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Mos Def
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Years active 1993–present
Children 6
Name Mos Def
Role Hip-hop artist
Full Name Dante Terrell Smith
Born December 11, 1973 (age 42) (1973-12-11) Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Residence Cape Town, South Africa Los Angeles, California, U.S
Other names Dante Beze, Black Dante
Occupation Rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, activist
Home town Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States
Spouse Alana Wyatt (m. 2005), Maria Yepes (m. 1996–2006)
Albums Black on Both Sides, The Ecstatic, The New Danger
Movies and TV shows Be Kind Rewind, Dexter, The Italian Job, The Hitchhiker's Guide to t, 16 Blocks
Similar People Alana Wyatt, Talib Kweli, DJ Shadow, Q‑Tip, Erykah Badu
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Yasiin Bey (born Dante Terrell Smith; December 11, 1973), best known by his stage name Mos Def (), is an American hip hop recording artist, actor and activist from Brooklyn, New York City, New York. Best known for his music, Mos Def embarked on his hip hop career in 1994, alongside his siblings in the short-lived rap group Urban Thermo Dynamics (UTD), after which he appeared on albums by Da Bush Babees and De La Soul. He subsequently formed the duo Black Star, alongside fellow Brooklyn-based rapper Talib Kweli, and they released their eponymous debut album in 1998. He was featured on the roster of Rawkus Records and in 1999 released his solo debut, Black on Both Sides. His debut was followed by The New Danger (2004), True Magic (2006) and The Ecstatic (2009). The editors at About.com listed him as the 14th greatest emcee of all time on their "50 greatest MC's of our time" list.
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Early life
1994–1998: Beginnings with Rawkus and Black Star
1999–2006: Solo career and various projects
2007–2011: GOOD Music era and name change
2012–present: Later career and retirement
Beginnings as child actor
Feature films
Social and political views
Legacy
Personal life
Discography
Nominations
References
Prior to his career in music, Mos Def first entered public life as a child actor, having played roles in television movies, sitcoms, and theater. Since the early 2000s, Mos Def has been well known for his roles in films such as Something the Lord Made, Next Day Air, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, 16 Blocks, Be Kind Rewind, The Italian Job, Bamboozled and Brown Sugar, as well as for his portrayal of Brother Sam in the Showtime drama series Dexter. He is also known as the host of Def Poetry Jam, which aired on HBO between 2002 and 2007.
Mos Def has been vocal on several social and political causes, including police brutality, the idea of American exceptionalism, and the state of African Americans.
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Early life
Mos Def was born as Dante Terrell Smith in Brooklyn, New York City, the son of Sheron Smith and Abdul Rahman. The eldest of 12 children and step-children, he was raised by his mother in Brooklyn, while his father lived in New Jersey.
Although his father was initially a member of the Nation of Islam and later followed Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who merged into mainstream Sunni Islam from the Nation, Mos Def was not exposed to Islam until the age of 13. At 19, he took his shahada, the Muslim declaration of faith. He is close friends with fellow Muslim rappers Ali Shaheed Muhammad and Kamaal Ibn John Fareed (Q-Tip) of the rap group A Tribe Called Quest.
Mos Def attended middle school at Philippa Schuyler Middle School 383 in Bushwick, Brooklyn where he picked up his love for acting. After returning from filming You Take the Kids in Los Angeles, and getting into a relationship with an older girl, Mos Def dropped out of high school during sophomore year. Growing up in New York City during the crack epidemic of the 1980s and early 1990s, he has spoken about witnessing widespread instances of gang violence, theft and poverty in society, which he largely avoided by working on plays, Off-Off-Broadway and arts programs. In a particularly traumatic childhood experience, Mos Def witnessed his then five year old younger brother Ilias Bey (b. Denard Smith) get hit by a car. Bey, who later adopted the alias DCQ, was described by Smith as "my first partner in Hip Hop".
1994–1998: Beginnings with Rawkus and Black Star
Mos Def began his rap music career in 1994, forming the rap group UTD (or Urban Thermo Dynamics) along with younger brother DCQ and younger sister Ces. In 2004, they released the album Manifest Destiny, their first and only release to date. The album features a compilation of previously unreleased and re-released tracks recorded during the original UTD run.
In 1996, Mos Def emerged as a solo artist and worked with De La Soul and Da Bush Babees, before he released his own first single, "Universal Magnetic" in 1997.
Mos Def signed with Rawkus Records and formed the rap group Black Star with Talib Kweli. The duo released an album, Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star, in 1998. Mostly produced by Hi-Tek, the album featured the singles "Respiration" and "Definition", which both reached in the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.
1999–2006: Solo career and various projects
Mos Def released his solo debut album Black on Both Sides in October 1999, also through Rawkus. The single "Ms. Fat Booty" charted, while the album reached #25 on the Billboard 200. Around this time he also contributed to the Scritti Politti album Anomie & Bonhomie.
In January 2002 Rawkus Records was taken over by Geffen Records, which released his second solo album The New Danger in October 2004. It included contributions by Shuggie Otis and Bernie Worrell, Doug Wimbish,and Will Calhoun as the Black Jack Johnson Band. The album reached #5 on the Billboard 200, making it the most successful for the artist to date. The single "Sex, Love & Money" charted, and was nominated for a Grammy Award. Mos Def's final solo album for Geffen Records, titled True Magic, was released in 2006.
2007–2011: GOOD Music era and name change
On November 7, 2007, Mos Def performed live in San Francisco at The Mezzanine venue. The performance was recorded for an upcoming "Live in Concert" DVD. During the event, he announced that he would be releasing a new album to be called The Ecstatic. He performed a number of new tracks; in later shows, he previewed tracks produced by Madlib and was rumored to be going to Kanye West for new material. Producer and fellow Def Poet Al Be Back revealed he would be producing on the album as well. The album was released on June 9, 2009; but only Madlib's production had made the cut, along with tracks by Preservation, The Neptunes, Mr. Flash, Madlib's brother Oh No, a song by J. Dilla, and Georgia Anne Muldrow.
Mos Def appears alongside Kanye West on the track "Two Words" from The College Dropout album, the track "Drunk And Hot Girls" and the bonus track "Good Night" off West's third major album, Graduation. In 2002, he released the 12" single Fine, which was featured in the Brown Sugar Motion Picture Soundtrack.
Mos Def also appears on the debut album from fellow New Yorkers Apollo Heights on a track titled, "Concern." In October, he signed a deal with Downtown Records and appeared on a remix to the song "D.A.N.C.E." by Justice. He appeared on Stephen Marley's debut album Mind Control on the song "Hey Baby." In 2009, he worked with Somali-Canadian rapper K'naan to produce the track "America" for K'naan's album Troubadour.
In April 2008, he appeared on the title track for a new album by The Roots entitled Rising Down. The new single, "Life In Marvelous Times", was made officially available through iTunes on November 4, 2008, and is available for stream on the Roots' website Okayplayer.
In April 2009, Mos Def traveled to South Africa for the first time where he performed with The Robert Glasper Experiment at the renowned Cape Town International Jazz Festival. He treated the South African audience with an encore introduced by his own rendition of John Coltrane's "Love Supreme", followed by a sneak preview of the track "M.D. (Doctor)".
Mos Def has designed two pairs of limited edition Converse shoes. The shoes were released through Foot Locker stores on August 1, 2009 in limited amounts.
In late 2009, Mos Def created his own clothing line with the "UNDRCRWN" brand called the "Mos Def Cut & Sew Collection". The items were released in select U.S. stores and almost exclusively on the UNDRCRWN website. 2009 also found Mos Def among the MCs aligning themselves with American entrepreneur Damon Dash's DD172 and collaborating with American blues rock band the Black Keys on the Blakroc album, a project headed by the Black Keys and Damon Dash. Mos Def appeared with Harlem-bred rapper Jim Jones and the Black Keys on the Late Show with David Letterman to perform the Blakroc track "Ain't Nothing Like You (Hoochie Coo)".
