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''You must have visible tears,'' says James M. Wilce, an anthropology professor at Northern Arizona University who studies lamentation, or what he calls ''melodic wailing'' with words. Wet cheeks are the minimum: In some places, funeral keeners throw themselves to the ground, sway their bodies or beat at their chests. These age-old, songlike wailing traditions are found worldwide — one ethnomusicologist studying in Egypt has noted that modern mourners raise their clenched fists skyward in the exact posture depicted in ancient tomb paintings — but they're disappearing from most places. Not so in Finland, where an organization that Wilce studies runs instructional workshops on lamenting as the Karelian people of the region have done for centuries. These three-day classes add a modern twist: Rather than being performed solely at a wake (by what Finns call a ''cry woman''), impromptu requiems are devoted to all manner of emotional hardship, from divorce to illness.
A lament should be mostly improvised, with some basic lyrics built around a simple descending melodic phrase of four or five notes. ''Use alliteration,'' Wilce says. ''Never rhyme.'' Choose poetic language thick with metaphor and circumlocution. What's emanating from your throat should sound unpolished, marked by cracking and what linguists call ingressive phonation, or vocalizing as you suck in breath. ''It has to feel raw,'' Wilce says. Once you have your tune and text, your performance should oscillate between unscripted, chest-racking sobs and the more practiced bits that sound like song. ''Keep coming back to the tonic center,'' Wilce says. Go on for five minutes or five hours — it's up to you.
In the course of his research, Wilce participated in six workshops; in the first, he lamented the death of his older sister when he was a toddler. She died more than half a century ago, and he has talked about it in various types of therapy throughout his adulthood, but this musical wailing among Finnish-speaking strangers was the most cathartic way he had ever addressed his grief. ''Be prepared for something that is not stereotypical, modern, Protestant or dry-eyed,'' Wilce says. ''Be prepared to be overcome.''


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Where to begin. On another dating adventure, sponsored by the ever-popular OkCupid, I found myself out with a really nice guy. We had three mini-dates, all stifled by my schedule. During these short outings it provided an opportunity to get to know each other.
Now, what you really want to hear, my complaints from the mini-dates. People say things that don't evolve into a discussion on dates or are even off-the-cuff that mean a lot. For example, Bushwick told me that he plans to leave the city some day. Well, I don't. That means we couldn't have a future as we are already heading down different paths. Buswick also wants kids. I'd rather contract herpes. Last, but not least, Bushwick is allergic to cats. I now have a pussy right here in my apartment ready to attack any nose that comes near me.
After this we went on a real date, again it went well, but there was this moment right at the end where things were a little off. I was commenting on the people walking by, mainly being a cunt. Bushwick said, "You're very interested in people that have nothing to do with us." The comment was associated with a facial reaction. Perhaps he just wanted my attention but I believe this to be disapproval. Not that it matters, but if you don't like my comments you're really screwed.
Then we made plans for another date. Bushwick wanted to come over and hang at my place. Gay Translation: He wanted to stick whatever he had in what I have. I've never slept with a black guy so I decided to assume all size rumors to be true and ventured out with the Russian and Larrymore to secure some anal-ese. Let me just say this stuff tastes delicious, I ate a decent amount in the name of testing, but really it only gives a numb tingle for a few minutes. Not enough for black penis insertion. So when Bushwick pulled out a monster penis there wasn't enough numbing cream in the world to move things along. He literally scared the boner off of me. Be it to say there was no sex, just sleep.
The moment he left the next morning my brain kicked into boy mode. All I wanted him to do was treat me like crap and stop being attentive and sweet. I'm not up for being called "sweetheart" or any other pet name. We are supposed to grab coffee Thursday, but I'm unsure of where this can go…if anywhere.
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We went off for some breakfast (I still can't cook with one arm only in use) and after a brief visit to a camera shop, headed off to Nymans Gardens
It was cold grey and damp when we got there but the weather improved as the day went on!!
and Frank was chief scone tester today
This nest box WAS for sale.. a family of blue tits now reside!
We then headed off for Nutbourne Vineyard.. which is local to me
where a few purchases were made.
and from there, on to Petworth which was beautifully colourful with all the spring flowering shrubs
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Actress Geena Davis says it's critical that young people see more women in movies and TV.
Addressing Bates College graduates in Lewiston, Maine, Davis says that "society can only benefit if women are at the table."
The founder of the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media told the graduates on Sunday that studies show kids are seeing "a very unbalanced world," with three male characters for every one female.
The "Thelma and Louise" star was one of five speakers at Bates' commencement ceremony. She won an Oscar for best supporting actress in the 1988 movie, "The Accidental Tourist."


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When we wrote about Bellerive Village for Think Tasmania a while back, an extremely efficient disciple of the Clarence City Council was kind enough to send us quite a lot of additional information about the region. Just lately, we enjoyed a mid-morning Bellerive walk, taking in the beautiful autumn weather and the surrounds of the city. We only had a mobile phone to capture images, so we'll return again with the camera to source some better photos to share.
One Step at a Time: Bellerive Walk
On a separate occasion, we set aside an evening for another Bellerive walk, and some photos from that time have also been included here. Again, the images are just snaps from a mobile phone. They were designed for our own research purposes, to be honest. We make detailed plans when we write articles so we can connect relevant topics from the website… this is not just an ad hoc, spur-of-the-moment process!
With great anticipation, we're gradually building up to some of the longer walks from the surrounds of Hobart. From there, we'll venture further afield in Tasmania. A Bellerive walk or two is merely the start. Take a stroll from Pindos Point; add a meander from Blundstone Arena to Kangaroo Bluff… and before you know it, you can hike from Lindisfarne Village past the Tasman Bridge to Howrah Beach.
Hip, Hip Hooray, We're on Our Way!
As we mentioned in an article about GASP (Glenorchy Art and Sculpture Park), a hip replacement has made me a little more mobile of late. In years gone by, walking was a big part of our lives. That sounds so strange, doesn't it? We take so many things for granted when we can do them easily! Anyway, as weird as it may sound, we're excited by the prospect of getting back into the walking groove.
So these mobile phone snaps are just a taster of what's to come. We'll gather our thoughts and draft a story or two. Then we'll grab the camera and put together a more detailed version of the options for a Bellerive walk experience. Stay with us!
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Now that the dust has settled, wounds have healed and friendships have been, somewhat, repaired it is a good time to write about the social media training class on the 5th of October; or as it is now dubbed 'The Twitter War'. As part of the MLitt Publishing Studies course, we had a class in which we set up Twitter accounts in order to network and establish contacts. All of that may sound nice and harmless but a hardback copy of Kazuo Ishiguro's The Buried Giant (yes that Kazuo Ishiguro) was announced as a prize for whoever had the best tweet and that was when all hell broke loose.
