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16:59 2th April 2011
ROY Hodgson guided Albion to their first-ever Barclays Premier League goals and points - at the tenth time of asking - against his former club.
The Baggies had lost their previous nine meetings against Liverpool.
And they faced another uphill battle when they undeservedly fell behind to Martin Skrtel's 50th-minute header - making it a Premier League aggregate of 26-0 in the Reds' favour.
But Chris Brunt brought that terrible run to an end when he converted a 62nd-minute penalty after Peter Odemwingie had been felled by sub Sotirios Kyrgiakos.
And the skipper was coolness personified again in the final minute when he smashed home another - and this time decisive - spot-kick after Pepe Reina had brought down the impressive Odemwingie.
Hodgson's first home win - which extended Albion's unbeaten run to six games - was richly deserved as Reina was by far the busier of the two keepers.
And it took the Baggies' Premier League points tally to a club-record high of 36.
Simon Cox made his first start in seven games as Hodgson rang one enforced change after James Morrison was ruled out by a thigh injury suffered in training on Thursday.
Graham Dorrans (ankle), Gabriel Tamas (thigh) and Somen Tchoyi (family reasons) were also unavailable.
Kenny Dalglish named an unchanged Reds team from their 2-0 win at Sunderland 13 days ago, with skipper Steven Gerrard not yet fit enough to return.
Albion started the game in 16th place after West Ham, the team directly below them, threw away a two-goal lead to lose 4-2 at home to Manchester United in the day's early kick-off.
A sell-out home crowd got right behind Hodgson's men from the first whistle, although it was Liverpool who recorded the first shots of the game.
With only 23 seconds on the clock, Luis Suarez found room inside the box but tamely chipped straight at former Anfield keeper Scott Carson.
However, Liverpool, who had lost just one of their previous nine league games, went much closer in the second minute.
Carson had to pull off a fine point-blank save to deny Dirk Kuyt who had latched onto Andy Carroll's header from Raul Meireles' corner. The rebound flew straight to Kuyt whose instinctive volley from six yards clipped the bar and flew over.
The visitors suffered an injury blow after only eight minutes when England full-back Glen Johnson limped off and was replaced by Kyrgiakos.
Albion were very much on the back foot during the opening stages and Youssouf Mulumbu's last-ditch interception denied Suarez a clear sight of goal.
The Baggies recorded their first effort on goal on 15 when Cox saw a weak 20-yard drive deflect off Skrtel and sail straight to Reina.
Liverpool were soon back on the attack but Kuyt fired a half-chance wide from 15 yards from Suarez's lay-off.
The Baggies gradually began to get a foothold in the game and Reina had to be on his toes to keep out Brunt's 30-yard free-kick, saving low at his right-hand post.
And the Reds suffered another injury setback on 25 when Daniel Agger had to be replaced by Danny Wilson.
Albion began to enjoy their own spell of pressure and Brunt wasn't far away from connecting with Odemwingie's dangerous centre.
And Steven Reid tested Reina for the first time in the 34th minute when the Spaniard did well to hold onto the right-back's downward header from Brunt's lofted free-kick.
Albion continued to attack and Reina showed a terrific pair of hands to keep out Odemwingie's acute drive after the Nigerian had held off both Lucas Leiva and Jamie Carragher.
Reina had to be at full stretch again moments later to keep his side level after Skrtel inadvertently flicked Jerome Thomas' centre towards his own goal.
Albion were well on top and, on 40, a terrific Thomas tackle on Suarez led to a shooting chance for Odemwingie, who curled well wide from 15 yards.
Brunt brought a satisfying half to an end with two 25-yard daisy-cutters which flew straight at Reina - and the home support showed their appreciation for Albion's efforts by cheering them off at the interval.
Albion continued where they had left off after the restart and almost snatched the lead within 30 seconds.
Brunt set up the chance with a delightful dink over the Reds' defence and Cox saw his vicious volley brilliantly pushed away by Reina.
Liverpool threatened for the first time in a long while when Carroll brought down Carragher's diagonal ball and saw his first-time effort tipped over by Carson.
But it proved brief respite for the Baggies who conceded from the resulting corner.
Meireles' 50th-minute flag-kick was guided into the top left-hand corner by a superb Skrtel header.
Albion regrouped and began to keep Liverpool pegged back again.
But that left space at the other end which, in the 56th minute, Kuyt advanced into before seeing his 18-yard drive kept out by Carson's knees.
Back came Albion and Brunt seized on a loose ball on the edge of the Reds box, only to see his right-footed effort kept out by Reina.
But their pressure finally told on 62 when they won a penalty after Odemwingie was scythed down in the box by Kyrgiakos. Brunt made no mistake, sending Reina the wrong way from 12 yards.
The noise inside The Hawthorns was deafening and Odemwingie got the home hordes on their feet again when he jinked inside Kyrgiakos before seeing his fierce drive well saved by Reina at his near post.
A minute later, Liverpool went close themselves when Suarez pulled the ball back for Meireles whose first-time effort fizzed wide of the far post.
But it was Albion who continued to look the most likely scorers and Carragher denied Odemwingie what looked a certain goal when his last-ditch lunge blocked the striker's drive from Thomas' set-up.
Reina had to pull off another smart stop six minutes from time to keep out Thomas' right-footed curler.
But Reina was the villain in the dying minutes when he felled Odemwingie in the box to concede a second penalty, after the former Lille forward had outmuscled Kyrgiakos.
And Brunt again made no mistake, smashing the spot-kick into the left-hand corner.
Liverpool piled on the pressure during stoppage time and there were a couple of scares.
Carson denied Meireles' 20-yard drive with a smart save low at his near post.
From Meireles' ensuing corner, Skrtel headed just wide after Suarez had flicked on.
And, in the 92nd minute, Carson capped a terrific game by brilliantly denying Suarez in a goalmouth scramble.
A minute later, Albion hearts were truly in their mouths as Suarez's chip arced towards the empty net - but Nicky Shorey saved the Baggies' bacon by heading it off the line.
The Hawthorns literally erupted moments later when referee Martin Atkinson blew for full-time - signalling Albion's first win over Liverpool in 30 years.
ALBION (4-2-3-1): Carson; Reid, Meite, Olsson, Shorey; Mulumbu, Scharner; Brunt, Cox (Fortuné 74), Thomas (Jara 90+1); Odemwingie. Subs not used: Myhill (gk), Cech, Ibanez, Vela, Zuiverloon.
LIVERPOOL (4-4-2): Reina; Carragher, Skrtel, Agger (Wilson 25), Johnson (Kyrgiakos 8); Kuyt (Cole 87), Spearing, Lucas, Meireles; Carroll, Suarez. Subs not used: Gulacsi (gk), Rodriguez, N'Gog, Poulsen.
GOALS: ALBION - Brunt (pen 62 & 89). LIVERPOOL - Skrtel (50).
BOOKINGS: ALBION - Scharner (foul 27), Thomas (foul 86). LIVERPOOL - Carroll (foul 28), Wilson (foul 43), Reina (foul 87).
REFEREE: M Atkinson (West Yorkshire).
ALBION STARMAN: Chris Brunt.
PIC: TWO GOOD...Brunt celebrates with Odemwingie after converting his first penalty
To buy a DVD copy of this game for just £4.99, plus postage, click here, or visit the Stadium Megastore from Tuesday.
Albion finish 2016/17 Premier League season in 10th
Albion ninth on 45 points heading into final day
Blues crowned Premier League Champions
Albion, eighth, on 45 points from 35 matches
Albion eighth in table on 44 points with four matches remaining


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Mick Jagger's Old Underwear Going on Display This Summer
A pair of underwear belonging to Mick Jagger will be on display as part of an rock-themed exhibition.
A pair of underwear belonging to Mick Jagger will be on display as part of an rock-themed exhibition.
Mick Jagger makes fun of himself in a Monty Python promotional video.
It amuses us to no end that HBO's forthcoming period rock and roll drama from the likes of 'Boardwalk Empire' Terence Winter, Martin Scorsese and Mick Jagger still hasn't settled on a title, yet continually expands its cast to biblical proportions. Joining Bobby Cannavale, Olivia Wilde and Ray Romano today are Mick Jagger's own son James, comedian Andrew "Dice" Clay, a 'Wolf' of Wall Street, and many more.
Someone has removed the music from the video of Mick Jagger and David Bowie's cover of Martha and the Vandellas' 'Dancing in the Street.'
The granddaughter of Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger has given birth to a baby girl.
Mick Jagger sang the Bob Dylan classic at a memorial service for his girlfriend, who died on March 17.
L'Wren Scott, Mick Jagger's longtime girlfriend, died of an apparent suicide.
With another round of Rolling Stones tour dates on the horizon, one might assume Mick Jagger would be too busy for non-musical pursuits. As a recent profile in the Hollywood Reporter makes clear, however, the ever-restless rock legend always has a lot of projects on his plate -- and these days, that includes running a busy film production company.
