that should open our eyes to what we're doing to kids at an early age," said Brian Conrey, executive director of the American Institute of Mathematics.
The controversial nature of the math gender gap debate was evident following Summers's comments at a conference in January 2005. Summers did not suggest that top female performers in math and science did not exist; he said they were fewer, as represented on faculty staff. But he went on to offer a controversial hypothesis, saying one possible reason was a variation in natural aptitude. That view drew on a 100-year-old argument that at the high and low end of achievement, there are statistically more men than women.
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Flowers bloom on glass
On October 4, China’s state-run website, Xinhuanet.com, carried a report stating a rare white flower—said to blossom every 3000 years—was again found blooming in China.
According to the report, 47 such little flowers were seen growing on the glass of an office building window in Qingdao City.
“It’s amazing that flowers can grow on glass, isn’t it!” marveled one of the company employees, who guessed they might be udumbara flowers
A reporter confirmed that little white flowers were standing on window glass on the east side of the company’s second-floor office. There were 47 of them, 1 millimeter in diameter and white in color, with bell-shaped flowers and wire-thin stems.
The flower stems were connected to the glass with no soil found in between.
One company employee said, “When we first saw them, we didn’t know what they were. We even thought they were dirt smear, and we almost wiped them off with a piece of cloth.” A manager, excited when seeing the flowers, said, “This is probably the legendary udumbara.”
The reporter covering the story searched online, finding that similar flowers were spotted in other places too. The flowers discovered at this company looked very similar to the photos of undumbara found elsewhere.
The Legendary Undumbara
Last year, Daqing Evening, a local newspaper in northeastern China, ran a special report on the findings of the flower, and invited specialists to authenticate them.
The author of the report said that several experts and scholars interviewed were unable to identify the origin and name of the flower. Through observation under microscope, specialists concluded that they were not worm eggs, as suggested by some media in China.
While specialists failed to come up with any explanation, documentations of the rare flowers appeared more than once in Buddhist sutras. According to one such ancient document, Fahuawenju/sishang, “undumbara is a miraculous flower which blossoms once every 3000 years, when the King of Gold Wheel appears.”
“Undumbara” is Sanskrit for “lucky flower” or “levitating flower.”
Undumbara in Recent Years
Photographers over the years have taken close-up shots of such flowers, and some even caught the petals in full blossom.
In October last year, a Houston resident, Mr. Lin, noted dozens of undumbara on the leaves of his red bamboo plants at home. With the help of a biologist, an Epoch Times photographer took a series of photos of the undumbara, in which the flowers’ petals and pistils were clearly visible.
In 2005, undumbara were first found in several temples in South Korea, and in the past two years, more were spotted in other places around the world
According to incomplete statistics, as of July this year, the flower was spotted blooming in 14 places, including Hunan Province and Chongqing City of China, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United States. They were found growing on glass, steel tubes, and stems and leaves of other plants. On October 4, China’s state-run website, Xinhuanet.com, carried a report stating a rare white flower—said to blossom every 3000 years—... more -
Candidates as...
You might have noticed (or ignored) the emerging meme on the intertubez of folks using simple visual analogies to convey how they see the presidential and VP candidates' 'attributes' and 'differences'.
Here's one I found on Flickr depicting "Candidates as Telephony"
If you got one, found one or made one, upload or clip it below and we'll make a collage after afternoon snacktime/naptime! You might have noticed (or ignored) the emerging meme on the intertubez of folks using simple visual analogies to convey how they see ... more -
In dozens of calls, Palins pressed for trooper's removal
ANCHORAGE — The 2007 state fair was days away when Alaska's public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, took another call about one of his troopers, Michael Wooten. This time, the director of Gov. Sarah Palin's Anchorage office was on the line.
As Mr. Monegan recalls it, the aide said the governor had heard that Trooper Wooten was assigned to work the kickoff to the fair in late August. If so, Mr. Monegan should do something about it, because Ms. Palin was also planning to attend and did not want him nearby.
