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HSBC Hiring Process & Assessment Tests Preparation – 2021

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What Is HSBC?

The Hong Kong Shanghai Business Corporation, or HSBC, is one of the world’s leading international banking and financial organizations with opportunities spanning throughout four different continents. HSBC is headquartered in London but opened in Hong Kong in 1865 to facilitate trade between Europe and Asia. They currently have opportunities in markets such as:

  • Retail Banking and Wealth Management
  • Global Banking and Markets
  • Technology, Operations, and Services
  • Global Functions
  • Global Private Banking
  • Commercial Banking

And these are just in broad terms. HSBC’s range has been successful in part to their emphasis on diversity and strong values within their offices. They operate as a meritocracy, which allows the diligent and creative to thrive. To cultivate and enhance the performance of their employees, HSBC offers a variety of benefits to aid their personal and professional growth. The benefits an employee receives depends on their position and location, but the main elements of the benefits package typically include:

  • Fixed Pay
  • Annual Leave
  • Share Plans
  • Insurance and Savings
  • Discretionary Pay Awards (based on performance)
  • Health and Personal Development

What Is HSBC’s Hiring Process?

If you are interested in applying to HSBC, preparation is key. Their process is extensive with about three rounds of recruitment to ensure that both the employee and the company are the right fit for one another.

Initial Screening

The first step of HSBC’s screening process is akin to most companies. An application and a Curriculum Vitae, or CV, need to be submitted. These will cover the basics of work experience, education, qualifications and achievements. Following a review of the documents, HSBC will commence the interview process.

Interview Process

After the initial screening, this multi-step process can be broken down into three sections:

  • Online Assessments
  • Telephone Interview
  • Face-to-Face Interview

While succeeding in each portion of the process is important, HSBC emphasizes the online assessments.

What Are HSBC’s Online Tests?

Online assessments, also known as aptitude tests, are HSBC’s best tool for evaluating the skills, strengths and ethics of the applicants. These assessments are to be completed within a specified number of days but take your time. The bundle of assessments is subject to vary based on the role you’re seeking and the location; however, the following assessments are common for the majority of candidates.

  • Situational Judgement Test
    HSBC’s Situational Judgement Test, or SJT, offers the company insight into your emotional intelligence. The SJT screens your abilities to actively communicate, resolve misunderstandings, and work in and with teams. The format provides you with a hypothetical situation you may encounter in the workplace or with a customer, followed by a handful of answer choices. Sometimes you are asked to choose the best answer, or you are asked to rank them from best to worst responses. For example, you are assigned a big project and a colleague asks to work on it with you, what do you do? Those who have completed the SJT before often describe the question and answers as ‘too obvious’ which, in turn, trips them up. A good way to combat this issue is to proceed through the SJT with caution; pay careful attention to what you are asked and keep the values of HSBC in mind.
  • The Behavioral Test
    Parallel to the SJT, HSBC’s behavioral test examines the roots of your morals and ethics. However, rather than asking how you would act in a certain situation, it questions why you act that way. Another difference between the SJT and the behavioral test lies in their format. In order to unearth what governs your decision making, HSBC’s behavioral test specifies that you supply a written response instead of having you choose from a list of answers. An example question may ask you to describe how you handle an irate customer. Your response could either be an instance in the past in which you managed the situation successfully or how you might go about it should you face such a situation in the future.
  • Verbal Reasoning Test
    HSBC’s verbal reasoning test is administered to analyze your reasoning skills and the depth of your ability to comprehend information. The format typically contains a passage of information succeeded by a series of statements in which you rank true, false, or cannot say. Prior knowledge of the subjects in the passage is not needed. HSBC is evaluating your capacity to weed out which choices are relevant and truthful to the supplied material. The verbal reasoning test is conducted within a fixed amount of time, but don’t rush; read the content carefully, the answers are riddled throughout the passage!
  • Numerical Reasoning Test
    HSBC’s numerical reasoning test explores your aptitude in areas such as graphical interpretation, crunching numbers, and basic mathematical functions. Whether you possess a background in mathematics or business, the numerical reasoning test is one that should be practiced. The format is multiple choice with a time limit of one minute per question. HSBC is seeking an applicant that scores in the top 50%, but do not guess at the right answers because this negatively affects your accuracy score.
  • Logical Reasoning Test
    HSBC’s logical reasoning test is entirely unique in comparison to the other online assessments. Your proficiency in identifying patterns is at par with a series of shapes and objects. Strength and knowledge of the following forms of reasoning are a dominant skill during this portion of assessments:Deductive Reasoning – top-down logic which takes a general premise to find a specific conclusion.Inductive Reasoning – bottom-up logic which takes a specific premise to find a general conclusion.

    Abstract Reasoning – observations seeking a plausible conclusion.

Students and Graduates at HSBC

Students and graduates seeking employment at HSBC follow slightly different guidelines than their more conditioned counterparts. If you fall into the category of student or graduate, your HSBC interview process will look more like this:

  • Application Form
  • Immersive Online Assessment and Job Simulation
  • Assessment Centre/Super Day

Application Form

HSBC’s application form includes a list of short questions regarding your eligibility for the role. In addition to eligibility requirements, HSBC will provide a number of questions concerning equal opportunity and some questions ensuring adherence to the local country’s requirements.

