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Data silos can live or die by a self-service BI strategy
Self-service BI is a driving force behind the reshaping or possible demise of data silos. But sound data governance and corporate attitude adjustments are needed first.
Data-driven companies are finding that a sound self-service BI strategy can play a critical role in the digital transformation process and is key to bringing disparate silos of corporate information together.
Historically, different departments have worked from their own silos using legacy reporting methods that don't provide an end-to-end view of the data across their organization. For example, the absence of standard key performance indicators (KPIs), definitions and a centralized data warehouse had led to inaccurate reporting at AirAsia, said Aireen Omar, deputy group CEO for the company's digital, transformation and corporate services.
Harmonizing different silos or eliminating them altogether comes with many challenges. One of the biggest is identifying the source of the data and standardizing KPIs across the board. "Enabling self-service BI requires the right tools, certified data sets and strong data governance policies to be in place," Omar said.
Find common ground
Quick access to information that resides within various internal business applications and databases is paramount. Massive amounts of structured and unstructured data often reside within multiple and disconnected platforms, applications, locations and devices. "This creates compliance and security risks and also leaves employees with only some of the information they need to perform their jobs," said Matthew Meigs, director of marketing communications at content service platform maker Nuxeo.
Patchwork solutions to data silos can be problematic, especially for companies creating a new data integration layer from scratch. Traditionally, consolidating data silos to accommodate a self-service BI strategy required ripping out and replacing existing systems, which can entail high implementation costs. Many companies are creating an intelligent middle ground that enables modern solutions and legacy systems to coexist without embarking on complex migration projects.
Overcome cultural hurdles
Employee resistance to change and manager perceptions of complexity in moving data to a new repository are among the biggest stumbling blocks to creating a self-service BI strategy, according to Dave McCandless, vice president of IT at shipping supply chain app provider Navis.
Sharing information across departments is not a priority.
Rob PerryVice president of product marketing, ASG Technologies
McCandless said he's pushing data science as the new research lab in his company, as well as for its customers. That means selling corporate leaders on the value of creating a data lab staffed by subject matter experts tasked with assembling information on the greatest challenges facing the company.
Many organizations don't provide incentives for sharing information across business units, which "generally have very limited budget allocated toward working with other business units," explained Rob Perry, vice president of product marketing at IT service management provider ASG Technologies. "Sharing information across departments is not a priority, especially given [that] managers are not measured on how well other business units have done."
Instead of eliminating data silos, Perry recommended that managers focus on data sharing that can improve self-service BI. He suggested working from the top down -- issuing mandates that encourage and even gamify information sharing using new kinds of incentives. Another approach, he added, would be to hire a chief data officer with the directive and budget to bring business units together, including the creation of cross-functional teams to manage data domains.
Aggregate smaller analytics cases
A self-service BI strategy can make it easier to explore a wider variety of analytics -- sometimes referred to as sidecar analysis, since it's outside the normal course of analytics. Often too small to automate, this type of analysis can help guide certain business decisions.
"To address these sidecar analytics, we often advise our clients to inventory the types of analytics they are performing and look for projects to automate a collection of the smaller analytics to provide the ROI needed for the automation investment," said Andrew Roman Wells, CEO of Aspirent, a management consulting firm.
Nathan Kollett, former senior manager of web analytics at Wayfair, offers five dos and don'ts for setting a self-service BI strategy.
Keep it intuitive
Desktop or server tools that don't have centralized management are a large contributor to data silos. They're difficult to scale and manage across the organization and often lack IT approval.
"In our experience, we've seen IT successfully counteract these solutions, not necessarily by enforcing stricter policy, but by offering an alternative solution to the tools that are currently being adopted," said Sean Kandel, co-founder and CTO at Trifacta, a data wrangling software provider.
Self-service BI sometimes straddles a delicate line between adoption and governance. Business users want their tools to be intuitive and easy to use, while satisfying IT concerns over security, governance and scalability.
According to Sreeni Iyer, CTO at cognitive sourcing service provider LevaData, data cataloging is an emerging field to help companies catalog all their data sources and metadata. In addition, data wrangling is becoming a key element for a sound self-service BI strategy, enabling staff with no programming skills to visually define transformation, cleanse data and integrate across silos.
Simplify data modeling
As if silos aren't isolated enough, another type of data silo can arise as a result of the different queries put forth by users. "The issue is that people often view data as objective truth when, in reality, the translation of data into meaningful information can be entirely dependent on the question being asked and the business need behind the question," observed Dominic Go, director of analytics at luxury retailer Olivela. Business users, for example, will typically consider their own business problems, not companywide issues, when interpreting specific data.
Thanks to self-service analytics environments, this "infallible" data is more accessible than ever. "This can lead to deeper divides and mistrust between departments," Go reasoned. "And when we can't trust data anymore, what's next?"
A poorly defined data modeling layer can institutionalize a poor interpretation.
Dominic GoDirector of analytics, Olivela
He believes an underlying problem is the data modeling layer, which sits above the data warehouse and just below the reporting UI. "[T]he business user often does not have a say in how those interpretations are being made by the IT team setting up the infrastructure," Go explained. "A poorly defined data modeling layer can institutionalize a poor interpretation with the guise of infallibility, leading to more organizational divides and poor business decisions."
As a result, Go has focused on streamlining and possibly eliminating the modeling layer for self-service BI tools and still allowing easy data access. "It's risky," he acknowledged, "but I believe it's the next step in bridging [or] eliminating communication silos, while still being able to use data effectively to grow our businesses."
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Home > Articles > Intros by others > Tarl Cabot Through the Looking Glass, by Steven Saylor
The following article first appeared as the Introduction to the 1996 Masquerade edition of Outlaw of Gor. It was written by Steven Saylor, best known for his Roma Sub Rosa series of historical novels set in ancient Rome, and is republished here with his kind permission.
Note: The inclusion of an introduction by another author in a book by John Norman does not necessarily mean that John Norman endorses that author, their writings or their views, including those expressed within the introduction. We traditionally think of novels as complex, organic creations, in which authors tell stories that are drawn, ultimately, from their own memories and fantasies, as well as from their conscious psychological dilemmas and subconscious conflicts. The most subtle writers transmute these materials in the most subtle ways, and thus what they write may be subject to various interpretations; the result may be thematically ambiguous ? perhaps difficult, perhaps disturbing ? but this makes it all the more fascinating. The whole is somehow more than the sum of the parts, and therein lies the endless mystery of the art.
And then there are novelists like John Norman.
Norman is of a very different school of writing. We might call it wearing one's psyche on one's sleeve. The result is not so much fantasy (in true fantasy, nothing is ever quite what it seems at first) as allegory (in which actions and characters are weighted with quite obvious symbolic values, from which they do not stray).
In the Gor novels, John Norman created his own alternate world, with intricate rules of behavior, caste systems, and hierarchies of power. But the aspects of Counter-Earth which most struck readers in 1967 (when Outlaw of Gor, the second book in the series, was first published) were the sex roles of men and women and the sexual mores of Gor. Men seek power and control; they are warriors, outlaws, masters, Priest-Kings. Women, on the other hand, are ideally slaves ? and though they may have their own kind of fierce pride, their behavior, by and large, is exactly what one might expect from creatures who are the logical result of unbridled male objectification.
To some readers, this is catnip. To others, it's arsenic. Back in the Sixties and Seventies, Gor created a great upheaval in science fiction circles, with readers and writers taking sides as to whether Norman should be toasted and feted, or tarred and feathered. I suspect that reactions from readers encountering Gor for the first time in these editions will be just as sharp today.
Norman's writing is not as sexually explicit as much of what we've grown used to, but it was definitely informed by the atmosphere of the late Sixties, with its various counter-cultures and new legal freedoms to publish pornography. The Gor novels could not have been written in the Fifties, and fell precipitously out of fashion in the Eighties.
Norman allowed his imagination free rein, but in many ways, as a science fiction writer, he's a tinkerer of the Robert A. Heinlein school. He wants to show us how everything works, how his society is structured and organized; he likes to demonstrate all of the bells and whistles of the contraption he's built. As a result, Gor is not as much funs as it could be had it been the creation of a less sincere, more cynical and manipulative writer, who was simply out to push our buttons and cause a bit of scandal. No, Norman believes in Gor, and as always in such cases, there is at times an almost embarrassing note of earnestness as the author very nakedly exposes the kinds of private fascinations that are normally left unstated or else stated very indirectly. It's like being asked to look at someone's stamp collection, or an appendix scar. This self-exposure may be construed as an act of bravery, or foolhardiness, but in most cases, I don't think the author can really help it. Some writers, by nature, wear their psyches on their sleeves, especially if they find readers who sympathize immediately and deeply with their points of view.
Other types of writers, dealing with the world on its own terms, may still produce fantasy, escapism, and erotica, but there will always be a friction at the core of their work, as the author constantly deals with the irony of what he or she desires as opposed to what is. In science fiction, Samuel R. Delany comes to mind. In the realm of politics, Doris Lessing. In the field of erotica, Lars Eighner.
But the work of a writer like John Norman is highly schematic. The point is not to stage a confrontation (or reconciliation) between the world and himself, but to leave the world, with all its disappointments, complexities and ambiguities, behind and to shape his own world, in which his own psychodramas may be played out according to his own internal rules of logic. All inhabitants of this world will be bent to his will. Destiny will be what he decrees.
This schematic kind of writing can be done in the realm of politics; Ayn Rand is a prime example. In erotica, consider the A.N. Roquelaure novels of Anne Rice, with all their convoluted role-playing, or in the later works of John Preston. (Preston, it seems to me, began as the other sort of writer, dealing very realistically yet very erotically with gay sexuality, and then became more and more schematized, beginning with the only partly-idealized Mr. Benson, and then, under the influence of Rice, producing works like The Heir, which are totally internalized and schematic.)
Is one kind of writing better than the other? Certainly, the more subtle sort of writing practiced by Delany, Lessing and Eighner, is generally deemed to be higher art, but there is something to be said for the powerful spell that writers like Rand, Rice, Preston, and yes, John Norman, cast over their fans. Reading satisfies us on many different levels, and the world would be a poorer place without any of the above, including John Norman and Gor.
Sadly, when the movies finally got around to Gor, it was in the form of a couple of low-budget Euro-trash productions. That old blowhard John Milius might have made a decent stab at bringing Tarl Cabot to the screen (as he did with Cabot's literary predecessor, Robert E. Howard's Conan), but the best-forgotten directors of Gor (1988) and Outlaw of Gor (1989) had no idea what they were doing. (Leonard Maltin: "Lots of swords, no sorcery.") They didn't even have the good sense to play up the erotic elements, though there is something to be said for the charming Urbano Barbarini as Tarl Cabot.
Almost always, creations as idiosyncratic as the Gor novels should be left as novels, where their select audience may find them in silence, devour them in secret, and play out the dreams and fantasies they inspire as they see fit.
Copyright ? 1996 Steven Saylor. All rights reserved.
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Around about the time shabby chic became a thing and weddings all began to look vintage, an innovative eco-warrior invented kraft card and introduced it to all the brides and grooms in the world. And we all fell in love.
My kraft card wedding invites have been a big seller for almost 5 years. They're printed or handwritten on recycled card and are really affordable. They're perfectly suited to a barn wedding or a festival-style celebration – they work equally beautifully in a country house or garden marquee.
My kraft wedding invites come in various designs, all with handwritten place cards, seating plan cards, menus and other on the day stationery available.
Browse the images below for different ideas and colour palettes to work with the kraft card – there are so many options with this really versatile, natural colour.
I'm looking to add new designs to the kraft & calligraphy collection, so if you have a particular idea in mind for an illustration or theme, get in touch and we can chat about a bespoke design.
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Amy challenges us from Joshua 1 to know what God is calling us to and to pursue it and not compromise until we get there.
Fiona challenges us not to compromise, but to press into God and raise our expectations of what we're called to.
Judith reminds us that our encounters with Jesus are there to send us out to change the world around us with his love.
Winnie encourages us with a look at the story of the woman at the well and how Jesus enters into our mess to walk with us through it.
Tony helps us to desire the Holy Spirit more deeply so that we may be more aware in our daily lives of His presence and His power in and through us.
Winnie invites us into a life of adventure with the Holy Spirit.


