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DeSoto wins national Digital Cities award
The Center for Digital Government announced that DeSoto is one of 10 cities nationwide in the under 75,000 population category that is recognized for using technology to improve citizen services, enhance transparency and encourage citizen engagement.
"Over the past six years, our ultimate goal has been to create an unprecedented level of financial transparency and technology that will significantly improve processes in an effort to enhance our public services," said DeSoto City Manager Tarron Richardson, Ph.D. "I am extremely proud of the hard work, due diligence and dedication of our IT Department for continuously pursuing the latest and greatest innovations in technology which enabled our City to achieve this prestigious award."
IT Department Responsibilities
- Manages various interconnected local-area networks that form the City's wide-area network, the backbone of the infrastructure that allows data sharing between all City facilities
- Oversees a number of file, print, application, web, e-mail and domain controller servers used to direct information flow across the networks
- Acts in an advisory and project management capacity for departmental technology purchases used to streamline work flow and improve productivity
- Provides first-, second-, and third-level technical support for all software and hardware issues
- Installs, maintains and repairs IT equipment, such as workstations, servers and network / telecommunications hardware
- Manages the telephone and voicemail systems for all buildings; these include a mixture of digital and IP-based platforms
- Administers a revolving technology replacement program that ensures scheduled replacement of hardware such as desktop computers and servers before they become obsolete
- Creates and maintains the City's web presence, including social media, to promote transparency
- Analyzes emerging technology and determines how and when its application becomes relevant and cost effective to City business
- Manages a fleet of over 200 mobile devices, including phones, tablets and air cards, using an Enterprise Mobility Management solution for provisioning, tracking and supervising city-owned devices
- Schedules and hosts classroom training for City employees for a range of applications
- The IT department is headed by an IT Director who reports to the Assistant City Manager
- Staff is comprised of four full time staff members
- The department manages roughly 375 computers and 40 servers spread across 10 discrete buildings:
- Town Center, including the Recreation / Civic Center and the Public Library
- Police Department
- Three Fire Stations
- Fire Training Academy
- Municipal Service Center
- Water Pumping Station
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Look at NILIF - nothing in life is free. I think you may just have a boss dog. I have a boss dog - Otto. Otto has to be treated differently than Venus. She's very easy going, just wants to do the right thing, learn her job and everyone to be happy.
I'm not more harsh with Otto, just more stern. More drill sargent for Otto and goodtimes friend for Venus. If I'm eating, he'll come boss over next to my chair look at me like hey gimme some. Stick his nose in my plate no matter how many times over the last 6 years I've not given him some. I look at him and say 'it's MINE' firmly.
Venus will look at me cute, wiggle her butt and raise a paw to say Please. She's not pushy like the boss dog. She's not out to challenge him and she doesn't understand why I'm so strict with them around the kids and food. Even the water dish - it's a double - he might grumble at her so she backs out of the room. She knows to wait for him to finish. He's the boss.
Otto's not going to try anything on my watch but there were incidents over food with my last female. They once tried to kill eachother over an empty chicken nugget box.
It's a lifelong management issue and it sucks but I deal with it. Otto knows he's not allowed in the room when my kids are eating. He's allowed in the kitchen for water but if I'm cooking, he's not allowed to hang out with me. He knows Momma's a brick when it comes to rules for him. It's kinda funny but the 15 month old is better about rules than he is - he's almost 6 and he'll try to push but I just push back because he's pushy. He's the boss dog.
|Thanks everyone for the advice! I've learned so much from this site. Ready to start retraining this dog a little differently.
I have learned from this forum and much smarter folks than myself in here....that good things come from the hand.
If I had a FA dog....I would revisit my initial indoctrination regarding food and treats. Yes, I understand you rescued this dog ( good for you ! ) and perhaps there is some extra baggage creating this situation....unknown to you.
I'd start from square one since he is only 6 months and this uphill battle is not set in stone. The hand that feeds him is to be respected not feared....and whatever the competition is, for acting in such a strong right of ownership manner by your dog need/will not exist under the " new management".
I'd start small....doing good gets a reward..praise and some food from your hand...and taking it "nice" is the quickest way to get more...and expand on it....slowly but surely.
Here is what Patricia McConnell says :
TREATMENT FOR INTERSPECIFIC GUARDING: I'm going to talk here about resource guarding between dogs and people. Treating it between two dogs uses the same basic principles, but requires enough alterations in technique to deserve its own article. That said, the most effective technique for stopping a dog from guarding resources from human intervention is to change your dog's internal response to anothers attempt to possess their "treasure." That is why you are best off using Desensitizing and Classical Conditioning to teach your dog to love it when you approach and reach toward an object. In other words, in this case you are not training your dog to respond to a cue, but conditioning an internal response to someone approaching something that they cherish.
Before going any further, stop here an contact a behaviorist or progressive trainer who understands how to use classical conditioning if your dog has ever put you at risk of being seriously injured. You'd call an electrician if you thought your wiring was unsafe in your house, wouldn't you? Meanwhile, or if your dog is threatening but not dangerous, follow the steps outlined below.
STEP ONE: Be an armchair ethologist by thoughtfully and specifically writing down what objects your dog guards, what your dog does to cause you to say she is guarding, and how close you need to be to see any sign of guarding. Here's an example:
Objects: Chew bone, stuffed Kong, favorite stuffed toy in the shape of a deranged dinosaur.
