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SBA Surety Bonds, Pt. 1: What's A Surety Bond, and When Do I Need One?
SBA Surety Bonds, Pt. 1: What's A Surety Bond, and When Do I Need One?
Are you a contractor bidding on work that requires a surety bond? Do you have questions about what a surety bond is, why you might need one, and how to get one?
If so, SBA may be able to help.
SBA guarantees surety bonds for small contractors that might not qualify otherwise – and the process of getting the guarantee is easier and faster than you might think. For example, SBA's Office of Surety Guarantees usually processes applications for bond guarantees within two days, processing claims in just nine days.
In this blog, Part 1 in our series on SBA's Surety Bond Guarantee Program, we'll go over the basics: how surety bonds work; why your business might need one; and how SBA can help you get a bond.
What's A Surety Bond?
First things first: what's a surety bond, anyway? Essentially, a surety bond is an insurance policy between the contractor, the client and a third-party surety bond company that covers your promise – and ability – to complete the terms of a contractual agreement. Instead of you having to put up cash as a deposit, you get a surety bond.
When Will I Need A Surety Bond?
If you want to bid on public construction contracts and many private contracts, you'll probably need a surety bond. For example, surety bonds are mandatory for any federally-financed construction project valued over $150,000 and are mandatory on many state projects as well. Commercial contracts for manufacturing and service or supply work may also require a surety bond.
How SBA's Guarantee Can Help You Get a Surety Bond
Under the Surety Bond Guarantee Program, SBA guarantees surety bonds for small businesses in federal, state, local and commercial contracts and subcontracts. SBA guarantees include construction, services and supply contracts.
The program is intended for small companies that may not otherwise qualify for conventional surety bonds. Small companies, after all, might lack either the contracting experience or the financial strength to get a surety bond directly from a surety company. That's where SBA can step in, by leveraging its federal partnership with the surety industry to guarantee a bond and help mitigate the risk of contract default. Surety companies that work with SBA are certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
SBA guarantees three types of surety bonds: bid bonds, payment bonds, and performance bonds. Each protects a different aspect of the bidding process and the contract. For more information on their differences, see our Surety Bonds: Explained page. We'll also learn more about the different kinds of bonds offered and the ways in which SBA guarantees them in Part 2 of this blog series.
Am I Eligible? How Can I Apply?
Because SBA does not offer bonds directly, you'll need to first apply with a surety company or agent. The underwriting for surety bonds varies depending on the issuer, but there are a few key factors that most sureties consider when evaluating your company's application. Among these are: the adequecy of working capital and cash flow to complete the project; past performance history, business debt and equity, and the capacity to complete the contract, and the personal history and character assessment. Surety companies often refer to these requirements as the "three C's – capital, character and capacity." More information is available on our SBA Surety Bond Guarantee application page.
You'll also have to meet several SBA requirements. Most importantly, SBA guarantees are to small businesses that cannot secure a bond on their own. The contract in question must also be valued at less than $2 million; and your business must qualify as "small" according to SBA's size standards / NAICS code.
Once you've found a surety company or agent, you can get started. For the SBA portion of the application, our forms page has the needed paperwork.
Program Fees
There are several fees associated with both the commercial bond and the SBA guarantee. Read our fees page to learn more.
Additional Resources
To learn more about applying, call SBA's Office of Surety Guarantees at (202) 205-6540, or visit the links provided below:
- Surety Bonds Explained on SBA.gov
- Surety Bond Guarantee Application information page on SBA.gov
- List of SBA-Approved Bonding Agencies
- Information on Surety Bond Guarantee fees
- Application Forms page
Have your own surety bond questions, comments or insights?
Please share and join in on our conversation! You can follow our surety bond tweets with hashtag #SBAsuretybond, or post on our Facebook wall.

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October 27, 2017, 10:33 am
Myles Turner missed Friday's practice and is still experiencing symptoms following a concussion he sustained earlier in the season.
Turner can't get through the recovery protocol until he's declared symptom-free, so we might not see him for another week here. Domantas Sabonis should continue to thrive in his absence, and you can bet the Pacers won't push their franchise player back from a concussion before he's 100 percent ready.
Fantasy News
May 26, 2019, 1:17 amKawhi Leonard - F - Toronto Raptors
Kawhi Leonard posted a monster line in Saturday's 100-94 Game 6 win, scoring 27 points with 17 rebounds, seven assist, two steals, two blocks and six turnovers.
Leonard put the Raptors on his back and carried them into their first NBA Finals appearance. After losing the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals the Raptors stormed back to take the next four to seal the series. Kawhi has been simply marvelous for this team and found a way to crank it up another notch, averaging almost 30 points per game this series. He was all over the court this game and dominated the Bucks from inside the paint. A 4th quarter dunk over Giannis Antetokounmpo punctuated this dominance and sent the hometown crowd in a frenzy. The Raptors will try to keep their hot streak going as they face the Warriors in the NBA Finals.
May 26, 2019, 1:14 amGiannis Antetokounmpo - F - Milwaukee Bucks
While Giannis Antetokounmpo will be eligible for a five-year supermax contract worth over $247 million, ESPN's Malika Andrews is reporting that the 2020 playoff run could swing whether or not Antetokounmpo stays with the Bucks long-term.
The Bucks have three of their starters and two key bench pieces heading into free agency this summer, so they might have to make some bold choices to keep the necessary parts around while also improving the team on a budget. It's possible that this is the Antetokounmpo camp's way of encouraging Milwaukee to empty the wallet and keep the current group together, but it goes against what Giannis has said publicly about the team and city from day one. The Bucks were eliminated mere hours ago but we're already having this conversation. The NBA news cycle is perpetual.
Source: ESPN
May 26, 2019, 12:59 amKyle Lowry - G - Toronto Raptors
Kyle Lowry posted a solid line in Saturday's Game 6 win scoring 17 points while adding five rebounds, eight assists, three 3-pointers, one steal and only one turnover.
After a pedestrian series against the 76ers, Lowry stepped it up against the Bucks, averaging almost 20 points per game in the Eastern Conference Finals. He did a great job making smart plays for the Raptors and they will need him to continue to operate at this high level as they head off into the NBA Finals next week.
May 26, 2019, 12:48 amMarc Gasol - C - Toronto Raptors
Marc Gasol scored six points, all from behind the arc, in Saturday's Game 6 win, adding three rebounds, two assists and a block/steal in 26 minutes.
Gasol continues to do what the Raptors ask of him though the years of grinding in the paint for Memphis are long gone. He has adjusted his game play and now acts as a facilitator for the rest of the team. Gasol continues to split time in the post with Serge Ibaka (25 minutes, nine points) and will see his minutes fluctuate based on the Raptor's offensive scheme heading into the NBA Finals.
May 26, 2019, 12:24 amFred VanVleet - G - Toronto Raptors
Fred VanVleet was a difference maker for the Raptors' series clinching Game 6, scoring 14 points off the bench on 5-for-6 shooting while adding two assists.
VanVleet played 34 minutes off the bench and continues to be a menace from behind the 3-point line (4-for-5 today). In the past three games he has gone an unbelievable 14-for-17 from behind the arc. The Raptors will continue to rely on his ability to stretch the floor as they head into their first NBA Finals and will square off against the Warriors and their own formidable shooters.
May 26, 2019, 12:08 amGiannis Antetokounmpo - F - Milwaukee Bucks
Giannis Antetokounmpo scored 21 points in Saturday's Game 6 loss while contributing 11 rebounds, four assists, two steals, three blocks and two turnovers.
Antetokounmpo did all that was asked of him on both sides of the ball but could not get past the Raptors this series. Giannis continues to operate at an MVP-level but his freethrow woes continue to plague him. He was "Shaq-esque" this series (55%) and shot 5-for-10 in tonight's loss. This is a tough break for Antetokounmpo and the Bucks as they head into the offseason with four of their five starters entering free agency.
May 25, 2019, 11:46 pmKhris Middleton - F - Milwaukee Bucks
Khris Middleton scored 14 points in Saturday's Eastern Conference Finals loss adding just four 3-pointers, four rebounds and two turnovers.
