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Welcome to Q&Agency! Each week, I get to talk to agencies small and large and get to hear (in their words) what differentiates them and the experiences they create. To help bring some of that information to you, I'm showcasing an ongoing series of interviews with small to mid-size interactive and design agencies. If you'd like to see your agency or an agency you work with here, let me know!
On May 18th, I talked with Brett Cortese, CEO, and Erik Loehfelm, Director of User Experience, of Universal Mind. Edited excerps from that conversation follow.
Forrester: Tell me a little bit about your agency?
Brett: Universal Mind is an award winning digital solutions agency. We work with our clients to create best in class solutions that deliver an exceptional user experience while overcoming complex technical challenges across a wide variety of devices. That's going to include the browser, desktop, tablet, connected appliances, all those types of things. Our focus is on the enterprise; we have a very deep understanding of how to expose complex systems and processes in an engaging and effective way.
We have a team of over 100 strong, spread out through the United States. That includes offices in San Francisco, California; Golden, Colorado; Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Westfield, Massachusetts.
Forrester: What is your elevator pitch?
Posted by Vidya Drego on May 10, 2010
On May 5th, I talked with Jeff Maling the President and Chief Experience Officer and Geoffrey Cubitt the President and Chief Technology Officer of Roundarch. Edited excerpts from that conversation follow.
Jeff: Roundarch was founded in 2000 by Deloitte and WPP. At that time, the idea was to bring together the technology and program management skills of Deloitte with the creative skills of WPP to tackle large web problems. Over the past year or more that has translated into large digital problems of many types including mobile, touch screen, etc. But for the most part, we've stayed true to the vision because we're specialized in large-scale digital solutions for fortune 500 companies, the government, and large international organizations. We have about 220 full-time employees primarily in New York and Chicago, smaller offices in Denver and Boston, and a virtual office in DC (where we mostly work in secure locations). Like any good agency or consultancy, we also have a few nomads who refuse to move into one of our offices.
Posted by Reineke Reitsma on May 3, 2010
For a track session at Forrester's Marketing Forum at the end of April, I dived into the topic of customer satisfaction. For market researchers looking to set up a customer satisfaction (CSAT) study, much guidance is available. However, it also became clear to me why, despite all this advice, many customer satisfaction projects fail.
Most of the information I found -- or the conversations I had, for that matter -- were around the 'science' part of CSAT studies: the methodology and set-up. There are many discussions online about questions like which scale to use, which questions to ask (or not), whether a company should focus on relational versus transactional measurement, or if it's better to conduct a customized CSAT project or use an established method like Net Promoter.
However, in my conversations with market researchers, I found that the success of CSAT projects isn't based as much on science -- although a sound and repeatable set-up doesn't hurt -- as much as it is on 'art.' The art lies in understanding the company's business issues; translating these into a well-structured questionnaire; finding the drivers for success; and later, when the results are in, presenting the results in an actionable format.
Any customer satisfaction project that focuses on numbers misses out on the 'art' element of CSAT. Of course, using a standardized methodology helps the company benchmark itself against its competitors. But what does it mean when 80% of your clients are satisfied? The organization will look at this number and want to drive it up, without any understanding of what the impact on the bottom line will be when the percentage of satisfied customers increases from 80% to 82%.

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Five months after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau warned that pension advance loans could be the new payday loan – leaving consumers who are already struggling to make ends meet in dire financial situations – the agency announced it had teamed up with the state of New York to shut down two companies that allegedly deceived retirees about the risks and costs associated with the loan products. [More]
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There can be few greater pleasures at this time of year than trotting through the streets of Mayfair, festooned with carrier bags containing one's new summer wardrobe, knowing that a room and reviving G&T are just around the corner.
A still-nippy spring breeze sweeps me and a few loose pages from my A to Z along Curzon Street, past Shepherd's Market and into Clarges Street, home of Pangaea, the nightclub made famous last October by Prince Harry, and of the less famous Fox Club next door.
For out-of-towners like me, The Fox Club offers bed and board, and has a bar, restaurant and function rooms. I like the sound of the Fox Club because it operates differently from most London clubs. Unlike Soho House, which now seeks to sign the under-28s, I am not too old to join, and unlike the Groucho Club, I'm unlikely to suffer tired and emotional actors or indeed bump into anyone I know (which can be a good thing). Furthermore, unlike any club I've yet come across, you don't have to be a member to gain admission or book a room, you just pay a bit more than its members do.
Here I am, dumping my shopping bags on to an upholstered stool at the end of the bed in my room which overlooks the Kennel Club across the street. I'm on the first floor of this skinny, 18th-century townhouse, once home to a womanising Whig. Like politicians, this house probably hasn't changed much over the years. What a relief - it's more shabby chic than dire-by-design. Downstairs the bar is lively with chatter but there's no rubber-necking. If I were having an affair - well, I'd conduct it here.
Soon as my friend shows up we get stuck in to long-awaited accounts of the last 12 months and scary amounts of delicious house red. Dinner, in the cosy restaurant at the back, is terribly good: leek, pea and mint tart with herb oil dressing followed by sole with lemon, caper butter sauce with wilted spinach and roasted potatoes, and at £26 for two courses pretty good for London W1.
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This is what happens when you live tweet a birth
Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an employee of Twitter, in fact she is the head of social innovation at Twitter and she just live tweeted the birth of her first daughter. Is this oversharing gone mad or is she merely updating her status on the day that she gives birth?
Imagine that you work for a large global corporation like Twitter where you are hired to lead social innovation. Imagine, in addition to that you are an author, speaker, and technology innovator who has been named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business and you have over 330,000 Twitter followers. Now imagine that you are expecting a baby and you are at home with your husband when you think your waters have broken. What would you do?
