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Our Robots, Ourselves: 9 Efforts to Build More Relatable Robots
If we're going to live in a world of artificial intelligences, we've got to be able to feel affection for them.
The word "robot" entered English from Czech. The 1920 play Rossum's Universal Robots featured artificial lifeforms designed for manual labor who eventually rose up and exterminated their human creators. A common trope, to be sure, and here's another one: at the end, a pair of robots have learned to love one another, and the last human gives them his blessing, declaring them the new Adam and Eve.
Humans have had an ambivalent relationship with robots real and fictional ever since. The key to easing that discomfort has been to build bots we can relate to -- if not as people, than at least as something with a personality. This slideshow will detail some attempts that met varying degrees of success.
One of the earliest attempts to build a machine that people might relate to emotionally was ELIZA, the first chatterbot, developed by MIT computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum in 1966. Named after Eliza Doolittle in the play Pygmalion and emulating the bland, nonspecific, open-ended questioning style of a Rogerian psychotherapist, ELIZA fooled many users into believing a real human was driving it, and they ended up pouring their hearts out to it. It startled Weizenbaum that such a simple and definitely non-thinking program could be so convincing, and he grew skeptical of some of the philosophical claims of AI proponents. You can play with ELIZA online and see how realistic it seems to you.
Twitter Markov bots
Perhaps the modern-day successors to ELIZA are the spate of Twitter Markov chain bots that have sprung up over the past few years, which build weird, loopy sentences based on the probability of one word following another in a pre-existing collection of text. Pioneered by @horse_ebooks, a beloved spambot that churned out delightful dada (until it was taken over by a human as an art project), these bots reached their transcendence with @tofu_product, who mirrors your own randomized writing style back at you. What do we find most relatable, after all, if not ourselves? People also built Twitter bots specifically to irritate their friends.
Sergeant Star
At the other end of the whimsical scale from Twitter chatbots is Sgt. Star, a feature on the U.S. Army website that serves as a "virtual recruiter," answering potential recruits' preliminary questions on military life. His avatar is actually based on a real soldier, but computer-rendered to make him look a bit more animated. Sgt. Star's handlers discovered that people were more comfortable talking to him than to a real person about delicate questions like group showers or fear of combat. Thanks to an EFF Freedom of Information Act request, you can check out the complete, 288-page transcript of everything Sgt. Star can say.
Please understand me
What would perhaps make a bot most relatable would be the ability to relate to us. Despite urban legends that the best way to bypass an automated phone tree is to shout obscenities at it, this is a nut that computer science has yet to really crack. Microsoft Research Asia is working on deriving your mood from your smartphone activity; the Israeli startup Beyond Verbal is trying to figure out how to auto-detect emotional changes in speech; and facial recognition research from North Carolina State aims to help computers tell if students taking MOOCs or automated tutorials are bored or struggling.
It's really in the world of physical robots that the quest to create a machine that reacts as if it has feelings is going into high gear. MIT has been working on a robot called Kismet since the 1990s, with articulated face parts that can provide a variety of expressions. Unfortunately, Kismet is also one of the most terrifying things we've ever seen. It looks like you tried to kill Stripe from Gremlins by setting him on fire only to discover that he was a Terminator underneath his skin. Watch the video if you dare!
Kaspar, a British-built robot, is slightly less traumatizing, though he does sort of look like he's wearing another face on top of his face as a mask. Still, as you can see in this video, his limited emotional range of facial expressions and body postures does a great deal of good for his target audience: autistic children, who can interact with the kid-sized robot and learn to better understand the emotional responses of others.
One way to avoid the uncanny valley effect humanoid robots can bring up is to build a robot that isn't humanoid at all. A British professor has been experimenting with Paro, a robotic baby seal, to help people with dementia come out of their shells and interact more. Paro wriggles and coos and makes real seal sounds; paradoxically, patients can relate to it better because they have few preconceived notions about seals, while many dislike dogs, cats, and possibly people. It may seem creepy to convince senile people to fall in love with a robot, but that video sure is affecting.
We do what we're told
Perhaps the one feature we as living things relate to most strongly is the will to survive. A researcher at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand recently tried to see how humans would react to a robot that appeared to posses just such an urge, sternly instructing his test subjets to turn off a robotic cat even as it begs for its life, in a twist on the famous Milgram experiment. Everyone turned the robot off eventually, but as you can see in the video, they felt pretty bad about it. (They also had a harder time turning of the robot if it were nicer.)
So long, Yutu
There's really no stronger evidence of our desire to connect to other living things -- and our willingness to be pretty liberal in the definition of "living" -- than in the outpouring of emotion that accompanied a farewell message from the Chinese lunar rover Yutu on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. Never mind that the message didn't come from Yutu, and didn't even come from the scientists running the mission, but rather from a group of space enthusiasts. The truth is that people building relatable bots have a built-in head start that comes from our apparently innate desire to relate to them.
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What is it in other peoples brains that makes them think that it's okay to poo-poo other peoples happiness and lives? What are you the king of the castle? FYI: This Queen wears the Kings crown around here.
I'm really revved up about this right now. Spitting mad if you will.
After another couple of months jobless (after my year of being jobless for five months and then having only a part time job and little to no money, having to borrow, scrape, and downsize: hell, I even sold my keyboard.) where I'm sitting in self doubt about my abilities and what I'm going to do with my future, in comes a thoughtful family member and asks me if I would like to be the nanny to my little cousins.
You know, the ones I'm always reading books for to see if they are appropriate? The ones that I invite over to play because I'M bored? The ones I genuinely like to hang out with because they are great kids and we just GET each other?
It seems like I'm mad about that, yes? Well, hell no I'm not! I'm so ecstatic! My cousin says we can try it for a month or the summer or whatever I like. I've always dreamed of being a nanny (it's on my list of 1000 jobs I want before I die.) and it will be so much more fun with kids I actually like and have fun with. My Pinterest account can vouch, I have a zillion things pinned to do with these kids at any given moment. Couple of weeks ago it was the rugs on the hula hoops, next week I'm making superhero flats for Violet, and I already have plans to teach them to make pasta, bread, and various odd things this summer.
So I'm just minding my own business being happy about all this when in comes a family member (I won't tell you which one, I already want to slap them, I don't want you scowling at them either) and asks me how my job interview went. I asked which one, and they said 'I don't know, the one last week everyone told me about', I tell them they didn't call me back and then tell them my fantastic news of becoming a nanny for my cousins. To which their immediate reply back is:
"Those kids are going to hate you."
Oh. Hell. No. They could've said anything else. Anything else in the world. Like 'Are you sure you're going to like that?' 'Have you really thought about this?' "Did you discuss it for hours with your cousin to see what you are getting into?' The answer to all of those is Fuck. Yes.
