Tom Cruise Scientology promotional video leaked to the Internet
Thursday, January 17, 2008 Two days before Tom Cruise: An Unauthorized Biography, a biography of actor Tom Cruise written by journalist Andrew Morton, was released in the United States, a video showing Cruise promoting Scientology was leaked to the Internet. The promotional video appeared on video-sharing sites including YouTube, Gawker.com and radar online.com, and clips from the video were also shown on Wednesday morning talk shows in the United States. In the 9-minute video produced by the Church of Scientology, Cruise is seen discussing his beliefs while the theme from his Mission: Impossible films plays as background music. Cruise appears wearing a black turtleneck sweater, speaking about his dedication to changing people’s lives. The format of the video appears to be an interview with Cruise, and it is edited with questions cut out. Some of Cruise’s responses end abruptly. Being a Scientologist, when you drive past an accident it’s not…
5 Things About Human Resources Every Business Owner Should Know
Click Here To Know More About: Workplace Info At the point when numerous entrepreneurs consider HR, they see it as a group that handles their organisation’s workers related issues and duties. However, for any business, HR plays a much more important part. In reality, there are a lot of ways Human Resources can increase the value of an organisation that entrepreneurs may not even realise in some cases. Let’s take a look at some of the most significant things about human resources that business owners should know. The more they understand the value of human resources; it will deliver better results for their company. Have a look. It Offers A Strategic Edge HR isn’t just about the workers experience any longer. Entrepreneurs are acclimating to the new-age Human Resources, which assist organisations regarding long-term vital & strategic development by evaluating current procedures and circumstances, investigating historical development, and getting ready…
Federally-funded abstinence programs fraught with problems: Report
Thursday, December 2, 2004 WASHINGTON, DC — According to a report issued by U.S. House of Representatives Congressman Henry A. Waxman (D–CA), the majority of abstinence-only sexual education programs in schools contain incorrect or misleading information. The report found that over 80% of the curricula used by the recipients of the grants contained incorrect information, including the claim that condoms did not prevent the spread of STDs and that abortions have a high chance of causing sterility.[1] These programs are funded by the federal government under President George W. Bush’s faith-based initiative. According to the report, these abstinence programs—promoted by the administration of President Bush—are receiving increasing amounts of funding: nearly $170 million will be spent in 2005, which is more than double the spending on these programs in 2001.[2] Under the faith-based initiative programs, the United States government allocates funds to religious and other community organizations that agree to…
U.S. jobs picture not improving
Saturday, September 19, 2009 Final August unemployment data was released yesterday with states indicating continued nonfarm payroll contraction going into the fall. The Labor Department indicated an overall increase in unemployment in 27 states, a decrease in 16 and no change in 7. Record high jobless rates were reached in California (12.2%), Nevada (13.2%) and Rhode Island (12.8%); the highest since widespread state data was first reported in 1976. California’s rate was influenced by the state budget passed in July which closed a US$24 billion shortfall by cutting many state-provided programs which included many state jobs. Michigan, again, had the highest unemployment rate in August at 15.2% which is nearly double its August 2008 unemployment rate of 8.6%. North Dakota, again, had the lowest unemployment rate at 4.3%. The current national unemployment rate is 9.7%. On the jobs-front, forty-two states lost jobs last month led by Texas, Michigan, Georgia, and…
A Hidden Road To Recovery? The Magic Money Tree We Had All Along
Click Here To Know More About: Cash Management As lockdown measures ease, people return to work, and retailers open their doors once again, a big question is looming large in the background. How are we going to pay for all this? I am of course talking about expensive government policies such as the furlough scheme, small business rates relief grants, bounce back loans, self-employed income support payments, and the many other measures which were introduced to try and nurse the UK economy through the devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and associated lockdown. The conventional knowledge is that public spending will have to be drastically decreased (which would harm public services), or taxes substantially increased (which would likely harm growth), in order to make a dent in the debt mountain which has piled up over the past few months. For example, on July 11th 2020, The Observer published an article…
