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Specialty services at TheraCare for augmentative and alternative communication are provided by a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist and include collaboration with the family and other service providers. We are able to work closely with clients in schools, nursing homes, rehab facilities, or in their homes. We provide individualized assessments, training, treatment, and consultations for pediatric and adult clients presenting with congenital or acquired communication disorders that impede ability to effectively communicate with others.
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Referrals are received from individual therapists, area schools, special educators, client advocates, physicians, nursing homes, Regional Centers, and Independent Living Centers. Family members are also welcome to contact our clinic to get the referral process started.
Evaluations and assessments are performed by a licensed and certified speech-language pathologist who specializes in augmentative and alternative communication. Other collaborative members may include occupational therapists, other speech-language pathologists, special educators, etc.
Results – Many individuals have been enabled to overcome barriers in their day-to-day lives at home, in school, in the workplace, and in the community. A variety of alternative communication devices are available during assessment procedures and may be recommended for trial or extended use after the evaluation.
Training – We recognize the importance of a comprehensive approach to AAC. User and caregiver commitments to follow-up are necessary to facilitate functional device usage across communication environments. For this reason, we offer a unique therapy program for AAC users and their support team. Our program is catered to the needs of each individual, but typically includes 6-8 follow-up therapy/training sessions constructed to provide functional communication opportunities for the user and programming support for caregivers. Specialized training off-site for other members of the team can be arranged upon request.
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Casa Bermuda (T0) - Sea/pool view
Vale a Pena Apartments
Prime location, close distance to the Algarve´s most beautiful beaches and just minutes away from old fishing villages with an exciting nightlife, restaurants and activities.
Fully equiped " beach style" studio tucked away in a stunning surrounding, with sea view, newly decorated, private patio, communal pool and areas.
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Casa Bermuda has a living area which is combined with the bedroom. The living room contains all comforts, featuring a beach style living room with comfortable sofa.
The bedroom is combined with the living area. It includes air-conditioning and a king size bed.
This appartment features a fully equipped en seperata bathroom.
The spacious kitchen is fully equipped and perfect to make a delicious meal!
Casa Bermuda contains all comforts. The appartment features a large terras with an outside dinning set, a fire place and a beautiful sea vies. You can use the communal swimming pool with children's paddling area and other common areas.
Vale a Pena Resort is situated just 2km from the small picturesque village Carvoeiro (approx. halfway between Albufeira and Portimão). It is a small former fishing village nestled between cliffs, surrounded by a mix of traditional houses and narrow cobbled streets. The cliffs and hilly pathways offer the most amazing views along the coastline with its many caves, grottoes and cove beaches. The village itself is small, consisting of three main streets, but these streets offer a huge selection of restaurants, shops, bars and services.

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Each spring, the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum accepts applications from high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors for its 3-day summer camp, "Camp43: Leader of One, Leader of Many."
"Understanding the concepts of personal values, principle-based decision making, leadership, and planning for the future are critical for a young person's success, both professionally and personally," said Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, director of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum. "It is always great fun to watch the students immerse themselves in lessons and discussions, and then experience that light bulb moment."
Usually held in June, no more than 25 are accepted for the 3-day summer camp. There is no cost for the camp. Lunch and snacks are provided daily along with a formal dinner to conclude the camp.
All participants are responsible for their own daily transportation to and from the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, located on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.
Focusing on the importance of leadership and the decision-making process, participants discover how values and personal beliefs affect their decisions, develop skills for working with diverse groups, and hear first-hand from high-level business executives about the methods they use to make decisions. The experience includes group activities, discussions, and presentations from prominent and successful community and government leaders.
"One very exciting part of Camp 43 is a real-time simulation in which the students take on the roles of members of the President's Administration and collaborate to resolve a crisis," said Education Specialist Sharon Brannon. "The Situation Room Experience is very useful in and of itself, but having it take place in the actual historic room from the White House adds authenticity and tremendous energy and enthusiasm."
Conceived in 2012 by Bush Library education docents with the goal of fostering America's next generation of leaders, Camp43 is led by those docents in conjunction with the Library's Education Program staff, and conducted with generous support from the George W. Bush Foundation.
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Tsukuba City Festival and Placement Tests
Posted on Monday, September 8th, 2003 at 5:04am by Brett.
(Monday, September 8th, 2003 at 6:04pm Japanese Standard Time)
A couple days ago, the exchange students and their tutors from the college of international studies (that's me) went to the Tsukuba city festival. It was really fun. I forgot my camera, so no pictures...grr
After the festival, the tutors had a BBQ for us. It was really fun. I learned a new word! "Yopparai" It applied to a few of the people there....
Today was the placement test for the Japanese language courses. You have to pass the test in order to be able to take any language classes that give you credit, so it's a bit important. Imagine, if you will, the hardest cumulative final you have ever taken. Multiply that by 2. Now imagine that beast-of-a-test in a language you only just know. Now imagine that it is dictated to you from an audio tape. That's about what this placement test was. It was some of the fastest Japanese I've ever heard. Within 15 minutes, my brain was begging for mercy. It was a two hour test.
Luckily (???), after the first hour, they had half of the students take what they called the "yasashi test". Basically, it was for the students who didn't know as much Japanese...like me! It wasn't as bad as the first half, but it wasn't overly easy. I did pretty poorly on the kanji, but I think I did really well on the grammar.
My room is starting to shape up a bit more. Looks less like a prison cell and more like a room. I got a fridge and a microwave, now all that's left is some carpet or rugs and a dresser or something like that.
I got my fridge yesterday. Sei borrowed a car from one of his friends and took me to a Recycle shop. It was still crowded because of the festival, so what should have been a quick little jaunt was like an hour ride.
Let me tell you something about the drivers in Japan. First off, they drive on the left side of the road. Inherently, there is nothing wrong with this. The only problem is that they do so poorly. All of them. Sei's driving was very...hrm...it was very accurate. I mean, I'm positive he's driven a car at least two or three times before. One of those times was probably a standard, like this one was...but he lacked...skills. It was like he had read the driver's manual completely from front to back without ever actually getting in the car. It was technically very accurate. It was just a little scary.
Another oddity is that while they DRIVE on the left side of the road, the PARK on the right. Oh! And in Japan, not backing into a parking place is apparently punishable by death. No matter how easy it might be to pull into the parking place, you must back into it. If this requires a 20-point turn, so be it. Back in...always...back...
Anyway, I haven't gotten net access in my room yet...maybe another month until that. So I'm burning yen in the Cube still. It'll be nice once I can get online from my place...


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Face/Headsegmentation dataset
Mut1ny is making part of its head/face segmentation dataset available for free. People can use it freely in their own research, private or commercial application if they want. As long as the original dataset is not made public available elsewhere there is not going to be any restriction in its usage. The reason being we discovered there are so few freely/open available segmentation datasets that containing a significant number of test samples for training decent segmentation algorithms. In this particular domain there are known we are aware of.
Our current dataset contains over 22k labeled images (22053 exactly last measured 09/01/2020) and we hope it is going to grow further also with your help.
The commercial/research partner dataset contains over 31k labeled images as it stands now. Check out our Patreon page for more statistics on the content of the partner dataset
*NEW* As of 06/08/2018 the dataset also includes a new label (so some of the previous label images have been updated), the new label is facial hair/beard and its label value is: 255,192,192
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*NEW* As of 02/01/2019 the dataset also includes bounding boxes of the different facial parts
*NEW* We have now set up a new Patreon page if you want to support this project in any way.
Here a few example images:
You can download a small representative sample dataset containing 80 fully labled examples which you can download for further inspection if you like.
If you are interested in hearing more on which neural network architecture to use for this dataset why not read this series What Segmentation model to use?
How to obtain?
If you are interested in receiving the whole dataset there are two options: First one is to provide a small data contribution. Second one is to set up a sponsorship via our Patreon. Both options will help us to enlarge the dataset with new data.
If you decide to go for data contribution option we currently ask people to provide 50 previously unlabled images to be added to the dataset. We provide both the unlabled images as well as a tool that can help you to generate these 50 segmented labled images
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One person killed and other wounded in sword attack on school in Sweden
According to the news agency AP, one teacher has been confirmed dead following the attack at the Kronan school in Trollhattan, north of Sweden's second-largest city Gothenburg.
The masked suspect is also said to be in a serious condition after he was shot by police.
