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Commentary on "Lisp is Sin"
I had great fun reading Sriram Krishnan's essay "Lisp is Sin" last week. Sriram works at Microsoft, so it was interesting to see some of his comments, particularly with regards to C# and how it compares with some Lisp features.
A couple things struck me. First, Sriram writes:
After looking at Norvig's implementation of memoization in his book, I set out today to do the same in C# 2.0. Here's what I wound up with after 10 minutes.public delegate TReturn Function<TParam, TReturn>(TParam param); static Function<TParam, TReturn> Memoize<TParam, TReturn> (Function<TParam, TReturn> func) { Dictionary<TParam,TReturn> memoDict = new Dictionary<TParam,TReturn>(); return delegate(TParam arg) { TReturn result = default(TReturn); if(memoDict.ContainsKey(arg)) { result = memoDict[arg]; } else { result = func(arg); memoDict[arg] = result; } return result; }; }
Is it as pretty as the Lisp counterpart? Probably not. But I'm willing to bet that a lot more developers will be able to understand this since this is in a programming language they understand well. And it gets the job done in most cases.
The final paragraph sums up a lot of Lisp vs. something-else dynamic. Smug Lisp Weenies read that paragraph and think, "So what. Learn to use the best tool." And they're partially right. If I built houses for a living, it would be so much better to learn about screwdrivers than to keep pounding in screws with a hammer, just because that's all I know and I want everything to look like a nail.
Where Smug Lisp Weenies fail is that they often don't provide much information for a newbie trying to learn. Fortunately, that seems to be changing.
The second point that struck me about the essay were the comments that followed it. It is amazing that with all the growth in Lisp awareness fueled by Paul Graham and Joel Spolsky recently, people still fail to see the advantages of Lisp. They take one look at the parentheses and head for the door.
Now, Smug Lisp Weenies often just roll their eyes and fail to educate as to why Lisp is better. Being new to the Smug Lisp Weenie order, let me break with tradition and try to share my experience.
- Lisp is actually the most simple programming language I have ever learned. Bar none. And I have learned more than a few. The core of the language itself could be specified in just a page or two. Yes, really. If you don't believe me, go read my comments on John McCarthy's original paper describing, Lisp, Recursive Functions of Symbolic Expressions and Their Computation by Machine (Part I).
- Everything else in Lisp is a library. Learning a library in one language is basically the same as learning a library in another language. The core of common Lisp could be nearly as small as the core of Scheme (identically small?), but Common Lisp packs a larger standardized library (essentially the functionality of many of the Scheme SRFIs). The main difference between Common Lisp and Scheme is one of heritage: Common Lisp was evolved and Scheme was designed. Common Lisp carries 40 years of baggage. Scheme was able to buff-off some rough spots. If I was designing Lisp again from scratch, I'd probably take Scheme as a core and then add back in a bunch of good ideas from Common Lisp, resulting in something that looks a lot like Common Lisp, but with Scheme's cleaner lines. (Honestly, I love Scheme, too. I think a 50-page spec is pretty cool.)
- Everybody balks at the parentheses. Don't. Honestly, they're weird for about a week and then you start to see them as a virtue, not a vice. In fact, I love the parentheses now. Yep, read that again slowly. I love the parentheses. It isn't just that they fade into the background such that you don't see them. The parentheses help drive Lisp's ultra-powerful code = data dynamic, enabling a macro system far superior to any of the simplistic template languages in C++. They allow smart editors to easily move around s-expressions. In short, they're great.
In any case, Sriram's essay made me chuckle. It was a good piece of writing from the point of view of somebody struggling with whether to commit or not. Some of the comments also made clear that Lisp's status as a Secret Weapon™ is safe for some time to come.
I'm just touching on the surface of Lisp. I've never programmed before.
What parenthesis do for me is that they allow me to think in graphical representations of boxes. Which makes it real easy to think in data, function, macro-structures.
To me it is the most visual language that I have seen and therein lies the beauty. At least for me.
Everyone claims that Scheme is the cleaner language, and most who try to design a new Lisp dialect start from something like Scheme. I don't understand that. I think the fundamental design decisions in Common Lisp are better than in Scheme, especially the preference for multiple namespaces (which introduces some redundancy but makes programming more straightforward, IMHO). Another good starting point for a new dialect could be ISLISP, which is much closer to, but also much smaller than, Common Lisp at the same time. Another of those mysteries, the fact that ISLISP is so underrated...
Good article. Another great thing about parentheses is that you can use structured editing packages to cut, kill, and move through whole expressions. There's none of this clumsy "delete the rest of this line" business. Instead, you can think of each expression as representing a concept in your program, and you can treat that concept as a first-class object - to be killed, yanked, or simply moved past. Plus, the regular syntax makes it easy for editors to do phenomenally good indenting.
I took a look at the original "Lisp is Sin" article and compared the code to the code you listed and it looks as if Sriram's template syntax is getting eaten by the browser, probably because it's coming through un-meta-quoted.
Maybe you need to supply the character-entity equivalents or something? Maybe blogger has facilities for this...I don't know.
"I think the fundamental design decisions in Common Lisp are better than in Scheme"
Add a new category of Smug Common Lisp Weenie. ;)
Thanks, Anonymous. I just forgot to convert the less/greater-than signs to HTML entities. Grrr... Roll the John Wiseman tape grumbling about HTML entities...
Pascal, I'd have to sit down and think about each feature individually. I think in some cases CL got things right that Scheme didn't (macros comes to mind). I don't know that I agree with you about namespaces, however. Current CL namespaces seems like a hack. I know you don't agree and I have seen the ll1-discuss arguments between you and the MzScheme module proponents. I don't know enough about MzScheme modules to know whether they are better, but I can't help but feel that CL's namespaces are a hack. Comments made by People Who Know seem to indicate that they are indeed a hack to basically allow mutiple programs to be loaded into the same Lisp image without symbol collision.
Dave, are you talking about packages or the separation of variable and function namespaces? I got the impression Pascal was talking about the latter.
Concerning Scheme vs Common Lisp, I have to agree with Dave. I like Common Lisp, but compaired to Scheme, Common Lisp just seems dirty, like a hack. Yes there are several places where I feel Common Lisp is better, but multiple namespaces (at least as it's implemented in Common Lisp) is one of the features I feel was a really bad decision. The whole idea of functions/procedures as first class objects is undermined by the separate namespaces for functions vs. other values. Not only that, but these separate namespaces end up adding extra cruft to the language that shouldn't be needed (funcall, #', etc.) Whenever I need a funcall, or #' I wish Common Lisp were a little more like Scheme in some respects.
Bill, yes I was talking about packages. Sorry, I should have been more clear and it looks like I misread Pascal's comment. If Pascal is talking about Lisp-1 vs. Lisp-2 namespaces, then yes, I think I agree with him. Originally, I found Scheme's Lisp-1 namespaces to be more "normal" but after using Lisp-2 for a while, I have found that it's no big deal and it's sometimes a help.
I think it's not hard to see why Scheme is generally considered cleaner than Common Lisp. Ignoring the size of the languages, the design goals the languages were created with show another large difference: Scheme was created with simplicity and a small core in mind, Common Lisp had to deal with a lot of historical baggage.
Regarding designing a new Lisp dialect: Don't you think it's much easier to design and implement a [mostly] R5RS-compliant implementation of Scheme than it is to design and implement a [mostly] ANSI CL-compliant implementation of CL? Even modifying/enhancing the language while ensuring that one doesn't break the spec (unwillingly) seems a lot easier to me for Scheme than for ANSI CL, if only for the size and complexity of the specification.
