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Learn How to Make a Ballet Bun
Updated: Apr 28, 2021
As a ballet teacher, the "messy" bun is like nails on a chalk board to me. I am a believer in the notion that you dance better if you "look the part" - that means wear a nice leotard that you like, pink tights without any runs or holes in them, the proper shoes and put your hair in a ballet bun.
There are plenty of youtube tutorials that will teach you to put your hair up properly for ballet class, but I'll give a quick explanation here too.
Here's what you'll need:
Brush or comb - no explanation really needed here.
Ponytail holder - whatever kind of pony tail holder you like will probably work, but I like these. They don't have any metal on them that can get caught in your hair.
Hairpins - hairpins are different than bobbie pins. Hairpins are "U" shaped, like a bobbie pin bent out of shape. They hold more hair when you're making a bun. A bobbie pin will slide right out and your bun won't stay secure while you're dancing.
An invisible hairnet - you need something to keep all the stray hairs from sticking out. A ballerina's bun doesn't just stay in place with hairpins alone. Even if your hair is all one length, as you wrap it around to create a bun, pieces will start to stick out. You'll need an invisible hairnet to keep all of your hair in the bun.
Hair clips or barrettes - these will come in handy if you have a hair cut with different lengths, or you just want to be sure you don't have any whispies.
Or... here's a ballet bun kit!
First, use a comb or brush to pull your hair back into a ponytail - don't just pull it back without smoothing it out with a comb or brush. You aren't going to get the "look" of a ballerina without taking the time to comb or brush your hair!
After you've secured your hair in a ponytail, with any whispies sprayed down with hairspray or pinned back, it's time to make a bun. The easiest way is to tightly twist your ponytail and then wrap it around the hair tie. Once you've wrapped it around, use hair pins to secure it in four or five spots around the bun. Then take your invisible hairnet out and wrap it around your bun to keep all those stray strands of hair in place. Add a few hair pins around the bun in any spots that don't feel secure.
Add anything cute that you might want, like a ribbon, flower or a scrunchie. just make sure it's something that will stay while you're dancing and won't be distracting. Lastly, give your hair a good spray with your hairspray just to be certain it stays while your dancing!
There you go! You're ready for ballet class! You look the part now, go out and dance your best!


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To the sponsors and friends of the National Opera and Ballet Theatre named after A. Spendiaryan
We wish to express our deepest gratitude to all those who aided our theatre.
For more than 80 years the Opera and Ballet Academic Theatre has devoted to the Armenian Nation art contributors such as G. Budaghyan, M. Tavrizyan, A. Katanyan, G. Terteryan, L. Kalantar, T. Levonyan, O. Duryan, M. Sarian and many more. The National Theatre has always been and continues to be the property of Armenia, a symbol of prosperity of Armenian Culture, the presenter of newer talents and protector of traditions.
The theatre which was completed in 1940 by Alexander Tamanyan has the ability to accept 1062 spectators. And thanks to the selfless and diligent work, Armenian culture and traditions continue to be preserved.
We invite to cooperation all those who love and appreciate the Opera and Ballet art, who are not indifferent in the case of the future of Armenian culture, who are ready to be on our side in a heartbeat.
Together with you we can built a confident, literate and glorious cultural heritage, with which our future generation could be proud of.

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Shadow Art at Google I/O 2019
"Shadow Art" is an AI interactive installation designed and developed by bit.studio which has been exhibited at various cities around the world including Shanghai, Beijing, Singapore and Mumbai, and, recently, we together with Google diligently developed it for Google I/O in Mountain View during May 7-9, 2019.
The installations use AI and TensorFlow to create magical experiences transforming users' hand shadows into digital characters and creatures in interactive shows. Shadow Art is inspired by tradition and powered by AI.
These installations allow people to use their hands to create a shadow and morphing the shadow into a different character based on the shape of the shadow. Once the character has been created, they can enjoy watching how the characters interact with each other on stage and change the way the shadow play narrative evolves.
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Bombus (Thoracombus) pascuorum | Common Carder Bee
Conservation status
Least concern
Species Biology
- Ginger tail
- Abdomen a mixture of brown and black hairs
- Thorax with ginger hairs
- Hair colour prone to fading/bleaching
- Very common species
Common and found in a wide range of habitats, including parks and gardens.
Flight period
Nesting biology
Nests in surface litter
Flowers visited
Polylectic - Lamium, Impatiens, Cirsium, Vicia, Trifolium, Centaurea, Aconitum, Carduus, Galeopsis, Ribes, Prunus, Malus, Knautia, Lavandula
World distribution(GBIF)
Palaearctic region
Temporal change
Records submitted to Data Centre in 2023
The following map is interactive. If you would prefer to view it full screen then click here.
Conservation status: FitzPatrick Ú., Murray T.E., Byrne A., Paxton R.J., Brown M.J.F. (2006) Regional Red List of Irish Bees, Publ. Rep. to National Parks and Wildlife Service (Ireland) and Environment and Heritage Service (N. Ireland). http://www.npws.ie/publications/red-lists
Flowers visited & World distribution: Westrich, P. (1989) Die Wildbienen Baden-Württembergs. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart, Germany.


