cspeckmim awarded T13161: Plans: Improve Differential diff display behaviors a Party Time token.
cspeckmim awarded D20122: On login forms, autofocus the "username" field a Dat Boi token.
cspeckmim added a comment to T13153: Use a bloom filter (or low-resolution hashing?) to reserve unique identifiers in a GDPR-compliant way with reasonable technical foundations.
cspeckmim added a comment to T9548: Support Mercurial's bundle2 wire protocol.
Mercurial 4.6 has added hg help internals.bundle2 which will render a book to your console with details about the format/protocol. I did a high-speed skim and then tried out hg help internals.changegroup on a whim which produced an even longer book about the stream protocol (SSH only maybe?).
cspeckmim added a comment to D19262: Survive extra "obsolete:" log output from the Mercurial evolve extension.
cspeckmim created T13113: phurl.io SSL certificate has expired.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12344: Relative links to Phriction pages misinterprets URL-encoded characters.
Just curious, but is the bold effect intentional in the "No Encoding Relative" scenario?
cspeckmim added a comment to T12688: Inline Comment Design Opportunities for Improvement.
cspeckmim added a comment to T13063: Maybe render all text with IMPRESSIVE illuminated drop caps.
cspeckmim added a comment to T13045: Differential file anchors may contain characters which prevent remarkup linking properly.
This will break existing anchors (depending on how much we change the algorithm), although that's probably not a huuuuge deal.
cspeckmim created T13045: Differential file anchors may contain characters which prevent remarkup linking properly.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12970: Differential HTML document anchors for changesets and comments may collide.
cspeckmim added a comment to T9555: Exception with 'arc land' after manually rebasing a revision and resolving conflicts, leaves repository in unclean state.
cspeckmim edited the content of 2018 Week 1 (Early January).
cspeckmim awarded Changelog a Mountain of Wealth token.
cspeckmim awarded T13038: Meltdown and Spectre Speculative Branch Prediction Attacks a Party Time token.
cspeckmim added inline comments to D18855: Remove nonfunctional Mercurial "bundle2" capability filtering from SSH pathway.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12842: Some improvements to Mercurial, Arcanist, and Dependent Revisions.
I missed your question in (1). A typical scenario for this would be when working on a feature which requires some refactoring work to be done. A revision is created with just the refactoring work and then a dependent revision is made which includes the actual feature work. During feature work additional refactoring might be made and need to update to that changeset and either add/amend changes, rebase the dependent revision back on top. Having the bookmarks auto created would help especially when using arc:bookmark when updating revisions back to phab.
cspeckmim added a comment to T11343: Generate default "Depends on" line in commit message when multiple diffs are stacked.
Is the experimental fix git-only or can we test with mercurial as well?
cspeckmim added a comment to D18465: Prevent Differential changeset HTML anchors from colliding with comment anchors.
Herald updated subscribers of T12779: File anchor links can load scrolled to the wrong file.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12961: [CVE-2017-1000117, et al] Git, Mercurial and Subversion could all execute arbitrary commands when interacting with malicious SSH URIs (`ssh://-...`).
cspeckmim added a comment to D18389: Pass SSH wrappers to VCS commands unconditonally, not just if there's an SSH remote.
cspeckmim added a comment to D18286: Fix Firefox select dropdowns, maybe.
cspeckmim accepted D18286: Fix Firefox select dropdowns, maybe.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12930: Firefox renders the open dropdown states for <select /> inputs with a "color" style in a primitive way.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12733: (2017 Week 20) Inline Comments Errata / Feedback.
Is there opportunity for a hotkey to hide/show all inline comments? Or since it's accessible from the topbar is the intent not to add hotkeys?
Removing the text and re-saving the inline comment is supposed to enable an Undo? Hmm..
I think I found a minor bug. If I'm fairly confident that I want to remove my draft inline comment I'll Edit → Delete Text → Save rather than just Trash - I think just so I don't end up with that yellow box that asks if I want to Undo.
Disregard the different installs - I can reproduce on this install as well just by switching High-Contrast on/off.
Errr I may need to investigate further - this install has the same "Mid-April" style using this same browser. I noticed this change on our test instance after upgrading to the latest. We don't inject any styles/js or anything so I'm not sure why that instance would be different.
I can't prove it but it feels like the new style is a bit sensitive to selecting an item -- sometimes when opening the dropdown menu the first item auto-selects and closes immediately. I can't prove it though.
cspeckmim created T12930: Firefox renders the open dropdown states for <select /> inputs with a "color" style in a primitive way.
cspeckmim added a comment to D14632: Add Java linters, checkstyle and PMD.
cspeckmim abandoned D15067: Allow ArcanistExternalLinter to specify flags passed to interpreter.
cspeckmim abandoned D14632: Add Java linters, checkstyle and PMD.
cspeckmim added a comment to Q635: arc land fails with error "Usage Exception: --merge is not currently supported for hg repos." (Answer 555).
cspeckmim added a comment to Q635: arc land fails with error "Usage Exception: --merge is not currently supported for hg repos." (Answer 557).
It doesn't even look like arcanist is using --merge argument -- the last command it tries before failing is hg checkout 'default'. Do you have an alias setup in .hgrc or something similar?
cspeckmim updated the answer details for Q635: arc land fails with error "Usage Exception: --merge is not currently supported for hg repos." (Answer 557).
cspeckmim added Q635: arc land fails with error "Usage Exception: --merge is not currently supported for hg repos." (Answer 557).
It would be useful to have something similar to Diffusion's File Search on a Differential revision, to quickly jump to files based on name. The f sidebar helps a little but it's organized in a file-system layout which means the folder location needs to be known.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12841: Using `arc patch` on a revision with dependency leaves bookmark on the applied commit.
Also, I've noticed that when applying dependent revisions like this, it seems that usually all of the commits will apply cleanly (without prompting) except for the last one, which will always fail to locate the commit to apply on and prompt whether to apply to current working copy state. Based on what I think arcanist is doing I would expect all patches to prompt whether to apply to working copy (since all patches will be given new commit IDs) -- it seems strange that all will apply cleanly except the last one. Does that sound like a bug or am I misunderstanding what's happening? I can try to investigate/debug if you think it might be a bug.
For (1), it is expected to not apply bookmarks to dependency changesets that are applied as part of the patch issued? When patched one-by-one they would each obtain their bookmark.
cspeckmim created T12842: Some improvements to Mercurial, Arcanist, and Dependent Revisions.
cspeckmim created T12841: Using `arc patch` on a revision with dependency leaves bookmark on the applied commit.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12804: Diffusion pre-redesign UI feedback (June 2017).
For perspective we use commit hooks to ensure that commits made in patch releases must exist in upstream major release first before being allowed in the respective patch branch. We then utilize herald to notify a group about suspicious merges or commits.
cspeckmim awarded T12817: Move instances from repo012 to repo025 a Party Time token.
cspeckmim added a comment to M1477: Diffusion - June 2017.
Gah I searched "mockup email" not Pholio..
A common reason for this is that users treat git push like "Save Changes", and the remote has thousands of epriestley-tmp-fix-T123-tmp-bakcup sorts of branches.