In March 2010, Mos Def's song "Quiet Dog Bite Hard" was featured in Palm's "Life moves fast. Don't miss a thing." campaign.
Mos Def features on the first single, "Stylo", from the third Gorillaz album, Plastic Beach, alongside soul legend Bobby Womack. He also appears on the track titled "Sweepstakes".
In September 2010, after appearing on Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Friday track "Lord Lord Lord", Mos Def confirmed he had signed with GOOD Music. Mos Def has been an active contributor to the recovery of the oil spill in the Gulf, performing concerts and raising money towards repairing its damages. In June 2010, he recorded a cover of the classic New Orleans song originally by Smokey Johnson, "It Ain't My Fault" with the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Lenny Kravitz and Trombone Shorty.
In September 2011, Mos Def announced that he legally changed his name to Yasiin Bey, and would continue to go by that name.
2012–present: Later career and retirement
In January 2012, it was reported that Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli had begun "to resurrect" Black Star.
In 2015, Yasiin Bey was featured on A$AP Rocky's second studio album At. Long. Last. ASAP, on the track "Back Home", alongside Acyde and the deceased A$AP Yams. Bey again revived his Mos Def moniker for two new songs in August 2015, titled "Basquiat Ghostwriter" and "Sensei on the Block", respectively.
On January 19, 2016, Yasiin Bey announced his retirement from both the music and film industries on Kanye West's website: "I'm retiring from the music recording industry as it is currently assembled today, and also Hollywood, effective immediately. I'm releasing my final album this year, and that's that." After announcing his retirement, he expressed gratitude to everyone who has supported him over the years and revealed his intention to enter the fashion industry and complete a handful of films. Bey also confirmed he still planned to release a collaborative project with Ferrari Sheppard called Dec 9th.
In October 2016, a planned concert in London was cancelled due to travel restrictions imposed on the artist, while other European dates suffered the same fate. On October 14, 2016, Yasiin Bey posted a video to Facebook where he announced that he's still planning to retire: "I'm retiring for real this year, this week. With the 17th anniversary of Black on Both Sides being released, I am grateful to have had the career that I have been able to enjoy." He also announced one last concert which he will be live streaming from Cape Town, South Africa. In November 2016, he was granted the ability to leave but not reenter South Africa and was put on "South Africa's 'undesirable persons' list." He said he would perform one show in Harlem and three in Washington D.C. after leaving South Africa. He announced Dec 99th, his final album would be released on December 9. He released three singles from it “Local Time,” “N.A.W.” and “Seaside Panic Room.” On December 5, 2016, he announced the title of two albums, Negus in Natural Person and As Promised, the latter of which is a collaboration with Southern hip hop producer Mannie Fresh, initially titled OMFGOD. His claims of retirement seem questionable as he has played a show as recently as Wednesday September 13, 2017, at the Fox Theater in Oakland as part of Black Star.
Beginnings as child actor
Prior to his career in music, Mos Def entered public life as a child actor, having played roles in television movies, sitcoms and theater, some of which were under the name Dante Beze. At the age of 14, he appeared in the TV movie God Bless the Child, starring Mare Winningham, which aired on ABC in 1988. He played the oldest child in the 1990 family sitcom, You Take the Kids, shortly before it was cancelled. In 1995, he played the character Dante, Bill Cosby's sidekick on the short-lived detective show, The Cosby Mysteries. In 1996, he also starred in a Visa check card commercial featuring Deion Sanders. In 1997 he had a small role alongside Michael Jackson in his short film and music video "Ghosts".
Feature films
After brief appearances in Bamboozled and Monster's Ball, Mos Def played a rapper who is reluctant to sign to a major label in Brown Sugar. He was nominated for an Image Award and a Teen Choice Award.
In 2001, he took a supporting role to Beyoncé Knowles and Mehki Phifer in the MTV movie Carmen: A Hip Hopera as Lt. Miller, a crooked cop.
In 2002, he played the role of Booth in Suzan-Lori Parks' Topdog/Underdog, a Tony-nominated and Pulitzer-winning Broadway play. He and co-star Jeffrey Wright won a Special Award from the Outer Critics Circle Award for their joint performance. He played Left Ear in the 2003 film The Italian Job. That same year he appeared in the music video You Don't Know My Name of the song by Alicia Keys.
In television, Mos Def has appeared on NYPD Blue, on Comedy Central's Chappelle's Show, and has hosted the award-winning HBO spoken word show, Def Poetry since its inception. The show's sixth season aired in 2007. He also appeared on the sitcom My Wife And Kids as the disabled friend of Michael Kyle (Damon Wayans).
Mos Def won "Best Actor, Independent Movie" at the 2005 Black Reel Awards for his portrayal of Detective Sgt. Lucas in The Woodsman. For his portrayal of Vivien Thomas in HBO's film Something the Lord Made, he was nominated for an Emmy and a Golden Globe, and won the Image Award. He also played a bandleader in HBO's Lackawanna Blues. He then landed the role of Ford Prefect in the 2005 movie adaptation of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
In 2006, Mos Def appeared in Dave Chappelle's Block Party alongside Black Star partner Talib Kweli, while also contributing to the film's soundtrack. He was also featured as the banjo player in the Pixie Sketch" from Chappelle's Show: The Lost Episodes, though his appearance was edited out of the DVD. He starred in the action film 16 Blocks alongside Bruce Willis and David Morse. He has a recurring guest role on Boondocks, starring as Gangstalicious. He is also set to be in Toussaint, a film about Haitian revolutionary Toussaint Louverture, opposite Don Cheadle and Wesley Snipes. He made a cameo appearance as himself in the movie Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
In 2007, Mos Def narrated the PBS-broadcast documentary Prince Among Slaves.
In 2008, Mos Def starred in the Michel Gondry movie Be Kind Rewind, playing a video rental store employee whose best friend is played by co-star Jack Black. He also portrayed Chuck Berry in the film Cadillac Records, for which he was nominated for a Black Reel Award and an Image Award.
In 2009, he appeared in the House episode entitled "Locked In" as a patient suffering from locked-in syndrome. His performance was well-received, with E! saying that Mos Def "delivers an Emmy-worthy performance." He was also in the 2009 film Next Day Air.
In 2010, he appeared on the children's show Yo Gabba Gabba! as Super Mr. Superhero. He also appeared in A Free Man of Color, John Guare's play at the Vivian Beaumont Theatre.
In 2011, he began a multi-episode appearance on the sixth season of Showtime television series Dexter. He played Brother Sam, an ex-convict who has supposedly found religion despite finding himself in violent situations.
In January 2016, Mos Def announced his retirement from both the music and the film industry on Kanye West's website. In March 2016 it was announced that he had been attached to star in "his last live-action film", The Disconnected, a science fiction thriller dealing with policing, identity, and the intersection of technology and humanity.
Social and political views
In 2000, paired with Talib Kweli, Mos Def organized the Hip Hop for Respect project to speak out against police brutality. The project was created in response to the 1999 police shooting of Amadu Diallo, and sought to accumulate 41 artists to the roster, one to match each of the 41 gunshots fired on Diallo.
Mos Def is well known for his left-wing political views. In 2000, Mos Def performed a benefit concert for death row inmate Mumia Abu-Jamal.
In May 2005, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, R&B singer Martin Luther and City Councilman Charles Barron approached New York City Hall, demanding the withdrawal of the $1 million bounty for Assata Shakur.
In September 2005, Mos Def released the single "Katrina Clap", renamed "Dollar Day" for True Magic, (utilizing the instrumental for New Orleans rappers UTP's "Nolia Clap"). The song is a criticism of the Bush administration's response to Hurricane Katrina. On the night of the MTV Video Music Awards, Mos Def pulled up in front of Radio City Music Hall on a flatbed truck and began performing the "Katrina Clap" single in front of a crowd that quickly gathered around him. He was subsequently arrested despite having a public performance permit in his possession.
