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A Marketer's Guide to Understanding the Human Resources Industry (and Marketing to HR)
The Human Resource Department
The human resources function of an organization is responsible for all the practices and processes that impact the company's most important asset, its employees.
Selling to HR Professionals
More specifically, a company's human resources (HR) department is responsible for finding, screening, recruiting and developing talent, overseeing organizational leadership and culture, administering employee-benefit programs and ensuring compliance with employment and labor laws. HR is also responsible for aligning HR practices to the strategic and long-term goals of the organization.
The Human Resource Marketplace
The human capital marketplace is a multi-billion dollar industry encompassing tens of thousands of suppliers selling hundreds of different types of products and services. When you consider virtually every business purchases at least one HR product or service, you can appreciate the total size of this unique marketplace. In fact, the HR department, arguably, makes more purchasing decisions for more products and services than any other corporate department.
In a given year an estimated $785 billion is spent on employee benefit products and services alone (Thomas Weisel Partners).
Human Resource Marketplace Trends
- Consolidation. Large HR software and services companies continue to acquire smaller vendors across all HR categories as they strive to be an 'end to end' solution provider. However, this does not mean the total number of HR vendors is decreasing. It is not.
- More vendors. Cloud computing and other technological advancements have significantly reduced entry barriers. This, combined with and an abundance of new investment capital, has lead to an overall growth in the number of HR solution providers.
- More partnerships. Many corporations prefer to work with a limited number of vendors. This, combined with the trend of larger HR solution providers wanting be end-to-end has resulted in an increased number of partnerships amongst HR vendors (e.g. a large talent management vendor partnering with a smaller video interviewing company).
- More choices and pricing pressure. With the number of HR solution providers increasing (more supply) businesses now have more choices and this has resulted in price wars within certain HR product categories.
- More social. HR has traditionally been a hard to reach group compared to other business departments. While this is still the case, more and more HR professionals are active on social and this makes communicating with them easier.
Needless to say the HR industry is crowded and competitive. Having a great product doesn't guarantee success. To stand out, you need great messaging, quality content and aggressive marketing.
Categorizing the Human Resources Marketplace
Before you can claim your target market or markets, you should have an overall understanding of how the HR industry is organized. We understand there are many ways of categorizing the human resources industry but we believe the simplest and most logical method is to organize the industry within the following HR pillars:
- Recruitment and Staffing. The area of human resource management responsible for finding and hiring new employees. Types of products and services related to recruitment and staffing include: job boards, job distribution technologies, applicant tracking technologies (ATS), relocation firms, recruitment process outsourcing (RPO), talent pools and communities, employment branding, video interviewing, background screening, testing and assessment, mobile recruiting, candidate marketing, candidate relationship marketing (CRM), reference checking, executive search/placement firms, internet recruiting, background checking services, etc. For the most part, this category ends when the employee is hired.
- Compensation/Payroll. The area of human resource management responsible for compensating employees. Types of products and services include: Payroll processing, time and attendance, tax and compliance, compensation design, compensation modeling, forecasting and management, salary statistics services and total compensation statements. The products and services related to compensating employees is highly integrated with the next category, employee benefits.
- Employee Benefits. The area of human resource management responsible for a wide variety of non-wage compensation (e.g. benefits and perks) provided to employees. Types of products and services include: traditional health and welfare benefits, worksite/voluntary products, discount shopping, pharmacy benefit programs, benefits administration and communication software, third-party administrators, retirement plan services, wellness programs, workers' compensation/disability insurance services, employee assistance (EAP) and work-life, dependent care and on-site childcare services, professional employment organizations (PEO), etc..
- Talent Management/Employee Relations. The area of human resource management responsible for all the human resources services related to managing the individual once they are hired as an employee. Types of products and services include: screening and assessment, performance evaluation, employee surveys, rewards and recognition, diversity, mentoring, succession planning services, talent management software, etc..
- Training and Development. The area of human resource management responsible for training and developing employees. Types of products and services include: instructor-based training, eLearning solutions, analytics and measurement, blended learning, learning management systems (LMS), gamification technologies, online collaboration tools, surveys and evaluations, etc..
- Workforce Planning and Analytics. The area of human resource management responsible for identifying an organization's future workforce needs. Types of products and services include: Workforce planning software, organization charting and redesign, predictive modeling, change management, benchmarking, HR scorecards, competency analysis, internal mobility, labor supply and demographics, etc.
- Legal and Compliance. The area of human resource management responsible for ensuring compliance with employment and labor laws. Types of products and services include: labor relations, legislation, litigation, alternative dispute services, contract disputes, employment contracts, employment discrimination, OSHA, HIPPA, ADA, FMLA, ACA, disability, wage and hour, privacy, I9, termination, etc.
In addition to these specific human resources categories, it is also important to highlight services that are cross functional in nature and relate to one or more HR categories:
- Consulting Services. This cross-functional category includes the thousands of consulting firms that can help HR departments with one or all aspects of human resources management and process improvement.
- HR Technology. At one time this might have been considered a separate pillar within HR, but today, technology is integrated with and impacts all aspects of HR. The Internet, social, big data, and other technologies are fundamentally changing the human capital marketplace as companies strive to become more efficient. Technology allows HR to automate processes and eliminate many of the more labor-intensive transactional and administrative processes that have burdened HR professionals for years.
- Outsourcing. Any and all aspect of HR can be outsourced. According to research by Gartner, Inc. 80 percent of companies now outsource at least one HR activity, and the number
is swiftly growing. For this reason, we do not consider outsourcing as a functional pillar within HR, but rather cross functional. Increasing numbers of organizations are turning to specialized firms to supplement various aspects of human resource management. While outsourcing makes sense for many reasons, the primary benefit is containment/reduction of costs of routine transactional and administrative work. Another key reason is the belief that a company should outsource all non-mission-critical aspects.
Selling to the Human Resource Department
In larger organizations, it is typical for HR executives to be strategically involved in business development, with the HR staff responsible for various HR-related functions including compensation and benefits, payroll, health insurance, 401(k) plans, etc. It is also common for IT, finance, C-suite executives, or even the CEO to play a role in the purchasing process.
In smaller organizations, it is common for a single person, working closely with the CEO, to have purchasing responsibility for all aspects of HR. And in many public sector environments, it is possible for a separate purchasing department, unrelated to HR, to play a role in purchasing HR products and services.
Regardless of the size or type of the organization, there is always a primary person or group responsible for purchasing HR products and services.
Your challenge as a supplier is to know who these purchasing influencers are because that determines which trade shows you attend, what publications and blogs you target, what mailing lists you purchase and the tone of your marketing messaging.
Here's the bottom line. The HR marketplace is crowded. The market is saturated with content as vendors of all sizes invest in content marketing. And social has made it less expensive than ever to promote this content. As a result, it's harder than ever to stand out and engage HR buyers. What's an HR solution provider to do? In short, have great messaging, quality content and aggressive marketing.
