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So, some backstory -- I've got relivately unique characters. They've got wings and I've been searching for the past few months trying to find anything similar. Nothing was working. Either the wings weren't the right style, or they weren't made well. It was always one problem or the other -- EpicWings were great in terms of quality, but I need wings that attach to the arm. When I found those kinds of wings, they'd be made poorly; they usually don't have actual /bones/ in them, and they always have that "stabbed in" look. "Strigoi" is the best I've found so far, but the bones look weird when you view them from the side (Since there's no actual bones, just a transmap) and you can see it clipping the arms. Plus, the wings aren't a perfect match anyway and that bothers me.
After a few months I got sick of looking, so I decided to make my own from scratch. However, this is my first biological modeling project. I've posed numerous times before, but I don't know the workflow of how to actually make something /new/ for Genesis.
In solving the second problem, I need to avoid that "stabbed in" look. I know some figures use part of Genesis's own mesh to help avoid this, so I began by modeling off of Genesis's arm. This isn't a morph -- I just grabbed his arm and started working with it.
Obviously in Daz 4.5 I could just use GeoGrafting to attach this, but there's some shaders I can't work without that aren't updated to 4.5, and I don't know how to do that anyway! So, how would I go about attaching this properly to Genesis so its weighted properly? (See screenshot for what "this" is.).
I'd also like to know if I did it right to begin with. I stopped working for now since the last step before doing UV mapping and textures would be applying the webbing between the bones in the wings -- I expect that to take around 100 hours of manual welding considering how it took me a few hours to weld the bones to the arm, so, if I started this wrong already, I'd like to know /before/ I do that.
Just for reference, this is what my character looks like.
Oh, and, this being my first "from scratch(ish)" biological modeling project, I have to ask -- Am I doing it good?
Normally wings on an "arm" structure attach to the bottom (Bats) or outside (archaeopteryx) of the bone, not the top. On the drawn character it looks like they're to the sides. Did you change them to the top for a specific reason? I think the drawn idea looks original and interesting.
Also, why do you have the whole arm there? Are you wanting to have a glove with the wings on it? If you're interested in a geograft, ideally you want to imitate only the faces you want to overlap (at the base of each wing bit). That is, you would need to copy those faces from Genesis and make sure you could hook up the wings to them without changing the number or arrangement of polygons of the overlapping faces.
We used to have a tutorial for that, but it seems lost to forum limbo. I think I have a pdf copy saved somewhere if you're interested?
They're like that because that's their design; the artist who drew the picture wasn't understanding how I wanted them to connect, so I told him to just draw them coming from behind the arms so he didn't have to care.
To clarify -- These are /not/ meant to be bat wings. They can't even use these to fly if that wasn't already obvious based on how little surface area they actually attach to. This is my own design and while it was inspired by bats, it's nothing really like them anymore.
I have the entire arm there since I wasn't sure what I actually needed -- I plan to remove anything I don't actually need later. (I'm hoping you could tell me when "later" is!)
This is not supposed to be geografted (but send the pdf anyway!). I need this to work in 4.0 so I can use some older shaders. I know certain parts of Genesis (*ahem*, /those/ parts) are "connected" in a similar way -- By taking part of Genesis's base geometry and welding to that as a separate object, then having the verts you copied overlap with the ones on Genesis and I'm trying to figure out exactly how to do that. Like, what do I do when it comes to weight mapping? Do I just copy/paste the ForeArm maps to it and then paint from there?
Geografting did/does work in 4. I sent you a PM with the pdf.
If you just want to do an add-on conformer, you would just use transfer utility from Genesis. You would have to then add your own custom bones for the wing parts themselves, or morph them open and closed. A transmap around the base of each wing when you texture can make a decent blend even without geografting once it's rigged.
I'm almost certain it doesn't support geografting. I recently purchased this and it's not showing up anywhere. Or I'm blind. Sometimes I have issues finding stuff. <.<

Transmap nothing -- These things ain't human, so I'm just gunna make my own texture for their entire body once the wings are done. That'll solve blending issues. Besides, Genesis's textures (Even the "Michael 4 Elite" ones) are too small for me. I have this weird affinity for rendering at 10000x10000. I'd go higher if I could. Knowing me I'll probably have at least an 8192x8192 texture for each material zone.
Did you look under both characters and clothing? It says it's still dsf/dsa so it should work in 4.
Yes, I did. I looked in every menu and sub-menu under Daz Studio's content. It's not there.
There's no readme for it in the readme folders either, though I might be missing some. Do you know all the places readme's can end up?
In the machine with the default install setup, they're under Studio/My Library/Readme's.
