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Fairfax, Virginia (CNN) - A presidential campaign that has, until recently, focused almost exclusively on the nation's struggling economy entered a second day of forceful foreign policy debate Thursday, with GOP nominee Mitt Romney again criticizing President Barack Obama's strategy in dealing with attacks on U.S. diplomatic posts in Cairo and Benghazi, Libya.
At a rally in a northern Virginia suburb of Washington, Romney offered his condolences for families of American diplomatic workers who died at the American consulate in Benghazi - including Chris Stevens, the American ambassador to Libya - but quickly turned to a barbed critique of how Obama has positioned the United States in the world.
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"As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events, and a strong America is essential to shape events," Romney said.
Obama, also campaigning Thursday, did not mention Romney's criticisms, but did issue a warning to the perpetrators of Tuesday's killings.
"I want all of you to know that we are going to bring those who killed our fellow Americans to justice," Obama said to applause at a campaign stop in Colorado. "I want people around the world to hear me, to all those who would do us harm, no act of terror will go unpunished. It will not dim the light of the values that we proudly present to the rest of the world. No act of violence shakes the resolve of the United States of America."
The aggressive stance from Obama was a contrast to the image Romney began painting of the president late Tuesday, when his campaign issued a statement calling the Obama administration's response to an assault on the U.S. embassy in Cairo "disgraceful." That statement came before news broke that America's ambassador to Libya had died in an attack on a consulate in Benghazi.
On Wednesday, Romney continued that approach, saying Obama had "demonstrated a lack of clarity as to a foreign policy."
"I think it is a terrible course for America to stand in apology for our values," Romney also said. "That instead when our grounds are being attacked and being breached that the first response of the United States must be outrage at the breach of the sovereignty of our nation. And apology for America's values is never the right course."
In his remarks, Romney again accused the Obama administration of sympathizing with the instigators of the violence in Cairo, citing a statement released by the American embassy there stating it "condemns the continuing efforts by misguided individuals to hurt the religious feelings of Muslims."
A timeline of events Tuesday suggests Romney was mistaken in that allegation, since the violence came after the first statement was published. A later tweet from the embassy, which was subsequently deleted, indicated the embassy was standing by their original statement and also condemning the protests.
Reaction to Romney's sharply negative tack has been mixed. Obama, along with other Democrats, pushed back, saying Romney was injecting politics during a time of still-developing international crisis. Like Romney, Obama did not mince words about his political opponent.
"Gov. Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later, and as president, one of the things I've learned is you can't do that," Obama said during an interview with CBS. "It's important for you to make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts and that you've thought through the ramifications before you make them."
Former Ambassador Nick Burns, who served in the administrations of former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, said he was "dismayed" by Romney's choice to inject politics into what he said was a "very difficult situation" for the United States.
"I think it's time for Americans to stand together and I hope Gov. Romney would stand with the administration," Burns said, also on CNN.
Republicans have largely refrained from criticizing their party's nominee, at least publically. Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee and the ranking Republican member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, wouldn't support or chastise Romney's stance on CNN Thursday morning, saying only that he agreed Obama's policy toward the Middle East was weak.
"Now the tick tock back and forth is something, frankly, I didn't pay attention to," McCain said on "Starting Point."
"I do know this. Americans are outraged when our embassy is attacked and the Egyptian government does not take the proper measures to protect it," McCain continued. "How much that affects our relationship with Egypt, I think, is something we have to carefully calibrate, recognizing how important a role Egypt is in the entire Middle East."
Other conservative voices, including the editorial page of the Wall Street Journal, also attempted to shield Romney from critics.
"As Tuesday's events showed, pandering to Islamists who would use the video to inflame anti-American sentiment isn't going to stop the protests," read the editorial, which was published under the headline "Romney Offends the Pundits."
"His political faux pax (sic) was to offend a pundit class that wants to cede the foreign policy debate to Mr. Obama without thinking seriously about the trouble for America that is building in the world," it continued.
This week's deviation to foreign policy comes after more than a year of a near-singular campaign focus on jobs and the economy. The topic re-entered the political discussion following the Republican National Convention at the end of August, when Democrats piled on Romney for not mentioning Afghanistan in his speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination.
Later, during their own convention, Democrats highlighted support for American troops currently in war zones and the president's successful foreign policy actions, including the mission that killed Osama bin Laden. This particular thread was viewed by many as successfully positioning Obama ahead of Romney on an issue that Democrats have traditionally not seen as a strength.
Voters consistently say in polls Obama would better handle America's relationships with other countries if re-elected. In the latest CNN/ORC International survey released earlier this week, Obama had a 54%-42% advantage over Romney on foreign policy.
CNN's Rachel Streitfeld contributed to this report.
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Hi Mitty , think you do not know your Apples from your Pares, so do not dabble in things that you do not understand
It's hard to believe that Romey would dishonor the dead Americans and the United States by trying to turn their sacrifice into a cheap political commercial . My experience tells me that only the ultra rich can be that insensitive. Hec
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He does not give the office of the presidency honor by appearing in Las Vegas last night. He doesn't show respect for the murdered U.S. citizens, or show any ounce of leadership. His priorities are to raise money to fund his radical agenda for America – which incidentally contributed to the chaos we are witnessing against the U.S. in the Middle East right now. And how many presidents have you seen deploying troops into harms' way while being applauded at a rally in Las Vegas!!??
Someone from the GOP better take that shovel away from Romney. If he digs that hole any deeper he'll hit China.
It's like living in a bad dream listening to the GOP comments here. Do you guys remember anything? Do the words: Terror Alert Orange... Terror Alert Red... Anthrax... or the Twin Towers ring a bell? Unless you all are 3 years old, you have no excuse for your anti Obama foreign policy comments. YOU ARE SAFE NOW, I can't stand your whining and your thinking tough lines in the sand and another war will make you safer. Grow up, turn off Fox news, and enjoy the fact that you are not hiding inside afraid of anyone who's not white like you were with our last President.
only thing that matters to repubs is that Mittens have 5 digits on his hand so sign what they tell him to sign!
News flash to Romney's brilliant foreign policy advisers–we already had one trigger-happy President this century, who brought two misguided wars and trillions in current and future debt. Now Romney is going around half-cocked, insulting our friends and our enemies, and already planning his first war in Iran. Sorry, the American people will not elect this Amateur!
An informed observer will not be surprised by Gov. Romney's comments. Such venomous tripe merely reinforces what a poor candidate he truly is.
What is far more disconcerting to me is the closeness of the race for the White House. That Messrs Romney and Ryan can fabricate and prevaricate at every turn, and maintain a cadre of supporters is sickening to me.
This support valids the suspician that
With the timeline of events absolutely proving Romney wrong, why does he bullishly continue his course? Loose lips sink ships. Can America believe anything he says if he consistently fails to learn the facts before shooting off his mouth. Watch out, folks. With him in office, the worst is yet to come.
Can't blame Pelosi–she's tired of Ryan's hypocrisy just like the rest of us.
