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In pilot studies, you can occasionally relax the need for real users and let members of your own team serve as test participants. It's good for them.
If you work in any form of user experience role — or even manage a company with a user interface, such as a website or intranet — you should be a test participant in a usability study now and then.
There are four reasons to do this:
- You better appreciate your average customers when you have to struggle with a new and unfamiliar user interface.
- You gain empathy with the test users in your regular usability studies. Discovering how stupid and embarrassed you feel when you fail a task helps you understand the importance of making test users comfortable in test situations.
- You sharpen your skills as a test facilitator by observing the test from a different angle.
- Finally, you offer a "warm body" to fill a slot for pilot testing, freeing up the real users for the actual study and thus saving on your recruiting budget.
Pilot Testing = Relaxed Recruiting Criteria
I've harped endlessly in previous columns about the need to recruit people who represent your target audience to serve as test participants in user testing. This requirement remains essential for valid test results. Testing the wrong people means that you get the wrong findings.
I've also repeatedly said that designers are not users, and even that vice presidents are not users. In fact, anyone who works at your organization knows too much and isn't qualified to represent a test user, even if he or she meets the profile of your target audience. (Exception: for intranet studies, you obviously do want to test your own employees. Stay away from members of the intranet team or the IT department, though.)
Given these rules, how can I recommend that you serve as a test participant?
Using insiders as test users works in pilot testing, and pilot testing only.
The distinction between a pilot test and a regular test is that pilot testing is concerned only with refining the test methodology. We're not looking for actual usability findings to improve the user interface. We want only to improve the test itself, so that once we bring in real users, we can squeeze out of them as many insights as possible in the limited time we have for the study.
Still, it's best to use representative users as pilot test participants, because it lets you more realistically assess the test plan. You might, for example, want to know whether you have the right number of test tasks for the available time, and internal users typically complete tasks much faster than external users.
So, if it's easy for you to recruit lots of members of the target audience, go ahead and "burn" some of them as pilot users. If you do this, you can use some of the pilot session's qualitative findings as real usability findings. However, you can't combine quantitative data between pilot sessions and normal test sessions, because you'll have refined the test script between the two tests. Which is, of course, the point.
Assume that you'll change the test plan after pilot testing. In fact, if you're a less-experienced usability specialist or if you're running a particularly high-risk or high-profile study, you should run many rounds of pilot testing and improve the test plan after each round. Just because you're testing a study design instead of a UI design doesn't change the basic value of iterative designfor driving increased quality.
Ethics of User Testing
To my knowledge, our training course on user testing is one of the very few to cover the ethics of working with human subjects.
One of the key ethical requirements is to protect participants from mental anguish. We don't want people to leave our study feeling depressed or worthless because they repeatedly failed at using an "obvious" computer system. It's very easy for users to blame themselves for the many errors and miscomprehensions they encounter in a typical usability study.
Of course, we always say at the outset that, "we're testing the design, not you." But people tend to forget this point when wrestling with a difficult user interface.
Thus, it's important that test facilitators take active steps to make participants feel comfortable. We want them to leave happy and feel energized about having helped improve an important design that they might actually use one day. Not only is this an ethical imperative, but it also helps us pragmatically in getting referrals from among the user's friends and colleagues who might be good candidates for future studies.
It's easy to emphasize the emotional aspect of user testing in our courses, but there's still nothing as powerful as personal humiliation to drive home the need to be gentle with users.
Clearly, there are benefits to periodically changing roles and being the user. Every 2 years or so is a good frequency for such an experience. The rest of the time, even for pilot testing, working with real users is best.
Reference: http://www.useit.com/alertbox/being-a-test-user.html


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'Liz & Dick': What the Critics Are Saying
Two months after Elizabeth Taylor's death in March 2011, Lifetime announced at its upfront presentation that it would be producing a movie based on the star's tumultuous relationship with Richard Burton.
In April 2012, it was announced that Lindsay Lohan, in dire need of a comeback project, had beaten out the likes of Megan Fox for the lead role.
One car crash, a paramedics hotel-room visit, an insurance world record and one union probe later, the final product of this particular object of Hollywood fascination is very nearly upon us.
In anticipation of its Sunday night premiere, here is a sampling of what critics are saying about Liz & Dick.
PHOTOS: Lindsay Lohan Through the Years
In his review, THR's Tim Goodman says "don't miss Liz & Dick," but only because it "is spectacularly bad" and a "classic of unintentional hilarity." Goodman says the star is "woeful as Taylor from start to finish."
"At one point, Lohan has to shout, 'I won't live without you!' and then run down a hall. It's like a high school play," Goodman writes.
"By the time Lohan is playing mid-'80s Taylor, and it looks like a lost Saturday Night Live skit, your body may be cramped by convulsions," he says, then suggests the movie was made for drinking games.
Alessandra Stanley echoes Goodman's observation in today's New York Times: "There are moments in Liz & Dick when Lindsay Lohan looks a lot like Elizabeth Taylor," Stanley writes. "There are others in which she looks like Elizabeth Taylor doing a Saturday Night Live impersonation of Lindsay Lohan."
Stanley nonetheless says the actress isn't "ridiculous" in the role but that "she is oddly passive, sleepwalking through scenes that call for passion and caprice."
Entertainment Weekly's Ken Tucker similarly was underwhelmed, giving Liz & Dick a C- rating and describing it variously as "very peculiar," "dinky" and "tin-eared." About the star's performance, Tucker says that a "wall goes up between the actress and us. Is it years of ducking tabloid photographers that have frozen her face into a blank stare?"
Instead of the real Taylor's "high-register, girlish" voice -- what the Times' Stanley calls "candied" -- Tucker says Lohan provides line readings in "the raspy rattle familiar to anyone who has seen [her] on TMZ."
"No effort seems to have gone into Lohan's preparation other than tinting her eyes Liz-violet," he writes.
Salon's Willa Paskin disagrees with Goodman, saying "there is nothing 'unintentional' " about the hilarious awfulness of the movie, pointing out that by its very "Lifetime movie" nature, the film is meant to be a subpar slice of overcooked melodrama.
Paskin says the framing device in which the two stars sit in director's chairs talking directly to the camera actually serves Lohan well: "The destruction Lohan has wreaked on her own voice -- it's the come-hither, smoky growl of an equally jaded, but much older woman -- works perfectly here. And with no blocking or costumes or screeching to worry about, she's almost decent," Paskin writes.
Maureen Ryan of Huffpost TV offers her review in bulleted format, offering a list of things a Taylor-Burton biopic should do: "1. It should establish Burton and Taylor as charismatic, complex people. 2. It should make the electricity of their relationship apparent. 3. It should be a treat for the eyes." Needless to say, Liz & Dick "does absolutely none of these things."
"Exploitation really is the name of the game here," Ryan writes, noting that "the whole point of casting Lohan was to draft off her status as a formerly promising actress who some time ago became a tabloid fodder thanks to her career-destroying antics." The movie is "badly paced, cheap-looking and encrusted with a tinkly, preposterous soundtrack that is designed to make viewers go insane," Ryan writes.
