Trust is an interesting concept. By the time you mesos get to work in the morning, you may have chosen to trust or not trust a dozen people. When you turn on the weather channel, you are choosing to trust the meteorologist. When you leave your jewelry on your dressing table, you do so because you trust the cleaning person who will come in the afternoon. When you count your change at the deli, you are choosing to not trust the cashier. Even spending money requires trusting that the otherwise worthless rectangle of green material in your hand has value.
Trust is what keeps our society functioning. Evolutionarily speaking, we must trust to survive. But it can be a slippery thing. What makes us trust people? And more curiously, what makes us trust some people but not others?
According to the “experts”—sociologists, psychologists, economists, political scientists—trust is based on expectation. To the degree you believe you can expect a certain response from someone, you trust him. To the degree you believe he will reciprocate at some point in the future in some (often undefined) way, you trust him. Of course, past experience—with the person in question or with others—will affect that confidence, but in the here and now, certain behaviors and visual cues can also influence if and how much you trust someone:
1. Familiarity. The more contact you have with someone, the more information you collect about him or her. The more information you have, the more confident you can be in your expectations.
2. Resemblance. If someone looks, dresses, or acts like you, you’re more likely to believe his or her actions and reactions will be similar to your own. A 2002 study at a Canadian university showed that people are more likely to trust someone whose facial features resemble theirs.
3. Consistency. The more someone behaves with consistency, the better you’re able to establish patterns and form expectations.
4. Punctuality. If someone is regularly on time, it not only signals consistency, but also general conscientiousness toward wow gold other people.
5. Flexibility. Social-exchange theorists have found that people are more likely to trust someone who does not try to explicitly negotiate or force a binding agreement. (Think of the last car salesman you encountered.)
6. Discretion. The ability to keep a secret and exercise tact will always inspire trust.
7. Transparency. The flip side of discretion is transparency. We want someone to keep our secrets, but not her own. Self-disclosure builds trust.
8. Competence. In the workplace, nothing inspires trust more than getting the job done right.
9. Engagement. Trust is based on an understood reciprocity. If someone does not even appear to invest in you, he likely doesn’t have much to lose in betraying you.
10. Face Time. Part of engaging is an effort to make “face time.” A recent study showed that people in the workplace are more likely to trust team members with whom they buy wow gold interact in person more than those they work with via email or videoconference.
11. Facial hair. Another recent study in the Journal of Marketing Communications found that consumers trust pitchmen with beards more than those without. There are limits, however, to the beard-trustworthiness theory. Graphic designer Matt McInerney was only halfway kidding when he made a graphic spectrum of “The Trustworthiness of Beards.”
12. Eye contact (but not too much). This is perhaps the biggest behavioral indicator of trustworthiness. But the quality of the eye contact, observes psychologist Elaine Ducharme, also matters. Is it steely or warm? Too much eye contact can be unnerving.
13. Handshake (not too firm, not too soft). Any businessperson can tell you the importance of a firm handshake in building confidence. However, like eye contact, there is a middle ground. Too firm suggests aggression; too soft suggests passivity.
14. Posture. No one trusts a slouch. A straight back projects an image of strength and confidence.
Of course, while these behaviors and visual cues might inspire trust, they don’t guarantee trustworthiness. As Ducharme wryly reminds, cheap wow gold many psychopaths maintain excellent eye contact.
2010年7月30日星期五
2010年7月28日星期三
Turning it on in the kitchen
I never knew I was fashionablemesos. Notuntil I got an e-mail telling me I was.
It said, "Are you aware of the term 'zhunan'? You have become one ofthe most fashionable men in China. Your wife must be very pleased."
Well, Ellen's always very pleased, but I was none the wiser, so I asked for an explanation.
"Oh, it refers to men who love cooking, because 'zhu' is a universalword in Cantonese for cooking and 'nan' means man. Most of these zhunanare born in the 1980s, who are passionate about cooking and uploadingpictures, recipes, discoveries of good restaurants and having theirblogs or some cooking BBS. There's a new slogan among young girls: Ifone has to marry, then one must marry a zhunan!"
When I told Ellen that I'd been called a zhunan, she was tickled pink.
I've always been interested in food, ever since I was young. There wasalways something to discover, news things to eat, and new places to eatthem at.
Growing up in 70s Australia, food was just beginning to change from theold English style of "meat and three veg". Lots of different peoplewere coming into Australia, bringing with them their own cookingstyles, and wow gold newingredients.
Chinese-style cooking was one of the first big experiments for myfamily. My dad bought a huge wok, and we picked through the shiny newcookbooks, looking for things to try. Looking back now, the recipesthemselves were terribly Westernized, but it was a start. I was hookedon learning about food.
As I got older, the 80s and fusion cuisine took over. Suddenly it waseasy to get ingredients that had previously been impossible. Hundredsof glossy cookbooks began to appear, and I started to make trips intoChinatown, by Adelaide Central Market, to buy things to make my cookingmore exciting, more authentic.
The more I learned, the more I wanted to travel to these exotic placesthat I only knew from the recipes. My culinary desires were onlyfurther heightened by my opportunities to interview celebrity chefsabout their new books, or just by talking to visitors at events such as"Tasting Australia".
Finally, my big chance came, and I landed a teaching job in China. Ithought that I would be able to just wander slowly around, and eat allthe things I'd only read about.
Unfortunately, to do that, you need to be able to read and speakChinese - something that I can't do. So I was back to cooking formyself, but now I had buy wowgold access to the freshest, most authentic ingredients I couldhave imagined.
As time passed, I began to pick up new techniques and preparationideas, just by watching my neighbors working on their balcony kitchens.I scrimped and saved, and bought some new knives and tools to make mylife easier. After I met Ellen, I bought an oven, so I could make thefresh bread and cakes that she so enjoys.
My Chinese neighbor, Miranda, is especially envious of my skills. Shethinks that Ellen's incredibly lucky to have me as a fiance, as her NewZealand born husband doesn't know one end of a wooden spoon fromanother.
I don't know if I really fit the description of a zhunan, as I don'tmaintain a blog to showcase my exploits - and I hope Ellen's not justmarrying me for my cooking skills alone.
But it's true that I am incredibly passionate about cheap wow gold my cooking.
It said, "Are you aware of the term 'zhunan'? You have become one ofthe most fashionable men in China. Your wife must be very pleased."
Well, Ellen's always very pleased, but I was none the wiser, so I asked for an explanation.
"Oh, it refers to men who love cooking, because 'zhu' is a universalword in Cantonese for cooking and 'nan' means man. Most of these zhunanare born in the 1980s, who are passionate about cooking and uploadingpictures, recipes, discoveries of good restaurants and having theirblogs or some cooking BBS. There's a new slogan among young girls: Ifone has to marry, then one must marry a zhunan!"
When I told Ellen that I'd been called a zhunan, she was tickled pink.
I've always been interested in food, ever since I was young. There wasalways something to discover, news things to eat, and new places to eatthem at.
Growing up in 70s Australia, food was just beginning to change from theold English style of "meat and three veg". Lots of different peoplewere coming into Australia, bringing with them their own cookingstyles, and wow gold newingredients.
Chinese-style cooking was one of the first big experiments for myfamily. My dad bought a huge wok, and we picked through the shiny newcookbooks, looking for things to try. Looking back now, the recipesthemselves were terribly Westernized, but it was a start. I was hookedon learning about food.
As I got older, the 80s and fusion cuisine took over. Suddenly it waseasy to get ingredients that had previously been impossible. Hundredsof glossy cookbooks began to appear, and I started to make trips intoChinatown, by Adelaide Central Market, to buy things to make my cookingmore exciting, more authentic.
The more I learned, the more I wanted to travel to these exotic placesthat I only knew from the recipes. My culinary desires were onlyfurther heightened by my opportunities to interview celebrity chefsabout their new books, or just by talking to visitors at events such as"Tasting Australia".
Finally, my big chance came, and I landed a teaching job in China. Ithought that I would be able to just wander slowly around, and eat allthe things I'd only read about.
Unfortunately, to do that, you need to be able to read and speakChinese - something that I can't do. So I was back to cooking formyself, but now I had buy wowgold access to the freshest, most authentic ingredients I couldhave imagined.
As time passed, I began to pick up new techniques and preparationideas, just by watching my neighbors working on their balcony kitchens.I scrimped and saved, and bought some new knives and tools to make mylife easier. After I met Ellen, I bought an oven, so I could make thefresh bread and cakes that she so enjoys.
My Chinese neighbor, Miranda, is especially envious of my skills. Shethinks that Ellen's incredibly lucky to have me as a fiance, as her NewZealand born husband doesn't know one end of a wooden spoon fromanother.
I don't know if I really fit the description of a zhunan, as I don'tmaintain a blog to showcase my exploits - and I hope Ellen's not justmarrying me for my cooking skills alone.
But it's true that I am incredibly passionate about cheap wow gold my cooking.
2010年7月27日星期二
Find Your Happy Place: Banning Negativity from Your Life
Negativity doesn’t always present itself in an obvious mesos way. There are three sources from which it usually breeds: 1) your relationships, 2) yourself, and 3) your environment. Whether you’re receiving it from one or all sources, here are some things to do to reduce it in your life:
Relationships
Minimize toxic relationships. These often go hand-in-hand with negativity. If an individual makes you feel bad about yourself, what you do, or how you are, then that person is toxic. Toxic people often make others feel badly in order to feel better about themselves. If you can’t completely remove them from your life, minimize the time you spend with them and work on cultivating healthier, happier relationships.
Set clear boundaries. If an individual crosses a line or goes too far with her commentary, then let her know that although you care for her, the negativity isn’t welcome. Explain to her that if she can’t be positive or respectful, then you can’t be around her.
Find positive people. The more you surround yourself with positive, high-energy people, the less room you have for those who are negative. Focus on building friendships that make you feel special, build your confidence, and empower you to be the best you can be.
Your Inner Self
Stop focusing on the “what ifs”. Fear and anxiety impair our ability to move forward and achieve the things that will bring happiness into our lives. As a result, focus on what you want to do and wow gold imagine yourself doing it. Push out fear and instead, feel the positive feelings and happiness you know you’ll get from doing the things you want to do.
Meditate. This can be in traditional formats such as yoga or deep breathing or just carving in some alone time by yourself. Spend some time on a daily basis clearing your mind, ridding it of negative thoughts, and refocusing it on those that are positive.
Do what you love. Enjoying the things you love allows you to feel positive, happy, and joyful. When we do things that feel good and that bring us happiness, we disengage with negativity.
Think positively. Although I’m not that well-versed in the law of attraction, there is a lot of truth to being the master of your own buy wow gold destiny. “Positive thoughts beget positive results.”
Environment
Love what you do and where you do it. Although the recession may be making it difficult to be too picky in this area, if we work with people who are negative, it can be draining. Further, low company morale can have a tremendously negative impact on your overall outlook. If this is the case, look for a new job and seek out a company that is known for having a healthy, positive culture.
Love where you live. Our neighborhood can have a big impact on our outlook. Whether something distasteful has happened in your community or you just don’t get positive vibes from your neighbors, it may be time to move.
Get involved. Get involved in your local community. Do some charity work. Get involved with a non-profit. Be a big brother or sister. Getting involved in philanthropic programs makes a positive impact on the world around you, ultimately making you feel positive about yourself and about life.
Don’t let negativity bring you down. Make it a thing of the past and cheap wow gold see how positive life can be!
Relationships
Minimize toxic relationships. These often go hand-in-hand with negativity. If an individual makes you feel bad about yourself, what you do, or how you are, then that person is toxic. Toxic people often make others feel badly in order to feel better about themselves. If you can’t completely remove them from your life, minimize the time you spend with them and work on cultivating healthier, happier relationships.
Set clear boundaries. If an individual crosses a line or goes too far with her commentary, then let her know that although you care for her, the negativity isn’t welcome. Explain to her that if she can’t be positive or respectful, then you can’t be around her.
Find positive people. The more you surround yourself with positive, high-energy people, the less room you have for those who are negative. Focus on building friendships that make you feel special, build your confidence, and empower you to be the best you can be.
Your Inner Self
Stop focusing on the “what ifs”. Fear and anxiety impair our ability to move forward and achieve the things that will bring happiness into our lives. As a result, focus on what you want to do and wow gold imagine yourself doing it. Push out fear and instead, feel the positive feelings and happiness you know you’ll get from doing the things you want to do.
Meditate. This can be in traditional formats such as yoga or deep breathing or just carving in some alone time by yourself. Spend some time on a daily basis clearing your mind, ridding it of negative thoughts, and refocusing it on those that are positive.
Do what you love. Enjoying the things you love allows you to feel positive, happy, and joyful. When we do things that feel good and that bring us happiness, we disengage with negativity.
Think positively. Although I’m not that well-versed in the law of attraction, there is a lot of truth to being the master of your own buy wow gold destiny. “Positive thoughts beget positive results.”
Environment
Love what you do and where you do it. Although the recession may be making it difficult to be too picky in this area, if we work with people who are negative, it can be draining. Further, low company morale can have a tremendously negative impact on your overall outlook. If this is the case, look for a new job and seek out a company that is known for having a healthy, positive culture.
Love where you live. Our neighborhood can have a big impact on our outlook. Whether something distasteful has happened in your community or you just don’t get positive vibes from your neighbors, it may be time to move.
Get involved. Get involved in your local community. Do some charity work. Get involved with a non-profit. Be a big brother or sister. Getting involved in philanthropic programs makes a positive impact on the world around you, ultimately making you feel positive about yourself and about life.
Don’t let negativity bring you down. Make it a thing of the past and cheap wow gold see how positive life can be!
2010年7月26日星期一
25 Greatest Science Books
1.The Voyage of the Beagle (1845) by mesos Charles Darwin
2.The Origin of Species (1859) by Charles Darwin
One of the most delightful, witty, and beautifully written of all natural histories, The Voyage of the Beagle recounts the young Darwin's 1831 to 1836 trip to South America, the Galápagos Islands, Australia, and back again to England, a journey that transformed his understanding of biology and fed the development of his ideas about evolution. Fossils spring to life on the page as Darwin describes his adventures, which include encounters with "savages" in Tierra del Fuego, an accidental meal of a rare bird in Patagonia (which was then named in Darwin's honor), and wobbly attempts to ride Galápagos tortoises.
