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On October 12, 2006, from the upper floor of the Stockholm Stock Exchange Building, Professor Horace Engdahl, Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy, issued the following announcement: "The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2006 is awarded to the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk, who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures." The city to which Engdahl refers is, of course, Istanbul, the historic metropolis once known as Byzantium and Constantinople, straddling the continents of Europe and Asia on the Golden Horn of the Bosphorus Strait.
Orhan Pamuk bestrides the very opposites of which Istanbul—factually, the city of his birth and memoirs; fabulously, the backdrop of his novels The White Castle, The Black Book, and My Name is Red—is emblematic: history and modernity, tradition and innovation, Islam and Christianity, folkishness and urbanity, provincialism and empire. "A writer," said Pamuk in his Nobel acceptance speech, "is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is … The writer's secret is not inspiration—for it is never clear where it comes from—it is his stubbornness, his patience. … If I think back on the books to which I have devoted my entire life, I am most surprised by those moments when I have felt as if the sentences, dreams, and pages that have made me so ecstatically happy have not come from my own imagination—that another power has found them and generously presented them to me."
Could that other power that so magnanimously presented these gifts to Pamuk—and to us—be the paradox that is, and since Constantine's victory over Licinius has been, Istanbul? By conferring for the first time upon a Turkish writer the supreme accolade in world literature, the Swedish Academy has affirmed the monumental status of Orhan Pamuk's achievement, and assured it a prominent and lasting place amid the mosques, obelisks, and towers that bejewel the cityscape of the venerable municipality on the Bosphorus.


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text: After returning Major League Baseball to his hometown, Ewing Kauffman fulfilled his promise to bring a World Series championship to Kansas City. In 1968, he founded the Royals with his wife Muriel, and the two guided the organization through its first 25 years. In those seasons, the club won six division titles, two American League pennants and a World Series crown. He applied his personal philosophy and passion for original thought to business and baseball, achieving lasting success in both. However, his contributions to Kansas City run much deeper than baseball alone. The foundation that bears his name continues his legacy inspiring new pursuits in education and entrepreneurship.


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Chandler comments on defeat of HB 271
March 20. 2013 12:00PM
CONCORD - House Republican Leader Gene Chandler, R-Bartlett, offered the following reaction to the defeat of HB271, which would have prohibited New Hampshire from accepting expanded Medicaid. The bill was defeated today by a vote of 206-155.
"There is no such thing as free money," Chandler said. "Every federal dollar we would receive for Medicaid expansion would come out the pockets of hard-working Americans for this government expansion. As we know from past experience, the federal government cannot be trusted to uphold their end of the bargain. It's very possible that federal funding levels will drop, leaving New Hampshire taxpayers on the hook for possibly hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
"Once New Hampshire enters into such a program, we cannot pull back coverage, even if it becomes unaffordable. We also know implementation of expanded Medicaid will involve tens of millions of dollars in direct costs to the state. Expanded Medicaid undermines New Hampshire's current and future fiscal health. HB271 would have prevented putting our state in this precarious situation."


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By Wayne Veysey | Chief Correspondent
Arsenal and Manchester United will hold talks with Crystal Palace his week as they battle it out for the £12 million signing of Wilfried Zaha, Goal.com can reveal.
United were the strong favourites to capture the highly coveted forward in January but Arsenal have dramatically re-entered the race.
The two Premier League big hitters are both due to meet Palace co-chairman Steve Parish later this week in what will be a straight fight for the 20-year-old's signature.
Sources have told Goal.com that Zaha's destination is "50-50" between United and Arsenal, with the final decision to rest with the player himself. He was a boyhood Gunners fan but that will not necessarily prove decisive.
|Crystal Palace are 11/4 with Bet365 to be promoted to the Premier League
Zaha appeared to end speculation about his future at the weekend, with a thinly-veiled hint on Twitter that he will be joining United. However, the Tweet – "Looks like i'm on my way to the top of the premier league" – is believed to have appeared on a fake account.
Parish and Palace manager Ian Holloway have both consistently said that Zaha will not be sold before the end of the season but it is understood that the newly-capped England international is set to leave Selhurst Park by the end of the window.
The fee required to secure the 20-year-old, who is contracted to Palace until 2017, is likely to be around the £12m mark.
Palace would prefer for Zaha to spearhead Palace's promotion challenge and remain at the club until next summer but Arsene Wenger wants to integrate the youngster into the Arsenal set-up immediately.
Wenger would be opposed to a deal that would allow Zaha to join in the forthcoming window and then be loaned back to the Championship club for the rest of the season. United are believed to be open to the possibility of loan-back deal.
The attacker, who can play anywhere across the front three, has been a driving force in Palace's surge to fourth in the Championship, scoring five goals in 26 league appearances this season. He made his England debut as a substitute in the 4-2 November friendly defeat to Sweden.
Wenger confirmed Arsenal's interest in Zaha in loose terms at a media briefing in November, saying: "We are looking at every player who could strengthen our squad - but he is not more on the list than anyone else."
This relatively innocuous comment was greeted with a furious reaction from Holloway, who accused Wenger of "bad etiquette" and declared he would be "picking the phone up to talk to him".