Ain't there. This happens fairly often though. It's like some content doesn't even include a readme anymore! That don't help much when you can't find it x.x..
Uups. Nope. Nevermind. Those work fine. I'm just an idiot -- Totally forgot to actually download and install it! My bad. <.<..

So, I've got a character with unique(ish) wings. To make a long story short, I spent six months trying to find something similar and nothing worked. So, I'm doing them from scratch. Ish.
I've gotten every bit of it down how I like it, except, the webbing between the bones. For the life of me, I just cannot get this to look realistic. I've tried just sticking a flat face between them and that don't work, I've tried draping cloth over them and doing an average weld and that don't work, I've tried manually welding verts and that don't work either.
Attached are various images of my attempts. The first is the wings without any webbing, the second is my "flat face" attempt. Third is what they look like with cloth draped over them, third and fourth are before/after shots of manual welding. Auto welding just results in a giant mess and tends to weld the bones to themselves or the arm to its self, so I figure I don't need to show an image of that.
(Note: I'm new to the forums and it looks like the images are reversed while I type this. Not sure if they are or not, but just have that in mind.)
It's really important I get that "gripping" look like I have where the bones attach to the arm. The creatures don't got wings when they're first born. As they age the bones poke out of the arms and the skin tries to heal around it, so it gets pulled up along with the bones. As such, the webbing is very tight (It doesn't have any wrinkles and it barely billows in the wind) and it looks like it's straining to hold on to the bones.
I almost want to lean towards an alien/grotesque look in how it's attached to the bones. That seems to give the most realism.
EDIT: Oh cool, they're in the correct order! Kay. Shiny.Wingthing4.png746 x 558 - 196KWingthing3.png746 x 557 - 187KWingthing2.png749 x 555 - 183KWingthing1.png750 x 559 - 84KWingybones.png752 x 560 - 224K
Merged the two threads on this topic.
Could you post a sketch of what you awnt to achieve, or (if you can find any) photos or links to photos that show the kind of look you want? My instinct would be to say bridge between the spines to create a surface, but that would be close to your first approach with a plane which you don't like. It may be that you need to rethink the shape of the spines themselves, making them look as if they are wrapped in skin, and then bridge from that to the next spine - in general a model should show the final shape, not the internal structure, as adding a new layer to flesh it out (literally or figuratively) can be extremely hard.
I can't draw well so excuse the scribble I've attached.
The first drawing has the bones outlined in black and what I'd like to add in Purple. The general curves are accurate, though I'd like them to be closer together so the webbing is thinner.
The second drawing is a view from the top. Black are bones again, the yellow is mostly flat webbing (but it still needs to follow the curves in the first drawing), while the Purple lines represent "extra" flesh. Notice how they're generally laid in a somewhat random fashion and vary in spacing, length and height (though obviously I couldn't draw that) -- This is what I was trying to do by draping a cloth over them. I was hoping that it'd fall in a somewhat random fashion and make those lines for me and I could just weld from there. It did, what I wanted, but the welding wouldn't work. I explain why later in this post.
The third drawing uses black for the bones and Purple for the height of flesh. It's mostly flat (Not perfectly flat, though a bump or displacement map will probably be used) with some extra mounds of flesh coming up now and then.
I am making the outline, with just the skin, as you suggested. The welding process took care of giving them the look I wanted when I was attaching them to the arm -- This was due to the fact that Genesis's arm's geometry is very chaotic compared to the cylinders I'm using for bones. The act of welding alone gave them that look with no extra trickery. If there was some way to randomize the vert's positions on the bones without altering the shape too much I'm pretty sure I'd be able to do exactly what I want. Any suggestions on how to get that done are very welcome.
Just to be clear, I've already tried making the cloth's geometry more chaotic. Just rotating it funny did the trick, but I still only have straight parallel lines of equal distance to weld to on the bones, so that didn't help. The bones need to become more chaotic, not the cloth.
Later I'll add physical bones inside these spines. The reason I want to have actual bones and not just mesh that sticks up more is due to the fact the wings will be translucent. If you grab Strigoi's wings you can see exactly why I want physical bones inside the wings. Look at them at just the wrong angle and it's like they turn invisible. I plan to make a lot of renders with the wings sticking out towards the viewer, so if I were to model them like Strigoi's you'd keep seeing through the non-existent bones.
Likewise, I also need the wings to have depth. A single flat plane between the bones won't do the trick -- I need two planes with open space between them, and each one needs to be welded differently to avoid that "duplicated" look. Considering the camera angle compared to the wings, the webbing might not appear in the render if it doesn't have actual thickness.WIngdes.png500 x 500 - 9K
I think you may need to select a line of edges where the top skin surface will go on two adjacent bones, bride, then extrude the created polygons to get the dip away from the bones. The have fun attaching the result to the arms.
