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Join the Lab's Toastmasters — a group dedicated to improving public-speaking and leadership skills — at an open house on Thursday, June 7, at noon in Building 70A-3377. The event will feature distinguished Toastmaster Brendan James Murphy, a professional who applies public speaking to highly technical and business-related projects. Attendees can take the stage during the "Table Topics" session. The event is potluck, so bring a dish to share.
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Senior Sergeant Russell Richards, who officially became the senior police officer in Te Hiku o Te Ika (based in Kaitāia) on Monday, will be a familiar face to many.
He arrived in Kaitāia from the Thames/Whangamatā area, where he had spent four years, in October 2016, joining the CIB, having spent the first 13 years of his career in Auckland.
Originally from Pātea, in Taranaki, he has succeeded Senior Sergeant Geoff Ryan, who was posted to Kaitāia in 2009, and was re-assigned to the police/iwi whānau harm reduction project Whiria te Muka 18 months ago.
Senior Sergeant Ryan will remain in Kaitāia, as will Sergeant Sarah Wihongi, who led the station in an acting capacity until the end of last week.
In the short term Sergeant Wihongi is expected to continue focusing on the Far North police recruitment programme.
Senior Sergeant Richards said the time he had spent in Kaitāia had given him a good head start in his new position.
"It's good to know the lie of the land, and to know names and faces, as opposed to coming here from outside the district." He had enjoyed his time with the CIB, and was looking forward to his new role.
And he had another strong local connection in his wife Kim (nee Byrne), very much an Ahipara local.
Senior Sergeant Richards, supported by colleagues including Northland District Commander Superintendent Russell Le Prou and Far North Area Commander Inspector Riki Whiu, was formally welcomed on to Roma Marae at Ahipara on Tuesday.

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Instead of making the Tiramisu in a glass baking dish as you often see. I wanted to do something that looked a little more fancy so I decided to make it in a round spring form pan and place lady finders around the outside. I learned a few things the hard way, but outlined those lessons in my directions so hopefully your dessert experience will run a little smoother.
So be brave and try making a scarey dessert....or least find a less intimidating variation. I think you will be pleasantly surprised.
- 4 cups of whipping cream
- 2.5 cups of mascarpone cheese
- 2-3 tbsp of sugar
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- 1/4 cup of Amaretto
- 1 cup of strong coffee, cooled
- 5 packages of ladyfingers
- Cocoa for dusting
1. Make a cup of coffee and set aside.
2. Prepare the whipping cream with the sugar and vanilla. Add in the mascarpone cheese and beat until well combined. Add in the Amaretto. At this point I would taste test, if needed, add more sugar, Amaretto etc. I even added about 2 tbsps. of Baileys to enhance the coffee flavor.
3. In a 9 inch spring form pan dollop some of the cream mixture around the outer edge of the bottom of the pan. This will act as the glue to keep the cookies in place. Then stand the cookies up one by one (sugar side out) along the edge of the pan until you have a complete circle. It's okay if your cookies are longer then the pan, it just means it will be taller…nothing wrong with that! ;)
4. Place a layer of cookies on the bottom of the pan, you may to break a few to cover the space. Using a brush, coat the cookies with the coffee. Don't drench them otherwise they will get soggy, but make sure they all get a good coat. Then spread a layer of the cream mixture and continue alternating layers (brushing cookies with coffee each time) until you reach the top of the pan or cookie line. Finish with the cream layer. Refrigerate overnight or at least for 4 hours. Dust cocoa powder on the top before serving. (And of course remove the spring form ring)


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Our Faith Stories: A Mini Q&A
with Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry
Presiding Bishop Michael B. Curry shares some brief thoughts on why our faith stories are important.
Why are our faith stories important?
Our faith stories are important because our stories are important. Your story and my story are actually the narrative of our lives. Your story is who you are –– it's the experiences that have shaped you; it's the people who have inspired you; it's all of the hurts, all of the happiness, all the glory. Your story is actually the narrative of you.
Our faith story is really who we are, as the children of God, how we have lived our lives walking before the Lord, as the Old Testament says. And that matters.
How can our stories help us grow in faith?
The state of not being aware of our story is sometimes called amnesia. The state of bringing one's story to consciousness might be called awareness. The ancient writers of the church often said that lack of awareness is damnation, while awareness is salvation.


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House Republican leaders have finally relented to growing pressure from grassroots conservative activists to defund ObamaCare — only they haven't.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) will push a stop-gap spending measure as well as a separate resolution that would defund ObamaCare. It would allow members to say that they voted to deny funding to the unpopular law while avoiding a feared government shutdown.
"Under the Cantor plan, the House would vote on two measures, the [Continuing Resolution] and a resolution that amends the CR to defund Obamacare," wrote Jonathan Strong at National Review. "Both measures would be brought under a rule that allows the Senate to send just the clean CR to the president, but only after they first vote on whether to defund Obamacare.
"If the Senate voted against defunding Obamacare, they could then pass the clean CR," he added. "While this would force a politically difficult vote for Democratic senators, it isn't the do-or-die fight that many on the right envisioned."