If you are Claire Díaz-Ortiz, who holds claim to all the titles above, the answer is simple – you tweet your way through labour with the hashtag #inlabor.
Have a look at the tweets
Is Claire Diaz-Ortiz deserving of Twitter Employee of the Year or is she just part of a new generation of people that uses social media to alert the world to every move they are making?
Drawing a virtual line
Where do we draw the line between sharing a picture of what we ate for dinner and sharing the reality of labour? Should we even draw a line?
There would be professionals on both sides of the fence, there are those who would claim that we are sharing too much, that we are blurring the privacy barriers that stand between us and the rest of society, that we are not keenly enough aware of the risks of documenting a life online.
And equally there would be people who argue that in this digital age we manage our own social media profiles and we are the ones in control of how much we share and with whom we share it. These same people might ask what danger there is in tweeting a birth – a natural and not uncommon event that happens tens of thousands of times every single day.
Who decides what is appropriate to tweet?
As I sit and watch Q&A on TV and see the people that I follow tweet endlessly and incessantly about their views on the panel just as they have tweeted as passionately about the contestants on My Kitchen Rules, I am led to wonder – who decides what is acceptable to share?
They don't just talk about Q&A and MKR, they also tweet about their days, their pressures at work and at home, the seeming endless task of preparing dinner every night and the joy (and pain) their children bring them. I have pretty much the same spread on Facebook (with a few extra memes thrown in for good measure).
Are any of these updates that different from a tweet about giving birth? Of course they are tweets about another person, but will they have a long and lasting effect on the newborn child? Will she even be recognisable by her birth photos when one day she is applying for a job? Will it be a surprise to her when she enters high school that her mother actually gave birth? I think not.
When do we decide that one person's actions or opinions are oversharing? Is it when we become uncomfortable reading them?
I'm happy with my friends (and the strangers I follow) who choose to share their lives with me. If I am interested I interact, if I'm not I ignore them, and if I'm really offended, I block them.
If you're not throwing somebody else into the public sphere (because posting real, identifiable and meaningful information about other people is is a whole other issue) and you are aware of how many people will have access to your updates and you are OK with it, are you really doing anything wrong?
Do you have a problem with people oversharing on social media?
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- Why You Should Care about Social Network Over-Sharing on The Huffington Post
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- Do we reveal too much about our kids online? from PBS


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1 p.m. 42A01-1308-DR-381. This appeal involves the review of an Order modifying a child custody order in favor of Mother,
the Appellee, following her relocation from Vincennes, Indiana to Carterville, Illinois. Father, the Appellant, presents
this court with issues concerning the obligations of a non-relocating parent to timely object to a relocation where the relocating
parent has failed to provide notice pursuant to Indiana Code section 31-17-2.2-1(a) and Indiana Code section 31-17-2.2-3,
as well as issues regarding the factors a trial court must consider in determining whether to modify a custody order.
Specifically, Father asserts that the trial court erred by:
•considering only the best interests of the child rather than the factors specifically enumerated for relocation cases under Indiana Code section 31-17-2.2-1(b);
•failing to find there had been a substantial change to at least one of the factors used in ascertaining the child's best interests during the initial custody determination pursuant to Indiana Code section 31-17-2-21; and
•concluding that it was in the child's best interests to award physical custody to Mother.


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very central to train and old town. would stay again. upstairs bar area outside could do with upgrade.
The location was good. My room was spacious and very comfortable. The bar seemed more like a private club.
room was too hot
I stayed there three nights, staff is very friendly specially the guy who received me in the evening 7 Nov 2010, they spoke with me in English and in French as well. They make me feel like at home and take care of me nicely. Hotel is at good location, just near to a train station Coimbra-A. Many restaurants of different kinds are just at one minute walk. University of Coimbra is round about at 15-20 minutes walk up to nearby hill. Hotel services are very good for me like, television, heater+AC, telephone, free WiFi, buffet break fast etc.Hotel is very clean. I really enjoyed my stay there and i think it was a good choice as compared to the price and services offered. just one bit problem for me was that my room was near to a road but when i closed the windows there was no noise.
Good breakfast and excellent location. Bathroom was not very comfortable (shower too tied and hairdryer too weak)
The Parking Valet was great and a nice location.
Decent city hotel, but nothing great really stands out. Good base for walking tours of the city. Tricky automobile access, offset by well-organized valet parking.
Staff was very nice and helpful, well priced. great location
The hotel is well located, has confortable rooms and serves a good breakfast. Diet products at breakfast.
Its position - we were first time tourists in Portugal and could walk to all the city's features. Parking service the best we experienced in our 3 weeks trip. The parking service - the best we experienced during our 3 weeks in Portugal
Location No parking for free
Closeness to train and bus stations. Good selection of places to eat at all price ranges. Easy access to most attractions. Beautiful views. Nice to have a reasonable resturant on site. Smoking rooms are a good idea. No complaints
Very friendly ,helfull ,english speaking staff.Prices of the bar.Central location.Godd price. cleanliness of the room -the sheets were changed ,but hoovering and bathroom cleaning was not the best.One day the room was not serviced.I stayed in the room facing the main street -the trafic noise was vey bad-couldnt keep window open.Hot in the room.
You can park your car in the garage, the hotel is as well easy accessible (no small streets). Location is central to start your walking sightseeing tour. No fridge in the room.
The location of the hotel very close to the city center.
The hotel was lovely, 3min walk into the centre,lots of nice restaurants close to the hotel. We were given a choice of rooms, the one we chose had a lovely balcony looking over to the town on the hill. Marco on reception was just lovely and always cheerful, polite and very helpful with advice on what to see and where to eat. There was a safe on site parking facility. The parking wasn't free for guests. No other problems at all it was a lovely place.
Nice 3 star. Clean. Central area.