I think neither solution (CL vs. Scheme) is necessarily best. When I used Scheme, I strongly disliked the renaming, leading me to think Lisp-N is good. But that said, CL could stand to use nicer syntax for cases like this.
If I was designing Lisp again from scratch, I'd probably take Scheme as a core and then add back in a bunch of good ideas from Common Lisp, resulting in something that looks a lot like Common Lisp, but with Scheme's cleaner lines.
Just another data point from someone who's not a lisper. Scheme seems to be getting a little long in the tooth. I'd really like to see an s-expr lanugage which is small and has applicative-order evaluation like Scheme, but has a modern inferencing static type system like Haskell or Omega. And I also prefer it to be purely functional/referentially transparent (again like Haskell). That would eliminate the difference between let, let*, letrec, letrec*, named let, etc., but I'm not going to insist on that idea. Type classes are also nice, so we can unify eq?, eqv?, equal?, and "=". And I want to use it as a functional language, so it should be a lisp-1 language and support automatic currying. Also, let's eliminate historically crufty names like lambda and car/cdr/progn/setf. Pretty much I'm looking for a cleaned up s-expr Ocaml/Haskell hybrid with a little bit of Joy spice sprinkled on top for flavor (take a look at the Joy language to see a cleaner/simpler language than Scheme).
It might be that I'm spoiled by many
years looking at Lisp and Scheme code,
but his memoization example is just
horrible. At a first sight I have to look for the logic
behind the code in this jungle of keywords and funny brackets.
Sigh, even Perl is less distracting.
Pascal: regarding different namespaces: it's just baroque in a language where
code *is* data and results in things
like `flet', `function' etc. It's
distracting. But I prefer Common Lisp any day over C#! :-)
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I noticed that Garold has gotten Nethack working on his XO, and put in a request for other games that he might try. I have a pretty low-end PC and grew up without video games (my parents tended to kick me outside after school), so I suck at them and wind up playing lots of the old ones. I thought I'd make a few suggestions to get everyone going.
For Roguelikes, there's -- of course -- Rogue, which is strangely addictive once you start to get the hang of how to do it. I'm also partial to Adom, because a friend of mine helped to write it.
I don't know if you could get it running, but said friend is also utterly addicted to a game called Dwarf Fortress (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/) which is also text based.
There's also Adventure (ZZYZX!) and Zork (GRUE!). And I grew up in the generation that played Oregon Trail over and over again, so there's a special place in my heart for all those damn kids who kept dying of snakebites and exposure and dysentery.
I used to have friends who were utterly addicted to TradeWars, but that one's an online BBS game, so I don't know how or if you could get it to run.
In terms of more graphical ones, I'd really, really love to see someone get Tetris working! I love Tetris.
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KHL Game Day: 3-7-10
The final day of the KHL regular season...
Astana 5 @ Dynamo Moscow 2
Johan Harju, Dynamo Moscow, 0-0-0, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 55 GP, 4-14-18, -10, 38 PIM
Harju played 8:51 in the match and was 50% on draws. Former NHLer Mattias Weinhandl scored his 26th goal of the season in the match for Dynamo. Dynamo is the 3rd seed in the KHL Western Conference. They draw 6th seed Spartak Moscow in round one of the playoffs.
Omsk 2 @ Dynamo Minsk 3
Karri Ramo, Omsk, Loss, 17/20, 3.03 GAA, .850 sv%
Season totals: 44 GP, 21-17-4, 4 SO, 2.11 GAA, .913 sv%
Ramo and Omsk have yet to win a game since the Olympic Break. Omsk is the 5th seed in the KHL Eastern Conference and will draw 4th seed Nizhnekamsk in the opening round of the playoffs.
Yulaev 6 @ Dynamo Riga 4
Martins Karsums, Dynamo Riga, 0-1-1, E, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 12 GP, 4-4-8, +7, 16 PIM
Karsums played 17:27 in the match for Riga. Marcel Hossa scored his 35th goal of the season in the match for Riga. Riga is the 8th seed in the KHL's Western Conference and draws top seed St. Petersburg to start the playoffs.
St. Petersburg 1 @ Ekaterinburg 2
Denis Kazionov, Ekaterinburg, 0-0-0, -1, 2 PIM, 2 SOG
Season totals: 51 GP, 5-3-8, -18, 20 PIM
Kazionov played 16:21 in the match for Ekateriburg. Former NHLer Alexei Yashin had St. Petersburg's only goal. Ekaterinburg defied tremendous odds to squeak past Novosibirsk by 1 point to claim the 8th and final playoff seed in the KHL's Eastern Conference. Unfortunately, that means they get juggernaut Yulaev in the first round. Good luck with that.
Mytischi 4 @ Magnitogorsk 1
Vasily Koshechkin, Magnitogorsk, Loss, 23/27, 4.45 GAA, .852 sv%
Season totals: 49 GP, 25-16-8, 8 SO, 1.96 GAA, .927 sv%
Koshechkin was lifted in the third period for backup Dimitry Voloshin. Former Lightning prospects Alexei Glukhov and Vadim Epanchintsev each had helpers in the match for Mytischi. Magnitogorsk is the 2nd seed in the KHL Eastern Conference and will face 7th seed Chelyabinsk in round one.
Yaroslavl 4 @ Kazan 1
Dmitri Kazionov, Kazan, 0-0-0, -1, 0 PIM, 0 SOG
Season totals: 52 GP, 18-9-27, +7, 18 PIM
Kazionov played 15:22 in the match. Former NHLer Josef Vasicek had his 21st goal of the season in the match for Yaroslavl. Kazan gets the 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference and draws 6th seed Astana in round one.
All Lightning prospects in Russia are on clubs that made the postseason. The playoffs begin March 11th.
Keep an eye on Harju, Koshechkin, and Ramo. All three may be targets to be signed by the Lightning once their seasons conclude.
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Every so often a shame punishment will make the headlines. The most recent case involved an Ohio woman who was ordered to wear a sign that read, "Only an idiot drives on the sidewalk to avoid a school bus." While this punishment may prevent someone from breaking the law in the future, what impact, if any, will shame have on a recipient's mental health?
"Shame is a very deep emotion that can have an incredibly negative impact," said clinical psychologist Phyllis Koch-Sheras, president of the American Psychological Association's Division of Media Psychology and Technology."If people have history where there was a lot of punishment for behavior involving shame in their childhood, it could trigger depression or anxiety that is quite severe. You think back to the depression and when some people lost their fortunes they jumped out of windows and other people it was difficult but they took it in stride. A person's reaction to shame depends on what their upbringing and associations are."
Koch-Sheras said the most severe type of shame is "psychologically toxic" shame, often caused by a complex trauma such as incest of sexual abuse, which can lead to a pathological dysfunction.
"It's also important to know the difference between embarrassment, shame and guilt," she said. "Embarrassment is usually something that can be gotten over more quickly. If you feel guilty about something, apologize and make penance, but it doesn't work that easily with shame. Shame gets to the core. It's much deeper."
Paul White, a psychologist and co-author of the book "The Five Languages of Appreciation in the Workplace," said people who are shamed often continue to blame and punish themselves long after the initial act took place.
"Shame has a deeper meaning of 'You are a bad person for having done this,'" White said. "For a lot of people, thinking they are a bad person could make it difficult to have a healthy sense of self."
Here are some tips for coping with shame:
Understand that this can be learned behavior.
"Often people are taught to shame by their parents," White said. "What may have been considered common punishments decades ago would be thought of as very emotionally damaging today. So be aware of the source of the shame. Someone's idea of 'inappropriate behavior' may just be their filter, and that may not necessarily be correct."
