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Procrastinators should turn bad habits into good ones
|Jason Caine, who is working on a Master of Divinity and a master's in counseling at Mercer University, works on a paper on substance abuse and addiction at the Mercer University library in Chamblee, Georgia, August 30, 2012. Caine says he often procrastinates doing his course work. (Bita Honarvar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)
"I can't sit down and do the work until the last minute," said Caine, 28. "There's always something else that's urgent. If you procrastinate and get the job done, all it does is cause you to procrastinate again. If there's not a punitive response, I'm not going to stop." So far, the Mercer University graduate student has gotten away with it. He turns in his classwork and pays his bills, but only at the last possible moment.
"If it weren't for the last minute, I wouldn't get anything done," said Caine of Atlanta.
John Perry, a professor emeritus from Stanford University, thinks people like Caine are too hard on themselves.
"I don't proclaim procrastination is a good thing, but maybe it's not as bad as people think," said Perry, discussed his book, "The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing" ($12.95; Workman), at the recent The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Decatur Book Festival. "It's not as bad as being a serial killer or a politician." Instead, Perry advocates "structured procrastination," which will turn procrastinators into effective people.
The key, he says, is to turn a bad habit into a good one. After all, most procrastinators aren't twiddling their thumbs, they're just not doing the task that is considered the most important.
You may not be doing what you're supposed to do, but as long as it's worthwhile "it all adds up," Perry said.
"And if you feel too guilty, you need to go see a shrink." But procrastination has repercussions, said Monica Ricci, an Atlanta-based expert in organizing and productivity.
She estimates between 10 percent and 15 percent of the U.S. population has a serious procrastination problem.
"We all do it to some degree, but when it becomes a problem it can really impact your life in a lot of negative ways," Ricci said.
She said people procrastinate when they feel overwhelmed, don't have a good grasp of time, lack confidence in their ability or don't have the resources, information or skill to finish a project.
Often, the underlying cause is fear. Waiting until the last minute to pay bills, for instance, could signal a fear of not having enough money.
Perry suggests listing tasks in descending order of importance.
He also advises setting a time limit or specific time of day for each task and for things like checking email.
Steven Freeman, who works as a server in a restaurant and in real estate with his dad, thinks he would be better off financially if he stuck to the game plan.
"Procrastination has gotten the best of me," said Freeman, who put his to-do list on a board in his bedroom.
He also bought several books about procrastination but, alas, never finished them.
Perhaps he will in the future.
The rest of us might want to give him a break. After all, this is the city where Scarlett O'Hara, one of its most famous residents, fictional though she may be, said: "Tomorrow is another day."
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Challenge! Looking for cute, non-candy Easter basket goodies.
Does anyone have any ideas for non-candy goodies that will fit into an Easter basket? I found some cute Beanies, but I'm drawing a blank on anything else. Age range is about 4 to 8 years old. Kids seem to have everything today. It's hard to find new and interesting little gifts to fill their baskets.
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Silly putty comes in Easter colors: http://www.crayolastore.com/product_detail.asp?T1=CRA+08-0937
Play-doh also comes packaged in Easter eggs: http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details.cfm?guid=05ACC58F-74CB-1014-93BD-F4CBB3E0626D&product_id=23575&src=endeca
Both have been available @ Target in past years.
Thanks!! Playdoh is an especially good idea. Will check my local Target.
...And Matchbox packages little cars with eggs: http://www.amazon.com/Matchbox-Easter-Egg-Hunt-Mission/dp/B0016NMGSY/ref=pd_sbs_t_2
(You could probably save some $ by shoving some matchbox cars in eggs that you bought separately).
My suggestion involves a non-internet facilitated purchase :-) :The Dollar Store or whatever version of that you have in your area. We just went today to get "little sister" gifts & they were loaded with non-candy Easter goodies.
Almost forgot. This may not pass the "cute" part of the challenge, but little kids love coins. Two dimes and a nickel inside a plastic egg, and they think they've hit the jackpot! Nice shiny dollar coins are especially popular.
Silly string
My local Target had wind-up Easter eggs in the dollar area a couple of weeks ago. They might still be there... they were a hit with the kids I gave them to (in birthday goodie bags).
coloring books, pencils, markers, crayons and stickers are always welcome.
Egg shaped sidewalk chalk, bubbles, silly putty & stickers. Stretchable flying bunnies: http://deals.woot.com/deals/details/285a20e6-6fcb-41b1-8e06-91caa3446e1e/stretchable-flying-bunnies-1-dz-toys-games.
The coins inside plastic eggs is a great idea. We have the big kids hide them for the little kids after the initial hunt. They keep doing it for at least a week following Easter.
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Couldn't find them on the web because I don't know what their called exactly..
But my local dollar store (dollar tree)sells these little washcloth things that are all rolled and scrunched up into alittle ball or square or heart etc... They are usually like disney characters or what not.. but I think they might have Easter ones. I'll stop by tomorrow and check then post back.
But their really neat all you do is take them throw them in the bath or sink or what not with you and the grow from the little ball into a full sized wash cloth.
They are both cute, practical, and kinda fun lol least to me but I'm really a 5 year old at heart XD
@oheifearnain: I second the sticker, coloring books and pencils idea. Temporary tattoos might be neat too, or maybe some books with bunnies in them.
Definitely hit the dollar stores! Girls might like Easter themed socks. One of my local stores always has holiday themed socks. I used to pick them up to give to the RNs I worked with.
You also might consider bubble liquid and assorted different bubble blowers, Easter themed plastic plates & cups, and hair do-dads.
Oh! Those little chenille pipe cleaner chicks and the spring-loaded suction cup pop-up toys. You know, the one that you smush down onto a flat surface and then wait for it to pop up. I wonder if any one makes them any more.
Am making a list of your ideas to take to the store(s)! These are some great ideas. It's been awhile since I've put together baskets for little ones, and I my thinking cap just wasn't remembering anything clever.
Oriental Trading Company has all of their Easter items on sale. Free shipping over $49 WCX9124. http://www.orientaltrading.com/sale-a1-389827-6-1.fltr
Target had a lot of cute stuff in their dollar bins. Since it varies from store to store to store you need to go check it out.
Tupperware has a bucket of Sandtoys in pastel colors Called Tote-em pails.
Check out Ebay Since they don't have them on the website anymore.
Tupperware Sandwich keepers & Lunch sets are also nice gift filled with little dollar store stuff,and they can be used later for packing lunches.