We were to tweet using the hashtag #stirpub and within minutes Twitter was inundated with our very vocal and vicious fight for the book. As fellow publishing students Laura and Katie put it:
I swear a free book brings out the crazy in all of us ???????? #iWILLfightyouforit #stirpub
— Katie Lumsden (@KT_CHAR_ELL) October 5, 2017
Group B was the first group to to have this class and a normally chatty class was rendered silent during this Twitter battle with all that could be heard being the furious tapping at keyboards and the occasional chuckle. Nothing will get a class of book-lovers more motivated than the incentive of a free book. There were some fantastic and hilarious tweets and there were also ones that very much advocated for violence as this tweet shows (a deserving winner I shall say from a completely unbiased viewpoint…)
It's going to be a fight to the death ladies (and david) it's a HARDBACK #stirpub https://t.co/5eiPq81bxJ
— HollieMonaghan (@HollieMonaghan4) October 5, 2017
Our professor Claire had put up a document on Google where we could see everyone's Twitter handles and follow everyone on the course. This meant that we could all find each other easily and interact, yet it also meant we could attack each other in our bid for a free book! Additionally, a list of Twitter handles of influential and interesting people in publishing was made available to us as a starting point in who to follow in order to gain a wider understanding of the relationship between publishers, authors and social media. Then, many puns, insightful comments, insults and cat pictures later a winner was chosen:
I like big books and I cannot lie ???????????? #stirpub https://t.co/4IapjrkoKH
— Marija Katiliute (@kat_marija) October 5, 2017
So well done to Marija for her excellent tweet (and the cat picture from her other tweet which surely helped towards her win)! As amusing, and brutal, as the Twitter session was it did help us all to actively use our Twitters and interact not just with one another but with our lecturers and other people in publishing. An entire group of people were made social media savvy in just a few hours. Looking at Twitter recently the social media class seems to have worked its magic as so many of the 2017/18 publishing students are still using the platform to interact with authors and publishers and even bookshops. There has even been a book club Twitter made for those on the course at stirpubclub. In essence, the social media class worked well, but perhaps just a bit too well.
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Recently I had the pleasure of reading an interview of Guy Kawasaki regarding his new e-book, What the Plus! Google+ For the Rest of Us, as well as his general thoughts on the exploding new social network.
In just under a year since it was rolled out, Google+ has grown to over 100 million users.
And while it hasn't reached the stature of Facebook, Kawasaki thinks now is the time to start focusing on the new social network. As of now, it's still the "wild west" – meaning, you can stake your claim now before the competition. With Facebook and Twitter, you have to cut through a lot of noise to reach your audience.
Another reason is search traffic. According to Guy, Google "…owns the river called search traffic" and it can "…point that river any way it wants."
What makes Google+ desirable over Facebook and Twitter?
According to Guy, it's the ease at which he can edit posts, the more elegant user interface as well as the quality of comments.
What kind of content does Guy put on Google+?
We'll get into a couple of his suggestions in a minute. But one thing from the interview that really caught my attention is the content he uses. My thinking has always been to only include content we produce.
After reading this interview though, I've changed my mind.
Including any kind of content your readers may find interesting will keep them coming back. Guy uses a site called AllTop to find leading topics his readers may find interesting.
In fact when it comes to content, Guy suggests adopting the NPR model.
National Public Radio – both on the radio and online – provides great content 365 days a year. This content is so good that we tolerate their periodic fundraising appeals.
Content you share should provide value – information, analysis and/or assistance.
It should be valuable to the point that you earn the right to also promote your product(s) and service(s) – usually about 5% of the time. NPR for example spends the vast majority of its time providing content but there is that 5% of the time they're promoting their services and asking for donations from listeners.
Another tip from Guy – make sure people think they're interacting with a real person on your Google+ profile. Respond to comments quickly and be a real person behind the profile, not a "…hoity-toity brand."
Should I focus on a business profile or a personal page?
According to Guy, it really depends on your situation. If you plan for your business to outlast you, then go for a business profile. If you're a sole proprietorship or individual brand, then a personal page is just fine.
Regardless of which route you choose, be sure you interact directly and reassure followers that there's a real person on the other end. Doing so will ensure they come back for more.
Guy Kawasaki was best known as being one of the original Macintosh "evangelists" back in the 1980s. Much of what drove him back then re: Macintosh is what's driving his passion about Google+ today.
His new book is very inexpensive (…$2.99 for Kindle edition). I plan to pick up a copy and review it.
Tune back again for a quick review…
In the meantime, read Guy's interview on Social Media Examiner for more.
Other Posts You May Be Interested In
Google and the Merging of Search and Social Media
Google + – What is it and how will it integrate into your marketing strategy?
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Valentine's Dinner Adventure 2014
Ryan and I have a Valentine's tradition. We don't buy each other gifts, we don't by cheesy Hallmark cards, we cook each other dinner. Ryan takes main course, and I do the dessert. We find a new recipe for something that sounds fabulous, normally something we wouldn't ordinarily make. We make a day of it, drive to a fancy grocery store to buy fresh meat and produce, often stopping at a cooking store to buy some kitchen gadget or special pan that we don't have, come home and spend the whole day cooking. Of course we usually leave the house later than expected, spend more time shopping than we anticipated, nothing we cook goes as smoothly as we want and dinner ends up being at 10 pm and we are both tired and cranky. But it is our tradition and we're sticking with it.
This year it went relatively smoothly. We were out of the house before 11 am, we added a couple extra stops to our shopping adventure. "As long as we're out, we should stop and look at…" You know how it goes. I discovered the wonder that is Hobby Lobby (Grand Opening in Woodbury, MN if anyone is interested) which is now my new favorite store. So much stuff! I didn't buy anything, but I'll be back once I have a craft in mind. We got our groceries, picked up some other items, ate lunch. We were back home at 4, which was a little later than we had planned, but we had picked pretty simple recipes this year, so we weren't panicked yet.
I was making chocolate creme brulee and Ryan was making flank steak tacos with roasted corn salsa with homemade tortillas. The tricky part was that we were going to grill the steak and corn on our charcoal grill and it had snowed quite a bit while we were out and about. Only in Minnesota would someone say, "I'll light the coals as soon as I finish snowblowing the driveway." The snowblowing put Ryan behind but the creme brulee only took a few minutes to make, and then needed to bake and cool, so I volunteered to make the tortillas in the mean time.
In the end we had dinner around 8:30. Not too bad. And we weren't starving to death, we hadn't started snapping at each other, and all the food was not only edible, it was really good. The homemade tortillas were probably the most difficult thing we made and they were truly delicious. We eat a lot of tacos in various forms, so they were what made this iteration special occasion worthy. The steak was cooked a perfect medium rare and the roasted corn salsa was fabulous. I told Ryan he can make it any time, I could eat it with a spoon. The creme brulee was rich and velvety smooth. It was surprising easy to make, I may have to add it to a regular rotation. All in all it wasn't the most complicated of our Valentine's dinners, but it was the most successful. Three recipes I will definitely make again.
So as always, the recipes are on their way. Stay tuned.


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Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said in an interview on Wednesday that if elected president she would push for a universal health care plan that would limit what Americans pay for health insurance to no more than 10 percent of their income, a significant reduction for some families.
In an extensive interview on health policy, Mrs. Clinton said she would like to cap health insurance premiums at 5 percent to 10 percent of income.
The average cost of a family policy bought by an individual in 2006 and 2007 was $5,799, or 10 percent of the median family income of $58,526, according to America's Health Insurance Plans, a trade group. Some policies cost up to $9,201, or 16 percent of median income.
The average out-of-pocket cost for workers who buy family policies through their employers is lower, $3,281, or 6 percent of median income, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health research group.


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By archmiles, Mar 3 2018 4:49PM
I have just returned from a trip to Scotland (beat the snows by a couple of days) to photograph some special ash trees for my forthcoming monograph "Ash", to be published later this year (exact dates to follow).
For a long time Rassal Ashwood in Wester Ross has been heralded as the most northerly ash stand in Britain - even I gave it this accolade in my "Hidden Trees of Britain", but the owner of an estate in the Dundonnell valley, about another 50 miles further north insists that his ash trees have been overlooked by this claim. I went to investigate.
