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Can Array Technologies Inc (ARRY) Stock Rise to the Top of Technology Sector Thursday? – InvestorsObserver
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Singularity: Here’s When Humanity Will Reach It, New Data Shows
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In the world of artificial intelligence, the idea of singularity looms large. This slippery concept describes the moment AI exceeds beyond human control and rapidly transforms society. The tricky thing about AI singularity (and why it borrows terminology from black hole physics) is that its enormously difficult to predict where it begins and nearly impossible to know whats beyond this technological event horizon.
However, some AI researchers are on the hunt for signs of reaching singularity measured by AI progress approaching the skills and ability comparable to a human. One such metric, defined by Translated, a Rome-based translation company, is an AIs ability to translate speech at the accuracy of a human. Language is one of the most difficult AI challenges, but a computer that could close that gap could theoretically show signs of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI).
Thats because language is the most natural thing for humans, Translated CEO Marco Trombetti said at a conference in Orlando, Florida, in December. Nonetheless, the data Translated collected clearly shows that machines are not that far from closing the gap.
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The company tracked its AIs performance from 2014 to 2022 using a metric called Time to Edit, or TTE, which calculates the time it takes for professional human editors to fix AI-generated translations compared to human ones. Over that 8-year period and analyzing over 2 billion post-edits, Translateds AI showed a slow, but undeniable improvement as it slowly closed the gap toward human-level translation quality.
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On average, it takes a human translator roughly one second to edit each word of another human translator, according to Translated. In 2015, it took professional editors approximately 3.5 seconds per word to check a machine-translated (MT) suggestion today that number is just 2 seconds. If the trend continues, Translateds AI will be as good as human-produced translation by the end of the decade (or even sooner).
The change is so small that every single day you dont perceive it, but when you see progress across 10 years, that is impressive, Trombetti said on a podcast in December. This is the first time ever that someone in the field of artificial intelligence did a prediction of the speed to singularity.
Although this is a novel approach to quantifying how close humanity is to approaching singularity, this definition of singularity runs into similar problems of identifying AGI more broadly. Although perfecting human speech is certainly a frontier in AI research, the impressive skill doesnt necessarily make a machine intelligent (not to mention how many researchers dont even agree on what intelligence is).
Whether these hyper-accurate translators are harbingers of our technological doom or not, that doesnt lessen Translateds AI accomplishment. An AI capable of translating speech as well as a human could very well change society, even if the true technological singularity remains ever elusive.
Darren lives in Portland, has a cat, and writes/edits about sci-fi and how our world works. You can find his previous stuff at Gizmodo and Paste if you look hard enough.
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Super-intelligence and eternal life: transhumanism’s faithful follow it …
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The rapid development of so-called NBIC technologies nanotechnology, biotechnology, information technology and cognitive science are giving rise to possibilities that have long been the domain of science fiction. Disease, ageing and even death are all human realities that these technologies seek to end.
They may enable us to enjoy greater morphological freedom we could take on new forms through prosthetics or genetic engineering. Or advance our cognitive capacities. We could use brain-computer interfaces to link us to advanced artificial intelligence (AI).
Nanobots could roam our bloodstream to monitor our health and enhance our emotional propensities for joy, love or other emotions. Advances in one area often raise new possibilities in others, and this convergence may bring about radical changes to our world in the near-future.
Transhumanism is the idea that humans should transcend their current natural state and limitations through the use of technology that we should embrace self-directed human evolution. If the history of technological progress can be seen as humankinds attempt to tame nature to better serve its needs, transhumanism is the logical continuation: the revision of humankinds nature to better serve its fantasies.
As David Pearce, a leading proponent of transhumanism and co-founder of Humanity+, says:
If we want to live in paradise, we will have to engineer it ourselves. If we want eternal life, then well need to rewrite our bug-ridden genetic code and become god-like only hi-tech solutions can ever eradicate suffering from the world. Compassion alone is not enough.
But there is a darker side to the naive faith that Pearce and other proponents have in transhumanism one that is decidedly dystopian.
There is unlikely to be a clear moment when we emerge as transhuman. Rather technologies will become more intrusive and integrate seamlessly with the human body. Technology has long been thought of as an extension of the self. Many aspects of our social world, not least our financial systems, are already largely machine-based. There is much to learn from these evolving human/machine hybrid systems.
Yet the often Utopian language and expectations that surround and shape our understanding of these developments have been under-interrogated. The profound changes that lie ahead are often talked about in abstract ways, because evolutionary advancements are deemed so radical that they ignore the reality of current social conditions.
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In this way, transhumanism becomes a kind of techno-anthropocentrism, in which transhumanists often underestimate the complexity of our relationship with technology. They see it as a controllable, malleable tool that, with the correct logic and scientific rigour, can be turned to any end. In fact, just as technological developments are dependent on and reflective of the environment in which they arise, they in turn feed back into the culture and create new dynamics often imperceptibly.
Situating transhumanism, then, within the broader social, cultural, political, and economic contexts within which it emerges is vital to understanding how ethical it is.
Max More and Natasha Vita-More, in their edited volume The Transhumanist Reader, claim the need in transhumanism for inclusivity, plurality and continuous questioning of our knowledge.
Yet these three principles are incompatible with developing transformative technologies within the prevailing system from which they are currently emerging: advanced capitalism.
One problem is that a highly competitive social environment doesnt lend itself to diverse ways of being. Instead it demands increasingly efficient behaviour. Take students, for example. If some have access to pills that allow them to achieve better results, can other students afford not to follow? This is already a quandary. Increasing numbers of students reportedly pop performance-enhancing pills. And if pills become more powerful, or if the enhancements involve genetic engineering or intrusive nanotechnology that offer even stronger competitive advantages, what then? Rejecting an advanced technological orthodoxy could potentially render someone socially and economically moribund (perhaps evolutionarily so), while everyone with access is effectively forced to participate to keep up.