1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 Reigate Site Excavation Report / David Williams has written a report on the excavation covering the site of the Reigate House, the remains of a malting kiln and similar structures from the curtilege. Richard Harris's short summary of the building is included in the report. Offprints are available in the shop.
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 Friends Committee / Lyn Armstrong and Elsie Kessler retired from, and Mike Doran joined, the Committee, which is now: Chairman, Sir James Waddell; Treasurer, Bernard Rush; Secretary Carol Hawkins ( later Carol Brinson); Walter Greenway, Joan Brooks, Mary Hum, Ethel Buvyer, Bruce Pailthorpe, Bernard Johnson, Virginia Lyon, Eve Becher, Elizabeth Newbery. Chris Zeuner and Richard Pailthorpe are co-opted ex-officio.
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 High Visitor Numbers for 1984 / 1984 was close to a record with 179,000 visitors. The shop showed an improvement from 42p per visitor in 1983 to 52p per visitor. Keith Bickmore is Senior Warden and runs the shop.
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 British Association of Friends of Museums / The Friends is a member of the British Association of Friends of Museums, Other members are NADFAS, V & A Museum, R. A. F. Museum, National Piano Museum, Sainsbury Centre, Ironbridge Gorge and National Maritime Museum. We were represented by Bernard and Betty Rush, Eve Becher and Walter Greenway. at the last meeting at the National Maritime Museum in October, The Association produces a regular broadsheet and a year book. Both may be borrowed from Carol Hawkins (later Carol Brinson).
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 Lime seminar / John Ashurst will be leading a seminar on lime in January.
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 More Books for the Library / The library thanks Friends who supplied books. Mrs Garstang sent two copies of the Oxford English Dictionary and Lord Watkinson several books, including a rare antique book with illustrations of 19th century buildings.
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 Museum Officers at Seminars / The Museum's Chairman, David Biart, was a speaker at an Association of Independent Museums on "How to be a Good Trustee"
Chris Zeuner was a speaker at a weekend course on historic farm buildings for the University of Oxford Department for External Studies.
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 North Cray / A picture of North Cray bqeing tiled by A Booker and Son.
1985/1 Members' Magazine No. 23 / January 1985 Education Programme / On February 14 there will be a reception for teachers to introduce them to the wealth of material available here. On March 13 there will be a seminar for teachers with speakers Chris Zeuner and Kim Leslie.
Elizabeth Newbery's new teachers' sheets will be available in a teachers' pack.
1985/1 Bulletin / January 1985 Charcoal Producing Operation / This is now back at the Charcoal Burners' Camp, having spent several useful months in the woods near Hooksway. A large order has been received from Robert Dyas, the ironmongers, and Gary Browning will be burning hard over the next few months to meet this.