Sure enough the valley is well stocked with plenty of fine specimens of ash - admittedly most of the denser concentrations of trees are old plantings along the riverside - probably placed there some 200 years ago, judging by their size, to strengthen the banks with their root systems. Dotted throughout the valley there are many fine ash maidens, but virtually no evidence of coppice or pollard management. Most of these trees are fairly evenly spread through birch/alder woodland, with occasional oaks and the odd beech. Many of the alders show signs of having been coppiced in the diatant past, but it does seem strange that the ashes were allowed to grow on. Perhaps there was another purpose in mind for the timber? One of the biggest ashes that fell a couple of years back was cut up and the rings counted - it had a diameter of about 70-80 cms, but contained over 300 annual rings. I compare this to an ash of very similar size that we felled on our land here in Herefordshire a few years back and that contained 160 rings - quite a difference! It vividly illustrates how variable growth rates can be depending on latitude, soil, aspect and climate (altitude not really applicable in this case). Given the number of deer and sheep in the valley it's pretty amazing that any ash trees were ever able to get away in the first place, but again looking after the livestock might have been another reason for promoting ash, as the leaves have been used for animal fodder since time immemorial. They simply must have had some sort of protection when they were first planted though.
With the snowclad peaks, dominated by An Teallach, in the background and that low winter sunlight I love so much I was in love with the Dundonnell valley for a couple of very productive days.
Scotland had a couple of other ash treasures to offer too, but you'll have to wait for the book for these...
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Could Cleveland Indians be Rockies' trade partner for pitching?
I was trolling big-league waters for possible trades that would bring pitching to Colorado when I netted an interesting article from Paul Hoynes, the respected baseball writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hoynes rightly notes that if the Indians want to be immediate contenders they need an impact hitter. Here's what Hoynes wrote:
"To get the hitter they need, the Indians are going to have to trade one of their top starters — Corey Kluber, Carlos Carrasco, Danny Salazar or Trevor Bauer. Or they could deal young starter Cody Anderson along with a prospect like Bradley Zimmer or Clint Frazier."
The Rockies have two players who might fit the Indians' needs: Outfielders Carlos Gonzalez and Corey Dickerson. The Rockies need quality pitching and they are going to have to give up something valuable to get it. Could the Indians be a legitimate trade partner?
Here is more from Hoynes:
"Among the Tribe's starting pitchers, Carrasco and Salazar would bring the biggest return. It's hard to imagine the Indians trading Kluber, their ace, who signed a five-year, $38.5 million deal at the start of last season. There's also the matter of Kluber going from a Cy Young winner in 2014 to leading the AL with 16 losses this year. Teams are smart enough to realize Kluber's 2015 stats, with the exception of wins and losses, were in line with his Cy Young numbers, but 16 losses is hard to sweep under the rug.
"Carrasco, 28, went 14-12 with a 3.63 ERA in 30 starts last season. He set career highs across the board and, like Kluber, signed a multiyear deal at the start of last season. Carrasco just finished the first year of a four-year, $22 million deal with two club options."
Rockies GM Jeff Bridich has said that Gonzalez is "part of the Rockies' core." But Bridich has also made it clear that he's willing to listen to offers, and by trading Troy Tulowitzki to Toronto in late July, Bridich showed he'll pull the trigger on a bold move.
CarGo, who won a Silver Slugger Award last week, told Nick Groke that he's happy being a Rockie and is already looking forward to spring training.
Trading Gonzalez to Cleveland for pitching has some merit, but how realistic is it? That's difficult to say. His contract could be problematic for a team like the Indians. Gonzalez will make $17 million in 2016 and $20 million in 2017 before becoming a free agent. Cleveland's $86 million payroll in 2015 was last in the the AL Central and was one of the smallest in the majors.
A Dickerson trade might be a better fit. He's a season short of arbitration and is a powerful young hitter. In a full season in 2014, he hit .312 with 24 homers and 76 RBIs in 131 games. His 2015 season was marred by injuries (most notably plantar fasciitis), but if teams view him as healthy, he could be a coveted player.
I'm not saying a trade with Cleveland will happen. I'm just exploring, as I'm sure Bridich and his crew are doing as well.


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I've been working on something I've wanted to add to the game for a long while now – lasers that reflect off certain surfaces. In proper levels, these surfaces will have proper textures so that they can be distinguished from other walls and floors, but I've had tons of work to do lately so I've only been able to implement the lasers themselves, in the form of an improved Laser Gun, as well as new player-operated laser turrets.
Just walk upto these turrets and press "e", and it will face the direction you're looking in. When the beam collides with a reflective surface (in this update, the walls and floors of the room with the laser turret in act reflective), the beam will rebound off the surface. These surfaces will be used in levels to direct laser rays around obstacles and into laser receivers. This can produce loads of hectic-looking scenes, such as the one in the header image above, and could also lead to alternative objects that simply fire a laser in a fixed direction, as obstacles the player needs to avoid. The laser itself is a little bit wavy now, and collision points light up with a small particle effect.
Another thing I've been working on, as promised, is the new version of the Destruction Gun (which sucked), which will eventually become a shotgun/grenade launcher combo. It's in a prototype phase so far, as in the actual mechanisms for the gun are there, but it's using a recycled older model for guns right now, and on the whole, it lacks visual effects or sound, but the base mechanics work. To shoot the shotgun, left-click, and to shoot a 'grenade', right-click. The shotgun can destroy windows, and will blast away cubes and other physics objects, while the grenade will do the same, with a fairly large explosion radius, but this can hurt you too if you're standing too close.
I've been working on a newer options menu too. The old system had presets for the visual quality of the game, which gives the player some choice but also restricts it in other ways. Now, you can change individual settings.
One of the options – aniso level – doesn't really do anything right now; it stands for anisotropic filtering level and is redundant as it doesn't work for pixel-y tectures like the ones in my game. If you raise the shadow distance too much, then you'll see visible dark banding on some surfaces. But the rest of the options are pretty cool, and allow for a greater level of customisation, plus the colour scheme works much better now.
The "advance cubes", as I've called them in previous updates, have been replaced with teleporters, complete with a smoother transition between levels (plus the darkening of the screen while pausing is smoother, too). The teleporters have cool particle effects too. They work much better than the old cubes, and eventually I'll change the backwards cubes to new teleporters too.
Future Updates
Now, I have most of the gameplay features in place that I wish to be in the final game. I will add more and improve old ones as time goes on, but the current features are largely the ones that will stay in the game. Much of the work from now on will probably be on the game's story, which I'm in the process of writing, and modelling new levels, as well as eventually trying to implement voice acting for proper characters in-game, which I've mentioned before.
From now, on, I'll be releasing the game updates in a different kind of way. As the game's going to be getting a proper storyline, which I don't want to spoil too much by releasing updates every week or two, I will be releasing a separate build when a new game feature's been added to see how you, my loyal players, react to it. That won't be limited to just a gameplay feature, it could also be a layout for a level or a test level, or maybe even new textures. Then, when the time comes, the actual game, plot and all, will be released in a really really large update, although at this point I have no idea how much it will cost (if anything) or what the final product will take shape as. For now, you can play it here like always, and I look forward to hearing any feedback you may have. Have fun playing!


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Talent management software key in HCM but not necessary for all
First comparison of HCM systems by Nucleus Research names SAP SuccessFactors, Oracle Taleo to top spots, with Infor, ADP, PeopleFluent, SumTotal close behind.
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first-ever Technology Value Matrix for Human Capital Management, which ranked SAP SuccessFactors and Oracle Taleo the predominant leaders of a 20-vendor pack.
"The way we see it, [human capital management] HCM also provides other HR technologies, but the core or most critical part of HCM is definitely talent management," said Gabriel Gheorghiu, principal analyst at the Boston-based company, and one of the analysts who worked on the matrix. "Talent management is important so you make sure you find not only the right people for the job but those that can help the business."
However, Gheorghiu also said that talent management is not necessary for every business to have. He recommended that companies approach HR software purchases with specific needs in mind and avoid falling prey to the hype of the latest technology.
"I think the best time to buy any type of software is really when you need it," he explained. "If your core HR system -- even if it's a legacy system -- works well, and you're not in one of these industries that desperately needs talent, I don't think you need HCM."