In October 2006, Mos Def appeared on 4Real, a documentary television series. Appearing in the episode "City of God", he and the 4Real crew traveled to City of God, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to meet Brazilian MC MV Bill and learn about the crime and social problems of the community.
On September 7, 2007, Mos Def appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher where he spoke about racism against African Americans, citing the government response to Hurricane Katrina, the Jena Six, and the murder conviction of Mumia Abu-Jamal. He appeared on Real Time again on March 27, 2009, and spoke about the risk of nuclear weapons.
In July 2013, Mos Def, under the new name Yasiin Bey, appeared in a short film released by the human rights organization Reprieve, depicting the forced-feeding methods used at the Guantanamo Bay detention camps. This transpired after a document containing the military instructions for the procedure was leaked.
Mos Def and Talib Kweli also share interest in the Black Panther Party. They have shared an interest in the party since high school.
Legacy
About.com ranked him #14 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time, while The Source ranked him #23 on their list of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time. AllMusic called him one of the most promising rappers to emerge in the late 1990s, as well as one of hip-hop's brightest hopes entering the 21st century. Mos Def has influenced numerous hip hop artists throughout his career, including Lupe Fiasco, Jay Electronica, Kid Cudi, and Saigon. Kendrick Lamar has also mentioned Mos Def as a very early inspiration and someone he listened to "coming up" as a young rapper, though he denied being a part of the conscious rap movement.
Personal life
Mos Def married Maria Yepes in 1996, and has two daughters with her: Jauhara Smith and Chandani Smith. He filed for divorce from Yepes in 2006. The former couple made headlines when Yepes took Mos Def to court over failure in child-support obligations, paying $2,000 short of the monthly $10,000 he is ordered to pay. Mos Def has four other children.
His mother Sheron Smith, who goes by her nickname "Umi", has played an active role managing portions of her son's career. She is also a motivational speaker, and has authored the book Shine Your Light: A Life Skills Workbook, where she details her experience as a single mother raising him.
In January 2016, Mos Def was ordered to leave South Africa and not return for five years, having stayed in the country illegally on an expired tourist visa granted in May 2013. Also that month, he was charged with using an unrecognized World Passport and having lived illegally in South Africa since 2014. Mos Def had reportedly recruited Kanye West to help defend him, and posted a message on West's website announcing his retirement from show business. There is an ongoing court case in relation to immigration offences involving the artist and his family.
Discography
Solo albums
Black on Both Sides (1999)
The New Danger (2004)
True Magic (2006)
The Ecstatic (2009)
Negus in Natural Person (2017)
Collaborative albums
Mos Def & Talib Kweli are Black Star (with Talib Kweli, as Black Star) (1998)
Manifest Destiny (with Ces and DCQ, as UTD) (2004)
Dec 99th (with Ferrari Sheppard, as Dec 99th) (2016)
As Promised (with Mannie Fresh) (2017)
Nominations
Black Movie Awards
Black Reel Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Grammy Awards
NAACP Image Awards
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References
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No doubt, the most controversial issue that the country is facing today is the immigration reform. America is considered as a nation of immigrants. Millions have traveled enormous distances to partake in the freedom that America offers. They are all united by faith in the opportunity called the American Dream. However, this nation is also a dwelling place of laws and fairness. Regardless of where the immigrants come from, this land offers a place where they can live, work and be successful as long as they abide with the laws and play honestly at all times. It is the honesty and obedience to the law that spurs the American Dream achievable.
These traditions are entangled with history and must be considered when debating immigration reforms. It is very obvious that the immigration system is down. Immigration reform evokes profound emotions for people on each side of the fence. So here, you may acquire some ideas about the arguments of both sides. Here are the immigration reform pros and cons.
4 Pros of the Immigration Reform
Immigration reform is associated with benefits like:
1. The immigration reform is currently promoted by President Obama and if this will be approved, the strict enforcement on the borders will be practiced. Because of this, the amount of illegal activities like for example drug and human trafficking will be reduced. Everyone residing in the country will benefit from this.
2. A Guest Worker Program will be adopted. Workers from outside will be given work permissions to come and work in the country, but after the contract expires, they have to leave. In this way, the labor force will be properly monitored and will have an organized labor system.
3. If the reform will be approved, the chance of economic boost is really high. If all the working immigrants are registered in the labor system, local taxes will be applied and they have to report it just like a regular US citizen would. The government can also accumulate funds because if an immigrant is caught illegal they will have to pay fine.
4. At present, the number of illegal immigrants in the country is approximately 11 million. With this proposed reform they will be forced to come out and they have to work legally. If they can not comply, they will be extradited out of this country. Through this, the chance of decreasing the rate of unemployed for the regular citizens is very high.
3 Cons of the Immigration Reform
1. If the illegal immigrants will be given amnesty, chances are more people will still attempt to cross over the border because they might think that they will be given amnesty as well. The population of illegal immigrants will continue to increase.
2. If this reform will not push through, the labor industry will have a big trouble. Competition in searching for job will rise and will boost the unemployment rate.
3. The issue regarding the language barrier will occur. American English is at stake.
How do you feel about the Immigration Reform?
For some people, when they hear about immigration, probably, the things that come to their minds are illegal aliens or crossing the nation’s border. But, in this subject, tons of different opinions will emerge that may cause political uprising. The debate about Immigration Reform is still on – how about your feelings about the issue?
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Many employers are beginning to look optimistically beyond pandemic conditions and hoping to accelerate their growth. To achieve this, leaders need to ensure they have the right people. And, while the eNPS (employee Net Promoter Score) can help track whether teams are working well together, it is not a headline indicator of employee experience, and it should not be how companies think of wellbeing.
In light of optimism around a post-COVID world, many employers turn their thoughts towards accelerating growth to make up for lost time. To achieve their business goals, leaders will also need to ensure they have the right people in the right teams — which really boils down to the attraction and retention of talent.
It is very sensible to choose a key metric to track through this important process. But it is important to choose the right metric — one that will pick up whether teams are working well together. In this article, we look at the trend to use eNPS (the employee Net Promoter Score) and why, here at Friday Pulse, we think creating a Happiness KPI is a better solution.
The eNPS — a derivative of the Net Promoter (NPS) score asking, “How likely are you to recommend [Organization] as a place to work?” — is a measure of employee wellbeing. Many businesses (and employee wellbeing platforms) quote their eNPS score to attract talent. The logic here is simple: if lots of employees are willing to promote their company, it must be a good place to work.
While the desires behind thinking about wellbeing and eNPS use may be altruistic, it’s a clumsy tool — it serves the employer better than the employee. On the other hand, measuring employee happiness changes the relationship between employer and employee, and allows real magic to happen.
Here’s a look at how this works.
A dive into the eNPS
The eNPS is a popular and easy way to calculate the average happiness of employees. Like the NPS, it looks at promoters (those likely to support your company) and detractors (those likely to speak negatively about it). Those in the middle are considered passives.
Respondents are given a scale of 0-10 to answer and then sorted.
0-6 are detractors
7-8 are neutral or passive
9-10 are promoters
To calculate the NPS, you subtract the % of detractors from the % of promoters. The final scores can range anywhere from -100 to 100 and is supposed to be a quick and easy number that checks employee satisfaction. Employers can apply this test quarterly, and some are encouraged to use it monthly to “check in” with their employees. Improvement in the score shows that employees are doing better and are more satisfied with their job. Or at least that’s what proponents of the eNPS would hope. The reality is that the eNPS is an inherently flawed number.
The flaws of the eNPS
The eNPS can provide a lot of information — for the specific purpose of recruiting. It is a perfectly fine measure of brand advocacy, but it should not be a headline indicator of employee experience, and it should not be how companies think of wellbeing.
The first flaw is the initial question, “How likely are you to recommend [Organization] as a place to work?”
