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Recently, I read an article in the NYT written by a graduate student at Columbia on Silicon Valley's Youth Problem. I was very pleased to see that a person in tech was writing about problems people in tech face. Kudos to NYT to capturing this important perspective. After reading the article, I felt compelled to write a letter to the author to voice my thoughts. Although I never ended up sending it, you can find my letter below.
Hey Yiren,
I just read your article. Powerful stuff. Your article really hit home for me -- I recently graduated from Columbia (Lions pride! -- and no pun intended) where I studied computer science. I moved to Washington to work as a Program Manager at Microsoft last fall. Because I felt like I could relate to your narrative, there were a couple of points I wanted to voice which I feel very strongly about.
The problem with "tech" scene today is that it no longer is about technology. It has devolved into a gold-rush of mass-hysteria led by a throng of wantrepreneurs with little to no regard for Computer Science. Sure, the majority of the miners might know about HTML5 (and that's as far as they usually know -- that it exists), most have no clue about abstract syntax trees, finite automata, the knapsack problem, relational calculus, machine translation, multicycle MIPS processors or pretty much anything outside of "programming."
These are the new faces of tech, spurred on by people such as Peter Thiel who believe all that book-learnin is net detrimental. It is the overly idealistic notion that "all you need is an idea," which plagues the young tech scene.
While I was president of ACM at Columbia, a hackNY fellow and Dorm Room Fund partner during my college years, I became involved in the tech community. Quickly, I realized how one-sided the community truly was for those few who took enough initiative to learn to code. Day after day, I was bombarded with emails after emails from would-be "entrepreneurs" who cared nothing more than instrumenting me as a tool. Since, clearly, if there's anyone who is going to hit the next jackpot, it's a hotshot iBanker without any technical prowess and the same hackneyed ideas as the other 10 million iBankers.
Invariably, the onslaught of single-minded "business development experts" sought a technical co-founder to build their social networks for wildabeests. Because a network for wildabeests is the next big (no)thing. Without fail, they generously offered me equity in a company I would single-handedly build as their "co-founder." They also bribed me with business connections to this guy their friend knew from Google. Well, he used to work there at least.
While the "entrepreneur" kicked back and drank some coconut water, they expected me to do all the heavy lifting. It is at this juncture when I ask them if they were truly invigorated by their ideas, why don't they learn to code themselves? Otherwise, how can they deserve to be successful for something they had no part in creating?
Much like gold prospectors, these wantrepreneurs are merely dilettantes drawn to the allure of outrageous valuations. For if they were truly interested in tech and not simply to cash in on an absurdly inflated market, then they would have studied Computer Science. Because it interested them.
Furthermore, I charge these new faces of tech with not only sloth -- although not for lack of ambition -- but also with fetishizing the developer culture. Perhaps their most apparent crime is that they are repeat offenders in overusing the word, "hacker." Often they deem the engineering community as whole as "hackers," despite lacking all but the most rudimentary skills themselves. Hacker this, open-source that.
On the surface, this might seem to you as a minor offense. But in lumping themselves together with computer scientists, wantrapreneurs conflate "computer science" with fleeting, single-purpose web apps that do little more than read in a user's input. The new faces of tech have successfully completed the illusion of convincing the general public that "tech" is little more than an iPhone game.
To be a computer scientist is a right you have to earn, and not simply by becoming a "code ninja" because you wrote an instant-message client in NodeJS. It was only after I toiled through the 11 grad level classes while an undergrad at Columbia when I could call myself a Computer Scientist.
That is why I am personally opposed to the term "hacker." In my mind, the new guys on the scene are nothing more than charlatans consumed by the promise of fame and fortune. After all, they often the very same people who snickered behind the backs of countless neckbeards, pointing and laughing at them for attending hackathons. Now, I guess the tables have turned.
Just as one cannot blame a rabbit for scavenging a vegetable patch, I cannot blame the hordes of wantrepreneurs for ravaging the tech scene. The real blame lies on the VCs. In artificially creating value where there is little, VCs have created a hyper-inflated market. Much like the origin of the former financial crisis began when banks began selling portfolios of toxic assets to other banks caught in the real-estate frenzy of 2006, the same market correction is likely to occur when the true book value is uncovered.
Our expectations for "tech" companies FAR outstrip the reality. Whatsapp's recent acquisition is absolutely LAUGHABLE. Given their current annual revenue stream of 20 million, it will take a millennium to earn their 19 billion valuation. Ultimately, what value is there in a company if not its net profit? A business cannot endure on speculation alone.
When the check books stop balancing, someone's gotta pay the piper. Someday soon, the world is in for a rude awakening. In part, this is due to the absurd valuations that venture capital companies issue for essentially worthless companies. I hope I have made myself clear that the excessive hype induced by venture capital's fervor has inflated the entire market and robbed tech of its dignity.
Just like the conquistadors in search of gold ruthlessly plundered the indigenous, the feverishly fanatical mentality of urgency and blind ambition is destructive, albeit in more subtle ways. Usually, the most talented students are the ones who brush aside careers in cancer research to strike it big with flappy-bird. I argue the damage to society alone for the misallocation of talent is more damaging then the loss of life due to colonization. How many more people would be alive today from new cures developed from the Ivy-League graduates that Goldman Sachs and their Wall Street cohorts swallowed whole? Now, the same could be said for the new Snapchats of the world.
It's pretty miraculous that the archetypal programmer has transformed from lives-with-mom to runs-a-fortune-500.
Lastly, there is great personal damage to individuals caught in the startup whirlwind as well. Classmates of mine with an almost-megalomaniacal conviction for their delusions of grandeur dropped out left and right to pursue dreams little more likely than meeting the tooth fairy. Yet, when their role models such as Peter Thiel applaud their decisions, they don't realize the incredible opportunities they forgo.
I am in direct opposition to the commonly-accepted notion that learning can only occur outside the classroom. The bar might be low now, but the real, lasting opportunities on the horizon in the world of computer science require a thorough education.
Having taken courses both in and out of the classroom, I firmly believe that online learning is NOT a substitute for an education, no matter how you slice it. Without the pressure to pull all-nighters to finish a problem set, it is nearly impossible to apply oneself to the same extent while working independently. It's a result of simply human nature -- independent learners lack the same accountability which the classroom enforces. Simply posting a few off-hand comments on Hacker News about human computer interaction does not make one an expert on User Interface Design.
