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Volume II
San Diego Business Roundtable for Education Charter Schools Accountability Tools
What's New
The U.S. Department of Education revamps the "Choices for Parents" webpage; Secretary Paige addresses winners of the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools award; OII co-sponsors a one-day education summit for parent advocates with the New York State Education Department and EPIC; OII hosts a workshop for district leaders to help them implement public school choice; grant competitions for the Advanced Placement Test Fee and Incentive Programs announced; the National Association of Charter School Authorizers holds its annual national conference in Philadelphia; new "High School Choice" website helps Boston's eighth graders decide which public high school is right for them; research study supports the link between parent involvement and academic achievement in high poverty elementary schools; and the Education Leaders Council sponsors session on supplemental educational services.
Innovations in the News
Baltimore is becoming a trailblazer in Maryland with the conditional approval of three new charter schools along with the conversion of seven existing public schools to charters, plus information on charter schools, choice, school leadership, and school report cards.
San Diego Tosses Charter Schools a Rope as They "Swim" in Data
Graphs, charts, and tables are usually seen in math class in most schools. However, some San Diego charter schools, in keeping with the accountability and results-based principles of No Child Left Behind, have taken the initiative to incorporate data collection and analysis in their ongoing improvement process. As a result, teachers and administrators can be seen pouring over charts, tables, and other data-analysis tools on a regular basis.
Thanks to the San Diego Business Roundtable for Education, school officials at 15 charter schools (several of which were organized by the Roundtable over the last decade) are learning how to use data-based inquiry, develop "robust but parent-friendly" school accountability report cards, and promote communication, collaboration, and continuous improvement. This is all aimed at finding ways to improve academic achievement and hold schools accountable for doing so.
The Roundtable developed the "Data Analysis and Accountability Plan," which is supported by a grant from the Girard Foundation, a La Jolla-based organization that supports education reform. The plan focuses on teaching school leaders how to analyze and synthesize data and build an accountability-oriented school culture within each school.
The data-analysis support program is currently in its third year. The first year focused on research—identifying essential questions, finding gaps in existing assessment models, and determining what data were presently being used to guide decision-making.
This year, the project is focusing on solidifying a school-wide accountability culture and using data to plan improvements in school performance. Ginger Hovenic, President and CEO of the San Diego Business Roundtable for Education, says, "by the end of this school year, the charters will have established a complete process with the tools and staff capacity to measure and understand data about their schools, so that planning, based on evidence, can take place." As the schools become stronger data-driven organizations, the Roundtable hopes that the impact on student achievement will be readily apparent.
The inter-school connection among the 15 participating schools is especially important in this process. Currently, the schools meet three times a year to collaborate. During these sessions, outside consultants also investigate the schools' data analysis programs.
While the San Diego Business Roundtable is the organization responsible for maintaining the rules and logistics of the data-analysis systems, the schools themselves are developing their personal methods of data-collection and analysis. The process involves teachers from the participating schools, the administrators, and outside consultants.
Since the data-analysis program is still in its final year, its creators are hesitant to directly link current performance results to the data-analysis practices. However, they are confident that the accountability the program demands will prompt schools to make improvements in all of the necessary places, which will directly translate into improved student achievement.
The de-centralized, but collaborative effort of the charter schools in San Diego County in partnership with the San Diego Business Roundtable could be a benchmark for accountability efforts in other communities.
The Office of Innovation and Improvement funds several San Diego charter schools through the Charter Schools Program.
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What's New
From the U.S. Department of Education
The U.S. Department of Education has revamped the "Choices for Parents" webpage under No Child Left Behind on the Department's website, with added information and resources. (Nov. 10)
U.S. Secretary of Education Rod Paige recently addressed winners of the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools award at a ceremony in Washington, DC. The 300 schools were recognized as schools with a high percentage of disadvantaged students who are making dramatic improvements on state assessments, schools whose students score in the top 10 percent on state tests, or private schools that perform in the top 10 percent of schools nationally. (Nov. 5) (See also Keystone Elementary School in Innovations in the News.)
From OII
OII co-sponsored a one-day education summit for parent advocates, "Working Together to Make No Child Left Behind a Reality." The New York State Education Department and Every Person Influences Children (EPIC), an OII-supported Parent Information and Resource Center, were also co-sponsors. The purpose of the conference was to help parent advocates help New York City families, schools, and communities understand the implications of No Child Left Behind and such provisions as supplemental educational services and public school choice. (Nov. 13)
Last week, OII sponsored a workshop for district leaders to help them implement the public school choice provisions of No Child Left Behind. Attendees learned how to put into practice some of the key success factors in the Innovations in Education guides: Creating Strong District School Choice Programs and Creating Successful Magnet Schools Programs. (Nov. 9)
Funding Opportunities
The grant competitions for the Advanced Placement Test Fee Program and the Advanced Placement Incentive Program have been announced. The deadline for the Notice of Intent to Apply for the Test Fee Program is December 1, 2004, and the deadline for Transmittal of Applications is December 13, 2004. The deadline for the Notice of Intent to Apply for the Incentive Program is December 15, 2004, and the deadline for Transmittal of Applications is January 5, 2005. (Nov. 12)
Charter Schools
The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) held its annual national conference in Philadelphia. The conference featured discussions about issues facing charter schools, and participants included authorizers, researchers, policy experts, and education professionals. (Oct. 25, 26)
WGBH Eye on Education's new "High School Choice" website helps Boston's eighth graders decide which public high school is right for them. The site guides visitors through the selection process, highlights facts to consider, and provides side-by-side school comparisons. (Oct. 18)
Parental Involvement
Research by Sam Redding et al, conducted for the Academic Development Institute (which houses two Parental Information and Resource Centers funded by OII), is featured by the Harvard Family Research Project. The study supports the link between parent involvement and academic achievement in high poverty elementary schools. (Nov. 2004)
Supplemental Educational Services
The Education Leaders Council is sponsoring a session to help state and local education officials responsible for the supplemental educational services under No Child Left Behind. The session will take place on December 4, during the second day of the two-day conference, in Orlando, FL. (Nov. 10)
Innovations in the News
Charter Schools
Baltimore is becoming a trailblazer in Maryland's budding charter school movement with the conditional approval of three new charter schools, along with the conversion of seven existing public schools to charters. These will be the first charters approved under Maryland's two-year-old state law. [More-Baltimore Sun] (Nov. 9)
An OII charter schools grant to Wisconsin is allowing Appleton, which currently has 10 charter schools, to expand its public school options. [More-Post-Crescent] (Nov. 9)
At Wyoming's first Schools of Choice conference, Superintendent of Public Instruction Trent Blankenship called on Wyoming residents to support charter schools, saying they offer a solution to the state's high dropout rate. [More-Billings Gazette] (Nov. 8)
New Hampshire State Representative J.B. Hunt (R-Rindge) will introduce a bill in January to request $1 million in funding for the handful of charter schools operating in the state and those in the planning stages. [More-Portsmouth Herald] (Nov. 7)
School choice advocates in the Utah state legislature are eager to enact tax credits for students to attend private schools, based on, among other sources, Utah State University research that concluded tax credits will save public schools millions of dollars. [More-Salt Lake Tribune] (Nov. 11)
Belmont High School in Belmont, MA, will host a "Belmont Idol 2004" competition to help fund scholarship opportunities for School Choice seniors, as well as student activities throughout the year for the over 50 students who have chosen to attend Belmont High through the school choice program. [More-Belmont Citizen Herald] (Nov. 12)
Schools in the optional schools (also known as "school choice") program in Memphis have success stories to tell. For example, Keystone Elementary, an "optional school" since 1991, was named a 2004 No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Nearly all of the 11,300 students in the Memphis choice program got their pick this year, and on November 14, the district held a school fair, spotlighting the 31 schools in the program. [More-Memphis Flyer] (Nov. 4)
School Leadership
Philadelphia schools managed by private or nonprofit organizations are showing gains on standardized tests. For example, the 20 schools in Philadelphia that are managed by Edison Schools Inc. averaged a gain of 10 percentage points of students scoring proficient or above on state tests of math and reading. Additionally, 23 other schools managed by educational management organizations made adequate yearly progress under No Child Left Behind—from 7 last year. Recently, OII co-hosted a conference entitled, "Innovations in Education: Building a Public-Private Partnership Model for K-12 Reform," with the Philadelphia School District and Drexel University. [More-Washington Post] (Nov. 9)
School Report Cards
A television station in mid-Michigan explains school report cards and the meaning of "Adequate Yearly Progress." [More-WLNS-TV]
High school report cards issued in Kalamazoo, MI, focus on the academic progress and achievement gaps of minorities, children with disabilities, and other subgroups of students. Business leaders say this is necessary because, "You can't cure a problem unless you identify it." School officials also see school report cards as a challenge, but "a good thing." As one superintendent said, "they put the bar higher, then it will become progressively more difficult. Our task is to keep leaping more and more over that bar." [More-Kalamazoo Gazette] (Nov. 5 and 7)
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Dakar, Senegal, October 26 - 27, 2007
Trip Start Sep 19, 2007
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Sometimes am initial impression is worse than the reality, and after settling in as I walked around central Dakar I experienced very little hassle from locals and certainly no sense of feeling threatened in the first big city in Black Africa on this trip
I quickly found the center of the Dakar is somewhat unique in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the sense that it has a finished look about it, a kind of general shabbiness more characteristic of provincial Latin American or Asian cities than the unrelieved ramshackle squalor of most African ones. Dakar has a definite French element and apparently a significant expat community. Most of the goodies available in France are available in Dakar too it would seem but usually at a very steep price. There are places in the world (China comes to mind) where virtually everything one could desire is available at a low price, but in West Africa it seems the finer things all come with a very steep price tag and most of the population just does without, many virtually without anything.
