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text: Turning the Corner A Story of Survival: One Year After the Halloween Floods By Joy Diaz • Nov 1, 2014 Ilana Panich-Linsman, KUT News It was still dark the morning of Halloween 2013 when hundreds of families in Onion Creek, a neighborhood in South East Austin, woke up to rising water in their homes. Bene Jacobs and her family survived the flood by taking refuge on their neighbor's roof. She remembers that morning clearly. Bene and her partner Lawrence waded through the waters with their three children in tow. Ten-year-old Isaac was in Lawrence's arms. Isaac was born with special needs. His wheelchair would have been swept by the fast moving waters. Alyssa was five at the time and Acelee, a toddler. Dove Springs: Turning the Corner in Southeast Austin By Kate McGee & Joy Diaz • Jun 13, 2014 KUT News Welcome to Dove Springs. Driving through the neighborhood, you may not realize you're in the same city that's home to Franklin Barbeque, Barton Springs or the Continental Club. Five miles down I-35 from the Texas Capitol lies a modest residential area in the city's southeast corner, one of the last neighborhoods many Austin residents pass as they head to the airport. It's also one of the city's poorest neighborhoods with a history of gangs and drugs, poverty, teen pregnancy and obesity. But it's a neighborhood filled with hardworking parents, multi-generational families and cultural diversity. There's always been a lot of pride, but recently, residents are giving the neighborhood a voice. They're advocating for better services, organizing events and this fall, they'll elect a city council member to specifically represent their district. Click here to view our site profiling two Dove Springs families. This Teen's Looking Beyond Dove Springs – But Not Forgetting Where He Came From By Kate McGee • Jun 12, 2014 Sam Ortega/KUT Mendez Middle School lies in the heart of Dove Springs. It's the only middle school in the neighborhood – so if you grow up in the area, it's more than likely you've walked these halls. Students here deal with lots of challenges. For one, more students at Mendez have at least one parent in jail than any other school in the district. Nearly 95 percent of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Most students are being raised by just one parent. Others are undocumented – or their parents are. For Dove Springs Principal, Data Are 'X-Rays' to Diagnose Ailing School By Kate McGee • May 30, 2014 Bryan Winter for KUT News This article is part of KUT's yearlong series Turning the Corner, taking a look at Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood. For decades, the neighborhood has had a negative reputation. Now, many community members are trying to change the perception of the 78744 zip code. Listen to those stories here. Ron Gonzales loves numbers. It makes sense: he used to be a math teacher before he became a principal. His love of hard data is obvious when you enter Mendez Middle School, where he has been the principal for the past four years. One of the first things you see is a bulletin board with each grade's daily attendance rate. Next to it, he posts how much money the school lost due to absences that day. "For example, yesterday we had 23 sixth graders and we also know lose $45 per scholar per day, so we lost $1,035 just for grade six," Gonzales says, pointing to the bulletin board. Gentrification or a Renaissance in Austin's Dove Springs Neighborhood? By Joy Diaz • May 16, 2014 Ilana Panich-Linsman/KUT Dove Springs in Southeast Austin is just six miles from downtown – what many real estate agents consider a prime location. But the area is also one of the poorest parts of Austin. And for decades, it's had a less than desirable reputation. Despite all that, change is coming to Dove Springs – with some believing they're witnessing the beginning of gentrification. The area has traditionally been filled with low-income renters, many who are recent immigrants and don't speak English. Data may still point to those facts. But on the ground, the neighborhood is going through what many believe is a fast transformation. How Teen Pregnancies at Mendez Middle School Were Cut Down to Zero By Kate McGee • May 9, 2014 flickr.com/dongkwan This article is part of KUT's yearlong series Turning the Corner, taking a look at Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood. For decades, the neighborhood has had a negative reputation. Now, many community members are trying to change the perception of the 78744 zip code. Listen to those stories here. In the 2012-2013 school year, the Austin school district reported 303 student pregnancies districtwide. 22 of those pregnancies were middle school students. Despite its location in the neighborhood with the highest rate of teen pregnancy in Travis County, none of them were at Mendez Middle School. So what happened? 'I Gotta Keep Going:' Boxing Has Dove Springs Students Pushing Ahead By Kate McGee • Apr 11, 2014 For the past seven months KUT has focused on the Dove Springs neighborhood in southeast Austin. We've been looking at issues facing this largely poor, immigrant community: access to healthcare, educational issues, affordable housing – and how organizations and individuals are trying to bring change. In October, we went to a boxing ring at Mendez Middle School. An after-school program there is teaching the kids boxing as a way to provide some structure after classes let out. We went back to the ring recently – and found quite a few things had changed. There's a Different Kind of Homelessness for Onion Creek Flood Victims By Joy Diaz • Mar 21, 2014 Joy Diaz, KUT News When you think about the word "homeless," what comes to mind? Homelessness can include a person who lacks housing. But it is also includes people in transitional housing. That's where Lydia Huerta, her husband and their three kids found themselves after they lost their home to flooding October 31. Huerta says she "never really felt panic" until she lost her home. Dove Springs Residents Hope New City Council Elections Give Neighborhood a Voice By Kate McGee • Mar 7, 2014 Kate McGee, KUT News Since August of last year, KUT has been looking at the Dove Springs neighborhood in Southeast Austin in its Turning the Corner series. It's a neighborhood trying to rise above the challenges of poverty – and one common theme that's been repeated by residents is that they feel ignored. Cynthia Valadez used to live in the Dove Springs neighborhood. "That was the one area of Travis County and the City of Austin that failed to get the clinics, the offices, the grocery stores, the doctor's offices," Valadez says. "Anything that's health related didn't go there. You couldn't do anything in that community." This Dove Springs Librarian Tells Austin Students to 'Get Mad' and Demand an Education By Kate McGee • Feb 21, 2014 Jon Shapley for KUT News This article is part of KUT's year-long series called Turning the Corner, which takes a look at Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood. For decades, the neighborhood has had a negative reputation. Now, many community members are trying to change the perception of the 78744 zip code. Listen to those stories here. In low-income neighborhoods around Austin, 87 percent of children entering kindergarten are considered unprepared for school, which means many of them lack basic literacy skills. At Mendez Middle School in Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood, that struggle is obvious. Last year, less than half of Mendez sixth graders passed the state standardized test for reading. Men on Parole Search For Fresh Start