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Cry To Yourself
"Cry To Yourself"
Song by DJ Lethal from the album State Of The Art
"Cry To Yourself" is a track which was supposed to be released on DJ Lethal's unreleased solo album, titled State Of The Art. For many years, the song went by the name "State Of The Art".
DJ Lethal met Linkin Park when they were still called Hybrid Theory. About his relationship with the band back then, he said: "[...]I helped linkin park when the were hybrid theory,mike shinoda came to my house and I gave him music plugins and adive and sounds."
On August 11, 2000, MTV revealed DJ Lethal was working on a solo album. According to the head of A&R at Geffen Records, Eric Hunter: "Some of the tracks will gear themselves more toward a hip-hop flavor and some will be more rock-oriented. Obviously what ties it all together will be Lethal and his unique beats and music."
None of the tracks had vocals at that point. DJ Lethal had been working on the music sporadically during the year, but the project had to be put on hold while Limp Bizkit toured to promote the album Chocolate Starfish And The Hot Dog Flavored Water: "It's hard to finish, especially when I have to find so many artists to rap, since I don't rap. I get a month at a time, and I use that month to make music, so by the time I'm ready to have vocals, I end up going back out on tour."
In early 2001, Lethal started a joint venture between him and Geffen Records called Lethal Dose Records, through which his solo album would be released. According to a February 5, 2001 article published by MTV, he was hoping to complete the disc in time for a late summer release. Lethal also spoke about the curent state of the album, saying: "I might sprinkle a little bit of rock in there, but it's pretty much straight hip-hop, my first love."
Right before Linkin Park's European tour in September 2001, the band gave an interview to OnStage where Mr. Hahn revealed Chester had recorded a track with DJ Lethal: "Chester just did a song with Cyclefly and also with DJ Lethal, and Mike and I just finished a track with the Visionaries too."
Lethal confirmed this information to MTV on October 4, 2001. The article read: "Bennington's song, also untitled, stays in the vein of Linkin Park's rap/rock fusion". By this time, he said he had 15 tracks finished and was hoping to record a few more before the release of Limp Bizkit's next album. His solo album was tentatively slated for a February or March 2002 release on Lethal Dose Records in conjunction with Geffen and Fred Durst's Flawless Records. Other collaborators on the album included Method Man, Fred Durst, Aaron Lewis, Danny Lohner, Dilated Peoples, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Mr. Eon, Tha Liks, Kurupt and Planet Asia.
A clip of the song Chester recorded vocals for was played by San Diego's XTRA-FM radio show Skratch 'N Sniff in late July 2004 and on Saturday, August 7th, at 10PM Pacific Standard Time, DJ Lethal went to the show to premiere the full song, introducing it as "State Of The Art", which was also set to be the title of his solo album. However, the song was played with a lot of ads and overdubs. A Linkin Park fan, Astat, recorded the song and sent it to another fan, known as Ravok, who tried to remove the ads from the recording. As he was unable to recover the final part of the song, he ended up with a version with length of 2:48, which was shared all over the web as the official song.
A press release for the videogame "Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball MAX'D" published on May 17, 2005 announced "State Of The Art" would be part of its soundtrack: "Innovative features wouldn't be complete without a groundbreaking soundtrack. The "Greg Hastings' Tournament Paintball MAX'D" soundtrack is setting a new standard for music in video games by featuring two new songs recorded by multi-platinum selling recording artists working together for the first time ever. DJ Lethal (Limp Bizkit) and B-Real (Cypress Hill) collaborated on a new hip-hop song entitled "Play for Real" specifically for the soundtrack, and Chester Bennington (Linkin Park) performed guest vocals on another track created by DJ Lethal which will also appear in the game."
Unfortunately, "State Of The Art" was removed from the final version of the game.
On an interview with ThaFormula.com in January 2007, DJ Lethal spoke about the status of his solo album: "Well what's going on now is that I just did a label deal for my label Lethal Dose Records with Navarre distribution so be looking for that record probably first quarter of this year. I got Method Man, Pharaoh Monch, Dilated Peoples, Linkin Park, Will I Am, Diamond D, I got Street Life from Wu-Tang. I got ODB, Alkaholiks and I'm gonna be doing new stuff. I'm just waiting to get my deal signed and done and then I can get incentive to go back in and pull up acapellas and re-freak stuff."
The album was never released, but the full version of the track with Chester Bennington was finally obtained in 2009 by LPLive under the name "Cry To Yourself", which was confirmed by DJ Lethal to be the final title of the track. The title "State Of The Art" was instead used for another song from his unreleased solo album which featured the Dilated Peoples.
Right after the fan site released the song, both Chester and Lethal were questioned by fans on Twitter about the song. Chester said: "we never finished the song I spent an hour writing and recording the track it's basically a demo." Lethal said: "this was supposed to be on my first solo album..I paid chester 25,000 $ he took the money then his record label wouldn't let me release it and he took the $$$ and never said anything."
Cry To Yourself (feat. Chester Bennington) 3:43 2001
Features vocals by Chester Bennington.
Also known as "State Of The Art".
Released by LPLive for free download on May 25, 2009 in MP3 96kbps format.
A MP3 128kbps upgrade was obtained on July 2, 2009 and posted on September 6, 2009.
There's no way to find out what's inside you
Until you fall into the hole
You dug for yourself while you slept here
Too young / too selfish / too cold
And, when you find out what's been waiting
The moment you open your eyes
You'll see your true reflection
The very first time in your life
(You cannot fight what's in you / this will not be denied)
Cry to yourself / nothing will help
It's too late to change what's been done
You'll do what you've always done best
You'll run
Into the hole, you fall deeper
The deeper, the faster you run
It won't stop until you accept it
Accept everything that you've done
http://www.mtv.com/news/1430936/dj-lethal-taps-korn-sugar-ray-stp-singers-for-solo-lp/
http://www.mtv.com/news/1439038/dj-lethal-busy-with-debut-from-mc-rock-solo-album/
http://www.mtv.com/news/1449584/bizkits-dj-lethal-records-with-method-man-aaron-lewis-for-solo-lp/
http://www.lpassociation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11463
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/sleeper-hit-of-2004-for-new-release-across-multi-platforms
http://cegtalent.com/dj-lethal/
http://dformula.bizland.com/dj_lethal_producers_series_day_10_still_making_hits_thaformula_music.html
http://lplive.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=1595
https://twitter.com/chesterbe/status/1910574763
https://twitter.com/djlethal/status/152804099048476673
Retrieved from "http://linkinpedia.com/index.php?title=Cry_To_Yourself&oldid=13027"
Chester Bennington Discography
Chester Bennington Songs


