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What information do I need to give when contacting the IT&S Help Desk?Be prepared to answer identification questions, such as:In person: Student/Employee ID card or number and a photo IDOver the Phone or email: Student/Employee ID card or number, Network Username, Your Full Name
Where is the IT&S Help Desk Located? The IT&S Help Desk is located on the lower level of EMF, Room 106. How do I contact the IT&S Help Desk? Phone: 902-457-6538 E-mail: msvu.ca When is the IT&S Help Desk open? Please see the IT&S Help Desk hours webpage. Who is eligible to benefit from the services provided by the IT&S Help Desk? Mount Faculty, Staff and Students can use the services of the IT&S Help Desk.
Who do I contact if I can't login to a student lab computer? Who do I contact if I can't login to myMount? Who do I contact if I can't login to Student Email?For these issues you should contact the IT&S Help Desk, click here.
How and how often should I clear Cache & Cookies on my computer? Weekly clearing of cache and cookies is strongly recommended. Instruction sheet
Should I save my work to the PCs desktop, network drive or USB drive?The first thing you should always do before adding content to your document is name and save the document to a secure location. A secure location may be your Student/Employee network drive, OneDrive or a portable USB drive. It is also important to save your work often. Never save important information to the desktop of a Mount computer.
Can I get help for my home PC?Some general advice or assistance related to Mount software or internet connection may be offered by the IT&S Help Desk assistant. We can not offer trouble shooting or repair for non-Mount assets.
What operating systems does the IT&S Help Desk support?Windows 10.
What MS Office suite is used at the Mount?Complete list of software is available on the computer labs page.Is there any information or tutorials for the MS Office 2016 suite? Yes, click below for information guides. Excel 2016OneNote 2016Outlook 2016PowerPoint 2016OneDrive 2016Visio 2016Word 2016Sway 2016SharePoint 2016
Free online training available from Microsoft
How do I set send and receive rules in Outlook 2016? Click here for an instructional video.
How do I setup my MSVU email on my home PC or my portable device?Click here for information and instructions.
How do I set an auto reply in Outlook 2016? Click here for information and instructions.
How do I take a screenshot from my PC?Press the Print Screen button, and then in MS Word press the Shift and Insert keys together.
How do I wrap text around photos and images in MS Word 2016?Click here to watch the instructional video.
Where are the computer lab and public access computers located?Detailed information is available on the Computer Labs page.
I have saved my work to the desktop and the computer froze what should I do?Don't restart the PC, contact the IT&S Help Desk, although it may not be possible to recover your work, IT&S will try to recover the file for you.
How can I check my student details held by the University? The student portal myMount gives you access to your information.
If my student information is incorrect, how can I change it? Select the desired information change form from the Mount website.
I am unable to log on to Moodle? Where do I go for assistance? For Moodle login support please contact the IT&S Help Desk click here.
How do I recover an over written document?Right click on the saved file, from the list of options select restore a previous version.
What is the wireless network named at the Mount? Mount WiFi.
How do I get connected to the wireless network? Ensure your wireless device is set to connect to wifi, when Mount WiFi is detected, select and connect. Login with your Mount email and password. Note - For Android devices, try switching EAP methods to TTLS. Certificate: Do not authenticate.
Where can I connect my laptop with a wire cable? In the Royal Bank Link, Seton Cafeteria, and all residence rooms. I am a guest to the University; can I use the wireless network?
As a guest, the wifi connection you use will depend on who you are and why you are visiting, and you may be required to give your name and show ID in order to get a wifi login.
What operating systems are supported by the wireless network? Windows 10, and Mac OS X. Can I borrow a wireless laptop? The EMF Library Circulation Desk has Laptops to sign out and use in the Library. Can I access the network using a WiFi enabled PDA? Yes, select and connect to "Mount WiFi".
If I need some personal documents colour printed can I ask the IT&S Help Desk attendant for assistance? How do I get print credits to do that?For information on printing click here.
Where do Students have access to colour printing? EMF Information Commons and Evaristus 136.
Where can I see my printing balance? This feature is only available from a computer lab or Info-Commons computer, click here for instructions.
How do I top up my printing cash balance? The IT&S Help Desk or the Circulation Desk located in the EMF Library.
How can I reduce my printing costs?"Check Twice Print Once" a. Proof read your documents on the screen before printing b. Run a spelling and grammar check c. Check the printer settings, ensure you select duplex d. Check printer location, ensure you are sending to the correct location e. Always do a print preview, if everything checks out click print
Can I print via the wireless network from my own laptop? Yes, Web Printing is now available to a printer in the EMF Library's Info-Commons or the Seton 406 Education Lab. WebPrint InstructionWill my unused Printing balance roll over to next year? Yes, your print balance is carried over. What do I do if the student printers aren't working? Contact the IT&S Help Desk and give details of the problem, the printer and the location.
Is there a way for me to get reimbursed if the printer does not process my job correctly? Each situation will be handled on an individual basis please contact the IT&S Help Desk.
Who do I ask for help if I am having trouble printing documents? The IT&S Help Desk is there to assist you. How do I print to a printer other than the default printer designated in a computer area? When you select print, you will see a list of available printers, make your choice from the list . For detailed information click here.How can I cancel my printing or check where it is in the queue? The print delivery system is fairly quick, generally printing in less than 1 minute. Jobs would only remain in a print queue if there were a printer problem, such as out of paper. You can make a request to the IT&S Help Desk to cancel your print job. My course has a high demand for printing required, are there reduced rates for large print jobs? Each situation will be accessed on an individual bases, for details ask at The IT&S Help Desk
How do I change my password? How do I choose a secure password? What should I do if I have forgotten my password?Go to our Password page for detailed information.
How do I print double sided?All Mount printers have been set to print by default to Duplex. If in doubt, right Click on the desired printer, select printing preferences, ensure duplex or two-sided printing is enabled.
How do I access my Mount computer from home? Remote Access is available to Faculty and staff. You will need to request an account for this service at the IT&S Help Desk.
How do I use the voice mail features on my office phone? I don't have a phone just a "Ghost Mail Box" what features are available to me? Click here for information and programming instructions for the Call Pilot system
How do I access and use Mount voicemail from home? Refer to the Bell Aliant Anypath instructions.My family name has changed, so how can I get my staff username changed? Select the desired information change form from the Mount Web site. Click on ChangeForms.
How do I find out about scheduled and unscheduled system outages?Check the MSVU System Status Page.
What methods for connecting to the internet does the University provide?Wired and wireless are provided at the Mount.
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Nick Roman is KPCC's host of All Things Considered.
Roman has been a fixture in Southern California radio news for more than 30 years. From 1984-2004, he was the voice of news at KLON/KKJZ in Long Beach, serving as a producer, anchor, and news director. Along the way he helped create CALNET, a daily statewide news program, where he was a producer, news editor and host.
