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(Lenexa, Kan., April 26, 2013) - EPA has approved Iowa's 2012 list of impaired waters requiring Total Maximum Daily Load calculations. The Iowa Department Natural Resources (IDNR) submitted its impaired waters list to EPA on April 1, 2013, for review and approval as required by the Clean Water Act.
"EPA appreciates Iowa's efforts to rigorously monitor and assess its waters so that IDNR can prioritize its development of pollution reduction plans," said Karl Brooks, regional administrator. "This process is an important first step toward improved water quality. The Iowa impaired waters list documents IDNR's priorities for restoration activities. We look forward to working with IDNR and the citizens of Iowa to restore Iowa's lakes, rivers and streams."
EPA commends IDNR for its work in preparing the list of impaired waters. In today's decision, EPA approved the removal of 73 water bodies and the addition of 78 water bodies. Today's action brings the total number of impaired waters on the state's list to 479.
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Outlook upbeat for oil industry
Manama, March 4, 2013
This year is likely to be a better one than last year for the oil industry, said experts after an in-depth discussion on the oil and gas industry hosted at the Capital Club in Bahrain.
Three of Bahrain's influential experts provided a market review, outlook, developments and challenges; and shed light on the investment climate for the region's primary industry, reported the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.
The panel consisted of industry leaders, including nogaholding chief executive Shaikh Mohamed bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Bapco strategy and business development general manager Dr Dawood Nassif and Saudi Makamin general manager Mohammed Al Dandani.
The general consensus of the panel was that 2013 is expected to improve slightly compared to last year, with the exception of Europe, said the report.
Several game-changers in the industry are anticipated to help stabilise the energy process, including shale gas, tight oil and liquefied natural gas, and several initiatives in terms of oil and gas projects are being launched in Bahrain.
Capital Club's monthly Business Forum series focuses on topics that affect the business community.
The next event on March 26 will tackle the business of the media, featuring Minister of State for Information Affairs Sameera Rajab.-TradeArabia News Service


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Lamb Sirloin Roast Recipe (+Giveaway)
'Tis the season to be jolly, and the way I embrace the spirit of that message is by not feeling very guilty about what I eat! I enjoy decadent desserts as much as the next gal, but what I really crave is meat. It's probably because I live with so many vegetarians.
I roasted a lamb sirloin today with Herbes de Provence, garlic, tomato paste and maple syrup. Prior to roasting it in the oven, I seared the meat to form a deliciously sweet, herby crust. I enjoyed every single bit of it, and so will you if you give this recipe a try. I guess I'll eat healthier to shed some pounds in 2012. That's what New Year's resolutions are for!
Today's prize is sponsored by Somersault Snacks. You could win five 6-ounce packages of their insanely addictive nuggets! These sunflower seed-based nuggets are nutritious and tasty; they're a perfect combination in between gorging on calorie-laden holiday food. My personal favorite? Definitely the Dutch Cocoa. It has a very satisfying mild chocolate flavor. As for the savory options, I really enjoyed the Salty Pepper, which has just the right amount of heat. If you want to experience Somersault Snacks for yourself, just go to the 25 Days of Giveaways page today and enter for a chance to win!
Make sure you're a fan of PhamFatale Facebook fan page and Somersault Snacks or follow @Phamfatalecom and tweet about this giveaway. To make it easy, you can just copy and paste this tweet if you'd like: "snack pack #Giveaway from @Phamfatalecom and @SomersaultSnack: http://bit.ly/sp4V7y".
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Lamb and Goat Cheese Appetizer Recipe (+Giveaway)
It makes me sad that lamb is so under-utilized and under-appreciated. I love lamb! Whenever I want to introduce lamb to someone who may have had a bad experience, I give it to them in appetizer form. Getting a large chunk of a meat you don't know or haven't enjoyed in the past can be intimidating. Bite size appetizers are much more inviting in that if after a bite you don't like it, you can stop right there without offending anyone.
I bought a lamb tenderloin to create appetizers with the tender meat. I would usually stack cold meat on toasted brioche, but I needed to add something studier to hold the little bites together. I used mini wafer crisps and topped them with hash-brown style sweet potatoes. I created many layers of flavors so the elements would complement each other. I made a mint goat milk yogurt sauce to pair with the lamb and finished the appetizer with two different kinds of Cypress Goat Cheese chevre to repeat the flavor.
Today our friend Jason from Cypress Grove Chevre is offering the Flashback Family Gift Pack (which I used for this recipe) as part of our 25 Days of Giveaways. The giveaway includes five amazing flavored goat cheeses. Each flavor has a groovy name: Ms.Natural (plain), Sgt.Pepper (exotic spices & pepper threads), Purple Haze (lavender), PsycheDillic (dill) and Herbs de Humboldt (Herbes de Provence). I like them all and I've told you Cypress Grove Chevre is really dear to my heart (find out why). As an added bonus, it also includes John Lennon-style tinted glasses to help your chevre lovers properly mellow out. That's 24 ounces of delicious chevre, a $75 value! Enter now.
Make sure you're a fan of PhamFatale Facebook fan page and Cypress Grove Chevre, or follow @Phamfatalecom and tweet about this giveaway. To make it easy, you can just copy and paste this tweet if you'd like: "Flashback Goat Cheese Family Gift Pack $75 value #Giveaway from @Phamfatalecom and @CypressGrovers: http://bit.ly/sp4V7y".
