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She's street-smart, stunning and hoping to leave her troubled past behind... Makedde Vanderwall is ready to start work as a forensic psychologist... and a new life in Australia with her detective boyfriend, Andy Flynn. Hoping to scrape together some extra cash, Mak begins working part-time for an infamous Sydney PI. With a knack for investigation and bending the law, she might just have stumbled across her true calling - and the career choice that could finally bust up her relationship once and for all. Then she is hired to investigate the murder of A-list PA Meaghan Wallace. The police believe it's an open and shut case but Mak discovers that it's a lot more complicated...
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barenaked-music.ch, 29. März 2009
BNL haben mit "Snacktime!" einen Juno Award in der Kategorie "Children's Album of the Year" gewonnen
The Barenaked Ladies pose with their JUNO award for Children's Album of the Year during the JUNO Awards Gala in Vancouver, Saturday, March 28, 2009.
photo credit: Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press
YouTube/SUN FM at the Junos: Awards Gala recap plus Barenaked Ladies Freestyle RAP! (BNL freestyle rap starts at 1:26)
Juno Awards
Juno Awards - 2009 JUNO GALA DINNER & AWARDS WINNERS
Juno Awards - Children's Album of the Year
Notes and quotes from Saturday's Juno winners
The Province, March 28, 2009
by Stuart Derdeyn, The Province
The Barenaked Ladies will go on. They recently played to 14,000 people in Florida and said it went great. They didn't rehearse. Ed Robertson then did an awesome freestyle and reminded us all why they have endured for so long.
http://www.theprovince.com/Entertainment/Notes+quotes+from+Saturday+winners/1440707/story.html
Field wide open after bulk of Juno Awards handed out at private ceremony
Metronews Vancouve/The Canadian Press, March 29, 2009
by Nick Patch, The Canadian Press
The Barenaked Ladies won children's album of the year for "Snacktime!" and thanked former frontman Steven Page, who recently left the band.
"I'd like to send a word of love out to Steven Page, who was also a part of this record," said multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn.
http://www.metronews.ca/vancouver/entertainment/article/204596
The Stills, Sam Roberts win big at Junos
The Vancouver Sun, March 29, 2009
by Elaine Corden, Vancouver Sun
Things got interesting with the Children's Record of the Year, when the Barenaked Ladies, who recently split with singer Steven Page, won the award. The four remaining boys in the band (and they still seem just boys) were gracious, with Kevin Hearn noting Page's contributions to the record. Indeed, backstage, drummer Tyler Stewart noted that the group's only regret was "the shorts", referring to some earlier sartorial mistakes in their career. By the time singer Ed Roberts performed an ad-libbed freestyle rap about the joys of a Juno, everyone on hand was putty in the band's damnably charming hands.
http://www.vancouversun.com/Entertainment/Nickelback+denied+Stills+Roberts+Junos/1440544/story.html
Barenaked Ladies on life after Steven Page: group feels 'reinvigorated'
News1130/The Canadian Press, March, 29, 2009
VANCOUVER, B.C. - If the Barenaked Ladies miss former frontman Steven Page, they're doing an excellent job of hiding it.
After winning a Juno Award for children's album of the year for "Snacktime!" on Saturday, singer Ed Robertson said the group felt "reinvigorated and revitalized."
"It's been a tough year for the band, but at the same time it's been a really galvanizing year," he said backstage at the private dinner ceremony. "The four of us feel really confident and really proud of what we've done.
"We have all felt really reinvigorated and revitalized and to kick things off like this is a great boost."
The rest of the Junos were to be handed out Sunday night during a gala show airing on CTV.
The Barenaked Ladies announced in February that Page would be leaving the group after 20-plus years to pursue other projects, including a career in theatre.
Page's departure followed a tumultuous year for the band.
Last summer, Page, his girlfriend and her roommate were charged with drug possession after police found cocaine at a Fayetteville, N.Y., apartment.
In late October, all three secured a deal that will result in their charges being dropped if they stay out of trouble for six months.
Drummer Tyler Stewart acknowledges that the group has been through a lot, yet he says it's drawn the remaining members closer together.
"Everyone I think is looking for us to say one way or the other that, you know, it's been an incredibly hard year, so I'm going to say it: it's been an incredibly hard year," he said. "These three guys and myself have become closer than we ever have been over the last year, and we're committed to each other, and committed to the music, and committed to you, everyone, all of our listeners, because we love what we do.
"And we feel like, in some ways, we've rescued it out of a certain fire, and we are very, very grateful to do what we do for a living. We're going to protect it, we're going to nurture it, and we're going to soar into the stratosphere. That's our goal and we couldn't be happier."
Robertson said the group is still finding its way as a four-piece, but they seemed right at home on Saturday in an entertaining question and answer session, which closed with Robertson freestyling a rap about winning the award.
When multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn said he hoped their latest album inspired children the same way the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" affected him when he was a kid, Robertson interjected: "Kevin's directly comparing us to the Beatles."
"Well, there's four of us now," replied Stewart.
http://www.news1130.com/news/entertainment/more.jsp?content=e032911A

