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In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does an author use rhetoric to communicate the theme and/or purpose?
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Rhetoric is the art of speaking or writing effectively. In a literature class, when we analyze rhetoric, we are essentially asking, "What techniques does the speaker or author use to effectively communicate his or her main point?"
In To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee uses several rhetorical devices to show the prejudice of a small southern town, and therefore reveal the general prejudices which existed in such towns in the south historically. One of her best rhetorical techniques is the use of humor through her first person narrator, the seven year old Scout. By telling a very serious story through the eyes and memory of a young girl, Lee is able to show--through a sense of childlike simplicity and straightforward honesty--a ridiculous and hypocritical society who tended to ignorantly despise anyone or anything which was different from the "norm."
In many ways, the humor comes across as Scout retells stories using adult language, without understanding what she is saying. In describing the snow day, and Miss Maudie's reaction to their snowman Scout recalls:
The only phrase of which I caught was, "erected an absolute morphodite in that yard!" (68)
In other ways, the humor lies in the fact that as such a young child, Scout is much more advanced than her age and size would suggest. She is beyond her years in intelligence and maturity, which often makes the adults around her look more like children. The scene of her first day at school is a perfect example of this.
Harper Lee's use of a child's voice in a book about very adult topics allows her to present a very real historical instance of prejudice in our country. Through her ironic rhetoric, she not only pokes fun at this time, but shames it in a very clever and intelligent way.


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At the 2011 LA Auto Show this week, Ford revealed the 2013 Escape. Ford's small SUV is all grown up, with a host of new engines and technology, wrapped up in all-new sheet metal. Read on for more details, pictures and a video of the optional hands-free liftgate.
While the Escape has undergone periodic changes since it went on sale in 2000 as a 2001 model here in the United States, this is its first real departure from its initial boxy design. With its sleek new bodywork, the new Escape looks the part of a crossover, even if it's marketed as an SUV. It also resembles the Honda CR-V crossover, an attribute which may or may not hurt its sales.
Outside, the new Escape shares a lot of its design paradigm with the new 2012 Ford Focus, including sleek lines, with a trapezoidal lower grille, swept head and taillights, steeply-raked windshield, and a roofline that drops as you get to the liftgate in the back. The side panels feature a creased character line which rises slightly from the front to the back, hiding some of the Escape's bulk. Some of the rear evokes thoughts of the Subaru Tribeca B-9, but in a less stretched manner. The wheels look like up-sized Focus wheels, featuring an attractive design and satin finish. Dual exhaust outlets in the rear fascia lend a sporty look.
Inside, a one-piece dash looks like a cross between the new Explorer and Focus dashboards, while nicely-bolstered seats should prove helpful when corner-carving, if you so desire. Those new seats, as well as a lot of the Escape's interior, feature recycled materials which save weight while reducing the carbon footprint of Ford's redesigned small SUV. Several of Ford's favorite interior bits make an appearance, from MyFord Touch, first seen in the new Explorer and Edge, as well as a 4.2″ LCD screen between the speedometer and tachometer. The LCD screen shows plenty of vehicle information, from trip odometers to system-specific readouts such as oil life and instantaneous MPG readouts.
Having not been inside a new Escape, I can only tell from the pictures, but the materials all look luxurious, something we haven't seen a whole lot of in the small SUV / crossover market. Creature comforts like automatic climate control and touch-screen navigation add to the luxury factor as well.
Under the hood, the base 2.5-liter 4-cylinder engine carries over from the 2012 model, albeit upgraded with new fuel-efficient technologies. New to the Escape are two EcoBoost engines – in 2.0 and 1.6-liter variants. The EcoBoost engines are part of a Ford initiative to offer EcoBoost technology in 90% of its vehicles by 2013, and give owners bragging rights at the fuel pump. For anyone not familiar with Ford's EcoBoost, it's their way of marketing direct-injected twin-turbocharged engines that provide superior fuel economy without sacrificing power.
The 2.0-liter EcoBoost will deliver 237 horsepower and 250 lb-ft of torque, while the 1.6-liter EcoBoost will have 173 horsepower and 177 lb-ft of torque. While the EPA has not yet certified the engines in the new Escape, Ford is expecting class-leading fuel economy, and up to 5 mpg better than the current engines. Stealing another bit of tech from the Focus, Escapes optioned with the 1.6-liter EcoBoost or base 2.5-liter engines will feature grille slats that close and open based on speed and engine temperature, helping to reduce drag, which increases fuel economy.
Beyond the new engines, the Escape features a host of technology, from Ford's love-it-or-hate-it MyFord Touch, which was recently updated to improve its user experience, to a hands-free power liftgate, which incorporates a sensor underneath the rear bumper to open and close itself. In between, the new Escape will feature BLIS, front and rear parking sensors, a backup camera, and parking assist, where the SUV will parallel park itself. The 4WD (four-wheel drive) system has been upgraded, and in actuality is an AWD (all-wheel drive), using wheel speed sensors to transfer engine power front and rear to help the driver keep control.
In all, the new changes should help the Escape sell in quantities it never has. With competitive features, fuel economy and good looks, the Escape presents a compelling product for anyone needing utility and people-moving capabilities without wanting to spend a ton of money at the gas pump. The 2013 Ford Escape should go on sale in the spring of 2012, after a short 2012 model year in its current guise.
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Hey Friends, here's an entry I wrote a while ago. Its a bit more of a spiritual article, but I think we all go through seasons when we feel like our past, our failures or your imperfections have kept us from being all that we were meant to be. What if embracing your brokenness wasn't just a way to deal with your past but a key to unlocking your future?
A few years ago, I was visiting the British Museum of Art and I was walking through an exhibit that showcased Japanese art. There were paintings and tapestries and sculptures. And there was pottery. Lots and lots of pottery. As I wandered through endless hallways filled with pottery, I came to one room where each pot was secured carefully behind special glass. It was obvious that these had to be really valuable pots.