Answering the following questions will go a long way toward helping you put together your HR marketing plan.
- What conferences does your target market attend? There are over 1,000 HR and related events each year in North America alone. You'll exhibit at some of these conferences but don't ignore all the others. Attend as many conferences as you can or at least engage with an event's online discussion. Both are great ways to build visibility for your brand and stay current with industry trends.
- What conferences does your competition engage with? Monitor the events they participate in and make sure you also have a presence. This is also a great way to get competitive information. And be sure to also monitor their own user conferences.
- What HR conferences offer speaking opportunities? Each month there are dozens of new speaking opportunities announced by HR conference organizers. Apply to some. Speaking is a great way to build a brand, network and generate leads.
- What are the 'media' outlets HR professionals read? And who are the journalists, influencers and hosts responsible for this content? Trade magazines, columns in national daily's and business periodicals, blogs and podcasts. All represent important visibility opportunities for your brand – and important 'influencers" to be building relationships with.
- What award competitions is your brand eligible for? There are hundreds of award competitions for HR products and services. Winning awards brings recognition, visibility and credibility. Apply to some.
- What are the major LinkedIn groups that your buyers participate in? Find them, join them and contribute.
HRmarketer Software Answers all these Questions
All the information you need to create and execute your marketing plan is available on HRmarketer. For nearly 20 years HR brands have relied on HRmarketer for the information and tools they need to successfully market to HR.
Once you identify and have a system in place to maintain the accuracy of the above information, you are in a better position to execute your ongoing marketing tactics. What marketing tactics should you be investing in month-to-month? A sampling of some of these tactics is below. Keep in mind that the amount of campaigns and how active you are is dependent upon your budget and market penetration goals but you should at least be doing the following on a regular basis:
- Creating quality content. Articles, white papers, research reports. This will fuel all your marketing activities.
- Blogging. A minimum of three to four posts per month.
- Press releases and media relations. The search-optimized news release is not as powerful as it once was but it's still important – and nothing brings more brand credibility than a mention by traditional media.
- Conference marketing. Most vendors should exhibit at least two to four conferences per year and attend at least six to twelve. If you have a sales rep in the area, send them. The cost is minimal. You should also be engaging online (using Twitter) with HR conferences each week.
- Speaking. Apply to speak at all the major HR conferences and also reach out to the many industry influencers that offer guest appearances on their Internet radio and podcast programs.
- Direct email marketing. Nothing provides leads faster than a direct email campaign. But don't rely exclusively on this tactic because it's not sustainable and doesn't provide ongoing SEO benefits.
- Webinars. Another quick lead generator. But unlike direct marketing webinars can be archived and help with ongoing SEO.
- Advertising. Most vendors don't need or can't afford print advertising. But all vendors should invest in some online advertising (e.g. pay-per-click, remarketing, Twitter cards).
- Commenting. The most under utilized marketing tactic. Try to comment on at least one blog post or breaking news story (relating to your product category) each week.
- Social Marketing. Be active daily on Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn at a minimum. What to do?
- Follow/Connect
- Share (your content, their content)
- Recognize (like, favorite, thank, comment)
- LinkedIn Groups. Actively participate.
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Zach Triplett said the values he learned at Emory & Henry are shaping him into a successful person who isn't afraid to reach for the stars, or rather, the clouds.
Triplett is a flight attendant for Delta Air Lines, a job that allows him to travel throughout the world. "And, I actually get paid for it, too," said the 2010 alumnae, a resident of Port Orange, Florida. "I love my job because no day is ever the same."
The sky is the limit for the E&H grad. In the Spring of 2013, Triplett received his Private Pilot certificate and in the next couple years, he plans to earn the remaining ratings and licenses in order to become a commercial airline pilot.
Triplet graduated from Emory & Henry certain he could make a difference in the world. As a Bonner Scholar and Public Policy and Community Service major, he volunteered with Crossroads Medical Mission for four years, and served as president of the student body during his senior year.
"Professors, such as Tal Stanley, pushed me to answer tough questions not only about our world, but about myself. More importantly, I was taught the value of caring for others," he said.
The reasons Triplett was attracted to E&H are the very ones he wanted to find in an employer.
"Similar to Emory & Henry, Delta works hard to make the world a better place to live. Through our "Force for Global Good" campaign, we work to support non-profit and charitable organizations, such as Habitat for Humanity and Relay for Life. Each October, I am proud to wear my pink tie and uniform accessories in support of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Delta is a proud supporter and we even have a "pink plane" supporting the cause," he said.
Triplett's choice to land a job in the sky was an easy decision.
"While at E&H, I was fortunate enough to spend my summers traveling and working on the West Coast and in different countries. During the summer of 2009, I studied Spanish in Quito, Ecuador for four weeks. During the summer of 2010, after graduating from E&H, I volunteered for a month in an orphanage located in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. For three summers from 2008 to 2010, I worked as a Senior Resident Assistant at Johns Hopkins University CTY Summer Camp in Santa Cruz, California," he said.
"All of these opportunities, which came about because of my involvement with activities and organizations at E&H, instilled in me a love for travel." In the fall of 2010, Triplett moved to Richmond, Virginia, where he was hired by Shuttle America and later Delta Air Lines.
The flight attendant recently was hired as an Instructor/Evaluator in the In-Flight Service Learning Department at Delta where he teaches a Continuing Qualification course, which is a class every flight attendant must attend once a year in order to maintain his or her FAA flying qualifications. In the Spring of 2015, he will begin teaching Initial Training for new-hire flight attendants.
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America Has Voted: Statement by Black AIDS Institute President and CEO Phill Wilson
Nov 03, 2010, 08:34 ET from Black AIDS Institute
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 3, 2010 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tuesday's elections redrew America's political map. The results also have far-reaching implications for the nation's response to AIDS in Black America.
Republicans swamped Democrats in Congressional races, winning more than 60 races, taking over the House of Representatives, and sharply reducing the Democratic majority in the Senate. At the state level, Republicans now control a majority of governor's offices and state legislatures.
What Election Results Mean for the National AIDS Response
Tuesday's results present at least three major challenges to the fight against AIDS.
First, many of the strongest Congressional AIDS champions will no longer occupy key leadership positions to advance an AIDS-friendly agenda.
Second, the new Republican majority campaigned on a platform of reducing federal spending on discretionary programs, such as the Ryan White CARE Act, the HIV prevention program at CDC, and substance abuse and mental health services for people living with HIV.
More than 56,000 Americans (nearly half of them African American) become newly infected with HIV – compelling proof that you get what you pay for (or that you don't get what you fail to pay for). We simply won't be able to turn the epidemic around in Black communities without stronger federal support for HIV prevention.
Eight states have waiting lists for their AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs), 20 have imposed restrictions to contain costs, and 13 are considering new cost containment measures. For thousands of Americans living with HIV, this program means the difference between life and death.
