This is a frightening prospect that any social media posting, even years old, can be used in background checks.
A controversial firm which scours social media sites to check on job applicants has bee approved by the Federal Trade Commission. The approval means anything you’ve ever said in public on sites including Facebook, Twitter and even Craigslist could be seen by your would-be employer.
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Heart disease is the number one killer of men.
Jeff Hale had just closed a $1.5 million deal on a a sunny September day in the Pacific Northwest. He was taking th day off to celebrate when he began feeling compression high in his chest, some pain in his left shoulder, and an unsettling sense of dread.
Pharmacy robberies are on the increase.
An epidemic of pharmacy robberies is sweeping the United States. Desperate addicts and ruthless dealers are turning to violence to feed the nation’s growing hunger for narcotic painkillers.
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Planking
Planking , also known as the Lying Down Game, is the seemingly harmless trend of lying face down, perfectly stiff, on various structures in public. The trend has spawned how-to videos on YouTube and the term now has a Wikipedia entry. (Pics)
The Nano House
Designers in India have built a tiny building with bamboo walls, fiber roof and a mud floor which means it can be built anywhere using local materials for $315 (£197). (Pics)
China opens National Intelligence College on the campus of Hunan University.
China opened its eighth National Intelligence College on the campus of Hunan University in the central city of Changsha last week. Since January, similar training schools have opened inside universities in Beijing, Shanghai, Xian, Qingdao and Harbin.
The rapidly increasing magnitude of noncommunicable diseases is fueled by rising risk factors including tobacco use, unhealthy diet, and lack of physical activity.
Almost two-thirds of deaths in the world are caused by noncommunicable diseases such as cancer, diabetes and heart and lung disease which are rapidly increasing at a cost to the global economy of trillions of dollars, according to U.N. estimates and preliminary results of a new study.
Futurist Thomas Frey: I often describe the future with human-like characteristics. By doing so, it helps me think through our relationship with the future in novel ways. So here is an example of this:
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A surgeon talks to a patient before lap band surgery.
Weight loss surgery can cure diabetes in most obese people, a new review of earlier studies suggests.
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Women are more likely to engage in sexting than men.
Sexting, sending sexually explicit messages via mobile phones, is popular with both the sexes. But it is women who are more likely to have ‘sexted’ than men, according to a new study.
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According to a new study by University of Notre Dame economist William Evans, people are more likely to die on or shortly after they’re paid.
Frey to Deliver Closing Keynote at “WorldFuture 2011” in Vancouver, BC
On Sunday, July 10, 2011, futurist Thomas Frey will outline a series of eight massively difficult competitions as part of his closing keynote to an audience of over 1,000 people attending the World Future Society’s “WorldFuture 2011” event in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.