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The Konoha Sealed Hall is a location appearing in the Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Heroes 3 and was stated to have been around since the creation of the village.
Located on the outskirts of Konohagakure, the Sealed Hall is built into a cave and has a torii gate at the front. As its name suggests, is protected by a powerful seal which only a master of fūinjutsu can unseal. It is used to store up powerful kinjutsu, including the Demon Shinki. The members of the Anbu from Konoha apparently also go here to conduct experiments. Shinga would later return here to retrieve the Demon Shinki and infuse it into himself in Tsukigakure.
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A few years ago, the Guardian celebrated Elmore Leonard's famous rules for writing fiction by soliciting further rules by other well-knowns – people like Athill, Enright, Ford, Gaiman, Kennedy, on and on. From time to time my author, L, will lead a writing workshop, and often she'll pack along a printout of the many rules that appeared at the Guardian site. They make for light relief or discussion starters when she wants a change of pace. Or when she wants a laugh. The advice from Margaret Atwood, for instance, is funny as well as wise.
From now on, L will also pack along the link to Lynn Coady's 10 rules for writing fiction. Coady's version is a great send-up of such lists. It's hilarious. Then again, it's more than a send-up. For instance, here's her final tip: Remember: Writing is freedom.
But like so many things to do with writing, I wonder, does anyone ever ask the characters if they have their own rules for writers? I mean, for us the stakes are pretty high. And so, grounded in my own experience as a character being written, I offer the following:
1. Jeez, remember whose story you're working on. Yesterday I had to bring it to the attention of my author that I was beginning to act more like Sylvie than like myself. Sylvie's another one of L's creations, and she lives in an entirely different novel-in-progress. We do not share the same tastes in music, art, food, men, anything. I don't sound like her at all, though I admit we both have moments when we sound a little like L. Or we sound like what goes on in L's mind when she has the sort of thought her upbringing prevents her from saying out loud. So, writers, go ahead and work on multiple projects, but remember who you're dealing with.
2. Don't put stuff from your own life in your novel. Both L and I have worked in libraries, and in an early draft she made me stagger through the discovery of what she called 'found poetry' buried in the pages of the Dewey Decimal Classification Manual. The 'found poem' dealt with how a conscientious librarian might classify books to do with Penology and various related subjects, for example, Forms of punishment, early, which included Boiling in oil, etc. and Pressing to death. The heading Minor punishments included subheadings for Ducking stool and Scold's bridle and … but enough of that. Need I say this passage was heavy with metaphor? L was just tickled with it, while I would sooner, I don't know, watch Honey Booboo than read something like that. Fortunately, L realized you might feel the same way, and she excised the whole bit. I'm now 500 words less weighty.
3. Be sure to put stuff from your own life in your novel. L admits she has occasionally felt a longing for a father she hardly knew. That longing found its way into my own story, and I'm happy it did. L hasn't laced her own story through mine to any great extent, but those photographs my dad left behind – and my quest to take my own shots in all those same places – L did the same thing with photographs her own dad left behind.
4. Contradiction: Embrace it. It will sink a novel; it will save a novel.
5. Regarding sex: Let your characters have some. Arousal, at the very least. We deserve it, and we so appreciate it. You needn't go into a whole lot of detail if you'd rather not. Trust your readers: Once you get them started, they'll know what to do. As will your characters. Trust me.
I'll leave you with only those five for now, because it's my experience that novelists need time to absorb, process, integrate. At any rate, my novelist does.
Always Under Revision is a series of posts in the voice of Kate Mueller, the protagonist of a novel-in-progress by Leona Theis. Kate is also narrator of the first and last stories in one of Leona's earlier books, Sightlines.

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"God's not dead," blares a headline on the black-and-white cover of the Newsboys' latest album, which depicts a late 19th century newsboy hawking papers on a city street.
And many would say that the proclamation is just not news in the 21st century, but not Michael Tait, the band's newest member and frontman.
"In today's age we see more and more young people and adults who say they are in the atheist category that there is no God," Tait said. "And we are here to say that God is alive and well. He is the foundation of our faith, and it's a reaffirmation of that belief. And we are roaring like a lion."
Tait and the Newsboys, which are known for their high energy live shows that feature drummer Duncan Phillips and his elevated rotating drumkit, are part of the Winter Jam tour that kicks off its 2011 fall dates at the University of Denver's Magness Arena on Thursday Nov. 3 It marks the first time in Winter Jam's 16-year history that the multi-band concert will be heading West.
"God's Not Dead" is also the name of the band's album that releases Nov. 15 and is the first true worship CD by the 18-year-old group. But don't forget this is the hard-rocking Newsboys and the band puts its mark on such standards as "Mighty to Save," "Forever Reign" and "Your Love Never Fails."


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It seems so easy. Why would we drill miles underground for fossilized plant and animal remains — or, worse, depend on someone else for theirs — when the sun already bathes us in far more energy every day? We could also burn our trash, harness the wind or even tap into heat from the Earth's core — all of which are more practical than using finite fossils.
But oil and the other fossil fuels are entrenched. We figured them out first, and now that we've discovered their dark side, we're scrambling to make smarter sources cost less. Freeing credit for investment in renewable energy is a major component of the looming economic stimulus plan, but nonfossil sources still make up less than 10 percent of the U.S. total. Here's a brief rundown of what the major renewable energy sources are and where they stand.
Hydropower is one of the oldest, and therefore most widely used, forms of renewable energy in the United States. It involves damming a river to gain control of its flow, then using the flow to spin turbines that generate electricity. Since this relies on the water cycle — which is powered by the sun — it's a renewable way to produce power.
The context of hydroelectricity's rise to power in 1930s America is reminiscent of today's economic crisis. The country was in the grips of the Great Depression, and an incoming president vowed to jump-start the economy by investing in, among other things, renewable energy. In 1933 FDR and Congress launched the Tennessee Valley Authority, charged with rejuvenating depleted and degraded parts of the Southeast, and one of its most ambitious undertakings was building a network of dams across the region. By 1940, 40 percent of U.S. electricity was generated by hydropower, and the TVA had created thousands of jobs throughout the impoverished valley. (The ratio has since shrunk, as rampant energy demand led to more reliance on cheap fossil fuels and nuclear power.)