Immersive Online Assessment and Job Simulation

HSBC’s immersive online assessments and job simulation are nearly identical to the online assessments given to the more seasoned candidates.

  • Immersive Online Assessment
    HSBC utilizes this assessment to examine your ability to analyze written and numerical data, as well as how you handle a variety of common workplace situations. This assessment offers you a little more insight into HSBC and is broken down into four categories: situational strengths, verbal reasoning, critical reasoning, and numerical reasoning.
  • Job Simulation
    The job simulation is the second stage of the online assessments should you be successful during the initial round. The format provides you with fictitious information and then asks you to analyze numerical data and supply written answers. The content of the job simulation is dependent on the specific area you have applied to.

Assessment Centre/Super Day

Your invitation to the Assessment Centre or “Super Day” is determined by the position you have applied to. During Super Day, you will meet with key members of relevant business areas who will conduct face-to-face strength-based interviews and administer a handful of assessment exercises that examine whether or not you are a suitable candidate for HSBC. You will most likely be asked why you have applied to work at HSBC, so while you prepare for the assessments, keep this question and a thoughtful answer in mind. In addition to this question, think of past experiences you have had in which you exhibited strong leadership and communication skills. Providing good examples will greatly distinguish you from the other candidates.

Telephone Interview

The second round of the recruitment process is the HSBC phone interview, which can last anywhere from 30 to 60 minutes. The telephone interview is focused on how well your values align with those at HSBC. The interviewer will ask you to provide scenarios from your own experience that exhibit traits of dependability, open-mindedness, and connectedness to customers, colleagues and communities. Your answers can stem from your professional or personal life. Additionally, they will inquire about your motivations for working at HSBC and what you could bring to their company.

Face-to-Face Interview

The final stage of HSBC’s hiring process is their face-to-face interview. People who have interviewed with HSBC before usually have positive things to say about HSBC’s face-to-face interview whether they receive an offer or not. The setting is relaxed, but remain professional, formal, and confident. The in-person interview is somewhat similar to the telephone interview, but the interviewer will most likely ask questions such as:

  • Name a time you dealt with change
  • When have you gone above and beyond for a customer?
  • What is your greatest weakness? Your greatest strength?

It is customary that they ask you what you know about HSBC, so do a little background research to highlight your interest in the company.

How to Prepare for HSBC’s Assessments?

As a general tip, you should really practice. Don’t blow an amazing opportunity because you didn’t want to spend a few hours studying. There are plenty of tools for you to utilize that will aid you in your preparation for these online assessments. In terms of HSBC’s assessments that concentrate on morals and personality; keep their values in mind! This is a company whose universe is centered around three key traits: dependable, open, connected. If you come across a question on the assessment subtly probing at one of these characteristics, it’s your time to shine. Impress HSBC with an anecdote where you’re the hero, or you could go the daring route and demonstrate a time where you failed but handled it like a champ. Either way, be aware of the expectations and responsibilities that accompany the role you are applying for and be sure to enhance these qualities during your assessments.

Although an extensive recruitment process, as exploring your capabilities and knowledge harbor a seemingly daunting challenge, it can all be easily triumphed with the right amount of practice and focus. This can be achieved by taking similar tests online to get a head start and gain some familiarity with the format and content. You should also spend a sizeable amount of time reviewing HSBC’s values and compare them to your experiences; you will be asked for such example’s multiple times throughout their interview process. An opportunity to work for one of the largest multinational banks is worth putting forth effort and consideration, even if it means brushing up on your math!


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Early repolarization

Also known as "J-waves" or "J-point elevation. Early repolarization (ER) is characterized by  J-point elevation of ≥0.1 mV in two adjacent leads with either a slurred or notched morphology.

The presence of an early repolarization pattern in the inferior and/or lateral leads has been associated with idiopathic VF in case–control studies.

ECG features

An elevated take-off of the ST segment at the J point of the QRS complex, varying from 1 to 4 mm relatively to isoelectric line.

- notch (J wave) or slur of QRS terminal portion

- upward concavity of ST segment

- positive concordant T waves

  • Type 1 is associated with ER in the lateral precordial leads. This form is common among healthy male athletes and is thought to be largely benign
  • Type 2 is associated with ER in the inferior or inferolateral leads and is associated with a moderate level of risk.
  • Type 3 is associated with ER globally in the inferior, lateral, and right precordial leads, and appears to be associated with the highest relative risk, though the absolute risk of sudden death remains small
  • Type 4, or Brugada syndrome, is marked by J-wave/point elevation in the right precordial leads.

Clinical manifestation

  • ER pattern - describes the patient with appropriate ECG findings in the absence of symptomatic arrhythmias.
  • ER syndrome - applies to the patient with both appropriate ECG findings and symptomatic arrhythmias.