in Austin's Dove Springs By Joy Diaz • Feb 7, 2014 Jon Shapley for KUT News This article is part of KUT's year-long series called Turning the Corner, which takes a look at Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood. For decades, the neighborhood has had a negative reputation. Now, many community members are trying to change the perception of the 78744 zip code. KUT is documenting those efforts, the people trying to make a difference, the setbacks they face and how they work to overcome them. Listen to more stories here. Dove Springs is the only neighborhood in Austin where you can find a parole office – one of the reasons more parolees end up in Southeast Austin than any other neighborhood. Onion Creek Residents Worry About Mold After Halloween Floods By Joy Diaz • Jan 30, 2014 Jon Shapley for KUT News The mostly uninhabited neighborhood of Onion Creek in southeast Austin has experienced some growth. But it's growth the few neighbors who are back do not welcome. Mold and mildew is growing in many of the homes that were left uninhabited after last year's floods, which could create health problems for those living in Onion Creek. How Music Kept This Dove Springs Student in School By Kate McGee • Jan 24, 2014 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon, KUT News Chronic absenteeism is a common problem among low-income schools; Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood is no exception. The neighborhood has the largest concentration of high absenteeism students in the city – and teachers say there are some students who miss up to 40 days of school in one semester. But many students aren't skipping class to avoid schoolwork. Some lack transportation; others are dealing with health issues. Still, other have responsibilities like raising siblings or working to support their families. Isay Medrano is one of those students. In Dove Springs, Defying the Downward Trend in Teen Pregnancy By Joy Diaz • Jan 10, 2014 Spencer Selvidge for KUT News Damaris Covarrubias lives in Dove Springs, with her entire extended family. It is a huge family. So large in fact, that Damaris has never stopped to actually count how many there are. "Okay, my grandparents, I think they had 9 kids. Cousins? I think there's like 30 or 40 of us. Including the little ones? I don't know. And now every cousin's having babies so it keeps on growing and growing," Covarrubias admits. The vast majority of her cousins have become parents while they were still in their teens, and that's pretty typical for Dove Springs. This Austin Cop Builds Bonds in Dove Springs - One Soccer Game at a Time By Joy Diaz • Dec 6, 2013 Joy Diaz, KUT News In Southeast Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood, crime is a constant. Ever since an uptick in crime in the 1990s, police have maintained a visible presence in the neighborhood – and residents of Dove Springs haven't always had a favorable view of the Austin Police Department. There was a time when the department's relationship with Dove Springs was especially strained. During the summer of 2005, APD Officer Julie Schroeder shot and killed 18 year-old Dove Springs native Daniel Rocha. A re-enactment video created by the department in investigating Rocha's death is set on Pleasant Valley Road – one of Dove Springs' main thoroughfares. Thanksgiving in Dove Springs: How Families Are Celebrating After the Floods By Kate McGee • Nov 25, 2013 Connie Gonzaes, Facebook As people are gearing up for Thanksgiving, many families impacted by last month's flooding are still trying to put their lives back together.The floods severely damaged more than 600 homes and many of those people still don't have a permanent place to stay. But residents came together Sunday night to provide some flood victims with a Thanksgiving dinner and a place to escape the cold temperatures, if only for a few hours. The event was organized by Dove Springs resident Robert Kibbie and Pastor Richard Villarreal with The Springs Community Church. Overall, 120 meals were served. Volunteers also delivered 60 meals to people who were not able to attend the actual event. LISTEN: How One Austin Family is Rebuilding After the Halloween Floods By Joy Diaz • Nov 21, 2013 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon, KUT News This year, KUT News is chronicling the challenges and changes affecting Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood in a series called "Turning the Corner." These stories have taken on added urgency in the aftermath of Austin's Halloween floods, where flooding directly affected many Dove Springs residents. Bene Jacobs' morning routine hasn't changed that much. She still gets up before 6 a.m., before it's light outside. In the darkness, at her cousin's house in Del Valle, Bene struggles to find her way into the room where her children sleep. "Still learning all the light switches," she whispers. With Help From a Church, Bluff Springs Reboots its Reading Program By Roy Varney • Nov 18, 2013 Roy Varney for KUT News For the first time in five years, southeast Austin's Langford Elementary School has a free book program. Langford, where 65 percent of the students are learning English as a second language, is able to relaunch its Reading is Fundamental program with help from a neighborhood church. Richard Villarreal is the lead pastor at Springs Community Church. He approached Langford principal Dounna Poth last spring and asked how his church could help the school. What Blockbuster Video Can Tell Us About Austin's Digital Divide By Joy Diaz • Nov 8, 2013 Flickr user trebomb, http://flic.kr/ps/dmXZU Update: This week, Blockbuster Video announced it is closing its 300 remaining retail stores. It's a bitter end for the rental chain, founded in Dallas, which once had 9,000 stores. Austin's Dove Springs neighborhood contains two of the city's three final Blockbuster stores. And unlike the company as a whole, those stores are thriving. In the story below, KUT examines how forces behind the chain's closure – the Internet and the rise of streaming video – are the same forces that have kept Dove Spring's Blockbuster stores open for years. Original story (Oct. 4): When was the last time you rented something from a Blockbuster Video? Austin City Council member Laura Morrison's recollection probably speaks for most of us. "My memory doesn't go that far these days," she says. Nearly 200 Austin Students Are Homeless Because of Onion Creek Flooding By Kate McGee • Nov 8, 2013 Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon, KUT News The floods last Thursday in Onion Creek and Dove Springs damaged or destroyed more than 1,000 homes, displacing families – many of them with children. Bene Jacobs, her partner Lawrence, and their three children are one such family. They were rescued from the roof of her neighbor's home. "My five year old was holding my 16 month old on top of the roof," she says. While her family is okay, her home has been condemned. "All of the walls are buckled and the tree fell on top of the roof so they said it's no longer safe to enter the premise, so it's fenced off," she says. Pages1 2 next › last »

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Not really new to the breed, but new to this site. Just got my new puppy a little over a week ago. I unfortunately lost both of my boys (gsd's) this year due to old age. Dozer passed in May at the age of 13 years and 5 months. Bear passed in November at the age of 13 years and 10 months. It's been a tough year, however getting the new pup has surely brightened my sky's so to speak. Glad I found this forum, lots of great info here. I will post pictures of my new puppy soon.
