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Interview Question: Describe a Day in the Life
I recently conducted an interview for a managerial position and one question I wish I had asked was "Describe a day in the life of this role".
I thought of this later as I was driving, but I really like this question for a managerial or leadership type role since it allows the interviewer to hear the candidate's understanding of the responsibilities and expectations of the role. On the flip side, it also allows the interviewer to clearly communicate expectations and responsibilities to close any gaps or identify discrepancies.
A discussion around this hypothetical exposes bits and pieces of a candidate's experience as well such as how the candidate has contributed to teams in the past, how the candidate structures a work day, and the type of workload a candidate has had in the past and how he or she expects that workload to be in a new position.
It achieves the above in relatively concrete terms as it asks a candidate to lay out how they imagine they will function in a particular role and environment and how they envision their time being spent.
This is definitely one to include in your repertoire.
5 Pitfalls to Software Project Failure
Poorly Controlled Scope
Scope is enemy number 1; it is the amorphous blob that threatens to consume and grow until it is an uncontrollable monster, swallowing all of your carefully planned man hours.
Increases in scope are often the result of failure to manage the customer and expectations. In any given project, there are only so many levers that can be used to control the successful delivery and it is up to the skilled project manager or client interface to toggle these levers of team size, timelines, requirements, and so on.
The worst is when growth of scope originates from within the team as it is a form of cancer that only causes teams to compromise on quality to meet timelines promised to the customer. You see, when scope creep originates from the customer, there is a certain expectation that of course, costs will increase or timelines will need to be shifted. After all, they are asking you to do more than was initially agreed upon. But when new scope originates from the team itself, the customer will not readily accept this delay.
The cost of scope increases is often not well accounted for. A change that takes a developer 2 days to make will cause ripples that force test teams to adjust their scripts, documentation teams to update their documents, and possibly trigger expensive regression testing.
Smart teams and leaders will understand that these can be controlled, in many cases, by simply creating a roadmap and understanding that desired features and capabilities that don't fit into existing timelines can be added to "v.next".
(Over) Reliance on Manual Effort
To a certain extent, software engineering requires raw manpower to execute large projects that require many hundreds of thousands of lines of code and lots of moving parts.
But within the lifecycle of a project, there are many activities that can be simplified by the use of automation. Teams must judiciously balance the cost and effort of the automation versus the savings gained, but more often than not, even a little bit of automation is better than none. It's crazy to think that it was once the case that all phone calls were manually routed between parties.
Nowadays, the idea seems crazy! Imagine if the billions of people on this Earth were to rely on the same processes to connect phone calls today!
Testing is a great example where failure to automate creates a bottleneck to progress. It increases the cost of changes and bug fixes because it increases the cost of regression testing. Make the regression testing virtually free and the cost of introducing changes (whether small scope creep for critical bug fixes) is decreased dramatically.
Technologies like Selenium WebDriver and Visual Studio's built in tooling make it possible to achieve significant gains in productivity when it comes to testing. Don't let excuses hold your team back.
One skilled test automation engineer is worth her weight in gold!
Poor Communication and Collaboration
Strong and open channels of communication are critical for the success of projects, especially so when some or all of the resources are remote.
The flow of information and feedback from the customer to the design and engineering teams must be swift and clear so that expectations are known and any roadblocks can be communicated back. Engineering teams will often have insights into the challenges and nuances of a customer's input and it can be dangerous to agree to timelines or make promises without clearly engaging the teams executing the implementation. Ideas that seem simple on paper or in concept can require massive engineering changes or sacrifices to achieve and not properly estimating this work is a common pitfall.
Demarco and Lister's Peopleware offers excellent insight into how to foster better communication and collaboration between teams.
Often, one of the simplest solutions is to simply talk to each other instead of using emails, chat messages, and worst of all: assumption ("Oh, I thought you already knew that"; we've all heard that one before!). Get in front of a whiteboard and draw out ideas, deadlines, goals, and so on. Go out to eat lunch together. Plan team activities that engage everyone. Make sure that everyone is on the same page on a professional level as well as a personal level.
Not Keeping Your Eyes on the Prize
It's easy for a team to get distracted and lose their focus on the goals of the project and the conditions of victory.
It is therefore critical that teams focus on a goal-oriented approach to the delivery of software projects. This is a mind-set that scales up from daily scrums to weekly reviews and so on. Even a short coffee break can be used to re-orient a wandering team member towards the goal posts. Small, daily victories can help teams build momentum and continuously align towards the long term milestones.
It's important that individuals and teams know, at any given time, what is expected of them and what the priorities of the project are. This allows individuals to make decisions autonomously and with little managerial overhead as they understand how to align themselves with the goals of the project and team. Clear communication of goals allows any misunderstandings to surface early by pinning expectations to milestones -- be they simply daily ones, weekly ones, or project level milestones.
Teams and leaders that are poor at communication and collaboration will often lose their focus on the prize because there is a lack of understanding about shifting goals and priorities; there is a dependence on assumption instead of clearly aligning all parties to a set of well-defined conditions of victory. These anti-leaders will focus on the tasks instead of the goals; it should be the other way around - focus on the goals and derive your tasks from them.
Unwillingness to Compromise
Teams must always be ready to compromise because this is the real world where timelines and successful delivery of usable software matters, but people also have families and life outside of work. Unplanned circumstances arise that challenge the best laid blueprints.
If it is discovered that a feature will negatively impact performance of the system in the current architecture, compromise must be made on either the feature or the timelines to ensure that the desired capability can be delivered as usable software.
If unforeseen circumstances eat into the project timelines, compromise must be made to clearly redefine the scope and conditions of victory.
This is the real-world; man-hours are not unlimited and an unwillingness to compromise when necessary leads to poor quality as a team pushes to make up time.
In many cases, it is a bitter pill to swallow as it may mean telling a customer that a feature must be delayed or built into the next release, but I find that more often than not, openness and clearly communicating these issues as early as reasonable is productive and allows for rational decision making.
An Alternate Meaning for FOCKED
Eric Brechner came up with one of my favorite acronyms of all time in software development: FOCKED.
I want to add an alternate: Failure to Orchestrate Collective Knowledge Effectively for Delivery.
Successful delivery of software requires that different members of the team come together and understand the goals that have to be achieved and the priorities of those goals.
It's as simple as communicating to the team on a regular basis (no more than once a week, but maybe at least once a month):
- where we are,
- where do we want to go,
- when do we have to get there,
- how are we getting there,
- who's driving
It can make the whole process of delivery of software much less stressful and maybe more successful simply by aligning all of the stakeholders periodically.
Hey, maybe you learned this in some fancy MBA class or something, but I'm starting to appreciate -- more and more -- that the real secret to successful delivery of software is driving the successful collaboration and communication of people and alignment of all pieces to a strategy, vision, or goal. Having a bunch of smart, capable people doesn't help you much if no one knows what's going on.
The Importance of Scope (and How To Ship It!)
One of the lessons I've been mulling about the past few weeks is the importance of scope when delivering software.
Delivery of software can be thought of as a balancing act between three buckets:
- Time - this is the schedule and how much time you have to complete the work.
- Money - this includes everything from spending on more resources, better resources, tooling support, and so on
- Requirements - this defines what you're building
These are the three basic buckets that constrain the scope of what can be done and they react to each other in different ways. If there are more requirements or the requirements are inflexible, then it necessitates more time or money or both. If both requirements and time are inflexible, then more money will be required to achieve the goals within those limits. If money is constrained (less resources), then you must allow more time to deliver the requirements or trim the requirements.
Having been in consulting and in software development, each project has different priorities on which is more important and these priorities drive the sizing, cost, and pace of the project.
But in software development, I think one thing that I think many folks -- even experienced individuals -- get wrong is the fixation and inflexibility on requirements. I think that requirements are really much more fluid in software development projects as compared to contract-driven consulting projects. The reason is simple: in software development, the assumption is that there will always be another version and there will always be another point release; this is exactly what roadmaps are for.
Plan a solid roadmap and if you don't get a particular feature or capability in this release, you and your customers should have a good idea of which release it will be in down the road.
Some tend to lose sight of this and think that all features must be shipped in a constrained timeline. I think this is a losing proposition that forces a team to compromise on quality by artificially forcing requirements into a release when the reality is that there are often really critical features that must be delivered and there are nice to have features that would be great if they could be delivered. Teams and leaders without discipline and a focus on the criteria of success will have a difficult time discerning the two and lump nice-to-haves right alongside the critical work items. This is a recipe for failed projects, missed deadlines, and poor quality.
The reality is that software rarely comes out fully baked unless you're NASA launching a space mission worth billions of dollars and you only get one shot; most teams are not under such otherworldly constraints. There will always be something that could be better or easier to use or some missing feature discovered along the way or some new idea. The trick for teams that succeed is being about to create boundaries on what is needed now.
