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The Andromeda Strain (film)
The Andromeda Strain | |
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Robert Wise |
Produced by | Robert Wise |
Screenplay by | Nelson Gidding |
Based on | The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton |
Starring | Arthur Hill James Olson Kate Reid David Wayne Paula Kelly George Mitchell |
Music by | Gil Mellé |
Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
Edited by | Stuart Gilmore John W. Holmes |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates
March 12, 1971 |
Running time
130 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6.5 million[1][2] |
Box office | $12,376,563[3] |
The Andromeda Strain is a 1971 American science-fiction film, based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton. The film is about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly organism of extraterrestrial origin that causes rapid, fatal blood clotting. Directed by Robert Wise, the film starred Arthur Hill, James Olson, Kate Reid, and David Wayne. With a couple of exceptions, the film follows the book closely. The special effects were designed by Douglas Trumbull.
Plot summary[edit]
Two crewmembers of the U.S. government's "Project Scoop" investigate the town of Piedmont, New Mexico, to retrieve the Scoop 7 satellite. They find townspeople dead in the streets and die themselves while reporting back to Scoop Mission Control. Suspecting the satellite may have brought back an extraterrestrial pathogen, Scoop Mission Control activates an elite scientific team it had previously recruited for just this type of emergency.
Nobel laureate Dr. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill), the team leader, and Dr. Mark Hall (James Olson), the team surgeon, are dropped in Piedmont by helicopter, where they search the town for Scoop 7 in hazmat suits. They find the town's doctor, who died after opening the satellite out of curiosity. Hall cuts the doctor's corpse and finds that all his blood has clotted and turned to powder. Stone and Hall retrieve Scoop 7 and find two survivors — a 62-year-old man and a six-month-old infant.
The entire team of four core research scientists, including Dr. Charles Dutton and Dr. Ruth Leavitt, are summoned from their academic and research appointments to arrive at a secret, high-tech underground laboratory in Nevada, named Wildfire, where they undergo a full day of decontamination procedures, descending through five disinfection levels of the lab. Leavitt recoils and covers her eyes when she sees a flashing red light on the way into the building, but laughs it off with a joke when Stone notices. Before decon, Hall is informed that the facility's nuclear device has been armed and will go off automatically within five minutes should there be a containment breach. He is entrusted with a key to disarm the bomb from designated substations within that window. The team enter the facility under the impression that Piedmont has already been sterilized by a nuclear bomb drop.
The team begins to experiment on the agent inside Scoop 7 and discovers that it is transmitted by air, kills lab animals instantly, and is too large to be a virus. After searching the satellite with a high-powered microscope, they discover the agent responsible for the deaths: a greenish, throbbing mass stowed away on a micrometeorite. It receives the code name "Andromeda".
While most of the team studies the agent in an attempt to figure out how it works, Hall tries to find a cure by figuring out why the old man and the baby survived. Both Hall and his nurse assistant work in encapsulating suits while in the contaminated "hot room". By analyzing their patients' blood and conferring with the man, they discover that the old man Peter Jackson {George Mitchell} has abnormally acid blood from drinking "Squeeze" (Sterno) to relieve his stomach ulcer. No anomalies are found in the baby.
Meanwhile, a fighter jet pilot, after a flyover at high altitude over the Wildfire area, notices his plastic mouthpiece disintegrating. He then loses consciousness and crashes. The military inspects the wreck and finds that the pilot's flesh has dissolved, leaving only bones. They conclude that something inside the plane consumes plastic, foreshadowing later developments at Wildfire. Unknown to the others, Leavitt's research is impaired by attacks of absence epilepsy, which is set off by the flashing red "No Growth" indicator on the Petri dish analyzer. This causes her to report, erroneously, that Andromeda grows on every growth medium.
During chemical study of the agent, the team finds out that the meteorite is in fact made of plastic and that the green mass is a life-form of similar chemical composition to Earth life. However, it lacks amino acids, enzymes and proteins. They then discover that Piedmont has in fact not yet been bombed due to an overly cautious U.S. president. They also hear about the crashed fighter. Working through tensions with federal officials, they again insist the bomb be dropped. Further study of Andromeda, however, reveals that it has a crystalline structure which allows it to convert energy to mass and vice versa, consuming any available resource without waste. They deduce that a nuclear explosion would provide Andromeda with enough energy to produce a supercolony in a single day, reverse their opinion, and now insist the Piedmont bombing be stopped.
During analysis, the team comes across a germ warfare simulation, indicating that Scoop and Wildfire were designed to actively search for harmful biological agents for use in bio-warfare. Meanwhile, Andromeda mutates into a form that degrades synthetic rubber and plastics and thus escapes from the containment room adjacent to where Dutton is working. Hall rescues Leavitt from a seizure triggered by Wildfire's alarm system.
Hall continues his work on the survivors and finds out that Andromeda propagates only within a narrow pH range and that the baby's rapid breathing kept its blood alkaline and therefore inhospitable for the organism. Jackson's blood was just the opposite: acidosis, and also therefore inhospitable for the organism Over the intercom, he advises Dutton to breathe rapidly as well. Fortunately, Hall observes a rat in good health alongside an Andromeda colony, meaning that the organism has mutated into benignity.
Once all the lab's plastic seals start decaying due to Andromeda, the nuclear self-destruct activates and the team is sealed off on the fifth (lowest) level. Hall races against the clock to reach a substation with his key. With the doors sealed, he climbs ladders in a maintenance access core and endures an attack by automated lasers intended to stop escaped lab animals, until at last he finds a working third level substation, disables the bomb, and passes out.
The military then begins seeding the clouds over the desert with silver iodide, stimulating precipitation which washes the organism into the ocean, where they believe it will be destroyed by alkalinity. A federal board concludes that the crisis is over, and Stone somberly questions what may happen if such a situation were to recur. After the camera pans over the deserted town, the "Andromeda Strain" is shown dissolving in salt water which then turns into "601", the computer number for data coming in too fast for processing.