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Notre Dame's improved defense to be tested by Virginia Tech
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2016, file photo, Notre Dame quarterback Malik Zaire sets up to throw a pass during football practice at Culver Military Academy in Culver, Ind. Head coach Brian Kelly says he still doesn't know if ... more >
By TOM COYNE - Associated Press - Tuesday, November 15, 2016
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - The Notre Dame defense is about to find out just how much it has improved since its dismal start.
Statistically, the Irish look much better since Brian VanGorder was fired as defensive coordinator on Sept. 25, the day after 38-35 loss to Duke. The Irish were ranked 103rd out of 128 teams in total defense, giving up 456 yards a game, when they fell to 1-3.
Heading into their final two games against Virginia Tech (7-3) and USC, Notre Dame (4-6) ranks 39th in the nation in total defense, giving up an average of 371 yards a game. Take away those first four games and the Irish are surrendering 315 yards a game, which would place them 14th in the nation in total defense.
The Irish, though, are about to face two of the three best offenses they've faced all season. The Hokies rank 43rd in the nation in total offense at 444 yards a game and USC (7-3) ranks No. 29 at 469 yards a game.
The only team the Irish have faced with a higher-rated offense is Texas at No. 14 at 503 yards a game. The Longhorns beat the Irish 50-47 in double overtime in the season opener.
Coach Brian Kelly said while the Irish could become bowl eligible with two victories and improve their image with wins over Virginia Tech, which was ranked No. 18 before being upset by Georgia Tech last week, and No. 15 Southern California, which has won six straight after a 1-3 start, his focus is building on Notre Dame's best all-around performance in a 44-6 win over Army on Saturday.
"You want all of the things that you worked so hard on all year to come together in these last two games," he said. "That is, for us, finishing games, playing the game for us with a mental and physical toughness that at times was not at its best. It's now coming together. And I think that regardless of how we're perceived, I think the most important thing is to play the way we're capable of playing. That's what I'm looking at more than anything else."
Kelly said he's not "losing sleep" over whether the Irish will get to a bowl. Kelly was asked whether he would want to play in a bowl with a 5-7 record. Last season three 5-7 teams went to bowl games because there weren't enough teams with records above .500.
"I haven't given it much thought, to be honest with you. I think those scenarios I would address at the end of the year," he said.
More AP college football at www.collegefootball.ap.org


There are many delicious morsels in the many exhibits in the Iowa Comes v. Microsoft case. Maybe that is why the official website containing the exhibits was taken down within hours of the case being settled? Luckily websites like Slated Antitrust filled the void and host backup copies of these candid insights into Microsoft's internal strategies.
First, here is the opening "Evangelism is War" section of a report called Effective Evangelism.
In economics there is a well-understood concept called switching costs – how much it costs for a trading partner to change partners. Our philosophy on switching costs is very clear: we want low swiching costs for customers who want to start using our platform, and we want to provide so much unique value that there are in effect high costs of deciding to move to a different platform. There is a name for this: it is called Embrace and Extend.
Embrace means we are compatible with what's out there, so you can switch to our platform without a lot of obstacles and rework. You can switch from someone else's Java compiler to ours; from someone else's web server to ours; etc. Customers love when we do this (as long as we don't spend our energy embracing extra standards no one really cares about); our competitors are not sure they like it because they prefer us to screw up.
Extend means we provide tremendous value that nobody else does, so (A) you really want to switch to our software, and (B) once you try our software you would never want to go back to some inferior junk from our competitors. Customers usually like when we do this, since by definition it's only an extension if it adds value. Competitors hate when we do this, because by adding new value we make our products much harder to clone – this is the difference between innovation and being just a commodity like corn where suppliers compete on price alone. Nobody builds or sustains a business as successful as Microsoft by producing trivial products that are easy to clone – that would be a strategy for failure.
If we fail to embrace, we can lose because there are big barriers to buying our products. But if we fail to extend, or do only humble work that is easy to clone or to surpass, we automatically lose because our competitors will spend literally billions of dollars to clone our work and replace us.
1) The Internet is about as open as it gets. This means that an ISV can go and buy a C compiler and a server, rent a wire and create a new service or create an extension to an existing one. The tools are still a little crude but there are very few bottlenecks in this process.
2) The Internet defines formats and architectures that MS has no control over and very little say in. MIME and the WWW helper architectures are crude but quite extensible.
Are there any other good Microsoft quotes out there regarding formats or standards? Post as a comment and I'll add the best ones to the main post.
I don't know of any internal evangelism docs at IBM. I'm not really an evangelist, but even so, I assume someone would have sent me the slides by now if they did exist.
IBM's secret plan isn't much of a secret. My understanding of it, having worked here for 16 years, is this: IBM is a huge company. We do almost everything related to information technology. Since we are such a large company we cannot grow profits all that much faster than the growth rate of the IT sector, or the economy overall. So, an important goal is to help smooth out the bumps in the roads, make IT work better for everyone and grow the sector. This includes work on standards, open source, research, etc. To the extent we can reduce the friction in IT, then the rate of electronic transactions continues to increase, and we'll get our fair share of that growth. Add on that a percent or two for increased efficiencies and we can give Wall Street a fair return. That's my personal opinion of the Big Picture.
It's like saying, "I want my rich, childless relative dead so that I can get all the inheritance." Saying one wants something, saying one is going to do it, and actually doing it are all different things.
You need to look at this in context. This document was not prepared for external consumption. This is not marketing fluff. This is an internal Microsoft report for an internal Microsoft audience.
To your example, if you gathered your friends together, go to a secured building with security guards at the front desk, paid your friends wages, put them in a semi-dark room, projected a presentation on the wall that said, "I want my rich, childless relative dead so that I can get all the inheritance", then I think we have a word for what that. Isn't that called "conspiracy to commit murder".
an email from Bill Gates. In 1998 he states that allowing browsers to accurately render Office documents is one of the most destructive things we can do to the company. In this email, Bill describes how proprietary tags and patents can be used to build proprietary extensions to HTML, which is also a standard markup language. Neither of these statements gives me any cause to think that Microsoft wants open office documents that can be the basis for fair and open competition.
Perhaps Microsoft has turned over a new leaf, but how can anyone be sure?
Great quotes. I'll update the post and add these.
What Bill Gates calls "proprietary IE extensions" is none other than what's publicly known as "VML".
VML is a proprietary standard, which has been more or less documented in OOXML, but whose rendering is full of semantics and technical details that are left for one to discover. If you intend to reproduce a VML stack, budget for a good year of work at least.
What's bad when it comes to VML? Well, certainly that never are there been more VML based parts in Microsoft formats than in OOXML.
Example : in Excel, even comments and OLE objects are now in VML drawing containers. This was not the case before. And it's inconsistent with other drawn objects by the way.
It's a total mess, and it's forced upon us vendors.
Why do I get the feeling that I'm watching the Fox News channel when reading those quotes? I feel so dirty for having used Office for so many years. Out, out damn spot!