In a recent interview, the legend that is John Lydon revealed an interesting tidbit concerning Sir Mick Jagger. It turns out that while Sex Pistol Sid Vicious was awaiting trial for the murder of his girlfriend, Nancy Spungen, Jagger stepped in the pay the legal fees.
Pop star Katy Perry says that Mick Jagger hit on her when she was an 18-year-old backup singer.
File this under "Things that Aren't Supposed to Happen in Rock N' Roll." Mick Jagger is about to become a great-grandfather.
The sex life of Rod Stewart is truly the stuff of legend that could make a grown man cry, even if, by his own admission, it was "sad." But recently he's been disclosing that, back in the day, he turned down some high-profile offers. In May, he said that he ran from the notorious Plaster Casters, and, in a new interview, he shot down Mick Jagger's request for group sex.


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Home › Forums › Gear Forums › Gear (General) › Sizing for women Driduck and Montbell
Jan 7, 2012 at 1:29 pm #1283833
I would like to buy a Montbell UL down inner parka as well as a Driduck ultralite vest but I find the sizing charts very strange. Because I am French it is even more tricky!!
I am 5f4 tall and I weigh 110 lb, I am slim.
It would be more helpful for me if you could give me the measure of the vest itself, (if you have one) measure for chest and total length.
As for Montbell I am hesitating between M and L, I want to be able to wear a tee-shirts and fleece under.for exemple the chart gives 26-28in for waist in M which seems impossible that's too tight!
As for driduck there is no women sizing I think S is ok ?
Thank you for your help and I am sure it will be helpful for others.
MyrtilleJan 7, 2012 at 9:05 pm #1821530
Kimberly WersalBPL Member
@kwersalLocale: Western Colorado
I would recommend you get the medium. I have the UL down inner jacket in a size large and it fits with plenty of room. I am 5'9 140 lbs. I think the large would be HUGE on you. (I love the jacket, by the way!).Jan 7, 2012 at 9:15 pm #1821533
Miguel ArboledaBPL Member
@butukiLocale: Kanto Plain, Japan
S for Driducks would still be gigantic for women. Driducks are huge even for men!
As for MontBell, remember it is a Japanese company, sized for Japanese. If you look inside the garment at the label you will see the size equivalents for different areas of the world. "M" in Japan is "S" in America and Europe. 26-28 is the average waist size of women in Japan. Yes, women are very slim here. And just imagine, my Japanese partner has Japanese size "S" (XS in America and Europe) and think how small the waist is on those!
Be careful with leg length sizes. Japanese pants legs are shorter than those of Americans and Europeans. Also bust sizes can be considerably smaller in Japanese garments.Jan 7, 2012 at 9:43 pm #1821543
Jennifer McFarlaneBPL Member
@jennymcfarlaneLocale: Southern California
I have a Montbell Down Inner parka and also and Alpine Light jacket.
Both are in Men's size M. I typically wear a women's large- I am definitely not slim.
I had a hard time figuring out what size to buy- I ordered a Mens L- way too big. I ordered a Women's XL (I wanted to be able to layer)- also too big. I finally called Montbell. They suggested I order the Large Women's and the Men's medium, and then keep the one I liked the fit of, and send the other one back.
I believe a Women's small sounds like to would work for you.
I could send you measurements if you still need them- but I pored over the size guides from Montbell and then ended up with the wrong size based on my best guess.Jan 8, 2012 at 6:57 am #1821609
Joslyn BloodworthMember
@joslynbLocale: Southwest
Living in Georgia, I got the opportunity to go to Mountain Crossings on the AT and actually try on the Mont Bell sizes so my husband could give me the correct Alpine Light Size for Christmas. I fit in a medium with a t shirt and and Large got even a light fleece under it, but to fit my shirt, fleece and synthetic vest under it all I had to go with an Extra Large. It fits over everything despite the website saying the waist should be 32-35 and my bare waist is 35.
When I get my UL Down Parka I plan on going with the L and I'm just barely shorter than you and not slim at all. If I were you think I would go with an M. Mont Bell is really good about making sure you get what you want so even if it's wrong, you can always exchange it.Jan 8, 2012 at 10:52 am #1821675
Sumi WadaBPL Member
@detroittigerfanLocale: Ann Arbor
I would think you'd want a Montbell SMALL and I doubt that you'll be able to wear a Driduck small without alterations.
I'm 5'2" and weigh about 140lb. I'm not slim and have really wide shoulders. I have a Montbell UL inner jacket and, based on the size charts, originally ordered a women's large and it was way too big. The medium fits me perfect, with room for a substantial baselayer. It has pretty generous shoulders for an UL jacket.
I also have a Driducks small rain suit and it's huge. I've actually never worn it.Jan 8, 2012 at 1:29 pm #1821727
First thank you to all of you, that is very kind.
Your advice is pretty useful and I think I will be able to choose
As for Driduck I am disappointed, it is not a good idea… I have none now because I wanted something waterproof and ultra light…and not a cape
MyrtilleJan 14, 2012 at 2:06 pm #1824716
I still haven't made up my mind about the choice of the size of my Montbell
I'm afraid of choosing the wrong size it is a bit tricky for me since i live in france!
So, could anyone give me measurements of a medium size of Montbell UL inner down parka? chest- waist (if smaller than chest) – sleeve – and total length
Thank you!
MyrtilleJan 14, 2012 at 3:46 pm #1824749
Jason WilliamsMember
@whiskeyLocale: Middle Tennessee
Frog Toggs sells Driducks, but they also sell PollyWogs, which are kid's size versions. They have a sizing chart on their website.Jan 14, 2012 at 5:14 pm #1824781
Donna CBPL Member
@leadfootLocale: Middle Virginia
I have a Montbell inner down vest, women's, and it is a large, where I usually wear a size medium in everything else. I can wear men's small tops with room to spare. I am 5'2" 128 lbs. My vest is several years old, so maybe the sizing has changed.Jan 14, 2012 at 5:25 pm #1824786
Miguel ArboledaBPL Member
@butukiLocale: Kanto Plain, Japan
I'm afraid of choosing the wrong size it is a bit tricky for me since i live in france!
MontBell has a headquarters in Switzerland. Would it be possible to call them there and inquire about sizing, possibly even having them send you the items and getting a chance to try on two different sizes? You could then send the one that doesn't fit back. I'm sure they have someone who speaks French there.Jan 15, 2012 at 8:56 pm #1825175
Sumi WadaBPL Member
@detroittigerfanLocale: Ann Arbor
Myrtille, I have the UL down inner jacket, *not* the parka. I believe it's a 2010 model (bought it last summer.) Here are the measurements for my jacket in medium:
Across the chest (right at the armpits) – 41" (104cm)
Waist – 38" (97cm)
Sleeve (along the bottom, from the armpit) – 21.5" (54.5cm)
Sleeve (top, from the neckline) – 29" (74cm)
Hope this helps.Jan 15, 2012 at 9:46 pm #1825192
Conner DMember
@cdipaoloLocale: SoCal
For dri ducks, get a size smaller than what you think you will want. They are huge.Jan 17, 2012 at 1:10 pm #1825863
Hi Sumi,
Thank you for your measurements , that's very friendly
I think medium is ok for me then
What sort of layers do you wear under your jacket?
I usually wear a tee-shirt and a micro-fleece .
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Vanessa walked towards the ladies' room to powder her face. She looked at herself in the mirror, and tried to pick herself apart. Aside of listening to all of the horrible things her little sister said about her. Who the hell does she thinks she is? I cannot believe she would say that to me. I'm her older sister, damn it! Her long, but fake jet black weave made her look younger for her age. Being thirty-five years old has not been easy for Vanessa. So she went to the extreme to look great and to look younger looking too. She always get her nails done and made sure she had them a lot longer than her "perfect" younger sister's. But it was the perfect example that she could be a better looking than Monica. But Monica was a very attractive woman who need no introduction when it came to her beauty. Vanessa was attractive too, but she always wanted to compete for the attention than Monica. Vanessa walked out of the restroom and then bumped into Kevin, her brother-in-law. Kevin had a brawny buffed body, and a sexy smile.
"Hey, Vanessa," Kevin greeted, "what are you doing here?"
"Well," Vanessa said, "I was meeting Monica here at the statium, but I didn't want to stay that long to talk to her."
"Because she started another one of her non-supportive bad jokes that I was not trying to hear."
"Well, it can't be that bad."
"Oh yes it is that bad. It really hurts me so badly to know that my little sister can be so selfish sometimes. I don't mean to talk about her. I know she is your wife and all."
"I am so sorry about that. I will go and talk to her when I get home. Anyway, we are on our way to Brienda's Bar & Grill. Do you want to come?"
"Sure," said Vanessa, "why not?"
Kevin and Vanessa went to Brienda's Bar & Grill to celebrate the victory of the Eagles. Brienda came from behind the bar counter and hugged Vanessa.
"Hi, Vanessa," Brienda said.
"Hi Brienda," Vanessa said, "this is Kevin Larson, the most valuable player in the NBA and my brother-in-law."
Brienda shook his hand as she freeze to shook his hand. Brienda's big brown eyes light up like the energy saving light bulbs. She could not resist that she has been shaking hands with Kevin.