I resorted to hg log -r "descendants('XYZ123')"
I just came across this today, though I can't recall a time in recent history of it coming up previously. I was looking at a commit in history and wanted to browse through history at that point - if there was a way to jump to the commit history at the point from a commit, would've helped. In this scenario I knew a commit was made shortly after the one I was tracing and trying to locate - that doesn't happen often though.
cspeckmim added a comment to F4993316: IC661130.jpeg.png.
cspeckmim added a comment to T4322: Diffusion show folders first.
I'd offer assistance with testing mercurial on a large repository - but the largest repository I have doesn't have more than ~50 items per directory (that I'm aware of~), so I don't think it would hit the stress points you're looking for.
cspeckmim added a comment to D18080: Add checkbox images for remarkup.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12800: When Excel opens a CSV file, it just runs whatever arbitrary code might be in the file.
cspeckmim added a comment to D18053: Help PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERS copy text to their clipboard.
cspeckmim awarded D18053: Help PROFESSIONAL SOFTWARE ENGINEERS copy text to their clipboard a Pterodactyl token.
cspeckmim awarded M1476: Inline Comment Browse bar a Grey Medal token.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12726: Errors when trying to create a diff with arcanist.
What if you try recreating the output generated by the hg commands shown from the --trace -- does the output look off in any way?
What if you disable the extdiff extension? The documentation doesn't mention modifying regular diff output but probably worth trying.
cspeckmim added a comment to D17955: Add quest objectives to the minimap.
cspeckmim awarded D17957: Clean up some minor UI behaviors in Differential a Doubloon token.
cspeckmim added a comment to T12616: Modernize display code for inline comments.
Err yea I didn't mean feedback as in "this is what I'd like to see" but more of bug reports. I did come across a bug but it's neither earth-shattering nor consistently reproducible.
Is this open for test/feedback (I think it's usually called "Errata" here)?
cspeckmim added a project to T12726: Errors when trying to create a diff with arcanist: Mercurial.
Please identify the versions of mercurial used on client/server, also the version of Phabricator in use. If you're on an older version of Phabricator it's possible that upgrading may resolve the issue.
franjesus awarded T9548: Support Mercurial's bundle2 wire protocol a Love token.
cspeckmim added a comment to T9269: Undoing multiple inline comments on the same line will restore the comment out of position..


I apologize if this question has been asked before. If an international student(Canadian) is looking at matching back in the USA in a MD residency what would a potential hierarchy be. Would a Canadian studying Osteopathic Med in the states in comparison to a Canadian studying in Ireland or Carrib with the same board scores have preference in matching(fam or internal meds)? Would an MD (MBBS) from Ireland be regarded due to the long history of the schools in that nation?
A DO from a US school is better than any international degree for matching in the US.
Not sure if I completely understand all of your questions, but here is some background information that may help.
For the purpose of residency applications, students at Canadian medical schools are NOT considered international medical graduates in the strictest sense of the word (The Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) is the nationally recognized accrediting authority for medical education programs leading to the M.D. degree in U.S. and Canadian medical schools. The LCME is sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the American Medical Association). Canadian graduates are usually viewed equally during the residency match process.
Generally, if you are a graduate of a US or Canadian allopathic school or an osteopathic school, you tend to fare better in the US match process than if you went to school in Europe or the Caribbean (true international medical graduates). It matters more where you graduated from medical school than where you are from as a citizen.
MBBS's are usually accepted at US GME programs as long as the applicant went through all of the steps to become eligible for US residency.


Every Indian household needs to have a gas stove as it forms the essence of every kitchen. The best gas stoves available in India have been developed with the latest technology making cooking easier and more efficient. Be it a quick bite in the evening, or a full fledged dinner for your entire family, a modern gas stove helps you with all your Indian recipes.
Investing in the right kind of gas stoves in India can be quite a difficult task. This is why we have done a lot of research on the best gas stoves available in India in 2018 and compiled a list for you with its features and all the specifications.
We already know how conventional gas stoves are being replaced by the modern gas stoves. What we need to know is that there are several kinds of modern gas stoves that are present with several different features for different requirements. Therefore, you need to know what features to look for in this when it comes to this small appliance for your kitchen.
There are four different kinds of gas stoves on the basis of number of burners that are present in it. They can be classified as 1 burner gas stove, 2 burners gas stove, 3 burner gas stoves and a 4 burner gas stoves. A 3-4 burners gas stoves are preferred the most in India.
Standing Pilot: A standing pilot gas stove has a flame that constantly burns beneath the cooktop. The constant flame is, therefore, more energy consuming than the other types of gas stoves, and is generally not preferred due to the same.
Electric Ignition: This kind of gas stove works entirely on electricity. Electric sparks, LPG/PNG and air are combined together to burn these kinds of gas stoves. They can be ignited only by a simple switch, which can be both manual and automatic.
Sealed Burners: Another kind of gas stoves are sealed burners, which are sealed with the cooktop. Sealed burner gas stoves do not produce much heat and are generally preferred as compared to the other two. They are also easier to clean and manage.
Looking at all these features that must be present in your gas stove, we have done a lot of research on the products that you can buy. We have looked at the best gas stoves available in India in 2018 and listed the best out of them for your convenience. Along with that, we have added their specifications and customer reviews that would help you to decide your perfect gas stove. Hope the list helps you!
There is no coming back from upgrading your gas stove to Prestige Marvel Glass Top gas stove. This model is surely one of the best gas stoves available in India under the price of 5000. You tend to experience world class quality with this model from Prestige.
Prestige has been delivering reliable products in the field of electrical appliances since ages, and has successfully delivered a great product yet again. This four burner glass top gas stove has an elegant design and is built with unbreakable glass. Its body color and design adds beauty and class to your kitchen.
Prestige Marvel Glass Top is an amazing product with great features. It has manual ignition mode, and comes in a bold black color. It is extremely easy to clean because of its glossy finish. The knobs operate in a smooth manner, making it extremely efficient and effortless for the user to work on it. All these features come with a warranty of two years on the product and an easy return/replacement policy online!
It has enormously large knobs, making it easier for the user to operate it.
It has rubber legs, and a pan support for Tandoori cooking.
It is made of glass and stainless steel, making it reliable and long lasting. The black toughened glass top offers it tensile strength and an easy to clean platform.
Prestige also offers two years of warranty on the product.
It has a manual mode of ignition that are not generally preferred over gas stoves with automatic mode of ignition.
A few customers have complained about the burning smell paint of the dish holding stand.
It does not work with pipeline gas connection, and has to be fitted with other supplementary accessories like nozzles and so on.
Your search for the best gas stove ends with Pigeon Ultra Glass SS Manual gas stove. It comes with four burners and works with a manual mode of ignition. It has an elegant body design and is available in a black color. The elegant body design adds an element of beauty to your household.
Pigeon Ultra Glass SS Manual gas stove makes a great impression right from its appearance to its functioning. It is made of glass and stainless steel, making it durable and tensile enough to last many years. It has superior quality knob with a firm grip enabling effortless operation.
It also has bakelite rotary knobs and anti-skid rubber feet. It has a thermal efficiency feature with four thermal brass burners and comes with a supplement of high grade Aluminium mixing tube. Pigeon also offers two years of warranty on this product, making you worry-free for quite some time.