That said, I'd be hard-pressed to dispute the value of outside learning outside of the classroom entirely. Outside experience on pet projects is pivotal to the growth of an engineer, and this fact has been noted by tech giants like Google and Microsoft. After all, Github has effectively replaced the resume of a software engineer. However, there are some things that can be learned far easier in class than at home.
It is for this very reason that most undergraduate CS programs completely gloss over web programming as they expect that students are better suited to acquire these skills outside of the classroom. When it comes to fully grasping the concepts of more academically-rigorous disciplines like machine learning, it is vital to be disciplined in one's approach to learning.
Next year, I will return to the east coast to get a masters at Harvard in the new Computational Science and Engineering program. I firmly believe that Machine Learning is the next frontier and will power the next wave of actually useful software. No more sexting. Way more knowing and predicting. I'm making a $48,000 bet on this, after all.
Feel free to let me know your thoughts at your leisure,


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I've had an idea.
It's been a while.
I keep running the problem of a low energy system through what I like to call the invention engine, and it keeps telling me to lower the difference in height between the fish tank and the grow bed. Eventually it told me to make them at the same level, and use a powerhead to just stir water from the fish tank to the grow bed.
But when I run it with the new system design, it says to drop the grow bed even lower.
Into the negative.
Which doesn't make a lot of sense until you think about moving the grow bed back up again to drain it.
When I ran that through the invention engine, it came up with floating the grow bed in and out of the fish tank.
By pumping air under it.
An air pump is inexpensive to run, and I know it's already capable of the pressure required to get air to the bottom of a tank, because a lot of people use them in exactly that way.
The thing I dont know, is if it's capable of shifting enough volume to raise the bed often enough. It will definitely raise the bed, but if it takes too long, then it's not going to be worth it. I'm guessing I'd need to raise and lower the bed at least twice per hour. Dropping it back down should be easy to make quick, so as a target to aim for, I think I'll look at raising the grow bed within half an hour.
As the grow bed lowers into the water, it displaces water, causing the fish tank water level to rise, and thus contribute to submerging the media to the desired level. The reverse would occur when the air was trapped and the grow bed rises. It would displace less water, so the fish tank level would drop, resulting in a quicker low tide.
The air pump can be even smaller than I first thought, because there's really no need for all that pumping to the bottom of the tank, so no need for all that pressure. That combined with the way all that stuff in the previous paragraph should work, might mean it will be an absurdly low energy use aquaponics system.
I haven't worked out the down bit, but that wont prove difficult at all. I really enjoy inventing things where the force I'm trying to overcome is used to do the overcoming, so in this case I'd like to make use of the pressure build up to release itself, but even if I cant work something out, I can always use electronics to make a valve open at the top of the cycle, dumping the air, and dropping the grow bed back down.
I might even be able to use the rush of air to do something productive.
Cooling perhaps... who knows.
It might even be possible to use the incoming water from an existing system to get a free lift, by using it to force some bubbles under a new air powered grow bed.
Or to fill the grow bed, raise it, and then distribute the water to another grow bed, creating a kind of pump.
It might also need a few guides to keep it from wearing where the grow bed would inevitably touch the fish tank.
I have a really spooky feeling I've had this idea before, and this may just be a side effect of my current lifestyle (that being sleeping in a post-op haze) or could just be because I have had the idea before. Or it could even be confirmation of the sneaking suspicion, that whenever I have an idea, what I'm really doing is simply remembering having had the idea in the future, at some point after that.
This means all the invention engine does is jogs the memory I'm yet to have had...
Either way it will work.
All it would need is a grow bed media that weighs less than the water the air displaces, and it will work.
And some buckets...
I'll need some buckets.
I'll make one tomorrow.
Buckets, and media...
I'll need some media.
Sleep now.
120 Things in 20 years, For all your absurdly low energy aquaponics systems and pre-think.
It's my intention to gain a new ability every 2 months for the next 20 years. I'd enjoy some company, some help, and some constructive criticism.
Things so far...
Animation (5) Aquaponics (339) Bread (15) Cheese (15) cooking (49) electronics (57) Epic adventurer (20) Escargot (2) Fire (6) Fraudster (1) Handmade fishing lures (31) Home made preserves (11) Making smoked foods (11) Mold making (7) Movie watcher and critic (2) Photography (17) PVC (36) Snail farming (6) Solar hot water (26) Solar photovoltaic panels (7) Stirling Engines (11) Thinking (49) Vermiculture (1) Wind energy (25)
Aquaponics - Absurdly low energy system
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Two grow beds...ReplyDelete
Air lift one, the other sinks. Air from the sinking one flows over to the lifting one, speeding the process.
The seesaw could also help keep the grow beds off the tank walls.
TCLynx also mentioned a Teetertotter (sp?).ReplyDelete
I'm not sure you could reuse the air though because it would have to be under pressure to go in, and have to release pressure to go out. I think you might get some kind of equilibrium between the two beds. But I guess at that point you could switch to exhausting the air.
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Ellis leads Kansas past TCU
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Perry Ellis is a man of few words, but on Saturday the sophomore forward was happy to let the Kansas crowd say it all.
Ellis leads Kansas past TCU
LAWRENCE, Kan. -- Perry Ellis is a man of few words, but on Saturday the sophomore forward was happy to let the Kansas crowd say it all.
When he was done with his performance, the sellout throng in Allen Fieldhouse was chanting his name: "Perry, Perry, Perry."
No wonder. Ellis scored a career-high 32 points on 13-of-15 shooting. He also led the No. 7 Jayhawks with a career-high five assists and shared game-high honors with eight rebounds as Kansas throttled TCU, 95-65.
"He was great," Kansas coach Bill Self said. "I even think one of his two misses he got back and put it in. He was without question our best player today."
The limelight for Ellis is dimmed at times by the Jayhawks' dazzling freshman class.
Among them, guards Andrew Wiggins and Wayne Selden added 17 and 15 points, respectively, as Kansas bounced back from an overtime loss earlier in the week to in-state rival Kansas State and improved to 19-6 overall, while maintaining the Big 12 lead at 10-2.
To pull away from TCU, which remained winless in Big 12 play at 0-12 while falling to 9-15 overall, the Jayhawks counted on Ellis to show impressive range.
When he wasn't scoring, he solved the TCU zone by passing out of the high post for his five assists.
"Even though he won't be our leading scorer this year, he's going to be our most consistent scorer," Self said. "We don't have to run any stuff for him. Perry is going to get his."