TANK is a solo performance by Doris Uhlich in collaboration with Boris Kopeinig on the subject of the human body and new technologies.
At the center of the performance stands a tank built by the Berlin collective Proper Space. In the tank, the body can be shown as a field of experimentation and as an object of modification. This motif - known from science fiction, which repeatedly appears as a scenic representation of body modifications from Test Tube Girls in the 1950s to films such as Alien: Resurrection - usually symbolizes the isolation of unknown and dangerous life forms. In Doris Uhlich's performance, the tank is becoming a place of study and experimentation on body transformations.
The piece has a cinematic, pictorial character, and the body material evolves from cinematic, robotic, biotechnological and medical association chain. TANK is a performance about technological promises of happiness, about the future of the body, its austerity, but also its decisivness. With its transparent walls, the tank appears as a magnifying glass in which a dynamic and elastic space for reflection opens up.
As has often been the case, Doris Uhlich throws her body into the field of social discourse, mirroring in it representation, criticism, proximity and distance in equal measure. With humor and the utmost naturalness, she leads us to the existential questions of human existence and its place in an increasingly digitized and technological world. And in today's increasingly polarizing discussion culture, it is to her credit that she gives no answers.
Doris Uhlich's performance "Tank" is disturbing and ingenious. A shudder, a certain fear of the dangerous something that grows up in this foggy, murky tube (built by the collective Proper Space) already affects the viewer. Also, very real. And yet, the whole scenery has something very aesthetic, artfully minimalistic, which will, as the performance continues, gain more weight only to be destroyed soon.
Thanks to Karin Harrasser and Marian Kaiser.
Co-produced by tanzhaus nrw, ImPulsTanz and insert (Theaterverein).
Peter Van Hoesen, "Hollow Eye"
insert (Theaterverein) is funded by the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna.
The images can be printed free of charge with an indication of the photo credit.


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So it seems like I am obsessed with Zillow and how they are truly trying to take over the Real Estate World. I am not a Zillow preferred agent and probably should look into that, but for now I just report as I see it. First of all Zillow has valued my home way over market price. I'm not moving but if I call their I Buying Program I guarantee that they will NOT be offering me their Zestimate price! Guaranteed!! So I read on Inman that they have introduced a new program being tested in Phoenix called "Tour it Now". Homeowners interested in viewing a home merely pull up the Zillow app which gives them directions to the property and how to unlock the door. These must be homes purchased by Zillow as no normal human is going to let strangers walk into their homes. Are these homes vacant? Which in some cases means home doesn't show as well without at least a bit of staging and accessorizing? If not its going to be touchy to shower in the day or do anything else that involves privacy as showings are from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. So they tout there is no reason to have an agent. Heaven forbid that we have an actual HUMAN agent with a buyer. So are these buyers qualified to purchase or just on a fun Zillow hunt adventure? Having no agent means there is no direct feedback, no area knowledge, no suggestions on how to open a room by moving a wall, no space changing advice. Basically no knowledge of the neighborhood, the schools, the walk score , nada!!!
Seriously it would be better for them to offer a house "robot" that is programmed with on information for buyers. Keep checking sandiegocoastalhomes.properties for my constant Zillow ranting. From what I read the Buying Program is not "flying off the shelf" as many home sellers are not accepting the Zillow Buying Price. Cash or not as if your buyer is qualified they will get CASH from the bank. It's called a HOME LOAN. Desirable homes in desirable areas are going to demand market price. This little gesture just brings in "names" for the preferred Zillow agents to follow up on. Sneaky but it works.
I just cringe at where we are heading. Not that I believe that the service of a good human agent is going to disappear anytime soon. Think of all the many pieces of a real estate transaction that truly need a seasoned experienced agent who spends most days solving problems and resolving issues. These Zillow programs are exciting until a buyer realizes that the human condition is an incredibly valuable service!!!