It comes with four burners with efficient thermal efficiency, that makes it one of the best gas stoves in India.
Pigeon Ultra Glass SS Manual gas stove is made of glass and stainless steel, providing it the tensile strength that it has.
It comes with manual mode of ignition, making it a little more difficult to use than the rest of the gas stoves on the list.
This Glen 4 burnergas stove is a perfect blend of affordable price and efficient quality, because of which it makes it to the list of the best gas stoves available in India. This model is certified by ISI, indicating that it is of top notch quality.
It comes with a 4mm thick extra strong pan support and a high flame burner. It has 4 brass burners that help users to make too many dishes all in one. Glen India also offers back nozzle and knobs along with the product, keeping in mind the space required on the counter.
It is quite affordable and comes at a great price. It is considered one of the most reliable gas stoves available in India as compared to other products on this list that come at the same price. It has a unique property of customizing itself for PNG gas compatibility.
It comes with a stainless steel body that makes it quite durable and long lasting. The stainless steel finish also makes the burner look attractive.
It has a great body design that comes with four burners.
It also has fuel efficient brass burners helping you save money!
Glen LPG 1044 SS also comes with 4mm thick extra pan support.
It has a manual mode of ignition, which is a slightly lesser wanted choice.
The best kind of gas stoves available in India come in all shapes and sizes. Prestige offers a lot of different variations in its range of products. Prestige Marvel Glass 3 Burner gas stove is the fourth best gas stove available in India in 2018. Its unique features and an excellent body design makes the burner stand out from the rest of its competitors. This is one product which has both elegance and efficiency.
Since Prestige is a renowned brand, and has made its impact in most people's life. People tend to love this product as it comes with manual mode of ignition, and has 3 high efficiency tri-pin burners. It has so many other features like ergonomically designed knobs for effortless operation and an extra drip tray for easy cleaning.
This product is made of a toughened glass top with a unique unbreakable property, serving the product with high stability and durability. Other features of Prestige Marvel 3 Burner glass top gas stove comes with a pan support for Tandoori cooking. It is unbelievable that all these features come with an affordable price and two years of warranty.
It has a spill proof design, a property which comes because of its toughened glass material.
It has ergonomically designed knobs for easier operation.
Glen India offers a great diversity of products and has successfully made a place in its customers hearts. Glen GL 1043 GT gas stove is one of the best 4 burner gas stoves available in India at an affordable price.
They come with an elegant style and made of a rich matt steel body. It also consists of a 4 mm thick extra strong pan supports, and four aluminium alloy burners. It is easy to clean and is very visually attractive, Glen offers a warranty of two years on the product making it quite convenient for its customers.
It has a rich matt steel body with elegant features.
It is slightly overpriced for its features.
Sunflame is a great name for all the latest kitchen appliances in India. Sunflame Classic 3B Burner gas stove is one of the best 3 burner gas stoves available in India.It comes with a manual mode of ignition, and 3 high efficiency brass burners.
It is made of a tough glass and stainless steel. Trays are made of stainless steel and has a powder coated sheet metal base. The model is supplied with Euro coated pan support and a lot other features.
It has a toughened glass cooktop, and has stainless steel drip trays.
Sunflame offers a warranty of two years on the product.
Users have reported that cleaning the stove is a difficult task due to the positioning of the burners. The spacing is not perfect.
Prestige Marvel Glass gas stove is one of the best 4 burner gas stoves in India in 2018. It is yet another perfect appliance delivered by Prestige that comes with a toughened gas cooktop. The glass surface tends to be unbreakable, as it is made from a tensile glass.
It comes with 4 high efficiency tri pin burners, which makes it easy for this model to be operated by anyone. The product is also supplied with ergonomically designed knobs and spill trays which help in easy cleaning and maintenance of the product. It has a manual mode of ignition, and has pan support for Tandoori cooking, making it equally pretty and versatile in its functioning.
The model comes with an elegant black toughened glass top. Prestige also offers a good deal of customer service along with the product and two years of warranty to free you from all your worries. All in all, it is worth every penny of your hard earned money!
It comes with ergonomically designed knobs that enable easy functioning of the gas stove.
This model is made of glass material, making it durable and easy to clean.
It also comes with a warranty of two years.
Haven't you always wanted an appliance that helps you in effortless cooking? Well, Prestige GTM 03L SS Glass top gas stove is your answer. This model comes with 3 burners and has a symmetrical triangular layout which enables proper cooking without interference or clashing of utensils on the cooktop.
This product is designed to offer a modern look to your kitchen and has extremely attractive features. It comes with a manual mode of ignition, along with 3 high efficiency tri-pin burners. Its body material is made of stainless steel and toughened glass, making the product more durable.
It has spill trays which help in keeping the gas stove clean.An additional feature include the presence of a pan support for Tandoori cooking. Prestige provides a great customer service to help you in case of any problems. The product comes along with two years of warranty.
It has an additional feature of a pan support for Tandoori cooking.
The product has an elegant black look,and is made of toughened glass.
It has manual mode of ignition.
Some customers have complained about its poor delivery.
A rust proof powder coated SS body that has 3 burners and a glossy black body, Pigeon brings to you one of its best gas stoves, Pigeon Troika Glass-Ceramic 3 burner gas stove. It is made of stainless steel and a glass top, which makes it durable enough to go on for years without any wear and tear.
The product is supplied with rubber legs and rotary knobs. Along with all these unique features that come in an unbelievable price are present with two years of warranty.
It is made of stainless steel and ceramic, making it look great.
It has a manual mode of ignition.
Your search for the best 3 burner gas stove under the price of 5000 ends with Elica Glass 3 Burner gas stove. It is designed in such a way that it combines efficiency, top class features and an amazing look all in one. The product has 3 burners and a black glass top body.
It comes with European gas valves as an added feature. There is a manual mode of ignition and heavy duty brass burners. The product is quite easy to clean and has very low maintenance. It is a great value for your money and becomes a must buy because of its tough body.
It's made of stainless steel and toughened glass material, making the product long lasting.
Why should you own a Gas Stove?
A gas stoves serve as the main electrical appliance in Indian households. From the most basic function like cooking chapatis or to serve a full course meal, you need the latest technology that the modern gas stoves offer. They make your life simpler, easier and your cooking more efficient. Some other benefits of owning the best gas stove available in India are mentioned here.
Fuel and Time Savior: A conventional gas stove used to work on kerosene or coal, which took so much more time and energy as compared to the latest gas stoves available. The best gas stoves in India perform cooking tasks quicker by transferring the gas from the cylinder and executing it to heat the platform more efficiently.
Another benefit of the latest gas stoves is the number of burners available for cooking. They come with a minimum of 3-4 burners with a large space on the platform to make cooking easier. The increased number of gas burners make it possible for someone to cook many dishes at the same time.
Along with that, these gas stoves also tend to save on fuel to a great extent. As these appliances help inefficient burning of the gas and thereby quickening the cooking processes, they save on both fuel and money. This makes it the perfect appliance to have in your households, for both your busy schedule and your pocket.
