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Great Britain's men's 4x100 metres relay team claimed a stunning gold medal amid chaotic scenes at the World Championships in London as Usain Bolt's glorious careerended in injury and agony.
The British quartet of CJ Ujah, Adam Gemili, Danny Talbot and Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake pipped the United States to gold in a world-leading 37.47 seconds, but only after Bolt had pulled up on his anchor leg and collapsed to the track.
The USA took silver in 37.52secs and Japan the bronze.
"This is the best feeling in the world, world champions," said Gemili, overlooked for individual selection for the championships.
Mitchell-Blake, who had to settle for fourth in the individual 200m, roared with delight at the finish in scenes similar to Mark Lewis-Francis' cries of delight when he crossed the line at the 2004 Athens Olympics to earn Britain sprint relay gold.


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I'd like to start off by thanking everyone who ordered rod socks last month and helping contribute to Land O'Sky Trout Unlimited. I can't wait to present them with a check once our meetings start up again in October!
Many of you have seen our different posts both on the blog and social media outlets about our upcoming trip to Colorado next month. We're super excited and cannot wait to get out there!
That being said, we will be gone for the entire month of September.
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You have many different file formats on your computer. To name a few: jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp and png or rtf,txt,doc and pdf for instance. The big question that comes to my mind is why do we need that many formats. Most file formats offer no gain over the other, would not it make sense to convert all files of a certain type to one format only? It would improve compatibility and maybe reduce the number of programs that you need to have installed on your system to view them.
Omniformat can convert 75 different file types with the majority being graphic and document formats. I can think of one reason to convert documents to different formats: I sometimes download files that I'm not able to edit because they have been either created on a different operating system and my system does not support editing the file, or I simply do not have an editor at hand to edit the document.
This could be the most prominent reason for most users of omniformat but there are or course more. You can configure Omniformat to monitor a folder for documents to automatically convert matching documents into a selected format. This can be interesting if a step in a workflow requires a particular document format and you want to make sure that it is available automatically. You can alternatively use the folder to auto-convert file types by simply moving them into it. What is interesting is that you can use it to convert images to text using OCR.
Update: Mobile devices and gadgets have risen in popularity in recent time. While they are great when it comes to supporting standard formats, they often lack support for lesser used formats. This is another application that you can use Omniformat for. Just convert files on your computer to a format supported by your mobile or gadget to access the files on those devices as well.
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David Goldblatt, "A plot-holder, his wife and their eldest son at lunch, Wheatlands, Randfontein", 1962, silver gelatin photograph on fibre-based paper. Image courtesy the artist and Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg and Cape Town ©the artist.
David Goldblatt at the MCA
An exhibition of work by late South African photographer David Goldblatt is on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA). Goldblatt's photographic work spans his six-decade career, depicting the rise, fall and legacy of Apartheid in South Africa. Featuring unseen vintage prints, as well as Goldblatt's famous photographic series and material from his personal archive, this exhibition is a unique viewing opportunity. His photographs have an intense human focus and offer powerful reflections on the people living through decades of South African history. His work resonates with human struggles across the globe, and the brutal history of modern civilisation, including that of Australia.


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A website which is easily changed and updatable is a universal goal of site owners. While a Content Management System (CMS) can take you a long way towards this goal, sometimes it is just not enough; sometimes it is not appropriate; and sometimes it is just not within your budget. Why?
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The sorta spin-off, kinda…ish, of Forgetting Sarah Marshall, is a grab bag of humour, heart and narcotics. Lots of narcotics.
With Get Him to the Greek, Jonah Hill and Russell Brand capture what Judd Apatow (this was produced by him) movies are suppose to be – Gross-out laughs with characters you root for. I can't remember the last comedy I enjoyed this much.
Aaron Green (Hill) is a low-level record company executive who's big idea is to get a washed-up Brit rock star (Brand) to put on a concert marking the 10th anniversary of his greatest success. The only problem is the rock star is an alcoholic druggie who rather enjoys the lifestyle and a boss (Sean "Puff/P Diddy" Combs) who would rather be an enabler than to help. So in order to get to The Greek, Allan has to survive the experience.
In order for a movie like this to be successful, you really have to like the two main characters. Not a problem. Hill plays a guy well over his head, trying to do his job, even when he's not sure what that really is. Brand plays what you would expect if you've seen him on awards shows or interviews. Basically Captain Sparrow. What really surprised me was the actual heart he brought to the character as he's usually known for being quite one-dimensional.
Special mention goes to Sean Combs Rose Byrne. Combs has a blast making fun of his mogul image and probably has some of the best lines in the movie. All I'll say is the man does "The Carleton". And Byrne, if you've seen her work on 28 Weeks Later and TV's Damages, you'll be blown away at the sex kitten rocker she plays here.
The story was pretty straightforward (the title kind of says it all) but that's a good thing. I hate when comedies try to throw too much into a premise that is already working (pssst, we don't always need car chases). I wouldn't say it's realistic but it certainly is plausible enough that we aren't taken away from the story.
Something I wasn't expecting was the music to be good. "The Clap," "Fur Walls" and "Come for my Bangers" are just as inappropriate and funny as you'd think but also with some damn good melodies. Russell Brand is better as a fake rock star than most are actually doing it.
GET HIM TO THE GREEK Rating:
4 stars – you'd recommend this. It's June already and I'd say this is one of the better movies I've seen this year. A good comedy about drug addiction, building relationships, and finding what you love…who knew.
Random Recommendations:
The Commitments (1991) – I have to watch this again. The music is worth a repeat listen alone. It's about "the hardest working band" in Dublin, or at least when they're not trying to kill each other or even bothering to show up. Keep in mind the band's lead singer, Andrew Strong, was 17 when this was made. He sings like a man with history to tell. Not a chick flick. (sorry, thought that needed to be clarified).
Made (2001) – The movie Jon Favreau and Vince Vaughn made after Swingers. Just two guys trying to get in with the Mob, unfortunately one of them is a self-destructive, annoying idiot and is getting them in more trouble than necessary. Noteworthy as the first movie Sean Combs was ever in and one of the most obnoxious characters ever played (yes, even by Vince Vaughn standards).


