Tiger Woods is leaving sex addiction rehab by the end of this week!

Tiger Woods is leaving sex addiction rehab by the end of this week

RadarOnline.com reports that Elin Nordegren has flown to Hattiesburg, Mississippi to bring Tiger home, sources close to the situation say.

Yesterday it was reported Elin has cut ties with the high powered lawyer she had brought into weigh divorce options with the seeming repentant King Of Swing.

Tiger is now nearing the tail end of his tenure at Gentle Path in Hattiesburg, Mississippi.

 "Tiger and Elin want to be alone out of public when he leaves the clinic," a source close to the situation told RadarOnline.com.

 "He should be out by the weekend," a source said. 

"They are giving their marriage a second try."

The potent putter has been in rehab for approximately six weeks. His secret life of cheating was exposed when the Enquirer first reported that he was in a serious five-month relationship with NYC  party girl Rachel Uchitel the day before Thanksgiving
 09. 

The "Over 50's" & their Job Search Tactics!

Like most folks, I love to read other people’s success stories, especially when they involve the individuals in question trying something new, something that they might not previously have felt comfortable with.  Yesterday’s Chicago Tribune ran just such a story about three over 50s who each stepped out of their comfort zones to either find work or help focus their job search.

For 58 year-old Leah Alexander, December was the month when her job with a non-profit organization came to an end after 14 years.  In a wild departure from her degree subject of Human Resources, she is using her severance pay to set up in business teaching yoga and distributing organic skin care products, and is also setting up an alliance of environmentalists and practitioners of alternative remedies.

After losing his job in sales a few years ago, meanwhile, Rex Smith, in fine networking style, finally reached out to a neighbor.  Although his enquiry was directly in relation to further work in sales, when his friend got back to him it was to ask if he would help him launch a franchise business.  Now 60 years of age, Rex and his business partner now run a gourmet ham shop.

Bruce Gilmour, who is 68 years old, went back to basics after losing his position in logistics management in June, and not only took advantage of the free year’s membership of a networking organization which came as part of his severance package, but also began evaluating his career strengths in order to find his direction.  He didn’t just write about his accomplishments in general, however, but about those which had given him true enjoyment.  As he did so, it became evident that his real passion lie in training others in new processes, and so he is now targeting his job search in the direction of organizations which would enable him to help adults with physical or mental challenges to improve their job skills.

In my book, these three individuals set a great example to job seekers everywhere in that they have embraced modern day tactics despite their respective ages.  Identifying their career passions, networking, targeting employers and looking beyond the ‘safe’ option of working for others all figured in their approaches, and all three certainly go to prove what I have often said, that age is no barrier.  Well done to all three, and the very best of luck!

Brown sworn in as US Senator from Massachusetts

Brown sworn in as US Senator from Massachusetts
 
By ANDREW MIGA
The Associated Press 
Thursday, February 4, 2010; 6:24 PM 

WASHINGTON -- Republican Scott Brown took over the seat of the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Thursday, vowing to be an independent voice in a bitterly divided Senate. 

"I can't promise I will be right in every vote I make. ... I will do the very best job I can," Brown told reporters. 

Brown was sworn-in by Vice President Joe Biden at a Capitol Hill ceremony a week earlier than he originally planned, and just in time to plunge into a partisan fight over President Barack Obama's choice of a union attorney for a top labor job. 

Brown's arrival in the Senate ends the Democrats' supermajority and gives the GOP 41 votes they can use to block President Barack Obama's agenda. 

At a news conference, Brown made an assertion about the last economic stimulus bill that most economists would dispute. 

"The last stimulus bill didn't create one new job," Brown said in response to a question about a jobs bill pending in the Senate. He added that the stimulus may have retained some jobs. 

Republicans have questioned the way the Obama administration has counted jobs created or saved with stimulus money. But most economists believe new jobs were created even though unemployment rates rose. 

Depending on how Democrats set the Senate's calendar, Brown's first vote could be against the confirmation of Craig Becker, a lawyer for the Service Employees International Union, to a seat on the National Labor Relations Board, the federal panel that referees private sector labor-management disputes. 


Brown said he hasn't decided on whether to support Becker. 

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee approved Becker's nomination on a party-line 13-10 vote Thursday, sending it to the full Senate. 

Republicans have held up Becker's confirmation for months, saying they fear he might use the post to make labor laws more union-friendly without congressional approval. 

Brown, 50, a little-known former state senator, stunned the nation with his upset victory last month over favored Democrat Martha Coakley and put the 2010 midterm elections in play for a possible GOP takeover of Congress. Brown's win derailed Obama's health care overhaul and catapulted Brown onto the national stage. 

On Wednesday, Brown said he wanted to move up the swearing-in so that he could participate in upcoming Senate votes. On Thursday morning, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick certified the results of Brown's win, clearing the way for him to take the oath of office. 

Conservative radio hosts and newspaper columnists had pressed for Brown to take office earlier. 

Former Democratic Party Chairman Paul Kirk had been holding the seat temporarily after being appointed by Patrick after Kennedy's death. 

Brown will fill the last two years of the late Kennedy's term. Kennedy held the seat for nearly a half-century before he died in August. 

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Associated Press writer Sam Hananel in Washington contributed to this report.