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There are two types of daredevils involved in this slot game, the famous risk taking, trick making daredevils Nitro Circus, and the masterminds behind Yggdrasil Gaming who created this game. The Nitro Circus slot game is Yggdrasil's first ever branded slot and we couldn't be more excited and thrilled for them to have partnered with this world famous stunt team.
With the usual 5 reels and 25 paylines one might assume this to be like any old slot, but oh how wrong you are. The background is based upon where Nitro Circus would usually perform their stunts with blazing bright lights and slopes fit for their dangerous biking stunts. Straight off the bat this game is very exciting and the soundtrack definitely gets you in a good mood!
The Nitro Circus slot game is Yggdrasil's first ever branded slot
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The first thing you will need in order to get your playing gears in check is to adjust your Nitro Circus betting limit. You will be able to do this by using the Coin Value tabs and arrows at the bottom of the game screen. The minimum amount in which you can bet is £0.10, and the maximum amount you can bet is £125 which is rather high so it is perfect for both those of us who are more of a cautious player and for those high rollers! Nitro Circus is available to play on all of the best rated online casinos which you can find by clicking the link, and it is also available to play via mobile or tablet which is perfect for when you are on the go! Just make sure you don't play whilst attempting stunts like Nitro Circus!&t=5s
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Nitro Blast Mini Game
The Nitro Blast mini game is a game within this slot, and the way in which you can activate it is by landing with exactly 2 of the Nitro Bomb symbols in the base game. The Nitro Bomb symbol is represented by a gold and blue symbol which looks like a lightning bolt so be sure to keep your eyes peeled for 2 of those on your reels. By triggering the Nitro Blast mini game you will be awarded 1 of 5 bombs which can contain any of the following prizes:
- Free Spin Mode - 10-30 Free Spins awarded to you
- Add 1 vehicle to your collection either a reeling sofa chair, rocking horse, mini car or a bathtub
- Nitro Wild - when returning to the main game the Nitro Bomb symbols will explode turning 3-9 slot positions within the blast radius into Wilds
- Free Spin Multiplier - Increase the total Free Spin multiplier by 1 (keep in mind this is only available during Free Spins mode)
- Extra Free Spins - You can receive either 1, 2, or 3 Free Spins. This prize is also only available during Free Spins mode too.
Nitro Free Spins
By landing 3 or more of the Nitro Bomb symbols during the base game you will be able to trigger those oh-so-loved Free Spins! The Nitro Free Spins will begin with a x2 multiplier which can also be increased with the Nitro Blast Mini Game that we spoke of above.
The Multipliers in which you receive will be awarded to you at the end of the Nitro Free Spins session. The amount of Nitro Bomb symbols you land in the main game will determine how many Free Spins you will be rewarded and it will go as follows:
- Landing 5 Nitro Bomb symbols awards you with 30 Free Spins
- Landing 4 Nitro Bomb symbols awards you with 20 Free spins
- Landing 3 Nitro Bomb symbols awards you with 10 Free Spins
Vehicle Collection Feature
This is quite a cool feature that Yggdrasil has implemented and you don't see this type of thing very often on casino slots. The Vehicle Collection feature is where you collect 5 identical vehicles in order to trigger the Nitro Jump Bonus game with the collected vehicle.
These specific vehicles in which you need to collect will appear in the Nitro Mini Game, and during the Nitro Warm up Jumps but when you first begin the game all players will be awarded 1 Rocking Horse to get their collection started! Each of these items have their own trick style and characteristics and they go as follows:
- BathTub: Tricks ⅗, Size ⅖, Boost 5/5
- Reclining Sofa Chair: Tricks ⅖, Size 5/5, Boost ⅗
- Mini Car: Tricks ⅖, Size ⅗, Boost 5/5
- Rocking Horse: Tricks 5/5, Size ⅘, Boost ⅕
The better the trick value that your vehicle has, the more coins will be awarded to you from the judges for the first 3 jumps, and it is also good to know that bigger vehicles will collect more items from the air since they can fit more, and the more boost you have the higher the multiplier will be for the final jump!
the better the trick value that your vehicle has, the more coins will be awarded to you
Nitro Jump Bonus Game
This is probably our favourite feature in the whole game. This feature can be activated by collecting 5 vehicles from the selection in the above paragraph or you can also trigger it by landing all of the 'NITRO' letters in one spin! If you do manage to trigger it by the letters then you will have an advantage and be able to select one of the following vehicles:
- FMX: Tricks ⅕, Size ⅖, Boost ⅗
- BMX: Tricks ⅖, Size ⅖, Boost ⅖
- Scooter: Tricks ⅘, Size ⅕, Boost ⅕
This Bonus game is made up of 3 warm up jumps, and one final Boost Jump. Your warm up jumps will be scored by the judges and depending on the tricks performed you will be rewarded with 5-300 coins. You will also be able to collect 0-6 of these features during the warm up jumps:
- 25 Coin Prize
- Speed Boost for final jump
- Final Jump Multiplier
- Vehicles
Once you have finished the 3 warm up jumps your final Nitro Boost jump will begin! During this you will be able to add a manual speed boost which will give you a much better landing multiplier but by adding a manual boost you will increase the chance of the rider crashing out and losing the landing multiplier. The good thing about the Nitro Jump Bonus Game is that even if you do crash you will still be awarded a cash prize which can range between 25-100 coins! That is not something very common in casino games to still gain something when you crash so thank you Yggdrasil Gaming!


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PeopleSoft Delivers Enterprise Human Resource Management 8.9
Sydney – Dec. 9, 2004 – PeopleSoft today announced general availability of PeopleSoft® Enterprise Human Resource Management Solution (HRMS) 8.9, which has more than 250 new product enhancements.
The release includes new functionality for managing workforce issues including contingent workforce management - contractors, consultants, and temporary workers - absence management, and talent acquisition management. Feedback from over 500 customer interviews and usability lab sessions provided input to the development of the release.
"With this new release the organisation gets far more person centric, and HR can respond more rapidly to ensure the people are aligned with the business," said Ray Kloss, Director Product and Industry Marketing Japan and Asia Pacific, PeopleSoft, "Diverse and changing workforce compositions are also better managed, such as those with heavy temporary and contract workers."
Contingent Workforce Today many organisations have a large contingent workforce to manage. Often someone may be employed as a temp, progress to become permanent, but the HR system tracks this same person as two different people. That can cause organisations to insufficiently plan their resources and be unable to report accurately, impacting their performance. PeopleSoft HRMS 8.9 includes the new "person" model architecture - regardless of changes in their workforce status the employee has a single ID, with their data managed through a single repository. HR management can now better respond to rapidly changing business conditions.
Absence Management This new functionality tracks all employee absences in a single web-based interface, enabling organisations to automate planning and compensation for paid and unpaid time off.
Talent Acquisition Management Newly designed online, self-service tools, the new Talent Acquisition Manager provides employers with enhanced contact management, improved search capabilities, and new configuration options that allow hiring managers to better track top candidates. The Candidate Gateway enables job applicants to more easily search, apply, and track multiple employment opportunities through a single interface. Recruiters and candidates can be more efficient during the hiring process.
Total Ownership Experience Enhancements The new release underwent extensive testing in customer environments and users have reported the following performance gains: • 20 percent reduction in overall implementation time • 23 percent increase in task completion • 16 percent reduction in time across 18 key tasks - Ends -
About PeopleSoft HRMS PeopleSoft's HCM solutions currently support the human resource needs of 75 million employees in 167 countries. PeopleSoft HCM is currently in use at more than half of the Fortune 100 and six of the 10 largest global organizations, making it the worldwide standard for Human Capital Management. The combination of PeopleSoft Enterprise, PeopleSoft EnterpriseOne and PeopleSoft World products are the most comprehensive set of HCM solutions from a single vendor in the world. PeopleSoft HCM solutions enable companies around the world to streamline their HR processes, deploy those processes throughout the organization, and align the workforce to organizational goals and objectives.
