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US Open: the draw
The draw for the US Open - the last Grand Slam of the season starting Monday - took place yesterday.
Roger will start his quest for a sixth title in Flushing Meadows against Colombia's Santiago Giraldo (ATP 56). The two players have never met before. Upon his first participation in the US Open last year, Giraldo did not make it past the first round.
Roger could then meet the winner of the match between Israel's Dudi Sela (ATP 94) and Brasil's Thomaz Bellucci (ATP 35). After that, a meeting with Marin Cilic (ATP 27) or Australia's Bernard Tomic (ATP 62) is possible in round three.
Then, Roger could be in for a match against Viktor Troicki (ATP 15) - winner of the Davis Cup with the Serbian team.
The quarter finals bring a possible clash with the man of the moment - Mardy Fish (ATP 8) or once again France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (ATP 11).
In the semis, Roger could have the chance for the re-match of 2010 against Novak Djokovic (Roger was defeated in five sets). The other semi-final would logically be Rafael Nadal vs. Andy Murray.
Wishing you lots of good luck at this year's US Open and in your first match against Giraldo. Look forward to seeing you play. Take care.
Love From Christinexx
After the hurricane, you will dance on the court like fresh breeze.
All my love and support for you!
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verb[with object and usually with complement]
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come to terms with
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The growing oil and natural gas boom in the region was a topic discussed by individuals running for Washington County Commission, the Ohio General Assembly and Congress, while Sheriff Larry Mincks and independent challenger Chris Forshey continued to spar over the department's hiring practices, as they did at a televised forum Thursday.
"This department is lacking in those hiring processes, as is evidenced by some of the employees that they have now," Forshey said, saying some current workers have criminal backgrounds.
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State Rep. Debbie Phillips, front left, and Sen. Lou Gentile, both Democrats, listen during a Meet the Candidates event at the Marietta Country Club Friday, along with Republican candidates Mark Kerenyi, back, second from right, running for Common Pleas court judge and David White, running for county commissioner.
Mincks chastised Forshey for making "slanderous remarks without backing up who he's talking about."
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"Whenever he comes up with a name, I'll be more than happy to respond," Mincks said afterward.
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When we enter the world of "free and open source software", most of us will choose one or the other philosophy. This choice is usually made easy by the people that guide us when we enter this world. We are at a point where the philosophies behind free software, which have been heralded by Richard M. Stallman and others, are threatened; as more people make the jump away from proprietary operating systems, less of them know about these philosophies. Fewer people will weigh the decision for themselves.
What is the difference?
Open source distinguishes itself from free software, seemingly, only in the sense that you don't have to deal with all of that "mushy" social stuff. Who needs to be socially responsible when the GPL and other copyleft licenses protects us, right? Open source is concerned with "marketing" and what proprietary vendors of software or large business executives think. And they're the same people who watched the advent of the personal computer industry and its subsequent lock down by patents, end user agreements and copyrights, and looked upon it as a model to be copied in all other business. Many of these executives are the same that idolize the "achievements" of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. The Open Source Initiative says we must not mention the social agendas, but that we must focus on all of the things that make FOSS technically superior. Further, they assert that the open model, which they say makes FOSS what it is, would have developed even without the existence of the social concerns within the software world that fueled the free software movement in the beginning.
It is absolutely essential to mention our political and ethical vision, regardless of what anyone thinks
The free software movement, of course, is also concerned with the technical advantages of an open model of development. However, they understand that it is absolutely essential to mention our political and ethical vision, regardless of what anyone thinks. There is no need to try to hide the social agenda—especially when it is explained with fortitude. How could any right-minded business man do anything but revere these philosophies? Most of the time, it is not what you say so much as how you say it. The philosophies behind our current open model are about as political as anything else, about as political as you make it out to be, and they are nothing new. These ideas work in the business world. There are many examples of open models working well in the business world. The Free Software Foundation is working hard to maintain and defend the GPL and to spread the true value (freedom) that comes with this technically superior software.
What it all means
Our open model of development would not have been spurred on as quickly or decisively, if not for the social concerns. It is also true that the business world's acceptance of this open model would probably not have developed as quickly without the less socially concerned actions of the open source movement. All the same, they left out the social concerns, feigned comradery with proprietary developers, and failed to mention the most valuable asset of free software; they were just looking for the easiest solution to the problem of corporate adoption. The easiest solution is hardly ever the best solution. We can increase the adoption of free software without having to be quiet about the problems of proprietary software.
We can increase the adoption of free software without having to be quiet about the problems of proprietary software
It can be difficult to talk about these issues but there are methods that we can employ. As Richard Stallman put it:
"Attracting users to free software is not the whole job, just the first step. Sooner or later these users will be invited to switch back to proprietary software for some practical advantages... why would users decline?"