Koch-Sheras agreed. "Shame goes back to the earliest trauma level of development," she said. "Even when you're being toilet trained as an infant, if you are shamed by what you have done with your bodily processes then shame gets ingrained in you. If you have good, benevolent parenting you deal with these things much better."
Know the consequences.
"Most people's response to shame is to withdraw socially and that can create secondary problems, such as not having relationships, or supportive relationships or healthy relationships," White said. "And shame clearly is counter to the message of being loved and accepted. It's not possible to feel loved and shamed by the same people at the same time."
Get help.
"If a patient doesn't deal with their shame it will come out later in life and many times they won't even realize it's still causing them harm," Koch-Sheras said. "I just had this happen. A woman was pushing away her husband…and we discovered that it went back to something that had happened when she was very young. Your partner wants to support you and help you. It hurts them when you are hurting. There's nothing wrong with asking for help when you need it."
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Tubby Fired: Was it the Right Call?
Tubby Smith had his best team, signed a contract extension through the 2016-2017 season last summer, and it looked like he was going to be the guy in Minnesota for awhile until the news broke yesterday about his future.
The Gophers started the 2012-2013 season 15-1, were ranked in the top ten early in the college basketball season, and they looked like an early favorite to win it all. However, they faded, and finished the year 5-11. The Gophers then lost in the first round of the Big Ten tournament, but won a game in the NCAA tournament, and that still wasn't enough to keep Smith around.
Yesterday, CBS Sports' Jeff Goodman reported the Minnesota Golden Gophers have fired head coach Tubby Smith after six seasons in the Twin Cities. Smith was 124-81, but was 46-62 in Big Ten play. Smith guided the Gophers to 20+ wins in five of his six seasons, but never could win a Big Ten title. That is one obvious reason he got the axe.
Smith won his first NCAA tournament game this year in six seasons with the Gophers before falling to Florida yesterday in the round of 32.
This year, Smith had his best roster, and his recruiting class was finally healthy, and ready to make a run. The Gophers dominated their non-conference schedule, but once the Big Ten regular season started, they flopped. The Gophers displayed inconsistencies, and showed their inability to win big games minus their win at home against Indiana.
It was Smith's resume in Minnesota that is an obvious reason why he was fired. In six seasons, the Gophers never finished above sixth place, went 1-4 in the NCAA tournament, and didn't sign a top-100 recruit since Rodney Williams, and Royce White in 2009.
Smith couldn't get players to stay either in his program. His Top-100 recruit Royce White left for Iowa State, and Colorado State big man Colton Iversen, who was the Rams leading scorer and rebounder this past season, and led them to the second round in the NCAA tournament, left as well.
The last factor that may have played a role in the firing of Smith was Teague didn't want to "mediocre," and with the level of Big Ten play increasing, he decided a change needed to take place.
As a result, athletic director Norwood Teague didn't like the end result, so he took a different direction. A possible direction that the Gophers may go now is trying to steal Shaka Smart from VCU. The Gophers have connections, as Teague was at VCU and was responsible for the hiring of Smart. Former Minnesota Timberwolves coach Flip Saunders name has also been rumored as a possible replacement, as well.
Going into the 2013-2014 season, Minnesota will lose it two big men, Trevor Mbakwe, and Rodney Williams, but will return talented guards Austin and Andre Hollins.
The timing is the most confusing part of this whole firing, as Smith had just got a extension before the season, and it seemed like the Gophers were headed into the right direction after making it back to the NCAA tournament game, and winning a game. Obviously, though it wasn't enough for Teague, and now, a new coach will be brought in. The downside will be a new coach will have a new philosophy, will want to bring in their own recruits, and he may lose the focus of the present players that are coming back next year. This could be especially tough as the Big Ten is getting to be a strong conference, and to be a strong team, a team needs consistency.
Unfortunately for Smith, he didn't fulfill the expectations of their new athletic director Teague, and as a result, Minnesota said goodbye to Smith as their head coach. A new era may be on the rise for Minnesota Golden Gophers basketball.


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Purdue routed by No. 3 Indiana 97-60 for worst home loss in school history
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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue coach Matt Painter didn't need to sift through a boxscore or game tape to figure out what went wrong Wednesday night.
He watched his team get outhustled, outrebounded and outplayed for 40 minutes.
Cody Zeller broke out of a two-game shooting funk by scoring 19 points and grabbing 11 rebounds, helping No. 3 Indiana rout the Boilermakers 97-60 in one of the most resounding victories in the history of the 199-game series. It was Purdue's worst home loss ever, too.
"Facts are facts," Painter said. "They played harder than us, they played better than us and at the end, those guys out there were having fun. That's what it's all about, that's what happens when you play hard."
The Boilermakers (11-10, 4-4 Big Ten) were led by a pair of freshmen. A.J. Hammons scored a season-high 30 points and Ronnie Johnson added 13.
But that was about the extent of what Purdue accomplished.
It allowed a record-high point total for the Painter era and let Indiana top 94 points for the first time in this series since a 106-65 win on Jan. 28, 1992.
Only Hammons and Ronnie scored more than four points and only two other Boilermakers — Terone Johnson and Travis Carroll — had more than one basket. They each had two.
Meanwhile, Indiana shot 57.1 percent in the second half and made a season-high 12 3-pointers.
"They have a lot of weapons, so that's a hard question to answer," Carroll said when asked who Purdue tried to focus on defensively. "With Zeller being the big man inside and (Jordan) Hulls can shoot and (Christian) Watford can shoot it, there's no one real person we can look at."
That was a problem for the Boilermakers, who looked nothing like the team that came into the game with three straight home wins and four wins in five games overall.
It wasn't Indiana's most lopsided win in the series, just the biggest rout for the Hoosiers in West Lafayette. And it was no secret why the Hoosiers (19-2, 7-1 Big Ten) were able to play so well: They did virtually everything right.
Zeller was 6 of 14 from the field and made all seven free throws. He had seven offensive rebounds, two assists and two steals.
"It is kind of neat because IU has had so many great teams over the years and to be the biggest win, it's always nice to be part of history," Zeller said. "And there's always a little extra here at Purdue."
Zeller's teammates were just as good. Watford and Victor Oladipo each scored 17 points. Yogi Ferrell had 11 and Hulls finished with 10.
That was only part of the story.
Indiana seized control in the first half and never let the Boilermakers get closer than 18 in the second half. The Hoosiers forced 18 turnovers compared with only eight and went 19 of 20 from the free throw line.
"To win here, you've really got to be on top of your game and I don't just mean offensive and defensive execution," Hoosiers coach Tom Crean said. "It's attitude, it's energy, it's toughness and our guys did all of those things tonight."
Indiana has won four straight overall, five straight Big Ten road games dating to last season and three straight over the rival Boilermakers.
Zeller's resurgence, following two games in which he had a combined two baskets and 11 points, couldn't have come at a better time.
Next up for the Hoosiers is a Saturday night showdown with No. 1 Michigan, a game that will break the tie for the Big Ten lead and could dictate which team holds the top spot in next week's AP poll. The Wolverines defeated Northwestern 68-46 on Wednesday.
But that was the furthest thing from the Hoosiers' minds.
"I thought we played pretty well. It was good to see everyone working together," Zeller said. "When the ball is moving from side to side and up and down the court like that, we're a tough team."
Purdue found out the hard way.
How bad was it?
After falling behind 27-17 with 9:15 left in the first half, the Boilermakers only cut the deficit to single digits three times.
"We knew how they were going to be, we saw them on TV, we expected it," Carroll said. "We just didn't play up to it."