Dakar was the first place I noticed it but it turned out to be the case for most of West African cities that most restaurants, bakeries, stores, and other businesses were owned not by Black Africans or even Europeans but Arabic-speaking Lebanese. "How did they all get here?" I couldn't help but wonder. The most notable exception to this was Ghana, a former British colony, where Indians seemed to play the entrepreneurial role the Lebanese had elsewhere.
On a trip that mostly involves camping there aren't too many opportunities to sample local cuisines
Keur N'Daye restaurant was highly recommended by Lonely Planet for reasonably priced traditional Senegalese dishes and pleasant surroundings, so I thought I'd give it a try. Dinner involved some difficult decisions since most dishes on the fairly extensive menu sounded unique and quite different from anything I've ever eaten before. I settled on the Friday night special of Beef and Chicken Yassa over Millet Couscous. When my food arrived and I placed my steew on my couscous the brown-on-brown mud-colored food wasn't much to look at. But looks can be deceiving and I discovered that visually unappealing brown food can be very pleasing to the taste buds. I also had to get over my prejudice against millet since my previous experience with it in East Africa was of a disgusting gruel like porridge. Couscous is normally semolina wheat but the millet actually had a much richer flavor and fluffier texture. The Yassa with lemons, onions, and peanuts was pleasantly spicy and sour and the idea of mixing meat and poultry in a dish was unusual but flavorful.
One of my finest meals of the whole trip was the next night in Dakar at a restaurant named Chez Loutcha which specializes in Senegalese and Portuguese-influenced cuisine of the Cape Verde Islands and serves it up in enormous portions accompanied by big pitchers of Sangria
I also had a similar experience with my Fish Yassa with rice lunch on Goree Island, a grilled fish smothered in sour and spicy lime and onion sauce. So overall I have to give a big thumbs up to Senegalese cuisine.
Dakar is said to be a city with a whore for every pocketbook, and although I don't personally seek them out I often can't help but be around them as they try to drum up their business. Our first night in Dakar was one such occasion. I joined Dave, Ben, and Gordy at a joint called The Viking Bar for what was advertised as a Reggae evening but turned out to be mostly music with a Latin beat. The crowd was nevertheless a sorry one of middle-aged chain-smoking French and Spanish guys surrounded by young African prostitutes in exaggerated shapes I didn't think humans were found in - massive breasts or enormous buttocks shoehorned into the tight tops and jeans and often with the straightened hair that gave them away as hookers, a flavor for every taste. And throughout the night a square-shaped matriarchal figure in a flowing pink robe and matching head rag danced the night away like a voodoo queen in a trance.
Dakar was the scene of the only notable crime victimization incident on the three-month trip. This is, of course, if you choose not to count acts of corruption by officials in positions of authority in that category. On the way back to the hotel from dinner at Chez Loutcha, Blair's pocket was relieved of his wallet.

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NE Alabama here, and the bees have been bringing in pollen since Jan 3. I figured I would have some full boxes today when it got to 65 degrees. I finally went into the hives for their first inspection this year.
All 7 hives are treatment free.
All seem to have wintered well. Very light fall feeding after leaving a super of honey on each in September. We had good weather until late so I fed just a little to backfill the brood chambers.
Best hive had 8 frames of brood and was packed with bees already - had plenty of food and will feed until flow to maintain this. Little room to grow so will add empty super. saw 2 patches of maybe 50 drones capped so figuered these gals were planning on Feb swarm. Sure wish I had access to a queen to do a split.
weakest hive had 3 partial frames of brood. Brood area had been backfilled and left little room for brood.
Saw a couples drones already running around...
cleaned bottom boards, revered boxes etc.
Very happy with everything, but a little worried about Feb weather and already such a buildup... there will be a fine line between keeping these guys fed and overcrowding to the point of swarm, heating issues etc with all the crazy weather.
We will see what it becomes...


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GLORY Announces the Signing of Hesdy Gerges, Ben Edwards and JZ Cavalcante
- Published in Glory
As we reported earlier on, GLORY had added Heavyweights Ben Edwards and Hesdy Gerges to their rankings and roster a while ago, which meant that them fighting for the organization was imminent. Well, it looks like they've finally made the official announcement and included a surprise in the mix as well of former DREAM and Strikeforce Lightweight JZ Cavalcante signing with the organization as well. JZ currently competes with World Series of Fighting, but has fought Kickboxing in the past, acquiring an 0-2 record in fights with Masato and Shootboxing's Hiroki Shishido.
Cavalcante makes for an interesting signing as he's been struggling in his MMA career since his knee surgery a while back, but a revival in the GLORY ring could be just what he ordered. The addition of Gerges and Edwards has been noted and only helps to bolster GLORY's already huge Heavyweight roster.


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It is AZ Kat, alikat is sending it on to you. Sorry about the mix up, you 2 just have names that are too much alike. I need an excuse so this is it
Welcome to the Quilting Board!
It is AZ Kat, alikat is sending it on to you. Sorry about the mix up, you 2 just have names that are too much alike. I need an excuse so this is it
Blocks sent boom water http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...44-albums.html
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Batik blocks swap http://www.quiltingboard.com/members...44-albums.html
Just got back from an open Post Office. I mailed out the 11 blocks to Abby's Mom, dahna42, Elisabrat, jaba, Lestrong601, ljdugas31, Moonrise, moonwork42029, oldcatlady, TheMamaHauser, twinriversfarm. Please be on the look out for them.
I still have one adult roaming around lost in the Postal System for RoseIrish48.
Hopefully it will warm up in the desert so I can make more blocks. My grandkids haven't gone back to WI yet and I'm still sewing in the garage.
I did Mamahauser...block in the mail today.
Trying to figure out how to post pics.
Hello ladies and gentlemen! I'm so excited I rec'd my 1st block on Sat. It was from Moonrise. LOVE it, it is beautiful!...
I also rec'd a F8 from Babyfireo4. Pretty fabric!
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I also aimed to put the blocks I mailed out today, they are on their way to:
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Ok Darla
I have sent back 29 blocks now. 8 more to go, as soon as I receive the F8's. I'm Soooo happy that this time it is not been stressful!.... (Because of family illnesses) Having fun, I hope you all like the blocks I send you!
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It was worth going to the mail box in the rain. I got a block from Joanlizbay. It is great. Thanks, Phannie
It's me again Margaret! LOL For those of you in my age range might remember the book.
Down to business, color me Happy, Happy, Happy!
I rec'd 4 grown up blocks today. DH got them out of the mail box and brought them to me to open. He was so excited to he said "This is like Christmas" LOL
The blocks were from:
They are all beautiful and perfect for the Crafty/sewing quilt I plan to make with all of your gorgeous blocks!
