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Recently I visited a customer who had adopted Scrum. They were a few sprints, what Scrum calls iterations, into the project and were running into some difficulties. Although I was primarily brought in to educate senior management on disciplined agile software development, I was also asked to sit in on the team's daily stand-up meeting so that I could hopefully provide some suggestions as to how to address the problems they were running into.
Their work area was fairly typical. They had some whiteboards which they were using for project planning and tracking, with sticky notes to indicate what work had been taken on by each team member. The current status of the task (not yet started, in progress, and completed) was indicated by putting each sticky note in a corresponding column for the status and corresponding column for the team member. This allowed everyone on the team to easily share their status and to see the status of everyone else. On the sides were sketches of the architecture as well as some business oriented models. In addition to Scrum the team had adopted several practices from Agile Modeling, in this case they had done some initial requirements envisioning and architecture envisioning, as well as practices from Extreme Programming (XP) for construction. In short, they had followed a fairly common strategy of combining practices from various agile methods.
This would have worked perfectly fine if they had tailored the practices to reflect the situation that they were in, but instead they adopted them "straight out of the book". First, the team was distributed, with most of the team in the location that I was visiting but some people located in two other distant cities. Therein was the source of most of their problems. The people at the other two locations weren't getting much value out of the daily stand-up meetings, even though they would dial in, because they couldn't see the project status information. Although people at this location were trying their best to represent these distant people in the daily stand-ups it wasn't working well – their status information wasn't being kept up to date and for some people it was a bit of mystery as to what they were actually working on at all.
This team also had 30 people in it, which isn't a big deal although it can stretch the limits of the simple modeling and planning tools (in this case paper and whiteboards) that they were using. Because the team was larger they were investing a fair bit of time creating burn down charts at both the iteration/sprint and project levels. One of the unfortunate implications of using manual tools for project management is that any associated metric/status reporting in turn becomes manual as well. Considering how the agile community is so concerned with working efficiently, I find it comical that we have a tendency to overlook our own potentially unnecessary bureaucracy such as this.
The problem was that the team was applying strategies, in this case using sticky notes and whiteboards to capture the detailed iteration plan, applying similar strategies to capture key models, and were verbally relaying of status information between sub-teams. There are perfectly fine strategies for smaller co-located teams, but not so good for large or distributed teams. The solution was to recognize that they were in an Agility@Scale situation and needed to tailor their approach to reflect this fact. In this case they needed to forgo some of the manual tools and instead use electronic tooling such as Rational Team Concert (RTC) to share information across disparate locations, in particular the work assignment and corresponding status information. RTC also creates common agile reports such as burn-down charts based on the activities of the developers, providing accurate (nearly) real-time information while removing the burden of status reporting. The RTC project dashboard does more than just this, to see an actual example of one visit www.jazz.net to see the dashboard for the RTC development team itself. You can also see their actual work item list too, a more advanced version of Scrum's product and sprint backlogs.[Read More]
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[Update: We've heard from Nokia on this matter and we have their response after the break]
According to an interview with Stephen Elop, the Nokia CEO is apparently open to other platforms, namely Android. Previously, Elop has stood by Microsoft and has reiterated the company's focus on improving its Lumia line of smartphones, cloud-based services and its partnership with the software (and now hardware) giant. Is the future of Nokia still uncertain? Sure. Are they considering Android? Not right now.
Spanish website El Pais asked Elop if the company is considering to launch a mobile phone that runs Android. The CEO responded with the following:
"In the current ecosystem wars we are using Windows Phone as our weapon. But we are always thinking about what's coming next, what will be the role of HTML 5, Android... HTML5 could make the platform itself—being Android, Windows Phone or any other—irrelevant in the future, but it's still too soon to tell. Today we are committed and satisfied with Microsoft, but anything is possible."
Windows Phone 8 has only been available in multiple markets since September last year. Hardware is still launching in multiple markets, including the likes of China and India. Nokia is continuing to push forward with marketing campaigns, as well as partnerships with carriers and retailers to further build brand awareness. Recent AdDuplex data is showing Nokia in a dominant position within the Windows Phone ecosystem.
While Nokia Windows Phone 8 hardware have been met with positive reviews from consumers and the media, Windows Phone itself has a lot to prove to convert those who are still favouring iOS, Android, BlackBerry or other platforms. The company will continue to consider what's coming around the next corner, as is each and every technology company, but we're seriously doubtful for an Android Nokia smartphone.
The above quote should be taken as is. Nokia has invested too much into Windows Phone to change direction now. Elop closes with the statement that the company is indeed committed and satisfied with Microsoft, but of course anything is possible. It's wise to never say never, but for now we can remain confident that Nokia is focused on Windows Phone.
Update: Nokia categorically denies that what Elop said implies anything different from what he has stated over and over for months now. In other words, there is once again nothing to see here except some Android fantasies, bad reporting and perhaps some translation issues. Below is the verbatim transcript of the interview regarding the Android question:
"Do you rule out 100% launching a smartphone based on Android in 2013?
Elop: So, the way I think about it is, in the current war on ecosystems, we are fighting with Windows Phone. That's what we're doing. Now, what we're always doing is asking, how does that evolve? What's next? What role does HTML5 play? What role does Android or other things play in the future? We're looking further into the future, but it terms of what we're bringing to market, and what we're immediately focused on, we're focused on Windows Phone."
