If your test statistic is symmetrically distributed, you can select one of three alternative hypotheses. Two of these correspond to one-tailed tests and one corresponds to a two-tailed test. However, the p-value presented is almost always for a two-tailed test. But how do you choose which test? Is the p-value appropriate for your test? And, if it is not, how can you calculate the correct p-value for your test given the p-value in your output? If you are using a significance level of 0.

This means that. When using a two-tailed test, regardless of the direction of the relationship you hypothesize, you are testing for the possibility of the relationship in both directions. For example, we may wish to compare the mean of a sample to a given value x using a t-test.

Our null hypothesis is that the mean is equal to x. A two-tailed test will test both if the mean is significantly greater than x and if the mean significantly less than x. The mean is considered significantly different from x if the test statistic is in the top 2. If you are using a significance level of.

When using a one-tailed test, you are testing for the possibility of the relationship in one direction and completely disregarding the possibility of a relationship in the other direction. A one-tailed test will test either if the mean is significantly greater than x or if the mean is significantly less than x , but not both. The one-tailed test provides more power to detect an effect in one direction by not testing the effect in the other direction.

Small sample hypothesis test. Large sample proportion hypothesis testing. Current timeTotal duration Google Classroom Facebook Twitter. Video transcript In the last video, our null hypothesis was the drug had no effect. And our alternative hypothesis was that the drug just has an effect. We didn't say whether the drug would lower the response time or raise the response time. We just said the drug had an effect, that the mean when you have the drug will not be the same thing as the population mean.

And then the null hypothesis says no, your mean with the drug's going to be the same thing as the population mean, it has no effect. In this situation where we're really just testing to see if it had an effect, whether an extreme positive effect, or an extreme negative effect, would have both been considered an effect.

We did something called a two-tailed test. This is called eight two-tailed test. Because frankly, a super high response time, if you had a response time that was more than 3 standard deviations, that would've also made us likely to reject the null hypothesis. So we were dealing with kind of both tails. You could have done a similar type of hypothesis test with the same experiment where you only had a one-tailed test. And the way we could have done that is we still could have had the null hypothesis be that the drug has no effect.

Or that the mean with the drug-- the mean, and maybe I could say the mean with the drug-- is still going to be 1. Now if we wanted to do a one-tailed test, but for some reason we already had maybe a view that this drug would lower response times, then our alternative hypothesis-- and just so you get familiar with different types of notation, some books or teachers will write the alternative hypothesis as H1, sometimes they write it as H alternative, either one is fine.

If you want to do one-tailed test, you could say that the drug lowers response time. Or that the mean with the drug is less than 1. A one-tailed hypothesis test, on the other hand, is set up to show that the sample mean would be higher or lower than the population mean.

A Z-score numerically describes a value's relationship to the mean of a group of values and is measured in terms of the number of standard deviations from the mean. If a Z-score is 0, it indicates that the data point's score is identical to the mean score whereas Z-scores of 1.

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Warming temperatures due to global changes in climate can change precipitation patterns and increase the speed of evaporation. Desertification in the Sahel has caused the Sahara to expand and has led to conflict as northern farmers have migrated to the south in search of fertile soil.

In addition to an array of landforms from rift valleys to mountains to deserts, Sub-Saharan Africa contains a wide variety of climate zones and precipitation patterns. In general, the continent is relatively hot with temperate climates in the higher elevations. Some areas of Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly the tropical rainforests of West Africa, receive upwards of 3, mm inches of rain each year, while other areas such as the Namib Desert receive less than 10 mm 0.

Africa has a long history of human habitation giving rise to numerous cultural and linguistic groups. Early humans were primarily gatherers, and there is evidence of people gathering nuts, grasses, and tubers around 16, BCE in the highlands of Northern Ethiopia.

Around 10, years ago, the domestication of the first crops and livestock developed in Africa and the practice of settled agriculture began. In pre-colonial Africa, women were, and still are in many areas, the primary agriculturalists. It was the responsibility of women to understand the seasonality of crops and this, along with the role of bearing and rearing children, gave women an important role in African society.

Many early religions placed a strong emphasis on female goddesses reflecting the central role of women in society. Men were primarily the hunters and gatherers.

For early Africans, the family was the basic and most important social unit. It was the family unit that owned and accessed land rather than individuals. Furthermore, land could not be bought or sold, but instead was passed down through the tradition of partible inheritance, meaning land is divided among the heirs. Elsewhere in the world, such as in the United Kingdom for much of its history, land was passed down to the firstborn male, known as primogeniture.

With partible inheritance, however, no landed aristocracy developed since every male was given an equal share rather than just the firstborn. If the family was the basic social unit in African society, it was the extended family that was the most important politically. Tribes , consisting of groups of families united by a common ancestry and language, controlled distinct tracts of territory.

In pre-colonial Africa, there were over distinct ethnic regions — and some of the ethnic regions identified by anthropologists actually had multiple distinct cultural groups within them.

Tribal groups sometimes coexisted peacefully, and other times, warred over territory. Pre-colonial Africa was also the site of a number of large empires see Figure 6. The rulers of the kingdom minted their own currency, built religious monuments, and established trading routes. The Empire of Ghana had a large capital city, markets, and a system of taxation. The second was the start of the transatlantic slave trade in the 15th century CE.

Slavery was present in Africa long before European conquest, however. In some pre-colonial African societies, as in other parts of the world, slavery was a part of the local community. Slaves might be taken from conquered groups or given as gifts. In general, though, slavery represented a relatively small segment of ancient African society and economy.

European contact with Africa was initially focused on establishing a port along the West African coast, a place to resupply along the long trip to South and Southeast Asia. Beginning in the 15th century, however, this objective shifted to gaining resources. Portugal was the first of the Europeans to begin buying enslaved Africans.

Portugal then brought in slaves to help cultivate the sugar. The Spanish then began buying slaves to send to the New World in the early 16th century, bringing them first to the islands of Cuba and Hispaniola. Initially, Europeans raided coastal African villages in order to secure slaves, but over time, began purchasing slaves from African rulers and traders. Europeans developed military alliances and beneficial trading partnerships with some of these groups to ensure a steady supply of slaves.