The bottom line is this Romney messed up. You never go against the President nor the country in a time of national and global situation. He thought he was looking Presidential and wound up looking like an horse behind.
>Asturiano - Does he have the brass to call for a tax increase for all the military spending he is promoting
does obama have the brass to raise taxes $1.5 trillion a year to cover his yearly deficit??? or does he have the brass pass it on to the one and two years olds that don't yet know how to flip him the bird?
Romeny demonstrated that he does not know how to be presidential. He is an ungifted and unskilled international statesman. He lies about the apology that was not here and he lies about the time line. All for cheap political gain. These poor decsions will hurt him in the polls and demonstrates a politically desperate indivdual.
Romney's lost it. He's been told repeatedly that his only chance is to hammer Obama on the economy. He's gone off message with a lying statement and created an issue he can't win.
""As we watch the world today, sometimes it seems that we're at the mercy of events instead of shaping events, and a strong America is essential to shape events," Romney said.".................so that is robo-Romney's code word for I only want all of America's money and really don't give a darn about anything else in America.......RIGHT?
It's OK, republicans. We know that you are trying desperately to make something stick. This one won't either.
Oh, I guess these days being worth $20 million is poor! Every time someone refers to Romney as being rich and out of touch with American's it only magnifies their ignorance. Obama is worth over $20 million and parties in Vegas with J-Z and beyonce. I don't know many American's who would call that a typical Wednesday night..
Continue Mr. Robme with you dum remarks and embarrassing yourself.
"He does not give the office of the Presidency honor by appearing in Las Vegas"..........
Double standard sticking its ugly head into the fray. Check out GW Bush's agenda during his administration's
war years
President Obama has more honor in his little finger than Mitt "I am outraged" Romney has in his entire body.
Romney has a lot of nerve accusing anyone of a "lack of clarity as to foreign policy."
This from "the most secretive candidate since Nixon" who is being "trained" by the NeoCons from the Bush years
and will allow Netanyahu to set his Middle East policy, and the State Department to do the rest.
I am more than disgusted.
By attacking president Obama, Romney is the one sending "mixed signals" to the middle east.
"if Obama gets credit for killing Bin Laden he gets credit for allowing our Ambassador, ex-navy seal and others to be killed."
What a wonderfully oversimplistic and overly generalized world you live in.
"while he secretly endorses the uprisings."
And there we have it. Is that accusation based on his "fake birth certificate" or him being a "secret muslim"....or maybe his "secret mind control brain surgery"? I really hope it's the third one....that one was lots of fun to laugh at and hasn't gotten enough play lately.
"Someone from the GOP better take that shovel away from Romney. If he digs that hole any deeper he'll hit China."
Maybe that's his trade policy...dig a tunnel all the way through to China in order to decrease shipping costs for the goods manufactured by all the Chinese labor that took our jobs with his help.


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I have been tagged this past week by Jaime and Naomie for a Meme. Basically, I have to share with you 7 things you don't know about me. It was hard to choose. An entire life can't be summed up in 7 lines, but here it is:
- Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, and I drink at least 2 cups (500ml) of cold milk daily. I hate hot milk; it has to be mixed with coffee or chocolate for me to be able to drink it.
- I have a small collection of cows' figurines around the house. What once started as a joke between my husband and I has now expended to salt and pepper shakers, kitchen apron, cell phone holder…etc. This cute cow on the photo is my latest baby, given to me by my beloved sister. Thank you very much, Y!
- I speak Arabic, French and English, and understand some Spanish. My husband is way better than me in Spanish and he likes to show it off from time to time just to upset me. Which always works!
- I don't like Hummus. Although I love Chickpeas. Did you know that Hummus means Chickpea in Arabic? I am sure you all know it!
- I went to law school for one year before finding out that it was boring, corrupted and exhausting. I studied French Literature after that. I enjoyed it very much and miss sometimes my college years.
- I get scared easily. Very, very easily. My husband takes advantage of it a lot, and I am afraid I might have a heart attack one of those days. Not that long ago, thinking I've heard some noise in the kitchen, I woke up my husband and sent him to go see if there was something, or most specifically somebody downstairs. I felt really bad about waking him up and decided to go with him (Actually, I was left alone in the bedroom and I was scared that somebody might jump out of the closet. I have a vivid imagination). I followed him, carrying with me a big, heavy…candle that I have on my chest of drawers. He looked at me: "what do you think you're doing with this candle?" "Well…it was the first thing I saw, and I thought this might protect us if there was somebody downstairs!" There was nobody downstairs that day. But every time I hear a noise in our house, he jokes and reminds me not to forget to take my candle with me.
- I love cheese. Especially Goat cheese, Roquefort, Camembert, Brie, Feta, Gruyere, Ricotta and Comté.
The food bloggers I am tagging for a Meme are:
- Christine, from Holybasil
- Marion, from Il en faut peu pour etre heureux
- Lydia, from The Perfect Pantry
- Aimee, from Under the High Chair
- Shayne, from Fruitcake or Nuts
- Anne, from Foodie Froggy
- Terry B, from Blue kitchen
Today's recipe is very, very easy to make. The filling can be prepared a day, or even two days ahead and assembled the day you want to serve it. The golden phyllo dough gives this distinguish crunch to the dessert, and the creamy ricotta, infused with honey and cinnamon, adds a bewitching silkiness to the sautéed apples. I used Pink Lady Apples, because I love how both sweet and tangy they are, and how they hold their shape after cooking them. Avoid using ceramic or silicon muffin pans, as they retain moisture and you will end up with a mushy bottom.
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Peach and Ricotta Parcels
Ricotta and apples Parcels
Recipe: serves 4
- 8 phyllo sheets, cut in half.
- 1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 2 tbsp honey (use the one you like)
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 1 gg
- 1 Pink Lady apple (or any excellent cooking apple), peeled, cored and diced
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp melted butter.
- 1 tbsp ground pistachios (optional)
Using a whisk, mix the ricotta with honey, ¼ tsp ground cinnamon and the egg, until well combined. Set aside. On a medium flame, Heat a teaspoon of butter in a pan, and sauté the diced apples with the remaining cinnamon and the sugar until lightly golden brown on the edges, about 5 minutes.
Brush the muffin pan with a little bit of melted butter. Brush the phyllo sheets with some of the remaining butter and line each muffin cup with four phyllo sheets. Put inside each phyllo "nest" a layer of ricotta, a layer of apples and top with a little of pistachios. Fold the phyllo sheets over the filling as you would fold a bag. Continue with the remaining phyllo cups. Brush each phyllo parcel with the remaining melted butter and bake at 350F for 20 minutes, or until the top is golden brown. Let it cool for 5 minutes inside the muffin pan and invert gently without breaking the top of the parcels. serve warm or cold, topped with a little bit of ground pistachios and icing sugar.