And For littler ones a Shape o Toy is a nice gift
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Party City also carries lots of small seasonal favors, lots for 4/$1.00. My kids like the little puzzle mazes with a ball bearing in them. They also love the puzzles you can color in yourself. These run about $1 at Party City. Crayons, markers, stickers, glue sticks, and temp tattoos are always a hit for us. Their favorite gift is a roll of tape. I have strange kids (and tape all over the house).
As a kid I was fascinated with miniature anything, especially paper cocktail parasols & cocktail "swords." They were claimed by by Barbie, Francie & PJ, who was visiting from Malibu. Those girls were always looking for cool things to furnish their pad. That place was totally far out!
I found the Play-doh eggs (never would have thought to look for those without knowing to look for them - thanks!), and several other goodies at Target and Dollar Tree. Sticker/coloring books, crayons, sunglasses, balls, and Disney jigsaw puzzles. There were some cute little Precious Moment board books for the littlest ones, too. Wanted to find the little wash cloths, but the only ones I could find were SpongeBob's Squidward. Picked up some plastic eggs, and I'll go to the bank to get some bright shiny new quarters to put in them. Add the beanie babies, and I think they'll be fun little Easter baskets. Thanks so much everyone for your input!
Target has mini Lego Star Wars sets for sale. There is an X-Wing and I think two others. And I think they are both under 5 bucks, they come in a plastic bag and not a cardboard box.
I usually fill an Easter egg with gold dollars for the kids. If we do an egg hunt, those go in the house. Other than that each kid gets $5 in an egg in their basket along with pencils and those stringy bunny things.
@bthrash42: I might go out and try and find these Legos. Two of the baskets are going to 8-year-old boys who would probably like Legos instead of a stuffed animal. Thanks!
If I haven't said it lately, Thanks to the Deals.Woot gang. You guys are a great bunch of helpful folks!
@tweber: Your kids aren't that strange! Mine like tape too, but Post-it notes are valued even more highly (and, bonus, they come off the walls more easily than tape does).
@sfeitler: My youngest daughter, now 17, only recently outgrew this phase. I swear I'd buy ten rolls of tape just so I could be sure to find one when I needed it.
@bthrash42: Lego also has a lego easter bunny, and free to download directions to make other easter themed items out of existing lego sets. http://shop.lego.com/promotion/?easter2010
debbie, if the older boys have other legos, you might consider printing out some of the easter theme lego instructions for them, you can roll them into little scrolls, or loosely wrap the star wars lego kits with them maybe.
@attilathemom: Thanks! I think I will!
[I think you should post the Lego Easter Bunny as a deal. Really a neat idea.]
shrinky dinks and other age appropriate craft kits! They sell a bunch of them at Hobby Lobby, Michaels, and Walmart
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TORONTO - The city school district's board chose it officers for 2013 during the annual reorganizational meeting followed by a special meeting Tuesday at the Karaffa Middle School library.
"(Board member) Karen Walker is going to be our new board president for 2013," said Fred Burns, superintendent. "(Board member) Jay Foster is going to be the incoming vice president.
He's been a board member, but this is the first time he's been assigned to one of the top two positions. Both (appointments) were by unanimous decision.
"All committee assignments will stay the same," continued Burns. "The board will continue to meet at 5 p.m. the third Thursday of every month. We're going to have a special working meeting at 5 p.m. Jan. 22 at the Karaffa library. The board will just be working on the district's strategic plan. No (administrative) action will be taken during the meeting."
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"The board members were presented with plaques in recognition of January being School Board Recognition Month," Burns said, adding board members also heard a presentation on a possible district swimming program presented by parent Jennifer Karaffa. "We took that under advisement, and we took no action on that," Burns said.
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After more than 22 years as partners in education, Columbia College and Eugene Field Elementary School are saying good-bye at a farewell event scheduled during halftime of the Cougar men's basketball game at noon on Friday, Dec. 18. The event will take place at Southwell Complex on the Columbia College campus. President Gerald Brouder will present a plaque to a representative from Columbia Public Schools.
The students and teachers of Field Elementary will be relocating to the new Alpha Hart Lewis Elementary School in January.
"Over the past 22 years, Eugene Field Elementary School has really become an extension of the Columbia College family," said Faye Burchard, dean for Campus Life at Columbia College and partnership liaison for the Partners In Education program. "But due to the increased size and distance from our campus, we feel we would not be able to maintain the partnership at the high level that currently exists. The move will leave a void for us at Columbia College, but it's a wonderful and deserved opportunity for our friends at Field Elementary."
Columbia Public Schools started the Partners In Education program in 1984, which joins a local business or community organization with a school, providing them additional educational resources. Since 1987, Columbia College has provided an academically focused partnership for the students at Field Elementary through individualized reading and pen-pal programs as well as job shadow and college day opportunities, among other things.
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Spinach, mozzarella, and plum tomatoes are excellent bruschetta ingredients.
Serves: 48 appetizers
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
- 1 1/4 cups shredded nonfat or reduced-fat mozzarella cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese*
- 1 cup finely chopped plum tomatoes (about 3 medium)
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
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- Slice each roll crosswise into 12 (1/2-inch) slices. If you're using French bread instead of rolls, slice the French bread into 48 (1/2-inch) slices. Arrange the slices on a baking sheet, and spray both sides lightly with the cooking spray. Bake at 400°F for 3 minutes. Turn the slices, and bake for 3 to 5 additional minutes, or until lightly browned and crisp.
- Top each slice with 1 tablespoon of the spinach mixture, and return the appetizers to the oven for 5 minutes, or until the cheese is melted. Arrange the appetizers on a serving platter, and serve hot.
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6 People Who Turned a Life of Crime Into Legitimate Careers
For most people, a life of crime is a gamble. You'll either go on breaking the shit out of the law forever, or you'll get caught and go to jail. For some, however, there is a third option, one lined with money.
These people not only managed to have successful careers as criminals, but also turned their nefarious ways into legitimate profit after being arrested.
#6. Danny Trejo: From Real Bad Guy to Movie Bad Guy
Danny Trejo is everyone's favorite terrifying Hispanic man.
This is not a publicity still. This is Danny going to Walgreen's.
Early on, Danny made a career out of robbing convenience stores, and eventually got addicted to drugs. The cops showed up at his house so much that his mom eventually said she stopped being surprised when they came. Then again she could have just taken one look at her son and guessed at his future.
Age 13.
Danny eventually earned himself 15 years in prison, including a stint in San Quentin. Determined to learn a valuable skill in jail, but presumably not one for poetry, he practiced boxing. He also embarked on a 12-step program that broke him of his addiction to drugs and alcohol.
"Glaring at addiction" was presumably the 12th step.
How Did He Turn it Around?