A brand new cooking style: The best kinds of gas stoves are made using the latest technology, and hence revolutionising the way of cooking, just the way our generation likes it. A modern gas stove comes with an elegant design at the top of that, adding elegance and beauty to your kitchen, unlike the old conventional gas stoves used earlier.
Manual and Automatic ignition: The two most important modes of ignition in the modern gas stoves are manual and automatic mode of ignition. These different modes help you choose your preferred style of cooking.
In the manual version, you are supposed to ignite the gas stove by yourself using a litre or a matchstick. These kinds of gas stoves lead to certain accidents and misfortunes. This limitation is overcome by the automatic ignition gas stoves which make it possible for you to ignite a gas stove without any other source of energy. It comes with an automatic ignite switch system, and is costlier than the manual ignition gas stoves.
Another question that arises in a lot of people's minds is if it is safe to buy a gas stove online, or what are the demerits of buying a gas stove from a market. We have mentioned a number of reasons why you should buy a gas stove online with just a click at the comfort of your house!
Easy returns, repair, refund and replacement.
It can be quite a task to choose among the best kind of gas stoves available in India in 2018 when you go out to compare their features. Therefore we have listed out the best gas stoves available in India along with the different types of gas stoves made in India, to help you take home the best. Hope this was helpful!
Should ve mentioned the price.
As the prices are dynamic in nature, we refrain from mentioning the prices. However, our list includes gas stoves under a reasonable price range.
Is it the updated taking into account of many new models till March 2019 with life-long warranty? Is it safe and durable to have glass top gas stove instead of complete stainless steel body?
We try our best to keep the guide updated. Yes, glass is safe as they are toughened glass which is specially designed to take loads. I personally have a gas stove with a glass top, have had no issues so far. It also adds to a more premium look.


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Vancouver Manor is one property within the Alma Beach Suites portfolio which is ideal for families or groups requiring furnished accommodation complete with full cooking facilities, five beautiful bedrooms with sleeping for up to 11 persons. 4 bedrooms all have ensuite bathrooms. In total, there are 5 full bathrooms plus 1 two piece powder room. The main floor is a large open concept with entertainment room, living room and dining room plus contemporary red Italian high end kitchen. The house has a lovely outdoor dining area and quiet backyard. In addition, the house is equipped with in-floor hardwood floor heating and a central air conditioning system.
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Fairies love to have fun. When flowering begins, every day they flock to the clearing where the most beautiful flower in the day flowers to throw a party. Every party fairy choose the most beautiful queen of the evening. Now that you've met a tiny fairy, help her win the title today. Is not too late to put it.


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Lee Je Hoon is an award-winning South Korean actor. Born on July 4, 1984, he made his acting debut in many short films and indie films as a student at Korea National University of Arts. He gained widespread fame in 2011 for his critically acclaimed roles in the indie film "Bleak Night" and the commercial film "The Front Line." He has since starred in many popular films and television dramas, including "Fashion King" (2012), "Secret Door" (2014), "Signal" (2016), "Tomorrow With You" (2017) and "Where Stars Land" (2018).
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Russkaya Mednaya Kompaniya (RMK) plans to commission its Mikheevsky Mining and Processing Integrated Works in September 2013.
According to estimates by the international expert group CRU, the Mikheevsky Deposit is among the 50 largest copper deposits in the world: its proven reserves exceed 400 million tons. Total investments in the project amount to 26 billion rubles. Its implementation will create roughly 700 jobs. Production launch is slated for September 2013, and work is progressing strictly according to schedule.
Russkaya Mednaya Kompaniyaplans to unveil the project to the public within the framework of the INNOPROM-2103 exhibition. Visitors to the RMK stand will be able to appreciate the sheer scope of the work involved and learn about the unique technologies used in construction of the enterprise.


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NIBS Issues Report on How Buildings Promote Public Health
Consultative body provides recommendations for president and policymakers.
Words by: DesignWell staff • Photos by: bukhta79/stock.adobe.com
Recently, the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) released a report aimed directly at President Biden and policymakers on how buildings can protect and promote public health. The report provides three major components the institute believes factor into making a building healthy: indoor environmental quality, the importance of design in promoting health, and promoting knowledge transfer between building owners and officials.
NIBS: How Buildings Promote Public Health
Following the release of the report, the NIBS Consultative Council, which is comprised of high-level building community leaders and experts in the industry, compiled their findings in a series of recommendations for the president and fellow policy makers.
Among the recommendations brought forward:
Government bodies should increase investment into critical research regarding the impact of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) on health and productivity, with research into retrofits being of particular note.
Federal agencies should support research aimed at identifying improvements to building codes and other criteria that can provide cost-effective approaches to enhanced building performance. This should include updates to make it more anticipatory of current and future disruptions to public health.
With input from community-based organizations, advocates and private sectors, the responsible organizations should identify and enact polices that encourage building owners and operators to invest in activities promoting healthy IEQ as one of the country's critical pieces of infrastructure. Extra attention should be paid to communities impacted by flaws or disadvantages in existing structures.
"Ensuring that the spaces where we live and work are healthy and safe for continued occupancy is critical to overcoming the pandemic," said Lakisha A. Woods, CAE, President and CEO of NIBS. "This is a fundamental pillar of public health and community resilience. The concept of healthy buildings goes well beyond continual sanitation of a building's indoor environment to eliminate pathogens."
Visit the Consultative Council for more information or to read the full report.
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Systemic Change and Equity
By Mary Scheetz, Former Assistant Superintendent, Waters Foundation and Peter Senge, Sloan School of Management MIT and SoL (Society of Organizational Learning)
Systemic change is deeply personal. This simple but paradoxical idea is perhaps the key reason most efforts at systems transformation are so disappointing. Something in the very word "system" or "systemic" consistently leads us astray – seeking some magical change "out there" when the most intransigent aspects of the "out there" are inseparable from our habits of thought and action "in here."
Nowhere is this misconception more tragic than in efforts to address the extraordinary inequity in America's schools. The many tangible dimensions of inequity in school resources like class size, teacher preparation, curricular relevance and student opportunity are inseparable from deep mental models about the capabilities and potential of students. Since pioneering research 80 years ago by Thomas Merton on the "Pygmalion Effect," we have known that teacher assumptions about student capability directly impacts student performance. This basic "self-fulfilling prophecy" shapes a reinforcing feedback loop that operates with entrenched societal norms and biases to dampen student achievement. This, obviously, was the point of the famous George Bernard Shaw play (later restaged as the musical My Fair Lady) from which Merton drew the evocative metaphor for his research findings.
We have had the privilege to work with many committed leaders who have managed to "push the needle" on these profound issues. The aim of this article is to share what we have learned from them.
But what strategies and principles does understanding the "inner" nature of inequity help us identify? How does it help those determined to reverse growing inequity in America's schools succeed in doing so? How does it help us understand which strategies that, while well-intentioned and sincere, are destined to be low leverage?