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Where does this article belong to? Should there be a Translation section on Techbase?
Current state of affairs in localization of user-visible strings (messages) in application interfaces is such that translator is sometimes forced to supply an inadequate translation. This problem typically occurs when a message contains a placeholder to be substituted at runtime, or when two unrelated strings become related by placement in the interface. In either case, the modest requirements of english language on congruence of words in a sentence allow original string to remain grammatically correct, while not so in many other languages.
Translators and programmers sometimes try to work out a change in the code which would provide a more workable alternative. However, this process is difficult, and worse yet, the outcome is still language-dependent: solving the problem for a few languages does not necessarily solve it for all other.
One way to overcome these problems in a more general and compartmentalized manner, is to provide translators with a way to modify translated strings at runtime, depending on the context (eg. particular placeholder substitutes). In other words, to script translation. Translator should be able to operate on any interface string he wishes, while the programmer should not bear any extra burden (or know about translation scripting at all).
KDE4 comes ready with a translation scripting system, the Transcript. Several strategic choices were made in its design:
|For comparison, another translation scripting approach taking some different decisions (new translation environment down to the file format, scripting facilities more specialized, etc.) is brewing at http://wiki.mozilla.org/L20n
To script a particular message, translator writes short scripting calls into msgstr in the PO file which expand into parts of msgstr (interpolations), and JavaScript code which defines these calls into accompanying Transcript module file (eg. foo.po can be augmented with foo.js).
In case the application draws translations from several PO files, scripting calls defined in one of the Transcript modules are available in all used PO files. Since every KDE app uses kdelibs.po, calls defined in kdelibs.js are available everywhere.
The scripting process is illustrated by several examples. More detailed explanations of the elements are given in following sections.
In Nevernessian it is impolite to speak out a greet with the same tone of voice throughout; instead, the name of the person must be shouted out. Hence, the translator wants to capitalize the placeholder substitute in the following login greet in neverness.po:
msgid "Hello, %1!" msgstr "Heelyy, %1!"
So the translator adds a scripted msgstr, with an interpolation:
msgid "Hello, %1!" msgstr "Heelyy, %1!" "|/|" "Heelyy, $[shout %1]!"
The first thing to note is that, while a bit longer, msgstr is still a proper PO msgstr, which means that it can be edited and processed by the usual PO tools.
The first part of msgstr is same as before, and called the fallback in this context: if the scripted part happens to fail in some way, the fallback translation is used. The fallback is followed by the fence |/|, which separates the fallback and scripted translation (and, for that matter, indicates that this message is scripted).
Finally, there is the scripted translation after the fence. Compared to fallback, it contains the interpolation $[shout %1], which is supposed to evaluate to a capitalized version of the placeholder substitute. It is composed of the call name, shout, and one argument to it, the %1 placeholder which will be replaced by its substitute. The syntax and expansion rules for interpolations are similar to Unix shell.
The call shout itself is defined in the Transcript module neverness.js, which contains only these lines:
function capitalize (str) {
return str.toUpperCase();
Ts.setcall("shout", capitalize);
Here the function capitalize is an ordinary JavaScript function which takes a string argument and returns all-caps version of it.
The link with the PO file is established by the call to Ts.setcall() -- the Transcript interface is represented by the property functions of the Ts object. In this variant, the Ts.setcall() takes the name of the call for the interpolations in the PO messages (a string), and the JavaScript function which will actually be invoked (bound to the call).
That's it, now the fair Nevernesse folks are greeted properly.
One problem frequently encountered is wrong noun case when placeholder is substituted in the msgstr. For example, in many languages every KDE app has such a problem in the Help menu, with one or both of "About %1..." and "%1 &Handbook". This can be scripted in kdelibs.po like this:
msgid "&About %1"
msgstr "&O %1"
"&O $[get-case dative %1]"
The get-case interpolation is supposed to get the dative case of whatever app name the %1 happens to be. The Transcript module kdelibs.js contains the definition of get-case, as well as the dictionary of cases:
function getProperty (prop, key) {
return _dict_[key][prop];
} Ts.setcall("get-case", getProperty);
_dict_ = {}; function addDictCases (key, gen, dat, acc, ins) {
if (!_dict_[key]) _dict_[key] = {}; _dict_[key]["genitive"] = gen; _dict_[key]["dative"] = dat; _dict_[key]["accusative"] = acc; _dict_[key]["instrumental"] = ins;
// dictionary entries follow: addDictCases("KWrite", "KWritea", "KWriteu", "KWrite", "KWriteom"); addDictCases("Konsole", "Konsole", "Konsoli", "Konsolu", "Konsolom"); ...
Function getProperty, bound to get-case call, simply returns the entry from the dictionary of forms. Function addDictCases is responsible for adding the static entries (name and its cases) into the dictionary, which is done in the final few lines for all apps of interest.
This completes the example, but for better modularization, it is also possible split out the dictionary insertion in a separate file, eg. appdict.js:
// appdict.js
addDictCases("KWrite", "KWritea", "KWriteu", "KWrite", "KWriteom");
addDictCases("Konsole", "Konsole", "Konsoli", "Konsolu", "Konsolom");
and use Transcript interface to load this file in the kdelibs.js:
// kdelibs.js
Note that Ts.load() takes filename without extension, and assumes its location is relative to the folder of the parent file (ie. in this case kdelibs.js and appdict.js should be in the same folder).