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The Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Texas at El Paso is a diverse community of artists and scholars who align with the University mission through devotion to exceptional teaching, service, creative practice, and research, and by visibly contributing to the quality of life in El Paso and the surrounding region. Faculty are committed to providing students of the region, the nation, and beyond with the best education possible, preparing them with the skills necessary for advanced degree programs, successful careers in professional and educational theatre and dance, and life-long learning. All faculty are active in their respective fields as professional artists and scholars; they contribute to the department's self-governance and self-evaluation as well as to departmental, college, and university committees; they are committed to diversity as essential to the education of UTEP students, and they openly and enthusiastically practice true collaboration, collegiality, civility, challenges to existing conventions, continuous self-improvement; and academic and artistic honesty. In these ways, faculty members expect to be models for their students, who in turn will become models for their own students and peers.


I went for a little walk with my daughter and we came across an area that had some interesting picnic tables and strange signs. We stopped and took some pictures. I was wearing jeans and that infamous jacket that I'm obsessed with. I used a color process filter on the pictures to give them a dreamy look, because with the creek and cloudy weather, it felt like a hazy dream.
I hope everyone has had a good week....happy Friday!
My daughter took these pictures and she wanted me to be silly...so here's my silly picture :) Do you guys have any exciting Easter plans for this weekend? We do! Lots of egg hunts and candy!


In the fall of 2014, the Adams Center began our popular "My Best Lecture" series, which spotlights faculty presenting on a topic that excites them and engages their students. The series connects colleagues across the university to engage meaningful conversations and to nurture our relationships with one another.
In this video, Dan McGregor presents his best lecture: The Casual Adventurer's Guide to the Sistine Chapel Ceiling. For centuries, Michelangelo Buonarroti's famous Sistine frescoes have been considered one of the towering achievements of Western Art. But why? Do they deserve their august reputation? Are they worth visiting, considering the twin headaches of being herded like tourist-livestock and shushed by guards? This lecture will unpack the secrets, symbolism, and cultural impact of this most famous cycle of paintings.
Drawing from her recent book, Sexualized Media Messages and Our Children, Dr. Shewmaker reveals the glaring truth behind the sexualized media culture, and provides practical solutions to helping children/teens and communities navigate these media messages that can negatively impact a young person's perception of self and others.
Social media and student self-regulation: Can they coexist?
We often blame technology and social media for distraction, lack of social skills, etc. Is it possible, however, to leverage the power of social media to facilitate learning communities outside of the classroom? In this presentation, Stephen Baldridge looks at the literature behind this and details ongoing research conducted on campus about utilizing Twitter to build community and increase healthy academic behaviors with students.
We live in a world with unprecedented access to vast quantities of information. In one sense, we feel more connected through social media and various technological advances. At the tap of a finger, the requested pieces of information are readily available. Yet, such information alone does not necessarily produce understanding or wisdom. In a more profound sense, we recognize the difference between acquiring many pieces of information and seeing how they fit together in light of one another. Recognizing such a difference raises an important question: what does it mean to pursue wisdom in an information age? This session explores the relevance of John Henry Newman's thought for addressing such a question. Readings for this session can be found here.
How are community dynamics shaped by ecological change and the interacting of human and natural histories? Tom Lee discusses what he learned from 14 summers spent in Northern Michigan, studying rodent populations in bogs and old growth white pine forests. Watch this latest contribution to our My Best Lecture series.
Parker Palmer reminds us that "Good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher." This interactive session will explore ways of creating community in the classroom.
Ready to get started with the Canvas LMS? In this session, we will cover creating a Canvas course, sharing your content, collecting assignments, managing grades and creating quizzes.
How do students learn? What gets in their way? How can faculty set up our classes in ways that lead to optimal learning? This is what the faculty who piloted the new Master Teacher Program last year sought to understand. Join them as they talk about what they learned over the year-long program and share practical tips for helping students engage prior learning, organize knowledge to build mastery, and become self-directed learners.
Interested in learning about ways to help your students remember material? Participants in last year's Make it Stick reading group share some helpful suggestions you can use in the first few classes of the semester.
Familiar with Canvas, but ready to learn more? This session will cover: promoting student interaction in Canvas, grading with rubrics, checking assignment originality with Canvas, harvesting data to improve learning, moderating quizzes, and using Canvas mobile apps.
This fall all ACU students will again have access to Adobe Creative Cloud and Lynda.com. Adobe CC provides professional media and design tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Premiere Pro (among others). Lynda.com offers over 100,000 video tutorials for teaching most any software title as well as professional skills like interviewing and public speaking. Join us for a quick overview of Adobe's Creative Cloud and Lynda.com and ways they support a range of classes on campus.
According to Dr. Rhodes, "IDEA-CL provides an extensive database of ideas for improving teaching that faculty can apply based on the robust student feedback the instrument gathers." Join this session to learn about your role in the new student feedback form process and how it can positively impact you.
How do you engage students more effectively in class? Is it possible to teach a class without being face-to-face (or without them being stuck behind a computer monitor)? How can you create learning communities within your classes where students generate content long after your course is over? This session will rely on recent research to discuss best practices in pairing mobile learning strategies with frequent use of social media. Real course examples as well as syllabus wording and policies will be given.
Faculty at ACU have been teaching with digital storytelling since 2011 and the projects and approaches continue to mature. Come hear how digital media projects have been used to support teaching, scholarship, and tenure and promotion and how you can get involved in the next year.
The usual questions one begins a course design with are, "What content do I need to cover?" and "What textbook will I use?" Later, attention is given to how the content will be covered, and how to assess the students' knowledge. In their now classic "Understanding by Design," Williams & McTighe encourage us to approach course design "backwards." Come find out how to approach your course design (and redesign) using Backwards Design, to the benefit of your students' learning.
This demonstration will be on laser cutting. A maximum of 15 people can attend, so RSVP soon if you want to reserve a spot!
This session is for anyone planning on participating in the 2015-2016 Master Teacher Program.
We are pleased to host several workshops for faculty this summer. These sessions are open to all faculty members who wish to attend. If you are in the Tenure and Promotion process, these activities will help you build your portfolio. Spaces are limited. Please RSVP at RSVP2AC@groupmail.acu.edu or call ext. 2455.
• Remember the power and importance of courageous teaching in their own lives as well as those of colleagues.
• Explore what encourages them, even in the midst of great challenge, to continue to connect students with their subject.
• Draft a philosophy of education – and who they are as an educator.
• Participate in a community of learning and exploration with colleagues from across the university.
Courage to Teach, offered by facilitators prepared by the national Center for Courage & Renewal, offers faculty opportunities to reflect on the inner dimension of teaching and leading and explore "the heart of a teacher." In exploring questions about purpose, values, and commitment to their challenging work, faculty increase their capacity to listen, to stay true to their mission, and to engage with the work of teaching wholeheartedly.
In this workshop, we will show faculty members and teaching assistants how to use Canvas in general. Each session will last two hours. Please indicate which session time you are attending when making your reservation.
This workshop will help participants use tools and practices within Canvas to help students learn in a way that sticks beyond the end of the semester. The workshop is based on the principles of Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Brown, Roediger and McDaniel). Bring a laptop and at least one syllabus/course schedule.
Based on the principles of Brown, Roediger, and McDaniel's book, Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, this workshop will help participants focus on designing courses that facilitate spaced, interleaved retrieval practice in order to achieve durable learning foundations and promote higher levels of learning. Bring a laptop and at least one syllabus/course schedule.
During this two-day camp, we will be exploring the basic functions and features of Canvas. You will also have time to work on building your courses. No prior experience with a learning management system is needed. All faculty are welcome to participate. However, please RSVP for us to make proper reservations. By the end of the workshop, we hope that you will be sufficiently prepared to teach with Canvas during the fall semester.
The Learning Studio will be hosting a 3-day digital storytelling workshop that provides faculty a chance to learn about media creation and work with colleagues and media specialists to develop an original digital story.
We'll also be leading a traditional digital storytelling workshop based on the methods of the Center for Digital Storytelling at Berkeley. The workshop provides equal parts writer support group and technology training to lead new storytellers and old hands through the process together.
Space will be limited so please RSVP today at http://go.acu.edu/gearx.
Need help with dissertations, publications and portfolios? Come join us for the Faculty Writing Cafe in the ACU Writing Center! Every 2nd and 4th Friday morning, the Adams Center and the Writing Center host a productive writing retreat so you can meet your writing goals. Coffee, snacks and great workspace provided. For more information, contact Cole Bennet, Director of the ACU Writing Center.


