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We made it to the end of Empties Week! Today's post is all about skincare. If you've missed any of days 1-4, you can check them out here:
Day 1 Mascara
Day 2 Makeup
Day 3 Body & Fragrance
Day 4 Haircare
Julep Bare Face Cleansing Oil
Pros: Works well, mild scent
Cons: Price, bottle leaks sometimes
I did a comparison review of this vs. the Sephora Collection Cleansing Oil almost a year ago. I like both, but the Sephora Cleansing Oil is usually cheaper depending on whether or not I have a discount code, so it's probably what I would repurchase over this. The bottle does leak a little bit if it's stored on its side, which is a problem if you plan to travel with it. It does a good job of taking most of my makeup off (I follow up with a 2nd cleanser to remove anything leftover) and it rinses cleanly. I like it, it gets the job done, but it's not my favorite thing in the world.
Repurchase? I would if it was on sale, but I also want to try other things, so not right now
Sunday Riley Good Genes
Pros: Fast results, does everything it promises
Cons: Price
I have a full review of this (and Luna!) here if you'd like more info. The synopsis is I love Good Genes and plan to repurchase it eventually because I miss having it in my routine. Good Genes is one of the very few products I've ever seen overnight results from, and I don't feel like there's anything else like it, which is unfortunate considering the price.
Repurchase? Yes
Garnier Blackhead Eliminating Scrub
Pros: Price, good alternative to St. Ives Apricot Scrub
Cons: Wouldn't be on your face long enough for the salicylic acid to do any good
I'm not usually one for physical exfoliators as they tend to irritate my skin, but I received this one as compensation for a product test from L'Oreal, so I decided to give it a try. Surprisingly, I liked it enough to finish the whole bottle, though it did take me a while since I don't use scrubs often. I think this would be a good option if you love scrubs or are trying to find a more skin-friendly alternative to the St. Ives Apricot Scrub (the Freeman Black Charcoal Sugar scrub is also a good alternative). This didn't irritate my skin as long as I used it sparingly, but it has enough of a gritty feel that I think it would be satisfying for those who like a good scrub. It's just not my jam, so I'll give this one a pass.
Repurchase? No
May Coop Raw Sauce
Pros: Dewy skin, hydration
Cons: Price, contains a controversial ingredient, mostly superficial results
I like the way this makes my skin look and feel, but the results are very temporary. Rather than improving the health of my skin to the point that it looks dewy and luminous on its own, it just adds luminosity to the skin superficially. I'd prefer a product that does more to improve skin health, but Raw Sauce does have a good use. I do think it's overpriced, and I wish it didn't contain the controversial ingredient Octinoxate, which has been shown to cause disruptions in the endocrine system at high levels of exposure (not at the amounts in this product, but it's still something worth noting). I like the way it looks underneath foundation, so it's something I'd consider buying again, I'm just not in a hurry to do so. I have a full review here if you want to know more about this product, including the presence of Octinoxate.
Repurchase? Maybe, eventually
Kate Somerville DermalQuench Liquid Lift Retinol
Pros: Cool method of delivery
Cons: Expensive, lackluster results
I picked this up with a code from Sephora because I was immediately fascinated by the delivery method, and I was looking to give retinol another try. The product sprays out as a foam through the nozzle at the top that makes it look like a dalek. The foam collapses pretty quickly as you rub the product into your skin, but it's still a fairly unique way to get the product onto your skin. As fun as it was, I didn't see any results from the product, so I definitely don't think it's worth the price, and have no plans to repurchase.
Repurchase? No
Vasanti Brighten Up Face Scrub
Pros: Small exfoliating crystals
Cons: Can still be quite abrasive
This was a sample I received with a Birchbox order, but I've had other samples of this in the past. I like it enough to use it up if I have it, but it's something I would never purchase on my own since my skin doesn't really like physical exfoliators. I think the Garnier scrub is more gentle than this since the exfoliating bits are less condensed, but it's still nowhere near as aggressive as the St. Ives scrub of death. I don't think this is a bad product, it's just a "not for me" product.
Repurchase? No
Foreo Night Cleanser
Pros: ?
Cons: Price, Scent, a little drying
I received samples of the Day & Night cleansers from Foreo in an Allure Beauty Box along with a Foreo Luna Mini. I didn't really like the Night cleanser. For one thing, it has a strong herbal smell that I wasn't that into. It also had microbeads that would get stuck between the silicone bristles of the Foreo, which is kind of dumb since they're formulated to be used together. I didn't hate this, but I'm struggling to find any pros because it's something I just didn't enjoy using.
Repurchase? No
Foreo Day Cleanser
Pros: Very gentle, smells like yogurt and clementines
Cons: Price
I actually liked this cleanser quite a bit, but I don't think it's worth the price. It's a very gentle cleanser, with a light pleasant scent. It did a good job of cleansing my skin without stripping it, and I liked the milky, creamy texture. Overpriced, but I would happily use another sample.
Repurchase? No
Ole Henriksen Truth Serum
Pros: Scent, effective
Cons: Sticky, Price
This is the only vitamin C serum I've used so far, so I don't really have anything to compare it to. I thought it worked well for fading pigmentation, and I liked the orange/tangerine scent. However, it was also quite sticky (which most vitamin C serums are from my understanding), and it's expensive. I want to try other vitamin C serums so I can compare them, then I'll decide whether or not to repurchase this, though it's unlikely because of the price.
Repurchase? Probably not
Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight Mask
Pros: Effective, scent, not too heavy
Cons: Price
I love this especially in the winter. It's great for hydrating the skin without having to layer on several creams, and without feeling too heavy. I personally love the apricot scent of this, but other people might not. A little bit goes a long way, and it absorbs into the skin nicely. I'm working on another (larger) sample of this at the moment, with no chance of running out soon, but in the event that I did, I would repurchase it. This has become a winter staple for me.
Repurchase? Yes (if I ever run out of samples lol)
Boscia Sake Treatment Water
Pros: Excellent lightweight hydrator
Cons: Price
This is one of the few sake skincare products I actually like. I tend to be disappointed by them (including the infamous SKII!), but this one surprised me. I think it did a great job of hydrating my skin and it gave me a nice glow. I especially liked it under makeup as an alternative to a cream moisturizer. The only downside to this is that it's absurdly expensive.
Repurchase? Maybe
Belif The True Cream Aqua Bomb
Pros: Gel texture, light weight, doesn't leave a film
Cons: Price, scent?
I was completely surprised by how much I liked this because I usually hate gel moisturizers since they feel sticky to me. This didn't feel sticky at all, but it did do an awesome job of keeping my skin hydrated without feeling heavy or leaving a film. It felt more like water than anything, and absorbed just as quickly. This is quite possibly one of my favorite moisturizers ever, but it is a bit expensive. It also has an herbal scent that not everyone will love, but I think it's mild enough to be pleasant.
Repurchase? Yes
Tarte Maracuja Oil
Pros: Spreads well
Cons: Went bad quickly, overpriced
I barely got to use this since it went bad so quickly (maybe it was on the shelf for a while before I bought it?), but I thought it was just ok while I was using it. I prefer the Fresh Seaberry Oil, NUDE Skincare ProGenius Rescue Oil, and Sunday Riley Luna over this because I feel like they all do more. The Tarte maracuja oil is very simple, which can be a good thing, but you can find pure maracuja oil such as this for much cheaper if that's what you're looking for. The texture was nice, it spread well, and it did what it was supposed to, but I wouldn't use it again.
