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One of the most common and most challenging job interview questions is "can you tell me your strengths and weaknesses?" In some cases, they may ask you to list a certain number of each (usually two or three but I've heard as many as five) which means that you'll want to put some added thought into it. But no need to panic, this question is a lot easier to answer than you may think — provided you're ready for it.
Almost two years ago, I wrote an article about this exact topic but I figured since it's starting to crop up more frequently in interviews during these challenging times, it might be a good time to revisit it. In most cases, this is a question asked by someone in staffing or human resources. Although it does come from potential bosses and peers from time to time, it's rare. It does make a difference who asks it and if multiple people ask the question throughout the interview process, you'll want to make sure that your answers are consistent. So let's get into how to answer it.
Preparation is key:
This is such a common and textbook question that shame on you if you're not ready for it. You should know what your key strengths are as well as your key weaknesses as this knowledge is important for you to grow. That being said, you might not want to share these strengths and weaknesses with a potential employer as they may not cast you in the light you need to be in to get the offer — especially when the job market is highly competitive.
So the first thing you must do when you finish reading this article is to sit down and write out your answer. Given that answering this question well (remember that there are no right nor wrong answers to interview questions) will keep you in the running and that a poor answer may cause the employer to not consider you, you'll want to put a lot of thought in to this.
Listing your strengths:
Ideally, your strengths should match the key qualifications for the position. You can usually tell what's most important to the employer by the way the job description is written, but sometimes, you'll learn it during your interview. If during the interview the interviewer keeps emphasizing the importance of experience, then experience might be the strength you decide to go with.
So how do you prepare for this if it could change during the interview? Well start by looking at the qualifications and listing out a strength for each one. That way you have at least one strength (and a story you can tell about it) for whatever might come up in the interview. And yes, you'll want a story to be able to share with the employer so they know you're sincere.
The last time I was asked this question, I had learned through the interview process that good communication skills were needed for the position. So one of the things I listed as a strength was, you guessed it, my communication skills. I was President of my Toastmasters club at the time so I explained that in addition to being comfortable with giving a speech, I also work well with people from all walks of life. Now given that this was for a computer programming job, the other strength I listed was my programming experience. Had I only talked about my strength as a speaker, they might wonder how good I programmer I must be. Since they asked for my top two strengths, I was able to talk about both. If they only asked for one, I would have gone into the technical challenges that I overcame as a programmer and then snuck in the communication skills by saying "but as challenging as some technical problems are, sometimes getting people to work together can be just as difficult. There have been days where I've felt my skills as a communicator were as important as my skills as a programmer."
Again, you want to read the interviewer a little bit. I had interviewed once for a contract position for programming where they just wanted you to sit at a desk and pump out code. So in that case, I would have stuck with just the technical skills. In another interview, the hiring manager told me that his team lacked someone who could be groomed for management so in that case, the communication skills are important. So keep these possibilities in mind as you prepare your list of strengths.
Listing out your weaknesses:
This is the part of the question where people have the most trouble — and it's also the part that the person on the other side of the desk is paying most attention to. While the strengths piece is more about trying to figure out what the candidate is most proud of, the weaknesses piece is about getting a candidate to tell you things you typically don't find out until their first day on the job. So you can see why so many employers are asking it again.
The trick here is to only list weaknesses that are actually strengths in disguise. The common textbook examples are "I'm very thorough with my work to ensure there are no mistakes" or "I tend to work long hours because I'm so dedicated." Even the most novice interviewer can see through answers like these. The best answer I've ever heard for this is that "I've been working this field for over ten years but my major in college was in a different subject area. I'm currently taking classes at night so I can have the formal education in addition to my work experience."
This answer is great for the following reasons:
- He slipped in a strength (his work experience).
- He's showing that he did something about the weakness.
- He choose a weakness that's not a significant deficiency in his skill set (in this case, it was for a technical position where work experience is much more valuable than formal education).
This is the type of weakness you want to strive for. A great tip for college students is to use their lack of real life work experience as a weakness. When I was finishing up college, I once said in an interview "Although I've had an internship at a software company and worked in the Computer Information Systems Department part-time, I currently don't have the years of experience that other candidates might have." Given that the employer knew I was still in college, this worked out to be a decent answer.
So again, make sure that each weakness you list out meets these criteria. Make sure it's not a critical qualification for the job, show that you're doing something to work on the weakness and slip in a strength while giving the weakness.
So now you should be armed and ready to take on this question at your next interview. Remember that preparing for this (and many other questions) ahead of time will help you feel less stressed during your interview. Take each interview seriously and prepare well — you often only get one shot.
If you've found this article useful, you might want to check out my new CD on Job Interviewing. It's packed with tips like these that you can listen to over and over again.


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What are carbohydrates
- Group of nutirents important in our diets
- source of energy
- lowere energy content than fats
- contain the elements carbon hydrogen and oxygen
- is produce in plants during photsythesis
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What are the three main groups of carbohydrates
Monsacchrides and Disscarhides are sugars
Polysacchirdes are non sugars - (starch)
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What are monosacchirdes
- found in food containing 6 carbon atoms
- have the genereal formula of C6H12O6.
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What are three important memebers of monsacchirdes
Glucose (Dextrose):
- Found in fruits and vegetables
- Large amounts in fruits such as grapes
- smaller quanties such as young peas and carrots
- it is a reducing sugar
- helps assist in browning (millard reaction) of baked goods
- Chemically simmilar to Glucose however the arrangemnets of the atoms are slightly different
- Found in many fruits and in honey
- Chemically simliar to Glocuse
- doesnt exist in foods but found in breast milk
- it is produce when lactose breaks dow n during digestion
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What are reducing sugars?
- Fructose and Glucose are reducing sugars
- Suctrose is a non - reducing sugar
- Have the ability to breakdown fehlings soloution to from brick red coloured preciprate.
- allows sugar to act as a reducing agent, for ecample milard reaction
- used widely in the confectinery buisness as glucose sugar
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What are invert sugars?
- Equal amonuts of sucrose and fructose
- naturally occurs in honey and is produced in jam when sugar and fruit are boiled
- is always produced with the splitting of sucrose into equal parts of glucose and fructose
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What are dissachrides
- The general forumla is C12H22011
- Formed when two monsacchirde molecules combine and water is elminated
- it is an examole of condesation reaction
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What are the three types of dissachrides
- Ordinary householed sugar
- prodced by the condesation of glucose and fructose
- found in many fruits and vegetables e.g sugar cane and sugar beet
- Formed by condesation of glucose and galactose
- It is only found in milk where it is the sole carbohydrate.
- Found only in milk, cow's milk (4-5%), human milk (6-8%).
- It is a reducing sugar.
- formed by the two condensation of two glucose molecules.
- It is a reducing sugar and is produced when starch is broken down by the action of enzymes (amylases), particularly in the malting process of barley
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What are polysacchrides
- They are condensation polymers of monosaccharide
- made up of many monosaccharides molecules joined together, with the elimination of one water molecule at each link.