All-Star Middleton struggled this entire series as he was tasked with the unenviable task of guarding Kawhi Leonard. He was poised to continue his fabulous playoff success following strong performances against the Pistons and Celtics but failed to deliver this series, with the exception of a 30-point Game 4 loss. Middleton will be a free agent this summer and will be one of the Bucks' top priorities heading into the offseason.
May 25, 2019, 11:29 pmEric Bledsoe - G - Milwaukee Bucks
Eric Bledsoe scored an inefficient eight points (3-for-9 FGs, 1-for-3 3-pointers, 1-for-2 FTs) in Saturday's loss while adding five rebounds, seven assists, one steal and two turnovers.
Bledsoe seemed to ebb and flow all series and just could not find the consistency that the Bucks needed during the Eastern Conference Finals. He has always been able to produce outside of scoring but his team really needed him to put the ball in the hoop this game.
May 25, 2019, 11:19 pmBrook Lopez - C - Milwaukee Bucks
Brook Lopez scored 18 points on Saturday's Game 6 loss, adding nine rebounds, one assist, four blocks and zero 3-pointers.
Lopez had a productive 4th quarter for the Bucks scoring six points in the paint against the Raptors frontcourt. Unfortunately, he could not get it going throughout the rest of the game and caused most of his damage at the freethrow line, going 8-for-9. Lopez provided a great boost for the Bucks this season and will be a free agent this offseason.
May 25, 2019, 7:58 pmPatrick McCaw - G - Toronto Raptors
Patrick McCaw, who has been dealing with a personal issue for the last few games, is active for Game 6 on Saturday vs. the Bucks.
It looks like McCaw got things sorted out. With him active now, the Raptros will get a bit more depth at the guard spot. That said, Fred VanVleet has been playing well, so McCaw will not likely see a lot of burn tonight outside of potential garbage minutes (if any).
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In addition to this standard test, there are specialized echocardiograms:
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Reading/Listening Resolutions:
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– read at least 1 non-fiction/biography/memoir a month
– finish up at least 2 of the series that I currently have in progress (series TBD)
– finish up the Middle East part of my trip around the world reading (7 countries to go – Cyprus, Lebanon, Kuwait, Oman, Palestine, Qatar)
– Participate in at least 1 group read each month in one of my Goodreads.com groups
– Try at least 20 new audiobook narrators during the course of the year
– Finish Les Miserables – I got part of the way through Book 3 before I got distracted
– Finish the Moby Dick Big Read – Chapter a Day
Blogging Resolutions
– Write reviews for my blog for at least 50% of the books I read in 2013
– Write reviews for all new narrators that I listen to
– Not request more ARC's to review than I can handle (even if they are oh so pretty!)
– Comment on at least 5 other blogs each week
– Participate in at least one meme a week
Non Reading/Blogging Resolutions
– Finish my dissertation
– Survive (and finish) the Beach to Battleship Half-Ironman in October
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What began as a 30-day challenge has evolved into a new way of life for one Felida family.Last October, Mary and Aaron Helmes decided to eliminate dairy, grain, refined sugar and processed food from their diet for 30 days. They joined other members of their gym, Industrial Crossfit, in adopting the paleo diet -- a diet built around meat, seafood and fresh fruits and vegetables. After enduring the initial withdrawals -- days of craving bread, cereal and microbrews -- the Helmeses realized how great they felt. "I like that it's real food," Mary said. "I like the way it makes you feel." In the 13 months the family has followed the paleo diet, Mary and Aaron have noticed even more benefits. They haven't been sick, even with the common cold, in more than a year. Their seasonal allergy symptoms have improved drastically. And they have more energy. "To me, that's significant," Mary said. Aaron and Mary's three kids have also adopted the diet, though to a lesser extent. Mary and Aaron's diets are about 80-20 -- 80 percent paleo, 20 percent non-paleo. Their three kids 13-year-old Trinity, 9-year-old Bella and 8-year-old Jude -- eat paleo meals for breakfast and dinner. They get to pack their own lunches, though, and are free to make sandwiches, drink milk and eat crackers. The kids' diets are closer to 60-40, Mary said. Trinity often chooses to pack a paleo lunch, making a salad loaded with fruits and veggies, eating leftover meat for protein and nibbling on almonds for snacks. "That stuff looks good to me now," Trinity said. That's not to say Trinity and the rest of the family don't indulge. Every so often, the family will opt for sushi or a takeout pizza for dinner. The problem, they said, is everyone feels sluggish and bloated afterward. "You get a food hangover the next day," Aaron said. The general consensus among dietitians is paleo is a healthy diet, said Chris Collins, a registered dietitian at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center. The diet isn't the right fit for everyone, however, because everyone has different preferences, she said. Those who are following the paleo diet should pay special attention to the foods they're eating to ensure they're meeting dietary needs such as calcium, Collins said. The Helmeses' diet change pushed Mary to come up with new paleo-friendly recipes for her family. She started substituting ingredients in some recipes -- coconut flour instead of wheat flour, squash in place of spaghetti noodles -- and started from scratch on others. She shared some of her creations on her Facebook page, but her friends were craving more. So Mary started another Facebook page, Paleo in a Pinch, and began posting recipes every week. From there, the opportunities started rolling in. Mary started contributing to The Columbian's Live Well site, blogging regularly on her Paleo in a Pinch blog. She created another blog, with the same name, on Tumblr for another recipe-sharing platform. And just a few weeks ago, Farrar's Bistro & Bar in Felida began featuring Paleo in a Pinch dishes. "The doors keep opening, and I keep walking through them," Mary said. Mary hopes sharing her recipes will encourage others to really think about the food they're putting into their bodies, perhaps even adopt a paleo diet. But, as with any lifestyle change, adopting a paleo lifestyle first requires a real desire and commitment to make the change, Mary said. People are often intimidated by the idea of adopting a whole new diet, especially one that relies heavily on fruits and vegetables. "They don't know what they're going to cook," Aaron said. Creating weekly menus and prepping food in advance makes that easier. And learning about the food and researching ways to prepare it are also helpful, they said. But the best way to get going, Aaron said, is to try your own 30-day challenge. "Give it 30 days," he said. "Give it a month, and see how you feel." Marissa Harshman: 360-735-4546; http://twitter.com/col_health; http://facebook.com/reporterharshman; email@example.com. (c)2012 The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) Visit The Columbian (Vancouver, Wash.) at www.columbian.com


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Gregory Fried, PhD
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On leave AY 2018-2019
- PhD, University of Chicago
- MA, University of Chicago
- BA, Harvard College
Research Interests
- History of Philosophy, particularly Plato, Aristotle, Locke, Kant and Heidegger
- Ethics
- Social and Political Philosophy
- Race and American Thought
- Phenomenology
- Philosophy and Photography
Employment History
- 2009-Present
Suffolk University, Professor
- 2004-2009
Suffolk University, Associate Professor
- 2001-2004
California State University, Los Angeles, Assistant Professor
- 1995-2001
Boston University, Lecturer and Assistant Professor
- 1992-1995
University of Chicago, Instructor
- With Charles Fried, Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror, (New York: W.W. Norton, 2010).
- Editor, with Richard Polt, A Companion to Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics, (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001).
- Heidegger's Polemos: From Being to Politics (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2000).
- "Heidegger and Gandhi: A Dialogue on Conflict and Enmity," forthcoming in In The Wake of Conflict: Justice, Responsibility and Reconciliation, Allen Speight and Alice MacLachan eds. (Springer).
- "Critiques of Violence," in The Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, second edition, ed. Lester Kurtz (San Diego: Academic Press, 2008).
- "Where's the Point? Slavoj Žižek and the Broken Sword," International Journal of Žižek Studies, vol. 1, no. 4 (2007).
- "Back to the Cave: A Platonic Rejoinder to Heidegger," in Drew Hyland and John P. Manoussakis (eds.), Heidegger and the Greeks (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2006).