Some Basics Regarding Mental Models
We do not "have" mental models; we "are" our mental models. None of us sees an external reality as it is. As is said in the philosophy of language, "We do not describe the world we see; we see what we know how to describe." This is not a tragic flaw. It is what it means to be human. None of us can see our own biases. The more tragic problem, especially because it is avoidable, is that few of us operate in work environments that foster the trust and reflection that can allow us to see the shortcomings in our perceptions and how we operate. The consequence is that our inescapable biases go unseen and become subtly reinforced. For most educators in most schools and systems, no embedded processes exist to help people cultivate a vision of what is possible for all kids, continually reflect on their own limitations in realizing that vision, and to help those who do not share this vision to move on to other work.
Once we recognize this deep challenge, we realize that most efforts to address these inner realities that shape inequity of opportunity will continue to disappoint — until our approach itself shifts. Short professional development (PD) workshops can sensitize people to issues, but shifting deeply established habits of thought and action require time and an environment that balances objective observation and ongoing reflection. Creating such an environment represents a significant investment of time and resources to incorporate "learning infrastructures" into the daily routines of teachers and administrators alike.
Mental Models for Making and Sustaining Progress
When we have seen this shift achieved to some degree, it has been under the following conditions and guided by the following mental models. We don't know if each of these is needed equally, or if all need to be in place. Every situation is unique, and effective change strategies invariably take this uniqueness into account. There is no "one size fits all" approach to systemic change. Still, we have found each of these ideas to be important.
The leader must be a zealot for equity who sees the big picture of challenges, but recognizes the opportunities to be a change agent.
1. Champions at the district, school and classroom levels who are zealous about equity.
"If it's to be, it's up to me," as the saying goes. The leader must be a zealot for equity who sees the big picture of challenges, but recognizes the opportunities to be a change agent. This includes modeling a deep-seated belief in the magnificent potential of each and every child. The message from those in visible leadership positions that all students are to be fully served must be clear and consistent. Developing equity-based structures within schools and districts requires understanding the need to re-examine current systems of teaching, achievement, and discipline and confronting all potential inequities.
A superintendent in the St. Louis area exemplified this mental model. With her unwavering vision and her willingness to take a stance about the education that all students deserve, she facilitated significant improvement in student engagement and achievement as well as parent and community partnerships. She confidently led by example while inspiring others to embrace and facilitate change in a setting that had long embraced the status quo. For her, this was a natural outgrowth of what mattered to her. She did not see herself self-consciously as "the leader" of the process, but rather as one more person who needed to take a stand and continually examine her own shortcomings. In doing so, she became a model for many others to do likewise. Over time, this led to many shifts in how things worked in the school system, such as structures for ongoing training, coaching and peer collaboration to support culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy in an academic atmosphere of rigor, relevance and engagement for all students, regardless of background or past success.
2. Equity-based leaders are capacity builders.
Trusting that people can learn and change is essential. Again and again, we have seen that, in spite of lacking initial knowledge or skills, educators can develop the capacity to deliver culturally and linguistically responsive pedagogy.
In Milwaukee, district leaders are facilitating a long-term capacity-building initiative, working in partnership with principals of schools targeted for improvement. Together, these leaders have invested in a long-term professional development process focused on meaningful instruction that engages all students in critical thinking and problem-solving that utilizes systems thinking strategies coupled with culturally responsive pedagogy. Six months into the process, we see significant achievement and discipline improvements are evident. The project is expanding to include parents and community members at the schools involved. Soon, a second cohort of district leaders and additional schools will become engaged.
The process of capacity building must be accompanied by a systematic approach to accountability for implementation and improvement that recognizes the tendency to adopt quick "fixes that backfire" inherent in the highly politicized, complex system of education. For example, it is common to attempt to intervene through short-term professional development or other "check the box" programmatic interventions. The tragedy of short-term PD arises from the unintended side effects: namely, that it reinforces a belief that there exist simplistic changes that are possible without examining difficult-to-see limiting beliefs and habitual behaviors. By contrast, when there are clear accountabilities, a principal, for example, can establish longer term interventions with clear indicators of progress that can be used for ongoing improvement and which can make visible persistent gaps that remain between intentions and outcomes.
"At some point, it's not really about getting it or not getting it," observed the assistant superintendent. "It is unacceptable to be culturally nonresponsive. The question is really how will we hold everyone accountable for improving how we serve ALL students?"
For example, in a Midwest, urban school district serving a high-poverty student population of more than 50 percent African American and Latino students that had been working on culturally responsive pedagogy for three years, a high school principal felt that "some staff members still don't get it." The assistant superintendent worked with the principal to implement instructional evaluation and feedback that increasingly included accountability for cultural relevance and responsiveness. Eventually, the teachers who "did not get it" realized that this really was their job, and those who were unwilling to change saw that their job performance was no longer acceptable. "At some point, it's not really about getting it or not getting it," observed the assistant superintendent. "It is unacceptable to be culturally nonresponsive. The question is really how will we hold everyone accountable for improving how we serve ALL students?" This relentlessness eventually helped that school and the larger district increase student and parent engagement and significantly improve academic performance. Today, it is sustaining full accreditation, while other districts with similar demographics are struggling to do the same.
3. Beware the tendency to shift the burden from true capacity building to programmatic interventions.
Adoption of a checklist of programs to address inadequacies can also shift attention away from the deeper changes needed — namely, developing of awareness, understanding and sensitivity to the ways in which we underserve many students. When not recognized, an archetypal "shifting the burden" dynamic subtly reinforces the tendency toward the programmatic and away from the developmental. This happens because as resources are directed toward implementing the programmatic solutions, concern for the urgency of inequity can decline as people feel they have addressed the issue, further shifting attention from deeper capacity building, as illustrated in the figure below.
In reading the figure, start with tracing around the "figure 8" on the left-hand side, starting with concern for inequity: As concern increases, programmatic solutions are implemented and concern decreases (the upper "balancing" loop); with diminishing concern, there is less emphasis on deep capacity building, which means that deeper causes of the problems are unaddressed and consequently symptoms of the problem and concern eventually return (lower balancing loop). Over time, this leads often to still more resources invested in new programmatic solutions, such as anti-violence interventions. The two balancing loops make the "figure 8" interact to create a vicious cycle, and the system "shifts the burden" toward depending more and more on low-leverage programmatic solutions. Over time, increasing dependence on low-leverage programmatic solutions lead to further side-effects, like denial and a belief that nothing can be done, which further undermine fundamental solutions.
The consequence of these shifting-the-burden forces is that practical know-how never develops regarding how to support true capacity building. But, this is not inevitable. Our experience shows that these insidious shifting-the-burden dynamics can be averted through four core elements that can eventually modify habitual beliefs and behaviors by building capacity:
Make initial trainings
Establish effective coaching for all — administrators and teachers alike.
Build strong peer networks, which eventually supplant formal coaches.
Create clear, effective accountability structures that track the impact of capacity building on the well-being of students.
There is an important role for meaningful introductory professional development, but only in concert with an integrated capacity building strategy. Reflective trainings move beyond PowerPoint presentations to invite participants to reflect on their own experiences of exclusion. Being on the receiving end of bias — be it gender-, ethnic- or profession-based — is an almost universal experience. This becomes a starting point for appreciating emotionally what many of our students are up against and for understanding further how we all subtly contribute to institutionally embedded bias.