Thank you All so much!...
P.S. Will try to post pics later tonite, if DH can help me figure it out!
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Very Pretty! I love sunflowers and Daisies!... You sent a very pretty fabric to work with!
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NOTE: Reporters are welcome to schedule phone interviews with speakers before the symposium by calling Lauren Schwartz at (303) 492-3396.
"Herbs in Modern Health Care" will be the subject of a one-day symposium with noted speakers in the health care and medical professions on Saturday, March 15, at the University of Colorado Museum in Boulder.
Topics to be covered include the history of herb use and regulation, quality control in herbal preparations and effectiveness of herbal remedies in Western medicine.
The keynote speaker will be Paul Alan Cox, noted author and researcher who will talk on "Ethnobotany and the Search for New Drugs." Cox is dean of general education and honors and professor of botany at Brigham Young University. Co-author of "Plants, People and Culture: The Science of Ethnobotany," Cox has conducted research in the Samoan rain forest on native uses of plants.
Also speaking will be Robert McCaleb, founder and president of the Herb Research Foundation of Boulder, on the topic "A Brief History of Herb Use and Regulation," and Robert Rountree, M.D., of Helios Health Center in Boulder on the topic "Herbs in Medical Practice: Their Usefulness and Their Limitations."
Trish Flaster, president and CEO of Botanical Liaisons, a Boulder consulting firm for international botanical sourcing and product development, will address the symposium on "Quality Control: Do You Know Where Your Herbs Come From."
David Kroll, pharmacy assistant professor at the School of Pharmacy at the CU Health Sciences Center in Denver, will discuss "Scientific and Clinical Effectiveness of Herbal Medicine: A Pharmacist1s Perspective."
The discussions will be moderated by Herbert Jacobs, M.D., a gynecologist and clinical faculty member at the CU Health Sciences Center in Denver.
Symposium preregistration will begin at 8:15 a.m. in the Chemistry Building, room 140. Fees for the full day are $40 for the general public, $25 for museum members and students with a valid ID, and $15 for museum student members.
Continuing Education credit in pharmacy can be earned for participation. Registration is required before March 5. For information call (303) 315-8645.
Symposium sponsors are the University of Colorado Museum and the CU School of Pharmacy, Wild Oats and Alfalfa1s markets and Interweave Press of Loveland.
The symposium is being offered in conjunction with the University of Colorado Museum exhibit, "The Healing Power of Plants" on the medicinal uses of plants in various world cultures. The exhibit explores the effects of ingested plants and how medicines from plants are identified and produced. Also featured are problems of species and habitat depletion caused by development and the growing interest in alternative medicines.
Museum hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed on holidays. Admission is free and the museum is wheelchair accessible. Pay parking is available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark.
For information on museum events call (303) 492-3396 or 492-6892.


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Immigration reform backers set 'Walk to Citizenship'
SALEM, Ore. - On September 15th-17th, faith leaders, advocates, union leaders and community members will come together in Central Oregon for a Walk for Citizenship to urge Congressman Greg Walden (OR-R) to support Comprehensive Immigration Reform with a path to citizenship.
Over three days, participants will walk from Madras to Bend, from the heart of Central Oregon's agricultural community to the Central Oregon office of our Congressman Greg Walden. During the march from town to town, walkers will hold vigils and participate in community conversations and rallies.
"Representative Walden is a key voice in the national conversation on immigration reform. In August, immigrant rights advocates asked him to hold public conversations in his district on this topic, but received little response." said Reyna Lopez, Causa's Civic Engagement Director. "The Walk for Citizenship will bring the voices of constituents directly to his office to share our stories. We need him to commit to supporting a pathway to citizenship for 11 million immigrants and his vote in the U.S. Congress."
Organizers are encouraging people to register to walk and get more information at http://www.causaoregon.org/walkforcitizenship. People are encouraged to participate regardless if they want to do all three days or just a portion of the three day walk.
Partners and Sponsors include St. Patrick's Catholic Church, St. Thomas Catholic Church, AFL-CIO, Causa Oregon, Center for Intercultural Organizing, Central Oregon Jobs With Justice, Immigrant Law Group, MEChA, Oregon Action, PCUN, Rural Organizing Project, SEIU, United Farm Workers, WesternStatesCenter and Oregon AFSCME.
Causa, Oregon's Statewide Immigrant Rights Organization is the largest Latina and Latino civil and human rights and advocacy organization in the Pacific Northwest. We work to defend and advance immigrant rights through coordination with local, state, and national coalitions and allies. For more information, visit www.causaoregon.org


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MELZO - 8 minutes from Duomo
Size50 m²
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- Kitchen
- Towels
- Baby cot
Accommodation summary
|Via Paolo Frisi, 20129 Milano, Italy
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The apartment is also located only 100 meters from what is considered the longest shopping street in Europe, Corso Buenos Aires, where you will find crowds of tourists looking for shopping.
Surrounded by lots of restaurants of all cuisines in the world the building is Old Milan style.
If you're an opera lover ...... only 3 metro stations away you will find the Temple of Opera: the Teatro alla Scala
The apartment is easily accessible from Central Station
Milan is known worldwide as the capital of fashion and design - from this apartment you can easily reach those that are considered the finest boutiques in the world.
Milan is also considered one of the three gastronomic capitals of the world together with New York and Paris. Find out why a few steps from the apartment
The apartment is located on the second floor without elevator and consists of a living room with kitchen and a double pull out sofa bed, a large bedroom and the bathroom.
wifi internet for free on request
House rulescheck-in after 02.00pm
check-out before 11.00
in case of difference need we can arrange other check-in check-out times
in case of one-night reservation requests do contact previously the host
For check-in later than 8.00pm an extra 10 euros fee will be charged
CHECK-IN: pick up of the keys by our office at the Central Station (where trains and buses from every Milan airport arrive)
CHECK-OUT: very easy, just leave the keys inside the apartment (no need to come back to our office)
We remind our guests the need to pay the city tax upon arrival: 2 euros per guest per night
per check-in oltre le ore 20.00 verrà richiesto un contributo di 10 euro
CHECK-IN: il ritiro delle chiavi presso il nostro ufficio in Stazione Centrale
CHECK-OUT: molto semplice: potrete lasciare le chiavi all'interno dell'appartamento
Ricordiamo ai nostri ospiti l'obbligo del pagamento della trassa di soggiorno da versare direttamente all'arrivo pari a 2 euro per persona per notte
|Price for > 2 guests
|$ 9 US per guest/night extra
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Reviews of this property
We loved the apartment, the area, very well located, fully recommended, and very friendly hosts.
Nos ha encantado el apartamento, la zona, muy bien ubicado, totalmente recomendable, y los anfitriones muy amables.
after years of hotel, I wanted sperimetare this formula of the apartment, new to me, and I must say however that I was magnificently, privacy is top and independence is remarkable.
I must say that the apartment is very pretty and nice, and it's practically a stone's throw from the vital center of Milan and very close, a few hundred meters from one of the most important shopping streets, also near the metro, too ' it to a hundred meters, and all the necessary services, supermarkets, bars, restaurants etc for the stay.
also the kindness of the owner, who runs the service, and availability make this small apartment a perfect place to stay in Milan.
dopo anni di hotel, ho voluto sperimetare questa formula dell'appartamento, nuova per me, e devo dire invece che mi sono trovato magnificamente, la privacy è superiore e l'indipendenza è notevole.
devo dire anche che l'appartamento è molto carino e curato, ed è praticamente a due passi dal centro vitale di Milano e vicinissimo, un centinaio di metri, da una delle più importanti vie dello shopping, inoltre ha vicino la fermata metro, anch'essa ad un centinaio di metri, e tutti i servizi necessari, supermarket, bar, ristoranti etc per il soggiorno.
inoltre la gentilezza del proprietario, di chi gestisce il servizio, e la disponibilità rendono questo piccolo appartamento un luogo ideale per un soggiorno a Milano.
Marcelo received us wonderfully, telling us everything you need to spend pleasant days in Milan. The apartment is well located, although eight minutes Duo or are not on foot. Still, the house very well.
