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Through our core values we promote educator quality, community engagement, political action, and social justice. Aspiring Educators become activists at all levels of the organization -- local, state, and national. NEA Aspiring Educators program provides opportunities to engage with community partnerships and foster leadership development.
Most of all, we support, develop, and empower diverse aspiring educators to create high quality education leaders and advocates in every school so that all students can maximize their potential.
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How Effective Are Flu Vaccines?
How Effective Are Flu Vaccines?
Study Suggests Flu Vaccine Provides Moderate Protection Against Flu
Oct. 25, 2011 -- As flu season approaches, a new analysis finds that the flu vaccine provides only moderate protection against the flu, noting that such protection is greatly reduced or absent during some flu seasons.
The analysis is published in The Lancet.
"While the vaccine does work, and we still recommend that it be used, it does not demonstrate the kind of efficacy that has often been reported," says study researcher Michael T. Osterholm, MD, of the University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy.
Is It a Cold or Is It the Flu?
Information Gap on Vaccine Effectiveness
The researchers also say there is a lack of evidence for the effectiveness of flu vaccines in the most vulnerable groups, such as the elderly.
"For those over age 65 there are real gaps in the information we have about effectiveness compared to young, healthy adults," he says. "It is clear that we need to develop new and better vaccines to fill these gaps."
Osterholm says the analysis represents the most exhaustive review ever conducted of the effectiveness of the flu vaccines used in the U.S.
The researchers screened 5,700 articles and studies, identifying just 31 that used highly specific diagnostic testing to confirm influenza.
Their review of these studies showed that the trivalent inactivated vaccine (TIV) -- which accounts for about 90% of flu vaccines given in the U.S. -- had 59% effectiveness in healthy adults between the ages of 18 and 65.
The vaccine's effectiveness in children, teens, and the elderly could not be determined because no trials involving these groups met the researchers' inclusion standards.
Nasal Spray Vaccine for Children
Ten studies examined the nasal spray flu vaccine in children between the ages of 6 months and 7 years, finding it was effective for of 83% of that group.
The nasal vaccine is approved for use in healthy people ages 2 to 49.
Osterholm tells WebMD that the impressive protection should convince vaccine policy makers to recommend the nasal spray flu vaccine over the injected TIV vaccine in children.
"The [nasal spray flu vaccine] works very well in children, but it has never been preferentially recommended," he says. "We could potentially have a much greater impact in preventing influenza if we were to encourage the use of [the nasal spray flu vaccine] in that group."


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Purposes of Relief Society
You have been called of God to serve in the Relief Society—the Lord's organization for women. Through Relief Society, women have an official role in the Church.
The Relief Society has been established by our Heavenly Father to organize, teach, and inspire His daughters and prepare them for the blessings of eternal life by helping them increase faith and personal righteousness, strengthen families and homes, and seek out and help those in need.
- Learn how to accomplish these purposes in Handbook 2: Administering the Church (2010), 9.1.1.
As you seek to accomplish the purposes of Relief Society, consider the following:
Do I understand that my role as a leader is helping to prepare women for the blessings of eternal life?
How am I seeking to help each sister:
- Increase in faith and personal righteousness?
- Strengthen family and home?
- Help those in need?
How can I use each of the following settings to accomplish the purposes of Relief Society?
- Sunday Relief Society meetings
- Other Relief Society meetings
- Visiting teaching
- Welfare
- Compassionate service
Increase Faith and Personal Righteousness
"We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ, we preach of Christ, we prophesy of Christ, . . . that our children may know to what source they may look for a remission of their sins" (2 Nephi 25:26). Faith must be nourished with great diligence and patience (see Alma 32:41, 43). We live in a time when an increase of faith and personal righteousness is critical to strengthen women and prepare them for challenges that lie ahead.
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapter 3.)
Strengthen Families and Homes
Never at any time in the history of the world have we needed stronger families and stronger homes. It is out of the homes and families that the next generation comes. Relief Society should be organized and mobilized to strengthen families and help our homes to be sacred sanctuaries from the world. Our homes can be a refuge in a world of evil influences.
Whether married or single, old or young, we all have a duty to defend and practice the truths found in "The Family: A Proclamation to the World."
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapter 9.)
- Learn more about families and the Church in God's plan in Handbook 2, 1 1.1.
Seek Out and Help Those in Need
In the Savior's mortal ministry, He set the example of seeking out and helping those in need. Relief Society has within its commission some of the most remarkable service opportunities on earth, and they are available to all sisters. People will have trying experiences, and the network of help offered through the Relief Society can provide strength and support.
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapters 6 and 7.)
- Learn more about ministering to others in Handbook 2, 3.2.3.
Charity Never Faileth
The motto "Charity Never Faileth" stems from the first Relief Society meeting. The sisters were asked by the Prophet Joseph Smith to assist the brethren "in looking to the wants of the poor-searching after objects of charity, and in administering to their wants." The sisters took this call to heart and became a society devoted to seeking out the poor and needy. (See Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith [2007], 452.)