Ellis established his previous scoring high in a Nov. 12 win over Duke. That was in the Champions Classic. This time, in his own building, he got to hear his name.
"It felt good," Ellis said. "We have great fan support. But I'm just trying to be my best. That's all I can do."
Defensively, the Jayhawks weren't close to that level throughout the first half as TCU made eight of its first 11 shots and led by as many as six points.
Kansas rallied to gain a seven-point halftime margin, then made eight of its first 11 shots to begin the second half, which it started with a 23-5 rampage.
Ellis scored 10 points during that spree and also fed Wiggins with a beautiful lob for a shattering dunk.
"They are good, they are really good," TCU coach Trent Johnson said. "What I like about them is that they are really competitive. They play for their jersey. They are selfless and very tough."
Guard Kyan Anderson scored 25 points on 8-of-9 shooting to pace TCU, but was limited to four second-half points, including one field goal.
"It was one guy having a great first half," Self said. "The adjustments we made (guarding Anderson) weren't major things at all. It was try a little harder."
In solving the TCU zone, the Jayhawks made 35-of-46 shots from inside the 3-point arc. They shot 61.5 percent overall, including only 26.3 percent from 3-point range on 5-of-19 shooting.
After serving a disciplinary suspension that forced him to miss the Kansas State defeat, forward Jamari Traylor came off the Kansas bench to add 10 points and grab eight rebounds.
The Jayhawks had a 35-18 advantage on the glass. They also distributed 20 assists as Selden, Wiggins and point guard Naadir Tharpe each had four.
Forward Amric Fields added 12 points for TCU, including its first field goal of the second half at the 14:47 mark.
"We put pretty good pressure on (Kansas) in the first half," said Anderson, who led the Horned Frogs with five assists. "They came out with a lot more intensity on defense in the second half and that led to easy baskets for them. That's what good teams do."
TCU ranked last in the Big 12 with a 64.9-point average on 40.9 percent shooting, yet forged its six-point lead at the 12:32 mark of the first half behind Anderson's hot hand.
Anderson netted 21 first-half points on 7-for-8 shooting as the Horned Frogs went 13-of-23 (56 percent) from the floor before the break.
Kansas used a 15-3 surge midway through the half to go up, 34-28. Selden scored three buckets during that spree and finished with 11 first-half points to share team-high honors with Ellis and Wiggins. Together, the trio went 15-of-22 from the floor.
NOTES: Kansas C Joel Embiid missed the game because of injuries that have prevented the freshman from practicing since a loss at Kansas State on Monday. Embiid is dealing with a strained knee, as well as a back injury he sustained on Feb. 8 against West Virginia. Senior Tarik Black replaced Embiid in the starting lineup. ... G Brannen Greene also missed the game because of what Kansas officials termed "a pattern of irresponsible behavior." ... F Jamari Traylor, who missed the Kansas State game, also for acting irresponsibly according to coach Bill Self, entered for the Jayhawks before the first TV timeout. ... TCU won nine of its 10 games before entering Big 12 play, where it has lost 12 straight. The Horned Frogs went 2-16 and finished last in the Big 12 a year ago, but split the league series with Kansas.


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Question about Jensen VM9410 Car DVD Player
My jensen dvd player will not open by itself, I have to help it in and out. When I push the open button, It starts clicking and barely moves. Same when I push to close. When I was at the local circuit city, I messed with some of thiers, and I noticed that there are a few set of gears in there. I was thinking that these gears might be stripped of even just a little off. can you give me some advice.
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two things might be wrong is there 12 volts and is there a good ground . hope this might help.
Posted on Jan 07, 2006
SOURCE: Jensen VM9410 DVD/CD Car Player
check the amp wires i tink u got the antenna wire in the amp that way when u change to the cd player the power shut off
Posted on May 17, 2007
SOURCE: volume resets to 26 every time unit powers on
You can change the start-up volume level by doing the following: 1. Turn the volume onto the desired level 2. Before the yellow volume meter disappears, hold the audio for two seconds and you should hear a beep. 3. Check it by turning off the car and turning it back on again P.S. - You can download the manual from audiovox.com
Posted on Oct 05, 2007
SOURCE: monitor wont come out
I have the exact same problem on mine. If yours is like mine, It clicks a little when it tries to open and close. If that is the case, The gears that open the dvd player might be stripped or just need to be adjusted.
Posted on Feb 22, 2008
SOURCE: jensen player
Insert the DVD
After the disc loads and plays you will see a blue screen telling you "it is unlawful to drive with a movie blah blah blah"
1)Activate the brake sequence and disable the blue screen using the hand brake, the switch method or anything else to give the unit its three pulses to disable that freakin blue screen.
(What I did was I installed my radio entirely, then took the pink wire and touched for two seconds, removed for two seconds and then touched and held the negative pole of a mower battery laying on my passenger seat until the screen was no longer blue.)
2) Next, on the main remote press stop twice, then 1, 2, 6, 4.
You will now see a hidden menu that says:
Region Code
Brake Override (I know you're drooling by now)
Macrovision (Watch all the burned and pirated movies you want if this option is off)
Loader Version
Model Version
3) Using the right joystick on the unit, navigate to the options of your choice, click on them to toggle on, off or which region code you want.
This is what you want:
Region Code: 1
Brake Override ON
Macrovision: OFF
When your done, click SYS SETUP on the main remote TWICE to save the settings and bingo, your done!!! Hooray!!! You can now kill your whole family in the car while watching that adult movie while your driving.....
The other way of doing this is by not engaging the parking brake sequence, thus you're inputting the code blindly.
1) Insert the DVD and you'll get the blue screen.
(If you have more than one tv, the unit itself will have the blue screen but the additional tv's you have plugged in will NOT, they will show the dvd menu. Thus you will be able to see the hidden menu on the additional screens after inputting the code, but not on the main unit because of its blue screen.)
2) On the main remote, push stop twice and then 1, 2, 6, 4
3) Push the joystick on the unit SOUTH twice and then click it once.
4) Press SYS SETUP on the main remote twice to save your settings.
Posted on May 05, 2009
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ERISA-DOL Provides Guidance On Whether A Retirement Savings Program Is A Single Employee Pension Benefit Plan Despite Participation By Multiple Employers
In Advisory Opinion 2012-04A, the U.S. Department of Labor (the "DOL") dealt with the issue of whether a certain retirement savings program constitutes a single "employee pension benefit plan", within the meaning of section 3(2) of ERISA, despite participation by multiple unrelated employers.