So, last night I got an idea at like four in the morning. I tried it, and it actually worked! Almost! I woulda maybe got it if I didn't fall asleep.
I decided to move one of the cloths I draped over the bones down and sub-divide the bones once (And apply it, not just leave it as dynamic geometry), then auto-weld with somewhere between .01 and .1 range. At .05 the result was almost perfect! Attached are the images I came up with.
I should be able to get the result I want by messing around a little more with the height, range and compressing it a bit. Of course there might be a better way to do this, but so far it's pretty much exactly what I'm looking for. Just gotta make the webbing grip the bones a bit "stronger", then a smoothing brush carefully applied to the parts where it looks like it's clipping rather than gripping should take care of everything.
@Richard Haseltine: You wanted a concept, you got it! This is the closest I can get without posting a finished piece. I attached an image with a few different shots in it so you can get a better idea of what I was going for. The two on the top have smoothing set to 2 but the bottom one's got it disabled. It should explain the "gripping" concept and what I meant by "chaotic geometry that doesn't alter the object's shape too much".
Just figured I'd keep y'all informed on my progress. It drives me nuts when I search a forum, find a post almost just like what I'm looking for and then the guy solves his problem but doesn't explain how, so yeah. <.<
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Interesting effect - I wouldn't have thought of trying that, but you can often exploit the quirks of an application to good effect.
Kay, so, good news and bad news!
The good news is that I've got the webbing coming along pretty nice. I got it to look more realistic than the screenshots I posted before. Welding's annoying as crap (I went a bit crazy. There's about 50,000 verts in the webbing alone. <.<) but it's coming along.

I decided to take a break and try something else. I made a simple object and tried to geograft it to Genesis. Alas, that's where the bad news came up..
I've grafted the item "just fine". When Genesis is standing in his default pose everything works pretty much as expected. I then tried to do it while Genesis wasn't in the T pose since I didn't model my wings from the default pose. I figured I'd run into problems, but not something this bad.
For the sake of experimentation I've moved Genesis's arms down to his sides and his shoulders froward. I then exported that shape to Hexagon and created a cylinder primitive that sticks out of Genesis's arm like a T. After welding it to his arm I created a second cylinder primitive and attached that to the first on the other side in the same way.
The reasoning here was to make sure that the tutorial over yonder worked and that when the weight mapping was projected onto the new graft that it'd go on "cleanly". If the weight mapping was "weird" then I'd see some distortion on the new figure, such as the distortion in the image I've attached... x.x
Clearly the weight mapping is wrong. Furthermore, it won't follow the arm as expected. If I move the arm away, the geometry at the base of my graft just sits there and detaches from the arm.
This worries me for obvious reasons. I've spent over ten days working on my wings and I don't want the same thing to happen to them. How do I go about fixing this distortion? Would this have happened if Genesis was in his default pose, too?
NOTE: I've saved the object and pose as .dsf and .dsa in case someone needs these to examine what I've done, but I don't know if these are actually legal to distribute so I'd rather have someone like Richard check them out first and make sure I created them correctly. So, Richard, if you're still around, could you point me at an article about how to go about making new content properly or should I just upload them somewhere private and PM you the link?
EDIT: Crap. Murphy's law hit me real hard. Not even two hours after I finish this post I get an idea on how to make my wings almost perfect. Of course it worked. Please, please, PLEASE, tell me there's a "reverse deformations" option for geografting like there is for morphs! x.x! (Attached is my wing. <.<)
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I'm not sure I understand from those images. The geometry does have to line up with the zeroed figure to be a conformer of any kind, not just for geografting. In order for it to attach the vertices around the edge of the graft must match vertices on the figure to be grafted to. And if something projects a long way from the figure you can expect to edit the weights at least, and possibly to add extra bones too.
The geometry does still match -- I posed Genesis, then modeled off of the pose, and tried to bring the new object onto Genesis while still holding the same pose. The verts line up and all, but the weight mapping is all weird now.
If there were anything similar to "reverse deformations" for morphs except for new objects, that's what I'd need to use.


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Welcome to North Kerry College of Further Education, we are one of the leading Colleges of Further Education in the Munster area and service both North Kerry, Limerick and beyond. North Kerry College of Further Education is recognised by the community as an organisation which provides excellent educational and employment opportunities for all its learners.