Repurchase? No
NOTS 28 Remedy Balancing Toner
Pros: None for me
Cons: Did nothing for me, price
I'd never heard of this brand before receiving it in an Ipsy bag, but I gave it a try. Unfortunately, it just did nothing for me. It absorbed well, but it didn't seem to improve my skin in any way. Overall, it just felt like a waste of time to use it.
Repurchase? No
Belif The True Cream Moisture Bomb
Pros: hydrating, good for dry skin, not too heavy
Cons: price, scent?
I prefer the Aqua Bomb over this, but I think this is also an excellent moisturizer. I'd recommend this for drier skin and Aqua Bomb for normal/combo skin. This also has an herbal scent that could be polarizing, but it hydrates well, absorbs well, and is all-around everything you want a moisturizer to be. I'd repurchase it if my skin became dry again, but for the moment I prefer the Aqua Bomb for my skin.
Repurchase? Maybe
COTZ Flawless Complexion Tinted Sunscreen
Pros: tinted, spf 50
Cons: greasy, white cast
Despite the tint, I still felt like this left me with a white cast. It was also kind of greasy, though nowhere near as bad as a lot of other sunscreens I've tried. I prefer the CosmoMonster sunscreen I mentioned in my recent favorites, and the Radical Skin Perfecting Screen.
Repurchase? No
Banila Co Clean It Zero
Pros: Does a good job of removing makeup, price
Cons: Broke me out, texture
This broke me out and I didn't really like the texture so this is a definite no for me even though it's a cult classic. I'd be willing to try out the other varieties to see if they worked better for me, but I'm more likely to purchase the Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm as I really liked the texture of that when I had a sample.
Repurchase? Hell no
Ole Henriksen Sheer Transformation
Pros: AHA + moisturizer in one
Cons: price, not as effective as an AHA
I liked this, but didn't love it. However, I think someone that needs a gentle AHA would like this more. I felt like it wasn't as effective as I would like it to be since I used it towards the end of my routine as a moisturizer, which is how it's intended to be used. I prefer a standard AHA serum used earlier in the routine, but I would consider using this again as a way to add a little something extra.
Repurchase? Maybe, if it was on sale
Ole Henriksen Invigorating Night Treatment
Pros: ??
Cons: Sticky af, price, pills
I actually can't believe I finished this because it drove me crazy. It was super sticky, it pilled when I tried to layer other products over top of it, and its benefits certainly didn't outweigh its flaws.
Repurchase? No
Etude House Pink Vital Water
Pros: Price, lightweight
Cons: Ineffective, scent
It's lightweight and absorbs well, but it didn't do anything for me and I didn't like the scent because it was too floral.
Repurchase? No
Equitance Brightening Serum
Pros: ??
Cons: price, ineffective
This did absolutely nothing for me. The texture was ok and it absorbed well, but that's all I have to say about it.
Repurchase? No
MAC Cleanse Off Oil
Pros: Effective
Cons: Price
I think this might actually be my favorite cleansing oil at the moment, though I feel like there's not too big of a difference between this, the Sephora cleansing oil, and the Julep cleansing oil. I think this takes off my makeup a bit faster, maybe because it seems to be a tiny bit thicker. However, at $32 it's pretty pricey and I don't know that it's so much better than the others that I could justify the price. I have other things I want to try first, but I might purchase a full size at some point, especially if I could get it on sale.
Repurchase? Maybe
CosRX Acne Pimple Master Patch
Pros: Effective, price
Cons: None
These are a staple in my skincare routine, and I've got my sister hooked on them as well. They really are amazing for helping to get the gunk out of a pimple and allowing it to heal faster. I keep these on hand pretty much all the time, especially if I've got anything important coming up. I definitely recommend these if you have acne!
Repurchase? Yes
Julep Charcoal Konjac Sponge
Pros: Well-designed, comes with hook
Cons: Price
I think at regular price, these are overpriced, so I always buy them on sale. I've gone through several of these Julep konjac sponges and have been using them since before I even knew about Korean skincare. I love that this has a string attached and that it comes with a hook on a suction cup that can be attached to a shower wall or mirror. I've never had one of these fall apart on me, so I'm happy with the quality. I also think konjac sponges in general are a great tool for removing makeup more effectively, and gently exfoliating without irritating the skin. I prefer this over my Foreo Luna Mini.
Repurchase? Yes
That's a wrap on Empties Week! What did you guys think of it? Should I do more theme weeks like this? Let me know in the comments down below!
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Rhapsody Floor Mirror w/Jewelry Armoire Storage
Material: Hardwood Solids, Mirror, Resin
Style: Traditional
Features: Jewelry storage
Felt interior with ring holders and twenty hooks
Forty eight jewelry pouches
Finish: Light Wood
Finish: Walnut Colored Rustic Finish
Finish Construction: Hooker Furniture utilizes a multiple-step finish process of up to 16 finish steps. This results in an unsurpassed clarity, depth and color richness and durability to our finishes. Through hand-craftsmanship such as rubbing and padding, our finishes feel as good as they look, with a smoothness that is delightful to the touch.
Frame Construction: Hooker Furniture uses carefully chosen solid wood and select wood veneers over durable wood products in our furniture construction. Use of veneers enables more decorative looks unattainable with solid wood. Veneers are used over durable wood products such as medium density fiberboard
Brand: Hooker Furniture
Category: Accents
Collection: Rhapsody
Description: Rhapsody Floor Mirror w/Jewelry Armoire Storage
Shape: Rectangle
Type: Mirrors
Dimensions: W 48 1/4" D 7 1/2" H 88"
- Jewelry storage
- Felt interior with ring holders and twenty hooks
- Forty eight jewelry pouches

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BOTTLE DEPOT is very convenient location where you can redeem your money from empty cans and bottles . We take all brands that have New York State deposit. Now you do not have to deal with machines or go store to store to return your empties. You just need to bring them to our door and we will do the rest! We count them on the spot and and then we give you, the customer, the full five cents back. We do not charge any fee nor do we have any limit on the amount you can bring in. This location is in Middletown,NY.
Business Hours
Monday 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
Tuesday 10:00 AM - 6:30 PM
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Katana Party # A (6 rolls:california, philadelphia, fire, rainbow, pink lady & dragon) 37.75
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Most people lead their lives hoping to leave behind a legacy, hoping to imprint their footprints in the annals of history. Yet, few realize that their footprint impressions are actually propagating the legacy of a tropical disease that the World Health Organization deems only second in lethality (after malaria), dengue fever.1 Spread to humans via the bites of infected female mosquitos of the species Aedes aegypti, dengue fever is prominently found near pools of water (such as the watery imprint of a footstep), where mosquitos like to breed, in south Asian and Latin American countries.2 With the lack of an internationally approved vaccine for dengue fever, research and public health officials are scurrying to find appropriate vaccination options and contain the vectors that cause it.