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New Mexico Approves Master of Science in Anesthesia Program at UNM
Quest for Immunity
UNM Researchers to Join National Trial of the Moderna Vaccine in Children
University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers plan to participate in a national clinical trial to test the safety and efficacy of the Moderna vaccine in preventing SARS-CoV-2 infections in children.
The trial, which will enroll 6,750 healthy children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years, is being conducted in partnership with the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and the federal Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.
The UNM branch of the study will be led by infectious disease specialist Walter Dehority, MD, MSc, an associate professor in the UNM Department of Pediatrics. It is awaiting final regulatory approval before launching.
Until now, the Moderna vaccine has exclusively been tested on adults, Dehority says. And although most children appear to suffer few or no symptoms when infected with the coronavirus, there are still good reasons to get them vaccinated, he says.
"One is herd immunity," he says. "If no kids were vaccinated under the age of 18, it would be impossible to achieve herd immunity. Vaccinating adults but not children "would be like pouring water into a bucket and drilling a hole in the bottom."
Vaccinating children also "has huge implications for the opening of schools," he adds. "A lot of teachers might not feel comfortable going back to in-person learning, but they might if they knew the children they were teaching were immunized. The same would apply to other youth activities, such as sports."
Vaccinating children 'has huge implications' for the opening of schools
Dehority points out that even if the most severe impact of the disease is seen in adults, some children do become seriously ill.
"During the COVID epidemic we've had four or five kids in the hospital at a given time, and they're often in the intensive care unit," he says. "Why have New Mexican kids in the ICU with COVID-related disease every day if we could prevent that?"
And, Dehority says, having children vaccinated will also make adult family members who might be at risk for COVID (such as grandparents) more comfortable and safer when they are around the youngsters.
The Moderna vaccine is about as effective as the Pfizer vaccine in protecting people from infection, but it doesn't require the extremely low-temperature refrigeration the Pfizer product does.
"The Moderna vaccine can stay at room temperature for 12 hours and in a refrigerator for 30 days," Dehority says. "In a rural state, Moderna has a lot of advantages."
According to Moderna, the open-label placebo-controlled study will evaluate the safety, tolerability and effectiveness of two doses of the vaccine given 28 days apart. Participants will be followed through 12 months after the second vaccination.
In order to recruit study participants, Dehority and his collaborators plant to reach out to pediatricians, as well as the community through the UNM Clinical & Translational Science Center.
"In my lifetime we haven't seen a vaccine this important since the days of polio in the 1950s," Dehority says. "The fact that UNM can participate in one of these trials and offer this to kids in the state is pretty cool."


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Integrated Optics explains the topic of optoelectronic units and their use in built-in optics and fiber optic platforms. The process taken is to stress the physics of the way units paintings and the way they are often (and were) utilized in numerous functions because the box of optoelectronics has improved from microphotonics to nanophotonics. Illustrations and references from technical journals were used to illustrate the relevance of the idea to at present very important themes in undefined. via examining this booklet, scientists, engineers, scholars and engineering managers can receive an total view of the idea and the latest expertise in built-in Optics.
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1. The light confining layers, with indices of refraction nl and n3, are assumed to extend to infinity in the +x and -x directions, respectively. The major significance of this assumption is that there are no reflections in the x direction to be concemed with, except for those occurring at the nl - n2 and n2 - n3 interfaces. 1) with solutions of the form Ey(x, z, t) = 8 y (x)e i (wt- ßzl . 1), of course, corresponds to a particular one of the three layers of the waveguide structure. For TE waves, it will be recalled that Ex and E z R.
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Newark stocks a range of technology and safety equipment to support businesses as they prepare to return to work following the height of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As States across the country move to relax lockdowns, social distancing restrictions remain and enhanced disinfection processes are being put in place to ensure the safety of staff in warehouses, shops and offices. Businesses of all types are therefore reassessing working practices and putting new measures in place to monitor, protect and ensure safe social distance for their staff.
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Artist with autism uses cardboard to create masterpieces
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Companies often create teams to perform certain tasksin an efficient manner and to maintain an effective sense of communicationbetween workers. Seldom are people able to function as a whole without workingtogether. Teamwork is one factor that enables us to have a strong work ethicand support each other.
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Soufriere Hills continued releasing plumes in late December 2009. The MODIS on NASA�s Aqua satellite captured this true-color image on December 20, 2009. In this image, most of the ash blows toward the northwest, but a small part of the plume has blown east of the island of Montserrat. The plume�s beige color suggests a combination of ash and steam.
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Comparison Of Different Inference Algorithms For Medical Decision Making
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A medical diagnosis system (DRCAD), which consists of two sub-modules Bayesian and rule-based inference models, is presented in this study. Three types of tests are conducted to assess the performances of the models producing synthetic data based on the ALARM network. The results indicate that the linear combination of the aforementioned models leads to a 5% and a 30% improvement in medical diagnosis when compared to the Rule Based Method and the Bayesian Network Based Method, respectively.


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European Travel Insurance
With so much to see and do across Europe, it's no wonder it's the biggest travel destination for UK tourists.
And despite many of Europe's most-loved tourist attractions being just a short flight or train ride from home the UK, the unexpected can still happen, so it pays to have the right cover in place should you need it.