"I have always loved your Relief Society motto: 'Charity never faileth' (1 Corinthians 13:8). What is charity? The prophet Mormon teaches us that 'charity is the pure love of Christ' ("Moroni 7:47). In his farewell message to the Lamanites, Moroni declared, 'Except ye have charity ye can in nowise be saved in the kingdom of God' (Moroni 10:21). I consider charity-or 'the pure love of Christ'-to be the opposite of criticism and judging. In speaking of charity, I do not at this moment have in mind the relief of the suffering through the giving of our substance. That, of course, is necessary and proper. Tonight, however, I have in mind the charity that manifests itself when we are tolerant of others and lenient toward their actions, the kind of charity that forgives, the kind of charity that is patient" ("Charity Never Faileth," general Relief Society meeting, Sept. 25, 2010).
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapter 5.)
Leadership Principles
Prepare Spiritually
Your ability to effectively serve will require the help of the Lord. He can strengthen you as you prepare yourself to be an instrument in His hands.
The scriptures teach us that becoming an instrument through which the Lord can work miracles requires spiritual preparation. In the Book of Mormon we read that the sons of Mosiah "had searched the scriptures diligently, that they might know the word of God. But this is not all; they had given themselves to much prayer, and fasting; therefore they had the spirit of prophecy, and the spirit of revelation, and when they taught, they taught with power and authority of God" (Alma 17:2-3).
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, pages 45-46.)
As a Relief Society leader:
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View an image gallery from the Relief Society resource room. "How does one increase faith, strengthen families, and provide relief? How does a woman in our day find answers to her own questions and stand strong and immovable against incredible opposition and difficulty?"
Participate in Councils
Elder M. Russell Ballard taught: "This is the miracle of Church councils: listening to each other and listening to the Spirit! When we support one another in Church councils, we begin to understand how God can take ordinary men and women and make of them extraordinary leaders. The best leaders are not those who work themselves to death trying to do everything single-handedly; the best leaders are those who follow God's plan and counsel with their councils" ("Counseling with Our Councils," Ensign, May 1994, 26).
Counsel with your bishop to:
- Learn his vision, direction, and priorities. (See Handbook 2, 9.2.1.)
- Recommend counselors, a secretary, teachers, and others to assist you as needed. (See Handbook 2, 9.2.1, 9.2.2, and 9.2.5.)
- Coordinate the type and frequency of gatherings that will help sisters prepare for eternal life by increasing faith and personal righteousness, strengthening families and homes, and helping those in need. (See Handbook 2, 9.4.2.)
- Fulfill assignments as directed by him. (See Handbook 2, 9.4.2, 9.6, 9.6.1, and 9.6.2.)
- Participate in councils to help assess challenges and opportunities, determine priorities, explore solutions, and identify resources to assist the individuals and families in your ward.
As a leader in Relief Society you will have the opportunity to participate in councils in a ward or stake setting.
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapter 8.)
- Learn about participating in councils in Handbook 2, 3.2.2, 4.1.
- Learn about counseling within your ward in Handbook 2, 9.3.
- Learn about counseling within your stake in Handbook 2, 9.8.
Minister to Each Woman
While in the Americas, Jesus Christ taught his newly called Church leaders, "That which ye have seen me do even that shall ye do" (3 Nephi 27:21). Among the many examples Jesus gave these leaders was the example of ministering to others individually (see 3 Nephi 17:7-9).
As a Relief Society leader, you have the blessing of ministering to the sisters in your ward. Look to the example of the Savior as you seek out individual sisters and as you train other Relief Society sisters to do the same. Ministering to others is described in Moroni 6:4 and Luke 10:30-37.
As a Relief Society leader:
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapter 7.)
- Learn about ministering to others in Handbook 2, 3.2.3.
- Learn about ministering through visiting teaching in Handbook 2, 9.5.
- Learn about ministering through welfare and compassionate service in Handbook 2, 9.6.
- Learn about ministering to new Relief Society sisters in Handbook 2, 9.7.
- Learn about ministering to sisters who have special needs in Handbook 2, 9.10.1.
Teach the Gospel of Jesus Christ
In a revelation given to the Prophet Joseph Smith, the Lord told Emma, "And thou shalt be ordained under his hand to expound scriptures, and to exhort the church, according as it shall be given thee by my Spirit" (D&C 25:7). Relief Society leaders and teachers are also called to teach the doctrines of the restored gospel by the power of His Spirit. As you use the approved teaching materials, inspire your sisters to be "actively engaged in the work of Relief Society" (Handbook 2, 9.4.1).
As a Relief Society leader:
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapter 1.)
- Learn more about teaching the gospel in Handbook 2, 3.2.4.
- Learn more about teaching in Relief Society in Handbook 2, 9.4.1.
- Visit the Teaching the Gospelsection of ChurchofJesusChrist.org to find resources for preparing talks or lessons and for teaching in any setting.
