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How to use your team strategy document externally
In my previous article, I describe a practical way to create a team strategy document using the input of the team. I recommend the team strategy document (example here) have the following elements:
–The team name
–Who is on the team
–What the team is trying to accomplish/what it produces
–Guiding principles and expectations
–Metrics that rate the productivity and quality of the team
–Business metrics that the team could affect
–The plan for how to meet the metrics that rate the productivity of the team
Now that you have the document, here's what you do with it. In today's post, I'll focus on the external uses:
1. Use it as a basis to share with your partner teams and customers
No team works in a vacuum, so if you are armed with a strategy, you can share your strategy with the teams you need to work with to be successful, either the partner teams you receive work from and hand off to, or customers that you provide deliverables to. Of course you need to customize it for the team you're meeting with. Sharing your team strategy will help your partner teams understand what your priorities are, what you can do to help them, and what your team capabilities are.
2. Use it as a basis for prioritizing work
Now that you have the team strategy in place, any work that comes or opportunities that present themselves should somehow fit within that strategy. Evaluate the opportunities against the strategy, as well as the reactive or legacy work that comes in. Many times a meeting invitation comes in where team members with legacy relationships naturally seem to require that they be involved. So the team member feels compelled to attend the meeting, even if it has nothing to do with the team strategy. As a manager, you have the ability to say, "No, you don't have to attend that meeting and take on action items from it because I need you to work on the areas that are our team priorities." It gives you a basis to keep your team focused on the priorities that you and your team agreed to.
3. Use it as a basis for identifying and negotiating work out of scope for your team
If the strategy is to consult with internal groups for new IT implementations, and your team receives troubleshooting calls for existing implementations, these troubleshooting calls don't seem to be part of your team strategy. Either make it part of your strategy, or identify where that work needs to go to. If you are armed with a strategy document, you can better negotiate what your team ought to be doing. In many organizations, the lack of strategy allows for the ad-hoc work to happen, which is usually reliant on individual relationships and legacy projects.
4. Use it as a basis for promoting the team's ability
The team strategy document also identifies what your team is trying to accomplish. This implies what the team's skill sets are, and what benefits they provide to your customers. The strategy document makes an effort at articulating what it is that you can accomplish, and in what time frames. It helps you create the marketing information about your team, even if your team doesn't really need marketing. Think of it as a form of public relations, or PR, for your team. A great manager should be able to discuss what work you're working on, and what the achievements of the team are, and the strategy document helps refine that message. At the minimum, just having bios of the people on your team and what their role is can be an effective launching point for discussion with your partners, customers and upper management.
In my next article, I'll provide more uses for the team strategy document.
What uses have you had for team strategy documents? For you management designers out there, how do you encourage your managers to create strategy and execute to the strategy?
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Infection of mice with Salmonella typhimurium gives rise to a disease similar to human typhoid fever caused by S. typhi. Since S. typhimurium is a facultative intracellular bacterium, the requirement of B cells in the immune response against S. typhimurium is a longstanding matter of debate. By infecting mice on a susceptible background and deficient in B cells (Igμ−/− mice) with different strains of S. typhimurium, we could for the first time formally clarify the role of B cells in the response against S. typhimurium. Compared with Igμ+/+ mice, LD50 values in Igμ−/− mice were reduced during primary, and particularly secondary, oral infection with virulent S. typhimurium. After systemic infection, Igμ−/− mice cleared attenuated aroA− S. typhimurium, but vaccine-induced protection against systemic infection with virulent S. typhimurium involved both B cell-dependent and -independent effector mechanisms. Thus, B cell-mediated immunity plays a distinct role in control of S. typhimurium in susceptible mice.
Salmonella enterica serotype Thyphimurium (Salmonella typhimurium) is the causative agent of murine typhoid fever. After oral uptake, S. typhimurium trespasses the intestinal epithelium via M cells and enters the Peyer's patches. From there, bacteria spread via mesenteric lymph nodes to spleen and liver, where they replicate. The initial phase of infection is characterized by the production of inflammatory cytokines and the activation of phagocytes (1). Laboratory mouse strains differ widely in their susceptibility to S. typhimurium infection and at least four gene loci control the level of innate susceptibility (2). One of these genes codes for Nramp1, a transmembrane protein of unknown function that is structurally related to metal ion channels (3). The expression of a functional Nramp1 molecule (Nramp1r) in phagocytes is a critical component during the early phases of the anti-Salmonella response, since mouse strains with a natural mutation of Nramp1 (Nramp1s) fail to adequately restrict initial multiplication of S. typhimurium (3).
Salmonella infection is eventually controlled by the acquisition of specific immunity. Both T and B lymphocytes are thought to participate in the clearance of bacteria and in protection against secondary infection but the exact function and the importance of B and T cell-mediated immunity for this process is still a matter of debate (1, 2). Data on the role of Abs are mainly derived from experiments in which serum from pre-exposed mice was transferred to naive animals which were subsequently infected with S. typhimurium or S. enteritidis. After transfer of salmonella-immune serum, some laboratories observed profound protection against challenge infection whereas others did not (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13). Eisenstein et al. (14) demonstrated that serum transfer protected inherently resistant mice but not congeneic mouse strains with defects in different susceptibility genes . This observation suggests that the degree of Ab-mediated protection depends on different susceptibility genes. This notion offers an explanation for the inconsistent results regarding Ab-mediated protection (2, 14).