Talent management is king in HCM
HCM is defined in the report as "generally comprising core HR (payroll, benefits and personnel management), workforce management and talent management functionality (career development, succession planning, learning and training)." The report explains that these functions could be spread across different products from the same vendor. Products were assessed on functionality and usability.
Vendors are dispersed fairly evenly on the matrix among the "leaders," "facilitators" and "experts" categories, with just two -- SAP ERP and Bond Talent -- placed into the "core provider" quadrant. Leaders scored highly on both usability and functionality. Facilitators are skewed towards usability, experts towards functionality, and core providers received low scores on both measures.
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The two predominant leaders according to Gheorghiu are SAP SuccessFactors and Oracle Taleo. Other leaders include SumTotal HCM, PeopleFluent, ADP Vantage HCM and Infor, based on its acquisition of Lawson.
While Workday is one of most highly ranked vendors on usability, it is one of the lowest on functionality, placing it in the facilitators section. Gheorghiu said that this positioning is due to the product's weak talent management capabilities. "Workday is not as strong as Taleo or SuccessFactors, or even smaller vendors," he said.
He cited Workday's announcement that it will build a recruitment platform for release in 2014 as evidence of its functional deficiencies. "Talent acquisition and recruiting are pretty much core in other HCM or talent management systems, so I know they're doing a lot, but we don't see them as a leader -- not yet," he said. Saba and Kronos Workforce Central were also identified as facilitators.
While Gheorghiu said social recruiting and succession planning are currently the two most important functions of talent management, he expects learning capabilities to increase in significance in upcoming years.
"I believe in a proactive approach to talent management rather than a reactive approach," he said. "A proactive approach is finding talented people that you train and encourage to grow with the business. A reactive approach is to go out there and see who is extremely qualified and has a lot of experience -- buying talent rather than growing it."
In Gheorghiu's opinion, learning is an essential component of a proactive approach. "With Generation Y and younger people, I believe that if you can really get them on your side by investing in them -- and that's what learning is -- then they will stay with you." This emphasis on learning is reflected in Lumesse's inclusion in the report's "vendors to watch" list.
The report points to talent management integration issues as a sticking point for HCM systems. "One of the major challenges HCM vendors face is the integration between talent management solutions or modules and core HR, along with other business software types, like ERP or CRM," the report said.
But in regard to SAP and Oracle's acquisitions of SuccessFactors and Taleo, Gheorghiu said it's unrealistic to expect integration to happen overnight. "We cannot expect software vendors like [Oracle] JD Edwards or SAP ERP to easily integrate with other complex solutions like SuccessFactors and Taleo," he said. "It's an ongoing process, and I think they're on the right path."
Is it time to invest in talent management software?
Although talent management is the principal piece of HCM, Gheorghiu said it's not necessary for every business to have, simply because some industries do not need high-value talent as much as others.
"HCM including talent management is something that is used a lot by large enterprises and that is because talent for them is more important. To put it bluntly, if you have a warehouse management business you do need qualified personnel, but you won't invest a lot in retaining them because you know some will leave and others will come," he said. "It's a pragmatic approach if you think about it."
However, larger businesses that need workers that are highly in demand, such as engineers, are not in the same situation. "If you're a high-tech company, you can't afford to do that," Gheorghiu said.
Gheorghiu suggested some questions to consider before purchasing talent management software. "I think there are several things you need to ask yourself. Does my legacy system do what I need to for core HR? Will my company grow so much in the next 5-10 years and will I need so many talented people that an investment in talent management is justified?"
Gheorghiu's last word of advice was to take a gradual approach to HR software purchases. "I don't think you should buy HCM for the sake of buying what's trendy and what's new," he said. "Sometimes companies look at a package HCM suite and they say, 'Wow, lets buy everything.' The problem is it's expensive, and you may not need everything."
"Start with what you need and you can add other things later," he said.
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Grit. Wisdom. Grace. Teachers inspire me every day with their love, hard work, and passion. Over the years as a mentor teacher and instructional coach, I've discovered some extraordinary teachers. But now that I'm back in the classroom, I am even more impressed by a new breed in our field: the Badass Teacher.
Have you noticed them, too? The Badass Teachers (BATs) seek not only to teach, love, and inspire. They also strive to live a balanced, enjoyable life the ENTIRE year. They don't live for their summers.
Here's how you spot a BAT: Look past those who have been named "teacher of the year" maybe due to their 60-hour workweeks, or who subscribe to the "teach like your hair is on fire" philosophy. Those "give everything you've got" teachers? No.
The B.A.T. loves and teaches with passion, no doubt. However (and this is where the badassery kicks in), he or she also enjoys time outside of school, spends time with her family, all creating a life fulfilling and lived. And because of that external-to-the-classroom quality of life, the B.A.T. is fully present with her kids, able to be completely engaged and rested and patient and kind.
I'm going to provide you with a Top 5 glimpse at some BATs. Look at their stories. You'll find ways you can think outside your box to find your right path.
Jose Vilson. All I can say is wow. Vilson used his love for technology and writing to create the ideal job. Jose Vilson is an inner city middle school math teacher in New York City. He's also an activist, writer, father, and web designer. He co-authored the book Teaching 2030: What We Must Do For Our Students and Public Schools … Now and In The Future with Dr. Barnett Berry and 11 other accomplished teachers, and profiled in two other books: Teacherpreneurs (2013) and Teaching with Heart (2014). Vilson is able to combine passion with purpose in a very authentic way.
- Michael Linsin. Michael Linsin is the founder of Smart Classroom Management, the top classroom management blog on the web with over 100,000 subscribers.He has taught every grade level from kindergarten through high school for the past 26 years, and is the author of five books, including the newly released The Happy Teacher Habits. The Badass aspect of Michael is that he negotiated himself into a role teaching only part-time, so he can enjoy writing, coaching, and "hanging out with his wife (also a teacher) and two dogs and shooting a traditional English longbow."
- Melanie Ralbusky, Schoolgirl Style. Melanie was inspired to use her creativity to inspire teachers everywhere to design beautiful classrooms for their children. She knew that teachers had an overwhelming amount of work on their plate every year, and creating a warm and inviting environment for students could be a daunting task. So she shares her own gifts with teachers by designing her own coordinated décor, and staging model classrooms on her website. Schoolgirl Style was born from her endeavors. Melanie is still a classroom teacher and enjoys "going for long drives with a Diet Coke by her side, 'thinking time,' walking, and sleeping in."
- Deanna Jump. Deanna Jump began sharing her classroom materials on Teachers Pay Teachers in 2009. By 2012, she was the first TpT'er to earn a million dollars in sales. How did she do it? With a lot of work on the front end! She would spend 40 to 50 hours developing just one lesson. Maybe the biggest surprise about Deanna is that she is still in the classroom! She has all the money she needs, travels, creates, and still teaches. That's one Badass Teacher.
- You. Because you're reading this right now, I know you're a Badass Teacher. You've taken the time to begin the process of transformation through searching reading and discovering what's right for you.
If you haven't started on the path and this is the first Being Teacher post you've read, get started right now by reading these 3 essential posts to becoming a B.A.T. and explore the About page to see how I'm growing into a Badass Teacher everyday.
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This Guy Went Exploring In An Old Psychiatric Ward And Found Disturbing Records
It's no secret that mental health care in North America used to be something very close to torture for those who found themselves in the system. Luckily, governments realized this in the 1980s and '90s and began to implement reforms and shutter abusive facilities. As a result, many former psychiatric facilities throughout Canada and the United States are easy pickings for daring urban explorers. One explorer and photographer by the handle of Freaktography recently explored one of these old buildings in Ontario, Canada.
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Starting in 1870, this property served as Ontario's central psychiatric hospital.