Film rights were bought by Universal for $250,000.[4]
The cast of characters in the novel was modified for the film, most notably by replacing the male Dr. Peter Leavitt in the novel with the female Dr. Ruth Leavitt. Screenwriter Nelson Gidding suggested the change to Wise, who at first was not enthusiastic, as he initially pictured the sex-changed Dr. Leavitt as a largely decorative character reminiscent of Raquel Welch's character in the 1966 film Fantastic Voyage. When Gidding explained his take on Leavitt, Wise resolved the question by asking the opinion of a number of scientists, who were unanimously enthusiastic about the idea. Eventually Wise came to be very happy with the decision to make Leavitt female, as Kate Reid's Dr. Leavitt turned out to be, in his words, "the most interesting character" in the film.[5] Another minor change was the character of Burton in the novel, who became Charles Dutton in the film; no reason was given for this name change.
The Andromeda Strain was possibly the first to use advanced computerized (or optical) photographic visual effects for its time[dubious ], with work by Douglas Trumbull, who had pioneered effects for 2001: A Space Odyssey, along with James Shourt and Albert Whitlock who have worked on The Birds.[1] $250,000 of the film's budget of $6.5 million was reportedly used to create the special effects.
The film contained possibly the first use of computer rendering (in the mapped view of the rotating 2-D structure of the massive, hi-tech, top secret 5-story, cylindrical underground laboratory in the Nevada desert named Project Wildfire). Biologist Dr. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill) turned on the animated computer simulation of the "electronic diagram which rotates to afford an overall view, or it can be stopped at any section. Detailed plans of the various levels and labs are also stored in the system...."[1]
Michael Crichton makes a cameo appearance in a non-speaking role during the scene where Dr. Hall is told to break scrub because he has to report to the Wildfire research facility.
Critical response[edit]
The opinion of critics is generally mixed, with some critics enjoying the film for its dedication to the original novel and with others disliking it for its drawn-out plot. Overall, the film has earned a 67% "Fresh" rating from the film review site Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews.[6]
Box office performance[edit]
The Andromeda Strain was a moderate box office success. Produced on a relatively high budget of $6.5 million,[1][7] the film grossed $12,376,563 in North America,[3] earning $8.2 million in US theatrical rentals.[8] It was the 16th highest grossing film of 1971.
The film was nominated for two Academy Awards:[9]
- Best Art Direction (Boris Leven, William H. Tuntke, Ruby R. Levitt); lost to Nicholas and Alexandra
- Best Film Editing (Stuart Gilmore, John W. Holmes); lost to The French Connection
American Film Institute Lists
- AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills - Nominated[10]
- AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores - Nominated[11]
- AFI's 10 Top 10 - Nominated Science Fiction Film[12]
See also[edit]
- Shafter, Texas where the movie was filmed.
- The Andromeda Strain (2008 miniseries)
- ^ a b c d Greatest Visual and Special Effects - Milestones in Film. AMC's FilmSite. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ Hollywood Today: Mike Crichton, a Skyscraper in Any Form Norma Lee Browning. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 30 Aug 1970: s2 says $6 million
- ^ a b Box Office Information for The Andromeda Strain. The Numbers. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
- ^ Michael Crichton (rhymes with frighten): Michael Crichton By ISRAEL SHENKER. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 08 June 1969: BR5
- ^ The Making of The Andromeda Strain, DVD documentary.
- ^ Movie Reviews for The Andromeda Strain. Rotten Tomatoes. Accessed May 17, 2014.
- ^ The Andromeda Strain, Overview. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ Box Office Information for The Andromeda Strain. IMDb. Retrieved May 17, 2014.
- ^ "NY Times: The Andromeda Strain". NY Times. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
- ^ AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills Nominees
- ^ AFI's 100 Years of Film Scores Nominees
- ^ AFI's 10 Top 10 Ballot
External links[edit]
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- The Andromeda Strain at the Internet Movie Database
- The Andromeda Strain at AllMovie
- The Andromeda Strain at the TCM Movie Database
- The Andromeda Strain at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Andromeda Strain film trailer on YouTube
- The Andromeda Strain film review at Taint The Meat.com
- English-language films
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- 1970s science fiction films
- 1970s thriller films
- American disaster films
- American science fiction films
- Films about viral outbreaks
- Films based on American novels
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Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant Danielle Lirette Jamaican jerk tempeh at Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant. View more of Leaf's dishes in our slideshow.
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When it's time for Rachel Best, executive chef of Leaf Vegetarian Restaurant in Boulder, to update the menu, she doesn't turn to cookbooks or cooking shows. Nor does she rely on what she learned in culinary school, given the traditional emphasis on animal proteins and butter. Instead, this longtime vegetarian goes for a hike. It's there, she says, that "flavor concepts" come to her, memories of foods she's had while backpacking in Nepal, studying in Spain or volunteering in Central and South America.
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Take the collard-green enchiladas on Leaf's current menu, for example. The entree caught my eye because I love Mexican food, both the authentic variety and, due to an early upbringing in Texas and Oklahoma, the cheese-slathered Tex-Mex kind. But the iteration at this eight-year-old restaurant was unique, lacking ground beef (of course), as well as ancho chiles and corn tortillas. Instead, Best fashioned a filling of millet, red bell peppers, poblanos, onions and black beans, then stuffed it inside a blanched collard green leaf. In place of enchilada sauce, she smeared avocado mousse on the plate, dabbed on a line of carrot-ginger purée, then scattered crisp hominy on the side. Danielle Lirette The interior of Leaf.
The result wasn't quite Mexican, nor was it Asian. What it was -- besides delicious -- was African. "Those are the things I ate in my village," she explains, referring to her stint in Cameroon as a member of the Peace Corps. "I had an avocado tree in my yard, carrots were one of the products that we grew, we put ginger into a lot of stuff, and millet and hominy were all staples." Rather than using the ingredients to re-create any particular dish, she took creative license to "turn them into something guests would like," she says.
