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12 Ways of Presenting Traditional Housewarming Gifts
Most people have ever been invited to a housewarming party but they often wonder what to offer as a gift on such a party. But considering bringing a traditional gift on a housewarming party can be a great thing although most people don't know what such gifts actually mean. So, traditional housewarming gifts are presents given to a man and woman equally but these gifts are usually handmade and also act as a sign of success and wealth in home. On the other hand, housewarming parties have been around for a while and studies even show that they traditionally started in France. These parties usually involved inviting friends, family and neighbors to bring firewood in order to build-up fire that was used to warm the new home and even chase evil spirits from it. However, these days a housewarming party is just a get together ceremony with your friends/family and some people use this party to show-off their new home. All in all, I have provided you with some the traditional gift ideas in this article that will make a perfect housewarming gift.
- Enter into the new-house and offer the wife broom the door: incase your offering a broom you're as traditional gift to a housewarming party, then consider giving it to the woman just after stepping into the house and try to say some blessing words like "may your new-home always be clean and free of any evil-spirits". This will actually make the gift-receiver feel happy and special after getting your gift.
- Buy a knife and give it to the man of the house as a gift: offering a knife as a gift to the man on the house actually serves two purposes. A knife will help the man defend the home against intruders and it also a kitchen-tool that helps in the preparation of meals if provided to the wife. Say some awesome words when offering the knife like "may your new-home always be protected from intruders". However, you should be aware that some people think or believe that it's bad-luck to offer someone with a gift of a knife because it symbol of cutting and may cut friendship. So, if the person thinks that a knife is not a nice gift, then leave the price-tag attached so that he can go back to the store and get a refund or another item.
- Gift someone with salt: try going to the pantry and then gift someone or couple with salt. Say some nice words when offering the salt like "may there always be plenty of flavor and spice in your life and new-home". Additionally, buy for them any kind of salt as a gift because it will work.
- Consider gifting he couple with rice: buy some rice and then walk over to the bedroom of a young couple without kids and then say "may the love in your new-home multiply". In fact, a gift of rice was considered to be a fertility gift and blessing for long marriage. However, make sure that the message you're passing over does not irritate the gift-receivers especially when you know that one of them is infertile.
- Offer a gift of bread after stepping into the kitchen: try to go to the kitchen and then present a loaf-of-bread to the couple while in the kitchen then say some blessing words like "may the people in your new-home never go hungry". In fact, the kitchen often referred to as the heart of a home and it's what actually keeps the home feeling lively and happy. This means that gifting a couple with bread can actually make a great traditional gift.
- Gift the couple with wine or juice: gifting a couple entering a new-house with a wine or any type of juice actually symbolizes that you wish them to have joy and never to go thirsty in their new-home. So, consider saying some blessing words when offering this gift like "may all of you always have joy and never go thirsty in your home". Additionally, in case the person you're offering the gift does not drink wine or alcohol, then consider getting them any type of juice because it can also work as a perfect drink and it's even more healthy.
- Offer the gift of honey: honey actually symbolizes sweetness of life and this actually makes it a great gift for a couple entering a new-house. So, present the honey over to the couple in the dining-room or kitchen and then say an amazing statement like "may you always the sweetness of life in your new home".
- Gift someone or a couple with olive-oil: taking olive-oil as a gift to someone's new home actually symbolizes wishing them good health and well-being. So, offer the olive oil with some awesome words like "May you be blessed with good-health and well-being in your new home".
- Offer a gift of coins: gifting someone or a couple with some coins actually symbolizes that you're wishing them luck and good fortune their new home. But remember to say something like "May you receive good-fortune and luck in your home" when offering the coins.
- Give them wood: gifting someone with a wooden-gift means that you wish them to have stability, peace and harmony in their new home. But you should say "may your new home have stability, peace and harmony" when handing over the wooden-gift.
- Gift someone with candles: get can candles and offer them as a gift to someone or a couple moving into a new house. Candles actually symbolize light even in the darkest times and you should also consider giving them homemade candles because they make a perfect gift. Additionally, when giving out the candles say something like "May you always get light through the darkest-times".
- Gift someone with a plant: a plant is actually a great gift because it requires someone to care for it and this implies that they should care about others as they care about the plant especially couples. Say something like "may your new-home always have life" when giving out the plant.


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On Takedown's launch issues
Takedown left a strong impression at PAX. It was clear how to execute on missions with a tactical precision missing in the modern shooter. From the early Kickstarter pitch, it offered the potential of renewing a genre that's become progressively less thoughtful with time and offered a bit of hope for a smart shooter revival.
"It's safe to say the game shouldn't be for sale at the moment"Unfortunately the initial launch isn't lining up with our first impressions. It's safe to say the game shouldn't be for sale at the moment. Upfront, for the first couple hours, Takedown would refuse to connect to matches. Eventually the odd one would slip through and we'd find some of the original hard-wired appeal of a tactical shooter but even once we've gotten in, the in-game parts are too filled with bugs to properly recommend.
The Steam community reacted as one would expect for an audience who's sold a product that doesn't function as intended. The Steam forums were quickly filled with messages about the game's folder being labeled early access, perhaps a remnant of a prior version, and how they wanted a public apology for the messy launch.
It's the thing with a Kickstarter. Certainly, more than a publisher-funded title, there's an obligation to the community. To make good on the pitch. And what's so disappointing about Takedown is that our PAX demonstration from the team gave every indication that they were well on their way to achieving their goals.
"Takedown's still a product that we want to believe in"But in actual practice, when a game's released to the wild, things that are difficult to test in an isolated way come through. And it's not only the difficulties with multiplayer that prevent any sort of current recommendation but we've also been disconnected from single player games, have found a slew of visual and mechanical bugs, and have found that the game doesn't actually close upon exiting, making it all the more difficult to connect with the hit-and-miss servers, as the game's unable to launch with the program already running.
Takedown's still a product that we want to believe in. The idea's strong and the developers are after a good thing. It's clearly not there yet but with time and some patches, perhaps all of that bottled up potential we found at PAX will once again emerge. We'll have a review once they get it there but until that point, we're unable to recommend or properly critique what was potentially one of the most necessary recent genre shakeups.

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I can't. It's impossible."
I wish I had $1 for every reader who had ever emailed me saying it's impossible to get ahead financially.
A letter to the Herald editor a fortnight ago really riled me.
"With Auckland's median personal income at $41,600 and median house price at $490,000, it's difficult to see how a single person (or single-income family) could ever afford, let alone be approved for, a mortgage."
What got my goat about this letter was the cup-half-empty attitude. The difference between those people who get on and get ahead isn't always rich parents who paid for a good education or house deposit. It's usually the 15cm of grey matter between their ears.
If you think it can't happen, it won't. As one reader posted in response on the Herald website: "If you are using the excuse that you are on a low income, that is not going to change unless you change."
This cup-half-empty attitude stops people paying off their student loans and beginning to save. It's not worth it because it won't work.
Since when, I wonder, did a person on the median personal income expect to buy the median value house as a first home? The usual way to get on the property ladder is at the bottom and work your way up to the median house or above.
The letter writer from Grey Lynn found the suggestion that renters should buy property "offensive".
Every week in Auckland people do manage to buy their first homes. That doesn't just include the children of wealthy east Auckland types who are given the deposit on a platter by Mum and Dad.