Apple shipped 7 versions of iOS before adding support for third party keyboards and NFC.
NPR's first mobile site was terrible (I don't have a screenshot of it, unfortunately), but at least they shipped it and their audience could use it and now they've evolved it to be a clean, responsive web site.
Here's what the an early version of Facebook looked like:
And Amazon:
Microsoft shipped Azure without support for virtual machines until 2013.
But what if instead of new features, we're talking about bugs or design flaw? There is an important calculus at play here and I think that one way to think about it is like this: if there is a bug or design flaw that is preventing increased growth in userbase or revenue, then that takes precedent over any other bug or design flaw that is in the shipped system. Think about it this way: if you ship four versions of the software with the bug or design flaw, chances are, you can probably ship a fifth without addressing it (of course, this is not always the case, especially if the flaw is related to security). But if a bug or design flaw is stopping adoption or holding back revenue, then that flaw automatically becomes the most critical focus for a release.
The point is that in software product development, more often than not, the winning strategy isn't to get it perfect (as much as Steve Jobs would have you believe that he got it perfect each time, the fact that there was a next release meant that it was intrinsically not perfect -- there was always something to improve or add); it's to get it out and ship it and acknowledge that there will be a future release to add features or other improvements. This really allows the team to focus on what's critical now and get it out the door and on time.
To that end, roadmaps are important as a communication tool and a lever for controlling scope because it gives customers visibility and a sense of certainty that while feature X is missing in this release, in 3 months, it'll be in the next point release. It's important because it helps manage the requirements bucket; without a roadmap, the tendency of the team and customers -- in my observations -- will be to assume that every requirement is critical. It's a purely psychological notion because the lack of the roadmap makes it difficult to allow the team to offload some ideas and lesser requirements so that the team can focus on the requirements that are truly necessary to ship it. Without the concrete notion of The Next Release, the feeling will be that everything must be crammed into this release.
Ultimately, I think that for software development teams to successfully ship software -- given the typical constraints of time, money, and requirements -- it's important to be able to take a critical eye to the requirements and really be able to categorize and define the scope of what is critical versus what is nice to have. A clear roadmap is an important tool to help teams organize work and thoughts as well as communicate intent to customers.
Leadership and Innovation
From Peopleware, 3rd Edition:
The propensity to lead without being given the authority to do so is what, in organizations, distinguishes people that can innovate and break free of the constraints that limit their competitors. Innovation is all about leadership, and leadership is all about innovation. The rarity of one is the direct result of the rarity of the other. (p. 101)
Thoughts on Successful Team Management
Reflecting on the past year and a half, I've come to some conclusions on how development teams can be successful in delivering software. I don't think any of them are major or relevatory, but I think each team and each project has a different take on the same ideas. Here are mine:
Iterate, Quickly
During our active build phase, we release a new build every week and each build is functional software that incrementally incorporates requirements and defect fixes from previous builds. This has given us the benefit of allowing our customer to preview the software and help us identify flaws or areas requiring additional clarity in the requirements continuously and early in the process.
It might sound insane, but it is possible to release weekly builds because our solution incorporates a heavy dose of automation where it counts on many levels.
- We've removed raw SQL from the equation, relying purely on FluentNHibernate and NHibernate to automatically generate our schema
- We've invested in building tools to automate the export and re-import of configuration and data, allowing us to easily and quickly reset our development environments entirely with standard test data (bonus: the same tool allows us to move configuration and data from environment to environment)
- We've invested in idiot-proofing our installs so that they are boiled down to a few scripts
- We've built automated build scripts that package everything up neatly and even FTPs a build to our integration and test environments
- Our domain data model is 90% generated automatically from content schemas (SharePoint content types) which we have to create anyways.
Because of the automation, tasks which would otherwise be expensive are cheap to execute.
It also cuts down on mistakes and missed steps.
Meet Infrequently
Our team is 100% geographically dispersed with developers and team members in Vietnam, Mexico, Virginia, New Jersey and California.
But relatively speaking, we meet very infrequently. Two development team meetings a week: one at the start of the week -- our "A" meeting -- and one towards the end of the week -- our "B" meeting. We use the "A" meeting to discuss our deliverables for the week and the "B" meeting to discuss the outcome of our weekly sprint walkthroughs, any adjustments that need to be made, and so on.
We also use these sessions as show-and-tell to let everyone see the progress and changes being made by different team members as well as to inform of upcoming breaking changes and mitigating actions required downstream.
Otherwise, developers are encouraged to have long spans of uninterrupted work time instead of constantly being pulled into meetings. One-on-one sessions and communications occur as necessary, but this recipe has been very successful in minimizing the amount of time the team spends huddled up in conference calls and gives everyone more time to solve problems.
Meet with a Purpose
Every meeting should have an agenda and an outcome (an action, decision, or an issue for followup). Demand a bullet-listed agenda when someone sends you a meeting request and provide one if you need to schedule a meeting. Ensure that the goal and outcome of the meeting is clear for all parties and schedule new meetings to resolve items not on the agenda or do not contribute to the outcome.
Additionally, create a record of every meeting. Who attended? What was covered? What was not covered? What was left open? What are the action items? Ensure that this record is easily accessible (wiki or forum system is perfect for recording these details) and email a copy to all participants and other relevant parties to ensure that everyone has the same understanding of what was just discussed. This basic task can often clear up misunderstandings before they become systemic issues. I take the burden on myself to record and followup with major bullet points from the meetings and it's saved my butt many times when following up with customers.
This is the simple art of not running a terrible meeting.
Lead by Example
A bit of career advice for those with a passion for software development: never remove yourself from the process of creation.
I have witnessed it as the career ladder moves individuals up and up, further from the pure act of creation that is software development. For those of us who feel invigorated when we solve a difficult programming task, for those of us who feel a great rush of exhilaration when a machinery of thousands of lines of code executes in harmony, it is our burden to tinker, to learn, and to create.
When you "ascend" from developer to architect or team lead or such, never leave your passion for creation behind; authority flows naturally from understanding, knowledge, and mastery -- not just a title.
I was inspired to reflect on this by an interview with James Dyson in Wired:
Wired: Now that Dyson is a sprawling, multinational corporation, how do you keep the spirit of innovation alive?
Dyson: We try to make the corporation like the garage. We don't have technicians; our engineers and scientists actually go and build their own prototypes and test the rigs themselves. And the reason we do that—and I don't force people to do that, by the way, they want to do it—is that when you're building the prototype, you start to really understand how it's made and what it might do and where its weaknesses might be. If you merely hand a drawing to somebody and say, "Would you make this, please?" and in two weeks he comes back with it and you hand it to someone else who does the test, you're not experiencing it. You're not understanding it. You're not feeling it. Our engineers and scientists love doing that.
As a team lead, never just be a middle man with the developers and requirements; be an active participant in the process. Work on the hard problems. Understand the creation process and understand the challenges of the team from the bottom up and build your authority from your ability to innovate and solve problems.
If you watch shows like Iron Chef or Chopped, every one of the judges and every one of the Iron Chefs can be considered the vanguard of their craft and it is from there that their authority flows. You would not watch Iron Chef if all the Iron Chefs did was design the menu and then watch their team cook. You would not trust the judges on Chopped if they weren't great chefs in their own right that understood the ingredients, the techniques, and the skill required to pull off a dish.
The better you understand the system, the better you understand your team, the more effective you will be in understanding the root cause of an issue and how to route defects within the team.
Push Your Team Incrementally
As a young developer, I always found great satisfaction in solving new problems and new challenges. I think it's important that throughout the process, you push your team members and give them tasks that challenge their knowledge and abilities to push them just a little bit.
Of course, there will be plenty of mundane code and defect fixing, but don't box in your team members intellectually. Understand their capabilities individually and push them to try things that are just beyond their current level of capability, understanding, and comfort zone. This will keep them engaged and improve their skills to boot.
Invest in Code Quailty, Especially Early On
It's a lot easier to write good code earlier on in the process than it is to come in and try to refactor later on. Additionally, code written early on tends to be reused more often and patterns and solutions are copied by other developers later on. So early in the process, it is important to keep code quality in mind and correct bad behaviors since the most influential code will be written earlier in the process rather than later.
What this means is that detailed code reviews are far more important at the beginning than at any other time in the project. If you can correct bad programming practices or show a developer a better, more modular way of writing a piece of functionality early on, she will carry that knowledge throughout the project.
We rarely do code reviews now (1 year in) as I focused heavily on working one-on-one with developers as they joined the team to ensure that the code was up to standards. I frequently rejected code and asked developers to rewrite whole pieces of functionality to help them understand why one design was better than another.