After his release, Trejo kept tabs on his former 12-step partners to help them stay on the straight and narrow. And, in one of those twists that makes a person believe in karma, one of those friends happened to be a production assistant for a movie called Runaway Train. Trejo was approached by a member of the movie staff and asked if he could look like a convict, which, of course, he could. In fact we're pretty sure that these days casting just asks if you can "Look like a Trejo."
While working as an extra, he was recognized by another person working on the film who was also a former San Quentin guest, and wound up getting hired to teach Eric Roberts to box for $350 a day.
"I'll give you three hundred and fifty bones to punch me in the face."
And that was that. Trejo has been in a few movies since then, and by a few we mean 124. He's usually playing the scary Mexican criminal, officially making him the greatest method actor in the history of the world.
#5. A Getaway Car Driver Becomes Hollywood Stunt Woman
Georgia Durante was a model by age 12, and by 17 was the "Kodak Girl" with over 80,000 life sized cut outs of her in stores around the country. Nothing illegal about that.
Well, she wound up getting married to a guy named Joe Lamendola, a businessman who worked for the mob. His connections eventually landed Georgia in the driver's seat of getaway cars as a "wheel woman," where she performed ass-kicking driving stunts to evade the police and crush gender stereotypes at the same time.
As luck would have it, her husband turned out to be a tyrannical asshole, and she eventually decided to get a divorce and testify against the people from her former life, heroically sparing herself from spending a minute in jail.
How Did She Turn it Around?
Years of evading the police had taught Georgia how to drive like an action hero, so she formed Performance Two, a stunt and precision driving company and wrote a book about her life as a model and mafia wife. Her company has done stunts for over 100 movies and commercials, and she's personally doubled for both Cindy Crawford and Priscilla Presley.
In harrowing situations like this.
She also tours the country as a motivational speaker for women in abusive relationships, presumably while doing donuts in a high end sports car.
Hell, if running from the cops is such good training, you'd think you'd see a bunch of wheel men making it to NASCAR. Though now that we mention it...
#4. A Moonshine Runner Becomes NASCAR Star
Junior Johnson grew up in North Carolina in the 1940s, and lived a life suspiciously similar to one of the Duke boys in The Dukes of Hazzard. He made a name for himself in the area as a moonshine runner, delivering home-brewed (and illegal) alcohol in a car fast enough to outrun the cops.
He is credited as never having been caught while making a delivery, probably thanks to his ability to jump rivers by ramping off bales of hay.
Oh, and he invented the "bootleg turn," which is a move that has been used in every car chase in the history of ever.
Some people voted to call it the "twirling Johnson" but were overruled.
He would also deck his car with fake police lights and a siren, which he would turn on when approaching road blocks so the police would mistake him for one of their own and let him pass. He was eventually caught working on his father's moonshine still and arrested, serving 11 months of a two-year sentence.
How Did He Turn it Around?
Well, he could drive really, really fast, and he lived in the South. So of course he became a lawyer.
No, not really. Junior became a NASCAR driver and wound up becoming one of the first real superstars of the sport. He competed in 313 races over the course of 13 years, winning 50 of them and finishing in the top 10 of the rest, presumably imagining red and blue lights chasing him the whole time.
"Wait, I don't have to have 13 cases of liquor in the back?"
Junior retired and is currently the third winning-est NASCAR there is, with 139 victories to his name. So, smuggling booze earned him less than a year in jail, a profitable career as a race-car driver, an even more profitable career as an owner and a 278-acre estate. Please note these results are not typical for most celebrity drug smugglers.
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After two years since the Citroen DS line hit the automotive market, the French automaker intends on launching the DS3, DS4 and DS5 in China, one of the largest automotive markets in the world. In celebration of the DS line coming to China, Citroen intends on revealing the Citroen Numero 9 2012 at the Beijing Auto Show. On short, the Numero 9 is a concept car that manages to turn the heads of every gearhead around the world.


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Darkroom/Resources/Canon CanoScan 8600F
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Does it work
So far so good using Windows 7 (x64)
What does it scan
35mm film loader will scan 12 frames per batch!
Where does it live
In a brown paper bag (with my face)
What belongs to the scanner
- Scanner!
- AC/DC adapter
- USB cable
- Film Guides: 35mm (negative/positive), 35mm (negative/positive mounted slides (may be missing enclosure)), & 120 roll film strip
Loaders are black and straight forward to use(compared to HP - which I tried, but to no avail). Also, I used the CanoScan Toolbox software too (link below). NOTE: Don't forget to take off the white protective plate located on the underside of the scanner bed top (door?) - It won't work without this piece out!!
Driver and CanoScan Toolbox: http://www.usa.canon.com/cusa/support/consumer/scanners/canoscan_series/canoscan_8600f
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In Vayigash, Rabenu Bahya (also the Zohar) comments and says that the reason we had Asara Haruge Malchut because the brothers sold Yosef. However, Reuven didn't sell Yosef, so why should the corresponding Rabbi be punished for his actions?
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Me'am Loez says (citing Zohar Chadash, Eichah) that R. Eliezer is counted among these ten Sages. He was arrested and nearly sentenced to death, but was miraculously spared (Avodah Zarah 16b-17a); he thus corresponds to Reuven, who played a part in the whole drama but wasn't actually involved in the sale.
Maybe because he wasn't active enough in trying to stop them. Source: speculation.
The Torah Sheleima mentioned in this answer, while addressing another issue (why Reuven was also fined for the sale) says that Reuven was there when they threw Yosef in the pit, which lead to the sale. He is therefore also liable.
It doesn't say it there, but not only was Reuven there, but it was his idea to throw Yosef into the pit.
I have heard that the 10th martyr is in place of, kavayachol, HaKadosh Baruch Hu, who acquiesced to the beit din shel matah and did not reveal the truth to Yakov.


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it means you have niggas on deck. as in you get a lot of niggas. Founded by the ashleys.
Heyy look, theres one of my N.O.D's.
af 123 Dash 8. december 2008
A slightly retarded male or female whom often forgets or has text message conversations that last about 2 seconds; Also has no liscense or car and is the age of 19 or older and is afraid of getting caught with tobacco; his fetishes he cannot overcome which are: masturbating in your mothers bed, and homeless 14 year old girls,
Dang i swear that guy was an N.O.D., He texted me and asked what i was doing and I said nothing much what about you and he just said ok.
That guy is such an N.O.D. do you not see him smoking that cig with that homeless 14 year old?
I swear he's such an N.O.D. he's 19 and afraid that his mom will find his cigs.
I think I found an N.O.D. on my moms bed last night.
