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Fossilised Remains Of 90-Million-Year-Old Rainforest Found Under Antarctic Ice</h1>
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<strong data-reader-unique-id="7" style="max-width: 100%;">The fossilised remains of a rainforest have been discovered </strong><span data-reader-unique-id="8" style="font-weight: bold; max-width: 100%;">underneath Antarctic ice</span><strong data-reader-unique-id="9" style="max-width: 100%;">, which indicates the continent was once much warmer than it is today.</strong></div>
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The ‘unexpected’ discovery is believed to have been growing around 90 million years ago and has been compared to what New Zealand’s rainforests look like now.</div>
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The rainforest is thought to have been present during the mid-Cretaceous geographical period, which began around 145 million years ago. This period was apparently the warmest period in the past 140 million years, with sea levels being 170 metres higher than they are today.</div>
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The <a data-reader-unique-id="20" href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2148-5?utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=commission_junction&utm_campaign=3_nsn6445_deeplink_PID8099906&utm_content=deeplink" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">study</a>, which was published on Wednesday, April 1, used evidence from a core of sediment taken from the seabed near the Pine Island glacier in the west of Antarctica three years ago in 2017. Until the recent findings, apparently little was known about environmental conditions south of the Antarctic Polar Circle.</div>
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The study’s first author Dr Johann Klages, a geologist at the Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Germany, spoke about the study.</div>
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<b data-reader-unique-id="25" style="max-width: 100%;">As per <a data-reader-unique-id="26" href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/antarctica-rainforest-ancient-fossils-cretaceous-period-climate-change-a9449791.html" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" style="max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em data-reader-unique-id="27" style="max-width: 100%;">The Independent</em></a>, he said:</b></div>
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During the initial shipboard assessments, the unusual colouration of the sediment layer quickly caught our attention; it clearly differed from the layers above it.</div>
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It was particularly fascinating to see the well-preserved diverse fossil pollen and other plant remains in a sediment deposited some 90 million years ago near the South Pole.</div>
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The numerous plant remains indicate that the coast of West Antarctica was, back then, a dense temperate, swampy forest, similar to the forests found in New Zealand today.</div>
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Scientists CT-scanned the soil to see how deep the roots in the core went, which is when they discovered they went much deeper than expected.</div>
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They then reconstructed the Antarctic’s past environments and climates to create a detailed picture of its past landscape.</div>
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After putting their analyses together, the research team discovered a ‘mild climate’ approximately 500 miles away from the South Pole with annual mean temperatures of around 12°C and summer temperatures averaging at 19°C.</div>
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The current average annual temperature for the Antarctic ranges from -10°C to -60°C at its highest point.</div>
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Researchers also compared Antarctica’s previous rainfall as similar to Wales’s today, while modern day Antarctica has little cloud because of its dry air.</div>
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By the sound of it, Antarctica 90 million years ago was basically the same as the UK – weather-wise, anyway.</div>
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Before our study, the general assumption was that the global carbon dioxide concentration in the Cretaceous was roughly 1000ppm [parts per million]. But in our model-based experiments, it took concentration levels of 1120 to 1680ppm to reach the average temperatures back then in the Antarctic.</div>
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As of May last year, the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, which has measured the parts per million of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1958, took a reading of 415.26ppm in the air. While this seems dramatically lower than older Antarctic levels, this was the thought to be the highest concentration since humans evolved.</div>
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Scientists are now hoping to piece together how the Antarctic’s temperatures dropped so drastically from their study’s findings to the continent’s current cold state.</div>
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Niamh Shackleton is a pint sized person and journalist at UNILAD. After studying Multimedia Journalism at the University of Salford, she did a year at Caters News Agency as a features writer in Birmingham before deciding that Manchester is (arguably) one of the best places in the world, and therefore moved back up north. She's also UNILAD's unofficial crazy animal lady.</div>
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Symptoms of the new coronavirus, <a data-reader-unique-id="56" href="safari-reader://elemental.medium.com/your-most-pressing-questions-about-the-coronavirus-answered-c99bff5f02e9" rel="noopener" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">COVID-19</a>, can indeed be difficult to distinguish from flu symptoms, but researchers are beginning to see some telltale signs. Meanwhile, people often misidentify short-lived, intense norovirus infections as the “stomach flu.”</div>
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There are distinct differences in the most likely symptoms of various viral infections and how fast they come on.</div>
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So, how do you know whether to call a doctor immediately or just settle in with a good book and some <a data-reader-unique-id="61" href="safari-reader://elemental.medium.com/how-to-feel-better-when-you-have-the-flu-6c282e7dcb8f" rel="noopener" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">chicken soup</a>?</div>
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There are distinct differences in the<em data-reader-unique-id="63" style="max-width: 100%;"> </em>most likely symptoms of various virus infections and how fast they come on. This chart — and the deeper explanations below on four viruses getting a lot of attention these days — can’t replace a doctor’s diagnosis, but they may help you contemplate what you’re in for. If you have questions or concerns, consult a health care professional, and don’t let an unknown disease fester.</div>
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Colds are caused by more than 200 different viruses, including <a data-reader-unique-id="75" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/general-information.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">strains of coronavirus</a> and, more commonly, <a data-reader-unique-id="76" href="https://www.cdc.gov/features/rhinoviruses/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">rhinoviruses</a>. While miserable and exceedingly common, a cold is rarely as debilitating as the flu.</div>
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<strong data-reader-unique-id="78" style="max-width: 100%;">Frequency</strong></h2>
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Each year, a typical adult will catch two or three colds. Young <a data-reader-unique-id="80" href="https://www.stanfordchildrens.org/en/topic/default?id=upper-respiratory-infection-uri-or-common-cold-90-P02966" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">children can get six or more</a> annually.</div>
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Common symptoms</h2>
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A gradual progression often starting with a sore throat, leading to sneezing, runny nose, stuffiness, and the annoying postnasal drip (that’s <a data-reader-unique-id="83" href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/for-patients/common-illnesses/colds.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">mucus</a> running down your throat, attempting to wash the infection away).</div>
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Possible complications</h2>
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Colds are much less likely to cause serious complications compared to the flu, but they can lead to <a data-reader-unique-id="86" href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/for-patients/common-illnesses/ear-infection.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">ear infections</a>, <a data-reader-unique-id="87" href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/for-patients/common-illnesses/sinus-infection.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">sinus infections</a>, or, more rarely, <a data-reader-unique-id="88" href="https://www.cdc.gov/antibiotic-use/community/downloads/Flyer-Bronchitis.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">bronchitis</a>, <a data-reader-unique-id="89" href="https://www.cdc.gov/pneumonia/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">pneumonia</a>, or other <a data-reader-unique-id="90" href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/common-cold/symptoms-causes/syc-20351605" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">secondary infections</a> — all of which need medical treatment. Colds can also <a data-reader-unique-id="91" href="https://www.nhs.uk/news/heart-and-lungs/study-finds-clue-to-why-colds-trigger-asthma/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">trigger or exacerbate asthma</a>.</div>
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How it spreads</h2>
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Through the air from a cough or sneeze, from the hands of an infected person, from hard surfaces, and via close contact with an infected person.</div>
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Contagious period</h2>
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One to two days before symptoms appear and then <a data-reader-unique-id="96" href="https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/infections/how-long-is-someone-infectious-after-a-viral-infection/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">until all symptoms are gone</a>, as much as two weeks from the onset.</div>
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<strong data-reader-unique-id="98" style="max-width: 100%;">Influenza</strong></h1>
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Despite understandable fears of outbreaks like coronavirus, various strains of <a data-reader-unique-id="100" href="safari-reader://elemental.medium.com/the-elemental-guide-to-this-years-flu-d1fad3c35e7c" rel="noopener" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the flu</a> — there are 29 different subtypes — cause far more deaths every year than most other viral outbreaks do across several years.</div>
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Frequency</h2>
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About 8% of the U.S. population comes down with a flu bug every year. On average, it <a data-reader-unique-id="103" href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/burden/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">kills 12,000 to 61,000</a> Americans annually.</div>
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Common symptoms</h2>
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Quick onset of fever over 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, aching muscles, and chills are the characteristic signs.</div>
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Possible complications</h2>
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Ear and sinus infections, pneumonia, worsening of chronic medical conditions, and death. As with other viruses, the flu tends to be <a data-reader-unique-id="108" href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/keyfacts.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">most problematic</a> for the young, the old, and anyone with a compromised immune system.</div>
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How it spreads</h2>
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Through the air from a cough or sneeze, from the hands of an infected person, from hard surfaces, and via close contact with an infected person.</div>
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Cold and flu viruses can survive for 15 to 20 minutes on the skin and several hours on hard surfaces.</div>
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Contagious period</h2>
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One day before symptoms start, and then for <a data-reader-unique-id="116" href="https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/infections/how-long-is-someone-infectious-after-a-viral-infection/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">three to seven more days</a>.</div>
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This fast-acting germ, often incorrectly called “stomach flu,” inflames the stomach or intestines and leads to intense but typically short-lived gastrointestinal discomfort. It’s the <a data-reader-unique-id="120" href="https://www.fda.gov/files/food/published/Most-Common-Foodborne-Illnesses-%28PDF%29.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">leading cause</a> of outbreaks of <a data-reader-unique-id="121" href="https://www.foodsafety.gov/food-poisoning/bacteria-and-viruses" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">food poisoning</a> in the United States (more common than bacterial outbreaks from salmonella or E. coli).</div>
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Frequency</h2>
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About <a data-reader-unique-id="124" href="https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/trends-outbreaks/burden-US.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">20 million Americans</a>, or 6% of the population, suffer an acute case of norovirus-induced gastroenteritis each year.</div>
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Common symptoms</h2>
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Unlike cold or flu viruses, norovirus brings on sudden, often severe and frequent vomiting and/or diarrhea.</div>
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Possible complications</h2>
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Dangerous dehydration. Some 400,000 U.S. norovirus cases annually lead to emergency room visits, with children predominating. Between 570 and 800 patients die—mostly kids, older people, and people with compromised immune systems.</div>
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How it spreads</h2>
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Most notoriously through <a data-reader-unique-id="131" href="https://www.cdc.gov/norovirus/about/transmission.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">human poop and vomit</a> (including airborne puke droplets). A droplet of diarrhea the size of a pinhead <a data-reader-unique-id="132" href="https://www.azdhs.gov/documents/preparedness/epidemiology-disease-control/healthcare-associated-infection/advisory-committee/step/education-training/norovirus-pamphlet-general-printing.pdf" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">can contain enough</a>norovirus particles to make someone else sick. The disease is often transmitted by food harvested in contaminated water, or it’s passed along at a restaurant or at home by an infected person preparing food served raw or touching food after it’s cooked.</div>
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Before symptoms start and <a data-reader-unique-id="135" href="https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/viral-gastroenteritis/expert-answers/stomach-flu/faq-20057899" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">up to two weeks after recovery</a>.</div>
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Symptoms of <a data-reader-unique-id="139" href="safari-reader://elemental.medium.com/your-most-pressing-questions-about-the-coronavirus-answered-c99bff5f02e9" rel="noopener" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">the new coronavirus</a>, called COVID-19, are virtually indistinguishable from influenza, health experts say so far, and can range from mild and even almost unnoticed for some people to severe and deadly for others. (Scientists can’t yet explain why, but such varied reactions also occur with other viral diseases.)</div>
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Frequency</h2>
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Extremely rare in the United States as of this writing. If COVID-19 is not widespread where you live or visit, then your odds of having it are next to nil.</div>
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Most common symptoms</h2>
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Fever, cough, and shortness of breath.</div>
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Possible severe complications</h2>
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Pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure, death.</div>
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How it spreads</h2>
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Through the air from a cough or sneeze, from hard surfaces, and via close contact with an infected person (within six feet, the CDC says). Also, <a data-reader-unique-id="148" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1729071" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">apparently in human feces</a>, according to a study published February 17 in the journal <em data-reader-unique-id="149" style="max-width: 100%;">Emerging Microbes and Infections</em>, plus <a data-reader-unique-id="150" href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/22221751.2020.1729071" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">one other previous study</a> and <a data-reader-unique-id="151" href="http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/ffa97a96-db2a-4715-9dfb-ef662660e89d" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">another one</a> announced since. Researchers fear that the spread through poop and the potential for the disease to cause diarrhea could be aiding rapid transmission.</div>
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Contagious period</h2>
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Possibly before symptoms start, but <a data-reader-unique-id="154" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">mostly</a> when symptoms are present. (The specifics are not yet known to science.)</div>
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Because the COVID-19 coronavirus emerged only in December, the CDC has yet to pin down the various symptoms, or their prevalence, beyond the three most common. “We do not have any more specifics at this time, because there has been a range of possible symptoms for people with COVID-19,” CDC spokesperson Richard Quartarone tells <em data-reader-unique-id="158" style="max-width: 100%;">Elemental</em>.</div>
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However, researchers recently studied 138 people with advanced cases of the virus who had been hospitalized with pneumonia after being infected with COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. The research, <a data-reader-unique-id="160" href="https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2761044?guestAccessKey=f61bd430-07d8-4b86-a749-bec05bfffb65" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">published</a> February 7 in <em data-reader-unique-id="161" style="max-width: 100%;">JAMA</em>, revealed preliminary data showing the percentage of patients with these symptoms:</div>
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But these were patients with severe symptoms, and nearly half of them had preexisting medical conditions, including hypertension, diabetes, and heart disease, so the figures may not represent how the disease typically manifests in healthy individuals.</div>
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In other <a data-reader-unique-id="174" href="http://weekly.chinacdc.cn/en/article/id/e53946e2-c6c4-41e9-9a9b-fea8db1a8f51" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">research recently published</a> by the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 81% of 44,672 coronavirus cases were mild, including some in which symptoms were like a minor flu and others that were like a minor cold. The overall fatality rate in the study was 2.3%, but outside Hubei Province, the epicenter of the outbreak, the fatality rate was 0.4%. For comparison, the fatality rate for seasonal flu is around 0.1%.</div>
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A big caveat to all symptom spotting: No given disease presents the same in each person or each case, and there are many different strains of cold, flu, and norovirus with different degrees of impact. Sometimes fever does not accompany influenza, for example. Symptoms that are rare can occur. Children, the elderly, and anyone with existing health issues may experience more severe symptoms than others. Among the <a data-reader-unique-id="178" href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/symptoms/symptoms.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">list of a dozen serious symptoms</a> that should trigger immediate medical attention:</div>
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And there are, of course, many other diseases that may seem cold- or flu-like at the outset but require prompt medical attention. Among them:</div>
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<li data-reader-unique-id="190" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="max-width: 100%;"><a data-reader-unique-id="191" href="https://www.cdc.gov/measles/symptoms/signs-symptoms.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Measles</a> may start out with mostly cold-like symptoms but is accompanied by a rash and tends to spike a fever to 104 degrees Fahrenheit.</li>
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<a data-reader-unique-id="197" href="https://newsinhealth.nih.gov/2014/10/cold-flu-or-allergy" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Seasonal allergies</a> can also mimic cold and flu symptoms. But they’re often marked by itchy, watery eyes, which are not common to colds, the flu, or other infectious diseases. Allergies do not trigger headaches or muscle aches. And, of course, allergies can last weeks.</div>
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Viruses have evolved over millions of years to be supremely capable of surviving outside a host and infecting another — to go viral — simply by floating through the air inside the mucus of a cough or sneeze. Even <a data-reader-unique-id="201" href="https://www.cdc.gov/flu/about/keyfacts.htm" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">talking</a> can unleash virus-containing droplets seeking a new host. “These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby or possibly be inhaled into the lungs,” the CDC <a data-reader-unique-id="202" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/about/transmission.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">says</a>.</div>
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Viruses can also spread when an infected person touches their face and then shakes a hand, turns a doorknob, or prepares food. Cold and flu viruses can <a data-reader-unique-id="204" href="https://www.nhs.uk/common-health-questions/infections/how-long-do-bacteria-and-viruses-live-outside-the-body/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">survive</a> for 15 to 20 minutes on the skin and several hours on hard surfaces. New research on COVID-19 suggests this coronavirus <a data-reader-unique-id="205" href="safari-reader://elemental.medium.com/what-it-takes-to-annihilate-a-coronavirus-49de6749f9ee" rel="noopener" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">might survive for a few days</a> on surfaces.</div>
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<li data-reader-unique-id="211" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="max-width: 100%;">Disinfect doorknobs, countertops, cooking utensils, toys — any hard surfaces likely to transmit germs.</li>
<li data-reader-unique-id="212" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="max-width: 100%;">Frequently <a data-reader-unique-id="213" href="safari-reader://elemental.medium.com/only-5-of-people-wash-their-hands-properly-a140aaa775e" rel="noopener" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">wash your hands properly</a>, scrubbing with soap and water for 20 seconds. (Hand sanitizers can be helpful, but <a data-reader-unique-id="214" href="safari-reader://elemental.medium.com/does-hand-sanitizer-work-f2c847d774f1" rel="noopener" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">only in a pinch and if used properly</a>.)</li>
<li data-reader-unique-id="215" data-selectable-paragraph="" style="max-width: 100%;">And, sorry, but avoid shaking hands, hugging, and even kissing. (Yes, while saliva has antibodies and enzymes that reduce the risk of passing many viruses, <a data-reader-unique-id="216" href="https://www.thehealthy.com/cold-flu/kiss-someone-with-a-cold/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">you can catch a cold</a>, the flu, and other bugs by kissing, <a data-reader-unique-id="217" href="https://health.clevelandclinic.org/does-saliva-have-health-risks-3-ways-germs-can-spread/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">says</a>Michael Benninger, MD, of the Cleveland Clinic. Other experts <a data-reader-unique-id="218" href="https://www.everydayhealth.com/cold-and-flu/the-germy-truth-about-kissing.aspx" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">agree</a>.)</li>