Behavior & Distance: My dog first stops chewing or eating, and stands motionless if I get within 4-5 feet of her while she is chewing on her Kong. If I move to within 2-3 feet, her body tenses and her mouth closes. If I walk right up to her and reach toward the object, she will growl.
STEP TWO: Find something your dog likes even better than what she guards. Usually it will be some form of meat, but every dog is different. Be sure to experiment–every trainer or behaviorist has seen X,000 numbers of people who swear their dog "doesn't care about food" until we get out our super stash of cooked chicken or freeze-dried liver and get their dog turning somersaults for it. Food is ideal because you can have it on hand and chop it up into pieces that allow you to create lots of reinforcement.
STEP THREE: Stocked with lots of treats, set up a situation in which your dog would guard. In the example above, give your dog a stuffed Kong, leave the room and re-enter with a handful of cooked chicken. Stop WELL BEFORE you would predict a reaction (any reaction) from your dog. In the example above, that would be at about 7-8 feet away. Toss a piece of chicken so that it lands right beside your dog's mouth. (If you are like me, and flunked softball in school, just toss another one if you miss.). Wait for your dog to eat it up, and toss another piece. Repeat once or twice, then leave the room. If your dog leaves the Kong and comes over to you for more, look up at the ceiling and ignore her. You want her to learn that food only comes out of the sky if she is eating and you are standing nearby.
STEP FOUR: After a few sessions of this, start where you began in the last session, but don't toss any food until you walk forward one step closer, no more. Toss chicken and withdraw one step. Walk forward one forward again, toss a treat and then WALK AWAY. You want your dog to think "NO! Don't walk away!!" If, however, your dog reacts by stiffening, make a mental note to start farther back or to only approach in half steps. You can either stop there, or leave the room and re-enter it, repeating Step Four one or two times.
STEP FIVE: Gradually, ever so gradually, decrease the distance between you and your dog. Walk to within 5 feet in one session, then 4 in the next. Go back to just 5 feet for 2 sessions, then go to 4 and possibly 3 IF the dog is responding well. "Responding well" means that your dog is switching from "Oh No! She's going to take my bone away" to "Goody! Here she comes! Whenever I have a chew bone and she comes close to it I get something better! How cool is that????" That means your dog's body is loose and not stiff. She does not start chewing frantically as you approach. Her mouth is open and she looks as if she is happily anticipating your approach.
What if she leaves the bone and come to me? Well, good girl Fidette, that means you've stopped guarding the bone in search of something better. Again, simply ignore her and wait for her to return to her bone. It might take awhile for some dogs, but if you look away (this part is important) she will eventually give up and go back to her Kong or dinner bowl.
STEP SIX: Once you can approach your dog and stand right beside her, begin skipping the food toss until you are a few strides away, and start classically conditioning a reach toward the object. Keep in mind that you are working on re-wiring her brain so that she forms a new association between your actions and how she feels about them. Walking toward her is a different action than reaching toward her, so you need to think of it as a different category. (Understanding the distinction between each action you make is perhaps the most important aspect of being able to use classical conditioning to turn around a behavior, and it is not something we do naturally without training ourselves to be expert observers and thoughtful analysts of behavior.) First, bend toward the food or toy, drop a treat and then straighten up. Do this several times, or as often as necessary for your dog to remain relaxed. Remember: your dog drives the system here, not an idea you have in your head for how long this should take. Gradually move your arm and hand closer and closer to the food or object, eventually taking it away and giving your dog something wonderful in return. I once convinced a head-strong and very RG'y dog to give me the dead bird she had in her mouth, and when she did, I gave it back to her. The people watching were appalled, but that's what she wanted more than anything in the world, and she trusted me ever after.
STEP SEVEN: Keep it up. Forever. Not every day, or even every week, but at least every month or so you should remind your dog why it is in his or her best interests to let you take anything away.
PREVENTION: That's easy–just follow the step above, but you don't have to go as slowly as you would if you were trying to turn around an established behavior. Willie and Tootsie both love it when I pick up their bowls, because it means they are getting something even better. Neither have ever even suggested a modicum of RG'g, which is exactly why I continue to remind them how fun it is to let me take things away from them!
OPERANT CONDITIONING?: One last comment–there is a role for operant conditioning here, which is to teach dogs to "Leave It" or "Drop It" (those are different in the mind of a dog I suspect: in one case the dog is focused on something, in another he or she has it in his or her mouth, and possession is the law in canid society.)
- See more at: Resource Guarding: Treatment and Prevention
That's dangerous. Do consult a behaviorist.
Besides what SunCzarina says, because there will always be potential for him to find food no matter where you are, I would teach him impulse control around food, start slow with low value food cheerios, his kibble etc.. I dont know where you are in terms of training, but teaching him leave it will help. Rather than completely cut out all human food, phase it out gradually. If you see he has some high value food or toy dont take it from him, go toward him and drop a piece of food. Build his trust. Play exchange games.
While it is not the same thing, when our puppy was pushy about food and big enough to push himself in I would ask for a settle and throw him treats as we eat. Gradually increased the time between the treats, and now he is comfortable lying down near us without begging for food as we eat.
But do consult a behaviorist. They will tell you what is best for your situation.
No people food. When he gets his own food, he eats in a crate. When you're having meals, he's in his crate.
He's young and you can fix this. No table food.
Also watch out when you bring home groceries. My food assertive male when he was about one decided the fridge was his. He went after my older female a couple times for being around the fridge while I was putting food in it. No more, not allowed near the fridge - he'd either go in the crate or outside.
