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If you are a bajillionaire and you lose your private keys, the best thing to do is head straight to Alcor and have yourself cryogenically frozen. Ask them to thaw you out in 500 years, or when 10000 qubit quantum computing is invented. Then you can recover your keys and live like a king!

@eiaine serious question.. if they had that computer why would they defrost you? at that point couldn't they just take the bitcoins for themselves :P ?

@miketwenty1 i mean, why would they defrost you at all, ever? why not take your money and throw the body into the river? i feel like there's a lot of trust involved in this sort of business.

@eiaine @miketwenty1 (wakes up in room with quantum computer engineers holding $5 wrenches)

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so even with decentralized multisig approach.. and cryogenic freezing ... the $5 wrench rears it's ugly head of reality

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Internship Opportunity

Theatre/Radio Internship with Blackshaw Theatre Company

An introduction to working in professional theatre/radio, offering the chance to shadow and assist our sound designer/engineer, director, actors and stage manager on a professional production.

You will shadow/assist in one or more of the following areas:

– foley

– sound

– directing

– theatre/radio production

You will also have a place reserved for you on our new writing workshop (Mon 28th June, 6pm, The Big Top, King George’s Park, Wandsworth).

Our interns will be fully supported throughout their time with us, and on successful completion of the internship will receive a credit in the programme, and a reference for future job applications.

Foley –

This is the creation and performance of sound effects on stage.  It’s super fun, and will be coordinated by our sound designer, Andrew Crane.  To get a taste of what we’ve done before, listen to Some Treachery: A Miss McSkimming Mystery and The Final Adventure of Frankie Fightwell.  The role could involve working with Andy to try out different ways to produce sound effects, assisting during rehearsals, and/or performing these on the day during the show.

Sound –

We need to carefully balance the recording of foley and live voices of the actors during the performances, so you could work with our sound engineer to see how this works in practice, and assist during the get in, technical rehearsal and performance.

Directing –

You could work with our Director, Ellie, during rehearsals and on show day; working with the writer to tweak the script, coordinating foley and sound with Andy, and getting the best possible performances from our actors.

Theatre/radio production –

There needs to be a clear overview of the performance – coordination of venue, creatives, sales, marketing.  If you want to see what it’s like to hold all the strings, come and assist our company director, Ellie, in the production of the whole show!

Open to Wandsworth residents and students aged 16-25.

No previous experience required.

Please note you will definitely need to be available for the rehearsals, get in/technical rehearsal, and performances, as follows:

Sunday 6th June, 11-6pm (Tooting, venue TBC)

Sunday 13th June, 11-6pm (Tooting, venue TBC)

Sunday 27th June, 11-6pm (Tooting, venue TBC)

Saturday 3rd July, 9am-5pm (The Big Top, King George’s Park, Wandsworth, SW18 2GJ)

About the show

Following their award-winning production of The Final Adventure of Frankie Fightwell by Chris Buxey (Stage Door New Writing Award 2018), Blackshaw Theatre Company returns to the Wandsworth Arts Fringe with a radio play recorded in front of a live audience (hilarious sound effects included).

Miss McSkimming takes to the high seas in her second adventure, presented by Blackshaw Theatre.  Expecting a pleasant transatlantic cruise, Miss McSkimming must instead deal with a missing companion and a series of mysterious thefts, all whilst trying to avoid panic amongst her fellow passengers.

A rollicking comedy with mysteries abounding, this piece promises to delight audiences, young and old!

The show will run alongside a series of educational outreach events – a radio playwriting and producing workshop at the Putney Arts Theatre, a Q&A with the show creators, and 1-3 internships for Wandsworth residents and students wanting to gain experience in producing theatre and radio.

Supported by Wandsworth Arts Fringe.

Saturday 3rd July, 1pm

The Big Top, King George’s Park, Wandsworth, SW18 2GJ

About writer, Richard Stratton

Richard Stratton has written several plays for Blackshaw Theatre Company, including Some Treachery: A Miss McSkimming Mystery and new adaptations of Alice in Wonderland and Gormenghast: Titus Groan.

About Blackshaw Theatre Company

Blackshaw is a theatre production company, championing new writing and adaptations on stage and in audio.

We’re proud to work with an extensive network of artists and professionals in our South London homeland and beyond. Blackshaw and our whole network believe in embracing a wide range of disciplines, sharing knowledge, and supporting fellow theatre practitioners to create great work.

Founded in 2010, our productions include new works; The Final Adventure of Frankie Fightwell by Chris Buxey (2018 – Putney Arts Theatre); Some Treachery: A Miss McSkimming Mystery by Richard Stratton (2017 – Putney Arts Theatre); Black Shuck by Duncan Hands (2016 – Old Red Lion Theatre), Staying Alive by Kat Roberts (2015 – Pleasance Theatre), Fetch by Duncan Gates (2014 – Selkirk Upstairs); Audience with the Ghost Finder by M. J. Starling (2013 – Selkirk Upstairs & Etcetera Theatre), and Character by Florence Vincent (2014 & 2015 – Selkirk Upstairs & Tristan Bates Theatre); as well as adaptations of Gormenghast: Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake (2012 – The Actors’ Church, Covent Garden) and Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (2014 & 2015 – Selkirk Upstairs, Battersea Library & The British Home).

Our podcast, ‘The Blackshaw Arts Hour’ includes the latest arts news and reviews, as well as one-off radio dramas, serials, and live performances.

Reviews for Blackshaw

Scare Slam, 2019

“All the performances were amazing…a fantastic production” – The Strand Magazine

The Final Adventure of Frankie Fightwell, 2018

“a real treat…great fun” * * * * – Pocket Size Theatre

“The ace up the sleeve of the show though is the brave move of having the Foley (sound effects) recorded live…plenty of laughs” – A Younger Theatre

Alice in Wonderland, 2014/15

“…creative, imaginative and seemingly effortless style…The whole performance buzzed with energy, fun and joy.” * * * * *  –  London Theatre 1

“this production provides something for everyone…The fun-filled show brims with chaos, madness and high jinks…the wild but classic tale of Alice in her fantastically retold Wonderland.” – A Younger Theatre

“an imaginative production…highly entertaining and engaging…a fun afternoon adventure” – Everything Theatre

Testimony from volunteers we’ve worked with before –

“Blackshaw Theatre are an inspiring theatre company and I had a great time working with them over the last year and a half. They are a very welcoming and talented group of people who really made me feel part of the company from day one. This was my first ever job in the Arts, it really gave me an insight into the Theatre Industry.”

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Digital Showcase – Panel I

Hear brief (10 min) demonstrations, stories or presentation from folks on the front lines of helping people make better use of broadband. Some have ideas you might be able to implement tomorrow – some are intentionally stretch goals. They are all great examples of how broadband is changing lives. Session notes and recording

PCs for People

PCs for People refurbishes donated computers to distribute to low income households. They also offer affordable tech support and Internet access (where available).