By CE, around 50, slaves were being shipped out of Africa each year, and though it is difficult to know the exact total number of people sold into slavery, it is estimated that around 12 million Africans were shipped to the New World.

During this time, many African groups practiced a form of agriculture known as shifting cultivation , where one area of land is farmed for a period of time and then abandoned until its fertility naturally restores. Eventually, farmers return to the abandoned plot of land after many years, which is now overgrown, and often burn the vegetation, known as slash-and-burn, in order to return the nutrients to the soil. Because of this, much of the land in Africa looked unused, but was actually part of a larger agricultural system.

Colonial empires took over these fragments of unused land to set up their own agricultural systems. For some time, European empires had this relatively piecemeal approach to Africa, taking resources, land, and slaves without directly controlling territory. Europeans had little interest in the interior of Africa and were primarily focused on the coastal areas. This would completely change beginning in the late 19th century as European powers scrambled for control of the continent.

As the Industrial Revolution was spreading across Europe, colonial empires were seeking to expand their colonial holdings in order to gain mineral resources and expand agricultural production. As Europeans began exploring the interior of Africa, and recognized its resource potential, competition among European empires grew fierce.

France, Italy, Britain, Portugal, and Belgium all raced through the interior of Africa trying to expand and strengthen their territories. Increasing international concerns over global food security are driving the development of African arable land and investment in agricultural infrastructure and associated industries, with significant investment from sovereign wealth funds via the Gulf Arab states.

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In Kenya , in March , President Kenyatta and opposition leader Raila Odinga reached an agreement known as the "handshake", which ended the blockade after the presidential elections in The KAS's work in Kenya focuses on the promotion and consolidation of democracy, the decentralization process initiated by the new constitution, the strengthening of civil society and the promotion of the social market economy.

Examples of democratic renewal can be found in southern Africa. Presidents or dictators who ruled for decades were forced to resign along with their patronage networks in order to make room for democratic reforms e. Especially in connection with the "election year " with presidential and parliamentary elections in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique and Malawi, new starting points for the work of the KAS arise.

In Zimbabwe , the political and economic situation remains volatile in the second year after the fall of Mugabe. Nevertheless, KAS country office makes use of the new political space in order to carry out political education work with new cooperation partners, e.

In addition, measures in the area of the social market economy are increasingly being implemented. Although the political situation in Namibia is largely stable, the economic situation is stagnant with high unemployment and social inequality. The work of the KAS focuses on the one hand on the area of parliamentary cooperation and on the other hand on the promotion of women.

Another focus is on regional integration. South Africa is regarded in many respects as the engine for the African region. It is precisely for this reason that it is important to promote regional networking in order to be able to deal efficiently with transnational issues.

Our work focuses on political education, constitutional development, promotion of the multi-party system, social coherence and, through a liaison office in Cape Town, cooperation with parliament. Head of the Department Sub-Saharan Africa. Africa - European and International Cooperation. Sub-Saharan Africa. Please click here to view the contents.

Join our discussion under AfricanDemocracy on Facebook and Twitter. Print Send via mail Share. Notwithstanding regression in Zimbabwe and Ethiopia, for example, Africa as a whole has become politically more open; the participation of the people in political processes through elections has increased. Political transformation has tended to have little effect effect on the accountability of regimes; many political systems continue to be characterized by neopatrimonialism.

The policies and service delivery undertaken by African countries have been inadequate. This is true both of basic social and economic services and of governance in the security sphere.

Splenectomy should be avoided unless there is an inability to maintain iron balance with optimal chelation, or if there are clinically significant complications such as pancytopenia and marked enlargement. Often, hypersplenism develops because of a low pre-transfusion hemoglobin.

Increasing the pre-transfusion hemoglobin to between 9. If a decision to perform surgery is made, partial or full splenectomy is the option. Partial splenectomy is a complicated surgery utilized to preserve some splenic function.

It should be reserved for infants requiring splenectomy. Full splenectomy can usually be performed by laparoscopic technique. However, open procedure is necessary in cases of marked splenomegaly. If your spleen grows too big, your doctor might suggest surgery to remove it. In most cases, you can't prevent thalassemia. If you have thalassemia, or if you carry a thalassemia gene, consider talking with a genetic counselor for guidance if you want to have children.

There is a form of assisted reproductive technology diagnosis, which screens an embryo in its early stages for genetic mutations combined with in vitro fertilization.

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And what are the process. Please reply me. Thank you. Prasad said on August 2, Please contact me as soon as possible. Sir, i want to start this business please give me all the details related to rice pulling. Bhabani Panigrahy said on September 9, Sir I am interested to know more about rice pulling business.

I am staying in Bhubaneswar, Odisha. Bibhuti said on September 23, Pratap Nandy said on October 7, I involved in this business 4 last 6 months. Hi, I am interested to know more about rice pulling business. Can you please let me know the detail procedure. I am from Keonjhar, Orissa.

I am living in Erode, Tamilnadu. Is it safe. To make a deal company is coming to Erode. Uthappa said on November 1, I would like to know any one in this world has closed any deal of Rice puller or just people saying "I have rice puller buy it" or " I buy rice puller let me know if you have it".

I am still searching for the ones who has closed deal successfully!!! Amar Patil said on November 17, Bhabani said on November 18, Hey friend, I want buyer for rp item, bcos an item in my hand now, it is not a joke, I give u video prove, of all test ,I not want to time pass, I want real business, so if any one interest to first check, mail me with ur ph no, first check then make deal after full satisfaction, mail on- bhabani.

Manohar r said on November 22, If this a real business pls show me i will provide funds for it or dont waste ur time. Pratap Nandy said on December 12, Seddy said on December 14, Hello everyone..

I'm here to get your work done.. I just need a perfect seller who can deal with the rice puller.. I can finance or buy your product if its a genuine..