Risk stratification

  • Clinical features
  • Family history of SCD
  • J- wave amplitude
  • J wave distribution
  • J wave morfology
  • ST segment (horizontal/descending)

  • ER pattern - nearly always a benign incidental ECG fading (no specific signs or symptoms) – AHA and ESC do not recommend any specific treatment
  • ER syndrome with VF - ICD implantation
  • for patients with recurrent VF - quinidine

ECG 1 Patient with in hospital cardiac arrest due to VF (signs of ER in inferolateral leads)

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  2. Haïssaguerre M, Derval N, Sacher F, et al. Sudden cardiac arrest associated with early repolarization. N Engl J Med. 2008 May 8;358(19):2016-23.
  3. Tikkanen JT, Anttonen O, Junttila MJ, Aro AL, Kerola T, Rissanen HA, Reunanen A, Huikuri HV. Long-term outcome associated with early repolarization on electrocardiography. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 24;361(26):2529-37. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0907589. Epub 2009 Nov 16. PMID: 19917913.
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The District will participate in the Missouri Course Access Program. The program offers District students the opportunity to enroll in virtual School courses in a variety of grade level and content areas as set in Regulation 6190 of Instructional Services. Any on-line courses or virtual programs offered by the District must be approved and meet course program requirements. The district will annually permit any eligible student, under the age of 21 who resides in the District provided that the student is a full-time student and has attended at least on full semester immediately prior to enrolling in the program. Prior to enrolling in the Program course has received District approval through procedures set out in Regulation 6190. Each Program course successfully completed will count as one class and will receive that portion of a full time equivalent that a comparable course offered by the District generates. All classes will be taken on school premises unless due to medical or psychological condition with approval from the administration and board of education.

If a student is denied enrollment in the program the district will inform the parents of their right to appeal to the school Board’s decision at a closed meeting of the Board of Education within 30 days to set an appeal hearing. If you are not satisfied with the Board’s decision, you may appeal to the Commissioner of Education at 201 Jefferson Street, Jefferson City, MO 65101. The Department will render a decision within 7 days of receipt of the appeal. The Department’s decision is final.

Open Enrollment Dates: For Fall Semester : May 1 until the end of the 3rd Day of school in August; For Spring Semester: December 1 until the end of the 3rd day of school in January.

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DGCA Extends Suspension of International Flights Till Dec 31

The suspension of all scheduled international commercial passenger flights has been extended till the end of December 31, 2020, in the wake of a spike in coronavirus cases.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in a circular dated November 26 said all scheduled international commercial passenger flights flying to and from India will remain suspended till December 31.

However, these restrictions won’t apply to cargo operations and services approved by the DGCA.

The DGCA also added that select international flights on limited routes may be allowed by competent authorities on case to case basis.

The DGCA had earlier suspended scheduled international passenger flights till November 30.

The scheduled international passenger services have been suspended in India since March 23 due to the coronavirus pandemic. But special international flights have been operating since May and under the bilateral ‘air bubble’ arrangements with selected countries since July.

India has formed air bubble pacts with around 20 countries, including the US and the UK. Under an air bubble pact between two countries, special international flights can be operated by their airlines between their territories.

The scheduled domestic passenger flights resumed in India on May 25 after a gap of two months amid the pandemic situation.

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Israel's PM Netanyahu cuts short Greece visit 'in light of recent developments'

US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) (L) talks with Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) during a rally with fellow Democrats before voting on H.R. 1, or the People Act, on the East Steps of the US Capitol on March 08, 2019 in Washington, DC. (AFP photo)
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a news conference at the Zappeion Hall in Athens, Greece, January 2, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

Israel has been put on high alert and prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has cut short his visit to Greece after US assassination of Iran’s top commander Major General Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad.

Israeli media reported early Friday morning that Netanyahu intended to shorten his trip to Athens and would return to Tel Aviv, "in light of recent developments."

Netanyahu arrived in Athens on Thursday for “a very important” meeting with the leaders of Greece and Cyprus over the construction of a pipeline that would take Palestinian and Cypriot natural gas to Europe via Greece.

“We have established an alliance in the Middle East, an alliance that is of enormous importance to the energy future of Israel, to it becoming an energy power, and for stability in the region,” he said upon departure from Tel Aviv.

The news of his early return came after the US assassination the commander of the Quds Force of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) in Iraq.

The Pentagon confirmed that President Donald Trump had ordered the assassination.

Military force on high alert

In another development, the Israel military said it has put its forces on high alert over what it called possible threats from Iran. Israel has also closed Mount Hermon, the ski resort in the occupied Golan Heights, to visitors.

"Considering the situation, it was decided that the Hermon site would not be open to visitors today. There are no additional guidelines for Golan residents, and the routine continues,” said the military forces in a Twitter message.

According to previous US reports, Israel had attempted to assassinate the Iranian commander in 2008.

General Soleimani had been “the most effective force” fighting Daesh terrorists in Iraq and Syria, and other Takfiri groups such as  al-Nusrah and al-Qaeda as well, said Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, who denounced Soleimani’s assassination as “malice and stupidity of the terrorist American forces.”