Mary Lucic holds a Master’s Degree in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University and is currently the Community Outreach & Fundraising Manager at PCs for People. Her passion for nonprofit work is shown through all the unwavering dedication to closing the digital divide. Mary works closely with the Blandin Broadband Communities Program to distribute refurbished desktop computers to low-income families within each community.

Winona Friendship Center

The Friendship Center began virtual programming via Zoom in 2012. What initially began as offering remote exercise online for isolated older adults has grown to total virtual programming during a pandemic. Learn how we convince the “I’ll never use a computer” person to partake in programs via a tablet/iPad.

Malia Fox has been the Director of Winona Friendship Center for 26 years. She has a degree in Music Therapy with 35+ years of working in gerontology. She is on the National Council on Aging/National Institute of Senior Centers executive committee and chairs the Best Practice committee for innovative senior center programming. The Winona Friendship Center remains the only nationally accredited senior center in the state of Minnesota.

Kairos Alive!

Kairos Alive! has been developing exciting interactive 2-way webcast creativity and health engagement programs based in dance, music, story and research learning for older adults in intergenerational communities via Zoom for 3 years. Our current webcast, Creativity Together™, is reaching audiences in the Twin Cities, greater Minnesota and NE Wisconsin, and is attracting participants from around the country.

Maria Genné, founder/director is a dancer, choreographer and educator, recognized as a pioneering leader in the intergenerational interactive participatory performing arts, and arts and health fields. Her national award-winning work is designed to tap into the artistry and creativity of older adults and invite them to be central collaborators in the artistic process of dance, music and storytelling. It models a new and vital role in society for the community based professional performing artist, and new possibilities of intergenerational community enjoyment and understanding. In 2001, Maria developed The Dancing Heart™, a nationally recognized, evidence-based program which engages older adults of all abilities in weekly, intergenerational, interactive arts participation and health education. Kairos was featured in the 2012 PBS documentary, Arts & the Mind, and is recognized as a model arts involvement program by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Center for Creative Aging (NCCA), and winner of awards for program innovation by the American Public Health Association, American Society on Aging, and others.

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The Passage Gets a Trailer Ahead of Monday's Premiere

The Passage, based on the book series by Justin Cronin, debuts on Fox this Monday, January 14. Ahead of the big debut, they dropped a trailer for the first season of the vampire-esque horror series, and it looks like we are in for a wild ride. Hey, anytime you are going to use "Tainted Love" this effectively I am in 100%. Check out the trailer below:

Based on author Justin Cronin's best-selling trilogy of the same name, THE PASSAGE is an epic, character-driven thriller written by Liz Heldens ("Friday Night Lights"). Executive-produced by Emmy Award winner and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Ridley Scott ("The Martian," "Gladiator") and writer/director Matt Reeves ("Dawn of the Planet of the Apes," "Cloverfield"), THE PASSAGE focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl, AMY BELLAFONTE (Saniyya Sidney, "Fences," "Hidden Figures") is chosen to be a test subject, Federal Agent BRAD WOLGAST (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, "Pitch") is the man who is tasked with bringing her to Project Noah.

Ultimately, however, Wolgast becomes her surrogate father, as he tries to protect her at any cost. Brad and Amy's journey will force them to confront Project Noah's lead scientist, MAJOR NICHOLE SYKES (Caroline Chikezie, "The Shannara Chronicles"), and the hardened ex-CIA operative in charge of operations, CLARK RICHARDS (Vincent Piazza, "Boardwalk Empire," "Rescue Me"), whom Brad trained. It likewise brings them face-to-face with a dangerous new race of beings confined within the walls of Project Noah, including former scientist TIM FANNING (Jamie McShane, "Bosch," "Bloodline," "Sons of Anarchy") and death-row inmate SHAUNA BABCOCK (Brianne Howey, "The Exorcist"). In seeking out any allies he can find, Brad also turns to his former wife, DR. LILA KYLE (Emmanuelle Chriqui, "Entourage," "Murder in the First"), for help. But as Project Noah's scientists hone in on a cure that could save humanity, these new beings begin to test their own powers, inching one step closer to an escape that could lead to an unimaginable apocalypse.

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The Passage, starring Mark-Paul Gosselar, Saniyya Sidney, Caroline Chikezie, Vincent Piazza, Jamie McShane, Brianne Howry, Emmanuelle Chriqui, and Henry Ian Cusick premieres this Monday, January 14th, on Fox.

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Planting By The Signs March 2013

Planting signs for march 2013

March seems to be roaring in like a lion here in Western NC-but I know Spring is just around the corner and it’s time to start thinking about this summer’s garden.

Sow True Seed has signed on to sponsor the Blind Pig garden once again this year-I’m so excited!! I was so pleased with all my Sow True Seeds last year-that I know this summer will be another banner gardening season for us.

If you’ve never heard of Sow True Seed-they are located in Asheville NC. They also have a great website you can order from.

With an eye on the future, Sow True Seed has taken a stand to help insure the purity of open-pollinated and heirloom seeds-so future generations can continue to grow their favorite veggies-save their seed from year to year and continue the circle of growing that our ancestors have handed down to us.

Sow True Seed has an impressive selection of vegetable, flower, herb, and cover crop seeds.

  • They offer open-pollinated, non hybrid, and untreated seed-meaning you can save your seed from year to year with each new plant’s yield staying true to the original yield.
  • Much of their seed production is USDA Certified Organic-and they’re striving to increase their organic varieties each year.
  • Heirloom seeds-which are always open pollinated-make up most of Sow True Seed’s inventory.

Sow True Seed also offers programs such as:

  • A Wholesale Rack Program for retail stores
  • A Fund Raising Program for schools and other organizations
  • The Community Seed Exchange offers a great opportunity for gardeners local to the Asheville area.

In addition you can get seed collections, seed garlic, sweet potato slips, seed potatoes, and a variety of how to/gardening books from Sow True Seed. And there are many free resources offered on their site such as a planting guide and a seed saving guide.

Sow True Seed has a great blog-where you can learn all sorts of interesting things about gardening. You can subscribe to the blog-which is FREE. If you’re on Facebook-Sow True Seed has a page on there too-which is a great way to find out about their special sales.

This year the Blind Pig & The Acorn’s Planting By The Signs Test is going to be radically different. After the weather woes of the last 2 growing seasons, I decided a broader approach would benefit our testing.

I’ll share a calendar-like the one above for each month from now to August. If you decided to play along you can use the calendar to plant your seeds. At the end of the growing season you can give Blind Pig readers a general overview of how attempting to plant by the signs helped or didn’t seem to help your garden production. And if you’re not interested in playing along-you can see how my garden turns out as I use the monthly calendars and share the details here on the Blind Pig.