Interested persons can mail me - seddy. Jaan said on December 16, If not when is the last date for closing this business. Because we have an RP in our village and the owner of that material is delaying to sell or to make business, so it needs some time i mean till january and i have paid him a lot of money too.

Hi m Vishwas Garg friends i'm in dis business since last few years n have many gud items to sell u can consider it as 1 stop shop to deal with any gud buyer may please contact me. Sahdev said on December 19, A real rp in orissa, first I give u its video proove, then u test it ur own hand, after u and ur tester satisfied, then deal ,mail me for video -sahdev gmail. I'm ready sir pls contact me i'm from kerala. Yours well-wisher Qz Jordan.

Jey said on January 13, Dear sir, I'm looking to buy RP. I am really impressed with RP business. Right now I started to search for RP.

In all over tamilnadu and my home town is Salem. If Any one having original RP contact me in this no IF there are true RP around Tamilnadu without Stupid demands, i'll finish the deal in a successful manner. MOU will be signed to the mediators for their satisfaction and the commission will be delivered in a proper way. The Buyer Is a from abroad and it settlement will be done genuinely and systematically. So if u have original rp in karnataka or any antic pieces so call me thank u Tirthankar said on February 11, Hi, Shivanand Pls contact me.

I am looking for a genuine product RP to buy. Abdul Kashif said on February 17, Sir I have lot of old coins i want to learn many more from rice pullar business. Rayaz said on February 25, I am collecting coin from 2 years. Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India RBI cautioned the public not to fall prey to persons using it to market 'rice puller', purportedly a device that said to have magical properties.

Petrol and diesel prices on 29 October Petrol price in Delhi stands at Rs In Mumbai, petrol is retailing at Rs Keep an iron pin near to the item while conducting torch rice puller test. If the pin gets pulled by the item during the torch test, then the rice puller metal is fake. Make note of the time taken by the torch which is near to the item to turn dimmed entirely. If it happens in just a few minutes of time, then it is considered good.

Also, make note of the other torchlight; still bright or not. If the light of the torch placed near the RP item becomes dimmed fast, off it and on it after around 2 mins. If the light remains dim, then your torch test is successful. Stay updated with the latest chemical industry trends and innovations. Verification Code has been sent to.

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What kind of degree do you have? What companies did you work for in the past? Most Start Ups, however, tend to look past those qualifications. Start Ups want developers who can demonstrate their abilities on the spot.

They want thinkers and doers who can come up with cool ideas even before the interview starts. This is the most important piece of advice I took away from our dinner discussion. So, run an audition. Recruiters rely on traditional interviewing instead of letting the candidates demonstrate their talents, thus making it impossible to come to the best hiring decision.

Most recruiters are hooked on LinkedIn via their premium accounts. We all agreed during our dinner chat that personal and professional referrals have always led to sourcing the best candidates.

I can't answer your question, but I can attest to your experience. Last recruiter that contacted me was super personable on the phone, cracking jokes, etc. He says he'll set up a time for first round interview with the hiring firm. Never does. Send follow-up email, nothing. My best guess would be recruiters end up where they are because they're basically useless, ineffective people who couldn't do much else. Like HR, most of it is "make work" to keep the unemployment rate down.

They often say that about professors and teachers too which sounds funny until you realize it's your failed mortgage broker saying it about Ivy League professors :. I've gone through buyside corp dev recruiting twice and have interacted with close to a dozen headhunters from the well known ones that are frequently mentioned on here to small mom and pop types shops.

They are either rude, know nothing about the industry, or are simply lying about actually having a position. I think the reason for this is simple: there is no hurdle to become a recruiter.

This isn't like PE where targets weed kids out and then banks weed kids out and then PEGs weed kids out, leaving what should be, at least in theory, the cream of the crop in terms of candidates. Also, it doesn't help that most of these recruiters cut their teeth in accounting where everyone and their mother is looking for exit opps.

That type of buyers market lets recruiters get away with being sloppy, and they then carry that over into trying to recruit for finance positions. When a recruiter emails me now, I simply respond by asking for the name of their client, a job description, and a salary range. There's no hurdle to be anything if you truly care to master your craft BUT recruiting is one of only ways us BC hockey guys even get into your firm so hey I decided to learn people cold as well as learn as much as I could over 20 years about the business.

Moral: you find your niche and specialize the F out of it and you can overcome "recruiting" stigma, it's just you don't wanna do commission based agency recruiting where you can't make any real money. Recruiters are very much like real estate agents.

They get paid on the transaction and often dont care about anything else. After 5 minutes talking to you, they determine if you're a golden goose for them you'd have to be willing to accept the role and the client would have to want you. At the lower levels, it is not much more than that. I will say that when you get more senior and the executive recruiters or more established veterans call, it can be much better. I still get an occasional idiot, but I weed them out pretty quickly.

Now I'm pretty much in touch with a few people who know me better and know what's going on in my area. I'm still a means to an end for them as they could be to me , but it's MUCH better. Even Sally the new recruiter is better than LinkedIn's broken algorithm. In the HF industry, it's best to bypass the recruiters and go directly to the biz development people who are talking to PMs and know what spots are open And sometimes more importantly, which roles are about to open up someone getting blown out or team looking to get bigger.

I once had a useful recruiter actually get me an interview like 6 years ago. Other than that, useless shit heads.

I'm talking to you, Mercury Partners. Would agree with everyone here, have had a good amount of luck reaching out through warm intros; through recruiters nada. I was checking out old high school flame outs on LinkedIn, many of whom I haven't spoken to in years, and a lot of them work for staffing companies.. Justice feels so good.

I think you may be looking at this the wrong way. Recruiters are "useless" because to them you are not a person, but just another number. You don't matter. Recruiting is a numbers game which involves placing the largest number of qualified applicants in front of a client.

From that standpoint, as long as you meet the client's criteria, you will be given an opportunity to be reviewed by that firm. On the other hand, I think you should change your entitled outlook. Be thankful that someone is willing to be the broker between you and your future goal or ideal firm. Do everything you can to make it easy for them to sell you, and be accommodating and polite. If you market yourself as someone easy to work with and flexible, recruiters will have no problem positioning and selling you to their clients.