And don't just take it from us, the Government's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) recommends you buy travel insurance for every trip you take abroad, including any within Europe.
So, what do you get for your money?
European travel insurance covers you in the event of the unexpected, for things like:
- Having to cancel or cut your trip short
- Your personal belongings being stolen
- The airline losing your luggage
It also protects you and your family if you need medical help – more on European travel health insurance and the EHIC/GHIC below.
Covid-19 - what our travel insurance covers
Our travel insurance now covers you for certain events related to Coronavirus (COVID-19), provided you have proof of a positive Covid-19 test and your cover is active at the time of the event.
What we cover
- Emergency medical and repatriation costs if you become ill with COVID-19 while abroad and must self-isolate
- Trip cancellation if you are diagnosed with COVID-19 within 14 days of your trip departure
- Cutting short your trip because you're denied boarding on your pre-booked outbound travel due to symptoms of COVID-19
- Trip cancellation because of the hospitalisation or death of a close relative due to Covid-19 within the 14 days prior to your trip departure
- You can't continue with a pre-booked because you contracted Covid-19 while on your trip
- Cutting short your trip due to your death or the death of a close relative from Covid-19
What we don't cover
- If you had reason to believe your trip may be cancelled, postponed or cut short when you booked it, purchased your policy or started your trip.
- Cancelling, cutting short your trip or being unable to continue with a trip or pre-booked excursion because you're required to self-isolate due to the potential exposure to Covid-19 except for reasons specified
- If you travel against Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) advice. You will need to check the travel advice for all countries you visit or will transit through
- Cancelling or cutting short your trip due to the FCDO changing its advice regarding your destination or countries you will transit through due to COVID-19
- Costs incurred as a result of a local outbreak of COVID-19 that meant you couldn't stay in your pre-booked accommodation or vessel
- Due to travel restrictions or quarantine imposed by any government or public authority, including local lockdowns, being denied entry and compulsory entry requirements
For more information about how Coronavirus (COVID-19) affects your travel cover, see our FAQ page. And remember to check the policy booklet carefully before you buy to make sure our cover meets your needs.
Choose from three levels of cover
Emergency medical treatment & repatriation (Limits up to)
Cancellation or cutting short your trip (Limits up to)
Personal belongings (Limits up to)
Money & documents (Limits up to)
Read the full list of benefits in the policy summary booklet.
Do I need travel insurance if I'm holidaying in Europe?
Unlike car insurance, travel insurance isn't compulsory, and being so close to home you may be tempted to skip the cover. But you'll want it in place if things don't quite go to plan – luggage can get lost and people do get ill abroad.
Take France, for example, a favourite for us Brits, with 17 million of us visiting each year. It's not just the Eiffel Tower in Paris or the yachts on St Tropez people flock to, snow-lovers flock to France for the hundreds of ski resorts on offer.
And if you were unlucky enough to break an arm while on the slopes of one of the many French ski resorts, you could be looking at costs of up to £1,000 for:
- First responder treatment
- Ambulance, Xrays and cast
If it's a severe break you may need to be taken to the public hospital where you'll be treated under the European or Global Health Insurance Card (EHIC/GHIC), which covers 80% of costs. If you've taken out the Admiral Winter Sports Travel Insurance optional upgrade, that'll cover the rest, otherwise you'll have to pay out of your own pocket.
Take a look at the true costs of getting ill abroad including how much hospital treatments cost across Europe and worldwide.
Do I need European Travel Insurance if I have an EHIC/GHIC?
Carrying the EHIC – sometimes called the European travel insurance card - means you can get state-level medical cover in the country you're travelling in – if it's still in date and they accept the card. The same applies for the new Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC).
Each country's healthcare system is different and might not include the things you'd expect at home, or even cover you at all.
In Cyprus, for example, the GHIC and EHIC are only valid in southern Cyprus. They aren't accepted in the Republic of Cyprus (north) where the government doesn't have effective control; it's run by Turkey.
The GHIC and EHIC aren't valid in Turkey at all.
In the countries where it is valid, they only cover medical emergencies. They won't cover all medical or repatriation costs if you need to be brought home for treatment, which is why travel insurance is so important.
It's free to get a GHIC from the NHS online so get one before setting off on your next holiday and carry it at all times.
Where does European Travel Insurance cover?
Different insurers define 'Europe' in different ways, which can make buying the right cover for your holiday confusing.
In Admiral's case, we cover 50 European countries, and our policies stretch the boundaries of Europe to include places like:
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- Morocco
- Tunisia
- Turkey
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- Worldwide
Then three tiers of cover with increasing coverage and product benefits are available. You can choose between Admiral, Admiral Gold or Admiral Platinum to suit your needs best.
Do I need single or annual European Travel Insurance?
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If you plan on travelling more than once throughout a year, annual European travel insurance is for you.
You'll be covered no matter how many times you choose to travel (up to 31 days at a time, but this may be extended upon request), and could be perfect for people with a house-share across the channel or those who frequently travel.
What if I have a pre-existing medical condition?
A pre-existing medical condition is a short or long term illness or injury you have or have had before you buy travel insurance. This includes having symptoms, tests, diagnosis or medical treatment for a condition.