My little cousins are first and foremost in my mind with this. Naturally I did think 'Will we get under each others nails? Will we get into fights? Will they still like me if I have to tell them 'No' for something or get them in trouble? Will our dynamic change?"
And again, the answer to all of those is Fuck. Yes. (I might want to dial down the cursing if I'm going to be working with children…)
Now, let me put aside the fact that my cousins and I are going to have so much fun together I can't even stand it and go with the next thing this person said to me:
"That's not a career."
Deep breath. No one, and I mean NO ONE has any right to say what a career to any given person is ever. I have been told with almost every job I've had that it's not a "real job". "Allison, when are you going to go and find a real job?" is a question I get most often, well, right after "When are you going to find a nice boy and get married?" To which my new answer is: When I feel like it. And, I'm sorry, I thought a job was something you did and then got paid for it? Newflash: Most people are happy to work in these "non-jobs". Do you know what I've done to pay my bills? I've worked at a Tim Hortons, I've worked as a receptionist, I've been a cook at a country club, a waitress/baker in a bakery, a dog sitter/walker, I've worked in a thrift store, etc. Guess what? I've been paid to work at all those places. No, they are not super glamorous (I mean, the thrift store had fur coats and fancy things for me to play with, so that was kind of glamourous), but I liked every single one of those jobs and those ARE some peoples careers. So now I'm moving on to be a nanny because not only was I offered the position but because I think I will be great at it and have a ton of fun.
This person made me feel worthless for a split second because I'm not in the career I'm aiming for (hello bestselling author) or apparently THEY are aiming for for me. Which they have never told me what it is they think I should be but apparently my being a wanderer isn't working for them. So now that I'm over feeling worthless I'm just fucking pissed that they said that to me in the way that they said it. Words are so important! Who doesn't think before they speak anymore? It's so easy to be a dick. Absurdly easy.
And who the hell do you think you are to poke at others life choices? I feel like 10.
State your name, rank, and intention. Allison. Cousin. Fun.
What more could someone want then to have one of their loved ones just having FUN in life? I will never fit in to the "real" or "normal" of life. Everything I ever do will have raised eyebrows and questions and I should get use to it, but the people closest to me need to let go of those cookie cutters they are holding.
My more mature response to this is (after I just deleted the one that starts with the 'f' word once again): Don't tell me what I can or can't do. (John Locke, Lost)
You don't know my abilities, you don't know what I'm capable of, you know nothing Jon Snow.
I'm so mad I can't stop talking in tv quotes!
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During the intervening years, apart from a gap of four years, he has worked tirelessly to ensure that people like himself who are personally affected by an inherited retinal disease are supported, and that information about their conditions is freely available to them.
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Jeremy D'Souza – Deputy Chairman & Chair of the Finance Committee
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Mary-Anne Carmody
Mary-Anne has a background in law and holds Arts and Laws (Honours) degrees from the University of Melbourne as well as a post-graduate Diploma from the Securities Institute of Australia. She first became involved as a board member of the Retinitis Pigmentosa Society of Victoria in the mid-1980s, and has had secretary, webmaster and volunteer roles with the Victorian branch over many years. In 2017 she was made a Life Member in recognition of her years of service.
Mary-Anne is committed to Retina Australia's mission and the not for profit sector, and has roles on other not for profit boards.
Melanie Chatfield
Since being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa in her early 20s, Melanie has been actively involved in raising awareness of living with vision loss and providing support to others who may be affected.
Melanie has a university background in public health (Nutrition and Health Promotion) and has pursued a career working with government and not-for-profits to help improve health equity.
She loves writing and travel, having visited over 60 countries, and is currently the Chief Editor for Travel Play Live Magazine.
Robert Craft
Robert is a retired Operations Manager with 50 years' experience working in an Engineering management role in various manufacturing companies in NSW.
He has retinitis pigmentosa and is now considered to be legally blind. With fair central vision Robert can go about his normal life with only a few limitations. He had to give up driving.
Robert is married with four children and ten grandchildren who occupy a lot of his time. He is teaching others MS Excel, Word and Power point skills, along with being a Church Warden and a Justice of the Peace.
He is committed to support research into finding a cure for all genetic retinal dystrophies by helping to raise funding for these vital works.
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Pina Faliti-Smith
Pina Faliti-Smith joined Retina Australia (WA) in 2004 as the President and later was appointed to the national Board of Retina Australia as a Director until 2014. After a 5 year break, Pina rejoined the Retina Australia national Board as a Director in November 2019.
Pina currently works for Colliers International in Sydney's HQ as the Executive Assistant to the CFO. Prior to this, she worked for MRI (formerly Rockend Technology), WaterNSW & Origin Energy. Pina travelled to Sydney from Perth in September 2014, where she held senior Executive Assistant roles with BHP Billiton Iron Ore, and Synergy. She has been a senior Executive Assistant for over 20 years. She has worked in industries such as real estate, energy & water, mining, construction and IT.
Pina is the Past President of the Australian Institute of Office Professionals (AIOP) in WA and was also a National Director of AIOP. In her spare time, Pina achieved an Associate Degree in Ballroom Dancing and has been teaching ballroom dance for over 15 years. She has also completed her Certificate IV in Business (Frontline Management) and a Certificate in Property Management.
Pina is committed in helping to create awareness of inherited eye diseases and making a difference.
Peter Maas
Peter Maas is a retired Primary School Principal. Educated in Victoria and South Australia he worked for the South Australian Education Department in both metropolitan and regional areas as a teacher, principal, consultant and superintendent. Peter was diagnosed with a slow moving form of retinitis pigmentosa in his mid-thirties. The advancement of the disease prompted his retirement in 2010.
Peter has served as a Board member of Retina Australia (SA) for over ten years. He is currently Secretary of RA (SA) and a subscriber to RA (VIC). Peter is an active member of a local Rotary Club where he is also the current Secretary and a Past President. He was nominated by RA(SA) for a position on the Board of Retina Australia in November 2010.
He is committed to the challenge of ensuring ongoing funding for research into a cure for RP and other retinal dystrophies.
Sean Smith
Sean became involved in Retina Australia (WA) in 2005 and later was appointed to the national board of Retina Australia as a director until 2014. After a break of 5 years Sean has once again joined the organisation as a board member.
Sean has over 25 years experience in managing and operating a wholesale furniture business in WA until relocating to Sydney in late 2014. In Sydney he has taken up a role as Key Account Manager for an international manufacturing business.
Sean is committed to the ongoing challenge of raising funds towards research into inherited eye diseases with the ultimate goal of finding a cure.


