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After Google Improved Maternity Leave, Post-Partum Attrition Dropped by 50%
Amid all the handwringing about what technology companies can do to recruit and retain women in their ranks, we don’t hear a lot of solutions. But here’s an obvious thing that tech companies can do: increase the length of maternity leave and pay a full salary for its duration.
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Obvious solution is obvious. In Sweden we have 480 days of (mostly) paid leave to split between parents when we have kids (EVERY TIME we have a kid, so if you’re not keen on working - just get more kids ;)). The five months I spent with my infant son were some of the most rewarding in my life, I wouldn’t miss it for the world.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9fj6mv5Oe1qcokc4o1_1280.jpg)
After Google Improved Maternity Leave, Post-Partum Attrition Dropped by 50%
Amid all the handwringing about what technology companies can do to recruit and retain women in their ranks, we don’t hear a lot of solutions. But here’s an obvious thing that tech companies can do: increase the length of maternity leave and pay a full salary for its duration.
Read more. [Image: Reuters]
Obvious solution is obvious. In Sweden we have 480 days of (mostly) paid leave to split between parents when we have kids (EVERY TIME we have a kid, so if you’re not keen on working - just get more kids ;)). The five months I spent with my infant son were some of the most rewarding in my life, I wouldn’t miss it for the world.
So they actually region coded this piece of shit movie blu-ray in sweden. What is the world coming to?
A couple of years ago when people were still using forums I started polling together a canon of films. A roadmap for a horror newbie to get the best of the genre.
I just found the old compiled canon post and wanted to preserve it for posterity. The movies listed are what a bunch of swedish horror aficionados consider to be the cream of the crop. All movies in the canon had champions defending their place.
Enjoy:
Filmtitel (årtal, genre) / IMDB-länk / Rekommenderad utgåva (*)
(*) Rx = Region x, HD=HD-DVD, BD=Blu-Ray Disc, DC=Director’s Cut
1890-1920-tal
The cabinet of Dr. Caligari / Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari (1920, thriller)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0010323/
Häxan (1922, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013257/ Criterion Collection (R1)
Körkarlen (1921) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012364/
The Monster / Le Monstre (1903, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223755/
Nosferatu / Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922, vampyr) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0013442/
1930-tal
The 39 Steps (1935, thriller) http://imdb.com/title/tt0026029/
The Black Cat (1934, thriller) http://imdb.com/title/tt0024894/
Bride of Frankenstein (1935, monster) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0026138/
Den osynlige mannen / The invisible man (1933, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024184/
Dracula (1931, vampyr) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021814/
Frankenstein (1931, monster) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021884/
The Man who knew too much (1934, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0025452/
The Mummy (1932, monster) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023245/
1940-tal
Gaslight (1944, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0036855/
The spiral staircase (1945, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038975/
The Wolf Man (1941, varulv) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034398/
1950-tal
Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, monster) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046876/
Dial M for Murder (1954, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046912/
The horror of Dracula / Dracula (1958, vampyr) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051554/
The incredible shrinking man (1954, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050539/
Rear Window (1954, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047396/
Them! (1954, djurskräck) http://imdb.com/title/tt0047573/
Vertigo (1958, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/
1960-tal
Bird with the crystal plumage / Uccello dalle piume di cristallo, L’ (1969, giallo)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065143/ Blue Underground (R1)
The Birds (1963, djurskräck) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056869/
Black Sabbath / I tre volti della paura (1963, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057603/
Black Sunday aka The Mask of Satan (1960, ockult) http://imdb.com/title/tt0054067/
Blood and black lace / Sei donne per l’assassino (1964, giallo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058567/Anolis/Hände Weg (R2 Tyskland)
Blood Feast (1963, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056875/
The Day of the Triffids (1962, scifi) http://imdb.com/title/tt0055894/
The Haunting (1963, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057129/
The Innocents (1961, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055018/
The Last Man on Earth (1964, zombie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058700/
Night of the living dead (1968, zombie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063350/ Elite Entertainment THX (R1)
Peeping Tom (1960, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054167/ Criterion Collection (R1)