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    March 1, 2013 at 12:03 pm

    I hope you have success with your
    music player, cause I miss it! And
    since Sow True Seeds have agreed to sponsor your blog again, I plan
    to buy some supplies from them.
    Their online catalogue is super!
    Hopefully I can get Kennebec Seed
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    March. Soon it will be plantin’
    time in the Mountains…Ken

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    March 1, 2013 at 8:42 am

    I really enjoy reading about your garden successes; I’m not as good with the vegetable side. I will once again try some tomatoes and green peppers. Perhaps, I will look for the seeds you recommend. Your site is such a wealth of information.

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    March 1, 2013 at 8:35 am

    Tipper I am so glad you will be posting a calendar each month—perhaps it will keep some of us on tract.

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    March 1, 2013 at 7:58 am

    Tipper: I am tempted to attempt such an gardening endeavor but the deer and bunnies are so prevalent I know it would be futile!
    Now speaking of ‘signs’- this morning while I was in the dark in the hot tub an Owl hooted SIX hoots time six times! He or she was in the Hemlock just ten feet away! What kind of sign is that? When we use to hear the owls hoot close to our house we just knew something bad was going to happen soon. Is it any wonder that I was a scaredy cat? And still so today!
    Cheers, Eva Nell

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    March 1, 2013 at 7:45 am

    I remember selling seeds to raise money for the school. It has been decades since I’ve seen it. Forget the candy bars with the $1.00 off at Pizza Pit. If some kids came to my door today selling seeds, you betcha I’d buy some. If they are Sow True Seeds I might buy even more.

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20 Simple Meal Ideas Using Mince

If you want a protein-based ingredient with versatility, it’s hard to look past mince!

Mince has come a long way over the past few decades. It’s no longer the meat created from off-cuts – we now have mince varieties made from premium lean beef, chicken, pork, turkey and lamb. Perfect for all styles of meals, from Bolognese to San Choy Bau.

I have put together a list of fabulous mince dishes for you to explore. If you are a vegetarian, all these meal ideas can be created using meat alternatives like quorn, TVP (textured vegetable protein), grated tofu (honestly works well, try it) or legumes like lentils or kidney beans.

20 Simple Meal Ideas Using Mince

  • Lasagne
  • Shepherds Pie
  • Moussaka
  • Cannelloni
  • Spaghetti Bolognese
  • Nachos
  • Chilli Con Carne

Around the world

  • San Choy Bau
  • Spring Rolls
  • Larb
  • Chow Mein
  • Samosas
  • Quesadillas

Family favourites

  • Meatballs
  • Burgers
  • Meatloaf
  • Sausage Rolls
  • Meat Pie
  • One Pot Mince
  • Rissoles

Now let’s explore our top five!

There are many ways to make lasagne, but I encourage you to nutritionally enhance yours by packing it with vegetables and adding legumes to the mince sauce.

My hot tip is to blend up a steamed cauliflower with some pesto as an alternative to béchamel sauce! Served with a side of salad, lasagne can be a light and satisfying family meal.

San Choy Bau

If you have kids who love eating with their fingers, this is a great recipe idea for them. Topping with fresh and crunchy veg will also appeal to little ones who loathe soggy vegetables! Wrapped as a lettuce parcel it is a light, low carb meal.

Chilli Con Carne

If you love the idea of a one pot meal – chilli con carne is for you! With its spicy profile it’s a winter warmer that you should incorporate to your weekly winter menu. Add a variety of diced veg to the pot and while you are at it, throw in a tin of kidney beans too!

Who would have thought that mince could work in a salad? In Laos and Thailand this is a staple. If you are a vegetarian, finely dicing up mushrooms works really well in place of the mince. A perfect dish to be shared at a dinner party, especially in the summer.

Free 12WBT Recipe: Bunless Burgers

This is one of Michelle’s favourites and its low carb and gluten free! Using large field mushrooms as your burger bun is a wonderful way to boost the plant power.

  • Serves 4
  • 20 min prep time
  • 20 min cooking time
  • 315 calories per serve

  • 250g lean beef mince
  • 1 cage free eggs (59g)
  • 1 tablespoons tomato sauce (20g)
  • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (10g)
  • 1g olive oil spray
  • 2 onion (178g), sliced
  • 4 field mushroom (480g)
  • 4 leaves iceberg lettuce (40g)
  • 4 slices Swiss cheese (120g)
  • 2 tomatoes (334g), sliced

  1. Combine mince, egg, sauce and mustard in a bowl and season with freshly ground black pepper. Use clean hands to mix until well combined. Divide mixture into four portions and shape into round flat patties.
  2. Spray a large non-stick frying pan with oil and heat over medium-low heat.
  3. Add onions and cook, stirring often, for 10 minutes or until soft and golden brown. Transfer to a plate and cover with foil to keep warm.
  4. Trim mushroom stalks. Heat a chargrill pan or barbecue flat plate over medium-high heat. Lightly spray mushrooms with oil and cook for 2 minutes each side or until tender and golden. Divide between serving plates.
  5. Add burger patties to the chargrill and cook for 3 minutes each side or until cooked through.
  6. Top mushrooms with lettuce, patties, cheese, tomato and onion.

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  • Try to choose flat field mushrooms that aren’t too thick.
  • Member recipes are submitted and checked to make sure they tick all the boxes in terms of health, nutrition, calories and taste.

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With ski season behind us, we’re ready for the glorious summer beauty as the snow continues to melt. Our summer season begins this year with the first Sunday Brunch on June 4. Brunch items include a wide array of hors d’oeuvres, salads, entrees, house baked breads, pastries and desserts and cooked to order items.  Sunday Brunch is from 9:30 am – 2:00 pm.  The prices are $29.95 for adults, $14.95 for children 7-12 years of age and $6.95 for ages 6 and under. Alcohol service is available starting at 10:30 am.

Outdoor dining with superb food surrounded by the spectacular peaks around Alta make the Alta Lodge Sunday Brunch a favorite of locals. The casual environment of the Lodge encourages hikers to stop in by or after their hike. Reservations are encouraged but not necessary.

Lunch service on Saturdays begins June 10 and is served from 11 am – 2 pm. Lunch specialties include Vietnamese noddle bowl, supper salad, grilled ham and smoked Gouda sandwich, Bánh mì sandwich as well as burgers and appetizers.

Whether you take an energetic bike ride up the canyon, a hike in Albion Basin or a scenic drive on a lovely Saturday or Sunday, you’ll enjoy a great meal with wonderful views.

