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Easier course administration for CBD College with their multi-device LMS Totara Learn
Please note: this project was originally delivered by Totara Partner Envisiontel. Envisiontel merged with Totara Partner, Remote Learner in 2019.
CBD College is a non-profit medical career college in Los Angeles, California. CBD College offers a variety of training programmes for people looking for entry-level jobs in the healthcare sector. They have been providing quality education and career training services to the community for over 31 years.
CBD College's growth ability was being hampered by a lack of IT infrastructure throughout the organisation, with no real CRM system in place to manage information. Much of the organisation's data was stored in simple Microsoft Access documents, with some enrolment processes even relying on pen and paper techniques, making for highly inefficient working. There was a lack of insight into what was happening in the classroom, who was studying, who was attending and who was struggling, making it difficult to understand the bigger picture of the student body.
Several Salesforce licences were donated to the college, and these instantly proved successful, allowing the college to track information like ROI, marketing and advertising.
Several Salesforce licenses were donated to the college, and these instantly proved successful, allowing the college to track information like ROI, marketing and advertising. Owing to the success of the Salesforce implementation CBD College needed an LMS to integrate seamlessly with it to facilitate easier enrolment, content delivery and access to grades.
CBD College realised they needed an LMS to help them keep track of what was going on in the college, and decided to partner with Envisiontel. Envisiontel understood the challenge of finding a cost-effective LMS for a school of CBD's size, as well as CBD's unique requirements which meant that many other popular solutions would not be suitable. Envisiontel introduced CBD to the LMS, Totara Learn, and they quickly decided that this would be the right fit for their organisation.
This implementation of Totara Learn needed to be equally as easy for students as for instructors. Phase 1 of the system focuses primarily on allowing students to access their grades, with information syncing back to Salesforce from Totara Learn. Phase 2 will focus on using Totara Learn as part of a student-facing solution, giving them an easy way to access information and content.
"While it was intimidating for me coming from a background with zero LMS experience, the good thing about Totara Learn is that it's dummy proof. From playing around with it, it became very easy to use very quickly." – Mike Youtan, Director of Business Development at CBD College
Totara Learn has also made it easier to manage the student enrolment process, cutting down time spent on course administration. This is particularly useful considering CBD has no hard start or graduation dates, meaning there is a constant ebb and flow of students enrolling and completing courses. Totara Learn's Audiences functionality means that course administrators have more control over enrolment processes, meaning students can move more efficiently through the system.
It was important to CBD that their LMS was mobile friendly, as all students are given iPads. Totara Learn works on tablets, making it easy for students to access information on the go. The College will never fully switch to distance learning, making the flexibility of Totara Learn particularly appealing, as students can get access both in and outside the classroom.
There are currently around 400 students and 40 instructors using Totara Learn, and CBD is confident that the LMS will support their mission to double their student population within 18 months with their more efficient processes. The grading system has proved especially popular with students, who no longer have to visit a physical corkboard to collect their results, and all the instructors are on board.
While it is still early days, CBD's ultimate aim is to add out-of-the-box, ready-to-go online courses for its students, making the learning process as well as the course administration process more efficient and easier to implement.
More stories from Remote Learner
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How Telecommunication transformed our lives in The New Year
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40 Years well celebrated
A big thank you to everybody who participated in today's event of 40 years of Nordic collaboration.
40 Years Anniversary Celebration
Amidst a wealth of exiting tasks and challenges, NORDUnet takes a moment to celebrate four decades of service to the Nordic higher education and research communities.
The birth of a joint network for the Nordic universities can be traced back to a conference held in Tällberg, Sweden, in 1980. While 40 years later the technical specifications for the infrastructure at that time will only raise smiles, the original scope remains unchanged. Just like then, the organization today known as NORDUnet builds on a collaborative Nordic spirit paired with an understanding of the need for joining forces.
Little could the participants at the conference in Tällberg have known just how much communications technology would come to change research and education – and society in general – over the coming decades. Here, at the time of the anniversary, the tasks and challenges of NORDUnet are more relevant than ever.
In a time of pandemic and numerous national lockdowns and restrictions, the need to learn and work remotely has skyrocketed. This has put national research and education networks (NRENs) all across the globe under great strain, but also opened plenty of opportunities for strengthening infrastructure and providing new digital solutions. NORDUnet and the NRENs of the Nordic countries have proven well positioned to meet the new challenges.
Remote learning has spiked in all Nordic countries, and chances are this will be a lasting tendency, likely to continue even after the COVID-19 pandemic has come under control.
In a Nordic perspective, another significant development will be the new possibilities for building infrastructure in the Arctic region. Much as the changing climate is problematic in many regards, the warmer temperatures do make it easer to construct and maintain cables, cable landing stations etc. in places that were previously not accessible.
In other words, NORDUnet has never seen a more exiting and busy time. Yet, we did not want to let the anniversary go by without taking a moment to reflect on our first 40 years.
The History of NORDUnet
1980-2020
Celebrating 40 years of Nordic networking and collaboration
The NORDUnet collaboration started with the first NORDUnet Conference in 1980, and evolved into a dedicated, Nordic network during the NORDUNET programme (1986 to 1992) financed by the Nordic Council of Ministers. 30 NORDUnet conferences ago an unparalleled collaborative set-up came into being and at this year's 31st Conference in Iceland we will celebrate. Learn more about the conference in www.ndn2020.net
At the 25 year anniversary of the NORDUnet collaboration, NORDUnet published the book Twenty-Five Years of Networking Cooperation in the Nordic Countries, detailing the first 25 years of the NORDUnet history. The book is available for online reading and download.
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The 25-year old who would be out of contract at the end of the season has been hugely impressive for Hannover since joining them in early 2012 scoring 19 league goals in 40 starts.
A host of clubs are now being linked to him, ahead of January's transfer window, but Diouf insists he is not necessarily guaranteed to leave.
"I really love Hanover. The city, the club, the supporters," he told Bild.
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Stoke City failed to sign Diouf over the summer and they have been linked with a renewed bid for the striker in the New Year.


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Avoid these pre-workout no-no's to ensure you get the biggest bang for your workout buck.
There have been hundreds of articles written about how to best prepare for a killer workout, discussing everything from what to eat, which supplements to take, and how to get your mind "right." However, with this piece I decided to take a different approach and talk about some of the things you should AVOID doing before pushing and pulling the heavy iron. Ready? Here we go.
While there is nothing wrong with taking a short nap in order to recharge your "batteries" before heading to the gym, you should avoid sleeping for any more than about 30 minutes. While research shows that a short 20-30 minute "power-nap" can markedly increase energy and focus, sleeping for longer than this will produce the opposite effect, leaving you even more lethargic than before your head hit the pillow.
For a very long time it was thought to be proper "protocol" to statically stretch the muscles before working out with weights, but in recent years scientists have discovered that this is actually counterproductive. Not only can stretching a "cold" muscle lead to injuries such as pulls and strains, but also in addition can actually decrease your strength in exercises involving muscles that have been stretched.
There is nothing wrong with performing medium intensity "steady state" cardio before lifting weights, as this is an effective method of burning body fat while protecting your ability to gain strength and muscle mass. However, the high intensity nature of HIIT cardio will decrease your power and interfere with the anabolic process if done immediately prior to lifting weights.
Stress is truly a "muscle-killer." When one is in a state of stress the body will release higher levels of cortisol, which breaks down muscle tissue and encourages body fat storage. Additionally, stress and worry will severely inhibit your ability to concentrate, limiting muscle fiber activation and quite possibly causing injury due to lack of focus on proper form. So, try to avoid stressful situations if at all possible before heading to the gym.
Certainly there is nothing wrong with consuming some caffeine or a high-quality pre-workout product to give you a boost before training, but I warn you about overdoing it. While moderate levels of stimulants can help enhance energy and focus, too much can lead to rapid heart beat, nausea, anxiety and a feeling of illness, none of which will help you to get a better, more productive workout!