As a viral, infectious disease that causes 50 to 100 million infections per year, dengue fever is considered one of the most aggressive mosquito-borne human pathogens in the world.3
Although the standard dengue fever has a low mortality rate of less than 1% with treatment, patients who become infected with a more deadly variant, dengue hemorrhagic fever, have a mortality rate of 26%.2 In recent years, the lethality of the disease has become a major concern as the disease incidence has increased thirty fold in the last fifty years, largely due to urbanization, population growth, and global warming.1 Outbreaks have spread beyond the expected scopes of Asia and Latin America. For example, 67 cases of dengue fever were reported in 2010 in Key West.1-2
Because of the severity of the issue, numerous investigations and studies are and have been conducted on the mechanism behind infection and the possible vaccines. Research conducted by the Dow University of Health Sciences in Pakistan have discovered that not only does dengue fever have genetic and evolutionary connections but also have viral targeting of specific lipids in humans.4 Concurrently, clinical studies in Cuba are being conducted to test the effectiveness of prototype vaccines.5 While preventative measures are still in development, many countries are resorting to antiquated methods of disrupting the habitats and life cycles of the mosquito vectors. In Islamabad, Pakistan, the Ministry of Health is heavily fumigating anti-mosquito larvicides in rural areas where mosquitos are known to breed.6 In South Asia, public health officials are dispersing and draining large bodies of water, such as ponds and lakes, to further eliminate breeding.1 Even genetic engineering of male mosquitos with radiation so that they produce infertile offspring have been carried out in countries like the Cayman Islands.7
While controlling outbreaks of dengue fever should be a primary concern of public health throughout the world, especially in tropical countries, some containment options are more holistically beneficial and practical than others. Elimination methods such as the eradication of the Aedes aegypti population only lead to significant ecological damage. While solving the direct problem of dengue fever, such methods would trickle down negatively along the ecological food web/chain. Niches will be disturbed as species that used to feed on the vectors will be forced to find new food sources, thus changing entire ecosystems. In fact, elimination of the species might incite new and perhaps even more deadly diseases to arise, of which there would be no vaccine or cure.
Other solutions, like dispersing large bodies of water, are not economically sound. With a myriad of bodies of water in the world, is there an end to the drainage? Even if all significant water sources were drained, dengue fever might still persist because of human factors like taking a step in rainy weather. In actuality, the mosquitos themselves cannot even be blamed for the rapid spread of dengue fever. Studies conducted by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that mosquitos carrying the dengue fever virus have operant hunger and olfactory genes that are turned on by the virus to make them hungrier for a blood meal and more sensitive to smells, thus increasing their feeding skills.3 Elimination of the mosquito population is unnecessary when they themselves are vectors of the disease.
Instead, an economical and ecological way of resolving the public health menace is to spend more funding on discovering vaccines and treatments for dengue fever. As approaches that only affects humans, not other species and ecosystems, vaccines and treatments spare the economic inefficiencies associated with widespread larvicide spraying and water drainage. Only when the root of the disease, the virus causing the symptoms, is eliminated will the disease submerge back into obscurity and no longer remain a concern in the minds of the public.
1. Krisberg, Kim. "Public Health vs. The Mosquito: Pushing Back Against Dengue Fever." The Pump Handle. 29 Mar. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2012/03/public_health_vs_the_mosquito.php?utm_source=networkbanner>.
2. "Research Points to Possible New Route to Fight Dengue Virus." R&D, 23 Mar. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://www.rdmag.com/News/2012/03/Life-Sciences-Disease-Research-Points-To-Possible-New-Route-To-Fight-Dengue-Virus/>.
3. Walsh, Jennifer. "Dengue Virus Increases Mosquito's Lust for Blood." Mother Nature Network. 30 Mar. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/dengue-virus-increases-mosquitos-lust-for-blood>.
4. Husain, Shahid. "Pakistani Scientists Find Genetic Connection to Dengue Fever Virus." The International News. 21 Mar. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-98711-Pakistani-scientists-find-genetic-connection-to-dengue-fever-virus>.
5. "Cuba To Test Dengue Fever Vaccine On Humans." Fox News Latino. 08 Mar. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/health/2012/03/08/cuba-to-test-dengue-fever-vaccine-on-humans/>.
6. "Dengue Fever Prevention Drive Starts in Capital." The International News. 30 Mar. 2012. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-6-100220-Dengue-fever-prevention-drive-starts-in>.
7. Black, Richard. "GM Mosquitoes Show Fever Promise." BBC News. BBC, 30 Oct. 2011. Web. 02 Apr. 2012. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15491228>.


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The legendary singer has spoken frankly about using music to help her recover from a stroke
Roberta Flack has been honoured by the Jazz Foundation of America charity. The legendary singer whose hits include 'Killing Me Softly' and 'Feel Like Makin' Love' was given a lifetime achievement award in New York last week with star attendees and performers including Valerie Simpson, Cassandra Wilson, Randy Brecker, Joe Lovano and Macy Gray.
The Foundation raises money and awareness of jazz musicians who are in financial peril, or who require medical assistance. At the same event, a number of Puerto Rican musicians performed who were helped after the devastation of Hurricane Maria. The foundation's other projects also include creating employment, running outreach programmes in schools and hospitals and organising pop-up concerts in public spaces.
Roberta, who is 81, says despite suffering a stroke recently, she still uses music every day to help her recovery process. In an intimate video interview, she credits her musical director who helps her "go over the same songs over and over again to try and make them perfect". Speaking about the Foundation, she said: "It seems like we got a lot of musicians who don't need help, who do it themselves or do it on their own – but that's not true, they need a lot of help. I'm happy to help".


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This property is located at the end of Hobart Lane. There is a neighbor on one side of the house, and the rest of the area is farm land, forest, and bushes, allowing for a quiet area. It is 2.1 miles to UMass, and a similar distance to route 116. This property has 4 bedrooms, 1.75 bathrooms and has radiant electric heat. It rents for $2,500 per month.
This property is not available until June 2021
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This month we've released new and updated eLearning courses including; Effective Business Writing Toolkit, Emergency Management, a range of new leadership courses and updated privacy courses.
The Effective Business Writing Toolkit is a responsive program and replaces three of our previous eLearning courses; Business Writing Skills, How to Write Effective Business Letters and How to Write Effective Business Emails.
This program contains three short modules that provide advice about effective business writing in the workplace. Each module guides learners through content that progresses from a high-level overview to more specific examples of effective business writing in the workplace.
This month we've launched a range of new courses in our leadership category. Courses being released this month focus on team development and performance, marketing and operations.
- How to Develop Teams and People
- How to Implement an Operational Plan
- How to Manage an Operational Plan
- How to Interpret Market Trends and Development
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Emergency Management
Is your organisation prepared for emergencies?
Emergency Management is a responsive course that has been designed to provide legally compliant information about emergency management in the workplace. It provides a high level overview of the principles of risk assessment, legal obligations, including duty of care, and basic emergency management planning.
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A Modern Approach to Skin Tightening
We have heard plenty of beauty myths on how to get rid of wrinkles. Putting Vaseline on our face, anti-wrinkle facial exercises, and sleeping on our back rather than on one side are just some of the myths. Whatever the myths, it goes to show how anxious we are to avoid looking old and wrinkled. But there is nothing to prevent aging; wrinkles are an inevitable part of growing old.
Don't get depressed just yet.
There are ways to slow down the impact of aging on our face. Firm healthy skin starts with good skin care. Avoid excessive sun exposure, having sufficient vitamin C, iron and other nutrients combined with a good skin care regime is the first step for most people.
