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Matt: Trenita, my French class was cancelled this afternoon so I have the afternoon free.
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when you think something is right but you're just not sure enough to disagree
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Thanks to DtL reader Courtney for the link to this image of Roger Federer and his new shorter 'do.
Gone are his lovely locks which have been replaced by a much more clean + classic cut. It's much shorter now on the sides and back than it's been for while.
On a side note it seems Regal Rog is also sporting some fancy new Nike checked shorts - they don't look exactly like the Long Checked Short supposedly set aside for Rafa but something else.
Could it be another Aussie switch-a-roo from the sports brand? Ugh.
Anyway, what do you guys think of this new look?
(image via PAUL CROCK/AFP/Getty Images)
Sunday, January 18, 2009
PHOTO OP: Hair today, gone tomorrow - so it is with Fed
Labels: Australian Open, hair, Nike, Roger Federer, shorts, tennis
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- johanneJanuary 18, 2009 at 9:43 AM
OOOOH I do NOT like this look on him. He looks too teenage jock or something. Grow it out.
ReplyDelete Ressa - Rafa should just go 'no garments', let's face it.
The shorts and the hair do make
Roger looks a lot younger and the shorts especially are miles away from his usual smart numbers. I wonder if he's feeling his age suddenly? He's no way the oldest player on tour, yet he has a very 'senior' sort of image - sensible, formal and grown up.- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:42 AM
Just as soon as Rafa trimmed his hair to resemble Federer's (length that's uncontrollable by the headband, jumping out all the time), here comes Federer and gets shorn even shorter.
Not a good cut for him, his angular face too revealed now, chin looks even longer, cheeks pudgy, eyes tiny. Curls softened all of that.
True, he does try a bit too hard and feels his age (see shorts). A pity. - AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 10:48 AM
In my opinion he looks just the age he is and it certainly looks fresh and new (believe that was the initial intention here).
I wonder how long it is gonna take for all the other to copy him, just like they did with the hairband.... - johanneJanuary 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM
LOL at anon1:48's headband comment. Couldn't you argue that Fed copied someone like, say, Carlos Moya?? He's been rockin' that for YEARS. Please.
ReplyDelete anon 1:48 my thoguhts exactly!
he's nowhere near being old, for gods sake.he's 27 and that is wonderful young age, and he can still do whatever the hell he wants with his looks, especially having great body, being tall and muscular, and having cute enough face.He looks just great, young, fresh and energetic!- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM
Like I said: too little hair, too much chin & cheeks, too small eyes:
http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/84346382.jpg?v=1&c=NewsMaker&k=2&d=17A4AD9FDB9CF19346E4C5E9CA073261677427866C08462B49AAE4E13EDE9114 - AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 11:54 AM
maybe now he won't have to shake his hair every 3 minutes.
ReplyDelete It makes him look more severe - angular like was said before.
The lovely locks softened his look. But maybe he's totally hating it right now and is waiting for it to grow out a bit.
I know when I get my 'do cut (and my locks are def not as lovely) I'm never happy with it right away. It usually looks much better after a week or two.
I bet he planned it this way: Fed says to Fed, "I'll get my haircut right before and when I step onto the podium to accept my trophy, it'll be just perf."
He's such a planner.- AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM
His new cut reminded me of his hair during teenage when he won junior wimbledon. I think It will be okay once it grows out a little. Speaking of hairy situations, i think Djokovic has one too. Some seriously thick bush on his head at the moment.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 1:40 PM
Roger looks hot; I really liked the old look too though.
ReplyDelete - AnonymousJanuary 18, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I wonder if he is also saying goodbye to the headband now? He wasnt even wearing a cap during practice, so I wonder if Fed was trying to get use to the no-headband life.
ReplyDelete I gotta admit he looks younger (actually he looks his age now, I thought he looked older than 26/27 before).
But I really don't like the haircut anyway. The rest of his locks on the top of his head kinda got all outta control there. It's so 80s. LOL
I think it'll look better after one or two weeks though. Totally Rich - such a planner! ;-)


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Try presenting a nuanced view of the Nazis. It doesn't happen much. It's going to be a long time before that happens. The trouble with Japan today is that the ugly right wing folks can actually drive the national agenda. This is very different from Germany. For instance, the Yasukuni shrine that members of the Diet keep visiting has as its official position that the Asian countries wanted to be invaded. Can you imagine politicians who hold that view in Germany being in the Bundestag? How about changing Japanese textbooks to say that Japan "entered" China rather than invaded China? Can you imagine the Germans saying this to the French or Russians?