Questions about wellbeing should act as sign posts or guides about how to improve your experience. This provides no guidance at all. There are four main problems with this question:
The question is focused on attracting talent to the organization, rather than the employee’s experience
The question asks the respondent to imagine how they would behave in a hypothetical future situation, rather than asking them to report on their own experience
The question is not time-bound, so it is very general and can only be asked infrequently
It does not capture the dynamic nature of employee experience
Next, the eNPS doesn’t focus on the employee. It asks the employee to be an advocate, instead of focusing on the experience of the employee or asking what it can do for the employee. In this way, it feels as extractive as questions about engagement — it becomes another thing that the company will ask the employee to do.
It becomes another chore for the employee.
Sorting the numbers is also problematic. First, it reduces the 11-point scale (0-10) to a 3-point scale. The scaling also appears to be arbitrary. For example, why is 6 considered a detractor? Furthermore, it scores 0-6 in the same way. Surely, someone that selected 0 is much more upset than a 6. What this means is that statistical nuance has been discarded in an effort to simplify the eNPS score.
And then the frequency that this question is administered brings a further complication. Because it’s just a snapshot in time, it does not account for the dynamic nature of employee experience. If an employee is having a bad day, they may respond with a 6 but later in the day they may respond with a better score.
Why the Happiness KPI works as a better solution
In many ways, employee experience is much like the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly actions of a share price on the stock market. It rises and falls constantly. Some days are better than others, just like some months or years are better than others. A quarterly snapshot of employee wellbeing is akin to only looking at share price on a quarterly basis and then trying to draw conclusions and conduct trend analysis based on limited information — most financial investors would balk at that kind of practice.
In the same way, employers be aware of trends in their workplace. A single score is a snapshot that tells a story of a single moment in time. To understand real trends, you need more data. This is why we believe that the weekly measurement of happiness makes for a far more reliable KPI than quarterly, or even monthly eNPS measurements. It’s infrequent enough to not annoy employees while being frequent enough to provide ‘real-time’ information that you can use.
Measuring happiness focuses on an employee’s real experiences instead of hypotheticals. It changes the extractive relationship of employer/employee into a more collaborative one. It sends the message to employees that employers are willing to listen and act on employee concerns.
The relationship between eNPS and happiness
While the eNPS captures an employee’s willingness to promote their company, it doesn’t capture happiness. Happiness and the eNPS are, of course, interrelated. It would be very strange if they weren’t. The following chart comes from Friday Pulse clients who collected both the Happiness KPI and eNPS data.
eNPS vs. Employee Happiness
The graph confirms things that you may have already concluded as ‘common sense’. Happy employees are much more likely to be promoters, and unhappy employees are much more likely to be detractors.
What this means is that employee happiness is a good predictor of employee advocacy. Happier employees are more likely to promote the company as an excellent place to work. But, employee happiness has many other advantages as your core people metric:
It signals that the business cares about the employees’ experience of work
Data can be gathered on a weekly basis so people leaders can respond quickly to any challenges.
Happiness also predicts a series of business-critical outcomes:
Higher staff retention – unhappy employees are 2x more likely to leave
Increased productivity – happier teams are 28% more productive
Improved innovation – happier employees are 3x more creative and collaborative
In addition, it’s worth noting that many of our clients actively promote their use of Friday Pulse in their recruitment programmes. They do this because they know that it helps them show they care about their employees and attract better talent.
How Friday Pulse can help
At Friday Pulse, we wholeheartedly endorse employee happiness as the best measure of employee experience. While the eNPS does have some value as a measure of employee advocacy, it is much less versatile and useful.
If you are looking for a more nuanced approach to recruitment while truly understanding your people’s attitude towards your company, then we recommend trying the Happiness KPI. And, we’re continuing to offer free access to Friday Pulse for six weeks. Get in touch to book a demo. We’d love to help.


Suppose you are given a DNA fragment of mass 1897.27 Dalton and no other information. What nucleotide combinations are there that lead to exactly this mass? Decomp helps you solve this and similar problems efficiently.
Problems like this (referred to as mass decomposition problems) often arise in mass spectrometry, where the only information left about DNA, protein, or other sample fragments is their molecular masss.
Given the weighted alphabet A, B, C with weights 3, 5, 8, what are the decompositions for weight 16? Shown are all three solutions: A2B2, A1B1C1, and C2.
The answer to the above question looks like this: There are two possible nucleotide decompositions:
either 6 Adenines
or 2 Cytosines, 1 Adenine, and 3 Guanines
In short notation, we write: A6 and C2A1G3. For a second example, see the figure on the right. More generally, the set A, C, G, T in conjunction with the corresponding molecular masses is called a weighted alphabet. Decomp can use predefined DNA and amino acid alphabets, and of course arbitrary alphabets provided by you. Decomp can also be used to solve the money-changing problem (also called coin change problem). Formally, the problem is stated as follows: Given an ordered set of weights {a1 , ��� , ak} and a nonnegative query mass M, find all solutions to M = a1c1 + a2c2 + ��� + akck where c1, ��� ,ck are nonnegative integers.


The inflation numbers that came out of the BLS this morning should be a source of grave concern to all. Inflation seems to be accelerating, which is a clear sign that a wage-price spiral may have begun. Once that cat is out of the bag, it can be extremely costly to put it back in. We had better hope that the FED has the fortitude to do what is needed (i.e. slam on the brakes). Given the erosion of its independence in recent years, and the ongoing debates on who should occupy the senior FED posts that are vacant or soon to be vacated, one is allowed to have doubts. If the FED does not act decisively to curb inflation, we will live with dire consequences in the years ahead. And politicians will have to deal with irate voters who will surely punish the incumbents at the polls. Such an environment would create conditions for a return to power of the populists, and that will not make the situation any better.
A lot of people have egg on their face for not seeing this coming, including many of my fellow economists. This inflationary explosion should have been apparent to all who observed economic data closely. One does not inject trillions of dollars of liquidity into the economy, coupled with an unprecedented fiscal expansion, without creating inflationary pressures. This was clear to me, as I noted on several occasions (1, 2, 3). It was also very clear to one of my favorite economists, Larry Summers. He took a lot of flak for it when he warned about inflation, but as Politico notes he has been vindicated. That's because Summers is unusual among economists in that he generally does not let his political priors get the best of his professional judgment. In contrast, most other mainstream economists wanted so badly for the government to spend trillions of dollars on redistributive transfers that they minimized the likely negative consequences of these policies.
Another institution that will suffer a loss of credibility is the FED itself. Back in August of 2020 they announced that rates would be kept at zero for five years. There is no way now that this will be the case. The FED will therefore have announced a policy that they must renege on. Should we believe any pronouncement they will now make?
One last point. The last two major shocks to the US economy were the mortgage crisis of 2008 and the COVID crisis of 2020. Policies to address these two shocks involved giving good stuff to voters - liquidity and government transfers. In contrast, addressing the inflationary shock of 2021 will entail taking good stuff away from voters - liquidity, and government transfers - in order to tamp down demand. Not only is the shock itself likely to anger voters, who dislike variable and increasing prices, but the policy solution also is likely to invite more voter dissatisfaction.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 11/10/2021 at 01:41 PM in Forecasting, Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (0)
11/02/2021
Bernie Sanders is Right
Senator Sanders came out very strongly today against a proposed reinstatement of the SALT deduction for five years, to be part of the proposed reconciliation package. He is right to oppose the SALT deduction. It is a provision that has no redeeming features. As a reminder, the SALT deduction allows taxpayers to deduct their state and local taxes from their taxable income. The 2017 Paul Ryan tax reform capped the deduction at $10,000 per taxpayer. Some Democrats in Congress now want to restore the full deduction for five years.