Having said the above, I took a proactive approach before the beginning of the cycle by reaching out to as many headhunters as possible. You have to take as much control of the process as you can, given the uncertainty of outcomes.

If you play the numbers game as well, you are more likely to find success. At the end of the day we're both playing the same numbers game, but for applicants its how many firms can you get interviews with. For the headhunters, often they don't get paid unless they're closing so I wouldn't expect any "special" treatment. A little self awareness goes a long way in life.

If you read what I posted my complaint was primarily about a recruiter who had stated that they were interested in speaking to me about a role for which I was a good fit and whom I had corresponded with, answered their questions and followed up with after they went radio silent.

This wasn't a headhunter, but an internal corporate recruiter. At risk of sounding pompous, I have a resume that is strong for the role, this is for a corporate banking associate in the same vertical I currently cover.

My other complaint was how few actually try and think about fit. I was annoyed when someone said I have a job at a BB to get me on the phone and then said it's a temp to perm business analyst. I've also had the exact opposite happen where they've gone and pitched opportunities that were very senior think MD-level. My LinkedIn profile leaves no doubt as to what I do now and what I've done in the past, while I might be open to a role that is one degree away from what I'm doing now I'm sure as Hell not looking for a more junior role in the back office.

Getting ghosted isn't common to recruiters. I've been ghosted by many investment bankers too because they simply don't give a fuck about you. Look, the fact is, service is complete ass these days. You can't even sit in at a decent restaurant and expect your server waiting on your table to actually know what's on the menu anymore. Either the overabundance of resources presents too many options for people in charge, leading to confused service people, or it's an education and training issue.

I believe it to be the former. When something isn't working, I believe it starts at the top. The recruiters I've worked with, no matter if they're internal or not, all suck. I mean it's gotten to the point where I don't even think I should follow-up anymore to stay in contact. I know that if there is an available role, someone will reach out at a competing firm, named some street partners, that no one has ever heard of before, and try to get me in front of the hiring manager.

When it doesn't work out for whatever reason, I just don't care so I feel no need to follow-up. When it comes down to it, the best route to a job is to actually get in touch with some good people at the company, and just stay in contact until they're letting you know roles are opening up. Another issue I have is with these "leaders" having so much power and selectivity. I come from a non-target, so I have little to no leverage in most cases.

It's depressing the way you 'end up' in places no matter how geared or inclined to one way or another you might be. I look at it as inefficiency, because these people really have no idea who they're looking for. Typically, they want certain 'whats' in an individual, such as previous company employment and certain very specific duties.

But it would seem that the individuals searching for a job are the ones who can speak to their own interest in an opportunity to grow at a firm or an industry. For example, there are many boutique banks and pe shops out there now. In fact, there now seems to be an abundance of said shops because all of the information is out there and everyone is doing it now.

Yet, breaking into a different role in banking is harder than ever, because most of these companies stick to one, blinded view of looking for candidates. I can say to recruiters, that if someone is looking for a new job, stepping down to your no-name, who gives a fuck boutique is not going to make them happier no matter what they say.

Keep in mind hiring managers begin avoid us recruiters the SECOND we deviate from their "must have list" to try to get them someone perfect for them. It's honestly not far off from dealing with getting a mid 20's girl to date you when their list is key to them :. Important to keep in mind that headhunters get paid by the interview for most buy side stuff , so for them it's all about volume and none about your fit for the role.

That's why you'll waste a lot of time speaking with them as they try to sell the fund on fitting a square peg into a round hole. Getting the contact info for the business development people is a much better way to go. Make the connection, stay in touch, and periodically check in with them to see when something might open up. I am glad that others have similar feelings about headhunters. I have been consistently disappointed in them over the years.

When you are a good candidate, they are stage 5 clinger level they e-mail on personal e-mail, professional e-mail, they somehow find out the personal phone number in addition to the professional phone, they call your current employer on their main line, introduce themselves as a headhunter and ask to be connected to you, etc.

When you are a less good candidate, they never respond to e-mail, when you call them they don't pick up, when you call the main line of the headhunter firm, they are in meetings, etc. These days I primarily rely on my own connections to learn about potential openings and contact potential employers. I seldom have to deal with them except this is a bank where I have limited connectivity on the corporate banking side. It's a super regional so far fewer alums to talk to and all are in other divisions.

Plus they tend to focus on more mid-corporate names so not running into them on transactions. Generally speaking I usually have a friend or acquaintance push my resume. Most hiring managers write silly, hard to quantify job descriptions. Ok, doing what exactly? If you ask for the top 5 skills, theyll give you They simply can't create a recipe because they don't have a proper view of themselves and their team.

Now, interviews are poorly constructed. Many times, interview groups wing it with zero planning of who will cover which topics. For engineering roles. God awful planning. I've seen SVP's basically act like robots and be the least welcoming people ever. It doesn't quite make sense that some recruiting firms don't exercise best hiring practices, but recruiters feel pressure to find scarce resources to fill jobs and are keenly aware that they are competing not just with other firms, but with colleagues.

We want to be clear: there are plenty of great recruiters out there, and not all recruiting firms are horrendous. But enough take part in questionable practices that it bears bringing these situations to light.

Not only can working with a bad recruiting firm derail your hiring efforts, but there's also another factor to consider. Candidates often think of the recruiting firm as an extension of the company, and a bad experience with the recruiter can result in a negative impression of your brand. Knowing what questions to ask and what to look for can help you steer clear of awful staffing firms' worst practices.

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With that in mind, they call the recruiter to ask some preliminary questions about the nature of the role, without submitting a CV first. Meanwhile, the agency suspects the candidate of being another agency in disguise, hoping to steal the position and offer a successful placement to the employer at a lower price.

Hence, a barrier has been positioned between the employer and the potential candidate. So, yes, I too am generally not a fan of recruiters — perhaps with one or two exceptions where an individual has really aided my search. That said, part of the dependency of the IT market on recruiters is that most employers — certainly for British IT positions — use recruiters. If a move away from agencies is to be made, recruiting managers need to be persuaded to try non-agency methods of advertising first, and to do their own CV filtering.