To learn more about PeopleSoft Enterprise HRMS 8.9 please visit: http://www.peoplesoft.com/corp/en/products/ent/hcm/index.jsp
About PeopleSoft PeopleSoft (Nasdaq: PSFT) is the world's second largest provider of enterprise application software with 12,750 customers in more than 25 industries and 150 countries. For more information, visit us at www.peoplesoft.com.
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Viewing or collection in person is possible by appointment only from our workshop located centrally to Norwich.
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Proceeds benefit the women of Amani ya Juu. Tunajenga is a partner in providing whole-life peace through job skills training, meaningful work, and fair trade employment for men in Kenya. Each card is handcrafted with kitenge fabric.
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"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
(James 5:16)
"Effectual "– Producing or able to produce a desired effect"
These two words, effectual and fervent when joined together actually translate out into one single word in the original Greek called `energeo` which gives the idea of "energizing ". The picture is that by combining the two, it is similar to an electrical current that brings energy to a circuit, giving it the ability to operate.
In this passage it suggests a type of prayer distinguished by a passionate, heartfelt, heated, and persistent effort on the one praying. In other words, when we pray "like we mean it", we are connecting to the power source, God, and things begin to happen!
E.M. Bounds wrote about this passage and said: "Prayer must be aflame, Prayer without fervor is as a sun without light or heat".
This scripture is saying that this kind of praying, "energeo" will "avail much" or will have a prevailing result when it is engaged by a "righteous person ". And who is a righteous person? A person who is walking after Jesus and is born again. Our own righteousness has no power to make anything happen except please oneself. Our own righteousness cannot "plug in" to the healing power of the Holy Spirit except we be born again.
If God could hear and answer the passionate faith based prayer of Elijah, a man like ourselves, God will likewise hear and answer our prayers. God is eager to answer the "effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man".
We are blessed by God to learn to pray in this way in our multi-weekly phone prayer ministry and have seen God move in our circle of family and friends. God is using it to allow us to experience what it's like to plug in and see Him move through our prayers. Prayer is a life changer. I encourage you to try it for yourself. Take a few people in your circle and invite them to meet over the phone, merge as many as you like , and watch what God will do.
God REALLY DOES LISTEN and ANSWERS prayers today.
"What a friend we have in Jesus,
All our sins and griefs to bear,
What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer,
Oh what peace we often forfeit,
Oh what needless pain we bear,
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Everything to God in prayer."


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Waypoint Founder and CEO, Diane Vrkic, Named Among Most Innovative CEOs at 2017 Real Estate Tech Awards
Waypoint Founder and CEO, Diane Vrkic, Named Among Most Innovative CEOs at 2017 Real Estate Tech Awards
Vrkic Honored for Helping Commercial Real Estate Professionals Improve Asset Value
SAN FRANCISCO (December 21, 2017) – Waypoint, the industry-leading smart asset management solution that enables users to uncover and optimize value in commercial real estate, announced today Diane Vrkic, the company's CEO and Founder, has been named among the "Most Innovative CEOs" at the 2017 Real Estate Tech Awards. Vrkic is recognized for creating a solution that helps commercial real estate professionals streamline workflows and save time while improving the value of their assets through operational efficiencies.
"I look forward to continuing to transform the way asset managers and property teams collaborate, gather data, access and use information–ultimately delivering greater returns for owners and investors," said Vrkic. "I am thrilled to be recognized by CRE//Tech and to be in such amazing company with those who have played an integral role in advancing technology in the commercial real estate industry."
The Waypoint solution provides a simple, automated way to identify cost-saving opportunities increasing overall performance by aggregating and normalizing real estate data across a portfolio identifying ways to unlock additional value and improve building performance (NOI). By leveraging collective intelligence of data, the platform drives financial gain for commercial real estate assets. Waypoint has seen significant market traction over the last few years, most notably through a partnership with Altus Group, a pioneer in the commercial real estate technology sector and developer of ARGUS software.
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Waypoint is a smart asset management solution that solves for a major industry gap in commercial real estate performance management. The technology platform provides financial analytics, market insights and workflow collaboration enabling its users to optimize building and team performance. Founded by Diane Vrkic, a former Fortune 50 COO in the CRE industry, Waypoint is a streamlined solution that aggregates data providing actionable portfolio insights and reporting tools that uncover previously hidden asset value. For more information, visit https://waypointbuilding.com/.


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The interactive game "The Most-Most-Blagoveshchensk" was ranked among the 18 best tourism development projects in the world and will be presented at the international economic forum in St. Petersburg in June of this year.
The very idea of the game appeared in Yana Starodub-Afanasyev two and a half years ago. And in 2017, the author conducted the first interactive game.
"I was hurt that many tourists unfairly offended Blagoveshchensk and said that the provincial city without any significant history. I wanted to restore justice and the idea of such a game came to mind, "shared Yan Starodub-Afanasyev.
In 2018, the author received almost 3 million rubles from the Foundation for Presidential Grants to continue her work for this idea. Collecting information for assignments took quite a long time and throughout the country. Not only archives and libraries came to the rescue, the author consulted with specialists - local historians, architects, doctors, athletes, as well as relatives of those residents of Blagoveshchensk who went down in history with their affairs. As it turned out, Amur residents can be proud of many of their fellow countrymen. For example, the doctor Sergei Kolesnikov, who graduated from college in Blagoveshchensk, in 1942 set a world record near Stalingrad, stopping the cholera epidemic in just eight days. And in the Blagoveshchensk Pedagogical University, an archaeologist studied, who discovered a new subspecies of man.
"This game does not tolerate approximation, everything historically needs to be verified, we have tasks in which, with an accuracy of up to 10 centimeters, a place is indicated where it is necessary to get up to see the object. It is difficult to count how many people helped create the game. Sometimes it took up to six months to search for a specific date, but we eventually found it, "the author noted.
The game takes place in 4 stages: a quest with a special map on the streets of Blagoveshchensk, a creative contest in which the student must make a video of his own tour of his native city, a semi-final and a final. All participants are divided into three categories: 1-4 class, 5-7 class, 8-11 class. In 2017, 30 families took part in the game, in 2018 the number increased to 135, and in the current application 711 people from 164 families sent applications.
"We need to remember a huge amount of information, the simplest is the facts, but with dates and names, things are already more complicated. These 27 cards we taught in the evenings with the whole family, this year even the husband and the youngest daughter joined. Just at one of the stages if the child does not know the answer can help the parent. True, this will bring not two points, but only one, but also a result, "says Oksana Rudenko, the participant's mother.
The final games for each category were held separately on May 16 in Blagoveshchensk, and the stage of the older group was even broadcast live. Award winners 12 will be held on May 20. The prize fund of the game amounted to more than 1.3 million rubles, tablets were prepared for the winners, vouchers to the All-Russia All-Russian Children's Center and to the tourist forum in the Zeya district, certificates for training in language schools and much more.
Now the author is working on a new project - an interactive map "The Most Amur Region". On a special site, everyone will be able to learn amazing facts about each settlement of the Amur region.
"I hope that after the presentation of the" Most-Blagoveshchensk "project at the SPIEF, other cities of Russia will also support it, because in each you can find interesting and surprising. I saw how the eyes of the participants in Blagoveshchensk were lit when they learned what people lived here and what incredible things they did. And it would be great if in every city, regional center there was a game that anyone can learn about how beautiful this territory is, "shared Jan Starodub-Afanasyev.