Politico noted yesterday that this is the same legislative sleight of hand that House Republicans used during spending battles in the spring of 2011. They also point out that House Republican leaders may be "forced to go further to the right and commit the bill outright to defunding [ObamaCare]" if there is strong pushback from conservatives in the House GOP Conference.
While this play may be popular among House Republicans looking for a way to avoid a government shutdown, conservative groups are blasting the gambit, saying it's a poor excuse for satire.
"Are these news reports from The Onion? Or are they real? said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola in statement early Monday evening. "When members were at home over recess, did they hear their constituents ask for legislative tricks or principled leadership? Trying to fool Republicans into voting to fund Obamacare is even worse than offering a bill that deliberately funds it."
"I hope this proposal is nothing more than a bad joke and is quickly discarded," added Chocola. "Republicans should simply do what they say they are for by passing a Continuing Resolution that doesn't fund Obamacare."
That sentiment is sure to be shared among other conservative groups that pushed hard during the August recess to build momentum to defund ObamaCare. It seems that Republicans have, once again, surrendered the legislative battle over ObamaCare without so much as a fight.


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FOXBORO � While he is a major star now, Wes Welker�s introduction to the NFL was a bumpy one. This weekend, the little wide receiver will get to renew acquaintances with one of the people who helped him go from an undrafted rookie to the league�s lea
FOXBORO - While he is a major star now, Wes Welker's
introduction to the NFL was a bumpy one. This weekend, the little
wide receiver will get to renew acquaintances with one of the
people who helped him go from an undrafted rookie to the league's
leading receiver.
It is not likely Welker will spend too much time with his
friend, though. That's because the guy who gave him one of the
first boosts in his career will be coaching the Dallas Cowboys on
Sunday against the Patriots.
Jason Garrett, the former Princeton star who is now the Cowboys
head coach, was still playing when he and Welker crossed paths.
They were together in Miami on 2004.
"I believe my rookie year was his last year playing and then he
became my coach," Welker said. "He is a heck of a guy, a great
coach, and I can't say enough good things about him.
"His last year in Miami, he was the scout-team quarterback, I
was the scout-team receiver. Him becoming a coach, he always
instilled a lot of confidence in us. I remember one time I sat
there and told him, 'Jason, I think I can get them on this or that
route or whatever.' He said, 'Wes, you know what? You can get them
on any route.' It's just great to hear that confidence from a coach
and that edge. In my mind I thought, 'You're right.' "
Welker went from being cut by San Diego to getting on the field
for Miami and now to being a three-time Pro Bowler who is on a
record pace this season. Sunday's game is big for him since he is
from Oklahoma City and played for Texas Tech. He has no doubt about
the biggest boost for his career. That was being traded to the
Patriots and getting the chance to catch passes from Tom Brady.
"No. There's no question. There's no way I would," Welker
responded when asked whether he would have the same numbers without
Brady. "I think in my time in Miami, I went through four or five
quarterbacks and didn't play as much. Being here, with Tom, in this
offense, I am not going to sit here and say I'd have the same
numbers. No way."
Romo praises Bledsoe
Dallas quarterback Tony Romo is in a similar situation in that
he speaks highly of the influence a former Patriot had on his
Drew Bledsoe finished his career in Dallas in 2005 and 2006 as
Romo, who was not drafted coming out of Eastern Illinois, was
earning a spot in Dallas.
"Drew is a consummate professional. He was a good player," Romo
said. "I think just being around him, he was sharp; Drew's a smart
guy, he picked up things very fast. Being around him, you could
tell that his football IQ was really high and [he was good about]
life in general in a lot of ways.
"I just think I tried to just soak up little things that he did,
that you see and want to take with you along the way. He had a
great career and I learned a bunch from being around him," Romo
Offensive tackle rookies
Both the Cowboys and Patriots have had a rookie starting at
offensive tackle this season, Nate Solder for the Patriots and
Tyron Smith for the Cowboys. Both were first-round draft choices
this year.
Garrett spoke about how the Cowboys strongly considered drafting
Solder before taking Smith, who had just finished his junior year
at Southern Cal, with the ninth pick.
"We had him very high on our draft board. We liked him very
much," Garrett said about Nebraska's Solder.
"There are a lot of discussions that you have about a lot of
different players, so I don't think it's fair to say that we would
take this guy or wouldn't have taken this guy," Garrett said. "You
never know what you would do until that situation comes up, but we
had him here to Valley Ranch, we spent a lot of time with him and
certainly watched a lot of tape of him. He was certainly in that
top tackle group that we were considering very strongly."
Wright at the end
Mike Wright's season with the Patriots is finished and there is
concern that his career could be in jeopardy, as well.
The defensive lineman, who went from undrafted free agent to
significant contributor over the last six years, was placed on
injured reserve Thursday, thus ending his season. Wright suffered a
concussion in the season-opener at Miami.
Wright also missed the last 10 games of last season because of a
concussion. Wright returned to practice briefly last week, but it
was decided that he simply was not ready to play.