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Hi, I'm looking for ways to stop food agression. I have a 6 month old german Shepard pup. We rescued him at 41/2 months. A day after bringing him home. He came down with parvo. When we got him back he was very under weight and starved. He was on a diet of chicken and rice for a week. Now he is crazy over people food. So here's the problem he doesn't have agression with his normal dog food but if he gets people food(we do not give him people food) he gets aggressive towards my other dog and the kids if they try and take it away, not so much me and my husband tho. Today he ate a hole through my 9 year Olds back pack to get to a bag of popcorn and when she tried to take the backpack from him he growled and nipped at her hand leaving marks. Please help we have been through so much with this pup and would hate to have to get rid of him over this.
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According to Dr. Mathewson, the storyline of Judges is dark and depressing, but it is also filled with hope. It shows how God works in dark places at dark times. Dr. Mathewson will delve into the book of Judges to help Christians see a clearer picture of how God works in different ages and how Christians can play a part in God's story.
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Learning Agile is a comprehensive guide to the most popular agile methods, written in a light and engaging style that makes it easy for you to learn.
Agile has revolutionized the way teams approach software development, but with dozens of agile methodologies to choose from, the decision to "go agile" can be tricky. This practical book helps you sort it out, first by grounding you in agile's underlying principles, then by describing four specific—and well-used—agile methods: Scrum, extreme programming (XP), Lean, and Kanban.
Each method focuses on a different area of development, but they all aim to change your team's mindset—from individuals who simply follow a plan to a cohesive group that makes decisions together. Whether you're considering agile for the first time, or trying it again, you'll learn how to choose a method that best fits your team and your company.
Andrew Stellman is a developer, architect, speaker, agile coach, project manager, and expert in building better software. He has over two decades of professional experience building software, and has architected large-scale real-time back end systems, managed large international software teams, been a Vice President at a major investment bank, and consulted for companies, schools, and corporations, including Microsoft, the National Bureau of Economic Research, Bank of America, Notre Dame, and MIT. He's had the privilege of working with some pretty amazing programmers during that time, and likes to think that he's learned a few things from them.
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Jennifer Greene is an agile coach, development manager, business analyst, project manager, tester, speaker, and authority on software engineering practices and principles. She's been building software for over twenty years in many different domains including media, finance, and IT consulting. She's worked with teams of excellent developers and testers to tackle tough technical problems and focused her career on finding and fixing the habitual process issues that crop up along the way.
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The animal on the cover of Learning Agile is a Goeldi's marmoset or Goeldi's monkey(Callimico goeldii). It is the lone member of the Callimico genus, and is also sometimescalled a callimico. It is sometimes classified separately from marmosets, becauseof characteristics such as having a third set of molars, bearing one child at a time, andhaving claws on most digits. It is named after the Swiss naturalist Emil August Goeldi,who discovered the species in the early 20th century.
These monkeys dwell in the upper Amazon Basin, in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Boliviaand Ecuador. They tend to spend time in a forest's "understory," or scrubby low levelnear primary forest, stream, and bamboo habitats. Some of their favorite foods areinsects, fungi (in the dry season), and fruit (in the wet season). They live in smallpacks of about six and don't like to get separated, so they keep in touch through asystem of high-pitched calls. They move through the trees by vertically leaping, butspend most of their days sleeping in a tangle of leaves.
Their bodies are only about eight or nine inches long, a bit bigger than those of squirrels,but their tails can be up to a foot long. They have dark skin on their faces andtheir fur is either black or dark brown, often with lighter highlights. Females reachsexual maturity at 8.5 months; males, on the other hand, take 16.5 months. Femalesalso outnumber males two to one and can give birth twice a year. The fathers becomethe primary caregivers to their children after the first three weeks or so.
Goeldi's monkeys can live to be over 20, at least in captivity. The conservation statusof Goeldi's marmoset is classified as "vulnerable," however, and they are much scarcerthan the common marmoset. Proposed development and other habitat changesthreaten their population and ongoing survival. They prove elusive and difficult toobserve in the wild.
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By Nick
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Comments about oreilly Learning Agile:
The book is great. It helps you, in an easy way, to understand the principles of Agile Methodologies and also encourages you to apply them.
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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By NN (no nickname)
from Europa
• you can read it everywhere - in between things on your phone -not to hard• explains agile and methodes so that you csn apply it• everything you need is coverd
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Every project manager should read this
By Guido De Vita
from Buenos Aires, Argentina
About Me Developer, Maker, Project manager
I have been working as a project manager for years now. You always read about lean practice, agile, etc but I never thought actually studying it and putting it into practice would make so many changes in my organization. This book contains practices (and theory) that are well written and easy to understand and use immediately. I also liked the concept of better-than-not-doing-it results because it was happening to me as well.Agile is something that all software developers should study and this is all you need to do it.I would like to warn people that agile methodologies don't work for all sort of projects, but it is usually applicable for software development.
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Misleading regarding Waterfall approach
By na
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About Me Business analyst, Developer
I found this book interesting and I think Agile is a very valid methodology. However, I feel the book misleads readers regarding Waterfall. I truly believe that Agile is not meant for all projects and that waterfall works better for some types of projects. The book makes it sound like Waterfall should NEVER be used and the only way to have a successful project is to use Agile. I do not agree with this and I think this book is too biased against waterfall.
Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
Extremely practical, well organized
By Ethan
from NJ
About Me Developer, Researcher
I'm pretty late to Agile practices for software development because writing code is only one aspect of the R&D I do. The first thing I learned in reading this book is that I should have been paying attention to these practices long ago. In some areas I found justification for work methodologies I had developed on my own. In others, I found a better understanding of why I expended too much effort on clever ideas of little lasting value.I have found myself unconsciously incorporating concepts from this book into my working thought processes. These have included "last responsible moment", "limiting Works In Progress", "better than not doing it results", "code smells", and deciding whether to switch from being a chicken to pig. Recalling these, and other, ideas from the book is made substantially easier by a good selection of stories to motivate the discussion. The stories are serialized through the relevant chapters and make recalling earlier concepts considerably easier when restarting after a break from reading. More than two months after reading the first chapters, I can quickly reconstruct much of the argument for investing in Agile by recalling the story of the e-reader development.
Excellent, insightful, and easy to read
By Marc Kellner
from Pittsburgh, PA
"Learning Agile" is a phenomenal book. It is full of practical, easy-to-follow advice to help anyone on a software team achieve more success and satisfaction on their projects. It's a quick, easy read, full of humor and stories of real software teams. Anyone who's worked with teams in the real world will recognize many of their own past challenges and problems in the "frequently asked questions" throughout the book — along with proven usable solutions. All in all, I highly recommend "Learning Agile" to anyone who wants to improve the way that their teams build software. One very important innovation that this book introduces is the idea of "better-than-not-doing-it results." This concept bridges the gap between principles and practices, which is something that has confounded not only Agile practitioners, but many software engineers going back decades. The foreword by Mike Cohn explains why this is so important. Cohn says, "In Learning Agile, Andrew Stellman and Jennifer Greene do the best job I've encountered of stressing the principles of agile without de-emphasizing its practices. They point out that following practices without knowing why is likely to lead only to what they call a 'better-than-not-doing-it' level of success." This idea of better-than-not-doing-it results is a very insightful tool that will benefit anyone who is struggling to put Agile practices in place on their own team.My personal area of expertise is software process improvement, which is something I spent many years concentrating on at the Software Engineering Institute. "Learning Agile" does an excellent job of covering practical process improvement via Agile, with an entire section of the Kanban chapter called "Improving Your Process with Kanban." And here again, the book does an excellent job of bridging principles and practices, showing how the values of Lean drive the practices of Kanban to create a culture of continuous improvement and drive the process improvement effort. Disclosure: I received a free copy of this book (in Ebook form) from O'Reilly along with a request to provide my honest feedback. Previously, I was a technical reviewer for "Applied Software Project Management" by the same authors.Summary: Highly recommended for all team members at any skill level. — Marc I. Kellner, Ph.D.
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Nothing new or insightful
By Agilista
from San Jose, CA
Although this book does a decent job of introducing and aggregating basic Agile, Scrum and XP concepts, it delivers nothing that you cannot get from books and papers written a decade ago. Also, it misses the essence of Lean, and misses the mark about how Kanban is used to drive improvement.
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Very Useful, Even for Experienced Devs
By Eric Renkey
Given that I've been familiar with Agile for at least 12-13 years and with Lean for nearly twice that long, I didn't expect that an introductory-level book would have a great deal to offer me except, maybe, a refresher course. However, a number of the tools & techniques used in the book provide significant benefit even if you're already familiar with the material:* Narratives, which do an excellent job of illustrating real-world software development problems and practical means of addressing them.* The idea of "Better-Than-Not-Doing-It" results, which explains why many Agile implementations plateau after a short time. This is an elegant model that succinctly explains many sub-optimal process improvement efforts that I've observed over the years.* Comparative methodology. Having a single resource that objectively compares and contrasts various Agile methodologies or "schools of thought" is very valuable. Reading about each approach back-to-back reinforces the common principles in a way that high-level overviews or single-methodology books rarely do.I also believe that the book will serve the beginner audience well because it's very well-organized and provides many references to additional learning resources. However, with my exposure to the material before reading, I can't state that opinion with 100% certainty.Similar to the authors' other books that I've read -- "Applied Software Project Management", "Head First C#", and "Beautiful Teams" -- "Learning Agile" is eclectic and has a practical, hands-on focus. Personally, I prefer that approach, especially when it integrates principles and lessons learned from such diverse subjects as the Toyota Production System, the Unix toolset, martial arts, and basketball (via the teachings of John Wooden). The authors even stress that a waterfall process CAN work, given the right conditions, which is rare for Agile-focused material. However, the eclectic/practical approach results in a tome that's probably not particularly well-suited for use as certification prep.The book takes roughly 8-10 hours to read. I recommend that you read topically-related chapters -- 2/3 (Agile values/principles), 4/5 (Scrum), 6/7 (XP), and 8/9 (Lean/Kanban) -- in the same sitting, or with as little time elapsed between readings as you can manage. The chapter pairs share Narratives, and the second chapter per pair builds upon ideas introduced in the previous chapter. All of the chapters reference and reinforce ideas that were introduced earlier in the book. This is partly because of the book's thematic cohesion and partly the result of a deliberate strategy for improving reading comprehension.Some suggestions that I think would add value to a future edition, if there is one:* Further discussion of situations in which Agile isn't a great fit, preferably using Alistair Cockburn's Project Classification Scale [Defect Criticality x Team Size] for determining the process formality requirements of a project.* More extensive coverage of the types of waste found in software development, bringing in wider-ranging ideas about wastefulness from Lean and other topics like the Unix philosophy, such as: unused employee creativity, over-design / over-specification, & solving the wrong problem the "Right" way.Disclosure: I was provided with a free review eBook in exchange for my honest feedback. Previously, I was a technical reviewer for "Applied Software Project Management" and co-authored a chapter for "Beautiful Teams" (by the same authors). Also, more than a decade ago, I was a coworker of Andrew Stellman's for approximately a year.