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The MoneyHelper directory
If you require cover for more serious medical conditions, MoneyHelper may be able to help you find specialist travel insurance through their medical directory.
If you wish to get in touch with them you can call them on 0800 138 7777 or find them online. (Monday to Friday 8:00-18:00, closed on Saturday, Sunday and bank holidays.)
Your questions answered
Can I travel anywhere in Europe?
You won't be covered if you travel to a country which the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has advised 'against all travel' or 'against all but essential travel'.
Can I buy travel insurance to Europe from the UK?
Yes - you must buy travel insurance while you're still in the UK; you can't take out Admiral cover one you've gone through Customs.
Will my travel insurance cover skiing or snowboarding in Europe?
If you're planning a ski or snowboarding trip to any of Europe's spectacular mountain resorts, you'll need to add our Winter Sports upgrade onto your policy to be covered for the trip. Without it, your policy won't be valid.
Is my European cruise covered by my travel insurance?
To be covered for a cruise trip, you must add our cruise cover upgrade. Without it your policy won't be valid.
What should I do if I have a medical emergency, or if I have to cut my trip short?
In case of a serious medical emergency during your trip, please call our 24-hour Emergency Assistance Helpline on +44 (0)292 010 7777 before going into hospital or incurring medical expenses over £500, so we can help you.
For non-medical emergency claims:
- For policies renewed before 5 May 2020, call our claims team on 01243 218 437. Our lines are open Monday to Friday 8:00-20:00 and Saturday 9:00-16:00
- For policies bought or renewed after 5 May 2020, call our claims team on 0333 234 9914. Our lines are open Monday to Friday only 9:00-17:00
Is Turkey in Europe?
While Turkey straddles eastern Europe and Asia, Admiral Travel Insurance classes Turkey as Europe, so our European cover on single-trip or annual cover is what you need.
Is Iceland in Europe?
When buying Admiral Travel Insurance, Iceland is classed as Europe. The island is located between north America and mainland Europe. Interestingly, Reykjavik is both the northern-most and western-most capital city in Europe.
Is Cyprus in Europe?
For travel insurance purposes, Cyprus is classed as in Europe by Admiral Travel Insurance. If you're travelling to Cyprus, it's important to be aware of the north/south divide in the country.
The north is run by Turkey and accepts the Turkish lira for currency. Whereas the south is mainly inhabited by Greek Cypriots and accepts the Euro.
Does the GHIC/EHIC cover Cyprus?
Neither the GHIC nor the EHIC are valid in the Republic of Cyprus (northern Cyprus) but they're accepted in the south. If you're travelling to Cyprus it's important to have insurance in place should you need medical attention.
Is Russia in Europe or Asia?
Russia, west of the Urals, is covered by Admiral's European travel insurance. The Ural Mountains approximately run from north to south in western Russia and forms part of the conventional boundary between the European and Asian continents.
You'll need a visa to travel to Russia and it's best to apply in plenty of time. For more information visit the Russian Embassy's website.
Am I covered if my flights are disrupted because of Brexit?
You'll be covered if there's any disruption to your flights (in line with current cover and exclusions) if you already have travel cover or have booked a trip on your annual policy.
If there's an official warning from the Government or airlines that suggests flights are likely to be disrupted, customers buying new policies may not be covered.
I don't want to travel because of Brexit – can I cancel my trip?
If you decide you don't want to travel because of Brexit and end up cancelling your trip, you won't be able to claim. Not wanting to travel isn't a valid cancellation reason for claiming.
Will I need a visa to travel to the EU after Brexit?
In the future, it's possible UK citizens will need a travel permit as part of the European Travel Information and Authorisation Scheme (ETIAS).
If you can't go on your trip because you don't have the correct visa or permit, you won't be able to claim on your cover.
How long will I need on my passport after Brexit?
The Government recommends UK travellers have at least six months left on their passports from the date they arrive in an EU country when travelling after 29 March 2019. Check the validity of your passport online with this handy tool.
If you can't go on your trip as you don't have enough time left on your passport (or you didn't renew it in time), you won't be able to make a claim.
Can I still use my EHIC card after Brexit?
If your EHIC is still in date, you can use it when you travel. Otherwise you'll need to apply for the new Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC).
If you have a medical emergency while you're abroad, you're injured, fall ill, or have to cut your trip short please call our 24-hour Emergency Assistance Helpline on +44 (0)292 010 7777.
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Authorities are looking for a group of suspects accused of tossing a firework into a Deerfield Beach Wendy's, startling a worker and causing damage to a wall.
The incident happened the night of July 5 at the fast food eatery on W. Hillsboro Boulevard and was caught on the restaurant's surveillance camera, Broward Sheriff's Office officials said.
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Officials said the blast caused a 7-inch hole in the base of a wall. They described it as a "Roman candle-type firework."
No one was injured.
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Here are two future covers coming straight from The Phantom's past!
Monday, July 11, 2011
Back to the Future!
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Really like these - good work! Do you know when they will appear on the fantomen/t covers?ReplyDelete
Also will the 'old' background drawings stay the same on the new covers as what you did?