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Roasted Lamb Shoulder Recipe
Too many people tend to stay away from lamb because of its strong taste. I think that's a mistake. If marinated properly, lamb is so flavorful, tender and juicy without being overpowering. The key is to use lots and lots of garlic, and my go-to meat tenderizer, green papaya (I can't be thankful enough for Lulu's late grandma's secret).
This particular recipe calls for a large chunk of lamb shoulder. To ensure that the meat doesn't burn at the bottom of the cocotte ("Dutch oven" in French) while roasting, I place carrots and par-boiled potatoes underneath so they catch all the delicious flavors from the roasted meat. Just thinking about it makes me drool!
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Lamb Chops with Kumquat Walnut Crust
Lamb chops are great on their own, but this walnut and kumquat flavored crust takes them to another level. I love the crust so much, I could eat it on its own. The fragrant zest of the kumquats pairs very well with the roasted and ground walnuts.
To ensure that the meat is juicy and very tender, I marinated the lamb in a Cabernet Sauvignon marinade mixed with my usual meat tenderizer ingredient (green papaya) before adding the crust. This recipe takes some time, but your efforts will be rewarded.
Our kumquat tree has produced a bumper crop this season, and I'm taking full advantage of the fruits of our labor. Stay tuned for more recipes that feature this wonderful and unique citrus.
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(RSF/IFEX) - 27 March 2012 - There are strong grounds for suspecting that the privately-owned "Grenada Advocate" weekly's dismissal of reporter Rawle Titus on 23 March was the result of direct political pressure by Prime Minister Tillman Thomas and his press secretary. Reporters Without Borders calls on the government to provide a frank explanation of a matter liable to endanger media independence.
"We understand the alarm expressed by the Media Workers Association of Grenada (MWAG - http://mwaggrenada.org/ ) ever since the "Grenada Advocate" told Titus his contract with was being terminated," Reporters Without Borders said. "The evidence brought to our notice is solid enough to substantiate the claim that there was direct political interference in the functioning of a reputable independent newspaper.
"We urge Prime Minister Thomas to disown the pressure that his office brought to bear on the "Grenada Advocate"'s management and to reiterate the commitment to freedom of information that he expressed when he took office in 2008."
Reporters Without Borders also hopes that the "Grenada Advocate" will reverse its decision to fire Titus.
In the 9 March article that apparently prompted his dismissal, Titus reported that the prime minister had selected the ruling National Democratic Congress' candidates for the next general elections without bothering to consult with the party's leaders. Other media have since carried reports that tend to support his claim.
The prime minister's press secretary, Richard Simon, wrote twice to the "Grenada Advocate" requesting a retraction and apology. It was after receipt of the second letter – of which we have been sent the text of key passages – that Titus was told that his contract would end on 31 March.
The MWAG has told us that this is not the first case of its kind. Two radio stations also recently received warnings from the prime minister's office about their political reporting, the association said.
Although the Organization of East Caribbean States (OECS), to which Grenada belongs, achieved a good ranking (25th) in the latest Reporters Without Borders press freedom index, cases of direct political pressure on journalists or their news media are occasionally reported.
There has, however, not been a case of this gravity since the "Grenada Today" weekly had to be liquidated in 2009 as a result of a libel suit by former prime minister Keith Mitchell.
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President Barack Obama will nominate Jack Lew as Treasury secretary as early as Thursday, making him his point man in the coming battle over the debt ceiling, a source familiar with the process told CNBC.
In another move, Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced plans Wednesday to step down from the position she assumed in 2009.
Lew, the White House chief of staff and former director of the Office of Management and Budget, would succeed Timothy Geithner, who has been planning to step down.
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Quicker is not better!
Every time that there is a tragedy, the immediate reaction – from public and politicians alike – seems to be to try to adjust the law to prevent such things from occurring. And – if they can't be prevented, to create a consequence which would keep any rational person from committing the act. Unfortunately, neither reaction tends to work well.Does the name Caylee Anthony ring a bell with anyone? She was the child whose mother did not report her missing for thirty one days. The mother eventually stood trial and was acquitted in a Florida court. Subsequent to the jury's verdict, websites across the nation popped up encouraging the creation in each state, as well as federal passage, of a law to make it illegal for a parent not to report a missing child. Most Texas prosecutors breathed a sigh of relief that it came up at the end of a legislative session, so Texas was spared the knee jerk reaction. The facts of the Anthony case are sad; there is no denying that. There is also no denying that there are already thirteen criminal laws in the state of Texas which cover the behavior targeted by what has become known as "Caylee's Law". Some provide less stringent punishment than is being requested, others more.There is a maxim in law that "bad facts make bad laws", referring to our tendency to try to legislate away the possibility of bad things happening. The result is often such a mish-mash of confusing statutes that enforcement becomes impossible. As a simple example, it is illegal in Texas to place or leave a child in danger. This law includes intentional, reckless and negligent acts, as well as actions of omission or commission. It is so tightly written that a defense had to be put into the law for children left to participate in athletics. There are several scenarios contemplated under the law that exists. Based on which scenario is charged by the prosecutor, the penalty can be as low as a state jail felony, or as severe as a first degree felony. The law is written in a way to help prosecutors protect children.At least two versions of "Caylee's Law" have been introduced already this session. Both conflict with the law as already written, and neither provide penalties as stiff as already available. One basic rule of construction that attorneys are taught is that a specific law must be applied before a general one. This means that, if "Caylee's Law" passes, the punishment for a person who fails to report the missing child may actually be less than if the current law was left alone. Yes, the death of the child is a tragedy. Yes, there needs to be some remedy at law. No, it