I guessed that maybe they were older than the other pots and that's what made them valuable. Or maybe they had been owned by a dynasty or were made of expensive materials. As I looked closer, I began to realize that they all had one thing in common. They were broken, or at least at one time, they had been broken. Each of the vessels in the special room were broken pots that had been glued back together.
I didn't understand what made them more valuable until I read more about Kintsugi. I learned that in Japanese culture, the art of Kintsugi, or the mending of broken pots, is considered one of the highest and most valuable of all artisan skills. Where most people would want damaged things to be hidden by repair and made to look new, Kintsugi follows a different philosophy.
Rather than covering up the damage, Kintsugi restores what is broken, actually incorporating the damage into the beauty of the restored item. The Japanese believe that the brokenness of the object is part of the object's history and should be celebrated rather than covered up. Kintsugi uses gold, silver, platinum and other precious metals to fill in the gaps of the broken piece, resulting in something even more beautiful than the original.
That's exactly what God does for us. God doesn't take us and cover up or hide our brokenness so that it's not part of who we are. Rather, He uses our brokenness as a way to show His faithfulness in our story. We could call the broken lines in our lives our testimony. I think of so many people who reflect God's beauty all the more because of their brokenness.
I think of the students from Compassion International who have told their stories as part of The Thorn over the years. How God brought them out of poverty and human trafficking and fear and put them back together again like only He can.
I think of my own Dad who went through a decade of loneliness and separation from family only to be drawn back again because of the enduring love of God.
Or how about Jacob, who wrestled with God and walked with a limp for the rest of his life, a reminder of his own brokenness and the way that God met with him in the middle of it.
But Jesus was the greatest example of beauty in brokenness. When He rose from the dead, He could have chosen to have a perfect body. I mean if there was ever anyone who knew how to create a perfect 10, it was Jesus. And yet, He chose for His resurrected body to bear the wounds of His brokenness. I think it was for more than just to show Thomas. I think He wanted to show us that there's something special about how He repairs broken things.
In our culture, we so often want to cover up and airbrush out our imperfections. We want to put on a pretty face and hide the real us from the world around us. Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest only feed our insecurities and need to put away our messy selves. But what if what the world around you needs in order to see Jesus is to see your mess?
The most valuable part of the art of Kintsugi is the precious metal that's used to connect the broken pieces. God is the glue that connects all the painful, broken, unattractive pieces of us and makes us whole. By covering up our story, we inadvertently cover up the God who redeemed us and put us back together again.
Are you allowing God to shine through and mend your broken pieces? Have you hidden your pain out of shame rather than allowed God to be glorified in your brokenness? Today, in your weakness, let Him be strong.
This article is an excerpt from SO LOVED, a new faith-focused book by John Bolin. If you'd like to read more, you can click HERE to get the book. Have a great day!


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I have the s3 with jellybean and installed k9 for my mail. I set up everything correctly, I've had my phone about 2 weeks and k9 mail has been checking mail every 1 minute just like I set it up. Just recently (within the past 2 days) it stopped doing that. I now have to "check mail" to check my mail and at the top of the program it says "Syncing disabled".
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Everyone enjoys the excitement of getting a new vehicle, whether it is an upgrade from an old truck or expanding the carrying capacity of your sedan for new members of your family. One aspect that may not be as exciting is getting the right financing. Everyone would love to have the cash to buy a car outright; however, the vast majority of people do not experience that luxury. Here are some ways to get guaranteed auto loans to better facilitate your car-buying experience.
Guaranteed auto loans are not myths. A very straightforward way to get these, and well in advance of actually going to the dealership, is applying online with the car dealership you are thinking about going to or the bank of your choice. Many people put this step off until after they have already set their eyes on their dream car, and then they are left with no room for negotiations on the financing. This places them in a desperate situation. You can easily avoid being in this uncomfortable situation by applying beforehand.
First, know what vehicle you are interested in. If you don't, go to the dealership and test out cars that you have on your list. Try to narrow it down to two or three choices. Make sure you go to these dealerships knowing that you will not buy at that moment and exercise restraint. When you have it narrowed down, go home and start applying for financing. A great place to start is at the dealership that you just visited. Look for financing promotions. These often show up during the end of the year inventory clearance and sales. If the dealership that you just visited doesn't have any good options, go to another that sells the same model of vehicle.
Next, apply for some guaranteed auto loans online. Most dealerships offer this option and you should not go into one blindly. Usually, you will know on the same day, or within hours whether you are qualified. By applying to these online, you will need to provide some personal information such as your social security number and your address. This is because the dealerships need pull your credit report. Don't be alarmed by this step, especially if you are dealing with a nationally known chain; however, if it is a local dealer, you may want to not easily divulge your information.
Once you have gotten some approvals, don't stop there. Shop around online for guaranteed auto loans by banks. You usually see these promotions while logging onto your online banking account. It's probably smart to go ahead and apply through your bank because they already have your information such as your credit history, income, and the balance in your accounts.
Usually, the rates for guaranteed auto loans are better at dealerships, especially if they have the special promotions. Research ahead of time about when these may be offered. Generally, they come towards the year-end when the new inventory for the next year comes in. Some promotions can also happen during major holidays. Make sure you read the fine print. Do your research and you will be rewarded.


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How pair of writers fell into a whirlwind affair of letters
Over a pint in Neary's, a poet and a novelist became a successful crime writing duo - Karen Perry. One half, poet Paul Perry, recalls their journey
We met at Listowel Writers' Week 14 years ago. I was picking up the poetry prize, Karen was enrolled in a fiction writing class. It was a week when Karen and I talked about books, but not actually about writing them together. We swopped numbers, and kept in touch. Still no mention of a collaboration.
