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Knowing how to look for a job is a skill in itself, and one that most people overlook and few are prepared for. In this section we will describe the various ways new jobs become known, and provide some useful tips on how to find out where new positions might become available.
The Hidden Job Marketplace
Estimates are that as much as 70% - 80% of vacancies are filled without using formal advertising methods. These positions are filled by --or created for-- candidates who come to an employer's attention through employee recommendations, referrals from trusted associates, recruiters, or direct contact with the candidate. Such candidates come "pre-recommended" by someone the employer trusts. Networking, using your contacts to connect with the employer's contacts, is the key to this Hidden Job Market.
You can use a variety of tactics to find work that hasn't been advertised. No matter how you approach it, though, your search for work is just like a marketing campaign – where employers are the buyers, and you're the product! There are two basic paths you can take here. One is called Cold Marketing, which simply means that the employers you apply to do not know you previously, and thus you are "going in cold." The other type is called Warm Marketing. As its name implies, here your path has been paved for you by someone who has a connection to the employer. As a result, you receive a "warm welcome" instead of a cooler reception.
Cold Marketing, (also called speculative applications) when you get down to it, is all about getting your CV in front of people who can employ you. Warm Marketing, on the other hand, is all about getting YOU in front of people who can employ you.
One popular form of Cold Marketing is mass mailing - when you gather the names of companies and organisations that might be of interest and you send as many of them as you can your CV, either by post or e-mail. Usually you address the message generically, as in "Dear Sir/Madame," or "To Human Resources."
A slightly more beneficial route is targeted mailing - similar to mass mailing only now you take the time to customise each letter. Getting the correct name, title and spelling of the HR manager can help, as does showing that you have researched the employer beforehand, which can be demonstrated in your cover letter.
In both cases it is wise to follow up within five business days of sending your application with a polite phone call, asking if they've received it, and if you might come in to discuss opportunities.
In some business areas it is useful to go to the workplace and drop in your CV. This approach is good for clerical jobs such as administrative assistants, accounting clerks, restaurant/bar staff, retail sales assistants and similar. Since there are many more positions in this pay range than at higher levels, and since the turnover is therefore that much higher, an employer may just keep your CV on file because something may crop up sooner than later. Also while you're there dropping off your application, you can ask to see the manager and introduce yourself in person.
Advertised Jobs Market
For many jobs, recruiters have to rely on some form of advertising to ensure they get people with the right qualifications and in the right quantities. There are many different ways in which a recruiter can advertise, and this can change over time as the marketplace changes.
There are two main methods available, direct advertising, as when a job advert appears in the local newspaper or jobs website, or indirect advertising, as when notification of a position is given to particular agency or consultant who are paid a fee to assist in finding suitable candidates for the position.
Indirect Advertising - Recruitment Agencies / Services
Recruitment agencies act as an independent contacts between their client companies (those offering jobs) and the candidates they recruit (jobseekers) for a position. They are the matchmakers of the recruitment world, and often are aware of job vacancies long before they are advertised publically. Registering with a recruitment agency can open up opportunities that would otherwise be missed.
Professional Employment Agencies
Broadly speaking there are three types of professional employment agencies available in Ireland. All of these can have access to vacancy information prior to advertising them.
Intreo & SOLAS
Intreo Offices act as a single point of contact for all employment services and supports for both Jobseekers and Employers, providing support regarding benefits entitlements, advice on training options and assistance in securing employment/employees. Contact details of Employment Services/Intreo offices are available on www.welfare.ie
The Department of Social Protection have their own job site linking to vacancies called Jobs Ireland where you can post your CV for potential Employers to view and search for jobs: click here.
Commercial Recruitment agencies ~ Ireland has a huge number of commercially run recruitment agencies. They range in size from large organisations with hundreds of employees to small businesses with just a handful of recruiters.
Using a recruitment agency or consultant gives you access to jobs not advertised directly by companies. A specialist consultancy will have a good knowledge of the sector they work in, knowing many companies operating in the area. They can advise on types of opportunity available, and because they only get paid for successful placements, they are motivated to get you a job you will stay in.
For many people, their first contact with an agency is made after having seen a particular job posted on one of the many job boards (see Sample Jobsites panel, right), or through an advertisement in the press. The recruitment consultant dealing with that particular job will be your main contact in that recruitment agency.
Most recruitment agencies work on the basis that a particular recruitment consultant works with or 'owns' particular clients (you), so it is important that you establish a good relationship with your consultant. If you are not happy with the consultant assigned to you, you can try and find the same job with a different agency (most jobs handled by agencies are spread over at least five different recruitment agencies).
Tips for getting the best from recruitment consultants:
- Register with several agencies that operate in the sector you are interested in
- Work to build good relationships with consultants assigned to you - you need them on your side!
- Sell yourself to the consultant just as you would to a potential employer - you will have more time to brief them on exactly what you are looking for than you would in a job interview. Be aware that they can match you better if they know you better!
- Recruitment agencies provide professional advice. They know the market and perhaps more importantly they know the company that you are applying to. Thus they can help you better your chance of getting an interview and prepare you for that interview.
- Make regular contact by calling or emailing - they may have many clients to deal with and you need to keep yourself to the front of their mind when a new suitable job comes in.
Recruitment companies should be licensed by the Department of Trade and Enterprise and should preferably be a member of the National Recruitment Federation (applies to Irish agencies). This ensures that the agency adheres to a common code of practice/conduct.Further information:
|List of registered agencies (NRF)
|Hints and Tips Guide To Using Recruitment Agencies
Career services of academic institutions ~ Universities and similar institutions maintain a full-time career advisory service. Funded by the colleges themselves, they serve as an employment agency for graduating or recently graduated students, and are centers of information for graduates about employment opportunities and for employers who are seeking to recruit students with particular knowledge/degree speciality.
Graduates looking for jobs should notify their colleges' careers service, and also register with the college website www.gradireland.com. Additional jobs can often be found on a colleges' own job boards and newsletters distributed within the college.
Direct Advertising
Direct advertising is, by its nature, the most visible form of job advertising. Companies use every available method to inform us of new positions; newspaper, radio, mobile (buses etc) billboards, job fairs, and more frequently now, the internet.
National Press (The Appointments Section)
This is the most traditional form of advertising and is still popular. Read the requirements carefully and apply as appropriate. Examples include:
- Irish Times – Friday
- Irish Independent – Thursday
- Evening Herald - Every evening
- All Sunday Papers
- Financial Times
Also watch out for other newspaper and magazine sources such as:
- Local Press and recruitment magazines
- Professional Press Specialist/Trade Magazines, e.g. "Irish Marketing Journal"
Some newspapers also have internet sites on which they advertise available positions, as this form of advertising has become the most popular format in recent years.
Internet Job Sites
The internet has become a primary tool by employers to advertise new vacancies. There are two main sources of job adverts, those website's dedicated to job advertising (Job Boards) and company website's that advertise positions within their own organisation. Job boards tend to have jobs advertised directly by companies alongside jobs managed by recruitment agencies - who also use them to find candidates.
Company websites ~ Most of the medium and larger companies will have a 'careers' section on their website that will contain advertisements for positions when they are available. If you are targeting particular companies, check out their websites regularly to see if something interesting appears. Company websites also usually contain the contact information for those in charge of recruitment should you wish to contact the company directly.
Company websites are also very useful insofar as you can find out what is going on in the company from browsing the website - essential information if you want to work there. If you ever do get as far as an interview with a company, you will need to show that you understand the company and its business - so their website will form one aspect of the necessary company research needed for the interview.
Job boards ~ There are a great many websites dedicated to the area of recruitment, and they compete heavily against each other for advertisement revenue. Because of the nature of the internet, these jobs websites can offer a range of useful services that go beyond all other forms of advertising.