RMS goes on to state that the user must be taught that these freedoms are advantageous to them. Microsoft may offer gratis copies of Windows to more users in the future if their share of the market plummets far enough (though without the other freedoms it would not be "free software"). We would be fools to assume that Microsoft could not make a technically superior product under a closed license. The value of free software is not always evident, but it must be understood if we expect our community to continue. In particular, we must explain its value to those within the business world because they are in the best position to corrupt it if they don't value it.
Free software and business
Many free software proponents find it difficult to explain to businesses how a distributor of free software can make a profit. The first step is to ensure they understand that this is free as in freedom, not free as in gratis. I like to draw large pictures up on their whiteboards, if they have one, with Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Novell represented by big ovals. Show them how these companies make their money, stress the amount of competition seen in the environment. I always like to draw a line straight down the middle of the board; proprietary on one side and free software on the other. On the proprietary side I show a tiny oval called Apple and a huge one called Microsoft and on the free software side I draw the three companies aforementioned in equal sized ovals. I mark that side "Free". I explain how all of these companies make money and compete for their business and then I draw a line dividing Apple and Microsoft. I draw another on the other side, this time right through Red Hat, Ubuntu, and Novell. I tell them that one of the advantages of free software is that, if the company they chose were to ever go out of business or, hopefully not, "screw them over", they are guaranteed compatibility from one of the other distributors. You can't have that freedom when using a proprietary system and are victim to that company's whim.
This is the beauty of freedom, they needn't worry about one piece of software, that they rely on heavily, no longer being developed or sold. They may take it and develop it themselves. They can freely change that program or hire someone to do it for them, perhaps one of the original developers. They can put the software on every toaster, coffee maker, and printer in the company and they don't ever have to worry about being sued over license arrangements because one of their employees decided to take a copy home and upload it through bittorrent. Start off with the stuff that they know, then work into telling them the real value of free software. I love to use examples, for instance, the road systems...
Start off with the stuff that they know, then work into telling them the real value of free software
Early on in the development of the automobile in the United States, American citizens would have been mortified if one or two companies had secured rights to the method with which roads were made in the country, charging large fees to simply access these roads. If the process by which the roads are made were kept secret, we would not have seen much improvement in the process and the only roads maintained would have been those most useful to the one or two companies and/or those paying off high dividends. All other roads would have been ignored and potholed, abused and unattended; doing plenty of damage to people's cars. We can see this now with the PC industry. With free software we get perspectives on all needs from the most common software to the most niche applications.
Roads were quickly ramping-up high-speed transport by which business and economy could thrive and grow. The United States' GNP surged because of this newest of avenues (excuse the pun). It became, in short order, an integral part of society. Software, now, is no different.
Is a free and open highway and road system, which any person or business may use freely, lacking merit for profit or business? No. Do we find it difficult to talk of the business advantages of a free road system—one with which any company could, with the proper training and safety measures, lay down asphalt for a profit? No. Then how could anyone label a socially conscience software movement "anti-free enterprise" or even feel uncomfortable about it? Is it because it gives us even more freedom since you don't need a lot of money to make a large impact in software? Why should we feel the need to hide the fact that there is a philosophy behind this?
Free enterprise does not require closed business models and secrets, the transparency and peer review within the free software community is nothing to be ashamed of and should, in fact, be emulated across the board throughout the business world. We should be proud of this. Without the road systems the way they are, the United States would not have developed the way that it did. Software, as it is today, is an integral part of society—too important to be controlled by one company. It is irreversibly tied into our social, governmental, economic, and personal lives. When we are successful in replacing 99% of the proprietary software world, our descendants will look back and laugh at the concept of a world full of locked down, black-box software.
Software, as it is today, is an integral part of society—too important to be controlled by one company
There are many more great examples and illustrations to use, if you look hard enough.
Conclusion: What is at stake
Does the GPL protect us by itself? No, it does not. Free software can be taken away from us at any moment. There is no end to what the enemies of free software can do if they put enough money behind it. It takes diligent people within the community and within the business world to maintain this gift passed down to us. Will you be one of them and will you initiate others who will understand the true value of free software? If we don't value our freedom in free software, we will pay in the most costly way possible, we will lose it.
Nice Piece! I made the switch and I love it. It's very sad that too many people won't make the jump. I think is due to software compatibility. I have found lots of free software from the Ubuntu repositories and they are pretty much the equivalent of windows software if not better. Hopefully one day people will commit. I have now I'm trying to get my boss and most of my clients to switch!(yes I know is not exactly on topic,eh...sorry)
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The EFF (http://www.eff.org/) needs our support in its fight against dubious patents. If the kind of bogus patents that we are getting used to seeing in recent years are allowed to go unchallenged then we can wave goodbye to free software in the near future.
In the landscape of spring, there is neither better nor worse. The flowering branches grow naturally, some short, some long.