- The General formula is C6H10O5.
- This type of carbohydrates can be separated into two groups: Simple and Complex polysaccharides
- 1. Simple polysaccharides consist of long chains of one type of monosaccharide.
- 2. Complex polysaccharides are long chains which contain a combination of different monosaccharides.
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What are the simple polysacchirdes?
- major food reserve of plants. mixture of two different polysaccharides:
- The amylose molecule consist of between 50 and 500 glucose units joined in a straight chain. Flour naturally contains amylose.
- It is broken down by the enzyme amylase, which is naturally found in our saliva.
- It has Excellent gelling qualities and tends to break down easily (causing syneresis)
- This molecule consists of up to 100,000 glucose units joined in a branched – chain structure. Poor gelling qualities. Excellent 'non-break down' qualities.
- No syneresis or retrogradation
- The starch in many plants, including wheat, rice, corn and potato, consists of approx.80% amylopectin and 20% amylose.
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What are the simple polysacchirdes?
- It's a carbohydrate only found in animals.
- It is thought to be a carbohydrate reserve in animals just as starch is the carbohydrate reserve in plants.
- Animals store glycogen in the muscles and liver and when it is required it is converted into glucose which is then broken down to provide energy.
- It can be readily broken down to maltose and glucose when it is required for energy.
- When animals are being slaughter it is important that there are high levels in order to produce tender meat
- It supplies roughage, which is sometimes known as fibre, in the diet.
- It has the ability to hold large amounts of water, it helps form the structural part of the plants e.g. stems.
- Amorphous cellouse can absorb large amounts of water so it is used in slimming foods, as the cellouse swells in the stomach
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What are the complex polysacchrides
- It is found in many fruits and some root vegetables.
- Apples and the peel of citrus fruits is rich in pectin.
- It is can be used as a gelling agent, especially in jam making.
- Sugar is needed in gel formation about 65% giving best results. This is about the amount normally present in jam.
- pH also affects gel strength, the optimum pH levels are between 3.0 – 3.5 (acidic).
- Fruit that have high pectin content are apples, blackcurrants, damsons, plums, redcurrants, gooseberries, oranges and guavas.
- Fruits with Medium pectin content are apricots and early blackberries.
- Whilst fruits with Low pectin content are cherries, late blackberries, pears, rhubarb, raspberries, tomatoes and strawberries.
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What are complex polysacchirdes
- They have the ability to absorb large amounts of water.
- They can form firm gels under the right conditions.
- They are used to act as thickeners, stabilisers and emulsifiers,
- they can be sourced from plants and seaweeds (Carrageen, Alginates).
- They are used extensively in the food industry (e.g. ice cream.)
- These polysaccharides can act as thickeners, stabilisers (which absorb water) and emulsifiers (which makes oil and water soluble in each other).
- Guar gum - acts as a stabiliser which can gel with Xanthan gum.
- Xanthan gum - has a thixotropic effect, meaning when agitated, it becomes thinner and thickens upon standing.
- Alginates - this polysaccharide needs calcium to help form bonds. Alginates can thicken, gel and form thin films.
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Fibre (Non Starch Polysaccharide or NSP) in food:
- Fibre is present in whole grains, fruits and vegetables, especially the skin covering of seeds.
- It is a mixture of substances (mainly complex carbos) which cannot be digested in the small intestine.
- The indigestible parts of food, generally consisting of cellulose, hemicellulose and pectin.
- It is important in maintaining the proper functioning of the digestive system.
- Fibre, also known in the UK as non-starch polysaccharides (NSP), e.g. cellulose and pectin and guar gum is found in fruits, vegetables, beans and cereals.
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Benefits of high fibre diet
- Reduced risk of bowel disorders
- Provide feeling of fullness – eat less – useful in calorie-control diets
- Fibre-rich foods tend to be low in fat
- Reduces blood cholesterol, reduces risk of heart disease
- High-fibre foods tend to be relatively cheap
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Recommendations on carbohydrates
- Base your meals on starchy foods: these foods are good sources of starchy carbohydrate which is an important source of energy.
- Around 50% of dietary energy should come from carbohydrate (starch and sugars combined).
- No more than 11% of dietary energy should come from non-milk extrinsic sugars (loosely referred to as 'added' sugars).
- Frequent consumption of sugar-containing foods particularly between meals can increase the chance of tooth decay, especially in those with poor dental hygiene.
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Functional Properties of Carbohydrates:
- They help cause the colour change of bread, toast and bakery products;
- Contribute to the chewiness, colour and sweet flavour of caramel;
- Thicken products such as sauces and custards.
- Sugar – Add sweetness & flavour, colour, aerate and caramelize
- Texture, coating, decoration. Instant energy. Starch – thickener, gel, add bulk, slow releasing energy.
- Fibre (NSP) – adds bulk, feel full for longer, low fat, helps the elimination of waste products
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Properties of sugars
- Appearance and solubility: All sugars are white, crystalline compounds which are soluble in water.
- Sweetness: All sugars are sweet but do not have the same degree of sweetness. The sweetness of sugars can be compared as follows;
Relative Sweetness
Invert Sugar
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intrinsic sugars and extrinsic sugars
- Sugars can be divided into intrinsic sugars and extrinsic sugars.
Intrinsic sugars:
- These are within the cellular structure of the food, e.g. in whole fruit or vegetables.
Extrinsic sugars:
- These sugars are not bound within the cellular structure of the food, e.g. the lactose in dairy products.
- Honey and table sugar are also examples.
- These are referred to as non-milk extrinsic sugars (NMES).
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- Foods which are baked, grilled or roasted undergo colour, odour and flavour changes.
- This is due to a reaction involving protein and a reducing sugar.
- These polymerise to form complex brown coloured compounds called dextrins.
- These compounds contribute to the colour and flavour of many foods such as toast, bread and cakes.
- This is known as non-enzymic browning (Maillard reaction).
- Parts of amino acid and sugar molecules in food combine, when heated, to form brown compounds which change its colour, odour and flavour.
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Millard Reaction
- Many foods containing carbohydrate and protein when heated (with a dry heat, e.g. a grill) a reaction occurs between the two to form a brown colour.
- This is the result of a simple sugar reacting with an amino acid (in a protein chain). E.g. bread when toasted – from dry heat in a toaster or grill.
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- When sucrose (sugar) is heated above its melting point it undergoes a physical change to produce caramel.
- This happens more readily without water, however syrups will caramelise with rapid heating.
- This process is used extensively in the production of confectionary.
- Overheating will cause the substance to become bitter and dark.
- It is a non-enzymic browning reaction.
- Sugar is heated to a very high temperature.
- It is a browning reaction in the absence of proteins or amino acids.
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- When starch is mixed with water and heated, the starch granules swell and eventually rupture, absorbing liquid which thickens the mixture.
- On cooling, if enough starch is used, a gel forms.
- This process is used in the production of blancmange.
Gelatinisation of Starch:
- Ability to form a gel (thicken).