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Fear and Loathing of and by Brown People: Let's Remember Our Histories
Yesterday, I received this message on a list of family friends and relatives who would self-identify as Indian. The email, which was in 24 point font, replete with a (different) picture of Julia Gillard, the Australian Prime Minister, who supposedly said these things, and an emblem of the United States flag, waving, at the bottom of the missive.
W O W ! She Did It Again!!!Australia says NO — This will be the second Time Julia Gillard has done this!
She sure isn't backing down on her hard line stance and one has to appreciate her belief in the rights of her native countrymen.
A breath of fresh air to see someone lead. Australian Prime Minister does it again!!
The whole world needs a leader like this!
Prime Minister Julia Gillard – Australia
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia, as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
Separately, Gillard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying she supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: 'IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT… Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians.'
'This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.'
'We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society, learn the language!'
'Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture.'
'We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us.'
'This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom, 'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'.'
'If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted.'
NOTE: IF we circulate this amongst ourselves in Canada & USA , WE will find the courage to start speaking and voicing the same truths.
If you agree please SEND THIS ON and ON, to as many people as you know…
I have received many of these emails before, but for the sake of keeping peace, I have ignored them. But in the last 11 days, there have been eight (8) attacks on religious centers: 1 on the gurdwara in Oak Creek and 7 on mosques around the United States. I am unable to ignore this email.
I am reminded of the admonition made by Rinku Sen in the aftermath of the Oak Creek gurdwara shootings. Sen urged her white friends to "make a fuss, cause a family crisis, become unpopular, speak up" in the face of such statements about foreigners. And even though Sen addressed this to her white friends, I think the same message applies to folks like myself. And like Samita Mukhopadhyay, whose poignant column about her mother's response to the Oak Creek shootings, I hope we can find the right response.
I grew up in this country surrounded mostly by whites, and very few South Asians. Maybe it explains something, maybe nothing. But it means that I often see the world through the eyes of someone who was bullied and teased mercilessly—for what? At the time, I thought it was because I was so ugly, with my long coconut-oiled hair, thick-framed glasses, unfashionable Sears polo shirts and ill-fitting purple pants—because that's what they made fun of. I thought it was because my mother didn't know better than to wear a sari and dot on her forehead, and a nose ring in public—because that's what they made fun of. I thought it was because my mother refused to let me go to classmates' houses after school until first coming home so that she could see that I was safe. I thought it was because I deserved it.
It wasn't until a decade later, when recounting these stories to a grad-school roommate who tilted her head and looked at me quizzically and asked, "You do realize that you were the target of racism, right?" that I realized those stories for what they were.
The above speech can not be attributed to Julia Gillard. It is a chain letter that has been circulating for two years. Whether she harbors similar sentiments, even under the Labor Party, I'll write about in a future post. But let's pretend, for a short moment, that there really was someone, akin to the Australian Prime Minister—we'll call her the Ghost Minister–who said this:
This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom.
Which culture might the Ghost Minister be referring to? Would it be the culture of prisoners and convicts who were sent to Australia to live out their penance far away from the "civilized shores of England?" Would it be the culture that assumed that Australia was "terra nullius," an empty land, even though it was inhabited by many indigenous tribes, who were conquered and quarantined by the whites who were shunned by their own English countrymen?
Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia
Does the Ghost Minister know what Sharia Law is? It is not the fundamentalist law publicized by the fear-mongering media and Christian fundamentalists (who would like their own fundamentalist laws imposed upon all of us, Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs). As Yale professor of Religious Studies Eliyahu Stern tells us in the New York Times that the efforts to outlaw Sharia Law in the United States
would curtail Muslims from settling disputes over dietary laws and marriage through religious arbitration, while others would go even further in stigmatizing Islamic life.
South Asian Hindus have long understood what it means to have a foreign state authority curtail their practices, since they remember when British colonial authorities imposed restrictions on whether women could wear saris without blouses in public, or which religious practices are acceptable.
Similarly, Sharia law reflects precepts that have to do with daily life. How would vegetarian Hindus understand a mandate that they MUST eat meat to supplement the protein in their diets–except as a disciplining and show of state power (and as I write this, I'm reminded of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg's restrictions on sodas larger than 16 ounces)?
In France, several months ago, Marine Le Pen, the right-wing candidate for President, started a huge public furor by charging that French public schools, which served lunch daily, were serving Halal meat! Egads! Halal meat is meat that has been produced under Islamic dietary strictures that symbolize hygiene and purity.
Then President Sarko, in a fight to keep his seat, initially refused to be baited, but ultimately rose to Le Pen's challenge by vowing to look into the matter and ridding the schools of Halal meat. Let us suppose the charge was true (it was never proven to be so). Why, then, did the French state—or at least scions of authority such as LePen and Sarko care? Were they concerned that ingesting halal meat would suddenly produce hordes of young white French Muslims spouting the Qu'ran? Hardly. Perhaps as animal rights activists have suggested, it is a crueler method of slaughtering animals for meat, since it bans the stunning of animals before slaughter, and it bothered Sarko and Le Pen. Sarkozy and Le Pen: Animal-rights activists? I think not.
Rather, it was because Muslim-baiting has become a popular pastime in France, along with virulent xenophobia and anti-immigration jousting. And Sarko lost anyway (only to be succeeded by Francois Hollande, the Socialist Party candidate and a supposedly kinder, lefter guy who's turning out to be pretty authoritarian himself). Let that be a lesson to…the American voter.
Why would it be acceptable to impose dietary or marriage restrictions on Muslims' religious laws? These are private matters every bit as much as Hindu religious law is. Unlike the misperception in the bill passed in the Tennessee General Assembly, Sharia law is not something that Muslims want to impose on the larger public. Nor is Sharia Law "a set of rules that promote 'the destruction of the national existence of the United States,'" as Stern states. He continues:
This is exactly wrong. The crusade against Shariah undermines American democracy, ignores our country's successful history of religious tolerance and assimilation, and creates a dangerous divide between America and its fastest-growing religious minority.
The suggestion that Shariah threatens American security is disturbingly reminiscent of the accusation, in 19th-century Europe, that Jewish religious law was seditious. In 1807, Napoleon convened an assembly of rabbinic authorities to address the question of whether Jewish law prevented Jews from being loyal citizens of the republic. (They said that it did not.)
To be fair, the misperception of Sharia Law is widespread. At dinner some months ago with otherwise erudite white American friends, I found myself having to rebuff their kneejerk scorn of Sharia by sharing a story that I heard at a philosophy conference some years ago. It was told by a young white Canadian lawyer who represented a Muslim woman in her divorce proceedings. As the lawyer pointed out Canadian courts, like American courts, only recognize written contracts. This fact made it difficult for her client to obtain compensation as promised by her ex-husband's family, because it was an oral promise cemented by an imam, and therefore unenforceable in a Canadian court. By convincing the Canadian court to recognize Sharia, her client was able to obtain what was due her.
Sadakat Kadri, author of a book that explores both the hard-line and more flexible interpretations of Sharia, speculates upon the mad fear of Sharia Law in the United States:
It's crazy, basically. It's this idea that Shariah is some kind of movement to take over the United States or a conspiracy to overturn American freedoms. That isn't what Shariah is. There are certainly hard-line interpretations of Islamic law. But these measures don't even claim to restrict themselves to that. They claim to prevent the courts from taking any account at all of the Shariah, which potentially means that a court can't, for example, take account of someone's will. If someone says they want to be buried according to Muslim rituals laid down in the Shariah, a court would theoretically not be able to take account of that. And, of course, it's possible to say, 'That's not what the law's aimed at. The law's aimed at something very different.' But as everyone should know by now, liberties begin to erode when you have laws that are too widely drawn.
According to Dwight Garner, who has a review of Kadri's book in this past Sunday's New York Times:
In [Kadri's] reading of the Shariah, he finds rationality and flexibility. His argument is with recent hard-liners who, he writes, "have turned Islamic penal history on its head."
He is furious that fundamentalists "have associated the Shariah in many people's minds with some of the deadliest legal systems on the planet." He calls them traditionalists who ignore tradition. He is disgusted that warped opinions "are mouthed today to validate murder after murder in Islam's name.
It is the misperceptions of Muslims, Sharia, and the outrageous framing of all Muslims as reflecting zealotry and fundamentalism that lead to events like seven mosque attacks in the United States in last 10 days– in the immediate aftermath of the shootings at the gurdwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.
To my fellow Indians: Does any of this remind you about the stories of British colonialism in India? Do you remember your mothers' and grandmothers' stories of how the British whipped, mutilated, and maimed Indians for not obeying their orders? Does anyone remember the Lahore Lynchings of 1915, a mass spectacle designed by the British colonial authority to warn Indians against further thought of self-rule? Although 24 Indians were scheduled to hang that day, the sentences of 17 were commuted— 7 men were still killed as a warning to others who wanted self-rule.
You must remember the mass hatred incited by India's political elites, pitting Muslims against Hindus and Hindus against Muslims—I'm sure—because through my mother's stories and the histories I've read—I do, and I wasn't even there.
I remember my mother's stories of being turned away from job interviews in the United States because she wore a sari thinking it was the most formal outfit she could wear for such a serious occasion. I remember her pink polyester suit, bought for subsequent interviews, because she felt it would be disrespectful to show her legs at work.
I remember my mother's humiliation at having insults hurled at her in the 1980's by ignorant young and old white men who proudly called themselves "Dotbusters." These racist men told her to "go back to her country," even though she had lived faithfully by the laws of the United States for twenty-five years.
Don't you remember similar stories of hate directed against your mothers, sisters, grandmothers and aunts? The British, the Australians, the Americans, The French—and many others engaged in similar acts of savagery condoned by their own governments. Did our mothers and fathers and families deserve this? Certainly mine did not.
Many whites may not see Muslims as deserving of respect and civility. But you can bet that they don't see me or my family (or yours) as deserving respect and civility either. They don't care whether you are Muslim or not. They see you, a Hindu, and "them" (Muslims) as one and the same: a brown person who doesn't speak English (even if you do), or who speaks English with an accent (if you don't).
I know the stories of Sikhs men who immigrated to California in the early 1900's. They were harassed, beaten, arrested, and deported, because they were subject to hatred by whites and fear that they were taking away jobs and lowering wages. I have been told of the harassment that Indians were subject to by the British for wanting Self-rule. And I know that the hate-filled curses that were directed against Hindus, Sikhs, and Muslims had little to do with whether they "deserved" it, and everything to do with the American and British fear and loathing of Indians.
The Ghost Minister wants everyone to speak English, and not "Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language." This message has been delivered before, and there is plenty of literature out there to refute it, so I won't do it here. Suffice it to say that not speaking the language of the land inconveniences no one—except perhaps, the migrant. But it engenders hostility aplenty for reasons that have little to do with the difficulties of language: because it reminds the speaker that he too is merely a traveler on this land, which was taken away from the indigenous, from others, so that he too could grow up on this soil and profess his anger at those who want to live alongside him without succumbing to his norms, his religion, his practices—without succumbing to his demands.
Joining whites in a campaign of racism against Muslims will not garner us, as South Asians, as Indians, as Hindus, respect by those same whites. What I know is that that hatred against Muslims is not warranted. Every single religious group, whether Hindus, Sikhs, Muslims, Christians, or Jews, has a wing of believers who are militant or radical. But the few don't speak for the rest of their group, the many who are peace-loving and moderate. By joining in the hatred against another minority group, we betray the innocent, and increase the general hostility towards all minority groups, including our own.
It's time to stand up to the ignorant bullies, whether American, British, or Australian, or French, or German. It turns out that the above remarks cannot be attributed to Julia Gillard. Still, I don't doubt that they have been uttered aloud in many places in the world by whites, whose ancestors have been in that country for fewer than 200 years. And I don't doubt that they will be used again—if not against Muslims, then against you and against me. Isn't it time to stop standing with racists to harass others who, but for their turbans, beards, hijabs–but for their background—are just like us?
Author Falguni A. ShethPosted on August 14, 2012 September 18, 2012 Categories People of Color, Race, RacismTags Immigrants, People of Color, racial justice, Racism, Transracial solidarity, undocumented migrants2 Comments on Fear and Loathing of and by Brown People: Let's Remember Our Histories