Put Your Best Developers on Your Least "Visible" Code
What this boils down to is the framework level components. Your best developers should be working on the deepest innards of the system that power what the rest of the developers do at the presentation and business logic layers. This code will be the most invoked and the most reused so it is important that it is:
- Easy to use and as intuitive as the platform you are working on
- Well structured and object oriented to reduce repetition of code and code complexity
- Well documented with abundant examples -- your best developers must embody and practice whatever best practices have been designated
Do not waste your best developer's time with defect fixes (unless there is sufficient bandwidth), even if they can do it better than anyone else on the team because it will throw off the balance of the team (your more junior developers might not be able to fix a low level defect as quickly, but there are many design issues and higher priority defects that they cannot solve effectively yet).
Document, Document, Document
Early on in our process, I had to decide between a wiki system or a Word document for our documentation. Because of the fast, iterative nature of the project, I decided to use a wiki/forum system as it was more flexible and -- in a sense -- more "visible".
While our formal documentation is trailing, it is easy to assemble it from our weekly sprint guides which document every new feature with screenshots, details, and examples.
But at any given time, our customer and our delivery partner can load up the wiki and see exactly when we delivered a feature, how to install and configure the feature, how to use the feature, and so on. By putting it all out there in lock-step with the weekly delivery, it is easy to ensure that the entire team is aware of the status of the project and progress being made and allows test teams to progress iteratively so that by the end of the project, most features have been tested for weeks.
Mid ways through the project, we moved from "status" focused meetings to "demo" focused meetings where we would do a weekly writeup and walkthrough of what changed, what was added, and what was fixed. It also allowed for open forums for test and business teams to ask questions and get clarifications.
This approach has allows the customer to see progress and the customer will never be surprised at the end of the project as they will have seen the progress and documentation update on a weekly basis.
So far, we have done well with these basic guiding principles.
I'm sure I will revise and add to my own lessons learned as the project continues, but I think that this is a good starting point!
Reverse Technical Interviews
One of the things I've had to do quite often in the last few years is conduct technical interviews.
It's always a challenge as of course, if you want to make sure that a resource is technically competent in specific tasks or role for which you are resourcing, that's pretty easy; just ask questions oriented around those tasks that they will be responsible for. But what if you want to assess an individual's broader technical competency of and experience with a platform?
As a technically oriented guy myself, it's very easy to inject my bias and my core knowledge into the equation and I think that typically makes for a bad interview. There are always many things that I know well and many things that I don't know well for any given platform. So how can I go about measuring a candidate's competency without injecting my own knowledge and experience bias?
As an addendum, for technical interviews, it's sometimes difficult to come up with a good set of questions that are "fair". I don't think it's fair to ask obscure questions for which few folks would know off the top of their head, but would have no problem solving with Google and StackExchange, for example. I also don't like to ask brain-bender type questions as I don't find the outcome of those questions to be generally useful in evaluating technical expertise.
One approach is to ask open-ended design type questions. "Given this platform, how would you design a solution to meet requirement X?" "What are the benefits of approach U versus approach V for modeling this data?" These are okay, but I find that I often get clouded by situational bias. What I mean by that is that I tend to think of problems I've solved in the recent past or problems that I'm working on now. But I know that many of these design issues took me days if not weeks of research, prototyping, experimenting, and discussion to settle upon -- it simply doesn't seem fair to ask a candidate to produce a response on the spot. It's worth something, I guess, if they are able to come up with the same solution (or a better one!), but if they can't, does one hold that against them?
So in thinking about these issues, I think one good approach is to go with a reverse technical interview. What this means is that I ask the candidate to produce a list of technical and design questions for me for the interview. My thought is that this allows me to turn the bias that I would otherwise have into a tool because they will have the same biases. They will tend to ask questions around what they've worked on, what hard problems they've solved, and what experience they have. This seems like a much more dynamic approach and would seem to provide more valuable insight...I think. It's one thing to list a skill or a technology on your resume, but it's another thing to be able to ask deep, challenging, technical questions around it.
As a bonus, being able to come up with and ask good questions is itself a valuable skill.
Home Office 2011 Edition
Finally got around the cleaning up my office (after 4 years...) . Love the way it turned out and much more work space with much less clutter.
For reference, this is what it looked like previously.
Isaacson on Jobs on Craftsmanship
From an NPR interview with Walter Isaacson, Jobs' biographer:
On Jobs' father, who rebuilt cars, and held design and craftsmanship in high regard:
"He would show Steve the curve of the designs and the interiors and the shapes ... and even have pictures of the cars he liked the most in the garage. He put a little workbench in the garage, and he said, 'Steve, this is now your workbench.'
"One of the most important things he taught Steve was [that] it's important to be a great craftsman, even for the parts unseen. When they were building a fence, he said, 'You have to make the back of the fence that people won't see look just as beautiful as the front, just like a great carpenter would make the back of a chest of drawers ... Even though others won't see it, you will know it's there, and that will make you more proud of your design.'"
I can't begin to compare myself to Jobs, but I think this is a value that's important to me, personally, from a software development perspective. There is an aesthetic and a beauty to well written code or framework not to mention the pride of the author in crafting a clear, concise, and elegant design -- even in the "parts unseen" by the end user.
I once got into a heated debate about code quality with a CEO who was, at the time, bent on fixing nail pops and seams on the walls of his recently built and painted house. I asked why he didn't see the same need to put an effort into addressing analogous issues in our code that disturbed the overall quality and aesthetics of the codebase, which seemed to me even more important than a few nail pops. "That's different" is the only response that I got, but to me, it's the same. There's a personal pride in building a product with exemplary craftsmanship. There's a team's pride to being able to walk into a code review with a customer and know that they will be wowed. There's a developer's own pride in writing software that takes design and usability of the framework into account.
This gets lost in the age of outsourcing and rent-a-coders, but great software is still -- and likely will always be -- a craft that requires skilled craftsmans to build (of course, great software requires more than that like vision and an understanding of the problem domain as well).
Responsibility in Consultancy
As a consultant, I feel strongly about giving sound technical advice to my clients, even if such advice means saying "no" to a client or possibly turning back a larger project for a more pragmatic one. It's about doing the right thing and offering sound technical advice to the best of my knowledge -- not just money, projects, and utilization.
The one personal example that really sticks out for me is the case where Microsoft sold a deal to a hedge fund to build a bulk import system using BizTalk that would have cost them triple the price (once licensing and hardware was factored in) of doing it using SQL Server DTS, which was easier to program, maintain, and more robust in every way (not to mention this company already had SQL Server skillsets in-house). Luckily, we were able to convince the client that DTS was purposefully designed for carrying out bulk import and transform of data before they committed the cash to BizTalk.
Recently, a friend of mine showed me a project that the Big Consulting Company he works for was delivering to their client, a public library. It looked really good for a public library website...until he dropped the bomb that it was built using Silverlight (and to top it off, he was really proud, too -- as if I was supposed to find it impressive). I don't think I've ever done a bigger facepalm in my life.
As I've stated in the past, I have a strong disdain for the misuse of Silverlight. There are certainly scenarios where it should be used for building web sites:
- Streaming media
- Scalable 2D vector graphics and animation
- 3D graphics and animation
- Interactive games
And that's it! Beyond that, if a company wants to use it in their intranet site, it doesn't concern me as much because the environment is more homogeneous and controlled in terms of having the platform to run the Silverlight applications; it's their headache going forward. Besides, if it's a private, multi-national company, then by all means; if they wish to waste their capital and resources, that's their choice.
However, it is a damn crime to recommend Silverlight to any client building basic web applications that are Internet facing, especially a public library financed by taxpayers. I mean, people should be fired and embarrassed for offering such terrible advice. To begin with, few non-Windows devices natively support Silverlight (and even folks on older Windows OSes can't natively run Silverlight apps). iPad? iPhones? Android phones? Linux based netbooks? As sales of traditional laptops and desktops decline, it's important to factor in the presence of these newer platforms when designing a publicly facing Internet site. I would think that this would be even more important for a public library.
Now, if the site were media focused -- like a YouTube -- perhaps it could be forgiven; after all, HTML5 is still a moving target and supported only by newer browser versions. But this is a public library website that was listing books...It's as bad as websites that still use Java (yes, Java without the "Script") for image galleries or raindrop effects. It's as bad as websites using Flash for menus and menu rollover animations.
I would be embarrassed to be a part of the company or the team that sold and implemented this deal. A fucking crime to the taxpayers of the township with me as the perpetrator; no better than stealing money from your neighbors. I couldn't live with myself for being so evil.
Now, he told me that the client insisted on Silverlight and that it was they who wanted it done in Silverlight. To me, that makes no difference. As a consultant, it's my duty to provide sound technical guidance to the best of my knowledge and ability. If there is a more compatible, cheaper, easier to maintain solution built on a platform with greater longevity that solves the same problem, I will recommend taking that route, even if it takes me out of the running. It's our job as consultants to consult and to offer sound technical advice.
