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Torrential rains. Brilliant lightning strikes. Howling winds. These are a few of the unwanted visitors the USC campus can expect during the spring and summer months. Although thankfully rare, tornadoes and weakening hurricanes also have come calling through the years.
And while nasty weather conditions can't be controlled, keeping the USC community safe when they do occur is priority for campus emergency planners.
That's why USC recently became the only college in South Carolina to earn the prestigious StormReady designation from the National Weather Service. Among other things, the designation means USC has the capability to send severe weather alerts to faculty, staff and students, and can monitor oncoming storms through specially trained weather spotters.
"Keeping the community informed about oncoming severe weather is very important," said Vinny Bocchino, Emergency Manager with USC's Division of Law Enforcement and Safety. "One of the good things about going through the StormReady certification is that it validated that our severe weather procedures were on the right track."
The national StormReady program was formed in 1999 and 130 colleges and universities nationwide have earned the StormReady designation. In order to qualify, they must demonstrate that they have the ability to receive notifications directly from the National Weather Service and quickly disseminate information to the community about severe weather.
At USC, flood and severe storm warnings are posted on Carolina Alert website, as well as Facebook and Twitter (@CarolinaAlert). Tornado warnings, which are occur far less frequent, would trigger instant text messages and a campus siren system.
"Geographically, we're fortunate that the downtown area is not as susceptible to tornadoes, in comparison to the flat and low lying areas of Richland County are. Knock-on-wood, we've only had one tornado warning in the downtown area that has affected campus," Bocchino said.
In lieu of generic county weather alerts, USC has the capability to send out warnings tailored specifically to the footprint of USC's campus. Alerts also can specify which areas of campus are most likely to face problems.
While sudden storms can sometimes be exciting, they're also serious business, as evidenced by the devastating tornado that struck Moore, Okla. last month. Nationwide, storms are responsible for an estimated 500 deaths per year and nearly $14 billion in damage.
USC has seen all manner of storm damage, including damage caused by flash floods in the low lying areas on the south side of campus near Rocky Branch Creek. Two weeks ago, several roads were quickly closed off as a powerful storm bore down on campus.
June also is the beginning of hurricane season. And while Columbia would likely be spared the brunt of a hit on the Carolinas, Columbia could still experience high winds, not to mention a mass influx of coastal residents trying to escape the storm.
Students, faculty and staff are strongly encouraged to update their emergency contact information, as well as join the Carolina Alert Facebook and Twitter groups. To learn more about Carolina Alert, and tips on how to remain safe during severe weather, visit www.sc.edu/carolinaalert.


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PORTLAND, OR -- VendScreen Inc. cofounder Glenn Butler has left the company to focus on his existing consulting practice, CTO Services LLC, helping early stage startups. Butler still has ties to VendScreen, which markets the Revolution smart device for vending machines, as an investor, but resigned from the board last month.
"I love the startup culture; it's in my DNA," Butler said. "I learned and grew a lot during my time at VendScreen, developing the VendScreen Revolution, which I think is one of the most innovative products in the vending industry. The Android platform, mobile to mobile communications and cloud backend are all technologies that I am very passionate about."
Earlier in his career, Butler cofounded Streamware, served as president of Cantaloupe, and was vice-president and chief technology officer of Crane Merchandising Systems.
Butler said the future of mobile payments will continue to evolve as other emerging technologies change the way consumers interact with devices, and the way connected devices interact with consumers. In addition to mobile technology, Butler said 3D printing, which his company already uses, is making it easier to rapidly prototype new hardware devices.
"Due to the constantly moving state of the technology, the time is right to focus on some new opportunities, to focus more on the 'Internet of things,' and help mentor other young startups who have a real drive to create something unique," Butler said.
Butler will continue to be part of the National Automatic Merchandising Association's VDI taskforce, whose mission is to promote the integration of hardware and software systems in order to give operators a choice in technology solutions.

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Im wondering if any gyms are interested in getting mma gear including gi's, shorts, gloves, shin guards with there gym logo on it.
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A 15-year-old Australian Beyonce fan has turned herself in an overnight Internet star with a photo she took during a recent concert.
The photo, which captures the girl posing for a selfie and Beyonce "photobombing" her in the background, starting going viral earlier this week.