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Why can China's economy maintain a thirty–years–long high growth rate and thus created the unprecedented miracle in the world economic history? How long can the high–speed growth momentum keep on? This paper attempts to answer these questions from a new perspective. A basic reason behind this long–run high–speed growth of China is its full exploitation of advantages of late–development. The reform and openness initiatives started in 1978 created quite favorable conditions for the exploitation of advantages of late–development. So the high–speed growth of China is a catching–up growth. Because of the declining of the potential of late–development advantages, the future growth rate will slow down significantly compared with before.
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Effectiveness of Patient Generated Health Data in Routine Clinical Care
By John Sharp, Senior Manager, Personal Connected Health Alliance of HIMSS
Recently the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT published the final report on PGHD, titled "Conceptualizing a Data Infrastructure for the Capture, Use, and Sharing of Patient-Generated Health Data in Care Delivery and Research through 2024." It details the future view of the use of PGHD and "opportunities, challenges, and enabling actions for stakeholder groups." Included in this project are reports on two pilot studies using PGHD from Sutter Health in California and AMITA Health in Illinois.
The Sutter pilot, in partnership with Validic, was designed to demonstrate the flow of data from the patient to the clinician to the researcher. The process of bringing PGHD into a clinical workflow has been a major challenge. Physicians have difficulty managing a stream of raw data from a large panel of patients. Technically, integrating this into the electronic medical record (EMR) has also been a barrier. The solution was to use the following technology pathway:
Patients were referred to Mpower using an automated referral workflow already created in the Epic© EHR system. The cohort included patients diagnosed with Type II, non-insulin-dependent diabetes between 21 and 79 years of age whose care is being managed in the primary care setting. The resulting workflow was optimized and is laid out in detail in the ONC report. It stands as a model for future programs integrating PGHD into clinical practice. The patient view included goals and performance, uploading data and receiving nudges and nuggets.
For clinicians, a dashboard enabled a care team to see a continuously updated, risk-stratified view of the population they manage. This dashboard highlighted those patients that required attention, with drill-down into more detailed information on an individual patient.
The AMITA Health pilot demonstration utilized TapCloud across a spectrum of medical conditions to communicate symptoms on a daily basis. Unlike the Sutter Health pilot, AMITA looked at patients with a variety of conditions and collected data about their well-being, pain, symptoms, and medication or treatment adherence. They could also upload photos, for instance, of a post-surgical wound. The basic workflow included:
Patients received personalized care plans and medication reminders and tracked adherence to those plans and medications. They could also communicate with clinicians through the app. One of the unique features of the apps is the "symptom cloud," a user-friendly touchscreen.
Patients and providers each had their customized dashboards, including provided symptom tracking and alerts.
The comprehensive review of workflow is included in the ONC report.
In summary, these pilot projects provide three key components to advance the collection and use of PGHD:
- A method for transferring data securely from the patient to the provider EMR.
- Actionable user interfaces for clinicians to monitor patients.
- Patient engagement through user-friendly technology.
Looking forward to the clinical outcomes of these pilots to demonstrate the effectiveness of these monitoring activities and any potential cost savings from these programs.
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This Compass Rose Classic Women's 14K Two-Tone Gold Pendant measures 3/4" in diameter making it one of Maggie's most popular sizes.The image of a compass rose has long symbolized adventure and exploration by pointing the way through life's journey. The die-struck 14K yellow gold frame is hand-engraved with NSEW waypoints and degree marks. The crisply faceted 14K white gold "rose" adds contrast and sparkle.This timeless piece can also be set with either a Diamond, Teal Blue Diamond, or our best selling Royal Blue Sapphire. Choose the perfect chain from our chain suggestions below to complete the look of this piece.
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Trudi's Songbook: Volume Two
their second album of 2017 is an invigorating medley of explorative jazz expeditions, led by punchy, skipping basslines & effervescent flutework.
Stand out tracks include "Tisbury Truckin", which is a stunning opener! Starting with an atmospheric soundscape it unexpectedly drops into a neck-snapping hip-hop groove with a punchy melodic line before effortlessly sliding into an up-tempo, afro-beat inspired rhythm with strong solos from trumpet & keys in tow. "Charlotte Emma Victoria" is another strong track & includes some tasteful sousaphone & trombone parts to add extra oomph to its bounce, accompanied by a soaring saxophone solo. The album ends with a classic Herbie Hancock jazz-fusion standard, "Butterfly", which the band handle with finesse. A fitting cover that I have no doubt would impress its original writers. recommended if you like john Coltrane herbie hancock, the Lloyd mcneill quartet, yusef lateef or kamasi Washington.
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- Song For Christopher
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text: A team from Taiwanese television station DaAi TV Network is in Israel for a series of programs on Israeli water technologies, giving the industry an important marketing opportunity. DaAi TV is aired by satellite worldwide, and has millions of viewers in the Far East and America. The Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute is hosting the visit as part of its joint effort with Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor's commercial attaches in Taiwan and other countries to promote Israeli water technologies in Asia. The series is due to have eight 24-minute episodes. Each episode will be devoted to one topic: desalination; water conservation and leaks prevention; water management and transportation; water purification; filtration; sewage treatment and wastewater recycling; water control, management, and monitoring; irrigation; and an episode on Israel's Bedouin community. Da Ai will also air a promotion for the series on its news program in Taiwan. DaAi's team will visit Mekorot National Water Company, Netafim Ltd., IDE Technologies Ltd., Shari Arison's water venture MIYA, Whitewater Technology Group portfolio company Checklight Ltd., Motorola Israel Ltd. unit Mottech Water Management Solutions Ltd., and other companies. A noteworthy absentee from the series is Israel's premier water technologies incubator Kinrot Technology Ventures. The Export Institute said that DaAi's list was still open to change, and Kinrot may yet make the cut. DaAi TV will also interview representatives from the Peres Peace Center, the Ministry of National Infrastructures, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Industry Trade and Labor, as well as the manager Mekorot's Watec Entrepreneurship & Partnership Center for Water Technologies, Baruch Oren. DaAi will visit, among other sites, the Ashkelon seawater desalination plants, one of the world's largest, the Shafdan sewage treatment plant, the Hiriya waste treatment and recycling center, the Nir Etzion sewage treatment plant, Mottech�s turf and landscape irrigation management project in the Ramat Gan National Park. The team also plans to visit Better Place LLC, and may run a separate program on Shay Agassi's electric car venture. DaAi's show could greatly help Israeli exports to Asia, which totaled $284 million in January-May 2010, 109% more than in the corresponding period in 2009. The growth was achieved despite the global recession. Imports from Asia rose 28% to $271 million in January-May. Israeli-Taiwanese traded totaled $1 billion in 2009, 14% less in than in 2008. Taiwan is Israel's 17th largest trade partner. Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on July 26, 2010 � Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2010


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This luxury notebook has an embossed and gilded cover. The pattern is inspired by the style of 9th century ancient welsh manuscripts which were originally painted by monks onto vellum or calf skin.