"Skin firming is one of the most common requests in our clinic. As skin does not retain its elasticity well with age or stretching, patients who have skin aging due to excessive sun exposure or dramatic weightloss often desire firmer skin," says Dr. Terence Tan, Director, Halley Medical Aesthetics. But what should we do when age catches up and our skin starts to sag.
Here are some medically-proven methods:
Ultherapy For tightening loose skin, Ultherapy is a good option for people who want minimal down time. Ulthera, the machine used to perform Ultherapy, is an US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved non-surgical skin tightening device. It uses focused ultrasound to achieve skin tightening over the cheeks, jawline, forehead, and the area around the eyes. Ultherapy is an effective treatment which can be safely done on most people.
Skin renewal therapies Skin peels and medications which target skin renewal is also effective for achieving healthy, firm skin. Skin exfoliation stimulates skin renewal and collagen production leading to firmer, less saggy skin.
Dermal fillers Saggy skin can also be the result of volume loss from reduced bone and muscle mass resulting in skin that does not have the required support. Firming in these cases can be achieved via through a process of volumisation by dermal fillers.
Light- and laser-based therapies Healthy skin can be maintained through a variety of light- and laser-based procedures, which can improve skin firmness as well as texture, pore size, and colour. These procedures can be combined with the pampering of facials to make skin maintenance fun and enjoyable.
As a multitude of factors contribute to skin health, treatment strategies combining several treatment modalities to target these factors is a good way to maximise effectiveness while reducing down time.
Anti-aging Programme at Halley Medical Aesthetics
Anti-aging Programme 1 $3,080
It is Halley's crème -de-la-crème of anti-aging treatment, which combines a full-face Ultherapy treatment with a glycolic acid peel and topped with a pampering Halley's Signature Facial (Rejuvenation/Fim It Up) to give you firm, smooth skin.
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Impact Wrestling: Bound For Glory 2017 (11/5/17) -- Full results and recap
Impact Wrestling felt like a new company during Bound For Glory 2017. The fans were electric and the building was on fire for almost every contest.
There were plenty of surprises as Impact Wrestling looked forward to their future and the locker room was willing to put it all on the line. Everyone was in a fury to prove themselves and capture the audience's attention.
The Impact Wrestling roster certainly brought it all during the company's biggest pay-per-view event of the year.
#1 Trevor Lee vs Dezmond Xavier vs Garza Jr vs Sonjay Dutt vs Matt Sydal vs Petey Williams (X Division Championship Match)
This was a huge match to kick off the pay-per-view. It was announced as a "Lucha Style" match meaning there would be no tagging in and out but there would only be two people in the ring at any given time.
There was a ton of high flying action in this opening contest. It was a very fun match to watch and the crescendo came when Petey Williams finally hit the Canadian Destroyer in Canada for a huge pop. In fact, the crowd was popping hard for pretty much everything all night.
But Trevor Lee would end up tossing everyone else out of the way in order to steal a pinfall.
Winner and STILL X Division Champion: Trevor Lee via pinfall
#2 Tyson Dux vs Taiji Ishimori
Tyson Dux was making his Impact Wrestling debut at Bound For Glory and the announce team proudly proclaimed him as the hottest free agent in Canada which is really nice. Yeah, he is actually a good hand. But he never really amounted to much during his run as an enhancement talent in WWE. However, everyone has to start somewhere and he looked good in a six-sided ring.
Dux did all he could in this short match but Ishimori won the match after a 450 Splash.
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I currently use two FIERY controllers (EB-135 and E-5000).
We will soon be using Microsoft Windows Seven as a new OS and I would like to know what version of Command Workstation I should have installed.
On the EFI website, it says :
"Command WorkStation 5.5 can be installed on clients connecting to Fiery System 8 Release 2 and above,
Command WorkStation 5.3 can be installed on clients connecting to Fiery System 6 - 10"
However, when I look at the "Fiery system information" it says "Fiery system 8e" (see attached image).
Does "8e" correspond to system 8 release 2 or not ?
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Beginning of collaboration between MedicaTour and the biggest Russian State Center for Resuscitation and Rehabilitation
The Federal State Scientific Institution "Federal Research and Clinical Center for Resuscitation and Rehabilitation" (FNCC RR) was established by a decree of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 815 dated August 15, 2014, in order to solve one of the most pressing problems of modern healthcare - treatment and rehabilitation of the most difficult category of patients with severe head injuries. brain, long staying on artificial ventilation of the lungs and having impaired consciousness.
On December 12, 2018, management of MedicaTour Ltd. was invited on an official visit to the Federal Clinical and Scientific Center for the Inspection of this medical institution and for talks on possible cooperation.
"I am very inspired by the fact that we have finally opened a medical center of such a high level in Russia. Until now, our company has mainly worked with foreign rehabilitation clinics, which offered high-tech treatment for severe patients with cranio-cerebral disorders. Today we have our own center, which is not inferior in quality to the proposed rehabilitation to leading foreign centers, but even exceeds the level of some positions, and pricing is available, "- Tatyana Sokolov, CEO of MedicaTour, shares her impressions.
As a result of the meeting and negotiations, it was decided to start collaboration between the State Center and MedicaTour.
We hope that as a result of our cooperation, we will be able to help a large number of patients from Russia and the CIS, as well as from foreign countries.


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Making money from photography January 2019
Making money as a photographer must be one of the harder professions out there. Everyone seems to think that they can do it, and some people are willing to give excellent work away for free. You only need to look at Unsplash to see great images being offered with full commercial and editorial licenses at full resolution and for what? A credit line if you are lucky. As my friend Alex has discovered with his excellent research work on fraudulent accounts over at Shutterstock, there is an active gang of thieves just waiting for new uploads to Unsplash and immediately submitting them as their own images for sale on Shutterstock. Talk about people shooting themselves in the foot!
But back to my efforts in stock photography. Well, the new year did improve a little, especially with video sales. Overall, I ended up with $2750 for January. Quite an improvement over December and in line with my results from January 2018. That itself isn't great news as I added 2500 files during 2018! Still, it is nice to see an upward bounce:
The reason for the bounce is interesting. With just 2 days to go in January, I suddenly earned $212 on Shutterstock for that day alone. Shutterstock jumped from less than $800 to end the month with $1018. Why? A very large video sale for $180 paid to me. The video in question isn't anything special. Not even 4K – just a normal static HD shot of Dulles airport near Washington DC:
That sale gave quite a boost to my other video sales in the month:
A total of almost $400. The sort of videos that sold were my usual opioid shots, although I had a nice sale for a video of the sea behind a cruise ship on Shutterstock for $54 and one of the sun setting behind the wake of a cruise ship on Adobe for $24.
On the photo side, I continued my hectic pace of uploads during the month. I found that you could temporarily increase your subscription on Stock Submitter by choosing one of the higher packages and you are charged the difference between your current level and the new level as you increase your submission limit. As long as you choose to move back to your normal level before the end of your monthly cycle, then you are only charged once for that month. So I made use of that to upload a lot of my China images during January:
Shutterstock and DepositPhotos both take editorial and commercial shots, Adobe takes commercial only, so you can see how the increase in editorial shots is driving my uploads recently. Someone asked me if I knew how well editorial shots sold compared to commercial ones – I don't unfortunately. Not sure how I would measure that even though it would be interesting.