For you see, the client may not know or care for the difference between Silverlight and HTML5 or jQuery based UIs. The client may be under the impression that a given UI or bit of functionality is only possible because of Silverlight if that's what they've been sold and demo'd. The client may not understand the alternative solutions as certainly, for a non-expert, the difference between two types of wood -- for example -- aren't perceivable. The client may be enamored with one buzzword or technology, but it is our duty and responsibility as consultants (and decent human beings) to tell the truth because I'd like to believe that when I ask a contractor to come to my house for a quote or get a diagnosis from an auto mechanic, he'd do the same for me and give me the low-down to the best of his or her ability and knowledge.
In the end, I was so peeved by what my friend had shown me, I took 30 minutes and rebuilt the same exact functionality that they had implemented in Silverlight using nothing but jQuery and CSS with only 20 lines of JavaScript and 5 lines of CSS after being challenged to do so.
I'm still peeved by this as it's a critical misunderstanding of the Internet ecosystem and managing device compatibility as well as a critical misunderstanding of technology and their suitability for a purpose. Not to mention that it's a terrible choice for audience accessibility, long term costs, and maintenance. I really don't want to be upset by the fact that my friend or his team could have purposefully offered bad advice for greater financial returns as that would be a true embarrassment and I only hope that all sides in this come to their senses and ditch Silverlight.
In the end, for me, consultancy is about people and treating customers with respect by offering the best technical advice to one's knowledge. Even if it costs me my job, I've always believed that I am accountable to my clients and I'm responsible for giving sound technical advice.


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An ordinary differential equation involves only one independent variable, a partial differential equation involves more than one.
Pains and pleasures give us what mathematicians call the 'independent variable.'
Let x be the independent variable, y the correlative variable which depends upon it.
In other words, mind cannot exist as an "independent variable" in the world; it must always accompany a human brain.
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Maurice Jones
Maurice Jones has been Charlottesville's official city manager since December 6, 2010.[1] He had previously been serving as the acting city manager since April 12, 2010 following the resignation of Gary O'Connell.[2] Jones was one of three finalists in a bid to become the permanent city manager.[3] His selection was a unanimous choice by City Council.[4]
As part of his contract, Jones initially made 170,000 a year. He is also eligible for a no-interest loan of a down payment for a home within Charlottesville city limits.[1] He counts among his most important work his yearly efforts surrounding the city budget as well as the Dialogue on Race. In April 2014, City Council raised his salary to $180,415 beginning on July 1, 2014 and voted to tie his salary increases to the same cost-of-living increase as other city employees. [5]
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In September 2013, Council was set to hear details of a potential $17,000 bonus on top of Jones' salary. Jones has proposed helping communication between the Charlottesville Redevelopment and Housing Authority and the Public Housing Association of Residents. [6]
In late December, Jones had to ask for an extension of a requirement he move into the City of Charlottesville by the end of 2011. Council agreed to extend that deadline to the end of September 2012. [7] Jones currently lives in Earlysville, which is in Albemarle County.[8] Jones met the Septmeber 1, 2012 deadline just in time by purchasing a house in the Greenbrier neighborhood, but he will retain ownership of his Earlysville home for the time being. [9]
Jones was born at the Dewitt Army Hospital at Fort Belvoir in Fairfax, Virginia. He grew up in Dale City, Va.[8]
Jones graduated from James Madison University in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in communications.[1] He moved to Charlottesville in 1993 when he was hired as a sportscaster for NBC29.[1][8] Jones was first hired by Charlottesville in 1999 to serve as director of communications. In 2005, he stepped down to take a position at the Miller Center of Public Affairs.[10] He returned to the city in February 2008 to become Assistant City Manager. He and his wife Michele have four sons.[8]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Web. Jones officially named city manager, Rachana Dixit, Daily Progress, World Media Enterprises, retrieved December 7, 2010.
- ↑ City of Charlottesville. Office of Communications. City of Charlottesville to Name Acting City Manager During the Next City Council Meeting. City of Charlottesville. City of Charlottesville, 9 Feb. 2010. Web. 9 Feb. 2010. <http://www.charlottesville.org/>
- ↑ Web. New C'Ville City Manager Picked, NBC 29, retrieved November 23, 2010.
- ↑ Web. More Mo: Jones in as city manager, Lisa Provence, The Hook, Better Publications LLC, December 10, 2010, retrieved December 10, 2010. Print. December 10, 2010 .
- ↑ Web. Salaries for municipal managers vary widely, Michael L. Owens, Daily Progress, World Media Enterprises, April 27, 2014, retrieved April 28, 2014.
- ↑ Web. Housing issues prominent in city manager's 'stretch' goals, Aaron Richardson, Daily Progress, World Media Enterprises, September 2, 2013, retrieved September 3, 2013.
- ↑ Web. Council gives manager another 9 months to move into city, Graham Moomaw, Daily Progress, World Media Enterprises, retrieved December 20, 2011.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Web. Meet Your Government: Maurice Jones, Kurt Walters, Charlottesville Tomorrow, December 21, 2011, retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ↑ Web. Jones making move to the city, just in time, Graham Moomaw, Daily Progress, World Media Enterprises, September 1, 2012, retrieved September 10, 2012.
- ↑ Web. Maurice Jones named new assistant city manager, C-Ville Weekly Writers, C-VILLE Weekly, Portico Publications, January 23, 2011, retrieved December 22, 2011. Print. January 22, 2011 , 20.04, .


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The following briefly describes some of the policies and the rights of civilian employees who feel discriminated against because of their sexual orientation:
On May 28, 1998, President Clinton issued an Executive Order reaffirming the Executive Branch's long-standing policy that prohibits discrimination in federal employment based on sexual orientation. Executive Order 13087 added sexual orientation to the list of categories of discrimination prohibited by Executive Order 11478 (1969), the other categories being race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, and age. Executive Order 13087 can be found on the world-wide web at: http://www.opm.gov/er/eo13087.htm.
The Office of Personnel Management has issued a guide that addresses Federal employees' rights in the face of sexual orientation discrimination. The booklet identifies sources of help for Federal employees who believe they have been discriminated against based upon sexual orientation. It is at the following URL: http://www.opm.gov/er/orientation.htm
In March 1999 the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) issued a memorandum providing the Army policy for processing complaints of discrimination based on sexual orientation. Such complaints should, as a rule, be handled under the Department of Defense administrative grievance procedure, a negotiated grievance procedure if appropriate, or as an appeal to the Merit Systems Protection Board when otherwise appealable actions are involved. http://cpol.army.mil/library/mer/eo13087.html
You should contact your servicing Civilian Personnel Advisory Center for advice and assistance pertaining to local grievance processing.


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Formulation of Building Standards for Energy Conservation in Buildings
Fisher, Douglas E. (2006) Formulation of Building Standards for Energy Conservation in Buildings. Environmental Law and Management, 18(6), pp. 282-295.
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Building a sustainable environment is a major challenge for society. It places responsibilities upon private sector developers and their advisers as well as upon public sector managers and regulators. One of these responsibilities is to conserve energy – whatever its source – in the construction, operation and use of buildings. One way of doing so is through the formulation of appropriate building standards. This paper considers the nature of building standards in this context; how they may be structured; and how they may be enforced. It uses examples from England in the United Kingdom and Victoria in Australia to demonstrate how building standards may be formulated and enforced so as to achieve energy conservation in buildings.
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This article was published 21/1/2014 (1282 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
It's hard to believe we are already more than halfway through the first month of this new year.
With every new year, people make New Year's resolutions. One of my resolutions this year is to promote the need and importance of becoming an organ donor even more than I did last year. My goal is to get more Manitobans to sign up to become organ donors at signupforlife.ca
We all need to realize the importance of becoming organ donors — how it really affects all of us and not just people like me, who are waiting for an organ.
When people need an organ, they are placed on a waiting list until their match comes up. For the lucky and easy to match, this can a short wait. For someone like me, waiting can become an ordeal.
The one lucky thing for everyone on the waiting list for a kidney is that they don't have to wait for a deceased donor to find matches. You can receive what is called a living donor kidney. This is a procedure whereby a living person donates one of his or her own kidneys to someone, either a loved one or a stranger.
The majority of us are born with two kidneys (there are some exceptions) but we can live and function perfectly normally with only one kidney. This is why some people decide to give one of their own kidneys away. It's a truly exceptional thing to do.
People n wait lists to receive other organs have to rely on people who have decided to give their organs away when they can no longer use them. Again, the simple act of signing a donor card or signing up online is an exceptional and truly unselfish thing to do. Which is why it is so important to become an organ donor.
If you think about this, it can also help you or a loved one in the future. The more people who sign up, the more lives will be saved.