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As you can probably imagine, the treatment for the mentally ill back then was hardly humane.
Those were the days when alcohol was frequently used to keep patients quiet and docile along with painful restraints.
Luckily, eventually the state took over these facilities with the goal of improving the care of the mentally ill.
To give you an idea of the kind of "conditions" that this facility treated and how they treated them, Freaktography took pictures of a collection of cards. Each one features a psychiatric disorder and how it should be treated. Some of these are truly horrifying.
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Apparently impotence was also considered a mental illness back in the day.
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Fire-setting? Now that's a unique condition.
Aversion therapy seems to be a popular treatment method…
I doubt this is something you can cure.
Odds are, the patients just said they were cured.
Now that is some unsettling stuff.
For more photos like these, make sure to follow Freaktography on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
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Since the Middle East Is Under Control, Let's Rattle Russia's Cage
Fred Kaplan has a sharp piece on Slate on the recent push to deploy a missile defense system in the Czech Republic and Poland, and the inevitable Russian fits over same.
The only thing I'd add to the Kaplan piece is to observe the ongoing and remarkable refusal on the part of the administration to accept the concept of tradeoffs in its foreign policy. We would like it very much if the Russians would become more amenable to adopting a US-friendly approach on Iran in the Security Council. Fine. But to expect them to do so while we steamroll their interests in Central and Eastern Europe is more than a bit naive.


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LSU players: New defensive coaches have made transition easy
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) The LSU Tigers don't expect to have any problems grasping their new defensive assignments as they get ready for the first game under coordinator Kevin Steele and line coach Ed Orgeron.
Whether that makes LSU's defense an elite one again remains to be seen, but it appears the Tigers have comfortably moved past the departures of former coordinator John ''Chief'' Chavis and former line coach Brick Haley.
''Everybody got on the same page very quickly,'' junior linebacker Duke Riley said. ''Coach Steele's scheme is pretty similar to Chief's scheme. He just uses different terminology. We just have had to get used to using (Steele's) words instead of Chief's words.
''We all feel comfortable out there now,'' Riley stressed. ''Coach Steele is making it easy for us. I know I feel comfortable just like I was with Chief at the end.''
Chavis had been LSU's coordinator since head coach Les Miles hired him in 2009 to rescue a poorly performing defense. As his line coach, Chavis hired Haley, a former Alabama A&M linebacker when Chavis was a coordinator there nearly three decades ago.
For six years, Chavis and Haley were constants on a staff which produced high-ranked defenses.
In 2013, the Tigers allowed more than 18 points per game and 330 yards per game. But LSU still managed 10 victories, thanks to a high-powered offense featuring quarterback Zach Mettenberger, receivers Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, and running back Jeremy Hill - all now in the NFL.
Last year, Chavis was involved in a contract dispute. He wanted three guaranteed years while the LSU athletic administration held firm at two. That led to Chavis' abrupt departure for Texas A&M following the Tigers' loss to Notre Dame in the Music City Bowl. Dueling lawsuits followed and Haley left for Texas, where he became the defensive line coach.
It was an adjustment for LSU defensive players. Miles wanted to ease the transition by replacing Chavis and Haley with coaches that he thought the players would respect right away.
Steele had been a defensive coordinator at Alabama and Clemson. He had also spent time around the LSU football program in 2012 while between jobs at Clemson and Alabama.
Orgeron, a Louisiana native, had an exceptional record as a defensive line coach at Miami and Southern California. He also had recruited against LSU while he was an assistant at Miami and Southern California, and the head coach at Ole Miss.
''I am so excited about this year,'' junior defensive tackle Christian LaCouture said. ''Coach O has produced so many NFL defensive linemen. He brings us more confidence.
''Coach O stresses that communication is what leads to confidence,'' LaCouture added. ''No matter what the scheme is, we just have to do our job of getting up the field and attack.''
Although Steele's scheme is similar to the one employed by Chavis, Steele's approach to teaching it is different. The practice field is now a place for repetitions, not for asking questions. Steele wants all teaching to occur in the meeting rooms - a philosophy he brought with him from Alabama.
''You have to know what you are supposed to do before you get on the field,'' senior linebacker Lamar Louis said. ''Now that we're in camp, it's no talking and all eyes on'' Steele.
Steele will be under considerable pressure to at least match the standard Chavis set for most of the past six seasons. The Tigers are coming off their worst record since 2008 and fans are getting restless with the Miles regime.
Yet Steele seems to have impressed upon his players that they shouldn't worry about story lines swirling about the coaching staff.
''There is no pressure on us,'' senior safety Jalen Mills said. ''We all have to trust each other on the field. You can't do anybody else's job. You have to do your own job.''


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Surfacing I – II
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Surfacing I – II: monotype, collage, stitching on paper, 22.5" x 30" each, 2007, $2,500 (sold)
I used a large-scale sumi technique for these monotype prints. A client saw them, liked them, and commissioned me to create similar pieces on canvas for the Alexis Hotel in Seattle.
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Not Entirely Blameless is this Japan
This is not surprising: it is in the interest of these analysts to talk up Japanese companies.
It is true that the companies, the banks included, of Japan are worth far more than their current stock market valuations. It is also true that the punishment of Japan's markets is not due to a lack of confidence in Japan but to international investors cashing out their Japan positions in order to fill holes in their balance sheets.
However, it is not entirely true to say that Japan was a totally innocent bystander.
A tremendous amount has been written about the venal and possible criminal mispricing of risk by finance companies and accountancies, particularly in terms of the value of bundled U.S. housing mortgages. Overcompensation of executives, under-regulation of derivatives markets, deregulation of the financial system have all been given their day of excoriation.
However, greedy financiers, corruptible politicians and deviously creative ways of leveraging up have always been with us. What made the catastrophe possible were
1) the complete collapses of the mechanisms pricing risk and
2) the failure of the main government indicators of economic stress
in what was believed to be the best regulated and most transparent economy in the world.
And what made those breakdowns possible was...the misallocation of Asian savings.
In particular, the decisions of the governments of Japan, then China, to pay any price to keep the dollar value of their currencies low, this in order to preserve the price competitiveness of their export industries.
The building up of Himalayas of currency reserves, much of them recycled into U.S. Treasuries, Agencies and U.S. coporate bonds, made it possible for Americans to buy East Asian-produced goods with money borrowed from East Asia (vendor financing, ooooh baaaaddd) without suffering a fall in the value of the dollar.
The low dollar cost of Chinese-produced goods kept U.S. measures of inflation low, confusing the U.S. Federal Reserve and lulling it into complacency about ferocious asset inflation. The lack of a rise in interest rates made assets, particularly houses, seem far more affordable than they really were. Persons who had no business lending offered loans to persons who had no business borrowing.
Catastrophe ensued. Surprised?
Now the Bank of Japan got out of the active currency intervention game in the year 2004, making it possible for Japan to claim something of an innocent bystander status in this crisis.
Nevertheless it was the East Asian export model pioneered by Japan which made this particular crisis possible. China and up-and-comers like India have been keeping their own currencies artificially low, emulating the conditions that fostered the so-called Japanese miracle economy -- which in retrospect looks a heck of a lot less miraculous now that South Korea, Taiwan, ASEAN economies and China have pushed their economies into the upper reaches of the league tables at even faster rates. American consumption may have been the locomotive of world economic growth this past decade -- but it was the East Asian economies that shoveled way too much fuel underneath the locomotive's boiler...
...which, given the severity of the screwup on the other side of the Pacific, means that the nations of Asia including Japan will need a whole new growth-and-sustained-prosperity model.
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- ross said...