Size of room and excellent breakfast Not a complaint just a suggestion for tea/coffee making facilities in the room
The greatest value of the hotel is its location - 5 minutes from train station on foot and very near the centre of the city.
Great value for your money.
Central location The bathroom was quite dirty
The staff was very helpful. Parking is right next door. Breakfast is good. Nice size bathroom. It was difficult to find. I used the navigator from there website and it brought us no where close to the hotel.
Location, clean, big space internet connection is terrible
The staff was excellent and the breakfasts were very good.
This hotel is about as much as you can get for the 3 star hotel. Very clean, excellent breakfast and service, very friendly staff, location near historical center, bus and train station... Just great!!
Elegant breakfast room and wonderful view of the river.
We liked the location and the public areas of the hotel. The hotel must have been a gem in its hayday. Today, however, it is in need of a drastic overhaul. The rooms and hallways are dingy and warn. With a little bit of work it could be a wonderful place to stay. They do not have parking so we had to use a public lot across the street and had to refill the parking meter every few hours.
It was a convenient location from which to explore Coimbra.
Location Loud music until 3-4am from two neighboring night clubs! We were on the 5th floor with close windows and still couldn't sleep. Older receptions staff required paperwork. No other hotels asked me for one.
It was very shabby, old and smelly. We had no hot water in our shower.
The decor, the friendliness of the staff.
Perfect location in the middle of the city - close to railway station Coimbra A. Internet only in the lobby and on 1st floor (wireless)
We had a corner room with a fantastic view. It was just a few steps away from the train station. The building itself is beautiful and is located right in front of the river.
The original fixtures and fittings from when the hotel was built are still in place and give the building an old-world charm and (slightly faded) glamour.
Well located. Old fashion of the room with its pro and cons.
The location, the view of the river, the antic furnitures The old carpet in the room
great location and very friendly staff, excellent breakfast
The guesthouse is well placed in the old part of the city, and overall it is quiet. The owner is friendly and very helpful, providing lots of information on where to go/what to see. Instructions and map provided in advance of stay on where to park. TV has loads of stations, including many English language ones. The orange juice was indeed fresh. Bread did not seem as fresh as the orange juice. Room comfort is moderate - pillows quite lumpy, towels a bit rough, decor slightly tatty in places, the shower in the bathroom of one of our two rooms was cramped and a strange shape. Not the best value stay in Portugal.
The owners are very helpful and knowledgeable about the town. They are very hospitable, you feel like you are in a friends home. The breakfast is all you could ask for. I highly recommend this guesthouse.
charm and character, friendly, helpful owner, good breakfast
the staff gave us good advices about the restaurants (the food was great!!) and about the things to visit! excellent!
The staff is simply great. By the time we left we felt badly about leaving our new friends! And the breakfasts are excellent. no
The guesthouse is lovely and beautiful, very cosy and comfortable, shared bath for only 2 rooms with extra wc, heating in rooms and air condirioning in bathroom, everything is clean, decorated in a special way, to correspond to the uniquie athmosphere of this old town. The hostess is very kind and helpful, ready to give all the information needed: where to eat, what to see, where to go for fado, and everything in english:) The breakfast is very tasty, there is a variety of options, from traditional (boiled eggs, cereal, bread and butter) to local (cheese, jam, fruits) and vegetarian (soya milk and yoghurt)
Lovely. Period.
The friendliness of the people
A charming old house on a narrow cobblestoned laneway. Very friendly and helpful staff.
Staff were helpful and informative and the room was very quiet, great location just near the railway station. Plenty of places to eat nearby.
centrally placed for city. family room was usefull breakfast was basic
Central location for sightseeing Modest facilities; hard beds, that gave my wife a back pain for a number of days. Skimpy breakfast selections.
central situation i din't like, at all, that the images of the room at booking.com din't correspond the one they gave, and the room was not good at all (attending the price )
The hotel is very conveniently located next to the station - but quiet as there are very few trains and only local ones. Overall nothing exceptional, but good value for money and well situated.
The hotel has a good location in the city of Coimbra, just outside the historic centre. The hotel is old, but it is clean, has all you need for one night and offers a good price/quality.
Close to the railway station and the city centre.
Friendly reception staff helping with parking etc. No workspace (for setting up laptop) in room
Middle of Coimbra next to train sation Rooms too small
The staff was extremely kind!
Good location,near by cheap public parking, very pleasant stay. Our group had three rooms the one in front was biggest and much nicer then a funny room at the back. I would stay again.
Beautiful and elegant hotel with great staff and in an excellent location. Patricia did everything she could to make our stay enjoyable.


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Dear Jon: Plan on surtaxes for early Social Security draw
The government will dock you up to 50% prior to full retirement age
Karen emailed me and was fit to be tied. She asked, "Dear Jon, why does Social Security penalize me when I take early retirement? It's hard to make ends meet as it is!" There's a whole class of "baby boomers" in this boat and it leaves them scratching their heads.
I can sympathize with Karen on this question. You work all your life and circumstances force you to take early retirement at 62, but your full retirement isn't until age 66. So to make ends meet, you go find a job only to find out that if you earn over $15,480 for 2014 you'll have to pay back 50 percent of your earned income above that. Ouch!
So why does the federal government do that? First of all, it's the way the law is designed. To change the law would take an act of Congress.
Second, Social Security is meant to partly replace lost earnings due to retirement, disability or death. Not wholly replace earnings.
If you reach full retirement age this year, you can earn up to $40,400 before Uncle Sam will deduct one third of your earnings. After one reaches full retirement age, there's no surtax on earnings.
If you return to work after you start receiving benefits, you may be able to receive a higher benefit based on those earnings. Social Security automatically re-computes your benefit amount after they credit additional earnings to your record.
The bottom line: Times are hard and choices are personal as to when to begin drawing on Social Security. If you choose early retirement and start to draw on Social Security, plan on less than full benefits and earnings limits and surtaxes on earnings above those limits.