Administer Relief Society
The Prophet Joseph Smith taught that the Relief Society was "not only to relieve the poor, but to save souls" (History of the Church, 5:25). Under the direction of the bishop, you oversee the work of Relief Society and its efforts to save souls by building faith, strengthening families, and providing relief for individuals and families in the ward.
As you seek to save souls, use the Relief Society organization. This includes planning Sunday Relief Society meetings, planning and organizing additional Relief Society meetings, organizing visiting teaching, overseeing welfare and compassionate service, strengthening new Relief Society sisters, and training Relief Society leaders and teachers.
As a Relief Society leader:
- Under the direction of your bishop, you oversee the work of Relief Society and its efforts, gatherings, and meetings to ensure they build faith, strengthen families, and provide relief for individuals and families in your ward. As part of this effort:
- Organize and delegate the work of Relief Society to counselors, the secretary, and other leaders and teachers, giving all sisters opportunities to minister to one another. (See Handbook 2, 3.3.4 and 9.2.)
- Oversee and ensure the effectiveness of:
- Sunday Relief Society meetings. (See Handbook 2, 9.4.1.)
- Visiting teaching. (See Handbook 2, 1.4.1, 2.3, 3.2.3, 4.3, 5.1.2, 5.1.4, 5.2, 5.2.4, 5.2.5, 5.2.8, 5.3.3, 6.2.2, 6.2.4, 7.4.3, 9.2.2, 9.3.1, 9.5, 9.7.2, 9.9.1, 16.3.3, 16.6.4, 17.2.2, and 19.1.1.)
- Compassionate service. (See Handbook 2, 6.2.2, 6.2.4, 9.2.5, 9.5.1, 9.6, 9.6.1, 9.6.2, 9.10.3, and 18.6.2.)
- Welfare. (See Handbook 2, 6.2 and 9.6.)
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, pages 41-44.)
- Learn more about the Relief Society organization in Handbook 2, 9.
- Learn more about additional Relief Society meetings in Handbook 2, 9.4.2.
- Learn more about new Relief Society sisters in Handbook 2, 9.7.
New Relief Society Sisters
The Relief Society presidency has a responsibility to watch over each new sister with love and concern and help each one to continue in activity and faith (see Handbook 2, 9.7.2). The history book, Daughters in My Kingdom: The History and Work of Relief Society, is one of the approved resources you can use to teach new sisters about Relief Society and their roles and responsibilities in it.
Relief Society sisters who would like help in setting worthy personal goals may consider using Pursuit of Excellence as a guide.
Learn more about who the new sisters in Relief Society are, why they need special care, how to orient and teach them, and what resources to consider giving to them.
(See Daughters in My Kingdom, chapter 10.)


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Okay, every Shapeling and their grandma has sent me a version of this news, so I'd better get on it. (Thanks, everybody, and sorry I'm slow!)
A new study suggests that a surprising number of overweight people — about half — have normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels, while an equally startling number of trim people suffer from some of the ills associated with obesity.
The first national estimate of its kind bolsters the argument that you can be hefty but still healthy, or at least healthier than has been believed.
The results also show that stereotypes about body size can be misleading, and that even "less voluptuous" people can have risk factors commonly associated with obesity, said study author MaryFran Sowers, a University of Michigan obesity researcher.
Of course, as others have noted, it's only fucking "surprising" if you've ignored all the previous research saying the same thing, and continued to buy into those misleading stereotypes. Also, I left out the first line of the AP article there, which is: "You can look great in a swimsuit and still be a heart attack waiting to happen. And you can also be overweight and otherwise healthy." Hey, thanks for leading with a reminder that even if fat people can be healthy, we still can't look great in swimsuits*, Lindsay Tanner!
The L.A. Times is even better. Not only does Shari Roan focus on the "visceral fat is what will kill you" angle instead of the "Fat does not equal unhealthy" one, she phrases it thusly: "You can be normal weight** and be just as bad off as old tubby next door."
Charming. Do they seriously not teach journalists today that phrases like "old tubby" (see also "ballooning," "packing on the pounds," "X pounds of blubber/lard," etc.) and commentary on folks' bikini-readiness have no fucking place in science reporting? Or that "colorful" language like that might just suggest you have a deeply ingrained bias against fat people, and therefore are probably not the person to report objectively on studies about our health?
Anyway. Roan's phrasing also leaves out the pertinent point that "old tubby next door" has a greater than 50% chance of not being badly off at all, according to this research. What it actually shows is that you can be normal weight and far less healthy than old tubby. You can be normal weight and just as badly off as your normal weight neighbor. You can be old tubby herself and be better — or worse — off than another old tubby across the street. You can be any weight and healthy, or any weight and sick. You can't tell how healthy someone is just by looking. That's the fucking point.
Here are the actual studies being discussed, and here's a rundown of the findings that contains somewhat less editorialization.