His spot on the active roster was taken by cornerback Phillip
Adams, who had been cut by the Patriots earlier in the week. Adams,
who was with San Francisco last season, was signed by the Patriots
on Sept. 21 and was active for two games. He had been released by
the Pats on Oct. 8.
Injury list
Vince Wilfork missed practice Thursday for a non-injury-related
issue. BenJarvus Green-Ellis (toe) did not practice at all after
being limited Wednesday. Kyle Love also was added to the injury
report with a back problem. His participation was limited.
Cowboy birthday
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"Thor" star Chris Hemsworth is looking to add another iconic character to his resume as the Australian actor is reportedly circling a new adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's pulp adventure character Allan Quatermain.
The news comes from The Tracking Board which says Barnett Brettler ("20 Mississippi") has penned a new spec script which is drumming up interest in the iconic character who first appeared in the 1885 novel "King Solomon's Mines" and went on to star in fourteen novels through 1927.
The character is a British big game hunter and marksman who spent most of his years in South Africa during the colonial era. He was a chief inspiration for the character of Indiana Jones and has been played by several different actors over the years – most notably in two 1980s Cannon Films starring Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone. Stewart Granger, Patrick Swayze and Sean Connery have also played him on screen.
CAA is trying to attach Hemsworth to the property which Sony Pictures is already considering as a potential acquisition. Hemsworth was previously attached to play a different pulp hero, Doc Savage, in Shane Black's long in the works film adaptation of that series – but there's been little movement on that project.


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NAWBO NM is proud to present our 16th annual Speak Out! event, where you will have an opportunity to talk with legislators and other policy makers about issues that affect you as a business owner. We have invited all of the New Mexico legislators to our meeting so that they can hear our concerns and appreciate the impact that women-owned businesses have on the economy of New Mexico. Please join us on Tuesday November 7th.
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2. Regarding Taxation
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Recommendation: NAWBO-NM supports legislation that keeps more of New Mexico state contracted dollars in the state.
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The grid for the 2018 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda is starting to take shape.
Three drivers - one returnee and two rookies - announced plans to compete in the series beginning in March at St. Petersburg, Florida.
The returner is Kory Enders, who announced he would again race with De Force Racing in the No. 11 Tatuus USF17-Mazda. Enders, 20, made his series debut in 2017 finishing ninth in the championship with a best finish of fifth on the road course at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. He was also awarded the Royal Purple "Slickest Pass" Award for the USF2000 season.
"For 2018, my plan is to try my best in the USF2000 Series with De Force Racing," the Houston-area resident said in a video released on his Twitter account.
Announcing my official plans for the upcoming @RoadToIndyTV season...
I'm back in the @USF2000 w/@DEForceRacing ! Ready to fight it out in #MRTI. See you all at the opener March 9-11 at @GPSTPETE .#TeamCooperTire #BringDEForce @IndyCar #Motorsport #Racing #HoustonStrong pic.twitter.com/JdUcGeyjnb
— Kory Enders (@KoryEnders) January 16, 2018
Announcing my official plans for the upcoming @RoadToIndyTV season...
I'm back in the @USF2000 w/@DEForceRacing ! Ready to fight it out in #MRTI. See you all at the opener March 9-11 at @GPSTPETE .#TeamCooperTire #BringDEForce @IndyCar #Motorsport #Racing #HoustonStrong pic.twitter.com/JdUcGeyjnb
Both rookies will be making the transition to race cars after standout careers in go-karting.
Oregon's Kyle Dupell will join Team Pelfrey while Swedish teenager Rasmus Lindh will race with Pabst Racing.
"Kyle has shown his exceptional talent in the karting ranks, earning a ticket to the Grand Finals last year," said and when he tested with us, his outright speed and potential were extremely evident. We are proud and excited to name him as a Team Pelfrey driver."
Dupell will pilot the No. 81 Opal Creek Capital / Team Pelfrey Mazda.
"I'm excited to be driving with Team Pelfrey on the Mazda Road to Indy because I immediately felt comfortable the second we arrived at MSR Houston," commented Dupell. "Jonny (Baker) and Jeremy (Grenier) took me under their wing and helped me make great strides during our test. I think we can do great things together with their support in 2018. Thank you to Pro Race Management for making everything possible this year."
Lindh, 16, will make the move to single seaters after seeing much success in karting over the course of 10 years. Most recently, Lindh took fifth place in the CIK-FIA World Championship in the Senior category of OK.
"We had several very successful tests with Rasmus last fall and I'm confident his pace will be very impressive right from the start," said team owner Augie Pabst. "This young man will be making regular visits to the podium in 2018!"
Indy car race winner Alex Barron joins USF2000 team as driver coach
When Swan-RJB Motorsports takes to the track this season, a familiar face will be a key part of helping the team's drivers progress up the Mazda Road to Indy ladder.
Alex Barron, who raced in both CART and IRL was a race-winner in the Verizon IndyCar Series, has joined the operation as driver coach for the collaboration between RJB Motorsports and Swan Motorsports
"I always enjoy working with Alex at the track," said Mirl Swan, the team principal and lead engineer. "He has a vast amount of experience not only racing, but also in testing and development. Oftentimes, he can relay things to me about the car during a session before the driver even pits to be debriefed. It's not only an eye he has for what the driver is experiencing - oversteer, understeer, for example - but, it's what he sees dynamically about the cars. He can identify characteristics about the car itself, down to the smallest detail. He relays that information back to me instantly. It has a profound impact on our rate of car and driver development."