Welcome aboard!! and sorry for your loss of your 2
Aw I know how you feel. I lost my dog earlier this year, she was 15. Its so sad not having her around anymore. My puppy is 8 weeks old and it is really nice having her here :) gotta love puppies :D
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Hello and Welcome, sorry for the loss of your precious Dozer and Bear. Glad that the new puppy has helped to fill the void in your heart by their loss. Will be watching for pictures. :welcome:
Welcome to the forum. I'm so very sorry for your loss but so happy you have your new pup.
Thanks for the warm welcomes and kind thoughts. Happy New Years to all.:)
Welcome to the forum. So sorry about your losses, it always hurts to lose a much loved dog, muchless having to go thru losing two so close together.
Aww, sorry to hear of your losses. It's so hard to go through, especially when it's multiple all in one year. Though, the new pup will definitely keep you on your toes and lighten the mood.
Congrats on the new puppy and welcome to the forum!
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Cornelius Bundrage vs. Cory Spinks Fight Preview and Pick to Win At the Hard Rock in Hollywood, Florida, IBF 154-pound champion Cornelius "K-9" Bundrage will defend his belt against ex-Welterweight Champion Cory Spinks on June 23. This is a rematch from an August 2010 bout--won by Bundrage via 5th-round TKO. It was another surprising triumph for the late-blooming Bundrage, whose rise to the top of the division has been inspirational. For years, Bundrage toiled. Following a first-round KO loss to Sechew Powell in 2005, he was cast on the Contender TV series. It's difficult to not recall how some cast members mocked "K-9" and his skills. Well, now Bundrage is champ and where are those guys? He got the last laugh. And while he's been fighting only once a year, he has scored some nice wins--including the knockout over Spinks and a rematch decision over Powell in his last fight--where Bundrage was surprisingly dominant. Date: June 30, 2012 Site: Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and...
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Suggesting that reviews of Windows 8 have been mixed is a bit of an understatement, but you dont have to take my word for it; Microsoft's bold new operating system is available right now, and if you spend some time with it I wager there are elements of the operating system that you absolutely love (the speed!) and parts you might love to tie a rock to and fling into the nearest large body of water (the Start Screen!)
If you're still on the fence about Windows 8, we have a few tips and tricks that might sweeten you on this already inexpensive upgrade. The PC permits unparalleled levels of customization, and third-party developers havent been sitting idly by, waiting with baited breath for Microsofts latest operating system to launch; theyve been busy building new tools for tweaking your new operating system. Specifically, theyve been working hard to create a number of different apps designed to reduce or eliminate Windows 8s biggest annoyances, in addition to apps that allow you to customize Windows 8 more meaningfully than Microsoft permits by default.
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So if you miss the Start button from Windows 7, if youre an Apple fan who needs a little more visual consistency to ease your transition to Windows territory (or just install it on a virtual machine), or if youre tired of looking at the same ol lock and start screens on Window 8, we have a great list of free utilities that you can use to bend Windows 8 to your will. Lets get started!
Unleash a Lion with the OS X Skin Pack
Heres a fun but controversial tweak for your Windows 8 operating system if youre an Apple enthusiast attempting to make the full plunge to a more productive OS, or if you drool with jealousy at your friends various MacDevices, then the OS X Skin pack is your ticket to a fully functioning Windows 8/OS X hybrid operating system.
Heres the big spoiler, however: its mostly for show. Install the skin pack on your new Windows 8 PC (it's as easy as double-clicking on an executable, sitting back, and pouring yourself a delicious beverage while it chugs along) to install a slew of different apps on your system that all work together to recreate the OS X experience on Windows.
You can read full documentation on all the application you're installing and how they work together on the Skin Pack website, but the most important programs include RocketDock, which grants you the ability to have a permanent shortcut bar full of icons on your screen that will automatically grow and shrink in size as you mouse between them, and Finderbar, which dumps a fairly convincing bar across the top of your screen that mimics the perma-menu-bar youd find in OS X.
The Finderbar automatically updates when you run an application, but it doesn't work quite as smoothly as OS X since programs like Microsoft Word will still give you an actual toolbar to work with. It can sometimes end up looking pretty goofy if you run applications with lots of tools and options, but that's the risk you take in trying to blend the features of two disparate operating systems.
In addition, the DeskDrive utility causes an icon to pop up directly on your desktop whenever you slap a USB key onto your system or pop a disc in your drive. Its one of the many programs in the OS X Skin Pack that make your Windows PC work a little more like Lion, and it's the kind of little detail that I particularly enjoy (I also appreciate the Skin Pack including the staple OS X screensaver, Flurry).
The OS X Skin Pack is pretty robust, but you'll need to do some tweaking after you install it to really get the most out of your new desktop. First, youll want to make a pass through the settings of all the various apps that make up the package, since any icons youve previously stuck to your Windows 8 taskbar now conflict with the menu options on your Finderbar. Some icons in your RocketDock, while pretty, dont really do all that much; iTunes and the App Store just jump you to the corresponding websites, for example, and Sticky Notes doesn't work very well as of publication. Since the software is free it's hard to complain about a few bugs, but you need to be prepared to deal with them; I couldnt get the Exposé feature to work at all, for example. If you find a solution, let others know in the comments below.