It has 88 lined ivory pages with a red elastic page keeper.
Measurements are 14cms by 9.5 cms.
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Soaring electric vehicle demand could cause a supply bottleneck for lithium-ion battery materials by the middle of the next decade. How will each material be impacted?
As it stands, there are at least five materials that could be a cause for concern for EV watchers. We'll review all of them below.
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Here are a few of the notable domain stories from the past week:
NamePros.com Is Sold – The popular forum has been sold to the owners of Bodis.com, a domain parking provider. The sale price is rumored to be between $200,000 – $300,000. Ron James, the original owner who launched the forum in 2003, is expected to stay on as an administrator.
NamePros.com along with DNForum.com, are the two most well known domain forums. DNForum offers three paid levels of membership and caters more towards experienced domain investors. NamePros, on the other hand, is free to all members and attracts more people new to buying and selling domain names. The new owner of NamePros intends to keep it that way. "It is not all about those that are super successful and have a lot of money to spend. New comers want to learn about domaining too and they have to start somewhere," he recently wrote on DNForum.
I joined NamePros.com in early 2009. I found it to be a helpful resource to learn about domains, as well as a place I could liquidate some of my domains that I couldn't sell elsewhere. My favorite section on the forum is the Domain Sales thread where members post some of the sales that they have recently made.
Parked.com Shuts Down – One of the largest domain parking services Parked.com, closed down without giving any notice. The closing does not come as much of a surprise since domain parking has continued to struggle over the last few years. What is surprising is the way the company handled it. Parked.com, who has always offered good customer service in the past, did not notify any of their customers of the move.
WhyPark.com, a parking service owned by Parked.com, recently changed its name and domain to DomainApps.com. It was recently discovered that Parked.com customers are now able to manage their domains via DomainApps.com.
I used to use Parked.com for all of my domains. I liked how easy it was to use, the clean user interface, and the fast, reliable payouts. I now use Sedo to park most of my domains. The only reason I changed over is to reduce commissions on any domains I sell via Sedo's platform.
Ebay Domain Sales – The Ebay auctions for the domains that I wrote about last week ended with some relatively impressive sales. StatePatrol.com sold for $500, FingernailPolish.com went for $1480, WeedEaters.com closed at $1624, and TruckingSchools fetched $2170. The seller had one other domain that I did not mention, Top25.com, which closed at $2025.


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Employee messaging is a minefield of politics, legal and social issues. But you must not let this hinder effective communication.
In my previous post on the subject of HR Communication, we looked at some of the problems inherent in taking responsibility, presenting a unified front and not making your departmental issues a problem for your customers as well.
Another way of substantially improving the way your HR department communicates with employees is by improving consistency, tone and visibility. This is strongly connected to implementation projects and changes, but can be a benefit to general communication strategies as well.
People are social creatures, and well in tune with how the message you are sending relates to previous messages as well as the underlying pattern and purpose. What we dislike above all is messaging that is inconsistent.
When you're writing a blog, for example, it's important to find your "voice". This means that you decide on how formally you write, whether you address the audience or speak in third person, whether you're writing a story or more like a tutorial. Your vocabulary (and which parts you decide to use or not!) also plays a role. When you've found your voice, people start recognizing it. Across blog posts your voice remains constant. If someone else writes a post, even if it's posted in your name, people will recognize it's a ghost writer. People notice it has become inconsistent with your voice.
The same goes for your messages to your employees. You have to decide on a system on what mode of communication to use (townhall meeting, webcast, email, sms, phone call, instagram, linkedin, facebook, tiktok), what title it should have (to draw attention, to show importance?) and how its content is structured. This should remain consistent.
Putting this down in writing and making a policy out of this is known as writing a Communication Plan and it's vitally important to the consistency of your engagement of your audience.
For example, you could create a plan as follows (in broad strokes):
All non-critical communication goes via email, and each title shall include the words inform, notice, or reminder to show the broad meaning of the message. It must be in company font, with a header image selected from the catalog.
Quarterly updates will be by webcast, and each year there will be an interactive video broadcast to management. Townhall meetings will be scheduled to inform locations of changes or information relevant to their specific geography.
Critical updates will be via SMS and phone call to individuals, while groups will be alerted via our internal social media system.
All our company policies and information are classified public, confidential or secret, and stored in a cloud database. Employees can access each at any time via their accounts, and each communication will include links to relevant database items to support the message.
This is just a basic plan, but by making communication specific and consistent, it allows people to respond to what is important. Someone receiving an SMS from HR knows it's critical, and will check it out. Townhall meetings mean that changes are afoot. An email that does not follow the described format will be met with distrust (such as spam mails imitating a company announcement with a spoofed email address).
This SHRM post shows some examples of inconsistent behavior, communication and decision-making that can be really harmful to your organization.
Tone in communication is strongly aligned with the style of leadership employed in your organization and your function and position within it. Each style has is its way of achieving results and their communications align with how much is shared, when, and by whom.
An interesting theory on nine leadership styles can be found here at The Executive Connection, with a short rundown here.
The most common forms of leadership employed in most organizations are autocratic, democratic and bureaucratic. They roughly correspond to private traditional companies, private modern organizations and public government organizations.
Autocratic: Interaction with employees occurs strictly through top-down updates and decisions. In autocratic systems leadership and decision making are separate from employees and even middle-management, who execute the orders and objectives passed down from above. The communication tone is formal and demanding.
This is a strong style for companies where the product or service sees no significant change for years or decades, and where the leadership are all considered (or required) to be experts in the field. Examples include oil companies and traditional crafts.
Democratic: Communication in democratic systems is two-way, with many avenues for offering input and suggestions. Leadership takes into account the expertise of its employees and uses a wide variety of dashboards and instruments for decision making. Their communication tone varies between formal when making announcements and updates, and informal when inspiring the employees or asking for their input and energy.
This style is suited for most companies and organizations, but it often evolves into transformational or situational styles. While the management need not be experts, in return they are often specialized in leadership and social connections instead, to manage a more complicated structure of control.
Bureaucratic: This style is similar to autocratic to casual observation, except that there is opportunity for feedback and suggestions from lower ranks in the hierarchy. All interactions are heavily regulated, formalized and scrutinized, and complicated systems of check and balance maintain power and control. The communication tone is formal on the outside, but decisions are often backed by a lot of informal communication that goes on behind the scenes.