If, in the future, you or a loved one are suddenly in need of an organ (and yes this can happen to you) let's hope there will be one to save your life or someone you love.
Please go to signupforlife.ca and help save a life.
Jennifer Laferriere is a community correspondent for Garden City.


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When veteran global bond manager David Hoffman speaks to Canadian pension funds or other institutional players, his message is low-key but clear: The long bull run for Canadian government bonds has run its course, and it's time for investors to start looking elsewhere.
"Canada has been sort of a blessed country from a bond investors' point of view since the late nineties," says Mr. Hoffman, managing director for global fixed income at Brandywine Global. "But there is no longer anything distinguished about it, relative to other markets."
As someone who runs a global fixed-income fund for a living, he acknowledges that there is a certain self-interest behind his argument.
He also agrees that diversification was not a big selling point in the past. "You couldn't look a pension fund in the face and say, 'You were wrong not diversifying out of Canada.' Because it worked."
Indeed, the Canadian and Australian bond markets have been the world's leading performers over the past 17 years, in both U.S. and Canadian-dollar terms. But today, "looking for a more diversified source of return is probably a healthy thing to do. I'm not saying it [the Canadian market] should be cheap. The fundamentals are good. But it's no longer compelling, in the sense that one should be self-satisfied and say I don't need to look elsewhere for opportunity."
He makes the same case to U.S. clients, warning them to avoid following the risk-averse herd into markets whose main – or even sole – attraction is a perceived safe perch in a turbulent world.
Sitting on a large pile of U.S. Treasury or Canadian government bonds doesn't make a lot of sense, he says. "I think you can still make money by moving around the world. In the U.S., if you're going to buy a 10-year bond, you're probably not going to make much more than 2 per cent if you hold it for 10 years. And in the short term, you could have zero return, because it doesn't take much to wipe out that 2 per cent."
Philadelphia-based Brandywine, an arm of Legg Mason, manages about $31-billion (U.S.) worth of assets, more than two-thirds of which is on the fixed income side.
Mr. Hoffman's fund once had a huge bet on Canadian bonds. In 1995, when many international investors were worried about the outcome of the Quebec referendum or fretting about Ottawa's poor fiscal record and battered currency, government bonds and a smattering of other Canadian issues accounted for about 18 per cent of Brandywine's global portfolio. And the total had risen to 23 per cent by the late 1990s, when then Liberal finance minister Paul Martin was getting the fiscal house in order.
Brandywine began cutting its heavy Canadian exposure in the early 2000s, although it still had a fat wager on the loonie. These days, the currency simply isn't attractive at current levels, Mr. Hoffman says. "It doesn't mean that the Canadian dollar is going to collapse any time soon, and I'm not predicting that. I'm just saying the odds of rallying are also really slim."
Surveying the rest of the world, he dismisses other major industrial countries as overpriced and underperforming. Brandywine holds no Japanese or core European bonds in its portfolio. In fact, Mr. Hoffman has a bet against Germany and a much larger short position in French bonds. France has failed to tackle key fiscal and economic problems. Yet its sovereign bonds trade close to comparable German bonds, when they should be treated more like Spain's, he says. Noting that Spanish and even Greek bonds have rallied recently, he says drily that "liquidity does marvelous things."
Instead, he recommends being extremely selective. His fund's biggest weighting (14 per cent of the total portfolio) is Mexico, which has been a decent performer and stands to do even better if the U.S. can keep its economic recovery on the rails. Other favourites include Brazil (long on the bonds, but hedged on the currency); Poland; South Korea; Turkey; Malaysia; Hungary; and small currency wagers on India and Russia. "We have liked the markets that have been paying higher yields because they could afford to. But a lot of those have rallied a lot. Unfortunately, there aren't as many screaming bargains in the world right now."
But before ringing off, he has some final thoughts about Canada. Noting recent bullish predictions for the commodity-linked loonie, he says "things can go right for a long time. But eventually, you end up creating the seeds of some kind of reversal. It doesn't mean you go back to where you were in '95, because lots of policies have changed, structural things are better. You're even exporting your central banker, because you don't need him any more."Report Typo/Error
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Confident dressing sometimes calls for a dose of support and Wolford 's Sheer touch control shorts do just that. A mesh foundation is reminiscent of classic French lingerie with a subtle, alluring sheen. Cut to mid thigh, this piece eradicates woes of the hips and waist but also secures a seamless profile from the leg down. Style this pair under fitted dresses and trousers – the end hems are also seamless – for a neat, polished finish. Color: black


text: There's now four different versions of the Bobax worm. All of them are used by spammers and controlled through a handful of websites. Some of the variants now even do bandwidth testing to find the most useful machines for spammers to send their spam from.Also, later variants in the family spread also through the RPC DCOM hole (135/TCP) in addition of the LSASS hole (445/TCP) - and they fingerprint target systems through UPnP (5000/TCP).


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Angels vs Yankees Viewing Party at ESPN Zone Anaheim, hosted by Roger Lodge & AM830
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Come cheer on our local boys in red! Join AM830's Roger Lodge at ESPN Zone Anaheim located in Downtown Disney for his live Angels pre-game show and viewing party as the Halos take on the Pinstripes in New York. There will be fun, facts and giveaways!
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- Additionally, everyone in attendance has a chance to win other great prizes from AM830 and ESPN Zone Anaheim.
Halo Coupon valid 2:00pm-4:00pm on 07/13/12 only. One coupon per person. Four (4) coupons per order. Coupon must be redeemed at time of entrance into ESPN Zone Studio Grill to receive guaranteed seat, meal and future Angels game tickets. Seating is on a first come first serve basis.
If Guest does not provide coupon, seating will be general admission and no meal bundle or Angels tickets will be given to Guest, unless won through a prize giveaway on July 13, 2012 between the hours 2:00pm-4:00pm.
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i was doing ulduar 10 man and i killed hodir in enough time to get the special time loot chest but after the fight it wasn't loot–able neither was the original loot chest. me and the guy i was doing it with tried a few things but it didn't work even tried leaving and coming back in and we came back and chests them self were gone. so i tried to put in a ticket about a bug that was not preventing me from playing the game and it said that you were not accepting those kind of tickets.
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Try submitting as not a bug, you are wanting assistance, bug reports should be made through the forums, we have an entire forum dedicated to bugs and you are more than welcome to report that aspect there.


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For most small-business owners, there's a big difference between taking calculated risks and behaving recklessly. Doing nothing qualifies as reckless behavior, because maintaining the status quo in an ever-changing marketplace is almost always a recipe for failure.
To tilt the risk-taking odds in your favor, adopt the following strategies:
1. Know your goals. Risk-taking should never happen in a vacuum. What seems like a tempting business opportunity becomes foolhardy when it's unrelated to your overall goals. "Consider failed brand extensions, such as Colgate's idea to sell dinner entrees in the early '80s or the short-lived Hooters airline that was grounded after only three years," business writer Maryalene LaPonsie advises. "In a crowded marketplace, seemingly random business expansions are rarely smart moves."
2. Evaluate the risk. Before making a move, take time to gauge the level of risk involved. Analyze the approximate costs and benefits, the likelihood of success, and the consequences of failure. What are the pros and cons of taking a chance? How much can you afford to lose? The anticipated gains should never outweigh a threat to the well-being of your business.
3. Seek advice. There's a reason for cultivating a network of friends and colleagues: Their advice either increases the knowledge you have going into a new venture or helps you decide that the risk is too much to bear. Particularly look to people whose experience and expertise differs from yours. The objective input of trusted advisers adds depth to your own analysis of the situation and elevates your decision to a calculated risk.
4. Involve your employees. It's unnecessary to enter into risk-taking alone. Once you decide to move forward, include employees in the process. Ask them to help you identify goals, pinpoint the business's risk tolerance, and make the risky move more viable.
5. Start small and build to larger risks. Find places where you can take small risks to grow your business. Closely monitor the entire process, from conception to execution. If the venture succeeds, your confidence will be strengthened for taking a larger risk the next time around. If the venture fails, you can benefit from the lessons learned.
6. Review the outcome. When you take a chance and are successful, don't rush into another risky situation. Take time to review the favorable outcome — how you got there, what was at stake, what you gained in the process. This information will prove useful when you explore your next growth opportunity.
7. Don't blame others or stop taking risks. If taking a given risk proves unsuccessful, don't try to pin the failure on your employees or advisers. The decision to move forward was ultimately yours, and the responsibility for its outcome lies with you as well. But don't let the experience keep you from taking calculated risks in the future. Small-business owners know better than anyone that failure is just part of the entrepreneurial equation. Bouncing back and remaining committed to positive action is the surest path to success.
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GAYLE Dye summed up the feelings of most women at AAMI Stadium when asked about soccer star Harry Kewell.