That includes Maori, Pasifika people and even refugees who may arrive in the country with just hand luggage. The people who succeed in doing so ask themselves: "How can I?" They don't think "it's impossible".
One nzherald.co.nz reader said something similar: "This year I will be purchasing a property, it will not be because of my fantastically high income, or because of my startling intelligence, or any other excuse that people will make as to why they are any different from me - this year I will purchase a property, because I have chosen to."
In the past few years I've had the pleasure of interviewing people on ordinary incomes who have bought their first homes on meagre incomes.
Aucklander Tina Chan was one. While still at university Chan saved the deposit for her first property, which she bought and rented out, staying at home with her mother. As well as studying, she worked part-time at Vodafone, did cleaning and catering jobs, ran a small business and helped support her family who had come to New Zealand from Cambodia.
Chan was single and a bit of a superwoman. Another example that ordinary people can relate to was that of mother-of-three Dora Numia who'd grown up in rental properties and thought buying a home was a far-off dream. That was until her youngest brother bought a home and the other six siblings let out a collective "whoa".
With help from a mortgage broker, Numia and her husband Meke set a financial goal and eventually bought the property her mother was renting in Mangere. The process helped the family change its money priorities.
South Auckland-based mortgage broker Paul Richardson, of Roost Mortgages, sees real people on low incomes buy houses. He is amazed at the deposits some people are able to save on very small incomes.
It's not uncommon for Richardson's clients to take up to three years from first visit to picking up the keys to their home. When he first meets them many clients suffer from what Richardson calls "the South Auckland disease", which is debt.
When the reality is spelled out on paper in front of these first home buyers they are often willing to work at two or three jobs to scrape together a deposit.
Some of those clients make huge sacrifices to become homeowners. In order to save a deposit they may give up their entertainment costs, gambling, move back in with family, eat basic food, grow their own vegetables and in many cases give up smoking.
Richardson is a reformed smoker who has seen many clients give up the habit to get ahead financially.
He helps by going through their bank statements with a fine-tooth comb and talking through scenarios of how they can save for a deposit.
Many clients think they have no slack in their budgets to save. Invariably, however, there is evidence on their bank statements of unnecessary spending. "Eftpos is a wonderful tool to help you identify [unnecessary spending]," he says.
Richardson's clients aren't looking to buy $490,000 houses. Prices for starter homes in his neck of the woods are about $220,000. He estimates an annual combined household income of $50,000 would get a family across the line and into such a house. A 95 per cent mortgage on that property would then cost them $290 a week, which is cheaper than renting.
As one nzherald.co.nz reader wrote: "Lower your expectations, people, there are plenty of houses in Auckland for 300-350k. Your noses are just too high."
The hot-under-the-collar letter writer from Grey Lynn would point to the fact that most of Richardson's clients have two incomes. Someone with the "how can I" attitude might buy a property with a sibling or friend, or buy an even cheaper property than the above examples.
For instance, a two-bedroom unit at 54 Strong St in St Johns in Auckland is on the market for $135,000. It's leasehold, and the ground rent is $75 a week, due to rise to about $180, says agent Wayne Boberg of First National in Epsom. Wallace Wang, of Harveys Greenlane, has an 82sq m two-bedroom apartment in the Q-Central block for sale for much the same price. Apartments require a greater deposit, but a relatively low income can service the debt. The ground rent and operating costs on that apartment are just over $200 a week.
Some readers will squirm at the thought of living in an apartment, a leasehold unit, or living in St Johns. One even made it clear he wouldn't live in "a crap hole in Manurewa". Richardson points out that those people who do succeed in buying their first home often compromise on suburbs or the properties they buy in order to get a foot in the door.
Quite a few readers have commented that they moved to less desirable suburbs while saving a deposit. One said: "Rent a dump." Another added: "The fact is YOU choose not to move out of central Auckland where the rent is cheaper, because you don't want to compromise your lifestyle."
The point about this is that there are ways to save and make the numbers work. It just needs a change of attitude for the "I deserve it now" generation.
Here's a gross generalisation: I bet the same people who say it's impossible to buy a home in New Zealand wouldn't "waste" their money on KiwiSaver because the Government's just going to steal it anyway, or it's not guaranteed, or whatever the latest excuse is.
Yet Richardson is seeing family after family buy their first homes thanks to KiwiSaver. "They have never been able to save, so KiwiSaver has been a really excellent result for them."
The other benefit of KiwiSaver is that it really shows that small regular deposits add up. Those people who joined on day one and have contributed the minimum percentage of their income consistently since then have thousands of dollars in savings.
The point of this article is not that people should be buying houses. It may not be a good time. The point is that they can buy a first home if they choose to. An attitude transplant is more important than a pay rise.


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This museum is the largest and oldest of its kind in Canada, and is on the waterfront next to the downtown area. Much of Nova Scotia's marine history is documented here, and visitors learn about various passenger, military, and commercial ships, as well as the Battle of the Atlantic, and Nova Scotia's role in the wake of the sinking of the Titanic.
The Halifax Marriott Harbourfront Hotel offers wonderful views of Halifax Harbour, as does the Courtyard by Marriott Halifax Downtown. Delta Halifax or the Four Points by Sheraton Halifax also feature harbor views.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic is in the heart of the city, therefore staying at a nearby hotel provides visitors with easy access to entertainment, shopping, dining and sightseeing options.
The museum is open daily year-round, except for Mondays during the months of November through April. A Nova Scotia Museum annual pass gives users unlimited visits.
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The best way to use Boolean search in "the Keyword" filter is . . .
- Always try to find the correct search using the Occupation and keyword skills first.
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- OCCASIONALLY, there will be a job whose title is so unique that it is best to use the "Title" keywords.