Fantomen #1500: http://www.schapter.org/wiki/Fantomen_16-17/2011ReplyDelete
- Rob PattingsonJuly 16, 2011 at 10:23 PM
Sure are nice covers. I really hate the fact that I can't readily get this version of the Phantom in American comic shops. I stopped buying "The Last Phantom" because it seems to be anything but The Phantom.ReplyDelete
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Friday, October 2, 2009
Exciting Announcement!
I am absolutely over the moon to share that I'm now designing for Mo's! I'll be working specifically on the Challenge blog. I love her images and am in awe of her talent! Thanks for chosing me Mo and I will work hard to make your images shine!
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Congratulations!! Can't wait to see your wonderful creations.ReplyDelete
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Congratulations and very well deserved may I add! Have lots of fun and look forward to seeing your dt work! Love RowenaReplyDelete
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Rajasthan recorded the highest production of garlic across India in financial year 2018, amounting to over 582 thousand metric tons. Northern states Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat and Punjab followed. The country produced over 1.1 million metric tons of the seasoning herb that year.


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As companies are struggling to keep up with the competition, innovation is a critical success factor. To increase the rate of innovation, managers often turn to the crowd (outsiders, like customers) to help generate ideas for new products and services. If successful, managers face another dilemma: how to best deal with the inflow of ideas? How can they effectively evaluate large amounts of ideas to pick the most promising ones for further consideration? For this, they often turn to the crowd again to help with idea evaluation. But how can we best design systems to identify winning ideas? Our journal article, Rate or Trade? Identifying Winning Ideas in Open Idea Sourcing, shows that relatively simple tools like rating scales with multiple attributes such as novelty and feasibility work pretty well—compared with baseline measures of idea quality collected from expert panels. More complex tools like prediction markets seem unable to deliver on the promises. As we show in our work, one key reason for this is that these tools are simply too difficult to use. While using prediction markets to predict who wins the next soccer world cup or predict how much revenue a new movie is going to generate works well as users are familiar with the underlying concepts: you know what a soccer team is, you know what winning a tournament entails. Conversely, judging new product ideas is much more complicated. Even more so if those product ideas are generated through crowdsourcing and are potentially poorly written. As a result, users can easily become cognitively overwhelmed by the complex market mechanism such that simpler mechanisms outperform them. The most surprising finding of this study is how much of the potential benefits of some modern IT systems can be undermined if they turn out to be too complex to use. The promising insight is, however, information technology continues to improve and increases our ability to tailor them to the task at hand and thus make them easier to use.
"Rate or Trade? Identifying Winning Ideas in Open Idea Sourcing": Ivo Blohm, Christoph Riedl, Johann Füller, Jan Marco Leimeister. Information Systems Research, published online March 2016.
Information technology (IT) has created new patterns of digitally-mediated collaboration that allow open sourcing of ideas for new products and services. These novel sociotechnical arrangements afford finely-grained manipulation of how tasks can be represented and have changed the way organizations ideate. In this paper, we investigate differences in behavioral decision-making resulting from IT-based support of open idea evaluation. We report results from a randomized experiment of 120 participants comparing IT-based decision-making support using a rating scale (representing a judgment task) and a preference market (representing a choice task). We find that the rating scale-based task invokes significantly higher perceived ease of use than the preference market-based task and that perceived ease of use mediates the effect of the task representation treatment on the users' decision quality. Furthermore, we find that the understandability of ideas being evaluated, which we assess through the ideas' readability, and the perception of the task's variability moderate the strength of this mediation effect, which becomes stronger with increasing perceived task variability and decreasing understandability of the ideas. We contribute to the literature by explaining how perceptual differences of task representations for open idea evaluation affect the decision quality of users and translate into differences in mechanism accuracy. These results enhance our understanding of how crowdsourcing as a novel mode of value creation may effectively complement traditional work structures.
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Immigration detention times on Nauru and Manus Island blow out to 450-day average under Liberals
The time asylum seekers spend in Australian immigration detention has hit a record high at an average of almost 450 days.
Key points:
- Average time spent in detention blows out to nearly 450 days
- More than 3,200 people remain in detention centres
- Opposition, Greens describes figures as 'unacceptable'
The period of detention for asylum seekers in both onshore and offshore centres has blown out under the Abbott and Turnbull Governments, with a steady increase since May.
Government figures show a record high late last year, at an average of 446 days in November and 445 days in December.
There were 23.3 per cent of detainees who spent more than 750 days in detention.
The figures follow a low under the Gillard and Rudd governments, dropping to 72 days in July 2013.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said the increase was unacceptable, and that Immigration Minister Peter Dutton had to explain why the processing times increased.
"Labor supports regional processing but the idea that we have got people languishing in Australian facilities, or facilities partly funded by Australia for periods of 450 days on average, is too long," he said.
"Women and children should not be languishing indefinitely."
Labor's immigration spokesman Richard Marles also criticised the increases, prompting Mr Dutton to respond with allegations of political "amnesia".
In a statement, Mr Dutton said that up to 1,000 asylum seekers were arriving by boat "at the height of Labor's incompetence", leaving a significant caseload for the Coalition Government.
"It will take years to clean up this mess and Labor wiping their hands of a problem they created demonstrates they are not fit for government," he said.
