Hotels sector pushes benefits of flexible work
Previous Article Next Article Thehospitality industry is looking to improve work-life balance for employees inthe sector through the launch of a new guide.TheHotel and Catering Management Association has been working with the work-lifebalance team at the DTI to produce the guide, which they hope will raiseawareness of the business benefits of flexible working.Theguide includes evidence from a range of staff in the sector, demonstrating howmore flexible policies can be mutually beneficial to firms and employees. “Thehospitality industry does not always receive a good press in relation to its HRpractices, but this publication shows that some employers in our industry areleading the way,” said research director, Liz Doherty.”Thisis the first industry specific guide to be produced for the private sector, andit contains practical advice based on real experiences.”Oneof the case studies featured reveals how Whitbread used focus groups to improvework-life balance. The firm implemented measures that improved retention,encouraged home working and gave staff the chance to take part in communityprojects.”Ithink hospitality is moving forward because staff need to have flexible workingpractices,” said Louise Smalley, reward director at Whitbread restaurants.Othertopics covered include barriers to female progression, opportunities for thedisabled, race awareness and problems facing transsexuals in the workplace.www.hcima.org.uk Hotels sector pushes benefits of flexible workOn 30 Oct 2001 in Personnel Today Comments are closed. Related posts:No related photos.
The Antarctic geomagnetics’ community remains very active in crustal anomaly mapping. More than 1.5 million line-km of new air- and shipborne data have been acquired over the past decade by the international community in Antarctica. These new data together with surveys that previously were not in the public domain significantly upgrade the ADMAP compilation. Aeromagnetic flights over East Antarctica have been concentrated in the Transantarctic Mountains, the Prince Charles Mountains – Lambert Glacier area, and western Dronning Maud Land (DML) — Coats Land. Additionally, surveys were conducted over Lake Vostok and the western part of Marie Byrd Land by the US Support Office for Aerogeophysical Research projects and over the Amundsen Sea Embayment during the austral summer of 2004/2005 by a collaborative US/UK aerogeophysical campaign. New aeromagnetic data over the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains (120,000 line-km), acquired within the IPY Antarctica’s Gamburtsev Province project reveal fundamental geologic features beneath the East Antarctic Ice sheet critical to understanding Precambrian continental growth processes. Roughly 100,000 line-km of magnetic data obtained within the International Collaboration for Exploration of the Cryosphere through Aerogeophysical Profiling promises to shed light on subglacial lithology and identify crustal boundaries for the central Antarctic Plate. Since the 1996/97 season, the Alfred Wegener Institute has collected 90,000 km of aeromagnetic data along a 1200 km long segment of the East Antarctic coast over western DML. Recent cruises by Australian, German, Japanese, Russian, British, and American researchers have contributed to long-standing studies of the Antarctic continental margin. Along the continental margin of East Antarctica west of Maud Rise to the George V Coast of Victoria Land, the Russian Polar Marine Geological Research Expedition and Geoscience Australia obtained 80,000 and 20,000 line-km, respectively, of integrated seismic, gravity and magnetic data. Additionally, US expeditions collected 128,000 line-km of shipborne magnetic data in the Ross Sea sector.
Beloved funk-poppers Vulfpeck returned to Brooklyn Bowl last night for the second night of their three-night residency, marking their third consecutive night playing in New York. Following their SummerStage debut on Wednesday night and the incredible Thursday night rocker, came another great set from Vulfpeck.In addition to previous nights’ guests, idolized drummer Bernard Purdie, guitarist Cory Wong, keyboardist/vocalist/songwriter Joey Dosik, percussion master Richie Rodriguez, trombonist Melissa Gardiner, saxophonist Eddie Barbash, and vocal powerhouse Antwaun Stanley, the quartet welcomed vocalist Rachael Price of Lake Street Drive and drummer Louis Cato of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to the guest-filled variety show.Complemented by the collection of songs the band normally pulls from, they performed “Barbara” and “Mean Girls”, both being borderline rarities from 2012’s Vollmilch, along with 2013’s “My First Car”.Rachael Price lent her vocals to The Beatles‘ classic “Something”, alongside Bernard Purdie and Joey Dosik, into Aretha Franklin‘s “Rock Steady” with Melissa Gardiner. Louis Cato joined in for the Antwaun Stanley-sung “Wait For The Moment”, then stuck around for the Joe Dart “Beastly” special. It was, of course, another night for the books.Enjoy last night’s full show, courtesy of taper Eric McRoberts:This week in particular, the band has continuously proven that they shine the brightest as a small venue act. Having gone through the festival slots this season for the first time, the band is quickly realizing that their fans would much more prefer to see them in an intimate setting. Additionally, it is when there are multiple players beyond the core four that Vulfpeck’s geniusness