- "True Pictures: Frederick Douglass on Race in Early American Photography," in Common-place 2 (January 2002)
- "On Heidegger's Etymology and Grammar of the Verb 'To Be' in Introduction to Metaphysics," in A Companion to Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics, ed. Richard Polt and Gregory Fried (Yale University Press: 2001).
- "Critiques of Violence," in The Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace and Conflict, ed. Lester Kurtz (San Diego: Academic Press, 1999).
- "Inhalt Unzulässig: Late Mail from Lodz — A Meditation on Time and Truth," in Postmodernism and the Holocaust, ed. Alan Milchman and Alan Rosenberg (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1998).
- Translator, with Richard Polt, of Martin Heidegger, Being and Truth (Indiana University Press, forthcoming 2010)
- Translator, with Richard Polt, of Martin Heidegger, Introduction to Metaphysics (Yale University Press, 2000).
Other Projects
- The Mirror of Race, online exhibition and writings.
Media and Journalism
- Interviews, with co-author Charles Fried, regarding Because It Is Wrong: Torture, Privacy and Presidential Power in the Age of Terror:
- Interview with Jeri Zeder, "Human Dignity, Democracy and the Loaded Gun," Harvard Law Bulletin, Winter 2011.
- Interview with Robert Siegel, All Things Considered, National Public Radio, Sept. 10, 2010.
- Interview with Meghna Chakrabarti, Radio Boston, WBUR, Aug. 19, 2010.
- "What Liz Doesn't Get About Lawyers," with Charles Fried, The Daily Beast, Mar. 15, 2010.
For Our Students: Philosophical Profile
I was first drawn into philosophy by a need to examine my own thinking about pressing matters of the day: issues such as war, social strife, and international justice. The more I explored my questions and my own presuppositions, the more I came to realize that I could understand both only by studying the history of philosophy as well as ethics and political philosophy. We often do not realize how deeply this history determines both how we frame our questions and how we are likely to answer them.
At the broadest level, my own research revolves around questions concerning the strengths and weaknesses of liberalism — not liberalism in its narrow and merely contemporary sense as a particular political ideology, but liberalism in its classical and most expansive sense: as the exploration of the meaning, the promise and the hazards of human freedom. Classical liberalism therefore has its deepest roots in ancient philosophy, and it encompasses questions ranging from the freedom of the human mind to understand its world to the freedom of the human being to determine ethical and political principles without being bound by tradition. The modern liberal project, which had its most optimistic expression during the Enlightenment, has urged that human reason alone, without reference to either custom or revelation, might unearth the secrets of the cosmos and the foundations of a just moral order.
My published work has focused largely on critiques of this liberal project, both from the Right and the Left. In my book, Heidegger's Polemos: From Being to Politics, I treat Martin Heidegger as a serious critic of the liberal project, one who argues that liberal universalism undermines all that is singular and precious about belonging to a particular community, in a particular place, at a particular time. For Heidegger, liberalism represented the most profound threat to human being, in all respects, from the looming dangers of technology to the ravages of homogenized culture and politics. I also explore the ways in which postmodernists such as Jacques Derrida stand in agreement with Heidegger's critique. In my view, the distinction between "Right" and "Left" has become increasingly meaningless as a way to understand the problems facing us.
More recently, I have turned from a critique of liberalism to a defense. I call this defense "Reconstructive Liberalism" — in part as a response to the deconstruction unleashed by Heidegger and postmodernists, but also in recognition of the justice of many of the critiques of the liberal project. Whereas Heidegger held that the entire history of Western philosophy must be deconstructed in order to counter its inherent nihilism, I hold that this same history must be reconstructed to uncover and defend its salutary potential. For a prospectus of this project, please click this link.
And so this project of Reconstructive Liberalism ranges from a new reading of Plato to a confrontation with the contemporary problems that most challenge the liberal project. In the American context, for example, one of the greatest such challenges is the ongoing strife concerning race, and the contradiction that racism represents between the liberal ideals of the Founding and the injustices of past and present. My project called "The Mirror of Race" to address this challenge. More generally, I believe strongly that philosophy, in order to live, must not become merely academic: it must engage the issues of its day without becoming determined by them, and it must draw upon its knowledge of history to confront the present in a way that leaves open creative avenues to the future.


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This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on an IBM/Lenovo T41 laptop. These laptops were very popular with corporate customers, and are now available reconditioned fairly cheaply. Typical spec is a 1.6GHz Pentium M, 512MB RAM, 32MB ATI Radeon graphics adapter and a 40GB hard drive. It is possible to get most if not all of the hardware to work in Arch.
This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on an IBM/Lenovo T41 laptop. These laptops were very popular with corporate customers, and are now available reconditioned fairly cheaply. Typical spec is a 1.6GHz Pentium M, 512MB RAM, 32MB ATI Radeon graphics adapter and a 40GB hard drive. It is possible to get most if not all of the hardware to work in Arch.
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This article covers the installation and configuration of Arch Linux on an IBM/Lenovo T41 laptop. These laptops were very popular with corporate customers, and are now available reconditioned fairly cheaply. Typical spec is a 1.6GHz Pentium M, 512MB RAM, 32MB ATI Radeon graphics adapter and a 40GB hard drive. It is possible to get most if not all of the hardware to work in Arch.
- 1 Preparation and Installation
- 4 Fn+FX Function Keys and Special Buttons
- 5 UltraPad and TrackPoint
- 6 Networking
- 7 Display
- 8 Hard drive Active Protection
- 9 See also
Preparation and Installation
This laptop has a hidden protected area (HPA) at the end of the hard drive, which can be used to restore the default OS (usually Windows XP Pro) to the factory state. If you do not want to use this feature, or have the recovery disks, you can reclaim about 3GB by disabling the "IBM Predesktop Area" in the BIOS.
If you have the recovery disks or an intact HPA, they are the best way to install Windows (if you want to dual boot). Do this first, as the recovery disks will overwrite your MBR, and possibly other things too. Then you can shrink down the partition it creates, and install Arch.
Note you can Create Recovery CDs from the preinstalled OS if you need to, or if you're still under warranty, IBM may send some out to you.
You can then install Arch as normal: Official Install Guide.
The TP41 has excelent ACPI support. For the steps below, you will need acpid, which is available through pacman.
Hibernation and Sleep
The easiest way is to use pm-utils, which supports suspend to RAM (sleep), suspend to file and suspend to swap (hibernate).
CPU Frequency Scaling
This Laptop has a Pentium M Banias chip, which supports speedstep
You need the cpufrequtils package, and either cpufreqd or cpudyn. The correct module for the Banias is acpi_cpufreq.
ACPI Events
Out of the box, Fn+F4, Fn+F12 and the power button generate ACPI events. The thinkpad_acpi module can generate more events, see "FnFx and Special Buttons" below.
Special Modules
The thinkpad_acpi module (which may or may not be loaded by udev) provides support for all hotkeys (see below) and a number of other features. It has a procfs interface at /proc/acpi/ibm/ which can be used to read out a number of thermal sensors, fan speed etc. and control volume, brightness, LEDs, beep codes and much more. Control of fan speed is possible if the driver is loaded with the experimental option, but if you use this keep an eye on the thermal sensors.
The tp_smapi module is available in the AUR. On this model of thinkpad it only provides extra battery information; Battery discharge control is not supported. Note that this module conflicts with the hdaps module in the kernel mainline, they cannot both be loaded at the same time.
As an alternative to acpi, you can use apm. By default Arch Linux uses the much more modern acpi, so you have to boot your kernel with apm. The only reason to use apm is that with apm the ThinkPad keys work out of the box. apm is missing some features of acpi. To do so, append
apm=on acpi=off to kernel parameters.
With apm enabled, all hotkeys work out of the box, but to use suspend to disk (Fn+F12), you have to prepare a "save2dsk.bin" file on a fat16 partition using the program tphdisk. The Size of this file should be ramsize+videoramsize+few mb more. eg:
tphdisk 565 > save2dsk.bin
Do a cold reboot, so the bios can see the new file.