But it turns out the superstar isn't as gifted with her timing as the photo suggested. The fan wrote up a full confession to her Tumblr page, titling her post "The Truth."
She explained that she actually asked Beyonce to look at the camera and that the singer "posed and smiled as the perfect person she is." The fan also included a link to video footage of the moment, which shows her turning around to speak to Beyonce.
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[QUOTE=SQUAD77;987270]how about we all just shut up and leave keenur, pac, and everyone alone.
each of you focus on your own graff and quit worrying about what other peoples shit looks like so much.
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Found this video of the thoth and some other places around st.catharines on youtube.
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Discussion in 'Draft Zone' started by Bigtommyb, Mar 4, 2013.
I'll consider it in the third, but not in the 2nd.
I feel the same way about McDonald. The guy did everything asked of him, and he did it to the tune of being the defensive player I saw at USC last season, which isn't saying much. I like him. I like his familiarity, and if Kiffin wants him, I am all for it.
Yup. Ill take Swearinger and both Shamarko/Phillip Thomas over him
...I'm with you but there is a VERY good and knowledgeable contingent of posters in this thread that completely disagree with us....it's cool in that the league is the same way. You'll get a few GM's that will really like this kid and a few who won't: time will tell.
Everyone has their own opinions on all these guys and Im sure each GM/Scout/Coach has a unique prospective on each player and how they rank but I have a hard time believing that anyone could have TJ McDonald in their top 50 players.. We pick at 47.
Yup TJ wont make it out of Round 3.
Yea, I didn't watch the combine or keep up with the numbers, but he's a guy I'd consider in round 4 or so.
What games are you talking about? The UCLA game where he was asked to play deep zone and keep everything in front of him (which he did) and made an interception in the endzone? The Oregon game where he was basically played his assignments against the option read and blocked a punt in special teams and nearly created a fumble on a bubble screen on a borderline backwards lateral call by the ref?
I'm also kinda confused how a guy runs a great 6.89 3 cone time with overly slow and unfluid hips at the Combine, when the 3 cone drill specifically tests a players fluidity and ability to turn hips. Sure you didn't have some confirmation bias at play there?
It is a mistake to think that his 40 time does not matter if he is a Safety in a Tampa2.
I don't even know if I'd want him in the 4th.
6.89 is not really a great 3cone time. Of the 9 guys who ran the drill and are listed as FS, 4 guys ran a faster time. Heck, of the 4 who are listed at SS, 2 had better times.
Kinda not seeing what you are seeing here I think.
Heck no...
If we take t.J. I'll be pissed. Too many good Safeties in this draft to take this kid.
I'd rather have Lester from Ala
Jamar Taylor is a guy who might be in play here. Most are thinking about him as a CB and that might be the case but as good as he might be at CB, he might actually project better to Safety. He would be a guy that, if you played him at Safety, could stay on the field and cover, no problem. Or, you could take him and move him out to CB and consider using Carr at Safety.
He could be a guy that is being considered.
and maybe the 5th and 6th too
I've been thinking the same thing about Taylor. Very interesting player.
Any safety that plays in this system better be an absolutely phenomenal tackler, because we're going to be playing a lot of single high and they will be quite literally on an island as the last line of defense. Any coverted CB better be a Rhonde Barber caliber tackling CBs.
I want no parts of TJ McDonald... I'd rather have Robert Lester in the 5th. At least he creates turnovers.
It will be interesting if he is there (whatever round) and the Cowboys decide to pass on him.
It does not truly mean that Kiffin was not that impressed with him.
But it would be interesting if something like that happened to him like it did with Taylor and Pete Caroll.
Well of course we would take Vaccaro if he's there. However he probably wouldn't be? That goes without saying!!!!! As a second rounder who( for a rookie) will be ahead of the curve because of familiarity with Kiffin and defense. I agree if Reid and Elam are there by our second snatch them. I don't think they will be.


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A site that drops sharply into a jungle-like canyon isn't the first place one would think of putting two high-end spec residences. Nor would a well-preserved enclave of Craftsman, Spanish Colonial Revival, and other historic house styles seem a prime location for a decidedly modern project. But first-time developer John Bertsch saw potential in a canyonside lot in San Diego's posh Mission Hills neighborhood, and he detected a hunger for progressive design in the local housing market. He acted on his hunch by hiring San Diego architects Taal Safdie and Ricardo Rabines to create a pair of sleek, single-family houses for the property.