Same goes for if you are a student who is just graduating. I had applied to these places after I graduated college and they are getting back to me now? What gives? I told him that I, naturally, would need to know what the role was before going any further. The tone of the conversation at this point, from his perspective, became even more abrupt and rude. He, begrudgingly, started reading to me what he claimed were the specs of the role.

Part way through this, I interrupted asking him why he was just reading my CV to me. I was completely stunned someone would be this professionally deficient. At that point he grumbled something about me never getting a role in the Uk and hung-up. Probability and human-nature mandates this to be so. Recruiters have been a God-send for me. Then recruiters got me into Microsoft who is constantly hiring contractors but will only work through recruiting agencies. My agency hooked me up with more then I could imagine but just getting me into the door at Microsoft has been the greatest value to me.

Furthermore, I appreciate not having to do the work, I hate looking for work. We want to maintain a good relationship with our clients and never submit people who we know are unqualified. Yes, we reach out to you, you who post your resumes on job boards. Sorry for that, we will no longer use the resources dedicated solely to finding candidates and for canidates to find jobs.

How about the people who stalk us? We want to help you find work. Help out your peers that way instead of ranting on the internet. But I have to disagree with the comment about re-writing your resume to match the job description.

Such in-person meet-ups are therefore always a complete waste of your time: always. A recruiter behaving in this way invariably means one of two things:. I must say that I have had a wonderful relationship with recruiters till I ran into the recruiter from hell…. I had a phone screen with Broadridge a financial consulting firm in Jersey City then I had an in person interview the next day.

The commute was 1. Later on I get offered the gig but decided to only accept it with the following conditions:. The hiring manager at Broadridge, Imran Siddiqui, was favorably impressed with the way you presented yourself. What really impresses me, though, is how you married an attorney, and had a child, within 24 hours of the interview.

So, basically he insults me and my family then threatens to ruin my reputation if I did not accept the gig. The only reason I brought up my personal concerns was because I got offered and I have a right to negotiate on my terms. Choosing to use recruiters is a personal decision, and one that should be entered into with full understanding. And there are also many recruiters who practice none of these tactics; those are people you should definitely seek out and get to know.

Disclaimer: many large companies have recruiters either under contract or as employees. These types of recruiters in-house recruiters are not the kind of recruiters being discussed here.

Intense exercise can leave you with more than just sore muscles. When you strain a muscle , you injure muscle tissue deep under the skin. This can cause blood vessels to burst and leak blood into the surrounding area. Certain medications make you more susceptible to bruising. When your blood takes longer to clot, more of it leaks from your blood vessels and accumulates under your skin. If you suspect that your bruising is a result of OTC or prescription medication use, see a doctor.

They can advise you on any next steps. Vitamins perform many important functions in your blood. They aid in the formation of red blood cells, help maintain mineral levels, and lower your cholesterol. Vitamin C, for example, supports your immune system and aids in wound healing. Other symptoms of a vitamin C deficiency include:. This may make your skin more susceptible to bruising.

Although rare in healthy adults, vitamin K deficiencies can slow the rate at which blood clots. Other symptoms of vitamin K deficiency include:. If you suspect that your bruising is a result of deficiency, see a healthcare provider. They may prescribe iron tablets or other medication — as well as help you modify your diet — to meet your nutritional needs. They can make a diagnosis, if needed, and advise you on next steps.

If diabetes has already been diagnosed, your bruising may simply be a result of slow wound healing. It may also result from pricking the skin to test your blood sugar or injecting insulin. People with von Willebrand disease are born with the condition, but may not develop symptoms until later in life. This bleeding disorder is a lifelong condition. Whenever this blood gets trapped under the surface of the skin, it will form a bruise.

Someone with von Willebrand disease might notice large or lumpy bruises from minor, even unnoticeable, injuries. Thrombophilia means that your blood has an increased tendency to clot. This condition occurs when your body makes too much or too little clotting chemicals. Thrombophilia typically has no symptoms until a blood clot develops. If you develop a blood clot, your doctor will probably test you for thrombophilia and may put you on blood thinners anticoagulants.

Did a large, painful, very swollen bruise develop within 30 minutes after the injury? Have you had bruises or blood spots for more than 2 weeks? These include: Your age. Babies and older adults tend to get sicker quicker. Your overall health. If you have a condition such as diabetes, HIV, cancer, or heart disease, you may need to pay closer attention to certain symptoms and seek care sooner.

Medicines you take. Certain medicines, such as blood thinners anticoagulants , medicines that suppress the immune system like steroids or chemotherapy, herbal remedies, or supplements can cause symptoms or make them worse. Recent health events , such as surgery or injury. These kinds of events can cause symptoms afterwards or make them more serious. Your health habits and lifestyle , such as eating and exercise habits, smoking, alcohol or drug use, sexual history, and travel. Try Home Treatment You have answered all the questions.

Try home treatment to relieve the symptoms. Call your doctor if symptoms get worse or you have any concerns for example, if symptoms are not getting better as you would expect. You may need care sooner. Shock is a life-threatening condition that may quickly occur after a sudden illness or injury. Adults and older children often have several symptoms of shock. These include: Passing out losing consciousness. Feeling very dizzy or lightheaded, like you may pass out. Feeling very weak or having trouble standing.

Not feeling alert or able to think clearly. You may be confused, restless, fearful, or unable to respond to questions. Shock is a life-threatening condition that may occur quickly after a sudden illness or injury. Babies and young children often have several symptoms of shock.

Being very sleepy or hard to wake up. Not responding when being touched or talked to. Breathing much faster than usual. Acting confused. The child may not know where he or she is.

Examples of abnormal bleeding include: Nosebleeds. Vaginal bleeding that is different heavier, more frequent, at a different time of month than what you are used to. Rectal bleeding and bloody stools. Bloody or pink urine. Gums that bleed easily when you eat or gently brush your teeth. A few examples are: Aspirin and other medicines called blood thinners that prevent blood clots. Also, taking a nonprescription medicine with a blood thinner may increase your risk of bruising and bleeding.