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Q: Copying data from PC to MacBook Pro I am going to purchase a 15.4" Macbook Pro by this month. I have a Windows laptop at this moment. Can I transfer my data from from a NTFS formatted disk on my PC to a Mac?

A: Yes, files can be transferred from a NTFS drive to a Mac.  Apple provides documentation on the process. This is a relatively straightforward process.
The bigger challenge is not reading files from a different disk operating system, but rather proprietary formats used by particular programs. Common formats like jpeg, html, etc. will pose no problem, and programs like Microsoft Office or Adobe Photoshop are available on both platforms. Files from Microsoft Publisher, however, or other more obscure Windows programs can be ported to the Mac, but you may find yourself without a program on the Mac that can read or edit those particular files.

A: You will need to use the migration assistant check out support.apple.com/kb/HT4796 don't start the computer until you read the article especialy the subsection "Click here if the Mac is starting up for the first time and Mac OS X Setup Assistant appears"
It seems that the transfer can be made over the network so no NTFS problems ;)

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Listen: Chromeo ft. Toro y Moi
Almost a decade ago, the Canadian duo Chromeo introduced their unique blend of electrofunk to an exponentially growing global audience. White Women, Dave 1 and P-Thugg's 4th studio album coming this spring on Atlantic, refines their signature 70's and 80's influenced quirky pop songs, masterfully crafted in the tradition of the finest R&B, disco and funk. Montreal's reigning loverboys will be previewing their infectiously catchy new record, featuring previously released singles "Over Your Shoulder" and "Sexy Socialite", on the road this spring, along with playing some Chromeo classics from Business Casual, Fancy Footwork and She's In Control. The "Come Alive Tour" launches in Houston, TX in April and winds its way through the US and Canada, with a headlining finale US show at NYC's Terminal 5 in May. Chromeo's live show has become legendary in its own right and this tour will mark just the first stop in many exciting live announcements to come for the band in 2014!
For all the retro talk, Chromeo's music is, more than ever, anchored in pop's present. This is reflected in the band's collaborative approach on White Women. They unexpectedly resurrected Death From Above 1979 as their backing band to perform "Sexy Socialite" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, they shot an epic album trailer with Parisian design firm Surface to Air to preview "Over Your Shoulder" and partnered with contemporary artists Snarkitecture, MILK Studios & Tumblr to create The White Room installation in New York. The newest edition (pun intended) in an ever growing and exciting list of collaborators is Toro y Moi, featured on their buoyant new single,"Come Alive". "Toro is a new school funk disciple, like us" says the band. "Ever since we heard his music we wanted to unleash his inner Jermaine Stewart." This is disco Chaz in a way you've never heard him before.
Listen: Chromeo – "Come Alive" (featuring Toro y Moi)
COME ALIVE TOUR DATES
4/6 Houston TX House of Blues #
4/7 Austin TX Stubbs #
4/8 Dallas TX House of Blues #
4/12 San Francisco CA Independent #
4/14 Portland OR Roseland #
4/15 Vancouver BC Commodore #
4/16 Seattle WA Showbox Market #
4/19 Phoenix AZ Marquee #
4/30 Boston MA House of Blues *
5/1 Montreal QC Corona *
5/2 Toronto ON Danforth Music Hall *
5/5 Chicago IL Lincoln Hall *
5/6 Minneapolis MN First Avenue *
5/7 St. Louis MO The Pageant *
5/9 Detroit MI Royal Oak Music Hall *
5/12 Atlanta GA Variety Playhouse *
5/13 Richmond VA The National *
5/14 Philadelphia PA Union Transfer *
5/16 New York NY Terminal 5 *
6/3 Paris FR La Cigale
6/4 Amsterdam NL Paradiso
6/6 London UK Roundhouse
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* support: Oliver
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Tagged as Business Casual, Chromeo, Come Alive, Fancy Footwork, Over Your Shoulder, Sexy Socialite, She's In Control, Toro Y Moi, tour dates, White Women
December 27, 2013 · 10:41 am
Caveman Tour Dates + B-Side
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New York's Caveman announces their American leg of the Phosphorescent tour after having toured in Europe together last month. That tour will be followed by their first stint on the Weezer Cruise which takes off in Jacksonville, FL, and afterwards the six piece (they are joined by Matt Clark from White Rabbits) will play shows opening for Toro Y Moi as well as perform headline shows. Next summer the band will tour in Europe again after their successful trip last month.The band just revealed an unreleased B-side called "Empire" and Vacationer remixed their track "In The City".
Listen: Caveman – "Empire"
Listen/download: Caveman – "In The City" (Vacationer Remix)
Caveman live:
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01/21/14 Tue – Philadelphia PA @ Union Transfer *
01/22/14 Wed – Washington DC @ 9:30 Club *
01/23/14 Thu – Charlottesville VA @ Jefferson Theatre *
01/24/14 Fri – Charlotte NC @ Neighborhood Theatre *
01/25/14 Sat – Atlanta GA @ Centerstage *
01/27/14 Mon – St Louis MO @ Firebird *
01/28/14 Tue – Indianapolis IN @ The Vogue *
01/30/14 Thu – Columbus OH @ A&R Bar *
01/31/14 Fri – Pittsburgh PA @ Mr. Smalls *
02/01/14 Sat – Toronto ON @ Mod Club *
02/03/14 Mon – Burlington VT @ ArtsRiot *
02/04/14 Tue – Boston MA @ Sinclair *
02/05/14 Wed – Hamden CT @ Spaceland Ballroom *
02/10/14 Mon – Chapel Hill NC @ Cat's Cradle Backroom
02/11/14 Tue – Athens GA @ Georgia Theater
02/13/14 Thu – Jacksonville FL @ Weezer Cruise
02/14/14 Fri – Jacksonville FL @ Weezer Cruise
02/15/14 Sat – Jacksonville FL @ Weezer Cruise
02/16/14 Sun – Jacksonville FL @ Weezer Cruise
02/17/14 Mon – Orlando FL @ The Social #
02/18/14 Tue – Miami FL @ Grand Central #
02/19/14 Wed – Tallahassee FL @ Club Downunder
02/20/14 Thu – Tampa FL @ Orpheum
02/21/14 Fri – Birmingham AL @ Bottletree
02/22/14 Sat – Oxford MS @ Proud Larry's
02/24/14 Mon – Louisville KY @ Zanzabar
02/25/14 Tue – Chicago IL @ Double Door
02/26/14 Wed – Detroit MI @ Magic Stick
02/27/14 Thu – Rochester NY @ Bug Jar
06/01/14 Sun – Orleans, France @ Astrolabe &
06/02/14 Mon – Bordeaux, France @ Rock School Barbey &
06/03/14 – Nantes, France @ Stereolux &
06/04/14 – Tourcoing, France @ Grand Mix &
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Wild Belle Tour Dates
Chicago based duo Wild Belle have announced an extensive fall headlining tour that will kick off September 5 in Madison, WI. The band recently made their Lollapalooza debut before they headed to San Francisco to play Outside Lands. After previously touring the states opening for Passion Pit and Toro y Moi, Wild Belle will travel across North America and back for over 25 headlining tour dates -making this their biggest headline tour to date (full list of dates below). To catch a glimpse of Wild Belle's life on the road, watch the band's self-directed video POSTCARDS FROM THE ROAD Nº3.
Wild Belle's live performances have been recognized for their catchy hooks and infectious sound. The band took their effortlessly sunny set on the festival circuit this summer with performances at Coachella, Sasquatch, Firefly, Full Moon Festival, Lollapalooza and Outside Lands. The musical talents of both siblings shine during the band's live performances, with Rolling Stone noting how "Natalie (breezes) about the stage with relaxed bravado while Elliot (switches) effortlessly between keyboards and sax…creating an organic wall of sound."
In June the band stopped by a Los Angeles bike shop to record a performance with KCRW of "Love Like This" for NPR's Field Recordings. Noted by the Chicago Tribune for their "breezy sounding pop music," Wild Belle is currently featured in Glamour's summer music issue and as Time Magazines "Band to Watch".
Wild Belle is Natalie and Elliot Bergman. The band is joined live by Kellen Harrison (bass) as well as fellow NOMO members Erik Hall (guitar) and Quin Kirchner (drums).
Wild Belle on tour:
8/17 Sterling Heights, MI MoPop Music Festival
9/5 Madison, WI High Noon Saloon
9/6 Iowa City, IA Gabe's Oasis
9/7 St. Louis, MO LouFest
9/13 Minneapolis, MN Triple Rock Social Club *
9/14 Omaha, NE The Waiting Room *
9/16 Denver, CO The Bluebird Theater *
9/18 Salt Lake City, UT Urban Lounge *
9/19 Boise, ID Neurolux *
9/21 Seattle, WA Crocodile *
9/22 Vancouver, BC Fortune Sound Club *
9/24 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge *
9/26 San Francisco, CA The Independent *
9/28 Los Angeles, CA The Echoplex *
9/30 Tucson, AZ Club Congress *
10/1 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
10/3 Dallas, TX House of Blues – Cambridge Room *
10/4 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/7 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church *
10/8 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom*
10/9 Boston, MA Paradise *
10/11 Austin, TX Austin City Limits
10/13 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks
10/15 Tallahassee, FL Club Downunder
10/16 Birmingham, AL The Bottletree
10/17 Atlanta, GA The Earl
10/19 Nashville, TN 12th and Porter
10/20 Asheville, NC Emerald Lounge
10/21 Raleigh, NC Kings Barcade
10/22 Washington, DC U Street Music Hall *
10/23 Pittsburgh, PA The Rex Theatre *
10/26 Chicago, IL Metro *
*supported by Saint Rich
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Happy Valenine's Day!
Classixx have their valentine for us today in the form of "Immaculate Selections". Go get your V-Day on with the free 47 minute download!
Download: Classixx – Immaculate Selections
1. Tangerine Dream – The Dream Is Always The Same
2. Unit Black Flight – Night Raiders
3. Tropics – Give It Up
4. Groundislava – Weekend In The Tropics
5. Human League – Human (Instrumental)
7. James Welsh – The Way
8. Toro y Moi – Rose Quartz
9. Falty DL – Straight & Arrow
10. Classixx – Holding On (Acapella)/ Aphex Twin – Xtal
11. Madonna – Live To Tell (At Close Range Extended Instrumental)
12. Tiger & Woods – Pitch
13. Mano Le Tough – Take It Back
14. Moony Me – Confused
15. Akufen – Skidoos
16. Presets – It's Cool
17. Classixx – Borderline
18. Jacques Renault – Back To You (Paradis Remix)
19. Nicolette Larson – Lotta Love
20. Tangerine Dream – Love On A Real Train
Highly Anticipated: Debut Album from Classixx (musicallyamusing.com)
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2011 Afro-Punk Festival
The Afro-punk Festival is returning to Brooklyn's Commodore Barry Park for the 7th Annual Afro-punk Festival on August 27-28. The 2011 festival has the most stellar line up yet with Cee-Lo Green, Santigold, Janelle Monae just to name a few and with more to be added! In addition, the NikeBattle For the Streets Skate and BMX Competition, the largest street skate and BMX competition in NYC will return this year with the nation's top amateur skaters and BMX riders in a competition to be judged by top professionals in both sports including Nigel Sylvester.
There are some very exciting new additions to the festival this year! Over 20 of the NYC area's hottest food trucks and vendors have been brought together for the Afro-Punk Bites and Beats Food Truck Festival, which will bring cuisine from around the world and the 5 boroughs to the festival. In addition, Chef Marcellus Coleman, Executive Chef of Alias Restaurant in NYC, will provide his eclectic contemporary American cuisine to the festival artists, athletes and VIP's.