The pearl couscous salad was equally adventurous, like a college kid with a backpack and a train pass. I don't know what trip Best was recalling when she designed this entree-worthy salad, with figs, carrots, pistachios and feta tossed in a big bowl of greens, but wherever it was, I'd like to go there. My hunch is North Africa, given the harissa -- an agave-sweetened take on the popular North African spice blend -- on the accompanying deep-fried tofu. Couscous came in the form of clusters, which might not sound appealing if you're thinking of the instant stuff sitting in your pantry. But these large pearls, spiked with spices such as cinnamon, allspice and cloves and plumped in water and orange juice until they clumped together like chewy granola, more than held their own in a spot usually filled by grilled chicken or salmon. What didn't work was the flatbread that came along with the salad: thin, pale triangles that had all the appeal of the squashed Wonder bread I used to throw to ducks. Danielle Lirette Couscous salad at Leaf.
And this is the conundrum of Leaf: Just when you think the restaurant is moving two steps forward -- creating vegetarian, vegan, raw and gluten-free dishes that shine well outside the shadow of their meat-, dairy- and wheat-centric counterparts -- the kitchen's inattentive execution moves Leaf one step back.
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A locket is a small pendant that includes a space for storing a small keepsake, e.g., a photo of a loved one. Worn on a necklace or bracelet, this charm holds a cherished item, and the wearer often opens it to be reminded of one so near to their heart.
So, what's in your locket (real or imaginary)? Besides being a twist on a popular ad campaign (thanks, Capital One), it's a relevant question for anyone who wants to enjoy their work. Job satisfaction – and effectiveness – is directly related to the laser-like alignment of your deeply held values, personal passions (loves), and outward actions and abilities.
Jim Collins calls it a Hedgehog Concept. Simon Sinek calls it his Golden Circle. Steven Covey calls them habits. Patrick Lencioni has a pyramid. And Peter Drucker posed them as six critical questions. While each of these authors (and several others) adds his own contribution to the discussion, they all build off of this place of inner-outer alignment.
Yet, while many write about it, few of us are so aligned. Like an aching back, painful barbs shoot through our activities and discourse. And we're left feeling out of sorts.
This chiropractic conundrum of misalignment is often more intrapersonal than interpersonal. Few of us take the time to listen to our true selves (our inner voice) and understand our deeply held values and personal passions. Instead, many align with an external set of expectations packaged and presented as an appealing alternative to our dissatisfaction.
One of Simon Sinek's (Start with Why) contributions to this discussion is the idea that people align with others who believe what they believe. He says it this way: "We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe."
So, we need to open our lockets and peer inside to that which we hold dear and then find the words to speak it clearly to ourselves, our families, our organizations and community. Take some time – quiet, reflective time – to listen and learn from yourself.
My guess is this: once we align ourselves to the most important things in our lives, we'll find that interpersonal (also intergenerational, interracial, intercultural) alignment comes much easier.
Allison Hammond (Arcadia Institute) offered a Voice from the Field workshop last month. She explored the various ways our organizations can welcome and support persons with disabilities as staff, participants, volunteers, and supporters.
At the Arcadia Institute, they work to make it possible for children and adults with disabilities to participate fully in all aspects of community life, as they choose. In supporting area organizations, they encourage working with staff to think through and plan ahead for how they may accommodate volunteers or participants with disabilities.
On the question of accommodation, Allison reminded us that we don't want to go overboard. Trying to be over-accommodating may make everyone uncomfortable.
Instead, Allison suggested that we ask the person what they need. For example, "What can I do to help make your experience with us more enjoyable or more comfortable?" Or, if you see someone struggling (e.g., straining to read instructions or struggling to move about the area), we can ask how we might be of assistance.
Creating a culture of inclusion and hospitality will help your organization serve everyone better. Toward this end, Arcadia Institute hosts Building a Community of Belonging on March 26, 2015.
With New Year's Eve just hours away, I again find myself at an intersection. In addition to being the calendar year end, it's also the second quarter close of our fiscal year. And, as a holiday week, it's a time of less (or different) activity.
I like these times. It's an opportunity to look back and look forward, to evaluate and adjust, to celebrate and to anticipate.
In his book, Traction, Gino Wickman draws upon the work of Patrick Lencioni and others and recommends that top management gather off-site every 90 days to review the previous quarter and finalize priorities for the coming quarter. Why every 90 days? He says, "The 90-day idea stems from a natural phenomenon – that human beings stumble, get off track, and lose focus roughly every 90 days."
Wickman cites examples of this phenomenon at work, and I could add a few examples of my own. While it's easy to casually nod in agreement, I shudder at his observation that human beings "lose focus roughly every 90 days," because…
…we cannot afford to lose focus.
Lost focus wastes time and energy, dilutes the purpose of the organization, confuses funders and donors, frustrates staff and volunteers, and eventually leads to all sorts of crises. As leaders of our teams, departments, and organizations, maintaining focus is at the top of our list of responsibilities.
So, take some time – a half- or full-day – every quarter to hit the Pause button and keep yourself and your team on track. It will save you time, increase your service quality, and promote job satisfaction.
I enjoy basketball. While some individual players stand out, it's the performance of the team that decides the game: working together, anticipating each other's moves, and sharing the spotlight. Sure it takes practice, but it takes more than practice.
It takes trust.
On a team, trust means…
…and you do it all for your mission…for your cause.
Being on a team requires us to extend beyond ourselves. In our recent workshop on Mindfulness in the Workplace, Eric Nelson provided a compelling research- and case-based argument for mindfulness practice. The benefits were so varied and plentiful, I finally asked, "What's the downside?" Without hesitation, he responded, "It challenges your identity."
Mindfulness practice makes us face our assumptions and how they often differ from others' assumptions. It chips away at our ego and helps us recognize how much we need each other to achieve better understanding as well as better performance. By letting go of our need to be right, we free ourselves to be correct. We free ourselves to trust.
I've written before on ways to build trust. Yet, these efforts falter when individuals stay wedded to their own assumptions and agendas. The more we understand ourselves and let go of our own egos, the more we open ourselves to trust our teammates. And that's a step we must take on our own.
The ball is in your court.
I expect that every organization and business strives to be hospitable. We want staff, clients, visitors, supporters, and vendors to feel welcomed and comfortable in our place and at our events. Yet, even with best of intentions, we may run into times when we're stumped.
What do you do when you don't know what to do?
Some situations may throw us for a loop. Many of us have faltered around language issues, physical challenges, cognitive disabilities, cultural misunderstandings and more.