If you're a little apprehensive about such a drastic OS makeover, know that switching back to Windows 8 is as easy as uninstalling the OS X Skin Pack.
Try Windows 8 Manager
At first glance, the Windows 8 Manager utility from Yamicsoft looks a bit dodgy and I was initially apprehensive this application might be a bit bloated with spyware or unnecessary programs; after downloading and testing the utility I was pleasantly surprised to find that it's safe to use and does offer a few unique features for Windows 8 customization (along with a smorgasbord of utilities for optimizing, cleaning, and securing your Windows PC).
Installing Windows 8 Manager is a breeze. Simply download the .zip file from the website (linked above), then unzip it to your PC and run the application. Once youve got the app loaded up, ignore almost everything on its left-most sidebar except for the big Customization label. Click that, and notice that the app has a few powerful options for direct customizations.
First off, you can manually set how many rows youd like your tiles to take up on the Windows 8 Start Screen. That alone isn't something worth writing home about, but its still a tweak that could allow you to better organize your apps and lock Windows 8 into a more pleasing appearance.
You can also remove the uninstall option from the right-click, bottom-bar menu of Start Menu tiles or add a new option to Run as different user, depending on your preferences and/or needs. Clicking over to the Explorer (I) tab allows you to make some manual adjustments to Desktop Modes File Explorer including the ability to hide the various items in File Explorers left-most window pane, like Homegroup, Libraries, or any Network options. This could be useful if you want to control how other users can access your files and folders on the Desktop.
The lion's share of what Windows 8 Manager can do isn't specifically geared for Windows 8 per se (you wont find a way to disable the Start Screen outright, for example) but theyre still helpful tweaks for users who want a bit more control over the look and feel of their operating system. For example, you can reduce the size of your alt-tab icons and disable various Aero features in the Desktop tab within the standard Customization window. The Taskbar tab lets you stop your open windows from grouping within application icons, ditch previews entirely, and kill all the recent files that could otherwise appear in each icons jump lists, to name a few tweaks.
While it would be great if Windows 8 Manager afforded you more power to bend Windows 8 to your will, I cant fault this app too much because it does offer a fantastic amount of customization options for free (though you can register the product for $30 in order to receive free technical support and future updates). Its easy to use, easy to apply, and easy to revert: The three most-wanted elements of any OS system tweaking utility.
Seek solace in Classic Shell
Ive saved the best app for last because Classic Shell is probably the ultimate free tool for bypassing Windows 8s most controversial features specifically, the annoyance of having to always deal with Metro.
Installing Classic Shell is a breeze. Downlod it and allow the utility to install with all of the
Instead, the fabled Start menu from classic Windows has returned!default options enabled; you wont even have to wait through a reboot to see the fruits of your digital labors. A brand-new icon that looks like a cross between the Windows logo and Shell gasoline will appear in the lower-left corner of Desktop Modes taskbar. Click it (or hit the Windows key on your keyboard) and youll be surprised (and probably delighted) to find that the Windows 8 Start screen does not appear.
It looks, acts, and works exactly like the Start menu youd expect to find in Windows Vista or Windows 7. If thats a bit too jarring for you, or if you want to revert Windows back to even earlier time periods, you can right-click on the icon, select Settings, and then click on the Start Menu Style tab to transform it into a Windows Classic version that looks like classic Windows XP.


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Happy Birthday El1te! Have a good day and ENJOY it - mine was 13years ago and I still smile thinking of it! Now my 30th - THAT was mad fun!!!
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Vice President Biden has been meeting with workers across the country this week, spreading the White House's economic gospel and inevitably adding fuel to the 2016 fire. On Wednesday, he visited New Hampshire and Maine. Before arriving, his staff asked one of his old friends where he should visit. "I think it's good to ask the people who live in the area where to go," she told the local newspaper. "And besides, I have to get my Biden hug!"
One of the stops they decided on was the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine — best known to tourists for its endless array of outlet stores. Biden's remarks on ISIS — "If they think the American people will be intimidated they don't know us very well" — received all the press, but the locals he spoke to, like most people who inevitably meet Biden when he's in charisma mode (which is always), will likely remember his jokes for far longer. It is hard to find a photo of Biden talking to people from the past few days that does not involve all parties laughing.
On Labor Day, Biden spoke at a parade in Detroit. They also visited someone's house. The photographers were greeted with a familiar tableau. Biden was hugging someone (Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones), and everyone else was laughing at something, that something being something Biden said. Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan is laughing so hard he is doing that dad laugh-clap maneuver.
Apparently, Biden said, "Does the brass quartet come with the house?" And, no, we don't get it either.
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The Conservative party, dancing to the CBI's tune, has started playing games with the anti-bribery bill, much to the annoyance of Labour ministers and potentially to the detriment of some of the poorest countries in the world.
Last night the Tory frontbench led by Jonathan Djanogly, the bright and personable shadow business minister, started filibustering on the bill in standing committee and potentially endangering it. Tory MPs started reading out great chunks of the briefing papers sent them by the CBI, a body that cannot see the virtue in the bill, such is its blind hatred of regulation.
One Labour MP, the sadly retiring Peter Kilfoyle, invented a new collective noun for these kind of Tory lawyers, dubbing them "a quibble".
But what the Conservative MPs were doing was not just a parliamentary game. This is a Law Commission bill, and it had until recently all-party agreement. It has been through endless parliamentary scrutiny.
It is designed to lift the blight of corruption in Africa by making the rules on honest business practice easier to enforce an clearer.
Labour whips and the minister Michel Wills, another MP sadly retiring from this blighted palace, responded yesterday by making the MPs on the standing committee stay late at night to try to finish it. The Tories at this point backed down, and stopped mucking around.