The previous scripted example solves the original problem, but introduces the burden of maintaining the dictionary insertion file. There is no way around this when the placeholder substitutes are "dead" strings from outside (eg. from .desktop files), but when they are coming from KDE's PO files at runtime, this burden can be removed.
The app name in KDE's Help menu indeed comes from the app PO file, and it is of course encountered at runtime before the menu strings come into focus. This allows setting the cases of app name in the PO msgstr which contains it. For example, katepart.po contains the "KWrite" string, and the forms could be set at that point:
msgid "KWrite"
msgstr "KWrite"
"$[set-cases KWritea KWriteu KWrite KWriteom]"
The set-cases is a side-effect interpolation: it should set the dictionary entries, but this particular message should in any case use the ordinary translation. Assuming all the definitions from previous example are still in effect, here is how set-cases could be defined in kdelibs.js:
function dynamicSetCases (gen, dat, acc, ins) {
addDictCases(Ts.msgstrf(), gen, dat, acc, ins); Ts.fallback();
} Ts.setcall("set-cases", dynamicSetCases);
In other words, this is little more than a wrapper to "static" addDictCases from previous example, but two new elements of Transcript interface appear. First is the Ts.msgstrf() function, which returns the finalized ordinary translation (placeholders substituted), and which is needed in this case as the dictionary key. Second is the Ts.fallback() function, which signalizes the Transcript engine to disregard the result of the scripted part of msgstr and use the ordinary translation.
Admittedly, the use of Ts.fallback() in this case is not necessary, but given for introductory purpose; dynamicSetCases might as well return the ordinary translation via Ts.msgstrf().
This section gives the details of how the interpolations in the PO msgstr are expanded before evaluation.
The interpolations are parts of msgstr between $[...], and are parsed into a number of strings. The first string is the name of the call registered in the scripting module via Ts.setcall(), and the rest are the arguments to bound JavaScript function. The arguments are typically passed as JavaScript type String, except in a special case detailed below.
The special characters in the interpolation are whitespace, single quote (') and backslash (\). Whitespace separates arguments, whereas single quote can be used for text which contains whitespaces. The backslash is used as escape; it can escape whitespace in non-quoted text, or single quotes in quoted text. This is pretty much like a typical Unix shell.
Double quotes are not special. Single quotes are used instead of double quotes because it makes it easier to edit interpolations in PO files, where double quotes would have to be escaped. This also means that when escape is needed in the interpolation, it must be escaped once itself for the PO msgstr.
The biggest difference from the shell expansion is that unlike with shell variables, the placeholders are expanded such that no characters within them are treated as special. Otherwise, many tricky problems could arise with whitespace or single quotes contained inside.
The call name bound to a JavaScript function using Ts.setcall() does not have to be a proper JavaScript identifier, but any Unicode string not containing the interpolation-special characters. This means that more "natural" call names can be used inside the msgstr, like those with dashes or non-Latin1 characters. E.g. call names can be in the language of the PO file, for an aesthetic impression.
Sub-interpolations, $[... $[...] ...], are also possible. If put inside inside single quotes, they will be treated as ordinary text. Thus, if a literal closing square bracket is needed as an argument inside the interpolation, it can be given within single quotes.
In case that the argument is given as ^number, it will evaluate to the value supplied for the corresponding placeholder -- unlike the %number form, which evaluates to the placeholder substitution string. Also, the argument type as seen by JavaScript need no longer be String, but will correspond to the value substituted (e.g. Number). This distinction may be important in some situations. Even if the value is originally a string, the substitution string may have extra formatting (padding, tags...), which may not be desirable. In particular, the number substitutes may come tagged or locale-formatted, such that they cannot be easily parsed back into Number. In these cases, ^number form can be used to get the raw values.
Transcript provides extensions to the JavaScript, which interface with the PO file and the Transcript environment. They are all function properties of the Ts object, accessible as Ts.func(args).
There is a frequent need to have different properties attached to the particular pieces of text. For example, case, gender, etc. may be considered as properties of a noun, or phrase with a subject/object role in a sentence. Sometimes it may be convenient (or necessary) to define and maintain the phrases and their properties in an external file. Property map is Transcript's built-in (i.e. efficient) way to handle such definitions.
Property map files are text files in a simple dictionary format for writing down phrases with their properties (filenames must end in .pmap). The format is best shown on the example:
=:Athens:Atina:nom=Atina:gen=Atine:dat=Atini:acc=Atinu:: =:Paris:Pariz:nom=Pariz:gen=Pariza:dat=Parizu:acc=Pariz:: Each entry starts with two characters, =: in this example, which may be chosen arbitrarily (but must be non-letters, and non-#), and can change from entry to entry. The first character defines the separator in the property key-value pair, and the second character is the separator of pairs. E.g. the gen=Atine segment above is defining the genitive case of the localized form of Athens. The "pairs" which actually lack the property key (first two in the entries above) are considered phrase identifiers. The completely empty pair (:: in the example) terminates the entry.
The property map is loaded inside the scripting module using the Ts.loadProps() call. The map file should normally reside in the same folder as the scripting module that uses it; if so, the map from the above example is loaded simply with Ts.loadProps("cities"). The property values are obtained in the scripts using Ts.getProp() call. E.g. the genitive form of Athens would be obtained either by Ts.getProp("Athens", "gen") or Ts.getProp("Atina", "gen") -- because the map defined both as phrase identifiers for Athens. The phrase/key lookup is performed using normalized values, where all whitespace are removed and strings lowercased. This normalization can be checked or used for own purposes by Ts.normKey() call.
