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Scott Ambler is chief methodologist/Agile and Lean for IBM Rational.
In This Issue
- Introduction to Kanban
- Take the "State of the IT Union" Survey and potentially win a copy of "Innovate the Future" by David Croslin.
- Hot Links
Introduction to Kanban
Kanban is a lean method which has taken the agile community by storm the past year or so. Dr. Dobb's has examined the method in Experiences with Kanban, and David J. Anderson's long-awaited book (long awaited by me at least) KANBAN: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business was recently released by Blue Hole Press. In a nutshell, Kanban describes a strategy for IT departments to systematically improve their approach to solution delivery based on lean and agile strategies.
Kanban is Japanese for "signal card", in physical systems the card is associated with a single piece of work to indicate where that work is in the overall process. In software delivery, due to its virtual nature, each kanban represents a single piece of work (a nuance). Either way, the number of kanban available is equivalent to the agreed to capacity of a system/process. New work can start only when a card is available, and a card becomes available only when a previous piece of work is complete, implying that new work must wait in queue until existing work is complete. This is known as a pull system because work is pulled into it by the people performing the work, instead of a "push system" where someone or something outside of the team pushes work into the system.
The Kanban method is a collection of principles and strategies which exhibit those principles. Kanban is arguably even more nebulous than Extreme Programming (XP), a collection of values, principles, and practices and certainly more nebulous than Scrum which prescribes a lifecycle, several roles, a handful of practices, and a collection of philosophies. Kanban starts with the existing workflow and process which are in place and then improves things from there -- the primary implications are that Kanban can be applied in more than just agile situations and that it's potentially simple to adopt. The heart of Kanban is to limit work in progress (WIP) and to pull work through the team via visual signaling. Kanban also promotes both agile and lean strategies to streamline the overall process; small batch transfers to reduce lead time; prioritization by value to maximize return on investment (ROI); managing risk to increase your chance of success; making progress based on imperfect information (just good enough gets the job done!) to reduce time to delivery; responding to change to increase your likelihood of delivery something of value; and building a high-trust environment to improve collaboration amongst everyone involved.
Kanban software development teams follow five principles:
- Visualize workflow. Teams will use a Kanban board, often a physical whiteboard or corkboard although electronic boards can also be used, which displays kanbans which indicate where in the process a piece of work is. The board is typically organized into columns, each one of which represents a stage in the process or a work buffer or queue, and optionally rows indicating the allocation of capacity to classes of service. Each kanban should have sufficient information, such as the name and ID of the work item and due date (if any), to enable project-management decisions by the team without the direction of a manager. The goal is to visually communicate enough information to make the process self-organizing and self-expediting at the team level. The board is directly updated by team members throughout the day as the work proceeds, and blocking issues are identified during daily stand-up meetings. This is one difference between Kanban and agile methods such as Scrum -- where Scrum suggests you focus both on blocking issues and status issues (such as who did what yesterday and what they think they'll do today) Kanban focuses on the high-value blocking discussions only.
- Limit work in progress (WIP). Limiting work in progress reduces average lead time, which improves the quality of the work produced and thereby increases overall productivity of your team. Reducing lead time also increases your ability to deliver valuable functionality frequently, which helps to build trust with your stakeholders. To limit work in progress you need to understand where your blocking issues are, and then address them quickly, and to reduce queue and buffer sizes wherever you can. There are some interesting tradeoffs: although buffers and queues add WIP, and therefore increase lead time, they also smooth over the workflow and increase the predictability of lead time. The implication is that because every team is different, you will have different WIP limits that you'll need to set and then evolve yourself based on empirical results from experimentation.
- Measure and manage flow. Kanban teams produce valuable solutions to the business in a steady flow, not just as a project at a time. One aspect of achieving this is that you need to understand the demand profile of the organization that you're supporting so that the Kanban process design can reflect the different demands for different types of work. For example, are there seasonal differences in the way that requests for new features arrive? Do you need to support legislated requirements? Is your team responsible for addressing production problems, some of which may be immediate? Do you need to support requirements with fixed delivery dates? Do you need to support "expedited requirements" which are very high priority? The implication is that your Kanban system may need to support several classes of service to be effective.
- Make process policies explicit. A Kanban team will define policies around WIP, prioritization (replenishment of the work queue), delivery cadence, lead time for given classes of service, and how issues will be addressed/escalated to name a few. These policies must be explicit, reflect the situation which the team faces, known to both the team and their stakeholders, and sufficiently malleable so that they can be evolved over time.
- Use models to recognize improvement opportunities. Kanban teams should reflect on, and then improve, the process which they follow. A common technique popularized in the lean software development books written by Mary and Tom Poppendieck is called value stream mapping, a process modeling technique which focuses on identifying value-added activities and the wait times between such activities. This fairly simple technique enables you to visualize which aspects of your process are wasteful and therefore candidates for improvement.
In addition to the five principles, Anderson describes several very interesting philosophies which I feel are important to truly understand Kanban.
- First, the main reason to adopt Kanban is improve your existing software delivery process -- it isn't to do a revolutionary overhaul through the adoption of new processes, but instead to build on your existing environment which is already working (albeit not perfectly) and make it better. The belief is that it is better to optimize what already exists because it is easier, faster, and will meet with less resistance than introducing a "radical" change.
- Second, processes need to be adapted for each specific situation because people are unique, teams are unique, organizations are unique, and the situation which a team finds itself in is unique. This is a philosophy that I've promoted myself over the years, and which I've been focusing lately on with my work on the Agile Scaling Model (ASM).
- Third, frequent releases provide concrete visibility into the progress of a team and thereby builds trust with their stakeholders.
- Fourth, Kanban asks to business to engage collaboratively with the development teams, something that I promote with Agile Modeling's practice of active stakeholder participation, and not just with a stakeholder surrogate such as a business analyst or product owner.
- Fifth, Kanban teams engage in a long-term service provider relationship with the business, you don't create a Kanban team for a single project and then disband it, and as a result they are committing to a long-term relationship instead of a short-term piece of work.
- Sixth, the true measure of success is business value delivered, not just working software, bringing a greater and more mature focus on delivering consumable solutions.
There are several important differences compared with agile strategies.
- First, Kanban dispenses with the concept of iterations (also known as "sprints" or "time boxes") in favor of a continuous flow of work. This in turn also decouples the cadences of several common activities or events such as work prioritization, development, reflections, and delivery. For example, you may choose to have a work prioritization meeting every Monday morning, an internal demo every second Wednesday afternoon, a reflection/retrospective meeting on an as needed basis, and release into production on the first business day of alternate months.
- Second, Kanban teams pull work into the system in different classes of service. This reduces some of the bureaucracy inherent in mainstream agile methods such as Scrum because it gets rid of the estimation overhead for most classes of service while at the same time focusing resources on continuous delivery of your solution. This continuous flow of delivery increases predictability, reducing the business risk associated with the effort, which in turn leads to greater trust in the team.
- Third, the combination of explicit policies, transparency, and visualization empowers team members to understand the overall process, to make their own decisions, and to manage risk. As a result Kanban teams are not only self-organizing they're also self-expediting.