We can take steps to prepare ourselves and our organizations to be hospitable in these situations: glean your staff's wisdom by initiating the discussion; identify gaps in understanding and then research and share information at staff meetings; and take advantage of workshops offered by area agencies.
This week, ONEplace welcomes Allison Hammond (Arcadia Institute) to explore Supporting People with Disabilities in your Organization. Allison will help us discover how we can successfully include people with disabilities as participants, volunteers and employees. Plus she will highlight resources to assess and support our ongoing efforts.
Most of us desire an open and welcoming community. It starts with each of us creating that environment right where we are.
Most of us wouldn't call the holiday season relaxing, especially for nonprofits with year-end campaigns to run. One way I divert some of the anxiety that goes along with hectic year-end events is by setting a small, yet achievable goal with a December 31 deadline. There is something distinctly satisfying about bringing in the New Year on the heels of a personal accomplishment. Below are five steps that have helped me set and accomplish my December resolutions.
1. When setting your goal, avoid your Achilles Heel -- for now. Choose something less intimidating that will also have a noticeable impact. For example, you might want to limit the time you spend replying to emails.
2.Select the issue that you can easily measure. Goals related to thoughts and emotions are tougher; i.e. "I will not respond rudely to the client who always calls me screaming," is more difficult to measure than something like "I will thank every client for calling."
3. Say what you will do. It may seem trite, but words have power. When you mentally tell yourself not to do something--"I will not let my paperwork pile up"-- it implicitly adds pressure and negativity to the task at hand. Your goal should be an action you will take.
4. Ensure accountability. I don't think setting any goal is the difficult part, but rather, remembering the goal and sticking to it. My favorite method of accountability is other people. I tell a couple of close friends about my goal, and when they ask me about it, I can either share the good news, or thank them for the reminder.
5. Adjust, adjust, adjust. You can't know how realistic your goal is until you actually try to accomplish it. If eating lunch away from your desk every day isn't possible, adjust your goal to one day. Then, go back to step 4 and secure lunch plans with a colleague every week.
What has been your experience with goal-setting? What's your process?
In a recent Harvard Business Review article, Dov Seidman observes that we're moving into a human economy. Having once been an agrarian economy and then an industrial economy, followed by an information economy, we now are transitioning into a human economy where successful employees leverage their creativity, passion, character, and collaborative spirit.
Seidman quotes Peter Drucker (Effective Executive, 1967) in support for committing to values and connecting with purpose in the workplace. He describes Drucker as being ahead of his time. I think he was simply more attuned to his people than the flavor of his time.
Successful leaders throughout the 20th century valued the human element. Look at Jim Collins' list of top CEO's and you'll find several who built long-lasting organizations that valued their people more than their profit.
What they recognized is that – be it agrarian, industrial, information or human – each was an economy, i.e., "a system of interaction and exchange." Regardless of what commodity is being traded, it's people that perform the interactions and exchanges. It's people that make any economy tick.
Seidman also points out that the systems are changing. Business and organizational policies and practices are valuing the human element more, and business schools are also attending more to developing so-called "soft skills."
More and more, institutions are recognizing what many business writers keep claiming: it's all about relationships. It's true now, and it has been true for decades. Perhaps mainstream leadership thought is catching up with this.
One of the joys of working at ONEplace is the opportunity to meet and talk with a variety of people: from long-term nonprofit leaders to those incubating start-ups; from seasoned board members to neighborhood advisory councils; from funders sitting on millions of dollars to social entrepreneurs sitting on a single idea. From all these discussions and more, I've realized one undeniable fact:
Each person brings a critically important contribution to the discussion.
This is not about asking "Who's not at the table?" or making sure the discussion includes "representative voices." This is about recognizing that every discussion is ill-informed because voices will always be missing. It's also about making the effort to go beyond representative voices and seek out, invite, and create an environment safe enough for each critically important perspective to be raised.
We're doing this on a few fronts, at ONEplace and in community centers. It takes time – sometimes years – to get acquainted and develop readiness, and then more time to build trust. But, as they say, "In five years it will be 2019 either way, so we might as well start."
Posing open, honest questions that draw out the diversity of perspectives brings new light to the matter at hand. Just as light from one angle illuminates only part of a structure and casts shadows on other parts, light from many angles removes the shadows and illuminates the whole.
And, when I catch a glimpse of the whole, I realize the specious nature of the phase, "people in need."
Rather, I desire to participate in the diverse circle which hosts people we need. In this circle, there is no teacher or student, no grantor or grantee, no provider or client. In this circle, each person claims, "There are eyes that see things I don't see, ears that hear sounds I don't hear, and hearts that bear burdens I don't bear."
Until every light shines, unencumbered, we're all left in the dark.
When we think of organizational values, words like honesty, integrity, and service generally surface. Generosity is not commonly listed, unless it's United Way campaign time.
Yet, in the book, Change Anything, the authors give a nod to generosity when they discuss getting one's career on track. Identifying what separates the best from the rest, they list three things: know your stuff, focus on the right stuff, and build a reputation for being helpful.
They look to "Individuals who are singled out by their colleagues as the go-to folks in the company" and say that "people describe them as experts who are generous with their time."
We also know them by other descriptions: team players, mission-focused, and helpful. "Theirs is not primarily a self-serving motivation. Top people are widely known...because they help others solve their problems."
Of course, one pitfall here is trying to use generosity as a means of getting ahead. At the heart of it, generosity is about placing your focus outside self, outside organization, and on to the greater purpose, the greater cause. It may seem counterintuitive, but the more we focus on the greater goal beyond our organization, the better it is for our organization and career.
Another pitfall is helping so much that one's own work doesn't get done. Certainly, boundaries must be observed. Remember, the second point above was "focus on the right stuff."
So, next time you hear someone say, "Got a minute?" hear it as an opportunity to connect with a colleague, further your mission, and contribute to a generous workplace culture.
At ONEplace, we define leadership as taking full ownership of one's roles and responsibilities. This includes taking the initiative to:
Effective leadership in any position demands building and nurturing strong collaborative connections. These relationships not only increase one's capacity to do an excellent job, but they tend to make work much more enjoyable.