North Kerry College of Further Education offers a wide variety of courses from Childcare, Hairdressing, Business, Nursing etc. Whether you have just completed your Leaving Certificate and considering the start of your career path or an adult wishing to return to education, our college offers QQI awards in Level 4 ,5 & 6 to help students to progress in their education.
North Kerry College also provides VTOS courses. VTOS is free education for anyone over 21 years and who is in receipt of a Social Welfare payment for more than 6 months. Our VTOS courses are; Leaving Certificate, Information Communication & Technology Skills (IT Skills) & Employment Skills. At North Kerry College of Further Education our programmes are aimed at improving the employment prospects of learners and in providing progression routes to future education.
The College has developed links with third level colleges such as Institute of Technology Tralee, University College Cork, Mary Immaculate College Limerick, Waterford Institute of Technology, Limerick College of Art & Design.
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We offer a variety of fully certified and quality assured programmes (QQI) at Level 5 and 6 on the National Framework of Qualifications. We also offer VTOS QQI courses at Level 3 and 4 as well as Leaving Certificate. All our courses are developed each year to meet the needs of industry and higher education links.
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Participating in a course in North Kerry College is often the first step for students on their career path. Learner grades and progression to employment and higher education are consistently high in North Kerry College. We have developed progression links with many third level education programmes such as in the Institute of Technology Tralee, University College Cork and Mary Immaculate College Limerick.
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North Kerry College is committed to providing the best possible learning environment for all our students. We have an Open Learning Centre which provides support to all our students. Many learners returning to education as adults experience stress and anxiety when confronted with academic tasks and assessments.
The Open Learning Centre seeks to address these difficulties through supporting the learners to achieve their full potential and successfully complete their programme of study. We also provide a Guidance Counsellor who helps students deal with career decisions or have a chat about a concern. Our Guidance Counsellor also helps students complete their CAO/UCAS forms when applying for third level programmes.
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Work Experience is a mandatory element of each course. This module includes CV preparation, job finding skills, preparation in applying for a job and interview skills. Work Experience offers students the opportunity to apply their knowledge and develop their skills in a real work environment. Many of ours students have succeeded in gaining employment in their work experience placement on completion of their course.
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I visited Next looking for greatness, and I found it.
Next, the sequel restaurant from Grant Achatz of Alinea, is all of 19 days old, but it hums with the grace and confidence of a veteran. Which isn't completely surprising; Achatz, partner Nick Kokonas, operations manager Joe Catterson and executive chef Dave Beran are as details-obsessed a restaurant team as any I've seen.
Next's inaugural menu, which embraces the cuisine of turn-of-the-century France, is far removed from the hyper-modern cooking techniques and textural sleights-of-hand that made Alinea one of the world's most acclaimed restaurants. But echoes of Alinea's precision, its cunning reinterpretations of classic flavor combinations and just-so presentations are evident throughout.
"The philosophy and execution are pretty much the same," says Beran. "We just make it look different on the plate."
Some of the first nibbles that come one's way are, indeed, pure Alinea. The opening amuse is classic foie gras torchon and toasted brioche, except the torchon is placed in a hollow in the brioche's center. Luxury dining, meet toad-in-the-hole. Classic sauce gribiche is presented three dimensionally, as a whole poached quail egg, the hidden yolk still liquid, crowned with white anchovy and flecks of chervil and tarragon.
A bit of background, in case you missed any of the 387 barrels of ink that already have been spilled in service to this restaurant. Achatz announced his plans for Next last May. Bit by bit, details dribbled out to the public: The menu would focus on a specific place and time — past, present and even future — changing its focus quarterly. Rather than take reservations, Next would sell tickets, their prices varying with the day of the week but always including beverage, tax and tip.
It's a brilliant business model; such banes of restaurant existence as no-shows, cancellations and parties of four that materialize as parties of two, or six, are of no consequence when tickets are purchased up front. Nobody arrives at the opera with two tickets and an extra couple they're hoping to squeeze in. If customers accept this format, and in the early going that appears to be the case, Next may have launched a restaurant-reservation revolution.
I'm going to guess that Next will never repeat this first menu, which is scheduled to run another 10 weeks; the 7,000 or so diners who manage to experience "Paris 1906" will have bragging rights for a lifetime, akin to theater patrons who saw "Bleacher Bums" at the Organic or Gary Sinise and John Malkovich's "True West" at Steppenwolf.
Indeed, what Achatz and company have done is reframe the dining experience as a form of repertory theater. The performers remain the same, but every three months there's a new script. And where better to stage such a coup than Chicago, where repertory is the very backbone of its theater identity?
Ticket sales may just be the beginning; subscription sales may be the logical next step.