Being an emissions-free and domestic source of power makes hydroelectricity attractive, and it has the added benefit of creating lakes for freshwater supply and recreation. But it has its disadvantages, too. When rivers are dammed, fish can't swim upstream to spawn or downstream to the ocean. Dams can also rob the water of dissolved oxygen, which makes breathing difficult for a variety of river life. Federal engineers try to work around these problems by creating fish ladders or elevators, which allow the fish to bypass dams, and by aerating the water to oxygenate it.
Despite such wildlife concerns, however, hydropower continues to grow in the United States. Capacity rose by 5.6 percent from 2007 to 2008, and in 2006 the Idaho National Laboratory identified thousands of undeveloped sites that could generate about 30,000 megawatts of electricity, which would increase hydroelectric generation by more than 50 percent. The U.S. Department of Energy is currently preparing a report to Congress on the environmental impacts of marine and hydrokinetic technologies, which could be drastically more efficient than conventional hydroelectric projects.
Solar power
While we're flooded with solar energy daily — enough every minute to meet a year of global energy demand — we still haven't figured out a way to harness and deliver it more economically than coal and oil. The U.S. National Renewable Energy Lab set the world record for silicon solar-cell efficiency last August at 40.8 percent, after Boeing-Spectrolab broke the 40 percent barrier in 2006. Other researchers have claimed records above 41 and 42 percent.
Solar panels work because sunlight is converted to energy when it hits something. Usually it excites electrons and converts to heat, but in certain substances, like silicon crystals, some electrons break free and form an electrical current when light hits them. Upward-facing platforms full of these solar cells — called photovoltaic panels, or PV panels — capture this electricity for a variety of uses.
But since silicon solar panels can be expensive, there's a push to match their efficiency with cheaper materials; cost is one reason solar power currently accounts for less than 1 percent of U.S. electricity generation from renewable sources. NREL has developed inexpensive thin-film solar cells using copper indium gallium diselenide, but they're still only up to about 20 percent efficiency.
Beyond the cell's efficiency, storage is also a problem. It's often more expensive than it's worth, making solar power largely a daytime power source only. But last July MIT scientists announced a new method of storing solar energy by converting it to hydrogen, a technology that could potentially launch solar power into the mainstream of U.S. electricity generation.
Another method of generating electricity from sunlight is to concentrate its light energy; many large solar farms use mirrors to concentrate sunlight and beam it toward towers, which use the concentrated energy to heat water, spinning a turbine and generating electricity. This is known as concentrated solar power, or solar thermal technology, and it's gaining popularity; California's largest utility recently signed a 20-year contract to buy power from seven planned solar thermal plants in the Mojave Desert.
Most of the United States gets enough sunlight for solar power to work, but some areas are better than others. The U.S. Energy Information Administration has compiled this map outlining the country's photovoltaic potential.
Wind power
Wind power is simpler than solar and hydropower, since no electrons need cajoling and no fish need ladders. Mills have used it for hundreds of years, and it's quickly regaining popularity in the United States.
Wind power is really solar power, since winds are caused by the sun's uneven heating of the atmosphere, in addition to the Earth's rotation and surface features. As masses of air shift, well-placed propeller blades catch them and spin. This rotates a motor, generating electricity.
The main catch with wind is its infrequency. Only certain areas of the United States are blustery enough to warrant large-scale wind-power investments, and they're often not close to where large numbers of people live, making transmission a problem. This is one reason behind arguments for a "smart grid," which would let power from far-flung renewable sources travel to big cities.
Across swaths of the Rockies, the deserts, the Great Plains, the Great Lakes, the Appalachians and especially offshore, winds are strong enough to tempt investors — at least under normal conditions. The recession hasn't been kind to many industries, wind included. Booming in recent years, it anticipates help from the stimulus and some remnants of its previous momentum.
The United States can currently generate more than 25,000 megawatts of electricity from the wind, enough to power about 7 million average U.S. homes. By pushing the national wind-power capacity to 20 percent by 2030, the American Wind Energy Association says the United States could avoid millions of tons of CO2 emissions, save 4 trillion gallons of water, reduce natural gas prices, and generate more than 30,000 local jobs and $1.5 billion in local revenue.
Of virtually all commercial energy sources, geothermal is the only one that doesn't derive its power from the sun. The Earth's interior can be hotter than the sun, doesn't go away at night and won't be obscured by clouds — although there are often miles of rock in the way. Aside from the initial cost of drilling and building infrastructure, however, geothermal is a clean, cheap and reliable method of generating power that the DOE calls "underused."
About 2,800 megawatts are currently generated from geothermal power in the United States using hydrothermal resources, or hot steam and water. The two basic types of hydrothermal plants in use today are steam plants and binary-cycle plants.
In steam plants, turbines are turned by either geothermal steam (dry-steam plants) or hot, pressurized water that's quickly depressurized to produce steam (flash-steam plants). Water vapor is the only major emission from these plants, and while small amounts of carbon dioxide, nitric oxide and sulfur are emitted, it's at levels 50 times lower than traditional fossil-fuel plants.
Binary-cycle plants, on the other hand, have no emissions since they use a closed loop. They use lower-temperature and more common water resources, passing them through a heat exchanger to heat another liquid with a lower boiling point. The secondary fluid vaporizes, turning the turbines and generating electricity. Binary plants are more prevalent because their water resources are, too, but their electricity costs a few cents more (5 to 8) per kilowatt than does electricity from steam plants (4 to 6 cents).
Still, that's using only the "low-hanging fruit" of geothermal power. Looming on the horizon is enhanced geothermal, which could revolutionize renewable power. Rather than relying on existing steam vents or hot-water resources for heat, this technology drills into the earth and pumps water down near the hot "basement rock," which heats it up and ultimately powers turbines. To make water flows more economical, hydraulic fracturing is also employed to widen existing cracks, allowing a greater volume of water access to the hot, dry rocks below. More than 100,000 megawatts of electricity could be generated this way, according to the DOE, which today would constitute about 10 percent of our total electricity capacity.
Biomass is a hodgepodge category that includes a variety of fuels, united by their distinction of being alive or having been alive relatively recently. Wood, garbage, landfill gas and plants from corn to algae can all be considered biomass, and together make up about half of U.S. overall renewable energy sources. In terms of electricity generation, they're less relevant but growing; the EIA projects that biomass will create 15.3 billion kilowatt hours of electricity by 2020, or 0.3 percent of the total capacity.