Back in the 1990s, when we were still in our 20s anyway, we published in the Hennessy New Irish Writing page, and were happy to meet again when Ciaran Carty edited a Hennessy Anthology which included our individual work. The following year, in 2003, I published my first collection of poetry, The Drowning of the Saints. A couple of years later, Karen published her first novel, Seven Nights in Zaragoza. We were in our early 30s now, getting married, having kids, writing.
Half a dozen books later, and we are having a pint in Neary's, shooting the breeze, mired in books still. It's late 2010. Out of the blue, I suggest we write a book together. Karen considers the idea. It would, she suggests, be a nice break from the Florence Nightingale novel she is working on, a hiatus from the cholera wards, the darkness. We are both drawn to the notion of writing about parental fear, the differing ways people deal with grief and guilt. As we talk some more, an idea starts to form. We go our separate ways mulling over thoughts for individual characters.
By chance, a week later, I'm in Dublin city centre when I get caught up in an anti-austerity demonstration. Something about the atmosphere that day, it all clicks into place with the idea germinating in my head. I go home and quickly write the first chapter, then send it to Karen. Within days she sends me the second, and so begins a kind of relay-write.
It was an exhilarating process, writing, barely able to wait for the next chapter to arrive from Karen, so that I could see what had happened, and where she had brought the story. As we finished the novel, Karen met our agent, Jonathan Lloyd of Curtis Brown, at a conference in Brussels. She sent him a copy of our book and soon afterwards we signed with him. He sold the book, The Boy That Never Was, to Penguin UK, and within a few weeks we were signing contracts for American, German, French, Dutch, Spanish and Italian publishers.
What had started out as a whimsical notion became the new and unexpected focus of both our careers. Our second novel, Only We Know, was published a year later, and was shortlisted for a Crime Award at the Irish Book Awards. The collaborative nature of our writing necessitates a lot of communication - by phone, email, text, but most importantly, face-to-face. We meet in each other's homes, sometimes in cafes or pubs, although the most regular venue for our meetings is on the UCD campus where I teach Creative Writing. Karen's husband is also a lecturer there. Perhaps it was inevitable that our third novel - Girl Unknown - would be set in UCD. It tells the story of a university lecturer whose life is turned upside down when one of his students announces that she believes he is her father. As the girl becomes ever more tangled in their lives, the family begins to violently break apart.
We are currently working on our fourth novel, and our first screen-play - a film adaptation of The Boy That Never Was. The past six years has been a kind of whirl-wind affair of letters. And to think, if we had not bumped into each other at Listowel, or if we had not met that night in Neary's and stumbled upon the notion of writing together, none of this would have happened. As a character from the above book says: 'Chance came, and I took it.'
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You're a technical ninja and a suave smooth-talker. You can engineer fast, flexible and stable web experiences while describing to non-techies how things work. You can easily transform layered PSD designs or HTML/CSS into fully functional web applications that you're proud of. And you can do all of this working remotely and as part of a growing team.
Interested in applying? Apply online below. Please include a portfolio of websites or applications that you have developed (and if you were part of a team please specify which parts you were responsible for). As part of the selection process, you may be asked to take a development skill test.
Please note this position is based in Kraków, but is remote (you can work from home, a co-working centre, or wherever you work best!). Working hours are flexible, however we'd like you to be available from 10AM to 6PM CET, Monday to Friday, with occasional on-call periods.
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Innovation and R&D spending: 2 uncorrelated concepts
The Booz&Co study of 2010 (Global Innovation 1000) shows that there is no strong correlation between the amount a company spends in R&D and its innovative image.
Apple, who ranks first in terms of innovative image in 2010 (according to a Booz&Co survey of 450 executives chosen in 10 different sectors), does not appear in the top 20 of the companies that spend the more in R&D. Apple today spends only 3.1% of its revenues in R&D (less than half of the average spending of the computer and electronics industry) thanks to its ability to find ideas, technologies and skills outside the company (as shown by the iPod case).
Thanks to its innovative image, Google's share value increased by 102% in 5 years whereas the company only invest 12% of its revenue in R&D (1.3% less than the average spending of the internet and software development industry). Google for example involves the public in the development of most of its innovations
Only 3 companies appear in both rankings: Toyota, Microsoft and Samsung.
Here are the rankings, feel free to share your ideas!
How Apple manages fast-time to market thanks to open innovation principles: the iPod case
When we think about an innovative company, Apple is now one of the top 3 that come to our mind.
Apple bewildered us with its ability to anticipate client needs and launch disruptive innovations faster than the competition with unique ergonomics and client experience. Yet, their R&D spending is not among the largest.
However, a recent trial against Apple concerning the iPod revealed the mystery: Apple used the "outside-in", "open innovation" principle.
The iPod original idea did not come from Steve Jobs or its researcher's brilliant minds. The original concept is Kane Kramer's adopted baby. This English inventor patented the designs and concept of the iPod in 1981 with great detail and astonishing innovations for that time. Unfortunately for him he did not pay for the renewal of the patents.
The iPod project started when Steve Jobs met with Tony Fadell, a former GE and Phillips employee who wanted to invent a better mp3 player. With Apple's support, Tony Fadell managed to develop a prototype of the iPod after only 8 weeks.
He was hired in 2001 as an independent project manager for Apple who would manage a team of 35 people from all backgrounds.
The skills were not found within Apple for the most part. In the team, you could find such companies as General Electric, Connectix, WebTV and IDEO (design) for the hardware.
The software part was developed by Portalplayer and Pixo under the close watch of Steve Jobs.
Thanks to this team of highly specialized and diverse individuals, the iPod was launched in only 6 months!
As we can see in this example, one of the key success factors of Apple is its ability to find (outside of the company) the ideas, technologies and skills it needs, and integrate them in its innovation strategy; thus allowing to go beyond its internal innovation capabilities.