The comments are a bit of an issue in property map files. Since the phrases and property values can be anything (hence the possibility to choose separators), fixing any single character as your typical to-the-end-of-line comment would introduce limitations. Instead, the #-comments are allowed only between the entries, span to the end of line, and # cannot be a separator character.
The whitespace in property values is mostly preserved (for the keys it does not matter, as it gets stripped for lookups). However, if the leading sequence of whitespace contains a newline, all whitespace to the first newline and including it is stripped; symmetrically, in a trailing whitespace sequence, the last newline (if any) and the whitespace following it are removed.
For the PO file in the KDE repository LL/messages/kdemodule/foo.po, the corresponding Transcript module should be located at LL/scripts/kdemodule/foo/foo.js. Note the extra subfolder in the module path, named like the basename of the PO/JS file. This subfolder is introduced because the module's main JS file might need other supporting files, which can then be located conveniently in the same folder.
The autogen.sh script, used for some time already to generate build system support for PO files, will also generate build support for Transcript modules. In particular, it must be rerun whenever a new module subfolder is added (e.g. the LL/scripts/kdemodule/foo), but not when particular files within it are added or removed. Every file in the module subfolder will be installed automatically, so put there only what is needed at runtime.
In CJK environment, accelerator keys are wrapped in the parenthesis. For example, translation of "&File" in Korean is "파일(&F)", and in Japanese, "ファイル(&F)". When it comes to the names of action, it is shared among toolbar icon names, menu bar, and so on.
However, in toolbar icon name, "Configure shortcut" dialog, etc., those access keys are remaining in the name, makes the name little bit awkward. In this situation, we can use transcript to get rid of those accelerator keys. Currently, the code is in Japanese and Korean kdelibs4.js file.
In Korean language, postpositions are widely used. Among those, 8 postpositions are in pair and they change forms according to the word. Because PO file itself doesn't know what the substituted word(like %1) is, proper postpositions couldn't be added to the string.
Fortunately, the rule is programmable, and proper postpositions could be added via transcript. Right now a little part of postposition rules is programmed into Korean version of kdelibs4.js.


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In celebration of February being National Birdfeeding Month, this is the perfect time to review the pros and cons of using different seeds to attract different birds.
In celebration of February being National Birdfeeding Month, this is the perfect time to review the pros and cons of using different seeds to attract different birds.
First of all, the most important thing to know is that what you pay for is what you get. It may be tempting to buy the 20 pound bag of wild bird seed mix for $8-10, as the old adage states, "Buyer Beware" – the majority of that seed is white and red millet. These seeds will attract English sparrows (the non-desirable type), starlings, pigeons, and mourning doves (which, I would not mind if a few mourning doves came to my feeders, but I don't want the others).
If you think you are going to get cardinals, chickadees, titmice, and other "desirable" birds you need to change seed strategies!
Different seed types attract different bird species and require different styles of feeders. Probably the best all-round bird seed is sunflower hearts. Buying just the hearts prevents the messy build-up of shells and they are very nutritious. Sunflower hearts appear to be more costly, but because you are not paying for the bulk of the hulls, there is less weight and less waste. Purchasing sunflower heart chips are less expensive and still have all of the benefits of the whole hearts. Pound for pound they will end up cheaper than purchasing whole seeds with the hulls.
Sunflower hearts, or chips, can be used in most feeder types including hoppers, tube feeders, and platform feeders. They will also attract desirable species of songbirds including, cardinals, titmice, nuthatches, grosbeaks, wrens, and finches. If your budget cannot quite reach for the hearts, then black oil sunflower seeds are the next best choice.
Niger seed is often used to attract goldfinches and used only in tube feeders. The seed is so light that if used in other feeders it will blow away. Niger, or thistle, seed is the most expensive of the seed types, but the results can be quite rewarding. Some tube feeders are made just for Niger seed with the hole below the perch. Goldfinches are the only birds which can hang upside down to eat the seed. Watching these little birds hanging upside down eating is very entertaining!
To attract ground feeding birds like desirable sparrows (white-throated, gold-crowned, fox, Lincoln's, and others) use a platform feeder. Seeds like sunflower hearts and cracked corn work well for platform feeders. Be careful though, cracked corn can sometimes attract undesirables like crows, blue jays, cow birds, and blackbirds. If this happens, you can stop feeding for a few days until they leave and then begin again without the cracked corn.
Don't forget suet cakes and raw peanuts for the woodpeckers and sapsuckers. At my house, the wrens and nuthatches will even come to these.
If you have troubles with squirrels try feeding with safflower seed. You will have to use only safflower, as squirrels will not eat this but will eat anything else. Birds will adapt to eating safflower seeds just fine.
It is important to keep the feeders clean as some bird diseases can spread through dirty feeders (and bird baths); cleaning them before they are stored, and about once a month is a good idea.
One of the single best things you can do to attract winter birds is provide water. A water heater makes it easy, but putting out clean water each day at the same time will work, too. The birds will become accustomed to the time you put it out and will arrive waiting for you and the clean water.
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In a letter to the editor published on April 17, Phil Kriley suggested that a statewide DUI database be established.