Marcelo nos recibió estupendamente, indicándonos todo lo necesario para pasar unos agradables días en Milán. El apartamento esta bien situado, aunque los 8 minutos del Dúo o, no son a pie. Aun así, la casa muy bien.
The hosts both Filiberto and his brother Marcello are attentive and helpful people. Furthermore also consideradascon guests. In I ho should have stayed a few more hours by flight programming and generously offered to stay and had no other incoming guests that day. This facilitated and allowed us to make better use of the time available in Milan.
The apartment is spacious and very well occupied. The distribution however it makes good use of available space making it less comfortable. The bathroom is incomplete as it does not have a bidet or curtain in the tub.
For the rest is very good and can be recommended.
Los anfitriones tanto Filiberto como su hermano Marcello son personas atentas y serviciales. Ademas tambien consideradascon los huespedes. De he ho debimos quedarnos unas horas mas por la programacion del vuelo y generosamente nos ofrecieron permanecer ya que no tenian otros huespedes entrantes en ese dia. Esto nos facilito y permitio aprovechar mejor el tiempo disponible en Milano.
El departamento es amplio y esta muy bien ocupado. La distribucion sin embargo no aprovecha bien los espacios disponibles lo que lo hace menos confortable. El bano es incompleto, ya que no dispone de bidet ni de cortina en la tina.
Por lo demas esta muy bien y puede recomendarse.
We were very satisfied with this appartment. The appartment was clean and fresh and has a very good location, close to the city center and a big park. The landlord was very helpful and nice. We really enjoed our stay in the appartment and would recommend it to others.
The location of the apartment is really convenient. It is a walking distance from Porta Venezia station, supermarket and the shopping boutiques. The apartment and its facilities were satisfactory & the staff were really helpful. Overall, my family is pleased with our stay! Will recommend to anyone especially with family who is looking for accommodation in Milan.
Filiberto es amable y correcto, el apartamento estaba bastante bien, el baño era muy básico y un poco anticuado y le faltaba un poco de limpieza en las baldosas de las paredes, el microondas no funcionaba correctamente y había que desenchufar el frigorífico para encenderlo. La cocina es de gas, no llegue a utilizarla pero tampoco había instrucciones de cómo hacerlo. Tuvo el detalle de dejar la mesa puesta, y el sofá-cama abierto y hecha la cama. En general bien. La ubicación muy buena.
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thanks for all the kind works I am in the chat room most eves to answer questions and help if I can. I try to pass on good info no=BS I have nothing to prove to anyone here just a old beekeeper try to pass on a art form to the younger generation.I have made my living for over 50 yrs commercially and there is no need for chem's. once a beekeeper reaches a place there is nothing to prove to anyone but him self======lol
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This is where I was, I like my new setup much better!
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Very nice sewing room, I am intrigued by the "spoon bobbin holder" and would love to see a larger photo of it.
Beautiful room and what a nice set up. Your sewing space must be very inspiring....it's very polished and chic looking but still homey and inviting. Please post more as you get more done...especially your fabric storage. Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you Kathiemarie. I need to decide on a theme to decorate it and then paint and quilt to match. I forgot to mention he changed the closet so it is mounted on the right and opens backwards, that way I can still get in there with the cart in front of it. I do not have much fabric, but the tote in the closet is full, and the projects I'm working on go in here:
While I'm bragging about my DH, he does what he can to make my life easier. He made this thread stand:
And mounted a rack to store my irons so they aren't falling off the ironing board (oops -- dropped my Shark on the hardwood three times already!) when not in use:
I knit too, and he invented this from plumbing parts at Jerry's. It's for knitting two socks at a time, the top spins so if I hold the thread up and spin it my next skein rotates into position. This prevents the tangled mess and constantly flip flopping skeins on the floor or table. The smaller dowels on top are for elastic spools if I need to add it to my socks. You can imagine the fun I had before trying to juggle 4 things!
He made this for winding yarn. The spool has a large bolt screwed into it which sticks into the weighted base. When I want to wind yarn the whole thing pops out and into a rechargeable drill. The drill has a reversible option, and also can be run really slow, so this saves having to wind it all by hand. The top cap unscrews too so I can feel yarn from the floor, or pull it from the side.
I sewed this (obviously in a hurry and could have done much better) and it hangs behind the sewing room door:
This is fun to share! It shows how many improvements we've made and how inspired I should be!!
Cas---Now I do need to come out and sew in your nice sewing room. I like it.
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I am still working on making my sewing room comfy. I bought a "like new" Ikea desk at a yard sale for $25 and turned it into an ironing stand. Hubby made the platform to go below it so it is height I need, it also adds storage. I stapled the batting and fabric for the ironing board into place, using a top layer with fewer staples that can be removed easily to wash it. The drawers are perfect for storing thread. I'm going to section them as necessary by putting weather-stripping along the sides and cutting thin pieces of wood to wedge between the strips. My extra sewing machines will be stored underneath and you can see my little arm/leg ironing board hangs on brackets in that space too. The iron rack will be installed also.
We also hung a peg board for the rulers (another great yard sale find; $3.00 including all the hangers, painted to look spiffy):
I bought a nice big bullitin board to use as design wall but I haven't decided where to hang it yet. I may just glue it to the back of the door.


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Sawyers Meet With Creditors, Vow To 'Do The Right Thing'
Tami and Kevin Sawyer met with creditors behind closed doors Friday, then made their first public statement as the embattled Bend property managers vowed to do all they can to repay those owed, despite the cloud of an FBI investigation and numerous civil lawsuits.
Realtor Tami Sawyer and husband Kevin, a now-retired Bend police captain, faced reporters for five minutes at the downtown Phoenix Inn, though only Tami spoke at the news conference, which was firmly limited to reporters by their public relations person, Lori Gleichman.
NewsChannel 21 and other news outlets have spent several months following the many aspects of allegations that the Sawyers mishandled and misspent thousands of dollars of investors' money, leaving some owners shocked as they faced default notices on their property.
The couple met with creditors privately at the hotel for more than an hour as part of their effort to work out a plan to pay back the hundreds of thousands of dollars in outstanding debts.
"At this time, we don't know the exact details" of such a plan, Tami Sawyer told reporters afterward in her first public comments, away from a courtroom witness stand, since the troubles came to light.
"Our first endeavor was to try to make sure that they, the lenders would be amenable to doing something like that, so that we can then set about putting forth a plan, which we're hoping to have a great out turn and have their confidence, and" - she paused briefly, looking to her husband at her side - "put that plan together as quickly as possible."
Sawyer said while the specific details have yet to be worked out, they do plan to pay back creditors over the next three years.
"It seemed fairly positive," she said of the meeting. "There were lots of questions. We did our best to answer everybody's questions and ... I think it was a pretty positive meeting, overall."
Most of the people at the meeting didn't wish to go on camera, but one creditor did.
"Right from the beginning, we all agreed that it's confidentiality, as far as the details that were shared throughout the meeting," said Mike Tennant. "But I would say that it was very productive."
"I think they presented a very good workable, possible plan," Tennant said.
The media was asked to just focus on the meeting, but Tami Sawyer did open up about what the ongoing process has been like for her and her husband.
"It's taken up, pretty much, every day," she said. "We have a lot of renters that have moved out. We've had a lot of property management issues that we've worked on."
"But overall, I think, Kevin and I, we know we're the same today we were a year ago, we're the same today as we were six months ago. So for us, we're just standing strong in what we know, keeping our focus ahead of what we've got to do, and we're going to do the right thing. We're going to stand on our integrity and we're going do the right thing."
As for the pending lawsuits, Sawyer said, "It's our intention right now to just settle all lawsuits and not to dispute any of them. Because again, it doesn't do us any good to fight them, to dispute them. The money is owed and we fully intend to pay it back."
Reportedly, representatives of the IRS and FBI questioned creditors after the meeting about their investments, and the Sawyers' plan to pay them back.


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Michael E. Lamb
THE EVOLUTION OF CHILDHOOD: Relationships, Emotion, Mind. Melvin Konner. xvi + 943 pp. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. $39.95.
Melvin Konner's The Evolution of Childhood caps a distinguished career, which began in the 1960s with an important piece of fieldwork among the !Kung San, nomadic hunter-gatherers who live in the Kalahari Desert. That study had a dramatic effect on both anthropology and developmental psychology, in part because its ethological observations, methods and conclusions influenced a generation of scholars, including John Bowlby, the father of attachment theory.