The use of attenuated bacteria allows analysis of the immune response against S. typhimurium in susceptible mice, particularly from the Nramp1s C57BL/6 background, in which most of the gene-deficient mice are currently available. Depending on the degree of bacterial attenuation, Nramp1s mice control infection and are protected against reinfection with wild-type S. typhimurium (15, 16, 17, 18). Experiments with gene-deficient mice demonstrated that control of primary infection with an attenuated S. typhimurium strain (aroA−) strictly depends on CD4+ T lymphocytes (19). Furthermore, in vivo depletion of CD4+ or CD8+ T cells reduces protection of immune mice against reinfection with wild-type S. typhimurium (15). Transfer of either serum or lymphocytes from protected mice to Nramp1s recipients only marginally protects against oral infection with wild-type S. typhimurium, and simultaneous transfer of both serum and T lymphocytes is necessary for significant protection of recipients (6). The availability of Igμ−/− knockout mice has made it possible to determine the role of B cells in immunity against S. typhimurium. These mice lack all B lymphocytes. Because Ab secretion is an exclusive and major function of B lymphocytes, these animals are also devoid of Abs. Yet, B cells perform additional functions such as Ag presentation.
In the present study, we analyzed the role of B cells in protection against S. typhimurium using B cell-deficient Igμ−/− mouse mutants of susceptible background. Our experiments establish that protective immunity to S. typhimurium strongly, though not exclusively, depends on B cells.
Materials and Methods
Mouse strains in this study were C57BL/6 and Igμ−/−mice (20), backcrossed eight times onto the C57BL/6 background. Nramp1 genotype of individual Igμ−/− mice was analyzed by PCR (21).
S. typhimurium strains used were SL1344 (wild-type, rpsL, hisG) and SL7207 (aroA−) (22). Bacteria were grown overnight in Luria Bertani (LB)2 medium, washed twice in PBS, frozen, and stored at −80°C. Aliquots were thawed and bacterial titers were determined by plating serial dilutions. Bacteria were appropriately diluted and injected into the lateral tail vein of mice in 200 μl of PBS. For per os (p.o.) infection, S. typhimurium SL1344 was grown in LB medium containing 0.3 M NaCl without agitation overnight. Bacteria were washed twice in PBS, bacterial density was determined by absorption at 600 nm, and bacteria were appropriately diluted in PBS. Mice were starved overnight and bacteria were applied in a total volume of 200 μl of PBS by gastric intubation. Mice were vaccinated by i.v. injection of 5 × 105 S. typhimurium SL7207. Forty days after immunization, mice received two s.c. injections of 10 mg of ampicillin within 1 wk. Mice were challenged at least 50 days after primary infection as indicated. Alternatively, mice were vaccinated by i.v. injection of 5 × 105 S. typhimurium SL7207 and challenged 3 wk later by i.v. injection of wild-type salmonellae (1 × 102). Survival of mice was recorded daily and is given as percentage of live animals per time point. Bacterial burden was determined by plating serial dilutions of homogenized organs on LB plates.
Statistical significance of results was determined with the statistic program included in the GraphPad Prism program (version 2.0; GraphPad, San Diego, CA). Survival curves were analyzed with the log rank test. LD50 values were determined with the method described by Reed and Muench (23).
Targeted mutation in the Igμ-chain leads to a lack of mature B cells and complete absence of Igs (20). Igμ−/− mouse mutants were generated from Sv129-derived embryonic stem cells and backcrossed onto the C57BL/6 background. Because C57BL/6 and Sv129 strains differ in their Nramp1 genotype, tail DNA of individual Igμ−/− mice was analyzed for Nramp1 by PCR and all mice analyzed were found to have the Nramp1s genotype of C57BL/6 mice (data not shown). This result is consistent with the susceptibility of Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− C57BL/6 mice to virulent S. typhimurium SL1344 after i.v. infection (Fig. 1⇓A). Both strains succumbed to infection with 100 bacteria within 5–9 days.
Since typhoid fever is a food-borne disease, the natural way of infection is via oral uptake. In C57BL/6 mice, LD50 values for i.v. infection with S. typhimurium are <10 bacteria, but 104- 105 bacteria for oral infection (our unpublished result), indicating that efficient mechanisms restrict bacterial spreading from the intestine to the bloodstream. To analyze the role of Abs in this process, Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice were infected p.o. with different doses of S. typhimurium SL1344 and survival was recorded daily (Fig. 1⇑B). Some of the Igμ+/+ mice died after oral infection with 104 and 105 salmonellae, but none of these mice succumbed to an infection with 103 bacteria. In contrast, in the experiment depicted in Fig. 1⇑B, all Igμ−/− mice died within 16 days, independent of the dose of infection. In all experiments, we observed at least a 10-fold lower LD50 value for Igμ−/− mice after primary oral infection with wild-type bacteria.
To analyze the function of Abs during systemic infection, Igμ−/− and Igμ+/+ mice were infected with attenuated S. typhimurium SL7207. As a result of a block in the aromatic synthesis pathway (aroA−) and the low abundance of required metabolites in mammalian tissues, the growth of S. typhimurium SL7207 is restricted in infected animals (22). Mice were i.v. infected with 5 × 105 bacteria of S. typhimurium SL7207 and bacterial burden in liver and spleen was determined (Fig. 2⇓). Both Igμ−/− and Igμ+/+ mice controlled bacterial growth and at day 42 of infection, most of the mice had cleared the bacteria. Both Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice showed similar bacterial titers in livers at all time points analyzed. Spleens of Igμ−/− mice had slightly lower bacterial loads compared with spleens of wild-type mice.
