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ANTS Student E-News - Friday, January 9th, 2009
Academic & Facilities:
- Spring 2009 Registration Continues & Full Courses *** Check Daily
- Evaluations - Your Participation Counts!! *** New ***
- Spring 2009 Distance Learning Course to be Offered by CRCDS *** New
- New course through BTI offered at BC in the spring term (beginning
January 14)
- Addendum on the MDiv Curriculum Transition
- Spiritual Direction and Counseling on Campus
- Connect Web Site problem for Winter & Spring Courses
- Important Internet Explorer Update
- Winter Parking Ban, November 15 - April 15, 11:00pm - 7:00am
Other News and Opportunities:
- Nick Page Power Sing 10:30 am January 14 in Meetinghouse
- "Understanding the Process of Bereavement" Lecture, January 14 ***
New ***
- "Looking Back, Looking Ahead": Conversation about Church&Society,
January 20th
- Living Green Lecture & Workshop, January 22nd, 29th, February 5th
- Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability Conference, end of
- Creative Writing Group *** New ***
- Change of Date Toni DiPina Ordination, February 8th
- Jim Hinds Called to Ministry
- Call for Submissions: Practical Matters
- Call for Papers: 5th Annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Students
Conference in Patristic Studies *** New ***
- BC Gym Parking Costs
- Art Night & Weaving Knowledge
Academic & Facilities:
Spring 2009 Registration & Full Courses *** Check Daily ***
Spring Registration continues for all students through Dec 19th.
After December 19: $150 Late fee apply
Dec. 20-February 6: Add/Drop Period
Please remember that your registration IS NOT complete until you have
completed the "registration and services confirmation form" online in
Connect. Failure to complete this form could result on the loss of
financial aid for the semester, so please do not forget this step. If
you have any questions, please contact the Registrar's office.
Closed Courses:
CHRS723 - [EL] The Practice of Prayer
CMFE621 - Integrative Seminar
CMPR601 - Christian Preaching: Theology and Practice
ETHI776 - Moaning, Singing and shouting: Spiritual Longing &
Enlightenmen in African American Music
OLDT636 - The Crossroads:Interpreting the Book of Job
OLDT661 - Prophets and Priests, Patriarchs and Matriarchs:Biblical
Models of Religious Leadership
P3HIST609 - History of Christianity I Practitioner Program
P3THEO614 - Systematic Theology II -Practitioner Program
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Evaluations - Your Participation Counts!! *** New ***
All students were e-mailed a link to an evaluation for each course in
which they participated. Please take the time to go online and respond.
Responses are completely confidential, and your feedback is even more
valuable at this time, as our faculty are designing and revising courses
in preparation for a new curriculum.
If you did not receive a link for a class, or have questions, please
contact Faculty Assistant Jennifer Shaw at extension 228 or
Spring 2009 Distance Learning Course to be Offered by CRCDS *** New
Anyone who wants to register for the course, please speak to Nayda in
the Registrar's Office.
Course Number & Title: MS 121 - Living Religions: U.S. & Global
Perspectives and Practices
Instructor: The Rev. Dr. C. Denise Yarbrough
Day & Time of Class: Mondays, 6:00 - 8:45 p.m.
The first class is February 9 and it runs through May 4, with NO class
on March 16.
Brief Course Description:
In a pluralistic and multicultural society, Christians no longer have
the luxury of pretending that they are the "majority" religion. Doing
ministry in today's world requires knowledge and sensitivity to the
other major world religions that are an integral part of American
culture and of our interconnected global world. This course will
introduce students to the fundamental precepts and practices of a
variety of major religions that are important players in the world
today, both in this country and abroad, including Buddhism, Hinduism,
Sikhism, Jainism, Islam, Judaism, Bahai, Neo-Pagan traditions, and
Visits to places of worship in other world religions and/or guest
speakers from these traditions will be part of this course. We will
consider the challenges that pluralism poses for people of all faith
traditions in a diverse society. We will examine how the various world
religions are being lived out in this country and throughout the
world. The intent of this course is: (1) to stimulate theological
reflection about our own Christian tradition in light of the wisdom and
insights of other world religions, and ; (2) to provide a brief
introduction to the beliefs and practices of the world religions as they
are lived out in our modern American context, and (3) to consider issues
of globalism and pluralism in the context of Christian ministry and the
relationship of religion to political and economic issues at home and
abroad, considering issues of tolerance of other religions as each
religion expresses or understands it.
New course through BTI offered at BC in the spring term (beginning
January 14)
A new course available through the BTI will be offered at BC in the
spring term (beginning January 14), TH 531 - "Toward an Abrahamic Family
Reunion. Issues in Religion and Identity," taught by a Muslim,
Protestant, Jew and a Catholic.
Jews, Christians and Muslims are commonly referred to as members of the
Abrahamic family of faith. Each faith tradition looks to Abraham as
progenitor. Christianity and Judaism experienced a "parting of the
ways" in the second to the fourth century. Islam emerged as a further
prophecy and self-perceived clarification of earlier prophetic witness
in the seventh century (610 A.D.). Today, at the heart of political and
military tension in the Middle East and elsewhere are deep issues of
religious identity that are either specific to this family of faiths or
particularly exacerbated within the relationships among them. The
purpose of this course is to explore initial family relationships and
the religious issues and tensions that drive these social and political
dynamics. Abrahamic Family relations have enormous implications in
shaping the 21st century for good or for ill.