That guy is such an N.O.D. do you not see him smoking that cig with that homeless 14 year old?
I swear he's such an N.O.D. he's 19 and afraid that his mom will find his cigs.
I think I found an N.O.D. on my moms bed last night.
af TinyTim&BigBobby 10. januar 2010
Another way of saying 'Yes' but as if it is an action. Originally from the online RPG "Majormud" as an action it translated into a normal word meaning "Yes, Sure & Absolutely"
Carl: "So did you go to the bus stop today Jenny?"
Jenny: "Nod"
Jenny: "Nod"
af Mike Denzil 20. november 2003
NOD, aka Brotherhood of NOD, is a terrorist army in Tiberium-based computer games, which specializes mainly in the -illegal- usage of tiberium for their purposes. Led by Kane (well, most of the time), they fight against GDI. Altough they're most often considered the "Bad Guys", they have many sympathicants as well.
Peace through Power! (NOD saying)
af SteveSmall 11. februar 2006
the Nod consists of a up and down motion, this motion is shared mainly by minority groups, or those seeking to be included in a minority group. Since that group, which is smaller then the greater ethnicity is in need of "coolness" and acceptance saying a greeting such as "hello" is not acceptable, instead the member of the group motions his head downwards, and the other upwards, to acknowledge their exsistance in the culture. Included in the 'nod' can also be a quick "eh" or "hows it goin", anymore communication then that is unacceptable due to the lack of relationship between the two members.
Guy 1: *nod*, "Sup"
Guy 2: *nod*, "eh, hows it going"
Guy 2: *nod*, "eh, hows it going"
af Matthew Prichard 3. juli 2007
being extremely high on any drug (for example: Heroin, Marijuana, etc.). When you are this high, your head slumps down. Therefore you've got nods.
I took the fattest hit man, I'm nodding hard.
af Jimmmmmyiienmien 26. december 2008
Dick suck, blow job, head (generally females giving to males). Can be used in the case of a male giving a female head as well (eating out). Derived from the nodding motion the head makes during the process.
ex 1: "Man she give that good nod."
ex 2: "I got that nod last night."
ex 3: "Nod for me baby."
ex 2: "I got that nod last night."
ex 3: "Nod for me baby."
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13 Aug 2012 1:28 AM #1
Error in connecting mysql database with my extjs form
Im new to extjs and im trying to connect a form made by extjs to mysql database by a php file. the code i wrote looks fine to me i just cant see whats wrong, an error appears everytime i try to submit the form telling me Ext Error: you're trying to decode an invalid JSON string
$conn = mysql_connect ("localhost", "root", "") or die (mysql_error ());
mysql_select_db ("extjs") or die (mysql_error ());
$q=mysql_query ("
INSERT INTO info (to, subject, msg) VALUES ('".$_POST['to']."','".$_POST['subject']."','".$_POST['msg'].`") or die; ('{"success": "false"}');//json output to notify the insert is success or not
if ($q) {
echo '{"success" : "true"}';
else {
echo '{"success" : "false"}';
can anyone tell me whats wrong? thank you.
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we need see your response
Please take a screenshot on firebug when you get response from this php file.sword-it.com, Sencha Developer House in Turkey - Istanbul University Technopark Suite 204.
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15 Aug 2012 1:25 PM #4
You should be sending the new record back as well.
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New Hampshire Can Lead Nation in Increasing Colorectal Screening for Cancer, says Primary Care Research Expert
June 11, 2010
Lebanon, NH
New Hampshire has an opportunity to become a national leader in screening for colorectal cancer by following through on the delivery of three "sweet spots" of patient care, stated Allen Dietrich, MD, one of the nation's leading researchers in primary care and Associate Director for Population Sciences at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.
These sweet spots include the New Hampshire Colorectal Cancer Screening Program (NHCRCSP), a new collaboration among the Cancer Center, the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which aims to educate the public about the benefits of colorectal cancer screening and offers low-income residents who meet certain requirements the opportunity for free screenings. Another is the fecal immunochemical test, or FIT, which is less invasive and time-consuming than a colonoscopy, the standard screening test. These sweet spots support the third: greater application of what we know about health care network and primary care office systems to support screening. These systems have been "inspired and informed by experience here and elsewhere," said Dr. Dietrich.
Nationwide, more than 147,000 new cases of colorectal cancer (CRC) are reported every year, with nearly 50,000 deaths reported per year, according to the American Cancer Society. In New Hampshire, 730 new cases of colorectal cancer are reported each year and 330 are reported in Vermont. "Applying what we know about CRC screening could prevent 18,800 cases of colon cancer a year (nationally)," Dr. Dietrich emphasized.
Dr. Dietrich spoke as the holder of the James J. Carroll Chair in Oncology at Dartmouth Medical School and Norris Cotton Cancer Center. The Carroll Chair and Distinguished Lecture honor Dr. Dietrich's career as a "pioneer in primary care research," said Cancer Center Director Mark Israel, MD, in his introduction. In his lecture on May 27 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dr. Dietrich pointed out that some challenges must be addressed before New Hampshire can take the lead in CRC screening.
"Primary care has not lived up to its promise for CRC screening," he stated. "There is little time in a typical primary care visit to address issues related to preventive care. Patients are often confused by what little information they do receive. There are a lot of screening tests that can detect colorectal cancer, and people have to decide if they want to be screened and if so what test is right for them."
In addition, the government can play a positive role, Dr. Dietrich said. "Health plans and clinicians should receive incentives to help their patients consider appropriate screening tests. One of the things that's going to help us is health-care reform. There's some very positive language in the bill that was passed about insurance coverage for screening," he observed, adding, "Of course, we'll have to see how it gets implemented."
He is also optimistic about the role genetic testing might play in the future. "I love the idea of being able to risk-profile people better. Looking ahead 10 years, it would be wonderful to say, 'Your risk is one in 20' or 'your risk is one in 1,000.' I think that day will come." He added, "We also don't do as much as we should with family histories of patients. Patients could make it their business to know their family health history and to tell their clinicians about it, and clinicians should make it a priority to ask!"
"But I don't think we can wait," Dr. Dietrich concluded. "There are too many lives that can be saved with the sweet spots that are there now."
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STEUBENVILLE - EM-Media executive Jim Emmerling's Father's Day celebration is a little different than most.
Emmerling, president and CEO of EM-Media, recently welcomed son Michael to the firm, something he doesn't mind admitting is a little well, surreal.
"It's different raising a son and now working along side him," Emmerling said. "You're always a father, but at this point I look at him more out of respect, as a friend."