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Andrea Dearden
Gloria Davis
Niamh Toohey
Board Director & INCITE Chair
Marion Burchell
David Krieg
Board Director & Alliance Co-Chair
Dr Susanne Bahn
Board Director
Colin Janssen
Paul Moro
Board Director & Game Changers Chair
Simon Yeoman
Michael Coles
Andrea is an industry specialist and has worked in ICT for over 20 years holding a number of senior leadership roles both in Government, not-for-profit and private sector.
Andrea is passionate in supporting individuals and business reach their full potential and currently supports a number of charities in a volunteer capacity. She is the Secretary for another not-for-profit organisation called Homestead for Youth and an honoree member for the ACS Scholarship Foundation.
Andrea is the GRC Security Consultant for ES2. Andrea has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Business and a number of Risk and Governance Certificates.
Since joining WAITTA in 2018, Andrea has led the Board in the establishment of an organisation wide strategy and governance framework with designated roles to fulfill key functions. The Board currently meet on a monthly basis to review WAITTA events and programs.
Andrea was appointed to the WAITTA Board in September 2018 and was elected President in September 2018.
Marion Burchell has extensive experience at the senior executive level across the innovation, not-for-profit, government, and industry sectors, at a national and international scale. Marion was the first female GCIO in WA, focusing on addressing the digital divide, laying the foundation for inter jurisdictional data sharing and creating the cyber security CRC. She also led the State's data reform as well as the innovation portfolio.
Marion is published nationally and internationally in the areas of public sector innovation and public participation in the development of public policy.
She is currently an Advisory Board member of a local startup, a previous Board member of Meridian Global Foundation, and former Board member and founder of the Harvest Young Agri-Food Professionals Network. She is a Senior Associate with Intermedium and is the SingularityU Perth licence holder.
Marion was appointed to the WAITTA Board as Vice President in November 2020.
Colin has an extensive career working in the IT industry holding a number of national leadership roles supporting businesses across Australia. Colin has helped to drive the growth of these businesses and their customers through the implementation of major change projects related to IT.
Colin is employed by Datacom as General Manager of GovNext which is an initiative of the WA State Government Digital Strategy. Colin is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Colin was appointed to the WAITTA Board in September 2018 and has undertaken the WAITTA Treasurer since October 2019. Colin is also the Board Sponsor of putt4dough (since February 2020) and Chair of the Finance Committee.
Gloria is an experienced information governance specialist and program manager and has worked within the not-for-profit, public and private health sector for more than 20 years, initially in acute care but predominantly and more recently in aged care and the retirement living industry. Gloria has supported organisations in their change management program and deliver business process improvements while positively impacting organisational culture through the adoption of digital solutions.
Gloria is the Manager, Information Governance and Program Management for the Air Force Association WA Division (trading as RAAFA), a Retirement Living and Aged Care Provider. Gloria has a Bachelor of Science (Health Information Management), Master of Business Administration and Certificate in Governance and Risk Management.
Gloria was appointed to the WAITTA Board in January 2019 and has undertaken the WAITTA Secretary role since February 2020.
Throughout his career as a teacher, school principal and now in a national customer relationship role, David has demonstrated a passion for the use of technology by people to improve society.
The empowerment of the diverse range of people in our modern society and the drive to enable digital technologies transformation make a positive difference to society and are key reasons for David's continued support for WAITTA.
David is currently the National Client Experience Manager for Radlink Communications, following a 14 year tenure with Kinetic IT.
David was appointed to the WAITTA Board in September 2018. David is also the Co-Chair and Board Sponsor of WAITTA Alliance (since June 2020) and has advocated strongly for sponsorship for the WAITTA INCITE Awards.
Paul is a Change Manager with more than 25 years' experience in learning content development/curriculum and professional/leadership facilitator within education and training environments. Paul specialises in content development, technology integration and supporting education and other SMEs clients with successful on boarding of digital technologies.
As a leader/integrator of emerging technologies, Paul has a proven capability in managing key strategic projects focused on implementing change through leadership. He has a broad knowledge and relationship with schools/universities/professional service providers (both locally and nationally) and has successfully negotiated and delivered collaborative digital transformation projects across single and multi-site locations.
Paul is the Manager, Learning Futures at SciTech.
Paul was appointed to the WAITTA Board in November 2018 and is the Chair and Board Sponsor of WAITTA's Game Changer Awards (since January 2020).