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If you feel desperately ill, have any of the serious signs mentioned above, or suspect coronavirus because you visited an area with an outbreak or have been around someone diagnosed with the disease, put down that great book, forget the chicken soup, and call your doctor immediately or get to an emergency room.</div>
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<em data-reader-unique-id="221" style="max-width: 100%;">The coronavirus outbreak is rapidly evolving. To stay informed, check the </em><a data-reader-unique-id="222" href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-nCoV/index.html" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em data-reader-unique-id="223" style="max-width: 100%;">U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention</em></a><em data-reader-unique-id="224" style="max-width: 100%;"> as well as your local health department for updates. If you’re feeling emotionally overwhelmed, reach out to the </em><a data-reader-unique-id="225" href="https://www.crisistextline.org/" rel="noopener nofollow" style="color: #416ed2; max-width: 100%; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em data-reader-unique-id="226" style="max-width: 100%;">Crisis Text Line</em></a><em data-reader-unique-id="227" style="max-width: 100%;">.</em></div>
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<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Что делать с вопросами? На такой вопрос трудно ответить самому себе, поэтому ищем ответ в книгах. Есть бесконечно длинный список книг на эту тему, на меня максимальное влияние оказал Джин Желязны, посвятивший этой теме целую главу своей книге “Бизнес-презентация”, рекомендую. От себя добавлю, когда задают вопрос, проявите внимание, забудьте о себе, о том знаете вы ответ или нет, о том что вы думаете о задающем и о самом вопросе. Цель ответит для себя на два внутренних вопроса ЧТО спрашивает участник и ДЛЯ ЧЕГО? Почему это важно? Ответит только на ЧТО? - вы удовлетворите участника, ответив на оба вопроса - вы заработаете связь с участникам, а если повезёт со всей аудиторией. Почему так произойдёт? Ответ покрывающий контекст вопроса участника благодатно принимается аудиторией, они чувствует что вы говорите на их языке, а для этого проявляете искреннее внимание. Проявление внимания высоко ценится, и оплачивается ответным кредитом доверия. Доверие аудитории весьма ценный ресурс для тренера, потому что именно через доверие участников мы добиваемся максимального эффекта на тренинге.</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Что делать если тренер не знает ответа? Если меня спрашивают и я не знаю ответа - я радуюсь, и благодарю источник своей радости - участника задающего вопрос. С какой целью? Мне задали вопрос по теме тренинга и я не знаю ответа - значит для меня, что меня квалифицировано направили куда расти дальше, расти сейчас не откладывая. Сегодня мало кто оказывает подобную услугу бесплатно, так что это удача. Если это не ваш вариант, не печальтесь, вот еще несколько вариантов:</li>
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<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Внимательно дослушайте вопрос до конца, часто в самом вопросе есть ответ.</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Внимательно дослушайте вопрос до конца, и начните с него Форум, дайте высказать остальным участникам</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Внимательно выслушайте вопрос до конца, затем направьте его эксперту по теме в аудитории</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Внимательно выслушайте вопрос до конца, затем укажите время в течении выступления, когда вы ответите на него</li>
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<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Тренер у которого есть ответы на вопросы из пунктов 1 и 2, четко понимает цель тренинга и ожидания заказчика. И первое и второе отражают некую нерешенную в бизнесе/организации задачу. Какую еще полезную информацию можно выжать из пунктов 1 и 2 тренер? Корень слова организация организм и это не случайность, оба субъекта ведут себя и развиваются по одним и тем же алгоритмам. Если на организме выскочил прыщ это не значит что проблема сконцентрирована в этом квадратном сантиметре, прыщ - лишь внешнее проявление неких связанных внутренних процессов. То же самое с целью тренинга, нерешенная задача лежащая на поверхности не налетела на бизнес из неоткуда, это внешнее проявление. Сделавший домашнее задание тренер способен решать основную задачу тренинга имея представление о процессах приведших к проблеме, и параллельно решать их.</li>
<li style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-size: 12px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Слайды, доска или соло выступление? - и компот, все имеет смысл, каждый ресурс должен использоваться со смыслом и в нужной пропорции. Когда слайды будут способны заменить тренера мы вымрем как профессия, расслабьтесь, пока у нас есть время. Для аудитории самое главное на тренинге это тренер, а какие он будет использовать инструменты - вторично. Слайды улучшат понимание, доска - запоминание, особенно если записи ведут и участник.</li>
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Вы профессиональный тренер - проведение тренингов ваша профессия, которой вы зарабатываете на жизнь? Да? Поздравляю, отличный выбор профессии! Эта статья может быть вам полезна.<br />
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Все тренера, которых я знаю (далее речь о профессиональных тренерах, если нет отдельной пометки) работают или на себя, или на обучающую фирму, или большую корпорацию в роли внутреннего тренера, часто по совместительству. Очень малая часть большого круга знакомств работает на государство, по крайней мере в нашей географии, их статистика не учтена в приведённом ниже анализе.</div>
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Задачи с которыми сегодня сталкиваются тренера можно разделить на несколько категорий:</div>
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<li>Работа с аудиторией, работа с вопросами</li>
<li>Разработка учебного пособия, визуализация через слайды/медиа</li>
<li>Современные технологии в тренинг бизнесе</li>
<li>Разработка практических работ и симуляций</li>
<li>Методология тренинга</li>
<li>Конкуренция, внутренняя и внешняя</li>
<li>Организация мероприятия</li>
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Стоит отметить, что списки актуальных задач у разных тренеров совпадают, при этом также совпадает не характер работы или индустрия, а опыт. То есть, люди отработавшие приблизительно одинаковое количество часов тренинга сталкиваются со схожими проблемами вне зависимости от дисциплины тренинга, размера или характера групп.</div>
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Я постараюсь максимально просто поделиться опытом, как готовиться к тренингу.</div>
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1. Прямой контакт с заказчиком поможет выявить конкретные цели трениинга и ожидания от участников. Это помогает направить тренинг на достижение поставленных заказчиком целей. Направить тренинг - значит перебрать деку слайдов, выбрать соответствующие бизнесу заказчика примеры, собрать практические задания на закрепление новых целевых знаний и навыков.</div>
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2. Сбор имеющихся отчетов по компетенциям или проведение собственного короткого исследования с будущими участниками тренинга поможет оптимально загрузить время тренинга для эффективного достижения результата. Результатом в данном случае считаются согласованные ожидания заказчика (пункт 1)</div>
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3. При наличии данных по пунктам 1 и 2, вам как тренеру не составит труда выстроить план обучения для заказчика в рамках его стратегии и ожиданий. Если это кажется сложным, вот ключевые вопросы на которые надо ответить:</div>
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3.1 Что в бизнесе заказчика должно качественно или количественно изменится, чтобы цель считалась достигнутой? На сколько изменится?</div>
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3.2 Сколько необходимо тренинг времени чтобы качественное изменение участников оправдало ожидания, с учетом информации из пункта 2?</div>
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3.3 Какие источники академических и практических знаний оптимальны для разработки пособия под эту задачу?</div>
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3.4 Какие ресурсы, включая время, необходимо на подготовку организации такого тренинга?</div>
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4. Эффективными источниками информации для вашего пособия по новому тренингу являются электронные библиотеки, торренты, а также сайты ведущих университетов мира, где более половины всех лекций хранятся в открытом доступе. Если у вас слабые базовые знания/навыки по запрашиваемой дисциплине, вы всегда можете обратиться к онлайн сервисам интенсивного видео обучения. Я пробовал сам, очень эффективно. Чем больше языков вы знаете чем шире ваш выбор, 80% всей полезной для бизнеса информации в письменном виде я нашел на английском языке, даже когда это не язык оригинала.</div>
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5. При работе с источниками, помните что не стоит подавать информацию однобоко, на основе одной метафоры, одного мнения, или одного примера. Не шатается только треножный табурет, то есть одна и две точки зрения хорошо, но если вы закрепляете подачу академических знаний или практических навыков тремя мнениями и разными практическими примерами, это всегда прочная подача.</div>
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6. Если вы начнете исполнять пункты с 1 по 5, у вас начнет скапливаться информация. Помните котлеты отдельно, мухи отдельно. Сохраняйте полную информацию об источниках, все версии слайд деков на основе одного пособия раздельно, все использованные медийные файлы должны быть каталогизированы, всё перечисленное поможет выиграть время при наладке тренинга под цели заказчика.</div>
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7. Во время самого тренинга есть много разных методов подачи, сам я пользуюсь видоизмененным сандвичем T/P/F/T (Т-теория, P-практика, F-форум) с временными интервалами 15/20/10/15 (минуты). </div>
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На этом пункте запал остыл. Если вы находите информацию полезной, проявите себя как-нибудь, я и буду делиться дальше.</div>
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orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com137A Subhi Salayev, Bakı 1065, Azerbaijan40.3838664 49.83334939999997514.697654900000003 8.5247553999999752 66.0700779 91.141943399999974tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-83606430462843797322016-06-09T11:45:00.000-07:002016-06-09T11:45:10.176-07:00у меня вопрос про убеждения<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Представьте себе абстракцию: чистое сознание младенца, как почву на которой, с каждым открытием, пробиваются и взрастают ростки познания, сначала маленькие, но вырастающие в конечном итоге в древа знаний. Разные области знаний, разные древа, какие-то больше, какие-то меньше. Некоторые не поднялись вовсе, или лежат поверженными бурями событий, пронесшихся через сознание. Сознание, почва, знания, ростки. Представили?<br />
Как в этой абстракции вам видятся человеческие убеждения? Что они есть в этой картине?</div>
orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-12321001572668696402016-05-05T05:05:00.002-07:002016-05-05T05:08:17.547-07:00Интеллект и коррупция - как они сочетаются?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Интеллект и коррупция - два понятия, достаточно часто пересекающиеся в одном предложении. Одни сторонники идеи - чем изворотливее коррупционное общество, тем оно интеллектуальней. Другие полагают, что коррупция в обществе есть показатель низкого интеллекта. Предлагаю визуальную иллюстрацию соотношения двух понятий, этот график построен на основе двух независимых исследований двух разных компаний. Одни спецы по интеллекту, другие по коррупции.<br />
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Показатели не самые свежие, однако, если взять за инструмент прямое наблюдение за истекший период, согласитесь, мало что поменялось.</div>
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orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-37675872046683840322012-05-24T07:41:00.003-07:002012-05-24T07:56:27.563-07:00История: 5-10 классы.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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опять на улице праздник, опять митинг, опять разгоняющие, опять насилие, опять фотографии, опять стенания.</div>
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давайте сделаем шаг в сторону, и посмотрим на всё это чуть со стороны. у нас есть сила недовольных, как часто бывает сила имеет несколько близко направленных векторов внутри себя. как у любой протестной силы, у них есть активная часть. и пока активная часть выживает и устраивает голодные забастовки, такая же часть другой группы с обратным вектором силы, жрет, качается, обучается стрельбе и самбо, с одной целью - встретить устоявших, после голодной забастовки, на ногах и скандирующих"сопротивленцев", упаковать их, и отправить домой, чтобы скоро опять все это веселье повторить снова и снова.</div>
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это даже не Сервантес, это Хемингуэй какой то.</div>
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открываем любой учебник истории за любой год с пятого по десятый класс. вы не поверите, что мы там обнаружим! оказывается, подобной сценарий развитий протестных движений повторяется уже минимум 4 тысячи лет, при чем, без каких-либо значимых изменений: белые пешки начинают, выдвигаются черные слоны, грузят их на черных коней, у увозят в свои черные ладьи, чтобы затем 90% этих пешек, придя в себя, опять встали на вторую горизонталь, а оставшиеся 10% белых пешек переходят в ферзи, причем уже не всегда белые.</div>
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короче говоря, давайте учить историю, там есть подсказки! Вот один например: если у твоей силы нет группы, которая жрет и качается, нечего посылать свои пешки на вражеских слонов, чтобы потом не стенать над жертвами.</div>
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«Дороги перекрыли! Сволочи!», «Окольные маршруты! Кошмар!». Когда к нам домой приходят гости и образуется очередь в туалет, мы же не раздаем им те же эпитеты, правда? Есть еще одно очень мощное средство против пробок, имя ему НОГИ! Не в Нью Йорке живем в конце концов. И метро справляется. «Да там же жарко! Вонь!» – сейчас лето, это Баку, и давайте будем честными сами с собой, и перестанем быть снобами. Евровидение это не Берниале, да, это даже не фестиваль песни в Сан Ремо, но это деньги, это люди, это имидж, причем имидж не страны (города), поющих лучше всех, а страны (города) куда можно приехать и красиво отдохнуть.<br />
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В попытке очернить свое окружение, в сарказме, в, часто слепой, а иногда и зрячей критике, мы пытаемся уколоть не всех и не каждого, мы обращаемся к конкретному человеку и все претензии сыпем именно по одному адресу. И как в случае с Воландемортом, никто не хочет называть имен. «А вдруг дома наркотики найдут? или посадят за драку в ресторане? Или видео наше неприличное обнародуют?..» . А вот у них не так, у них порядок, божья благодать, демократия и все чиновники в чистых ботинках, и изо рта приятно пахнет. Да везде все одно и тоже, на всей нашей замечательной планете! И если много я не знаю, то о чем пишу сейчас понимаю и осознаю очень хорошо и не понаслышке.<br />
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«Зачем нам этот флаг?!» кричали мы два года назад, «что за гигантомания?!» вторили им остальные. А вот ведь и пригодился. Нет?<br />
«Зачем нам этот мост через бухту?», «только бы бюджет съесть!», «ведь есть же ясамальская объездная!» – для начала давайте вспомним, что и объездную построили «они же», и тоже съели, и мы ездим по ней, довольные, на скорости 120, и спасибо никому не говорим. А сколько было стенаний, когда закрыли молоканский магазин на торговой? Или когда закрыли кафе Сахиль? И где теперь эта критика и ее авторы, и запах из того магазина?<br />
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Теперь немного о протестах, отсутствии свобод и борьбе с ней. Свобод нет (ну, по крайней мере, хочется на порядок больше, это в природе человека), с этим никто наверно и спорить не станет. А теперь предположим вы залили ваших соседей снизу, а на следующий день пригласили гостей. И вот соседи увидев идущих к вам гостей, вышли на лестничную площадку с плакатами, кричат, накладывают на себя руки, хватают их за полы в порыве рассказать о вашем проступке, и пусть об этом узнают все! И как вам такое?<br />
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Я сам считаю нынешнюю власть декораторами, однако если вспомнить, как мы делаем ремонт у себя дома. Мы сначала скрупулёзно выберем обои, паркет и мебель для себя, и только потом если останется краска покрасим подъезд, то есть сделаем что то для всех. И никак не иначе. Скажете «а это не «их» дом, а общий, народный». Слава Богу я помню как бывает, когда все принадлежит народу, как это развивается, и чем такое заканчивается.<br />
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Я не говорю что у нас все лучше, чем у других и аналогов нам нет, я говорю что у нас не хуже чем где-либо, и аналогов нам хоть завались.<br />
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Посему каждому туристу, который приедет, и что то спросит я буду рассказывать как о своем доме, а не как о моем городе, который захватили, узурпировали и изуродовали «эти». Пусть это будет месяц сказки, а потом нам же надо не растерять всю эту красоту. Не срывать цветы, когда полиция перестанет следить, продолжать уступать дорогу на зебре, парковаться платно, а не во втором ряду, и главное начать улыбаться. Улыбаться всем, прохожим, себе, городу, солнцу, ветру и дождю.<br />
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</div>orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-63780015038848769852011-04-28T01:57:00.001-07:002011-04-28T01:57:22.818-07:00Оптимист, пессимист и реалист<p><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ansi-language: az-latin" lang="AZ-LATIN">Car </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">Optimist – BMW </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">Pessimist – Mercedes </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin">Realist – Toyota/Volkswagen </span></p> <p><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; 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font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><font face="Calibri">Realist – bars </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"></span> <p><font face="Calibri"> </font></p> </p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><font face="Calibri">Feeds </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><font face="Calibri">Optimist – fast food </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><font face="Calibri">Pessimist – house meal </font></span></p> <p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: calibri"><font face="Calibri">Realist – deliveries </font></span></p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-22287133304010486722010-07-26T06:51:00.001-07:002010-07-26T06:51:50.720-07:00Концепты.<p>Время и расстояние не имеют значения. Все описанное ниже может, а скорее всего будет происходить. На вопросы когда и где, ответ написан выше.</p> <p>Я вижу автомобили без кнопок пакетов памяти, которые настраивают руль, сиденья, зеркала и режим кондиционирования под вас как только вы дотрагиваетесь до руля или вставляете ключ. Я вижу светофоры которые интеллектуально выбирают какой свет включить в зависимости от количества машин ожидающих зеленый свет или количества людей на тротуаре ожидающих разрешенной зебры.</p> <p>Я вижу видеокамеры без встроенных записывающих устройств, вы пишите сразу на носитель устраивающий вас причем его местоположение не принципиально, вы можете записать короткое видео или фото информация сразу на видео сервер вашей бабушки.</p> <p>Я вижу телевидение, которое не нуждается в рекламных блоках, оно независимое, самонастраиваемое, и пакетное.</p> <p>Я вижу фильмы без режиссерской цензуры все сцены насилия, секса, ругани и мата снимаются в нескольких дублях, и проигрывающая у вас дома фильм система сама выбирает какой дубль вставить в зависимости от находящихся в комнате людей, их возраста и вероисповедания (все это закладывается в настройках).</p> <p>Я вижу абсолютно иной принцип работы аптек – больше нет прилавков с лекарствами. Вы приходите в аптеку показываете прописанный вам кодификационный код и вам безболезненно вкалывают одну единственную инъекцию с решением вашей проблемы временно или навсегда.</p> <p>Я вижу полное отсутствие бумажных, пластиковых и металлических денег, кругом только вы, требуемый продукт и сканеры.</p> <p>Время, когда ручной труд будет стоить как тысяча баррелей нефти. Время когда путешествия станут обязательной программой выходных, время когда сигареты будут безвредны, но приятны. Время которое когда-нибудь наступит.</p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-84250392790679168982010-02-10T06:26:00.001-08:002010-02-10T06:26:12.490-08:00Летающий на водороде отель<p><img border="0" hspace="5" alt="Samsung заинтересовался летающим отелем на водороде" src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1265733668.jpeg" width="232" height="180" /></p> <p>В высоту этот пирамидальный дирижабль должен насчитывать 265 метров – небоскрёбов выше этой отметки на планете не так уж и много (иллюстрация Seymourpowell).</p> <p><b>"Медленно это новое быстро", - говорят авторы этого необычного транспортного средства. Роскошный дирижабль-небоскрёб видится им антитезой авиалайнерам, альтернативой суетливой погоне за скоростью, величественным объектом, возвращающим понятию "дальнее путешествие" прежний вкус, который человечество успело подрастерять за последние лет семьдесят.</b></p> <p>Вернуть на новом витке истории межконтинентальные рейсы огромных цеппелинов (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a>) мечтает лондонская дизайнерская компания <a href="http://www.seymourpowell.com/">Seymourpowell</a>. Её проект Aircruise, однако, снабжён пояснением "отель в небе", что подчёркивает "люксовость" аппарата.</p> <p>Ключевая идея замысла — путешествовать, отдыхая и расслабляясь. Отсюда небольшое число пассажиров при очень внушительных размерах сооружения. Максимальное количество людей, находящихся на борту нового дирижабля, — 100, но в обычном рейсе их будет куда меньше. Ведь Aircruise должен содержать четыре двухэтажных номера, пентхаус и пять обычных номеров. Обслуживать гостей призван персонал отеля числом 14, и ещё шесть душ составит экипаж, занимающийся собственно небесным кораблём (в том числе — два бортинженера).</p> <p><img alt="Разбросанные по ряду городов планеты причальные станции должны обеспечить туристам доступ к крупнейшим туристическим и деловым центрам Земли (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1265733668-0.jpeg" width="478" height="612" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br />Разбросанные по ряду городов планеты причальные станции должны обеспечить туристам доступ к крупнейшим туристическим и деловым центрам Земли (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</p> <p>В отличие от классических дирижаблей-сигар корпус этого аппарата вытянут по вертикали, словно поплавок. Сопротивление такой конструкции воздушному потоку должно быть солидным, потому летающему отелю-парусу придётся в большей степени полагаться не на двигатели, а на попутные высотные воздушные течения. Сами британцы сравнивают своё творение с клипером.</p> <p>Тем не менее по проекту круизная скорость Aircruise – 145 км/ч. Он должен доставлять своих постояльцев из Лондона в Нью-Йорк за 37 часов, а, к примеру, из Лос-Анджелеса в Шанхай примерно за четыре дня. В сравнении с реактивными самолётами — вечность, но, по мнению британцев, за такой "ленивый" перелёт немало состоятельных людей с радостью отдадут круглую сумму.</p> <p>Горстке счастливчиков будут предоставлены необычайно просторные прогулочные палубы с великолепными видами на облака и проплывающую внизу землю. Им откроют бары, а едва ли не самая лакомая деталь судна — круглое окно в самом низу колосса, снабжённое большим и прочным стеклом.</p> <p><img alt="Стеклянный пол на нижней палубе – развлечение для пассажиров, не страдающих боязнью высоты (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1265733668-1.jpeg" width="478" height="538" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br />Стеклянный пол на нижней палубе – развлечение для пассажиров, не страдающих боязнью высоты (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</p> <p>Авторы проекта пишут, что максимальная высота полёта Aircruise составит 3,66 километра, но над какими-нибудь достопримечательностями отель может снижаться до высоты в считанные десятки метров.</p> <p>Не до конца ясно, как авторы концепта предлагают регулировать плавучесть огромного судна, хотя известно, что по конструкции это должен быть аппарат полужёсткого типа с прочными рамами, поддерживающими подъёмные ёмкости с эластичными упругими стенками. Кроме того, из полного взлётного веса отеля (это около 300 тонн) 20 т составят расходные материалы, вода и некий балласт.</p> <p>Расчётный вес непосредственно конструкции, к слову, равен 270 тоннам — примерно как у пустого авиалайнера-гиганта <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380">A380</a>.</p> <p>И тут пора сказать, как эта гора поднимется в воздух. Колосс от Seymourpowell должен полагаться на водород. Этот газ обеспечивает вблизи земли силу Архимеда примерно в 1,2 килограмма на каждый кубометр. Общая ёмкость баллонов супердирижабля должна составить 330 тысяч кубов, что приводит к грузоподъёмности с хорошим запасом — 396 тонн.</p> <p><img alt="Гонконг и Дубай, другие крупные и красивые города планеты, должны стать для Aircruise постоянным источником богатых туристов и деловых людей, желающих пересечь океан пусть несколько медленнее, чем на самолёте, но зато с комфортом, присущим только океанским судам (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1265733668-2.jpeg" width="478" height="1228" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br />Гонконг и Дубай, другие крупные и красивые города планеты, должны стать для Aircruise постоянным источником богатых туристов и деловых людей, желающих пересечь океан пусть несколько медленнее, чем на самолёте, но зато с комфортом, присущим только океанским судам (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</p> <p>Огнеопасность H<sub>2</sub>, однако, заставляет задуматься — чем обусловлен такой выбор британской компании? Ведь, к примеру, схожий по замыслу концепт огромного летающего клуба <a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/technic/2007/10/18/164700.html">Strato Cruiser</a> предусматривал в качестве подъёмного газа безопасный гелий. На него же рассчитывали и мечтатели, рисовавшие ранее <a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/global/2004/06/08/232100.html">двухбаллонный летающий отель WATG</a>, небесный <a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/business/2006/02/08/191400.html">отель Aeroscraft</a> и <a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/business/2007/08/09/191700.html">дирижабль-офис</a>.