When done well, this sort of initial awakening can then lead to greater openness to seeing how each of us can learn, especially when combined with ways to connect this to our daily work — such as through good coaching. Coaches attuned to embedded inequity can help teachers translate general concerns into better classroom practices that benefit all students. In the context of classrooms that effectively develop student engagement in and responsibility for their own learning, students increasingly voice their own learning needs. With good support, teachers can understand and address impediments to each student's progress and gradually foster wholly new levels of engagement in their classrooms. Research shows that "by seeking to break down boundaries between teacher and teacher, teacher and student, student and the learning process, we will learn what students want and need. As a result, more and more teachers may go to bed at night remembering the images of wonder, enthusiasm and perseverance on the faces of their students."[1]
Coaching is especially powerful when it helps develop peer networks where more and more of the "coaching" becomes embedded in peer-to-peer help. In the long run, no intervention is more resilient than robust peer networks that embody a cultural norm of continual and mutual learning. For example, in a large California school district with an ethnically diverse student population, including 27 percent English learners, peer networks involving more than 100 administrators from both the district and school levels, and including both instructional and non-instructional departments, have been established. Within these networks, small, purposeful learning community groups attend training together, followed by peer coaching sessions where they share strategies to improve how they operate within and between work groups. The focus of this multi-year professional development process is aimed at increasing the capacity of all to work in concert to become a district characterized by equitable and effective practices. As reported by one participant, "knowing that I can be honest about my challenges but that I can work with my colleagues as partners to meet those challenges has given me new courage and energy."
As argued above, robust capacity building strategies require transparent management practices that create meaningful accountability structures based in connecting adult personal development and student outcomes. That said, there are several traps in developing effective accountability structures. First, it is common today that boards and external stakeholders force accountability structures on schools. Like any management system, the most effective accountability structures will be co-designed and accepted as useful by those to be managed, not imposed by those removed from the actual processes we are seeking to improve. Second, there are no perfect measures for tracking student well-being. While academic performance matters, it is often a lagging indicator. Before test scores and other summative, quantitative measures improve, principals, instructional coaches and teachers need indicators of improvements in process. Many of these will be informal and non-quantitative — for example, an increasing sense of efficacy (e.g., confidence in one's ability to learn) can be a useful indicator of progress for a formerly disengaged student, well in advance of demonstrated academic achievement. Likewise, school and district climate audits can include measures that indicate the degree to which students feel valued, respected, encouraged, challenged and supported. Often, these audits also reveal the reasons why students are disengaged, absent and tending to drop out.
Like many, we have found that effective accountability systems blend qualitative and quantitative measures. "As with all policy changes, governments need to be able to measure success in improving equity, performance and school dropout rates. Numerical targets can be useful tools by articulating policy in terms of what is to be achieved rather than in terms of formal processes. A number of countries have adopted targets for equity in education. Numerical targets for reducing the number of school-leavers with poor basic skills and the number of early school dropouts are particularly useful."[2] While we agree with this view, what it misses is the danger of relying too strongly on numerical targets. In the absence of meaningful qualitative indicators that committed leaders within the system can use to gauge progress, focusing exclusively on numerical targets can lead to countless ways to "game the system" to, as one savvy executive once explained to us, "look better without actually being better."
4. The long-term consequences of institutionalized and socialized racism must be understood.
Continuous messages of being "less than" and seldom seeing images or hearing examples of hope and possibility take a toll on students and their families. The effects are much like the widely recognized impact of bullying. While the messages are often subtle (and sometimes not so subtle), the results are significant. The cumulative effects are exacerbated when we do not structure schools to address the inequitable distribution of advantages and opportunities experienced by students and generations of their families outside of school. We cannot expect students to engage in learning in a system that mirrors the racial and ethnic bias that they experience on a daily basis. This is not just about more money and better physical facilities; it is about programs, practices and policies that reflect explicit efforts to ensure learning and opportunities that are meaningful and engaging to all students, regardless of their race or ethnicity. Understanding the impact of institutionalized racism on student behavior, motivation and willingness to take risks can help educators be less judgmental and to employ innovative techniques to reach all students.
For example, one principal with a long history at Native American reservation schools and in other high-poverty settings, took over a "turnaround" school, where all the teachers and administrators had been fired. Given her background, she appreciated what this meant to the students and formed one overarching goal for the year.
Think how these kids felt. All their lives they have been on the outside looking in and now all their teachers have been fired. They felt more like losers than they ever had, if that was possible. Early in the year, one of the boys told me, 'Mrs. Q…, there are ghosts in this building.' My goal for the first year was simple: I wanted these kids to feel good about themselves, to feel like they had a future.
The school year ended with a talent show. The principal took this event as the bellwether for the year's progress. "Middle school talent shows can be pretty rocky. Kids make mistakes. I have heard kids get laughed at, even booed. So, I was more than a little nervous when it started. When I saw that all the kids did was cheer, even when something went wrong, I knew we had turned a corner." Educators like this understand the long journey to self-respect for students who have grown up in institutionalized racism and focus on the real indicators of building the social capital for change.
A particularly insidious dimension of institutionalized racism is white privilege, privileges taken for granted by some but not available to others. "When Americans talk about race and racism," says University of California Berkeley, Law Professor john a. powell, "we almost always talk about African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos, sometimes Asian Americans, but we rarely talk about white people, the privilege of being the 'generic' category, which is a result of culture and power."[3] We do not see the water in which we swim. This is true for all people, but when the water in which some have the privilege to swim consistently provides power, status and opportunity, there are strong forces to preserve the blindness. The key is to make the water visible through processes like courageous dialogue. Through a focus on mutual understanding, assumptions can be surfaced, in addition to addressing systemic and institutional bias, interpersonal bias can be identified and action can be taken in consideration of all perspectives, rather than solely those of the dominant culture.
The processes of self-reinforcing blindness are subtle and pervasive, but can be revealed by pausing whenever we see someone from a different background react in a way that seems odd or makes us uncomfortable. For example, it is an understandable reaction to criticize, if even completely internally, a member of a "minority" community complaining about something they see as unfair. "They could just ignore that if they wanted to, rather than just complaining," we say quietly to ourselves. But we fail to notice that in this very thought we have constructed a "we and they" world in which we are projecting how we would feel when faced with a situation that, in fact, we never have had to face. This happened recently for one of us when an African American colleague was complaining about how she had to teach her kids "to never, not be on their guard." By asking myself honestly, "When has this exact circumstance the person is describing ever happened to me? When have I felt that it was necessary for their safety to tell my kids never not to be on their guard because of their skin color?" The answer is never. In that moment of reflection, something that had been invisible became visible, and one small facet of the taken-for-granted nature of white privilege became evident.
Another archetypal pattern comes into play around white privilege that, once understood, can help people see what is difficult to see. "Success to the Successful" operates in any situation where there is a perceived scarcity of resources and resources are allocated in favor of those perceived to be successful. This can happen between departments within an organization, between different organizations (such as different schools), or between individuals. What results is a self-reinforcing drift where "the rich get richer and the poor get poorer." But what makes a success-to-the successful structure especially insidious is when it remains invisible, and the reinforcing dynamics are masked by mental models that justify the inequity of opportunity as a natural or inevitable arrangement — as occurs with white privilege or the allocation of resources in some school systems.