Board Director & INCITE Awards Chair
Niamh is a Digital Business Consultant with 20 years' experience supporting client digital transformation programs, focusing on customer & business value and mindful of impact on individuals, our community and the environment.
As a leader, Niamh is enthusiastic, action-oriented, and loves solving big problems collaboratively & creatively with a team of diverse strengths and views.
A move to Australia in 1999 coincided with a career shift from plastics engineering to IT, with the help of Murdoch University's Graduate Diploma IT program. Since then, Niamh's IT career has traversed the public and private sector, and more recently, an increasing focus on social impact- advocating for diversity & inclusion with WiTWA, and volunteering in IT upskilling.
Previous public sector roles include A/ED GovNext (a sector-wide IT Infrastructure & procurement reform program), IT program and service delivery roles in Health, TAFE and Tourism.
Niamh's first introduction to the Incite Awards was as a team entrant with Insight (Ignia) - this experience sparked her passion for innovation and empowering others.
Niamh was appointed to the WAITTA Board in September 2020 and is the Chair and Board Sponsor of WAITTA's INCITE Awards.
Dr Susanne Bahn is an expert in workplace hazard perception research with over 20 years' consultancy and 10 years' research experience and is widely published with 2 books and over 50 peer reviewed journal articles. Sue is CEO and co-founder of Tap into Safety which is an online safety, leadership and mental health training platform, leading a small in-house team to provide the platform to over 1,000 Australian companies.
Sue was appointed to the WAITTA Board as Director in November 2020.
Simon's IT career in Analytics and Software Systems started over 20 years ago. Since then Simon has enjoyed the journey from the start-up of two businesses to large scale transformation in health and the resources sector.
Simon's passion is for Data Analytics, Innovation, supporting others to succeed with their ideas.
In his current role at Fortescue Metals Group Ltd., Simon has built the in-house Cloud Analytics Platform capability at Fortescue, and will shortly complete his MBA at UWA.
Simon was appointed to the WAITTA Board as Director in November 2020.
Meet our Board Observers
Michael Coles commenced work in ICT in 1980, enjoying opportunities, challenges and achievements as an ICT and management professional in his roles as managing director and owner of a successful IT services company, Chief Information Officer, General Manager Technology Services, Project Director, Consultant, Mentor and volunteer.
Mike's career started as a technical programmer and database administrator, he developed innovative software that was marketed internationally and secured major contracts to provide managed outsourced services and systems integration services overseas. He combines ICT and finance skills with management and director experience to resolve complex issues and implement successful solutions.
Mike holds a Bachelor of Business degree, double major in Accounting and Information Processing, a Master of Business Administration (UWA), and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors' residential company director course. Mike's business experience includes company directorship since 1989, negotiating the Management Buyout MBO of an IT Services company, restructuring the group and managing director role for ten years. After five years as CIO of a financial services company he is managing director of his consulting services company specializing in financial systems integration and ICT Governance. Over four decades he has established companies, trusts, corporate trustees and been responsible for the corporate returns and financial statements of multiple corporate entities.
Mike has volunteered on business and information technology not-for-profit organisations, industry associations, advisory boards and mentored students. He was recognized as a Fellow of the Australian Computer Society for his contribution to the WA IT Awards, which has continued for over 27 years.
Mike has held a number of roles with WAITTA. As a founding Management Committee member of the WA IT&T Alliance, Mike has also supported WAITTA as the Treasurer and Chair INCITE Sponsorship Committee. WAITTA is honored to have Michael's ongoing support as an observer to our Board and an active contributor for the INCITE Awards.
Jim Ellis has worked in the information technology industry for over 50 years.
Jim helped establish WAITTA in 1993 as an ICT Awards Program, now known as the INCITE Awards, and was its Chair for the first 12 years.
Jim is a Fellow and Honorary Life Member of the Australian Computer Society (ACS). He has been a national Vice President of the ACS, and Chair of the ACS WA Branch.
He was Chair of the Advisory Board of the Autism Academy for Software Quality Assurance (AASQA) at Curtin University, which provides support for school and tertiary students in the area of software testing. He also a Fellow of Curtin University.
Jim was appointed an Adjunct Professor at Murdoch University in June 2006, and was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for services to the ICT Industry in June 2008.
He has a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Statistics from St Andrews University, Scotland.
WAITTA is privileged to have Jim's ongoing support as an observer to our Board, he provides strategic leadership across all programs and remains committed to supporting the IT industry.