Hear, hear. Japan and China (along with a variety of other reserve accumulators) have kept the cost of long-term borrowing down which has been, at least as much as Greenspan's low short-term rate following the tech bubble, an important part of the mispricing of risk and asset misallocation in the US over the past half decade. Combined with horrific oversight of banks by the FED and of other financial institutions by the SEC, we find ourselves in the present credit crisis.
Now, though the low short-term rates and the regulatory failures in the US preclude the US from blaming others for its current travails, the blowback in Japan and China is their own fault given their own contributions to the US credit bubble.
- OperationNorthwoods said...
Of course China and Japan deserve a lot of the blame, and they should have seen what was coming. But you might want to focus a bit more on the whole swindle of the US moving to a finance-driven economy, and living on bubbles.
Perhaps Japan, as a US friend, should have been much more vocal about the serious decline of the US over the last 20 years or so.
On the bright side, Russia recovered pretty quickly after their empire collapsed, so maybe the US can, too.


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Asset bubbles are rarely recognized by those inside them. But when the market correction materializes, the story is typically easy to relate. In March 2000, for example, when the dot.com bubble burst it didn't take long to understand that valuation metrics based on customers per click or "eyeballs" really weren't enough to justify such lofty stock prices. No, a 107 Price-to-Earnings ratio (or, PE Ratio that is a time tested metric that, at 107, was showing an inflated stock market) in the Nasdaq stock index was, in retrospect, a simple rationalization for the precipitous drop in equity prices. Or, in September 2008, when the credit bubble burst and investors figured out CDOs, "liar loans", and bank balance sheets stuffed with worthless assets that were levered up 35-to-1, the subsequent run on the banks and stock market meltdown was easily validated.
But this is not 2000. Arguably, asset prices in certain areas of the market such as biotech, private equity and social media are frothy, however, the major stock indexes have reasonable valuations—which are rich, for sure, but still reasonable. This is also not 2008. Domestically, we are not involved in a credit crisis. Of equal importance there is little bank "counterparty" risk (the risk that banks won't get paid back by other entities for loans made) so our entire payment system is not gummed up as it was in 2008. Sure, there are real concerns. But in past violent stock market corrections, the flashing red signals were smack dab in front of us upon the market's decimation.
In this context, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund, Olivier Blanchard states, "The stock market movements of the last two weeks are puzzling." (I urge you to click here on this link and read Mr. Blanchard's full article) Mr. Blanchard disassembles the major concerns for global financial markets: namely, China and oil prices (for a further bullish opinion on China's significance on global markets, click here: Alan Blinder WSJ 01.20.2016). Blanchard then goes on to offer his favored explanation for the selloff, which basically states that money manager are acting based upon some "herd" mentality by selling assets based on nothing more than "uncertainty". The implication is that there is no fundamental reason whatsoever, but just due to the fear of the unknown—"political uncertainty at home and geopolitical uncertainty abroad are both high. The Fed has entered a new regime [basically impotent at this point]. The ability of the Chinese government to control its economy is in question. In that environment, in the stock market just as in the presidential election campaign, it is easier for the bears to win the argument, for stock markets to fall, and, on the political front, for fear mongers to gain popularity."
Although we can't explain the market's recent sell off with the exact precision of past sell offs, the theme of "uncertainty" is common to all major market routs. When the internet bubble burst we knew the why but we didn't know how far (the PE ratio shouldn't, or couldn't, have rationally been set at 107, but it should have been reduced by precisely what amount?). In 2008, we knew the banks were in trouble, but their mere survival was in question leaving us uncertain as to the appropriate market valuation in a world that might not have major commercial banks. What we should not dismiss in today's market then is the emotion/human psychology of the fear of the unknown that drives investors to hit the sell button.
Some of the greatest investors of our time have asserted that the market is not always efficient. George Soros, William O'Neil and even Eugene Fama himself have dismissed the idea of market efficiency in one way or another. Soros' theory of "reflexivity" is a commentary on the human capacity to change events by taking actions ahead of perceived expectations (that are inherently flawed) only to distort the outcomes expected in the first place. So, for example, the expectation that slower Chinese growth will lead to lower stock prices—no matter if the premise is inherently flawed or not—can lead to lower stock prices. In other words, lower stock prices beget lower stock prices. It only takes this perception.
So, what is the strategy? As Ron Lieber wrote in the NY Times, "Plenty of research shows that if you miss just a few days of the market's biggest gains, your long-term portfolio will suffer badly. If you decide to put a lot of your money in cash right now, how will you know when to get back in the market? You'll probably be looking for a sign, and that sign will be the rebound days on which you missed out."
I agree. It's not time to panic. Remember, corrections are normal. "It would take decades of systemic economic erosion to prove otherwise, and a few weeks of market declines do not suggest that anything like that is upon us," says Lieber. Each year the stock market has averaged one 10% correction per year. We are now down approximately 9% in the S&P in the first few weeks of January alone, while down close to 12% from a November 2015 high. A brutal selloff, for sure. But as I don't recommend going to all cash, some paring back of positions to become more defensive (for accounts that were more aggressively positioned) is a strategy that has been in order. Historically, half of these 10% corrections turn into 20%+ corrections. If and when stocks break through to the downside to the next level of support (1823ish on the S&Ps) it will be time to become even more defensive as the odds of a recession will increase (the idea of reflexivity where stock market declines impact the economy).
The next few weeks are critical. As Blanchard writes, "If it becomes clear within a few days or a few weeks that fundamentals are in fact not so bad, stock prices will recover, just as they did last summer, and this will be seen as a hiccup. If, however, the stock market slump lasts longer or gets worse, it can become self-fulfilling."
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Infographics are changing the way we experience information in the world of the internet; a trend that could eventually trickle down to web design classes and graphic design desks.
While we are still exploring the wonders of having tons of data illustrated in a nice, reasonably articulated graphic design that beats the old "pie chart" method, infographics are becoming more and more popular on the World Wide Web.
It's election season, so we are seeing plenty of infographics floating around the pundit web pages and on social media sites; but how long are they going to be here? Is it just a passing trend or something that will take hold and never let go like so many other "trends" among the web community? While it may be impossible to say one way or the other right now, there is some strong evidence that web design classes will be covering "infographics 101" at some point in the future.
Modern internet users want to get in and get out, meaning: the faster we can get our information and move on, the better we feel about our experience with a particular website. Since it is an election year, a good example of a website that is heavily using infographics to its advantage is the Center for Responsive Politics. On a fairly consistent basis, this organization spits out infographics with one thing in mind: get the point across within just a few seconds.
It may have started well before web design schools even existed, back when the very first food pyramid was published. With our collective attention span dwindling and more information than ever being published on the 'net, it is exceedingly difficult to keep up with who's doing what, which company is helping which school, and even which foods we should eat the most. This desire for quick information may take infographics to the forefront of information sharing and, eventually, web design classes.


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Hong Kong
A chic hotel in the Taikoo Shing area, the views are incredible - just remember to book that Harbour view room.
29 Taikoo Shing Road, Island East, Hong Kong
+852 3968 3968
This luxurious tower overlooks the city's shopping and cultural centre. Voted as one of the best hotels in the world for dining, the Island Shangri-La really does speak for itself.
Pacific Place, Supreme Court Road, Central, Hong Kong
+852 2877 3838
Located on the picturesque Lantau Island, Auberge Discovery Bay is a beautiful retreat away from the hustle of Hong Kong. Offering panoramic views of the South China Sea, the Auberge is still close to the major attractions.
88 Siena Avenue, Discovery Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
+852 2295 8288
W Hong Kong sits amongst oriental markets in the Kowloon area. Not only does it offer skyline views from all the bedrooms, but also boasts a rooftop pool and spa.
1 Austin Road West, Kowloon Station, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+852 3717 2222
The Luxe Manor is a boutique hotel that celebrates the abstract and extaordinary. Located in the heart of Tsim Sha Tsui, the hotel is only a 10 minute walk from the harbour.