"How are you doing?" Kevin said to her.
"I am doing fine." Brienda said, "would you like something to drink?"
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New Delhi, Aug 6 (UNI) With her stunning looks, a figure which could be the envy of any wannabe actress and an infectious smile, she lit up many Bollywood films in the 90s with her presence.
It has been nearly a decade since she bid adieu to films after getting settled in matrimony with filmmaker Goldie Behl but the petite Sonali Bendre still exudes the same charm and grace that she brought to films like 'Takkar', 'Diljale' and 'Sarfarosh'.
Having lend her beatific presence to the reality show 'Mr and Mrs Television' recently and the fourth edition of 'Indian Idol', a musical reality show, to be aired on Sony entertainment channel next month, in capacity as judge of these shows, one would assume that hers would be the next in the line of comebacks, close on the heels of that of 90s diva Madhuri Dixit and talented Kajol.
However, Sonali insists she is not ready to don the greasepaint again. ''I have not decided about a comeback just yet,'' she says.
Talking to UNI on the sidelines of a function organised by Omega where Sonali and Abhishek Bachchan, brand ambassadors of the company, felicitated the Indian contingent for the Beijing Olympics, Sonali said, ''doing films calls for too much commitment you see.
I am not really ready for the time and commitment needed for a movie. My child needs me more.'' Asked if actresses like Madhuri and Kajol could make a comeback, that surely was a sign of encouragement for her to follow suit, Sonali said, ''it is a crime if an actress like Madhuri does not make a comeback. I am a big fan of Madhuri Dixit and feel that she should always be there in the movies. However, I do not think I am ever in the same category.'' When mentioned that Goldie had said in a recent interview that he would love to cast her in one of his movies, Sonali said, ''but I am not ready yet. I like the space we have right now. He comes back and talks about his work and I tell him about my work. If at all, it definitely has to be sensitive subject for me to be a part of it.'' So, what made her take up the opportunity to do shows like 'Mr and Mrs TV' and now 'Indian Idol'.
''It is easier for me to judge a show like 'Indian Idol' because I work one day a week. Also, this type of work suits me better because I get time for my home and baby and can also do a bit of work,'' she said.
''When I judged 'Mr and Mrs TV', it was a nine-day affair. I really enjoyed working with Sony. They are nice to work with, a good team and friendly people,'' the actress says.
On the experience of working in 'Indian Idol' where she will appear in the capacity as judge along with Music director Anu Malik, Singer Kailash Kher and lyricist Javed Akhtar, Sonali said, ''I have enjoyed being a part of 'Indian Idol', which is produced by Miditech.
It is a nice show. It has friends and people who you get along with.
''There is Anu Malik, Javed Akhtar and Kailash Kher. With Anu Malik and Javed Akhtar, I have had a long association. Anu Malik has given me some of my best songs. Then, Javed Akhtar is a legend.
As for Kailash Kher, I have been a strong fan of his. However, barring all this, the whole team and the set up is interesting.'' More importantly, it was the opportunity to be herself and not having to do something uncomfortable that led her to take up the show.
''More than anything else, what I liked about the show was the fact that they will not make me do anything I am not comfortable doing. And, they were like, Ya, this is a reality show and whatever you do you do.
''The only thing that I feel vulnerable on a reality show is that the camera is running all the time. So whatever I am saying can be edited and put in any sort of way. However, somewhere I realises that Indian Idol has a fixed format as it is based on the US show 'American Idol'. And, at Indian Idol they follow their own fixed format. So, you cannot do any kind of 'hanky panky','' Sonali said.


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For work reasons, I've recently become interested in resources for those new to line management. I put out an appeal for suggestions on Twitter and Managing The Unmanageable was recommended by Thomas Ponnet, with a little cautious reservation:
@qahiccupps Hope you enjoy it. I don't agree with everything but that comes with the job description. Not all translates for my context.
— Thomas Ponnet (@ThomasPonnet) August 15, 2016
This quote from the book's preface sets up the authors' intent nicely:
There is no methodology for the newly anointed development manager charged with managing, leading, guiding, and reviewing the performance of a team of programmers — often, the team he was on just days before. There are no off-the-shelf approaches. Unlike project managers, who devote hours and hours of study toward certifcation in their chosen career path, development managers often win their management roles primarily from having been stellar coders while displaying a modicum of people skills.
The book is long – over-long for my taste – and, rather than try to rehash the whole thing, I'll take the liberty of making an exceedingly crude precis:
- people are all different
- … but there are broad classes of characteristics that it can useful to acknowledge and look for
- people are motivated by a relatively small set of important things
- .. and, after a certain level is reached, salary is not usually the most important thing
- hiring well is crucial, and can be extremely difficult
- … and a manager should be thinking about it even when they are not actively hiring
- to do well, a manager needs to be organised
- … even more organised than you probably think
- to command respect from a team, a manager should be able to demonstrate relevant skills
- … and need to know when is a good time to do that and when to step back
- to enjoy the support of a team, a manager needs to show empathy and give protection
- … and that sometimes means letting them fail; but shouldn't mean setting them up to fail
- to function well within a company a manager needs to establish relationships and communicate well
- … in all directions: down, up, and across, and in different media
- a good manager will reflect on their own actions
- … and look to improve themselves
- the source of a team culture is the manager
- … and, once established, it requires nurturing
Perhaps these things seem self-evident. Perhaps some of them are self-evident. Broadly speaking I think I'd agree with them, based on my own experience. And, in my own experience I find that I learned many of them only incrementally and some of them the hard way.
Which is where a book like this can help – it's a brain dump of wisdom from the two authors mostly, but also from a bunch of others who offer nugget-sized bites of experience such as
Managers must manage – Andy Grove
with associated commentary:
I've used Andy Grove's phrase innumerable times to coach my managers and directors of programming teams. When confronted with a problem, they can't just "raise a red flag." I'm always available when needed, but good software managers find ways to solve problems without my involvement or executive management direction.
And here's handful of others that chimed with me:
Don't let the day-to-day eat you up – David Dibble
David made this statement to make the point to his management team that managers have "real" work to do; that the seemingly urgent—e-mail, meetings, the routine—could easily fill a day. Only by being intentional about how we use our days can managers overcome letting that happen
If you're a people manager, your people are far more important than anything else you're working on – Tim Swihart
Tim notes, "If a team member drops by at an awkward time and wants to chat, set aside what you're doing and pay attention. They may be building up the courage to tell you something big. I've noticed this to be especially true when the sudden chatter isn't somebody who normally drops by for idle conversation."
Managers who use one-on-one meetings consistently fnd them one of the most effective and productive uses of their management time – Johanna Rothman and Esther Derby
The statement is a match for our own experience.
We have two ears and one mouth. Use them in this ratio – Kimberly Wiefling
While I love theory and can happily spend time in talking shops, dissecting semantics and splitting hairs, as my recent MEWT experience showed …
@qahiccupps wields distinctions like a surgeon wields a scalpel #mewt
— Iain McCowatt (@imccowatt) April 9, 2016
… I also recognise the value of activity to explore, inform, test, and back up the theory. I like to think of myself, still, as a practitioner, and Managing the Unmanageable is a book written by practitioners and grounded in their practice, with examples drawn liberally from it.
It's unlikely, as Thomas Ponnet suggested, and I'd agree, to fit exactly with everything that you're doing right now with the team you have in the place you're working – especially as some of it is very specific to managing software developers. Parts of it will probably jar too. For instance, I found the suggested approach to levels of seniority too simplistic.
But what it can do is give you another perspective, or inspiration, or perhaps fire warning shots across your bow from some position not too dissimilar to yours, and rooted in the real world of managing people in technical disciplines.
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רכיבה על אופניים חשמלייםRiding an electric bike (אשרי אדם מפחד תמיד Happy is the man who always fears)
ובכן – לא.
הכלים האלה, בסופו של יום, מוגבלים. אולי מדובר במשהו שפשוט נמצא מחוץ לגבולות הגזרה של הכלי (Ready! API לא מיועד לאוטומציה של דפדפנים, למשל, וטסטים לא מתעסק בשום דבר מחוץ לדפדפן), או שסתם מדובר בנושא שהכלי לא טוב בו במיוחד. אבל עם הכלים הנוצצים והחזקים שיש היום בשוק – קשה יותר לבנות טיעון נגד הסתמכות על הכלי, וחברות רבות עשויות להסתפק בבדיקות סוג ב', כי למה להתחיל ולבנות פרוייקט תכנותי מורכב שצריך לתחזק מרמת התשתיות ומעלה, כשכל מה שצריך לעשות הוא להריץ את הכלי הנפלא שקנינו – ובדרך כלל אפשר גם להריץ אותו משורת הפקודה? וזה שצריך להגדיר את הכלי בנפרד משאר המוצר? בסדר, פעם ב… יגיע אחד הבודקים ויסדר את התרחישים המורצים, או ישנה את הפרמטרים שנשלחים אליהם. אז זה קצת מציק. אז מה? בשביל זה לשלם לבודק שיודע לתכנת?