Indiana took advantage when Hammons and swingman D.J. Byrd went to the bench with two fouls, going on a 9-0 run to take a 10-point lead.
Painter gambled by putting both back in. With Byrd, it worked. With Hammons, it did not.
The Boilermakers' 7-foot freshman center picked up his third foul with 4:17 to go in the half, and with Hammons out, Zeller scored six points in a 13-0 run that turned the game.
Indiana put it away with a 14-1 spurt midway through the second half and Purdue couldn't get closer than 26 after that.
"I think we played with resolve, we were very authoritative on drives and our pressure defense was up and active," Crean said. "We're getting more active defensively in the Big Ten and we just keep moving the ball. I know it sounds easy, but it's not."


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text: Sally's social disconnect Published on June 11, 2012. The following conversation I overheard recently says a lot about how far most companies still have to go to become social businesses. I'll call the speaker Sally. Sally: "It's a sucky job at sucky pay, but I need it." Companion: "What do you do?" Sally: "Customer service for [a student loan company]." I tried to imagine what Sally's job is like. Every day, she drags herself to work to spend hours on the phone with customers. Many of her callers are nervous about meeting loan obligations in a down economy. Like most Americans, they regard financial services companies with attitudes ranging from suspicion to hostility. Sally has no reason to dissuade them. She hates her job and her employer. She probably also hates many of the customers she speaks to. She's cynical and helpless. She's also the company's principal customer-facing presence. We've all talked to Sallys on the phone, and we may know people like her in the office. Customer service is one of the least appreciated and most cost-controlled operations in business. Effectiveness is often measured in the number of calls processed rather than customers satisfied. That reality is out of step with the evolving thinking of business leaders. IBM's new Global CEO Study reports that "empowering employees" and "engaging customers as individuals" are two of the top three objectives identified by the 1,700 leaders interviewed. A Temkin Group survey of 255 business leaders found that almost 60% expect to deliver best-in-class customer experience within three years. They've got a long way to go. The same Temkin report said only 7% of those companies are "truly customer-centric" today. A.T. Kearney Inc. recently reported that 28 of the world's top 50 brands didn't respond to a single customer comment on their Facebook pages in 2011. In the early days of social media, many companies assigned responsibility to their marketing departments, reasoning that this was just another one-way communications channel. That decision may have been appropriate at the time, but customer conversations have become too central to the way business needs to be done. Business leaders are turning the corner in their perception of social business' potential, but they aren't yet taking their organizations with them. A March survey of 329 North American businesses by the Economist Intelligence Unit reported that more than 60% still invest primary social media responsibility in marketing and sales. Less than 6% let customer service lead the charge. Social media is no longer a channel; it's a 24/7 conversation. Until people on the front lines have the power and incentive to delight customers, the promise of social business won't be realized and there will continue to be a lot of Sallys quietly sabotaging dreams of excellence. Most Popular In this article: BtoB


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Joe DiMaggio Signed Limited-Edition LeRoy Neiman Serigraph
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Titled The DiMaggio Cut , issued in 1998, serigraph numbered "251/458," and flawlessly signed in pencil along the lower margin by both Joe DiMaggio and LeRoy Neiman (each grading "10"). Edition limited to 554 impressions (458 numbered impressions, 90 artist's proofs, and 6 printer's proofs). This is the premier art print of Joe DiMaggio and one of the most widely recognized images of the famed "Yankee Clipper." It is also one of the great Joe DiMaggo art pieces and one of the premier Neiman serigraphs. Examples are rarely seen at public auction, and remarkably this is only the second we have ever offered. DiMaggio passed away just one year after this serigraph was issued, making this one of the last premium pieces ever signed by him. The serigraph measures 38.5 x 30.75 inches (image area) and is in Near Mint to Mint condition. Beautifully and expensively double matted and framed to total dimensions of 49.5 x 43 inches. Please Note: Due to the size and/or weight of this lot, shipping costs (depending on where it is sent and its method of shipping) may be substantial. LOA from James Spence/JSA. Reserve $1,000. Estimate $3,000+. SOLD FOR $4,406
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Dealing with ankle injuries is nothing new to Roethlisberger, who played the final month of the 2011 season with a badly sprained left ankle. He is off to the best start of his career and currently ranks fourth in the NFL with a 99.9 quarterback rating for the Steelers (2-3).


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A leading provider of health insurance extends the reach and capabilities of the traditional project management office to meet the demands of new federal health care laws.
By the summer of 2011, Jim Kadela realized his company's project management office (PMO) would need to expand significantly to accommodate the profound operational and cultural changes on the horizon as a result of health care reform. Kadela serves as divisional senior vice president of Internal Operations and Financial Services at Health Care Service Corporation (HCSC)—the nation's largest customer-owned health insurance provider.
Beginning in 2014, HCSC and other health insurance companies will begin offering insurance products to individual customers through health insurance exchanges. "For HCSC, which focuses primarily on the group insurance market, this requirement represents a fundamental shift in the company's business and operating models, not to mention its culture," he says.
Kadela, charged with leading this transformation, had no illusions about the challenges ahead. "In addition to creating new insurance products for the exchange, we had to design and implement systems to support services for individual customers, including mobile and online tools for self-service, and enhanced call center systems for more traditional modes of customer support," he says. "We also had to build a system for regularly communicating with, and reporting to, the federal government."
Kadela felt that HCSC would need to adopt a different approach to managing the significant changes that would be introduced by its Affordable Care Act (ACA)-related programs and products. "We asked ourselves, 'How can we shift the focus of our project management efforts from implementing in ways that were familiar to us to implementing in new operating and regulatory environments—while simultaneously meeting our members' needs?'"
The answer, he says, lay in part in the creation of a new Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO) based on the tenets of a results management office (RMO). The office comprises a consultative, outcome-driven team that includes stakeholders, project leaders, strategists, and others from across HCSC who work to ensure that new ACA-related programs and products meet their business targets and remain focused on delivering value. "We treat this EPMO as more than just an adjunct of the project management office," says Kadela. "It is a corporate initiative that brings IT, business, human capital and others to the table to create strategies for success in our new environment."
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In the universe of organization charts, an EPMO—and the RMOs upon which they are modeled—do not replace project management offices. Rather, they complement them by providing a framework for pursuing large, complex initiatives.
A traditional PMO is largely administrative and reactive, with an emphasis on managing costs and meeting milestones to deliver a specified output. In contrast, an EPMO exerts broader strategic influence and domain authority across a domain that spans people, process, and technology. The EPMO is well positioned to anticipate and flexibly respond to evolving conditions as an initiative unfolds, while also keeping an eye on the big picture by continually asking, "Is the initiative delivering value to the business?" (See Figure 1)
Figure 1: Traditional PMO vs. Results-Focused EPMO
According to Kadela, HCSC's new EPMO is structured around three core functions:
Portfolio Management: Team members work with stakeholders and project management staff to assess the business cases for proposed projects and capabilities to identify those that support strategic initiatives and drive value. "Traditionally, project sponsors would secure funding by saying, 'Here is the solution we need and the funding to get there,'" says Kadela. "Now, they discuss their needs with EPMO team members, and the two groups work together to look for solutions that meet business needs but also deliver exceptional value and results aligned with our business strategy."
Project Management: According to Kelley Laird, a director with Deloitte Consulting LLP who worked with Kadela and his team to create and implement the EPMO, the company's project management function needed a more effective means of executing project plans and measuring results. "HCSC launched several initiatives that were designed to create consistency and to transform the PMO into an EPMO," she says.
HCSC made the following changes:
- Streamlined the project update process by implementing a new approach to the prioritization of tasks and project governance.
