Archive for January 31st, 2007
Tall and pale = more money on the job
5:20 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration|Labor|race · 1 Comment
31 Jan 2007
If you are an immigrant who’s tall or light-skinned, you’re likely to make more money than your shorter, darker-skinned counterpart, according to research by a professor at Vanderbilt University:
Joni Hersch, a law and economics professor at Vanderbilt University, looked at a government survey of 2,084 legal immigrants to the United States from around the world and found that those with the lightest skin earned an average of 8 percent to 15 percent more than similar immigrants with much darker skin.“On average, being one shade lighter has about the same effect as having an additional year of education,” Hersch said.
An Apple a Day is Bad for the Environment?
2:05 pm By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Environment|Health|Tech · 2 Comments
31 Jan 2007
I’m not a huge trend follower. When it comes to how I spend my money, for clothes or tech gear, I look for function over form. But even I have my weaknesses and a few years ago I wanted to be one of those hip, beautiful people I saw plastered on city streets and on television ads and in order to do that I needed to have an ipod, so I got one. Now comes the iphone, and my oh so stylish and computer savvy friends swear by their Apple computers. A recent article posted on AlterNet questions the environmental policies of the mega tech company.
In December of 2006, Greenpeace released a report ranking the overall environmental policy of major technology companies. Dell was at the top but Apple found itself at the bottom. While top companies like Dell and Nokia have made great strides to eliminate the most toxic chemicals from their products and offer strong recycling programs, Apple has not.
Fox: Vargas Llosa is Colombian
11:55 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Celebrities|Chismes|mexico|Politics · 3 Comments
31 Jan 2007
It’s nice to know that we’re not the only nation with a president that says dumb things. Mexico‘s ex-president, Vicente Fox, is making media all over Latin America chuckle with his latest foot in the mouth:
“Latin America must flee from the ‘perfect dictatorship’, as Colombian Nobel prize winner for Literature Mario Vargas Llosa said…”Ex-president of Mexico Vicente Fox was quite sure of himself when he mentioned the Peruvian writer (a Spanish national) Vargas Llosa who, as far as we know, never won the Nobel.
Maybe someone should open a culture school for Presidents or their speech writers.
Fox was evidentally trying to make a point about what he sees as a rise in dictatorships in Latin America, but not only did he goof up the celebrated author’s nationality and decorations, according to 20 Minutos Vargas Llosa was actually referring to Mexico and the PRI regimen in that particular statement.
More at ElUniversal.com.mx (Spanish)
Via / 20 Minutos
Venezuela Seeking Missiles
11:34 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Politics|Venezuela · Comments Off
31 Jan 2007
According to a general within the Hugo Chavez administration, the president is looking to get surface-to-air missile systems from Russia or another country. Why? I’m sure it’s only a matter of time before Bush and company pull out the WMD charge but Gen. Alberto Muller says they are to defend refineries, hydroelectric dams and “other strategic points in the country.”
“They are for air defense,” Muller told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “They are not for attacking anybody… We are not the United States of America. We don’t have imperialist ambitions.”
Via / Fox News.com
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