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Catch Laura Nutt on the #PirateBroadcast
http://linkedin.com/in/laura-nuttf2
www.LauraNutt.com
lioness-liberator@gmail.com
Well, welcome to the #piratebroadcast. I love the opportunity to share #interestingpeople doing #interestingthings. And Today we're going to do that all day long and talk about mental health. Maybe a little change in your life. Entrepreneur versus employee, toxic workplaces, non toxic workplaces, making change, and all of those things. I want to welcome to the room and she's a pirate now, Laura, how are you?
Laura Nutt 0:53
Aaarrrgh. Thank you so much for having me, Russ. Hello everyone. So hey y'all, yargh, so I will do the combination of Texas and pirates.
Well, I spend my fair amount of time in Texas and it was really, I really enjoy Texas and I, my sister is still in Texas and my son is in Texas.
Come back, come in, it's calling your name. Come back, come back to us.
We were talking before the show and we were talking about some of the journey, part of your journey. You're going through some changes in evolution, and why don't you talk a little bit about that and what's prompted that change in your life?
Sure. So it's it's kind of funny telling this story because I've been in mental health for the past seven years and just, truth be told, I've been trying to get out of it. It's not that I don't love my clients and love helping people, I just found myself really kind of going against the grain. Because counseling is very focused on building the relationship kind of processing where someone is at in their life. And that's wonderful, but it was very hard for me, who's very goal driven, For Focus solution oriented kind of person because I was sitting here going, okay, it's like we've kind of rehashed this like, come on, let's get out of the hole. I don't want to be in here having Cheetos and Netflix...the holes, not fun. There's life outside the hole. For a lot of clients, they just were not in that mindset. So it was very taxing for me to keep going back into that and try to put that aside. I know you meet the client where they're at which I would do that, but I was just inside I was just like, no, there's so much more. So now I've actually walked away from being an employee to actually being an entrepreneur. I kind of was frustrated with the way everything was going and said, hey, I'm going to create my own nation. So now I'm moving toward more purpose driven coaching, organizational change, and things like that. So really professional experiences were not so great. So it's like, ah, let's fix that. Then some tough life experiences have brought me to the journey I am at today.
It's interesting, because I know, unfortunately, there are a lot of people that hold on to the place that they are right now. It seems like they're really challenged by the change by moving away from something that they're comfortable with, even though it's either toxic or it's depressing or it's not really full, what I would consider a full life. What do you think, what's the core of that? Why are people so hesitant to evolve and change and move away from their current situation? What is it that they're holding on to.
Sure that's excellent. Absolutely. Sorry for jumping. I was just like that. I was like, Yes, I love this question. I'm glad that you brought it up because it's really, really difficult to explain to people who are not experiencing it. I see this a lot with domestic violence and abuse and trauma. There's very, very overt negative reasons for somebody in an environment. They're being physically abused, sexually abused, emotionally abused, spiritually abused, financially abused, any type of abuse, and the outsider may say, oh, we'll just pick up and leave. Just walk away. It's not that simple. I think that translates to a lot of mental health difficulties and toxic environments. There is a fear that is there. Even though it's not good, I'm kind of comfortable and because I know this is familiar to me, I'm used to this pain or I'm used to this person being here and providing for me. What do I do if I step out on my own? I don't know where to go. I don't know what to do. It's like you lose sight. I'm a victim of domestic violence myself. That's why I speak from that, it's just kind of like, where do I go? What do I do? I don't even know my own identity. So the thought of even setting foot outside of this relationship is just not even realistic. That would be a fantasy because like, I don't even know what my favorite color is. I don't know how to pay bills. I don't know how to take care of myself. I think the same thing happens for those in depression and anxiety. They've been in this place for so long that the abnormal becomes normal for them. So when they're trying to return back to the normal, it's like looking at change and going well, I don't want to go to the abnormal, that's uncomfortable. So it kind of goes with us thinking of like, I don't want to do something weird and different. Like why? I know this, I'm comfortable with it. It's just really hard to to have that mindset when you've been so bogged down, you just don't have that same rational thought because you're in your pain.
It's interesting too, because depression is one of those things that is either, you really are in a place where you can't process information, like you need to, in order to move away from it. So it's always good to have some help. This month is September Suicide Awareness Month. If you're depressed, there's help, there's things that you can do, and there's places you can go and there's changes you can make in your life. And I just want to make sure that everybody's aware that there is help, there is change, and you have an opportunity, even though it seems like it's impossible. It is possible and you look around and there are examples of it all over. I just want to make sure that if you're in a place that you're not feeling 100% confident that you can do something else and you know, phone a friend, get some help, look for a solution. So I just want to make that because it's so important, and people need to hear it over and over again. Or they make a change. I want to I want to shift gears a little bit though and rather than just changing careers, you've decided to become an entrepreneur and that's even more of a massive change in attitude. It's like, okay, exciting. I get to plan my own day, I get to do all this stuff. And it's like, now what do I do next? So walk us through some of those emotional attachments and changes that you've had to go through.
Sure, yeah, it's kind of a roller coaster of emotions. It's like excitement to oh my god to freak out to yay, so it's an interesting experience. But what led to that is kind of referencing back I had been in mental health for seven years and I just never really felt like that was a good fit for me. I kind of bounced around a lot, I could handle it for about a year and a half and then I was like, oh, I can't do this anymore. Then I'm going to take a break and I'm gonna try to get out of it. It just never really fit. And so I said something has to change. There was actually a seven month period of my life where I had some physical health, difficulty, some mental health difficulties, spiritual health, and I almost lost my life to it. So it really helped me to reflect on my life and what was important and it was going, Laura, you know, you're not finding your place where you're at, you need to create your own. Part of those difficulties came from a very toxic work environment that I came out of. I had experienced that at almost every single job that I had been at, sadly, in the mental health field. It can be very toxic in the workplace because you're dealing with individuals who usually come from a mental health background. So sometimes they haven't processed all their traumas. Sometimes they're bringing that into the workspace. And being in that for so many years, and then when it manifested the way it did with me, I literally almost lost it because of it. Then I said, okay, it's time. I'm going to start over, I'm going to do things my my own way, and I'm going to change that. So that leads to my passion of wanting to help people be purposeful in what they're doing and make meaning and change things at the micro level, the individual, so I can change at the macro level. I'm also very passionate about organizational change going into companies and saying, hey, do you have a healthy workspace? Are you communicating with your employees? Do you have an open door policy versus a closed door? You're wondering why your employee turnover rates are so high. Let's look at what's going on in the ivory tower, the C Suite executive level, you're wondering why you're hemorrhaging money, just coming in and helping people to rethink what's going on. Because I I see too many people affected by mental health. And with the suicide component, we have lost beautiful souls because of workplaces, toxic workplaces, and home spaces that are toxic. So it's my goal to change that so we can save more lives and make a positive impact.