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This Was 2017

How was your 2017? We hope it was mainly good and filled with love, cheer, and joy! To honor the passing year and look forward to 2018 with a fresh mind and new ideas, here is a look back at 2017, what was new and what our users loved the most about

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Misconceptions About Dating

Your Greatest Misconceptions About Dating

During the course of our dating lives, we have picked up a lot of misconceptions about dating here and there. Some of them may seem harmless, but they ultimately become obstacles that hinder us from finding and even meeting new people.

Misconceptions About Dating You Should Drop Right Now

When you are on a date, probably, one of your biggest goals is to see if the person is “the one”. This is the kind of thinking that gets us into trouble. For one, it gives us unnecessary stress because we’re putting too much pressure on meeting a new person for the first date. Other misconceptions about dating include:

1. It’s All About Romantic Chemistry

When you go on a date, it’s mostly about seeing if there’s a romantic possibility between two people. It’s normal, but you can also look at it at a different way. People date to find a partner, but some also date to find either friendship or companionship.

2. When You Get Rejected, You Failed

If you get rejected or if things don’t work out, it doesn’t mean that you are a failure or that the date was a failure. You can accept the fact that you and the person you saw weren’t meant to be together. That doesn’t mean failure. It just wasn’t written in the stars or you just were mismatched.

3. There’s Only One Way To Date

This is such a misconception. There are plenty of other ways to meet a person apart from the traditional way. The offline dating scene is still bustling, but so is the online one and dating through apps. You should be exploring all the ways you can meet people so you know which way works best for you.

Drop Your Misconceptions About Dating And See Doors Open

When you have dropped all of these misconceptions about dating, you will find yourself free from the fear of getting judged or the fear of being alone. It may take awhile for you to correct whatever you have been believing for years, but if you truly want to be stress-free when it comes to dating, you have to go through with it. For more dating tips, read other posts on the blog.


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Sending care packages to loved ones

by jialezheng   ·  1 year ago   ·

We’re all apart from loved ones, and even though technology has helped to manage the distance, it cannot replace the feeling of in-person bonding, when you’re laughing so hard and gasping for air (in the purest of ways of course). We all love knowing that someone else is thinking of us, so why not make someone’s day and let them know that you’re thinking of them?

Send them a love gift carefully picked by you – it can be something as simple as sending them a meal from the favourite restaurant/cafe, pre-batched cocktails from their favourite bar, flowers to brighten up their house, or wellness products to look after them from afar. We’ve selected our top picks below, and when you pay with Atome, you can split the bill into three interest-free monthly instalments.

YumiGifts: 99 Shades of Love

What says ‘I love you’ better than flowers? You don’t really need to have an occasion to send flowers to someone. Make someone’s day with a beautiful floral arrangement from Yumi Gifts. Think ever-lasting paper roses to symbolise that you’re always thinking of them. Shop online by gifts, flowers, and choose whether you’re like it in a box or in a bouquet. There are plenty of options, and a meaning behind each choice! So if you’re missing them, or thinking of them, let them know!

Spongellé: Honey Blossom Boxed Flower

We love these shower buffers from Spongellé! Not only do they nourish, hydrate and moisturise the skin, they also massage and exfoliate (talk about a product that does it all!). Remind your loved ones to take care of themselves and their skin during times like these. And remember to buy some for yourself too!

Flowwe: Gift Card

Life is getting a little crazy, don’t you think? Sometimes we just need to slow down and take a step back and indulge in a little TLC. Brighten their day with essential beauty and wellness products from Flowwe. There are essential oils to help relax and perk them up, enzyme drinks to boost their immune system, and even facial masks to help them wind them after a long day. With a wide range of products to choose from, why not treat them to a gift card so that they can have their pick?

Natural Living Products: Fractionated Coconut Oil

There’s lots of reasons why we love Natural Living Products. The company believes that beauty and therapeutic treatments should stem from the purest form of nature, thus they’ve gathered essentials that are good for your skin, hair, body, mind and spirit. If your friend or family is a fan of eco-friendly products (everyone should be tbh) then look no further than Natural Living Products. One of our top picks is this Fractionated Coconut Oil from Curio Elixir. The benefits of coconut oil are endless, and the fractionation process triggers the concentration of caprylic acid and capric acid, thus giving it more antioxidants. It can be used to hydrate and soothe the skin, and is a natural conditioner and moisturiser.

Do we really need a reason to send someone a gift? We don’t think so. Take care of your loved ones and add a bit of sunshine to their day with these gifts. When you pay with Atome, you only need to pay a third of the bill upfront, with the remaining amount over the next two months (with 0% interest too!).

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Deactivating CDXZipStream Installations Updated

We often get requests to remove computers from a user's activation list. Our license allows you to install CDXZipStream on one main and one backup computer per user. Once both activations are used up you will be unable to register new computers.

We ask that you first try to deactivate existing installations using the CDXZipStream software itself. In Excel, select the CDXZipStream menu and press "Account". Then press the Register/Upgrade button and click on "Deactivate This Computer" at the bottom of the dialog.

After pressing this button you will see a prompt to enter the username and password for your account. Our activation servers will then verify this information and remove your computer from the activation list so you can register a new one. There are no limits on how many times you can do this but remember you are still bound by the CDXZipStream license terms.

If you don't see the "Deactivate this Computer" button please download and install the latest version of our software available at this direct download link:

We do realize that there are situations where no one has physical access to an old machine. You can send us an email stating the name of the computer and that you certify that this installation is no longer in service.  If you have an active Data Maintenance subscription we will remove the computers for you manually. We will only do this once for each maintenance period.  This contract can be purchased in the "CDXZipStream" menu of your online account at Please also note that without an active maintenance contract you will be unable to download the latest data updates.

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Thursday, August 30, 2012

The Net or the Jet

I spent the first half of my life in the jet age but not in the Internet age. I could fly anywhere in the world but the fastest way to get a research paper to another scientist was to bring the paper on the plane with me.

One could imagine technological innovation going the other way around where we had a functioning Internet but no air travel. Maybe we would have done a much better job creating virtual meetings and conferences.

Suppose you had to choose a world to live in:
  1. Jets but no 'net. We know what this world looked like.
  2. Net but no jets. We can only imagine.
Which one would you choose?

[This question came from a discussion with Paul Royal, a Georgia Tech research scientist in Information Security. We chose different answers.]

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Neil Armstrong, Ray Bradbury: The future is not what we thought it would be

Neil Armstrong died on August 25, 2012.  He was the first man to walk on the moon.  (Since they always say this I wonder if Women walked on the moon earlier.) Ray Bradbury  died on June 5, 2012, though on this (and perhaps other) blogs with was overshadowed by death of Mihai Patrascu on the same day.

When man landed on the moon I thought that this would be a common thing- that we'd goto the moon about once a year. In the end only 12 people walked on the moon and we stopped going in 1972.  See here for details.