Most often found in government organizations, and especially the military, this style exemplifies control through paper trail. Inefficiencies are weeded out, and success stories are transformed into building blocks for future strategies. Because of the reliance on bureaucracy, the system can break down easily without a line of command, unless each individual section has its own mandate of power, and can continue the leadership directives of its leadership individually.
Applying the right tone
Analyzing your leadership style, decide which tone suits your organization best. Maria Pellicano offers a nice summary here of a workshop led by Colin James regarding communication tones, with formal tones being educator and coach, and informal tones being motivator and colleague.
While she focuses mostly on voice and 1-on-1 communications, the same principles apply to written communication. And this means you have to apply the right tone.
Informing people is highly formal and expects little or no reply (Educator) while being chatty with colleagues is very informal and interactive. Motivator and coaches both seek to inspire and uplift employees, but whereas the coach is 1-on-1 and interactive, a motivator merely speaks to people (often in a crowd, such as a townhall meeting).
A worse scenario than being off in tone or consistency is to lack visibility at all. Human Resources, in whatever form it exists in your organization, needs to be aligned directly with your strategy to operate beyond basic capacity. This means that if you are not visible, people will either be in the dark about changes in policy, or will seek advice and assistance outside of your department, such as colleagues or management.
There are three major factors in visibility that you must take into account when deciding/implementing or changing your communication strategy.
Is my mandate clear?
No one is surprised when changes in pension plan are sent out by HR, or sales forecasts sent by management. But if HR were to send out messages concerning financial data, people would be mystified. It's not their department, why are they sending this? Are they allowed to send that?
Mandate – what you are allowed to do because it is linked to your core purpose – is a very important factor in how your message is weighed in importance. Your messages must conform with the fields of work you actually perform.
Is my intent clear?
Are you asking a question, telling people what process to follow, or trying to inspire them to work a bit harder to reach monthly goals? Sometimes people will try to cram different messages together, and this will confuse your audience.
Imagine I'd start writing a blog post on communication styles, but halfway switch into how to work the stock exchange. You'd feel confused, likely angry, and definitely would be wondering if I would be qualified to write anything at all.
Each burst of communication must be about a single topic (unless it's a newsletter or weekly summary or the like) and achieve its goal before the end of the message. It must contain all necessary information for the reader to respond to whatever call to action you include.
Is my audience clear?
People are sensitive to being spammed, and they will ignore messages after a while if they find out that they are being mis-targeted. If this happens, they will also miss important and targeted information which just happens to be sent by you.
At the very least, each piece of communication must reach its direct audience (those people who must act on your message). Then you must decide its indirect audience (those people who need to know, but not act). In an email, you would put your direct audience in your "To" list, and the others in your "CC" list. This conditions people to focus on messages where they are directly addressed – meaning you can make sure that their attention is drawn when you need it most.
The more specific you target, the more successful your messaging will be. This impacts all forms of communication. If you are advertising your blog, and its topic is "monetizing your garden" then you could send it to everyone who needs money, or who has a garden. This gets you a lot of views, but little engagement. You can specify it to people who need money and have a garden. Now you are getting a lot more engagement, because you are hitting closer to your intended audience. Finally, you could specify that you have tutorials on your blog (for people getting started) but also a forum for people who want to share experiences. Now you've split out your audience by experience level, and each gets its own niche messages. Engagement increases even further as novices will home in on your blog, and experts visit the forum.
By being consistent, applying the right tone, and making sure the correct audience is prompted by your communications, you will already greatly improve the efficiency of your messages.
Communication is a massive field of social studies, and it has many specific skills critical to leadership. From sensing the general mood in the company, and brewing discontent among your managers to knowing what messages to send to effect the changes you want and being able to reward initiative and apologize for changes made, how we interact with out colleagues and employees has massive impact in the effectiveness of our organizations.
HR Communication, specifically, is a field where a lot of improvement and evolution is needed. Not just to adjust to the changes in how HR works and what theories underpin its success in operations, but also to the changes in how we communicate as a society, and how each generation experiences and uses these ways differently.
Expect more posts from me on this topic, as this will be one of the major things where HR can make a difference.


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Brewing Tea in a See-Through Glass Teapot May be the Most Relaxing Thing You will See Today
Remember this nursery rhyme?
I'm a little teapot
Short and stout
Here is my handle
Here is my spout.
When I get all steamed up
Hear me shout
"Tip me over and pour me out!"
This childhood classic painted for us the picture of a teapot. 'Short' and 'stout,' and usually made from ceramics or porcelain – teapots like these are usually found in our dear grandmother's kitchen cupboard. I remember that when using my grandmother's teapot, once I pour out the tea, the leaves would always be stuck to the bottom of my cup. I would even have enough tea leaves to read your fortune. It's a tad bit annoying too if the tea leaves get stuck in my teeth. Yikes!
It's fortunate for us that we can now brew our own cup of tea without using grandma's teapot – thanks to American designer Joey Roth. Roth has created the "Sorapot," a simple, modern teapot made from glass and stainless steel. Designed to brew loose leaves, the glass chamber lets the leaves fully unfurl while they steep (this is surely fascinating and relaxing to watch, I promise). You're sure to get a great cup of tea as completely unfurled leaves allow the taste and flavors to reach its full potential.
And remember the leaves-stuck-in-your-teeth-or-at-the-bottom-of-your-cup problem? You can say 'goodbye' to that as the Sorapot has a cleverly built-in sieve right next to the spout.
After more than four years of development, the Sorapot is now ready for pre-order at US$285.
Check out this nifty video to fully appreciate the Sorapot:
Sorapot 2 from Joey Roth on Vimeo.
Before you know, folks would be inviting themselves over for tea at your place. Or even if you don't drink tea, the design makes for a great conversation piece, and admit it – it looks very pretty! There's no hiding this teapot in your kitchen cupboard!


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Vaginoplasty, labiaplasty perineal repair are all part of the world of cosmetic gynae rejuvenation.
The most popular is labiaplasty or labia reduction. We have a lot of information on for this Labiaplasty, Labia reduction – is it for you?
The other popular area for enhancement is the vagina.
Vaginal rejuvenation is the surgical procedure for tightening your vagina.
It is also known as vaginoplasty or non-surgical vaginal tightening, tighten the muscles in the vaginal wall.
Our experienced surgeons understand what you are going through whilst considering vaginoplasty and vaginal tightening.
Why vaginal tightening?
There are a number of reasons that can cause the vagina to "feel empty" and the muscle to become lax.
- the vagina not recovering from multiple pregnancies
- carrying large babies during pregnancy
- age
Vaginoplasty consultation
All our cosmetic surgery consultations are free.
As with any cosmetic procedure, a consultation with the Doctor and examination are imperative.