I call it the analogy of being inside the pickle jar. A lot of times people are so close, especially in organizations that are running on automation. They're running day to day and you show up to do your work and you don't think about everybody in the environment, you don't think about what is good or bad. What's unfortunate is however, you have an opportunity to make some changes in there and some small adjustments that can make the environment so much more healthy, productive and welcoming. It's a time that is needed. Thank you for doing that work and thank you for thinking about it from that perspective. Coaching isn't easy and there's a lot of people that are willing to help. When you come from a mental health background, it kind of adds that next dimension to it as well.
Laura Nutt 11:38
Yeah, definitely. Just to speak to that, what I'm finding with clients and organizations is a lot of times people don't recognize that mental health is what's keeping them back, kind of what you're speaking about. People don't recognize that it's mental health that's causing difficulties in the workplace, where people are not seeing the whole picture. They're so focused in their work or they take on workaholic tendencies because of distracting themselves from anxiety or depression or whatever that may be or a past trauma with a certain group of people so they're acting that out, they're projecting that. They don't realize it and then also, just within the person,we we have goals that we want to achieve but a lot of times there's something that's going on in our mindset that's keeping us back, so it helps to have that background to not get back in the hole but just sit there and go, okay, let's take a look at this pothole. What's gonna patch it over and then we can jump back to to moving you forward.
Yeah, I really thrive and I resonate when you say, you wanted to do progress, you wanted to do next step. There's been instances in my life where people wanted to stay and I had to leave because I wasn't willing to stay where they were. People don't think about that. They don't really think and understand that I'm in a place that's toxic. I know people that are in toxic work environments right now and you think, can't you see that and they're comfortable in their perceived security and if we all knew how insecure all job environments and employment was, you wouldn't hesitate to jump out and try something new and go explore new opportunities. So I want to go back to what prompted you to get in the mental health field in the first place?
Sure. So, funny story on that one. Originally, I kind of took a journey just to find myself as a counselor. I originally started out when I said, I don't even want to go to college. I don't need to do that. So I kind of tease people, I've always had that entrepreneurial spirit. I've owned three companies. My first one, when I was five, I was co-owner of a friendship bracelet business and my second one was a sidewalk toy business, where I took free donations, door to door and turned around and then sold them. So my margins were 100 percent. I have my company now. I've always wanted to do things my way. I really struggled with the thought of well, what am I going to go to school for? I'm just going to make my own way. I started out as a fashion design major, I can't sew, so that's not gonna work. Then I wanted to be plastic surgeon, not for cosmetic, for people who had burns or disfigurement. Operation Smile was something I really wanted to do. So helping children in third world countries who have a cleft palate, the cleft lip, things like that. I was not blessed with the ability to do math very well. So that one got scrapped. So just moving down the list and then I recognize I really love psychology. I love knowing what makes people tick. I love wanting to know why people do what they do. People just fascinate me.
Kind of like the #piratebroadcast.
Yeah, #interestingpeople doing #interestingthings. I'm very interested in that. I even went extreme. I got into serial killers for a little while because how do you go so far from here to over here? Like, what the heck happened? How can I stop that? So I really started getting in psychology and I got a degree in that, but to be a psychologist, you have to have a PhD. My family was not so supportive of that, just because I was looking to get married and start a family and all that kind of stuff. So it just was not the right time. So I thought, oh, I can do counseling. I can get a Master's, get in the field and it's very different. So just anybody who's wondering, mental health counseling and psychology are very, very different unless you do Counseling Psychology. That's how I ended up there. I don't want to say it's an accident because I don't believe in accidents, but it was the kind of an all around way to get there.
It's a journey. It's interesting because a lot of people are...you have to have enough experience in something to understand whether you like it or not. Seven years is a good period. You gave it your all and now you're coming back for something else, you know, it's like this doesn't fit.
Permission.
I'm gonna go do something else now. I think the world would be a more healthy place if we all evaluated that, and maybe considered new jobs because there's this individual, this idea that I'm going to get a job and I'm going to stay there and I'm going to retire and it's going to be all good. We live in in a completely different culture now and a different environment in where people can go out and learn things so quickly. Information is so available. There's this idea of that the experience and the journey is more important than the destination. I'll be happy when this takes place. I'll be happy if I get here. And it's like, just be happy right now. Just enjoy the journey, enjoy what you're doing right now. I think that's a much healthier, from a mental health perspective, that's a much healthier perspective on life, in general. You want to talk about that. I know it's a scary place, being an entrepreneur and starting a business. I've been doing it for years and not every day is rainbows and unicorns.
No, I imagine it's probably not. Be happy to talk about that. I love that you bring up that mentality. I agree 100% not just as a human and not just nutthouse approved, but also, mental health approved, that it's so important to enjoy the journey and each component of the journey, because what we're doing right now impacts our life in the future. If we are wasting our time sitting here thinking so much about the future, well, I've gotta do this, I gotta do this, gotta do this or missing those moments. We can't get those moments back. To me, time is the most valuable asset that we have. It's really a privilege because we only have so much and it's up to us how we spend it. We can spend it being miserable and worrying or focusing too much on something hasn't even happened or may not happen or we can be mindful and stay in the moment and be happy with each and grateful for each moment that we have and make the most of it so that way when we can look back at our life, we don't have have those moments of oh my gosh, I should have done this, I should have done that. Because working with end of life patients, that's something that they go through, they reflect on their life and say, did I do everything I wanted to do? Did I accomplish this? Or there's a lot of regret, and I don't want to be in that place. I want to look back and say, heck, yeah, I had an awesome life. I'm ready to go on to the next one. But talking about the plight of the entrepreneur is what I've learned to call it as I've talked to my fellow entrepreneurial tribe. It's funny, because it seems like you've never really fit in, and you've always had to venture out and then it sounds so glamorous. So when you actually do it, it's kind of overwhelming and scary. It's exciting because it's like, yes, I'm doing my own thing! I'm my own boss, and then it's like, well, there's nobody telling me what to do. So am I doing it right? What do I do now? It's like, you're overwhelmed with so many decisions because you have to make all the decisions. So I kind of go back to, it feels like almost when I was getting married, and I hated all this, even the little finite details. I had to make decisions and I was just like, oh my god, I don't even care. I'm trying to be as excited as possible and I'm trying to talk to my family about it, but they've never done the entrepreneurial route. They're not able to support me in that realm, so I'm just like, I don't know, is this normal? Am I on the right track? Am I crazy?
Somedays, it's a very lonely place. I think a lot of entrepreneurs, that's why I think LinkedIn is so important, because it's business minded individuals that are all working together. If you could find a group of individuals, build your tribe, your community, whatever it happens to be in. I want to give a shout out to some of the individuals that are in the room today because it's important. Angie, good morning, everyone. She's an awesome individual, so supportive. And Elaine, how are you? Stella is here, good morning. Gabriel's in the house. Hello #RussJohns and Laura Nutt.
Oh, how funny. I just got a message from him. Hey
Good morning, fellow pirates. Stella says I agree. I'm sure we were talking about something so I'm a little behind with the comments.
Well, thank you.