חוץ מזה – כאשר משתמשים בכלי כולל שכזה, לא באמת יודעים מה קורה מתחת למכסה המנוע. ואז, אם פתאום משהו לא עובד – אין לאף אחד את היכולת לחטט פנימה ולתקן את הבעיה, כך שצריך להסתמך על התמיכה של מי שמייצר את הכלי.
וכמו באופניים חשמליים – מדי פעם נופלים. לפעמים קורה מקרה ומגלים שהכלי כבר לא מספק את צרכי הארגון – כי הארגון השתנה, או שצורכי הבדיקות גדלו. במקרה כזה, המחיר המושקע בכלי עלול להיות גבוה מאוד – ועלות המעבר גבוהה אפילו יותר.
ונקודת דמיון אחרונה ששמתי לב אליה תוך כדי כתיבה – רוכבי אופניים רגילים נוטים להסתכל על רוכבי האופניים החשמליים בבוז מסויים, או אולי מדוייק יותר לומר – בהתנשאות. זה לא משנה שהם עצמם יכולים לתאר כמה וכמה מקרים בהם אופניים חשמליים הם הבחירה הנכונה (למשל – "אין לי מקלחת בעבודה"), תחושת ההתנשאות עדיין קיימת.
הדבר דומה לגבי כתיבת אוטומציה ללא תכנות – למרות שאני, כבודק שמתכנת, יכול לתאר כמה תרחישים בהם הבחירה הנכונה היא להשתמש בכלי מוכן מראש, עדיין, אני מרגיש את אותו דחף מתנשא כשאני שומע על מישהו שמבסס את הבדיקות האוטומטיות שלו על כלי שכזה.
In theory – Electric bike is a great idea. It's relatively cheap, relatively eco-friendly, and does not involve all of that sweating and effort that prevents people from using it as a transportation vessel for short & medium ranges. Riding a bike saves time for just about every ride inside a city, reduces traffic jams (or at least, mostly unaffected by it) and is generally fun. Unless rain is a problem for you – there are not that many reasons not to use it. You don't even need a driving license for it.
However, in practice (at least here in Israel), the reality is quite different – a combination of poor infrastructure and some other factors (such as the young age of many electro-cyclists), results in cyclists terrorizing pedestrians, and being involved in an unproportional amount of accidents that are not as common with regular cyclists (I didn't manage to find official figures, but the numbers I've seen while searching were around 2 injured people per day during 2014, including pedestrians that were run-over by an electric bike, while regular cyclists are mainly counted as "were hit by a car" and get to a bit less than one a day). But honestly – I am willing to believe just about any ridiculously high number I might hear, since I see how electric cars are being used. I've seen electro-cyclists ride with their eyes in their phone (held in one hand), riding in couples or even triplets, or folding a leg beneath the rider, and even one time I saw a rider with both legs on the top tube (The phone, naturally, was in one hand).
Each and every time I see such a thing I ask myself "why are they doing that?" And each and every time I answer "because they can". While using the pedals, there are a lot of forces moving in many directions – were I to look at my phone while on my bike, It would take me less than 10 seconds to fall to the ground. I must constantly look ahead to see if I will need to shift gears, and picking a friend on my bike will mean more effort for me. With electric bicycle, those "costs" are not really visible. People don't have to be as attentive and as careful, they can reach a grater velocity without any effort, and they can get out with losing concentration for more than a couple of seconds.
That is, until one time they can't. An accident caused by an inattentive electric rider is more likely to cause grater damage – It's faster, heavier (if giving a friend a ride) and by the time the rider gets to the brakes, the accident has already happened.
Tools that are marketed under "the end to your automation problems" or "everything your automation needs" (not to mention "code-less automation) have finally reached the point where we can compare them to electric bike. When I first got to work, we were in the late phases of getting rid of a tool called "Badboy", and it was fairly obvious why – It was a record & playback tool, that used it's own proprietary browser to run. Anyone looking at it could tell that it might be a good time to hire someone who can do a better work. The tools wasn't really bad, but it didn't help with actual browser coverage, and most importantly – it was ugly and uncomfortable to use.
One the other hand, we can look at Testim.io – this is a newer record & playback tool, that works on chrome, looks nice and modern, and provides a bunch of useful things such as grouping actions for reuse, some strong built in validations, and a test report with images. A great time-saver. Working with such a tool, it's not that easy to notice that we are missing stuff (the first thing that comes to mind is non-web stuff, such as database checks). And, if we move to some non-browser tools – we get an even more complete and powerful tool, such as Ready!API by SmartBear for SOAP\REST testing which provides, on top of DB checks and strong validations with a simple way to setup things (just add a WSDL, and you're good to go) some neat capabilities such as automated security and load checks and even some simulation services that enables mocking (and controlling) the response for a request.
So, we're making a great progress, right? We can leverage those tools to get rid of the infrastructure fuss and focus on creating checks. We don't even need to know how to code. The best of all worlds!
Well… no. Not really.
Those tools, powerful as they might seem, are pretty limited. It might be because GUI is not really suitable for programming complicated logic, or simply a limitation of the tool's scope (Browser testing, for instance, is out of scope for Ready!API). But with the shiny tools out there today, it's getting more and more difficult to build a case against using them, or for migrating out, because we do gain a lot out of them. So why should a company invest in building an extendable, tailored test harness, when we can get all of those cool things for the price of using a tool? Most tools can even be run from the command line, and thus integrate into our CI. And the fact that the tool is configured outside of the main product's code? that's fine. Every now and then we'll just have a tester go and update the scenario parameters. for that small nuisance, why should we pay for testers that can code?
Besides, when using a tool, there's only so much you can know about the tool's internals and what's actually going on in your tests – and if something isn't working, you can't just peek under the hood and fix it – you have to contact the vendor support (or, if it's an open source tool – you can start diving into the code and compile your own version of it, and it will be quite painful to do).
Also, to return to our bicycle analogy – it's great to ride while using the phone and zooming around, and you will normally stay out of trouble – until suddenly, you don't. If you get to a conclusion that the tool you're using is no longer doing the work you need – it will be that much harder to migrate out of it, and to develop all those nice capabilities you've grown accustomed to in your framework.
And, one last point of similarity I found while writing this blog – regular bicycle riders tend to sneer and look down at electric cyclists. They can come up with several scenarios where using them is an acceptable choice (for instance "I don't have a shower at work" is an acceptable excuse), but every time I see someone riding an electric bike I get that feeling of moral superiority. I've noticed pretty much the same feeling towards tool users – despite the fact that I can describe several scenarios where using a tool is better than writing everything at home – as a tester who codes, I can't help it but look down on testers who automate without coding.
In a recent episode of Rationally Speaking, Samuel Arbesman, a complexity scientist, talks about complexity in technology. Here's a few quotes I particularly enjoyed.
On levels of understanding of systems:
Technology very broadly is becoming more and more complicated … actually so complex that no one, whether you're an expert or otherwise, fully understands these things … They have enormous number of parts that are all interacting in highly nonlinear ways that are subject to emerging phenomena.
We're going to have bugs and glitches and failures. And if we think we understand these things well and we don't, there's going to be tons of gap between how we think we understand the system and how it actually does behave.
On modelling reality with a system and then creating a model of that system:
… the world is messy and complex. Therefore, often, in order to capture all that messiness and complexity, you need a system that effectively is often of equal level of messiness and complexity … whether or not it's explicitly including all the rules and exceptions and kind of the edge cases, or a system that learns these kinds of things in some sort of probabilistic, counterintuitive manner.
It might be hard to understand all the logic in [a] machine learning system, but it still captures a lot of that messiness. I think you can see the situation where in machine learning, the learning algorithm might be fairly understandable. But then the end result … You might be able to say, theoretically, I can step through the mathematical logic in each individual piece of the resulting system, but effectively there's no way to really understand what's going on.
On "physics" and "biological" thinking:
[Physics:] A simple set of equations explains a whole host of phenomena. So you write some equations to explain gravity, and it can explain everything from the orbits, the planets, the nature of the tides … It has this incredibly explanatory power. It might not explain every detail, but it maybe it could explain the vast majority of what's going on within a system. That's the physics. The physics thinking approach, abstracting away details, deals with some very powerful insights.
[Biology:] Which is the recognition that oftentimes … the details not only are fun and enjoyable to focus on, but they're also extremely important. They might even actually make up the majority of the kinds of behavior that the system can exhibit. Therefore, if you sweep away the details and you try to create this abstracted notion of the system, you're actually missing the majority of what is going on.
Oftentimes I think people in their haste to understand technology … because technologies are engineered things … think of them as perhaps being more the physics thinking side of the spectrum.
On robustness:
There's this idea within complexity science … "robust yet fragile," and the idea behind this is that a lot of these very complex systems are highly robust. They've been tested thoroughly. They had a lot of edge cases and exceptions built in and baked into the system. They're robust to an enormously large set of things but oftentimes, they're only the set of things that have been anticipated by the engineers. However, they're actually quite fragile to the unanticipated situations.
Side note: I don't think there's an attempt in this discussion to draw a distinction between complex and complicated, which some do.