Wood has been humans' top fuel throughout most of civilization, but beginning with the Industrial Revolution it's been sidelined by more powerful sources. Wood products such as bark, sawdust, chips and scraps make up only about 2 percent of overall U.S. energy consumption today, but they comprise the largest portion of electricity generation from biomass, mainly thanks to the pulp and paper industries, which generate much of their own electricity by burning their waste residues.
Switchgrass has shown promise as a hardy and productive biofuel source, and since it's an American prairie grass it grows quickly and easily here. Field tests have shown it can produce six to 10 tons per acre annually, and can be burned directly, made into pellets or, most commonly, into ethanol. Most U.S. ethanol — a clear, colorless grain alcohol — is made from corn and used for transportation, but it also holds some potential for electricity generation. Corn-based ethanol is an energy-intensive endeavor, but the more efficient switchgrass could help maintain ethanol's viability as a biofuel.
Aside from wood, perhaps the most promising biomass electricity sources are waste combustion and landfill gas. Unlike wood, switchgrass and corn, no cropland must be sacrificed to create this energy; it's making use of materials that would otherwise just languish and pollute. There's a tradeoff, since greenhouse gases and other pollutants are still emitted, but they're less than what fossil fuels emit and are often worth it for communities struggling with excess waste or expensive electricity.
Municipal solid waste contains large chunks of organic materials that produce a variety of gases when they're compacted and buried in a landfill. Anaerobic bacteria thrive in such an oxygen-free environment, decomposing the organic matter and producing carbon dioxide and methane. While the CO2 mostly leaches out because it's water-soluble, the methane is more likely to escape into the atmosphere — landfills are the second-highest source of human-related methane emissions, accounting for nearly 23 percent of U.S. emissions in 2006. Landfill-gas facilities capture this greenhouse gas and burn it for energy, thereby tapping a renewable energy source while also preventing global-warming pollution (although burning the methane does still release some greenhouse gases). Some landfills simply burn their waste directly, a simpler but sometimes dirtier method.


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Hepcinat is a new FDA-approved antiviral drug which is used in combination with other drugs for treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) infection in adults.
Hepcinat is manufactured by Natco and contains Sofosbuvir, the same active ingredient as Sovaldi, developed by Gilead.
Sofosbuvir belongs to a class of medicines called nucleotide polymerase inhibitors.
Sofosbuvir inhibits an enzyme the RNA polymerase enzyme which is essential for viral replication and thus decreases the amount of Hepatitis C Virus in the body thereby resulting in less liver damage and improved liver function.
Treatment of HCV genotypes 1, 2, 3 and 4 is possible with Hepcinat, however it is never used on its own.
Hepcinat is prescribed in combination with other medications such as Ribavirin and Peginterferon Alfa for preventing Hepatitis C virus (HCV) cells from multiplying in your body.
Hepcinat is sometimes used by people who also have HIV, or people who have liver cancer and are going to have a liver transplant, but Hepcinat is not a treatment for HIV or AIDS.
Compared to previous treatments, Hepcinat based regimens provide a higher cure rate, fewer side effects and a two- to four-fold reduced duration of therapy.
Also the cost of Hepcinat is reasonable – generic Sofosbuvir (Hepcinat) is more than 30 times cheaper than brand Sofosbuvir (Sovaldi), so it can be purchased by anyone.
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Hepcinat is not recommended for administration as a monotherapy.
Hepcinat is usually used in combination with Ribavirin (Copegus, Rebetol, Ribasphere, RibaTab) with or without Peginterferon Alfa (Pegasys, PegIntron).
Recommended Regimens and Duration of Therapy:
- Genotype 1 or 4 Chronic Hepatitis C (CHC): Hepcinat, Peginterferon Alfa, and Ribavirin for 12 weeks.
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Jason Taylor almost needed his leg amputated after a game
A year after calling it quits following 15 seasons in the NFL, former All-Pro defensive end Jason Taylor has shined a light on some of the grisly injuries and treatments he had to fight through to stay on the field.
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In an interview with the Miami Herald, Taylor shares multiple examples of the hardships of his profession, including the time he was only two hours from losing a leg.
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Taylor was leg-whipped during a game once in Washington. Happens all the time. Common. He was sore and had a bruise, but the pregame Toradol and the postgame pain medicine and prescribed sleeping pills masked the suffering, so he went to dinner and thought he was fine. Until he couldn't sleep. And the medication wore off. It was 2 a.m. He noticed that the only time his calf didn't hurt is when he was walking around his house or standing. So he found a spot that gave him relief on a staircase and fell asleep standing up, leaning against the wall. But as soon as his leg would relax from the sleep, the pain would wake him up again. He called the team trainer and asked if he could take another Vicodin. The trainer said absolutely not. This need to kill the pain is what former No. 1 pick Keith McCants says started a pain-killer addiction that turned to street drugs when the money ran out … and led him to try to hang himself to break the cycle of pain.
The trainer rushed to Taylor's house. Taylor thought he was overreacting. The trainer told him they were immediately going to the hospital. A test kit came out. Taylor's blood pressure was so high that the doctors thought the test kit was faulty. Another test. Same crazy numbers. Doctors demanded immediate surgery. Taylor said absolutely not, that he wanted to call his wife and his agent and the famed Dr. James Andrews for a second opinion. Andrews also recommended surgery, and fast. Taylor said, fine, he'd fly out in owner Daniel Snyder's private jet in the morning. Andrews said that was fine but that he'd have to cut off Taylor's leg upon arrival. Taylor thought he was joking. Andrews wasn't. Compartment syndrome. Muscle bleeds into the cavity, causing nerve damage. Two more hours, and Taylor would have had one fewer leg.
Yikes. In addition to that tale, he shares anecdotes of having to jam a towel in his mouth "to muffle his screaming" as he received excruciating shots in the bottom of his feet. There was also the time he collapsed in a parking lot outside his doctor's office sobbing after his back locked up following an epidural shot, the kind usually used on pregnant women.