Also, one of the quickest and easiest ways to increase your organization's capacity is through building relationships. Most of us know from experience that working collaboratively with others creates synergy – a dynamic in which the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. This works with teams within an organization as well as collaborations between organizations.
As you may have guessed, encouraging strong collaborative relationships within the nonprofit sector is one of our top strategies at ONEplace. We deliberately present workshops and other events to encourage, promote and opportunify strong collaborative connections, such as: solving problems together (Nov 4), nurturing young donors (Nov 5), connecting with nonprofit colleagues (Nov 18), or building a stronger board (Nov 20).
Make building strong collaborative connections part of your personal strategy. It will raise your awareness, and you'll find that every day presents relationship-building opportunities.
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Mazara's executive chef Todd Bale uses fresh ingredients to whip up a menu of authentic Italian tastes and feelings, such as abbondanza, mamma mia, and operatic heartbreak. In the process, he puts creative twists on traditional dishes throughout the dinner menu, including vitello alla Marsala (breaded veal cutlets with Marsala mushrooms over roasted-garlic and herb risotto, topped with truffle oil, $24), tutto mare (spaghettini pasta, scallops, shrimp, mussels, clams, and lump crab tossed in white wine, tomatoes, and crushed red pepper $25), and involtini spaghettini (eggplant involtini rolls served over spaghettini pasta with mixed, grilled vegetables and marinara, $18). In addition to à la carte entrees, Mazara offers a three-course dinner menu for $25 and features daily lunch and dinner specials to keep your mouth on the edge of its booster chin.
As devoted Catholics in the early '60s, Ed and Margie Imo would wait until after midnight every Friday night to pickup meat-topped pizzas from their favorite local St. Louis pizzerias. Tired of going out so late, they were inspired to make a change. In 1964, they opened their first Imo's Pizza to offer what was then an innovative concept—home delivery. As a nod to Ed's career cutting squares of linoleum, the duo's pizzas were always cut in squares and used as tiling to construct restaurant's floor. Today, the Imo's franchise encompasses more than 90 stores, and hasn't strayed from their square slices and pledge to never-frozen ingredients. The thin-crust pies are layered edge-to-edge with 100% provel cheese, homemade sauce, and more than 15 meat and veggie toppings.
Though they all begin with similar hunks of dough, the pizzas at Manhattan Express rarely wind up resembling one another. To start, chefs prepare thin crusts, whole-wheat crusts, or New York-style crusts to serve as the foundation for any of their 9-, 12-, or 16-inch pies. On top of that, they pile your choice of 25 toppings, from jalapeno peppers and shrimp to low-fat mozzarella cut in the shape of mushrooms. Pizzeria staples such as sandwiches, salads, and pastas round out Manhattan Express' savories and dessert options include eight flavors of snow cones, such as cherry and orange.
Through an elegant menu and an extensive wine list, founders J. Kim Tucci and Joseph Fresta make it easy and delicious for Missouri locals to celebrate the regional traditions of Italy. With each week punctuated by a special Sunday-brunch menu, Tucci & Fresta's regular offerings range from its trademark pork chops milanese to Italian-style grilled cheeses at lunch. Traditional drinks and desserts, including lemoncello and pistachio gelato, lend meals a sweet finish.:m]]
Since 1981, the pizza specialists at Elicia's Pizza have zipped through St. Louis's tangled roads delivering piping-hot pies to households in 30 minutes or less. At the shop, marinara masters stretch house-made dough into the shape of a mad professor's monocle and lavish each thin-crust disk with fresh sauce and the house's three-cheese blend. Additionally, the pizzeria's menu celebrates casual eats, such as wings, baked pastas, sandwiches, and crisp salads.
When founders J. Kim Tucci, Joseph A. Fresta, and John P. Ferrara first opened The Pasta House Co. in 1974, they wanted to elevate pasta to an art form. ?Some artists sculpt, some paint, and some sketch,? they write on the restaurant?s website. ?But, at The Pasta House Co., we create authentic Italian culinary delights.? A few of the locations even have giant, exhibition kitchens so you can watch as pizzas, pastas, and entrees come to life.
Naturally, The Pasta House Co.?s menu revolves around the Italian staple from which it gets its name. There are more than 25 varieties of pasta to choose from, including linguine with chicken livers and the signature lasagna, plus weekday specials such as stuffed manicotti. Meanwhile, the mangia bene menu?which translates to ?eat well? in Italian?showcases the more wholesome side of Italian eating, with dishes low in fat and calories that won?t peer pressure you to break curfew.


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Rev. Christine Dickerson
Psalm 111: 1, 4, 10; Deuteronomy 18: 15-20; Mark 1: 21-28
A wonderful time of worship, good food and fellowship.
The next meeting will be Thursday, September, 2014 at 5:59 PM. Keep watching for the date! Cost is $6.00 per person.
For those of you who want a Sunday morning Bible Study class, this is the class for you. Ernie Moore leads this class using the Kerygma teachings. Meet in the social hall from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. It is a great time of learning, study, fellowship and growth in our faith. All are welcome. This class is on hiatus for the summer. Keep watching for the date it will resume in the fall.
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Gift Ideas, Including Ones From the French Laundry
Wednesday, 5. December 2012 5:26
Thomas Keller Gift Selections
If you have a spendy budget and a discriminating foodie friend to shop for this holiday season, look no further than Chef Thomas Keller's new holiday offerings.
First up, the "Bochon Bistro Chocolate Tart & Wine Port Gift Set" ($250), which provides everything you need to recreate the bakery's famous chocolate tart, including a limited edition bottle of Meyer Family Port Wine.
Next, the "French Laundry Sparkling Wine & Caviar Gift Set" ($1,000), which includes a 2-ounce serving of Sterling White Sturgeon Caviar, a 375ml bottle of Schramsberg Blanc de Blanc Chardonnay-based Brut sparkling wine, and a buckwheat blini mix prepared by The French Laundry kitchen, as well as two mother of pearl caviar spoons for serving.
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SOCHI, Russia — At least they didn't break any furniture.
Then again, the U.S. hockey team's charter flight home isn't scheduled to take off until Sunday. Although their fourth-place finish Saturday night was better than the sixth they managed at the 1998 Nagano Olympics — when several players went all Rolling Stones and started pitching chairs and desks out of windows — there won't be many souvenirs worth hanging onto from here, either.