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text: CONTACT INFORMATIONBIOGRAPHYCREDENTIALSAWARDSPUBLICATIONSKaren S. Powers, M.D.Contact InformationPhone NumbersOffice: (585) 275-8138Fax: (585) 276-1128A member of the University of Rochester Medical Faculty GroupgroupAn Accountable Health PartnerassignmentNot Accepting New PatientsLocationsGolisano Children's Hospital 601 Elmwood AvenueRochester, NY 14642Faculty AppointmentsProfessor - Department of Pediatrics , Critical Care (SMD) Patient Care SettingPediatricsBiographyDr. Powers main clinical interests are Cardiac Critical Care and Pain Management in Pediatric patients.ResearchDr. Powers has been active in investigating the effects of parental presence during invasive procedures. As a result of this work, she was invited to serve on the task force sponsored by the Society for Critical Care Medicine to establish family centered guidelines in the intensive care environment. Dr. Powers was a primary author of the recommendations that stemmed from this work. She has served as Primary Investigator for comparing Fick and Costatus cardiac output techniques on patients undergoing cardiac catheterization as well as the effects of that diuresis has on circulating blood volumes. She continues to collaborate with Dr. Jill Cholette on blood utilization on infants and children with congenital heart disease.CredentialsSpecialtiesPediatric Critical Care Medicine - American Board of PediatricsPediatrics - American Board of PediatricsEducation1978BS | College of CharlestonBiology1984MD | Medical University of South CarolinaMedicinePost-doctoral Training & Residency07/01/1988 - 06/30/1990Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva Uni07/01/1987 - 06/30/1988Fellowship in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine at Medical University of South Carolina College of Me07/01/1985 - 06/30/1987Residency in Pediatrics at Medical University of South Carolina College of Me07/01/1984 - 06/30/1985Internship in Pediatrics at Medical University of South Carolina College of MeVIEW ALL expand_moreAwards2011Fellow, American College of Critical Care Medicine2010Ruth A. Lawrence Academic Faculty Service Award in Clinical Services2006Presidential Citation from Society of Critical Care Medicine for outstanding contributions to the society2004 - PresentBest Doctors2003Miracle Maker Award (for outstanding commitment by a physician)1999AOA - Elected by Fourth Year Medical Students1994Most Valuable Player at Pediatric Morning Report1993Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award1993Most Valuable Player at Pediatric Morning ReportVIEW ALL expand_morePublicationsJournal Articles2014Cholette JM, Pietropaoli AP, Henrichs KF, Alfieris GM, Powers KS, et al. "Longer red blood cell storage duration is associated with increased post-operative infections in pediatric cardiac surgery. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine." Pediatric Critical Care Medicine. 2014; .2/2013Cholette JM, Powers KS, Alfieris GM, Angona R, Henrichs KF, Masel D, Swartz MF, Daugherty LE, Belmont K, Blumberg N. "Transfusion of cell saver salvaged blood in neonates and infants undergoing open heart surgery significantly reduces RBC and coagulant product transfusions and donor exposures: results of a prospective, randomized, clinical trial." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.. 2013 Feb 0; 14(2):137-47. 5/2012Cholette JM, Henrichs KF, Alfieris GM, Powers KS, Phipps R, Spinelli SL, Swartz M, Gensini F, Daugherty LE, Nazarian E, Rubenstein JS, Sweeney D, Eaton M, Lerner NB, Blumberg N. "Washing red blood cells and platelets transfused in cardiac surgery reduces postoperative inflammation and number of transfusions: results of a prospective, randomized, controlled clinical trial." Pediatric critical care medicine : a journal of the Society of Critical Care Medicine and the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies.. 2012 May 0; 13(3):290-9. Books & Chapters2012 Chapter Title: Acute Pulmonary Infections Book Title: Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide Author List: Lucking SE, Maffei FA, Tamburro RF, Thomas NJ (eds) Published By: Springer-Verlag 2012 in London2007 Chapter Title: Toxic Exposures: Diagnosis and Management. Book Title: Pediatric Critical Care Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Evidence Author List: Powers KS, Cholette JM, Abboud P. Published By: Springer-Verlag 2007 in London2007 Chapter Title: Dehydration Book Title: Pediatric Clinical Advisor Author List: Garfunkel L, Kaczorowski J, Christy C, (eds) Published By: Mosby 2007 in St. LouisVIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS


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MNRE is actively putting out clarifications that the industry has been seeking. The last one was on Concessional Custom Duty Exemption (refer) and now, there is one on who's eligible for subsidy (refer). We hope that this clarifies the mess about who really is eligible for subsidy. A brief of the clarification is as follows:
- All rooftop solar power plants, whether net-metered/ gross-metered or not, are all eligible for Central Financial Assistance or Subsidy of 30% provided by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. Of course, this has a restriction that it is only for those of the Institutional, Domestic or Social Sector (refer)
- Subsidy will not be withheld on the sole criteria that NOC has not been allocated by DISCOM for allowing grid connectivity. According to us, this would accelerate the pace of project execution of Rooftop Solar projects. Further, it states that as long as SNA/ SECI/ PSU/ govt. agency (implementing agency) responsible disbursing subsidy, states that the project follows MNRE standards, subsidy maybe disbursed. The end customer will need to however, submit a 'Joint Inspection Report', made by developer, customer and implementing agency to MNRE. Here are a few formats for Joint Inspection Report that are being used in some states (Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra)
- The next clarification is about the size of the Inverter used for a particular project. In projects wherein inverter capacity lesser than the Solar PV Panels capacity has been used, the capacity of the Inverter would be used to release the subsidy. As per our understanding, this means, that if we have used an Inverter of say 8 kVA for 10 kW worth of modules, then subsidy will be released only for a total of 8 kW of the project. It further states, that projects wherein an Inverter capacity is more than the Solar PV Panel capacity, the subsidy will be released taking into consideration the capacity of the Solar Panels.
Overall, extremely smart move for controlling subsidy wastage and for promoting proper sizing of Solar Power Projects. Also, cutting down extra steps needed to get subsidy and making it more realizable.
Ezysolare can make it simpler for you to get subsidies so you can concentrate on execution of the project. Contact us here for liaising and approvals related services for your solar power projects.


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The professionals at Greig Associates have built a strong reputation within the general public, as well as the medical community, consistently providing high-quality diagnostic imaging services. They are also actively involved in the BCIT Diagnostic Medical Sonography program.
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text: At The Hands Of Victims release new song and video for "Twelve Gauge" February 3, 2014Micah No Comment At The Hands Of Victims, a metalcore band from Southeast, Michigan, released a new song and video for their track "Twelve Gauge." The song is taken from their upcoming album Wasteland, which is set to release sometime this year. They considered themselves a metalcore band, but there are deathcore elements in their music. NewsShare : Tweet ‹ FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE releases new music video for track "Pathfinder" New song teaser by Whitechapel leaks ›


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The anticipation and expectation that has been surrounding the Fade To Mind head Kingdom's debut LP 'Tears in the Club' could not be greater. From the first preview of the LP direction it looks set to deliver.
As the name LP and title tracks name suggests this one is highly charged with emotion, carried through on subtle piano key strokes. That's not to say this one still won't bang through a club sound system, with its thumping drums and Vogue samples throughout.
Kingdom 'Tears In The Club' LP will be released on February 24th via Kingdom's own Fade To Mind label and will be available on Vinyl, CD and as digital download.


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It seems quite a shame that this year's Thanksgiving has clearly been marred by the recent court decisions around the Ferguson scandal. But as these things come to pass, it's really important for any business to have a lead generation action plan in case they find themselves caught in the midst of a highly politicized struggle.
Confidentiality is of utmost importance in the industry of accounting. Professionals are sworn to share financial information with only those who either the authority or the right.
What you may not yet know is that all this secrecy is also a component in some lead generation tactics.
The generational shifts in the workplace population aren't just affecting companies internally. They're also creating new possibilities in the financial services sector. As such, your financial lead generation strategy might work best by aligning your overall message with these particular possibilities.
The idea of overkill is usually seen in one or two ways. The first is pulling out all the stops, regardless of victory already being achieved. The second is becoming excessive than necessary in order to accomplish a particular goal.
When generating sales leads, success can actually come in the form of one or the other. There are times when you end up outdoing yourself despite reaching, say, your monthly quota. How do you tell though if this is the sort of positive or negative sort of overkill?
Sometimes the best B2B marketing campaigns end up going downhill. Despite promising starts, you just didn't as many accounting leads as you expected. It's like what's happening in Brazil right now. Not only did the home team suffer a crushing defeat, they're biggest rival is set to win the World Cup on their home turf.
This might also be bad news to all marketers who've been heavily riding Brazil's World Cup crazy train. Seeing all the hope and aspiration swept under by the German boot, it looks like the party's already over. What's a marketer to do? What can they do every time a honeymoon campaign comes to an abrupt end?
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Here is the window i made for the Fairies of the Garden Launch for Crafters Companion on Ideal World/Create & Craft, using the model from the 3d builder, which comes with printable templates or GSD i used the GSD file on my Craft Robo for this model.
