Want to "jumpstart your career in the blogosphere" with an internship at one of the world's largest blogs? Arianna Huffington's blog Huffington Post, currently ranked #1 by Technorati, has an opening. But there's a catch: you have to pay at least $15,000 ...
Forget a paying internship. Forget working for free. You're going to have to fork over more than $13,000 if you want to intern at HuffPo.
Oh, and did we mention you'd only be there for two or three months? At least you get to pick which office you'd work at -- New York or D.C.
Incredibly, so far 10 people have bid on the internship, which is "valued" at $500, on online auction site charitybuzz.com. HuffPost founder Arianna Huffington donated the internship.
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Skidworth: Give me a break. Conservatives have done everything they can to break the backs of America's working class who do the real sweating and toiling. I just feel sorry for the workers who vote against their own best interests to elect these people based on some non-existent ideology.
Plus, it's all liberal-looking, which doesn't appeal to me.
I'm surprised someone would pay a ton of money for that.
TH III in THX1138 !
everytime i see Jim Backus on an old TV show or an old movie, i laugh at TH III. what a great character, just like Jethro and Barney Fife.
The M is for Man-eating.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're
overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese
needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous
type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around,
the gorillas simply freeze to death.
When a new species is introduced to an area, it can often make an easy living. Organisms that are not a problem in the area in which they evolved can overrun the natives when they find themselves in new locations. They have an easy time of it, squeeze out native species, and breed like crazy.
Eventually however, the presence of these invaders who become so plentiful becomes an opportunity for another species, one that preys on the invader. The predator might itself be an introduced species, or it might be an existing organism that has adapted and stepped up to the task/free lunch offered by the invasive species.
Yes, over time, these things have a way of working themselves out. But the span of time required can be longer that is convenient for human activities. And certainly much diversity is lost along the way.
Humans have been responsible for the introduction of so many organisms into new locations. Sometimes it is intentional, like the cane toads. Sometimes introductions are a by-product of other activities such as Eurasian plants brought to the Americas as seed in animal fodder or larval stages of marine organisms in ballast tanks.
In most cases, we've lost diversity, a lot of diversity. The case of the cane toads is a rare one in that people pay attention to it. They don't so much notice the difference in the assemblage of weeds in roadside ditches, or the loss of native bee species.
It's a pity. Sadly it is rather inevitable.