As per ACPI
Fn+FX Function Keys and Special Buttons
Volume, Brightness, Thinklight & Lid
The volume buttons, Fn+Home, Fn+End, Fn+PgUp and lid buttons are wired directly to the relevant piece of hardware, so do not need any configuration. With an appropriate mask (see below) they will still produce an acpi event, which can be used to display onscreen messages using xosd or libnotify.
Back and Forward
The two buttons next to the arrow keys generate normal keystrokes (233 and 234) when pressed, and can used in xbindkeys or xmodmap, or as shortcut keys. They can be used to change workspace in Metacity for example. If you want Windows-like back and forward in your browser, there are some instructions for most browsers on the Thinkwiki.
Other Keys and Buttons
If you are using APM most Fn+Fx keys just work.
If you are using ACPI without the thinkpad_acpi module, many work out of the box. If you want more/better/configurable keys, read on.
By default most of the keys and buttons produce an acpi event. You can test which using:
$ acpi_listen
Exactly which keys produce an event depends on the mask set in /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey. You can read the mask using cat, and change it with something like:
# echo enable,0x00ffffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
The hex value is a mask, which controls which keys are handled by the laptop firmware and which ones are handled by acpid. Exactly which bit affects which key/button is unknown, but 0x00000000 sends all events to the firmware, and 0x00ffffff send all events to acpid. The default is0 x008c7fff, which creates acpi events for most buttons, but not those listed above which are connected directly to the hardware. If you want to set the mask at every boot, just add the above command to /etc/rc.local. If unsure, just leave it alone.
You must then set up acpid to handle the acpi events. In Arch this is done through /etc/acpi/handler.sh, which is a bash script, and uses case structures to decide what action to take for each event. With a mask of 0x00ffffff the following script handles most of the Fn+Fx keys according to the blue icons on them.
FIXME: If you know how to toggle the external display on this laptop (Fn+F7), please update the script
#!/bin/sh # Acpi script that takes an entry for all actions. For an IBM # Thinkpad t41, assumes hotkey mask 0x00ffffff. Uses netcfg package. # by Jack Barraclough set $* case "$1" in ibm/hotkey) case "$4" in '00001003') # Fn + F3 switch off backlight xset -display :0 dpms force off ;; '00001004') # Fn + F4 suspend /usr/sbin/pm-suspend ;; '00001005') #Fn + F5 toggles network if [ -f /var/run/daemons/net-profiles ] then /etc/rc.d/net-profiles stop else /etc/rc.d/net-profiles start fi ;; '0000100c') # Fn + F12 hibernates /usr/sbin/pm-hibernate ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $*" ;; # # Add your own events here. # esac ;; *) logger "ACPI action undefined: $*" esac
This may seem like a lot of work just to get the hotkeys working, but it is also very powerful and extensible. You can easily add more actions, and every Fn+Fx combo generates an event. To control mpd with Fn+{F9-F11} for example:
'00001009') # Tell MPD to skip back Fn+F9 mpc prev ;; '0000100a') # Tell MPD to play/pause Fn+F10 mpc toggle ;; '0000100b') # Tell MPD to skip forward Fn+F11 mpc next ;;
One word of warning: the script runs as root, so be careful. If you want to start firefox using the Access IBM button for example, use su or sudo to start it as your normal user, not root.
A complete list of buttons/keys and the events they produce is available on the Thinkwiki.
There is another method of getting these keys to work, using the nvram kernel module and a piece of software called tpb. This is quite complicated, and does not work as well. It is not recommended as thinkpad_acpi supports all the buttons on this laptop. For the curious, there is some information on the ThinkPad OSD page.
UltraPad and TrackPoint
Both the pad and TrackPoint are supported by the standard mouse driver, and by the synaptics package, which provides more functionality, such as scrolling using the edges of the pad. The below code will give you windows like functionality. It'll let you scroll with the middle mouse button, and also use it as a third mouse button for pasting and such. There are more details on how to configure more options on Thinkwiki
Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "on" Option "Emulate3TimeOut" "50" Option "EmulateWheel" "on" Option "EmulateWheelTimeOut" "200" Option "EmulateWheelButton" "2" Option "YAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "XAxisMapping" "6 7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection
The T41 comes with three diffrent wireless cards:
- IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter (which uses an Atheros chipset)
- Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b
- Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
You can check which you have with:
lspci | grep Ethernet
All of which should work under linux, and more details can be found on the Wireless network configuration page.
Atheros Cards
These cards work out of the box with the ath5k driver. The card appears as wlan0.
Cisco Cards
FIXME: If you have a cisco card in your T41, please update this section These should be supported by the open source airo module, or the closed source mpi350 module from cisco.
Intel Cards
See Wireless network configuration#ipw2100 and ipw2200.
The laptop has a ATI Radeon 7500 or 9000 graphics adapter, supported by the open source ATI driver[broken link: invalid section]. Note that as of fglrx 8.28.8 these chipsets are not supported, so stick with the open source drivers. Most of the options on the radeon man page and on the ATI driver page can be used with this chip, but there are reports of crashes or blank screens when FastAGPWrites is enabled. On option of interest not on the ATI page is DynamicClocks, which can be used to reduce power consumption.
Hard drive Active Protection
The T41 has a built in accelerometer, which can be used to detect when the laptop is dropped, and park the hard drive heads. As of Kernel 2.6.29, you no longer need to patch the kernel to make it work. See the HDAPS page for a guide on setting this up.


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Statement by Dr. Shirley Charter,
Commissioner of Social Security
before the Senate Finance Committee
Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
April 7, 1995
Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee:
Thank you for the opportunity to appear here today to iscuss the status of Social Security's Old Age and Survivors nsurance (OASI) and Disability Insurance (DI) trust funds.
I would like to focus first on the findings published in the 1995 Annual Report of the Board of Trustees, which was issued several days ago. I would then like to discuss steps we have aken, with the help of Congress, to address the short-term insolvency of the DI fund, and finally, I will also discuss the need to establish a climate of bipartisan consideration to ensure the long-term financial solvency of both the OASI and DI trust funds.
The 1995 Trustees Report
The Trustees' Report notes that, during calendar year 1994, OASDI benefits amounting to $316.8 billion were paid to retired and disabled workers and their families, and to survivors of deceased workers. At the end of last year, almost 43 million people were receiving OASDI benefits. In addition, almost 140 illion people worked in jobs covered by the OASDI program and paid OASDI contributions on their earnings. Income to the combined trust funds totaled $381.1 billion in 1994, and expenditures--the amount paid in benefits and administrative expenses--totalled $323 billion. I am pleased that the $2.7 billion cost of administering the OASDI program in 1994 was less than 1 percent of benefits paid during the year.
The Trustees develop three alternative sets of estimates based on varying economic and demographic assumptions to show a range of possibilities regarding the financial conditions of the trust funds. Designated as alternatives I, II, and III, these estimates range from low cost (alternative I) to high cost (alternative III). Alternative II, the intermediate set of assumptions, reflects the Trustees' best estimate of what future experience will be. I would like to stress, however, that these projections are not certainties, but only estimates based on anticipated trends and occurrences. The projections take into account fertility rates, mortality rates, net immigration rates, productivity increases, labor force participation rates, unemployment rates, consumer Price Index and other factors difficult to predict.
Under the 1995 Trustees' Report's intermediate assumptions, he assets of the combined OASI and DI trust funds are expected o grow until 2020, and then to decline until they would be exhausted in 2030, one year later than was projected in last year's Report. While in my testimony I will focus on the intermediate assumptions, it is worth noting that, even under the high-cost alternative III assumptions, the combined funds would high-cost alternative III assumptions, the combined funds would be sufficient to pay benefits for more than 20 years.
Impact of Trends and the Trustees' Report
Mr. Chairman, as you requested in your letter of invitation to today's hearing, I would like to address the issue of past or future trends, and how we view their impact.
Every year the Trustees' Report takes a "snapshot" view of the status of the trust funds based on both positive and negative economic and demographic assumptions over a 75-year period. These assumptions take into account future trends that are supported by recent experience and future expectations, and, as I mentioned previously, represent estimates of what impact such trends will have on the Social Security program in both the short range and the long range. Of course, it is not possible to predict with certainty whether experience or expectations based on a few years represents a long-term trend or an unusual occurrence. Thus, the Report does not necessarily signal either the beginning of a trend or the continuation of one.