Chilean President visits Pichilemu to inaugurate Agustín Ross Cultural Centre
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 The Chilean President, Michelle Bachelet, travelled to Pichilemu to inaugurate the Cultural Centre Agustín Ross last week, in the old Ross Casino, a National Monument since 1988, and the first casino in Chile. Bachelet passed by Cáhuil’s bridge, where she and her parents regularly went on holiday to, according the documentary Pichilemu: Así éramos ayer, así somos hoy (Pichilemu: That’s the way we were, that’s the way we are), which will be aired by the local TV channel Canal 3 de Televisión Comunitaria de Pichilemu. Prior to reaching Pichilemu, she participated in a foundation stone ceremony for the new Regional Hospital of Rancagua, and the inauguration of the Cahuil–Bucalemu–Boyeruca roadway; the inauguration had been delayed for almost 5 years. At 13:50, the President arrived at Pichilemu with the Minister Sergio Bitar, where she officially inaugurated the Cultural Centre Agustín Ross. “We are proud of the things…
IBM Releases 500 patents to open source community
Saturday, January 15, 2005 United States —”IBM hereby commits not to assert any of the 500 U.S. patents listed below, as well as all counterparts of these patents issued in other countries, against the development, use or distribution of Open Source Software.” [1] So begins the pledge IBM has made to “any individual, community, or company” writing or using software defined as “open source” by the Open Source Initiative (OSI). The patents include software for text recognition and database management.[2] “True innovation leadership is about more than just the numbers of patents granted. It’s about innovating to benefit customers, partners and society”, said Dr. John E. Kelly, IBM senior vice president, Technology and Intellectual Property. “Our pledge today is the beginning of a new era in how IBM will manage intellectual property.”[3] “This is not a one-time event”, said Dr. Kelly. “While IBM will continue to demonstrate leadership in patent…
NFL: Ricky Williams applies for reinstatement
Friday, April 6, 2007 Miami Dolphins running back Ricky Williams, who has applied for reinstatement to the NFL, told ESPN Radio’s Dan Patrick on Friday that he hasn’t gotten high on drugs “in maybe three years.” Williams credited yoga with replacing drugs to ease stress. Williams was suspended in April 2006 for violating the NFL’s Substance Abuse Policy. Reinstatement to the league requires clinical evaluation and sending a hand-written letter to Roger Goodell, commissioner of the NFL. Williams stated: For the most part, as long as you follow the rules, you have a pretty good shot to be reinstated. Half of it is testing and the other half is you have to talk to someone on a weekly basis. During the radio broadcast, Patrick asked Williams when the last time he had been drug tested. Williams’ anwser was Two minutes ago. and that he had passed. Williams blamed the high…
The Recipe To Attract Success In A Work From Home Business In Network Marketing.
Click Here To Know More About: It Procurement Consultants New York By Nick A. James Everything in our life, spouse, boyfriend, girlfriend, home and job, we have attracted it. We attract many things, we can also do things to alienate people or things. Want to alienate someone, try not bathing or brushing your teeth for a month or two. You’ll be as popular as a fox in a hen house. What could you do to attract what you want into your life, learn a new language, lose weight? The point is there are things we can do to attract people and other things we can do to alienate people. Success in network marketing or a home business, our habits attract it or we inadvertently push it out of our reach. Most people RSVP failure to their party. In order to succeed in a work at home direct sales business here’s…
Wikinews interviews RSL Australia for Remembrance Day 2021
Wednesday, November 10, 2021 Wikinews reporter J.J. Liu emailed the Returned and Services League of Australia (RSL) for comment on the coming 102nd observance of Remembrance Day, commemorating the Armistice of November 11, 1918 that resulted, most notably, in the cessation of hostilities on the Western Front of World War I (WW1). Initially “Armistice Day” from its first observance in 1919, it was renamed “Remembrance Day” after the end of World War II (WWII) to “honour the dead of WWII and the later Australian military involvements”, according to the RSL website. Governor-General Sir William Deane issued a proclamation in 1997 to urge all Australians to observe one minutes’ silence. The Australian War Memorial website states 61,630 Australians perished during the First World War between August 4, 1914 and March 31, 1921, making the conflict the deadliest in Australian history by far. The RSL website states that from the country’s population…