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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Q: Averaging the value with respect to time I have the below dataset with date-time and the corresponding value. The time interval is every 10 mins. I need to generate new rows with 15 mins interval.
For example, for 15:40 the value is 599 and for 15:50 the value is 594, so a new row needs to be generated between the two, i.e 15:45 with average of 599 & 594 which is 596.5
I.e, I need to generate an average between 10 & 20 to get the value for say 16:15; and 40 & 50 to get the value for 16:45. The value for 00, 30 remains the same
Date...Time       RA.CO2
6/15/2017 15:40   599
6/15/2017 15:50   594
6/15/2017 16:00   606
6/15/2017 16:10   594
6/15/2017 16:20   594
6/15/2017 16:30   594
6/15/2017 16:40   594
6/15/2017 16:50   594
6/16/2017 0:00    496.25
6/16/2017 0:10    500
6/16/2017 0:20    496.25
6/16/2017 0:30    496.25
6/16/2017 0:40    600
6/16/2017 0:50    650
6/16/2017 1:00    700

str(df)
'data.frame':   6092 obs. of  2 variables:
 $ Date...Time: chr  "6/15/2017 15:40" "6/15/2017 15:50" "6/15/2017 16:00"
 "6/15/2017 16:10" ...
$ RA.CO2     : num  599 594 606 594 594 594 594 594 594 594 ...

Output
 Date...Time          RA.CO2
 6/15/2017 15:45      596.5
 6/15/2017 16:00      606
 6/15/2017 16:15      594
 6/15/2017 16:30      594
 6/15/2017 16:45      594
 6/16/2017 0:00       496.25
 6/16/2017 0:15       498.125
 6/16/2017 0:30       496.25
 6/16/2017 0:45       625
 6/16/2017 1:00       700

A: We can use tidyr to expand the data frame and imputeTS to impute the missing values by linear interpolation.
library(dplyr)
library(tidyr)
library(lubridate)
library(imputeTS)

dt2 <- dt %>%
  mutate(Date...Time = mdy_hm(Date...Time)) %>%
  mutate(Date = as.Date(Date...Time)) %>%
  group_by(Date) %>%
  complete(Date...Time = seq(min(Date...Time), max(Date...Time), by = "5 min")) %>%
  mutate(RA.CO2 = na.interpolation(RA.CO2)) %>%
  ungroup() %>%
  select(Date...Time, RA.CO2)
dt2
# A tibble: 22 x 2
           Date...Time RA.CO2
                <dttm>  <dbl>
 1 2017-06-15 15:40:00  599.0
 2 2017-06-15 15:45:00  596.5
 3 2017-06-15 15:50:00  594.0
 4 2017-06-15 15:55:00  600.0
 5 2017-06-15 16:00:00  606.0
 6 2017-06-15 16:05:00  600.0
 7 2017-06-15 16:10:00  594.0
 8 2017-06-15 16:15:00  594.0
 9 2017-06-15 16:20:00  594.0
10 2017-06-15 16:25:00  594.0
# ... with 12 more rows

My output is not entirely the same as your desired output. This is because:

*

*It is not clear how do you get the values in 6/16/2017 0:10.

*Why sometimes the interval is 5 minutes, but sometimes it is 10 minutes?

*Why do you include the last three rows? It is also not clear the rules to fill the values of the last three rows.