Croustillants de Ricotta et Pommes
In Francais Please: Pour 4 Personnes
- 8 feuilles de filo, coupées en deux sur la largeur
- 200g de fromage de ricotta
- 2 c.s de miel (celui que vous preferez)
- ½ c.c de cannelle en poudre
- 1 oeuf
- 1 pomme Pink Lady, épluchée et coupé en des
- 1 c.s de sucre en poudre
- 3 c.s de beurre fondu
- 1 c.s de pistaches en poudre (facultatif0
A l'aide d'un fouet, mélanger la ricotta avec le miel, ¼ c.c de canelle et l'oeuf entier. Mettre de côté. Sur un feu moyen, faites fondre une c.c de beurre et faites sauter les pommes avec le reste de cannelle et le sucre, juqu'à ce qu'elle deviennent légerement dorées sur les bords, envirom 5 minutes.
Beurrer votre moule a muffins et vos feuilles de filo avec le beurre fondu. Laisser-en un peu pour la fin. Garnir chaque portion du moule avec 4 feuilles de filo et les remplir d'une couche de ricotta, puis une couche de pommes, et enfin un peu de pistaches en poudre. Fermer la pate à fillo sur la farce comme si vous fermez un sachet. Beurre la surface du beurre fondu restant. Faites cuire à 160C pendant 20 minutes. Laisser reffroidir 5 minutes dans le moule, puis démouler en faisant attention à ne pas abimer la surface. Servir tiède ou à temperature ambiante, saupoudré de pistaches en poudre et de sucre glace.

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Friday, April 23, 2010
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Had a good nap?
Joe and I couldn't bring ourselves to kill a sleeping creature. Soooo- Edna is awake and back in full swing! And we are still trying to decide how to dispose of her...
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I think I have hit a new level in mourning... Two days ago marked the 12th anniversary of my father's death. And I didn't even realize it until today when I read a blog about the importance of April 7th to this friend, and the date sounded familiar to me. After thinking about it for a few minutes I realized why. April 6th (though a VERY important day in the history of my church) was marked 12 years ago by the saddest day of my life...
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I am a geoarchaeologist working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Human Evolution. I am particularly interested in using geological techniques and methods to unravel past human behavior. My work focuses on investigating site formation processes, with a special emphasis on a microstratigraphic approach to the study of early fire technology. I have received my PhD in Earth and Environmental Science from the University of Pennsylvania and my BA in Archaeology from Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal).
My doctoral thesis examined site formation processes at the Middle Stone Age site of Contrebandiers Cave (Morocco), and soil micromorphological analyses of fire features from both Contrebandiers Cave and the Middle Paleolithic site of Roc de Marsal (France). The latter work additionally examined the spatial distribution of Neandertal hearths and associated artifactual assemblages. My main interests concern the interaction between past humans and their environment, with a special focus on the contextual framework and preservation of archaeological remains. Both as a field archaeologist and geologist, I have directed excavation projects in Portugal, and participated in fieldwork in several Paleolithic sites in France, Egypt, Morocco and Portugal.


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Portia de Rossi has been cast as Lily Munster in NBC's upcoming Munsters reboot Mockingbird Lane, TVGuide.com has confirmed.
Jerry O'Connell to play Herman Munster in NBC's Mockingbird Lane
The Arrested Development and Better Off Ted alum will play the role of the vampire matriarch made famous by Yvonne De Carlo in the 1960s series. True Blood alum Mariana Klaveno was slated for the role, but could not be released from her contract on Marc Cherry's Devious Maids pilot, which failed to garner a pickup at ABC but is reportedly being shopped at Lifetime. De Rossi most recently starred in The Smart One, a comedy pilot that ABC also passed on this development season.
The 39-year-old actress will star alongside Jerry O'Connell, who plays her husband Herman Munster, Eddie Izzard as the quick-witted grandpa and Charity Wakefield as the family's "plain" cousin Marilyn. Mason Cook will play Herman's werewolf son Eddie.
Mason Cook cast as Eddie in NBC's Munsters reboot
The re-imagining of the 1960s series, created by Pushing Daisies' Bryan Fuller and directed by Bryan Singer, will maintain the core elements of the original series, although it will now be an hour-long drama.
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Donation from hotel executive will help create a one-of-a-kind program
An innovation challenge — with competitive prizes — for high school and college-age students studying hospitality. A one-of-a-kind industry conference for tourism students, faculty and professionals. A hotel-performance index formulated by the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee.
A new learning lab and research center will be created at USF Sarasota-Manatee after a Tampa businessman donated an undisclosed but "significant" sum to the university's hospitality college.
John McKibbon III, the chief executive officer of a prominent hotel group and software company, has funded the creation of the M3 Center for Hospitality Technology and Innovation through his foundation, school officials announced Wednesday.
McKibbon has asked for the amount to remain private.
The donation comes as USF-Sarasota Manatee, historically a commuter campus, goes through major transformation.
Earlier this year, USF Sarasota-Manatee welcomed its first four-year class and established new community partnerships, like a teaching initiative with Mote Marine Laboratory.
And school officials say the new center will help cement a blossoming reputation for innovation at the growing hospitality college. Many current research projects, as well as the concept for the center itself, have yet to be replicated anywhere else, said Cihan Cobanoglu, dean of the College of Hospitality and Technology Leadership.
"This is one of a kind," Cobanoglu said Wednesday. "Different studies and research are going to attract students and faculty members from across the world.
Already, Cobanoglu said, there are big plans in place.
A hospitality and innovation contest would challenge students to come up with bold ideas for the hotel industry — for example, a structure completely reliant on sustainable energy. The school also wants to host a 2015 innovation conference in Tampa.
Faculty, with the help of students and graduate assistants, will begin work on a performance index that will compute hotel financial data for investors and students.
At the same time, researchers and faculty would develop curriculum and software and distribute it across the country for free. In the near future, you might see hospitality curriculum across the country with "USF" stamped on it, Cobanoglu said.
In addition to funding research and operational costs within the new center, the donation will allow USF Sarasota-Manatee to upgrade a current position to an endowed chair, and pay for more graduate assistants, the school said.
Because the new center incorporates the work the hospitality college is already doing, Regional Vice Chancellor Dennis Stover said the center could practically be created overnight until actual offices are established on campus.
"He has all these kernels in place — he'll move it forward," Stover said of Cobanoglu.
"This puts our flag in the sand that the university is growing and expanding."


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What if you throw a party and nobody shows up?
That's what the Democratic National Convention in early September is starting to feel like. The list of major Democratic politicians sending in their regrets is now at 12, at least according to the Republicans, who are gleefully publicizing each no-show.
"Debacle: Dozen Dem Defectors Ditch DNC," blasts an email from the Romney campaign.
We're talking Democratic senators and House members, not dog-catchers. People like Sens. Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Jon Tester of Montana, and just about all the top Democrats in West Virginia, a state that is now solidly Republican in its presidential vote. Sen. Jay Rockefeller looks to be the only major West Virginia Democrat still planning to show up in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 3-6 for the convention, as Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin, Sen. Joe Manchin, and Rep. Nick Rahall have all said no thanks.