Psycho (1960) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054215/
Repulsion (1965) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059646/
Rosemary’s baby (1968, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063522/ R2SE
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056687/
1970-tal
Alien (1979, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078748/
Alla helgons blodiga natt / Halloween (1978, slasher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077651/
Baron Blood / Orrori del castello di Norimberga, Gli (1972, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069048/
A bay of Blood / Reazione a catena (1971, slasher) http://imdb.com/title/tt0067656/
Black Christmas (1974, slasher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071222/
The Brood (1979, monster) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078908/
Buio Omega/Beyond the Darkness (1979, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078916/
A clockwork orange (1971, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066921/
Dawn of the dead (1978, zombie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077402/ Anchor Bay (R1)
Deep Red / Profondo Rosso (1975, giallo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073582/
Don’t look now (1973, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069995/
Eraserhead (1977, kult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074486/
Exorcisten / The Exorcist (1973, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/ R2SE, undvik DC
Hajen / Jaws (1975, djurskräck) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073195/
Huset som gud glömde / The Amityville Horror (ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078767/
The hills have eyes (1977, terror) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077681/ R2SE
Hyresgästen / The Tenant / Le Locataire (1976 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074811/
I Spit on your Grave (1978, Rape/Revenge) http://imdb.com/title/tt0077713/
Invasion of the body snatchers (1978, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077745/
It’s Alive (1974) http://imdb.com/title/tt0071675/
Last house on the Left (1972, Rape/Revenge, Terror) http://imdb.com/title/tt0068833/
Martin (1977, vampyr) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077914/
Motorsågsmassakern / The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974, slasher/terror)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072271/
The Omen (1976, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075005/
Phantasm (1979, ockult, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079714/
Piranha (1978. djurskräck) http://imdb.com/title/tt0078087/
Rabid Dogs / Cani Arrabiati / Kidnapped (1974, terror) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071275/
Silet Night, Bloody Night (1974) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070694/
Staden Som Fruktade Solnedgången / The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075342/
Suspiria (1977, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076786/
Thriller - En Grym Film (1974, Rape/Revenge) http://imdb.com/title/tt0072285/
Who can kill a child? / ¿Quién puede matar a un niño? (1976, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075462/
The Wicker Man (1973, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070917/ Anchor Bay (R1, R2UK)
Zombie / Zombi 2 (1979, zombie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080057/
1980-tal
Anthropophagus - The Grim Reaper (1980, splatter/skräck) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082479/
Bad Taste (1987, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092610/ Anchor Bay (R1, R2)
The Beyond / E tu vivrai nel terrore - L’aldilà (1981, zombie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082307/
The Boogeyman (1980, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080464/
The Burning (1981, slasher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082118/
Cannibal Ferox (1981, kannibal) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082700/
Cannibal Holocaust (1980, kannibal) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078935/
The Changeling (1980, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080516/
City of the Living Dead / Paura nella città dei morti viventi (1980, zombie)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081318/
Dead Ringers (1988, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094964/
Demons / Dèmoni (1986, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089013/
The Evil Dead (1981, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083907/
Fredagen den 13:e / Friday the 13th (1980, slasher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080761/ R2SE
Fright Night (1985, Vampyr) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089175/
Happy Birthday to me (1981, slasher) http://imdb.com/title/tt0082498/
Hellraiser (1987) http://imdb.com/title/tt0093177/ Anchor Bay Tin (R1)
House at the Edge of the Park (1980, Terror) http://imdb.com/title/tt0080503/
The House by the cemetery / Quella villa accanto al cimitero (1981, zombie)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082966/
Madman (1982, slasher) http://imdb.com/title/tt0082696/
Manhunter (1986, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091474/
Maniac (1980, slasher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081114/ Anchor Bay Tin
A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087800/
Nekromantik (1987, sleaze/bizarr) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093608/