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Episode 1 - A Threatening Present
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The 1886 explosion of Mount Tarawera killed more than 120 people, nearly all Maori, and destroyed the iconic Pink and White Terraces; but were the Terraces really lost? In this episode we embark on an expedition to discover if these iconic formations may have survived. We also consider the benefits and cultural impacts of volcanism and how it enhances daily lives. What is the science and research of volcanology and how can we mitigate the risks? Areas of investigation include how volcanism is exploited to create energy, and the research of extreme micro-organisms that may hold potential to create powerful drugs of the future.
Beneath the slopes of Mount Taranaki, we'll learn what causes volcanoes like Taranaki to collapse and how populations can prepare for such destructive events. In the Taupo volcanic zone, we discover what it means to live alongside active geo-thermal activity and encounter wildlife dependent on the volcanic nature of the region. We learn how subterranean energy is monitored and talk with the scientists seeking to gain better understanding of the titanic forces Beneath New Zealand.
On Mount Tarawera and the Pink and White terraces;
- In the 19th century, the pink and white terraces on the north side of the lake attracted visitors from around the world.
- They would have been coloured either by trace metals or bacteria living in the hot springs, and were considered by many to be the eighth natural wonder of the world, and the first example of eco-tourism.
- In 1886, Mount Tarawera erupted, killing nearby inhabitants and supposedly destroying the terraces.
- It is suspected they are now on the lake floor, as the eruption of Mount Tarawera blocked the flow of water out of the lake, causing the water level to rise by almost 60 metres, where the terraces would have been quickly drowned.
On Mount Taranaki;
- 100,000 years ago the north eastern slope of Mount Taranaki failed, reducing the height of the mountain by hundreds of metres in just seconds. Millions of cubic metres of rock and debris fell into the ocean, and remains can be found still today.
- Timber lies on the coast, appearing to be ordinary driftwood, but it is actually over 100,000 years old.
- Whole forests were obliterated in seconds, flattened beneath metres of rubble.
- Every 300 years, Taranaki is devastated by volcanic destruction. Taranaki's last eruption was over 400 years ago, which means a volcanic event is 100 years overdue.
- The mountain is constantly monitored for signs of activity, but nobody knows when it may come.
- Evidence suggests Taranaki is going to explode in a similar way to Mount St. Helens in America, with immense pressure building up and causing a bulge in the mountainside, before eventually exploding and releasing hot gas, ash, and lava, destroying everything within the area.


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Remembrance Service 11 November 2018
Hastings remembers
Hastings is set to remember the 100th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War, with a series of events being held over the weekend of 10 and 11 November.
The official opening of 'Hastings Remembers' at Hastings Museum is at 2.30pm on Saturday 10th November. This exhibition, which runs until 27th January 2019, looks at the impact war has had on Hastings and its communities. Between 2pm and 3.30 pm on 10th November there will be a special afternoon of music and songs to mark the centenary of the Armistice at the museum, with WWI teatime refreshments, music by Sally Layne and a children's poppy activity.
On Armistice Day, which is also Remembrance Sunday this year, Hastings town crier Jon Bartholomew will play the bagpipes at 6am at the war memorial in Alexandra Park, part of a national programme to mark 100 years of remembrance.
The traditional Remembrance Sunday service will also take place at the war memorial in Alexandra Park at 11 am, preceded by the civic procession from the town hall, which leaves at around 10.30. A special commemorative, lit, lamp will be blessed at this, which will be on display at St Clement's Church, in the Old Town, during the day.
It is hoped that the bells of all four church towers in the town (All Saints, Christ Church, Blacklands and Christ Church, St Leonards and St Clement's) will join other churches across the country in ringing at 12.30 to coincide with the nation's tribute as thousands march past the Cenotaph.
The commemorative lamp will be used to light the beacon on the East Hill at 7 pm, and there will then be a torchlight procession along the seafront to the White Rock Theatre, with the lamp being welcomed during the annual remembrance service there, which starts at the earlier time this year of 6.45pm. During this service, town crier Jon Bartholomew will make a cry for peace around the world, again as part of a national programme.
The bells at the Old Town church of All Saint will also ring out from 7.05pm, as the East Hill beacon burns.
Mayor of Hastings Nigel Sinden said,
"I am so pleased that the town is marking the 100th anniversary of the end of hostilities in the First World War in this way. So many people - including many from Hastings, of course - made the ultimate sacrifice in this and other wars, and so many more played a huge part in securing the freedoms we take for granted today."
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How 'robo recruiters' could affect your job prospects
Next time you apply for a job, it could be a computer algorithm deciding whether or not you fit the bill.
This is because clever, self-learning programs are getting better than human recruiters at analysing vast amounts of data gleaned from application forms, CVs (curricula vitae or resumes), and social media profiles.
Not only can they see if your credentials match the basic requirements of the job description, they can identify personality traits from the way you've expressed yourself on paper and online.
These algorithms try "to automate the 20-to-50 things the best recruiters do consciously or unconsciously" when shortlisting candidates, says Jon Bischke, chief executive of Entelo, a recruitment tech firm.
But he doesn't believe we'll ever reach the point where the computer makes the final decision.
"The goal is not to tell you who to hire," he says. "But it might tell you which five people to bring in to interview."
Learning on the job
The more data recruitment algorithms can analyse, the more accurate their assessments will become. And they can learn from previous successes and failures.
So if a selected candidate does well in the job, for example, his or her profile can be fed back into the algorithm so that it can spot people with similar profiles in future.
"Maybe in life I've looked at 20,000 or 30,000 resumes," says Sheerov Desai, chief executive of Gild, a machine learning recruitment firm. "A machine which has been fed hundreds of millions is going to outperform me."
Before the advent of powerful computers and data science, recruiters "would spend a lot of time doing manual research on applicants, Googling them, looking for details about work they've done in the past, seeing if they would be a good cultural fit," says Mr Desai.
All this has now been automated and speeded up.
Joining the dots
And these algorithms can often spot things we humans can't.
For example, one of Gild's clients complained that the agency was sending them Java engineers for a vacancy for an Android programmer.
"But the machine is scanning hundreds of millions of resumes, and it started to make the conclusion that Java and Android were quite similar technologies," says Mr Desai.
The machine was right - a Java programmer not already familiar with Android would pick it up very quickly, he says.
Another big advantage computers have over humans is that they are free from racial and gender prejudice.
Where human recruiters may - even unconsciously - dismiss candidates based on assumed ethnicity, sex or education, algorithms can assess anonymised applications objectively.
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- What jobs will flying robots be doing in future?
- How online 'influencers' are changing the food industry
It is this kind of bias that drove Stephanie Lampkin to launch Blendoor, a "Tinder for jobs" that hides applicants' race, age, name, and gender and matches them with companies based on skills and education alone.
Happy staff?
Finding the best candidates is one thing, keeping them motivated and loyal once you've hired them is another.
Most companies set their goals annually, but research shows the average goal's shelf-life is actually just 40 days, says Kris Duggan, chief executive of BetterWorks, a business management software company.
Mr Duggan's product lets employees set goals quarterly and check in on their progress - he compares it to the fitness-goals system, FitBit.
BetterWorks is also researching how to apply machine-learning to assess how effective a company's goals really are.
The more engaged staff are the better they perform, says Jim Barnett, chief executive of Glint, a company that regularly surveys employees.
"Measuring engagement isn't like an annual check-up with your doctor - it's more like fitness and diet, which you should be monitoring all the time," he says.
Algorithms sift through the survey data to predict which teams may be running into problems, and suggest how managers might forestall them.
But how much monitoring is too much?