The Economist unfortunately picked someone who obviously didn't take a first at Oxbridge in Asian history to write this article.
The important things isn't whether there are emotions. There are emotions. The Chinese will not be the ones to feel ashamed over their attitude toward Japan. The Israelis don't have this attitude either. The more important issue is why Mr. Ishihara (the man who wrote "the Japan that can say NO") can come to dominate this sensitive discussion with China, be elected mayor of Tokyo and not have the national Japanese government unanimously condemn him. The biggest concern/fear of the Chinese is that Mr. Ishihara has a voice because the typical Japanese man/woman is behind him. That he is unchecked by any politician of importance is a sign of that undercurrent in Japanese society TODAY.
Here is a list of appologies made by Japan:
Also, all Japanese are acutely aware of that their country fought an ugly war of aggression in Asia. And they are taught to feel bad about it. The textbooks people get upset about were published by a right-wing group and never actually used in any schools.
Now while the Japanese attitude is apologetic, it isn't as apologetic as that of Germany. And why should it be? The Nazis perpetrated the holocaust. 6 million people killed on an industrial scale. This is the main reason for German introspection and soul searching after the war. The Japanese brutally invaded outer countries. Surely a despicable thing to do, but something that all imperial powers at the time did, including US, UK and France. Why is Japan singled out?
Yet another piece from the Economist to stir up all the anti chinese folk around the world. Is this really "chinese nationalism"? Or is it what you regard as nationalism. How about the Americans constant and non stop incantation of "God bless America" ad nauseam? How about Russian nationalism which managed to gain Russia the greatest portion of Asia, greater even than the asians? What about the Jewish nationalism which it uses to twist the Europeans and Americans to their every whim? Why not write rabidly about them? Please everyone, jus go away and leave the Chinese to deal with this so called nationalism on their own and go and deal with your own nationalim wherever you are. Thank you and that is final. I do not know why I bother.
"The Japanese brutally invaded outer countries. Surely a despicable thing to do, but something that all imperial powers at the time did, including US, UK and France. Why is Japan singled out?"
Japan was singled out because it alone among the other colonialists had the three-all policy, it alone had unit 731, it alone conducted a month long gratuitous and senseless killing of chidren, women, babies, and other civilians of an entire city. Japanese leaders would like to muddle up the issues saying that they should not have to apologise for war and acts of war. It has never been about that. It has always been the atrocities. Once again let me list just some:
First the Nanking massacre, 30 or more days of rape, looting, extermination ... EXTERMINATION! of civilians. This includes a decapitation contest between two officers to see who could chop off 100 heads first with their swords -- this event was reported in the newspapers in Japan and no one in Japan questioned what their soldiers did in their names. No one. Shame on the people of Japan. Humans were used for bayonet practice. Humans not animals. Mass graves of human corpses piled high just like carcasses of animals. Those died had fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters. But their lives were ended at the end of painful tortures or rape.
There was also Unit 731: Cruel experiments conducted by Japanese army doctors. Doctors! They inflicted the plague on villagers and poisoned snacks for children. Thiese were all part of experiments. People had their hands frozen in vivo just so the "doctors" could see how frostbites progressed. A few "doctors" from these units (there were others like Unit 731) went on to form successful pharmaceutical companies in post war Japan.
These are just two simple reasons why Japan has been "singled out" -- it's because Japan has not owned up to these events. Japan has tried to muddle their atrocities as part of war. No, they are not. These are in essence crimes against humanity.
Singled out? Not in the least. Japan deserves to be called out for these and if they cannot own up to it, everyone with a conscience has to help keep the memories of the victims alive so they don't die anonymous deaths. They were treated with less dignity than animals when they were alive, we should keep their memories alive like the dignified humans they deserve to be. The more Japan tries to obfuscate the atrocities with simple acts of war the more it is incumbent on ordinary people to unwind the twisted logic.
Well. I'm not sure if you or I should be the judge of when an apology should be accepted. Leave that to the Chinese. Certainly, it should not be right-wing japanese who decides.
As what the Japanese feels. Like I said, obviously the Yasukuni shrine folks don't feel bad about it. The fact that many Diet members regularly visit the place would also contradict your statement.