Although the !Kung way of life had been affected by Western practices and material by the time Konner's team (led by the eminent anthropologist Irven DeVore) conducted their seminal fieldwork, the project was of considerable importance to evolution-minded behavioral scientists. The hunting-and-gathering lifestyle of the !Kung was believed to provide insight into how the first humans (also hunters and gatherers) behaved in the environment in which our species evolved and to which Homo sapiens is thus adapted.
Konner's observations of !Kung infant life, and especially of infant-mother relationships, feature prominently in this new book, but his goal is much more ambitious: to synthesize all the literature bearing on the evolutionary emergence of our species, and especially on the ways in which humans came to raise their children. The breadth of vision he displays is extraordinary. Konner summarizes a considerable body of research on human evolution, beginning with paleontological and archaeological work on the emergence of life-forms and continuing through evidence regarding the emergence of mammals, primates, hominids and early humans, until finally Homo sapiens enters the scene. The volume is a singular achievement, not least because it encompasses, and describes accessibly and eloquently, many fields of endeavor and scholarship, ranging from molecular biology and interpretation of the geological record, to the interpretation of bone fragments found in archaeological sites, to observational research on the behavior of contemporary humans in a wide variety of ecological niches. Furthermore, Konner does not limit himself to secondary sources, as many might do when attempting to place their own research in broader context. Instead, he lucidly discusses a vast range of primary sources. The book's 753 pages of text are accompanied by 159 pages of references.
The goal may be extraordinarily ambitious, but the exercise must be deemed a remarkable success. Konner achieves a readable and persuasive synthesis more inclusive than anything ever before attempted. His account of human evolution, and especially of the evolution of childhood, is coherent and compelling. Of course, given the breadth of materials and disciplines it spans, the portrait painted offers a personal perspective, reflective of some selectivity. When discussing some topics, for example, especially those furthest from his own line of research, Konner does not make reference to all the latest arguments and materials—an inevitable compromise when the canvas is so large. Furthermore, his account perhaps understandably privileges the research conducted by scholars based at or associated with Harvard, the institution where he studied for many years. Studies carried out by Konner's colleagues (including many who were, like him, members of the multidisciplinary teams that studied the !Kung in Botswana) are described more sympathetically and in much greater depth than the work of other researchers. Of course, the studies conducted by DeVore, Robert LeVine, Beatrice Whiting, John Whiting, Marjorie Shostak, Patricia Draper and Sarah Hrdy (to name but a few on the distinguished roster) indeed made profound and lasting contributions, but readers with particular interest in the topics explored by these scholars may be disappointed by the relative inattention to other important research conducted by later generations, especially of anthropologists and psychologists, who were not part of the Harvard extended family.
Konner's chief focus is, of course, on human childhood, although his analysis is extraordinarily well contextualized by reference to the ancillary fields documenting key transitions in the evolutionary process. He draws attention to the fact that upright bipedal locomotion offered many advantages to our socially living, hunting-and-gathering ancestors, but notes that these advantages came with a price—notably, a narrowed pelvis that made it necessary for parturition to occur when offspring were still extremely immature. In essence, this meant that the "fourth trimester" of fetal development took place outside the womb, and the increased child-care demands increased women's needs for social protection and support, thereby promoting sociality, pair-bonding and the nascent family. These in turn made even longer periods of dependent and protected development possible, perhaps explaining why our species is characterized by an extended period of brain growth and development, which continues over a much greater proportion of the life span in humans than in any other primates. Long, protected childhoods, group living, enduring social bonds, and big brains not only made extensive play possible but also ensured that it paid benefits in terms of intellectual sophistication and cognitive mastery, justifying the "sapiens" label to which our species lays claim.
Humans have, of course, always been distinguished by their behavioral flexibility, a degree of adaptability that has allowed them to occupy an extraordinarily diverse range of ecologies, including icy, windswept terrains that differ in every respect from the warm savannah where the species likely evolved. Despite this flexibility and adaptability, Konner argues, our species is characterized by a large number of behavioral universals, many organized around the fundamental features of child care, and many revealing gender dimorphisms.
His arguments in this regard may be more controversial than his more extended synthetic analysis of evolutionary history. In particular, some readers may be more comfortable with the list of content-free "universal" processes (such as habituation, mimicry, attachment and cultural construction of perception) that are summarized in table 29.3 than with the list of content-laden features (such as coy or flirtatious behavior, personal property, parental devotion, depression and male abuse of power) that are represented as cultural universals elsewhere in chapter 29 and in other parts of the book as well. Furthermore, psychologists in particular will be uncomfortable with the inattention to variability and individual differences—especially because references to their existence are overshadowed by the emphasis on universal regularities.
Meanwhile, social anthropologists may be unsettled by Konner's understandable depiction of the !Kung experience as the definitive hunter-gatherer lifestyle, the one used to represent ancestral realities—and by his relative inattention to variations among contemporary hunter-gatherers, which at the very least underscore human adaptability in the face of contrasting ecological demands. There is also likely to be controversy surrounding Konner's analysis of the evolution of culture—a concept still less accepted than the broader Darwinian model of evolution. To his credit, he offers a model that draws on many of the competing theories, but this is unlikely to be the last word on the evolution of culture.
Indeed, it would be naive to expect "the last word" on issues as complex and timeless as those with which Konner grapples here. Nevertheless, this magisterial book is assuredly the most important analysis of the evolution of childhood yet attempted. It summarizes 40 years of observation, analysis and synthesis by one of the most profound thinkers of our generation. Whoever follows intellectually will necessarily build on this magnificently eloquent and integrative edifice.
Michael E. Lamb, professor and head of the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology at the University of Cambridge, specializes in the study of social and emotional development, and the determinants and consequences of adaptive and maladaptive parental behavior. He is the author or editor of a number of books, including The Role of the Father in Child Development, which is now in its fifth edition (Wiley, 2010), and Tell Me What Happened: Structured Investigative Interviews of Child Victims and Witnesses, which he coauthored with Irit Hershkowitz and Yael Orbach (John Wiley and Sons, 2008).
You can find this online at http://www.americanscientist.org/bookshelf/pub/unraveling-the-significance-of-childhood
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To achieve success in today's ever-changing and unpredictable markets, competitive businesses need to rethink and reframe their strategies across the board. Instead of approaching new product development from the inside out, companies have to begin by looking at the process from the outside in, beginning with the customer experience. It's a new way of thinking-and working-that can transform companies struggling to adapt to today's environment into innovative, agile, and commercially successful organizations.
Companies must develop a new set of organizational competencies: qualitative customer research to better understand customer behaviors and motivations; an open design process to reframe possibilities and translate new ideas into great customer experiences; and agile technological implementation to quickly prototype ideas, getting them from the whiteboard out into the world where people can respond to them.
In Subject to Change: Creating Great Products and Services for an Uncertain World, Adaptive Path, a leading experience strategy and design company, demonstrates how successful businesses can-and should-use customer experiences to inform and shape the product development process, from start to finish.
Peter Merholz is President and one of the co-founders of Adaptive Path. For more than six years, he has been instrumental in developing the company's world-class consulting, training, and public events. Peter began his work at Adaptive Path with a focus on information architecture, and has since developed expertise in product strategy, user research, and practice development.
Peter's personal blog, http://peterme.com, and his essays for Adaptive Path demonstrate his unique ability to foresee what's coming next in information architecture, organizational change, and product strategy. He has the perhaps dubious distinction of coining the term "blog" in 1999, when blogging was still a nascent genre.
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As a design researcher for Adaptive Path, Todd Wilkens has worked on research, strategy, and design projects for a diverse group of clients, from large multi-channel media organizations to Internet startups. He is especially skilled at working with people from different backgrounds to synthesize product, business, technology, and user needs into cohesive strategies and designs.
With academic training in sociology, information science, and computer science, Todd is also well versed in social science theory and a wide-ranging toolkit of research methods from ethnography and interviewing to statistical analysis and eye-tracking. He publishes and speaks regularly on design research and human-centered design.