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The House always wins: US elections leave status quo unaffected, except for Trump

People hold a "Remove Trump Pence Now" sign during a protest against racism and issues with the presidential election after in Minneapolis, Minnesota on November 4, 2020. (AFP photo0

By Daniel Patrick Welch

So, what now? Well, we're still screwed. It’s not news, I know, but it's depressing. It’s awful. The establishment got exactly what they want. Like microsurgery or some bullshit. They may not be all powerful, but they do get what they want eventually.

Will it drag on? No I tend to think it's all over but the shouting. The shouting, yes, will drag on for a while. But if Nevada and Michigan hold, then Pennsylvania is irrelevant--couldn't even get a hearing at the Supreme Court because it's not decisive.

I don't think there are enough Republican votes left to flip those states back; and even Pennsylvania is looking grim for Trump. The last votes counted are always Philly and surroundings, which traditionally go  like 80% for the Democrat. So Trump has shrunk from a million votes ahead to just 150,000 this morning. With two days left of counting. Recounts have to meet a very strict threshold--like .5%, and they rarely change the outcome anyway.

Besides, in the hyperbole of the moment people tend to forget history. The Nixon-Kennedy fight in 1960 was so close that it dragged on into December, with the RNC filing suit in something like a dozen states. The system thrives on this cliffhanger crap, the illusion of ‘a real fight’ in a ‘robust democracy.’

But the bigger picture that people have to keep in mind is that the big cheating has already happened long ago. It has very little to do with ballots. Ballot issues in a US election are like a baseball player trying to steal second base in a game his manager has already agreed to throw. The DNC tried six ways to Sunday (twenty, actually) to get someone, anyone, but Sanders. They trotted out everyone from a billionaire former Republican to a completely unknown low level Congressman (in my district) to see if anything would stick. Nothing did. So they settled, for lack of any alternative, on the worst candidate in the race, and backed him with all the power they could muster. And ugly, embarrassing stain on the already sullied mythical cloth of US’ sacrosanct ‘democracy.’

The point was always to get rid of Trump without changing anything substantial. The Old Guard was offended by his narcissistic buffoonery, his strutting, and his general capacity to make them look bad—though not, to be clear, his racist shtick (except in tone).

Yes, it was quite a surgical precision strike on the part of the establishment. Leaving them well placed to do the nothing they were going to do anyway. Assuming Biden pulls it off (fairly certain but not official at this point), he will be left with an opposition majority Senate (no gains there) and an actual loss of a few seats in the House. Despite this bleak performance, Nancy Pelosi will continue as Speaker, though you or I would surely be canned after such a lousy job.

What a cynical, disgusting system. I feel like I need a shower. But wait, as the commercials say, there’s more! The narrow not-quite-convincing victory was an almost clinical operation for the oligarchy that controls US politics. Now they can continue their fake ass ‘bipartisan’ reach across the aisle, a tired and outdated narrative if ever there was one. How did that gambit of reaching out to Republicans go? Inviting John Kasich to speak at your convention was never going to swing Ohio.

But that was never really the point, was it?  It’s all for show, a real Shootout at the OG cabal. The OGs are determined to draw (and impose on us) exactly the wrong reasons for their shockingly bad performance. The real reason it proved so difficult to take down President Huff-and-Puff in the middle of a pandemic and an economic meltdown, we will be told, is that the Democrats have not drifted far enough to the right. Incredible. They will have us ignore what a catastrophic failure were the Kasich gambit, the Lincoln Project, and the tens of millions spent to increase Trump’s Republican loyalty vote.

Likewise, we should pay no attention to details like how the $15 minimum wage won handily in Florida despite Biden’s abject failure to make gains there over 2016. Could it be that folks respond to policies that might affect their material lives? What a shocking, novel idea! Nope. The Democrat failure mill will continue to churn out excuses and lies to cover their cowardly role as ruling class fig leaf. It reminds me of Ned Flanders’ hippie parents from the Simpsons bemoaning their pathetic parenting: “We’ve tried nothing, and we’re out of ideas!”

But of course, this is the game, right? They don’t call it an election cycle for nothing. Here we go again. The revolving door of lizards and slugs who constantly populate the echelons of the State Department, the “intelligence” agencies and the corporate boardrooms will start turning once again.

Hacks and apparatchiks will bubble to the top in different suits. John Bolton might have been a loon, but Elliot Abrams is still making sure the US punishes Venezuela for, well, existing. These people float around the halls of power like plankton, all equally venal. It makes little difference whether they are elevated or demoted by a Democrat or a Republican. Kind of like Churchill is supposed to have said, “Our Germans are better than your Germans.”

And this is the scary part. Because of the hype about how terrible Trump was--Hitler, Mussolini, Ferdinand Marcos—Biden & Co will assault us nonstop about how NotTrump he is. They will essentially have carte blanche to do whatever they want with no real opposition from within their own party.

This is even more dangerous given the fact that there is literally nothing to recommend these frauds except for that one fact: They are NotTrump. No policy, no vision, not so much as a tip of the hat to popular concerns. Maybe Kamala will prove as good at scolding Black people as Obama. She certainly has a decent head start with jailing parents of truant children. Bring on the change!