In recent years, many school districts have instituted multicultural education programs. But to be effective, nuanced understandings of privilege need to infuse the related training and coaching. In our judgment, multicultural education is incomplete if it does not truly challenge the roots of structural racism and racial oppression, starting with the matter of white privilege. Addressing this topic through sustained and honest conversation leads to new perspectives and related action. One leader described her developing awareness and understanding of white privilege as "an awakening that is revealing the bias in many of my previous decisions and actions."
If we are to reconstruct our educational systems to ensure equity for all, systems thinking is an essential skill, and the habits of systems thinking must guide our actions. This starts with understanding the power of mental models and looking for archetypal patterns like "fixes that fail," "shifting the burden" and "success to the successful." Systems thinking grows with sincere effort to reflect on the larger systems at play behind the behavior of individuals or particular groups. It is a defining feature of non-systemic thinking to over attribute outcomes to individual actions. While individual actions may be important, systems thinkers consistently look for the role of systemic structures and forces in shaping behavior. Experts in systems family therapy, for example, help people interrupt their habitual blaming of self and others and begin to look for the systemic structures created within the family that shape individual actions such as how interactions between a mother and father may be a primary cause of a teenager's problems, rather than just blaming the teen. By analogy, the problems of inequity are deeply embedded in larger social and economic systems. "Disparities (in income, health, employment, education) can't be understood in isolation," says powell. "They are embedded in systems in which there are many interactions and feedback loops."[4]
But the converse, solely blaming the system, is equally counterproductive: "It's not my fault; the problem is the system" leads to an attitude of victimization and obscures the simple fact that we are all creating the system through our day-to-day ways of thinking and acting. We find true systems understanding enables a particular kind of maturity. Individuals who can see systemic sources of problems can stop blaming themselves and start to look for ways to intervene in the system itself. We have had the privilege of working with many colleagues whose life circumstances would have easily supported victimization, self-criticism, anger and fatalism, yet developed very different attitudes — because they were able to see systemic structures at play. While perhaps not possible for everyone, one principal we know who grew up poor and black concluded that the attitude of victimization endemic in his family and many friends was ultimately a matter of choice and support.
I remember one day seeing clearly that the way I was being treated was not about me. It arose from a system of beliefs and habits that trapped perpetrators as well as victims. In that moment, I realized the system was outside of me and that I had a choice what beliefs I adopted. When I understood this, my circumstances did not change, but how I saw and reacted to them did change. I began a life-long inquiry into understanding the systems in which I found myself and learning how to conserve my sense of who I am at my essence and what is really important to me. Gradually, my anger dissipated and my insight grew.
Our present education system, while nominally committed to success for all students, actually embodies many success-to-the successful features that work against this aim, and changing these will be very difficult. The same remains largely true in the larger labor market it serves. Actions guided by ideas like those above will challenge a system structured to serve students inequitably, and those who have benefited from that system may resist change. But failing to do so over the past decades has made matters worse.
As noted by William H. Schmidt, co-author of Inequality for All, "The ultimate test of an educational system is whether it makes sure that every student, whatever their background, is exposed to the content they need to thrive in today's society. U.S. schools are failing this most basic test, and in the process wasting the talents of millions of American children — children from all backgrounds. The reality is that, for most students, the education they receive is largely based on chance, making academic opportunities into a kind of lottery — one with profound consequences."[5]
Today, the shortage of resources to support learning due to restrictions on public spending in many counties and localities, a condition that has changed little in the past decade, exacerbates the situation and makes reallocations within or between sectors politically difficult to manage.[6] In the face of such realities, we believe evidence of what can be achieved by dedicated leaders such as those described above can help shift the fatalism that subtly pervades the public discourse. Their work should be celebrated and utilized as inspiration to build a coalition of equity-based leadership.
As in all real systemic change, the journey requires patience and persistence guided by deep understanding. This is about all of us. The system works as it does because of how we work, and it will persist so long as we continue to adopt quick fixes and then return to business as usual. Leaders at all levels who achieve real progress embrace the entwined inner and outer journey that is imperative if we are to develop an education system that fully serves all students. Seeing the systemic sources of racism and inequity does not change them overnight, but denying them leaves the assumptions invisible and their power intact.
1. Richard Strong, Harvey F. Silver, and Amy Robinson, "Strengthening Student Engagement: What Do Students Want (and what really motivates them)?" Educational Leadership 53, no. 1 (September 1995): 8-12.
2. "Ten Steps to Equity in Education," Policy Brief (Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development, January 2008), p.7.
3. john a. powell, Connie Cagampang Heller, and Fayza Bundalli, Systems Thinking and Race: Workshop Summary, Workshop Series on Racial Justice (The California Endowment, June 2011).
4. powell, Systems Thinking and Race: Workshop Summary, 2011.
5. William Schmidt (Michigan State University) and Curtis McKnight (University of Oklahoma), Inequality for All: The challenge of unequal opportunity in American schools (New York, New York: Teachers College Press, July 2012).
6. Ben Levin, "Approaches to Equity in Policy for Lifelong Learning," paper commissioned by the Education and Training Policy Division, OECD, Equity in Education Thematic Review, August 2003.
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Mary Scheetz, Former Assistant Superintendent, Waters Foundation
Mary Scheetz has over 40 years experience as an innovative teacher, administrator, project director and consultant. From 2007 to 2013, Scheetz served as the Assistant Superintendent with the Ritenour School District in St. Louis and is currently a trainer and consultant working with the Waters Foundation Systems Thinking in Schools Team. She has presented systems thinking in schools work at numerous national and international conferences and facilitated related workshops. Mary's belief is that all students are capable of the critical thinking levels that systems thinking tools produce, and that it is essential for schools to ensure that ALL students are ensured access to rigorous and relevant learning. As an assistant superintendent, she implemented multiple strategies for the integration of systems thinking in school improvement and classroom instruction. She developed the annual St. Louis Systems Thinking in Schools Institute, which involves participants from multiple school districts and universities in the region. Mary's work is guided by the words of Marvin Weisbord, "If I had a crystal ball, I would not ask what's wrong here and who's to blame, but what's possible here and who cares?"
Peter M. Senge Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management MIT, Founding Chair SoL (Society of Organizational Learning and the Education Partnership)
Peter M. Senge Ph.D., Senior Lecturer, Sloan School of Management MIT, Founding Chair SoL (Society of Organizational Learning and the Education Partnership), a global network of people and institutions working together for systemic change, and co-founder, The Academy for Systemic Change. Dr. Peter Senge's work centers on promoting shared understanding of complex issues and shared leadership for healthier human systems. This involves major cross-sector projects focused on global food systems, climate change, regenerative economies and the future of education. Peter is the author of The Fifth Discipline and co-author of the three related field books to include Presence and The Necessary Revolution. The Fifth Discipline (over two million copies sold worldwide), was recognized by Harvard Business Review as "one of the seminal management books of the last 75 years," and by the Financial Times as one of five "most important" management books. The Journal of Business Strategy named him one of the 24 people who had the greatest influence on business strategy in the 20th century.