Another four students are reported to have been injured.
Police said they were initially called to reports of a masked man, armed with a sword, on the premises and that one person had been attacked at or near the school cafeteria.
Four people have been admitted to the NAL hospital in the nearby town of Trollhattan, a spokesman said.
"The assailant is being treated for gunshot wounds," he said. "The other people treated at the hospital are young but not kids. "Some of them have serious injuries and are being operated on.
"One person is deceased at the scene," the spokesman said.
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Archive for November, 2012
Michigan police officer who shot senior dog will not be charged
Michigan police officer who shot senior dog will not be charged
The St. Louis, Mich. police officer who shot and killed a senior golden retriever named "Scout," on September 9, will not face any charges for the dog's death.
According to Saturday's publication of CBS Detroit News, Gratiot County Prosecutor Keith Kushion found no legal reason to charge St. Louis police Officer Matt Vanhall for Scout's death.
According to the prosecutor, Officer Vanhall was within his rights to fire his weapon because he was being "attacked."
On the day of the shooting, Officer Vanhall fired his weapon at Scout at least seven times in the 8-year-old dog's own yard.
Officer Vanhall defended his actions by stating that the senior golden had showed his teeth and growled at him.
According to the police report, Officer Vanhall had followed the dog to the yard after he was seen running at large.
Upon spotting the retriever inside of the yard, Officer Vanhall called for the dog to come to him – it was at that time that the officer alleges that the dog charged at him.
Following the horrific scene, a witness recounted what she saw,
"He just started shooting him, he just kept shooting him in the head,"
"I said, 'What are you doing? He's just a puppy!'"
Scout belonged to Brian and Hillary Goetzinger.
Initial story on this shooting at this link.
Des Moines couple sues police department for shooting dog
Des Moines couple sues police department for shooting dog
Submitted by Rose Egge, KOMO Communities Reporter
Wednesday, November 28th, 2012, 3:33pm
A Des Moines couple whose dog was shot and killed by police 2 years ago is now suing the department in federal court.
On Nov. 7, 2010, Deirdre and Charles Wright's 115-pound, 3-year-old Newfoundland dog Rosie escaped their yard while the couple was away. A neighbor called 911 just after noon to report the dog was out, but did not say it was posing a threat to anyone.
Police arrived at the Wrights home one hour later to find Rosie sitting in her owners' driveway. Dashcam video recorded one officer saying "You live here, don't you?"
Another said "Hate to kill him in his own yard," according to the Wright's lawsuit.
After 10 minutes spent trying to catch Rosie with a catchpole, the lawsuit alleges one of the officers said "I say we just shoot him, kill him. He's going to fight like a (expletive) once he's tased. I can try to choke him out."
Witnesses say the dog sat in the Wrights driveway until an officer tased her, and then she ran southbound. Officers are then heard saying "Let's just go shoot her."
The dog then ran into a neighbor's fully fenced yard where officers shot her 4 times with an assault rifle.
The owner of the property Rosie ran into has said "If I would of known what was going on I would of told the officers to leave. The dog could of stayed there…for days."
Dashcam video shows that after the first shot, one of the officers shouted "Nice!"
The Wrights say police violated their civil rights.
"This is completely unacceptable and, in my opinion, was malicious," said the Wright's attorney Adam Karp. "We want to make sure it doesn't happen again."
But police have said Rosie snarled and lunged at them while they tried to corral the dog. The Wrights say Rosie never bit anyone and had never been declared vicious or dangerous or violated any animal control regulation.
An internal investigation cleared the officers involved of any wrong doing. The department is not commenting on this pending lawsuit.
See original story, and execution, here: http://www.dogmurderers.com/2011/04/05/police-execute-dog-assault-weapon-video/
Commerce City, CO police shoot chained dog – CHLOE
November 26, 2012
By: Penny Eims
On Saturday, a dog in Commerce City, Colo. was shot and killed by police who responded to a dog at large call.
The police have stated that the dog, a Labrador retriever/pit bull mix named "Chloe," was so aggressive that officers had no other choice than to shoot and kill her.
However, one witness saw something different from the officer's recount of what took place, and that witness happened to be recording the entire scene on his cell phone.
According to Monday's publication of the Coloradoan, Kenny Collins is the man who initially contacted the authorities about a strange dog in the neighborhood. He is also the individual who watched, and recorded what took place after the police arrived.
Chloe is first hit with a taser, then, as she attempts to run from the garage, she is caught by the catch pole.
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Tragically, the dog, who appears to be terrified as she attempts to flee from those who have caught her, is then shot.
Not once or twice, but five times.
The authorities defend the shooting because they claim that Chloe was too aggressive to handle on the catch pole, and therefore, still dangerous.
The video seems to show a terrified dog who is determined to run away.
Making the entire situation more heartbreaking is the fact that Chloe was not a 'random' stray dog in the neighborhood. She was actually being cared for by a neighbor who was dog-sitting for a relative.
Chloe had somehow managed to slip out of the garage before the door closed and her dog sitter never saw her escape.
Collins told Fox2 News:
"I wish I hadn't called, but like my kids keep reassuring me, I did what anybody else would do and that's what the lady across the street said, whose dog was shot, that she would have done the same thing,"
The video taken by Collins has been turned over to the Commerce City Police for review.
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Growing number of Facebook groups protest dog shootings by police
Growing number of Facebook groups protest dog shootings by police
Posted: Nov 29, 2012 9:09 AM EST Updated: Nov 30, 2012 4:18 AM EST
By Ray Downs – email
(RNN) – In response to an alleged increase in dog shootings by police officers, several people, including owners of murdered pets, are using Facebook as a tool to increase awareness of the problem and seek change to police policies toward dogs.
When Robbie King's 6-year-old chocolate lab, Luke, was killed by a police officer responding to a call in September, he was devastated.
"It just crushed me," the Smyrna, GA native said.
After he accidentally triggered his house alarm, King had to wait for police officers to arrive to let them know that there was not a break-in. But Officer G.M. Roach of the Cobb County Police Department went through the back of the house while King was waiting in the front, and they didn't see each other until it was too late.
"A dog began to bark and came at Officer Roach. Officer Roach shot the dog," said a police report.
"The officer never yelled for my dog to stop," said King. "He didn't shoot at the ground. He didn't shoot in the air. He didn't take out his baton … he just took out his weapon, pointed it at my dog, and killed him."
He added: "I just think it's ridiculous … you've never heard of a chocolate lab causing an officer's demise."
King's story gained more local attention in part because an investigator allegedly misquoted a neighbor to make it appear that the dog was aggressive.
King's sister and neighbor Cheryl Truelove told an investigator that the dog had bitten her and pointed to her calf to show the bite mark.
But when asked about her remark, Truelove said she was misunderstood.
"I told the detective that three weeks ago I was dog bit by a Chihuahua," Truelove told the Marietta Daily Journal. "The reason I said that was because I was trying to point out to them that this little dog bit me and Luke never even bit nobody, and I didn't take out a gun and shoot this dog."
King's story highlights several problems with dog shooting incidents: grief for pet owners, potential time and money loss, as well as bad publicity for police departments that have to deal with dog shootings – sometimes in court, and animosity between police and the public it is supposed to serve.
High number of shootings sparking outrage
Videos of dog shootings are all over the internet and it seems like there's a new one every week. Unfortunately, the number of videos online is not a misrepresentation of the high number of dog shootings.
It's impossible to determine the exact number of dog shootings by police officers because records aren't kept by every police department in the country. However, in Milwaukee – the 28th largest city in the country – a recent lawsuit claimed that more than 400 dogs were shot to death by police officers over a nine-year period between 1999 and 2008, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.
If those numbers are similar for cities around the U.S., a low estimate for the annual number of dogs killed per year by police in the 30 largest cities alone is 1,100.
In addition, a dog training manual for police published by the Department of Justice showed that most police shooting incidents involve dogs. In Los Angeles, at least one-half of all "intentional discharges of a forearm by an officer from 2000-2005 involved an animal," the study said.
"I was completely unaware that this was going on myself until it happened to me," King said. But once he set up a Facebook page called "Justice for Luke," he joined a growing number of people who are using the social networking site to get the word out about dog shootings.
According to the website Cops Shooting Dogs, there are 88 Facebook pages that aim to bring awareness to a particular dog shooting incident.