Just look at the ‘ideals’ and ‘values’ they will be resuming. Death and destruction around the globe, in Ukraine, Syria, Iraq, Yemen, Honduras and Libya, perhaps the most unnecessary and flagrantly opportunistic war on the empire’s blood drench dance card. Who’s next? I shudder at the thought. Biden will keep putting kids in the cages he and his boss built for Trump, and will quietly deport millions. We could do without that awful fanfare.  Still, it seems like a high price for the world to pay just to have a dude whose former boss looked better in a suit.

I made a joke the other day that voting for the wrong dude could leave warmongers in charge of US policy and lead to many deaths. Consequently, folks should choose wisely.

A lot of people didn't get the joke, but a Russian friend (not a hacker) suggested that If you vote for the wrong guy, one weapons company will make a whopping half a billion dollars less than another weapons company, because the other guy will give their lobbyists preferential treatment in the White House! Gotta really choose wisely here!

Exactly. They really should change Vegas to red and blue instead of red and black. It would make the whole circus a little more cohesive, and true to the ideals our venerated founding fathers/slavers held so dear. So put the cork back in that champagne. Remember George Carlin’s line: “It’s a big club. And you ain’t in it!”

Daniel Patrick Welch is a writer of political commentary and analysis. Also a singer and songwriter, he lives and writes in Salem, Massachusetts with his wife. Together they run The Greenhouse School. He has traveled widely, speaks five languages and studied Russian History and Literature at Harvard University. Welch has also appeared as a guest on several TV and radio channels to speak on topics of foreign affairs and political analysis--around his day job. He can be available for interview requests as time and scheduling permit. Despite the price of being outspoken against US foreign policy and military adventurism -- which can be steep in today's circumstances -- he believes firmly as did Rosa Luxemburg that "It will always be the most revolutionary act to tell the truth out loud."

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The Freccia expresses joy and femininity, a streamlined and modern elegance that responds to one’s desire to own a bracelet that can be donned with just one simple gesture thanks to a special hinge between the jewel’s precious elements.

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Gold alternates with brightly colored Trasparenze, due to the overlapping of perfect stones with rock crystal cabochons. These stones are hand-molded according to a process that is one of Vhernier’s forte.

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Mistaken: The Real Case Against Richard Jewell is a 2019 PMJA award-winning, half-hour sound-rich retelling of how law enforcement and the media turned a hapless, innocent man into the presumed bomber. Using archival sound, interviews and an original score, Mistaken follows the rush to judgment spurred on by the demands of emerging online media, federal officials dealing with a wave of domestic terrorism, and a public eager to have answers and safely return to the games.

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A series of raids across metro Atlanta and Macon stoked fears that child sex trafficking is more prevalent than previously thought. Johnny Edwards, an investigative reporter with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, describes how the operation perpetuated a narrative of sex trafficking that doesn’t always square with the evidence.

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More than a week after the presidential election, Georgia is headed for an election audit including a hand recount prompted in part by allegations of election fraud — despite no evidence. How did we get here? On Georgia Today, Clayton Crescent founder Robin Kemp shares what she saw in the days after the election as the votes that put Joe Biden over the top in Georgia were counted.

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For years, the Southern Strategy has been used by Republicans to great effect, but could 2020 spell the end of it? Angie Maxwell, co-author of "The Long Southern Strategy," joins host Steve Fennessy on Georgia Today.

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The coronavirus pandemic has been especially deadly in nursing homes and assisted living facilities. On Georgia Today, Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigative reporter Carrie Teegardin discusses why facilities caring for the elderly have been so vulnerable to the virus, and how the pandemic has laid bare the state’s inadequate oversight. Then, Washington Post contributor Sidnee King tells us how the virus decimated the staff and residents of one facility in the heart of historic Atlanta.

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We’re continuing to work on our full review of Epson’s new Stylus Photo R2880, which we hope to have online in the next week or so. In the interim, we have been able to finish our benchmarking of the new inkjet, comparing it with its predecessor, the Stylus Photo R2400, and the two semi-pro printers closest to the R2880 in fighting weight: HP’s Photosmart Pro B9180 and Canon’s Pixma Pro9500.

We know that speed is usually a secondary or even a tertiary consideration when looking at photo printers, but, with today’s increased competition, it can be a factor for some people when they’re choosing an inkjet. Below are two charts, noting the print speeds for six different print sizes, ranging from 4" by 6" to 12" by 18" on the R2880 and the other three printers.

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b8850-small.pngIn mid-2006, HP entered the archival printing market in earnest with the Photosmart Pro B9180, the company’s first fully pigment-based printer. The B9180 produced great prints in both color and black and white and had a number of innovative features, including a smart mechanism for adding third-party paper types directly into the print driver. While the B9180 hasn’t knocked Epson off its perch as the king of the archival print, it has made it a much more competitive market, especially in that all-important sub-$1,000 market.