is truly most palpable. The nature of their tightly-knit, one-of-a-kind compositions are fully revealed when there are additional musicians contributing to them. The players that Vulfpeck have carefully selected to fill these roles have helped make this obvious over the last few days.The best part of these multi-night residencies is the chance the band has to diversify their setlist and break free from the standardized versions of their songs. Away from the festival setting, the band has the time and ability to stretch out anything and everything. Of course we want the hits, “1612”, “Funky Duck”, and “Back Pocket”, but tonight, we all have our fingers crossed that the band will throw in some of their earlier releases, in toe-tapping 2011’s “Prom” and “Tomboy”, 2012’s “Adrienne & Adrianne”, or even 2013’s “Kuhlmilch 75 BPM”. In any event, we’ll be there.Vulfpeck returns for their last night at the Brooklyn Bowl, with opening support from Joey Dosik. They head to Europe next week for a show in Dublin, then three nights at London’s Brooklyn Bowl.Vulfpeck @ Brooklyn Bowl 9/9/16:01. intro/crowd02. Outro ^03. Cory Wong04. Barbara05. My First Car06. Mean Girls07. It Gets Funkier *08. Game Winner *%09. Something *%&10. Rock Steady *&^@11. 1612 #^@12. Boogie On Reggae Woman #13. Funky Duck #^@14. Wait For The Moment #+15. Beastly +16. Christmas In LA17. Back Pocket #^@Encore:18. Kid Charlemagne *19. outro/crowd* w/ Bernard Purdie – 
Throughout his career, emcee/producer Jackson Whalan’s work has consistently acknowledged the universal themes of our human condition. He offers lyrics meant to not only entertain and inspire, but to also invoke positive social change. In addition to consistently releasing his own music and videos, Jackson produces and engineers recordings for other artists. He has placed his own music in film and television and toured nationally throughout the U.S, most recently as direct support for Moon Hooch. He has an extensive catalog of original and collaborative albums, EPs, and singles, and has worked alongside a diverse spectrum of artists, including Mr. Lif, Dave Eggar, Myka 9, Esseks, Space Jesus, Jade Cicada, HEISS, Rabbi Darkside, Honeycomb, and others.“Epic Proportions”, the fantastic debut single from Jackson Whalan Live Band, just dropped last Friday, and the track is an exciting new endeavor for the ever-evolving emcee. Whalan, a veteran of the underground and avant-garde who hails from the Berkshires, recently recruited a bombastic live band and holed up at Pilot Recording Studios in Housatonic, MA to record five songs, with videos filmed simultaneously in-studio for each track. Produced by Jackson Whalan, the project will be digitally released across all streaming and download platforms on Friday, June 21st, 2019 as an EP titled Epic Proportions. The title track has just arrived, and it’s a phenomenal leap forward for the artist, and looks to propel this new project into the hip-hop stratosphere, and beyond.To co-create with a live band for the first time, Whalan collaborated with Massachusetts-based musicians—cats who have been playing music together for years and who understand one another’s sonic and creative muses. The live band includes Jackson Whalan on vocals and sample pads, Jules Jenssen on drums, Brian Ross on bass guitar, Ian Evans on keys, Ian Stewart on trumpet, and Tyler Gasek on saxophone. The band chemistry produces explosive content that has been defined as jazzy hip-hop, jazz-fusion, heavy metal rap, modern neo-soul, electro-funk, with lyrics that address social issues and cultural awareness.As Whalan explained to Live For Live Music, “‘Epic Proportions’ started out as a beat that I produced using Ableton Live. Like most of my songs that the band plays, it was reverse-engineered into a live arrangement. The energy of the music (especially the sample and the horns) heavily informed the attitude of my lyrics: amidst so much chaos and struggle going on in the world, it’s more important than ever to challenge aloofness. It’s time take action, get involved, and make demands for human rights.”[Photo via Avida Love Photography]The song itself nods toward conscious hip-hop, with Whalan examining protest and discussing a commitment to social justice. However, the music and video for the tune are quite a bit lighter fare—humorous nods to a 70’s vibe (think Starsky and Hutch/ Boogie Nights/ Dallas era). All recorded at Pilot Recording Studios with engineer Will Schillinger and videographer/editor George Cox, the five songs will showcase the band’s immense talent inspired by generations of successful hip-hop-oriented acts who have successfully utilized the power of live musicianship, from Lettuce and Anderson .Paak to Vulfpeck, FKJ, Beastie Boys and others.“My intention in putting all of my chips into this band project boils down to this: making the live show an unforgettable concert experience,” explained Whalan. “My hope is that this new approach and organic sound will resonate with the incredibly supportive live music communities in cities across the country and festivals coast to coast. We definitely want to be performing for larger audiences, people who are hungry for this kind of vibrant ensemble. We’re ready to play for the people.”You can check out the new video for Jackson Whalan Live Band’s “Epic Proportions” below:Jackson Whalan Live Band – “Epic Proportions” [Official Video][Video: Jackson Whalan]Jackson Whalan Live Band has several appearances scheduled this summer, including a concert on Friday, May 24 at the Egremont Barn in Egremont, Massachusetts. The full Epic Proportions EP drops Friday, June 21st, 2019. Check his website for a full performance schedule, contests and release updates, and follow him on Twitter (@jacksonwhalan) and Instagram (@jacksonwhalanmusic).Words: B.Getz / Upful LIFE