doesn't have to have a new law passed, we need to use the laws we have.A similar issue exists when the tragedies involving guns are considered. We have laws in place, and Texas has some of the most interesting. For instance, many who call the courthouse are amazed to realize that there is no gun registration law in this state, nor is there a federal requirement to register firearms. It is probably a good idea to know the serial number, make and model – but the owner is not required to share it with law enforcement. Texas allows the owners of property to deny others to carry weapons on their property, and it provides for an enhanced penalty if weapons (of any sort) are carried in particular places, such as schools. As was shown in the shooting in Houston this week, the fact that it is not legal is not necessarily going to stop people from carrying; unfortunately, some don't have the sense to disagree without firing.Overall, Texas has a fairly open gun law. The penal code provides that, as long as you are in your vehicle, the firearm is concealed, and you are not breaking the law in any other way (not DWI, no drugs in the car including marijuana), you are not prohibited from having a firearm, and you are not a gang member – then you are not committing an offense. When the young men in Houston carried their weapons onto school property, they broke the law. Banning firearms will not avert tragedies like Sandy Hook and the Aurora theater shooting. Passing yet more laws on parenting will not prevent another Caylee Anthony. Tragedies break our hearts, and make us want to do "something" to prevent the pain from happening again; however, tragedy, to a certain extent, is part of life. Laws need to be passed in the bright light of day, and without emotion. They need to be considered, and written in a manner not to conflict with other laws already passed, and in a manner to be enforceable. Quick action from law enforcement to react to a situation is laudable; quick action without thought to the consequences from law makers is not. Most of our problems are not created by one variable; rather, they involve a multitude of issues – mental health care, law enforcement, education, to name a few. While the knee jerk reaction may satisfy the physician giving a physical, it rarely works in other areas! Lisa Peterson is the County Attorney for Nolan County. Comments about this column may be e-mailed to email@example.com.


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"Skills shortage" is a term that has been bandied around since the IT industry's inception. IT's constant evolution, coupled with the increased prevalence of technology across a broader spectrum of industries and functions keeps creating the need for new types of skills. And skills, it seems, are scarce as it is. But that is just one side of the story.
General economic and social conditions in Australia can - and do - affect the skills availability too. For instance, the Reserve Bank of Australia's monthly statement on Monetary Policy recently suggested that the exceptional performance of the labour market, and the unemployment rate declining to its lowest level since the 1970s, could exert upward pressure on wage and price inflation. The implications for all sectors of the job market are easy to identify. When it comes to skills shortage, however, a definitive agreement is harder to come by.
According to the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations' Skills Shortage Survey Update and Employment Vacancy Trends, national ICT skills shortage is not a real trend, although there are state-specific causes for concern. Moreover, the Graduate Careers Council of Australia's annual report indicates that in 2000, 12 per cent of IT graduates had difficulty finding employment, a figure which has now risen to over 30 per cent.
Pressure on ICT wages has not materialised either, with average graduate salaries five years ago at A$37,000 and today only A$1,000 higher. Penny Coulter, general manager of recruitment agency, Nova IT, sums it up: "We are certainly heading towards a skills shortage in IT. There are still candidates now but we are seeing tension in areas such as business analysts, system analysts and project managers. Development skills and web-based technologies are starting to increase in popularity again and we will see increased demand for VoIP soon as well."
Cassandra Ashworth, manager of Excom's National EXpress IT course, recently told The Age's Next section: "The industry is screaming out for quality trained graduates today ... When the universities produce these in three years' time, where will we be? How many of those roles will have been moved offshore?"
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One proposal that has been put forward is to increase the number of skilled IT workers in Australia's Skilled Migration Program.
Adovocates of increasing the number of skilled migrants, such as The Information Technology Contracts and Recruitment Association (ITCRA), recently presented their recommendations to the Federal Minister for the Department of Immigration, Multicultural and Indigenous Affairs (DIMIA), Amanda Vanstone. And the Government seems to be listening.
However, a recent study, led by Monash University researcher Bob Birrell, has found that importing skilled IT workers, could be to the detriment of local job seekers. Entitled The Myth of Too Many University Graduates, the study found that in 2002-03, new Australian IT professionals were weighted more heavily towards migrants than domestic aspirants.
But Coulter, who is also a director of ITCRA, is unmoved by the report. She believes the local market is about to be hit by another skills shortage within six to 12 months. Importing IT workers would not solve the problem fast enough. "There is a lag between when DIMIA will be aware of what is happening in the market and when they include ICT skilled workers on the (Migration Program) list."
Shorter-term sponsorships also posed problems during the dot-com boom, with employers exploiting sponsorships and keeping skilled workers on, rather than using them to train up Australian workers to cope with demand.
Another solution supported by IT industry associations and customers is to better promote IT as a career to graduates and then better train them once they are in university programs.
"Computer science degrees have seen a drop off in enrolments post Y2K and the technology boom, as people no longer see it as a secure career. Additionally, the perception that IT is a stressful, hard job with long hours prevails. We need to start marketing the industry differently," says Coulter.
The Federal Department of Communications, IT and the Arts (DCITA) has formed a working group to analyse the future of IT skills in Australia.
David Wilson, associate dean of education at the IT faculty of the University of Technology, Sydney, leads a committee of his NSW peers that promotes IT courses. Quoted recently in the Australian Financial Review, Wilson says: "We've said all along [combating the skills shortage] really needs to be a both a Federal Government and cross-industry initiative, as we all have a vested interest in producing professional IT people."