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Kathy Sullivan: Who is going after Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, and why?BY KATHY SULLIVAN
June 10. 2013 4:42PM
Mike Biundo's recent opinion piece attacking Sen. Jeanne Shaheen is a classic example of the way in which the lines have been blurred between political consultants, 501 (c) 4 organizations taking advantage of their tax- free status to engage in significant political activity under the guise of "issues advocacy," and secretive big money.
The information about Biundo at the end of his column describes him as the founder of RightOn Strategies, and the campaign manager for Rick Santorum's 2012 presidential campaign. What it does not disclose is that Biundo also serves as the spokesman for Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire, a 501 (c) 4 non-profit organization that has hired RightOn Strategies as a consultant for an undisclosed amount of money. Citizens for a Strong New Hampshire not so coincidentally is running a $110,000 television campaign that also is attacking Sen. Shaheen. In other words, Biundo has a financial interest in attacking Sen. Shaheen, one which he did not disclose in his column.
In the piece, Biundo included himself among Granite Staters who he described as being very passionate about the issues facing "our families, the state and the country." It would have provided more transparency if he had mentioned that, unlike the overwhelming majority of Granite Staters, he is paid to be passionate by a group taking advantage of the tax laws to hide who is paying for the attacks on Sen. Shaheen. The reader might be more skeptical of the opinion being expressed if these intertwined financial relationships between the writer, his political consulting company, the "non-profit" running anti-Shaheen ads, and whoever is paying for those ads were disclosed.
Saying where the money came from to pay for Biundo's services and the anti-Shaheen effort would have provided the readers with valuable information. Is it someone who is interested in running for the United States Senate against the senator? Or is it some out-of-state, right-wing special-interest group that is trying to encourage Republican candidates to run, as no credible Republican candidate has stepped forward? We do not know the answer to the question of who is paying for Biundo's services because Citizens For A Strong New Hampshire does not have to disclose its donors. The tax system and the political contributions systems are rigged so that those with money and an agenda, whether right, left or purely economic, can have the cowardice of their anonymous convictions. That needs to change.
Given the financial ties of Biundo's company to the anti-Shaheen effort, it is not surprising that his column was inaccurate in several respects. For example, he said you might hear the name "Sen. Jeanne Shaheen" and ask "Senator Who?" The fact is, Sen. Shaheen is the best-known and best-liked of the four members of the New Hampshire congressional delegation. In an April poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire Survey Center, Sen. Shaheen received a 59 percent approval rating, nine points higher than Sen. Kelly Ayotte. That poll was taken before a vote against expanding background checks earned the Republican senator the sobriquet "NRAyotte" and a plunge in popularity. A subsequent poll from New England College gave Sen. Shaheen 61 percent approval, compared to 48 percent for Sen. Ayotte.
Biundo also made the inaccurate claim that Sen. Shaheen is not accessible. Just two days after his column ran, Sen. Shaheen appeared at a live, televised town-meeting-style event at St. Anselm's New Hampshire Institute of Politics. As for Biundo's statement that Sen. Ayotte is always accessible, he must not have read state Sen. Jeb Bradley's admission that he purposely screened out questions relating to guns at an Ayotte town hall.
Biundo also stated that unlike Jeanne Shaheen, Kelly Ayotte has been a fighter on issues that New Hampshire believes in, like protecting the Second Amendment and opposing the Internet sales tax. The reality check for Biundo and Sen. Ayotte is that while New Hampshire supports the Second Amendment, it also supports universal background checks. A poll in May by Dartmouth College showed that 76 percent of registered voters support universal background checks for the purchase of firearms in New Hampshire. He also neglected to mention that Sen. Shaheen and Sen. Ayotte both opposed the Internet sales tax.
As the 2014 election campaign starts to heat up, there will be more pundits writing columns, groups pretending to be grass-roots organizations running ads, and political consultants making money off the process. We should start insisting on full disclosure of the financial relationships of all those involved.
And no, I am not being paid to have this opinion.
Kathy Sullivan is a Manchester attorney and member of the Democratic National Committee. She was chairman of the state Democratic Party from 1999-2007.