Going beyond everyday limits is suggestive of some kind of liberation. However, here it is an imprisoning compulsion to act a certain way. We literally have to transcend in order to conform (and survive). The more extreme the transcendence, the more profound the decision to conform and the imperative to do so.
The systemic forces cajoling the individual into being upgraded to remain competitive also play out on a geo-political level. One area where technology R&D has the greatest transhumanist potential is defence. DARPA (the US defence department responsible for developing military technologies), which is attempting to create metabolically dominant soldiers, is a clear example of how vested interests of a particular social system could determine the development of radically powerful transformative technologies that have destructive rather than Utopian applications.
The rush to develop super-intelligent AI by globally competitive and mutually distrustful nation states could also become an arms race. In Radical Evolution, novelist Verner Vinge describes a scenario in which superhuman intelligence is the ultimate weapon. Ideally, mankind would proceed with the utmost care in developing such a powerful and transformative innovation.
There is quite rightly a huge amount of trepidation around the creation of super-intelligence and the emergence of the singularity the idea that once AI reaches a certain level it will rapidly redesign itself, leading to an explosion of intelligence that will quickly surpass that of humans (something that will happen by 2029 according to futurist Ray Kurzweil). If the world takes the shape of whatever the most powerful AI is programmed (or reprograms itself) to desire, it even opens the possibility of evolution taking a turn for the entirely banal could an AI destroy humankind from a desire to produce the most paperclips for example?
Its also difficult to conceive of any aspect of humanity that could not be improved by being made more efficient at satisfying the demands of a competitive system. It is the system, then, that determines humanitys evolution without taking any view on what humans are or what they should be. One of the ways in which advanced capitalism proves extremely dynamic is in its ideology of moral and metaphysical neutrality. As philosopher Michael Sandel says: markets dont wag fingers. In advanced capitalism, maximising ones spending power maximises ones ability to flourish hence shopping could be said to be a primary moral imperative of the individual.
Philosopher Bob Doede rightly suggests it is this banal logic of the market that will dominate:
If biotech has rendered human nature entirely revisable, then it has no grain to direct or constrain our designs on it. And so whose designs will our successor post-human artefacts likely bear? I have little doubt that in our vastly consumerist, media-saturated capitalist economy, market forces will have their way. So the commercial imperative would be the true architect of the future human.
Whether the evolutionary process is determined by a super-intelligent AI or advanced capitalism, we may be compelled to conform to a perpetual transcendence that only makes us more efficient at activities demanded by the most powerful system. The end point is predictably an entirely nonhuman though very efficient technological entity derived from humanity that doesnt necessarily serve a purpose that a modern-day human would value in any way. The ability to serve the system effectively will be the driving force. This is also true of natural evolution technology is not a simple tool that allows us to engineer ourselves out of this conundrum. But transhumanism could amplify the speed and least desirable aspects of the process.
For bioethicist Julian Savulescu, the main reason humans must be enhanced is for our species to survive. He says we face a Bermuda Triangle of extinction: radical technological power, liberal democracy and our moral nature. As a transhumanist, Savulescu extols technological progress, also deeming it inevitable and unstoppable. It is liberal democracy and particularly our moral nature that should alter.
The failings of humankind to deal with global problems are increasingly obvious. But Savulescu neglects to situate our moral failings within their wider cultural, political and economic context, instead believing that solutions lie within our biological make up.
Yet how would Savulescus morality-enhancing technologies be disseminated, prescribed and potentially enforced to address the moral failings they seek to cure? This would likely reside in the power structures that may well bear much of the responsibility for these failings in the first place. Hes also quickly drawn into revealing how relative and contestable the concept of morality is:
We will need to relax our commitment to maximum protection of privacy. Were seeing an increase in the surveillance of individuals and that will be necessary if we are to avert the threats that those with antisocial personality disorder, fanaticism, represent through their access to radically enhanced technology.
Such surveillance allows corporations and governments to access and make use of extremely valuable information. In Who Owns the Future, internet pioneer Jaron Lanier explains:
Troves of dossiers on the private lives and inner beings of ordinary people, collected over digital networks, are packaged into a new private form of elite money It is a new kind of security the rich trade in, and the value is naturally driven up. It becomes a giant-scale levee inaccessible to ordinary people.
Crucially, this levee is also invisible to most people. Its impacts extend beyond skewing the economic system towards elites to significantly altering the very conception of liberty, because the authority of power is both radically more effective and dispersed.
Foucaults notion that we live in a panoptic society one in which the sense of being perpetually watched instils discipline is now stretched to the point where todays incessant machinery has been called a superpanopticon. The knowledge and information that transhumanist technologies will tend to create could strengthen existing power structures that cement the inherent logic of the system in which the knowledge arises.
This is in part evident in the tendency of algorithms toward race and gender bias, which reflects our already existing social failings. Information technology tends to interpret the world in defined ways: it privileges information that is easily measurable, such as GDP, at the expense of unquantifiable information such as human happiness or well-being. As invasive technologies provide ever more granular data about us, this data may in a very real sense come to define the world and intangible information may not maintain its rightful place in human affairs.
Existing inequities will surely be magnified with the introduction of highly effective psycho-pharmaceuticals, genetic modification, super intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, nanotechnology, robotic prosthetics, and the possible development of life expansion. They are all fundamentally inegalitarian, based on a notion of limitlessness rather than a standard level of physical and mental well-being weve come to assume in healthcare. Its not easy to conceive of a way in which these potentialities can be enjoyed by all.