These are big, long-term ideas, with the common thread being the need to develop new resources and skills. Surprisingly, better leveraging existing skills or retaining existing skills is not on the radar of policy influencers, despite it potentially being an easier first step.
Critics say the recruitment industry is ineffective in appropriately matching candidates and roles, let alone implementing any initiatives to alleviate skills shortages. An IT professional, currently searching for a job so wishes to remain anonymous, is frustrated by some recruitment practices he views as severely detrimental to the IT industry.
"IT recruiters are unable to understand even the basic categories of IT knowledge, forcing them into keyword matching mode. Based on the ultimate premise that a candidate is a match based on keywords and title, I wonder if anyone ever gets an opportunity to do anything that he or she has not done before?
"We have enough issues in the industry itself, without someone standing at the door knocking out good people without even the elementary ability to tell who they are and what they could be."
With 235,000 ICT workers in Australia in 2003-2004, and a large percentage of these going through recruitment agencies, industry organisations like ITCRA, and even others such as the Australian Computer Society (ACS) and Internet Industry Association, may be able to shed some light by auditing their members' recruitment practices.
H.R. versus I.T.
In one view, recruitment agencies are not naturally designed to overcome this issue, as consultants are usually HR professionals, not industry specialists. This gives them insight into a company's needs, its culture, and the ability to influence people towards a certain job, negotiate between the company and candidate and assess 'softer' skills such as communication and people management. But it also means recruiters generally lack industry expertise.
According to legal firm INHOUSE, a company using in-house recruitment resources can overcome this lack of technical knowledge by including the hiring manager in the process from the beginning. Without this balance, the result can be the wrong candidate in the wrong role. This in turn leads to a high attrition rate and the vicious cycle continues as recruitment consultants dismiss candidates for not being in their last role long enough. And with Gartner's estimate that the cost of hiring a new person is 2.5 times the departing employee's annual salary, the mistake is expensive.
Post dot-com problems Alternatively, the right candidate may never be found or placed, leaving recruiters and organisations with the impression that there is a dearth of skills, when in fact the people with relevant skills exist, they just can't be found.
Coulter admits this was an issue in the past but maintains that in the last year, the industry has focused on improving its own skills in this area. "This has been an issue that the industry has only recently started to address. Y2K and the buoyant market attracted recruitment start-ups that didn't have, or need, the expertise to be successful. Industry training only came about in the last year, and it really needed to happen.
"ITCRA now runs certified recruitment training, which includes an IT element. Approximately 25 per cent of our members have completed this training and this number is growing."
Potential lacking
Another criticism levelled against the agency system is that it struggles to account for people's potential. Candidates in a skills-starved environment are not desperate for jobs, they are looking to expand their experience and find challenges. Therefore recruitment agencies' searches for staff are inherently flawed in that they only consider people for jobs they are currently doing or have already done, which is not attractive to the very people recruiters are trying to entice.
Take for example the advice recruitment agencies and job sites give regarding writing your CV - the focus is on education, qualifications and employment history, not your goals, your ability to achieve those goals or your natural talent and ability to learn.
"What I found to be an advantage in Europe and New Zealand - my various range of skills and experience - is a disadvantage in Australia. Recruiters just don't know what label to slap on me. And candidates are prioritised on year-counting, such as how many years of Unix do you have? I will not even start debating how ignorant such questions are," says the frustrated job seeker.
Coulter agrees that "proactive recruitment" is preferable but says many recruitment agencies rely on job boards and email to source and recommend candidates, without even meeting them. "The internet and email have given some agencies and companies an excuse not to meet people. This is crazy when it is all about the people!" says Coulter.
Narrow criteria When you throw in automated CV scanning software and a desire for specific industry experience as well as technical acumen, you have a recipe that confines potential candidates to very narrow criteria.
The trend towards industry experience is a phenomenon of the last 10 years as companies have jumped on the bandwagon of customer focused and business-led solutions. Candidates often lament, though, that job criteria are so ridiculously granular that only a few people would ever be eligible, which means they could ask for their weight in gold as a weekly salary.
"I was asked if I had experience in the duty free retail sector. Despite working in the retail industry for years, I was told the client was looking for a person with current duty free experience. Even more entertaining was a request I had on several occasions to have previously worked for a particular company, not the company that advertised the role, but a competitor!" explains our candidate.
The direct approach Recruitment agencies often pronounce their value-add is derived from the extensive database of candidates they have the intellectual rights to, the networks they can tap into and their specialist skills in being able to screen and select suitable candidates. Yet according to Coulter, many recruitment agencies don't have the HR skills, industry skills or networks and databases, instead relying on job boards to generate candidates.
The Australian Bureau of Statistics ranks candidates directly approaching employers as the preferred method of finding a job, with 70 per cent of job seekers doing so. Thirty-five per cent contact friends or family and 44 per cent answer newspaper ads. With this in mind, employers may be better off marketing themselves more as an employer of choice, rather than paying recruiters to set up lists they own and can mine for candidates that would approach an organisation directly anyway.
"You need to assess how many candidates an agency sends you - if there are more than three, with a range of broad skills, then the agency hasn't understood your brief or hasn't been able to find suitable candidates and is trying to get one past you," says INHOUSE.
Headhunting 101
However, recruitment agencies can deliver real value with candidate career management. An agency can have an ongoing relationship with candidates to help them improve their marketability and skill set through constructive feedback, advice on what skills they need to update, and briefs on what combination of skills are required to match current vacancy trends.
