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Résumé Shows Snowden Honed Hacking Skills
By CHRISTOPHER DREW and SCOTT SHANE
Edward J. Snowden’s résumé suggests that he transformed himself into the
kind of cybersecurity expert the N.S.A. is desperate to recruit.
IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT ENGLISH: ONLY A FEW THRIVE
In a letter to the editor in The New York Times, Gail Mellow, Carnegie board member and president of LaGuardia Community College in New York City, writes: If we want immigrants to prosper, and to advance our democracy, it is a huge mistake to tell those who are desperate to learn English today to take a number and we’ll get back to them in a couple of years.
Mrs Harris is a London charlady. One day, she sees a Dior dress belonging to one of her clients, and falls desperately in love with it. Then a miracle occurs, and ...
問 ： 我 要 怎 樣 做 才 可 以 成 功 ？
我 ： Are you desperate enough ？ 假 如 你 真 的 很 想 成 功 ， 你 便 應 拚 命 地 、 專 注 地 追 求 目 標 ， 為 了 成 功 ， 你 會 不 惜 一 切 ， 做 出 非 一 般 的 努 力 ， 做 出 非 一 般 的 犧 牲 。 只 要 不 是 為 了 成 功 而 不 擇 手 段 ， 做 出 不 正 當 的 事 情 或 貪 圖 便 捷 ， 鋌 而 走 險 ， 那 麼 只 要 夠 desperate ， 走 向 成 功 之 路 其 實 是 很 簡 單 的 。
成 功 其 實 是 個 簡 化 的 過 程 。 你 拚 命 追 求 成 功 ， 你 便 會 行 動 得 快 ， 你 便 會 做 事 專 注 ， 做 起 事 來 你 便 自 然 會 想 到 有 什 麼 是 應 該 做 ， 又 有 什 麼 是 不 應 該 做 的 。 這 樣 你 便 會 很 直 接 地 去 面 對 和 解 決 問 題 了 。 每 解 決 一 個 問 題 ， 你 便 會 朝
成 功 邁 進 了 一 步 ， 那 麼 你 便 離 開 成 功 不 遠 了 。 最 少 ， 這 是 我 個 人 的 經 驗 。 Am I still desperate ？ You bet 。 
黎智英desperate (SERIOUS)
adjective
1 very serious or bad:
desperate poverty
a desperate shortage of food/supplies
The situation is desperate - we have no food, very little water and no medical supplies.
2 very great or extreme:
The earthquake survivors are in desperate need of help.
He has a desperate desire to succeed.
INFORMAL I'm in a desperate hurry.
desperately
adverb
extremely or very much:
He was desperately ill.
She always seems to be desperately busy!
I'm not desperately keen on watching football.
He was desperately in love with her.
They desperately wanted a child.
Definition of desperate
adjectiveOrigin:
late Middle English (in the sense 'in despair'): from Latin desperatus 'deprived of hope', past participle of desperare (see despair)desperate
(dĕs'pər-ĭt)
adj.
- Having lost all hope; despairing.
- Marked by, arising from, or showing despair: the desperate look of hunger; a desperate cry for help.
- Reckless or violent because of despair: a desperate criminal.
- Undertaken out of extreme urgency or as a last resort: a desperate attempt to save the family business.
- Nearly hopeless; critical: a desperate illness; a desperate situation.
- Suffering or driven by great need or distress: desperate for recognition.
- Extremely intense: felt a desperate urge to tell the truth.
[Middle English desperat, from Latin dēspērātus, past participle of dēspērāre, to despair. See despair.]
desperately des'per·ate·ly adv.desperateness des'per·ate·ness n.
The employment ice age looks set to return
The extreme scarcity of jobs that occurred after the collapse of the asset-inflated economy in the early 1990s was dubbed the "employment ice age" and gave rise to "freeters"--young people who move from one part-time job to another.
Writer Keiichiro Hirano was one of them. The 34-year-old recalled the lack of jobs when he was a Kyoto University student in a special issue of Asahi Journal magazine.