</p> <p>Водород, по мнению Seymourpowell, — основа экологически чистого полёта без какого-либо выброса загрязняющих веществ. Дело в том, что энергию отелю должны поставлять солнечные батареи (немного) и, главным образом, водородные топливные элементы (они же в качестве "выхлопа" сгенерируют питьевую воду). Для их работы летающему отелю потребуется забрать из баллонов совсем небольшую толику лёгкого газа, которую позднее можно будет восполнить в "порту".</p> <p>Что до опасности пожара, то снизить риск призваны передовые технологии (куда же без них), а также сам дизайн оболочки. По замыслу лондонских умельцев, отель будут держать в небе четыре отдельные ромбовидные "дольки", каждая из которых должна состоять из множества изолированных секций, выполненных из самозатягивающегося (при повреждении) материала.</p> <p><img alt="Ник Тэлбот (Nick Talbot), дизайн-директор Seymourpowell, объясняет идею отеля в облаках: "Концепт Aircruise – это вопрос: действительно ли люксовые путешествия должны быть основаны на авиаперелётах, которым присущи ограниченное пространство, ресурсоёмкость и зачастую стресс? Более спокойный транспорт обращён к людям, которые ищут опыт путешествия, более важный, чем быстрое перемещение из пункта А в Б" (фото Seymourpowell)." src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1265733668-3.jpeg" width="478" height="368" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br />Ник Тэлбот (Nick Talbot), дизайн-директор Seymourpowell, объясняет идею отеля в облаках: "Концепт Aircruise – это вопрос: действительно ли люксовые путешествия должны быть основаны на авиаперелётах, которым присущи ограниченное пространство, ресурсоёмкость и зачастую стресс? Более спокойный транспорт обращён к людям, которые ищут опыт путешествия, более важный, чем быстрое перемещение из пункта А в Б" (фото Seymourpowell).</p> <p>Выполнимость смелой фантазии британцев – вопрос открытый. Но, что интересно, ранний вариант концепта привлёк внимание корпорации <a href="http://www.samsungcnt.com/">Samsung Construction and Trading</a>, сыгравшей ключевую роль в возведении самого высокого небоскрёба планеты <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa">Burj Khalifa</a>, а также построившей некогда здания, занимающие вторую и третью строчки в этом рейтинге — <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101">Taipei 101</a> и <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers">Petronas Towers</a>. Она и заказала британцам более детальную проработку концепции и создание анимации, раскрывающей всю прелесть замысла (ролик вы увидите в конце материала).</p> <p>Связь между передовыми строительными технологиями и дирижаблем-отелем неочевидна. Но стоит вспомнить силовой каркас летающего сооружения, к которому должны быть снаружи подвешены те самые баллоны с водородом, а изнутри – палубы-этажи "небоскрёба". Эти несущие системы очень напоминают те, что применяются в современных высотных зданиях или, к примеру, мостах (которые также входят в сферу интересов Samsung C&T).</p> <p>Для корейцев летающий отель – это возможность "пофантазировать" насчёт конструкционных материалов будущего. А позднее, может быть, даже опробовать свои силы в необычной области.</p> <p><img alt="Несущая конструкция отеля – восемь изогнутых ажурных "колонн", сделанных из композитных материалов (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1265733668-4.jpeg" width="478" height="1047" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br />Несущая конструкция отеля – восемь изогнутых ажурных "колонн", сделанных из композитных материалов (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</p> <p>Сын Мин Кхим (Seung Min Kim), дизайн-директор Samsung C&T, говорит: "Для нас это проект-мечта, который поможет реализовать в будущем экологически "устойчивые" здания в сочетании с инновациями и роскошным образом жизни.</p> <p>В эпоху, когда воздействие на окружающую среду является одним из ключевых факторов для архитектуры, мы готовы расширить это видение будущего в поиске решений, которые могут быть реализованы к 2015 году, который многие футурологи считают поворотным моментом для будущего".</p> <p>Почему именно 2015-й, Сын Мин не уточнил. Ещё недавно учёные и изобретатели очень любили говорить о 2010-м. Но вот он наступил, и… Впрочем, говоря о будущем, не стоит забывать прошлое.</p> <p>Распространено суждение, что конец эры пассажирских дирижаблей начала XX века — огромных цеппелинов — был положен ужасной катастрофой Гинденбурга (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster">Hindenburg disaster</a>). На деле же крушение водородного монстра лишь подтолкнуло человечество к решению, которое давно напрашивалось. Бурно развивающаяся в те годы авиация представлялась более выгодной и удобной вещью, как ни посмотри.</p> <p><img alt="Интерьеры летающего отеля отличают светлые тёплые тона отделки, а также обилие открытых пространств и огромных окон (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/articles/1265733668-5.jpeg" width="478" height="807" /></p> <p><img src="http://www.membrana.ru/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br />Интерьеры летающего отеля отличают светлые тёплые тона отделки, а также обилие открытых пространств и огромных окон (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</p> <p>Таким образом, в 1930-х годах транспортники отдали комфорт в жертву скорости (о круизных морских теплоходах не вспоминаем, у них иная задача). И, наверное, на тот момент это было логичным.</p> <p>Дирижабли требовали просто огромных ангаров, управление такими левиафанами в условиях плохой погоды представляло собой настоящий вызов мастерству пилотов, процесс причаливания крупного дирижабля к мачтам можно было считать просто искусством, огромная парусность летающего корабля заставляла его экипаж, даже при наличии на борту мощных двигателей, с почтением относиться к ветрам и со всей тщательностью — к выбору маршрута.</p> <p>В последующие десятилетия бесчисленное количество раз изобретатели, инженеры и предприниматели пытались вернуть эпоху массовых полётов на дирижаблях, однако возврата "золотой эры" так и не случилось. Хотя были отдельные примеры применения дирижаблей в роли платформ для наблюдения и съёмки, носителей рекламы и туристических "такси".</p> <p>Воздухоплавание наиболее уверенно закрепилось во владениях спорта, а мечты об огромных "китах" легче воздуха, переносящих по небу мачты ЛЭП или атомные реакторы, так мечтами и остались. О регулярных же пассажирских рейсах на борту дирижаблей, тем более через океаны, в свете печальной истории никто обычно и не заикался.</p> <p>Концепт Aircruise выбивается из общей картины и, несмотря на спорность ряда моментов (три километра потолка явно недостаточно для спокойного полёта над "погодой", а на борту – прорва водорода), привлекает своим размахом и дерзостью. Увидеть такой аппарат не на компьютерных рисунках было бы очень интересно.</p> <span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"> <p><font size="+2" face="tahoma, arial">Samsung заинтересовался летающим отелем на водороде</font> <br /><font color="#000000" size="-2" face="tahoma, arial"><nobr>9 февраля 2010</nobr>, membrana (staff@membrana.ru)</font></p> <p><font color="#000000" size="-2" face="tahoma, arial"></font> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="232" align="left"><tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><img border="0" hspace="5" alt="Samsung заинтересовался летающим отелем на водороде" src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/articles/1265733668.jpeg" width="232" height="180" /> <br /> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" width="100%"><tbody> <tr> <td bgcolor="#ffffff"><font size="-2" face="tahoma, arial">В высоту этот пирамидальный дирижабль должен насчитывать 265 метров – небоскрёбов выше этой отметки на планете не так уж и много (иллюстрация Seymourpowell).</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <font size="-1" face="verdana"><b>"Медленно это новое быстро", - говорят авторы этого необычного транспортного средства. Роскошный дирижабль-небоскрёб видится им антитезой авиалайнерам, альтернативой суетливой погоне за скоростью, величественным объектом, возвращающим понятию "дальнее путешествие" прежний вкус, который человечество успело подрастерять за последние лет семьдесят.</b></font></p> <p><font size="-1" face="verdana">Вернуть на новом витке истории межконтинентальные рейсы огромных цеппелинов (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeppelin">Zeppelin</a>) мечтает лондонская дизайнерская компания<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.seymourpowell.com/">Seymourpowell</a>. Её проект Aircruise, однако, снабжён пояснением "отель в небе", что подчёркивает "люксовость" аппарата.</font></p> <font size="-1" face="verdana"> <p></p> <p>Ключевая идея замысла — путешествовать, отдыхая и расслабляясь. Отсюда небольшое число пассажиров при очень внушительных размерах сооружения. Максимальное количество людей, находящихся на борту нового дирижабля, — 100, но в обычном рейсе их будет куда меньше. Ведь Aircruise должен содержать четыре двухэтажных номера, пентхаус и пять обычных номеров. Обслуживать гостей призван персонал отеля числом 14, и ещё шесть душ составит экипаж, занимающийся собственно небесным кораблём (в том числе — два бортинженера).</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="33%"><tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img alt="Разбросанные по ряду городов планеты причальные станции должны обеспечить туристам доступ к крупнейшим туристическим и деловым центрам Земли (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/articles/1265733668-0.jpeg" width="478" height="612" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br /><font class="az10">Разбросанные по ряду городов планеты причальные станции должны обеспечить туристам доступ к крупнейшим туристическим и деловым центрам Земли (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> <p></p> <p>В отличие от классических дирижаблей-сигар корпус этого аппарата вытянут по вертикали, словно поплавок. Сопротивление такой конструкции воздушному потоку должно быть солидным, потому летающему отелю-парусу придётся в большей степени полагаться не на двигатели, а на попутные высотные воздушные течения. Сами британцы сравнивают своё творение с клипером.</p> <p></p> <p>Тем не менее по проекту круизная скорость Aircruise – 145 км/ч. Он должен доставлять своих постояльцев из Лондона в Нью-Йорк за 37 часов, а, к примеру, из Лос-Анджелеса в Шанхай примерно за четыре дня. В сравнении с реактивными самолётами — вечность, но, по мнению британцев, за такой "ленивый" перелёт немало состоятельных людей с радостью отдадут круглую сумму.</p> <p></p> <p>Горстке счастливчиков будут предоставлены необычайно просторные прогулочные палубы с великолепными видами на облака и проплывающую внизу землю. Им откроют бары, а едва ли не самая лакомая деталь судна — круглое окно в самом низу колосса, снабжённое большим и прочным стеклом.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="33%"><tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img alt="Стеклянный пол на нижней палубе – развлечение для пассажиров, не страдающих боязнью высоты (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/articles/1265733668-1.jpeg" width="478" height="538" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br /><font class="az10">Стеклянный пол на нижней палубе – развлечение для пассажиров, не страдающих боязнью высоты (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> <p></p> <p>Авторы проекта пишут, что максимальная высота полёта Aircruise составит 3,66 километра, но над какими-нибудь достопримечательностями отель может снижаться до высоты в считанные десятки метров.</p> <p></p> <p>Не до конца ясно, как авторы концепта предлагают регулировать плавучесть огромного судна, хотя известно, что по конструкции это должен быть аппарат полужёсткого типа с прочными рамами, поддерживающими подъёмные ёмкости с эластичными упругими стенками. Кроме того, из полного взлётного веса отеля (это около 300 тонн) 20 т составят расходные материалы, вода и некий балласт.</p> <p></p> <p>Расчётный вес непосредственно конструкции, к слову, равен 270 тоннам — примерно как у пустого авиалайнера-гиганта<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A380">A380</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>И тут пора сказать, как эта гора поднимется в воздух. Колосс от Seymourpowell должен полагаться на водород. Этот газ обеспечивает вблизи земли силу Архимеда примерно в 1,2 килограмма на каждый кубометр. Общая ёмкость баллонов супердирижабля должна составить 330 тысяч кубов, что приводит к грузоподъёмности с хорошим запасом — 396 тонн.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="33%"><tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img alt="Гонконг и Дубай, другие крупные и красивые города планеты, должны стать для Aircruise постоянным источником богатых туристов и деловых людей, желающих пересечь океан пусть несколько медленнее, чем на самолёте, но зато с комфортом, присущим только океанским судам (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/articles/1265733668-2.jpeg" width="478" height="1228" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br /><font class="az10">Гонконг и Дубай, другие крупные и красивые города планеты, должны стать для Aircruise постоянным источником богатых туристов и деловых людей, желающих пересечь океан пусть несколько медленнее, чем на самолёте, но зато с комфортом, присущим только океанским судам (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> <p></p> <p>Огнеопасность H<sub>2</sub>, однако, заставляет задуматься — чем обусловлен такой выбор британской компании? Ведь, к примеру, схожий по замыслу концепт огромного летающего клуба<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/technic/2007/10/18/164700.html">Strato Cruiser</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>предусматривал в качестве подъёмного газа безопасный гелий. На него же рассчитывали и мечтатели, рисовавшие ранее<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/global/2004/06/08/232100.html">двухбаллонный летающий отель WATG</a>, небесный<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/business/2006/02/08/191400.html">отель Aeroscraft</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>и<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.membrana.ru/articles/business/2007/08/09/191700.html">дирижабль-офис</a>.</p> <p></p> <p>Водород, по мнению Seymourpowell, — основа экологически чистого полёта без какого-либо выброса загрязняющих веществ. Дело в том, что энергию отелю должны поставлять солнечные батареи (немного) и, главным образом, водородные топливные элементы (они же в качестве "выхлопа" сгенерируют питьевую воду). Для их работы летающему отелю потребуется забрать из баллонов совсем небольшую толику лёгкого газа, которую позднее можно будет восполнить в "порту".</p> <p></p> <p>Что до опасности пожара, то снизить риск призваны передовые технологии (куда же без них), а также сам дизайн оболочки. По замыслу лондонских умельцев, отель будут держать в небе четыре отдельные ромбовидные "дольки", каждая из которых должна состоять из множества изолированных секций, выполненных из самозатягивающегося (при повреждении) материала.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="33%"><tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img alt="Ник Тэлбот (Nick Talbot), дизайн-директор Seymourpowell, объясняет идею отеля в облаках: "Концепт Aircruise – это вопрос: действительно ли люксовые путешествия должны быть основаны на авиаперелётах, которым присущи ограниченное пространство, ресурсоёмкость и зачастую стресс? Более спокойный транспорт обращён к людям, которые ищут опыт путешествия, более важный, чем быстрое перемещение из пункта А в Б" (фото Seymourpowell)." src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/articles/1265733668-3.jpeg" width="478" height="368" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br /><font class="az10">Ник Тэлбот (Nick Talbot), дизайн-директор Seymourpowell, объясняет идею отеля в облаках: "Концепт Aircruise – это вопрос: действительно ли люксовые путешествия должны быть основаны на авиаперелётах, которым присущи ограниченное пространство, ресурсоёмкость и зачастую стресс? Более спокойный транспорт обращён к людям, которые ищут опыт путешествия, более важный, чем быстрое перемещение из пункта А в Б" (фото Seymourpowell).</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> <p></p> <p>Выполнимость смелой фантазии британцев – вопрос открытый. Но, что интересно, ранний вариант концепта привлёк внимание корпорации<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.samsungcnt.com/">Samsung Construction and Trading</a>, сыгравшей ключевую роль в возведении самого высокого небоскрёба планеты<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Khalifa">Burj Khalifa</a>, а также построившей некогда здания, занимающие вторую и третью строчки в этом рейтинге —<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101">Taipei 101</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>и<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petronas_Towers">Petronas Towers</a>. Она и заказала британцам более детальную проработку концепции и создание анимации, раскрывающей всю прелесть замысла (ролик вы увидите в конце материала).</p> <p></p> <p>Связь между передовыми строительными технологиями и дирижаблем-отелем неочевидна. Но стоит вспомнить силовой каркас летающего сооружения, к которому должны быть снаружи подвешены те самые баллоны с водородом, а изнутри – палубы-этажи "небоскрёба". Эти несущие системы очень напоминают те, что применяются в современных высотных зданиях или, к примеру, мостах (которые также входят в сферу интересов Samsung C&T).</p> <p></p> <p>Для корейцев летающий отель – это возможность "пофантазировать" насчёт конструкционных материалов будущего. А позднее, может быть, даже опробовать свои силы в необычной области.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="33%"><tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img alt="Несущая конструкция отеля – восемь изогнутых ажурных "колонн", сделанных из композитных материалов (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/articles/1265733668-4.jpeg" width="478" height="1047" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br /><font class="az10">Несущая конструкция отеля – восемь изогнутых ажурных "колонн", сделанных из композитных материалов (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> <p></p> <p>Сын Мин Кхим (Seung Min Kim), дизайн-директор Samsung C&T, говорит: "Для нас это проект-мечта, который поможет реализовать в будущем экологически "устойчивые" здания в сочетании с инновациями и роскошным образом жизни.</p> <p></p> <p>В эпоху, когда воздействие на окружающую среду является одним из ключевых факторов для архитектуры, мы готовы расширить это видение будущего в поиске решений, которые могут быть реализованы к 2015 году, который многие футурологи считают поворотным моментом для будущего".</p> <p></p> <p>Почему именно 2015-й, Сын Мин не уточнил. Ещё недавно учёные и изобретатели очень любили говорить о 2010-м. Но вот он наступил, и… Впрочем, говоря о будущем, не стоит забывать прошлое.</p> <p></p> <p>Распространено суждение, что конец эры пассажирских дирижаблей начала XX века — огромных цеппелинов — был положен ужасной катастрофой Гинденбурга (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindenburg_disaster">Hindenburg disaster</a>). На деле же крушение водородного монстра лишь подтолкнуло человечество к решению, которое давно напрашивалось. Бурно развивающаяся в те годы авиация представлялась более выгодной и удобной вещью, как ни посмотри.</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <center> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="33%"><tbody> <tr> <td align="center"><img alt="Интерьеры летающего отеля отличают светлые тёплые тона отделки, а также обилие открытых пространств и огромных окон (иллюстрации Seymourpowell)." src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/articles/1265733668-5.jpeg" width="478" height="807" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/images/1.gif" width="1" height="5" /> <br /><font class="az10">Интерьеры летающего отеля отличают светлые тёплые тона отделки, а также обилие открытых пространств и огромных окон (иллюстрации Seymourpowell).</font></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </center> <p></p> <p>Таким образом, в 1930-х годах транспортники отдали комфорт в жертву скорости (о круизных морских теплоходах не вспоминаем, у них иная задача). И, наверное, на тот момент это было логичным.</p> <p></p> <p>Дирижабли требовали просто огромных ангаров, управление такими левиафанами в условиях плохой погоды представляло собой настоящий вызов мастерству пилотов, процесс причаливания крупного дирижабля к мачтам можно было считать просто искусством, огромная парусность летающего корабля заставляла его экипаж, даже при наличии на борту мощных двигателей, с почтением относиться к ветрам и со всей тщательностью — к выбору маршрута.</p> <p></p> <p>В последующие десятилетия бесчисленное количество раз изобретатели, инженеры и предприниматели пытались вернуть эпоху массовых полётов на дирижаблях, однако возврата "золотой эры" так и не случилось. Хотя были отдельные примеры применения дирижаблей в роли платформ для наблюдения и съёмки, носителей рекламы и туристических "такси".</p> <p></p> <p>Воздухоплавание наиболее уверенно закрепилось во владениях спорта, а мечты об огромных "китах" легче воздуха, переносящих по небу мачты ЛЭП или атомные реакторы, так мечтами и остались. О регулярных же пассажирских рейсах на борту дирижаблей, тем более через океаны, в свете печальной истории никто обычно и не заикался.</p> <p></p> <p>Концепт Aircruise выбивается из общей картины и, несмотря на спорность ряда моментов (три километра потолка явно недостаточно для спокойного полёта над "погодой", а на борту – прорва водорода), привлекает своим размахом и дерзостью. Увидеть такой аппарат не на компьютерных рисунках было бы очень интересно.</p> <p></p> </font> <p><font size="-1" face="verdana"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bP15Vgt55Gk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param">http://www.youtube.com/v/bP15Vgt55Gk&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param</a> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/bP15Vgt55Gk&hl=en_US&fs=1">http://www.youtube.com/v/bP15Vgt55Gk&hl=en_US&fs=1</a>&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object></span></font></p> </span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-27619821202436896242010-01-11T00:34:00.001-08:002010-01-11T00:34:42.178-08:005 способов заснуть быстрее<p><img border="1" hspace="10" alt="5 способов заснуть быстрее" align="right" src="http://a.passion.ru/new/38/2411z.jpg" /> <strong><big>С</big></strong>овременный темп жизни негативно влияет на здоровье человека. Одними из самых частых последствий постоянных стрессов являются бессонница и трудности с засыпанием.</p> <p>Что делать, если каждый вечер вы засыпаете с трудом? Грамотные советы дают европейские специалисты. Они назвали 5 правил, соблюдение которых поможет расслабиться и быстрее заснуть:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>1. Делайте заметки</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Современной деловой женщине приходится держать в голове массу информации. Чтобы не забыть о важной встрече или переговорах, ведите дневник. К <a href="http://health.passion.ru/l.php/nizkokaloriinaya-dieta-normalizuet-son.htm"><em><strong>нормализации сна</strong></em></a> это имеет непосредственное отношение, так как часто человек не может заснуть, пытаясь вспомнить или запомнить те события, которые у него намечены на следующий день.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>2. Исключите шум</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Перед тем, как отправиться в постель, убедитесь, что вам не мешает посторонний шум: звук телевизора, музыка, проезжающий мимо вашего дома транспорт… Вам ничего не должно мешать - только в полной тишине вам будет легче заснуть.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>3. Экспресс-упражнения</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Медики советуют всем, кто не может долго заснуть, последовать такому простому совету: когда вы легли в кровать, резко напрягите все мышцы своего тела и держите их в напряжении 10-20 секунд, затем расслабьтесь. Повторите это упражнение несколько раз.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>4. Правильная температура воздуха</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>В комнате, где вы спите, должно быть довольно прохладно. Рекомендуемая<a href="http://health.passion.ru/l.php/vernoe-sredstvo-ot-bessonnitsy.htm"><strong><em>температура воздуха для сна</em></strong></a> - не выше 20 градусов по Цельсию.</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>5. <a href="http://health.passion.ru/l.php/relaksatsiya.htm">Расслабление</a></strong></p> </blockquote> <p>Необходимо уметь правильно расслабляться. Например, физиологи предлагают представить, что вы находитесь на берегу моря или в любом другом приятном для вас месте. Это поможет отвлечься от своих проблем и быстрее заснуть.</p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-51587778596724672602010-01-11T00:18:00.001-08:002010-01-11T00:18:41.420-08:00Типы дисплеев в мобильных телефонах<span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 11px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 15px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 15px" class="Apple-style-span"> <h6>Виды и технологии дисплеев</h6> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">LCD (*)</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">Главное отличие жидких кристаллов в том, что они не только пропускают свет, но и могут поглощать или отражать его, меняя свою структуру под воздействием тока. Этот принцип и лёг в основу создания LCD дисплеев: управляя подачей электрического тока на группу кристаллов, можно формировать любые изображения. Монохромные (черно-белые) дисплеи сейчас встречаются разве что как внешние экраны раскладушек и дисплеи телефонов эконом класса. Иногда используются и инверсионные (инверсные) монохромные дисплеи. Это экраны, в которых «всё наоборот» -белые буквы пишутся на чёрном фоне. В основном же в телефонах применяют цветные дисплеи с пассивными(STN,UFB), либо активными (TFT и отчасти TFD) матрицами.