Gabriel says looking forward to the #LinkedInLocal pop up with both #RussJohns and Kenyatta Turner. Art Jones is also going to be there. That's an event that is on the 17th. We're going to have that at 3pm Arizona time to 4pm. We're gonna be talking about, you know, because we have a pandemic going on, I'm not sure if you read in the news or anything, but there's a pandemic and so we can't meet always in person. So #LinkedInLocal, Kenyatta was managing that for the Phoenix area. What we want to do is create a pop up and just say hi to people that we've met and we've connected with. You're welcome to join us.
Everybody join in the LinkedIn local pop up. The event is in LinkedIn, it's an event, it'll be a zoom meeting. So it's very familiar with everybody. Kenyatta says, Gabriel Leal, ooo, me, too. Good morning #piratebroadcast friends. Thank you so much Kenyatta. Gabrial says, good morning fellow pirates and everyone new to the broadcast. Yes. thank you so much for joining us because...Kenyatta's here, Elain Morrison, hello!!! And this is how it rolls, you know. Sheri Lally, who's always been a supporter for the pirates and also Gabriel does a show in the evening and so we go back and forth. It's a regular community. It's very supportive. Gabriel says, just sent you a message, Laura. Would love to have a conversation with you. Have a conversation with you. Kenyatta says to Stelle, hey, hey!
Hello. Hey, hey everybody. I love the community. It's so awesome.
Stelle says good morning back. Gabriel says, Kenyatta Turner, hello there wonderful friend. So you can see how this rolls, Laura. You know you're not alone. These are people that are out doing their own thing. They're building their own Empire. Elaine says, Kenyatta. hey, Cathi Spooner is in the room. Good morning. You're a pirate now so you can actually reach out...
I know! I have a whole crew to like chat with now. Oh my gosh.
Cathi says, you sound like you've been inside my head.
Uh-oh, maybe we have, I don't know. I'll never tell.
Yeah. Kenyatta says, #LinkedInLocal pop up, woot, woot! 9/17 at 3pm PT. Come hang out with us. Stelle says, I agree. Enjoy your present time. Kenyatta says, Gabriel E Leal, Yaass!! Appreciate those beautiful, fragrant roses. Thank you so much. You know, this is a new journey for you and I want to make sure that people appreciate the fact that you've taken, this is a huge step. Congratulations! I wish I had confetti or some sound effects. I need that. I need to get the sound effects down. How do people get a hold of you now? What's the best way for people to reach out to you and...well, first you need to join the pirate community and subscribe to the YouTube channel and podcast and then go to www.russjohns.com and get notified for updates.
Definitely doing that, yes. These fabulous pirates and all the love I'm just like, I was feeling a little bit jelly. I was like I totally have to be part of that.
Yeah, yeah, now you are part of it.
I know. I've been accepted and I love that. I love the community.
It hasn't even been painful. It's been super simple.
I know. Thank you for just accepting that I have to go through...you didn't make me walk the plank or do anything crazy, it was just like, yeah, come on over. I love that. Accept the Nutthouse for what the Nutthouse is and that's really appreciated.
We need a little more Nutthouse in the pirate community.
You do! Grog and Nutthouse, what's better than that?
I know. So now, how do you appreciate people reaching out and connecting with you?
Sure, so that's the fun thing, too. You caught me right at the right time. I just created several avenues where people can do that. Definitely on LinkedIn, that's kind of my main platform right now as I'm building so the URL is https://www.linkedin.com/in/laura-nuttf2/ because I actually do have a podcast coming out eventually. It's called Face Squared. So that's the reason for the f2. So that's coming out as well.
I'll work on that more.
Right, when it happens, Russ, let me know when you have the confetti gun, then we'll make the official PSA. But that's coming out. So definitely check me out there and I'm always changing my profile to crazy things. So that'll keep you entertained right there. I also have a website that's coming up and that's www.lauranutt.com. So just my name, right there up top. Also, I have a Gmail account where you can reach out to me and that's based off my business name, which is liberating the lioness. That is lioness-liberator@gmail.com. So I have several different avenues where you can get in touch with the Nutthouse and we can help excavate the awesomeness within you.
Excellent, excellent. All of those links, everyone will be in the post at RushJohns.com/piratebroadcast this afternoon. So we take all this information, boil it down to a podcast, the broadcast, the transcription in a blog post, so you have access to all that information. So if you miss the live, you can always go back and watch the replay. If you can't watch the replay, you can listen to the podcast. If you can't listen to the podcast, you can read the transcription and gain all this information and wonder knowledge.
So you will get it in some form or fashion. So there's no FOMO involved. Don't worry.
We have to remove the friction and allow people to have what they need.
That's right. No FOMO here. This is just all pirate fabulousness. No FOMO.
Well, I really truly appreciate you being here. I know it's a challenging journey. So always reach out if you have questions. If you're just saying, hey, I need to vent to someone, or I need to bounce some ideas off someone, we're here for you.
Thank you. I appreciate that. I think the biggest key right there is, like you said before, finding your tribe and finding people who understand you. I finally found that because when I listen to people, it's like, I finally don't seem like the crazy one in the room. Because I couldn't keep that job for 30 years and retire and do all that stuff. People are like, yeah, I had that same thing and I'm just like, oh my god. People understand I'm not the only one. It's so liberating having that, so thank you for extending that. That's empowering. It's very empowering to hear that, to know there's other people who've gone through it, and they're willing to help you through the journey because we need each other, right? I mean, we need each other to build up, hold each other accountable, and to celebrate the wins and to be with us when we're in the trenches. So thank you so much.
Yeah, like I said, before, we are holding this #LinkedInLocal pop up. I've been an avid supporter of LinkedIn for years and have been on the platform since 2005. I've been doing this live for almost a year, it will be a year on the 17th, so it's almost a dual anniversary thing.
How fun! That's Origin Day, too. So the pop up day is actually the nut origin day.
Yeah, it's very important day. It's a time and a place for conversation to evolve and people to feel welcome and understand that there's more to life than thinking about the future. You can think about the now and understand that there's people out there that appreciate what you're doing. There's people out there that appreciate where you're, headed. If we can all work together on that, it's so much better than not getting along.
There's enough of that.
As always, thank you, Laura, I appreciate you being here. I appreciate you sharing your story. And as always, as we wrap it up, #kindnessiscool, #smilesarefree and you #enjoytheday. Thank you, Laura. Take care.
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Report Card: Ja Morant returns, gets to business in win against Spurs
Ja Morant came back and served the Spurs in the Memphis Grizzlies' 8th-straight win.
By Lseaberryjr Jan 12, 2023, 8:43am CST
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With superstar guard Ja Morant sidelined for the last games due to thigh soreness, it would've made sense to assume there would be a slight dropoff in the performance of the Memphis Grizzlies.
That mindset proved to be inaccurate, as the Grizzlies maintained their winning ways without Morant, but his re-entrance into the starting lineup certainly provided Memphis with an extra boost that they needed.
It seemed as if Ja never was injured, as if the time off rejuvenated and re-energized him. Just ask the Spurs, who were victims of yet another Morant masterpiece, as his 38-point performance elevated Memphis over the Spurs 135-129. Jaren Jackson Jr. served as the primary second option last night, serving up a 21-point, 12-rebound special with two blocks on the side.
Overall, aside from an off night from the eccentric Dillon Brooks, it was a good night from the Grizzlies, who received quite a scare from the Spurs but managed to emerge from the game on the right side of things.
Here's some takeaways and grades from last night's game.
Jaren Jackson Jr.- 21 points, 12 rebounds, 2 blocks. 6-10 FG, 1-2 3PT, +/- -4
Let's start with the defensive menace himself, JJJ.
I think that last night proved to a lot of people that when he's locked in and not in foul trouble, he can be that force Memphis needs him to be.
Look, the Spurs aren't anything special, and I am not trying to make more out of a performance than necessary. However, I am a big fan of JJJ's development, and his ability to get on the boards now makes him a true inside-outside threat.