In C57BL/6 mice, the efficacious immune response against attenuated S. typhimurium strains gives rise to protection against subsequent oral challenge with doses of wild-type S. typhimurium that are fatal for nonvaccinated animals (16). We therefore assessed whether vaccination with attenuated S. typhimurium SL7207 protected Igμ−/− mice against oral infection with virulent S. typhimurium SL1344. Vaccinated mice were infected p.o. with different doses of S. typhimurium SL1344 organisms including doses of up to 10,000-fold of the LD50 value for Igμ+/+ mice (Table I⇓). Vaccination with the aroA− strain induced protection in Igμ+/+ mice and some of these mice survived even challenge infection with 2 × 109 virulent bacteria. In contrast, Igμ−/− mice were at least 1000-fold less well protected.
A similar experimental set up was used to analyze the function of Abs after systemic challenge with wild-type S. typhimurium (Fig. 3⇓A). Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice were vaccinated with attenuated S. typhimurium SL7207 and challenged 7 wk later by i.v. injection of 100 organisms of S. typhimurium SL1344 (in our hands, the LD50 value for naive Igμ+/+ mice after systemic infection is <10 S. typhimurium SL1344 organisms). Naive Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/−mice died within 5–7 days of infection. In contrast, a proportion of mice in both vaccinated groups survived challenge infection and mice that succumbed to the challenge died later. In the experiment shown in Fig. 3⇓A, the mean survival time for naive and vaccinated Igμ−/− mice was 6 and 12 days, respectively. However, neither in Igμ+/+ nor in Igμ−/− mice full protection against a systemic challenge with wild-type S. typhimurium SL1344 was observed and only part of the mice survived infection. Accordingly, with this vaccination regimen statistically significant differences (p < 0.05) in the survival curves of vaccinated Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice were not found when challenge was performed 7 wk after vaccination. We therefore modified the experimental protocol and challenged Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice i.v. with wild-type S. typhimurium 3 wk after vaccination with attenuated S. typhimurium SL7207 (Fig. 3⇓B). At this early time point of challenge infection, attenuated salmonellae are still present and antibacterial mechanisms should be fully operative. Injection of wild-type S. typhimurium at this time point therefore represents a less stringent challenge for the mice compared with the experiments described in Fig. 3⇓A. In both Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice, partial protection was observed and mean survival times in both vaccinated groups were prolonged. Importantly, with this vaccination/challenge scheme, significant differences between survival of Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice were observed (p <0.05). These experiments emphasize contribution of B cells to protection against systemic infection with S. typhimurium. Yet, in the absence of B cells and Abs partial protection existed, arguing that B cells and Abs are not absolutely required for control of systemic infection with virulent S. typhimurium.
In mice, the targeted mutation of the μ gene causes a failure of B cell maturation that leads to a lack of peripheral B cells. The use of these mice allowed us to analyze the role of B cells in the immune response against S. typhimurium. Although, generation of Abs is a central function of B cells, they can perform alternative functions such as Ag presentation, initiation of T cell responses, and cytokine production (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29). We therefore do not exclude Ab-independent B cell functions during S. typhimurium infection, although we assume that at least part of our results are best explained by the absence of Abs.
Our results formally prove that B cells are important for protection against oral infection with virulent S. typhimurium. In contrast, for controlling systemic infection with attenuated aroA− S. typhimurium, B cells and Abs were dispensable. Vaccination of Igμ−/− mice failed to induce protection against oral infection. After systemic infection, we observed partial protection in both vaccinated Igμ+/+ and Igμ−/− mice, although control mice were better protected than mutant animals. These results do not only indicate that mechanisms other than B cells are important for control of systemic infection, but also that B cells participate in protection. Thus, our findings for the first time formally define a distinct role of B cells in protective immunity to S. typhimurium.
These data are reminiscent of and extend results from experiments with CBA/N mice. CBA/N mice, also named Xid mice (X-linked immunodeficiency), have a mutation in the gene for the protein tyrosine kinase Btk (Bruton's tyrosine kinase) that is located on the X chromosome and show a deficiency in B cell maturation, leading to decreased levels of IgM and IgG3 (30). Compared with female littermates, male F1(CBA/N × BALB/c) mice are more susceptible to i.p. infection with virulent salmonellae, but both male and female animals equally control systemic infection with attenuated aroA− S. typhimurium (31, 32). However, data on the role of Abs derived from experiments with CBA/N mice have to be considered with care since Ab production is only partially inhibited in these mice. Furthermore, Btk is not only expressed in B cells but also in myeloid and erythroid cells, and recently it has been shown that mutation of the Btk gene affects peripheral expansion of myeloid cells and activation of mast cell (33, 34).
Given the marked difference between the lethal dose of oral vs systemic infection, efficient mechanisms must be operative which restrict spreading of S. typhimurium from the intestine to lymphatic organs and liver. Our results reveal that B cells are fundamental to this process. B cell-deficient mice were more susceptible to primary oral infection and were not protected against secondary oral infection. Different mechanisms can be assumed by which B cells could achieve this goal: In the gut, S. typhimurium-specific IgA can block bacterial adhesion to epithelial cells and agglutinate bacteria (35). It is also possible that opsonization with Abs leads to more effective uptake and destruction of bacteria by phagocytes in gut-associated lymphoid tissues. In addition, by the production of cytokines such as IFN-γ, B cells in the gut-associated lymphoid tissues can activate phagocytes and induce bacteriocidal mechanisms in these cells (28). As a net result fewer salmonellae reach spleen and liver in the presence of B cells.