In their simplest form, these websites will contain a variety of jobs organised by category (industry sectors) and region (counties). Use these filters on the site to locate possible jobs that might suit you. If you find a job you like, then, depending on the site you are on, you may have to register (provide details such as your name, address, email etc) to make the application, or simply email the company advertising the position with your CV.
Most of these sites have additional services to assist you find jobs that interest you. If you register with them and indicate the types of jobs (and other criteria) you are looking for, they will be able to automatically send you (via email) details of jobs that match your criteria as and when they are found. Checking your email regularly will keep you up to date on what jobs are on offer.
Another popular service offered arises when job seekers are allowed (encouraged) to upload their CV to the job site. This allows recruiters the possibility of searching for candidates in much the same way as you search for jobs. These recruiters pay a fee for this service, so no charges are expected from the jobseeker. This allows for the possibility of you being contacted by a company because your CV appeals to them, even if you didn't know there was a job on offer.
Apart from the different services offered, there are different types of job sites.
Generic Job Boards do not specialise in any given industry sector, location or level of position.
Offer a wide variety of job postings throughout the country, and the bigger ones will have the option to show international positions also.
These boards can yield irrelevant jobs and/or business opportunities masquerading as jobs.
Meta-Search Job Boards sift through several other search boards to help you achieve more results with less effort. Job boards like Dole.ie will search many different generic, niche, and geographic-specific boards in order to aggregate job leads for you.
You can identify more job leads while spending less time searching multiple job sites
These boards will tend to offer you a broader selection of jobs to choose from, which may overwhelm you. It can be difficult to narrow down to jobs that match your criteria. These sites usually don't have the additional services offered by the sites they search, like CV matching for example.
Niche Job Boards like construction-jobs.ie or PublicJobs.ie specialise in particular industry sectors, and offer jobs only in that industry.
Niche boards offer a broad perspective on the types of work available in any given field.
Not all industries, or position types have their own job boards. Niche boards are often smaller and tend to offer fewer features than the major generic job boards.
Geographic-Specific Job Boards showcase jobs that have a geographic locale in common. Examples include CorkJobs.ie and London Jobs
Geographic boards will often list jobs that aren't listed on the major niche, generic, or meta-search boards.
If you're looking for higher level, higher paying, or corporate positions, these often are not advertised on geographic boards.
Executive Job Boards cater to the unique career needs of executives, who are loosely defined as professionals with significant experience. One such example is HRM.ie
Most executive job boards offer ancillary services that are helpful to executive job seekers, such as live and virtual networking events for executives only.
Many, though not all, executive job boards charge a membership or subscription fee, unlike most other job boards which only charge employers and/or recruiters for job postings.
International Job Boards cover a broad geographic regions or include a global focus. Examples include EuroJobs.com and Eures.
If you're seeking work outside Ireland or in the global marketplace, international job boards will present you with more appropriate job leads than most other boards.
Not all international job boards cover the same countries or regions, so it may be necessary to search through more of these boards to source the same quantity and quality of job leads available on other types of boards.
|Work and Live in Europe ~ everyone can apply for a chance to study or work in Europe. The EU Blue Card is a work permit issued by 25 out of 28 EU Member States to highly-qualified non-EU citizens, as well as students, vocational trainees, seasonal workers and professionals for areas where there are skills shortages such as medicine or technology. For more information see 'Who can apply for the Europe Blue Card'.
As you can see, job boards vary widely in scope, purpose, and usefulness. It is both common practice, and highly recommended that you to use several as part of your job search.
For people who are currently employed and actively looking to change their job, a word of caution. Posting your CV on a jobs site leaves you open to being discovered by your current employer!


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HOUSTON - A woman aboard a flight from San Diego to Houston said a United Airlines maintenance worker dripped superglue in her hair.
"When the flight attendant said, 'Hey, you got superglue in her hair,' he totally ignored the comment, wouldn't look at me, wouldn't make any comment and replaced the seat cushion and walked out," said Karen Reed, the passenger.
Reed said the worker needed to fix a portion of the overhead bin above her seat. The glue, she said, dripped everywhere, including in her hair.
Reed had to cut out huge chunks of her hair to get it out.
She filed several complaints with United and the Department of Transportation because she said the airline did nothing.
A United Airlines representative told Local 2, "We are reaching out to Ms. Reed to apologize and offer compensation as an appreciation of her business."
"I don't know if I'd fly United again," Reed said.
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MChalmers necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
2 ganadores han sido elegidos entre 107 diseños de 27 diseñadores freelance.
Chalmers Private Wealth
My business is brand new - however the client relationships are all pre-existing. So I know I can't fail. I work with people to manage their investments, tax, cash-flow etc. I simplify complicated stuff. I guide & advise. I am located in a rural setting in Goulburn Valley, Victoria, Australia. I am 32 years old but the average age of my customers is 60 years old. I take on the role of "most trusted adviser" and am the first person my clients ring for anything to do with their money.
The existing clients tend to be self-made wealth and pay high fees for high quality advice, they don't however want a brand that is flashy or common. We will be targeting new clients who are already independently wealthy or are working on getting there.
I need a logo to go on business cards & letterhead, but it will also take prominence in a website & signage.
The business is not showy or brash and has a boutique & exclusive feel whilst not flaunting wealth. The personality we are trying to highlight is trustworthy, qualified, professional, quality, personalised, confident.
My personal writing style is similar to font Edwardian script.
I am happy to let the designers be creative to get a logo that will fit the business - but not be boring.
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Swimming Pool Blog
Summer is Here - Time to do a Pool Safety Scan
by Rob Cox, June 07, 2010
Now that you've got your swimming pool opened, water restored to a blue hue, pump and filter doing their job on schedule...it's time to take a look at pool safety. Whenever opening a pool, it's a good idea to give a Safety Scan. This is not one of those trademarked terms, btw, just a phrase I use to describe looking at the entire pool area and adjoining areas, for possible, maybe probable, Safety Issues. There is a term that is trademarked, I think - called "Layers of Protection". It would be helpful to the discussion of a Pool Safety Scan if I start by talking about the layers of protection surrounding a swimming pool.
Let's start at the pool itself. A pool alarm can be a good final defense, or last Layer of Protection. At this point, you are protecting the actual water with a device that detects surface or sub-surface water disruption. Another layer of protection surrounding the body of water may be a safety cover or an automatic pool cover. If you have a mesh safety cover, consider using it during the week, or during vacations to keep the pool clean and safe. If you have an automatic pool cover, keep it closed also - for the same reasons. In fact, safety and auto pool covers are one of the strongest Layers of Protection around your pool.
Moving a bit further away from the actual water, other physical barriers, such as hedges, retaining walls, landscaping or outbuildings can serve as useful layers of protection. Be careful that such features around your pool don't block two way vision of the pool area, even while blocking physical access. Finally, fencing - the grand daddy of them all when it comes to protective layers around the pool. It should have just one gate, if possible. This gate is a powerful Layer of Protection.
Other layers of protection around a pool could be cameras, safety turtle wristbands, safety signs... vicious dogs, maybe?
A good Safety Scan of the pool would also include Trip and Fall hazards and Slip and Fall hazards. Try to imagine someone running through the area or navigating the area in the dark. Are there chairs, or low lying deck equipment that could cause someone to trip and fall? Standing water can be a slip hazard. Look for low areas in the deck that collect water or don't drain effectively.
Water Clarity can certainly be a safety issue. If you cannot see the bottom clearly, you won't be able to spot a body on the bottom. In an emergency, cloudy or green water can hamper rescue efforts.
Access of emergency vehicles. Seconds count in a drowning emergency - could an ambulance pull up to your pool? Keep a clear area near the pool gate for emergency access. Commercial pools are required to provide such access, but in residential settings, paramedics may find cars, campers, bushes or long distances between them and the edge of the pool.