- Does not dissolve in cold liquid, but forms a dispersion (colloidal suspension).
- Thickens at a range of temperatures 85°C+.
- Hydrogen bonding allows a gel network to form, trapping the water and forming a gel on cooling.
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Breakdown of Gels
- When a starch based gel is allowed to stand or is thawed, after freezing, the bound up water 'weeps' out from the frozen gel structure.
- E.g. white sauce left for a few days.
- The breakdown of the network structure is known as 'Retrogradation'.
- The leaking out of the liquid is known as Syneresis.
- Retrogradation can expel water from the polymer network.
- A small amount of water can be seen on top of the gel.
- Visual example – ready meals that contain sauces that have been thickened with starch (flour) when frozen and then defrosted – sometimes a layer of water lies on top of the sauce and the sauce can split or separate.
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Fuel cells deliver electricity and consume hydrogen and oxygen (air) to this end. Depending on the construction, the electricity yield per quantity of hydrogen is extremely high compared to a gas turbine, for example.
Power and heat are among the most important manifestations of energy. Electricity is universally useable – it is a high-value form of energy. Heat on the other hand, dominates over 50 per cent of the energy consumption in Germany, and so is also a precious energy form. It is mostly produced as a by-product, when energy is converted or is used in the performance of work. We can often see the approximate ratio based on the efficiency of a technology. An Otto engine converts, for example, around 36 per cent of its fuel in motion, the rest is heat for the most part. Extra heat is frequently generated in electricity production in a power station as well. This is already today very often fed into a heat supply system in the combined heat and power process and used for further heating purposes. The intelligent handling of "excess heat" is a necessary step in reducing our overall energy consumption.
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This document is a report titled "Report of Special Committee on Racial Discrimination for 1955" written by the Association of American Law Schools. The report outlined the Association's new policies on equal opportunity in legal education and the consequences member schools may face if they did not comply. At the Association's 1950 meeting, it resolved that it "'opposes the continued maintenance of segregation or discrimination in legal education on racial grounds, and asserts its belief that it is the professional duty of all member schools to abolish any such practices at the earliest possible time.'" This report was the result of that resolution. At the time of its publication, "sixteen member schools have not yet admitted Negro students or announced a readiness to admit them," which the Association found "disappointing" especially considering the Association's adoption of an amendment to its Articles of Association and Brown v. Board of Education. The Association's amendment stated that one of its objectives was "'Equality of opportunity in legal education without discrimination or segregation on the ground of race or color.'" After Brown v. Board, only a few schools had desegregated; the Association's Special Committee was doubtful that integration would occur "'if the Association engages only in exhortation and watchful waiting, and the need for action of a more positive character by the Association will therefore have to be considered.'"
In the report, the Association made it clear that continued membership in the Association was contingent on compliance with the new objective. The Association also acknowledged that "Law and its procedures have been used in countless ways as the instrumentalities of discrimination" but "our law has become an agency of emancipation and correction." The report claimed that segregation in law schools is ironic because now "it is the law that is being invoked to end segregation in education." Opponents to the Association's sanctions argued that the Association "may encourage, but should not require, conformity with the ideals of a majority of its members." They also addressed other oppositional viewpoints, such as public institutions that refuse to comply and schools experiencing "humiliation" by admitting a black student.
The report proposed the following amendments: The Committee's Specific Case Approach, The Nature of the Sanction, The Conditions to the Proposed Sanctions Operation, The Authority to Defer Action, Action by the Association in Excluding and Reinstating Schools, and Reports of Non-Compliance. The Committee's Specific Case Approach called for equal opportunity in legal education and denounced "discriminatory denials of admission," which was the "most important barrier to equal opportunity." It also stated that schools that did not comply would be excluded from membership in the Association. Schools that denied a black applicant—not schools that did not have any black applicants—would be excluded from membership. The Nature of the Sanction called for amending the Articles of Association to add the new sanctions. The Conditions to the Proposed Sanction's Operation acknowledged that "Negro applicants may sometimes in fact be handicapped in meeting [admissions standards] by inadequate prior education" and that some institutions may put admissions standards in place that may be impossible for black applicants to meet; it called for an investigation if the Association found that a school denied admission based solely on race or color. The Authority to Defer Action permitted the Committee "to defer temporarily a recommendation to the Association that the discriminating school be excluded" as a "precaution against cutting off opportunities for constructive action by member schools." Action by the Association in Excluding and Reinstating Schools described the exclusion and reinstatement processes. Reports of Noncompliance called for a system of reporting compliance with the Association's standards and requirements.
Report of Special Committee on Racial Discrimination for 1955, 24 Oct 1955, RG 6.2.4 box 22 folder 16, University Archives, Virginia Baptist Historical Society.
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"He knew he could push me vocally maybe more so than some other players."
That's Brendan Gaunce in the video below talking about his first season of professional hockey played for brand new Vancouver Canucks head coach Travis Green with the Utica Comets. For Gaunce, the approach taken by Green to treat each player differently, as an individual, was a key component in his development.
Development he hopes will continue with the big club here in Vancouver in short order.
The funny thing about coaching each person on your team rather than simply coaching a team is it's a tact that still hasn't caught on completely. Sure, minor hockey coaches don't get to visit casually with their players next to the water cooler every morning. It's difficult to build a personal relationship.
Although, the audience is different. Travis Green might have more time with Brendan Gaunce than you do with your players, but I can tell you from experience that it's a lot tougher to crack through the guard of a hockey player in his or her mid 20's than it is an '08 from the lower mainland who is pumped just to be getting attention from someone other than their parents.
For Natalie Spooner, the season that sticks out for her is the one which required a move by the entire female Olympic hockey team to Calgary to be centrally located.
Think about that for a second – players moving to a new city to play for an established franchise is one thing, but for Spooner and her teammates, they had to adjust to a completely different lifestyle entirely. They worked themselves to exhaustion and survived a sudden coaching change when Kevin Dineen came on board late in the process.
"He made each player on the team feel special. Everyone had a part."
For Spooner, a glimmer of hope from the head coach, a boost of confidence was all she needed to ultimately make the team. Dineen's poise and confidence injected the entire team with poise and confidence and the rest is history.
Olympic gold history.
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Reversing cameras are a popular upgrade for motorhomes as they allow you to see behind, when preparing for an overtake as well as reversing on pitches or at home on the driveway.
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WooCommerce API Manager Product Tabs adds WooCommerce API Manager Product document tabs to the frontend product page when using a theme that supports tabs such as the Storefront theme. WooCommerce Products will be automatically populated with tabs, and content for those tabs, when the product is an API Manager Product. Just setup the API Products as usual, and WooCommerce API Manager Product Tabs does the rest, so you don't need to write the same content a second time into tab metaboxes on the product. Here is a brief description of how it works.
Below is a screenshot of a product page with the Documentation and Changelog tabs automatically added. In fact, the product you are viewing is using the WooCommerce API Manager Product Tabs to add the same tabs as shown in the screenshot.