In the Opinion , the DOL reviewed the 401(k) Advantage LLC 401(k) Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan is operated and maintained by 401(k) Advantage LLC ("Advantage"), and is advised by TAG Resources LLC ("TAG"), a registered investment advisor. The Plan is intended to be a single "multiple employer" 401(k) profit-sharing plan, which covers employees of Advantage and other unrelated employers that adopt the Plan (there are currently 500 such employers). TAG is the "plan administrator", within the meaning of ERISA section 3(16), of the Plan. Advantage is the plan sponsor and named fiduciary. Advantage has the authority to amend the Plan. Advantage and TAG may, at any time, terminate the participation of any particular adopting employer. As named fiduciary, Advantage assumes the risk and liability associated with being a trustee, and removes every adopting employer from the liability associated with that role.
In analyzing the issue, the DOL said that, to be a single "employee pension benefit plan", under ERISA section 3(2), the Plan must be established or maintained by an "employer" within the meaning of ERISA section 3(5), an "employee organization" within the meaning of ERISA section 3(4), or both. In turn section 3(5) of ERISA defines "employer" as any person acting directly as an employer, or indirectly in the interest of an employer, in relation to an employee benefit plan; and includes a group or association of employers acting for an employer in such capacity. Section 3(4) of ERISA defines "employee organization", in pertinent part, as any labor union or any organization of any kind in which employees participate and which exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with employers concerning an employee benefit plan, or other matters incidental to employment relationships; or any employees' beneficiary association organized for the purpose in whole or in part, of establishing such a plan.
In this case, based on the information provided to the DOL, the DOL concluded that neither Advantage or TAG, or any other entity such as an adopting employer, is an employer or employee organization, as so defined. In particular, Advantage and TAG are not acting like employers with respect to the employees of the adopting employers, and therefore do not fit the definition of employer in section 3(5). The adopting employers have no relationship to each other, except for this arrangement to provide retirement savings for their employees. On that point, the DOL said that where-as here- several unrelated employers merely execute identically worded trust agreements or similar documents as a means to fund or provide benefits to their employees, in the absence of any genuine organizational relationship between the employers, no employer group or association exists for purposes of ERISA section 3(5).
As such, the DOL concluded that the Plan is not a single employee pension benefit plan for purposes of ERISA. Rather, it is an individual plan of each adopting employer.


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Time: 9pm
Venue: GSC @ 1 utama
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Kevin Williamson
Stars: Anthony Anderson, David Arquette, Alison Brie, Adam Brody, Neve Campbell, Courtney Cox, Rory Culkin, Marielle Jaffe, Erik Knudson, Hayden Panettiere, Emma Roberts, Marley Shelton and Nico Tortorella
Sidney Prescott (Campbell) heads back home to start her book tour just as a new wave of killings happen that involve someone pulling the same phone and stabbing stunts as before. This reinvigorates Gail Weathers (Cox), who's been married to Sheriff Dewey (Arquette) and hasn't been able to figure out what to write next. Sidney stays with her Aunt (Mary McDonald) and Niece Jill (Roberts), and it turns out it's Jill and her classmates who are to be the next victims of the Ghostface Killer.
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10 years had passed since Scream 3? I didn't know that until I goggle search about it.
Thumbs up for the Violence scene.
Stabbing with knife and blood splashing is what I really want. :)
Sometimes it creates a thrilling scene, whereby you tend to close your eyes, thinking that the murderer will appear.
Sometimes it creates a thrilling scene, whereby you tend to close your eyes, thinking that the murderer will appear.
Eg: A girl receiving a phone call and when the murderer ask her to open the closet, and she did but nothing appear.
It's often punctuated with funny or jokes scene. Especially this part.
Alison Brie received a call from the murderer
and she tends to run to her car. Guess what?
She still dare to walk out of her car and look under the car for the murderer.
*I laughed*
But if you are looking for serious bloody murderer film I don't think you can find it much in Scream 4.
I have been always guessing who is the murderer. You think of A and B might appear as one.
You might suspect everyone in the end.
Ending was the best part, and I think it's more logical compare to the other movie.
How a guy/girl wants to be a murderer, what's their motive? You will find it out in the end.
The Cast
The film also keeps up the suspense, the director did a great job of keeping you interested. But for me, some part is just too ridiculous, so I just tend to ignore it.
Be careful you might just get shocked by some of the scenes mainly due to sound system I guess.
Plot: 6/10
Thrilling: 7/10
Shocking: 610
Overall: 6.5/10
lastly, the group photo!
(Credits to Carmen Wong)


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NHTSA Campaign Number: 13V094000
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Potential Number of Units Affected: 2,180
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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - World number one Serena Williams suffered one of the heaviest defeats of her long and illustrious career as she was humbled 6-0 6-2 by Romanian Simona Halep at the WTA Finals on Wednesday.
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So I tell myself constantly that it's a bit silly that my prime inspiration for losing weight and getting fit is to fit into a better sized diaper but as many of you already pointed out, any inspiration is good inspiration for better health!
The best / snugged shaped and fitting diaper for me at the moment is a Depends Overnight Large Fitted Brief w/ the 3 tapes, but the cheap plastic kinda chafes over time.
The less chafing one is Large Attends Waistband w/ 3 tapes but it goes up way too high and is just a bit tooooo big.
My goal is to fit into an Abena M4 Abri-Form X Plus. I'm told that a waist size 34-ish is about an average size for a great fit on those, and I'm told that is a realistic waist for an inshape average male 6'1", some even a bit less depending on build.
I'm 262 right now, at 6'1" so I'm definitely able to lose quite a bit to get out of the Obese range / risky health zone.
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--Eat a little less meat and dairy.
--Eat a little more fruit
--Eat a HUGE amount more vegetables than usual
--If not doing any hardcore exercise, at least go for a 10 min walk in the morning and at night, longer if you can.
I figure those sound like basic, non extreme tips and if followed, surely it is a given that one's health would improve.
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Keurig K-cups are non recyclable, inventor regrets design
The concept of being able to brew just one cup of coffee was so convenient that it made Keurig K-cups, presently owned by Green Mountain, extremely popular all over North America. Small coffee pods for individual cup of coffee and the Keurig pod machines that brew them can be seen in almost every workplace in America. Unfortunately, the K-cups seem to have environmental issues that cannot be ignored. The disposable little K-cups have been found to be non recyclable; in a recent interview, its inventor, John Sylvan, has regretted that he has designed it. As an alternative to a cup of…Read More
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Robot war against Ebola has begun
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Refugees: The Strangers Among Us
, CFRE, Director, Philanthropic Service for Institutions, Silver Spring, Maryland
Whenever I say to people, "I'm a refugee," I get a standard response — "Yeah, we're all refugees on this earth." I then repeat, "I'm a refugee, a real, genuine one," and that generates more interesting responses such as, "You don't look like one," or, "How come you don't have an accent?" or, more likely, "I thought you had an accent!"