Fence Gates should be inspected regularly. A proper gate should be Self-Closing and Self-Latching. Make adjustments to the latching mechanisms or fence posts to make sure that gates close by themselves. A Magna-Tek style latch, on top of the fence post is quite secure. Additional gates - that may not be used regularly, should be padlocked to prevent access to the pool area unless this gate would be used by emergency personnel.
Safety Equipment such as a reaching pole, ring buoy, throw rope and a nearby phone could save lives during an emergency. Pool Rescue Equipment is required for commercial pools, and a great idea for residential pools.
Training in CPR and/or water rescue for the pool superviser is another Layer of Protection. If you have a pool, try online certification by the Red Cross, so you are ready - if called upon.
In Summary, Give your Pool a Safety Scan by inspecting:
- View of the pool from many view points around the house
- Points of Access to the pool should be limited
- Safety Equipment and Rescue Equipment around the pool
- Trip & Fall hazards around the pool
- Water Clarity
- Gates, Doors and other Access Points - shut, locked and alarmed
- CPR training of the pool superviser (you?)


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Hildegard's vision of Sapienta, Divine Wisdom
My final revision of my new novel, ILLUMINATIONS: A NOVEL OF HILDEGARD VON BINGEN, are complete. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt will publish the novel in November 2012, just in time for the next US presidential election. HILDEGARD FOR PRESIDENT, PLZ!!!
I've been working on this novel since 2008 and it feels wonderful to finally bring my homage to this very complex and inspiring woman to fruition.
Here's a report about my 2009 pilgrimage to Bingen and Disibodenberg in Germany.
Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), Benedictine abbess and polymath, composed an entire corpus of sacred music and wrote nine books on subjects as diverse as theology, natural science, medicine, and human sexuality—a prodigious intellectual outpouring that put many of her male contemporaries to shame. A mystic and visionary, her prophecies earned her the title Sibyl of the Rhine. An outspoken critic of political and ecclesiastical corruption, she courted controversy and nearly died an excommunicant. Her courage and originality of thought continue to inspire people today.
My novel ILLUMINATIONS reveals the unforgettable story of how Hildegard triumphed against impossible odds to become the greatest woman of her age.
In 1106, eight-year-old Hildegard is offered as a tithe to the Church and bricked into an anchorage with the disturbed Jutta von Sponheim, only fourteen herself. Rejecting Jutta's masochistic piety, Hildegard's secret visions comfort her with a far more nurturing face of the divine. She finds an ally in the young monk Volmar who smuggles her books that feed her bottomless hunger for learning.
Jutta's saintly reputation attracts a following of child dedicants, but her extreme asceticism leads to her premature death. Now thirty-eight, Hildegard must find a way to liberate her sisters from the soul-destroying anchorage. Meanwhile her visions threaten to overwhelm her. Seized by a violent awakening, she must shatter the silence and speak of her revelations of the Living Light. Her abbot, determined to suppress this rebel nun, charges her with heresy.
Hildegard must make the gamble of a lifetime, putting her very life on the line to blaze the trail that will lead her sisters to a free and dignified existence. But she will pay the highest price for her independence of mind. Combining fiction, history, and Hildegardian philosophy, ILLUMINATIONS is my ecstatic homage to a woman of faith and power—a visionary in every sense of the word.
Here are some of the early blurbs we received. My unending gratitude goes out to these wonderful authors for their support and enthusiasm:
"I love Mary Sharratt. The grace of her writing and the grace of her subject combine seamlessly in this wonderful novel about the amazing, too-little-known saint, Hildegard of Bingen, a mystic and visionary. Sharratt captures both the pain and the beauty such gifts bring, as well as bringing to life a time of vast sins and vast redemptions."
Karleen Koen, author of Before Versailles and the best-selling Through a Glass Darkly
"I loved Mary Sharratt's Daughters of the Witching Hill, but she has outdone herself with Illuminations: A Novel of Hildegard von Bingen. She brings one of the most famous and enigmatic women of the Middle Ages to vibrant life in this tour de force, which will captivate the reader from the very first page."
Sharon Kay Penman, New York Times bestselling author of Time and Chance
"There is ecstasy in the writing of this redemptive novel of a 12th century woman who found a world of cruelty and filled it with beauty, a powerless woman who discovered her own power and led other women to find their own. Illuminations is a radiantly beautiful book. Readers will long remember Hildegard and the gifts she left us."
Stephanie Cowell, author of Marrying Mozart, Claude & Camille: a >novel of Monet and The Physician of London (American Book Award)
"With elegance and sensitivity, Mary Sharratt rescues Hildegard Von Bingen from the obscurity of legend, bringing to life the flesh-and-blood woman in all her conflict, faith, and unwavering tenacity. Illuminations is an astonishing revelation of a visionary leader willing to sacrifice everything to defend her beliefs in a dangerous time of oppression."
C.W. Gortner, author of The Confessions of Catherine de Medici
"An enchanting beginning to the story of the perennially fascinating 12th century mystic, Hildegard of Bingen. It is easy to paint a picture of a saint from the outside but much more difficult to show them from the inside. Mary Sharratt has undertaken this with sensitivity and grace."
Margaret George, author of Elizabeth I and Mary Called Magdalene


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Have you pre-ordered your new iPad yet? If not, you could be in for a bit of a wait. It seems that Apple have pushed back the shipping date in most counties. The Apple Store now displays 'Delivers between the 16th and the 20th March'. In the UK, it's even worse with '2-3 weeks'.
People in the US, have a little while longer to go yet; however Apple are warning that the new iPad is in 'limited supplies', so they could be seeing a delay very soon.
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Crews with Samoa Peninsula and Humboldt Bay fire districts responded to a fire at the Fairhaven Power Plant in Samoa on Thursday.
Samoa Peninsula Chief Dale Unea said the district received a call reporting flames coming from a transformer at the plant at 3:50 p.m.
When fire crews arrived on scene, it was discovered that the fire was in a transformer feeding to Pacific Gas and Electric Co., Unea said.
Humboldt Bay Battalion Chief Ed Laidlaw said PG&E officials had been called to the scene to de-energize power lines above the power plant before fire crews could begin putting water on the blaze. Laidlaw said he had heard that the transformer fire had affected power to parts of Arcata and Eureka.
An hour after the fire was reported, PG&E spokeswoman Brittany McKannay said any outages potentially caused by the fire had been resolved.
"There were momentary outages," she said. "You may have seen your lights go out or flicker for a couple of minutes, but we have been able to restore all of our customers."
A PG&E outage map indicated two outages in Eureka affecting two customers that began at 4:23 p.m. and one outage in Arcata affecting one customer that began at 4:07 p.m.
Fire crews had left the scene by 7 p.m.
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Love the quote saying the tea party will take over the Replubican party in 4 years.
(CNN) - Following Mitt Romney's loss to President Barack Obama, conservative leaders wasted no time Wednesday offering pointed criticism of the Republican Party and its pick for president.
A coalition of social conservatives and tea party activists gathered in Washington to decry what they described as Romney's failure to represent conservatives on a national level.
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"We wanted someone who would fight for us. What we got was a weak, moderate candidate, hand-picked by the Beltway elites and country club establishment wing of the Republican Party," Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, said in a press conference at the National Press Club in Washington.
"The presidential loss is unequivocally on them," she added.
Pushed from the right in the Republican presidential primary, Romney sought to paint himself as "severely conservative," though the former Massachusetts governor had taken Democratic positions on certain issues in his political past.
Brent Bozell, president of the conservative Media Research Center, argued that Romney failed to pass the ideological test, saying he ran as a "Democrat-light" and adjusted his positions to campaign as a moderate during the general election.
"At the end of the day, conservatives were left out in the cold. It should have been a landslide for Romney, had he embraced a truly conservative agenda," Bozell said. "But Romney's a moderate and his campaign embarked on a bizarre...defense from the outset."
He further faulted the GOP presidential nominee for not adopting a political strategy of defining his opponent and going on the attack early on. Citing the president's record, Bozell argued "it should have been a cakewalk for Romney to define (the president), but he didn'thence Obama's victory."