Using Stick and Stay to attach the acetate to the window frames and Spray and Sparkle on the different layers for the tunnel card inside the window.
I used backing papers from the Cd cut into different levels,attached to the acetate sections, then used 'Sweet Pea' decoupage image for the front of the tunnel layer.
This is the front of the model, which could be adapted to any occason,simply by adding greeting or a name and would lovely in any little girls bedroom or a new baby gift!


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Ok, so, I haven't been blogging as regularly as I wanted to when I started this back up — but on the other hand? I'm blogging a heck of a lot more than I was before I started back up so, counting that as a win.
Which, oddly enough, seems to be a bit of a theme for me lately. I had a doctor's appointment yesterday and found out that my A1C hasn't changed since my last visit — which is good, since it didn't get worse but which isn't great, because it means I haven't done much of anything to lower it. Still, counting it as a win because stalemate means I still have the chance to improve.
And speaking of stalemates! Omegas: Cake Walk has been stalled for a while now because I'm trying to figure out the ending. Or, more accurately, trying to figure out the next steps that will lead to the final confrontation that will lead, ultimately, to the ending.
In the spirit of not burying the lede, I've finally gotten a line on what I want/what needs to happen next and I'm pretty happy with it. It ties together things that I've already established and ties into my main POV character's backstory in ways that please me (vague post is vague, I know….) — I'll come back to this in a bit, here's my super-secret writer technique for figuring out what should happen next: I stopped writing.
I could try to make that more complicated than it is but it honestly boils down to the fact that I stopped writing, took a break and worked on other things for a while. Mainly, I started typing up the notes I'd taken from The Evolution of the Costumed Avenger: The 4,000-Year History of the Superhero by Jess Nevins c. 2017, which led to me deciding to do a bit more digging into the history of superheroes and some more note taking. In fact, I'm still working on that; I've recently finished reading through On the Origin of Superheroes: From the Big Bang to Action Comics #1 by Chris Gavaler and I'm currently working my way through Super-History: Comic Book Superheroes and American Society, 1938 to the Present by Jeffery K. Johnson (in this case "the Present" is about 2010).
If you're looking for books that entertainingly think (and occasionally over think) about comic books and superheroes and how they relate to world and/or American history, I recommend all three of these (plus Gavaler's Superhero Comics, which I have but haven't read yet but which touches on some areas of interest to me — including a discussion of the American eugenics movement and superheroes). Oh! And Superman: The High-Flying History of America's Most Enduring Hero by Larry Tye — which I listened to as an audiobook rather than took notes on but I got some good crunchy brain food from it, oh yes indeedy! I still want to read or listen to Jill Lepore's The Secret History of Wonder Woman too. And The Supergirls: Fashion, Feminism, Fantasy and the History of Comic Book Heroines by Mike Madrid. Not to mention the books that look at superhero comics' Jewish roots (seriously, with the possible exception of the creators of Wonder Woman, nearly every other superhero was created by a Jewish writer and/or artist), like:
- Superman is Jewish?: How Comic Book Superheroes Came to Serve Truth, Justice and the Jewish-American Way by Harry Brod
- Up, Up and Oy Vey: How Jewish History, Culture, and Values Shaped the Comic Book Superhero by Simcha Weinstein
Plus there's also The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic Book Scare and How It Changed America by David Hadju — if you want to understand the moral panics against D&D, various flavors of popular music, video games, social media and every other moral panic that's happened since the early 1950s, read this book. The arguments against all those things got their roots here.
Oh! And the last one I'm going to link to (I swear, otherwise this is all I'm going to be doing for the rest of the day): Superman versus the Ku Klux Klan: The True Story of How the Iconic Superhero Battled the Men of Hate by Richard Bowers — it talks about the 1940s radio shows where Superman did indeed battle a thinly-veiled version of the Klan and about the real-life guy who went undercover within the Klan to funnel information about them out. It's a fun piece of history right up there with my two favorite stories about Jack Kirby:
- Favorite Jack Kirby Story #1: Kirby helped create Captain America — he was the artist, Joe Simon was the writer. Captain America debuted in December 1940 — a full year before the US would enter World War II. Like Action Comics #1, this comic is likely better known for its cover than for its contents. This is the book that has Captain America decking Hitler. It came out at a time when there were Americans who fully supported Hitler and the Nazi movement (shocking, right?) and, as is the way of such folks, they voiced their objections to the cover in an erudite and mature fashion.Nahhhhhh, they threatened Simon and Kirby's lives. To the point that the mayor of New York, Fiorello LaGuardia offered protection to both of them. (Apparently, Fiorello was a Captain America fan; he also once read the Sunday funnies to kids over the radio during a newspaper delivery strike, so nobody would miss out on their favorite strips). But, that's just background to my favorite bit of the story (Note: Timely is what Marvel Comics was originally called): Once, while Jack was in the Timely office, a call came from someone in the lobby. When Kirby answered, the caller threatened Jack with bodily harm if he showed his face. Kirby told the caller he would be right down, but by the time Jack reached street level, there was no one to be found. (source: The Kirby Effect: Making it Personal
Favorite Kirby Story #2:Is sadly not true and I'm disappointed that it's not but I'm glad I found out the truth. The story I'd heard was that Kirby, who helped create Black Panther, was told to put more white people in the comic — so the next issue he had Black Panther fighting the Klan. It's not true. It feels like it could be true, based on the fact Kirby clearly had no problem bringing real-world evil into his comics and the fact there was a storyline where Black Panther went up against the Klan — but Kirby didn't write it. You can read more about the myth and about the actual comics here: Black Panther and the Myth of Kirby vs. the KKK.
- Substitute Favorite Kirby Story #2: Kirby served as a scout in Europe during World War II. He served with a unit that liberated at least one concentration camp (it should probably go without saying, but Kirby was Jewish; it's theorized that one of the reasons he was drafted as a scout was because he spoke Yiddish). This and his other wartime experiences helped to shape his future work which included a lot of anti-fascist elements. Source: 8 Ways Comic Book Legend Jack Kirby Fought Fascism.
Ok, stepping away from the subject for now because, again, I could go on about the history of comics and how we owe so much of our popular culture to creators who existed on the outside of the mainstream — which would naturally segue into the influence that Baroness Orczy and the Scarlet Pimpernel had on the creation of characters like Batman and Superman (via Zorro) and that would, of course, link back to the fact that modern science fiction essentially began with Mary Shelley and how ironic it is that a bunch of gatekeeping wetsocks want to whine about how women have no place in science fiction and comics when those genres were essentially created by women (you're welcome!) — and THAT leads to me wanting to do a riff on the Maui "You're Welcome" song from Moana with Mary Shelley as Maui and that way lies madness! And a complete derailing of what I was trying to talk about.
So, wrenching the controls back from, errr, myself and getting back to it:
Part of the reason for dipping back into this research — other than finding a way to feel like I'm working on writing when I'm actually not — is that I'm wanting to create a superhero universe that has some depth and heft to it, like the Marvel or DC universes do. To do that, I decided a while back that I needed to create the heroes that started things off. Toward that end, I wanted a better idea of how these heroes came about in our world — with the difference being that in the universe of Omegas: Cake Walk, the heroes are real, not legends or four-color images of fantasy.
I've got a few ideas and eventually, I'll share them but they need to percolate a bit longer before I do.