Thanks to this reflex, Apple today appears as the most innovative company (in the public and top executive's eyes) while spending only 3.1% of its revenues in R&D (less than half of the average spending of the computer and electronics industry).
However, this wasn't always the case. In the early 1990s, Apple spent tremendous amounts of money in projects that would turn out to be economical failures (printers, scanners and the Newton PDA for example)
So should companies now try to focus on coordinating innovational project to launch them as fast as possible? Or, should R&D spending be lowered?
The answer must be balanced. For Apple, the Open Innovation principle is just an additional tool that helps to decrease time-to-market. Apple basically focused on its core competencies which were ergonomics, design and the ability to understand clients' expectations.
Creating and patenting innovational concepts and technologies still play and will keep playing a tremendous part in the launch of innovational products or services. However, they are just one of the many subsets of innovation.
The 4P marketing model (Product, Price, Promotion, Place) shows that 3 other factors must be considered if you want your innovation to be successful: technology is only a subset of the product angle…
An example of highly differentiated incremental innovation: the Leafbed by Leaf Supply
Here's an example of great idea that you could consider as an incremental but highly diffrentiated innovation.
My friend Julien launched with two designers in 2009 his venture: LeafSupply.
They propose a cardboard bed for humanitarian crisis that can replace the historical and widely used campbed.
One of the three innovation imperatives for economic success: differentiation
Innovation in products or services can be incremental or disruptive.
With the disruptive one, you know your predictability of success to be low but your return on investment is totally unpredictable.
When it comes to incremental innovations (improvements that build on existing technology, products/services, market strategy) the probability of success and what you gain out of it is more likely to be evaluated.
The thing is, if you want to succeed your innovation has to capture one of the components of disruptive innovations: diffrentiation.
"Differentiation in products or services means providing unique or superior customer functionality that commands a premium
price, generates a premium profit, or significantly increases market share" (M. George, Fast Innovation)
As shown in this graph from the Product Development Institute, highly differentiated products and services have an 82% success rate compared with 18% for me-too offerings.
To achieve that goal, the innovation process has to encompass identifying customer needs that are highly valued, and satisfying those needs either before a competitor does and/or better than a competitor does. Doing that requires more than the traditional combination of focus groups, surveys, questionnaires and competitive analysis. I'll try to give more tips on that matter in a latter post.
Ethnography: Closely observing customer interactions with their daily environment so you can identify needs they
can't articulate and find opportunities they can't foresee.
This process may also uncover customer frustrations related to the use of a product and service that may help you identify entirely new products and services.
Rapid cycles of brainstorming, concept development, prototyping, and customer feedback:
Testing everything along the way (your interpretation of customer needs, elements of the product/service design, etc.) speeds up the learning curve and lets designers and developers more quickly come up with offerings that will delight customers. According to study from The Economist study only 46% of companies involve customers in concept development, and amazingly, 27% of companies wait until testing to get feedback from customers.
So remember beta testing!
Approaching design with multiple performance targets in mind:
Traditional development processes require companies to set performance specs very early in the process, which closes developers off to changes in or a better understanding of customer needs. A flexible approach allows specs to be fixed much later in the process, which allows developers to incorporate lessons learned as the design evolves (cf. Mountain Bike Product development process)
Tom Kelley in The Ten faces if Innovation gives some other tips on effective brainstorming and anthropologist like observation.
A little summary of it in this Business week article: IDEO's Innovation Ideas
Innovation is the key
Dear reader,
If are reading this, it means that we have something in common: we believe that innovation is key and we want to understand how it works and shapes the world or…you just know me 😉
In this blog I will tell stories of innovators and give a view of the innovation process.
Hoping some of this articles will inspire you to better innovate and launch your big idea or your small ideas, I wish you the best.


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The Infinix Hot Note X551 is now officially available on Jumia Kenya. The Note X551 is one of the finest phablets in the market right now and its launch comes just weeks after the launch of the Infinix Hot X507.
The Infinix Hot Note X551 features some pretty decent technical specifications with its highlighted feature being its 5.5 inches 720p display plus its massive 4000mAh battery.
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Infinix Hot Note X551 Technical Specifications
Display: 5.5 inches
Screen Resolution: 720 x 1280 pixels
Screen Resolution Density: 267 ppi
Screen Protection: None
Frame Dimensions: 155 x 77 x 8.9 mm
Operating System: Android 4.4 (KitKat)
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Memory: 16GB
Micro SD: Yes, up to 32 GB
Rear Camera: 8 MP
Secondary Camera: 2 MP
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Battery Capacity: 4000 mAh
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Professionals that want to optimize their athletic performance as well as lay a foundation for great health for the rest of their lives. This is especially prevalent as they are faced with a more sedentary lifestyle due to the nature of family and profession. Often these athletes compete in Iron Man Competitions, Fitness Competitions, Triathlon, and other general fitness related events.
"I was introduced to Hordon Health and the HordoN training approach about three years ago. I had always been an active person but hated going to the gym. Hordon Health and the methods they use really changed my whole attitude towards working out. The sessions were fun, exciting and challenging, and for the first time, I started to look forward to training. I was a pretty serious athlete in high school, and I enjoy skiing, telemarking, golfing and hiking. Training with Hordon Health made me feel like a real athlete again. I thought I was in decent shape but after 8 months I dropped about 11% in body fat and several inches off my thighs, waist and actually gained in my arms, which had always been puny. Not only did I feel great physically, but my new regular work out regimen really helped improve my emotional well being and mood in general. All of a sudden, I could lift more weight than I ever even imagined, and I didn't look bulky at all!"-7 Year Client


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Agile & Scrum are so hot these days, in fact it has become a fad! Every Industry implements some form of Agile & Scrum or Kanban. However, many teams struggle to get the best out of Agile. In fact, people and teams often say, it doesn't work as claimed!In this session, you will find out how to make your Agile implementation most effective! You will also find out where you have a choice to influence and where you really don't have one and the best you can do in such situations.