This ensures the industry as a whole has more qualified and relevant candidates and those looking to move are in the loop to hear about the latest job opportunities.
The best candidates are often the hardest to find. Ironically, many of the "top candidates" for any given role will be those not actively searching for a new job, making traditional recruitment activities, such as advertising, ineffective.
This creates an opportunity for recruitment agencies to pounce on a real point of difference: the skill and contacts to headhunt candidates.
But this can become a catch-22 for recruitment agents - if they up-skill candidates then the task of finding them and convincing them to move becomes harder and more expensive. Additionally, there is an ethical and professional element to the equation. Coulter relates numerous horror stories, with one recruitment agency headhunting someone they had placed in a role only a couple of months before.
Similarly, up-skilling candidates might alter the landscape in terms of the skills shortage, but more skilled workers could mean inflationary pressures on wages. However, Coulter believes wages will not reach dot-com proportions again because: "[Now that] CEOs and CIOs have recognised the value IT adds to an organisation, they are more easily able to measure it and therefore be realistic about salaries."
Working out worth With the skills shortage debate being driven, in part, by employers' fear of an increase in wages and consequently an increase in inflation, the way IT salaries are determined is significant.
The official line is that recruitment agencies negotiate packages based on previous wages, the client's budgets, peers' wages within the company, the market and the candidate's skill set and value-add. Yet some candidates have found themselves ineligible for a role, not because of their skills, but because of how they value themselves.
"Agencies eliminate anyone who in the past had more or less than 10 to 20 per cent salary than offered for this role. Skills? Experience? Not relevant for a computer search. They call it 'within the range'," suggests our unemployed friend.
Salaries are obviously a sensitive subject and can pose a hurdle to cementing a relationship. Coulter believes candidates often have to be "educated" about their salary expectations.
"In some cases, they have been with a company for three to four years, have been performing well and because the client doesn't want to loose them, they get constant salary rises. This means they are overpriced when they go into the broader market."
This is contrary to many people's understanding that moving companies results in significant increases in salary. "This can be the case, [but] it depends on the market," warns Coulter.
Full time or contract? Throw in the dilemma surrounding contract versus permanent work and agency remuneration, and it gets even more complicated. According to Coulter, the ICT job market today is pretty evenly split between permanent and contract workers, compared to a couple of years ago when contract positions were the norm as companies tested their resource requirements and had the luxury of being selective about their employees.
But according to recent figures from Icon Recruitment, 82 per cent of all IT jobs advertised in the past two years have been for contract positions.
Two challenges arise with employee remuneration. First, the recruitment industry has a reputation for charging excessive fees, hidden from the candidate and expensive to the client. This is especially true of contract positions, where some candidates accuse agencies of taking home more than they themselves do.
"There was certainly a perception in the past that recruitment agencies charged exorbitant fees. We have an open book policy, which breeds trust and openness and helps us maintain our candidates. But this open book policy isn't standard in the industry," explains Coulter.
Second, the very nature of contract positions ensures that recruiters have an ongoing candidate base from which to select, whereas permanent positions should be taboo. This makes contract placements quite attractive to agencies yet they can be expensive. The result can be a dilemma between loyalty to a client and the marketability of a candidate. And like any industry, there are good practitioners and bad ones.
In June 2002 there were 2,445 for-profit organisations in Australia involved in the provision of employment services, which made approximately 3.5 million job placements. Inevitably, there are those focused on sales more than client and candidate satisfaction. "We have to raise the level of professionalism and trust in the industry," says Coulter.
The consequences of a skills shortage are significant - a rise in wages could lead to a rise in inflation, which in turn can impact interest rates, which affects most Australians on a personal level.
Sustaining prosperity The Federal Treasurer, Peter Costello, stated at the Sustaining Propensity conference in Melbourne on 31 March: "I do not believe we are yet seeing the beginning of the long-term problem. I think we are just at a favourable point in the economic cycle - a point we should attempt to continue and improve upon. But I do believe in the longer term - in decade's time - Australia will face a long-term structural shortage of labour."
In a press statement from the ACS launching its work/life balance policy, society president Edward Mandla says: "We are facing a potential skills shortage in the ICT industry - particularly in the longer term with diminishing student enrolments in ICT disciplines and low participation rates of women in the IT workforce."
CIOs could start preparing for it by assessing the effectiveness of their recruitment agency and policy. Similarly IT departments, recruitment companies and other related fields in the IT industry should look at starting up work experience programs, help companies better manage graduate programs, and act as advisers to the candidates on their recruitment databases.
But perhaps the most important step is to assess what the universal cry of "skills shortage" really means.


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PORTSMOUTH — Gov. Maggie Hassan is expected to attend a private memorial service in Portsmouth Thursday for New Hampshire Army National Guard Chief Warrant Officer Charlie Morgan.
An advocate for gay rights, Morgan gained national recognition during the last two years while fighting for marriage equality and simultaneously battling Stage IV breast cancer. She died Sunday at age 48.
Family and friends will gather for a private memorial service at Portsmouth's South Church at 3 p.m. She will receive full military honors during the ceremony.
Representatives from the office of U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen are expected to attend, as well as Allyson Robinson, executive director of OutServe-SLDN, an association of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual service members.
Morgan was an active member of the group's military advisory council. Morgan and longtime spouse, Karen Morgan, also joined a lawsuit brought by OutServe-SLDN against the federal government in 2011.
The suit challenges the legality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), the federal law that prevents the government from recognizing same-sex marriages. DOMA also bars the government from extending benefits to same-sex couples that rely on marriage for eligibility.