Sociologist Saskia Sassen talks of the new logics of expulsion, that capture the pathologies of todays global capitalism. The expelled include the more than 60,000 migrants who have lost their lives on fatal journeys in the past 20 years, and the victims of the racially skewed profile of the increasing prison population.
In Britain, they include the 30,000 people whose deaths in 2015 were linked to health and social care cuts and the many who perished in the Grenfell Tower fire. Their deaths can be said to have resulted from systematic marginalisation.
Unprecedented acute concentration of wealth happens alongside these expulsions. Advanced economic and technical achievements enable this wealth and the expulsion of surplus groups. At the same time, Sassen writes, they create a kind of nebulous centrelessness as the locus of power:
The oppressed have often risen against their masters. But today the oppressed have mostly been expelled and survive a great distance from their oppressors The oppressor is increasingly a complex system that combines persons, networks, and machines with no obvious centre.
Surplus populations removed from the productive aspects of the social world may rapidly increase in the near future as improvements in AI and robotics potentially result in significant automation unemployment. Large swaths of society may become productively and economically redundant. For historian Yuval Noah Harari the most important question in 21st-century economics may well be: what should we do with all the superfluous people?
We would be left with the scenario of a small elite that has an almost total concentration of wealth with access to the most powerfully transformative technologies in world history and a redundant mass of people, no longer suited to the evolutionary environment in which they find themselves and entirely dependent on the benevolence of that elite. The dehumanising treatment of todays expelled groups shows that prevailing liberal values in developed countries dont always extend to those who dont share the same privilege, race, culture or religion.
In an era of radical technological power, the masses may even represent a significant security threat to the elite, which could be used to justify aggressive and authoritarian actions (perhaps enabled further by a culture of surveillance).
In their transhumanist tract, The Proactionary Imperative, Steve Fuller and Veronika Lipinska argue that we are obliged to pursue techno-scientific progress relentlessly, until we achieve our god-like destiny or infinite power effectively to serve God by becoming God. They unabashedly reveal the incipient violence and destruction such Promethean aims would require: replacing the natural with the artificial is so key to proactionary strategy at least as a serious possibility if not a likelihood [it will lead to] the long-term environmental degradation of the Earth.
The extent of suffering they would be willing to gamble in their cosmic casino is only fully evident when analysing what their project would mean for individual human beings:
A proactionary world would not merely tolerate risk-taking but outright encourage it, as people are provided with legal incentives to speculate with their bio-economic assets. Living riskily would amount to an entrepreneurship of the self [proactionaries] seek large long-term benefits for survivors of a revolutionary regime that would permit many harms along the way.
Progress on overdrive will require sacrifices.
The economic fragility that humans may soon be faced with as a result of automation unemployment would likely prove extremely useful to proactionary goals. In a society where vast swaths of people are reliant on handouts for survival, market forces would determine that less social security means people will risk more for a lower reward, so proactionaries would reinvent the welfare state as a vehicle for fostering securitised risk taking while the proactionary state would operate like a venture capitalist writ large.
At the heart of this is the removal of basic rights for Humanity 1.0, Fullers term for modern, non-augmented human beings, replaced with duties towards the future augmented Humanity 2.0. Hence the very code of our being can and perhaps must be monetised: personal autonomy should be seen as a politically licensed franchise whereby individuals understand their bodies as akin to plots of land in what might be called the genetic commons.
The neoliberal preoccupation with privatisation would so extend to human beings. Indeed, the lifetime of debt that is the reality for most citizens in developed advanced capitalist nations, takes a further step when you are born into debt simply by being alive you are invested with capital on which a return is expected.
Socially moribund masses may thus be forced to serve the technoscientific super-project of Humanity 2.0, which uses the ideology of market fundamentalism in its quest for perpetual progress and maximum productivity. The only significant difference is that the stated aim of godlike capabilities in Humanity 2.0 is overt, as opposed to the undefined end determined by the infinite progress of an ever more efficient market logic that we have now.
Some transhumanists are beginning to understand that the most serious limitations to what humans can achieve are social and cultural not technical. However, all too often their reframing of politics falls into the same trap as their techno-centric worldview. They commonly argue the new political poles are not left-right but techno-conservative or techno-progressive (and even techno-libertarian and techno-sceptic). Meanwhile Fuller and Lipinska argue that the new political poles will be up and down instead of left and right: those who want to dominate the skies and became all powerful, and those who want to preserve the Earth and its species-rich diversity. It is a false dichotomy. Preservation of the latter is likely to be necessary for any hope of achieving the former.
Transhumanism and advanced capitalism are two processes which value progress and efficiency above everything else. The former as a means to power and the latter as a means to profit. Humans become vessels to serve these values. Transhuman possibilities urgently call for a politics with more clearly delineated and explicit humane values to provide a safer environment in which to foster these profound changes. Where we stand on questions of social justice and environmental sustainability has never been more important. Technology doesnt allow us to escape these questions it doesnt permit political neutrality. The contrary is true. It determines that our politics have never been more important. Savulescu is right when he says radical technologies are coming. He is wrong in thinking they will fix our morality. They will reflect it.
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8 Best Things to Do in Macau – China Discovery
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What to do in Macau? No matter how long you would like to stay in Macau, here are top 8 things for you to do in Macau. As a former colony, Macau is a city with both western and Chinese elements. From Macau attractions you will learn more about Macau. You could go to those historical sites and ancient villages to find a old Macau. While wandering around Historical Center of Macau, one of UNESCO World Heritages, and strolling in the Taipa Village, you could explore an authentic Macau. Furthermore, you could taste special local foods at Rua do Cunha, experience the breath-taking Macau Tower adventure, watch hair-rising show of House of Dancing Water, learn about Chinese tea culture, sit and sip Portuguese Wines, and have a relax at Hac Sa Beach. Start your Macau tour from our guide of the top must-do in Macau!