- Find out what stops a team to be an effective Agile team that it deserves to be
- Understand clear responsibilities of the various Agile roles (SM, PO & Team)
- Learn to notice & correct the common symptoms of organizational misalignment with Agile methods
- Learn how to drive agile from the 'Human Side'
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Amitabh Sinha
Principal Agile Coach, Sony PlayStation
Amitabh has been working with Agile Principles for more than 15 years. He has played the various roles of Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Mentor, Scrum Master, Product Owner and Agile Coach at various companies. He has helped bring Agile/Scrum transformations in both small and large Companies. Many a times his teams have been voted as the happiest ones!
Amitabh's approach to Agile is simple: "Success and failure is first and foremost about people" – It is the people (and not the machines) who create great products. If you can learn to understand & win the people you work with, they will blossom in their purpose and skills, and go on to create great products.
Amitabh is a Certified Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Product Owner, Certified Scrum Professional, PMI-ACP & Certified SAFe Practitioner
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6:00 PM - Sign In and Networking
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Booze-soaked 21st on the cards for Max Key
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According to a post on Max Key's Facebook page, his 21st birthday party this Friday is shaping up to be quite the celebration.
The Prime Minister's son sent out an invitation to his party via Facebook, promising "alcohol and sh*t yarns" would be provided.
In another Facebook post about the event, Key said "a f**k load of alcohol" was being provided free of charge, "so no need to BYO".
With the party taking place at the Key family home in Parnell, he also laid out some party-going rules.
"Firstly, as you can imagine, security needs to be quite tight, so no name on list = no entry. A photo ID will be needed," Key wrote.
"As the event is at my house, we'd like it to be no smoking. I know this sucks for some durry munchers, but this is my parents' wishes." (sic).
Key goes on to tell party-goers that two buses will be leaving his house later in the evening to go to an event at a bar in Britomart.
"I can't wait to see you all, it's going to be an epic night," he wrote.
The Facebook invitation Spy saw had more than 150 people attending the party.
Key, who appears to have bleached his hair ahead of the big birthday, has certainly been busy the last few weeks.
He DJed for a large Christchurch crowd last week and is in the middle of a two-week shoot for a racy video for his second single.
Produced by Lily and Louis director Jon Ramage, the video is being shot in Auckland, Waiheke and Mt Maunganui, with a sexy model making a steamy appearance.
And it's been a big week for John Key and his wife Bronagh, too.
As well as hosting their son's 21st at home this Friday, the couple were in Paris over the weekend, attending daughter Stephie's graduation from art school.


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Based purely on the Michael Fassbender movie (the one Woz praised as being closest in comparison to the real guy), I'd say a deeply egotistical E/INTJ.
- He's certainly an Extroverted Sensor - he had a strong sense of style and presence, and knew how to captivate attention. However, the trendy diets he would take, and his poor hygiene when he was younger, point to Tertiary/Inferior Se. Certainly an Introverted Intuitive - he'd rather follow his own personal vision then bow to any other possibilities.
- Introverted Feeling / Extroverted Thinking, for sure - but he skirted responsibility he had no interest in taking on, and would desperately rationalise it away when confronted. He was deeply selfish and only chose to engage people in order to tear them down, treating them either as walls in a corridor, or nails to bash in with a hammer. Very, very mean - had no interest in the people around him liking him. Points to Tertiary/Inferior Fi.
- Then it's just a case of choosing whether he was an Extrovert or Introvert. I'm inclined to say Introvert, but it could go either way.
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ENFJ with strong ISTP shadow. He always struck me more as a cultist or sales person than a very deep or practical thinker.
my vibe has always been enfj 3w4 sx/so.
my favorite steve jobs line was "keeper and protector of the vision." seems to be experience-driven, marketing/genius, brand-connecting first and foremost.
i don't see an e5. we tend to get lost in the details and aren't as good at that through-line, at that quality of focus for impact. apple has been so successful at creating a feel for people and an identity around their work. istp focus is more based on expedience. apple constantly tries to be revolutionary, ratcheting up scale of the idea rather than sheer production/sales. to me, there seems to be a different focus on legacy there.
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FIRST Minister Alex Salmond is facing a huge task in the run-up to the independence referendum — persuading 16 and 17-year-olds to VOTE.
Here Hamira Khan, chief officer of the Scottish Youth Parliament, tells LISA ADAMS why she believes polling booths in supermarkets are among the ideas that could help get them out to the ballot box.
POLITICS is not just for geeks.
It's about the choices we make and the chance to make all of our lives better.
It's about what's going on in the real world, from the bills we pay to funding for street lighting.
Getting young people to vote is not an easy task by any means. It can be hard to mobilise young people.
It's so important that 16- year-olds have a voice.
They're old enough to have a job, to pay tax, join the Army, live alone and even to get married. It makes no sense that they're not old enough to vote.
You can't give people a stake in society then say we don't think you're old enough to vote. But don't patronise young people. Politicians need to be genuine. They need to go where young people are and talk to them directly about things they care about.
It doesn't work to treat young people as voting fodder as they'll see right through that.
There's no point in trying to tune in to 16 and 17-year-olds just a couple of months before the referendum.
That's too late. It needs to happen now.
Social media is powerful because it reaches so many people so quickly. It's a fantastic way to get messages out there. Sometimes it's about getting straight to the point. Forget complicated words and long speeches. Say what you need to in plain English then move on.
It's 'what can you tell me in 140 characters on Twitter?' If you can't tell me in 140 characters then go back and have a think about how you can. Having polling booths in supermarkets or at youth clubs or community centres or where young people hang out will make a difference to the number of people who turn out to vote too.