As a lesbian service member, Morgan used the story of her own terminal illness to illustrate the law's ramifications on her family. With DOMA still in place, Karen Morgan is now ineligible to receive the Social Security and military death benefits bestowed on heterosexual couples.
Massachusetts National Guard Major Shannon McLaughlin, the lead plaintiff in the case, is also expected to attend Thursday's service.
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case in March, according to OutServe-SLDN spokesman Zeke Stokes. A decision is anticipated this summer.
"When I think about Charlie's legacy, I think it will be that she gave a face, she and her family gave a face, to this fight, and really helped educate the American people about these issues," Stokes said Wednesday.


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Wilson's goal in OT lifts Predators over Sharks
Nashville, TN – Pekka Rinne masked the Nashville Predators' ongoing offensive deficiencies while helping to extend San Jose's February funk.
Rinne recorded his 27th career shutout with a 25-save performance as the Predators edged the Sharks, 1-0, in overtime at Bridgestone Arena.
Colin Wilson was credited with the game's lone tally at the 2:08 mark of the extra session. Wilson went to the crease and got a piece of Ryan Ellis' shot from up high before it trickled behind San Jose goalie Antti Niemi.
"I saw (Ellis) had (the puck), so I drove the middle. He took a shot and I got a tip on it," Wilson said.
Nashville, which entered play averaging a league-worst 1.83 goals per game, snapped a two-game losing streak.
Niemi played well in defeat, making 24 saves.
Tuesday's loss was the sixth straight for San Jose following a franchise-best 7-0-0 start in January. The current 0-3-3 skid began with a 2-1 shootout loss to Nashville on Feb. 2.
"We have to find a way to get over the hump, get one by some goaltenders and find some wins here," San Jose head coach Todd McLellan said.
Game Notes
The Sharks were 0-for-6 on the power play ... The Predators were outshot 13-3 in the first period.


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defy1 wrote:Just did my first ride.. from Glen Waverley, up 1 in 20 and back. Not very fast, 29 mins lol. Hope to improve it over time.
It wasn't too bad traffic wise, and there were a lot of cyclists about, but it was cold and windy.
Well done, and congrats!
I hope you enjoyed the ride.
You now have a baseline time to aim for.
Ps: Not a bad guess less than 3 mins out.
I guess I won the poll by default, no other times posted.
Prize for the poll was a set of new Reynolds 46 carbon clincher wheels rrp:$2999
I guess I'll have to go treat myself.


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Priceline Founder Jay Walker Becoming Full On Patent Troll: Sues Facebook For Friending And The Powerball Lottery For Lotteries
from the this-is-not-innovation dept
Joe Mullin has an article highlighting how Walker is now suing Facebook for violating a patent he got back in 1999 (5,884,27) for "establishing and maintaining user-controlled anonymous communications." According to Walker, the very basic "friending" feature on Facebook violates this patent. That claim, alone, pretty much highlights what's wrong with the patent system. The process of setting up such a system is not at all complicated, and thousands of programmers could come up with a similar system in a very short period of time. Note that Walker never actually did anything here (or, if he did, it's pretty much lost to history). Yet Facebook actually implements such a feature well, and suddenly it needs to pay up? How does that make any sense at all?
Mullin's report also highlights that Walker has been getting more aggressive in his patent lawsuits lately -- even going so far as to sue the organization behind the Powerball lottery, claiming that they violated his newly issued patent (7,740,537) on "applying lottery multipliers. Seriously. How is that possibly patentable?


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When a long-lasting series becomes outdated, developers often attempt to update it for a new generation. But is the industry holding itself back by rehashing old concepts and ideas?
It depends on the franchise. Some franchises are good, but some decisions might have affected them, and a reboot might renovate them by trying again with fresh ideas. Others might be just trying to milk as much as possible.
In any case though, I prefer new IPs, because they can too become successful franchises
True, but it does give some more time to think of another IP.
Also, people want them and since it's a big money maker, why not?


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The modest people at Apple recently asked if I wanted to take advantage of their "Genius" service. It would go through the music in my iTunes lists and the apps on my many Apple devices, then make recommendations about other tunes and apps I could buy.
The modest people at Apple recently asked if I wanted to take advantage of their "Genius" service. It would go through the music in my iTunes lists and the apps on my many Apple devices, then make recommendations about other tunes and apps I could buy.
The genius noticed that I had some songs by Judy Collins and suggested I try some by Joan Baez. It saw that I had quite a few albums by Laura Nyro and suggested I might like another. It guessed that since I had a dictionary I might like a thesaurus, since I had downloaded solitaire I might like another card game.
It just goes to show that even a genius can have an off-day. Or maybe my tunes and apps were so boring that the genius did not think I could handle anything more daring. I shouldn't complain because I didn't pay anything for those recommendations. All I had to do was agree to the terms and conditions of the iTunes store along with the Apple privacy policy.
If you've had the same experience, you probably clicked on the button to agree without bothering to look. I decided to find out just what I was agreeing to. The Ts and Cs, as they like to say at business lunches, ran to 14,777 words, practically a novella. To put that in perspective, this column is always 500 words long, so the genius could fill this space with rules and warnings every Thursday from now to mid-August, with half a column left over.
There was lots of stuff about paying my bills and getting only what I paid for and not blaming them if something went awry. Like most geniuses, they think that they can do no wrong. If I use one of their services and some virus sneaks in and destroys my playlists, it cannot possibly be their fault. But if I send them something that has problems, either the technical or legal kind, I'm in trouble and they will come after me.