If so, sign me up. Alinea has established Achatz as an avant-garde innovator, but Next reveals him as a culinary historian of boundless zeal and thorough scholarship. Though there are scant few, if any, diners prepared to question a menu based on Auguste Escoffier's cookbook, Achatz takes pains to share his thought processes. When dishes arrive, a captain provides historic background, explaining, for instance, how the sole Daumont is actually a pastiche of Escoffier presentations, or how the kitchen took some liberties with its sauternes sorbet, freezing the dessert wine in liquid nitrogen to eliminate the need for added sugar or thickeners, and so that, as it melts in the dish, the sorbet returns to its original state — a glass of wine.
Next serves a set menu, so there's no point to my recommending one dish over another. But I can express admiration.
The legend is already growing, justifiably, about Next's duck, presented on a long platter (as per Escoffier), with a sauce created by means of an antique duck press. But the dishes that wowed me were the lamb, vertically combining lamb loin, sweetbread and tongue amid duchess potatoes and tomato concasse; and the chicken breast with sauce blanquette, remarkable in flavor and texture, accompanied by a round of cooked cucumber filled with ground chicken, wrapped in a band of salt pork.
I'd also call your attention to the lovely Salade Irma, the Bombe Ceylan that tastes like a frozen tiramisu and, lurking amid the mignardises at meal's end, the cunning beet pate de fruit.
But mostly, I'd suggest choosing the matching wine option when purchasing tickets. It's possible to opt for no wine at all, but then you'd miss some of Joe Catterson's inspirations, such as the oxidized, sherrylike wine he pairs with a clear turtle consomme, and the breathtaking Rhone he matches to that lamb composition.
The predictably luxurious dining room is a dimly lit and contemporary blend of gray, taupe, charcoal and possibly purple (hard to tell in the soft light). The look speaks to neither time nor place, a practical consideration for a concept that whisks one to Paris one season and somewhere else — Thailand? Argentina? The third moon of Endor? — the next.
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Tribune rating: Four stars
Open: Dinner Wednesday-Sunday
Reservations: Prepaid tickets sold online
Noise: Conversation-friendly
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The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) identify themselves as freedom fighters and as sole representatives of Tamil people. Their actions however depict them only as terrorists. After cowering behind thousands of civilians in the government declared safe zone, tigers have sunk to a new low. Their latest tactic – shed the LTTE uniforms, disguise as civilians and fire at the incoming troops while hiding inside civilian tents. Either way the LTTE military machine has no hope for survival as these tactics will prove useless against elite troops of the SLA who are highly trained at hostage rescue and anti hijack missions.
SLA is now in a position to deploy over 6000 elite troops to the rescue mission if the need arises. This figure includes units from 4 brigades of the special forces regiment and 4 brigades of the commando regiment and does not include units from the Air Mobile Brigade and the Mechanized Infantry Brigade. Further information pertaining ongoing military operations cannot be revealed at this time.
Meanwhile the total number of civilians rescued from the grips of LTTE has risen close to 200000. Although the government is doing their best , it's no secret that attending the needs of over 107000 new IDPs is a herculean task. So please do whatever you can to help these fellow Sri Lankans who are in greater need than most of us. Food, medicine, clothes or anything else that you donate will help fulfill the basic needs of innocents who have suffered countless days of starvation and oppressions at the hands of Tamil tigers. You are more than welcome to use the comments section of this article to share info of/organize relief attempts.


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… for the labourer is worthy of his hire
So says the Bible. However, a modern version according to Saint Osborne might want to add a few things -
The worth of the labourer's hire must be determined by the employer – or government - and thou shalt not suffer a trade union to get in the way of this principle.
The worth of the labourer's hire in the public sector must equally not be distorted by his trade union, and must not be allowed to compete with employers in the private sector who have dispensed with trades unions, and must be allowed to fall to the lowest common denominator regionally. The Gospel according to the Coalition
The right-wing conspiracy of wealth and power that has as its front organisation the Tory/LibDem Coalition wants to take the unrivalled opportunity offered by the economic and social disaster brought about the equally right-wing former Labour Government – the previous front organisation – to push the working people of the United Kingdom back where they belong, under the iron heel of power and wealth, and subject to the Iron Law of Wages.
A prime target must therefore be the public sector, where some civilised, social democratic values and practices still survive, thanks to trade unions and collective bargaining.
The Iron Law of Wages – or remuneration, if you like – is that the right 'reward' for work is the lowest amount that can attract and retain competent employees, with the same principle applying to security of employment and other terms and conditions. This principle ensures that the maximum proportion of the wealth created by an enterprise goes to the owners and shareholders, and the smallest possible proportion to those who actually do the work.