So why should you consider Kanban? An important benefit of Kanban is that it provides simple mechanisms for teams to flush out issues that impair their performance, motivating them to focus on addressing the actual problem instead of on symptoms of the problem. Kanban also makes blocked work items explicit to everyone on the team, and because it isn't easy to ignore blocked items team members with slack time are motivated to swarm over a problem and address it quickly to remove the block. Kanban provides transparency into both the work and the process, showing how work is passed from one group to another and thereby improving understanding and teamwork. This helps teams to organize themselves more effectively and provides senior management with the visibility required to govern effectively (if they choose to take that opportunity). Finally, the combination of improved flow and quality shortens lead times, which in turn improves performance and predictability. Improved performance and predictability increases your ability to treat IT like a business instead of an opaque morass of unfulfilled promises.
The observation that I want to leave you with is that Kanban isn't paradigm specific. In other words, it can be used to improve the strategy followed by agile teams, but traditional teams, and potentially even ad-hoc teams. The majority of organizations have teams following different processes, or at least different tailorings of the same base process, and Kanban may provide a common way for them to make systemic improvements across the board.


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Americans Elect makes Colorado's ballot in 2012 as 'minor political party'
Secretary of State Scott Gessler on Tuesday announced that a petition submitted on behalf of Americans Elect has been found sufficient — qualifying the nonpartisan organization as a new minor political party in the state.
Americans Elect — created to provide voters with an alternative way to nominate the president in 2012 — submitted thousands of signatures to the secretary of state's office earlier this month hoping to secure a line on next year's ballot.
Representatives from the nonprofit based out of Washington, D.C. turned in 17,954 signatures to the office. Of that total 12,191 were deemed sufficient. Under state law, a petition to qualify as a minor political party must contain at least 10,000 valid signatures of registered Colorado voters.
Americans Elect is in the process of reaching its goal of attaining ballot access in all 50 states. In order to achieve this it must gather signatures and meet ballot access requirements in each state, which possess different laws.
Over the next few weeks Gessler will update the online voter registration and the state's voter registration forms to include the new minor political party designation.
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Read here from nfl.com re the possibility that any sort of marketing deal/bribe may end up costing the Pack cap room. Sounds like it needs further processing by the league to determine if this would indeed be the case. I can pretty safely say that if we end up paying Favre $20-25 million to not play and some or all of that money counts against the cap, I will not be happy. If it comes to that we should get on the phone asap with the Vikings so we can get rid of this contract – and maybe pick up Antione Winfield or a 3rd round pick or something to make this all hurt less.
Would the Packers bribe count against the cap?
3 Responses to "Would the Packers bribe count against the cap?"
VaCheezHead Says:
August 2, 2008 at 11:13 am |
Steve…Don't know if you saw this quote from Silverstein this morning
If Favre signs the deal, there is a "stockpiling" rule that would prevent him from making a comeback this season. Former long snapper Rob Davis spoke of such a rule upon his retirement and acceptance of a full-time job as the Packers' director of player development in March.
There is only a small window through which a player who has a non-playing contract with a club can still apply for reinstatement, but it closes well before the start of the regular season. NFL spokesman Greg Aiello confirmed that the rule existed and said any player on the reserve/retired list who was employed by a club off the field would not be eligible for the roster after the cut-down to 75 players.
This year, the deadline for teams to cut their rosters to 75 is 3 p.m. Aug. 26″
They are not sure how much if any would count against cap.
Ron La Canne Says:
August 2, 2008 at 11:32 am |
"Executives believe the league would have to rule this way(add $20 million to the Cap) because Green Bay would be deriving a football benefit: Keeping Favre away from its team, which it wants, and keeping him away from opponents, which it also wants."
This quote from the NFL.com article just adds fuel to increase the strain on my already over taxed circulatory system. Just how high can my blood pressure go before I explode?
Deriving "football value" by having someone not show up? My poor Packers are now facing the wrath of a bunch of pencil-neck Silicon Valley owners. Of course, they do give away their real motive in the same sentence. "And keeping him away from opponents." Make the Packers release him and then they negotiate his contract down to their already tight Salary Caps (taking advantage of a manic/depressive and his greedy agent). We know what you jerks are up to. The PR valuse of having Favre on a team would be enormus. The Packers have no ownership voice so lets' just blow them out of the way, "Just like we do to the competition, in our little digital world."
MM's quote at the end of the article give me concern. I've heard spinning in the corporate world trying to m akes things look like they are something they are not. This one fits that category:
"As popular or unpopular as it is, for as tough or as difficult as it is, I think the organization has stood strong," McCarthy said. "They're decisive, and they're continuing to work through this. Everyone wants this resolved, don't get me wrong. No one thought it would get to this point, but this is where we are."
I still feel there is something no one knows that is keeping this fropm resolution. Why the PR offer? Why doesn't the Comish sign the reinstatement letter? How could Minnesota attract Favre's attention with $6 mil. in Cap money available? Favre has made millions every year since the early 90's. Why does the money seem so important here?
Throwback Jersey Says:
August 2, 2008 at 10:47 pm |
Favre needs to retire and cement his legacy.
Minnesota does seem viable but they have holes at WR and couldn't make the playoffs last year when they were rolling.


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Unemployment Carnage: What Jittery Employees Can Do
The headcount is lower than predicted—another 524,000 are jobless. But our unemployment rate is now an anxious 7.2%, at 1993 levels and rising.
If you haven't lost your job yet, you surely know someone who has, contributing to the stomach churn that you might be next. Turn that frown upside down, as they say. Transform that nervous energy into making sure that should you get the call to the conference room next, you're poised to land on your feet, and then some.
First, how's your emergency fund doing? A solid cash stash that keeps you under your roof and in the black is key to allaying a further setback when the paycheck stops coming. The higher you are on the company ladder, the bigger your safety net needs to be. Straight out of college? Three months can do it—entry-level jobs are easier to find and the demands on your money (mortgage, family, etc.) are fewer. Got five-plus-years of experience? Make it six months pay. Have you climbed that ladder higher and have a mortgage, kids, and retirement less than 20 years away? Sock away a years' worth into your emergency fund. And make sure you can afford health coverage between jobs.
When it comes to making yourself stand out amid those high numbers of fellow job-hunters, start today on branding yourself. What makes you and your resume stand out from the crowd? Highlight major accomplishments. Are you a "fixer"? A "closer"? A specialist in a narrow field? Is it worthwhile in your line of work to build and maintain your own Web site? The payoff on taking clues from marketing and advertising along with the introspection you put into how you define yourself—versus how your current boss defines you—can pay off in a very assuring, short lapse in paychecks. We may not be in control of the numbers, but we are in control of raising our chances of not being a number for long.
*Watch On The Money Friday at 10p ET as we break down the jobs report further to find you the missing opportunities*
For more stories from CNBC, go to cnbc.com.


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Desktop-as-a-Service Designed for Any Cloud ? Nutanix Frame
This tip was proposed by Sairama Jamalapuram. Syntax coloring for user-defined keywords is used for C++ files only.
Here are the steps you need to take to enable syntax coloring for user-defined keywords. The steps are taken from the online help.
- In the same directory as msdev.exe (for Visual Studio .Net search for ...\Microsoft Visual Studio.NET\Common7\IDE\devenv.exe), use the Text editor or Windows Notepad to create a text-only file named usertype.dat.
- Add your keywords to usertype.dat, one keyword per line. Note: The usertype.dat file is read during initialization. It cannot be renamed, nor can it be reloaded during an editing session. The syntax coloring mechanism checks the usertype.dat file last. Thus, all previously defined color settings take precedence over the user-defined keywords.