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Opening Hour: All day long, every day (Except some museums here)
Best Time to Experience: All year round
How Long to Spend: About 3-4 hours
Ticket Price: Free (Except some museums here)
Where & How to Go There: Old Town District, Macao Special Administrative Region (). It needs about 15 minutes (8 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus MT4 (Macau Airport Station to A-ma Temple Station) and Bus No.26 (Av. Son On Station) are available.
Historical Center of Macau is a collection of over twenty locations that witness the unique assimilation and co-existence of Chinese and Portuguese cultures inMacau, a formerPortuguese colony. In 2005 the Historic Centre of Macau was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List, making it the 31st designated World Heritage site in China. It represents the architectural legacies of the city's cultural heritage.
You could travel from the A-ma Temple (Free, 7:00~18:00), dedicating to Matsu, the goddess of seafarers and fishermen. The name Macau is thought to be derived from the name of the temple. Then you can go to Macau Maritime Museum (Wednesday~Next Monday: 10:00~18:00, Sunday: $0.62, Other Days: $1.25) exhibiting the history of the maritime industry in Macau, China and Portugal. Then walk towards the north of A-ma Temple, you could see the Lilau Square where gathered traditional houses of Portuguese in Macau. Then you could walk to Mandarin's House, the residence of the late Qing theoretician and reformist Zheng Guanying. He completed his masterpiece of Shengshi Weiyan (Words of Warning in Times of Prosperity) in the house. Walking around the roads, you could see the Senado Square, the center of Macau. You should also have a look at the Ruins of St Paul' s Cathedral, which is one of the greatest monuments to Christianity in Asia. There are many other historical sites as Monte Forte (Fortaleza do Monte), St. Dominic's Church, etc.
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Opening Hour: All day long, every day
Best Time to Experience: All year round
How Long to Spend: About 1-2 hours
Ticket Price: Free
Where & How to Go There: Rua do Cunha, Taipa, Macao Special Administrative Region (). It needs about 10 minutes (3 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus AP1X/AP1/No. 36 (Macau Airport Station to Xin Hong Garden Station) are available.
Rua do Cunha is a narrow pedestrian street named afterthe Portuguese explorerTristo da Cunha. It is known for shops selling almond cakes, phoenix eggrolls, coconut flakes, cherikoff and peanut candy, which travellers buy as souvenirs, such as Choi Heong Yuen (Chinese: ) and Koi Kei (Chinese: ). It is also known for the various Portuguese restaurants, including Dumbo Portuguese Restaurant, A Petisqueira, etc. For first time visitors to Macau looking for somelocal street food, Rua do Cunha in Taipa Village is a great place to start. You could eat delicious local foods along this street with several friends to explore the food culture of Macau. Don' t forget to buy some souvenirs when you go back.
Opening Hour: September~Next June: 10 am~7:30 pm (Mon~Thurs); 10 am~9 pm (Fri~Sun)July~August: 10 am~10 pm
Best Time to Experience: All year round
How Long to Spend: About 1-2 hours
Ticket Price: 141-3839
Where & How to Go There: No. 1, D District, New Reclamation, Macao Special Administrative Region (d1). It needs about 15 minutes (8 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus No. 26 (Xin An Road Station to Macau Tower Station) is available.
Macau Tower, the landmark of Macau, is totally 330 meters high. There are also several adventures for you to experience. They are Bungy Jump, Sky Jump, Sky Walk and Tower Climb.
Be part of a Guinness World Record in the Sky of Macau! The Macau Tower Bungy Jump is 233m / 764ft high, making this jump a Guinness World Record for the Highest Commercial Bungy Jump in the world. In order to make this jump from the Macau Tower a reality, a specially designed bungy cord, guide cables, and recovery system are equipped.
For those of you who would like to jump from the Macau Tower and are looking for a less challenging way to do it than Bungy, try Sky Jump! Designed and invented in New Zealand, Skyjump is a controlled decent experience and you jump from the same platform as Bungy at 233m/764ft. Skyjump is different from Bungy jumping as you don' t free fall or rebound and you jump in a standing position and stay that way all the way to the ground.
Imagine you' re standing on top of a Tall Tower with 233 meters/764 feet high. Now take a stroll around the outer perimeter that encircles the tower. It is Sky Walk!
Tower Climb can guarantee the maximum height exposure and best 360 degree views.Come to stand at the very top of the iconic Macau Tower by climbing 100 meters up the mast' s vertical ladders.
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Opening Hour: Thursday~Next Monday: 5:00 pm, 8:00 pm
Best Time to Experience: All year round
How Long to Spend: About 48 minutes
Ticket Price: 528-1322
Where & How to Go There: No. 1, D District, New Reclamation, Macao Special Administrative Region (d1). It needs about 5 minutes (2 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus MT4 (Macau Airport Station to Wynn Palace) and No. 26 (Macau Airport Station to City of Dreams Station) are available.
The House of Dancing Wateris a water-based stage production written and directed byFranco Dragone, the former director of Cirque du Soleil. The show, which was the second water show by Franco Dragone' s company, premiered in September 2010. Macau' s most expensively made show, is a breathtaking melange of stunts, acrobatics and theatre. The magic revolves around a cobalt pool the size of several Olympic-sized swimming pools. Over, around, into and under this pool a cast of 80, dressed in glorious costumes, perform hair-raising stunts.
During either an early evening or late evening show, you'll be entertained by an action-packed spectacle that thrills all ages with its daring acrobatics, high dives, motorcycle stunts, colorful water jets and multimedia theatrics. A love story unfolds after a fisherman is swept into a watery land of princesses, pirates and other colorful characters.