Yet Darwin's masterwork is, undeniably, The Origin of Species, in which he introduced his theory of evolution by natural selection. Prior to its publication, the prevailing view was that each species had existed in its current form since the moment of divine creation and that humans were a privileged form of life, above and apart from nature. Darwin's theory knocked us from that pedestal. Wary of a religious backlash, he kept his ideas secret for almost two decades while bolstering them with additional observations and experiments. The result is an avalanche of detail—there seems to be no species he did not contemplate—thankfully delivered in accessible, conversational prose. A century and a half later, Darwin's paean to evolution still begs to be heard: "There is grandeur in this view of life," he wrote, that "from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
"The most important science book of all time. Darwin revolutionized our understanding of life, the relationship of humanity to all creatures in the world, and the mythological foundation of all religions." —geneticist Lee M. Silver, Princeton University
3. Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica (Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy) by Isaac Newton (1687) [Download PDF]
Dramatic is an unlikely word for a book that devotes half its pages to deconstructions of ellipses, parabolas, and tangents. Yet the cognitive power on display here can trigger chills.
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Principia marks the dawn of modern physics, beginning with the familiar three laws of motion ("To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction" is the third). Later Newton explains the eccentric paths of comets, notes the similarity between sound waves and ripples on a pond, and makes his famous case that gravity guides the orbit of the moon as surely as it defines the arc of a tossed pebble. The text is dry but accessible to anyone with a high school education—an opportunity to commune with perhaps the top genius in the history of science.
"You don't have to be a Newton junkie like me to really find it gripping. I mean how amazing is it that this guy was able to figure out that the same force that lets a bird poop on your head governs the motions of planets in the heavens? That is towering genius, no?" —psychiatrist Richard A. Friedman, Cornell University
4. Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo Galilei (1632)
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Pope Urban VIII sanctioned Galileo to write a neutral treatise on Copernicus's new, sun-centered view of the solar system. Galileo responded with this cheeky conversation between three characters: a supporter of Copernicus, an educated layman, and an old-fashioned follower of Aristotle. This last one—a dull thinker named Simplicio—represented the church position, and Galileo was soon standing before the Inquisition. Galileo comes across as a masterful raconteur; his discussions of recent astronomical findings in particular evoke an electrifying sense of discovery. The last section, in which he erroneously argues that ocean tides prove Earth is in motion, is fascinatingly shoddy by comparison. Galileo, trying to deliver a fatal blow to the church's Aristotelian thinking, got tripped up by his own faith in an idea he was sure was true but couldn't prove.
"It's not only one of the most influential books in the history of the world but a wonderful read. Clear, entertaining, moving, and often hilarious, it showed early on how science writing needn't be stuffy." —cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, Harvard University
5. De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres) by Nicolaus Copernicus (1543)
Copernicus waited until he was on his deathbed to publish this volume, then prefaced it with a ring-kissing letter to Pope Paul III explaining why the work wasn't really heresy. No furor actually ensued until long after Copernicus's death, when Galileo's run-in with the church landed De Revolutionibus on the Inquisition's index of forbidden books (see #4, above). Copernicus, by arguing that Earth and the other planets move around the sun (rather than everything revolving around Earth), sparked a revolution in which scientific thought first dared to depart from religious dogma. While no longer forbidden, De Revolutionibus is hardly user-friendly. The book's title page gives fair warning: "Let no one untrained in geometry enter here."
6. Physica (Physics) by Aristotle (circa 330 B.C.)
By contrast, Aristotle placed Earth firmly at the center of the cosmos, and viewed the universe as a neat set of nested spheres. He also mistakenly concluded that things move differently on Earth and in the heavens. Nevertheless, Physica, Aristotle's treatise on the nature of motion, change, and time, stands out because in it he presented a systematic way of studying the natural world—one that held sway for two millennia and led to modern scientific method.
"Aristotle opened the door to the empirical sciences, in contrast to Platonism's love of pure reason. You cannot overestimate his influence on the West and the world." —bioethicist Arthur Caplan, University of Pennsylvania
7. De Humani Corporis Fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body) by Andreas Vesalius (1543)
In 1543, the same year that Copernicus's De Revolutionibus appeared, anatomist Andreas Vesalius published the world's first comprehensive illustrated anatomy textbook. For centuries, anatomists had dissected the human body according to instructions spelled out by ancient Greek texts. Vesalius dispensed with that dusty methodology and conducted his own dissections, reporting findings that departed from the ancients' on numerous points of anatomy. The hundreds of illustrations, many rendered in meticulous detail by students of Titian's studio, are ravishing.
(Available on CD-ROM.)
8. Relativity: The Special and General Theory by Albert Einstein (1916)
Albert Einstein's theories overturned long-held notions about bodies in motion. Time and space, he showed, are not absolutes. A moving yardstick shrinks in flight; a clock mounted on that yardstick runs slow. Relativity, written for those not acquainted with the underlying math, reveals Einstein as a skillful popularizer of his ideas. To explain the special theory of relativity, Einstein invites us on board a train filled with rulers and clocks; for the more complex general theory, we career in a cosmic elevator through empty space. As Einstein wow gold warns in his preface, however, the book does demand "a fair amount of patience and force of will on the part of the reader."
9. The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (1976)
In this enduring popularization of evolutionary biology, Dawkins argues that our genes do not exist to perpetuate us; instead, we are useful machines that serve to perpetuate them. This unexpected shift in perspective, a "gene's-eye view of nature," is an enjoyable --brainteaser for the uninitiated. So is a related notion: that altruistic behavior in animals does not evolve for "the good of the species" but is really selfishness in disguise. "Like successful Chicago gangsters," Dawkins writes, "our genes have survived, in some cases for millions of years, in a highly competitive world."
10. One Two Three . . . Infinity by George Gamow (1947)
Illustrating these tales with his own charming sketches, renowned Russian-born physicist Gamow covers the gamut of science from the Big Bang to the curvature of space and the amount of mysterious genetic material in our bodies (DNA had not yet been described). No one can read this book and conclude that science is dull. Who but a physicist would analyze the atomic constituents of genetic material and calculate how much all that material, if extracted from every cell in your body, would weigh? (The answer is less than two ounces.)
"Influenced my decision to become a physicist and is part of the reason I write books for the public today." —theoretical physicist Lawrence M. Krauss, Case Western Reserve University
11. The Double Helix by James D. Watson (1968)
James Watson's frank, and often frankly rude, account of his role in discovering the structure of DNA infuriated nearly everyone whose name appeared in it, but it nonetheless ranks as a first-rate piece of science writing. The Double Helix takes us inside a pell-mell race whose winners were almost guaranteed fame and a Nobel Prize. Most poignant are Watson's disparaging descriptions of his encounters with DNA researcher Rosalind Franklin. Her X-ray crystallography images showed the molecule to be a helix, crucial data that Watson and his collaborator Francis Crick "borrowed" to construct their DNA model. Franklin died of ovarian cancer in 1958, losing out on the 1962 Nobel Prize for the discovery. Perhaps to atone, Watson noted her key contribution in the epilogue to his book.
"The telenovela of my generation of geneticists." —geneticist Mary-Claire King, University of Washington
12. What Is Life? by Erwin Schrodinger (1944)
Long a classic among biologists, this volume describes, from the perspective of a Nobel Prize–winning physicist, how living organisms differ from inanimate objects like crystals. Schr?dinger carefully outlines how the two groups obey different laws and puzzles over what the "paragon of orderliness" of living things may signify. Some editions include an autobiographical sketch, in which Schr?dinger describes the conflict over teaching Darwin that raged when he was in school, as well as his own fascination with evolution.
"What Is Life? is what got Francis Crick and the other pioneers of molecular biology in the 1950s interested in the problem in the first place." —cognitive scientist Steven Pinker, Harvard University
13. The Cosmic Connection by Carl Sagan (1973)
At a time when NASA was reeling from the end of the Apollo program, Sagan reacquainted both the public and his colleagues with the majesty of the universe, starting with the oft-overlooked worlds of our own solar system. He also championed the search for extraterrestrial life and argued for the likelihood of planets around other stars two decades before they were discovered. The TV series Cosmos brought Sagan to the masses, but the adventure began here.
14. The Insect Societies by Edward O. Wilson (1971)
The patriarch of modern evolutionary biology explores the lives of everyone's favorite creepy crawlies—ants, termites, bees, and wasps—in this 500-page treatise unmatched in scope and detail by any other work on the topic (with the possible exception of his own 1990 volume, The Ants). It also lays the groundwork for his 1975 classic, Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, which explores the then-controversial idea that the social behavior of animals, including humans, has a deep biological basis. The book is a labor of love, infused with the author's boundless fascination for his tiny subjects. Wilson openly acknowledges the quirkiness of his obsession; the dedication reads, "For my wife Irene, who understands."
15. The First Three Minutes by Steven Weinberg (1977) [Download PDF]
When Weinberg was a student, "the study of the early universe was widely regarded as not the sort of thing to which a respectable scientist would devote his time." But after World War II, radar researchers turned their instruments to the sky and helped bring creation stories out of the realm of myth and into the realm of science. Weinberg, winner of the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physics, offered the first authoritative, popular account of the resulting Big Bang scenario in The First Three Minutes. A 1993 afterword discusses more recent advances. Amazingly, only the description of the first fraction of a second of cosmic history has changed significantly.
16. Silent Spring by Rachel Carson (1962) [Download PDF]
When Silent Spring was first published, a chorus of critics called Carson "hysterical" and "extremist." Yet the marine biologist's meticulously documented indictment of DDT led both to a U.S. ban on the insecticide and to the birth of the modern environmental movement. Carson argues that DDT not only indiscriminately kills insects, including beneficial species like bees, but also accumulates in the fat of birds and mammals high on the food chain, thinning eggshells and causing reproductive problems. Her chilling vision of a birdless America is still haunting. "Over increasingly large areas of the United States," she writes, "spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely silent where once they were filled with the beauty of birdsong."
17. The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould (1981) [Download PDF]
In this witty critique of bad science, Harvard scholar Stephen Jay Gould sets out to eviscerate the notion of biological determinism. For hundreds of years, Gould argues, questionable measurements of human intelligence, like skull size or IQ, have been used to justify racism, sexism, and class stratification. According to Gould, even respected sociologists and psychologists have used falsified or shaky data to support the belief that Westerners are genetically predisposed to rule the world. The book drew political and scientific criticism, especially from social scientists furious that Gould had oversimplified or demonized their work.
18. The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks (1985)
In these profiles of patients with unusual neurological disorders, Sacks revolutionizes the centuries-old literary tradition of presenting clinical case studies. Far from dryly reporting each case, the eminent British-born New York City neurologist writes in lively prose with the gentle affection of a country doctor on house call and a contagious sense of wonder. To him, the man with Tourette's syndrome and the woman who cannot sense her own body position are the heroes of the stories. Legions of neuroscientists now probing the mysteries of the human brain cite this book as their greatest inspiration.
19. The Journals of Lewis and Clark by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark (1814)
One of history's most famous tales of exploration began on May 14, 1804, when William Clark and his Corps of Discovery set off from the mouth of the Missouri River, beginning an epic 28-month journey west to the shores of the Pacific Ocean. (Meriwether Lewis joined the group two days later.) The Journals, a meticulous chronicle of their expedition, offer an unprecedented glimpse at unexplored, undeveloped America west of the Mississippi. Lewis, the group's naturalist and astronomer, and Clark, the surveyor, documented new species of wildlife (coyotes, jackrabbits, mule deer, and others), unfamiliar geology, and interactions with native peoples. A complete copy of the Journals and their companion material is heavy reading (the definitive Nebraska edition has 13 volumes), but an abridged version captures all the adventure in a palatably sized package.
20. The Feynman Lectures on Physics by* Richard P. Feynman, Robert B. Leighton, and Matthew Sands (1963)
Not only did physicist Richard Feynman win the 1965 Nobel Prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics, he once played bongos for a San Francisco ballet. The beloved book Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! recounts his raucous adventures, but these undergraduate physics lectures, presented over two years at Caltech in the 1960s, are Feynman's true gift to students at all levels. The first 94 lectures cover a wide swath of basic physics, from Newtonian mechanics to electromagnetism, while the final 21 venture into quantum mechanics. Feynman's characteristic humor and peerless explanations elevate these classroom lessons to enduring classics.
"Feynman, the prankster-genius, appeals no matter what field you're in. It helps to know some basic physics to approach his lectures, but he has such a luminous mind and is so good with metaphor that you can grasp a fair amount about what's going on in modern physics buy wow gold without formal understanding of complex math, up to a point." —psychiatrist Richard A. Friedman, Cornell University
21. Sexual Behavior in the Human Male by Alfred C. Kinsey et al. (1948)
The first of two books known collectively as the Kinsey Report, this treatise became an improbable best seller. With raw, technical descriptions of sexual acts, distilled from thousands of interviews, it documented for the first time what people really do behind closed doors. Many researchers consider the book flawed because of its sampling bias: Most of the men interviewed were young, white, and eager to participate. Nevertheless, the work remains an outstanding model of scientific bravery in the 20th century, with its insistence that sexual acts be described as healthy functions of the human body and that cultural taboos not stand in the way of science.
22. Gorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey (1983)
In a richly hued portrait of the lives and behavior of African mountain gorillas, Fossey documents her 13 years dwelling in a remote rain forest amid these enigmatic animals. One of a trio of protégés picked by famed anthropologist Louis Leakey to conduct field studies of great apes, Fossey was determined, devoted, and often angry—over the apes' diminishing habitat and especially over the danger they faced from poachers (who may have been responsible for Fossey's 1985 murder). In Gorillas she leaves behind a scientific treasure, one rendered more poignant by her death in the service of these peaceful, intelligent beasts.
23. Under a Lucky Star by Roy Chapman Andrews (1943)
Roy Chapman Andrews made scientific history during the 1920s by leading five motorized expeditions into unexplored reaches of the Gobi desert. He emerged with the equivalent of paleontological gold: more than 350 new species (including the dinosaurs Protoceratops and Velociraptor), the first fossils of Cretaceous mammals, and the first nests of dinosaur eggs. He packed out plenty of wild tales, too, which are woven into this engaging autobiography. Rumors persist that the fedora-wearing, snake-hating, death-defying explorer may have served as the inspiration for Hollywood's Indiana Jones.
