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--Liverpool FC--Yossi Benayoun--

Yosef Shai "Yossi" Benayoun (Hebrew: יוסי בניון‎), born 5 May 1980 in Dimona) is an Israeli football player currently playing for Liverpool in the English Premier League. Benayoun plays as an attacking midfielder, occupying the space just behind the striker. In Israel he is nicknamed "The Kid", and he is the captain of the Israeli national football team.
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Yossi Benayoun, born on May 5, 1980 in Dimona, Israel, is a footballer who plays as the midfielder in the team. Nicknamed “The Kid” and “The Diamond”, Yossi Benayoun lives with his family in his homeland, Israel.
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Yossi Benayoun started his international career with the Israel Under-16 team, and his team finished third in the 1996 Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) European Under-16 Championship.
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He moved to the senior team making his debut against Portugal in November 1998. He became a crucial member of the Israeli national team at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers after their 2-1 victory over Cyprus at home and scoring twice against Switzerland. He was made as the captain of Israel national team before the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers. His two goals in eight appearances in the qualifiers gave a clear picture of the player’s dedication and motivation towards the Israel national team. He also played in the team’s line against the Croatia in the 2008 UEFA Euro qualifier.
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Yossi Benayoun started playing football at an early age of 9, at Hapoel Be'er Sheva, an Israeli football club. Following his success in the home team, 15 year old Yossi Benayoun was picked by the Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Ajax). After he became the top scorer in the youth squad, the club offered him a four year contract, which he declined. At the age of 17, Yossi Benayoun moved on to the senior team of Hapoel Be’er Sheva. His season with Hapoel Be’er Sheva came to an end with his move to Maccabi Haifa.
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During 2000-01, he also got the opportunity to lead Maccabi Haifa to its first championship and was honored as the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of that season.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yossi_Benayoun
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~http://www.yossibenayoun.net/
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~http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=5020823000233501531

--Real Madrid vs Liverpool--

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Join us at 1945 GMT to see if Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez can overcome the critics and see off Real Madrid at the Bernabeu.

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Good evening one and all and welcome to the latest installment in the Liverpool soap opera as Rafa Benitez takes the Reds back to his spritual home in Madrid to face Real. It should be a fascinating Champions League tie.

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If you've not heard the latest, the English bookies earlier stopped taking bets on Benitez to be the next Premier League manager to sling his hook, but they don't always get it right. The club then hit back by saying the speculation was ridiculous. They didn't go so far as to say his relationship with the club's hierarchy was hunky dory either though. Because it isn't. At all.

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The teams are out and the big news is that Gerrard is on the bench for Liverpool. Not a huge surprise after he only managed one training session prior to the game. Benayoun makes the cut and Alonso is back after being suspended at the weekend.

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Liverpool: Reina, Aurelio, Arbeloa, Carragher, Skrtel, Riera, Benayoun, Alonso, Mascherano, Torres and Kuyt. Subs from: Cavalieri, Dossena, Hyypia, Gerrard, Lucas, Babel and Ngog.

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Real Madrid: Casillas, Ramos, Cannavaro, Pepe, Heinze, Robben, Diarra, Gago, Marcelo, Raul and Higuain. Subs from: Dudek, Saviola, Sneijder, Guti, Metzelder, Miguel Torres and Van der Vaart.

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So, how's this one going to go? My heart says a high-scoring thriller as Real throw caution to the wind. My head says Liverpool to first and foremost nullify Real's threat and grind out a low scoring draw in favour of doing the job at Anfield. You?

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The teams are out and we are ready to go. The Bernabeu looks sensational...

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We begin...

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The game is only seconds old as Raul piles into Xabi Alonso and gets a ticking off from the ref. Spicy opening.

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Alonso looks for Kuyt over the top but the Dutchman had strayed offside, then Torres trips Pepe and gets a howl of derision from his trouble. Exactly what he'd expect as a former Atletico player..

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Raul gets his first opening as Robben played him in down the right channel but his shot from his weaker side didn't trouble Reina.

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Two aimless balls from Liverpool hand possession straight back to Real. Poor from Arbeloa there.