Addendum on the MDiv Curriculum Transition
Dear M.Div. students graduating in January 2010 or later:
Greetings to you. You received a letter from me in late November that
describes some important information related to the M.Div. curriculum
transition. Please consider this note an addendum to that letter: As you
plan your spring, 2009 courses, please take into consideration that the
new M.Div. curriculum will include one semester of introductory Old
Testament, whereas now students take two. Therefore, if you will change
or might change over to the new curriculum (see the letter to know into
which category you fall), you will maintain more flexibility in the
future if you now take only one 500-level introductory Old Testament
course. Furthermore, the new curriculum will not require students to
take upper-level Ethics, or a 700 option, although many of the options
offered this spring will meet other requirements. Of course, students
will still receive credit for the courses they have taken if they change
curricula, so again, these tips are meant to help students to maintain
maximum flexibility. Please speak with Nayda Aguila or me with your
Sarah B. Drummond
Associate Dean of the Faculty &
Assistant Professor of Ministerial Leadership
Andover Newton Theological School
Spiritual Direction and Counseling on Campus
I am pleased to announce that Ms. Toni Jean DeLorenzo has joined the
community as our Associate for Spiritual Direction and Pastoral
Counseling. She is available for counseling, as well as both individual
and group spiritual direction. Toni comes to us with extensive
experience. She is trained in spiritual direction through the Shalem
Institute for Spiritual Guidance in Washington, D.C. She has worked as a
psychotherapist in private practice, mental health clinics, McLean
Hospital, and most recently as the Director of Mental Health at Fisher
College. In addition, she has been trained as a clinical practitioner at
the Mind/Body Medical Institute. At Andover Newton she completed an
M.Div. degree. She is particularly interested in contemplative
practices, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body techniques as they
relate to spiritual formation. Toni also has a special interest in
issues of vocational discernment.
If you would like to see Toni you may call her at extension 319 or
email her at email@example.com. Her office is located in Sturtevant
room 38. She is available to students at a reduced rate of $60 per
session, with a sliding fee scale appropriate to need. Counseling
sessions are limited to three meetings per term. She is happy to work
with students to find the right--and affordable--referral if more
intensive work is desired.
Nancy Nienhuis
Dean of Students and Community Life
Connect Web Site problem for Winter & Spring Courses
The IT department is aware of a problem with Connect where the student
courses are not showing up in the correct sessions. In short, the
Academic tab is appears to be listing under "Current Courses" the FA08
and on-campus SP09 courses, and then under "Future Courses" the WI09 and
on-line SP09 courses. This problem has been reported to the vendor. As
long as you are seeing all of your courses under one of these options,
you are all set. Feel free to email the Help Desk, firstname.lastname@example.com, if
you have questions.
Important Internet Explorer Update
Microsoft released a critical security patch on Wednesday to plug
vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, a move that comes amid malicious
attackers taking advantage of the security flaws. The patch is designed
to prevent attackers from downloading malware onto users' computers if
they visit a malicious Web site, or a legitimate Web site that has been
infected. This zero-day exploit has been in circulation since the first
week of December and potentially could have infected a wide swath of
users. The vulnerabilities are found in not only IE 7, Microsoft's
latest browser, but also Internet Explorer 5.01, Internet Explorer 6,
and Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1.
Winter Parking Ban, November 15 - April 15, 11:00pm - 7:00am
Please note that as stated in the Parking Policy, the Quadrangle and
the front of Fuller Hall are off limits to parking from November 15 -
April 15 between the hours of 11:00pm - 7:00am. Please note that this
also includes the side road by Farwell Hall.
In the winter months we keep these areas open in case of a snow storm.
Once these areas are cleared and the storm is over, you may move your
car from the parking lots to these areas so that the snow crew can start
to clear the parking lots.
Building & Grounds
Other News and Opportunities:
Nick Page Power Sing 10:30 am January 14 in Meetinghouse
Nick Page, song-leader extraordinaire will visit the WOTA 646 class on
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:30 am in the Meetinghouse. He will
lead a power sing on Spirit. All Andover Newton students and those
outside the school may attend. His website is www.nickmusic.com.
Please pass on to friends, family, and students.
Blessings, Nita Penfold, D. Min.
"Understanding the Process of Bereavement" Lecture, January 14 *** New
On Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 6:00-8:00 p.m, Dr. Phyllis
Silverman, a noted social work scholar and clinician will deliver a
lecture entitled "Understanding the Process of Bereavement".The focus of
the lecture will be on the process and dynamics of bereavement, with
a special emphasis on the experience of children and families. Dr.
Silverman will discuss the research she conducted as Project Director
for the Harvard/MGH Child Bereavement study. She will also review ways
students can better understand their own feelings and personal
experience with loss, grief and bereavement as it impacts their work in
clinical social work.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Linda K. Paresky Conference Center (Main Campus Building), Simmons
Any questions, please contact Suzanne Sankar:
"Looking Back, Looking Ahead": Conversation about Church&Society,
January 20th
"Looking Back, Looking Ahead": A conversation about Church and
Society with Rev. Dr. John Thomas, General Minister and President of the
United Church of Christ
Tuesday, January 20, 2009, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. in the Wilson Chapel.
Join us for an evening conversation with Rev. John Thomas about what's
happening in the UCC, and beyond, on the evening of Inauguration Day.
John will speak to the issues of the day, and engage us in discussion.
Light refreshments will be served, beginning at 7:00 p.m., with the
program beginning at 7:30. This event is free and open to the public.
Living Green Lecture & Workshop, January 22nd, 29th, February 5th
A three-part program, "Living Green," will be delivered at Concord's
Wright Tavern Center for Spiritual Renewal on three successive Thursday
evenings, January 22, 29 and February 5, 2009.
The speaker is Carol Hohle, Founder and Executive Director of
Inspiration House. She is an educator, environmentalist & spiritual
activist who speaks, and leads workshops and retreats on spiritual
practices and eco-spirituality. She is a graduate of Andover Newton
Theological School, where her studies and thesis focused on the
intersection of faith and ecology. The "Living Green" program draws on
the major insights of her own eco-conversion as well as several
spirit-based ecological paradigm shifts. Hohle¹s organization,
Inspiration House, is dedicated to nurturing spiritual
vitality for a just and sustainable planet. Visit
www.inspirationhouse.org to learn more.
Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability Conference
Technology and Culture Forum at MIT will be hosting the Boston
gathering for Trinity Institute at the end of January. This year's
topic, "Radical Abundance: A Theology of Sustainability," is critical
and timely. justice and human rights would be a great contribution to
our work and experience.
Drawing on presentations by Majora Carter, Timothy Gorringe, David
Korten, and Nestor Miguez, we will consider together: Is there a
theological basis for living abundantly while striving for justice and
sustainability? For details please see the website
The event is open to the public.
The Rev. Amy McCreath
Episcopal Chaplain at MIT
Technology and Culture Forum
Creative Writing Group *** New ***
I am interested in starting a small creative writing group (4-6 bards)
for sharing and critiquing works of fiction: poetry, prose, and drama.
I propose meeting once every two weeks because of our hectic schedules.
I have been in two creative writing groups for a total of about 10
years, which helped me write a novel (unpublished), and get a few
stories and poems published. Writing groups are great creative outlets,
tools of learns and producing, cathartic, good fellowship, and fun!
Please contact Bill Gural at firstname.lastname@example.com.
"To see a World in a Grain of Sand/ And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,/
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour." William Blake
Change of Date Toni DiPina Ordination, February 8th
Toni DiPina's Ordination Service Date has been Changed from 1/25/09 to
February 8, 2009. After three and a half years of seminary and another
full year of discernment, let the dancing begin!
Toni DiPina's Ordination Service: February 8, 2009 at 4pm
Where: Congdon Street Baptist Church
17 Congdon Street
Providence, RI 02904
Please RSVP if you will attend so they might have a count as we prepare
for the reception. Email is email@example.com.
Jim Hinds Called to Ministry
On Sunday January 4, 2009, Jim Hinds (MDiv 2007) was called by members
of the First Baptist Church of Gardner (MASS) to be their settled
pastor, beginning on Feb 1. Reflecting on the occasion Jim said, "Called
at last, called at last; thank God Almighty, I'm called at last!"
Call for Submissions: Practical Matters
Practical Matters, a new online peer-reviewed journal designed to ask
and provoke questions about religious practice and practical theology,
is now accepting submissions on the theme of Youth for our Spring 2009
issue. We are a multimedia, transdisciplinary journal out of the Emory
University Graduate Division of Religion, funded by Lilly Endowment
We invite submissions that describe and analyze the religious practices
of young people, past and present: their ritual lives, patterns of
belief, forms of community, transformational experiences, meaningful
relationships, sources of inspiration and areas of struggle. We
particularly encourage submissions that engage religion in light of the
broader contextual realities of children and adolescents. We also invite
submissions on the ways that religious communities engage with young
people, looking at the practices through which they shape and form youth
as well as the ways in which youth stretch, critique, and lead their
religious communities. Possible themes to explore might include: rituals
marking adolescent transitions; religious and social influences on young
lives; youth-centered religious experiences such as
youth groups, summer camps, mission trips, service projects, etc.;
contemporary and historical theories and/or theologies of youth; as well
as many others.
The submission deadline is March 1, 2009. For more specific
instructions on possible forms of submissions, more information on our
peer review process, or more details about the issue theme, please visit
our web site at http://www.practicalmattersjournal.org/.
Call for Papers: 5th Annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Students
Conference in Patristic Studies *** New ***
I have found this conference to be both challenging and stimulating,
and a great way to engage in ecumenical dialogue.
Bill Gural
The Fifth Annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Students Conference in
Patristic Studies
At Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, Massachusetts
March 19 - 21, 2009
The Stephen and Catherine Pappas Patristic Institute of the Holy Cross
Greek Orthodox School of Theology is pleased to announce its fifth
annual Archbishop Iakovos Graduate Student Conference in Patristic
Studies on March 19 - 21, 2009. The purpose of the conference is to
bring graduate students together from the fields of Patristic Studies,
Historical Theology, and the History of Christianity in Late Antiquity
in a collaborative and theological setting to hear and discuss peer
research. The conference will begin on Thursday, March 19, at 5:00
p.m., and ends with dinner on Saturday, March 21.
We are now calling for paper proposals. We strongly encourage all
doctoral and masters students with research interests in Patristics,
Historical Theology, or the History of Christianity in Late Antiquity to
submit a paper abstract of approximately 250 words. Topics relating to
eastern Christianity are particularly encouraged. For examples of the
range of topics, look at the previous titles at
http://www.pappaspatristic.hchc.edu/conferences_archive.html. Each
presenter will have up to 20 minutes to present, followed by a
respondent's comments and group discussion. Please send abstracts to
Dr. Bruce Beck at email@example.com by February 1st. You will
be informed about the status of your paper proposal on or before
February 10th. The deadline for completed papers for distribution to
your respondent is March 10th.
BC Gym Parking Costs
Many of you have lamented the fact that Boston College has begun
charging for parking, giving you an extra cost when you go to their gym
facilities. Thanks to some sleuthing by Frank Novo we've discovered
that you can park at a discount. Here's what you need to do to purchase
a parking permit that gives you unlimited parking for $11.42/month (you
have to pay by check). Go to the membership desk at the Plex and give
your name, license plate information, start date and end date. The
representative will then send that information to the parking office and
you'll be set up in the system. Once in the system you go over to
Student Services in Lyons Hall to obtain your parking permit and
transponder. You will then have designated parking spaces: in the
garage on Beacon Street, directly behind the Plex, and in a 2nd garage.
Happy Exercising!
Nancy Nienhuis
Dean of Students and Community Life
Art Night & Weaving Knowledge
Art Night is a drop-in open studio opportunity to explore art in a
safe, no rules atmosphere. We meet every Thursday night from 7-10 pm in
the lower studio of the Meetinghouse. All materials provided. Fun,
fellowship and theological reflection. Free will donation.