That seems like a good idea at first glance, but it would be far from fair.
I've written more than one letter about the DUI I received for drinking beside my truck. At the time, you didn't need to be in your vehicle; the motor didn't even need to be running.
My keys were in the ignition, and that was grounds for a DUI charge.
Other people were given DUIs after they threw their keys on the back-seat floor.
A man named Robert L. Banner took this injustice to the state Supreme Court, and the law was discontinued. Sadly, all the cases before his still were considered lawful, and people were forced to suffer drunken-driving convictions, even though they were not drinking and driving at all.
Kriley's database idea might be acceptable to me, if it didn't further hurt people who were accused of this crime falsely.
If the state revisited all of the cases like mine and overturned our wrongly assigned convictions, I might favor a statewide database.
That should include the return of all money paid in fines, plus compensation for the time and humiliation suffered by so many people — wrongly.
I also would ask for letters of apology from the prosecutors who endorsed such an immoral law, but I'm more realistic than that.
Society needs to admit the wrong that that law caused. It's sad; I don't remember anyone asking me if that law should be put on the books.
It was conceived behind closed doors by fanatical anti-drinking nuts who had absolutely no concern regarding what was fair or right.
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The U.S. Army gave London-based BAE the contract to provide technical services in support of Bradleys through Dec. 18, 2015.
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Work on the contract will be performed at the company's West Manchester Township facility, as well as at facilities in Michigan and California, according to the DOD.
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The senators secured $140 million in defense spending for the 2013-14 federal fiscal year to keep Bradley production going, John Rizzo, Casey's press secretary, said this morning. Although the money has been earmarked, it has yet to be appropriated, he said.
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I've always rooted for small, underappreciated markets like my own, so I've always had an affinity for the Seahawks. In the DC/Baltimore area it is hard to find Seattle games on television often but when it didn't interfere with the Ravens games, I made the time, and it's been such a pleasure to watch Russell Wilson, Marshawn Lynch, and the extremely impressive defense do what they do this year. I had a feeling it would culminate in a playoff berth and a lot of people are expecting the Seahawks to possibly make a run. I certainly hope so! First of all, living in Redskins county, I cannot stand the fans and I really want them shut up. But also, the Seahawks have become my favorite team other than the Ravens to watch and are without question my favorite NFC team.
Russell Wilson is truly inspirational and a joy to watch. Someone who was told he's not tall enough to play QB in the NFL is doing as good a job as anyone else. I hear things about how hard he works and it just makes me like him even more. Without question he should be Rookie of the Year, but I wouldn't be surprised to see RG3 get it because of the market size. Regardless of what happens from here on out, what Seattle has done this season is truly impressive and I believe they will continue to be a force for years to come. So, congratulations, and be proud of your team.
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New London — The City Council voted 4-3 Monday night to end the city's appeal of a state mediation board decision and rehire a police officer who had been fired for shooting the unarmed driver of a stolen ice truck.
The narrow decision to rehire Officer Thomas Northup comes after months of executive sessions by the City Council and against the wishes of Mayor Daryl Justin Finizio.
Finizio fired Northup on March 22, 2012, for "use of excessive and unreasonable force," following an internal investigation into the Aug. 24, 2011, shooting of Curtis Cunningham. It was determined through an internal investigation by the police department that Northup made a premature and unauthorized decision to use deadly force.
But the state Board of Mediation and Arbitration said the city did not present credible evidence to establish that Northup's use of force was "not objectively reasonable or that it was excessive," or prove that Northup knew that the suspect did not have a gun. Not only did the board order Northup's reinstatement but said he should be compensated for lost pay.
Finizio maintains the board's decision was "terrible … and fundamentally and legally flawed."
"I maintain that it is not only appropriate but imperative an officer found to have violated department policies on the use of deadly force be separated from their employment with the city," Finizio said Monday. "I still wholeheartedly agree with the appeal … however, this decision is ultimately not mine or the police administration's alone to make. The council has rendered its decision, and I respect the decision they reached."
Finizio said he would order Northup's immediate return to the department. It was unclear Monday night if Northup will receive back pay.
Court filings in the case show the two sides were in the middle of some type of settlement talks. Finizio declined to comment.
Council President Wade Hyslop, who voted to continue the appeal, has said it was within the city's legal right.
Hyslop and councilors Erica Richardson and Efrain Dominguez voted against ending the appeal. Councilors Anthony Nolan, Michael Passero, Martin Olsen and Michael Tranchida voted to end the appeal.
Passero has maintained the city was violating its contractual agreement by challenging the arbitrator's decision. He said Monday he understood the appeal was initiated in part to preserve the city's options but he was never in favor of it.
Nolan called it a challenging decision, but "in the best interests of the city."
Olsen said he felt strongly that the state board clearly outlined the issue and that the city was in the wrong for firing Northup. He said it was financially and morally the right thing to do to let Northup back to work.
Northup shot Curtis Cunningham four times on Aug. 24, 2011, following a chase through the city that led to a crash. Cunningham was standing in the overturned truck when Northup yelled for him to "drop the weapon," before Northup fired five shots. Northup told investigators he believed Cunningham had a gun and Cunningham had refused to remove his hands from his under his shirt.
Cunningham later tested positive for PCP, according to police reports. Cunningham, who was 27 at the time of the shooting, has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and Northup. He pleaded guilty in January to his involvement in stealing the ice truck. He was sentenced to one year in prison, suspended after three months served and two years' probation.