From the latter link, in one study,
Dr. Wildman and colleagues looked at a cross-sectional sample of 5,440 participants in NHANES, and stratified them according to BMI and cardiometabolic abnormalities, including elevated blood pressure; triglycerides, fasting plasma glucose, C-reactive protein, and homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance value, as well as low levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol.
"Metabolically normal" = one or none of the things on that list, and "metabolically abnormal" equals anything above that. Here's who was metabolically abnormal: 23.5% of normal weight adults, just under 50% of overweight adults, and just under 70% of obese adults.
The other study looked at "the pathophysiological mechanisms of type 2 diabetes" and found that 24% of obese patients were not insulin resistant and — contrary to researchers' expectations — "the insulin sensitivity and the intima-media thickness [of the common carotid artery] of the insulin-sensitive obese group were similar [to] those of the normal BMI participants". Or, as study leader Dr. Nobert Stefan says, "a metabolically benign obesity that is not accompanied by insulin resistance and early atherosclerosis exists in humans."
So yes, there is still a correlation between higher weights and metabolic abnormality. But as we've been saying all along, this does not apply to all fat people or let thin people off the hook — which is why there's so much pants-shitting going on in the media over this.
Also — brace yourself — you're more likely to be "metabolically abnormal" if you're older and sedentary. NO WAY!
They also did find a correlation, yet again, between waist circumference and metabolic iffiness — presumably because a higher waist circumference can be an indication of higher levels of visceral fat, which appears to be the baddie. (Thin people can have high levels of visceral fat, too.)
Now, every time I talk about waist circumference/visceral fat, I hear from apple-shaped folks who are quite understandably pissed off that the OBESITY CRISIS BOOGA BOOGA BOOGA heat is just shifting over to them. So let me make two points I've made many times before, because they're well worth repeating.
1) My favorite fun fact ever: Sumo wrestlers tend to have low levels of visceral fat. And it's usually sedentary thin people who have high levels of it. The evidence suggests that exercise is protective against visceral fat, even if it doesn't make you thin — so if you're able to exercise, there is something you "can do about it," which doesn't involve starving yourself or getting a tummy tuck.
2) Risk factors are just that — risk factors, not death sentences — and we're all stuck with risk factors for diseases that we can't do anything about. Family history is the most obvious example — you have no control over whether your parents and grandparents had diabetes, cancer, heart disease, whatever, which is why nobody suggests you have an obligation to "do something" about those risk factors. If you're lucky enough to get old, you'll be at increased risk for practically everything — but nobody suggests killing yourself on your fiftieth birthday to avoid that risk factor. Likewise, if you are predisposed to be fat and/or carry weight around your middle, that's just another risk factor you're stuck with. For many of us, making a substantial, permanent change to our weights is just as impossible as going back in time and choosing different parents.
And for many of us, as this research shows, being fat will not lead to poor health anyway. And as always, you can't tell who's most at risk by looking. Hell, I'm more hourglass-shaped than apple-shaped (though I am officially obese and my waist circumference exceeds the recommendation for women), but given my pesky family history of diabetes, I'm still probably more likely to end up in the insulin-resistant category than the "metabolically benign" one someday. It sucks, but it is what it is.
Fat does not equal unhealthy. Thin does not equal healthy. Exercise is beneficial if you can do it and are so inclined, regardless of whether you lose weight. Getting old makes you more likely to get sick, but it's better than the alternative. Risk factors are not death sentences. Being sick is not a personal failure.
That's the big fucking news here. But we already knew all that, didn't we?
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Disrespected cats need to meow louder.
With everyone still focused on the failed effort to legalize discrimination in places such as Arizona, a similar injustice is barking up the wrong Worcester tree.
I refer, of course, to calls for a dog park at Green Hill. Last week, residents begged City Council to create a pooch paradise for their pets, where dogs of all sizes, breeds and political affiliations could gather and drool together amid an open space of parkland.
These days, it seems, everyone has a pet. This is different from the olden days, when everyone had nice furniture. Today, pets are a spoiled and pampered species, not unlike children raised by lesbian couples, and people are always eager to find new and stimulating diversions for them (the pets, not the lesbian couples).
I have no objection to providing something diverting for the dogs, as I trust they tire of their usual tasks -- sniffing each other's private regions, barking frantically at nothing, violently humping the defenseless Chihuahuas, sucking up to their owners and chasing the postal carrier. They need room.
But here's the thing -- what about the cats? Must we continue to treat them as second-class pets? Must they always sit in the back of the bus? And, if so, are we prepared to watch them claw the leather seats to shreds in protest?
At Wednesday's dog park meeting, City Councilor Rick Rushton waxed poetic about a cat he had as a kid. His name was Spunky or Frumpy or something, and even though he's technically dead (Spunky, not Rushton), I'll bet he would have loved his very own cat park.
Last week, however, Rushton noted that cats and their owners are intellectually superior to their canine counterparts and would thus disdain such a manmade contrivance.