Today, Axis Communications is announcing AXIS T61 Audio and I/O Interface Series, which enables audio and I/O connectivity to be added to Axis network cameras that don't have this functionality built-in, and for the optimum placement of both the network camera and the audio functionality. In doing so, they provide a flexible and cost-effective solution for customers who see the benefits of audio and I/O, reducing the total cost of ownership (TCO) of Axis cameras and delivering greater lifetime value.
Connected between the camera and the switch, the new AXIS T61 Series units use portcast, a unique feature that allows for audio and I/O to be transferred digitally over the network cable between the camera and the interface. AXIS T6101 and AXIS T6112 Audio and I/O Interface will seamlessly bring the benefits of audio and I/O to a number of popular Axis cameras that do not have these capabilities already built-in.
With the camera being separate from the audio and I/O interface, customers can place both in the ideal position: for instance, a discreet location for a small camera, with audio capture taking place closer to the point of interest. In adding support for two-way audio, customers can benefit from listening in to transactions or incidents, for example, or communicate warnings to intruders. Moving forward, audio analytics, such as aggression detection, will also be supported.
Adding I/O brings many benefits. External sensors and detectors can be connected to input ports to trigger alarms or actions, and an alarm can also be sent if connections are cut. External devices such as relays can be connected to output ports to activate lights, lock/unlock doors, etc. Coming in a discreet casing ready to be mounted on wall or ceiling, AXIS T6112 also includes a built-in microphone.
AXIS T61 Series allows audio and I/O to be added only to those cameras where it is needed, without requiring additional IP addresses or video management software (VMS) licenses, while video and audio are delivered through a single stream. Installation is straightforward, and integration with an existing VMS is seamless. Customers only need to make sure that a camera's firmware supports portcast, and then the camera will act as if audio and I/O were built-in.
AXIS T61 Audio and I/O Interface Series will be available in Q2 through Axis distribution channels.


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Maple Shade Man Sentenced for Attacking Corrections Officer Because He Wanted a Hair Cut – 5/2/14
Andy McNeil — May 2, 2014
Camden County Prosecutor Warren W. Faulk reported a Maple Shade man was sentenced today for assaulting a corrections officer while a jury deliberated to determine whether he would be convicted of murder.
Hinds, M/22, was sentenced today to a three year term of incarceration Friday after pleading guilty to 3rd degree Aggravated Assault on a Law Enforcement Officer in March. The three years will be served consecutively to a 25 year prison term he received when he was found guilty in November 2012 of the murder of Muriah Huff, F/18, on Berkley Street in Camden in 2010.
Hinds was among ten people charged in connection with the Camden double murder that resulted in the deaths of Huff and Michael Hawkins, M/23. In November 2012 his case went to trial. On November 20, while the jury deliberated, Hinds awaited the verdict in the county jail and insisted to a corrections officer that he needed a haircut before the verdict was announced. He was told he would not be able to get a haircut at that time, and that led to a melee in which Hinds attacked the corrections officer. Other inmates in the jail took the opportunity to also attack the corrections officer before other officers broke up the fight.
The jury ultimately found Hinds guilty of Murder in Huff's killing, though that was reduced to manslaughter as the jury found Hinds acted under duress from other codefendants in the case.
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Christmas dinner – our oven is still broken, so we went simple – spaghetti and meatballs, fruit salad, rolls, a no bake egg/dairy free pumpkin pie, chocolate graham cracker pie. I think this week we'll finally have time to look for a replacement oven. Yay!
Best memory – playing Christmas Light Bingo (we used the one here but there are many others out there). Wonder of wonders, ALL the kids enjoyed it, so I was free to enjoy it without refereeing fights or appeasing whiners.
Elizabeth — a bedrest. Do you call them "husbands" where you live? We got into an interesting conversation with a man in the store about that.
Best find – Webkinz for only $1.50 at Michaels.
Sorta scary moment – My mother really struggled to get up the stairs to our house. I was so afraid she wouldn't be able to get back down. Wasn't sure what we would have done! It seems a silly thing to call 911 for, but someone would have needed to carry her out of the house, and no one that lives here is able.
Moment of relief – (other than my parents not killing themselves and us falling down the stairs) Their visit went really well. Phew!
*for the happiness my kids showed, there was barely one moment of grumpiness. A Christmas miracle!
I call it a "husband" although my actual husband hates that term. I didn't know there was another name!
Although my boys were still excited, I too was happy they were a bit calmer and not pulling the childish activities of Christmastime. To actually have their help and cooperation was nice. I still haven't learned where the volume button is on them, though.
I hear the hover boards are risky and unreliable, so I'm glad you didn't get one.
My favorite gift was a total surprise: noise cancelling headphones. I'm enjoying Handel's Messiah right now and supposed to be writing. That's the main reason — to be able to hear myself think when I'm writing articles and doing computer work.
Merry Christmas to you too, Jenn! Noise cancelling headphones – wonderful! Let me know how you like them. I've avoided them because I hate things on my head after a few minutes, but it might be worth it.
I have read a few blog posts on simple Christmases this year. It's nice to know that we aren't the only family doing that. We have been doing this for about 4 years, but I really think this was the simplest one for us yet. I haven't even felt stressed at all this! That is totally amazing for me!
So glad you had a good one! Merry Christmas! I'm hoping we have another simple Christmas next year, this was the nicest one ever.