He's proud to have trained such accomplished journalists as Kitty Felde and Frank Stoltze. Roman has also worked for the past 25 years teaching broadcast journalism to students at Cal State Long Beach and Cal State Fullerton. His love of sports has led him to file numerous stories for NPR's "Only A Game."
Stories by Nick Roman
UCLA Anderson says commercial real estate rebound coming
It'll take a while to get here – but economists at UCLA's Anderson School of Management say there's a recovery ahead in the commercial real estate market.
California's special districts submit salary data to state controller
Last October, the state controller's website posted salary data for city and county employees in California. Now it's time for "special districts" to post their data on the controller's website.
Jackson family lawsuit against concert promoter still on
The show did not go on – but a lawsuit over Michael Jackson's concert tour will.
West Covina considers putting giant 'WC' on hillside
West Covina's city council is considering an idea that could put the San Gabriel Valley town on the map – or at least mark its initials on a hillside.
UCLA health policy researchers weigh in against cuts to in-home care
The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research is taking aim at one of Governor Jerry Brown's proposed budget cuts. Center officials are arguing against a big budget cut for in-home support services.
LA school cop arrested; shooting story apparently fake
School police officer Jeff Stenroos, shot last week near a high school campus in Woodland Hills, was arrested last night. The officer's been charged with making up the story.
Baylor's lawsuit against Clippers could clear big hurdle
It looks as if Elgin Baylor's lawsuit against the National Basketball Association's L.A. Clippers will clear a big hurdle.
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Steps in a User-Oriented Approach to Data Migration
Establish the
business benefits
of the proposed Migration.
Attend stakeholder workshops to agree data to be migrated.
Support design walkthrough and User Scenarios for potential
software package
Identify the preferred package.
Draft the
Business Rules
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Review the Business Rules with Users and modify according to User comments.
Obtain formal User sign-off for the Business Rules.
Define the
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Data Modelling Tool
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Create Data Models for Sources and Targets.
Define procedures to maintain the Data Model as detailed in the Requirements Specification under Change Control (following system design changes)
Complex Change Management Projects. Carry out data preparation to defined business rules for data input. Carry out data cleansing to defined business rules for data input. Support data input processes, including resolving data quality queries.
A. Setting-up the Data Migration Process ...
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Exercise 02 Precedents
In order to delve deeper into your study of what it means to make shelter, and to familiarize yourself with the basic drawing conventions architects use to clarify their own ideas and clearly convey them to others, this assignment will allow you to look closely at a collection of significant precedents by retracing the steps of their authors.
Precedents for Further Study:
Barcelona Pavilion (Barcelona, Spain / Mies van der Rohe / 1929)
Trenton Bath House (Ewing Township, New Jersey / Louis Kahn / 1955)
Urban Podium (Rotterdam, Netherlands / Atelier KempeThill / 2009)
PINC Pavilion (Porto, Portugal / Clinica de Arquitectura / 2012)
Webb Chapel Park Pavilion (Dallas, Texas / Cooper Joseph Studio / 2012)
Vieux Port Pavilion (Marseille, France / Foster + Partners / 2013)
Part 1: Plan and Section
- Using an online search, gather plan, section and photographic documentation of one or more of the precedents listed above.
- Study your collected materials, and consider the following questions:
- Where is the building sited (i.e. rural, urban, suburban or other context)?
- What function or purpose does the building serve (i.e. what is its programmatic function)?
- What materials or elements does the building employ to convey its function?
- Using the documentation provided (plan, section/elevation, and photographs), draw the plan and section of your selected precedent to a known scale (1/4" =1'-0" or 1/8" = 1'-0", depending on the scale of the building selected). To determine appropriate scale, do a rough calculation of the pavilions length and width, and figure out what will fit on an 11×17" sheet of paper.
- Each drawing should be formatted on 11×17 (white or trace) paperwith black ink, taking into consideration lineweights and composition on the page.You may rough out your drawing in pencil before drawing with pen, or you may find you need to produce multiple drafts before producing a well-crafted, legible drawing.
Part 2: Model
- Using the drawings you produced in Part 1 as your 'construction drawings,' build a model of your precedent to scale (select a scale one smaller than your drawing, so either 1/8" = 1'-0"or 1/16" = 1'-0").
- All models should be constructed in the following simple materials palette:
- White 1/8" foam core
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Texas Backyard Landscape Design Ideas
Design your Texas backyard landscape for the activities you and your family enjoy. The backyard is your private space, unlike the front yard that is for visitors and passersby. Do not confine your backyard design ideas to turf grass and border shrubs; make the area a pleasant place to relax, entertain, and play. Except for the worst of summer's heat, Texans can enjoy their backyards throughout the year. Depending on the size of your backyard, you may choose a single landscape theme or set up distinct areas.
Native Plants
Texas can be a harsh mistress that challenges plants with environmental conditions that include sustained summer heat, alternating rainy and dry seasons, winds, and occasionally cold, snowy winters in the northern part of the state. Selecting native plants for your area of Texas gives your landscape a better chance of survival without extreme soil preparation and plant care measures.
Sally Wasowski in her book, "Native Texas Plants—Landscape Region by Region" divides Texas into 10 regions to accommodate the trees and shrubs that grow well in the acidic soils and high humidity of east Texas or are drought tolerant desert plants for west Texas and water-wise plants for the arid mountains in southwest Texas. For example in the humid area near Houston, she suggests trees like the swamp chestnut oak, bald cypress, and southern magnolia. But for El Paso in the Trans Pecos region, she recommends drought tolerant trees like the desert willow and the downy aromatic sumac.
Enhance a backyard landscape designed around Texas plants by adding hardscape features that are native to your area. Limestone rocks in central Texas provide a focal point with visually attractive lines softened by surrounded low growing flowering plants and ornamental trees. In the arid areas of west Texas, complement the native plants with large brightly colored pots. Water features including fountains and ponds accent the lush foliage native to east and southeast Texas.
In west and central Texas, water is a precious and often limited resource. The concept of xeriscaping applies seven basic principles of landscape design and plant selection to minimize the amount of needed supplemental water. The principles that guide xeriscape landscapes require planning and design, soil analysis, practical turf areas, appropriate plant selection, efficient irrigation, use of mulches, and appropriate maintenance as described in the Texas A&M article on xeriscaping.
A xeriscape landscape design does not need to be dull or uninteresting. Water-wise plants encompass categories of colorful grasses, vines, shrubs, and flowering perennials. These plants work well when clustered together in areas where a gardener may combine low-growing textured plants with small trees like the Texas huisache, Acacia greggii, or medium-sized trees such as the Texas hawthorne.