24. Micrographia by Robert Hooke (1665)
A revelation in its time, Micrographia exposed the previously hidden microscopic world. Hooke, an early developer of the compound microscope, used his device to peer at the eyes of flies, the stinger on a bee, hairs, bristles, sand particles, seeds, and more, noting every detail with both words and masterful illustrations. The original book is a hefty three pounds, so the digital versions now available are more convenient, but there is something to be said for flipping through a printed copy and discovering, like a hidden treasure, each drawing in its beautiful intricacy. (Available on CD-ROM.)
25. Gaia by James Lovelock (1979)
As an inventor of scientific instruments, James Lovelock may seem an unlikely figure to have launched a New Age, earth-mother environmental movement. Yet that's exactly what he accomplished with Gaia: A New Look at Life on Earth. In it Lovelock laid out his daring idea that our planet is a single, self-regulating system, dubbed Gaia, wherein "the entire range of living matter on Earth, from whales to viruses, and from oaks to algae, could be regarded as constituting a single living entity, capable of manipulating the Earth's atmosphere to suit its overall needs." Lovelock has since refined the hypothesis, which many scientists criticized as quasi cheap wow gold mystical, and notes that he never implied that Gaia was a sentient being.
2010年7月25日星期日
Eminem leads U.S. album and singles charts
Eminem's "Recovery" led the U.S. pop album mesos chart for a fourth week on Wednesday, thanks to his latest hit single.
The album sold 195,000 copies during the week ended July 18, taking its total to 1.5 million. He becomes the first artist to log a four-week stretch at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Susan Boyle began a six-week stint in November.
No doubt "Recovery's" continued success is aided by its hit single "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna), which will take the No. 1 spot when the Hot 100 is published Thursday.
It will mark the first back-to-back Hot 100 chart-toppers of his career. The album's first single, "Not Afraid," went to No. 1 in May. In all, Eminem has topped the Hot 100 four times.
The highest debut on the Billboard 200 -- and first of six entries in the top 10 -- came from Korn's "Korn III - Remember Who You Are," which started at No. 2 with 63,000. The rock band's last album, 2007's "Untitled," debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 123,000 sold in its first week.
Newsboys notched its wow gold best showing on the Billboard 200 as "Born Again" bowed at No. 4 with 45,000 -- the Christian act's highest sales week since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The act has never risen higher than No. 28 with "In the Hands of Good" in 2009.
Pop veteran Sting debuted at No. 6 with "Symphonicities," an album's worth of Sting and Police songs classically reinvented by noted composers and performed with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The set sold 36,000 copies.
Country newcomer Jerrod Niemann came in at No. 7 with "Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury," selling 34,000 in its opening week. The album was sale-tagged for less than $7 at both Best Buy and Wal-Mart.
Rock super group Hellyeah charged in at No. 8 after selling 28,000 copies buy wow gold of its second album "Stampede." The act consists of Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett (both of Mudvayne), Vinnie Paul (Pantera), Tom Maxwell (Knives Out! and Nothingface) and Bob Zilla (Damageplan).
The final arrival in the top 10 came from M.I.A.'s "Maya," starting at No. 9 with 28,000. Her last set, 2007's "Kala," started at No. 18 with 29,000 copies.
As for the rest of the top 10, Drake's "Thank Me Later" slipped one to No. 3 (50,000), Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" held at No. 5 (41,000) and the soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" slid six to No. 10 (28,000).
Overall album sales totaled 5.21 million units, down less than 1% compared to the previous week, and down 23% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009. Year to date album sales stand at 164.4 million, down 12% compared to the same cheap wow gold total at this point last year.
The album sold 195,000 copies during the week ended July 18, taking its total to 1.5 million. He becomes the first artist to log a four-week stretch at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 since Susan Boyle began a six-week stint in November.
No doubt "Recovery's" continued success is aided by its hit single "Love The Way You Lie" (featuring Rihanna), which will take the No. 1 spot when the Hot 100 is published Thursday.
It will mark the first back-to-back Hot 100 chart-toppers of his career. The album's first single, "Not Afraid," went to No. 1 in May. In all, Eminem has topped the Hot 100 four times.
The highest debut on the Billboard 200 -- and first of six entries in the top 10 -- came from Korn's "Korn III - Remember Who You Are," which started at No. 2 with 63,000. The rock band's last album, 2007's "Untitled," debuted and peaked at No. 2 with 123,000 sold in its first week.
Newsboys notched its wow gold best showing on the Billboard 200 as "Born Again" bowed at No. 4 with 45,000 -- the Christian act's highest sales week since SoundScan began tracking data in 1991. The act has never risen higher than No. 28 with "In the Hands of Good" in 2009.
Pop veteran Sting debuted at No. 6 with "Symphonicities," an album's worth of Sting and Police songs classically reinvented by noted composers and performed with the Royal Philharmonic Concert Orchestra. The set sold 36,000 copies.
Country newcomer Jerrod Niemann came in at No. 7 with "Judge Jerrod & the Hung Jury," selling 34,000 in its opening week. The album was sale-tagged for less than $7 at both Best Buy and Wal-Mart.
Rock super group Hellyeah charged in at No. 8 after selling 28,000 copies buy wow gold of its second album "Stampede." The act consists of Chad Gray and Greg Tribbett (both of Mudvayne), Vinnie Paul (Pantera), Tom Maxwell (Knives Out! and Nothingface) and Bob Zilla (Damageplan).
The final arrival in the top 10 came from M.I.A.'s "Maya," starting at No. 9 with 28,000. Her last set, 2007's "Kala," started at No. 18 with 29,000 copies.
As for the rest of the top 10, Drake's "Thank Me Later" slipped one to No. 3 (50,000), Justin Bieber's "My World 2.0" held at No. 5 (41,000) and the soundtrack to "The Twilight Saga: Eclipse" slid six to No. 10 (28,000).
Overall album sales totaled 5.21 million units, down less than 1% compared to the previous week, and down 23% compared to the comparable sales week of 2009. Year to date album sales stand at 164.4 million, down 12% compared to the same cheap wow gold total at this point last year.
2010年7月23日星期五
15 Things You Can Do Right Now To Help Your Career
Most career advice you receive focuses mesos on the big picture: how to get ahead, how to “win,” and such things that are on a much larger scale than the daily grind that most of us face. In fact, it is that day to day grind that pulls down many of us – we go to work, come home exhausted, and often feel as though we’re just spinning our wheels.
If you want to get ahead in your career and in your life, you need to start small and look at the immediate things you can do to help out your situation. If you’re sitting out there at your desk, tiredly wondering if there’s something better that you can be doing with your life, start with these fifteen tips that you can start executing immediately that will lead you down a path towards a better career.
Make a list of all of the things you did today/this week/this month to help your organization, and file them away.
Whenever you have a few spare moments, make a list of all of the things you are actually doing at work. Date them and provide specific examples. When you’ve made this list, drop it in a folder and let it sit there until your next performance review – or the next time you ask for a raise or a promotion. I do this regularly, which has allowed me to build up extensive positive documentation about my career.
Send a thank-you note
If you’ve recently been assisted in your career or personal development by someone, spend a few moments and send that person a handwritten thank you note. The respect, kindness, and personal touch of a handwritten thank you creates an indelible positive mark in your favor in the recipient’s mind, which can do nothing but help you out in the long run.
Work on your writing skills
For me, The Simple Dollar is actually an active part of improving my own writing. Starting a blog related to a work-related topic that interests you is a good way to practice your skills. Don’t be lazy with it, though; focus on writing strong material that will engage others, because without it, you’re not really improving your skills at all, merely regurgitating facts.
Design some classy business cards for you
I have a small pile of business cards that are just for me (actually, they’re for The Simple Dollar), not for any firm I represent or work for or anything else. I drop these regularly, as envelope enclosures and in face-to-face opportunities. These cards are a reflection of me and what I wish to wow gold represent to people, and by getting quality ones, I create a positive impression on the recipients. Don’t go for the office store perforated ones, either; get them professionally done and in a high quality.
Send a quick contact email
Got any professional contacts that you haven’t touched base with recently? Send them an email letting them know what you’re up to – and ask them what they’re up to. By this, I don’t mean clients – I mean professional acquaintances in the same field as you (contacting clients should be a regular part of your workflow). A quick email to the people you met at conferences last year can be a very good thing, as you never know if they might have a great opportunity available that could really help you out.
Suggest a solution to a persistent workplace problem
This is especially true for smaller things, not necessarily big enterprise-wide issues. Are people always complaining about the printers? Spec out an additional printer and ship a proposal for a new printer by your boss. Workplace tensions between two people? Figure out how to most discreetly move them far apart from each other, write it up, and ship it off. The key is to make the solution as complete as possible, so that the boss can tell you saw a problem, looked into how to solve it, and came up with a solution on your own.
Pick up the phone and make a call
Keep in touch with what’s going on in the organization as a whole so you can be more informed when meetings occur. Pick up the phone and give someone else a call to see what you can learn, or take a stroll through different parts of the workplace to find out what others are up to. Don’t make a nuisance of yourself, but be aware of what is going on, how it can affect you, and how you might be able to leverage that to get ahead.
Work on your language skills
Are you a non-native speaker of the language in your workplace? Spend your spare time working on the finer points. I find that listening to audiobooks and podcasts is an incredible way to pick up on the nuances of a language given that you already know the basics. If you don’t know the basics, seek out some audio courses on that language buy wow gold and get started. For myself, I’ve found that a great way to pick up a foreign language is to read a translation of a work I’m already very familiar with, such as Harry Potter.
Make yourself more presentable
It always helps to have a clean, fresh impression. I keep a few hygiene products in my traveling bag at all times: underarm deodorant, toothpaste, a toothbrush, some mouthwash, some facial cleanser, a comb, and some cologne. I make sure to clean myself up at least once a day, and often twice a day, when I have a few free moments. That way, I look freshly scrubbed at the 3:30 PM meeting – and having just washed my face vigorously, I feel more awake.
Polish your resume
There’s never a bad time to give your resume a bit of a touch up. Make sure it has plenty of action words and documents specific results that you’ve produced. In fact, your personal work documentation is a great way to look for ideas to spiff up your resume.
Read something on topics you plan to be facing in the future in your career
Don’t waste your time reading PerezHilton (unless you work for People magazine or something); instead, find resources that are related to your job and focus on those. If you spend your spare time at work browsing the web, at least spend that time browsing items that can potentially further your career.
Prepare some comments in advance for your next meeting
Got a meeting later? Instead of dreading it, look at it as an opportunity to shine. Look at what the meeting agenda is and prepare some notes and thoughts that you can present during them. If you’re going to sit through someone’s presentation, find out what it’s going to be about and do some preparatory legwork in advance so you can ask a few astute questions.
Work on your public speaking skills
This seems like it would be difficult to do right now, but it’s not. Merely listen to the work of great public speakers on the internet, burn yourself a CD or two of speeches that really inspire you, then play them in your car on the way home and practice speaking along with them. You’ll learn a great deal about how to enunciate words to get your points across and influence others.
Clean your work area
Not only will this create a better impression of you in the eyes of others, you may also come across important materials that you thought were missing or lost. It’s also good to start (or enhance) a document filing system when you do this, so you can quickly find materials.
Figure out where you want to be in five years – and create a plan for getting there
Spend some time visualizing where you want to be, then think about what it’s going to take to get there. From there, keep breaking down each piece in the process until the pieces are things you can do quickly – and start doing them. Every mountain climb is cheap wow gold just a series of steps, after all.
If you want to get ahead in your career and in your life, you need to start small and look at the immediate things you can do to help out your situation. If you’re sitting out there at your desk, tiredly wondering if there’s something better that you can be doing with your life, start with these fifteen tips that you can start executing immediately that will lead you down a path towards a better career.
Make a list of all of the things you did today/this week/this month to help your organization, and file them away.
Whenever you have a few spare moments, make a list of all of the things you are actually doing at work. Date them and provide specific examples. When you’ve made this list, drop it in a folder and let it sit there until your next performance review – or the next time you ask for a raise or a promotion. I do this regularly, which has allowed me to build up extensive positive documentation about my career.
Send a thank-you note
If you’ve recently been assisted in your career or personal development by someone, spend a few moments and send that person a handwritten thank you note. The respect, kindness, and personal touch of a handwritten thank you creates an indelible positive mark in your favor in the recipient’s mind, which can do nothing but help you out in the long run.
Work on your writing skills
For me, The Simple Dollar is actually an active part of improving my own writing. Starting a blog related to a work-related topic that interests you is a good way to practice your skills. Don’t be lazy with it, though; focus on writing strong material that will engage others, because without it, you’re not really improving your skills at all, merely regurgitating facts.
Design some classy business cards for you
I have a small pile of business cards that are just for me (actually, they’re for The Simple Dollar), not for any firm I represent or work for or anything else. I drop these regularly, as envelope enclosures and in face-to-face opportunities. These cards are a reflection of me and what I wish to wow gold represent to people, and by getting quality ones, I create a positive impression on the recipients. Don’t go for the office store perforated ones, either; get them professionally done and in a high quality.
Send a quick contact email
Got any professional contacts that you haven’t touched base with recently? Send them an email letting them know what you’re up to – and ask them what they’re up to. By this, I don’t mean clients – I mean professional acquaintances in the same field as you (contacting clients should be a regular part of your workflow). A quick email to the people you met at conferences last year can be a very good thing, as you never know if they might have a great opportunity available that could really help you out.
Suggest a solution to a persistent workplace problem
This is especially true for smaller things, not necessarily big enterprise-wide issues. Are people always complaining about the printers? Spec out an additional printer and ship a proposal for a new printer by your boss. Workplace tensions between two people? Figure out how to most discreetly move them far apart from each other, write it up, and ship it off. The key is to make the solution as complete as possible, so that the boss can tell you saw a problem, looked into how to solve it, and came up with a solution on your own.
Pick up the phone and make a call
Keep in touch with what’s going on in the organization as a whole so you can be more informed when meetings occur. Pick up the phone and give someone else a call to see what you can learn, or take a stroll through different parts of the workplace to find out what others are up to. Don’t make a nuisance of yourself, but be aware of what is going on, how it can affect you, and how you might be able to leverage that to get ahead.
Work on your language skills
Are you a non-native speaker of the language in your workplace? Spend your spare time working on the finer points. I find that listening to audiobooks and podcasts is an incredible way to pick up on the nuances of a language given that you already know the basics. If you don’t know the basics, seek out some audio courses on that language buy wow gold and get started. For myself, I’ve found that a great way to pick up a foreign language is to read a translation of a work I’m already very familiar with, such as Harry Potter.