STORY: Lindsay Lohan on Elizabeth Taylor's Life: 'I Look to Her Because She Got Through It'
Ryan also offers rules for Goodman's aforementioned drinking game: "Take a drink every time you think a set looks cheesy; take a drink every time you think of better casting for the leads; take a drink every time you think you've spotted Bowler wondering if his check cleared; take a drink every time you spot Creed from The Office, because WTF?"
TV Guide's Matt Roush asks in his review, "What unbecomes a legend most?" before nominating Liz & Dick for the "TV Turkey Hall of Fame." It's "an epic of stunningly cynical and pathetic miscasting, a TV movie so laughably inept it doesn't deserve to be on a first-name basis with anything resembling humanity," he writes.
On a more promising note, Linda Stasi of the New York Post gives the movie three stars out of four, saying Lohan "is so often believable you might think you're seeing the real thing."
"There are so many things in this movie that are just so damned juicy," Stasi notes," that it is sure is [sic] more fun to watch than the exploits of today's orchestrated star pairings."
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And Variety's Brian Lowry says the movie has "secret weapon" in Grant Bowler, who "classes up the movie in much the way Burton's classically trained Shakespearean actor played off Taylor's lifelong movie star."
The famous couple "engage in epic fights, spend money like drunken sailors, take refuge from the prying press by living on a yacht, and struggle through Burton's bouts of melancholy over failing to win Oscars," Lowry writes of a movie that may be "wobbly" at points but that "ultimately stands on its own."
Liz & Dick premieres on Lifetime on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 9 p.m.
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Fox News' All American Summer Concert Series Features Exciting Country Artists
Sara Evans and Cassadee Pope are just a few of the country stars appearing in Fox News' All-American Summer Concert Series which kicks off today (May 23).
Fox News Channel's (FNC) 'Fox & Friends' is debuting its sixth annual concert series, which, in addition to Evans and Pope, also features country artists Scotty McCreery, Trace Adkins, Charlie Daniels Band, Lee Brice, and Bret Michaels.
Other musicians, including the Beach Boys, Boyz II Men, Daughtry, and Rick Springfield are set to perform, as well as other fan-favorite singers.
The concert series is a 15-week music celebration taking place outside, on the FNC plaza each Friday beginning Memorial Day weekend, continuing through Labor Day weekend.
Evans kicked things off today, and Charlie Daniels Band will take the stage next Friday, May 30. In addition to the concert, guests in attendance will receive complimentary refreshments from Famous Dave's BBQ. Some good country music plus delicious grub sounds like the perfect way to kick off every weekend.
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Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. (4568.t) CEO John Gargiulo Elected as National Pharmaceutical Council's Chairman of the Board
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2, 2012 -- The National Pharmaceutical Council (NPC) today announced that John Gargiulo, President & CEO, Daiichi Sankyo, Inc., has been elected Chairman of its Board of Directors for 2012-13. Mr. Gargiulo has served on NPC's Board since 2007, most recently as Vice Chair.
"For many years, John has been committed to fostering NPC's growth as a leading health care policy research organization," said NPC President Dan Leonard. "We're looking forward to his leadership as chairman. He brings a strong track record of accomplishment from Daiichi Sankyo and a keen understanding of the issues facing our industry and actionable ideas for change."
"Now more than ever, we need to demonstrate that pharmaceuticals not only successfully treat and cure disease, but that they can help manage the costs of health care over time. By managing chronic and preventable diseases with medicines that have proven to work, we can reduce hospitalizations, and most of all, help people lead longer and healthier lives," said Mr. Gargiulo. "As chairman, I'm looking forward to leading NPC as it continues to move forward on issues related to balancing the needs of patients with the population, the value of pharmaceuticals, and the use of real-world evidence."
Mr. Gargiulo has more than 25 years of pharmaceutical industry experience. He has been instrumental in building and shaping the company's U.S. commercial operations, particularly its cardiovascular business, since its inception in 1996. He has touched nearly every aspect of business operations including Marketing, Managed Markets and New Product Planning. In the U.S. Daiichi Sankyo markets therapies in hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, acute coronary syndrome and metastatic melanoma.
The NPC Board also elected Jeff Huth, Senior Vice President, Managed Markets, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals, Inc., to serve as its Vice Chair, and Anne Whitaker, President, North America Pharmaceuticals, Sanofi, as Treasurer. Rich Fante, President, U.S. Business & Regional Vice President, Americas, AstraZeneca, is the outgoing chair and will remain active on NPC's Board.
"Under Rich's leadership, NPC took a leap forward as an organization, becoming a more powerful voice in educating key health care stakeholders about the development and application of comparative effectiveness research and other data important to improving health outcomes," said Mr. Leonard.
About the National Pharmaceutical Council
The National Pharmaceutical Council is a health policy research organization dedicated to the advancement of good evidence and science, and to fostering an environment in the United States that supports medical innovation. Founded in 1953 and supported by the nation's major research-based pharmaceutical companies, NPC focuses on research development, information dissemination, and education on the critical issues of evidence, innovation and the value of medicines for patients. For more information, visit www.npcnow.org and follow NPC on Twitter @npcnow.
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Apple's iPhone 5 is still months away from becoming a reality, but that hasn't stopped the rumour mill going into overdrive. The latest word is that the fifth generation of Apple's smartphone will feature a larger 4in edge-to-edge display, along with the same A5 processor used in the iPad 2.
Read our comprehensive iPhone 4 review and check out our guide to the best upcoming smartphones in 2011.
According to 9 to 5 Mac, the iPhone 5 will feature an aluminium rear rather than the current glass backing of the iPhone 4. It says the iPhone 5 will retain most of the physical design of its predecessor with a similar shape and size.
One thing that is expected to change is the iPhone 5 display. It is tipped to be 4in in size, larger than the current 3.5in screen of the iPhone 4. It is also rumoured to be an edge-to-edge display, meaning the bezel surrounding the display will be much slimmer than the one on the current model. The iPhone 5 screen is likely to be similar to the current iPhone 4's retina display, which uses IPS technology and has a 640x960 pixel resolution.
A larger display will bring the iPhone in line with Google Android phones such as the 4.3in HTC Desire HD, and the 4in Samsung Galaxy S and Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10.
Other recent rumours about the iPhone 5 doing the rounds include the inclusion of a Near Field Communication (NFC) chip, and the presence of two SIM card slots. NFC is a short-range wireless communication technology; the same used in many new credit cards, whereby the card can be simply swiped across a smartchip to make a purchase.
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On the evening of August 7, 2007 Barry Bonds did what was considered a Herculean feat in sport, surpassing Hank Aaron for the most career home runs in major league baseball (at the time, 756). As the ball sailed all 435 feet out of AT&T Park, I paused to consider the conflicted feelings I had about an amazing sport and this recent milestone. It's obvious to any fan of the game that Barry Bonds is an amazing baseball player, but his alleged steroid use unfortunately calls into question the legitamacy of his achievement. FOX's Tim McCarver said of the event, "Only time will tell if baseball's steroid era will result in a number of asterisks within the record book, but there are already mental asterisks in the minds of fans. It's a shame that, after Bonds breaks the record, the conversation will go, 'Barry is the all-time home run hitter, but…' This record deserves more than that. With Henry Aaron, there were no buts."