Use the entire backyard as a palette for landscaping. Create visual divisions using plants and hardscape features like pathways. If your yard needs an activity area for children to play, xeriscaping permits areas of turf grass.
Water Feature
Adding a water feature to your Texas backyard landscape creates a beautiful visual and promotes restful ambiance. Moving water from a fountain or waterfall does not encourage Texas mosquitoes that can become a problem with static water features like ponds. Use the water feature as a focal point or as a backdrop for a sitting area. Backyards with a slope are ideal for adding a waterfall terraced with a variety of native flowering plants.


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Defying all logic, the world's 105th-largest country is also one of its most instantly recognizable. Think psychedelic Che Guevara murals and antediluvian American Buicks, dudes with bongos and communist cadres smoking chunky Montecristos. Cuba has a way of going against the grain. It's all part of its historical make-up, part of its dynamism, part of its intrinsic beauty and a place that must be visited sooner rather than later. This tour takes into account Havana, the stunning Trinidad and then spend some time relaxing in Varadero.
(Departures: Monday) (weekly)
All the touring itineraries on this website have been carefully crafted by our in-country management teams and represent a series of experiences we can certainly recommend. However, we understand that every travel experience should be as unique and individual as each traveler. Our consultants are waiting to hear from you so that we can tailor or custom design a Cuba tour to your individual specifications.
In Viñales, visit the Pre-historic Mural (cave painting on the country's most ancient rocks) and the Indian Cave, boating along its atmospheric underground river.
Explore by taking tour of Old Havana City Historic Center - Cultural Heritage of Mankind; pass by Cathedral Square, the famous bar-restaurant La Bodeguita del Medio and the Plaza de Armas. Walk along Oficios street up to St Francisco de Asis Square to the Ambos Mundos Hotel where renowned American writer Ernest Hemingway lived.
Get the adrenaline going on a visit to the crocodile farm of the Guama resort.
Return flights from Dublin/Cork to Havana
Fully escorted tour for 7 nights
Return airport transfers
Airline taxes
Meals as specified
Cuban Visas
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25 Posters 2018 Calendar: Water is Life ONLINE SPECIAL!
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Free Shipping The theme for our 2018 poster (18 x 24 inches) calendar: Water is Life. It showcases the incredible artistic talent that is to be found in Diné Bikéyah (Navajoland). We decided on a contemporary look this year, knowing that this poster will be visible to many students and youth. Also perfect gift for Christmas.


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Role: Mage/Support
Hugarfen is a manaless champion from the Plague Jungles who uses its health as its casting resource. I've written a short introduction that I highly recommend you read before moving on to the champion description.
This image is not owned by me and was sourced from here.
When writing Hungarfens lore I choose to be unconventional. My intention was to craft something with little less hand holding. I want to challenge the reader to make inferences while giving them the ingredients to do so. I want the reader to not just read, but think and discover. Hopefully I made that possible.
Lets get started, shall we!
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Iran Threatens Pakistan
Iran Threatens Pakistan
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran is making veiled threat against neighboring Pakistan despite their recent agreement to work together to boost border security in the wake of a border attack that killed 10 Iranian guards.
Iranian state TV is quoting the army's chief-of-staff, Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, as saying on Monday that Iranian soldiers will attack "terrorists wherever they are," suggesting they could cross into Pakistan to target militants there. The Sunni militant group Jaish al-Adl claimed the April assault.
Bagheri says that Pakistan to go after militant hideouts on its soil, but if there are "continued attacks, the terrorists' safe havens will be targeted and crushed, wherever they are."
The porous Iran-Pakistan frontier has long been used by drug smugglers and Sunni militants, both of whom occasionally clash with Iranian security forces.


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Security vs. compliance: Moving beyond a 'checkbox security' mentality
Mike Chapple discusses the compliance vs. security challenge and why a "checkbox security" mentality may actually be a good thing.
Our security and compliance program is heavily reliant on a "checkbox" mentality -- the security program is based...
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almost entirely on the PCI DSS (that's what justifies the spending) and the compliance program is based on getting the assessor's stamp of approval, not having sound, constant risk management and data security controls. I feel like it's my responsibility to try to change this attitude, but as a security manager (below director-level), it seems impossible. Where can I start?
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I'd actually argue that you shouldn't try to make your compliance program about security, and that a "checkbox" approach to compliance is actually the correct way to go. I know that sounds heretical, but when looking at security vs. compliance, I encourage organizations to treat each as separate functions that, while they have some overlapping controls, have completely different purposes.
Information security groups should have the confidentiality, integrity and availability of their organization's information and computing resources as their prime concern. This is where a risk-based approach comes into play. Security staff should always make decisions about controls based upon the organization's budget and risk appetite. Their bottom-line job is to ensure that the organization's security program is effective and efficient.
From the Editor: More on security vs. compliance
Expert Ernie Hayden recently answered a similar question on security vs. compliance -- Information security program development: Security vs. compliance
Compliance, on the other hand, is a completely different task. The goal of compliance programs is to satisfy externally imposed requirements that may or may not support an effective security program. The fact that a company has been deemed compliant does not guarantee that it is secure, and some obligations that it fulfills may not contribute anything to security. Compliance is something that companies do because they must, so a checkbox approach, in my mind, is appropriate.
Now, compliance and security tasks do overlap quite a bit. If your company has a well-defined and implemented security program, it should find that it already meets many of its compliance obligations as well. Companies can supplement this program with some "box checking" that ensures they are doing the things that others demand, in addition to those that they think are appropriate. So to be clear, while a checkbox security might not be a good idea, checkbox compliance is often the way to go.
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Companion Stairlifts
Companion stairlifts is one of the main UK stairlift suppliers. Companion lifts are custom tailored for every staircase to assure a perfect fit.
When you place an order in the UK a Companion stairlift employee comes to our location and measures your stair and preconfigured your lift system to ensure a perfect fit every time.
Companion stair lifts have a very slim design letting you maintain maximum use of your stairs as normal. When not in use the footrest, seat and armrest all fold up and out of the way.
To activate the stair lift you simply push a paddle in the desired direction and the chair will glide smoothly in the desired direction.
In the event that multiple users will use the stairlift in a single home, Companion includes two remotes with every lift so you can call the lift back down to you.
Companion stairlifts run on a 24v motor that is powered by two 12v batteries allowing use in the event of a power outage. The lift recharges when it sits at either the top or bottom of the stairs.
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We offer private, semi-private (2 riders) and group (3 or more riders) lessons. It is recommended that novice riders take private lessons to get lots of one-on-one instruction with one of our trainers to build a strong foundation and correct equitation.
Many families choose to have a semi-private or group lesson. We also provide group lessons in our Bible Study Program and have grouped riders at a similar level together in these economical groups.