''He's hot. He's the reason I watch soccer,'' Mrs Dye, from Rowville, said when standing at the front of a long queue of fans waiting to get inside the stadium yesterday to catch a glimpse of Melbourne Victory's new marquee player.
Mrs Dye, husband Bryan and the couple's two sons were part of a crowd of more than 3000 fans who turned out to see Kewell presented with his Victory shirt and play in an intra-club game before signing autographs and posing for photos.
One of the loudest cheers of the day came when Kewell, 32, took off his shirt to change into his new Victory outfit, with the number 22.
Kewell, who impressed with the way he played in his first hit-out for the club, said the big turnout made him feel very special. ''I want to enjoy my time here and I'm quite sure I will,'' he said.
Asked why he had decided to wear No. 22, the former Leeds and Liverpool star said it was his son Taylor's idea because Harry's birthday falls on September 22 and the birthday of his wife, British actress Sheree Murphy, is on August 22.
The number signified a new chapter in his life, he said.
Candice Lancaster, 21, was among the hundreds of women who couldn't get enough of the veteran Socceroo. Ms Lancaster was up at 6am for the two-hour drive from Wandong to see her favourite player and was one of the first to buy a $150 Victory shirt featuring Kewell's name and his new number.
''I'm a massive Harry Kewell fan, I have been since I was about three years old. This is my first chance to see him so it's pretty exciting. I've watched nearly every match he's played.''
Ms Lancaster plays on the wing, just like Harry, for her local soccer team and he was, she said, her idol. ''He's not only going to be good for Melbourne Victory but for Australian soccer in general. It's just going to take the sport to new heights and, yes, he is very good looking.''
Adam Tennenini, head of the Blue and White Brigade supporters group, called Kewell's signing a great day for the club.
''To get someone of Harry's calibre down to the club is amazing, not just for us but for the whole A-League. A lot of us are still pinching ourselves. We can't believe the deal got over the line and he's ours.''
Kewell's arrival has already been a boon for the club, with membership increasing from 11,300 to 16,100 since his signing was announced.
Coach Mehmet Durakovic said it was fantastic to have Kewell on board. ''We're privileged, I'm privileged, the supporters are privileged.''
Captain Adrian Leijer said: ''He's a genuine superstar - and the girls love him.''
Victory plays a pre-season friendly against Adelaide United on Friday before the opening game of the A-League season on October 8 against Sydney FC.


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BelleVue – Portable Image Viewer
Program that you can run everywhere
BelleVue is a free, simple and lightweight image viewer as described below:
The use of most functions is self-explanatory. Some functions are explained below.
By default, the program does not write anything to the disk until the option Options –> Save Options is checked. If the option Options –> Use exe's directory is checked, the program tries to save the ini-file and, if applicable, the folder containing thumbnail galleries in the directory where the program itself is saved. This option can be useful by running on external media like USB drives, etc. Otherwise, the program tries to save the files in the home directory of the current user.
If you clear the checkbox Options –> Save Options, the program removes all program-related directories and files. It is recommended to do it before the exe-file is removed since a special uninstall procedure/tool is not provided.
All options can be divided into two groups: the ones that cause an action immediately after activation and the ones that do not. For example, if you switch between framed and frameless or between windowed and fullframe modi, the look of the program changes immediately. Otherwise, changing the Options –> Initial Show Mode option leads to a different behaviour only for the next image.
Saving images is available with or without Exif data. You can specify the outcome by (un)checking the checkbox Save Exif Data in the dialog File –> Save Image Options. Typically, only a fraction of the metadata found in the original file will be saved, generally, the data displayed in the Exif Data window, which is one of the reasons why this feature is called Save Image and not Save File.
The user interface is old school. Instead of miraculous and colorful animated buttons, you will find instructive menu items here.
The program is still under development, it certainly contains some bugs and lacks some features.
What about raw formats?
BelleVue provides three methods to show an image saved in a raw file: (1) by using an embedded preview, (2) by using a built-in raw converter, or (3) by using a WIC-enabled codec.
Embedded preview
Many (in fact, almost all) raw formats contain embedded JPEG or RGB preview images. If the option Options –> Show Embedded Preview of RAW is checked, the program searches through the raw file for the largest embedded preview image and, if successful, shows it. The current version works reasonably well with formats such as CR2, CRW, ARW, MRW, NEF, NRW, PEF, DNG, RAF, RW2, RWL, ORF, SRW, SRF and X3F.
The displayed image size corresponds to the size of the preview image. This size can be the same or different from the size of the original raw image.
If you want to see the image based on the raw data rather than the one based on the preview data, you needn't switch to another mode. Instead, you can use the command View –> Show RAW instead of Preview that replaces the image for the current file.
Where it can be useful: The use of an embedded preview is faster than generating an image from raw data. Until the camera manufacturer changes the file format, which does not happen often, this feature also works with newest cameras whereas dedicated raw converters should be updated first.
Built-in raw converter
BelleVue provides a simple built-in converter that runs out of the box and does not need any additional components.
Where it can be useful: Whenever the size and/or the quality of the embedded preview image is not good enough. It can be too small (usual for older formats), or it can show compression artifacts (banding in a blue sky). In such a case, it is more useful to see an image based on raw data and not just a preview. The built-in converter displays original raw images fast and with the quality reasonable for an image viewer.
Since the built-in converter is written from scratch, without using any other source code, it shows images a bit differently than other converters do. This can be useful in the case when it is necessary to find out different ways how a specific raw file can be interpreted.
Cameras supported by the built-in raw converter:
BelleVue also supports the DNG format in general, though, with some limitations. Lossy compression and non-standard CFA patterns (= Fujifilm) are not supported.
WIC-based raw converter
The program can use codecs compatible with the Windows Imaging Component (WIC) that is installed on Windows XP SP2/3 and later. There are many sources for these codecs. Microsoft provides the free Microsoft Camera Codec Pack. Some camera manufacturers also provide WIC-enabled codecs that can be downloaded for free. If any WIC-based codec is installed on the computer, you can select your default converter by changing option Options –> Select RAW Converter. Then, the program will try to show an image by using the default converter first. You can determine what happens if the default converter fails: either the program will try another converter or it will show a black square. The converter that was actually used is displayed in the status bar. You can get a list of WIC-enabled codecs installed on your computer by the command Info –> Codecs.
My impression of the tested WIC-enabled codecs provided by camera manufacturers is a mixed one. In general, they provide a proper image quality (with one exception, see more below). On the other hand, they are very or extremely slow and mostly not up-to-date. You should carefully read the list of supported cameras before installing a codec. From a programmer's perspective, it's funny to see how diverse is the implementation of the WIC-interface by these codecs.
Some WIC-enabled codecs with supported formats and the minimum required Windows version:
The Sony codec is a very special one. In fact, it is not a real raw codec. It produces images based on JPEG data and not on raw data. At the same time it returns the image size corresponding to the original raw image. Why they do so? I can explain it as follows. The typical use of WIC-enabled codecs is generating thumbnails displayed in Windows Explorer with the size about 100 pixels or so. The JPEG preview size is much larger than that, e.g., 1616 x 1080 pixels. Therefore, a JPEG preview must be scaled down in any case and the quality of thumbnails is fine. Next to a thumbnail, Windows Explorer should display the original image size that it indeed obtains from the Sony codec. Things turn bad if a program tries to use the Sony codec in order to create a full-format image. The program gets a smaller preview that claims to be a larger (and not appropriate for it) size. In this case, the image simply will be scaled up and you see awful zipper artifacts.
Some extra features related to Dynax 5D and Dynax 7D
Since I am an owner of a camera Konica Minolta Dynax 5D, which is, by the way, still in use, the program supports some features related to the following cameras: Dynax 5D/7D, Maxxum 5D/7D, Alpha-5/7 Digital, and Alpha Sweet Digital. The program reads the camera orientation value and, provided the autorotation is on, rotates the picture appropriately. The lens data are displayed.
Animated GIFs
GIF animations are played in a separate window. The player supports two commands: Continue [P]laying and [P]ause.
Animated GIF files contain multiple frames that are, from a technological point of view, valid images and can be diverse size. The main window as well as the gallery show only the first frame. Therefore, if the first frame is a small image (even 1 x 1 px is possible), they will virtually show nothing. However, the displayed image size corresponds to the size of the canvas or the output area of the whole animation. The animation window will be this size.
Rotating the image displayed at the main window does mean only rotating the first frame, whereas the canvas is not affected. For this reason, the displayed image size keeps constant. You can save the displayed image, but this is the first frame only and not the whole animated GIF file that will be saved then.


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solution of 0.1molar NH4OH and 0.1 NH4CL ph=9.25 calculate kb for NH4OH?
