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"Unemployed Need Not Apply" – Working Around This Scary Message
August 23, 2010 at 12:01 am 31 comments
Lately, there's been a very disturbing trend in the job market. More and more companies are automatically screening out job applicants who are not currently working. They are eliminating unemployed job-seekers from their candidate pools, and are choosing to only interview people who already have jobs. Recruiting firms from all over the country are reporting hearing this from their client companies with increasing and alarming frequency. Some companies are doing this behind the scenes, quietly instructing outside 3rd-party recruiters, internal corporate recruiters and HR people to focus only on currently working candidates while excluding those that are not working (without telling them, of course.) Others are brazenly advertising this preference in their job postings! I know … it sounds outrageous – and you'd think such a thing would be illegal, right? Well, guess what – it's not. Unlike race, religion, age, gender, etc., being unemployed is not a "protected" status subject to anti-discrimination laws. Here's a link to a recent article from CNNMoney that made the rounds a few weeks ago, and brought this issue to light for a lot of people: "Looking for work? Unemployed need not apply."
Below is a screenshot of an ad from Sony Ericsson for a Head of Marketing Communications and Public Relations position, taken from a video newscast from a TV station in Orlando. The ad was placed by an Orlando-based recruiting agency called "The People Place" for a job in the Atlanta area, which is where Sony was moving their headquarters. They were supposedly creating 180 new jobs at that new facility … and Sony was refusing to hire any unemployed people to fill those jobs! (The irony of this is astounding – advertising for a head of "Public Relations" with an ad that created a firestorm of BAD public relations!!!)
This practice has, for obvious reasons, angered a lot of people. In some cases it has caused a backlash against those companies. For example, in the Sony Ericsson case shown above, the local community of Buckhead, Georgia – the Atlanta suburb where Sony was building their new facility – threatened to rescind a deal they made with the company which included $4 Million in tax credits when they learned of this hiring policy. (Sony subsequently removed the ad, saying it was "a mistake.") In other cases, when reporters called companies who posted jobs with restrictions against unemployed applicants, those companies removed the ads – obviously to avoid negative publicity … but we can only assume that their discriminatory hiring practices continued behind closed doors.
In the world of 3rd Party Recruiting, this practice isn't really new at all. Traditional "Head Hunters" have done this for years, only going after top talent – usually people who worked for their client's competitors – and actually recruiting them away from one company to come work for another. Head Hunters would never call someone who was unemployed. [Read "The Real Truth About Working with Recruiters" for more on how "Head Hunters" differ from other types of recruiters.]
So why are today's companies now doing this? At a time when there are more unemployed job-seekers out there than any other time in recent history, why would any company eliminate from consideration such a huge pool of talent … potential candidates, many of whom are probably just as qualified (if not more so) as anyone who is currently working? Without trying to justify it, or in any way condone this practice – as a recruiter who has heard these preferences expressed from client companies I've worked with myself, I can probably shed some light on their thinking.
One reason might be expediency. Every job posting now brings in an unprecedented flood of applicants. Company recruiters and HR people are completely overwhelmed with literally hundred and hundreds of resumes for each and every job opening they advertise. By eliminating unemployed applicants, they are whittling that number down to a more reasonable group of people that they can screen and interview in a more efficient and timely manner.
Another reason is perception. It's basic human nature to view a candidate who is still working in a better light than an unemployed job-seeker. No matter what the true facts are, there is always that irrational but nagging suspicion that someone is out of work for "performance reasons." It's not logical, and it's not likely to produce a higher caliber employee … but it is the way many people think.
Companies might also rationalize that a currently working person is "the best in their field" since they managed to avoid the layoffs that so many others experienced in their industry. They may believe that those currently working "passive candidates" are more likely to be up to speed in their industry niche, and would therefore require less training than someone who has been out of work for a while … that they could more easily "hit the ground running."
Trying to understand the reasons that companies do what they do in their hiring practices can be useful information for any job-seeker in determining how to position yourself for the best chances of success. If the name of the game is perception, then it's up to you to create a perception that will be most likely to avoid being eliminated before you even get to the starting gate.
The Workaround:
So what is an unemployed job-seeker supposed to do with this information? How can you work around the scary message: "Unemployed Need Not Apply?" The most obvious answer to that question is to not appear to be unemployed!!! I'm certainly not suggesting that you should to be dishonest or lie in any way. However, there are several ways to present yourself – especially on your résumé – that will avoid the stigma that comes with being an unemployed job-seeker. My advice is to position yourself as NOT being currently unemployed – but rather to use either Volunteer Work, Consulting (Contract) Work, or Self-Employment as your current position. I've detailed those strategies, and described how to use them on your résumé, at the bottom of a prior blog posting: "Explaining Short Job Stints and Employment Gaps."
Don't give companies any reason to overlook you before they even talk with you! Use this information, and my suggested strategies, to get past the irrational screening process. Your goal should be to advance yourself to the interview stages of the hiring process where you have the opportunity to impress people with your actual talents and skills, your positive attitude and your passion for your work.
Entry filed under: Advice for Job Seekers. Tags: interviewing, job-seekers, resume.