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Here's the context in which I saw the quote originally, excerpted from The Economist's "Politics this week" mailing.
Mr Bush reconfirmed his opposition to stem-cell research and said he had achieved "the right balance between science and ethics". Last week, Bill Frist, the Senate majority leader and a possible presidential contender, outraged conservatives by endorsing legislation that provides funding for such research.
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The entry into the British Accountancy Awards demonstrated the team's innovative approach, including the creation of a private company valuation database (PERDa) that is now used by HMRC, and its track record of deals, such as the high profile Axminster Carpets management-buy-out. The development of an experienced and specialist renewables team was also an important factor, with recent deals including assisting in raising funds for Plymouth Energy Communities.
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Microsoft Outlook is a well-known email client, which is used to set up communication in an organization. It provides useful features such as setting up reminders, record notes, appointments, etc. Microsoft Outlook is available in various versions like 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, etc. and stores all your information including emails, journals, tasks, contacts, calendar items etc. on a single file called PST file. However, sometimes, when you try to access Microsoft Outlook you will receive an error message like:
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Wells Fargo CEO gets raise to $18.4 million the day after being scolded by Congress
WASHINGTON — On Tuesday, lawmakers scolded Wells Fargo chief executive Tim Sloan for hours, saying the bank has not done enough to make up for the scandals about its practices toward customers. Some called for Sloan to be fired.
The next day, Wells Fargo directors gave Sloan a 5 percent raise, increasing his total compensation to $18.4 million. Of that, $2 million is an ''annual incentive award'' — in other words, a bonus.
The bonus was based on Wells Fargo's ''financial performance'' and Sloan's ''continued leadership" rebuilding trust in the bank, the company said in its annual shareholders letter. The company's stock price fell 27 percent last year in a tough market, but its profit rose to $22.4 billion, compared with $22.2 billion in 2017.
''Another raise for the Wells Fargo CEO in the midst of more scandals and fumbling Congressional testimony. This is not how fair and competitive markets are supposed to work,'' Representative Katie Porter, who questioned the sincerity of Wells Fargo's reform efforts during Tuesday's House Financial Services Committee hearing, said on Twitter.
Wells Fargo is still weathering a sustained backlash from its admission two years ago it opened millions of sham accounts customers didn't want, and more recent revelations it mistakenly foreclosed on hundreds of customers and improperly repossessed thousands of cars.
Sloan has spent years apologizing and attempting to rebuild Wells Fargo's reputation. He told the House Financial Services Committee Tuesday the bank had revamped its board of directors, significantly increased its charitable giving, and no longer emphasizes sales goals that were blamed for many of the company's problem.
But the Office of Comptroller of the Currency has said it was ''disappointed'' by Wells Fargo's rehabilitation efforts, and last year the Federal Reserve banned the bank from growing any bigger after finding it responsible for ''widespread consumer abuses.''
Financial Services Committee chairwoman Representative Maxine Waters said in a statement Thursday that, ''Mr. Sloan shouldn't be getting a bonus, he should be shown the door.''
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Iran Plane Crash Recovery Starts
An army helicopter carrying five or six bodies in a metal box hanging from a rope landed at Lorestan army base on Thursday. Many of the bodies were dismembered or mutilated.
The helicopter made two trips before darkness set in, each time being greeted on arrival by wailing relatives who beat their heads in grief.
Some were allowed inside the base to identify the victims. "I couldn't identify anyone. All the bodies are disfigured beyond recognition," said an emotional Masoud Hashemi, whose brother, sister-in-law and their child were among the passengers.
Up to 12 bodies were brought to the base from the crash site.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency revised the number of people aboard the Russian-made Tu-154 airliner that crashed Tuesday to 107 passengers and 12 crew. Earlier reports had put the number of people to 117. All were presumed dead.
As the weather cleared for the first time since the plane crashed early Tuesday outside Khorramabad, about 230 miles southwest of the Iranian capital of Tehran, a few helicopters took off for the foggy reaches of the Sefid Kouh mountain where dozens of bodies have been spotted in the snow.
At a makeshift base at the foot of the mountain, trucks rolled in with dozens of coffins to transport the victim's remains.
Col. Heydar Paknejad, one of the helicopter pilots, cautioned that strong winds would make more flights impossible, IRNA quoted him as saying. Rescue teams have tried to reach the site several times by air, only to be forced to return by bad weather. Climbers trying to reach the site suffered broken bones.
The plane lost contact with the Khorramabad airport control tower minutes before crashing into the Sefid Kouh mountains, or white mountains in Persian.
The cause of the crash of Flight 956 was not known, but officials said the aircraft went down in bad weather.
At least 10 government officials were onboard, said Behrouz Goudarzy, deputy governor general of Lorestan province where the mountains are located.
Subject to U.S. sanctions, Iran has difficulty buying western aircraft or obtaining spare parts for its aging fleet of Boeing planes, acquired mostly before the 1979 Islamic revolution. Iranian airlines have instead turned to Russia and Ukraine for cheaper planes.
The crash, the latest in a string of air disasters over the past four years involving Russian-built airliners, has caused an uproar in Tehran.
"The United States shares the responsibility for the dying of so many innocent people because it is refusing to sell Boeing planes and spare parts to Iran," said Ahmad Pirayesh, a close friend of one of the plane victims.
"If we had Boeing planes this crash would not have happened," Pirayesh said.
"In Kuwait, an oil well catches fire and four people are burnt tdeath and the oil minister resigns after taking responsibility. ... Why is it that in Iran nobody feels responsible for plane crashes?" IRNA quoted one unnamed MP as saying.
Before incorporating the Russian-made planes into its fleets of nearly exclusively Boeing airliners, Iran had one of the cleanest air safety records in the world.
Army pilot Latif Derikvand said that mechanical fault was the likely cause of the crash.
"When the weather is bad and the pilot does not have proper vision, he relies almost exclusively on electronic instruments for navigation and landing," said Derikvand, at the crash site to help an investigation.
"Even a slight fault in the instruments can cause a disaster," said Derikvand.
In Moscow, Tupolev chief designer Aleksandr Shingart told Ekho Moskvy radio on Tuesday that the plane received a "proper" routine service in January.
Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has ordered an emergency committee to investigate the crash. Transportation Ministry experts have been dispatched to Khorramabad.
The head of Iran's Civil Aviation Organization denied reports Thursday that he had resigned after the crash.
"My tenure ended about a week ago and I asked the transport minister if I am still in the job. I am still waiting for an answer. This does not mean I have resigned," Behzad Mazaheri said, quoted by IRNA.
IRNA said earlier Mazaheri had resigned in the face of public anger over the crash.
Many parliamentarians have called on Transport Minister Ahmad Khorram to step down.
Khorram's predecessor died in a plane crash last May.
The latest crash has led to calls for an end to the use of Russian aircraft by civilian airlines.
Khorram told IRNA all Tupolev planes would gradually be removed from the Iranian fleet and that $1 billion had been set aside to purchase more advanced aircraft.
He said the country's airports would also be further equipped to prevent more air disasters.
But Mazaheri said his country was better off using Tupolev planes, at least in the short run.
"The Tupolev planes are more equipped and advanced than the western aircraft in our fleet. They have stronger engines and are easier to maintain," he said. "When it becomes evident that the plane crashed for technical reasons then we can discuss replacing them."
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When I started SBG this year, I never thought I would need to make the above document. But there have been very few requests to reassess so far this year, until this week, when all of a sudden I got no less than 20 requests…all of which started with the phrase "I didn't know we could retake tests."
This fact is clearly stated in the syllabus.
When I asked the students which ones they wanted to retake, many said "All of them."
While it is possible (probable?) that they would want to do so, I was puzzled because a few of them weren't doing too badly. In fact, the grade breakdown for the first quarter was strongly skewed to As and Bs; right triangle review and the Laws of Sine and Cosine weren't too much of a challenge for them.
Then, after they got them, came the "Wait, this isn't like the first assessment! I can't do this!" comments…which is just admitting that they didn't know how to do it in the first place. Oh, and the reassessments were all different from each other. "That's not fair!"
Finally, the reassessments dropped some of their grades instead of improving them.
Thus, the request form, where they find out, rather explicitly, that all of the above is true. And they have to do some research for their own benefit.
And, finally, to the title of this post.
I have some students, not many, that absolutely refuse to make any attempt at anything. Most of them (there's seven of them) are compliant in the sense that they politely sit there and will tell me that they don't need the class to graduate, didn't want to take the class anyway but their counselors "made them" so they'd be ready to go to college (that they can't afford to go to) just in case they "change their minds about going right before graduation".
Side note: this happened at my school one time, four or five years ago, and the kiddo and her parents found a really obnoxious student-advocate who caused a bunch of trouble until the entire district was made to do this bizarre "force the students to be ready for college even when they can't/don't want to go. So we do.
Anyhoo…some of them are jerks. And the ones who are are juniors, who do absolutely need the class as the third year of math to graduate. There is no motivating those three; they are all straight F-bombing every class. Apparently, that makes them happy.
Compliant sweeties or jerks…I give 'em zeroes for the SBG grade. And I don't feel bad at all about it.
Then I read about people who say there is no place for a zero in SBG. To them, I ask…
What grade would you have me give them?