</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">STN</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">В STN (super twisted nematic) - дисплеях в качестве кристаллов используется специальный материал - сверхскрученный полимер, который и дал название технологии. STN - экраны отличаются низким энергопотреблением и невысокой стоимостью. А к недостаткам можно отнести относительно низкое качество картинки, небольшой угол обзора (в идеале 90 градусов по горизонтали и 50 градусов по вертикали) и основное - это долгое время отклика на изменение напряжения на матрице, что отрицательно сказывается на воспроизведение динамических сцен и видео. В совокупности этих недостатков, этот тип дисплеев практически перестал использоваться в качестве основных дисплеев в телефонах бизнес класса, его удел – внешние дисплеи раскладушек и телефоны эконом класса</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">UFB</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">UFB (Ultra Fine & Bright). Эту технологию, появившуюся сравнительно недавно, относят к пассивным матрицам, однако яркость и цветопередача UFB - дисплеев на порядок выше, чем у экранов, выполненных по технологии STN. По энергопотреблению и себестоимости технология сравнима с STN, а по углу обзора и цветности - с TFT (лишь в контрастности несколько уступает). Эта технология довольно активно используется в телефонах Samsung и LG</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">TFT</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">TFT - дисплеи (Thin Film Transistors) сейчас наиболее востребованы. (Большая часть телефонов бизнес класса) Их отличие от пассивных матриц в том, что каждый пиксель изображения в них формируется отдельным транзистором, что дает возможность получать картинки очень высокого качества: с неплохим контрастом и цветностью, а также углом обзора до 160 градусов по горизонтали и до и120 градусов - по вертикали. К недостаткам TFT -технологии следует отнести зависимость качества изображения от внешнего освещения, а также высокое энергопотребление. Кроме того, в TFT - дисплеях всегда существует вероятность выхода из строя одного или нескольких транзисторов - на дисплее могут появиться постоянно светящиеся точки (так называемые «битые пиксели»). (**)</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">TFD</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">Технология TFD (Thin Film Diode), которую считают некоторым «компромиссом», между активными и пассивными матрицами, на самом деле почти ничем не отличаются от TFT. Просто вместо транзисторов для работы с кристаллами используются диоды, что снижает их энергопотребление.</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">OLED (***)</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diodes) - электролюминесцентные дисплеи на органических светоизлучающих полупроводниках. Основа технологии в том, что при совмещении двух слоёв органических материалов и пропускании через них тока появляется свечение. Не смотря на то, что яркость OLED дисплеев в десятки раз превышает показатели LCD - матриц, им не нужны лампы подсветки. Все их плюсы (Угол обзора до 180 градусов, высокая динамичность и отличная контрастность, а также корректная цветопередача. При этом - низкое энергопотребление, отсутствие «битых пикселей», небольшая толщина и возможность выпускать «гибкие дисплеи» (что уже делается)). Сводятся на нет недостаточным сроком службы. Не смотря на это OLED технология совершенствуется и будущее, несомненно, за ней</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">(*)Жидкие кристаллы открыл австрийский ботаник Рейницер еще в 1888 году. И лишь в 1963 году ученые обнаружили, что в нормальном состоянии такие кристаллы пропускают свет, но могут менять свою структуру и отражать или поглощать свет под воздействием электротока. Это открытие через 10 лет позволило создать первый ЖК-экран, который появился на рынке в 1973 году в калькуляторах Sharp.</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">(**) (Active Matrix) или (Thin Film Transistors) (Тонко Пленочные Транзисторы) Под поверхностью экрана на их основе — слой мельчайших транзисторов, полупроводников, каждый из которых управляет одной точкой экрана. В цветном дисплее телефона их количество может достигать нескольких десятков (а то и сотен) тысяч. Такой способ управления позволяет ускорить работу дисплея в несколько раз, хотя для воспроизведения видео и этот способ не слишком эффективен, изображение может быть слегка «размытым», поскольку сами кристаллы не будут успевать поворачиваться с нужной быстротой (Хотя и здесь технология не стоит на месте). Случается, что транзистор выходит из строя. Подобный дефект легко заметить невооруженным взглядом, точка экрана постоянно светится яркой «звездой» на фоне других или не светится вообще либо светится одним из цветов. Поэтому при покупке Телефона не поленитесь включить ее и внимательно присмотритесь к дисплею и, если заметите «битые» элементы, вовремя поменяйте аппарат. Не смотря на то, что для стандартных экранов не гарантийным случаем, является наличие до двух «битых пикселей» продавцы в обмене не отказывают</p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none">(***)Что такое обычные (неорганические) светодиоды, читателям объяснять не нужно - их можно встретить в любой современной технике. Это полупроводниковые устройства, способные под действием тока излучать свет того или иного спектра. Впервые органические люминесцентные полупроводники (диоды) были созданы в 1987 году компанией Kodak. В природе аналогичное по происхождению (но не по способу получения) свечение наблюдается у светлячков и глубоководных рыб. Ученые исследовали процессы их свечения и синтезировали необходимые вещества. На протяжении последних лет технологии производства органических дисплеев активно разрабатывались, совершенствовались, а в 2003 году OLED-дисплеи выплеснулись на массовый рынок. Изобретатели люминесцентных диодов обнаружили, что если совместить два слоя определенных органических материалов и в какой-либо точке пропустить через них электрический ток, то в этом месте появится свечение. Используя разные материалы и светофильтры, можно получать разные цвета. Существующие модели (Как и в случае с ЖКИ) разделяются по типу управляющей матрицы. Есть OLED с пассивными, а есть и с активными матрицами (TFT). Принцип работы матрицы такой же, но вместо слоя жидких кристаллов используется слой органических полупроводников. TFT OLED — самые быстрые и обеспечивают просто потрясающую картинку. Такой экран не спасует и при солнечном освещении, а при воспроизведении видео, картинка будет смотреться не хуже, чем на телеэкране. <br /></p> </span></span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-81509508728182543092009-10-30T06:48:00.001-07:002009-10-30T06:48:54.386-07:00Being the Bad Guy at Work<h3>Why it could help your career</h3> <p>By Anthony Balderrama, </p> <p><img alt="" src="http://emj.icbdr.com/artieimages/c3/ar5d6hb70hgcxv7q84c3.gif" /></p> <p>In film and <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/literature/">literature</a>, the villains are the most entertaining characters. We root for good to triumph over evil and we're connected to the protagonist, but we're most interested in the bad guy. </p> <p>Think about classic films and pick out the best characters. In "The Wizard of Oz," I'm glad Dorothy ends up with her family, but the Wicked Witch and her winged simians were the coolest part of the story. In "Psycho," the focus is on creepy Norman Bates. Let's face it, being bad is fun. </p> <p>Why, then, do we become so skittish about embracing the role of bad guy at work? Think back to times during your career when you were too afraid to take an unpopular stance. Whether you've been working for three months or three decades, you've probably had at least one of those moments when you didn't want to be the lone voice of dissent. No one wants to be disliked by everyone else. </p> <p>"This doesn't mean that people shouldn't be strong, assertive and provocative at times, but they better understand the potential impact of what they are choosing to do," says Rick Maurer, a<a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/change+management/">change management</a> expert at Maurer & Associates. </p> <p>The question becomes, how do you embrace these maligned roles without ruining your career? Here are three instances when you might find yourself being the bad guy or gal and what you should think about: </p> <p><b>Standing up for what you think is right for the company or team <br /></b>Opinions clash in every team effort. No decision involving a group vote ever happens without someone voicing concerns that ultimately slow down the process. Is it worth being the cheese that stands alone? </p> <p>"This is one of the most difficult issues a person can face at work," says Paul R. Damiano, president of Good Works Consulting. "The key is that you legitimately have to be concerned about the best interest of the company." When expressing your trepidation, keep the focus on how the company benefits from your idea and how a bad decision is detrimental to everyone. Don't put the focus on how it affects you, because people will make assumptions about your motives. </p> <p>"If the group finally does override you, be sure to vocalize your support for the final decision, otherwise, they may see you as subtly trying to sabotage or undermine the decision to prove you were right all along," Damiano says. </p> <p><b>Playing devil's advocate <br /></b>Sometimes the unpopular opinion isn't one that you believe in, but it's the one that gets people thinking. That's when you're tempted to play devil's advocate merely to challenge everyone to consider the reasons for their opinions. If you can rile people up and make them think about all sides of a situation, you can prepare them for controversy that might come their way as a result. But you could have your own controversy to deal with as well. </p> <p>"Even when the meeting is over, something called role transference can occur and people may still truly believe that you are against the issue at hand, when in fact you may have been merely trying to get people to think more broadly or deeply," Damiano says. </p> <p>To avoid any confusion, Damiano suggests a visual cue to separate you from your role as antagonist. It might sound silly, but it gives everyone a focal point for their frustration. </p> <p>"For example, you could hold a Koosh ball, wear a certain hat or sit in a designated seat when playing the devil's advocate," he suggests. "Then when you separate yourself from the tangible object (pass the ball, remove the cap, take your normal seat) it will be easier for your colleagues to separate you from your role-playing opinions." </p> <p>However you choose to separate yourself from the role as naysayer, remember to emphasize your goal of challenging the group. Playing devil's advocate is a worthwhile exercise only if you make people re-evaluate how they look at an issue, not how they look at you. </p> <p><b>Standing up for yourself <br /></b>Hopefully you never have to encounter this situation, but it could happen: You share an idea with a co-worker, he presents it to the boss, she showers him with praise and you're left as the fool who doesn't have any good ideas. Do you let someone steal your hard work? What do you say if you're criticized for not being as productive and creative? Ultimately, this is a showdown of your word against his. </p> <p>"This is often a matter not of what we say, but how we say it," Damiano says. "In these instances, you definitely need to confront the issue, and you need to talk about the emotional impact it had on you without becoming emotional in the process." </p> <p>Can you be passionate without being irrational when you're trying to defend yourself? We are talking about your hard work and integrity, after all. </p> <p>"The best way to do this is to actually practice or role play the conversation a few times with a friend or colleague before talking to the person who unfairly took your ideas," Damiano says. If possible, he also encourages you to record yourself so you can analyze how you come across and judge whether or not your message is effective. Then you'll be ready to stand up for yourself. </p> <p><b>The gender effect <br /></b>Lurking beneath each of these issues is that reality that women often know that things they do could backfire because gender still factors into some people's perceptions. Some women might be hesitant to be the office villain, even momentarily, because of the sexist stigma associated with assertive females in the workplace. </p> <p>On the other hand, if you're a woman who doesn't want to stand out for the wrong reasons, are you also a worker who's not standing out at all? If you're invisible at work you could be feeding into the stereotype of a meek female worker who's more wallflower than leader. </p> <p>"There's a big cost to women who shun the role of bad guy," says Debra Condren, author of "Ambition is Not a Dirty Word." "It keeps you from going for your share of the opportunities pie at work, from taking risks that can have huge  payoffs, from standing up to people when you need to, from being tough even if it brings on disapproval from others, from taking the credit you deserve. </p> <p>"It keeps you from being taken as seriously in the workplace as those who stand up for themselves and play bad-guy hardball. It keeps you from earning what you're worth (i.e., it can cost women between $500,000 and $2 million in earnings over the course of their careers) and from earning as much as your male counterparts who are willing to play the bad guy in negotiations do." </p> <p>When she puts it that way, do you really have a choice?</p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-42825295859418947972009-10-29T01:05:00.001-07:002009-10-29T01:05:07.834-07:0047 simple ways to waste money<span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap; font-size: 11px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 11px" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="margin-bottom: 6px" id="ahead" class="postTitle">Words of wisdom: Eat before you visit a grocery store . . . or the state fair.</div> <div style="font: 91% verdana; margin-bottom: 12px; color: rgb(153,153,153)" class="pst_dt"><b><i>This post comes from<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i></b><b><i><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/paul-michael" href="http://www.wisebread.com/paul-michael">Paul Michael</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>at partner blog<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/" href="http://www.wisebread.com/">Wise Bread</a>.</i></b></div> <div style="font: 109%/1.5em verdana; margin-bottom: 25px; color: rgb(51,51,51)" id="abody" class="pst_bod"> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><b><i> <br /></i></b></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">How are you doing with your money? Do you have everything under control, or are you spending a little more than you should?<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br /></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"> <br /></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Well, if you'd like to blow even more of your money, this list will help you empty your bank account in half the time you usually do. Enjoy. </p> <ol style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(51,51,51)"> <li> <div>Gamble in<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StockInvestingTrading/Las-Vegas-reinvented.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/StockInvestingTrading/Las-Vegas-reinvented.aspx">Vegas</a>. Sure, some people get lucky. But most of us blow a wad and leave feeling like reckless morons.</div> </li> <li>Spend your spare time surfing the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/bestdeals" href="http://www.wisebread.com/bestdeals">bargain sites</a>. It doesn't matter if you don't actually need anything. You'll find something to buy. </li> <li>Shop hungry. It's amazing how much extra food you'll throw in your cart. </li> <li>Draw more money out of the ATM than you need. If you get $20, you'll spend $20. If you get $40, it will disappear just as quickly. </li> <li>Become an impulse buyer. See something in a shop window, grab it immediately and worry about the cost later. <br /></li> <li>Pay bills late. That will eat up some serious cash in the form of late fees and interest rate hikes, and sometimes will damage your<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/YourCreditRating/Your5MinuteGuideToCreditScores.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/YourCreditRating/Your5MinuteGuideToCreditScores.aspx">credit rating</a>. </li> <li>Lend money to people who<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/TheRightWayToLoanMoneyToFamilyMembers.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/CollegeAndFamily/RaiseKids/TheRightWayToLoanMoneyToFamilyMembers.aspx">won't pay you back</a>, even when they say it will be different this time. </li> <li>Don't shop around. The first place you look is almost certainly not the best price available. </li> <li>Don't buy online. Those<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_street" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_street">High Street</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>retailers have lots of extra overhead, and they pass it on to you by marking up products. </li> <li>Go to a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/carnival-of-scams-top-4-fairground-cons" href="http://www.wisebread.com/carnival-of-scams-top-4-fairground-cons">state fair or carnival</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and buy lunch from a concession stand for your family: $8 for a hot dog, $4 for a can of Coke. Multiply by number of family members. </li> <li>Feed $1 bills into those crane machines that tempt you with stuffed animals. You may get lucky, but only after you've paid twice what the crappy toy is worth. </li> <li>Buy complete albums instead of cherry-picking the songs you want from a music download site. (Unless, of course, you always buy albums that are 100% brilliant from beginning to end.) </li> <li>Never double-check your measurements on a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/like-diy-avoid-these-ten-costly-mistakes" href="http://www.wisebread.com/like-diy-avoid-these-ten-costly-mistakes">DIY project</a>. You'll make at least one big mistake and have to buy another round of materials. </li> <li>Forget to take back movie rentals on time.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/never-pay-for-a-redbox-dvd-rental-again" href="http://www.wisebread.com/never-pay-for-a-redbox-dvd-rental-again">Red Box</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>may be only a buck a night, but rent two and leave them behind the sofa, and that can add up quickly. </li> <li>That goes for library books, or any other type of rental that fines tardiness. </li> <li>Buy food, throw it in the back of the fridge or in the vegetable crisper and forget about it. Then, a few weeks later, you can throw it away. Cash in the trash. </li> <li>Become completely disorganized and forgetful. You have no idea how quickly you'll spend money if you are buying things that you already have, or can't find the library books that were due three months ago. </li> <li>Ignore<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/bestdeals" href="http://www.wisebread.com/bestdeals">special offers and coupons</a>. Why pay $3 for an item when you can just as easily pay $5? </li> <li>Take your car in for an oil change and proceed to get every single recommended repair. I just took my car in for an oil change; they wanted to change all four brake pads. Little did they know my car has a warning light that tells me when my brake pads need replacing. I also have a mechanic for a father-in-law. </li> <li>And speaking of oil changes, get yours done every 3,000 miles. True, modern engines and synthetic oils mean most vehicles can do 5,000 to 7,000 miles between changes, but so what. </li> <li>Use<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/credit-card-guide" href="http://www.wisebread.com/credit-card-guide">credit cards</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>without paying off the balance in full each month. You will rack up some delicious interest. </li> <li>Fly first class. You'll get to your destination at the same time as the folks a few rows behind you, but you'll pay substantially more for some legroom and a nicer meal. </li> <li>Never read a contract. Ever. You will later be taken by surprise with all sorts of fees and penalties. And legally, you signed on the dotted line so you're obligated to pay them all -- or in some cases, like a secured loan, lose your house. </li> <li>Buy an<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/ConsumerActionGuide/WhenExtendedWarrantiesMakeSense.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/SmartSpending/ConsumerActionGuide/WhenExtendedWarrantiesMakeSense.aspx">extended warranty</a>, especially on a car. Most of the time, you'll be paying a huge percentage of the cost of the item and when it comes time to make a claim you'll be battling with legal eagles who will do anything to make sure you don't get any money. </li> <li>Don't take advantage of your company's<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/learn-how-to-invest/the-5-biggest-401k-mistakes.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/learn-how-to-invest/the-5-biggest-401k-mistakes.aspx">401(k)</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>match, because another great way to waste money is to decline free money. </li> <li>Buy a monthly gym membership, work out once, then sit at home for the next year and watch TV. </li> <li><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/bulk-buying-101" href="http://www.wisebread.com/bulk-buying-101">Buy in bulk</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>stuff you'll never be able to use or consume before the sell-by-date. </li> <li><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/HighCostOfSmoking.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Insurance/InsureYourHealth/HighCostOfSmoking.aspx">Smoke</a>. If you go through one pack per day, you'll literally burn more than $2,000 per year. </li> <li>Walk past the perfectly functional coffee machine at home, drive to work and pick up a grande half-caf, double-mocha-vanilla-chai-peppermint cream coffee from Starbucks or any other "premium" coffee chain. That's an easy way to blow up to $5 on something that should cost you only pennies. </li> <li>Buy books, DVDs and CDs at bookstores like Borders and Barnes & Noble. Last time I checked, the regular price for a new DVD averaged $25 to $30 in one of those stores. Even when they're on sale, they're more expensive than the same copy at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/tips-for-perimeter-perusing-at-target" href="http://www.wisebread.com/tips-for-perimeter-perusing-at-target">Target</a>. </li> <li>Throw away your leftovers. Whether they're from a home-cooked meal or from dining out, just put them in the fridge covered in cling wrap and then pop them in the garbage a week later. </li> <li>Buy<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/BottledWaterARiverOfMoney.aspx" href="http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Extra/BottledWaterARiverOfMoney.aspx">bottled water</a>. It's dollars for a bottle, pennies from the faucet. And let's not forget the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/bottled-water-bottled-hype-part-1" href="http://www.wisebread.com/bottled-water-bottled-hype-part-1">environmental costs of bottled water</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>either. </li> <li>Use 411 instead of (800) GOOG-411. The first costs you a hefty fee each time you dial, the second is free. Both offer the same service. </li> <li>Buy the high-octane gas. Modern computer-controlled cars will alter ignition and timing profiles to allow the use of low-grade gas, but why bother taking advantage of that? </li> <li>Purchase bags of<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/baby-carrots-the-frugal-idea-that-isnt" href="http://www.wisebread.com/baby-carrots-the-frugal-idea-that-isnt">baby carrots</a>. In actuality, they're large carrots shaped into smaller, bite-sized pieces, but you're way too busy to cut carrots to size. </li> <li>Don't take the time to read street signs. I got myself a lovely $25 parking ticket recently because I thought the road was meter-free. It wasn't. The meters had been replaced by one parking fee booth about 20 feet down the road. </li> <li>Oh, and why not speed as well? You'll get a big fine and a few points on your license just to get somewhere a few minutes quicker. </li> <li>Rent from Blockbuster instead of RedBox -- $4 vs. $1 per night. And never remember to return it so you get charged a big fat fee to keep the disc. </li> <li>Never monitor your bank account(s). That way, you can occasionally overdraw an account and get charged a lovely big fee. </li> <li>Don't take care of your teeth, and avoid dental checkups and cleanings. You'll save a little money at first, but worry not: The dentist's fees will come pouring in when your mouth looks and smells like the inside of a garbage dump. </li> <li><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/how-haggling-taught-me-about-life" href="http://www.wisebread.com/how-haggling-taught-me-about-life">Don't haggle</a>. Whether it's a small bag of apples at a farmers market or the purchase of a new home, just accept the first price and call it good. </li> <li>Play the lottery. Sure, there's a roughly 1-in-120 million chance you could bag the jackpot, but it's a slim chance. Even the odds of winning just a lousy $10 are about 1 in 35. Imagine closing your eyes and picking one white ball out of a bag containing 34 red balls. Yep, doubtful. </li> <li>Never question a dubious charge or bill. If in doubt, let the restaurant, grocery store, cable company, phone company or any other mega-corporation keep the money. They need it for all the lawsuits. </li> <li>Buy brand-name everything. Yes, many of the store-brand products are repackaged brand names at lower prices, but why pay less? </li> <li><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/will-these-car-buying-incentives-get-you-to-buy-a-new-car" href="http://www.wisebread.com/will-these-car-buying-incentives-get-you-to-buy-a-new-car">Buy a new car</a>. It loses about 20% of its value the second you drive it off the lot. </li> <li>Don't turn off the lights or appliances. Keep them all going, even when you're out of the house. That should push your electricity bill way up. </li> <li>Don't read<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/credit-card-guide" href="http://www.wisebread.com/credit-card-guide">Wise Bread</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: underline" title="http://www.wisebread.com/money-saving-book/" href="http://www.wisebread.com/money-saving-book/">personal-finance book</a>. But as you're reading this, maybe you will end up saving some money today. </li> </ol> <p style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Don't worry. Follow the rest of the advice here and you can soon spend way more than you need to.