"If Spunky was around today, he'd get his gang of friends and head up to Green Hill Park and just laugh at all the dogs inside the pen,'' Rushton told me. "Cats can't be contained. They need to roam and enjoy the seven hills, not just a patch of grass at Green Hill.''
Rushton has a point, but he's feeding into bigoted, catist stereotypes: Cats are ... different. They're happy where they are.
I say, let the felines decide. And I have lots of ideas for Pussy Cat Place, based on extensive knowledge of my own cat, Morgan, an aloof yet haughty Persian who would thrive in the park as long as it contained stuff she could bulldoze with her paw, preferably a freshly poured glass of Chardonnay.
Because cats have more pride than dogs, Pussy Cat Place would be self-sustaining. The entrance would contain a video camera for the creation of funny cat videos that would go viral and provide revenue. The inside would feature a giant sand box, even bigger than Chris Christie, and the park would be stocked with empty paper bags, boxes and twist ties. Loudspeakers would pipe in the sound of a can opener.
The sole staff member would lay motionless on a bed as though asleep, so the cats could take turns kneading his chest until he awakens, at which point the cat would meow helpfully in his ear that it was time for breakfast.
The point is, Pussy Cat Place wouldn't cost much. As a longtime cat lover, I'm tired of felines getting the short end of the stick, one it has too much pride to chase around like a, well, dog.
My late Aunt Mary liked to say that dog owners were needy and craved attention, while cat owners were secure enough to be ignored by their pets. Regardless, let's shower some attention on the prideful puss for a change.
As an added personal benefit, while Morgan is busy at her new digs, I might finally finish a glass of Chardonnay.
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At some point in "Saving Mr. Banks," which is inspired by the true story of Walt Disney (Tom Hanks) convincing author P.L. Travers (Emma Thompson) to license the film version of "Mary Poppins," you may want to shout, "They said one spoonful of sugar, not two!"
And, yes, it will help if you say that with the accent of an old British lady.
A double dose of sweetness probably can be expected when the Walt Disney company makes a movie about the Walt Disney company making a movie. Did Travers really cuddle up to a big Mickey stuffed animal in a departure from her otherwise salty exterior? I don't know. Was Walt Disney a squeaky-clean saint who had all the charm of Tom Hanks and, in this case, merely wanted to make a Mary Poppins movie to honor a promise to his daughters? Highly questionable.
Yet it's impossible to deny the broad likability of "Saving Mr. Banks," which gets a lot of mileage from Thompson's full commitment to Travers' testiness. In constant bickering with the folks tackling the film's script and music (Bradley Whitford, Jason Schwartzman, B.J. Novak), Travers personifies stubbornness, and that's putting it nicely. She doesn't want songs, animated penguins or the color red in the movie. Mr. Banks shouldn't have a mustache, no matter what Walt Disney requests. Forget about making up words—in response to "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" she bellows, "What on Earth are you talking about?"
Directed by John Lee Hancock ("The Blind Side") and co-written by one of the writers of the "Fifty Shades of Grey" film (which probably will feature far fewer stuffed animals), "Saving Mr. Banks" alternates between the Poppins business in 1961 and Travers' upbringing in Australia, where she adores her alcoholic father (Colin Farrell). The film means to show Travers' personal connection to her writing and how a happy child became an adult crank, and there's no doubting the story's effective document of the very Disney-like reclaiming of innocence.
Still, during the somewhat ponderous flashback sequences, it's hard not to think, "Get back to the funny business of moviemaking!" And while "Saving Mr. Banks" would have to plead guilty to endorsing the magic of Disneyland (which Travers calls a "dollar-printing machine") and the splendor of its "Mary Poppins" film, it's innocent of offering only self-promotion. That's an important thing to note about a woman whose father taught her about the evils of the almighty dollar.
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The enterprise C-suite is relying more and more on IT to gain a competitive edge. Agile practices in particular are enabling the business to deliver not only faster time to market, but also faster time to business value.
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Consider British Airways PLC (BA), which recently launched an iPad application for its cabin service directors to give them up-to-the-minute information on the preferences of executive club members. The application went from idea to production in 90 days using Agile practices.
Early demos of the application were given to the service directors, and their feedback played a key role in the ultimate design. These directors in turn gave direct feedback to BA's business leadership team, who in turn "reinforced the positive view of the project and IT delivery," Mike Croucher, head of IT architecture and delivery at BA, said in an email. Economic necessity spurred the London-based airline company to adopt Agile practices. "During the economic slowdown in 2008, a focus on generating new revenue led us to using Agile to both drive the business proposition and develop IT," he said. Agile practices allowed BA to develop new services, as well as make changes to existing programs. Often the payback period for these investments was less than a month.
The concept behind BA's Agile practices is to go live with a minimal set of functions to derive an early ROI, Croucher said. The process also prioritizes requirements by value. Projects are stopped once the majority of the agreed-on benefits are achieved. Then the Agile team moves on to the next idea.
CIOs taking the Agile practices lead
For Dan Simpson, CIO at Trustmark Companies, Agile practices pave the way to business transformation.