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Brandon Schauer is an experience design director for Adaptive Path. He speaks on, writes about, and practices design as a means to create value. He has *over * a decade of experience developing new user experiences on the Web, desktops, and products. His passion for finding and understanding the unmet needs of customers has led him to diverse environments, from the homes of cancer patients to tunnels beneath Walt Disney World.
Brandon holds two master-level degrees from schools with the Illinois Institute of Technology, a Master of Design from the Institute of Design in Chicago and an MBA from the Stuart School of Business. Brandon also has a love of Excel that is unnatural for a designer.
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The folks at Adaptive Path know what they're talking about
By Regnard Raquedan
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I just finished reading Subject to Change (yeah, I just put the book down) and I think it's a great and easy read on experience design and innovation.I'm convinced the folks at Adaptive Path sure know what they're talking about because they were able to write a book that's less than 170 pages and be able to provide very good and conscise insights on customer/user research, agile methods, strategy and experience design.The authors submit that qualitative data and research is as important as the quantitative methods (e.g. usability testing & evaluation versus interviews and observation). My key takeaway is really the importance of context for you and your customer when developing new services, interfaces and customer touch points.The book does cite a lot of Adaptive Path's experience in dealing with companies and it highlights how they were able to help them to be more customer-centric and adopt a design culture. I wish there were more specific examples on how they went about in doing customer research and implementing design strategies. The authors are able to make the topics "industry agnostic" and work even if you're not in the IT field.Subject to Change reads very much like a blog because there are very short sections and chapters, but that makes it easy to put the book down when you want to reflect on the points the authors are raising.(This book review also appears in ) (http://webstandards.raquedan.com/?p=387)
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experience design and the agile approach
By Roy Johnson
This book is about design theory for the digital age, and aspires to be read alongside Viktor Papanek's Design for the Real Word (http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/papanek.htm) and Donald Norman's The Design of Everyday Things (http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/norman.htm) or his 'revised' views in Emotional Design (http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/norman-2.htm).It's written by four guys from Jesse James Garrett's (http://www.mantex.co.uk/reviews/garrett.htm) company, Adaptive Path, and draws heavily on their work in what they call 'experience design'. They are challenging conventional wisdoms of commercial practice in the light of the new digital possibilities. For instance, piling more and more features into a product may not be a good thing - as users of VCR machines will confirm. Neither will building a novelty if nobody has a use for it - as the Segway proved. What they are proposing is a radical alternative.They suggest that designers must learn to empathise with the people whose interests they wish to serve. They should forget about consumers and learn to embrace the fact that the Customer is King. Their arguments stray into fields of business management, economics, and sales strategies - but they come back in the end to what these factors mean for design.If there is a hidden sub-title to this work it's "What is experience design?" - because the main thrust of their arguments is that whilst many companies have learned how to deliver a product, few of them have realised the importance of offering a rich and gratifying experience for their customers.If there is a weakness, it's a slightly Utopian notion that large businesses would allow experience design solutions policy to reach down to lower levels of company employees. It might be true that a postman or a sales clerk could offer a valuable suggestion for improving customer satisfaction - but can you imagine the directors of Royal Mail, British Gas, or - come to think of it - the government paying any attention? But of course, they would argue that this is the whole point of what they're saying. It's a shift in culture that's required.They are (quite rightly) great believers in the advantages of prototyping. James Dyson created more than 5,000 versions of his bagless vacuum cleaner before he came up with the definitive model. In fact they miss the opportunity to stress the huge advantages of prototyping in the digital world. A web site can be updated or remodeled unlike physical products such as cars or refrigerators, at virtually zero cost in no time at all by re-jigging a style sheet (CSS) or a content management system (CMS).They are also advocates of 'losing control' - that is, giving customers (and even your competitors) access to tools to create their own experiences. The Internet world is littered with examples of companies who have made millions by giving away their product [Google, Linux, Mozilla]. It seems counter-intuitive, but that's the way digital commerce works.To conservatives, many of these ideas will seem quite impractical; but to anybody with even half a foot in the contemporary world of digital technology, they will seem like roadmaps to a New Future, employing methods which you might already be using - such as 'managing with less'.The latter part of the book becomes quite inspirational as they spell out their concept of 'The Agile Manifesto'. This is a method of design and product development which does almost the exact opposite of conventional notions (which they call the 'Waterfall Approach'). The only problem was that this section doesn't carry any references to secondary sources - so it's not possible to follow up their suggestions with any further reading.Individuals and interactions not processes and toolsWorking software not comprehensive documentation.Customer collaboration not contract negotiationResponding to change not following a planThe authors all work for the same firm (Adaptive Path) and there's quite a lot of unashamed trumpet-blowing about their success which has drawn down severe criticism from some reviewers. But if you can stomach this (or ignore it) the book offers some useful pointers in the world of design theory and the New eCommerce.
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Subject To Change is an excellent book for customer service and growing a business
By Clay S. Fernald
'Subject to Change' is a valuable addition to the modern business person's bookshelf. I should note that this would be an especially great tool for marketers and publicists, research and development teams, as well as application developers.The Adaptive Path team took a fungible approach to writing this book, as an organization that is interested in anticipation of the ever-changing needs of the expectations of their customers.In the late Nineteenth century, inventions and innovations were largely based on new advances in technology available at the time. The kludgy inconvenience of these early technologies were simply 'part of the experience.' This book sites Eastman's Kodak Camera as perhaps the first example of a company having the foresight to anticipate a customer's needs. Until then, photographers were hobbyists, scientists, and tech geeks of the age. Eastman's brilliant vision of making technology more accessible to the rest of the populous with the philosophy of "You press the button, and we do the rest," was a great bridge between the customers who wanted to take photos and a company that could provide a service. That service being the development of the film, processing the plates, and mailing the finished photos to the customer.The book uses this model to encourage shifting our traditional business mindset to anticipate our customer's needs while developing software, hardware, or other devises. By empathizing with the target audience, and my making yourself a part of the audience yourself, you may wish to create an experience for your users that has the potential to seamlessly integrate with their lives. When marketers or designers use the traditional mode, that people are sheep, without valuing the feedback of the audience, innovation will grind to a halt. I emphatically agree with the Adaptive Path on this theme. As a publicist, I value customer feedback as much as I value my own creative ideas.Another great specimen, and perhaps a more modern one, is the iPod/iTunes Music store. The mp3 player was already invented, but Steve Jobs created the experience of browsing music and buying music for the device, anticipating the customer's needs. One could also argue that the iPhone is also the product of this school of thought, combining the need for a cell phone with the music player experience, all in one well designed device.I have a niece with juvenile diabetes, and this book gave me a peek into the development of something that she uses every day to enjoy a happy life. There is a relatively new medical product developed called an insulin pump. I can testify that she is much happier using this pump than her previous regiment of daily shots. When developing this pump, diabetics tested a mock-up of the device, and offered feedback as to what would work for them. The developers of the pump changed the design of the belt used while swimming or in the shower, as well as other practical concerns. A side-note is that I was reading this section of the book while my nieces were happily making sandcastles and going in and out of the water! Without the user input, the device might be uncomfortable and unwieldy and certainly not easy to wear at the beach. This reminds me that the first undergarments for women were made by men, but the true innovations in practicality and comfort came when women started designing them!In conclusion, this is a great book and I have started personally to rethink the feedback I am getting from my customers to be more empathetic. Empathizing with a person's needs in the present and the future will prove to be a better model to provide easy to use, and enriching technologies, customer service solutions, and ingenuity.
Designing software is also subject to change
By Burk Hufnagel
As a software architect, I found this to be an intriguing book. While not specifically targeted at software development, it is full of information and suggestions that can help any organization interested in turning users into loyal customers. Notice I said "help". The most you can hope for from a book is that it paints a picture of possibilities in your head. Once it's there, it's up to you to make those possibilities a reality. That takes time and effort, even if you're already committed to making changes.The picture "Subject to Change" paints is compelling. An organization that consistently produces excellent user experiences would not only be a great place to work, but a business that's headed to the top of its market. With that as a goal, it's easier to stay committed and do the hard work necessary to effect change. Oh, just one more thing. Even if you can't convince your organization to change, you can use what you've learned to make changes in how you do things; and that might be enough.