After meeting with one of our experienced surgeons, you will understand which option is best suited to your concerns.
At the same time, you are able to ask as many questions as you like.
We respect your privacy, but most of all, we understand that this may be the first time you have discussed your concerns.
Comprehensive information about the vaginal tightening, risks, and recovery process will be provided to you during this consultation.
Other areas for consideration; labia reduction or labiaplasty.
Options for vaginal tightening
Surgical – Vaginal tightening surgery, Vaginoplasty Melbourne
This vaginal tightening surgery aims to tighten lax muscles and tissues and remove the excess vaginal skin to narrow the diameter of the vagina resulting in a smaller and tighter opening and vaginal canal.
The tightening is done in the entire length of the vagina. Our experienced surgeon, Dr Ashley does full-depth repairs unlike superficial perineoplasty repairs that only repair the opening.
Many advertise this procedure for the "Enhancement of Sexual Gratification" as well as a cosmetic procedure.
Vaginoplasty surgery can take around 2 hours. We prefer to perform vaginoplasty under a general anaesthetic.
Our surgeons use the precise ValleyLab device to perform your vaginoplasty. This technology allows for minimal injury to surrounding tissue and scarring, and enhanced healing. Recovery is quicker with minimal post-op pain. The incisions are minimally invasive and less destructive than treatments that use the laser.
Vaginoplasty recovery
As with all surgical procedures, recovery is very personal, however, we do recommend 3-5 days of rest. Due to the healing process, you can return to sport and physical activity in 4-6 weeks.
You will have to wait more or less 6 to 8 weeks to see the full results of your new designer vagina.
Cost of Vaginoplasty Melbourne
Vaginal tightening surgery costs vary from patient to patient, due to the extent of the procedure. Your personalised cost will cover all associated costs, including your aftercare.
Medicare rebate and private health insurance may apply for a vaginoplasty. Please contact us to see if you meet the criteria.
So, please do not hesitate to call Julie, our patient advisor on 98246134 or email her for an estimation of costs for you or ask any questions you may have.
We look forward to answering any questions you might have.
It is important to understand that any surgical, medical procedure or proven non-surgical treatment carries risks.
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The VirtualLight Broadcast January 2013 Segment 1
Steve & Barbara Rother ~ Happy Holidays ~ Jan 2013
- Barbara's back (it's been 7 months!)
- 12-12-12 celebration was fabulous
- We all went through a portal on the 21st
- Barbara reads a message from Jeff and Linda thanking everyone, especially the great Lightworker crew, for 12-12-12
- Drumming and dancing provided a good balance to the event.
- Drumming activation was powerful. Steve was able to drum and talk at the same time (but not chew bubble gum) with the help of Elrah and the Timekeeper.
- Steve discusses what happened to the children in Connecticut. Pay attention to the sacrifice the children made.
- Wayne Peterson is not here this time because of a date mix-up. There are 4 segments this time, and no guests.
- The Timekeeper wanted to appear at 12-12-12 to drop his finger.
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The VirtualLight Broadcast January 2013 Segment 2
Charmaine Lee and Sonny Carl ~ Jan 2013
- Sonny thanks special guests and everyone here today. He was warned this would be an embarrassing channel for him, but he didn't talk about being a striper so how embarrassing could it be? He and his wife had big downloads during 12-12-12 and he finally "got it." Channeled entities are actually aliens or "undocumented aliens." The world didn't end but the energy has changed. New tools are available. Humanity is now ready to join galactic community.
- Charmaine Lee discussed sacred feminine energies coming in. The expansion at the 12-12-12 was the heart. The feminine energy is ready to ignite. The male and female merging takes it to another level: See the beauty and love in everyone. Take the time to expand. It's about everyone (including Arielle) creating their own worlds each day. Every day is like a bond fire of hearts making love: sacred feminine and sexy male energy.
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The VirtualLight Broadcast January 2013 Segment 3
Steve & Barbara ~ Meg ~ Jan 2013
- Meg, Greg, and Griffin are introduced via Skype. Meg talks about how powerful 12-12-12 was for her Living with intent to expand is a powerful place, particularly with the New Year. Make every day magical.
- Steve gives two-minute readings.
Q: With the new energies what is most important thing to know?
A: Our relationship to time is changing. More approximate than specific. Also, we're all beginning to channel in our daily lives: stop and ask. Balance it with heart energy.
Q: Repetition of number in life
A: The way spirit catches our attention: A kiss from an angel. Experience it, don't try to understand it.
- Austin's video of 12-12-12 pictures is shown.
- Barbara's goal was getting to 12-12-12. Since then it's been like a switch flipped in her energy and healing.
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The VirtualLight Broadcast January 2013 Segment 4
~ Beacons of Light – The New World ~ Jan 2013
From Steve:
So now that we have stepped into this new world what are we going to notice? What will be different and more importanlty what is next for humanity?
We will all find out together but here bothe ELrah and the Keeper of Time relate what is important at this juncture. Have a great month!
Big hugs,
Smile your way Home.
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Some news from WFWP around the world
July 21, 2015
Enjoy reading the Spring 2015 edition of the WFWP Oceania Newsletter.
Thank you to all our volunteers throughout Australia, New Zealand & the Pacific Islands for their continued commitment and effort in making their WFWP Chapters so vibrant!
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Win with Philips this Mother's Day! [Competition]
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"What are the keys to effectively delegating local management of content in large digital signage networks?"
Content management for large digital signage networks poses several challenges even when done in a centralized fashion. Add the complexity of a distributed management system, and there are a few key items that will need to be top of mind. While this write-up does not provide a silver bullet answer to the question, it instead attempts to provide a framework to be effective in a distributed content management network.
First and foremost, some fundamental strategic decisions need to be made. Some of them relate to:
a) Will the content be 100 percent locally managed? Or, is it a time/screen spliced content strategy?
b) Does the autonomy of content creation/selection provide the right amount of "network value" to the client as well as the audience?
Given the strategic decisions above, there are some areas of the network that need some additional thoughts:
What technology is available to be able to manage content locally and be effective in pushing it to the devices without disrupting the central content that may also be concurrently trying to play. Thought has to be given to splicing playlists and templating content presentation before we allow local content management. Mismanagement in technology can lead to overlapping content and/or mis-formatted content that will spoil the overall delivery experience. Coordinating between local and central content to keep it relevant is yet another consideration.
What regulations exist at the point of display? For a network that is primarily in healthcare settings, there may be content that needs to be regulated by the FDA or some other regulatory body. Who owns the responsibility for content compliance to the applicable regulations needs to be established.
Who will manage analytics and ROI calculations? Depending on whether the strategy is to do a mix of local and central content, there needs to be a shared analytics burden between the parties.