Taylor made nearly $40 million during his career and set himself up well for post-NFL work in both broadcasting and entertainment, thanks to a stint on ABC's "Dancing With The Stars." But there are plenty of NFL players who won't have that kind of financial success who go through just as much just to keep playing. At the end of the story, Taylor says he'd do it all again. Hopefully he still feels that way for years to come.


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I had pretty much decided to give up blogging.
My computer is broken. I have no internet at home. The stress of being misunderstood or held accountable to what I write is daunting.
It seemed easier to crawl in my little hole, limit my writing to my personal journal, and use the Christianese of "a season."
I can't do it.
Call it narcissism, a craving for attention, or {what it really is} a desire to connect and be connected. I've missed you all, and I've missed the perspective that blogging gives me.
It forces me to walk around with my eyes open.
To see the things that God is doing, and to acknowledge them outside of myself.
I can't stop.
So, thank you to all of you who have encouraged me over these past few months, and also to those of you who have peeped in here at that same last post that's sat there since October.
And…check out what God showed me yesterday! It's over at the Everyday Testimony Project.
I'll be back here tomorrow!


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Q&A | Zinzi Edmundson
Photo of Zinzi in her home by Michael Flores via Refinery 29.
Zinzi and I went to the same teeny college, but we never crossed paths. Then we both worked in editorial at Bon Appétit Magazine, but she started just after I left. Years later we finally met, and have not really stopped IMing each other nonsense since. Zinzi not only edits the feature articles at FOAM Magazine, but she is one-half of the band KISSES whose freshman album is one of my top records of all time—not because we're friends, because it is so freaking good. Zinzi also has a great tumblr, At the Tree House and is a freelance writer. Basically, she takes pleasure in making all her peers feel unproductive in comparison. I'd hold all this against her if she wasn't so hilarious.
If not in Los Angeles, I would live in...Providence, RI, my hometown.
My dream holiday would be to...my summer house in southern Maine or Greece, probably! Someone take me to Greece, please?
My current obsessions are...
Food: I can't stop eating pizza! I made an awesome brussels sprout/lemon/burrata number using a cast iron skillet technique the other night. So good.
Music: I just remembered how much I love Roy Orbison. So much alley cat singing.
Fashion: Bolero ties. I'm obsessed and I want one, like, yesterday. Also, peter pan collars—my mom just started a line called Arrowhead and she makes a pretty mean one.
Retail Store(s): I don't go shopping that much! But, I recently went to a CRYBABY presents opening at Space 15 Twenty. Not only is the shop stocked with everything one would need to be an extra-cool L.A. lady, but Dakota and Lisa who run it are total dream babes and the nicest.
I channel my childhood self when I...eat pizza and potato chips with unbridled joy, all the while pretending what I'm doing is completely normal so no one makes me stop.
The fictional character I most relate to is...Odysseus, nbd.
If I had to be outdoors all day I would...hopefully be wearing sunscreen.
My favorite quality in a man is...patience.
My favorite quality in a woman is...circuitousness.
I'm terrified of...most things; water. Larger bodies, not really drinking water or anything, jeez!
My dream car is a...70s/80s Mercedes SL; funny trapezoid car.
My cocktail of choice is...a Manhattan.
My celebrity crush is...Chevy Chase. Just, leave me alone.
My beauty products of choice are...Aesop Ginger Flight Therapy, Josie Maran Argon Oil Color Match, Malin + Goetz Eucalyptus Deodorant, Clarins Chamomile Toner, Sponge Herbal Cleanser and also Rose Water Spray.
My friends and I like to...crack wise!
If I could go back in time for one decade it would be...so alarming. No, maybe the gay 90s? I love gaiety.
As a teenager I was totally into...dying my hair red to look like Angela Chase and listening to the Foo Fighters and making things from Fimo clay!
I tend to splurge on...beauty products and food.
Stubbornly continuing to live my life as the oddball embodiment of everything I love...is what makes me have Tomboy Style.
9 comments:
- Aja Lake said...
oh my. i do feel unproductive in comparison.
and i also love eating pizza and potato chips with unbridled joy.
nice q+a!
Aja Lake
the gold hat.
- February 21, 2012 at 10:13 PM
- Gold Feather said...
I love the photo and responses, also with a name as cool as Zinzi you cant go wrong!
- February 22, 2012 at 8:54 AM
Want. Her. Life.
- February 22, 2012 at 9:23 AM
super charming
- February 22, 2012 at 12:32 PM
tomboystyle takes a long time to load :( all the time. i don't have problems with any other site
- February 22, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- La Mode Operandi said...
Being busy with the things you love is the most rewarding ways to celebrate life!
- February 22, 2012 at 7:17 PM
- Unknown said...
Go Zinzi! This was really great. I love how you two followed similar paths in the beginning, but never crossed them until later. Serendipity:)
- February 22, 2012 at 8:47 PM
- BuenoBueno said...
i love this lady! the 90's, chevy chase, angela chase, foo fighters. We would be best friends.
- February 26, 2012 at 7:34 AM
- julia wheeler said...
young Chevy Chase was a total dream boat, that pizza sounds delish and i can't wait to check out her album!
- February 28, 2012 at 8:13 AM


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Scott W. Ambler is Chief Methodologist for Agile and Lean, for IBM Rational
In This Issue
- How Agile Are We Really?
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How Agile Are We Really?
For several years now I've been running surveys, both for Dr. Dobb's and for myself, to determine what's really going on out there. Many of these surveys focus on agile development, including how successful agile project teams are in comparison to teams following other development paradigms. Although I provide a definition for each paradigm in these surveys, they still rely on the fact that people need to identify which of their teams are agile and which are not. But, are these so-called agile teams really agile? This sounds like a simple issue, but because there is no agreed to definition of agile, nor is there agreed to criteria for determining if a team is agile, the issue proves to be quite daunting. So I thought I should look into this via a new survey.
I ran the survey during the last week of July 2010 and the first week of August. There were 293 respondents, 33% indicated that they were programmers or agile team members and 39% were managers or team lead/Scrum Masters. 64% had 10+ years in IT, 15% worked in organizations with 500 or more IT people, 39% lived in North America, 29% in Europe, and 12% in Asia-Pacific countries. A link to the survey was posted on my IT Surveys home page at www.ambysoft.com/surveys/, announced on my Twitter feed, my mailing list ([email protected]), the Agile Alliance discussion group on LinkedIn, and the Yahoo discussion groups for test driven development (TDD), agile modeling, and agile databases. As usual, this is an open survey in that you can download the source data, the original questions, and a summary slide deck free of charge from my IT Surveys home page at http://www.ambysoft.com/surveys/ .