Most people who come to Macau just want to watch this splendid show. It is a must for you besides visiting Macau' s luxury casinos.
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Opening Hour: 9:00 am~7:00 pm (Closed on Mondays)
Best Time to Experience: All year round
How Long to Spend: About 1 hour
Ticket Price: Free
Where & How to Go There: Lou Lim Ieoc Garden, Avenida do Conselheiro Ferreira de Almeida, Macao Special Administrative Region (). It needs about 20 minutes (10 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus No. 26 (Xin An Road Station to Liansheng Hospital Station) is available.
Macau Tea Culture House has a variety of long and short-term exhibitions to introduce the tea cultures of Macao, China and the West, and seeks to promote the study of tea cultures worldwide. During Saturday, Sunday and holidays, you could drink free tea here 3pm to 4pm. This museum introduces tea-drinking culture with exhibits of teapots and 'tea paintings'. The latter were produced by foreign and local painters (sometimes in a collaborative relationship) for sale to westerners in China' s trade ports.
The Macao Tea Culture House - an edifice featuring southern European elements and a Chinese tiled roof - complements the Portuguese-style buildings in the area magnificently as well as the surrounding Suzhou-inspired landscape of Lou Lim Ieoc Garden. The garden holds party in every Mid-Autumn Festival (15 th, Aug of lunar calender in China).
Opening Hour: All day long, every day
Best Time to Experience: All year round
How Long to Spend: About 1-2 hours
Ticket Price: Free
Where & How to Go There: Taipa, Macao Special Administrative Region (). It needs about 10 minutes (3 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus AP1X/AP1/No. 36 (Macau Airport Station to Xin Hong Garden Station) are available.
As a Portuguese colony for more than 400 years, Macau has developed a unique culture that blends European and Chinese values, cuisine and architecture. Nowhere is this unique fusion more obvious than Taipa Village, a cultural district on the island ofTaipa, which in spite of rampant development by casino resorts on the next-door Cotai Strip, has managed to cling onto its pastel-coloured houses, quiet backstreets and traditional restaurants. So if you're looking for a slice of oldMacau, dont miss Taipa Village. Here you can go to Taipa Village Art Space. This narrow, two-storey gallery anchors the arty side of Taipa Village. The space showcases the work of a range of artists (both local and from further afield) and hosts a number of hands-on workshops and classes. You could also taste Portuguese foods in Antnio or eat some special local foods at Rua do Cunha. In addition, Avenida da Praia, Pak Tai Temple, Quarter Square and so on are waiting for you to explore.
Opening Hour:Friday~Sunday: 3 pm till midnightWednesday~Thursday: 3 pm~10 pm
Price: A glass of wine from 43
Where & How to Go There: 31A Rua de So Paulo, Macao Special Administrative Region (31A). It needs about 20 minutes (10 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus MT4 (Macau Airport Station to Rua Das Lorchas Station) is available.
If you' re a wine enthusiast and live in Macau or happen to be passing through Macau, then Macau Soul will be a good choice for you. The wine lounge managed by an old British couple, David and Jack, is down the hill from the ruins of St. Paul' s Church. Opened in 2008, the couple' s intimate retirement project has become a favorite refuge for locals and an alternative destination for tourists looking to escape the casino frenzy in the gambling capital of Asia. Once entering the bar, you will see framed paintings, photos, and Asian ceramics. Sit and sip, you will find a totally different world. You will listen to an eclectic selection of music, sometimes live, from swing to jazz, while sipping one of the more than 400 Portuguese labels, including fine balanced reds from the Alentejo region. In addition to wines, MacauSoul also offers a number of house-made snacks including David' s sourdough bread and Jacky' s Madeira trifle. The couple has travelled many places in the world, and you will fascinated by their knowledge while chatting with them. Remember that you could only use cash in this lounge.
Opening Hour: All day long, every day
Best Time to Experience: All year round
How Long to Spend: About 1-2 hours
Ticket Price: Free
Where & How to Go There: Hac Sa Beach, Coloane, Macau, Macao Special Administrative Region (). It needs about 10 minutes (3 km) from Macau International Airport by car; Bus AP1X/AP1/No. 36 (Macau Airport Station to Xin Hong Station) are available.
Venture to Coloane Island to discover Macau beyond its casinos, a place where you can enjoy lush greenery, beaches, hiking trails, seaside restaurants and unique East-meets-West heritage. For a taste of Macau' s true character and soul, look no further than Coloane. Here you will find the biggest beach of Macau - Hac Sac Beach. The name "Hac Sa", is a translation from Cantonese, literally means the famousblack sand. However, to prevent the beach from disappearing due toerosion, Macau government has refilled the beach with yellow sand artificially. The dark colour comes from the minerals in the water which is lighter than other volcanic beaches like those inHawaii.The water is quite clean and suitable for swimming. Popular with locals and tourists, it does get busy over the weekends, but there is plenty of space and activities for everyone to enjoy such as jet-ski and sail boat hire, plus other water activities.You could stroll along the beach or buy local foods and barbecue from the many stalls along the beach. In the old and historical village Coloane and this beach, you will get temporary peace. After lunch, take a nice walk on the beach or, even better, go by the white houses hidden on the right side of the stretch of sand. A trail called Long Chao Kok is easy to spot and leads into a couple of houses close to Cheoc Van beach. Passing the prehistoric stones on your left, you will discover a peaceful pagoda named "" above the sea where you can rest and meditate. If you are lucky, you might even see pink dolphins!
For most regular travelers to Macau, they spend 1-2 days to enjoy the best highlights of the culture, history, food and development of this city, including Ruins of St Pauls Cathedral, A-ma Temple, Senado Square, Rua do Cunha, Macau Tower, Casinos, etc. You could come to there to experience the top things to do we recommended above. Besides, for many visitors, they also combine a trip to Macau together with Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Jiangmen, Foshan and else to explore more attractions of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China.