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excellent observation … feedback from my volunteer work for a career networking group supports this "discreet" practice …especially for the 40 and older professional job seeker …..50 and older …even tougher to make it through the screening…
Wow. I had not heard of this trend, and I find it disturbing and short-sighted, to say the very least.
Fortunately, the situation doesn't (currently) apply to me, as I'm not unemployed or looking for another position. But I certainly know a LOT of bright, hard-working, savvy engineers who have been hit by layoffs in the past couple of years.
In my opinion, any employer who is willing to ignore this talented pool of candidates simply because they want to feel proud that they're able to recruit employees away from another company is making an incredibly stupid business mistake!
NIce, Michael. I tweeted this one. Have a good day.
Thank you for validating what I've told job seekers to do since the 90's and that is to fill in the gaps with experiences such as volunteer, self employment, etc. Although this practice of only hiring those already employed has been taking place for some time, we are now seeing it used more frequently. It's important for job seekers to not take it personally even if they know they were the only one in the world that was a fit for a job, chances are the hiring powers never even looked at their qualifications but simply looked at the date they last worked.
We all know these companies are dealing with a huge volume of resumes but honestly they are screwing themselves when they don't take the added time to filter through the qualified, experienced, perfect fit applicants.
Michael.. you are correct in that companies can require that the candidate must be employed.
The challenges of today versus in the past, where companies believed that the employees were downsized because they were not top performers and today that is not an accurate statement.
Today,It Takes A Village !
Great article. It doesn't hurt to temp as well, it shows that your still being active while enhancing your skills until you land that job.
Actually, temping is one of the biggest mistakes a job-seeker can make. I did this out of desperation after college, and have been openly told that I looked like an unstable worker because of it. Most people would assume that it makes you look willing to do what it takes, right? Wrong.
I'd have to agree with Angela. I've been experiencing the same issue as I've only been able to secure temporary work, even though it's been long term (at least 1 year each contract). Every recruiter and even HR and hiring managers don't understand why I have been working contracts for so long.
I've been through several layoffs with pretty much every company that I've worked for, and the company I currently work with is shutting down its operations. My manager is offering to convert me to a permanent employee, however I do not really see the benefit in this as I would only have this job for a few more months!
Definitely disheartening. Evidently the extra tax incentive approved by Congress to hire those unemployed greater than six months is no incentive to these folks.
All of those possible scenarios you've cited are perfectly reasonable, Michael.
But the real perception all candidates (both employed and unemployed) need to embrace here is that in all likelihood, companies that advertise for 'employed people only' are not going to be great places to work anyway.
It's a form of corporate eugenics and those sorts of agendas always result in inbreeding and deformity, eventually.
Mitch: an elegant statement, "a form of corporate eugenics and those sorts of agendas always result in inbreeding and deformity" as well as prophetic – time will demonstrate it for us.
… an emerging class of "untouchables" … for whatever reason … an inwardly negative, spiraling cannibalism?
How to break the cycle? Or do we wait until everyone employed has stopped the musical chairs and we build more? Or like Michael suggests, we can go ahead and build our own chair and see if anyone wants to buy?
So, far – it looks like a policy such as this is merely for the gratuitous convenience of others … and not socially beneficial. It remains to be seen whether it is economically beneficial…
Maybe the smart recruiters will actually seek out the best of the unemployed to supply and contrast them "in addition to" what the client asked for … you'd have to think that the unemployed group would have something worthwhile going for them … like being extraordinarily motivated?
This is sadly not news, as I think we have heard this filtering around the recruiting community. It does highlight the fact that recruiters don't have the level of sophistication or automation that is required to sift through applicants. Resume's are a poor source of reference. ATS, as sophisticated as they are, do not do a good job of sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Recruiters need to update their arsenal off tools and fortunately there are tools available.
http://bit.ly/dbTZJg for instance is an automated reference checking system. This cuts down on hours of phone work and gets impressive response rates.
That said your advice for those out of work is sound!
It is disconcerting that any company would allow other companies, and possibly competitors, to screen their candidates for them. The criteria used for downsizings are known only to those creating the lists, and often include a certain number of people in each department, regardless of performance. Why is it so many look for the easy way out rather than find the diamond that someone else threw away??? And all of these short sighted companies refuse to hire us at a discounted salary, too! If we are such damaged goods, why not offer less money and get performance for 75 cents on the dollar??? They are spending top dollar, plus nice relocation packages, for people who will probably move on in less than five years. The companies that hire us are going to be glad they did so!!! I know that I will be grateful, and willing to guarantee a few years if it helps close the deal…
Thank you for the article. I find it disturbing, but not unexpected. It appears that industry is killing itself from the inside out.
Being a part of CVP, I have seen the talent pool that is currently unemployed and what company's with this practice are passing up!
Interesting Michael,
I am part of a long thread where this topic is well aired in the UK (700+ posts so far).
Even the recruiter try to divine ages before finishing the CV. It is illegal in the Uk to age discriminate but it happens more often than not. Add unemployment to that long list!
Job seeking is one of the toughest tasks because one needs to squeeze thru hundreds of hundreds. Sometimes it is very humiliating for those who are over 45. I think Michael is right. You don't need to lie to get a job: however, you can use arsenal of tricks (ideas) to get a position.