Now, hot on the heels of Epson’s Stylus Photo R1900, HP has released the $550 Photosmart Pro B8850 (Amazon link), which retains the best qualities of the B9180, at a lower price point (identical to the price of the R1900). We’ve been working with both pre-release and shipping versions of the B8850 for a few months now, and we’ve had few surprises: it produces very good prints with a few minor issues, much like its older sibling.

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We received our Stylus Photo R1900 recently, and have been quite busy testing Epson’s new pigment-based photo printer. We should have a full review online in the next week or so, but overall, we’ve been quite impressed with the R1900’s output. The glossy prints are as beautiful as we’ve ever seen from a pigment printer, which is no surprise, given the gloss optimizer and the new screening technology. But we’ve also been quite taken with photos printed on matte and fine art papers — they are rich and vibrant, and look as good, if not better, than output from other printers in its class.

While we’re finishing up the review, we wanted to post the initial results of our benchmark tests. While print speed is rarely the first concern when choosing between two higher-end photo printers, it can still be a consideration — especially if you feel that the output is comparable. Below are two charts, noting the print speeds for six different print sizes on the R1900 and its predecessor, the R1800, as well as against the immediate competition: HP’s Photosmart Pro B8850 and Canon’s dye-based Pixma Pro9000.

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USB vs. FireWire: does it matter for printing?

When it comes to printer interfaces, most photo printers sold today have a single USB 2.0 port for connecting to your PC or Mac. Both Epson (with the Stylus Pro 3800 and HP (Photosmart Pro B9180, among other models) ship printers that include an Ethernet port, which is great for networking your printer, but USB is the general standard. And, in the case of HP’s Photosmart C7280 All-in-One, you can get a very good printer that is also WiFi-enabled (more on that printer in a future post).

Epson also ships a few printers with both FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces, notably the Stylus Photo R1800 and R2400, and some of Canon’s higher-end printers have FireWire instead of USB interfaces. We’ve had a few people ask over the years if there was any advantage to using one or the other port, so while we were running some speed tests on a group of printers here in the office (for an upcoming round-up), we ran some tests on an R1800 and a series of 300-dpi photos. The result? No difference at all, from a borderless 4- by 6-inch image all the way up to an expansive 12- by 18-inch print.

The results (shown in the tables below) really aren’t that surprising: USB 2.0 has theoretical throughput speeds (480 Mbit/sec) that are slightly higher than FireWire (400 Mbit/sec), although USB 2.0 tends in practice to be a bit slower for things like file transfers between disks (when other factors are equalized). In this case, even with a 300-dpi file, you still aren’t throwing that much data down the data pipe to the printer.

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Brad can detect substitute sweeteners in anything and everything and he’s not a fan of them. He can even detect Stevia in foods by the taste. He didn’t detect a sweetened difference in the ice cream, the aftertaste that he goes by with substitutes wasn’t there with this.

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The family of President Trump’s son-in-law and adviser escaped the Holocaust — but had to wait in a camp for years to be allowed into the U.S. If Kushner shares her view, he’s keeping it private.

Jared Kushner speaks during the dedication ceremony of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel, on May 14, 2018. (Ronen Zvulun/Reuters)

This article was co-published with The Washington Post.

Way before Jared Kushner became internationally famous by moving into the White House to work for his father-in-law Donald Trump, those of us who live in New Jersey knew the family was an amazing story of immigrant success.

Jared Kushner’s paternal grandparents, Holocaust survivors Joseph and Rae Kushner, came to the United States in 1949 as impoverished Eastern European refugees and begat a family whose office buildings, apartment complexes and philanthropic efforts are important parts of the business and social landscapes in New Jersey and elsewhere.

Yes, there are scandals and feuds besetting parts of the family, and Jared’s father Charles racked up some prison time. But the family’s rise from refugees to titans is an example of what can happen when people are admitted into this country, work hard and prosper.

I got curious about the Kushner history after Jared invoked his immigrant forbears in his recent speech at the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem. “I keep a photo of them on my desk” in the White House, he said.

As a grandson of Jewish Eastern European immigrants myself — my late father and Kushner’s late grandmother even had the same birth name, Slonimsky, but spelled it differently — I was impressed that Kushner remembers his roots and discusses his origins publicly.

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I was especially taken by this portion: “The day after we got married [in Budapest, Hungary], we smuggled ourselves over the border into Italy,” Rae Kushner said. “This was our honeymoon. In Italy, we sat in a displaced persons camp. It was like being in the ghetto again. … Nobody wanted to take us in. So for 3 1/2 years we waited until we finally got a visa to come to the United States.”

Later on, she says that, “For the Jews, the doors were closed. We never understood that. Even President Roosevelt kept the doors closed. Why?”