The PromiseBack in August 2016, prior to Dell’s acquisition of EMC, the largest in technology industry’s history, Michael Dell promised new Engineered Systems from the combined company.The analyst community envisioned that the combined company will be a powerhouse in Data Analytics, a one stop shop for Big Data Platforms with a broad portfolio of solutions that span the Enterprise Data Center and the Cloud. Analysts also predicted that, as with any merger of giants, one can expect to see hurdles in how quickly the two large portfolio of products and solutions can come together.A lot under the sunGranted, data analytics is a broad domain area. To make sense of this, at Dell EMC, we use the 3-layered taxonomy of data analytics platforms. Infrastructure Layer consisting of basic building blocks: Storage, Compute, Networking and Analytics SoftwareIntegration Layer where these building blocks are pre-integrated so companies can focus on higher level applications and use cases.Analytics Layer where pre-integrated “layered-cake” stacks with unified operational capabilities can bootstrap analytics initiatives at large enterprises.Furthermore, data analytics software platforms are quite diverse, ranging from Hadoop to NoSQL to proprietary search, business intelligence, data discovery and visualization etc.Industry’s most comprehensive Integrated Hadoop SolutionsSo, coming back to what our CEO has promised back in August, what Engineered Solutions have we built so far?For this article, lets focus on a subset of solutions: Hadoop Solutions at the Integration Layer. Even this subset of solutions could be quite diverse, so we used two guiding principles in building this solution portfolio:The portfolio should support companies of every size and stage of maturity in using Hadoop solutions to solve business problemsThe platform configuration for any given Hadoop solution should be driven by business requirements. Once-size-fits-all approach does not deliver optimal return-on-investment for companies.Lets look at these two elements in turn.The PortfolioThe figure below shows the new Dell EMC Solution offerings based on maturity level of an enterprise in leveraging Hadoop solutions.QuickStart offerings are for companies that have no current investments in big data solution but are looking to solve business problems using data-driven approaches. Data Warehouse Optimization offerings enable companies to gain quantifiable cost savings which can help bootstrap investment into broader set of analytics use cases that can deliver further cost savings, improve customer experience, mitigate business risk and generate revenue, which leads to the Dell EMC Data Lake offerings.The Platform ConfigurationsWe have converged on four primary platform configurations all driven by business requirements.For companies looking for high performance Hbase (random real-time access in Hadoop), a shared storage configuration that splits Compute from Storage using DSSD (Dell EMC’s rack-scale flash array) for high performance storage is ideal. Examples of application areas for such a configuration include fraud and anomaly detection, real-time marketing, genomics research, etc.Dell EMC localized storage, aka Direct Attached Storage configuration is ideal when high performance is needed but there is no requirement for enterprise-grade file management (data protection, disaster recovery, data tiering, encryption, etc.) and in-place analytics (ie. consolidating Hadoop and enterprise file data in one place).Dell EMC Shared storage configuration with Isilon is ideal for companies looking to scale storage faster than compute, for instance when 80% of the data is older, needs to be stored efficiently and is subject to regulatory compliance, but is less frequently queried relative to newer data, what’s referred to as “Active Archive”. This configuration is also a great fit for consolidating Hadoop and generic IT workloads, so a single large-scale file server can serve both workloads, minimizing data movement in and out of Hadoop, what’s referred to as “In-Place Analytics”.Companies looking for a geo-scale single logical (aka namespace) Hadoop cluster are best served using a shared storage configuration with ECS, Elastic Cloud Storage.These solutions will come pre-integrated with industry leading Hadoop distributions, so companies can focus on implementing use-cases rather than integrating the Hadoop stack.Are there other supported configuration for Hadoop Data Lake offered by Dell EMC besides the ones shown here?There certainly are. A good example is Dell EMC Vblock for Hadoop compute in lieu of Engineered System for Hadoop, for companies focused on virtualized Hadoop and need tools for large-scale operational management of the compute cluster.WrapWe are very excited to launch this comprehensive portfolio of Hadoop offerings in early 2017, a testimony to how cross-functional teams with the singular goal of solving customer’s problems can quickly deliver, even in the largest merger in technology industry’s history.Please reach out to your local Dell EMC Sales Executive, so we can help you solve your business problems with these new Dell EMC offerings for Hadoop.
