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Thursday, December 24, 2015

White house picks up only the best employees with different backgrounds that possess a unique blend of education, skill and experience. 
Do you have what it takes? 
Take a look at our advice...



     Employees of the Office of Administration come from a wide range of backgrounds and possess a unique blend of education, skill and experience. White House officially  recognize that people are their most vital resource and value their knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment. That’s why the President administration is constantly looking for the most committed people. If you would enjoy working in a dynamic environment and are looking for an opportunity for great career the White House is inviting you to apply online on USAJOBS.GOV. The following Q & A is designed to provide general information about what the White House is demanding from future employment.. Learn it well and make prediction are you fit enough for 15.000 administration that is serving the world most powerful man.

How should I respond to the essay questions?
     Each of the essay questions should be answered separately. Each response should be no more than 500 words in length. Do not exceed the word limit.

How long should my resume be and what should it include?
     Your resume should be no longer than one page and should include at least your education, work experience, extracurricular activities, and service experiences.

Will I be penalized if my recommendation is sent in late?
     Yes. All application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be submitted on or before the corresponding application deadline. Letters of recommendation will not be accepted after the due date. Your application will still be reviewed, but you will be penalized for your missing letters of recommendation.

Do you have what it takes to work alongside the president?

Who should write a letter of recommendation on my behalf?
     The White House Internship Program cannot recommend who should write a letter of recommendation on your behalf. However, we encourage you to find individuals who can illustrate your qualifications, character, and commitment to public service.

Do you have to be a U.S. citizen to apply?
     Yes. In order to be eligible for the White House Internship Program you must be a United States citizen.

Do you have to be in college to apply?
     No. Current undergraduate students are NOT the only eligible applicants.

Applicants must be U.S. citizens, 18 years of age on or before the first day of the internship, and meet at least one of the following criteria:
     Currently enrolled in an undergraduate or graduate degree program at a college, community college, or university (two-to-four year institution). Graduated from an undergraduate or graduate degree program at a college, community college, or university (two-to-four year institution) no more than two years before the first day of the internship. A veteran of the United States Armed Forces who possesses a high school diploma or its equivalent and has served on active duty, for any length of time, in the two years preceding the first day of the internship.

Can I mail a hard copy of my application?
     No. We cannot accept hard copies of applications. Only applications submitted via our website will be reviewed.

Is the White House Internship a paid position?
     The White House Internship is unpaid. Applicants are encouraged to contact educational institutions and other non-profit organizations to apply for assistance as needed. Any outside income, funding or housing assistance received as a White House intern must be pre-approved by the Office of the White House Counsel.

Is housing provided?
     No. Applicants must arrange for their own housing. Applicants are encouraged to contact educational and other non-profit organizations as well as local schools to apply for housing assistance.

My school is on the quarter system. Can I still participate?
    Yes. You are welcome to apply, as long as you can commit to the full term of the internship program.

Is the White House Internship Program a full-time internship?
    Yes. Applicants should expect to work at least Monday-Friday, 9:00 AM - 6:00 PM.

     Some exceptions will be made for applicants with class or program requirements, but interns must work 4.5 days a week in order to be considered full-time interns. For example, an intern may leave at 1:00 p.m. or later one day per week, if appropriate. If you require a schedule accommodation of this kind, please make mention of this if/when you are interviewed by a member of the White House Internship Team.

To whom should the letters of recommendation be addressed?
    "To Whom It May Concern" or "White House Internship Reviewing Committee."

Is political preference a deciding factor in the application review process?
     No. It is essential, however, that applicants are dedicated to the ideals and mission of the White House Internship Program.

How many people apply for the internship program?

     The White House Internship Program is highly competitive and we are experiencing great enthusiasm this year. Applicants are encouraged to submit a thorough application that illustrates your qualifications and commitment to public service.



Russian artist attack set on fire former KGB headquarters

No, it's not a terrorist attack! 
It's just a way of expressing one person's opinion!
Who is this extreme artist, Pyotr Pavlensky?
Take a look, he's a pretty weird guy...      


      Russian authorities have detained a political performance artist best known for nailing his scrotum to Red Square after he torched the entrance to the headquarters of the FSB security service, the successor to the KGB.     
      Pyotr Pavlensky set fire to the wooden doors of the sprawling FSB building in central Moscow at about 1am on Monday. A video posted online shows flames leaping to the top of the doorway as Pavlensky stands in front of it holding a petrol canister, before a policeman comes running up to him.

Pyotr Pavlensky, pretty interesting huy, isn't he?