But I digress, this isn't an article about baseball or steroids – although I think there are some serious parallels between the two.
As a working musician, much like any athlete, I am always looking for ways to improve my abilities, whether it is through more practice or by utilizing the latest technology available. When it comes to your passion, I can certainly sympathize with anyone who is trying to gain an edge in what they do.
And while I embrace the merging of technology with music, on the other hand (much like a vast majority of baseball fans), I am a traditionalist. I starting learning music at a time when computers were not heavily used, either in recording or instruction. I took piano lessons when I was very young, and I taught myself how to play guitar by watching others and looking at books. After high school, I attended Berklee College of Music where I really explored the history of music. I honed my craft. I learned what makes it what it is. And now I have been playing music professionally for over ten years now – I have been in a position to witness the explosive expansion of technology and how it has become a mainstay in today's music business.
The Tech Boom
No matter where you stand on tradition, it can't be denied that many of the things that have come out of this technological boom have improved the quality of music and made musicians' lives easier. A few of my favorites are the now ubiquitous iPod; Pro Tools and the wide variety of available plug-ins, making recording faster, easier and limitless; new keyboard technology and the ability to manipulate sounds with almost limitless variation and little sweat; virtual instruments, allowing you to have an orchestra at your fingertips; and non-destructive editing of sound files. All of these product innovations are amazing, inspiring and aid in our abilities to create and enjoy music.
Of course, as with any great innovation, there is the inevitable downside. All of these products are insanely powerful, capable of creating amazing musical miracles. Perhaps it was said best by Peter Parker's Uncle Ben in the comicAmazing Fantasy #15, "With great power, comes great responsibility."
The manufacturers of these technologies are constantly and simultaneously loading them with more features and making them easier to use. Now, a person who takes the time to learn and manipulate these products can create something that sounds unbelievable with little or no human input – in a historically unique moment, it is now possible to make a record or create music without the playing of any instrument! With the help of modern technology, you could take an average voice off the street and make it sound like Pavarotti. If you're honest with yourself, do you really believe that Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan can sing?
That being said, there is no doubt that technology can be inspirational. Pete Townsend's visionary approach to sound gave us seminal tracks like "Baba O'Reilly" and "Won't Get Fooled Again." Quincy Jones blended cutting edge technology and live musicians to createOff the WallandThriller. There are many producers and musicians doing innovative work in today's music, such as Dr. Dre and Timabland.
But the question inevitably becomes, where does the line between what is natural and what is fake get drawn? Is there a point where asterisks should be placed next to album tracks, next to artist names?
There is definitely a talent to working with Pro Tools and the myriad related products. Like graphics programs such as Adobe Photoshop, it takes real skill to coax the potential from these applications. The biggest qualm I have, along with many musical "traditionalists", lies with a new generation of musicians – and certainly not all of them – who are using technology to compensate for a lack of talent and originality. Tuning programs like Antares Auto Tune and Melodyne can create a vocal performance that would never have been possible from the singer's own voice (more about these later).


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The Reference Policy git repository may require a git policy compiler toolchain to compile.
Reference Policy may be checked out by:
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This will result in a refpolicy directory created in the current directory with the Reference Policy sources. For the remainder of this section, this directory will be referred to as the top of the refpolicy sources, and relative paths will use this directory as their reference.
If you have a modules.conf, it should be placed in the policy/ directory. If you do not, one can be generated:
$ make conf
This will create a default modules.conf, which has all Reference Policy modules enabled as loadable modules, except those which are required to be in the base module. This can also be ran when a modules.conf already exists, and in that case, any new modules not listed in the modules.conf will be added to the file (existing module settings will be preserved).
The build settings, such as setting the policy type (standard, mcs, mls), and Linux distributionThe build.conf is at the top of the refpolicy sources. These should be changed as necessary. For additional information on these options, refer to section 2 of the README file in the top of the refpolicy sources. Typically the TYPE and the DISTRO options will need to be changed.
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The Knock Clock is pretty ingenious, what with its knock-knock get the time action, but I can't help but feel sad for the little woodpecker trapped within. Not even a single air hole. How long does he have?
I'd say about three of four knocks worth. Until that time, let's close this post out with the specifics on this simple little clock.
Created by three Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design students in about 48 hours for a competition, the clock tells you the time of day (to the quarter hour) after you knock on the top twice. Placing a hand over the sensor near the corner sets the alarm function. The alarm function also features—you guessed it—more knocking. [Adafruit via MAKE]
You can keep up with Jack Loftus, the author of this post, on Twitter and Facebook.


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Even though Anadolu Efes Istanbul is coming off a tough season, the team showed its character by finishing strong and ended its three-year title drought along the way. Thing started slowly for Efes last season as it lost its first five games. Back-to-back road wins at FC Barcelona Lassa and Maccabi FOX Tel Aviv sparked hope and a victory over AX Armani Exchange Olimpia Milan pushed the record to 3-7. However, playing without its injured glue-guy Derrick Brown proved to be too much. After a home loss against KIROLBET Baskonia Vitoria Gasteiz, the team parted ways with Coach Velimir Perasovic and reunited with Ergin Ataman. However, the team won only two of its next 10 games and fell to 5-15. The losses kept piling up for Efes at the end of the season, as the team finished in last place with 7-23 record. However, at home, things were better. Efes lifted the Turkish Cup by knocking out city-rivals Fenerbahce and Darussafaka, before downing Tofas Bursa 78-61 in the final behind a stellar performance from Krunoslav Simon. In the Turkish League, Efes entered the playoffs in third place and swept Darussafaka in the best-of-three quarterfinals before losing 3-1 in the semis against Tofas Bursa. The club will now attempt to get back to its winning ways in the EuroLeague, where it has made three playoff appearances over the past six seasons.
Anadolu Efes Istanbul was founded in 1976 and needed just three years to start collecting titles. Efes won its first Turkish League trophy in 1979 and made it to the EuroLeague quarterfinals group stage the following season. More Turkish League crowns came in 1983 and 1984, but Efes did not become a dominant club and a European contender until the 1990s when it went on a glorious run and won the Turkish championship in five of six seasons through 1997 under the tutelage of Coach Aydin Ors. That's when Efes also put Turkey on the continental basketball map for good. In 1993, Larry Richard, Petar Naumoski and Ufuk Sarica took Efes to the Saporta Cup final, but Aris Thessaloniki escaped with a narrow win after Naumoski missed a close shot in the final seconds that would have forced overtime. In 1996, Efes became the first Turkish club to win a European title when Naumoski and Sarica joined forces with Conrad McRae and a young Mirsad Turkcan to lead Efes to the Korac Cup crown by downing Olimpia Milan in the finals. Efes soon became a EuroLeague regular and in 2000 the club achieved another first among Turkish teams by making the Final Four, a milestone it repeated in the 2001 SuproLeague with Hedo Turkoglu, Mehmet Okur, Predrag Drobnjak, Ibrahim Kutluay and Damir Mulaomerovic leading the way. Efes came within one shot of reaching the 2004 Final Four too, but was denied by Skipper Bologna's Gianluca Basile. It was back dominating domestically during that span, in which Efes won four consecutive Turkish championships from 2002 through 2005. The club went on to reach the EuroLeague quarterfinals in 2005 and 2006 and lifted Turkish Cups in 2006 and 2007. Efes did even better in 2009 by winning the Turkish League and Cup double, but had to wait until 2015 to lift another trophy – the Turkish Cup after beating archrival Fenerbahce in the final. Efes qualified for the EuroLeague playoffs in 2013, but lost to eventual champion Olympiacos Piraeus in a classic series in the maximum five games. Two years later, Efes lost 3-1 in the playoffs to that season's eventual champ, Real Madrid. In 2016-17, the squad coached by Velimir Perasovic fell in the semifinals in the domestic league, but in the EuroLeague reached the playoffs for the third time in five years thanks to a sixth-place finish in the regular season. Its series against Olympiacos was the only one to reach Game 5 that season, but Efes eventually fell to the Reds. Efes ended a three-year title drought with a Turkish Cup triumph last season and Efes will be aiming much higher this season.