With the clock ticking fast to the end of this parliament, the temptation is for the Conservatives to use any legislation as a bargaining chip in the coming "wash-up", the moment when the Conservatives can in effect decree which parts of which bills they are willing to allow onto the statute book. This may have just been one of the first skirmishes in this wider battle, but bribery is not good place to start.


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How Novices Model Business Processes
Recker, Jan C., Safrudin, Norizan, & Rosemann, Michael (2010) How Novices Model Business Processes. Business Process Management - BPM 2010, 6336, pp. 29-44.
In this paper, we examine the design of business process diagrams in contexts where novice analysts only have basic design tools such as paper and pencils available, and little to no understanding of formalized modeling approaches. Based on a quasi-experimental study with 89 BPM students, we identify five distinct process design archetypes ranging from textual to hybrid, and graphical representation forms. We also examine the quality of the designs and identify which representation formats enable an analyst to articulate business rules, states, events, activities, temporal and geospatial information in a process model. We found that the quality of the process designs decreases with the increased use of graphics and that hybrid designs featuring appropriate text labels and abstract graphical forms are well-suited to describe business processes. Our research has implications for practical process design work in industry as well as for academic curricula on process design.
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This weekend, Amber, our new GPS, again led us astray. She seductively led us to the wrong parking lot for the start of the biking trail. And I was mad. But we parked anyway and started out.
As we biked along we finally reached the original parking lot for the trail, with an enormous county fair going on there with parking blocked off for miles around. Thank you, Amber. Another smart move.
Unlike Sun's press release today which announced Sun and Fujitsu's new quad-core SPARC64-based servers. The only commercial benchmark in this press release was an SAP performance claim which needed to use the largest configuration ever on this benchmark. Which translates into the IBM Power 595 having 262% better performance per core.(1)
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TOM Helm has what it takes to make a real impact as a county cricketer – and maybe even as an international, according to one of his former mentors.
The 17-year-old pace bowler, who has been at Chesham Cricket Club for 10 years, was thrilled to be drafted into the Middlesex CC Academy for the summer, but 2012 has just got better for him after he has landed a professional contract, starting in September.
Director of cricket Angus Fraser gave him the good news and Chesham CC wasted no time in expressing their pride, posting congratulations on the club website and stating: "He is a wonderful role model for the young players at Chesham to aspire to and thoroughly deserves every opportunity he gets."
Club secretary Steve Ayres, who also worked with Helm as Bucks CC's development coach, has revealed more of the ingredients that could push his former protégé towards a glittering future.
"The thing about Tom is that he is a great listener. He puts what you tell him into practice, and that means he is getting better all the time," he said.
"His deliveries are getting quicker every year and he bowls at 80mph already, which puts him on a par with most county cricketers. He is also a really clean hitter of the ball and could develop into a real all-rounder.
"It's way too early to say whether he could end up playing for England like Alex Hales [who played for Gerrards Cross as a youngster], but there are similarities, and with more opportunities in the short form of the game, who knows?"
Helm, who will play for Tring this summer to experience a higher grade of cricket, said: "I'd like to class myself as an all-rounder and I think the academy director, Graham West, classes me as one.
"I have played a number of games for the twos and haven't really batted for them, so I would like a chance to show I can bat."
Helm discovered his love for cricket at the club in Ley Hill when he was seven or eight, but moved to Chesham, deciding it would give him a better chance to fulfil his dream of a career in the game.
He said: "Ley Hill do love their cricket, but they are a very social side as well and never used to take it too seriously.
"I can remember training with them and as soon as we had finished, the other kids would ride off on their bikes, here there and everywhere. I thought that wasn't for me as I wanted to take it seriously and see how I got on."


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One woman is dead and 19 more were left injured after a hen party minibus collided with a lorry on the M62 motorway in West Yorkshire today.
One man was arrested after the accident between a mini-bus and a lorry.
Six air ambulances were called to the scene close to the Castleford junction.
Dozens of other emergency workers sped to the scene which closed both carriage-ways of the busy motorway.
It's understood the women - all from the West Yorkshire area - were on their way to Liverpool for a hen party.
Six were seriously injured in the crash. Several had to be cut from the wreckage.
Hospitals in West Yorkshire issued a major emergency alert as the injured began arriving by air at Leeds General Infirmary and Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield.
A West Yorkshire Police spokesman said: "The driver of the lorry, a local man, has been arrested in connection with the incident."
Assistant Chief Constable Craig Guildford of West Yorkshire Police, said: "This is a significant incident with a number of casualties and as a result of this we have had to close the motorway to allow emergency services to safely get to and free those who are injured."
"We realise this will cause disruption and I would ask drivers to bear with us and avoid the motorway in that area as there will be significant delays."
"Emergency Services remain on the scene and will re-open lanes of the M62 in the area as soon as we can do so safely, but clearly the priority at this stage has been recovering those who are injured."
"Anyone who is concerned about a family member or who has witnessed the collision itself is asked to contact West Yorkshire Police on 101 for information."
The motorway will be closed until at least 6pm.


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Entering the 2007 season, the Bulldogs are focused squarely on making the 35th anniversary edition of Ferris State Volleyball something special.
"This is a tremendous group of individuals and one of the most focused teams I've ever coached," said FSU head coach Tia Brandel-Wilhelm. "They are all committed at being at their best on the court and in the classroom.
"As a whole, these ladies have a great sense of team unity and everyone possesses an outstanding work ethic as demonstrated by every player on the squad passing their physical fitness test," added Brandel-Wilhelm.
For Ferris State, being among the best on almost an annual basis has provided a significant amount of pride and accomplishment within the program. Certainly the numbers speak for themselves as the Bulldogs have compiled an impressive 200-78 (.719) record over the last nine seasons while advancing to the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Tournament five times during the nine-year span, including four of the last five seasons. In fact, FSU has won 20 or matches eight times in Brandel-Wilhelm's 11 years at the helm.
Ferris State is coming off the heels of another solid season as the Bulldogs turned in their ninth consecutive winning campaign in 2006 at 21-9 overall while registering the program's eighth 20-win season in the last nine years to date.