On social issues, Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the anti-abortion rights group Susan B. Anthony List, blasted the candidate for not making abortion a central part of the 2012 dialogue.
"He took all the right stances," she said. "The problem was not communicating on the national stage with Obama what his actual positions were."
The group endorsed Romney after he unofficially became the nominee in April when former Sen. Rick Santorum dropped out of the race. Dannenfelser said they were "happy to endorse him when the time came" but expressed frustration when she said "we assumed, that given who he was, he would make (abortion) more of a national issue."
Looking at the party on a macro-level, activists also acknowledged Republicans had work to do in terms of adapting to the country's demographic changes. Alfred Regnery, president of the Paul Revere Project, issued a stark warning for the GOP.
"If Republicans don't start to listen to (what minorities are looking for in a candidate), it's going to be a long time before they can win," he said.
His comments echoed those made my former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who earlier Wednesday said on CNN that the party now faces a "very serious moment" and argued the GOP should work on becoming more inclusivea major challenge, he said, for House Republicans.
"The question is do they want to, in a disciplined way, create a schedule and a program and include people who are not traditionally Republican?" he said.
All the activists at the press conference agreed that Tuesday's election signaled a need for the GOP to re-institute more conservative "fundamentals." While some argue the Republican Party's failure to retake the Senate or make gains in the House suggests the tea party is losing steam, the group of individuals Wednesday argued the opposite.
Given this week's results, they said, conservatives will be even more motivated to reform the party. Richard A. Viguerie, chairman of ConservatieHQ.com, ended the press conference with one final prediction.
"Tea partiers will take over the Republican Party within four years," he said.
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Delusion. Yeah, more Americans would've voted for Romney if he was even MORE conservative. I mean, I'm sure all those folks who are deadset against abortion, and federal spending, and what not sat back and said "Ya know, Romney is just way too moderate for me. I'm going to have to vote for Obama!"
Welp, settle in. We'll see what Democrat controlled legislative branches can do for the next couple of decades. And don't get pissed at me. I didn't go out and vote for the guy. It's not my fault you all want to sit back and throw temper tantrums rather than find some kind of platform that can appeal to a broader, more diverse base of the American people.
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It looks like somthing Batman would ride for back up. I think it looks amazing. Very Creative.
I'm surprised Max hasn't tried to do the same thing haha. We should get him to build a B House wooden tandem.
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CONCORD — As reported last week, the preliminary unadjusted December 2012 unemployment rate for New Hampshire was 5.6 percent. This compared to 4.9 percent in December 2011, and translates into almost 4,000 fewer New Hampshire residents holding a job at the close of 2012, compared to the previous year. This is known as the U-3 jobless rate.
The employment figures, according to the latest release by New Hampshire Employment Security, are as follows — 696,980 people holding jobs in December 2012, and 700,970 people holding jobs in December 2011.
This worsening of the state's economy is running against the national trend, and has resulted in New Hampshire slipping down the state rankings. A year ago, New Hampshire had the fifth lowest unadjusted unemployment rate in the nation, behind North and South Dakota, Nebraska and Vermont. In December 2012, Vermont had moved up to fourth in the table, while New Hampshire retained the 14th it had dropped to in November.
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, in late January, also released New Hampshhire's U-6 figure — an alternative measure of labor underutilization.
From Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, 2012, the average U-6 percentage for New Hampshire was 11.2 percent
The U-6 number includes "total unemployed, plus all marginally attached workers, plus total employed part time for economic reasons, as a percent of the civilian labor force plus all marginally attached workers." So called "discouraged workers" who have not looked for a job in four weeks are also included in the U-6 rate.
Regional rates
Elsewhere in New England in December, Rhode Island moved out of double-digit unemployment, hitting an official U-3 rate of 9.4 percent in December (from 10.0 percent in November), while Connecticut improved over the month from 8.3 to 7.8 percent. Massachusetts, in contrast, went from 6.1 to 6.6 percent in December. The best unadjusted rate in the region was recorded by Vermont in December, with a jobless rate of 4.7 percent, compared to November's 4.6 percent. Things got a little tougher in Maine, in December, where the rate went from 7.0 to 7.3 percent over the month.
New Hampshire's U-3 jobless rate is still better than the average rate for the United States, although the gap has now narrowed to two percentage points. Nationally, the unadjusted rate for December 2012 was 7.6 percent, an increase of 0.2 percentage points from the November rate, but a decrease of 0.7 percentage points from the United States' December 2011 rate of 8.3 percent.
Counties, cities and towns
On Jan. 24, NHES also released its Local Area Unemployment Statistics for December, and in this area, jobless rates ranged from a low of 2.9 percent in the town of New Castle to a high of 9.2 percent in the perennially job-challenged Seabrook.
Belknap County, in December, posted an unadjusted jobless rate of 5.6 percent, Carroll County was at 5.5 percent, Rockingham County was at 6.1 percent and Strafford County stood at 5.2 percent.
The communities in the Rochester Times/Foster's Daily Democrat area posted December jobless rates as follows: Alton — 5.4 ; Barrington — 5.0; Brookfield — 4.9; Dover — 4.3; Durham — 4.3; Epping — 7.0; Exeter — 5.9; Farmington — 6.9; Greenland — 4.3; Hampton — 6.2; Hampton Falls — 6.6; Kingston — 7.7; Lee — 4.3; Madbury — 3.6; Middleton — 7.4; Milton — 6.5; New Castle — 2.9; New Durham — 6.8; Newington — 5.7; Newmarket — 4.4; North Hampton — 4.6; Northwood — 5.5; Nottingham — 4.5; Ossipee — 8.3; Portsmouth — 4.2; Raymond — 6.1; Rochester — 6.1; Rollinsford — 4.9; Rye — 5.1; Seabrook — 9.2; Somersworth — 5.2; Strafford — 4.9; Wakefield — 5.8; and Wolfeboro — 5.5 percent.


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Gov. Mike Pence signed Indiana's new two-year, $30 billion budget into law Wednesday, praising its tax relief measures and other provisions as incentives that would lure new investment and jobs to the state.
The Republican governor signed the budget bill in Crawfordsville as he was surrounded by workers at Crawford Industries, a maker of plastic binders, boxes and other products.
Lawmakers approved the budget April 27 after paring down Pence's original request for a 10 percent cut in the state's personal income tax to a 5-percent cut that will be phased in starting in 2015. The budget also includes a modest increase in school funding, and new money for roads and highways.
Pence said in a statement that those tax cuts worth about $350 million combined with repeal of the state inheritance tax and business tax reductions will help taxpayers, small businesses and family farms. He said the budget will provide about $600 million in tax relief and make Indiana more competitive in job creation and attracting investment.
"This is a jobs budget, and it signals that Indiana is open for business," Pence said. "By preserving Indiana's strong fiscal position, increasing funding for schools and roads, and giving Hoosiers $600 million a year in tax relief, this budget will encourage investment in Indiana."
The new budget includes $190 million for K-12 education and more than $600 million for roads and infrastructure, restoring some of the funding cut under former Gov. Mitch Daniels during the recession.
Pence thanked lawmakers involved in crafting the new budget, which Indiana Democrats have said provides its biggest tax savings to wealthy Hoosiers and businesses while the middle class would see few benefits. Democrats also have said that Republicans who control the governor's office and both legislative chambers were shortchanging education by increasing school funding 2 percent in the budget's first year and 1 percent in the second, after big cuts were made during the recession.
House Speaker Brian Bosma, however, called the new state budget a victory for Indiana taxpayers.
"We passed a balanced budget with no tax increases; we are living within our means; and we passed the largest tax cut in Hoosier history. This is what it looks like to have a government that works for the people," Bosma, R-Indianapolis, said in a statement.