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ysthomas wrote:Sega CD-that would be more like Zubov for K. Hatcher.
offsides wrote:I have a really nice authentic Staal home jersey (from River City Sports) I'm looking to sell. Any takers?
ysthomas wrote:Sega CD-that would be more like Zubov for K. Hatcher.
Rylan wrote:I will give you a hotdog (ketchup and mustard), a pizza (extra cheese), and a soft drink (12 pack from this year's manufactured date) for the jersey.
Fire0nice228 wrote:It'sagreatdayforhockey! wrote:NJ5934 wrote:mikey287 wrote:Hypothetical: Jordan Staal stays all year and produces in line with his career projections. We win the Cup with him. And he walks for nothing. U still mad, bro(s)?
I don't really want a lame duck on this team. It's a marathon of a season and it's unlikely the Pens would win a cup this year even with Staal. It's also a possibility that we ride the season out with Staal, go out early in the playoffs, lose him for nothing and Shero finds himself in this position with Geno this time next year.
I'm Not trying to be dramatic, just saying its the GM's job to build for the future, not just the upcoming season. It's unfortunate that we are now in this position because Staal was a fan favorite and a favorite of mine, but he has decided (or I think he has) to move on and done so in a way that has left the Pens at a disadvantage.
It's not like they are getting nothing. They are getting a 1st, Tangradi and Strait or something similar plus a better shot at the cup plus a worse shot at the cup for one team plus potentially a 1st or 2nd for his negotiating rights after the season.
A first or second for his negotiating rights after the season? I highly doubt.. Hamhuis as a highly sought afterdefenseman a few years ago only got a third, and it was highly surmised that he wanted to go to Vancouver, much ala Staal/Carolina.
NJ5934 wrote:Rossi is tweeting Shero is nowhere to be found, lol
NJ5934 wrote:Rossi is tweeting Shero is nowhere to be found, lol
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The early spring heat wave fried my sugar snap pea vines before they had even bloomed. The mid-spring freeze weakened my beans. I had a good run of cucumbers and early on—until a rat (or rats!) chewed through the netting on my new hoop houses and ate the rest, plus the early crop of squash I had not yet harvested.
I set high hopes on the many fat, beautiful green tomatoes growing in the hoop houses—until last weekend. The variety I grew inside them was too large, and the plants have pushed out the top, creating easy access for the squirrels, who decimated my crop.
It has not been a happy growing season for me.
To add to my woes, the famous Squirrel Proof Net Tent is now three years old, and it's beginning to show signs of wear. Holes have opened in the net here and there, allowing for squirrel incursions.
So a few nights ago, I set a couple of traps. I caught a squirrel and a rat. I re-set them and caught another of each. I re-set them again, but then some varmint figured out how to steal the bait without springing the trap.
What I didn't realize at the time, however, was that someone was watching my struggles, learning and absorbing, and working out a strategy. I finally understood this last evening, right around sundown.
I was in my big kitchen chair working at my laptop, when my Australian shepherd, Caleb, came over and said, "Woof." He nudged my elbow with his muzzle. Thinking he just wanted attention, I scritched his head and went back to work. But he was insistent: "Woof!" Another nudge, this time more urgent.
"Caleb, I can't play with you right now. I'm working."
"Frrrf! Arr! Arrrrarrrarr!" Another nudge. Then he ran to the back door, looked out, and looked back at me. "WOOF!"
I grumbled, relented, and hauled myself out of my comfy chair to open the door into the backyard for him. That's when I saw what he was trying to tell me.
There was a squirrel inside the Squirrel Proof Net Tent, casually munching on the last of my green tomatoes. Caleb dashed out and proceeded to chase it around and around the perimeter of the tent. Inside the tent, the squirrel ran, dodged, turned. Outside the tent, Caleb ran, turned and followed. After several minutes of frantic circles, the panicked squirrel began to run headlong into the net, blindly trying to shove its way out.
Caleb caught on. After a few misses, he pounced on the squirrel as it hit the net. I heard a short squeak, then silence.
Caleb stood panting at the edge of the tent and looked at the dead creature at his feet, still wrapped in the sagging net. Then we looked at each other in utter surprise.
"Caleb, you killed a squirrel!"
He looked back at the squirrel and then back at me. Still panting, he trotted over to the 12-foot diameter inflatable pool I have installed in my driveway for the summer (that's a whole nother story), hopped in, and cooled himself off with a victory lap.
I went into the house for a pair of gloves and a sack for the squirrel. Seeing me head for his kill, Caleb hopped out of the pool and ran to it. I picked it up by a forepaw. He grabbed the hindquarters through the net with his mouth.
"That's mine."
I let go of the squirrel for a moment. "I know, buddy, but we can't leave it here. It will stink."
He let go, too. I picked it up again. Then he grabbed on again. "It's mine."
"Caleb, leave it."
He's a good boy. He dropped his prey, and I bagged it and disposed of it.
Afterwards, Caleb got a big thank-you treat for
- figuring out that squirrels in the garden = bad
- giving himself the job of squirrel-proof net tent watcher,
- insisting that I pay attention, and
- actually catching a squirrel.
And from now on, I will listen to what my dog is trying to tell me.