Speed debating workshops where everyone in the audience has an X Factor style voting pad, and can instantly indicate if they agree or disagree with a speaker, have proved hugely popular with the 14 to 25-year-olds who are members of the youth parliament. But young people have a responsibility too. If young people want politicians to listen to them then they must go to the ballot box and make their voice heard.
Our message is that voting doesn't make someone a geek but it does mean they have a say in Scotland's future.
Minister Nicola Sturgeon at Holyrood tomorrow to discuss the problem of
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The true measure of student success
What is a true measure of student success?
Student grades, FCAT proficiency and school grades all have their place in education, and they all have their supporters and their critics. Inevitably, people will continue to question the impact of schools and educators on the student. Just as often, educators question what impact they themselves have on the student.
Fortunately, this past week provided the faculty and staff at Lake Weir Middle School with the opportunity to witness great success. It is, however, success that is not measured by any standardized gauge.
Thanks to the hard work of the faculty and staff, in conjunction with the support of the community, LWMS was able to provide Thanksgiving dinners to 85 students' families. The amazing part of this story is what our students learned from LWMS's efforts.
Not only did the students witness the hard work, compassion and gratitude of LWMS's faculty, they saw many students and their families benefit directly from those actions. Our students are learning that LWMS does truly care about them and is committed to helping them in any way possible. It is a lesson not lost on our students.
For Lake Weir Middle, the term "Title 1 school" translates into 1,005 students out of 1,320 students being on the Free and Reduced Lunch Program. Yet, during the recent food drive, the student body brought in 3,200 food items. The items were donated to the food pantry in Ocklawaha run by the United Methodist Church and will help feed those in need in the students' own neighborhoods.
One can, one box, one item at a time, the students have shown us that they have succeeded in learning some of life's most important lessons being taught at LWMS � the need for hard work, the need to show gratitude, the need to show compassion and the need to help those less fortunate.
That should spell success by anyone's measure.
Susan Scofield
Guidance Counselor
Lake Weir Middle School
Facts or ideology?
Thank you for printing Congressman Stearns' "Use facts in health care debate." I certainly agree with Congressman Stearns that facts ought to determine the outcome of the current debate on health care.
My concern is the "questionable methodology," to use his term, he employs to determine what facts about health care really are. His quotations are taken from John Goodman's (president of the National Center for Policy Analysis, a right-wing think tank noted for its ideological rigidity, not its objectivity) "analysis" of a juried article in the American Journal of Public Health by Dr. David Himmelstein and Dr. Steffie Woolhandler.
The article by Drs. Himmelstein and Woolhandler concludes that 45,000 Americans die each year from a lack of health care coverage. Instead of doing his own analysis of the Himmelstein/Woolhandler article, Congressman Stearns relied on the ideologically biased report of the NCPA.
Congressman Stearns then goes on to tag Himmelstein and Woolhandler (along with Congressman Alan Grayson) as "big fans of socialized medicine."
It's a pity that Congressman Stearns has to retreat to stereotypical language (the "socialized medicine" canard) to end his essay. His distorted summary of votes by Congressman Grayson degrades Stearns' credibility.
Congressman Stearns is an intelligent and educated man. Too bad he had to descend to diatribe instead of sticking to the "facts."
Roger F. Cooper
The Villages
A great symphony, too!
Your editorial on Thanksgiving Day was a fine reminder that we who live in Ocala have many reasons to be thankful. Ocala/Marion County, as you have said, "is thriving, a place people from across the land migrate to in search of the wonderful lifestyle that has been become our hallmark."
In the editorial, you cited several fine organizations that play an important role in the cultural life of our community and enhance our lifestyle. It was disappointing that you did not cite the Ocala Symphony Orchestra in that group.
Established in 1975 as the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra and recently renamed the Ocala Symphony Organization, it surely should be recognized for its role in the cultural life of the Ocala/Marion County community. Its motto is "A Great Community Deserves a Great Orchestra."
With a new, young and talented musical director to lead a seasoned group of performers, the 2009-10 concert season will be a great one. If you have not attended a concert, I invite you to be among the many who enjoy and support the Ocala Symphony. As you have so correctly said, "Ocala is a great place to live." The Ocala Symphony is among the great organizations that make it so.
E.B. Watson
Past President
Central Florida Symphony
Too early, too ugly
Today, as I was driving in the area of 25th Avenue and Silver Springs Boulevard, I began to notice how ugly the landscaping was. There was something very out of place. Then it hit me.
Instead of trees lining the road, there were plastic chairs and "crime scene" kind of tape.
I know people like to get a good spot to view the Christmas parade, but this was four days beforehand. Are they that desperate to make sure they secure a spot?
Ocala is known to be a scenic town, but if an out-of-towner drove through, that wouldn't be the thought.
I don't understand why this is allowed. I noticed some chairs very close to the curb. All they would need is one gust of wind and they would be in the street, causing a potential accident.
I think it is very tacky and embarrassing as an Ocalan. I would hope in the future this would not be allowed till the morning of the parade.
Kathy Klements
Parade grinch
The Christmas parade is a joyful event families look forward to each year. Our children love the colors, music and, the best part, Santa.
Each year, we put our chairs out to make sure we get a good view for our little ones to see well. This year, my daughter and I put our chairs in front of an empty service station. The next day, someone had thrown them aside and put pegs up with tape.
Now come on, this a community affair. That's not right and plain rude. Everyone enjoys a happy time, and someone put a damper on ours.
Julie Tierney
Silver Springs
Dangerous dogs
I read with interest today the article on the proposed revisions to the Dangerous Dog Ordinance for Marion County. There will be a meeting with the commissioners on Dec. 14 which will address this ordinance and allow citizens to speak.