Using the dollar sign in "M$"
One small point I have here is that I don't think it's a good idea to represent Microsoft as "M$", using the dollar sign, as you've done in that picture of the whiteboard. After all, as you clearly state in this article, the issue of free software is freedom not price, and seemingly criticising Microsoft because they make money confuses and undermines that message.
GNU - free as in freedom
The anonymous revolutionary
Anyone who lived through the sixties and early seventies no doubt has a list of names that come to mind when asked who were the most visible disruptors of the existing order. Off the top of my head names such as Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin and the Bennigan brothers come to mind. Others will have their own list. Two names not on that list will be Richard M. Stallman and Bill Gates. It is another reminder that the most visible events of any present moment are rarely the events that ultimately change the future. Students of the history of science have always known this and those who delve into the minute political details of any ruler will find seemingly insignificant turning points that brought us what we have today.
When it comes to the idea of free software, I am going to go out on a limb and speculate that software and maybe even all technology companies today (since technology and digital have become almost synonymous) may be the control equivalent today of the Soviet Union and that just as the Soviets were unable to control the flow of information in an electronic age so technology companies will find themselves unable to control software in a digitally networked world. This doesn't mean however that they won't stop trying.
At the end of the day, I think Richard Stallman will be a pivotal figure in future histories written of this period and I have no doubt that more people will know of him in the future than any ever did while he was alive and that freedom in software will be as pervasive an idea in the future as human rights in governance is today. I also predict that the struggle to fully realize what that idea means and how to implement it will continue for just as long.
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Those are some very good points and I think quite right. Though I think there will be one other name added to that list. Linus.
Perhaps not because he created Linux but something more important. There have been many many studies done about why software projects fail. Those studies have noted everything from, it was just a bad idea to managerial ineptness to it being just to large a project and just about everything in between.
What Linus is showing and continues to show is how large and I would say huge software projects will be developed in the future. If you watch his talk about git on youtube ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8 ). He makes some points about real distributed SCM that I think is spot on and is the direction most projects will go, eventually.
So yes, IMO Mr. Stallman for sure is one of those pivotal figures that will be in the books for waking us up and getting us back to the way knowledge and information should be done. But Linus IMO will also be there for showing us how to do it.


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A Michigan man was killed Thursday morning when the tractor-trailer rig he was riding in rear-ended another semi truck on the Turner Turnpike east of Chandler.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol closed the westbound lanes on Interstate 44 between Stroud and Chandler for about two hours to work the scene of that crash.
Larry Barrett, 61, of Zeeland, Mich., a passenger in one of the rigs, died at the scene from massive injuries, the OHP reported.
The accident occurred about 10:13 a.m. at mile marker 166.5, where traffic was slowed down because of debris in the roadway.
Troopers said a 2006 International tractor-trailer rig driven by Ronald Ray Reed, 61, Tulsa, had slowed down for the debris in the roadway.
A 2012 Volvo tractor-trailer rig, driven by Rodger Wylie, 48, Grand Rapids, Mich., failed to slow down, causing his rig to hit the rear-end of the International semi, the patrol reported.
Wylie was transported to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City with multiple injuries and was admitted in critical condition, the OHP said. Barrett, who was Wylie's passenger, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Troopers reported that Reed refused any medical treatment for minor injuries at the scene.
Cause of the collision is listed on the trooper' report as inattention.
The OHP said seat belts were in use by both drivers, the report shows, but a seat belt was not in use by Barrett.
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By Lynn O'Shaughnessy
A nationally recognized higher-ed expert and speaker, who is the author of The College Solution, a bestseller, and the creator of The College Solution blog. The 2nd edition of her book — The College Solution — will be released on Amazon on May 24, 2012.
Originally posted on on February 20, 2012.
What are the most generous colleges and universities in the country?
US News & World Report attempts to answer that question every year when it rolls out its lists of institutions that self report that they meet 100% of each student's financial need.
Today I'm sharing the latest list that US News released last week. Not surprisingly, highly elite schools predominate. On the honor roll you'll find members of the Ivy Leagues, for instance, as well as other prestigious universities like Rice, Stanford and Cal Tech along with prestigious liberal arts colleges such as Haverford, Middlebury, Smith and Carlton.


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Relationships Mafia
Gregory Atkins scraped the wet cakes of dirt off of the damaged sign, attempting to make out at least a hint to what word he was looking at. And while he frustratingly wished that the light sprinkle of a rain was just a little bit heavier, he knew that that particular change would only serve to bring him dismay in the future. But thoughts were fleeting and finally content with his free evening charity, he took a step backwards and allowed himself to observe his handiwork. And barely, just barely, he could read a single word, unmarred by nothing but the large gash striking through the middle of the sign and the childish grafitti announcing that Penelope Hendrick was a certain type of woman. Foxwynne. The name of the town where he was heading and the name of the town where he would find shelter from this accursed rain, which had just become an extremely heavy downpour.