In the world of outplacement consulting working with those who have lost their positions and are unemployed, the advice is to keep job search and networking activity levels high and to use a proactive strategy. Know what you are looking for and be able to communicate it to recruiters and networking contacts. Volunteering, working part-time, etc., are all good ways to keep a pulse on your industry and keep connected. Be as active in your search as you were on the job. Interviewers will gain a more positive appreciation of your skills and motivation. Once re-employed, the advice is to keep your skills high and prepare for your next career move and make it your choice this time instead of someone else's.
This is not totally unbelievable, but it is strange in my opinion. Especially because the government is giving tax breaks to employers hiring unemployed workers.
While the recently unemployed may be so for reasons having little to do with their abilities in their profession, those who have been long unemployed might reasonably be looked upon as a pool substantially less likely to yield high-performers. If they have been long unemployed, then either they have been unable to interest many other employers or they have shown a lack of initiative in creating their own job by starting their own business. As an employer, I would surely want to see that the business they set up does show some creativity and hard work toward getting it going. I would be leery of hiring someone who was willing to be long on the public dole. It indicates too great a sense of entitlement and too little pride. The many extensions of unemployment insurance may be doing many people no favor. I am hearing of surprising cases in which employers are looking for people to hire, making offers for interviews, and seeing no one show up for the scheduled interview.
I wonder if the trend also applies to potential candidates straight out of college or training schools – or even those who have left the military.
Charles … exactly what planet do you come from?
How dare you insult the long-time unemployed that way. Do you friggen think they want to be unemployed?
Charles … You made them sound like bums that want to be on unemployment. Whose KoolAid are you drinking?
I have worked with the unemployed since the early 90's and I will tell you I have never, ever seen so many highly qualified people from so many different industries unemployed as I've seen in the past 2 years. These are people that worked for one company for 10-15 + years. They were respected, hard working professionals that were totally loyal to the companies/corporations they worked for. Now unemployed they are working their asses off looking for work. They don't want to be on unemployment … anyone that thinks that way is totally not understanding what the face of today's unemployed is. Charles … when was the last time you visited a job club in your area? Maybe you need to do so. Or join my online job club and talk with the 1,700 members on there as I'm sure they would love to help educate you on just who is unemployed these days and what it means to be unemployed these days.
And, nice of you to spout about some company that is hiring but supposedly no one showed up for a scheduled interview. You would need to give a whole lot more information for that one to be believable.
And, my last comment to you is NOT EVERYONE CAN BE AN ENTREPRENEUR!!!
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@Charles: " I would be leery of hiring someone who was willing to be long on the public dole. It indicates too great a sense of entitlement and too little pride."
A mistake in your assumptions: not everyone unemployed is on the public dole … there are some who refuse to accept it on the grounds of their personal integrity (and not wanting to contribute to the problem of increasing our progeny's tax (read: social) debt.
And the same for healthcare.
Given your obvious vainglory and near complete incapacity for critical discernment – it is clear that "safe" also means "lacking integrity" (by your own logic).
& @Maureen … you go! Right On!
(It's Tuesday! Everyone works on Tuesday! )
"A little integrity is better than any career"
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
What I find frustrating is that some employers don't care that the unemployed are attempting, keeping their skills current or have returned to university to further their education.
I had one employer ask in a phone interview what I had been doing since becoming unemployed. It was not enough that I had a temporary position, received another degree, and continue to volunteer in the community at a science center. The response was "So you are not interested in a position".
How is one suppose to answer the question
What have you been involved in since becoming unemployed if my response was not good enough
This is very common in the UK. I was made redundant 6 months ago, at first my CV included this fact, and I had very little interest while applying for jobs.
I therefore removed the face, and updated my work history to just include the start date for the role in which I was made redundant. Instant suscess, offers of telephone interviews and face to face. One problem though, I am getting used to the phone being slammed down on me once the question is asked. One well known IT organisation got 60mins through a telephone interview, was impressed enough to book me a face to face interview, and once I confirmed the date, asked me my availablity to work. I soon as I said now, they asked why, the second I mentioned unemployed, as if by magic the role had been filled in that second by an internal candiate.
I've had 3 office based interviews terminated early as soon as the question is asked. Two of them I'd travelled for over two hours at my own expense, and put aside a day. The best one was being escortted from the building by security, as there was an apparent increased risk due to myself being unemployed.
I now answer the question in telephone interviews, as simply, I am a self employed consultant considering taking on a new contract or permanent role. On application forms, I tick the 2 or more weeks notice box.
Thank you, Sir, for sharing these Skype Interview Tips.
It IS illegal now, in some states. Check out SHRM article.
(from the Society of Human Resources Management July 2013 Legal Update) Article: In California, Lingering Concerns over Exclusion of Unemployed
Cepero works for the national human resources association, yet was 'unaware'?! Sure….
The fact that any HR 'professional' has to be advised on the discriminatory practice of hiring only 'passive' candidates, is obscene and shameful.
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It's been a lazy couple of weeks, fitting the hot, lazy weather of Delhi.
Today I want to share a very casual yet chic outfit with you. It's a cotton shirt and cigarette pants combination. Scroll below to see what makes it stand out 🙂
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This blue shirt is quite versatile. It looks like denim but is cotton!