Nevertheless, I think my solution provides you a possible way to achieve this task. You may need to adjust the code by yourself to fit those unclear rules.
Data
dt <- read.table(text = "Date...Time       RA.CO2
'6/15/2017 15:40'   599
                 '6/15/2017 15:50'   594
                 '6/15/2017 16:00'   606
                 '6/15/2017 16:10'   594
                 '6/15/2017 16:20'   594
                 '6/15/2017 16:30'   594
                 '6/15/2017 16:40'   594
                 '6/15/2017 16:50'   594
                 '6/16/2017 0:00'    496.25
                 '6/16/2017 0:10'    496.25
                 '6/16/2017 0:20'    496.25
                 '6/16/2017 0:30'    496.25",
                 header = TRUE, stringsAsFactors = FALSE)

A: Here are some solutions.  I have re-read the question and am assuming that new intermediate times should only be inserted before times that are 20 or 50 minutes after the hour and in both cases the immediately prior time (before inserting the intermediate time) must be 10 minutes previous.   If that is not the intention of the question then it, the vector of intermediate times, will need to be changed from what is shown.
1) zoo Merge df with a data frame having the intermediate times it and then run na.approx from the zoo package on the RA column to fill in the NA values:
library(zoo)

it <- with(df, DT[c(FALSE, diff(DT) == 10) & as.POSIXlt(DT)$min %in% c(20, 50)] - 5 * 60)
M <- merge(df, data.frame(DT = it), all = TRUE)
transform(M, RA = na.approx(RA))

giving:
                    DT     RA
1  2017-06-15 15:40:00 599.00
2  2017-06-15 15:45:00 596.50
3  2017-06-15 15:50:00 594.00
4  2017-06-15 16:00:00 606.00
5  2017-06-15 16:10:00 594.00
6  2017-06-15 16:15:00 594.00
7  2017-06-15 16:20:00 594.00
8  2017-06-15 16:30:00 594.00
9  2017-06-15 16:40:00 594.00
10 2017-06-15 16:45:00 594.00
11 2017-06-15 16:50:00 594.00
12 2017-06-16 00:00:00 496.25
13 2017-06-16 00:10:00 496.25
14 2017-06-16 00:15:00 496.25
15 2017-06-16 00:20:00 496.25
16 2017-06-16 00:30:00 496.25

1a) Note that if df were converted to zoo, i.e. z <- read.zoo(df, tz = ""), then this could be written as just this giving a zoo object result:
na.approx(merge(z, zoo(, it)))

2) approx  This one uses no packages. it is from above.
with(df, data.frame(approx(DT, RA, xout = sort(c(DT, it)))))

giving:
                     x      y
1  2017-06-15 15:40:00 599.00
2  2017-06-15 15:45:00 596.50
3  2017-06-15 15:50:00 594.00
4  2017-06-15 16:00:00 606.00
5  2017-06-15 16:10:00 594.00
6  2017-06-15 16:15:00 594.00
7  2017-06-15 16:20:00 594.00
8  2017-06-15 16:30:00 594.00
9  2017-06-15 16:40:00 594.00
10 2017-06-15 16:45:00 594.00
11 2017-06-15 16:50:00 594.00
12 2017-06-16 00:00:00 496.25
13 2017-06-16 00:10:00 496.25
14 2017-06-16 00:15:00 496.25
15 2017-06-16 00:20:00 496.25
16 2017-06-16 00:30:00 496.25

Note: The input used for the above is:
df <- structure(list(DT = structure(c(1497555600, 1497556200, 1497556800,
1497557400, 1497558000, 1497558600, 1497559200, 1497559800, 1497585600,
1497586200, 1497586800, 1497587400), class = c("POSIXct", "POSIXt"
)), RA = c(599, 594, 606, 594, 594, 594, 594, 594, 496.25, 496.25,
496.25, 496.25)), .Names = c("DT", "RA"), row.names = c(NA, -12L
), class = "data.frame")

Update: Have revised assumption of which intermediate times to include.

A: Here's a solution using dplyr:
library(dplyr)

df %>%
  # calculate interpolated value between each row & next row
  mutate(DT.next = lead(DT),
         RA.next = lead(RA)) %>%
  mutate(diff = difftime(DT.next, DT)) %>%
  filter(as.numeric(diff) == 10) %>% #keep only 10 min intervals
  mutate(DT.interpolate = DT + diff/2,
         RA.interpolate = (RA + RA.next) / 2) %>%
  # bind to original dataframe & sort by date
  select(DT.interpolate, RA.interpolate) %>%
  rename(DT = DT.interpolate, RA = RA.interpolate) %>%
  rbind(df) %>%
  arrange(DT)

                    DT     RA
1  2017-06-15 15:40:00 599.00
2  2017-06-15 15:45:00 596.50
3  2017-06-15 15:50:00 594.00
4  2017-06-15 15:55:00 600.00
5  2017-06-15 16:00:00 606.00
6  2017-06-15 16:05:00 600.00
7  2017-06-15 16:10:00 594.00
8  2017-06-15 16:15:00 594.00
9  2017-06-15 16:20:00 594.00
10 2017-06-15 16:25:00 594.00
11 2017-06-15 16:30:00 594.00
12 2017-06-15 16:35:00 594.00
13 2017-06-15 16:40:00 594.00
14 2017-06-15 16:45:00 594.00
15 2017-06-15 16:50:00 594.00
16 2017-06-16 00:00:00 496.25
17 2017-06-16 00:05:00 496.25
18 2017-06-16 00:10:00 496.25
19 2017-06-16 00:15:00 496.25
20 2017-06-16 00:20:00 496.25
21 2017-06-16 00:25:00 496.25
22 2017-06-16 00:30:00 496.25

Dataset:
df <- data.frame(
  DT = c(seq(from = as.POSIXct("2017-06-15 15:40"),
             to = as.POSIXct("2017-06-15 16:50"),
             by = "10 min"),
         seq(from = as.POSIXct("2017-06-16 00:00"),
             to = as.POSIXct("2017-06-16 00:30"),
             by = "10 min")),
  RA = c(599, 594, 606, rep(594, 5), rep(496.25, 4))
)