Trudging through the muddy path, Gregory entered into the city, a simple and drab place, with nothing to catch his eye. The rain certainly didn't help, coming along with its usual depressive mood. Sighing, he opened the door to a sighted inn, much to the surprise of the innkeeper. The scrawny man lifted his head up from his newspaper to observe the newcomer, raising an eyebrow and standing up off of his desk.
"A visitor, eh?" he asked. "We don't really get much of those around here. Makes me wonder why I'm running a damn inn sometimes." Mouthing off to nobody in particular, he mutters, "If only those damn Rosenblatts could stop monopolizing all other businesses…"
"Excuse me?" Gregory interrupted. "I would like a room. I have money." Gregory retrieved his wallet and emptied out a few bills onto the counter.
"Ohoho. You're going to need more than that, son," he laughs, pulling at his chin. "You're not going to be leaving here for a while. Only a few hours and you'll see what you've gotten yourself into." Pushing his room keys towards him, the innkeeper smiles mockingly.
"I don't see what you're talking about, but I have the money to pay you later," Gregory responded, leaving for the inn stairs.
"Heh, you'll see. You'll see," he remarks emptily, yelling when Gregory nears the top of the stairs, "And just so you know, I have nothing to do with this! Foolish superstitions and suspicions, I say."
Slamming the creaking door shut, Gregory sat on his plain bed in his plain room. He frustatingly looked out of the window, only to see the eternal rain. He planned to leave town the next day, but he felt worried. Troubled by the innkeeper's words, regardless of how strange they were. And he felt empty, as if his life was hanging on the edge.
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Tottenham Hotspur Message Board
A Yahoo! User Nov 4, 2012 14:08 Flag
Why all the criticism of AVB? I seem
to remember Harry's tactical nous coming under fire on many occasions and he had 4 years in the job not 4 months.
As for comparing AVB's time at chelsea,to now, I don't. There, he was obviously given a remit which put a few noses out of joint, and the natives rebelled.
The side yesterday and for some while has been badly depleted by injuries. So hopefully when all the players are available we will see a big improvement. some starters lately wouldn't get anywhere near the side if they were all fit.
No yesterday wasn't good bvut teams like Wigan are capable of shock wins.
Changes I would make though are Dawson for Gallas and Lloris for Friedel, and if Ade is fit I would give Defoe a rest as seems to have gone off the boil and Ade is a better team player.
Anyway, onwards and upwards. COYS.Sort: Newest | Oldest | Most Replied Expand all replies
"Lay off AVB"?
The guy has one good season in Portugal with their equivalent of Man U then gets the call from Abramovich and the offer of loads of money and comes to the UK where he quickly gets found out to be not as good as he, or anybody at Chelsea thinks he is.
He arrived at Chelsea with an ego bigger than John Terry's and started upsetting the senior players and thinking he could transform the team into a Barca overnight. How wrong was he?
He is young, inexperienced as a manager and he has never played top flight football. There are not many top flight managers in the World without at least one of those skills/experience. He MIGHT be a footballing genius but until he proves that there are many that think he is out of his depth and you can't blame them for thinking that.
I have said before, he seems to have that smug look of someone that knows a secret about football and the way it should be played that no one else knows. Unfortunately you can't blame injuries completely when he insists on playing 4-5-1 and then makes decisions like he did when taking Defoe off.
Personally, I never was happy he was appointed, I don't rate him and since he has come out and said how well Hudd (don't laugh) has played recently, my interest in watching him and Spurs play has wained. His tactics stink. His team formation is negative (which was also the case at Chelsea by the way) and I don't think he has the dressing room on his side.
So, "lay off AVB"? I think you have more chance of seeing Hudd play for England than that happening.
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Berkshire Yid Berkshire Yid Nov 5, 2012 15:18 Flag
Sorry venessalee but i agree with sfer AVB is never going to improve we have had some really shocking performances this season ie still no win in the Europa.
His appointment was a huge mistake from the start the guy obviously knows nothing about english football his arrogance in constantly sticking with a 4-5-1 with defoe alot of the time isloated up front other teams defenders can breath easy knowing he is no threat if the ball does not get to him.
I really hope levy swallows his pride admits he got it wrong and goes cap in hand to David Moyes.


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Did a Tantrum Kill Kim Jong Il?
A year after the death of Kim Jong Il, little information has emerged about the circumstances of his reported heart attack other than the official narrative that he died from overwork at 8:30am on Dec. 17 aboard his personal train while heading out on another "field guidance" trip.
Doubts about parts of that account have been raised, including skepticism about whether Mr. Kim was actually on the train given his apparent habit of sleeping in late, and satellite images showing the train still in Pyongyang.
South Korea's Chosun Ilbo newspaper added a little more color to the story on Thursday with an article suggesting that Mr. Kim's heart attack was triggered by a tantrum after he was informed about serious problems with a showpiece hydro-power plant.