Make yourself more presentable
It always helps to have a clean, fresh impression. I keep a few hygiene products in my traveling bag at all times: underarm deodorant, toothpaste, a toothbrush, some mouthwash, some facial cleanser, a comb, and some cologne. I make sure to clean myself up at least once a day, and often twice a day, when I have a few free moments. That way, I look freshly scrubbed at the 3:30 PM meeting – and having just washed my face vigorously, I feel more awake.
Polish your resume
There’s never a bad time to give your resume a bit of a touch up. Make sure it has plenty of action words and documents specific results that you’ve produced. In fact, your personal work documentation is a great way to look for ideas to spiff up your resume.
Read something on topics you plan to be facing in the future in your career
Don’t waste your time reading PerezHilton (unless you work for People magazine or something); instead, find resources that are related to your job and focus on those. If you spend your spare time at work browsing the web, at least spend that time browsing items that can potentially further your career.
Prepare some comments in advance for your next meeting
Got a meeting later? Instead of dreading it, look at it as an opportunity to shine. Look at what the meeting agenda is and prepare some notes and thoughts that you can present during them. If you’re going to sit through someone’s presentation, find out what it’s going to be about and do some preparatory legwork in advance so you can ask a few astute questions.
Work on your public speaking skills
This seems like it would be difficult to do right now, but it’s not. Merely listen to the work of great public speakers on the internet, burn yourself a CD or two of speeches that really inspire you, then play them in your car on the way home and practice speaking along with them. You’ll learn a great deal about how to enunciate words to get your points across and influence others.
Clean your work area
Not only will this create a better impression of you in the eyes of others, you may also come across important materials that you thought were missing or lost. It’s also good to start (or enhance) a document filing system when you do this, so you can quickly find materials.
Figure out where you want to be in five years – and create a plan for getting there
Spend some time visualizing where you want to be, then think about what it’s going to take to get there. From there, keep breaking down each piece in the process until the pieces are things you can do quickly – and start doing them. Every mountain climb is cheap wow gold just a series of steps, after all.
2010年7月22日星期四
How Looks Affect Your Work, Your Career, Your Life
In today’s economy mesos, looking good is no longer something we can dismiss as frivolous or vain. How beauty can affect your job, your career, your life.
Most of us have heard the story of Debrahlee Lorenzana, the 33-year-old Queens, N.Y., woman who sued Citibank last month, claiming that, in pencil skirts, turtlenecks, and peep-toe stilettos, she was fired from her desk job for being “too hot.” We’ve also watched Lorenzana’s credibility come into question, as vintage clips of her appearance on a reality-TV show about plastic surgery portray a rambling, attention-obsessed twit, stuffed to the brim with implants and collagen. (“I love plastic surgery,” she coos. “I think it’s the best thing that ever happened.”) Creepy, yes. But for all the talk about this woman’s motives—and whether or not she was indeed fired for her looks—there’s one question nobody seems to want to ask: isn’t it possible Lorenzana’s looks got her the job in the first place?
Not all employers are that shallow—but it’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized what’s been dubbed the “beauty premium”—the idea that pretty people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in, well, almost everything. Handsome men earn, on average, 5 percent more than their less-attractive counterparts (good-looking women earn 4 percent more); pretty people get more attention from teachers, bosses, and mentors; even babies stare longer at good-looking faces (and we stare longer at good-looking babies). A couple of decades ago, when the economy was thriving—and it was a makeup-less Kate Moss, not a plastic-surgery-plumped Paris Hilton, who was considered the beauty ideal—we might have brushed off those statistics as superficial. But in 2010, when Heidi Montag’s bloated lips plaster every magazine in town, when little girls lust after an airbrushed, unattainable body ideal, there’s a growing bundle of research to show that our bias against the unattractive—our “beauty bias,” as a new book calls it—is more pervasive than ever. And when it comes to the workplace, it’s looks, not merit, that all too often rule.
Consider the following: over his career, a good-looking man will make some $250,000 more than his least-attractive counterpart, according to economist Daniel Hamermesh; 13 percent of women, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (and 10 percent of men, according to a new NEWSWEEK survey), say they’d consider cosmetic surgery if it made them more competitive at work. Both points are disturbing, certainly. But in the current economy, when employers have more hiring options than ever, looks, it seems, aren’t just important; they’re wow gold critical. NEWSWEEK surveyed 202 corporate hiring managers, from human-resources staff to senior-level vice presidents, as well as 964 members of the public, only to confirm what no qualified (or unqualified) employee wants to admit: from hiring to office politics to promotions, even, looking good is no longer something we can dismiss as frivolous or vain.
Fifty-seven percent of hiring managers told NEWSWEEK that qualified but unattractive candidates are likely to have a harder time landing a job, while more than half advised spending as much time and money on “making sure they look attractive” as on perfecting a résumé. When it comes to women, apparently, flaunting our assets works: 61 percent of managers (the majority of them men) said it would be an advantage for a woman to wear clothing showing off her figure at work. (Ouch.) Asked to rank employee attributes in order of importance, meanwhile, managers placed looks above education: of nine character traits, it came in third, below experience (No. 1) and confidence (No. 2) but above “where a candidate went to school” (No. 4). Does that mean you should drop out of Harvard and invest in a nose job? Probably not. But a state school might be just as marketable. “This is the new reality of the job market,” says one New York recruiter, who asked to have her name withheld because she advises job candidates for a living. “It’s better to be average and good- looking than brilliant and unattractive.”
Remember the story about the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate? It goes to show our beauty bias is nothing novel. At the time, radio listeners thought Nixon had won, but those watching Kennedy’s tanned, chiseled face on TV, next to a worn-down, 5 o’clock-shadowed Nixon, were sure it was the junior senator. There are various explanations for some of this. Plato wrote of the “golden proportions,” which dubbed the width of an ideal face an exact two thirds its length, a nose no longer than the distance between the eyes. Biologically speaking, humans are attracted to symmetrical faces and curvy women for a reason: it’s those shapes that are believed to produce the healthiest offspring. As the thinking goes, symmetrical faces are then deemed beautiful; beauty is linked to confidence; and it’s a combination of looks and confidence that we often equate with smarts. Perhaps there’s some evidence to that: if handsome kids get more attention from teachers, then, sure, maybe they do better in school and, ultimately, at work. But the more likely scenario is what scientists dub the “halo effect”—that, like a pack of untrained puppies, we are mesmerized by beauty, blindly ascribing intelligent traits to go along with it.
There are various forces to blame for much of this, from an economy that allows pickiness to a plastic-surgery industry that encourages superficial notions of beauty. In reality, it’s a confluence of cultural forces that has left us clutching, desperately, to an ever-evolving beauty ideal. Today’s young workers were reared on the kind of reality TV and pop culture that screams, again and again, that everything is a candidate for upgrade. We’ve watched bodies transformed on Extreme Makeover, faces taken apart and pieced back together on I Want a Famous Face. We compare ourselves with the airbrushed images in advertisements and magazines, and read surveys—like this one—that confirm our worst fears. We are a culture more sexualized than ever (Mad Men notwithstanding), with technology that’s made it easier than ever to “better” ourselves, warping our standards for what’s normal. Plastic surgery used to be for the rich and famous; today we’ve leveled the playing field with cheap boob jobs, tummy tucks, and outpatient procedures you can get on your lunch break. Where that leads us is running to stand still: taught that good looks are no longer a gift but a ceaseless pursuit.
Deborah Rhode, a Stanford law professor and author of The Beauty Bias, is herself an interesting case study. During her term as chair of the American Bar Association’s commission on working women, she was struck by how often the nation’s most powerful females were stranded in cab lines and late for meetings because, in heels, walking any distance was out of the question. These were working, powerful, leading women, she writes. Why did they insist on wearing heels? Sure, some women just like heels (and still others probably know their bosses like them). But there is also the reality that however hard men have it—and, from an economic perspective, their “beauty premium” is higher, say economists—women will always face a double bind, expected to conform to the beauty standards of the day, yet simultaneously condemned for doing so. Recruiters may think women like Lorenzana can get ahead for showing off their looks, but 47 percent also believe it’s possible for a woman to be penalized for being “too good-looking.” Whether or not any of it pays off, there’s something terribly wrong when 6-year-olds are using makeup, while buy wow gold their mothers spend the equivalent of a college education just keeping their faces intact. “All of this is happening against a backdrop of more women in the workplace, in all kinds of jobs, striving toward wage equality,” says Harvard psychologist Nancy Etcoff. “So we’re surprised—but we shouldn’t be—how this [beauty curse] continues to haunt us.”
Forty years ago, when feminists threw their bras into the “Freedom Trash Can” outside the 1968 Miss America pageant (no, they didn’t really burn them!), it was to protest the idea that women had become “enslaved by ludicrous beauty standards,” as the organizers put it. At the time, women still made up just a fraction of the workforce, and yet they were rejecting the notion that, in work or play, they had to be confined to the role of busty secretary—a mere office toy. A decade later, as women entered the workforce in droves, it was boxy suits, not bustiers, that defined their dress. But today’s working women have achieved “equality” (or so we’re led to believe): they dominate the workforce, they are household breadwinners, and so they balk at having to subvert their sexuality, whether in the boardroom or on the beach. Yet while the outside-work milieu might accept the empowered yet feminine ideal, the workplace surely doesn’t. Studies show that unattractive women remain at a disadvantage in low-level positions like secretary, while in upper-level fields that are historically male-dominated, good-looking women can suffer a so-called bimbo effect. They are viewed as too feminine, less intelligent, and, ultimately, less competent—not only by men but also by their female peers.
To add an extra layer of complexity, there’s the conundrum of aging in a culture where younger workers are more tech-savvy, cheaper, and, well, nicer on the eyes. Eighty-four percent of managers told NEWSWEEK they believe a qualified but visibly older candidate would make some employers hesitate, and while ageism affects men, too, it’s particularly tough for women. As Rhode puts it, silver hair and furrowed brows may make aging men look “distinguished,” but aging women risk marginalization or ridicule for their efforts to pass as young. “This double standard,” Rhode writes, “leaves women not only perpetually worried about their appearance—but also worried about worrying.”
The quest for beauty may be a centuries-old obsession, but in the present day the reality is ugly. Beauty has more influence than ever—not just over who we cheap wow gold work with, but whether we work at all.
Most of us have heard the story of Debrahlee Lorenzana, the 33-year-old Queens, N.Y., woman who sued Citibank last month, claiming that, in pencil skirts, turtlenecks, and peep-toe stilettos, she was fired from her desk job for being “too hot.” We’ve also watched Lorenzana’s credibility come into question, as vintage clips of her appearance on a reality-TV show about plastic surgery portray a rambling, attention-obsessed twit, stuffed to the brim with implants and collagen. (“I love plastic surgery,” she coos. “I think it’s the best thing that ever happened.”) Creepy, yes. But for all the talk about this woman’s motives—and whether or not she was indeed fired for her looks—there’s one question nobody seems to want to ask: isn’t it possible Lorenzana’s looks got her the job in the first place?
Not all employers are that shallow—but it’s no secret we are a culture consumed by image. Economists have long recognized what’s been dubbed the “beauty premium”—the idea that pretty people, whatever their aspirations, tend to do better in, well, almost everything. Handsome men earn, on average, 5 percent more than their less-attractive counterparts (good-looking women earn 4 percent more); pretty people get more attention from teachers, bosses, and mentors; even babies stare longer at good-looking faces (and we stare longer at good-looking babies). A couple of decades ago, when the economy was thriving—and it was a makeup-less Kate Moss, not a plastic-surgery-plumped Paris Hilton, who was considered the beauty ideal—we might have brushed off those statistics as superficial. But in 2010, when Heidi Montag’s bloated lips plaster every magazine in town, when little girls lust after an airbrushed, unattainable body ideal, there’s a growing bundle of research to show that our bias against the unattractive—our “beauty bias,” as a new book calls it—is more pervasive than ever. And when it comes to the workplace, it’s looks, not merit, that all too often rule.
Consider the following: over his career, a good-looking man will make some $250,000 more than his least-attractive counterpart, according to economist Daniel Hamermesh; 13 percent of women, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (and 10 percent of men, according to a new NEWSWEEK survey), say they’d consider cosmetic surgery if it made them more competitive at work. Both points are disturbing, certainly. But in the current economy, when employers have more hiring options than ever, looks, it seems, aren’t just important; they’re wow gold critical. NEWSWEEK surveyed 202 corporate hiring managers, from human-resources staff to senior-level vice presidents, as well as 964 members of the public, only to confirm what no qualified (or unqualified) employee wants to admit: from hiring to office politics to promotions, even, looking good is no longer something we can dismiss as frivolous or vain.
Fifty-seven percent of hiring managers told NEWSWEEK that qualified but unattractive candidates are likely to have a harder time landing a job, while more than half advised spending as much time and money on “making sure they look attractive” as on perfecting a résumé. When it comes to women, apparently, flaunting our assets works: 61 percent of managers (the majority of them men) said it would be an advantage for a woman to wear clothing showing off her figure at work. (Ouch.) Asked to rank employee attributes in order of importance, meanwhile, managers placed looks above education: of nine character traits, it came in third, below experience (No. 1) and confidence (No. 2) but above “where a candidate went to school” (No. 4). Does that mean you should drop out of Harvard and invest in a nose job? Probably not. But a state school might be just as marketable. “This is the new reality of the job market,” says one New York recruiter, who asked to have her name withheld because she advises job candidates for a living. “It’s better to be average and good- looking than brilliant and unattractive.”
Remember the story about the 1960 Nixon-Kennedy debate? It goes to show our beauty bias is nothing novel. At the time, radio listeners thought Nixon had won, but those watching Kennedy’s tanned, chiseled face on TV, next to a worn-down, 5 o’clock-shadowed Nixon, were sure it was the junior senator. There are various explanations for some of this. Plato wrote of the “golden proportions,” which dubbed the width of an ideal face an exact two thirds its length, a nose no longer than the distance between the eyes. Biologically speaking, humans are attracted to symmetrical faces and curvy women for a reason: it’s those shapes that are believed to produce the healthiest offspring. As the thinking goes, symmetrical faces are then deemed beautiful; beauty is linked to confidence; and it’s a combination of looks and confidence that we often equate with smarts. Perhaps there’s some evidence to that: if handsome kids get more attention from teachers, then, sure, maybe they do better in school and, ultimately, at work. But the more likely scenario is what scientists dub the “halo effect”—that, like a pack of untrained puppies, we are mesmerized by beauty, blindly ascribing intelligent traits to go along with it.