It's the law right now.
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Shock Replacement Question
So most people looking on this forum can probably come to the conclusion that most owners on here prefer Bilstein. I'm getting ready to replace my front and rear shocks and I'm thinking of going with the Bilsteins.
So what series should I get? 4600 or 5100? I would imagine the 5100 would be superior.
I'm looking to up grade/change the shocks on my jeep as well. (2000 wj). I was looking at the Bilsteins. I currently have KYB's on and I like them. How ever they been on for 6+ years and showing signs for replacement. Another brand of shocks and the ones I chose to go with are Koni's. Yes they are expensive. The reason I chose these they will work on lowered jeeps. Bilsteins will not. Plus they are adjustable (5 settings). Hope this helps.
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The Bilstein 4600 series are for a Jeep that is not lifted. The Bilstein 5100 series are for a lifted Jeep and come in many differnt versions for specific lift ranges.
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@StephenE: Thanks for the response, So 5100 can't be used on non-lifted Jeeps? How is the ride quality with the 4600?
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Yeah, the 51xx shocks are for 1.5"-2" lift minimum. The 4600 shocks are definetly worth the $. I paid $271 for all 4. I would also recommend using JKS bar pin eliminastors on the lower front shocks (you will have to press out the existing bar pins on the shocks carefully).
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Why the JKS bar pin eliminators?
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They preload the shock bushing and eliminate any potential bushing noise.
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Sounds good, Any other suggestions other than Bilsteins?
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No, go with Bilsteins! I definitely love the way they feel on the Jeep, less bounce, good solid ride.
Notes for install, on the rears the nuts are welded to the mounts, the bolts should come out pretty easy, especially with a shot of PB blaster or something similar to help loosen any rust. The top bolt of the fronts can be tricky as the shaft will spin, but a good get of vicegrips should hold it while crancking on the top nut.
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Sounds good....By the way are all Bilstein's considered HD?
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The 4600 series for Jeep vehicles are HD.
Bilstein B6 Heavy Duty gas pressure shocks and struts are the ideal choice for most vehicles, including full-size sedans, SUVs and trucks.
These shocks provide improved handling and stability, without sacrificing ride comfort. They offer super damping ability that makes them
ideal for the driver who demands superior performance, while maintaining an exceptional street ride. (Painted Finish)
The 5100 series shocks are not identified by HD, but more on the series number (5125, 5160, etc):
Bilstein 5100 Series Shock Absorbers are high gas pressure monotube shocks designed specifically for lifted pickups, SUVs and Jeeps. The
shocks feature a 46mm digressive piston with self-adjusting deflective disc valving. They offer super damping ability that makes them ideal for
heavy hauling or occasional off-road use, while maintaining an exceptional street ride. (zinc-plated steel body, Triple-C-Technology® coating)
Bilstein 5160 Series Stock Mount Remote Reservoir Shocks are direct-fit to each specific vehicle application, avoiding the fabrication generally
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They also have Touring Class (TC), Comfort (C) and Sport (SP), but I think they are for luxury and/or sports car type vehicles:
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Thanks for the details, I appreciate it.
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I have a 3 year old male German/Czech shepherd who is very different from all of my previous shepherds. He is not a big barker, rarely growls etc. He is more of a "watcher and a thinker." He watches everything going on around him. He is good with my siblings and most other dogs don't seem to bother him. He is pretty good on commands. "Come, sit, stay, no, leave it etc." He is very bonded to me and is very protective of me. That is sort of the problem. If my parents go to come in the room in the morning and I am not awake he barks, growls and charges the door, which then wakes me up. I tell him "No!" and he usually settles down and is fine. As long as I am awake and say it's ok for him to let them in.
He is my permanent shadow (which I honestly don't mind!) He sits under my chair at the table, outside the bathroom door when I'm taking a shower, sleeps on my bed etc. But whenever someone else comes to sit next to me, he tries to push them out of the way. I make him get off and lie down on the floor. He seems to be very possessive of me.
Other than these issues (which need to be fixed) he is a great dog...possibly one of the best I've had. I have no problem walking him anywhere. He does great on leash and I'm not afraid of anyone bothering me! I don't know if it's because of the Czech (we've only had German bred shepherds) but he has definetly bonded closer than any of our other dogs, which were family dogs. This guy is definetly all mine!
*Guinness is about 110 and just turned three years old and lives with 3 other dogs, cats, chickens, goats etc. Not food or toy aggressive in the least...the cat pushes him out of the way to eat lol (don't know if that helps!)
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The world represents the unified system of many soliton formations of different kinds. These formations distort the vibrational signals as they pass through their borders. The size of these solitons oscillates from microsolitons to galaxies, universes and so forth. The human being lives inside one of these solitons. Since the signals passing through the borders of solitons are distored, the human being has a possiblity of obtaining relatively adequate information only in the area where he resides, instead of the whole world. The possible degree of obtaining a knowledge about the world by a person in this situation is the problem discussed in this paper. It is concluded that the human can possess only limitted ability of modeling, as well as a necessity of creating a fundamentally new physics.
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then a second or even multiple environments could help. You will need to be aware of any conflicts eg. common error logs etc. however these can mostly be managed. You will also need to make sure that you appropriately split the effort across the multiple environments (see below).
If your test system resides on a separate machine, you may not necessarily need another machine for a second environment. See if there is space and/or processing power available on another machine. Make sure any compromises do not affect the integrity of your testing though.
I had a project a while back that used hand-held devices. I was told by the IT team that we could only have one test environment because we only had one hand-held gateway and the test environment could only support one anyway. Problem was solved when I
Isolated environments —there may be an opportunity within your test environment to split off a certain section, module etc. into a separate isolated environment. This environment may subset of requirements. You will need to balance this with any consequences of not having the entire system tested in a single environment and how this reflects reality.