(4 of 5 customers found this review helpful)
Comprehensive and detailed!
By Ben
from Brisbane, Australia
My workplace is transitioning to an Agile approach and this book is exactly what I needed to understand how my team and I should work together. It covers the major methodologies that we are adhering to and offers great insight across most project disciplines.Being a comprehensive, highly detailed look at Agile it can be wordy - both a positive and a negative. An excellent book that offers the most value if you're trying to decide which methodology or practices best suit your team and how to implement them. Although other books will offer better focus on specific practices to supplement the information in "Learning Agile", it is still useful if you need information on how to get the most out of a team for an existing methodology.
(4 of 4 customers found this review helpful)
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By Jeanne Boyarsky
from New York, NY
"Learning Agile" was an awesome book. It introduces Scrum, XP, lean and kanban nicely with good examples an narratives. This was not your serious "animal series" O'Reilly book. In addition to numerous cartoons and diagrams, I even spotted a Head First style image and two xkcd comics.What's called Chapter 1 introduces agile followed by what would traditionally be the introduction.Interesting seeing those two reversed. It works though as it shows the points of view of different readers. I like how each chapter ends with FAQs, exercises you can today and ideas to learn more. The key point boxes sprinkled through each chapter were helpful as well.I'm particularly impressed with how they handled the names of characters in Chapter 2. When I saw the characters introduced I groaned thinking it was one of those books where I would have to keep track of who these people are. But there was enough context for it to be obvious. And when they referred to them at the end of the chapter, their titles were restated. The authors even told us at the end of the story that we wouldn't be seeing them again. After that, I trusted that the narratives would be easy to follows and wasn't disappointed.I liked the phrases "better-than-not-doing-it" and "magical thinking". For me, the test of an agile or process book is whether I finish with ideas of new things to try. And I do.---Disclosure: I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for writing this review on behalf of CodeRanch.
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With all the talk of ice and snow finally melting away, the obvious thing to do next is go swimming, which is what Dawson County residents gathered to do Saturday.
The fourth annual Leap for Literacy was held Feb. 22 at War Hill Park. The event benefits Dawson County WEE Books, a program developed to put age-appropriate books in the hands of preschool children.
The program is made possible by a partnership with the Ferst Foundation for Childhood Literacy and the WEE Books Community Action Team. There are 70 teams across the state with more than 1,000 volunteers working toward mailing 25,000 Georgia children books each month.
"By the time the children finish the program, graduate preschool and start kindergarten, they are ready to learn," said Ferst Foundation President Betsy Wagenhauser. "This program has been shown to increase rate of success after high school graduation by about 80 percent."
Wagenhauser said that the program is growing.
"Everyone who donates helps a child have a successful life," she said. "Next year, we hope to have up to 50,000 children enrolled across the state."
According to the local chapter of WEE Books, 50 percent of the eligible kids in the county are in the program, but the target is 80 to 100 percent involvement.
This year, the event raised about $6,000 for children's literacy, almost $2,000 more than last year.
While the water wasn't warm by any stretch of the imagination, those that jumped in were eager to do it for a good cause.
"They originally wanted me to come out and just do a toe tap and I said 'I'm not just going to do a toe tap, if I'm going, I'm going all the way in,'" said Jim King. "Boy, was it cold. It was unbelievable."
Judges Mike Berg, chairman of the Dawson County Commission, Jan Whetstone, owner of Jan's Family Daycare and Lanier Swafford, chief of Dawson County Emergency Services, awarded certificates for classifications such as Best Leaper, Most Creative Team and Most Creative Leaper.
"We had a bigger participation this year," said WEE Books President Lionel Graves. "We had a broader spectrum of jumpers this year and certainly more money and more people. This event just grows every year, so we are expecting to be bigger and better next year."
With this year's event over, the organization isn't sitting back to rest.
"As soon as this one is over, they are already starting to plan for next year," said event emcee Warren King. "It's a big deal. And it gets bigger every year."
But for now, WEE Books is thankful for this year's leapers and spectators.
"We want to thank everyone that participated and spectated," said WEE Books volunteer Jane Graves. "Without you, it wouldn't be half the fun that it is. We will do this again next year, so please come back and support us."


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The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services department, a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, operates two agencies in Lee's Summit that remain open for business despite a partial federal government shutdown.
The National Records Center (150 N.W. Space Center Loop) and the National Benefits Center, both operated by the USCIS, were spared a shutdown because of its status as a fee-based agency of the federal government.
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Because of an impasse in the United States Congress, several federal agencies were shut down Oct. 1 and workers were subsequently furloughed.
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Elena-Upson said as a fee-based agency, USCIS will continue to accept and process applications and petitions. However, the agency expects delays in processing, as some support staff may be furloughed and USCIS depends on non-essential agencies for services.
For example, E-Verify, a federally funded program that checks whether employees are authorized to work in the U.S., is in the dark until funding is restored.
According to the Department of Homeland Security, "citizens and U.S. businesses will not be able to access E-Verify, the Internet based system that allows employers to voluntarily determine the eligibility of prospective employees to work in the United States."