It operated successfully throughout most of human history, keeping the mass of the people at or just below starvation and penury levels while obscenely enriching a tiny minority, whose resultant wealth allowed them to inhibit, manipulate or destroy democratic processes and the attempts of the poor to improve their lot.
It has been at work throughout most of the 300 year history of the United Kingdom, creating massive wealth for the few while brutalising and impoverishing the many, condemning them to poor health, disease, and appalling housing conditions.
It was only ameliorated in part by the actions of trades unions, a tiny handful of ethical and principled rich people, and a political party called the Labour Party. (This party to all intents and purposes no longer exists, but has been supplanted by one bearing the same name which has long since abandoned its values in a shameful complicity with the powerful, thus enriching its senior party members – Blair and sundry Lords and former cabinet ministers - and utterly betraying its members.)
That rant over, I will now move on to the powerful, and how they play the great exploitation game -
Bonuses, rewards and motivation – the great directors' money scam
I spent my working life in human resource management and in consulting and training. I worked at senior management and director level, or as a consultant with major companies in British and American industry, private and public sectors. Almost none of them understood the basic principles of objective setting and targeting in relation to remuneration and bonus structures.
As a consultant, I met blue chip companies, who, having commissioned me to educate their managers, could not accept the basic precepts I offered. In that sense, I failed, but my brief was not to persuade or to implement, but to offer a contribution to their decision making.
The facts are these -
The only employees in a company who should receive variable earnings are the front line sales force in a manufacturing, service or retail company. The only variable remuneration to directors should come from investing their own money in the company's equity.
Employees should be motivated by performance management and appraisal structures, and movement within a salary band, with a band spread of 100% to 150%, with placement reviewed annually, based on rigorous, measured performance appraisal of whole job performance.
On a normal distribution curve, the majority of employees at should be close to the 125% mark. There must be no link to years of service - employees who maintain performance should be held at the appropriate level and those whose performance declines should have their band placement reduced. New employees should be placed at a level appropriate to their experience and qualifications, but never above the band midpoint, 125%. There should be a fifty per cent band overlap between adjacent grades.
Market competitiveness should be maintained by reviewing the bands themselves for specific job categories, but never by hiking up the starting salary within existing bands.
What is the problem with bonuses and variable remuneration incentives for managers?
Stated simply, managerial job descriptions contain a complex mixture of qualitative and quantitative performance factors. Performance can be assessed against both categories, but when factors are targeted for remuneration incentives, they are almost always the quantitative ones amenable to simple measurement - the qualitative measures are largely ignored, although lip service is sometimes paid to them.
The other major distorting factor is quite simply the greed of the senior managers and directors designing the systems. Responsibility to customers, to the public at large, and often to the law of the land goes out of the window.
By creating the fable that a free market for senior managers and directors demanded ever-increasing salaries and bonuses "to attract high-level talent and stop them leaving the country", and by cross-membership of self-serving remuneration committees stuffed with non-executive directors, they created a process and a self-fulfilling prophecy that legitimised their greed – a snake that fed on its own tail.
It is a truism in objective setting theory and remuneration theory that targeting and incentivising narrow, measurable objectives can distort the whole purpose and effectiveness of an organisation. We have seen this in the public sector, notably in the NHS, and now dramatically, and almost fatally in the banking sector. But because crude monetary rewards are simpler to implement than effective recruitment, selection, assessment, appraisal and motivation of employees, that is the route taken.
Some old-fashioned principles need to return to our private and public sectors, particularly that employees should expect to be paid their salaries for doing their jobs to a defined standard, and should be counselled, trained and coached if performance slips. If standards can't be maintained, they should be fired.
One last anecdote -
In my workshops for senior managers and directors, including at a prestigious business school, I launched the day with a simple arithmetical problem, set at the level of an intelligent 12-year old. In all my consulting years, in every workshop that I ran this exercise, 80% of all participants - including finance directors and senior scientists - failed to get the right answer, and moreover, could not understand why they got it wrong. I won't give the problem away - others may be using it productively. Real, basic numeracy is not well rooted in our major companies - sad, but true.
You may conclude from all of the above that I am an old-fashioned left-winger, and marvel at the fact that I was tolerated in senior management and consulting work with major blue-chip companies.
You would be right – I am indeed an old-fashioned left-winger, and I sometime marvel myself that I was tolerated.


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Stepping into Bordel, concealed above Black Bull restaurant, you might feel transported to 1920s Paris. Through an unmarked door and up a red staircase you'll find this sexy boîte full of red velvet, tasseled lamps, patterned wallpaper, and racy posters. Bordel was dubbed "one of Chicago's most stylish speakeasies" by Architectural Digest and was the CS Magazine Reader's Choice for Favorite Lounge Act.