Along with the developer, Safdie, Rabines, and project manager Susan Richard felt the project should take advantage of its unusual site rather than try to overcome it. So they nestled the detached, 2,600-square-foot units' three levels into the steep hillside, minimizing height to preserve the canyon's natural beauty. "The older homes in the area are built on top of the soil," says Bertsch. "We actually cut out the side of the canyon to keep ours as low-slung as possible." Decks off the top two floors supply high-up vantage points, while a terrace on the lower level lets residents see the canyon rising up around them. "We wanted to create outdoor living spaces," says Safdie. "When you have a hillside, that becomes a challenge—you don't want it to be just decks, decks, decks. So we made two types of experiences." The architects won setback variances that allowed them to pull the houses up closer to the street, thus conserving more of the landscape at the rear of the project.
Thanks to the homes' contextual scale and sensitive placement, their design had little trouble winning support from a neighborhood review group. From the street only one story is visible, and an exterior materials palette of cedar and steel-troweled stucco picks up on the wood and stucco elements of the surrounding houses. Landscaping and simple cedar trellises provide privacy on either side of each unit.
Although the development team made one major concession to cost—wood shear walls instead of pricier steel framing—for the most part, they gave the project the same refined treatment a one-off residence would receive. Custom cabinetry and floors of bamboo and scored concrete, for example, grace the interiors. "From an architect's point of view, it was almost like designing two custom homes," says Safdie. "It might not have been quite as specific to someone's living habits, but the developer was very personal about it." The entire endeavor clearly pleased Bertsch. He chose Safdie and Rabines to design his next undertaking—a nearly complete 16-unit condominium building nearby.
project: Lewis Street Homes, San Diego
architect: Safdie Rabines Architects, San Diego
developer: Hip Pocket, San Diego
general contractor: Brian Beeson Construction Management, Solana Beach, Calif.
landscape architect: Nowell & Associates, San Diego
project size: 2,600 square feet per unit
total units: 2
site size: 0.2 acre
construction cost: $208 per square foot
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EO has been quiet lately, but our editors surely haven't. Here's one of my latest, from the New Ledger:
Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim is in Australia this week, speaking on social justice, democracy, and his own legal woes. He has also addressed the recent release of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition politician, declaring that her release will mean nothing until she is permitted to take her place as the elected leader of Myanmar. Anwar has used Suu Kyi's release to attract attention to his own political problems, arguing that Australia ought to speak out in the face of atrocities in both Myanmar and Malaysia:
"But I think they're ill-advised if they proceed in this way…. I'm not suggesting that [the Australian government] should interfere, but they should express their views, they should promote civil society, as a vibrant democracy they've a duty…. But I think the issue of democracy, human rights, rule of law, they're not something that you can just ignore. But I'm of course appreciative of the fact that Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd took time, and we had very, very useful discussions, some issues affecting both countries, and of course my personal predicament. But I always make it a point that they should extend the issue, the issue of freedom, human rights. It goes beyond Anwar's personal case."
The problem here is that "Anwar's personal case" is very different from Suu Kyi's, and Malaysia's political landscape has little in common with Myanmar's.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton neatly sidestepped a messy diplomatic tangle Tuesday when she canceled her plans to meet with Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim. Only time will tell whether her last-minute schedule change adequately conveyed her apparent reluctance to add status to a controversial figure, but one thing is certain — Anwar's anti-Semitic rhetoric and ties to dangerous terrorist finance groups mean he deserves none of the status a visit would have afforded him.
Though Anwar has spent the past decade gathering respect in Washington, his ties to terrorist finance groups like the Muslim Brotherhood clearly falsify his claims to represent the sort of moderate Islam the United States has so eagerly courted. Al Gore's defenses notwithstanding, Anwar is exactly the sort of Islamist radical in moderate's clothing the U.S. must denounce.
Far from being the Malaysian "Voice of Democracy" his website touts, Anwar is in fact the co-founder of, and a trustee at, the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT), an American front organization for the Muslim Brotherhood.
The IIIT has a long history of proven and alleged terrorist finance ties. Just two years ago, for example, Temple University refused funding from the IIIT, citing serious concerns about the organization's terror-financing connections.
In 1991, the Muslim Brotherhood named the IIIT in a list of 29 likeminded "organizations of our friends" that aimed to destroy America and turn it into a Muslim nation.