BIGBANG 2 is BIGBANG's third Japanese album (second under Universal Music Japan). It was released in three editions: two limited CD+DVD+Goods editions and one regular CD-only edition. No new songs were included on the album, as all the songs were previously released as Japanese singles/B-sides or are Japanese versions of songs already released in Korea (with the exception of "LOVE SONG", which was not translated into Japanese).
The album is certified gold for a shipment of 100,000 copies.
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Home Periscope March 2017 - 20 Years Later Mind your language!
March 2017 - 20 Years Later
Keeping up with changes to the medium of instruction in Hong Kong's classrooms
By Angela Ng & Yi Yeung
Education issues have rarely been out of the headlines in the 20 years since Hong Kong's handover. Some of the scenes we have witnessed include primary students tearfully describing the pressure of drills and cramming to the Legislative Council and parents collecting signatures to abolish the Territory-wide System Assessment (TSA) tests. Add to that the secondary students protesting against the switch to Putonghua in classes normally conducted in Cantonese and the 120,000 strong crowd surrounding the government headquarters to protest against national education in 2012. These scenes illustrate the controversy that has surrounded many of the education policies of the past two decades.
Sweeping reforms have been implemented in many areas of the education system, including school admissions, internal assessment mechanisms, student assessments and standardised test and the curricula. Another big area of change has been in the medium of instruction (MOI), with a widespread switch to mother-tongue teaching in 1998-9 and the active promotion of teaching Chinese in Putonghua (PMIC) in 2008, with the announcement of HK$200 million in funds to help schools make the switch from Cantonese in Chinese language classes.
According to the Education Bureau (EDB), 72 per cent of primary schools and 37 per cent of secondary schools were using Putonghua to teach Chinese by the school year 2015/16.
Some parents have welcomed the move as they think learning more Putonghua will give their children an edge. Lam Yuk-ying is one of them. "You must learn Putonghua, you always need it at work," says Lam, "Practising more helps to build confidence in speaking Putonghua."
Lam's son is reading his Chinese Language textbook in Putonghua.
Lam says her eight-year-old son can now write sentences with fewer structural and grammatical mistakes and credits this to learning in Putonghua. In addition to his Chinese classes at school, Lam's son also has one Putonghua lesson every week. He has no formal training in Cantonese even though he has a Chinese oral assessment in Cantonese at school every term. Lam says marks are deducted if written language constructions are used in the assessments, but she has no regrets about her son's Putonghua-only Chinese learning.
Andrew Chan, convenor of a Cantonese language advocacy group, Societas Linguistica Hongkongensis, says the idea that PMIC leads to better learning outcomes for Chinese language is "a fallacy".
"We should not set the language as MOI just because we want to learn that language," says Chan. He acknowledges there is a practical need to learn Putonghua but he believes the nine years of Putonghua lessons from primary one to secondary three are more than enough for students to gain proficiency.
For Chan, PMIC contradicts the rationale of mother-tongue teaching, which had been embraced by the outgoing colonial Hong Kong government as a future goal, and by the first Hong Kong SAR administration which implemented a policy of mother-tongue teaching in 1998-9.
"Mother-tongue teaching emphasises learning in everyday life," says Chan, "but PMIC tells you that what you say daily is wrong." He suggests a few examples from daily life where objects are named differently in Cantonese and Putonghua. For instance, chicken wing is "gai yik" in Cantonese and "ji chi bang" in Putonghua.
Kwan Yin-lai, a Chinese language teacher teaching in Putonghua, agrees with Chan that teaching in Putonghua creates barriers to classroom learning. "Undoubtedly, the interaction between teachers and students is 'livelier' if the classes are conducted in Cantonese," says Kwan.
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Alum to join Emerging Leaders program
Congratulations to Business Communication alum Nicholas ("Nick") Farano, who will start the Princeton AlumniCorps Emerging Leaders program on June 28, 2018. Nick explains that this is a nine-month professional development program that brings together 16 aspiring nonprofit leaders in DC to develop the leadership capabilities, management skills, and confidence to advance their professional contributions and accelerate their careers.
Nick is currently the public relations and fundraising manager at the Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington. Prior to that, he worked for the American Cancer Society in a variety of positions. Nick remains a loyal Stevenson alumni, serving on the SU Alumni Board, and he received his MBA from Capella University in 2017.
Alum receives HR certification
Business Communication alum Laura Ford Gustowarow recently received her Senior Professional in Human Resources® (SPHR®) Certification from the HR Certification Institute. This certification is recognized as a "professionally relevant credential for those who have mastered the strategic and policy-making aspects of HR management as practiced in the United States. retains sole ownership of the badge," according to the HR Certification Institute. Laura currently works as a Sr. Human Resources Manager at Secure Innovations, LLC, in Columbia, Maryland. The department offers congratulations to Laura! (Photo from LinkedIn)
Alum co-chairs Baltimore's Gay Pride parade
Congratulations to Business Communication alum Jake Quimby, who served as the co-chair of this year's Baltimore Gay Pride parade on June 16, 2018. According to the Baltimore Sun, "The parade kicked off at about 1 p.m. Waves of marchers walked down Charles Street from 33rd Street to 23rd Street, waving rainbow flags and handing out candy, while attendees lining Charles Street cheered and danced along to music from drumlines and DJs." Baltimore companies and political candidates were present at the event, and a block party followed the parade later Saturday afternoon.
Jake serves as Senior Specialist in Recruitment Marketing with Stevenson's Office of Admissions.
Senior BizComm to attend national football academy
From Gomustangsports.com:
Stevenson University senior quarterback and Business Communication major Dan Williams has already been named D3Football.com All-East Region, the MAC Offensive Player of the Year and was recognized as a First Team All-MAC selection both as a sophomore and junior.
Williams will now be among some of the nation's best quarterbacks as he will serve as a college counselor at the Manning Passing Academy in Thibodaux, Louisiana, from June 21-24.
In its 23rd year, the Academy is an annual football camp organized by the Manning family (Archie, Peyton, Eli, and Cooper) to host more than 1,200 quarterbacks, running backs, receivers and tight ends to receive some of the best coaching in the country. Williams will be among other notable college quarterbacks from programs including the University of Alabama, University of Georgia, University of Missouri, Purdue University, University of Washington, University of South Carolina and University of Tennessee, to name a few; as they will act as counselors for the youth and high school players in attendance. An invitation to serve as a counselor is generally reserved for the best quarterbacks in the nation – mostly representatives from the NCAA Division I level.
Aside from coaching at the camp, college counselors also have the opportunity to participate in personalized training sessions both on and off the field with the Mannings themselves as well as some of the best quarterback coaches in the country.
"I'm honored to have the opportunity to represent Stevenson University at this year's Manning Passing Academy. I would like to thank the Manning family for the chance to compete with other college players, and learn from many coaches," said Williams. "I am truly humbled to be selected and I am very excited and eager to coach the athletes there as well learn some things during the camp. Lastly, thank you to my family, Coach [Ed] Hottle and Coach [Ryan] Larsen for believing in me."
Williams enters his senior year as the Stevenson all-time leader in every passing category. During his career, he has passed for 6,026 yards and 55 touchdowns, and completed 60 percent of his passes.
Congratulations, Dan!
SU Master's in Communication Studies offers innovation
Maybe it's time to check out Stevenson University Online's Master of Science in Communication Studies!
According to the degree's website, the program is "developed for professionals who want to build a foundation of effective communication competencies for personal and professional advancement. This master's program helps graduates translate fundamental ideas of communication into real-world applications. Graduates will develop their skills in evaluating and creating solutions to conflicts that occur within organizations."
According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers 2015 Job Outlook survey, more than 73 percent of employers reported communication skills as a top qualification they seek in potential job candidates. This degree can sharpen your skills and prepare you for any communication setting you encounter.
More about the program can be found here.
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Q: Changing to 'follow-up' intent based on entity value in Dialogflow I've an intent 'Setup' that has two followup intents 'Android' and 'IOS'.
The intent 'Setup' has an entity - deviceType - which is 'Required' and has a prompt (Can you tell me the device type?). Note - this intent does not have any 'responses'.
When the user says, 'How do I setup your app?', entity's prompt gets triggered and the user says - Ios / android. Now, based on this device type value, can I route the conversation to one of the followup intents?