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This year is set to become a better one for Arab mainstream cinema. Due to the ongoing political instability in Egypt, 2012 saw plenty of shoot delays, film projects cancelled, and poor results at the box office. Ahmad Ezz and Ahmad Al Sakka dominated with their thriller Al Maslaha; but by Arab box-office standards, the EGP25 million revenue (Dh14.9 million) it brought in was nothing compared to previous years (or the stars' previous blockbusters).
Also notable last year was the absence of some of the region's biggest cinematic heavyweights - such as the other two Ahmads: Helmy and Mekky. Thankfully, the duo are back this year, with critics expecting their efforts to do well.
Tabloid! brings you a round-up of the movies confirmed for 2013 so far.
Ala Gothety
Helmy is back! Arguably the king of the big screen returns this month with a brand new production.
Entitled Ala Gothety (Over My Dead Body), the comedy tells the story of Raouf who after suffering an accident falls into a coma. During the time he is under, his soul wanders among his family and friends, resulting in him getting to know what they really think of him. Expect plenty of laughs.
The movie also stars Ghada Adel, Hassan Hosney and Ayten Amer.
Release date: January 2013
El Hafla
With his last film Helm Aziz receiving mixed reviews, Ahmad Ezz needs to get back on the top of his game, and he might just do that with this upcoming thriller.
The Egyptian heartthrob has teamed up again with director Ahmad Alaa (they first worked together on Badal Faked) to star in El Hafla (The Party), also featuring
Jumana Murad, Mohammad Ragab, Ahmad El Saadani and Ruby.
Although not much has been revealed about the production so far, the teaser trailer shows Ahmad playing a character whose his wife goes missing after the Egyptian revolution.
Release date: Summer/Eid 2013
Ibn El Neel
Another favourite in the Arab movie world is Ahmad Mekky, who has acieved great success with films that poke fun at society, using pop culture references plenty of youth (and adults) can relate to.
The Egyptian actor has begun shooting Ibn El Neel (Son of the Nile) with director Amr Arafa in Cairo.
No information has been made available on what the story of Ibn El Neel is; however, rumour has it Nicole Saba, Dina El Shirbeny, Mohammad Lotfi, Alaa Morsi and Hussien El Emam have also signed on to the project. Meanwhile, it will be produced by media giant Mohammad El Sobky.
Release date: Summer/Eid 2013
El Garsonaira
Her films fare really badly, yet for some reason she still gets approached to do them. Yep, we're talking about Ghada Abdel Razeq.
Following a few humdingers - notably Bonne Soiree and Reklam - the actress has signed on to star in El Garsonaira (The Waitress), a thriller which will be shot in real-time in one room.
Considering filming has already been delayed three times, we're not quite sure when El Garsonaira will be completed... but frankly, we doubt anyone is that excited to see it.
Release date: TBC
Tom & Jimmy
Another actor that has committed crimes against cinema is without a doubt Hani Ramzy, whose films are, well, just not funny at all.
His latest "comedy" will be Tom & Jimmy, which is currently being shot in Cairo and Alexandria. Hassan Hosney also stars.
Release date: TBC
Qasr El Baron
Following her return to the small screen on Al Haya TV, Razan Moughrabi has now signed on to star in a horror movie.
The Lebanese presenter/actress/singer will appear in Qasr El Baron (The Baron's Palace), which is centered around the real-life mysterious palace in Cairo's Heliopolis district that's rumoured to be haunted.
Although the movie's other stars are yet to be revealed, Qasr El Baron was written by Taha El Hakim, and will be directed by Karim Nicola.
Razan made her acting debut alongside Ahmed El Sakka in the 2006 action thriller Harb Atalia.
Release date: TBC
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Aliens: Colonial Marines has "so much more to offer" on Wii U
Gearbox Software head Randy Pitchford has hinted that the Wii U version of Aliens: Colonial Marines may be the definitive one.
Pitchford: Colonial Marines experience leans closer to "gritty realism" than action
Randy Pitchford has described the gameplay experience of Aliens: Colonial Marines as being more akin to "gritty realism" than a typical action-shoot. Don't you fret though: the "definitely" has plenty of action.
Aliens: Colonial Marines video shows clips of gameplay amidst suspenseful effects
SEGA has released a new video for Aliens: Colonial Marines, showing off a bit of gameplay from the Gearbox shooter. When we say "a bit", we really mean it. Originally slated for spring, the game will now be released in the fall on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360, with a Wii U version to come. […]
Cinematic trailer released for Aliens: Colonial Marines
SEGA has released a new cinematic trailer for Aliens: Colonial Marines. Originally slated for spring, the firm acknowledged yesterday the Gearbox title will be release during the fall instead for PC, PS3, Wii U and Xbox 360. Thanks, VoodooExtreme.