Barron will work closely with the team's drivers and the engineering team to push for constant improvement and continued success.
"Alex is easy going, but fiercely competitive," Swan continued. "He always has an absolute professional approach to the program, and in working with the drivers. We're looking forward to the 2018 race season."
Barron's vast experience at high levels of the sport will provide the team's drivers with an invaluable education.
After a stellar and much-heralded karting career, he started his open wheel career in USF2000 and quickly advanced to win the KOOL Toyota Atlantic Championship in 1997. He would go on to drive for Indy car teams such as Dan Gurney's All-American Racers, Dale Coyne Racing and Team Penske and winning Indy car events at Nashville Speedway with Blair Racing and at Michigan with Mo Nunn Racing.
"For me, working with the team, being involved with driver coaching and engineering has been very positive, as I have been learning about the car and working with the young drivers who have great talent," Barron said. "Mirl and I have worked together in years' past with great success. We have come from the same learning foundation, including karting and open-wheel racing with success over the years in Formula Atlantic. The team is working very hard in the offseason to get ready for the start of the year in St Petersburg. I think the USF2000 car is going to be a great stepping stone to move forward up the ladder into the higher levels of the Mazda Road to Indy. The cars are reliable and fast."


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Camille hair comb by Rachel Simpson, the perfect match to the Charlotte shoe with a beautiful applique flower in tiny pearls, transluscent beads, iridescent sequins and diamantes on a silver wire comb.
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In honor of making it through our first of many years together, I'm going to give y'all a little insight on what we've learned about each other this year.
1) No matter how long we've lived somewhere, Dustin will never know where anything is located in our house.
2) I've learned that I'm TERRIBLE at apologizing and saying I'm sorry. Maybe it's the little sister side of me, but I am rarely the first one to say that I'm sorry. Guess I need to work on that :)
3) By marrying me, Dustin has learned the true meaning of the word "hangry." Let's just say I get a little cranky before every meal...
4) It is important for us to have two TVs. I can only watch sports for so long. I need to be able to watch reality TV, Nashville, Real Housewives, and other all of my other shows in peace. Thank goodness for the deer/man room.
5) I've learned that dinner isn't a complete meal unless meat is included. My attempts at Meatless Monday have failed miserably!
6) It is never okay to say, "Don't worry...it's just a football game!" At the same time, I've learned that Nick Saban can do no wrong.
7) I've also learned that I don't have to make a complicated recipe every night for dinner. It's okay to eat grilled cheese, tortilla pizzas or breakfast for dinner!
8) We are both totally fine with leaving a clean load of laundry in the dryer for a week.
8) We are both totally fine with leaving a clean load of laundry in the dryer for a week.
We came up with a a lot more on our way home from my parents house last night but I can't remember them all haha. In all seriousness, we've learned a lot about compromise and working together as a team. It's been a great year and I'm looking forward to eating the top of our wedding cake tonight :) Love you boo!


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When I began my studies at UEA nearly three years ago I never pictured myself spending my year abroad in two such different parts of the world. I spent my first term studying at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst enjoying the amazing Fall scenery and immersing myself in aspects of American culture that I had never experienced before.
I'm now spending my second term studying at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and I'm definitely impressed with myself for making it this far! Life in Hong Kong is such a contrast to anything I've ever experienced before, and after a little expected culture shock and adjustment, I embraced every aspect of it. Hong Kong is rich in culture, history and traditions that you would never experience in the UK or USA. Living in a country without any prior knowledge of the language or culture sounds intimidating but has been such an exciting experience so far. Every day I'm challenged and dared to push myself in ways I didn't expect would happen on my year abroad.
HKU is one of the top universities in the world and it is evident by the local students' dedication to studying and extra curricular activities. During my time here I'm taking various modules in Chinese history, the history of Hong Kong and a beginners course in Mandarin! Asides from the academic studies, Hong Kong offers what feels like unlimited opportunities to explore the city and culture. There is a huge expat community in Hong Kong which makes some areas of the city feel very familiar. It also means that many locals either understand English or are very helpful when you don't know any Cantonese.
A highlight of my time here was celebrating Chinese New Year, something I know I may not celebrate again in China! HKU also has a huge exchange programme and this has enabled me to make close friends with people from all over the world and helped me to better understand the history and politics of various countries. Studying in Hong Kong has also allowed me to travel around some of Asia, including China and most recently Seoul, where I also caught a very small glimpse of North Korea!
Not only have I learnt a lot about Hong Kong and Chinese politics and history, but I feel that my understanding of the world has broadened immensely. Hong Kong has been such a contrast to my time studying in America and I feel extremely lucky to have had this opportunity!