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WELCOME — Michael Emmerling knew he wanted to come back to the Ohio Valley to start his career in marketing. He'll be the new media specialist at EM-Media, working alongside his father, Jim, left, president and CEO of EM-Media. - Linda Harris
Michael Emmerling graduated this spring with a degree in communications, arts and science from Penn State University, which is his parents' alma mater. He joins EM-Media as a media specialist, which means he'll be working with his father and the rest of the team to bring in new business, expand current business and develop ways for clients to better market their products and services.
The firm's clientele covers a broad geographic area - West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and much of Ohio - and the elder Emmerling sees Pittsburgh as a growth market for the firm.
"I'm excited that he and my second son (Jake), they both want to be here," Jim said. "But I've conditioned them to look at Steubenville as a suburb of Pittsburgh, a 'burb of the burgh.' If you look at it that way, what more do you need? I'm proud he wants to be here ... proud that my children appreciate where they were born and want to be here."
Michael said there's a lot to be said for his hometown.
"When I was in high school, my friends and I used to joke about how after college, we wanted to go off and do things," he said. "But when you want to settle down and raise a family, there's no better place than here ... there are so many things you can do. You can go to Pittsburgh for the day, you can go to Wheeling, to Cleveland or Cincinnati. You can even go to the Kentucky Derby, make it a two-day trip. It's all here. I didn't have to move away to get those things. If I want to go to a big city, I can go and still live here."
He said he joined EM-Media not because his father runs the company, but because there's so much he can assimilate.
"The main thing I want to do is just learn, take the time to learn every little detail," Michael said. "As much as you can go and get an education, there's a lot still to learn. That's basically what I'm doing now."
His father is helping him do that, arranging for him to spend time over the next few months shadowing media and marketing professionals to gain insight on how to better serve his clients.
"I told him it will be his 'business-to-business' master's degree," Jim said. "We've been blessed to work with some really good, talented media people in the Tri-State Area, not just Jefferson County. He's going to go to Morgantown, to Charleston, to Altoona, and stay with media people - in essence, this will be his free education. I need him to spend time with them and learn about what's going on ... he'll stay with them and learn about the various media from them."
"Remember (the movie) 'Gran Torino'?" Michael added. "The scene where Clint Eastwood teaches his neighbors all the little tricks to interacting with people? That's what I need to learn, because a book can only tell you so much."
EM-Media's clientele covers a pretty broad geographic area ... West Virginia, Western Pennsylvania and Eastern Ohio. "Our growth area is going to be Pittsburgh," Jim said. "We wanted to be here because of proximity, but my business isn't really here, my clients aren't all in Jefferson County. Only about 15 percent of our business is located in Jefferson County."
For his part, Michael said he never had any doubts about the wisdom of coming home to start his career and he loves the idea of working for and with not only his father, but also his mother, Lee Ann, who is co-owner and event coordinator for Bella Hall.
"This is where I grew up," he said. "It's like Mom and Dad always told me, you want to give back to your community that's been so good to us, not only my family, but the business."


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ACADEMY (December 13, 2012)-Christmas is coming early this year for a forgotten soldier and his family.
The word "charity" is unfamiliar to Sgt. Howard Oliver of Academy, TX. The former soldier has spent nearly a decade serving in the U.S. Military.
So when total strangers offered to help him and his family after learning they may not have a home during Christmas, he was shocked.
"This has just been a relief," Sgt. Oliver said.
"It's been...a huge relief."
The Oliver family awaited eviction this month. Sgt. Oliver explained to News 10 on Wednesday that his military career left him with PTSD and a severe shoulder injury.
Right now he's in the middle of a military Medical Evaluation Board. Because of this, it makes Sgt. Oliver eligible for monthly incapacitation pay.
But records show that Sgt. Oliver hasn't been paid since July 2012. Sgt. Oliver claims the National Guard owes him roughly $18,000.
"It comes inconsistently," Sgt. Oliver said.
"It's ridiculous, I mean, there is absolutely no excuse for it."
Due to inconsistent incapacitation pay, Sgt. Oliver and his family have faced eviction 5 times since 2010. This year would be the third year they couldn't provide their daughter with a Christmas.
Central Texans learned of the story and within hours the Oliver home was flooded with phone calls and e-mails.
The story even reached a soldier currently serving in Afghanistan. Needless to say, many wanted to step up and help.
"We're not used to charity," Kimi Oliver said.
"But we're getting it and it certainly feels amazing."
The Oliver's story even reached Capitol Hill in Washington D.C.
Congressman John Carter's office has decided to take up Sgt. Oliver's case and is trying to reach a resolution.
"In cases like this, sometimes we have a favorable outcome and sometimes we don't," Congressman Carter's Spokesperson John Stone said.
"But we will fight to the end to get the best for our constituents."
News 10 located the Oliver's landlord. He said he isn't planning on evicting the family anytime soon, but that might not matter anymore.
During a follow up interview Thursday, a family came to the Oliver's home offering to pay their rent for December and January. They even want to take the Oliver's daughter shopping for Christmas.
Kimi Oliver held back tears of joy. Christmas for the Oliver family was saved.
"You feel like you're alone in situations like these," Sgt. Oliver said.
"It feels really good that there is someone else who understands what I'm going through."
News 10 learned throughout the day that donation funds were set up for the family locally and out of state. At approximately 10:20 p.m. Thursday, one donation fund had raised a little over $4,700.


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OK, let's start with the basics:
You can get the timestamp from one of several functions in the <time.h> standard library; which one you should use depends on just what sort of timestamp you need. There are several kinds: for example, the time() function returns a time_t, which is a count of the seconds since 00:00 1 Jan 1970; the gmtime() and locatime() functions return a struct tm containing the year, month, day, hour, minute, and second; the asctime() and ctime() functions return a char array in the locally defined format; and stftime() (the one you probably want) fills a string buffer based on a formatting string which you pass it.
Note that under Linux, files are automatically given a system-dependent timestamp on creation, though I'm not sure how you can access it. If all you need is the file creation time, that might do better. OTOH, if the goal is to give the files a unique name, then there are other ways to do it without a timestamp at all. You would know better than I would what it is you actually need this for; I am assuming that you actually need the timestamp for the filename, as you state.
As for opening files, fopen(), the standard file opening function in <stdio.h> , will create a file if given a "w" argument on the name of a file that doesn't already exist. You would need to close it with fclose() before the end of the program, or the file handle may not get set correctly (unlikely, but you should close it anyway).
However, if this is going to be Linux specific, you may want to use creat() instead, which gives more control over the file creation and opening, and IIUC will allow you to create an empty file without opening it.