Late last year, the USCIS announced that 300 new jobs would arrive at the National Benefits Center, 950 N.W. Chipman Road, Suite 5000, making the Department of Homeland Security the largest employer in Lee's Summit with close to 2,200 employees.
USCIS officials wouldn't go on record Oct. 1 with the number of those jobs that have been filled over the last 11 months, but did say a majority of them had been claimed and that they continue to advertise the other openings.
With 2,175 employees, the Lee's Summit R-7 School District was previously the largest employer in the city according to statistics provided by the Lee's Summit Economic Development Council's 2012 annual report.


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This salad has been a family favorite for years. It's perfect during BBQ Season. Just remember the lucky number seven for seven ingredients.
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In 1963, Melbourne football attendances hit record levels, averaging more than 150 000 diehard fans each week. Inner suburban football grounds were the game's tribal heartlands, with only 13 matches a year played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground during the 1960s. On Saturday afternoons, supporters headed for Arden Street (North Melbourne), Princes Park (Carlton), Glenferrie Oval (Hawthorn) and other grounds – criss-crossing Melbourne on trains, trams, on foot and by car. In 1966 it cost just fifty cents to go through the turnstiles. There was concern from the League that the advent of television might have a negative impact on attendances, which did drop slightly during the late 1950s. From 1961 the VFL banned live telecasts to combat this fear, but while attendances did decline again by the late sixties, the enthusiasm for 'being there' was not dulled for the majority of supporters.
St Kilda fans riveted to the match, watching from the old perimeter picket fence at their home ground, the Junction Oval in St Kilda, 1961. Caption reads: St. Kilda in danger – their fans are tense! Oh, the Agony! But what a yell there'll be when the Saints break free!Source: Geoff Slattery Publishing
The local footy ground provided a site of identity and belonging for supporters. Grounds such as the Lake Oval, Victoria Park and the Junction Oval were going strong from the 1890s and provided a focus for community leisure, rivalry and identity for many decades to come. Australian Rules has no definitive ground size, so ovals varied from small and intimate to the more spacious. During the nineteenth century, there was no rigorous separation of spectators from the players – crowds could run on to the field when play became exciting and vendors took short-cuts across the ground. It is only recently that crowds have been banned from running onto the field after a match for a game of kick-to-kick. By the 1870s and 1880s (the game having officially commenced in 1858), crowds of more than 10,000 Melburnians of all classes and genders gathered in inner-city parklands on Saturday afternoons from May to October every winter.
Depending on who you barracked for, local grounds were either sites of comfort and intimacy where fans could surround themselves with reassuringly like-minded people be-decked in the same colours; or tense and hostile enemy territories, where the interlopers stuck together to find safety in numbers. Saturday afternoons (Sunday football matches did not commence until 1970) were defined for many by the sound of the siren and the roar of the crowd echoing along suburban streets.
Bomber fans brave the elements at Windy Hill, their home ground in Essendon, 1964.Source: Michael Roberts
Each ground had its own character, but by modern standards they were no-frills – wooden benches and standing-room terraces, exposed to the wind and rain. Kids would take wooden boxes to stand on in the 'outer'. Slender Glenferrie Oval was known as the 'sardine can' due to its hemmed-in position next to the railway line. The floor boards at Windy Hill rattled with the enraptured stamping of the feet of supporters in the stands, before concreting made them much more practical but far less atmospheric. Moorabbin was vast and muddy and car parking seemingly miles away from the ground. Victoria Park was known for its antiquated toilets and rabid partisan crowd.
Football barrackers at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, 1960s.Photographer: Mal Thomson, Source: Peter Thomson
The demand for upgraded ground facilities, the decline in the direct connection between club allegiance and geographic locality and, eventually, the nationalisation of the game, saw the local grounds gradually closed. There are now no AFL games played in Melbourne suburbia (although Geelong's home ground at Kardinia Park is still going strong). The gradual move to replace terracing with seating was a significant cause for the loss of the suburban grounds – grounds that once held 45,000 people could barely manage to accommodate the home fans, let alone the away visitors. While post-war immigrants in the inner suburbs were adopting the game with a passion, football's traditional supporters were moving to the new outer suburbs. This shift in Melbourne's population resulted in a growing imbalance between the location of the clubs and the distribution of their supporters. There was no longer necessarily a connection between where you lived and who you barracked for. From 1965, with the move of St Kilda from Junction Oval to Moorabbin, teams began to relocate to larger grounds (such as the MCG) or shared situations such as Hawthorn's move to Princes Park.
However, it is easy to romanticise the old grounds today. Overcrowded and unhygienic conditions could make for an uncomfortable afternoon. Turnstiles and numbered ticket rolls were not introduced until after 1953 with health commissioners demanding a system to calculate when grounds were full to capacity and the gates closed. Toilets overflowed, visibility was difficult and exposed stands could mean arctic conditions for shivering fans. Nevertheless, for those who remember emitting cheers and shedding tears at the old suburban footy grounds, where the action was close and the players in touching distance – there is a sense that some of the local magic of the game has been lost.