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Family, friends, co-workers and psychiatrists have often questioned my taste in comedy. I consider Woody Allen one of the funniest men alive, but I'm also a sucker for lowest-common denominator gag-o-second spoof films from the original Airplane! (still a masterpiece) to the past decade's awful trend of "Fill-in-the-Blank" Movies. I despise the recent trend of uber popular gross-out bromantic comedies (I Love You Man, The Hangover) but I love anything from David Wain (The State, Wet Hot American Summer, The Ten). When I first heard about Hot Tub Time Machine six months ago, I hadn't been this excited about a comedy since Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story. Sadly, though, what was once thought to be a can't-miss piece of pure cinematic gold turned into another haphazardly executed Snakes on a Plane style hatchet-job. I mean how could you go wrong with a movie called Hot Tub Time Machine?Do I even need to go over the plot here? Continue reading
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Bad Movie Marathon
Twas the stars and my Netflix queue aligned this weekend as the Hurri-Rain-Pocalypse pimp-slapped the East Coast (thanks El Nino!) and delivered to my mailbox were no less than three monumentally bad movies to pass the time as flood waters receded. One of these films was so awful, it reached that rarified pantheon where film buffs bestow upon special movies the title of "So Bad it's Good." In fact, I dare say, it might be the perfect "Bad Movie" and one that had me entertained and laughing for its entire 2 hour 38 minute run time. Good Citizens of Filmlandia …I give you…Roland Emmerich's DUN-DUN-DUH 2012!
2012: Every German director has their fetish. Continue reading
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82nd Annual Academy Awards Predictions and Drinking Game
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards aired Sunday Night, March 7th, 2010. Below were my predictions for the winners in the major categories. The actual winners were filled in after the Oscars are announced.
Well, I scored a personal worst of only 11/24 this year (after a record shattering personal best score of 18/24 last year), but I've never been happier to have been so wrong. The right film actually won for the first time since, well, I don't know when!
Highlights of the evening included:
- A few genuine surprises in the screenplay categories and for foreign language film.
- Hosts (Baldwin and Martin) who were actually funny.
- No musical numbers spare for the humorous opening! (Though there was an annoying dance number for the best score nominees)
- The humility, humor, and quiet heartbreak of Sandra Bullock who knew she did not deserve to win but was so sincerely thankful.
- The humility of Kathryn Bigelow who knew she deserved to win (and made history in doing so) but also knew there are more important things and more important people to honor than films and filmmakers.


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Non-Refoulement in the Context of Internal Displacement
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This publication examines the principle of non-refoulement in the context of internal displacement, and draws on aspects of international and regional law that address the principle of "no-return." The paper uses the experience of South Sudan (where over 200,000 internally displaced persons are currently seeking protection in UN peacekeeping bases) as a case study. The opinion piece explores the territorial dimensions associated with non-refoulement under the relevant bodies of law, while the South Sudan example adds further complexity of a situation in which the de facto duty-bearer for upholding non-refoulement in the so-called Protection of Civilians (POC) sites is an international organization – UNMISS – rather than a state.
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Financial service software provider Misys announced on Wednesday it has appointed Natalie Gammon as its new Chief Information Officer. The company stated that Gammon will be taking on the responsibility of managing its global infrastructure and technology operations, which includes all business applications and support services, as well as the data centers and overall information security.
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Firstly, massive thanks to a very lovely woman, Hwei and HTC Malaysia who hooked a gadget geek (and HTC fangirl) up with this review unit.
Here's the HTC One S that I'll be reviewing. Let me know any questions you have.instagr.am/p/NVc4r6k57A/
— Winnie Chen-Head (@winniekepala) July 21, 2012
If you follow me on Twitter, you'd know that I got the HTC One S more than a week ago to play with. It's been a little over a week now and I'm happy to share with you my User Review and thoughts on this gorgeous 4.3″ HTC Android smartphone.
Since HTC unveiled the HTC One series, all eyes were on HTC One X because it was their flagship phone. However, the younger brother of this flagship phone was revealed not long after as the HTC One S. Don't be fooled, this is no low end phone. In fact, if not for the super impressive specs of the HTC One X, this HTC One S can be very worthy of being a great mid to high end phone.
Let's look at the highlights of the features of HTC One S:-
- HTC's thinnest phone yet – measuring a mere 7.8mm
- Unique patent pending (plasma-heated micro arc oxidation process) alloy unibody design
- 4.3″ AMOLED screen – better than the HTC One X
- HTC One S is a 1.7Ghz dual-core processor, vs HTC One X has a 1.5 GHz quad-core processor (no biggie really, if you're not that picky about specs)
- Impressive 8 megapixel camera, with HTC's very own ImageChip and a f/2.0 autofocus
Also, read about my post on the launch of HTC One S in Malaysia here.
As with all HTC phones recently, their box packaging is made of a recyclable material, held together by hologram stickers and a paper band with the HTC branding.
Inside he box, you'll find the gorgeous HTC One S, user manuals and the usual suspects. It comes with a charging adapter (3 pin for Malaysia) as well as a micro USB charge / sync cable. Of course, the standard HTC earphones are present. Remember, HTC Malaysia are having their promotions that will allow you to purchase the HTC One S bundled with Beats headphones.
Hardware Overview
Here's a quick overview (once again) of the HTC One X specifications:-
- 4.3″ qHD Super AMOLED display
- 1.7 GHz dual core Snapdragon processor
- 16 GB internal memory (with FREE 25GB Dropbox storage for 2 years)
- Available in Gradient Metal colour
- Powered by Android OS 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (with HTC Sense 4)
- 8 megapixel rear camera, 1.3 megapixel front facing camera
- 7.8 mm thin (the thinnest HTC phone yet), weighing only 119.5 grams
- Li-Ion 1,650 mAh battery
- Free 25GB Dropbox cloud storage (2 years)
4.3″ screen is the perfect size that fits in your hands. Similar to the Samsung Galaxy S II (read my review here), this screen size is neither too big nor too small. Just right. But with more and more Android phones getting bigger and bigger everyday, it's great to know that the HTC One S fits into this screen size category.
At the front, it's a vivid 4.3″ AMOLED capacitive screen. It's really great that HTC used an AMOLED screen here (versus a Super IPS LCD2 on the HTC One X). More on the screen difference later in the post.
At the back of the device, you'll get to feel the matte backing of the phone that is neither slippery nor fingerprint magnet.
The build quality of the HTC One S is simply stunning. It feels so solid and good in your hands. Much like its older brother, HTC has continued to maintain its positioning of building great, solid phones. The unibody aluminium design means that the battery is non-removable.
The phone is rather minimal with it's ports and buttons as well. At the top of the phone, you'll see the power button along with a 3.5mm headphone jack. On the right, you'll find the volume rocker. On the left is the micro USB charging / syncing port.
You flip off the top of the back panel (near the camera) to reveal the slots for your micro SIM slot. Yeah – time for everyone to cut their SIM or get a new micro SIM now.