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SF Weekly reports on Downtown Streets Team, recognized as a "best practice" by statewide agencies
We are proud to partner with Downtown Streets Team as part of our Tenderloin Clean Team. A while back, we shared Stephon's story as just one of the many examples of how DST changes lives while keeping our neighborhoods clean. If you're interested in supporting their work in the neighborhood, contact us. An update on Stephon: he's been promoted by Block by Block and is working to launch a new team in Japantown. We're sad that he's not in the neighborhood, but quite proud that he continues to develop his leadership skills while being rewarded for his hard, earned work.
From the article by SF Weekly staff writer Ida Mojadad:
Every weekday morning, a group of people in yellow shirts gathers on Market to clean up streets in dire need of attention. While many people blame the city's homeless population for the littered sidewalks, the people in the yellow shirts live on the streets themselves — and they're working their way back from the margins.
In the past two years, these crews in bright-colored shirts have cleaned up more than 580,000 pounds of debris and 29,000 needles from places like Union Square, the Mission, and Civic Center, as part of the Downtown Streets Team (DST). Workers show up each day for four hours, receive a gift card they can use on basic needs, then work with a case manager to connect with housing or permanent jobs.
"There are no paths directly from the streets into workforce development," says Brandon Davis, DST San Francisco project director. "Our goal isn't just to provide social services — it's to legitimately change the face of homelessness and dispel the myths around them."
After years of supporting itself through grants, the organization received a big endorsement that may affect its operations in the long term. Last week, the League of California Cities and the California State Association of Counties' Joint Homelessness Task Force recognized the Downtown Streets Team as a "best practice" for its effective support of people experiencing homelessness . . . read more at SF Weekly.


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The catalogue of an exhibition at the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 4 - August 28, 1988. 67 works (50 paintings and 17 works on paper) are described and illustrated, 20 in color. 8 figures accompany the text.
Title: Paul Sample: Painter of the American Scene
Categories: Artists,
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Falcon Heavy & Starman
Following liftoff, the two side boosters separated from the center core and returned to landing site for future reuse.
Falcon Heavy put a Tesla Roadster and its passenger, Starman, into orbit around the sun. At max velocity Starman and the Roadster will travel 11 km/s (7mi/s) and travel 400 million km (250 million mi) from Earth.


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|Welcome Aboard
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|Interim Steering Committee Meeting: Dec 2, 2014
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|Who Are We?
|Dec 13
|Results of Software Sustainability Institute Survey
|Dec 9
|Templates: We Live, We Learn
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|New Accessibility Guidelines
|Dec 3
|Summarizing the News
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|Our First Election
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|Plans for 2015: Lessons
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|Software Carpentry Foundation: Workshops
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|Software Carpentry Foundation: Governance
|Dec 2
|What About MOOCs?
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|Goalposts for the Digital Humanities
|Nov 27
|How to Manage Confidential Data
|Nov 25
|Translating Software Carpentry into Korean
|Nov 24
|Congratulations to Data Carpentry
|Nov 22
|Instructor Training Stats
|Nov 19
|The New Instructor Post-Assessment Questionnaire
|Nov 18
|Interim Board Meeting: Nov 18, 2014
|Nov 18
|Close Enough for Scientific Work
|Nov 18
|IP Communism
|Nov 11
|Why It Matters
|Nov 10
|Sarah Mei on Software Engineering Research
|Nov 7
|Amdahl's Law and Software Carpentry
|Nov 6
|Instructor Training at TGAC
|Nov 6
|You Should Read Juha Sorva's Thesis
|Nov 5
|Politics for Current Physicsts
|Nov 4
|Interim Board Meeting: Nov 4, 2014
|Nov 4
|A 'Joel Test' for Grassroots Programming Groups
|Nov 3
|Software Carpentry Foundation: FAQ
|Oct 30
|Why We Don't Teach Testing (Even Though We'd Like To)
|Oct 29
|Pandoc and Building Pages
|Oct 28
|Why Software Matters
|Oct 27
|Shuttleworth Foundation Fellowship Application
|Oct 27
|Lost in Space
|Oct 27
|British Library Courses
|Oct 23
|A New Lesson Template, Version 2
|Oct 22
|Massuni Kickstarter Has Launched
|Oct 20
|Beautiful Lessons
|Oct 16
|Welcome More New Instructors
|Oct 15
|A Research Software Petition
|Oct 14
|Interim Board Meeting: Oct 14, 2014
|Oct 14
|Of Templates and Metadata
|Oct 14
|A New Template for Lessons
|Oct 8
|Announcing the Creation of the Software Carpentry Foundation
|Oct 4
|A Reproducible Science Hackathon
|Oct 4
|Congratulations to the Moore Investigators
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|A New Template for Workshop Websites
|Oct 3
|Welcome Our New Instructors
|Oct 2
|A Better Software Engineering Course
|Sep 30
|Interim Board Meeting: Sep 30, 2014
|Sep 29
|Splitting the Repository
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|UCOSP as a Model
|Sep 26
|September 2014 Lab Meeting Report
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|A Proposal for Topic Maintainers
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|Interim Board Meeting: Sep 16, 2014
|Sep 16
|Mentioned in the Paris Review
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|Stray Thoughts
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|September 2014 Lab Meeting
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|Videos from Stanford
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|What Sciences Are There?
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|Please Help Trans Tech
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|An Update on Upcoming Bootcamps
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|Building Better Teachers
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|Fall 2014 Bootcamps (So Far)
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|Conversations About Teaching
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|A MOOC on Practical Numerical Methods with Python
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|News from Australia
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|Inessential Weirdness in Software Carpentry
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|Summer Sprint Summary
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|Summer Sprint FAQ
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|Using a Package Manager for Lessons and Papers
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|SciPy 2014 Talks and Lessons
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|Scientific Groupware Revisited
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|Summary of June 2014 Lab Meeting
|Jun 27
|Our IUSE Proposal Was Rejected
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|Help Us Build an Admin Tool for Bootcamps
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|An Update on Our Sprint Plans
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|A Double Handful of Bootcamps
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|Planning Our Summer Sprint
|Jun 5
|Introducing Scientists to Testing and Code Review
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|Instructor Training in Norwich, October 2014
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|Collected Links
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|Announcing Two More WiSE Bootcamps
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|Summary of May 2014 Lab Meeting
|May 20
|Behind the Scenes
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|A Lot of Bootcamps in the Works
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|Agenda for This Month's Lab Meeting
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|Knocking on the Future's Door
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|A Multi-Site Sprint in July
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|Playing the Kazoo
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|How to Improve Instructor Training
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|Wise as Athena...
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|PyCon 2014 Videos
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|April 2014 Lab Meeting
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|Hand Made
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|Mr. Biczo Was Right
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|Import Lesson
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|GSoC Projects for 2014
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|Changing the Channel
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|Do Not Be Worried
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|This Is Why I Don't Write Any More
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|Summarizing Our Instructors' Skills
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|Bridging the Writing Gap
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|Does Continuous Publication Require Continuous Attention?
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|Announcing NBDiff
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|One of Our Inspirations
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|Changing Our Core Curriculum
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|Building a Minimal Online Presence
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|Not on the Shelves
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|Empirical Software Engineering Papers
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|Our Original Logo
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|A Letter from John von Neumann
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|You and Jimi Hendrix
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|Is Learning at Scale Just Another Name for Ubiquitous Surveillance in the Classroom?
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|Everything Old is New Again
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|Anatole France, Updated
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|A Workshop for Librarians at PyCon
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|Learn How to Teach People to Program
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|Summary of Feb 2014 Lab Meeting
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|Software Carpentry on the CBC
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|The Open Scoop Challenge
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|Lab Meeting (Feb 2014)
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|From Training to Engagement
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|Lessons Learned Has Been Published
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|Our Biggest Event Ever
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|An Online Peer Instruction Tool
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|Wrapping Up Round 7 (and a Reminder About Instructor Training)
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|Workshops at the Data Science Centers
|Jan 29
|An Empirical Investigation into Programming Language Syntax
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|Workshop for Women in Science and Engineering: April 14-15 at LBL
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|Workshops at PyCon in Montreal This April
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|Teaching Online (Sort Of) in 2014
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|The Other One Per Cent
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|Why Not a MOOC?
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So Baylor went and did it. They mirrored out on us.
Awesome video guys. Really. Top notch. So do coaches designate practice time for player modeling? At this point I feel like they have to. Is it just me or do the uniforms have a decided blue tint in that video? Maybe it's just me, because the helmets look like they have a funny sheen as well.
Oh snap ladies, it ain't just me. There's gold in them there helmets. Literally. They are made of gold. Oklahoma State take note, stop paying your players in cash, start paying them in lumps of precious metals.
The players love them. The students love them, almost as much as they did sugar when it was introduced to the Baylor campus in 2007. I would say "go home Baylor, you're drunk" but you literally have to go home from Baylor if you are in fact drunk.
You can take solace in the fact that you are now almost as cool as Western Kentucky. The Hilltoppers busted these out a few weeks ago and they wear them full time so...semi scoreboard...WKU..?....?!?????....I have no idea how to score this one.
And one correction...
A few weeks ago we said we like Maryland's hand crafted helmets. These dad gum things.
We were wrong. Oh so wrong. I caught the Terps on TV sporting these lids and you know what they looked like on TV?
Pretty much like that except players were moving. I had a seizure and two counseling sessions after 15 minutes of game time. Sure Bud and its subsidiary Gear Head would like to issue you a formal apology. By way of a peace making gift, may we offer the following. PUPPIES RUNNING TOWARDS A CAMERA!