Third, although it is unlikely that Republicans will be able to muster the votes needed to repeal healthcare reform, critics of health care reform may well seek to withhold the funding needed to implement key provisions of the legislation.
Where Do We Go?
America's health shouldn't be a political football. Americans of all political persuasions – Democrat, Republican, Independent, and Tea Party – should be able to unite around the conviction that all people deserve a fighting chance to live and to contribute to their community. It is our job to lead that effort.
Tuesday's election results point the way toward opportunities to educate the new Republican majority. For example, the South is a region where Republicans made some of their greatest gains. The South also happens to be the region where HIV/AIDS rates among Black people are rising the fastest. It is vital that we help new Congressional leaders from the South understand what the epidemic is doing to their districts and work together to devise new solutions to these challenges.
Our work has never been more important. The challenges appear daunting at first glance, but our agenda is one that transcends political divisions. It is time for all of us to roll up our sleeves, get to work, and insist on national solidarity to address the needs of the most vulnerable among us.
Yours in the Struggle,
Phill Wilson
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Last night, The Whitney Museum of American Art hosted its annual Gala and Studio Party, co-chaired by Michael Avedon, Kyle DeWoody, Dree Hemingway, Matthew Day Jackson, Jon Neidich and Ben Watts. After dinner, guests created their own digital art using interactive screens surrounding the dance floor as Nate Lowman and Sennennes spun a mix of throwback tunes at the DJ booth. A photobooth captured fun photos of the guests that were then displayed in the living gallery installation, created out of Surface tablets. Sponsors included Microsoft and Pamella Roland.
Notable guests included honorary co-chair Pamella Roland, Hannah Bronfman, Thakoon Panichgul, Timo Weiland, Klaus Biesenbach, Beth Rudin DeWoody, Zani Guglemann, Inez van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin and KAWS.
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Nitrocamptothecin Compared With Gemcitabine in Treating Patients With Unresectable Locally Advanced or Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
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RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. It is not yet known whether nitrocamptothecin is more effective than gemcitabine for pancreatic cancer.
PURPOSE: Randomized phase III trial to compare the effectiveness of nitrocamptothecin with gemcitabine in treating patients who have unresectable locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer.
|Pancreatic Cancer
|Drug: gemcitabine hydrochloride Drug: rubitecan
|Phase 3
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|Study Design:
|Allocation: Randomized
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Phase III Randomized Study of RFS 2000 (9-Nitro-Camptothecin, 9-NC) Versus Gemcitabine HCl in Chemonaive Pancreatic Cancer Patients
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|November 1998
OBJECTIVES: I. Compare the overall survival, time to treatment failure, clinical benefit response rate (analgesic consumption, pain intensity, performance status, and weight change), and objective response rate in chemotherapy-naive patients with unresectable locally advanced or metastatic adenocarcinoma of the pancreas treated with oral nitrocamptothecin vs gemcitabine. II. Compare the toxicity of these 2 regimens in these patients.
OUTLINE: This is a randomized, open-label, multicenter study. Patients are stratified according to measurable disease (yes vs no), Karnofsky performance status (50-70% vs 70-100%), and prior radiotherapy. Patients are randomized to 1 of 2 treatment arms. Arm I: Patients receive oral nitrocamptothecin on days 1-5. Treatment repeats every week for 8 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients with stable or responding disease after week 8 may receive additional courses. Arm II: Patients receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on day 1. Treatment repeats every week for 7 courses in the absence of disease progression or unacceptable toxicity. Patients then undergo 1 week of rest. Patients with stable or responding disease after week 8 may receive gemcitabine IV over 30 minutes on days 1, 8, and 15. Courses repeat every 4 weeks. Pain is assessed within 7 days prior to study, at days 28 and 56 during study, and then every 28 days after completion of study. Patients are followed every 3 months for 1 year or until death.
PROJECTED ACCRUAL: Approximately 994 patients (497 per arm) will be accrued for this study within 22 months.
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years and older (Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
DISEASE CHARACTERISTICS: Histologically or cytologically confirmed unresectable locally advanced (stage II or III) or metastatic (stage IV) adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
PATIENT CHARACTERISTICS: Age: Over 18 Performance status: Karnofsky 50-100% Life expectancy: Not specified Hematopoietic: Granulocyte count greater than 1,500/mm3 Hemoglobin at least 9 g/dL Platelet count greater than 100,000/mm3 Hepatic: SGOT and SGPT no greater than 3 times normal (5 times normal if liver tumor present) Bilirubin no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Renal: Creatinine no greater than 2.0 mg/dL Other: Not pregnant or nursing Negative pregnancy test Fertile patients must use effective contraception
PRIOR CONCURRENT THERAPY: Biologic therapy: At least 3 weeks since prior immunotherapy and recovered No filgrastim (G-CSF) concurrent with nitrocamptothecin Concurrent epoetin alfa allowed Chemotherapy: Prior fluorouracil as radiosensitizer allowed No other prior chemotherapy (e.g., nitrocamptothecin or gemcitabine) No other concurrent chemotherapy Endocrine therapy: No concurrent hormonal or corticosteroid therapy Patients requiring hormonal therapy or corticosteroid therapy for medical reasons may remain on study, but will not be evaluable for clinical benefit response Radiotherapy: At least 3 weeks since prior radiotherapy and recovered No concurrent radiotherapy Surgery: See Disease Characteristics More than 2 weeks since prior major surgery and recovered Prior stent placement allowed No planned surgery within 8 weeks after initiation of treatment
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00005869
|United States, California
|SuperGen, Incorporated
|Dublin, California, United States, 94568
|Study Chair:
|Lawrence A. Romel, MS
|Astex Pharmaceuticals
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
|NCT00005869 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|June 2, 2000
|Last Updated:
|December 3, 2013
Keywords provided by National Cancer Institute (NCI):
stage II pancreatic cancer
stage III pancreatic cancer
recurrent pancreatic cancer
adenocarcinoma of the pancreas
stage IV pancreatic cancer
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Pancreatic Neoplasms
Digestive System Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Endocrine Gland Neoplasms
Digestive System Diseases
Pancreatic Diseases
Endocrine System Diseases
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Antineoplastic Agents
Antiviral Agents
Anti-Infective Agents
Enzyme Inhibitors
Immunosuppressive Agents
Immunologic Factors
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Topoisomerase I Inhibitors
Topoisomerase Inhibitors
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Vitamin-D starved and seasonally affected, many Alaskans live for winter's snows. Others chase aurora borealis, a geomagnetic phenomenon that sometimes produces magnificent skylights out of the dark northern night.
Aurora borealis are best viewed in the dark, far from city lights and under clear skies. Here's a handy guide for aurora chasers and picture takers.