     In his statement, Pavlensky accused the FSB of “terrorism” and said: “The threat of inevitable reprisals hangs over everyone within the range of security cameras, phone-tapping and passport control borders.” He called the act a “reflex to fight for my own life”. The FSB building, which take up an entire block, was used by Soviet-era secret police for interrogations, detaining opponents and extra-judicial killings. President Vladimir Putin briefly headed the FSB and was a KGB agent in East Germany during the Soviet era.
     In 2013 Pavlensky stripped naked and nailed his scrotum to the cobblestones of Red Square to protest against police controls. The case was eventually closed due to the lack of any crime. He has been charged with vandalism and could face up to three years in jail for another performance, called Freedom, held in St Petersburg last year. During that action, he and other activists set fire to tyres and waved a Ukrainian flag to simulate the Maidan protests in Kiev that led to the ousting of a pro-Moscow leader. In other shocking performances to highlight a lack of civil freedoms, Pavlensky has sewn up his lips, wrapped himself in barbed wire and cut off part of his earlobe.


Wednesday, December 23, 2015

How many immigrants are they really? 1M, 2M .... A BILLION???

     ACCORDING TO ALL RELEVANT FACTS MOST OF 1.5 BILLION POPULATION OF AFRICA AND MIDDLE EAST ARE POTENTIAL REFUGES TO EUROPE IN THE NEXT DECADE!



          An estimated 9 million Syrians have fled their homes since the outbreak of civil war in March 2011, taking refuge in neighbouring countries or within Syria itself. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), over 3 million have fled to Syria's immediate neighbours Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq. 6.5 million are internally displaced within Syria. Meanwhile, under 150,000 Syrians have declared asylum in the European Union, while member states have pledged to resettle a further 33,000 Syrians.
     But according to some prognosis Middle East and Africa have much much more potential for generating refugees. Those are the reasons why:
  •    Seventy-five percent of the world’s poorest countries are located in Africa, including Zimbabwe, Liberia and Ethiopia. For the past two years, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa’s second largest country, has also been ranked the poorest in the world with a Gross Domestic Product (based on purchasing-power-parity) of $394.25 in 2013.
  •    According to Gallup World, in 2013, the 10 countries with the highest proportion of residents living in extreme poverty were all in sub-Saharan Africa. Extreme poverty is defined as living on $1.25 or less a day. In 2010, 414 million people were living in extreme poverty across sub-Saharan Africa. According to the World Bank, those living on $1.25-a-day accounted for 48.5 percent of the population in that region in 2010.
  •     Approximately one in three people living in sub-Saharan Africa are undernourished. The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations estimated that 239 million people (around 30 percent of the population) in sub-Saharan Africa were hungry in 2010. This is the highest percentage of any region in the world. In addition, the U.N. Millennium Project reported that over 40 percent of all Africans are unable to regularly obtain sufficient food.
  •     In sub-Saharan Africa, 589 million people live without electricity. As a result, a staggering 80 percent of the population relies on biomass products such as wood, charcoal and dung in order to cook.
  •     Of the 738 million people globally who lack access to clean water, 37 percent are living in sub-Saharan Africa. Poverty in Africa results in over 500 million people suffering from waterborne diseases. According to the U.N. Millennium Project, more than 50 percent of Africans have a water-related illness like cholera.
  •    Every year, sub-Saharan Africa loses $28.4 billion to water and sanitation problems. This amount accounts for approximately five percent of the region’s gross domestic product (GDP)—exceeding the total amount of foreign aid sent to sub-Saharan Africa in 2003.
  •     Thirty-eight percent of the world’s refugees are located in Africa. Due to continuing violence, conflict and widespread human rights abuses, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reports that 11 million people, including stateless people and returnees, exist in Africa.
  •     Fewer than 20 percent of African women have access to education. Uneducated African women are twice as likely to contract AIDS and 50 percent less likely to immunize their children. Meanwhile, the children of African women with at least five years of schooling have a 40 percent higher chance of survival.
  •     Women in sub-Saharan Africa are over 230 times more likely to die during childbirth or pregnancy than women in North America. Approximately one in 16 women living in sub-Saharan African will die during childbirth or pregnancy. Only one in 4,000 women in North America will.
  •     More than one million people, mostly children under the age of five, die every year from malaria. Malarial deaths in Africa alone account for 90 percent of all malaria deaths worldwide. Eighty percent of these victims are African children. The U.N. Millennium Project has calculated that a child in Africa dies from malaria every 30 seconds, or about 3,000 each day.

Sunday, December 20, 2015

Is it true??? Russian SUBMARINES are cutting all the world`s internet?!