A: Here is a different idea using zoo library,
library(zoo)

df1 <- df[rep(rownames(df), each = 2),]
df1$DateTime[c(FALSE, TRUE)] <- df1$DateTime[c(FALSE, TRUE)]+5*60
df1$RA.CO2[c(FALSE, TRUE)] <- rollapply(df$RA.CO2, 2, by = 2, mean)

which gives,

               DateTime RA.CO2
1    2017-06-15 15:40:00 599.00
1.1  2017-06-15 15:45:00 596.50
2    2017-06-15 15:50:00 594.00
2.1  2017-06-15 15:55:00 600.00
3    2017-06-15 16:00:00 606.00
3.1  2017-06-15 16:05:00 594.00
4    2017-06-15 16:10:00 594.00
4.1  2017-06-15 16:15:00 594.00
5    2017-06-15 16:20:00 594.00
5.1  2017-06-15 16:25:00 496.25
6    2017-06-15 16:30:00 594.00
6.1  2017-06-15 16:35:00 496.25
7    2017-06-15 16:40:00 594.00
7.1  2017-06-15 16:45:00 596.50
8    2017-06-15 16:50:00 594.00
8.1  2017-06-15 16:55:00 600.00
9    2017-06-16 00:00:00 496.25
9.1  2017-06-16 00:05:00 594.00
10   2017-06-16 00:10:00 496.25
10.1 2017-06-16 00:15:00 594.00
11   2017-06-16 00:20:00 496.25
11.1 2017-06-16 00:25:00 496.25
12   2017-06-16 00:30:00 496.25
12.1 2017-06-16 00:35:00 496.25

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library(topicmodels)
data("AssociatedPress", package = "topicmodels")

k <- 5
lda <- LDA(AssociatedPress[1:20,], control = list(alpha = 0.1), k)

str(lda) gives the following output
Formal class 'LDA_VEM' [package "topicmodels"] with 14 slots
..@ alpha          : num 0.0184
..@ call           : language LDA(x = AssociatedPress[1:20, ], k = k, control = list(alpha = 0.1))
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..@ control        :Formal class 'LDA_VEMcontrol' [package "topicmodels"] with 13 slots
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.. .. ..@ nstart        : int 1
.. .. ..@ best          : logi TRUE
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.. .. ..@ estimate.beta : logi TRUE
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.. .. ..@ em            :Formal class 'OPTcontrol' [package "topicmodels"] with 2 slots
.. .. .. .. ..@ iter.max: int 1000
.. .. .. .. ..@ tol     : num 1e-04
.. .. ..@ initialize    : chr "random"
..@ k              : int 5
..@ terms          : chr [1:10473] "aaron" "abandon" "abandoned" "abandoning" ...
..@ documents      : NULL
..@ beta           : num [1:5, 1:10473] -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 -100 ...
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.. ..- attr(*, "class")= chr "simple_triplet_matrix"
..@ loglikelihood  : num [1:20] -1512 -1584 -1400 -1324 -418 ...
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..@ n              : int 3636

There is no object in lda that seems to store the data I need. I know that gamma gives the distribution of the topics over the documents, but how can I access the distribution of the topics over the terms?

A: You can look at the posterior distribution of topics over terms, using posterior(lda)$terms.
library(topicmodels)
data("AssociatedPress", package = "topicmodels")
lda <- LDA(AssociatedPress[1:20,], control = list(alpha = 0.1), k = 2)

terms <- as.data.frame(t(posterior(lda)$terms))
head(terms)

                      1            2
aaron      3.720076e-44 3.720076e-44
abandon    3.720076e-44 3.720076e-44
abandoned  3.720076e-44 3.720076e-44
abandoning 3.720076e-44 3.720076e-44
abbott     3.720076e-44 3.720076e-44
abboud     3.720076e-44 3.720076e-44

A: It looks like the betas are returned as a k * n matrix in a slot called beta in the fit object. So you can inspect the one from your call to lda() with:
lda@beta

The terms are also in there as lda@terms, so you could make a data frame with them to look up specific ones:
betas <- data.frame(t(lda@beta))
betas$term <- lda@terms
names(betas) <- c(paste("topic", seq(k), sep="."), "term")
head(betas)

Here's what I see when I run that:
  topic.1 topic.2 topic.3 topic.4 topic.5       term
1    -100    -100    -100    -100    -100      aaron
2    -100    -100    -100    -100    -100    abandon
3    -100    -100    -100    -100    -100  abandoned
4    -100    -100    -100    -100    -100 abandoning
5    -100    -100    -100    -100    -100     abbott
6    -100    -100    -100    -100    -100     abboud

If you scan more of the table, you'll see which terms get something other than -100 as their betas. For example:
> betas[19,]
     topic.1   topic.2   topic.3   topic.4   topic.5 term
19 -181.7717 -176.7156 -6.919684 -196.3646 -6.398595 able


