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18 May, 2012 22:01 |
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How to get into accountancy
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Education news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
Mark King guardiancouk, Friday 18 May 2012 2301 BST Comments (…) Want to be an accountant? Graduate recruiters look for good skills with numbers as well as resilience Photograph: Wolfram Schroll/zefa Accountants provide professional services to clients to ensure they are financially sound and compliant with the relevant legislation, including assurance, auditing, tax, insolvency, business and financial advice Financial managers oversee an organisation's accounts and provide information and advice to its managersGraduates with a financial background will often be preferred to those without, but once on a scheme graduates will normally train for a professional qualification, typically working within a firm while they studyOnce...
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18 May, 2012 23:29
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USA > Education
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Pharmacy and pharmacology
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Education Guardian, Tuesday 22 May 2012 0109 BST What will I learn?With your three top-notch A-levels in chemistry, biology, physics or maths, your degree in pharmacy will teach you all about medicines, their uses, and how to manage and dispense themFour-year degrees, which will lead to a master of pharmacy qualification, will be followed by a pre-registration...
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18 May, 2012 23:28
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USA > Education
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Engineering: materials and mineral
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Education Guardian, Tuesday 22 May 2012 0109 BST What will I learn?Engineering degrees cover all things related to developing, providing and maintaining infrastructure, products and services that society needs – from researching how to manufacture a product to building bridges and roadsStudents will find themselves studying all, or part, of the...
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18 May, 2012 23:10
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USA > Cinema Music Culture
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The Ease of Being Green
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WSJ.com: Books
From a potato-based pen to a plan for a carbon-neutral city, the new book "Vitamin Green" (Phaidon Press, $75) looks at 100 innovative projects in sustainable design, both small and large The featured items were selected by a panel of 75 international curators, designers, architects and writers There are building projects, including a technology center...
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18 May, 2012 23:06
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USA > Cinema Music Culture
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The Powers That Flow From a Pen
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I am writing these words on a sunny afternoon at the beach in Hawaii, and it so happens that this is my subject—not Hawaii or the curling surf, or the humpback whale that just breached about a mile offshore My subject is that I am sitting with a pen in my hand, writing in longhand, on a clipboard pad It is the way I wrote my first book, "Waldo,"...
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18 May, 2012 23:05
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USA > Health
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New lawsuit takes aim at Facebook privacy
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HEALTH
Print Comment Send this page A videographer shoots the side of Facebook's Like Button logo at the entrance of the Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, California A new lawsuit consolidating several complaints about Facebook's privacy policies was filed Friday in California, seeking damages for US users of the social network for...
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18 May, 2012 23:05
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USA > Health
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French opera hits the right note in the US
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HEALTH
Print Comment Send this page Seattle Symphony music director Ludovic Morlot conducts inside Benaroya Hall in Seattle in 2011 Concert halls across America are showcasing francophone conductors and productions with distinct ties to Paris AFP - French opera seems to be hitting just the right note in the United States Concert halls across...
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18 May, 2012 23:05
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USA > Health
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GM spurns pricey SuperBowl ads
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HEALTH
Print Comment Send this page General Motors said Friday it will skip the next SuperBowl advertising extravaganza because ads cost too much, just days after it pulled online ads from social network Facebook AFP - General Motors said Friday it will skip the next SuperBowl advertising extravaganza because ads cost too much, just days after...
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18 May, 2012 23:04
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USA > Cinema Music Culture
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The Age of the Inspired Riff
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Talk about shaky ground The geography of the Golden Gate Bridge is as close to unpredictable as you can get: Just 12 miles from the San Andreas fault, it's currently getting a seismic retrofit But the color remains the real shocker When it was being built, designers debated painting it black, gray, even with horizontal stripes The US Air Force lobbied...
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18 May, 2012 22:58
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USA > Fashion and Style
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What the Chinese Want
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
Apple has taken China by storm A Starbucks can be found on practically every major street corner in coastal cities and beyond From Nike to Buick to Siemens, Chinese consumers actively prefer Western brands over their domestic competitors The rise of microbloggers, the popularity of rock bands with names like Hutong Fist and Catcher in the Rye, and even...
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18 May, 2012 22:55
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USA > Fashion and Style
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Olympics, 388 B.C.: Mud, Sex, Hymns...Sports Too
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
What was it like going to the Olympics 2,400 years ago? Instead of London 2012, how about Olympia 388 BC? If you came from abroad, you would have hired space on the deck of a cramped cargo vessel Coming by land, you almost certainly would have walked, sleeping out in the warm August nights along the way It was safe enough The games were a religious...
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18 May, 2012 22:49
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USA > Fashion and Style
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Just One Color
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
Close WHILE HIKING IN the Himalayas last year, Proenza Schouler designers Jack McCullough and Lazaro Hernandez had a vision "We were looking at Everest covered in snow It was so pristine and majestic," Mr Hernandez said That snowy image was transformed into the flurry of white looks that kicked off the duo's fall 2012 runway show Opening with ultra-wide...
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18 May, 2012 22:43
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USA > Fashion and Style
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Could We Trust Killer Robots?
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
In the year 2015, somewhere over the tribal territories of Pakistan, an American MQ-9 Reaper drone patrols a complex "kill zone"—an area of terrorist activity in which large numbers of civilians are also present But on this mission, the drone isn't piloted from afar It's on its own The aircraft moves closer to gather information about a potential...
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18 May, 2012 22:39
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USA > Fashion and Style
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A Pioneer of Walk-Through Art
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
What might it feel like to walk around in a painting or drink a color? In the late 1950s, such questions bedeviled the Brazilian artist Hélio Oiticica, resulting in some of the first environmental installations—and now an exhibition at New York's Galerie Lelong Oiticica, who lived from 1937 to 1980, was the son of a Rio de Janeiro photographer...