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From dressage to reining, western horsemanship to hunter under saddle, we offer a variety of different disciplines. Many of our instructors have shown professionally in a multitude of disciplines and possess a great deal of knowledge about the equine industry.
With an emphasis on safety, our instructors progress their students from their first time in the saddle to the advanced levels. Our staff matches riders with horses appropriate for their abilities, physical needs and discipline. All riders should expect to learn correct equitation and the proper channels of communication to effectively direct their horse and have the opportunity to try a variety of different styles of riding.
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You can view the lesson pricing matrix below in our standard price list. The prices listed are based on weekly lessons prepaid at the beginning of the month. You can schedule and pay for individual lessons, however they cost an additional $5 per lesson. We have many options to fit your budget and have several discounts available.
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- Prepay for 3 months (13 lessons) and receive a 10% discount
- Multiple riders in one family each receive a 10% discount
- Ride in more than 1 lesson per week and receive a 10% discount
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About the Horses
From our smallest pony to our tallest Thoroughbred, we are blessed to have a herd of patient and proven horses. Our horses are tried and true "bomb-proof" teachers. Many of our horses have shown successfully, while some are rescued Thoroughbreds from the racetrack that have been professionally retrained. Each one of our horses has something new to teach our riders. For more information, check out our "Meet the Horses" page.
A Note About Treats
While we love our school horses very much, we do caution against bringing too many treats for the horses to avoid killing them with kindness. Acceptable treats include carrots, small bits of apple divided up among horses, small peppermints and store-bought treats made specifically for horses. Some horses in the barn have difficulties with sugar, so never feed a horse treats without permission. Also, we do not encourage hand-feeding. Treats may be placed in the horse's feed bucket instead.


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The outpouring of concern for this church proves on thing. Love is more abundant than evil. I thank God for that. My heart and prayers go out to the TVUUC.
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Though Bradford received a charter as early as 1251, it remained a cloth town of local importance. During the 17th cent. it lost ground. Celia Fiennes in the 1690s did not mention it and Defoe in the 1720s ignored it, though he devoted a long description to Leeds. Its revival was due to the development of the worsted trade and the growth of the canal network. Bradford canal, completed in 1774, and the link to the Leeds and Liverpool canal (1777), gave access to the east and west coasts. By the early decades of the 19th cent., Bradford had begun its prodigious growth. By 1851 it was the seventh largest town in the country, with a population of well over 100,000. From 1846 onwards it was also joined to the rapidly growing railway system. In the 20th cent. Bradford was less well served. It suffered comparatively little from the attentions of the Luftwaffe but severely at the hands of post‐war town planners. Many evocations of Edwardian Bradford, when wool was still king, are to be found in the works of J. B. Priestley, particularly Bright Day, a threnody for 'Bruddersford' trams.
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Small update to the Mission to Mars game
Following the Agile Vancouver Meetup on May 22nd… see /https://philippe.kruchten.com/articles/mtm/
If you're in Vancouver and want to borrow a few games, just email me.
Concrete things you can do about your technical debt
"Technical debt, yes we have some of this, but what can we do…?" Here's a few ideas to get you started:
- Organize a lunch-and-learn with your team to introduce the concept of technical debt. Illustrate it with examples from your own projects, if possible.
- Create a category "TechDebt" in your issue tracking system, distinct from defects, or new features. Point at the specific artifacts involved.
- Standardize on one single form of "Fix me" or "Fix me later" comment in the source code to mark places that should be revised and improved later. They will be easier to spot with a tool.
- Acquire and deploy in your development environment a static code analyser to detect code-level "code smells". (Do not panic in front of the large number of positive warnings).
- Prioritize technical debt items to fix or refactor, by doing them first in the parts of your code that are the most actively modified, leaving aside or for later the parts that are never touched.
- Organize small 1-hour brainstorming sessions around the question: "What design decision did we make in the past that we regret now because it is costing us much?" or "If we had to do it again, what should have we done?" This is not a blame game, or a whining session; just identify high level structural issues, the key design decisions from the past that have turned to technical debt today.
- For identified tech debt items, give not only estimates of the cost to "reimburse" them or refactor them (in staff effort), but also estimate of the cost to not reimburse them: how much it drags the progress now. At least describe qualitatively the impact on productivity or quality. This can be assisted by tools from your development environment, to look at code churn, and effort spent.
- At each development cycle, try to constantly reduce some of the technical debt by explicitly bringing some tech debt items into your iteration or sprint backlog.
- Refine in your issue tracker the TechDebt category into at least 2 subcategories: simple, localized, code-level debt, and wide ranging, structural or architectural debt.
- For your major kinds of technical debt, identify the root cause –schedule pressure, process or lack of process, people availability or turn over, knowledge or lack of knowledge, tool or lack of tool, change of strategy or objectives– and plan specific actions to address these root causes, or mitigate their effect.
- Acquire and deploy a tool that will give you hints about structural issues in your code: dependency analysis.
- Develop an approach for systematic regression testing, so that fixing technical debt items does not run you in the risk of breaking the code. (Counter the "It is not really broken, so I won't fix it.")
- If you are actively managing risks, consider bringing some major tech debt items in your list of risks.
More advice here:
Ambler, S. (2017). 11 Strategies for Dealing With Technical Debt, Blog entry at http://www.disciplinedagiledelivery.com/technical-debt/
Refining the definition of technical debt
At a Dagstuhl seminar, sponsored by the Leibniz society, a group of experts tried to refine and agree on a common definition of the elusive concept of "technical debt":
In software-intensive systems, technical debt consists of design or implementation constructs that are expedient in the short term, but set up a technical context that can make a future change more costly or impossible. Technical debt is a contingent liability whose impact is limited to internal system qualities, primarily maintainability and evolvability.
(starting from Steve McConnell's definition)
Three "-tures": architecture, infrastructure, and team structure
At a recent workshop, at XP 2014, we looked into practices that support scaling up agile, and in particular the role of architecture.
One conjecture we arrived at is that architects typically work on three distinct but interdependent structures:
- The Architecture (A) of the system under design, development, or refinement, what we have called the traditional system or software architecture.
- The Structure (S) of the organization: teams, partners, subcontractors, and others.
- The Production infrastructure (P) used to develop and deploy the system, especially important in contexts where the development and operations are combined and the system is deployed more or less continuously.
These three structures must be kept aligned over time, especially to support an agile development style. We can examine the alignment of these structures from the perspective of A and the role of the architect in an agile software-development organization.
The relationship of A to S is also known as (socio-technical) congruence and has been extensively studied, especially in the context of global, distributed software development. It is akin to the good old Conway's law. It is very pertinent at the level of the static architectural structure (development view), where a development team wants to avoid conflicts of access to the code between teams and between individuals, while having clear ownership or responsibility over large chunks of code. When A is lagging, we face a situation of technical debt; when S is lagging, we have a phenomenon called "social debt" akin to technical debt, which slows down development. See what Ruth Malan wrote on the topic; in particular: ""if the architecture of the system and the architecture of the organization are at odds, the architecture of the organization wins".