As with so many accounts of North Korea, the information comes from an unnamed source, and so should be taken with a fistful of salt. But the story is intriguing because it's certainly plausible that Mr. Kim would've been extremely unhappy about such news given the importance of the project and his well-documented bad temper. Throw a weak heart into the mix and, boom, it may have toppled him.
The Huichon Hydro-Power Station, in the far north of the country, was opened in April this year and was designed to be the main supplier of power to the capital city, Pyongyang. Mr. Kim visited the site multiple times during the construction and reportedly pushed for completion by the 2012 centennial celebrations of the birth of his father, Kim Il Sung.
The importance of hydro-power in chronically energy-deficient North Korea is clear in the nation's coat of arms, which features a hydro plant. According to the source for the Chosun Ilbo's story, problems at the Huichon plant were critical.
"It wasn't just a crack. The safety of the entire dam was in question," the source is quoted as saying.
Meanwhile, Mr. Kim's short temper is well known. Kenji Fujimoto, the Japanese chef who worked for the Kim family for many years, has told of how Mr. Kim would throw things at officials who made mistakes. Kim Il Sung reportedly had to intervene to calm his son down during a heated disagreement with officials from South Korea's Daewoo group during a meeting in the 1990's. And you don't have to look far for stories of officials meeting a sticky end after upsetting the younger Mr. Kim.
Also well documented was Mr. Kim's ill health. He suffered what's believed to have been a stroke in 2008, and in the notice about his death North Korean state media said he had been receiving medical treatment for heart problems for some time.
The Chosun Ilbo reports that "stress about the trouble at Huichon was apparently the last straw after Kim learned that steel and textile manufacturing plants, also touted as key projects, had serious defects as well."
All of which seems possible given the importance North Korea had placed on industrial projects for the 2012 celebrations, although you have to pity the unlucky official was who was tasked with giving Mr. Kim the bad news.
Following his death and the eventual completion of the power plant, state media continued to link Mr. Kim and the success of the project. Perhaps what no-one will say is that Mr. Kim's demise provided the impetus to get the problems fixed and everything completed on time.
"The Huichon Power Station is a great monumental structure…in the precious patriotic legacy bequeathed by Kim Jong Il to the country and its people," Korean Central News Agency wrote in one of its dispatches earlier this year.
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The location is perhaps unsurprising given that the Paris couturier is famed for his nautical stripe motifs.
The "Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier" exhibit at the Dutch port's Kunsthal gallery, which opens Sunday, traces about 35 years of the designer's avant-garde creations.
More than 140 original creations are in the mix, from the 60-year-old Gaultier's haute couture line to his ready-to-wear selections. Also included, on loan, are Gaultier designs such as Madonna's post-feminist conical bra, long the stuff of fashion legend, as well as movie costumes for Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodovar.
Though Rotterdam is far from Paris, Gaultier brought it a little nearer to home by adding nautical stripes to a Thalys train that links the French capital with the Dutch city 442 kilometers (275 miles) away.
Inaugurating the show Friday, Gaultier joked about his "fixation with stripes, because when I was a child I used to have a striped T-shirt."
The exhibit runs until May 12.


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Why I Hire the Unemployed
By Jody Greenstone Miller
In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama will announce that the White House has secured pledges from employers like Procter & Gamble and Xerox to adopt hiring policies that do not discriminate against the long-term unemployed . Here, a CEO explains why hiring people who've been out of the workforce for a while can be good for business.
As the CEO of a company that places independent consultants and executives with companies for short-term assignments, I talk to a lot of senior executives about their hiring practices. I'm constantly surprised by the persistent bias against hiring people who are not currently employed.
The conventional wisdom is that it's better to hire someone who's in a job than someone who's not. Recent research even suggests that candidates who lack the right skills are more likely to score an interview than a candidate who has the right skills but has been out of work for more than six months.
Executives' reasoning is this: If the unemployed candidate was any good, someone would have already hired him, right?
Wrong. Finding the best talent means expanding your talent pool, actively seeking unemployed executives as well as independent consultants, who are too often dismissed as unemployed people with fancy titles.
Most of the senior executives leading my company, Business Talent Group, were either unemployed or independent consultants when we hired them. And I've watched our clients hire great people after working with them on projects–people they never would have looked at otherwise because they were unemployed or consulting. All it takes is getting to know someone.
Layoffs happen, and people leave the workforce for various reasons; hiring managers need to accept that. Unemployed job candidates, even those who have been seeking work for a long time, aren't necessarily damaged goods. They often have great talent with developed skills and current contacts—all those networking coffees during a job hunt can pay off for you. Companies' ability to predict the success of any new hire is low, but giving potential hires an extended tryout is the best way to know if it will work out, and longtime job-seekers are more than willing to give it a shot. After all, they don't have to leave a job to join you.