- Save the file as a text-only file, exit, and then restart Visual Studio.
- From the Tools menu, choose Options.
- Select the Format tab.
- In the Colors box, select User Defined Keywords.
- Set the font, font size, foreground color, and background color to your preferences.
- Click OK.
- Restart DevStudio.
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This stellar swarm is M80 (NGC 6093),
one of the densest of the 147 known globular star
clusters in the Milky Way galaxy. Located about
28,000 light-years from Earth, M80 contains hundreds
of thousands of stars, all held together by their
mutual gravitational attraction. Globular clusters
are particularly useful for studying stellar evolution,
since all of the stars in the cluster have the same
age (about 15 billion years), but cover a range
of stellar masses. Every star visible in this image
is either more highly evolved than, or in a few
rare cases more massive than, our own Sun. Especially
obvious are the bright red giants, which are stars
similar to the Sun in mass that are nearing the
ends of their lives.
By analyzing the Wide Field and Planetary
Camera 2 (WFPC2) images, including images taken
through an ultraviolet filter, astronomers have
found a large population of "blue stragglers" in
the core of the cluster. These stars appear to be
unusually young and more massive than the other
stars in a globular cluster. However, stellar collisions
can occur in dense stellar regions like the core
of M80 and, in some cases, the collisions can result
in the merger of two stars. This produces an unusually
massive single star, which mimics a normal, young
star. M80 was previously unknown to contain blue
stragglers but is now known to contain more than
twice as many as any other globular cluster surveyed
with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Based
on the number of blue stragglers, the stellar collision
rate in the core of M80 appears to be exceptionally
M80 is also unusual because it was
the site of a nova explosion in the year 1860. Nova
outbursts occur when a close companion star transfers
fresh hydrogen fuel to a burned-out white dwarf.
Eventually the hydrogen ignites a thermonuclear
explosion on the surface of the white dwarf, giving
rise to the nova outburst. The ultraviolet Hubble
observations have revealed the hot, faint remnant
of this exploding star, which was named T Scorpii
in the 19th century. Curiously, however, the WFPC2
observations have revealed only two other nova-like
close binary stars in M80, far fewer than expected
theoretically based on the stellar collision rate.
So the blue stragglers in M80 seem
to indicate that there are lots of collisions, yet
the nova-like stars suggest only a few. Sometimes
life for astronomers isn't so simple, but it is
from exploring discrepancies like this that our
understanding eventually deepens.
This high-resolution image was created
from 2 separate pointings
of HST. One WFPC2 data set was obtained by Francesco
R. Ferraro (ESO, Bologna Obs.), Barbara Paltrinieri
(U. La Sapienza), Robert T. Rood (U. Virginia),
and Ben Dorman (Raytheon/STX), who study blue
stragglers. The other data set was acquired by Michael
Shara (STScI, AMNH), David Zurek (STScI), and Laurent
Drissen (U. Laval) to search for dwarf novae.
Credit: The Hubble Heritage
Team (STScI/AURA)
Acknowledgment: M. Shara and D. Zurek (AMNH), and
F. Ferraro (ESO)


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One hundred years ago the "Spirit of 1776" suffrage wagon left Manhattan for an intensive month campaigning on Long Island.
Today, July 1, 2013, is the "Spirit of 1776" Wagon Day in New York State because both houses of the state legislature passed resolutions on June 18, 2013 recognizing the wagon's centennial. This doesn't happen every day. Just to add a little juice to the announcement, there were two articles about this day and its significance.
Here's an article from Women's eNews. PDF. And another from the Legislative Gazette in Albany, New York. PDF Votes for Women 2020.
And a NEW VIDEO announcing the publication and distribution of the summer issue of the Suffrage Wagon quarterly newsletter. Here's the Suffrage Wagon quarterly newsletter summer issue in the event you're not on the list.
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Manon Burgat
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I am conducting a path analysis with 1 binary outcome variable (DV), a continuous mediating variable, and 5 continuous IVs. I am using WLSMV as the estimator for this model. My question relates to which standardized coefficients I need to report.
My understanding is that I should report STDYX estimates for pathways between the continuous IVs and the continuous mediating variable. Is that correct?
I'm unsure which estimate to report for the pathway between the continuous mediating variable and the binary outcome variable. I have read in previous posts that I should report the SDTY estimate. Is this correct? If so, I am not able to obtain this from my output, even when I specify STANDARDIZED (STDY).
I have found a formula for STDY in the userguide (bStdY = b/SD(y)) but I am unclear on how to calculate this. Does "SD(y)" stand for the standard deviation of my mediating variable? Can you tell me what 'b' stands for? Where do I obtain these values?
Apologies for the long question.
Thanks in advance.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 11:24 am
In a conditional model, use StdYX for continuous covariates and StdY for binary covariates.
b is a regression coefficient. SD(y) is the standard deviation of y.
Manon Burgat
posted on Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 5:50 pm
Thanks for this. Okay, so am I correct in thinking that 'b' is the unstandardised estimate provided in the output prior to the standardized model results? And is "SD(y)" the standard deviation of my binary DV?
Kind regards.
Manon Burgat
posted on Thursday, June 27, 2013 - 7:07 pm
Hi again,
I also need to clarify that I have a binary dependent (outcome) variable, rather than a binary covariate. For example - "v2 ON v1" - where v2 is binary categorical.
My question is - Can you tell me which standardised estimate I should report for this path - Std StdYX or StdY?
The userguide states the following on pg.642: "StdY should be used for binary covariates because a standard deviation change of a binary variable is not meaningful. The standardized coefficient bStdY is interpreted as the change in y in y standard deviation units when x changes from zero to one."
If Y = DV and X = IV, it does not make sense to me to calculate StdY, as this formula includes the standard deviation of the DV, which is a binary variable.
Thanks in advance.
Linda K. Muthen
posted on Friday, June 28, 2013 - 5:52 am
Continuous covariate -- StdYX
Binary covariate -- StdY
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Lieutenant j.g. Aloysius Schmitt had just finished morning mass aboard the USS Oklahoma. Acting chaplain of the Okie, a Sunday meant a busy day for him, a relaxed day for almost everyone else on board the ship. Since they were in port and the country was at peace a Sunday was a day of rest. Besides, the port was a tropical paradise. Life was good for the crew of the Okie.
Father Schmitt, born on December 4, 1909, was an Iowan, about as far from the sea as it is possible to be in the US. Studying in Rome for the priesthood, he was ordained on December 8, 1935. After serving at parishes in Dubuque Iowa and Cheyenne, Wyoming, Father Schmitt received permission to join the Navy and was commissioned a Lieutenant j.g. on June 28, 1939.
On December 7, 1941 at 8:00 AM the Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor began. The Oklahoma and the other battleships on battleship row were the primary targets. Alarms began to sound on the Oklahoma, and the ship was hit almost immediately by nine torpedoes from Japanese torpedo bombers. The ship began to list badly and every sailor knew that it was probably just a few minutes before the Okie would capsize.
Father Schmitt was lucky. He found his way to a compartment with a few other men. A small porthole was available to escape to safety. Father Schmitt began to shove the other men through. After everyone else was out and the compartment was rapidly filling with water, Father Schmitt began to struggle through the porthole. Then he heard other men begin to enter the compartment. Realizing that every second was precious if those men were to be saved, Lieutenant Schmitt ordered the men on the outside to push him back into the compartment so that he could push the newcomers through the porthole. The sailors begged him to come out and told him he would never get out alive if he went back in. Father Schmitt pulled rank as an officer and a priest of Jesus Christ: "Please let go of me, and may God bless you all." Father Schmitt kept pushing men through the porthole until the compartment was flooded and he was killed. He saved 12 lives that day. Four weeks later at a Protestant service in San Francisco, a Jewish sailor told how he owed his life to a Catholic priest.