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The Test team book club at Linguamatics is currently reading What Did You Say? The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback. Here's a couple of quotes that I picked out for our last session:
- If you're really interested in helping people, you'll do well to start your feedback by opening your own motives to inspection.
- Even when it's given at the receiver's request, feedback describes the giver more than the receiver.
- When the data and their model don't match, most people discard the data.
I recall an instance when, engaged in discussion with a colleague I'll call Russell, about the data analysis he was presenting, I spotted an opportunity to offer feedback. It was about something that I knew Russell wanted to change. It was about something that I knew was open to me to give feedback on, because we had talked about it. It was about something that I thought would be beneficial for Russell in multiple ways and, I hoped, would provide some insight into a particular behaviour pattern that he had.
However, it was also the first time that I had seen this particular thing. A data set of size one. I had no evidence, yet, that it would lead to the end point that Russell desired to alter. A data set of size zero.
Against this: my instinct, my gut, and my experience. And a sense of goodwill, built up over time, over repeated interactions, over sometimes difficult sessions where I had tried to demonstrate that I do care to assist and support and advise because I want to help Russell to be the best he can be, in the respects that matter to him and for his work.
But I was still cautious. I have unwittingly burned and been burned enough times over the years to know that each of these conversations carries with it risks. Risks of misreading the context, risks of misreading the agreements, risks of misreading the mood, risks, risks, risks, …
But I went ahead anyway. The potential benefit and the goodwill in the bank outweighed the risks, I calculated, on this occasion. And I gave my feedback. And Russell agreed with me. And I breathed a deep internal sigh of relief.
Comparing this anecdote to the quotes I pulled from the book:
- My motives, I think, were good: I wanted to help Russell achieve a personal goal.
- But the feedback does reflect something about me: an interest in reducing unnecessary complexity, an interest in making presentation clear, the ego that is required to believe that my colleagues will want to listen to any advice from me, …
- In this case, it turned out my suggestion didn't contradict Russell's model but exposed it, and in any case I had little concrete data to present.
I use this episode as an example not because it ended well, particularly, but because it's an illustration for me of how much I have been influenced by What Did You Say? in the couple of years since I first read it. I consciously I go about my day-to-day business, doing my best to be careful about when I choose to offer feedback, about when I deliberately choose not to, and about picking up and picking up on any feedback that's coming my way in return.
I try to treat this as a testing task where I can, in the sense that I try hard to observe my own actions and the responses they generate, and I think about ways in which they might be related and how I might approach things differently in the next exchange, or at another time, with this person, or someone else.
Easier said than done, of course, so I'll finish with another quote from the book, another quote that I've taken to heart and act on, that regularly helps guide me with pretty much everything that I've said above:
Don't concentrate on giving feedback; concentrate on being congruent – responding to the other person, to yourself, and to the here-and-now situation. Don't go around hunting for opportunities to give feedback, because feedback is effective only when the need arises naturally out of congruent interactions.
Some details have been changed.
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לרכוב בלי גלגלי עזר Riding without training wheels (אשרי אדם מפחד תמיד Happy is the man who always fears)
(English first, as this is also a response to a source whose owner probably does not speak Hebrew)
I'm assuming you have at least heard of Gem Hill's podcast let's talk about tests baby and if you didn't, go and listen to a few episodes – they are short and I usually find them interesting. I've listened to the episode on using selenium IDE. It just so happens that on the same day I've listened to it, I also attended a local selenium meetup (which, in case you live in Israel, or just happen to be in the neighborhood when one is occurring, can be found here) and after the meetup a few of us grabbed a cup of coffee (tea in my case) and continued to chat for a bit. One of the subjects that came up during this chat was about record and playback tools. If you've read this post you can probably guess that I feel very strongly against this kind of tools.
Listening to Gem's podcast, I noted that I was listening to the rare occasion where the person using selenium IDE1 is doing it properly with the right goals in mind – create a base, use the recording to flesh out some crude scaffolding quickly and then go and fix the generated code. Then, after the chat I had following the meetup, I thought about it a bit more, and realized I don't like selenium IDE even when it's used responsibly (Though, if I understood correctly, Gem's done it right – use once or twice to bootstrap the code, then defenestrate).
Why? Because it's like riding with training wheels.
When I was young, like all of the kids around my age, I had a bicycle with training wheels, and I rode them around. At some point, came the time for me to remove them, and my father spent several hours running behind me, holding the bicycle rack and releasing it when I wasn't noticing. If you've been anywhere near bicycles lately, you probably know that the new fashion on teaching kinds to ride is by having them ride a balance bike – the reason is simple: When using training wheels the kid might get used to using the pedals and the breaks, but will miss the most important thing – learning to self balance on the bicycle. You also acquire some bad habits you will need to get rid of when you'll later learn to properly ride a bike (for instance, the way you turn around is completely different). Finally, removing the training wheels is quite scary.
The same is true for using selenium IDE – it helps you do something that looks a lot like writing an automated check, and using it you are able to get some results that are (at least at the beginning) better than not using it, but by using it, you are missing the central skill that is required to write decent automated checks – which is the ability to think in algorithms and organize code in a reasonable way. And just like training wheels, it can be very scary to let go of it. Worse – using it as a learning tool leads to learning some bad habits – such as having each script live in it's own world, initialize everything for itself and so on. In fact, if we were to convert a recorded script to fit into a proper test infrastructure, not a single line of code will remain – initialization and teardown code will be in the superclass, every selenium code will be in the page-objects, and chances are that even page-objects will be hidden beneath another abstraction level. A bad habit that is a bit harder to shrug off is that by using Selenium IDE we are getting used to try and mimic human actions with our automation and completely ignore the fact that humans and computers are different – and things that are easy for a human being are sometimes difficult, or impossible, for a computer – and vice versa. In addition, recorded scripts are usually quite meaningless in terms of what they actually validate.
So, what should we do? To answer that I want to go back to my bicycle example – How do I like to teach riding a bicycle? I got to do that several times in the past – teaching my cousins, and a couple of friends closer to my age that managed to grow up without learning to ride. What I did was to start from the running point, but instead of holding the bicycle from behind, I run side by side with them, holding them by the shoulder and balancing them until they start doing that themselves. It takes about two hours of doing that before they can ride without my help, and then we go on to the more complicated parts of getting on and off the bike. All in all, after four hours of training, we can ride side by side for a short trip. An equivalent behavior will be learning with a mentor – strong style pairing seems to fit well this image, assuming that there is some basic coding knowledge to begin with (otherwise, focusing on at least some basic coding skills should be the first thing to learn). Lacking a mentor around, I guess you could start by copying some template of "how to write a selenium test in language X" from an online tutorial (there are dozens of them). Though, if you don't have a mentor available to help you, feel free to send me a message (there should be a "contact me" form on the left, or you could leave here a comment) and I'll try to help you getting started – though if you are using a language I'm not familiar with, my help will be limited.
1 Just one note – I use here "selenium IDE" quite often, but if you are actually using selenium IDE, you might want to check out "Selenium Builder", since IDE is planned to reach end-of-life for at least 3 years now. ↩
אותו הדבר נכון לגבי סלניום IDE – הקלטה עוזרת לכתוב משהו שנראה כמו בדיקה אוטומטית, והתוצאות שמשיגים בעזרת הכלי הזה עדיפות (לפחות בתחילת הדרך) על התוצאות שניתן להשיג בלעדיו. אבל שימוש בכלי הזה מדלג על הכישור הכי חשוב כדי ליצור בדיקות אוטומטיות – היכולת לחשוב על אלגוריתם ולארגן קוד בצורה פחות או יותר הגיונית. בדיוק כמו גלגלי עזר, גם על סלניום IDE מפחיד לוותר, וגרוע יותר – רוכשים כמה הרגלים מגונים דרך שימוש בכלי הזה, כמו למשל העובדה שכל סקריפט מוקלט מבצע את פעולות האתחול בעצמו וחי בעולם משלו במקום שקוד האתחול ישב במקום אחד מסודר. למעשה, אם ממירים קוד מוקלט לתוך פרוייקט בו התשתיות מסודרות היטב, לא תישאר שורה אחת מתוך הסקריפט המקורי – קוד האתחול והניקיון אחרי הבדיקה יהיו במחלקה ממנה יורשת מחלקת הבדיקה, קוד סלניום יעבור לתוך page-objects (שבעצמם יהיו חבויים בתוך שכבת אבסטרקציה) ומהבדיקה המקורית לא נשאר כבר כלום. הרגל מגונה שקשה יותר להיפטר ממנו הוא שכלי הקלטה נוטים להרגיל אותנו לחקות פעולות משתמש בעזרת הקוד שלנו ולהתעלם מכך שיש דברים שנכון יותר לעשות אחרת בעזרת מחשב. חוץ מזה, בדיקות שנכתבות בעזרת כלי הקלטה נוטות להיות שטחיות וחסרות שיניים בהשוואה לבדיקות שנכתבו ע"י קוד ויכולות להסתכל על דברים שקורים מחוץ לדפדפן (כמו למשל מסד הנתונים).