My file counts on the agencies (stills plus video) are:
I thought it would be interesting to look how the different agencies fared in January:
I removed Shutterstock so that the other spread our more evenly to show the differences of the smaller sites. Some sites did really badly – EyeEM had been around $50 in the past few months – this month $8! However, Creative Market was a flat zero in December and grew back to its normal $77. Alamy was shocking. 9600 images and I make $12 from two sales. I know some people did pretty well on Alamy – it is hard to know what I am doing wrong there, but there must be something. Perhaps I will investigate my zooms a bit more in the coming months.
Canva has also fallen off in recent months. Less than $100 in December, but an increase to $135 in January. Adobe maintains its record pace to end with $476. Not the best ever, but it is getting much more consistent. iStock was a pretty poor $317 – at least compared to earlier months. This was a December performance though.
One big mistake I made (and I'll write about it more when I have closed my account and got my outstanding royalties (as little as they are)) was joining OnePixel. Comments on the MSG suggested that this was a dodgy site, but my early uploads of maybe 50 images seemed to quickly sell and so I uploaded 8800 images. Same earnings as when I had 50 there. Pretty strange…. So I have accepted this was a mistake and have given in my 30 days notice to close the account there. Moral of the story – bottom feeders are always bottom feeders….
I had a quick look to see if there were any really good still image sales – some in the $20 and $30 range, but nothing really striking this month. So I think that probably rounds out my sales report for January.


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20 Medium asparagus spears
500g Pitted black olives
500g Goat's cheese
100mls Double cream
50g Pine nuts
50g Sunflower seeds
50g Pumpkin seeds
50g Nibbed almonds
1 Grapefruit
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
Cooking asparagus
1. Take the asparagus and snap off the bottom (1/3), wash and lightly peel from the tip down
2. In a pan of boiling salted water, cook the asparagus until tender (this should take 1-2 minutes)
3. Refresh cooked asparagus in ice water, once chilled store in the fridge until needed.
Olive puree
1. Wash the olives under warm water to remove excess oil.
2. Blanch the olives in boiling water for 1 minute.
3. Blend the olives in a liquidizer or blender until smooth, add a little olive oil if the puree is too thick.
4. Pass through a fine sieve, chill and store in fridge.
Method for seeds and nuts
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2. Toast seeds and nuts individually until light golden brown.
3. Peel and segment grapefruit, cut each segment into small dice.
4. Mix the warm seed mix with the grapefruit, olive oil and salt. (Add half the grapefruit to taste, add more if required.)
Whipped goat's cheese
1. Break up the goat's cheese into small pieces.
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Sara Kept Us Informed with Daily Emails
We are not first-timers to the real estate rodeo, having bought and sold properties in four states over the years. Recently, when it came time to select a realtor to sell my in-laws' home, we browsed Zillow reviews and selected Sara and Daryl because they appeared knowledgeable about the Rancho Bernardo area and had very complimentary reviews.
We consulted with Sara and Daryl about 6 months before we listed the home, asking for their suggestions about the type and amount of renovations required to sell a 50+ year old house that needed some improvements. They were refreshingly honest about what we needed to do to bring the house up to a saleable condition and even provided the names of contractors and vendors to do the work. In our experience with real estate brokers, this was a unique value-add. We ended up using all their suggestions and were very pleased with the economical and professional work that improved the house.
When the house was ready for sale, Sara and Daryl were again very prepared with their market research and knowledge of the myriad details involved in selling a home. One of their greatest strengths was their use of technology to speed the process of document review and signatures.
As soon as we listed the house, we moved out of state. Sara and Daryl were extremely helpful when "things" came up and went above and beyond to make sure the gardens were watered and the backyard spiffed up while the house was being shown.
When the first reasonable offer came in, Sara proposed a smart counter offer that enhanced the deal for us. We were impressed with her negotiation skills. During the escrow process, Sara kept us informed with daily emails and updates.
In addition, Sara has created a very helpful document that explains in detail the "mystery" of escrow. I would have loved it if our previous house sales and purchases had included this level of information. This is a real value-add for her clients and sets her above realtors we've used in the past.
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Mode shape expansion using perturbed force vector approach
Chen, Hua-Peng (2008) Mode shape expansion using perturbed force vector approach. In: Sixteenth UK Conference of the Association of Computational Mechanics in Engineering (ACME UK), 1-2 Apr 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. (Unpublished)Full text not available from this repository.
A new technique for mode shape expansion in structural dynamic applications is presented based on the perturbed force vector approach. The proposed technique can directly adopt the measured incomplete modal data and include the effect of the perturbation between the analytical and test models. The results show that the proposed technique can provide very accurate expanded mode shapes, especially in cases when significant modelling error exists in the analytical model and limited measurements are available.
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Amy X. Zhang
About Me
Hoodsquare: Modeling and Recommending Neighborhoods in Location-based Social Networks
Amy X. Zhang, MIT CSAIL, University of Cambridge
Anastasios Noulas, University of Cambridge
Salvatore Scellato, University of Cambridge
Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge
Information garnered from activity on location-based social networks can be harnessed to characterize urban spaces and organize them into neighborhoods. In this work, we adopt a data-driven approach to the identification and modeling of urban neighborhoods using location-based social networks. We represent geographic points in the city using spatio-temporal information about Foursquare user check-ins and semantic information about places, with the goal of developing features to input into a novel neighborhood detection algorithm. The algorithm first employs a similarity metric that assesses the homogeneity of a geographic area, and then with a simple mechanism of geographic navigation, it detects the boundaries of a city's neighborhoods. The models and algorithms devised are subsequently integrated into a publicly available, map-based tool named Hoodsquare that allows users to explore activities and neighborhoods in cities around the world.
Finally, we evaluate Hoodsquare in the context of a recommendation application where user profiles are matched to urban neighborhoods. By comparing with a number of baselines, we demonstrate how Hoodsquare can be used to accurately predict the home neighborhood of Twitter users. We also show that we are able to suggest neighborhoods geographically constrained in size, a desirable property in mobile recommendation scenarios for which geographical precision is key.
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These are the slides and notes from my talk that I gave at SocialCom '13 in Washington, D.C.
My first point, which may seem obvious and trite, is that
exist. Not just in a geopolitical sense, but they exist even in our minds as a way to categorize and characterize the places we have been to. Let's explore that idea.
Here is a picture of a place in New York you might recognize. Times Square right? What do you think of when you think about what Times Square means to you? (lots of tourists, lots of stores, busy at night-time)
Here's a very different picture - Chinatown, NYC. Lots of Chinese restaurants, Chinese people.
Here is a photo of West Village, NYC - residential, quiet.
Here is East Village, NYC - college students, restaurants and bars.
The crazy thing is that these photos are all taken within 2 miles of each other and some may be only a few blocks away from each other. And yet they are so different and they conjure up such different traits in our minds - such as the type of people, places, and activities that happen in these areas.
My second point is that
neighborhoods are important
Here is a slide from the London Health Observatory that shows how heath between different subway stops changes drastically. Some may also recall the New Yorker infographic showing the income disparity that occurs while traveling through the different New York subway stops.