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A House subcommittee hearing on May 16 in Washington examined the impact of President Barack Obama's Executive Order No. 13607 on schools and veterans.
The American Legion submitted written testimony to the hearing conducted by the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity and chaired by Rep. Marlin Stutzman, R-Ind.
The president's executive order, "Establishing Principles of Excellence for Education Institutions Serving Service Members, Veterans, Spouses, and Other Family Members," issued on April 27, is intended to protect the full range of military/veteran education benefits programs – including the Post-9/11 GI Bill, the Department of Defense Military Tuition Assistance Program, and the Military Spouse Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) – from predatory for-profit schools.
The order's provisions focus on ensuring that servicemembers and veterans have the information, support and protection they need to make informed decisions about their higher-education options.
In its testimony, the Legion pointed out that more than 800,000 student veterans are receiving GI Bill education benefits. Some were recruited by for-profit schools that have drawn criticism for poor graduation rates, high tuition, lack of accountability and questionable recruiting practices.
For-profit schools are not cheap, despite their general lack of brick-and-mortar campuses, academic counseling or personal interaction with faculty members. According to the Department of Education, for-profits cost on average $30,900 per year, compared to $15,600 for public colleges and $26,000 for private non-profits. In addition, 46 percent of all student loan dollars in default come from for-profit schools, despite the fact they account for only 12 percent of college students.
"These are just some of the facts that cannot be ignored anymore by policymakers," the Legion testified. "Servicemembers, veterans and their family members trying to improve their job prospects shouldn't be duped into taking on crushing debt in exchange for the promise of a future job that will probably never materialize."
While the Legion supports Obama's executive order, its intent should not be limited to for-profit, post-secondary institutions. All post-secondary schools should be a matter of concern.
The Legion said the president's executive order "is a step in the right direction. It is one portion of the overall effort in aiding decision-makers and encouraging prospective servicemembers, veterans and their family members to consider certain criteria as an important component of their college choice."
The danger of unscrupulous for-profit schools is a situation that should be of bipartisan concern, the Legion testified, "where bogus degrees are a symptom of crisis among our servicemembers, veterans and their families, and where even those who claim to be accredited are often worthless in the job market. There is a significant gap between the obligation and delivery of higher education, which, unless checked, will constrain our economic growth, risking and squandering this nation's competitive advantage."
To read the Legion's written testimony, go to http://www.legion.org/legislative/testimony/166793/examining-executive-order-13607-and-its-impact


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The Earth is constantly changing, shifting, and exposing new secrets for humans to marvel at. It took many years and many great minds to solve the problem of getting through Earth's atmosphere into the wide expanse of space beyond. Here are ten amazing facts about our home that you may not be aware of. Earth is almost five billion years old, although life (resembling life as we know it) has only existed on the planet for the last 150 million to 200 million years. This means that life has only been present on Earth for only 5%-10% of its lifetime.
Earth and Mercury are the two most dense planets in the Solar System. This means that particles inside the planet are most closely packed together.
The length of time it takes for Earth to orbit the Sun is 365 and a quarter days. To make up this extra quarter which isn't counted at the end of a year, we have an extra day every four years on 29th February. The next Leap Year will be in 2012.
Earth is gradually slowing down. Every few years, an extra second is added to make up for lost time. Millions of years ago, a day on Earth will have been 20 hours long. It is believed that, in millions of years time, a day on Earth will be 27 hours long.
The centre of the Earth, its core, is molten. This means that it is liquid rock which sometimes erupts onto the surface through volcanic eruptions. This core is 7,500°c, hotter than the surface of the Sun!
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System not to be named after a mythical God.
Despite being called Earth, only 29% of the surface is actually 'earth.' The rest of the planet's surface (71%) is made up of water.
From a distance, Earth would be the brightest of the planets. This is because sunlight is reflected off the planet's water.
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System known to be geologically active, with Earthquakes and volcanoes forming the landscape, replenishing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and erasing impact craters from meteors.
Earth is the only planet in the Solar System to have wat er in its three states of matter: as a solid (ice), a liquid (sea, rain, etc.) and as a gas (clouds). These are all shown below. Water is, of course, the most important liquid for life.


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The central nervous system (CNS) consists of the brain and spinal cord. The brain is an important organ that controls thought, memory, emotion, touch, motor skills, vision, breathing, temperature, hunger, and every process that regulates our body.
The brain can be divided into the cerebrum, brainstem, and cerebellum:
Cerebrum. The cerebrum (front of brain) is composed of the right and left hemispheres. Functions of the cerebrum include: initiation of movement, coordination of movement, temperature, touch, vision, hearing, speech and language, judgment, reasoning, problem solving, emotions, and learning.
Brainstem. The brainstem (middle of brain) includes the midbrain, the pons, and the medulla. Functions of this area include: movement of the eyes and mouth, relaying sensory messages (such as, hot, pain, or loud), hunger, respirations, consciousness, cardiac function, body temperature, involuntary muscle movements, sneezing, coughing, vomiting, and swallowing.
Cerebellum. The cerebellum (back of brain) is located at the back of the head. Its function is to coordinate voluntary muscle movements and to maintain posture, balance, and equilibrium.
More specifically, other parts of the brain include the following:
Pons. A deep part of the brain, located in the brainstem, the pons contains many of the control areas for eye and face movements.
Medulla. The lowest part of the brainstem, the medulla is the most vital part of the entire brain and contains important control centers for the heart and lungs.
Spinal cord. A large bundle of nerve fibers located in the back that extends from the base of the brain to the lower back, the spinal cord carries messages to and from the brain and the rest of the body.
Frontal lobe. The largest section of the brain located in the front of the head, the frontal lobe is involved in judgment, decision-making, some language functions, personality characteristics, and movement.
Parietal lobe. The middle part of the brain, the parietal lobe helps a person to identify objects and understand spatial relationships (where one's body is compared to objects around the person). The parietal lobe is also involved in interpreting pain and touch in the body.
Occipital lobe. The occipital lobe is the back part of the brain that is involved with vision.
Temporal lobe. The sides of the brain, these temporal lobes are involved in memory, speech, and sense of smell.