"Change is escalating, increasing; it's not going to stop. We've all heard those sayings before. The question is, are you ready to participate in and lead change?" Simpson challenged CIOs during a presentation at Forrester Research Inc.'s recent Application Development & Delivery Forum in Boston.
Hired as CIO in September, Simpson was brought in to helm a business transformation project at the Lake Forest, Ill.-based insurance company,, after accomplishing a major transformation at his previous company, Physicians Mutual Insurance Co. in Omaha, Neb. There, the business transformation project involved swapping out legacy systems for reusable services that created a single view of information for customers and employees.
At Physicians Mutual, Simpson's plan of attack had involved a service-oriented architecture, or SOA, in which components of the new billing and collection system, for example, were reused in other systems, such as payment management services. He used Agile practices to shorten delivery times. As a result, a calendar year was shaved off the release cycle for the payment management services.
"We decided to implement close to 40 new projects as part of the business transformation effort over a period of years," Simpson said in an interview with SearchCIO.com. "Iterative development using Agile methods was our 'Agile version' for those projects." That iterative approach was how he and business leaders determined whether IT understood user requirements during the development process, he said, "rather than us implementing something and finding out users aren't satisfied."
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"Agile and lean are the first practices I've seen in 20-plus years that are truly helping to solve the business-IT alignment issue, " said Alex Adamopoulos, CEO at New York-based Emergn, an Agile and lean consulting firm whose customers include BA, Standard Life PLC and British Telecom. For the past two years, he has seen Agile practices move beyond software development into corporate project and portfolio management, he said.
Change is escalating, increasing; it's not going to stop. The question is, are you ready to participate in and lead change?
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And this movement in turn has led CIOs to become more involved in project management discussions. "The CIO is spending more time with business heads and portfolio heads, becoming a true partner to them, versus [IT being] a cost center," Adamopoulos said.
The benefits of combining Agile practices with lean methodologies are becoming so pronounced that one day a new term that encompasses both will emerge, according to Forrester Research. It makes sense, said Dave West, vice president and research director at the Cambridge, Mass.-based consultancy. "If you're doing [an Agile] sprint of only three weeks you bet you have to reduce waste, and you bet you have to economize the amount of functionality, the delivery and the code writing. It's a natural segue from Agile to lean."
General Electric Co.'s Software Solutions Group (SSG), which is replacing a mix of software development methods, including waterfall, with Agile practices, appreciates the connection. Its next step is interjecting lean into the process, not only for software development but also across such other GE business lines as the engineering division, said Paul Rogers, executive manager of SSG. "We've gotten a lot out of Agile, but it is lean that makes you hyperproductive."
Lean "optimizes the whole lifecycle" of work, Adamopoulos said, and its goal is to remove as much waste as possible. Combined, Agile and lean will focus a project on three things:
- Value, to ensure that the team is working on the right projects.
- Flow, so the team is working on the right projects, in the right order.
- Quality, to make sure that quality is built in early enough in the process.
"Value, flow and quality [together are] a means of defining Agile and lean, and many of the practices are synonymous," even if the terms differ, Adamopoulos said. "In the lean world, they use the term kanban board. In the Agile world, it's called a story board, but they're identical. It's a big wall with four columns and Post-its."
Whether applied to the software development lifecycle or to the project development lifecycle, Agile practices, combined with lean, allow for midcourse project corrections, which are difficult to achieve with traditional project management approaches. They also simplify release cycles through iterations, and reduce waste and complexity.
Companies should be prepared, however, for a rough ride initially. The other side of the Agile-lean coin is culture shock, experts warn: Business and IT groups might have a hard time adjusting to monthly or even weekly releases of new features. Lean practices will rein in Agile release cycles, but governance is needed too. BA, Physicians Mutual and GE, for example, all have a governance plan in place in some form or another.
"The business is the information owner, and IT is the steward of data," Trustmark's Simpson said during his presentation at the Forrester conference. "We implemented the business transformation project, but the business was driving prioritization around our work. The [business transformation] program was a collaborative effort, but it was governed by a business steering committee. They determined which piece of information we delivered first."
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Marketing any type of medical practice is difficult to do in a tasteful manner. One method that's receiving positive results is through sponsored editions of children's books. It's especially popular with family practices.
With a sponsored edition, the physician, dentist, clinic or hospital information is featured. The back page of the book is typically customized to include information about your practice, but you can also choose to modify one of the front pages to include discussion questions that relate to your practice, a personal letter, information about a specific product or service, or general information about your practice.