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Microsoft Office Word is an ebook to download free of charge.
In the world of word processing programs, there's Microsoft Word, and everything else. This iconic tool provides a comprehensive array of tools and features that will help you produce professional-looking letters, newsletters, and other documents. MS Word will even produce HTML code for web sites, so you don't need a stand-alone HTML program.
MS Word, however, has grown with added features and is now a large and complex word processor that can take months to master. That's where this free ebook can help! Microsoft Office Word provides an easy-to-grasp explanation of the many functions in MS Word. You'll learn the easy and correct way to create a document, options for formatting your documents, creating tables, using photos and graphics, creating a table of contents, and getting the most out the indispensable proofing, spelling, and grammar tools.
Microsoft Office Word is the easy and efficient way for you to learn this amazing word processing tool.
Word 2007 is like a typewriter on steroids! In this respect Word is no different from other word processing programs. Since the computer has become a common household and workplace item the typewriter has almost disappeared. Some people might have kept their typewriter, but that is mostly for sentimental reasons.
Nowadays a typewriter is only used when a carbon copy is needed. If you do not need carbon copies, and if you have a personal computer (PC), you might just as well donate the old "chopping board" to a museum.
Compared to the rest of the Office package, Word has in many versions been the most "over-developed" program. Word can do everything you want when it comes to word processing; probably more than you or I will ever need.
This is one reason why there have been very few new features in the latest versions of the program. It has mostly been cosmetic changes to the interface and small improvements of the Spell and Grammar Check. Word has not changed much in Version 2007 either. It is mostly the same both with respect to its strengths and weaknesses.
There are some handy Templates for easy letter writing, and it is also easy to create some impressive graphics to support the text, but it is more difficult to place and text wrapping of pictures, and it can be quite a challenge to place captions. This has always been one of Word's weaknesses and it is somewhat disappointing that nothing has been done to improve it.
By virtue of its many possibilities, Word is a fairly complicated program, although it is relatively easy to work with. If you have never worked with Word before, you will probably soon find yourself in the wilderness of possibilities the program offers. In his book I will attempt to guide you through that wilderness, so you can learn the things that are necessary for you to use the program effectively.
1. The Screen and its Elements
1.1 The Office Button
1.2 Quick Access
1.3 The View Buttons
1.3.1 Print Layout
1.3.2 Full Screen Reading
1.3.3 Web Layout
1.3.4 Outline
1.3.5 Draft
1.3.6 Zoom
1.4 The Status Bar
2. Creating a New Document
2.1 Starting on a New Blank Document
2.2 Starting a New Document from a Template
3. Writing and Simple Formatting
3.1 Simple formatting
3.2 Formatting with Styles
3.3 Customising Styles
3.4 How to Make a Table of Contents
3.4.1 Update Table of Contents
3.4.2 If you cannot see the Table of Contents
3.5 Page Breaks and some Revision
4. Page Layout
4.1 Margins
4.1.1 Adjusting the Margins – the Quick Way
4.1.2 Adjusting Margins – the Accurate Somewhat Slower way
4.2 Page Setup
4.2.1 Setting Page Size
4.2.2 Orientation
4.2.3 Columns
4.3 Sections
4.4 Page Header and Footer
4.5 Tabs (tabulators)
5. Pictures and Graphics
5.1 Pictures
5.1.1 Insert a Picture from a File
5.1.2 Adjusting Picture Size
5.1.3 Positioning and Text Wrapping
5.1.4 Captions
5.1.5 Cross-References to Characters, Pictures and Headlines
5.2 Clip Art
5.3 SmartArt
5.4 Excel Charts
5.4.1 Create a New Excel Chart in Word
5.4.2 Insert a Chart from an Excel Project File
6. Tables
7. Mail Merge
7.1 Part One - Preparation
7.2 Part Two – Retrieving Merge Data
7.3 Complete the Merge
8. Envelopes and Labels
8.1 Envelopes
8.2 Labels
9. Proofing
9.1 A Few Tip on Spelling and Grammar Check
9.2 Thesaurus
9.3 Track Changes
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Is Atlassian the coolest company in Australia?
PUBLISHED: 08 Nov 2012 04:42:00 | UPDATED: 21 Nov 2012 07:33:37PUBLISHED: 08 Nov 2012 PRINT EDITION: 08 Nov 2012Fiona Smith
Nerf gun battles across the desktops, boutique beer on tap, pool table meetings, free lunch and new, funky offices at Martin Place in the heart of Sydney. Is Atlassian – the software developer whose founders took out the top spot on the 2012 BRW Young Rich list with a combined wealth of $480 million – the coolest workplace in Australia?
Observers certainly think so. Recruiters such as IT recruiter Network 20 director, Graeme Smith, says Atlassian is at the top alongside Google when it comes to being a "cool" place to work for software developers.
"It is actually quite refreshing to have an Australian company being able to challenge Google for the top 2 per cent of the development market," he says. "I would say Atlassian is a cool company and Google is a geeky company. It is almost cool tech versus geeky tech."
Atlassian also been in the top ten of BRW's Best Places to Work annual issue for the past couple of years - testament to how it has an enviable work culture.
Of course, the founders and joint chief executives Scott Farquhar and Mike Cannon-Brookes deny that they have set out to be cool: after all there's nothing more naff than being seen to be trying.
But image is important when you want to attract and retain software engineers – the best of whom can charge eye-watering salary packages and choose to work anywhere in the world for a host of "cool" companies, such as Google and Apple.
Minutes after hamming up a "blue steel" glare at BRW's photographer (drawing inspiration from Zoolander, the movie farce on the male modelling industry), Farquhar protests he doesn't set out to be cool: "I do what makes sense."
Co-founder Cannon-Brookes backs him up: "I don't think being a 'cool' company is important. I think it's important to be attractive and fight for talent – especially in our field. We need the best minds to work for us to make amazing products that compete on the world market. We do what it takes to attract, nurture and retain those incredibly talented people."