This time-lapse video, recorded Nov. 13 about 100 miles north of Anchorage between Sheep Mountain and Eureka Roadhouse, offers a glimpse of the winter prize that's consolation for 16 hours of night time. Brilliant and bold, the aurora envelops its audience in an otherworldly feeling, a chilling benediction for children of the universe hurtling through space.


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PREPARATION paid off for girls from Bexton Primary School, in Knutsford, when they claimed first place at a regional competition.
The students finished top of the class in the British Schools Gymnastics Association North West Championships after their routines as individuals on floor and vault, plus a group sequence, rated highest among judges at Preston.
Sophie Baldwin, Mia Platt and Emma Routs exceeded expectation to make theirs the under 11s title.
They were joined by another team from Bexton, consisting of Amber Founds, Saphia Hughes, Lucy Howarth and Mia Wheatley, that finished in fifth position.
It marked the first time any of the children, coached by Ruth Chapman of Egerton Youth Club-based Gymfinity Gymnastics, had competed at a major competition.


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Virtually all Jews locked up in concentration camps, ghettos and similar places of incarceration during the Holocaust may now apply for compensation from a newly created $5 billion German foundation. And on Feb. 5, the names of 21,000 probable Holocaust victims whose dormant accounts still sit in Swiss banks were posted on the Internet.
These two efforts are the first major attempts to see that survivors and their heirs begin to realize the fruits of talks that started with Swiss negotiations five years ago. The Swiss negotiations resulted in a court-approved $1.25 billion fund being established, 80 percent of which has been set aside to pay the heirs of those who had money in bank accounts the Swiss hoarded.
While applauding steps to begin the distribution, Elan Steinberg, executive director of the World Jewish Congress, said he was "appalled that the total going to lawyers is on the order of $100 million from both of these funds." The figure was either negotiated or court ordered and represents a fraction of the total.
Survivors and their heirs are asked to complete applications if they believe they qualify for money from either fund. Applications can be downloaded from the Internet or obtained from toll-free numbers and at several locations in greater Los Angeles (see box, below).
As many as 170,000 Jewish survivors worldwide are expected to apply for the German money, which is designed to compensate slave and forced laborers. Those who were slave laborers may receive up to $7,500, forced laborers up to $2,500.
As part of Hitler's Final Solution, Jews were forced to perform labor under the harshest of conditions as one way of exterminating the Jews of Europe. Therefore, all those thrown into concentration camps, ghettos and other areas of confinement are considered former slave laborers and thus entitled to compensation. Forced laborers are those who were made to work in areas under Nazi or Axis occupation during World War II under conditions not included in the definition of a slave laborer.
Claims will be accepted from former slave or forced laborers except those currently residing in Poland, the Czech Republic and other former Communist nations. Their respective national foundations will process their claims. Certain heirs of former laborers who died on or since Feb. 16 are also eligible.
Those who received previous payments from a private German industry fund for slave and/or forced labor will have such payments deducted from the amount they will now receive. This fund is independent of other funds and requires new applications. Payments will be made in two stages, with the second amount dependent on the number of people who apply. Applications must be filed by Aug. 11.
To obtain an application to apply for money under this fund, call (800) 697-6064 or go to the Web site www.claimscon.org. Information is available on the Web site in seven languages.
The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany will help administer the fund. It estimates that as many as 50,000 survivors in the United States and Canada are eligible for the money.
"Nothing can make whole again the horrors during the Third Reich," said Rabbi Israel Miller, president of the Claims Conference. "But survivors have received some justice through Germany's recognition of its moral obligation to create this fund."
Half of the foundation's money will come from the German government and the rest from more than 5,000 of the country's businesses, including Volkswagen, Daimler-Benz, Bayer and Siemens. Most German industry and business benefited from slave or forced labor during the Holocaust.
In the Swiss case, applications for those who believe they are heirs of Holocaust victims whose money still sits in Swiss banks are available. To obtain an application form, call (800) 881-2736, or visit one of the following Web sites: www.dormantaccounts.ch, www.crt-ii.org or www.swissbankclaims.com.
Although 26,000 names were to be posted, Michael Bradfield, a special master appointed by Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Edward Korman, said the number was reduced to 21,000 because of a duplication of names. He said a special team of auditors headed by former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker found that there were 36,000 dormant accounts probably opened by Jews who were murdered during the Holocaust. But in a compromise with Swiss banks, only 21,000 will be posted.
Bradfield said that anyone who believes he or she is the heir of a Holocaust victim who had a Swiss account should complete the application form whether or not the victim's name is posted on the Internet. Even those who paid a Swiss ombudsman to search Swiss bank records and were told no account existed should apply.
"The ombudsman didn't look where [the auditors] looked," said Bradfield. "We have a lot of accounts that were closed that the ombudsman never looked at."
He stressed that the entire process is free, and there is no need to hire a lawyer. The deadline for filing applications is in six months; Bradfield said he expected 100,000 claims to be filed. He said it is expected to take two years to review and act on each application and that every filing will be acknowledged. Once a determination is made, a letter will be sent explaining the disposition. Under Swiss law, the names can be kept confidential, but the dollar amounts will be made public.
Those applying for dormant funds will be asked to provide "plausible information to demonstrate that they have a legitimate relationship [to the person on the list] and that they would be the heir under normal inheritance laws," Bradfield said. "We are looking for plausible evidence, taking into account the destruction of documents, the disruption of the war and horrible persecution."
These local agencies are offering applications for payments from the fund for slave and forced laborers:
Los Angeles
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West Hollywood
(323) 851-8202
Santa Monica
(310) 393-0732
Bet Tzedek:
(323) 549-5883
Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust:
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A quartet of Penryn and Falmouth residents has tackled a marathon in Paris to raise funds to help disabled people realise their sporting ambitions.
Richard Bannister, Laura Dancer, Rozanne Wakeling and Ruth Davis were amongst the 39,125 runners to take part in the Marathon de Paris on April 6, and raised money for 'Get Kids Going'.
Richard said: "The conditions were very hot and it was tough going but considering I hadn't done much training I was pleased to get around in four hours and 55 minutes.
"I ran the first half really well in just two hours and ten minutes but cramp at around 17 miles slowed me down quite a bit.
"It was a wonderful experience and we were delighted to raise funds for Get Kids Going because it's such a worthwhile cause. It was my first marathon and I really enjoyed it. I look forward to running another but next time I visit Paris, I think I'll chose a different way of enjoying the sights."