Managed demarcations —this is where a constraint is created by having everyone logged in, all testing simultaneously and the conflicts cause delay. I once had a project where the testers covering the batch processes would run their tests and the response time for everyone else dropped fivefold. While this was a legitimate concurrency test, it slowed performance to the point of causing delay so we changed the schedule to run the batch tests after hours. We could have run them in another environment or selected certain times of the day etc.
Whatever demarcations you arrive at, make sure that they do not compromise the integrity of your testing.
The management and creative use of your test environments often goes hand-in-hand with your people and time availability. It may not be possible to separate one from the other so ensure that if you do go for more people and/or more hours, that you can source any additional environments in a timely manner. You do not want to gain a few days advantage if it's going to take a week to get another test environment up and going.
Unless you hold the purse strings for your testing project then its unlikely you will be able to make any direct call on the moolah. So probably at best you will be restricted to going cap-in-hand to the powers that be for the much-needed funds to do the job.
There are a few tips and techniques that can help with this great solicitation:
Make sure you have a strategy and plan (including contingencies) —a well-thought out and deliberated plan will convey to your management that you know exactly what you're doing and that the only hindrance is lack of funds. Cover off any potential 'gotchas' and ensure that you include in your plan what you plan to do if your plan doesn't go according to plan, got that?
Explain the testing initiative —make sure you appropriately convey the testing issues. Clearly explain the benefits of proper testing, including an ROI if possible, to all stakeholders and maybe even involve them in the planning. I'm sure most of us know how to create fear, uncertainty and doubt over the potential calamities caused by a lack of or under-cooked testing. However beware that you don't oversell otherwise it might be seen that you're going for the Rolls Royce when the Ford is what you need to get over the line.


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Officer in St. Louis Mistakenly Shoots Off-Duty Cop'There is this perception that a black man is automatically feared,' lawyer Rufus J. Tate Jr. says.
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Autopsy: St. Louis Police Shot Black Teen in the BackMansur Ball-Bey, a black teen shot and killed by St. Louis police officers died from a single gunshot that entered his back and struck his heart, a medical examiner said on Friday
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More Racial Unrest in St. Louis After Police Kill Black SuspectSt. Louis police fatally shot a black teenager they say pointed a gun at them, drawing angry protesters.
St. Louis Police Fatally Shoot Suspect During Home SearchPolice shot a suspect, who they say pointed a gun at them, while he tried to flee the scene with another individual.
Michael Brown Shooting, Ferguson Fallout: A TimelineA timeline in the shooting of Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Mo. and the subsequent fallout.
Hundreds Seek Justice and March in FergusonHundreds of protesters marched to the Ferguson Police Department, shutting down traffic along the way
National Guard to Withdraw From Ferguson as Protests QuietThe withdrawal follows the most peaceful night of protests in Ferguson since the shooting of Michael Brown nearly two weeks ago
Video Emerges of Second Police Shooting in St. LouisPolice shot Kajieme Powell 12 times, less than 4 miles from where police shot Michael Brown on August 9.
St. Louis Police Fatally Shoot Second Young ManAs the world questions the city's policing after the Brown killing, police kill "erratic" theft suspect
Obama Sends Attorney General to FergusonThe President called for cool heads to prevail in the Missouri town, where tensions have continued to escalate night after night
What We Learned from Michael Brown's AutopsyAn independent autopsy reveals new details about Brown's Aug. 9 death
Protests Turn Violent Once Again in FergusonDemonstrations turned violent again Sunday night after police fired smoke and tear gas at protesters
What Happened in Ferguson, Missouri, on FridayIt has been a long, strange day in the town where a teenager was killed by a police officer on the 9th
Missouri Highway Patrol to Take Over Security in FergusonMissouri Governor Jay Nixon told reporters Thursday afternoon that even he did not know the name of the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.
Police Deny Name Given by Hacker Group Is Police Officer in Ferguson CaseSt. Louis County police denied that the officer named by Anymous is employed by St. Louis County or Ferguson
How America's Police Became an Army: The 1033 ProgramFerguson, Missouri is just the tip of the iceberg. Police departments across America have a military obsession.
Photos: Ferguson Is BoilingProtesters have taken to the streets every day since Michael Brown, 18, was shot by police on Saturday.
Police Officer Fatally Shoots Unarmed Black Teenager Outside St. Louis, Community OutragedCrowds gathered Saturday and Sunday to protest the killing of an unarmed black teenager by police


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CHENEY, Wash. – Senior Amanda Frost scored a game-high 29 points, but a big first half by Eastern Washington proved to be too much for the Northern Arizona women's basketball team to overcome as the Lumberjacks suffered a 92-68 loss at Reese Court Thursday night. NAU fell to 1-3 in Big Sky conference play and 4-10 overall.
Five early points by junior Erikka Banks helped NAU to a 7-2 lead less than five minutes into the game but the Eagles answered with five points to tie it a 7-7. Frost would then hit her first of three triples to give NAU a three-point advantage before the home team would go on a game-changing 27-2 run over the next seven minutes. By the end of it, the Lumberjacks found themselves trailing by 22 at 34-12 with 5:40 remaining until the halftime. Four free throws – two by Banks and two by freshman Brittani Lusain – got NAU within 16 before Eastern Washington hit a trey right at the halftime buzzer to head into the locker room ahead 46-27.
The Lumberjacks repeatedly got to the free-throw line in the second half as they attempted to cut into the Eagles' lead. In the final 20 minutes, NAU got to the line 21 times and hit 17 of its attempts. After a pair by Frost, the Lumberjacks trailed by 17 with just under six minutes to play at 77-60, slicing a lead that had ballooned to as much as 28 three minutes prior. However, eight consecutive points by the Eagles halted any further thoughts of a second consecutive come-from-behind win by the Lumberjacks as they wound up with a 24-point loss to the preseason Big Sky favorite to win the conference.