Another aspect of Trip's game that has me excited was that he only needed 10 shots to reach 21 points. Getting to the free throw line further confirms that JJJ is utilizing his size and strength to do what he wants on the court. Those are all positives and things that I saw last night. Well done, JJJ.
Grade- A
Ja Morant- 38 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 14-25 FG,. 3-5 3PT, +/-: -3
What injury?
Seriously, last night I couldn't even tell Ja had been hurt.
The aggression, the moves, the swagger. It was all there and on center stage last night.
Last night, Ja played nearly flawless basketball, taking over the game with precision and timely made baskets. He made sure the Spurs didn't rally their way back to victory, which was doable at one point during the contest.
I could nitpick Morant by getting at those five turnovers, but Memphis will take the occasional error every once in a while in exchange for the big plays he produces. Memphis paid him to be a big-time player, and last night he closed the deal.
Grade- A-
Steven Adams, 11 points, 18 rebounds, 5 assists, 5-7 FG, +/- +14
Steven Adams has proven himself to be an integral part of this Memphis team.
I thought he was a replaceable piece, in which Memphis could get anyone to plug into his position. That assertion couldn't be further from the truth. Last night, Adams patrolled the glass, grabbing every basketball in sight. What impressed me is that he faced off against another solid rebounding center in SA's Jakob Poetl, and it wasn't even close to me.
Adams is the difference maker that Memphis needs, and what's even better is that he doesn't need the basketball to thrive. He knows his role, and has even improved as a playmaking post player of sorts. Solid all around game from the big New Zealander.
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Grade- B+
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Visioneer Strobe XP 450
byM. David Stone Mar 10, 2005
Scans one side at 20 sheets per minute. Allows manual duplexing.
Doesn't have a duplex scan mode. Comes with a consumer-oriented OCR program, rather than a business-oriented one, and with PaperPort 9 as tested, not the current Version 10.
It's certainly worth considering for its speed and price, especially if you mostly scan single-sided documents.
The Visioneer Strobe XP 450 ($699.99 direct) differs from every other document scanner we've tested in one important aspect: It's limited to scanning only one side of the page. So although most document scanners claim one speed for pages per minute and a second speed for images per minute (at one image per side), the XP 450 claims only one speed: 20 ppm for simplex scans. Don't think that means you can't use it for duplexed pages, however. You can flip the stack of paper over, run it through a second time, and let the software assemble the document pages in the right order.
Setup is straightforward. The scanner weighs only 8.6 pounds, and measures 12.3 by 13 by 6 inches (HWD) not including the output tray, so it takes up relatively little room. The automated installation routine installs Twain, WIA, and ISIS drivers, as well as three bundled programs.
We'd quibble with the choice of software, which includes ScanSoft's consumer-oriented TextBridge for OCR, instead of its business-oriented OmniPage, and PaperPort Deluxe 9 for document management, instead of the current version, PaperPort Professional 10. Both are reasonably capable, however, and Visioneer says it is planning to replace PaperPort 9 with Version 10 in the near future. The third program, ArcSoft PhotoImpression 3, is a low-end photo editor, for those who are brave enough to risk original photos by feeding them through an ADF.
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On our tests, the XP 450 did slightly better than its 20-ppm rating for 200-pixels-per-inch scans in black-and-white mode. Scanning with PaperPort to PDF format, we clocked it at 20.2 ppm. Unfortunately, it offers no way to create a searchable PDF file without additional software. To time the OCR step, we used PaperPort to send the file to Microsoft Word format. It took 57 seconds to recognize 50 text pages.
We'd like the XP 450 a lot better if it had a more impressive selection of software, but there's nothing wrong with the hardware. And because it comes with Twain, WIA, and ISIS drivers, unlike the Fujitsu ScanSnap for example, you can use it with nearly any program. It's certainly fast enough to be worth considering as a relatively inexpensive choice, especially if most of the documents you expect to scan are printed on only one side of the page.
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Mission: Opened in August 1997 to provide educational services for students who would otherwise be recommended for expulsion from Collier County Public Schools to maintain their academics during the term of removal and earn the right to return to the regular school program.
Students: Students are recommended for Phoenix as an alternative to expulsion by the Principal to the Director of Student Services, and then approved by the Superintendent/designee. Admission may occur at any time; exit occurs at the conclusion of what would have been the student's term of expulsion.
81% of students served at Phoenix Immokalee within the past 3 years, and whose whereabouts are known, are still in school or have graduated.
8 students completed all coursework needed to graduate during their time at Phoenix this past year.
Phoenix Historical Data:
The Phoenix alternative to expulsion program opened in two locations in 1997, serving 51 students at both sites.
In two years, that number doubled. By SY2003, the number of students served in the Phoenix program doubled again.
The Phoenix programs served 333 students during SY2018 as a result of new legislation increasing the requirements for referral to an "alternative to explusion" program; this was a 46% increase over the number of students served the previous year.
Last year's total of 425 students for both sites is a 28% increase over the number of students served during SY2019.
Although referrals for an "alternative to expulsion" program ended March 6, 2020 due to COVID-19, the number served by Phoenix during the SY2020 school year was 417.
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Cooking this time of year definitely becomes an exercise in efficiency, partly due to lack of time but due just as much to the fact that I'd prefer to keep my time spent over a hot stove to a minimum. I'll be the first to admit that efficient cooking can be a little boring, as it often results in us falling back on old standbys and eating the same thing week after week. But it can also be a nice little reminder that garden-fresh food tastes so good just the way it is, and we needn't spend a lot of time and energy cooking the life out of it to make it taste like something else. Instead, we can showcase these already perfect ingredients, balancing their simple flavors and textures into something even greater than the sum of its parts. And we don't have to spend much time doing it. For me, this mango and avocado salad is just such a thing, and it's for that very reason that it's been in heavy rotation around here lately.
Creamy avocado barely coats the juicy chunks of mango and crunchy shallots. Cilantro adds a bright, herbal flavor and the whole thing comes together with a spicy-sweet-tart dressing. This is great as a side dish to any mexican meal, piled on a tostada, or served over greens for a light lunch. You could even cut up the avocado and mango into smaller chunks and eat it as a salsa with tortilla chips. Lots of options for a very quick and easy dish using some of my favorite seasonal produce.
Before I share this super simple recipe, I'd like to send a huge thank you to Lilly Sue over at Lilly Sue's Bites and Brews for nominating me for a Liebster Award! It's always such a wonderful feeling to get a little love and recognition from your peers. This encouragement couldn't have come at a better time since life has been getting so crazy these days that I'm having trouble finding the time to actually cook our meals, let alone blog about them! Below I've listed my own nominees and the award guidelines. Thank you Lilly Sue for the award, and thank you to my nominees for the inspiration.
1. Thank and link to the blogger who gave you the award.
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Mashing the serrano into a paste, rather than using the whole minced pieces, spreads the spiciness throughout the salad. I think we can all agree this is a much more enjoyable experience than getting that surprise bite of hot pepper when you're least expecting it.
First, prepare the dressing. Using a mortar and pestle (or a small bowl and a fork), smash the serrano pepper and salt until a juicy paste forms. Add the lime juice and agave nectar and stir to combine. Taste and adjust the sweet/sour balance if necessary by adding a little more agave or lime juice. Set aside.
Put the mango cubes, shallot slices, and cilantro in a large bowl. Pour the dressing over top and stir well to coat all of the ingredients. Add the avocado cubes and gently toss until everything is evenly distributed. Serve immediately.