Here's the kicker: At least one top Democratic campaign official thinks they're right.
"If they want to win an election, they need to be in their districts," Rep. Steve Israel of New York, chairman of the party's House campaign committee, said Tuesday at the Reuters Washington Summit.
Congressman Israel says it has nothing to do with President Obama's job approval ratings. It's all about maximizing campaign time at home before the election.
This trend toward skipping the national convention "is something that's been sort of happening slowly over the years," says Jennifer Duffy, a longtime campaign-watcher at the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. She says she started noticing this trend in 2004, with both parties. Some candidates stay for a day or two, but not the whole convention.
On the Republican side, there are fewer announced no-shows so far. Rep. Denny Rehberg, the Republican challenger to Senator Tester in Montana, told The Hill newspaper on Monday that he's not going to the Republican convention in Tampa in late August.
Part of the problem, says Ms. Duffy, is that the conventions are now being held so close to Election Day, Nov. 6, that they put candidates who are in competitive races in a bind.
"Politically, it's smart to skip," she says. "I don't know that it does Claire McCaskill a whole lot of good when she has a huge fight on her hands."
Mr. Obama is not particularly popular in Missouri, so for McCaskill, a photo op with the president likely doesn't do her much good. McCaskill endorsed Obama in January 2008, making her one of the first senators to back him.
The growing list of "no thank yous" also reflects the decline of national political conventions, which have been relegated to cable TV and have essentially become infomercials. Not since 1976 has either party had a convention with any suspense over who will be the presidential nominee. And increasingly, the vice presidential choice is also unveiled in advance. The parties work out their platforms at the conventions, but most politicians are concerned with their own electoral fates, not the details of a party document that goes largely unread.
Still, conventions are a good time to make connections with ideological allies and to build enthusiasm among delegates and other party die-hards.
But for Obama, if the list of no-shows gets much bigger, it will still be embarrassing. And it's not just Democrats in red states who are staying home. Rep. Mark Critz of Pennsylvania, and Reps. Kathy Hochul and Bill Owens of New York, are also not coming. Among red-state Democrats, Reps. Jim Matheson of Utah and John Barrow of Georgia are not coming to Charlotte.
Among Senate candidates, North Dakota's former attorney general, Heidi Heitkamp, is not attending the convention. She is locked in a tight race with Republican Rep. Rick Berg, a rare red state where a Democrat has a shot at winning a Senate seat.
Another Democratic no-show is Richard Carmona, the former US surgeon general, who is running for the open Senate seat in Arizona.


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Apple is trying to build a better and longer-lasting battery by adding solar-power charging to its iPhones and iPods, according to a report.
Most wireless devices are using more power than ever, but battery technology is still plainly in the 20th century, according to the New York Times, so tech companies such as Apple are trying to get more power from the sun, the air or through induction.
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Apple is using magnetic induction for its expected iWatch so it can charge wirelessly, an unnamed source reported. Apple may also be working on a way to add a "solar-charging layer" to the smartwatch for use in daylight. Apple also has a patent that can use kinetic energy from users to charge devices.
While battery technology may seem a bit unsexy, it's necessary. A battery, if it doesn't work, could be an explosive -- and it needs a lot of regulatory testing before it can be released to consumers.
Tony Fadell, a former Apple vice president, told the Times that Apple would be smart to create its own batteries rather than waiting for technology. "Hoping and betting on new battery technology to me is a fool's errand," Fadell, now the chief executive of Nest, said. "Don't wait for the battery technology to get there, because it's incredibly slow to move."
In order for Apple to keep its edge it has to keep its devices working longer than its competition. One way to do that is obviously a better battery, so it behooves the tech company to work on alternative energy.


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Many students are about to take the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) in mid -October and many of them are probably wondering why it's so important.Almost all high school students take the PSAT during their junior year. Some students take thePSAT as sophomores and even freshmen to get the feel for the test.Here are 10 reasons to take the PSAT and why it matters to do well:
SAT Tips: Idioms
Today's QOTD is a great example of one of the "grammar rules" that the SAT loves that is more like stuff to memorize than it is rules to apply. Since our job is to help you out, we're going to explain the concept behind this question so you know what to do if you see a question like this on the test. One of the things that makes this question so tough is that it's testing idioms.
SAT QOTD: When in doubt, write it out!
On June 15th the College Board QOTD apparently killed those not yet prepared for the SAT. Well today we're going to help the 154,000 of you that got this question wrong (and all of you who've yet to try this question) by showing you great strategy that would make this question a piece of cake.
Today's strategy is: When in doubt, write it out!
SAT QOTD: Modifiers and Ray Allen
Since of course you're doing the College Board QOTD every day, you should focus on learning as much as you can from doing those questions. Prepping for the SAT is not just about learning rules and facts, but it's also about learning what the SAT likes and what the SAT tests. Knowing what the SAT will test most frequently will give you an edge and make you more efficient on the test.
The Question of the Day from June 14th, 2013 was a great example of a common rule the SAT loves to test: modifiers! If you understand modifier rules, you'll easily be able to pick up 4 – 8 questions every test, and that could translate to 80 more points for your Writing score.
SAT Tips: Don't Compare Rooms and Floors
For the SAT Writing test (and grammar in general), there are few topics that warm the heart of grammarians as much as the enforcement of rules pertaining to creating logical comparisons. On every SAT, on every grammar blog, and in every college paper, psychometricians, editors, and English professors break out the brightest red ink and go to town on the violations of "apples to apples, oranges to oranges." In order to get ready for the SAT (and college, the GMAT, or the workplace), you have to make sure you look for any comparisons that are created and always apply the rule.
SAT Tips: The Holy Grail of SAT Math
Today's post, inspired by the SAT Question of the Day for 3/11/12 offers us another opportunity to remind you of one of the few remaining truly magical test-taking techniques: Plugging In!
SAT Tips: Math Vocab
One of the first things you need to do when prepping for a test is learn the lingo. SAT Math is prone to using vocabulary that you've probably not seen in a while – words like integer, factor, and multiple probably haven't come up since you were in 7th grade. And even when you saw them in 7th grade, it probably wasn't in the same context as how they are used on the SAT. So one of the best starting points for the SAT is to learn vocab, both the words common to Sentence Completion questions but also the words common to Math questions. The College Board QOTD on President's day stumped 60% of the people who tried it and the only things tested are the understanding of a few math terms. Hopefully by the end of this post you'll head over to the College Board site and be one of the 40%.
SAT Tips: Vocab Sleight of Hand
On February 10, the College Board posted a Sentence Completion question that bamboozled 219,021 of the 331,851 people that attempted to answer the question. This question once again got us thinking about SAT vocabulary, the way the SAT tests vocabulary, and why so many people got this question wrong. And as usual whenever SAT questions get "stuck in our craw," we have to blog about it to help you conquer this test.