Many of the pages start out as an outlet for the angry and grieving owner whose dog was killed, but progress into a sort of a virtual meeting place and newsletter for people interested in everything from other dog shootings to charity fundraisers and stories about police saving dogs.
Although the groups are not officially united, there is a loose network consisting of several of the Facebook page creators, according to Denise Lachance, the creator of the Facebook page "Dogs Shot by Police."
Lachance says that the goal is not to demonize police, but to encourage police departments to require that officers have dog training.
"It's primarily a matter of local law," Lachance said, pointing out that getting a single mandate passed in every police department will be a difficult process.
"But you can also get attention to something by making it more visible."
Increase in training could lead to reduction in dog shootings
Donald Cleary, director of Communications and Publications for the National Canine Research Council and one of the authors of the dog training manual for police published by the Department of Justice, says that dog training is crucial.
"Police departments can be severely embarrassed when they've shot a dog, and in the aftermath it looks like there was no reason why that dog was shot or there were people there who have a very different version of what police had initially reported," Cleary said.
That embarrassment also translates into expensive lawsuits. Police departments around the country have been successfully sued by owners whose dogs were killed, including a case 2007 in which the city council of Richmond, CA paid $210,000 to a couple whose pit bull was shot, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
In that incident, a passerby was injured after one of a stray bullet grazed her neck. Stray bullets as a result of dog shootings are a real danger, according to Jim Osorio, Senior Law Enforcement Specialist at the National Humane Law Enforcement Academy, which trains police departments in how to handle dogs.
"Stray shots are a liability," Osorio said. "It's already hard to shoot a moving target, but when they're lower, it's harder to hit them."
Osorio has trained police departments in Fort Worth, TX, Atlanta, and other cities around the country. He says more departments need to implement training because many officers have little to no experience with dogs, which increases the danger.
"Police need that experience because in the U.S., one out of three houses has a dog usually," Osorio said. "Just because a dog barks, doesn't mean it's an aggressive dog. So they need to know all the signs and the body language."
Osorio added that although there has been an increase in police departments requesting dog training over the last five years, budget cuts have hindered some of that progress. Nonetheless, he believes more police will be trained to deal with dogs.
"It's going to be a slow process, but I see a lot of changes coming," he said.
Robbie King hopes that by bringing the issue to the attention of more people, progress will come sooner rather than later.
"I'm hoping that we, as victims of this thing, can get together and be a stronger, bigger group because the nation needs to know about this," he said.
On leash and with owner present… Cop kills dog
Pet owner waiting for answers in fatal dog shooting
Tue, 11/20/2012 – 2:22pm | Mary Schenk
CHAMPAIGN — Kathy Saathoff is most anxious to find out why a Champaign police officer felt the need to break up a dog fight Saturday with a gun.
Police Chief Anthony Cobb said members of his department are working to find out the same thing.
"We should have everything resolved pretty quickly," Cobb said of the incident Saturday night in west Champaign that left Saathoff's chocolate Labrador dead and the pit bull that attacked it locked up, still unclaimed by an owner.
About 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Saathoff's daughter, Kelsey Markou, 18, was walking their Labrador, named Dog, near the corner of John Street and Crescent Drive.
"She had just turned the corner onto Crescent and was heading south back to our house," said Saathoff, who lives across the street from Centennial High School. "A pit bull came from across the street from the apartment complex on the corner of John and Crescent."
The pit bull had no collar or tags. She doesn't know who owns it and said neighbors had also seen it previously but never with a person.
Saathoff said her daughter was trying to hurry back home with Dog, who was on a leash and wearing a pinch collar, when the pit bull started moving aggressively toward him.
"My dog is not a fighter. He's a cuddler, a sweet dog who loved to play with other dogs. He's never aggressive to other dogs. He probably didn't know what to think at first," she said of the 5-year-old Labrador that her family has had more than four years.
When the pit bull started going for Dog's throat in a field a few yards from the street, Saathoff said, Kelsey reacted.
"She didn't have a phone on her at the time. She's kicking the pit bull trying to get it off. There wasn't a lot of people out. A gentleman walking … called 911 and he came over and tried to kick the dog," Saathoff said.
Saathoff said Kelsey eventually let go of Dog's leash because the pinch collar was keeping him from defending himself.
When the police arrived, Saathoff said, Kelsey told the officer which dog was hers and where the pit bull had come from.
"He got 5 to 6 feet away from the dogs and just started shooting at them," Saathoff recounted what her daughter had told her.
Although the number of shots fired has not been released, Saathoff said her daughter estimated there were eight.
Dog was hit in the neck by one of the shots and died there. An animal control officer got the pit bull and took it to the county animal pound where it's been since Saturday night.
"He'll be held for seven days to see if an owner comes forward to claim him," said Stephanie Joos, director of Champaign County animal control.
The dog sustained injuries, she said, but remained in stable condition Tuesday. If no one claims the dog, it will be euthanized, Joos said.
Saathoff said her daughter ran home to get her after the shooting. They took Dog to the University of Illinois veterinary clinic, where she said a necropsy was done.
"Our dog died from a gunshot wound. Our dog didn't die from a dog fight," she said of the preliminary results her family received from the veterinarian.
Saathoff said her family wants to know why the officer felt he needed to use a gun to break up a dog fight, especially knowing at least one of the dogs was a family pet.
"Our biggest issue is that we don't understand why there weren't other non-violent means tried first," Saathoff said.
She said Kelsey told her she did not feel personally endangered by the pit bull and that the dogs were tangling in the field at the southwest corner of the intersection, a few yards away from the sidewalk and street.
"I want them to be accountable and really look at the way the situation was handled. We're traumatized and I have a daughter that's going to be traumatized the rest of her life. She'll never forget it. She hasn't been sleeping. That's a hard pill to swallow," said Saathoff.
Cobb has declined to identify the officer who fired the shots while the police are working on their internal investigation. Any time a duty weapon is discharged, there is a review to see if the officer followed departmental policy, the chief said.


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Westcote Bell Pottery and Studios
3447 Hwy 331, PO Box 68, LaHave, Nova Scotia,
Workshops, Classes and Fun Vacations in
Our new house.
The Lighthouse is a 10 minute walk down the road.
View from the studio.
The studio is across from the house and used to be the boat house.
New for 2012
Welcome to the new Westcote Bell Pottery. We have relocated to Nova Scotia, in the county of Lunenburg. In addition to making and selling our pottery, we will be teaching classes and workshops in pottery, painting and printmaking. There is a small motel just down the shorelineclick here which will provide accommodation. The Lighthouse Route is famous world wide for its scenery. Fishing trips can be arranged with local fishermen. click here to see the studio before renovation. Please feel free to email us with your questions. We are excited to embark on this part of our career and we would love to get your feed back.To see more about our studio renovation click here
In May 2012 we had our grand opening, it is now September 25th and we have had our first full tourist season. We are happy to report that our new adventure is a success and we hope that all of our friends and long time supporters will come and visit us here in Nova Scotias South Shore.
All of the photographs were taken by Vaughan during August 2010.


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General Geology
Tularosa Basin
White Sands lies in the Tularosa Basin. The gypsum that forms the white sands was deposited at the bottom of a shallow sea that covered the region 250 million years ago during the Permian era. Over time the gypsum-bearing marine deposits like the Yeso and San Andres formations were turned into stone. 70 million years ago mountain building took place that uplifted the Rockies and elevated the western states. This upheaval called the Laramide Orogeny caused the present Tularosa area to be uplifted into a broad arch. Around 10 million years ago the crust began to stretch apart and the Tularosa arch began to subside to form the Tularosa Basin, and the Sacramento Mountains to the east and San Andres mountains to the west were uplifted along north-south trending faults.
The Tularosa Basin is called a graben, and a "bolson" because it has no outlet for surface water. It is like a bathtub with no drain. After summer thunderstorms Lake Lucero fills with runoff from the San Andres Mountains. As the playa lake evaporates gypsum crystallizes and is deposited on the lake floor, to be picked up by the winds and carried to the dune fields.
The common mineral gypsum is a hydrous form of calcium sulfate (CaSO4.2H2O). It is rarely found in the form of sand because it is soluble. Gypsum is typically very soft, a '2' on the hardness scale (1=talc, 10=diamond). Our fingernails are a hardness of 2.5, so our nails can scratch gypsum. It dissolves in water into calcium ions and sulfate ions.