In 2003, U.S. prosecutors submitted evidence that the IIIT had a hand in funding Sami al-Arian, the convicted Palestinian Islamic Jihad fundraiser. The same document also stated that "IIIT president Taha Jaber al-Alwani once signed a copy of a fatwa declaring that jihad is the only way to liberate Palestine."
And the United States isn't the only nation that has noted the Virginia-based IIIT's problematic ties; in 2007, Malaysian Muslim feminist Zainah Anwar alleged that the organization had indirectly endorsed Islamic polygamy by removing from new translations of the Quran some widely accepted notes on the supremacy of monogamous marriages.
Anwar has done little to disguise his association with the IIIT, even tweeting recently that he was visiting the organization during a trip to the United States. Despite these and other problematic ties, Anwar continues to be a well-loved figure in Washington circles — a fact that Clinton did not hesitate to point out during her tour of Malaysia.
This is surprising, given President Obama's praise for Anwar's political enemies at the ASEAN summit in New York last week. Obama's enthusiastic endorsement of Prime Minister Najib's call for a Global Movement of Moderates should leave no room for Anwar's brand of Islamist extremism, but that hasn't kept U.S. officials from voicing their support of Anwar's cause.


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WOOD DALE, IL -- Namco Entertainment is planning an international chain of upscale restaurant-arcades, according to executive vice-president and chief operating officer David Bishop.
Speaking to Polygon.com, Bishop said Namco is working with an established Kansas City restaurateur on the concept. A prototype location could open in Greater Chicago, Bishop said. No launch date has been set, but the company hopes to make an announcement soon.
Bishop said Namco's 1999 Pac-Man Café in the XS Orlando facility failed but taught the company some valuable lessons.
Namco operates some 20,000 games, rides and attractions across 500 locations in North America and the Caribbean.


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Exodus Chapter 24 - New International Version
1. Then he said to Moses, "Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel. You are to worship at a distance,
2. but Moses alone is to approach the LORD; the others must not come near. And the people may not come up with him."
3. When Moses went and told the people all the LORD's words and laws, they responded with one voice, "Everything the LORD has said we will do."
4. Moses then wrote down everything the LORD had said. He got up early the next morning and built an altar at the foot of the mountain and set up twelve stone pillars representing the twelve tribes of Israel.
5. Then he sent young Israelite men, and they offered burnt offerings and sacrificed young bulls as fellowship offerings [1] to the LORD.
6. Moses took half of the blood and put it in bowls, and the other half he sprinkled on the altar.
7. Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They responded, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."
8. Moses then took the blood, sprinkled it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the LORD has made with you in accordance with all these words."
9. Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders of Israel went up
10. and saw the God of Israel. Under his feet was something like a pavement made of sapphire, [2] clear as the sky itself.
11. But God did not raise his hand against these leaders of the Israelites; they saw God, and they ate and drank.
12. The LORD said to Moses, "Come up to me on the mountain and stay here, and I will give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commands I have written for their instruction."
13. Then Moses set out with Joshua his aide, and Moses went up on the mountain of God.
14. He said to the elders, "Wait here for us until we come back to you. Aaron and Hur are with you, and anyone involved in a dispute can go to them."
15. When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it,
16. and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud.
17. To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.
18. Then Moses entered the cloud as he went on up the mountain. And he stayed on the mountain forty days and forty nights.[read chapter]
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Morris joined effort to downplay President Bush's role in Schiavo case, claimed he "has stepped lightly on the issue"
Following the lead [1] of Fox News host Brit Hume, Fox News contributor Dick Morris attempted to downplay President Bush's involvement in the Terri Schiavo case. In his March 30 column [2] in The Hill, Morris claimed that Bush "has stepped lightly on the issue, and his popularity and effectiveness will not be affected." In fact, Bush and his staff have played a leading role [1] in the case.
Morris's and Hume's statements ignored Bush's unusual and highly publicized actions on the night of March 20. Beyond signing the unprecedented legislation [3] that granted a federal court jurisdiction in the Schiavo case, news reports noted the extraordinary steps Bush took to sign the measure as soon as possible after Congress passed the bill, including his abrupt return to the White House from a vacation in Texas. A March 21 New York Times article [4] noted that Bush "made the rare decision to interrupt his Texas vacation and rush back to Washington to be in place to sign a bill that could restore Ms. Schiavo's feeding tube" and that "the White House said that the issue had become one of 'defending life,' and that time was of the essence." The article further noted that Bush's "dramatic return was seen as a powerful embrace of the 'culture of life' issues of religious conservatives who helped him win the White House in 2004."