Australian organisations lag world leaders in looking after employees. The standard of most workplace is still fairly pedestrian compared with some innovative workplace designs and practices in the United States and Europe.
But when a company's success hinges on attracting and retaining the best and brightest – and there's a worldwide shortage of these people – employers have to offer more.
This is where Atlassian stands out. Despite competing for engineers in Sydney and the US with the heavyweight Google (world famous for its staff perks), Atlassian has made a name for itself by mixing a culture of fun with interesting work and innovative human resources practices that organisations around the world imitate.
Farquhar puts it bluntly: "I want to ruin employees so they never want to work anywhere else. I want them to rue the day they left Atlassian.".
Software engineers are notoriously fleet of foot and Atlassian has to elbow out poachers from much wealthier rivals in the cities where it has offices: Sydney, San Francisco and Amsterdam.
IT recruiter Smith says he has noticed over the past three years that job seekers from overseas will ask him to approach both companies but that Google's exhaustive recruitment process of six or seven interviews means people who have tried and failed in the past will often bypass them and go straight to Atlassian.
"Atlassian has refined its recruitment process over the years," he says. "They are more realistic and don't ask people to jump through as many hoops. Google is not for everyone."
Farquhar says that even when Atlassian loses people, the technology sector benefits: "I think we are letting 1000 flowers bloom from people who started at Atlassian. There are a lot of ex Atlassians ... who were inspired to do their own thing or join smaller companies".
The company's former vice-president of engineering, Soren Harner, left three years ago to start his own software company, Permaling, and recently joined Bigcommerce (which sells an e-commerce marketing platform), where there are up to 15 ex-Atlassians.
Still, the shortage of software engineers in the developed world is limiting the company's plans for expansion and so it is turning its attention to south-east Asia, where it is planning to set up an engineering office.
"There are not enough good graduates coming out of university [in Australia]," says Farquhar.
Atlassian hired 100 people last quarter and expects to need to recruit at least 200 a year in two years' time.
For all its goofy good times and imaginative perks, Atlassian is a business – and a successful one – started with the help of a $10,000 credit card debt 10 years ago.
This year, the founders knocked out the miners to reach the top of the BRW Young Rich list on the proceeds of selling tools for software developers that help track bugs, manage projects, and review and test code.
They employ 530 people around the world and (in the last publicly available figures) had revenue of $102 million in 2011 and have more than 20,000 customers, including Microsoft, Facebook, Cisco, BMW and NASA.
The founders are also expected to float the company on the Nasdaq next year but are coy about the details, with Farquhar saying only: "We don't talk about the time frame."
The managing director of venture capital firm Southern Cross Venture Partners, William Bartee, recently said he had heard rumours the float would value Atlassian at nearly $1 billion, meaning it is verging on becoming a worldwide success story.
Technology entrepreneurs are awaiting more details with bated breath. Farquhar and Cannon-Brookes are widely expected to put some of their proceeds from selling down their share into angel investment.
"We are already doing that," Farquhar says, pointing to his involvement in the new venture capital firm Blackbird Ventures with Cannon-Brookes and 12 other technology entrepreneurs.
So, will Atlassian be able to preserve its prized corporate culture once it lists and becomes a public company? Industry gossip suggests it has already become more "serious" since US venture capital firm Accel Partners invested $60 million in 2010.
"It would be naive to think there would be no changes," Farquhar concedes. Atlassian's love of transparency would be challenged. Daily sales figures and recruitment numbers are displayed on screens for employees but the Sarbanes-Oxley Act would prevent this in the US.
Bigcommerce co-founder Mitchell Harper - whose start-up is marked by some in the industry as the next Atlassian – says there is a world of difference between working at a start-up with a fast growth trajectory and at a large multinational listed company.
What engineers want, he says, is to work on something they feel will make a difference. Bigcommerce has 30,000 enterprise customers who have channelled $1.2 billion worth of sales through its e-commerce software.
"A bug tracker is their principal product," Harper says of Atlassian. "Some engineers are attracted by that, but others aren't."
Atlassian product manager Sten Pittet is a convert. The Frenchman had heard about Atlassian and its products while working in Paris and researched the company on its website.
When he joined 18 months ago, he was relieved to find that company in real life reflected the way it portrays itself on its website.
"When I was waiting in the interview room, I saw people playing poker at lunchtime and people working in shorts, flip-flops and barefoot," he says.
Given that he had grown up in Cameroon and then had to adapt to the formal workplaces of France, he immediately felt at home, he says.
"And I love the fact that it is an engineering-driven culture – and that is not a given when you come from France," he says.
Pittet has already made a significant contribution to the company, creating the mood app (see "They read minds") on a ShipIt day on his second week, in collaboration with the vice-president of talent, Joris Luijke.
One thing that stands out at Atlassian is a willingness to try new things.
Some of ideas get canned, such as a proposal to publish people's salaries throughout the organisation, but others have added to the company's fame.
Its ShipIt days have attracted the attention of management author Dan Pink, Harvard Business Review, Fortune magazine, The Washington Post and technology publications around the world. Formerly known as Fedex days (until a letter arrived from lawyers for the logistics group), these events occur four times a year, allowing employees to work on their own project for 24 hours and then present it to the company. Now nearing its 20th ShipIt day, one of its successes (a testing tool) has collected more than $2 million in sales. About 550 internal projects have been created, 47 of which have been incorporated in its software products.
More than 50 companies have copied the idea, including Yahoo!, Farquhar says.
Much of the flavour of Atlassian's culture comes down to the characteristics of the founders, both plain speakers and engineers who met at university.
Says Farquhar: "We have different personalities and strengths that complement each other. Mike favours chaos, I favour structure. Most companies need a bit of both.