White pants are a summer essential – in fact, I wear them all year round! This one is a straight fit pair. I try to avoid a skinny fit 🙂
I quite love the colour combination – blue and white with a touch of silver and crystals. Easy on the eyes and very refreshing on a hot day!
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You can simply pair this outfit with flip flops or chappals while you run errands!
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When Fayette art class students head into the darkroom with a roll of film to process, they're taking a step into the past.
Developer, stop bath, fixer, water wash—hardly anyone follows that routine anymore.
Instructor Ryan Colegrove knows he's teaching the proverbial dinosaur, but it's still a good beast to have around. Even in Fayette's art classes, however, film is probably heading toward extinction. When classes move into the new school, digital photography will take over.
Former art teacher Tom Spiess remembers starting up the school darkroom in 1971.
"We had a Yankee enlarger, three trays and a developing tank," he said.
At the time, the darkroom wasn't at all a permanent fixture.
"We used the girls rest room across the hall from the boiler room," Spiess said.
During the class period when the darkroom was in use, a student would be posted outside—both to warn a visitor that she might want to use another rest room and also to prevent an open door from exposing film or photo paper to light.
Spiess has the satisfaction of knowing that over the years a few of his students took their basic skills with them and went on to use photography after graduation.
It wasn't a class for everyone, but many students found it fascinating.
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The magical process of watching an image appear on a white sheet of paper captured the imagination of most students, but not everyone was comfortable in the darkroom.
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Hello and happy Tuesday! Can you believe it's already the third week in December?! Only a little over a week left in 2012–eep! Where did the time go? Now that school is over (all A's–go me!), I can finally start scrapping again! Since I'm a little rusty now, I definitely want to use a template and what better way to get a freebie template than by joining in on the second template challenge hosted by one of our new designers, Isabel of Crisdam Designs! Check out the super cute template Isabel has made for us to create with the second half of this month…
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I'm always thrilled to check out these challenges and see the amount of talent we have in the GS community! 🙂 I love that snowy spray Sarah has, all the vibrant ribbons Debbie used and the softer non-holiday pastels Ricki used for a little break in strictly holiday scrapping. 🙂 Wonderful work, ladies!
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You may hate him, but Russell Brand is an unquestionably talented guy. Unfortunately, his career as a leading man has not lived up to his supporting work or his stand-up. And yet, Warner Brothers has given him a first-look development deal to ensure they have dibs on his work.
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After doing voice-work for "Despicable Me" and "Hop," as well as working on Julie Taymor's adaptation of "The Tempest," Brand starred in a remake of "Arthur," that was saved only by the charm and star power of Great Gerwig. As with "Greek," one of "Arthur"'s major problems was Brand following in the footsteps of too many funnymen, by trying to go dramatic. As we've said in the past, we thin it's great that Brand is sober and settled down, but watching him get there on film is not fun.
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Sunday, January 3, 2010
Winter Classic Game @ Dodger Stadium
I think it's a great idea of the National Hockey League hosting a Game at a Major League Ballpark. The Winter Classic Game has been held for the last three years. All three were held on New Year's Day. The first one wasn't at a Baseball Stadium. It was held at Ralph Wilson Stadium, home of the Buffalo Bills. The last two were held at Wrigley Field and Fenway Park (last Friday) I did see some of the game on t.v. What a interesting concept of having Hockey Players playing outside in a Baseball Stadium. Fenway Park looked great. Boston must of been excited for this Hockey Game.
So I was thinking, what are the odds that Dodger Stadium hosting one of these Winter Classic Games? I'd say very slim. But you can always dream, right? Imagine the Los Angeles Kings playing at Dodger Stadium. 56,000 fans attending this game in a Sunny Day.
That's the problem. It's going to be Sunny. Most likely, they want the Game to be held somewhere cold. The Big League Stew Blog {linked here}had a post about this last week. They were writing about where the Game should be held in the future. If you read the comments on that blog, most fans wouldn't want the game to be held in the West Coast.
The NHL are going to be doing this every New Year's Day, so future sites will be discussed {linked here}. Football Stadiums might be in too. Not just Baseball Stadiums. If you think about Baseball Parks, you have to imagine Target Field (the new park of the Minnesota Twins) Yankee Stadium, Comerica Park (Detroit) PNC Field (Pittsburgh) are the front runners to host one of these Games.
Dodgers Blue Heaven has more about last Friday's Game. {linked here}
One more shot of Fenway Park hosting this Game. Courtesy of Reuters.
8 comments:
- PenosCabell said...
Roberto - I think it's a great idea. Hockey's popularity has declined over the years in this country. The sport has a fan base on the east coast and in the midwest. What better way to try and expand your fanbase than by having the game played on the west coast?
- January 3, 2010 at 5:16 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
I feel the same way! I just don't see it happening in the near future. Plus I'm reading the Canadiens also want to be part of it. The Skydome (Toronto) ?
But yes, it would be great to do one in the West Coast.
- January 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM
- PenosCabell said...
Or maybe they'd play the game in the Olympic Stadium, where the Expos used to play.
- January 3, 2010 at 5:47 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
I don't think so. From what I understand, the NHL wants to do it in a outdoor stadium. The Olympic Stadium is a Dome Stadium...
- January 3, 2010 at 6:05 PM
- ernest said...