text: Many of you know Niyi Okuboyejo as @Tirailleur1 here on Styleforum. A few days ago I had the pleasure of meeting him as Niyi in New York. For those of you who have been thumbing up his posts for the past couple of years, you'll be happy to learn that he is still more charming and engaging in person. Niyi agreed to do an interview with me on himself and his line of men's accessories, Post-Imperial, which you can buy from his own e-store or at Sid Mashburn. Here is our conversation. So to get things started, how would you describe the aesthetic of your brand? The Post-Imperial aesthetic is a colorful and vibrant ode to new forms of fashion. It carries a strong sense of optimism for the future. It always feels familiar, even when the concepts aren't. But most importantly, it is intercontinental- from the process and origins of the products, all the way to its inclusive reassessment of cultural standards. Because of what I am trying to achieve aesthetically, I usually have to apply unconventional ways to process my ideas. In most cases this comes with remolding certain artisanal forms. So far, one of the forms that I have successfully managed to bend is called Adire; a very rare and traditional hand-dyeing technique developed by the Yorubas in the Southwestern region of Nigeria. Originally reserved for ceremonial purposes, it has now become more of a sacred artform due to its rarity. Its "wabi-sabi" nature comes from the natural cassava paste that acts as the resist dye on the cloth. This is important because most other dyeing techniques use wax, which gives a much cleaner look. Prior to dyeing, the artist hand paints unique motifs that carry symbolic meaning on top of the cassava and then dyes the cloth. During the design process, I usually try to incorporate some of the traditional motifs with my own original work to draft something that is much more contemporary than "old world." This goes back to my statement about creating something familiar even when the concepts are not. There are only a few dyers left in the country, and I work with the best ones. Our sessions are quite intense and can take hours. It can be pretty difficult trying to convince someone with 25 plus years of experience that your foolish ideas work. Most of the fabrics I dye are sourced from mills in countries like Japan and Italy, but all our products are made America. The whole process really is a testament to this globally interconnected web that I feel Post-Imperial is about. How did you learn about Adire and get connected to the dyers? Are those dyers all still Yorubas? For one thing being Yoruba helps. As a kid, I attended several ceremonial Yoruba events. Anyone that was important wore Adire. Sometimes there were given as gifts to loved ones. Each fabric had some coded message within that told some sort of story or relayed some type of blessing. Adire is one of many traditional cloths that we are known for. When it comes to the arts, we are quite possibly the most ambitious group in Africa. The artist is a sacred institution in our culture and many of our indigenous artifacts can be traced back to their maker. Nigeria is home to 500 ethnic groups, but it is no surprise that almost all Adire masters are still Yoruba. Most ethnic groups in Nigeria have their own form of textile development, and each of these cloths speak different languages and possess different meanings. Since today's dyers are small in number, most tend to pass their skills on to their kin. Sure, sometimes you might find an apprentice from Senegal, but it is still mostly a pure Yoruba artform. Adire. How did you come up with the name "Post-Imperial"? Taken together with your SF handle, do you think of yourself as in some sense an agent of post-imperial cooperation between Nigeria and, for lack of a better term, the Western world? I do... but to a certain degree. While I am connected to the diaspora, I myself am only limited to my experiences and knowledge. My word is not bond and it would be silly to appoint myself as some sort of avatar. The diaspora is vast, so there are many points and angles to approach. I only want to serve as an entry point the same way Yohji Yamamoto does for Japan or Ralph Lauren does for America. The name Post-Imperial comes from the idea of living after old regimes. I believe we are in an age where menswear is now at a democratic point in fashion. We are no longer prisoners to standards of the past. For some reason though, there is still the notion that for us to "understand" fashion, you must bait us with nostalgia. I think many people don't feel confident about their own stylistic sense and fall back on historical standards as a crutch. But unlike most SF members, you also have formal training in fashion. What did that entail, and how has it influenced you? How is the culture surrounding that community different than the culture of SF or other online congregations of (mostly) amateur enthusiasts? I studied fashion design at Parsons in New York. I focused mostly on womenswear but still had interest in menswear so I interned at a few places like Yigal Azrouël and Patrik Ervell. After school I worked at Oscar de La Renta for about two years. I then happened to fall into tailoring by chance when I got the opportunity to work with a few custom suit makers in the city. Although I am grateful for what I learned from them, I really have my womenswear background to thank. Not only did it allow me to see clothing beyond its engineering, it also gave me the aptitude for understanding beauty in its many forms. There is a reason the word "aesthetic" is thrown around alot in womenswear. It is because they really believe in the idea of inspiring through clothing. I share that same enthusiasm. Menswear in the mainstream is still quite young, so the idea of embracing certain aesthetics regardless to if it fits your lifestyle is still kind of a foreign concept to many of us. There is also this hunter mentality of acquiring certain "Grail" objects as if there is some sartorial race to be won. You hardly see this in womenswear. Not to say some women don't do this as well, but most of them understand the artistic intentions behind the products. They can give way more reasons beyond functionality and practicality to justify their devotion to their favorite brands. We don't listen to the Ramones because they can execute perfect guitar chords. It is because they capture a certain spirit. Clothes are the same way and many women understand that. The quicker we can condition ourselves from this mentality, the better. It's interesting you say that menswear in the mainstream is still young. For menswear fashion, that's true, but of course the lineage of menswear as we know it today goes back very far. I wonder if that's part of the issue - women have a social role now that they rarely did 100 years ago, and that represents a sartorial challenge and opportunity - what does a woman wear to the office? There's no corresponding revolution for men, other than the long trend of casualization. I agree, but men in general always need to justify dressing up. Clothing in any form has to serve some purpose or function. We create uniforms that allow us to simplify our definitions of fashion. Rarely are we dressed up with nowhere to go. Whenever you come across men discussing fashion it is almost always centered around forming an aesthetic around an office environment or trying to look presentable for an event. It has always been that way. Women on the other hand dress to express themselves. As their roles in society grows so does their universe of expression. I don't think the casualization of menswear is necessarily a bad thing. In my opinion it serves as an opening point to redefine our standards of "beauty." The idea of a luxury tee or high design sweatpants doesn't seem as ridiculous as it did to some years ago. It has also made it easier for the western uniform to take influence from other cultures, which I am all for. This is probably why I enjoy browsing the SW&D side of SF so much. You've clearly got an appreciation for many different types of aesthetics. Do you try to bring them all together in your designs or do you think of it more as focusing in on one aesthetic out of many? And if so, how do you choose? Do you ever get the urge to design something totally different from what you've done so far? I kind of have a strong sense of the Post-Imperial look that it is almost impossible for me to visually instill some of my influences. Minimalism has always been intriguing me, but I cannot, for the life of me, fully express that visually. I like color a lot and I find that it I work best when I exploit it. However, adopting some of its ideas allows me to be one in thought rather than execution. This is why many of designs are simplified shaped in repetitive variations. It is my own form of reduction- my own way of participating in that ritual.


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Al Jefferson calls his decision to sign with the Bobcats a "no-brainer," but he also tells HoopsWorld's Bill Ingram that he thinks the Jazz will benefit from letting go of him and Hawks signee Paul Millsap.