Mr Dutton also noted the criminal records of some people in immigration detention, as well as those "whose identity has not been verified or who are subject to adverse ASIO assessments".
Further comment has been sought.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young joined the Opposition in criticism of the extended times, saying in a statement that a new approach to processing was needed.
"We need to have a fair and efficient process put in place to get these people out of detention and integrate them into our community as quickly as possible," she said.
Senator Hanson-Young said the Greens would continue pushing for legislative changes to put a time limit on detention.
A total of 3,251 people remain in immigration detention, with 1,459 on Nauru and Manus Island.
More than 150 children were also in immigration detention as of last month, with 91 onshore and 68 on Nauru.
The overall number of detained people has dropped since November, with 10 people leaving offshore centres and 60 less in Australian detention.
Asylum seekers arriving by boat remain the largest proportion of people in detention, accounting for 802 detainees.
The figures coincide with a $1 billion budget blowout by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection, outlined in last month's mid-year economic and fiscal outlook.
The figures included an additional $499.7 million to manage the legacy caseload of asylum seekers.
A further $342.2 million was allocated over two years for refugee resettlement arrangements for asylum seekers in offshore centres, as well as $213.3 million over four years for the management of the onshore centres.


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Scriptapedia/Graphs over Time
Graphs Over Time
This script is used to engage participants in a group model building session in framing the problem, initiating mapping, eliciting variables, and gathering input to decide the reference modes for the workshop or modeling process. It is performed at the beginning of a group model building session as it is a springboard for discussion about the problem to be modeled.
Best practices
Primary nature of group task
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Time required during session: 45 minutes
Follow-up time: 0 minutes
- Stacks of 8.5x11 white paper with X and Y axes drawn on them
- Large blank wall (8'x10')
- Thick tipped markers
- Blue painter's tape, glue sticks, or tacks
- Camera or other method to capture the graphs
Candidate variables for the dynamic model or the map (informal causal map/modeling)
- Facilitator who has some experience with SD to work with the group
- Modeler who listens to what is being graphed, the way people are talking about the graphs, and who is also be able to conceptualize the early seeds of system structure
- Wall-builder with little or no experience in SD who will cluster graphs and talk about themes
- Recorder to document the session through written notes and photograph the clustered graphs
- Runner (optional) to carry the graphs from the participants to the facilitator if the group is large
- Based on group size, decide whether to break participants into subgroups. In smaller groups (N<10), allow individuals to work and present independently. In larger groups (N >10), divide participants into subgroups of roughly 10. Ask the subgroups to sit together.
- The modeling team hands out sheets of white paper to each participant.
- The facilitator gives an example of how to draw a graph over time, carefully labeling the X-axis as "Time," and adding a start time, end time, and the present time indicated with a vertical dashed line. The Y-axis is labeled with a variable name. The facilitator then sketches the behavior over time.
- The facilitator then asks participants to draw one variable over time per piece of paper. The participants should be given the option of including hoped for behavior, expected behavior ("business as usual"), and feared behavior on the same graph.
- The facilitator and wall-builder walk around and help participants with the task as needed. Allow 15 minutes, or until the group runs out of steam, to complete the task.
- Reconvene as a large group:
- If N<10, instruct participants to arrange their graphs in a stack with the most important graphs ("the best stuff") on top. The facilitator takes one graph at a time from each participant, holds it up in front of entire group, and asks the participant to talk about it. Ask for participants to share the "best stuff" first. Clarify timescale, variable names, etc.
- If N>10, instruct subgroups to share their graphs with each other and choose the ones they think are most important. They should then arrange their graphs in a stack with the most important ones on top. The facilitator then goes to each subgroup and holds the first graph they have selected up in front of entire group. The subgroup spokesperson talks about the graph. Ask subgroups to share the "best stuff" first. Clarify timescale, variable names, etc.
- The facilitator then hands the graph to the wall-builder.
- The facilitator repeats steps 6 and 7 with each participant or subgroup, taking one graph at a time until all graphs are shown or time has run out. Finish by asking if any participant has something else that really ought to be shown.
- During steps 7-8, each graph is posted on the wall. The wall-builder tries to cluster the graphs meaningfully on the fly based on themes and variables.
- The facilitator asks the wall-builder to explain the clusters of graphs on the wall. The wall-builder tries to summarize dynamics that help to characterize the problem that emerges from the participants' graphs.
- The facilitator enables the participants to talk about the clusters and the characterization of the problem they imply.
- Consider labeling the clusters based on themes or related variables. There is potential for the modeler to close by highlighting the beginnings of feedback thinking in the dynamic problem.
Evaluation Criteria
- Interesting, self-sustaining group discussion about clusters (Example 2) described by the wall-builder
- Meaningful clusters identified
- Graphs tend to converge to a clear dynamic problem
- Some key dynamic variables emerge from reflecting on the graphs and thematic clusters
- Modeling team can begin to see key stocks and perhaps important feedback loops
- Members of the group appear to have a better understanding of the problem being modeled
George P. Richardson and David F. Andersen
First described in Luna-Reyes et al (2006).
Andersen, D. F., & Richardson, G. P. (1997). Scripts for group model building. System Dynamics Review, 13(2), 107-129.