How could hiring the unemployed benefit your company? Here are three ways I've seen it work:
People returning to the workforce can bring energy, fresh perspectives and loyalty. One of the first people we hired at BTG was a Harvard Business School graduate, who had worked at American Express and led a small marketing division of GE. She left the workforce for six years to raise her children. During that time she chaired school committees and took leadership roles in nonprofits. She didn't forget how to run a business, and her intellectual curiosity, work ethic and character remained unchanged.
Her contacts – business-school classmates and former colleagues—were happy to hear from her when she reached out about her new role. Instead of being burned out from a job that wasn't appealing enough to stick with, as many employed people who are open to new jobs are, she was ready and enthusiastic about getting back to work. In her seven years (and counting) with us, she's helped us grow the company, and brought sharp ideas for our efforts to make the people who chose to work less than 40 hours a week successful.
The best people may not be on your list. Several years ago, our client, a top private equity firm, needed a CEO for a promising portfolio company. The official recruiting process was taking too long, so we suggested a candidate, a very successful executive who had been the president of a company in a relevant area. He'd taken the previous year off from working, and since he wasn't currently in a job, he didn't make the recruiter's candidate list–recruiters can be as brutal about dismissing the unemployed as managers can. Yet his skills were better than any of the "official" candidates, and because he was willing to come in quickly and on an interim basis, they decided to try him. He was made permanent after several months and eventually helped orchestrate a successful sale of the company he was brought in to lead–a hiring decision that netted millions for the firm's owners.
Independent professionals are often the most desirable hires. We recently worked with an independent sales consultant who left the job that was most relevant to us in 2010. He had advised a number of companies over the last couple of years, and those projects broadened his skills and knowledge. He was clearly a doer, and stayed on his toes to get and keep clients; better, he had more varied and cutting-edge experience than most cubicle-dwellers. He told us up front that he did not want a permanent job. (Independent professionals enjoy choosing their projects and colleagues, so they can be hard to recruit.) We spent several months working together—he got to try us, just as we got to try him, and the experience convinced him to come on board. He started as our head of sales this month.
Jody Greenstone Miller is the co-founder and CEO of Business Talent Group. She writes and speaks frequently on the future of work and labor force trends.


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It's the finale is "Amazing Race" and the final three teams -- the country singers, Utah dad-and-lad and Rachel and Brendan, aka the loathsome Brenchels -- are Las Vegas bound. Who will win the cool million buckaroos?
First up, a frantic dig for a wooden box with 50 keys inside, as the Brenchels seem determined to snag the anti-fan-favorite prize, a dubious honor we kind of thought they already owned. The roadblock? A David Copperfield-designed challenge that is emphatically not for the claustrophobic. A member of each team will be shackled and then locked in a wooden box and hoisted in the air. Just watching is making us hyperventilate. Utah Dad hands his handcuffed son the keys through the top of the box and says, encouragingly, "Love you, son!"
Soon Dad -- Dave -- is hyperventilating too, watching on video monitors as Connor gets the handcuffs unlocked and tries to find the lock picks secured to the outside. Meanwhile the wooden box is set on fire and then dropped in a heart-stopping explosion of sparks. Gahhh! A frantic Dave looks at Copperfield and says, voice breaking in alarm, "Where is he?!?" A fireman rushes up -- and aww, it's Connor. Good one!
Then it's off to a wild expanse of neon signs, with dad-and-lad in the lead, followed by Brenchel and the country singers. Brendan has promised his bride that if they win the million bucks, she can have a baby, a factlet that keeps coming up in the most manipulative and unsavory ways. When Brendan tries to steal the singers' cab, he tells the cabbie "it's for our baby." Seriously, dude?
With light bulbs rescued from the neon sign bone yard, the teams head for the Mirage to light up the casino's giant letter I, via a window-washing contraption. The country singers and dad-lad start screwing in and counting light bulbs. Meanwhile, the Brenchels encounter cab karma, as their taxi hits every red light and the driver refuses to respond to Brendan's continued pleas of "For our baby!"
Dad-and-lad finish screwing in bulbs and holler out the number 240. It's wrong. They try 241, and they're allowed to descend. A minute later, the country singers are descending too, ready to head for Maverick Helicopters in Henderson for a little sky diving adventure. From the air, they have to spot the next clue and then jump to that location -- a motor speedway, where all the teams are waiting.
Helicopters overhead, first one then two fireballs begin plummeting. Who is it?
Moments later Connor and Dave are racing to the mat, winners of the million dollar prize, hugging and shrieking, "Can you believe it?" It's a tearful, gratifying ending.


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One of the things that makes our community and our school so special is people's willingness to lend a helping hand. That couldn't be more evident than last Monday. We arrived back from the Thanksgiving break only to discover flooding in the basement of the school due to a pipe leak. We called RestorationEze and they were able to immediately come out and begin the process of getting the water out of the basement. Not only that, they were able to work around our schedule and classes were not affected. 2 days later and everything is almost dry and things are almost back to normal.