Yes, I am a genuine refugee. Communist takeover in Estonia, the land of my birth, impelled my father to pick up his family and flee in the middle of the night. Because he was the conference president for the Estonian Seventh-day Adventist Church, the secret police, the dreaded KGB, had targeted him and his life was clearly in danger.
We managed to make it to Germany where we remained homeless and wandered from place to place, trying to stay safe as well as alive, while my father continued to minister to churches. This kept us out of the displaced persons or refugee camps, and eventually we made it to the proverbial promised land, the United States, due to the intervention and support of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists as well as the U.S. government.
As I grew up in many places, exemplified by my learning four languages before the age of ten, I found the life of danger, displacement and strangeness to be intriguing because it made me different. I could speak those four languages, knew who Stalin and Hitler were beyond just the history books' accounts, had known extreme hunger, slept under the stars snuggled against my parents, and felt my stomach churn at the sound of any siren. Yes, I had experienced all that but I didn't know how to play the simple American game of "jacks" (also known as knucklebones), had no idea what to do with a telephone, and thought that everything in the U.S. came in three sizes—large, king-size and giant. I tried hard to fit into an American mold and forget all the past—that's what was highly encouraged when I finally became a U.S. citizen at age 14—and especially tried to fit into school and church life, which presented additional sets of challenges.
We, the four of us in my family, were indeed the strangers in the promised land, and this was reinforced over and over. Yet there were significant numbers of kind Adventists who believed the verse in the Old Testament, "The foreigner residing among you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt."1 And I remain eternally grateful for that.
Therefore I am pained and disheartened when I hear the anti-refugee propaganda in the U.S. just now, when even Adventists proclaim, "We don't want THEM among us, they're different." Yes, I am white, I came from the last "popular" war that America has experienced, quickly learned the language, even learned how to play jacks, and eventually became an accomplished, accepted individual. But has the passage of time made a difference in how the strangers among us are or should be treated? America is a land made up of diverse populations, which, to me, makes it an ideal land, but are more recent arrivals less acceptable than those who came years ago, even long before me?
I truly believe today is a time to say, "What would Jesus do?"
When I was doing some training for community centers of a certain city where I lived at the time, someone gave me some newsletters which depicted that population's antipathy toward those who were more recent arrivals and therefore to be disparaged. The newsletters dated back to early decades of the 20th century. If the country and ethnicity references were blocked out of the articles, one might think the articles discussed today's refugees and immigrants—but in reality the targeted population groups were Germans, Irish and Italians! Alas, some things never change.
I truly believe today is a time to say, "What would Jesus do?" If we think back to his life and times, he treated strangers, the outsiders of the Jewish in-group, with the same courtesy, helpfulness and kindness as he did those of his inner circle and ethnic population. As the psalmist says, "The LORD watches over the foreigner and sustains the fatherless and the widow."2 Can we who claim God as our Father do any differently? Perhaps this counsel from the days of the Israelites, "And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt,"3 applies to us more than ever. All of us except Native Americans came from somewhere else. Do we only welcome those who look and think like us, or can we open our hearts, our wallets, our minds to dealing with differences, as Jesus would?
Circling back to my own time as a refugee and a life-time immigrant, no matter how much I look and sound like an average, older American woman, I remember both the snubs and mean-spirited actions along with the kindnesses of people who helped us re-establish our lives and welcomed us to this promised land. I remember the women of the old-time Dorcas society who outfitted us with clothes and household items (and to this day I remember the blue bunny slippers I so wanted but alas, my feet were too big already). I remember the thoughtfulness of some teachers who understood my global views and experiences and tolerated my immature state of being as an American, and who encouraged further progress, like the academy teacher who wrote in my yearbook, "You have much talent and you will go far," causing me to say, "Who, me??" I remember the members of my father's Hispanic churches who didn't have much but shared what they had with us, the pastor's family. And I could go on.
Yes, we are all refugees wandering on this earth, waiting for redemption and a trip to the real promised land, but while here, let us gather with us those who are today's refugees and make a difference in their lives, in spite of the differences. As the Bible promises, God WILL bless us all, everyone.
- Leviticus 19:34
- Psalm 146:9
- Deuteronomy 10:9


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Question about Dishwashers
Posted by deliahharris on
I have user manual and it is no help theses lights still stay on
It is the R8 wire not the B8 and the model number is dx300ka*01
Thanks guys it is a dishwasher not a washing machine
This can happen due to multiple reasons:
check the following:
Check If�
Heater circuit problem:
♦ Open heater.
♦ Wire disconnected, open connection or component in heater circuit.
♦ Faulty heater drive circuit on control
then to solve :Then�
1. Check operation of heater in Diagnostics cycle.
2. Unplug dishwasher or disconnect power.
3. Check resistance of heater and all components and connections in the water heating circuit or heat dry circuit.
Door switch not making contact consistently:
♦ Misaligned door latch assembly (which can be aggravated by high door closure force keeping strike plate from fully seating).
♦ Faulty door switch (high resistance).
♦ Loose or missing installation anchor screws, causing tank to shift in cut-out.
then try this:
Measure resistance of door switch contacts while checking mechanical operation of latch assembly. Confirm switches not loose from assembly. Check strike plate and door closure.
Posted on Nov 25, 2008
Hi there,
I have tried to research your dishwasher to see if I couldn't find a wiring schematic, but I haven't had any luck. I was able to obtain a number for Electrolux's customer service dept. that you can call to find a service center in your area, or possibly to even see if they would supply you with the wiring diagram that you need. However, while researching your dishwasher, I stumbled across an article that some might find a bit disturbing if they own one of these dishwasher's. I have included the actual article below. I hope that I've been able to point you in the right direction and that this info proves to be useful. Have a great evening!
Sale of fire-risk dishwashers banned5:00AM Thursday July 24, 2008
New South Wales last nightbanned the sale of dishwasher brands fromAustralia's largest whitegoodssupplier after the faulty machines werelinked to a string of home fires.