Content Curation:
Apart from regulations (covered above), there may also be content that is NOT appropriate for a certain device location. An example would be showing a Viagra ad at a pediatric clinic network. The clear owner for this ethical responsibility of curation of content needs to be defined. Another aspect of curation is as it relates to content format and aspect ratio (technology can help here).


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Li lungs (pronounced: /li lʌŋ/ lee lung[4]), also known as earth dragons, were dragons that resided deep inside the earth in Kara-Tur.[1]
Li lungs were physically distinguished by their enormous size, up to 120 feet (36 meters) in length. Unlike most dragons, they lacked scales, and instead were covered in a coarse black fur the texture of metal wire. Only hatchlings had scales, usually light green in color. As they grew older, the scales were shed and replaced with fur; usually by the time a li lung was a juvenile, the scales were completely gone. A li lung had an unusual appearance. Its body and tail resembled that of a lion, yet it had a face similar to a humanoid.[1] Its tail was adorned with colorful feathers similar to a peacock. The li lung was the only lung dragon with wings.[2]
They lived a solitary life and rarely associated with other dragons, unless forced to under orders from the Celestial Bureaucracy.[1]
They tried to avoid combat, choosing to bury themselves in the earth until an attacker gave up and left. When forced to defend themselves, a li lung would use their earthquake ability to bury their attacker, and would engage in melee combat using their claws and teeth. A li lung would roar continuously while attacking, which sounded like metal scraping on stone. Attackers would be near-deafened by this. While airborne, a li lung was very maneuverable no matter their size, and it was able to perform wing-over maneuvers, allowing them to make a turn of 120 to 140 degrees.[1]
Li lungs had a natural immunity to earthquakes and had innate magical abilities, each gained as they grew older. Three time a day, a mature li lung could use move earth,[1][2] stone shape,[1][2] and wall of stone.[1][2] Once a day, a mature li lung could use disintegrate and flesh to stone.[2]
A li lung's diet consisted of earth, stone, and minerals. They were particularly fond of consuming precious metals such as gold and silver. Li lungs made their home in labyrinthine caverns deep underground, far from civilization. [1]
Celestial BureaucracyEdit
Within the Celestial Bureaucracy, li lungs controlled the powers of the earth.[5]
In the 1350s DR, several li lung laired in the Satoyama mountains on the island of Shinkoku in Kozakura. They had befriended Lady Sato Kitashi by 1357 DR.[6] Dragon-hunters usually steered clear of these li lung—wu jen warned that their earthquake power might also awaken the great Earth Dragon that slumbered beneath Shinkoku, which would be catastrophic for all.[7]
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- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 David Cook, Steve Winter, and Jon Pickens (1989). Monstrous Compendium Volume Three Forgotten Realms Appendix (MC3). (TSR, Inc), p. 39. ISBN 0-88038-769-6.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 James Wyatt (October 2001). Oriental Adventures (3rd edition). (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 156–157. ISBN 0-7869-2015-7.
- ↑ Don Turnbull (1981). Fiend Folio. (TSR Hobbies), p. 28. ISBN 0-9356-9621-0.
- ↑ James Wyatt (October 2001). Oriental Adventures (3rd edition). (Wizards of the Coast), p. 250. ISBN 0-7869-2015-7.
- ↑ Gary Gygax, David Cook, and François Marcela-Froideval (1985). Oriental Adventures. (TSR, Inc), p. 118. ISBN 0-8803-8099-3.
- ↑ Mike Pondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Volume II). (TSR, Inc), p. 138. ISBN 0-88038-608-8.
- ↑ Mike Pondsmith, Jay Batista, Rick Swan, John Nephew, Deborah Christian (1988). Kara-Tur: The Eastern Realms (Volume II). (TSR, Inc), p. 154. ISBN 0-88038-608-8.
Chromatic dragons: Red • Black • Blue • Green • White • Brown • Gray • Purple • Yellow
Gem dragons: Amethyst • Emerald • Sapphire • Topaz • Crystal • Obsidian
Lung dragons: Chiang lung • Li lung • Lung wang • Pan lung • Shen lung • T'ien lung • Tun mi lung • Yu lung
Planar dragons: Astral • Battle • Chaos • Ethereal • Faerie • Howling • Mirage • Oceanus • Pyroclastic • Radiant • Rust • Shadow • Styx • Tarterian
Miscellaneous dragons: Air • Ascendant • Brainstealer • Dzalmus • Force • Mist • Prismatic • Radiant • Rattelyr • Song • Vishap
Drakes: Guard • Portal • Smoke • Vulture
Dragonbloods: Draconic creature • Dragonborn of Bahamut • Dragonspawn • Dragonwrought kobold
Drow-dragon (shadow) • Drow-dragon (deep) • Half-dragon • Kobold • Urd • Zar'ithra • Zekyl
Undead dragons: Dracolich • Vampiric


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From The Economic Letter—Insights from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, "Gauging the Odds of a Double-Dip Recession Amid Signals and Slowdowns" by Harvey Rosenblum and Tyler Atkinson:
Concerns and Caveats.Read the complete Economic Letter here.
The yield curve's steep upward slope suggests a low probability of a recession in the coming year. Nonetheless, many economists are reluctant to rely on this indicator because the curve's shape and slope have been distorted by the Federal Reserve's unconventional monetary policy: a near-zero federal funds rate and a quantitative-easing program that damped intermediate- and longer-term Treasury rates. With near-zero short-term rates, it is almost impossible for a yield curve inversion, that is, short-term rates exceeding longer-term ones.
There is some reason to believe the unemployment rate could climb again. Claims for jobless benefits remain at a level usually associated with an increasing unemployment. Even if the rate does not increase, it remains elevated, straining the overall recovery.
While the current real price of oil does not fit the criterion of a shock, it sits at levels only seen in the early 1980s and 2006–08. An oil supply shock would be especially damaging to the already weak recovery.
Most forecasters project growth at 2 to 3 percent over the next year, but not gaining sufficient momentum to advance safely above stall speed. Until this situation is resolved, policymakers will continue facing pressure to pursue fiscal and monetary measures to guide the economy toward full employment and more robust growth.


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BEIJING: China doubled down Friday on efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic and create jobs as the number of people thrown out of work soars worldwide.
The help for the world's No. 2 economy, the main driver of world growth in recent years, followed news that nearly 39 million Americans have lost their jobs since the crisis accelerated two months ago.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, the top economic leader, said Friday that Beijing would give local governments 2 trillion yuan ($280 billion) to help them undo the damage from shutdowns imposed to curb the spread of the virus after it first appeared in central China in late 2019.