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Q: How to use select() to read input from keyboard in C I am trying to use select() to read keyboard input and I got stuck in that I do not know how to read from keyboard and use a file descriptor to do so. I've been told to use STDIN and STDIN_FILENO to approach this problem but I am still confused.
How can I do it?

A: Youre question sounds a little confused. select() is used to block until input is available. But you do the actual reading with normal file-reading functions (like read,fread,fgetc, etc.).
Here's a quick example. It blocks until stdin  has at least one character available for reading. But of course unless you change the terminal to some uncooked mode, it blocks until you press enter, when any characters typed are flushed into the file buffer (from some terminal buffer).
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/select.h>

int main(void) {
    fd_set s_rd, s_wr, s_ex;
    FD_ZERO(&s_rd);
    FD_ZERO(&s_wr);
    FD_ZERO(&s_ex);
    FD_SET(fileno(stdin), &s_rd);
    select(fileno(stdin)+1, &s_rd, &s_wr, &s_ex, NULL);
    return 0;
}

A: As it was already said, by using select you can just monitor e.g. stdin to check if the input data is already available for reading or not. If it is available, you can then use e.g. fgets to safely read input data to some buffer, like shown below:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
    fd_set rfds;
    struct timeval tv;
    int retval, len;
    char buff[255] = {0};

    /* Watch stdin (fd 0) to see when it has input. */
    FD_ZERO(&rfds);
    FD_SET(0, &rfds);

    /* Wait up to five seconds. */
    tv.tv_sec = 5;
    tv.tv_usec = 0;

    retval = select(1, &rfds, NULL, NULL, &tv);

    if (retval == -1){
        perror("select()");
        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
    }
    else if (retval){
        /* FD_ISSET(0, &rfds) is true so input is available now. */

        /* Read data from stdin using fgets. */
        fgets(buff, sizeof(buff), stdin);

        /* Remove trailing newline character from the input buffer if needed. */
        len = strlen(buff) - 1;
        if (buff[len] == '\n')
            buff[len] = '\0';

        printf("'%s' was read from stdin.\n", buff);
    }
    else
        printf("No data within five seconds.\n");

    exit(EXIT_SUCCESS);
}

A: Perhaps, you want the way to peek keyboard input on "WINDOWS"?
On windows, it can't get result from select() for STDIN. You should use PeekConsoleInput().
And use handle of stdin like following.
hStdin = CreateFile("CONIN$", GENERIC_READ|GENERIC_WRITE, ...

stdin may become pipe input. if so, you don't get any keyboard input.
P.S. If you don't ask about Windows, Sorry much.

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By region, the global magnetic field sensor market has been segmented into North America, Asia Pacific (APAC), Europe, and the Rest of the World (RoW). North America is one of the most significant markets for magnetic field sensor. The market in the region is proliferating due to high investment in smart devices which is acting favorably for the growth of the market. In addition, the presence of key players in the region such as Honeywell International Inc. (U.S.), Allegro MicroSystems, LLC (U.S.), Analog Devices, Inc. (U.S.) acts as a plus for the growth of the market. Europe too is an important growth pocket and is anticipated to witness noteworthy growth over the forecast period. APAC is expected to register the highest CAGR over the forecast period. China, Japan, and India are emerging markets for magnetic field sensors.


Both Mark Kurlansky's, The Year That Rocked the World:1968 and Josef Koudela's, Invasion 68 Prague gallery show the utter despair, hopelessness and desperation that was going on in Prague, Czechoslovakia. The invasion of Prague by the Soviet Union contributed to melancholy way the world was at the time. With the Vietnam War in America and the Soviet led invasion in Prague, things seem hopeless. For rebel against Alexander Dubcek's liberation reforms, and the Soviet Unions need for communism, they invaded Prague, devastating the lives of many inhabitants.
The photographs showed the intensity of the invasion and exactly what it was like during those times. One picture that sticks out in my mind is one that was on your right-hand side when walking into other room of the exhibit. It is that of a train that is broken down with sayings in Russian on it. One part of the saying, once translated said, "Why do you shoot friends, we don't have any guns." I believe that this saying shows exactly how the people of Prague were feeling. They felt as if they were being taken advantage of for no reason at all. For their country to be invaded and the lives of so many to be destroyed is unimaginable. Other photographs should people injured or dead on the ground, and desolate areas from being entirely destroyed. There were also pictures that showed the military tanks, with the Soviets inside, invading and wiping down what was in their way. These pictures show that personal freedoms were not taken into account. The people of Czechoslovakia were taken advantage of unable to rebel back. The only rebellion they had were the words written, which acted silently, being unheard by the Soviets. The young people or Prague would walk up to tanks and army men trying to persuade them that they were wrong (Kurlansky 294.) There is also one picture that I can vividly remember. In this picture a woman is shown crying, with her hand upon her head, and a tank in the background. I think this picture explains all the despair and anguish that the people of Czechoslovakia were experiencing.
Although the invasion of Prague came to an end, the people who were part of it were forever affected. The devastation that occurred, all for proclamation of freedom was unnecessary. Both Mark Kurlansky and Josef Koudela depicted just how the people of Czechoslovakia were feeling, helpless and in need of stopping the invasion, which although was short, was one that definitely impacted the lives of many.