Somewhat bewildered, Mr. Monegan soon determined that Trooper Wooten had indeed volunteered for duty at the fairgrounds — in full costume as "Safety Bear," the troopers' child-friendly mascot.
Two years earlier, the trooper and the governor’s sister had been embroiled in a nasty divorce and child-custody battle that had hardened the Palin family against him. To Mr. Monegan and several top aides, the state fair episode was yet another example of a fixation that the governor and her husband, Todd, had with Trooper Wooten and the most granular details of his life.
"I thought to myself, 'Man, do they have a heavy-duty network and focus on this guy,' " Mr. Monegan said. "You'd call that an obsession."
On July 11, Ms. Palin fired Mr. Monegan, setting off a politically charged scandal that has become vastly more so since Ms. Palin became the Republican vice-presidential nominee.
By now, the outlines of the matter have been widely reported. Mr. Monegan believes he was ousted because he would not bow to pressure to dismiss Trooper Wooten. The Alaska Legislature is investigating the firing and whether the governor abused the powers of her office to pursue a personal vendetta. Its report is due Friday.
Ms. Palin has denied that anyone told Mr. Monegan to dismiss Trooper Wooten, or that the commissioner’s ouster had anything to do with him. But an examination of the case, based on interviews with Mr. Monegan and several top aides, indicates that, to a far greater degree than was previously known, the governor, her husband and her administration pressed the commissioner and his staff to get Trooper Wooten off the force, though without directly ordering it. ANCHORAGE — The 2007 state fair was days away when Alaska's public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, took another call about one... more -
Be careful what you vote for because you just might get it
"We are at the point of wrapping up the election season, and once again you have the liberals on one side and the conservatives on the other side. Once again, Americans have the choice of voting for a Democrat or a Repulican, and once again the notion of a viable third party option is not even entertained by the majority of the population.
After Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the Democrats failed to do what was demanded of them, which was to end the Iraq war and impeach the President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, one would have thought that the thought of voting Republican or Democrat would be completely unacceptable. Yet, here we are again, forced to choose between a Republican or a Democrat.
Since America, and the rest of the world for that matter, are locked in a left-right political box, so to speak, we are once again forced to choose between the lesser of two evils. And again, it is up to the media to decide who is the greater or the lesser of two evils. But no matter on what side of the political isle you stand, the lesser of two evils is still evil. This is why I say "be careful what you vote for-you just might get it." Don't get it? Well I'm sure you will, so just bear with me and let me explain."
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Attraction brings tourists face to face with giant crocodiles
Australia's newest tourist attraction, the Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, involves coming face to face underwater with giant saltwater crocodiles. The newly-opened attraction offers the chance to be lowered into a tank full of crocs, among them suspected man-eaters, wearing nothing more than a mask, snorkel and swimsuit or trunks.
Is this something you would like to try on your holiday or do you think it is perhaps just a little too unsafe to do it just for fun? Australia's newest tourist attraction, the Crocosaurus Cove in Darwin, involves coming face to face underwater with giant saltwat... more -
Iceland sells part of their land on ebay
With the recent collapse of Iceland stock market, it may seem that they are trying to sell part of their country to gain money and use it to try and restore their economy. They have also asked Russia for money to help save their economy.
Iceland will provide the winning bidder with a habitable environment, Icelandic horses, and a unstable financial situation.
It is located on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and it is near the major cities.
And for some reason, Greenland and the Icelandic singer Bjork are to be not included in this auction. The highest bid currently as of October 10, 2008 is £10,000,000.00.
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Any take on what is going on?
Edited 10/10/08 3:49pm Pacific Time:
It seems that the bidding has been cancelled and may have been a hoax. This may be a way to get people's attention about Iceland and their collapsed stock market. Either way, Iceland is in trouble with their currency and economy falling. With the recent collapse of Iceland stock market, it may seem that they are trying to sell part of their country to gain money and use... more -
Obama-McCain dilemma puts NFL players in a state
Interesting article about the dilemma faced by a lot of professional athletes:
"As the presidential race revs up, political conversations in NFL locker rooms echo those in workplaces nationwide.