Unfortunately though, there is no expandable microSD card slot on this phone. You're kinda stuck with the on board 16GB storage, but it's not that big a deal. Because HTC has included 25GB of Dropbox cloud storage for FREE for 2 years with this phone.
The front of the phone has only 3 touch sensitive capacitive soft buttons – for "Back", "Home" and "Multi-tasking" only. This is rather in line with all the new Android OS 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" phones today, although Google prefer no soft buttons at all, because they want to start pushing users (and developers) to start using on-screen menu functions.
Front facing camera for video call is set at 1.3 megapixel, which is decent. But the real juicy deal is the rear camera which is a nice 8 megapixel shooter with autofocus and LED flash light. HTC boasts its superior technology enhancements to its HTC One series phones and it's present with this phone as well. More on the camera later in this post.
There is a matte blue ring lining the lens of the rear camera. This gives the phone a little nice trimming and character. But I can't stop wondering if HTC Malaysia will bring the Gradient Black version that comes with the red ring instead. 😦
Comparison with HTC One X
If you've not read my review on the HTC One X, you should read it now here at https://winniekepala.com/2012/06/htc-one-x-user-review/ because there are a lot of similarities with this HTC One S.
Because I am personally using the HTC One X as my primary phone, I couldn't resist doing a hardware comparison of these 2 phones.
HTC One X (left and bottom) vs HTC One S (right and top)
HTC One X is a 4.7″ smartphone, while the HTC One S is only 4.3″. But looking at this side by side comparison. it really isn't that obvious a difference. The former is just a tad bigger in size, but yet still feel comfortable in your hand.
Both phones have a curved body design when you look at it from the side profile. Although HTC One S is supposedly the thinnest HTC phone yet, you really don't see a lot of difference in real life and don't feel it so much in your hands, too.
HTC One X Super IPS LCD2 vs HTC One S AMOLED screen
At the image above, both phones are set to maximum brightness. This is where the biggest difference to the screen is more obvious. You might not be able to tell from this picture, but in person, you'd definitely notice that the AMOLED screen on the HTC One S is way brighter and more vivid than the HTC One X. And this is just from navigating on the phone…
When viewing videos and pictures, this becomes a lot more apparent. AMOLED screen somehow looks way better than the LCD2 screen where images are sharper and more beautiful.
Because my hubby is still using the (ancient) Apple iPhone 4, I took the opportunity to snap this picture for size comparison.
As I mentioned before, with more and more Android smartphones coming out these days with much bigger screen size, the iPhone seems so teeny and toy-like. Good thing that there will be a refreshed version coming from Apple soon, huh?
Software Overview
HTC One S runs on HTC Sense 4 UI, which is its proprietary skin / theme on top of Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich" OS. It is still a rather updated version, eventhough Google only just announced Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean" OS not too long ago. Bear in mind, "Jelly Bean" OS is only currently available in Google's own branded devices such as Nexus 7 tablet and Galaxy Nexus developer phone.
Anyways, back to the software on the HTC One S – it's exactly the same as the HTC One X. Again, read the review of the HTC One X here so I don't have to repeat myself.
After setting up your phone with the usual login and connections setup, you'll be prompted to setup your Dropbox login as well. This is one area that I have to commend HTC for offering FREE 25GB Dropbox cloud storage with every phone. Schweet!!!
The "Get Started" guide immediately pops up after setup to help those who have either never used an Android phone before, or perhaps never used HTC Sense UI before, to get used to the interface and learn to navigate on the phone. This is a nice touch.
Of course, after setting up your Google account, clicking on "Android Market" will update the app into the new "Google Play" rebranded marketplace. Once done, all your apps from previous Android phones will download and sync automatically. Of course, you can always choose to stop any of these installation and/or download those that are not on auto-install.
Ahh… the beauty of Android OS, they really remember you and your usage behaviour. Me likey!
For the sake of this review, I resisted the urge to download and switch immediately to my go-to keyboard of choice, SwiftKey 3. I spent the last week using the stock HTC keyboard to be able to provide an honest feedback for this review.
Honestly, I used to love the HTC on screen keyboard. It's one of my favourite stock keyboards, even better and more accurate than the Android stock keyboard. Until I found SwiftKey, I never looked back. So, for me to go back to using the HTC keyboard again was a real challenge for me. After a week, I got really frustrated.
Don't get me wrong, the accuracy of the text prediction is good. It's never caused (much) embarassing auto-corrects in my use. My gripe with the HTC keyboard is the small space bar and the cursor buttons underneath the keyboard (which I can't figure out what it's for?).
The tiny space bar has caused me much error in two thumb typing. Many a times, I accidentally hit "b" or "v" when I meant to hit the space bar. With my type of speed typing, I constantly have to go back to correct this multiple times. It could be personal preference, but why isn't every Android user using SwiftKey keyboard is beyond me.
Exactly like the HTC One X, the HTC One S comes with an 8 megapixel read camera with a 1.3 megapixel front camera. The tehcnology enhancements HTC has done to boost the camera have been amazing, in my usage of both these HTC One series phone.
It's not exactly zero shutter lag (meaning 0 seconds from when you press the shutter button to when the image is taken), but it's f/2.0 aperture capability, it capture images in 0.7 seconds with a 0.2 seconds autofocus. As per its older brother, you can capture video and photo simultaneously, along with burst shot of up to 60 shots concurrently. Impressive!
Here are some sample shots from the HTC One S. Click on the image to see enlarged quality.
Indoor daytime with my doggie as my model (again)
First picture I took from the HTC One S, which I subsequently shared on Facebook and Twitter as well. Here's the original which you can view an enlarged version. Details are good, you can see the fine hair of my doggie perfectly.
Nevermind the fact that I look horrific in the picture above (my tired face, no makeup, giant pimple on my chin)… but note that the flash is not too harsh.
Indoor shots at night, without flash, is not too bad. For the occasional food porn pictures I take, this camera is quite good.
Battery Life
HTC One S comes with a 1,650 mAh battery, while the big brother HTC One X has a 1,800 mAh battery. This is not super impressive like Samsung Galaxy S III's 2,100 mAh battery (which is coincidentally the best on a smartphone I have seen to date).
Nevertheless, HTC One S's battery life is decent. Although I have not been using this phone too heavily during this review period, the phone has managed to last me a full day, without breaking a sweat. In the last week, I check my mails occasionally, tweet a couple of times a day, make a handful of calls and barely took much pictures.
With this light to moderate usage, here's how the battery have been treating me.
Previously, I noted that…
SGS3 can last me more than 18 hours with 15%+ battery life left with its 2,100mAh battery. HTC One X, with its 1,800mAh battery can last me about 16 hours with 15% battery life left at the end of the day.
With the HTC One S, the battery can easily last me 15 hours or more with 15%+ battery life left at the end of the day.
Pricing and Availability
As previously noted in the HTC One S launch blogpost here, HTC One S will be on sale at the Recommended Retail Price (RRP) of RM 1,838 at all authorised reseller and along with mobile operators' bundled plans.