It will probably be a few years before they hold a winner classic game on the West Coast. I think the biggest factor is making sure they can sell out a large stadium for hockey. The last thing the NHL wants is a non-sellout for their marque event.
I do think, though, that a sell-out is a strong possibility (just not now) because of the rising stock of the Kings. They are playing great and are filled with some young talent at the NHL level and in the minors. Heck, their last 3 home games have been sell-outs. So, given some time to mature and a couple of playoff runs I think the NHL will eventually try to pull one off here.
- January 3, 2010 at 7:12 PM
- Roberto Baly said...
Hey Ernest, you know more about Hockey than myself. I hope you are right :)
- January 3, 2010 at 8:26 PM
- Unknown said...
I think they should too!!! If they do have it here it is cool, but they can alwyas have it at night! THe kings played a gmae in vegas outside when Gretzky was with them.. it tunred out gret and that was vegas alot hotter then here!
- January 5, 2010 at 10:14 AM
- Roberto Baly said...
Hey Mo, yeah I heard about the Kings playing a game in Vegas back in the early 90's...
- January 5, 2010 at 7:43 PM


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Art lovers passing through New Bern can find plenty of thought provoking outdoor murals or sculptures to ponder, but there could be more formal settings for them in the future.
Art lovers passing through New Bern can find plenty of thought provoking outdoor murals or sculptures to ponder, but there could be more formal settings for them in the future.
Jim Bisbee, Craven Arts Council board member, spoke to New Bern aldermen Tuesday about the need for the city to establish a policy for art parks and aldermen thought it was a good idea.
Bisbee said the Craven Arts Council has looked at places like Durham and Asheville and other cities that have popular outdoor art venues and believes it could bring a new, exciting aspect to New Bern.
Mike Epperson, city manager, said the city could work with the arts community and create a policy that would designate park locations, materials that would be acceptable, maintenance and ongoing care of art displays. He said it could be a fairly simple policy.
Mayor Lee Bettis said he thought it was a great idea that could highlight the many talents of the artist community, from music, art and sculpture to actors. He said per capita New Bern probably had more artists than New York.
Bettis said if the venue was provided it could be a big draw for the city, like the 17-day Spoleto Festival in Charleston, S.C., that draws thousands of visitors.
�We could really start to capitalize on this,� he said.
Carol Tokarski, executive director of Craven Arts County, said cities around New Bern are already working to bring more focus to the arts. Wilson is planning a $3 million project to designate a downtown park for sculptures by the well known whirligig artist Vollis Simpson. Kinston is working on an African American musical trail that will highlight the musical community.
Alderman Johnnie Ray Kinsey said he thought it was a great idea and art could be balanced with the vast history of New Bern.
Alderman Bernard White agreed.
�Art is very important because there is a lot of art here in New Bern,� he said.
After talking to a local principal who said they have to cut back on their school art programs, White said he thought it was good Carven Arts Council is trying to keep it going.
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All Senate committees went from Republican to Democratic control last month when Republican Sen. James Jeffords of Vermont became an independent but voted with the Democrats on the organization of the chamber, giving that party a 5149 edge.
EPA Finalizes Filter Backwash Rule
A regulation covering recycling of filter backwash water has been finalized by EPA.
Termed the Filter Backwash Recycling Rule (FBBR), the new regulation requires public water systems to review their recycle practices and, where appropriate, work with their state primary agencies to change practices that might be compromising microbial control.
The rule applies to systems that use surface water or groundwater that is under the direct influence of surface water, utilize direct or conventional filtration processes and recycle spent filter backwash water, sludge thickener supernatant or liquids from dewatering processes.
Under the rule, systems will be required to return recycled filter backwash water, sludge thickener supernatant and liquids from dewatering to a location that utilizes all processes of a systems conventional or direct filtration means. EPA anticipates that the rule will cover 4,650 systems serving 35 million customers.
A technical fact sheet on the rule is available online at http://epa.gov/safewater/mdbp/fbrr_factsheet.html.
Agency Withdraws Rule On Test Procedures
A direct final rule that EPA issued in January on test procedures has been withdrawn by the agency.
The initial action approved the use of updated versions of test procedures such as analytical methods for determining whether chemical, radiological and microbiological pollutants and contaminants were present in drinking water.
In rescinding that step, EPA announced that it would withdraw the rule if it received adverse comment on it by March 19. Such comments were received, the agency said, and they will be addressed.
President Chooses EPAs Top Water Official
G. Tracy Mehan, who has held federal and state environmental positions, has been nominated by President Bush as EPAs assistant administrator for water.
The position has responsibility for the management of programs, policies, standards and regulations related to water issues.
At the time of his appointment, Mehan, 51, was director of Michigans Office of the Great Lakes. He was earlier an associate deputy administrator in the EPA administrators office, and director of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.
Class V Well Controls Deemed Adequate
Existing federal rules and state programs on Class V underground injection wells are adequate to protect drinking water supplies, EPA has announced. "Additional federal regulation is not necessary at this time," the agency said.
Class V injection wells are generally shallow systems for disposal of nonhazardous fluids. They are regulated under Safe Drinking Water Act provisions designed to protect underground water sources from contamination by such wells.