A: If you are using a webhook, you should be able to use an if statement to change the intent response based on the entity that was used by the user. Something like this.
if(iosEntity) {
  conv.contexts.set("ios", 1);

  return conv.ask("Ios response");
} else {
  conv.contexts.set("android", 1);

  return conv.ask("Android Response");
};

It isn't really changing to the "fallback intent", but it would allow you to change output based on the entity.

A: I'm curious if the user device type is able to be detected? If so, asking this question will invite potential conflicting response, and enable ios settings on Android and vice versa. I'm sorry not answering but asking another question - I feel it's more efficient than posting a new question.

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Jenny Tonge in full swing at "Is Israel an Apartheid State?"
Where to begin with last week's event at Middlesex University's campus in Hendon, North West London, sponsored by Interpal?
It was billed as a discussion on "Is Israel an Apartheid State?", but became an evening of unadulterated Jew hatred.
Jenny Tonge, the Liberal Democrat Member of the House of Lords, famous for once saying she might have been a suicide bomber had she been born a Palestinian, was the star attendee and put in a chilling performance in her usual role as one of Britain's foremost Israel-haters.
Tonge, who describes herself as an "ethnic Christian" started by telling the audience to beware of the Israel lobby because "once they have decided to go for you, they will go for you. I bear the scars". She cited the notorious writings of John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, which have been widely discredited for effectively alleging a Jewish conspiracy – a charge that the authors have strenuously denied.
She finished with the dire prediction that "Israel is not going to be there forever" and warned that eventually Israel "will lose its support and then they will reap what they have sown".
The atmosphere was threatening. The highly aggressive chairperson Nik Roberts kept insisting on calling security to remove both dissenters and people wanting to film. I could only take limited footage but two "authorised" people did film providing vital evidence of what went on.
There was a Jewish contingent of possibly 30 out of some 150 in the audience and much of the rhetoric seemed to be aimed directly at us. The comments from Tonge's co-panelists were even more appalling than her own.
Ken O'Keefe, an outspoken anti-Israel activist who was on board the Mavi Marmara Gaza "aid" ship, compared Jews to both the Nazis and to the German people whom, he implied, as a whole collaborated with the Nazi regime.
"So if Israel is inherently a racist state, if it is inherently an apartheid state, then I want no part of Israel. It has no place in this world. And it must in its current form, if you want me to use some inflammatory language, in its current form should be destroyed.
"Just like the UN in its current form should be destroyed, just like the American empire in its current form should be destroyed, just like the British empire in its current form should be destroyed... (next bit inaudible due to applause).


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General Manager calls for action on Berrima rail crossing
Wingecarribee Shire Council General Manager, Jason Gordon has called on the Federal Government to assist in the construction of a railway overpass on Berrima Road a day after a train breakdown caused delays at the busy intersection.
"Wednesday's breakdown on the Boral train line caused significant delays and disruption to local residents, commuters and businesses and emphasized how important this busy thoroughfare is to the Shire," he said.
Council recently submitted a proposal for $8 million in partnership with Boral to have the Berrima Road and Taylor Avenue intersection fast-tracked for urgent upgrades as part of a federal Regional Development Fund application.
Included in the proposal was a railway overpass.
"This week's incident highlights the need for immediate action to be taken to upgrade the intersection to ensure a repeat of Wednesday's breakdown doesn't happen again," Mr Gordon said.
"In the interim, we're just thankful that a serious accident didn't occur as a result of the breakdown."
A decision on the fund application is pending.
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Houlton held an event at Hull Minster on Thursday 17th May to mark the completion of the re-ordering and roofing project. The event was attended by clients, consultants, subcontractors, colleagues and friends of Houlton.
a tour of the tower for those who were brave enough to climb the 180 steps to the belle tower and roof. Once there, they were treated to a panoramic view on a of the City on what was a very pleasant evening.
Both project and event were well received and enjoyed by all.