"We think differently. We didn't have any strong business mentors. A lot of people told us we were doing things wrong, but we are experimenting. It is my version of an MBA.
"The status quo says to 'do this' and we decided to do things differently."
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New digs: The new headquarters is in a heritage bank building at Martin Place in Sydney's CBD, refurbished at a cost of "less than $4 million". There is a pool room, free food and boutique beer on tap. People can move their desks into whatever configuration suits them.
Start relaxed: The company will pay for a holiday, so you turn up for your first day in the right frame of mind. After three years people get three extra days of annual leave per year. After five years, staff get $3000 to take a vacation. .
Referral bonus: Employees get $10,000 if they successfully help recruit someone to the company. There are people who have made up to $30,000 just by recommending Atlassian to their friends. A recruiter would charge about $18,000 for a successful appointment.
Free flights to outsiders: If a non-Atlassian successfully refers someone, they get a free flight to Sydney, Amsterdam or San Francisco (where the company has offices). If you don't want to fly, you can get $2000.
Charity: One per cent of revenue and the $10 fee for its "starter licences" go to charities, such as Room To Read, which recently received $2 million. Atlassian's involvement has had an impact on 70,000 children, established 150 libraries and constructed five schools.
The big red bus: The company hired 23 people in Europe this year using a double-decker bus to pick up candidates in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Madrid. They were deposited at a pub for interviews and offered free flights for themselves and their families to check out Sydney and a welcome package of all relocation costs, Sydney Harbour Bridge climb, temporary accommodation in a "plush" hotel and paid leave to look for a home to rent.
Innovation time: The quarterly 24-hour "hackathons", now known as ShipIt Days, foster creativity and independence. On top of that, you get to spend 20 per cent of your time on your project.
City pad: A number of apartments in Sydney and San Francisco are on offer for travelling Atlassians.
Bikes: Indoor bike racks and change rooms are provided for the 40 per cent of people who cycle to work.
Employee share option plan: More than 12 per cent of Atlassian is employee-owned – a proportion that will grow over time. Farquhar says that if the company does well, there will be a number of employees who will be able to use their stock to buy "a holiday, a car or a house. "There could be some people who will never have to work again."
Rewards: Employees can award each other "Kudos" – a gift worth up to $50 – as many times as they like, without asking permission. About 30 to 35 kudos are given away each week.
Hack House: new graduates and summer interns spend a week on "sand, surf, beer and code" in a Sydney beachside house to take a product from concept to launch.
They can read your mind
Fiona Smith
On only his second week on the job, Atlassian product manager Sten Pittet was whisked off to help develop an iPad app that can tell employers what their people are thinking on a daily basis.
The vice-president of talent, Joris Luijke, had an idea but had no idea how to code. He grabbed Pittet at a ShipIt day and the two developed the mood app, which will be offered free-of-charge to other organisations.
"We are not a company that develops HR tools, we can open-source it after a while," Luijke says .
The app is on iPads scattered through the new Sydney headquarters. Each day, while waiting for an elevator, employees can tap on the screen to answer a question, which changes every day.
Tap a second time and they can immediately see a graph that shows the response to the question across the organisation.
Apart from satisfying their curiosity and supplying them with valuable information about the organisation in which they work, it also lets them know if their opinions are out of whack with their colleagues in Sydney, San Francisco, Amsterdam and Poland.
Employers could see if their employees are happy and what changes their mood. They could see the immediate impact an announcement has on their motivation and get almost instant feedback on strategies.
"You can see if people are happier in the morning or evening," Pittet says. "You can find out when is the right time to ask a question or see that you are getting different results before lunch and after lunch. Those are the things I am curious about."
Luijke says the ability to act on that daily flow of information could also create a self-correcting organisation – a company that could rectify issues almost before they have started to register as a problem.
The app in its current form has been operating for only four months, so it is too early to crunch the data to match emotional states with productivity or to be certain about what company or external events affect employee engagement.
However, already a question on response to manager feedback has established that leaders had not been talking with people about performance as much as they should.
"We can act upon some of the feedback [from the app]," he says. "With managers not giving appropriate feedback, we suspected it but we couldn't prove it. Now we can see the differences even between the different floors of the office."
Atlassian responded with leadership development sessions on effective feedback .
"Obviously, it is really important for the company to respond quickly to issues . . . we are so much more agile," Pittet says.


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This is a game regarding how to create a strongest superhero. let's check out if your own superhero can defeat the evil criminals and other superheroes!!
You properly not a Superhero.
But there are so many Universes,
Maybe, in some of them, THE YOU there, is A SUPERHERO!!
What if you can contact with them, the SUPERHERO-YOUs.
What if you can summon them to this world, Fight Crimes and Battles for you.
YES, NOW WITH THIS APP, YOU BECOME A SUPERHERO SUMMONER WHO CAN CONTACT AND SUMMON ALL THE OTHER SUPERHERO-YOUs!!
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the looters, the robbers, the monsters, the evil scientists….YES, ALL the criminals will fall in front of you!!
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-Various super gears and items, complete your superhero with what he/she is lack of.
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-Game center scores reporting, so you can leave your high score on the leaderboard.
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At Florida Crystals, we use our crops and urban wood waste as fuel to generate renewable electricity. We own and operate the largest renewable energy facility of its kind in North America and one of the largest in the world.
Efficient Sugar cane ranks highest among all cultivated crops at capturing solar energy in reusable form. Our renewable energy facility converts biomass (plant matter) to electricity. We recycle urban wood and vegetative waste and our leftover sugar cane fiber, called bagasse, to produce clean, environmentally-friendly electricity that powers our sugar operations as well as 60,000 homes.
Eco-friendly Because we use local biomass as fuel, our facility eliminates the need for one million barrels of foreign oil per year. By reducing the use of harmful fossil fuels, we cut greenhouse gas emissions by hundreds of thousands of tons each year, helping to reduce global warming.