(dates indicate duration of clubs' use of the ground for VFL/AFL home and away games)
Arden Street Oval: North Melbourne's home ground from 1925-1985 Brunswick Street Oval: Fitzroy's home ground from 1897-1966Glenferrie Oval: Hawthorn's home ground from 1925-1973 Junction Oval: St Kilda's home ground from 1897-1964 Lake Oval: South Melbourne's (now Sydney Swans) home ground from 1897-1981Melbourne Cricket Ground: Melbourne's home ground from 1892-present dayMoorabbin: St Kilda's home ground from 1965-1992Princes Park: Carlton's home ground from 1897-2005Punt Road Oval: Richmond's home ground from 1908-1964 (the club then moved its home games to the MCG)Victoria Park: Collingwood's home ground from 1897-1999Waverley Park: Hawthorn's home ground from 1990-1999 and St Kilda's home ground from 1993-1999Western (now Whitten) Oval: Footscray/Western Bulldogs home ground from 1925-1997Windy Hill: Essendon's home ground from 1922-1991
Kardinia Park: Geelong's home ground since 1941
There is a display relating to suburban footy grounds and supporters in The Melbourne Story exhibition at Melbourne Museum.
Alomes, Stephen, 'Tales of a Dreamtime: Australian Rules Football as Secular Religion,' in Craven Ian et al (eds), Australian Popular Culture, Cambridge University Press, 1994.
Alomes, Stephen and Stewart (eds), High Mark. Australian Rules Football and Australian Culture: Contemporary Studies of the Great Australian Game, Maribyrnong Press, 1998.
Hess, Rob and Stewart, Bob, More Than A Game: An Unauthorised History of Australian Rules Football, Melbourne University Press, 1998.
Hogan, Tim (ed), Reading the Game: An Annotated Guide to the Literature and Films of Australian Rules Football, Australian Society for Sports History Inc., Melbourne, 2005.
Pascoe, Robert, The Winter Game. Over One Hundred Years of Australian Football, Mandarin, Reed Books Australia, 1995.
Sandercock, Leonie and Turner, Ian, Up Where Cazaly? The Great Australian Game, Granada Publishing Ltd, 1981.
Stewart, Bob, Hess, Robert & Nicholson, Matthew, Football Fever Grassroots, Maribyrnong Press, 2004.
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I know this sounds so infantile, but I am so terrified of telling my parents I am pregnant. It hasn't been long since my mother said to me "You guys aren't planning on having any more, are you?" In the past she has said she will welcome any and all grandchildren, and I know this is true, but there is this part of me that is just terrified of telling her. My ds is quite spirited and still a handful at 5, almost 6. I was with my dad yesterday (divorced parents) and I couldn't even tell him, and I can usually tell him nearly anything because I don't care as much as I do with my mom. I've tried to tell my sister a few times on skype, either through chat or actually talking on skype, and have come up dry there as well - she is 8 years younger than me and didn't have the best response to my last pregnancy, and I just don't want to hear anything negative. I am already emotional enough, and part of me feels like I can become more attached to this baby once I let my family know about it. So why can't I just tell them? I haven't even talked to my mom since I got the BFP because I feel like I would have to tell her, but don't know how. Sigh.
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oh Sommer I totally know how you feel! and I hate that you are feeling this way it can be so suffocating, and you should be celebrating at an amazing time like this, not worrying about what others think, but it is hard isnt it!??
when my hubby and I were preg with our first my whole family was up in a roar about it, mind you we were young, and all that, but it didnt take them long to embrace it, then number 2 came along very shortly after ( planned ) and they were just thrilled, but Iam not sure what it was with baby 3, that everyone just thought they needed to have their opinions about it....they knew before hand we were planning on another and they just couldnt believe we would actually plan another child, lol its so funny how family assumes they have some sort of say over this hey!? they have no reason to have any opinions in the negetive, my hubby has always had a good job we own a home, blah blah, like why are they upset!!??? they arent raising our children. so, now were planned preggos with number 4, and Iam not sure what they are going to think, I think they will just role with it this time, my youngest will be 3 this summer, and they have asked a million times before if were still planning on having another and we always say yes, the reaction has been in the range of, wow you guys are nuts to well mid aswell round it out to 4! lol, Iam sure there will be a sour one in the bunch... although I think they think its been 3 years that it may not happen, lol so Iam curious to see what they are going to say! although I have come to a place where I realy dont care what they think in that regard, sure its always nice to have family back you up, but I mean its not their decision! they do not make other decisions in our marriage why would I let them control the number of kids I have!? and really all the other times, as soon as the other babies came a long they were just head over heels in love with them, and am sure it will be the same this time for you and me. sorry for such a long post, I just wanted to tell you not to worry, its your life and try to be happy, this baby is a blessing to you and will be to them aswell. enjoy this precious time, try ( I know its hard ) to not worry about what they are going to think. maybe not tell them for a while, share this special time with you and your hubby with out anyone elses opinions, really theres no rule saying you have to go out and tell your family about it right away. My hubby and I this time will be keeping it a secret as long as we can, :) at least to 12 weeks, just to make sure all is well, mainly before we tell the kids, they will be so excited, its going to be a long 5-6 weeks!
I am totally feeling that way too. I told my dad right away, and he was happy (im not in the most "planned" of situations) but I know telling my mom is going to be something that ends up with me in tears, and its going to be a wholly negative situation.. when I just want to be allowed to be happy.
Anyone got any tips on softening the blow to a mother who has never been supportive in the slightest? I wanna use the whole "my life my choice" thing.. but the whole idea of telling her, or his parents makes me just.. antsy.
Sommer, I feel your frustration! *hugs*
OP, I was thinking about this as I visited my mom over the weekend. Didn't tell her, just not ready yet.
With our first family did not take it well. We were only 23 so that was a factor.
DH's UAV mother literally said this when he called her...first words out of her mouth..