</p> </div> </span></span></span></span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-50440237648575032622009-10-28T02:04:00.001-07:002009-10-28T02:04:30.215-07:00На смену LCD и OLED дисплеям идут более эффективные и экономичные дисплеи TMOS.<p><span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-size: 13px" class="Apple-style-span"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" width="100%"><tbody> <tr> <td style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-size: 13px" width="100%"> <h1 style="margin: 0px; font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-size: 13px"></h1> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-size: 13px" width="100%"> <div id="news-id-694"> <div align="center"><u><font color="#0066cc"><img title="Дисплей TMOS" alt="Дисплей TMOS" src="http://s52.radikal.ru/i138/0910/67/b60901ce19af.jpg" /></font></u></div> <br /> <br />Представители компании Uni-Pixel из Вудлэнда, штат Техас, сообщили новость о том, что компания готовится запустить массовое производство дисплеев нового поколения, маленькой толщины и выполненных по технологии Time-Multiplexed Optical Shutter (TMOS), что в переводе означает «оптический затвор с временным мультиплексированием», которая использует инерционность сетчатки человеческого глаза. Представители Uni-Pixel утверждают, что новые дисплеи будут значительно дешевле в производстве, обеспечивать более качественное изображение, чем дисплеи CRT, LCD и OLED, и потреблять меньшее количество энергии. <br /> <br /> <div align="center"><img title="Структура дисплея TMOS" alt="Структура дисплея TMOS" src="http://s58.radikal.ru/i159/0910/7c/b71bd36f1745.jpg" /></div> <br /> <br />Большинство технологий изготовления дисплеев, применяемых в настоящее время, используют синхронизированное пространственное смешение трех основных цветов, красного, зеленого и синего. Меняя интенсивность каждого цвета, смешение цветов позволяет получить миллионы оттенков. Дисплеи TMOS, вместо смешения трех цветов, используют инерционность человеческого зрения, чередуют через очень короткие интервалы времени вспышки трех основных цветов с необходимой интенсивностью, дальнейшее «математическое» смешение и получение результирующего цвета происходит уже в мозгу человека. <br /> <br />Принцип действия технологии TMOS комбинирует в себе и электронную и механическую составляющие. Чередующиеся вспышки красного, зеленого и синего цвета производятся светодиодами соответствующего цвета, расположенными по краям дисплея и освещающими стеклянную подложку. На эту подложку наложена специальная тонкая пленка, сделанная по технологии микроэлектромеханических систем (MEMS), и содержащая крошечные электронные и механические устройства. Под воздействием электрических сигналов с матрицы, расположенной уровнем ниже, эти микроэлектромеханические элементы деформируют пленку, вследствие чего миниатюрные зеркала, диаметром всего 10 микрон, расположенные на поверхности пленки, приближаются к освещенной подложке первого уровня и отражают свет, формируя, таким образом, изображение одного пиксела. <br /> <br /> <div align="center"><img title="Принцип действия дисплея TMOS" alt="Принцип действия дисплея TMOS" src="http://i069.radikal.ru/0910/ef/e7157fcfab5e.jpg" /></div> <br /> <br />Новая технология, несомненно, имеет ряд значимых преимуществ перед ныне используемыми технологиями. Количество микротранзисторов, коммутирующих сигналы для управления элементами TMOS, уменьшилось в три раза, по сравнению с LCD дисплеями. Это, несомненно, отразится на стоимости конечного продукта в сторону уменьшения и позволит увеличить надежность устройства. Опять же, по сравнению с LED дисплеями, количество слоев, расположенных между освещаемой подложкой уменьшено до одного, собственно слоя пленки TMOS. Это позволило в десять раз уменьшить мощность, требующуюся для освещения нижнего слоя, что положительно сказывается на характеристиках энергопотребления. <br /> <br />За счет маленьких габаритов каждого пиксела, на базе технологии TMOS можно будет добиться рекордного значения разрешения таких дисплеев, перешагнув предел в 300 точек на дюйм. Скорость реакции используемых микроэлектромеханических элементов, расположенных на пленке TMOS чрезвычайно высока, что позволит получить частоты регенерации изображения в 1000 раз превышающие типовые значения LCD дисплеев. Но самым внушительным достижением новой технологии является прогнозируемый срок службы нового типа дисплеев, который составляет 300 000 часов, что намного больше, чем аналогичные показатели LCD или OLED дисплеев. <br /> <br />По данным компании Uni-Pixel в настоящий момент идет ограниченный выпуск матриц TMOS, которые рассылаются в качестве опытных и экспериментальных образцов различным изготовителям дисплеев и другой электронной техники. В новом, 2010 году, компания планирует скачкообразное увеличение выпуска новых матриц, которые уже пойдут в конечные изделия</div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </span></span></p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-33633997852252285282009-10-21T23:03:00.001-07:002009-10-21T23:03:15.389-07:00Windows 7 Review<span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="text-align: left; line-height: 13px; font-family: tahoma, sans-serif; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 11px" class="Apple-style-span"> <h1 style="padding-bottom: 3px !important; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'Tahoma Sans-Serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 18px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px" class="title"> </h1> <div style="padding-bottom: 6px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important" class="abstract"><cite style="font-family: 'Tahoma Sans-Serif'; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: x-small; font-weight: normal" class="author"><font size="2">By Harry McCracken, PC World</font></cite></div> <div style="padding-bottom: 6px !important; margin-bottom: 0px !important" class="abstract"> <p style="margin-bottom: 0px !important">Windows 7 gets the basics right. Here's what you need to know about the new OS.</p> </div> <div class="segment"> <div class="detail">What if a new version of Windows didn't try to dazzle you? What if, instead, it tried to disappear except when you needed it? Such an operating system would dispense with glitzy effects in favor of low-key, useful new features. Rather than pelting you with alerts, warnings and requests, it would try to stay out of your face. And if any bundled applications weren't essential, it would dump 'em.</div> <div class="detail">It's not a what-if scenario. Windows 7, set to arrive on new PCs and as a shrink-wrapped upgrade on Oct. 22, has a minimalist feel and attempts to fix an noyances old and new. In contrast, Windows Vista offered a flashy new interface, but its poor performance, compatibility gotchas and lack of compelling features made some folks regret upgrading and others refuse to leave Windows XP.</div> <div class="detail">Windows 7 is hardly flawless. Some features feel unfinished; others won't realize their potential without heavy lifting by third parties. And some long-standing annoyances remain intact. But overall, the final shipping version I test-drove appears to be the worthy successor to Windows XP that Vista never was.</div> <div class="detail">Microsoft's release of Windows 7 also roughly coincides with Apple's release of its new Snow Leopard; for a visual comparison of the two operating systems, see our slide show "<a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/170882/snow_leopard_versus_windows_7.html" name="">Snow Leopard Versus Windows 7</a>" Read on here for an in-depth look at how Microsoft has changed its OS -- mostly for the better -- in Windows 7.</div> <div class="detail"><strong>Interface: The new taskmaster</strong></div> <div class="detail">The Windows experience occurs mainly in its Taskbar -- especially in the Start menu and System Tray. Vista gave the Start menu a welcome redesign; in Windows 7, the Taskbar and the System Tray get a thorough makeover.</div> <div class="detail"> <div class="gchild chrome1 left"> <div class="ggchild c1 first"> <div class="linkedimg"><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172602&page=1&zoomIdx=1"><img style="border-bottom: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-top: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid" alt="Windows 7 Review // The new Windows Taskbar; Windows 7's revamped Taskbar introduces several new features and gives users much more control over how it looks. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/5C/CA368191A55B0AE583A1B46549955.bmp" width="180" height="133" /></a></div> </div> </div> The new Taskbar replaces the old small icons and text labels for running apps with larger, unlabeled icons. If you can keep the icons straight, the new design painlessly reduces Taskbar clutter. If you don't like it, you can shrink the icons and/or bring the labels back. <br /> <br />In the past, you could get one-click access to programs by dragging their icons to the Quick Launch toolbar. Windows 7 eliminates Quick Launch and folds its capabilities into the Taskbar. Drag an app's icon from the Start menu or desktop to the Taskbar, and Windows will pin it there, so you can launch the program without rummaging around in the Start menu. You can also organize icons in the Taskbar by moving them to new positions.</div> <div class="detail">To indicate that a particular application on the Taskbar is running, Windows draws a subtle box around its icon -- so subtle, in fact, that figuring out whether the app is running can take a moment, especially if its icon sits between two icons for running apps.</div> <div class="detail">In Windows Vista, hovering the mouse pointer over an application's Taskbar icon produces a thumbnail window view known as a Live Preview. But when you have multiple windows open, you see only one preview at a time. Windows 7's version of this feature is slicker and more efficient: Hover the pointer on an icon, and thumbnails of the app's windows glide into position above the Taskbar, so you can quickly find the one you're looking for. (The process would be even simpler if the thumbnails were larger and easier to decipher.)</div> <div class="detail">Also new in Windows 7's Taskbar is a feature called Jump Lists. These menus resemble the context-sensitive ones you get when you right-click within various Windows applications, except that you don't have to be inside an app to use them. Internet Explorer 8's Jump List, for example, lets you open the browser and load a fresh tab, initiate an InPrivate stealth browsing session or go directly to any of eight frequently visited Web pages. Non-Microsoft apps can offer Jump Lists, too, if their developers follow the guidelines for creating them.</div> <div class="detail">Other Windows 7 interface adjustments are minor, yet so sensible that you may wonder why Windows didn't include them all along. Shove a window into the left or right edge of the screen and it'll expand to fill half of your desktop. Nudge another into the opposite edge of the screen and it'll expand to occupy the other half. That makes comparing two windows' contents easy. If you nudge a window into the top of the screen, it will maximize to occupy all of the display's real estate.</div> <div class="detail">The extreme right edge of the Taskbar now sports a sort of nub; hover over it, and open windows become transparent, revealing the desktop below. (Microsoft calls this feature Aero Peek.) Click the nub and the windows scoot out of the way, giving you access to documents or apps that reside on the desktop and duplicating the Show Desktop feature that Quick Launch used to offer.</div> <div class="detail">Getting at your desktop may soon be come even more important than it was in the past. That's because Windows 7 does away with the Sidebar, the portion of screen space that Windows Vista reserved for Gadgets such as a photo viewer and a weather applet. Instead of occupying the Sidebar, Gadgets now sit directly on the desktop, where they don't compete with other apps for precious screen real estate.</div> <div class="detail"> </div> </div> <div class="segment"> <div class="detail"><strong>Old tray, new tricks:</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Windows 7's Taskbar and window management tweaks are nice. But its changes to the System Tray -- aka the Notification Area -- have a huge positive effect.</div> <div class="detail"> <div class="gchild chrome1 left"> <div class="ggchild c1 first"> <div class="linkedimg"><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172602&page=1&zoomIdx=2"><img style="border-bottom: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-top: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid" alt="Windows 7 Review // System Tray changes: Changes in Windows 7 transform the System Tray from an intrusive eyesore (in Windows Vista) into a useful set of shortcuts and other controls. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/8E/C2F668FF7DAA857ED1C93A18D9976.bmp" width="180" height="254" /></a></div> </div> </div> In the past, no feature of Windows packed more frustration per square inch than the System Tray. It quickly grew dense with applets that users did not want in the first place, and many of the uninvited guests employed word balloons and other intrusive methods to alert users to uninteresting facts at inopportune moments. At their worst, System Tray applets behaved like belligerent squatters, and Windows did little to put users back in charge. <br /> <br />In Windows 7, applets can't pester you unbidden because software installers can't dump them into the System Tray. Instead, applets land in a holding pen that appears only when you click it, a much-improved version of the overflow area used in previous incarnations of the Tray. App lets in the pen can't float word balloons at you unless you permit them to do so. It's a cinch to drag them into the System Tray or out of it again, so you enjoy complete control over which applets reside there.</div> <div class="detail">More good news: Windows 7 largely dispenses with the onslaught of word-balloon warnings from the OS about troubleshooting issues, potential security problems and the like. A new area called Action Center -- a revamped version of Vista's Security Center -- queues up such alerts so you can deal with them at your convenience. Action Center does issue notifications of its own from the System Tray, but you can shut these off if you don't want them pestering you.</div> <div class="detail">All of this helps make Windows 7 the least distracting, least intrusive Microsoft OS in a very long time. It's a giant step forward from the days when Windows thought nothing of interrupting your work to inform you that it had de tected unused icons on your desktop.</div> <div class="detail"><strong>File management: The library system</strong></div> <div class="detail">Compared with the Taskbar and the System Tray, Explorer hasn't changed much in Windows 7. However, its left pane does sport two new ways to get at your files: Libraries and HomeGroups.</div> <div class="detail">Libraries could just as appropriately have been called File Cabinets, since they let you collect related folders in one place. By default, you get Libraries labeled Documents, Music, Pictures and Videos, each of which initially di rects you to the OS's standard folders for storing the named items -- such as My Pictures and Public Pictures.</div> <div class="detail">To benefit from Libraries, you have to customize them. Right-click any folder on your hard drive and you can add it to any Library; for instance, you can transform the Pictures Library into a collection of all your folders that contain photos. You can create additional Libraries of your own from scratch, such as one that bundles up all folders that relate to your vacation plans.</div> <div class="detail">Libraries would be even more useful if Microsoft had integrated them with Saved Searches, the Windows feature (introduced in Vista) that lets you create virtual folders based on searches, such as one that tracks down every .jpg image file on your system. But while Windows 7 lets you add standard folders to a Library, it doesn't support Saved Searches.</div> <div class="detail"><strong>HomeGroups, sweet HomeGroups?</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Closely related to Libraries are HomeGroups, a new feature designed to simplify the notoriously tricky process of networking Windows PCs. Machines that are part of one HomeGroup can selectively grant each other read or read/write access to their Libraries and to the folders they contain, so you can perform such mundane but important tasks as providing your spouse with ac cess to a folder full of tax documents on your computer. HomeGroups can also stream media, enabling you to pipe music or a movie off the desktop in the den onto your notebook in the living room. And they let you share a printer connected to one PC with all the other computers in the HomeGroup, a useful feature if you can't connect the printer directly to the network.</div> <div class="detail">HomeGroups aren't a bad idea, but Windows 7's implementation seems half-baked. HomeGroups are password-protected, but rather than inviting you to specify a password of your choice during initial setup, Windows assigns you one consisting of 10 characters of alphanumeric gibberish and instructs you to write it down so you won't forget it. To be fair, passwords made up of random characters provide excellent security, and the only time you need the password is when you first connect a new PC to a HomeGroup. But it's still a tad peculiar that you can't specify a password you'll remember during setup -- you can do that only after the fact, in a different part of the OS. More annoying and limiting: HomeGroups won't work unless all of the PCs in question are running Windows 7, a scenario that won't be typical any time soon. A version that also worked on XP, Vista and Mac systems would have been cooler.</div> <div class="detail">Federated Search, a new Windows Explorer feature, feels incomplete, too. It uses the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSearch" name="">Open Search standard</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to give Win 7's search "connectors" for external sources. That capability allows you to search sites such as Flickr and YouTube from within Explorer. Pretty neat -- except that Windows 7 doesn't come with any of the connectors you'd need to add these sources, nor with any way of finding them. (They are available on the Web, though. Use a search engine to track them down.)</div> <div class="detail"> </div> </div> <div class="segment"> <div class="detail"><strong>Security: UAC gets tolerable</strong></div> <div class="detail">Speaking of annoying Windows features, let's talk about User Account Control, the Windows Vista security element that was a poster child for everything that rankled people about that OS. UAC aimed to prevent rogue software from tampering with your PC by endlessly prompting you to approve running applications or changing settings. The experience was so grating that many users preferred to turn UAC off and take their chances with Internet attackers. Those who left it active risked slipping into the habit of incautiously clicking through every prompt, defeating whatever value the feature might have had.</div> <div class="detail"> <div class="gchild chrome1 left"> <div class="ggchild c1 first"> <div class="linkedimg"><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172602&page=2&zoomIdx=1"><img style="border-bottom: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-top: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid" alt="Windows 7 Review // UAC changes: Whereas Vista's notorious User Account Control gave users no control over the feature other than to turn it off, Windows 7's version of UAC lets users choose from two intermediate notification levels between 'Always notify' and 'Never notify'. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/7E/FFBBA852A63869A6A9BB85EDDBB72.jpg" width="180" height="236" /></a></div> </div> </div> Windows 7 gives you control over UAC, in the form of a slider containing four security settings. As before, you can accept the full-blown UAC or elect to disable it. But you can also tell UAC to notify you only when software changes Windows settings, not when you're tweaking them yourself. And you can instruct it not to perform the abrupt screen-dimming effect that Vista's version uses to grab your attention. <br /> <br />If Microsoft had its druthers, all Windows 7 users would use UAC in full-tilt mode: The slider that you use to ratchet back its severity advises you not to do so if you routinely install new software or visit unfamiliar sites, and it warns that disabling the dimming effect is "Not recommended." Speak for yourself, Redmond: I have every intention of recommending the intermediate settings to most people who ask me for advice, since those settings retain most of UAC's theoretical value without driving users bonkers.</div> <div class="detail">Other than salvaging UAC, Microsoft has made relatively few significant changes to Windows 7's security system. One meaningful improvement: BitLocker, the drive-encryption tool included only in Windows 7 Ultimate and the corporate-oriented Windows 7 Enterprise, lets you en crypt USB drives and hard disks, courtesy of a feature called BitLocker to Go. It's one of the few good reasons to prefer Win 7 Ultimate to Home Premium or Professional.</div> <div class="detail">Internet Explorer 8, Windows 7's de fault browser, includes many security-related enhancements, including a new SmartScreen Filter (which blocks dangerous Web sites) and InPrivate Browsing (which permits you to use IE without leaving traces of where you've been or what you've done). Of course, IE 8 is equally at home in XP and Vista -- and it's free -- so it doesn't constitute a reason to upgrade to Windows 7.</div> <div class="detail"><strong>Applications: The fewer the merrier</strong></div> <div class="detail">Here's a startling indication of how different an upgrade Windows 7 is: Rather than larding it up with new applications, Microsoft eliminated three nonessential programs: Windows Mail (née Outlook Express), Windows Movie Maker (which premiered in Windows Me) and Windows Photo Gallery.</div> <div class="detail">Users who don't want to give them up can find all three at live.windows.com as free<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://download.live.com/" name="">Windows Live Essentials</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>downloads. They may even come with your new PC, courtesy of deals Microsoft is striking with PC manufacturers. But since they are no longer tied to the leisurely release schedules of Windows, they are far less likely than most bundled Windows apps to remain mired in definitely in an underachieving state.</div> <div class="detail">Still present -- and nicely spruced up -- are the operating system's two applications for consuming audio and video, Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. Windows Media Player 12 has a revised interface that divides operations into a Library view for media management and a Now Playing view for listening and watching stuff. Minimize the player into the Taskbar and you get mini player controls and a Jump List, both of which let you control background music without having to leave the app you're in. Microsoft has added support for several media types that Media Player 11 didn't support, including AAC audio and H.264 video -- the formats it needs to play unprotected music and movies from Apple's iTunes Store.</div> <div class="detail">Media Center -- not part of the bargain-basement Windows 7 Starter Edition -- remains most useful if you have a PC configured with a TV tuner card and you use your computer to record TV shows à la TiVo. Among its enhancements are a better program guide and support for more tuners.</div> <div class="detail"> <div class="gchild chrome1 left"> <div class="ggchild c1 first"> <div class="linkedimg"><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172602&page=3&zoomIdx=1"><img style="border-bottom: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-top: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid" alt="Windows 7 Review // Backup and Restore Center changes: The Backup and Restore Center in Windows 7 gives users greater specificity in selecting files to back up than Vista did, but most versions of Win 7 can't back up to a network drive. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/45/D62996F93F6B9BEE2F7BBCBBCCFAA.jpg" width="180" height="352" /></a></div> </div> </div> Windows Vista's oddly underpowered Backup and Restore Center let users specify particular types of files to back up (such as Music and Documents) but not specific files or folders. Though Microsoft corrects that deficiency in Windows 7, it deprives Windows 7 Starter Edition and Home Premium of the ability to back up to a network drive. That feels chintzy, like a car company cutting back on an economy sedan's airbags. It also continues the company's long streak of issuing versions of Windows that lack a truly satisfying backup utility. <br /> <br />The new version of Paint has Office 2007's Ribbon toolbar and adds various prefabricated geometric shapes and a few natural-media tools, such as a watercolor brush. But my regimen for preparing a new Windows PC for use will still include installing the impressive free image editor Paint.Net.</div> <div class="detail">The nearest thing Windows 7 has to a major new application has the intriguing moniker Windows XP Mode. It's not a way to make Windows 7 look like XP -- you can do that with the Windows Classic theme -- but rather a way to let it run XP programs that are otherwise incompatible with Win 7. Unfortunately, only Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate offer it, and even then it comes as an optional 350MB download that requires you to have Microsoft's free Virtual PC software installed and that works only on PCs with Intel or AMD virtualization technology enabled in the BIOS.</div> <div class="detail">Once active, XP Mode lets Windows 7 run apps that supposedly aren't compatible by launching them in separate windows that contain a virtualized version of XP. Microsoft clearly means for the mode to serve as a security blanket for business types who rely on ancient, often proprietary programs that may never be rewritten for current OSs.