A holiday village with an abundance of amenities.
A friendly, family run complex surrounded by greenery in a beautiful setting, the Riverside Kyrenia is a well placed and enjoyable place to spend your holiday in Cyprus.
All the family will love the range of facilities, especially the aqua park where both adults and children can enjoy the swimming pools and water slides. There's also horse riding, tennis and basketball, as well as another outdoor swimming pool where you can either take a refreshing dip or soak up the sun from your poolside lounger.
If you fancy a slower pace, you'll love the health club where there's plenty of chance to pamper yourself with a sauna, Jacuzzi and massage, and everyone will be more than satisfied with the choice of restaurants and bars. After your evening meal, you can also have a gamble in the casino or maybe drive from Riverside Cyprus into Kyrenia to explore the beautiful town and everything it has to offer.
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Yesterday Google Books quietly launched a My Library option in Google Books, which is nothing less than a frontal assault on LibraryThing. Both services allow you to easily create a list of books you own or books you like, add comments, create RSS feeds and all those things common to the web 2.0 era. LibraryThing is richer in terms of mash-up possibilities and, being around for a while, already has a substantial base of personal libraries that are already tagged, commented etc. However, Google Books has the strategic advantage of full text search for most the books in its database and full text reading availability for many older tittles. So that allows you to full text search your personal catalogue, making it easy to answer the question "I read that somewhere, but in which books was that?"And the good news is: both services offer export and import facilities, making it relatievely easy to switch from one to the other, or even maintain both and synchronise once in a while. That is bad news for Library Thing that is charging it users for catalogues larger than 200 items (US$25 per life).
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National Initiative Launched to Change the Way Biology Departments Approach Undergraduate Education
NSCA May 15, 2012
A new national initiative promises to improve college biology education by engaging faculty members in an effort to change how post-secondary life sciences departments approach education. PULSE, which stands for Partnership for Undergraduate Life Sciences Education, is a collaborative effort funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Program organizers also announced today that they are accepting applications from faculty members interested in becoming Vision and Change Leadership Fellows – individuals who will lead a national effort to stimulate systemic change in how post-secondary educational institutions approach biology education. The intent of the program is to develop a strategy to implement the findings from a 2011 report.
College students and faculty members have long argued that the approach to undergraduate education in the life sciences should be modernized to reflect what we now understand about how students learn. Twenty-first century science demands that students develop scientific and technical skills, and also the capacity to work beyond traditional academic boundaries. Undergraduate students, regardless of their major, deserve and need a life sciences education that helps then understand biology and how scientific research is conducted. Informed decision-making, whether managing one's health, deciding what food to eat, or understanding how individual actions influence the environment, requires an appreciation of the nature of science.
In 2006, the NSF initiated a multi-year conversation with the scientific community, with assistance from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. That dialogue, which was co-funded with the National Institutes of Health and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, generated the 2011 report, Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action.
The scientific community actively informed the recommendations in the Vision and Change report. Among these were a recognition that a 21st century education requires changes to how biology is taught, how academic departments support faculty, and how curricular decisions are made.
"There is now broad consensus about the change that is needed," said HHMI's Cynthia Bauerle. The way biology is taught needs to change in order to "spark student interest in science and prepare them for the challenging scientific problems we face in the 21st century."
Prior efforts to reform post-secondary life sciences education have focused on helping individual faculty members improve their teaching methods. These initiatives have created points of excellence at institutions across the country, but have failed to produce the systemic change that is needed to fundamentally improve college-level biology education.
To foster this widespread change, the NSF, NIH, and HHMI have partnered to launch the PULSE program. Supporting the effort are Knowinnovation and the American Institute of Biological Sciences.
The PULSE initiative will facilitate the systemic change that was identified as a national priority in the Vision and Change report.
Clifton A. Poodry of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, the division of NIH providing funding to PULSE, notes that NIH has a long-standing commitment to training the next generation. "We look forward to furthering this goal through our partnership with NSF and HHMI to implement recommendations of the Vision and Change report for improving undergraduate biology education," said Poodry.
This year PULSE will select 40 Vision and Change Leadership Fellows. The selection process will identify individuals experienced in catalyzing undergraduate biology education reform at institutional, departmental, or divisional levels in the nation's colleges and universities. The Fellows will represent research universities, regional or comprehensive universities, liberal arts colleges, and community colleges. The Fellows will be engaged in a yearlong effort to develop an implementation strategy for the Vision and Change report.
"What we are trying to achieve is systemic change, transformation of undergraduate biology education in this country," stated Judith Verbeke of the NSF. This is why the PULSE effort is encouraging current or former biology department heads to apply. "The focus is intentional," said Verbeke, "because it's at the level of the department that so many decisions are made. We are looking to the department as the most appropriate unit to make real change."
Ideal applicants will be aware of the history and discourse of reforming undergraduate life sciences education; have undergraduate teaching experience as well as experience mentoring, motivating and evaluating other faculty; and will have experience as current or former chairs or department heads. Applicants should be active in cultivating the mix of scholarship in teaching and life sciences research appropriate to their type of institution. Successful candidates will have a record of working collaboratively and creatively with individuals from different backgrounds.
It is through diversity of perspective that we achieve change, Bauerle said, "We seek not only those who are already members of the choir, but also committed life scientists and educators who question how best to proceed."
Applications for the Vision and Change Leadership Fellows program will be accepted through July 9, 2012. Information about the PULSE program, including application guidelines, is available at www.pulsecommunity.org. The Vision and Change report is online at http://visionandchange.org/finalreport.
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Vintage interview: Teen Wolf Too's Jason Bateman banking on teen idol image
LOS ANGELES — Jason Bateman's life sounds like an 18-year-old's dream.
The co-star of NBC's "Valerie's Family" has his own apartment in Brentwood, a Jeep Cherokee with a sound system to die for (and possibly a Porsche on the way: "I was just talking to my accountant," he says with a smile) and a private dressing room with graffiti-covered walls and a color TV.
Blessed with boy-next-door good looks, a sizable bank account (the result of fairly steady acting work since age 11) and no homework (he graduated from high school last spring, and isn't attending college), Bateman is the stuff teen idols are made of; his monthly fan-mail count is In the thousands, and his smiling countenance is a fixture on fanzine covers.
Walking from the "Valerie's Family" set to the Lorimar (formerly MGM) commissary for lunch with a reporter, he seems to know every other person on the bustling lot.
But behind hand-slapping greetings, print surfer shorts, T-shirt and sneakers is a dyed-in-the-wool show- business kid, which is to say hardly a kid at all.
Bateman tosses terms like "bankability" and "creative control" around with the self-assurance of a William Morris agent in a three-piece suit; at an age when most young people are trying to find themselves, he seems to have his career mapped out like a Thomas Bros. guide — and this particular lunch stop is part of a concerted drive to promote his first theatrical feature, 'Teen Wolf Too."
"This is my fourth lunch interview this week," Bateman said matter-of-factly.
The questions Bateman has been fielding — about both the movie and "Valerie's Family" — haven't all been easy.
"Teen Wolf Too" is Atlantic Entertainment Group's low-budget sequel to 1985's "Teen Wolf," a sendup of werewolf movies starring Michael J. Fox, who at the time was, like Bateman, a teen idol seeking to make the transition to movies. In the film, Bateman plays Todd Howard, cousin to Fox's character and a late-blooming werewolf who discovers his affliction when he goes off to college.
It seems a curious choice for Bateman's maiden big-screen venture, partly because it will invite — comparisons with the original and Fox's performance and partly because it is so very lightweight; Bateman himself harbors few illusions about its artistic merits.
"It's not going to win any awards," he said. "I didn't do the film to make a great film. I did it because it's got a 1,500-screen release, (and) it was made for $3 million, so it's going to make a lot of money compared to what its budget was.