The reason the deduction has no redeeming features is that: 1) It is distortive: it implies a federal subsidy for state and local tax increases - voters don't pay the full cost of tax increases, so politicians face incentives to raise them beyond what would otherwise be the case. The distortion extends to the type of taxes that policymakers might adopt: the deduction encourages income taxes rather than sales taxes, i.e. it encourages taxes that distort work and innovation incentives, to the detriment of taxes that encourage thrift and capital accumulation (as is the case with consumption taxes). 2) It is regressive. Those who benefit the most from the SALT deduction are taxpayers who own a lot of property (local taxes) or who earn a lot of income (state income taxes). Essentially, under the SALT deduction, the poor have to pay more taxes to finance a tax cut for rich people. Indeed, according to the bipartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, about 80% of the tax cut would go to the top 5% of taxpayers. It would also be the biggest line item in the Build Back Better plan.
The proposal to restore the SALT deduction is symptomatic of the newfound tendency of center-left parties in advanced industrial democracies to cater to moneyed interests. This tendency was recently documented in admirable detail by Thomas Piketty and his coauthors. The populist right understands this and has made huge inroads with the working class.
Not only should Congress not restore the full deduction, they should also reduce or eliminate the partial deduction that now exists. While they are at it, they should also completely get rid of the mortgage interest deduction, which is similarly distortive and regressive.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 11/02/2021 at 03:14 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (0)
10/26/2021
The Proposed Tax on Unrealized Gains
The Democratic majority in Congress seems to be inching toward proposing a tax on unrealized capital gains, to be applied to billionaires. Bloomberg provides some details, and the proposal is being discussed quite widely in the press. Unfortunately, there is very little academic analysis of the likely effects of such a tax. One possible exception is an old paper by Alan Auerbach, from 1991, but this paper studies a scheme that would levy interest on taxes due on past accruals, to be paid at the time the gains are realized. This is not the current proposal, where accruals themselves would be taxed every year as they occur, even when not realized. Another assessment (not particularly kind to the proposal) comes from a finance professor at NYU, but it does not take the form of an academic paper, i.e. it lacks the rigor that peer-review imposes. Still, the effects that this blog post describes seem plausible. Billionaires will have to sell a portion of their holdings every year, meaning they will have less skin in the game (and this will have consequences for overall asset prices); they will face incentives to purchase hard-to value, easy-to-hide assets like art and expensive wines, they will face incentives to engage in more conspicuous consumption (yachts, airplanes, which depreciate over time), and to take their firms private (if there is a carve-out for privately held businesses - as there should be since these are often impossible to value). I also shudder to think of the litigation that will come out of this: billionaire by definition have plentiful resources, and it would make sense for them to devote even a small fraction of these resources to contesting the taxman's valuations. Lawyers and tax accountants will surely rejoice. Finally, as Elon Musk aptly reminded us today, taxes aimed at a very small group usually get extended down the income and wealth distribution eventually, as was the case with the Alternative Minimum Tax. The list of unintended consequences is long. I think implementing this untested idea would be reckless.
I also wonder why the proposal is limited to monetary capital. Why not extend it to human capital? The highly educated have invested resources to accumulating knowledge and skills in expectation of future gains. These gains are quite sizable, as David Autor's work on the college wage premium has shown. For example, I calculate the average lifetime monetary gain from obtaining a UCLA Anderson MBA degree to be in the vicinity of $2 million, in present value terms, compared to earnings that flow from the good undergraduate degrees that our students typically possess. This number is actually easier to calculate than the value of a billionaire's asset holdings! Should we tax that now, too, or wait until these gains are realized? Unrealized gains are notional gains. They are not income until the gains are realized, i.e. the asset is sold. If we are open to taxing unrealized income, the possibilities are endless: anything that could conceivably produce income in the future becomes taxable.
This discussion, of course, may be moot, since the whole package will most likely never become law [I hold to my prediction that nothing will pass].
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 10/26/2021 at 02:12 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (0)
09/26/2021
An Excellent Column
Over at Bloomberg, Matthew Yglesias makes the case for moderating the Biden Administration's policy ambitions. The column argues that many voters prefer stability to massive policy change, and that the Democrats now in power should focus on just a few priorities rather that try to change the whole economic system with very large outlays, backed by correspondingly large tax increases.
I don't wish to opine on the substance of the argument. I do think, however, that the premise is quite correct as a factual matter. Politicians are usually wrong to assume that voters will embrace radical change. In fact, in the recent past, even incremental change has been followed by defeat at the polls. I am thinking for instance of Obamacare, and the subsequent rout of the Democrats in the 2010 midterm elections. We live in a prosperous country, where things are basically fine. Sure, there are problems and challenges, but most voters are reluctant to embrace radical change for an uncertain payoff.
The founding fathers of the United States wrote in its Constitution many provisions that make it hard to effect change through the political system. Laws must pass both chambers of Congress, sometimes with a supermajority requirement, and be signed by the President. They are then subject to judicial review, where they could get overturned. Getting something radical done has always been hard. But it is even harder now. The reason is the growing heterogeneity of preferences and opinions that animates our very pluralistic population, and the fact that politicians now receive immediate feedback on these preferences and opinions. Want to enact policy A? Those who prefer policy B, or the status quo, will immediately make themselves heard. Want to enact policy B instead? The same thing will occur. Gridlock comes from two sources: the specific institutions of the US, and the set of preferences that feed into these institutions to determine policy. What comes out of this process at present is basically the status quo.
I have said it before, and will say it again: the Democrats' $3.5 trillion plan will not become law. The fact that a mainstream left-leaning columnist like Matt Yglesias calls for moderating it is revealing.
UPDATE: Speaker Pelosi seems to recognize this reality. The issue is whether the progressive wing of the Democratic Party will go along with these scaled-down ambitions. My hunch is that they won't, and this week's vote on the infrastructure package will be a clear test of this prediction.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 09/26/2021 at 03:37 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (1)
09/06/2021
A Pair of Articles on the State of American Education
1) Via the excellent Bari Weiss, an article from ProPublica and the New Yorker, on the devastating effects of COVID-related school closures on children, especially the poorest and most vulnerable of them. The effects on US inequality will be profound and will last for decades.
2) From the WSJ, it appears there is now a large gender gap in college-level education.(Hat tip: Ivo Welch; the article is also cited in Bari Weiss's Substack post, linked to above). The figures cited in the article are simply staggering. Combined with other diagnoses of the plight of young men (declining labor supply, increasing time spent playing video-games), the article makes for sobering reading.
Is the situation similar in other countries? I would guess the tendency is there, but less pronounced. China recently cracked down on gaming. Such a dramatic policy would not be feasible in Western democracies. In fact, it is not clear what policy intervention could address the issue effectively.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 09/06/2021 at 05:54 PM in Chinese Economy, COVID-19 Pandemic, Global Trends, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (0)
08/14/2021
Vaccines, Masks, and Social Antagonism
In Module 8 of our class, we discuss the rise of new interests. In a recent paper, written jointly with Klaus Desmet and just published in The Economic Journal, we make the case that the United States is experiencing an increase in cultural disagreement: over the last 30 years or so, people on average have tended to give more diverging answers to big societal questions. It is hard to look around and not see that fact manifest itself in everyday life. The range of opinions, views and beliefs that one sees espoused on social media, for instance, is simply staggering - and it seems that whenever a person proffers an opinion on something, someone will be there to take the other side of the issue.
This is true too when it comes to COVID policies - in particular on vaccines and mask mandates. My personal view is that the case in favor of COVID vaccination is a slam dunk (the case for mask mandates seems less clear-cut). Billions of shots have been given, so if there were serious and widespread side effects, we would know it by now. And the evidence suggests that COVID vaccines are highly effective at preventing infection and, barring that, at preventing serious illness and hospitalization. However, every society seems to be witnessing serious disagreements about vaccines. The Wall Street Journal recently took an in-depth look at the social divisions that result from disagreements over vaccinations. The article provides a perfect illustration of the themes of Module 8: growing social antagonism and polarization. Despite COVID being an ordeal common to all in our society, this common threat does not seem to have brought us closer together - quite the opposite: it created the opportunity for yet more social disagreement.