Back then, Hirano was writing a novel, but he had no prospects of publication. He and his friends who were looking for jobs felt gloomy, he says.
"Although I was desperate to find work, I had no idea where I wanted to go. I think the painful feeling of having to go out into the working world without a welcome somehow distorted our generation," says Hirano, who won the Akutagawa Prize when he was 23. Except for gifted persons like him, many young people are finding it increasingly difficult to land stable employment.
As of Oct. 1, only 62.5 percent of university students had secured job offers after they graduate next spring. That is 7.4 percentage points lower than the ratio a year earlier and is close to the 60.2 percent of 2003, the lowest figure since the government started taking the survey in 1996.
It seems the job ice age is returning, caused by the global recession that started in the fall of last year.
These days, university students start their job hunt in earnest in the autumn of their third year of a four-year college program. The hiring season opens with briefing sessions for job hunters held by universities. Early the following year, students start visiting prospective employers and applying for interviews. Successful applicants start receiving informal job offers as early as the spring.
In an interview that ran earlier this week on the opinion page of the vernacular Asahi Shimbun, one university student commented: "Calculating backward from the start of the job-hunting process, I feel as though I'm being pushed through my college life in a hurry."
If companies cut back on the number of new regular employees they hire, the job seekers will be busier. Students apply to 100 to 200 companies and try to get promises of employment from as many of them as possible, even from those or in industries that are not their first choice.
If they fail to secure job offers by autumn, they will be seeking jobs with the next year's crop of students who are starting to look for work.
The trend to recruit and hire students as early as possible straight out of school is a gamble for both sides. The economy may be good or bad when one graduates. Competent talent can also be found among people who are not fresh out of school. Prospective employers and employees should have more chances to meet, so as to end this process of distortion.
--The Asahi Shimbun, Nov. 20(IHT/Asahi: November 21,2009)
Back then, Hirano was writing a novel, but he had no prospects of publication. He and his friends who were looking for jobs felt gloomy, he says.
"Although I was desperate to find work, I had no idea where I wanted to go. I think the painful feeling of having to go out into the working world without a welcome somehow distorted our generation," says Hirano, who won the Akutagawa Prize when he was 23. Except for gifted persons like him, many young people are finding it increasingly difficult to land stable employment.
As of Oct. 1, only 62.5 percent of university students had secured job offers after they graduate next spring. That is 7.4 percentage points lower than the ratio a year earlier and is close to the 60.2 percent of 2003, the lowest figure since the government started taking the survey in 1996.
It seems the job ice age is returning, caused by the global recession that started in the fall of last year.
These days, university students start their job hunt in earnest in the autumn of their third year of a four-year college program. The hiring season opens with briefing sessions for job hunters held by universities. Early the following year, students start visiting prospective employers and applying for interviews. Successful applicants start receiving informal job offers as early as the spring.
In an interview that ran earlier this week on the opinion page of the vernacular Asahi Shimbun, one university student commented: "Calculating backward from the start of the job-hunting process, I feel as though I'm being pushed through my college life in a hurry."
If companies cut back on the number of new regular employees they hire, the job seekers will be busier. Students apply to 100 to 200 companies and try to get promises of employment from as many of them as possible, even from those or in industries that are not their first choice.
If they fail to secure job offers by autumn, they will be seeking jobs with the next year's crop of students who are starting to look for work.
The trend to recruit and hire students as early as possible straight out of school is a gamble for both sides. The economy may be good or bad when one graduates. Competent talent can also be found among people who are not fresh out of school. Prospective employers and employees should have more chances to meet, so as to end this process of distortion.
--The Asahi Shimbun, Nov. 20(IHT/Asahi: November 21,2009)
ice age
n.- A cold period marked by episodes of extensive glaciation alternating with episodes of relative warmth.
- Ice Age The most recent glacial period, which occurred during the Pleistocene Epoch.
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