Interestingly, Igμ−/− mice were already more susceptible to primary oral infection with virulent S. typhimurium. Bacteria leave the gut within the first days of infection. At this time point, salmonella-specific Abs should not yet be available and Ab-independent B cell-mediated mechanisms could operate (28). An alternative explanation is the presence of Abs with cross-reactivity against salmonella Ags. Although mice were kept under specific pathogen-free conditions, animals had contact with Gram-negative bacteria of the resident gut flora and could develop cross-reactive Abs. There is also evidence for "natural Abs," a fraction of Abs with specificities for a wide range of bacterial Ags that are at least in part generated by a specialized population of CD5+ B cells (B1 cells) (36, 37).
Systemic infection results in rapid uptake of S. typhimurium by mononuclear phagocytes in liver and spleen and salmonella-specific Abs enhance this uptake (5). In liver and spleen, S. typhimurium survives within mononuclear phagocytes (38) where bacteria are shielded from Abs. As a consequence, mechanisms that activate macrophages are necessary to control S. typhimurium. The importance of macrophage activation is emphasized by the high susceptibility to S. typhimurium of mice deficient in IFN-γ receptor or of mice in which IFN-γ or TNF-α are neutralized with specific Abs (15, 19, 39, 40). Both IFN-γ and TNF-α are crucial for macrophage activation. T cells are involved in this process either by secreting macrophage-activating cytokines like IFN-γ or by direct T cell-macrophage interactions. Accordingly, mice deficient in T cells, and especially in CD4+ T cells, suffer from chronic infection with attenuated aroA− S. typhimurium strains (19, 41). An important function of CD4+ T cells is to provide help for the activation and differentiation of B cells (42). In contrast to mice deficient in CD4+ T cells (19), Igμ−/− mice were able to control and eliminate the same aroA− strain of S. typhimurium, indicating that the main function of CD4+ T cells in this infection model is not to provide help for B cells but to activate macrophages.
Our finding that Igμ−/− mice can control systemic infection with attenuated S. typhimurium argues against an essential role for B cells and Abs in clearing systemic infection. This notion is further supported by our result that Igμ−/− mice vaccinated with attenuated S. typhimurium were partially protected against challenge infection with virulent S. typhimurium. Probably, primary infection induced salmonella-specific T cells, activation of macrophages, and other effector mechanisms capable of controlling subsequent infection with virulent S. typhimurium in the absence of Abs. However, control is incomplete and B cells participate in vaccine-induced protection.
In summary, our results prove that B cells are necessary for efficient protection of hypersusceptible mice against primary and secondary oral infection with S. typhimurium, indicating that B cells have an essential role in host defense. During systemic infection, B cell-independent mechanisms gain increasing importance in these mice. Although there is no absolute requirement for B cells and Abs in protection to systemic infection, B cell-mediated immunity clearly improves protection in salmonella-susceptible mice.
We thank Drs. B. A. D. Stocker and K. Rajewsky for providing S. typhimurium strains or Igμ-deficient mice, respectively, and we acknowledge support by the "Fonds der Chemischen Industrie."
↵1 Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Hans-Willi Mittrücker, Department of Immunology, Max Planck Institute for Infection Biology, Monbijoustrasse 2, 10117 Berlin, Germany. E-mail address: mittruecker{at}mpiib-berlin.mpg.de
↵2 Abbreviations used in this paper: LB, Luria Bertani; p.o., per os.
- Received April 2, 1999.
- Accepted December 7, 1999.
- Copyright © 2000 by The American Association of Immunologists


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Our mission objective is to enable actionable intelligence by connecting the right people with the right tools. We believe in the character and integrity of our employees and we demonstrate this by limiting traditional bureaucratic activities and empowering them to make decisions in line with customer expectations and the ACES, Inc. core values of Quality, Customer Satisfaction, Leadership, Integrity, and People. Taking care of our People, both our customers and employees, is our most important value, as it drives our business model and ensures success. This also provides the ability to build a spirit of collaboration and trust with our customers. On a personal note, the people at ACES, Inc. enjoy working together as direct contributors to the overall vision and success of the company.
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The Kansas City T-Bones beat Lincoln Wednesday night at Haymarket Park, in a 2-1 final.
The Kansas City T-Bones prevailed to a 6-1 win over Lincoln Tuesday night at Haymarket Park.
T-Bones fall 15-2 in final game of series against Fargo-Moorhead
Late rally not enough as T-Bones fall to RedHawks, 9-6
T-Bones fall 10-9 against Fargo-Moorhead
T-Bones falter in 13-4 loss against Fargo-Moorhead
T-Bones win series against Joplin
Joplin wins 5-4 over Kansas City
T-Bones score 16 for the first time since 2012
In an eight-innning pitchers' duel, the Kansas City T-Bones beat the Laredo Lemurs, 2-1, Sunday night on a wild play in the ninth.
Laredo starter Matt Sergey threw six shutout innings and silenced Kansas City's bats in a 9-1 Lemur win Saturday night at Uni-Trade Stadium.
Pitcher Jared Messer was solid in his first start for Kansas City of 2016, but the Laredo Lemurs beat the T-Bones, 6-2, Friday night.
Kansas City's bats were stifled by Wichita's strong bullpen in a 6-4 loss Thursday afternoon at Lawrence-Dumont Stadium.
The Kansas City T-Bones announced they have signed outfielder Dalton Wheat.
Wednesday night's game at Wichita has been postponed due to weather.
Wichita starter Jon Link gave up hits to only three Kansas City batters Tuesday night, as the Wingnuts beat the T-Bones.