25mL of tartaric acid solution is titrated against 31mL of NH4OH. What is the normality of the NH4OH? Please explain how to work this problem.
25 milliliters of tartaric acid solution is titrated against 31 milliliters of NH4OH. What is the normality of the NH4OH?
Chem Help URGENT
Could someone help me with these molecular formulas, i don't know what im doing wrong. For this example, i did it like this and it says its incorrect. Could you solve the the equations below your way and i match it to mines? Thank you so much Fe (s) + Ni(NO3)2 (aq) =Fe(NO3)2 (...
What precipitates form when Cu(NO3)2, CuSO4, NH4OH, and CaCl2 only two of the above added together. I need all combinations. What color are they? Ik Cu reacts with NH4OH. is the precipitate white?? what about the others?
what is the equation for C6H12O6+NaOH+Cu(OH)2 C6H12O6+AgNO3+NH4OH AgNO3+NH4OH+ galactose when heated
Chemistry- Dr.Bob222
Ammonium hydroxide is commonly advertised as an ingredient in some window cleaners. Rank the following in order of decreasing concentrations in these solutions: NH4OH, NH4+, OH-, NH3. Explain your reasoning. (Note that kb for ammonia = 1.8 x 10^-5. So does an unionized ion ...
I thought about the syntax of the problem and I have surmised that what I thought were two questions was actually one. I'm slow but not dead yet. 75g of tartaric acid in 1 liter is used in a titration. 25mL of tartaric acid solution is titrated against 31mL of NH4OH. What is ...
I have been knocking around this question for what seems to be an eternity. We have not gotten that far in this class so this is for extra credit. I have managed to get myself confused about something that should be easy. 25mLof tartaric acid solution is titrated against 31mL ...
Write a net ionic equation that represents the reaction: 1. ionization of HCl3 in water: My answer: HClO3+H20->H3O+ClO3 2. NH3 functioning as an Arrhenius base: Mine: NH3+(OH)->NH4+O The first one is ok but you need to show the + charge on the H3O^+ and the - charge on ...
Question: An unknown mass of (NH4)2CO3 is mixed with 4g of NaOH and dissolved in 100cm3 of water,which results a clear solution.Gasses are removed by heating the final solution. 2 parts of 25cm3 of final solution is taken and one is titrated with 0.5 M HCl and under Hph ...
chem--please help me check my answer!!
write an ionic and net ionic equation for the following reaction between Fe3+ and NH4OH. Please check my answer!! Thank you. My answer is: ionic: Fe3+(aq) + NH4OH--> Fe(OH)3 + NH4+ net ionic: Fe3+ +OH- -->Fe(OH)3
Product of this reasction? 1. Ag(NH3)2Cl + HCl? 2. AgOH + NaOH? 3. PbCl2 + HCl? 4. Pb(OH)2 + NaOH? 5. PbSO4 + (CH3COO)NH4? 6. Hg^2+ + HCl + H2S? 7. Cu^2+ + HCl + H2S? 8. Cu^2+ + KSCN? 9. Fe^2+ + NH4OH + NH4Cl + H2S? 10. Fe^2+ + NaOH? 11. Fe^2+ + K4Fe(CN)6? 12. Fe^2+ + K3Fe(CN)...
Product of this reasction? 1. Ag(NH3)2Cl + HCl? 2. AgOH + NaOH? 3. PbCl2 + HCl? 4. Pb(OH)2 + NaOH? 5. PbSO4 + (CH3COO)NH4? 6. Hg^2+ + HCl + H2S? 7. Cu^2+ + HCl + H2S? 8. Cu^2+ + KSCN? 9. Fe^2+ + NH4OH + NH4Cl + H2S? 10. Fe^2+ + NaOH? 11. Fe^2+ + K4Fe(CN)6? 12. Fe^2+ + K3Fe(CN)...
what is the disadvantage of nh4oh
Calculate pH of NH4OH which is 1%ionized
What is the molecular equation for HCl(aq) + NH4OH(aq)?
is this rigth HC2HO2+NH4OH-->NH4C2H3O2+H2O
calculate the ph of a 0.18 M NH4CL and0.18 M NH4OH.(Kb=1.0x10^-5)
When CuCl2 and NH4OH are combined what is the product formed?
When CuCl2 and NH4OH are combined what is the product formed?
When CuCl2 and NH4OH are combined what is the product formed?
Chemical equation for tine acetate and nh4oh
Weab base strong acid titration
What would be the most likely product(s) when you react CuI with NH4OH?
How many grams of NH3 can be produced if 105g of NH4OH are completey decomposed?
How many grams of NH3 can be produced if 105g of NH4OH are completey decomposed?
Calculate the ph of a buffer solution containing 0.2M NH4OH and 0.25M NH4Cl kb=1.8×10
Why adding NH4OH to Al3+ , forms Al(OH)3 and not complex ion Al(NH3)3 ? thanks so much
Iwish to prepare 3% NH3 from 20ml strong NH4OH and 180ml H2O.Can you help me?
complex reactions of Co(NO3)2.6H2O+(NH4)2CO3+NH4OH+H2O2
How many grams of NH4Cl must be added to 250ml of .2M NH4OH in order that the solution shall have a pH of 7.2?
How do I write these compounds in their "true form" or Ionic State? NaCl, CuSO4, NH4OH How do i find the charges?
College Chem 1010
Which of the following compounds is insoluble? Question 4 options: A) Ca(NO3)2 B) FePO4 C) NH4OH D) Na2SO4 E) NaCl
Can CoBr2+ NH4Br + NH4OH ---> Co^2+ (aq) + 2NH3 (l) + H^+ (aq) + H2O (l) + 3Br^- form the complex [Co(NH3)5Br]Br2 if so please explain
What is the chemical equation for: CuI + NH4OH ---> ??? This equation should oxidise Cu+ to Cu2+.
How many grams of NH4Cl do I have to add to 500 mL of 0.100 M NH4OH to have a pH of 9.40? Kb= 1.8 x 10^-5 [OH-]= 2.51 x^-5 M
50.0mL of 1.04moles HA is added to 50.0mL if 0.90moles NH4OH.With a 1:1 stoichiometric ratio. What is the limiting reactant in moles of this reaction.
how ti distinguish NH4OH solution from NaOH solution
the task is to determine which liquid is which, two blue solutions and two clear choices: CUSO4 CU(NO3)2 NH4OH CaCl2
chemistry LAST QUESTION FOR TONIGHT
It said name the following compounds containing polyatomic ions a) NaHCO3 i put Sodium Dicarbonates But b and c i had no idea (NH4)3PO4 and NH4OH
Calculate the pH of 100.00 mL of an ammonia buffer (pKb = 4.76), prepared by placing 55.0 mL of concentrated NH4OH (i.e., NH3; 14.5 M) into a volumetric flask, adding 6.76 g of ammonium chloride, and diluting to the mark with DI water.
Calculate the energy changes associated with each of the following reactions. Label each as endothermic or exothermic. A.) 2(C2H2)+5(O2)------->4(CO2)+2(H2O) B.) N2+O2------>2(NO) C.) NH3+H2O----->NH4OH D.) 2(BrCl)----->Br2+Cl2
What is the concentration of HCl when 25.0 mL of HCl completely reacts with 10.0 mL of 0.1M solution of NH4OH (subscript 4)? Solution steps would be helpful so I can solve other similar problems.
Ag2S is an insoluable black solid. Would more solid dissolve, or precipitate once the following are added to the solution. 1. KS-----I know [S] increases, shift to reactants side, precipitate 2. HClO 3. LiOH 4. NH4OH
1.Which of the following is most soluble in water and why ? a.Ag2SO4 b.Hg2SO4 c.MnCO3 d.CaSO4 2.PH of which salt is same for 1M and 5M solution both and why? a.HCOONa b.C6H5NH3^+Cl c.NH4CN d. NaCN 3.NH4OH is highly soluble in and why ? a.CuSO4 b.AgNO3 c.NH4Cl d.Both 1&2
our task is to determine which liquid is which, two blue solutions and two clear choices: CUSO4 CU(NO3)2 NH4OH CaCl2 how do i do this? ik that cooper solutions r blue...
If I have 50.0 mL of HA at a concentration of 1.20M and 50.0 mL of NH4OH at a concentration of 0.92M, how many moles of the limiting reactant are there? I guess I should start with a balanced equation, but I have no idea where to start..