Gypsum is an evaporite mineral: The calcium and sulfate ions when sufficiently concentrated due to the evaporation of water, recombine and precipitate out into gypsum or anhydrite. Gypsum comes in many forms.The crystal form is called selenite. Very fine grained gypsum is called alabaster and is used for sculpting.
Gypsum is one of the oldest building materials in the world. Modern uses include casts for setting broken bones (if you heat up gypsum and drive out most of the water you get Plaster of Paris), wallboard, cement setting retardant, paint, soil conditioner, crayons, even put in beer to help enzyme action and yeast fermentation.
Wind Transportation
As the gypsum sand-sized (0.06-2mm) grains are moved by the wind they are reduced in size due to frequent collisions with other grains and the desert surface. The softness and perfect cleavage of gypsum aids this process. Deposition of the gypsum occurs whenever the wind slackens.
At wind speeds of 12m.p.h (19 km.p.h) grains of gypsum swirl against boots.
At 20 m.p.h (32 km.p.h) wind piles sand higher and steeper on the crest of dunes, within an hour nearly 5 cm (2") of new deposits will crown some of the dunes. The air is now filled with dust and blowing gypsum.
Gusts of 35-40 m.p.h (55-65 km.p.h) carry pieces of broken shrubs across the plain.
The wind's direction during major sandstorms will rotate steadily clockwise as it blows first from the southwest and west, then diminishes from out of the northwest and north, and fianlly dies as an easterly breeze.


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Prestige is likely to sell anywhere between 26% and 40% stake in the income-generating commercial unit, which will be a subsidiary of Prestige Estates. The Bengaluru-headquartered developer recently unveiled a business restructuring to separate residential and commercial assets. With the housing market remaining subdued, top builders are looking at unlocking value from commercial assets to manage cash flows and debt repayments. The country's largest developer DLF in advanced discussions with global investors to sell a stake rental unit.
Prestige, which last year sold most number of residential units, has Rs 5,500crore debt on the books.
Prestige was unlikely to put all its commercial properties, especially hospitality assets, into the proposed transaction, sources said. The company -owned by brothers Irfan, Rezwan and Noaman Razacks -has annualized rentals of about Rs 550 crore being generated from office spaces and shopping malls. As of June 30, Prestige had 8.14-million sqft of leased office space yielding annual rental income of Rs 412 crore, and mall portfolio of about 2.85 million sqft generating Rs 116.8 crore.
When contacted, Prestige Estates CFO Venkat K Narayana and JP Morgan declined to comment on speculation. Prestige shares climbed 2.7% in a falling Mumbai market to close at Rs 202 on Tuesday.


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Telling Stories That Create Monumental Change With Mitch Ditkoff, President of Idea Champions
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Join us this month where we'll discuss an app that creates a digital workspace. On the Bulletin Board, we'll say good-bye to a Quality Lion and then we'll find out what happens when you let sailors out of the box.
For Tools of the Trade we'll review a book that makes the argument that stories are not just for bedtime any more. We've got a Special Request from a learner who asks how one fires one's boss and Today's Special is an interview with a master of innovation who once asked, "What would Santa do?" Find out the answers to these and other questions in the June episode at the Just-in-Time Cafe. We here at the cafe think it's okay to add a little chocolate to your coffee as we head into summer proper. See you there!
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- 2:30 Appetizer of the Day
- 5:55 Bulletin Board
- 10:35 Tools of the Trade
- 15:45 Special Request (Q&A)
- 18:50 Today's Special
- Interview with Mitch Ditkoff, President of Idea Champions
- Twitter: @mitchditkoff
- www.MitchDitkoff.com
- www.IdeaChampions.com
Podcast Transcript
Welcome to Just-In-Time Café, GoLeanSixSigma.com's official podcast where we help you build your problem-solving muscles. We share best practices from over 20 years of success helping organizations from the Fortune 500 to small and medium-size business to government achieve their goals using Lean Six Sigma.
Tracy O'Rourke: Well hello, Elisabeth. How are you today?
Elisabeth Swan: I am great, Tracy. How about you?
Tracy O'Rourke: I am doing wonderful. I'm ready for a coffee and a little chat with my bestie.
Elisabeth Swan: You're so sweet. Well, I think it's full on June. I'm going ice coffee. How about you?
Tracy O'Rourke: That sounds great. I'll meet you in the dining room.
Elisabeth Swan: Meet you.
Tracy O'Rourke: Hi, everyone. Welcome to the Just-In-Time Café. I'm Tracy O'Rourke and this is Elisabeth Swan and we are your hosts. It's great to be here and I want to know what's on the menu today, Elisabeth?
What's on the Menu (Podcast Agenda)
Elisabeth Swan: I'm glad you asked, Tracy. Coming up for an Appetizer, we've discovered an app that lets you create a visual work space. We'll talk about that. On today's Bulletin Board, we're going to honor a member of our quality history who passed away recently. And then we're going to move on to find out what happens when you let sailors out of the box.
For Tools of the Trade, we're going to cover a book that demonstrates that stories are not just for bed time anymore. And today's Special Request is from a learner who wants to know the best way to go about firing your boss. And then for Today's Special, we've got an interview with an innovation master who once asked, "What would Santa do?"
Tracy O'Rourke: I am so looking forward to this.
Elisabeth Swan: OK. Up next then, it's the appetizer.
Appetizer: Mural
Tracy O'Rourke: OK, Elisabeth, so what is this app that lets you visualize work?
Elisabeth Swan: So this is an app by the name of MURAL and it's a shared workspace so this goes in your browser. It comes with ready-made templates. So you could do things like storyboarding, kanban boards, figuring out work plans, projects. It's very intuitive. It has got shortcuts like I was putting post-it notes in a kanban board. I shared it with you. We worked out the to-dos and what was going to happen for this podcast.
And every time I went to create a post-it note, it said, "Hey, just double click and that post-it will appear." So that was intuitive. I figured it out fairly quickly. It let me install through Google so I didn't have to create a separate log on.
I was considering using it for my own personal kanban, write my own personal work plan because I don't have any wall space left to write. So this was like a nice sort of online visual board.
It was built by a guy who is trying to collaborate on gaming. So they're figuring out how to design games. But that means – yeah, that means they are using Lean Agile tools. So you got those kanban boards. You got five ways. There are a lot of things in there that are for them but can be adapted like storyboarding that you could use for process mapping and things like that.
So, good collaboration whiteboard for remote teams. I think that's the big deal here is this is for remote teams and that's just a fact of modern living, right? Teams are remote. It was – the pricing is $12 a month per person but you and I got that 30-day free trial. So what do you think about it?
Tracy O'Rourke: I really like it as well. I think that it seems very simple, user-friendly. It did remind me a lot of PowerPoint. And then it made me think, "Well, how is this different than PowerPoint?" Because I am a whiz at that and if I'm going to invest time and money to learn a new app, I want to see value.
Elisabeth Swan: Right.
Tracy O'Rourke: But I think what's really great about this app is that kind of what you had mentioned is it's virtual. It's a virtual space that people can co-collaborate from all over the – wherever they are. And PowerPoint doesn't necessarily do that. PowerPoint is really more you have to use like GoToMeeting to do some collaboration and you still have limitations on having to send the doc to somebody to make adjustments if you will.
So, this really creates more tools for virtual teams to use to be more creative so I really like that. And it just seems simple and it's really easy on the eyes. That's the other thing about apps is sometimes things seem complicated and not intuitive and this was very intuitive tool. So absolutely, I think this would be a great tool for teams to embrace especially if they're using a lot of Google Docs, Google Shapes because from our experience, Elisabeth, we know that PowerPoint doesn't work so great with Google Docs in doing collaboration.
Elisabeth Swan: No. It doesn't. I also like to your point how visual it is like you can throw YouTube clips in here. You can throw graphics. Like it's really easy to use the visual aspects, so that's both fun and useful.
Next up is the Bulletin Board.
Bulletin Board
Tracy O'Rourke: So Elisabeth, it sounds like we've lost a lion in the quality legacy recently, didn't we?
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah, we did, Tracy. Mikel Harry passed away, April 25th so it would be good to reflect on what he added to the Lean Six Sigma catalogue of knowledge. And he is famous for his collaboration with Bill Smith. He was the Motorola engineer who came up with the method and title Six Sigma, a way to count defects, a new way to count defects and a new method. And Mikel Harry worked with him. Mikel Harry gave it up to him.