- Developed a predictive resource management strategy to forecast resource supply and demand more accurately.
- Enhanced portfolio transparency by redefining reporting requirements and creating new reporting templates and dashboards.
- Made the customer experience more consistent by clearly defining roles and responsibilities in the customer engagement model. This helps the company set customers' expectations earlier in the customer lifecycle.
- Strengthened employee skills and capabilities through a new training curriculum and courses.
Services Quality: The EPMO works to ensure projects have the resources and processes they need to succeed. As part of the transformation, Kadela developed a new Services Quality group (SQ) to ensure the organization was assessing the company's capacity to take on additional projects within a given period. "We've developed several resource management tools to support this function," notes Kadela. "We can now identify unfilled resource needs in projects or situations where people may be overcommitted."
Kadela says that to give EPMO team members in each functional area the information they need to achieve their goals, the company changed its dashboard reporting metrics to include detailed information about the proposed value of specific projects, and progress being made toward achieving goals.
For example, the business case for one ACA-related program involved tying a customer-facing retail group at one HCSC subsidiary into the centralized corporate phone system so that customer calls could be routed from the subsidiary call center to any other call center in the parent organization. "At the outset of this project, we added metrics to our dashboard reporting system that would make it possible for all stakeholders and owners in the project—from call center managers, to IT, to C-suite leaders and others—to stay abreast of progress being made toward achieving specific project milestones, and how those milestones support the business case," he explains. "This increased communication between staff and management, and helped keep the program focused and on track."
To address the skills gap among PMO staff members, Kadela created an "intense" new training function led by EPMO managers that included distinct curricula for each competency area, e.g. program manager, project manager, project coordinator, etc. "We also launched what we called 'A Day of Learning' training sessions that offered specialized instructions in topics like financial management, tools training and others," he says.
A Work In Progress
Kadela says that by leveraging the EPMO, HCSC has been able to make solid progress toward achieving its project goals—and toward being ready to engage new retail customers in 2014 when the insurance exchanges become operational.
Along the way, he and his project teams have gained some valuable insights about EPMOs, and how to implement one effectively. "For an EPMO to succeed, the mechanics, processes, and resources should be in place," he observes. "But enlisting the right people from across the enterprise to contribute their expertise, providing the leadership needed to focus them on the EPMO's goals, and communicating with them clearly and consistently, is critically important."
Some organizations disband their EPMO initiatives upon completion of the projects they were created to support. At HCSC, Kadela views the EPMO model as a work in progress, one that will evolve over time to help the company meet shifting regulatory and market needs. "We made tremendous changes and now we are ready to support our new and existing customer needs," he says. "But there are still a lot of things we plan to do to build out the EPMO's capabilities."
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Talking Back to Twilight
In Stephenie Meyer's Twilight saga, a wildly popular four-book series of young adult novels, the protagonist Bella Swan—by all accounts a very average human girl—has two suitors. One is the unimaginably beautiful vampire, Edward, the other a loyal and devoted werewolf, Jacob. Fans of the books, and now a movie version, often break into "teams," aligning themselves with the swain they hope Bella will choose in the end: Team Edward or Team Jacob.
But few young readers ask, "Why not Team Bella?" perhaps because the answer is quite clear: There can be no Team Bella. Even though Bella is ostensibly a hero, in truth she is merely an object in the Twilight world.
On the surface, the Twilight saga seems to have something to please everyone. Moms are reading the books and swooning over Edward right alongside their teen and tween daughters. Librarians and teachers are delighted to see students with their heads tucked into books, and since Twilight's romantic sensuality is wrapped up in an abstinence message, all the kissing and groping appear to be harmless.
But while Twilight is ostensibly a love story, scratch the surface and you will find an allegorical tale about the dangers of unregulated female sexuality. From the very first kiss between Edward and Bella, she is fighting to control her awakening sexuality. Edward must restrain her, sometimes physically, to keep her from ravishing him. There are those who might applaud the depiction of a young man showing such self-restraint, but shouldn't the decision about when a couple is ready to move forward sexually be one they make together?
Meyer insists that she sees Bella as a feminist character, since the foundation of feminism is being able to choose. What Meyer fails to acknowledge is that all of the choices Bella makes are Meyer's choices—choices based on her own patriarchal Mormon background. In Breaking Dawn, the latest book in the series, Meyer finally allows Bella's subordination to end as she takes her proper place: in the patriarchal structure. When Bella becomes a wife and mother, Meyer allows her to receive her heart's desire—to live forever by Edward's side, to be preternaturally beautiful and graceful, to be strong and be able to defend herself.
Director Catherine Hardwicke's film version of Twilight remains true to the novel, but there are subtle changes that make it much more feminist-friendly. Kristin Stewart's Bella is more outspoken and forthright, and Robert Pattinson's Edward is much less condescending and overbearing. Their relationship seems to be built on equality and friendship, and includes scenes of mutual sexual frustration and restraint. Here is a Bella we can root for.
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•4200 block of Military Road, accident. Driver stated that she was attempting to leave the parking lot when the sun blinded her, she struck a pole, and her vehicle went out of control, striking a second vehicle, which was pushed into a third vehicle. No reported injuries.
•1500 block of Military Road, shoplifting. Patrol investigated two shoplifting incidents at a grocery store.
Tuesday, Nov. 20
•Porter Road, drug arrest. A 29-year-old Porter Road resident was arrested for possession of marijuana after patrol stopped his vehicle because of a passenger not wearing a seatbelt. Drug dog and U.S. Border Patrol assisted in search of the vehicle.
•Porter Road, traffic ticket. Driver observed using only the lap belt and not the shoulder harness of vehicle. Driver has had two other seatbelt violations this year.
Wednesday, Nov. 21
•7100 block of Laur Road, pending investigation. A mother of an Edward Town Middle School student reported offensive content on a social media site regarding her daughter and said her daughter has been assaulted twice at the school. Information was forwarded to the Niagara County Sheriff's Office for evaluation and possible follow-up.
•Porter and Packard roads, arrest. After a traffic stop for tinted windows and a driver not wearing a seatbelt, it was found the 28-year-old driver had a suspended license for failing to pay fines out of the City of Niagara Falls. An inventory of the vehicle turned up a plastic baggie of suspected marijuana.
•Anthony Drive, burglary. Complainant reported someone broke into her sheds and took items, including lawn mower, lawn ornaments and garbage cans, valued at $500.
•Packard Road, speeding. Driver observed traveling 57 mph in a 35 mph zone, stated, "I'm sorry, but I really have to pee."
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•6000 block of Grauer Road, property damage. Complainant reported he discovered his mailbox, which had been set in a concrete base, uprooted onto his lawn and his newspaper box in the roadway.
•3000 block of Pretoria Street, animal complaint. Caller reports being menaced by a large pit bull.
Friday, Nov. 23
•1900 to 2000 blocks of Military Road, various incidents at mall. A complainant reported items valued at $2,940, including a laptop, two GPS units and a backpack, were taken from her vehicle while she was shopping. Patrol arrested a 21-year-old Buffalo woman for shoplifting women's and children's clothing valued at $390. A 51-year-old woman was arrested for shoplifting items valued at $42.93, including a paper plane, meditation kit and two dog toys. A physical altercation over a parking space was reported. An EMS call was reported for a female possibly having an asthma attack. A Grand Island woman reported she put her wallet down on some clothing and when she went to retrieve it, it was gone. An Ontario man reported the loss of his wallet containing $400 in cash. A woman reported she set bags down next to her containing nearly $300 in purchased merchandise and when she went to leave, they were gone. A 41-year-old man was arrested for third degree criminal mischief after a North Tonawanda woman said she saw him scratch the rear fender of her vehicle because she had backed into a parking space he thought was his. A Tonawanda man complained that a female exiting a vehicle damaged his passenger door, became argumentative and left. Patrol also responded on an angry male driver causing a disturbance with NCSO auxiliary units in the parking lot and a report of a stolen vehicle, which turned out to be misplaced instead.