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"wa innaka la 'alaa khuluqin adheem" And most definitely you (Prophet Muhammad (s.a.a.w.) are upon a very great and powerful disposition, character and mannerism. A few ayaat earlier, Allah told His Messenger (s.a.a.w.) that he is not crazy, as his enemies try to defame him. For him is a reward from Allah T'ala without limit. And most definitely he is upon a great character. Remember that the disbelievers of Makkah wanted to defame and character assassinate the Messenger of Allah. They would say evil things about the Messenger of Allah; i.e. they would say he breaks up a son from his father (i.e. a son may leave his father's religion), and they would say that he does not obey his tribes' leaders (who called to polytheism) etc. So the disbelievers would accuse him of doing evil to repel others from accepting Islam. So Allah sent these ayaat to negate all these lies and character assassinations of the disbelievers by simply saying one line: wa INNAka LA 'ala khuluqiN AdhEEmiN And SURELY you are SURELY upon CONTINUOUSLY Great Mannerism.
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It is a well-known fact that the Prophet of Islam (PBUH) was the supremely successful man in the entire human history. But he was not just a hero, as Thomas Carlyle has called him. According to the Qur'an, he was a good example for all mankind. He has shown us the way of achieving supreme success in this world.
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Around New York City, they still waited longer than usual Saturday at stations. But the lines that stretched a dozen Manhattan blocks earlier in the week at some stations were far shorter. Many were closed — for lack of fuel or taking a break.
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Mirette F. Mabrouk was a nonresident fellow with the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World in the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at Brookings. She was previously a director of communications for the Economic Research Forum and an associate director for publishing operations at the American University in Cairo Press.
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The Old Town Ale House, a 55-year-old dive bar with a long history of literary associations, is the unofficial clubhouse of A Red Orchid Theatre. Throughout the history of the venerable company, which was founded 20 years ago and now is perhaps best known for its ensemble member Michael Shannon, actors have repaired here after rehearsal.
Actually, Red Orchid company members tend to show up here most nights whether or not they actually are in a cast. You can see them pausing outside, peering through the windows to see who might be there.
On a recent Thursday around midnight, the usual suspects — the likes of Guy Van Swearingen, Kirsten Fitzgerald, Brett Neveu — had a ringer in their midst, the rising New York playwright Annie Baker, who seemed to be drinking in the Old Town scene with a mixture of delight and surprise.
It's not unusual for New York-based scribes to show up in Chicago when someone is doing their plays, but it remains a novelty for the 31-year-old Baker, best known for the play "Circle Mirror Transformation," for a Chicago theater to be staging her work.
It was striking how well the warm, soft-spoken, contemplative, easygoing Baker seemed to fit in — sitting cross-legged on one of the benches, knocking back drinks and furrowing her brow in the direction of the Ale House's famous collection of provocative artworks. She seemed happy to receive the group of actors, writers and directors who hovered around her. She looked very much like one of them herself.
"You know," she said, "I can always tell which actors are playing which roles in my plays even before they tell me who they are playing. I just know from looking at them."
A few more actors stopped by. "I am so delighted," she said, without a single note of the disingenuous, "that a company with this kind of ensemble history is doing my play."
The notion came up that she write a new work for this company. "I should," she said, firmly, making everyone believe that it might just happen.
Baker's sense of who is playing her characters surely flows from the unusually personal nature of those characters. On Monday night, A Red Orchid opens "The Aliens," Baker's 2010 drama that shared the Obie Award for best new play with her own "Circle Mirror Transformation," which was seen in Chicago in the Richard Christiansen Theater at the Biograph in 2011. Baker has yet to write much more. "My career is still so young," she said at one point, when asked about her preoccupations as a writer.
And that's true. So far, it includes "Body Awareness" (which premiered off-Broadway in 2008); "Circle Mirror"; an adaptation of Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" (what playwright does not have an adaptation of Chekhov?) that premiered last summer at the Soho Rep in New York; and "The Aliens." But the critical acclaim Baker has enjoyed is well out of proportion with the length of her resume.
Set in the backyard of a coffee shop in small-town Vermont, "The Aliens" is the story of a pair of young slackers who once had a band but couldn't hold it together and are now struggling to find their place in the world. Slackers are typically the objects of satire or, at least, self-aware humor. But what strikes you most when you read the script is the compassion for the characters. Baker says the young men in the play are based on guys she knew growing up among the kids of hippies in Amherst, Mass., which she describes as "a very unusual town." Half her friends, she said, were in some kind of band.
Baker creates her characters as fragile beings, and a sense of vulnerability suffuses her writing. At one point at the Old Town Ale House, she recalled how a group of Juilliard School students came to an early performance of "Circle Mirror," a play set in a community drama class. They roared with what they thought was supportive laughter, perceiving the work as a takedown of pretentious theater jargon and the nomenclature of the pseudo-spiritual acting class. In fact, Baker said, she had not intended the play as a satire at all, but a respectful look at "this other world of theater, a world where the people who are doing it are doing it for their own benefit."
Baker was in Chicago, she said, during a "brief window of opportunity" before she was needed by the director Sam Gold, who tends to direct the world premieres of her plays, for rehearsals of "The Flick," the latest Baker play, slated to premiere Feb. 15 at Playwrights Horizons in New York.
"It's set in an old movie theater, one that still uses the old prints," she said, "and it's about the ushers who clean up after the movies." It's the kind of a job a sensitive young soul might land, between writing songs and drinking beers.
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'The Aliens'
When: In previews; opens Jan. 21 and runs through March 3
Where: A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N. Wells St.
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A successful university or college student is a multi-tasker who needs to absorb useful study hacks in order to achieve their grades and minimise their stress. And let's face it, whether you like it or not, the modern globalised world requires global citizens who understand cultural differences, and most importantly, have the ability to work with an international team. Ask any current or previous exchange student: interacting with a very different culture can give you some extremely valuable skills to exploit in the future!
Feel free to put on your cultural stereotype goggles and learn these study hacks from different angles of the world and boost your study routines. You may even get a hint for your next study exchange destination!
Check out a few other useful things you can learn while studying abroad: 7 Things I Learned While Studying Abroad
Manage your study group meetings like the Spanish
The first thing that may pop up into one's mind when thinking about the Spanish studying or working culture might be the siesta: the culmination of their relaxed attitude when tackling daily routines. However, considering their bubbling speech and passionate way of communicating, I have noticed that Spanish people are extremely efficient in their study group meetings. The thing is, it's perfectly normal for multiple persons to talk at once!
To some foreigners this may seem exactly as chaotic as it sounds (in written and in practice) and one could wonder how to divide attention to multiple sources at the same time. What I've learnt is that Spanish people are masters of listening and able to paint the big picture of different subjects handled simultaneously – you can always concentrate on the missed details afterwards. Once you learn their trick, you are able to handle enormous masses of information in shorter periods of time.
Interested in gaining a better understanding of those highly structured meetings? Fun fact: among the Spanish universities, University of Alicante has the highest Study Advisory Rating!
Speak up like an American
I really admire the way Americans are able to speak their mind. It's not just their linguistic advantage when speaking English; they are verbally very quick-witted and confident. One way they are able to make a study group meeting flow effortlessly is that they speak their mind, not only about their ideas, but they are also comfortable with expressing open criticism. One could say they respond quickly with their honest feelings.
Don't get insulted or shut completely down when facing their comments: it can be educating to hear constructive criticism. For you it is also a perfect opportunity to work on your negotiation skills.
See a list of universities, academies and colleges in United States here.
Beast-mode on like a Hong Kong native
One might think they are fully capable of handling study-stress and upcoming finals like a boss, but then there are always the students from Hong Kong. Emerging from one of the world's top economic hot spots in Southern China, Hong Kong natives have learned to work hard towards excellence in order to stand out from the crowd.
The local studying culture is extremely competitive, and the amount of effort they put forth during their studies is something one can see only in top universities of the Western world. Student hostels can be noisy long after midnight, and 24/7 learning spaces full until 4am. All-nighters are common before big presentations or finals.
Therefore, when you really need to meet all those deadlines, Hong Kong natives prove it: you can pull it off a whole lot in a very short period of time. Watching them work this hard tells that you can do it too, especially when you are young, confident and capable!
Feeling competitive yet? Hong Kong has nine universities to choose from, the Chinese University of Hong Kong having the largest number of student ratings on Study Advisory.
Learn to be as efficient as a Finn
Once you engage in a study group with a Finn, you can always count on them to deliver. They are humble, conscientious and respect efficiency. As a legacy of former Nokia engineer inspired work culture, what they don't appreciate is meaningless dabbling that brings on little results. In general that keeps meetings with Finns short and productive. Killing the brainstorming and free-flow of ideas? Maybe. However, every once in a while keeping it short and simple is what guides you and your study mates through a fully booked week.
The best thing about working with Finns is that the next time you meet with your Finnish group, everyone has done exactly what they promised to do in the last meeting– and they expect you to do the same. Engage in a group work with a Finn if you need good results efficiently. Maybe even bring along those Spanish classmates as well in order to mix things up a little!
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Handle pressure like a Colombian
One of my friends did a volunteering job in Colombia, South America. While she had some difficulties with local habits, (such as the more relaxed perception of time and scheduling) she noticed that they were able to handle stress and pressure extremely well.
They can manage to keep it together even in situations where they are expected to perform and they have nothing ready to be presented. Panicking is unnecessary and it usually just stops development short. The key is to always be able to act, and finally, to be happy with the final result. Trust yourself: you did the best you could in the given situation.
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My classically modern loft is filled with cast out treasures. With the south wall bursting in tall windows, it's easy to invite the city in and soak up heaps of natural light. There are giant slide rules rescued from an urban high school, an airplane gunner's seat, old prune crates from my mom's basement and used screen printing frames. But the dearest find is my great grandfather's old drafting table recently restored to working order. It sets off the whole tone of my space: reclaimed.
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UPDATE: In a subsequent email to the Daily News, LeSean McCoy's brother, LeRon, says the advance is ``ready to be returned.''
He said the reason they were slow to return it was because they sensed Bentley's was going to sue them for punitive damages and ``get more money than they sent. . . we also think (McCoy's upcoming) April 2 appearance (at another Wilkes-Barre area location) helped prompt this attack, seeing as how we are dealing with competition.''
It was not, however, Bentley's that contacted the Daily News on this issue. We received a number of emails from upset fans who had attended the event and then pursued the story.
FROM EARLIER: I wrote a column this morning regarding a meet-and-greet/autograph-signing that Eagles running back LeSean McCoy failed to show up for 2 weeks ago up in the Wilkes-Barre area, much to the disappointment of several hundred fans.
I spent more than a week trying to reach LeSean and his representatives to get an explanation for why he didn't show that night, with no luck. As I mentioned in the column, I did speak with the marketing VP for McCoy's agent, Drew Rosenhaus, who assured me not once, but twice, that he would contact LeSean's brother, LeRon, who is CEO of the promotion company that set up the event. He assured me he would talk to LeRon and have him get back to me. In an email to me this morning, LeRon said Bailey never contacted him. Anyway, here is LeRon's email response to the column:
"Good Morning. First and Foremost I don't want to shoot the messenger because I know it's your job to report things as they appear. After reading the article about Lesean I'm more than highly upset. It's a classic tale of one side of the story.
The first immediate problem is the question of the $2500 dollars. There's no contract between LeSean McCoy or myself stating that he received an advance of $2500. As I personally didn't do the deal nor have my or Lesean's signature on the contract. LeSeans fee was to my knowledge $3500.
"Secondly I will send you an adjoining email that shows we clearly made contact the very next morning. The email states we'd like to reschedule we were sorry but there was no correspondence back.
LeSean kept his receipt from the tow truck company that I will also take a picture and send to you as well. Numerous communication that night was made with the folks at Bentleys explaining Lesean's car situation.
"As is custom LeSean travels with his personal security to these functions which he's instructed not to leave , so the two seater car that Bentley tried to provide wouldn't suffice. Even still LeSean was on his way until a Bentley representative claimed he refused to pay him because of him being late. At this point it was seen as a total insult. We decided to travel back towards Philadelphia.
"LeSean has always been known for his maturity and good natured attitude, the last thing he would do is stiff a club out of money or disappoint fans. LeSean has done more than a hundred signings and appearances to my knowledge this is his second missed date. The first being a cancellation because the eagles brass deemed so. Please contact me back anytime thanks for letting me express our side of the story. LeSean has an appearance April 2nd in almost same area we'd love to invite you.'"
LeRon also has promised me that LeSean will give me a call as soon as he recovers from the Lasik surgery he had earlier this week and personally give me his side of the story. We most certainly will pass that along when I hear from him because we are nothing if not fair.