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Phillies Alumni news and notes
Here's what some prominent Phillies alumni are up to:
Major Leagues
Executives: Jim Fregosi (Special Assistant to GM, Major Leagues, Atlanta), Lee Elia (Special Assistant to the GM, Player Development, Atlanta), Lee Thomas (Special Assistant to Exec. VP, Baseball Operations), Mike Arbuckle (Sr. Advisor to GM/Scouting/Player Development, Kansas City), Pat Corrales (Special Assistant to GM, LA Dodgers), Jim Davenport (Special assistant, San Francisco), Shane Turner (Special Assistant, player development, San Francisco), Bob Boone (Assistant GM/VP, Player Development, Washington), Chuck Cottier (Special Assistant to GM, Washington).
Managers: Dale Sveum (Chicago Cubs), Terry Francona (Cleveland), Ron Roenicke (Milwaukee), Davey Johnson (Washington).
Coaches: Turner Ward (Arizona), Roger McDowell (Atlanta), John Russell (Baltimore), David Bell (Chicago Cubs), Mark Parent (Chicago White Sox), Jeff Manto (Chicago White Sox), Bobby Thigpen (Chicago White Sox), Brad Mills (Cleveland), Jim Wright (Colorado), Davey Lopes (LA Dodgers), Ken Howell (LA Dodgers), Dan Warthen (NY Mets), Nick Leyva (Pittsburgh), Joe Lefebvre (San Francisco), Tom Foley (Tampa Bay), Mike Maddux (Texas), Dwayne Murphy (Toronto), John Stearns (Seattle).
Minor Leagues
Managers: Randy Ready (Gwinnett, Atlanta), Billy McMillon (Salem, Boston), Wally Backman (Las Vegas, NY Mets), Tom Nieto (Rookie, NY Yankees), Steve Scarsone (Sacramento, Oakland), Jim Morrison (Rookie, Tampa Bay), Pete Incaviglia (Laredo, Independent League), Sparky Lyle (Emeritus manager, Somerset, Independent).
Coaches: Greg Gross (Reno, Arizona), Amaury Telemaco (DSL, Boston), Dave Newhan (Lake Elsinore, San Diego), Richie Hebner (New Hampshire, Toronto), Darold Knowles (Dunedin, Toronto), Bud Harrelson (Long Island, Independent).
Instructors: Dave Wallace (pitching, Atlanta), Lee Tinsley (outfield, Chicago Cubs), Bill Dancy (field coordinator, Detroit), Milt Thompson (base running/bunting, Kansas City), Don Money (special instructor, Milwaukee), Tom Prince (coordinator, Pittsburgh), Paul Hoover (catching, Tampa Bay).
Todd Frohwirth (professional, Baltimore), Calvin Maduro (International, Baltimore), Bobby Malkmus (Cleveland), Ruben Amaro Sr. (professional, Houston), Mike Koplove (major leagues, LA Angels), Gary Varsho (major leagues, LA Angels), Tim Corcoran (LA Angels), Bob Oldis (Miami), Pete MacKanin (professional, NY Yankees), Jeff Bittiger (professional, Oakland), Julio Franco (coordinator, Latin America, Oakland), Joe Rigoli (professional, St. Louis), Pat Burrell (San Francisco), Kevin Saucier (MLB Bureau).
RHP Scott Mathieson (Yomuiuri Giants, Japan), RHP Vincente Padilla (Fukuoka Sea Hawks, Japan), RHP Brandon Duckworth (Tohoku Golden Eagles, Japan).
Ed Farmer (Chicago White Sox), Jim Deshaies (Houston), Rex Hudler (Kansas City), Todd Kalas (Tampa Bay), Keith Moreland (Chicago Cubs), Jeff Brantley (Cincinnati), Fernando Valenzuela (Los Angeles Dodgers), Tommy Hutton (Miami), Jeff Conine (Miami), Cookie Rojas (Miami), Bob Uecker (Milwaukee), Bob Walk (Pittsburgh), Mike Krukow (San Francisco).
John Kruk (ESPN TV), Curt Schilling (ESPN TV), Larry Bowa (MLB Network), Mitch Williams (MLB Network), Dan Plesac (MLB Network), Jim Kaat (MLB Network).
Bowa is also on the postgame show on PHL TV after Phillies telecasts. Ricky Bottalico is back on Comcast SportsNet. Darren Daulton has a radio show on 97.5 FM, The Fanatic, in Philadelphia.
Jamie Moyer will be the commencement speaker at Immaculata University at its 89th ceremonies on May 19. He will also receive the honorary doctor of laws degree.
Bob Boone, Desi Relaford and Mark Whiten, three Phillies Alumnus, will be among many former players who are participating in the Baseball Hall of Fame Classic in Cooperstown over the Memorial Day weekend.
Pat Gillick was among the guests when the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled its new Diamond Mines exhibit dedicated to the labor of scouts on May 4. Gillick began his career as a baseball scout and farm director before becoming a highly successful general manager.
Longtime Phillies athletic trainer, Jeff Cooper, is a 2013 inductee into the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame this month.
While driving through his native state of Washington, Larry Christenson came across the following:
United States Post Office
Carlton, WA.
"LC" is a graduate of Marysville (WA) High School in 1972 and the Phillies first-round pick that draft (third overall). At age 19, his big league debut came on April 13, 1973, tossing a complete-game five-hitter, 7-1, over the Mets before 7,127 at the Vet. He walked six and struck out three.
Did You Know
LC played high school basketball against Larry Andersen (Interlake HS, Bellevue, WA). "I was a junior and he was a senior. We were in Class AA and LA's school, AAA. They won by two points, but I scored 165 points against LA," LC laughed.


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Please excuse the flippancy of the headline. I hate to sound churlish with one more episode left in Smallville's decade-long existence, but yesterday's episode, "Prophecy," was just more stopgap plotting and wheel-spinning before next week's two-hour orgy of Smallville milestones.
Case in point: Jor-El, Clark's Kryptonian computer dad (who manifests reality-warping powers as the script calls for them), saps Clark of his Kryptonian abilities and gives them to Lois. Why? It's not entirely clear, but I'm guessing this was a heavy-handed lesson about marriage.
Jor-El, being the martinet digital poppa that he is, ostensibly does this to teach Clark that a human wife is a liability and to show Lois the full burden of Clark's superheroic powers. For every minute he tarries with her, he could be stopping crimes and disasters across the globe. Lois may be a vision in burgundy, but she's ultimately a fragile distraction.
At the end of the episode, Clark unplugs Jor-El out of annoyance (and macho independence). Lois, scarred from carrying Clark's blurry yoke and being possessed by one of Toyman's contraptions, calls off the wedding.
This wasn't the most execrable A-plot Smallville's put forth (it would be tolerable if presented earlier in Season 10), but we've seen this all before: the power-switching, the breaking up, Jor-El's overly dickish lesson, and Clark getting huffy with Jor-El.
I thought Jor-El's holographic powwow with his son in "Abandoned" was a suitable closer for this father-son silliness, but "Prophecy" dredged it up to give Lois a facile reason to split with Clark. Furthermore, we know Clark will kiss and make up with her (and his digital dad) by the final episode — after all, we catch a glimpse of Clark's famous romper suit on display in the Fortress of Solitude.