How do you judge the "agileness" of a team, particularly when there is no real consensus over what it means to be agile to begin with? One strategy would be to look at the practices which they are following. The problem is that there are numerous agile practices, numerous agile methods, and numerous terms used for similar concepts. Another strategy is to determine whether a team is achieving certain goals or addressing certain issues. The problem then becomes one of determining which goals/issues are agile and whether or not they're truly being fulfilled. A third strategy is to combine the first two, which is exactly what I've done over the past few years with the following five criteria:
- Validation. Developers on agile teams validate their work to the best of their ability throughout the lifecycle. They will at least perform their own continuous regression testing and better yet take a test-driven approach to development. Granted, they may still work with independent test teams, particularly in complex situations or in regulatory environments.
- Self organization. Agile development teams are self organizing, which means that the team members themselves plan and estimate their own work. Better yet, disciplined agile delivery teams will also work within an appropriate governance framework to help guide their decisions to the betterment of their organization.
- Value. Disciplined agile teams provide a consumable solution on a regular basis which provides value to their stakeholders. Notice how this statement is different than Scrum's goal of "potentially shippable software" every sprint. First, "consumable" is more robust than "potentially shippable" because it also brings issues such as usability and timeliness into account. Second, "solution" is also more robust because agile delivery teams typically work on more than just software, they also deliver updates to hardware, they often change the business process around the usage of the system, and they may even impact the organization structure of the end users.
- Stakeholder involvement. Agile delivery teams work closely with their stakeholders, or a stakeholder proxy such as a product owner, on a regular (ideally daily) basis.
- Continuous improvement. Agile teams will regularly reflect on how they work together and then act to improve on these reflections in a timely manner. Disciplined agile delivery teams will also measure their progress, using that information to increase their improvement efforts.
I've used these five criteria at numerous organizations around the world to help flush out the ad-hoc delivery teams which claim to be agile but really aren't in practice. My experience is that I can often identify the "posers," the teams claiming to be agile but which really aren't, with the first two criteria and almost always get them with the first four. The latter observation has led me to believe that the fifth criterion, the one focusing on continuous improvement, although an important strategy isn't a determining factor for the agileness of a team. Jumping ahead to the answer, the survey has in fact born this observation out: 54% of respondents who claimed to be on an agile team, or had previously been on an agile team, actually worked on teams which met the first four criteria and 53% met all five criteria. Let's see what happened.
I explored each criterion with a "multiple selection" question. My strategy was to explore what people were actually doing on their teams that they believed to be agile, giving respondents options including agile strategies, non-agile strategies, and strategies that were neither (or both depending on your point of view). In four of the five criteria there were several options that were deemed acceptable from an agile point of view. In other words, as long as you chose at least one of the options I was willing to give you credit for addressing the goals of that criterion. For one criterion, self organization, you needed to adopt two techniques to be given credit.
When it came to delivering value regularly 94% of agile respondents were given credit for doing so. I was looking for at least one of two options. In this case, 87% of respondents indicated that they were producing working software every iteration/sprint during construction, and 40% indicated that there were one or more iterations/sprints at the start of the project where they did not produce working software due to project initiation considerations. The second factor is potentially a bit of a cheat because the teams could do this and still be very non-agile during the construction phase of the project. However, I wanted to be as liberal as possible in my analysis of the data and I didn't want people thinking they were non-agile if their team choose to do some strategizing at the beginning of the project before jumping into cutting code. Other value-oriented options, which didn't earn respondents any credit towards this criterion, included teams which claimed to be implementing business process improvements (58%), teams which identified stakeholder goals at beginning of the project (71%), and teams which actively considered usability issues (69%).
It was also common, 87% of respondents, for people to be on teams where the developers were validating their own work. Indicating at least one of three options gained you credit for this criterion: 71% indicated their team performed their own regression testing on a regular basis, 52% took a test-driven development (TDD) approach at the design level (e.g. via xUnit), and 44% took a TDD approach at the requirements level (e.g. via acceptance tests or story tests). Other validation strategies, which didn't earn credit towards this criterion, included demoing their solution at the end of each iteration (79%), running "all hands" demos (42%) occasionally during the project, including static code analysis in their build (32%), and including dynamic code analysis in their build (21%).
When it comes to stakeholder participation, 95% of respondents fulfilled this criterion. Once again, selecting at least one of three options earned you credit: 74% of respondents worked on a team which had a product owner who represented the stakeholder community, 63% worked with specific stakeholders (particularly domain experts) on an as-needed basis, and 62% had access to stakeholders (or their representatives) on a daily basis. The demoing strategies which where explored via the validation criterion are also aspects of stakeholder participation, but they don't count towards credit for this criterion as I don't consider attendance at demos to be sufficient evidence of active stakeholder involvement.
The most problematic criterion was self organization, perhaps because it was hardest to earn, with only 56% of respondents on teams fulfilling this goal. In this case the respondent needed to indicate that they had adopted two strategies: each iteration/sprint they would hold a planning meeting where the team determines who will do what that iteration (71%) and they would also hold daily stand-up meetings to coordinate their activities (77%) throughout the iteration. A plausible explanation for the low adoption rate of self organization is that it requires a significant cultural shift in many organizations -- developers organizing their own work instead of following the directions of a project manager? Heresy! This is a shift which many managers find threatening, particularly those who focus on the technical aspects of management instead of the "fuzzier", and more valuable, leadership aspects. This issue is clearly something I need to look into in a future survey. Interestingly, when this criteria is dropped from the equation (something that I do not recommend doing) then 72% of respondents claiming to be on agile teams potentially are (up from 53%). Furthermore, the 2008 Agile Practices and Principles survey found that iteration/sprint planning and daily stand up meetings where rated as the two most effective agile management practices, indicating to me that many respondents on this survey were missing out on potential productivity improvements.