EPA estimates there are more than 650,000 Class V wells in the country and they are in every state. The agency commented that "The effective management of Class V wells is important because of their large number, the wide variety of fluids discharged into them and because most accessible fresh water is stored in underground aquifers."


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The Senate voted Wednesday to restore tuition assistance for servicemembers in a move that was expected to gain support from the House and reverse the suspension of new enrollments in the program for continuing education in the military.
By a voice vote, the Senate approved a bi-partisan amendment offered by Sens. James Inhofe, R-Okla., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., to the Continuing Resolution for the funding of the government that would spare the tuition assistance programs in which hundreds of thousands of servicemembers are enrolled.
In a statement issued after the voice vote, Hagan's office said "the House is expected to pass the legislation without further changes," possibly as soon as Thursday.
In her own statement, Hagan said "I'm so pleased that we came together, Democrats and Republicans, to pass this important amendment."
A previous effort by Inhofe and Hagan to save tuition assistance by the amendment process had failed. They had introduced a stand-alone bill as a substitute, but the Senate leadership instead revived their amendment Wednesday and it quickly gathered support on both sides of the aisle.
The amendment from Inhofe and Hagan, both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was aimed at reversing the suspension of new enrollments in TA programs by the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps and the Coast Guard. Servicemembers currently enrolled were also advised that they would not be approved for future courses.
The Navy has yet to act on the popular tuition assistance plans for continuing education, but Navy officials have said they are considering proposals that would require sailors to pay for a percentage of the aid they receive.
In a joint statement, Inhofe and Hagan said their goal was to prevent the termination of tuition assistance while limiting the funding of the program from being cut beyond the overall percentage reduction of the services' Operations and Maintenance accounts.
"We are doing our brave military members and America a disservice if we take away a program that can be critical in assisting their re-entry into the civilian workforce," Inhofe said.
"Around 60 percent of our men and women who join our all-volunteer Armed Forces do so in order to pursue a higher education," said Inhofe. "This is a moral issue; not a partisan issue."
Denying educational benefits to our men and women in uniform is not the way to get our fiscal house in order," said Hagan. "Many of our servicemembers join the forces with the goal of advancing their educations, and we must keep our promises to them."
The cuts to tuition assistance were part of the $46 billion in cutbacks the Defense Department has been ordered to make before Oct. 1 because of sequestration.
Under sequestration, the cuts must be made across the board in all accounts. The Defense Department has been urging Congress to grant the military flexibility in making the cuts to spare programs such as tuition assistance.
The remarks of Hagan and Inhofe echoed the complaints and frustrations of veterans service organizations who have pushed for the preservation of tuition assistance as a major factor in enhancing recruitment and retention for the military.
On Thursday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will hold a roundtable meeting with representatives of the VSOs on budget issues, vets' employment, the mental health of the force and family assistance matters, DOD officials said.
Hagel will also discuss with the vets their concerns about the new Distinguished Warfare Medal, which is now ranked higher than the Bronze Star with Combat "V" and the Purple Heart, the DOD officials said.


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Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza {excerpt}
Mitt Romney's opposition to the auto bailout has haunted him on the campaign trail, especially in Rust Belt states like Ohio. There, in September, the Obama campaign launched television ads blasting Romney's November 2008 New York Times op-ed, "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." But Romney has done a good job of concealing, until now, the fact that he and his wife, Ann, personally gained at least $15.3 million from the bailout—and a few of Romney's most important Wall Street donors made more than $4 billion. Their gains, and the Romneys', were astronomical—more than 3,000 percent on their investment.
It all starts with Delphi Automotive, a former General Motors subsidiary whose auto parts remain essential to GM's production lines. No bailout of GM—or Chrysler, for that matter—could have been successful without saving Delphi. So, in addition to making massive loans to automakers in 2009, the federal government sent, directly or indirectly, more than $12.9 billion to Delphi—and to the hedge funds that had gained control over it.
One of the hedge funds profiting from that bailout— $1.28 billion so far—is Elliott Management, directed by Paul Singer. According to The Wall Street Journal, Singer has given more to support GOP candidates—$2.3 million—than anyone else on Wall Street this election season. His personal giving is matched by that of his colleagues at Elliott; collectively, they have donated $3.4 million to help elect Republicans this season, while giving only $1,650 to Democrats. And Singer is influential with the GOP presidential candidate; he's not only an informal adviser but, according to the Journal, his support was critical in helping push Representative Paul Ryan onto the ticket.
Singer, whom Fortune magazine calls a "passionate defender of the 1%," has carved out a specialty investing in distressed firms and distressed nations, which he does by buying up their debt for pennies on the dollar and then demanding payment in full. This so-called "vulture investor" received $58 million on Peruvian debt that he snapped up for $11.4 million, and $90 million on Congolese debt that he bought for a mere $20 million. In the process, he's built one of the largest private equity firms in the nation, and over decades he's racked up an unusually high average return on investments of 14 percent.
Other GOP presidential hopefuls chased Singer's endorsement, but Mitt chased Singer with his own checkbook, investing at least $1 million with Elliott through Ann Romney's blind trust (it could be far more, but the Romneys have declined to disclose exactly how much). Along the way, Singer gained a reputation, according to Fortune, "for strong-arming his way to profit." That is certainly what happened at Delphi.