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June 13. 2013 10:17PM
Goffstown Police say car thefts and break-ins up
By KATHY REMILLARD
Special to the Union Leader
— A rash of car break-ins and thefts is prompting police to warn residents to secure their vehicles.
Car thefts have more than doubled from this time last year, from two last year to five within the last month, according to Goffstown Police Captain Robert Browne.
"Five in a month is certainly a drastic change for us," Browne said.
The most recent theft was that of a 2011 silver Honda Accord sedan from a driveway on Eden Street in the overnight hours of June 11.
Three of the previously stolen vehicles have been recovered and police continue to investigate each incident.
In addition, Browne said the theft of items from motor vehicles is up by 158 percent, from 17 thefts last year to 44 so far this year.
The highest number of thefts has been in the Pinardville area, Browne said.
Residents can help to reduce the number of thefts by taking simple precautions, he added, as several vehicles had keys left in them.
"These are total crimes of opportunity," Browne said. "This is a reminder to lock and secure all doors."
In a small town, Browne said people are lulled into a false sense of security and should not leave any valuables or money inside a vehicle, and keep it locked at all times.
Police are investigating the remaining thefts and have a person of interest in one of them. Browne said alerts through Nixle and iNeighbor have been put out to residents to be on alert for any suspicious activity.
"We also know we need to put more patrol efforts in that area," Browne said, and additional officers will patrol the area in cars, on bikes and on foot.
Police have aasked residents to contact them if they see any suspicious activity in their neighborhood. Anyone with information concerning the vehicle thefts is asked to contact the Goffstown Police Department at 497-4858.


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A dinar is an official Iraq currency given by the central bank of Iraq. Investing in the Iran dinar is done in a simple way that is purchasing a certain amount Iraq dinar by paying your home country currency or any other currency like the U.S.dollar. You can invest in the Iraqi dinar just like you would a stock. This investment works in a way that you purchase the dinar at a certain price and wait for its price to rise, and then sell it and get back your profit. Having known this, the big question now is can you invest in this business? If you want to invest like this, you have to make sure to keep a close eye on the dinar updates that explain how the currency price is fluctuating. More information and the answer to the above question is what we cover in this article!
Avoid Any Chances of Scam In Your Investment.
Scam related to finance occurs when you invest your money in some unrecognized authorities and at the end you get conned. How will you know that the investment you are making is a scam?
• If the promotion is carried by unrecognized individuals instead of known real investment firms.
• If the transactions are locally carried i.e. in the streets.
• If the promotions carried are totally unofficial through internets and other social networks rather than being carried in open market forum
Is It Worth The Risk To Invest In The Iraq Dinar?
For a long time, there have been speculations all over that Iraq has no stable economy and therefore it would not be a good idea to risk investing in the Iraq dinar mostly in the after the period of Saddam Hussein. A statement released by IMF in 2007 about the deteriorating economy of Iraq led to more confusion among investors that forced the authorities In Iraq to rise and address the issue. In their report, also they mentioned the measures that the Iraq government had carried in improving the economy of Iraq. For instance;
• There was increase in prices of domestic fuel and reduction of all direct taxes on fuel by the year 2007.
• The government had had reformed a program that could help improve its economy and rise to a point of competing with other countries in economic development.
• The central bank of Iraq increased the rates of policy interest and led to the appreciation of the dinar.
These were some measures that were used to reconstruct the economy of Iraq by helping reduce inflation on imported goods.
The Future Iraq
Iraq is a country rich in oil and that can use this factor to reconstruct and stabilize its economy. Eight years later after the commonly Iran-Iraq war, the Iraq government finally hard curbed its economy giving Iraq a peaceful state with a good atmosphere to invest in. This could be promising to you if you wanted to invest in Iraq dinar. With a peaceful economy, IQD forex rates will shoot so high to make Investing in Iraq a promising idea.
There is news that points out that the government of Iraq underwent a Iraqi dinar revaluation.This is advantageous in a way that the currency of Iraq will soon become expensive compared to its current currency. With the currency becoming expensive, the economy will become more stable and attract more investors. Revaluation in Kuwait will be so promising in that historically it was successful in the Kuwaiti dinar. This will prove that the economy of Iraq will soon increase to allow for investment. Kuwaiti dinar, for instance, is said to have a high value nowadays.
Most Investors Argue That The Iraq Dinar Is Stable.
Even after what Iraq has undergone in terms of war, most investors still acknowledge that its economy is still stable. This is viewed from the fact that Iraq has got many oil wells. This is a promising potential in terms of development that gives the dinar a strong purchase. The investors argue that development will take place and open a big market of investors in Iraq which in turn will make the dinar appreciate so highly. If you are planning to invest in Iraq, therefore, from these ideas you must be able to draw your conclusion. The economy of Iraq is so promising, and, in fact, as time goes by, it will reach a situation whereby it will be so competitive in the world.


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The Niagara Tourism & Convention Corp. has announced Jeff Pease was named director of marketing and communications. Pease will direct all marketing, advertising and public relations plans at NTCC, and increase the visibility and recognition of Niagara USA and its assets as a leisure and convention destination.
"With Jeff's strong leadership skills and pleasant demeanor, and his vast experience as a creative marketing professional, he has the knowledge and abilities to develop and implement existing and new campaigns, online initiatives and brand development to achieve measurable goals," said John Percy, corporation president and CEO. "NTCC is pleased to bring him on board and see him strengthen existing relationships with our constituents and promote Niagara USA to an international audience."
Pease was most recently the marketing and admissions manager at the National Statler Center for Careers in Hospitality Service at the Olmsted Center for Sight. Prior to that role, he exceeded growth and profit objectives, and created a successful environment while he was the manager of creative development for 16 years at Azerty Inc. in Orchard Park. He has a master of fine arts and executive MBA degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
A native of Western New York, Pease said he is looking forward to working collaboratively to ensure the integrity of the Niagara USA brand.
For more information, contact Michelle Blackley, communications manager, at [email protected] or 716-282-8992, ext. 309.