Finally, you are right in asking why single out Japan. Given that the French and the English both had extra-territorial claims in China and that the English was famous for ranking the Chinese together with dogs, why indeed do the Chinese single out Japan?? Well, maybe a war where millions died, massive rapes, and front page boasting of a beheading contest between two Samurai sword wielding Japanese soldiers have something to do with it? You cannot be serious about why Japan is singled out.
All and all, you sound rather like someone who read the right-wing textbook as history.


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Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson and Boston's John Lackey, scheduled to pitch Thursday, will now open their teams' series tonight.
"It certainly beat the alternative," he said. "We didn't want to get into a start-and-stop situation, and if we didn't get past an official game, does that cause us to lose John Lackey for the next four or five days? That, in addition to Monday being the best of all available alternatives for both sides, it seemed to make the most sense."
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UX and Agile: Tying the knot
"Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue, and a silver thruppence in her shoe."—classic wedding tradition
In the modern software development environment, UX and agile practitioners are becoming part of a growing culture defining the way online products and services are being delivered.
The modern UX team is much more multi-disciplinary and organic than ever before, and it's no surprise that hybrid processes and methodologies are being employed to ensure better management of personnel and project deliverables. Although UX and agile both address key pitfalls that exist in traditional software development to deliver a better solution for the end-user, sometimes UX and agile approaches seem to work against each other when people focus too much on the processes and procedures.
Just as UX design doesn't have to be constrained to a specific type of user research or wireframe tool, agile software development is not defined by SCRUM meetings or dynamic programming pairings. The detailed research and testing required to develop an understanding of complex user interactions and behaviors still has its place in the hectic sprints through iterations of design concepts and prototypes. There is a place for both practices to co-exist harmoniously if we ignore the hype and stick to the basics.
Here are some factors and advice for a happy marriage between the two.
Something Old: The project management triangle
For team members working in an agile software development environment (if you are not already, it is simply a matter of time), the principles of the old Project Management Triangle still apply. How the cost, scope, and schedule are balanced will always determine the quality (i.e. success) of the project, and this needs to be assessed with each project (i.e. the client requirements). Unfortunately, no one is immune to senior management and project managers trying to upset the balance of the PM Triangle by reducing costs, tightening deadlines, and adding features in the specification (most likely to try and make a sale).
These low hanging fruits, with their frustratingly shortsighted gains, invariably end up being the poisoned chalice that no one wants to drink from. The companies with long-term vision recognize that, in the end, you can't set a fixed price tag to the quality of the work if you add to the effort required to produce it. Trends in software development methodologies come and go (the acronym creators may already be at work now), but age-old principles and ideas are here to stay.
Something New: The project management triangle redefined
There is a change in the air: not something fundamental but a shift in the balance of power. One could argue that the primary motivation for companies adopting UX and agile approaches is a desire to satisfy demands of multi-faceted consumers, which requires more user research and evaluation to deliver a user-driven product.
As products and services evolve more rapidly in the digital space, the end-users also become more sophisticated and harder to define (i.e. no single persona is appropriate). UX design can serve as the input into an agile software development process, just as the prototypes developed can be used as input to further refine the product design. This has the effect of blurring the distinction between design and development phases because the prototype itself is being used as a research tool.
What is clear is that product concept and development is moving back into the hands of the consumers, so companies are putting more emphasis on project management changing from the perspective that they are selling what you are going to build to the customer's perspective: building what you are going to sell. This requires a delicate balance between the viability (can we afford it?), feasibility (can we build it?), and desirability (do they want it?) of the products and services. The reinterpretation of the PM Triangle is therefore set to understand how the same principles apply to different parts of the organization (i.e. how to balance the same parameters for the sales/marketing, development, and design activities).
Something Borrowed: Lean and agile
It should come as no surprise that organizations need to be adaptive and flexible to meet the needs of users: a constantly moving target encompassing generations of consumers. The user-centric view of product development reflects the trend of a more holistic view of the product development process rather than a new concept, as companies begin to see how this view complements (rather than contradicts) business goals and requirements.
Practitioners of agile and lean methodologies understand that it is about finding the right balance rather than sitting at the extremes (the agile manifesto describes this concept perfectly). Lean and agile methodologies are complementary in that becoming lean makes you more agile (and vice versa). You can even argue that what lean tackles at the management team level (by cutting down on unnecessary or inefficient processes) agile tries to tackle at the development team level (by removing some limitations of the traditional systems development life cycle). Therefore, it makes sense to have them working in tandem. When the organization has an integrated and efficient product development pipeline, a UX architect/designer will be able to produce their best work.