People would often call Mikel Harry the Father of Six Sigma. He'd say, "No, Bill Smith was the Father of Six Sigma. I was the Godfather." So I kind of like that because there's a little bit of danger there too. So he was the Godfather. He helped document the method and helped build Six Sigma training. This was before Lean was added in. And he made it accessible to Motorola employees and then of course, you and I know that spread to GE and other places that impacted our lives.
And they worked on DMAIC which was originally MAIC, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control. And then Define got added later when they realize, "Hey, we got to really be clear on what the heck the problem is that we're solving and who we're solving it for."
But what I like is that he added belt levels, that four martial arts piece that some people have an issue with but what's helpful about it is indicates the level of knowledge and ability. So people have learned more and they've passed exams, things like that. And that's just helpful for organizations trying to figure out where to slot people, how many people of what knowledge and what level they need.
And I think what was also nice about his approach is he saw Six Sigma early on as flexible, that you provide the tools needed for the effort, and that made DMAIC a great structure to be an umbrella for other tools, other methods from the world of quality not just lean. But there are a lot of fathers of quality out there. I wish there more mothers of quality. But …
And I think what was also nice about his approach is he saw Six Sigma early on as flexible, that you provide the tools needed for the effort, and that made DMAIC a great structure to be an umbrella for other tools, other methods from the world of quality not just lean. But there are a lot of fathers of quality out there.
Tracy O'Rourke: Me too!
Elisabeth Swan: I know. We're working on it. But anyway, we are indebted to him. So we want to just thank him.
Tracy O'Rourke: Yes. Thank you, Mikel Harry for all of your contributions for putting a path forward for many people in continuous improvement. We appreciate all of your contributions. And we're going to miss him.
Elisabeth Swan: We are. We are going to miss him.
So Tracy, what happens when you let sailors out of the box?
Tracy O'Rourke: Well, it's – a lot can happen as a matter of fact. And in this particular situation, we had some Navy officers and sailors go through Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training. And these officers were specifically working on the aircraft carrier, USS George Washington, and they are using Lean Six Sigma practices to improve work flow, do the changes that have occurred during the years, and also looking to improve processes to reduce inventory loss and become more efficient with offloading equipment. So, awesome job, Navy.
And I will say that in my experience in working at San Diego State and UCSD, we actually do have quite a few Navy people coming through the programs and it's really exciting to see some of the projects that they're working on. I had a Navy Seal dive instructor in my class recently who wanted to reduce variation on how the dive instructors were passing of failing Navy Seals. And so, that was just a really interesting process and project to see. And so many others.
I also had another Navy officer come through who needed to reduce the cycle time or lead time on deployments for missions. And of course, me just asking questions because that's what we do. So what kinds of missions? And he said to me, "Well, if I tell you, I'd have to kill you."
Elisabeth Swan: Again, a little bit danger makes it interesting.
Tracy O'Rourke: A little bit of danger. So I didn't ask those kinds of questions anymore.
Elisabeth Swan: You're a wise woman. You're listening to the Just-In-Time Café Podcast. I'm Elisabeth Swan speaking here with Tracy O'Rourke. Up next, it's Tools of the Trade.
Tools of the Trade: Storytelling at Work by Mitch Ditkoff
Tracy O'Rourke: So what makes you think stories aren't just for bedtime anymore, Elisabeth?
Elisabeth Swan: Well, it's because I read this month's book which is called Storytelling at Work. And that's by Mitch Ditkoff. He is an author, a public speaker, innovation consultant, and he realized through the writing of his book that stories play a huge role in his work and his life.
And first off, I would say it's 265 pages but I read it in two sittings, or lyings, since you know I do my reading at 3AM. Yes. And the structure – I know. No, actually it's interesting to me. The structure makes it easy to pick up anywhere. It's individual stories. And at the end of each, he talks about what he took away.
So, each incident either moved him or shifted his thinking in some way. And he has worked with big time Fortune 100 companies. He has worked with AT&T, Pfizer, Pricewaterhouse, which he mentions throughout of where he has brought storytelling in. But it's a reminder that we live in this world of facts and data, process improvement. He has brought in sort of the improvement and design and innovation side of it. But it's even more critical to bring our right side of our brains, our stories into the work. That's what people hear. That's what they remember. It's what makes a difference for them.
But it's even more critical to bring our right side of our brains, our stories into the work. That's what people hear. That's what they remember. It's what makes a difference for them.
So I love that after each story, he asks us, the reader, kind of provocative questions like what are you not doing? What questions should you be answering with no instead of yes? Really makes you sit in and think a bit about it. So I love that about it.
How about you, Tracy? What did you get out of it?
Tracy O'Rourke: I really enjoyed the book immensely and I love the stories. I love the format of his stories too. I think sometimes – well, for me anyways, I have lots of stories but I don't have them written down and I haven't fine-tuned them and I haven't really thought through many of the stories that I have over my life both personally and professionally.
So what really struck me is he has roughly what, 38 stories in here that he shares, and I love the format of the so-what and now-what. At the end of every story, he basically says, "Well, so what? That's my story. But so what?" What does that mean? And he goes into what that meant for him and then what next. And that's when he had that provocative question as you mentioned, Elisabeth.
And it really – they're great questions. And every time I read one of those questions, I had this surge of many stories that I probably could articulate to answer that question. And so, after the end of this book, I sat there thinking that I have so many untold stories that could help others learn Lean Six Sigma, that could help others apply things when things got challenging where I've seen projects, project teams fail and then overcome failure and be successful that I'm not telling.
And so, it was a true inspiration to really think about what are the stories that I'm not telling that could help others learn based on what I do for a living. So I really, really enjoyed it immensely.
And the other thing is, how many other people feel exactly like me? They have thousands of stories that are being untold and listening to stories is so much more inspirational than listening to facts and data for many. They say that that is one way humans have communicated since the dawn of time, which is telling stories. And now in this age, it's almost forgotten a little bit because we're so focused on data and facts and that this art is being lost even.
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah.
Tracy O'Rourke: So I really enjoyed the book and it really made me have a paradigm shift in how I'm communicating with people not just in my personal life but professionally with students and with learners and with our audience.
Elisabeth Swan: And I think you probably have the same experience that I do at the end of a workshop or when you look at comments after a webinar. What you hear are people saying, "I really like the stories. I really appreciate the examples," which are mini stories. So we're getting that feedback all the time.
Tracy O'Rourke: We do, yes. And you're absolutely right. So they are just proof that yes, this is a wonderful way to communicate and for people to understand and learn.
So you're listening to the Just-In-Time Café Podcast. I'm Tracy O'Rourke. In just a short while, we're going to hear Elisabeth's interview with Mitch Ditkoff about storytelling. But first, it's a Special Request, the Q&A from one of our subscribers.
Special Request
Elisabeth Swan: Tracy, here is a question from one of our subscribers. How do you fire a project sponsor?
Tracy O'Rourke: How do you fire a project sponsor? That is a great question. And unfortunately, I really hope nobody has to have that situation because you would hope that a sponsor would do what they should be doing for a project leader or a project team. And I really empathize with the person that is actually even pondering this question because it's not a great place to be.
So, there are lots of ways that you could fire a project sponsor. I would even say, are you sure? That's the first question. Are you sure this isn't working out? Is it really just because they don't know what to do or is it because they are just not – they know what to do but they are not doing it. You're just not getting the support that you need.
So, I really just start to think through some of those things and making sure that you have a conversation with the sponsor first to make sure that there is an understanding there. But if it's multiple iterations that the sponsor has failed in terms of support then yeah, I think that finding another sponsor that might be more well-suited for the project is a good approach.
Elisabeth, what do you think?
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah. This one is tough because once again, you always want to ask, what's the situation here? I can't just give blind advice. But if as you say there are multiple efforts and they've really failed, one method I've seen worked is approach the sponsor with the idea of offloading this time-consuming work of sponsoring a project to someone with more bandwidth. I love that corporate term. What's your bandwidth? Everyone doesn't – everyone has limited bandwidth.
So appeal to the idea that they're probably overloaded and could use a break. And that might just be a good way to lay open the opportunity for that person to opt out and let somebody else step in. So it might be just a graceful way to bring that about. I don't know. What do you think?
So appeal to the idea that they're probably overloaded and could use a break. And that might just be a good way to lay open the opportunity for that person to opt out and let somebody else step in. So it might be just a graceful way to bring that about. I don't know. What do you think?