"I'm not out to make a lot of money in this business, but I thou the film would build up my bankability so that the choice scripts would come as a result. So there was some strategy involved."
Bateman's chief career strategist is his father, Kent Bateman, who manages Jason and his older sister, "Family Ties" star Justine Bateman — and who not-so-coincidentally is the producer of "Teen Wolf Too."
But "Valerie's Family" is clearly Bateman's breakthrough series; his performance as a 17-year-old everykid in suburban Chicago got so much of the credit for the series' popularity that, in the wake of Valerie Harper's contract dispute with Lorimar and departure from the series, one writer suggested it be renamed "The Jason Bateman Show."
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Several accounts of the Miss Harper-Lorimar dispute — and some court documents — have even suggested that jealousy over Bateman's increased importance and visibility in the series may have contributed to Miss Harper's discontent.
Bateman, who still describes Miss Harper as "my second mother," is obviously aware of the press accounts — and has obviously determined not to get involved in the quarrel.
"It was just another example of how this business can get, and you've just got to let it slide and let it go, and fortunately enough, we were able to get someone equally as talented and equally as kind as Valerie," he said, referring to the newest cast member, Sandy Duncan.
"The fact that maybe there were more scripts that were David scripts really never affected me. I never looked at it that way, and as far as I'm concerned, last year there was a lot of sharing of scripts amongst characters, and the same this year.
"So I never saw that, and she never made me feel like that, and no one on the show did. It's always been a very synergistic set, and we've always been an ensemble."
Pressed about Miss Harper's reported complaints about being reduced to quasi-second banana status, Bateman concedes "she might have been concerned that maybe the show was getting a little heavier over here. We've got a great cast for a situation comedy, and, like myself, she wanted to share the scripts with the other boys and Josh (actor Josh Taylor, who plays Michael Hogan on the series)."
But he says he maintains a personal relationship with Miss Harper — "We talk about once a month" — and looks forward to working with her again someday. "It's a big tangle that is really exhausting to really get involved with, so I just kind of stayed out of it from the start, and just did my job," Bateman concluded. "We'll let the courts decide who was right and who was wrong and who should get their $80 million."
Either way, Bateman seems destined to emerge a winner.
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The CEO of IDEO, a global design consultancy, explains how to use design to facilitate creativity, collaboration, and engagement at work.
Tim Brown: Taking risks is a hard thing to do in business and in life in general, and if the sense is that we're discouraging people from taking risks then they simply won't do it. And so having a more playful environment is one way of sending a message to say, you know, it's okay to take risks. Just think about kindergartens. They are playful places because kids need to take risks all the time in order to learn.
When we look around the world and see companies that are creative that use creative problem solving every day - companies like Google and Pixar, for instance - one thing we see is that their spaces, their workplaces are somehow different from the ones that we find in many companies. In Google you'll find flamingos in the courtyard. You'll find restaurants everywhere. At Pixar you'll find these strange places that are designed to look like the movies that they are designing, and it is tempting to think that in order to be creative a workplace has to be kind of design-y and weird and creative. That isn't necessarily the case, but what is the case is a workplace that encourages creativity is a workplace that encourages people to feel comfortable about taking risks.
And so think about your own workplace and think about, what are the simple things that we could do to make it more comfortable for people to take risks? Maybe it's by opening the space out so that people can see what other people are doing and they share ideas more easily. Maybe it is painting the walls a weird color so that they are not so dreary and corporate as they once were. Maybe it is designing spaces to encourage certain kinds of activity like brainstorming or building new ideas.
Having this kind of playful environment, it changes the way people feel about the work they do, in my opinion. It allows people to kind of participate more completely. It often allows teams to collaborate more comfortably. That is a large part of how you get more kind of creative productivity out of people is having people feel good about working in teams because, in general, when we're working on more complex problems teams are more effective. And it's about kind of a commitment. It's about coming into work every day and not feeling like it's work. It's about coming in and feeling energized and not part of some kind of dreary bureaucracy.
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Were you born to be an entrepreneur? Being successful requires a mix of characteristics that are both innate and learned. However, there are a few characteristics many phenomenal entrepreneurs have in common—and it's not always dropping out of college to pursue their dreams. It's often much subtler, and you can probably trace it back to your childhood.
The good news? Even if you don't have all (or any!) of these traits, they can be learned or you can figure out your own complementary way to enjoy the benefits.
After all, innovation and thinking outside the box is what entrepreneurship is all about. How many of these characteristics do you have—and how many do you want to adopt?
Multiple studies have shown that "morning people" are more successful. However, there are plenty of successful night owls, too. It really doesn't matter when you start punching the clock. What matters is your drive, ambition and commitment to tackling issues in a triage format. Many morning people simply find it easier to get started—procrastination is the real problem here, not whether you're an early bird or not.
My advice: I personally have been an early riser for years, but not all entrepreneurs get up early. In fact, the average leader wakes up at 6:15am. I'm a 6:00 a.m. type of a guy. I have so much work to do running my web hosting startup that I need more hours in the day. I find that I can get most of my actual work done before most of the people come to the office. Then when people get in I can have meetings and "find" time for all the random work that gets thrown at you.
A million-dollar idea is one that fills a need in the market. However, it takes an entrepreneur to spot disparities and gaps, then come up with ideas to fill them. Of course, any "new" idea that's good will get its fair share of copy cats. There are some people who get rich simply by riding the coattails of others. That's perfectly fine if that's your niche, but natural entrepreneurs are the original creators.
My advice: Always be looking for opportunities in everything you do. Even at your current job or startup, you should be looking for opportunities. I've worked with Mitchell Stoker for years. We are always coming up with ideas and pitching each other. This helps us know a good idea when it comes our way. We've come up with some amazing ideas, as well as some terrible ones! Learn to spot an opportunity.
3. They have follow through.
Every team needs dreamers because they help shake the death grip of realists. However, very few entrepreneurs are 100 percent dreamers. You need follow through or nothing is going to happen. Entrepreneurs take things full circle. It's why many of them were successful in sales—that "always be closing" mantra served them well and they won't settle for loose ends.
My advice: Follow through on all your commitments. This lesson was taught to me by New York Times best selling author Joel Comm who told me years ago "When you make a commitment, it doesn't matter how small it is or if it's to someone you don't know online.... you better follow through." This has stuck with me over the past year as Joel has helped out countless people online because of commitments he's made. An exceptional leader is someone that follows through.
4. They challenged the status quo.
This is where the stories of Steve Jobs and others dropping out of school to pursue flights of fancy is really rooted. It's not just about taking the path of least resistance. Entrepreneurs don't accept things as is. They challenge "the way it's always been done". They want better, faster, and more, and they aren't afraid to be the ones to do it. There's no such thing as "good enough" for an entrepreneur.
My advice: When I started my first company that went big, I was going up against companies that had been selling homes for hundreds of years. I disrupted the model, I had success. I truly challenged the status quo. To be extremely successful, typically you have to come up with something disruptive that's out of the norm.
There's a big difference between an inventor and an entrepreneur. You need to be money savvy if you want your business or idea to really take off. This isn't something that comes naturally to everyone, so you'll either need to brush up on your personal finance and investing skills, get a reputable investor and CPA in your corner—or both. Otherwise, you won't optimize your ideas and hard work into a lucrative business.
My advice: Look, without money you will be on the streets. Entrepreneurs need to understand money. If you're in debt, get out of it. Begin to be more money-minded. Learn how money works, early in life. If you're business doesn't make money at some point, you're not going to succeed...period. Don't let money consume you but build a business that makes a profit!
There's no one path to becoming a phenomenal entrepreneur. However, learning from the mistakes of others (and their successes) means you're not reinventing the wheel. Why sign on for more work than necessary?