39 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
+852 3763 8888
The Upper House
Watch the world go by in Upper House Hotel, with rooms which start on level 38 you're able to admire the city from afar. Luxurious and tranquil in its design and ambience, this hotel offers you contemporary comfort in lavish surroundings, sip cocktails in the lounge or on the lawn and soak up the relaxing atmosphere.
Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Hong Kong
+852 3968 1111
J Plus Boutique Hotel
J Plus is Hong Kong and Asia's first boutique hotel and promotes the artistic spirit of the metropolis using innovative design throughout the hotel from the decor to custom-made furnishings. Each room offers comfortable, contemporary living with touches of luxury. Its excellent leisure facilities and Michelin-rated Italian restaurant make it a Reiss favourite.
No.1-5 Irving Street, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
+852 3196 9000
Tai O Heritage Hotel
Located in one of the oldest and most tranquil existing fishing villages in Hong Kong is the Tai O Heritage Hotel. The building's architecture is quintessentially colonial and the rooms boast high ceilings and muted furniture which are reflective of Hong Kong's colonial past. They are also comfortable and spacious with luxurious bathrooms and spectacular sea views.
Shek Tsai Po Street. Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong
+852 2985 8383
Grand Hyatt Hong Kong
Its central location makes it ideal for seeing Hong Kong whether it's from the comfort and luxury of your room or by taking a short journey into the centre of the city or Causeway bay. The hotel has over 500 rooms along with a plush terrace garden and an exquisite restaurant which offers exceptional cuisine.
1 Harbour Road, Hong Kong
+852 2588 1234
Like the Mira Hong Kong, its sister hotel in Kowloon, Mira Moon melds traditional Asian hospitality with technological wizardry. With a theme of ancient Chinese myths and a touch of 21st century, this unique 91-bedroom hotel invites guests to get a glimpse of the changing face of the city.
388 Jaffe Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
+852 2643 8888
Ovolo Southside is something you might expect to find in New York, but the hotel is very much rooted in the Wong Chuk Hang area's industrial past. This can be seen in the graffiti and art installations spread throughout the hotel's public spaces. Perks such as complimentary breakfast, a free minibar, a laundry facility and a flexible checkout are but some of the many reasons why Ovolo Southside is so well regarded.
64 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong
+852 3460 8100


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"The Twist" is 55!
2 videos - Chubby Checker on Dick Clark, and a montage of TV shows and movie clips including "The Beaver", Mad Men cast, John Travolta/Uma Thurman, and many others "twisting" to the tune. Chubby Checker's The Twist ended it's first one-week run as the #1 Billboard Hot 100 hit 55 years ago today. Seniors and older baby boomers may remember The Twist's swivel action with nostalgia.
The Twist was originally written, recorded and released in 1959 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, and it made it to #28 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts that year.
Chubby Checker released his version of The Twist on June, 1960 and on September 19, 1960 it began it's one-week run as the #1 hit; it reached #1 again 2 years later in January 1962. It was Chubby's version of the tune that launched the 60's dance craze with baby boomer teenagers and their parents, immortalized in the above clips. American hip-hop group The Fat Boys released a version of the song in 1988 that featured Chubby Checker and made it to #2 on the UK charts.
(Chubby Checker Dancing - 1961 Twist Around the Clock Screenshot)


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Wanna hear something crazy? All the running on the treadmill, eating celery sticks for dinner, etc. is unnecessary and could be the very thing that's making you gain more weight. Why? Because when you're hungry all the time, you tend to binge eat. When you are doing a lot of cardio, you're not building muscle the way you would if you did some weight training, the thing that burns fat way more effectively than cardio alone. The technique you're about to learn is nothing new, and as a matter of fact, people do this all over the world and have been for thousands of years.
Intermittent fasting is not a diet, but more like an "eating technique". Instead of eating a bunch of small meals throughout the day, you have something called an eating window where you eat your meals. Once the eating window is closed, you stop eating until a predetermined number of hours.
Here's how the technique goes:
- For Men, you will not be taking in any calories for 16 hours. For women, it will be about 14 hours.
- During your fast, if you get hungry, you can only drink water or black coffee or tea without anything added. If you don't like the taste of black coffee, after a while, you get use to it.
- After 16 hours (for men, 14 hours for women) you can eat your first meal. You have an 8-hour eating window (a 10-hour eating window if you're a woman). After your eating window is closed, you are no longer to consume any more calories until your next eating window the next day.
This sounds like something impossible for you to do, but sleeping hours count. So if you haven't eaten for four hours before you went to bed, slept for eight hours, all you need to do is wait another four hours to eat your first meal. The trick is finding the right eating window. Some people like eating before they leave for work, other people like eating late at night. Play around with the eating window before you decide to stick with that specific time.
So what's actually happening when you fast for all those hours? Your body needs an energy source. Being that it's not getting any food, it has to start eating away at your fat stores. This is what your body has been doing for thousands of years. Eating food whenever you want is something that's fairly new. In ancient times, we had to hunt and gather our food in order to eat. This may have taken days depending on how much food was available to you. So you may have been fasting for two days, this whole time, your body is using the fat as an energy source. When you got your first meal after all those days, you were able to eat like a king and still not gain a ton of weight in the process.
Can you still gain weight while you're doing intermittent fasting? Yes. It all boils down to calories. You have a calorie deficit, which makes you lose weight. You have calorie maintenance, which keeps your weight from going up or down. You have a calorie surplus, which is what packs on the pounds. Most people eat more calories than they burn because a lot of times we eat things that don't fill us up but have a lot of calories. If you eat cookies, potato chips, and drink soda all day, you may be hungry, but you are going into a calorie surplus. You may eat clean, but find it hard to gain weight. The reason why may be because you're eating a lot of food, but you're still at a calorie deficit.
Here's a great tip to eat the foods you love (even junk food) and still lose body fat. Count your calories and treat them like currency. If you want to eat like a king, look for foods that are low in calories, but fill you up for hours. You may notice that by doing this, you'll make better food choices. Instead of eating a whole cake to yourself, you may eat a nice big meal of meat, potatoes, veggies, etc, and have a small slice of cake as a treat.
The best part about intermittent fasting is the weight you lose, it's mostly fat. The reason why is because for most of the day, your body habitually gets it's energy source from it's fat stores. If you suffer from diabetes or some kind of blood sugar issues, consult your doctor to see if Intermittent Fasting is right for you. The best part about this way of eating is you look at food a lot different. You have more control over your eating. After a while, you start to look for healthier alternatives. You may rather eat a meal that fills you up for hours than reach for that bag of cookies that may only fill you up for a few minutes. When you go out to eat, it's hard to track your calories. So you may think you have eaten at a surplus, but in actuality, you may have just ate at maintenance.
There's a YouTube channel that has some great tips on Intermittent Fasting and how to build muscle while staying as lean as possible. The name of the channel is called Kinobody and it goes into greater detail than this blog post.
When you have a great body that can burn fat effortlessly, you will notice that every workout starts to feel like it counts. Your confidence is boosted every time you take your shirt off and look in the mirror.
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The average American works an extra 7 hours per week, according to a 2012 survey by Good Technology. That's 28 extra hours a month, or 364 extra hours a year. The average American employee also spends more time working than engaged in any other activity, including sleeping. And technological advances have proven to be both a blessing and a curse to workers.
On one hand, it's great that people don't have to physically be at work all day in order to be productive. However, it's becoming increasingly harder to establish work boundaries when employees can be reached 24 hours a day via email. In fact, Good Technology's survey reveals that 69 percent of workers don't go to sleep without checking their work email account, 57 percent check work email during family outings, and 38 percent routinely check work email at the dinner table.