NAU took care of the ball, finishing with just one more turnover than Eastern Washington (16-15) which was well below its season average. But the Lumberjacks struggled from the field as a whole, shooting just 32.2 percent for their second lowest field goal percentage of the season. The Eagles meanwhile shot 51.6 percent as a team and outrebounded the Lumberjacks by a 43-33 margin. They also shot 10-of-18 (64 percent) from behind the arc compared to just 4-of-15 (26.7 percent) for NAU.
Frost continued to shoot lights out at the free-throw line where she converted on 10-of-11 attempts en route to her 29 points, falling one point shy of her third 30-point game of the season. Lusain tallied 15 points off the bench and went 9-for-11 from the line herself as the Lumberjacks shot 26-for-31 (83.9 percent). It was the fourth consecutive game in which NAU shot better than 80 percent as a team.
Freshman Rene Coggins and Banks each had nine points and freshman Catelyn Preston pulled down a team-high seven rebounds, but they were outdone by four Eagles in double-figures, three of whom had at least 20 points.
The Lumberjacks look to end their week with a victory Saturday afternoon when they tip off versus Portland State in Portland, Ore. at 3 p.m. MST. The game will be NAU's third this week in three different states. A live audio stream of the game will be available here.


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There are no drugs, alcohol, or sex in Driftmoon. However the New Testament of the Bible is hidden away in the game. I'm sure this will be right up your alley, Joxer. The authors give at least lip service to some form of Christianity. Of course, there are as many versions of Christianity as there are of ink pens.
This game is kid friendly and there isn't any darkness or scariness anywhere that I've seen yet. It's almost like a King's Quest game with a little combat. Imagine a game created by a kindergarten teacher or a Sunday school teacher and you'll get pretty close. It doesn't mean it's a bad game. The game appears solid, if lacking "mature" elements.
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Many an individual has turned from the mean, personal, acquisitive point of view to one that sees society as a whole and works for its benefit. If there has been such a change in one person, there can be the same change in many.
–Mahatma Gandhi
I slept restlessly on Thursday night as welcome but dangerous thunder storms moved through the Pea Patch. Each time I opened my eyes to peek at the clock, I heard the same phrase echo in my mind: Si, su pueda. Yes, we can — words that have no doubt struck terror into the hearts of countless Republicans yet again, and for damned good reason.
Shortly after Obama's acceptance speech, I caught Karl Rove on FOX News holding up a white-board of hastily scribbled talking points and assuring the faithful that he couldn't understand how ANYone could buy all the lies and misrepresentations of the 'Democrat' party, but even a casual observer could sense his anxiety, see the veins popping out on his forehead. He was working harder than a one-legged man in a tap-dancing contest.
It was not my intention to write a Dem bookend to last week's Pub convention piece, but so much for that. Early in the week, I decided that most of you who were interested in an actual American future would be looking in on what the left had to say, given the gravitas of this election. I suspected, pre-convention, that I would enjoy it, simply because I am happily engaged when someone 'speaks my language,' and I've never watched a Dem convention that didn't ring a few populist bells to keep the natives dancing. Reviewing the roster of speakers, I knew I would be moved, inspired and encouraged, and assumed that if you watched, dear reader, the experience of what is traditionally part propaganda, part pep rally would be self-defining. I lifted my eyes to heaven in hope that Obama would give us a glimpse of his progressivism rather than his pragmatism, turned my TV to C-SPAN and cleared the decks for three nights of political dialogue.
What I didn't figure on was the collective emotional tug of liberal aspiration. We don't hear it much, these days, but it used to be part of our self-definition as citizens. Not to put too fine a point on it, I heard the language of "we" again, inspiring stories of those who dream and accomplish not just for themselves, but for everyone else as well. I didn't make it through the first night dry-eyed, and wept my way through the next two. Did the Pubs get that same emotional zap, hearing those who argued for more prosperity and the end of evil free-loaders who want to raid their piggy banks? Does the language of "me, me, me" move its listeners to tears of yearning and empathy, or does it encourage them to take up the blood-sport of eliminating those impeding their progress?
I wish I knew. I don't want to widen the breach between the parties with idle speculation and create more divide between me and my neighbor, but I can't get a sense of their innermost emotion, overlaid as it is by that dark blanket of fear and paranoia, of perceived victimization orchestrated and nurtured by their party leaders. And just as this election could not draw clearer lines about the philosophies that will lead us into the future, there couldn't have been more difference between these two conventions.
Oh, both political conventions were slick enough, infotainment wedded to stagecraft. This is the traditional tribute to public governance and democratic underpinnings, held every four years to prove that we, the people, are still in charge of our own republic. Many of us know how diluted that influence has become, how stilted the notion that our votes count or that they will even be accurately tallied in a system no longer accountable to provide the iconic "life, liberty and pursuit of happiness" we value so much. There is every indication that the very plutocracy we now recognize all around us controls all but the most minute details of our lives, perhaps even them; that we're becoming a more authoritarian state by the day, our police more brutal, our liberties eroded, our opportunity stifled. We have immense challenges that seem unsolvable — but we have to start somewhere, assessing where we are by stopping to look at where our feet are planted.
That first step, that "somewhere," occurs at these conventions, where we get a sense of our options and the intention of our leaders. This year, much like the last dramatic cultural divide we faced in the 1960's, our choices are stark. It's not much of a stretch to select a side, and we've been told that the votes up for grabs are miniscule, which is not good news in a race so tight. But the Pub convention did not move the needle. It fell flat, even among its own. Reports that Eastwood's talk with the vacant chair was the highpoint of the multi-million dollar Pub spectacle are remarkable, given Romney's supposed track record at rescuing troubled events from obscurity. There seems little or nothing this man or his minions can do to make him likeable, with no bounce from his selection of stalking horse, "lyin' Ryan," or new converts to his business-friendly policy.