- When participants are discussing their graphs with the facilitator, the wallbuilder may be otherwise engaged in identifying themes and arranging graphs on the wall. When the facilitator passes the graphs to the wallbuilder, they may need to pause and wait for the wallbuilder to be ready to turn away from the wall and receive the graph, and should check to make sure the wallbuilder heard the discussion and understands the meaning of the graph.
- There is a tendency to want to avoid making discrete "clusters" of themes on the wall. However, experience shows that it is most helpful to participants if the wallbuilder does indeed create discrete thematic clusters, as opposed to having a graph or two serve as a "link" between different themes. Remembering that participants will be able to revise the themes can help alleviate tensions the wallbuilder may feel in making concrete decisions about themes.
- When clarifying/verifying the meaning of participants' graphs, it can be helpful to think about "rephrasing with meaning added." For example, it might not be helpful to repeat back to the participant exactly what they stated about the graph, but it is important to be sure that the facilitator is interpreting what the participant says correctly.
- Consider providing 2 examples with different time intervals and different hoped/feared line shapes (i.e. one example might have a hope that increases quickly and a fear that increases slowly, while another example has one increasing hope line, one decreasing fear line, and another fear line that oscillates)
- Emphasize that this is supposed to be challenging. Our brains don't usually think this way!


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How the Best CEOs Use 'Thinking Time'—According to an Executive Coach
I work with a lot of CEOs who feel a bit unnerved about unscheduled blocks on their calendar. After months or years of having a packed schedule with back-to-back meetings, delegating tasks in order to free up "thinking time" can seem really unproductive.
Related: Founders: Being Busy Doesn't Mean You're Being Productive
The fact is that "just thinking" is one of the most impactful ways CEOs can spend their time. As an executive coach, these are the five ways I advise my clients to use this unstructured time productively.
1. Plan for the future
CEOs have the highest-level view of their company, the sharpest insights into their industry, and the most well-informed strategic point of view. Your employees rely on you to determine where the company is headed—not just in a few quarters, but in a few years. So use your unstructured time to ponder long-term strategy.
There are several ways to approach this abstract and intimidating task, but start by writing out some of your insights to help clarify your own thinking. Consider calling customers and industry experts to get their perspectives. This is a particularly good use of time, since you also build key relationships by having these discussions.
Think best out loud? Don't feel like "thinking time" means you have to lock yourself in a room with a laptop—invite a teammate or two to brainstorm. But if you learn best by reading, find industry publications or blogs to spark your thinking. Carving out this kind of time will make sure that you're looking to the future and not just putting out the fires of the present.
2. Build your narrative
Building a company is like writing a story. Does your team understand where things are going, how you'll all get there together, and how their day-to-day work contributes to that story?
People absorb information best when they hear stories, and it's really motivating to hear how their work impacts the bigger picture. So when you eventually communicate this strategy to your employees in all-hands meetings or in smaller forums, mention specific job functions and how they're leading the company towards this vision. People want to know that their work matters for today and for the longer term.
3. Talk to customers
It doesn't matter how big or small your company is: One of your key roles as CEO is as Chief Customer Officer. You need to have strong relationships with the senior leaders, decision makers, and your key customers to be in a position to close important accounts and help your team resolve mistakes and problems when they arise. If you already have a good relationship with your customers' executives, you can smooth the way when issues pop up with one phone call.
Talking to customers also helps you stay plugged into the industry. What issues do they have and what are they seeing in the marketplace? Learning what's on their minds can also be the source of innovation at your company. Plus, customer stories are always motivating for your team to hear. Consider folding them into your narrative.
4. Build your talent bench
You always need great new talent, and a strategic use of your time is to devote time to building your bench. Great CEOs proactively seek out the best people in any domain and get to know them. You may hire them over time, but even if you don't, they can refer you to other stars who you can hire.
They can also give you insight into candidates you're planning to hire when it really counts. This is especially true for senior hires, which, for your fast-growing company, can often be the riskiest.
Related read: The CEO's Guide to Hiring Executives—According to Someone Who Has Hired Hundreds
Get in the habit of researching and asking for introductions to the stars in any field and stay in touch with them. You can devote some of your blocks of unstructured time to this research and outreach. Doing this over time will help you land crucial new talent when you need it.
5. Become a thought leader
Many CEOs get so heads-down in the details of running the company that they discount the value of being known as thought leaders in their industries. That's a mistake. The more you elevate your profile and become well-known inside your field, the more you can attract customers, employees, and often press coverage for your company. These all have a high value.
Think about how you want to contribute. If you like public speaking, find conferences and panels to speak at. If you prefer writing, use your blog or industry websites and publications to hone your message. You can also record videos and post them on your website and social media. Find the channel that works for you, and use your blocks of time to create content that elevates you as an expert.
Sometimes CEOs and leaders don't think they're doing "real work" unless they're focusing on day-to-day business operations. But I can't stress this enough: Blocking time to do more deep thinking and relationship building is likely the most impactful way you can spend your time.


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What No One Tells You Before You Go To Law School: It Doesn't Have to Be That Hard
By Alison Monahan • March 15, 2012•Writers in Residence, Law School, Pre-Law
When I look back on my law school "career," I realize I made things a lot harder than they needed to be. Sure, I did some stuff right, but I did a lot of stuff wrong!