Furthermore, the Bush administration helped lawmakers with "technical advice" in drafting the legislation that Bush later signed, and Bush's own Justice Department filed legal arguments in federal court supporting the efforts of Terri Schiavo's parents to have their daughter's feeding tube restored, according to a March 22 New York Times article [5].
Others have noted similar efforts by conservatives to minimize the role that Bush and members of Congress played in passing the legislation. In his March 28 "White House Briefing," Washington Post online columnist Dan Froomkin noted [6] Bush's apparent "retreat into silence" on the Schiavo case following the release of opinion polls showing an overwhelming bipartisan consensus that Bush and Congress should not have intervened, as well as Bush's own recent drop [7] in public approval ratings.
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More of Trey and Essence, hope you like it!
The Stalker Diaries 2
More of Trey and Essence, hope you like it!
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Ummm Entry # 45..."Or what, motherfucker? Huh? What? Whatchu gon do? Huh?" I gave him the hardest push that I could"
Hey Essence, I hope you do get in published because that book will definitely be on pre-order or something of the sort for me lol. Blessing to you, wish you all the best!
Girl I love this story can't wait til the next entry I be waiting for you to put a lot out before I read them, I be wanting to keep reading lol.
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Jesef Williams
The dress. The decorations. Floral arrangements, music and, of course, the cake.
With so much to consider when planning a wedding, an upcoming event aims to help make the task a little easier and less stressful.
The Lancaster County Council of the Arts is hosting "I Do: Ladies Afternoon Out" from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday at the Lancaster Golf Club Fairway Room, 1840 Springs Club Road.
J. Marion Sims Foundation
The J. Marion Sims Foundation Inc. has made about $1.5 million in awards to 10 different community organizations in its adult literacy and responsive grants programs. The foundation awarded the following grants in its adult literacy and basic skills initiative:
u Brooklyn Springs Elementary School, $61,237 two-year challenge grant for its "Home Literacy Trail" family literacy program
J. Marion Sims Foundation
Four community leaders from Lancaster and Chester counties have been re-elected to the board of trustees of the J. Marion Sims Foundation for terms of service that began Oct. 1.
Phyllis B. Bunkley, Dr. R. Malcolm Edwards, Polly C. Jackson, and Pamela Y. Temple were re-elected by the board to three-year terms.
Bunkley, senior vice-president of human resources/training for Founders Federal Credit Union, is a graduate of Kings College and the Credit Union National Association's Human Resource Management School.
Reece Murphy
A special-needs student from Lancaster High School was struck by a car Thursday afternoon after getting off the school bus and Lancaster police are searching for the driver, who drove away.
The incident occurred about 3:35 p.m. in the 400 block of Clinton Avenue as Clarence Houston was helping his 19-year-old granddaughter cross the street after helping her off the bus.
Christopher Sardelli
Lancaster County is one step closer to changing the lines of its seven districts.
As part of the county's redistricting process, which involved incorporating data collected during last year's national Census, Lancaster County Council unanimously approved first reading of a map of new council districts at its recent meeting.
Christopher Sardelli
Investigators are still searching for the cause of a house fire that killed a Lancaster man Saturday night.
Lancaster police officers were the first to notice the fire at 107 ½ N. Market St. at 11:23 p.m., according to a police department press release.
Several officers reported seeing a large amount of smoke pouring from the house, as well as flames shooting from the right side of the home.
Christopher Sardelli
An Indian Land man died Sunday afternoon after his motorcycle collided with a street sign only a short distance from his home.
The crash happened at about 2:25 p.m. on Barberville Road in Indian Land, about three miles east of Fort Mill, said Lance Cpl. Billy Elder with the S.C. Highway Patrol.
The driver, Steven Jones, 29, died from multi-system trauma sustained from the motorcycle wreck, said Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Marie Broome.
Jesef Williams
Can you find real love through a reality television show?
Lancaster native Paige Duke has asked herself that question, as the nation will be able to watch her compete for the attention of a coveted bachelor.