"While 2006 was a highly-successful one for us, it left us all wanting more,"?said Brandel-Wilhelm. "There were some really good things which happened, but we all now have a much better sense of what it's going to take to be a champion and what are responsibilities are. The focus was exceptional during our spring season and we had one of the most productive spring camps in my coaching career at Ferris."
With nine letterwinners returning, including at least four regular starters from last season's squad, the Bulldogs are poised to make a return trip to the NCAA?Tournament. FSU, which earned a berth in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) Tournament for the ninth year in a row, also competed in the NCAA-II Tourney for the 14th time in school history a season ago.
There's no question the graduation losses of outside hitter Danielle Baucher and Karla White, a pair of 2006 American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-Great Lakes Region First-Teamers and first-team All-Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) performers, will be difficult to replace. Both provided outstanding team leadership and played a huge part in the Bulldogs' offensive scheme.
Despite the loss, plenty of firepower returns to the floor with the most notable returnee being senior outside hitter Lindsay Tye. The 2006 All-GLIAC Second-Team selection turned in her most productive season ever last fall by setting career single-season bests in almost every statistical category. The 5-10 FSU captain paced the Bulldogs in service aces (55) while ranking second in digs (289) and third in kills (355). Tye, who registered double-figure kills in 20 matches and had four 20-plus kill outings, will not only be relied upon for her offensive skills but leadership qualities as well.
A solid veteran performer, Jamie Palazzolo will also assume captain duties this year as the fifth-year senior's leadership skills and strong defensive presence will help fuel the Bulldog attack. The 5-7 libero-outside hitter received action in all of the team's 30 matches last season and her 449 digs total represented a squad high. For her efforts, Palazzolo was an All-GLIAC Honorable Mention honoree and was the 2006 season recipient of the team's Bulldog Award after being a co-winner of the award the previous campaign. Palazzolo owns the distinction of being just the second player in Ferris State history to don the libero uniform since the position was instituted in 2002.
Serving with those two as captains for this upcoming season will be junior setter-outside hitter Candice Marut and and senior outside hitter Lindsay Johnson. The 5-10 Marut, who was a co-recipient of FSU Coaches Award a year ago, was the team assists leader with a career-high 720 total and claimed runner-up squad honors for the best attack percentage (.229) in 101 games. Marut also chipped in with career season bests in digs (157), kills (54) and block assists (31). Johnson started in 24 of 28 matches played in last season and produced 46 services aces, 179 digs, 31 block assists, 37 kills, and 22 assists which all were personal career highs. The 5-10 GLIAC All-Academic Team member was the squad's top scholar-athlete last season as evidenced by achieving the FSU President's Academic Award for having the team's highest cumulative grade point average.
Another regular returning to net is sophomore middle hitter Kristy Gilchrist, who started in all 30 matches and appeared in a team-high tying 111 games in 2006 after redshirting the prior season. The 6-0 Gilchrist showed a great deal of promise by placing fourth among the team leaders with 220 kills and third in attack percentage at .221 in her collegiate debut and should play a vital role this season. Hoping to do likewise is 5-11 sophomore Katie Edwards. The outside hitter played in only five matches last fall before suffering a season-ending injury. Edwards did receive a medical redshirt and has worked diligently in the off season in order to battle for a regular lineup spot.
Junior setter Andrea Rich has displayed continual improvement in her first two seasons as a Bulldog and appears well equipped to lead the offensive charge if called upon. The 5-10 Rich gained valuable match experience last year with 18 starts in 20 matches. She racked up a team second-best 595 assists to go along with 29 service aces and 217 digs in 76 games. Emily Nemmers, a 6-0 outside-middle hitter, should also vie for extensive playing time and supplies invaluable experience to the lineup. Appearing in all 30 matches last fall, the highly-competitive Nemmers chalked up a career-best in kills (63), digs (35), and block assists (25).
Two up-and-coming players to keep a eye on this season and the two to follow are sophomores Amanda Kettlewell and Sarah Lark. A FSU Coaches Award co-honoree, the 5-10 Kettlewell saw action in 19 matches as a utility player during the 2006 campaign and the outside-middle hitter is back to provide competitive depth at the front row positions. Lark participated in 27 games last season exclusively in a reserve capacity, but should receive a considerable amount of action this fall with a year of collegiate experience gained. The 5-11 middle hitter, who was praised by Brandel-Wilhelm for a great spring season performance and an excellent off season, figures to play a more significant role in Ferris State's fortunes this year.
Contending for playing time will be a pair of redshirt freshmen in 5-8 libero Whitney Rupp and 5-7 setter Dana Ruttle. Both sat out last season and should be ready to offer contributions in 2007 as a result of having a better grasp of the Bulldogs' system. Rupp will vie for action in the backrow while Ruttle's notable defensive talents will give Ferris strength in that phase of the game.
Comprising the incoming six-member freshmen class are 6-2 middle hitter Arielle Goodson, 6-0 middle-outside hitter Danielle Hamilton, 6-0 outside hitter Ashley Nugent, 5-8 outside hitter Dana Fairbanks, 5-6 setter-outside hitter Leslie Swanson, and 5-8 libero-defensive specialist Lisa Tobiczyk. All fit the program's mold of being team-oriented, hard-working individuals.
"This is a unique group which is a joy for me to coach," said Brandel-Wilhelm. "This team has the potential to accomplish a lot this season."


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The Town of Nashville Town Offices will be closed on Wednesday, 29 January, due to hazardous road conditions. All non-essential personnel will not report to work. The Town Offices are scheduled to reopen tomorrow, Thursday, 30 January, at their regular time of 8:00am. This opening could be revised based on Thursday's road conditions. Be safe and keep warm. https://twitter.com/NashvilleNCGovt


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The youth movement at offensive coordinator continued Friday when the Titans hired 35-year-old Jason Michael to be their new OC. Michael spent the past three seasons coaching the tight ends in San Diego where he coached alongside former Chargers offensive coordinator and current Titans head coach Ken Whisenhunt.