Clara Bousfield studies American History and Politics at UEA


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After some X-rated anonymous briefings from No10 regarding Ed Miliband's decision not to support the Prime Minister over Syria last week, the pundits predicted a spiky Prime Minister's Questions. It didn't come to pass.
Neither leader attempted to land a blow, with the exception of David Cameron's sign-off, when he claimed "it was not necessary to divide the Commons on a vote leading to another vote."
There was a certain hiss to the way he delivered these words (much like his previous statement that Miliband's behaviour is "a matter for his own conscience"), but this was as testy as it got.
Why? Foreign policy is usually a matter where consensus is quickly reached, but there's also a huge amount of uncertainty over how the situation will develop in coming months.
Perhaps that's why the discussion seemed rather mundane. If you were being daring, you might even describe it as "constructive". Miliband asked the Prime Minister to get other countries to match the UK's aid commitment to Syria. Cameron said he'd do this. Both leaders found common ground on the need to find agreement between the countries backing the rebels and the countries backing the Syrian government.
Miliband (and later Jack Straw) pressed the need for greater diplomacy with Iran. It's not hard to see why. The new president looks like the kind of man with whom we can work:
Indeed, he comes across as a genuine liberal:
But it's not that simple. The fear persists that like previous men in his role, he is little more than a puppet for the religious elite. As David Cameron told Jeremy Corbyn MP:
And there's a great deal more going on beneath the civilised show we saw today in the debating chamber. Privately, Cameron and his aides are utterly furious with Miliband. What actually happened last week was for days a matter of confusion. It's only as the dust settles that we're beginning to see a clearer picture. And we can see that we've somehow removed the option of military intervention despite the fact both parties want it to be available, and the public is still making its mind up. Parliament: your one-stop shop for everything no one wants.
Both leaders made errors. Cameron was too intemperate. The Joint Intelligence Committee report he presented was threadbare in comparison with the US evidence. And it was poor of him not to foresee the possibility of losing the vote and failing to whip his backbenchers better. But Miliband lost his nerve too quickly. No doubt Cameron's haste didn't help, but he must shoulder some blame. To quote Mary Riddell in the Telegraph:
The trouble is that it's upset senior Labour figures who wanted the option of intervention on the table as much as it has the Tories. This week Miliband announced he'd only ever support military action if al-Qaeda procured large amounts of chemical weapons or national security was at stake: the notion that Britain wouldn't intervene in case of humanitarian catastrophe (not that there isn't a case for describing Syria as such right now) is anathema to a greater section of the party than the most hawkish elements of the Blairite wing.
Meanwhile, foreign leaders meet at the UN today to see what can be done about the refugee crisis, as the UNHCR warns of the biggest refugee crisis in history. Barack Obama is buoyed by Congress seeming to go his way. Now the question is whether regime change ought to be part of the goals. For Russia's part, President Putin warns that strikes without UN support would be considered aggression, but not longer excludes the use of force entirely. As the host of the summit, he will want to look magnanimous.
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Christmas has definitely reached our household this week, Madison is so excited bless her, and the questions about father Christmas are endless.
the question that was a real toughie was...
" mummy why is that Lady's house alarm going off ?"
followed by my reply sometimes the wind may blow a curtain or a spider may go across a special sensor and it sets off the alarm. then came......
" OH NO!!! mummy when father Christmas comes down our chimney he might set off our alarm and wake me up ..... He might get frightened away and forget our special presents "
Well the bottom lip started to go and utter confusion about the alarm situation so after a lot of reassurance that father Christmas is magic and he wont set off our alarm as he knows about it, we were satisfied and immediately spurred on to write that all important letter asking the big man himself for those special gifts.........
all I say is I think Father Christmas may need a bigger sleigh
Following her exciting letter writing to Santa the very next day we had a very special visitor home from school.......
as some of you may have read from previous posts sparkle is the class mascot and the children get to bring her home for following the schools golden rules. I was so proud that they had sent her home with us again 3rd time since September and after the fiasco of a overnight stay last time where mummy had to wash this little class mascot.... Madison thought she would smell nicer with half a dozen different perfume's and aftershaves on. ( this was the most challenging and scariest wash load I have ever done) I have never watched the washing machine so much but to my relief she survived. This stay was much more calmer as Madison and Sparkle helped me with little Jasper feeding him his bottle and playing peek a boo.
The little man in my life .. well is not so little after a trip to the health visitors clinic which he loves, One of the few little ones in the clinic that loves to be naked ( such a little exhibitionist) He weighed 19lb 12oz bless him, but after a reassuring talk with the lovely health visitor that are on hand for any questions big or small that said that Jasper is doing well and is in proportion and generally happy content boy, which was lovely to hear.
This week he has been practising his turning loads more and by being a mean mummy placing things just out of his reach it is spurring on his determination side and we have got the front to back down to a T but he still gets a little stuck when going from back to front but that will come in time.
We have enjoyed lots of family time this week and finished it off by attending our Village Christmas Tree illumination which was a great evening and a huge number of local residents turned out for the event which was lovely to see. Madison was so excited to meet some of her little school friends who enjoyed meeting Father Christmas and also getting a little pressie which went down well with all involved. We all took part in singing carols meeting the local mayor and MP which i feel a great importance for my little one to learn that many different people make up a community and with very different roles.