Chaplain Schmitt was the first American chaplain to die in World War II. For his courage he was awarded the Navy and Marine medal in 1942 and a destroyer, the USS Schmitt, was named in his honor in 1943.


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It's time for the final major championship of the season - Glory's Last Shot - the PGA Championship at the breathtaking Whistling Straits in Kohler, Wisc.
So far, it's been an outstanding year for majors. Phil Mickelson had an emotional victory at the Masters. Graeme McDowell won the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach on Father's Day with his father walking along every step of the way. Formerly little-known South African Louis Oosthuizen put on a clinic in his unlikely, yet methodical win in the Open Championship at the birthplace of golf, St. Andrews.
All three players have earned a spot in the PGA of America Grand Slam of Golf in Bermuda - the most difficult tournament in the world to qualify as it features the year's four major champions. Who will round out the foursome that heads to lovely Bermuda in October?
That's where you come into the equation. PGA.com asked its Facebook fans earlier this week: Who do you think will win the PGA Championship at Whistling Straits?
You covered loads and loads of names - some usual suspects, some surprises. Here are the top 9:
Tiger Woods. It doesn't matter that Tiger has yet to win in 2010, according to the majority of you, he's still the favorite whenever he tees it up. Will this be the case at Whistling Straits? If history is any indication, probably not. Woods tied for 24th when the PGA Championship was held at Whistling Straits in 2004.
Facebook fan quotes:
"I would like to see Tiger win and shut up all the detractors. I also would like to see him golf in more tournaments too. Not just once a month like he used to. He hasn't been golfing great, so what does he do, he doesn't golf? Makes very little sense." -- Martin Mulrenin
"Always rooting for Tiger no matter what!!" -- Kimmi P.
"Tiger Woods will re-emerge to win the next 4 majors... then next year at this time we will be looking for a Grand Slam (all in the same year)." -- Anthony Razzano
"I'll put another vote in for Tiger because he is, after all, the greatest golfer of all time and because I wouldn't mind if all you folks that judge and have never done anything wrong cringe. Go Tiger!" -- Jess Fowler
"Can't wait to go and watch it on Saturday. I'd love to see Tiger grab the title and show he's back!" -- Douglas Wruck
"Tiger makes his come back." -- David Turetzky
"Tiger... It's his comeback time." -- Kevin Stiles
"Tiger, at some time the best will rise, and he is far and away the best." -- Mark Reckner
Phil Mickelson. The reigning Masters champion has enjoyed a fine season with just one missed cut in 14 starts. He's a great pick at Whistling Straits, having tied for sixth there in 2004. Plus, as many of you pointed out, bookend majors would make for what has already been an extra special year for the Mickelson family.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Mickelson's got this one and the number one ranking!" -- Tim Johnson
"Phil all the way!" -- Pete Kountanis
"Phil Mickelson… a couple of major bookends this year and a No. 1 world ranking to top it off!" -- Michael Garrity
"Phil... started the year winning the first major, hopefully ends it winning the last one." -- James Q. Gross
"The Europeans have had a strong showing this year, but I think Phil is going to keep the trophy in the U.S." -- Steve Hausman
Lee Westwood. I'm with the rest of you - Westwood absolutely has to win a major sooner or later! The guy plays great at seemingly every major championship he tees it up in. He's got 10 top-10 finishes in the four big ones in his career, including four in his last six. Amazing stuff. Westwood did miss the cut at Whistling Straits in 2004, but he's a different, more confident player today than he was then.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Not Tiger or Phil because they can't hit the ball straight enough. I'm thinking Lee Westwood and he leap frogs Phil and Tiger for world No. 1!" -- Daniel Green
"Lee Westwood! It's about time for his well deserved crowning! Don't rule out good old Ernie Els - don't think Tiger or Phil will even get into top 3." -- Maleek Misbah
"I'll take a darkhorse. A first-timer even. Give me Lee Westwood!" -- Joseph Dieffenbach
"It's the year of the International player… Westwood." -- Rusty Darter
Steve Stricker. A major is the only element missing from Stricker's resume and, granted, that's a big vacancy. You can try, but to no avail, you won't find a nicer guy on Tour. A win at Whistling Straits would prove to be the mother of all wins for Stricker, a Wisconsin native.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Hope it will be Steve Stricker since he is the Wisconsin native; but realistically, maybe Phil Mickelson." -- Vicki Bass
"Stricker - of course!!" -- Jean Ayers
Padraig Harrington. Sure, he hasn't been the Paddy we all saw win three majors in two years lately, but the fact remains that Harrington is someone we've grown accustomed to expecting to be a contender in the big ones. Plus, he's got something to prove to himself with two missed cuts and a tie for 22nd in the previous three majors this season.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Paddy will crush them!" -- Derek Short
"Gooooo Paddy!" -- Joel Mclendon
Stuart Appleby. He's the hot pick and for good reason - after all, the man just fired an 11-under 59 in the final round of the Greenbrier Classic to win. Apples tied for 17th at Whistling Straits in 2004. Trust us, he won't be shooting anything close to a 59 around Whistling Straits, but the 59 at Greenbrier could very well be the turning point in what had been a mediocre season at best. Apples is a grinder. If he's confident, he can contend anywhere.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Stuart Appleby is looking great let's see what he can do." -- Jeff Evans
"Stuart Appleby, Tiger I hope misses the cut. He needs a swing coach and something else to get back on track." -- Arthur Kelsch
Anthony Kim. Interesting pick here, folks. Not because Kim doesn't possess the game to win a major, but because he's playing for the first time this week since May and the PGA Championship will be just his second start since thumb surgery. Will he be rusty? Probably.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Anthony Kim all the way!" -- Dennis Mortensen
"Anthony Kim, yeah buddy." -- Zack Lee
John Daly. He must have inspired you guys with that tie for 27th at the Open Championship a few weeks back.
Facebook fan quotes:
"John Daly will be in the hunt!" -- Ben Fallon
PGA Professionals. Lots of love for the 20 PGA Professionals who earned their way to Whistling Straits based on their finish at the 2010 PGA Professional National Championship at the French Lick Resort in Indiana.
Facebook fan quotes:
"Rob McClellan.... from Butler, PA.... but no pressure Rob!.... Just have fun and enjoy the experience!" -- Sharon Leonardi
"Bruce smith, club pro!" -- Justin Marano
"He who shoots the lowest score... I'm cheering for one of the 20 PGA Professionals in the field... see you there!" -- Laurie Hebert
"Chip Sullivan! :) or Mike Small, Ryan Benzel, Tim Thelen, Scott Hebert, Bruce Smith.... go team PGA of America!!!!" -- Kari Hall Sullivan
"No way will Tiger win, he may never win again... Just a top ten player... Your winner will be ok, Chip Sullivan.....(: Yea" -- Don Arrington
"I'm with Chip Sullivan!!!!!!!!!!!!!" -- Bill Carder
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20 Different types of food to add to our diet~~~
20 different food types that we can add to our diet, their effects and how they function :
Wholegrain is a great brain stimulator because it contains high percentage of folate. Make sure you are eating a diet rich in whole grain breads, cereals, popcorns etc, because they can boost your blood flow to the brain.