As responsible citizens, we want safety from dog bites and dogs at large. We also want to assure that our own dogs are not unfairly deemed vicious dogs, which recently happened to Patricia McBee and her collies.
One additional thing I believe that needs to be addressed at the meeting is the leash law, which exists in Marion County for both dogs and cats. Many people do not follow the leash law. I would like to see the fines for animals running at large drastically increased after the first offense. Perhaps if we hit some of the repeat-offending dog owners in the pocketbook, it would impress them. I think that complaints of animals running at large should be more seriously addressed and followed up on by animal control officers.
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The U.S. Department of Transportation announced rules Monday to protect airline passengers from lengthy tarmac delays, but some aviation experts said the regulations might only lead to more canceled flights.
Chief among the rules issued by Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood is a provision that prohibits U.S. airlines from keeping domestic flights on the tarmac for more than three hours without deplaning passengers. For international flights, carriers "must specify, in advance, their own time limits for deplaning passengers," the DOT said.
The restriction is "subject to safety or security-related reasons determined by (the) pilot," the agency added.
When planes remain on the tarmac either before takeoff or after landing, the rules require U.S. airlines to provide food and water to passengers within two hours.
The new rules also require airlines to "provide operable lavatory facilities, as well as adequate medical attention if needed, while the aircraft remains on the tarmac."
Airlines will be subject to penalties up to $27,500 per violation, per passenger, said DOT spokeswoman Olivia Alair.
The new rules are expected to take effect in about 120 days.
DOT officials said the rules are in response to a number of incidents in which passengers were stranded in planes for well over three hours. The department noted that it recently fined Continental Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines and Mesaba Airlines a total of $175,000 for their roles in a nearly six-hour ground delay at Rochester, Minn.
"The proposed rules will benefit some passengers but will also create flight cancellations and greater delays for other passengers," said David Stempler, president of the Air Travelers Association, an airline passenger advocacy group.
Benefits for passengers
The DOT's rules put in place many of the measures that passenger advocates have been asking for in so-called Passenger Bill of Rights proposals for a decade or more.
The rules require carriers to address issues such as:
• Offering the lowest fare available.
• Notifying travelers of delays, cancellations and diversions.
• Delivering baggage on time.
• Offering prompt ticket refunds.
• Adequately accommodating disabled and special-needs passengers.
• "Handling 'bumped' passengers with fairness and consistency in the case of oversales."
Jessica Schmidt of Fort Collins said she sat on the tarmac at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York for more than six hours in June, waiting to depart for Denver.
Much of the delay was due to a lightning storm over JFK, which caused a shutdown of the airport, Schmidt said. "We sat out there; it got pretty ripe, pretty stuffy."
She said she doubts the new rules will lead carriers to cancel more flights. "I don't think it's in any airline's best interest to cancel flights, since then they have to deal with rebooking everyone," Schmidt said.
If airlines are forced to return aircraft to gates and deplane passengers to avoid being nabbed by the new tarmac delay rule, it could lead in some cases to flight crews being "timed out" — having exceeded their flight duty times, said David Castelveter, spokesman for the Air Transport Association, which represents carriers hauling most U.S. passengers.
That could mean even longer flight delays and more inconvenience for travelers, he said.
Castelveter added that the large fines airlines face for violating the tarmac rule might lead carriers to conclude it is not even worth trying to get some flights out in inclement weather.
Positive response
All airlines did not agree the rule is onerous, however. Spokeswoman Lindsey Purves said Frontier Airlines will have no problem complying.
"The safety and comfort of our passengers have always been our number one priority, which is why we already have a similar internal program in place for managing irregular operations," Purves said.
She added that "tarmac delays of extended length have not been a significant issue for Frontier Airlines, and we see no reason why the DOT rule would prompt any additional or pre-emptive cancellations."
The DOT under the Bush administration convened a Tarmac Delay Task Force that made a number of recommendations for reducing the incidences of planes being delayed on the airfield.
But the rules announced by LaHood have far more stringent provisions.
They require carriers to:
• Adopt contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays.
• Respond to consumer complaints.
• Publish information on flight delays on their websites.
• Adopt customer service plans and audit them.
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Number of three- to four-hour delays for all of 2008 and the first 10 months of this year at DIA.
Commercial carrier takeoffs and landings at DIA during that same period.
Average number of U.S. flights in 2007 and 2008 with delays of more than three hours.
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"Christ has come, the Light of the world. Long ages may yet elapse before
His beams have reduced the world to order and beauty, and clothed a
purified humanity with light as with a garment. But He has come:
The Revealer of the snares and chasms that lurk in darkness,
The Rebuker of every evil thing that prowls by night,
The Stiller of the storm-winds of passion,
The Quickener of all that is wholesome,
The Adorner of all that is beautiful,
The Reconciler of contradictions, The Harmonizer of discords,
The Healer of diseases, The Savior from sin.
He has come:
The Torch of Truth, the Anchor of Hope, the Pillar of Faith,
The Rock for strength, the Refuge for security,
The Fountain for refreshment, the Vine for gladness,
The Rose for beauty, The Lamb for tenderness,
The Friend for counsel, the Brother for love.
Jesus has trod the world.
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We may not be getting as Jean Grey in X-Men: Days Of Future Past, but at least there will be sentinels, right? The mutant hunting robots were hinted at in the abysmal X3, but now we're finally getting a look at Bolivar Trask's creations, courtesy of trask-industries.com. Game of Thrones star will be playing the 20th Century's ultimate bigot - the man responsible for eventually placing mutants in internment camps after discovering the X-gene.
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January 17, 2014
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Multnomah Central Library
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The William Stafford Centennial will be featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Think Out Loud," live from the US Bank Room of Multnomah County's Central Library on 10th Avenue in Portland. Host Dave Miller's guests will be Kim Stafford and Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen.