Afro-punk has invited Harley-Davidson and Brooklyn Black bike scene documentarians, Denim and Chrome, to collaborate on a custom bike show featuring dozens of exotic custom bikes created by black riders in the NYC area. The custom bike show will also serve as the backdrop for the Harley-Davidson/Denim and Chrome 2012 Calendar, photographed by Darius Vick, which will feature exquisite tattooed beauties each month for bike fans across the country. In addition, the festival has commissioned an artist to paint over 300 skateboards as part of one large mural aka The Skate Artwall. The boards will be contested to Afro-punk fans at the Festival and Afro-punk will follow the life of the boards over the next year whether on the wall, the street or the half-pipe.
Described by the New York Times as putting "rock and rebellion squarely in the category of African-American music," the Afro-punk Festival has become a Brooklyn intuition, the focal point for the burgeoning Afro-punk movement. Over the past seven years, the festival has presented new artists before they hit it big, such as Grammy-nominated Santigold, The Noisettes and Janelle Monae. Afro-punk mainstays like Saul Williams, The Dirtbombs, and Dallas Austin have also graced Afro-punk's stages.
Afro-Punk 2011 Band Lineup
Cee-Lo Green
Santigold
Ninjasonik
Cerebral Ballzy
Gordon Voidwell
Reggie Watts
Rocky Business
Straight Line Stitch
Jay Electronica, Cee Lo Set for 2011 Afro Punk Fest (theboombox.com)
Afro-Punk 2011 — free Fort Greene fest lineup (Cee Lo, Janelle Monae, Toro y Moi, Santigold, Fishbone, Reggie Watts, more) (brooklynvegan.com)
Afro-Punk Festival: Cee-Lo, Santigold, Fisbhone, Janelle Monae, Toro Y Moi (jambase.com)
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Once riddled with negative connotations, the word "incite" now means to provoke and spur on in a positive way. Incitement South Africa was founded February 9 this year, by Tamara and Francisca Al-Halaseh. It comes at a time in South Africa when our mind-set is rife with negativity, speculations and heartache. Originally founded in Malaysia in 2011 by Daniel de Gruijter and Zikry Kholil, as a way for employees to talk about their ideas, the movement has now become a global instrument of positive change. From Malaysia, it spread to the USA, Canada, UAE and Jordan and has now reached South Africa.
Incitement South Africa encourages individuals to create positive thinking, by networking with people from various backgrounds. This will be done by sharing life-affirming values and stories that have inspired and motivated them. The Incitement South Africa Facebook fan-page publishes affirmations of self-growth and self-belief on a daily basis. No judgement. No prejudice.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED: Are you ready to change or be the change? Pic from the FB fan-page.
By hosting informal and easy-going events, starting with Gauteng and moving nationally.
The event planned for 30th of March in Pretoria (at Blue Valley Mall) will gather everyone from entrepreneurs, personal growth enthusiasts, thinkers to marketers and students. They will enjoy a series of powerful presentations and participate in unique team-building exercises. These will be designed to help them grow on a personal and professional level. Think of it as a melting pot of incredible and original ideas that stir up weary souls and awaken tired minds. Watch out for the venue on the Facebook page.
Reply to the event: Incitement SA Launch.
The presentations given will be documented with guests' permission on video and posted to their YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter channels, in hope of making positive affirmations a reality. It will help employers deal with down-trodden staff, parents with unruly children and students with depression.
But, it's not all 'serious talk.' It's also a place to have fun in front of a crowd and spread positive vibes.
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For someone who dared to pursue a dream on SA's Got Talent, one of the most popular shows on SA television with an estimated viewership of ten million people, James Bhemgee is soft-spoken and humble. In front of an audience of 26 journalism postgraduate students, he is quite confident, taking care to answer each question thoroughly.
Of all the questions our journalism class asks him, the one about his children he answers the most briefly. "They are happy. They are with their mothers. That's how we do it in the townships: the mothers take care of the children." He doesn't go into much detail about their lives, except for his daughter, Roshana (in her early 20s), who has the same singing gift. He also sings with his sister, Dominique Adams. They come from a large family of four sons and five daughters.
Since May 2010, Bhemgee has been singing with his two best friends, Eugene Jephta and Matthew Overmeyer, as the Cape Flats' Tenors. They even sang for tourists during the Soccer World Cup. "It was our chance to shine," Bhemgee and Jephta say in synchronisation. Jephta has accompanied Bhemgee to the interview, even helping him answer the questions. They've been friends since they were boys growing up in the Cape Flats, an area known in South Africa for its gang violence.
Bhemgee has been through a lot since the age of four, when his mother left him and his brother, Jonathan, on his stepmother's doorstep.
"Our mother was in trouble with the police and she made provisions for us before going to prison. Despite all her problems, she looked out for us," he explains, choking on the last few words.
Born in Worcester, he lived the life of gypsy with his troubled mother, moving from Gugulethu to Heideveld to Retreat and Kalksteensfontein. In primary school, he fell in love with music when a boy from his class serenaded the prettiest girls. Bhemgee decided to beat him, by singing for the girls in his class, then for the teachers. He eventually found himself singing in the streets he swept as an adult.
One afternoon, an elderly woman, Angelique Fuhr, overheard him singing and told him she thought it was the radio. Much like the pages from Charles Dickens' Great Expectations, she mentored him and influenced him to pursue his passion and talent for opera. She contacted her daughter, a music teacher, who told her mother that she had discovered "a dear treasure." He was then taken to the Lloyd Strauss Top Tenors. Being the 1980s, at the height of the apartheid struggle, Bhemgee was hungry for any opportunity he could get.
His courageous spirit and sparkling personality took him to the United Kingdom in 1994, where he appeared on a BBC breakfast television show, after appearing on South Africa's Carte Blanche. From there, he spent four years singing in Germany in different operas including Giacomo Puccini's La Boheme. He still speaks German fluently, amusing our class with a few words.
From 1998 to 2010, there is a gap in his life that the class tries to make sense of. He explains he went back doing odd jobs for the municipality, even collecting rubbish. "It was a humbling experience to go back to being a nobody," he says, fiddling with his fingers. After Fuhr died, Bhemgee didn't have the motivation to do things on his own. On her advice, he refused an opportunity for an Australian TV company to film a documentary about his life.
Bhemgee has even moved the judges of the show to tears. Randall Abrahams, one of the judges, said: "Of all the singers we've heard over the past two years, so far, you are the best." Some have described him as the South African version of Susan Boyle, the middle-aged Scottish woman, who moved nasty Simon Cowell to tears.
He claims the fame hasn't really affected his personal life.
"Family is what matters when everything else doesn't anymore," he tells me, as we are alone.
I cannot help but wonder whether he wishes his children were part of his dream. I ask him quickly as he leaves the room. He replaces the silence with a quick: "Maybe one day. Hopefully one day." It is obviously the only dream that truly matters when this one is complete.
While watching Drew Barrymore's quite recent movie Going the distance (yip, about long-distance relationships) on a flight to Europe to see someone special, I realised I was in the same dilemma… As much as you like or love the person, it really is excruciating to know they're on the other side of the world.
No hugs on a bad day. No telling you "You're beautiful" with your new dress. No morning kiss. No making love spontaneously on a lunch-break.
And yet, it was the happiest I'd ever been. Those physical things didn't matter that much anymore. In past relationships, I would quickly get bored of holding hands, going to the movies and the dreaded fighting (inevitable when you're around each other 24/7). Here, I had the ability to grow and heal as an individual and yet feel attractive, as someone incredible felt (hopefully) the same way about me.
It was hard. But, trust was the most important factor. Not necessarily trusting the other person, but trusting myself not to become paranoid or disillusioned. There may be dozens of people close to you that think you're nuts, but in the long-run you've got to ask yourself: Where is this going? Does he/ she want the same things?
In the end, as a wise friend told me, it is ONLY between you and him/ her.
There are over 6 billion people on Earth and, yet, out of the 5000 I had maybe met, this particular person stood out. I wasn't looking for anyone at the time. I was just enjoying my family and friends.
Modern technology has ensured that millions of people meet online and find the right one through cyber-dating. Some keep it alive through sexting. Others keep the spontaneity going through romantic letters, poems or photos.
When someone means a lot to you, you'll be surprised what gifts you suddenly possess. I realised I loved writing to him… Beautiful letters. I would write him a poem or something in his mother-tongue and decorate it diligently. Each page (and there were sometimes six of them) took at least two hours to make. He was worth it… And to see his smile on the webcam weeks later with the letter in hand reminded me what it was all for.
Yes, I miss him a lot… If I see something he'd like (like a beautiful sunset), I take a picture and send it via MMS. Thank you, Mark Zuckerberg, for Facebook chat and Skype for making it almost real. I remember him blowing out a candle I was holding on his birthday.
Use your imagination! Write him/ her a letter or song. Order flowers through an online site. Go see him/ her.
Communicate! If you're feeling down, rather tell him/ her before you feel worse. Don't focus on the separation. Focus on the individual (what makes them special).
Respect! If you're Facebook friends, try to avoid cyberstalking. Often, people misinterpret things online. Online jealousy (not necessarily online/ cyber cheating) is one of the most common reasons to divorce.
Believe! If you believe this is the right person, then you need to have enough internal magic (spontaneity/ passion/ humour) to keep it going.
Compromise! One of you will one day have to make a life-changing decision to move closer. After all, some memories are too special not to share in person.