Morethan 26,000 Electrolux,Electrolux Dishlex and Westinghouse dishwasherssold in Australia andNew Zealand since April last year have a potentialwiring fault.
TheNSW Fair Trading Minister, Linda Burney, said herdepartment had beenalerted to 73 incidents involving the appliances,resulting inexcessive heat and kitchen fires.
Electrolux identified a fault with the dishwashers last year and has issued three appeals to consumers.
"Despitethis,Fair Trading has received reports that fires or incidentscontinue tooccur," Ms Burney said. Up to 5000 of the dishwashersremain inhouseholds unchecked.
The minister said a wire connector within the appliances could cause plastic components to melt in the control panel.
The largest number of faulty washers are in NSW.
The state Commissioner of Fair Trading has moved to ban NSW retailers from selling their remaining stock of the appliances.
"The prohibition will ensure that any dishwashers not alreadyquarantined by Electrolux, which may be in retail outlets and not inthe possession of Electrolux, are not sold," Ms Burney said.
Thebanand the recalls cover Electrolux, Electrolux Dishlex andWestinghousewashers with serial numbers ranging from 70700000 to72400000.
TheNSW Government said consumers with one of thesemodels should stop usingthe machines immediately and contactElectrolux to arrange for atechnician to fix the problem.
This story was found at: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10523214
Posted on Nov 25, 2008
The number for Electrolux's customer service department is: 877-435-3287 or
706-228-6615. The number to call to find a Electrolux Authorized Repair Center is: 1-877-435-3287.
You DID say that it's a dishwasher and not a washing machine right? I think that some of us arejust a bit confused...lol
It doesn't work at allIf your washer doesn't seem to work at all, check these:
No power Check to see whether power is getting to the washing machine. Is it plugged in? Has a fuse blown or is a circuit breaker tripped?
Lid switch If the lid switch is defective, your washer can't spin and may not function at all. The switch is inside the washing machine main housing near the door frame. Often you have to raise or open the top or front of the washer to get to the switch. If it's defective, you need to replace it.
Some machines have a special lid-switch fuse near the lid switch, inside the control panel. If this fuse blows, the unit won't fill with water until you replace the fuse.
Or else
If your washer won't spin, check these:
It doesn't pump or spin If it doesn't pump water out or spin, check to see if the motor is running, then proceed as follows:
Thank you
Posted on Nov 25, 2008
Hi and welcome to FixYa,
Initially, could you please postback the exact model number. Most Electrolux Dishlex Global 300 series would have something like DX300FBK or DX300KA*03 as the model number.
Additionally, could you please confirm the wire designation r8 and not B8?
Just a start, do postback how things turned up or should you need additional information. Good luck and Thank you for using FixYa.
Posted on Nov 25, 2008
Hi again,
Appreciate the quick postback. It may take a bit of time on the RB wire especially if your unit is an Australian version.
In the mean time, you may want to check the drainage system. A common issue with them are their overflow basin and float sensor. Though a bit messy, perhaps you could also check for clog, blockage, debris in the drainage system including the filer as well as kinks or other problems with the drain hose. Of course the unit has to be unplugged as again, there would be wiring in the bottom area. To gain access to the drainage, remove the kick panel.
what color is the wire marked R8 pls?
Hi again,
Any updates or developments so far?
SOURCE: I have freestanding Series 8 dishwasher. Lately during the filling cycle water hammer is occurring. How can this be resolved
Hi there,
Save hours of searching online or wasting money on unnecessary repairs by talking to a 6YA Expert who can help you resolve this issue over the phone in a minute or two.
Best thing about this new service is that you are never placed on hold and get to talk to real repairmen in the US.
Here's a link to this great service
Good luck!
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Kroppenstaedt, Prussia
This is the birthplace of George Muller.
This word means complete trust or confidence, which the author had in God.
Lord's Supper
With this ordinance, a Christian communes with God by remembering the death, burial, resurrection and promised return of Jesus and partaking of unleavened bread and new wine. Muller failed to understand its importance until he attended Bible study in college.
This is the place where Muller began his religious studies, although he exerted little effort in spiritual matters.
Muller's father found a place for him to study near this town. Unfortunately, he found new friends who influenced him toward sin.
Muller lived with his principal in this place and impressed the administrator with an outwardly studious and pious life while he remained inwardly rebellious.
University of Halle
Muller entered this institution and gained permission to preach in the Lutheran Church...
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At its October 22 meeting, the PJM Interconnection Members Committee approved a proposal from the Consumer Advocates of the PJM States (CAPS) to change the way the group is funded. CAPS is a non-profit organization that represents the interests of electricity consumers in the PJM states and the District of Columbia.
Since its formation in 2013, CAPS has received funding of about $450,000 annually through the Constellation merger settlement (Docket No. IN12-7- 000). That settlement required certain proceeds to be paid "to a fund set up for the benefit of electric energy consumers in the affected states and from which state agencies in those affected states may make requests for apportionment." Specifically, the decision provided PJM with $6 million in startup funds for the creation of CAPS.
"With that temporary funding," CAPS Executive Director Dan Griffiths stated at the October 22 meeting, "we have greatly increased our presence and [have] been able to advocate effectively for all PJM consumers, and participate more effectively in the consensus process."
Now that the Constellation funding is running out, Griffiths proposed that financial support for CAPS:
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- Would be 100 percent produced by charging customers a rate of $0.00000067/KWH; and
- Would amount to less than a penny (eight-tenths of a cent) annually for a residential customer using 1,200 kWh per year.
Griffiths noted that "Any funds in hand from the Constellation Settlement and any secured through the Exelon merger [would] offset subsequent tariff collections." He also promised that the Consumer Advocates' "existing funds in hand will be used before any money is collected from load under the proposed tariff" – and estimated that the tariff would become effective "at least a year from now."


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A Nightmare on Elm Street
On an ordinary street in a small town, a legendary abomination wearing a torn red and green striped shirt, a dusty fedora and a handcrafted glove with knives was born. The monster was Freddy Krueger, a homicidal freak who terrorized Elm Street kids in their sleep, most of them unable to wake up in time to survive. Creator Wes Craven and star Robert Englund re-imagined the bogeyman into a sadistic prankster who enjoyed the mind-torture as much as the kill. In this first entry "A Nightmare on Elm Street," Krueger is at his malignant best (and so evil that he is referred to as "Fred" and not the comforting diminutive). Hey, who else but Krueger could make Johnny Depp turn into a blood geyser and still be liked?