If you need to have the program stop running for a time and then wake up to create one of these files, then you will want to use the sleep(1) system call declared in the <unistd.h> library header. You would need to loop on the sleep() call something like this:
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
while (! exit_condition_of_daemon)
sleep(3600); /* sleep for 30 minutes */
I wrote this in a rather vague way, since I really don't know enough about what you are doing at this point to show anything more than this.
OTOH, if you the program to continue running, then at the 30 minute mark stop and write a file, then you would need to either a) put the whole program in a large master loop and poll the time (using one of the time functions I previously mentioned), or b) create a separate thread which will sleep until the time comes, then stop the main thread and handle the case which you need to write the timestamped files for, then restart the main thread. The latter is more efficient, but more work; given the wherewithal you've shown to date . I would recommend the polling approach.
It would help tremendously if you could tell us what you need this for - not what you are doing, that is, but why you are doing it. What is the purpose of the timestamped files in this program? What is the program supposed to do? Is it a daemon that is running in the background, or an app or utility that has to stop periodically to do something (e.g., logging)? Does it actually need to be a full program or can it be done with a cron script? Without knowing at least some of that. any help we give you is limited and general at best.
Finally, I want to re-iterate the point: show us that you are putting at least SOME effort into this yourself. We cannot and will not do this for you, especially since you've given us bupkus for details so far. If you need or want someone else to do the work, go to the Hire a Programmer forum, or a contracting service like Scriptlance or Rent-A-Coder. If your goal is to get free labor from us, or to trick us into helping you cheat on your schoolwork, then close this thread and begone: non serviam.
We do want to help, believe me. However, it is a two-way street. The purpose of this group is to help each other learn how to solve these problems, and you've shown no inclination to learn a damn thing so far. As Aesop said, 'The Gods help those who help themselves'. Expecting more than that from those of us who are of less divine nature is simply foolish and insulting.
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I have started collecting heroica and I thought "wouldn't a fountain of youth be superb!" but I only have Fortaan and Waldurk... any ideas?
Thought I'd finally step up to the plate - here's my first attempt.
On the basis that the Fountain of Youth is probably an end goal rather than something you'd come across on the way somewhere else I've gone for an 8x8 base, but as we're limited to these two sets I've had to go with grey - I could probably have gone with the 4x4 blue plates, but felt that might limit other options, and wanted the figures to be able to move around the fountain a bit.
I've added the goblet as a collectable treasure that could have a "healing" rule for use in campaigns:


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If I use Procession on Pillage, what happens? I'm guessing that I would gain 4 Spoils, but no action worth 6, since the Pillage was already trashed by the time Procession finished resolving?
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This is the best I can find, which seems to be a definitive answer. The text in the Dark Ages rulebook is enlightening (page 7):
(emphasis mine).
This seems to say that the Pillage card goes into effect twice, even though it has been trashed at the end of the first time it goes into effect. So yes, you get 4 Spoils (assuming there are enough Spoils left in the supply).
From the explanatory text for Procession (page 16):
Which is to say, the text on the card doesn't say if you trash it, gain a card, only that you both a) trash the chosen card (if possible), and b) gain an action card costing one more than the chosen card (if possible). So yes, you do in fact gain an action card costing (6) in this case.


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By ZACH MACORMAC, For The Times Leader
Video games represent billions of dollars each year in the global market. That may come as no surprise to some, as some games can challenge the sharpest of minds with a seemingly impossible puzzle, guide a fantasy nut through an epic journey or provide a unique way for people to interact.
From the most primitive games of the late 1970s to the nearly lifelike renderings today, some groups have viewed this form of entertainment as a bane in society. However, others see it as a tool for skill building and education.
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THIS?SCREEN Shot from MoonWorld depicts the three dimensional environment where kids can enjoy the thrill of gaming with the benefits of a quality educational experience.
So what role does video gaming have in our society and what skills can be learned from them?
Debbie Denise Reese is the senior educational researcher for "Cyberlearning through Game-based, Metaphor Enhanced Learning Objects" - or CyGaMEs, based in the Center for Educational Technologies at Wheeling Jesuit University. Reese and her team are seeking to design an approach to creating instructional games that will provide results in users. Her research is anticipated for completion in summer 2013.
Funded primarily by the National Science Foundation, CyGaMEs has been developing and testing "Selene: A Lunar Construction GaME," and "MoonWorld." Both are being developed under the package name "MoonGazers." using knowledge contributed by planetary scientist Charles Wood.
Selene challenges its user to build a moon by a "slingshot" method to send rocks into other rocks and form a moon as those rocks become bound by gravity. A number of factors guided by user interaction will determine whether it will be successful. Once the moon is made, the user then can blast it with space rocks to create the cratered moon surface.
MoonWorld allows "realistic" surface exploration of the Moon to collect rocks and examine findings while surviving the harsh environment. Users are enabled to work in teams online or over a network to collaborate on goals.
However, the games have an underlying motive. Behind the scenes, the game gathers digital data that measures how quickly users learn the gameplay and how interested they are as they progress. She found that an interested and engaged player will try time and again to do a puzzle correctly until successful.
"MoonGazers" also taught various known facts about the Moon and its formation. To determine its effectiveness in including it in the game, Reese tested two groups on the material - one that would play the game and one that would read a text. First, she gave them a test before the material and found both groups scored about the same. After playing or reading, each group took the same test again. She found the group that played the game scored somewhat higher.
"We're designing an approach to instructional games with great results," Reese said, noting their findings could be used by producers to design their own games.
Though a breakthrough in educational gaming could be on the horizon, pleasure gaming remains at the top of the gaming world.
Dr. Bryan Raudenbush, a psychology professor at WJU, and a group of undergraduates have done extensive studies into the role of video games.
Among those studies, Nintendo Wii users were more likely to choose healthy snacks while playing motion games. Another study found that subjects experiencing pain can use video games to distract from it.
He observed that people with disabilities or impairments can use video games to experience things they could not otherwise do. Also, he said those with behavioral issues might be able to redirect emotions into the games provided they are mature enough to distinguish the content from reality.
"There are student clubs that network people together to talk about games and strategize," said one of Raudenbush's undergraduates, Kristen McCombs, on online gaming.
She said this role could garner teamwork and group strategy skills. Raudenbush added, however, the anonymity found in playing online games with strangers may not fetch such skill-building.


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DC performances
Posted 14 April 2003 - 02:36 PM
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 14, 2003) Ardani Artists will present the
electrifying Eifman Ballet of St. Petersburg for two performances only of TchaikovskyThe Mystery of Life and Death at the Warner Theatre. Curtain is at 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 26 and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, April 27.