Duke, who made headlines earlier this year after her controversial firing as a Miss Sprint Cup, is one of 22 woman who will appear on "Sweet Home Alabama," a reality series that airs on the CMT cable network.
Reece Murphy
A Lancaster High School student charged with assault and battery earlier in the day later told police he was the victim of an assault by an 11-year-old girl.
Joshua Croxton, 18, of the 1600 block of Caroline Court, was charged with third-degree assault and battery on Sept. 28 for assaulting a fellow student on the school bus, according to a Lancaster Police Department incident report.
University of South Carolina Lancaster
To help kick off S.C. Archaeology Month, which is October, Christopher Judge, instructor of anthropology and Native American studies at the University of South Carolina Lancaster and co-director of the Johannes Kolb Archaeological and Education Project, will present a public lecture on Thursday.
Judge will present the free lecture, "Fifteen Years at the Johannes Kolb Site – Archaelogy and Education," at 6 p.m. in Stevens Auditorium at USCL.
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At the center of any project management approach—agile, or otherwise—is the plan: the list of tasks that your team is working on during an iteration. In addition to providing the team a focus, the plan also can help developers identify the goal of a coding episode [1], prioritize their work, and inform design and implementation decisions.
As a team, it is useful to be able identify how well an iteration tracked to the plan, both for retrospection and future planning. Being able to answer questions like "How much coding did we need to do to implement a feature?" and "Did we do much work beyond what we planned?" is useful in a retrospective to improve your process. Having an easy way to identify what work went into implementing a feature helps future planning by make it easier to estimate similar features.
Once the team is coding, version-management systems are at the center of a development team's collaboration process. You can use the version-management system in collaboration with your task-tracking process to help both developers and teams focus on high-value tasks by associating each commit to the version-control system with the work items for an iteration. If done correctly, this can help you work more productively. If done incorrectly, it can slow teams down and even distract from goals.
The Plan
A prerequisite to having a tracking and planning process is to have a plan. A plan need not be heavyweight, and the planning process need not take an undue amount of time. Some developers—and even managers—consider planning a roadblock to actually "getting things done." But planning is an essential part of getting the right things done. Planning is simply identifying possible work, prioritizing it, and committing to the group of items to work during a development iteration.
The list of items for an iteration (the backlog) gives the team a focus. While having a plan does not preclude changes, it makes it clearer when there are changes, and enables all of the stakeholders to understand what to expect. The plan, then, is a list of backlog items that identify items of interest to stakeholders.
The plan provides a framework for the development team's day—from deciding what to work on, to deciding what is worth discussing in the team's daily scrum (if you use Scrum). A useful way to help team members focus on the goal of delivering items off the backlog is to have a rule that, when committing code, you need to associate the commit as being part of an item off of the backlog.


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Q3 2015rnrnWe have longstanding engagements with several Brazilian companies and have recently been on the ground to continue our dialogue.rnrnCorruption scandalrnA large corruption scandal involving government officials and one of the world's largest companies – state-controlled energy company Petroleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) – engulfed Brazil in 2014 and 2015. Senior Petrobras officials that were appointed by political parties in the ruling coalition government are alleged to have been bribed by large construction firms in return for over-inflated contracts, which in turn are said to have helped fund political campaigns. The investigation into so-called Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato) has accused over 100 people of corruption, money laundering and other financial crimes, including many politicians.rnrnGovernancernSince the corruption allegations surfaced, Petrobras has been under pressure from the public, media and shareholders to get its house in order and has taken significant steps to improve its governance and compliance in an attempt to restore investor confidence. The company has appointed independent directors to its board to replace the previous government ministers, something we had long been pressing for in our engagement because we felt that the board had neither been fulfilling its oversight function nor challenging management. The appointees included an independent chair, the first non-government official to lead the board in 12 years, marking a sharp contrast in the board to that of the past.rnrnTogether with other shareholders, we were heavily involved in the selection of two minority shareholder representatives and were pleased that Petrobras published their names ahead of its AGM. We subsequently supported their successful election. Given their rich expertise, we believe these new shareholder-appointed directors will help raise the level of discussion and improve the decision-making on the board, thus increasing the chances of the company acting in the best interests of all its shareholders. The company also added independent members to its fiscal council, which is