For instance, one of the most widely publicized trends in recent years is the growth in the number of people receiving disability benefits, which rose from 2.9 million in 1989 to 3.9 million in 1994. This growth represents an increase of 34 percent. However, while there are some indications that the growth in the program has slowed (applications and awards for disability benefits have remained about the same in 1993 and 1994), it is not appropriate to draw irrevocable conclusions for the long term based on this experience because the Trustees reevaluate these assumptions every year.
The 1994 Trustees' Report estimated that the combined OASI and DI trust funds would be exhausted in 2029. Because the 1993 Report had estimated that the trust funds would be exhausted in 2036--7 years later than the 1994 Report--there were concerns that the 1995 Trustees' Report would change the projected year of exhaustion to a still earlier year. This proved not to be the case, however, since the year of exhaustion improved slightly to 2030, one year later than last year's Report.
This change is primarily the result of recent economic and demographic experience which was more favorable than was assumed in last year's report. The economic experience included faster growth in the labor force, a lower unemployment rate, faster economic growth, faster growth in real wages, and slower growth in prices.
The demographic experience included revised intercensal estimates of the historical population and new postcensal estimates by the Bureau of the Census, which show fewer people at older ages than did earlier estimates. Other demographic changes include higher projected mortality rates, reflecting the latest data that show higher than expected mortality in 1992 and 1993.
Also, near-term birth rates were projected to be slightly higher based on recent experience.
A key change in the long-range intermediate assumptions is an increase in annual net immigration. The net number of immigrants assumed to enter the U. s. population each year was increased by 50,000, an increase consistent with estimates based on recent data from the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
While we need to be concerned about short-term trends such as the growth in the disability program, and understand the factors that underlie them, we should be careful to keep them in perspective. Our most important goal should be to ensure the long range solvency of the Social Security program. The value of the Trustees' Report is that it provides us with the best estimate of the program's long-range status.
Maintaining Financial Solvency
Clearly, the long-term financing issue that confronts Social Security requires careful consideration. Fortunately, we have the time we need to take measured and thoughtful action. In fact, the current Trustees' Report estimates reinforce the idea that we have time for thoughtful measured bipartisan Consideration. No short term crisis exists and we should avoid creating an atmosphere where potentially rash and hasty decisions might be made.
This is not to say that reforms should be delayed until a crisis occurs--they should not. Social Security is very important for everyone in the Nation. After careful deliberation, any adjustments necessary to strengthen the program should be made in a way that will allow time for individuals to make the necessary changes in their future retirement.
Mr. Chairman, history has shown us that successful efforts to reform the Social Security system are the fruit of careful evaluation, bipartisan concern, and discussion. of the issues among the Congress, the Administration, aryd the pu.bi.c. To ensure there is sufficient funding of the Social Security program for all future generations, we should take a comprehensive, bipartisan approach to considering changes in the program.
The Advisory Council on Social Security is currently examining proposals for improving the Social Security program and the new Social Security Advisory Board will also be looking at these important issues. When I met with the Advisory Council, I emphasized the importance of their primary task, which is to focus on Social Security financing and to develop recommendations for improving the long-range financial status of the OASDI program.
It is impossible to overstate the importance of the work no eing done by the Advisory Council. Reform of Social Security as generally not taken place without being preceded by ecommendations from the Advisory Council on Social Security or imilar bipartisan panel. The Advisory Council is nearing ompletion of its work and I look forward to their findings and recommendations which we will review with the Congress.
Mr. Chairman, I strongly believe that changes in the Social ecurity program should be made solely to strengthen the program ot to meet short-term budgetary goals. It is unacceptable to ake changes in Social Security in order to make a contribution o reduce the general fund deficit, including deficits in other ntitlement programs. As a self-financed program, Social ecurity has always paid its own way. Any adjustments must be esigned to ensure the adequacy of the program for future enerations, not to achieve short-term budgetary goals.
Thank you again for the opportunity to discuss the status o he Social Security trust funds. I look forward to working with ou to strengthen the program for future generations of American orkers and their families.


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In 1982, the quality of British troops held out when the task force's land troops came up against the Argentine Army. Much has changed since 1982, both in the British Army and the Argentine Army. Land Forces would play a pivotal part in any future battle for the Falklands, whether it be defending them, or attempting to retake them.
If the Falkland Islands were threatened, one would imagine that the first reaction of the British Government would be to reinforce the lone infantry Company at Mount Pleasant. This would probably involve flying in another infantry Battalion via Ascension, and some extra air defence in the form of Rapier and Starstreak of the Royal Artillery. An infantry Battalion is usually on standby as a spearhead Battalion to move anywhere in the world at short notice.
If, however, the islands were taken by Argentina, then larger land forces would be required to land and retake them. There are 9 Brigades available to the British Armed Forces for rapid deployment anywhere in the world:
- 3 Commando Brigade (Plymouth)
- 1 Mechanised Brigade (Tidworth)
- 4 Mechanised Brigade (Catterick)
- 7 Armoured Brigade (Hohne)
- 12 Mechanised Brigade (Bulford)
- 16 Air Assault Brigade (Colchester)
- 19 Light Brigade (Catterick, due for disbandment 2013)
- 20 Armoured Brigade (Sennelager)
- 52 Infantry Brigade (Edinburgh)
There are also a number of other administrative Brigades, that are not geared up towards active deployment. These are the umbrellas for battalions and Regiments not earmarked for deployments, but which could in times of crisis be called upon. In such a manner in 1982, the Scots and Welsh Guards were deployed after finishing a stint of public duties in London, as they happened to be available.
As in 1982, we would probably be looking to the spearhead Brigades, ie 16 Air Assault and 3 Commando Brigade to bear the brunt of any operations. Realistically, with the shipping available, the likely Argentine Garrison to be faced and the troops available, any mission to retake the Falklands would probably consist of two reinforced Brigades, with a similar level of supporting troops – artillery, engineers, etc – as was seen in 1982.
The fly in the ointment, at present, would be Afghanistan. Currently light infantry and mechanised Brigades serve 6 month stints in Afghanistan, meaning that Brigades such as 16 AA and 3 Cdo have spent up 6 months of every two years in Helmand. Prior to this, they are training up for the role, and afterwards building themselves up again. Of course, if it really came to it, troops arriving back from Afghanistan could be sent down south a week later, but this would hardly be ideal. In an ideal world, 16 AA and 3 Cdo Brigades would both be available. In the next best case scenario it would be 3 Cdo Brigade plus one of the light infantry Brigades, and the least satisactory scenario would be 16 AA plus a light infantry Brigade. 3 Cdo Brigade, of course, would be invaluable due to their amphibious role.
There can be few personnel in the British Army who have not served at least one tour of Afghanistan, and many have probably served more, as well as in Iraq and possibly in Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Bosnia for some older sweats. The British soldier of 2012 is much more experienced and battle-hardened than many of his predecessors, and thanks to some early disasters in Iraq, personnel equipment seems to have seriously improved. In 1982, many troops went down with trench foot thanks to having inferior boots for cold weather. Most weapons systems have been updated – for example the SLR with the SA80, the Bren with the Minimi, and Milan with Javelin. A lot of the new vehicles that have been procured for use in Afghanistan to replace Land Rover are great for that theatre, but would be totally unsuitable to peat bogs in the Falklands. As in 1982, Scimitars and others of the CVR(T) family would be very handy.
Ideologically, the British Army is in a strange place compared to 1982. The last ten years have been spent largely fighting counter-insurgency wards against extremist islamic terrorists – firstly in Iraq, and then Afghanistan. To what extent could the Army go from fighting in the sand to fighting in chilly mountain ranges overnight? One suspects so, given the similarity between the Falklands and the Brecon Beacons, for one. Could it summon up the agression for a conventional war, after devoting much of its attention to 'wars among the people'? I suspect that this wouldn't be a problem – in 1982 the British Army was geared towards fighting the Russians in North West Europe, and also dealing with terrorists in Northern Ireland, which especially provided very good training for junior leaders. And unlike 1982, most British troops are not already commited to NATO.