In a recent experiment at MIT, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, employees in a business wore monitors to track their basic emotional states.
Algorithms sifting through the data identified that all employees experienced flashes of anger during their day. Further analysis showed this was always during meetings with a particular manager.
Now that might be useful to know if you're the boss, but how happy would staff be at that level of intrusion?
Not so smart
And what are the risks of relying so heavily on computers for recruitment purposes?
Algorithms trained to spot correlations and patterns - to seek out candidates that fit an ideal based on previous experience - may reject candidates from non-traditional backgrounds who would actually be excellent, some experts warn.
If you write the algorithm too rigidly, it may end up selecting competent applicants but reject "the next Picasso, Shakespeare, or Turing", says Petar Vujosevic, co-founder of GapJumpers, a recruitment tech company specialising in "blind audition" assessments of potential candidates.
GapJumpers believes setting relevant online tasks for applicants is a better way of assessing talent than simply wading through - probably embellished - CVs.
"If people are not careful how they think about and build recruitment technology, in what is essentially a human process,"' says Mr Vujosevic, "it will only make people feel even less engaged and appreciated for their talents - and on a scale human recruiters never could manage."
Money talks
Caveats aside, the financial case for using self-learning algorithms is clear.
There are 5.3 million new job hires every month in the US, according to the country's Bureau of Labor Statistics. And each corporate vacancy attracts 250 applications on average.
That's a lot of documents for businesses to plough through. Automating this process saves money - that's the bottom line.
In the UK, replacing a departing staff member costs £30,614 on average, says Oxford Economics - which works out at more than £4bn a year in total for British business.
And with a third of new hires leaving after six months, as a business you really want to do everything you can to get the right person the first time round.
So if your job application is rejected in future, you may have to blame a computer, not the HR department.
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Rent vs Buy – Which is better?
In today's landscape of rising home prices and interest rates, is it better to rent or buy your next home?
There are several factors that come into play when deciding if it's better to rent or buy.
The length of time you plan to stay in the property, your credit score, your income.
Let's take a look at some of the advantages and disadvantages to this age old question.
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Advantages of buying:
There are many benefits of home ownership. You get a home all to yourself, no need to worry about a landlord anymore. Upgrade and renovate the home as you choose. You can finally start taking real pride in your new home. Here are some of the advantages to buying:
1- You will eliminate monthly housing payments once it's paid off.
2- If the home appreciates more than you've paid in mortgage, interest, taxes, and maintenance over time, you earned a return
3- Interest paid is a tax deduction
4- Home value may increase over time
5- Build equity as time goes by is like a savings account
6- The pride factor
7- You can make renovations to customize it to your style
8- Payments help to build credit
Disadvantages of buying:
1- You're responsible for all repairs
2- Requires a sizable downpayment
3- More difficult to qualify for
4-Property taxes, mortgage insurance, homeowners insurance
5-HOA dues
6- More difficult to relocate
7- Large up-front costs
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Advantages of Renting:
Renting makes much more sense for some people. Let's say a single person living in a nice area where the home prices are too high to afford. Renting a one bedroom apartment is the only logical choice for them.
But what about in cases where the rent and mortgage payments will be roughly the same? In this scenario, the decision isn't so simple. Some of the advantages of renting are:
1- Repairs are included
2- Easy to relocate
3- No HOA dues
4- Low move-in costs The monthly payment is lower in some cases
Disadvantages of Renting:
1- You cannot make changes to the property
2- You earn no return on your payments
3- Monthly rates could increase
4- Renting does not improve your credit
5- Dated feel, landlords don't make cosmetic upgrades while you're in the home
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Voter turnout in Dublin for the Presidential Election looks set to be half that of the Eighth Amendment referendum.
Turnout is reported to be low so far across the country.
As well as the Presidential Election, voters will cast their ballots on whether to remove the reference to blasphemy in the Constitution.
RTE News reports that some estimates suggest half of the votes cast in Dublin on the abortion referendum will be cast today.
But figures suggest that overall turnout will be similar to the last Presidential Election in 2011.
Incumbent Michael D Higgins is up against Sean Gallagher, Liadh Ni Riada, Joan Freeman, Peter Casey and Gavin Duffy for the role of President.
Polling stations opened at 7am and will remain open until 10pm this evening.
Voters are advised to bring valid ID, such as a driver's license, passport or public services card to the polling station along with their polling card.
Anyone who is on the Register of Electors but did not receive a polling card is entitled to vote provided they produce valid identification.
Counting of votes will commence at 9am tomorrow morning.
An exit poll will be announced on the Late Late Show after voting closes this evening.
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How many bad ideas have started with "just trust me, okay?"? Felix is about to find out as he follows his crush, Heather, and her friends through a Gravenfrost cemetery during a full moon. This special Small Bastard Story is hauntingly joined by breathtaking art by Justin Weingartner!
Death is always there
Death is always there: Death is knocking back drinks with Hemingway lurking around shiny switchblade corners slippery jackknife turns rotting on the side of the road stalking like a jilted lover...
Rise! is a poem I had written back in 2012, but I feel the message is still valid. I'm a card-carrying procrastinator and self saboteur, and I can't help but feel stupid about it. The world gives us enough obstacles, why do we create even more? If we could just focus all that energy/time/thought into doing what we want to do instead of on all the bullshit reasons we can't/shouldn't/couldn't, then, my friend, we'd be so much closer to becoming our true selves. Enough preaching. Onto the poem that's mostly preaching. By the way, I hope it helps you if you need it, or entertains you if you don't.
Hellmo: a Small Bastard Story. Eternal damnation takes many forms. But in the case of Mr. Strudel, it's in the shape of a bright red, furry adversary, who brings him nothing but terror and humiliation.
Pages And Polish
I just saw the notification that the YouTube Channel Pages And Polish has posted an episode about my books! The host, Shannon Cox, is one of the people responsible (read as "to blame") for my getting into writing fiction. Check it out! https://youtu.be/aX1Jr-OoHqo
Mouth like Bukowski
An old Poem of mine: Mouth like Bukowski The sun crept up behind the tree line we rose like zombies from the grave cotton mouthed and disappointed just another day of errant madness slaving to make filthy men rich instead of rich men filthy
I used to be a poet…
I used to write poetry. That was my thing. It started with lyrics back in my rock n roll days [insert uncomfortable "really?" chuckle here], then when that turned into a flaming wheelbarrow full of turds and blame, I changed gears...
"You catch the finale of The Baritones last night?" Ed asks, up-ending a bag of chip crumbs into his mouth. "Nah, I was at my kid's recital," I say with a shrug. I like Ed. Of all the guys here, I think he and I are the most on the same page. He's a family … Continue reading Hench
The Date
The first thing William Travis Morrison thinks of as he shakes Darla Miller's hand is how amazing her skin feels, and how much he'd like to wear it. He notes her milky-pink complexion, and subtle notes of coconut lotion. "You're prettier than your picture," he says, then motions to the booth he was sitting in. … Continue reading The Date
A Kindness
"Yew must think ye'r so damn smart," the felon known as Crimson Clay said, then spat a thin stream of blood to the dirt. He glared at the burly U.S Marshal who sat on the other side of a modest campfire, stirring a pot of beans. "Reckon I must." The Marshal stated over the sound … Continue reading A Kindness


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Where have all the Swift Boats gone?
McClatchy looks at the dearth of conservative 527s and comes up with a few reasons why there's no big money pouring into the "Republican attack machine."
Democrats and the media have used the term so much that it's almost an article of faith. But the so-called "Republican attack machine" waiting with piles of unregulated cash to chew up Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is anything but.