charged with overseeing audit issues. The new composition of the board and the relative ease with which we were able to nominate and ratify the minority shareholder representative director candidates indicate a meaningful shift in board composition and quality at Petrobras and a significant step towards its depoliticisation.rnrnFurthermore, to create a strong compliance function in the company, a chief compliance officer was appointed who has been tasked with putting in place a compliance programme. In our meeting with him, we examined the progress made since the creation of the compliance division in early 2015. Having pressed Petrobras to implement a robust compliance culture since the outset of the corruption scandal in 2014, we are pleased that a credible compliance programme has been devised and were assured that senior management and the board are committed to its speedy implementation although a change in culture – particularly in a company with 20,000 accredited suppliers and 86,000 employees – takes time to take effect. We will monitor the implementation closely to ensure that the reforms are effective and sustainable in the long term. We also offered examples and contacts of companies that underwent significant change of culture after being affected by corruption, to facilitate an exchange of best practice.rnrnPublic policy effortsrnAt the same time – albeit unrelated to the corruption scandal – pressure for good governance is increasing in the public policy sphere.rnrnThe fifth version of Brazil's Corporate Governance Code is under review and expected to be published in the fourth quarter of 2015, which we addressed when meeting the organisation responsible for the code, the independent Brazilian Institute for Corporate Governance. While the code is voluntary, a discussion is underway to see whether the principle of one-share one-vote embedded in it could be made more flexible, given that it is common in Brazil to have two classes of shares – voting and non-voting shares – although only companies abiding by the one-share one-vote principle have recently been listed on Brazili's stock exchanges. In our consultation response we reinforced our view in favour of one-share one-vote.rnrnMeanwhile, Brazil's market regulator CVM has been debating enforcement of the country's Corporate Governance Code via a comply- code will have to sufficiently explain their reasons for non-compliance. In addition, the BM&F Bovespa stock exchange has launched a public consultation for a voluntary code for state-controlled companies. If the draft is implemented, companies will be scored against a points systemfor good governance structures to obtain a seal of approval.rnrnThe Brazilian parliament is also discussing a draft bill aimed at statecontrolled companies, although many, such as the Association of Capital Market Investors AMEC, have come out against enforcement by law. The overwhelming opinion seems to be that Brazilian legislation is sufficient but that the problem lies with enforcement.rnrnDam constructionsrnThe construction of the Belo Monte dam on the Xingu river in northern Brazil has been controversial and attracted strong criticism from NGOs, the media and the public. The consortium building the Belo Monte dam – Norte Energia – for example, had been accused of failing to obtain free, prior and informed consent from the indigenous tribes affected by that construction. Although Norte Energia significantly invested in the mitigation of environmental and social risks, communication with the stakeholders was not effective.rnrnWith new dams proposed to be built on the Tapajós river in the North of Brazil – again to provide Brazil's growing population with clean energy – we visited Eletrobras, the company involved, to see whether any lessons had been learned from Belo Monte.rnrnAlthough any construction projects undertaken – especially as they typically take place in remote areas – will always have some impact on the environment or communities on the ground, in our engagement with companies we urge them to minimise that impact and the associated risks by putting in place appropriate mitigation measures. In the past, projects had a severe impact on their locations, for example by requiring big reservoirs, flooding of a significant area and a large number of workers. More recent projects have managed this more carefully. Equipment was typically transported to the construction site on purpose-built roads. Now, to minimise environmental and social impacts, the materials are moved to the site by river barges whenever possible. Furthermore, although the construction schedule for the dams in the Tapajós river depends on many factors – such as a period of consultation by the government – Eletrobras has already been engaging intensively with local communities on the developments and informing them about the dams and hydroelectric power plants, which included the preparation of communication materials to indigenous communities in their own language. A preliminary environmental impact assessment has been submitted to the authorities and was met with criticism from some NGOs.rnrnUnlike in the past, a new town will not be purpose-built in the area to accommodate employees and their families. Workers will instead be required to live at buildings on the construction site by themselves, preferably in the area to be flooded post-construction when the reservoir is formed, thereby affecting a much smaller amount of land.rnrnIn addition, this time a population of only 800 is expected having to be relocated, a significantly lower number than at the Belo Monte project. Eletrobras acknowledged that it could improve its communications with stakeholders. It has enhanced disclosure in its 2014 sustainability report, particularly in terms of environmental and social indicators by following the 3.1 guidelines