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Challenging Herself to Succeed: Jana's Career Journey
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Society of Women Engineers Member Jana Gerber uses her fearlessness and problem-solving abilities to take on new challenges and build a career path that's uniquely her own.
This post originally appeared on the SWE All Together Blog.
As North American Microgrid President for Schneider Electric, I oversee a team of 20 direct reports working with hundreds of others across the region and the globe. A microgrid is a solution consisting of software, systems, and products that support customers in their sustainability and resiliency journeys. My team is responsible for the go-to-market strategies and delivery of these complex electrical systems, and I couldn't be more excited about this opportunity.
Furthermore, I feel like I'm taking on this challenge at precisely the right time. More and more, extreme weather events are leading to highly disruptive blackouts. At the same time, increasing energy costs and the push for electric vehicles are making power grid efficiency and resiliency paramount. Leading the microgrids strategy at Schneider Electric directly addresses these critical challenges, digitizing energy and making it more dynamic. It's great to be a part of that and to create a pathway for other female engineers and team members to see the opportunities in the microgrid industry.
My story started with the fundamentals that I learned through my engineering education. I loved architecture and buildings in high school, which eventually led to a civil engineering degree from Washington State University. From there, my natural curiosity and thirst for knowledge helped me create a unique path and discover my real strengths with career moves every few years. Over the last two decades, I've taken on roles focused on engineering, marketing, management, strategy, sales, and more. In fact, I think my journey exemplifies what makes engineering today so exciting – it's built with highly transferable skills!
Creating my path right out of college
My first job out of college was as a structural engineer with a firm in Seattle. I worked with wonderful mentors on some fantastic projects. But after a couple of years, I realized that as much as I liked the work environment, I wanted more customer engagement, so I started exploring roles in marketing and business development. As a result, I found a position in business development at a mechanical engineering firm. I thought to myself, "This is great. Now that I know more about how a building stands up, I can learn how it works from the inside out."
As part of the marketing department, I was exposed to all aspects of the business. This included performance contracting, which involved working on energy efficiency and savings for public sector customers. This business area interested Schneider Electric and led to their purchase of the company in 2004. It was an exciting time as I began my 20-year Schneider Electric career working on the due diligence process and learning more about business.
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A move that would expand my understanding of the business
After four years, an opportunity to be the Director of Marketing and Business Development became available with the Digital Building business unit, offering building technology that supports building management and security systems. So, my husband and I packed up and moved from Seattle to Dallas. My role included developing and maintaining offers and value propositions for building segments, including healthcare, retail, hotels, and commercial real estate. This enabled me to use engineering solutions to solve practical problems externally across a variety of customers and building types and internally with multiple stakeholders and business units.
Another turning point, another opportunity to work with end-users
I spent five years as part of the marketing team, which has been one of my longest tenures. During that time, I had two children. As I tried to successfully manage motherhood while also strengthening my confidence in my unique career growth, I kept coming back to the word HARMONY. The definition of harmony is "the quality of forming a pleasing and consistent whole," which I find very fitting since that feeling of "wholeness" can be very specific for each individual, family, and career situation. What worked for us and the factors in our life, I believe, can be very different for others.
I was again looking for my next step when Schneider announced they were building a Solution Center focused on bringing more value to customers. I thought, "I can do that – I want to work closely with sales and our customers to develop our technical and commercial offers." So, I jumped in as Opportunity Portfolio Manager.
In this role, I built a team and our success from scratch. This meant facilitating cross-business leadership. And for me, it all tied back to engineering and problem solving — bringing parts and pieces together. I loved the challenge of uniting leadership to evaluate some of our larger projects, asking the tough questions, "Are we spending our time in the right places? Do we have the right relationships? Do we have the right technical solutions? Should we move forward in the required investment to ensure our best winning chance?"
Charting my path in sales
After years of coaching others to be confident about taking the leap into new areas like sales, it was time for me to take my own advice. With plenty of marketing experience in lead generation, building relationships, and qualifying opportunities, I felt ready to accept a position as Strategic Account Director. The move expanded my previous role to lead full-selling-phase activities. This meant more travel and opportunities to interact with people outside my organization. It also led to another job change two years later to Healthcare Segment Director.
I led the national healthcare strategy in this position, taking on projects like the Penn Medicine pavilion, a 1.5 million square foot job with a new hospital tower. This project was very successful and got a tremendous amount of attention because the client adopted construction methodologies that were totally outside traditional approaches and used integrated project delivery and lean construction concepts. These were strategies I knew well from my engineering training.
As part of the core team, we constantly asked, "How do we eliminate waste? How do we bring value?" That required a whole new level of collaboration. The project created a space where everyone involved collocated into a shared space. This included the mechanical, electrical, general contractors, and design engineers who met daily to find new ways to innovate. The focus was to achieve the customer's goal of creating an entirely new patient experience that felt more like a hotel than a hospital. This included giving patients a sense of control with capabilities like a remote window blind, smart temperature control, and digital whiteboards – all at a time when they often feel very out of control.
Leveraging my experience to help our largest customers
Shortly after, I was asked to take on leadership for all building segments. I happily accepted. It was exciting to have responsibility for some of our largest customers in healthcare, real estate, hospitality, and aviation. I would get the chance to take the things we did so well in healthcare and apply them across building segments and other key accounts. I knew the value of being able to apply my knowledge to other segments. Now I had to think about industrializing that knowledge and making it more repeatable and scalable. One of the first things the team did was recreate the innovation used at Penn Med in an Executive Briefing Center in Saint Louis, so we could showcase it to other customers.
Two years later, we were expanding our sustainability consulting business. Once again, I was at a place where I was asking, What's next? How do I keep growing? Over the years, I realized how important it is to keep asking questions in my career. Ultimately, they led to my next role as Sustainability Consulting Principal. Looking back, I came full circle because I started my career in performance contracting, which is part of our sustainability business, and then came back to it in a more strategic capacity. Now I would need to think more broadly about how to help customers formulate climate change strategies and implement them to drive sustainability into their assets. It was a lot more comprehensive than simply looking at greenhouse gas emissions.
After about 20 years in my career, I was still learning a lot about sustainability scope and connecting across the aisle to find new solutions.
It was about this time that I realized that my responsibility had grown after years of building my career and helping manage and lead others. I knew that as much as I enjoyed supporting individuals and teams, I also needed to focus on helping grow the entire sustainability ecosystem. This included finding ways to show leadership inside and outside my company. These days, that also means being involved in organizations like the American Heart Association and The Association of Medical Facility Professionals. It's about not only helping others in your career but also in your community. I've learned that it is important to volunteer and explore activities outside of work to achieve more balance.
A lifelong learner excited for what's next
So, where am I now? I'm again taking on a new challenge as North American Microgrid President. It's an exciting time as we work to tackle climate change and find innovative, sustainable, and resilient ways to build a new energy landscape. As a lifelong learner, I'm eager to think creatively to solve, How do we help our customers? How do we make organizations more resilient and sustainable? I also look forward to encouraging other female engineers to challenge themselves with non-traditional career paths that give them a wider lens on the business. It's so important to keep learning, keep looking for the next opportunity to go on a site visit, talk to someone new, or pursue a new position. Each career move is another piece in the larger puzzle, another reason to be excited about what's next.
Jana Gerber is President, Microgrids, North America for Schneider Electric. In addition to being a member of the Society of Women Engineers, she serves as a Board Member for the Association of Medical Facility Professionals North Texas Chapter. She is a Go Red Executive Leadership Team and Circle of Red Member for the Dallas Chapter of the American Heart Association.
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COMPANY CULTURE | Words by Rory Gardiner. Friday, 4 September, 2015
Rory Gardiner is a London-based photographer of architecture, interiors, and landscape. At Opendesk we're incredibly lucky to have him as our resident photographer. Below he showcases the best of his recent trip to Mexico with some surprising results.
Above: The non-surprising first impressions of Antonio Sola, Mexico City.
In May I was asked by architects Ambrosi Etchegaray and Tatiana Bilbao to shoot their latest projects in Mexico.
First on the agenda was the Ambrosi Etchegaray project, titled Antonio Sola. A residence in Mexico City that is subtly positioned mid-street and didn't give anything away on first impressions. The facade is typically not too far removed from the norm of the residential architecture featured throughout the city but, as soon as I stepped inside, Ambrosi Etchegaray's design features were striking.
With a population over 20 million in the greater Mexico City area Ambrosi Etchegaray sought to null the consciousness of the metropolis by creating an urban oasis, focused around a central courtyard. Throughout the space its inhabitants are taken away from the city's buzz with the interior reflecting the least amount of "noise" and the distinctive floor divide that was constructed to elevate the space all through the home. The real highlight for me was spending the night!
Above: the courtyard at Antonio Sola, with the maid's chambers to the left.
Below: View of the private section at the holiday home (Tatiana Bilbao).
After what seemed like a few hours in the capital (it was actually closer to a week!) I headed out of the city east to Guadalajara where Tatiana Bilbao had finished a holiday home in a neighbouring town Ajijic, on the edge of Laguna de Chapala. The town has a relaxed feel with plenty of bars, cafés and restaurants due to the large proportion of retired American and Canadians who have flocked south to realise the Mexican Dream ;-). I was blown away by the scenery, and the property itself. For a very modest budget of £120,000 it's remarkable what Tatiana achieved for an American client as a holiday getaway spot.
All the materials were sourced locally and heavily relied on rammed earth for its foundation. The feel had an intriguing warming effect considering the raw nature of the materials used, and uniquely there are two sides to the home, a open public sort of space and a private area that is much more secluded. Both are joined by a corridor and the atmosphere in both feels very different. I was able to spend a few days in the area and the not far away city Guadalajara to see the best of the east side of the country.
If you know of anyone who needs a project shot in Mexico I'd be the first one to step forward! I hope you enjoy my final proofs from the two projects.
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Rory Gardiner is a London-based photographer of architecture, interiors, and landscape. Rory was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, and received an...
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Бефьюн — небольшой город в округе Кершау, Южная Каролина, США. По данным переписи за 2000 год, население города составляло 352 человека. Бефьюн входит в объединенную статистическую зону города Колумбия, Южная Каролина.