Conservation Each year, we divert 900,000 tons of wood waste from landfills and convert this otherwise worthless waste to a valuable product, clean electricity. In doing so, we conserve valuable landfill space -- 3.5 million cubic yards per year -- in urban communities.
Local Economy The cost of fuel accounts for 85% of the money spent by most power facilities. Since our fuel consists of locally grown and harvested sugar cane fiber and locally collected recycled wood waste, we invest that money in Florida. Conversely, most fossil-fueled power facilities send most of their money out of the state or out of the country.
Florida Crystals is also investing in the future of renewable fuels to help with America's energy security and reduce fossil fuel emissions. We have partnered with leading universities to conduct research and development of cellulosic ethanol to make fuel out of our sugar cane fiber and other wood waste.
Cellulosic ethanol Cellulosic ethanol has a very positive energy input-output ratio. The cellulosic ethanol process will provide us with another high-end use of our bagasse, or left over sugar cane after the sucrose juice has been extracted. It will also allow us to produce both sugar and ethanol; we will not need to choose between food or fuel. To learn more about the differences between ethanol from cellulose and corn ethanol click here.
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Noble Americans look to the Constitution as the Truth.
And assume reading it is plain and simple as defined by the text of the Founding Fathers.
***Read this carefully:
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
It is the exact and complete Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the American Constitution.
Many gun owners ignore the first part, and prioritize the second part.
To me, a lay reader, it states:
Gun owners are vital for the security of a free state
IF they are integrated into a well regulated militia.
And this concept is so important, it was placed FIRST in the sentence sequence.
And we see this well regulated militia provided for by the US ARMY State based National Guard--where arms are provided along with training and tactics.
The National Guard is open to all men and women of appropriate age. And is open to any race, creed or religion.
And it provides critical disaster relief, rescue, security and border defense.
So individuals can bear arms,
IF they are part of this local militia or National Guard.
I think gun owners are using the Constitution with their own idiosyncratic interpretations to allow their own behaviors and queer beliefs.
Instead of stocking up on firearms and ammo, gun owners should be lining up to enlist.
Sometimes Constitutional Contextualism is Agenda Driven and NOT seeking The Truth.
Why would an individuals right to join a government organization be the 2nd most important right they spell out? Was there some concern that the government would disarm itself unless it told people it was OK to become part of their armed force?
Interesting points but what does this have to do with religosity and its relation to the texts of nations' constitutions?
""A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
It is the exact and complete Second Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the American Constitution.
Many gun owners ignore the first part, and prioritize the second part."
That's a very good point. It is all in the interpretation of that clause. Generally I feel queasy about the immense power of the Supreme Court to be the final judge on what the constitution "means." For example, looking to a text from 1784 to find answers to privacy and unlawful searches in a digital age and where modern technology (say, tracking an individual using his iPod or facebook) easily degenerates into the logical and intellectual equivalent of reading tea leaves.
In general concurrence I would add the following observation: the founders were very much convinced that a standing army was either a product or foreshadow of tyranny. I would argue that the intent of the 2nd and 3rd Amendments show a clear disdain for any sort of standing army, and presume that the national defense would be taken up almost entirely by state militia units, comprised primarily of adequately armed citizens. We may separately consider whether this presumption is wise, but it is clearly moot by recognizing the various reforms of Elihu Root which effectively replaced the vision of a militia with the current system of the National Guard, and the notion of a miniscule standing army with the Regular Army, to be augmented in times of war with the Army Reserve. The end of WWII marks the effective end of having a small standing army, thereby leaving the notion of defense of the states by local militia in tatters. This is likely why the SCOTUS went to such bizarre lengths to justify firearm possession without deference to the need for a well-armed militia. In very real and unfortunate ways, the notion of militia in the 2nd Amendment no longer holds, so we prefer to enjoy at least one fruit of tyranny, a large standing army, while perverting the 2nd Amendment to make a society awash with guns.
"Why would an individuals right to join a government organization be the 2nd most important right they spell out?"
The Reason is The Common Defense.
Simply to prevent invasion and conquest.
That is a compelling reason, would you agree?
You are overrationalizing and bringing in outside issues to justify your position.
And your position on 'tyranny' is highly subjective, perverted, and existing on an alternate paranoid reality.
READ the 2nd Amendment naked.
It is complete, straight-forward, and plain.
And it stands alone.
I reject your assertion that my use of 'tyranny' is something alien to what was understood at the time of the adoption of the US Bill of Rights. It is a matter of fact that many of the founders considered the militia as the primary defense of the nation, and the quartering of troops and standing armies as harbingers of despotic regimes. My argument is that in this context, the 2nd amendment makes perfect sense, but that the justification for the amendment can no longer rest solidly on these foundations. Hence, the SCOTUS must be activist to make its findings, giving the general public what might be described as the worst of both worlds: a large standing army and a capability for lethal and frequent civilian violence.
Bravo Connect The Dots. Another fine post from you. I particularly like this one, 'Instead of stocking up on firearms and ammo, gun owners should be lining up to enlist', they don't.
The Supreme Court recently considered this argument (in their ruling on D.C.'s ability to limit gun ownership) and found it lacking. They were able to find a way to prove to their own satisfaction that the "well-regulated militia" part was not governing. I read the decision, but since it didn't seem to make any intuitive sense, I've forgotten it. I merely mention it so that if for some reason you're interested you can look into it.
We can only wish that the Framers had thought to be a little more specific as to the type of muzzle-loaders they had in mind when they wrote this. Someday I suppose the law will be changed, in the meantime, we accept a certain number of unnecessary deaths every year as part of the cost of keeping intact the rest of the Constitution, which generally works. (In any case, who of the current bunch of politicians would we trust to change it?)
