Thursday, October 7, 2010

American women 'mounting richer'

The number of American women in well paid jobs is rising more than three times faster than for men, as 30 years of increased higher education begins to pay off. According to figures from the new United States poll, in 2009 one in 18 women earned more than $100,000 (£63,000) per year, a rise of 14 per cent over two years. In the same period the number of men earning over that amount rose by just four per cent. 


The census showed that there are now three women for every two men at undergraduate and postgraduate level, while a bulk of law students are female and almost half of medical students. The area with the highest average wage for women was Washington with £34,000. The capital's educated labour force is dominated by lawyers, civil servants and academics, all fields with a strong female presence.

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Johnny Depp - Actor

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John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is one of the American actor and musician known for his portrayal of offbeat, eccentric characters such as Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of the Caribbean film series, Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, and Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow. Depp rose to prominences in a direct role on the television series 21 Jump Street and quickly became regarded as a teen idol. Uncomfortable with this career direction, he twisted his focused to film roles. He firstly came to film prominence as the titular characters of Edward Scissorhands, and later found box office success in roles such as Ichabod Crane in Sleepy Hollow, Jack Sparrow in the Pirated of the Caribbean film series and Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

He has collaborate with directors and close friend Tim Burton in seven films, the most current of which are Alice in Wonderland and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). Depp has garner acclaim for his portrayals of real life figure such as Edward D. Wood, Jr., in Ed Wood, Joseph D. Pistone in Donnie Brasco and George Jung in Blow (2001). Films feature Depp have gross over $2.6 billion at the United States box offices and over $6 billion worldwide. select for the Academy Award for Best Actor three times, Screen Actors Guild Awards four time and Golden Globe Awards eight times, Depp won the Best Actor Awards from the Golden Globes.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Larry Page

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Lawrence "Larry" Page is a American computer scientist and industrialists, who co founded Google Inc., along with Sergey Brin. Page is an active investor in option energy company, such as Tesla Motors, which developed the Tesla Roadster, a 220-mile ranged battery electric vehicle. He continue to be dedicated to renewable energy technology, and with the help of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, promote the acceptances of plug-in hybrid electric cars and other alternative energy investments.

In 1998, Brin and Page established Google, Inc. Page ran Google as co-president along with Brin until 2001 when they hired Eric Schmidt as Chairman and CEO of Google Inc. Together Page and Brin earn an annual compensations of one dollar. In 2004, Page and Brin were name "Person of the Week" by ABC World News Tonight. Page acknowledge an honorary doctorate from the University of Michigan on May 2, 2009 during the commencement ceremony exercise of the class of 2009. In 2009, he was ranked 26th on Forbes list of the world’s billionaires and as the 11th richest person in America, in spited of his compensation of one dollar annually. In 2009, Brin and Page were ranked fifth on Forbes' "The World's majorly Powerful People" list.

Sergey Brin

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Lawrence "Larry" Page is a American computer scientist and industrialist, who co founded in Google Inc., along with Sergey Brin. Page is an active investor in option energy company, such as Tesla Motors, which developed the Tesla Roadster, a 220-mile range battery electric vehicle. He continue to be dedicated to renewable energy technology, and with the help of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, promote the acceptances of plug-in hybrid electric cars and other alternative energy investments.

In 1998, Brin and Page establish Google, Inc. Page ran Google as co-president along with Brin until 2001 when they hired Eric Schmidt as Chairman and CEO of Google. Together Page and Brin are earn an annual compensation of one dollar. In 2004, Page and Brin were named "Persons of the Week" by ABC World News Tonight. Page acknowledged an honorary doctorate from the University of Michigan on May 2, 2009 during the commencement ceremony exercise of the class of 2009. In 2009, he was ranked 26th on the Forbes list of the world’s billionaires and as the 11th richest person in America, in spited of his compensation of one dollar annually. In 2009, Brin and Page were rank fifth on Forbes' "The World's mainly Powerful People" list.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Avatar Film-2009- Highest Earning Hollywood cinema

Avatar is a 2009 American epic science fiction film written with directed by James Cameron and starring Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Stephen Lang, Michelle Rodriguez, Sigourney Weaver, and Joel David Moore. The increase of the mining colony threatens the continued existence of a local people of Na'vi—a humanoid species indigenous to Pandora. 


The film's title refers to the heritably engineered Na'vi-human hybrid bodies use by a team of researchers to cooperate with the natives of Pandora. Titanic, for a designed release in 1999, but according to Cameron, the essential technology was not yet available to achieve his vision of the film.

Work on the language for the film's space beings began in summer 2005, and Cameron began increasing the screenplay and imaginary universe in early 2006.Avatar premiered in London on December 10, 2009, and was released abroad on December 16 and in the United States and Canada on December 18, to critical acclaim and commercial success

America’s second greatest golfer

American player after Tiger Woods, who is famous for golf, it would have to be the charming Phil Mickelson. Having won four major championships and 38 events on the PGA Tour, he has worked his way up to the world number 2 ranking.
This is what Mickelson or more commonly known as “lefty” is all about. Phil was born in San Diego, California and he grew up there and in Arizona. Even though the player is right –handed, he uses his left hand for the golf swings.
Mickelson achieved three NCAA individual championships and three Haskins Awards as the outstanding collegiate golfer.

Phil was the second college student who, earned first team All-American honours for four years straight. Phil Mickelson became a professional golfer in 1992 right after his graduation. Since he won in Tucson in 1991, he was able to avoid the qualifying process.After turning pro, Mickelson won more and more tournaments.
The Greater Hartford Open in 2001 and 2002 are also included in his achievements. Mickelson beat Tiger Woods at the Buick Invitational in 2000 and ending his back to back tournament winning streak.Phil was finally triumphant in a major championship in 2004 when he won at the Masters.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Actress Reese Witherspoon

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Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon, better recognized Reese Witherspoon, is a American actress and film producer. Witherspoon manor her first feature role as the female lead in the movie The Man in the Moon in 1991; later that year she made her television acting entry, in the cable movie Wildflower. In 1996, Witherspoon appear in Freeway and followed that appearance with roles in three main 1998 movies: Overnight Delivery, Pleasantville, and Twilight. The following year, Witherspoon show in the seriously acclaimed Election, which earned her a Golden Globe nomination.

In 2005, Witherspoon got worldwide concentration and praise for her portrayal of June Carter Cash in Walk the Line, which earns her an Academy Award, Golden Globe, BAFTA, and Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Witherspoon own a production company, Type A Films, and she is actively worried in children's and women's advocacy organizations. She serves on the board of the Children's Defense Fund (CDF), and was name Global Ambassador of Avon crop in 2007, helping as honorary chair of the charitable Avon Foundation.

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