География
Бефьюн находится на  (34.414881, −80.347414).

По данным Бюро переписи населения США, город имеет общую площадь в 2,9 км².

Демография
По данным переписи населения за 2000 год, в городе проживало 352 человека, было 191 домохозяйство, и 104 семьи. Плотность населения составляло 119,2 человека на км². Было 193 единиц жилья со средней плотностью 65,4 на 1 км². Расово-этнический состав города был: 89,77 % белых, 9,66 % афроамериканцев, 0,56 % прочих рас. Испаноязычные или латиноамериканцы любой расы составляли 2,84 % населения.

По данным за 2000 год, в городе было 165 домохозяйств, из которых 21,8 % имели детей в возрасте до 18 лет, проживающих с ними, 49,7 % домохозяйств представляли собой семейные пары, главами 10,9 % домохозяйств были женщины, проживающие без мужей, а 36,4 % домохозяйств являлись бессемейными. 34,5 % всех домохозяйств состояли из индивидуальных лиц и 21,8 % домохозяйств состояли из одиноких людей в возрасте 65 лет и старше. Средний размер домохозяйства составлял 2,13 человека, а средний размер семьи 2,72.

Распределение населения в городе было следующем: 17,3 % — население в возрасте до 18 лет, 7,1 % — от 18 до 24 лет, 22,2 % — от 25 до 44 лет, 29,8 % — от 45 до 64 лет и 23,6 % — в возрасте 65 лет и старше. Средний возраст составил 47 лет. На каждые 100 женщин приходилось 83,3 мужчин. На каждые 100 женщин в возрасте 18 лет и старше приходилось 84,2 мужчин.

Средний ежегодный доход на одно домохозяйство в городе составил 32 083 долл. США, а средний доход на семью составляет 40 972 долл. США. Средний доход мужчин составил 37 250 долл. США по сравнению с 26 406 долл. США у женщин. Доход на душу населения в городе составил 18 879 долл. США в год. Около 5,3 % семей и 7,2 % населения имели доход ниже прожиточного минимума, 15,5 % из них были моложе 18 лет и 10,7 % в возрасте 65 лет и старше.

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This stylish and timeless home shows that a modern style interior can still feel warm, inviting and highly liveable.
Our collaboration with Summerwell homes has been a very interesting and rewarding journey towards helping their clients create their dream homes. It started out with creating the overall concepts for four different color palettes that we could use throughout the 16 homes. This included forecasting trends, demographics and needs of the buyers as well as the development team. The next step was to create a showpiece home, and finally to work with clients on tailoring their house to their tastes and needs.
The first home, lot 8, was created to be welcoming to many different types of personal tastes, while showing the possibilities to create a custom like product for the end user.
The concept used as base for this particular home was light and shadow. There's a lot of play with textures for example the great room fireplace where the structured tiles create a subtle wave pattern of light and shadows. The hexagon lighting fixture adds another element with the shadow it casts along the wall at certain times in the evening.


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Drug Honkey - _Ghost in the Fire_
(Diabolical Conquest Records, 2012)
by: Chaim Drishner (7.5 out of 10)
First, a warning: you might want to listen to Drug Honkey on a decent stereo system, due to the fact the bass-heavy fucked up music, heavy on reverb and pronounced electronic elements, might sound like a total cacophony of shit if the listening experience is compromised by a sound system incapable of dealing with those frequencies, or if your speakers will further distort the already distorted sound waves slapping you on the face courtesy of this album. In other words, it's like listening to stripped down and violent black metal in your car stereo with the windows open, where, instead of paying attention to all the elements, the wind drowns most of them and you're left hearing a really thin sounding buzzing guitar intermingled with those half-drowned shrieks, asking yourself where's the fucking music.
Drug Honkey, for reasons that are valid or otherwise, will remind you from the first moment the American group Today Is the Day, because both bands share a completely polarized take on metal: both play slow and heavy and neither is intimidated by experimentation, plus they both possess an undeniable psychedelic stance, incorporated and blended well into their hostile, enigmatic sound. But there's more: if you want to capture the sound of Drug Honkey without first listening to it, you might want to check out also the German oddity Touch the Spider! (exclamation mark included in the band moniker); sort of a mixture between '70s rock, gothic doom and psychedelia all mixed together, resulting in an eerie sonic experience that's anything but orthodox, yet powerful enough to stir and shake the listener due to its hostile, mysterious and mind-altering powers.
The backdrop of the music is industrial and steel-cold, repetitive and 'mechanical', having basic riffs and a pounding, enormous rhythm section. In that regard you cannot but acknowledge bands such as Skin Chamber, who would serve, without even admitting to the fact, as a major influence to Drug Honkey's creation; and despite this being an educated guess, one who's familiar with the former couldn't escape the comparison.
The music is nothing a traditional metal band could ever offer; it's apocalyptic for the most part, the mix is thickly layered by elements upon elements of estrangement, and everything echoes back and forth from the speakers to the listener's skull and vice versa. The vocals are for the most part processed, robotic yet evil, alternating between cohesive citations and wild throat tearing howls of a rabid madman. The slow and simple song progressions and the repetitive nature of the riffs boost the despairing non-dynamics of the compositions, solidifying them into being virtually black oozing thick sonic tar that's poisonous and deadly -- yet one cannot help but keep on breathing these venomous fumes, being utterly mesmerized by what's unfolding.
If you have ever pondered upon what experimental metal sounds like, Drug Honkey's _Ghost in the Fire_ is your definite answer. It never loses coherence despite its highly mind-fucking assertion; it never falls into fragmented abstraction that more often than not loses its grip on the notion of 'music' itself; it's powerful and intriguing despite its virtual lack of traditional dynamics and beyond everything, this is a mind-altering, surreal experience that still holds firmly the basics of melody and compositions, even though it is sometimes so 'out there' that any relation between that monster and rock music can be purely coincidental.
_Ghost in the Fire_ is one experiment in experimental metal that has not gone awfully wrong; the strange and unmerciful melodies go hand in hand with some fucked up, abstract and seemingly stream of consciousness lyricism, and when these are coupled with the rotation of the album on a -good- audio system, the outcome is that of resonating an experience that won't be easily forgotten.
This album comes as highly recommended for those who seek for original yet extremely morbid music, but this recommendation comes with a warning: proceed with caution and listen carefully, for this album is not, by any means, an easy listening affair nor does it cope with your shitty computer loudspeakers.
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10/23/2006 Q Kalis 6.5 Drug Honkey - Hail Satan


Having cut the main timbers for the bridge I needed to move them over a wall and to the worksite. It was a fun days work and a friend and neighbour Mark Wallington came to help. Mark is a scriptwriter and author so I think it was a bit of a change for him but a gorgeous day which we thoroughly enjoyed. Ollie was still on school holidays so he helped and took photos. We had lunch of fish and chips sat on the cricket field in Hayfield, wonderful.
These timbers are still a good weight so it is important to work carefully, slowly and use leverage rather than brute strength.
Close to the pivot point, when we get there the weight disappears as the beam becomes a giant see saw.
And sliding down the bank onto a huge flat bed trailer borrowed from a neighboring farmer.
Even so the beams stuck out a little way beyond the trailer.
Hayfield is just the other side of Kinder Scout from Edale and played a critical part in access to the countryside in the UK as it was the starting point for the mass trespass in 1932 the trespassers met in Bowden Hill quarry before heading off onto the moors, they would have walked past my tree on the way.
I forgot to take photos as we unloaded the timber and put the first beams across the abutments but thankfully Nigel who was helping for the day took some. Bradfield's idyllic cricket field in the background.
First timber across and I get a really good visualisation of the curve for the first time. I am very pleased.
Third timber in and a well earned break.
This was yesterday and we had lots of folk working on the job. Geoff and Kia walling and me, Andy and Nigel working on the bridge. Here Andy is drilling the main timbers to take a threaded steel bar which will help hold the three timbers tightly together.
The bars also support the uprights which hold the handrails. It took several attempts to get just the right amount of lean out on these but it makes a huge difference to the bridge aesthetically when it is finished so I wanted it just right.
End of the day it looked like this.
Next week I will be fitting boards across the timbers and handrails.
A traditional craft saved for the future.