The alignment of A with P is seeing renewed interest with increased focus on continuous integration and deployment and the concept of "DevOps" combining the development organization with the operations organization, and having the tools in place to ensure continuous delivery or deployment, even in the case of very large on-line, mission-critical systems (e.g., Netflix, Facebook, Amazon). When P is lagging, we witness a case of "infrastructure debt" as described by Shafer in the Cutter IT journal, which is another source of friction. It is also explored by M. Erder and P. Pureur's Continuous Architecture.
A, S, and P must be "refactored" regularly to be kept in sync so that they can keep supporting each other. Too much early design in any of the three will potentially result in excessive delays, which will increase friction (by increased debt), reduce quality, and lead to overall product delivery delays.
With my colleagues I. Ozakaya and R. Nord from the SEI, we've examined some of this conjecture in a paper to be published by Springer-Verlag later in the fall. I'll add a DOI when it happens.
Herbsleb & Grinter (1999) Architectures, Coordination and Distance: Conway's Law and Beyond, IEEE Software
Managing Technical Debt event in Zürich (Technische Schuld)
The Software Engineering division of the Swiss Informatics Society is organizing a 2-day event on Technical Debt on January 23-24, 2014, at the University of Zürich.
Tutorials on Thursday, presentations on Friday. Pick one, or both.
I will participate on both days. Note that most of the presentations will be in English, even though the site is in German.
Find details and registration, go here.
Agile architecture
The phrase "agile architecture" evokes two things:
- a system or software architecture that is versatile, easy to evolve, to modify, flexible in a way, while still resilient to changes
- an agile way to define an architecture, using an iterative lifecycle, allowing the architectural design to tactically evolve gradually, as the problem and the constraints are better understood
The two are not the same: you can have a non-agile development process leading to a flexible, adaptable architecture, and vice versa, an agile process may lead to a rather rigid and inflexible architecture. One does not imply the other. But for obvious reasons, in the best of worlds, we'd like to have an agile process, leading to a flexible architecture.
There is a naïve thinking that just by being agile, an architecture will gradually emerge, out of bi-weekly refactorings. This belief was amplified by a rather poorly worded principle #11 in the agile manifesto [1], which states that:
"The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from self-organizing teams."
and cemented by profuse amount of repeated mantras like: YAGNI (You Ain't Gonna Need It) or No BUFD (No Big Up-Front Design), or "Defer decision to the last responsible moment". (This principle is neither prescriptive, not can it be tested, as Séguin et al. showed in [2], so it is probably not a principle, but merely an observation or a wish.)
This naïve thinking about the spontaneous emergence of architecture is reinforced by the fact that most software endeavors nowadays do not require a significant amount of bold new architectural design: the most important design decisions have been made months earlier, or are fixed by current pre-existing conditions, or are a de facto architectural standard set-up in this industry. Choices of operating system, servers, programming language, database, middle ware, and so on are pre-determined in the vast majority of software development projects or have a very narrow range of possible choices. There is in fact little architectural work left to be done.
Architectural design, when it is really needed because of the project novelty, has an uneasy relationship with the traditional agile practices. Unlike functionality of the system, it cannot easily be decomposed in small little chunks of work, user stories or "technical stories". Most of the difficult aspects of architectural design are driven by non-functional requirements, or quality attributes: security, high availability, fault tolerance, interoperability, scalability, etc, or development related (testability, certification, and maintainability) which cannot be parceled down, and for which tests are difficult to produce up-front. Key architectural choices cannot be easily retrofitted on an existing system, by means of simple refactorings. Some of the late decisions may gut out large chunks of the code, and therefore whether the agilists like it or not, much of the architectural decisions have to be taken early, although not all at once up front.
Many have grappled with the issue of marrying an agile approach and a need for having a solid architecture. Alistair Cockburn and his "walking skeleton" or the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) by Dean Leffingwell & co.
The most common thinking nowadays is that architectural design and the gradual building of the system (i.e., its user visible functionality) must go hand-in-hand, in subsequent iterations, and the delicate issue is actually: how do we pace ourselves, how we address architectural issues, and make decisions over time in a way that will lead to a flexible architecture, and enable developers to proceed. In which order do we pick the quality attribute aspects and address them?
As for an agile architecture, the concept is not new: evolvability, software evolution, re-engineering of existing systems have been studied and understood for a long time. Manny Lehman started this circa 1980 [5]. The word agile here is just new paint on an old concept.
The book by Simon Brown, Software architecture for the developers [6], is a nice example of agile architecting, while the book by Jason Bloomberg, The agile architecture revolution [7], is a good example of agile architecture.
Note: the full story, in collaboration with my colleagues of the Software Engineering Institute, will appear in the Cutter IT Journal in February 2014 [8], under the tongue in cheek title "How to agilely architect an agile architecture". Beyond YAGNI…
- Agile Alliance, Manifesto for Agile Software Development, June 2001 http://agilemanifesto.org/.
- N. Séguin, G. Tremblay, and H. Bagane, "Agile Principles as Software Engineering Principles: An Analysis," vol. 111, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, C. Wohlin, Ed. Berlin Heidelberg: Springer, 2012, pp. 1-15.
- Scaled Agile Framework, http://scaledagileframework.com/
- A. Cockburn, "Walking Skeleton," http://alistair.cockburn.us/Walking+skeleton
- M. M. Lehman, "Programs, lifecycles, and laws of software evolution," Proceedings of the IEEE – Special issue on software engineering, vol. 68(9), pp. 1060-1076, 1980.
- S. Brown, Software Architecture for the developers, LeanPub, 2013
- J. Bloomberg, The agile architecture revolution, Wiley CIO, 2013.
- S. Bellomo, P. Kruchten, R. L. Nord, and I. Ozkaya, "How to agilely architect an agile architecture?," Cutter IT Journal, vol. 27(2), pp. 12-17, Feb. 2014.
The (missing) value of software architecture
One of the most critical questions about software architecture is what is its actual value? As software development processes focus more and more on value delivered to end-users and time-to-market, the difficulty in assigning an actual value on the effort spent working on the architecture makes it much harder for software architects to convince project managers or product owners (or whomever represent the customer) to spend much effort on architecture-related activities, leading often rapidly to a large amount of technical debt [1].
At any point in time, a software development team is faced with a choice: what do we focus on in the next release cycle, or simply the next iteration or sprint. In the "backlog" of things not done yet, there are 4 kinds of elements (Figure from [1]):
Items that have visible value:
- The green stuff: the most obvious items are new features (services, functionalities, capabilities) to be added to the system; sometimes visible improvements in some quality attribute (capacity, response time, interoperability).