But management experts say sound technical or functional expertise is most important to get a foot in the midlevel management door.
Because midlevel managers are often at the center of organizational information, being able to network and build relationships is important, said Isabella of the University of Virginia. "What I find distinguishes really higher-level middle managers is overall their ability to be translators," she said.
The CEB's Kropp said his firm refers to this cross-collaboration skill as network performance — being able to introduce new processes and work methods across the organization by adapting ideas from other functional areas.
A subskill within network performance is prioritization, Kropp said. Midlevel managers think about and rank their work not based on their own job description objectives but instead the organization's objectives. "A good, simple litmus test here is if you ask a middle manager to do something and their response is: 'Well, that's not part of my job description.' In that case, they don't have the right competency around prioritization," he said.
In addition to working with a cross-functional mindset, midlevel managers must have solid interpersonal abilities — being able to manage others — and intrapersonal abilities — being able to manage themselves.
Joe Ungemah, vice president of talent solutions for talent assessment company SHL, said the bounce back from the financial crisis and recession — a period during which most companies cut ranks, dealing major blows to employee morale and engagement — has pressured midlevel managers to bolster their ability to manage emotional intelligence. "It's almost getting back to basics around ensuring that they're building a good employment relationship with their staff," he said.
Having solid interpersonal skills requires empathy, humility and modesty, said Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, vice president of research and innovation at talent assessment company Hogan Assessments. On the other hand, intrapersonal skills requires mood regulation, confidence and optimism, things that help managers "stay calm and positive, even when things aren't going well," Chamorro-Premuzic said.
Another skill midlevel managers must have is teamwork. Paul Osterman, a professor of management at the MIT Sloan School of Management and author of "The Truth About Middle Managers: Who They Are, How They Work, Why They Matter," said this skill has become more important as corporate America leans toward ad hoc team projects.
The uncertainty that comes with managing teams also applies to operational excellence as a skill, or being able to develop strategy and adjust when things don't go as planned, said Denice Biocca, a senior human resources leader in General Electric Co.'s Oil & Gas division.
Regardless of the emphasis on soft skills, MIT's Osterman said the technical nature of midlevel managers' roles still represents a majority of their day-to-day work. Further, midlevel managers' ability to maintain a high level of functional expertise provides ammunition for perhaps the most important soft skill they need: the ability to influence those below and above them.