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Aurelio snaps straight in on Robben as Gago found him on the right. I can see that becoming a recurring theme of the evening I think...

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The pattern is set; Real pressing, Liverpool soaking up and trying to hit on the break. What we need is an early goal..

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Aurelio again piles in on Robben and this time wins a throw in. Robben looks disgusted, the Liverpool fans love it.

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There's a cracking atmosphere in the stadium. Not always the noisiest is the Bernabeu, but their team is in good form and they're up for it this evening.

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Torres wins a flick on .... to nobody. Liverpool won't get anywhere with that tactic.

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Back in Madrid Real swing a free-kick, then a corner into the box but Carragher is equal to both.

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A nice turn from Higuain offers Robben a half chance but he is immediately crowded off the ball by a combination of Skrtel and Mascherano.

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Pepe and Gago just stood there as the ball bounced from a Liverpool clearance into the path of Torres abd he nearly made them pay - Casillas with a great save to keep the scores level.

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Should anyone remotely care, Stewart Downing has just scored a belter of a free kick to put Middlesbrough one up against West Ham in their FA Cup replay.

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Wow! Alonso nicks the ball off Gago and has a pop from all of 50 yards forcing Casillas to tip over!

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See you in 15 minutes...

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Robben cuts along the edge of the penalty area but refuses to unload because he was on his weaker right foot. He then spreads it wide for Ramos but his cross is too deep and no-one can profit from it.

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Robben cuts inside after Kuyt failed to get the foul he was looking for and unleashes a dipping, swerving shot that Reina does well to tip over.

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Another poor corner and another Liverpool clearance.

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Henize hauls Kuyt down for no reason at all and Liverpool have a free kick wide on the right. A crazy challenge.

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GOAL! Benayoun!

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Well, that was all Heinze's fault. He had no need to give away a free kick but he did and Aurelio whips in a devillish ball which Benayoun flashes into the net from eight yards out.

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Well, Liverpool do it again. They sit back, invite pressure and nick a goal on their rare forrays upfield. Don't get me wrong though, they probably deserve it, but only because Madrid have been lamentable.

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Now it's Real pumping the ball upfield after having run out of ideas. I honestly reckon Newcastle would have given them a decent game tonight.

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Well, unless they are transformed in the next two weeks Liverpool will breeze past this lot at Anfield, even in their patchy form of late.

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Three minutes added as the first chorus of 'You'll Never Walk Alone' rings out. Looks like there's some bother in the crowd too.

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The Bernabeu is emptying very quickly as Liverpool edge towards victory...

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Well, an excellent night for Liverpool is complete and Rafa Benitez has a precious win at the Bernabeu. Real Madrid, it has to be said, were pathetic, but Liverpool put them away and are huge favourites to go through to the quarter finals. Thanks for your company. See you next time..

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~http://soccernet-akamai.espn.go.com/gamecast?id=260515&league=UEFA.CHAMPIONS&cc=4716

--Human Understanding--

The Benefits of Understanding Human Behavior
Human behavior is absolutely fascinating. Observing people and trying to predict what they will do next can provide a real learning experience. Human behavior is quite predictable in many instances. Personalities can be extremely complex but there are areas that can be understood with a high degree of accuracy. That is part of the value in using validated personality assessments. It's a lot like on the job training in the human behavior department.
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You are probably wondering how you would use that information.
If you are considering promoting an employee into a new position with higher levels of responsibility, wouldn't it be beneficial to know ahead of time how he would perform in the new job? You can also use this information and understanding when putting together a team to manage a new project. You will even know who should be assigned certain tasks in order to play to each members strengths instead of to their weaknesses.
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All industries are having to handle technological change.
Which employees will be able to respond to those changes without difficulty? Which employees should be targeted for specialized or advanced training? Wouldn't it also be beneficial to know which employees would need supplemental or remedial training?
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Another interesting fact about human beings is that they sometimes behave badly just because they don't know any other way to express themselves.
You can effectively spot those individuals and defuse potential problems before they ever get out of the box.
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The more that you work with a personality assessment instrument, the more proficient you will become in understanding and reading people accurately.
This is an enormous help when interviewing and screening applicants or in conflict resolution. When you understand what is driving the behavior, you will be able to predict the outcome much more successfully. You will not become a guru overnight, but a little coaching can take you a long way very quickly.
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~http://www.employment-testing.com/understanding_behavior.htm
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enquiry_Concerning_Human_Understanding
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~http://www.oup.com/us/companion.websites/9780195336122/?view=usa
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~http://www.human-understanding.com/