- The red stuff: if the software product is already released, then it is likely to have defects, hurting some customers directly, or indirectly by giving negative press to you
Both have a cost to implement, and some tradeoff has already to be negotiated between parties here: how much defect fixing relative to new features can we afford to do?
But there are also items that are completely invisible to the outside world:
- The yellow stuff: architectural elements, infrastructure, frameworks, deployment tools, etc. Known to the internal development team, and architects, they often are deferred in favour of more green or red stuff. Their cost is often very lumpy: they are hard to break down to small increments. We do know that they add value, in the long term, by increasing future productivity and often key quality attributes. But this value is hard to define.
- Finally, the black stuff: there are elements that have both a negative value, and are invisible: big lumps of technical debt. They are the result of earlier architectural decisions that were wise and optimal at the time, but which in the current context are clearly suboptimal and hurt the project in several ways: usually by reduced productivity, or impact on the evolution of the system. The black stuff is known by the development team, but rarely expressed visibly at the level of key decisions makers who decide the future release roadmap. Short cuts or omission to develop the yellow stuff increases the amount of black stuff, further preventing progress.
A compounding factor is that the various elements have many dependencies between them, especially dependencies of the green and red stuff on the yellow or black stuff. The tradeoffs between the various colours is now much more complicated and require diverse expertise, not just market value. Time plays a crucial role, too: the value of delivering a new feature is immediate; whereas the value of developing a good architecture may be reaped only over a long period of time.
The key issue is how much value is there in the yellow and black stuff? What is really the value of software architecture?
Some economic concept such as Net Present Value, combined with dependency analysis should be able to reconcile all four colours in making development choices for the future, short- or long-term. The Incremental Funding Method by Mark Denne and Jane Cleland-Huang is a step in this direction [2]. Real Options could be another one [3].
To read more about the 4 colours idea, look in my Talks page for a 2009 presentation (file here), or a more recent one 2013 here [4]. And a video of the talk here
- P. Kruchten, R. Nord, and I. Ozkaya, "Technical debt: from metaphor to theory and practice," IEEE Software, vol. 29(6), pp. 18-21, 2012.
- M. Denne and J. Cleland-Huang, "The Incremental Funding Method: Data-Driven Software Development," IEEE Software, vol. 21(3), pp. 39-47, 2004.
- K. J. Sullivan, P. Chalasani, S. Jha, and V. Sazawal, "Software Design as an Investment Activity: A Real Options Perspective," in Real Options and Business Strategy: Applications to Decision Making, L. Trigeorgis (ed.), Risk Books, 1999.
- P. Kruchten, "What colours is your backlog? (slides)," 2009 (updated 2013). Video here.


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Days after deciding to sue Donald Trump over his controversial immigration executive order, Santa Clara County followed through.
County officials on Friday officially filed a lawsuit against the new leader of the United States, citing the order's "unconstitutional" methods as well as arguing that the ban harmfully targets jurisdictions classified as "sanctuary cities" by pulling federal support funds.
"The President's order is an unconstitutional attempt to coerce state and local governments into assisting with mass deportation," County Counsel James R. Williams wrote in a statement. "We will resist any effort to illegally withhold funding for critical county services that support the health, safety, and well-being of all our residents."
Board of Supervisors President Dave Cortese offered a similar sentiment.
"Santa Clara County, the home of Silicon Valley, is a welcoming community that embraces immigrants and we will resist any effort to divide us," he said in a statement. "Immigrants contribute to the very fabric of our nation and we will not stand by while the Trump administration seeks to impose un-American and illegal policies that undermine our values."
After a brief closed-session meeting last Tuesday, Santa Clara County leaders announced the decision to file a lawsuit against Trump.
The Board of Supervisors discussed possible legal action against the federal government behind closed doors in the afternoon, then approved the lawsuit Tuesday evening in open session. Supervisors are upset with Trump's signed executive orders that require compliance with federal Immigration Customs and Enforcement officials and other security agencies in order to receive $300 million in promised federal funds.
Supervisors said they've been preparing for some time for such an action.
"We've been gearing up for the last two months, anticipating this kind of coercion, almost extortion, from the federal government," board President Dave Cortese said earlier this week. "You know, 'We're going to hold your $300 million, we're going to starve out your citizens in terms of federal money if you don't behave the way we want you to behave.'"
Cortese compared the legal action to what the ACLU did when it sued the Trump administration after the president's immigration ban.
"I know it sounds unorthodox that a little county like Santa Clara County could get a restraining order to stop the federal government from doing something like an executive order," Cortese said. "The fact of the matter is the judicial branch is available to us, and it's a very effective way to slow things down and get a neutral party to start looking at what's going on here before all hell breaks loose."
The board president also pointed out that the action isn't designed as a political statement, saying the loss of $300 million would impact programs that affect almost everybody.
County officials said later Tuesday the loss could be up to $1 billion when matching funds are considered. And if the county does lose that money, there would be cuts to services from hospitals and parks to employees in the county building.
Fariba Nejat of the Iranian federated women's club said she can't imagine the impact the budget cuts would have on the quality of life in the county.
"It's about people's lives, the heart of the people who built this county, and it's going to be a real disaster," she said.
It could come down to this for Santa Clara County: Go along with the president or lose all that money, according to legal experts.
"I'm hoping that they stay strong and protect people and the pressure from the federal government doesn't cause them to wobble at all," said Ruth Silver Taube of Santa Clara University Law School.
Cortese said the cost of the lawsuit will be minimal. Pro bono law firms and the county Impact Litigation department will handle it, and they may join with lawsuits from other government entities down the road.


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After an extensive casting search, the leads have been set for director Shana Feste's (Country Strong) remake of the 1981 film Endless Love. Variety reports that Alex Pettyfer (Magic Mike) and Gabriella Wilde (The Three Musketeers) will star in the pic, which centers on a passionate relationship between two teenagers. Franco Zeffirelli's original film starred Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt and was based on the novel of the same name by Scott Spencer, but it's unknown how closely Feste's take will follow the plot of either of those iterations. Feste rewrote the script originally penned by Josh Safran, and Scott Stuber (Ted, Love and Other Drugs) is producing.
Pettyfer and Wilde were cast after a number of screen tests, with Brenton Thwaites, Sarah Bolger, and Olivia Cooke reportedly in the running as well. Pettyfer was last seen in 2012's Magic Mike and also starred in I Am Number Four and In Time, while Wilde will next be seen as Sue Snell later this year in the Carrie remake opposite Chloe Moretz.