It has been shown through research that people living in a city have very different experiences depending on where they lived. Which neighborhood a person lives or grows up in can affect greatly their health, the socioeconomic opportunities they have, and the public resources that are available to them. Politics and policy are often very different between neighborhoods, and also the businesses and venues around them as well as real estate may be very different.
Finally, let's define exactly what we mean by a neighborhood, as it is defined in the literature: A neighborhood is
"a contiguous geographic area within a larger city, limited in size, and somewhat homogeneous in its characteristics"
Localized. Small. Homogeneous.
The Problem
. Current definitions of neighborhoods are often inconsistent and arbitrary.
Here are several neighborhood maps of Manhattan. The left is from a lifestyle and entertainment magazine, the middle is from an online yellow pages website, and the right is from the US Census Bureau. As you can see the different maps are all over the place in terms of where neighborhoods lie and what the neighborhoods actually are.
Let's look at the area one would generally call the Upper East Side. In one map it encompasses the entire west side of Central Park. In the second, it's L shaped and the rest is broken up, and on the right side it is I shaped. We can see that the three maps also have different ideas about where Harlem begins and where UES ends.
Where the boundaries and neighborhoods occur are often decisions made without data, instead made arbitrarily, or even worse, sometimes made to falsely shift boundaries for instance in the case of real estate agencies.
In the cases where data is used to gather information to determine neighborhood boundaries, they are:
Rarely updated
: For instance, US census tract boundaries have changed very little since its inception in the early 1900s and lots of research and public policy make use of these boundaries.
Difficult to collect data
: Involves going door to door, polling people, filling out forms, hiring part-time staff
Not granular
: Because of how difficult it is to collect data, we only see snapshots every few years. In fact the Federal Census data is collected only once every 10 years
Solving the problem
: Use Location-Based Social Networks
Benefits of online social network data: lots of data, easy to collect, available in real time, semantically enriched.
There are some challenges with using online social network data as well.
There's lots of data, so need to use algorithms that can parse the data quickly. Data may not be representative, so we focus on highly urban areas.
A neighborhood is an area of relatively high local homogeneity. How do we find these using location-based social network data?
Before we can answer that question, how do we even characterize physical spaces?
The data set we use is gathered from Foursquare by way of public Twitter profile information, which we gathered using the Twitter API. This encompasses 34 million checkins by 900 thousand users in 4 million places. For this presentation, I'm mostly going to focus on the cities of New York, London, and San Francisco. But on the website, we have 11 additional more cities throughout the world that we have some results for.
So from Foursquare, we know the specific people that check in to that geographic place. There are many characteristics of people that can differentiate areas, such as ethnicity and occupation. We choose to focus on a characteristic that is both very descriptive of different areas and one that we can reasonably estimate using Foursquare data and that is
local versus tourist visitors
Another characteristic that often came up in our exercise at the beginning was
. Is this area busy around noon time? Or does it get busy at night? We can find this out because we know the time of the day that the check-in occurs.
Finally types of venues. From Foursquare data we also know the specific venues that are at a geographic place. But we also know the
venue categories
they belong to, for instance Bar, Coffee Shop, or Chinese restaurant.
We determined that a person is a local of a city if greater than 50% of their check-ins take place within a city. Here we can see a map of London that show whether more tourists check in (blue) or more locals check in (red). I've pointed out some major tourist locations on the map. As you can see, areas vary greatly in the number of tourists versus locals they see, even places very close to each other geographically.
We felt that the differences between an area that had its maximum number of checkins at noon versus 1PM were not that important. So instead we devised a way to split up the day into different buckets in a holistic way We plot the average number of checkins per hour across London, New York, and San Francisco. We see that all three cities experience spikes in activity around meal time, which makes sense since many Foursquare users like to check in to food related venues. For that reason, we organize checkins across time into different time categories, including meal times, and mark an area as one or more of these categories if the hour which it has the most checkins is within the category's range.
Besides knowing the particular venues that are in a geographic area, we know the place category of each venue, such as Coffee Shop or Korean Restaurant, which is crowdsourced from Foursquare. In these photos you can see the differences in geographic areas in terms of both place category and time. The colors represent high level place categories such as Food or Shops or Nightlife, with larger circles meaning greater popularity. For example: As would be expected, Nightlife in magenta becomes much more prevalent at night time. At noon, we see more Food places in yellow, and in the morning we see more work in blue and education in black.
So now we can characterize areas but how do we know if a characteristic is a defining one for an area? Let me elaborate on the reasoning behind that question a little bit.
We use the phrase, "shopping district", or "theatre district", often to describe certain parts of town. But just because an area has a lot of shops, can we call it a "shopping district"? I'm sure there are shops throughout Manhattan, but it wouldn't be useful to define a shopping district that is the entirety of Manhattan. With that in mind, it doesn't make sense to characterize areas as an area for shopping just because there are shops there. Even if we know there are X shops in an area, or even X% of an area is comprised of shops, it's not a useful or defining characteristic of an area if all the surrounding areas also have X% shops. So what do we mean when we call certain parts of town the "shopping district"? What we actually mean when we say this is
a small area with a high density of shops relative to other surrounding areas
So what we're actually interested in finding is highly dense pockets for each characteristic, or as we'll call it:
. To find highly dense pockets we use density-based clustering, which is good because unlike partitioning algorithms, you don't need to know number of clusters beforehand and not all points must be contained within a cluster. So if an area does not have relative high density for a characteristic, it's not in a cluster. We choose the density based clustering algorithm OPTICS because it can deal with finding clusters varying levels of local density, which is necessary in cities that do not have a uniform number of visitors.
How OPTICS does this is by creating a reachability plot, created by ordering points based on their distance to each other so closer points are grouped together on the reachability plot and form valleys. Higher valleys have greater distances between points, which means they are less dense. So one way to find clusters is to just pick a threshold. But different thresholds lead to different clusters.
So to find clusters we use an automatic clustering algorithm. We find local maximums within the plot and partition the plot to form a hierarchical tree. Then we gather the leaves off of the tree to get our locally dense hotspots.
And of course there is a bit of fine tuning to get this process to give us appropriate results: clusters that aren't so big that they are no longer useful. For instance, we do set a maximum average reachability distance to be acceptable to be a hotspot. So in this case, the leaf with the highest average reachability distance may be not dense enough to be acceptable.
Here's an example of the algorithm working on only the Chinese Restaurants in Manhattan. You can see how the area commonly known as Chinatown is highlighted by the algorithm.
Another way to put it: how can we tell if an area is homogeneous relative to its neighboring areas? To do that, we've come up with an equation that seeks to calculate how homogeneous an area is with respect to its surrounding areas. We call this number an area's
Homogeneity Index
or H-Index.
First split the city into small grid cells: 100m by 100m. Then for each grid cell, compute a vector for that grid encapsulating the characteristics present at that grid. So since we have hotspots for each characteristic, a possible vector would have each characteristic as a dimension and the value of that dimension to be the presence of a hotspot.
Then, the H_index of cell p given a radius r find all cells within radius r of p, call these cells Npr. Compare the vector of p to vector of each cell in Npr, in this equation we use cosine similarity as our comparison, and adding up these comparisons and normalizing by number of cells in Npr.
We played with different values for r in H-Index. You can see how at 400meters, we get small areas with high homogeneity. As we increase the value of r, we begin to see larger areas with high relative homogeneity.