If you're going to spend that much time working, you might want to consider a job that you find exciting, and one that pays well, since there are few things worse than hating your job -- and having to work extra hours -- and not even make a decent salary to compensate for your investment of time, energy, and effort.
Job satisfaction is dependent on several factors, some of which may vary from employee to employee. However, most people agree that a job that pays well is generally considered better than a job that doesn't. Obviously, there are exceptions: for example, swimming with sharks, working in a snake-infested environment, or being routinely exposed to potentially fatal diseases are examples of career options that the average person might refuse, regardless of the salary.
For many people, job satisfaction is determined by the level of creativity and independence that the job provides. Also, some people enjoy work that is challenging and unpredictable. They're bored stiff if they have to perform the same task over and over again. Others like to multitask and enjoy juggling several projects at the same time. In addition, some people enjoy being the center of attention, and find fulfillment when all eyes are on them.
This list of five exciting jobs that pay well combines these various determinants of what stimulating, thrilling, fun, and provides an adrenaline rush. The one constant is that each job pays very well, because poverty is neither thrilling nor fun.
5 Politician – Salary: $1 - $400,000
Billionaire Michael Bloomberg earned $1 a year when he was mayor of New York City; however, the former mayor is the exception to the rule. Most U.S. mayors earn between $37,860 and $90,217 annually, while salaries for governors range from $70,000 to $206,000, depending on the city and state. Other politicians, such as representatives and senators, earn $174,000 a year. The Vice President earns $230,700 yearly, and the President earns an annual salary of $400,000.
Some politicians, such as mayors, governors, and the President, are responsible for day-to-day operations at the local, state and federal levels of government. Representatives and senators introduce and pass laws; conversely, they also filibuster and argue against the passage of laws. Many politicians have a law degree; however, some have a bachelor's degree, and others only have a high school diploma. Regardless of their level of education, most politicians enjoy the competitive nature of politics, and the public attention and perks afforded those in public office.
4 Electric Car Developer – Salary: $62,430 - $91,810
Whether hybrids, plug-in hybrids, or totally electric models, it takes a variety of people to develop electric cars. For example, according to the U.S. Department of Labor, commercial and industrial designers, who earn a median annual salary of $62,430, handle the style, quality and function of electric vehicles. They usually need a bachelor's degree in engineering or industrial design. Chemists research new and existing chemicals to use in electric car batteries. Materials scientists are involved in battery research and also develop plant-based and recycled materials, such as the car's seats and upholstery. Both chemists and material scientists earn a median annual salary of $77,970, and need at least a bachelor's degree in chemistry – although those in original research areas may need a Ph.D.
Other types of developers include electronics engineers, who handle the control systems and other electrical components; materials engineers, who make lighter, stronger materials for the vehicle; and electrical engineers, who develop the car's electrical circuitry, heating and air conditioner, lighting and displays. Electronics and materials engineers earn a median annual salary of $87,490, and electrical engineers make $91,810. Engineers need a bachelor's degree in their respective subspecialties.
3 Biomedical Engineer – Salary: $91,200
Biomedical engineering merges medicine and engineering to produce some of the coolest products in the medical industry. "The Six Million Dollar Man," and "The Bionic Woman," were fictitious TV shows, but they demonstrated the importance of biomedical engineers in the development of bionic body parts. In addition to artificial arms and legs, biomedical engineers also make artificial kidneys and hearts, hearing aids, and pacemakers.
Other inventions include laser systems used for eye surgeries, and computer systems that diagnose medical diseases. The educational requirement for biomedical engineers is either a bachelor's degree in biomedical engineering, or a bachelor's degree in another field and a graduate degree in biomedical engineering.
2 Software Developer – Salary: $102,550
You can thank software developers for all your favorite phone apps, in addition to the apps on your laptop and other consumer devices. They also develop applications for a broad range of industry uses, ranging from payroll systems, to healthcare information systems, to project management software.
Software developers research, design, develop, and test applications software and also systems software, and they provide software modifications as needed. The educational requirement for software developers is a bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, mathematics, or a related field.
1 Air Traffic Controller $118,430
Few jobs can match the constant adrenaline rush of working as an air traffic controller. These busy professionals use radar, computers and good eyesight to conduct aircraft traffic in the air and also on the ground. They authorize and instruct pilots regarding take-off and landing, and also track movement within a specified air space.
Air traffic controllers also provide instructions when planes must change directions or make emergency landings, issue alerts during inclement weather or other hazardous situations, and coordinate ground movement of baggage vehicles and workers. They must obtain 2-year or 4-year degrees in attend air traffic collegiate training. According to the DOL, they also need to be U.S. citizens to work in America, pass a Federal Aviation Administration exam, and pass medical and background checks.


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Yang, S. (2017). Will coastal reservoirs dominate future Australian water supplies?. Journal of Sustainable Urbanization, Planning and Progress, 2 (2), 4-15.
Next to air, fresh water has been always considered as the most important resource, central to economic development as well as to human physiological needs. Currently the total world population is about 7 billion, and, by 2050, it is projected to be 9 billion. By that time an additional 40 Nile Rivers will be needed. Historically, inland dams have successfully solved the water deficit problems in many places, but more and more countries are resorting to emerging technologies like desalination, wastewater recycling and rainwater tanks which are needed to replace inland dams for a number of geomorphological, environmental and societal reasons. These new technologies require a paradigm shift in the water supply industry: global water consumption is only 5~6% of annual runoff-as it is in Australia-so the coming shortage is not of water, but of storage.
A coastal reservoir is a reservoir designed to store floodwaters in a seawater environment. The first generation of this technology has been successfully applied in China, Singapore, Hong Kong and Korea, but the water quality is generally not as good as that from inland reservoirs. The second generation of coastal reservoirs has been developed and its water quality is comparable with the water available from conventional urban water supply reservoirs. The conceptual design of coastal reservoirs for Australia's capital cities is outlined.


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2019 / 03 / 06
Blue Whale Migratory Traditions
Every day, blue whales must devour up to 4 tonnes of krill before they are full. With such an enormous appetite, it's no wonder that food is a determining factor in their migration. But how do they ...
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Federal Government Announces New Protective Measures for Right Whales
The year 2017 was a particularly grim year for right whales. A total of 17 carcasses were discovered in the North Atlantic. Of these, 12 were found in the Gulf of St. Lawrence – some animals had suc...
2017 / 05 / 11
Summer closure of fisheries: a potential solution for protecting right whales?
To ensure the survival of the North Atlantic right whale, should we mitigate the risk of entanglements with fishing equipment? This is what is being suggested by researchers from the Canadian Wildlife...
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North Atlantic Right Whales Making Headlines: What's Going On?
An unprecedented number of whales in Cape Cod Bay in recent weeks and an abnormally low number of newborns observed this winter off the coasts of Georgia and Florida are causing surprise and raising m...
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Are the Great Whales Capable of Crossing the Entire Ocean?
With their imposing size, baleen whales live on an entirely different scale. For these species, migration usually takes place on a north-south axis, as is the case for humpbacks. However, discoveries ...
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A Little Spy to Track a Large Cetacean
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2016 / 01 / 19
Belugas on the Move
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Robert Michaud discusses the theories that might shed some light on why the satellite tag project was not as conclusive as we had anticipated ...
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Can whales be observed in the Caribbean?
Whale watching in the Caribbean is an increasingly popular activity. These warm waters are well known for large gatherings of humpback whales in the winter; the giants breed and give birth here while ...
2015 / 07 / 08
Where in the World do Humpback Whales Travel to Spend Their Winters and Summers?
Humpbacks are amongst the most studied of all whales. They are faithful to their migration routes, winter breeding grounds and summer feeding areas, a regularity which facilitates monitoring worldwide...