There are various forces to blame for much of this, from an economy that allows pickiness to a plastic-surgery industry that encourages superficial notions of beauty. In reality, it’s a confluence of cultural forces that has left us clutching, desperately, to an ever-evolving beauty ideal. Today’s young workers were reared on the kind of reality TV and pop culture that screams, again and again, that everything is a candidate for upgrade. We’ve watched bodies transformed on Extreme Makeover, faces taken apart and pieced back together on I Want a Famous Face. We compare ourselves with the airbrushed images in advertisements and magazines, and read surveys—like this one—that confirm our worst fears. We are a culture more sexualized than ever (Mad Men notwithstanding), with technology that’s made it easier than ever to “better” ourselves, warping our standards for what’s normal. Plastic surgery used to be for the rich and famous; today we’ve leveled the playing field with cheap boob jobs, tummy tucks, and outpatient procedures you can get on your lunch break. Where that leads us is running to stand still: taught that good looks are no longer a gift but a ceaseless pursuit.
Deborah Rhode, a Stanford law professor and author of The Beauty Bias, is herself an interesting case study. During her term as chair of the American Bar Association’s commission on working women, she was struck by how often the nation’s most powerful females were stranded in cab lines and late for meetings because, in heels, walking any distance was out of the question. These were working, powerful, leading women, she writes. Why did they insist on wearing heels? Sure, some women just like heels (and still others probably know their bosses like them). But there is also the reality that however hard men have it—and, from an economic perspective, their “beauty premium” is higher, say economists—women will always face a double bind, expected to conform to the beauty standards of the day, yet simultaneously condemned for doing so. Recruiters may think women like Lorenzana can get ahead for showing off their looks, but 47 percent also believe it’s possible for a woman to be penalized for being “too good-looking.” Whether or not any of it pays off, there’s something terribly wrong when 6-year-olds are using makeup, while buy wow gold their mothers spend the equivalent of a college education just keeping their faces intact. “All of this is happening against a backdrop of more women in the workplace, in all kinds of jobs, striving toward wage equality,” says Harvard psychologist Nancy Etcoff. “So we’re surprised—but we shouldn’t be—how this [beauty curse] continues to haunt us.”
Forty years ago, when feminists threw their bras into the “Freedom Trash Can” outside the 1968 Miss America pageant (no, they didn’t really burn them!), it was to protest the idea that women had become “enslaved by ludicrous beauty standards,” as the organizers put it. At the time, women still made up just a fraction of the workforce, and yet they were rejecting the notion that, in work or play, they had to be confined to the role of busty secretary—a mere office toy. A decade later, as women entered the workforce in droves, it was boxy suits, not bustiers, that defined their dress. But today’s working women have achieved “equality” (or so we’re led to believe): they dominate the workforce, they are household breadwinners, and so they balk at having to subvert their sexuality, whether in the boardroom or on the beach. Yet while the outside-work milieu might accept the empowered yet feminine ideal, the workplace surely doesn’t. Studies show that unattractive women remain at a disadvantage in low-level positions like secretary, while in upper-level fields that are historically male-dominated, good-looking women can suffer a so-called bimbo effect. They are viewed as too feminine, less intelligent, and, ultimately, less competent—not only by men but also by their female peers.
To add an extra layer of complexity, there’s the conundrum of aging in a culture where younger workers are more tech-savvy, cheaper, and, well, nicer on the eyes. Eighty-four percent of managers told NEWSWEEK they believe a qualified but visibly older candidate would make some employers hesitate, and while ageism affects men, too, it’s particularly tough for women. As Rhode puts it, silver hair and furrowed brows may make aging men look “distinguished,” but aging women risk marginalization or ridicule for their efforts to pass as young. “This double standard,” Rhode writes, “leaves women not only perpetually worried about their appearance—but also worried about worrying.”
The quest for beauty may be a centuries-old obsession, but in the present day the reality is ugly. Beauty has more influence than ever—not just over who we cheap wow gold work with, but whether we work at all.
2010年7月21日星期三
Giants stun Dodgers in heated game
The Los Angeles Dodgers had two mesos players and two coaches ejected in a 7-5 defeat to fierce rivals San Francisco on Tuesday.
Pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Jonathan Broxton were forced out of the game, as were manager Joe Torre and bench coach Bob Schaefer. Kershaw may face disciplinary action for throwing at an opposing batter.
The game boiled over in the bottom of the fifth inning, with the Giants' Tim Lincecum throwing a pitch inside to Matt Kemp, then hitting him in the ribs with the next.
Both players took a step toward each other before home plate umpire Adrian Johnson ushered Kemp to first base.
Both benches were then warned by Johnson.
After the Giants had pulled to 5-4 at the top of the sixth, reliever Denny Bautista wow gold threw twice at Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, sparking a heated reaction from the LA bench.
Bench coach Bob Schaefer argued for Bautista to be ejected from the game but was himself thrown out by the umpire.
Kershaw joined him in the locker room after hitting Aaron Rowand in the hip with his first pitch of the seventh inning. Team manager Joe Torre was automatically thrown out as well, which left hitting coach Don Mattingly in charge.
"It's the craziest win we've had all season," Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt said. "I'm sure we'll put our heads on our pillows and smile."
Leading 5-4 in the top of buy wow gold the ninth, the Dodgers loaded the bases with closer Broxton on the mound. Mattingly walked out to talk to Broxton and first baseman James Loney, turned to leave, and then was called back by Loney.
Mattingly's turn and response to a question constituted a second visit to the mound and under one of baseball's more obscure rules the pitcher, Broxton, had to be taken out of the game.
Replacement pitchers George Sherrill and Travis Schlichting conceded three runs as the Giants fought back for a cheap wow gold 7-5 win.
Pitchers Clayton Kershaw and Jonathan Broxton were forced out of the game, as were manager Joe Torre and bench coach Bob Schaefer. Kershaw may face disciplinary action for throwing at an opposing batter.
The game boiled over in the bottom of the fifth inning, with the Giants' Tim Lincecum throwing a pitch inside to Matt Kemp, then hitting him in the ribs with the next.
Both players took a step toward each other before home plate umpire Adrian Johnson ushered Kemp to first base.
Both benches were then warned by Johnson.
After the Giants had pulled to 5-4 at the top of the sixth, reliever Denny Bautista wow gold threw twice at Dodgers catcher Russell Martin, sparking a heated reaction from the LA bench.
Bench coach Bob Schaefer argued for Bautista to be ejected from the game but was himself thrown out by the umpire.
Kershaw joined him in the locker room after hitting Aaron Rowand in the hip with his first pitch of the seventh inning. Team manager Joe Torre was automatically thrown out as well, which left hitting coach Don Mattingly in charge.
"It's the craziest win we've had all season," Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt said. "I'm sure we'll put our heads on our pillows and smile."
Leading 5-4 in the top of buy wow gold the ninth, the Dodgers loaded the bases with closer Broxton on the mound. Mattingly walked out to talk to Broxton and first baseman James Loney, turned to leave, and then was called back by Loney.
Mattingly's turn and response to a question constituted a second visit to the mound and under one of baseball's more obscure rules the pitcher, Broxton, had to be taken out of the game.
Replacement pitchers George Sherrill and Travis Schlichting conceded three runs as the Giants fought back for a cheap wow gold 7-5 win.
2010年7月20日星期二
Paris Hilton's blasts 'perv' paparazzi
Paris Hilton is furious with paparazzi for mesos photographing her in a bikini.
The socialite is currently relaxing in Sardinia, Italy, with friends and her sister Nicky but is fuming with photographers who managed to snap her while she was sunbathing in a tiny swimsuit onboard a luxury yacht.
She tweeted: "Note to Self - Beware. You never know when some perv paparazzi may be lurking and hiding on a fishing boat in the middle of the ocean. (sic)"
Although she is unimpressed by the amount of snappers trying to get her picture, Paris wow gold has been enjoying her trip away from the waves - especially when she has been checking out the designer boutiques.
She added in another twitter post: "Just finished shopping in town at Prada, Versacce, Roberto Cavalli and some really cute little boutiques. Back to the yacht later for movie night! (sic)"
Paris admits the yacht she and Nicky have been staying on is like "heaven on water".
She added in a series of other buy wow gold posts: "Our yacht is incredible! Has its own pool, hot tub, movie theatre, recording studio, spa/massage room, gym, arcade room, helicopter pad and the most beautiful bedrooms and decor. I'm in Heaven on the water. Definitely the biggest and best yacht everywhere we go. Loves it! Huge... Another beautiful day in paradise! What more could a girl ask for? (sic)"
The 29-year-old hotel heiress travelled to Sardinia from France.
On Friday (16.07.10), she was reportedly stopped by police officers as she landed on the French island of Corsica by private jet and was found to be in possession of less than a gram of marijuana.
Paris is believed to have been released without charge, but she denies being stopped cheap wow gold and has branded the allegation "completely false".
The socialite is currently relaxing in Sardinia, Italy, with friends and her sister Nicky but is fuming with photographers who managed to snap her while she was sunbathing in a tiny swimsuit onboard a luxury yacht.
She tweeted: "Note to Self - Beware. You never know when some perv paparazzi may be lurking and hiding on a fishing boat in the middle of the ocean. (sic)"
Although she is unimpressed by the amount of snappers trying to get her picture, Paris wow gold has been enjoying her trip away from the waves - especially when she has been checking out the designer boutiques.
She added in another twitter post: "Just finished shopping in town at Prada, Versacce, Roberto Cavalli and some really cute little boutiques. Back to the yacht later for movie night! (sic)"
Paris admits the yacht she and Nicky have been staying on is like "heaven on water".
She added in a series of other buy wow gold posts: "Our yacht is incredible! Has its own pool, hot tub, movie theatre, recording studio, spa/massage room, gym, arcade room, helicopter pad and the most beautiful bedrooms and decor. I'm in Heaven on the water. Definitely the biggest and best yacht everywhere we go. Loves it! Huge... Another beautiful day in paradise! What more could a girl ask for? (sic)"
The 29-year-old hotel heiress travelled to Sardinia from France.
On Friday (16.07.10), she was reportedly stopped by police officers as she landed on the French island of Corsica by private jet and was found to be in possession of less than a gram of marijuana.
Paris is believed to have been released without charge, but she denies being stopped cheap wow gold and has branded the allegation "completely false".
2010年7月19日星期一
Top cities for new college grads
The most promising region in the U.S. for job mesos hunting by newly minted college graduates is the South, and the city with the best mix of job openings, pay, and affordability is Houston, according to Businessweek.com.
In a ranking by the magazine of 30 cities, the top five are Houston, Washington, Dallas, Atlanta, and Austin, Tex. The winners prevailed mostly because employers in those places posted the greatest number of jobs for new graduates. Employers listing openings on AfterCollege, a website featuring entry-level positions, totaled 90 in Washington, second only to New York's 108.
A private-sector push in Houston has created 31,000 positions since January, including 10,800 in May, said Jeff Moseley, president of the Greater Houston Partnership, an advocacy group for the business community. Houston is the largest city in Texas. A startup culture is taking hold there, in contrast to other parts of the U.S., Moseley said.
"In some parts, it's, 'Who's your daddy?' and 'Where'd you go to school?' " Moseley said in an interview. "Here it's, 'What's your idea, and how can we make money?' "
The ranking was based on the AfterCollege postings, city unemployment rates, and the average annual pay for all occupations as reported by the U.S. Labor Dept. Wages were adjusted for cost of living, using data from the Council for Community & Economic Research, in Arlington, Va. Salaries rose 2.5 percent, to an average of $44,525, for the 30 cities in the 2010 ranking.
A similar ranking was made a year ago. This time, 13 cities were new to wow gold the selection of 30, and seven of the newcomers are Southern cities, including five from Texas.
Several cities near the top of last year's list didn't make the ranking this year, including last year's No. 1, Indianapolis, and last year's No. 7, Chicago.
Those cities saw a drop in the number of employers posting jobs for new college graduates, said Roberto Angulo, chief executive officer of San Francisco-based AfterCollege Inc., publisher of the website.
One reason behind the shakeup in the list was deterioration in the job market, Angulo said. Even in cities that fared well, the number of employers posting jobs fell. Phoenix was ranked No. 2 in 2009, with 190 employers posting jobs on AfterCollege. This year, Phoenix is No. 19, after just 31 employers listed openings.
In an AfterCollege survey this year, 86 percent of respondents, up from 78 percent in 2009, said they were having a hard time finding a job.
"The classes of 2009 and 2010 are now competing for the same jobs," Angulo said. "Internships are going to graduates instead of those who are still in school."
William McMullen, a 2008 graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., returned to Houston after a stint in New York, attracted by the growing energy and health-care sectors in Texas, he said.
McMullen, an associate at Boston-based Denham Capital Management LP, a private-equity firm with an energy focus, said low rent and the lack of a state income tax were bonuses.
"Having lived in Boston and New York, the cost of living played a factor in the decision as well," McMullen said.
In Washington, the federal government's expansion has created both public- and private-sector jobs, said Mark Gaswirth, regional buy wow gold sales manager of DCJobs.com.
From 2000 to 2009, the region added almost 300,000 jobs, according to the Greater Washington Board of Trade, a promotional group. A diverse and well-educated population, reflecting the presence of the State Dept., embassies, and universities, is also appealing to new college graduates, said Jim Dinegar, president of the board.
The U.S. banking crisis that began in 2008 helped give Washington its jobs boost, said Barbara B. Lang, president of the DC Chamber of Commerce. Opportunities for lawyers, accountants, and other professionals are growing along with government oversight of finance, she said.
"Wall Street has moved to K Street," Lang said, "K Street" being shorthand for the locus of lobbyists, policy researchers, and the like.
The number of employers posting jobs and the adjusted pay contributed 40 percent each to the Businessweek.com ranking this year. Unemployment accounted for 20 percent.
The methodology changed. Last year, employers counted for 40 percent, while unadjusted pay, cost of living, and unemployment were weighted at 20 percent each.The 30 cities on the list this year were culled from an initial pool of 3,580 municipalities where employers posted at least one job on the AfterCollege website. The cities with the most listings were cheap wow gold used for the ranking.
In a ranking by the magazine of 30 cities, the top five are Houston, Washington, Dallas, Atlanta, and Austin, Tex. The winners prevailed mostly because employers in those places posted the greatest number of jobs for new graduates. Employers listing openings on AfterCollege, a website featuring entry-level positions, totaled 90 in Washington, second only to New York's 108.