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I said earlier that I'd finally gotten a line on what I want/what needs to happen next in Omegas: Cake Walk and that I'm happy with it, especially since it ties things together in my POV character's backstory with what's going on in the book, as well as a few other bits and bops in ways that make me happy.
How'd I do it? I went back and thought about my POV character's identity and how it shaped their experiences prior to the events of the book. Since the character's identity is different from my own (*insert finger-waving of vagueness here!*), I went online to a writing group and asked for help from folks who might share that identity.
I was nervous about doing so, not so much because I was afraid of that the question would offend a person of the identity I was researching but more because I was dreading getting writing 'advice' along the lines of 'don't worry about that PC crap! Just write what you want! It doesn't matter!'
I don't like that kind of thinking. It brings out my inner Credible Hulk and it's hard to write a long, well-though out rebuttal on a tiny phone keyboard.
Luckily, it went well — I got a lot of good advice from people and didn't have to deal with any bigots or anti-PC apologists. And that advice led to me taking a minute to stop and think about the character's life prior to the book and how their identity might have been shaped by their life experiences, which in turn led to thinking about how that identity might shape their decisions and experiences during the book itself. Doing so gave me the added push I needed to sit down and write a brief outline of how I'm planning on going forward. It's honestly the most and the best work I've done on the book itself in a month, maybe longer.
I also found out that I'm going to need to do a bit of work when I go back over this draft to make sure that this information is included because otherwise, the book's not going to make a lick of sense. Not even two licks.
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I'm almost at my self-imposed time limit for this library (I could stay longer, but I want to go home and get something to eat — I'm thinking chicken wings). Another time, I will talk more about my thoughts on Writing the Other and the importance of diversity and representation in writing. Until then, hope you guys have a good week and stay safe.
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BEFORE they were married in September, Nicci Young and Richard Wiese first had to split up. The problem was not romantic, but spatial: Ms. Young Wiese, who organizes community development safaris to Africa, and Mr. Wiese, a writer and explorer, found that their Upper East Side one-bedroom was not big enough for the two of them after both decided to work from home.
"He kept talking to me about his work, which is very interesting, but it was really taking time out of my workday," Ms. Young Wiese said. "And when I was alone there was a sense of loneliness and procrastination."
Mr. Wiese, who is writing a how-to book about exploration for teenagers, acknowledged the problem. "Nicci tends to be a lot more intense," he said. "Especially with lighter work, I can be watching a ballgame. If I saw a funny e-mail coming through I'd want to share it. I'd get these glances from her, like, 'I'm working!'"
Ms. Young Wiese is one of many of the millions of Americans now working outside traditional workplaces who have found themselves surprised by how difficult home-office life can be. It requires strict self-discipline and an ability to tune out spouses, children and pets. For the more sociable or emotionally needy, it can feel like house arrest, especially if the phone hasn't rung in a while.
Ms. Young Wiese's solution was to rent space in a communal office, an increasingly popular option for those who can afford it. (According to Sara Horowitz, the executive director of the Freelancers Union, a nonprofit organization that advocates for the self-employed, the use of communal work spaces has been on the rise among members for about three years, "and in the last year it's started accelerating.") Those who can't afford a separate space, or who find home too convenient or rewarding a workplace base to give up — learn to live with the challenges, coming up with smaller-scale solutions over time.Continue reading the main story
One of the hardest adjustments for those working from home is deciding when to take a break, and when to quit for the day. With the computer always beckoning and the commute measured in the time it takes to cross the living room, there's always a reason to go back to work — or an excuse to avoid it. "It's sort of a guilty feeling — I should be working," said Kathy McHugh, a headhunter for high-tech companies who has worked out of her Manhattan apartment on and off for several years. "My office is two feet away."
Children can be a distraction, as Barbara Magnoni, an international development consultant, discovered when she and Magali Montes, a business associate, tried to hold meetings in Ms. Magnoni's apartment after picking up their children from school. "We'd meet at home with our kids running around and they would think it was a play date when it actually wasn't," Ms. Magnoni said.
Sid Holt, a media senior vice president whose office is in a barn a few steps from his house in northern Westchester County, described the difficulty of pacing himself. "There are no cigarette breaks," he said. "You're either working too hard or not hard enough."
Mr. Holt said he finds it helpful to schedule his time in a way that mimics the nine-to-five life of his years spent working in a New York office. He tries to keep to a routine that includes breakfast at a local coffee shop — reminiscent of his ritual of picking up coffee and a bagel at Grand Central Terminal on the way to his former job — and a 10 a.m. conference call with three other employees of go2Media, a Boston-based mobile Web service for which he oversees editorial content.
The conference call and frequent e-mail exchanges with other employees contribute to a sense of accomplishment that would be harder to achieve if he were working entirely on his own, he said. And they also help him to feel that he has earned the reward that once greeted him on his return from Manhattan, and that he still uses to punctuate the day. "I say to myself, there's a martini waiting for me down at the house and I'm leaving now."
For home-office workers who aren't in regular touch with colleagues or clients, a frequent complaint — even among those who say they are distracted by other members of their households — is of isolation. David Behl, a photographer whose studio is connected to his TriBeCa loft, said he enjoys working at home when the jobs are pouring in and the studio is filled with clients and assistants. But at other times, he added, he misses the studio he used to share with two other photographers. "You don't see anybody," he said. "You don't go out for lunch. It's easier to get depressed because there's no one to complain to."
Ms. McHugh said that business lunches can be a lifeline after a couple of weeks working from home, and that she often finds herself glomming onto her daughter when she gets home from high school in the afternoon. "I'm happy to see somebody who's out in the world," she said.
These issues have been observed at I.B.M., where a "mobile workforce" strategy has led to 30 percent of employees working full time from home (as well as a savings on office space that the company estimates at $100 million a year). "We found if you're working from home and do not have an interaction with someone from work, or a client, or a physical meeting, after three days you start to feel isolated," said Dan Pelino, who manages I.B.M.'s mobile workforce program. Soon after the company introduced the program in 2001, he added, "people have said to me, 'I.B.M. stands for 'I'm By Myself.'"
The company has tried to mitigate this problem with "mobility centers," communal spaces that it maintains wherever it has offices, offering desks, phone and Internet lines, and office equipment for the periodic use of home-based workers.
It has also promoted "I.B.M. clubs," meant to encourage employee bonding. Club members have taken day trips together to a zoo, traded cookie recipes and "gone to a race track and learned how to be a Nascar driver," Mr. Pelino reported.
For those who can't depend on corporate beneficence, it is now possible to rent a desk or office in communal work spaces all over the country. The Regus Group, a Dallas-based company that rents temporary office space around the world and has 17 locations in Manhattan alone, has been doubling its American business every two years, according to Guillermo Rotman, the company's chief executive for the Americas. In addition to cubicles and individual offices in various configurations, its spaces all have business lounges with sofas, armchairs, Internet ports, coffee machines and companionship for those seeking it. (The company also sells $300-a-year passes to its business lounges, which number 950 around the world and cater to itinerant laptoppers.)
One Regus client in New York, David Robertson, said he had been looking forward to working at home from his lower Manhattan apartment when he took a job in 2006 with a start-up company that licenses images from college sports events, but that he lasted less than three months.
"There seemed to be a lot of distractions," he said, "whether it was my children, or the refrigerator, or some home improvement project that was just sitting there staring at me."