This week Christmas card and ginger bread biscuit making.
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The aim of the thesis is to design and build a steering system which is based on a triple
modular redundancy. The redundancy is realized by three parallel connected 32-bit microcontroller.
The outputs coming from the micrcontrollers are analysed by a voter. The voter
decides with majority vote whether the signals are identical, so if the system is operable.
The first scope of the thesis is, if a redundant system made of microcontrollers with lower
safety qualification is operable, or the voter brings some delay to the system, which reduces
the performance of the controller loop in a significant way. The second scope is to decide
if it worth to further examine such a redundant architecture.
The topic of the thesis is given by thyssenkrupp Presta Hungary Kft. They made Gergely
Ferenczy's [1] thesis available for me which was a base for my own research.
My task is to design a software which realize the motor control algorithm and the
necessary diagnostics, and to design and build a voter. My further task is to tune this
system, and after all to work out the necessary tests to verify the correct operation of the
whole system.
In the introduction I give a short summary about the evolution of automotive electronics.
In the second chapter I examine the applied safety critical recommendations, processes,
with a special look at different fault tolerant architechtures, at ISO 26262 and MISRA C
In the third chapter I look into the operation and construction of the electronic steering
In the fourth chapter I give a short presentation about the work of Gergely Ferenczy,
especially about the topics which I will use in my research.
In the fifth chapter I present the procedure of the design, the handling of the requirements,
the forming of the architecture, and the questions and answers which were raised
during the development.
In the sixth chapter I explain the realization and its details.
In the seventh chapter I intruduce the testing of the system.
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Putting Perfect Participants in Every SessionNovember 5th, 2005 by Jared Spool :: see related comic
When putting together a design study, whether it is usability testing, field research, or focus group activity, it turns out that the most critical activity is recruiting the right participants.
Over the past few years, we've interviewed several dozen user experience professionals, looking at the practices they use to conduct their research. As we dissected every activity involved in producing a successful study, we came to the conclusion that recruiting participants is the lynchpin that holds the study together.
If you recruit an inappropriate participant, there is very little you can do with task design, session facilitating, or data analysis that will turn the results into something useful. Yet, if you get an ideal participant, you can compensate for practically any amount of poor task design, facilitation, or analysis and still see valuable findings that will improve your design.
We were surprised by the importance of recruiting because we rarely see it discussed in any forum about conducting design studies. At most, you see people asking for names of recruiting agencies. We've never seen an in-depth discussion of the activities of recruiting and the best practices to follow.
Recruiting the wrong participant can have dramatic effects. It can slow down the research process, increase costs, and, in the worst-case scenario, create faulty results which waste valuable developer resources as they chase down the wrong issues. We recommend to our clients that they closely review their recruitment process to ensure they are executing best practices.
###Recruitment Best Practices
As we conducted our interviews, we compared the teams that were getting the best results from their studies to those teams that regularly struggled. What we found was fascinating.
The most successful teams all:
- Made building their lists of potential candidates a year-round activity, not just when they were preparing for a study
- Screened and recruited their own participants, instead of using an outside agency
- Saw the recruiting process as a technique to collect data about who is (and who isn't) in their target audience and what defines each segment
- Used open-discussion interviewing as a screening method, instead of a flow-chart-based screener
- Had the recruiter meet frequently with the team to discuss what the recruiter was learning about the audience and how to better leverage the recruitment process
These teams saw interesting benefits from following these practices: they never had no-shows (instead of the typical 10%-25% expected by the struggling teams) and they never found themselves questioning or throwing out findings because they weren't sure if the participant was "up to snuff." This makes the study process more cost effective; maximizing the value from every moment spent researching.
###Demographics vs. Experience and Behavior
In our study, we found that the struggling teams often screened candidates based on demographics, whereas the successful teams focused on candidate's experience and their potential behaviors. The difference is subtle, but critically important.
It's easy to think that the demographics of the target audience are the driving force behind selecting study participants. However, the best teams discovered that they learn more from their studies when they focus on the participant previous experience and how they will behave in the study. You don't need to have someone who is in your target audience. You only need someone who behaves like people in your audience group.
Imagine you're designing a new video game for an expensive gaming console and you want to learn whether the game's controls are easy to learn and use during game play. Your target audience's demographics might indicate that the majority will have reasonably high household incomes ($120,000 or more) and be relatively young (age 13-22).
It would be natural to eliminate candidates who come from households with smaller incomes or those who fall outside the age range. But, that would probably be a mistake and not produce the best results.
Would a participant that comes from a household that has an $80,000 annual income really learn to play the game that differently than a household that brings in $150,000 a year? How about someone who comes from a household that borders on poverty? How will the differences in income affect the results of the study? Unless you're clear about the affects, screening on income is likely to make the recruiter waste significant time disqualifying perfectly valid candidates without yielding any better participants.
Similarly, it's not hard to imagine two 16-year-old boys who could be worlds apart, when it comes to game play. What if one is an avid game player and the other who shows no interest in gaming? You'd see dramatically different reactions to the game. Yet, a 30-something who goes home and plays for 5 hours practically every night may have some great insights to share about the game, though he's far away from being in the age group.