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On October the 24th, The Ego Co will be presenting The Costume Ball ~ A whimsical, gothic and frightening experience held at the Fable sim. With over twenty-five designers, this small dark soiree is sure to be a wonderful hit! One of many items to be found is this beckoning call from [Pink Fuel]. Femme Fatale comes in Kumi (Java) and Alyx (Vanilla, Peach, and Ivory) and with it's own make-up and brow colors. I am wearing Alyx in Peach called Siren, which I absolutely loved the red red lips. It seemed only fitting to give myself my own femme fatale look and pair it off with the Mini Deep Club Dress in Red from [Haste]. It's plunging neckline leaves not much to be imagined, but at least I'm a bit covered. Lastly, the jewelry is new and soon to be coming from Caelan Hancroft! She's been hard at work in making such simple and yet elegant mesh pieces, and I'm looking forward to her store opening up soon!
So remember! The Costume Ball opens on Wednesday, October 24th! Mark your calendars! Cae :: will be opening Soon! And you can pick up this smexy dress over at Fable at the [Haste] store NOW!
Dress: [Haste] Mini Deep Club Dress – Red / Harvest Dezno *NEW*
Necklace: Cae :: Entangled :: Necklace / Caelan Hancroft *Coming Soon*
Earrings: Cae :: Entangled :: Earrings / Caelan Hancroft *Coming Soon*
Flower: Shakeup! Catrina Hair Flowers / Carrie Janick *The Costume Ball – October 24th*
Skin: [Pink Fuel] Alyx <Peach> – Siren (aubbrow) / Moci Milena *The Costume Ball – October 24th*
Shape: My own
Hair: [Elikatira] Wherever – Red05 / Elikapeka Tiramisu
Eyes: .ID. STR / Mesh Eyes / The Woods / Green / Audrey Lamede
Freckles: Izzie's – Elena Freckles Natural (body & face) / Izzie Button
Eyeliner: Izzie's – Elena Eyeliner / Izzie Button
Eyelashes: Maitreya Mesh Eyelashes / Onyx LeShelle
Pose: (marukin) /Valencia Southard


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APPLE IPHONE 5s gold 32GB in Saudi Arabia
Offers for other IPHONE 5S models:
Min price for IPHONE 5S 16 Gb is 599 SAR (-2500)
Min price for IPHONE 5S 32 Gb is 788 SAR (-2311)
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Quick Specs: APPLE IPHONE 5S Gold unlocked, 32 GB, IOS 7, A7 processor 64 bit, 3G, LTE, WIFI a/b/g/n, GPS, Glonass. 8 MP camera with slow motion and burst mode 10 pic/sec, true Tone Flash, nanoSIM, fingerprint sensor. Gold color.
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Apple iPhone 5s gold color (new 2013 model)
First smartphone with 64-bit architecture (2x faster than iphone 5).
First smartphone with integrated fingerprints for telephone lock and for passwords saving.
Greatly improved camera with natural tone flash, 10 pic/sec mode, slow motion mode, auto stabilization, bigger sensor and excellent low-light performance.
Technology: retina multi-touch display with millions colors, 16:9, contrast 800:1, 1136-by-640-pixel resolutios, fingerprint-resistant cover on front
Size: 4.0 inches
iOS 7
64-bit A7 chip + M7 motion coprocessor
Primary Camera: 8 MP with ƒ/2.2 aperture, True Tone flash, Slow-motion video, burst mode (10 pictures in 1 second), geo tagging, panorama, FullHD video with 3x zoom. Take photo while recording video.
Secondary Camera: Yes, 1.2 MP with 720p video.
Others features for iPhone 5s
GSM 850/900/1800/1900, UMTS 850/900/1900/2100, LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25),
User Memory: 32GB + 1Gb RAM
A-GPS and GLONASS
Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, digital compass, light sensor, fingerprint sensor for passwords
New charging/data connector "Lightning"
SIRI intelligent assistant support
Free extra aps: iMovie, iPhoto, Keynote, Pages, Numbers, iBooks, iTunesU, etc.
In the box
iPhone 5s gold color
Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic
Lightning to USB Cable
USB Power Adapter


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Come out to the farm and join our teamsters in harnessing and hitching our draft horses. Then enjoy a wagon ride through our farm fields. Ask questions and learn about these majestic equines. This program may be rescheduled due to inclement weather conditions. Dress for the weather, wearing closed toe shoes. Ages 6 and up. Please preregister, (586) 752-5932.
Time: Noon
Cost: $3 Child, $5 Adult
Location: Wolcott Mill Metropark Farm Center – Map Me
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A Metroparks vehicle entry permit is required to enter any Metropark and is only $35 annually for regular admission, $24 annually for seniors or $10 daily


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"He was a conservative Republican who lived through the Depression so he turned off the lights, turned off the water, and saved string and tinfoil. He'd never use the word environmentalist, but he was one in many ways," Begley Jr. reflects.
Back in the '70s, the budding activist lived in an apartment but grew vegetables in a window box and made compost near the local railroad tracks. Today, he lives in a suburban Los Angeles home powered by solar panels, generates enough power on his morning turn on his exercise bike to power a toaster, and drives an electric car, which ranks a distant fourth in his transportation hierarchy, "Walking is number one. I deliberately moved to a neighborhood where I could walk to the bank, restaurants and shops," he says. "Riding a bike is number two. Public transportation is number three."Far from anti-technology, Begley Jr. insists he's "not a Luddite -- I have a computer, a fax machine, a printer and all that stuff but I try to keep things as long as they can possibly last and use as little stuff as possible. The less emphasis you have on stuff, I think the happier you're going to be," he believes. "I simplify as much as I can."