We turn now to a major new exposé on the cover of The Nation magazine called "Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza: How He Made Millions from the Rescue of Detroit." Investigative reporter Greg Palast reveals how Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney made some $15 million on the auto bailout and that three of Romney's top donors made more than $4 billion for their hedge funds from the bailout. Palast's report is part of a film-in-progress called "Romney's Bailout Bonanza." Palast is the author of several books, including recently released New York Times bestseller, "Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps." [includes rush transcript]
Greg Palast, investigative reporter who has tracked Romney's "vulture" fund partners for five years for BBC Television's Newsnight. He is the author of the recently released New York Times bestseller, Billionaires & Ballot Bandits: How to Steal an Election in 9 Easy Steps. His new Nation exposé is called "Mitt Romney's Bailout Bonanza: How Mitt and Ann Made Millions — and Mitt's Hedge Fund Donors Made Billions — from the Auto-Industry Rescue that He Condemned."


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Cheap Batteries for Backup Renewable EnergyPublished at Jun 4, 2013
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Investors recently chipped in $15 million to fund battery startup EOS Energy Storage, a company that says its batteries could eventually compete with...
Tracking and Analyzing Energy Legislation Across the USPublished at May 24, 2013
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A new online database created by Colorado State University's (CSU) Center for the New Energy Economy (CNEE) aims to serve anyone interested in clean energy...
New Battery Design Could Help Solar and Wind Energy Power the GridPublished at May 22, 2013
source: Renewable Energy World
Among the most promising batteries for intermittent grid storage today are "flow" batteries, because it's relatively simple to scale their tanks, pumps and pipes to...
Not Just Blowing in the Wind: Compressing Air for Renewable Energy StoragePublished at May 20, 2013
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Enough Northwest wind energy to power about 85,000 homes each month could be stored in porous rocks deep underground for later use, according to a...
Breakthrough Renewable Energy Forecasting Coming to Grid by 2015Published at May 13, 2013
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The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) is adding to its already impressive list of renewable energy innovations with a new two-year...
REPORT: ENERGY REMAINS AS "DIRTY" AS EVER DESPITE RISE OF RENEWABLE ENERGYPublished at Apr 30, 2013
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Hi I am trying to write a java program that lets me evaluate the value of x over the range x=0 to100, for the function y=a*(x*8))+b*((x*8)^-0.5))+c and then print the values of y into a file. However the attempt I made below does not work can someone help me out and show me where I am going wrong and what to do to make the code work.
public class javatest { public static void main(String[] args) { // Stream to write file FileOutputStream fout; try { // Open an output stream fout = new FileOutputStream ("output.txt"); double a = 5; double b = 10; double c = 15; double y; double x; y=(a*(x*8))((b)*Math.pow((x*8)),-0.5)+c; // for x returns y for 100 channels. for (x=0; x < 100; x+) { System.out.println( "The value of y is " y; // Print a line of text new PrintStream(fout).println (" The value of y is" y; // Close our output stream fout.close(); } } }


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Several Facebook fan pages have appeared honoring Boston Marathon bomber suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev and social network has taken them down.
It's not unusual for criminal suspects to gain following and fame on Facebook, according to the Daily Dot.
Previous Facebook fan pages including several for Aurora, Colo. shooter James Holmes and former Los Angeles police officer Christopher who went on a killing spree.
A few pages were still found on Facebook, including one group with more than 6,000 members named "Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is Innocent" and another under his name that refers to the alleged crime as a government conspiracy with 140 Facebook friends.
Facebook told the Daily Dot that several fake accounts and pages "glorifying" Tsarnaev were taken down, but gave no detailed numbers. It also said that all Tsarnaev sites may not come up because Facebook search only shows pages "most relevant" to the viewer.
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Glossy Crayfish Snake
* Currently accepted name
* scientific names used through time
- Coluber rigidus – SAY 1825
- Tropidonotus rigidus – HOLBROOK 1842
- Regina rigida – BAIRD & GIRARD 1853
- Tropidonotus leberis, var. rigidus – JAN 1865
- Natrix rigida – COPE 1892
- Natrix rigida rigida – HUHEEY 1959
- Nerodia rigida – CONANT 1978
- Liodytes rigida – PRICE 1983
- Regina rigida rigida – CONANT & COLLINS 1991
Description: Average adult size is 14-23 inches (35.5-58.4 cm), record is 31 inches (78.7 cm). Adults are glossy brown to olive brown, there may be a faint darker stripe on the back and another one each side. The extreme lower sides are yellowish-tan. The throat is streaked with brown pigment. The belly is yellow or cream with two rows of black spots. The scales are keeled and there are 19 dorsal scale rows at midbody. The pupil is round. Juveniles are similar to that of adults.
A. Top of the head
B. Underside of the head (chin and throat)
C. Front (face view) of the head
D. Side of the head
E. Smooth scales
F. Elongated scales below the tail (subcaudal scales) are typically divided
Range: In Florida, the Glossy Crayfish Snake occurs from the central peninsula northwest into the panhandle. Outside of Florida, it occurs north along the Atlantic coast to Virginia.
Habitat: Uncommon, found in cypress strands, sloughs, sphagnum bogs, swamps, creeks, and streams.