To help you avoid such a fate, I offer 10 suggestions for making law school easier:
- Worry less about class. Do I think you should go to class regularly? Sure – it's a useful way to figure out what your professor is thinking. But try to stress out less about it! If you've done the reading, and are generally prepared, that's enough. You're not going to get every question right when you're called on (no one will). It's normal to get nervous and think you've said stupid things when you're on the spot. Odds are, no one's listening anyway. They're too busy on Pinterest.
- Focus on what matters to you. There are two separate, but related, things that matter for most people in law school: learning something useful, and getting solid grades. In an ideal world, these would go together, but they don't always. If you're making a choice about how to spend your time, it's useful to be clear about what game you're playing. Do what makes sense for you, and your target career, not what makes sense for some theoretical ideal law student.
- Study efficiently. There's a lot to do in law school, and it's critical to use your time wisely. But that doesn't mean studying all the time! You'll be more efficient, and a lot happier, if you take time for the stuff you like to do: watching movies, going to a museum, hanging out with friends, exercising, whatever. It KILLS me now that I had free access to almost every museum in NYC for three years, and I hardly went. Stupid, stupid! Don't make this mistake.
- Think about the exam from day one. Combining all three prior concepts, you can study less, leaving you more time to spend on things you like, if you focus more on the exam, and less on class. (How's that for a juxtaposition!) The key is to focus on organizing the material you're learning from day one, rather than waiting until the end of the semester to "outline." Create a template for your class notes, which highlights two things: black-letter law and ambiguity. You have to know the black-letter law, but ambiguity is the key to a great exam answer. When you extract this information every day – as you read cases and go to class – it makes your final exam prep a lot easier! (Leaving you more time for other more interesting things.)
- Hang out with nice people. Sure, you're in law school and people aren't necessarily that nice. But I'm sure you can find at least a few cool people! These are the people you want to spend time with. Trying to be friends with jerks will just confuse you and make you miserable. If someone's not nice to you, avoid them. (Maybe your law school is totally great, and everyone's lovely to each other. I hope that's true, but I tend to doubt it. Pick your friends wisely!)
- Give really serious thought to whether you want to join the Law Review. In retrospect, I think joining my school's Law Review was probably a mistake. It's a nice credential, but it's mindnumbingly boring and extremely time consuming. I know people with fantastic grades who didn't join, and they still got excellent clerkships and jobs. Why? Because they had fantastic grades. Maybe being on the Law Review helps on the margins, but – if your grades are strong enough that you're pretty much guaranteed a spot – you might not really need to do it. Which would free up tons of time for more productive pursuits! (Seriously, deciding not to run for the board was the best decision I made 3L year. It gave me time to do lots of other things, including some of the research that eventually became The Girl's Guide to Law School. Funny how that works.)
- Traffic in possibility, not in fear. There's an odd thing that happens when people start law school. Suddenly, instead of being competent, intelligent, hard-working people with the whole world at their fingertips, they morph into frightened, anxious, worried people who fear one or more of the following: getting called on in class, saying something stupid, getting a bad grade, or not getting a job. It's normal to be afraid, but it's not okay to let the fear take over and prevent you from doing what you came to law school to do. Try to preserve the sense of possibility – of what brought you to law school in the first place – and let that drive you to keep moving forward, even when it seems scary. (And I can guarantee you it WILL feel scary.)
- Ask for help. Connected to the fear idea is one of the worst things you can do as a law student: Refusing to ask for help. No one wants to look stupid, or admit they don't know something, so no one asks for help. The result? No one learns anything! I saw an amazing panel at South by Southwest recently, with a bunch of female tech entrepreneurs talking about their formative experiences. One of them said something really fantastic. She'd been tentative about asking questions her entire life, until one of her mentors asked her this: "Is there any reason you'd be expected to know this?" If the answer was no (as it almost always is), there's no shame in asking. Why would you be expected to know something you'd never been exposed to? No one is born knowing how to read a case or prepare for a law school exam. The fastest way to learn? Ask for help!
- Take care of yourself. It's cliché, but eating right and getting enough sleep really help. If there's only one thing you take away from this list, let it be this: Go to bed earlier than you think you need to! I'm the worst about staying up late, but I would have been a lot less of a law school basket case if I'd slept an extra hour a night.
- Pay attention to what wakes you up. I was going to say, "Pay attention to what you find interesting," but I think that's the wrong way of looking at it. Interesting is too cerebral, and it's easy to fall into the trap of enjoying legal questions because they're interesting logic puzzles. There's nothing wrong with enjoying that aspect of the law (certainly I did!) but at some point, an intellectual interest in an area of law isn't going to get you out of bed in the morning. Pay attention, instead, to what makes you want to get up and start working. If you can figure out a way to make that thing your career, odds are you'll be pretty content. And law school will be a lot easier!
Alison Monahan is the founder of The Girl's Guide to Law School and a co-founder of the recently launched Law School Toolbox, a website and online course giving you the tools you need to succeed in law school. Check it out!
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Thanks for the tips! I just went to your website and downloaded the law school tool box! Fantastic - wish I would have had this last year!
Fantastic, thanks! Glad it was helpful for you!
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