The fifth criterion focuses on reflecting on, and then improving, the process which the team follows. In this case 88% of respondents were given credit for this, either by indicating that they hold a retrospective/reflection session at the end of each iteration/sprint to identify potential improvements for their team (68%) or because they held a retrospective session several times throughout the project, but not every iteration, to identify potential improvements for our team (22%). The first strategy reflects approaches common in agile methods such as Scrum or Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) but the second reflects lean methods such as Kanban. Related techniques, which didn't earn credit towards this criterion, included actively trying to address the issues identified in the retrospective sessions throughout the project (70%), measuring and tracking progress of adopting improvements to our process (42%), and external auditors potentially reviewing what they were doing during the project to help identify potential improvements (14%).
There are several thoughts I want to leave you with:
- Whenever someone claims to be agile you clearly need to take it with a grain of salt. Although there isn't an official way to measure the agileness of a team, even following my fairly liberal criteria barely half of people claiming to be on agile teams potentially are, but at least it's an indication that you need to be discerning.
- It may be that the existing management and governance culture within your organization is preventing project teams from fully benefitting from agile. I'm reticent to jump on the "blame managers for everything that's wrong with the universe" bandwagon but in this case there may be need for some serious soul searching amongst the leadership within your organization.
- The 2010 IT Project Success Rate survey showed once again that agile teams were doing measurable better than traditional teams. The survey revealed that the so-called agile teams may not be completely agile yet. Together, these results are more evidence that teams are benefitting from adopting some agile strategies, once again motivating us to question the "Scrum but" and "pure agile" rhetoric that is common within the agile community. Granted, teams could very likely benefit from adopting more agile strategies than they currently have and for many agile practices there is research showing benefits from adopting that individual practice anyway. But, it's nice to see more evidence supporting reasonable, middle-of-the-road adoption strategies.
- At some point the agile community really does need to truly define what it means to be agile and, better yet, identify criteria against which to rate teams. Don't get me wrong, the Agile Manifesto is a great philosophical statement but it's not a very good definition -- we can and should do better.
Many experienced agile people will claim that you know agile teams when you see them, which works really well if you have years of real experience with agile teams. This article describes a straightforward technique for determining whether a team is agile and some industry numbers to compare your organization against. Nobody is going to give you an award for being agile, but they may give you a bonus for improving your overall productivity, and adopting agile strategies is one way to do so.


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Caring for an aging loved one is something you hope you can handle when the time comes, but it's the last thing you want to think about. Whether the time is now or somewhere down the road, there are steps that you can take to make your life (and theirs) a little easier.
Know what you're dealing with. Hire a professional to assess your spouse's current condition and future prospects.
Depending on the nature of the condition, your spouse may have trouble getting around the house, driving, or remembering the things they used to. Your first step: Get a professional assessment of their cognitive and physical abilities.
An assessment can help your spouse live at home longer. It can also prevent accidents and producer a longer and high quality lilfe. It's never easy to recognize when a family member needs help. Learning how to assess their needs will make it easier to help.
Assessments should focus on the following areas:
The above items will help you think broadly about your loved one's needs. However, you may want to consider hiring a professional to conduct a more rigorous assessment. Get referrals from your healthcare professional, local senior center, hospital, or agency on aging.
A married couple should always talk. But in times of illness or disability, good communication will keep your marriage from going bad.
The first step you need to take is talking to your spouse. Find out what he or she wants. In some cases, however, your spouse may be unwilling or unable to talk about the future.
This can happen for a number of reasons, including incapacity, fear of becoming dependent, resentment toward you for interfering, or reluctance to burden you with their problems.
Whether your spouse wants to talk about the situation or not, the bottom line is that you need to have a plan. Start with a list of topics that you need to discuss. That way, you'll be less likely to forget anything.
Here are some things that you may need to talk about:
© 2003, Forefield, Inc
Here are suggestions from AARP:
Plan the conversation. It's always helpful to plan a sticky conversation. One of these ways to break the ice might work for you and your family.
Approach the subject indirectly:
Be direct, but non-confrontational:
Watch for openings:
Share your own feelings about your changing life:
Make a list. Family members are sometimes uncomfortable jumping right into a talk about sensitive topics, such as finances,
If so, consider writing a list of questions or concerns and provide some time to think about the kinds of help he or she may need and prepare for the conversation.
Dealing with resistance. Some resistance to talking about independence is normal. Your spouse may put you off with reassuring statements. But experts advise:
Focus on key points. Guessing your spouse's wishes for the future can lead to bad mistakes and hard feelings. Ask about his or her own thoughts about needs and concerns, worries about the future, and hopes and goals.
While you don't want to ask all these questions in one conversation, focus your talks on these major areas.
Where to live: Is your home still ok for your needs? Can you still manage the stairs? Would making some simple home modification help? Should you think about living somewhere else?
Everyday activities: Do you need help with running the house and doing chores? Yard work? Can you hear a knock at the door or the phone ring?
Getting around: Can you get to your doctor visits? Is driving getting hard? Are you getting out to see friends? Getting to the store ok? Can you get to religious services?
Health: What health problems do you have? Are your prescriptions current? Are you having trouble paying for your medicine? Do you need help remembering when to take your pills?
Paying for health care: What kind of health insurance do you have? Has it paid your bills so far? Do you have long-term care insurance? Would you like some help filling out insurance claim forms? Do you have questions about Medicare?
Here are some guidelines to help you communicate with your spouse:
Get attention. Begin your statements and questions with an identifier. This doesn't necessarily have to be your spouse's name, but should be a common greeting used between the two of you (very often, a term of endearment will work).
Wait till you have her attention before continuing, especially if there is a great deal of background noise. Very often, it is difficult for impaired individuals to understand when people are talking around them, or to them.
Speak at eye level and enunciate. In addition to getting your spouse's attention, you also need to retain that attention. Before beginning a conversation, get to his or her eye level. If someone is in a wheelchair or lying down, pull up a chair.
Be sure to retain eye contact and try not to occupy yourself with other things while you're engaged in conversation. Enunciate your words so that each is differentiated from the other.
Use simple, direct statements. When communicating, you may need to use statements that are short and descriptive. If, "I would appreciate it if you finished your breakfast and got ready because we're running late," does not work, try, "Please finish up so we can leave on time."