October 2012 SAT Vocabulary: Phlegmatic Vainglorious Narcissistic Polymaths
In the world of test preparation, December brings not only presents from Santa but it also brings many gifts from the College Board and colleges. Today's College Board gift is a copy of the October 2012 SAT, which we get because one of our staff took the test and ordered the Question and Answer Service (for an additional $18, unless you have a fee waiver which will also waive the fee for the QAS if you choose to order it.) The QAS is available for the June, October and Jan SAT administrations each year and whenever its available we get it so we can peruse the test for trends, patterns, and any fun new words the College Board has decided to throw at college-bound students.
If you're planning to take the SAT soon you should make sure you learn all the words on the list below, which were taken from the October 2012 SAT.
- plodding
- soothed
- novella
- modest
- incredulity
- recrimination
- commensurate
- indifferent
- acclamation
- disproportionate
- autonomous
- expedient
- communal
- munificent
- narcissistic
- egalitarian
- reciprocal
- aroused
- perspicacious
- phlegmatic
- estimable
- overbearing
- resolute
- philistine
- polymath
- charlatan
- ideologue
- cultivated
- benevolent
- pedantic
- morose
- gregarious
- cosmopolitan
- cavalier
- urbane
- erudite
- mordant
- unequivocal
- consensus
- pervasive
- archetypal
- lumbering
- behemoths
- Belittle
- cynical
- ambivalent
- nostalgic
- contempt
- embroiled
- degraded
- underscore
- exploit
- unravel
- foretell
- scant
- ambitious
- timid
- vaingloriously
- unflagging
- indefatigable
- complacent
- ineffectual
- circumspect
- baffle
- enmity
- defy
- elucidate
- duplicity
- collusion
- superfluous
- pragmatic
- onerous
- subversive
- fraudulent
- obliged
- supplant
- skew
- profound
- mollify
- soporific
- insidious
- bewildering
- indiscernible
If you'd like a few other lists to keep your studying going click here to see the others we posted.
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Since the child legally owns the asset, creditors of the child can levy against it and, if the child becomes involved in a divorce, the child's spouse may attack the ownership interest in the asset as marital property. At a minimum, the existence of the account will have to be disclosed in the matrimonial action.
When you name a child as a joint owner on your account, you empower the child, during your lifetime, to withdraw money - as much as 100 percent of it! At your death, the child will automatically become the sole owner of the account, thus effectively "disinheriting" other children.
While the full value of the joint asset will be part of your taxable estate, it will not pass under the terms of your will. Therefore, if you want your assets to be equally divided among your children after your death, and for any tax burden to be equally shared, naming a child as a joint owner is a mistake.
But naming all of your children as joint owners is a bigger mistake. That increases the possibility that your assets will be at risk in the event that a child divorces or suffers bankruptcy or creditor issues. Moreover, if a child dies, that child's children do not inherit.
The majority of married couples own their assets jointly, with right of survivorship. This means that, when the first dies, the second owns everything. Owning assets in this manner may be convenient while both parties are alive because it gives each of them easy access to accounts.
Unfortunately, if the combined value of the couple's estate, including real property, life insurance, investments, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, annuities and retirement accounts, exceeds $1 million, owning assets jointly can result in adverse tax consequences. Instead, where the couple's combined assets exceed $1 million, it is advisable to take advantage of each spouse's credit against estate tax.
Simply put, owning assets jointly may conflict with estate planning. The goal of giving access to another "just in case" can be accomplished without exposing those assets to the risks discussed above.
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Resident's dream becomes reality after rebuilding 1970 AAR Barracuda
I had a dream …
About five years ago, I acquired a 1970 AAR Barracuda which I had long sought. However, much to my dismay, it turned out to be a mechanical, as well as a bodily, disaster.
The engine/transmission needed overhauling. Not only was it a mechanic's nightmare, but also an example of how a sieve may have been made back in medieval times. The dash pad needed total replacement; the windshield was shattered from one end to the other; the back glass was shattered; and the rear seat and cushions were in the midst of what would appear to be two wildcats with a fight to the death.
Humorously speaking, it appeared that the front floor boards, as well as under the back seat, were air-conditioned. I opened the trunk at the rear of the car and was horrified to see holes in the floor board and holes in the gas tank floor, and with one gas tank strap rusted in two. The rear fenders were rusted at the top from front to rear. In reality, because there was not much left of the rest of the rear fenders, they were replaced.
After much time and effort we spent in the restoration of this mechanical disaster acquisition, the end result was that I became the proud owner of a restored, mint condition, plum crazy 1970 AAR Cuda attested to at many car shows as my "dream come true."


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Fred Phelps, Founder of Westboro Baptist Church, Dies at 84
TOPEKA, Kan. — The Rev. Fred Phelps, the virulently anti-gay preacher who drew wide, scornful attention for staging demonstrations at military funerals as a way to proclaim his belief that God was punishing America for its tolerance of homosexuality, died here late Wednesday. He was 84.
The Westboro Baptist Church confirmed the death, declaring on one of its websites, "Fred W. Phelps Sr. has gone the way of all flesh." The church did not give a cause of death, but Phelps had been living under hospice care.
Phelps, who founded and led Westboro, a small nondenominational church in Topeka, was a much-loathed figure at the fringe of the U.S. religious scene, denounced across the theological and political spectrum for his beliefs, his language and his tactics.
His congregation, which claims to have staged tens of thousands of demonstrations, is made up almost entirely of his family members, many of whom lived together in a small Topeka compound, although in recent years some of his children and grandchildren had broken with the group.
A disbarred civil rights lawyer who had once been honored by the NAACP and who ran for office repeatedly, and unsuccessfully, as a Democrat, Phelps seemed to accept the criticism if not relish it.
He believed that the United States was beyond saving, and he devoted his life to traveling with a small band of protesters to highlight what he saw as America's sinfulness and damnation. His church's website maintains a running tally of "people whom God has cast into hell since you loaded this page."
Fred Waldron Phelps was born Nov. 13, 1929, in Meridian, Miss. He said that he had been admitted to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point but that after high school he had what his official biography called "a profound religious experience" and decided instead to pursue a Christian higher education, first at Bob Jones College in Tennessee and then, when the institution moved, at Bob Jones University in South Carolina. He did not graduate.
He devoted himself to evangelism, and in 1951, when he was 21, he was profiled in Time magazine because his denunciations of "promiscuous petting" and "teachers' filthy jokes in classrooms" on a California college campus had brought him into conflict with the administration.
He married Margie Marie Simms in 1952, and in 1954 the couple moved to Topeka. They had 13 children, 54 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren, according to the church's website. Phelps established Westboro Baptist in 1955.
Copyright The New York Times News Service.


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Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting was awarded a $75,000 grant by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help it pay for the costs to install in its meetinghouse a "Skyspace" by world-renowned contemporary American artist James Turrell and to make the artwork accessible to the public.
This Quaker community, which decided it had outgrown its current meetinghouse on 100 E. Mermaid Lane, plans to move into a new, environmentally friendly building on a nearby site by April 2013. The building will be reminiscent of traditional Friends architecture. However, a retractable roof, coved ceiling and recessed lighting will be installed in the meeting room to create the unique Skyspace design that James Turrell has donated.