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Sassy’s Quick Guide To Macau
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Hop on a ferry or bus to Macau where palatial hotel resorts, exuberant casinos, local delicacies and exhilarating shows await!
Whether youre visiting Macau for the first time or have been waiting three years to revisit our neighbouring SAR, were glad to bring your our updated guide to where to eat and stay in Macau. From newly opened resorts, local delicacies, historical sites and exciting attractions, here are all the best things to see and do while youre there.
Macau (or Macao)is a no-brainer pick when it comes to a short and easy getaway. Its similar to Hong Kong in the sense that it is also a Special Administrative Region, meaning it has its own currency, administration and legal system to the rest of China. Like Hong Kong, Cantonese is widely spoken there and Hong Kong Dollars is also widely used and accepted, which approximately converts 1:1 Macanese Pataca (MOP).
Editors Note: Stay tuned for more updated Macau content from us as we reacquaint ourselves with the region.
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Getting to Macau has never been easier. Not only can we go by ferry, but since the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge opened back in 2018, we can also go by bus, which operates 24/7.
Most people know about the ferry from Hong Kong Macau Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan, but you can also get the ferry from the Kowloon China Ferry Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui and Hong Kong International Airports SkyPier. There are two ferry operators to choose from:
If you get seasick easily, a good alternative is to travel to Macau via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB). Those choosing to stay on land can either take public transport to the Hong Kong Port (more details here), then catch a shuttle bus to Macau Port. From there you can take public transport to your final destination. Alternatively, you can take a cross-boundary coach or hire a cross-boundary car (see the list of cross-boundary hire car operators here)to take you directly from Hong Kong to Macau.
There are also a number of bus services that can get you straight to your hotel in Macau:
Sassy Tip:Those driving in a private car to the Hong Kong Port can book a parking spot hereand enjoy 30-minute complimentary parking within any 3-hour period.
Read More:5 Direct Flight Destinations From Hong Kong You Might Not Have Thought Of
Macau is made up of one peninsula and two islands, however, the area between the two islands, Taipa and Coloane, created an additional area known as Cotai. As such, when we speak of Macau, we refer tofour main districts, namely Macau Peninsula, Taipa, Cotai and Coloane. Most attractions, sites and casinos are located in the first three districts. Coloane, however, offers a more cultural experience of Macau. Colonial buildings running along the sides of the cobblestone streets of this coastal village give visitors a glimpse of the citys Portuguese past.
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Be prepared to be transported to the City of Love. From the Eiffel Tower to the iconic windmill in Montmartre, The Parisian is an impressive replica of the French capital. This five-star hotel oozes opulence and has everything you need under its roof, from casinos (naturally) to shops, restaurants and even a water park for the little ones.
The Parisian Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Lote 3, Cotai, Macau, +853 2882 8833, http://www.parisianmacao.com
Hotel Pousada de Coloane is a quaint boutique hotel that offers an experience that couldnt be further away from the extravagant hotels along the Cotai Strip. Hotel Pousada is a former manor house from the 1930s. Located on the beachfront in the southern bay of Macau, this is a lovely hideaway for an idyllic stay with a touch of history.
Hotel Pousada de Coloane, Cheoc-Van Beach Coloane Island, Macau, +853 2888 2143, http://www.hotelpcoloane.com.mo
The Londoner Macao encompasses two new all-suite hotels The Londoner Hotel and Londoner Court alongside Sheraton Grand Macao, St. Regis Macao and Conrad Macao. With a grandiose faade, complete with a life-sized Big Ben, a red double-decker bus (flown in from the UK!) andphone booths for picture taking, its worth passing by in the least for the Gram.
Sassy Tip: Be sure to catch the light and sound spectacular, where the buildings outer faade comes to life with dazzlinglighting effects choreographed to classic British-themed musical scores, running hourly from 7:30pm to 11:30pm.
The Londoner Macao, Estrada do Istmo. s/n, Cotai, Macau, +853 2882 2878, http://www.londonermacao.com
As the regions very first integrated resort, modelled after its sister casino resort in Las Vegas, The Venetian hardly needs an introduction. Its best known for impeccably replicating a number of Venetian landmarks, including an impressive network of canals and gondolas that run through the building.
The Venetian Macao, Estrada da Baa de N. Senhora da Esperana, s/n, Taipa, Macau, +853 2882 8877, http://www.venetianmacao.com
Dont be fooled by the rapid emergence of new cafs, Macau has a long-standing coffee culture, taking roots from its colonial era. Sei Kee Caf and Cafe Namping are some nostalgic options. For more hip and up-and-coming spots, check out Chaa, Chillout Macau and Brew Lab.
Sei Kee Caf, 1 Largo dos Bombeiros Voluntrios, Macau, +853 6569 1214
Cafe Namping, 85A, 85 Rua de Cinco de Outubro, Macau, +853 2892 2267
Chaa, R/C A, Mei Lei Court, 84 Rua das Estalagens, Macau, http://www.instagram.com/chaa.macau
Chillout Macau, 2 Patio do Mainato, Macau, http://www.instagram.com/Chillout.macau
Brew Lab, 106 Rua do Matapau, Macau, http://www.instagram.com/brew_lab_macau
From Portuguese egg tarts to beef offal, Rua do Cunha has it all. Be mentally prepared for a dense crowd, but dont let this put you off as the queues tend to move quickly since there are often several vendors selling these local delicacies. Our advice is to not jump into the first queue you see. Do a quick scope of the area you might be surprised by what youll find further down the street. Also, remember that you didnt come all the way to shop at boutiques you can find in Hong Kong. Pastelaria Fong Kei is a local favourite. This century-old pastry shop can only be found in Cotai so make sure to get there early before some of their best sellers get sold out for the day.