Tickets, priced $36.50 to $56.50, are on sale now and available at the Warner Theatre box office, all Ticketmaster outlets, or online at www.ticketmaster.com. To charge by phone, call 202-432-SEAT, 301-808-6900, or 703-573-SEAT. For more information, call 800-669-STAGE.
Hailed by critics as Russias most innovative contemporary dance company, Eifman Ballet was founded in Russia in 1977 by Boris Eifman and revolutionized classical dance by taking the art of ballet to its highest level of expressiveness. Eifman created a new type of dance artistthe dancer/actorwho uses the foundation of classical ballet training as a launching pad for innovative, modern choreography. The theaters style fuses
avant-garde dance with the methods of 20th century dramatic theater and film, and creates a rich and multi-dimensional theater experience.
Shortly after its formation, Eifman Ballet began touring Russia, performing to sold-out houses of audiences hungry for original, artistic expression. In spite of pressure for Eifman to leave the country for not making Soviet art, the company stayed in St. Petersburg and continued to perform to tremendous popular acclaim.
During the first 10 years of its existence, Eifman Ballet was unable to tour internationally for political reasons and became international in 1988 after its first performance abroad in Paris. Since that time, Eifman Ballet has toured throughout Western and Eastern Europe, Japan, South Korea, South A frica, Israel, and Latin America. In 1998, Eifman Ballet made its U.S.
debut in New York and electrified audiences with its vibrant, often shocking, and original style. Eifman Ballet began annual tours of the U.S. in 2000, and is currently one of three resident dance companies that performs at New York City Center.
Eifman, who has been noted by The New York Times as todays most successful Russian choreographer, is a major figure in modern ballet. He has received numerous awards in Russia and internationally for his choreography and lifetime achievement in the art of dance. In 1970, he became the official
choreographer for the Vaganova Academy, the official school of the Kirov Ballet, and in 1975 he choreographed Firebird for the Kirov. Since forming Eifman Ballet, he has created a series of full-length productions including Tchaikovsky, which premiered in 1993.
Eifman Ballets Washington debut will feature TchaikovskyThe Mystery of Life and Death, Eifmans radical look at the mystery of the life and death of the great Russian composer. In Tchaikovsky, Eifman explores the composers tormented spirit and his sexualityits origins and manifestations, and their profound effect on his life. Eifmans company of more than 45 dancerswho are drawn to the companys modern ballet repertoirewill perform.
Music for the ballet is by Peter Tchaikovsky with story and choreography by Boris Eifman. Set and costumes are by Viacheslav Okunev.
Tchaikovsky - Albert Galichanin (April 26); Yuri Smekalov (April 27)
Tchaikovskys Double - Alexey Turko (April 26); Konstantin Matulevsky (April 27)
Nadezhda von Meck - Vera Arbuzova (April 26); Maria Abashova (April 27)
Antonina Milyukova, Tchaikovskys wife - Nina Zmevets (April 26); Natalia Povorozniuk (April 27)
Youth, Prince, Joker Igor Siadzko (April 26); Sergei Zimin (April 27)
Posted 14 April 2003 - 04:31 PM
(I also cannnot bring myself to go again.... )
But, please, everyone tell us what you thought--this is one choreographer and company who provoke very mixed reactions, and it's always interesting to hear what everyone thinks--
Posted 15 April 2003 - 03:37 AM
I saw his latest (?) work "Who's Who" on Saturday. It got a pretty good review from Anna Kisselgoff and I can't imagine why......"the most successful Russian choreographer" indeed! What else is out there?--What is his competition? The humor was very heavy handed and I found it boring and third rate. A real mish-mash of styles, and an overly sentimental PDD to Rachmanimnoff (shades of 'Spartacus'!) His loyal following in New York appears to be the Russian Emigree community from Brighton Beach in Brooklyn (often called Odessa By The Sea). I must admit this is the first time I saw the Company, but I shouldn't complain too loudly---I had special tickets for $10.
Posted 15 April 2003 - 08:16 AM
I'm not unhappy that I am missing Who's Who.....I'll see Who Cares? or watch Astaire if I feel a sudden urge to put on my sparkly shoes and twirl a little....
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Posted 15 April 2003 - 12:53 PM
I think it does not make a bit of difference which cast you see (and who knows if those advertised are those performing?) It is definitely entertaining. Perhaps not in the way he intended...I think it is well worth a trip to see it....a great many people will love it, and we'd like to hear those reactions, as well....
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Posted 27 April 2003 - 07:21 AM
There were a couple of cast changes last night due to injuries: Natalia Povorozniuk played the role of Antonina Milyukova, and Sergei Zimin played the role of Youth/Prince/Joker.
There are some additional cast changes for today's performance, in case you are interested:
Tchaikovsky Albert Galichanin
Tchaikovskys Double Alexey Turko
Nadezhda von Meck Maria Abashova
Antonina Milyukova Nina Zmievets
Youth, Prince, Joker Sergei Zimin
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I have passed the foundation level exam, and to be honest, I'm pretty sure that anyone could pass that exam with a couple of days of studying. My question is are these certificates really of value to my career and should I put any effort into acquiring the more advanced levels?
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"Value to career" is a tough thing to call.
I don't have a certification, and as far as I know, I've never hired anyone with a certification. That could be due to my location, or just a coincidence, or could be a point demonstrating their lack of value.
I do know that I've never considered ISTQB/ISEB Certification of any value while reviewing candidates' resumes or during interviews.
To answer the question in the title of your post: No. Testing Certificates do not prove that someone can test. They only prove that the individual can pass the certification exam.
I am aware of the current "certification is evil" line going through the software testing community. I have to say that, I don't agree with this line.
As user246 mentioned, people do occaisionally attain this certification to be more marketable. People also often sometimes take this certification early in their careers in the hopes of learning more. Certainly not going to hold it against them.
To your question however. Certification does not prove that someone knows how to test. They can show that you have learned a set of "common" terms and idea's. They may even teach someone some of the basics of testing, however, really good testing can only be learned through experience, practice, and personal retrospectives as to what they actually learned while they were testing.
If you want to put the time and money into them, I certainly wouldn't begrudge you for having them if I happened to be interviewing you, I've often contemplated the same thing myself. There are managers however, who feel that certification is a requirement. In this case, if you are in a very competitive market, it could very well help give you a one up over another candidate.
I wouldn't hire someone based on a QA certification, but I wouldn't hold it against them either. In a tight job market, a person might try a lot of things to make themselves more marketable.