We appreciate RestorationEze dropping their other projects and making sure they could immediately commit the amount of manpower and equipment that was necessary to fix our large flooded basement!


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"A sweet, life-affirming tale . . . with a liberal sprinkling of magic."
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"Filled with family secrets, intrigue, and magic aplenty."
Bestselling author Cecelia Ahern follows The Gift and P.S. I Love You with the mesmerizing story of a teenaged girl coming face-to-face with grief, growth, and magic in the Irish countryside, after a mysterious book begins to reveal her own memories from one day in the future. Perfect for long-time fans of Ahern, as well as for younger readers coming to her for the first time, The Book of Tomorrow's strong voice and sophisticated storytelling mark an instant new classic from this already beloved author.
Raised in the lap of luxury, spoiled and tempestuous sixteen-year-old Tamara Goodwin has never had to think about tomorrow. But when her world is irrevocably shaken by her father's self-imposed death, she and her mother are left drowning in debt and forced to move in with Tamara's peculiar aunt and uncle in a tiny countryside village.
Lonely and bored, Tamara's sole diversion is a traveling library. There she finds a large leather-bound book with a gold clasp and padlock, but no author name or title. Intrigued, she pries open the lock, and what she finds takes her breath away—for what's written inside is not only impossible and magical . . . it's her future.
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Mississippi State University Meridian students can now stay up-to-date with the latest stock market information thanks to a $150,000 gift from BankPlus. BankPlus wanted to help higher education in Meridian, and with MSU Meridian's Division of Business now downtown, it was a perfect fit.
Leon Harris, President of BankPlus Meridian, says, "We feel like education is very important to Meridian and Lauderdale County, and this was our way of helping out the community and helping out Mississippi State University by this contribution."
Some of the items this endowment will provide will help in the classroom, but the biggest impact may be the impression this gift makes on students.
Dr. Steven Brown, dean of MSU Meridian, tells us, "For our students, this is a shining example of the way they can benefit their communities when they get out and start doing their work as well. This provides technology for us; it provides instructional materials. Really, BankPlus has partnered with the University for the benefit of not only the students we have now, but students for many years in the future."
Not only will this endowment help current students who are looking to further their education in a business field, but this will also help future students in a brand new program.
"We have a, I think, exciting new program we're just now getting approved through the University, the Bachelor of Applied Technology, B.A.T. degree in health care services, providing a professional background, a business background, and a science background for folks who are going to be working in the medical community. This endowment provides opportunities for us to aid those students as well," says Brown.
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Things Harry Reid Has Blamed on the Koch Brothers
Video: Harry Reid's remarks blaming the Kochs for climate change is the latest is a string of comments about the brothers.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.) hasn't hidden the fact he has a bone to pick with industrial magnates Charles and David Koch. In an attempt to make them the centerpiece of Democrats' efforts to retain the Senate in November's midterms, Mr. Reid has regularly used the two billionaires as his go-to bogeymen, referring to Republicans' "addiction to Koch" (yes, the surname is pronounced Coke) and regularly attacking political advertising that the Kochs have funded. But he's also blamed them for broader issues and problems.
The Kochs have responded that Mr. Reid attacks the brothers because he can't defend Democrats' positions.
Here's a unscientific compilation of things Mr. Reid blames on or has associated with the powerful brothers:
Climate Change:" While the Koch brothers admit to not being experts on the matter, these billionaire oil tycoons are certainly experts at contributing to climate change. That's what they do very well. They are one of the main causes of this. Not a cause, one of the main causes."
GOP Opposition to Minimum Wage Increase: "If Americans are searching for an answer, they should look no further than Republicans' billionaire benefactors, the Koch brothers. Charlie and David want a 'no' vote."
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Authorities are looking for a Delaware Water Gap man on whose computer child pornography allegedly was found last week.
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Lamb owned and had exclusive use of a Compaq Presario CQ60 laptop computer.
His wife on Nov. 13 used the laptop, intending to review his computer usage, and found photos of children, some as young as 8, engaged in prohibited sexual acts. Lamb's wife contacted and brought the laptop to county detectives, who obtained a search warrant and found 86 photos and one video showing child porn.
The files were contained within several different directories, including the Yahoo! Instant Messenger PhotoSharing cache, and the "Pictures" folder for the default and public users.
The PhotoSharing cache is a folder created automatically by the Yahoo! Instant Messenger software upon receiving a picture sent by another user through that software. Detectives found several photos in the PhotoSharing and "Pictures" folders on Lamb's computer, indicating he had received the photos from another Yahoo! Instant Messenger user and then intentionally saved them to his "Pictures" folders.
Photos of Lamb himself were in the same "Pictures" directories, apparently having been placed there at the same time as the child porn photos.