The answer, of course, can be found by looking at some less-than-inspiring U.S. history. The Immigration Act of 1924 set stringent limits on the number of people the U.S. would admit from Poland (where Joseph and Rae Kushner were from) and other Eastern European countries. Franklin Roosevelt didn’t seek to make exceptions to those rules — perhaps because, in addition to the immigration quotas, there was a nasty outfit called the America First Committee. Its prominent members included Charles Lindbergh, the famous aviator, and its supporters included Father Charles Coughlin, the anti-Semite who gained huge popularity as “the Radio Priest from Royal Oak, Michigan.” The committee tried to keep the U.S. out of World War II and blamed American Jews for supposedly pushing Roosevelt to have our country enter the hostilities. The committee folded after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, but its influence lingered.

It all added up to huge impediments for Jewish refugees to enter the United States. I wanted to know how Kushner reconciles his family immigration history with his father-in-law’s immigration policies. I also wanted to find out if Kushner knew the history of “America First,” which my children, who are members of Kushner’s generation, said they hadn’t heard about until I mentioned it to them recently.

So I sent the White House press office an email outlining some of the major elements in this column, asking for comment or a conversation. I never heard back.

Perhaps Kushner opposes large parts of his father-in-law’s immigration program, and has been opposing it privately. But it’s also possible that Kushner has no problem reconciling his family history with Trump’s policies. Rae Kushner was an eloquent, plainspoken critic of U.S. immigration policies. Her grandson Jared’s public silence speaks volumes, too, in its own way.

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There have been millions of pages written about what racism is and who is a racist, but there have been fewer pages devoted to the concept of organizing around antiracism. Now Ibram X. Kendi, a historian at American University, has produced a major work that defines and refines the concept of antiracism using a multidisciplinary approach that encompasses, history, critical theory, science, ethics, and the law.

In How to Be an Antiracist (One World, Aug.), Kendi offers a multipronged examination of antiracism layered within an introspective account of his own life story, which in turn provides a vital blueprint and schematic for the prospect of creating a just society. The book is the long-awaited sequel to Kendi’s critically acclaimed 2016 work, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which was awarded the 2016 National Book Award for Nonfiction. (Kendi was then 34, making him the youngest author to win the award.) Stamped is an unblinkered analysis of race, which is described by the author as a fluid and formidable social construct that permeates even those who fight against it, such as abolitionists and liberals, who may also hold racist views. The book is a compelling and comprehensive survey of 500 years of racist ideology that has taken root in the United States, expressed through an examination of the lives of such key historical figures as W.E.B. Du Bois, William Lloyd Garrison, Thomas Jefferson, Cotton Mather, and Angela Davis, whose thought Kendi considers the closest to his antiracist ideal.

How to Be an Antiracist, Kendi says, has its origins in discussions about Stamped during and after speaking engagements. “People would constantly say, ‘Tell me how I can be antiracist,’ ” Kendi recalls. “The more the question came up, the more I realized that I had another book on my hands.”

How to Be an Antiracist is a primer on the concept that defines, analyzes, and deconstructs structural racism via the adoption of antiracist ideologies and practices. Kendi opens each chapter with a capsule definition of terms. He defines racists as those who are “supporting a racist policy through their actions or inaction or supporting a racist idea,” while antiracists are those who are “supporting an antiracist policy through their actions or expressing an antiracist idea.”

Racist ideas, Kendi explains, do not come from ignorance or hate but from a need to justify destructive racist social and economic policy, such as the impact of capitalism on black communities. “To love capitalism is to end up loving racism; to love racism is to end up loving capitalism,” he notes. “The conjoining twins are two sides of the same destructive body.”

Kendi’s analysis of racism is also laced with passages about his own life—similar to autobiographical passages in the works of the authors he examined in Stamped. Kendi says that The Souls of Black Folk and The Autobiography of Malcolm X are antecedents to his approach. “[Malcolm X] was so self-critical and self-reflective, which I think allowed people to open up to his story and his development,” he adds. “That’s one of the things that inspired me: how self-critical he was. For my book to be effective, I had to be willing to critique myself to my core.”

In one poignant reflection from his book, Kendi recalls a searing, Booker T. Washington–style “pull yourself up by the bootstraps” speech he delivered during a speaking competition when he was a high school student. It was full of the kinds of admonitions religious and political conservatives love to hear. The speech chastised black youth who don’t “value education,” who climb “the high tree of pregnancy,” or believe that it’s okay “not to think.” Kendi says the speech embodied ideas he would later attack through the clarifying lens of antiracism.

“The process of me writing the book was also a process of me remembering and reflecting on my own personal journey,” Kendi says. “I realized that in that speech in particular I had consumed antiblack racist ideas. And thousands of people who were also black were applauding me. Most Americans—including black Americans—denigrate poor black people, the black queer community, and black culture. Or, on the flip side, when black people say that white people are devils and aliens—I understand the historical context of how and when black people started making that case. It was in the late ’60s, when racist Americans were calling black [political] activists racist.”

These activists responded, Kendi explains, by claiming they “couldn’t be racist because they didn’t have power.” He adds, “They were, of course, trying to seize power. Their case was made in a political discourse, and it was deeply reactionary.”