"Jason really impresses me with his knowledge of the run and pass game, and he was a big part of putting together our plans last year in San Diego," Whisenhunt said in a statement issued by the team. "He is very familiar with the offensive system that we want to implement here, which includes bits and pieces from a number of offensive systems. He is intelligent and a good communicator. He was responsible for presenting a couple of game-plan packages to our offense each week and he was impressive."
Michael has also spent time as an assistant coach with the 49ers, Jets, and Raiders.
Fantasy Analysis:
The immediate fantasy impact here is relatively low since Whisenhunt will be the one calling the plays next season while Michael learns on the job. He has been a tight ends coach at many of the coaching stops in his young career, both in pro and college ball. Perhaps Delanie Walker benefits the most from this hiring.


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After the two previous TV debates, in which Nick Clegg deservedly stole the show, the third and last of the broadcasts seemed somehow to revert to type.
Not completely – the political landscape has changed. But for anyone who had actually rather missed the combative dingdongs between Gordon Brown and David Cameron, last night was your night.
It was characterised by clashes between the two on inheritance tax and spending cuts. Brown was aggressive and bruising, even more so than usual. Cameron attempted to be calm and dismissive. Prime ministerial, even.
Clegg, meanwhile, was caught between them - and unlike in previous debates, he struggled to project himself as the pragmatist. He could not impose himself, particularly in the early exchanges. And then the other two goaded him over immigration.
As the debate moved off the economy in the second half, the Lib Dem leader came back into it, and gave, perhaps, the strongest of the final statements.
But the instant polls said Brown simply had not done enough to counter the damage inflicted by the Gillian Duffy gaffe and a lacklustre campaign.
In the spin room, the Tories were already making mischief, spreading a story that Alastair Campbell had been heard saying: "That's it, we're done for". Campbell denied it, via Twitter, of course. "Tories desperate. Some lowly spin doc heard me telling security man Burnley had had it. Now saying it was about election. Plonker."
The Lib Dems were more pointed. "Brown is a dead man walking", said one. "He was trying to defend the indefensible and he didn't even do that very well."
Lord Mandelson did his best, saying the Prime Minister had given a barnstorming performance. "Look at the sweat appearing on David Cameron's chin," he said. "And upper lip. Under pressure. He's under pressure."
The Tories were targeting Clegg – texting that he had been exposed during a section on the euro and immigration.
They were certainly among the sharpest exchanges last night, but the main focus was the economy – Brown's strongest suit, and his best chance to claw back some of the voters who appear to have deserted him during the course of the campaign.
And when he got a chance to talk about his specialist subject, he did so passionately. He had a plan – to insist that Cameron's Conservatives are the "same old Tories" of the 1980s, and that his two rivals are too shallow and inexperienced to lead the country. And he stuck to it.
He taunted Cameron over his economic plans, which involve using £6bn of efficiency savings to make early spending cuts. "That will sink the economy at a time when we need to support the economy. We must maintain the recovery. "
Cameron used the same argument he has used in all three debates. There is waste in government, so why wait to make the savings? Everyone else has had to, so why not Whitehall?
"That means saving £1 out of every £100 that the government spends. That is the glossy leaflets that come through your door from the local council. The risk to the recovery is not cutting waste. It is putting up national insurance on every job in the country which is what Labour propose."
The second question, about the rise in taxes, prompted more lively exchanges over Tory plans to raise the inheritance tax threshold to £2m for married couples.
Brown said: "The biggest beneficiary of the Conservative manifesto is, as always, the richest estates in the country and not the ordinary hard-working people."
Cameron said that Brown's attitude showed he did not understand the Tories' principal philosophy. "I believe that if you work hard and you save money and you pay down your mortgage on a family home you shouldn't have to sell that and give it to the taxman when you die. You should be able to pass it on to your children. It is the most natural human instinct of all."
Clegg jumped in. "I have to say to David Cameron it is the most creative justification I have ever heard for giving tax breaks to double millionaires. Taxes are unfair on millions of people on ordinary incomes, not the double millionaires David Cameron wants to help."
If Cameron was uncomfortable, it was Clegg's turn next. In a rare pincer movement, he came under pressure from Cameron and Brown when asked about Lib Dem plans to incorporate illegal immigrants who have been in Britain for more than a decade.
"That could mean that some 600,000 people who are here illegally would actually be allowed to stay here and be given full citizenship and could bring a relative each into our country," said Cameron. "
Brown, unusually, sided with Cameron. "I agree with David on this," he said. "Because I can't see how you send out anything other than the worst possible message if you give an amnesty to people that come here illegally."
Clegg was exasperated.
"The only politician in Britain who is advocating a blanket amnesty is Boris Johnson, the Conservative mayor of London. We do need to do something about the fact that there are lots of people living in the shadows of our economy. Gordon Brown and David Cameron just want to deny it as a problem and pretend that it will go away. It won't."


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When I was 9 years old I became a fan of Keane (pretty much years from now).
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Very nice write up, thank you.
I may have to look at their Holsters.
This is a discussion on Full Boom-Stick Holster Review within the Defensive Carry Holsters & Carry Options forums, part of the Defensive Carry Discussions category; Jeff Wright is a new holster maker out of Misouri. BOOM-STICK HOLSTERS - Home His pictures are better than mine so I start with his. ...
Jeff Wright is a new holster maker out of Misouri. BOOM-STICK HOLSTERS - Home
His pictures are better than mine so I start with his. Front & back view of both holsters. Since they are the same holster for different guns most of the review will be statements made about both holsters. SP101 & GP100. The holsters are Jeff's take on a basic Bruce Nelson Design or Askins Avenger.
First impressions.