Turrell combines art and science to create his Skyspaces: simple, luminous chambers with an aperture in the ceiling, which focuses visitors on the beauty of the ever-changing sky and induces silent reflection. His Skyspaces have been commissioned around the globe, including by The Museum of Modern Art's PS. 1 Contemporary Art Center in New York City, The Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; and most recently the National Gallery of Australia. They are particularly evocative at dawn and dusk and are visited both by art enthusiasts and those seeking quiet contemplation.
"We are delighted to have been awarded this NEA grant, said meeting member Jon Landau. "Receiving the support of such a prestigious organization underscores our belief that this Skyspace by light artist and life-long Quaker James Turrell is of great significance, not just for our Meeting, but also for those who live in Chestnut Hill and the surrounding neighborhoods, the City of Philadelphia, and our region "We look forward to sharing this extraordinary work of art with people of all ages, faiths and backgrounds."
The NEA funds will be used to partially defray construction costs as well as the development of interpretative materials and an outreach program to encourage people to visit the Skyspace, particularly those who typically lack access to art.
"We are committed to opening the Skyspace for public viewing every week at regular, published hours and in addition expect to open it for special events and pre-arranged group visits," Landau said, adding that it has not yet been determined whether the Skyspace will be open during meetings for worship.
The total project budget is $6 million, which includes $800,000 in donated Skyspace design fees by James Turrell. Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting is currently engaged in a campaign to raise the necessary funds.
The following individuals have agreed to act as advisors to the campaign. The Meeting is extremely grateful for their support. Cynthia Affleck, Penny Bach, Jill Bonovitz, Diane Burko, Hiram Butler, Mary Lee Lowry Cope, Julie Courtney, Karen Edelstein, Robert Fleming, Claudia Gould, Peggy Greenawalt, Gail Harrity, Joan Kremer, Eileen Rosenau, Louise Strawbridge, Ann Temkin, Dennis Wint.
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"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome becomes bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."
Cicero — 55 BC
I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.
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The American Cancer Society estimates that 44,000 new cases of pancreatic cancer will be diagnosed this year and that 37,000 people will die from the disease. These are not strong odds. A new drug, rigosertib, allows pancreatic cancer cells to rush through replication and then stops them cold, killing them in in the middle of a step called M phase. Healthy cells that don't rush are unharmed.
Data from a phase I clinical trial of patients with advanced pancreatic cancer and additional solid tumors recently published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research shows the strategy has promise. While the goal of any phase I trial is to establish the dosage that best balances effectiveness against side effects, 11 of the 19 patients treated achieved stable disease, which lasted for a median of 113 days.
"Really, the drug takes one of cancer's greatest strengths and turns it into a weakness," says Wells Messersmith, MD, co-leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and the clinical trial's national principal investigator.
Instead of going with the flow of the natural cell cycle, cancer cells amplify two signals PLK1 and PI3K which allows them to blast through the cell cycle and divide much more quickly. In the process, they break this step of the natural cell cycle, known as the G1 regulatory mechanism, and thus depend on the kick of PLK1 and P13K to push at a frenzied pace through replication.
It's specifically these two signals, PLK1 and PI3K, that rigosertib targets. With these signals turned off, cancer cells get stuck and die in the stage of the cell cycle called M phase while healthy cells that stuck to the slower, natural method of division chug past unharmed.
Wells Messersmith, MD, co-leader of the Developmental Therapeutics Program at the University of Colorado Cancer Center
"This one-two punch, targeting these two distinct signaling pathways, allows us to interfere twice with cancer cells' ability to replicate," Messersmith says. And it also allows doctors to target cancers that may have evolved resistance to one or the other target.
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Hungarian notation alive in .NET?
I think - well, I hope, anyway! - that the battle for Hungarian Notation has been resolved for most programmers. Nonetheless, it seems to have left more than a faint trace in the .NET world. Is this a good thing? Can it be avoided?
[For the record, my opinion on Hungarian Notation is clearly spelled out in section 17.4.1 of Imperfect C++. Basically, I avoid using it to specify the types of variables since that's largely redundant and, worse, is a porting beartrap, but I will occasionally use it in the purposes of variables if I think that it enhances clarity. For example (in C and C++), it can be useful to distinguish between count of bytes (prefix cb) and count of characters (prefix cch) when writing low-level string manipulation functions.]
C# enforces stronger typing than C/C++. For example, you cannot implicitly convert between enum and integer types, which is a great boon! Thus, there's an argument that Hungarian should be even less necessary than it is for C/C++. And, to everyone's great benefit I think, .NET's style does not favour contractions. Thus, we are expected to name our classes NetworkStream, rather than, say, NtwkStm or NetworkStm.
Nevertheless, there's still a lot of Hungarian about. In some of the .NET code that I see, including that in several books (particularly those associated with Microsoft), Hungarian continues to sneak in, albeit to a lesser degree than in Windows programming books of ~15 years ago.
For my part, I've pretty much given up any use of it, except, I find, when doing WindowsForms programming. And herein lies my inquiry: what should one name user interface control variables?
Take the following extract of code from a recent project:
List<Screen> screens in controller.GetScreens();

. . . // other processing

foreach(Screen screen in screens)
{
 lvwScreens.Items.Add(new ScreenListViewItem(screen));
}
The screens variable is rightly named: it is a collection of Screens, the business objects of concern. Given that, the name for the control, a ListView, that displays the screens cannot also be screens, so I have, out of prior habit, reverted to use of the Hungarian prefix form lvwScreens.
The alternative is to use longer names for both the collection of screens and the display control of screens, but nothing attractive comes to mind: screens & displayScreens, internalScreens & displayScreens, etc., none of which appeal. (I'm reminded of the advice of Kernighan & Pike in The Practice of Programming: "descriptive names for globals, short names for locals", which I prefer to think of (when using languages higher-level than C) as "descriptive names for interface variables, short names for local variables". (Bit less pithy of course, but who uses globals these days?)
Nonetheless, I have a nagging suspicion that I'm suffering from my own mental routine: having determined some years ago that prefixes are viable for some cases, perhaps I am being lazy in allowing myself to use a type-prefix when some other, better naming alternative is waiting to be used.
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UL Bend National Wildlife Refuge
Extending 125 miles up the Missouri River from the Fort Peck Dam in north-central Montana, the Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) is approximately 1,100,000 acres in size and includes the 245,000-acre Fort Peck Reservoir. Given the size and remoteness of the Refuge, the area has changed very little from the historic voyage of the Lewis and Clark expedition, through the era of outlaws and homesteaders, to the present time.
Visitors will find spectacular examples of native prairie, forested coulees, river bottoms, and "breaks" badlands. Elk, mule deer, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, sage and sharp-tailed grouse, and bald eagles make the Refuge home. The Refuge's namesake famously portrayed the rich diversity of native wildlife and habitats of the area in many of his paintings.