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The slowdown in the world's largest economies last year, particularly in China, led to warnings that the end of the commodities super-cycle was near, as prices of key resources plummeted.
However, a flood of government stimulus unveiled in recent months has reversed that trend, prompting one expert to say the commodities bull run that began in 2002 is here to stay.
"(The super cycle) is still intact. The combination of the economic recovery, especially with China powering ahead, and continuing support from central banks…It's going to be a good year for commodities," Eugen Weinberg, global head of commodities research at Commerzbank told CNBC on Friday, pointing to the Bank of Japan's commitment to open-ended easing this week.
(Read More: BOJ Pledges to BuyAssets; ' Yes' to 2% Inflation Target )
The commodities market was mired by volatility in 2012, as concerns around the euro zone debt crisis and the U.S. "fiscal cliff" mixed with major stimulus announcements out of the European Central Bank and Federal Reserve in the second half of the year led to large swings in prices.
In June, for example, commodities took a large hit on concerns over the global economic outlook, with the Standard & Poor's GSCI (Goldman Sachs Commodity Index), which tracks 24 commodities, falling to its lowest levels in two years.
But this year, Weinberg said he expects commodity prices to rise "markedly."
"The year 2013 has not only started off on a positive note on the commodities markets, we also firmly believe that this trend will continue over the course of the year," he said.
Commodities including copper, which is seen as a leading indicator for the metals sector, and oil have been on a steady uptrend, rising 3.6 percent and 11.7 percent, respectively, over the past three months.
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Within the three broad commodity classes: energy, base metals and precious metals, Weinberg is most upbeat on the U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude, copper and platinum.
He expects WTI prices to narrow their gap with Brent crude, forecasting a spread of just $5 a barrel by the end of the year from the current $17. In addition to increased demand, U.S. crude prices will likely be supported by the expansion of a key oil pipeline in the country, helping to drain excess capacity from the Midwest region.
Within the base metals, Weinberg is bullish on copper. He says while there may be oversupply in the short run, we could see a deficit over the medium to long term. A lack of new copper mining projects being developed could be a reason.
He forecasts copper prices will rise over 8 percent in 2013 to end the year at $8,800 a ton. Three-month copper on the London Metal Exchange traded at $8,092.50 on Thursday.
Finally, in the precious metals space, he prefers platinum, which he believes could touch $2,000 per ounce this year, from the current $1,667 level.
His bullish outlook for platinum is driven by potential supply constraints for the metal, which is used in the production of catalytic converters for automobiles.
"South Africa, which produces 75 percent of the world's mined platinum, is having huge troubles with rising costs, putting pressure on margins of producers. Many mines are unprofitable which could lead to further mine closures," he said.


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KENOSHA, Wis.—Sheriff's officials say the driver of an SUV was killed after colliding with a train in Kenosha County.
Authorities say when the driver attempted to stop for an Amtrak crossing in the Town of Somers about 9 p.m. Thursday, the vehicle slid 150 feet on the snow-covered road, traveled through a ditch and onto the tracks. The crossing gates and lights were activated at the time. Twenty-year-old Erik Johnson, of Kenosha, was fatally injured and was the only occupant in the Jeep Cherokee.
The sheriff's department says 89 passengers and three crew members on the Amtrak train were not injured. Buses were brought in to transport the passengers.


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Outsourcing key business functions to offshore providers is more popular than ever among United States enterprises, driven by low labor costs overseas, and the ongoing uncertainty of the economy. Offshoring provides cost savings and, when executed properly, it can help a company focus its domestic resources on developing new business opportunities, addressing strategic business needs, and increasing profits. Yet, it is precisely the challenges inherent in engaging in proper and efficient offshoring that might scare off some CIOs. As you know, running a business is difficult. Finding good talent can be even more difficult. Offshoring takes those two issues to a whole new level. It can be so rife with pitfalls that you might be tempted to stick with conventional business methods. However, if you are intent on achieving value by outsourcing some of your key functions overseas, there are tactics you can follow to do it right every time.


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Her education includes a Doctorate degree in physical therapy from Belmont University and a Bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Alabama. She has served as an associate instructor in the sports medicine department at Lipscomb University, and is a state board appointee for the arthritis foundation. She has studied throughout the southeast, and has been privileged to work with professional, collegiate, and high school athletes.
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Jason Scotland's long-range strike gave Ipswich a point from their clash with Crystal Palace.
Chris Martin, on loan from Norwich, scored a 36th-minute goal which looked set to end the Eagles' five-match winless run, but they were undone midway through the second half by Scotland's impressive finish.
Ipswich would have been disappointed enough just to have fallen behind nine minutes before the break but for a player borrowed from their greatest rivals to score was a double blow.
Paul Jewell's men were arguably the better side in the first half and they gave Eagles goalkeeper Julian Speroni plenty to do.
Lee Martin's long-range drive after just three minutes was gathered uneasily by Speroni, who scampered across his goal moments later as Andy Drury's ambitious shot flew narrowly wide.
The hosts hit back with a strong run from Stuart O'Keefe but his cross was plucked out of the air by Arran Lee-Barrett.
Ipswich were quickly on the front foot again, Grant Leadbitter arrowing a shot wide from 25 yards before Jay Emmanuel-Thomas stung Speroni's palms with a strike from even further out.
Lee-Barrett went full stretch to keep out Darren Ambrose's dangerous effort midway through the half before Lee Martin saw his shot bravely blocked by Patrick McCarthy.
Speroni's one-man resistance continued in the 25th minute as Scotland's well-timed volley was parried to safety and then Emmanuel-Thomas was denied from distance.
Just as it appeared as though Ipswich were building up to something, their momentum was halted as Dougie Freedman's men took the lead.
Nathaniel Clyne linked well with Sean Scannell before delivering a low cross for Chris Martin, who fired in from 12 yards.
After an even start to the second half it was Ipswich who made the first decisive move. Leadbitter fed Scotland and he weighed up his options before unleashing a shot from outside the area which skidded into the bottom right corner.
Aaron Cresswell saw a late shot blocked by McCarthy and substitute Kyle De Silva went close for Palace but Freedman's side were forced to settle for their 11th home draw of the campaign.