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Earth and Fire: Riki's Tours Japan.
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2023 by brunyfire
Day 6: Saturday 12 November: Today the group divides – Ralph-san, Robyn and Phil head off to Kurashiki (located in Okayama Prefecture) not far from the prefectural capital. Kurashiki has a series of preserved canals that date back to the Edo Period (1603-1867) during which the city served as an important rice distribution centre. The name Kurashiki is roughly translated as 'town of storehouses' in reference to its rice storehouses. The other half of the group comprising of Riki-san, Brunyfire, Janet and Dorinder head to Uno Port, the gateway to the islands dotting the Setonaikai (Seto Inland Sea).
Specifically, we're headed to Naoshima island to check out its contemporary art installations, architecture and museums. Much of Naoshima's art was installed by the Benesse Corporation, (a Japanese company which focuses on correspondence education and publishing based in Okayama city) which oversees art museums, installations and sculptures both on Naoshima and on neighboring islands.
(Top left: leaving Port Uni; top centre: arriving at Miyanoura Port on Naoshima Island and right: below left: Yayoi Kusama's red pumpkin and Riki-San, Dorinda, Brunyfire and Janet in obligatory pose and below right: Naoshima Pavilion by Sou Fujimoto – 2015)
We pile in the island's courtesy bus and head to the beach where Yayoi Kusama's yellow fibreglass pumpkin, first erected in 1994, has been re-erected after a typhoon had swept it way in August 2021…….
……wander amongst Niki de Saint Phalle's menageries of whimsical creatures (1991)……..
……before jumping back on the bus for Chichu Art Museum.
(Image from Avaunt magazine)
Located within a hillside that overlooks the Seto Sea, Japanese architect Tadao Ando's design for the Chichu Art Museum was completed and was open to the public in 2004 and houses the work of just three artists – Claude Monet (1840–1926), Walter De Maria (1935-2013) and James Turrell (1943-). Chichu means 'under the earth' in Japanese, and this subterranean concrete bunker of a building pays fantastic homage in its light infused interiors to the work of these artists.
Entrance is by way of a short meander through a Monet themed garden to the Museum's imposing entrance……
…..and once inside, apart from the Square Courtyard just beyond the entrance…..
……all photo opportunities cease – no photos allowed. Which in a way is only right. No photo can depict seeing Monet's Water Lilies (1914-1917) in the pristine white on white environment of Tadao Ando's designated space flooded with natural light from above – white walls of plaster and sand; Thassos white marble from Greece frame each painting and Bianca Carrara marble (700,000 two centimetre cubes) are embedded into the floor.
The next encounter is with James Turrell's four works: Space (2004); Afrum, Pale Blue (1968); Open Field (2000) and Open Sky (2004). For Brunyfire, it was Open Field that had the most impact.
(Images of James Turrell's Open Field steps and inside Open Fields)
Best described from the catalogue after one is allowed to ascend the steps to a large 'canvas' of blue as 'stepping through the opening to an imperceptible depth, an infinite blue space (that) expands before us.' And while walking in further, rather tentatively as all sense of space is deceptively devoid of those recognisable spatial planes we are accustomed to, colours shift and one becomes engulfed. There is an extraordinary feeling of walking into a painting and becoming fully immersed in it rather than being a typical viewer from the outside.
The final work was by Walter De Maria where, like Turrell, the artist worked closely with the architect for his specific spatial requirements. Time/Timeless/No Time (2004) is a smorgasbord of colour, texture and form from the gold encrusted granite sphere that sits centre stage, highlighting the changing daylight reflections in its polished surface from the openings above, to the gold leaf covered timber posts positioned on their concrete wall shelves. The space was supposed to emit a sense of tranquility according to De Maria, but for Brunyfire, there was way too much going on that was stimulating rather than calming.
(Image of Walter De Maria's work from online site)
By this time, Riki-San and co. are in need of refreshments, a sort through the well appointed gift shop then a brisk walk back down to the bus that will take us back to Miyanoura Port, via George Ricky's (1907-2002) stainless steel Three Vertical Squares Diagonal…..
…….and a last look back as the ferry departs Naoshima Island.


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Dissertation Writing Bibliography
See Additional Resources
Howard S. Becker with a chapter by Pamela Richards. Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish your Thesis, Book, or Article (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1986).
Joan Bolker, Writing Your Dissertation in Fifteen Minutes a Day: A Guide to Starting, Revising, and Finishing Your Doctoral Thesis (New York: Henry Holt & Company, 1998).
Arlene Fink, Conducting Research Literature Reviews: From Paper to the Internet (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage, 1998).
Jacqueline Fitzpatrick, Jan Secrist, and Debra J. Wright. Secrets for a Successful Dissertation (Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 1998).
Jose L. Galvan, Writing Literature Reviews: A Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2000).
Barbara E. Lovitts, Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation (Stylus Publishing, 2007).
James E. Mauch and Jack W. Birch, Guide to the Successful Thesis and Dissertation: Conception to Publication (New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1983).
Marilyn F. Moriarty, Writing Science Through Critical Thinking (Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett, 1997).
Mildred L. Patten, Proposing Empirical Research: A Guite to the Fundamentals (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2000).
Fred Pyrczak and Randall E. Bruce, Writing Empirical Research Reports: A Basic Guide for Students of the Social and Behavioral Sciences (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2000).
Fred Pyrczak, Completing Your Thesis of Dissertation: Professors Share Their Techniques and Strategies (Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak Publishing, 2000).
David Sternberg, How to Complete and Survive Your Doctoral Dissertation (New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 1981).
Kate L. Turabian, John Grossman, Alice Bennett, A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations (Chicago: Univ of Chicago Press, 1996).
Eviatar Zerubavel, The Clockwork Muse: A Practical Guide to Writing Theses, Dissertations, and Books (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1999).


NASU Begins Strike, Locks down UI.
The Non Academic Staff Union, UI chapter embark on strike today as they locked down the main gate of the institution restricting transportation. According to unconfirmed sources the Union are fighting for the lack of payment of the funds the government promised to pay, when they called off their industrial action.


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Ponies! – No Nap Time!
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I've finally finished the pony pattern! It's designed to be extensible so you can make as many variations on your pony, pegasus or unicorn. You can even make stallions! The pattern is available through Etsy or Ravelry.
Here are a few more shots of the ponies fooling around!
Applejack was deliberately taller than the rest of the ponies to show how you can make a taller or shorter pony. Big Macintosh is an example of the Stallion version which towers over the other ponies.
Applejack is looking forward to working at the apple farm.
For avid followers, here's a fun trivia: Shutterfly is wearing Mr. Plinkett's hat.
You can check out individual shots of each pony at the gallery if you want to see more!
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Гу () — коммуна во Франции, находится в регионе Юг — Пиренеи. Департамент — Жер. Входит в состав кантона Плезанс. Округ коммуны — Миранд.

