While there certainly have been positive indicators for employment in 2011 -- The National Association of Colleges and Employers says employers plan to hire 13.5 percent more new college graduates in 2011 than in 2010, and the Federal Reserve predicts that in 2011, the unemployment rate may drop below 9 percent for the first time since April of 2009 -- the job market will continue to be competitive this year.But pursuing certain occupations will surely provide job seekers with a more fortunate and fruitful return than others. If you're looking for a new job this year, consider honing your skills and applying to a job in one of these 10 occupations, all of which are expected to experience growth this year, and pay more than the national average salary of $43,460. [Read the full article]

That's star Ryan Gosling's claim. He says the blockbuster chick-flick destroyed another man's plans to marry. The reported link between movie and breakup was noted on CNN's The Marquee Blog.In the 2004 romance, Gosling's character wins the heart of his soul mate by presenting her with a house he painstakingly has restored himself. Gosling told IFC about a guy whose fiancé asked him if he would do the same for her. When the guy said he didn't know how, the engagement was off.That's not the first documented "Notebook" casualty. In 2007, actress and singer Jessica Simpson told People magazine that she gave up on her marriage to Nick Lachey after watching the film. She said she had hoped to save her marriage until she saw the "great love story."CNN readers quickly offered their own relationship advice for watching romantic movies with your significant other. Generally speaking, those comments fell into the kick-her-to-the-curb group vs. [Read the full article]

Whether it's following hockey statistics or calculating the national debt, our daily lives add up to a lot of math. But try explaining that to a room filled with middle schoolers.Jennifer Lawson, a sixth-grade math teacher at Hillside Middle School in Northville, Michigan, said many of her students believe that with today's technology, they will never need math."You give me a situation where you will never use math," Lawson said, "and I'll give you 10 ways that you will."Regardless of whether students believe they'll use math, it remains a main subject of evaluation under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. [Read the full article]

I can't help but notice that while most of the other TED talks shown on the TED website draw comments of "inspiring" or "courageous" or "beautiful," mine is labeled ... "obnoxious." Am I insulted? Of course! But it's perfectly obvious from reading the comments why this is so.Most people who see one of the tag lines for the talk -- "end of men" or "rise of women" -- assume that my talk is merely the latest volley in the gender wars: men up, women down; now women up, men down. [Read the full article]