Kansas City defeated Joplin 7-4 Monday night
Kansas City gave themselves the lead in the series with a 5-3 victory Sunday afternoon
T-Bones fall 15-2 to the Joplin Blasters
CommunityAmerica Ballpark will be the site of Metro Pro Wrestling matches on Aug. 27, the club announced today.
T-Bones unable to score as Wichita wins Wednesday 9-0
Wichita came from behind in the eighth inning for a second conscutive late rally over Kansas City
After 14 innings, Wichita comes out on top.
There are plenty of new soon-to-be favorite food choices at CommunityAmerica Ballpark this season.
The Kansas City T-Bones snapped their three game skid with a 12-8 win against Sioux City, Sunday afternoon.
The Kansas City T-Bones dropped their third consecutive game Saturday night, 5-2 against Sioux City.
The Kansas City T-Bones dropped their second consecutive game Friday night, 10-2 against Sioux City.
The Kansas City T-Bones were no-hit Thursday night, as Gary prevailed with a 1-0 win at the US Steel Yard.
The Kansas City T-Bones committed a season high five errors, but beat Gary 4-3 Wednesday evening at the US Steel Yard.


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the Press" Debate (Democrats)
Sunday Dec. 19, 1999 at NBC studios in Washington, DC.
"Bradley rejects Gore challenge" (USA Today)
"Gore Dares Bradley To Jointly Forgo Ads" (Washington Post)
"Energized Bradley, Gore spar over TV ads" (Washington Times)
Today--Front page article; coverage on pages 10A and 11A.
On the bottom of page 1A is an article by USA Today's Susan Page
headlined "Bradley rejects Gore challenge" and subheaded "Calls vice president's
offer to replace ads with weekly debates 'ridiculous.'" On page 10A
are (1) on the left side of the page, a column extending from top to bottom
containing a photo and debate exerpts ("Both Dems oppose vouchers, disagree
on ads") and (2) Walter Shapiro's "Hype & Glory" ("Unspoken issues
extremely apparent") which focuses on the debate. The photo, by William
Philpott, Agence France-Presse, is a medium
shot showing Bradley arriving at NBC studios.
On page 11A an article by USA Today's Jill Lawrence runs across
the top of the page under the headline "Bill the thinker and Al the fighter
go head to head" and the subhead "TV debate is candidates' most confrontational."
The article includes a medium shot showing
Bradley and Gore on the set in full debate, each gesturing at the other,
Pool photo by Michael Smith, Meet the Press, via AP.
Washington Post--Front
page photo and article. Color photo, on the
fold, is a medium shot showing Bradley and
Gore on the set in full debate, each gesturing at the other;Associated
Press photo from NBC's "Meet the Press." The article by the
Mike Allen and Ceci Connolly, has the headline "Gore Dares Bradley To Jointly
Forgo Ads." It continues on page A4 under the headline "Gore Challenges
Rival To End TV, Radio Ads" and on page A5 under the headline "Bradley
Dismisses Debate 'Ploy.'" Further, on page A8, is an "Analysis" piece
by the Post's Dan Balz headlined "Gore Tries Anew to Put Bradley
Off His Stride" and a continuation on page A9 "Bradley Refuses to March
to Gore's Rhythm."
Washington Times--Front
page article by the Times' Bill Sammon has the headline "Energized
Bradley, Gore spar over TV ads" and the sub head "Vice president's deal
dismissed as 'ploy.'" Article continues on page
A12 where it is accompanied by an AP photo, a
medium shot showing Bradley and Gore on the set in full debate, each gesturing
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When Google released another messaging app, Allo, it opened to much hype and expectations and fell short as it came across a service in development. Google is trying hard and they are planning on adding chat themes to Allo as well but I don't think anything is going to work until they bring in SMS support and a desktop/web client at least.
However, what almost everyone would agree on is that the integrated Google Assistant is pretty dope. Talking to Google Assistant on Allo almost made me wish I could use voice to talk to it. I've never been a fan of talking to my phone before this. Like Siri and Cortana, Google Assistant has a personality, unlike them, it develops over time the more you use it.
The only way Siri, Cortana or Amazon's Alexa found a upper hand on Google Now was their personalities. But the Google Assistant is miles better than Alexa and still much better than Siri or Cortana so much so that it might not even be a competition. And it shouldn't be surprising, if there is one thing Google does best, besides search, is using the user data to provide better services and knowing what the user needs before the user even known it.
Fans were although disappointed to say the least when they found out that the Google Assistant wouldn't be coming to Nexus devices, and was strictly meant for Google branded hardware. However, turns out, the Google Assistant couldn't remain Pixel exclusive for long. At least, if you have a rooted device with Xposed framework. One of the reasons I just can't give up rooting, I'm fine not using Android Pay but I gotta root.
Now the original post was fairly long, and full of updated information, and it became a mess full of various methods. The perks of reporting development as it happens. Anyhow, as of now, all you need is this little Xposed module called, Assistant Enabler and a Google app version 18.104.22.168 and later. No need for betas.
It is based on the Android N-ify Xposed module which first implemented this feature, however, it works only if your system is more or less stock android like because the N-ify module basically tweaks your system UI to make it seem like Android Nougat. On certain phones I have, the N-ify module was crashing the System UI just as it was for the developer of the Assistant Enabler module. So now all you have to do is download and install this module, no matter your phone's UI. I've been using it for days, works like a charm as they say. Here's the development thread at XDA in case you wish to check it out.
No root? No Xposed?
However, if you're not a fan of rooting or the Xposed framework, it is still possible to get the Google Assistant. XDA user FaserF has shared flashable .zip files here that you can use to edit your build.prop without rooting your phone but then you will need a custom recovery.