The busy character actor and one-time St. Elsewhere star, is currently playing a doctor again on CBS' Gary Unmarried, and is the author of Living Like Ed: A Guide to the Eco-Friendly Life, in which he offers green ideas "that will make a big difference, protect the environment and save you money. You can't go broke saving the environment. You've got to do stuff that's within your budget." He realizes many people can't afford Priuses or solar panels, even though good ones "will last forty to fifty years so you come out ahead in the end." The aforementioned transportation habit changes, turning off lights, and buying energy efficient light bulbs and appliances are good places to start, he says.
In the bigger picture, Begley Jr. also emphasizes the importance of wildlife conservation. "If you don't care about the spotted owl or the polar bears, think about how many rivets you can lose from an airplane before it ceases to fly," he suggests. "Rest assured that all these endangered species are rivets, and all of it comes from a web of life that we all depend on."
Both seasons of Begley Jr.'s HGTV series Living With Ed, in which he and his wife Rachelle help green-ify celebrities' homes, are now available on DVD.
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Through research we now know that light affects us not just visually, but also non-visually. Traditionally lighting quality was only described visually within a space by stating the illuminance within the working area and its immediate surroundings. However, research has shown that ambient lighting, the lighting of walls and the ceiling, has a significant effect on us both biologically and emotionally (non-visually). The level of ambient light is important for our alertness and therefore our ability to perform over time.
The VBE index is a model that describes a way to interpret the lighting experience within a room visually, biologically and emotionally.
The aim of the VBE index is to describe the subjective lighting experience – where all parameters have significance and can be weighted differently depending on the type of room and the activity. The model aims to be a support and communication tool in the dialogue between the buyer and the lighting planner and can be used for different types of environment, e.g. work, restaurant and care environments. The template can also be used as a basis for evaluating the existing facility.
The model for the evaluation of the quality of the lighting solution, with man in the centre, is based on a subjective evaluation of the visual, biological and emotional aspects where the overall perception of a lighting solution is taken into consideration.
The different parts are individually evaluated and the sum gives a total VBE index through the use of certain assumed parameters and the value of these. The better the correspondence with the input parameters, the higher the overall points for VBE.
Aspects of the VBE index
The visual aspects
Include the more traditional fundamental values such as the visibility of an object, visual comfort, contrast, glare etc. over time.
The biological aspects
Are primarily due to our biological clock – the body's endocrinal hormone secretion and its influence on our alertness, wellbeing and performance both during the day and for the different seasons. Research shows that the body is mainly affected by the level of ambient light and its spectral composition.
The emotional aspects
Are the most subjective – how we generally perceive the light in a room, the colour of surroundings and the light's colour, dynamic and comfort over time.


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6 slices thick cut bacon
6 eggs
3 tablespoons grated aged goat cheese* (optional)
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
Preheat oven to 350. Spray 6 wells in a muffin tin with nonstick spray. Make a ring of bacon around the sides of each well, creating a "wall" of bacon. Some overlap with be necessary. Crack an egg into each well. Sprinkle with cheese if desired. Season with salt and pepper. Bake for 30 minutes or until desired doneness. Run a thin knife around the edges to loosen and remove the egg. Eat immediately.
*I really like Beemster.
(please excuse my dark, early morning kitchen)


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"In vivo and in vitro infection dynamics of honey bee viruses", Scientific Reports, vol. 6, p. 22265, 2016.,
"Intensively Cultivated Landscape and Varroa Mite Infestation Are Associated with Reduced Honey Bee Nutritional State", PloS one, vol. 11, no. 4, p. e0153531, 2016.,
"Interacting stressors matter: diet quality and virus infection in honeybee health", Royal Society Open Science, vol. 6, no. 2, p. 181803, 2019.,
"Transcriptomic responses to diet quality and viral infection in Apis mellifera", BMC Genomics, vol. 20, no. 1, p. 412, 2019.,


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Traditionally, fashion brands and retailers would open brick-and-mortar stores first to build their brands. Now an online presence can give a brand a much wider reach, and serve as a more cost effective option in creating a global flagship. Mary Katrantzou choose to launch her first store online in November 2012, speaking recently at the Decoded Fashion London Summit she told us why:
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" A bold, brave and incredibly relevant book". Lee Woodruff, New York Times Best selling author.
Tracy Cleantis classes herself as the Dr Kevorkian of dreams. Through The Next Happy she helps people work through grief and emotions related to failed dreams.
She covers the stages of grief in detail and supplies some self help points at the end of each chapter, which are very helpful. She takes a different point at looking at failures in life and helps you to refocus on what new opportunities you may have.
A great uplifting book. Anne
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