"Most definitely, I think Derrick Favors and Enes (Kanter) are going to be big time big men in this league," Jefferson said. "I kind of had a feeling that it really just wouldn't make any sense basketball wise to sign back me or Paul Millsap back when you have them two young guys coming up. It was still tough to leave them. I felt like they were my little brothers, but it's part of the business and it was the best decision for everybody."
Jefferson had long been a fan of Kemba Walker, and says to Ingram that the former Connecticut guard was one of the Bobcats who recruited him to Charlotte. The 'Cats are off to a 9-11 start, better than in years past, but they're only in fourth place in the Southeast, the most competitive division in the Eastern Conference. Here's more from those teams:
- Chris Andersen is 35, but he tells Bleacher Report's Ethan Skolnick that he intends to play another three or four years (Twitter link). The Heat reserve thinks the two-year drug suspension that kept him away from the nightly NBA grind kept his body relatively spry.
- Trade candidate Jameer Nelson has been frustrated with playing off the ball as the Magic try rookie Victor Oladipo at point guard, but he insists that he remains no less dedicated to the only NBA team he's ever played for, observes John Denton of Magic.com.
- The Dwight Howard trade gave Magic cornerstones Arron Afflalo, Nikola Vucevic and Maurice Harkless chances to play the sort of key roles they most likely wouldn't have been in with their old teams, as Josh Robbins of the Orlando Sentinel examines.


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The May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount Saint Helens was the most destructive in the history of the United States. Mt. Saint Helens is located in southwest Washington in the Cascade Range, a mountain range dominated by periodically active volcanic peaks. In addition to photos taken on May 18, 1980, this slide set includes images of pre-eruption activity and post-eruption effects such as the blast area, mud flows, ash fall, and altered terrain. The Juan de Fuca Plate is colliding with the North American Plate in the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast of Oregon and Washington. Geologists and volcanologists had been studying Mount Saint Helens in the 1970s and had predicted an eruption before the end of the century. The mountain had been recognized as a dormant volcano that had erupted intermittently from 1831 to 1857. The Klickitat Indians of the Pacific Northwest called Mount Saint Helens "Louwala-Clough" or Smoking Mountain. However, the beautiful snow-covered peak looked serene to the casual observer just days before the start of eruptive activity. On March 20, 1980, seismographs in Washington and Oregon began recording earthquakes and a rhythmic ground shaking known as harmonic tremor (anindicator of the subsurface motion of gases or magma). A series of phreatic (steam) eruptions began on March 27. Shortly after the start of eruptive activity geologists noticed another sinister indicator of impending disaster. The north flank of the mountain had begun to swell. Aerial photos indicated that this bulge increased the height of some areas of the north side of the mountain by more than 450 feet. On May 18, the bulge collapsed, triggering the eruption. The sequence of events on May 18 began with a magnitude 5.1 earthquake. The shaking caused a massive landslide on the unstable north side-one of the largest landslides in historic times. Removal of this overburden resulted in the release of trapped gases that combined with steam from water, melted ice, and snow. This massive uncorking of the volcano produced a lateral blast that downed trees up to 19 miles from the volcano. The blast hurled nearly a cubic mile of Mount Saint Helens across the landscape and into the atmosphere. The mountain lost about one-seventh of its original height, dropping from 9,700 feet to 8,400 feet. An ash cloud of new magmatic material and steam reached an altitude of more than 16 miles in ten minutes. The cloud, driven by the prevailing winds, traveled in an east-northeasterly direction and deposited ash in eleven states and reached as far east as Wisconsin. Pyroclastic flows (gravity flows of volcanic material that has been explosively ejected from a volcanic event) periodically poured out of thecrater and down the north flank into the valley below. These flows, along wth hot ash and debris, began melting the snow and ice that remained onthe flanks of the mountain. The debris-filled water, together with ground water and rain water, raised Spirit Lake 200 feet and created mudflows which moved down the Toutle River valley and the Pine Creek drainage. The eruption resulted in scores of injuries and the loss of 60 lives. The lateral blast, debris avalanche, mudflows, and flooding caused extensive damage. All buildings and related man-made structures in the vicinity of Spirit Lake were damaged or buried. Two hundred houses were destroyed and many more were damaged in Skamania and Cowlitz Counties, leaving many homeless. Many tens of thousands of acres of forest land as well as recreational sites, trails, and four billion board feet of salable timber were destroyed or damaged. More than 185 miles of highways and roads and 15 miles of railways were destroyed or extensively damaged. Wildlife suffered heavily in the area. Many agricultural crops were destroyed downwind of the volcano. State and Federal agencies estimated that over 2.4million cubic yards of ash, equivalent to 900,000 tons in weight, were removed from highways and airports at a cost of $2.2 million. The total cost of the destruction and damage caused by Mount Saint Helens was about $1 billion.
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When Barnes & Noble first unveiled their Nook e-reader to the public, we all gasped and sighed in want at their innovative combination of an e-paper panel with a smaller, LCD touchscreen, for use with data entry, applications and cover flow. But electronic esign house Spring Design had a different reaction: "Hey, wait a minute…"
They were right to be suspicious. Spring Design has been trying to get an official injunction against Barnes and Noble, preventing them from selling their Nook e-reader. The reason? Spring Design claims that B & N "misappropriated trade secrets."
They allege that Spring Design worked closely with Barnes & Noble in 2009, believing that the book seller would use their Alex Android-based e-book reader concept, which also had a color touchscreen beneath an e-ink panel. Consequently, they shared hardware and software secrets with Barnes & Noble; when B & N pulled out, Spring Design claims that they took their ideas and secrets and stole them wholesale in the creation of the Nook.
That does sound suspicious. The courts think so too: while they've denied Spring Design's request for an injunction halting sales of the Nook, they have noted the similarity between the two devices, and agree that there is a "genuine dispute" about whether Barnes & Noble used Spring Design's ideas or came up with the Nook themselves, having conveniently forgotten about Spring Design's demonstration and design concept.
I imagine, before all is said and done, that Barnes & Noble will have to settle with Spring Design… but at least prospective Nook owners won't have to wait any longer to get their hands on the Holiday's hottest new gadget.
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Ricky " The Hitman" Hatton Honored His Contract on the Magic ManNovember 22, 2008
Paulie Malignaggi came to the ring with the same confidence and boldness he showed in the weighing and interviews. He even started the first round like a lot of people suspected throwing his jab and keeping the distance to throw Ricky Hatton off. But the Magic Man had his tricks exposed early as Ricky Hatton started to pick him apart.
The bell rang for the first round to begin and Ricky Hatton and Paulie Malignaggi came out of there corner. Paulie Malignaggi began to throw his jab with his two inch reach advantage it seemed like the perfect plan.
Not only did he have the reach advantage he had a great jab, and body movement to win the fight alone. Ricky Hatton looking uncomfortable tried to to throw a jab before stepping in to attack like he is custom to doing.