Quick Shots: Xenomorphs are everywhere in these Aliens: Colonial Marines shots
Gearbox has released a few, new screenshots for Aliens: Colonial Marines, and the lost is posted below the break, courtesy of the game's Facebook page. The co-op shooter will be released in 2012 on PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360.
Gearbox walks you through the Aliens: Colonial Marines gameplay demo
Gearbox has released a 10-minute video walkthrough of the Aliens: Colonial Marines demo it's been showing at trade shows since it was formally re-announced at E3 this year. It's narrated by studio head Randy Pitchford, and you can watch it below. Game's out in 2012 for PC, PS3, Wii U, and Xbox 360. Thanks, sumb26.
Gearbox's Martel on making Aliens: Colonial Marines a bit of a fright
Gearbox CCO Brian Martel has said the developer is looking to scare the player a bit with Aliens: Colonial Marines, but at the end of the day, it's more of a co-op shooter than a horror title.
Aliens: Colonial Marines trailer is full of screaming, action
The old Alien movie phrase "In space no one can hear you scream", is not exactly true of this new video from Gearbox. There is plenty of screaming going on, and we're sure someone is hearing it. Watch for yourself below. Aliens: Colonial Marines launches in 2012 for PC, PS3, Xbox 360, and Wii U. […]
Leaked GameStop document rumors possible release dates for MGS: Rising, Tomb Raider, more
A reported, and rumored internal document from GameStop store has been leaked onto the net, and it shows anticipated in-store dates for some rather large, as of yet undated titles.
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Youngsters, who participate in the Lackawanna County Library System's Summer Reading Clubs, receive a passport that offers them admittance to a variety of County cultural events.
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Children with a passport will gain free admission to the program, have access to a variety of fun arts activities and be able to enjoy a discounted trolley ride.
Initiated in 2006, the passport program is a collaboration between the Library System and the Lackawanna Heritage Valley Authority. It entitles the holder to one free admission at the Electric City Trolley Museum, Lackawanna Coal Mine Tours, Steamtown National Historic Site, the Everhart and Pennsylvania Anthracite Heritage Museums, and the Scranton Cultural Center.
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NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reported a week ago that the Oakland Raiders are interested in free-agent tight end Kellen Winslow now that his knee is in better shape than it was last season.
Appearing on NFL Network's "NFL AM" on Monday, Winslow revealed he also has heard from the Cleveland Browns and Carolina Panthers.
The Browns' interest is no surprise. New coach Rob Chudzinski is tight with Winslow after coaching him at the University of Miami and in Cleveland. It remains to be seen if Winslow still is on the Browns' radar following their Kellen Davis signing.
The Panthers have been looking for a second tight end to pair with Greg Olsen.
Winslow "definitely" plans on playing in 2013, attributing his 2012 disappearing act to other priorities involving family matters. The key will be convincing the Raiders, Browns or Panthers that he's healthy and fully committed to football.
UPDATE: The Plain Dealer reports the Browns are not interested in signing Winslow and have not reached out to the tight end about a potential reunion. According to The Plain Dealer's Mary Kay Cabot, the Browns plan to go with Jordan Cameron as their starter, with Davis as the No. 2 tight end.
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Don't plan on getting lunch in Civic Center park next Tuesday, because the place will still be on lockdown as the Taste of Colorado crew finishes cleaning up after the weekend's festivities.
But thanks to overwhelming demand from vendors and fans, Civic Center Eats will fire back up on Tuesday, September 14, and continue every Tuesday from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. through the end of the month. Tacos. Sandwiches. Cupcakes. Way more.
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Thursday morning the
students of Mrs. Workman's eighth-grade class at Lincoln Junior High
School paid a visit to Central School. The purpose of the trip
was to share with third-grade students stories from a book they had
written in honor of Black History Month.
The eighth-graders were
paired up with their younger counterparts and took positions around
the school cafeteria. There they worked in a variety of ways
to share their book. In some of the groups, the younger
students read the stories aloud; in other groups it was the older
student who did the reading.
Before they began, Mrs. Workman
asked for a show of hands from her students as to how many had
attended Central School. When hands came up, she told the
younger students that this showed that one day they could be the ones
writing the book and reading it to others.
She also said her class was
very excited about sharing the book. The research they had
done was geared to the third-grade level, and they had been careful
to write their stories so that the younger ones could understand it.
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