The New York Ripper / Squartatore di New York, Lo (1982, giallo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084719/
Opera / Terror at the Opera (1987, giallo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093677/
Poltergeist (1982, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084516/
Re-Animator (1985, splatter) http://imdb.com/title/tt0089885/ R2SE
Santa Sangre (1989, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098253/ R2UK
Scanners (1981, Scifi) http://imdb.com/title/tt0081455/
The Shining (1980, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/
Superstition (1982,ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084739/
Tenebre (1982, giallo) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084777/
The Thing (1982, splatter, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/
Videodrome (1983, scifi) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/ Criterion Collection (R1)
Zombi Holocaust (1980, zombie/kannibal) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079788/
1990-tal
The Blair Witch Project (1999) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185937/
Braindead / Dead Alive (1992, Splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103873/
Dellamorte Dellamore (1994, Zombie) http://imdb.com/title/tt0109592/
Funny Games (1997, terror) http://imdb.com/title/tt0119167/
Imse vimse spindel / Arachnophobia (1990, djurskräck) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099052/
Jacobs Ladder (1990, thriller) http://imdb.com/title/tt0099871/
När lammen tystnar / The Silence of the Lambs (1991, Thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102926/
Ringu (1998, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0178868/
Scream (1996, slasher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117571/
Se7en (1995, thriller) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114369/
The untold story / Baat sin faan dim ji yan yuk cha siu baau (1993, splatter)http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103743/
2000-tal
28 dagar senare / 28 days later… (2002, zombie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/ R2SE
28 veckor senare / 28 weeks later (2007, zombie) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0463854/
Creep (2004, slasher) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0381966/
The Descent (2005, monster) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0435625/
Dog Soldiers (2002, varuv) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280609/
Fragile / Fragilés (2005, Ockult) http://imdb.com/title/tt0422272/
Haute Tension / Switchblade Romance (2003, Slasher) http://imdb.com/title/tt0338095/ R2SE
The hills have eyes (2006, terror) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0454841/ R2SE
Hostel (2005, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0450278/ BD
Ichi The Killer / Koroshiya 1 (2001, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296042/
Inside / Á l’intérieur (2007, terror) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0856288/ BD
Pan’s Labyrinth / Laberinto del fauno, El (2007, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0457430/
Saw (2004, splatter) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387564/ R2SE
Scrapbook (2000, Terror) http://imdb.com/title/tt0304676/
A tale of two sisters / Janghwa, Hongryeon (2003, ockult) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365376/
Wrong Turn (2003, terror) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295700/
The post (and thus the canon) was last edited 2007-12-18.
Geekbench of my work desktop machine. Yes, I’m thinking of a new gfx card so I can have 4 monitors instead of 2.
A winrar is you.
I really like the app. Keeps me on top of statistics from lidingo.se.
My tenure is over. (Apparently there are several translations of this: safety officer (sounds weird), safety ombudsman, safety representative and safetu delegate. I think I’m gonna go with safety ombudsman).
Håkan Juholt, former leader of the swedish social democratic party. Great at speeches, but didn’t last.
It’s Swedens national day today. There will hardly be celebrations here. Up until 2005 the 6th of June was flag day but since then it was decided it should be the national day and a holiday. At the same time Annandag Pingst (Whit Monday wikipedia tells me) lost its status as a holiday because the employers union in sweden thought having a new national holiday would be to costly.
Thing is, june 6th doesn’t really mean squat in swedish history. No independence war was won this day, in fact they had to dig really deep into history to come up with some excuse for this day to become the national day.
On this day in 1523 Gustav Vasa was officially elected king of Sweden, dissolving the Kalmarunionen. Back then Sweden lacked the landscapes of Skåne, Blekinge, Halland, Bohuslän, Härjedalen and Jämtland (Skåne was the last of the above to be conquered (from Denmark)).
But since we swedes get another excuse to enjoy our national pastime, binge drinking, most people are OK with it.
Oh yeah, one of the reasons to get an official national day was that immigrants thought it strange that we didn’t have one. Meanwhile, the swedes continue to feel a sense of closeted shame over living in a country where everything strives to be equal and lagom. Although almost a hundred years of rule by the social democrats have worked out quite well so in fairness I don’t think we should be ashamed.
The image above is from famous swedish artist Carl Johan De Geer. It says “cock”, “desecrate the flag”, “refuse arms” (a way to avoid conscription), “betray your country”, “be un-national”. I think it speaks for itself.
There, I finished.