Thank you to my friend and marvelous musician Tom Godfrey for sharing this little clip, and to Wes Funderburk, Atlanta trombonist extraordinaire, for using his powers for good.


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How do you raise a well-behaved child?
Yelling, bribing, negotiating, punishing or threatening won�t change unwanted behaviors because those actions don�t teach the desired behavior.
A recent article in The Wall Street Journal headlined �Smarter Ways to Discipline Children� suggests that parents determine the exact behavior they do want, and recognize it whenever they see it.
According to Timothy Verduin, clinical assistant professor of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Child Study Center, NYU Langone Medical Center, N.Y., �You start praising them and it increases the frequency of good behavior.�
There are many forms of praise, but the most effective includes providing specific information with multi-sensory communication.
Talk with a touch when telling your child exactly what you see. For example, �I�m happy that you put your dishes in the dishwasher,� as you touch a shoulder or kiss a forehead.
Not so simple
If it were that simple to improve behavior with a compliment or recognition of good behaviors, why isn�t everyone doing it?
According to Alan E. Kazdin, professor of psychology and child psychology at Yale University and director of the Yale Parenting Center, �People�s brains have a negativity bias. We pay more attention to when kids misbehave than when they act like angels.� Kazdin recommends, �at least three or four instances of praise for good behavior is needed for every time-out that a kid gets. For young children, praise needs to be effusive and include a hug or some other physical affection.� That is effective, multi-sensory communication.
Impatience can cause parents to move too quickly when a vague directive has been given and their child does not respond. Verduin, who practices parent-child interaction therapy, recommends giving a clear, precise directive and then counting to five before giving another directive. Children are often slow to move, so it is helpful when parents plan for enough or extra time, enabling their child to be successful.
I remember Mr. Rogers, who sang, �I like to take my time.� He sang it very slowly, and with a smile. When I became impatient I thought of him singing that song through the heart of a child. It helped me to realize that, in order to remain patient, thoughtful and on time, I needed to provide the time that my children needed.
Voice of reason or acts of punishment
Reason doesn�t work, says Kazdin. �Reason doesn�t change behavior.�
It�s not reasonable to eat cookies just before dinner, nor is it reasonable to steal, lie or fight with a sibling, but children continue to do so, even after they have been reasoned with. Reasoning with a child doesn�t work, just as reasoning with adults is ineffective. As Kazdin suggested, if reasoning worked, adults would stop smoking because they know it will kill them.
Kazdin also found that harsh punishments cause noncompliance and aggression.
�Spanking has been linked to aggressive behavior in kids and anger problems and increased marital conflict later on in adulthood.� That profound research seemingly links harsh punishment to long-term conflict, perhaps contributing to divorce.
Positive alternatives
There are so many positive, successful ways to reach and teach without yelling or harsh punishment.
� Remove to remediate, which helps a child stabilize faster by removing him from the stimulus environment or audience. No yelling or battles required, just remove your child to a different, quiet environment.
� Say less and do more is effective in addressing an immediate behavior, because no talking means no yelling or threats from you, and your physical presence communicates importance or urgency.
� Get up and go, and take your child�s hand, offering help to get the job done.
� Use when/then for a clear directive, and eliminate negative �don�t� and �stop� words.
The research is in. Walk off the battlefield and parent with a purpose.
Diana Boggia, M.Ed., is a parenting coach who lives in Stark County, Ohio. She is author of �Parenting with a Purpose.� Send your child-rearing questions to email@example.com or The Repository, c/o Family Matters, 500 Market Ave. S, Canton OH 44702. Find parenting resources at her website, www.yourperfectchild.com.
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ZEN WRAPPED IN KARMA progress report
Check out this work of genius I scrawled on a Starbucks bag yesterday. I don't know if this gag has been done before. Seems like Gary Larson would have to have thought of it. Or somebody. Maybe this is the most common one-panel dinosaur gag in the history of one-panel dinosaur gags. Anyway here you have my version.
I also have a joke I made up. Here it is:
Q: What do you call someone who has sex exclusively with homeless people?
A: A hobosexual!
Let's see how many people comment about that one.
Anyway, I'm busy at work on the final edit of Zen Wrapped In Karma Dipped In Chocolate, my third book, which comes out from New World Library in February. This is the critical edit, the one I cannot change any further after it's been submitted. So I'm paying careful attention.
Which brings me to another rant I've always wanted to post. People sometimes ask me to make a list of my favorite Buddhist books. Problem is I don't read many Buddhist books. Most of the stuff on the shelves at the Buddhism section of the local Books-R-Us bore me to tears. I have a lot of reference books that I check when I'm writing. But most of those I don't read for fun.
One of the things that irks me about a great number of the books sharing shelf space with mine is that so many of the "authors" there don't actually write anything. They lecture and their students make tapes, then the students transcribe the master's words of wisdom and make them into a book. In some cases this is OK. Like when a teacher dies and students want to commemorate what she said. I also still like all of Shunryu Suzuki's books, which were made in this way. A few good books put together in this manner do manage to slip out. In these cases it's usually stated in the introduction that the book is the transcription of lectures.
But when someone makes a career out of "writing" this way and makes no effort to let folks know he's never actually sat down and written anything in his holy life... Well, let's just say I'm not impressed. These "writers" exist on the same level as airhead starlets who "write" their tell-all autobiographies by sitting next to their swimming pools and babbling into a tape recorder then letting a real writer turn it into something that they can make a zillion dollars on. Feh, I say! Feh!