Medicines used to treat cancer. Steroids, such as prednisone. Symptoms of infection may include: Increased pain, swelling, warmth, or redness in or around the area. Red streaks leading from the area. Pus draining from the area. A fever. Symptoms of serious illness may include: A severe headache. A stiff neck. Mental changes, such as feeling confused or much less alert. Extreme fatigue to the point where it's hard for you to function.

Shaking chills. Symptoms of serious illness in a baby may include the following: The baby is limp and floppy like a rag doll. The baby doesn't respond at all to being held, touched, or talked to. The baby is hard to wake up.

Long-term alcohol and drug problems. Steroid medicines, which may be used to treat a variety of conditions. Chemotherapy and radiation therapy for cancer. Other medicines used to treat autoimmune disease. Medicines taken after organ transplant.

Not having a spleen. Call Now Based on your answers, you need emergency care. Seek Care Today Based on your answers, you may need care soon. Call your doctor today to discuss the symptoms and arrange for care. If you cannot reach your doctor or you don't have one, seek care today. If it is evening, watch the symptoms and seek care in the morning.

If the symptoms get worse, seek care sooner. Seek Care Now Based on your answers, you may need care right away. Call your doctor now to discuss the symptoms and arrange for care.

If you cannot reach your doctor or you don't have one, seek care in the next hour. You do not need to call an ambulance unless: You cannot travel safely either by driving yourself or by having someone else drive you.

You are in an area where heavy traffic or other problems may slow you down. Make an Appointment Based on your answers, the problem may not improve without medical care.

Make an appointment to see your doctor in the next 1 to 2 weeks. If appropriate, try home treatment while you are waiting for the appointment. If symptoms get worse or you have any concerns, call your doctor. Home Treatment Home Treatment If your bruise does not require an evaluation by a doctor, you may be able to use home treatment to help relieve pain, swelling, and stiffness.

Rest and protect a bruised area. Ice will reduce pain and swelling. Apply ice or cold packs immediately to prevent or minimize swelling.

Apply the ice or cold pack for 10 to 20 minutes, 3 or more times a day. For the first 48 hours after an injury, avoid things that might increase swelling, such as hot showers, hot tubs, hot packs, or alcoholic beverages. After 48 to 72 hours, if swelling is gone, apply heat and begin gentle exercise with the aid of moist heat to help restore and maintain flexibility. Some experts recommend alternating between hot and cold treatments. Compression , or wrapping the bruised area with an elastic bandage such as an Ace wrap , will help decrease swelling.

Don't wrap it too tightly, as this can cause more swelling below the affected area. Loosen the bandage if it gets too tight. Signs that the bandage is too tight include numbness, tingling, increased pain, coolness, or swelling in the area below the bandage. Talk to your doctor if you think you need to use a wrap for longer than 48 to 72 hours.

To find the cause of your bruising, your doctor might check your blood platelet levels or do tests that measure the time it takes your blood to clot. Other serious causes of bruising include domestic violence or abuse. If a loved one has an unexplainable bruise, particularly in an unusual location such as on the face, be aware of the possibility of abuse.

Unfortunately, once a bruise has formed, not much can be done to treat it. Most bruises eventually disappear as your body reabsorbs the blood, although healing might take longer as you age. It might help to elevate the affected area and apply ice. There is a problem with information submitted for this request. Sign up for free, and stay up-to-date on research advancements, health tips and current health topics, like COVID, plus expert advice on managing your health.

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Apple Podcasts syncing behaves that way daily. Apple focuses on the content side of podcasts, but I want them to spend equally as much effort on making the app faster and figure out what is keeping the apps from staying exactly in sync while adding new features.

I find myself wanting to use it every few weeks and quickly realize why it never sticks for me. The app is slow and struggles to sync across all of my devices. Do you use Apple Podcasts, or are you using a third-party alternative?

Leave a comment below with which app and why. FTC: We use income earning auto affiliate links. Check out 9to5Mac on YouTube for more Apple news:. IPod Touch users can download podcasts directly from the iTunes Store to their mobile devices with the iTunes app. Podcast files are stored in a location you would not find easily. Make sure that Sync Library is turned on for all of your devices. Connect all of your devices to the Internet.

A series of issues can prevent podcasts from syncing correctly to your iPhone, including an out-of-date version of iTunes, old iPhone software, and improperly configured subscription settings on either your iPhone or your computer.

First make sure you are using the most updated version of iTunes. Each iteration of the software addresses bugs in versions preceding it, including those related to synchronization.

You can download the most recent version of iTunes directly from Apple's website link in Resources. Once you're running the most recent version of iTunes, verify that you are attempting to sync podcasts correctly in iTunes. Connect your iPhone to your computer using the iPhone's USB cable, and then launch iTunes on your computer if it does not launch automatically. Home Media. Downloading Podcasts To add podcasts to your iPod Shuffle, connect your iPod to your computer like you would to add music, but rather than clicking on music files to transfer in your iTunes library, click on "Podcasts" instead.

Being social allows us to hear and see things from other vantage points and helps us to develop an outside perspective on our own experiences. Humans are meant to be social, so a lack of social interaction leads to depressive symptoms in many people. See our guide on how to make friends when having depression. If social anxiety is something that you struggle with, it can be difficult to resist the lure of your couch and slippers. Exercise classes, regardless of your level of fitness, can be an excellent way of meeting new people.

It might be spinning, martial arts, circuits, or yoga — a shared experience and goal to become fit and healthy can create a bond with others as you support each other towards achieving your goal. Art classes, book clubs, cooking classes, and wine tasting groups, are just possible examples of evening activities that could get you out of the house. Check your local university or community college sites to see if they are offering anything that takes your fancy.

Websites like Groupon and LivingSocial are also excellent ways of finding classes and deals in your area. It might have seemed easy to make friends when you were younger. Back then you were probably more sociable, energetic, and keen to meet new people. But, unfortunately, it takes more time and effort to make new friends as an adult. I even once went on a free day silent meditation retreat — not for the meditation, but for the silence. I loved my room.