Tracy O'Rourke: Yeah, I think that's a good approach is just to say, "I'm actually discovering that this person might be a better sponsor and here are some of the reasons why." And hopefully, it's related to the project as well. I mean they are in a better position or they have more time just as you say. I think that's a great way to switch out a sponsor.
Up next, it's Todays' Special, which is Elisabeth's interview with Mitch Ditkoff, CEO of Idea Champions who once asked, "What would Santa do?" Elisabeth, do you know the answer to that?
Elisabeth Swan: Yes. That is one of Mitch's great stories of how he managed to drum up work by visiting past clients in the guise of Santa Claus. I felt like it was Santa-bombing. He Santa bombed his clients, which was ultimately successful. So, Mitch has won Innovation Blogger of the Year two years running. In this interview, we delved into his favorite stories and more. So coming next.
Tracy O'Rourke: I am all ears for this interview.
Today's Special: Interview with Mitch Ditkoff, President of Idea Champions
Elisabeth Swan: Welcome everybody to Today's Special. Today, I am speaking with Mitch Ditkoff. Mitch is co-founder and President of Idea Champions, an innovation consulting and training company that was founded in 1987. He is the author of the two award-winning books, Awake at the Wheel and Storytelling at Work.
He is creator of Conducting Genius, one of the few brainstorm facilitation trainings in the world, Innovation Blogger of the Year, two years running. He is co-founder of Face the Music, the first interactive corporate blues band, creator of Free the Genie, a deck of innovative sparkling cards, creator of Wisdom Circles, small group storytelling sessions.
He lives half the year in Woodstock, New York and half the year in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. And I like that he has asked more than 10,000 people where and when they get their best ideas.
So, in the interest of total transparency, I had to say that I worked for Mitch at Idea Champions for about a year, about two decades ago. And recently, I was searching for some good creativity quotes and I found what seemed like the best collection that I had ever seen and when I looked to see what website I had stumbled on, it was Idea Champions. So I saw that Mitch had written a book about storytelling at work. I bought immediately and here we are.
So, Mitch, Storytelling at Work, which I told you I love is a series of short stories where you were moved or resulted in a shift in your thinking which is a really nice model. You can pick that book up anywhere and it's a – and happen upon a teaching moment.
Do you have a favorite of those stories or is there a new one that took place after the book came out that you wish you had included or been able to?
Mitch Ditkoff: Great question. I do have some favorites in the book and I'm in the process of writing a follow-up book. So another wave of stories are being written and articulated. In that book, it depends on my mood. But one that really stands out was the story of the Afghani cab driver and the $250 million salty snack food. Is this a time to tell it or should I …
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah, yeah. No, go ahead so our listeners can hear.
Mitch Ditkoff: OK. I'll keep it real simple. I was working as an outside consultant for General Mills trying to help them come up with an idea for a $250 million salty snack food that was not a potato chip. And I get into cab in the morning to go to their headquarters to set up the room and begin the day and meet with their product development people.
On the ride over, I noticed that my cab driver has a very long name on the dashboard with lots of consonants and no syllables. It dawned on me that he was probably from another country. So I casually asked him where he was from and he paused and then he said, "Afghanistan." That was a time when we were deeply immersed in the Afghanistan war and I had a moment in the backseat where I was like, "Oh my God! I've got a cab driver who probably hates Americans and I'm a businessman riding in the backseat being taken to a fancy headquarters. This is not going to go well.
And I had to choose whether to continue talking with him or just kind of invert and look my notes. And I decided to engage him. And I asked him a very simple question. How is it that he came to live in America? And he told me the story of how he was walking in the mountains with his daughter. She was ten. She stepped on a landmine and there was a big explosion.
There was obviously a big injury and he went – he ripped his shirt off. He tied it around her bleeding leg as a tourniquet and went looking for medical help. There was no medical help because everybody had bailed out of the area. It was such a bombed out area. And he spent basically three days wandering the countryside being taken care of by villagers tending to her, her sleeping in and out of consciousness.
Finally, he stumbles across an outpost of male clinic nurses who take her in, save her life, fly her to Minnesota, to the clinic there where they then fly him and his wife the following day to be with his daughter for the surgery. She spends a year in rehabilitation. She is fitted for a prosthetic leg, etc. He decides to stay in America.
And at that moment, we arrived at the headquarters of General Mills. And I am in an authored state listening to this man's story. He has totally taken me out of my normal mindset as I prep for a brainstorming session and I had been transported to another world with this man and we bonded big time as he really revealed everything about that moment in great detail. I get out of the car to pay him. We hugged. We bowed to each other.
I had been transported to another world with this man and we bonded big time as he really revealed everything about that moment in great detail.
I go into the building with its marbled desk and its tiles floors and its fancy décor and go up to the room where I'm going to lead a session. And I had to decide, am I going to tell the story to everyone to begin the day or do I just dismiss it as a curious surreal beginning of my day that it has no effect on anyone else? So that was my moment of truth like do I stuff it or do I change gears and tell the story of how I got to this room this morning?
And I decided to go for it. I told the story. The room was filled with a bunch of millennials, hyper-caffeinated, texting, distracted people. And it was a risk for me to tell that story because it's not something they were expecting to hear and it's certainly not one that was conventional.
And why I'm telling you this now, Elisabeth, and why I included it in my book is I saw a monumental change in that room. That story moved them from their head to their heart, from thinking to feeling, from being scattered to being completely present. And it dawned on me at that moment how powerful it is for any of us to come out of the closet and tell our stories to each other that they make a real difference. We did the work that day. We did the work of ideating salty snack food products, which was kind of a funny addition to how the day began.
But what I noticed was the change of mindset, the change of receptivity, the change of vulnerability, the feeling of community and connection in that room. And all of it was bared or sparked by the story that I told.
But what I noticed was the change of mindset, the change of receptivity, the change of vulnerability, the feeling of community and connection in that room. And all of it was bared or sparked by the story that I told.
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah.
Mitch Ditkoff: That's just one of the reasons why I'm so into the storytelling thing these days especially in organizations.
Elisabeth Swan: So that's huge. And for someone that also works in front of groups, that shift you just talked about is huge and that we all are dealing with very distracted, inattentive people based on the way people live now. It has nothing to do with us personally. And I know you know that too. So that is a great teach point for me too, this feeling like what is that story? How do we bring presence into the room? Because without it, even if it's just salty snack foods, you can't get to the real work. And I like that a lot. That was great.
Another thing that struck me reading your stories was something you called tacit knowledge that companies have a treasured trove of information that is constantly walking out the door when employees leave. So can you say more about how storytelling can help stem that tide of knowledge loss?
Mitch Ditkoff: Absolutely. I'll begin with the phrase "tacit knowledge" which is really a mean for the most difficult to communicate essence of what a person knows called wisdom, even beyond knowledge. And that is something that years ago when people work with a master tradesmen let's say, in a gill and they wanted to learn the craft of being a jeweler or silversmith or a carpenter or a builder of any kind. You work side by side with that master tradesman and learn by a kind of osmosis process.
You weren't given a YouTube video to watch. You weren't given an instruction manual. Often, you weren't even told what to do. It's like just work alongside the master and get it in your bones, in yourselves in a way that communicate some great level of skill and ability that is not easily communicable in language or certainly in the classic ways in which training happens these days in the world.
So tacit knowledge often goes out the door when people leave an organization, they've been there for years. They take with them all of this buried wisdom of how things get done, how things work, the heart to communicate essence of that organization, the culture, the real mastery and mystery of making miracles, stories although they are codified. And one thing about tacit knowledge is that it's not codefiable. So you can't turn it into a book per se or a manual.
They take with them all of this buried wisdom of how things get done, how things work, the heart to communicate essence of that organization, the culture, the real mastery and mystery of making miracles, stories although they are codified.
But stories at least in the oral tradition have a way of delivering essence, have a way of delivering a deeply held knowing or knowledge that is not easily communicated but the story becomes the conveyor of that wisdom or that knowledge.
So while technically speaking, storytelling is not tacit knowledge because tacit knowledge cannot be put into words, if you're going to put something into word, I do believe based on the last 25 years of working with organizations that the form in which the words take, a story is the most powerful way to transfer knowledge.
Elisabeth Swan: And do you work with groups to try to get at those essential stories?