Obama cited the threat of unregulated attack groups — called "527s" because they're authorized to raise unlimited cash under that section of the Internal Revenue Service code — to justify dropping his pledge to take public financing — along with its spending limits — for the general election campaign.
Yet there's no 2008 equivalent to the 2004 Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which spent $22 million attacking Democrat John Kerry. Prominent groups and donors that played key roles in independent conservative 527 groups four years ago say they're sitting out this election. And while they've raised more than they did at this point four years ago, the independent pro-Republican groups still lag more than $50 million behind pro-Democratic groups.
This sums up the top reason:
"Why stick your neck out for him?" said one Republican operative, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to freely criticize his party's presumptive nominee.
No need for anonymity. It's the truth.
R.S. McCain offers his explanation.
Nancy Pelosi calls GOP tax cuts 'pathetic' but she's actually describing the collapsed Dem narrative
January 11, 2018 06:10 PM by Doug Powers
Uh oh, that tax bill 'Armageddon' Nancy Pelosi warned about is kicking in!
January 6, 2018 03:49 PM by Doug Powers
Attn. Nancy Pelosi! CBS News finds families who WON'T be killed by the tax bill
December 22, 2017 08:27 PM by Doug Powers
GOP tax bill causes Nancy Pelosi to lose remaining fragment of her mind
December 20, 2017 07:56 AM by Doug Powers
Newsweek wants you to meet the Pence family — Serial pet killers
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Cheryl Ladd Plastic Surgery Before and After
The older a person, the more interested to go under the knife. This could be the phenomenon among the celebrities in America. Most of them, especially the old celebrities had already considered a plastic surgery as the finest way to maintain their beauty look.
Cheryl, 61, was said as one of the old ladies who took plastic surgery. However, the result was not a good as she expected. Some people commented that, her main problem was, she got too aggressive procedures.
Cheryl might have felt that she was getting older from day to day. Therefore she considered to get plastic surgery, From her before and after picture it was seen obvious changes on her appearance. Then the people could conclude the most possible plastic surgeries that she took. Those are blepharoplasty, facelift, botox injection, rhinoplasty and some fillers injection.
Facelift and Botox injection
These two kinds of procedures had been very popular as procedures to rejuvenate someone's look. In Cheryl's case, the facelift was done nicely on her face. She looked much younger than she should be. But, contrastingly, the botox injection that she got was a bit too much. It's an overdone work. Her current forehead looked too smooth without the wrinkles. It's nearly frozen.
this procedure had refresh her eyes shape. The bags and wrinkles surround it was not found. The eyelid surgery (blepharoplasty) should make it.
rhinoplasty, or popularly known as a nose job was done by cheryl to enhance the look of the nose. Compare to her previous nose, The new one looked narrower with a smaller tip. She might want to make a new image for herself, because, physically he nose actually has no problem. Her old nose still looked nice and sweet in natural way.
Beside those, her current face also showed the possibility of fillers usage. The fillers might have been injected on her face, especially in the cheek and lip area. Kinds of fillers like juvederm or restylane might have been used in it. Those area look fresh. Unfortunately the lips didn't get the best one.
Unless the aggressive botox injection, she actually can get the better look. She need to be smarter to decide what kinds of plastic surgery that she needs and use the amount of fillers.


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A thunderous roar greeted us from above as the steel dragon flew overhead.
A thunderous roar greeted us from above as the steel dragon flew overhead.
We were at White Beach, preparing to board the aging LPD, the USS Juneau. It is a bit humid, it is a bit cold, and hints of rain abound. The wind picks up.
And the flag fluttered in the salty sea breeze.
Photograph by Jayel Aheram.
Benjamin had an album with this never-before-seen photo of me, standing next to one of our guns in Iraq.
So, I received an award from the Veterans for Peace for "outstanding service" in activism.
The text on the plaque reads: "We cherish your leadership and devoted service to protect individual liberty and Constitutional rights. We salute your devotion to peace, social justice, and [O]ccupy movement."
I was also recognized by the Mayor and City Council of Cathedral City, as well as the California State Assembly for the same.
Reuters has an exclusive about the Obama administration's efforts in Afghanistan:
After 10 months of secret dialogue with Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, senior U.S. officials say the talks have reached a critical juncture and they will soon know whether a breakthrough is possible, leading to peace talks whose ultimate goal is to end the Afghan war.
It has asked representatives of the Taliban to match that confidence-building measure with some of their own. Those could include a denunciation of international terrorism and a public willingness to enter formal political talks with the government headed by Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
If these diplomatic efforts prove to be fruitful, it would go a long way in ushering the end of the United States' longest war. In the meantime, the plan is for the military to stay indefinitely according to this report from USA Today:
Marine Gen. John Allen, the top commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, said the Taliban and other forces in the region need to know the U.S. military will make sure the Afghans can handle the job.
"If you been waiting for us to go, we're not leaving," he said.
NATO forces agreed last year to set a deadline of the end of 2014 for turning over security to Afghan forces and ending combat operations.
The troubling thing about this approach is that it ignores the peril of our continued involvement there. The United States' quest for stability in Afghanistan would require re-empowering the Taliban, the very organization it just spent 10 years attempting to dismantle. Any agreement with the Taliban, or its elusive leader Mullah Omar, would potentially enable that organization access to the billions of dollars of foreign aid that President Hamid Karzai's notoriously corrupt government would be receiving as well open doors for possible power-sharing arrangement with the Afghan central government. Access to these funds (along with the millions of bribes they are already receiving, according to the Daily Mail) would potentially bring about the re-emergence of a politically and structurally significant Taliban. The political implication of this diplomatic effort notwithstanding (just imagine the outrage from neo-conservatives and families of dead soldiers this "capitulation" will generate), is it realistic to expect the various tribal groups already hostile to the central government to accept this new agreement?
It is well-known that Karzai lacks credibility as he seen as "weak" and "corrupt" by his own people; a charge that is not necessarily untrue according to diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks. It remains to be seen if Karzai can amass the clout necessary to unite the country without the stabilizing influence of a foreign military occupation. Any reconciliation effort might require Karzai to step away from the top position, but his intention to cling to power after a U.S. withdrawal would likely hinder talks. Who is to say that the United States and NATO's plan to train nearly 400,000 police and soldiers under the command of Karzai's government, or the billions of dollars of aid Afghanistan will be receiving, or a potentially more powerful central government would not serve as incentives for him to stay?
But the real barrier to peace in Afghanistan is not Karzai, or the Taliban, or even key regional player Pakistan, but the United States government itself. No amount of self-governance will legitimize the Afghan government in the eyes of its people if the United States continues to spend money propping up Karzai's corrupt regime. Furthermore, it is a given that the Obama administration will force Afghanistan to adopt a government that will be acceptable to the United States and its allies; an action that would, rightly or wrongly, give credence to the charge that the United States intends a puppet government in Afghanistan.
Regardless what happens to the peace talks, there is that unavoidable reality that innocent Afghan civilians will continue to suffer death and destruction under American bombs as the United States unceasingly wages its futile war on terror in the Middle East.
This article appears in Young Americans for Liberty.
On Nov. 17, protesters of the global "Occupy" movement marked the two-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street protests with marches, rallies, and various mass actions. They were protesting many things: corporate greed and its influence in our political discourse, a two-tiered justice system that favors the very rich and the very powerful, the massive bank bailouts funded by hard-working Americans, and the burdensome debt and chronic joblessness afflicting many Americans – the so-called "99 percent." Yet in cities all across the United States, these expressions of the very American right to free speech and peaceful assembly were greeted with violence at the hands of local governments.