UL Bend NWR, a "refuge-within-a-refuge," lies within Charles M. Russell NWR and contains 20,000 acres of designated wilderness. The Refuge complex also contains Hailstone, Halfbreed, Lake Mason, and War Horse NWRs. These small satellite refuges are scattered throughout central Montana and were established primarily to protect wetlands for migratory birds and waterfowl. Several waterfowl production areas are also managed as part of the Refuge complex.
Hunting and fishing opportunities abound on Charles M. Russell NWR, its satellite refuges, and the waterfowl production areas. Boating is popular on the Missouri River and Fort Peck Reservoir. Several state parks and recreational areas have been developed within the Refuge. Each fall, hundreds of elk congregate in the Slippery Ann Wildlife Viewing Area, creating a spectacle not to be missed. Camping is permitted anywhere on the Refuge. The entire Refuge is open to hiking and horseback riding although no formal trails exist. Excellent wildlife viewing and photography opportunities are found throughout the Refuge.
Getting There . . .
Charles M. Russell NWR is located about 150 miles northeast of Billings, Montana. The headquarters for the Refuge Complex is located in Lewistown. From Great Falls, follow U.S. Highway 87 east for 100 miles to Lewistown. Turn right onto Airport Road. From Billings, follow U.S. Highway 87 north to Grass Range and then west to Lewistown for 130 miles. Turn left onto Airport Road. The Refuge headquarters is located about 1 mile up the road to the left.
Three staffed field stations are located around the Refuge. Sand Creek Wildlife Station is located 2 miles south of the Missouri River on the east side of U.S. Highway 191. Jordan Wildlife Station is located south of Montana Highway 200 in the town of Jordan. Fort Peck Wildlife Station is located east of Montana Highway 24 in the town of Fort Peck.
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The overall management goal at Charles M. Russell NWR Complex is to promote biological diversity and maintain the natural abundance of native flora and fauna. To that end, the Refuge staff has implemented a number of management programs.
UL Bend NWR, which lies within Charles M. Russell NWR, is a reintroduction site for the endangered black-footed ferret. Now in its eighth year, the goal of this reintroduction program is to reestablish a self-sustaining ferret population on UL Bend NWR. Since black-footed ferrets depend heavily upon black-tailed prairie dogs, Refuge staff has also begun related efforts to increase the abundance and distribution of prairie dog towns.
Twenty thousand acres of UL Bend NWR are managed as federally designated wilderness with another 160,000 acres within Charles M. Russell NWR pending designation. The Refuge has an active grazing program that is managed to promote grassland health. Big game populations are managed by hunting, which is closely coordinated with State partners. Invasive species are a growing problem for the Complex. Biological, chemical, and mechanical control measures are targeted at eliminating weed infestations.
A reintroduction program for the endangered pallid sturgeon is ongoing in the section of the Missouri River that passes through the Refuge. Wildfires commonly occur during the summer, and the Refuge has an active fire management program.


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• 8:16 a.m.: Jerilyn Grace Aldrich, 28, of Carson City was arrested in the 500 block of North Stewart Avenue on a felony fugitive-from-justice warrant out of Nevada County, Calif., as well as on suspicion of possession of drug paraphernalia and suspended registration. According to Aldrich's arrest report, a deputy learned her registration was suspended and stopped her in a parking lot. He conducted a warrant check and learned of the felony warrant, and he and two other deputies ordered her out of her vehicle at gunpoint. A deputy reportedly found a marijuana pipe and a small amount of marijuana in her vehicle. Total bail was set at $11,050.
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Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise / Edition 1 available in Paperback, NOOK Book
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Disciplined Agile Delivery: A Practitioner's Guide to Agile Software Delivery in the Enterprise / Edition 1
Master IBM's Breakthrough DAD Process Framework for Succeeding with Agile in Large, Complex, Mission-Critical IT Projects
It is widely recognized that moving from traditional to agile approaches to build software solutions is a critical source of competitive advantage. Mainstream agile approaches that are indeed suitable for small projects require significant tailoring for larger, complex enterprise projects. In Disciplined Agile Delivery, Scott W. Ambler and Mark Lines introduce IBM's breakthrough Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) process framework, which describes how to do this tailoring. DAD applies a more disciplined approach to agile development by acknowledging and dealing with the realities and complexities of a portfolio of interdependent program initiatives.
Ambler and Lines show how to extend Scrum with supplementary agile and lean strategies from Agile Modeling (AM), Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, Unified Process (UP), and other proven methods to provide a hybrid approach that is adaptable to your organization's unique needs. They candidly describe what practices work best, why they work, what the trade-offs are, and when to consider alternatives, all within the context of your situation.
Disciplined Agile Delivery addresses agile practices across the entire lifecycle, from requirements, architecture, and development to delivery and governance. The authors show how these best-practice techniques fit together in an end-to-end process for successfully delivering large, complex systemsfrom project initiation through delivery.
Coverage includes
- Scaling agile for mission-critical enterprise endeavors
- Avoiding mistakes that drive poorly run agile projects to chaos
- Effectively initiating an agile project
- Transitioning as an individual to agile
- Incrementally building consumable solutions
- Deploying agile solutions into complex production environments
- Leveraging DevOps, architecture, and other enterprise disciplines
- Adapting your governance strategy for agile projects
Based on facts, research, and extensive experience, this book will be an indispensable resource for every enterprise software leader and practitionerwhether they're seeking to optimize their existing agile/Scrum process or improve the agility of an iterative process.
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Scott W. Ambler is Chief Methodologist for IT with IBM Rational, working with IBM customers around the world to help them to improve their software processes. In addition to Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD), he is the founder of the Agile Modeling (AM), Agile Data (AD), Agile Unified Process (AUP), and Enterprise Unified Process (EUP) methodologies and creator of the Agile Scaling Model (ASM). Scott is the (co-)author of 20 books, including Refactoring Databases, Agile Modeling, Agile Database Techniques, The Object Primer, 3rd Edition, and The Enterprise Unified Process. Scott is a senior contributing editor with Dr. Dobb's Journal. His personal home page is www.ambysoft.com.
Mark Lines co-founded UPMentors in 2007. He is a disciplined agile coach and mentors organizations on all aspects of software development. He is passionate about reducing the huge waste in most IT organizations and demonstrates hands-on approaches to speeding execution and improving quality with agile and lean techniques. Mark provides IT assessments and executes course corrections to turn around troubled projects. He writes for many publications and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Mark is also an instructor of IBM Rational and UPMentors courses on all aspects of software development. His Web site is www.UPMentors.com.