     According to International Business Times there is growing concern among US military and intelligence officials that Russia could sever underwater fiber-optic cables upon which governments, economies and citizens depend, reports suggest. 
     More than a dozen officials have confirmed the Pentagon is focusing significant attention on the movements of Russian spy ships and submarines in the vicinity of cable routes that carry electronic communications.
     Details of Russia's naval activities are highly classified, however sources close to the matter have reportedly revealed suspicious activity has been monitored in the North Sea, north east Asia and close to US shores. Some officials have gone as far as to call the level of Russian activity around these cables as "comparable to what we saw in the Cold War".

Underwater fiber-optic cable
     The cables are so vital to global electronic communications and commerce that the Department of Homeland Security lists them at the top of its list of most important "critical infrastructure". More than 95% of daily communications are carried along them and are said to be worth more than $10tn (£6.5tn) to global business. Pentagon planners believe if diplomatic relations break down, Russia could target cables in deep, mid-ocean locations that are difficult to repair.

Saturday, December 19, 2015

PUTIN is sending Spetsnaz unit in Syria. ISIS is finally in BIG TROUBLES



The Russians take the job in their own hands and they are pretty serious about that.

     Russia's feared Spetsnaz unit—the elite of the elite in Russia's army whose members have to undergo a gruelling training programme to earn their stripes—plus a covert paratroop battalion have arrived in Syria and are preparing for an all-out assault on ISIS militants and rebels fighting the Assad government, including moderate units such as the western-backed Free Syrian Army, according to the Daily Express.
     Vladimir Putin's marines are there to guard the airbases they are using against sabotage by rebels,'' a military source said.

     "But Spetsnaz and air-assault troops are not there to provide security to static objects. They are extremely aggressive and highly trained. They are there to mop up after air strikes, call in air strikes, go on extremely covert missions against rebels and ultimately wipe them out,'' the source added.

Will this end the war with ISIS sooner?
     Spetsnaz are considered among the world's most efficient killers. The fearsome group together with the 7th Air Assault Mountain Division fought dirty wars in Chenchnya where they built up a deep hatred of jihadists, said the Express. They reportedly went on bloody revenge missions against local jihad units to punish for atrocities against Russian troops and civilians. A source told The Daily Mirror that the units will ensure Russia consolidates its position in the Middle East and will not be as accountable as British or U.S. special forces.
     Moscow's latest move comes after Putin announced plans to send 150,000 troops to Syria to wipe out the terror group.


How to improve productivity??? Very easy RAISE WORKERS WAGES!!!

How to improve company's productivity?
Does only high professionals deserve bonuses and raise? 
Who does most of the work, large numbers of employees at the bottom of the corporate ladder or a few high skilled professionals?
Take a look into thess few usefull tips.



          It has long been assumed that companies stand to increase profits by cutting wages and benefits for employees at the bottom of the corporate ladder. While companies use diverse incentives such as high wages, performance rewards, and stock options to recruit, retain and motivate highly skilled professionals, they assume that employees at the bottom of the corporate ladder can be replaced easily — and don’t need incentives.
          But that is the most comon mistake that every businesman make. According to Ivey Business Journal and authors  Jody Heymann, Magda Barrera, Magda Barrera there are 4 big lessons for bussines leaders on this subject :

How to keep all the empleyees happy?

1.      Understand who performs the majority of the essential work. At professional services firms, this may be lawyers or paralegals; in surgical clinics, this could include surgeons, nurses, technicians, paramedics, and individuals preparing the operating room; and in manufacturing, those working on the factory floor clearly carry out most of the essential work.

2.      Realize that the firms’ success depends on the quality of the work performed by the majority of workers . Remarkably, few firms currently design their organizations to optimize the efforts of employees at the bottom of the corporate ladder—even when these employees are central to the firms’ ability to add value. At Costco, the sales staff was instrumental in ensuring the high-quality shopping experience that would draw customers to return. At Great Little Box, the company beat competitors because of its ability to respond rapidly to customized orders.

3.      Recognize that the quality and productivity of employees at the bottom of the ladder depend on whether these employees are motivated, healthy, adequately rested, and well-prepared to carry out the tasks they are asked to perform. Employees at Costco were motivated to work harder and perform better by a combination of higher wages and opportunities for promotions. Great Little Box employees had a direct financial stake in the company’s performance.

4.   Realize that line workers are often the ones who know best how to increase efficiency. Great Little Box benefited from suggestions from line workers that led to cost savings and greater flexibility in production. Managers at Costco had a better understanding of how to improve production because most had served as hourly workers.