Why didn't we go more often? Maybe there wasn't much to see- you see one moonrock you've seen them all. Are unmanned flights much better in terms of science-for-the-money? I suspect yes.  Also, one reason America put men on the moon was to beat the Russians to it.  Once we already did that, the point was made, so no reason to go again.

If we went now it would cost much less. So perhaps we should have waited for the technology to catch up and go later for much cheaper.  That's not quite right- one reason we have some of the technology is that we went then. But in some areas- computers in particular- certainly we would have still made progress without going to the moon.  On the other hand going to the moon when we did was quite inspiring to some people.  (Are you one of those people?)

Ray Bradbury's classic Farenheit 451  was about censorship- the government had firemen who burned books. Books made of paper. I suspect that within 10 years e-books will be the standard (some exceptions- Art books, maybe some Math books).  Will that make censorship easier or harder? The Arab Spring was caused partially because the government could not control social media. However, in China the government is pretty good at blocking access to the Web. But still, some gets through.  So to rephrase the question- does current technology make censorship easier or harder?  I don't have an answer to this question- but I invite your intelligent commentary.

Ray Bradbury himself has said that the book was also about people choosing a shallow culture (e.g., TV over books). Modern technology has been a mixed bag for this.  Some TV shows will one day (or even now) be seen as classics (e.g., The Simpsons) while others are of course going to be seen as vapid, shallow, and not worth much (e.g., Madmen).

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Knuth Prize

Leonid Levin will receive the Knuth Prize, and give the corresponding lecture, at FOCS this year. The Knuth Prize is jointly given by ACM SIGACT and the IEEE TC-MFCS for outstanding contributions to theoretical computer science.

Levin easily deserves the award alone for his amazing two-page 1971 paper, actually two major research lines

Today we call the seminal NP-completeness result for Satisfiability the Cook-Levin theorem.

Levin did so much more, from the "right" definition for average-case hardness to (with Hastad, Impagliazzo and Luby) producing pseudorandom generators from any one-way function.

Congrats to Leonid!

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Ten Years of the Complexity Blog

On August 22, 2002 I wrote the following immortal words to start this blog
This is my complexity web log. I'll be giving random thoughts about computational complexity and about mathematics and computer science in general.
Ten years and over two thousand posts later this blog keeps going.

Computational Complexity has come a long way since 2002. In post two I talked about the then new result showing that Primes are in P. Since then we've seen Reingold's log-space algorithm for undirected connectivity, Dinur's "simpler" proof of the PCP theorems, new circuit lower bounds and great new algorithms. Alas the P versus NP problem is still open.

Thanks to all of you for reading and commenting on the blog. It's your support that has keeps us going for the the last ten years and many more years to come.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Fellow blogger Abie Flaxman named Top Innovator!

(Guest post from William Heisel, Assistant Director for External Relations, Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, University of Washington, 2301 5th Avenue, Suite 600,Seattle, WA 98121)

Abraham (Abie) Flaxman who writes the Healthy Algorithms blog
(which is on Complexity Blogs' Blog Roll) has been named one of the world's top young innovator by MIT.  This is a sign that algorithms are finally getting a little respect in the global health and technology worlds.

In global health  the rock stars are the vaccines, new toilets, and bed nets. Health measurement is considered something for bean counters whose pasty skin never sees the blistering Sub-Saharan African sun. But what about the tech junkies? They must see the value in crunching all those numbers to do the world some good? Not so much. Techies get excited about apps and gadgets and new ways to monetize web hits.

Finally, Technology Review, MIT's tech industry Bible, is naming a health measurement pioneer (who happens to work at the Instutite for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) IHME) to its list of the world's top young technology pioneers.  Here is the official press release:

For the first time, a prestigious technical innovation honor from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will go to an expert in health measurement: Abraham Flaxman, an Assistant Professor of Global Health at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington (UW).

Since 1999, MIT's Technology Review has honored the world's top innovators under the age of 35 (TR35), in fields such as biotechnology, software, and energy. Until this year, the TR35 judges have not named an innovator in health measurement. Dr. Flaxman was selected from more than 250 nominations by a panel of expert judges and the editorial staff of Technology Review.  Past winners include Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page.

Abie's technical innovations in the field of global health have been game changing in our ability to measure health and health interventions, IHME Director Dr. Christopher Murray said. He has - and continues to be - at the forefront of pioneering methods that improve our ability to measure health outcomes and the effectiveness of interventions that address the world's greatest health challenges.

Nowhere is this more important than in the upcoming Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2010 Study. Dr. Flaxman is the youngest member of the core team for the ambitious study that aims to provide the most comprehensive assessment to date of the burden from death and disability for more than 300 diseases, risk factors and injuries. Dr. Flaxman advanced a new way of disease modeling that allows researchers to combine all of the world's data on prevalence incidence, remission, and mortality and produce consistent estimates of the way diseases progress through the population, as a function of age, time, sex, and geography. When the GBD study is published, it will give governments and health program funders the best picture yet of how the world has advanced or fallen behind in efforts to improve population health.  We are able to understand what is truly causing the greatest amount of mortality and disability in the world because of technical advancements that can be traced back to Abie scribbling on a white board in  his office, said Dr. Mohsen Naghavi, Associate Professor of Global Health at IHME and one of the lead researchers on the GBD project.

Dr. Flaxman also has made significant advancements in verbal autopsy methods for gathering health data in low-resource settings. His machine learning algorithm for computer-certified verbal autopsy takes the results of a health interview of relatives about a recently deceased person and automatically determines the cause of death. He also created a stock-and-flow model for tracking the distribution of insecticide-treated bed nets to prevent malaria. The results are updated annually and included in the World Health Organization's World Malaria Report.  The advancements Dr. Flaxman and colleagues have made in data-driven data quality audits (D3QA) were recently recognized at the Symposium on Computing for Development. Their publication on the development of the D3QA tool won on the best-paper award. The tool can be used to ensure that health data and other data gathered from household surveys are accurate. It is currently being used in research aimed at estimating mortality from war-related causes in Iraq.

Dr. Flaxman has accomplished all of this in just four years. He was on track to join the legions of computer scientists who staff technology giants such as Microsoft and Amazon. While working at Microsoft Research in 2008, he applied for an IHME Post-Graduate Fellowship. His extraordinary work as a Post-Graduate Fellow propelled him to being hired as a UW faculty member.

The world is not lacking in health data, and yet certain basic information has never been quantified, Dr. Flaxman said. I realized four years ago that I could use computational algorithms to solve some of these measurement challenges in global health. And I am incredibly honored to have been recognized by the TR35 judges for this work. Dr. Flaxman will discuss his work alongside other TR35 honorees at the EmTech MIT 2012 conference at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, October 24-26. All the TR35 winners for 2012 will be featured in the Sept/Oct issue of Technology Review

The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is an independent global health research center at the University of Washington that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world's most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. IHME makes this information freely available so that policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to best improve population health.