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"Clash of the Titans," is a movie with a title that makes no sense. Where the hell are the titans? Last I checked, this was about gods and humans – post titan rule. It seems like none of the 300+ rewrites that these damn screenplays go through don't really ever get read. There are plot holes and mistakes the size of Greece herself.
We'll try not let our bitterness get the best of us, but as one of the few movies we were foolishly looking forward to seeing, we are ashamed to have paid for this crap.
Let's start with this Hades vs Zeus B.S. Zeus is not the Christian god and Hades is not Lucifer. Get it? Two totally different religions. Hades is the brother of Zeus and is just another god (he's the god of the underworld, but he's not necessarily evil).
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They set of on the rocky road (HA!) using the Iraq war to tell the tale of Miller (Matt Damon) and the U.S. governments lies. Miller slowly oversteps his boundaries as he gathers intel which shows the US government might be up to something shady. This builds up to Paul Greengrass' shaky camera shootouts.
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Japan kicked us out two months earlier than we had hoped for and anticipated. Customs and immigration (in any country) have nothing to do with each other, which meant that while the Land Cruiser could stay until November, our visas expired in September.
And so, we are back in Korea. We'll wait for spring before we'll ferry the Land Cruiser to Russia.
We've been busy, especially on the laptop. Stay tuned – a new website is in the making!
We took a break during Korea's major holiday: Chuseok. This is a kind of Thanksgiving during which Koreans visit graves to honor their ancestors and bring offerings. The whole country is on the road and campsites are packed. It's a merry time to be out there too.
For a couple of days we drove and camped along the west coast. The Yellow Sea has a huge difference in tide here and during low tide the coast is a massive mud plain.
Beach Life
We found such a large and beautiful beach that I went for 4 walks on 1 day. I guess I was more than ready to stretch my legs after so much time locked up in cafés with WiFi. The longer and more I walked, the more my eyes focused on details.
From views of seagulls and people enjoying themselves to the shape of the beach and narrow streams of water meandering through it. From shells, jumping out for their big size and super white color, to the tiniest forms of life. From walking up straight I went down on my knees more often and deeper, which gave me new views and other shots.
Coen, meanwhile, took his camera to check out what the vacationers were up to. Many were dressed in boots and fishermen water-protective gear, carrying buckets, spades, and containers with salt in hand. This was quite a different style of beach life than we're used to!
They were digging up their meal for the evening. Clamshells, but also something else.
When they shoveled away the top layer of sand and spotted holes, they threw in some salt and up came a worm-shaped shellfish. I have no idea what it's called and doesn't look particularly appetizing to me, but the eagerness with which they searched, this clearly was some kind of white gold.
In the simplest of settings we had one of our most beautiful and relaxing days in South Korea.
Next week we'll take another break: to Vladivostok, Russia, for a week. Why? That is another story.


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FantasticFantastic! I love this series and this is a great addition. As a member of the circle of Justice - a group of vigilante assassins going after the scum that slips through the system - Ian Chandler never thought he would have a chance with Grace Myers no matter how badly he wants her. If she knew what kind of man he really was she would run far and fast. He's certain of that. When Grace turns up missing though he knows there is no way he can sit back and wait. When Grace manages to escape the people holding her captive she runs to Ian for help. She has information that will shed new light on a number of mysterious disappearance that have occurred lately. these two will need to stick together to make it out alive!! A great story with a wonderful romance between Ian and Grace as well as twists, turns, and suspense that makes it a book you simply can't put down. I highly recommend this one.by Bette H. on August 07, 2017
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A death defying readAim is the third book in the Circle of Justice Series. They can all be read as standalone, but I highly recommend the whole series. The first two books are Trigger and Target....go forth and one click them too. Grace works as an event and marketing manager at a popular hotel. She and every other woman who sees him has a crush on Ian Chandler too. Ian is from a wealthy and famous family (which Grace doesn't realize) and works for a secret group of assassin's within the FBI. They make up the Circle of Justice. When Grace is kidnapped the he job gets personal for Ian. Even after she escapes a s wanders into his doorstep the trouble is not over! Tighten your grip on your kindle and read this sexy and death defying read!by Susan D. on August 07, 2017
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Another thrilling adventure filled with actionAim By: LP Dover ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5 Review by Kristie K Another thrilling adventure filled with action and romance to get your heart pumping, and your lady bits tingling… An undercover FBI Agent, a missing woman, and a secret that will rock the very foundation of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. That's the basis for this incredible novel by LP Dover, the third installment of her amazing Circle of Justice series, Aim focuses on undercover agent Ian Chandler and Grace Meyers - daughter of the current police chief and marketing manager of a local hotel. When Grace is abducted and missing for days, only to turn up on the back porch of Ian's ranch, the plot behind her abduction leads Ian and his brothers on a dangerous mission to bring a dangerous group to justice. The chemistry between Ian and Grace is explosive, and when they finally give into temptation, the sparks fly and the heat is scorching. Ian is an absolute dream, and his dirty talk could melt the panties off a nun. Grace holds such a quiet strength, a sweet demeanor, and a big heart. The plot and storyline are distinct, action packed, and well executed. I fell in love with the story, the characters, and the author. These characters felt as if they were people I knew, people I loved, and people I would protect. Each one their own person, with quirks, qualities, and a soul all their own. The supporting characters were just as amazing and lovable as the main, and I wanted to know each and every one. A definite recommended read to those that enjoy a great romantic suspense, Aim is an amazing tale that I will remember for years to come. I can't wait to see what Ms. Dover has in store for Ian's brother in the next installment of this amazing series. Kristie Kby Kristie K on August 17, 2017
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Good Read.....I will have to say that I have not read much books from this Author the only other book was "No Limit", so I am still familiarizing myself with her writing style. I thought Aim was ok, I caught on as I was reading that it was part of a series, even though it stated that it could be read as a stand alone, but since it has references to other individuals in the book I felt that I should have read the previous books in the series beforehand. I also think this would have helped me understand the Circle of Justice better. I thought the story line was good, different from other storylines that I had read in other books in this same genre. I thought that the chemistry between Ian and Grace was amazing and cute. I think what through me off was that there was a lot going on through out the story, between finding Grace, catching who kidnapped her, figuring out who wants to kill her, and at the same time learning about the circle of justice, Ian's family dynamic and how it all plays in the story. I will say that I could not put the book down, because I wanted to know who wanted Grace dead, but there were some moments between Grace and Ian that I found myself rolling my eyes because it was too cheesy for my liking. I also felt that their relationship was rushed, even though they had known each other prior to Grace's disappearance, I just felt as there was no build up to the relationship. I did like the Author's writing style in this story and I do look forward to the other books in this series. I will definitely go back and read the 1st two books.by BBBGirlsBlog on August 13, 2017
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5 AIM STARS!!5 AIM STARS!!! Oh my, Ian is my new book boyfriend, so sexy and confident, it oozes off of him. This FBI Agent is every woman's dream and every criminals worst nightmare. The story will keep you on the edge of your seat all the way through with all the suspense and drama. Ian and Grace have so much chemistry your pages will heat up. L.P. Dover is one of my favorite authors and always a 1-click for me. I highly recommend this book and all the Circle of Justice series they are so good. I voluntarily reviewed an advance reader copy of this book.by Rhonda on August 07, 2017
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The owner of the iconic Biltmore Estate in North Carolina has died at his home.