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LIFE ON THE SPECTRUM
NEW VANCOUVER-MADE PODCAST 'LIFE ON THE SPECTRUM' EXPLORES CHALLENGES AND CELEBRATORY MOMENTS WITHIN AUTISM
Broadcaster, Mother, Special Education Assistant shares perspectives and voices from within BC's autism community
Vancouver, BC (Oct. 16, 2019)
Ask Katie Bennison why she decided to make a podcast covering a wide range of issues within autism, and she has a simple answer for a complex question.
"When one of my daughters was diagnosed 11 years ago, there were so many things we wanted to know and couldn't find answers for," the broadcaster and special education assistant explains. "I want to help other people who might feel lost on their autism journey."
Life on the Spectrum: The Autism Family Podcast takes an in-depth look at autism – what's involved in getting a diagnosis, innovative approaches to social challenges, and navigating school, funding, and the teen years. It's also an opportunity to celebrate the 'superpowers,' or abilities to focus and think differently, often associated with life on the spectrum.
Part of the goal of this 'labour of love' is to publicize the strong community that already exists to help support families dealing with autism. The podcast incorporates family members, experts, and most importantly, the voices of those on the spectrum.
It can be heard on Apple Podcasts/anywhere podcasts are available, and this season is comprised of six episodes.
Life on the Spectrum host Katie Bennison is available for live interview segments with some advance notice. A seasoned broadcast professional, she is a lively, knowledgeable guest who can speak confidently about many aspects of the autism community.
ABOUT KATIE BENNISON / LIFE ON THE SPECTRUM
Katie Bennison is a broadcaster, voice actor, special education assistant, and mother of two. She is also the creator and director of "Lights, Camera, Autism" – a workshop that teaches broadcasting skills to teenagers on the spectrum, so they can practice social and communication skills. Life on the Spectrum: The Autism Family Podcast is her first venture into podcasting. www.lifeonthespectrumpodcast.com
Katie Bennison (c) 604.418.6621 email
katiejbennison@gmail.com
© 2020 by Katie Bennison
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Red Sea Diving Safari / News Archive / 2017 / November / Picture Competition Winner for October Announced!
We are happy to announce that the winner of the RSDS Photo Competition for October has been chosen. Congratulations to Tim Kalvelage for his photo 'Dancing in the Sunlight'.
Tim wins a free stay at the RSDS village of his choice. You can view the winning photo, and all the October participants here.
Congratulations again to Tim, and good luck to all those participating this year!
"I was again torn between this selection, this is really a difficult task and in the end it was down to the wire betweenthe lovely portrait of the Napolean or Maori Wrasse, and the beautiful study of the sunlit jellyfish floating near the surfacewith cascading sunbeams.The head on shot of the Napolean perfectly framed against a simple blue background was the perfect example of a well executed fish portrait.
However I love a good jellyfish shot and this one showed perfect exposure control married with a strong aesthetic sense of framing, not easy whenshooting against the light so for me it was Tim's jellyfish shot that clinched it in the end.Very well done."


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Home Analysis Player Analysis The Spanish Evolution of David Silva
The Spanish Evolution of David Silva
David Silva has announced his retirement from international football after Spain's disappointing World Cup last-16 exit. He enjoyed a stellar 12-year career for Spain, winning 125 caps along the way.
However, he is undoubtedly one of the most underrated players in recent years. Largely hidden by the trio of Xavi-Iniesta-Busquet in Spain national team, he was still a full member of the Spanish squad that triumphed at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa and achieved a superb double by winning the Euro in 2008 and 2012, with eleven starts during these three competitions.
Here we will take a look at David Silva career, how he has tactically matured over the last few seasons and how this decision could elongate his career.
Revealed in Valencia
Though is started his Valencia career in 2004, he really stood out in the 2009-2010 season. David Silva scores a personal best of eight league goals and overall makes his best season with Valencia CF as the club finishes the season in third place in the league and qualifies for the Champions League. On April 15, 2010, he scored a superb goal against Athletic Bilbao as his team won 2-0, before making three assists in the sixteenth final of the Europa League against Werder Bremen.
Alongside David Villa, Jordi Alba, Ever Banega, Juan Mata or Carlos Marchena, David Silva was part of this golden generation that did not play in Barcelona or Real Madrid at the time.
As we can see in the passnetwork below, he played most of the time in the "10 position" in a 4-2-3-1 scheme either as a playmaker or as a striker support. In this 2009-2010 season, he scored 8 goals and provided 7 assists in 30 games.
David Silva position in during his time in Valencia
New positions in Manchester City and Spain national team
During Mancini and Pellegrini seasons in Manchester City – 2010 up to 2016 – the Spanish player was positioned a lot on the right wing which was an evolution from his time in Valencia. In the Spain national team, he also played in such a position while the midfield was "blocked" by Xavi-Iniesta-Busquet trio.
He plays on the right side in Spain and his early career in Manchester City
This position also fits him perfectly. While he is left footed, he can build the game by coming in the centre of the field or provide breaking crosses by putting himself on his left foot, like Eriksen or Ozil nowadays. But unlike the latter, he also scores a lot of goals for his kind of profile. He is not fast and doesn't have a incredible stamina but he has a rare intelligence in his moves which does more than compensate these gaps. Therefore he is not always on the wing and he plays a lot behind the striker, like his time in Valencia.
When Guardiola arrived in Manchester City in 2016, lineups change a lot. David Silva is now aligned with Kevin De Bruyne in the midfield, in front of Fernandinho. Therefore he is now a central midfielder, playing more deeper than before. Looking at the graphic below show how Guardiola took the best of the Spanish midfielder:
Guardiola probably managed to get the best of the player (look at assists after 2016)
We see the influence of Guardiola: he score as many goals as before, but he provides much more assists. In Guardiola lineups, David Silva plays more on the left side of the midfield. David Silva is left-footed, De Bruyne right footed and so it's perfect to play possession from the wing to the centre of the field. In Guardiola gameplans, these two midfielders tend to pass in diagonals and so shaping "triangles" in the build-up, a mark of Guardiola's game.
In defence, he is a key in Manchester City's balance thanks to his intelligence of moves which allows covering gaps when the left back goes on ahead.
What about international retirement and end of career?
One of the main reason for players to announce their international retirement is that the players need time to recover during a tough season and for some, it is best to stop rather than go into another competition of significance. International play is competitive and to earn the position one has to show up and work probably harder than they want to or care to.
Italian legend Paolo Maldini announced his retirement as an Azzurri after the debacle of the 2002 World Cup earning 126 caps for Italy, then a national record. The Milan legend was 34, but given that he continued to play at the top level for his club for another seven years, he definitely had it in him to carry on for longer.
Similarly, there are others like Francesco Totti (2007) and Paul Scholes (2004) whom both retired at the very early age of 30, wanting to concentrate on their club careers having represented their countries for a total of 58 and 66 times respectively. It's fair to say, both played some of their best football post-retirement as Totti went on to be crowned the Capocannoniere – Serie A's top scorer – with 26 goals in 35 league appearances in 2006-07 while Scholes went on to lift the Champions League in the 2007-08 season with Manchester United.
For David Silva the choice could be perfect: he is 32 years old and the next Euro is in 2020. There are Isco and Ascensio in Spain who are younger and almost at the same level and so it would be difficult to keep a place in this team.
Moreover, in Manchester City, he still plays an important role in Guardiola plans: he is one of the most experimented player in a team who definitely target the final of Champions League, a competition David Silva never won for the moment…
Guardiola could make him a deeper playmaker, a bit like Fabregas in Chelsea. Players are rare in this role and he should be perfect for a position requiring fewer efforts. Therefore he could continue his career in Manchester for three years and why not going to the United States where Manchester City's franchise New York City will be a perfect place for him.
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