For more information about IHME, please visit: here.  Technology Review, Inc., is an independent media company owned by MIT It publishes Technology Review magazine, the world's longest-running technology magazine (established 1899).  Additional information about TR35 winners and judges is available here For more information about EmTech MIT 2012, please visit: here.

Friday, August 17, 2012

Is the Turing Test Still Interesting?

Besides the Turing machine, Alan Turing also developed what we now call the Turing Test in Turing's seminal 1950 AI paper "Computational Machinery and Intelligence". Turing describes his imitation game and says if a judge cannot distinguish between communicating with a computer versus a human than this is an indication of that a computer "thinks".

It's not clear exactly when a computer will pass the Turing Test but with systems like Watson and Siri we are getting very close. One can imagine that if we run the right machine learning algorithms on large data sets like Facebook chats or text messages, we can create a system that would fool most people. But would it really be intelligent?

Think about how Google translate works. There is no understanding of the meaning of the words in either language, just a statistical approach to develop a function that maps one language into another. Is this method really intelligence, are Google's computers "thinking"? Not really.

In a couple of years it will be clear that computers easily pass the Turing test. It will be another milestone, like beating humans at Chess and Jeopardy. The computers won't be any more intelligent by passing the test but they will be more useful. And I'll take useful over intelligent any day.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Book Review Column (a bit late)

I try to post my book review column when it comes out but I am behind on that. This is the one that came out a few months ago.  The column is here though I have removed the list of books I want reviewed since it is out of date. The current list of books I need reviewed is here.  Advice for reviewers is here.  The LaTeX template for reviews is here.

The books reviewed in the column are:

  1. A Concise Introduction to Data Compression by David Salomon.  This book covers different aspects of data communications with a main focus on source coding, more commonly known as data compression.  We can view source coding as lossless compression, where the goal is to find a bijective function that when fed a bitstream, also known as a message, outputs a shorter bitstream.
  2. Parallel Algorithms by  Henri Casanova, Arnaud Legrand, and Yves Robert.  This book provides the reader with an advanced introduction into the principles of Parallel computing.  The book is targeted at advanced readers -- graduate students and post-graduate researchers with a strong computational background -- and represents a good resource both in support of a graduate course in parallel algorithms, and for self-guided learning.
  3. Polynomia And Related Realms by Dan Kalman.  This book is about polynomials. Topics include Horners rule, root finding (e.g., the cubic equation) and max-min problems. There is also some history in the book so you'll know where the ideas come from.  The MAA awarded this book a Beckenback Prize at the January meetings.  Details are posted here
  4. Biscuits of Number Theory Edited by  Arthur T. Benjamin and Ezra Brown.  The authors themselves give the best description of the book: an assortment of articles and notes on number theory, where each item is not too big, easily digested, and makes you feel all warm and fuzzy when you're through.
  5. Combinatorial Geometry and Its Algorithmic Applications: The Alcal\'a Lectures by Janos Pach and Micha Sharir.  Combinatorial Geometry is the study of points, lines, and planes.  This material often has algorithmic applications; however, unlike Computational Geometry, this is not the original motivation. This book explores the aspects of combinatorial geometry that have applications to algorithms.
  6. Handbook of Large-Scale Random Networks Edited by Bela Bollobas, Robert Kozma and Deszo Miklos.  Networks can often be modeled as a random graph.  The research here is truly interdisciplinary.  This handbook is an outcome of a U.S.-Hungarian workshop on complex networks held at the R\'{e}nyi Istitute in Budapest in 2006.  According to its editors, its purpose  is to provide a significant update and extension beyond the materials presented in the ''Handbook of Graphs and Networks published in 2003 by Wiley
  7. Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook Edited by : Mikhail J. Atallah and Marina Blanton.  This is a pair of volumes that cover many topics of interest to TCS research.  Volume I is mostly algorithms and Volume II has some real applications.
  8. Primality testing and integer factorization in public key cryptography by Song Y. Yan.  This book covers number theory, some of which is quite advanced, and how it interacts with modern cryptography.
  9. Process Algebra: Equational Theories of Communicating Processes by J. C. M. Baeten, T. Basten, and M. A. Reniers.  Process algebra is a method for specifying and verifying distributed and parallel systems that uses logic and universal algebra.  This book deals mostly with using Process Algebras for communicating processes.
  10. Insider Threats in Cyber Security Edited by Probst, Hunker, Gollman, and Bishop.  This book seeks to educate the reader about the various aspects of insider threat and attempt to define/explain the problem (e.g., types of insiders, the nature of the problem and types of misuse), and ways in which end users and businesses can seek to mitigate some of these risks.  Other topics include fraud detection and insider threat mitigation technologies. Several challenges from both practitioner and research perspectives are discussed.

Thursday, August 09, 2012

Another Algorithmic Market Failure

In 2009, Matt Cushman, Managing Director at Knight Equity Markets, gave a seminar at Northwestern on "High Frequency Trading". Here is the abstract:
High frequency trading has emerged over the past decade as a critical component of modern electronic financial markets. It provides liquidity, efficiency and stability to the global equities, foreign exchange, futures and other electronic marketplaces. By some accounts, two-thirds of US equity shares traded are done by high frequency systems. Yet, misconceptions abound in the popular media today concerning high frequency trading's impact and value to the broader economy.
We will discuss the value of high frequency trading, and some of the problems (both quantitative and technological) that must be solved to operate a successful high frequency system.
Much of the talk focused on how Knight put its servers close to those of the NYSE so it could be first in line for trades. I failed to see the societal value. Say at the airport if someone cuts in front of the security line, they get considerable extra value but it will be cancelled out by the lost time of everyone behind him.

The company, now called Knight Capital, tried out a new algorithm last Friday and lost $440 million buying when it should have sold.

I cry no tears for Knight but such losses can have a disastrous effect on the stability financial markets. One solution is to have the government or some other agency verify code before traders can use it on the markets. But code verification is practically difficult and theoretically impossible.

I would prefer a tiny transaction tax on every trade, negligible for all but high-frequency traders. Computation has made the market nearly frictionless, time to but some friction back in.

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

My take on the Olympics

Thoughts about the Olympics

  1. If you are rooting for your country, would you rather they get (say) 18 medals: 6 Gold, 6 Silver, 6 Bronze, or 17 medals: 10 Gold, 4 Silver, 3 Bronze?  More generally, when is (g,s,b) better than (g',s',b') Some schemes:

    1. The commentators and the websites seem to use g+s+b. They say things like
      American is leading the Medal Count without breaking it down.  Given that the margins-of-victory are often rather small, and all of the athletes who finish in the top 3 (often even in the top 20) are quite good, I think that just g+s+b is good.
    2. If you want to value gold medals more than a scheme like 3a+2b+c makes sense.  One problem- the weights 3,2,1 are arbitrary. What would a criteria be for good weights?
    3. It may be a complicated function. For example (g,s,b) is better than (g',s',b') if g ≥ g'+4 OR (g ≥ g'-3 AND g+s+b ≥ g'+s'+b').
    4. You may want to allow for a partial order--- that is, some triples are incomparable.