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18 May, 2012 22:24
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USA > Fashion and Style
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Passage to India---and the Dalai Lama
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
THE JOURNEY TO enlightenment begins with a single step—or in my case, a steep hike to the Dalai Lama's house We are in McLeod Ganj, also known as Upper Dharamsala, a colorful town in northern India It is so early that the sun is just beginning to peek through the pine trees, yet I'm already sweating My husband and I are climbing a narrow, nearly...
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18 May, 2012 22:24
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USA > Fashion and Style
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Cannes Ready
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Style File
The truth is, I’ll be home in New York this weekend, taking long walks in Central Park and having friends over for a barbecue But a girl can dream And where I’d really like to be spending my weekend (and, what the hell, next week) is CannesWhat to pack for the French Riviera? Neon and zebra-print K Jacques St Tropez flat sandals ($315)...
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18 May, 2012 22:05
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USA > Health
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Nude of Canadian PM gets mixed response
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HEALTH
Print Comment Send this page Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives at Washington Dulles International Airport A painting depicting Harper in the nude on display at a public library drew condemnation and snickers in the halls of power on Friday AFP - A painting depicting Canada's Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper in...
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18 May, 2012 22:05
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USA > Fashion and Style
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Luxury Can Be Lonely
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
When it comes to class warfare, this Audi is SEAL Team Six Some automobiles invite car-lovers to love—a Nissan GT-R, for instance, or even a Rolls-Royce Phantom, which in its over-the-top-ness has a mirthful, lightly self-mocking quality The Audi A8 L W12 Exclusive is about as funny as first-strike nuclear deterrence You are not meant to identify...
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18 May, 2012 22:02
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USA > Fashion and Style
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From Urban Decay to African Beauty
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
A former gas station, car dealership and dental school building are helping to transform central Johannesburg from a hotbed of crime to a hub for art The repurposed buildings make up the Wits Art Museum, which opens Saturday as a showcase for African art Built on the edge of the University of the Witwatersrand's campus in the South African city's...
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18 May, 2012 22:02
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USA > Education
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Abolish private schools? Not enough of us want it badly enough | Ian Jack
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Education news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
guardiancouk, Friday 18 May 2012 2302 BST Comments (…) Schoolboys at Eton … only 7% of the English population are privately educated, yet they prevail disproportionately in society Photograph: Peter Dench/In Pictures To an extreme not reached anywhere else in the world, British railway locomotives carried names as well as numbers Why...
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18 May, 2012 22:01
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USA > Education
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How to get into accountancy
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Education news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
Mark King guardiancouk, Friday 18 May 2012 2301 BST Comments (…) Want to be an accountant? Graduate recruiters look for good skills with numbers as well as resilience Photograph: Wolfram Schroll/zefa Accountants provide professional services to clients to ensure they are financially sound and compliant with the relevant legislation,...
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Main in themes
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18 May, 2012 22:02 |
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USA > Education: Abolish private schools? Not enough of us want it badly enough | Ian Jack
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Education news, comment and analysis | guardian.co.uk
guardiancouk, Friday 18 May 2012 2302 BST Comments (…) Schoolboys at Eton … only 7% of the English population are privately educated, yet they prevail disproportionately in society Photograph: Peter Dench/In Pictures To an extreme not reached anywhere else in the world, British railway locomotives carried names as well as numbers Why...
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18 May, 2012 23:05 |
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USA > Health: New lawsuit takes aim at Facebook privacy
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HEALTH
Print Comment Send this page A videographer shoots the side of Facebook's Like Button logo at the entrance of the Facebook Headquarters in Menlo Park, California A new lawsuit consolidating several complaints about Facebook's privacy policies was filed Friday in California, seeking damages for US users of the social network for...
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18 May, 2012 23:10 |
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USA > Cinema Music Culture: The Ease of Being Green
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WSJ.com: Books
From a potato-based pen to a plan for a carbon-neutral city, the new book "Vitamin Green" (Phaidon Press, $75) looks at 100 innovative projects in sustainable design, both small and large The featured items were selected by a panel of 75 international curators, designers, architects and writers There are building projects, including a technology center...
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18 May, 2012 22:58 |
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USA > Fashion and Style: What the Chinese Want
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WSJ.com: Lifestyle
Apple has taken China by storm A Starbucks can be found on practically every major street corner in coastal cities and beyond From Nike to Buick to Siemens, Chinese consumers actively prefer Western brands over their domestic competitors The rise of microbloggers, the popularity of rock bands with names like Hutong Fist and Catcher in the Rye, and even...
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16 May, 2012 13:55 |
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USA > Computers and Internet: Facebook boosts shares by 25% on high hopes for IPO
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Tag Internet
Print Comment Send this page - business - Facebook - Internet - markets - Stock Exchange Facebook increased the number of shares for its initial public offering by 25% on Wednesday amid expectations of high investor demand when trading begins on Friday The firm increased its IPO share price this week to $34-$38 per share AFP -...
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18 May, 2012 04:01 |
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USA > Today in History: Today in History for 18th May 2012
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Today in History | HistoryOrb.com
1096 - Crusaders massacre Jews of Worm 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine 1268 - The Principality of Antioch, a crusader state, falls to the Mamluk Sultan Baibars in the Battle of Antioch 1291 - Sultan of Egypt & his son take last Christian stronghold of Acre 1302 - Trades people assault on French garrison (Brugse Metten) 1302 -...
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