His company pays slightly less than $1,000 a month for the cubicle he selected over an office with a closing door because it presented more opportunities to socialize. He now wears a suit and tie to work when he wants to, and enjoys the reassuring cadences of the nine-to-five world, as well as the camaraderie of his new office mates.
"It's not like they're best friends," he said of his fellow business lounge denizens and the Regus staff members who are there to support them. "But they're adults you can have a conversation with."
Ms. Young Wiese, who pays $650 a month for a desk in a communal office in a private house near her apartment, said she, too, is happy to be surrounded by office mates who are friendly, if less gregarious than Mr. Wiese. They share job leads with one another, they go out to lunch. (She added that she prefers these relationships to those in a traditional office. "You have this collegial atmosphere, but it's not fraught with any work issues or roles or responsibilities," she said.)
Several of them are women who, like her, have abandoned their home offices to their work-at-home husbands. Abby Vaughn, an advertising representative for Canadian newspapers, actually took over her husband's space at the communal office when he was dismissed by the office manager after two weeks because his telephone manner was too loud. He is once again selling market research from home, while Ms. Vaughn goes off to the rented cubicle.
"He's worked from his apartment for two years," his wife explained. "He wasn't used to being around people."Continue reading the main story


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Plaid Cymru today warned that Wales must set up a National Gallery of Modern Art as its capital city appeared to be 'failing' in the promotion of visual art exhibitions.
Phil Williams, South Wales East AM, told the Assembly that the matter needed urgent attention and that without the gallery Cardiff stood little chance in its bid to become the European Capital of Culture in 2008.
'I want to express a note of urgency. I believe a commitment to establish such a gallery is a pre-requisite if Cardiff is to be chosen as European Capital of Culture,' he said.
Mr Williams described the bid for the European Capital of Culture 2008, which needs to be submitted by March next year, as more economically important than the Ryder Cup golf tournament, which Wales recently won the right to host.
'Ireland has a Gallery of Modern Art, so has Scotland. In Wales we have nothing comparable,' he said.
Mr Williams told the plenary session: 'So much of our art is hidden out of sight year in year out. We are failing to exploit one of Wales's most impressive assets.'
He continued: 'Cardiff is perceived as failing in its promotion of the visual arts, especially since the closure of the Centre for Visual Arts.'
The controversial arts centre in Cardiff, which was funded by millions of pounds of lottery money, was closed after 14 months when it failed to attract visitors.
Rosemary Butler, Labour AM for Newport East, argued that the gallery should be located away from Cardiff, saying: 'It should not be situated in Cardiff but should be situated in Wales's 'newest city' Newport.'
Culture minister Jenny Randerson admitted that the exhibition of visual art in Wales was underdeveloped, but that the matter was under review.
'There has been a long standing debate about the need for a gallery for contemporary art,' she said.
'This issue will be resolved in the context of the National Museum's own consultation and review on galleries and the Arts Council's consultation.'


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We all know there are endless brunch options in DC, but how does one choose where to go based on who they are going with or what they are in the mood for? Not all brunches bring the same satisfaction, my friends. So, I put together this easy guide for where you should brunch this Spring.
Boundary Stone
~ For the "Yo, let's go grab some booze and brunch" friend ~
Head to Boundary Stone right on Rhode Island Ave, NW in Shaw for a chill brunch with friends. Hungover? This is your place. Start with some bomb deviled eggs for $5 and try to decide between the unreal pork belly & egg sandwich or the fried chicken and french toast both for under $15. Their cold-brewed Irish coffee with Jameson for $12 can really put some hair on your chest, or take some $14 bottomless mimosas or bloodies for a spin until 2 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Check out their full brunch menu here.
~ For the best friend visiting DC or brunch date with bae on the patio ~
Sophisticated, intimate, and oh so classy – no, I'm not talking about myself. Hazel is all that and more. Located on V Street NW right off of Florida Ave, Hazel is the coolest kid in town offering Dim Sunday brunch, which let me tell ya, is pretty dang good. You have 11 small dishes to choose from or you can just do what they call "The Whole Shebang" for under $100 for you and bae. The whole shebang is worth it guys, trust me. Grandma's Zucchini Bread with Foie Gras Mousse, the Matcha Donuts and Kimchi Scramble are my faves. Head out to dine on the patio this Spring or indoor for a more intimate dinner. Find out more about what Hazel has to offer here.
BABA Bar
~For the quiet and "I'm just gonna sit here and take in the wicked cool vibe of this place" type friend~
We all are well aware of my obsession with Ambar – it's pretty hard to hide. So when owner Ivan Iricanin opened his latest concept, the 56-seat BABA, on March 20th, Bex was pretty excited. Located in the heart of Clarendon, BABA, which translates into 'Grandmother,' brings a warm vibe with craft cocktails, unique offerings and a live DJ on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Brunch is served every day (yes, every single day) from 8 am until 3 pm. Their Tiramisu Oatmeal is to die for, if you can't tell by just looking at that beautiful shot above. Oatmeal, espresso mascarpone, organic almond butter, dark chocolate granola, and prunes with maple syrup make this dish so unique. Along with Baba's Turkish Coffee and the array of small plates, this a great brunch right outside of DC. Read more about BABA here.
~For the sake-loving, sushi-obsessed group of buddies you see at least once a week~
Hit up Sakerum for a Latin-Asian fusion unlike any other. Located right on 14th Street, Sakerum offers a bento box brunch that is crazy delicious. You can't go wrong with any of the 6 bento box options all for $29. The spicy sambal edamame for $8 with a Lychee Mimosa or Grey Hound cocktail for under $15 make for a perfect start to your brunch experience. Make sure you come with an appetite because these bento boxes sure are filling! Check out more about Sakerum's $5 Sake Hour and Social Cigar Mondays here.
Blue Duck Tavern
~For the brunch that Mom and Dad are paying for during their visit to DC (hehe) ~
A Michelin star upscale restaurant, Blue Duck Tavern is an absolutely amazing joint located in the Georgetown neighborhood. The restaurant is set in the elegant Park Hyatt Hotel and is a hub for travelers as well as local residents who gather for their daily breakfast. Whether it be breakfast, brunch, lunch or dinner, your meal at Blue Duck is guaranteed to be one of the best you have ever had. Check out their menus here.
Farmers Fishers Bakers
~For the day when you accept that you've lost all control of eating healthy and go hog wild~
Ah, but what would DC be without bottomless food for brunches? Farmers Fishers Bakers located right near the waterfront in Georgetown offers a Farmers Market Brunch for $29.99 a person that allows you to explore their unreal buffet of options from the Butcher's Table, Gardener's Table and Dessert Table. If you don't come hungry, you're in trouble because not only do you have free roam of the buffet, but servers come around to your table throughout the experience to bring you warm cinnamon buns, eggs benny, shrimp cocktail and more. Oh, yeah – your Sunday dreams have now come true. While drinks aren't included, you and your friends can still order some awesome tiki cocktails for one or to share. Open from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Check out the buffet menu and the Tiki Bar options here.
~ For the "I want bottomless everything in my mouth right now but just spent all my money at the bar last night" friend~
Oh, you thought I was going to have a Brunch Guide without my favorite place in it?! What were you thinking! Ambar is the perfect place to head to this Spring. Set right on Barrack's Row in Capitol Hill area, Ambar offers the Balkan Experience, which includes bottomless small plates and brunch drinks for only $39 with a 2-hour limit. You better hit up the Mango Mimosa, Ham & Cheese Crepe, Cinnamon Sweet Sourdough (pictured above) and Poached Pear Waffle, which are all easily my favorite brunch options. Their evening Balkan Experience may also happen to be one of my faves as well, just saying. Check out more about Ambar here.