Mitch Ditkoff: I do. I do. And that's the hokey pokey. Because at the higher octave of what I'm on to, you might call it eternal wisdom and there are very few companies who are calling me and saying, "Oh, I heard you were the eternal wisdom guy." Usually, it's like, "Oh, you're the creative thinking guy or you're the innovation guy." OK. I can start there. But when it's time to deliver results and how you get people out of their mind and out of their habits and out of their routines and into a space of fresh thinking, that's where the stories come in.
And I try to find ways to weave the storytelling into sessions I do even if the session is not called a storytelling session. And they are often not.
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah.
Mitch Ditkoff: It would be called applied innovation or culture of innovation or breakthrough thinking. That's fine. That's the what. But the how where the real bang for the buck often is above and beyond the techniques that I teach and the facilitation skills that I have is in the telling of the story and then the unpacking or the deconstructing of the stories so that the listeners get the essence of what's hiding in the story and then apply it to their own life.
But the how where the real bang for the buck often is above and beyond the techniques that I teach and the facilitation skills that I have is in the telling of the story and then the unpacking or the deconstructing of the stories so that the listeners get the essence of what's hiding in the story and then apply it to their own life.
Elisabeth Swan: I know people in the knowledge management field and I feel like this is a little more of the magic dust that is not part of creating a manual, trying to just log information straight because the stories are so much more compelling. So, you're on to something here. I think this is great. And I feel like it really could help that whole field. We'll come back to that.
You've got – you have a lot of great quotes as I initially discovered having rediscovered you through quotes. You talked about listening and you observe what you call conversational endurance, which is such an apt phrase. And I have another colleague who called it – his phrase was, "The opposite of talking isn't listening, it's waiting to talk." Isn't that great?
So, this is all too true. So, one of your stories that also shifted my thinking which is to treat stories like fine pieces of music, which is such a great way of framing it, that we should listen to them over and over. Can you say more about that?
Mitch Ditkoff: Absolutely. Well, this goes way back to my father who was a great storyteller and it's really how he communicated working new to me. But as an adolescent or even as a young adult, I would often respond to his telling of a story with the eye roll and the, "Dad, you told me that story 20 times. Here we go again." It's like enough already with the story.
But it took until my early 50s to wise up and realize that there was something in his stories that were amazingly deep and amazingly memorable and amazingly meaningful. If I could just pull away from that father-son kind of reactive mode and really get the fact that in those stories were nuggets very gold, pieces of wisdom that were communicated via story that I would have a treasure trove of insight and wisdom to get.
So at that point, once I finally understood that, I began to listen to his stories in the same way that I listen to Mozart or Beethoven. You don't just listen to Beethoven's Night once or a sonata once or a favorite Beatles song once. They don't – it's like, "I already heard it yesterday. I've already heard Sgt. Peppers. Please get over it." Those songs or Neil Young's Harvest Moon, you could listen to them forever because every time you hear them, it puts you in a kind of a mode or a mindset, it shifts you, you feel something, it reminds you of something. And that's what stories can do especially when stories are told well.
Elisabeth Swan: That helped me in – I didn't even realize I was using stories in my work when I was training and running workshops until evals would come back and I'd see again and again, "Oh, such a good story. The stories really helped."
Mitch Ditkoff: Yeah.
Elisabeth Swan: And there were moments where I thought, "Oh, I've used that story so many times. I need to retire it." But then I'd think but it was great. It really told that point. It made that – so I said, "Well, maybe what I need to do is refine it. Work on it. Treat it like you're saying, the piece of music and give it its due. Don't make it wrought. Don't let it be wrought."
Mitch Ditkoff: Exactly. And Elisabeth, your discovery and mine are very, very similar because five years ago, somebody asked me what I did for a living. And I opened my mouth and I said kind of my can wrap, it sounded like a can wrap. Maybe to them it sounded good but to me it was like, "Oh please, that's my vaguest act." I've said that so many times. And they kept looking at me and I kept thinking like, "What do I do?" And after they left, I got really curious to think about what do I really do? I know what I say I did but what do I really do if you left the curtain a little bit? And what about what I do works?
And I started to kind of pull it apart, almost like the periodic table of elements. Think about all the pieces of the pie when I lead a workshop or run a training or do a keynote, what actually is that composed of that gets people into a space where they go, "That was great. Everyone should go through this." And I realized, of all the things I know how to do and all the things I like to do, the biggest, most powerful memorable response was when I told a story.
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah.
Mitch Ditkoff: And then it was like the white arrow and the FedEx logo.
Elisabeth Swan: Which I just found. I just found based on you.
Mitch Ditkoff: Isn't that great?
Elisabeth Swan: Yes.
Mitch Ditkoff: So that's a perfect example. That's a background and foreground shift. That arrow has been in the logo ever since it was created. Most people never see it. It's the white space. It's the negative space. Their mind goes to what's obvious, the colors, the shapes, and so forth. They missed the arrow which was built in by the designer to represent forward movement because that's what FedEx does.
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah.
Mitch Ditkoff: And in our communications, certainly yours as you just acknowledged it and mind as well, that hidden arrow, one way of defining that hidden arrow can be the stories that we tell to make the point or reinforce the message or to set things up. And many years later, Elisabeth, when people seek you out or they find you, they may say, "Oh, I remember the story you told about whatever."
Elisabeth Swan: Yeah.
Mitch Ditkoff: But they don't, "I remember your PowerPoint show or I remember your handouts or whatever."
Elisabeth Swan: Right. Sadly no. Yeah, there's phrase you actually used for yourself that I think is very apt. You could yourself an Innovation Provocateur, and I think that sums you up, Mitch. So tell me what's next for you. What are your latest interests?
Mitch Ditkoff: Well, my latest interest is this topic and finding a way to get this power storytelling out into the world. And I'm certainly not the only one doing it. There's a long history going all the way back to the Stone Age. And there are some really great people that are on to this topic. I'm adding my flavor to it.
But to find a way to get companies that are interested in innovation and change and creative thinking to understand the power of storytelling towards that end. So I'm looking for ways to translate what I know into ways that clients or companies see the value and are willing to devote some time and some money to make it real. So that's one thing.
But to find a way to get companies that are interested in innovation and change and creative thinking to understand the power of storytelling towards that end.
And the second thing, the flip side of the coin because that's the group thing, that's the organizational, the flipside of the coin is my work with individuals in a service which I'm calling Follow Your Muse, which is on-on-one usually over the phone and it's for anybody with a powerful idea, a powerful vision, a powerful creative impulse who feels that they need a coach, a mentor, some way to get it out of their head and into the world, then I'm playing that role for people. I've done that with clients.
I'm doing it for people that are not organizational people. And that includes what you might call the cultural creatives or people that are entrepreneurs without a big budget behind them, powerful idea they want to see manifest but they keep spinning their wheels. That's the other piece of it as well.
Elisabeth Swan: Nice. Great. Great guidance. And then just as a wrap-up, aside from stumbling upon your site while looking for good quotes, how can people find you online?
Mitch Ditkoff: Well, there are two ways. There is MitchDitkoff.com, which is my own personal website. And then there is IdeaChampions.com, and that's the company I started and you worked with for a while. Those are probably the two best places and my blogs and other related social media platforms will all be accessible via either one of those sites.
Elisabeth Swan: Awesome. And thank you, Mitch. It has been such a pleasure reconnecting and I look forward to more connections.
Mitch Ditkoff: Thank you, Elisabeth. I appreciate you inviting me into this.
Elisabeth Swan: Goodbye everybody. Thank you for tuning in today to the Just-In-Time Café. Please tune again next month when we have a whole new slew of apps and books and great folks to talk to. Take care everybody.
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by Sarup Banskota on Wednesday, January 8, 2014
- Section
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- Session type
- BoF Meet
- Technical level
- Intermediate
Participate in a discussion on how designer's thought process can be tracked to create breakthroughs in design education and identifying design talent.
Demo of GlitterGallery; and a pitch about my thoughts on how designers can share their thinking process, how those looking to learn design could learn better.
Bring out ideas & suggestions to do this the best possible way. I've written more here:
An interest in design, and a love for designers.
And just to get the context, you may want to read these two blogposts - I would add them to the links section, but it's fetching the entire content and looks ugly.
GSoC Wrapup: Introducing GlitterGallery
Speaker bio
19, co-author of GlitterGallery, writing this proposal in class.