And this genius is not only conceited but also selfish. If I send Apple something, I have to give away all the rights with no compensation. Apple doesn't even have to promise to use it and it has the right to edit or change what I submitted without even telling me.
I see why most people don't read these. They are dense and unfriendly with an attitude that takes the fun out of shopping. And you have to agree to these terms just to have the chance to do business with them. You don't even have to buy anything.
Imagine if McDonald's took the same approach, making people sign waivers before they ordered at the drive-thru. Even their volcanic coffee would be cold.
The next time they ask if I want help, I'll decline. Instead, I want somebody to come up with an app called "lawyer" that will keep the genius busy while I listen to "Both Sides Now."


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...posting my own writings, or accepting submissions from non-published writers to post and review their work too. The website will be called Quill & Codex. I am looking for a classic style for the logo, perhaps taking inspiration from calligraphy and the like. For the most part, I am happy for the designer to jump in with their interpretations, and to work
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Funky logo or fancy is restricted. Simple Design and Brand name should be visible clearly. Suggestions can be upheld.
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You are mixing up nature of mind with the nature of the nature of mind.starter wrote: As my comprehension of anatta and the essence of the mind (pure mind) increases, I find it "silly" now to contemplate the uncertainty of life and certainty of death -- both are anatta anyway, and the mind essence has no real change (no birth no death)
For example the emptiness of a apple-seed is not the same as the emptiness of the apple-tree. They are different absences altho both absences are characterized by their "absenceness". This is true for all the cittas and all the rupas which are momentary so their emptiness is also momentary and is therefore subject to birth and death.


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Salt Lake City students win President's environmental award
Release Date: 04/20/2007
Contact Information: Wendy Dew 303 312-6605; Richard Mylott 303 312-6654
Morningside Elementary's "GREEN Team" recognized for promoting cleaner air at Washington, D.C., ceremony
{Denver, Colorado -- April 20, 2007} A group of students from Salt Lake City's Morningside Elementary School received the President's Environmental Youth Award at a ceremony in Washington, D.C., today. The students, using the theme "Get Really Energy Efficient Now!" (GREEN), have engaged in a number of outreach activities that are having a positive impact on the environment.
"Morningside Elementary's GREEN Team has done a wonderful job of helping raise awareness about innovative ways that individuals can help improve air quality along the Wasatch Front," said EPA regional administrator Robert E. Roberts. "These students are not just the environmental leaders of tomorrow, they are contributing to real environmental results and outcomes today."
Morningside's GREEN Team project has made many positive environmental impacts in the local community. One primary goal of the team was to educate the Salt Lake community about how to use energy resources more efficiently to improve air quality. The GREEN Team visited 500 Utah homes to deliver compact fluorescent light bulbs with an educational message about their energy efficiency benefits. In recognition of this effort, Governor Huntsman signed the "Change a Light, Change the World Proclamation," honoring the students.
The students also distributed "stop idling" stickers at 15 community council meetings while singing their own composed "Stop Idling" song to encourage people to turn off their vehicles while waiting. In addition, they mailed out more than 50 survey letters about idling vehicles to the education and transportation departments in Utah, and gave 15 presentations to community councils, PTAs, womens'clubs and other organizations about the need to stop and turn off vehicles when idling. The GREEN Team's logo for this effort is "Stop, Turn-Off, and Save." Many districts have now implemented idling policies, including the local Granite School District transportation department.
Some significant long-term environmental benefits have resulted from the project. For example, Utah Clean Cities has announced that it is addressing a need to educate transportation systems about idling because of the research and survey information about school buses gathered by the team. The Team has succeeded increasing awareness of simple ways to improve air quality. Many people in the community are now driving their vehicles with the team's "Stop Turn Off and Save" stickers.
The students have written scripts for speaking engagements, designed surveys and logos, made posters, handed out light bulbs, manned booths, composed and sang the "Stop Idling Song," written stories, completed science fair projects, and met many hours after school to educate the public about the importance of conserving our national resources.
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Public Library in Shopping Mall
Alton Square Library of the Hayner (Ill.) Public Library District - Alton Square Mall
Baychester Branch of the New York Public Library - Bartow Shopping Mall
Bookmarks at NorthPark Center of the Dallas Public Library
Centennial Branch Library of the Midland County Public Library in Midland, Tex. - Imperial Shopping Center
Crossroads: The Library Connection at Crossroads - Inside the Crossroads Shopping Center and Southcenter: Library Connection @ Southcenter - Westfield Shoppingtown Southcenter - and Lake Forest Park Library - Lake Forest Park Towne Centre Mall - with Newport Way Library branch temporarily located inside of Factoria Mall next to Target. All in the King County Library System - See the August 23, 2004 Christian Science Monitor news story, Something new to check out at the mall: library books
Dayton Mall Mini-Branch Library of Dayton (Ohio) Metro Library
Dewitt Community Librarylocated in Shoppingtown Mall in Syracuse, NY
Eastmont Branch Library of the Oakland Public Library - Eastmont Town Center (also known as the Eastmont Mall)
Eastwood Branch of the Birmingham (Ala.) Public Library - Eastwood Mall
Galleria Library of the Henderson Libraries in Nevada - Galleria Mall
Genesee Valley Center Location of the Genesee District Library in Flint, Mich.