The jab of course wasn't crisp and normal looking because the Hitman is normally just jumping in and attacking his opponent overwhelming them with punches. But with new trainer Floyd Mayweather everyone had to expect Ricky Hatton to try and box as much as possible. In his latest interviews he spoke about wanting to use more boxing skills to prolong his career.
He named boxers like Arturo Gatti and Antonio Barrera who went from brawling and leaving it all on the mat to boxing and using experience to win fights. Ricky Hatton needs to realize Gatti and Barrera fought with the same intensity even win they chanced the game plan.
They knew when to go back to using there brawling and overwhelming ability to close out a fight. New skills are good to learn but don't throw away the ones that got you were you're at.
But give all credit to Ricky Hatton he fought a great ten rounds tonight. Floyd Mayweater Sr. could have watched the fight from home because Ricky Hatton won tonight's fight from experience, and old tactics he gained from ex trainer Billy Graham. He came out in the second round and used pressure stunning Paulie, and using his strength and will to wear him down.
For ten rounds Ricky Hatton had the Magic Man doing the same trick throwing his jab and nothing else. Every once in awhile he would try and throw a straight and even if it did land it didn't make a difference. In the 11th round trainer Buddy Mcgirt seen enough and threw in the towel knowing that Paulie needed a knockout to win, and there was no reason for him to continue to take the punches he was taking.
At the end when both fighters were interviewed Ricky Hatton talked about fighting the winner to the Oscar De La Hoya and Manny Pacquiao fight. And Paulie Malignaggi was expressing how he felt he was better then what the fans saw. He expressed very emotionally that he was hurt worse in the Cotto bout then this one, and there was no reason for the fight to be stopped and he was angry there was a KO on his record.
I personally agree with Buddy Mcgirt when your a trainer your job is to protect your fighter, and make sure there able to fight another day. Fighters will fight no matter what there experiencing because that is what they do fight.
So congrats to Ricky "The Hitman" Hatton, on his 11th round TKO.


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Minor earthquake reported in Louisa County
LOUISA, Va. (AP) - The Labor Day weekend is getting off to a shaky start in Louisa County.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports that a magnitude-2.3 earthquake struck in the county at 12:27 a.m. Friday. The epicenter was 6 miles south-southwest of Louisa.
No injuries or damage were immediately reported.
In 2011, the county was struck by a magnitude-5.8 earthquake.


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Airstrikes by Pakistani fighter jets Sunday killed an Uzbek militant commander who allegedly orchestrated a brazen attack at the country's busiest airport on June 8, officials said, according to DPA. Abu Abdur Rehman al-Maani was among 50 militants who were killed when aircraft pounded mud-houses used by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU), a group whose fighters attacked the airport.
The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's attack on Karachi's airport, the second in as many days. At least two gunmen fired on a security checkpost outside the airport before escaping the area. There were no casualties.
Two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on Karachi's airport academy and fled after Pakistani forces retaliated, a spokesman for the Airports Security Force said on Tuesday.
Around 10 gunmen attacked a security checkpost outside Pakistan's Karachi airport on Tuesday, officials said, and were exchanging fire with troops, a day after a siege by the Taliban left 37 dead. The attack raises further questions about authorities' ability to secure key facilities in the face of a seemingly resurgent enemy, as a nascent peace process with the Pakistani Taliban lies in tatters.
Pakistan rescue workers recovered the bodies of seven people trapped inside a cargo building at Karachi airport on Tuesday, two days after a group of Taliban militants stormed the country's busiest airport.
Pakistani Taliban say their fighters carried out a gun-and-bomb attack at the country's busiest airport in the southern city of Karachi, that killed nearly 30 people. A spokesman for the group said the attack was to avenge the killing of "innocent" people in airstrikes by Pakistani forces in the tribal areas near the Afghan border.
At least 28 people, including 10 suspected terrorists, were killed during a gun battle lasting several hours between Pakistani security forces and militants who stormed an airport in Karachi, officials said.
A group of heavily armed gunmen stormed Pakistan's biggest airport on Sunday and at least 26 people were killed in a night-long battle at one of the country's most high-profile targets. The assault on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan's sprawling commercial hub of 18 million people, took place as Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's government tries to engage Taliban militants in talks to end years of fighting.
One person was killed and four others were wounded by a bomb carried on a rickshawin Pakistan's largest city of Karachi on Thursday, police said. The bomb exploded near a mosque in a densely populated Orangi town neighbourhood in the west of the port city, a senior police official told AFP.
Pakistan's embattled former military ruler Pervez Musharraf flew to Karachi on Saturday to undergo medical tests, according to close aides, two days before he is due to appear in court in Islamabad. It is the first time that the former president, who will be staying with his daughter in Karachi, has left Islamabad after being indicted in a high treason case by a special court last month.
Gunmen on motorcycles Sunday shot dead eight people including an eight-year-old girl at a faith healer's house in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi, police and doctors said.
Blast took place after a football match in port city of Karachi, killing 11 children and wounding 26 others.
An American political consultant has admitted being paid by an intermediary in 1994 arms sales for advising the campaign of French presidential hopeful Edouard Balladur, a French daily reported Saturday.
At least eight people have died while six others have suffered injuries in a terrorist attack in the Pakistani city of Karachi. A powerful blast resounded outside the home of the chief of the police department for investigating criminal offences Chaudhary Mohammad Aslam earlier today. According to preliminary reports, the official escaped unharmed.
Interview with Javed Jabbar, the former senator and minister of information and media development under Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf.
Pakistan may impose a curfew in Karachi, one of the largest cities in Asia where extremist groups have been fighting for control in the past 6 months. More than ten people are gunned down each day in the city. The panic in the city has increased after threatening notes were discovered on the corpses on the streets.
At least 12 people have been killed in unrest in the Pakistani city of Karachi in the past 24 hours. Unrest has been prompted by clashes between warring political factions there. Police have so far failed to establish control. Karachi groups have been fighting over the redistribution of spheres of influence for some 2 years now.
The discovery of five more bodies brings to 29 the known deaths in the collapse of a five-storey apartment block in a poor neighbourhood of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi back on Thursday morning. For lack of an organized emergency service, soldiers and volunteers are sifting through the rubble. The owners of the building are under arrest.
Eight people were killed and dozens of cars were set on fire in Karachi last night in a fresh outbreak of ethnic riots in Pakistan's largest city.
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Hits keep raining down in Dodgers' win
Hits keep raining down in Dodgers' win
A two-hour, 24-minute rain delay would do nothing to calm the Dodgers down in all facets of the game. If anything, it breathed life into a lineup that had gone quiet for three innings as storms approached Great American Ball Park.
Manny Ramirez hit an RBI single on the first pitch after the delay, setting a trend for the rest of the night. Nearly five hours after Tuesday's game started, and well after the stroke of midnight in Cincinnati, the Dodgers had racked up 19 hits and beat the Reds, 12-0, and shortstop Rafael Furcal tied a career high with five hits and made highlight-reel defensive plays in taking the spotlight.