Clark hated Jor-El's antics, and so did the audience. It was like Clark had become our avatar, frustrated by Jor-El's pointless bullshit when he should be dealing with Darkseid. Between Booster Gold, Clark Luthor, and Major Zod, Smallville's going out of its way to bring us foofaraw. The script conscripted Oliver and Kara to find the fabled Bow of Orion (which they found one week after we first heard about it), only to have Granny Goodness pop out of the shadows and immediately destroy it.
The garnish was the best part of "Prophecy." Stargirl showed up briefly, Supergirl joined the Legion, and we caught a glimpse of Toyman's Legion of Doom (Metallo, Dark Archer, Black Manta, Solomon Grundy, Roulette, and Captain Cold), whom I kind of doubt we'll see during the series finale's cavalcade of crazy.
It'll be a crowded 120 minutes (between the nuptials, Clark inevitably flying, Darkseid's defeat, Lex's return, and a possessed Oliver with Golden Kryptonite arrowheads), but I'm hoping an unannounced Bruce Wayne guest spot and many swigs of Campari will keep the tears to a minimum.


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SAN JOSE — Police don't believe a 22-year-old San Jose man was drunken driving early Sunday when his BMW slammed into two light poles, killing him.
The man, whose name has not been released, crashed around 2:45 a.m. near South 1st Street and Interstate 280, said San Jose police Officer Albert Morales. An ambulance rushed to the scene, but the man was pronounced dead about 3:05 a.m., making him San Jose's second traffic fatality of 2013.
So far police believe the man was headed south on South 1st Street when his blue BMW veered off the roadway, hit the poles and flipped. Police didn't say why he lost control of the car, but say drugs and alcohol are "not suspected at this time." No other vehicles were involved.
Police didn't find any witnesses to the crash once they arrived at the scene. Anyone with information about the collision can call San Jose police at (408) 277-4654.
Contact Joshua Melvin at 650-348-4335. Follow him at Twitter.com/melvinreport.


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Tactile measuring methods
I am calibrating my measuring instrument on a flat plate. Now I want to measure on a turned part with a small diameter. Will it be OK to proceed, without any further calibration?
No, the calibration on the flat plate causes a systematic measuring error on a curved surface. This means the measuring values will be too large. This is because the instrument rates the measuring signals of the sample (here: the curved object) in such a manner, as if they were from a flat sample.
Why is my data transmission not working?
Some reasons could be: Did I choose the correct driver unit with relevant administrator rights? Was the right interface chosen, in the software on the PC? (also see device manager)
Why may two parties receive different measurement results? What could be the reasons for that?
The accuracy of measuring instruments is ensured by the calibration standards. The calibration must be carried out on real, uncoated samples. Furthermore one must take care to measure on the same measuring positions. It is important to take enough measurements in order to receive a significant mean value.
How to verify a calibration for tactile measurements?
One checks the calibration by remeasuring the calibration foil on the uncoated sample. It has to be this measuring position, where you measure lateron as well. Fischer Base calibration plates are not useful for this purpose.
Phase sensitive eddy current method: Which coating-substrate-combinations can be measured?
Here various measuring versions are possible:
With the phase sensitive eddy current method one can measure nonferrous metals on ferrous metals, for example Zinc on Fe. Also nonferrous metals on non-conductive plastics may be measured, such as Copper on Iso. Another possible example is Nickel on Copper for the case of ferrous metals on nonferrous metals.
Amplitude sensitive eddy current method: Which coating-substrate-combinations can you measure?
The amplitude sensitive eddy current method measures electrically non-conductive coatings on electrically conductive, non-magnetizable substrates, such as anodized coatings on Al, lacquer on copper, lacquer on Al and ceramics on Ti.
Magnetic inductive method: Which coating-substrate-combinations can you measure?
The magnetic inductive method measures non-magnetizable coatings on well-magnetizable substrates, such as Zinc on Ferrous or Lacquer on Ferrous.
Which factors play a role for measuring accurately with FISCHER tactile instruments?
The measuring accuracy for FISCHER tactile instruments is dependant on factors such as coating thickness, surface condition, utilized probe a.s.o. Details for accuracy and repeatability under ideal conditions can be taken from the technical probe datasheets.
What needs to be considered for the measurement of nickel coatings with phase-sensitive eddy current and magnetic inductive probes?
One has to definitely calibrate on the real, relevant parts with an identified coating thickness. The magnetizability of nickel coatings may differ strongly, i.e. there may occur strong differences between the magnetizability of the measured parts opposed to the calibration parts. This can lead to measurement errors. Especially in the field of incoming inspections, problems may then arise.
What exactly does a FERITSCOPE measure?
It measures all magnetizable phases in steel, such as Deltaferrite, Martensite. This implies, that the measurement values for Deltaferrite are systematically too high, if any further magnetizable metal phases are in the steel. This fact needs to be considered in advance.


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Pascal is a classical procedural programming language that facilitates structured programming. It advantages include english-like elegant source code style, a plethora of data types and a broad basis of implementations on both virtual and physical machines. Most modern Pascal compilers implement ObjectPascal, an extension for object-oriented programming that has first been proposed by Apple and that was later augmented by Borland.
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Are you a perfectionist? Do you spend a lot of time "perfecting" your work,so everything comes out the way you want it to?
I believe all of us are perfectionists in our own right. I'm a perfectionist, too. We set high bars for ourselves and put our best foot forward to achieve them. We dedicate copious amounts of attention and time to our work to maintain our high personal standards. Our passion for excellence drives us to run the extra mile, never stopping, never relenting.
And a dedication towards perfection undoubtedly helps us to achieve great results. Yet, there is a hidden flip side to being perfectionists that we may not be aware of. Sure, being perfectionists and having a keen eye for details help us become excellent. However, as ironic as it might sound, perfectionism at its extreme prevents us from being our best.
How so? Here are some examples:
- We become less efficient. Even when we are done with a task, we linger on to find new things to improve on. This lingering process starts off as 10 minutes, then extends to 30 minutes, then to an hour, and more. We spend way more time on a task than required.
- We become less effective. We do little things because they seem like a "good addition", without consciously thinking whether they're really necessary. Sometimes, not only do the additions add no value, they might even ruin things. For example, overcluttering a presentation with unneeded details. Jam-packing a blog layout with too many things.
- We procrastinate, as we wait for a "perfect" moment. Our desire to "perfect" everything makes us overcomplicate a project. What's actually a simple task may get blown out of proportion, to the extent it becomes subconsciously intimidating. This makes us procrastinate on it, waiting for the ever "perfect" moment before we get to it. This "perfect" moment never strikes until it is too late.
- We miss the bigger picture. We are too hung up over details that we forget about the bigger picture and the end vision. It's not uncommon to see better jobs done in pruning the trees than growing for the forest.
- We fuss over unfounded problems. We anticipate problems before they crop up, and come up with solutions to address these problems. It becomes an obsession to pre-empt problems. As it turns out, most of these problems either never do surface or they don't matter that much.
However, the problem isn't perfectionism. Well, not the normal form of perfectionism anyway. Perfectionism helps us to continuously aim for higher standards and become better. It's a good thing.