- Download them,
- flash them all through a recovery of your choice (preferably TWRP)
- and then clear the Google App data in the settings,
- long press the home button and you should be greeted by the assistant.
This method does work for a lot of people however, I myself have not tested it.
What it basically does is
- modify your build.prop changing your device model to Pixel XL (changes the line 'ro.product.model=yourdevice' to 'ro.product.model=Pixel XL'),
- tells the system that the device is eligible for running the assistant (adds the line 'ro.opa.eligible_device=true' at the end)
- and installs the latest beta version of the Google app which is required to run the Google Assistant.
If you have root, but not the Xposed framework you can manually do these things too with a file explorer such as Solid File Explorer, ES File Explorer, or Root File Explorer.
I prefer using Xposed framework and modules over modifying system files because it's easier to uninstall a module or even the entire framework if things don't work out than changing system files when your phone doesn't even boot up because of something you did.
In any case, since you are still reading this I'd assume you know your way around root and stuff so if you don't, I'd advice do a ton of research first. Did you manage to get the assistant working on your device using any of these methods? Facing any problems? Share your experience.


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Do you have it in you?
I have been planning to try the Page 99 test for a couple of weeks now, see older post here. Although other matters on my plate grabbed my attention before I could put my books to the test, I will have to admit that I have been quite terrified also. It almost felt like sending my firstborn away for IQ testing the results of which would stamp on her an unchangeable destiny. Oh well, not quite as much, but it's close.
Then, I realized, this was as good a "coming of age" test for an author, as surviving the first negative review is. I thought, what the heck–I was going to get it done and be done.
My plan originally, which you might have figured out already if you survived the older post I had linked, was to not just do a "page 99" check, but also do a "page 199" and a "page 299" test. Since it is quite unattractively late already for writing an update, today will only be the first. The next two will also arrive, I promise. So, without further ado, here goes MXC (Maia and the Xifarian Conspiracy) to the surgeon's table.
What are we doing at "Page 99"
We are smack dab in the hot mess that is Chapter 17, titled "Yilosario's Fourth."
Question being, is this chapter important in the grand scheme of things or is it merely a filler?
In this chapter Maia's teammates come to question Maia's reluctance to embrace the Alliance Initiative, a peace summit in which they have all come to participate. The successful completion of the tournament will change everyone's life in a good way and every kid except Maia values the chance they have been given. But Maia, thanks to her traumatic past related to Xif, refuses to be invested in the team. Complicating matters further is her being selected as a team leader, by none other than the powerful automaton, Yilosario's Fourth.
There will be more to Yilosario later in the series, but that's not for discussion now. What's important is Maia and her teammates get to know each other in this chapter and motivations that drive each character come to light. This in turn sets up the teammates with and against each other-contrasting lives, motivations and goals set up the conflicts between the five teammates.
Another piece that is set up in this chapter are the rules that hold the XDA (Xifarian Defense Academy) together.
What's on page 99?
Two things that allude to the central premise of the book.
1. The rules of the XDA-These rules, dull and uninspiring, conveys what Xif and Xifarians are, how they think and how their lives are regulated. It goes to show how closed a society Xif is, how cocooned the Xifarians are from anything outside of it.
It goes to show how helpless the visitors (Maia and gang) are while in Xif, and how dependent they are on their "counselor," the eternal and enigmatic problem that is Miir.
The rules also give a clue to the TEK, namely the telekinetic abilities of Xifarians-a power that is pivotal in the climactic showdown in the book.
2. Following the rules is a conversation the members of Core 21 (Maia's team) have with Ren, their sole Xifarian teammate. It alludes to a critical clue-something in the XDA's past that might have necessitated rules like these.
"There have been security breaches before," Ren explained. "They're always worried that information on the various technologies we handle here, including information related to our defenses, may leak out."
Okay, so page 99 is pretty important.
The more critical ask is-would anyone buy the book seeing only this page?
The answer to this is-NO. If I were a reader and there was nothing else to make me want to buy the book other than just "the page," I don't think the page would sizzle enough to win me over.
So then, is page 99 representative of what lies in the rest of the 250+ pages?
The answer to this is also-NO. My books are a complicated maze of puzzles. People who love it do that because they enjoy soaking themselves into mysteries and seeking the threads of these riddles. These threads I spin are not for the faint of heart to detect and solve, they are not meant to be easy to find. One page, therefore, is not enough.
Does page 99 give a snapshot of the book then? Absolutely! It gets a solid glimpse of the DNA of the tale. But it's also ridiculously insufficient because it only just scratches the tip of a mystifying iceberg.


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|The Mesa County Animal Services temporary facility is underway.
During the transition from the current facility to the temporary facility the following services will be affected:
- From April 24-30, 2017, Animal Services will be unable to accept any owner released animals, unless the animal presents an imminent risk to the public due to aggressive behavior.
- Animal Services will be closed to the general public on Thursday, April 27 and Friday, April 28.
|The temporary Animal Services tent facility is under construction.
- The temporary facility will not be open to the general public. Citizens looking for their lost animals will be directed to our website for animal identification and retrieval. Citizens will also be able to obtain additional details including locating lost animals at our website http://pets.mesacounty.us
- Owner release dogs held in the temporary facility will be kept to a limited number. Animal Services will have very limited space in the temporary facility and will need to closely monitor the animal numbers during this period. Animal Services will be working with dog owners based on individual circumstance to be able to accept owner release dogs as soon as possible.
- Regular calls for service through the Animal Services answering service.