Hey, internet. Long time no see, unless you hang out on tumblr. Now I am ill and livejournal is unreliable and OBVIOUSLY THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO RETURN TO BLOGGING. In lieu of a huge catchup entry that I will procrastinate on because there is so much stuff to put in it, I am just going to post three random things that have happened since last I wrote here.
1. I had a belated 21st birthday party. But Maggie, I hear you say, is your birthday not in August? why, yes it is! And in honour of my 21st birthday party being closer in date to my 22nd actual birthday than anything else, I dubbed it the Timey Wimey birthday and me and my boyfriend dressed up as the fourth and eleventh Doctors. It was awesome. I got very very drunk, which I maintain was not my fault because my friends mandated that I take a drink every time I interrupted someone else's speech, and they know me.
2. I won a journal subscription using a tin of sardines. Also I ate the sardines.
There was a book-themed picnic competition listed in the program for the NSW Writers Center inaugural young writers festival - they invited everyone to bring a picnic basket selected to fit a favourite book, e.g. mushroom products for alice in wonderland or whatever. I didn't realise till a few hours before the thing, so I grabbed some random stuff from my kitchen and a 7/11 on my route to make a Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy spread - a towel, of course, a thermos of tea, a tin of sardines (for Babelfish), some bread to eat the sardines with, and some peanut butter and mixed nuts in honour of the peanuts Ford buys from the bar in Chapter 3 (these latter two from the 7/11). I did not even have time to rustle up Trillian's salad from the Restaurant at the End of the Universe and a friendly cow toy, I had to get on a bus. I figured people would laugh and share the fruits of their lengthier preparation with me, and everybody would nom in a writerly fashion.
Anyway it turned out nobody else brought anything so I won by default.
3. I am hopefully participating in thissss and it is not too late for you to also participate!


Happy start of summer! In the past 10 days, I have worked with superintendents from north-central New York, stretched in a 3,000-strong yoga jam with Michael Franti at Redrocks, hauled myself up and down the Colorado front range, intersected with 130 forward leaning educators to kick off the annual Traverse gathering in Boulder, and prototyped big elements of a new school operating system with the faculty of Miss Porter's School in Connecticut. I love my job!
At Traverse, I shared what I think are some of the "big hairy challenges" facing education in the future (I have previously shared these with you in earlier blogs and in my commencement speech a couple of weeks ago). I asked groups of the attendees to come up with and share some of their own, and then we did some approval voting by applause. In second place: "The growing gap between teachers who get that education needs to change and those who don't, and what that means for our students". And in overwhelming first place: "We need education policy that is not determined by old, white men." I could NOT agree more.
At Miss Porter's School, nine design teams have been working on various elements of what will be a very different learning system. During our prototyping day, the team designing adult learning and development came up with the tagline/mission statement: "We will be omnivores". I love it! How better to describe a growth-minded community eager and willing to ingest and digest whatever is in the world around us!
And a second team, the "third horizon team", dedicated to "finding what is unfound and learning what we don't know", arrived at their own sort-of framing statement, aligned to the age-tested three horizon framework of organizational innovation. "The first horizon is 'who are the Joneses?' The second is 'keeping up with the Joneses'. Our third horizon is 'we will BE the Joneses'".
Innovation and transformation are all about enacting value-laden aspiration. "We will BE the Joneses is aspirational, inspirational, and, in fact, measurable over time. This is why the messiness of strategic design is so much more powerful than traditional top-down, board-led, committee-based strategic planning!