Pence on Wednesday also exercised his first vetoes as governor since taking office in January, rejecting two bills with new licensing requirements that he said would "create barriers."
The governor vetoed a bill requiring licenses for diabetes educators and a measure creating new license requirements for anesthesiologist assistants and dietitians, as well as state certification for music therapists.
Pence said he vetoed the bills because he believes Indiana needs fewer, not more, licensing requirements. He said both bills do not meet his standard of licensing legislation that opens up new employment opportunities or streamlines existing practices and procedures
"I am vetoing these licensing bills because I believe they create barriers to the marketplace for Hoosiers and restrict competition," Pence said.
His statement said that licensing in Indiana had "exploded" during the past decade. Pence said that in 2004, about 340,000 Indiana residents held a professional license, but that there are now more than 470,000 Hoosiers with such licenses.
He noted that was a 38-percent increase in licenses during a time-span when Indiana's population increased only 7 percent.
Indiana's lawmakers are scheduled to reconvene on June 12 to consider overrides and technical corrections. A simple majority is needed in both the House and Senate to override an Indiana governor's veto.


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Here some tips on how to heal the four encounters in Terrace of Endless Spring, including the best time to use cooldowns and which talents and symbiosis targets are optimal for each fight.
First, a few general tips:
- Feline Swiftness is the level 15 talent that I recommend for any fight.
- Nature's Swiftness is the level 30 talent I recommend for any fight. Remember the cooldown is only 1 minute. It makes your next heal instant, 50% bigger and mana-free, so use it often.
- The major glyphs I recommend are: Glyph of Wild Growth, Glyph of Lifebloom and Glyph of Regrowth.
- For the good of the raid, using Symb on a tank is probably the best choice in most cases (a Paladin or Warrior would be my last choice since, really, who wants Cleanse or Intimidating Roar on a boss fight?) If you use this on a DK or a Monk, be sure to use IBF or Fortifying Brew during the encounter.
- Carry lots of Tome of the Clear Mind. Which talents are strongest can change from fight to fight. It you want to maximize your healing potential, you will be changing talents often.
Protectors of the Endless
This fight isn't too exciting to heal. I'm going to go over the healing for Elite mode (Kaolan last), since it's really no more difficult than normal.
While all three Protectors are up, most of the damage will be focused on the tanks. Keep Lifeblooms on one, keep Rejuv on both. There's not a whole lot of raid damage, just some Water Bolts which people should be loosely spread out for. There's also a Lightning Prison which stuns some random raid members and causes them to do damage to players near them. This should be dispelled asap.
Once Regail has been killed, Protector Kaolan will start dropping void zones on the ground, forcing the tank to slowly kite him around the room. Assuming no one likes to stand in void zones, this shouldn't impact healing much. Asani will start casting Corrupted Waters. Be sure to get near the orb as it's about to die so you get the Purified buff (increases haste for 20 seconds).
When Asani dies, Kaolan will gain Expel Corruption. Every 30 seconds or so he will drop a 30-yard wide whirlwind-looking thing that damages anyone standing in it – the closer to the center, the more damage you take. The melee may take a bit of damage from this, but it is completely avoidable. The Expel Corruptions will stay on the ground for the duration of the fight, so the raid needs to keep moving to find a clear spot to stand.
One thing to note is that as Protectors are killed, the remaining ones gain a damage buff, so tank damage will be increasing throughout the fight.
Level 60 – I'd take Incarnation for this so you can have LB stacks on both tanks for a time. There's not a whole lot of group healing to do in this fight.
Level 90 – Either
I give Symbiosis to a tank to give them an extra cooldown (even if it's a Paladin).
Tranquility – There's no real amazing time to use healer cooldowns on this fight. While you're learning it, it might be good to have it up for the first Expel Corruption you encounter in case people get caught in it. Other than that, I just use it whenever.
Tree of Life – Use this at the beginning of the fight for the multi-LB stacks then again whenever it's available.
HotW – If you take this, you can probably afford to use it and spend some time doing DPS at the start of the fight since there's not much to heal.
After Protectors, this is much more exciting to heal. This is a 2 phase fight where you alternate between killing Tsulong and healing him.
During night phase, the tanks take moderate damage and the raid takes constant, low-level damage. There is a constantly stacking debuff, which causes people to take more damage. The only way to clear the debuff if to stand in the Sunbeam which spawns throughout the phase for a couple of seconds. People should be aiming to clear their stacks when they get to around 8-10. There is also an ability called Nightmare on this fight, which makes it a good idea to have the ranged spread out a little bit. Nightmare creates a circle on the ground which you can run out of and Tsulong's Breath should be pointed away from the raid. Don't go in the Sunbeam to clear your stacks when Nightmare is about to happen or you risk having it spawn in the Sunbeam. Besides the constantly ticking damage, most damage is avoidable. A couple of tricks I use for this phase are to target WG on Tsulong so it can reach anyone, and to use Swiftmend on someone who is standing in the Sunbeam, so anyone who runs in there will get some heals.
During day phase, Tsulong becomes friendly and he becomes the primary healing target. If you are healing Tsulong, keep LB and Rejuv rolling on him along with a steady stream of Regrowths. Cast WG on him when people in the raid are also taking damage. One of the most important things during this phase is to dispel Tsulong ASAP. When an Embodied Terror spawns he will cast a debuff (Terrorize) on both Tsulong and random raiders which will damage them for 10% of their health every second. Make sure you have at least 1 person, and a backup, assigned to dispel Tsulong. The other healers should be dispelling the raiders who get debuffed. Every 30 seconds Tsulong will do a Sun Breath that will buff anyone standing in it. The buff returns 20% of your mana pool and increases your healing done by 200% for 6 seconds. Make sure you are prepped to do the most healing when you get this buff. Spells to use: NS + HT, apply a fresh RJ, Swiftmend, Wild Growth. You should also be using Tranquility for one of the 4 Breaths. Also assign heal increasing cooldowns like Guardian Spirit and Life Cocoon to happen immediately after a Breath. Of course, since the raid is dealing with adds, someone needs to do the much less glamorous job of keeping them alive – it's usually me 🙁 When healing the raid I still keep LB on Tsulong and use him as my WG target, but the tanks and other raiders need to be spot-healed throughout the phase. Even if you're on the raid, make sure you're in front of Tsulong before he Breathes.
When Tsulong transitions between phases, have people Purge/Dispel him so buffs/debuffs don't linger.
Level 60 – I'd take Incarnation so you can more easily heal both Tsulong and an add tank at once during day phase.
Level 90 – Nature's Vigil so you can use it during the day phases.
I'll generally use it on a tank or a Monk.
Tranquility – I like to use this early on during first night phase, then again on one of the later Breaths in day phase.
Ironbark – I find that sometimes the tanks don't get to clear their debuffs before they swap. I use Ironbark when I notice a tank has 15+ stacks while tanking the dragon.
Incarnation / Nature's Vigil – If you have these, make sure they're up for day phase while you will be affected by breath.
Lei Shi
This fight is mostly about healing the tanks. They will take significant damage from Lei Shi, and the damage gets heavier as the fight goes on. There is really only one ability that does significant damage to the raid, which is Get Away! In addition to damage, this ability pushes everyone towards the edge of the platform. I assign at least 1 healer cooldown for each one of these.
Heal the active tank. A lot. Especially at the end. When Lei Shi casts Get Away, use your cooldowns and put out as much raid healing as you possibly can (the tanks won't be taking extra damage here).
Level 60 – Incarnation for the extra healing and ability keep LB on both tanks when adds are up.
Level 75 – Disorienting Roar
The adds that spawn can easily one-shot people if not picked up by the tank immediately. I like to use this on any adds that spawn near me to buy an extra second.
Level 90 – Either talent is good here, though I generally stick with HotW.
I use Symbiosis on a Shaman so that I can run and Tranq during Get Away. If you don't have a Shaman, using it on a tank to give them an extra cooldown is a good idea.