- After hours emergency calls.
Additional information and details are available at http://animalservices.mesacounty.us/hoursofoperation.aspx


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Drawing/ album
- Art Funded
- 1951
- Dimensions
- 11.6 x 8.2 cm
David with the head of Goliath; nude figure of David striding to left, holding onto the giant's hair with his left hand.
Part of an album of drawings belonging to Lord James Cavendish MP (d 1741), son of the second Duke of Devonshire (1665-1729), founder of the great collection of drawings at Chatsworth. The collection of drawings form an interesting relic of the great age of collecting in England.
Collection of Lord James Cavendish
British Museum
Great Russell Street, London, Greater London, WC1B 3DG
020 7323 8181
Opening times
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Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform at Indigo
Indigo's mission to change agriculture for the better depends on our ability to leverage data. The Data Platform team provides that data foundation by building petabyte scale distributed systems in the cloud that help us ingest, manage, and query our data . The Data Platform team ensures the functionality, timeliness, quality, and performance of Indigo's mission critical data systems so that our customers -- machine learning, business intelligence, and product engineering teams can accomplish their goals.
We're looking for an experienced data engineer who cares about the data that flows through pipelines, the fellow engineers who create them and the internal customers who use the resulting data. We work in Python 3, the Snowflake Data Warehouse, and make heavy use of AWS technologies to deliver a highly scalable and reliable platform capable of transforming and ingesting terabytes of data on demand in the minimum amount of time ...
As a Data Platform Engineer at Indigo you'll:
- Design and implement systems for ingesting, transforming, connecting, storing and delivering a vast array of data sources with differing levels of complexity and scale
- Contribute to internally managed libraries that help pipeline developers deliver value rapidly with minimum duplication of effort.
- Collaborate with various engineering teams on bringing data in and getting data out of the platform
- Consult with data scientists and analysts to understand their automation needs and help empower them with self-service tools.
- You'll expertly review code, have your code reviewed, and mentor other engineers
About You:
- You're an experienced engineer who understands the challenge of building data pipelines and is excited about the idea of making it easier
- You're comfortable collaborating with teams to discuss technical and usability trade-offs
- You understand that being an effective software engineer is about communicating with people as much as it is about writing code.
- You are focused on the customer Data Engineer, Business Intelligence Developer, Data Scientist) and their needs.
- You are excited about learning and using new tools and technologies but make value driven decisions about when to implement them
- You possess a positive attitude, a sense of humor, and self awareness.
About Indigo:
Indigo is a company dedicated to harnessing nature to help farmers sustainably feed the planet. With a vision of creating a world where farming is an economically desirable and accessible profession, Indigo works alongside its growers to apply natural approaches, conserve resources for future generations, and grow healthy food for all. Utilizing beneficial plant microbes to improve crop health and productivity, Indigo's portfolio is focused on cotton, wheat, barley, corn, soybeans, and rice.
The company is headquartered in Memphis, TN, with additional offices in Boston, MA, Research Triangle Park, NC, Sydney, Australia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and São Paulo, Brazil.
Indigo is committed to living our values, specifically "creating a work environment where everyone feels respected, connected, and has opportunities to learn and grow." As part of living our values, we strive to create a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels they can be themselves and has an equal opportunity of succeeding.


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Song Lyrics
Atrocity - In My Veins Lyrics
Below you can find the popular In My Veins lyrics performed by Atrocity. We have tried to make the In My Veins song lyrics as accurate as possible and hope you enjoy them.Fullmoon night in disguise, i look up to the eternal skies
My mind infected evil, live my life not only twice
I have wakened all the pain which grove the world insane
You see the infernal black, you know me, I bring you
Down, down on your knees
you're tasting the disease, you see
Never cross my ways
Death, Death in my veins
Hate, Hate in my eyes
Your life was ended
When you surendered
Just by my fingertip
Death< Death in my veins... in my veins
"Wherefore, O king let my councel be accepted unto thee
and break off Thy sins"
Eyeball like fire, pain and desire, you're ffeling the reging hate
Endless enduring, godforsacen creature, along to survive
Death, Death in my veins and I send yuou to your doom,
dwelt your mind.
Rape your soul, I like you to consume,
endlessly in the dusk,
All night I hear you scream
Death, Death in my veins
Like an one thousand year darkened
dominion - The field of the dead seed
Burnt and withered, you would never
consider to an once prospering land
Day is night and night is day
In the kingdom of the dead.
Atrocity lyrics


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24ct Gold Plated Death Mask Solid Silver Keychain, is a must have for any true Rockstar.
This keychain epitomises the look, feel and luxury that the Dogstone brand has become known for. This Solid Silver keychain is the perfect rockstar accessory with so many uses, it looks insane with your keys, on your wallet, hanging off your denim, on your bag or paired with another for the ultimate look. This is custom built for a sublime generation and be sure that this beautiful keychain will get you noticed wherever you choose to put it.
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Caesar Steak at Those Guys Pies
BThis is one of the weirdest sandwiches we've ever eaten, but it was good enough that we'd like to try it again. This pizza shop also claims to specialize in cheesesteaks, but we just had to try this Caesar Steak, chopped and griddled ribeye steak, ribbons of romaine in a creamy dressing and plenty of hard-to-see but easy-to-taste parmesan cheese. It tastes exactly like what you think it would, but the chewy-soft Italian roll elevates this sandwich, a super-delicious foundation with the perfect texture for these ingredients. We need to get back to Those Guys Pies and try their basic cheesesteak—expectations are high.