Physical science
What is the formula of magnesium sulfate and ammonia? My work:MgSO4 + 2NH4OH --> (NH4)2SO4 + Mg(OH)2 Correct/Balance the equation below. MgSO4 + NH4OH → (NH4)2SO4 + Mg(OH)2
Classify each of the compounds below as strong or weak acids, strong or weak bases, or salts: A. HCl B. KOH C. NH4NO3 D. H2SO4 E. NH4OH F. H3PO4 G. NaOH H. HClO4 i. Mg(OH)2 J. H2CO3 K. BaSO4 l. HC2H3O2 The numbers are sub(little numbers
calculate the change in ph for 1l of buffer solution containing NH4OH and NH4Cl upon addition of 1) 0.02 moles of HCl 2) 0.02 moles of NaOH I got the initial pH as 9.2504 But now Im stuck cus I dunno what happens when we add HCl and NaOH? Please help! :)
H2So4+NH4OH Find the complete ionic equation Find the spectator ions Find the net ionic equation I feel like my answer is wrong i tried CIE: 2H+(aq)+So42-(aq)+2H4+(aq)---> 2NH4+(aq)+So42-(aq)+H2o (l)
H2So4+NH4OH Find the complete ionic equation Find the spectator ions Find the net ionic equation I feel like my answer is wrong i tried CIE: 2H+(aq)+So42-(aq)+2H4+(aq)---> 2NH4+(aq)+So42-(aq)+H2o (l)
Inorganic Chemistry
Hello, I am trying to write a chemical equation for a reaction I did and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it. I added cobalt chlorid hexahydrate, NH4Cl, NH4OH, H2O2 and HCl. The major product was [Co(NH3)5Cl]Cl2 but I don't know what the other ones would be... ...
AlCl3(aq)+ NH4OH(aq)-> Al(OH)3(s) + NH4Cl(aq) AlCl3(aq)+ 3NH4OH(aq)-> Al(OH)3(s) + 3 NH4Cl(aq)... is balanced-- Now total ioic?? Is this right?? : Al +3Cl+3NH4 +OH --> Al+ 3OH+ 3NH4+ 3Cl Crossing out on both sides I end up with OH --> 3OH I do not know what to do ...
Hi, I've been trying to solve this chemical equation for the last 30 minutes and am only confusing myself. I am wondering if the product I obtained is correct. The question is to write a balanced equation for the below reaction and be sure to indicate the states and if there ...
Classify each substance as either arrhenius acid or base: A) HF (aq) B) Ba(OH)2 (aq) C) H2SO4 (aq) D) NH4OH (aq) My work A) arrehenius acid B) arrhenius base C) arrhenius acid D) arrhenius base Am i right
Testing for water hardness using EDTA as a titrant: Suggest a reason why the buffer is good for only a week. The buffer contains disodiumEDTAdihydrate, MgSO47H20 and distilled water. NH4Cl and NH4OH is also added then diluted. I know that after a week, the buffer will be bad ...
Chemistry - Titrations
What volume (mL) of 0.2650 N H3PO4 is required to neutralize: a) 35.25 mL of 0.2300 M KOH b) 19.14 mL of 0.2300 M NH4OH Unfortunately, the teacher didn't get the opportunity to teach us titrations in class today, but this problem (and more) are still due by 11 pm tonight (we ...
Can you please check these for me. Thank you very much in return:-) For Al2(SO4)3 you gave me Aluminum ion and Sulfate ion. These are the rest: CaCl2 = Calcium ion and Chlorite ion Na2O = Sodium ion and Oxygen ion AgCl = silver ion and chlorine ion Na3PO4 = Sodium ion and ...
Show the calculation of (1) the expected grams of urea (CH4N2O) formed in the reaction of 6.5 grams of lead cyanate (Pb(CNO)2) with excess ammonium hydroxide and then show the calculation of (2) the % yield if the actual yield of urea is 1.89 grams. Reaction is shown below: Pb...
Chemistry URGENT
I need someone to check to make sure that I balanced my equations correctly. I have to add a (g) or (s) to indicate gases and precipitates. I am having a hard time figuring out the ions and how to add them, if any of these reactions need a ion could you explain it to me as ...
Chemistry Help Please!!!
Find Net Ionic equation for hydrolysis , Expression for equilibrium constant (Ka or Kb) and Value of (Ka or Kb) Net Ionic equations I've got NaC2H3O2 == CH3COO^-+H2O -->CH3COOH+OH^- Na2CO3 ==== CO3 + 2H2O → H2CO3 + 2-OH Kb = [H2CO3] [-OH]2 / [CO3]. Kb = 1/Ka1Ka2 = 7....
Physical Science
Materials: Epsom salts (MgSO4), ammonia (NH4OH) small jar or cup measuring cup Procedures 1. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of Epsom salts in a half cup of water. 2. Add 2 teaspoons of ammonia to the Epsom salts solution and stir thoroughly. Record your observations. 3. Allow the mixture...
Calculate the end point pH, when 25 mL of 0.01 mol/L HCl solution reacts exactly with 25 mL of 0.1 mol/L NH4OH solution. NH3 Kb = 1.8 x 10^-5 This will be the pH of NH4Cl solution. NH4+ + HOH ==> NH3 + H3O^+ Ka = Kw/Kb = (NH3)(H3O^+)/(NH4^+). Solve for H3O^+, then pH = - ...
Why does the equivalence point occur at different pH values for the four titration studied? the four titrations were: 1. HCL with NaOH 2.HC2H3O2 with NaOH 3. HCl with NH4OH 4. HC2H3O2 with NHOH Okay so equivalence point is when the number of moles of acids and bases are equal...
Ionic compounds Scinece
3. What happens to the change on individual ions when they form ions? 11. Write the names of the two ions in each of the following compounds. (C) Na2O (E) Na3PO4 (G) NH4OH (H) Ca (NO3)2 8. Use the tables of metals, non-metals, and polyatomic ions and the Periodic table to name...
Given the reactant side of the total ionic equation for the neutralization reaction of ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) with hydrochloric acid (HCl), write the total ionic equation (also known as the complete ionic equation) by entering both the reactant and the product species, ...
The equivalent weights of X and Y are _________ g/equiv. H+ and g/equiv. –OH, respectively, for the following reaction: Z (Note: Report your answer with 4 significant figures.) X Y Z Answer #1 Answer #2 benzoic acid calcium hydroxide 2 C6H5COOH + Ca(OH)2 2 H2O +Ca(C6H5COO)2 ...
I did an experiment where I had 5 ml of MgCl2, then 5 ml NH4 solution (NH4OH (aq)) was added and it was observed that a precipitate formed; cloudy solution. After I added 1g of NH4Cl(s), the solution clears up (transparent). 2nd experiment: There was 5ml Lead (II) Nitrate in a...
My question is basically to find out what these reactants yield: CuCl2(aq) + NH3(aq) --> ? my best guess here is... CuCl2(aq) + 6NH3(aq)-->[Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2]2+ + N2(g) + 2HCl Im pretty sure about the [Cu(NH3)4(H2O)2]+2 part but not sure about the rest. The primary product ...
chemistry lab (college level)
So, this is going to be more like 2 or 3 questions. Here goes. First, what is the net-ionic reaction for Fe (III) + K4Fe(CN)6 be? I've been agonizing over this for HOURS with no answer in sight. (I don't even know what to put down as a product!) Second, what would the net-...
IN my experiment, I was doing a qualitative analysis of Group I and II anions using a flowchart. IN the chart I added 5 drops of 0.1M AgNO3 and several drops of 3M HNO3 to 5 drops of solution and found that a precipitate was formed. Thus it was classified as a Group I anion. ...
Chemistry 12
9. According to Arrhenius, which of the following groups contain: i)only acids ii)only bases a. NaOH, H2CO3, KCl b. MgCl2, H2SO4, HCl c. HNO3, HCl, H3PO4 d. Mg(OH)2, AgBr, HF e. KOH, NH4OH, Ba(OH)2 10. Enough water is added to 100 g of sodium hydroxide in order to obtain a one...
science( chem)
Basically what color is yellow when they say "Yellow"? The titrations I have done are light yellow when approaching the end point but whatever color you see is what you get, I suppose. So titrate to a very light color. Would the extra 5ml of starch indicator have any effect on...
Which of the following pairs of molecules have the same oxidation number for carbon? CO and CO2 CH4 and CCl4 C6H12O6 and C(s) H2CO and COCl2 Carbon always has an oxidation number of +4 What mass of CuSO4.5H2O would you need to prepare 250.0 mL of a 0.250 M solution? [MW of ...
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Dance Moms head to Rivers Casino for season 3 premiere party
The ladies of "Dance Moms" are kicking off the next season high-roller style.
The precocious moms who have become reality phenoms for taking their kids' straight-talking dance instructor to task have agreed to attend a New Year's Day party at Rivers Casino to premiere the show's third season.
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"It's the ultimate Greek tragedy — someone wins, someone loses, sometimes you're the one who comes from behind, sometimes you're not at the top of the pyramid," says Jeff Collins, executive producer for the show. "It resonates so well for people, because ... it's a great metaphor for real life."
Club members will have to swipe their cards at a casino kiosk each Monday in December for the chance to get a ticket.
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