The broadcast airs at noon and repeats at 8 p.m. It's open to the public, but anyone who wants to come and sit in the audience should be there by 11:45 a.m.


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As you're tracking your PPC campaign, you should also have a set of key performance indicators (KPIs)
that you compare your results to. KPIs are performance indicators that you develop based on the
long- and short-term goals you have in place for your PPC campaigns. These indicators are of value
for deciding when it's time to change some element of your PPC campaign.
Reducing Pay-per-Click Costs
The one phrase associated with PPC campaigns that you're likely to hear more often than "conver-
sion rate" is "reducing costs." In today's world, every penny invested in advertising and marketing
needs to be well spent, and PPC campaigns are no exception. Budgets must be monitored and main-
tained, and that means finding a way to reduce the costs associated with your PPC campaigns.
During the early years of PPC advertising, you could pretty much figure a bid for a keyword or phrase
and then assume that you didn't need to monitor it too closely. But that was before PPC advertising
became one of the most effective advertising methods used on the Internet. Today, the competition
for PPC keywords and phrases is very high, which means you're likely to spend way more money to
achieve the same rank than you needed to in the past.
If you're not careful about your budgeting habits in the context of a PPC campaign, you could spend
tons of money without getting better results. Management strategies, however, will help you reduce
the cost of your PPC campaigns while maintaining or even improving your click-through and con-
version rates.
Managing PPC campaigns
When you consider management of your PPC campaign in the context of reducing the budget, there's
a lot you can do to reduce your costs without decreasing the effectiveness of your campaign. Your first
step should be to replace any poorly performing ads. Monitoring your ads should already be a key
part of your PPC campaign, so determining those that aren't performing well should be easy.
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earlier, it's not necessary to strive for the top advertising slot. And reducing your keyword bid by a
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History of The Codex of Ultima Wisdom
This article tries to give an overview of the history of The Codex of Ultima Wisdom, the wiki this article is currently in.
Note: This is a draft and made from memory. Other members should add from their memory as well.
Before the Codex[edit]
The roots of the Codex lie in a time before it actually existed. Originally the Codex had been a wiki for the Ultima V remake Lazarus, founded early in 2006 at the wikia-hoster Wikia (called Wikicities at the time). It was informally called the "Ultima V: Lazarus Wikicity".[1] One of the founding members was Asfaloth.
However, the wiki never really took off. It sported less than 30 articles after half a year and otherwise was pretty much deserted by that time. It would have been forgotten, if not for a coincidence in fate that led to its re-animation.
The Beginning[edit]
In December 2006, the user Wwwwolf proposed the creation of a more general Ultima wiki. Wikia suggested to change the focus of the Lazarus wiki instead, so Wwwwolf was made the admin of the site and started to work towards that purpose.[2] The wiki was renamed "The Codex of Editable Wisdom", or "The Editable Codex" for short (in reference to the Codex of Ultimate Wisdom).
In December 31 2006, the user Tribun discovered this wiki, which was still mainly about Lazarus. Since he had lots of time at hand, he decided to contribute and fill it with life as there was no other wiki about the main Ultima games online. The basic structure the Codex (which it still has now) was developed in roughly a month. However, for the first two years, the Codex was mostly a one-man effort, and lack of experience with coding and wiki-standards made it difficult to improve the wiki and to make it grow even more.
The fact that there were very few contributors to the wiki led to a slump in submissions after the first year, which lasted for 2008 and half of 2009. During that time the wiki didn't change much.
Time of Change[edit]
The situation changed significantly in later 2009 and early 2010. This time saw many new users like Dungy, Terilem, Sega381 and Polygoncount arrive, who would bring fresh wind into the project. Also, Fenyx4 became much more active during that time, getting administrator privileges in early 2010, and Tribun rediscovered work on the wiki. This time saw a flood of new articles and many improvements in navigation and quality of the articles.
In early October 2010, Blu3vib3 joined. Her constant work for major improvement of article content and covering of the more obscure topics enriched the Codex a lot. During that time, the Codex began to cover Ultima Online as well and also started to add lore quotes to all articles for further information.
Moving to Aiera[edit]
Later October 2010 brought great change. Wikia made big changes on their hosting policies, including a forced new skin that broke many articles and made reading a pain. The choice was made to leave Wikia behind and move the wiki to Ultima Aiera instead, with WTF Dragon providing hosting. The new version of the wiki was renamed "The Codex of Ultima Wisdom", or "The Ultima Codex" for short. A copy of the wiki was left at Wikia, though no one was left to maintain it. That now-outdated copy was renamed to simply be "The Ultima Wiki".
Once the move was complete, the Codex began to vastly increase its content. During that time, besides content expansion, quality and navigation were improved, while most illustrations from the manuals and cluebooks were replaced with high-quality scans.
Aiera itself turned into a bigger Ultima site in April 2012, changing its name to become, confusingly enough, The Ultima Codex. The Codex of Ultima Wisdom remains as a section of the new Ultima Codex website.
As of now this is still the current status quo, although by now, most content has been added.


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This question is about the C++ Boost program_options library.
All the tutorials are very clear that I should call
notify() is a member function of value_semantic. It is a hook that is provided so that, once the final value of an option is determined, any action that should be taken with that option can be done automatically and be encapsulated in its own function. This prevents code from having one long function that acts on each of the options. As the possible options grow, that kind of procedural code can get unwieldy.
You can see an example of setting a notify function in the Boost manual:
options_description desc;
("compression", value<int>()->default_value(10), "compression level")
("email", value< vector<string> >()
->composing()->notifier(&your_function), "email")
These declarations specify that default value of the first option is 10, that the second option can appear several times and all instances should be merged, and that after parsing is done, the library will call function &your_function, passing the value of the "email" option as argument.