Something Blue: The problem facing the modern UX guy
However, not working in an agile environment is not the real problem facing UX architects/designers. Even as the debate around the role of the UX guy continues, there is recognition that a great UX lead can be a critical factor in driving a user-centric development process. However, it is not enough for UX practitioners to simply sit at a desk and design user experience.
The "wireframe/storyboard machine" that the company paid for needs input, and that comes from face time with end users. For architects juggling the time that they spend with users and the designers and developers—coming up with user research, information architecture, usability, content planning, and interaction and interface designs—is something that many organizations (not to mention the UX professionals themselves) are still struggling to get right. Sometimes it means design considerations that require in-depth research and analysis by the UX designer get buried between sprints and micro-managed development tasks.
Many UX professionals haven't done themselves any favors by evangelizing user experience as something that is beyond the reach of graphic designers and software developers. It isn't, and is something that should be embraced by all parts of the organization.
Invariably it should be the people who have the most contact with clients and users who take ownership of user experience design, so it's sometimes surprising when sales and marketing departments worry more about their KPIs than how happy the users are, because it seems impossible to achieve high KPIs without keeping the customers happy. And even bad user experiences (perhaps even more so than the positive ones) deserve attention of the consummate UX professional, who (for better or worse) is always focused on building strong relationships between users and products.
And a Silver Thruppence: Can money buy UX or agile?
Of course, just paying a UX professional or a SCRUM master an exorbitant amount of money won't solve the real problem, in the same way that going to a therapist won't automatically guarantee that any deep psychological issues will magically disappear. There are different levels of UX/agile capability that organizations at different levels of maturity can strive for. One responsibility of the UX architect is to guide the organization through the process of developing the personnel and resources for it to happen. But regardless of the company's UX competency, the UX designer should act as a custodian for the current user experience and the target user experience to be achieved in product development. Furthermore, the rest of the organization needs to understand that the business goal and vision of the company (as much as its product and service) is part of the overall user experience.
Will it Last?
There are plenty of pitfalls that you need to avoid in the relationship between UX and agile, but like every good relationship the key is to be able to work through the problems and find the best solution. If both parties are willing to make it work then there is a good chance that it will.
And on that note here are some good tips for making it work:
- The quality of a working relationship is a function of the extent to which it is built on a solid mutual understanding of the needs of the two parties involved.
- Forget whether you're right or wrong. The question is: Is what you're doing working or not working?
- There is no right or wrong way to fix a relationship. Find your own way that works. But recognize when it's not working and be honest when it needs fixing.
Have you had any notable successes or failures marrying UX and agile methodologies? Please share them below.
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Hi Arin, Thanks for the comments. It might be of interest to the readership if you described the relationship between the UX lead and the Dev lead for your company, especially since your organization handles the UX + Agile (and also Lean methodology) in a pretty effective manner. I haven't seen too many other methods outside of SCRUM that have been implemented within organizations, but I suspect that with some tweaks it should not clash with UX processes.
If we take another look at the agile manifesto, you'll find that there are many parallels between the values and principles between UX and Agile:
Individuals and interactions over processes and tools;
Working software over comprehensive documentation;
Customer collaboration over contract negotiation;
Responding to change over following a plan;
Other than the second point, which is probably more relevant to programmers, I think you can argue that UX and Agile are both trying to address the trend of user-centric design. Yet most of the utility in adopting these philosophy and practices have been hampered by following specific processes or methods without a true understanding or appreciation of the user needs.
My advice is, as the article suggests "ignore the hype and stick to the basics".
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Great Article, I actuslly do think that "Working software over comprehensive documentation" is achieved via a more agile approach to UX. The ability to modify and demo a prototype can potentially remove the often heavy requirement for multiple wireframes and concepts.
Stew - I see your point but "as much design is done prior to a sprint as possible" doesn't seem very agile to me - you are creating a dependence on this phase to be finalised prior to sprint kick off - I think there is more value on approaching the UX work iteratively and incrementally delivering. The added benefit here is that you don't end up with a development team which are too focused on the technical feasibility and lose sight of the user benefits being delivered.
I agree that the crux of the challenge is this: in many situations, UX has NOT handed off all these great research/design conclusions before development begins.