General appearance: Eye appeal is excellent. These are as beautiful in person as in the pictures. Each arc of the holster flows very smoothly into the next one. The lower outside of the mouth of the holster will make the drawmuch quicker. Outside of the holster mouth covers a little more than 3/4 of the cylinder & all of the trigger. The barrel portion of the holster is boned quit tight to the gun barrel & under lug then opens up to a very adaquate site track. The site track opening is extreemly even on both sides. Something many new holster makers struggle with.
The inside of the holster curves up smoothly to completely cover the cylinder release button & then back down until even w/ the outside covering the trigger guard.
Gun to holster fit is excellent. There was no need to wrap the gun w/ wax paper or put the gun in a baggie. It will break in very nicely after sitting over night. Belt to holster fit is the same in the main loop behind the cylinder & the tail loop also.
I like the contour of the holster. This will make break in easier than if it were built streight.
Dye is even throughout the entire peice. Stitching is even & stays the same distance from the edges throughout the entire holster. All edges are rounded & died to give a distinct outline of the holster.
First impression in a nutshell. Excellent. I will wear the holsters for several days & return w/ a function report.
Time marches on.
Have now worn these holsters for a week.
First impression has been verified by time. Holsters broke in extreemly fast. I wore the GP100 Monday - Sat. & the SP101 Wed afternoon, through the evening worship time at church & all day Sunday. They conformed to my personal body contour by day 2. By day 4 the GP100 holster would slide onto my Rafters Gunbelt & into position w/ much less work than on day 1. SP101 holster still requires quite a firm pull. It will loosen properly just as the 100 did. When belt is buckled there is NO rock or slide on the belt. Comfort level is exceptional after it had time to set to my body contour.
I am very impressed w/ the design of the forward belt loop. It is positioned just behind the center of the cylinder instead of at the center. This reduces the overall thickness of the rig about an eight of an inch.
Holster retention is very good. No need whatsoever to add a tension screw as some makers do. With very good retention the draw is still virtually drag free after retention is broken. Reholstering is dragless and easily accomplished to the point of retention then almost has the effect of a kydex snap in. There is no gun movement at all when in the holster.
For those who conceal carry revolvers as your personal defense weapon I can assure you, Boom-Stick Holsters are Dynamite Good, & yes Jeff, you can quote me on that.
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Very nice write up, thank you.
I may have to look at their Holsters.
I have four of Jeff's holster and they are by far some of the best quality in my collection. I use his holsters as my primary OWB for all three of my carry guns and my wife also uses one of his holsters as her primary OWB. He is great to work with and even better to chat with. Jeff, you the man.. :)
Those look great. Thanks for the review.
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From our affiliate student organizations—the Blue & White Society and the Lion Ambassadors—to our mentoring programs and events, we aim to connect you to the largest dues-paying alumni association in the world, enhancing your personal and professional development to make your Penn State experience roar.
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Buffett says 'sprawl' is good, but may not be good enough
By Jonathan Stempel
NEW YORK Feb 28 (Reuters) - Warren Buffett wants to buy more businesses to add to Berkshire Hathaway Inc's "sprawl," but cautioned it may not keep the company he has run for 50 years from evolving into something rarely used to describe it up until now: average.
In his annual letter to shareholders, Buffett on Saturday said Berkshire's huge balance sheet gives him the power to funnel capital to some of the more than 80 operating units that deserve it, while its decentralized structure makes it the "home of choice" for many businesses looking to sell.
"Berkshire is now a sprawling conglomerate, constantly trying to sprawl further," Buffett wrote. "In an operating sense, Berkshire is not a giant company, but rather a collection of large companies."
That sprawl, including 9-1/2 businesses that would on their own make the Fortune 500 - Berkshire owns half of ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co for instance - may limit its power to outperform.
Indeed, that power has been waning.
Berkshire's book value per share, Buffett's favored growth measure, has after taxes risen less than the Standard & Poor's 500 index including dividends, pre-tax, in five of the last six calendar years, after dwarfing the index in the prior 44 years.
Its stock price has also slightly lagged the index since the end of 2008, the company said.
"The bad news is that Berkshire's long-term gains - measured by percentages, not by dollars - cannot be dramatic and will not come close to those achieved in the past 50 years," Buffett wrote. "The numbers have become too big. I think Berkshire will outperform the average American company, but our advantage, if any, won't be great." Continuación...


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Nicole Richie's Winter Kate Meet-and-Greet
Spending the weekend promoting her designer offerings, Nicole RIchie showed off the Fall 2010 Collection from Winter Kate at Nordstom in Santa Monica on Saturday (September 25).
Looking as cute as can be with her straight and lightened locks, the former "Simple Life" star spent over an hour greeting fans and signing autographs.
Announcing the day's plans on her website, Miss Richie wrote, "Hi guys. This Saturday, September 25, I will be at Nordstrom in Santa Monica in support of my lines Winter Kate and HOH 1960 jewelry."
In related news, the latest reports tell the Miss Richie is getting closer and closer to becoming Mrs Joel Madden.
Apparently, the pair are planning on tying the knot this December - although few details have been made available at this point.
Enjoy the pictures of Nicole Richie out at Nordstrom (September 25).
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Beyond "look and Learn": Investigating, implementing and evaluating interative learning strategies for young children in museums
Piscitelli, Barbara, McArdle, Felicity A., & Weier, Katrina L. (1999) Beyond "look and Learn": Investigating, implementing and evaluating interative learning strategies for young children in museums. Queensland University of Technology, Australia.
Beyond Look & Learn: Investigating, implementing and evaluating interactive programs for promoting young children's learning in museums aims to establish policies and practices which strengthen the potential for young children's learning in museums by: * documenting the characteristics of young children as learners in museums; * identifying social interactions which promote young children's learning in museums; * analysing museum policies in relation to young children's learning; and * developing strategies for building strong links between museums, schools and families.
Project activities: * Case studies of young children's learning in each museum * Front - end planning for children's participation in museum exhibitions * On-site evaluation of visitor response (young children, families, school visitors) * Policy review * Training of on-site research and design teams
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