•Military Road, arrest. A 44-year-old 16th Street man was arrested after patrol stopped his vehicle because he was talking on a cell phone and making an improper right turn. It was determined that his license was suspended due to child support and drug possession/sales. A medium plastic baggie containing four small baggies of suspected marijuana was found in the vehicle.
•Military at Porter-Packard roads, accident. Patrol assisted State Police with a rollover accident at Six Corners.
•7000 Lockport Road, drug arrest. A 24-year-old Niagara Falls Boulevard resident and a 24-year-old Garlow Road resident were arrested for possession of marijuana when patrol on a routine check of the town park noticed their vehicle partially backed into a gazebo in a lot.
Saturday, Nov. 24
•9700 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, aid assist. Patrols assisted Niagara Falls Police in attempting to locate a man who had held up a pharmacy. Negative results.
•Military Road, Fashion Outlet Boulevard, Hyde Park Boulevard, Packard Road, Lockport Road and Tuscarora Road, traffic tickets. Patrol issued traffic tickets to 11 drivers for offenses including speeding, failure to wear a seatbelt, failure to keep right, revoked registration for insurance lapse, and suspended license.
Sunday, Nov. 25
•4800 block of Kline Road, EMS. Report of an elderly male, possibly having a stroke in a vehicle outside a church. Transported by Rural Metro Ambulance.
•10200 block of Niagara Falls Boulevard, larceny. Four tires stolen off vehicle in lot.
•1900 block of Military Road, traffic ticket. Driver observed drinking can of beer while inside a motor vehicle. He said he was "waiting for my wife to come out of the mall and was having a beer."
Monday, Nov. 26
•1500 block of Tuscarora Road, larceny. Complainant reported someone broke into his shed and took saws valued at $350. Several other items from the shed were found in a makeshift fort in a wooded area behind the home.
•Military Road near Richmond Avenue, car/deer accident. Deer ran into road, accident unavoidable due to heavy traffic.
Tuesday, Nov. 27
•1700 block of Third Avenue, property check at Sabre Park. Security company also does sweep of the park.
•600 block of C Street, Cayuga Village, check situation. Caller reported minor being given alcohol by an adult. Resident refused to answer patrol's knock on the door.
Wednesday, Nov. 28
•Military Road, traffic tickets. Driver observed driving on busy road without headlights and not wearing a seatbelt.
•Witmer Road, car/deer accident. Deer ran into eastbound vehicle.
•100 block of Blank Road, stolen vehicle. Complainant reported 2000 Chevrolet pickup stolen from driveway. Keys may have been taken from other vehicle in driveway from which a GPS unit was taken.
Thursday, Nov. 29
•6900 block of Ralph Court, harassment. Complainant said a female he met on a social networking site has been sending him harassing text messages and driving past his house honking the horn on her vehicle.
•3100 block of Sadlo Drive, reckless endangerment. Patrol arrested a 46-year-old Sadlo Drive man who was sitting in a car in the driveway and flashing a green laser pen pointer at passing vehicles on Military Road.
•7500 block of Sunnydale Drive, trespass. A 32-year-old Tonawanda man was arrested after his ex-girlfriend called patrol and complained he was knocking on doors and windows at her residence. Patrol found the man, who was intoxicated and bleeding. He had apparently fallen after climbing up to a second-floor balcony.
Friday, Nov. 30
•1500 block of Military Road, aid assist. Patrol assisted State Police and a U.S. Secret Service agent with the arrest of a man suspected of using fraudulent credit cards to obtain valid gift cards in a grocery story. Man also is suspected in several ongoing cases in surrounding stores in recent days.
•8500 block of Porter Road, domestic. Caller reported he was slapped by his wife during an argument. Wife said she caught him texting his ex-girlfriend.
Saturday, Dec. 1
•600 block of B Street, vandalism. Complainant reported someone keyed the paint on his 1999 Nissan Pathfinder, which was parked in front of his residence overnight.
•2900 block of Hyde Park Boulevard, neighbor problem. Caller said his neighbor's spotlight on the side of the house shines in his driveway and interferes with his sleep. Ongoing problem.
Sunday, Dec. 2
•1600 block of Jane Drive, noise complaint. Call on loud music. Patrol advised.
•3200 block of Bellreng Drive, domestic. Patrol advised boyfriend-girlfriend who were arguing about the boyfriend's coming home from being out the night before at 6 a.m. She was packing his belongings.


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Exercise-induced collapse in Labrador Retrievers
Q: Please provide an updated review on exercise-induced collapse in Labrador Retrievers.
A: Dr. Susan M. Taylor gave an excellent lecture on "Exercise-Induced Collapse in Labrador Retrievers: An Update" at the 2008 American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine Forum in San Antonio. Here are some relevant points:
A syndrome of exercise-induced collapse (EIC) in Labrador Retrievers was first described in the veterinary literature in 1993. During the last 15 years, EIC has been recognized with increasing frequency by veterinarians, dog trainers and owners.For years veterinarians evaluated affected dogs for episodes of collapse, and speculated that their episodes were due to heat intolerance, low blood sugar, cardiac arrhythmias or possibly metabolic myopathies.
Now that it has been established as a specific disorder, it is evident that EIC is the most common reason for exercise intolerance and collapse in young, apparently healthy Labrador Retrievers.
Affected dogs can tolerate mild to moderate exercise, but occasionally become ataxic and collapse after five to 15 minutes of participation in trigger activities involving strenuous exercise.
A comprehensive investigation has been ongoing for nearly a decade, involving investigators from the University of Saskatchewan, the University of Minnesota and the Comparative Neuromuscular Unit at the University of California.
A survey of owners of Labrador Retrievers with presumed EIC was performed. To participate in the survey, dogs had to be purebred and registered, have experienced at least three episodes and veterinary evaluation must have ruled out systemic and cardiac causes of exercise intolerance or collapse. Over 350 completed surveys were received, and 225 met the survey criteria.
Clinical and laboratory evaluation of 14 dogs with EIC at rest and during and following completion of a standardized strenuous-exercise protocol was compared with findings from 14 Labrador Retrievers without EIC performing the same exercise.
Physical examination, neurologic examination, thoracic radiographs, ECG, echocardiography, CBC, biochemical profile and acetylcholine receptor antibody were performed on each dog at rest. Plasma and urine carnitine were measured.
Dogs retrieved a soft plastic dummy repeatedly for 10 minutes or until a gait abnormality was apparent. Exercise and recovery were videotaped. At the conclusion of exercise, rectal temperature, pulse rate and character, limb reflexes, arterial blood gas, plasma lactate and pyruvate and a serum biochemistry panel were performed.
Sequential re-evaluation of temperature, pulse rate and character, lactate and pyruvate and limb reflexes continued for 120 minutes following termination of exercise. Muscle biop-sies were collected on the day after exercise for analysis.
Who gets EIC?
Most, but not all, affected dogs are from field-trial breedings. Signs first become apparent in young dogs between 5 months and 5 years of age. Labradors of all colors (black, yellow, chocolate) are affected. Littermates and other related dogs are commonly affected. Dogs with EIC usually are described as being extremely fit and muscular with an excitable temperament and lots of retrieving drive.
Affected dogs can tolerate mild to moderate exercise, but occasionally after five to 15 minutes of strenuous exercise they develop weakness, apparent incoordination and then collapse.