Therefore, how to optimize if you take it as GIVEN that UX has 0 knowledge at the start, same as the dev team. How do you begin? Does 'Agile/Lean UX' mean that we just make up a Sprint 1 hypothesis to develop, and THEN validate it? Seems reasonable.
"In my experience it can easily as long as sprints are seen as being about implementation and that as much design is done prior to a sprint as possible. "
That's most people's experience as well as far as I can tell (certainly is mine). The trouble is, that's not Agile. And Lean UX isn't defined in any real way so people are free to say what they want about it.
BTW on your first point about it being obvious that people understand each other they can work better together. I would say not only is that obvious, but that you don't need Agile, or indeed anything else, if that's happening - you only need a "process" to address issues of suboptimal practices like misunderstanding, ignorance or disease.
I'll flag up first I'm going to be critical of this article. The reason being sentences like this...
"The quality of a working relationship is a function of the extent to which it is built on a solid mutual understanding of the needs of the two parties involved."
Or in other words...
"If everyone understand each other they can work better together."
Which is really stating the obvious. The rest of the article touches on some of the issues UX faces in different kinds of organisations without really offering solutions.
Above all it doesn't touch on how UX, lean or not, can better work with Agile. In my experience it can easily as long as sprints are seen as being about implementation and that as much design is done prior to a sprint as possible. The UX work should be attached to the stories ready for the dev team and then, as is natural, it is found reality isn't quite how the UX work predicts then the UX resource should be able to be there for the dev teams to resolve any issues in a very quick way - these changes being documented etc later to allow the sprint to run without delay, for example solving a UX on a white board or as a sketch. Lean UX (which remains wonderfully undefined) often does encourage getting all team members involved with the UX process rather than it being a black box or the UXers knowing best. That we can all agree with (I hope).
Is there really a 'silver bullet' that works for every company? I would suggest that while high level approaches can guide the path to coming up with the right solution, nothing that you can prescribe from a manual or a consultant is guaranteed to fix anything, if at all. I like the previous comment that you don't really need Agile or UX if people come up with their own processes and communicated more.
Good topic. Integrating UX thinking and deliverables into Agile delivery is like creating a research-based "back story" for every user story. By linking epics and user stories to the personas, goals, and scenarios that drive them, teams can get the best of both worlds: strategic, business-focused design directly linked to short-cycle deliverables. Agile iterations can benefit from UX design artifacts, such as annotated wireframes, to jump start minimum viable documentation. And organizations can map the value of project and development initiatives directly to prioritized user needs at every stage of a product or project lifecycle.
Nice article. I think that the whole team needs to take ownership of the UX (in the same way that an agile team takes ownership of the problem domain) and that designs should be evaluated by end users during development as part of an iterative agile process. The team is 'too close' to the product to evaluate it objectively without assistance.
Very good point about the whole team needing to take ownership of the UX. This is considering that the UX designer is usually the UX team, so Product Managers, Sales, Marketing and developers all need to chip in. And if the design decisions are not validated by exposure to real end-user testing, then all that effort will have been put in for no real gain, unless your initial assumptions all happened to be correct.
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In 1997, Martin graduated from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and holds a master's degree in Economics, awarded with high distinction. He also serves on the advisory board of the management accounting & controlling institute (IAC) of Kalaidos Business School in Zurich, Switzerland. In his spare time, Martin enjoys travelling with his wife to exotic places and experiencing different cultures and people. He also likes to play and follow sports (tennis, soccer, baseball) – during his time in London he became a member and follower of the Chelsea Football Club.
Vicki Isip joined Ghirardelli in 2012 as Vice President of Marketing. As Vice President of Marketing, Vicki is responsible for the overall visual expression of the brand, as well as enhancing the brand equity built up over the last 160 years. She has responsibility for the advertising, consumer promotion, digital strategy, public relations, and innovation roadmap for the confections and baking businesses that are sold in grocery, drug, club, and big box stores.
Wine, ice cream, and chocolate. Vicki has spent 17 years mastering the art of indulging and making consumers very happy. Prior to Ghirardelli, Vicki tripled the size of the Nestle Ice Cream portfolio building the Skinny Cow, Drumstick, and Dreyer's s Outshine brands. She has expertise in brand positioning, innovation strategies, portfolio management, and consumer communications. In her eight years at the E & J Gallo Winery, Vicki managed the Beverage and Table Wine portfolios and held a shopper marketing role. Vicki earned her MBA at the University of Chicago's Booth School and her BA in Art History from Cornell University. In her free time, Vicki enjoys Bhakti Yoga, photography, and healthy cooking. She and her college sweetheart-turned-husband are parents to two sporty and musical children and two viszla dogs.