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WEEQUAHIC PARK, NJ -- Bad Intentions flat out dominated Seton Smash! It was a miserable day on Sunday with the rain coming down all morning/afternoon. Seton Smash simply was running out of juice after defeating Tainos 1 game earlier. Bad Intentions were ready for either squad & didn't disappoint.
Game 1 was over in 5 innings. Bad Intentions scored 25 runs. 10 in the 3rd & 8 in the 5th. Home Runs came care of Milton, Darmento, Cutty & Matt with an Inside the Parker. BK on the mound was solid as well. He shut out Seton Smash for 2 straight innings before only giving up 7 runs total.
Final Score Game 1:
Bad Intentions 25
Seton Smash 7
Bad Intentions weren't done! This one was over in 4. Again, BK only let up 4 runs through 4 innings, pretty impressive on a turf field! Jude & Darmento (the # 3 & 4 batters) went a solid 5 for 5 with 5 run scored, 3 RBI's & 2 doubles. Mikey & Matt led the team with 3 RBIs each. Bad Intentions were just solid al around & put in a real team effort & clearly wanted this series more than Seton Outlaws.
Final Score Game 2:
Bad Intentions 16
Seton Outlaws 4
A big CONGRATS to Bad Intentions. It was a pleasure to cover the championship!
Tag(s): Home Softball 2018 Men's Fall League Don Mattingly Division Rickey Henderson Division Keith Hernandez Division TAINOS Team Nemesis Seton Outlaws Bad Intentions Tony Gwynn Division


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Intentional me journaled our trip to Italy so I could blog
about it later. It's now later and I don't
have a blog in me. Must have something
to do with leaving on a jet plane for Seattle in less than 24 hours. Unhurried me should be packing. So here's my blog in images.
Twelve hours in our car from Luxembourg brought us here:
An 18th Century Stone House Near Todi
And pssst. It was
even better than the photos. The property
was described like this: "For those looking for a peaceful environment, our
house in Morruzze could not be more ideally located." Yes, and yes! Did you catch that value? $135 a night for an authentic Italian experience, but with all the comforts you need.
Morruzze, a town of 30 people where the speed limit is 30kph.
Where my boys spent the mornings doing cycling time trials out from the house on a 5km circuit they scoped out. A circuit along peaceful country roads.
And where I spent the mornings sitting in the garden reading and journaling and drinking coffee made properly in an Italian stovetop espresso maker, and later (stupidly) running those peaceful country roads in the heat of the day.
Where the boys spent most afternoons on long bike rides cycling from town to town, climbing impressive hills and (safely) cruising down two lane windy roads.
And where Lawton and I would wait as their support car/cheering squad/speed police.
Where we swam in a I-can't-believe-this-is-here Infiniti pool in the middle of the a chestnut forest.
Swim caps required (but apparently not an awake lifeguard), where Lawton (always sweet Lawton) made friends with some local Italian kids over a ball.
Where my boys played hours of board games. Mostly the same board game because we Ballbachs like to game binge.
And because of the peaceful environment, where we rediscovered old school games like Wall Ball and family evening games of Kick the Can in the piazza. A piazza with a braying donkey and where Lawton would go on a search for Cutie, the stray kitten.
Where Mario, our Italian caretaker who reminded me of my Poppop (all elderly Italian men do!), stopped by daily to check in on us and chat for awhile. A 100% Italian chat, mostly understood through hand gestures and kisses. Mario also delivered special treats. Homemade pastries, fresh figs, and some tartufo (black truffles) his truffle hunting dog found one morning.
And where I experimented cooking with delivered tartufo for the first time
and a few other things from "An Appetite for Umbria" cookbook that I found in the house library. Here's looking at my version of a very mediocre Panzanella Bread Salad, made good with an incredible olive oil.
Where mostly we ate out because it's Italy! The seasonal food in nearby family owned and operated restaurants was delicious and not expensive. The first few nights we unnecessarily made reservations and then just started showing up. Most family meals, including a bottle of Umbrian vino, came to about 70 euros.
Where we ate a lot of pizza, but also seasonal treats like tartufo and zucchini blossoms.
Where Brett ditched his plane ticket home for the week, choosing instead to work ten hours a day with this Umbrian landscape as his view. This view combined with the scarce Internet cafes I would drive him to and drop him off for the day.
Where Brett pulled off the surprise (about staying to work) with the boys when we "found" him working at Charlie. Naturally we stayed for more pizza.
Where I took the boys on a day trip to Anglo-Saxon beloved Todi to look around and dine, after days of wandering/cycling through all the truly untouristed double "z" towns of Melezzole, Morre, Civitella del Lago, Montecchio, Aqualoreto, and Izzalini.
And where I snuck away to enjoy a private 1:1 Olive Oil tasting at Frantoio Bartolomei while the boys opted to stay back home and play the same board game.
And where on Saturday, after Brett was done with his work week, we all braved the 95 degree heat and took the train to Rome for the day.
We were looking for a peaceful environment to explore Italy. And we found it.
Umbria, the green heart of Italy, how beautiful you are.