Glendale Branch Library of the Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library - Glendale Mall upper level, south end
Hopkins County-Madisonville Public Library of the Hopkins County (KY) Public Library - Madison Square Mall
Kingstowne Library of the Fairfax County (Va.) Public Library - Landsdowne Centre shopping center
Lauderhill Mall Branch of the Broward County Library
Oglethorpe Mall Library of Live Oak Public Libraries in Savannah, GA
Sierra View Library of the Washoe County Library System in Reno, Nev. - Reno Town Mall
Vancouver Mall Community Library of Fort Vancouver Regional Library District in Vancouver, WA
Willow Oaks Branch Library of the Hampton (Va.) Public Library - Willow Oaks Village Square
(Representative listing, not comprehensive)
Readings on Public Libraries in Shopping Malls
(reverse chronological order)
Libraries focus on convenience with mall locations by Jamie Stengle (AP), 6/6/2010
Let's Go to the Mall: Thinking outside the neighborhood branch, libraries in malls make for happy partnerships and patrons by Donna Gordon Blankinship, Library Journal, 2/1/2005


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State Fire Marshal called in to investigate for arson in Roscoe
After incidents occurring these past few days, it now seems obvious that an arsonist is at work in Roscoe and the Roscoe area. Following the most recent incident, a fire that burned down a vacant house on FM 608 two miles north of Roscoe early Wednesday morning, the state fire marshal has been called in to investigate.This fire follows another possibly related blaze that destroyed the M.T. Duncan home west of Roscoe Sunday night. The home, vacant for some time, burned to the ground about midnight. Located three miles west of town next to the south I-20 service road, it had a covered garage with two cars in it. Both cars and garage were completely destroyed along with the house.Another suspicious incident suggesting arson came to light yesterday with the discovery of an attempt to set fire to the house at 210 Cypress. This fine old home, known to some as the Arledge house, is owned by Larry McBurnett of Bryan and is the oldest house still standing in Roscoe, having been built over a century ago.Someone apparently threw gasoline on the front door and the porch floor just below it and then set it ablaze. Luckily, the door was made of steel and didn't catch fire, but it has definitely been scorched and there are burn marks at the bottom of the door both inside and out.The house is just across the street from the Treviño residence at 211 Cypress, where arson is suspected in two incidents occurring there two weeks apart in March.And on February 5, fire destroyed the Armando Renteria residence on 110 Ash Street, leaving him and his family without a home. The cause of that blaze is also under investigation. There have also been a couple of fires recently in the Sweetwater area. Although nothing is certain about any connections at this time, there certainly seem to be too many fires occurring in the area to be accidental.Anyone with information about any of these fires should call Roscoe City Hall at 325-766-3871 or Crime Stoppers at 325-235-8477. See more photos inside and see more Roscoe news at roscoehardtimes.blogspot.com.


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posted by David Adams on Fri 29th Oct 2010 05:32 UTC, submitted by Dan Warne
Cloud apps can be a godsend -- until they stop working, taking all your data with them. Google Docs users worldwide have learned this the hard way this week, locked out of their documents by a bug which Google says is currently its #1 priority to fix, but hasn't been able to resolve for six days and counting. The bug, associated with Google's new multiple account login feature, causes an endless redirect when people try to open a document. Microsoft has been quick to jump on the opportunity to promote its forthcoming Office 365 service, which caches files locally, as a better solution than the all-cloud solution Google is offering. Google has been apologetic about the bug but says since it is not actually an outage it will not honor its 99.9% uptime guarantee for Google Apps Premier users.


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These days, Linux tends to be the go-to platform for setting up and deploying an Apache-powered server. But if you prefer the Microsoft way and want to host a quick and dirty test server from Windows without investing in an expensive license for Windows Server or messing around with Linux, the open source community has you covered.
XAMPP, by Apache Friends, is known as an installable Apache distribution, containing everything you need to get a server up and running on your own PC. Essentially, this package includes several applications and services all bundled together for fast and easy configuration, such as Apache, MySQL, PHP, OpenSSL, FileZilla FTP server, and more. This web server kit has recently reached version 1.8 and comes loaded with various improvements and fixes as well as preliminary support for Mac OS X and Solaris.
Get started
It's easy to get started. Simply download XAMPP for Windows from the Apache Friends website, launch the installer, and set your system services for Apache and MySQL. Presto, you're online and ready to go.
XAMPP provides a convenient and easy to use control panel, which allows you to turn services like Apache or MySQL on and off, view process IDs and port numbers, edit configuration files, read activity logs and use Netstat. When the server starts up, you are given a local IP address which points to your page for testing purposes. Typing either http://127.0.0.1/ or http://localhost/ in your web browser will open the "XAMPP installed successfully" page.
From here, you can load all of your site content under what XAMPP calls the DocumentRoot area, which is similar in concept to the public_html folder found on most servers. Under Windows, the default location is C:\xampp\htdocs\.
Once you are finished copying in all the content, replace the index.php and/or index.html file to finish the process and replace the demo page provided by XAMPP. Since there is far more than I can properly cover here in this post, you can find out more about the web server setup and configuration procedure at the XAMPP Windows FAQ page. There are also various guides on the Web which give a series of steps from start to finish, including this one from New Net Enterprises.
Bottom line
In summary, XAMPP is designed with the web developer in mind, giving one the power and flexibility of a test web server without all the hassle of setting up a dedicated box running a special server operating system, just for site testing. When it comes to throwing a server out into the wild however, proper hardened security is a must and operating systems designed specifically for servers should be used for public-facing production sites instead of XAMPP. My advice for anyone wanting to give XAMPP a spin: Stay within the confines of an internal LAN, and you should have no problems.
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