Being there behind a locked door was a treat. To me a punishment was being ordered to play Yahtzee with my cousin Louis. Asocial tendencies like these are often far from ideal. In the UK, the Royal College of General Practitioners says that loneliness has the same risk level for premature death as diabetes. Strong social connections are important for cognitive functioning , motor function and a smoothly running immune system. Abundant research shows the harms of social isolation Credit: Getty Images.

This is especially clear from cases of extreme social isolation. Examples of people kept in captivity, children kept isolated in abusive orphanages, and prisoners kept in solitary confinement all show how prolonged solitude can lead to hallucinations and other forms of mental instability. But these are severe and involuntary cases of aloneness.

For those of us who just prefer plenty of alone time, emerging research suggests some good news: there are upsides to being reclusive — for both our work lives and our emotional well-being.

One key benefit is improved creativity. One personality trait associated with creativity is independence — which can include a preference for being alone Credit: Getty Images.

Find creative ways to shop. If you want to become particularly reclusive, you may be hesitant to leave your home even for things like grocery and clothes shopping. If this is the case, find creative ways to stay at home. In the modern world, almost everything you need can be ordered online. Clothing, books, food, and other items can be ordered from websites like Amazon. You may cringe at the delivery fees, but remember you're staying home most of the time.

If you don't want to order everything online, consider avoiding people in other ways. You could shop during hours of the day where stores are unlikely to be crowded. For example, try going clothes shopping at 1 o'clock in the afternoon on a weekday. As most people are working, you may be less likely to run into other people. Stay connected to some people. If you want to be a recluse, you may feel you have to cut people out of your life entirely. However, this is not the case. In fact, a reclusive lifestyle may not be sustainable if you cut out all your friends and social contacts.

Strong relationships can help you feel more secure about spending time alone. Even if you enjoy spending time alone, it's important to be able to have someone to call if you need it. Everyone needs support on occasion. In the event of a major emergency or setback, you should be able to have at least one person to rely on for support. Spend more time talking to friends and family members. Be willing to share intimate secrets to your social contacts.

If you have a few very close friends, you'll feel more secure in the fact your solitude is a choice rather than a necessity. Manage stress.

If you're going to be spending a lot of time alone, stress management is important. Troubling thoughts may be harder to avoid if you have a lot of time to yourself. As stated, have someone you can call in the event you are feeling very stressed or down. You do not have to socialize frequently if you don't want to, but having at least a few contacts for social support is important. Practice stress-reducing activities, like meditation, deep breathing, and yoga.

Exercise regularly. Having a regular exercise regimen can help you manage negative emotions. Strive for minutes of moderate aerobic activity a week or 75 minutes of intense aerobic activity.

Method 3. Consider your mental health. Being reclusive has many benefits. However, a tendency to avoid social situations can be a symptom of an underlying mental health disorder. Cutting yourself off from others can increase feelings of depression, anxiety, and isolation. If you feel sad, anxious, or otherwise unhappy most of the time, make an appointment with a mental health professional for assessment.

You can find a therapist by asking your regular doctor for a referral. You can also find a list of providers in your network through your insurance. If you're a college student, you may be entitled to free counseling through your university.

Stay away from mindless consumption. Mindless consumption is common if you're spending a lot of time alone. Without social events as a distraction, you may overeat, binge watch television, or play video games for hours.

This can stave off some of the positive benefits of solitude. You won't consider the deeper questions if you're constantly immersed in a video game world, for example. Sometimes it could be because of safety. By guarding yourself against violent criminals, terrorists or even a pandemic can cause somebody to feel grief, anxiety and fear.

Sometimes somebody might simply not have the funds to interact socially and then decide to rather stay at home instead of going out to spend money that they just do not have. Even that feeling of inadequacy could cause you to withdraw from society. Some might have the fear of being ridiculed or rejected which could cause them to withdraw and avoid people in general.

Have you ever experienced a time in school when you waited anxiously to be called to play on a side during or after school? Did you start to doubt your abilities? Other times could purely be for privacy and comfort reasons. It could be that life and other people become mere distractions.

Whatever they keep themselves busy with will have according to their own thoughts and feelings a significant influence on the world and the people that inhabits it. But do not think that reclusive people sit around doing nothing, sit in a catatonic state or is necessarily lonely or sad. Most reclusive people are very productive, they could be writing, creating or working towards a personal goal.

They feel content and happy. Some reclusive people, on the other hand, could suffer from depression or anxiety. It could be that their depression has developed over a long period of time or that their anxiety is reinforced by events that they witness or hear about and this prevents them from venturing outside where they might feel unsafe, insignificant or exposed to uncontrollable factors.

We are encouraged by Government to maintain social distancing and although this may provide relief to people with social anxiety, a lack of interaction could maintain this social anxiety extremely negatively.

There are so many worries, like worrying about health and safety, worrying about access to food and supplies, worrying about financial stability and on top of that the feeling of loneliness and isolation. Basically, at the end of the day, humans are social animals.

We have a desire to connect and be accepted by others.

Last week he appeared, for a moment, to be conceding to internal Democratic Party pressure by disinviting most of the guests , limiting the celebration to family and close friends. But that soon turned out to be some kind of head fake.

NBA players began to go on strike last August after Jacob Blake, a black man, was shot by police seven times in front of his kids, in Kenosha, Wisconsin.

When Sanders was leading in the primaries, Obama worked to organize the other rival candidates to drop out and back Biden, making it impossible for Sanders to win. He then persuaded the democratic socialist senator to drop out of the race. The three-memoir author is erecting a garish monument to himself on Jackson Park, which community activists argue will wreak havoc on cherished green space and a fragile ecosystem, as well as upon the legal scaffolding for the very idea of the public interest we wrote about this late last year.