Rua do Cunha, Taipa, Macau
Read More:Sassys Guide to Taipa Village, Macau
This family-run noodle shop has an unsuspecting storefront yet, for 50+ years, Cheong Kei has been serving arguably the best fine noodles in town. You have to try its signature dish: noodles with dried shrimp roe. All dry noodles come with a bowl of soup, which is cooked with dried prawns and plaices for over eight hours. The best thing about this is that you can ask for refills free of charge.
Cheong Kei (), 68 Rua da Felicidade, +853 2857 4310
If you cant make it to Paris, why not try La Chine, an award-winning Cantonese restaurant tucked inside the Eiffel Tower at The Parisian? Located on the sixth floor, La Chine offers a sophisticated location for a romantic lunch and dinner, as well as a panoramic view of the surroundings. The menu, curated by Executive Chef Ben Lui, is a fusion between fine French and Chinese cuisines.
La Chine, 6/F, Eiffel Tower, The Parisian Macao, Estrada do Istmo, Lote 3, Cotai, Macau+853 8111 9210, http://www.parisianmacao.com
For an evening option that provides a coastal contrast to the glamour of modern Cotai, head over to Fernandos,an authentic Portuguese restaurant located at the southern tip of Hc Sa beach in Coloane. This charming eatery serves a variety of seafood and other Portuguese staples with a plentiful wine range to pair. Accompanying the dishes is aconvivial, rustic atmosphere, ideal for a stroll along the sand before or after your meal.
Sassy Tip: If you dont manage to make a reservation in advance, we recommend arriving early and putting your name down on the waiting list before popping yourself down in their courtyard for a drink or two whilst you wait for your table.
Fernandos Restaurant, 9 Estrada de Hc S. Coloane, Macau, +853 2888 2264
Located within Sheraton Grand Macao,The Conservatory combines three dining experiences under one roof namelyThree Bottles, Chaan, and The Sweet Shop, offering an array of British-inspired and authentic Cantonese fare. Out by the restaurants main entrance, youll find an old-school sweet shop with shelves lined with lolly-filled jars and a vintage cart servingunique and seasonal flavours ofhomemade ice-creams perfect for a sugary pitstop betweenexploring.
The Conservatory, 1/F, Sheraton Grand Macao, The Londoner Macao, Estrada do Istmo. s/n, Macau, +853 8113 1200, http://www.theconservatorymacao.com
During the day, The St. Regis Bar plays host to a classy afternoon tea, featuring three tiers of sweet and savoury pastries and cakes, finger sandwiches and divine hand-crafted scones. In the evening, the bar dims and is buzzing with live jazz music and the jovial clinks of cocktail glasses. The Macau-inspired mural behind the bar makes for the perfect backdrop for your obligatory cheersing boomerang.
The St. Regis Bar, 2/F, The St. Regis Macao, The Londoner Macao, Estrada do Istmo, s/n, Cotai, Macau, +853 8113 1300, http://www.thestregisbarmacao.com
Despite being known as the Las Vegas of Asia, there is so much more to Macau than just casinos. Having been a Portuguese colony for almost 600 years up until 1999, Macaus identity is deeply rooted in its Cantonese culture but also heavily influenced by Western Europe. This is particularly evident in the colonial buildingsscattered around Macau and the fact that Portuguese is a co-official language there.
If this is your first time visiting Macau, a good place to start would be Senado Square, a popular shopping and dining area that is also part of the UNESCO Historic Centre of Macau World Heritage Site. On the way to the Ruins of St. Pauls, youll walk past St. Dominics Church, where royal weddings took place back in the day. Once you reach the ruins, make sure to go up those stairs to see a display of how the church used to look, and admire the view from a higher vantage point before you make your way back down.
Dont get sucked into the souvenir shops just yet. Make a right turn at the bottom of the hill and pass by Travessa da Paixo for a romantic pitstop. With colourful houses lining both sides of the street, this is a popular photo spot. You might also want to check out Calada do Amparo (), a colourful alleyway just off Rue de So Paulo. This creative walkway will lead you down to Rua dos Ervanrios, a street offering a glimpse of old Macau with a growing number of hipster coffee shops.
Macau is the perfect place for adrenaline junkies. From zip lines to bungee jumping, theres something for everyone. If you prefer quieter activities, make your way to The Venetian, where the popular Japanese immersive art space teamLab SuperNature resides or enjoy the spectacle of The House of Dancing Water, an impressive production with an international reputation.
ZipCity, R89 and R100, Retro Zone, Lisboeta Macau, Rua da Patinagem, Macau, +853 2888 6785, http://www.zipcity.com/home
Skypark Macau by AJ Hackett, Level T2, Adventure Zone Macau Tower, Macau, +853 8988 8656, http://www.skyparkglobal.com
teamLab SuperNature, Cotai Expo, Hall F, The Venetian Macao, Macau, +853 2882 8818, sandsresortsmacao.com
The House of Dancing Water, Grand Hyatt Macau at City of Dreams, Estrada do Istmo, Cotai, Macau, +853 8868 1788, http://www.thehouseofdancingwater.com
Main image courtesy of Yuyeung Lau viaUnsplash, image 1 courtesy of CHUNYIP WONGvia Getty, image 2, 5, 7, 8 courtesy of Chantelle Pang, image 3, 4, 6 courtesy of Sassy Media Group.
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TMS therapy is a short outpatient procedure that uses short pulses of magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells within the area of the brain thought to control mood. TMS therapy is performed at Sibley under supervision while the patient remains awake and alert.