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There are plenty of reasons to buy REITs. First and foremost among them are the high dividends they often pay out.
The highest-yielding REITs even offer yields in the double digits.
And with that in mind, today we're bringing you our list of five REIT stocks with high dividends.
Of course, the high dividends don't stop some people from second-guessing REIT investing, due to concerns about either taxes or interest rates.
Both concerns are overblown.
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We frequently get the question "How is REIT income taxed?" or, more specifically, "How are REIT dividends taxed?"
It's true that dividends from REITs will typically be taxed at your ordinary income tax rate rather than at your capital gains tax rate.
However, as long as a REIT pays the required 90% of its taxable income to shareholders as dividends, that income does not get taxed on the corporate end.
In other words, you're getting a bigger payout than you would from a non-REIT stock, which in many cases will more than make up for the extra taxes you have to pay on your end.
Some investors also worry that rising interest rates could be trouble for even the best REIT.
Dividend-paying stocks, it's true, are generally considered to be interest-rate sensitive, rising in value as interest rates fall and falling in value as interest rates rise.
However, in the nine instances between 1994 and 2017, when interest rates rose by more than 1%, REIT stocks rose in value six times.
So in fact, when you own a REIT, interest rates don't need to be a huge concern. If anything, REITs might be the place to be when interest rates are on the rise.
With that cleared up, let's find the REITs out there that we expect to put large dividends in your pockets for years to come...
REITs with High Dividends, No. 5: Iron Mountain Inc. (7.26%)
The founder of Iron Mountain Inc. (NYSE: IRM) earned his fortune from mushrooms. He was even known as the "Mushroom King."
With the rise of the Cold War, though, Herman Knaust founded Iron Mountain to capitalize on the rising demand for secure storage.
Today, Iron Mountain owns more than 1,400 data storage facilities - about 85 million square feet of space - in 50 countries.
Among the valuable documents stored at Iron Mountain facilities are the wills of Princess Diana, Charles Dickens, and Charles Darwin, as well as the master recording collections of Frank Sinatra and Prince.
By now, of course, most of the data is digital. And 95% of the Fortune 1000 stores its most sensitive data with Iron Mountain.
There's no question that data security has been a rising concern in recent years. According to researchers at Cybersecurity Ventures, cybercrime is expected to cost the world $6 billion annually by 2021. That's a 100% increase since 2015.
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But Iron Mountain hasn't been content to watch its earnings climb from that trend alone. It's been making an active push into emerging markets to boost its bottom line. Revenue from emerging markets accounted for 19% of the company's total in 2018, roughly double its share from five years earlier.
Iron Mountain pays a yield of 7.26% and has increased its dividend for nine consecutive years.
It also has a top score from our Money Morning Stock VQScore™ system, suggesting that you can expect a rise in share price as well.
REITs with High Dividends, No. 4: Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (7.66%)
As the name suggests, Sabra Health Care REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: SBRA) specializes in healthcare facilities. Its portfolio includes over 100 senior housing facilities, over 300 nursing homes, and 22 specialty hospitals or similar properties.
Mergers and acquisitions in 2017 turned Sabra into a powerhouse in the industry, with an enterprise value of $7.3 billion and a footprint that covers 44 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces.
Demand for senior housing and healthcare services in general is on the rise as baby boomers enter their retirement years. The U.S. Census Bureau projects the number of Americans aged 65 or older to increase from 50 million to 80 million by 2035.
One advantage Sabra has over the competition is its diversification. No one tenant manages more than 9% of Sabra's properties. Sabra's top five relationships account for just 38% of its portfolio, compared to 54% for LTC Properties Inc. (NYSE: LTC) and 68% for CareTrust REIT Inc. (NASDAQ: CTRE). That gives Sabra plenty of flexibility in case the fortunes of any one company shift.
Sabra Health Care pays a dividend yield of 7.66%.
REITs with High Dividends, No. 3: RLJ Lodging Trust (7.95%)
Hotels are among the most lucrative real estate properties you can invest in.
When they're successful, that is.
Success for most big, full-service hotels means that not only are the rooms full, but the restaurants are full and the conference space is being used.
That's no problem when there's a convention in town or when it's wedding season. But during the off-season, these hotels are losing money hand over fist with all the unused space and underwhelmed staff.
But the next REIT we're bringing you, RLJ Lodging Trust (NYSE: RLJ), has bypassed that problem by investing in business-oriented hotels. These establishments are designed to fill rooms, with limited dining services or meeting space. That means they can keep their expenses low and avoid the "boom or bust" inconsistency that plagues the industry.
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RLJ's portfolio includes 109 hotels in 23 states and the District of Columbia, and the brands include Courtyard, Residence Inn, and Embassy Suites.
The stock pays a 7.95% yield, and it also has a top score on our Money Morning Stock VQScore™ system.
REITs with High Dividends, No. 2: KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (8.51%)
KKR Real Estate Finance Trust Inc. (NYSE: KREF) is a mortgage REIT, meaning instead of owning properties outright, it earns income from issuing loans on those properties.
The idea of investing in a company built on mortgages might sound scary to anyone who lived through the mortgage crisis of 2007-08. But you can breathe easy. KKR restricts its lending to commercial properties rather than single-family home loans.
So even if there's another housing bubble, it's not going to sink KKR's loans.
Fifty-five percent of the portfolio is multifamily housing. Office space makes up another 32%. The remaining 13% is divided among hospitality, condominiums, industrial, and retail.
Another factor that protects KKR's position is that 99% of its loans are senior loans. That means the loans are usually secured, and KKR is among the first in line to recoup its money in the case of bankruptcy.
Considering this REIT yields 8.51%, that's a pretty good deal.
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House of the Week: $2,799,000 for 5 bedroom Glebe home designed by Barry Hobin
BY Dayanti Karunaratne; photos by Kevin Belanger
POSTED July 19, 2019 2:30 pm
This week, we visit a modern home built in 2006 that features five bedrooms, five bathrooms, and a breathtaking staircase.
Address: 89 Third Ave.
Neighbourhood: Glebe
Agent: Victoria Brunetta, Re/Max Hallmark Brunetta Group Realty
Taxes: $15,380 (approximate)
This large family home was built in 2006 by Barry Hobin, a pioneer in modern infill housing. Designed to be both unique and to blend in with the many red brick houses in the Glebe, the house has seen subtle renovations in recent years, including brighter cabinetry and a kitchen layout perfect for a busy family. With the current owners looking at life as empty-nesters, it's time for a new family to take advantage of the space.
Plenty of big windows and a unique angular staircase are the take-your-breath-away elements. But the design also honours modern minimalist architecture in other ways, such as radiant heated floors, a multi-use mezzanine, and a wraparound porch on the third floor. But minimalist doesn't mean small: there are four bedrooms, plus an office and that mezzanine that looks out over the great room.
The entryway, with great room to the left and stairway to the right:
With 20-foot ceilings, the great room is pretty great. Aluminum windows look out onto leafy Third Avenue:
A cozy sitting area between great room and kitchen:
And a sleek kitchen. Miele appliances are hidden in there somewhere:
A dining area, open to the kitchen and steps from the backyard:
The backyard is great for hosting. Yes, that's a Trex composite deck:
Let's take a peek at the finished basement:
The mudroom space leads to the attached garage:
Now to the second floor, which begins with a dramatic view of the great room and a mezzanine:
The master bedroom:
The ensuite features a his-and-hers vanity and a big, bright shower:
The third floor is where you'll find the other three bedrooms and an office. The favourite child gets the room with the ensuite:
The office is also on the third, with views to Third Avenue and access to the balcony:
Biggest selling point
Location — the prestige of having a Barry Hobin designed house in the Glebe with plenty of architecturally-interesting features. And there's a lot of space here.
Possible deal breaker
That much space — and a heck of a lot of stairs — means the next family that moves in will need to be fit and with enough kids/extended family that it doesn't feel empty. Oh, and not squeamish about long drops (like this view from the third storey):
Find out more about this listing here.
36′ by 103′ lot
3,770 square feet above grade (4,570 with basement)
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I dug a little further after my last post and stumbled upon this excellent blog post. It turns out that using the libpam-oath module for two-factor authentication is a lot easier than the challenge-response module and it works rather fabulously.
I will document the steps I took here. Again, all credit goes to the author of that blog post above - I mainly followed his explanations and links.
We want to enable two-factor authentication when logging in via ssh. The two factors in this case mean that you need something you know and something you have, i.e. your user's password and your YubiKey or any other device or app capable of generating OATH-TOTP tokens.
OATH-TOTP is an Open Authentication standard, where TOTP stands for "Time-based One-time Password Algorithm". Basically, that is a password which is generated from a secret key and a changing timestamp by means of hashing. The secret key is saved on your YubiKey or in the app, thus making it something 'you have'.
We will then use both our unix password and this changing one-time password to login. You'll probably still want to use pubkey auth for the most part. But this is a great fallback option in case you lose or don't have access to your private keys.
The following steps were performed on a server running Debian 'Jessie' 8 and using a YubiKey NEO + Yubico Authenticator app.
For the sake of simplicity I will assume that your YubiKey is already set up for use with one-time passwords. The combination with Yubico's Android app works well for me and can be used with any service that supports two-factor auth with TOTP, e.g. GitHub and Dropbox, and any number of services. This requires a YubiKey NEO with enabled CCID applet. There is a guide by Yubico on how to do that.
If you don't have a YubiKey you can also use the Google Authenticator but there are, of course, many more choices ..
We need to setup the libpam-oath module, so it is used together with our password when we login. This is done in /etc/pam.d/sshd for the OpenSSH daemon.
Make sure that you have a root console still open at this point in case something goes wrong. Breaking ssh login without an active session can be a massive pain.
By default common-auth is included at the very top of the file. We'll want to change this, as simply adding the oath module after the include leaks information about our password: if the password is incorrect, you don't get asked for the OATH token. This is described in more detail in step 5 here.
You may choose your usersfile freely but it should be only readable by root! Unfortunately, there does not seem to be a way to define a users home directory here, like it is done with the authorized_keys file for pubkey auth.
Possible options for this module are documented here.
In your /etc/ssh/sshd_config you need to enable ChallengeResponseAuthentication and UsePAM. The former is needed so PAM modules can ask you for password and one-time token separately. Also, you may want to define your AuthenticationMethods to allow either successful publickey auth OR two-factor auth with passwords. You can find my entire OpenSSH configuration here.
Note: Please generate your own key and do not use the examples from this post.
The HOTP/T30 means, that we use OATH-TOTP with 30 second steps and this is the secret key for the user username.
Now add this key (p6ezoijot77u4zxwahoubokyvvwqqtpb) to your authenticator app of choice. This is described in great detail for various YubiKeys and the example of Dropbox here.
Et voilà . You can now login to your server from anywhere you want based on two-facor authentication, which makes it a lot more secure than password authentication alone.
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Guided by secret messages, U-boats tracked the Queen Mary, with 8,000 allied soldiers aboard and a $250,000 bounty on her head, to the coast of Brazil. But Elizebeth Friedman could read those secret messages too – and guide the ship to safety.
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Based on the book "The Woman Who Smashed Codes: A True Story of Love, Spies, and the Unlikely Heroine Who Outwitted America's Enemies," THE CODEBREAKER reveals the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work to decode thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison in the 1920s and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. Her remarkable contributions would come to light decades after her death, when secret government files were unsealed. But together with her husband, the legendary cryptologist William Friedman, Elizebeth helped develop the methods that led to the creation of the powerful new science of cryptology and laid the foundation for modern codebreaking today.
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Joining forces to create a funeral cabaret!
For the first time, local award winning theatre company Wit Incorporated is collaborating with the Bowery Theatre to present an off-the-wall show that was conceived and will premiere in the West.
How I Met My Dead Husband is about a unique cabaret funeral that goes on a journey of reincarnation, love, confusion and hope.
In the show Chuen-Jiau's eulogy for her husband Yueh is not what anyone was expecting.
Written by Lansy Feng, this is the first of several productions Wit Incorporated and the Bowery Theatre will present over the coming months.
The partnership is designed to promote the creation and presentation of entertaining theatre in Melbourne's West, before it tours more widely.
Hosted by the Bowery Theatre and performed in English, this wonderful performance will also include songs in English, French and Mandarin.
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Q: How detailed should QA aim to be? When QA discovers an issue during testing should they...