In addition to his appalling Vineyard manse, Obama is also planning to live in an additional ecological monstrosity in Hawaii — owned by close crony Marty Nesbitt, chair of the Obama Foundation board — and developed for the Obamas. Not surprisingly, the sellers paid a substantial sum to the state to grant a loophole , which will keep the seawall in place for another fifty-five years. In Hawaii, beaches are considered a public responsibility and extensive laws exist to protect them, but such easements to property owners are unfortunately common.

Community members have been protesting the loss of the surrounding beach, demanding that Nesbitt take down the seawall. Instead, the state is allowing he — and the Obamas — to expand it. Like most people with way too much money , the Obamas own way too many homes for the health of the planet. With the obvious exception of Trump, who has used his ex-presidency mainly to whine about his personal grievances and fuel far-right conspiracy theories, Obama might be even less public-spirited than many other modern ex-presidents.

All of them are war criminals who faithfully served the capitalist class when in power. With regards to recent presidents, George W. Bush debuted at 36th place in but jumped 7 places this year to spot 29; and Barack Obama rose two spots to break into the top 10 presidents this year. Ulysses S. Grant also seems to be on track for a kind of redemption: He rose 13 places to number 20 this year, a jump that Brockell of the Post attributes in part to a spate of sympathetic biographies that give him more credit for the Reconstruction.

Andrew Jackson fell from number 13 to number 22 this year, perhaps a sign that historians are taking his well-documented role as the engineer of a genocide against Native Americans more seriously.

Rather, the results can serve as a springboard into deeper discussions about what makes a successful leader and the tricky task of evaluating historical figures. Yet even with an expanded group of scholars, prejudices endure. At least 12 men on the list enslaved people during their lifetimes, including Washington, Grant, Thomas Jefferson ranked 7th and James Monroe ranked 12th.

Harding against the bad choices he made in his personal life. Among other faults, he espoused racist views and was not a full-throated supporter of equality for African Americans. Nora McGreevy is a daily correspondent for Smithsonian. She can be reached through her website, noramcgreevy.

Abraham Lincoln left claimed first place, while William Henry Harrison right came in 40th.

On the ninth day, Saraswati Devi , the Goddess of learning and knowledge, is worshipped. People place books and musical instruments next to the Golu arrangement. Ayudai pooja worship and thanksgiving to tools and implements and vehicles is performed. Gratitude is expressed for all kinds of vehicles such as buses, cars, and trucks and tools such as water pumps, chisels, hammers, and the plow. On the tenth and last day, Vijayadasami , the day of victory, is celebrated.

This is considered the most auspicious day of all - to start new ventures and journeys, and a day to start learning new skills. On this day, the Golu dolls are symbolically put to sleep, and then, packed the day after. Till they are brought out of their boxes the following year. Most people light lamps, draw colorful kolams rangoli or floor decoration , perform aarti , recite shlokas holy chants , and offer special dishes, especially a protein-rich dish called sundal made of legumes , with some sweets and fruits every day.

During the Golu set-up, women invite other women and honor them by gifting betel leaves, coconuts, fruits, flowers, bangles, turmeric, kumkum vermilion powder and prasadam devotional offering of food made for the Divine and then distributed among people. It is an ideal time for families to display their creativity. The festival is a delightful reminder of the rich and colorful historical and cultural heritage of India!

A glorious occasion to eat and meet in harmonious communion! Inputs by Sivagama Visharada, Sivasri. Experience authentic and traditional Navratri pujas, homas, and yagnas with Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar via live webcast. Being down south, I have experienced this every year. A very close friend does this every year and each year she has this one set up that is so new. And so creative too. This year, she did this entire food street like that of VV puram. Pity I could only see her pics as I was out of town.

Your pics made me relive those happy times I spend visiting the Golus in the vicinity. Loved the way you have explained it all. I have few Tamilian friends and they invite us every year for golu. I never knew about this way of celebrating navratri until I came to Bangalore. This looks like such an interesting and very colourful festival. The dolls are so intricate and quite an impressive display when all together too.

What an interesting festival and one less known about even when I was in India. The celebration Is a long nine-day dolls festival in line with dushera but needs to be made popular. Love the collection of different dolls and seems it is well prepared for and an integral part of the culture.

Thanks for sharing. Bommai Golu during Navaratri was a very unique experience for me when I was invited by a friend to her house for this celebration in Bengaluru. The cute display of the little dolls was so colorful and what was even more impressive was the effort in making the whole thing! I am truly delighted to read this post as not only is it sharing about something so unique on Indian culture, it is also in a way continuing the amazing heritage and tradition!

I loved the detailed account and the facts you shared. I first got to know about Golu in and I loved the concept. Many of my colleagues here in Bangalore keep the dolls and I love their pictures. I even wrote a post in Interesting to read nevertheless — we do something similar during Janmashtmi. I was always curious to know about these dolls and today I know the exact reason. This is very interesting and must be really fun as well.

I just loved the way you built up small schools, and gardens. This is a very interesting tradition and one I was not aware of. I love the fact that the dolls are all handmade and passed down from generation to generation, such a nice tradition. Thanks for all your research. Bommai Golu sounds like a wonderful festival celebrating women. I love how it brings back memories of preparation with your grandpa. What a fun celebration of dolls and women in general. This was so interesting to read!!

I am fascinated by the tradition of this Navaratri festival. It is beautiful, that many of these dolls are given from one generation to another, this is a very nice tradition.

I also really like the fact that this is all handmade and with so much love to the details. So many great things to look at. Such traditions are really important to be kept alive and given and taught from parents to children. Such a well-articulated post. Loved all the details and the amazing pictures. I loved going to houses when invited to see the golu. Every body knows about the charm of Durgo Puja but not much about the rituals. Thank you so much for such a beautiful enlightening and fascinating post.

Wow, Meenu thank you for enlightening me with the significance of Golu. A friend of mine carries out the ritual and has been sending us pictures of the gods every year, but I was always intrigued by the story behind this ritual. Love the meticulous detailing of this narrative. Thank you so much for sharing these little snippets from your life too. You might also like. View Pic Read More. Google Trends. Brazil vs Colombia. Ethereum eth. Binance Coin bnb.

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