  2. Swimming or running: Often the top X people are 0.5 seconds apart and all close to or better than the world or Olympic record.  I would give them all medals. This is not some wimpy self-esteem crap--- if the athletes are that close together, and close to breaking records, they really are all excellent and you really can't say whose better. A possible scheme:

    1. If you tie or beat a world record you get a Gold Medal. (Might even allow if you are within X of a world record for some X.)
    2. If nobody has beaten or tied a world record and you tie or beat an Olympic record then you get a Gold Medal.  If someone else has beaten or tied a world record then you get a Silver Medal.  (I may allow some leeway in both cases.)
    3. The top person behind all of those people gets the bronze Medal.

  3. Or we could give more medals: Gold, Silver, Bronze, Zinc, Aluminum, maybe more.
  4. In Women's Gymnastics these women do spectacular things but if they land badly TAKE OFF X POINTS! Somehow that doesn't seem right.
  5. In most events Women and Men compete separately.

    1. Track and Swimming: Since these are timed we can say without apology that the men are better, so its best if they don't compete head-to-head. However, if a women wanted to compete in the men's event she should be allowed to (Are they now? I doubt it.) I don't think this has come up.
    2. Gymnastics. Here its NOT that either gender is better, its just that they do different things.  The very thought of a guy on the uneven parallel bars terrifies me.  The thought of anyone doing backflips on a 4-inch wide beam also terrifies me.
    3. Equestrian- from what I could tell from the Yahoo Schedule Website men and women compete equally here.
    4. Archery and Shooting are seperated by Gender. For Archery this might make sense- some strength is required.  For Shooting this makes no sense to me. I asked a guy who knows about shooting and he told me that many non-Olympic shooting sports are not seperated by gender.  So why are the Olympic Shooting contests seperated by gender? My guess is that its the same reason COLT allows PC members to submit and CCC does not: because that's how we've always done it.

  6. Game theorist needed: The rules for Badminton were set up so that it was in China's interest to throw a game (see here).  In this case I think it should be fine for a team to forfeit rather than play badly on purpose. More important- the rules need changing.  The Blog Turing's invisible Hand discussed this here.
  7. What sport do you most want to see in the Olympics? I would say Chess Boxing or Skeet Surfing. Both make more sense then the Olympic sport of Modern Pentathlon which combines pistol shooting, fencing, freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross country run.

Thursday, August 02, 2012

I haven't posted in about a month. A combination of traveling, vacation, moving to Atlanta and getting started as chair. I appreciate why Michael Mitzenmacher stopped blogging as he became department head. I'll try to post once a week but no promises.

Last week I attended the CRA Snowbird meeting, a biennial meeting of CS chairs and other leaders in the field. The big topic this year: Massively Open Online Courses or MOOCs. Coursera just a couple weeks ago had their big announcement with their line-up of universities that will produce courses including Georgia Tech.

John Hennessey, president of Stanford, gave the CRA keynote address arguing that MOOCs will save universities. He puts the untenable costs of universities at personnel costs (faculty salaries) are making colleges unaffordable (not sure I fully agree). He argued that MOOCs will help teach courses more effectively. The hidden subtext: fewer professors and probably fewer universities, or as someone joked, we'll all be branch campuses of Stanford.

As pointed out by a few at the meeting there is nothing essentially computer science about MOOCs. But it's hard to ignore the CS influence: The Stanford courses that started the new MOOC era were in computer science, Coursera and Udacity are led by computer scientists, as are the MOOC centers at Stanford, MIT, Georgia Tech and many other schools. With great influence comes great responsibility so let's be sure to do it right.

About the only thing people could agree with is that the we are in the very early stage of MOOCs produced by major universities and nobody is sure where we are going. MOOCs may completely change higher education in America and around the world. Or they won't.


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: December, 2017

Bacon Wrapped Potatoes

Bacon Wrapped Potatoes Bacon Wrapped Potatoes are delicious and easy appetizers to make. When time is short it’s nice to have easy “go to” options. INGREDIENTS 5 Pounds Baby Potatoes 1 Pound Bacon

Vegan Rice Crispy Treats

Vegan Rice Crispy Treats Everyone deserves delicious Rice Crispy Treats. INGREDIENTS 10 Ounces Vegan Marshmallows 5 Cups Rice Cereal 2 Tablespoons Vegan Margarine 2 Tablespoons Coconut Oil Microwave

Coconut Rum Balls

Coconut Rum Balls Coconut Rum Balls are an excellent addition to a holiday baking platter. INGREDIENTS 1 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips 2/3 Cup Full Fat Sour Cream 1/3 Cup Almond Paste 3 Cups Vanilla Wafer

Bruschetta With Pesto

Bruschetta With Pesto Because everyone needs a nice holiday appetizer in their quiver. INGREDIENTS 2 Baguettes 3 Garlic Cloves (Peeled) Olive Oil For Drizzling 20 Cherry Tomatoes 6 Garlic Cloves

Almond Pound Cake

Almond Pound Cake This delicious almond cake is one of my most requested recipes. It’s great for holiday desserts because you can serve it plain or garnish it any way that you would like. INGREDIENTS

Eggnog Lattes

Eggnog Lattes To make these lattes kid-friendly, use hot chocolate instead of espresso. INGREDIENTS 1 Cup Eggnog 1 Cup Espresso (Divided) 1/2 Cup Low-Fat Milk Cinnamon For Garnish In medium-size

Mini Affogatos

Mini Affogatos If you’re looking for an easy holiday dessert, then you might want to consider making Mini Affogatos. If you would rather make them mocha flavored then use chocolate ice cream instead

Nutella Surprise Snickerdoodles

Nutella Surprise Snickerdoodles Snickerdoodles kicked up a notch! INGREDIENTS 2 3/4 Cups Unbleached Flour 2 Teaspoons Cream Of Tartar 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon 1/2 Teaspoon


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Work Culture

It’s all about the mindset: How to delegate in 9 steps

Published on February 14, 2017

You’re swamped at work and staying late every night, but you’re still falling behind. You know you’re supposed to delegate, but you don’t know where to begin. Which colleague should you ask? Would it really save time? And how do you know which tasks to hand off and which to do yourself? Developing smart delegation skills can be tricky, so we rounded up survey results, expert opinion, and proven strategies from across the web. Start with these nine tips.