The Argentine Army abolished conscription after the fall of the military dictatorship in 1983. In 1982, the Argentine Garrison consisted of two strong Brigades, which consisted of 8 Regiments, the equivalent of a British Battalion. The Argentines also had many support troops, in terms of artillery, engineers and armoured cars. But as has often been written, in 1982 the Argentines had to keep their best troops in South America to guard against a possible Chilean attack. As a result, most of the troops deployed to the Falklands were inexperienced conscripts, and many were from warmer parts of the country, not suited to fighting in the cold and wet Falklands.
In 2012, the Argentine Army has 10 Brigades in total – two armoured, three mechanised, three mountain, one paratrooper and one jungle. In particular, a Rapid Deployment Forces is built around the Paratroop Brigade. The Argentine Marines consists of 4 Infantry Battalions with supporting troops. With the addition of dedicated Mountain Brigades, the Argentines could probably provide a better garrison for the Falklands than they did in 1982.Of course, what we do not know is how well trained their troops are – although the Argentine Army does seem to have benefited from increased international co-operation. In addition, friendly relations with the rest of South America means that Argentina would not have to leave units behind to guard her own frontiers.
But, as with the British Task Force, the Argentine's real problem would be getting their troops to the islands in the first place. With one sole amphibious ship, and the tricky prospect of taking Mount Pleasant intact, they might have a bit of trouble actually getting them to the Falklands in the first place. But if a re-run of 1982 was to be experienced, but with modern forces, I would expect a British land force to edge it based on experience and training.
Related articles
- Refighting the Falklands War (2012): The Air War (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)
- Refighting the Falklands War (2012): The political dimension (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)
- The Falklands Then and Now… AND Now: initial thoughts (dalyhistory.wordpress.com)
- Flashpoint Falklands: Britain dusts off war plans as Argentina turns up the heat (dailymail.co.uk)


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-- Rex Crum
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And this also works the other way : an internship demand must not be presented as an eventual job demand because the employer will automatically favour an internship which is not in the demander's interest.
A job or internship demand in a freelance expert's presentation form will automatically be deleted.
I just registered but I can't find my CV on your website. Why?
You carefully followed the instructions but you can't find your CV on the website.
There may be several explanations:
- Your CV has not been validated yet: all CVs are humanly controlled before being posted on the website. If you respected all instructions indicated in the form, your CV will be accepted. If not, it is deleted without further notice.
- Besides, the website is updated 4 times a day. Your CV may not have been published yet because the update of the website is not finished.
- Your CV has been accepted but is not published in the website where you are seeking it because it doesn't contain the corresponding keywords. In that case, add the appropriate keywords in the "Title" field in order that your CV appears on the targeted websites.
-Our system contains 3 different databases: job seekers, internship seekers, and freelance workers. Make sure that you are looking for your CV in the right category
Caution ! When updating or bringing changes to your CV, it appears off-line the time it is controlled again and validated.
Besides, your CV may have been removed from our website:
Either you made an online demand for removal of your CV (voluntarily or by mistake).
Or we deleted your CV because we estimated that it didn't respect our requirements, in spite of all instructions given in the form. In that case, your CV has been deleted during the control process (automatically or manually).
If you think that your CV has not been saved in any of our databases, you can register again by making sure that you carefully followed the instructions.
How can I make sure that my application has been sent to the employer?
In the update page of your CV, you can access to a panel containing the list of sent applications.
If you sent your application, it will appear on the list.
Do I receive e-mail alerts of new offers corresponding to my profile?
Every night, an e-mailing is launched for all offers which have been posted or updated by employers during the day.
In these e-mails, you will find the links allowing you to:
Send your application to the offer
Update your CV
Remove your CV
If the e-mail alerts you receive do not correspond to your search, please change your presentation, especially the fields containing keywords.
Do I have to fill in a new registration form every time I wish to apply to an offer ?
You only need to register once. Your CV will be saved for 8 months, unless you remove it before.
You can apply to all offers you're interested in very quickly directly from your application space. However, we recommend you to send your application only to offers corresponding to your profile.
How can I update my CV ?
There are different ways to access the update form allowing you to bring changes to your CV:
By using the link contained in the confirmation e-mail you received after you registered.
By using the link in the e-mail alerts you receive.
By using the identification form, whose link is at the bottom of every page, to access the update form
Why do you insist on updating of the CV ?
Every time you update your CV, its date is changed, which has two main consequences:
It allows employers to make sure that you are still seeking a job as your CV appears to be recent.
It allows your CV to have a better referencing on our websites (it will appear approximately among the 10 most recent CVs). The more your CV is recent, the more it has chances to be seen by employers.
The visit numbers of a CV decrease overtime if it's not updated on a regular basis.
When and how many times should I update my CV ?
You should update your CV once a week. It is essential to update your CV on a regular basis. However, do not forget that after being updated, your CV will be offline for a few hours during which the CV will be controlled and the website updated.
Why can't I indicate the name and contact details of my references ?
In compliance with the French law on "Information Technology and Civil Liberties", we can not publish any person's contact details or names without his or her express agreement.
Besides, by indicating phone numbers or e-mail addresses, the person in question might get spammed or disturbed by phone calls (which already occurred).
Why do you recommend not to indicate our current employer's name ?
We recommend not to indicate your current employer's name in your CV because you risk to let him know (directly or indirectly) that you intend to leave the company.
You can however give information about the kind of company you are working in, without giving its name (eg: from…till today: in charge of…, in an important company specialized in…)
If you give any indications about your current employer, you take the responsibility for it.
How can I remove my CV ?
There are different ways to access the form allowing you to remove your CV from our websites:
By using the link contained in the confirmation e-mail you received after you registered.
By using the link in the e-mail alerts you receive.
By using the link at the bottom of the website's homepage (this solution is not effective immediately; it can take several hours until your CV is completely removed, especially on week ends, holidays and outside business hours).
How much time will my CV be saved in your database ?
CVs are saved for 8 months in our database.
If you want your CV to remain for a longer period of time, you just need to update it from time to time (about once a week) by using the update form.
By updating your CV, it will be saved for another 8 months
. As soon as you are not seeking a job anymore, please remove your CV
Why didn't I receive any answer to my application ?
Some recruitments take time. You need to be patient for a few weeks, or even a few months.
We recommend companies to answer to applicants
. However, some of them do not answer but we can not take responsibility for it.
We advise you to read the answer to the FAQ : How can I optimise the referencing of my offer on the websites ?
Why can't I upload a Word or Pdf file ?
Our system is based on a database which makes requests in various fields, depending on the customers' needs.
If the information (the complete CV) is gathered in only one field, it would be difficult to make specific requests and to distinguish, from example, your actual know-how from your past experience, or your current position from the position you seek.
This is why we ask to complete a specific form.
However, once you are in contact with the employer, you can send him again your CV under Word or Pdf format, and even bring a printed copy of it for the interview.
Can I register without receiving e-mail alerts ?
No, you can not look for a job without wanting to receive offers.
If you do not want to receive e-mail alerts, it would mean that you are actually not seeking a job.
If you are not seeking a job, but you registered your CV in our database, you may get contacted by employers, which would represent a loss of time for everyone.
Are all offers online ?
About one third of our customers buy an access to the CV library without posting ads.
Besides, many employers recruit several profiles with the solution they buy.
We estimate that only half of the offers of employers are online.
Why should I apply to offers ?
You registered your CV on our database. This is an essential step in the process of finding an employer.
However, it is not enough.
TWhen posting an offer, the offerer wants to make sure that you are actually interested in the job he offers.
If you do not apply to the offer, he will not be able to know that you are interested.
By applying to the offer, the employer understands that you saw his offer and that you accepted the eventual constraints. It also highlights that he will not loose time getting in touch with you if your profile corresponds to his search.
I saw a post on a search engine but I can not find it again on your website. Why?
Our websites are constantly updated by users, offerers, seekers, and ourselves.
The main search engines save or update close to 100,000 pages a day.