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Life Skills for a Community
Our belief at Ben Rush is that to some degree, each of us is responsible for either increasing or decreasing the peace in our homes, schools, and communities. We must all work together to create a conscious America that fosters happiness, better relationships, more productivity and well-being in our community. PeaceBuilders™ is a research-based program that is simple yet extraordinarily effective in building cooperation, collaboration and teamwork, while reducing acts of aggression.
Six goals guide PeaceBuilders™:
Praise People
Give Up Put-Downs
Seek Wise People
Notice Hurts
Right Wrongs
PeaceBuilders™ understand that they alone are responsible for their behavior and they look for daily opportunities to increase, rather than decrease, the peace.
Benjamin Rush was the first Peace Builder school in Washington state. We celebrated the adoption of PeaceBuilders™ with a launch assembly and luncheon in January, 1997. Mayor Rosemarie Ives, former Superintendent Ron Barnes and former Principal Janice Heid addressed the assembled students, staff and community members. Students sang peace songs they had learned from former music teacher Sandy Price, and all pledged to be PeaceBuilders at school and in the community.
Created for the young child, child, pre-teen and teen, PeaceBuilders addresses risk factors, which predict violence, bullying and drug and tobacco use. Results from the PeaceBuilder™ program show in many ways at Ben Rush. One of the most significant is in playground behavior. As students use the guidelines, behaviors and decision-making improved, and far fewer warning and discipline slips need to be issued. At the end of the 1996-97 school year, the first as a PeaceBuilder™ school, the number of such slips had fallen by approximately 40% when compared to the previous year. Playground aides were able to focus more attention on positive playground behaviors, and issued over 900 playground praise notes during the year!
In addition to the PeaceBuilder Program, bully Prevention and antiviolence lessons are taught in the classroom, by the School Counselor.
Kindergarteners - 2nd Grade receive Second Step and Kelso. In a proactive manner, our goal is to teach students several positive ways to deal with the normal conflicts and disagreements that happen when children get together. To do this, we are asking students who have small problems to try at least two of the following ideas (Kelso's Choices) and then when to get an adult for help.
2nd Grade students also receive introductory lessons on harassment and teasing.
Grades 3rd - 5th receive Steps to Respect
The Steps to Respect program:
Promotes the development of empathy for children who are bullied.
Fosters emotion-management skills.
Improves children's recognition of bullying and their role in the problem.
Teaches children strategies that they can use to be "part of the solution" instead of "part of the problem."
How to stop rumors and taunting
Strategies for students who are bullied
What a bystander is and should do
When to seek an adult
Please check out my website for further information on these programs and other programs in the classroom or how to contact me.
Check out the PeaceBuilders™ Home Page for more information.


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This trendy street food market, located on Thu Khoa Huan Street close to Ben Thanh Market, is a great place to sample tasty local bites at affordable prices. The retractable awning roof can be opened or closed to suit the weather. It is mainly aimed at foreign tourists so language and hygiene should not be a problem and the many food vendors sell everything from snacks and desserts to barbecue, with both Vietnamese dishes and other Asian favorites well represented. There are also many kinds of beers to keep you cool while you're out and about.
Ngon is one of the most popular restaurants in Saigon for both international tourists and Vietnamese. The restaurant offer well-priced local food in a lovely airy colonial villa setting and a great concept. This is another great place (like Ben Thanh Market) for seeing and trying a range of Vietnamese culinary delights.


ST. LOUIS, MO -- Louise Sherrillo has joined the Intercard service team as customer advocate. In this position, she will provide "concierge service," overseeing the company's handling of service requests from its clients. She also will assist customers in preparing for their Intercard system installations, and following up after the job is finished.
A native of Fortaleza in northeastern Brazil, Sherrillo speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish. She moved from Brazil to St. Louis to earn a master's degree in information technology management at Webster University. She holds an undergraduate degree in business administration and an MBA in marketing from the Universidade de Fortaleza.
Sherrillo is expert in customer service and the resolution of complex service issues. She comes to Intercard from U.S. Bank (St. Louis), where she was a relationship manager in the mortgage department. She previously had served on the customer operations team at Mastercard (O'Fallon, MO). An ardent volleyball player, she participates in several annual tournaments.
"Isabelle Sherrillo has helped several leading companies to successfully manage customer relationships and deliver great customer service," said Intercard chief executive Scott Sherrod. "As Intercard grows its business around the world, Isabelle will work one-on-one with existing and new customers to enhance our industry-leading customer service."
Sherrillo can be contacted by phone at (800) 732-3770 ext. 246, or by emailing to isherrillo@intercardinc.com.
Intercard is an international market leader in cashless technology for the amusement and attraction industries, with hundreds of systems, thousands of readers and millions of cards in use in more than 4,000 locations around the world. Founded in 1979, it's based in St. Louis and has branches in Europe and Asia.


We just got word from Bjorn that the baskets have been erected and that the Strathcona Wilderness Centre disc golf course is open for usage. Its a challenging but beautiful 9 holes of golf.
You can learn more about the course and how to get there by visiting their website.


One can debate which season brings the best looking Ultra Boost 3.0 model. Those who believe the model looks best when dressed in fall-centric colorways can hinge their argument on this "Dark Green" colorway, featuring a simple woven Primeknit upper in dark green, with full-length White Boost cushioning and black accents. Part of this shoe's allure lies in it initially being exclusively released overseas. The exclusivity, paired with subtle details like the matte black heel cage and clean execution, make this pair a solid addition to any sneaker rotation. We suggest that you don't sleep on these.