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Being a developer I hoped this book would give me more insight in development. Instead it grasps everything that's needed to create a product which suits a client needs. While reading the book every piece falls in the right place, your mind will be switched into a mode I didn't know it existed, it makes you think. My customers are very divers and so are their needs/expectations. Adaptive Path helped me to define a clear view in which products / services can be developed and will continue to adapt to their needs in the future (well at least, I hope they will)...As software developer I expected the book to be much more abstract and cover subjects like software/patterns/strategies, so this expectation wasn't really satisfied but I'm not blaming this book for it, it really was worth reading.
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By mbaird
What an excellent book on product development and user experience design. A strong message of empathic design and how to develop empathy for those whom the products/experiences are designed for.Although there are several books available surrounding software interaction and experience design, this book takes the cake. Thinking of products as experiences, developing data backed personas and learning to develop with an agile perspective are all wonderful insights in creating excellent products. That aren't just usable but are also fun and easy to use.It was engaging to learn of different people that have developed full-filling, context based, experience (ie. the ClearRx prescription-packaging system debuts at Target pharmacies, Deborah Adler)I consider this book a must read for product development of any sort. Thinking about experience design and strategy and inquiring for user goals and tasks help us to accomplish this.Thanks to AdaptivePath for the insights.
A must read
By Jeff Kew - Vancouver InDesign User Group
from Vancouver
Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain World -Adaptive Path on DesignBy Peter Merholz, Todd Wilkens, Brandon Schauer, David VerbaBook Price: $24.99 USDhttp://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596516833/Personal Rating: A MUST READ!As a individual working within the design and advertising industry, I can say that I have a pretty good idea about the truth in the design process for this particular industry - it's all about the creative, winning awards and getting results for our clients. However, after reading "Subject to Change", I'd like to think that I've seen the light about how to better develop solutions not just for my clients, but for their clients; the end user, the person who will ultimately be influenced by the product or service I have been hired to create.Adaptive Path successfully shows that it is the experience of the end user that determines the success or failure of a product or service. By encouraging a process of design that takes into consideration the experience of using the product or service, Adaptive Path have proven that their recommended processes can be adopted by any development team and be used to create a successful product or service.I would encourage that any professional who works or participates in any sort of design cycle that creates, they should read this book. It will lead to a change in they way they think about what sort of outcomes they are trying to achieve.
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Discussion in 'Fan Zone' started by dfense, Nov 6, 2012.
From what I've seen when he's had chances, they should give him a few more reps in the game.
Did you watch the game vs. the Falcons?
He sucked...
DUMBar doesnt even know when NOT to bring kicks out of the endzone... Average field position of the 11 yard line... Horrible.
8 for 26 Dunbar
9 for 39 Jones
I'd like to see our OL learn to run-block.
I have seen enough of Dunbar, might as well bring Olawale up and see what he can do.
I like him, too. He's very quick, and he keeps running.
I saw him run into an awful lot of brick walls on Sunday, not sure why people were disappointed in him. He did make one or two questionable choices in the return game, but I don't mind those as long as they get us out over the 15 and able to use our full offense. I'll risk 5 yards to pickup more if there's really an opportunity there, and he did have the one nice return that got called back by the block in the back.
If you think Dunbar sucks, you cannot recognize what it takes to be RB in the NFL.
He is shifty, quick, determined to get every yard. Give him as many carries as Felix and he will break more good runs.
Dunbar has some quickness but he's an average back at best. He's rushed for 37 yards on 9 carries 11 of those yards came on one carry. He's certainly nothing special he's only getting opportunities because the team is in a pinch with Murray out and Felix not being 100%.
He showed some awareness in traffic on inside runs against the Ravens. You've seen all your getting from Felix and he's due to get injured again. Give him the ball more than 8 times before your on to the next flavor eh?
Can he block or catch?
He certainly wont be running the ball. What team do you think you are watching?
That's because like most Cowboy fans, it has to be instant success. The offensive line has to be a cohesive, 3 year experienced unit in 4 games max. If Dunbar does'nt break off a 50 yard run on his immense 13 or so carries he's had so far, then he sucks.
It's why I love to read these incredibly insiteful posts.
he is OK -- but you use a guy like that as a change of pace. He isn't going to be effective with a ton of reps
He's a run of the mill change of pace back. I like his speed and quickness but I'm not certain he has quite enough of either. I would like to see him in the open field to see his missem' and I'd like to see some passes in space.
Rodgers is the kind of back I'd like to see as our change of pace back.
I see some potential, but he'll need this offseason to add some bulk (but not too much where he loses flexibility).
We should let him run ball more from running back spot
If the Cowboys are going to have any prayer of making the playoffs this season they need instant success starting this Sunday in Philly. This team doesn't have much room for error from this point on. The entire team has to become cohesive now or they'll be playing for next year in the next 3 weeks. Then they can play as many scrubs as they want to see if they have a future beyond this season.
do you think we win this week kjj?
The Cowboys are so inconsistent it's hard to predict a win with them especially on the road but Philly looks so beatable right now I think the Cowboys find a way to win this one. Vick is taking a lot of punishment behind what appears to be a totally shot OL. He looks like he's completely lost his confidence.
The Cowboys defense should be able put some heat on him and force him into some mistakes. If the Cowboys can't beat Philly with the 4 game funk they're in right now Sunday will be the low point of their season.
I'd rather see more Tanner than Dunbar.
Must have read my mind....
Nov 6
By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com
After reviewing the Cowboys' 19-13 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday night, we offer up some thoughts on what we've seen and heard.
Here's our weekly Random Thoughts.
1. It looks like DeMarco Murray won't play this week against the Philadelphia Eagles, and if that's the case it means Felix Jones will get the start again. But after watching Jones rumble for 39 yards on nine carries, it should be worth noting Lance Dunbar (North Texas) picked up more carries as the No. 3 back over No. 2 back Phillip Tanner. Dunbar carried eight times for 26 yards and Tanner had just one carry Sunday night. Coach Jason Garrett said Tanner's special teams duties pushed the Cowboys to give more carries to Dunbar. It was a smart move, but maybe Dunbar should start at Philadelphia. It's not like Jones has torn up opposing defenses. Maybe moving Dunbar to the starting role could give the Cowboys a change of pace necessary for a weak running game. Dunbar seems shiftier and quicker than Jones.


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Randy Oliver is requesting that Treatment Free Beekeepers monitor varroa mite levels in their hives monthly, taking the samples in his prescribed manner. Maybe some of you would like to participate. Jeanette has Posted the link below.
Randy Oliver is requesting that Treatment Free Beekeepers monitor varroa mite levels in their hives monthly, taking the samples in his prescribed manner. Maybe some of you would like to participate. Jeanette has Posted the link below.
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Mark Berninghausen
Is this the link you were looking for, Mark? http://scientificbeekeeping.com/figh...mite-sampling/
Thanks Jeanette.
Mark Berninghausen
i would also like to read kim's 'epistle'. can anyone link me to it, or can it be pasted here?
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
i'm like steveng. other than pulling drone larvae, i haven't been counting mites. maybe i should be.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
See Daniel Y's Post below for a link to Kim Flottum's Post on his ezezine.
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many thanks mark.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
This is copied and pasted from http://home.ezezine.com/1636/ in regard to the request.
I like the idea but and will look into contacting him for starting collections in the spring. I don't do the sticky board thing mainly because I don't have a screened bottom board. I did pull drone larva this year though.
Thanks for bringing this to attention Mark.
Treatment Free Beekeepers – Help Collect Data
From Randy Oliver
Hi all treatment free beekeepers. How about helping me collect data on the actual mite levels in your hives over the course of the year?
Here's the simple protocol:
Alcohol wash is most accurate. Can do with only a level 1/3 cup of bees, which is slightly over 200 bees. Follow procedure at http://scientificbeekeeping.com/sick...oring-methods/
The sample should be taken from the same place in the hive each time—He prefers the first non-brood frame adjacent to brood, since less chance of getting a queen.
Samples should be taken each month, at about the same time of month. All samples from the same hive(s), and kept track of for hive number. Two or more hives would be most desirable.
Such results would allow me to plot the mite population curve for the year in your hives, which would be of great interest for nontreated colonies that survive.