The latter may sound curt, but it needn't take an angry or frustrated tone. It is simply a direct way of communicating your needs.
Ask. Try not to tell. Keep in mind that you are still communicating with an adult. And most adults like to be asked to do something, rather than told what to do. As such, utilize the three magic words: "can," "will" and "please." "Can you stand up so I can fix your dress?" "Will you sit in this chair?" "Please join me in the living room."
Move closer. If you are talking to a loved one and they can't hear what you're saying, try moving closer to the person rather than raising your voice.
Be respectful of a person's "personal space" (or distance at which she/he likes to communicate). But remember the ultimate goal: making yourself understood.
Listen. A simple point, but one not to be overlooked. You know your loved one better than anyone else; use this to your advantage. As a caregiver, very often your most important role is as a listener.
And listening can be done even if your loved one does not speak; you can communicate your interest with as little as holding their hand.
Give yourself plenty of time. Time, and the freedom to take your time, is a necessity. For example, if your spouse needs the time, allow an extra 15 minutes for travel, enough to assist him or her in getting to, from, into and out of the car.
This is especially important if your spouse is particularly resistive or hesitant to participate in her or his own care (taking a shower, for example). Try not to get into a power struggle and maintain your other communication skills.
Try, try again. A little trite, but important nonetheless. If you find yourself in a struggle with your spouse, it is okay to let go. Come back later. Your spouse might need to think about what you are suggesting and the reasons for them.
Get your spouse's documents in order before a problem occurs. It's a great opportunity to discuss what the future may hold.
A personal data record is a document that lists information that you might need for your spouse's care. Here's some information that should be included:
Be sure to write down the location of documents and any relevant account numbers. It's a good idea to make copies of all of the documents you've gathered and keep them in a safe place, because you'll want the information readily available in the event of an emergency.
2003 Forefield, Inc.
You will want to keep your spouse home with you as long as possible. Unfortunately, there may come a time when this is no longer possible. Get ready for some tough decisions.
Modify your home
Are you able to take care of your home by yourself? If your answer is no, that doesn't necessarily mean it's time for your spouse to move.
Maybe a family member can help you with chores and shopping. Or perhaps you can hire someone to clean your house, mow your lawn, and help you with personal care.
To evaluate whether your spouse can continue living at home or if it's time to move, consider the following questions:
Determine assisted-living options
Assisted-living facilities typically offer rental rooms or apartments, housekeeping services, meals, social activities, and transportation. The primary focus of an assisted-living facility is social, not medical, but some facilities do provide limited medical care.
Assisted-living facilities can be state-licensed or unlicensed, and they primarily serve senior citizens who need more help than those who live in independent living communities.
Before entering an assisted-living facility, you should carefully read the contract and tour the facility. Some facilities are large, caring for over a thousand people. Others are small, caring for fewer than five people. Consider whether the facility meets your needs.
Reading the fine print on the contract may save you a lot of time and money later if any conflict over services or care arises. If you find the terms of the contract confusing, ask a family member for help or consult an attorney. Check the financial strength of the company, especially if you're making a long-term commitment.
As for the cost, a wide range of care is available at a wide range of prices. For example, continuing care retirement communities are significantly more expensive than other assisted-living options and usually require an entrance fee above $50,000, in addition to a monthly rental fee.
Keep in mind that Medicare probably will not cover your expenses at these facilities, unless those expenses are health-care related and the facility is licensed to provide medical care.
Evaluate nursing homes
Nursing homes are licensed facilities that offer 24-hour access to medical care. They provide care at three levels: skilled nursing care, intermediate care, and custodial care. Individuals in nursing homes generally cannot live by themselves or without a great deal of assistance.
It is important to note that privacy in a nursing home may be very limited. Although private rooms may be available, rooms more commonly are shared. Depending on the facility selected, a nursing home may be similar to a hospital environment or may have a more residential feel.
Some on-site services may include physical therapy, occupational therapy, orthopedic rehabilitation, speech therapy, dialysis treatment, or respiratory therapy.
When you choose a nursing home, pay close attention to the quality of the facility. Visit several facilities in your area, and talk to your family about your needs and wishes regarding nursing home care. In addition, remember that most people don't remain in a nursing home indefinitely.
Sometimes ill or disabled spouses have trouble with the activities of daily living. When your spouse can no longer shop, do chores around the house, cook, or do personal grooming, it's time to get help.
Think about the help your spouse might need in the near future. Start by talking to your spouse's doctor about how health problems may be making it hard to live at home.
Help getting dressed, making meals, or taking medicine may be all it takes to keep your spouse at home. Other times, modifying your home will help.
Types of help available
A wide range of support services are available. Check with you local Area Agency on Aging, local and State offices on aging or social services, tribal organization, or nearby senior centers for more information.
Personal care. Is bathing, washing hair, or dressing getting harder for your spouse to do? Maybe a relative or friend can provide assistance. Or, you might bringing in a trained caregiver for several hours a day.
Homemaking. Need help with housecleaning, yard chores, shopping for food, or laundry? Some grocery stores and drug stores will take phone orders and deliver. There are many housekeeping services available, as well. Some will even help with laundry. Some drycleaners will pick up and deliver.
Meals. Tired of cooking every day? Share cooking with a friend a few times a week or have a potluck dinner with a group of friends. Bring your spouse to lunch at a nearby senior center, church, or synagogue. This will ease both your and your spouse's social isolation. Hard to get out? Ask someone to bring a healthy meal on occasion. Meals on Wheels can also help.
Money management. Are you and your spouse paying bills late or forgetting to? Getting confused with doctor's bills and claim forms? Ask a trusted relative to help. Or ask a local agency to provide a volunteer. Also talk with your bank about setting up an automatic bill payment plan.
Health care. Does your spouse forget to take his or her medicine? Devices are available to provide a memory boost. Have you just gotten out of the hospital and still need nursing care at home for a short time? Medicare might pay for a home health aide.
Products to make life easier. Getting harder for your spouse to open doors, get up from chairs, or get dressed? Many products exist to make life easier. Visit www.abledata.com (at the U.S. Department of Education) or call 1-800-227-0216.
Getting around—at home and in town.Spouse having difficulty walking? Consider an electric chair or scooter (often covered through Medicare). Don't drive any more? Use free or lower-priced public transportation and taxis. Or get a friend or relative to drive.