--Tom And Jerry--

Tom and Jerry is a series of animated theatrical shorts created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer that centered on a never-ending rivalry between a housecat (Tom) and a mouse (Jerry) whose chases and battles often involved comic violence. Hanna and Barbera ultimately wrote and directed one hundred and fourteen Tom and Jerry cartoons at the MGM cartoon studio in Hollywood, California between 1940 and 1957, when the animation unit was closed. The original series is notable for having won the Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Cartoons) seven times, tying it with Walt Disney's Silly Symphonies as the most-awarded theatrical animated series.
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Beginning in 1960, in addition to the originals MGM had new shorts produced by Rembrandt Films, led by Gene Deitch in Eastern Europe. Production of Tom and Jerry shorts returned to Hollywood under Chuck Jones's Sib-Tower 12 Productions in 1963; this series lasted until 1967, making it a total of 161 shorts. The cat and mouse stars later resurfaced in television cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera and Filmation Studios during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, a feature film, Tom and Jerry: The Movie, in 1992 and released domestically in 1993 and in 2000, their first TV special, Tom and Jerry in: The Mansion Cat for Cartoon Network.
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Today, Time Warner (via its Turner Entertainment division) owns the rights to Tom and Jerry, and also produced the series, Tom and Jerry Tales for The CW's Saturday morning "The CW4Kids" lineup, as well as the recent Tom and Jerry short, The KarateGuard, in 2005 and a string of Tom and Jerry direct-to-video films.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_and_Jerry_%28MGM%29

--Barack Obama--

Barack Hussein Obama II (pronounced /bəˈrɑːk hʊˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office. Obama was the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until November 2008, when he resigned following his election to the presidency.
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Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he was the first African American president of the Harvard Law Review. He worked as a community organizer in Chicago prior to earning his law degree, and practiced as a civil rights attorney in Chicago before serving three terms in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004. He also taught constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School from 1992 to 2004. Following an unsuccessful bid for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2000, Obama was elected to the United States Senate in November 2004. Obama delivered the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July 2004.
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After a particularly close campaign in the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primary against rival Hillary Rodham Clinton, he won his party's nomination as a candidate for president, becoming the first major African American candidate for president. In the 2008 general election he defeated Republican candidate John McCain and was sworn in as president on January 20, 2009.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

--Lord Baden-Powell (22 February 1857 - 8 January 1941)--

Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (pronounced /ˈbeɪdən ˈpoʊəl/) OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB (22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941), also known as B-P or Lord Baden-Powell, was a lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, and founder of the Scout Movement.
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After having been educated at Charterhouse School, Baden-Powell served in the British Army from 1876 until 1910 in India and Africa. In 1899, during the Second Boer War in South Africa, Baden-Powell successfully defended the city in the Siege of Mafeking. Several of his military books, written for military reconnaissance and scout training in his African years, were also read by boys. Based on those earlier books, he wrote Scouting for Boys, published in 1908 by Pearson, for youth readership. During writing, he tested his ideas through a camping trip on Brownsea Island that began on 1 August 1907, which is now seen as the beginning of Scouting.
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After his marriage with Olave St Clair Soames, Baden-Powell, his sister Agnes Baden-Powell and notably his wife actively gave guidance to the Scouting Movement and the Girl Guides Movement. Baden-Powell lived his last years in Nyeri, Kenya, where he died in 1941.
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~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell%2C_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell
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~http://www.msd.k12.ca.us/powell/powell.htm
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~http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/texts/baden-powell.html
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~http://lbpuniv.org/