I am sure we will have a chance to discuss the reasons for these growing social divisions. Klaus and I argue in our paper that they are due to the rise of new forms of information and interactions. Instead of a common set of news (the evening news on ABC, NBC and CBS) that the previous generations watched, we now have access to much more tailored sources of information, on talk radio, cable TV, and the internet. Instead of interacting mostly with neighbors, members of local clubs, churches and associations, or family members, we now have social media, allowing far-flung connections with people or groups with a wide range of beliefs. What does Joe care if he doesn't share the beliefs of most of his neighbors? He can find 100,000 people online who believe the same conspiracy theory as he does. There is much less broad-based conformism, imposed by common news or social influence from those around us. So we can develop and sustain widely divergent belief systems - some of them possibly quite at odds with reason.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 10:21 PM in Global Trends, Political Economy, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (4)
Automation in Food Preparation
A recent item in the WSJ describes progress in automating food preparation processes. The article pertains more to Part II of Global Trends, rather than the topics we are about to discuss. However, I can't resist the urge to post it here, because it mirrors many of the themes we discussed in our last class meeting.
The article adopts a pretty optimistic tone. In a context of labor shortages in the food service industry, as we seem to be experiencing, automation does not seem so bad. And the article insists that the type of automation that will occur in the restaurant business is likely to release time for employees to interact with customers, rather than outright replace them:
"Automation has always promised more efficiency, says Dr. Cowan, but in her research she has found that, just as often as it decreases the labor required, it also raises the bar for the quality and variety of goods consumers expect. Today, in other words, kitchen automation is being viewed as a way for restaurants, ghost kitchens and delivery giants to save time and money. In the future, however, it might be just another way to compete for the attention of the ever-fickle consumer—leaving the amount of human labor required more or less the same."
Really? I am not so naïve as to believe that restaurants are doing this simply to increase the variety of goods served and to improve the customer experience, leaving the amount of labor the same. As other parts of the article make clear, they are also doing it to save on labor and labor costs. While a period of labor shortage may be a good period to roll out automation processes, because it makes them more politically palatable, it is still the case that this sort of machine-for-labor substitution may have many of the the consequences we described in class - leading to yet more inequality, for example. In other words, the article shows the bright side of automation, but does not dwell on its dark side.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 08:42 PM in Global Trends, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (2)
Ken Rogoff on China's Currency
Over at Nikkei Asia, Professor Rogoff of Harvard (as you know, one of my favorite economists) discusses the growing clout of China in the monetary sphere. It is a wide-ranging interview, full of wisdom. One of the themes that it raises is that the world monetary system is likely to become multipolar - with the RMB dominant in Asia, the Euro in Europe and the US dollar in the Americas. This echoes one of the major themes of part 3 of Global Trends. Yet according to Rogoff, this could be a temporary phenomenon:
"Unipolar is the usual. Multipolar is usually transitional. It's not a stable equilibrium, because there are networking effects that are very powerful, and that tends to prevail. So, if we see China become as important as Europe is today, I suspect there would be a transition to where someday it became the center."
I recommend reading the whole thing.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 06:41 PM in Chinese Economy, Global Trends, International Finance, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (0)
The Quad, China and International Realignment
Over at Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, the former Prime Minister of Australia, gives an overview of the history and purpose of the Quad, a new alliance involving India, Australia, Japan and the US. It is a great article, which covers a lot of ground on the most consequential strategic realignment of recent years. The most significant aspect of the Quad is the rapprochement between India and the US. This is the culmination of a process that began after the end of the Cold War. That India and the US would become close strategic allies was inevitable. The growing power of China and the deteriorating relations between Pakistan and the US were prime factors. We will see how it plays out, but as Prime Minister Rudd describes, China seems to be taking the emergence of the Quad quite seriously. Money quote:
"But the worst-case scenario from Beijing’s perspective is that the Quad could serve as the foundation of a broader global anti-Chinese coalition. If the Quad were to draw other Asian countries, the EU, and NATO into efforts to confront or undermine China’s international ambitions, it could over time swing the collective balance of power definitively against China. The Quad could also lay the groundwork for a broader allied economic, customs, and standards union, which could reshape everything from global infrastructure funding to supply chains to technology standards. The Biden White House’s senior Asia official, Kurt Campbell, has already spoken of the need to provide a “positive economic vision” for the Indo-Pacific; Beijing fears that the Quad could become the fulcrum for such an effort."
As we embark upon our exploration of new geopolitical risks in Global Trends, this article could not come at a better time.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 08/14/2021 at 06:28 PM in Chinese Economy, Global Trends, Indian Economy, Political Economy, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (0)
07/23/2021
The Coming Structural Disruption from Electric Cars
A very large number of people are employed in the automotive sector in the US. The Center for Automotive Research, an industry group with an apt acronym, says there are 1.7 million jobs in the sector, "engaged in designing, engineering, manufacturing, and supplying parts and components to assemble, sell and service new motor vehicles". Statista says there are about 900,000 people employed in auto manufacturing. The BLS, from which these numbers probably originate, is the most authoritative source, and its numbers are here. Whatever the correct number, lots of jobs are at stake.
The coming transition from the internal combustion engine to the electric engine will disrupt employment in this industry. With government mandates to phase out traditional cars, these changes could be quite rapid. True, people are likely to still demand roughly the same number of cars, at least in the medium run. And these cars will need to be produced, sold and serviced. But the type of worker engaged in producing, selling and servicing electric cars are likely to be quite different from those that currently engage in these tasks for internal combustion cars. A wide range of parts, like carburetors and tailpipes, will no longer be needed. Instead, we will need more workers making batteries, and more software engineers. Moreover, gas stations, and the fleet of trucks that supply them with gasoline, will see demand decline. They will be replaced with electric charging stations, but will these involve the same number and mix of jobs? Servicing electric cars is also much simpler than servicing traditional cars - gone will be the days of the oil change and the smog check.
This is a bit like the debate over free trade. Of course it will be much better to transition to electric cars, for a wide range of reasons, starting with the effect on climate change. Free trade too yielded benefits to the average person, in the form of lower prices of imported goods and greater supply chain efficiencies. But, in the same way that we underestimated the effects of free trade on those who lost their jobs in declining sectors, we run the risk of forgetting those who will bear the costs of this transformation. We should not. Otherwise, the same causes will produce the same effects: discontent among the cost-bearers, manifested at the ballot box.
This is my somewhat long-winded introduction to a very important article in the Wall Street Journal today. The article describes, with many vivid examples, the changes that are coming to the auto industry. Recommended.
Posted by Romain Wacziarg on 07/23/2021 at 08:43 PM in Global Trends, Growth, Political Economy, US Economy | Permalink | Comments (4)


A collection of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's most outstanding New York Times columns from the past six years
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William Safire was born on Dec. 17, 1929. He attended Syracuse University, but dropped out after two years. He began his career as a reporter for The New York Herald Tribune. He had also been a radio and television producer and a U.S. Army correspondent. From 1955 to 1960, Safire was vice president of a public relations firm in New York City, and then became president of his own firm. He was responsible for bringing Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev together in 1959. In 1968, he joined the campaign of Richard Nixon as a senior White House speechwriter for Nixon. Safire joined The New York Times in 1973 as a political columnist. He also writes a Sunday column, On Language, which has appeared in The New York Times Magazine since 1979. This column on grammar, usage, and etymology has led to the publication of 10 books and made him the most widely read writer on the English language. William Safire was the winner of the 1978 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished commentary. He is a trustee for Syracuse University. Since 1995 he has served as a member of the Pulitzer Board. He is the author of Freedom (1987), a novel of Lincoln and the Civil War. His other novels include Full Disclosure (1977), Sleeper Spy (1995) and Scandalmonger (2000). His other titles include a dictionary, a history, anthologies and commentaries.