Maybe I'm just cranky cuz I've been slaving over this thing for so long. And because I've worked so hard at making myself look like a shit-head in this book.
Back to work!


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Three discharged employees at a California distribution facility are suing Target Corp., alleging that they were let go after complaining to the human resources department about a memo that made disparaging comments about Hispanics.
The three also said managers discriminated against them for their age and ethnicity, and had used racial slurs. But it�s the memo, which Target says was not written nor sanctioned by the corporation, that has drawn the most notice. No wonder.
It included these tips about Hispanic employees:
�a. Food: not everyone eats tacos and burritos;
b. Music: not everyone dances to salsa;
c. Dress: not everyone wears a sombrero;
d. Mexicans (lower education level, some may be undocumented);
e. Cubans (Political refugees, legal status, higher education level); and
f. They may say �OK, OK� and pretend to understand, when they do not, just to save face.�
The intriguing list bothers me less than the fact that it seems to have spurred more online outrage than the alleged discrimination. On its face, yes, this document comes off poorly. But what might be even worse is that it could actually have been an honest attempt to create a less stereotype-driven work environment.
To those up in arms about the food reference, I have to ask: Is there a single Hispanic person in this country who would disagree with item �a�? (Full disclosure: I do not eat burritos.)
Why this bit caused such a stir on social media networks, even though it�s true, I�ll never know. But I dare anyone to state the phrase in the opposite -- �All Hispanics eat tacos and burritos� -- without causing a widespread uproar.
Item �b� is interesting because the memo seems to be a little skewed toward describing the predominant Mexican culture found in California, so the authors trip over themselves a little by even mentioning �salsa.� (Did they confuse it with the spicy, tomato-based sauce?)
Salsa, the musical style, is most prominently associated with Puerto Rican and Cuban communities in New York City during the 1970s and �80s.
It can�t even come close to being the most popular Hispanic style of music or dancing because a culturally cohesive �Hispanic community� doesn�t exist. Hispanics can�t even agree whether to refer to themselves as Hispanics or Latinos, and they sure wouldn�t agree on a favorite anything, much less a dance style associated with specific nationalities.
Item �c� is fun. Ironically, probably the last 10 times I�ve seen an image of someone in a Mariachi-style sombrero, it�s been a drunken non-Hispanic who thought it�d be funny to take a picture of himself -- and it�s almost always a �him� -- wearing one and posting it onto social networks for Cinco de Mayo.
In Spanish, the word �sombrero� simply means �hat.� Imagine this statement about whites: �Not everyone wears a hat.�
These three items have one thing in common -- someone put them on this list because personal experience proved to them that these facts are not already well-understood by most non-Hispanics.
Items �d� and �e� more accurately touch upon social class, not nationality. The statements themselves are not untrue -- yes, in California you are likely to find that unauthorized immigrants are from Mexico and lack extensive education. And Cubans do tend to enjoy legal status and higher educations.
But these rule-of-thumb descriptions, unlike the first three, offended because they are overbroad. There are plenty of affluent, legal Mexicans working in the U.S. (though probably not in a warehouse) and, surely, too many poorly educated Cubans for the Cubano community�s comfort.
Item �f� fails because it�s actually a statement that can be universally applied to any person of any race or ethnicity who might find themselves in a new environment or being challenged with difficult or unfamiliar material. As such, it inaccurately attributes face-saving to Hispanics instead of to all new employees.
And that�s where it hurts.
This memo represents yet another vivid example of Hispanics being characterized as an inferior group. Academic research, popular polling and surveys have proved the prevalence of such negative attitudes time and again: Hispanics are typically seen by non-Hispanics as poor, non-English-speaking, unauthorized Mexicans.
Target is taking a hit on this memo, but it shouldn�t be the sole focus of our dismay. That accurate information about Hispanics is still so desperately needed at work, and in so many other places, should disappoint even more.
Esther Cepeda�s email address is firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter, @estherjcepeda.
Washington Post Writers Group
Esther Cepeda: Targeted by a memo
Three discharged employees at a California distribution facility are suing Target Corp., alleging that they were let go after complaining to the human resources department about a memo that made disparaging comments about Hispanics.


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A speech that must be delivered by the speaker of the Pennsylvania House:
Ladies and gentlemen of the House, I would be remiss if I did not address a recent unfortunate incident that occurred on the floor of this body.
On the basis that it would offend him as a Christian, the gentleman from Butler County shut off the microphone of an honorable, openly gay member who apparently wished to speak in support of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to recognize limited marriage rights of gay men and women.
Although this body contains many honorable individuals of the Christian faith, it is not, has never been, and shall never be The Christian General Assembly. It is a General Assembly of and for Christians, Jews, Muslims, those of other faiths, and those of no faith. We do not make judgments here about who has the right to speak. The fact that one's views could be squelched in the people's House is an embarrassment to me and to all who stand for the principle that even the speech with which we disagree is protected speech.
None of us need endorse gay marriage or gay unions, and I do not, but we must reinforce the tenet that those of varying views will come to this forum to argue for their principles. The fact that a debate was shut down on the basis of one member's purported religious views is a disgrace, a new low for a House which is rightfully held in contempt by much of the public.
I ask for unanimous consent that the actions of the gentleman from Butler County be condemned.