When one reads or watches news reports about these protests, one might think that these protests regularly devolve into a violent free-for-all that justifies or even necessitates the brutal police actions inevitable follow. "Objective" and "neutral" journalists of the corporate media too often describe these confrontations between police and protesters as "clashes," as if the protesters are the aggressors. In truth, the violence in these so-called "clashes" are initiated by just one side: the police. In the confrontation between unarmed protesters and heavily armed and armored police, it is the police that are the aggressors and the peaceful protesters the victims. There is not an asymmetry in violence, but just violence inflicted by the State and its police.
It is understandable then why politicians and their police would react this way. The movement is a rejection of, and thus threat to, their model of society and governance. It is a dissent against the inherently violent and coercive State.
Consensus, not mandates
Despite the crackdowns, the arrests, the brutality, the Occupy movement has, for the most part, adhered to their oft-stated principle of non-violence. In their rhetoric and actions, the overwhelming majority of the protesters have been peaceful and non-violent. In their general assemblies, occupiers have adopted a decision-making process based on consensus, striving to reach near, if not outright unanimity in their decisions. The movement is leaderless, rejecting representatives to speak on their behalf. The occupiers choosing instead to represent themselves as individuals and choosing to add their many voices in this growing movement. What the occupations lack in hierarchy, they make up for in direct democracy.
Conservatives and libertarians with a desire for limited government will find their perfect government in the occupiers' system of governance: the General Asssembly. The General Assembly, or the GA, is an open, participatory, and horizontally organized (as opposed to the traditionally vertical, or top-down, form of organization) in which every participating member has an equal voice and opportunity to affect the decision of the group. Participation in the decision-making process and direct actions are encouraged, rather than coerced. The GA is not compulsory and its directives are backed not by laws or the threat of punishment, but by voluntary association and individual action. Problems are identified by consensus and solved by the voluntary actions of its members. The GA and its direct actions are funded by charity and not by taxes, and while some in the movement profess dislike for free market principles, they are already participating in it.
It might be a surprise to the most hardcore and militant Socialists and Communists in the movement that they are participating in a grand libertarian experiment. At its core, the Occupy movement is an experiment in a voluntaryist model of society devoid of state violence and coercion. This is not mere political disobedience, but a dissension from the violent and coercive State. Whether it stays that is another matter entirely.
What have the occupiers wrought? A voluntaryist society, if they can keep it.
This editorial appears in the Nov. 21 issue of the student-run newspaper The Chaparral.
Exploration of the relationship between artifact and sacrifice. Written by Matt Hecht for Jayel Aheram.
As a student of the classics I have always found myself drawn to the allure of mankind's past achievements, those efforts and artifacts of "divine inspiration" or royal vanity which so defined much of what we know of ancient Egypt, classical Greece, and the Renaissance. Past artistic achievements which we still maintain define civilizations with systems of aesthetic value that seem far grander in scope than our own societies—with our advanced technology and global economies—can possibly muster.
It would seem that through the course of history, in abandoning old ways for the conveniences of modern life, we have confined much of our art to the space upon the perched and temporary canvas; there is little room remaining for the quintessential master, pouring his entire life into one masterpiece. Likewise, there is no longer a place for the monoliths of kingdoms. The question is: have we gained or lost in this exchange? Better still, is there any hope for the resurrection of the artifact in a middle class world which values convenience over quality?
In turning to the truly massive works of the old monarchies we see what initially existed not as art, but as testaments to the potency of a ruler's power over his people; in many cases these were only delusions of divine providence. Achievements which today cannot be replicated, the Egyptian pyramids at Giza and the ziggurats of the Mesoamerican jungles represent the zenith of manpower pushed to its often fatal end. They remain particularly simplistic in their aesthetic appeal, yes, and yet it can be said that the sheer determination of their commissioners—often dedicating their entire reign to the construction of one immense monument—provides enough mythical origin to render these constructs art in their own right. The same stands for the more pleasing vistas provided when strolling before Notre Dame in France, or Bernini's Piazza di Pietra before the Vatican. Unfortunately, we come upon our greatest challenge to the resurrection of these epic projects in perusing the sacrifices made to create them.
It was purely through the implementation of slave labor that Khufu built the largest pyramid at Giza, and surely the religious imperialism displayed by the cultures which built the latter monuments can be called into question as inhumane. Today we see a similar quality in the means by which certain nations construct their own monuments to power—the gargantuan structures rapidly cropping up in Dubai come to mind, here, with a desert populated almost entirely by underpaid and commonly mistreated foreign laborers. In this sense, it is not with regret that we have abandoned our aspirations to pierce the firmament with our tangible ambitions. While precious to the modern world, these classical epics remain monuments largely to those who died needlessly to create them; it is inarguable that abandoning wanton torment of a people to construct art is a benefit—rather than a loss—to mankind.
It is further notable that advances in technology have led to a slimming-down of the artistic process. Our pigments are no longer procured through the grinding of semi-precious stones, nor are our mighty blocks hauled from quarries by mules and bleeding men. The forward march of industry provides us with the mechanized tools to throw up an entire skyline in less time than it took Brunelleschi to engineer the dome on the Florence Cathedral. Famous print-makers no longer exist, as our printing is computerized and mass marketed.
Even in the arena of painting and illustration, it seems we sell the works of human imagination short simply because of the existence of digital alteration. There are too many opportunities for second chances without loss of quality in the revision process, and the spontaneity of the painter's brush has been dimmed by a Photoshop cloning tool. And how many modern artists' names are household in this day and age? Beyond Frank Lloyd Wright and Andy Warhol, we find a dearth of renowned talent beyond the 1970s, not because there is none about, but because these talented minds have been buried by the sheer proliferation of access—to tools, to ease of use, to information. The title of "artist" thus becomes no more significant than that of "office administrator," making it nearly impossible to gather the adoration enjoyed in life by a da Vinci or a Picasso. Of course, this is not to suggest that there is anything less "artful" about a drawing colored with agonizing detail in Photoshop, but the ease with which these abilities and options proliferate is worth considering.
And yet, we turn to one final glint of hope for the artifact in art, the very inspiration for this article. It appeared in the news recently, in passing, a little human interest story to break up the monotony of the world's natural and man-made miseries. It is a simple thing: an eleven-foot-long tapestry of golden yellow cloth with native Madagascan designs embroidered into its surface; one might think to see it at a roadside tourist trap in a down-and-out nation halfway across the world, though the needlework is rather exquisite. Of course, the origin is moreso: this unassuming tapestry was woven from golden silk pulled from the spinnerets of more than one million golden orb spiders, painstakingly milked by numerous laborers over the course of four years. They used only hand-operated machines developed over a century ago to extract the silk, and all of this for one piece of immaculate, absolutely unique cloth.
While magazines and newspapers may rail on about the special scientific qualities of the fabric, it is the nature of its creation that makes it among the greatest, true artistic artifacts this world has seen in quite some time (or, at least, the first to see so much daylight.) Its conceivers sought only to accomplish an astonishing feat, pouring in finances and manpower over a tremendous period of time to create something that will sit merely as a desirable piece of museum finery—it serves no other purpose. For this reason, moving beyond all the bloodshed of the past, and the flimsy needlessness of today, there is yet hope for a revival in the object as art. It requires only an altruistic kind of surrender.
It is in sacrifice—willing, honest, committed sacrifice—that an artistic artifact is born. It is in Michelangelo's painstaking brush strokes on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, just as it is in the murals of London's Banksy, who gives up identity for the sake of his work. It is in the manuscripts of Hemingway, who once said great writing required only that one "sit down at the typewriter and bleed," and it is in the kissing art of Toni Garcia, who literally poisons herself for the sake of her portraits. With this understanding we can perhaps answer the questions asked at the beginning of this article. It is clear that mankind has only gained by disparaging the terrible monuments of the past, but we have not traded away our sense of artful significance—it has only taken to the shade in a crowded and capable world. It is up to the individual, as audience, to seek out artifacts, and for the artist to continue suffering for the sake of them.