Gardening in raised beds instead of conventional rows is becoming more and morepopular. It’s easy to see why.Raised beds offer earlier crops in the spring, later crops in the fall and better rootcrops. They require less fertilizer and no costly machinery. They have better drainage,fewer weeds and almost no soil problems and yield more produce in less space.Gardeners who have tried raised beds discover that the soil is loose, allowing air,moisture, warmth, nutrients and roots to penetrate more easily. Raised-bed gardening helpscorrect the problems of poor, rocky or compacted soil and extends short growing seasons.There is no best time of the year to make raised beds. Here are three possibilities.Winter. Gardeners have the most time on their hands. This is the mostpopular time for creating beds because it enables the gardener to plant extra early in thespring.Get the frame made up and mix the soil. However, make sure you dig into the existingsoil before putting the mix into the bed. This is called “interfacing” and isvital for plant growth. If you don’t dig before mixing, the plant roots will hit the hardarea and won’t penetrate for maximum root growth and uptake of nutrients and water.With raised beds, too, you can cover that small area with plastic and not worry aboutwet soil and late planting. Raised beds drain well. They get more sunlight from both thetop and sides, too, so they warm up quicker in the spring.Spring. If you can work the soil in early spring, raised beds allowyou to plant earlier and to protect plants against too much rain, lengthy wet spells andother bad weather.Summer or Fall. Planting in raised beds helps fall crops producelonger. Remember, working in the late fall is much cooler and easier than trying to put ina raised bed in the summer.
May 17, 2006 (CIDRAP News) – The intranasal influenza vaccine FluMist proved to be 55% more effective than an injectable vaccine in a phase 3 trial of children aged 6 months to about 5 years, according to a press release from MedImmune, maker of FluMist.The study, involving 8,475 children at 249 sites in 16 countries, was presented May 1 at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in San Francisco.Lead author Robert B. Belshe, MD, director of the Center for Vaccine Development at St Louis University, said in the press release, “We discovered that [FluMist] was significantly more effective in protecting children against influenza infection. This is especially important, because this age-group is among the most vulnerable to influenza infection, and they tend to spread influenza to other family members.”In the news release, MedImmune cited plans to submit its data to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) by the end of June to seek an expansion of FluMist’s indications to include children from 6 months to 5 years of age. It is currently approved for healthy children and adults between 5 and 49 years.In the double-blind study conducted during the 2004-05 flu season, patients received either trivalent injectable inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV) or cold-adapted influenza vaccine, trivalent (CAIV-T). CAIV-T is a refrigerated form of FluMist, designed to be easier to handle than the current version, which must be stored frozen. The study included 6,300 previously unvaccinated children, half of whom were younger than 2 years.For the strains of influenza that the vaccines were designed for, FluMist was 44% more effective than the injected vaccine (flu attack rates: TIV, 2.4%; CAIV-T, 1.4%). However, FluMist was discovered to be even more effective compared with the injectable vaccine against a variant of the target H3N2 strain that appeared during the flu season studied (attack rates: TIV, 4.5%; CAIV-T, 1.0%), according to MedImmune.Thus, FluMist had a combined 55% greater rate of effectiveness against both matched and mismatched strains (overall attack rates: TIV, 8.6%; CAIV-T, 3.9%).William Schaffner, MD, chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine at Vanderbilt University, who was not involved in the study, underscored in a May 1 Associated Press (AP) story the importance of this broader protection. Schaffner said, “That’s very, very exciting, because we all know the influenza virus has a tendency to drift,” or mutate.The AP report said that FluMist might work better because it uses live, attenuated virus, as opposed to the dead virus in TIV. Belshe explained in the story that, while injectable vaccine is effective in healthy people who have caught flu before or been inoculated many times, immune-naïve babies and preschoolers need the more flulike nasal challenge provided by FluMist.MedImmune reported that overall adverse events and serious adverse events were similar in both groups of children, but the FluMist recipients had a 2.5% to 5.6% increase in runny nose and nasal congestion. Also, unvaccinated children experienced a small but statistically significant increase in medically significant wheezing—3.3%, compared with 2.0% in the TIV group.This increase in wheezing, though, was found only in the 42 days after the first dose, and not beyond 42 days or after the second dose, according to the news release. However, Schaffner, in a USA Today story, said the side effect “will be looked at very critically” by the FDA and by those who make vaccine policy.See also:May 1 MedImmune press releaseMay 1 St Louis University press releasehttp://www.slu.edu/readstory/more/6872