Код INSEE коммуны — 32151.

География

Коммуна расположена приблизительно в 610 км к югу от Парижа, в 120 км западнее Тулузы, в 50 км к западу от Оша.

На востоке коммуны протекает река Адур, а на западе — река .

Климат
Климат умеренно-океанический. Лето жаркое и немного дождливое, температура часто превышает 35 °С. Зимой часто бывает отрицательная температура и ночные заморозки. Годовое количество осадков — 700—900 мм.

Население
Население коммуны на 2010 год составляло 84 человека.

Администрация

Экономика
В 2010 году среди 51 человека трудоспособного возраста (15-64 лет) 35 были экономически активными, 16 — неактивными (показатель активности — 68,6 %, в 1999 году было 44,2 %). Из 35 активных жителей работали 31 человек (16 мужчин и 15 женщин), безработных было 4 (1 мужчина и 3 женщины). Среди 16 неактивных 2 человека были учениками или студентами, 9 — пенсионерами, 5 были неактивными по другим причинам.

Достопримечательности
 Церковь Св. Роха (XIV век)
 Замок Гуль
 Водяная мельница (XIV век)

Примечания

Ссылки

Коммуны департамента Жер

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This plan provides Morehouse College a compelling direction for the next three years. Like all other institutions of higher learning, Morehouse College must assess its own history and development and determine where it sits in the greater society now and in the years ahead. Much of Morehouse College's success in the last 149 years has evolved because of its ability to assess its strengths and weaknesses and match those against the trends of the greater society.
Morehouse had begun as an elementary school ministering to the needs of freedman athirst for knowledge and eager to function as free men in democratic society. Its first building was an unpretentious Black church; its first students, a handful of adults not granted the opportunity to learn to read. As its students' educational levels advanced, so did the school's curriculum. But whether as an elementary school, or as a college, Morehouse addressed itself through its educational program to one overall objective: the making of men. Its unique achievement is that it took in Black boys and prepared them for graduate school, professional school, and for life—and all this in a segregated society.
Jones continues by pointing out the importance of education in his time and the need for all institutions to plan carefully if they are to prepare students in ways that are relevant. His charge could not be more germane today. Information is ubiquitous, technology permits a greater diversity of engagement, and the range of possibilities and options for many students is expansive. Concurrently, we have seen widening disparities in K-12 schools' capacity to provide a quality education, and college costs continue to rise. The result has been a growing inequality in access to today's knowledge and innovation economy.
The future of Morehouse is not written in the stars. Whereas during its first century Morehouse was considered first rate as a segregated institution, it must in its second century be first rate for all….
The same methods and ways of doing things will not suffice. Colleges which are averse to change will not command support.
Nearly 50 years after President Mays' leadership, our call to achieve character and capital preeminence identifies these same commitments—character preeminence is "the making of men," with attention not just to the intellectual, but to the emotional, social, and ethical development of world-class leaders. Capital preeminence means moving beyond "[doing] so much with so little" to having the physical, technological, human, and financial infrastructure to provide the best conditions and environment for that full development.
Jones and Mays make clear the necessity of Morehouse in their time and throughout the College's history. We insist and affirm that Morehouse is needed now and into the future as much as in its first 150 years. There is simply no other institution as poised for success in "the making of men" of both intelligence and character than Morehouse College. This strategic plan is bold in its insistence that character preeminence is of even greater value today than ever before—so much so that it is worthy of the centrality it is given in this plan. Morehouse has developed men of great character and accomplishment, and this plan recognizes that the world needs more such men.
But the plan also recognizes that this "cannot be done without greater support" and improved stewardship of resources. Higher education is besieged with disruptive change and, as Mays instructs, it is imperative that we think imaginatively, experiment, and develop new programs and new ways of doing things. This strategic plan supports that principle, but just as critically, embraces our powerfully unique mission.
This plan outlines the task to steer a path towards institutional renewal during a time when the higher education community at large continues to face unprecedented challenges and legitimate questions about its long-term future. Just as several companies crumbled in the wake of the Great Recession, experts project that a similar thinning of institutions will occur in higher education over the next decade. Only those institutions able to increase operational effectiveness and efficiency, and fully prepare its students to boldly face the demands and rigors of the 21st century will survive and be successful. Morehouse will be one of these institutions by realizing character and capital preeminence.