The various search engines permanently store hundreds of millions of pages from our websites.
When a post is removed from our websites, it may not immediately be taken into account by search engines.
That is why it still appears on search engines but not on our websites anymore.
Ed. note: We acknowledge the efficiency of most search engines which need 4 to 72 hours to detect changes saved on our websites.
Why do I not receive e-mail alerts ?
There can be several reasons why you do not receive any e-mail alerts:
We didn't receive any offer corresponding to your profile yet => we are terribly sorry and ask you to be patient
We received offers but the keywords you entered in your presentation are misspelled or do not correspond to the offers => Bring the necessary changes to your presentation (in the fields "Title", "Job or function sought", etc) You entered a wrong e-mail in the registration form or another e-mail address which you do not consult => check again the e-mail address you entered in your form.
Why do you insist on the importance of the spelling ?
Spelling has never been as important as today. In the last century, unless it was published, a written document only had a few given readers who, most of the time, just were the recipient of a letter.
Now, with the internet, mass publications and researches have become much easier.
What do a good spelling and a correct presentation demonstrate? Nothing in particular.
What does a poor spelling (conjugation, grammar, syntax, punctuation…) demonstrate ?
A lack of culture or knowledge
A lack of organization or structure
A poor capacity of concentration
Disrespect towards the reader
A careless attitude
The list is long and non exhaustive.
Besides, the researches made by employers correspond to a chain of characters, and misspelled words contained in your CV will not match the researches and thus, not be found.
We perfectly understand that everyone does not have the same educational level for various reasons beyond their will, but it is your image and future which are at stake.
So proofread your presentation and have it proofread.
Direct links towards articles on our websites about the importance of spelling
How can I optimize the referencing of my CV on the websites ?
We highly advise you to optimize the referencing of your CV on our websites.
To this end, there are various essential elements to take into account: the spelling, the number and relevance of keywords, the comparison to other profiles of the database, and the updating of your post.
- Spelling : for example, an assistant mispelling her function and writing « assitant » (around 300 occurrences in our databases) will not be posted on "assistants.enligne-fr.com" as it will not be recognized as a keyword.
- Increase the number of keywords: the form contains several fields allowing you to describe your current activity and the kind of job you search, and gives you the possibility to put a title on your post. Use these different fields to enter various keywords (try to think about the vocabulary en employer may use when searching profiles like yours).
- Use appropriate keywords: try to use relevant and precise keywords, and avoid using abbreviations and acronyms. For example, use "Human resources" rather than "HR" which is not relevant enough, as it can be contained in several other acronyms; be as precise as possible. Besides, do not enter what you are not looking for, as it will appear in the field as a keyword and be taken into account in search engines. Never enter "any job" or "whatever" if you can not choose among many possibilities; rather enter all functions you would accept to fill (an employer never enters "whatever" in search engines when looking for a profile).
- Compare your CV to those of your "competitors": look at CVs of similar profiles, how they're structures, but without copying them. Use the anonymous search engines meant for employers, enter the keywords corresponding to the job you seek, and compare your CV to the others appearing in the list of results (try to do this 24 hours after your registration and bring eventual changes to your CV. You can repeat this operation every day to improve your CV).
- Update your post on a regular basis: every time you update your CV, it will figure again among the 10 most recent CVs. We recommend you to update your CV once a week. All CVs on the websites' homepages, the lists of applicants and the results of search engines are presented by chronological order, with the most recent ones (or updated most recently) appearing first.
Most of the time, employers select their profiles in the first page of results, which displays the 10 first CVs.
I do not have any e-mail address. How do I proceed?
You do not have any e-mail address and you wish to use our services (for an offer or a demand).
You need a valid email address to use our services as you will receive essential information for your registration.
There are several free services allowing you to create an email address on which you can receive emails using any browser.
Gmail: Google's webmail
Hotmail: Hotmail's webmail
Yahoo.com: Yahoo's Webmail (warning : there are frequently sending problems)
Laposte.net: La Poste's webmail
This is a non-exhaustive list.
It occurs that we notice some functioning problems with the providers of these services. When it occurs, it will be indicated here.
Is your service totally free ?
Our service is COMPLETELY free for jobs and internships seekers.
We are remunerated by jobs and internships offerers (employers).


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This simple spring pasta salad is a lesson in culinary restraint. There are so many things we could add to this, but we're not going to do it. I want to celebrate my tender and sweet spring peas, and delicate star-shaped pasta (Stellette) in a simple salad, and I'm not going to clutter it up trying to clean out the vegetable bins. Everything about this salad is subtle. The tender peas barely get cooked by sitting in the hot pasta for a few minutes. The dressing is nothing more than some lemon and oil. I finish with some fresh mint and parsley, salt and pepper and I'm done. Just stop and back away from the salad. There are many magical food pairings, but one of my personal favorites is mint and fresh peas. There is just something about those two ingredients getting together that makes both shine above and beyond what they are capable of alone.
Sure, usually pasta salads are a great excuse to chop up and use all those forgotten veggies in the bottom of the fridge yearning to be free, but not this one. Save that one for the company picnic. Today's recipe is you and your lover, sitting on a blanket somewhere fresh and green, enjoying this and several others of life's simple pleasures.
8oz Stellette pasta
1/2 cup spring peas
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup olive oil
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1.2 tsp cayenne pepper
1/4 cup chopper fresh mint
1/4 cup chopper fresh Italian parsley
*don't forget to salt the water you boil the pasta in!
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Spring Pea and Stellette Pasta Salad with Fresh Mint and Parsley – We're reaching for the Stars
Posted by Chef John at 1:45 PM
Labels: Dressings, Legumes, Salads, Vegetables
4 comments:
hmmm, that was almost poetic. ;)
- May 17, 2007 at 2:33 PM
- Chef John said...
hey, what do you mean "almost?" lol
- May 17, 2007 at 2:34 PM
- Sheliza said...
Chef John, you are the man! I am so loving these great recipes! I would love to see a good poundcake recipe when you can. The kind only a grandmother can make :) Thanks!
- May 18, 2007 at 8:22 AM
- May 18, 2007 at 6:49 PM
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Are hedge funds too big to succeed?
That's the question still hovering over the industry even as some of the world's wealthiest and most powerful investors get set to hobnob with each other and an assortment of celebrities and power brokers at the SALT conference in Las Vegas this week.
Around 1,800 are slated to attend the event, which was born in the aftermath of the financial crisis and is hosted by SkyBridge Capital, a global investment firm with around $10.5 billion in assets under management. Attendees include more than a thousand institutional investors, private-end investors and asset allocaters from leading sovereign wealth funds, public and private pensions, foundations, endowments and family offices, according to organizers, along with more than 500 managers of established and emerging hedge funds from around the globe.
The agenda features a steady stream of speeches, one-on-one discussions and panels featuring heavy hitters like David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, who topped Institutional Investor's 2013 Rich List by taking home a cool $3.5 billion in compensation last year; Leon Cooperman of Omega Advisors; economist Nouriel "Dr. Doom" Roubini; "Black Swan" author Nassim Taleb; basketball legend Magic Johnson and actor Kevin Spacey.
According to the Financial Times, passes to the VIP areas backstage at SALT are highly coveted by attendees. But as they rub shoulders with celebrities and high-powered politicians, should elite managers be worried? Investors might grow increasingly reluctant to park money and pay hefty fees to park money with managers who, on an aggregate basis, have long failed to beat the broader market.
Investor Simon Lack, who wrote "The Hedge Fund Mirage," a stinging critique of the industry in 2012, said in a phone interview that performance hasn't gotten much better since his book was published. He calculates that a basket divided 60%-40% between stocks and bonds would have beaten the aggregate hedge-fund performance every year since 2003.
Year-to-date, the composite hedge-fund index put together by Hedge Fund Research Inc. is up just 0.9%, trailing a 2.6% return for the S&P 500 (including dividends) and a 3% return for the Barclays Capital Government/Credit Bond Index over the same stretch.