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Sapphire HD6950 2GB DiRT3 Edition Review
Part first-person shooter, part survival horror, Metro 2033 is based on the novel of the same name, written by Russian author Dmitry Glukhovsky. You play as Artyom in a post-apocalyptic Moscow, where you'll spend most of your time traversing the metro system, with occasional trips to the surface. Despite the dark atmosphere and bleak future for mankind, the visuals are anything but bleak. Powered by the 4A Engine, with support for DirectX 11, NVIDIA PhysX and NVIDIA 3D Vision, the tunnels are extremely varied — in your travels, you'll come across human outposts, bandit settlements, and even half-eaten corpses. Ensuring you feel all the tension, there is no map and no health meter. Get lost without enough gas mask filters and adrenaline shots and you may soon wind up as one of those half-eaten corpses — chewed up by some horrifying manner of irradiated beast that hides in the shadows just waiting for some hapless soul to wander by.
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In the Metro 2033 testing, the Sapphire HD6950 was able to give results comparable to the EVGA GTX 460 and even getting very close to the frame rates that the XFX HD6970 was able to give at the 2560x1600 testing (both stock and overclocked).


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I'm currently working on a successful processing project - 'One Laptop Per Child' in Mongolia. But "Every laptop Internet connection" is very difficult problem. Because, land of Mongolia is very wide & population is very few. So "wi-fi" internet zone is not suitable decision.
Fortunately, one of Mongolian mobile telephone providers - G-Mobile reaches their service every town (including all cities and small towns). Most of people use their Mobile Phone. Not long time ago, G-Mobile started Internet service (Their users can connect to the internet via their cell phones). I thought, If we can connect XO Laptops to the internet via their cell phones, many many children (about 12000 children have been using XO Laptops) can connect to the internet via their Laptops & their parents' cellphone.
I searched a solution about this & found it, how can I connect linux machines to the internet via cellphone & USB Modems. I successfully connected my ubuntu OS. (via my CDMA Anydata modem). Then I tried to connect XO Laptop, by my solution & Successfully connected it. But after connected it, a few seconds later, connection presented "Connection is not responding", "Connection timed out" etc status.
I guess, technical resource of XO Laptop is not enough for using of this device (modem). I that possible? Have you any idea?
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Western Illinois University offers guaranteed tuition and fees as well as room and board rates for graduate students. The cost of the certificate can be calculated by determining the guaranteed tuition and fees and multiplying it by the number of hours required in the program. University fees are mandatory for all students and require payment regardless of whether or not the student receives direct benefits.
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Company founder Bill Putnam was half right when he made this prediction:
"The compact disc is an important and vital development that can revive the industry the way stereo did in the late '50s. It means that the hardware market for professional studio gear will be revitalized. Existing analog studio equipment will not be acceptable, and its life expectancy therefore has been reduced dramatically."
While Universal Audio's amazing advancements in plugin technology mean that you can have dozens of near-perfect recreations of £20000 compressors running on your mix digitally there is still a place for analogue hardware. Hence why UA continue producing fantastic analogue channel strips, preamps and compressors based on the original designs from the 50's and 60's. It's hard to compete with analogue for that immediate, tactile control and often it's best to commit to decisions early. Got a great sounding vocal? Dont worry if the settings are "right", trust your ears and the gear to do it's thing.
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Investigators considering possibility Abigail Hernandez ran awayBy DAN SEUFERT
Union Leader Correspondent
December 29. 2013 9:29PM
CONWAY — Law enforcement investigators had little reaction to statements last week by the father of Abigail Hernandez indicating that the missing 15-year-old ran away from home.
In a Christmas letter to Abigail last week, Ruben Hernandez included this statement to his daughter: "Abby I am assuming that you did run away," he wrote.
Abigail was last seen walking home from Kennett High School on Oct. 9.
FBI Agent Kieran Ramsey, one of the lead investigators in the missing person case, acknowledged that the investigation is considering the possibility that Abigail ran away, among several other possibilities.
"We aren't going to characterize his plea (to Abigail) in his letter one way or the other," Ramsey said.
Law enforcement officials have expressed "grave" concerns about Abigail's whereabouts, saying she could be somewhere held against her will.
Asked to elaborate on his statement, Ruben Hernandez said he based his judgment on a letter that his daughter mailed to her mother after she disappeared.
The letter was written Oct. 22, postmarked Oct. 23 and received by Abby's mother Nov. 6, according to Senior Associate Attorney General Jane E. Young. Young would not say from where the letter had been postmarked, and authorities would not reveal its contents.
"I don't know if Abby ran away or not," Ruben Hernandez said. "As I stated in my first letter to her: 'We don't know if you ran away, but if you did … .'"
"Since a letter surfaced on Nov. 6, I'm just going to assume that she did (run away)," he said. "I hope this clarifies what I meant."