Kendi grew up in humble circumstances in Queens as a hip-hop loving kid with intellectual promise. His intellectual evolution began at Florida A&M University, a historically black college, where he received a BA in journalism in 2004. Then at Temple University, where he earned an MA and PhD in African-American studies under Ama Mazama, and studied with Molefi Asante (founder of the department's doctoral studies program), and began to study the concept of Afrocentrism—the study of world history from the perspective African people and their history—as an intellectual discipline.

“When you study with Asante, you absorb and develop an appreciation of African culture worldwide,” Kendi says. “And you understand the black experience from the perspective of black people. That was very critical. At Temple, you saw people who were prolific, and who were constantly engaged in intellectual struggle.”

Kendi went on to teach at the State University of New York’s campuses at Oneonta and Albany and then at the University of Florida before heading to American University in 2017. His first book, 2012’s The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, 1965–1972, is a history of black students on black and white campuses nationally, detailing their impact on making colleges and universities more diverse in their curriculum and admissions.

Kendi’s unsentimental approach to problems of race would steel him for the ordeal of writing How to Be an Antiracist while undergoing treatment after a diagnosis of stage IV colon cancer. “When you are facing death, you look around and think about what you want to do before you die,” he says. “Near the top of my list was finishing this book. I realized it could have been my last contribution to the world.”

Fortunately, the threat of cancer has passed with treatment, and Kendi’s latest book will not be his last. He currently writes op-ed pieces for The Atlantic which have also appeared in the New York Times and the Guardian. He is also the founding director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University in Washington, D.C., a nonprofit that, according to its website, produces research supporting “the innovation and enactment of antiracist public policies at the local, state, and national level.”

Kendi embraces the role of public intellectual but takes pains to define the position broadly. “I admire students who have the greatest desire to know and to crave knowledge,” he says. “That’s what makes one an intellectual—it’s not having a college degree or a PhD; it’s not knowing a lot of information. A person from an environment with no resources can still have a tremendous desire to know and can still be more of an intellectual than someone who is surrounded by books.”

Rallying around the concept of antiracism is more about doing than it is about being, Kendi says. “No one becomes racist or antiracist,” he adds. “It’s not who you are; it’s what you’re doing at the moment. That’s why so many refuse to accept being called racist—because they think it’s a fixed conception. But it’s not fixed: humans are deeply complex and contradictory. We have the capacity to change—and to be antiracist.”

Eugene Holley Jr. is a freelance writer who contributes often to Publishers Weekly.

Correction: Kendi's age, details about the African American Studies program at Temple, and details about Kendi's op-ed writing were incorrect in an earlier version of this story.


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Monday, January 10, 2011

Creamy Shrimp Scampi

Shrimp has always been a treat at
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Needing an upscale appetizer?  This creamy shrimp
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Shrimp Scampi Recipe

3 T. butter
2 T. finely chopped onion
1/4 C. minced garlic (around 8 fresh cloves, more or less)
3/4 T. white wine vinegar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. Italian seasoning
pinch red pepper flakes
1/4 tsp. black pepper
juice of 2 lemons
1 C. heavy cream
1 T. flour dissolved in 1/2 C. cold water
1 1/2 lb jumbo shrimp (11-15 count per pound)

Melt butter and saute onion and garlic until
soft.  Add remaining ingredients except the shrimp.
Heat over medium heat until thickened.

Meanwhile bring a pot of water to boil with 2-3 tsps.
Montreal Chicken Seasoning (or seasoned salt) added.
Add shrimp.  Bring back to a boil and boil for 1 minute.
Drain shrimp and add to the sauce.  Heat through.
Do not overcook the shrimp.  Serve with toasted
crusty garlic bread or over pasta.  (I would
probably double the sauce if I were serving it
over pasta.)

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  1. Dinner at your house must be heavenly. La

  2. Shrimp is always a treat in our home - especially when it's wild-caught, Gulf shrimp! This sounds delicious and garlic doesn't scare me one bit - bring it on!

  3. I agree with the comment above ... dinner at your house must be divine! Probably breakfast and lunch ain't too shabby either!

  4. Late here and I'm headed to bed, so just one word ~ YUM! ~ Sarah

  5. Agreed with the others...this looks delious!
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  6. I'll bet everyone loves this-enjoy:@)

  7. I love your presentation..Earthy and delicious!(Hmm earthy? Sea..y:)!
    I know you know what I mean..Simply lovely~

  8. YUMMMMMMMMMMMMM! That looks so good I'm going to have to try it. We went to eat fried clams last night. LOVE seafood! Thanks for sharing! HUGS! Charlene

  9. Yum! I have fresh shrimp frozen in my freezer right now. This might just be dinner! Thanks for sharing and thanks for stopping by and commenting on my site. Have a wonderful week!

  10. Shrimp is about the only seafood I will eat. I actually LOVE it! Especially Coconut shrimp and Scampi! I'm gonna try this recipe! Looks great : )

  11. Oh yummy! Will definitely be trying this! Kerri

  12. Oh my gosh, anything with "creamy" in the title has to be good! delicious!

  13. That one looks like a keeper. I love shrimp scampi out but the shrimp are really becoming had one last time made with popcorn shrimp. I wanted to send it back but hubby wouldn't let me.

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