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Harwinton Volunteer Fire Chief Norman Barber became the second recipient of the Arthur B. Poole Award.
Norman "Brother" Barber was instrumental in starting the Harwinton Volunteer Fire Department.
Norman worked for 35 years for the State Highway Department, retiring in 1962. Andrew Kasznay Jr. commented that Norman's devotion to his job showed in his once snowplowing for 64 straight hours during a bad 1955 snowstorm.
Among Barber's accomplishments is his work with the Harwinton Agricultural Society, he was once vice president of that organization and has long served on its board of directors.
One of Norman's greatest services to the town was his hard work in renovating the fairgrounds in the fall of 1963. It included tearing down the old two story structure on the front part of the fairgrounds and moving an existing structure back.
Last year's recipient Ray Bentley told of a trick Barber once played on him. He had hired Barber to cut a cord of wood for him. Bentley said he was happy when soon after the wood was neatly piled. The job seemingly complete Bentley paid him the agreed upon fee. Much to Bentley's chagrin, on close inspection, it was found that Barber had found a large rock which he used as the center of the woodpile and had meticulously piled logs around it to hide this fact. "This was the time Bentley had purchased a cord of rock," Bentley remarked with a note of dismay in his voice.
Barber said he was most grateful and that winning the award was a moment he would never forget.


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NHL ready for expansion, but is Seattle?
The NHL formally opened the door to expansion. Commissioner Gary Bettman said at league meetings in Las Vegas Wednesday that applications from interested owners and cities will be taken from July 6 through Aug. 10, although teams likely would not begin play until the 2017-18 season.
Bettman mentioned Seattle, Las Vegas and Quebec City as having the most interest. But Seattle, in terms of an NHL arena, is a deep third behind the other two, which have arenas underway with no promise of a team.
The Seattle market has two competing plans: One is by Seattle native Chris Hansen, which has been underway for four years but has not made a formal pitch to city officials, who are participants, for a hockey team ahead of a basketball team. The other one is recent, by Connecticut investment banker Ray Bartoszek, who has bought land in Tukwila and plans to build his project without public funding.
The NHL has not expanded since 2000, but a new collective bargaining agreement and a new TV contract has caused Bettman to place an expansion fee of $500 million, considered steep for a league that two years ago had franchise sales for under $200 million.
Both arena projects are said to be around $500 million, meaning that the total investment is about $1 billion.
Hansen said he has no interest in hockey by himself, but would be willing to partner with a prospective NHL owner as long as he accepts the terms and conditions set forth by the city and King County. Bartoszek considered partnering with Hansen, but broke away to go on his own.
Another interested NHL owner, Victor Coleman, also has not yet reached any deal with Hansen.
The NHL is excited about the Seattle market, far larger than Las Vegas and Quebec City, and in the West where the 30-team league needs two teams to make pair of 16 team conferences.
But a viable arena project trumps all, and the market has yet to green-light one.
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Topcatone
Tukwila ????? crazy..build it downtown like Nashville did…
Jamo57
I agree but I have a feeling Tukwila is much more likely to get their ducks in a row in time than the City of Seattle is.
Still will be impressed if Barto pays $1B for the works.
In 20 years, Tukwila will be downtown.
Glenn Mitchell
So Vegas has an arena, 11,500 ticket deposits and owners (Maloof's and Foley). Vegas seems a lock. So who gets door #2?
Quebec City has an arena but do they have owners in place? IMO if the NHL really wants a team in Quebec they would have found a way to get one there already, and of course the NHL wants a clean east-west split. QC would not solve that. Palpable? Yes. Sexy? No. Preferable to the NHL? No. Yawn.
The NHL in Portland, Not an ideal situation, but again, at least there is an arena, and a nice one. What about owners? And would new owners pony up $500,000,000 to compete against the Blazers? Possible? Yes. Probable? No.
Kansas City is the 31st largest TV market. Yes they have an arena but I do not think
the NHL is excited about KC, although like Seattle, the winter calender is free. $500,000,000 for a team in KC? Would KC die hard football and baseball fans give hockey a look? Possibly I suppose but once again $500Million for the right to answer that question seems a bit steep for me.
And I also hear Southern Ontario. What would they call the team 'The Southern Ontario WTHISO's' (Where The Hell Is Southern Ontario!) There are already teams in Toronto & Buffalo, the two worst franchises in terms of wins & losses in the league in that region. NHL does not want to make it three. Not going to happen here.
Funny then that all roads seems to lead to Seattle with its 14th largest TV market, northwest location, free winter calender, upscale population base and thriving economy compared to other cities. Yet there is no arena or confirmed owner, something every single other potential applicant has at least one of.
The Seattle hockey fans I know seem to think that QC and Portland would be relocation only. Quebec expansion would imbalance the Eastern and Western Conferences, and Paul Allen (the likely owner of Portland NHL) seems to think $500M is too much for a new team but $150M or so to move a team to the Moda Center makes better business sense.
KC would like a team (instant rivalry with the St. Louis Blues), but I'm not sure about ownership interest for a new or moved team, and apparent ly their arena turns a profit without a regular sports tenant.
A second Toronto team would work, I think. With close to 10 million people in driving distance, there's more than enough demand to support a second team. "If New York can support three teams, why can't we?", Southern Ontarians often say, and it's hard to argue.
As for us? I think if the Sodo Arena gets approved (early August is the date, I understand?), the plane's on the runway. It's just a matter of getting an ownership group and handling the inevitable lawsuit from the Port.
Not sure I see an ultra liberal city council going for Hansen's deal. Not saying things can't change, but not in an election year for all positions.
Nice summary, Glenn. I think QC will be taken more seriously after the small market success of thr 'Pegs.
why not Las Vegas and Quebec City as expansion teams and Seattle getting the Arizona Coyotes to transfer..since Glendale just kicked them out of the arena there….or flip Vegas and Seattle?
Don't move the 'Yotes just yet; they got an injunction against the Glendale eviction, and it's possible they could work with the Suns for a replacement to America West Arena in Phoenix, or another building in Scottsdale, where most of their fans were in the first place. (And where they SHOULD'VE moved in the first place, but that's another story …)
No more ice palaces in Phoenix. It'll be 100 degrees there next Christmas.
Possible. But Seattle still doesn't have an arena or an owner.
Just make it abundantly clear to the NHL, our sheet of ice will be "poa annua-free"!
I wonder how the Ms will further alienate the PNW sports fan in this new chapter.
NHL can have only one choice: Bent grass.
jafabian
IMO, Quebec will get a team. NHL likes to tease Vegas but won't go there and Seattle has nothing in place to make the NHL want to come here. If there was an ownership group with a plan in place then maybe it happens but there's nothing concrete.
The NHL makes noise but IMO they won't hold up Seattle about an arena if there's a target date for a new one.
Jeff Shope
is the city of seattle ready? No too many idiot liberal/socialists in govt there but maybe outside seattle where it's not so politically wacko
Politics has less to do with it than money. The reason Bartoszek has Tukwila's ear is he claims to be able to do it all with his own money. Whether he'll be able to do so remains to be seen.
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