Officials at the Biltmore Co. said William Amherst Vanderbilt Cecil died Tuesday in Asheville. He was 89.
Cecil had a career in finance before returning to Asheville in 1960 in hopes of preserving his childhood home, which was the private estate of his grandfather, George Washington Vanderbilt III.
Local media outlets reported that Cecil's parents opened the Biltmore house to the public in 1930, but it didn't make a profit until 1969, and then it was only $17. Cecil said, "My dad was very proud of that."
Today, the 8,000-acre (3,238-hectare) estate, French-style chateau and attractions draw more than 1.4 million people annually.


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In New York Magazine, Jonathan Chait writes:
"[Rand] Paul finds himself languishing in every metric of campaign success: polls, fund-raising, insider support, media attention. Two pre-postmortems today convey the stench of death that clings to Paul's once-buoyant presidential hopes.
"Paul is presenting his failure to attract attention as a reflection not of his love for spring break but rather a principled aversion to campaign high jinks. The candidate recently offered, with a touch of pathos, that he would not set himself on fire to compete with Donald Trump — but he's not above cheeseball antics like setting the tax code on fire.
"Perhaps Paul's problem is that he started off setting things on fire, and, since his election in 2010, has spent his half-decade in office tamping down the flames to make himself acceptable to the party Establishment."
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The late Nobel Prize-winning nuclear physicist Richard Feynman learned a valuable lesson as a child. His father showed him a picture of a bird species and told Feynman its name in several languages - all uniquely different. Then his father noted that regardless of the bird's various names, it did not in any way affect the reality of the bird's existence or its physical features. The lesson for Feynman was that no matter what name people use for something, it does not alter what that something is. We can apply that lesson to the confusion today about the difference between mainstream business intelligence (BI) and performance management (PM).1
Are BI and PM different words for a species of bird or two different birds ... or animals? Is BI part of PM? Or is PM part of BI?
There is ambiguity because the underlying inputs, processes, outputs and outcomes of an organization - whether a public sector government agency or a commercial business - may arguably have some parts that belong to BI, while others belong to PM. The key word in that sentence was "arguably." This argument arises because IT-centric people often see an enterprise as a ravenous consumer of billions of bytes of data intended to manage the business (a BI view). In contrast, leaders, managers and employee teams typically view the same enterprise as an organism with a purpose and mission (a PM view); they desire solutions and applications that achieve results. How can BI and PM be reconciled? The enterprise is like that single species of bird - nothing can change its existence in reality.
How do Business Intelligence and Performance Management Relate to Each Other?
There are two things related to this topic that most folks can agree upon: 1) BI involves raw data that must first be integrated from disparate source systems and then transformed into information; and 2) PM leverages that information. In this context, information is much more valuable than data points, because integrating and transforming data using calculations and pattern discovery results in potentially meaningful information that can be used for decisions. For example, an automobile manufacturer's warranty claims can be globally analyzed to detect a design problem. In another instance, the history of an individual's credit card purchase transaction data can be converted to information that, in turn, can be used for decisions by retailers to better serve the customer or provide customized offers to sell more to them.
A recent survey by the global technology consulting firm Accenture reported that senior U.S. executives are increasingly more disenchanted with their analytic and BI capabilities.2 Although they acknowledged that their BI (regardless of how they personally define it) provides a display of data in terms of reporting, querying, searching and visual dashboards, they felt their mainstream BI still fell short. An organization's interest is not just to monitor the dials; it is, more importantly, to move the dials. That is, merely reporting information does equate to managing for better results. Actions and decisions are needed to improve the organization's performance. Having mainstream BI capability is definitely important; however, it often came about as the result of departments needing advances that their IT function could not provide. Extending BI across the organization so that mini-BI applications can talk is a mission-critical differentiator for organizational success and competitiveness.
Managing and improving are not the same thing. Many people are managers, like a coach of a sports team, and they get by. Improving, on the other hand, is how an organization wins. To differentiate BI from PM, performance management can be viewed as deploying the power of BI, but the two are inseparable. Think of PM as an application of BI. PM adds context and direction for BI. As in physics, BI is like potential energy, while PM is the conversion of potential energy into kinetic energy. Coal, when heated, provides power to move things. Using a track-and-field analogy, BI is like the muscle of a pole-vaulter, and PM is that same athlete clearing higher heights. BI is an enterprise information platform for querying, reporting and much more, making it the foundation for effective performance management. PM drives the strategy and leverages all of the processes, methodologies, metrics and systems that monitor, manage and, most importantly, improve enterprise performance. Together, BI and PM form the bridge that connects data to decisions.
With PM, the strategy spurs the application of technology, methodologies and software. As methodologies - which are typically implemented or operated in isolation of each other - are integrated, the strength and power of PM grows. Technologies, such as software, support the methodologies. Software is an essential enabler, but the critical part is in the thinking. That is, one must understand the assumptions used in configuring commercial software and, more importantly, have a vision of the emerging possibilities to apply the new knowledge that BI and PM produces.
Like the bird that Feynman's father described, we should not waste valuable energy debating BI versus PM - we may get caught up in semantics. Rather, we should progress to where PM deploys the power in BI with its enterprise information platform so that organizations can advance from managing to improving.
- The information technology community distinguishes between "little" business intelligence for query and reporting and "big" business intelligence for the platform where information stored and managed. This article emphasis is on the latter.
- Accenture.com. "Companies Need to Improve Business Intelligence Capabilities to Drive Growth, Accenture Study Finds." 2005 News Release.
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