Taxes. Economy. McCain. Obama. War. Terrorism. White. Black.
And a dilemma for these high-paid athletes: principles or pocketbook?
'We're right in the middle,' said Washington Redskins veteran Philip Daniels. 'We've all got family members that are not doing so well. Democrats would help them out, but Republicans would help us out.'
The 35-year-old defensive end sat in front of his locker not far from the nation's capital and analytically explained how his political color has changed from blue to red and back to blue again. Everything about Daniels' upbringing screams Democrat. He's a black male who grew up in modest surroundings in a small Georgia town. He majored in social work in college.
Everything about his income screams Republican. He's made millions many times over in his 13 years as a professional athlete, and the thought of paying higher taxes under a Democratic administration led him to vote for President Bush in 2000 and support the president's re-election in 2004.
'I used to be a Republican,' Daniels said. 'I wanted Bush in there. The previous years I've been Republican because of what we make, but this year's a little bit different. I think this year more guys are not even thinking about the income part of it. They're just really thinking about the economy and the country. A lot of people want change'...
The clear preferences from some athletes stand in contrast to former NBA superstar Michael Jordan's unwillingness to take a stand in the 1990 North Carolina Senate race between Republican Jesse Helms and Democrat Harvey Gantt, who was bidding to become the first black southern senator since Reconstruction.
'Republicans buy sneakers, too,' Jordan famously said, though he later endorsed Bill Bradley's presidential campaign in 2000...
The discussions and mini-debates, however, always seem to come back to money. Days after Daniels expressed his feelings inside the Redskins locker room, teammate Ethan Albright held up a stamped envelope containing his absentee ballot, ready to be mailed to his home state of North Carolina. As he put the envelope in his locker, cornerback Shawn Springs called out: 'Why you like McCain?'
'I like him,' Albright replied with a nod, 'because he ain't raising taxes.'
That's a sentiment reiterated by New York Giants punter Jeff Feagles, also a McCain supporter.
'He is going to tax the wealthy, which is what we are,' said Feagles, referring to Obama. 'We are in that category. You look at those kinds of implications, and I hate using that word, it will affect us.'
Feagles' teammate, defensive end Mathias Kiwanuka, couldn't disagree more.
'It's insulting to think you would vote based on how it affects you financially,' Kiwanuka said. 'I had that conversation even before I got my signing bonus. It's a matter of general policy and what you believe in and what that person stands for. ... When you look at it, I spent the majority of my life with an average upbringing to say the least, and that has shaped how I vote a lot more than the last couple of years living this lifestyle."
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World's stickiest glue could make you walk up walls
"A new type of dry glue designed to mimic gecko feet is 10 times stickier than the gravity-defying lizards, and three times stickier than other gecko-inspired glues, U.S. researchers said on Thursday.
'It's the stickiest dry glue yet,' said Liming Dai of the University of Dayton, who reported on the glue in the journal Science. 'Our sticky glue has a force 10 times that of gecko feet and three times more than previous sticky glues trying to mimic the gecko feet.'
A 1-inch (2.5-cm) square of the adhesive can support the weight of a 220-pound (100-kg) man climbing up a vertical surface, but it can be easily lifted and reapplied, an ideal material for, say, a Spider-Man suit.
Aside from helping people walk up walls, the glue could be used in electrical components without the need for soldering."
Learn more at: http://www.udayton.edu/News/Article/?contentId=18761 ; http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/322/5899... "A new type of dry glue designed to mimic gecko feet is 10 times stickier than the gravity-defying lizards, and three times stick... more -
US War Resister faces deportation from Canada
Canada Border Services Agency, continues to routinely effect deportation orders of US Iraq War resisters.