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10th Anniversary Guilt Trip Shakedown Continues:
The Rude Pundit will be back later with a real post (it might even make some damn analogy between Breaking Bad and congressional Republicans), but for now he's gonna answer the first reader question.
This blog and this writer are celebrating 10 - that's right - 10 goddamn years of melting his brain by calling out evil where he sees it. And he's doing so by asking you to throw some money his way. Yeah, all bloggers try to figure out the way to monetize their very free content or some such shit. The Rude Pundit does so by throwing a fundraiser every coupla years. You can do your part by getting all clicky up in this joint on the PayPal button:
And he's answering questions from readers that you can send through the email. Like this one from reader CM of Illinois: "Yesterday, you mentioned Karl Rove's leather slave. Will we faithful readers ever see him again?"
CM is referring to a much-abused man who has made about ten appearances on here over the years. Oh, the many things that Karl Rove has inserted into his anus. Oh, the horrors he had to witness, like a weeping Ari Fleischer masturbating while whipping himself. Oh, at last, he got his freedom.
So, will he return? That would be up to America. If the nation wishes to ties him up in the White House basement again, perhaps by electing Chris Christie president, so it must be. But rest assured: he is currently living in a cul-de-sac in Peoria, keeping a low profile, and never letting Rove know where he is.
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Some of my friends have been planning on freezing me, like cryogenics, so that I would stop and not work, but apparently, that plan has been foiled.
Anyway, I still have plenty of reading to do. I have a dissertation proposal to write up, and I need to dish that out within this academic year. And regarding that, I have been harvesting plenty of ideas.
This afternoon, I attended a cognitive science talk about the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. It was rather interesting and impressive. I also had a chat with the speaker after his talk, and it actually gave me ideas on how to test my predictions and what experiments to run.
Speaking of experiments, I am reading a book on experimental syntax. The thing is, I will be a research assistant for a syntactician next semester, and the deal is that he takes care of the theory, I take care of the experimental design. It's empirical research, which indeed excites me, and I know how to do the stats, there isn't a problem with that, but I haven't applied statistics to syntax yet. So I am doing my background reading so I will have an idea on the works that this area produces.
Anyway, I am also reading a new book, entitled Ghost, by Alan Lightman. This is about a guy who starts working in a funeral home. So far, I like what I am reading. The last book I was reading, however, was interesting, interesting good and interesting bad. The thing is, the book is about a terminally ill woman, who dies. But instead of expiring, she just goes on living in another part of London. The book is entitled How the Dead Live by Will Self. Somehow, the premise was interesting, but the book was dragging. I suppose I found it unsustainable to the very end, that I dragged myself into finishing the book. It didn't sustain my interest, is what I am saying.
Anyway, so I returned that book to the library, and I moved on.
What else should I write about in this entry? Not much, except that the weather is getting a little colder every day. Winter is slowly creeping in, and the leaves are all gone now. Another year ends, and another year begins pretty soon.


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I am inspired by this poem smile, may you be inspired too, keep smiling !
Whenever you feel weary climbing uphill
And suddenly everything slides downhill
Don't ever lose hope or ever despair
But go on your path with love and care
Cheer up and smile
As you still have to go miles
Your smile will also strengthen
The resolves of your brethren
With close friends do share your troubles
And watch them all disappear like bubbles
Be content and thank the Lord
As there are people whose lives are worse than stray dogs
Look at the beggar woman on the street
She goes hungry on her two bare feet
Dragging her little one whose barely two
There is one more coming on its way too
What is her goal ? What is her hope?
Her husband has left her on her own to cope
Look at the scholar who aspires for a seat
In engineering or medical but cannot afford the fees
He loses his ambition when he takes up a job
For making ends meet, his dreams are robbed
Look at the girl who wants to make it big
But her parents get her forcibly married to some sloppy pig
Look at the old man who is cheated by his son
He stays in an old age home at the time of the setting sun
Look at them and be thankful
Your path is less thorny, your life more beautiful
Lift up the poor ones who cannot put up a fight
And watch the shadows of life fade into twilight
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While spending some time at HR conferences and listening to presentations about recruitment trends (including my own :-D) it was obvious that gamification is another major driver everyone is looking into. If you look for best practice examples in the market, most of them are built for recruitment. And they are games (not necessarily synonymously for 'gamified'), e.g My Marriott Hotel:
Great integration of learning about possible job contents as well as potential assessment. I also like fliplife, as it offers corporations the chance to present themselves in a 'relaxed' third party environment.
The use of games for employer branding and recruitment seems logical, considering the developments in demography and technology. And it is also the most intentional one in the HR toolbox. But there should be more applications, corporate learning might be next to be gamified.
But let's have a look into what gamification is at all to better understand where it will add value.
I talked to Roman Rackwitz, founder and CEO of engaginglab – I would also call him my personal gamification guru… Because I am lazy by nature I asked Roman to introduce engaginglab himself: "Engaginglab enriches 'user behavior' by implementing fun into activites. How? By using what is build into our DNA –> 'Play'. Play is nature's learning engine and so it touches our innerst habits. Engaginglab achieves that by showing a path to mastery and autonomy, by combining behavior psychology with game-design-thinking. We are reverse-engineering what makes games effective and graft it into a business environment." Well, he is clearly not a friend of binary answers 🙂 Need more proof of that? Enjoy his answers below:
1. We know corporate games like L'Oréal's Reveal or MyMarriott. Is that what gamification looks like?
Let's look at the official definition of gamification: "…the use of game mechanics and game design techniques in non-game contexts." So, from this point of view it is gamification because they use these games for a non-game-context, as to say: Recruitment.
2. How would you define gamification?
Taking your first question into consideration I distinguish between two conditions:
If you take a problem related to real life and put it into a classic game like MyMarriott or Reveal, than I call it "serious game". And the more social the problem, the more related to a huge community or even society, the more serious it is.
On the other side, if you want to get people engaged in real life activities and you think about games as a role model – because games can really be engaging, right? – than you use game design thinking and put game elements at these real life activities. It is the other way round than serious games. And in my opinion this is gamification.
If gamification is done well you never think about playing a game. Yes, you feel challenged, engaged, focused and involved into your activity the same way you feel it when playing a game. But you would never characterize it as one.
3. Most people think of gamification in recruiting. Where else could gamification be applied in an HR context?
For HR I believe that gamification can be applied for the whole employee-life cycle.
- Attraction: For example by using gamified crowdsourcing activities, open-source projects or – like mentioned above – even serious games to increase the brand awareness and so also its attractivity as an interesting potential employer.
- Recruitment: For example by using game-elements to get people to solve different problems and challenges that help the HR-department to find the right people for the right job.
- Expectancy: For example, by using a game-like environment like simulations that let new employees learn the company's processes without the risk of failure. At the same time the employer could use these simulations to get some new approaches to solve an old problem.
- Development/Education: For example by using game-elements like clear goals, rules, missions and challenges that help old and new employees to find their own 'path to mastery'. This way people know better what is being expected from them , what are possible ways to do so and where to start.