- DiGi plans from RM 749 > http://www.digi.com.my/PhonesDevices/HTC_One_S.do
- Maxis plans from RM 799 > http://www.maxis.com.my/personal/android/Android_Packages.asp#htcOneS
- U Mobile plans from RM 1,149 > http://www.u.com.my/phone-deals/htc-one-s
Should You Buy It?
To set the expectation, this is not a flagship Android smartphone like HTC One X or Samsung Galaxy S III. So, if you're looking for a powerful Android phone, then those are your two bets.
If you're looking for a decent Android smartphone below the flagship level, at a mid range level, you should definitely look at this HTC One S. It is a very impressive phone indeed. Forget about having quad core processors or super gigantic phones, this HTC One S is one you should look at.
I've always loved the build quality of HTC phones and this time, HTC didn't disappoint again. This smartphone feels lovely in your hands and the alloy unibody design feels premium.
This HTC One S is no way a lesser brother to the HTC One X. Its specs and performance is very capable of standing strong in the market of Android phones today. In fact, it can very well be a semi-flagship phone with it's impressive spec and perfectly pocketable and comfortable 4.3″ size and super thin and light body and great camera.
So, if you can't, don't want to or don't need to splurge on an expensive quad-core flagship phone, you should definitely look at this HTC One S. In my opinion, it's a "BUY".


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A whole pound of fresh cèpes is not something that many of us can get hold of, so non-foragers can use a mixture of fresh cultivated mushrooms and dried cèpes, soaked in a little boiling water until soft. Strain the flavour-packed soaking liquid and add it to the pan along with the raw mushrooms. Let it simmer until it reduces away to nothing, and the mushrooms begin to fry in the fat or oil.
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2 cloves garlic, crushed
1lb 2oz/500g cèpes
10 eggs
2 tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped
- Heat the goose fat or oil in a pan, sauté the garlic for a few seconds. Add the cèpes and cook until tender and just beginning to colour.
- Break the eggs into a bowl, whisk lightly and season with salt and pepper. Add the parsley.
- Pour the eggs into the pan with the cèpes, then whisk with a fork until they begin to scramble. Keep moving the mixture, tipping the pan around until the mixture is just set.
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To say today has been the Monday of all Monday's would be quite accurate. I debated on whether or not to blog about this because honestly I feel super sensitive about it – as a dog mom and since it deals with finances. But after struggling to find resources today I figured if this post helps at least one person in my situation then it was worth it. And I just kind of needed to vent…
So we went to a friend's lake house this weekend. We had a blast and it was so unbelievably nice of them to let us bring Camp along. Seriously, not a lot of people would do that. He behaved really well, played with the other dogs, and for the most part stayed nearby. I took a few photos of him and JR when we were hanging out on the dock and then we penned him up inside the homeowner's wire kennel and went out on the boat for a few hours. When we got back we let him out and noticed a huge chunk of his lower canine tooth was chipped off. I went into full on dog mom mode. First I looked at the photos I took on the dock earlier and sure enough both his pearly whites were intact so it for sure happened while he was in the kennel. Probably gnawing on it to get out. Then I started googling, panicking, and making every attempt to not start crying. What was left of the tooth was completely cracked in half and it was sort of bleeding – it looked like it HURT! I researched a few options but figured there wasn't much we could do about it immediately and tried to just make sure he wasn't in pain. It didn't ruin our weekend – he kept playing and running around fine and we had fun and enjoyed the rest of the time there.
Today, however, was a different story. First thing this morning I took him to the vet. We get in to see our new vet – whom we love, way more than our vet in Lincoln – and he informs me that since it is a lower canine tooth that he is unable to do the extraction. General practitioner vets are able to do all other tooth extractions except lower canines. Yikes! He said we had the option to do an extraction (remove the tooth) or a root canal (save as much of the tooth as possible and seal it so it doesn't get infected). We also could get a metal crown put on to completely replace the top of the tooth. Either way we would need to see an animal dentist – yes, an animal dentist – to do the procedure. He gave us some anti-inflammatory meds to help keep the swelling down and then gave me the card for the dentist he recommended. So for this initial visit we already had to pay $100 ($50 to see the vet, $50 for the meds). JR called the animal dentist and thankfully they could get us in right away so we headed there next. (JR was at work during all of this so Camp and I were on our own.)
We get to the animal dentist and they get us in right away. We fill out all the initial forms with the vet tech and the veterinarian/animal dentist comes and checks out his tooth. She shows me what the tooth looks like (the lower canines are huge and go all the way down to the jaw) and then photos of our different options: extraction, root canal, root canal with a crown. She even informs me that if he is subject to this behavior (chewing on his kennel) frequently that I can get all four canines crowned – talk about a grill! She heads out and the vet tech comes back in with the quotes – $1900+ for a root canal and crown, $1300+ for an extraction. The quote for 4 crowns (a full Lil'Wayne grill) was $2999+. Uhhhh….
This is where I needed help. The vet tech was super nice and honestly that job of explaining the costs has to SUCK. Your pet is in pain. If you are like us you don't have that money just lying around. And you have to make a decision on a super invasive procedure that involves putting your pet under. I felt like I was going to bawl. I asked a few more questions, took the quotes and information, paid $90 for the consult (so we are at $190 now) and headed back home.
As luck would have it, JR plays basketball on Wednesdays with another animal dentist. This guy and his connections. He texted him to see about a second opinion. He works for another animal hospital where they do have animal dental specialists and he happened to be one. I called for a quote and they informed me they only do extractions, not root canals, and it would cost anywhere between $545-640. That sounds a bit better! The earliest he could fit Camp in is Wednesday.
So this is where I struggled. I googled and researched to find anything that would give me some more insight. On one hand the dentist is telling me the root canal is the way to go – it's way less invasive, will help save the tooth, and have a quicker recovery time. Con: it costs over $1900!
JR's friend offers the extraction route at a much more affordable cost ($640), says the extraction will only have a 1-2 day recovery time and him losing the tooth won't affect him at all. But like, HE WILL BE MISSING A HUGE TOOTH. (This is where I turn into a crazy dog mom.)
I couldn't find anything thing to put me at ease. Also, did I mention we are Dave Ramsey obsessed? Well we definitely don't have extra money laying around and Dave's take on vet bills is to not get too emotional and to call around and get a few quotes. But I AM EMOTIONAL and the quotes – THEY ARE REALLY HIGH. For a CHIPPED TOOTH. When Camp ate the sugar free gum (which was probably the most traumatic experience of my life) it cost us $563. He chips a tooth – $750 at minimum.
So this is where we are at. We ended up scheduling the extraction with JR's friend for Wednesday because honestly, it's the cheapest route. I can tell Camp is in a lot of pain and I just want to get him taken care of and not overreact and spend a bajillion dollars. It just sucks – a lot. So here is my best info if you ever find yourself in a similar situation.
If your pet is in a veterinary emergency situation…
DO act quickly and get as many opinions and quotes as you can. Your pet is probably in way more pain then he/she let's on.