"Oh at least you're married.." Thanks %#^$
My mom's GF's response when we told them, "this is what you get when you don't use birth control."....WTF, how does she even know what we use/don't use we never talk about it!
So yeah, not the greatest reception. Now that we are living with MIL, we are going to hold off as long as we can until we move out (sometime this summer) unless people notice me getting big, we won't lie about it. I am a little older, a little wiser though and a lot less interested in people's opinions on my life thanks..
Also we are doing a HB (I think) so that is going to SERIOUSLY freak out family out. I am anticipating a major meltdown by my mother and just huge disapproval from every single person in the family. They are all really into trusting MDs. So yeah we have lots of reasons to not tell. I don't even want to yet because I know it will just be the beginning of a total PITA period of time.
I haven't really told many people yet because its still early. Our first was conceived when we had just turned 20, in college, and had only been dating two months, so I am anticipating a better response this time lol. Actually now that I think about it this will be the first baby born in wedlock this generation on my moms side.
I don't know when to tell ds because he LOVES babies and I am betting he will tell any and everyone he sees that he is getting a new baby.
I am totally nervous. We are a young couple, had our first at almost 18/almost 21, we'll be 21/24 when this baby arrives. We've been engaged for over a year now but haven't married yet. It's going to be somewhat of a big deal. My mom knows, and is supportive, but my father will FREAK, I don't have a good relationship with DH's parents so not looking forward to that, and my extended family will likely be snobbish. Fun, fun.
I am only five weeks so I have time to figure out how to handle these situations... any ideas?
I am nervous about telling my extended family. I told my mom and dad already and a couple of friends. They have all been really excited. I am nervous about telling my grandparents right now because they don't like my partner much. The reason is stupid. They think he is bad for me because he has long hair and tattoos. Stupid right? Yep. I had tattoos, piercings, shaved head, dyed hair etc since I was a teenager, it has nothing to do with who my partner is... sigh. We hae been together for 8 years and this was very much planned but I have a feeling they will assume it isn't. My cousin whom I am really close with doesn't like him because we broke up for a few months last summer and I stayed with her and of course talked to her all about the breakup. I think she is just nervous it won't work out between us. I hope that she will just have faith in the fact that we are back together for good and things haven't been more wonderful.
I will probably wait until the 1st trimester is over to tell the rest anyway but I am still nervous on how to deal with their responces. I am a really emotional person and I don't want to lose it!
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Only my best friend knows, I just tested, like an hour ago. My dh is right now the stay at home parent and mr. i want as many as you'll have, since he's been the one at home, has said no more. This wasn't on purpose, but I"m thrilled and I know he will fall in love with this child too, but am super nervous about telling him because it'll be a shock at first. my mother has been saying since baby number two that we don't need any more. this is baby number five, I'm about to turn 42. My family is super unsupportive and I think I'm waiting out the first trimester to tell them...or work. Thankfully I have a very supportive boss and coworkers and by my due date, will have eight weeks paid time off racked up if I can manage not to take any morning sickness days!
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not to freak anyone out, but my bf's mom did not believe us when we told her and asked for proof. She was serious.
Pretty much everyone else was excited and happy for me!
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I am nervous about telling my coworkers. The father is my bf of 2 months, and is a manager where I work, so it is def against the rules for us to date. I'm also not in a hurry for everyone at work to be all up in our business.
not to freak anyone out, but my bf's mom did not believe us when we told her and asked for proof. She was serious.
Pretty much everyone else was excited and happy for me!
Proof?! You should have puked on her. LOL...
I am nervous about telling my coworkers. The father is my bf of 2 months, and is a manager where I work, so it is def against the rules for us to date. I'm also not in a hurry for everyone at work to be all up in our business.
not to freak anyone out, but my bf's mom did not believe us when we told her and asked for proof. She was serious.
Pretty much everyone else was excited and happy for me!
(disclaimer, I am lurking in here and don't have my BFP yet!)
If I am PG, the father is my BF of 3 1/2 months, and I just recently got divorced from my older 2's father. So, it will be hard for me to tell people because they'll likely think it's waaaay too early, especially coming out of a nasty divorce and he and I not dating for very long. But, if I am PG, it is totally planned, and we're sooo much in love its unreal <3 It doesn't matter to us that the timing is early, we haven't been together "long enough" and that we're not married yet. It won't be hard for me to tell my family, it will be hardest to tell people that we go to school with, lol.
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This is a discussion on Did my first Glock grip reduction within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; A buddy who's had me work on numerous 1911's brought over his Glock 19 and wanted to know if I thought I could do a ...
A buddy who's had me work on numerous 1911's brought over his Glock 19 and wanted to know if I thought I could do a grip reduction for him. He said he didn't want anything radical, just get rid of the hump and the finger bumps and the squared trigger guard .................... oh, and not have it look like
I told him I'd give it a try.............. how'd I do?
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I think it looks good. This was done to my G29 before i bought it. Makes a world of difference IMO and I am sure you will think so too.
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I kinda like all that, finger grooves and what not. But I did grip stipple mine. It looks good. That texture makes a difference when you are shooting. Even if I don't get a perfect grip out of the holster, the texture helps keep the gun in place when I'm firing.
One suggestion, that texture up on the beaver tail area is what gives me some problems. It gets a little abrasive with an IWB holster. It might take several times to sand it down where it's good. The first few days I would wear it, sand a bit, wear it more. Just to get it right for me.
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A quick application of a heat gun and a pair of leather gloves helped reduce the palm swell on my G30. I like the finger grooves but have no love for squared trigger guards.
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