1. Wholegrain Foods~~~
Whole grain is a great brain stimulator because it contains high percentage of folate. Make sure you're eating a diet rich in whole grain breads, cereals, barley, popcorn, etc., because they can boost your blood flow to the brain. Every organ in the body is dependent on blood flow especially the brain.
Wholegrain breads and cereals are rich in Vitamin B6, an important brain vitamin. Wheat germ additionally contains memory-improving thiamine.
Everything from the most common nuts such as walnuts, hazelnuts, cashews and almonds to the more exotic seeds and nuts can clear up that brain fog and enable you to think clearer and are positive mood enhancers.
2. Walnuts~~~
Both literally and figuratively speaking, walnuts are brain food. Physically the walnut looks a lot like the human brain. The thin, outer green cover that is taken out before the walnuts are sold is similar to the scalp. The hard shell of a walnut is like a skull. The thin sheet inside, with its paper-like partitions between the two halves of the walnut, is like the membrane. The shape of the walnut itself represents the human brain's two hemispheres.
Walnuts are made up of 15 to 20 percent protein and contain linoleic (omega-6 fatty acids) and alpha-linoleic acids (omega-3 fatty acids), vitamin E and vitamin B6, making them an excellent source of nourishment for your nervous system.
Omega 3 fatty acids found in walnuts are especially helpful in brain function. Our brain is more than 60% structural fat which needs to be primarily omega-3 fats, found in walnuts and flaxseed, for its cell membranes to function properly. Cell membranes, primarily composed of fats, are the gatekeepers of the cell. Omega-3 fats, flexible and fluid by nature, make it easy for nutrients to pass thru the outer membrane of the cell and also helps remove waste efficiently. Definitely worth it when the cell belongs to your brain, don't you think?
Walnuts may also help correct the human brain's seratonin levels. Seratonin is an important brain chemical that controls both our moods and appetite. Walnuts may be able to relieve disorders like insomnia, depression, overeating and other compulsive behavior, commonly treated with antidepressant drugs like Prozac, without the dangerous side effects.
3. Cashews~~~
While you're in the nut aisle shopping for walnuts be sure to pick up some cashews, almonds, pecans and peanuts too. Each nut can enhance your mental health in its own way. Cashews are high in magnesium, known to open up the blood vessels in your body. More oxygen-rich blood = better brain function.
4. Almonds~~~
Phenylalanine, found in almonds, can do wonders for your mental and neurological health. Phenylalanine has the rare ability to cross the blood-brain barrier where it stimulates the brain to generate natural mood-boosting neurotransmitters called dopamine, adrenaline and noradrenaline. Additionally, almonds are high in riboflavin which is known to boost memory.
5. Pecans~~~
Pecans and peanuts provide choline, another important nutrient for optimal brain function. Choline aids in both memory and brain development.
6. Blueberries~~~
Eating blueberries and a diet rich in deep pigment from fruits and vegetables helps preserve the brain machinery and boost the potency of neuron signals. Blueberries literally strengthen the brain. They have compounds that turn on key systems in the brain enable other proteins to help with memory or other cognitive skills.
In one recent study, subjects who ate one cup of blueberries a day for two weeks showed an increased birth rate of brain cells in the hippocampus (region responsible for memory), and scored significantly higher in classroom tests than those subjects who did not.
Blueberries are also known to protect the brain from oxidative stress and may reduce the effects of age-related conditions such as Alzheimer's disease and Dementia. In addition, blueberries also contain ellagic acid, another phytochemical that has been shown to prevent cell damage.
7. Strawberries~~~
Antioxidant-rich strawberries can prevent age-related neurological declines by improving brain cell abilities to send and receive the signaling molecules. The brain uses these signaling molecules to communicate.
Remarkably, these same studies showed that the powerful antioxidants in strawberries, spinach and blueberries can improve the ability to communicate even among brain cells already showing signs of age-related damage.
8. Blackberries~~~
Blackberries contain an amazing class of nutrients called anthocyanins. Our brain is particularly vulnerable to oxidative damage but anthocyanins help protect our brain from oxidation stress, which in turn fights degenerative brain diseases.
One study even found anthocyanin-rich supplements to reverse age-related neurological deficits in subjects.
9. Sunflower Seeds~~~
Like nuts, many seeds and nuts can boost your mood and brainpower. Sunflower seeds contain tryptophan, an important amino acid that the brain converts to seratonin, which is a natural way to relieve mild depression and insomnia. Additionally, sunflower seeds are high in thiamine, an important B vitamin, which increases memory and cognitive function.
10. Pumpkin Seeds~~~
Amazingly, the most powerful part of the pumpkin lies in its least used part. The seeds of the pumpkin are a power food, rich in many nutrients including: Zinc, Vitamin A and E, and the precious Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids. The Zinc found in pumpkin seeds plays a vital role in enhancing memory and thinking skills.
11. Green Tea~~~
Green tea is a wonderful beverage, and when freshly brewed, it enhances memory and focus and fights mental fatigue. Green tea contains catechines, which help you relax mentally, yet also keeps your wits sharpened.
Green Tea also helps maintain positive mood states and fights against many brain disorders. Polyphenols are powerful antioxidants found in green tea that can boost the availability of the important signaling brain substance dopamine in brain circuits. Dopamine is vital in creating positive mood states.
Polyphenols also help the brain and body run smoothly by maintaining a steady supply of our body's primary fuel: glucose. These powerful polyphenols also help prevent cancer and heart attacks.
12. Eggs~~~
Eggs indeed offer a very impressive nutritional profile for their 70 calories. They are a precious source of high-quality proteins and rich in vitamins and minerals. But there's more!
Nutrient called choline, found in eggs, can help boost the memory center in the brain. Researchers have found choline to increase the size of neurons, which helps them fire electrical signals more strongly and rebound faster between firings.
Two antioxidants found in egg yolk called lutein and zeaxanthin help prevent the risk of age-related cataracts and macular degeneration, two of the most prevalent age-related eye conditions.
Remember this the next time you open the fridge door. The amazing egg: naturally good.
13. Avocados~~~
For brain health, avocados are nearly as good as blueberries. Avocados contain mono-unsaturated fats, which contribute to healthy blood flow, the main requirement for a healthy brain.
To include avocados to your diet, add 1/4 to 1/2 of an avocado to one meal daily as a side dish.
14. Tomatoes~~~
Lycopene, an amazing antioxidant found in tomatoes, could help protect against free-radical damage to cells, which is believed to be a primary factor in cases of Dementia, and particularly, Alzheimer's disease.
15. Broccoli~~~
Broccoli is labeled as superfood due to its high overall nutrient content. It is a great source of vitamin K, which enhances cognitive function and improves brainpower.
16. Red Cabbage~~~
Red cabbage is full of an antioxidant called polyphenol. Polyphenols reduce brain cell damage and is especially helpful in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimers disease.
17. Eggplant~~~
Eggplant skin contains a nutrient called nasunin which keeps our brain sharp by enhancing communication between our brain cells and messenger molecules. Remembering to use the skin pays tremendous benefits in vastly improved focus.
18. Spinach~~~
Spinach slows down the effects of age-related declines in brain function and helps protect the brain from oxidative stress. Researchers suggest that a diet rich in spinach can significantly improve learning capacity and motor skills.