In our study, the best teams often bypassed demographics and looked at experience and behavior instead. In our video game example, they'd likely look at the games the candidates regularly like to play and the amount of time they spend playing. The recruiter would talk to them about their playing history and assess if they would behave like an ideal user.
The recruiter would also pay close attention during the interview to assess how effectively the candidate describes their thought-processes and whether they are comfortable with strangers. After all, a study participant that can't speak their thoughts or is intimidated by the study's observers will be of little use to the team. We noticed that many outside recruiting firms, paid to fill study sessions with "warm bodies" often overlooked these key attributes.
###Solid Recruiting is Not Optional
When we talked to the struggling teams about why they weren't employing the best practices, many told us they'd never really thought about it before. A few indicated that they felt it was a luxury they couldn't afford.
However, one successful team's manager told us about the catalyst behind her inspection of their recruiting process: They'd been holding regular usability tests, but she had failed to get upper management to attend and endorse the process, thus impeding the adoption of testing results in her organization.
One day, she managed to convince the CEO of her $18 billion company to attend a test. And, unfortunately, that was the test where the recruiting agency sent a participant who had managed to completely fool their screening process. Though the participant claimed he was an expert online shopper, he couldn't use a mouse nor did he know how to type into a search box. It was clear he was there for the money and told the recruiter whatever they wanted to hear. (The agency subsequently swore they'd used him in studies before without problems, but upon investigation it turned out they ran short of time and grabbed the first warm body they could find to fill the slot.)
During that session, the CEO quickly became frustrated and left in the middle. At that moment, the manager decided to rip apart all of their recruiting practices and start from scratch — treating every session as one the CEO was attending. (Fortunately, the CEO did sit in on another test a little later. That participant was a perfect match and now usability testing is solidly endorsed in the organization.)
That manager found that having a solid recruiting process was not optional for her organization. She now understands the importance of investing to put perfect participants in every session.
_Jared M. Spool is the Founding Principal of the think-tank, [User Interface Engineering][1]. He recently co-wrote the report [Recruiting without Fear][2]_
[1]:http://www.uie.com "User Interface Engineering"
[2]:http://www.uie.com/reports/recruiting_without_fear/ "Recruiting without Fear"
I think most experienced designers would agree that behaviour and experience are more valuable insights than demographics, and not just in terms of recruiting either.
However getting at behaviour and experience is a tough sell because it's costly. While marketing departments usually have a wealth of demographic data immediately available, they don't often have behavioural (beyond purchasing behaviour) or customer experience information. This means having to start from scratch, forcing designers to beg for and justify more time and money.
So, have you learned what tactics and strategies people have used to successfully beg for and justify the extra time and money necessary to follow behaviour-based recruiting?
Mr. Spool is so wrong. The "most critical activity" in any design study is *not* "recruiting the right participants." What really matters is getting the stakeholders to believe that studying customers/users has real value and should significantly influence product design and implementation. I never ceased to be amazed how much people push back against the very idea of focus groups, paper prototypes, or usability studies. Naturally, the big-name gurus of large successful firms don't have this problem. I suspect that 95% of usability enthusiasts, however, find this well-written article painfully irrelevant.
Robby, you're basically saying "doing user experience is important and convincing your internal team of that comes first" whereas I think Jared is going on the assumption that once you have that green lighted, one of the most important parts often overlooked is the recruitment phase.
Knowing how to do usability well and correctly and thus yield good results, would certainly help your cause. I find one of the best ways to convince non-believers is have them sit in on a test. If you manage to only convince them to do it -once- then you best do it right or the next time, it'll be that much harder because they can say, "those participants didn't give any useful data. They weren't even close to the people who'd use our stuff".
Kevin, you're certainly right. I know that *I* was convinced of the importance of usability when I sat in on my first test. However, in my experience, getting folks to this level has been worse than pulling teeth.
Readers of Ok-Cancel, am I alone? Do you find in your jobs that usability is mostly a pipe dream, and that your boss won't even allow you to test designs on your own time with your own money? That's has been my experience. And, due to the dismal design of almost every user interface out there, I suspect others are having the same problem.
The "most critical activity" in any design study is not "recruiting the right participants."
I agree that buy in from stakeholders is very important. I think we can agree to disagree as to whether that's an activity in putting together a design study or not. I happen to believe that it comes before you start putting the study together, so I stand by my original statement.
That being said, I've written an article on how effective teams get buy-in from stakeholders, called The Cost of Frustration. As the article states, it's not just a matter of beating into their heads that usability practice is somehow important — it's about finding where the pain points are in the organization and utilizing your skills as a usability practitioner to relieve that pain.
Hope this helps, Jared
This is a great article Jared. Very insightful and nice to see data from actual experience rather than theories. good work.
This of course assumes that demographics ends with age, gender and income. I find that what we're really talking about is the difference between highly correlated and perfectly correlated. Certain demographics are easy to get at like age and gender and others aren't like how often someone plays a videogame, but they're both demographics. What you're saying is put in the extra money and effort to find participants who are perfectly correlated.
