Time Magazine: The Education Premium

According to the Time article corporations will hire nearly half of their new hires from college and require either a baccalaureate or associate degree.

The other half of the work force will have some college, a high school (HS) degree with no college or less than a high school diploma.Less than 10 per cent of those hired will have less than a HS diploma.

The smartest thing a student can do in these hard economic times is to stay in school and get a degree.

Although nationally unemployment  is 9.4 per cent and far higher in certain states, mature workers with college have a 5.1 per cent unemployment rate.

However, when it comes to college graduates younger than 25 years, the unemployment rate has averaged 9.2 percent during the past year which is nearly identical to the national unemployment rate. 

The corporate demand for students with baccalaureate degrees is about about four times that for those with an associate degree.

Secular Human taught tat 'for profit schools." Most of them produce students in criminal justice, medical assisting and IT, and award AA degrees.

An associate degree may be all that is necessary in these career fields. In IT certification in a practical technology like Microsoft server, Cisco routers or security is as important as a college degree and IT workers are expected to get certifications to progress. 

The best thing a student can do at this time is to stay in school and graduate.

source: Time Magazine, "Where the Jobs Are and http://education-portal.com/articles/College_and_Jobs_Is_More_School_the_Solution_to_Unemployment.html

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Time Magazine's Person of the Year?

Reihtardia didn't understand this pick. Mark Zuckerberg came in 10th in a field of 25 in the popular vote. How did he beat Lady Gaga, Julian Assange, and Jon Stewart and Stephan Colbert?

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ONN: Time Advanced is aimed at adults

TIME Announces New Version Of Magazine Aimed At Adults

Time Advanced is a new version of Time Magazine that is aimed at adults.

About one in every four Americans (25%) is a high school dropout. About half (45%) have gone to college for some period of time, but fewer than one in six (15%) have a college degree

About 20% of the US population are functionally illiterate; for some subsets of our population, that rises to 40%. 

The average reading level of American parents of young children is 7th or 8th grade.

source: http://www.informatics-review.com/FAQ/reading.html

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The Daily Beast: Mecca Time' to Replace GMT?

Here’s another Muslim building for conservatives to worry about: Saudi Arabia is building a giant clock tower in Mecca, and some Islamic scholars hope that “Mecca time” will replace Greenwich Mean Time as the accepted start of each day.

The clock will be at the top of the Royal Mecca Clock Tower, which will be the second tallest building in the world when it’s completed and will include hotels, shopping malls, and conference centers. The clock will begin ticking on Thursday.

Time is very important in the Islamic world because Muslims have to pray six times a day at specific times. Some Muslims carry GPS type devices so they can orient themselves to pray toward Mecca.

Recently Indonesia's highest Islamic authority has said Indonesian Muslims have been praying in the wrong direction.


The Indonesian Ulema Council told the country's Muslim populace in March to turn west when they offered their daily prayers.

Muslims are supposed to face the Kaaba, the religion's most sacred site in the city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

At the time, the council thought that the direction of Kaaba from Indonesia laid to the west.

Turns out, it didn't. Africa did.

So, on Friday, the council issued a new edict: face northwest.

"After the first fatwa (edict) a few months ago that stated that the praying direction is west, we have announced that the correct direction for praying is indeed northwest, and we have issued a new fatwa (edict) to correct it," said Ma'ruf Amin, the head of fatwa division in the Indonesian Ulema Council.

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