Rob joined the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company on June 1, 2011, as Vice President of Sales responsible for confection and baking products for retail partners across the United States along with the Travel Retail and Export divisions internationally. Trade Marketing, Category Management and the Customer Sales groups fall within this portfolio. Rob is also a member of the Management Team responsible for top-line strategic direction.
Prior to joining the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company, Rob worked with Lindt & Sprungli (Canada), Inc. from 1995 until 2011 holding senior Sales positions with his last posting as Vice President of Sales. The 10 years prior to that were spent in a variety of roles gaining consumer packaged goods experience within tier one organizations. Rob graduated from the University of Manitoba, Canada, with a bachelor of arts degree in 1986.
John joined Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in 2009 as Vice President of Operations responsible for engineering, manufacturing operations, logistics, and customer service. Prior to joining Ghirardelli, John held various positions in procurement and operations at Mars, Incorporated over a 13-year career. Prior to Mars, John worked in merchandising and logistics roles for Columbia Grain International, a US subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation for eight years.
John has previously been a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Foreign Trade Council and a Conferring Member of the New York Board of Trade. He holds BS degrees in Agricultural Business Management and Agricultural Engineering Technology from Oregon State University, as well as a master's in Business Administration from Portland State University.
Michelle began her career with Ghirardelli in 2011 with a focus on building global talent management programs for both Ghirardelli and its parent company, Lindt, helping to ensure the right people are in the right roles across the globe. Additionally, as Vice President of Human Resources, Michelle is responsible for helping Ghirardelli create a modern and strategic HR function. Her goal is to support Ghirardelli's talented teams by ensuring we have best in class development programs, benefits, perks, compensation and rewards, and career opportunities. She believes that helping leaders be successful in managing individuals and teams is one of the secrets to a great work environment.
Prior to joining Ghirardelli, Michelle worked for Williams-Sonoma, Inc., holding roles as the Director of Learning & Development and Director of Human Resources. She also worked in higher education as the Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Heald College and Director of Human Resources for Stanford University. Michelle began her HR career with Marriott International. Working across a variety of industries is an advantage that brings a broad perspective in helping a company value it's most critical assets – the people.
Michelle has a BS in Business Administration from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. She is an avid fan of the Pittsburgh Steelers. In her free time she enjoys running, fine wine, live music and travel. Michelle often says, "Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania gave me a certain grounding and common sense perspective about life and what's important, but I've always had a tremendous sense for adventure and sometimes a bit of mischief that drove me to leave my home town and see the world!
After graduating with a master's in public administration and some time as a logistics officer in the Dutch navy, Yvo decided to see something of the world and ended up in the USA. Yvo's strong belief that "the only things you will regret in life are the things you did not do" might explain why he started his career selling chewing gum out of the trunk of a car in New Hampshire, while barely speaking English. Several years and cities later, after finishing his MBA at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Yvo relocated to San Francisco where he worked for McKinsey & Company and Clorox, before ending up at Ghirardelli Chocolate 8 years ago.
At Ghirardelli, Yvo is responsible for the Restaurant and Retail division which employs over 700 colleagues and provides our guests with stores where they can experience our brand and chocolate in all senses. Since retail is all about detail and delivering great guests experiences, you are very unlikely to find Yvo in his office. You will find him in stores (hot chocolate in hand) interacting with our guests and colleagues who, by the way, make or break our business.
Yvo's talent to engage colleagues at every level of the organization has created a loyal and high-performing Restaurant and Retail team. People and 'winning' are what gets Yvo up in the morning. No day will go by without him encouraging quality, action to achieve goals, and innovation by creating test and learn situations. Decision making based on data and a positive can do attitude are key elements exhibited by the colleagues in his division. As a strong supporter of the local community, Yvo and his team organize the yearly chocolate festival at Ghirardelli Square, which attracts over 50,000 visitors with proceeds going to Project Open Hand, a San Francisco-based cause.
In this role, Steve is responsible for the overall product quality, research and development, packaging engineering and consumer response functions for the company. Steve joined Ghirardelli in 1997 and has helped guide the strategic growth of the company for the past 16 years.