OK so now we have a value of H-Index for each cell in a city. How do you actually find polygon neighborhoods? As can been seen from the heatmaps from the previous slide, there are many different local maximums, so simply setting a hard threshold for H-Index and getting all the resulting polygons will only find some of the peaks.
Instead we employ a moving threshold. First we decide on a min and max size that we want a neighborhood to be in terms of number of cells. Then, we set our threshold to be 0. We gather all the cells that have H-Index greater than 0 (so all of them) and pick out the groups that have between min and max size. A group is a group of cells where any cell can reach any other cell in the group by traversing N,S,E, or W within the group. See picture. Then we increment our threshold slightly and repeat with the remaining cells not assigned to a neighborhood. We stop when the H-Index reaches 1.
And here, finally are the resulting neighborhoods from the previous algorithm, done on the heatmaps of New York with radius of 400m and radius of 1200m. This is a screenshot of
, built with leaflet.js. You can not only see the neighborhoods but also the different hotspots for each characteristic.
Here is a screenshot zoomed into Tokyo with some of the hotspots highlighted.
Ok so now we have some different neighborhood boundaries. What can we do with them? And is there any way to evaluate our neighborhood boundaries at this task versus other versions of neighborhood boundaries?
One application is for us to recommend neighborhoods to people. Here, we took all the Twitter user profile information of the people that checked into the neighborhood commonly named "SoHo" to create this word cloud. Below is a word cloud formed from Twitter user profiles of users that checked in to a neighborhood near Columbia University. You can see that there are some differences between the two word clouds. The SoHo word cloud references many career-related terms such as marketing, PR, entrepreneur, producer, and more. On the other hand the Columbia word cloud has student related terms such as student, international, Columbia, doctoral, etc. So then, our task is, given the Twitter profile information of a user, recommend neighborhoods for him or her to visit, where a neighborhood is represented as the words from all the profiles of the users that visit the neighborhood.
We compare the neighborhood boundaries we defined with radius 400m also known as HoodSquare Small and with radius 800m also known as HoodSquare Large against the following baselines. First a simply partitioning of the city into grid cells of 800m by 800m. Second, the latest U.S. Census tract boundaries. Third, a set of boundaries taken from Zillow, an online real estate company. And last, a set of boundaries produced by Livehoods, another algorithmic approach using spectral clustering on the network of Foursquare places in the city.
A point to make about this task is that the size of the area that is recommended is important. It would be difficult for a user to navigate a neighborhood that is sprawling. Without taking size into consideration, this task would be trivial. For instance if one neighborhood is the size of Manhattan, the accuracy of recommending this neighborhood would be 100%. To give you an idea of how the neighborhoods between the various baselines and hoodsquare small and hoodsquare large compare in terms of size, here is their probability density functions for area size. The grid baseline has a uniform area of .64 km squared so it's not shown here. As you can see, Zillow, Census, and Livehoods have a great disparity in neighborhood size, with some neighborhoods that are quite large, reaching near 10 km squared, definitely a size not navigable by foot. In contrast, Hoodsquare S stays around 0.1 km sq while Hoodsquare L stays near 1 km sq, both reasonable sizes to cover on foot.
So we recommend to our test users the top N most similar neighborhoods given a user's profile information, where N goes from 1 to 25. We look at two different evaluation metrics:
which is the percentage where the system recommended the correct neighborhood in the N sized list. Then there's also
, which is the average total size of the recommended area (so all the neighborhoods' areas added up) and normalized by the total area of the city. We can see that several of the sets of neighborhoods perform well in terms of Accuracy@N. However, the HoodSquare neighborhoods are the only ones that have both relatively high accuracy coupled with low total area recommended, even as the recommendation list size grows.
- Characterized places in a city by place, time, tourist/local, and found hotspots for each characteristic
- Used a homogeneity index to indicate areas of high relative homogeneity and employed an algorithm to find neighborhood boundaries
- Integrated neighborhoods and hotspots into an online visualization
- Evaluated neighborhoods using a neighborhood recommendation application against several baselines
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Where Can You Find the Best Contact Center Agents? - FurstPerson - ContactCenterWorld.com Blog
Where Can You Find the Best Contact Center Agents?
FurstPerson's Dr. Brent Holland recently led an interactive session, Global contact centre applicant skills benchmarks, at the 2016 Customer Contact Expo in London. Below is a rundown of Dr. Holland's latest research findings.
Even more than the C-suite, the contact center is the beating heart of any large enterprise. However, finding the right talent isn't always easy in the contact center space. While most industry insiders realize the role of a contact center agent is a complex one, identifying agents capable of handling the complexity and truly excelling in these types of roles presents a challenge to many companies.
But, improvement begins with knowledge.
Before organizations can improve the quality of hire among their contact center agents, it is critical they understand the strength of the contact center talent pools in their respective markets. In his research, Dr. Holland examined three common contact center skills:
- typing speed
- English writing
- inbound sales
This game-changing research provides contact center leadership with the information they need to drive ahead of the competition and increase revenue. The study focused on 1,144,102 English-speaking job applicants. The parameters were as follows:
- applicants applied to contact centers between 2014 and 2015 in 293 locations
- locations studied were distributed across 14 countries
- sample sizes ranged between 542,655 (USA) and 239 (Dominican Republic)
- applicants applied to seven different types of contact center jobs (though not all jobs or contact center skills' assessments are represented in every country)
The study measured contact center skills using a variety of assessments and work-sample simulations1. Note that the research summarized below has been standardized to permit direct comparisons across markets. Each of the tools used to measure the contact-center skills summarized below, except for the basic typing test, are described in table below:
Typing Skills - USA and Philippines Demonstrate Comparable Proficiency
Though our research shows that it benefits companies to consider not just typing speed, but overall keyboarding skills, most organizations require a minimum number of words-per-minute to qualify for certain jobs.
The chart below illustrates typing speeds across three key markets. While applicants in the USA excel in all four areas, Philippine job applicants demonstrate comparable skillsets across the board. In fact, the actual words-per-minute for applicants are 32 (USA), 29 (Philippines), and 19 (India), respectively.
Surprisingly, Indian applicants' typing skills lag behind those of the Philippines, in spite of the fact that the rate of personal computer market penetration in both regions is 9% and 10% respectively, compared to 79% in the USA.
Additionally, while surmising that mobile technology might play a large part in this difference, the Philippines' market has a higher mobile penetration rate than India.
English Writing Skills – USA, Canada, and the United Arab Emirates Show the Most Promise
In an expanding market, there continues to be a growing demand for proficiency in both written and spoken English language skills. When observing the relative strength of written English skills, the United States, United Arab Emirates, and Canada lead the pack by significant margins. On the other hand, El Salvador and Philippines' applicants demonstrate below-average performance on:
- constructing complete sentences (34% and 35%)
- grammar (41% and 39%)
- instructional writing (41% and 43%)
- overall writing skills (39% and 35%)
However, candidates from both El Salvador and the Philippines outperform applicants from other large markets including Columbia, India, Mexico, and St. Kitts. Columbian, Indian and Mexican applicants score similarly on most dimensions.
The USA and United Kingdom Lead in Inbound Sales Skills
When it comes to driving contact centers forward, few roles are more essential – and more difficult to hire for – than inbound sales/support roles. Every inbound call presents representatives with the opportunity to drive additional revenue by identifying additional needs, educating customers, inform them of new offers and potentially close a brand new sale. However, organizations need to proceed carefully when choosing whom to hire for these hybrid service-sales roles.