1. Get into the right mindset

As a manager, delegating is your most important job. Yes, it might be faster—and seem safer—to do a given project yourself. But every time you avoid delegating, you add more to your plate and deprive your team members of an opportunity to grow. This process can create a nasty cycle: more work for you and even less time to delegate. Push yourself out of your week-to-week mentality and think about the year ahead. Even if your team has to slow down to set up effective delegation habits, you’ll save a lot more time in the long run. Finally, don’t worry if more delegation means not getting as much work done personally. Good delegation takes time and preparation, each of which will take you away from your daily tasks. It’s far more important to make your whole team more effective than to squeeze another 20 percent out of yourself.

2. Understand the different types of delegation

Some people don’t like delegating because they’ve had a series of bad experiences. Perhaps you had your team look into three possible software solutions, but they went ahead and bought one without consulting you first. Or maybe you asked a report to help you with a tech recommendation, but all you got back was a mountain of confusing data and more work. Nine times out of 10, you simply haven’t defined what kind of delegation you’re doing. Before delegating your next project, try choosing one of these options first:
  • “Do this exact thing”
  • “Research and let me know”
  • “Research and make a recommendation”
  • “Research, take action, but keep me informed”
  • “Just go for it…no need to check back in”
Sometimes, you just need your report to accomplish a simple task, like delivering a package or checking a price. Other times, you want an informed recommendation—or even actual action—before even hearing back. Once you and your report are on the same page about the type of delegation, you’ll be less likely to be surprised by the results.

3. Give people real responsibility, not a list of tasks

Your co-workers will be most happy to help when you hand over real responsibility. That means giving them the power to make decisions, the freedom to solve problems their own way, and ownership over the results, good or bad. The flip side is delegating task lists: a series of errands or stack of busywork you simply don’t want to deal with. Unfortunately, this sort of delegation is less effective. Your reports won’t care as much about the results, you’ll only save a small amount of time, and your team won’t be much better off once the tasks are done. Delegating grunt work is still fine, but your reports should feel empowered to think of novel solutions. Can they come up with a better way to get the mindless work done? Can they use technology to do it faster? The more flexibility you give your reports, the more you’ll be pleased with the results.

4. Provide key info at the outset

When it comes to delegation in management, it’s tempting to hand off projects quickly so you don’t have to think about them anymore. But before you do, make sure your reports have enough context to get the job done. This might mean giving them a short list of colleagues with special background knowledge on a relevant subject. Maybe it’s including a few links to existing research. Or perhaps you can send notes from last year’s version of the same assignment. Regardless, the goal is to set your reports on the right path. It’s okay for them to work out the details themselves, but they shouldn’t spend the first few days headed entirely in the wrong direction. Sometimes, all it takes is a 10-minute conversation to ensure your reports have the basic info to get off to a good start.

5. Delegate to the most junior employee possible

Instead of thinking about delegation as a way to pass off work, think about it as an opportunity to give junior hires more responsibility. The further down the chain you can hand responsibility, the faster new employees can grow, and the more time managers can stay focused on higher-level, more strategic projects. Encourage your own reports to delegate too—just because you’re passing them a project doesn’t mean they have to do it all themselves. Finally, avoid the pitfalls of “delegating up.” Sometimes, your reports might try to pass projects up to you, convinced that a more senior employee will do a better job. Think carefully before agreeing to take on their request. Typically, they just need permission from you to take on even more responsibility.

6. Push questions back to your reports

You’ve just delegated a big project, but you quickly find yourself drowning in questions. As you field one query after another, you soon feel like you’re doing the all work yourself, after all. Instead of answering every question, try pushing them back to your reports. Very often, your employees are simply adjusting to their new level of responsibility, and pushing back is the best way to signal that they have your trust. As they work through the questions themselves, they’ll learn more quickly, grow faster, and ultimately, feel more empowered to make decisions.

7. Integrate delegation into your weekly routine

Maybe you know the importance of delegation, but you simply don’t have the time to do it right. The answer? Adjust your weekly routine so delegation happens regularly and naturally. For example, you might schedule one-on-ones with your reports shortly after a weekly meeting with your boss. This way, you’ll have your top priorities in mind when you chat with your team members. Or maybe you could block off one hour per week dedicated specifically to planning what you’ll delegate next. You can think about each team member’s career progression, then outline where each employee could benefit most from more responsibility.

8. Don’t know what to delegate? Try a daily time diary

Perhaps you’d love to delegate to your team, but you don’t know where to start. Each project seems just as important as the last, and you can’t decide which to hand over and which to do yourself. To figure out where to start, track your work in a daily time log. What takes up most of your time? Is anything taking up more time than you expected? Is a certain day of the week much busier than the others? Sometimes, a clear breakdown of how you spend your week can be surprising and illuminating. Ultimately, you’re looking for weekly duties that happen repeatedly and take up lots of your time. One-off tasks can be distracting, but they’re less ideal for delegation. As soon as you train another person, the task is already done. And while it’s fine to delegate quick, 10-minute jobs, handing over weekly, hour-long duties will make a much more meaningful difference in the long run.

9. After delegating, review

It’s easy to treat delegation as a “set it and forget it” activity. After all, it’s someone else’s problem now, right? In practice, checking how team delegation is going can expose problems and reveal hidden opportunities. Maybe you’ve successfully offloaded a weekly duty, but months later, your report is losing even more time than you were. Or perhaps an employee found a clever way to automate a delegated project, but no one else on the team is making use of the same technology. Finally, it’s worth asking your reports whether the projects you delegate are ultimately helping them grow. You might find one employee where the extra project still feels like a distraction, but another who couldn’t be happier about all the new responsibilities. Where you discover problems, you can always delegate again or delegate differently. Ultimately, delegation works best when you treat it as an opportunity for team growth, rather than a way to offload tasks. Understand where you need to delegate, get in the right mindset, and hand over full responsibility. Then give your employees the key info for getting started, just without the answers to every question. And when your reports start asking for more, you’ll know you’re on the right track.
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Espaço PRO MAGNO - Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 12, 2019 to March 14, 2019

ANUFOOD Brazil is a trade fair exclusively for the food and beverage industries, Inspired by the German fair Anuga, the largest food and beverage fair in the world. Across its ten sectors Agrifoods, Meat, Chilled & Fresh Food, Dairy, Drinks & Hot Beverages, Fine Food, Bread & Bakery, Organic, Sweets & Snacks, Food Service), visitors will find several sources of inspiration and business opportunities.

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Session title: The Impacts of Global Consumer Trends in the Food Industry

Session description: Adopting a healthy, conscious and balanced diet is already an established consumer megatrend, but what are the impacts in the food and nutrition industries? And where is Brazil in this global context of search for health? The Euromonitor presentation will address the main global consumer trends in different countries, as well as their impact in the performance of the major food categories and outlook for the next five years.

Speaker name: Caroline Kurzweil, Analyst – Food & Nutrition