Early gait changes include a rocking or forced gait, carpal hyperextension and excessive pelvic-limb abduction when turning. The abnormalities are progressive, and dogs that remain ambulatory typically walk with a flexed (crouched) rear limb gait characterized by long strides, excessive limb abduction during turning and a basewide stance.
Owners describe the rear limbs as "floppy" and the gait as wobbly or "loose." Some dogs are affected in all four limbs, resulting in collapse and inability to rise during a severe episode; some lose all voluntary motor ability. Some recumbent dogs exhibit markedly increased forelimb extensor tone. Hypermetria and loss of balance are common, particularly during recovery.
Gait, posture and balance abnormalities suggest neurologic dysfunction during the episode. Most dogs are mentally normal, but some appear dazed or confused during an episode. Dogs do not seem to be in pain during or after the collapse, and usually are anxious to continue participating in the activity. Patellar reflexes are absent after exercise in collapsing dogs, and do not reappear until five to 30 minutes after exercise. After 10 to 30 minutes of rest, the dogs return to normal.
Activities associated with inducing collapse episodes in EIC-susceptible dogs include "fun" retrieves, retrieving bumpers or birds on land as part of a training exercise or field trial, excited play with other dogs and upland hunting.
Factors perceived by owners as contributing to the likelihood that an EIC-susceptible dog will collapse on a given day or during a particular exercise include extreme excitement associated with the trigger activity, stress during formal training and excessive environmental heat and humidity.


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Keysight Equipment Plays an Instrumental Role in Prototype Alternative Breast Imaging Technique
In her pursuit of a patient-friendly, inexpensive, and comfortable approach to breast imaging, Dr. Elise Fear is using Keysight's PNA-X microwave network analyzer and ADS software to develop a new low-power radar diagnostic tool. Dr. Fear, an associate professor of electrical engineering in the Schulich School of Engineering at the University of Calgary, is performing research with this technology to prototype a new non-invasive solution for the detection of breast tumors.
The new technique is termed Tissue Sensing Adaptive Radar (TSAR). TSAR involves illuminating the breast with a low-power pulse of radio frequency (RF) energy and then focusing the resulting reflections to create a 3D image. TSAR uses the differences in electromagnetic properties of healthy and diseased tissues to form diagnostic images.
The prototype test setup is a sophisticated mechanism that includes a laser, camera, and an ultra-wide band antenna. The excellent sensitivity of the Keysight PNA-X makes it the perfect choice for the task of signal detection in this application. "We appreciate the features the Keysight PNA-X analyzer provides, especially its excellent dynamic range and source stability," states Dr. Fear.
With the current prototype, a woman lies down on a table and places one breast into a bath of canola oil. A specially designed sensor (antenna) is used to illuminate the breast with short pulses of microwaves, and to detect the resulting reflections. Canola oil was chosen because it cuts down on reflection from the skin and allows for a better image. The antenna moves around the breast and also up and down, so researchers can scan the entire breast. Dr. Fear elaborates, "We record the reflections, estimate the surface of the breast, and then look inside the breast to find reflections from tumors."
The work being done by Dr. Fear's research team is relatively unique. "What differentiates our work is that we have a working prototype that allows us to conduct human testing. We are 1 of only 3 groups that I am aware of that has this capability," states Dr. Fear. The team also works with local medical professionals to perform patient studies and to compare their results with those of other traditional imaging methods such as mammography and magnetic resonance imaging scans.
Dr. Fear and her team have had a close working relationship with Keysight during the TSAR project. "The close collaboration we've had with Keysight has been fantastic," reflects Dr. Fear. "Keysight application engineers came to Calgary to provide applications expertise and valuable suggestions. In addition, some of our university students spent time at the Keysight factory where they had access to a wealth of resources and expertise. We couldn't find that anywhere else in the world."
This collaboration with the University of Calgary was made possible in part via two Applications and Core Technology University Relations (ACT-UR) grants from Keysight. Roger Stancliff (Chief Technology Officer, Component Test Division) highlights why Keysight wanted to work with Dr. Fear. "Keysight's Component Test Division (CTD) has been applying the ACT-UR program grants to expand Network Analyzers to new measurement applications. We chose to work with the University of Calgary because of their long legacy of excellence in microwave technology and their entrepreneurial approach to research. I met Dr Fear when she was just starting at Calgary and became quite intrigued with her work. Our collaboration has been excellent and has had many benefits for both Keysight and the University of Calgary."
While several practical problems still need to be solved in order to produce a prototype system ready for clinical testing, the benefits of the TSAR method are numerous. There is no radiation involved, the test is more comfortable for the patient, it produces a 3D image (mammograms are 2D), and the costs are lower than traditional tests such as MRI. Dr. Fear predicts that "the TSAR methodology may provide additional information further down the diagnostic chain and may reduce the number of biopsies required."
Meanwhile, Dr. Fear and the University of Calgary team continue to work with Keysight and the Keysight test equipment and design software. "We really push the limits of the Keysight PNA-X, and when we needed online advice, the Keysight technical forums are very good with quick and accurate responses." The research team also sees a future need for a lightweight portable Vector Network Analyzer (VNA), such as the Keysight FieldFox, which holds promise for this application.
Looking ahead, there may be other possible applications for this technology including bone and joint imaging, and also for monitoring certain industrial processes.
Related Links on University of Calgary:
- Additional information about Dr. Fear's research:
i) http://www.ucalgary.ca/news/uofcpublications/RIA_fall08/RIA-Fear
ii) http://www.sacri.ucalgary.ca/node/207/
iii) http://www.avenuecalgary.com/top-40-under-40/elise-fear
- "A Prototype System for Measuring Microwave Frequency Reflections from the Breast", International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, vol. 2012, Article ID 851234, 12 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/851234. -- http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbi/2012/851234/
- "Measurement and Analysis of Microwave Frequency Signals Transmitted through the Breast", International Journal of Biomedical Imaging, vol. 2012, Article ID 562563, 11 pages, 2012. doi:10.1155/2012/562563. -- http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbi/2012/562563/
- Dr. Elise Fear's Website: http://enel.ucalgary.ca/profiles/elise-fear
- University of Calgary Electrical and Computer Engineering home page: http://enel.ucalgary.ca/
Related Links on Keysight Technologies:
- Keysight PNA-X Microwave Network Analyzers - The Keysight PNA-X network analyzer is the world´s most integrated and flexible single-connection microwave test engine for measuring active devices such as amplifiers, mixers, and frequency converters. You can choose from five frequency models to meet your specific device test needs: 13.5, 26.5, 43.5, 50, and 67 GHz. The PNA-X provides unrivaled configurability with a built-in second source, combiner, and internal signal-routing switches.
- Keysight Advanced Design System - Advanced Design System is the leading electronic design automation software for RF, microwave, and high speed digital applications. ADS pioneers the most innovative and commercially successful technologies, such as X-parameters and 3D EM simulators, used by leading companies in the wireless communication & networking and aerospace & defense industries. For WiMAX™, LTE, multi-gigabit per second data links, radar, & satellite applications, ADS provides full, standards-based design and verification with Wireless Libraries and circuit-system-EM co-simulation in an integrated platform.
- Keysight FieldFox RF Analyzers - The Keysight FieldFox is an integrated handheld RF network analyzer than comes in a rugged, compact, lightweight and weather-resistant package.
- Keysight FieldFox in the Classroom – A two-page FieldFox flyer.


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Christopher Federline's Lawsuit Against Britney Spears Was Made Up
Made up. That's what the recent Britney Spears lawsuit, reportedly launched by her ex-brother-in-law Christopher Federline, was. It was an elaborate hoax designed by a repeat offender. Ugh!