Table of Contents
Part 1: Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)
Chapter 1 Disciplined Agile Delivery in a Nutshell 1
Context Counts--The Agile Scaling Model 3
What Is the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) Process Framework? 5
People First 5
Learning Oriented 7
Agile 8
AHybrid Process Framework 9
IT Solutions over Software 10
Goal-Driven Delivery Lifecycle 11
Enterprise Aware 17
Risk and Value Driven 19
Scalable 22
Concluding Thoughts 23
Additional Resources 23
Chapter 2 Introduction to Agile and Lean 25
Toward a Disciplined Agile Manifesto 27
Disciplined Agile Values 27
Disciplined Agile Principles 29
Lean Principles 33
Reality over Rhetoric 36
Concluding Thoughts 38
Additional Resources 39
Chapter 3 Foundations of Disciplined Agile Delivery 41
The Terminology Tar Pit 43
Scrum 44
Extreme Programming (XP) 48
Agile Modeling (AM) 50
Agile Data 53
Lean Software Development 53
IBM Practices 54
Open Unified Process (OpenUP) 56
And Others 58
Those Who Ignore Agile Practices Put Their Business at Risk 58
Concluding Thoughts 58
Additional Resources 59
Part 2: People First
Chapter 4 Roles, Rights, and Responsibilities 61
The Rights of Everyone 63
The Responsibilities of Everyone 64
The DAD Roles 65
Concluding Thoughts 81
Additional Resources 81
Chapter 5 Forming Disciplined Agile Delivery Teams 83
Strategies for Effective Teams 85
The Whole Team 88
Team Organization Strategies 89
Building Your Team 101
Interacting with Other Teams 104
Concluding Thoughts 108
Additional Resources 108
Part 3: Initiating a Disciplined Agile Delivery Project
Chapter 6 The Inception Phase 111
How the Inception Phase Works 113
Aligning with the Rest of the Enterprise 117
Securing Funding 126
Other Inception Activities 129
When Do You Need an Inception Phase? 130
Inception Phase Patterns 131
Inception Phase Anti-Patterns 132
Concluding Thoughts 133
Additional Resources 134
Chapter 7 Identifying a Project Vision 135
What's in a Vision? 136
How Do You Create a Vision? 137
Capturing Your Project Vision 138
Bringing Stakeholders to Agreement Around the Vision 142
Concluding Thoughts 145
Additional Resources 145
Chapter 8 Identifying the Initial Scope 147
Choosing the Appropriate Level of Initial Detail 149
Choosing the Right Types of Models 153
Choosing a Modeling Strategy 162
Choosing a Work Item Management Strategy 166
Choosing a Strategy for Nonfunctional Requirements 170
Concluding Thoughts 173
Additional Resources 173
Chapter 9 Identifying an Initial Technical Strategy 175
Choosing the Right Level of Detail 178
Choosing the Right Types of Models 182
Choosing a Modeling Strategy 187
Architecture Throughout the Lifecycle 190
Concluding Thoughts 190
Additional Resources 191
Chapter 10 Initial Release Planning 193
Who Does the Planning? 194
Choosing the Right Scope for the Plan 196
Choosing a General Planning Strategy 197
Choosing Cadences 202
Formulating an Initial Schedule 208
Estimating the Cost and Value 218
Identifying Risks 225
Concluding Thoughts 226
Additional Resources 228
Chapter 11 Forming the Work Environment 229
Forming the Team 230
Choosing Your Toolset 231
Organizing Physical Work Environments 238
Organizing Virtual Work Environments 244
Visual Management 246
Adopting Development Guidelines 247
Concluding Thoughts 248
Additional Resources 249
Chapter 12 Case Study: Inception Phase 251
Introducing the AgileGrocers POS Case Study 251
Developing a Shared Vision 254
Requirements Envisioning 262
Creating the Ranked Work Item List of User Stories to Implement the Solution 264
Architecture Envisioning 265
Release Planning 266
Other Inception Phase Activities 268
Alternative Approach to Running Your Inception Phase 269
Concluding the Inception Phase 270
Concluding Thoughts 272
Part 4: Building a Consumable Solution Incrementally
Chapter 13 The Construction Phase 273
How the Construction Phase Works 274
The Typical Rhythm of Construction Iterations 281
The Risk-Value Lifecycle 282
When Are You Ready to Deploy? 283
Construction Patterns 284
Construction Anti-Patterns 285
Concluding Thoughts 287
Chapter 14 Initiating a Construction Iteration 289
Why Agile Planning Is Different 290
Iteration Planning 291
Visualizing Your Plan 304
Look-Ahead Planning and Modeling 306
Concluding Thoughts 307
Additional Resources 308
Chapter 15 A Typical Day of Construction 309
Planning Your Team's Work for the Day 311
Collaboratively Building a Consumable Solution 319
Ongoing Activities Throughout the Day 339
ACloser Look at Critical Agile Practices 348
Stabilizing the Day's Work 359
Concluding Thoughts 360
Additional Resources 360
Chapter 16 Concluding a Construction Iteration 363
Demonstrate the Solution to Key Stakeholders 365
Learn from Your Experiences 368
Assess Progress and Adjust Release Plan if Necessary 373
Assess Remaining Risks 375
Deploy Your Current Build 375
Determine Strategy for Moving Forward 376
Concluding Thoughts 380
Additional Resources 382
Chapter 17 Case Study: Construction Phase 383
Continuing Our Scenario with the AgileGrocers POS Case Study 383
Planning the Iteration's Work 387
Subsequent Construction Iterations 407
Other Construction Phase Activities 414
Concluding the Construction Phase Iterations 414
Concluding Thoughts 415
Part 5: Releasing the Solution
Chapter 18 The Transition Phase 417
How the Transition Phase Works 418
Planning the Transition Phase 419
Ensuring Your Production Readiness 421
Preparing Your Stakeholders for the Release 423
Deploying the Solution 424
Are Your Stakeholders Delighted? 426
Transition Phase Patterns 427
Transition Phase Anti-Patterns 429
Concluding Thoughts 430
Additional Resources 431
Chapter 19 Case Study: Transition Phase 433
Planning the Phase 434
Collaborating to Deploy the Solution 438
AgileGrocers' Delight 439
Concluding Thoughts 440
Part 6: Disciplined Agile Delivery in the Enterprise
Chapter 20 Governing Disciplined Agile Teams 441
What Should Governance Address? 443
Why Is Governance Important? 447
Why Traditional Governance Strategies Won't Work 448
Agile Governance 451
Agile Practices That Enable Governance 455
Fitting in with the Rest of Your IT Organization 460
Measuring Agile Teams 465
Risk Mitigation 479
Concluding Thoughts 480
Additional Resources 480
Chapter 21 Got Discipline? 483
Agile Practices Require Discipline 484
Reducing the Feedback Cycle Requires Discipline 485
Continuous Learning Requires Discipline 487
Incremental Delivery of Consumable Solutions Requires Discipline 490
Being Goal-Driven Requires Discipline 490
Enterprise Awareness Requires Discipline 491
Adopting a Full Lifecycle Requires Discipline 492
Streamlining Inception Requires Discipline 492
Streamlining Transition Requires Discipline 493
Adopting Agile Governance Requires Discipline 493
Moving to Lean Requires Discipline 493
Concluding Thoughts 494
Additional Resources 495
Index 497


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This exhibition stands on the ground occupied, from 1933 to 1945, by the Gestapo building and its built-in prison.
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