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*Log the bug with the test case and scenario information and move on testing?

*Try investigating to determine why the bug is happening?

I would think it is normally both, but some people are saying it is not QA's job to even try to find root causes. QA is just meant to point out bugs. Interestingly this sentiment is coming from QA not developers.
Some background
Imagine this is happening in a very small team (3-4 people) working in an agile-ish environment. The developers are continually adding new features and fixes. Unit test coverage is very low. This is mostly due to the fact the developers have been pushed to deliver features first. QA is relied heavily on verifying correctness and functionality. Generally the developers are open to working closely with QA on things.
The QA team is testing in parallel. As soon as new builds show up they start their regression and new functional tests. However there are no automated tests. All tests are manual. Luckily most tests are quick to execute since they are simple comparisons against expected results.
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In the overarching organization, there are mostly two breeds of QA. There are the automation QA who do what their title suggests. And there are testers. Some float between the two from project to project, but for the purposes of this question, the QA are meant to be testing.
Perhaps to rephrase, what is a appropriate level of detail QA should be recording about bugs when they come across it (only the Devs will read these details)?

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*Is "Calculation X is wrong when using attached data file" sufficient?

*Or, "Calculation X was off by a some constant. When we change value Y1 in the data file, the difference is equal to the value of Y1."

A: In terms of "how deep should QA go", it really depends on the people involved and what kind of teams you have, as well as the project code base. At my current job, we don't really like the term QA any more because we feel that we are all responsible for ensuring quality. Our developers practice TDD and unit test as much of the code base as we can (as well as integration and pretty much any other automated tests we can build). We then have a small team of testers, these guys have been using the products pretty much since day one and know it inside and out (from a user perspective).
When they find a bug that slipped through the automatic testing they report it to us with as much detail as they can muster from a user view. They effectively attempt to pin down the issue as fast as possible into recreation steps and these steps then become the acceptance criteria. Ie: "if x y and z no longer cause j and k to happen, then the bug is resolved."
In terms of who's job is it to find the root cause, we say whoever finds the bug should attempt to give as much detail as possible to whoever works on a fix. This resolves the issue as fast as possible and knowing the extent of the issue up front will only help to speed this process up.
If your testers who act from a user view won't attempt to recreate the bug in a number of different ways to gain more information to resolve things quicker, then I'd say you've got an unhealthy separation of teams going on. Development and QA go hand in hand, friendly rivalry is great and beneficial but when one team starts getting awkward about things then you have a problem. Phrases like "well the acceptance criteria is technically met" or "I found the bug, it's not my job to suggest a fix", I think you need to be looking at how your teams are working together to achieve high quality rather than questioning who should be doing what specifically.
"I expect QA will find nothing [...] QA ought to wonder why they exist" - Uncle Bob.

A: Saying "QA" as a job role is akin to saying "health care professional."  You've got nurses, nurses assistants, physicians, physicians assistants, nurse practitioner,  surgeons, midwives, etc...
Trying to answer "how far QA should go" is much like trying to answer "what does a health care professional do?" - it depends on the job description the person was hired for and their capabilities.
I've seen QA be people that are just supposed to click and verify.  I've seen QA where its programmers who are writing automated tests.  I've seen QA where they have to put their stamp of approval on every release (or it doesn't go out).  I've seen QA that has tried to do as little as possible and not claim any responsibility for the end product.  I've seen QA where they take the A part of the title very seriously and are involved in the process of assurance of quality (making sure code reviews are done, getting deep into ISO 9000).
So what should your QA department do?  What they need to. This is completely dependent on what you need them to do and what they are hired to do and what their responsibilities are.  This is probably a discussion you should have with your management chain if it is necessary.  Many programers will find they have had similar discussions about if they should be gathering requirements, writing documentation, preforming tests themselves - the same needs to be done and said of QA.
For issues of how detailed a bug report QA should give, it is an issue of quality vs quantity.  If they are finding one bug a cycle and the test suite takes less than one cycle to do, then they have the opportunity (given that they have the appropriate skill set - because you're hiring good employees and paying competitively) they can then write a sufficiently detailed bug reports such that programmers can work from them more easily.
On the other hand, if they are expected to do 7 days of testing in 5, there is no way that they can do a complete root cause analysis (RCA) on the bugs they find - being under time pressure to finish the regression suite.
If QA is finding that each cycle there are sufficiently many bugs that while they do finish the tests, they can't do an RCA on each one, you will likely find the quality of the bug reports varying greatly.  This becomes especially prevalent when there are no automated tests that the coders run - each time a new build is being done QA is finding itself having to make sure that each bit of functionality is still the same.  Depending on the size of the application, this can mean lots of testing.
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*Qa Is Not Qc and Quality Assurance Is Not Quality Control

*Software quality assurance
Minor rant - we work in an industry where people go for "code ninja" or "java wizard" as job title and such and then try to tell the "QA" people they should or shouldn't do something because of their job title? Read the job description.  Do what is needed. If the job description needs to change, change it. If something needs to be done, do it.


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Q: MySql does not work after upgrading to Yosemite 10.10 MySql was working properly before upgrading the Yosemite. After doing the upgrade the connection could not be established!
I get the following message from the MySql Workbench:
Your connection attempt failed for user 'root' from your host to server at 127.0.0.1:3306:
  Can't connect to MySQL server on '127.0.0.1' (61)

When using the terminal to connect, I get the following error:
ERROR 2002 (HY000): Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)

Any suggestion?

A: Is MySQL running? Try the likes of the following in terminal:
shell> mysqladmin version
shell> ps aux |grep mysql

If not, why not? There's a good chance it relates to OS X not allowing StartUp items as of 10.10. In this case, use launchd to control it:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/en/osx-installation-launchd.html
The linked documentation describes how to set up launchd and also start the MySQL instance. Also, as of this writing, the preference pane does not function on OS X 10.10 (to start/stop mysql) due to the above issue with StartUp. However, it will be fixed in the future.