At college, I help run the tech{know}logy club where juniors catch up with web awesomeness and spread design love! Former intern at Cleartrip with the Product Design team, currently with Fedora design.


text: This easy chick craft is perfect for younger kids to make as an Easter or spring craft. The big sponge is perfect for little hands to hold and the printing is super easy for them to do. I think it would make a great cover for an Easter card too! My daughter made these as a preschooler and loved doing so, they're super cute and really cheerful!


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The Best Comedy Shows About Big Families
List Rules Vote up your favorite sitcoms and TV comedies that center around a large family with lots of members.
Large families are the perfect subjects to create sitcom gold. The best big family comedy shows feature diverse characters bickering about everyday issues with hilarious results. This is a list of the greatest comedy shows about big families including everything from The Brady Bunch to Everybody Loves Raymond to Home Improvement.
What sitcoms will you find on this list of the TV comedies about large families? Not all of these shows are live-action - just look at the animated antics of The Simpsons. Besides the famous residents of 742 Evergreen Terrace - Homer, Marge, and kids Bart, Lisa, and Maggie - the extended Simpsons family is also featured in many episodes. Modern Family is another funny show about a big family filled with love and laughter. Other series featured on this list include The Addams Family, Malcolm in the Middle, and Full House.
Which sitcom makes you feel like you are part of the family? Give your favorite shows a thumbs up to move them to the top of the list, and please add any good series that are missing. Then, be sure to check out our list of funny family movies.


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Monday, August 1, 2011
Hanging up the beer goggles...
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later. After four long years of being hip deep in the whole craft beer scene... I've burned out.
In the last few days I've resigned all of my duties as the Mad Man of Beer (i.e., Beer Tap TV, Lower Front Range columnist for the Rocky Mountain Brewing News, Colorado Springs Beer Examiner, this blog, etc. and so on) and will be going on a very long hiatus. Might be permanent, might not. Who knows. It's been fun... now it's not, and when something stops being fun you know it's time to move on.
I'll be out there in cyberspace floating around, and I'll still be drinking great craft beers in all my favorite local watering holes, so if you see me... don't be shy. ;)
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- Representation of St. Mary's Hospital, Passaic, New Jersey, through its Chapter 11 reorganization.
- Representation of the Indenture Trustee for ten industrial revenue bond issues totaling over $1.2 billion, largest unsecured creditor on the official unsecured creditors committee, in the American Airlines bankruptcy.
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Marita Erbeck routinely represents trustees, creditors and debtors in a range of corporate restructurings and Chapter 11 proceedings. Market sources praise her as 'responsive, client-centric and practical,' adding that 'she demonstrates business savvy.'
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Marita Erbeck is a rising star in the practice area and advises clients on matters including corporate reorganizations, out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy litigation. Sources say she is 'a terrific attorney who demonstrates a very broad and practical understanding of bankruptcy law and all the dos and don'ts' and that 'she is commercially-minded and easy-to-work with.'
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Took a ride to Barcelona – what a wonderful city! Since i first came here in 2007 it has definitely become one of the most favourite places to visit and has it's place in my heart and in my top10 most visited cities as well!
gorgeous Barcelona Cathedral that is seen from pretty much any spot of the cityeverything is very clean for such a big city – and colorfulPicasso museumthe view from wonderful Terrassa Solariumbest seafood ever


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(Thanks to Travel with Grant for this…)
One of the easiest ways to generate minimum spends (or earn a bunch of points on the Chase Ink Bold card) was to buy $500 gift cards at Office Depot. If you used the Ink Bold you'd earn 5X points, and the $500 cards cost only $4.95, so you were getting 2,500 Ultimate Rewards points for $5, which is a really solid deal (there are about 137,241 posts out there about how to use those gift cards to fund Bluebird accounts to pay bills…)
Then a couple of months ago, those cards disappeared from Office Depot, leading to widespread dispair across the points-nerd-o-sphere.
Well, despair no more because as Grant has found (at least at his local Office Depot), those $500 cards are back. I'll run out and check today in Manhattan, but I'm curious if anyone else has seen these in their local stores.


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We're all harmonizers here. We all love Fifth Harmony and want to see them stay together and make beautiful music together forever. They are all worth it after all.
But we wanted to have a deep chat with you guys about your feelings and give you the chance to give your opinions on some questions which a bunch of people have been asking.
#Harmonizerrealtalk Do you think @FifthHarmony will stay together for another album?
— Maximum Pop! (@maximumpop) August 31, 2016
We got a massive response from this one and the answers were quite mixed, which justified the need for this poll. We Harmonizers are confused.
So then we decided to delve even further into the Harmonizer physique and discover what they thought about individual members.
#Harmonizerrealtalk If @FifthHarmony were to break up, who do you think would be the first to leave? pic.twitter.com/ulu72usu9G
— Maximum Pop! (@maximumpop) August 31, 2016
Looks like a lot of people support either Lauren or Camila, but the overwhelming majority just don't want them to break up full spot. WHICH MAKES US SO HAPPY!
Lastly, just because, we wanted to find out your fave 5H song.
#Harmonzerrealtalk Which is @FifthHarmony's best song?
— Maximum Pop! (@maximumpop) August 31, 2016
And it's conclusive. Work From Home is THE JAM!
Tweet us @maximumpop if you have any #Harmonizerrealtalk questions you want us to ask.
You can also find all of Fifth Harmony and the individual members' usernames in our Snapchat Directory, as well as thousands of other stars.


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The order was made on 25 September 2009, dividing the matrimonial assets as to 47.5% to the wife and 52.5% to the husband. The subsequent events were:
1. The death of the wife on 4 November 2009;
2. The discovery by the husband that his business insurance may not cover a substantial claim for damages; and
3. The avoidance of the policy by the husband's insurers, leaving his business liable for the claim.
The husband claimed that (1) constituted a Barder event and that (2) and (3) showed that the parties and the court entered into the order on the basis of mistake, or alternatively that they constituted a Barder event.
Giving the leading judgment, Lord Justice Munby found in respect of the three matters:
1. That the death of the wife was not a Barder event, as: "the wife, by her labours over many years, both as a wife and as the husband's active business partner, had earned her equal share in the matrimonial assets" - the amount awarded to her was not referable to her needs or to her future expectation of life (paragraph 20).
2. That the possibility of the insurance not covering the amount of the claim was something that the husband ought to have known, and therefore this part of his claim failed (paragraph 38).
3. That the husband was entitled to assume that he was covered by the policy, and that therefore: "the revelation in December 2009 that the insurer had avoided the policy is a vitiating event which in principle entitles him to relief" (paragraph 55). Lord Justice Munby agreed with Lord Justice Thorpe and Lord Justice Rimer (who gave concurring judgments) that the 'vitiating event' was a 'mistake' rather than a Barder event. Lord Justice Munby also entirely agreed with the "powerful observations" of Thorpe LJ (at paragraph 86):
"Cases in which a Barder event, as opposed to a vitiating factor, can be successfully argued are extremely rare, should be regarded by the specialist profession as exceedingly rare, and should not be thought to be extendable by ingenuity or the lowering of the judicially created bar."
Having found in favour of the husband on point (3), Lord Justice Munby then went on to grant him relief by dividing the potential liability equally between the parties


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"Borinboresi" is the Nankani expression for the traditional women's art of painting murals in Ghana's Nankani area. Christianization and the growing influence of Western culture are threats to this art form practised by small women's collectives. Dance and music are important parts of the art of mural painting: they appeal to the sensory and the emotional level and shape the memory of the women participating.
The film Bonboresi shows the building and painting of a traditional clay house, a community centre where the women plan to run training and educational events. This is a further step towards improving their social standing. The film focuses on social and ethical aspects and on the importance of handing down cultural values from one generation of women to the next.


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Prior to starting my real estate career in 2015, I worked as a Legal Assistant in one of the top leading law firms in Canada for almost 20 years. This experience taught me a great deal about work ethic, accuracy, attention to detail and working under strict timelines.
Being married with young adult children, and especially being in between adult children and elderly parents, it challenges me to be the best Realtor I can be by constantly educating myself in new ways. As such, I have recently received my Seniors Real Estate Specialist® (SRES) designation allowing me greater experience in navigating seniors in our community through the difficult task of downsizing, and I eagerly look forward to every opportunity to apply my skills.
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