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LAUTECH started running a PGD programme in social work in 2006. I saw the opportunity to earn a degree in the university where I work since I could not go for BSc in Nursing because I was not a major science student in secondary school. There was also a need to establish a social work department at the health centre that same year so I thought I could cross to that unit on completion of the course, but before I finished the programme, a junior worker was employed to head the place. I couldn't apply to change to the social work department again since I was already way ahead of the head of the department in my position then. So, after completing the PGD I felt the need to go for my Master's hoping that there will be opportunities for me to use the certificate.
On how the degree has shaped my life and career, I got the understanding that social work degrees teach students how to improve the well-being and life quality of vulnerable people like children, youths, the homeless and minority groups. Students learn how to support people in need of help and how to empower them to take action and to solve the problems they face. The greater percentage of students in the university are adolescents and we always have adolescent health and behavioural problems like drug addicts, psychological and mental health problems, violence, and other vices.
So the knowledge of social work has helped me in understanding the social predictors of health and illness behaviours, and how to care for the vulnerable within the university community. In fact, every nurse attends to the social well-being of his or her patient, and my degree in social work helps me carry this out with ease.
You opted for a PhD, but the university you applied for declined your application because you did not have a bachelor's degree. How did that make you feel?
I was about to apply when I learnt about the first-degree challenge. Well, I was not happy. But every challenge presents an opportunity for growth, and that is what made me to go for a degree in psychology.
With your age and pressing work schedule, how were you able to graduate with a first-class in Psychology? And, why Psychology instead of Nursing or Social Work?
God made it possible for me to graduate with a first class. I don't see my age as an issue when I'm studying. After all, ageing is in the mind. God gave me the strength, the determination and the grace to aim for the best and to attain it.
On why I opted for Psychology instead of Nursing, like I said before, I wasn't a science student in secondary school. I had only biology when I was given admission to school of nursing. Physics and chemistry were not compulsory for admission then, but you will take them as courses in the school of nursing and must pass them in the first year before you will be promoted to the next level. So, I could not go for nursing degree. Moreover, my next promotion will take me to an administrative position, so I used the opportunity to go for Psychology since it is a course that deals with the understanding of human behaviour, and organisational culture and management.
The aim is to equip me to understand why people behave the way they do, what motivates or drives them to put in their best at work or otherwise, and how I can best manage them. I feel it will also be useful for in the future.
You said you want a full-sponsored PhD scholarship broad. Why do you need a PhD? Which foreign university would you want to do it and why that particular university?
I need a PhD, because completing a PhD can give you a great sense of personal achievement and help you develop a high level of transferable skills which can be useful in one's career as well as to contribute to the development of knowledge in one's chosen field. I know that I have an intrinsic motivation for self-actualisation and I believe no knowledge is a waste. I am sure that it will be needed in the future, by God's grace. I am hoping for a scholarship abroad because I believe it will afford me the opportunity to meet with people of diverse cultures in a better study environment.
The question of the university I want to applied to; I have not applied to any abroad university for now, and I don't have any in mind. I am still searching and yet to make up my mind.
Have you talked to the university you work for or the government or any organisation about your interest in studying for a PhD and a possible sponsorship from them?
I have not made any contact or request for sponsorship. Many things came up during the year that made me take a break. But I will commence an active search for sponsorship in pursuit of my PhD dream.
If you are lucky to get the full-sponsored scholarship, which area of research/discipline would you like to explore and why?
I will like a study social psychology, looking at how social experiences such as stress, social status, social support, discrimination, etc., influence physical and mental well-being. I will also like to look at interventions aimed at improving health behaviours. Young people and reproductive health problems will also be an area of interest.
There is a bill in the National Assembly seeking to stop the dichotomy between HND and degree certificates. Are you for or against the bill?
Chances and opportunities sometimes make people go for either a HND or a bachelor's degree. So, people should not be discriminated against or stagnated in their career progression based on whether they are HND or degree holders. That's my opinion, though.
What three challenges do nurses face at the hospital you work, and how do you want LAUTECH management/Oyo State government to handle these challenges?
First, short-staffing in the health centre is a top concern for nurses. They should employ more nurses, and hospital attendants.
Second is workplace hazards, workplace violence, bullying and harassment by the students. Standard security measures should be put in place. I also think that proper orientation of the students will help them to know how and where to channel their complaints and grievances, instead of them venting their anger on the staff.
The third one is non representation of nurses at policy/decision making tables. We want our voices to be heard through a better representation of nurses at the policy tables.
How do you manage the stress from your work? And how does your family help in this regard?
Work environment and workload stress are managed by God's grace. I plan my day, do my best at work, and hand the rest over to God. I try as much as possible not to allow the problems at work to affect the emotional environment at home. God also gave me grace to balance church life, work life, and family life such that none has so much affected the other negatively.
I have a very supportive husband and family members that help. They are also my sources of strength after God. So, I can say that I have a very powerful social support.
What advice do you have for women who are aspiring to be like you?
Be determined to follow your heart, and give your best to what you want to do. Trust in the Lord with all your heart and He will establish the desires of your heart. There is no limit to what a determined person can achieve.
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Strange Interlude (1932)
By Toronto Film Society on June 15, 2014
Toronto Film Society presented One Strange Interlude (1932) on Sunday, May 24, 1981 in a double bill with Fearless Fagan as part of the Season 33 Sunday Afternoon Film Buff Series, Programme 10.
From the filmgoer's point of view, the outstanding thing is the acting of Norma Shearer, Clark Gable and May Robson….Clark Gable's powerful personality shines steadfastly through the misty atmosphere of mixed psychology…Norma Shearer's response to the demands of an extraordinarily exacting part shows that she has a far greater range as an actress than one would have suspected, even after her fine work in many intelligent talkies. Strange Interlude is a film that will be widely discussed. It must be set down as a cinematic novelty to be seen by discerning audiences.
London Film Weekly by John Gammie
Those elements of the play which are so poignantly O'Neill have for the screen, somewhat in the movie fashion, been subdued, sandpapered and varnished toward euphemism. There was in the making of Strange Interlude an evident awareness that it was strong meat. A borrowing from the stage through it is, it is a stepping out for the motion picture.
Motion Picture by Terry Ramsaye
I believe that motion pictures offer great possibilities as a medium of art. The pictorial effects on the screen are real, while those on the stage, especially outdoor scenery, are artificial. The camera can interpret as well as create by moving rapidly to any idea or any place in the world….Yet does Hollywood make anything at all of art in motion pictures? Is Hollywood's attitude sympathetic and creative or base and destructive? Nearly a year ago, when I was in California, I talked with executives of Paramount, Universal, Warner Brothers, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. I found them all to be business men; none was in any sense imaginative, creative, or colorful. Mr. Zukor, Mr. Lasky, Mr. Thalberg, and others are not artists but business executives. Of course, there would be less cause for complaint on this score if these business men allowed the writers, directors, and players whom they employ and control to exercise freely their artistic perceptions and capabilities. But that is something they certainly do not allow. I talked seriously on this problem with these gentlemen and may others, and here is the gist of our conversations.
These movie representatives admitted that they would prefer, for example, to buy the title only of, let us say, Eugene O'Neill's Strange Interlude, their reson being that the play itself was far above the head of the average individual with whom the moving-picture theaters have to deal. But with the title in their possession as property, their writers could make a movie script of parts which at least would bear some resemblance to Mr. O'Neill's story. Then they said this was necessary because really all that the great American public knew about this drama was that Eugene O'Neill had had a big success in New York City called Strange Interlude. Sock one for America!