The treating clinician positions a treatment coil over the left prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain involved with mood regulation. Through the treatment coil, the TMS therapy system generates highly concentrated magnetic fields that turn on and off rapidly. These magnetic fields are the same type and strength as those produced by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. When these pulses are administered in rapid succession, they can produce longer-lasting changes in brain activity.
TMS has been shown to be a safe and well-tolerated procedure that can be an effective treatment for patients with depression who have not benefited from antidepressant medications or cannot tolerate antidepressant medications due to side effects. As of September 2014, Sibley has begun providing treatment via a new type of TMS technology, called deep TMS, or dTMS. This system has recently been approved by the FDA for clinical use with patients and requires shorter and less frequent treatment sessions than earlier forms of TMS. dTMS sessions last 20 minutes and are given daily over four to five weeks.
dTMS therapy is not appropriate for all patients. Before scheduling you for treatment, you must first be evaluated by one of our TMS psychiatrists to determine if dTMS would be safe and appropriate for you.
To be evaluated for outpatient dTMS treatment or to learn more please contact Agnes Bradley-Wright, by email at abradle8@jhmi.eduor call 202-660-6702.
More information about dTMS is available online at http://www.brainsway.com/us.
Depression is a serious medical illness affecting more than 14 million American adults every year, which is typically treated with antidepressant medications.
Although antidepressants can be effective for many patients, some people do not receive adequate benefit from antidepressants and/or cannot tolerate their side effects. For these patients, TMS therapy offers an alternate treatment method for depression.
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Psychiatry | Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington, D.C.
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Psychiatric services at Sibley are provided by the hospitals Behavioral Health Unit.In surveys conducted by the Washingtonian magazine, Sibleys inpatient unit has consistently been among the top choices for psychiatric treatment in the Washington, D.C. region.
Sibley Memorial Hospitals inpatient Behavioral Health Program provides acute, short-term treatment for patients ages 18 and older in need of a safe, secure and therapeutic environment. The clinical treatment program is designed to return patients to their optimal levels of functioning as quickly as possible.
The inpatient program includes:
Sibley is one of very few providers in the area who offers the next generation of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) therapy, known as deep TMS or dTMS. This therapy, given on an outpatient basis, is a powerful depression treatment for patients for whom medications are inappropriate or ineffective.
Sibley also offers electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for outpatients when clinically indicated.
For more information about the psychiatry program, please contact social work at 202-660-7445.
To be evaluated for outpatient dTMS treatment or to learn more, please contact Agnes Bradley-Wright, TMS coordinator, at abradle8@jhmi.edu or 202-660-6702.
If you have questions about inpatient or outpatient ECT services, please contact Ivy Hunt, ECT coordinator, at ihunt4@jhmi.edu or202-243-5178.
Patients are evaluated at the Sibley Memorial Hospital Emergency Department for medical clearance before being admitted into the unit. Admissions for inpatient services are accepted 24 hours a day.
Physicians, psychologists, social workers and other mental health professionals may refer a patient. The final decision regarding admission is made by an attending Sibley Hospital psychiatrist. To make a referral, medical professionals may call 202-537-4770, or a patient can present themselves to the Emergency Department for an evaluation.
The Behavioral Health Unit is a voluntary unit; therefore all patients must sign a voluntary consent form to be treated. The program does not take involuntary or court committed patients.
Generally, most patients are treated for a period of seven to 10 days. The length of stay is highly individualized and dependent on a number of factors, including medical needs, placement issues and follow-up care. The goal of the Behavioral Health Unit is to provide all patients with an individualized treatment plan that best suits their particular needs and diagnosis.
Please contact your individual insurance provider to inquire if treatment is covered. Many insurance plans are accepted by the hospital. Private insurance companies often cover part or most of the cost of care, as do Medicare and Medicaid.
Monday through Friday, 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8p.m.; weekends, 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. to 8p.m. Exceptions to this schedule may be granted through the patients physician.
Depression is a serious medical illness affecting more than 14 million American adults every year, which is typically treated with antidepressant medications. Although antidepressants can be effective for many patients, some people do not receive adequate benefit from antidepressants and/or cannot tolerate their side effects. For these patients, TMS therapy offers an alternate treatment method for depression, first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2008.
TMS has been clinically proven for the treatment of major depression in adults who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from prior antidepressant medication.
At Sibley, we have recently switched to a next-generation TMS system, known as deep TMS (or dTMS), which provides TMS treatment in half the time of the previous system.
TMS therapy is a short outpatient procedure that uses short pulses of magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells within the area of the brain thought to control mood. TMS therapy is performed at Sibley under supervision while the patient remains awake and alert.
The treating clinician positions a treatment coil over the left prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain involved with mood regulation. Through the treatment coil, the TMS therapy system generates highly concentrated magnetic fields that turn on and off rapidly. These magnetic fields are the same type and strength as those produced by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine. When these pulses are administered in rapid succession, they can produce longer-lasting changes in brain activity.
As of September 2014, Sibley has begun providing treatment via a new type of TMS technology, called deep TMS, or dTMS. This system has recently been approved by the FDA for clinical use with patients and requires shorter and less frequent treatment sessions than earlier forms of TMS. dTMS sessions last 20 minutes and are given daily over four to five weeks.
To be evaluated for outpatient dTMS treatment or to learn more please contact Agnes Bradley-Wright, by email atabradle8@jhmi.eduor call 202-660-6702.
TMS has been shown to be a safe and well-tolerated procedure that can be an effective treatment for patients with depression who have not benefited from antidepressant medications or cannot tolerate antidepressant medications due to side effects.
dTMS therapy is not appropriate for all patients. Before scheduling you for treatment, you must first be evaluated by one of our TMS psychiatrists to determine if dTMS would be safe and appropriate for you.
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