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Although this goes against my "no-fixing-your-computer" mantra, I will give you some tips since you'll be doing all the work.
During my many years of using and fixing computers, I've come to find a handful of programs that has helped me keep my machines happy. All of the software that I'm listing are free, but they do have paid version for those of you who would like to support these companies.
Let's get started! First, you'll need protection if you don't already have one, or if your current protection software came with your computer and is about to expire. The following are my choices for anti-virus/firewall protection:
AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition - This free anti-virus program provides basic protection against viruses, spyware, and other threats. I recommend this program for those who already have some kind of firewall protection and are just looking for basic virus scanning and protection
Comodo Internet Security - CIS is a free, all-in-one suite that includes a firewall, anti-virus, and malware protection. I strongly recommend this program for those who do not have a firewall or anti-virus protection. The program is completely free and not hindered in any way. It's also perfect for those trying to save money. Why would you pay $50 or more for protection when you can get one for free?
Malwarebytes Anti-Malware - Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is an anti-malware application that effectively removes malware and spyware. I strongly recommend running this program every two weeks to make sure that your computer is not infected and to identify any threats that might be hiding in your computer.
Now that your computer is secured and protected, I'm going to share with you some tools that will you keep your machine humming along at it's peak performance.
CCleaner - This is a freeware, system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. Additionally it contains a fully featured registry cleaner. I recommend using this program as every two weeks at the very least. The more you use this, the less junk will accumulate on your computer. Tip: When doing a registry clean, make sure to choose to make a back up of your registry just in case something goes wrong.
Free Registry Defrag - Over time, the Windows Registry normally becomes fragmented as new registry entries are being written, modified, or removed by your applications. This will eventually result in your computer taking a longer time to find the right registry entries to start up your computer. Free Registry Defrag is a free program and was designed to remove gaps and extra spaces that have developed within your system's Registry resulting in faster processing of your registry. Keep in mind that this program only defrags your registry and doesn't actually fix any registry errors. I recommend using this program after you do a Registry Clean up using CCleaner.
Auslogic Disk Defrag - Disk Defrag will speed up your computer by optimizing file system by consolidating free space and move system files to the faster part of the disk to get the most out of your hard drive's performance. I recommend this over the default Windows Defrag program because it's a lot faster. As for Windows Vista users, you'll notice that there isn't a built-in defragging program in Windows and Auslogic Disk Defrag is a great substitute.
Revo Uninstaller - This free software is an uninstall utility that scans before and after you uninstall an application to identify all the parts of the program. After the program's regular uninstaller runs, you're given the option to remove additional unnecessary files, folders and registry keys that are usually left over on your computer. I recommended using this over the default Windows uninstaller application when removing programs because it cleans up all the files and registry entries that your program may be leaving behind.
Now, there are more tools out there that you can use to clean and tweak your system, but I believe these is a good start. I purposely omitted any advanced tools that I use to avoid you accidentally breaking your computer. If you have any other suggestions, please feel free to drop me a note.
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Friday, March 19, 2010
Dingoo A-320: The Best Pocket Game Emulator
This post is not about a brand new or upcoming device. It's actually about a portable gaming device that I've owned since March of 2009 but was reluctant to post about since it wasn't easily available to everyone here in the US. I didn't want to rant about something that no one out there could go out and buy to enjoy for themselves. That would just be cruel and evil of me. Now, that I've seen this device at ThinkGeek.com, I thought I could now share it with all of you.
Although, it resembles the Game Boy Micro, the Dingoo A-320 is much more robust gaming device. It supports 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit games in 3D, CPS2, CPS1, GBA, MVS, NEOGEO, NES, SFC, SMD formats. Aside from that, it is also a capable radio, music player (MP3,WMA APE, FLAC audio formats), video player ( AVI, WMV, FLV, MPEG, DAT, MP4, AS, RMVB, RM), a sound recorder (MP3/WAV), an image viewer (JPG, BMP GIF, PNG), and crappy eBook (TXT) reader. If you want to know more about the full technical specs of the device, click here for the Wikipedia entry for Dingoo A-320.
The A-320 has a built-in 4GB flash memory storage, and can be expanded using the mini-SD memory card slot (up to 8GB SDHC) with a total of 12GB of maximum storage. There is a Micro USB port that will allows you to connects the device to your PC using the appropriate cable. A standard 3.5mm stereo jack is present as well as a video out port so you can connect it to TV using the provided A/V cable.
From my experience, game performance was great with NES and Sega Genesis games. Not all of my GBA games would work and is most likely caused by the game's dependency to specific GBA chipset/hardware that is not emulated in the A-320. SNES games tend to be slow with the stock firmware, but other users have reported much better game performance when they used unofficial community-developed firmwares at the cost of some system stability. CPS1/CPS2 arcade games and NEOGEO games required a bit of tinkering to get things to work.
Audio quality from the built-in speakers wass not great but that is to be expected with a handheld device. Using a pair of decent headphones easily fixes this issue.
The eBook reader can only read TXT files and the Text-to-Speech feature only has one voice that has a very noticeable Chinese accent.
Despite some minor performance issues, the Dingoo A-320 is a great portable video game emulator and media player. All in all, it's versatility overcomes it's flaws. If you're into playing old video games and have a library of ROMS that you want to play on the go, then I'd definitely recommend this game system.
As for me, this device is one that I always take with me especially when I anticipate that there will be a lot of waiting happening, like at the doctor's office or at the DMV.
If you're interested in getting one, check out ThinkGeek.com (http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/retro-gaming/bd6f/)
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Thursday, March 18, 2010
If you had the means to build any kind of robot you desired, what would said robot's primary function be?
I would design the robot be able to predicts the lottery numbers!
You can ask me anything but I'm still not fixing your computer!
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How do you pack so much win and awesome in such a short day?
It's all based on the Principle of Dimensional Matter Shifting. It explans how Transformers' Megatron and SoundWave can be a small gun and Walkman® cab be held by a person and then suddenly become a giant 20-foot robot.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Cat Staff Meeting
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Best WiFi Detector
Recently, someone asked me what the best WiFi signal detector is.
Based on my experience, when it comes to these types of devices you will definitely get what you pay for. WiFi detectors come in various forms and prices. The cheapest models will run as cheap as $10 but will most likely provide sparse details on what it's actually detecting. For example, it will probably tell you that there is a wireless network somewhere and what the signal strength is. Don't expect these devices to tell you what the name of the network is or whether it's secured or open to the public.
Over the years, I have received a handful of these cheap WiFi detectors from conventions as promotional give-aways and as hasty birthday gifts. Most of them sit in a drawer because they were utterly useless.
It wasn't until I found the HS20 Digital Hotspotter from Canary Wireless (http://canarywireless.com/) that I felt that I owned a truly useful WiFi signal detector.
What makes the HS20 such a great device? Here's the list of features I grabbed from their site:
No need to boot-up a laptop to detect whether an accessible Wi-Fi network is near
Quick glance icons show signal strength and security status for each access point
Device gives network ID (SSID), allowing identification of public or private networks
Back-lit display with 96x64 pixels for easy viewing
Uses inexpensive and easy to find AAA batteries (2)
Scroll feature allows easy access to multiple access points per scan; highlight an access point name to view details on network type, security open/WEP/WPA, and channel configuration
Battery meter icon displays status of AAA batteries
Does not require any additional software or hardware
Can be used as a network analysis, rollout and maintenance tool
Uses a true 802.11 engine, resulting in no false readings from Bluetooth® signals, cordless phones, or microwave ovens like some competititors' products
Slim form-factor easily slips into shirt pocket or computer bag; lanyard hook also allows the HS20 to be attached to other cases
As you can see, the HS20 has a lot of great features but what matters most is that it will tell you the network's name, the signal strenght, and whether it is private or public. That last part is my favorite feature.
Now, the HS20 is a $1o device. It's actually $49.99 + S&H (current MSRP price as of posting) but it's worth every penny.