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Wausau Daily Herald wins 12 statewide awards in Wisconsin Newspaper Association contest
Awards included four first-place honors in the annual Wisconsin Newspaper Association contest.
Wausau Daily Herald wins 12 statewide awards in Wisconsin Newspaper Association contest Awards included four first-place honors in the annual Wisconsin Newspaper Association contest. Check out this story on wausaudailyherald.com: https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2019/03/08/wausau-daily-herald-wins-nine-awards-wna-wisconsin-newspaper-association/3051671002/
Robert Mentzer, Wausau Daily Herald Published 7:48 a.m. CT March 8, 2019 | Updated 7:17 a.m. CT March 15, 2019
Note: This story has been updated to correct a reference to Daniel Guild's suspension and resignation as Weston village administrator.
MADISON - The Wausau Daily Herald won 12 statewide journalism awards at the Wisconsin Newspaper Association's annual contest.
Daily Herald reporters won first-place honors for reporting on local government and local business. The staff was also recognized with a first-place award for breaking news coverage.
Reporters and editors in Wausau also contributed to projects that won four awards for USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin, of which the Daily Herald is a part. Included were first-place awards for profiles of sexual assault and harassment survivors in the #MeToo era and profiles of 10 people recovering from heroin addiction for a project called "Hooked in Wisconsin."
The awards were presented Thursday at the annual Wisconsin Newspaper Association conference in Madison.
Sarah Bear speaks about her relapse from the Marathon County Jail in Wausau, Wis., Wednesday, June 6, 2018. (Photo: Alexandra Wimley/USA TODAY NETWO)
The Daily Herald's awards were:
First place, General News Story: Haley BeMiller, for her report on Sarah Bear, a woman struggling with recovery from heroin addiction as she faced a jail term while pregnant.
First place, Reporting on Local Government: BeMiller, for beat reporting that included a story of people who learned their home was owned in part by a railroad; an open records investigation that revealed the former Mosinee fire chief resigned after an affair with a subordinate in the department; and a conflict among neighbors over a botched building demolition that left behind a smoking pile of garbage.
First place, Reporting on Local Business: Laura Schulte, for beat reporting that included a story of workers at a Wendy's who walked out in protest of low pay and poor working conditions; a fight about water use by Granite Peak Ski Area; and a story that looked at how the ginseng industry is seeking new customers.
First place, Breaking News: Wausau Daily Herald reporters and editors for coverage of a medical helicopter's crash in Hazelhurst, which killed three.
Second place, Community Service/Engagement: Wausau Daily Herald reporters and editors for the newspaper's 2017 20 under Forty awards.
Second place, Open Records Award: BeMiller, for coverage of the Mosinee Fire Department's suspensions and of a conflict between the village of Weston and its former administrator Daniel Guild which resulted in his resignation.
Second place, Feature (Non-Profile): Keith Uhlig, for a story about a Wausau man's medical emergency on a trans-Atlantic flight.
Second place, Reporting on Local Education: BeMiller, for a story that detailed a child's experience of bullying at John Muir Middle School; a story shedding light on past controversies involving the Wausau School District's superintendent; and coverage of an unsuccessful effort to change the Native American nickname of Mosinee High School.
Second place, Local Outdoor Column: Uhlig, for a column about participating in the annual Bike Across Bago event.
Third place, Investigative Reporting: BeMiller, for a story built on interviews with a woman who served time in prison in a murder-for-hire plot, who said her story had not previously been told.
Third place, Sports News Story: Mitchell A. Skurzewski, for his story on Edgar High School football coach Jerry Sinz's 400th win.
Third place, Photography: T'xer Zhon Kha, for a spot news photo.
The Wausau Daily Herald is part of USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin and helped the network win two first-place awards, including one for Haley BeMiller, Laura Schulte and Melissa Siegler for "Best Localized National Story" with coverage of women's #MeToo experiences in Wisconsin. "Hooked in Wisconsin," a project that explored the state's heroin addiction epidemic, also earned first place honors for digital journalism.
Marina Affo, a journalist at the USA TODAY NETWORK's Sheboygan Press, was named "Rookie Reporter of the Year." Affo, who joined the Press in February 2018, was recognized for her beat reporting on business as well as features on a sexual assault survivor, historic flooding and more. She is a graduate of Bowdoin College who previously held a fellowship with the investigative journalism nonprofit ProPublica.
"I am so proud of our amazing team for the depth and breadth of the work recognized by the judges," said Jim Fitzhenry, vice president of news for USA TODAY NETWORK-Central Wisconsin. "Marina Affo is truly an outstanding young journalist who brings great energy and purpose to every story."
Other USA TODAY NETWORK-Wisconsin honors, all of which featured work from central Wisconsin journalists:
Second-place recognition went to Karen Herzog, Alan Hovorka and Devi Shastri in the Open Records/Freedom of Information category for coverage of sexual harassment cases in the University of Wisconsin System. Keegan Kyle and Alison Dirr's investigative reporting on untested rape kits in Wisconsin also received second place honors along with Robert Mentzer and Rory Linnane for "This is Normal," a podcast accompanying the Kids in Crisis series on youth mental health.
Third-place honors went to Daniel Higgins for a profile of Culver's founder Craig Culver, and to Haley BeMiller, Karen Madden, Sharon Roznik and Keith Uhlig for extended/ongoing coverage of the heroin crisis.
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We're at a nice natural break in Dragons of Autumn Twilight; a good time for one of our Guest Highlords to leap in and tell us what's what.
This month, we're visited by Anne C Perry, Editor at Hodder & Stoughton and the devious editorial mind supporting fantasy authors like Nnedi Okorafor, Lavie Tidhar and Rebecca Levene. Which goes to show that a youth reading about dragons and rolling dice wasn't wasting time as much as 'career planning'.
Dragonlance hit my cultural awareness at about the same time Dungeons & Dragons did, and in the same way: I was 13, and boys I was friends with at school loved both. They played D&D together, they read Dragonlance novels, they copied the cover art and submitted it to school-wide art competitions, and they talked about it. They talked about it a lot.
I'd read my Tolkien and my Howard—and anything else I could get my hands on, so long as it featured dragons, dudes with big swords, violence or (preferably) all three. I'd been given a Dragonlance calendar several years earlier, and cut all the pages out to decorate with. I talked about dragons, dreamed about dragons, and doodled dragons in the margins of my school assignments. I was, as far as I could tell, primed to participate in the mysterious world of fantasy role-playing and extensive shared-universe reading.
But, as a girl—even a reasonably cool girl, according to various complicated 13-year-old boy metrics—this was male territory and I was not allowed in. The exclusion rankled, but there wasn't much I could do about it. They wouldn't lend me their Dragonlance novels, the local library didn't have any in circulation, and I didn't have anyone else to teach me how to play D&D.
It wasn't much later that we all started high school and got distracted by other, less dragon-oriented pastimes. Between school and homework and band and track and, well, other ways to relate to each other, Dragonlance and D&D didn't take so much as a back seat as much as they fell totally off the face of the earth.
And yet, I never really lost my interest in dragons. So when the opportunity to finally—finally!—learn how to play D&D presented itself, I went in with very good will, and discovered that I liked it quite a lot. Then I found a copy of the first Dragonlance novels, bound together in a single anthology, and was finally able to scratch that itch. I even sat through the Dragonlance animated film. And the D&D film.
And then: jackpot. Twenty years after I'd first learned about Dragonlance I finally, finally got to discover the thing that started it all: I got to play the Dragonlance roleplaying game. I've experienced total party kills. I've DM'd sessions where one PC died and was reanimated in the same body as another PC. I've blown off my own hand when I failed a safety roll, then blown off my other hand out of sheer cussedness. I've made a Flumph out of glow-in-the-dark Fimo. And yet. And yet.
Playing the Dragonlance RPG was, absolutely bar none, the greatest role-playing experience of my entire life.
There are any number of reasons for this ur-session. It was fun: just our regular D&D group, gathered together for a single day to play a single game to celebrate a party member's birthday. It was a total one-off, so the stakes were minimal. No one cared whether they lived or died, so we all made stupid, hilarious decisions. A few of us hadn't read any Dragonlance novels and so weren't steeped in the series' rich mythology; we only had our DM's notes to guide our characters' decisions. And we had chilli and beer, which are always conducive to a great session.
I played Tasslehoff Burrfoot, because he's short and energetic and impulsive, characteristics which are also occasionally ascribed to me. And I played him hard. Turns out, his character was created with a weirdly specific talent: the ability to pick pockets really well. So I picked the hell out of everyone's pockets, at every opportunity. Did it add anything to the story? Did my character grow, change, evolve, become a better person? Not remotely. But I did piss off Raistlin when I stole his pocket handkerchief and dropped it in a river, so that was fun. I may also have irritated the DM by interrupting the adventure once in a while to pick pockets, but he got over it.
The greatest thing about our Dragonlance RPG session, however, was this: even though fully half the party had never read the books and had no idea what happens in Dragons of Autumn Twilight, the basis of the game, we fell immediately into character and followed the plot entirely without meaning to. We even made the same stupid mistakes the characters make in the book—we walked straight into a Draconian ambush, because we're idiots.
Perhaps this happened because our DM did a good job directing us. Perhaps it's because there weren't really that many options for us to explore; we had a journey to make and a goal to achieve, and we did it. Perhaps it's because the tropes themselves were easy to fall into, the characters easy to inhabit, the world easy to understand. Perhaps it was the circumstances surrounding the game: the low stakes, the sense of fun. Perhaps it was the beer. Very likely it was a combination of all of the above.
Anne Perry is an editor at Hodder & Stoughton. She spends much of her free time thinking about monster movies. Follow her on Twitter @TheFingersOfGod.