The Real Sins of Hollywood by Theodore Dreiser, in Liberty, June 11, 1932
Notes complied by Peter Poles
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Who Is The Main Character In Wartime Lies English 111 Essay
Cameran Washington
Who Is The Main Character?
In the novel Wartime Lies, we follow a boy named Maciek who is born into the world during the rise of Nazi-Germany. Thankfully, he is not alone, as he is protected and taken care of by his aunt. The story follows these two as they not only try to hide from the germans, but also live as a broken family. While Wartime Lies is a great story that tells an eye-witness account of the destruction during World War II, it leaves one question unanswered. That question is who is the main character?
Now this might not be an important detail, but after reading the novel and understanding how the story is told, it makes us wonder. After all, we (the reader) know that Maciek is telling the story as the narrator. As Maciek is really the author as a young boy. However, he seems like a narrator who we just so happen to know the name of. We don't really see Maciek do anything major, as the other characters do them instead.
This leaves the impression that Maciek's purpose is merely a way to propel the plot and story forward. Maciek is also extremely inappropriate, as the book was supposed to be given a separate name. That name being Confessions of A Monster. The previous title gives the impression that Maciek (or Louis Begley) was much worse than either what we read or what was thrown away toward the editing phase. Which is both relieving considering what is in the book and ominous considering what was allowed to be in the book.
Though we shouldn't put such emphasis on Maciek's actions. After all, he is just a child. He didn't know better in many cases, not to mention how trying to live in such a time period at his age was rough. So of course he had no ideal achievements, as anything he did could have made things worse for him and his aunt. So while Maciek is important for the story, he isn't necessarily a stand alone character.
Maciek also has a sense of hardening to his character. Almost like the author is being hard on his child self. Or possibly has always been hard on himself since his childhood due to what he has done as well as what was going on around him. It gives me a sense that while we may understand him and his actions, the author doesn't. Which adds another layer to Maciek's character...
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Could Your Business Be The Best Workplace?
Noticing the looming deadline for The World's Best Places to Work Awards 2019, we thought it might be good to explore the kind of criteria which would be considered within an award such as this.
Ok, so it's worth mentioning that businesses put themselves forward as 'Best Places to Work' via a scheme (provided, unsurprisingly, by the company Great Place to Work) which involves participation in a Best Workplace Assessment – an employee survey and culture audit being the main components of this. The global awards, which close on the 14th September, are for those who have already achieved an accolade; in fact have been named in a minimum of 5 national Best Workplaces lists within the 58 participating countries. They must also have over 5,000 employees worldwide and at least 40% of the company's workforce must be based outside of the home country.
Past winners have been corporations such as Mars, Cisco, Salesforce.com, Volkswagen… no real SME's to be found in the published winners list and probably, therefore, not particularly attainable for most non-multinationals.
Forget the fact that both the tight deadline and the 'mega-business' qualifying criteria may just rule out this very prestigious awards event for most – here at The Awards People we really do like the idea of recognising businesses who go the extra mile to work with their employees ensuring happiness all round. For that reason we thought we'd list a few things that are considered when applicants are being audited – and in doing so recognise the things which a smaller business could put into place to not only add to their success, but perhaps also put themselves in the running for a local, regional or national award which looks for high level engagement. Let's face it, winning a 'best workplace' or similarly-titled award won't harm your chances of attracting and retaining great personnel either.
The general consensus amongst those involved in workplace audits is that it is much less about what you do than how you do it. Whilst perks and incentives are great and can really show the value that is placed on the hard work of the individual or team, it is of significantly higher importance exactly how such schemes are applied.
The key areas to consider in reaching for the heights of Best Workplace are;
Building high quality relationships – putting people at the heart of everything and encouraging honesty from everyone, team spirit and a general feeling of fairness
Gaining and maintaining trust – built through integrity, supported 2-way communication, managerial competence, balanced policies, genuine personal development plans, recognising individuals whilst supporting collaboration…essentially putting tangible schemes in place rather than simply paying lip service to the employee engagement piece
Measuring results – regular, if not continuous, assessment to ensure that everyone truly is benefitting and that the strategies were not simply good ideas which failed upon administration
Putting plans into action – when feedback is good all is well but if the reality of the systems put in place has fallen somewhat short of the intended effect, then tweaking and reassessment is a must. Good intentions do not pave the way to employee harmony – well-executed systems do
Like the thought of creating a working environment where productivity is high, enthusiasm is the norm and the problems of recruitment are a distant memory? Then why not have a look at employee engagement awards within the awards calendar and start planning your transformation now. There are certainly many to choose from irrespective of the size of your business and if you could do with a helping hand to getting started just get in touch and we'll take it from there.
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Edward Cooper Young Chartered Surveyors
Period: Current and ongoing
Website: www.ecycs.co.uk
Subject: Celebrating 10 years in business and using that achievement to raise their profile and further enhance their reputation through entering, and winning, a series of prestigious business and industry awards
Our Task Was:
We were referred into ECY by another client of ours and our first task after meeting with them was to go away and research award opportunities in both their industry and generally across business (locally, regionally and nationally as they have satellite offices in London, Bristol and Sheffield) for an entire 12 month period.
Once this 12 month calendar was agreed the focus moved to crafting award winning award entries!
With each new client it's imperative to spend time with them really understanding their business and asking, not just the questions on the first few award / category nomination forms, but wider questions designed to get as much information out as possible, as painlessly as possible!
Following on from that face-to-face time with them it's then been about writing the first draft, sharing that with our client, taking amends and alterations before submitting a second draft. For long-term clients like ECY we also work with them to start gathering together supplementary information which will be valuable across a number of different award entries, things like;
Service provider testimonials (for instance, training providers who work with the client
Training dashboard screen grabs
Employee photographs
Product / service photographs
Other supporting material
To date these are the results we have achieved with ECY… and there's a lot more to come!
Leicester Mercury Business Awards
Highly Commended:
Signature Awards
Promoting Apprentices in the Workplace – Highly Commended
Celebrating Construction East Midlands
People Development Award
Institute of Directors (IoD) Director of the Year Awards
Director of the Year – SME
Director of the Year – Innovation
LABC Building Excellence Awards – Construction Professional of the Year
Apprentice Employer of the Year
Shortlisted Finalists to Be Announced:
Apprenticeships National Awards
Apprenticeship Employer of the Year
Barclays Entrepreneur of the Year
Scale-Up Entrepreneur of the Year
East Midlands Chamber Awards
Apprentice of the Year Award
Commitment to People Development Award
Outstanding Growth Award
Nachural Awards
Business Person of the Year
SME of the Year
Promoting Apprentices in the Workplace
SME National Business Awards
Businessman of the Year
ECY has been busy fully maximising their award nominations, success to shortlist, finalist status and attendance at award 'do's' across all social media, via targeted press releases and client / employee updates (email, YouTube etc).
Samantha Gamble, Marketing Executive at ECY commented on the results to date saying, "We were genuinely thrilled to win the Leicester Mercury Business Award for Employer of the Year, alongside being Highly Commended at the Signature Awards in the Promoting Apprentices in the Workplace category. Ashley, our Senior Partner, completely acknowledges that the team at ECY are what makes us as successful as we are and will drive the planned growth of the business."
"To get two successes as soon as we started this journey was awesome and that success has continued with other finalist positions. This month has seen a huge amount of work going into preparing and submitting multiple entries and we're all very much looking forward to more success that we can share, in our tenth year, with our employees, clients, suppliers, influencers and other stakeholders."
"It's an absolute pleasure working with Rachel at The Awards People and I'm really looking forward to that continuing for many months ahead!"