Prior to joining Ghirardelli, Steve spent 8 years with Nestle Chocolate where he held roles in Operations Management and Technical Services and 3 years with Fuji Vegetable Oil where he served as the Technical Marketing Manager.
Steve received his Bachelor of Science in Food Science from California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, California.
Steve is an active member of the Pennsylvania Manufacturing Confectioners Association, serving as a Board Member, the National Confectioners Association where he is a member of the Chocolate Council, and lastly he serves on the Executive Board of the World Cocoa Foundation where he is a past Vice Chairman.
Steve and his wife celebrated their 25th anniversary in 2013 and have 3 children. In his spare time, he watches every sporting event his kids take part in and farms 20 acres of almonds.


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2 Exactly what is essential here?
You take emotional arguments and try to take a point about a physical reality. They are not factually based and the facts do not support your assertions.
Circumcised men are not in ANY WAY sexual cripples, they are not deprived - they enjoy sex - a lot in many cases, their mates enjoy sex a great deal - or they would not have the opportunity to enjoy sex a lot in those cases - oh and Mothers who circumcise - based upon their experience KNOW that it offers no impairment to either their pleasure or the boy's pleasure - from first hand experience having lived with their Father and having a satisfying sexual life with their FATHER. They want the same good things for their Son. To top this off is evidence from men circumcised as adults who lived sexually both ways who report no loss in pleasure and far less maintenance and higher rates of cleanliness after being circumcised. Some of the strongest advocates for circumcision were circumcised as adults.
The singular largest group of circumcised people are Muslims who comprise 25% of the earths population and whose numbers are growing due to very high birth rates. Do you have the temerity to presume that they are sexual cripples? The current largest program for circumcision is across Africa supported by the Clinton Initiative and the Bill Gates Foundation - people who have been shown to be very capable and to whom real evidence has been presented showing efficacy of disease limitations. You don't become the worlds richest man or graduate as a Rhodes scholar and become President of the USA easily - these are exceptional men - who also know how to read a dictionary. I suggest you perhaps learn to follow their lead as well.


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Chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and surgery are all used to treat esophageal cancer, but doctors are trying to determine the most effective way to give them. Not all patients respond the same way to therapy. In this study, investigators are using positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, combined with computed tomography (CT) scanning, to monitor how patients with stage II or III esophageal cancer respond to chemotherapy and to determine the most appropriate therapy they should continue having based on the scan results.
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Stock car races, drag races and demolition derbies are regular events at this speedway.
Southwestern Illinois College
The Belleville campus at SWIC has two gymnasiums: the Varsity and Intramural (IM), which can accommodate up to three basketball or volleyball courts at one time. Outdoors, the property features one baseball and one softball diamond, along with a full-size soccer field.
King's Point Sports Club
This sports club offers resistance training, aerobics classes, cycling, tennis courts and aquatics.
Yorktown Golf Course
Designed by golf legends Pete Dye and Bob Goalby, Yorktown offers an 18-hole lit par 3 golf course.
Belle-Clair Fairgrounds & Exposition Center
Home to the annual St. Clair County Fair, several craft shows and monthly flea markets, the complex also includes the Belle-Clair Speedway, with stock car races and demolition derbies.
Family Sportsplex
Family Sportsplex is known throughout Southern Illinois as a great soccer complex, boasting seven outdoor fields that support league games and several club tournaments each year. The facility can be configured to accommodate four basketball/volleyball courts and an indoor soccer field for year round competition.
Whitey Herzog Field
Citizens Park's 45 acres are home to some of the area's best ball diamonds. Whitey Herzog Field features a lighted baseball complex with batting cages, concessions, and grandstand seating for 300.
The Edge
The largest laser tag arena in the region also includes mini-golf, a big video arcade with the coolest games on the market, and food at D.S.Vespers Sports Pub and Eatery.
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A 5,000 sq. ft. laser tag arena and a 2,500 sq. ft. game arcade is conveniently located by hotels and restaurants off I-64.
Gateway Fun Park
Gateway features mini-golf, go-karts, an arcade, bumper boats, a kiddie track and Rudy's Restaurant.
Jaycee Sports Complex
This complex features 12 ball fields (six are lighted), six soccer fields (one is lighted), one football field and concessions.