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I never write reviews for anything online if I'm honest. But I have found on many websites that this mascara is under rated. I think it is a good mascara however it seems to me a normal mascara/nothing that special. The price is acceptable (£7.99) you get what you pay for. I would buy this again but I normally don't purchase waterproof mascara but I need it for this week which is why I saw this and thought I'd give it a try. Overall I believe it's not as bad as people make out. :-)
This product is only okay. I think it clumps quite easily and doesn't dry very quickly. The wand is nice but I'm not sure why I just don't like the tube. I would buy it again because it's so inexpensive, works well in a pinch and it's better than most other drugstore mascaras, but I think I'm okay with shelling out the big bucks for a higher-end mascara. Not to sound snobish, but those formulas tend to work better for my sparse little lashes!
I really like the packaging of this mascara. It pretty much does what it says. It stays on and is extremely waterproof. But if you apply too much, there can be really bad clumping. Use sparingly and it's a really good mascara.
this mascara was pretty decent for me. I have pretty short straight asian lashes and because I have a monolid, its really hard for my lashes to be noticed because of the extra skin that folds over my eyelashes.
first off the packaging I found was cute just I'm not a fan of purple, also the wand on this I found was great. Because of its shape and the odd curve it had it made it super easy to get right into those inner corner lashes and made applying mascara to the bottom lashes a absolute breeze.
as for the formula, I really liked it all though I have to say it didn't do anything to really WOW me but it was a great mascara none the less.
would I repurchase? yes. But I'm always looking for the next best thing so I don't think I'ma repurchase anytime soon
I am comparing this to the original falsies which i was not a fan of...but i do have to admit I like this one a little better. It still doesnt offer the amazing fake lashes that it claims on the package, but it definatley does give you a soft, flared look to your lashes which can look very subtle and pretty when youre trying for that look. I would definatley recomend this to anyone who wants to try a unique mascara!
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This product is not the best, but it's not the worst either. It's just a mascara. I seriously don't know what all that hype was about. It made my eyelashes clumped together, and I couldn't get an eyelash comb through it. They didn't really lengthen them, either. I wouldn't recomend it.
This is an Epic Fail for Maybelline which is sad because they've made some of my favorite mascaras ever (especially the wp formulas), but this is just plain bad with no redeeming qualities whatsoever. Ok... maybe the purple and blue tube is attractive and I don't think it flakes but that's all I can say for it. It's bone-dry right out of the tube and we're talking brand new, which causes it to clump like nothing I've ever seen. The brush is useless; it doesn't separate or deposit enough product on your lashes to do anything. I get absolutely NO curl holding at all and that's the ONE thing I buy wp mascara for. And Falsies? Nope; I get no volumized false-lash look with this whatsoever no matter how I apply it. All I get are stick-straight wimpy clumpy-looking lashes that do flare- straight into nothing even after three coats and combing to death hoping something might be gained or at least salvagable but nope. I bought this during a sale to get a Bouncy Blush half off because I didn't want to pay full price for that either but this is just horrible and going straight into the round file as fast as I can chuck it there. Back to Maybelline Colossal, CGLB Volume and L'Oreal False Lash and Carbon Black Voluminous waterproof versions. Any and all of these are ten times better than Falsies Flared ever could hope to be.
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sucks, it does make eyelashes appear thicker but because it clumps and dries extremly fast so it you need and extra coat your eye lashes get very clumped, and it takes a miracle remover to get this crap off, and i hate the shape of the brush, and it DOES NOT curl eye lashes at all


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Sent her postage for small flat rate box $5.20 for some Iris starts on 11/13/11. Have not herd from here sense!! Have not received any Iris "NOTHING"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Very disappointed. |
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YES!!! finally herd back from her... She is sending the Iris out to me. GREAT! |
Well here we are again, Never got the Iris and have not herd from here for 2 months now. Guess its time to wright this one off. How sad and I am out $5.20. Cannot get her to unblock her email or post a contact on her members page. |
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Eastern A District
at Lewistown
Glasgow 6, Lewistown 5 (10 innings)
Highlights — Grant Legare navigated through 10 innings on the hill to get his team past Lewistown for the second time in as many days. Legare picked up the complete game while allowing 20 hits but walked just two. Andy Gardner was 3 for 5 with two RBIs for Reds.
Laurel 17, Glasgow 3 (seven innings)
Highlights — Anthony Panella pitched five innings of two hit ball while striking out four to lead Laurel to their fourth consecutive Eastern A District championship and first under first-year coach Brent Sukut. Jordan Henke and Kenny Nilles each had a pair of RBIs for Laurel.
Late Saturday
Glasgow 17, Lewistown 13
Highlights – John Koessel and Grant Legare each drove in three runs, had two hits and scored two runs for Glasgow. Tommy Leland, Wacy Ortman and Andy Gardner also had two RBIs each for the Reds. Ortman had a double and a triple. Tre Bradley had three RBIs for Lewistown, while Dylan Woodhall added four hits and Brandon Carpenter three.
Lewistown 9, Billings Cardinals 5
Highlights – Blake Phelps had three hits and four RBIs for the Redbirds. Britt Pennell earned the victory for Lewistown, while Phelps picked up the save. Elijah Sommerville, Jackson Cobb and Austin Smith each had two hits for the Cardinals.
Lewistown 14, Billings Blue Jays 9
Highlights – Lewistown rallied with eight runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Carson Feller led the Redbirds with four RBIs and a triple, while Tre Bradley drove in three runs on two hits. Bryan Mitchell paced Billings with three RBIs, two hits and two runs scored.


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Yoga And Menstruation
Yoga And Menstruation
Cramps, excessive bleeding and pelvic discomfort mark menstrual period and body aches. Asanas relax the body and pranayama improves the mental poise. Hence, it is not an exaggeration that yoga strengthens the body, calms our emotions, tones up the internal organs and builds up the capacity to endure pain, by training the mind.