אז, מה עושים? לבד זה מפחיד, וגלגלי עזר הם לא פתרון טוב.
כדי לענות על זה אני רוצה לחזור למשל האופניים, ולספר איך אני מלמד לרכוב (אני לא עושה את זה באופן מקצועי במיוחד, אבל יצא לי ללמד כמה בני דודים בגיל הנכון, וכמה חברים בני גילי שהצליחו לגדול בלי ללמוד לרכוב) – אנחנו מתחילים קודם כל מהשלב בו אני רץ לידם (לא מאחור, ליד) ומחזיק אותם בכתפיים כדי לאזן אותם עד שיוכלו לעשות את זה בעצמם. בערך אחרי שעתיים הם מגיעים לנקודה בה הם מסוגלים לרכוב בלעדי, ואז אפשר להתחיל לטפל בנקודות הקשות יותר של לעלות על האופניים ולרדת מהם. בסך הכל, אחרי כארבע שעות (על פני שני מפגשים) אנחנו כבר מסוגלים לרכוב יחד לטיול קצר. המקבילה של זה בעולם התכנות היא עבודה עם מדריך אישי, והרעיון של strong style pairing נראה לי מתאים במיוחד, אם יש ידע כלשהו בתכנות שאפשר לבנות עליו. אם אין ידע כזה, אגב, לרכוש אותו יהיה הצעד הראשון שצריך לעשות בכל מקרה – אין משמעות לשימוש בכלי הקלטה לצורכי לימוד אם אי אפשר להבין את התוצרים של הכלי הזה מספיק כדי לשפר אותם. בהיעדר מדריך זמין, אני מניח שאפשר להסתכל על אחד המדריכים ל"איך לכתוב סלניום בשפה X" באינטרנט (יש לא מעט מהם בחוץ, ואני מחבב את האתר של יוני פלנר שמכיל מדריכים בלא מעט שפות תכנות). אבל, אם אין אף אחד שידריך אתכם, אתם מוזמנים להשתמש בטופס הפנייה שנמצא משמאל, או להשאיר כאן הודעה ואשמח לנסות לעזור לכם להתחיל.


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The powerful message in The Kennedy Legacy: It's Time to Fulfill It is that the original American culture, which was created and shaped by our colonial ancestors, is near death. Linda Rae Hermann traces the demise of our inherited culture with its traditions of civility. Without these traditions, the fabric of society has been unraveling. Children killing children and multiple massacres are just a few of the consequences from the loss of our original culture. In other words, Americans have become more uncivilized.
The author takes us on a journey back to our beginnings and up to the present, focusing on the 1960s when the cultural revolution accelerated. She draws from academic knowledge as well as personal experiences in the sixties as a nun, a Hippie, and a convert in the Jesus Movement. After reading this book, you will understand that American culture has been changed. You will understand the role John F. Kennedy was supposed to have played in preserving that culture. You will understand what forces caused the demise of American culture. Finally, you will learn how to restore the original culture along with the traditions and institutions upon which our nation's social and political soundness depends.
Linda Rae Hermann is a school board member and a teacher in San Jose, California. She has her MA in Political Science from San Jose State University and her BA from the University of California at Santa Barbara. Her knowledge of America's cultural revolution is derived from observation, study, and personal participation during its most revolutionary period, Haight-Ashbury, 1967.
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Today's World
Nature is a common thematic idea. Nature is very relevant in the book Huckleberry Finn. Nature is also relevant in today's world. In Huckleberry Finn we explore the thematic idea of nature as Huck and his gang venture down the Mississippi River. Nature affects our world today in many ways, but we mainly focus on the following ways: storms in the United States; deforrestation; global warming; society's effects on nature; and national parks.
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Global Warming
Nature is very relevant in today's world. We explore the following nature related topics that affect our world today: deforestation; recent storms in the United States; global warming; national parks and society's effects on nature. Deforestation is a very important topic that is constantly effecting the world today. "The world's rainforests are currently disappearing at a rate of 6000 acres every hour". This is destroying the rainforests' plants and animals. "Some species are at risk of being extinct". We get valuable medical plants from rainforests. Cutting down the forests is risking global environmental damage and will destroy resources we might need in the future. The forests are being cut down to get rubber, coffee, lumber, and to make room for farming. If we recycle and re-use, we could prevent the forests from being cut down. Another important topic is how recent storms have effected the United States.
The most recent storm to hit the United States was hurricane Sandy. Hurricane Sandy cost many people their lives, and cost a lot of money in property damage. Evacuation was ordered of some coastal areas as well as, the main areas of transportation. "In the days and weeks after the storm, the greatest public health threat was from the loss of power." Power was still not fully back to all areas even months after the storm had hit, and only in the daylight hours could contractors regain access to towns on the New Jersey barrier islands. " of the long-term health threats posed by Sandy, the most significant is mold growth in homes that were not properly re mediated after flooding." Healthy people that were exposed to indoor mold would sometimes experience symptoms of coughing, wheezing, and other upper respiratory tract problems, and people who suffered from asthma would have worsened symptoms.
an issue in nature you have probably heard a lot about in the news or read about was global warming. in the article Global Warming: What Happens When You Factor Out the Other Factors says that " A good deal of skepticism has been directed at the claim that there's been little or no warming since the last millennium." the 20th century saw some increase in temperature but the 21st century has seen none. when influences of natural variability are taken away there is no evidence that the warming has slowed. there are many reasons why there would be a change in global temperature. A changed can be caused by el nino - la nina oscillation,solar variations, volcanic eruptions, and green house gases. " the remaining temperature trend, they reasoned, is at least in part, and almost certainly in large part due to increasing concentrations of greenhouse gases." therefore the current warming can be explained by other factors.
National parks have an effect on nature that you might not have thought about. National parks like the Grand Canyon have brought an uncountable number of tourists to see the beauty and wonder of them. But most tourists don't realize what they are doing to the nature around them while touring the areas. "While tourists love to see these natural environments in their undisturbed states, they are often at times adding degradation to these parks." Most tourists are unaware that parking in areas that aren't designated for parking adds to the destruction of the land, and trampling vegetation is also another factor. Some leave behind garbage and water bottles which also leads to destruction and harm. "The Canyon is not just rocks, valleys, and cliffs, but it's a place housing over 75 different species of mammals, 300 species of birds, 50 species of reptiles, 5 species of amphibians, and 25 species of fish." When the Canyon is being degraded, it is affecting the homes of these animals and can possibly harm them. National parks attracting tourists can lead to the destruction of nature and cause harm to different species of animals and to the parks themselves. The last topic left to discuss is society's effect on nature. At first, most societies work well, but even strong nations can fall apart because they wasted labor unnecessary tasks. Current European and North American consumption patterns can strain both the environment and natural resources, which can seriously impact society. "Some suggest that the industrialized nations need to drastically change their consumption patterns that are currently seen, as this is depleting resources more than the demands from large populations as seen in many developing nations" Major U.S. environmental groups are attacking junk food chains, like KFC and Pizza Hut, because of their environmental impact. "For every pound of red meat, poultry, eggs, and milk produced, farm fields lose about five pounds of irreplaceable topsoil." Breeding of livestock and poultry for restaurants cause a chain reaction that is bad for the environment. That is how nature is relevant in today's world.
Nature is a very relevant thematic idea in Huckleberry Finn. It is repeatedly demonstrated throughout the book. "He used to always whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me; though I used to take to the woods most of the time when he was around" (pg.11). Huck used nature for safety. in that example is father would beat him and instead of going to someone`s house he would sleep in the woods because that's where he was most comfortable, where he felt safe.
"Living in a house and sleeping in a bed pulled on me pretty tight. Mostly, but before the cold weather i used to slide out and sleep in the woods sometimes" (pg.15). even though Huck had a nice home and a bed to sleep in he chose to sleep outside. this is another example of how Huck felt comfortable in nature. Nature is where Huck relaxes.
" I was boss of it; it all belonged to me, so to say, and I wanted to put in the time. I found plenty strawberries ripe and prime; and green summer grapes: and green raspberries and green blackberries was just beginning to show"(pg.39). This shows Huck felt like he owned something. like he was free to explore which made Huck happy. also all these fruits were summertime fruits. summer has a happy and free connotation.
"Which end gets up 1st ... the whole 15 mum"(pg.61). this was when the lady was asking him tons of questions about farms. Huck answered every question which shows his knowledge towards farms. The reader is shown Hucks knowledge of the outdoors in this chapter.
" The water was 3 or 4 feet deep... a wall of high bluffs"(pg.54). this paragraph describes the Mississippi river after it storms and how the waves are violent and the river is high. this proves and provides the reader with information on what the characters are going through and how they are traveling. Also its in Hucks prospective so we see how he vies the river.