set by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI). It told us that the 2015 sustainability report, to be published in early 2016, will follow GRI 4 and include targets for greenhouse gas emissions and water consumption for the following five yearsrnrnAfter expressing concern about disclosure and reporting in previous engagements, we were pleased to see the progress made.rnrnWe pressed Eletrobras' environmental and social risk team to adopt best practices in its relationship with the communities affected by the project and in the reporting of performance. The company has established an environmental and social risk committee aimed at sharing best practice. Furthermore, Eletrobras has attempted to be transparent by disclosing any action it takes to stakeholders, something we continue to strongly encourage.rnrnDisaster preparednessrnOverall, a lot of work has been undertaken by Brazilian companies on environmental issues and disaster preparedness. We were assured that Petrobras has taken extra measures to make its disaster response more effective, as a result of the lessons learned from two big accidents it incurred in 2000, BP's 2010 Macondo spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the increased complexity of its new deep water fields. In addition to its large in-house capabilities, upgrading and investing in safety measures to mitigate the risk of oil spills,rnrnPetrobras joined the Oil Spill Response and Subsea Well Response projects, together with eight other international oil companies, which have invested in intervention equipment that can be deployed around the world. This includes four capping stacks – the equipment that ultimately stopped the Macondo spill and one of which is located in Brazil – three containment toolkits – again one of which is based in Brazil – and a stock of dispersants. Petrobras' own structure is equally robust, with a 500-strong response team based in 25 cities, equipped with barriers and dispersants ready to be dispatched during any accidents. In addition, it has 40 oil spill response vessels to cover its offshore platforms. Given the scale of its oil and gas production and deep water construction vessels in the country, these measures are crucial. The company has not had any major spills since 2000 and incurred 32 small spills, amounting to 437 barrels only, in 2014.rnrnIn a meeting with Petrobras' environmental and climate change team, we challenged the company's strategy towards the possible impact of climate change in its operations and pressed for greater transparency and better reporting. We were pleased with the various initiatives aimed at reducing flaring, greenhouse gas and other atmospheric emissions, and at increasing energy efficiency. Petrobras has also improved the quality of its reporting of environmental indicators, which has been an importantrnrnitem on our engagement agenda with the company. It has started a detailed mapping of climate change scenarios across the various regions of Brazil. As the work is in its early stages, we agreed to monitor progress, particularly the adaptation and mitigation actions that may result from it, and to convey to the board the need to ensure there are enough resources allocated to the project, given its budget constraints.rnrnAs companies have to make cuts in the wake of falling commodity prices, we continue to seek to ensure that their environmental and social risk management is not compromised. Despite the pressure they are under, we have gained a sense of commitment to good risk management practices from Brazilian companies.
Chicken management is like fund management
Setting the scene
Brazil is the largest country in South America in terms of territory and population. Due to its natural resources and large labour pool, Brazil became Latin America's economic powerhouse in the 1970s before negative growth rates and financial crises impacted the country in subsequent decades. Its economy picked up again following the consolidation of the three pillars of fiscal responsibility, inflation targeting and floating exchange rate in the 1990s. Brazil was one of the first emerging markets to recover from the global financial crisis but has since experienced the end of the commodities super-cycle and a downturn in the economy. Natural resources – from farmland, water and forests to onshore and offshore oil and gas exploration – have continued to be the focus of many of the country's largest companies, which, although some of them remain controlled by the state, attract international investors.


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If you want something badly enough you set out to get it, whatever 'it' may be. It can take time, but with the right level of dedication and determination the prize can often be realised. The same can be applied when looking at a successful business development programme.
I know this as it's what people say most of all when they feedback; 'Your persistence has paid off' is a familiar retort, and it's all good. People like the persistence – it's respectful and not repetitive, where communication is well thought through and where previous insight gleaned from initial conversations has been considered. Also, it shows a genuine desire and if the reasoning stacks up, progress will happen in time when a requirement for your services is on the horizon.
We apply persistence in different ways. We're creative, we think of our audience (age, personality, outlook etc) and what is likely to grab our target's attention (a call, email, InMail, Tweet, video link, event invitation, letter, creative mailer, on occasion even cupcakes…). Then, once we've made that impression, we stay front of mind (if the timing is a little off and progress can't be made immediately). A few successful examples include;


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