Tranquility – Use during Get Away. You can use this even without Spiritwalker's Grace, you'll just be pushed towards the edge, so make sure you're as close to the center as possible before channelling.
Ironbark – I find the best time for this is when adds are up. Also use it when the boss is under 20% as the tank damage gets crazy.
Incarnation – This is good for a number of abilities during this fight. You can use it during Get Away for the extra healing and ability to cast while moving. You can also use it during the add phases so you can keep LB on both tanks.
Sha of Fear
This fight is… zzz… Oh! I'm sorry, I fell asleep for a minute there. This fight is 10-15 minutes of the same thing and is about as exciting as watching paint dry.
For the majority of the fight you'll be on the main platform, standing in a light cone, focusing on keeping the active tank alive and occasionally spot healing the raid. The damage on the tanks can be fairly heavy, especially when Thrash happens. For the first 8-10 minutes or so, the damage on the raid is fairly negligible. Once there are a number of adds up, people will be taking (mostly avoidable) damage from Penetrating Bolt, but that doesn't get significant until the fight is almost over. The boss will also cast Breath of Terror which does massive damage and fears people. However, as long as people are in the Cone of Light, you will avoid it completely.
The one bit of excitement in this fight is that every minute, 5 people (1 tank, 1 healer, 3 dps) will be ported over to a shrine where they need to kill an add. The add will do moderate damage to the people on the platform. As the add takes damage, orbs will spawn around the shrine. These must be picked up (just run over them) or they will heal the add. These do a little bit of damage to the people who hit them, but they also restore mana, so try to hit them all! Try to keep everyone topped up as much as possible. I don't find the damage overwhelming, but if you get shot by the boss twice you get feared for a couple of seconds which can set you behind on healing. I try to keep a Swiftmend down in the middle of the platform, WG on cooldown and keep a RJ rolling on everyone. There is one big damage ability called Death Blossom which can kill people quickly, but all your group needs to do is hide behind a pillar to completely avoid it. Once the add dies, you can port back to the main platform.
Level 60 – Either is fine.
Level 90 – Heart of the Wild
This fight has given me the opportunity to use HotW to tank the boss briefly. If a tank goes to the Shrine and does not come back before the current tank gets ported, someone will have to stand in the light circle to activate the light cone. If a Breath happens and there is no light cone, it's a wipe. HotW can be a raid saver if there are no tanks on the main platform for a time.
I use Symbiosis on Monk or DK to get an extra damage mitigation cooldown.
Tranquility – I tend to use Tranquility when I get ported to a Shrine. Of course, you don't know when that's going to happen. I generally just use Tranq early and often, you can get 4-5 uses out of it since it's such a long fight.
Ironbark – Tanks should have their own CDs available for each Thrash, but hit them with IB if they don't.
Heart of the Wild – Use this if there are no tanks on the main platform and a Breath is coming soon. Use HotW, pop bear form and stand in the light circle. Make sure to use Barkskin, along with any CD you have from Symbiosis. Also be sure to heal yourself as much as possible with Frenzied Regeneration.
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This replaces the Lounge thread of the same topic.
You need a job? This is the place to ask!
You hiring? This is the place to post!
[This message was edited by Norrick on February 25, 2004 at 12:14.]
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Well, the company I work for needs a Senior brand manager.
Reposting from the old thread:
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there are always several IT jobs where i work. most are in the socal valley with a couple in new york.
the company i work for is hiring but (oddly, i think) i haven't seen or heard of any other Arsians in the Ottawa area. (Ontario, Canada)
I'm currently (rather desperately) seeking a job in DFW. My only requirements are that it's M-F between 5AM and 7PM, and that the dress code doesn't prohibit long hair (kept neat and pulled back in a ponytail of course). Secretarial, data entry, desktop support, helpdesk, whatever. I have 5 years in Windows/x86 desktop support, repair, and construction, and 2 years of college (no degree).
Ok, so here's the idea:
I'm looking for small- to medium-sized Web Design/HTML/PHP/MySQL projects to build out a portfolio, the start of which lives here:
Denver Geek/Tech Needed ASAP
okay, now that this is in a non-subscriptor thread, I'll through the ol' resume into the pile.
My company Microchip Technology is currently (well always) hiring Engineers, marketing folk, sales peeps etc.
I'm looking for technical work in the Worcester area, from desktop support all the way up to IS management or mid-level ($1 million range) project management. I've got experience with OS and application rollouts, hardware and software troubleshooting, business process analysis and redesign, and CRM systems. I've helped several small businesses get set up from scratch, and I'm good at cleaning up other people's messes on a budget.
I'm looking for someone good with graphic arts to begin a project with myself and another coder. We are building a metasearch engine to parse job databases and newspaper classified ads. The project is in planning stages and doesnt pay anything but the potential to make a buck is there.
I'm looking for a long-term position in any number of geek type disciplines in the greater Seattle area. I graduated with an IS degree from CMU, worked with two different companies doing digital media management, including pre-sales, RFI's, installation, training, and support. Each of those jobs lasted for a year before the company laid off all the support staff. I'm currently finishing up a year contract with Microsoft as a technical support router for the developer space.
You need to provide more detail. If you can't make the offer more transparant than that, your post will have to go. I'll check it again in an hour.
Please read the Welcome thread for Boardroom guidelines. The one that applies in this case is (emphasis mine):
Dom: much better! I'd be even happier if you spelled out the specific job duties of the person you're looking for, but I'm willing to let it stand as is. Thank you for the correction.
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I am looking for an Internship/summer job in California (It absolutely has to be in California so I can get residency) in any type of computer field, but preferably CS or EE; however, I am open to IT jobs. I am finishing my first year of a Computer Engineering BS at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. However, I have a bunch of transfer credit, so by the end of the year I will have completed the first year and a half's worth of curriculum. You can contact me using the email address email@example.com.
I am a Boston-area software engineer (programmer) with 9 years of experience who is looking for a new job. I have a bachelor's of science in computer science, and I am working on a master's in information technology.
I'm looking for an entry-level position in any computer-related field, preferably in the Toronto area.
I'm looking for a summer internship in the greater Chicago area (extending into Wisconsin and Indiana). I will have 3 years of a CS degree completed by May and have experience with c, c++, php, perl, java, sql, linux, and photoshop. Any internship in the computer field would be great. If you know of anything, email me at email@example.com.
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Hi I live in Springfield, MA. I currently work at the University of Massachusetts as the UMass Extension Nutrition Education Department, as Head of Technical Support. I currently service 9 state offices throughout Massachusetts and have been doing so since November of 2001. My job specifications include but are not limited to
Ok, looks like the company I work for is hiring for 7 Marketing jobs. If you say I am the on that refered you (William Tate), I will give you $100 of the referral bonus. Plus you get to work in the same company as two Arsians. -- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif -- These jobs go out in this weekends newspaper.
I'm a Software Engineer looking for a job in Central Florida. I've got ~3 years worth of credit towards a Computer Engineering degree, and ~2 years or so of paid experience in software engineering. I have a few more years of unpaid experience in coding. I also have many years of both paid and unpaid technical experience of many kinds (e.g. tech support, network administration, repair, web presence... as far as I'm concerned, this part of my resume should read: Birth to present: Dis-assembled, studied, and fixed nearly everything I could get my hands on). I'm familiar with the usual host of OS's and languages.
Thanks to ProphetM for pointing me to this thread.
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Looking for information, contacts or leads for any programming position in the Winnipeg, MB area. Most of my experience has been with Lotus Notes/Domino however, I few problems transfering to other languages and environments.
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There are a couple more jobs to add to the list of available job list in my post above:
Looking for information, contacts or leads for any Network Administrator/Network Analyst positions in South Florida (NT/2000/2k3/Novell). I'm moving from Toronto to Ft. Lauderdale in the next couple of months (waiting for my K-3 visa) and would love to secure a job before I leave.