If the effort you make to acquire certifications in the field of software testing in it's current form would encourgae you read more relevant stuff related to testing and you firmly believe that is going to help you think critically about the craft; I would say go for it. Inversely you can spend the same effort in becoming good at what you do by interacting and particaipating in different forums/activities related to testing outside your work. It largely depends on the person. if he needs to have a motivation (in someone's case it can be a certificate) to evolve as a professional, there is no harm in doing what you think is right.
Having said that I still feel that the certification programs currently available hardly inspire you to enahance your cognitive and creative skills and probably also in providing any solid pratical lessons on how to evolve as professional tester. You could invest your time, effort and money in better things such as books on programming, testing, development, pyschology, critical thinking, sytems thinking, etc. and read them instead.
Your long term career would be a sum of what you have learned and helped others learn by doing some inspring work on the field rather than how many medals you have managed to put on the wall. For a specific job there is a possibility that you manage with short-cuts, but if we speak of a career then it's much more than mere certificates and citations.
No, absolutely. The problem with ISTQB Syllabus is that it does not really reflect modern approaches and methodologies (especially in agile environments). I attended ISTQB training recently myself and I must say that at least half of it was useless (problems that were mentioned do not exist in agile team to which I belong).
Although it does not say much about you as a tester it may be a value to your career. Depends on where you live (or where you will be seeking jobs in the future). In my area the certificate is always mentioned as 'nice-to-have' in all job adverts.
From what I've heard the advanced-level exams are much more difficult and if I were you I would take at least one of them.
Now, I said the certificate is good for a career even if it doesn't give you much knowledge. So you may wonder - is there any training/certification that comes with some useful knowledge? Association For Software Testing provides online training. They are not (yet?) recognized by employers, but I heard they can change the way you look at testing. I am not sure if it's truth or not (although people who told me about AST were definitely trustworthy), but I am going to take the training in September. Then I will share my thoughts here. ;)
Does it mean you can test? As has already been stated above several times, certainly not.
Does it help? I can't really think of any situations where it would be a negative (at the worst, a non-factor maybe), so it certainly can't affect your employability - which, let's face it, is a rather important part of the "software testing career" experience.
On a personal note, I gained the ISTQB Foundation cert back in 2009, and it was one of the reasons my resume wasn't thrown in the bin (and for me giving an interview etc). So I can't categorically state that it helps in that regard, but on the other hand, I was thrown into an environment where I lost my bearings for the first few months and didn't apply a lot of the knowledge I'd acquired (both through previous job experience and the cert), so in that way it didn't prove that I could test at all.
Luckily they were patient with me...
Well... No, in my opinion the ISTQB Foundation level certification does not guarantee that you can test. Learning the specifics of the job requires practice, depth of knowledge, experience, etc. ISTQB preparation teaches you basic terminology. Processes and even testing techniques are not covered well... Anyway, think about it that way: "ISTQB does not guarantee that you cannot test". :))
No, a testing certificate doesn't prove you can test. Having said that, I have sat (and passed) the ISEB Foundation and Intermediate levels and the ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst.
For each of those I read a bunch of books and articles, then paid to sit the exam. It was definitely worth reading the books - I learned some useful things. I think it was just about worth sitting the exams (about £120 each), it's possible that it will give me an edge at some point when applying for a job.
I have also have been on the foundation course and feel that it presented no gain in my career. The course however would have been of great help when I had first started my career as a software tester. It highlights some of the basic techniques that can be applied and tries to put the concepts behind testing into perspective.
I am sure that "anyone" could pass this test and as it is only a 3 day course then I would not expect it to be too difficult. If you are looking to see what the next level's in the course teach then I am sure that they have books available that will inform you of what the course contains.
Not exactly. It may prove that you have understood the concepts but that doesn't mean that ur good at hunting bugs.
No, but it normally proves, you that you will understand what the ISTQB test manager and the other ISTQB tester mean. Many project managers think that testing is that obvious that one need no education for it, it is certainly wrong.
A big value is - one would not disturb good testing process by implementing his not-understanding about testing and qa.
I have never even mentioned these certifications to any prospective candidate, nor have I been ever asked. These certifications have been able to thrive so much, maybe because of lack of formal education for the field of Quality Assurance.
I believe these come handy when you are applying for a QA/tester job in non-technological industry where the hiring managers do not have substantial technological skills or experience and the certificates can help them filter the candidates.
These certificates, maybe prove that someone knows the basics of testing - fundamentals and definitions, which might be beneficial at the start of the career. It might help getting a job initially, but is not a quality metrics for the ability to test.
Again, ROI is a totally different argument.
Having ISTQB certifcation doesn't make you an experienced person. It just add's weightage to your resume when you are switching to another company. In few cases it helps a person who is planning to shift altogether to a new country for ex: If you are working in india and looking for a job in USA or any European countries it helps you in finding a job.
Why are the people with loads of experience and knowledge afraid of the certification exams? I started to doubt if these people just get along with their connections and some politicking? Just like certification, even your academic credentials can't reflect your abilities. Most Indians know of one Harvard graduate who cannot spell "Harvard" correctly. But then studying at Harvard doesn't make all those who studied there to be fools.
When these kind of people are at the helm of the affairs, problems start. Because when they can't put in effort to pass, they have a prejudice against those who pass the exam.
If they really believe in all that bs they dish out, they should be developing their own software instead of using the crappy software from Microsoft and oracle.
Certifications can only prove that certified personal has knowledge. But In order to be a good tester , we need to apply knowledge.
ISTQB certification test only knowledge but not on how to apply knowledge. There can be still dumb testers even with ISTQB certificates.
Thanks! Sashi
i don't think that ISTQB Certification or another approves that you are now can test, you must do real work to learn but it also good for concepts & some companies may requires it to join work
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What is the Spanish word haiga? Is it a properly conjugated form of a verb? Or a regional variant or improper conjugation? Where/when is it used?
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It is a regional variant of "haya" (first and third singular person, subjunctive present of the verb "haber"). You will hear that word from some people with low education in a natural manner, and also from well-educated people in an informal conversation, either trying to make a joke or just put emphasis on the word by pronouncing it incorrectly (especially when "haiga" is pronounced slowly).
If you find that word in a written document, it will probably be part of a dialogue, in which case you should probably assume that the character is not well educated.
According to the dictionary, "haiga" it is also a noun, an informal word for a big, ostentatious car. However, this is the first time I hear about that meaning, and I'm a native speaker of Spanish. Maybe it's just a local word in some country, and this origin might be irrelevant since the word is not used very much (that, according to the diccionary as well).
Depends on the context.