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The Russian Woodpecker: Spirit Award Screening of Best Documentary Nominee
Thursday, January 21, 2016, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
IFP Chicago members: Join us for a FREE members only screening of Spirit Awards Best Documentary nominee THE RUSSIAN WOODPECKER.
Members may bring one guest to the screening.
Screening Location: Tribeca Flashpoint College (28 N Clark St, Ste. 500, Chicago, IL 60602)
Fedor Alexandrovich is a young Ukrainian theater artist obsessed with a Soviet-era antenna six kilometers from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. He was four years old when the reactor exploded and he has radioactive isotopes in his bones to this day. As he studies this enormous secret weapon, he uncovers what he believes to be a massive cover-up and crime by committed by the Soviet Union. In the midst of his work, his countrymen rise up against their Moscow-backed president and he is swept up into the revolution. At the height of the violence, Fedor is confronted by men who want him to keep his theories to himself and he must decide whether to stand up to them or succumb to the very fears and lies he has dedicated his life to eradicating.


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Ending the frustration
Engineering People Plan engages
employees to help bring order, add value to the workplace
The engineering work environment at Commercial Airplanes didn't
get to where it is overnight.
Try 50 years.
The company had conducted 13 studies since 1952 to understand better
how to match engineering employee skills and interests with work
that is meaningful and challenging.
When Engineering and Product Integrity Vice President Hank Queen
set out to address the concerns two years ago, he didn't need a
14th study.
"We had all the data we needed to start making changes," Queen
said. "Our engineers went on strike in 2000, and we learned a lot
from them. Our recent employee survey indicated continued frustration
and confusion of our people throughout the organization.
"It wasn't time for another study; it was time to get to work."
Although previous studies had pointed to frustrations in the workplace,
none ever brought about meaningful action. The reason is not surprising.
"This is a tough problem, probably one of the most difficult we
will ever solve," Queen said. "Fundamentally, it involves changing
our behavior and redefining our jobs, in management and non-management,
so that we're not wasting our time doing things that don't add value."
What has emerged to respond to the challenge is the Engineering
People Plan, which consists of 15 elements: utilization, organizational
alignment, workforce development, internal communications, training,
knowledge retention and transfer, technical excellence, virtual
teaming, coaching and mentoring, fair compensation, diversity, leadership
development, skill teams, process improvement and ethics (See
sidebar below).
Teams support each of the elements and engage employees at all
levels to listen and work together on making improvements. Teams
include union staff members from the Society of Professional Engineering
Employees in Aerospace who have been involved either as participants
or leaders on some of the plan's elements. The Ed Wells Initiative,
which promotes engineering excellence throughout Boeing, also plays
a pivotal role.
Engaging employees is the most critical component to the people
plan's success.
"At its core, engagement means that teams of people at the work-group
level must get together to decide what is important to them and
then take action," Queen said.
Managers have been asking the people who work for them three questions:
What is your current job satisfaction level? What is most important
to you about your job? What are the biggest issues or greatest barriers
to improving your organization?
Managers are accountable not only for business performance of their
organizations but also for how well they listen and work with their
teams to implement improvements and meet employees' needs. And they
are to report back to Queen semi-annually with results on the job
satisfaction question.
One of the foundational People Plan elements is Utilization, which
the company defines as increased productivity and job satisfaction.
An organization accomplishes utilization by having the right people
doing the right work with the right processes and tools at the right
Project manager Ken Kirwan said people have indicated through surveys
that they want meaningful and challenging work, opportunities for
advancement and achievement, and recognition and acknowledgement
for a job well done.
"Employees have told us that the company doesn't use its technical
talent efficiently, that they don't feel well-utilized and often
are performing tasks that don't take advantage of their education
or experience," Kirwan said.
He said there are several things managers can do to improve employee
utilization: "They can improve the balance between engineering and
technical employees. They can help the group improve quality of
output so time is not spent in rework. And they can provide growth
opportunities so employees continue to learn and develop new skills."
Another important element of utilization is to involve employees
in identifying issues and barriers that get in the way of improving
their performance.
asking employees in the work group what their biggest issues are,
and by engaging them in finding the solutions together, the team
can make significant gains in both productivity and job satsisfaction,"
Kirwan said. "They are tightly linked together."
To this end, the organization has asked every manager to develop
his or her own people plan based on feedback from the three questions
(What is your current job satisfaction level? What is most important
to you about your job? What are the biggest issues or greatest barriers
to improving your organization?).
"Our strategy for the future includes achieving competitive advantage
by leveraging the best talent, technology, processes and tools,"
Kirwan said. "In support of this goal, we're challenging ourselves
to improve our productivity by 100 percent. It's definitely doable,
with the commitment, engagement and support of the whole team."
Organizational alignment
Jill Heydron said that when people hear the words Organizational
Alignment, they immediately begin thinking there's an effort under
way to move people around on an organizational chart.
"It's the No. 1 question and misunderstanding I receive from folks
even today," said Heydron, project leader. "We should be calling
this Organizational Enlightenment. It's what we're really doing:
establishing and clarifying the organizational culture to bring
a clearer understanding for how the work groups are aligned."
Employees have complained about having too many managers and receiving
multiple work statements from different work groups. Reporting relationships
and "who does what" have not been clear.
A matrix of operating principles and boundary tables brings order
to the organization. The principles define distinct areas of responsibility
for skill and process leaders, and business unit leaders. Boundary
tables reach a lower level of definition, dealing with cross-model
work statements, budgets, retentions, merits, career plans and so
"Managers in some cases are just now reviewing the operating principles
and boundary tables with their work groups and in some cases actually
are beginning to use them," Heydron said. "Some of what they're
learning is, 'OK, so if I'm in a business unit and have a work statement
that requires more people than I have to perform that work, I look
to my skill and process leader for help, because it isn't in my
role to move or acquire people for that work.'"
The last step of the project currently under way is creating Responsibility,
Accountability and Authority documents to help groups determine
what they're responsible for and whether they have authority and
accountability for that responsibility.
"Most of the groups that we have today don't even have an RAA,
so that has contributed to the confusion," Heydron said. "There
aren't group-level responsibilities so people can see how they fit
in the organization, and they don't exist at the higher levels,
either. RAA helps everyone find themselves in the organization and
understand how they can contribute."
Heydron estimates that the team is halfway through the project,
with engagement on RAAs the biggest piece of the puzzle.
"The first step is to explain the matrix so people can begin to
understand the principles and tables and how they apply to them,"
she said.
The response so far has been encouraging.
"We're hearing more and more that this is one of the better pieces
of documentation yet developed on understanding how the organization
works," Heydron said. "We've got a ways to go, but we're definitely
moving in the right direction."
Workforce development
Another issue that emerged from last year's employee survey was
job security, and the Workplace Development team began exploring
a solution.
occurred to us that one of the key things that could be done would
be to prepare employees for future roles that they would play in
the company," said Dean Tudor, SPEEA employee, co-director at the
Ed Wells Initiative and team co-leader with Mike Denton, vice president
of Engineering for Airplane Programs and Commercial Aviation Services.
"This was something we could do that was crucial to stabilizing
He said the approach has been to help paint a picture of what the
future skills are going to be and to ensure that employees have
the training and education to meet those needs.
As a result of this new direction, workforce development took on
a different complexion, with a focus on the business role within
"We think our major early deliverable will be a picture of the
future," Tudor said. "We've asked skill leaders and process leaders
about the direction of the organization, what skills they think
they will need three to five years from now and the plans for getting
The objective is to make the information available to everyone
as soon as possible.
"Employees need to know what direction their organization is going
so they can make choices about their development," Tudor said. "The
organizations that provide training need the information so they
know what to focus on.
"This is an exciting time for us, because to my knowledge there
has never been such a future-oriented approach," Tudor said.
Virtual teaming
As Commercial Airplanes employees continue to address the future
in building airplanes, there is a constant effort to reduce development
That's where Virtual Teaming comes in.
Frank Statkus, who leads the effort, said two aspects are instrumental
in shaving costs the common use of tools and processes, and
a collaborative database.
"No matter what part of the development phase employees are working,
from conceptual design through support, common tools and processes
will reduce the existence of bad data or the necessity of creating
new data, and a collaborative database will accomplish the work
faster," Statkus said.
As Boeing partners with companies around the world to develop new
products such as the Sonic Cruiser, a collaborative database is
"The whole team will not only work on the same product, they also
will work on it in a common way," Statkus said. "Someone on the
outside will not be able to tell who is doing what part of the work,
because the whole team, no matter where they are in the world, will
be working to the same requirements with the same processes and
common tool sets."
Statkus, who was in charge of the Joint Strike Fighter effort for
Boeing, said it's not a brand-new approach for the company.
"We know from experience that there's huge value in doing it this
way to product integrity and certainly to the cost of the
overall product," he said.
In the past, design data could come in different forms and reside
in separate databases, requiring translation of data that often
provided inaccurate and very expensive results.
For example, outside mold lines of an airplane might be in one
database and the rest of the design locations of stringers,
spars and ribs in a different database. During translation,
errors would accumulate in the database itself. Manipulation of
the data to make it work would lead to inaccuracy and create downstream
rework, delays, additional tooling and skyrocketing costs.
The technology is being transferred to Commercial Airplanes' Advanced
Development program, which is drawing employees from Commercial
Airplanes, Phantom Works and Integrated Defense Systems.
"The Sonic Cruiser is a first application for the technology, but
eventually it will become an enterprise-wide tool," Statkus said.
"That way we only have to do this once across the enterprise."
"These are real exciting times," he added. "These are the kind
of activities in this company that are going to make our future
extremely competitive."
a better organization
Boeing is gearing 11 other elements of the People
Plan to making improvements in the Engineering organization:
Promotes continuous development, advancement and management
of technical knowledge in design, production and support of
commercial airplanes.
ETHICS: Ensures clear understanding
of and compliance with the company's ethical requirements.
INTERNAL COMMUNICATION: Develops
communication processes and practices that provide the free
flow of information in all directions throughout the organization.
TRAINING: Promotes the need
for specific training, keeping people educated in engineering
processes as well as state-of-the-art technical and business
Finds and shares better ways of retaining and transferring
knowledge about products and processes. As people grow and
move on, knowledge and information need to be readily available
for others.
COACHING AND MENTORING: Teaches
people how to coach and mentor and provides the tools to do
it well. Everyone in the organization is a potential coach
or mentor to someone else.
COMPENSATION: Analyzes the
market as well as internal issues such as pay parity, then
regularly communicates the facts and takes appropriate actions.
DIVERSITY: Fosters an inclusive
and participatory workplace that enables people to be engaged
and fully contribute to work at all levels and across the
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT: Promotes
development of future leaders, and continuing development
for current leaders, to foster successful leadership of a
diverse team.
SKILL TEAMS: Improves how
skill teams work, including the development of thorough and
consistent processes to allow the effective movement of people
to projects throughout the company.
PROCESS IMPROVEMENT: Documents
and continuously improves processes, including the modification
of business systems to fully capture the benefits from process