Fletcher Field
Located in Wodland Park, this ball field was named in honor of baseball player Athur Fletcher.
Fairmount Park Racetrack
Fairmount Park is home to live thoroughbred horse racing action. From March through September, the horses run on the one-mile oval dirt track Tuesdays, Fridays and Saturdays.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee Center
The center is a multi-purpose meeting and sports venue with satellite conferencing, computer work stations and a 1,200-seat gymnasium.
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Archocentrus nigrofasc (Convict cichlid)
Archocentrus nigrofasc (Convict cichlid)
Scientific Name(s): Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus, Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum, Heros nigrofasciatus
Common Name(s): Convict Cichlid, Black Convict Cichlid, Zebra Cichlid, Pink Convict Cichlid, Calico Convict Cichlid, Marble Convict Cichlid
Origion: Archocentrus nigrofasciatus, known as the Convict Cichlid, is a substrate-spawning cichlid native to Lake Atitlan and Lake Amatitlan in Guatemala south to Panama in Central America.
Family: Cichlidae
Species Type: Central American Cichlids
Maximum Size: 4 inches for females 6 inches for males, in rare cases they can reach 8 inches.
Life Span: 10+ years
Natural Habitat: Central American Streams, It's preferred natural habitat is usually rocky areas, rooted areas or over hanging river banks and some cover should be provided to reflect that.
This is a digging species and a small to medium sized substrate is preferred for the base of the tank.
Plastic plants are also appreciated by this species to provide cover.
Diet: These fish are Omnivores and will eat: Algae; live; worms, insets, insect larve, crustaceans; pellet; flake; plant matter; vegetables; chopped meat.
Temperature: 68°- 80°F (20° to 27° C)
PH: 6.0 to 8.0 (very wide range tolerated if kept stable)
Minimum Tank Size: 20 gallons for a single fish 20 gallon Long for a pair
55 gallons or larger should be considered if tankmates are present.
Tank Region: All over
Temperment: Aggressive and down right nasty during spawning
Possible Tank Mates: Firemouth Meeki, Green Severum, Salvini Cichlids, Plecos, Jack Dempseys,compatible catfish species and other larger cichlids.
Filtration and Setup:
Being relatively high waste producing, this species requires a high water turn over and good biological filtration.
Ideally the volume of the water in the tank should be turned over 10 times per hour (through bacteria harboring media) when using filters such as 'hang on the back's', 'pre-filtered powerheads' or 'air-powered filters'.
When using more advanced filter's such as 'canisters', 'wet /dry's' or 'strait sump's' this turn over rate can be reduced to 4-5 times per hour provided the filter holds enough media.
Also known as the "zebra cichlid"; both this and "convict" are good descrïptions of this species. It has black vertical bars on it's bluish-lavender body. There is usually a orange tinge to it's belly, and well-kept fish will have an iridescent pattern on their fins and sides. Both the dark stripes and orange belly become more pronounced during breeding. Males usually have darker stripes and pointier fins (in addition to their usually larger size), and fully mature ones will sometimes have a bit of a hump on their head. Females have orange bellies and are usually rounder.
Available in a variety of color forms, including:
Black— a gray and black striped variety that was the inspiration for the common name "Convict"
Pink— albino variety
Gold— Similar to the black variety, but exhibits lots of gold coloration on the belly
Calico— a fish with a white/gray base, with black and brown spotting
Long Fin Pink— a long-finned version of the Albino fish
Being amoung the most prolific species of cichlid, no specific water parameters are needed to induce spawning. They are a cave spawning species and will often prefer caves or rocky areas to spawn. They will however breed in an open area in some instances if required, and are not overly fussy in choice of a nesting site.
Both Male and female may participate in preparing a surface in which the female can lay her eggs. The female will then fan the eggs to keep temperature stable and provide a flow of water current around the eggs. At this time the male will defend the perimeter of the nest site from intruders.
If the eggs have been fertilized successfully by a male they will appear an amber or brown colour, unfertilized eggs will remain a distinct white. Hatching will occur in around 3-5 days and parental care once born is typically around 4-6 weeks or longer.
Fry will not require feeding during the wriggler stage after hatching and are self-sufficient until free swimming. Once free-swimming fry can be fed on baby brine shrimp (frozen or live), commercial liquid fry foods, egg yolks, microworms or finely crushed flake and pellet foods.
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Convicts should not be confused with their close cousins...Houndouran Red Points (HRP)
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