Iraq War Resister Sergeant Patrick Hart and his family were informed this week that they must voluntarily leave Canada or face deportation to the United States on October 30th. The Hart’s refugee application was rejected by the Canadian Immigration Refugee Board. It is estimated that there are at least 200 war resisters living in Canada. In July of this year the Canadian parliament passed a non binding motion in support of Iraq War resisters being allowed to stay in Canada. Despite this, Canada Border Services Agency, continues to routinely effect deportation orders of US Iraq War resisters. Canada Border Services Agency, continues to routinely effect deportation orders of US Iraq War resisters. ... more -
Upset on horizon? Franken surging ahead in Minnesota senate race
A funny thing seems to be happening in Minnesota: Al Franken, who trailed in the polls for a long time and whose candidacy was written off by many observers, now seems to be surging ahead of incumbent GOP Sen. Norm Coleman.
Don't look now, but he just might win.
The last three polls of the race have put Franken ahead. Rasmussen had it yesterday at Franken 43%, Coleman 37%, and Independence Party candidate Dean Barkley 17%. The University of Minnesota has it at Franken 41%, Coleman 37%, and Barkley 14%. And the Star Tribune puts it at Franken 43%, Coleman 34%, and Barkley 18%.
And as of yesterday afternoon, Pollster.com has given Franken a narrow lead of 40.0%-39.2% in its trend-line.
So how on earth did a foul-mouthed comedian talk his way to the point where he may knock off an established GOP incumbent?
Franken's surge, like so many other good numbers for the Democrats over the last few weeks, can really be traced to one thing: The economy. The state university's poll puts it in perspective perfectly: In a sampling taken right before the vote on the bailout, Coleman was up 40%-31%. In a new sample taken after the bailout, the two switched places, giving Franken a lead of 41%-37%
The GOP's harsh negative ads could also be creating a backlash in a Midwestern state that's known for clean politics. Recently, the NRSC were caught twisting around footage of Franken doing a humorous impersonation of the late Sen. Paul Wellstone, in order to make Franken look manic and angry -- a move that drastically undercuts the credibility of all their other attacks.
Franken was quick to jump on this mistake, releasing a new one-minute TV ad yesterday, hammering the GOP on exactly this point. A funny thing seems to be happening in Minnesota: Al Franken, who trailed in the polls for a long time and whose candidacy was written... more -
infoMania 10.09.08
Chewing up the week's media so we can regurgitate it, half-digested, into your mouth.
infoMania is a half-hour satirical news show that airs on Current TV. The show puts a comedic spin on the 24-hour chaos and information overload brought about by the constant bombardment of the media. Hosted by Conor Knighton and co-starring Brett Erlich, Sarah Haskins, Ben Hoffman, and Sergio Cilli, the show airs on Thursdays at 10 pm Eastern and Pacific Times and can be found online at current.com/infomania. Chewing up the week's media so we can regurgitate it, half-digested, into your mouth. ... more -
How drugs laws compound race inequality
The war on drugs disproportionately targets black people in the US and UK, exacerbating oppression, says Sebastian Saville
On September 18 drug campaign group Release held its annual conference in London. To thunderous applause, drug policy reformer and racial equality advocate Deborah Small gave a harrowing account of the plight of her fellow black Americans whose lives are caught up in the vicious interplay of the drugs and race wars being waged by US authorities.
"People say the drug war isn't working," she opines, "but not me - I say it is working, only too well. It's a highly successful method of maintaining the oppression of black people in the United States."[more] The war on drugs disproportionately targets black people in the US and UK, exacerbating oppression, says Sebastian Saville ... more -
Which companies are benefiting from the credit crunch?
Whether you turn on the TV or open the papers, doom and gloom is the flavour of the day. Banks are failing, businesses are facing bankruptcy and we’re all saving the pennies in any way we can. However, with fresh financial horror stories springing up left, right and centre, you may be surprised to hear that for some, the credit crunch has meant business is booming. Whether you turn on the TV or open the papers, doom and gloom is the flavour of the day. Banks are failing, businesses are facing bank... more
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