19. Yogurt~~~
Calcium rich foods such as yogurt, milk and cheese improve nerve function. Yogurt contains an amino acid called tyrosine which is responsible for producing the neurotransmitters dopamine and noradrenalin. In short, yogurt helps improve alertness and memory.
20. Chocolate~~~
What better to end with? It's hard to believe that anything as incredibly delicious as chocolate can actually be incredibly good for you as well. Dark chocolate has powerful antioxidant properties and contains several natural stimulants which increase the production of endorphins while enhancing focus and concentration. The stimulants found in dark chocolate also improve mood. It has high content of flavanols that facilitate blood supply to the brain and enhance cognitive skills.
Milk chocolate jump starts impulse control and reaction time. It has also been known to improve visual and verbal memory.
More isn't necessarily better when it comes to chocolate. This is, unfortunately, one superfood that you have to indulge in in moderation.
Our brain is the greediest organ in the body, but its proper nourishment is vital to creative thought, positive mood, memory, and good overall health. It's no surprise that what you eat affects how you think, feel, remember, and potentially even increase intelligence.
If it's possible to eat your way to genius, who wouldn't want to?
Jai Sai Ram~~~
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Peer-to-Patent: Citizen Patent Examiners
Every now and then, an idea pops up that makes you wonder "why didn't I think about that?". Such is the case with Peer-to-Patent. But first some background...
Anyone who has spent any time looking into the U.S. patent system knows right off that it is a mess. Valid patent applications take forever to be processed, and those that appear to be invalid sail right through, prior art notwithstanding. That's my take anyway, at least after devoting a fair amount of time looking into the topic of software patents.
More often than not the blame for this patent morass falls on the shoulders of patent examiners, which leads to usual litany of excuses starting with being overworked and underpaid. Certainly the patent examiners I've spoken with do seem to be overworked, and by Google standards as underpaid as the rest of us. But they also are pretty smart. Every examiner I've talked to on the software patent front has had an advanced degree in computer science, mathematics, or related relevant field. Still, year after year the stack of patent applications gets bigger and bigger. What we have here is a pattern.
Luckily people a lot smarter than me have recognized this same pattern -- people like New York Law School professor Beth Simone Noveck, for instance. But Noveck did something I didn't: Instead of whining about the problem, she set out to solve it. And Peer-to-Patent is the result.
Peer-to-Patent is an organization that harnesses the collective knowledge and experience of citizen experts to help identify and evaluate relevant prior art for consideration by patent examiners. Peer-to-Patent's website was developed by the Community Patent Review Project of the Institute for Information Law and Policy at NY Law School. Peer-to-Patent is responsible for the management of the Internet-based review process by the public. The pilot project was initially restricted to patent applications in the computer-related field, although later expanded to include automated business data processing technologies.
From all indications, the project has been a success. Over the two years of its existence, the Peer-to-Patent has registered more than 2,600 peer reviewers. People like me and you -- well, people like you anyway; I'm not expert enough -- who contribute prior art and perform related tasks. Putting this another way, Peer-to-Patent has contributed relevant prior art relied upon by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in more than 25 percent of the applications it handles. Since Peer-to-Patent launched, 66 office actions have been issued for applications that have undergone peer review on the Peer-to-Patent website. In total, the USPTO used Peer-to-Patent submitted prior art references to reject one or more claims in 18 patent applications. Additionally:
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- 69 percent of examiners think that a program like Peer-to-Patent would be useful if incorporated into regular office practice.
- 67 percent of examiners believe Peer-to-Patent would be helpful in doing their job.
- 12 percent of participating examiners stated that prior art submitted by the Peer-to-Patent community was inaccessible by the USPTO.
Among the Peer-to-Patent participants who have volunteered their time and expertise by submitting prior art or annotations used by the USPTO in making the determination of patentability are: Rob Cameron, for a cipher method and system for verifying a decryption of an encrypted user data key; Gabriel Gomez, for image inversion; Steven Pearson, for a method and apparatus for selectively executing different executable code versions which are optimized in different ways; and Abhay Porwal, for a smart drag-and-drop.
All in all, according to the Project's Second Anniversary Report, through April 2009, the public participated in the completed review of 71 applications in Year Two. For those applications the size of the communities ranged from 0 to 17 reviewers with an average of 3.5 active participants in a given community contributing either a comment to the discussion, an item of prior art, a research suggestion, or an annotation on the application. Of those 71 applications, 61 contained 217 items of prior art for an average of 3.6 references submitted per application.
I don't know about you, but I think this is pretty cool. And I'm not alone. The Peer-to-Patent Project was recognized by the White House Open Government Initiative as an innovative social networking program. Moreover, you'd think the program has saved the USPTO (and ultimately taxpayers) some money, what with all that free research being provided by volunteers and the website being provided by NY Law School.
That's the good news. The bad news is that the USPTO has chosen not to extend the program for the usual reasons: The USPTO has been hit just as hard as the private sector by the current state of the economy. However, that doesn't mean that Peer-to-Patent is shutting the doors. To date, Peer-to-Patent has operated from corporate and foundation grants with over half the money coming from the Omidyar Network. In addition, the program received grants from the MacArthur Foundation, CA, IBM, Microsoft, HP, GE, Intellectual Ventures, and Red Hat, among others, and Project leaders are looking for more permanent funding.
As for Peer-to-Patent creator Beth Simone Noveck, she was recently named Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government for the Obama administration.


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This is not pride on the part of God! Rather, it is God reminding us that He comes to save us. All of our actions are in response to His love and His compassion.
The second reading, from the Letter to the Romans, tells us again that everything that happens is a mystery and part of God's love for us from the beginning of time. The purpose is to bring about an obedience of faith. In our times, the word obedience is not very popular and sounds to many to be a form of subservience. Yet in the plan of God, obedience is a faithful listening to the Lord and a willingness to do things His way. Instead of creating subservience, it creates a complete freedom in our loves to know His love and to express that love to others.
The Gospel today, from Saint Luke, is the Gospel of the Annunciation. We can only imagine the surprise of the young woman, Mary, when an angel appears to tell her that she will be pregnant! We are so accustomed to this story that it can easily lose its power. Here is a young women, striving to be faithful to the Jewish traditions. Out of nowhere comes an angel, telling her that she will be pregnant and bear the Son of God.
No one in their right mind would easily believe such a thing! On the other hand, we don't know how this annunciation took place. Having an angel appear is not an ordinary occasion, even in the time of Jesus! There are other recorded instances of angels appearing in the Scripture, but they are not numerous over the thousands of years of history.
In some mysterious way, Mary is able to recognize that this angel really is of God and that she can consent to what the angel is asking of her. Perhaps some of us have had experiences in which we that we must do something and that it is God asking us, and yet we cannot explain it fully even to our friends. Perhaps some of us have had supernatural experiences in which we have been convinced of the presence of God. Always, such people must bear with the doubts of others.
The readings today invite us to open our hearts and our minds to the supernatural, to the presence of God, to seek His will and to be willing to look foolish in the eyes of the world for striving to live in union with the God who loves us. The birth of Jesus confirms God's love for us. We await the coming of the Lord.
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Hi! I'm back from a whirlwind couple of weeks, during which I attended a conference here, then flew across the country to tag along while Al attended a different conference. Which means I've pretty much spent 2 straight weeks negotiating enormous crowds in not entirely familiar places, sitting still more than I like to, and doing a lot of squinting across rooms, going, "Is that someone I know, or just someone who looks like someone I know?" I'm tired.