A private-sector push in Houston has created 31,000 positions since January, including 10,800 in May, said Jeff Moseley, president of the Greater Houston Partnership, an advocacy group for the business community. Houston is the largest city in Texas. A startup culture is taking hold there, in contrast to other parts of the U.S., Moseley said.
"In some parts, it's, 'Who's your daddy?' and 'Where'd you go to school?' " Moseley said in an interview. "Here it's, 'What's your idea, and how can we make money?' "
The ranking was based on the AfterCollege postings, city unemployment rates, and the average annual pay for all occupations as reported by the U.S. Labor Dept. Wages were adjusted for cost of living, using data from the Council for Community & Economic Research, in Arlington, Va. Salaries rose 2.5 percent, to an average of $44,525, for the 30 cities in the 2010 ranking.
A similar ranking was made a year ago. This time, 13 cities were new to wow gold the selection of 30, and seven of the newcomers are Southern cities, including five from Texas.
Several cities near the top of last year's list didn't make the ranking this year, including last year's No. 1, Indianapolis, and last year's No. 7, Chicago.
Those cities saw a drop in the number of employers posting jobs for new college graduates, said Roberto Angulo, chief executive officer of San Francisco-based AfterCollege Inc., publisher of the website.
One reason behind the shakeup in the list was deterioration in the job market, Angulo said. Even in cities that fared well, the number of employers posting jobs fell. Phoenix was ranked No. 2 in 2009, with 190 employers posting jobs on AfterCollege. This year, Phoenix is No. 19, after just 31 employers listed openings.
In an AfterCollege survey this year, 86 percent of respondents, up from 78 percent in 2009, said they were having a hard time finding a job.
"The classes of 2009 and 2010 are now competing for the same jobs," Angulo said. "Internships are going to graduates instead of those who are still in school."
William McMullen, a 2008 graduate of Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., returned to Houston after a stint in New York, attracted by the growing energy and health-care sectors in Texas, he said.
McMullen, an associate at Boston-based Denham Capital Management LP, a private-equity firm with an energy focus, said low rent and the lack of a state income tax were bonuses.
"Having lived in Boston and New York, the cost of living played a factor in the decision as well," McMullen said.
In Washington, the federal government's expansion has created both public- and private-sector jobs, said Mark Gaswirth, regional buy wow gold sales manager of DCJobs.com.
From 2000 to 2009, the region added almost 300,000 jobs, according to the Greater Washington Board of Trade, a promotional group. A diverse and well-educated population, reflecting the presence of the State Dept., embassies, and universities, is also appealing to new college graduates, said Jim Dinegar, president of the board.
The U.S. banking crisis that began in 2008 helped give Washington its jobs boost, said Barbara B. Lang, president of the DC Chamber of Commerce. Opportunities for lawyers, accountants, and other professionals are growing along with government oversight of finance, she said.
"Wall Street has moved to K Street," Lang said, "K Street" being shorthand for the locus of lobbyists, policy researchers, and the like.
The number of employers posting jobs and the adjusted pay contributed 40 percent each to the Businessweek.com ranking this year. Unemployment accounted for 20 percent.
The methodology changed. Last year, employers counted for 40 percent, while unadjusted pay, cost of living, and unemployment were weighted at 20 percent each.The 30 cities on the list this year were culled from an initial pool of 3,580 municipalities where employers posted at least one job on the AfterCollege website. The cities with the most listings were cheap wow gold used for the ranking.
2010年7月18日星期日
The lust and caution of yet another fashion magazine cover issue
In my column two weeks ago, I revealed the return of mesos diva Faye Wong on the September issue cover of Elle. Now I am happy to announce her competition - Zhang Ziyi on the Septmeber cover of Bazaar.
I have received several emails doubting Wong's September appearance, but just so you know, she has already finished shooting two sets of cover photos, so it is almost 100 percent sure that we shall be seeing her face on Elle soon.
However, it is not entirely impossible for the editors, or agents, to change their minds.
Did you ever wonder why a poorly-shot photo of Stephen Chow and his animated CJ7 were on the cover of Esquire's July issue?
In fact, actress Tang Wei had already been shot for the cover but her fickle agent, whose name I will not expose, although she did turn down my interview request for no specific reason back when Tang was promoting Crossing Hennessy in April, refused Tang to be interviewed for the magazine which resulted in the star being pulled wow gold from the cover at the last minute.
I can understand the denial of the interview at that time, as Tang was recovering from being banned due to those famous nude scenes in Lust Caution, but after agreeing to a cover shoot for Esquire and then denying an interview for the magazine, that just doesn't make sense.
Poor Esquire had no choice but to move Chow's photos and interview from the inside to the cover.
This is not the first bad collaboration between Tang and Esquire. Remember Fan Bing-bing's controversial but successful, in my opinion, June issue cover? Where she dressed buy wow gold as Che Guevara? The idea had been originally designed for Tang and when her agent backed out, Fan became the hero.
As far as the July issue is concerned, Tang's photos by top local photographer Chen Man were supposed to be moved inside for a promised 10-page spread, but as we have seen since the magazine's release, the promised 10 pages became one and I cannot say that Esquire should to be blamed.
A word of advice to celebrity agents: It is one thing to keep your talent low-profile and another to cross fashion magazine editors. The media circle is indeed a small one. After the Esquire incident, I know that GQ abandoned its plans for Tang to grace their cover and they will, more than likely, not be the only one to do so. It seems Tang's return journey still has a cheap wow gold long way to go. Maybe a more cooperative and friendly agent is needed.
2010年7月16日星期五
7 Ways to Make Life Changing Decisions
Most people don’t know the profound effects mesos of making decisions. Often times, we go through life oblivious to what thoughts we are thinking and what actions we are taking. Every single decision we make in our days shapes our current reality. It shapes who we are as a person because we habitually follow through with the decisions we make without even realizing it.
If you’re unhappy with the results in your life right now, making the effort to changing your decisions starting today will be the key to creating the person you want to be and the life you want to have in the future. Let’s talk about a few ways you can go about making life changing decisions.
1. Realize the power of decision making.
Before you start making a decision, you have to understand what a decision does. Any decision that you make causes a chain of events to happen. When you decide to pick up a cigarette to smoke it, that decision might result in you picking up another one later on to get that same high feeling. After a day, you may have gone through a pack without knowing it. But if you decide not to smoke that first cigarette and make a decision every five minutes to focus your attention somewhere else when you get that craving, after doing this for a week, your cravings will eventually subside and you will become smoke-free. But it comes down to making that very first decision of deciding whether or not to pick up that cigarette.
2. Go with your gut.
Often times, we take too much time to make a decision because we’re afraid of what’s going to happen. As a result of this,wow gold we go through things like careful planning, deep analysis, and pros and cons before deciding. This is a very time consuming process. Instead, learn to trust your gut instinct. For the most part, your first instinct is usually the one that is correct or the one that you truly wanted to go with. Even if you end up making a mistake, going with your gut still makes you a more confident decision maker compared to someone who takes all day to decide.
3. Carry your decision out.
When you make a decision, act on it. Commit to making a real decision. What’s a real decision? It’s when you decide on something, and that decision is carried out through action. It’s pointless to make a decision and have it played out in your head, but not doing anything about it. That’s the same as not making a decision at all. If you want to make real changes in life, you have to make it a habit to apply action with your decision until it’s completed. By going through this so many times, you will feel more confident with accomplishing the next decision that you have in mind.
4. Tell others about your decisions.
There’s something about telling other people what we’re going to do that makes us follow through. For example, for the longest time I’ve been trying to become an early riser and whenever I tried to use my own will power, waking up early without falling back asleep felt impossible. So what I did was I went to a forum and made the decision to tell people that I would wake up at 6 AM and stay up. Within two days, I was able to accomplish doing this because I felt a moral obligation to follow through with my words even though I failed the first time. Did people care? Probably not, but just the fact that there might be someone else out there seeing if you’re telling the truth will give you enough motivation to following through with your decision.
5. Learn from your past decisions.
Even after I failed to follow through my decision the first time when I told people I was going to wake up early and stay up, I didn’t give up. I basically asked myself, “What can I do this time to make it work tomorrow? The truth is you are going to mess up at times when it comes to making decisions and instead of beating yourself up over it, learn something from it. Ask yourself, buy wow gold what was good about the decision I made? What was bad about it? What can I learn from it so I can make a better decision next time? Remember, don’t put so much emphasis focusing on short term effects; instead focus on the long term effects.
6. Maintain a flexible approach.
I know this might sound counter-intuitive, but making a decision doesn’t mean that you can’t be open to other options. For example, let’s say you made the decision to lose ten pounds by next month through cardio. If something comes up, you don’t have to just do cardio. You can be open to losing weight through different methods of dieting as long as it helps you reach your goal in the end. Don’t be stubborn to seek out only one way of making a decision. Embrace any new knowledge that brings you closer to accomplishing your initial decision.
7. Have fun making decisions.
Finally, enjoy the process. I know decision-making might not be the most fun thing world to do, but when you do it often, it becomes a game of opportunity. You’ll learn a lot about yourself on the way, you’ll feel and become a lot more confident when you’re with yourself and around others, and making decisions will just become a lot easier after you do it so often that you won’t even think about it.
Anything you decide to do from this point on can have a profound effect later on. Opportunities are always waiting for you. Examine the decisions that you currently have in the day. Are there any that can be changed to improve your life in some way? Are there cheap wow gold any decisions that you can make today that can create a better tomorrow?
2010年7月15日星期四
One in five adults in love with someone other than partner
One in six of those who love another will follow mesos it through and become involved in a long-term affair
One in five adults is in love with someone other than their partner or spouse, a study has found.
That means just under five million people who are currently married or cohabiting harbour romantic thoughts for a third party.
And the subject of their illicit love is most likely to be a work colleague or among their circle of close friends.
The statistics emerged in a poll of 3,000 people which also revealed one in four are not entirely happy in their current relationship.
And of those who are now completely content with their other half, just over 50 per cent have experienced feelings for someone else.
Worryingly, one in six of those who love another will follow it through and become involved in a long-term affair.
But better news for the long-suffering partners of those with a wandering eye wow gold is that falling for someone else usually only happens once during each relationship.
And only six per cent said they were planning to leave their long-term partner for the other man or woman.
"Even in a happy relationship, it's seems to be possible to have a wandering eye or even crave affection from another person.
"Yet for many people, the feelings are much stronger – with twenty per cent saying they are actually in love with another person despite being in a loving relationship already.
"For those who can't control their lust, this usually leads to an affair and potentially the start of a marriage or relationship breakdown."
The study also found feelings for someone else usually last for three years and three months
As well as colleagues and friends, ex-boyfriends or girlfriends also feature highly on the list of potentially dangerous love interests.
One in 25 people said they had been in love with someone else for more than five years and one in 50 said they had loved buy wow gold another for as long as they could remember.
Men are also far more likely to fall for someone else with 22 per cent admitting they loved two women.
But only 15 per cent of women said the same thing.
And 29 per cent of men said they planned to leave their partner for the other women compared to just 19 per cent of women.
"Men are much more likely to 'window shop' whilst in a loving relationship as well as falling for another women.
"And the study shows guys are more likely to stray too – with almost a third cheap wow gold planning on leaving their partner for another woman."
One in five adults is in love with someone other than their partner or spouse, a study has found.
That means just under five million people who are currently married or cohabiting harbour romantic thoughts for a third party.
And the subject of their illicit love is most likely to be a work colleague or among their circle of close friends.
The statistics emerged in a poll of 3,000 people which also revealed one in four are not entirely happy in their current relationship.
And of those who are now completely content with their other half, just over 50 per cent have experienced feelings for someone else.
Worryingly, one in six of those who love another will follow it through and become involved in a long-term affair.
But better news for the long-suffering partners of those with a wandering eye wow gold is that falling for someone else usually only happens once during each relationship.
And only six per cent said they were planning to leave their long-term partner for the other man or woman.
"Even in a happy relationship, it's seems to be possible to have a wandering eye or even crave affection from another person.
"Yet for many people, the feelings are much stronger – with twenty per cent saying they are actually in love with another person despite being in a loving relationship already.
"For those who can't control their lust, this usually leads to an affair and potentially the start of a marriage or relationship breakdown."
The study also found feelings for someone else usually last for three years and three months
As well as colleagues and friends, ex-boyfriends or girlfriends also feature highly on the list of potentially dangerous love interests.
One in 25 people said they had been in love with someone else for more than five years and one in 50 said they had loved buy wow gold another for as long as they could remember.
Men are also far more likely to fall for someone else with 22 per cent admitting they loved two women.
But only 15 per cent of women said the same thing.
And 29 per cent of men said they planned to leave their partner for the other women compared to just 19 per cent of women.
"Men are much more likely to 'window shop' whilst in a loving relationship as well as falling for another women.
"And the study shows guys are more likely to stray too – with almost a third cheap wow gold planning on leaving their partner for another woman."
2010年7月14日星期三
New advertising campaign of Perrier water
Only Dita Von Teese could get away with turning wow gold sparkling mineral water into something sensual.
And her take on how to advertise bottled aqua certainly makes a change from snow-capped mountains and ruddy-faced cyclists glugging back from large plastic bottles.
Just when we thought the burlesque beauty could out-sex herself no further, Dita manages to turn up the raunch even more in a sexy new viral advertising campaign for Perrier.
Dita Von Teese douses herself in Perrier mineral water for the company's new viral advertising campaign
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Dita Von Teese douses herself in Perrier mineral water for the company's new viral advertising campaign
Dita Von Teese douses herself in Perrier mineral water for the company's new viral advertising campaign
Dita Von Teese douses herself in Perrier mineral cheap wow gold water for the company's new viral advertising campaign
In what is bound to be a massive international sales boost for the French company, Dita, 37, has taken the well-known drink and turned it into a product that every hot-blooded man around the globe will now want to drink - or pour over her.
In the viral, which can be viewed online, users and fans are invited into the Perrier mansion by Dita, who greets them at the door in a clingy, blue satin dress.
Then she breathless asks, 'Pick one. Find me. I'm not far', as users are given the option of two doors - one called The Dark Room and the other mesos entitled Roll The Dice.
2010年7月13日星期二
Family flicks firing up summer box office
Films aimed at parents of youngsters have been mesos so hot this summer that even executives marketing R-rated horror movies must be tempted to work a couple of bars of "We Are Family" into promo spots.