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If you are a fan of politics but you do not know how to get involved in politics we are going to give you some tips which will surely help. As citizens of a country it is your responsibility to get involved in politics. If you do not get involved this means that democracy will disappear because with democracy come all these things: freedom, the possibility to change the government and right for each individual. Of course this does not mean that every one of us should run for the office but there are some things which you can do in order to keep it alive.How to Get Involved in Politics Picture
The first thing you can do when you want to involve politics in your life is to pay attention to the political events which happen all the time around us. After each events you should watch the debate and read the materials offered by each politician. In order to really see what the politician stands for it is good to read materials written by him and not by the opposition. If you have the desire to run for office it is very important to attend to all meetings.
It is not enough to just stand there and listen, you have to interact. If you really want to get involved ask questions if you feel the need to and do not give up until you get your answer.
The next step in this process is make a choice. Now that you have listen to what the candidates have to say it is time to compare what each had to say. After this you can make an opinion on who will be the best one to fill the office with which you are voting for. If you come to the conclusion that you would do a better job than the others you have seen then you should run for the office, involve in politics as you would normaly do.
If you want to evolve you should start from the bottom. Go to your local offices because they are easier to get in and have a lot of influence. Once you have learned all there is to know about the local business you will have the opportunity to be asked to participate in state or country campaigns. Choose all your activities with great care if you want to have some spare time every once in a while.
As you can see this is how you get involved in politics nowadays, you start with an interest and move on to the top.


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If you've never before been surfing or had a wheat grass smoothie or participated in a cult like ritual in the spooky hills above Los Angeles, L.A Witch's "Kill My Baby Tonight" will have you signing up for all three before you can say Joan Didion. The goth-pop trio's debut album is inspired by 1960s-era Hollywood — a time when caftans were all the rage and serial killers were on the loose. Listen to "Kill My Baby Tonight" as you wander out into the sunset for a cleansing bonfire.
L.A. Witch
"L.A. Witch" CD/LP/DIG
Release Date: September 8, 2017
Label: Suicide Squeeze Records