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Manuel, John. "The Long Road to Recovery: Environmental Health Impacts of Hurricane Sandy." Environmental Health Perspectives. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 1 May 2013. Web. 27 October 2013. <http://ehp.niehs.nih.gov/121-a152/>
Johnson, Priya. "The Grand Canyon: Tourism Impacts National Parks." 24 Mar. 2010. Web 27 Oct. 2013 <http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/learningabout/whatisanationalpark/factsandfigures
Chameides, Bill. "Global Warming: What Happens When You Factor Out the Other Factors." Duke Deans Blog The Green Grok RSS. Erica Rowell, 14 Dec. 2011. Web. 27 Oct. 2013.
"Preserving the Rainforest." Saving the Rainforest. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. <http://www.srl.caltech.edu/personnel/krubal/rainforest/Edit560s6/www/preserve.html>.
Shah, Anup. "Stress on the environment, society and resources?." Global Issues. 18 Sep. 2001. Web. 27 Oct. 2013. <http://www.globalissues.org/article/214/stress-on-the-environment-society-and-resources>.
Nature can be put in anything. each story has nature, our economy struggles with nature, and we also celebrate nature. So this then proves that nature can have a great effect on our world and ideas. Thus in saying that the idea of nature can not have only one thematic statement that can sum up everything. In Huck Finn there are many spots in the book where nature effects the plot, therefore saying it is a great role in the book. Our world and Huck Finn is not entirely made off of nature, but it do have a great impact on them
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Scrum Forum
What to expect from the PSM II exam
Hello everyone,
It's been two years now I'm using Scrum in a few projects, and currently taking a leap forward to promote and implement it in my organization.
For that matter, I plan to follow a PSPO course and pass the PSM II exam soon, so I have a few questions regarding the last one.
- How many questions are there in the PSM II exam? Read somewhere it was about 50 questions with 40% as essays, is that right?
- Does it tend to evaluate the candidates on other agile topics than Scrum? If yes, which ones?
- Are there feedbacks provided with the results?
Thanks in advance for your advice and tips. In the meantime, I wish you all a merry Christmas and a happy new year! ;)
Kind regards,
Hi Romain,
all the best for you in promoting Scrum in your organization! Let us know how it goes.
I suggest you take a look at this blog: http://scrumorakel.de/blog/index.php?/archives/30-How-to-prepare-for-th…
Some of your questions might be answered there. The amount of essay questions varies du to a randomizer. When I did the PSM II, it was 45 questions - but I guess the randomizer might cause a varying number of questions as well.
Other agile topics are not evaluated, but you have to know how to best apply Scrum in a real scenario. That means, you will most likely fail if you don't have practical experience.
You usually do not get feedback together with the result. If you are interested in it, you can ask email@example.com for hints. However, do not expect them to provide you with specific questions or answers. They will just tell you something vague like "focus on the scrum master role when preparing your next attempt".
Merry Christmas!
Hi Dominik,
Thanks for the info! I already browsed your blog for the PSM I certification, and it is really helpful. Also for enlightening the randomizer matter, since I read some folks were quite surprised about it when passing the exam.
Regarding the feedbacks, this is mostly about the hints I'll be looking forward to receive. More than getting a certification, my objectives are to inspect and adapt whenever I can first! ;)
Kind regards,
Hi Dominik, I've just read the advices posted in the blog you added the link for it. So my question for you is: Do you think that by only studying the scrum guide is enough for me to pass in the exam? I see that people usually have a course which they spend about 1 week practicing and learning about Scrum in order to be prepared for the test. So I was wondering if it is really valid to take those course or not for the PSM I.
Hi Amanda,
"Do you think that by only studying the scrum guide is enough for me to pass in the exam?"
> In my opinion, it's clearly not enough, and as Dominik highlightened it in his blog, you need to clearly understand the Scrumguide, or more generally the Scrum's artifacts. Simply reading the guide and not knowing their purposes can easily mislead you on the trickiest questions.
I didn't follow any Scrum.org course yet, but as I observed so far with colleagues that were new to Scrum, practising it on a very low scale, or even on fake projects, reading a few books clearly help though for the PSM I exam.
Kind regards,
Keep in mind that this thread is about the PSM II exam. You mention the PSM I exam, so I'll limit my advice to that exam.
Reading the Scrum Guide is probably enough(I'd recommend reading it 2-4 times), so long as you follow the rest of Dominik's advice for PSM I as well.
Taking one of the Scrum.org classes would also help you greatly with PSM I, but, IMO, it is not necessary to pass the PSM I so long as you do your own prep like Dominik suggested.
As an aside, I would strongly recommend the Professional Scrum Master class before taking the PSM II.
Hello everyone,
Well, I took the PSM II exam a few days ago, leaving time to give some thoughts about it. So here is a quick review of my experience, hoping it will provide some useful tips without spoiling for the future candidates.
The exam had 35 questions, about 2/3 of them were essays. Answering to them all in two hours is pretty challenging in my opinion, for a non-native English speaker. I personally left some blanks, so be ready to catch the global sense of some potential multiple sub-questions pretty quickly, and consider not having time to review them. Get straight to the point while typing your answers, the timebox is short, no doubt about that.
The content was anyway pretty amazing, the challenge intense, like a philosophy exam during my school days. :) You can't get an answer just out of the book, your brain and SM's reflexes are your only tools here. The topics are various for that amount of questions and can be a bit "out of the road".
I couldn't agree more with Dominik regarding his advice to pass the exam, especially about experience: yes, be a Scrum Master for a while to acquire the expertise and reflexes. Having played the role of Product Owner is also a great plus. Had the following link with the token order, that I couldn't find elsewhere (http://www.scrum.org/Assessments/Ways-to-learn-about-Scrum). Those advised requirements are not enough, for a PSM II exam at least, in my humble opinion. Oh, and also pass the new open PSD I assessment with a great score before!
Hope this answers some questions around the Scrum community. I don't have the results yet, but in any case, taking the exam really worth it!
Kind regards,
Following-up on Romain's advice, I took the PSM II exam last week and while I am still awaiting my results, I would HIGHLY recommend viewing the 2 ScrumBut videos linked from this page: http://www.scrum.org/scrumbut. Not only are they incredibly informative videos, they provide great context for the types of questions you may see on the exam.
-Jason Osborne
Around 45 questions and No, other areas are not evaluated
Hi Krystian,
I did not participate to a PSM training before taking the PSM II exam.
Learning the basics and passing PSM I can be done without a training, by studying on your own/with the help of your team and preparation though the open assessments. Back to PSM II, it's a different story, it requires a solid experience with Scrum, and there, the training would indeed be a great way to clear the gaps, as recommended by Charles.
Hi team,
Can somebody provide me an input to start the PSM 2 certification? It would be great if you could provide few books, study materials and what ever artifacts which helps to tame the PSM 2. I have just completed the PSM 1, got 91%. Looking to do PSM 2 in a months time. Any advise on this is greatly appreciated.
Scrum on......
Any guidance on how to prepare for PSM II (which books to reference etc.) without taking Scrum course? Also, are these any free assessments for PSM II which can give an idea of what type of questions to expect in the certification exam?


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Why a Latin Club?
The Latin Club promotes the study of Classics, including Greek and Roman Culture, History, and the Latin language, which applies to every major and profession in some way. Plus, it's a chance to have fun while learning!
Latin Club is student-run, with student members and a faculty advisor. Any Lynchburg College student who is interested in Latin and ancient Rome is welcome to join.
Student Officers
Praeses (President): James Robbins
Praeses Vicarius (Vice President): Chidinma Adiele
Quaestor (Treasurer): Charles Rose
Ab Epistulis (Secretary): Chibunma Adiele
Latin Club Activities
Fall 2016 Upcoming Events
- Movie Night: Monty Python and the Holy Grail
September 8, Hopwood Auditorium, 6:30-10 p.m.
- Classics Costume Party
October 27, Hopwood Auditorium, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
- Saturnalia Celebration
December 8, Hopwood 26, 6:30-9:30 p.m.
Year-End Celebration (2015-16)
Photo at right: The Latin Club at year-end celebration at the Olive Garden in Lynchburg.
Pictured, left to right: Dr. Elza Tiner, Advisor, Dr. Harold Butner (Dr. Tiner's husband), Charles Rose, Treasurer, James Robbins, President, Steve Cathell, Ernie Lanthorn, Henk Ma, Chibunma Adiele, Secretary, and Chidinma Adiele, Vice President.
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For more information, please contact one of the officers or the faculty advisor, Dr. Elza C. Tiner, at .


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The client is a global manufacturer of forklift trucks and materials handling equipment and is a market leader in its field. Due to an internal promotion an exciting opportunity has arisen for a service coordinator to join the team at its Slough depot. As the service coordinator you will be responsible for managing a team of engineers and ensuring that customers' expectations are consistently surpassed. Main Responsibilities Log all customer breakdowns on database Allocate engineers to correct jobs Monitor of engineers start and finish times Authorise overtime Ensure that lost time is kept to a minimum Ensure chargeable work is completed on time Communicate with technical colleagues if support is required Liaise with Field Services Managers regarding any engineer performance issues Organise service schedules and ensure that any preventative maintenance is carried out on time Raising job orders for sub contractors Support the management team in the production of reports The successful service coordinator will have demonstrable experience in a similar position and will already be familiar with the processes involved. You will also be adept in the use of IT and also have first class communication skills.This is a fantastic opportunity to forge a long term career with a genuine global blue chip organisation. You will receive excellent training and there will be opportunities to progress in future for the right candidate. Please forward your CV to James Elliott at This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/66767307


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The three match ODI series between West Indies and Sri-Lanka starts from 1st of the next month that is November the series will be of 3 matches between the two opponents.