Family films have well outpaced prerelease projections repeatedly since May, and Disney hopes to extend that streak when "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" hits multiplexes Wednesday. Consensus forecasts show the Nicolas Cage family fantasy ringing up more than $30 million during its five-day bow.
Meanwhile, there still is that puzzling matter of why family-film openings are so tough to predict. "The simplest answer is that the tracking doesn't include the young kids themselves," Disney distribution president Chuck Viane said.
Prerelease tracking surveys focus on picture awareness and must-see interest. So asking parents about a kids-targeted release does seem a bit off base.
"The nag factor is what drives those kind of movies," a studio executive mused, a bit indelicately. "The parents might be less inclined than the kids to see a picture, but then the kids pester the parents, and the rest is history."
Studios subscribing to the various movie-tracking services see data on one another's movies, but only companies set to release a kids picture order tracking surveys tailored to that group. Even there, the kids' movie interests tend to be expressed by their parents.
In the end, family moviegoers' impulsive charge on the multiplexes might not show up in tracking polls, but they sure show up in the weekend box office. Such family stampedes also can generate interest among other groups of moviegoers.
"There can be a disconnect in tracking sometimes about how far a picture will reach across all audiences," said Sony distribution president Rory Bruer, whose remake of "The Karate Kid" bowed last month with a much-better-than expected $55.7 million. "There's no doubt that word-of-mouth is important in that aspect."
Word-of-mouth can't be gauged in advance, but positive buzz quickly can morph into outsized box office. Film distribution executives on rival lots used their usual Monday conference calls to discuss why Universal's "Despicable Me" beat projections by such a big margin during the weekend. The animated 3D comedy rang up $56.4 million during wow gold its three-day bow, though most industryites expected "Despicable" to debut with $30-35 million.
"People think it was a whole host of things contributing to the big opening," a rival distribution executive said. "You had some fresh-looking characters, funny trailers and a huge boost from running those trailers with other hit family films over the past several weeks."
Still, it was tough to get prospective "Despicable" patrons to focus on the film until just before to its opening, judging from the tepid interest reflected in tracking surveys.
"Tracking could have been distorted by all the other PG movies in the marketplace at the time," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said. "The tracking jumped in the last week, but it was very difficult up until then."
The white noise generated by similar releases circulating in the market can distort tracking data, industryites agreed, and summer is chockablock with youth-seeking films. Disney's "Toy Story 3" still is going gangbusters with $339.2 million in sales after four weekends, and "The Karate Kid," boasting a $164.3 million total, also remains in wide release. Even Paramount's "The Last Airbender," which posted a soft second session, well outpaced projections with its $51.8 million bow during buy wow gold the four-day Independence Day frame.
To promote "Apprentice," Disney has been running promo spots during TV networks' kids-show blocks on Saturday mornings. Tracking was slow to pick up, partly because of the youth-market focus on recently released "Eclipse," and even now there remains uncertainty about opening prospects for the pricey Jerry Bruckheimer-produced picture.
"It's just harder to get a handle on what kids are thinking," an industryite said with a shrug. "Tracking surveys are based on what people express in phone and Internet surveys, and you're not going to find the young kids that way."
The only other wide opener set for release this week is an adult-targeting thriller: Warner Bros.' Leonardo DiCaprio starrer "Inception." The Christopher Nolan-directed film opens Friday amid expectations of a $50 million-plus weekend, though in a sense even "Inception" forecasts amount to so much industry guesswork.
Nielsen-NRG, Marketcast and other tracking services stopped giving studio clients specific projections on first-week grosses a couple of years ago, after the sensitive data started circulating around town. A string of embarrassingly wrong projections cheap wow gold by the tracking services also might have figured in the policy change.
Family films have well outpaced prerelease projections repeatedly since May, and Disney hopes to extend that streak when "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" hits multiplexes Wednesday. Consensus forecasts show the Nicolas Cage family fantasy ringing up more than $30 million during its five-day bow.
Meanwhile, there still is that puzzling matter of why family-film openings are so tough to predict. "The simplest answer is that the tracking doesn't include the young kids themselves," Disney distribution president Chuck Viane said.
Prerelease tracking surveys focus on picture awareness and must-see interest. So asking parents about a kids-targeted release does seem a bit off base.
"The nag factor is what drives those kind of movies," a studio executive mused, a bit indelicately. "The parents might be less inclined than the kids to see a picture, but then the kids pester the parents, and the rest is history."
Studios subscribing to the various movie-tracking services see data on one another's movies, but only companies set to release a kids picture order tracking surveys tailored to that group. Even there, the kids' movie interests tend to be expressed by their parents.
In the end, family moviegoers' impulsive charge on the multiplexes might not show up in tracking polls, but they sure show up in the weekend box office. Such family stampedes also can generate interest among other groups of moviegoers.
"There can be a disconnect in tracking sometimes about how far a picture will reach across all audiences," said Sony distribution president Rory Bruer, whose remake of "The Karate Kid" bowed last month with a much-better-than expected $55.7 million. "There's no doubt that word-of-mouth is important in that aspect."
Word-of-mouth can't be gauged in advance, but positive buzz quickly can morph into outsized box office. Film distribution executives on rival lots used their usual Monday conference calls to discuss why Universal's "Despicable Me" beat projections by such a big margin during the weekend. The animated 3D comedy rang up $56.4 million during wow gold its three-day bow, though most industryites expected "Despicable" to debut with $30-35 million.
"People think it was a whole host of things contributing to the big opening," a rival distribution executive said. "You had some fresh-looking characters, funny trailers and a huge boost from running those trailers with other hit family films over the past several weeks."
Still, it was tough to get prospective "Despicable" patrons to focus on the film until just before to its opening, judging from the tepid interest reflected in tracking surveys.
"Tracking could have been distorted by all the other PG movies in the marketplace at the time," Universal distribution president Nikki Rocco said. "The tracking jumped in the last week, but it was very difficult up until then."
The white noise generated by similar releases circulating in the market can distort tracking data, industryites agreed, and summer is chockablock with youth-seeking films. Disney's "Toy Story 3" still is going gangbusters with $339.2 million in sales after four weekends, and "The Karate Kid," boasting a $164.3 million total, also remains in wide release. Even Paramount's "The Last Airbender," which posted a soft second session, well outpaced projections with its $51.8 million bow during buy wow gold the four-day Independence Day frame.
To promote "Apprentice," Disney has been running promo spots during TV networks' kids-show blocks on Saturday mornings. Tracking was slow to pick up, partly because of the youth-market focus on recently released "Eclipse," and even now there remains uncertainty about opening prospects for the pricey Jerry Bruckheimer-produced picture.
"It's just harder to get a handle on what kids are thinking," an industryite said with a shrug. "Tracking surveys are based on what people express in phone and Internet surveys, and you're not going to find the young kids that way."
The only other wide opener set for release this week is an adult-targeting thriller: Warner Bros.' Leonardo DiCaprio starrer "Inception." The Christopher Nolan-directed film opens Friday amid expectations of a $50 million-plus weekend, though in a sense even "Inception" forecasts amount to so much industry guesswork.
Nielsen-NRG, Marketcast and other tracking services stopped giving studio clients specific projections on first-week grosses a couple of years ago, after the sensitive data started circulating around town. A string of embarrassingly wrong projections cheap wow gold by the tracking services also might have figured in the policy change.
2010年7月12日星期一
Emmys honor shows already off the air
They may not be on the air, but they're on mesos the ballot.At least seven defunct TV shows were nominated for Primetime Emmys on Thursday, including "Lost," "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien," "The New Adventures of Old Christine," "Monk," "24," "Heroes" and "Flash Forward."
ABC's "Lost," which has been nominated every year since 2005, received 12 bids, making it the sixth-most nominated show this year.
"For a show to be nominated when it's not on the air anymore — we canceled ourselves but we're still canceled — is pretty awesome," said co-creator Damon Lindelof.
But "Lost" was a special situation because its creators set out the parameters when it started, dealt with a finite time to complete it and felt mounting pressure to go out with a bang, said co-creator Carlton Cuse.
"We told the story that we wanted to tell and we were really fortunate that we got wow gold to do that and end the show on our own terms," he said.
"The story ended. It wasn't because people lost interest or the quality of the show was falling off," said Matthew Fox, who is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series. "We were at the peak of our game."
However, most of the other defunct-but-nominated shows went out with less glory.
The "New Adventures of Old Christine" ended its run after five seasons because CBS wouldn't renew the show.
"I was relieved to see that the Academy spelled my name right," said nominated star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, referring to the recent misspelling of her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "As I am now a free agent, LeBron and I will be buy wow gold announcing our plans later this evening."
Production on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" came to an abrupt halt after a mere seven months when failing ratings for the short-lived, prime-time debut of "The Jay Leno Show" led to O'Brien's departure.
But O'Brien didn't shy too far away from the irony of being nominated on a canceled show, tweeting "Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien.'"
Meanwhile, Don Mischer, executive producer of the Aug. 29 Emmy ceremony, says there are plans to honor the canceled shows within the broadcast.
"The Grammys generally have all new material. The Oscars have all new material each year, each season. But we have repeat shows that are nominated," Mischer explained. "So that's one of the things that we kind of have to deal with and figure out how to make it emotional and meaningful. Now this year, with ... all that going off the air, that is an opportunity for an emotional cheap wow gold goodbye kind of thing."
ABC's "Lost," which has been nominated every year since 2005, received 12 bids, making it the sixth-most nominated show this year.
"For a show to be nominated when it's not on the air anymore — we canceled ourselves but we're still canceled — is pretty awesome," said co-creator Damon Lindelof.
But "Lost" was a special situation because its creators set out the parameters when it started, dealt with a finite time to complete it and felt mounting pressure to go out with a bang, said co-creator Carlton Cuse.
"We told the story that we wanted to tell and we were really fortunate that we got wow gold to do that and end the show on our own terms," he said.
"The story ended. It wasn't because people lost interest or the quality of the show was falling off," said Matthew Fox, who is nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series. "We were at the peak of our game."
However, most of the other defunct-but-nominated shows went out with less glory.
The "New Adventures of Old Christine" ended its run after five seasons because CBS wouldn't renew the show.
"I was relieved to see that the Academy spelled my name right," said nominated star Julia Louis-Dreyfus, referring to the recent misspelling of her name on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. "As I am now a free agent, LeBron and I will be buy wow gold announcing our plans later this evening."
Production on NBC's "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" came to an abrupt halt after a mere seven months when failing ratings for the short-lived, prime-time debut of "The Jay Leno Show" led to O'Brien's departure.
But O'Brien didn't shy too far away from the irony of being nominated on a canceled show, tweeting "Congrats to my staff on 4 Emmy nominations. This bodes well for the future of 'The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien.'"
Meanwhile, Don Mischer, executive producer of the Aug. 29 Emmy ceremony, says there are plans to honor the canceled shows within the broadcast.
"The Grammys generally have all new material. The Oscars have all new material each year, each season. But we have repeat shows that are nominated," Mischer explained. "So that's one of the things that we kind of have to deal with and figure out how to make it emotional and meaningful. Now this year, with ... all that going off the air, that is an opportunity for an emotional cheap wow gold goodbye kind of thing."
2010年7月9日星期五
"The Pacific," "Mad Men" among top contenders as Emmy nominations announced
The HBO miniseries "The Pacific " leads a strong field of mesos contenders for the 62nd annual Primetire Emmy Awards with 24 nods while AMC's "Mad Men" aims to defend its crown in outstanding drama series, as the 62nd Emmy Awards nominations were announced Thursday morning.
Actress Sofia Vergara (L) and actor Joel McHale (R) announce the nominations for lead actress in a comedy series for the 62nd Emmy Awards at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles July 8, 2010. The awards will be presented on August 29. (Reuters Photo)
Australian actress Toni Collette arrives at the 16th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles in this January 23, 2010 file photo. Colette was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress In A Comedy Series for her role in 'United States of Tara' for the 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards, announced July 8, 2010. Picture wow gold taken January 23, 2010. (Reuters Photo)
Actress Sofia Vergara (L) reacts as Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Chairman John Shaffner (R) announces that she has been nominated for her work in "Modern Family" as the nominations for the 62nd Emmy Awards are announced at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles July 8, 2010.
"The Pacific" led all buy wow gold nominees with 24. The 10-part World War II drama whose executive producers include Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg was nominated for outstanding miniseries along with PBS' "Return to Cranford (Masterpiece)."
As a new comer, the Fox hit "Glee" which has landed 19 nominations overall, will face off with NBC's "30 Rock" for best comedy as the latter was trying to walk away with the title for fourth time. The contenders also include HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm," ABC's "Modern Family," Showtime's "Nurse Jackie" and NBC's "The Office."
"Mad Men," which collected 17 overall nominations, will compete with fellow AMC drama "Breaking Bad," Showtime's "Dexter," CBS' "The Good Wife," ABC's "Lost" and HBO's "True Blood."
Bryan Cranston of "Breaking Bad" and Glenn Close of FX's " Damages" will both be looking for their third consecutive wins for acting in a drama series.
Alec Baldwin, who won the Emmy last year for best comedy actor for "30 Rock," and "Glee" songstress Lea Michele were nominated for best actor and actress in a comedy series respectively.
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also jumped on the Team Coco bandwagon, nominating the short-lived "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" in the category of outstanding variety, music or comedy series in a snub to Jay Leno who returned at the helm after a seven-month absence.
"Late Show with David Letterman" is missing from this race for the first time since it debuted in 1994, raising the most eyebrows. Letterman, who won four consecutive Emmys as part of the writing team on the original "Late Night" beginning in 1984, had been a perennial writing nominee for "Late Show" until this year.
Al Pacino and Hope Davis also got their nods for outstanding actor and actress in a miniseries or movie.
The 62nd annual Primetime Emmy Awards will be aired live coast to coast Aug. 29 at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles with late-night talk show cheap wow gold host Jimmy Fallon as the host.
2010年7月8日星期四
Wealthier is not necessarily healthier: study
The suggestion by one of mesos US President Barack Obama's key economic advisers that wealthier nations are also healthier is not necessarily true, according to a team of British social scientists.
The research team studied data from 22 countries over almost 50 years to test the principle that stimulating economic growth automatically improves levels of public health, particularly in the developing world.
Their findings suggest the idea is over-simplistic, they said, and in some cases the health of a population has worsened even as the country's national income was rising.
This was because issues of poverty and inequality were ignored by policymakers more worried about economic growth, a strategy that may ultimately cost lives, the researchers said.