Recent college grad, looking for employment in the NYC area for any type of entry level tech job. Here's the resume.
I'm on my last week of unemployment, I need a job very badly.
Anyone that works at NIH in Bethestda interested in taking me on as an intern this summer? I'm still in high school so I probably won't be able to do much real work but I'm definately willing to learn. I'm interested in chemistry, biology, or anything really. I'd be really excited to work with someone from Ars too (-- View image here: http://episteme.arstechnica.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif --) but still if you have a friend looking for an intern let me know.
We may need a core banking applications consultant on a temporary project.
I'll take a look at you application. Although I'm not in a position to hire anyone, my boss might be interested. I'm a computer scientist working at the National Library of Medicine at NIH.
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MANCHESTER — Before 2012, the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy cross country teams had never won an individual state championship. Plenty of team titles, but a single runner at the head of the pack at the end of the state race? Never.
The Bears doubled their pleasure on Saturday as Hannah Parker and Jeremy Brassard won their respective Division II titles at Derryfield Park. Parker's winning effort spearheaded a dominating team win by Coe-Brown, which placed five runners in the top nine and won its third straight D-II title (see related story).
Both Bears took leads they would not relinquish in the hills and built their leads from there. Parker won her race in 18:58, five seconds of surprising second-place finisher Emma Newton of Hollis-Brookline.
Brassard beat Hanover's Noah Williams by four seconds with a time of 16:08, the second fastest boys' time of the day behind D-I champion BJ Smith's 16:06. Parker's time was the third fastest.
Brassard is a junior and Parker is a sophomore.
"This is my favorite course," Brassard said. "I actually grew up just down the street. The hill was probably the point of the race were it all turned. I made a move on top of the first hill and we just chased each other the rest of the way. Right at the top I tried to peak it and I think I got about five seconds on the next guy, and I tried to hold that.
"The middle section is probably the hardest section," Brassard added. "That's my favorite, because you can win or lose a race right there. The downhill is my favorite part and it's all guts once you get to the field."
Brassard did not falter once he got to the fields, knowing he had quality runners on his tail.
"This is a big deal," he said. "I've been looking forward to it for a long time. Last year I was very disappointed with what I did (5th, 16:39). So there was a little redemption."
"Jeremy really came into this trying to win it," said co-coach Brent Tkaczyk. "He took it in the middle of the race. The way he went out and just kind of hammered it in between those two hills and just went out and took the race. There was no doubt. Honestly, the one thing I knew was going to happen that he was going to win."
Other locals to finish in the top 10 were the Oyster River trio of Thomas Caulfield (4th, 16:29), Cam Barth (6th, 16:32) and Neal Mistretta (9th, 16:42). OR took second in the team race behind Souhegan.
Parker was less interested in her first-place finish and more interested in the Bears' team title. The first five Bears, all underclassmen, included Parker, freshman Elisabeth Danis (3rd, 19:19), sophomore Katie Scannell (5th, 19:31), freshman Brooke Laskowsky (7th, 19:44) and junior Jessie Carney (9th, 20:00).
Oyster River freshman Maegan Doody was sixth in 19:35 and St. Thomas' Melissa Hiatt was 12th in 20:08. Pre race favorite and the 2011 Meet of Champions winner, Courtney Hawkins of Milford was fourth.
"I just wanted to give it all I had," said Parker, who placed second last year as a freshman. "I wanted to leave it all out there and that's what I did."
Parker accentuated the team concept, talking about running the race to make sure there is good grouping.
"We just really try to stick together and work as a team because we really want to work hard," Parker said. "Working together makes it so much better."
Parker got her lead on the hills, as Brassard did in his race, and kept it.
"After I worked the hills, I crested the last part of the hill, and then I kept going, and I kept pushing it right after the hills," she said. "That helped me a lot."
"She went for it today," Tkaczyk added. "There was basically Hannah and the rest of the team. You could see that in her face right away. Courtney Hawkins is the queen of the sport. You knew that Courtney was going to go out and try to win it. Hannah just had a game plan and that was to get on her shoulder. In the past it stretched out the length of a bus we would always say. Today there was no bus. Today she was right with her. She had her mind made up."
Bear firsts: Brassard, Parker capture indiv. running titles
MANCHESTER — Before 2012, the Coe-Brown Northwood Academy cross country teams had never won an individual state championship. Plenty of team titles, but a single runner at the head of the pack at the end of the state race? Never.


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How Southeast Asia is Lifting the Economy
Southeast Asian stock markets are doing better than the rest of Asia this year. The WSJ's Jake Lee tells us which emerging market we should look out for.
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A prototype is in the works that will make tracking climate change simpler. Called a "geoPebble," the device doesn't need cables and wires to operate, important to researchers in harsh environments.
On a cloudy day in Antarctica, it's impossible to see the snow. With the sunlight diffused behind the clouds, there are no shadows and even tall drifts are invisible in the endless sea of white. Researchers here use bamboo poles to mark their path and to help orient themselves as they tread the ice sheet, looking for clues about how climate has changed over time.
Sridhar Anandakrishnan, a Penn State geosciences professor, is part of a team of university researchers that travels to Antarctica and Greenland to study what the ice sheets can reveal about climate change. He's also using some of the latest information technologies to develop a new type of seismometer, a device that measures the way seismic waves move through the ice. The results form a picture of how the ice sheet is layered and, like the rings of a tree, can show the ice sheet's history.
"Over time, layers are formed when snow accumulates and compresses or when ice melts and runs into the ocean," Anandakrishnan explained. "By studying these layers, we can see how the ice sheets have evolved and pick up on trends that correlate with climate change."
The ice sheets are vast, stretching for miles in every direction. When the research group steps off the plane, they stand on ice two miles thick, comprising thousands of built-up layers. But without seismometers, it would be impossible to see them, and five years ago Anandakrishnan came up with his idea for a type of seismometer that was completely wireless.
Now, he's working on the final prototype, which he affectionately calls a "geoPebble." Unlike other models, the geoPebbles are small, compact and completely self-contained. They require no cables or power cords of any kind.
The geoPebbles are hexagon-shaped, about nine inches high and the diameter of a large dinner plate. A rectangular battery fills most of the interior, with sensors fitting on either side. A circuit-board fits on top, followed by the lid. Anandakrishnan described them as laptops without screens; they're equipped with WiFi and don't have to be plugged in. They even charge wirelessly.
The wireless feature was integral to Anandakrishnan's vision. Antarctica can be pleasant when it's sunny, but when the clouds and wind come out, it can be miserable, he said.
"It's the wind that makes it really tough. When that happens, you have to layer on your jackets, huddle in your tent and just wait for it to be over," he explained.
"Because of the harsh environment, we need to have technology that is very resilient. Eliminating cables and wires helps because those are typically the components that fail first."—Professor Sridhar Anandakrishnan
Once the prototype is finalized, the team will ship the geoPebbles to the research site, where they will strategically place more than 100 on the ice. Seismic waves need to be created in order to be measured, so buried explosives and blows from a sledgehammer create the energy that will move through the ice sheet. The geoPebbles will stay on the surface for up to 10 days to record the waves' behavior.
Anandakrishnan said he wouldn't have been able to succeed without the help of his colleagues. Made up of fellow faculty members and dedicated students, the team collaborated on everything from the geoPebble design elements to programming the software to figuring out how to use the data after it's collected.
But gathering large amounts of data is only useful if it can be analyzed, so Dave Pollard, a research professor with Penn State's Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, takes the information collected by the geoPebbles and plugs it into a computer for a process called ice-flow modeling. This process allows scientists to track how quickly the glaciers are melting and forecast the speed at which they'll continue.
"The data gathered from the geoPebbles encapsulates mathematically everything we know about these ice sheets," Anandakrishnan explained. "When we enter it into our computer models, we can do something called 'run it forward,' which means we ask the system to make predictions based on trends it sees in the collected data. It's similar to a weather report; the more information you can put into it, the better its predictions will be."