Asanas help to energise and stimulate the brain, chest, lungs, and heart, and maintain hormonal balance in the glands. They help to ease pain and cope with stress, anxiety and depression caused due to menstruation
Yogic postures should be avoided during menstruation that is accompanied by fatigue and excessive bleeding. Yogic experts recommend that head and shoulder stands or inversions be avoided during the menstrual cycle. The practice of asanas that squeeze the abdominal region should also be avoided to prevent any hindrance to the natural flow of blood, as it can lead to fibroids, cysts, and even cancer.
During menstruation, the female body cleanses itself, therefore it is best to reduce the physical activity and include rest and relaxation.
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13 The earliest produce from their land which they take to the Lord is to be yours; everyone in your house who is clean may have it for his food. | 13 All the land's firstfruits that they bring to the LORD will be yours. Everyone in your household who is ceremonially clean may eat it. |
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Last week I bought a large vintage crocheted piece I plan to use as a coverlet on my bed. There was one section, about 1 foot by 3 feet, where the maker obviously ran out of the color of crochet cotton she had used for the rest of it. This panel is a lighter beige, rather than the deeper tone of the rest of it. My grandmother crocheted, and I remember her being very picky about the color she used. She liked a deeper ecru. Upon one occasion when my mother was taking her out on errands, she couldn't find her typical color, just lighter ones. My mother promised to dye the finished piece with tea when she completed it. On the next visit, she did. I vaguely recall her soaking it in a big pot full of tea on the stove, then rinsing it. The finished result was very nice. What I don't remember was if she used something like salt to set the color. Or ironing? To get back to my "new" piece: I used a paint brush to apply the tea to the lighter section, soaking it, but stopping short of it bleeding into the darker main body. I had tested it first on a small section the day before. After about 2 hours of soaking, I started blotting it dry. It looks pretty good…not exact, as the darker main body has a pinker cast to the ecru. But a whole lot closer to a match than before. Any ideas how I can set the color? This was enough trouble that I really don't want it washing out. I'm not planning on laundering this, but you never know. Should I try the salt, or ironing with a steam iron? I would prefer not to have to immerse the whole piece, just this section. Cross post to Antiques. Thanks! |
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Heat will set the color. Place a damp towel under it and another on top of it and steam it with your iron. If you have to wash the piece later, a bit of the color may come out, but most of it will remain. |
I did one course with tea, it was not dark enough. The rest of the piece was also a more pinkish beige, whereas the tea dyed portion was a golden beige. So I did it over again using coffee and little beet juice mixed in (I had just happened to make boiled beets the day before!). It is now slightly darker than the rest. Were it to fade a bit now, it would match quite closely. When I guessed it would be dark enough I squeezed out all the water by putting it between two towels and sitting on it. An interesting thing happened though. The side that was bottommost is lighter than the side where I actually applied the tea/coffee. It is almost an exact match. Somehow the color was more squeezed out on the bottom surface. This gives me then a lighter side and a darker side! So with potential future fading, I have options for which side to lay uppermost. Ironing would certainly be easy! I was figuring I would need salt water, which would not be easy to keep off the properly colored portion. |
It turned out REALLY nice. Thanks for the help! |
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20 Do not curse the king even in your thoughts, and do not curse a rich person even in your bedroom, for a bird of the sky may carry the message, and a winged creature may report the matter. | 20 Do not revile the king even in your thoughts, or curse the rich in your bedroom, because a bird of the air may carry your words, and a bird on the wing may report what you say. |
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This program recognizes individuals in the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) who have an extraordinary impact on student learning through exceptional: teaching skills, job dedication, volunteering, and/or leadership. Classroom teachers, specialists, administrators, classified employees, and volunteers are eligible for nomination. Previous Impact Award recipients are not eligible for nomination.Click here to see a complete list of previous Impact Award recipients, also known as our Honor Roll.
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Take Two for September 3, 2013
Todd Gloria takes the reins as San Diego mayor
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Interim San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria leaves City Hall Friday Aug. 30, 2013, after inspecting his new office in San Diego. Gloria assumed the role at 5 p.m. PDT, when Bob Filner's resignation took effect. Filner resigned amid numerous complaints of sexual harassment.(AP Photo/Elliot Spagat)
Bob Filner stepped down as San Diego mayor Friday afternoon after only nine months in office.
His departure followed allegations of sexual harrassment and lawsuits by 19 women.
The race is on to replace Filner in a November special election.
Until then, the mayor's office is being temporarily filled by city council president and fellow Democrat Todd Gloria, who is contemplating a run for the permanent post.
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On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Pieter Palmers wrote:
Don't know, but yeah, I usually do on the bottom... just didn't that time.
>> But I agree also with all what Brad Fuller says.... and I think 350
The only issue I have with this POV is that product price is
determined by the market, not by one's cost. You clearly want to make
a profit if you're in business. But, if in business, and you can't
make a profit with a price that is marketable for your product, you
should look for other avenues of revenue.
350E is too high for me. ('course, I'd have to take a plane from CAL
so it would be REALLY expensive for me ;-) )
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Japanese lessons for Nick Clegg and David Cameron
Britain's leaders face the same problems as Hatoyama's coalition government did -- until its collaps
Britain's leaders face the same problems as Hatoyama's coalition government did -- until its collaps
by Tina Burrett Published
The resignation last week of Japan's prime minister Yukio Hatoyama was greeted with a grim sense of inevitability by the Japanese public, which has grown used to a rapid turnover in the country's top office.
Hatoyama's successor, Naoto Kan, is Japan's sixth prime minister in less than four years. But the latest resignation has particular resonance for politicians in Britain. Hatoyama led a coalition government comprising his own centrist Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), along with the smaller left-wing Japan Social Democratic Party (SDP).
Although Hatoyama's resignation came largely as a result of his own blunders, the final shove was provided by his coalition partner, the SDP leader, Mizuho Fukushima. Hatoyama's nine months in office were dogged by scandal, indecision and missed opportunities, but he was finally forced out over his failure to fulfil an election promise to move the controversial US Futenma marine base, currently located on the island of Okinawa.
His reversal on Futenma was seen by the public as symbolic of a broader inability to deliver on critical issues. When he came to power last August, public support for Hatoyama and his government stood at an astonishing 75 per cent; by the time he resigned, it had fallen to 19 per cent.