Anyone knowing Lamb's whereabouts is asked to call Detective Brian Webbe at 570-517-3114, submit a tip on http://monroecountyda.com or contact the local police department.
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The judge in this case without request from the woman or her parents who he appointed as co-guardians ordered that after the abortion which the parents sought and the judge approved that the 32 year old schizophrenic woman who had previously had one abortion and given birth to a child who lived with the woman's parents should also be sterilized.
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Joseph Thomas Howard, of Biggs, California passed away May 11, 2013 after a short illness. Born to Joe and Stella Howard in Iowa in 1931, Joe was a decorated Korean War veteran, a devoted husband, and loving father. Joe worked as a readymix truck driver for most of his adult life. As a youth, Joe worked as a cowboy, herding cattle in the foothills of Northern California. Joe is survived by his wife of 58 years, Joyce Howard; brother Jack Howard, of Penryn; three sons: Donald Howard, of Biggs, Ron Howard, of Chico, and Brad Howard, of Biggs; and six grandchildren. Graveside services for Joe will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery.
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The guys also learned about Jewish customs and Ari had some tips on Kosher running nutrition and fueling. Other topics of discussion included the controversy over the 2011 IronMan Kona date selection. Should the event planners have selected a date that did not fall on Yom Kippur (10/08/2011)? Have they pretty much eliminated all potential Jewish entrants? We think so, what do you think?
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- Oil – a drop
- Coriander seeds – 2tsp
- Channa dal – 1.5 tbsp
- Red chilly – 4-5 nos
- Grated coconut – 2 tbsp
- Oil – 1 tbsp
- Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp
- Urad dal – 1/4 tsp
- Cut the brinjal lengthwise and soak in water to avoid change of color.
- Cook till its 3/4th done.Drain if there is any excess water .
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- In the same kadai add the grated coconut and roast for few seconds.
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As we cook the brinjal , its shrinks in size but the color is retained. My mom makes this curry in other way too.She slit cut the brinjal into 4 pieces , stuff this podi , use lot of oil and saute it till brinjal gets cooked in oil.Since this method consumes more oil and also the color of the brinjal turns black , we avoid making this way. For kids , u can try this method..


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HOUSTON -- The A's got the results they wanted to see Monday as their third baseman drove in three runs in an 8-2 win over the Houston Astros.
Donaldson was held out of Sunday's game against the Los Angeles Angels because of a tender knee. Once the MRI results came back showing no serious damage, Donaldson doubled twice, singled and, perhaps most impressively, stole second base to back the pitching of starter Jeff Samardzija.
"I told him there was no chance he wasn't starting today," Samardzija said of Donaldson. "I would give him a massage on his knee if I have to. You can't say enough good things about Josh. He's a tough dude. He's a gamer, and I love having him in there."
That's sort of the way Donaldson felt about it. He was concerned about the knee Sunday, so it made sense to take the day off. His mind was put at ease by the MRI results, so it was time for the A's RBI leader to get back in there.
So he went to Bob Melvin and told the manager he was playing. Melvin wanted to see Donaldson go through a full workout before the game, but Melvin knows from experience that Donaldson can be a force of nature when he wants in the lineup.
"I've played in 126 games now. You learn how to play with stuff," Donaldson said. "It's not something I think about too much."
Like many of his teammates, Donaldson had found the dog days of August leaving him with fleas. He came into Monday with three hits in his previous 27 at-bats, with no RBIs and no extra-base hits. That's not what a contending team needs from its homer and RBI leader.
"It's on your mind, but you try to go about things and not focus on it too much," Donaldson said. "I've had some RBI opportunities recently where I've hit balls right on the screws right at people and got nothing out of it. So that's kind of the game of baseball. Sometimes you do everything right and the numbers don't succeed.
"It's just how you go about the process and understand that what you are doing is right."
From a completely different angle, that's how Samardzija approached Monday's start after having lost back-to-back starts, including giving up seven runs in 32/3 innings to the New York Mets in a game that really steamed him.
"After that last start, I kind of wanted to overhaul everything," Samardzija said, but he found that pitching coach Curt Young wouldn't let him. "Curt said it wasn't that bad, that there were just a couple of things we needed to work on."
Samardzija brought his hands closer to his body during his delivery and worked on getting his splitter down in the strike zone. Just like that he had seven shutout innings before Chris Carter hit an 0-2 pitch with two out in the eighth for a two-run homer to get the Astros within a run at 3-2.
No problem. The A's were given a run on four walks by reliever Tony Sipp to start the ninth, then Donaldson delivered the second of his doubles as the A's went on to score five times in the inning to put away the game.
The win, coupled with the Angels' loss to the Miami Marlins in Anaheim, moved Oakland back into a first-place tie with L.A. in the American League West. The teams, who will play four times this weekend in Anaheim, share the best record in the majors at 77-53.
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