- Knowledgemanagement/Collaboration: For example by using (almost) real-time feedback as we know it from board- and onlinegames to provide fast and individual guidance through complex and abstract work processes. Such a 'feedback-loop' combined with goals, rules, missions and challenges enhances people to collaborate and to share knowledge in order to achieve a common goal.
Looking at gamification for the HR-Department from a meta level experienced that it supports also to create a transformational leadership inside a company rather than a transactional leadership. We still have to wait for longterm results (Gamification is a young discipline) but this already indicates a more effective way to hire the right people, to benefit employee satisfaction and to decrease workforce fluctuation.
4. What would you call best practices?
Great examples for different sectors are:
- Serious games: Fold.it In 2011, players of Foldit helped to decipher the crystal structure of an AIDS-causing monkey virus. While the puzzle was available to play for a period of three weeks, players produced an accurate 3D model of the enzyme in just ten days. The problem of how to configure the structure of the enzyme had stumped scientists for 15 years.
- Gamification in CRM: Nitro for salesforce. It engages and motivates sales teams by adding challenges, points, levels, status, achievements, and rewards.
- Gamification in Education: Duolingo & Codecadamy
- Gamification in Finance: Playmoolah (for kids), Payoff , SaveUp, Mint
- Gamification in Health: Contrex, Piano stairs, Sex for health, HealthMonth, S2H
- Gamification in Innovation: Starbucks, Innocentive
- Gamification in Production: Siemens (simulation)
- Marketing&Branding: SAP
- Gamification in Projectmanagement: Propstoyou , RedCritter
5. Which cool stuff will we see in 2013?
Gamifcation needs the possibility to interact with its users to provide real-time data & feedback within the activities. The development of new technologies like 'augmented reality' and gadgets will enhance agencies and providers to create more intuitive and individual programs. Tools like Google glasses will create huge opportunities for gamification companies to develop new applications. This video "Sight" shows its possibilities. Even if the movie focuses rather on the risks of bad gamification than its positive potentials, it is a good insight of what could be possible in the future.
I think that in 2013 we will have an increased awareness and some great examples of how to build processes that take human behavior more into consideration. The number of companies implementing gamified processes in Europe will double and by 2015 more than 50 percent of organizations that manage innovation processes will gamify those processes.
6. Some businesses think that gamification means to let their employees play games at work. What do you tell them?
Unfortunately the term gamification is a little bit misleading but now we have to stick to it. Gamification is not about creating games but about reverse-engineering what makes games so effective and graft it into a business environment. Games are awesome at creating engagement, focus, and involvement for its users. While playing a game we are more concentrated, open to changes, more open to solve problems, and to tackle challenges. We are more collaborative, goal orientated, less risk-averse and it is not demotivating if we fail. Imagine you would have a workforce like this within your company.
So, gamification uses game-design-thinking combined with the upcoming science of behavior- and motivational psychology to re-design work processes to engage employees in a deeper way.
7. Why is Gamification especially for HR such a 'hot' subject?
The last century proved that services and products that are implementing social aspects are often better prepared than those without. And it is obvious, right? We are social and so products/services should adopt this fact to become more intuitive for us. And of course we use new technologies to make this happen. Od do you say: "Hey, we humans should adjust ourselves to technology."? No. It doesn't make sense this way.
And I think that we are experiencing something similar with Gamification and HR. Since the beginning of the industrial revolution we thought about how to make everything more efficient. How to make everything faster and bigger or even smaller. It was a question about technology. A question about equipment and units. It was about technical-design and no one thought about the consequences for the employees. They just had to get comfortable with that or leave.
But time changed and now and globalisation and other developments created an unbelievable demand for tasks that depend totally just on human performance. Research, creativity, innovation, complex problem solving, and so on. It changed from a question about pure technology to a question about human-centred-activities. So, after decades of technical improvements we are looking for ways how we can create an environment that enhances us humans. And it makes sense to look at Evolution and how it manged to get us this far. And I think that one of its secret was the possibility to let us perform on a higher level of engagement while playing around. But of course we can't say: "Ok, let's play some games at work." And here starts the idea behind Gamification: "Reverse-engineering what makes games effective and graft it into a business environment."
HR (at its best) is the development department for the most valuable asset of a company, and Gamification their instrument for fine tuning.
So way to go for HR. Let the games begin!
Related articles
- Implementing gamification is no game, says Gartner (itpro.co.uk)
- How Google Uses Gamification to Increase its Brand Pull (scoop.it)
- Gamification, huh? What IS it good for? (guardian.co.uk)
- Gamifying Classroom Learning (slideshare.net)
- Is Gamification only a Buzzword? (setandbma.wordpress.com)
- Let the Gamification Begin (business.time.com)
- Everything You'll Ever Need To Know About Gamification (techcrunch.com)


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Her colour combinations: flesh pink, with plum (for the top), with gold (for the sash) and emerald (skirt), were delicious and let us forget everything for a moment except thoughts of where we could wear it and who we would meet if we did.
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Topic Page: Number
Number is a grammatical feature that quantifies the denotation of a linguistic element. It can refer to entities or events, and in language we find both nominal number (very common, discussed in the following) and verbal number (less common, realized on the verb to indicate the number of events or the number of participants; also called pluractionality).
Languages vary with regard to the part of their nominal inventory that is involved in the number system. In different languages, the split into nominals that do and do not express number may occur at different points of the animacy hierarchy: speaker (first person pronouns) > addressee (second person pronouns) > third person pronouns > kin > rational > human > animate > inanimate. Furthermore, not all nouns are number differentiable. Two types of noun are traditionally distinguished: count nouns and mass nouns, the latter regarded as lacking the number distinction. At the level of semantics, the count–mass distinction can be captured with two semantic features boundedness and internal structure (Jackendoff 1991), which corresponds to the distinction between temporally bounded and unbounded events in verbal semantics. But countability is really a characteristic of nominal phrases (Allan 1980), since many nouns can appear in both count and mass syntactic contexts, for example, Would you like a cake/some cake? We need a bigger table/ There is not enough table for everyone to sit at.
When nominal number is found expressed on the noun or the noun phrase as such, it is considered inherent. When found on other elements of the noun phrase or on the verb, it is contextual. The expressions of nominal number can involve special number words (of different syntactic status); syntactic means (i.e., agreement, found most commonly on demonstratives and verbs but also on articles, adjectives, pronouns, nouns in possessive constructions, adverbs, adpositions, and complementizers); a variety of morphological means (inflections, stem changes, zero expressions, clitics); and lexical means (e.g., suppletion). Number is often marked in more than one way within one language.
All nominal number systems are built on the primary opposition between singular (expressing the quantity one) and plural (more than one). Other attested number values are dual (two), trial (three), and paucal (a few). There may be further divisions into paucal and greater paucal, plural and greater plural (the last value may imply an excessive number, or all possible instances of the referent). No genuine quadrals (four) have been found. The largest number systems involve five values. In many languages, the absence of plural marking does not necessarily imply the singular, but the form may be outside the number opposition and express general number, that is, the meaning of the noun without reference to number.
Associatives, distributives, and collectives – all sometimes listed as additional values of number – are better analyzed as independent features. Associativity expresses the meaning "X and the group associated with X"; distributives indicate that entities (whether count or mass ones), events, qualities, or locations are to be construed as distinct in space, sort, or time; and collectives indicate that the members of a group are to be construed together as a unit. Many languages have markers for these categories in addition to various number markers.
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