Activities and friends. Bored with the same old routine? Go to your local senior center and meet old friends or make new ones. Or check with local agencies for available home visitation volunteers.
Safety. Worried about crime, physical abuse, or financial scams? Talk to your local police or area agency on aging. Consider getting an emergency alert system for you and your spouse.
Housing. A ramp on your front steps, grab bars in the bathroom, nonskid rugs and floors, better handles on doors or faucets, and better insulation. All these items can make a big difference. Check the internet for details or contact your local aging agency.
If you have work, children, and other responsibilities, taking care of your spouse may take more time than you have. Get the help you need.
Adult Day Care Services
Adult day center programs have been assisting caregivers for over 20 years. According to the National Adult Day Services Association (NADSA), there are more than 3,500 centers nationwide servicing more than 150,000 Americans each day.
An adult day center: provides older adults with social and some health services, so they can remain independent, and affords caregivers respite from the often-demanding responsibilities of caregiving.
There are three main types of adult day centers.
Although each facility may differ in features, scope of services and the area of expertise, there are some general services are offered by most centers.
These usually include transportation in handicapped accessible vehicles, planned social activity, meals and snacks, nursing care, personal care, counseling for depression and separation anxiety, therapeutic activities, and rehabilitation therapy. 1
Home Health Care
Home care is care that allows a person with special needs to stay in their home. It might be for people who are getting older, are chronically ill, recovering from surgery or disabled.
Home care services include
You can get almost any type of help you want in your home. Some types of care and community services are free or donated. Many other types you have to pay for. Sometimes government programs or your health insurance will help cover the cost of certain home care services.
There are two broad categories of home care available for seniors:
As general guidelines for selecting professional home care services providers, the National Association for Home Care offers these questions for analyzing home health care providers:
Contact each reference and ask:
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2© Eldercarelink.com
There's a danger that caring for your spouse can tilt your life out of balance. Don't neglect your children, personal life, or finances. Get help now.
Although caring for your spouse falls primarily in your hands, you don't have to do it all alone. Many local and national caregiver support groups and community services are available to help you cope with caring for your aging or disabled spouse.
If you don't know where to find help, contact your state's department of eldercare services. Or, call (800) 677-1116 to reach the Eldercare Locator, an information and referral service sponsored by the federal government that can direct you to resources available nationally or in your area.
Some of the services available in your community may include:
Once you've gathered all of the necessary information, you may find some gaps. Perhaps your spouse doesn't have a health-care directive, or your will is outdated. You may wish to consult an attorney or other financial professional whose advice both you and your spouse can trust.
© 2005 Forefield, Inc.
Caring for someone can sometimes be overwhelming. As you well know, it can be physically demanding, emotionally draining, and cause stress and conflict when combined with other responsibilities.
So don't neglect your own physical and mental health.
Sometimes we are so deeply concerned about the well-being of the person for whom we are caring, that we forget our own needs.
We "burn the candle at both ends" and become exhausted, emotionally stressed or ill, compromising our own quality of life and our ability to care for our family member.
Some Caregiver Do's and Don'ts
We owe it to ourselves and to our families to also maintain our own physical and emotional health by:
Keep in mind that it is normal to feel angry, frustrated, or depressed from time to time. Caregiving can be a difficult as well as a rewarding undertaking. If you are feeling stressed, angry, or depressed:
If you find that you frequently are angry or depressed or that your emotions are getting out of control, you may benefit from counseling, and/or get relief in the form of respite, caregiver support groups, and supportive in-home services.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Sevices
A quality assisted living facility can have a tremendous positive impact on your spouse's mental, physical, and social well-being. But you need to find the right one.
Visit the Moving Into an Assisted Living Facility checklist, located in the Resource Center, for assistance.


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I am standing in the foyer of a British theatre, saying goodnight to 400 mums and dads after giving my talk about girls. The parents all seem so young to me now, and I feel a grandfatherly warmth towards them that makes my work very easy to do. Some share a hug, some have a book to be signed, some just smile warmly and say thanks. I have the best job in the world, really.
Then along comes an older man, bearded, with thick glasses. He stands very close. "Feminism is a plot to destroy society!" he shouts. He raises his voice to address the whole crowd. I am floored as to what to say, but English people know how to deal with eccentricity, they give him back good measure, and he storms off into the night.
Feminism did cause great insecurity in a generation of men, thankfully now a dying breed. Most of us woke up to, or really never had a problem with, the idea that women and girls should have the same opportunities and be valued as highly as men. And if we had daughters or partners we loved, it became an article of faith.
Girls need feminism. In fact, we need to ramp it up to meet a whole new slew of problems girls are having. Your daughter, whether she is eight or 18, will be prone to taking many things personally. Worrying about not looking like the girls in the magazines or on the internet. Feeling harassed by boys, or ogled by men in the street or on busses. Many primary school girls now report horrible experiences of being leered at by grown men, licking heir lips, staring up and down their bodies. The pressures to be perfect in schoolwork, in sport, in social standing on social media.
If your daughter learns that she is part of something big and inspiring, it will help her. That it took a century of struggle – that even the right to vote was fought for in bloody street battles with police, and prison sentences and hunger strikes. That equal pay, the right not to be raped by your husband, the right to divorce and safety from beating are all recent things. The right to do the same jobs as men, and get the same pay. To get maternity leave.
Feminism did cause great insecurity in a generation of men, thankfully now a dying breed.
Today, the fight goes on against child prostitution and sex trafficking, violent pornography, bullying and date rape. There are millions of people working and uniting against these things, and she can join this fight. When she knows that, she will feel not frightened, but strong. Not scared, but angry. And that will help her.
Men have their problems, too. I have worked on those for almost 40 years. We need to help boys and men to be in touch with their emotions, able to express them, be vulnerable, and be more free and alive. To have real friends and find support for living our often difficult lives.
Then we won't be threatened by the joy and aliveness of women, or feel a need to shout at people in theatres. Our families will thrive and we'll be comfortable in our skins. Then women can be comfortable and safe in theirs.
Steve Biddulph is a psychologist and the author of Ten Things Girls Need Most. This is part of his weekly series for Fairfax Media.