We don't know if Obama will get bounce from his event, but he put a bit of it in my step for a day or two. What happened in Charlotte this week was like an all-star game of my favorite sport. Day after day, speakers followed one after another with their little piece of the political puzzle, and it became clear early on how different this convention was from any we'd seen before, not just this year, but ever. This was the most full-throated progressive "do" I remember, with GLTB people wrapped in rainbow flags, women proudly proclaiming choice, Muslim Dems and Sikhs waving placards, large numbers of Latinos supporting the ticket, including young Dreamers who fall under the Presidents' recent umbrella of tolerance. Outshining even the traditional tapestry of political conventions, this was the brightest, most dazzling collection of diverse colors, shapes and interests I've seen collected in one room since Obama's inauguration.
On C-SPAN, without commercials, speakers flowed into one another much like a slide show. I was treated to moving moments like the one in which a young woman praised Obamacare for the life-saving treatment of her little girl, tightly holding her hand on stage while her husband stood by with a toddler in his arms, and the delighted face of a beaming Gabrielle Giffords, haltingly led on stage by her friend and colleague, Debbi Wasserman-Schultz, to lead the convention in an enthusiastic Pledge Of Allegiance. The applause was deafening.
Different aspects of progressive consciousness were addressed: by a 'Nun On The Bus' assuring us we ARE our brother's/sister's keeper, gently demanding a compassionate budget; by the lovely young woman that Rush Limbaugh called a slut assuring us that the Dems are the only party respectful of women's rights, and the only hindrance to the Republican obsession with a return to a regressive past; by the Cuban-American journalist known as the Spanish 'Oprah,' urging her millions of viewers to renew the Dem mantra, "Yes, we can!" We were treated to Massachusetts Governor, Deval Patrick, thundering down at us from the podium to "get a spine" and walk the progressive walk. We stood when Elizabeth Warren assured us that we must change a game that is rigged against us, and that corporations — despite Romeny's claim — are NOT people.
Still, these four long years of two-steps-forward, one-back had taken a toll on us all. It never seemed far from mind that all that had been painstakingly achieved could be rolled back in the blink of an eye. When Obama told a reporter that his "grade" for his first term had to be an "incomplete," the Pubs shouted with glee and ran with it. Poor guy just couldn't do it, they said, couldn't make the grade, couldn't plug the leak or fix the plumbing. A failed president, they said.
But others said it was THEIR fault Obama failed to press forward, shamefully overusing filibuster and then using the agenda-setting power of the House to block all forward motion. Chris Matthews said it best this time, and in something of a loud televised snit, bless him: "For them to criticize the Democrats after leaving this country in hell, and then to come back and to claim it isn't heaven, is insane." Well, yes, but then again, nobody has accused the Republicans of rock-solid sanity for over a decade now.
It was the job of this convention to affirm what had been accomplished in the last four years and make the case for its continuance. Because Obama was the "decider," as it were, the Pubs had managed to weaken his brand, his ability to make good decisions suspect by even some in the middle. So, while the Pub convention was an exercise in amnesia, never mentioning the little Bush that took us to the cliff, Obama's convention became an exercise in defending the last four years and, given the spin-factor, turning it into a plus.
On the first day, Michelle spoke for her husband's heart and populist instincts. On the next night, Big Dog Bill Clinton spoke reassuringly of his policies and political savvy, pushing back Pub obfuscation on several points they had gained traction misrepresenting. On the night of the nomination, Joe spoke for Obama's character and his political courage. All three speeches were touted as barn burners. By the time Barack was called upon to make his speech, most everything had been said and his speech was declared only adequate; on the other hand, an Obama "adequate" is equal to several "astoundings" from other speakers. He made his case.
I'm glad I watched the convention and I'm glad I decided to write about it. We can't afford avoidance and discouragement. I'm glad I allowed my thoughts to be led along the path of populism, my eyes to shed tears of inclusion, empathy and compassion, my heart to blast cynicism away with an opening to collaboration, tolerance and acceptance. I'm pleased that I allowed myself to be touched by the delightful flavors of diversity and youth, a signature completely missing from the Republican convention floor. We haven't taken time to celebrate so much change in these last years! To even note it! We've already 'moved past' so many of the things that seem 'new' this year but resonate as old in our soul — like loving whom we will, like lifting one another up, like expecting fairness and decent wages not as some reward for our performance but because of our mutual human experience, like bending in service to "the least of these" because it's the RIGHT thing, if not the easiest. Change has brought us far — have we noticed?
If the last years have given us anything, it's a sure sense of stagecraft, of theatrical anticipation. Nothing that happened at the Democratic Convention was a surprise, except perhaps the earthquake that opened Wednesday's schedule, when a voice vote was called to approve an addition to the Democratic platform. There was just a skeleton crew in the hall, a handful of delegates filtering in as Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa proposed the addition of a specific reference to "God" and "Jerusalem as the capital of Israel" to the political platform. He took a voice vote for the addition, and then repeated it. The first two votes were loudly in favor of REJECTING the proposal. Calling for a third, with only slightly less difference in volume, he called for inclusion — and the camera panned to voters looking at one another and shaking their heads.
I don't believe this was a rejection of the word God. It was a rejection of Zionism in no uncertain terms. Obama had called for the revised language, no doubt hoping to avoid ill feeling from AIPAC or bullshit from Romney's camp on the eve of a difficult election. Villaraigosa was caught between a rock and a hard spot. It was not a pretty moment, but it was telling. Watching it with my son, I mentioned that we'd seen the quake, the tsunami would follow, and it will. As Gawd is their trump card to all things "secular" and "liberal," we will hear of this again — we unwashed, baby-killing hippies, Gawdless miscreants on the left. This progressive sentiment to be fair arbiters of a Palestine/Israeli peace process was a stumble in the right direction, but a stumble, still, and the only surprise. At least nobody talked to a chair.