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Scones Glorious Scones
'Think how impossible it would be to live without sweet geranium ' -Rory O'Connell
Monday was a great day. Day 1 of week 3 I can honestly say was my first successful day in the kitchen. I cooked roasted leg of lamb with rosemary and garlic, lamb gravy and roasted potatoes. I was so organized, in fact, that I even had time to whip up some glazed carrots. Now, I'll try not to get too cocky. I had the distinct advantage that I had very few ingredients and that all had very long cooking times so once they were in the oven it was a cleaning and waiting game. See below for steps one, two and three of my lamb!
And my final plated dish
This afternoons demo was taught by Rachel again. I have such a girl crush. She is super charismatic and for being such a celebrity chef she really has such humility. Today we focused on prawns, Shepherds pie, Moussaka, Fluffy Chocolate Pudding, Fluffy Lemon Pudding and Chutneys. The puddings look amazing- I'm cooking Lemon Pudding on Tuesday (lemon dessert, check check) so am very excited about it. Moussaka, if you're not familiar, is sort of like Greek lasagna except there are grilled zucchini and eggplant instead of noodles and ground lamb instead of beef- yum O.
Tuesday morning in the kitchen was not as easy breezy as Monday but I made it through. My tomato apple chutney, much to my dismay, required me to peel and chop 4lbs of tomatoes. If you've ever done this before I know you feel my pain- no matter how many tricks you have up your sleeve, peeling and chopping tomatoes is a messy task that seems to never end. The good news about chutney, as opposed to jams, jellies and the like, is that once your ingredients are in the pot, you really just have to keep and eye on it, give it a stir every now and then and wait for it to reduce.
The fluffy lemon pudding and prawns went well. I'll need to try the chocolate pudding at some point :) I even made my own mayonnaise to go with the prawns, which, let me tell you, is quite the arm workout.
Tuesday afternoons demo was taught by Rory and focused on chargrilled and poached fish, tortillas, quesadillas, guacamole, refried beans, ice cream and the most AMAZING scones I've ever had. They were soft and crispy and buttery and amazing. Unfortunately I have bread duty on Thursday so I won't have time to make these babies- they'll just have to wait until the weekend.
Tuesday night I observed the kitchen at the Ballymaloe House which was great! Everyone that worked there was really nice and helpful. It definitely wasn't as stressful as I imagined a kitchen to be- that said, they explained that they are able to be very organized ahead of time because they don't necessarily have walk ins. I also got a tour of the wine cellar and learned a little about the wine list at the Ballymaloe House. The chef cooked me some venison for dinner so I was a very happy lady :)
Tips from Monday and Tuesday:
-When baking something, never open the oven door for the first 1/3-1/2 of the baking time or too much heat will escape
-If you use a food processor to mash potatoes, it will develop the starch and make them glue like
-Hot milk gives the best consistency to mashed potatoes, however, don't add milk until the potato is completely mashed
-Shepherd's Pie is traditionally made with ground lamb; Cottage Pie is traditionally made with ground beef
-The color and flesh of pineapple is not an indicator of ripeness, rather, focus on the smell and appearance of the leaves
-To keep your guacamole fresh, put the avocado stones in the bottom of a pyrex bowl, cover with guacamole and seal tightly with cling film


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How Can We Find Application Essay Tips from Your Personality Type?
Desirable colleges demand reassurance. They want you to want them. That's why some of them make you write the "Why do you like me?" essay. Today's application essay tips focus on how to handle the "Why do you want to go to College X?" essay.
Let's start with what not to do. Do you suspect hordes of other students will write about the school's "great reputation," "sense of community," "world-class research facilities," and "amazing school spirit"? You're right. The same goes for talking about how from the moment you first set foot on campus, you knew it was the only school for you. These responses are generic. We need something personal. Today's application essay tips explore how we can use a personality assessment to fashion a more compelling response to the "Why me?" essay.
5 Application Essay Tips for the "Why me?" Essay
Here's one approach for finding application essay tips from your personality type:
Application Essay Tips | Tip #1: Figure out your personality type.
To write a great application essay, you have to understand yourself. One tool to help you is a personality inventory, which is a series of questions that reveals your preferences about things like where you focus your attention and how you evaluate information. You can find a downloadable Excel spreadsheet of a personality inventory at Digital Citizen. Take the test, and figure out your 4-letter personality type.
Application Essay Tips | Tip #2: Read about your personality type.
I understand that you are a unique, snowflake-like individual, so you might not like being pigeonholed as one of only sixteen personality types. But this is an exercise to help you brainstorm for the "Why me?" essay prompt, not a permanent label, so just humor me. Once you know your personality type, you can read a short description at Western Nevada College or download a longer one from Digital Citizen. I'm an INTP, apparently. This knowledge is liberating. Don't miss out.
Application Essay Tips | Tip #3: Read about your learning style.
Here's where we start figuring out what to write. Read through what Western Nevada College has to say about personality types and learning environments. Not surprisingly, different personality types prefer different learning environments. So? If you identify the learning environment you prefer, and if you identify a way in which the college offers that learning environment, you'll have an easier time developing a thoughtful, personal response to the "Why me?" question. You don't need to agree with everything that Western Nevada College says about your personality type; you're only looking for one or two insights that resonate with you so that you can figure out your niche at the school.
Here's an example. The description of introverts (I) states that they prefer written work to discussion. After reading that, I might think to myself, "Yes, what a coincidence. The test pegs me as an introvert, and I'm writing a blog entry even now. Incredible!" Then I might reflect on moments in the past when I have succeeded with written work. A feeling of happiness washes over me as I realize that such moments have, in fact, occurred, if only occasionally. By taking the personality inventory, reading about learning styles, and reflecting on my own experience, I have identified one feature of my preferred learning environment: written work. You can take this approach, too.
Application Essay Tips | Tip #4: Determine how the school matches your learning style.
Now that you know your preferred learning environment, you need to figure out what classes, internships, research, or other activities at the school reflect this environment. If I'm likely to succeed in written work, then I might visit the school's website to see what writing-intensive classes the school offers. I might learn that the school requires a first-year seminar with papers due every week. Maybe after finding a first-year seminar that looks interesting, I find articles the professor has written. Maybe I email the professor a question or, if I visit campus, attend a class or office hours. Or maybe I realize how this professor's research might be an extension of a concept I've already studied. By reflecting on my own learning preferences and researching the school's offerings, I'm beginning to develop a personal answer to the school's "Why me?" essay prompt.
Since the "Why me?" essay might require you to understand your learning style, I want to make sure we're clear about what learning is. Learning is not the college pouring beakers of molten knowledge into your empty, receptive vessel of a brain. It's not passive. Learning is billiard balls rolling around on the dorm lounge pool table, colliding, changing direction, each contributing its own energy. Learning is active and collaborative. It requires your participation, somehow. So when you're considering whether a school is a good match for you, don't think only of what you will receive. Also think about what you'll contribute. When you show what you'll contribute, you assure the admission counselor she's not wasting a spot on you.
Application Essay Tips | Tip #5: Write about you, too.
"Why do you like me?" can be a trick question because it makes you think you should only talk about the school. This mistaken assumption leads many students to respond with a variation of, "Because you're awesome." They list the school's wonderful qualities. But trust me, judging from the marketing materials, the colleges already know they're great, which is what renders them, at times, insufferable. What each college really wants to know is, "Why am I awesome for you?" Sure, answering that question requires you to understand the school's great features. But it also requires you to show something of your own personality - perhaps your preferred learning environment, an example of your past success, a hypothesis about your future success - so that you can prove that you're a good match. A good "Why me?" essay demonstrates your understanding of the school's opportunities for you, and it provides evidence that you'll take advantage of those opportunities.
Today's application essay tips have led us to explore personality type and learning environment to help identify specific ways in which a college might be a good match. These specific details will help distinguish "Why me?" essay from other students' generic responses. I hope you enjoyed today's excursion.
If you liked today's application essay tips, please share them with your friends. Thank you!
Jon Perkins holds a B.A. in English from Stanford University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He helps students with their college, law school, and medical school applications.