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Why not start the day off right with one of our breakfast buffets? We are always up nice and earlier here at Brookes Catering and can happily offer you a variety of hot and cold options for your breakfast buffet, whether this is for you and your work colleagues, a family gathering, clients or training events we are able to accommodate for any type breakfast buffets in Worcestershire.
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Eye-catching and elegant Adam sofa in red velvet fabric is amazing in any room. Rich red velvet covers the plush, comfortable seats are padded with high-density foam. Matching loveseat also available.
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Celebrate 30 by Giving Back
In America, 1 in 5 children struggle with hunger. Jim 'N Nick's Community Bar-B-Q is joining thousands of restaurants nationwide to support No Kid Hungry® by raising funds in their restaurants this year. In honor of their 30th Birthday on March 23rd, Jim 'N Nick's is celebrating company-wide with a "Day of Giving." They will feature their signature "Pig on a Bun" special at the original 1985 price of $2.99, but are graciously asking guests to pay $30—or an amount of their choosing—to celebrate 30 years in business. Every dollar donated beyond the cost of the $2.99-special will benefit No Kid Hungry to fight childhood hunger.
The "Pig on a Bun" features a Hickory Smoked Pulled Pork Sandwich and one trimming. The promotion is available via Dine In and Carry Out only, and runs during normal business hours on March 23, 2015, 11am – 9pm at all Jim 'N Nick's locations.
"We are excited to be celebrating 30 years of serving the community," says Jim 'N Nick's Founder Nick Pihakis. "We wanted to do something good that says 'thank you' to our guests, and offers them a chance to help a great cause. We ask that you simply give what you can on March 23rd. No Kid Hungry is a phenomenal organization, and we are proud to partner with them."
Last year, 11,000 restaurants raised $8.9 million for No Kid Hungry. No Kid Hungry funds are used to raise awareness about child hunger in the U.S., create public-private partnerships that align kids with the resources they need, support nutrition programs like School Breakfast and
Summer Meals, and educate kids and their families on how to cook healthy meals with limited resources.
"A commitment to community and partnership is exactly what it will take to help end childhood hunger in America, and we are thrilled to have Jim 'N Nick's support—and the support of their loyal diners—at No Kid Hungry," said Chuck Scofield, No Kid Hungry Chief Development Officer.
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No child should go hungry in America, but 1 in 5 kids will face hunger this year. Using proven, practical solutions, No Kid Hungry is ending childhood hunger today by ensuring that kids start the day with a nutritious breakfast and families learn the skills they need to shop and cook on a budget. When we all work together, we can make sure kids get the healthy food they need. No Kid Hungry is a campaign of national anti-hunger organization Share Our Strength. Join us at NoKidHungry.org.


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A little Q & A with the bride and groom:
Tell us about your wedding! What was the inspiration behind your day? Did you have a specific theme, style or color palette?
Did you incorporate any cultural or religious traditions in any part of your day?The inspiration behind our big day was natural beauty with a little bit of whimsical in it. Our color palette actually changed a few times, but we finalized with peach, grey, navy and gold accent as our color story. We didn't do any cultural tradition on our big day, but my dad did give his speech in Chinese and I translated for him which I thought it was very special to my heart.
Let's talk wedding decor. How did you decorate your space for the ceremony and the reception? Was any part of the decor DIY?
Well, we couldn't have decorated our space without the help of our wedding planner, Shawna. I remembered we talked on the phone a couple times regarding the d�cor, as I was very indecisive! She helped us to create a really beautiful wedding that was a blend of all the ideas we had, she was intuitive and came up with fabulous creative solutions to what we we couldn't even describe ourselves!
What were the florals like in your wedding? Did you use flowers in any of your design elements like the bridal bouquets, centerpieces or ceremony backdrop? Did they play an important part in the overall style of your wedding?
The style for our floral design was romantic organic natural garden inspired incorporating full bloom florals in ivory, soft blush and soft peach and full lush greenery. We used white wax flower blooms in my bridesmaid hair up-dos. For the ceremony, our wedding planner brought in drapery with green vines that crept up the drapery under the arch where we got married. We also added some greenery on the aisle of the ceremony chairs for guests. At the reception, we had greenery garland on our sweetheart able; each round guest table had its own table arrangement of similar flowers to my bouquet. We added lavender sprigs on each place setting as well to incorporate a bit of Okanagan. I think the florals really played an important part in our wedding because they add extra colour, texture and a "feel good" feeling to our special day.
Did you personalize the day in any way (food trucks, guest entertainment etc.)? What were some of your favourite parts of your wedding?
Our favourite part of the wedding was having all of our loved ones there. Most of our friends and families had to travel from Alberta and some from British Columbia, most importantly my childhood friends and my parents travelled all the way from China just to attend the wedding.
Let's talk fashion. How did you choose your wedding day look? How did the groom? Describe both looks in detail.
Finally, my favorite topic J My wedding day look was inspired after flipping through countless wedding magazines/pinterest and going into boutiques searching, I realized that I wanted to a ball gown silhouette for my wedding gown. It's the only time a girl can feel like they are a real princess marrying their prince charming, so that's why I chose this style. When I realized there wasn't many options for ball gown style in the price range I budgeted for, I decided to out-source, all the way back to my hometown in China. Lonnie and I were going back to China for a holiday in December 2016 and I thought what a great opportunity for me to find a dress there! So I gathered a bunch of inspiration pictures that I had and I brought to a seamstress in China and she literally made my dream dress, well she made TWO of them!! J
I knew my ball gown would be a bit heavy and hot to wear it all day so I decided I wanted an evening gown as well. For the evening gown, I went for something more of an A-line silhouette. It was everything that I wanted, from the sparkling details of the top of the dress to the airy flowy champagne coloured bottom. I loved both dresses so much!
As for the groom, we went to EPH apparel in Calgary for a pop-up shop. I knew I wanted a steel blue coloured suits for that guys so that is what we went with. The style of the suits is very simple and sleek, I wanted the boys to looked polished but still able to dance all night long.
How did you meet? Tell us about the proposal.
Lonnie and I met in grade 7 at our Junior High School here in Calgary. I don't think he knew who I was until grade 9 but he was the popular guy in school and all the girls would talk about him. My best friend at the time actually had a crush on him! But I never thought he was anything too special until we became friends in Grade 9, and the rest is history! Lol! Fast forward 11 years later, we were on a summer holiday in San Francisco, he proposed to me when we were having a late lunch at a bistro. Even though I had suspicions but I definitely did not expect him to propose right then and there!!
Do you have any wedding planning or marriage advice that you'd like to share with other couples planning their day?