Your insertion of an 'if,' treating the well regulated militia as a requirement to the right to keep and bear arms, is the reading that is contextual (and not of a context relating to the time it was written). Proof of that lies in how the government, made up of several of the people who wrote the Constitution, treated it at the time.
When President Washington raised a militia army to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion, very few volunteered. Militias, being a volunteer as needed organization, weren't 'well regulated' in the meaning of a standing militia, but were in the fact that they would have a command structure, with an appointed leader. So they used the draft. There was some armed resistance to the draft. The Whiskey Rebellion itself was an armed resistance.
Now with all these people with firearms, but no membership in a well regulated militia, did the government lock them all up for illegal possession of firearms? No. Nobody was arrested for being armed - people were arrested for draft-dodging or treason, or a number of other offenses, but not for owning firearms without a militia membership.
"Interesting points but what does this have to do with religosity and its relation to the texts of nations' constitutions?"
I think CtD is implying that the zeal of some US citizens regarding Private Gun Ownership is tantamount to a gun worship, a form of cult religion.
"notion of militia in the 2nd Amendment no longer holds"
It was my understanding that the National Guards are the modern day militias as defined in the 2nd Amendment.
"... this well regulated militia provided for by the US ARMY State based National Guard--where arms are provided along with training and tactics."
A rogue state can also maintain a "well regulated" militia - but this would defeat the purpose of a militia to preserve/protect a free State!
According to some (of the many) interpretations of the 2nd Am. wording, the main purpose is to secure the right of citizens to bear arms against any attempt by the Congress to infringe the said right - as it would imply that the Congress does not want a "free State."


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In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, executive producer Julie Plec says the love triangle will soon come to a head.
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elena and stefan are meant to be. period.
True love vs a fun affair
if elena chooses damon i hope she dies face down in the dirt.
and damon, wtf is that guy up to. Stefan sacrifices his life to save his brother by going off with klaus trying to keep both Damon and Elena safe, meanwhile damon isnt even thankful, he just spends his time trying to hook up with Stefans mrs while hes gone.
Just aint fair man. Id rather the 3 of them die than stefan be heartbroken after all hes been through for this selfish little rat.
calm down bro, its just a tv show
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You can not love one, and then with the same sentiments apply to another kind of love … not so easy to disappear … In general, the writers would be very wrong if she would stay with Damon …
Helen should stay with Stephen … If this is not the case, then why even at the beginning of the series we have watched and admired their love imi.Esli writers feel that she should stay with Damon, they will be very wrong, so that they show that love does not exist, that You can bring a man who greatly loved. Only Stefan should stay with Helen … Love must triumph … moreover, the series showed sex scenes with Helen Stephen, and if now it is with Damon, it will be very ugly and unpleasant to many of her fans …


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1) Set up the CP4 precisely as per the instructions 2) If possible have the sensitivity going to a trim on your radio. 3) Trim the SW for straight and level, hands off the controls at cruising speed with the CP4 turned right down. Land and check all control surfaces are neutral, if not then different issue. 4) Set CP4 sensitivity to maximum, perform the pre-flight check as per instructions 5) Check that servos move in the correct directions when tilting the SW 6) Check that when you hold the the SW in the straight and level flight attitude the control surfaces are neutral. 7) turn down the sensitivity to low-position i.e. stabilisation off 8) launch SW and achieve straight and level flight at cruise power and then slowly increase sensitivity. SW should stay S&L, if not then above not carried out correctly. Hope this helps, good luck. |
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The SW is no different than any other airplane (with airelons), so i suggest you to post into a CPD4 specific thread, or to read deeply those thread. If the surfaces moves toward the opposite (expected) direction, it's a matter of reconfigure your CPD4 using the dip switches (read the instructions).
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Just to let you know that i did ste step and moved on from my beloved EZ, i've reached the limit of space and weigth (1460gr..), struggling each day to tiny space, having a flying tank. Hoping this is the right choice to move forward, anyway i'm the SW Club now.
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it is a flying tank.... Alishamao uses a 4s-5000mah as his Flight Lipo.... and he uses a 3s-1800mah for his VideoTx and BEC.... thats a lot of weight of Lipos alone.....plus he adds more with OSD, RTH, FlightStabilization modules, GoPro, FlightCCD cam,,,, etc.... all in all, it will fly great. http://www.youtube.com/user/alishanm...33/GZ0FZJWEBuI |
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This is what i want, a flying tank, and i mean smooth turns, handling great in the wind, costant (and perhaps slow) speed. I've did the same with my EZ, but i am at that point that i cannot do much else, and it's going to loose its proverbial stability (with that much weigth i'm encountering more and more occasions for dip stalls and unxepected behaviours, plus my flight time reached its limit).
I'm stuck with the single battery here, i've optimized my scheme already for this solution by years, and i'm good with it (i don't have to care about multiple lipo's and such), with the correct "procedures" you're safe. Now i had to make the decision, to not waste more money to change my lipos again, i'm forced to go with the 3S (my entiere electric scheme uses the 12V and i won't to make it more complex) and i'm hoping to have made the correct decision: single 10Ah lipo. I've read different opinion about it, so i'm not sure.. until i'll maiden it. |
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Me too. My ESC is under the wing. I put my baro/temp sensor in there too and the compartment's never gotten above 76F. There is actually an air inlet to the compart, but most folks fill it with a pan servo, camera, or GPS module. I left it open and even stuck a cut-off plastic spoon 'air scoop' over it to feed air through the compartment.
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FY-20A stabilization
For FY-20A v.II stabilization users,
has this module helped a lot in very windy situations when flying over 15mph winds....? the only thing that stops me from flying on non rainy days is wind (>15mph). Hope the FY-20A will give great results and stable flying! p.s. what do you guys use for settings? do you just leave it "ON" mode or "3D" mode all the time..... someone mentioned that the FY-20A works best if left "ON" all the time from take off to landing. its more consistant that way, and reliable. |
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