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Root Vegetable Gratin/
4 Tbsp unsalted butter
1½ cups coarse breadcrumbs
1½ cups grated Parmesan
6 sprigs thyme + 1 Tbsp leaves
Kosher salt + black pepper
3 cups heavy cream
1 cup chicken or veg broth
1½ lb celeriac
3 lb total - mix of: rutabaga, turnips, sweet potato (all sliced 1/16" thick).
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
Preheat oven to 400°. Butter shallow 2-qt. baking dish. Melt 2 Tbsp. butter in skillet. Add breadcrumbs; cook until golden, 5–7 min. Transfer to bowl + toss w/ ½ C Parmesan and 1 Tbsp. thyme leaves; season w/ salt + pepper. Bring cream, broth, thyme sprigs, remaining 2 Tbsp. butter to simmer in saucepan, season w/ salt + pepper. Cover, and let sit 10 minutes; discard thyme. Arrange ⅓ of vegetables in dish and top with ½ cup Parmesan. Repeat layers; top with remaining vegetables. Pour cream mixture over; place piece of parchment paper on top. Bake til vegetables are crisp-tender + cream thickened, 50–60 min. Uncover, top w/ breadcrumb mixture, bake til gratin is bubbling and breadcrumbs brown, 15–20 min. Let sit 10 min before serving.
This recipe is from Bon Appetit magazine.
check out our entire recipe collection for more great ideas......


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Destined Legends was always separated into the six elements of Dark, Fire, Earth, Light, Water, and Air. The idea was to provide thematic variety but more importantly, to provide deep strategic choices. Each element provides a different play-style. The first series: Destined Legends: Genesis, featured the elements of Fire and Dark. This was chosen to provide players with fast-paced exciting gameplay as they learned the game.
This week we're taking a look at our thought process with the six elements of the game and delve deep into their manifestation in Destined Legends: Lineage
In developing the six elements for Lineage, we challenged ourselves to take a closer look at deck building. We asked ourselves why a player might want to incorporate a different element into a deck. The Sideboards in Series 1 began to explore this question and we knew we could take it to the next level.
In Lineage we are introducing the concept of subclasses. This isn't a foreign notion to anyone who has played a recent RPG but incase anyone hasn't, a subclass is a strategic focus, defined by a theme or set of tactics.
Each element is broken into two subclasses, a primary and a special. The primary will be the main method of dealing damage. They will be ideal suited for single target engagement, and will provide reliable outcomes for the sake of progression (especially though early levels). Each primary subclass remains unique and will still play to the element's strengths and strategy. The special subclass is the core of that element's strategy. It is what makes that element unique and formidable against its enemies. This is where the elements diverge the greatest in terms of variety of abilities and strategic impact.
Here is a breakdown of each element's subclasses:
Offensive Focused
Dark and Fire are designed to be heavy on the offensive and damage over time, with little reliance on defense. The theory is that with a strong and relentless offensive, little defense is needed.
Defense Focused
Earth and Light both have the ability to perform strong amounts of damage when needed, but shine when it comes to focusing on a good defense to outlast your opponent. They can prevent damage taken or disable the enemy, preventing them from attacking in the first place.
Control Focused
Water and Air are focused on attaining victory through gaining control of the conditions of battle. These elements are good at both offense and defense, but can dictate the circumstances of a given situation to ensure they come out on top.
There really isn't anything new here in terms of game progression. This system has always been in place, but now players will be able to see their options in a much more tangible and conscious way. The game has always been designed for progression through level 5 (best done with primary subclass) and confrontation of the enemy after 5 (best with special subclass). Your strategy may differ, and that's where the system shines.
The consideration for subclasses came off the heels of the bigger question was that if we release 6 element and 6 sideboards, could you use one elements sideboard with itself, and why would you want to? Would there be any strategic advantage or noticeable play-style shift if you replaced a number of your cards from your fire deck with cards in the fire sideboard, for example?
We believe the answer should be "yes".
A standard deck (now 64 cards) will contain 2/3 primary subclass weapons and 1/3 special subclass (again, like they already really do). The flexibility comes with the sideboard. Each element will have a 21-card sideboard filled with 1/3 decks with of more special subclass cards. These special subclass cards would focus its own element more heavily towards the core strategy, or provide a significant strategy shift to another element.
on the cards
Below is what this will look like in the game. Here we have two level 4 Water weapons, Harpoon and Moon Staff. Harpoon falls under Water's primary subclass "Lancer". Moon Staff falls under "Sorcerer". As you can see, lancer is more focused on direct attacks, best for defeating creatures quickly. Yet the weapon still maintains traits that are very characteristic to Water, like causing the LIFT status effect and removing a Creature's from battle, giving you control of the flow of battle. Moon Staff is still great for damage but includes the best examples of controlling the flow of battle through card manipulation (Water's speciality). Moon Staff is also a great sampling of Water's ability to spread damage across multiple enemies.
The beauty of the game is that you can really do whatever you want. A player wouldn't add Light cards to a Dark deck because you need to do more damage. They would most likely add Light cards because of Light's defensive properties. Either way, we wanted to give the player the ability to see their options more clearly. You can build a deck full of primary subclasses (Lancer, Ranger, and Knight) for example, and you would probably do very well. The point is that you can reach out and touch your decisions. You become conscious of what you're building and gain greater control over your deck.
We're really excited for what this refinement will bring to Destined Legends. Check back in with us next week was we talk more about ability types and some new stuff with Status Effects.
Keep it Legendary.
- Ali


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Breastfeeding and parenting
Initiating breastfeeding
The Breast Crawl video by WHO
kellymom: breastfeeding and parenting
AmityMama, the attachment parenting community
Breastfeeding Online, pediatrician Dr. Jack Newman's website, with many handouts and helpful videos for breastfeeding. He's the author of The Ultimate Breastfeeding Book of Answers.
La Leche League International, the breastfeeding support group
Mothering magazine
Breastfeeding Made Simple: Seven Natural Laws for Nursing Mothers. A new edition of this book came out in Nov. 2010. The website includes links to videos and articles to help you establish your breastfeeding relationship with your baby.
Uppity Science Chick. Kathleen Kendall-Tackett is an international board-certified lactation consultant. This is her website, with new evidence on breastfeeding, mothers' sleep, and postpartum depression.
Wellness Articles- This site provides a variety of thought provoking information from the holistic health perspective and invites parents to explore options for family wellness.
Medications and More- An informational site that provides news articles that are bursting with information about breastfeeding and the effects of medication, plus much much more!


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There's so much that goes into getting ready for a tradeshow that you wouldn't even think about! I made a whole new display for a fresher and cleaner look. I designed what I wanted and had a friend laser cut all the shapes out of MDF. My husband/handy man put the back shapes together and I painted everything. It took way longer than expected! I thought the white wouldn't interfere with the colors of the jewelry...Although, I wanted to tie in color in some way that wasn't overpowering, therefore giving the sides of the shapes a little life! After painting display I had to figure out the arrangement of everything and make brass T'shapes and rods for the work to hang from the back. In the end, I think it was worth it! On top of finishing the work itself and display, I had to make new linesheets (and bartend 4 days a week)...It was a crazy crazy sleep deprived January and February!
I met a lot of great people and saw a lot of inspiring work- Now it's time to follow up with some connections and see what the future holds! So glad I have my first tradeshow in the bag...now until the next one ;)