The problem is when the quest for perfectionism turns into an obsession – so much so that the perfectionist becomes neurotic over gaining "perfection" and refuses to accept anything less than perfect. In the process, he misses the whole point altogether. Such perfectionists can be known as "maladaptive perfectionists".
The answer isn't to stop being a perfectionist. It's to be conscious of our perfectionist tendencies and manage them accordingly. We want to be healthy perfectionists who are truly achieving personal excellence, not maladaptive perfectionists who are sabotaging our own personal growth efforts.
Here are my 8 personal tips on how we can be healthy perfectionists.
- Draw a line. We have the 80/20 rule (see #6 of 13 Strategies To Jumpstart Your Productivity)where 80% of output can be achieved in 20% of time spent. We can spend all our time getting the 100% in, or we can draw the line where we get majority of the output, and start on a new project. Obsessing over details is draining and tedious, and doesn't help us accomplish much. I used to review a blog post 3-4 times before I publish. All the reviewing only amounted to nuance changes in phrasings and the occasional typos. It was extremely ineffective. Now I scan it once or twice and publish it.
- Be conscious of trade-offs. When we spend time and energy on something, we deny ourselves from spending the same time and energy on something else. There are tons of things we can do, and we need to be aware of the trade-offs involved, so we can better draw a line (#1). For example, if some unimportant blog admin work takes an hour, that's an hour I could spend on content creation or blog promotion. Being conscious of this helps me make a better choice on how to spend my time.
- Get a view of the big picture. What is the end objective? What is the desired output? Is what you are doing leading you to the overall vision? To make sure my attention is set on the end point, I have a monthly and weekly goal sheet for The Personal Excellence Blog that keeps me on track. Every day, I refer to it to make sure what I'm doing contributes to the weekly goals, and ultimately the monthly goals. These help me stay on track.
- Focus on big rocks. Big rocks are the important, high impact activities. Ask yourself if what you are doing makes any real impact. If not, stop working on it. If it's a small yes, deprioritize, delegate it to someone else or get it done quickly. Seek out high impact tasks and spend time on them instead. Knowing the big picture (#3) helps you know the big rocks that contribute to the end goal. I used to spend endless amount of time tweaking my blog layout, which is really insignificant to the reader. These days I focus more on writing articles and guest posting which are the big rock activities.
- Set a time limit. This is same as time boxing (see #5 of 13 Strategies To Jumpstart Your Productivity). Parkinson's Law tells us work will take however long we want it to take. If you give yourself 4 hours, you will finish it in 4 hours. If you give yourself 3 hours, you will finish within 3 hours. If you don't give yourself any time limit, you will take forever to do it. Set the time limit and finish the task by then. There can be a million things you can do to improve it, but you have to draw the line somewhere.
- Be okay with making mistakes. Part of the reason why we obsess over our work is because we want it to be mistake-free. However, trying to achieve 100% perfection is highly ineffective. If we're busy perfecting this thing, we can't get to other important things. Realize that making mistakes is a trade off we have to embrace. The more we open ourselves to making mistakes, the faster we can get down to learning from them, and the quicker we can grow.
- Realize our concerns usually amount to nothing. It's good to plan and prepare, but there comes a time when we should let things roll and deal with problems as they crop up. Being overly preemptive makes us live in an imaginary future vs. in the present. As I grow, I'm more inclined to adopt a "roll with the punches" attitude. It doesn't mean I don't care. What it means that most of the things that do crop up can always be controlled on the spot, without worrying about them before hand.
- Take breaks. If your productivity is waning, take a break. Resting and coming back to the same thing later on gives us a renewed perspective and fresh focus. Sometimes I run out of mental juice when writing my articles, and I don't get anywhere by pressing on. I know it's pointless to continue, so I take a break from work. Not surprisingly when I return later, I'm able to make progress again.
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A particular bugbear for us has always been the slow screen response when you flip the iPhone from upright portrait mode to horizontal landscape mode. This was often most noticeable when playing music – the iPhone would clearly pause for breath before switching from a vertically scrolling list of album or song titles to the horizontal "coverflow" mode that allows you to flick through album artwork.
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Now, you'll see a nice, smooth crossfade as the screen display flips onto its side. It also feels more snappy and responsive for many simple tasks, such as flicking from one page of apps to another on the main Home screen.
Potentially, the biggest performance boost comes from that new PowerVR graphics chip. Games developers certainly seem to be rubbing their hands in glee at the thought of its 3D capabilities. At the moment, there are few games or other apps that really exploit that extra graphics power, so this is something that we'll follow with great interest in the coming months, as a new generation of iPhone games appear.
Apple will have to watch out, though, or we'll see apps split into those that require the 3GS and those that don't. This hasn't been necessary so far, and it's one of the strengths of the platform that you don't have to worry about what i-hardware you're downloading the apps to.
We were concerned that the more powerful chips might affect the battery life, but the numbers Apple is quoting actually improve on the iPhone 3G in some areas. Talk time using a 3G connection remains at five hours, but Wi-Fi access increases from six hours to nine hours. Audio playback increases from 24 to 30 hours and video playback is up from seven to ten hours.
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How well do you listen? Take this quiz to find out. Using the following scale, rate each question with the closest number.
Scale: 1 (Virtually Never); 2 (Seldom); 3 (Sometimes); 4 (Often); 5 (Very Frequently)
1. You seem to often have trouble being able to accurately recall the details about a conversation.
2. I am uncomfortable asking questions as a way of encouraging someone to open up to me. People will tell me what they want me to know, and anything else feels like prying.
3. How frequently do you get interrupted by phone calls, texts, emails, social media postings or other distractions when you're talking with someone else?
4. In a restaurant or other public place, how frequently do you listen in on other conversations when you're engaged in your own conversation with other people?
5. How often do you finish other people's sentences for them, or complete the jokes or stories they tell?
6. How often do you interrupt when you have something to say during a conversation?
7. I listen more for the facts than the feelings in attempting to understand what someone is saying to me.
8. After someone tells you a story, how likely are you to follow up with your own story?
9. People have told me that it doesn't feel like I'm listening when they are talking to me.
10. I am often thinking about my response when other people are talking.
11. It's your observation that watching the other person's body language is seldom helpful in understanding what is being said. It's the words that are important, not those non-verbal cues.
12. People have said you seem spaced out a lot.
13. You find yourself interrupting another person's conversation frequently.
14. I can carry on conversation while I'm watching TV, checking emails or otherwise engaged in some other task.
15. It's not that important to look at who is talking to me. I can multi-task and still listen.
16. I sometimes cut people off in mid-sentence in order to give my opinion or say how I feel.
17. People seldom seek me out when they need a sounding board or want to talk about a problem. This puzzles me.
18. Usually in a conversation, I'm the one who talks the most.
19. I am quick to correct someone if they mispronounce a word or say something I disagree with.
Scoring: Total all your scores. If your score falls in the 19-43 range, you are a wonderful listener, and other people are likely to seek you out when they want (or need) to talk.
If your score is 44-57, you are a good conversationalist, but you could improve by focusing more on the other person, interrupting less and making the conversation less about you and more about the other person.
If your score is 58 or above, your desire is to talk, not listen. This makes you a difficult person for someone to share their inner feelings with.