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The tournament takes place if at least 6 participants are registered finally!
- Please bring your Armylists in printed form. You have to be able to present a clearly structured armylist during the whole tournament.
- Conversions are allowed as long as it is possible to easily see which class the conversion is referring too (If you are not sure about it please ask before the tournament!), no proxies!
- Refund of the complete starting fee by cancellation until 10.9.2017, afterwarts 50% is refunded. Without cancellation the starting fee will be retained.
- If you plan to come spontaneously please still contact me (T3 account Shikatanai) as soon as possible! If you just come by we can't guarantee a starting spot.
or Paypal: Bock.Henning@t-online.de same reason for payment (submitting as a friend).
Das Turnier findet statt wenn sich bis Anfang September insgesamt mindestens 6 Spieler angemeldet haben!
- Armeelisten bitte am Turniertag ausgedruckt mitbringen. In jedem Fall muss während des Turniers jederzeit eine klar strukturierte Armeeliste vorlegbar sein. Wenn ihr unsicher seid ob eure Liste legal ist könnt ihr sie auch vorher einschicken.
- Umbauten die eine klare Zuordnung des Schiffstyps zulassen sind erlaubt (im Zweifelsfall vorher abklären!), keine Proxies!
Anschließend Siegerehrung mit Pokalen für die Top 3 sowie Best Painted (Wahl der Teilnehmer).
Mittagessen, Getränke sowie Snacks stehen für einen Unkostenbeitrag zur Verfügung.
- Rückerstattung der Startgebühr bei Absage bis zum 10.9.2017 komplett, danach zu 50%. Bei nicht Antreten ohne Absage wird die Startgebühr einbehalten.
- Kurzentschlossene sollten sich aus organisatorischen Gründen dennoch kurz vorab melden und nicht einfach so anreisen. Keine Start-Garantie bei Nutzung der Abendkasse ohne Absprache!
oder Paypal geht auch. Die wäre Bock.Henning@t-online.de und da auch bitte den selben Verwendungszweck eingeben(aber da als Freund überweisen).
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Would you be able to post a short description in english and german of the event and I can post it into our events on the main website?
Tournament Information in english and german now edited in my first post.
Good to see! Have fun!
Hopefully we will see much more tournaments in the future!
If you're going to be running tournaments anyway, you should look into becoming a Talon. Every city needs (at least) one.
lets see how the first one goes, if we get some people together in the end I definetly will do some more.
J.D. Welch wrote: If you're going to be running tournaments anyway, you should look into becoming a Talon. Every city needs (at least) one.


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I love the definition that includes "building a lemonade stand" which perfectly defines an actionable insight. Knowledge and Wisdom are both important but neither one (on their own) implied specific action. Actionable insights truly represent our end-game, and reaching that outcome truly illustrates the emphasis on reaching it efficiently and effectively measured by a new metric I'll toss out – Speed-to-Insight.
True performance insights imply action based upon Wisdom…gained from Knowledge…curated from bulk information…and accessed from reliable information sources. This means Critical Thinking and Informed Decision-making are what yields Actionable Performance Insights – the SIGNAL – that prompts a call-to-action. In this example, launching a construction project to build a lemonade stand.
What Is the Optimal SIGNAL-to-NOISE Ratio with Our Curation Efforts?
We spend most of our time operating in the acquisition of important information and then curating and disseminating in bulk. As far as an optimal signal-to-noise ratio goes, I'm not sure there really is a known ratio for this one, especially when comparing the volume of bulk information to the critical nuggets of actionable insights that remain buried within. I've seen numbers as low as 2% embedded knowledge in bulk information but cannot substantiate. Safe to say, the number is low…and the level of effort to extract is high…and repeated every time bulk information is forwarded again during the rinse and repeat cycle we've all mastered.
For the most part, forwarding bulk information is where many of us work today…and for a number of justifiable reasons. In a previous life, I had a curation role and was quite proficient finding and forwarding bulk information to a design team. Critical-thinking eventually happens…but not until the receivers of that bulk information invest time sifting through the NOISE to get to the SIGNAL. And even then, who's to say the valuable insight that tripped the originator's trigger is going to trip the receiver's…and prompt the intended meaningful action?
What excuse do you use when you discover a half dozen 15-to-20-minute reads in queue in your inbox? My personal favorite is, "I'm not sure I have time!"; hence, my "to read later" folder gets a direct deposit, or maybe I make a quick un-informed but well-intended, click of a "SHARE" button just in case the attachment really is worth reading…by someone else. Hey, don't condemn me…we've all done it.
Let's say we do take the time to read. Then what? We deem it as worthy of others to read…forward it with best intentions…enabling them to perpetuate the rinse and repeat cycle. It's not our intention but we default to forwarding NOISE as bulk information instead enabling seamless, frictionless and ubiquitous access to SIGNALS conveying actionable performance insights.
What happens to our individual insights after they've been extracted?
Do we save them? Do we remember where we saved them? Are they ever found again?
Are they ever shared? Are they ever read? Ever applied?
Are they targeted to relevant coworkers or just blasted out into the ether?
Are we tracking what's shared?
Are we able to link insight utilization to performance?
Are we embedding insights into formal learning programs?
Are we training people how to extract, tag, and share insights?
The answers to the questions above are likely to be "No!" or "Not possible today!" Those answers do not cast dispersions on current curation practices or best intentions by anyone. Positive answers to these questions require a viable technology ,and if none exists, adopting Curation 2.0 is unlikely. We curate information daily, and bulk information is the result…and there is no question that this information is essential – BUT – it's just not enough.
I've written for a few years now about "Training" being essential – but not enough by itself – thus, the need to move to Point-of-Work Assessments for building sustainable learning performance solutions. Is it any different when we consider the tsunami of bulk information we send across the enterprise?
There is no way the LMS can serve up performance insights like the LMS serves up course options. Surely, it's important that we continue to share curated bulk information, but it's simply not optimized for Point-of-Work…especially considering critical-thinking is also represented at Point-of-Work in associated decision-making workflows. The solution calls for integration of an Insight Curation Engine – ICE, a new cloud-based technology that enables critical-thinking support at the moment of need via – Performance Insights.
ICE produces Performance Insights, like a performance support system produces Performance Support. The similarity ends there however, because Performance Support is largely targeting tactical, actionable information like "How To" for process-centric, task-level, instructional support. ICE and Performance Insights tend to be more strategic in nature where the "process" is something more cerebral – Critical-Thinking – answering the "Why" essential to formation of actionable insights and informed decision-making.
Referencing Figure 1 again, the digital transition to Curation 2.0 and integration of an Insight Curation Engine facilitates a move above, if not eliminates, the red line.
ICE integration accelerates curation productivity by extracting performance insights from bulk information on the front-end enabling critical-thinking sooner than later.
Pluck the Signal from the Noise before forwarding anything.
Forward curated actionable insights wrapped around curated bulk information to enable quick assessment of taking acting…or reading further…and even adding our own insights.
Enable targeted sharing of insights with other individuals, project team members or possible the entire enterprise.
We reduce unproductive time and delay in critical-thinking necessary to make informed decisions.
Track user engagement in insight sharing with utilization data.
Align utilization analytic to align with performance impact.
Never lose track of your insights by using an integrated and sharable Digital Brain.
Eliminate engagement with scarce IT resources since ICE is cloud-based.
Sharing actionable insights to relevant individuals, groups, audiences, and/or teams promotes the force multiplier we miss by continuing our current curation practices of perpetuating the act of "bulk information-forwarding" as opposed to more efficient and effective "actionable Performance Insight forwarding".
Point-of-Work is still ground zero and must be assessed as such, but not every ground zero is tactical in terms of moments of need. We cannot overlook strategic moments of need where critical-thinking is required to inform decisions that launch value-add initiatives… like… say… construction of lemonade stands.
Thanks for reading, and as always, I welcome and value your thoughts and comments!
← CONTENT CURATION: Are We After Knowledge, Wisdom or Insights?
This is right on target Gary – it is a very unusual circumstance where people- including me – will read through a lot of content to glean the actionable 2% of information it/they contain. Having insights available in the flow of work is not only a best practice idea, but is achievable with today's technology!
Dear Gary – great stuff. I am working on similar thoughts/challenges.
I simply use a slightly different wording and focus on what I call the "filters" to move from Data to Action. However, I explicitly emphasize that there is currently no established framework / wording to address the challenges that you have highlighted.
I believe we need to be driven by the decision-making needs, the subsequent questions that we need to get answered (to make a specific decision), then the fameworks that exist (or need to be developed) to answer the questions and finally we then best understand what kind of intelligence (data, information, knowledge) you need to "fill" each dimension of your frameworks.
Hope this makes sense to you as well.


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