Obama didn't tell us a lot about what he wanted to do with the next four years, except complete the projects started in the first four. He DID however, speak to climate change: the first mention in the entirety of this campaign. Let me recommend a read by old yippie activist Tom Hayden that speaks in reasonable tones about Obama's political realities. There are some hints there about what to expect, how we can advocate for a more progressive outcome. Remember, as well, that as Obama himself indicated in his speech, WE are the change, WE are the hope. As such, WE are the future and we will decide all this together, much as we do each day, here at Political Waves and in other websites asking for mind and heart to work in tandem for our own person experience as well as our common good. They are always the same, those two; good to remember, in case there's ever a question.
If you're a liberal and you watched the Dem convention, then you probably got a little battery recharge. Where we want to go in this nation is not alien to Obama, who too often chooses the Establishment's way forward. It's not airy-fairy dreams that we conjure together, our desires represent actual political realities that can only be established if we come together to MAKE them happen. Obama knows this reality, and in his heart of hearts I think he approves it, but when pushing ahead is a hard slog only to move the ball inches, watching it sail over the goal posts seems very far away. Making a better world happen will take heart and courage.
Each of us is beginning to close in on the truth: our own. We'll vote that truth in November as a matter of consciousness. Some are voting for Romney because their pastor told them to, or because the other guy is black. Neither of those reasons really has much to do with us. Some are voting for the incumbent because the possibility of handing over the shrinking middle-class and the struggling lower-class to a man with no appreciation for our respective realities seems unthinkable and in so doing, at least behaving with some caution in a dangerous time. Some are just biding time until the whole world explodes in chaotic need of food, water, sustainable resources and — if you will forgive the candor — that's not only foolhardy, it's selfish. None of these actions show authenticity. None of these lead us to passionate action.
Heart and courage are why we came here to this planet. It's why we step up to be the one lending a hand, the one feeling what others refuse to feel, the one speaking for those with no voice. It takes considerable courage to live the advice our hearts give us because we are the few, listening to that quiet voice. We do not behave in character with others around us, who don't understand why the callous maneuvering of the greedy and mean-spirited affects us so profoundly. They are as yet unable to put themselves in another's shoes, empathize with the plight of others, and that is what the two conventions showed: the choice between living in a world where the takers win, or the inclusive world we want to make for all the citizens of the world.
Here's your take-away. We are so evenly divided, in this nation, and every day someone surprises us by changing their mind. So many of us see the real danger of our inhumanity to one another, now. Take comfort that exposing the darkness hastens the Light!
Everything we see, everything we do these days is refining and redirecting energy, bit by bit, that adds up to more than the sum of its parts. We serve the whole by our willingness to take on these small, difficult feelings and challenges. Who knows? One random feeling, accepted, understood, experienced and released may be the last small piece that breaks the back of a cabal of dark workers half-way across the world, suddenly aware that their selfishness is a form of suicide. Each kindness extended, each exhaled disappointment followed by a deep breath of renewed intention changes our own world, and that of everyone around us. Each little sliver of Light that we usher into this plane changes every possibility for good.
Gandhi tells us that if one person can change, so can others. The theory of the Hundredth Monkey tells us that when that last pivotal individual changes, everyone else will too. What if just one change of mind today — provoked by one extended kindness or one act of forgiveness, one hand extended or criticism swallowed — was that very last thing we were all awaiting? What if our one little piece was the last before the Shift?
What if you woke up one morning and heard the voice that whispered, "Si, su pueda"? Yes, we can. Would you put aside your discouragement and disappointment in the slow, difficult politics of this century? Could you bring your best to the hour, the day, the week? Then let me be that voice, encouraging you past your weariness and despair. For what is better, kinder, more functional and compassionate to each of us on this lovely planet — for what is infinitely larger than the sum of its parts — remember: Yes! We can!


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Mark Meredith
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Mark is from Olympia, Washington, where he owned a small business. In 1995, he sensed God calling him to plant a church in Eagle River, Alaska, which he led for the last 17 years. He earned his Master's degree from Regent College in Vancouver, BC. He recently completed his Doctor of Ministry from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena, CA. Most importantly, Mark strives to deliver Christ's message in a form that honors the authority of Scripture while being relevant to the challenges we face today. Mark and his wife, Patty, have three boys: Aaron, Jesse, and Samuel. Mark enjoys running, fishing, reading and being with people.Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Nick Pringle
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Nick has been a part of the Pine Lake Covenant Church community since January of 2006. He has a degree in Youth and Family Ministries from Trinity Lutheran College and has been doing youth ministry for 5 years prior to being hired. Nick has a heart for students and connecting them to Jesus, and has really found his niche here at Pine Lake Covenant. He has a passion for music, anything crafty and of course Ford Mustangs!Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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Nancy serves as the Pastor of Children and Family Ministries at Pine Lake Covenant Church. She has a huge heart for intergenerational discipleship. She sees her role as coming along side parents to inspire, model, encourage, and equip them in their journey of faith formation in their family. Nancy has three children: Cory, Jacob & Sarah. She is a runner who has completed five half-marathons. She loves the outdoors and travel.Email: email@example.com
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Carol and her family have been part of the PLCC community since 1994. She has served in Children's & Student Ministries, primarily as a Sunday school teacher alongside her husband Mike and currently participates in Missions. Carol joined the staff in 2004 as the Receptionist and is now the Ministries Coordinator. She also serves on the Missions Leadership Team.Email: email@example.com
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