West Indies between lost the 2 match test series 2-0 but they will look to changed their current run of form. In the first test Sri-Lanka got a very big win as they won over West Indies by an innings and 6 runs but also win the second test and win it by a comparatively small margin of 72 runs as it was near to a low scoring test match.
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The first ODI starts from November first at P.Premadason Stadium at columbas The second game of the series will also be at same stadium on November 4 and then the series will move towards the 3rd and the final ODI at Pallekele International Stadium, Pallekele.
The two countries will also play a 2 match T20 series on 9th and 12th of November West Indies will be hoping for their first win in the series in the upcoming match while on the other hand Sri-Lanka will have the momentor and would like to continue the winning streak so that they can win the ODI series also after winning the test series.
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Sorry, there are no Harry Connick Jr dates.
Showered with awards and recognition for his live and recorded musical performances, and for his achievements on screens large and small as well as the Broadway stage, Harry Connick, Jr. has exemplified excellence in every aspect of the entertainment world.
The foundation of Connick's art is the music of his native New Orleans, where he began performing as a pianist and vocalist at the age of five. His career took off when he signed with Columbia Records at 18 years old and revealed his stunning piano technique and vivid musical imagination on his self-titled debut album. His follow-up album, "20," announced that Connick was equally gifted as a singer; but this was soon overshadowed by his multi-platinum success with the soundtrack for the hit comedy "When Harry Met Sally..." To date, Connick has released 29 albums, won three Grammy Awards and two Emmy Awards, and garnered sales of over 28 million albums. His most recent releases are "Smokey Mary" and "Every Man Should Know."
In addition to his music career, Connick has also appeared on the screen and stage as an actor. Among his feature film credits are "Little Man Tate," "Copycat," "Hope Floats," "Memphis Belle," "Independence Day," "Life without Dick," "Mickey," "Basic," "P.S. I Love You," "New in Town," "Dolphin Tale," and "Dolphin Tale 2," the sequel to 2011's hit family film. His voiceover skills were featured in "My Dog Skip" and "The Iron Giant."
On television, following his very successful stint as a mentor on "American Idol," he was invited to the judges' table for Seasons XIII and XIV. The Los Angeles Times noted that viewers should tune in to Idol, "if only for Connick. He's magnetic, as well as the most eager to hear new talent, the hardest to impress and the first to offer technical advice." While Entertainment Weekly raved that he brings a "frank honesty but also lighthearted energy" to the show, "offering thoughtful critiques" resulting in a "fun, rollicking viewing experience." In addition to American Idol, Connick is perhaps best known for his recurring role on "Will & Grace." He also appeared in an arc of "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," and has graced audiences with his musical talents in several primetime specials, including "Harry for the Holidays," the animated tale "The Happy Elf" and the Emmy Award-winning PBS specials "Only You in Concert" and "Harry Connick, Jr. in Concert on Broadway."
His Broadway career boasts equal recognition, having received Tony Award nominations as both composer/lyricist for the musical "Thou Shalt Not" and as the lead in the Tony Award-winning revival of "The Pajama Game." He also has adapted "The Happy Elf" for children's theater, starred in the Broadway revival of "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" and - on the 20th anniversary of his first Broadway concerts at the Lunt-Fontaine Theatre - brought his live show for an extended residency at the Neil Simon Theatre.
Not surprisingly, Connick has used his influence as an entertainer to further his charitable work. Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, he created, along with fellow musician and New Orleanian Branford Marsalis, the Musicians' Village in the Upper Ninth Ward. The Village and its Centerpiece (the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music) provide homes for musicians and other displaced citizens, a community center with a performance hall, recording studio and after-school facilities for kids. His contributions to the post-Katrina effort have been acknowledged by a Redbook Strength and Spirit Award, an honorary degree from Tulane University and the 2012 Jefferson Award for Public Service.
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New Freeze?
so from what I've heard once again some one has magicked a way into home that let's them freeze servers. Last I had heard there was supposed to be ppl trying to do it with locomotion items, and from what some friends have said they got froze the other night and the old wardrobe trick didn't help them, any one having issues with this yet? I haven't had it happen to me yet, but I'm curious as to the rest of home
Re: New Freeze?
I went to glade friday night and it froze. someone behind me who I see on this forum said goodbye and then it froze. Also I froze in eu last thursday at aurora. A lobster avatar was running around bumping into everyone and then it froze.
Re: New Freeze?
From what my friends said it was a close range freeze because a friend on the other side of the server wasn't affected, the last one sorta worked in a wave from where ever they opened there wardrobe.
Re: New Freeze?
I think you guys are just going crazy. Perhaps Conrad could enlighten us how he has never frozen and how people are simply freezing due to not clearing their caches periodically.
Re: New Freeze?[ Edited ]
Go spend some time at Godfathers and see how long you last. It didn't take long when I went there with an alternate and yes I've heard that being in wardrobe will not protect you.
Re: New Freeze?
Something that used to work was going into the store and trying on a item, and as for being crazy lol I know for a fact it was around before, and as for the present, well that's why I'm asking the forums about it lol some servers get it more then others the AC lab, siren the cantena and of course godfather were the worst when it was popular, so I I mange that's where it would be now
Re: New Freeze?
Renmus__ wrote:
Something that used to work was going into the store and trying on a item, and as for being crazy lol I know for a fact it was around before, and as for the present, well that's why I'm asking the forums about it lol some servers get it more then others the AC lab, siren the cantena and of course godfather were the worst when it was popular, so I I mange that's where it would be now
Sarcasm's not your strong suit, is it? Btw, (on subject) freezers are losers with too much time on their hands.
Re: New Freeze?[ Edited ]
Second, there is a disconnect between Sony and 3rd Party developers. Numerous times, Sony claims they are aware of this issue; however, the 3rd party developers, as I am now finding out from sources, are entirely in the dark about this. They call it "server instability."
Sony and 3rd Party developers should have been on the same page about this since the get-go, but they're not. They weren't in the past, and they aren't now.
3rd party developers create the content that causes freezing; Sony provides the servers the content being used to freeze. Sony has the means to put a halt to this. Shut down the servers and work with 3rd party devs on security and stability issues, instead of simply pumping new content out each week.
No. Instead, let's play the classic corporate blame game...
The issue should not have gone on as long as it did close to a year back. But it did. I fear nothing has changed. New content will come out each week, and Sony's lips will be zipped shut. User names will be blacklisted on the forums, so the forum toadies will be working overtime, making sure the forums are tidy, and nothing productive to get this fixed gets done for months.
Re: New Freeze?[ Edited ]
If I'm not mistaken there are currently two outfits that can be used for this exploit. Someone shared the details of the method used to do the freeze with me which I've shared with moderation. It's possible others have been added to it but those costumes should be pulled from inventory immediately.
I think the safety of the community and their PS3's is more important than being afraid to remove specific costumes from users wardrobes. A note indicating the reasons why should be publicly posted and they could simply say they will be returned once the issue has been patched.


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IRS Scandal Victim Writes Scathing Letter to Grandstanding Democrat
By Kyle Becker
Catherine Engelbrecht became the face of the IRS scandal with her riveting testimony before Congress on how her group True the Vote was targeted by the IRS for selective persecution and harassment.
Recently, it was discovered that Democratic Congressman Elijah Cummings had a hand in the IRS targeting True the Vote.
Further making the situation ironic and unsightly for justice-avoiding Democrats is that emails show Lois Lerner improperly fed Elijah Cummings' staff tax information on True the Vote via email correspondence.
Engelbrecht responded in a blistering letter entitled, "No More Lies, Mr. Cummings; Tell America the Truth":
Washington is reeling as Rep. Elijah Cummings' (D-MD) true role in the IRS abuse scandal has come to light. Emails released by the House Government Oversight and Reform Committee, of which Cummings is the ranking member, show Cummings and his staff communicating with Lois Lerner while the IRS targeted True the Vote for abuse.
Today's committee action reveals what we knew all along. Partisan politics and the weaponization of government against opponents of this administration is real and continues. Elijah Cummings has blocked the IRS abuse investigation all along. We now see clearly that two branches of government have colluded to target and silence private citizens.
America has come to a tipping point. No more lies. No more cover-ups. No more collusion. Enough is enough. Finally, we have a chance for the rule of law to be re-established, thanks to the bold efforts of Chairman Issa and Rep. Jordan.
We filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Cummings in February. Today we're amending that filing to include this latest revelation. As I have said in my testimony before Congress; I will not retreat, I will not surrender, I will not be intimidated. I will not ask Rep. Cummings, Lois Lerner, Barack Obama, or anyone else, for permission to exercise my constitutional rights.
Read more: IJReview.com
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