It can take up to 30 days to obtain preliminary approval to export the technology.TikTok’s secret weapon is believed to be its recommendation engine that keeps users glued to their screens. This engine, or algorithm, powers TikTok’s “For You” page, which recommends the next video to watch based on an analysis of your behavior.Cui noted that ByteDance’s development overseas had relied on its domestic technology that provided the core algorithm and said the company may need to transfer software codes or usage rights to the new owner of TikTok from China to overseas.”Therefore, it is recommended that ByteDance seriously studies the adjusted catalogue and carefully considers whether it is necessary to suspend” negotiations on a sale, he added.ByteDance did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Sunday.China’s foreign ministry has said that it opposes the executive orders Trump has placed on TikTok and that Beijing will defend the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses.Topics : However, China late on Friday revised a list of technologies that are banned or restricted for export for the first time in 12 years and Cui Fan, a professor of international trade at the University of International Business and Economics in Beijing, said the changes would apply to TikTok.”If ByteDance plans to export related technologies, it should go through the licensing procedures,” Cui said in an interview with Xinhua published on Saturday.Read also: Walmart says teaming with Microsoft in bid for TikTokChina’s Ministry of Commerce added 23 items – including technologies such as personal information push services based on data analysis and artificial intelligence interactive interface technology – to the restricted list. China’s new rules around tech exports mean ByteDance’s sale of TikTok’s US operations could need Beijing’s approval, a Chinese trade expert told state media, a requirement that would complicate the forced and politically charged divestment.ByteDance has been ordered by President Donald Trump to divest short video app TikTok – which is challenging the order – in the United States amid security concerns over the personal data it handles.Microsoft Corp and Oracle Corp are among the suitors for the assets, which also includes TikTok’s Canada, New Zealand and Australia operations.
Its consultation also questioned whether the strength of multi-employer scheme sponsors could ever be adequately measured, and said the matter should be addressed in more detail and further studied.“The fact that many industry wide schemes have often thousands of independent sponsors is not treated in a sufficient manner,” it said.“AEIP still questions whether a proper methodology for industry-wide IORPs can actually work, given the difficulties in assessing the strength of an industry rather than a single company.”The AEIP also sided with PensionsEurope in urging the regulator to consider the macroeconomic impact of its HBS proposals, saying the threat of the new balance sheet approach could be discouraging employers from launching new IORPs.“Indeed, the possibility that the sponsor-support element of the HBS has to be mirrored in the balance sheet of the sponsor would provide a strong disincentive for employers to provide occupational pensions and might push them to shift from DB to DC,” it said.“In this respect, we also would like to raise awareness of the need to further investigate the macroeconomic impact of the HBS.”PensionsEurope noted in its response that, while the European Commission had aborted studies by the European Central Bank and the Joint Research Centre assessing the impact of the HBS, the “necessity to assess the macroeconomic consequences” remained. The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s (EIOPA) assumption that pension funds are unable to recover payments from sponsors following a default is too severe, according a group representing the interests of European social partners.According to the European Association of Paritarian Institutions of Social Protection (AEIP), the regulator’s placement of IORPs at the back of creditor queues upon insolvency could “pose issues for the comparability of the holistic balance sheet (HBS) results across Europe”, as individual member states regulate recoveries differently.In its consultation response to EIOPA’s discussion paper on sponsor support, the association also warned that the default probabilities the regulator would employ – based around credit ratings – would often be influenced by liquidity problems.“This does not always mean there is insolvency,” it added. “Using these probabilities of defaults in combination with no allowance for recoveries is too severe.”
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Kalu joined Bordeaux in the summer of 2018 after a successful spell in the Belgium Jupiler League and has become one of the outstanding performers for the club. Super Eagles and Bordeaux winger Samuel Kalu has recovered from the ravaging coronavirus after spending few days in isolation. The former Gent of Belgium player was diagnosed of the virus a few days back and was asked to self isolate from the team. Kalu and the French club uploaded images of the Nigerian international resuming training on Sunday morning and was excited to rejoin the team.Advertisement