Students contribute a great deal of effort to the geoPebble project.
Students also have played an important role in the geoPebble project. Aaron Fleishman, a Penn State graduate student, has been involved since January 2012 and has helped with much of the programming of the device.
Fleishman pointed out the irony of one design element of the geoPebbles in particular — the team had to mold them out of white plastic, even though they were being made to rest on sheets of snow and ice. He explained that adding dye to the plastic would compromise its integrity and lower its resiliency.
If needed, the researchers could add colored webbing to the lids of the geoPebbles to make them easier to see. But even if the seismometers are difficult to spot on Antarctica's icy surface, it's what they help us see under it that's really important.


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Blackhawks' Keith leading Norris race at midseasonby Dan Rosen / Chicago Blackhawks
Duncan Keith won the Norris Trophy four years ago. His coach thinks he's playing better this season.
"I think he's defended better," Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville said. "I think his gap has been better. I think offensively, his play selection or his puck patience, he's added another level or element to it. I just think consistency is the best way to measure defensemen and that's what we're seeing."
Keith entered play Tuesday leading all defensemen with 39 assists and 42 points. He is on pace for 71 assists and 76 points, which would top his career-highs of 55 and 69 from the 2009-10 season, when he won the Norris Trophy.
His play has been steady across the board, but his production has been even better on the road. Keith has 24 points in 22 road games and 18 points in 23 home games.
But it's not just about his offensive production. Keith has been as effective against top competition in the defensive zone; it just goes unnoticed sometimes because the Blackhawks are rarely stuck in the defensive zone when he is on the ice.
Keith has helped Chicago become the NHL's highest-scoring team (3.62 goals-per game) and among the League's top possession teams. When he joins the attack, which is often, the Blackhawks are the most dangerous offensive team in the League.
The only knock on Keith is he's playing with another high-end defenseman in Brent Seabrook and the Blackhawks' defensive depth doesn't drop too far with a second pairing of Niklas Hjalmarsson and Johnny Oduya.
But the fact that people around the Blackhawks think Keith is playing even better than he did in 2009-10 speaks volumes about his candidacy for another Norris Trophy.
"He's one of those guys that just tries to find an edge any way he can," Chicago captain Jonathan Toews said. "Any way he can better his game, whether it's off the ice or on the ice, he's committed. I think he's one of those guys that even some of those days when he's not scoring points, when he's not on the board like he's been lately, he's still one of the best players in the League because of all the little things that he does. He's making things so much easier on our top guys up front, as well."
Drew Doughty, Los Angeles Kings
Doughty is having arguably his best season for the Kings because he's become an all-round defenseman. His production numbers are still good (23 points in 43 games entering Tuesday). He has been a plus player (plus-13). He is playing big minutes against the opposition's best players (25:38 per game). Doughty was also excellent during the long stretch from mid-November into early January when the Kings played without starting goalie Jonathan Quick. He helped ease the burden on Ben Scrivens and Martin Jones. In addition, Doughty is playing with another puck-moving blueliner in Jake Muzzin, so he's had to be more defensively responsible, which he has.
Ryan Suter, Minnesota Wild
Suter has done just about everything for a team that struggles to score and is now battling injuries. He's the type of player that you have to watch to appreciate because his basic stats won't blow you away, even though Suter has picked it up dramatically of late with eight points in his past four games, including his first career hat trick last week. He entered play Tuesday with 29 points on five goals and 24 assists in 44 games. Suter, though, is steady in all areas of his game while playing nearly 30 minutes per game. He makes every little play to get the Wild out of their zone and is a big reason why Minnesota is a strong defensive team and among the top teams in shots against per game.


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Many cellphones in the Portland area went off Sunday morning with an Wireless Emergency Alert. A message on phones urged city residents to stay indoors and not travel due to ice. It was the first time the city had used the system.
The message was sent to cellphone users within range of a cell tower in the area, but not everyone received a message. That's because some older cellphones don't have the required operating system.
Carmen Merlo, with the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management, told OPB's Think Out Loud that newer phones are required to enable the alert system.
"Most older phones are not equipped with this capability," Merlo said. "So if you have an older phone or not a smartphone, you likely would not have received the message. The system or technology is rather new."
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Obese people are thought to be at higher risk for many so-called "fat cancers," including breast and colon cancer. A separate report out Friday shows obesity rates worldwide have doubled in the last three decades, especially in the West but also nearly everywhere else.
"Sadly, changing ways of life, such as reduced physical activity, are making people unhealthier and in turn prone to such diseases as cancer," Dr. Eduardo Cazap, president of the Union for International Cancer Control, said in a statement released by the World Health Organization.
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Cancer is seen mostly in older people, and tends to be more common in societies without as much of the diseases, violence and other problems that kill people early in life.
Infectious diseases have dominated in less developed countries, and that's true even in the world of cancer. Cervical cancer, caused by a sexually transmitted virus, has been a leading cause of cancer deaths in women in many countries.
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A separate report, meanwhile, estimates that 340,000 cancer cases could be prevented each year in the United States if more people ate better, kept their weight down, exercised and drank less alcohol. That estimate came from the American Institute for Cancer Research/World Cancer Research Fund.
The reports were released Friday to mark World Cancer Day.
Some cancer experts referred to a WHO prediction in 2007 that cancer would become the world's leading killer by 2010, replacing heart disease. But the WHO's definition doesn't include all the forms of heart disease. A WHO spokesman on Thursday noted there's disagreement about how to group heart diseases in such rankings. He added it's not clear whether the 2010 prediction had come true.
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CARACAS (Reuters) - Tear gas canisters fired by the thousands on the streets of Caracas are being transformed into sculptures in a competition seeking to give an artistic twist to this year's anti-government unrest in Venezuela.
The opposition-governed Chacao district, a hotbed of violent clashes between masked protesters and security forces in the capital, is inviting locals to submit creations by the end of this month based on spent canisters found on the streets.
"This initiative seeks to convert instruments of repression into a tool of peaceful protest," reads the council's invitation, which has a photo of a pink flower poking out of a canister.
"This is a symbol of the response of the Chacao municipality's residents to the disproportionate and inhumane acts of repression that have happened in our streets at the hands of the state security forces," the invitation said.
Each district in Caracas is governed by a mayor with considerable autonomy in the day-to-day running of affairs.
Rights groups and opponents of President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government say National Guard troops used excessive force to quell three months of near-daily protests that began in February.
Officials, though, say the demonstrations were cover for a U.S.-backed coup plot. They insist that security forces showed great restraint in the face of hooded protesters hurling rocks and gasoline bombs, and sometimes including gunmen.
At least 42 people died and nearly 900 were hurt in the violence around the protests, with victims on both sides.
Although the violence has died down, some hardliners are still taking to the streets sporadically. Opponents say the root causes - economic hardship and repression - remain unresolved.
Security forces fired scores of gas canisters night after night when demonstrators began stoning them or refused to vacate blocked streets.
Art competition organizer Diego Scharifker said the wealthy Chacao district's council had collected about 200 canisters. Students have been displaying hundreds more on the streets.
"The project's idea is one of transformation. These are things created to make you cry," Ricardo Benaim, a 64-year-old Venezuelan artist who plans to submit an angel crafted from canisters, said in an interview last week. " ... Angels are the guardians of hope."
Political art became commonplace across Venezuela during the 1998-2013 rule of the late Hugo Chavez.
Walls across the country are emblazoned with murals glorifying him, Argentina's revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara, former Cuban leader Fidel Castro and other Latin American leftist icons.
In response to the recent protests, government supporters have begun depicting doves on walls with the Spanish slogan: "Pintale una paloma a la guarimba." The phrase translates literally as "Paint a dove at the protests" but also, in local slang, means: "Stick one finger up at the protests."
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