Representatives with the greatest likelihood of success excel in each of the following areas:
- multi-tasking
- data-entry
- computer ability
- job-specific sales skills2.
One implication is that the best inbound sales representatives tend to draw on a myriad of skills, enabling them to simultaneously perform a variety of different tasks including searching for account or promotional information while also engaging with the customer. Doing so creates a smooth and enjoyable experience for the caller, and an opportunity to drive additional sales for the representative.
Overall, we studied four major markets with sales-related skills' benchmarking data.
The USA and United Kingdom achieved the highest overall sales scores with Filipino applicants demonstrating comparable skills and coming in a close third.
While the results showed a great deal of variability in terms of Data Entry Accuracy, each market scored comparably in terms of Multi-Tasking ability.
The relative weakness of Mexican applicants on Computer skills is important and points to a critical development need if the country's contact-center industry wishes to remain competitive for inbound sales jobs.
As competition heats up among an increasingly globalized market, the markets your business chooses to recruit contact center applicants will play a much larger role in your ability (or inability) to drive business, customer satisfaction, and revenue.
While candidates in the USA demonstrate strength in skills across the board, other global markets demonstrate nearly identical proficiency in English Writing (UAE and Canada) and Inbound Sales (United Kingdom and Philippines). Though it's too early to draw final conclusions about which countries possess the strongest overall contact center typing, writing, and inbound sales skills, the above research provides a jumping-off point for organizations considering expansion by outlining the implications of which markets they choose to recruit candidates.
Get the complete rundown of Dr. Holland's research by downloading your free copy of his presentaiton below.
- Holland, B. (2013). Multimedia contact center simulations improve hiring accuracy. Employment Relations Today, Fall, 2013.
- Holland, B. & Lambert, D. (2013). How to measure contact center skills using multimedia simulations. In M. S. Fetzer & K. A. Tuzinski (Eds.) Simulations for employee personnel selection. New York: Springer.
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Whether you hate the idea of restaurants throwing away perfectly good food or you're just looking for an inexpensive meal, you're bound to fall in love with the newest food-saving app.
Feedback is a phone app that aims to cut down food waste, by letting you buy restaurant meals destined for the trash at a fraction of the dish's original price. Participating restaurants post how many meals are available before they need to be thrown away, the discounted prices and when customers can come to pick their orders up. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant!
Right now, about three dozen restaurants are currently using the app in Toronto, and more will be added throughout the country in the coming months.
Josh Walters, co-founder of Feedback, was first inspired to create the app after being offered entire, free pizzas by a restaurant owner that was closing down his restaurant for the night. The owner had to either give them away for free or throw them in the trash. Since there's so much pressure on restaurants to keep food as fresh as possible, many have to choose between throwing out a lot of extra, perfectly good food or giving it all away.
According to Feedback's website, "upon speaking to restaurateurs it became evident that there was no incentive or effective method to reduce [restaurant] waste."
So how is it okay to throw out so much food when there are thousands of people all around the world that have nothing to eat? It isn't, which is why it's so important to have a resource that encourages customers to prevent food waste — especially through a financial incentive.
But Feedback goes above and beyond in its effort to prevent food waste. In fact, a meal will be donated to a person in need every time someone buys something through the app.
An app that'll help you save money, cut down on food waste and help those in need? Everybody wins!


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Marchant Model XLA Calculating Machine
Marchant Model XLA Calculating Machine
- Description
- This lever-set, non-printing manually operated pinwheel calculating machine has a metal housing and metal base, both painted black. The nine levers for setting entries are topped with red or white plastic covers. A bar in front of the levers can be raised to zero them (there is no entry register). The steel operating crank with wooden handle extends from the right side of the machine. It rotates backward (clockwise) for addition and multiplication and forward (counterclockwise) for subtraction and division.
- At the front of the machine is a movable carriage with 13 windows that show dials of the result register on the right and nine windows for the revolution register on the left. Dials in the revolution register are black for addition and red for subtraction. Decimal markers slide above both of these registers and above the setting levers. Moving a sturdy brass lever at the front shifts the carriage. A zeroing lever on the right side of the carriage zeros the result register when turned clockwise, and the revolution register when turned counterclockwise. The machine has a metal base with rubber feet, but has no cover.
- A triangular metal tag attached left of the levers reads: MARCHANT (/) CALCULATORS (/) SIMPLICITY (/) ACCURACY (/) SPEED. A worn paper tag glued to the back of the machine reads: MANUFACTURED BY (/) MARCHANT CALCULATING MACHINE (/) OAKLAND CALIFORNIA U.S.A. (/) PATENTED IN UNITED STATES & FOREIGN COUNTRIES (/) UNITED STATES [. . .] 76,197 DEC 4. 1923 (/) AUSTRALIA 5,861 March 2. 1922 (/) CANADA 239,984 MAY 13. 1924 (/) CHILE 4,884 OCT 18. 1922 (/) GREAT BRITAIN 185,852 June 14. 1921 (/) HOLLAND & COLONIES 11,299 April 16. 1924 (/) JAPAN 40,871 NOV. 30 1921 (/) SOUTH AFRICA 78 JAN 27. 1922 (/) OTHER UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN PATENTS (/) ISSUED AND PENDING. No serial number found.
- According to Marchant Math-Mechanics, a publication for the sales staff of Marchant, the model XLA was introduced in 1928 as a relatively inexpensive calculating machine that could be placed "on every desk." It cost $125, and had a smaller capacity than the model XL. The experiment proved unsuccessful, and the machine was discontinued in 1931.
- Reference:
- Marchant Math-Mechanics, vol. 7, 1940, p. 132.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- calculating machine
- date made
- ca 1930
- maker
- Marchant Calculating Machine Co.
- place made
- United States: California, Oakland
- Physical Description
- steel (overall material)
- plastic (overall material)
- brass (overall material)
- wood (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16 cm x 39.5 cm x 19 cm; 6 5/16 in x 15 9/16 in x 7 15/32 in
- ID Number
- 1984.0682.02
- catalog number
- 1984.0682.02
- accession number
- 1984.0682
- Credit Line
- Gift of Walton G. Banks, Inc.
- subject
- Mathematics
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- Science & Mathematics
- Calculating Machines
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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I just found this machine in some old items. My calculator looks exactly like is but mine has a cover that attaches to it and a carrier strap.. Was this normally on all this units?
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Wisdom Water
By Loren Anne Barnett
"Eagle!," Jimmy Sollner yelled from his captain's chair on CBF's education boat Jenny S for the
tenth time. There were 20 of us aboard the 40-foot, jet-drive investigation boat, and the call
brought intended chuckles. It was a perfect day on Virginia's Rappahannock River.
There are many ways to enjoy the Rappahannock: fishing, kayaking, and hiking, to name
a few. My choice for this visit was to join a class of teachers and CBF educators for the
first couple days of Teachers on the Bay. The week-long course, part of CBF's professional
learning program and recognized by the Virginia Commonwealth University, is designed to
make connections between biology, chemistry, natural resource science, history, and culture
and the Chesapeake Bay—connections teachers can take back to the classroom.
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