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Historically, the Hong Kong dollar has not been worth putting on a trader's radar. The currency trades between a narrow band of 7.75 to 7.85 HKD per U.S. dollar and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has maintained the peg since 1983. Interest rates also are set to match the Fed. Before that, the Hong Kong dollar had pegs linked either to the British pound or U.S. dollar, but the value was readjusted periodically with economic conditions. As a result, the lack of movement in the Hong Kong dollar has made it not much different than holding U.S. dollars or trading U.S. dollar pairs.
That could be changing. With the diverging paths of the United States and emerging Asian economies, the peg might not be as stable as it has been for the past 30 years. Asian economies still are growing while the U.S. continues to stagnate economically.
To maintain the peg with the U.S. dollar while the Federal Reserve has held interest rates at 0% and printed trillions of dollars through quantitative easing programs, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority had to match the low rates even if they had adverse effects on inflation. A housing bubble and a high inflation rate of 3.8% (peaked at 7.9% in the summer of 2011) have been the byproducts of importing U.S. inflation. Because of pressure from a weakening U.S. dollar vs. Asian currencies, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority has needed to intervene to defend the peg since Oct. 20. Because of intervening on a regular basis with injections of more cheap money into the economy, inflation pressures have risen.
Will the peg hold?
When addressed with the concerns of higher inflation, the Hong Kong Monetary Authority reassures markets about its commitment to the U.S. dollar peg. However, recently it started to show opposition toward Fed policy. Defending the peg has devalued the Hong Kong dollar vs. the renminbi and other nearby Asian currencies. With 43% of imports coming from China, currency depreciation has resulted in inflation. Cheap money in Hong Kong also has driven "hot money" from mainland China to speculate in the real estate market and create bubble-like valuations in the housing market. Unless the Fed drastically changes course on interest rates, inflation in Hong Kong may reach the point where defending the peg may result in social unrest or other political pressure.
Despite financial turmoil in China and the recent strengthening of the U.S. dollar, Hong Kong dollar strength has been resilient. As seen in "Staying within bounds" (right), the Hong Kong dollar is still trading near highs and the limit of the peg vs. the U.S. dollar, even as risk-on currencies such as the Australian dollar and other Asian emerging market currencies around the world have crashed in value vs. the U.S. dollar. This strength is because of the stresses related to continued capital inflows into Hong Kong and persistent U.S. trade. imbalances with China and its international importers.
These monetary pressures make going long the Hong Kong dollar a trade with asymmetrical risk/reward potential. The most a trader would lose is 0.10 HK cents (1.29%) to the upper limit of the peg.
The reward potential on the other hand is much higher if the peg breaks. A reasonable price target for the Hong Kong dollar upon a broken peg is equal to parity of the Chinese renminbi (6.13/1 USD as of July 9, 2013). This would be 21% gain vs. the risk of a 1%, making the risk/reward raitio highly favorable for Hong Kong dollar buyers. If the peg shifts from the U.S. dollar to the Chinese renminbi, the appreciation of the renminbi is bullish for the newly pegged Hong Kong dollar.
The only major downside to this trade is that it will take patience. The peg can break down any day, but the inertia needed for a central bank to switch a 30-year-long policy will slow down this process. Leverage levels should be kept low to account for margin interest costs if readers decide to pursue this trade.
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Russian Kobra red dot sight - can anyone review?
I'm looking at getting one of these for a milled arsenal slr, and side mounting it.
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I have an EKP-8-02. I have heard that the previous models with the other type can fail under recoil (the spring gets too compressed to keep the batteries held securely). The coil cell model doesn't. Mine sits on a Saiga 12 and works just fine.
It works well, I like the variety in reticles, but the batteries are a slightly odd size and while findable, they aren't at Walmart. The body of the optic is rather bulky. The battery doesn't last a super long time and the elevation/windage adjustments aren't as easy to use as those on Aimpoints or EOTechs.
IMO, if you can find one at $300ish, it's a good and worthy optic. If the cost is much above that I'd give it a miss. An Aimpoint PRO can be had for about $350; toss in another $100 for the side mount rail and you've got a better optic. Ditto an EOTech at about $400-500. At Kalinka's $450 for the previous model, I'd probably go with one of the others... not that the Kobra is a bad unit, but that you're going to get something that is not all that common and is not as easy to get service if needed.
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I've used one for several years on a semi-auto .308 with zero problems except for a poorly-made on/off switch. The switch knob is plastic & there is a small, thin pin, designed to stop over-rotation. The pin wears rapidly but if you replace it with a small roll pin it's good for ever.
Mine is the flat button cell (CR2325)version & I've had no battery-related issues. The batterys are availiable all over the internet & Radio Shack usually has them in stock.
I like the chevron/dot retiucule because I find it easier to "pick up" the style than just a dot. Incidentally if you zero for 100yds with the dot then the tip of the chevron is good for 200yds using a .308 load.
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An option I'm considering for my AK
MI Universal Handguard
Burris Fastfire
The handguard allows cowitness lower 1/3 with the optic, so in the event of failure the ironsights can still be used. The Trijicon RMR can also be used but that's a $500 optic and I won't have $500 to spend on an optic anytime soon....
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In Agile projects, it's a common practice to visualize and share project status in "big visible charts" on a wall of the project room. Lean systems also use such devices. "Kanban," in Japanese means, loosely translated, 'card or sign'. In a Lean production system, Kanban is a method which uses standard units or lot sizes with a single card attached to each. A new card is "pulled" into the system only when the work represented by an "in progress" card is completed..
In this paper, I explore visualization methods found widely in agile projects these days, and then propose using Kanban Boards to organize three viewpoints (Time, Task, and Team) so that the whole team understands the current status of the project and can work in an autonomous, motivated and collaborative manner. Finally, I introduce a software tool "TRICHORD" that implements Kanban Boards to realize project visualization from the three viewpoints.
Visualization in Agile Projects
XP has a practice called "informative workspace" where you can see how the project is going on at a glance [Beck05]. A primitive way of doing this is just putting story cards or task cards on the wall. Other graphs and charts on the wall are sometimes called "information radiators" [Cockburn01] or "Visible Big Charts" [Jeffries04] and have become very common in today's agile project room facilitaties. Below, I show examples of the visualizations found in agile teams in Japan.
The first example in Figure 1 is a Task Kanban Board named after the "Just-In-Time" (JIT) production method used in the TPS (Toyota Production System) [Poppendieck03, 07].
Figure 1: Task Kanban Board
A Kanban means a ticket describing a task to do. In TPS, it is used to realize Just-In-Time "pull" production control. In Figure 1, a Kanban Board shows the current status of all the tasks to be done within this iteration. The tasks are represented by cards (Post-It Notes), and the statuses are presented by areas on the board separated and labeled ToDo, Doing, and Done. This Kanban Board helps the team understand how they are doing well as well as what to do next and makes the team self-directing.
Figure 2 is another type of Kanban Board, called "Feature Kanban Board". (Highsmith just calls this a "Feature Card Whiteboard Layout", but I categorize it as a Kanban Board. [Highsmith04]
Figure 2: Feature Kanban Board
The horizontal axis of this chart is a timeline and vertical areas in the timeline represent releases and each card posted to the areas represents one feature that will be implemented in the release. Contrary to the first example which is usually used within the development team, this Feature Kanban provides a high-level overview of the product's road map so it should be shared with the whole extended team, including customers, marketing staff and management.
Also, the "Parking Lot Chart" in Figure 3 is used to provide a top-level digested summary of project status (not to be confused with a "Parking Lot List," a tool facilitators use to capture unresolved issues). It is first described in Feature Driven Development (FDD) [Palmer02], and is widely used in agile projects today. It is sometimes also called a "Project Dashboard".
Figure 3: Parking Lot Chart
Another type of visualization in Figure 4 is called a Burndown Chart.
Figure 4: Burndown Chart