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Barrheadleader.com - Full Article
July 13 2010
Ian Kucerak
Leader Staff
Excellent athleticism from both horse and rider were on display during the second annual Horse Creek Ranch ride, held near Fort Assiniboine July 10-11.
Riders from across Alberta and British Columbia came out to compete under cloudy skies, which is the perfect weather to practice a sport that pushes horses and riders to their limits.
The Endurance Riders of Alberta sanctioned the ride, which had 50 registered adults riders and six junior riders. Riders took to the four-stage courses in four distance classes, including 25, 50, 75 and 100 mile distances.
Brenda Hendrikson and Joan Harris managed the ride alongside a staff of volunteers and veterinarians who took times and conducted horse health checks. Harris said they make sure the animals are in the proper shape after each leg of the race...
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Meisterstück Double Gusset Briefcase
Double gusset briefcase with a detachable shoulder strap, made of European full-grain cowhide with unique Montblanc deep shine, jacquard lining with Montblanc brand name, stainless steel fittings and a secure combination lock, and branded with a Montblanc emblem
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- Emblem setting
- Emblems are manually centered, one by one, by our artisans. The emblem is centrally positioned, but the manual pressure operation with the machine may shift the emblem itself. This is a characteristic that does not compromise the aesthetic of the product and could not be accepted as complaint according to our policy.
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Courtesy of Behan.
Month: October 2011
Cooking legend
After posting the other day that I hardly use the stove anymore, I did use it yesterday for something that made me feel very clever…
Egg and Garlic Chive Pot-sticker Dumplings
5 eggs
1 tablespoon vegetarian oyster sauce
bunch garlic chives
teaspoon cornflour plus more for preventing sticking
Crack eggs into a bowl and mix with oyster sauce. Cook in a frypan like scrambled eggs (they don't need to be cooked through). Mix together with chopped chives and cornflour.
Put a teaspoon of mixture in a dumpling wrapper (the white ones, not the yellow ones), moisten edges and crimp together. Nobody really cares if it's perfect!
When you run out of filling or wrappers, put them in a frypan with a splash of peanut oil and ¼ cup water. Crank up the heat and put a lid on. The dumplings will steam until the water evaporates, and then the bottoms will crisp up nicely.
I served mine with chinese red dumpling vinegar (I have no idea what this is really called), but that isn't really necessary – they are entirely delicious without sauce!
Recipe adapted/stolen from http://www.mijorecipes.com/appetizers/crispy-chinese-dumplings/.
A couple of months ago, Mark and I attended a thermomix demo. I was curious about the machine, it chops, it stirs, and it cooks – and it costs about $2,000!
I went to find out more, and was very impressed. I wanted one, but couldn't see a way of justifying the expense. Mark disagreed – he helped me to rationalise it, and a few weeks later we ordered one.
So Ferdinand took up residence here a few months ago, and we haven't regretted the decision. Even considering the cost, it's been worth it. I've given away the food processor, and only used the stove about twice since he came. I've made risottos, vegetarian sausage rolls, soups, casseroles, sorbet, ice cream (creme anglaise, frozen, then blended with strawberries), steamed veggies, polenta, fruit juices, pancakes with pear and strawberry sauce, pizza dough (the only thing that isn't as good as my original recipe!), béchamel sauce, "chocolate" date balls (Inigo LOVES these – dates and cocoa with a bit of coconut, he thinks it's chocolate), apricot iron booster balls, Moroccan tomato soup, home made preservative free veggie stock etc, etc.
It's been great, and since a few friends are also interested in finding out more about the machine, I am having a demo on saturday – let me know if you'd like to come!
Not my proudest moment…
…but apparently it's been done before.
Remember this?
Oscar, Inigo, Lily
Inigo does maths
Today, for the first time in over a year, Inigo and I hung out at home. We did some cooking, some painting, some splashing about in the wading pool, and had an impromptu maths lesson. He now understands plus, and equals, and wrapped his head around the cuisinaire rods. He gets that each rod represents a number, and how to work out which one.
And I feel like a mothering legend because I only got cranky once, and we mostly had a very fun day.


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Clearsoft Water Conditioning
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ClearSoft Water Conditioning is a family-owned business based in Chaska, MN, in the southwest suburbs of the Twins Cities. We work hard to maintain that neighborly small-town concern for our customers. Since we opened our doors in 1977, we strive to deliver something that is hard to find today - well designed, quality products backed with fast reliable, professional service for Water Treatment Installation, Water Softener Repair, Salt & Salt Delivery, and Water Conditioning Rentals.
Clearsoft Water Conditioning is a water conditioning business located in Chaska, MN.
Business Hours
Monday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Tuesday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Wednesday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Thursday 8:00 AM - 5:30 PM
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Let's get right to it. What exactly is a proposal ring? Well, it does what it says on the tin. I love finding out about new and unique ideas so when Nude Jewellery got in touch with me again, they sent me this beautiful Starflower Proposal Ring*.
Their Proposal Ring range is designed for the purpose of avoiding that mishap of purchasing the wrong engagement ring whilst ensuring that a ring is still present when you ask those important four words. All their rings cost less than £150 and the best part is, if you then choose to have your engagement ring made by Nude Jewellery, they will deduct the cost of your proposal ring from it!
This Starflower Proposal ring features a gorgeous purple iolite gemstone which glistens beautifully in the light, these photos really do not do it justice. It's simple but classic and it's an extra ring to add to the collection on top of the engagement and wedding ring!
What are your thoughts about proposal rings? Would you buy one? Would you accept one prior to getting your engagement ring?