When we initially reported on the outrageous lawsuit against our girl Brit Brit, which claimed she stole credit cards, bought comic books and had an affair with her ex-hubby Kevin Federline's brother (which produced son Sean Preston), we pointed out that it sounded like a bunch of hilarious malarkey. And that's just what it was.
The details of the suit were widely reported by the media, but the suit was just the shenanigans perpetrated by Jonathan Lee Riches.
Riches previously posed as Adam Lanza, the man who opened fire at the Sandy Hook school, killing 26 people, which is beyond reprehensible.
He also launched a hilarious lawsuit against Justin Bieber earlier this year, claiming to be Selena Gomez's father and stating that the Biebs borrowed funds to pay for an abortion and that he was enlarging his penis (aka Jerry).
Sounds like Riches is a sick, sick man who likes to file ridic lawsuits against the rich and famous. Brit has had many lawsuits thrown on her doorstep, so she's probably used to it. We hope she at least had a laugh at this one, since she's had a rough coupla days with the 'X' rumors and gossip surrounding her relationship with fiance Jason Trawick.
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buzy bee….Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
I've been working again. More mad money. It's interfering with the old work-out schedule, but that can't be helped. I'm trying to eat on plan and I certainly am burning plenty enough calories working. I can't make up a w/o in the evenings with sis-in-law because my legs are sooooooo darned tired. I'm guessing another couple of days and then I can get back at it. I sure miss my dvd workouts and my xfit ones I do on my own. Honestly, I think they will seem like a vacation after all of the work I've been doing the past 6 days. Ouch!
I went to bed last night at 9:00 and slept straight thru til 6:30 this morning. If beauty rest did more than give you a well rested look, and actually beefed up the beauty then I'd be one intensely good-looking chick as much as I've been sleeping lately. Still a scare crow! 😉
No change in weight, but clothes do fit better and I bet anything I would have seen a loss had I not got bogged down in work. That's okay. I'm going to really torture myself with the barbells, box jumps, and wall balls, etc. and a kazillion burpees soon enough and I will like it. Seriously, I really will like it! I'm demented that way.


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It's Only Colour - Mila and Elena's Bedroom
Name: Mila (5) and Elena (3)
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Color Inspiration: This room used to be the Master; we'd originally painted the red walls for us parents. When I set out to do an update on the room the girls begged me to keep the colour. (They are their mother's daughters.) I added in more colour and white where possible to keep it from being dark and overwhelming. The quilt on the bed was made by me, with contributions from an on-line quilt bee. It's a great focal point with my grandmother's embroidery above the bed. Ultimately, it is a bright room that for sleeping, playing, and creating. It also showcases family creativity in handmade treasures like the quilts and embroidery, but also my father's crochet and their own artwork.
Tip for Using Color: Don't be afraid of colour, even red walls. So many people save colour for accents. While that can and does look great, a big mix of colours on multiple surfaces also looks great. To keep it from looking like a preschool only choose two of the three primary colours.
Colors Used: Red on walls. Green and white on the dresser (vintage hand-me-down). Yellow and turquoise on the quilt (homemade). Rainbow sort on the bookshelf. Turquoise with orange, yellow, and green on the carpet (IKEA, but no longer available). White curtains (IKEA Ninni Trad)
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Flood of Rivals Could Burst Amazon's Cloud
Large Telecom and Startups Are Forging Into the Computing Services Business
Amazon.com Inc. has been fighting two big rivals in the world of cloud computing. But that battle shows signs of becoming a free-for-all that threatens its profitability goals for the business.
Large telecom and small startups have been forging into or expanding services that let companies rent computing cycles rather than operate their own servers and data centers. The broader competition comes amid a continuing price war in the business among Amazon, Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp....


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More than 2,000 cars drop off 80,000 pounds of electronics to be recycled
State Sen. Mark Grisanti has announced that more than 80,000 pounds of electronic waste was collected and recycled at a free event on Saturday at St. Amelia School. Grisanti hosted the drop-off in cooperation with SunnKing Electronic Recycling Inc.
Residents of Tonawanda and throughout Erie County dropped off items as small as computer keyboards and as large as copy machines and flat screen televisions. Volunteers from the Town of Tonawanda Aquettes assisted with the unloading of cars in an effort to move the process smoothly along throughout the day. The success of this inaugural event has organizers planning a second event for next year.
"I am proud to have provided the citizens of Western New York with an easy way to empty out their basements or closets and responsibly recycle and dispose of e-Waste materials," said Grisanti, chairman of the Senate environmental conservation committee. "By orchestrating a convenient location to drop off these items, we have prevented them from being left at the curb and have helped make Western New York a cleaner, healthier place to live. The success of this event has us already discussing with SunnKing our next opportunity for collaboration."
The average wait time per vehicle was less than three minutes. There were more than 50 volunteers from Grisanti's office, local law firms, the University at Buffalo, Tonawanda Aquettes, and the community at large. The event filled three tractor-trailers worth of electronics.
New York state does not allow certain electronic products, including computers, cell phones, CD players, cameras, office machines, electronic games, to be thrown in with regular garbage. The law mandates proper disposal to keep materials such as lead, nickel, cadmium and mercury from negatively impacting human health and the environment. The recycling of these materials provides the opportunity to recover valuable materials, as well as helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pollution, saving energy and other natural resources by extracting fewer raw materials from the earth.


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This list displays all websites that support the movie TRON, TRON 2.0 and related games.
Tron-Sector Edit
(someone help me out with history [EDIT: More specific about the founding date])
Tron-sector is a long running website by David "Auric" Hernly, Jr. supporting the all of the aspects of the Tron universe. It has a large download archive of fan media, clips from the film, maps and patches for TRON 2.0, fan fiction for a movie sequel, fan made mini-TRON inspired games (not to mention a fully functional Space Paranoids emulation), and even a TRON Font for Windows. It has a regularly updated current news page. It has biographies on all of the major actors and production team and even interviews of Cindy Morgan, Mike Bonifer and Harrison Ellenshaw. The website is home to the I/O Tower Forums, one of the biggest Tron fourms in existence. Well known internet celebritiy 'The TRON Guy' (aka Jay Maynard) is a member in Tron-sector forum and cast members Dan Shor and Cindy Morgan have been known to have visited the site's forums.
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[LDSO] (the Living Dead System Operators)
Since the release of TRON 2.0, there were numerous clans that emerged, chief among 'Living Dead', 'Digital Structure of Order' and 'Nintendo Evolution'. 'Nintendo Evolution' changed its name several times (its 'official' name now is 'Digital Soldiers') and finally fell apart after members left for games with more players on multiplayer. 'Living Dead' and 'Digital Structure of Order' however stayed strong and after alliances grew stronger between them, they finally merged to form the clan they are today. They have contributed greatly to the community by making many maps and tools for the game. The member Tronfaq has also recorded tutorials to get started with making maps for TRON 2.0 using the provided tools.
TRON 2.0 News Edit
A blog created by TronFAQ to give up to date news about TRON 2.0 and the TRON community. It has recently has a change in design. It also has a link to the petition started to get more support by BVG for TRON 2.0.
TRON 2.0 Unofficial FAQ Edit
A very well-done FAQ made by TronFAQ to give help for modding, patching and making maps for TRON 2.0. Due to TRON 2.0's many glitches and bugs, this FAQ helps you get around them and has guides on practically everything in TRON 2.0 including single player tutorials, making your own custom maps. It also has an essay describing the events after TRON 2.0's release and the decline in BVG's support.


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