It is first described in Scrum [Schwaber01] to show the remaining backlog, and has now spread to most agile projects [Cockburn04], [Cohn05]. It captures the current status as well as the rate of progress of completing the remaining tasks.
The last interesting visualization in Figure 5 is called Niko-niko Calendar (or Smiley Calendar), a Japanese creation, showing team member's mood for each day. Everyone puts a smiley mark onto their own calendar after the day's work, before leaving the team room [Sakata06]. It looks at the project from the viewpoint of member's mental health and motivation.
Figure 5: Niko-niko Calendar (or Smiley Calendar)
Kanban Board as Main Information Radiator
To summarize, the visualization tools mentioned are:
- Kanban Boards. Use a card as a token (Kanban) of a task, story, feature and stick them to a timeline (board). There are several levels of granularities.
- Burndown Charts. Count the number of Kanbans (backlog tasks) and track it in a timebox to show the trend of work accomplished. There are also several levels of granularities.
- Parking lot Charts. Summarize the top-level project status.
- Calendars. Other than Niko-niko calendars, there are a lot of variations of using calendars to show project status or plan.
Note that between Kanban Boards, Burndown Charts, and Parking Lot Charts, Kanban Boards have the most detailed information. Burndown Charts and Parking Lot Charts can be drawn using the information of daily changing Kanban Boards. So hereafter I'll discuss Kanban Boards as the main information radiators, and Burndown Charts and Parking lot Charts as sub-tool which summarize Kanbans visually.
Organizing Kanbans from Three Viewpoints
Looking closely at Kanban Boards, you can find three things expressed on them – time, task, and team. Here I try to organize Kanbans from these three viewpoints.
Figure 6 Breakdown of Time and Task
1. Time
In agile projects, time of a project is first broken into "Releases" and each release into "Iterations", and each iteration into "Days".
- A release is typically 1- to 6-months long and is the most coarse-grained timebox. It is a sync point of the whole team so everyone in the whole team should be interested in it.
- An iteration is the second level timebox. It is typically 1- to 4-week long and development teams use it as a major working, tracking and improvement cycle.
- And every day is the most fine-grained timebox, the team gets together in a stand-up meeting to share project status and problems.
2. Task
There are also three levels of granularity for Tasks. Here I call the top level "Features" and each feature is broken down into "Stories", and each story into the lowest level "Tasks".
- A Feature is a function useful and meaningful to users.
- A Story is a testable piece of a Feature, also described in the words of users.
- And a Task is a work unit of a Story, commonly described in terms used by developers.
A project team consists of people working toward the same goal. Typically, a manager, customers, developers, business analysts, users, testers and other stakeholders should be members of the team. The whole team should share information on time and tasks to achieve the project goal.
Kanban Board Maps Task to Time
for the Team
Here I'd like to define a Kanban Board as a mapping between tasks and time for the team. Note that "time" and "task" both have a three-level breakdown structure, and the higher the breakdown levels are, the higher the level of management that should be involved with it. So, it is reasonable to set up Kanbans in combination of Release-Feature, Iteration-Story and Daily-Task as shown in Table 1, although there are many possible other combinations of time and task.
Table 1 Kanban combination of Time and Task
A "Feature Kanban" is good at giving the whole team a high-level view of the project. And it goes with a Parking Lot Chart to show the top level status.
A "Story Kanban" is at the middle level, the most widely and carefully seen in each iteration by the team, and it may be supported by an iteration Burndown Chart.
A "Task Kanban" is at the lowest level, showing the current changing status daily, which may be supported by a daily Burndown Chart.
Figure 7: Overview –
Three viewpoints and Kanban Board as a mapping of Task to Time
We have been developing an agile project management tool named "TRICHORD." TRI refers to the three viewpoints (Time, Task, and Team) and CHORD means harmony.
It operates as a workplace to share project status across the whole team, providing the three levels of Kanban Boards – Feature Kanban (Release-Feature), Story Kanban (Story-Iteration), and Task Kanban (Daily-Task) – as described in Table 1. A Feature Kanban is supported by a Parking Lot Chart, Story and Task Kanbans are supported by Burndown Charts.
Figure 8 TRICHORD (Kanban Boards with Burndown Charts, Parking Lots)
In addition, TRICHORD has a Niko-Niko Calendar service to share the team's mood. It also works as a simple "twitter"-like SNS communication center in the projects.
Figure 9 TRICHORD Niko-Niko Calendar
TRICHORD is implemented on the Eclipse RCP (Rich Client Platform), and optionally works with Trac (issue tracking system).
Many thanks to Mary Poppendieck, who reviewed this paper thoroughly and provided lots of advice and suggestions.
[Sakata06] Akira Sakata, "Niko-niko calendar", 2006
[Beck05] Kent Beck, "Extreme Programming Explained 2nd ", 2005 Addison-Wesley
"Informative workspace" is a practice of XP.
[Cockburn01] Alistair Cockburn, "Agile Software Development", 2001 Addison-Wesley
The word "information radiator" is first used.
[Cockburn04] Alistair Cockburn, "Crystal Clear", 2004 Addison-Wesley
"Burndown/up chart" is discussed as a powerful technique.
[Cohn05] Mike Cohn, "Agile Estimating and Planning", 2005 Prentice Hall
"Burndown chart" is most deeply discussed.
[Jeffries04] Ron Jeffries, "Big Visible Chart", 2004
[Poppendieck03] Mary and Tom Poppendieck, "Lean Software Development", 2003 Addison-Wesley
[Poppendieck07] Mary and Tom Poppendieck, "Implementing Lean Software Development", 2006 Addison-Wesley
Explains Kanban in TPS and how it works as a pull process mechanism.
[Schwaber01] Ken Schwaber, et al. "Agile Software Development with SCRUM", 2001 Prentice Hall
[Highsmith04] Jim Highsmith, "Agile Project Management", 2004 Addison-Wesley
Here, Feature Kanban is called Feature breakdown structure and feature planning on whiteboard.
[Palmer02] Stephen R. Palmer et al., Practical Guide to Feature-Driven Development, 2002, Prentice Hall
First introduced Parking Lot Chart
About the Author
Kenji Hiranable is the CEO of Change Vision, Inc. He is the creator of JUDE, a UML and MindMap editor software, and has translated the books Lean Software Development, XP Installed, Agile Project Management, and other XP/Agile books into Japanese. Kenji thinks of software development as a form of communication game, and is always searching for better ways that makes it more productive, collaborative, and fun. Further information on TRICHORD is available at trichord.change-vision.com .
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HIRANABE Kenji
Hi Kenji,
I liked the paper you gave me to read. I wanted to make a comment about the parking lot diagram. It was first introduced on the original FDD project in Singapore and was first documented in Peter Coad's 1999 book, UML Modeling in Color in Chapter 6, the chapter written by Jeff De Luca.
And he started up a new Yahoo Group about Kanban Boards.
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Deborah Hartmann
TRICHORD has been released English Available Version.
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We have released English Available Version on Sep.11,2007.
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HIRANABE Kenji
Excellent article
Bonnie Aumann
Kanban should be real,touchable
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Re: Kanban should be real,touchable
Alen Balja
a board based on a sharepoint blog
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Online Kanban Tools
Sergei Podbereschi
Works well when you have distributed teams, need history records, conversations recorded, etc.
Kanban Tools
Sudheer Raju
Here comes all Kanban tools list....
Parking Lot Charts, WIP and Parking Lot Charts
Stephen Palmer
It is interesting to note the hierarchy of feature and user story. FDD has always used a three-level feature-list hierarchy of feature or subject areas containing sets of features for each activity containing features. In FDD features are defined at a level of granularity close to that of a typical user story IME. Features are broken down into tasks during iterations but task progress itself is not reported in any formal way; feature milestones are tracked instead ... but then FDD was designed from the beginning for a larger project and team than the typical Scum/XP 7+/-2 project teams. See also borland.typepad.com/agile_transformation/2009/0...
One important concept for a Kanban board is work-in-progress limits. IMHO, it is this that makes it a true Kanban board. Otherwise, the board is little more, and probably less informative, than the old FDD feature milestone chart.
Stephen R. Palmer
Great post!
Setawut Phannara
You introduced many tools that I never heard. I believe that many people have done something similar to Kanban Boards; however, Burndown Chart is my new visualization method. It is such a good tool to show your current status and demonstrate the rate of progress through the actual path. I have also done things called "How'd your day go?", it composes of 3 easy questions to get members' feedbacks after the day's work. I think it is similar sort of a smiley calendar. Lastly, I agree with you that graphical methods can encourage collaborative and fun among teams.
Setawut Phannara