</div> <div class="detail"> </div> </div> <div class="segment"> <div class="detail"><strong>Device management: Setting the stage</strong></div> <div class="detail">Windows 7 offers you numerous ways to connect your PC to everything from tiny flash drives to hulking networked laser printers -- USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, slots and more. Devices and Printers, a new section of the Control Panel, represents connected gadgets with the largest icons I've ever seen in an operating system. (When possible, they're 3-D renderings of the device; the one for Sansa's Clip MP3 player is almost life-size.)</div> <div class="detail">More important, the OS introduces Device Stages -- hardware-wrangling dashboards tailored to specific items of hardware and designed by their manufacturers in collaboration with Micro soft. A Device Stage for a digital camera, for instance, may include a battery gauge, a shortcut to Windows' image-downloading tools and links to online resources such as manuals, support sites and the manufacturer's accessory store.</div> <div class="detail">You don't need to rummage through the Control Panel or through Devices and Printers to use a Device Stage -- that feature's functionality is integrated into Windows 7's new Taskbar. Plug in a device and it will show up as a Taskbar icon; right-click that icon, and the Device Stage's content will at once ap pear as a Jump List-like menu.</div> <div class="detail">Unfortunately, Device Stages were the one major part of Windows 7 that didn't work during my hands-on time with the final version of the OS. Earlier pre-release versions of Win 7 contained a handful of Device Stages, but Microsoft disabled them so that hardware manufacturers could finish up final ones before the OS hit store shelves in October. The feature will be a welcome improvement if device manufacturers hop on the bandwagon -- and a major disappointment if they don't.</div> <div class="detail">Even if Device Stages take off, most of their benefit may come as you invest in new gizmos -- Microsoft says that it's encouraging manufacturers to create Device Stages for upcoming products, not existing ones. At least some older products should get Device Stages, though: Canon, for instance, told me that it's planning to build them for most of its printers. And Microsoft says that when no full-fledged Device Stage is available for a particular item, Windows 7 will still try to give you a more generic and basic one.</div> <div class="detail"><strong>Input: Reach out and touch Windows 7</strong></div> <div class="detail"> <div class="gchild chrome1 left"> <div class="ggchild c1 first"> <div class="linkedimg"><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172602&page=4&zoomIdx=1"><img style="border-bottom: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-left: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-top: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid; border-right: rgb(7,81,154) 1px solid" alt="Windows 7 Review // Touch-based input: Microsoft’s Collage tool shows off the power of touch-based input to good effect. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/3E/797324A523F12B8758B7CD98EFFC.jpg" width="180" height="113" /></a></div> </div> </div> The biggest user interface trend since Windows Vista shipped in January 2007 is touch-screen input; Windows 7 is the first version of the OS to offer built-in multitouch support (see "<a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); text-decoration: none" href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/172615/windows_7_hardware_touch_finally_arrives.html" name="">Windows 7 Hardware: Touch Finally Arrives</a>"). <br /> <br />Windows 7's new touch features are subtle on a touch-capable PC and invisible otherwise. Swipe your finger up or down to scroll through document files and Web pages; sweep two fingers back and forth to zoom in and out. Dragging up on icons in the Taskbar reveals Win 7's new Jump Lists. The Taskbar button that reveals the Windows desktop is a bit bigger on touch PCs for easier use.</div> <div class="detail">I installed the final version of Windows 7 and beta touch-screen drivers on an HP TouchSmart all-in-one PC. The touch features worked as advertised. But applications written with touch as the primary interface will determine whether touch becomes useful and ubiquitous. Until they arrive, Windows will continue to feel like an OS built chiefly for use with a keyboard and mouse -- which it is.</div> <div class="detail">You might have expected Microsoft to reinvent familiar tools such as Paint and Media Player for touch input. But the closest it comes to that is with the Windows 7 Touch Pack, a set of six touch-based programs, including a version of Virtual Earth that you can explore with your finger and an app that lets you assemble photo collages. The Touch Pack isn't part of Windows 7, but it will ship with some Win 7 PCs, and it's a blast to play with.</div> <div class="detail">Still, ultimately, the Pack is just a sexy demo of the interface's potential, not an argument for buying a touch computer today. Third-party software developers won't start writing touch-centric apps in force until a critical mass of PCs can run them. That should happen in the months following Windows 7's release, as finger-ready machines from Asus, Lenovo, Sony and other manufacturers join those from HP and Dell. And even then, touch input may not become commonplace on Windows 7 PCs. But if a killer touch app is out there waiting to be written, we may know soon enough.</div> <div class="detail"> </div> </div> <div class="segment"> <div class="detail"><strong>Bottom line: Is Windows 7 worth it?</strong></div> <div class="detail">Reading about a new operating system can tell you only so much about it: After all, Windows Vista had far more features than XP, yet fell far short of it in the eyes of many users. To judge an OS accurately, you have to live with it.</div> <div class="detail">Over the past 10 months, I've spent a substantial percentage of my computing life in Windows 7, starting with a preliminary version and culminating in recent weeks with the final Release to Manufacturing edition. I've run it on systems ranging from an underpowered Asus EeePC 1000HE netbook to a po tent HP TouchSmart all-in-one. And I've used it to do real work, not lab routines.</div> <div class="detail">Usually, I've run the OS in multiboot configurations with Windows Vista and/or XP, so I've had a choice each time I turned the computer on: Should I opt for Windows 7 or an older version of the OS? The call has been easy to make, because Win 7 is so pleasant to use.</div> <div class="detail">So why wouldn't you want to run this operating system? Concern over its performance is one logical reason, especially since early versions of Windows Vista managed to turn PCs that ran XP with ease into lethargic underperformers. The PC World Test Center's speed benchmarks on five test PCs showed Windows 7 to be faster than Vista, but only by a little; I've found it to be reasonably quick on every computer I've used it on -- even the Asus netbook, once I upgraded it to 2GB of RAM. (Our lab tried Win 7 on a Lenovo S10 netbook with 1GB of RAM and found it to be a shade slower than XP.)</div> <div class="detail">Here's a rule of thumb that errs on the side of caution: If your PC's specs qualify it to run Vista, get Windows 7; if they don't, avoid it. Microsoft's official hardware configuration requirements for Windows 7 are nearly identical to those it recommends for Windows Vista: a 1-GHz CPU, 1GB of RAM, 16GB of free disk space and a DirectX 9-compatible graphics device with a WDDM 1.0 or higher driver. That's for the 32-bit version of Windows 7; the 64-bit version of the OS requires a 64-bit CPU, 2GB of RAM and 20GB of disk space.</div> <div class="detail">Fear of incompatible hardware and software is another understandable reason to be wary of Windows 7. One un fortunate law of operating-system upgrades -- which applies equally to Macs and to Windows PCs -- is that they will break some systems and applications, especially at first.</div> <div class="detail">Under the hood, Windows 7 isn't radically different from Vista. That's a plus, since it should greatly reduce the volume of difficulties relating to drivers and apps compared with Vista's bumpy rollout. I have performed a half-dozen Windows 7 upgrades and most of them went off without a hitch. The gnarliest problem arose when I had to track down a graphics driver for Dell's XPS M1330 laptop on my own -- Windows 7 installed a generic VGA driver that couldn't run the Aero user interface, and as a result failed to support new Windows 7 features such as thumbnail views in the Taskbar.</div> <div class="detail">The best way to reduce your odds of running into a showstopping problem with Windows 7 is to bide your time. When the new operating system arrives on Oct. 22, sit back and let the earliest adopters discover the worst snafus. Within a few weeks, Microsoft and other software and hardware companies will have fixed most of them, and your chances of a happy migration to Win 7 will be much higher. If you want to be really conservative, hold off on moving to Win 7 until you're ready to buy a PC that's designed to run it well.</div> <div class="detail">Waiting a bit before making the leap makes sense; waiting forever does not. Microsoft took far too long to come up with a satisfactory replacement for Windows XP. But whether you choose to install Windows 7 on your current systems or get it on the next new PC you buy, you'll find that it's the unassuming, thoroughly practical upgrade you've been waiting for -- flaws and all.</div> </div> </span></span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-58505315154138269282009-10-21T05:15:00.001-07:002009-10-21T05:15:04.580-07:00<p><cite>By David Murphy, PC World</cite></p> <p>Squeeze the very best performance out of your PC with these Windows 7 optimization tricks.</p> <p>Windows 7 comes as a significant <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/165611/get_windows_7_performance_on_your_current_pc.html" name="">performance improvement</a> over its predecessor, Windows Vista. But if you want to get the very best performance possible, you should make a few system tweaks to eliminate resource-hogging programs and features. In this guide, I'll show you a few good ways to boost your PC's performance without upgrading your hardware.</p> <p>First, one warning: A quick Internet search will lead you to treasure-troves of advice for making the most of your operating system, but beware -- many of those suggestions are fool's gold, myths inherited from Vista and XP optimization guides that could actually do more harm than good for your Windows 7 system's performance.</p> <p>The tweaks and suggestions I offer here won't transform your rusty old junker into a screaming new Porsche, but they will help you squeeze some extra speed and space out of your native Windows 7 installation. If you intend to perform additional modifications to Windows 7 beyond the options I describe here, be sure to run a quick search for "Windows 7 performance myths." Don't be fooled by the more outlandish tweaking claims and tutorials you'll find on the Internet. Investigate the changes you intend to make to your system before you do anything, or you might find yourself in an undesirable (or even irreparable) situation.</p> <p><strong>Speed up a fresh Windows 7 upgrade</strong></p> <p>When you reach the first, fresh desktop after completing a successful Windows 7 installation, you might be stunned to find your components in perfect working order. For the most part, Windows 7 is quite good about setting up drivers for networking, video, input devices and other elements -- good, that is, but not great.</p> <p>To maximize your PC's performance, first hunt down and install Windows 7 drivers for all of the critical components attached to your system. Motherboard drivers are the most important consideration, especially if your system's video and sound are integrated onto the system board. If those components aren't integrated in your PC, add drivers for your video card and sound card to the list, followed by your input devices and any additional parts you've attached to your system in some capacity (including, but not limited to, a Wi-Fi card, any PCI-based devices and printers). If you're not sure what components you have, grab the free program <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,64856-order,4/description.html" name="">DriverMax</a> and use it to scan your system for components and for potential driver updates.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172351&page=1&zoomIdx=1"><img alt="Optimize Your Windows 7 PC // Troubleshoot Compatibility Windows 7's compatibility functionality gives you the opportunity to run legacy programs that don't play well with the new OS. It's also a good way to fool Windows 7 into using Vista drivers. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/E0/C36DBDEA75ADACDE551FE75C6CE31.jpg" width="200" height="152" /></a></p> <p>Can't find Windows 7 drivers for a product? Try using Windows Vista drivers instead. If you run into trouble, try right-clicking on the executable file and left-clicking <em>Troubleshoot Compatibility.</em> Run through the wizard and select the option that refers to the program's running fine in an earlier version of Windows but not in Windows 7. Select Windows Vista as the subsequent operating system, click <em>Next</em> through the offered prompts, and then run the installation executable again.</p> <p>Finally, though it might sound odd, don't use the Windows Updater to install drivers for your machine -- Microsoft is notorious for releasing old and/or incompatible drivers through this service.</p> <p><strong>Optimize your storage</strong></p> <p>If you installed Windows 7 as an upgrade from Windows Vista, you'll find a folder labeled C:\Windows.old. This folder, as you might expect, holds the full contents of your old Windows Vista system. It's huge, and it's a waste of space. Scroll through the folders for any files that you want to save in your new Windows 7 OS, and then delete the entire folder from your drive. Space saved.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172351&page=1&zoomIdx=2"><img alt="Optimize Your Windows 7 PC // Paging File Although allowing the system to manage the size of your paging file is the best option, for maximum performance you should move this file to a hard drive that doesn't include your OS. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/EF/BD19C3EF1812D7F0FE10126AB79A9B.bmp" width="105" height="136" /></a></p> <p>If your PC has multiple hard drives, you can boost performance by moving the location of the system's paging file from the drive containing the C:\ partition to a separate hard drive. To do that, open Control Panel and choose <em>System</em>. From there, click <em>Advanced System Settings</em>. Select the <em>Advanced</em> tab, and then click the <em>Settings</em> button under the Performance category. On the new window that pops up, choose the <em>Advanced</em>tab. Finally, click <em>Change</em>. Uncheck the box labeled <em>Automatically manage paging file size for all drives</em>. Select <em>C:</em> from the Drive box and switch it to the <em>No paging file</em> option. Next, select a different hard drive and choose <em>System managed size</em>. Click <em>OK</em> and restart your computer.</p> <p><strong>Pushing your performance</strong></p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172351&page=1&zoomIdx=3"><img alt="Optimize Your Windows 7 PC // Windows 7 Registry Editing the Registry can be a perilous process. Make sure that you're editing only the menu delay values, else you might find yourself in a heap of trouble. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/69/537A7C65857EF2D64F32739B31720.jpg" width="200" height="125" /></a></p> <p>To create a faster Windows 7 experience, start by modifying the amount of time that mouse-over boxes and clicked menus take to appear. Click on the Windows <em>Start</em> button and type <strong>regedit</strong> into the "Search programs and files" box. Welcome to the Windows 7 Registry -- don't touch or modify anything without good reason. Left-click on the expandable arrow next to <em>HKEY_CURRENT_USER</em>. Expand the <em>Control Panel</em> folder, and then click directly on <em>Desktop</em> in the hierarchy. In the right pane, look for and double-click <em>MenuShowDelay</em>. Change the value from 400 to any lesser number that's one or greater; this figure represents the milliseconds of delay between your click and a menu's display. Restart the computer to apply the changes immediately, or continue to the next tweak.</p> <p>See the folder labeled Mouse (below Desktop)? Click that, and then search for and select the <em>MouseHoverTime</em> Registry key. Just as before, change this value to any lesser number that's one or greater. Close the Registry Editor, restart the computer, and you'll have faster mouse-overs.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172351&page=1&zoomIdx=4"><img alt="Performance Options If you're willing to sacrifice the pretty looks of Windows 7, you can improve your system's performance by disabling some of its fancier eye candy. Either nuke them all, or pick some according to your personal tolerance." src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/49/B158D22B537721EF6E45DF86502D96.jpg" width="139" height="200" /></a></p> <p>If you're willing to sacrifice looks for speed, you can modify the visual settings of the Windows 7 interface to emphasize performance over presentation. Go back to the System section of Control Panel and click on <em>Advanced System Settings</em> again. On the System Properties window that appears, choose the <em>Advanced</em> tab and then click on the <em>Settings</em> box underneath the Performance category. The Performance Options window will pop up. There, you'll see a list of checked boxes that correspond to all of the window dressing in the operating system.</p> <p>If you don't mind transforming your OS into a clone of Windows 2000, click the button that tells Windows to adjust its visual settings for best performance. It's a harsh step to take, though -- if you'd prefer a piecemeal approach, uncheck only the boxes that relate to Windows Aero (such as Aero peek and transparent glass). You'll retain a semblance of a pretty desktop while still improving performance a teeny bit.</p> <p><strong>Conserve resources</strong></p> <p>Once you've installed a fair amount of programs on your PC -- your "core base" of apps, as it were -- you'll want to check that your system doesn't have any unwanted applications running in the background that could otherwise impede the machine's general performance. These programs launch themselves during the operating system's startup process, and are often designed to help you load their corresponding applications faster. The problem is that they run every time, regardless of whether you intend to use the application during a given session.</p> <p>Click <em>Start</em> and type <strong>msconfig</strong> into the "Search programs and files" field. Press <strong>Enter</strong>. In the System Configuration window that appears, select the <em>Startup</em> tab. Move your mouse between the headers of the Manufacturer and Command columns, and shrink the Manufacturer column; the Command column is the one you care about.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172351&page=2&zoomIdx=1"><img alt="Optimize Your Windows 7 PC // Startup Apps Speed up your Windows 7 start times by disabling unnecessary programs that rush to load as soon as the OS pops up. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/D7/1DF824AF3EDE7AB799E57F2A343A1.jpg" width="180" height="120" /></a></p> <p>A number of the startup applications that launch on your machine sit in the background, consuming resources. For example, take iTunes: If you've installed this application, you'll find iTunes and QuickTime listings in the Startup tab. Both iTunesHelper.exe and QTTask.exe are unnecessary additions to your system -- the former launches when you start iTunes anyway, and the latter places a QuickTime icon in the corner of your system for easy program launching. Uncheck them both.</p> <p>As for the other programs on your list, try running a quick Web search of each application's executable-file name to find out if the program is worth keeping or removing. Once you've checked the programs you want to launch at startup and unchecked the programs you don't, click <em>OK</em>.</p> <p>In addition to startup programs, you'll find services on your PC; Microsoft recommends trimming both to squeeze the most performance out of your system. For the services, click <em>Start,</em> type <strong>services.msc</strong> into the search field, and press <strong>Enter</strong>. Up pops the Services window, a list of options and executables that's even more confusing than the startup window.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=172351&page=2&zoomIdx=2"><img alt="Optimize Your Windows 7 PC // Windows 7 Services Use Black Viper's suggested tweaks to Windows 7 services to enhance your machine's performance. It's better that you follow his instructions as opposed to going at it yourself, because certain services are critical to the operating system's functionality. (Image courtesy of PC World)" src="http://blstb.msn.com/i/FA/481D42EBA088EC554C194A5445CF3F.jpg" width="180" height="135" /></a></p> <p>You can't identify which services to turn off (and which to leave on) without taking a close look at how each one affects your system's overall performance. Thankfully, someone has been doing that exact task since Windows XP: Charles Sparks, under the alias Black Viper, has <a href="http://www.blackviper.com/Windows_7/servicecfg.htm" name="">listed every single permutation of Windows 7's services</a> across all of its versions, along with a "safe" and "tweaked" list of which services you should modify and how you should set their parameters.</p> <p>To follow his advice, just double-click on any listed service. You need concern yourself only with the "Startup type" listing in the screen that appears next. By switching among the Automatic, Manual and Disabled modes, depending on his recommendations, you'll be able to control exactly how services launch -- if at all -- during Windows startup and during your general use of the operating system. Every little bit helps.</p> <p><strong>Maintain top performance</strong></p> <p>If you want to keep your system fast, be sure to clear out your C:\Windows\Temp folder on occasion. Do it as soon as you boot into the OS, or even through Safe Mode, to ensure that you wipe every last unused file from your drive. In the same vein, don't use Windows 7's uninstall function or a program's default uninstall executable to remove the application from your drive. Instead, use the free <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,66703-order,4/description.html" name="">Revo Uninstaller</a> utility; this awesome application removes programs using their default uninstall routines, but it also goes one step further by scanning your system and Registry to clean away any and all traces of the program from your hard drive.</p> <p>Tweaking the operating system to increase its performance helps you achieve better results with the equipment you have, but the surest way to boost your PC's prowess is to upgrade the hardware. Once you've done that, remember to keep your system free from clutter -- what good is a performance boost on a messy system anyhow?</p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-38383884199647432532009-10-13T11:42:00.001-07:002009-10-13T11:42:45.403-07:005 Simple Life Lessons Every HR Professional Should Embrace…<span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="padding-bottom: 15px; background-color: rgb(255,255,255); margin: 20px 0px 20px 20px; padding-left: 0px; width: 540px; padding-right: 0px; display: block; float: left; padding-top: 0px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" id="content"> <h1 style="padding-bottom: 5px; line-height: 24px; font-variant: normal; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Bold', 'Arial Bold', verdana, sans-serif; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px" id="post-2161"><a style="background-image: none; border-bottom-style: none; text-align: center; padding-bottom: 5px; border-right-style: none; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; font-family: 'Helvetica Bold', 'Arial Bold', verdana, sans-serif; border-top-style: none; color: rgb(35,151,233); font-size: 20px; border-left-style: none; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 10px; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial" title="Permanent Link: 5 Simple Life Lessons Every HR Professional Should Embrace…" href="http://www.successinhr.com/life-lessons" rel="bookmark"></a></h1> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"></p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; width: 440px; padding-right: 0px; height: 0px; padding-top: 0px" class="postspace2"></div> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><img style="border-bottom-style: none; padding-bottom: 10px; border-right-style: none; margin: 0px 7px 2px 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 10px; display: inline; border-top-style: none; float: left; border-left-style: none; padding-top: 0px" class="alignleft" alt="" src="http://successinhr.com/life-lessons.jpg" width="373" height="218" />by Alan Collins</strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">This article is a bit of a change of pace.  If you’ve read Chapter 22 in book,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></strong><a style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: rgb(35,151,233); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px" href="http://unwrittenhrrules.com/"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Unwritten HR Rules</strong></a><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">, you know I’m big on people who use life lessons  as inspiration to drive their HR careers forward.  In that spirit, here are five more for you…</strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><em style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Life Lesson #1 – The Cleaning Lady</em></strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">During my second month of college, our professor gave us a pop quiz. I was confident that I had nailed this test and breezed through the questions until I read  the last one: ‘What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?’ <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />Surely this was some kind of joke. I had passed by the cleaning woman many times.  She was short, white-haired and in her 50’s, but how would I know her name? <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />I handed in my paper, and left the last question blank.  Just before class ended, someone asked if the last question would count toward our quiz grade. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />‘Absolutely,’ said the professor. ‘In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say ‘hello.’ <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />I’ve never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Olivia.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><em style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Life Lesson #2 – Pickup In The Rain</em></strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">One night, at midnight, an older African American woman was standing on the side of the highway in Alabama during a terrible rainstorm. Her car wouldn’t start and she desperately needed a ride. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />Soaking wet, she decided to flag down the next car. A young white man stopped to help her, clearly something that didn’t happen everyday in the South during the 1960’s.  The man took her to safety, helped her get assistance for her car and put her in a taxi. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />She left in a big hurry, but wrote down his address and thanked him. Seven days went by and a knock came on the man’s door. To his surprise, a giant console color TV was delivered to his home. A special note was attached. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />It read: “Thank you so much for assisting me on the highway the other night. The rain drenched not only my clothes, but also my spirits. Then you came along. Because of you, I was able to make it to my dying husband’s bedside just before he passed away.  Thank you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.” <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />Sincerely, Mrs. Nat King Cole.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><em style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Life Lesson #3 – Serving More Than Ice Cream</strong></em></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">In the days when an ice cream sundae cost much less, a 10-year-old boy entered a hotel coffee shop and sat at a table. A waitress put a glass of water in front of him. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />“How much is an ice cream sundae?” he asked. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />“Fifty cents,” replied the waitress. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />The little boy pulled his hand out of his pocket and studied the coins in it. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />“Well, how much is a plain dish of ice cream?” he inquired. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />By now more people were waiting for a table and the waitress was growing impatient. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />“Thirty-five cents,” she brusquely replied. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />The little boy again counted his coins. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />“I’ll have the plain ice cream,” he said. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />The waitress brought the ice cream, put the bill on the table and walked away. The boy finished the ice cream, paid the cashier and left. When the waitress came back, she began to cry as she wiped down the table. There, placed neatly beside the empty dish, were two nickels and five pennies. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />You see, he couldn’t have the sundae, because he had to have enough left to leave her a tip.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><em style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Life Lesson #4 – The Obstacle In Our Path</em></strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">In ancient times, a king had a boulder placed on a roadway. Then he hid himself and watched to see if anyone would remove the huge rock. Some of the king’s wealthiest merchants and courtiers came by and simply walked around it. Many loudly blamed the King for not keeping the roads clear, but none did anything about getting the stone out of the way. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />Then a peasant came along carrying a load of vegetables. Upon approaching the boulder, the peasant laid down his burden and tried to move the stone to the side of the road. After much pushing and straining, he finally succeeded. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />After the peasant picked up his load of vegetables, he noticed a purse lying in the road where the boulder had been. The purse contained many gold coins and a note from the King indicating that the gold was for the person who removed the boulder from the roadway. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />The peasant learned what few people in the world truly understand: Within every obstacle lies a golden opportunity to improve your current situation.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><em style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Life Lesson #5 – Giving When It Really Counts</em></strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at a hospital, I got to know a little girl named Liz who was suffering from a rare & serious disease. Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion from her 5-year old brother, who had miraculously survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies needed to combat the illness. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the little boy if he would be willing to give his blood to his sister. I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking a deep breath and saying, “Yes I’ll do it if it will save her.” <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />As the transfusion progressed, he lay in bed next to his sister and smiled, as we all did, seeing the color returning to her cheek. Then his face grew pale and his smile faded. He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?” <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" />Being young, the little boy had misunderstood the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give his sister all of his blood in order to save her but he had chosen to save her anyway.</p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><em style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">Here are the five HR takeaways…. <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" /></strong></em> <br style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" /><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">1) In our HR careers, we will meet many people.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px">All are significant</span>. They all deserve our attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say “hello.”</strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">2) As HR professionals, we all have a unique opportunity and platform for<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px">serving others</span>. Never underestimate it.  Even our smallest gestures that show we care can affect lives profoundly.</strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">3) Always<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px">remember your team members who serve you</span>, even in the smallest way.  Never take them for granted, even if they take you for granted!</strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">4) Within every obstacle lies a<span style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>golden opportunity</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to improve your current situation and to move your HR career forward.</strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">5) Give when it counts. Give without counting.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px">Give!</span></strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">For additional life lessons as well as stories, anecdotes and examples that can help move your HR career forward, check out:  <a style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: rgb(35,151,233); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px" href="http://unwrittenhrrules.com/">Unwritten HR Rules: 21 Secrets For Attaining Awesome Career Success in Human Resources<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></a>(including two free chapters you can download immediately) at<a style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: rgb(35,151,233); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; padding-top: 0px" href="http://unwrittenhrrules.com/">http://UnwrittenHRRrules.com</a></strong></p> <p style="padding-bottom: 10px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px"><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">I’d like to thank Geir Ove Knutsen</strong><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><strong style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px">for sharing these stories.</strong></p> </div> <p></p> </span> <br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-15260360836185898342009-10-08T11:54:00.001-07:002009-10-08T11:54:25.826-07:00Ослиная жопа!!!<p>Я сидел у стола и вдруг вспомнил, что нужно сделать очень важный звонок. <br />Я нашел номер и набрал его. Мужчина приятно сказал, "Слушаю...", на что я вежливо ответил: "Меня зовут Дмитрий и я хотел бы поговорить с Владимиром Ивановым". <br />Внезапно трубку с грохотом повесили даже не ответив! <br />Я не мог поверить что кто-то может быть настолько груб! Я постарался найти точный телефонный номер Владимира и выяснил, что последняя цифра была неправильной. <br />После разговора с Владимиром я снова набрал неправильный номер телефона. <br />Когда уже знакомый мужчина поднял трубку, я зверски закричал :"Ты ослиная жопа!" и повесил трубку. <br />Возле этого номера я написал слово "ослиная жопа" и оставил этот листочек на самом видном месте на письменном столе. <br />Теперь каждый раз, когда у меня было плохое настроение или же я просто заполнял налоговые декларации, я звонил своему "знакомому" и каждый раз кричал :"Ты ослиная жопа!". <br />Это подбадривало меня каждый раз и сглаживало плохое настроение. Позже телефонная компания предложила услуги Автоматического Определения Hомера (АОH). Для меня это было настоящим крахом, потому что я больше не мог звонить Жопе. <br />Hо однажды у меня в голове возникла гениальная мысль. Я набрал номер Жопы и услышал его голос "Слушаю...". Hа это я ответил так: "Здраствуйте. Я сотрудник телефонной компании я мне поручено узнать Ваше мнение о качестве сервиса Автоматического Определения Hомера. Вы знакомы с этим сервисом?" - "Hет!"-ответила Жопа и громко повесила трубку. Я быстро позвонил ему назад и крикнул : <br />"Это потому что ты ослиная жопа!". <br />Причиной этого пролога является желание показать Вам, что если у Вас плохое настроение, то не нужно расстраиваться. Вы можете с этим быстро покончить просто набрав номер 23-40-40. <br />Hеуклюжая старушка возле супер-маркета очень долго старалась выехать из своего парковочного места. Я уже перестал думать, что она вообще собирается это делать. Hаконец, машина старушки начала двигаться. Облегченно вздохнув, я отьехал немножко назад, чтобы дать ей побольше места для разворота. Круто! Я думал, что она уже окончательно собирается уезжать. Вдруг, ни с того ни с сего, выезжает черный BMW и словно на крыльях влетает на мое место. <br />Я начал сигналить и кричать: "Дружище, ты не можеш это просто так сделать! Это мое место! Я был первый!" <br />Мужик вылез и своей BMW-ухи абсолютно игнорируя меня. Он пошел в сторону супер-маркета делая вид, что не слышит меня. Я подумал, что он ослиная жопа, ведь в мире есть очень много ослиных жоп. Я заметил наклейку "Машина для продажи" на заднем стекле. Я <br />записал номер телефона и нашел другое парковочное место. Hесколько дней спустя я сидел в офисе, возле письменного стола. Я только что позвонил Жопе по номеру 23-40-40 и крикнул :"Ты ослиная жопа!". (Теперь это делать очень просто, поскольку я добавил номер Жопы в память телефона). Далее я заметил телефон мужика, что продавал свой черный BMW. Я набрал его номер и голос ответил: <br />-Слушаю. <br />-Это Вы продаете отличный черный BMW? <br />-Да, это я. <br />-Можете сказать где я могу Вас найти и осмотреть машину? <br />-Да, я живу на Пушкинской 8, первый подьезд справа, квартира 7. <br />-Отлично, как Ваше имя? <br />-Меня зовут Hиколай Малый. Можно просто Колян. <br />-Хорошо, Колян. Когда я могу Вас застать дома? <br />-Вечером. Лучше после семи. <br />-Слушай, Колян, хочешь, я тебе кое-что скажу? <br />-Да. <br />-Колян, ты ослиная жопа!. <br />Я громко повесил трубку. Hесколько дней спустя, около семи вечера, я набрал телефон Жопы 23-40-40. Приятный голос ответил: <br />-Слушаю. <br />Я закричал :"Ты ослиная жопа!", но не повесил трубку. Жопа спросила :"Эй, Вы еще там?". <br />-Конечно, жопа. <br />-Послушайте, прекратите, пожалуйста, мне звонить. <br />-Hет - я ответил. <br />-Как Вас зовут, дорогой?, -спросила Жопа. <br />-Меня зовут Hиколай Малый. Можно просто Колян. <br />-Где Вы живете, Hиколай? <br />-Я живу на Пушкинской 8, первый подьезд справа, квартира 7. <br />-Я уже иду,- сказала Жопа,- тебе лучше начинать молится, придурок! <br />-Ага, очень испугался, ослиная жопа! -ответил я. <br />Позже я набрал номер Коляна. Колян ответил: <br />-Слушаю. <br />-Колян, ты самая натуральная ослиная жопа! <br />-Если бы я знал где ты, я б тебя... <br />-Что ты, ослиная жопа? <br />-Я б тебя убил! <br />-Отлично, у тебя есть шанс. Я к тебе иду, ослиная жопа! <br />Я повесил трубку и набрал милицию. Я сообщил, что на Пушкинской 8 я убью моего голубого любовника как только он вернется домой. Другой звонок я сделал на канал новостей, сообщив, что на Пушкинской 8 очередные разборки мафии. <br />Позже, я сел в свою машину и поехал на Пушкинскую 8 посмотреть, что будет твориться. <br />Фантастика! Hаблюдение за тем, как два придурка выбивали один из другого мозги в присутствии шести бронированных машин ОМОHа, милицейского вертолета и кучи репортеров было одним из наиболее удивительных переживаний в моей жизни! :)))))))))))))))</p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-32611678929611430772009-10-06T07:29:00.001-07:002009-10-06T07:29:04.751-07:00Should You Ever Lie at Work?<span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: medium 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"> <div style="margin-top: 5px" id="spnHeadline2_whNEW"> <h2 style="padding-bottom: 0px; line-height: 18px; border-right-style: none; background-color: transparent; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-size: 12px; border-left-style: none; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px"><span id="lblHeadline2_whNEW">10 fibs we all tell and how to stop</span></h2> </div> <div style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-size: 11px" class="cbmsnViewArticleByline">By <span id="lblByline_whNEW">Rachel Zupek,</span></div> <div style="width: 1px; float: right; height: 0px" class="cbmsnQSBShim"></div> <div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 198px; float: left; clear: left" class="cbmsnQSBNEW"> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px" class="cbmsnArticleImage"><img src="http://emj.icbdr.com/artieimages/ll/ar5c4g15wmxztgtq44ll.gif" /></div> </div> <div style="font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(68,68,68); font-size: 13px" class="ArticleText"><span style="font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(68,68,68); font-size: 13px" class="ArticleText"><span id="lblContentBeforeAdNEW"> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">After reading the title of this article, your first thought was hopefully, "No, I shouldn't lie at work." Upon further reading, however, you'll realize that try as you might; everyone lies in the workplace.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Remember when you told your boss you liked his tie, which was obviously hideous? Or when you told your co-worker you were working late, when you really just didn't want to ride the train with her? Both are lies.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Clearly, these minor fibs aren't hurting anyone, but they aren't helping, either. So why lie in the first place?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">"While some people actually intend to be deceptive, many lies [are told with the] intention to do well or to avoid rocking the boat," says Marsha Egan, president of The Egan Group, a professional coaching firm. "Others occur when people try to avoid the boss noticing a mistake in performance, or covering for some other behavior that could hurt their career. Many workers have the mistaken impression that a small white lie can't hurt."</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">They're wrong.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Timothy Keiningham and Lerzan Aksoy, co-authors of "Why Loyalty Matters," say although it's tempting to lie, even just a little, you run the risk of losing peoples' trust, or even your job.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">"It's easy to say, 'Everyone else is doing it, so I'll do it, too.' It's much harder to take an ethical stand and insist on honesty. Lying, however, is almost never in anyone's interest and should be avoided," Keiningham and Aksoy say.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>To lie or not to lie</b></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">The occasional white lie is usually harmless, but most experts say it's easier to be honest from the get-go.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">B.J. Gallagher, a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://orujov.wordpress.com/jobs/keyword/workplace_consultant">workplace consultant</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and author of "It's Never Too Late to be What You Might Have Been," says almost everyone lies at work at one time or another, usually in situations where they fear consequences for telling the truth.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">"Is this lying OK? It depends on the context. In general, honesty is the best policy. If you tell the truth you don't have to worry about being caught in a lie, you won't have to tell more lies to cover up the first one and you won't have to carry the burden of deception," Gallagher says.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>10 common fibs</b><b></b></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Here are 10 little white lies that we often tell in the workplace, why we tell them and what we should say instead.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.1: I'd be happy to <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>This is the last thing I want to do</i>. <br /><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Tell your boss that you would be happy to help him/her with the task, but you need to find out more about what the task entails. At this point, share your concern," Keiningham and Aksoy say. If you need more time, ask for an extended deadline; if you need resources, figure out what you need and be prepared to ask if it would be possible to acquire these.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No. 2: My alarm didn't go off <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>I was out late last night and didn't actually hear my alarm go off. <br /></i><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Lies about tardiness only work once or twice. If you repeatedly use the alarm clock excuse, or the traffic excuse, then your boss and others will catch on and you'll lose credibility -- or worse," Gallagher says. "If you are generally a punctual person and happen be late once in awhile, it's best to fess up, apologize and promise not to do it again. 'I'm so sorry. I didn't allow enough time to get here this morning. I apologize. I'll make sure I allow plenty of time from here on out.'"<b></b></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.3: I don't have any questions <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>I totally don't understand what I'm doing, but don't want to look stupid. <br /></i><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"When you are totally confused about something, saying that you have no questions will not gain you points with the boss," Egan says. "Most times, the boss can see right through this. Be honest and admit that you may be confused, and that you will get your questions together, or spend some time reading the material so that you can answer your own questions."</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.4: Everything is under control <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>Everything is not under control. <br /></i><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"An alternative to this might be: 'We seem to have hit a rough patch -- can I get your advice?'" Gallagher suggests. "If you can enlist your boss's help in solving whatever problem you're having, you can actually strengthen your relationship with him or her. Sometimes, admitting weakness and asking for help is actually a sign of maturity and strength."</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.5: I just got your voice mail <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>I got your voice mail a week ago; I've just been avoiding getting back to you.</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br /><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Many voice mail and e-mail systems have the capability of disclosing when items are heard or viewed, therefore this behavior is risky," Egan warns. It is much better to not say when you received it, but just, "I am responding to your voice mail," or "I received your voice mail Friday and am just now able to respond to it," she says.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.6: Let's get together soon! <br /></b><b>Truth:</b><i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>I have no intention of getting together with you ... ever.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span> <br /></i><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Why people say [this] to someone they never really intend to meet or who they don't like is beyond me. Not only do they set off false hope, but by not meeting with the person, they have not delivered on a promise," Egan says. "Say, 'I'm glad we had a chance to meet,' or 'thanks for your views on this subject.'"</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.7: I was thinking the exact same thing <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>I was thinking something totally different, but I want to seem agreeable. <br /></i><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"What makes breakthroughs and change happen is creativity in thinking and helping others see a viable different perspective," Keiningham and Aksoy say. "If you have a valid reason for disagreeing, then collect the evidence and make your point heard. Sure this is a risk, but as the saying goes, nothing ventured, nothing gained."</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.8: Oh yeah, I've done that before <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>I have no idea what this project is, or how to do it. <br /></i><b>Say this instead: <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"Can you honestly learn the skills to complete the task in time for the deadline? If so, then go ahead and acquire the skills or ask someone for help to get the job done," Keiningham and Aksoy say. "If there is no way to learn everything you need in a reasonable timeframe, then you need to be honest and either ask for an extension or transfer the task onto someone else."  </p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.9: I'm sick <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>I need a day off. <br /></i><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"There are two primary reasons that employees abuse sick time and lie to avoid work: They have a lousy relationship with their immediate boss, or their work is repetitive, boring, unchallenging and mind-numbing," Gallagher says. "If employees are calling in sick when they're well, the boss needs to take responsibility and do something to address the real reason that employees are lying." If you want a day off, request one.<b></b></p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Lie No.10: This will only take a minute <br /></b><b>Truth:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b><i>This will take forever. <br /></i><b>Say this instead:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>"While it may be wishful thinking on the boss's or co-worker's part, discussions rarely take only a minute. Make a truthful assessment of about how much time you think the discussion will take," Egan says. "It is better to say, 'I'd like to discuss ABC -- I think it should take only about 10 to 15 minutes; can we set a time to discuss this?'"</p> </span></span></div> </span></span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-56250007803236422042009-09-08T06:03:00.001-07:002009-09-08T06:03:08.351-07:00Confused About Changing Careers?<span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: 16px 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"> <h1 style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: rgb(21,34,66); font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px"><span id="lblHeadline_whNEW"></span></h1> <div style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-size: 11px" class="cbmsnViewArticleByline">By <span id="lblByline_whNEW">Selena Dehne, JIST Publishing</span></div> <div style="width: 1px; float: right; height: 0px" class="cbmsnQSBShim"></div> <div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 198px; float: left; clear: left" class="cbmsnQSBNEW"> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px" class="cbmsnArticleImage"><img alt="" src="http://emj.icbdr.com/artieimages/s8/ar5d2vt5xk5dg6qw4zs8.gif" /></div> </div> <div style="font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(68,68,68); font-size: 13px" class="ArticleText"><span style="font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(68,68,68); font-size: 13px" class="ArticleText"><span id="lblContentBeforeAdNEW"> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Rarely is the decision to change careers made without some anxiety and doubt to accompany it. It's such a life-altering decision that even those who are bursting with excitement to launch a new career sometimes feel overwhelmed by the obstacles and "what ifs" along the way.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">"Changing careers can feel like you're standing in the vortex of a tornado. You're watching thousands of things swirl by, you can't see anything very clearly, and you're very hesitant to take a step in any particular direction. Too often, this uncertainty is all it takes to keep someone chained to a career that makes him or her miserable," says Katy Piotrowski, author of "The Career Coward's Guide to Changing Careers."