The HS20 is one of those gadgets that I always take with me whenever I leave the house just in case I have to find a WiFi connection to do some moblogging or quick web site repairs while I'm out. It has proven to be one of the best $50 that I had ever spent.
You can grab the HS20 Digital Hotspotter at www.canarywireless.com or at Amazon.com.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
Trailer For Every Oscar-Winning Movie Ever
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Transform Your Hoodie into a Computer Sleeve
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Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Robot Depression Hurts
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Mahabaleshwar Taluka of Satara district has total population of 72,830 as per the Census 2011. Out of which 37,600 are males while 35,230 are females. In 2011 there were total 14,841 families residing in Mahabaleshwar Taluka. The Average Sex Ratio of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 937.
As per Census 2011 out of total population, 38.8% people lives in Urban areas while 61.2% lives in the Rural areas. The average literacy rate in urban areas is 91.2% while that in the rural areas is 79.2%. Also the Sex Ratio of Urban areas in Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 848 while that of Rural areas is 998.
The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 7320 which is 10% of the total population. There are 3811 male children and 3509 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 921 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 937 ) of Mahabaleshwar Taluka.
The total literacy rate of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 83.91%. The male literacy rate is 81.91% and the female literacy rate is 68.61% in Mahabaleshwar Taluka.
Population
72,830
Literacy
83.91%
Sex Ratio
937
To facilitate the administration, Mahabaleshwar Taluka is further divided into 2 towns and 111 villages.
Mahabaleshwar Taluka Data
As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Mahabaleshwar Taluka.
Total
Male
Female
Children (Age 0-6) 7,320 3,811 3,509
Literacy 83.91% 81.91% 68.61%
Scheduled Caste 8,218 4,116 4,102
Scheduled Tribe 3,682 1,928 1,754
Illiterate 17,860 6,802 11,058
Caste-wise Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.3% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.1% of total population in Mahabaleshwar Taluka of .
Total
Male
Female
Schedule Caste 8,218 4,116 4,102
Schedule Tribe 3,682 1,928 1,754
Religion-wise Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka
Religion
Total
Male
Female
Hindu 55,701 (76.48%) 28,678 27,023
Muslim 9,636 (13.23%) 5,239 4,397
Christian 773 (1.06%) 282 491
Sikh 72 (0.1%) 45 27
Buddhist 6,014 (8.26%) 2,996 3,018
Jain 286 (0.39%) 171 115
Other Religion 230 (0.32%) 120 110
No Religion Specified 118 (0.16%) 69 49
Literacy Rate - Mahabaleshwar Taluka
Average literacy rate of Mahabaleshwar Taluka in 2011 were 83.91% in which, male and female literacy were 91.15% and 76.2% respectively. Total literate in Mahabaleshwar Taluka were 54,970 of which male and female were 30,798 and 24,172 respectively.
Sex Ratio - Mahabaleshwar Taluka
The Sex Ratio of Mahabaleshwar Taluka is 937 . Thus for every 1000 men there were 937 females in Mahabaleshwar Taluka. Also as per Census 2011, the Child Sex Ration was 921 which is less than Average Sex Ratio ( 937 ) of Mahabaleshwar Taluka.
Child Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka
According to Census 2011, there were 7,320 children between age 0 to 6 years in Mahabaleshwar Taluka. Out of which 7,320 were male while 7,320 were female.
Urban/Rural Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka
As per Census 2011, there are total 5,005 families under Mahabaleshwar Taluka living in urban areas while 5,005 families are living within Rural areas. Thus around 38.8% of total population of Mahabaleshwar Taluka lives in Urban areas while 61.2% lives under Rural areas. Population of children (0 - 6 years) in urban region is 2,683 while that in rural region is 4,637.
Total
Urban
Rural
Population 72,830 28,287 44,543
Children (0 - 6 years) 7,320 2,683 4,637
Schedule Caste 8,218 4,619 3,599
Schedule Tribe 3,682 689 2,993
Literacy 83.91% 91.19% 79.24%
Sex Ratio 937 848 998
Working Population - Mahabaleshwar Taluka
In Mahabaleshwar Taluka out of total population, 29,787 were engaged in work activities. 84.8% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.2% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 29,787 workers engaged in Main Work, 9,341 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1,836 were Agricultural labourer.


Latin is already considered a dead language. Although there was a time when it was spoken in Italy, France, and Spain, the language eventually died. Nevertheless, it evolved into different languages, like Spanish, French, and Italian.
Since there’s no one left who naturally speaks the language, you might be wondering what benefits you will get if you study Latin or learn with online classes.
Unknown to many, here are three advantages in learning this extinct language:
1. Helps You Learn Other Languages While Having A Deeper Understanding Of The English Language
Since Latin has a complex grammar and sentence construction, this could help you practice if you want to learn languages with similar patterns or basic structures, like German, Greek, or Russian. Aside from that, Romance languages, like French, Portuguese, and Spanish descended from Latin, making it easier to learn these languages.
Latin is considered as a mother language. Aside from its resemblance to many languages used in Europe, it’s also utilized to have a deeper understanding of the English language. Roughly 40 percent of the English vocabulary has Latin origins. Thus, if you’re not a native English speaker, learning Latin can help you master the language much faster.
For many non-native English speakers, learning Latin poses a lot of advantages as it helps students build their vocabulary. Learning the language can also help them outperform other students in the language and vocabulary sections on standardized exams.
Furthermore, even native English speakers experience the same benefit when they learn Latin. Many studies show that those students who studied Latin performed better compared to those who did not in relation to their SAT scores.
2. Improves Your Understanding Of The Arts And Sciences
In a world that’s dominated by research, science, and technology, learning Latin is seen as a significant advantage. All modern science began during the Renaissance period, about 500 years ago. During this time, the majority of educated people were well versed in the Latin and Greek languages. Because of this, many discoveries and terminologies that experts use in the different branches of science originate from these two languages.
Learning a new language, like Latin, can help build your career if you’re working in the field of the sciences. Learning the vocabulary used in many physical and social sciences, like economics, psychology, biology, and chemistry is already half the battle. The power of language shouldn’t be underestimated when you want to have an edge and get ahead in your chosen career.
If you’re interested in the arts, learning Latin also helps enrich your understanding. There’s a lot of choral music that’s written in Latin as it has been used by the Catholic Church for many centuries.
Latin is also helpful to have a deeper understanding of classical literature. By learning Latin, you’ll appreciate works written by Cicero, Caesar, and Catullus. Hence, learning Latin is beneficial for art students and those who want to build a career around the field.
Latin inscription in Rome, Italy
3. Boosts Cognitive Skills And Future Career
Learning any complicated language, like Latin, requires hard work and necessitates a fair number of hours for you to understand it completely. As you learn how to use Latin declensions, memorize its grammar and sentence construction, and read Latin texts, your brain’s flexibility will improve. As your brain exercises, your memory, logic, and adaptability skills will also improve.
Learning a foreign language like Latin will also make you more systematic and rigorous, which are essential skills in the real world. Translating Latin texts to English and vice versa requires a lot of patience and strategy. These skills are helpful if you want to flourish in your chosen career.
Boasting about being fluent in another language impresses employers. Your ability to speak another language, let alone an extinct and complicated language like Latin, conveys that you have the skills and patience to learn difficult tasks. Many employers will see you as someone who’s motivated and also driven to learn new skills. Learning Latin will surely give you a competitive edge over others.
Summary
Learning a complicated foreign language like Latin has a lot of advantages. Aside from giving you a deeper understanding of the sciences and the arts, it gives you critical skills that you need to succeed in life.
Since many words originated from Latin, it’ll help you learn complicated languages and even give you a deeper understanding of the English language. Aside from that, it helps exercise your cognitive skills that help succeed in school and your career.
Overall, despite being an extinct language, learning Latin is still beneficial for students and working individuals.
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