Li told the annual session of the largely ceremonial National People's Congress that the battle against the new coronavirus, which has infected at least 5.1 million people worldwide according to a tally by Johns Hopkins University, "has not yet come to an end."
The lawmakers were meeting under strict health precautions in Beijing after the gathering was postponed for nearly two months. China is still striving to snuff out outbreaks. It reported four new confirmed virus cases on Friday and no new deaths.
Japan's central bank on Friday also pledged more support for its pandemic-stricken economy. At an emergency meeting, the Bank of Japan said it would provide $280 billion in zero-interest, unsecured loans to banks for financing small and medium-size businesses battling economic hardships brought on by the pandemic.
Japan's economy was already sliding into recession in late 2019, before the pandemic struck, devastating economies nearly everywhere as consumers were ordered to stay home and businesses to stay closed in many hard-hit areas. The impact on Japan's jobless rate remains unclear, since the country did not impose hard lockdowns and many people are still commuting to work.
European countries also have seen heavy job losses, but robust government safety-net programs in places like Germany and France are subsidizing the wages of millions of workers and keeping them on the payroll.
Private sector analysts say as many as 30% of China's 442 million urban workers — or as many as 130 million people — have lost jobs at least temporarily. They say as many as 25 million jobs were lost perhaps for good this year.
"It seems employers have stopped hiring," said Zhang Jijun, a migrant laborer who came to Beijing from the western province of Shanxi. "All the available jobs are not good and nobody wants to go."
In the U.S., even as states from coast to coast gradually began reopening their economies and letting people go back to work, more than 2.4 million people filed for unemployment last week, the Labor Department said.
The latest figures do not mean all 38.6 million people who have filed for unemployment are still out of work. Some have been called back, and others have landed new jobs. But the vast majority are still unemployed and while the number of weekly applications has slowed for seven straight weeks the numbers are 10 times higher than normal.
"While the steady decline in claims is good news, the labor market is still in terrible shape," said Gus Faucher, chief economist at PNC Financial.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said over the weekend that U.S. unemployment could peak in May or June at 20% to 25%, a level last seen during the depths of the Great Depression almost 90 years ago. Unemployment in April stood at 14.7%, a figure also unmatched since the 1930s.(THE NEW INDIAN EXPRESS)


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Freshteam is an intuitive, easy-to-use, affordable HR software by Freshworks that helps you recruit, onboard & manage employee information while also covering your time off management & offboarding workflows. It enables you to attract top talent through multiple channels such as a career site, job boards, social media channels, emails etc., interview & hire superstars, onboard them. HR can also create an employee directory, make organizational charts & handle employee time off.
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Cons: It doesn't integrate into our SSO the way we would like. For example, we think it would be nice to be able to have new employees transition directly into our systems with a specific role when hired. We have also had some trouble getting DKIM to work properly with the email forwarding, but we only need to ask the support team for help. They've been very quick on the draw in the past and we know we just need to identify issues to get them resolved.
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"Freshteam is an easy-to-use and robust Org Chart and Directory builder, with features to spare"
Comments: Freshteam has given a new lease on life, so to speak, to our HR team and dramatically improved our tracking and maintaining information about our teams.
Pros: The interface is sleek and intuitive. It's incredibly easy to set up and get an Org Chart started, and build an employee directory with as much or as little information as you need for your company's needs. Additional custom fields can be added, and existing fields can be removed if they're irrelevant to your needs.
Cons: Each user needs an individual email account, which makes it hard to track teams where some eployees only use a shared/team email account. It also doesn't have much in the way of customizing the little overview cards for employees, so you can end up with irrelevant information showing there, or miss out on relevant info that you end up having to click into the full view to see (such as Phone number)
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"Good enough for small businesses"
Pros: Some of the best features of this product was the graphic user interface (GUI) and ease of use. The system is very straight forward to use and is best suited for small businesses with not a lot of recruiting needs. It can get quite expensive if you need a lot of hires and you don't get much more for the added costs.
Cons: The customer service was quite poor and was a major driver to me leaving for another recruiting system. The site boasts the ability to post jobs on major job boards but that feature rarely worked so I ended up having to do the extra postings manually anyway.
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"14+ Years of Staffing & Recruiting & THIS is THE Easiest ATS I've Ever Used!"
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Pros: Freshteam is feature rich, but very nimble and intuitive. With a lot of ATS systems you have to go through multiple clicks to achieve something, but with Freshteam, they have made so much of how the site works, obvious that the time to get up to speed to use it and to know what you are doing is much faster than traditional ATS systems you have have used.
Cons: This is still an evolving product and my biggest gripe was integration with third party job sites not being available, but I noticed this week that they are on this and have rolled out integrations with the leading sites.
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'Venom' Teaser Trailer
"We all have our own problems, our own issues, our own demons"
Sony's spin-off from the Spider-Man film franchise stars Tom Hardy as Eddie Brock aka "Venom" and Marvel super-villain who toes the line between hero & villain, and is named after an alien Symbiote that needs a human host to survive. In return, the alien vests its victim with incredible powers.
"You used to be one thing, now you're something else.."
'Venom's' teaser offers an appetizing first look narrated by the titular super-villain, with footage revealing wreckage from a crash site likely where Hardy's Eddie Brock comes in contact with the alien smybiote. The teaser also includes footage of Riz Ahmed (Rogue One) as Carlton Drake – founder and CEO of the Life Foundation who has a vested interest in the symbiote. We also got a brief glimpse of Brock's ex-wife Anne Weying played by Michelle Williams (All the Money in the World). Interestingly, Weying's character in the comics eventually becomes a host to the alien symbiote and transforms into the shape-shifting "She-Venom". And though it has not been confirmed, Sony's big screen iteration should see Hardy's "Venom" teeter on the 'good' as he will square-off against another alien Symbiote "Carnage", who bonds with a severely unstable serial killer named Cletus Kasady. No word on who has been cast as "Carnage".
Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland) is directing from a script by Scott Rosenberg and Jeff Pinkner (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle). In addition to Hardy, Williams, and Ahmed, Venom's cast includes Jenny Slate, Woody Harrelson, Scott Haze and Reid Scott.
Check out the teaser and simmer in all that Tom Hardy goodness.
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DMA looks forward to welcoming Kosovo's Prime Minister, Isa Mustafa, and a delegation of senior ministers to London for the UK-Kosovo Trade and Investment Forum in November.
A senior government delegation, led by HE Prime Minister Isa Mustafa, will attend the Forum to showcase the many investment opportunities that Kosovo offers UK and international investors. This invitation-only event will profile the major business sectors of the Kosovan economy - Infrastructure, Energy, Financial Services and ICT – providing a unique opportunity for delegates to engage with ministers and senior government officials.
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