Good listening involves more than just hearing. It is an active, not a passive process, and it requires asking questions, offering comments and keeping the focus on somebody else instead of on yourself. It requires your presence and your interest. If you don't offer that, another person will sense your lack of presence and genuine concern – and will then be very likely to clam up around you. One of the easiest ways of stopping another person from opening up to you is to cut them off mid-sentence because you have something important you want to say – because you will communicate that what you have to say trumps what she/he has to say.
An extremely useful technique is to summarize what the other person has said and then ask whether you understand him or her correctly. If you combine that with using words of encouragement ("I understand," "Tell me more about that," "Keep on going," "Is there more?") you will increase your listening skills dramatically.
Also, refrain from offering advice unless the other person specifically asks for your advice. And whenever you can, offer validation and empathy, which is what most of us are looking for a lot of the time.
Neil Rosenthal is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Westminster and Boulder. His column is in its 20th year of publication and is syndicated around the world. You can reach him at 303-758-8777, or email him through his website: http://www.heartrelationships.com, but he is not able to respond individually to queries.
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On this day, St. Euphemia, was martyred. When Barsiros (Briskos), one of the deputies of Diocletian, was passing down the road, there were with him some of the saints with iron chains round their necks like dogs. This saint saw them and her heart waxed hot. She was sorry for them and she wept. Then, she cursed the Emperor, his idols, and admonished the Governor saying, "O you whose heart is like a stone, do you not have compassion on these holy men! or are you not afraid that their God might destroy you?" The Governor became enraged and informed the Emperor about what she had done and said. The Emperor brought her and asked her about her belief. She confessed that she was Christian. He tortured her severely by beating and burning until she delivered up her pure soul in the hand of the Lord.
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Warning sirens sounded Sunday, but not where storms hit hardest
Some people in southeastern Wisconsin said Monday they had little warning from sirens about Sunday's storms.
As severe storms took aim at southeastern Wisconsin, warning sirens began to sound in places like Milwaukee and Brookfield, which were spared the worst of the storm
Meantime, Allenton, in Washington County, was hit hard, but Jane Balwochus said she never heard any sirens.
VIDEO: Some people around southeast Wisconsin didn't hear sirens Sunday
"Boom, just like that. No warning, no warning at all. The Fire Department didn't even have enough time to hit the siren. It was that quick, Balwochus said.
"If it did go off, I didn't hear it," said Ken Olley of Caledonia.
People reported the same thing in Racine County and in Dodge County. Authorities told WISN 12 News the sirens didn't sound until the worst of the storm was actually hitting, raising the question of whether newer technology might be more reliable than sirens.
"I got the message on my phone from the National Weather Service," said Aron Warner of Oak Creek.
"My Facebook status is what updated me as to what was going on outside," said Kara Veal of Racine.
Oak Creek is one of many communities that has considered the future of its sirens.
"I think cities are discussing that as they become outdated, it's hard to replace them. The cost for them is pretty expensive," Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said.
But the city decided to upgrade its sirens, convinced that many people still rely on them.
"Call it old habit, but this is an old habit that I don't think should go away, and we, as a city have decided to continue that with the new technology," Oak Creek Fire Chief Tom Rosandich said.
The sirens sounded twice in Milwaukee County on Sunday morning, but emergency officials said people shouldn't rely solely on sirens. They suggested using on-air weather updates, getting alerts on your phone and having a weather radio.
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Assist patrons at hotel, apartment, or office building with personal services. May take messages, arrange or give advice on transportation, business services or entertainment, or monitor guest requests for housekeeping and maintenance.
Sample of reported job titles:
Activities Concierge, Chef Concierge, Chief Concierge, Club Concierge, Concierge, Conference Concierge, Guest Service Agent, Guest Service Supervisor, Hotel Concierge, Lobby Concierge
- Make reservations for patrons, such as for dinner, spa treatments, or golf tee times, and obtain tickets to special events.
- Provide information about local features, such as shopping, dining, nightlife, or recreational destinations.
- Make travel arrangements for sightseeing or other tours.
- Receive, store, or deliver luggage or mail.
- Carry out unusual requests, such as searching for hard-to-find items or arranging for exotic services, such as hot-air balloon rides.
- Pick up and deliver items or run errands for guests.
- Provide directions to guests.
- Arrange for interpreters or translators when patrons require such services.
- Provide business services for guests, such as sending or receiving faxes or shipping packages.
- Plan special events, parties, or meetings, which may include booking musicians or celebrities.
- Arrange childcare services for guests.
- Perform office duties on a temporary basis when needed.
- Arrange for the replacement of items lost by travelers.
- Clean and tidy hotel lounge.
- Provide food and beverage services to guests.
Technology Skills
- Customer and Personal Service — Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Clerical — Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.
- Administration and Management — Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
- Sales and Marketing — Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- Service Orientation — Actively looking for ways to help people.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Social Perceptiveness — Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Coordination — Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Work Activities
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.
- Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates — Providing guidance and direction to subordinates, including setting performance standards and monitoring performance.
- Coaching and Developing Others — Identifying the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Training and Teaching Others — Identifying the educational needs of others, developing formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.
Detailed Work Activities
- Arrange services or reservations for patrons.
- Provide attraction or event information to patrons.
- Deliver items.
- Handle luggage or other possessions for patrons.
- Provide patrons with directions to locales or attractions.
- Organize recreational activities or events.
- Perform administrative or clerical tasks.
- Clean facilities or work areas.
- Sell products or services.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 100% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 100% responded "Every day."
- Contact With Others — 83% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Deal With External Customers — 90% responded "Extremely important."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 70% responded "Every day."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 73% responded "Every day."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 60% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Time Pressure — 48% responded "Every day."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 47% responded "Extremely important."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 42% responded "A lot of freedom."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 60% responded "Every day."
- Letters and Memos — 47% responded "Every day."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 39% responded "Extremely important."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 50% responded "Important results."
- Physical Proximity — 35% responded "Moderately close (at arm's length)."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 30% responded "Very important."
- Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People — 37% responded "Once a week or more but not every day."
- Spend Time Standing — 35% responded "About half the time."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 32% responded "Very important."
- Responsibility for Outcomes and Results — 43% responded "High responsibility."
- Level of Competition — 61% responded "Moderately competitive."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 56% responded "40 hours."
- Spend Time Sitting — 32% responded "About half the time."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed
|Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
|Related Experience
|Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need one or two years of training involving both on-the-job experience and informal training with experienced workers. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.
|Job Zone Examples
|These occupations usually involve using communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, or train others to accomplish goals. Examples include hydroelectric production managers, travel guides, electricians, agricultural technicians, barbers, court reporters, and medical assistants.
|SVP Range
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- Social — Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.
- Enterprising — Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.
Work Styles
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Social Orientation — Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
Work Values
- Relationships — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to provide service to others and work with co-workers in a friendly non-competitive environment. Corresponding needs are Co-workers, Moral Values and Social Service.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
- Support — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer supportive management that stands behind employees. Corresponding needs are Company Policies, Supervision: Human Relations and Supervision: Technical.
Wages & Employment Trends
|Median wages (2018)
|$14.61 hourly, $30,400 annual
|State wages
|Employment (2018)
|38,000 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Average (4% to 6%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2018 wage data
and 2018-2028 employment projections
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
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