Record hive number(s), date, and mite count for each sample.
Send me the data and location after you have collected for a year. We'll make the data available to anybody interested on the web page, and let you know when it gets posted.
Randy Oliver
Grass Valley, CA
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Thanks Daniel Y. I don't have your computer skills.
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Mark Berninghausen
Mark, in fairness to Randy, you ought to go back and read his page again. He does not ask for a donation to cover his time reading emails...he asks for a donation to answer beekeeping questions. I'm not Randy's biggest fan, but his wording and intent on this matter is clear to anyone that takes the time to actually read what he wrote. Those that do not take the time to read should not be commenting on what they decided not to read.
Contact Me
I appreciate when readers notify me of glitches or typos on this site, or suggested improvements. I also appreciate discussion with experienced beekeepers and researchers on fine points, and will ask your permission to add comments which I feel add to the site.
Unfortunately, I do not have the time to answer basic beginning beekeeper questions, as I am not funded by any agency. If email me with questions about beekeeping, please have the courtesy to donate to this site to cover my time. Thank you!
randy "at" randyoliver.com
perfect, thanks dan.
regarding a donation, i don't think it is required, but i send a small one each year. small price to pay for all the great info.
i bought the double jarred mite washer last year, but haven't used it yet.
journaling the growth of a treatment free apiary started in 2010. 20+/- hives
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Mark Berninghausen
Keep it civil.
First of all, many (if not most) treatment free beekeepers are treatment free, at least in part, "to help the bees". A request to such beekeepers to do monthly alcohol washes will be ignored by many (most?), simply because they don't want to kill 200 young adult bees from each hive each month....i certainly don't...and if I did, I'm perfectly capable of producing my own graph.
Secondly, it is hard to put treatment free beekeepers in a group. There is no consensus on what treatment free means, and Randy doesn't seem to have specified what he is specifically interested in ...except bees from beekeepers that claim to be treatment free. Heck, Randy has claimed that his own small cell treatment free bees survived because of the off gassing of HSC frames. If he really believes that, then a TF beekeeper with HSC in the hive would in fact, be using a chemical treatment in the hive....not treatment free....not helpful in a discussion or analysis of treatment free bees.
It's also worth noting (if you read Randy's report on his HSC experiment), that he has not done mite counts on his own small cell hives (at least as of the most recent update on his site).
deknow (who finds it offensively "unscientific" to delete one's own words in a public discussion)
"Unfortunately, all but one of the control colonies perished at the onset of cold weather, and most of the HSC colonies followed suit in February."
"I had planned to continue with this trial through the next season, but the untimely collapse of the colonies unfortunately prevented further data collection."
He did recycle the HSC frames in with the rest of his colonies, and that is the subject of his 2010 update, but as it relates to the study, most perished for "unrelated reasons." I also do not believe that he attributed any "success" from off gassing. He merely suggested that it was one possibility.
I try to raise bees. I don't like killing them, especially on purpose...
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF
I see Randy's request as an opportunity for treatment free beekeeping to get honestly measured, and just maybe, go mainstream.
Seems to me that no treatment beekeepers don't mind letting mites kill bees, why do they recoil at killing a couple hundred to see what's really happening in their hives.
Cam Bishop
We do mind.
>Seems to me that no treatment beekeepers don't mind letting mites kill bees
I haven't had a problem with Varroa for a decade now. Mites aren't killing my bees. Of course we mind if our bees are dying. That doesn't mean that the best course of action is to do something even if it's wrong.
In reality our actions often have the opposite effect of what we expect. When people decided to poison the prairie dogs to get less prairie dogs, the results were quite the opposite. They poisoned some prairie dogs, to be sure, but the end result was less of all of their predators (black footed ferrets, burrowing owls, rattle snakes, hawks, eagles, coyotes...) resulting in a population explosion of prairie dogs. Many things, including treating for mites, are like this in that the result is not what you thought you were doing directly. The secondary effects come back to haunt you.
Michael Bush bushfarms.com/bees.htm "Everything works if you let it." ThePracticalBeekeeper.com 42y 40h 39yTF


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Ladies and Gentlemen,
There seems to be some confusion as to what this forum is to be used for. We created this forum for football smack amongst football fans. It was pretty clear from the beginning that nothing else was permitted, especially since this is a forum owned by a football team.
What has been happening lately is, quite frankly, getting on my last nerve. If you want to talk to each other like a bunch of classless scumbags, that is entirely your own business. However, you will not talk like classless scumbags on this, or any other forum here. If you don't know the game of football and can't keep a conversation going about football, then you don't belong here. <u>Personal attacks are not part of the equation.</u>
To the Eagles fans: You have your own message board, and Rant 'n Rave is where you belong, judging by what you continuously try to bring to this forum. I've seen that place, and I don't know how the team allows that kind of absolute trash to happen on their message boards. It is apalling and pathetic, and this is coming from someone who is not easily offended. You will not have that kind of freedom here, and if I see you even trying to bring it, you will be gone, and your ISP will be contacted. That goes for everybody. I am not calling all Eagles fans out specifically, but because so many people are familiar with your message board, they seem to have taken on the mentality that Rant 'n Rave is ok no matter where they go. Again, I have seen that place, and it's beyond bad. The organization is going to be notified.
We will be watching this forum much more closely from now on. If you want to continue posting here, you need to get yourselves in check. This is not a free-for-all.
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If anything there is an anti-NY bias.
Strahan has always been gregarious and outgoing and was always a good interview. That earned him a seat on the Fox pregame, and a short-lived sitcom. He guest-hosted when they kicked out Regis and response was positive.
I'm not so sure simply being from NY had all that much to do with it.


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I propose two rules for medical billing in America:
1. Everyone must be charged the same price for the same service from the same provider in each calendar month.
So a hospital would not be able to bill someone with insurance only ten cents for an aspirin, and then turn around and bill someone without insurance $10 for the same aspirin. Price changes would be allowed only on the first of each month, and the new price would again apply equally to everyone using that service from that provider.
2. Everyone must be told the exact cost of everything the doctor or hospital is going to do before it's done, except in life-threatening emergency cases, or where the patient is incapacitated and has no legal representative on hand.
At least then you would know enough to refuse the $10 aspirin, and to walk down the street to a pharmacy for it.
Can we get these two simple and fair proposals made into law?


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While feeding high-forage diets has economic advantages, there are challenges inherent in its adoption.
by Amanda Smith, Hoard's Dairyman Associate Editor
In our February 10, 2013, issue, four producers from Vermont, New York, Wisconsin and California shared their thoughts on feeding high-forage diets to their herds. With the level of detail these producers provided, we did not have enough space in our allotted three pages to share all of their answers. Below, these producers address a key question:
What challenges should others consider before raising forage levels?
Hall: Quality is king. Providing less variation becomes critical. One's forage management must be of the highest caliber. You have to understand what it takes and how your forages will meet the nutrient requirements for your cows.
Marchaland: It can be a challenge to ensure that you have adequate inventory of forages. You need about 30 percent more to avoid running short of feed. Feed bunks need to be bigger because you need to feed three to four more pounds of forage for each pound of grain taken away. Also, you should consider working with a nutritionist who knows how to balance a ration with high-quality feeds.
Ulrich: You must have high-quality, properly ensiled forages for this to work. To elevate the forage level in your diet it must be high quality and highly digestible.
van Exel: There needs to be a total commitment from the farmers, dairyman and nutritionist to produce the best quality forage. High-forage diets only work if you are able to obtain high-quality forages. Also, your nutritionist will have to be committed to sampling feeds often since adjusting diets when forages are not consistent becomes extremely important if your diets are highly leveraged towards forages.
There are a few things that I think are very important to consider when changing your feeding model:
1. Make sure that you have the ability to grow high-quality feed.
2. You must have enough water to get a complete and quality crop.
3. You need to have enough storage available to make high-quality feed that will make it through the year.
4. You must have the ability to take the crop when it is ready.
Finally, teach your team what is the right time for harvest and how you want your feed put in the bunk, bag or bale. This is often the most difficult because of the importance of quality compared to quantity and speed. We do 90 percent of harvesting ourselves, but if you don't, I think it is very important to talk to your custom harvesters early and make a plan ahead of time.
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