Comments: HARMLESS (Non-Venomous). The Glossy Crayfish Snake is aquatic. It is also occasionally found burrowed beneath logs and crossing roads after heavy rains. Adults feed primarily on crayfish, fishes, frogs, and salamanders. Juveniles may also feed on aquatic invertebrates such as dragonfly larvae. It is live-bearing, with breeding occuring in the spring and young born in the summer months.
Comparison with other species: The Striped Crayfish Snake (Regina alleni) has an unpatterned belly and smooth scales. The Gulf Crayfish Snake (Regina rigida sinicola) lacks the faint, dusky stripes on the sides of the throat. The Queen Snake (Regina septemvittata) has four stripes on the belly.


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Why socialism never works: It's the entitled government workers
Clinton calls for change in law she says blocked discipline of employees over Libya
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton confirmed this week that several employees who were "removed" from their positions in the wake of the Libya terror attack are still being paid and have not actually left her department.
But she also gave a surprising answer when asked why: Her hands are tied, she said.
Amid complaints from lawmakers that no government official has really been held accountable for missteps in the run-up to the attack, Clinton claimed current federal regulations limit what disciplinary actions can be taken.
The sticking point appears to be what constitutes a "breach of duty," which is the threshold for action. Whether it turns out the secretary has more leeway, lawmakers expressed a keen interest Thursday in changing the law.
"I'm sure that Congress will work on this important issue so that those held responsible for ignoring repeated requests for more security will not continue to enjoy their paid vacations, which is what administrative leave with salary is," Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, R-Fla., former chairwoman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, said in a statement to FoxNews.com.
Ros-Lehtinen said her understanding is that department lawyers determined the review board "did not cite the correct causes that would have allowed such disciplinary action."
The congresswoman pointedly questioned Clinton on Wednesday during a House hearing about the four employees who were supposedly punished after a long-awaited report on the Sept. 11 attack was released late last year. She accused the department of doing "nothing to correct the record" when media reported at the time that department officials were being held accountable.
"There's just been a shuffling of the deck chairs," Ros-Lehtinen said.
Clinton confirmed that, while four individuals were "removed from their jobs," three of those employees who were placed on administrative leave are still on leave and being paid.
The New York Post reported last month that the fourth, Assistant Secretary of State Eric Boswell, resigned from his position but not the department. The State Department has not disputed that.
But Clinton claimed Wednesday that "we have taken every step that is available."
"Under federal statute and regulations, unsatisfactory leadership is not grounds for finding a breach of duty," she said. "And the (review board) did not find that these four individuals breached their duty."
Clinton was referring to the findings of the Accountability Review Board, which said "certain senior State Department officials within two bureaus in critical positions ... demonstrated a lack of proactive leadership and management ability appropriate for the State Department's senior ranks."
The board, though, said it did not find any employees "engaged in misconduct or willfully ignored his or her responsibilities, and, therefore did not find reasonable cause to believe that an individual breached his or her duty so as to be the subject of a recommendation for disciplinary action."
That language is important, because of the rules laid out by the Omnibus Diplomatic and Antiterrorism Act of 1986.
According to the law, an accountability review board can recommend disciplinary action if it believes someone has "breached the duty of that individual."
As the Libya board explained, though, "poor performance" does not necessarily "constitute a breach of duty" that could lead to disciplinary action.
The board recommended a change. In the Libya report, the board said the "unsatisfactory leadership performance" at issue "should be a potential basis for discipline recommendations by future ARBs" -- and recommended the department regulations be changed.
Clinton, too, said she was submitting legislation to "fix this problem."
"Because I agree with you," she said. "There ought to be more leeway."
Lawmakers were nevertheless dubious.
"I come from industry. I come from government. And there are individuals that just have to be cut loose when they're not performing their tasks," Rep. Tom Marino, R-Pa., told Clinton on Wednesday. "What's the hold-up from a management perspective of saying, `You three let me down, this should have been brought to my attention. I no longer need your services?'''
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A Raeford, N.C. woman was arrested Monday on charges of having sex with dogs while her husband, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg, filmed them. The couple later posted the video on the Internet, police said.
Ruben Chance James Fox and his wife, Amber Nicole Fox, both 23, were due to make their first appearance in Hoke County Tuesday. The couple faces charges of bestiality, conspiracy and disseminating obscene materials. Amber Fox faces additional charges of soliciting a crime against nature.
"Anything you can ever imagine a man and a woman doing to each other, she was having the dogs do," Raeford Police Chief Franklin Crumpler told The Huffington Post on Tuesday.
The Humane Society tipped off the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia. They later contacted Raedford officials after linking the IP computer address to the couple, the chief explained.
Police seized the couple's computer equipment from their home and placed their two mixed-breed dogs and three cats in a shelter.
Spc. Ruben Fox is assigned to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, outlets confirmed.
Bail was set at $15,000 for each spouse.


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Not making sense to me. Ok, I have defined an alias to in as:
I understand arrT to be an alias for an int[10]; Arrays convert to pointers to the first element. Thus, if I define a function as such:Code:typedef int arrT[10];
This is wrong as I can't return a pointer to int because it is expecting an int (*)[] to be returned. What am I not getting here?Code:arrT *func(int i); arrT *func(int i){ static int arr[i]; int *parr = arr; return parr; }