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Robert Fagan
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MA Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University
BS Mechanical Engineering, Clarkson University
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Bob Fagan, a Vice President at Synapse Energy Economics, is a mechanical engineer and energy economics analyst who has analyzed energy industry issues for more than 25 years. His activities focus on many aspects of the electric power industry, in particular:
- Economic and technical analysis of electric supply and delivery systems
- Wholesale and retail electricity provision
- Energy and capacity market structures
- Renewable resource alternatives, including on-shore and off-shore wind and solar PV
- Assessment and implementation of energy efficiency and demand response alternatives
Mr. Fagan is expert in the complexities of, and the interrelationships between, the technical and economic dimensions of the electric power industry in the United States and Canada. His areas of focus include: wholesale energy and capacity provision under market-based and regulated structures; transmission use pricing, encompassing congestion management, losses, LMP, and alternatives; financial and physical transmission rights; and transmission asset pricing (e.g., embedded cost recovery tariffs).
His experience includes in-depth knowledge of physical transmission network characteristics; related generation dispatch/system operation functions; technical and economic attributes of generation resources; RTO and ISO tariff and market rules structures and operation; and FERC regulatory policies and initiatives, including those pertaining to RTO and ISO development and evolution. Mr. Fagan is also expert in the assessment of technical and economic dimensions of wind and solar power integration into utility power systems, and in utility demand side management and demand response impacts on the power system.
Mr. Fagan holds an MA from Boston University in energy and environmental studies and a BS from Clarkson University in mechanical engineering. He has completed additional course work in wind integration, solar engineering, regulatory and legal aspects of electric power systems, building controls, cogeneration, lighting design, and mechanical and aerospace engineering.
Selected Recent Publications
Technical and Institutional Barriers to the Expansion of Wind and Solar Energy
Synapse Energy Economics for Citizen's Climate Lobby, 2015
Authors: Patrick Luckow, Bob Fagan, Spencer Fields, Melissa Whited
Testimony on Pacific Gas and Electric's Marginal Energy Costs and LOLE Allocation Among TOU Periods
Synapse Energy Economics on behalf of California Office of Ratepayer Advocates, May 2015
Witnesses: Bob Fagan, Patrick Luckow


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New Study: Benjamin Moore Paint Wins Customer Satisfaction With Interior Paint, Exterior Stain
Are you planning to paint your home? Consider Benjamin Moore Paint which was voted number one in customer satisfaction for indoor paint getting outstanding grades for durability and application, according to a new study. Benjamin Moore Paint also won customers over in other segments including exterior stain.
The J.D. Power 2018 Paint Satisfaction StudySM study measured customer satisfaction in the $13 billion interior and exterior paint and stain consumer market. The study released in May found that Benjamin Moore Paint ranked highest in interior paint and exterior stain. The study measured paint and stain satisfaction across six factors which included application, durability, in-store color displays and printed materials, price, product offerings and warranty/guarantee. Consumer satisfaction was measured on a 1,000-point scale.
Interior Paint
Benjamin Moore (853) ranked highest in customer satisfaction among interior paint brands. The study found that Benjamin Moore outperformed competitors in application; durability; product offerings; and warranty/guarantee factors. The competitor who came in second place got outstanding grades for in-store color displays.
Exterior Stain
Benjamin Moore (828) again ranked highest in customer satisfaction. The paint performed particularly well in the durability; offerings; and warranty/guarantee factors. In the exterior stain category, Benjamin Moore also won customers over for having the best prices. The paint company that got second place performed best in application, in-store color displays and product offerings factors.
Exterior Paint
In this category Benjamin Moore (854) came in second, performing highest in the durability and warranty/guarantee factors. Only one other company got higher marks when it came to application; in-store color displays and printed materials; and product offerings.
Paint Retailer
Benjamin Moore Paint Stores (859) also got exceptional grades from customers compared to other paint retailers. They again ranked highest in customer satisfaction beating the competition in service. Benjamin Moore Paint stores also performed particularly well in merchandise and store facility factors.
The JD Power Paint Satisfaction Study
The 2018 Paint Satisfaction Study was based on responses from over 8,000 customers who purchased and applied interior paint, exterior paint and/or exterior stain in the past 12 months. The study was fielded in March 2018. For more information click here: http://www.jdpower.com/resource/paint-satisfaction-study


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I'm so excited. Sister Mary Martha, my most favorite blogger, posted about No Question Left Behind today. How cool is that! Well, I admit it's not like she did it out of the blue. I asked for her help in picking a patron saint for the teen blog and she answered on her blog. She does read No Question Left Behind from time to time so it's still very cool.
I'm going to have the teens vote on their patron saint, but I'd like to hear your opinions too. St. Raphael or St. Augustine? Or someone completely different?
Thursday, September 18, 2008
Teen Blog Patron Saint
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I vote for St. Raphael.
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A$AP Rocky reveals that he is working on an instrumental album that will be dropping soon.
ASAP Rocky wasn't kidding when he talked about going into producing in the past. The A$AP mob leader revealed that he is planning on releasing a new instrumental album soon.
While out in the Bay area for his current tour with Rihanna, A$AP Rocky caught up with Nessa from Wild 94.9 and they got to talkin. Rocky talked about his current tour with Rihanna and when asked about what he is currently working on? Rocky revealed:
"I'm working on an instrumental album right now, I'm working on my own beats. It's gon' be interesting to see how people react towards my production now. I'm just gonna put it out, I'm not even gonna announce it. Just drop it."
He also went on to say that it will be dropping sometime soon. So stay tuned.
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I just thought I'd quickly share some good news. Not sure if you remember but after my surgery for hyperparathyroid I was diagnosed with pretty significant osteoporosis. My endocrinologist want to put me on medication for i but I was very much against it. She agreed I coud wait and try to stop the progression/reverse some of it with diet and exercise. Well I had a bone scan Monday and it showed that I no longer have osteoporosis but only osteopenia. I was so excited to hear this! I was praying that it at least didn't get worse. But this is better than I had imagined! So now I won't even have to have a conversation about medication. Now I'm going to go celebrate with a glass of milk!
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Auto-Riksha of India
Cloudy weather, Kotdwara, Uttarakhand travel photography who explore India travel. This is a desi diaries.
Auto rickshaws, also known as tuk tuks, are common vehicles in India and several other countries.
An auto rickshaw (in India), or rickshaw (in Pakistan) also known as a Bajay or Bajaj (in Jakarta, Indonesia), three-wheeler, samosa, tempo, tuk-tuk, trishaw, autorick, bajaji (in Madagascar and Tanzania), keke Napep or Maruwa (in Nigeria), rick, tricycle, mototaxi, baby taxi, lapa or tukxi (Piaggio Ape Calessino).
Tuctuc Ltd was an auto rickshaw operator in Brighton, England. The name tuctuc and web address tuctuc.co.uk are now used by Carbonyte UK Ltd, which sells TVS tuctucs and manufactures the Carbonyte Pod, a van version of the tuctuc.