Fraught alliance
Hatoyama's failure over Futenma put pressure on his party's already fraught coalition with the SDP, which represents what remains of Japan's socialist electorate. Opposition to the Japan-US security alliance is a central pillar of their pacifist platform, so, not surprisingly, the SDP's Fukushima refused to support Hatoyama's decision to revert to the status quo and allow the US military to remain at Futenma.
The prime minister was thus forced to dismiss her from her post as minister for consumer affairs. The rest of the SDP swiftly followed their leader in leaving the coalition.
Within Britain's coalition government, David Cameron and Nick Clegg claim to have come to an "agree to disagree" arrangement over replacing Trident. But defence-related issues could easily open up divisions at Westminster similar to those that have occurred in Japan.
There are other similarities between the governments. In Japan, as in Britain, the coalition partners garner electoral support in conflicting ways. Elections for Japan's House of Representatives, the more powerful of its two chambers of parliament, are based on a mixture of proportional and single-member seats. The majority of DPJ MPs are elected in the single-member category, so the party must maintain a centrist stance in order to attract a wide variety of voters from as many constituencies as possible.
The SDP finds itself in the opposite position. The number of its members is in single digits, with more than half elected from proportional lists. The party's survival depends on its reputation as a progressive alternative to the two main parties.
Central to this aim is the SDP's unique commitment to reducing the presence of the US military in Japan and retaining the country's pacifist constitution.
Principle or pragmatism?
While the British Liberal Democrats enjoy wider electoral support than the Japanese SDP, their positions are in some ways similar. The majority of partisan Liberal Democrats -- those who vote for the party out of conviction, and not tactically or in protest -- are drawn to what they consider a more challenging agenda than the one offered by Labour or the Conservatives.
Like Japan's SDP, the Lib Dems will be punished by their core supporters if they are seen to compromise on their principles and election promises.
With elections for Japan's upper house around the corner in July, Fukushima's options were either to walk or to face the wrath of SDP voters at the polls. She orchestrated her own dismissal rather than be seen to support the DPJ over the Futenma controversy.
Surely it will not be long before Nick Clegg faces a similar dilemma. Perhaps the moment has already passed; joining a Conservative-led coalition in the first place was a slap in the face to many Liberal Democrat voters.
A departure from government on principle before the next election might mitigate the electoral damage to the Lib Dems. Both Clegg and Cameron should watch developments in Japan with interest.
Dr Tina Burrett is assistant professor of international relations at Tokyo's Temple University.


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Qawwali and kebabs rock Town Hall.
IT WAS an evening of ghazal s, qawwali s and kebabs at the Town Hall lawns, Chandni Chowk on Thursday evening.Music lovers who poured in at the venue for Jashn- e- Dilli, an event being held by the Delhi government for the CWG, had their mouthful even before they listened to the electrifying sargam s of Raza Ali Khan or the Sufiyana qawwali s of Ateeq Husain Khan Bandanawazi.
The stalls that outlined the venue had some of the traditional old Delhi delicacies such as Seekh Kebab, chicken Biryani, jalebi s and phirni , a rice- based dessert, offering a culinary feast for the visitors.
The satiation of the senses was complete when Ali Khan, the Hindustani classical vocalist who launched the evening, embarked on a musical treat in his deep and sonorous voice. Also a music director and composer, Khan began his performance by singing two songs based on raga s Sohni and Rageshree, from the 1960 Bollywood flick Mughal- e- Azam , which was originally sung by his grandfather Bade Ghulam Ali Khan for the hit film under the guidance of music director Naushad. He was joined by Arif Khan on the tabla and Gulam Ali on sarangi . The team was cheered and applauded all the way through its performance. This was followed by the much- awaited qawwali party led by Husain Khan and his group of eight men in black sherwani s and fur caps on harmoniums and percussions.
Meanwhile, the arrival of a group of mendicants with matted hair in the midst of the performance engaged the curiosity of the audience, even as it underscored the transcendental power of music to breach the barriers of religion and caste.
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Criminal justice agencies collect a variety of information and use it in multiple ways. Their datasets are often large and complex. And many crime analysts find it difficult to present this data in an easy-to-understand way. That's the problem the National Institute of Justice is tackling with its new Data Visualization Challenge. Dr. Nancy Merritt, senior policy advisor at NIJ, joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with more details on the challenge.
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Agencies should consider these six steps to help keep their employees safe and informed during emergencies, says Aviv Siegel, the CTO and co-founder of AtHoc, in a new commentary for Federal News Radio.
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Agencies haven't quite found the right balance between cybersecurity and accessibility when it comes to their data. It's been two years since the White House issued its strategy on information sharing and safeguarding. And the Information Sharing Environment continues to steer efforts to achieve the administration's goals. Kshemendra Paul is the program manager of the ISE. In part 2 of his interview with executive editor Jason Miller on the Federal Drive, Paul says there is movement on the security and ease of access question.
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The improved sharing of law enforcement and homeland security information is having the intended effect 10 years after Congress created a new office to lead the effort. The impact of all the changes can now be understood more than a year after the tragic and deadly attack at the Boston Marathon. Kshemendra Paul is the program manager of the Information Sharing Environment. He told executive editor Jason Miller on the Federal Drive about how the response to the Boston Marathon attack, and other examples, shows just how much progress has been made over the last decade.
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Information Sharing Environment is helping to shape the policy and technology pieces to help implement the two-year-old White House's strategy on information sharing and safeguarding. The back-end attribute exchange is an expanding component to solve this challenge.
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Kshemendra Paul, the program manager of the Information Sharing Environment, said his organization's tools and techniques are creating collaboration and trust among federal, state and local law enforcement officers. The Boston Marathon bombing is the most recent example of just how much the way intelligence is shared among authorities.
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It even sounds complicated: making information resources assessible, discoverable, and usable by the public, and making open and machine readable the new default for government information. But that's what the White House ordered in May of 2013. Now agencies are finally getting their heads around how best to meet the requirements of the open data policy. Several agencies realize what's needed is a combination of policy and action. Federal News Radio's executive editor Jason Miller joined Tom Temin on the Federal Drive with details about the plans of some agencies to meet this 18-month-old policy.
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