Matt Hecht is a graduate in English literature from the University of Central Florida, with interests in fiction writing and editing. Follow him on Twitter at @Matt_Hecht.
A stylist encourages fellow artists to put their best face forward. Written by Glamma for Jayel Aheram.
The media is inundated with a never-ending stream of "B" celebrities pitching the latest diet crazes or look good, feel better products. Gaunt supermodels, plastic celebutantes, Hollywood stars, and even pseudo stars of reality television grace every cover of the tabloids. Simply put, we live in an image-conscious society. We are cautious creatures of habit, something that often causes us to look before we speak. We are judged by how we look and often step out in public "wearing a personality." What are we without an image to portray? What can we do to become part of the mainstream market known as self-promotion?
Call it shameless self-promotion, creating an image, or branding a product. I've had to learn how to market myself as a product in this brand-obsessed society. Successful self-employment often means you need to brand an "image." I am the product, tattoos and art are my business. I am a walking billboard for the work I am involved with. It isn't hard to notice when someone is glancing at my designs, so I do my best not to come off as the unapproachable, tattooed bad boy. Rolling up my sleeves to show my work welcomes conversation, and engages prospective clients. I have spent many years learning to overcome my shy nature, so I decided to create a business image. This professional character has allowed me to push aside any self-doubt. I thrive, now, in busy grocery shops, coffee shop line-ups, and public transit, picking spots where there is a chance to stand and mingle.
With a persona created, the next step in self-promotion was to create a sleek business card on quality stock. My card is simple, providing material such as my name, contact information, and website. The business card reflects my business persona and clients are able to contact me in multiple ways. Thankfully, I have a name that is not common–simply introducing myself as "Glamma" usually causes a cock of the head, presenting a prime opportunity to pull out a business card and say, "Glamma, like on my card." I have laid tracks and footprints in many areas of the web. There are places where you can see images of the world I am part of, such as Flickr, Twitter, MySpace, and Facebook. I also contribute to a monthly blog, complete with a Q&A section, covering style, makeup, and tattoos.
When you are building your business, keep in mind that self-promotion is all about being accessible to people. Have an on-line presence, and continually update information. Linking all of your information will ensure a constant loop, which will aid in the growth your business. Connecting and networking with similar businesses will also encourage the growth of your business. If you are not present your work is not being represented, and the business will start to fade. Take time to respond to your clients and set aside a few hours a week to touch base with people. Remember who got you to where you are. Without a client, there is no business. Social media is here to stay, and it is the best form of marketing for small businesses and entrepreneurs alike.
Go ahead—put your best face forward, and you will be a success.
Glamma is an accomplished stylist, make-up artist, and tattoo artist. He has worked with thousands of faces and talents and numerous celebrities in Vancouver, Los Angeles, Toronto, and New York.
A best-selling author tell us to "be the boss of your own art." Written by Linda Woods for Jayel Aheram.
Being a successful artist or designer instead of a starving artist is a dream for many creative people. But, it takes more than just a dream and talent. It takes effort, determination, the right attitude, and clients. Solo artists rarely have the budget for billboard ads or Super Bowl commercials, so we must be creative even in promoting ourselves to our clients. When it comes to stepping out on your own and working for yourself, it is up to you to generate your own buzz.
We're all familiar with the idea that if you paint it, they will come, but it doesn't really work that way unless they know how to get there. Lead the buyers to your art by spending time every day focusing on the business side of your business.
Show your art in the best light. Use high quality photos of your art on your blog and in your promotional materials. Have a great portfolio ready.
You've got the look! Include a professional photo of yourself with your bio. Professional need not be boring, but a blurry photo where one eye is shut, your bra strap is showing, or your fly is open doesn't scream success. Capture your creativity with a photo of your beautiful self facing forward, wearing bold colors or in an interesting setting. Save the wardrobe malfunctions and mug shots for the rock stars.
The world is at your fingertips and that world needs art. Set up a blog, Facebook, Twitter, and Flickr accounts and start sharing your art with the masses. A blog or website is an easy and inexpensive way to show off your art and keep in touch with your fans and buyers. Regular updates about what is going on in your world keep readers coming back and give them a glimpse into the oh– so– exciting life of an artist.
People won't be able to buy your art if they can't figure out how to. Make it easy for people to buy your art. Link to places it is for sale. If you sell your art or design services online, set up an online payment option (like PayPal) and research shipping options before you offer your art for sale. Link to your art for sale from your blog or website.
Stay sweet and keep in touch. Keep an email list of your buyers and potential buyers. When you have big news, special sales, or new pieces of art to show, email your list and let them know. Try to limit your mass emails to once a month so you don't repel people.
Every business needs a business card. Be sure your business card, promotional postcards, and blog all have your current contact information on them. Keep business cards with you at all times. You never know who you will meet when!
Don't be a flake. If you commit to a job, do it in a timely manner. Art directors, editors, and buyers don't want to work with artists who are not reliable. They have schedules and deadlines, too. If you are over extended, be honest with potential clients and give realistic time frames. Don't let the ego boost get in the way of smart business. Buy a calendar and use it.
Gallery owners, book and magazine editors, and buyers won't know you exist unless you make an effort. Submit your art for publication, get out and meet people, and attend art events with an open mind. Your art will not be right for every publication or gallery and that's OK. Say thank you to people who give you time, appreciate the feedback, and keep going.
Linda Woods is the co-author of the best-selling books JOURNAL REVOLUTION and Visual Chronicles. Her artwork, journals, photographs, and articles have been featured on The View, print, and exhibits worldwide.
An artist introduces us to his creation. Written by Devin Swick for Jayel Aheram.
I am an artist of duality. My passions include culture and love; dreams and nightmares; death and fear. My work, Oriental Intension, is an image of imitation and appreciation of Japanese art. When I begin working on something, I usually don't know what the final result will be. I watch the colors and shapes in my subconscious spring to life what I think needs to be said about myself. The rest of the world does not exist in these moments — I have to drag it in with me — and we become witnesses of creation, within isolation.
I started with a blank, white backdrop, and experimented with the colors of my mood at the time. I cannot say that blue equals sadness and that yellow equals happiness, it is just a color that feels right, and it's never the same. Next, I stroked my digital brush to fill the spaces I felt needed to be filled, guiding it with emotion and maybe even psychological need. I brushed in one direction, copied it, and repeated the process. There was a collection of these before I was done, which I layered together in differing opacities.
What was left was a raw mold of introspective design. Trimming what needed to be trimmed, arranging what needed to be arranged, I came out with a shape resembling nothing less than a kanji symbol. I took a step back and considered how best to represent this revelation. Between contemporary simplicity and a love for ancient design, I had many choices. I decided with something much less current and had to then decide how to go about it. This was my first time doing anything like this, ever.
At a low opacity, I burned my way through areas of the backdrop, and, using Retouch, smudged colors together to create an illusion of paint and age. I placed an illumination of a sun to give a stronger presence of Japan in the image, and then wrapped it up in a sepia tone to further emphasize aging. After, I painted a line down the image to contrast over the yellow sun, in which I feel was successful. Now, I needed detail.
Smudging the black line to give the impression of "running paint" gave less balance over the consistency of detail in the image, so I looked online for texture and found one that felt appropriate. It was an aged paper texture with some ineligible writing on it. Then I created an overlay layer that blanketed over the entire image, and lowered the opacity quite a bit to fit it snugly into the backdrop. The intention was to give the illusion of a painting on aged paper. After layering a Gaussian blur and adjusting the contrast (for dramatic effect), before I knew it, I was finished.