DON'T go to each place and get an opinion. Call first and see if your regular vet does these extractions. If they don't, don't bother taking him there because you will pay $50 for them to tell you to go somewhere else. Go in for one consult so a specialist can evaluate the tooth and then use that quote to call and get quotes from other places.
DO ask as many questions as you can. If you are nervous about something don't be afraid of looking stupid. I was honestly wondering if pulling that tooth would make his tongue hang out the side of his mouth. Turns out it won't but it was way worth it to ask.
DON'T only worry about the short term. It felt like when I asked how the procedure would affect him they would give me answers specific to his recovery time. But I was more concerned about the rest of his life. I sort of had to specify about wanting information on long term side effects. (Which they said will be none. Still on the fence about this since he is a dog blogger.)
DO get lots of different quotes. We got three different quotes involving different procedures and understood the range of costs and what we were paying for. Don't be afraid to have someone explain the breakdown of the bill to you.
DON'T negotiate too much if at all. (Not Dave Ramsey's recommendation.) I was seriously so emotional during all of this the last thing I wanted to do was negotiate. And it also felt pretty icky. These are people's businesses and livelihoods and I don't want some wack job cutting into my dog. I would honestly rather have a vet who is the bomb, knows it and stands behind their prices because they know they are worth it. Also note that a specialist (a practice where they only do animal dental procedures or any other specific procedure) is going to cost more then a general vet office that has a specialist on staff. They are way less busy and don't make additional income from routine checkups like other vets do. They also had additional education (11 years total for an animal dentist!) and know procedures (like a root canal) which means they have a different set of tools and equipment.
DO know that it is ok to be upset and overwhelmed. It is OK to spend this kind of money on your pet. Stuff like this happens and that is life and you just have to deal. If you are reaching upwards of $5k-$10k for a procedure I would definitely stop and really evaluate your decision to move forward because those are giant numbers. But if you are in the $100-$2,500 range you need to understand that vet bills are part of owning a pet and sometimes you just have to suck it up.
DON'T be afraid to offer cash. We haven't tried this option but I read about it after the office closed. I will definitely give an update if we can get some sort of a discount.
DO call your crazy dog mom/cat lady friend. Thankfully I have a gal pal that is equally obsessed with her pups as I am. It helped having someone who understands our relationship with our dog and let me know that I'm not crazy for paying $700 for a chipped tooth.
DON'T be insensitive. This is more for people who have friends/family that are going through a similar situation and is kind of the reason I wrote this post. No one said anything in particular but I just felt like I was overreacting and being too sensitive all day long. Saying "you can pull it out with pliers" or referencing putting the dog down is the worst thing you could do in this situation. Or even noting that "you would never spend that kind of money on a pet." The pain Camp is in sucks. The bills suck. Making decisions sucks. The last thing I want to hear is that I'm crazy for having to deal with the situation I'm in.
Fingers crossed we can get a cash discount tomorrow and the procedure goes well on Wednesday. Any prayers are appreciated – he will have to be put under which is always scary! I will also be sure to post an update so check back if you find yourself in a similar situation!
UPDATE: Camp's procedure went great and he is back home resting up. We ended up going to JR's vet friend who actually did the procedure himself. He was so great at answering all my questions and taking care of our pup! The tooth ended up being fractured in two places so I'm not even sure if a root canal would have been an option. I am still super sad he is now missing a tooth (I almost started crying on the way home about it!) but we are glad it's all done with! If you are in the Kansas City area and need vet recommendations feel free to message me – I left the clinic and vet names off the post since I had a lot of info about pricing!
The overall costs ended up totaling a little under $800. We paid $50 for our regular vet visit, $50 for anti-inflammatory meds, $90 for the specialized dental clinic consult, a little under $570 for the extraction and teeth cleaning, $20 for pain meds, and $15 for antibiotics. (We did get to keep the tooth! HA!) We also got a few new client discounts totaling around $40 which helped (none were requested and just ended up on our bill!) I never asked about a cash discount so if you have ever been successful with that let me know. We could have saved about $150 if we had skipped the consults – you live and you learn!
He is pretty zonked right now but I think everything will heal up fine! If anything else happens I'll be sure to keep you updated! Thank you everyone for your prayers! I am a crazy dog mom so even though it might have seemed minor it was an ordeal for us!


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Hey RMA crew!
I've been talking with a number of different Running Mums this week about coping with running in this heat. It was mid-thirties here in Brisbane last week and it's getting hotter. As humans (surprise) we are actually pretty good at adapting to the heat, allowing us to exercise in the middle of the day… important for our cavemen ancestors chasing the lesser adapted Sabre Tooth tigers for lunch!
Basically your body cools itself in two ways:
- By sweating.
- Your body diverts blood from the muscles to the skin, hence the red face. This one is fascinating because it creates a bit of a paradoxical battle between the muscles and the skin and muscles ALWAYS lose.
How does your body adapt?
The body is 'the bomb' at adapting to heat. It does it better and quicker than coping with cold or even altitude. In just a couple of hot runs you will start to sweat earlier in your workout, you will sweat more and it will be less salty which is your body changing to conserve sodium (delicious). Within a week your blood volume will start increasing to enable blood flow to both muscles as well as skin. In fact Brett Ely, a heat researcher in Natick, Massachusetts found heat adaptation happens in as little as 8 to 14 days.
Are men or women tougher in the heat?
We know from 'research' that men are better sweaters. However women do fare well in hot runs. In truth it comes down to size.
Just after the Athens Olympics Tim Noaks, an exercise physiologist looked at two groups doing 8k time trials on a treadmill. The first group weighed 50kg or less and the second group weighed on average 59kg. At cool temperatures the athletes were statistically equal but when room temperatures were raised to 35 degrees the smaller runners were significantly quicker. The reason for this comes down to surface to mass ratios.
Basically most women are smaller than men and therefore have higher ratios making them more able to get blood to the skin to cool down. Same principals apply to lean guys and it's no surprise… the Kenyan's are smashing it on the world stage.
So how can you tackle the temp?
We put this question to Facebook last week and had many great answers. A personal favourite was 'drinking wine at the end to rehydrate' and another 'eat more lettuce'. I feel like we have a lot of witty followers…
I was talking to Running Mum Shona Stephenson who won Blackall 100 this year, she has the rule that if it's over 26 degrees you run in a sports top or your RMA singlets (no sleeves). Shona will always run in a cap and carries two 500ml bottles, one with electrolytes and one water to tip on herself. She counts 100 steps and uses a small amount of water on her cap to keep cool. 500 ml will get her through 10k. Some elites use a frozen neck tie but if you have long hair just keeping it wet can keep temps down. What you're trying to do is keep cool so you won't need to sweat as much and go into fluid deficit.
Drinking during your run
(Not wine). When you're really pushing you can easily sweat more than a litre an hour! It's important to replace fluids and electrolytes as much as you are able to and there's heaps of good stuff out there. Shona will use a sports drink diluted at about 25%. Running through checkpoints she will even grab two frozen gastrolytes, one to eat and one in her running top to chew on later! Another one of our athletes Mick Thwaites who came third at Badwater (50 degrees plus!) will have a sip religiously every few minutes.