"The 'wealthier is healthier' argument is the idea that if you have economic growth, you are acquiring the resources that will help society's health to improve as a whole," said Larry King, of Cambridge University's sociology department, whose study was published in the journal Social Science and Medicine.
"Our study found that wealth is not enough. If policymakers want to improve health, they need to look more closely at the impact that they are having on individual living standards."
King said the link between economic growth and improving public health was first made in an influential paper in 1996 co-authored by Larry Summers, now director of the National Economic Council in the United States and a leading presidential adviser.
Since then it has been a "guiding formula" for both health ministries and wow gold many of the global financial bodies that support international development.
REDUCING INEQUALITY IS KEY
The Cambridge-led research team looked at the effects of poverty and inequality in 22 Latin American countries from 1960 to 2007. Their study analyzed three standard measures of public health -- life expectancy, infant mortality rates and tuberculosis mortality rates -- against gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as a measure of economic growth.
Initial results appeared to vindicate the traditional theory, the researchers said. They showed that each one percent rise in GDP was linked buy wow gold to a 1.2 percent reduction in infant death rates and an increase in life expectancy of about 22 days.
But when the relationship between wealth and health was examined across the entire period, and including the distribution of wealth, a different pattern emerged.
During periods when inequality widened, for example, the study found that a 1 percent rise in GDP led to a lower decrease in infant death rates of just 0.9 percent, and had no effect at all on tuberculosis (TB) mortality rates or life expectancy.
When inequality in the same countries was narrowing, a rise in wealth had a much larger effect, the study found. At these times, a one percent increase in GDP was linked to a 1.5 percent fall in child death rates, a 1.8 percent drop in TB death rates, and an increase in average life expectancy of 51 days.
"The current economic crisis has led to great concern among politicians, central banks and international financial organizations for restoring high rates of growth," King said.
"According to these results, focusing on growth rather than poverty cheap wow gold reduction and reducing inequality may lead to substantial loss of life."
The research team studied data from 22 countries over almost 50 years to test the principle that stimulating economic growth automatically improves levels of public health, particularly in the developing world.
Their findings suggest the idea is over-simplistic, they said, and in some cases the health of a population has worsened even as the country's national income was rising.
This was because issues of poverty and inequality were ignored by policymakers more worried about economic growth, a strategy that may ultimately cost lives, the researchers said.
"The 'wealthier is healthier' argument is the idea that if you have economic growth, you are acquiring the resources that will help society's health to improve as a whole," said Larry King, of Cambridge University's sociology department, whose study was published in the journal Social Science and Medicine.
"Our study found that wealth is not enough. If policymakers want to improve health, they need to look more closely at the impact that they are having on individual living standards."
King said the link between economic growth and improving public health was first made in an influential paper in 1996 co-authored by Larry Summers, now director of the National Economic Council in the United States and a leading presidential adviser.
Since then it has been a "guiding formula" for both health ministries and wow gold many of the global financial bodies that support international development.
REDUCING INEQUALITY IS KEY
The Cambridge-led research team looked at the effects of poverty and inequality in 22 Latin American countries from 1960 to 2007. Their study analyzed three standard measures of public health -- life expectancy, infant mortality rates and tuberculosis mortality rates -- against gross domestic product (GDP) per capita as a measure of economic growth.
Initial results appeared to vindicate the traditional theory, the researchers said. They showed that each one percent rise in GDP was linked buy wow gold to a 1.2 percent reduction in infant death rates and an increase in life expectancy of about 22 days.
But when the relationship between wealth and health was examined across the entire period, and including the distribution of wealth, a different pattern emerged.
During periods when inequality widened, for example, the study found that a 1 percent rise in GDP led to a lower decrease in infant death rates of just 0.9 percent, and had no effect at all on tuberculosis (TB) mortality rates or life expectancy.
When inequality in the same countries was narrowing, a rise in wealth had a much larger effect, the study found. At these times, a one percent increase in GDP was linked to a 1.5 percent fall in child death rates, a 1.8 percent drop in TB death rates, and an increase in average life expectancy of 51 days.
"The current economic crisis has led to great concern among politicians, central banks and international financial organizations for restoring high rates of growth," King said.
"According to these results, focusing on growth rather than poverty cheap wow gold reduction and reducing inequality may lead to substantial loss of life."
2010年7月7日星期三
Puyol heads dazzling Spain into its first-ever World Cup final
Barcelona defender Carles Puyol's powerful header mesos lift European champions Spain to its first-ever FIFA World Cup final here Wednesday, beating Germany 1-0 in the semis.
"We deserve this but we want more," said Spain striker David Villa, who is tied with Netherlands playmaker Wesley Sneijder for the tournament scoring lead with five goals each. "We are happy to be in the final, that was our objective, but now we want to be champions."
"We've shown that in the big moments we can grow even more," Villa said. "We should have scored more goals, but one from Puyol has put us in the final."
Andres Iniesta's dribble earned a corner for Spain and onrushing Puyol jumped high to hammer Xavi's cross into the net in the 73rd minute.
In previous World Cup finals, Spain's best result was the fourth finisher in 1950.
In the final in Johannesburg on July 11, Spain will meet the Netherlands, who beat Uruguay 3-2 on Tuesday.
"From defence through to attack I think we played a great game," Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said. "We've got another game in front of us, let's see if we are able to control the ball. We're in good shape physically, so let's see if we can win."
Germany, who whitewashed Argentina 4-0 in the quarterfinal, have to vie for the third place with Uruguay in Port Elizabeth on July 10.
The last encounter between Spain and Germany was in the Euro 2008 final. Spain won 1-0 thanks to a Fernando Torres strike. But Torres, who has not scored a single goal so far in the World Cup, sat on the bench in the first half. Barcelona forward Pedro replaced him as the starter.
Spain almost controlled the match, boasting 13 shots against Germany's five. The game was much like the repeat of the Euro 2008 final, witnessing Spain's dazzling short passes, wow gold crosses, dribblings and through balls.
"In the last two or three years they have been one of the best and most united teams," Germany coach Joachim Loew said. "They circulate the ball well and we couldn't play the way we like to play."
"Our defense is hard to stop them," admitted Loew.
"It was very difficult tonight," said Germany skipper Philipp Lahm. "We knew Spain were a favourite to win the tournament. Spain is a very strong team."
Germany sorely missed suspended winger Thomas Mueller, who had scored four goals so far and was often able to outsprint opponents.
Germany played buy wow gold more cautiously tonight than the Argentina game. Their defense was tough and made little mistakes. Otherwise, the score would not be 1-0.
Spain defender Sergio Ramos made a very ambitious shot in the 18th minute when he found himself isolated out on the right but the ball sailed high and wide.
Pedro attempted an acrobatic effort from an Iniesta cross in the 24th minute but the ball was a bit slow in arriving though and he had to make a hash of his volley.
The first shot from Germany came in the 31st minute when midfielder Piotr Trochowski's low drive was tipped behind by Spain skipper Iker Casillas.
Spain geared up after the interval, laying siege to the German goal.
The 48th minute saw an excellent play from Pedro who beat German defenders Jerome Boateng and Arne Friedrich on the right before pulling back to Xabi Alonso. Unfortunately, the Real Madrid midfielder dragged his shot a bit wide.
After one minute, Xavi's lay off found Alonso whose crisp shot went a bit wide again.
Loew fielded Hamburger SV defender Marcell Jansen to replace Boateng in a bid to fortify the left side defence on 52 minutes.
However, the 57th minute witnessed a brilliant chance for Spain. German keeper Manuel Neuer denied Pedro with a superb save. But Spain came again with Iniesta, exchanging passes with Alonso before firing the ball across the German goal. Villa streched but was an inch from making it.
German substitute Toni Kroos squandered a scoring chance in the 68th minute when a cross from a neat exchange of passes between Ozil and Podolski sat up perfectly for the unmarked Kroos in the box. But the Bayer Leverkusen young talent's volley was denied by Casillas.
Spain pleased the fans with their amazing play of football and it was only a matter cheap wow gold of time before they got the goal their slick possession football deserved.
"We deserve this but we want more," said Spain striker David Villa, who is tied with Netherlands playmaker Wesley Sneijder for the tournament scoring lead with five goals each. "We are happy to be in the final, that was our objective, but now we want to be champions."
"We've shown that in the big moments we can grow even more," Villa said. "We should have scored more goals, but one from Puyol has put us in the final."
Andres Iniesta's dribble earned a corner for Spain and onrushing Puyol jumped high to hammer Xavi's cross into the net in the 73rd minute.
In previous World Cup finals, Spain's best result was the fourth finisher in 1950.
In the final in Johannesburg on July 11, Spain will meet the Netherlands, who beat Uruguay 3-2 on Tuesday.
"From defence through to attack I think we played a great game," Spain coach Vicente del Bosque said. "We've got another game in front of us, let's see if we are able to control the ball. We're in good shape physically, so let's see if we can win."
Germany, who whitewashed Argentina 4-0 in the quarterfinal, have to vie for the third place with Uruguay in Port Elizabeth on July 10.
The last encounter between Spain and Germany was in the Euro 2008 final. Spain won 1-0 thanks to a Fernando Torres strike. But Torres, who has not scored a single goal so far in the World Cup, sat on the bench in the first half. Barcelona forward Pedro replaced him as the starter.
Spain almost controlled the match, boasting 13 shots against Germany's five. The game was much like the repeat of the Euro 2008 final, witnessing Spain's dazzling short passes, wow gold crosses, dribblings and through balls.
"In the last two or three years they have been one of the best and most united teams," Germany coach Joachim Loew said. "They circulate the ball well and we couldn't play the way we like to play."
"Our defense is hard to stop them," admitted Loew.
"It was very difficult tonight," said Germany skipper Philipp Lahm. "We knew Spain were a favourite to win the tournament. Spain is a very strong team."
Germany sorely missed suspended winger Thomas Mueller, who had scored four goals so far and was often able to outsprint opponents.
Germany played buy wow gold more cautiously tonight than the Argentina game. Their defense was tough and made little mistakes. Otherwise, the score would not be 1-0.
Spain defender Sergio Ramos made a very ambitious shot in the 18th minute when he found himself isolated out on the right but the ball sailed high and wide.
Pedro attempted an acrobatic effort from an Iniesta cross in the 24th minute but the ball was a bit slow in arriving though and he had to make a hash of his volley.
The first shot from Germany came in the 31st minute when midfielder Piotr Trochowski's low drive was tipped behind by Spain skipper Iker Casillas.
Spain geared up after the interval, laying siege to the German goal.
The 48th minute saw an excellent play from Pedro who beat German defenders Jerome Boateng and Arne Friedrich on the right before pulling back to Xabi Alonso. Unfortunately, the Real Madrid midfielder dragged his shot a bit wide.
After one minute, Xavi's lay off found Alonso whose crisp shot went a bit wide again.
Loew fielded Hamburger SV defender Marcell Jansen to replace Boateng in a bid to fortify the left side defence on 52 minutes.
However, the 57th minute witnessed a brilliant chance for Spain. German keeper Manuel Neuer denied Pedro with a superb save. But Spain came again with Iniesta, exchanging passes with Alonso before firing the ball across the German goal. Villa streched but was an inch from making it.
German substitute Toni Kroos squandered a scoring chance in the 68th minute when a cross from a neat exchange of passes between Ozil and Podolski sat up perfectly for the unmarked Kroos in the box. But the Bayer Leverkusen young talent's volley was denied by Casillas.
Spain pleased the fans with their amazing play of football and it was only a matter cheap wow gold of time before they got the goal their slick possession football deserved.
2010年7月6日星期二
No Photoshop: Madonna poses in undies like model half her age
With the indentations left by fishnets still mesos visible across her midriff, here is the proof that Madonna is still confident enough in her figure to do away with the airbrush.
Admittedly the soft lighting must have helped create these rather appealing shots.
But this is Madonna in all her glory, smouldering into the camera like a model half her 51 years.
She seductively tugs at her underwear, kisses a crucifix - she just can't resist, can she? - and puts on an eye-patch in her latest spread for Interview magazine.
Madonna poses in a sexy photoshoot, but judging by the imprint left on her torso by the fishnets, it seems she's remained untouched by the airbrush
The singer, holding a crucifix to her lips here, says she is now focusing on her film career and has no energy to work on wow gold her music any more
She speaks to American film director Gus Van Sant for the June edition of Interview magazine
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It comes as a surprise to see the Queen of Pop in a more natural light, especially as she's appeared in so many airbrushed campaigns over the years, recently for the likes of Louis Vuitton.
But she has been looking more youthful than ever of late, notwithstanding a few unfortunate pictures of her arms. But in these shots, the good lighting ensures her arms appear less sinewy than usual.
Now she can add to her repertoire these impressive buy wow gold new photographs, which were shot by Mert Atlas and Marcus Piggot for a spread in the June edition of Interview magazine.
In the interview Madonna speaks to American film director Gus Van Sant and reveals she is now heavily focused on her film career and doesn't have the energy to sing any more.
She told Gus, the man behind films including Milk and Good Will Hunting, that her new movie W.E. - about the British Royal family - had taken over her life.
The 51-year-old, who has starred in film including Evita, has spent the past two-and-a-half years writing the film.
It tells the tale Britain's King Edward VIII, who abdicated the throne to marry U.S. divorcee Wallis Simpson.
But the she admitted that the task has left her little room to contemplate making another album.
The last studio album she released was Hard Candy in April 2008 with Warner Bros. Records.
It was her eleventh and final studio album with the record company before a greatest hits album Celebration, which was released last September, marking the end of a 25-year recording history.
Talking to Interview magazine, she told film director Gus: 'I’ve been writing it for the last two and a half years, to tell you the truth. It’s been kind of an obsession of mine.'
But regarding her next album, she continued: 'I don’t have a record deal right now with anybody.
'I don’t know how I’m going to get my music out the next time I make a record.
'I haven't really been focused as much as I should be on the music part of my career, because this movie has consumed every inch of me.
'Between that and my children, I don’t have the time or energy for anything else.'
She also admitted that she 'cried and cried' when she watched her ex-husband Sean Penn portray a homosexual politician in the 2008 film Milk, which Gus Van Sant directed.
Mother-of-four Madonna said: 'Milk was such a brilliant film. I cried and cried. I loved it. He (Penn) is amazing... I could see why he would be attracted to the role and be able to say yes in two seconds. Watching Milk was such a trip down memory lane for me.'
Penn won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of cheap wow gold Harvey Milk in the movie.
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