"That was the star of the game tonight," Dodgers manager Joe Torre said of Furcal. "He did everything except sell tickets tonight."
The Dodgers started off hot, as Furcal doubled to lead off and four of the game's first five batters reached base, including RBI hits by Ramirez and James Loney.
"It's warm out there, and I didn't feel like I could get into a rhythm," Reds starting pitcher Aaron Harang said. "I'd get two strikes on them, and I couldn't find that pitch to put them away. When you throw a lot of pitches in the first inning, it's going to wear on you, especially when it's as warm and muggy as it was."
But after eight batters stepped to the plate in the first, a total of just 10 would bat in the next three innings.
Furcal and Andre Ethier would single in the top of the fifth, then the rain came. The Dodgers waited it out, then quickly went to work jumping all over a helpless Reds bullpen.
Out of the 19 hits, nearly half came from Furcal and first baseman Loney. Batting leadoff, Furcal set the table inning after inning, going 5-for-6 with a double, two runs and two RBIs. Batting fifth, Loney went 4-for-5 with three doubles and two RBIs.
"I try to get as many hits as I can, it's no matter how they're getting earned," Furcal said. "When the game's like that, you've gotta take advantage of it."
Then there was Ramirez, going 3-for-4 with a two-run homer in the seventh. The hits came from all over the lineup, and they seemed to never stop.
But Furcal didn't hold back on defense either. After the Dodgers broke the game open in the fifth, Furcal helped frustrate the Reds' offense in the sixth. He recorded all three outs in the field, two showing impressive range to his right on ground balls, and the third coming on a shallow popup down the left-field line.
Furcal passed his defense off as routine plays, but the two put-outs to first base were anything but ordinary. Even after the long delay, and even with a comfortable lead, Furcal came out and played like the game was just getting under way.
"You've gotta prepare like you're starting again," Furcal said of the end of the delay. "When you take a chance, that's when you get hurt."
Although Harang did not return after the rain delay, Los Angeles starting pitcher Hiroki Kuroda worked on both sides. He threw four scoreless innings of one-hit ball before the delay, and though the Reds loaded the bases in the fifth after the rain, Kuroda settled down and escaped the jam.
"He was very animated in wanting to give it a shot," Torre said. "So we felt he was entitled to do it. You watch him warm up, and if it doesn't look good, you don't send him out there."
Kuroda left after five innings and picked up his first win since May 18 to move to 6-4 for the season.
Although Kuroda stood out for returning after such a long delay, the rest of the Dodgers made sure to back him up with their bats and their gloves. A little rain wasn't going to stop the Dodgers from bouncing back from a sweep at the hands of the Angels.
For Furcal in particular, the rain delay did nothing except provide an intermission in his return to form.
"I know that first week and a half coming off the DL was a little tough for me, I tried to find out where my timing was at," Furcal said. "Right now is like the way I was feeling when I started the season."
Matt Brown is an associate reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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A man accused of strangling his wife in Inglewood and leaving her body in her car's trunk near Dockweiler Beach 17 years ago denies that he killed her, saying that he would admit it if he had committed the crime.
Andre Jackson, testifying this week during his own murder trial in Torrance court, defiantly disputed the testimony linking him to the crime and described how he broke down when police told him his wife had been found dead in 1994.
"I fell down to my knees and just broke down and was crying," Jackson said under questioning from his attorney, Alternate Public Defender Gary Wigodsky. "I remember my sister coming in and helping me up."
Taking the stand Friday and returning Monday and Tuesday, Jackson refuted what others have said about him. Witnesses testified that his wife planned to leave him and he had previously choked her during an argument in front of his stepson.
Jackson, 46, is charged with killing his wife, 33-year-old Marie Singleton-Jackson on Nov. 11, 1994. The strangled woman was found five days later in the trunk of her Saab, parked on Vista del Mar near Imperial Highway.
Prosecutors contend his wife had planned to tell him she was leaving that day.
Jackson, who was always under suspicion in the killing, was arrested in 2007 after tests revealed the skin flakes found under Marie Singleton-Jackson's fingernails matched her husband's DNA.
A blood drop found on the Saab also was tied scientifically to Jackson, the evidence showed.
"I have no idea how that got there," Jackson told the jury. "I would never deny having bled in my house or garage."
Prosecutors believe Jackson killed his wife in their garage and placed the car on Vista del Mar, dressing his wife in a jogging outfit to make it look like she was attacked while exercising.
Prosecutors said he then attended a high school football game, showing up late with a bloody face.
In the following days, Jackson filed a missing persons report and posted fliers at Dockweiler State Beach, not far from where his wife's car and body were found.
During cross-examination from Deputy District Attorney John Lewin, Jackson denied killing his wife, drawing a tough line of questioning about whether he would admit it even if he had.
"If you had choked or strangled her during this incident would you have admitted on the stand what you had done?" Lewin asked Jackson.
"I believe I would have," Jackson said. "If that was my character and that was something I would have done, I would have admitted it."
On the witness stand Tuesday, Jackson said testimony from Singleton-Jackson's son, Marcus, during the trial, was untrue. The younger man testified that he had witnessed a violent fight between his mother and stepfather six weeks earlier.
Jackson denied that he ever had ever become physical with his wife.
"Marie and I never fought," Jackson said. "We had disagreements."
He denied previous testimony during the case that he suspected his wife was having an affair.
Lewin played Jackson a tape from a 911 call his wife made to police on Oct. 1, 1994. The couple is heard arguing during the call. Marie Singleton-Jackson says, "Don't touch me."
"I couldn't tell what she was saying," Jackson said. "She sounded like she wasn't in agreement over what was going on."
Singleton-Jackson's killing went unsolved until Inglewood police detectives and FBI agents reopened it in 2002. Singleton-Jackson worked for the U.S. Department of Defense.
The trial, which is in its eighth week, should last several more days.
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Clough became the largest shareholder with a 13 per cent stake following the 10.5 million placement, which came after a competing proposal was rejected by shareholders on Tuesday.
"The placement is the first step in a series of transactions, including a proposed proportional takeover offer by Clough, which contemplates Clough becoming a 31 per cent to 56.5 per cent cornerstone investor in Forge and the formation of a long term strategic alliance between the companies," the pair said in a joint statement to the Australian Securities Exchange on Tuesday.
Forge had previously said the competing non-bidding proposal was for 100 per cent of the company and came from a S&P/ASX 100 company.
Forge and Clough say their strategic alliance aims to allow both companies to leverage their complementary expertise and to capitalise on significant time and place opportunities in the oil and gas, minerals and civil infrastructure sectors.
"The alliance is expected to accelerate opportunities, individually and in partnership, and targets increases in project revenues for both companies with an anticipated positive impact on earnings."