And in the meantime, the internet has continued its job of documenting the mind-bogglingly assholic things people say. I have two "favorites" this week.
1) The BBC kids' show CBeebies recently introduced two new presenters, one of whom, Cerrie Burnell, was born with only one fully formed arm. This has led to comments on their message board such as this gem:
I question the logic of hiring a girl with part of her arm missing (and so obviously placed on display for kids to see it) to present cbeebies. My child was immediately freaked out and didn't want to watch. There's a time and place for showing kids all the "differences" that people can have, but nine in the morning in front of 2 year olds is NOT the place!
Little overboard on the need for political correctness, perhaps?
Now, before your head explodes — as it certainly should — I want to say that I did follow links back to the message board, where I learned that the ratio of comments like that to comments like, "OMG, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU ABLEIST SHIT?" (I paraphrase) was roughly 1 to 200. I found that heartening, and I think it's worth pointing out that the "controversy" seems to have originated with a Daily Fail article, sensitively titled, "One-armed presenter is scaring children, parents tell BBC." Whipping up outrage is what that publication does best, so keep that in mind.
Of course, one comment like that is obviously one too many, and if anyone deserves a good pile-on, it's a shit like that. What I find perhaps more troubling, though — because openly bigoted assholes are neither surprising nor necessarily the most formidable enemy — is the ableism coming through even in the messages of support. Such as:
- People talking about how "brave" Cerrie is. Sigh.
- People smugly announcing that they're raising their children "not to see" differences among people's bodies, and proudly declaring that their children "haven't even noticed." Oh, okay. Because your two-year-old hasn't mentioned it so far, it's clear that pretending physical differences don't exist is a stellar way to combat discrimination.
- People smugly explaining that when their children asked about Cerrie's disability, they simply said, "Not everyone grows properly in their mothers' tummies." I think there's a slight cultural thing here, in that British people seem to throw around the word "properly" a lot more casually than Americans do, but I cringed every time I saw something along those lines — way to reinforce that there are "correct" bodies and "other" bodies when you're ostensibly trying to give a lesson about human diversity. (Also, telling children that babies grow in "tummies" is an unrelated pet peeve of mine.)
- People referring to Cerrie as having only one arm, when she clearly has two, one of which is more developed than the other. I've only seen one picture of her and have no idea how she uses her smaller arm, but it's amazing how many folks erase it completely.
That's off the top of my head, without going back to look at the comments again. I'm sure if you go look, you'll find more.
I'm as outraged as anyone by the "People with disabilities frighten children!" crowd, but at least in the context of this message board, it's a crowd of 4 or 5, that I noticed — vs. dozens of comments in which folks pat themselves on the back for being fabulous, open-minded parents while slinging more subtly ableist language and sentiments. The vast majority of that, I assume, comes from privilege, not malice — and I can hardly cast the first stone. Ableism is probably one of my biggest blind spots, as I've only started to actively learn and think about it relatively recently. (Two or three years ago, I was still defending my right to say "retarded" because "I didn't mean it like that." I hate admitting that, but given how often I smack commenters down with Rule 10, I think it's only fair.) And obviously, I still have major blind spots about stuff I've been learning and thinking about for years, because that's the nature of privilege.
But that's exactly why it troubles me that all the attention here is going to a few openly bigoted shits, rather than the entirety of the conversation, which involves many, many shades of privileged ignorance and discriminatory language. Granted, the shock value of seeing someone claim that disabilities are frightening to children (conveniently ignoring children with disabilities themselves) might shake up some people who've never thought at all about hatred and discrimination. That's worth something. But it also provides one more opportunity for privileged people who aren't openly hateful to congratulate ourselves for not being openly hateful — "I'm not bothered by it" was a common refrain among the comments, with no one noting how incredibly patronizing a statement that is — without examining our own prejudices. "As long as I'm not like that asshole, I'm clearly not ableist, and as long as most people on the board are condemning that asshole, we clearly don't live in an ableist culture! Vive la difference!" Yeah, no.
So. If you want to use this thread to vent about those few outrageous comments, please do feel free, because they are fucking outrageous, and I know how hard it is to resist railing about how hateful and willfully ignorant some people are when you're given a prime example like that. But I'd also love to see this discussion go beyond that.
And now I'm going to save the second asshole statement I was going to write about for another post, because I think this one deserves its own.


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Recently I bought some wonderful vintage Santa images at a museum gift shop.
These images are called scrap reliefs, they date back to the Victorian era and are still made today by Mamelock Press from the UK. The images are so beautiful that all I had to do was cut them out and adhere to the background.
Here's a quick video explaining scrap reliefs.
Aren't they just beautiful? The paper they come on is quite thin so I adhered them to a card stock background and then cut them out.
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When Apple Inc. reports results for the December quarter on Wednesday afternoon, the lion's share of attention will be on the number of iPhones the company has managed to ship for the period.
But while Verizon's own report on Tuesday morning suggests that number could be higher than Wall Street's consensus target (which is currently around 48 million), other questions have emerged that may make the health of the iPhone business a little more difficult to gauge.
UBS on Tuesday raised the possibility that Apple could be selling more models of older iPhones, like the 4 and 4S, which may appeal to price-conscious buyers who are not overly attached to having the latest-and-greatest. And, in his note to clients, Steven Milunovich of UBS cites research showing that more iPhone buyers may be gravitating to lower memory models than in the past, which could depress the average selling price, or ASP, for the smartphone line.
This is a harder number to suss out. Apple does not typically disclose ASP data on its devices, beyond confirming some directional movement. Analysts typically take the revenue disclosed for iPhone business, subtract accessory revenue and divide it by the shipment numbers to arrive at the ASP. This number has already been trending downward – slightly. IPhone ASPs for the September quarter were about 1% below the same period the previous year.
The reason ASPs are important for the iPhone business is that the device remains the most important profit driver for Apple – and the bulk of those profits come from the subsidies paid by wireless carriers like Verizon and AT&T. The $200 that most consumers pay to get the current iPhone 5 is barely above the estimated build price for the device. If carriers start pressing down the subsidy level on these devices – as some believe they will do – the effect will likely be seen in Apple's own margins.
Another important key to Apple's profitability is how it "upsells" the memory embedded in its devices. An iPhone 5 with 16GB of memory costs $199 with a two-year contract, while one with 32GB of memory costs $299. That means Apple is re-selling 16GB of memory for $100 – highly profitable when one notes that a microSD card of the same capacity can be had on Amazon.com for as little as $10.
This is no small matter. An analysis by Bernstein Research last year suggested that about $2.2 billion of Apple's operating profits for the December 2011 quarter came "purely from up-selling consumers to products with more NAND storage beyond Apple's base configuration models."
-- Dan Gallagher
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Caliber Collision is the largest, fastest-growing collision repair company in America. Right now, we're looking for highly talented, dedicated, and quality-focused teammates to help restore the rhythm of our customers' lives.
Job Summary
Verify and distribute parts in a timely, accurate and efficient manner and in accordance with Caliber S.O.P. and center procedures, which allows teammates to complete repairs in a timely manner
Essential Job Duties
- Responsible for ordering parts from preferred vendors with a constant sense of urgency, confirming orders with vendors beginning, mid and end of each day holding them accountable to times and delivery
- Check in, tag and distribute parts immediately upon receipt or by 9am for overnight deliveries
- Inspects all parts for damage and quality/accuracy, Mirror matching new parts to old parts within two hours of receipt.
