Guus Hiddink won’t be replacing Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea anytime soon, his agent was quoted saying. The experienced Dutch manager, a close friend of Roman Abramovich, was rumored to be taking charge at Stamford Bridge, after a string of bad results for Chelsea in the last few games. Still, Guus Hiddink’s agent has ruled out [...]
The most surprising findings, according to an American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) survey of fitness trends published in the November/December issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal, are the trends that have fallen off the list for 2011 – balance training, stability balls and Pilates. Pilates suffered the worst fall, disappearing after a ninth [...]
As people look to 2011 with hopes of continued economic recovery and increased job creation, new research may hold clues as to what the most promising positions will be in 2011. According to the Salary Guides just released from Robert Half, 11 roles representing several fields — including accounting and finance, technology, creative, legal and [...]
When it comes to their jobs, one-quarter of Americans are most thankful for job stability this holiday season, according to data released in a survey conducted by Harris Interactive on behalf of Heald College. The survey asked employed Americans to identify what they were most grateful for in their work life – other than pay. [...]
The Top 10 worst media disasters of 2010 include a politician threatening to kill a reporter, a movie star threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend, a Prime Minister killing his own political career, and a CEO trying to “top kill” an oil spill. The list was published today on the Mr. Media Training blog, one of [...]
Portfolio.com revealed its latest U.S. Uncovered study, ranking the most popular and desired cities for retirement. The study, which used a six-part formula to rank 157 metropolitan and micropolitan markets with at least 40,000 seniors, named Bradenton-Sarasota, Florida as the number one choice for seniors’ post-retirement plans. “Beginning next year, an unprecedented three million Americans [...]
NASA’s Mars Odyssey orbiter has worked longer at Mars than any other spacecraft in history. Odyssey entered orbit around Mars on Oct. 24, 2001 and today, the 3,340th day since that arrival, it passed the Martian career longevity record set by its predecessor, Mars Global Surveyor. Lockheed Martin also built and flew the Mars Global [...]
Angry Birds, one of the most successful games developed for Apple iOS devices and lately for Android equipped smartphones has recently reached an extremely important limit, achieving over 50 million downloads. From these downloads, over 10 million were recorded on Android devices. Rovio’s Angry Birds enters a select group of games that went over the [...]
There are reports circulating around the internet about some new stuff that will come to our attention at the 2011 edition of the Consumer Electronics Show, or CES, next January. The reports talk about a new series of tablet PCs running Windows 7 to be presented by none other but Microsoft’s famous CEO, Steve Ballmer. [...]
The third installment of the Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader has been reviewed by many critics. The fantasy franchise fails to offer much for the grown-ups, but compensates by being a wonderful adventure for the kids and young ones. In the third part of the series Lucy and Edmund are drawn [...]