What I enjoy about the piece is that while it is not presumptuous or pretentious, I can believe in it. Some have even had to ask me if it were digital or painted on canvas. To an aspiring artist like me, it has made me feel proud, and in some way, validated, over what people may think of when their eyes explore my work, and in essence, explore who I am: an isolated person being discovered — dragging the world with them.
Devin Swick is an artist currently living in Arizona.
A blogger explores the consequences of blogging in her life. Written by Liz Fine for Jayel Aheram.
First, let me say I don't think I would have had the courage to start my blog without the support of friends. In 2004, I was hanging out in New York City with a friend venting about my horrible job. My friend suggested we make a blog featuring talented everyday people, shining some long overdue light on them. The process seemed monumental, but so terrific. Even though I was filled with apprehension, I couldn't let go of the idea. Right away, the voice in my head kicked in and told me a person needed an Ivy League college degree and loads of writing experience to start a blog. Typical, counting myself out before I even got in the game, but this time, my friend was pressing me so I pushed forward.
Right away, I set about designing my page and making all the decisions concerning content. I reached out to other bloggers for advice and they told me just to start writing and don't stop. As time went on my blog began to reflect my life and it felt good to be in control of something that was evolving daily. Anything I did that was fun or interesting to me made it to the blog usually with pictures. When I traveled, the blog reflected my excitement for the next location. When I pondered life's meaning, my blog became a spiritual place filled with food for thought. I created a relationship category and talked about my interpersonal struggles. When I discovered a great new face cream or lipstick I was suddenly a beauty editor.
Four years into a soul sucking, 9 to 5 job, I was thoroughly discouraged about my work life. I felt I had potential that would never be tapped in my cubicle-shaped prison and without realizing it, I began escaping through my blog. I was conducting interviews, taking loads of photos and generally spreading the word of my blog. I was shocked that people were taking me seriously. Eventually, my employer did for me what I couldn't do for myself. One day, she called me in the office and said that she knew I was unhappy and I was fired. A weight immediately lifted from my shoulders and I felt free!
Shortly after being fired, I interviewed a young artist from Temple University. I took my own photos for the article and it was published in a magazine about edgy, up-and-coming musicians, designers, writers, and DIY entrepreneurs. Blogging had given me a safe place to spread my wings, take risks and most of all find out what doing something fulfilling actually felt like. Today, I'm at a job that I love. I still travel and still live for the next great lipstick shade, but since starting my blog, I have gained three beautiful nieces and become politically active. Today, blogging is still a big part of my day to day life. As I update with new people, places, and events, it remains my tried and true form of expression and yes, even dare I say… a friend.
Liz Fine is a long-time blogger and chronicles her thoughts, relationships, and travels in her blog Urban Addiction.
Rosie and I started corresponding almost three years ago while I was in Iraq. I was posting photographs and narrating what I was experiencing. Then Rosie saw my work on Flickr and since then she has been a friend.
The recession has not been kind to people this year. Which is why it is imperative more than ever to give to those less fortunate this holiday season. So, I compiled a small list of noteworthy groups that deserve your monetary support. Why not give a gift of donation to these various charities and non-profit organizations?
A couple of the artists (Linda & Charles Perkins) my gallery (IncredibleArtist.Com) represents was commissioned by the city of Palm Springs to create an AIDS ribbon sculpture to be dedicated at the Desert AIDS Project on World AIDS Day, 2009.
My friend Stacy Wiedmaier recorded this video of The Harsh Desert's opening gala. It is quite amusing listening to their conversation regarding which pieces are popular with what demographic.


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These were the "Thank You" cards I made for my Launch Party customers. I used three of my top favourites in the new catty - the new Dictionary background stamp, Chalk Talk bundle which includes the stamp set and coordinating framelits, and Gorgeous Grunge. Wisteria Wonder, Whisper White and Soft Sky card stock and the retired flower trim which was just too good not to use just because they've left our current catty.
I made more of the same for our Quarterly meeting. Can you spot the difference? Yes, all swaps have to use current product only, so I swapped the flower trim at the top for a Simply Pressed clay rose at the bottom. I made them all in white for speed, and just coloured them with an aqua painter in Soft Sky and Wisteria Wonder giving it a marbled look.
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"Starfish provides tracking methods that make keeping up with a student's tailored success plan easy and sustainable." - Curtis Harrell, Success Planner Administrator and Professor of English, NWACC
As with many community colleges, enrollment at NWACC has seen its ups and downs, and like most community colleges, an economic upturn coincided with an enrollment decline. Faced with a declining enrollment and many at-risk students, including 50% of all freshmen students needing remedial coursework in math, NWACC needed a way to closely track students in an eff ort to increase retention and student success.
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I wonder who invented the safety pin. I was rummaging in my junk drawer the other day and found a safety pin. What would the world do without them - these wonderful little thing-a-ma-jigs that help us keep ourselves connected.
Keeping connected, staying in relationship, is what being a Christian is all about. Ours is a communal and corporate faith by its very nature. It involves relationships. We can't go out into the woods alone to love God. We can go on retreats, or spend time alone in prayer in order to refresh and rekindle the embers of our spiritual fires, but our purpose is to return to the world and continue to minister. We cannot live our love for God in a vacuum.
Even Jesus, who went early in the morning to pray and spend time with God alone, returned to the world to preach and heal, to minister and teach. The story of the Transfiguration tell us that way up on a mountaintop, the disciples Peter, James and John wanted to build tents and stay alone with Jesus and God forever. But Jesus said, in effect, "Pack up, boys. Let's get back down the mountain. We've got work to do."
We can't love God in a people-less vacuum. We have to stay connected. We have to stay in relationships in order to be there for others. Like the ingenious invention the safety pin, God's love binds us together and keeps us connected.
Several years ago I attended a healing service for victims of AIDS and their families. I had never been to this kind of service before, and I arrived feeling nervous and alone. As part of the service, each of us was invited to come forward to one of the four corners of the sanctuary where we could speak to a pair of ministers. After sharing our burdens and prayer concerns, the ministers laid hands on each of us and prayed. I have never been so moved.
The sanctuary was packed with people. This intimate part of the service took a long time, and, after I returned to my seat, I had time to sit and reflect on what was going on around me. I was surrounded by hushed voices and intense listening. Each individual was receiving the full attention and energy of those who where listening. We were all connected, though we didn't know one another and would never see one another again. No one in that room was alone, we were connected by compassion, and love, and the simple act of listening. I will never forget that service and the power of simply "being there" for one another.
I once heard this story about a little girl. A little girl came home from kindergarten, and her mother asked her how her day had been. She said, "Good, I helped another girl on the way home."
"That's wonderful," said the mother. "What happened?"
"Oh, she was on her bike, and she fell into a mud puddle."
"And so you helped her out of the puddle," asked the mother.
"No," said the kindergartner. "She was out of the puddle when I got there."
"Was she hurt," asked the mother.
"Yes," said the little girl, "But I couldn't fix her scratches. She was just sitting next to the puddle crying."
"Then how did you help her, sweetheart," asked the mother.
"Well," answered the little girl, "I sat down and helped her cry."
There's something about this story that reminds me of the healing service I attended and the simple wisdom of a safety pin. We are in this life together, we are not alone. Each of us faces good times and hardships, and God wants us to stay connected in the kind of relationships that allow us to share these joys and burdens, sometimes by simply listening to each other.
Rev. Smith is pastor of the Congregational Church of Christ, UCC, in North Leominster. She is one of the nine worship leaders who participate in the Shepherd's Corner series.


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