Fluid Replenishment
Post run you want to get in as much fluid as you can. Natural electrolytes like coconut or mineral water are great to replenish quickly. You'll know when you're rehydrated when you drink water and then quickly have to pee! Ready for tomorrows run!
Hope this helps RMA crew! Stay safe in the heat. Enjoy your Christmas runs… And don't forget to keep tagging us in your sweaty Betty photos!
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One would think that after releasing three albums in a year, an artist might consider taking a "hiatus"; anything from a drug binge to a bender in Mexico. Not Ty Segall, he doesn't take breaks. He has formed yet another new project with guitarist Charlie Moothart, appropriately called Fuzz, and the 7-inch single has already sold out.
No one knew what Fuzz was, at first, or who was even in the band. Chicago-based label Trouble In Mind received the "unsolicited e-mail submission" and described them as a "San Francisco mystery band." Later, Segall disclosed the band's true identity in a magazine article.
The new tracks remind me of Slaughterhouse, the loud and unforgiving 2012 summer release. Who would have guessed that when Segall got behind the drums and Moothart took center stage, they would explode into a 1960s California version of Black Sabbath?
Ty Segall is California's garage-rock sweetheart and a "living legend" to many of his fans. Some say that he is the next Jay Reatard. There are similarities: They've both composed songs with other bands while concurrently recording their own solo records. They've released records under the same labels. Their work ethic is strikingly similar.
But Segall has managed to make his own mark in the rock world, experimenting with different sounds and collaborating with many other musicians. Last year he released a psychedelic rock record with White Fence about a month before Slaughterhouse.
Another month later came Twins. It's our contention that while he might leave a similar legacy as his predecessor, he'll probably leave us more music.
Segall described his recent project as "Blue Cheer meets Black Sabbath," and it sounds true; after all, San Francisco musicians just can't stay away from the distinctly acid-rock sound. And why should they?
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Pneumatic blonde Pamela Anderson is an American icon, born and raised in a small town in Canada called, Ladysmith. Located in beautiful British Columbia, the town is fast becoming famous because of their Centennial baby. Pamela was born on July 1st 1967, Canada's one hundredth birthday, and her Parents, Barry and Carol Anderson, were awarded with a medal. Life in Ladysmith was normal. Living on the edge of a cliff over the Pacific Ocean allowed Pam's creative mind to wander. She would put on plays for her parents, forcing her brother to play a part in any story she came up with.
At a BC Lions football game Pam, wearing a Labatt's Blue Zone T-shirt, was put up on the big-screen by a cameraman between plays. The crowd went crazy, demanding they bring the Labatt's girl down for the lottery drawing at half time. Soon after she was the 'Labatt's Blue Zone Girl' in a major advertising ad for the beer company. Playboy, after seeing the campaign, contacted Pam to have her appear in their magazine. She decided to go after her dreams and moved to Los Angeles, posing for Playboy and appearing on the cover eleven times.
After making a couple of sitcom appearances Pam landed a regular role on the hit ABC sitcom "Home Improvement". Two season's later she decided to take a role on the hit syndicated show "Baywatch" so she could take her dog, Star, to work.
Pamela's stormy relationships have, unfortunately, become tabloid topics. After Baywatch Pamela dove into feature films with the big-budget international cult sensation, "Barbwire", playing the futuristic comic-book heroine of the title. In 1998 Pamela teamed up with JF Lawton to produce VIP(1998-2002), a tounge-in-cheek action-comedy about a bodyguard service headed by the voluptuous blonde Vallery Irons.
Pamela has also been in the press due to her high-profile, stormy marriage to Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee, suffering through the stolen honeymoon video and his substance abuse. In 2002, after having divorced Lee and four season';s of "V.I.P" behind her, Pam announced she was taking a year off to concentrate on her health and spend time with her son's. A year later she was involved with music star, Kid Rock.
Pam started a regular magazine column for Jane Magazine and produced, with her brother Gerry, an animated series based on her likeness in the form of a superhero called "Stripperella" (Spike 2003) created by Marvel Comic s legend Stan Lee. Pam voiced Erotica Jones and her alter ego,Striperella, exotic dancer by night and superhero by "Later that night". The iconic Anderson would continue to make headlines with her statuesque profile, risque photo shoots and controversial personal life – including her strong allegiance with animal rights group People For Ethical Treatment Of Animals. It was around this time her good friends, the Wayans brothers, called her to be in their latest comedy, Scary Movie 3.
Pamela was diagnosed with Hepatitis C, a result of sharing a tattoo needle with her husband. Her tireless work with the liver foundation and other related charities has raised awareness as well as millions of dollars for the fight against Hepatitis C. She is trying to reduce the negative stigma attatched to Hep C & Aids. By joining forces with MAC Pam has raised over 12 million dollars in 8 months, the most any celebrity has helped raise. The President of Este Lauder & MAC John Dempsey calls it "The Power of Pamela!".
Anderson currently produces and stars in her own FOX sit-com, the aptly titled "Stacked" (2005 - ), playing Skyler Dayton, a woman tired of living the fast life and making bad choices in boyfriends who takes a job at a bookstore.
Throughout her career, Pamela has been an outspoken advocate for PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) and raised the amount of awareness worldwide.
Pamela has, for the last ten years, been the most down-loaded woman on the internet. She is a dedicated mother who has raised her children on her own. Often described as "Supermom" the future is always luminescent for the omnipresent Canadian superstar.
Pam has many projects in the works. A true business mogul!
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Starbucks is promoting recycling awareness on their homepage today to celebrate Earth Day.
They set up a street art campaign in the Flat Iron District in New York City, building a tree out of cups of coffee in variegated shades. Each person that put their cup down traded in their paper cup for a reusable mug or tumbler.
The promo asks: "If everyone made one small change, could we change the world?" The spot suggests: "One person changing can save trees, together we can save forests."
The street art creation simultaneously draws attention to the waste that piles up with each cup of take-out coffee, and at the same time, builds a beautiful tree that looks really cool from the aerial shots above. I personally love some of the including shots of passer-by reactions, ranging the curious to the quizzical. Those reaction shots are key to any public viral stunt like this!
Starbucks is backing up the promotion by giving away a free cup of coffee to anyone coming in today (April 22) with their own travel mug. Tumblers and reusable mugs are also on sale today to encourage customers to make the switch and start earth-conscious habits.
On their blog, Starbucks states that "in 2010, people brought their own tumblers into our stores more than 32 million times, keeping nearly 1.45 million pounds of paper out of landfills." It's numbers like those that will hopefully encourage more people to make the change.
We think this is a great example of how brands are using video to promote and spread their corporate goals and values with customers, while tying in good marketing promotions to engage customers. Who doesn't love free coffee?
Happy Earth Day! Have you come across any more good Earth Day Videos today? Share them in the comments!


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