- Responsible for labeling all parts and exchanges out new parts with old parts on parts carts while confirming with technicians arrival and correctness.
- Verify correct parts with mirror match
- Distribute parts to Parts Carts/Containers and deliver to work stations
- Post and scan parts
- Return and re-order incorrect or damaged parts
- Track incomplete order status (outstanding orders, backorders, and credits) and follow up as necessary
- Complete QC sheet for every vehicle as applicable
- Complete parts "hot runs" as necessary
- Maintain pending credits at zero
- Keep work area clean and well organized
- Comply with all Caliber safety rules, guidelines and standards
- Perform other related duties as assigned to ensure an efficient and effective repair
- Must be at least 18 years of age
- Must have a valid driver's license and be eligible for coverage under Caliber's insurance policy (Not an excluded driver)
- Satisfactory completion of criminal background check
- Ability to effectively communicate with others, oral and written
- Ability to read and understand instructions, written estimates and work orders
- Multi-tasking; adapts easily to fast-paced environment
- Personable, friendly demeanor with "World Class" customer service approach to internal and external customers
- Maintains a well-groomed, professional appearance
Position is based in a normal shop environment. Occasional physical activity such as reaching below and above shoulder level, kneeling, bending, squatting and stooping to inspect repairs, and lifting and carrying objects over 50lbs. Exposure to fumes, chemicals, dust, along with high levels of noise. Subject to weather conditions both inside and outside. Required to wear protective equipment when necessary. Occasional sedentary work. Must have visual acuity to determine the accuracy and thoroughness of the work assigned.
About Us
Caliber Collision didn't get to be the nation's largest collision repair company by accident. It's taken an unyielding commitment to being the collision repair center of choice in every community we serve – a vision that began when our company was founded in 1997 and continues strong to this day. To achieve this, we're not just part of the collision repair industry - we lead it. Not only by setting new standards in customer service, but also by implementing cutting edge technology at every turn. This is how we've built a company with more than 1,000 convenient, state-of-the-art repair centers and growing, and why hundreds of thousands of people entrust their vehicles to us every year. We are driven by our purpose – to restore you to the Rhythm of your Life. A career at Caliber is not for everyone, but if you've got the drive, we've got your ride!
Posted Date: Feb 10, 2020
Requisition Number: R0080475
Position Type: Full-time


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In the "Empire Strike Back," Yoda admonishes Luke Skywalker for spending his life dreaming of the future, "never his mind on where he was … what he was doing." But at 68, George Lucas, the creator of the "Star Wars" saga, seems to be doing much thinking about the years ahead — in fact, experts say, his decision to sell his company to Disney DIS, -0.97% was an estate-planning move worthy of a Jedi Master.
Disney will buy LucasFilm for $4.05 billion in cash and stock, the two companies announced Tuesday. By cashing out now, experts say the filmmaker has spared his family the need to pick up the pieces of his empire after he's gone. It also allows him to focus his remaining years on his charitable endeavors — particularly Edutopia and the George Lucas Educational Foundation, which he founded in 1991. "I am dedicating the majority of my wealth to improving education," Lucas wrote in 2010 (pdf) on GivingPledge.com, which invites the world's wealthiest people to commit most of their money to philanthropy.
Since none of Lucas's three adopted children plans to take over his film empire, financial advisers say the strategy will save his heirs the responsibility of managing their inheritance — and potentially going through the often long and fraught process of dividing it. "Mr. Lucas has obviously surrounded himself for years with world-class legal, estate and tax advisers," Wade Westhoff, a financial adviser based in Danville, Calif., says of the Disney deal. "This is a textbook example of exit planning for a private business owner." (Lucas and a spokesman for LucasFilm were not immediately available for comment.)
That Lucas struck a deal in 2012 may be no accident, either, advisers say. Long-term capital gains tax from the sale of assets held more than one year are taxed at a rate of 15% for investors in the 25% income-tax bracket or above (Lucas's level), and zero for investors in the 10% or 15% bracket. Those rates are set to jump to 20% and 10%, respectively in January. "He probably wanted to take advantage of the lower rate on long-term capital gain while it's certain," says Bill Smith, managing director at CBIZ MHM, a national accounting and professional services provider.
Of course, Lucas is far wealthier than the average American business owner. "With smaller mom-and-pop businesses [this kind of planning] can be more complicated," says Charles Sizemore, a financial adviser based in Dallas. The owner of a restaurant or a landscaping business probably won't have the option of selling to a Fortune 500 company, he says. "They may have to bring on a junior partner or work out a royalty arrangement with a new buyer."
But perhaps more than the money, experts say Lucas was also taking steps to ensure the future of his vision and ideas. Disney says it will produce "Star Wars Episode 7" for release in theaters worldwide in 2015 and will release more films every two to three years. "I felt like I wanted to put the company somewhere in a larger entity that would protect it," Lucas told reporters this week. "We could go on making Star Wars for the next 100 years." Should Lucas decide to set up trusts for his children, Westhoff says this deal will provide a steady income for his grandchildren, great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren — and beyond.


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Help serve dinner to food insecure guests
Thank you for your interest in volunteering at New York Common Pantry (NYCP)! Volunteers are an integral part of NYCP's programs. Without our dedicated volunteers, we would not be able to meet the great demand of our food-insecure neighbors. Volunteering in our programs is great for individuals looking to give back to their community and groups looking to combine team building with community service. Please complete the Volunteer Application form if you are interested in becoming a volunteer. Note: Submitting an application does not a guarantee a volunteer spot.
The calendar above lists volunteer shifts available in our Choice Pantry and Hot Meals programs.
Choice Pantry volunteers help provide free grocery packages for food-insecure families.
Hot Meals volunteers help prepare or serve a nutritious meal to guests in need.
If you are interested in scheduling a volunteer activity for yourself* or your group at our 8 East 109th Street location, click on the shift you would like to participate in on the calendar and provide the required information to request participation. Our Volunteer Manager will contact you with details about your requested shift.
SHIFT AVAILABILITY If no shifts are listed on a certain date, we have reached volunteer capacity for that date. The first open dates in the following month appear at the bottom of each page. Available volunteer opportunities are posted three months out.
We also need volunteers for our Nourish Program which provides supplemental food resources to low-income seniors.
Nourish is based out of the NYCP Mott Haven office, the Hunts Point warehouse, and at many partner sites throughout New York City.
At partner sites individuals and small groups (2 to 5 people) are needed once a month to pack and distribute food.
If you are interested in volunteering for Nourish, please fill out the Volunteer Application.
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Reality of India situation in budget: Swraj Paul
London: Leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul has said that the Union Budget for 2012-13 has taken the reality of India`s situation.
Reacting to the Budget, Caparo Group Chairman Swraj Paul said: "The budget has taken the reality of India`s situation. There are too many problems that exist which need to be dealt with to make the economy better.
"I hope the government gets the grip on the problem and start paying attention to it. India has a great future if we can get our house in order."
He described the Budget as "a very good budget". It is a very good budget. Congratulations to the Finance Minister.
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the Budget presented on Friday hiked excise duty and service tax by 2 per cent across-the-board to raise Rs 45,940 crore and offered marginal relief to individuals in income tax.