</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Piotrowski has observed hundreds of career changers and says that it's natural to run into roadblocks. "Remember, your goal is to find a career that offers what you want and need. It may take awhile to discover the right solution for you, and you may have to change your course a few times, but that's OK. If you persist in your pursuit for the right fit, new, more realistic options will soon become apparent."</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Below are three common career-change roadblocks and Piotrowski's tips for approaching them:</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Will changing careers significantly lower your earnings? <br /></b>Before scrapping your interest in a particular career because of its lower income, Piotrowski suggests you do the following:</p> <ul> <br /> <li>Do some research to find out how professionals in that field make it work for them. Do they have multiple jobs? Expand their work areas to generate more income? "For example, my neighbor is a potter. In addition to making and selling beautiful wares, he<a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/teach/">teaches</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>pottery-making lessons," says Piotrowski. <br /></li> <li>Assess what the likelihood may be that you could eventually earn enough income within a reasonable amount of time. <br /></li> <li>Consider cutting your expenses and banking the money saved before making the career change to see if you can survive on that level of pay. <br /></li> <li>Keep in mind that the skills you've earned in former careers will help you progress faster than someone with less experience and may allow you to earn better pay more quickly than the average worker in your new career field. <br /></li> </ul> <br /> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Don't have the right education or training? <br /></b>"A lack of a certification or degree can be a maddening roadblock for career changers. Rather than throw away an excellent career possibility, consider these avenues to work around or through such barriers," Piotrowski says.</p> <ul type="disc"> <br /> <li>Begin at the bottom. Beginning in an entry-level position makes it easier to get started in your chosen field. Once you're in, you will be more likely to discover avenues to obtain the training you need, and may even be able to have your employer pay for it. <br /></li> <li>Aim for a position that requires less training. "For example, if you want to be a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/physical+therapist/">physical therapist</a>, but don't want to complete several years of college to get your degree, you could become a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/physical+therapy+technician/">physical therapy technician</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>instead. Frequently,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/technician/">technicians</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>can be trained on the job or with just a year or two of formal instruction." <br /></li> </ul> <br /> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>Torn between two or more careers? <br /></b>When it comes to choosing between multiple career passions, there's no rule that says people must pick one or the other. Below are Piotrowski's suggestions for juggling multiple career-change opportunities: </p> <ul> <br /> <li>Create a "muffin tin" career. "Typically, when you think of having a career, you imagine it to be a single profession that you immerse yourself in and develop over time. Another possibility is to select more than one career and to execute them simultaneously. So, instead of developing a single 'loaf' of a career, you might create several 'muffins,'" Piotrowski explains. <br /></li> <li>Become a serial careerist. If the "muffin tin" approach is too scattered for your tastes, consider committing to one career for a few years, then pursuing another, and perhaps another. There's no rule that says you have to stick with one specialty your entire life. </li> </ul> </span></span></div> </span></span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-64542926450478015392009-08-18T06:36:00.001-07:002009-08-18T06:36:19.291-07:00When Your Friend Becomes Your Co-Worker<h3>True tales of the good, the bad and the ugly</h3> <p>By Rachel Zupek, CareerBuilder.com writer</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://emj.icbdr.com/artieimages/tr/ar5d2y568wn1gcbylbtr.gif" /></p> <p>There's a time in most people's lives when working with their friends seems like a dream come true. Seeing each other all day, every day; exchanging horror stories about the boss you share; multiple lunches, happy hours and company events -- what could be better?</p> <p>For some people, nothing. But for many, nothing could be worse.</p> <p>What happens when your friend becomes your co-worker? Perhaps a better starting place is asking the question of<em>how </em>your friend became your co-worker. What happens when you recommend a friend for a job?</p> <p>Recommending a friend or family member for a position at your company is tricky. On one hand, if your friend does a great job, it reflects positively on you. On the other hand, if his or her performance is less than exemplary, that reflects on you, too. Not to mention the effect recommending (or not recommending) an acquaintance could have on your friendship and your reputation at work.</p> <p>"If your friend does a good job, it can help your reputation at work. You will be seen as having excellent judgment, because this is your friend and you suggested [her] for the job," says Jan Yager, author of "Who's That Sitting at My Desk? Workship, Friendship, or Foe?" "If you recommend someone and your analysis is a mismatch with that individual's abilities or with how he or she fits in with the company, it can negatively impact on the one doing the recommending."</p> <p>We asked our readers about a time when they recommended a friend for a job. Here, they share their stories -- the good, bad and the ugly.</p> <p><strong>The good <br /></strong>When I first crossed over into PR, friends from my TV days marveled at how lifestyle-friendly my job is. I decided to share the wealth, getting my good friend Krista hired as a publicist. I knew I was taking a big risk -- if it didn't work, how could our friendship handle her being let go? Would she blame me? I took the risk. It's been almost two years now and Krista is one of our leading publicists. It's also been great for our friendship because now that we don't have TV news in common, we have PR. It's felt so good to help her get a mom-friendly job and in return, she has wowed our CEO.</p> <p>--Valery Hodes, vice president, Orca Communications Unlimited</p> <p>I have an Internet <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/marketing">marketing</a> company, Market Conversion. I hired my best friend about a year ago as a <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/consultant">consultant</a>. It has been such an amazing experience, that she is now my business partner. I know she is special. She cared about our business as much as I did from the beginning. Because of our close relationship, we are able to talk openly and honestly, even when it's not pretty. I appreciate that when either of us say or do something, the other is able to offer constructive criticism without emotional backlash. It is truly a great relationship.</p> <p>-- Denalee Bell, Market Conversion</p> <p>I have a friend who I <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/childcare">babysat</a> for several years when I was in high school. After she graduated from college, she decided she wanted to move to the Washington D.C. area, which happens to be my residence. Her father reached out to me and asked that I take care of her if possible, keeping my eye out for any jobs. I reached out to my top client and called in a favor with one of the <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/manager">managers</a>. He looked at her résumé and said "Greg, she really doesn't fit our position, however if you're 100 percent confident in her abilities, I'll sneak her in." She's now been with that company for five years, and she's in a position that takes most people at least 10 years to reach. Recently I had dinner with that manager, and within 20 minutes, he mentioned how thankful he was that he took a chance on her, and said if ever I need another favor, he'd be more than happy to oblige.</p> <p>-- Greg Gary, <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/managing_director">managing director</a> for Technisource</p> <p><strong>The bad <br /></strong>One day, at the end of class, a student asked to speak to me privately. As she spoke of her divorce, her children and her low-paying job, tears streamed down her face. Sympathy overtook me and I tried to comfort her by saying that a good friend of mine, in the <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/movie">movie</a>industry, was looking to hire a <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/secretary">secretary</a>. Salaries tend to be higher in the industry and my student was thrilled. Unfortunately, she did not perform well during the interview. The experience led my friend to forestall all future referrals.</p> <p>-- Marlene Caroselli, Ed.D., keynoter, corporate trainer, author</p> <p>I had a friend I'd known for 25 years -- someone who'd lived with me for free after she relocated, whose wedding invitations I addressed for her, who I'd traveled with -- who I got a job for at the small company where I worked. I was the director of <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/conference_management">conference management</a>and she ended up as the director of operations, at a company of about 20 employees. After being there for a year, she <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/engineer">engineered</a> a "reorganization" that resulted in the elimination of my position. She never said a word leading up to it, and I was given only 24 hours notice that I was being laid off. She never bothered to follow up with me to see how I felt about it. I'll definitely think twice before I recommend another friend for a job at the same company where I work.</p> <p>-- Michelle J. Taunton, CMP</p> <p><strong>The ugly <br /></strong>A friend asked me to get her a job in the [<a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/model">modeling</a>] business. Although she had no experience, she was very beautiful and spoke <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/Spanish">Spanish</a> as well as English, so I thought that with training, she would work well with our Latin accounts. What I did not count on was that she needed no training in sleeping her way to the top. Within months, she had been "promoted" past me and a company vice president was getting a divorce.</p> <p>-- Beverly Solomon, <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/creative_director">creative director</a>, musee-solomon</p> <p>I did get a friend a job once and will NEVER do it again. I was a <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/program_manager">program manager</a> for a defense contracting agency and we needed a new <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/administrative_assistant">administrative assistant</a> in my department. I was told by a congregation member that our mutual friend was in need of a new job and she was very qualified on paper, so we brought her in for an interview. I agreed that I could be a personal reference for her and based on my reputation, it was enough to get her the job. They never checked her other references.</p> <p>It was a nightmare from the first day when she showed up two hours late without calling and then left to go to lunch an hour early. Over the next few weeks she got progressively worse. Her <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/supervisor">supervisor</a> spoke with her to no avail, so I stepped in. I told her that she had two weeks to make noticeable improvements or she would not be kept after her probationary period was up.</p> <p>She called my Father (yes, she told my daddy on me) and several congregational elders to tell them that I was threatening her because I was jealous, and that she didn't feel safe. When the time came to let her go, I made sure that I sat in on her exit interview, in which they enumerated the many times that she was late to work, her poor job performance and her general attitude. When asked if she had any questions or wanted to say anything, she looked at me and said, "I thought you were my friend and had my back on this."</p> <p>To this day, I will not hire people that I know. The only people who have a personal relationship with me that are in the company are my children -- and they know that I will fire them quicker than any other employee.</p> <p>-- Andrea Frayser, founder/CEO, ANDE Cosmetics & Natural Products</p> <p>I got my sister a job and now we work more closely together (I'm her boss's boss). I've been very careful at work. I never hired her or protected her job. In fact, twice I had to tell her manager I thought they were giving her too generous a raise and lowered it. But it has impacted our personal relationship. Work is always there. And right now is the worst ... she is<a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/ghostwriter">ghost-writing</a> a book that will come out in my name -- and she's the big sister. It also affects family time. At Thanksgiving, she was telling our dad she was worried about job security and hoped "they" didn't fire her. I, of course, am part of "they." She also doesn't take feedback from me like she does from her direct boss or other <a href="http://msn.careerbuilder.com/jobs/keyword/editor">editors</a>. People do tell me I'm tougher on her than others. I guess I worry too much about favoring her and the pendulum swings the other way. It is tough but we're both committed to it and we talk about the issues as they come up -- and try not to involve anyone else.</p> <p>-- Jenny Thompson, chief operating officer, Health Subsidiaries, Agora Inc</p> <p><em>Rachel Zupek is a writer and blogger for CareerBuilder.com</em><em> and its job blog, </em><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/"><em>The Work Buzz</em></a><em>. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues. </em><em>Follow her on Twitter: </em><a href="https://twitter.com/CBwriterRZ/"><em>https://twitter.com/CBwriterRZ</em></a><em>.</em></p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-20963488566008850972009-08-12T02:07:00.001-07:002009-08-12T02:07:09.126-07:00Should You Try Self-employment? 12 Things to Consider<span style="widows: 2; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; border-collapse: separate; font: 16px 'Times New Roman'; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; letter-spacing: normal; color: rgb(0,0,0); word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px" class="Apple-style-span"><span style="text-align: left; font-family: arial; color: rgb(51,51,51); font-size: 12px" class="Apple-style-span"> <h1 style="padding-bottom: 0px; background-color: transparent; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; color: rgb(21,34,66); font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; padding-top: 0px"><span id="lblHeadline_whNEW"></span></h1> <div style="margin: 5px 0px 10px; font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(102,102,102); font-size: 11px" class="cbmsnViewArticleByline">By <span id="lblByline_whNEW">Martha E. Mangelsdorf, author of "Strategies for Successful Career Change: Finding Your Very Best Next Work Life"</span></div> <div style="width: 1px; float: right; height: 0px" class="cbmsnQSBShim"></div> <div style="margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; width: 198px; float: left; clear: left" class="cbmsnQSBNEW"> <div style="margin-bottom: 10px" class="cbmsnArticleImage"><img alt="" src="http://emj.icbdr.com/artieimages/x5/ar5f5xf6nzvdw431hcx5.gif" /></div> <br /></div> <div style="font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(68,68,68); font-size: 13px" class="ArticleText"><span style="font-family: tahoma; color: rgb(68,68,68); font-size: 13px" class="ArticleText"><span id="lblContentBeforeAdNEW"> <br /> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Many people dream of someday being the boss -- by being self-employed.  But how do you know if self-employment is right for you or not?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">On the plus side, being self-employed may allow you some more<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/flexible/">flexibility</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and freedom to make your own decisions -- and if you<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/work%20from%20home/">work from</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or near home, a better commute. But there are negatives, too. Self-employment can involve stress, unpredictable income, risk -- and the challenge of obtaining benefits like<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/health%20insurance/">health insurance</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>on your own. Think of the pros and cons this way: If you're self-employed, you can decide when and if to take a vacation day -- but no one will pay you if you do.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">If you're thinking about working for yourself, it's a good idea to talk to other people who have (or have had) a business similar to the one you're trying to start. And you'll want to do lots of research -- both into the market you're considering entering and into general<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/small%20business/">small-business</a>topics such as record-keeping and tax obligations.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Even if you're simply considering starting a one-person business doing the kind of work you already do -- say, starting your own business as a<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/handyman/">handyman</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/graphic%20designer/">graphic designer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>after doing that kind of work as an employee for years -- you still need to educate yourself about the practical realities of self-employment. Here are 12 questions to consider:</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>1.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How flexible are you -- and how comfortable are you with uncertainty? How do you feel about having a wide range of tasks in your work?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>2.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How high are your fixed expenses -- and what kind of financial safety net and resources does your household have (such as savings or income from a spouse's job)?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>3.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Is the market you plan to enter growing over the long term?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>4.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Who will your competitors be, and what will be your competitive advantage -- the thing that makes you stand out in the marketplace?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>5.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How do you feel about selling and marketing for yourself and your business?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>6.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>How can you test your business ideas? Are there ways you can first test your business model -- the way you think your business will make money -- to get a sense of whether it will work?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>7.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Are you self-motivated and self-disciplined?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>8.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Have you educated yourself about small-business topics and resources?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>9.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Do you have an estimate of how much money you'll need to start your business and pay living expenses while your business is getting launched? Do you have that capital? If not, how might you obtain it? What will you do if your expenses are significantly higher or income significantly lower than you forecast?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>10.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Who do you know (former colleagues, friends, family, community members) who might be helpful to you as you seek to get your business started?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>11.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>What will you do for health insurance?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em"><b>12.</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Are you familiar with the licenses, permits, and insurance you may need for the type of business you'll be starting? Do you understand the tax and record-keeping responsibilities you'll have?</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">Don't have all the answers to those questions? Don't despair.  There are lots of resources out there that can help educate you about starting your own business. SCORE (www.score.org) is a  nonprofit association that provides free advice to people thinking about starting a business, and Small Business Development Centers around the United States also offer information and resources for people who own or are starting a small business. You can find out more about the SBDC program on the Web site of the U.S. Small Business Administration (www.sba.gov).</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">As you explore self-employment topics, keep in mind that, if you are currently out of work and job hunting, you may be interested in transitional self-employment --- even if your long-term goal is to find your next full-time job.  In an uncertain economic environment, organizations may be slow to hire<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/full%20time/">full-time</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>workers -- but still have work that needs doing. As a result, you may in some cases be able to find project or<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(7,81,154); font-size: 13px; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none" href="http://morujov.spaces.live.com/jobs/keyword/freelance/">freelance</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>work in your field, as a self-employed independent contractor, more quickly than you can find a full-time job.</p> <p style="margin: 0px 0px 1em">While transitional self-employment may not be ideal if you're seeking a full-time job, project work can help you bring in income, make contacts and build additional skills while you're job hunting. So even if self-employment isn't right for you in the long-term, it can sometimes be helpful in the short-term, during a job search.</p> </span></span></div> </span></span> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1825570486353116941.post-33927454418053914662009-08-11T09:37:00.001-07:002009-08-11T09:37:15.345-07:00МЕДИКИ ВЫЯСНИЛИ, КАК ЖИЗНЬ В КРЕДИТ СКАЗЫВАЕТСЯ НА ЗДОРОВЬЕ<p><i>Татьяна БАТЕНЁВА</i> </p> <p><img hspace="0" src="http://images.izvestia.ru/inauka/0.gif" width="1" height="3" /> </p> <p><img border="0" hspace="0" alt="Оказалось, что из 949 человек, имеющих кредиты, лишний вес был у каждого четвертого (фото: andema.com.ua)" align="left" src="http://images.izvestia.ru/inauka/47221.jpg" width="200" height="220" /> <br /><img hspace="0" src="http://images.izvestia.ru/inauka/0.gif" width="7" height="1" /> </p> <p>Необходимость выплачивать <a href="http://click01.begun.ru/click.jsp?url=GtOt5qiio6LIZAHGEphjZ6ChQOlwatMIwCFrkqXYM68x68-6oPDYhDwbMnYnbCDpqO7hqwrEFWfqLWif0XMSeenQ2Sb3n8U1jeMS0bsbgUK1yIHoPDkAM7KKjAQeKiKdBF7gZ8v1pHsHMFn2gGt8bqk17UYFsMVdg6ccw5qMnhpVG1oJTMJPnMQXf5XMfa114WkF8JhaZqVYrOBFralH3j5N8o9OSh2unW7NCRBxsdPhIBfk2WAA9FnohN7kEWhDGoW0nwsOlfVghB5Sq1u3r7JKkKrxPgdisrbBzZDnjI9js0eiaTW18pSVpbJtjHT7VkTXbasU7avofLUiH8fpjperWRkid031cfyGlKFtdKbm840FRCkTOBLkDByNtDuqbuUWUw0ZJDRMk*7oasNGPPgEX4g25jctMnTVoxJ8bRORdCXaFLwcpaxth9JwUyeVn2Z-MKAPXFIOMYYNJwWzYULJXQGTlHEUpJEtW09LtMG4ho2uNN2Jr*q-OL4">кредит</a>, да еще большой, изрядно портит нервы и сон - это многие знают на собственном опыте. Но, оказывается, заемные средства еще ведут и к ожирению. <br />Ученые из университета Майнца (Германия) провели анализ более девяти тысяч анкет, в которых немцы указывали свой рост, вес и сколько средств они должны банку. Доктор Ева Мюнстер и ее коллеги воспользовались математическими методами, чтобы выявить, как связаны эти, казалось бы, отдаленные друг от друга данные. И удивились. <br />Оказалось, что из 949 человек, имеющих кредиты, лишний вес был у каждого четвертого. А из остальных 8318, не имевших задолженности, фигура была не в норме только у 11%. Тогда ученые ввели дополнительно такой фактор, как уровень образования, который влияет на вес и привычки питания, что уже доказано в предыдущих исследованиях. Но соотношение и тут не изменилось. <br />Причины этого загадочного явления ученые анализировали с типично немецким здравым смыслом. Мол, толстякам труднее устроиться на высокооплачиваемую работу и поэтому чаще приходится брать кредиты. Аргумент сомнительный, поскольку неизвестно, были ли заемщики толстыми до того, как взяли кредит, или растолстели позже. <br />Второе, что пришло им на ум: чтобы выплачивать кредит, бедным заемщикам приходится больше работать и меньше заниматься спортом. Хм, возможно. А третий аргумент заключался в том, что ради экономии им приходится есть менее полезную "мусорную" еду, а не овощи и особенно фрукты, которые стоят дорого. <br />На наш же взгляд, банковский кредит всегда служит источником долгого стресса - приходится все время считать деньги, если опоздаешь с ежемесячной выплатой, будешь платить штрафы - в общем, ситуация, далекая от душевного спокойствия. А многим людям свойственно "заедать" тревогу - вспомните, как порой от стресса уминаешь целый торт или без конца жуешь шоколадки. <br />Правда, есть и еще версия: люди, которые берут кредиты для реализации своих желаний, в принципе не умеют себе ни в чем отказывать. А раз так, то и за столом они себя реже ограничивают, чем те, кто привык рассчитывать только на собственные доходы. Какая бы версия ни показалась вам самой убедительной, ясно одно: если банковский кредит и облегчает жизнь, то немалой ценой. Стоит трижды подумать, прежде чем рискнуть не только спокойствием, но и здоровьем. </p> orujovhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17835996831255890597noreply@blogger.com0