Lack and other critics contend that hedge funds have largely fallen prey to the axiom that size is the enemy of performance. Hedge funds produced some jaw-dropping aggregate returns back in the 1990s when there weren't nearly as many funds or investors, Lack says.
As money manager and commentator Barry Ritholtz put it at an investing conference last fall: "When you're at a billion or more, you can't do what you were doing at $100 million. Essentially, the ability to find these small, little areas of profit simply goes away. You can't move that much money in and out."
Maybe so. But as the chart above shows, the money keeps pouring in and managers continue to charge high fees. Lack thinks that's in part due to rather perverse accounting incentives that encourage public pensions to park cash with hedge funds. With so much money pouring in, not even big institutional investors have enough sway to negotiate much of a break on fees.
Now all that aside, the hedge-fund industry attracts some very talented managers. That means there will always be some "happy customers," Lack says How do you make sure you're among them? Lack says it's all down to picking a small number of winning money managers. Spreading money out, on the other hand, will likely ensure your performance is capped by the mediocre aggregate returns.
Of course, picking winners isn't so easy, either, he notes, as one winning strategy inevitably gives way to another.
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ATI readies Radeon X1950
GDDR 4 on board, report claims
Updated ATI - well, maybe AMD, we suppose - is about to launch its latest X1900-class GPUs, including a chip capable of using GDDR 4 graphics memory.
The Radeon X1950 - as the new part is apparently dubbed - will ship in CrossFire and XTX versions, various websites claim. Both boards will support up to 512MB of GDDR 4 and contain 48 pixel shader engines and eight vertex shaders, as per past X1900-series GPUs. Core and memory clock speeds have yet to be set, it seems, but expect 650MHz and 1GHz (2GHz effective).
A lower-spec version, the X1950 Pro, may also be in the works. It is said to run at 600MHz, with 700MHz (1.4GHz effective) memory. It has 36 pixel shaders, and is said to be scheduled to ship in October.
DailyTech also claims ATI has told its customers it's preparing a version of its Radeon X1900 XT-based reference card that ships with only 256MB of GDDR 3. The current design contains 512MB. Core and memory clock speeds will remain the same: 625MHz and 725MHz (1.45GHz effective), respectively.
Both products are due to ship to customers in sample quantities early next month, the report states, with a late August ship window. ®


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Top 50 list of Christian persecutors
In one nation, believing is 'act punishable by death'
The isolationist regime of North Korea once again tops the Open Doors USA list of the world's worst persecutors of Christians.
Open Doors USA released its list Wednesday of the world's 50 worst violators, weighing factors such as the jailing of Christians, executions and legal restrictions on religious freedom.
The Christian group this year added the category of whether or not a nation was a "failed" state.
Operations Director Jerry Dykstra says a failed state is "a weak state where social and political structures have collapsed to the point where government has little or no control."
Rounding out the top 12 are Somalia, Syria, Iraq, Afghanistan, Saudi Arabia, Maldives, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Sudan and Eritrea.
Written in blood about lives of grace, "Foxe: Voices of the Martyrs" celebrates the indomitable human spirit that arises in love against tyranny and torture. More than a book, it is every Christian's heritage of courage.
Open Doors Communications Director Emily Fuentes says North Korea is like no other country in the world.
"North Korea remains the most difficult country in the world to be a Christian because it's an act that is punishable there by death or life in prison," Fuentes said.
North Korea is thought to have as many as 70,000 people imprisoned in camps that Fuentes likens to the camps in Nazi Germany.
"It's a sentence that is not just for believers, but the sentence to a concentration camp can be for up to three generations of their family," Fuentes said. "That's their parents, their children and their grandchildren. No other country is like North Korea in that way."
Fuentes added that the actual number of Christians in prison camps could be higher.
"We estimate that the number is between 50,000 and 70,000, but that's a conservative estimate, probably minimal. There could be even more," Fuentes said.
WND reported in September that North Korea and its anti-Christian actions are largely unnoticed by most of the world. Human rights activist and pastor Douglas Riggs says it's hard to believe that North Korea's persecution flies "under the radar."
"Where is the international outcry from the international community for the most oppressed and persecuted people in the world who live in North Korea?" Riggs asks. "No nation is planning a military strike against the tyrannical rule of the North Korea."
International Christian Concern's Asia analyst, Ryan Morgan, says he's not surprised by North Korea's ranking.
"It looks like conditions for Christians in North Korea have grown steadily worse. Between the ongoing detention of Kenneth Bae and the mass executions in November, it is abundantly clear that Kim Jong-un has no plans to change his regime's status as the worst persecutor of Christians in the world any time soon," Morgan said.
A recent report by a group called Seoul USA said the North Korean church is holding its own despite the persecution. Morgan agrees.
"When North Korea does eventually collapse, I believe we will see Christian leaders there who have kept the faith despite unimaginable opposition rise up to lead a new revival," Morgan said.
"It's going to be much like the rise of the church in China over the past 20 years."
The Open Doors report listed the African nation of Somalia as No. 2. Fuentes said the Islamic terror group al-Shabaab is responsible for Somalia's ranking.
"For the first time ever, Somalia holds the second spot, and it's the first time an African nation has risen so high on the World Watch list. It's because there's been a significant increase in violence against Christians this year, specifically by the jihadist group al-Shabaab," Fuentes said.
In the third spot is Syria, and Fuentes said that's because the militant groups in the Syrian civil war are using the war as an excuse to target Christians.
"Christians are being specifically targeted for their faith, and the Christians are being targeted by jihadists and extremists fighting in the civil war. They're using the war as an excuse to rid the country of the Christians," Fuentes said.
Fuentes added that some towns in Syria have become "ghost towns" because of the violence.
"Christians have had to flee because they don't want to live there anymore. In October, there was a historic Christian town that was attacked. Over 45 people were massacred, and hundreds more were injured. It was because they were Christians," Fuentes said.
Open Doors estimates that there are nearly 1,000 Syrian Christians who have been martyred for their faith.
WND reported in September that Christian leaders in Syria were dismayed by the trend of entire Christian communities leaving because of the violence.
International Christian Concern Middle East analyst Todd Daniels said a Syrian church leader told him of how rebels entered a village and began calling out names using the loudspeakers of the mosques. The Christians were given 48 hours to leave.
"We are continuing to hear stories from Syria of forced conversions or killings by those who did not convert," he said. "It is these existential threats that are leading Christians to flee."
Fuentes said Islamic violence is a common thread in the persecution, noting that 37 of the top 50 countries are Muslim.
"Many of these nations are involved in heavy Islamic extremism. So, it's either terrorist groups or other government officials who are following the extreme version of Islam. That's what initiates the Christian persecution," Fuentes said.
In 2013, the worst nation was North Korea, where merely possessing a Bible can be punishable by death.
At that time, eight of the 10 worst offenders were Muslim-majority nations. Egypt, under the Muslim Brotherhood, actually saw its ranking lowered, but not because of any improvement. It was because of worsening conditions elsewhere, the report said. North Korea also was No. 1 in 2012.
The following is the full list:
1) North Korea
2) Somalia
3) Syria
4) Iraq
5) Afghanistan
6) Saudi Arabia
7) Maldives
8) Pakistan
9) Iran
10) Yemen
11) Sudan
12) Eritrea
13) Libya
14) Nigeria
15) Uzbekistan
16) Central African Republic
17) Ethiopia
18) Vietnam
19) Qatar
20) Turkmenistan
21) Laos
22) Egypt
23) Myanmar (Burma)
24) Brunei
25) Colombia
26) Jordan
27) Oman
28) India
29) Sri Lanka
30) Tunisia
31) Bhutan
32) Algeria
33) Mali
34) Palestinian Territories
35) United Arab Emirates
36) Mauritania
37) China
38) Kuwait
39) Kazakhstan
40) Malaysia
41) Bahrain
42) Comoros
43) Kenya
44) Morocco
45) Tajikistan
46) Djibouti
47) Indonesia
48) Bangladesh
49) Tanzania
50) Niger


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Catch some zzz's in our zebra-print beanbag, designed for relaxing in chic safari style. Plop it just about anywhere and then sink into your own little lounge spot.
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