What you're saying is put in the extra money and effort to find participants who are perfectly correlated.
I think that would likely be a bad idea.
If perfect correlation exists, (and with any reasonable population size, I doubt it does,) getting close to it would probably increase costs exponentially.
And for what end? What you're really trying to do is get a bunch of folks in your study who behave like the people you're designing for. Instead of using a second-order approximation that says, "These folks have the same description of the people we're looking for, therefore they'll likely behave the same," why not just go for folks who *do* behave the same?
It's cheaper and gets you where you want to go faster.
Readers of Ok-Cancel, am I alone? Do you find in your jobs that usability is mostly a pipe dream, and that your boss won't even allow you to test designs on your own time with your own money?
It is possible to convince your boss to take usability seriously. If I did it (and am about to grow my team to 2), you can too. Your boss sounds a little, um, troubled and you might have to go around him diplomatically (or at least understand his bizarre request that you don't pursue it on your own time).
I agree with Robby, to a point. Most important is getting stakeholder to believe in the value of spending the extra time and money to design for user needs and capabilities. Testing is only a small part of this. Recruiting is only a small part of testing. Yes, recruiting is usually done very poorly, but no more so than each and every other part as well.
Yes, usability is mostly a pipe dream. Of all the usability-related activities you can be involved in that can have a positive impact on the product, it's best to focus on those that are extremely simple and highly effective.
Morning Guys. I'm trying to find a KeyLogger Software .. Anyone have any ideas of website or where I can get this?
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Dark theme IDE like Visual Studio / Eclipse / Netbeans would be awesome.
Thanks for your suggestion! +1 from me.
Also, consider using one of the TestComplete schemes posted to this discussion:
Awesome idea! Love this.
Has there been any movement on this? Is there work being done to create a dark theme for TestComplete?
Why is this not a thing yet?
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Food, drinks, shopping and going out in Seville
Seville has a lot of bars and restaurants to eat delicious tapas and drink. Do not forget the many indoor or covered (food) markets. The choice is huge in the city where tapas have ever been 'invented'. In and around the center there are few streets with no bars or restaurants. But where do you have to go to eat the best tapas or to visit the best markets? We help you on your way with our local tips:


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The local library is one of the most under utilize resource available to you for FREE. In my county in Florida, any resident can sign up for a library card; all you need to a valid ID. My library card allows me to checkout physical materials, including books, DVDs, music CDs and audiobooks in a variety of formats and attend classes and programs.
I can get the materials physically or I can order via their website for delivery by mail to my home. I return the material at a branch location. The selection of books is vast. I have been hard pressed not to find a bookstore available book; not available within the library. If my local branch does not have a book, I usually can find it and it's availability via the library's website. You can either go get it or have it delivered to you via the US Post Office.
I have been getting in Audiobooks and eBooks lately. This is where the library shines. They have a huge selection. I am fine with a physical book, eBook or Audiobook and as such I have been able to find every book I have been interested in one of the several forms with one exception, "The 7 Day Startup".
Audiobooks and eBooks are available through two apps: Hoopla and Overdrive. I do not know why the library has two apps for their electronic access. Even stranger, both apps do not usually have the same books available. I find that Overdrive has a larger selection of the library's eBooks, while Hoopla has a larger selection of their Audiobooks and electronic entertainment.
If you have an Amazon kindle, you can also borrow books to your kindle via the library. You will need an Amazon account and a Kindle of course. I prefer borrowing books electronically because most time I forget to return books and get hit with late fees. The Audiobooks and eBooks you borrow are automatically returned once you hit the due date so no late fees.
In addition to books, the library gives me access to movies on DVDs and musics on CDs. You can also get the music, TV shows and movies through the Hoopla and Overdrive apps. I have not taken advantage of the TV and movie selection but I have used the music catalog extensively. I regularly borrow Reggae, Old School Hip-Hop as well as R&B. I was surprised that Bruno Mars latest album "24K Magic" was available. I have found Hoopla to have the larger selection. The TV shows and movie selection available trough the apps is usually older and limited. You will have better luck getting newer shows and movies as DVDs from your local branch.
I have never done any of the classes available through the library but a quick search of the website shows that they have extensive classes in technology including programming and website development. You can learn Python programming, HTML, WordPress and etc.
Your local library is a valuable resource supported by your tax dollars. Do not let it go to waste. I have saved a lot of money by using the library.


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Join Lotus on Track
Before continuing please take a moment to read our FAQ to ensure Lotus on Track is the club for you.
Accepted cars – LoT is a club for Lotus owners. We do accept owners of other similar 2 seat sports cars including Caterhams, VX220, Westfields and Porsche. If you have another type of car please contact us before joining – firstname.lastname@example.com.
If you think Lotus-on-Track is for you please click here to join.
Membership is £30 and includes spouse.
(Membership runs for 12 months. At the end of the first year of membership the renewal fee is £30, this is the final renewal fee and is for lifetime. Year 1 = £30, Year 2 and for life = additional £30)