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Word Cloud for Strategic Workforce Planning
Stacy Chapman
Being such a believer in "the story behind the data", I love tag clouds as a way to visualize a lot of qualitative information, which is pretty important in workforce planning.
Lexy Martin shared a link to Wordle with me, so I used to analyze this blog…and then saved the results in the Wordle public gallery.
I love it – the four biggest words are workforce, story, planning and sense. What are the biggest words in your word cloud?
Labels: Strategic Workforce Planning, The Story not the Data, What IS Strategic Workforce Planning?, Workforce Planning Techniques


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Left-Handers Day
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Big boy X turned 1 this spring. I took some 1 year photos of him walking around like a big boy. It was a treat to have him as my client since he was a referral from a good friend and fellow photographer Nelly Hernandez. She has moved on to North Dakota to continue her business there. She had been photographing X since he was born so it was fun to finish up this project with her.
Loving their matching converse sneakers!


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In the M.A. program that I am taking, salve students have a choice: they can either do a thesis (9 credit hours) at the end of their program, view or they can do an independent reading project and take two extra elective classes. Now of course there are academic requirements that need to be met to qualify for the thesis track (certain GPA, permission of the program coordinator, etc), but assuming the student qualifies, why would they choose the thesis or non-thesis option?
Usually, the thesis track is chosen if the student wishes to continue on for doctoral or post-graduate studies. Usually, the thesis track is chosen if the student has been tailoring his courses and coursework to fit a specific theme that lays the groundwork for, and builds towards, doing a 100 page thesis on the topic.
There is of course a very pragmatic question that students may consider: which one is more work? True, the thesis is 100-120 pages and a year of study and writing, but sometimes that actually ends up being less work than 6,000 pages of reading for the reading project and two electives, especially if the electives are "new" topics for the student. Sometimes course work is actually more time intensive than a sustained thesis project.
An existential question also needs to be considered: Do I love the topic enough to spend a year writing about it? If nothing else, the thesis project is an exercise in perseverance in which the student has to just have the endurance to make it to the end. Sometimes topics are chosen that just won't hold the interest of the student for that length of time.
I have one class left this semester, and the plan has always been to start my thesis after Christmas. I'm just now starting to question that plan. For the most part, I still know that the thesis is the track I'm headed toward.
I know I have already put a lot of hours into my subject, and have tried to tailor my papers for my other courses to overlap with my thesis topic.
I know that the sustained writing project of the thesis will be an excellent exercise that will help to improve my writing, both academic and creative. If I can't write a 100 page thesis, what makes me think I can write and complete a novel?
I know that the thesis track will offer more flexibility in terms of spreading out my workload. Instead of gearing up for "intensive" week-long modular classes, I can pace my thesis to have roughly the same amount of work each week. This will be particularly helpful as I try to re-discover a healthy school-life balance.
I think the biggest thing I'm struggling with is the existential question. I worry that I'll finish the thesis and never want to read Barth ever again. On the other hand, that might be a good thing, as it will push me to discover new theologians and new theological traditions.
I'm tired.
I'm in the home stretch, but it's been a long journey.
I'm tired.
Part of me wants to just find the short-cut to the end.
I'm tired.
It's a good tired.
It's the satisfied tired of having worked hard and accomplished much.
And even though I'm tired, I am happy. I love theology. I love studying. And even though this year has been my year of chaos, I wouldn't change it for anything.
I have learned a whole bunch about what I'm actually capable of.
I've learned that the project management and time management skills I learned in the secular world have a place and a use in my spiritual and educational life.
I've learned that theological reflection and academic study is a valid and important way to praise and worship and glorify Jesus: the Word made Flesh.


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Even if the economy is still in a slump, the ladies at the La Crescenta Woman's Club evidently don't know it. The clubhouse was bursting with 180 members and guests for a full morning and afternoon of activities on March 26. After a brief business meeting, out came dozens of silent-auction baskets, tickets for opportunity prizes and lunch. And all that was before the live auction and fashion show.
Co-presidents Genny Bundick and Carol Huntwork reminded their audience that this annual fashion show is one of many activities going on this year representing the club's 100 years of community service. Event co-chairwoman Dea McCrory made a spirited auctioneer while her co-chairwoman, Carol Benedetti, played Vana White, showing off sparkling baskets of treasures.
A favorite prize was dinner for four at Fire Station 63. Winner Sharyn Gunter snapped up the chance to eat the firefighters' fine cooking for a mere $300. Another popular live-auction item was a ride-a-long with members of the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station. Winner Lisa Tush paid $180 for the opportunity. Posing with Sheriff Detective Rodger Burt for a quick snap, Tush explained the ride-along is for her son, Marshall Tush, 17, a student at St. Francis. Lisa Tush is a teacher at Holy Redeemer School. For this event, she supervised her students, who were efficient waiters and waitress for the luncheon. They were joined by students from St. James School.


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A new album from Robyn Hichcock, Tromsø, Kaptein, is being released by Norwegian label Hype City Recordings. It is currently available for pre-order at Robyn Hitchcock's website. If you buy it now, you will immediately get an MP3 download of the entire album.
Robyn Hitchcock's new album is sung in English for Norwegian ears.
We are excited to announce that Norwegian label Hype City are all set to release a new collection of songs by Robyn Hitchcock on April 8th [May 3rd in USA], Tromsø, Kaptein on CD. Produced by Paul Noble, the record features 8 new original compositions from Robyn as well as a re-recording of "Raining Twilight Coast" from Eye and a new Norwegian language version of the title track from Goodnight Oslo.Robyn says:
Exclusively at the Robyn Hitchcock Webshop, we are giving fans the chance to pre-order the CD now and get the full MP3 digital album instantly for FREE. CD will ship and FLAC download available for purchase 5/3/2011.
"In the late summer of 1982 I first visited Norway. A yellow van containing the London band Motor Boys Motor, my own rock trio, a sound engineer and our tour guide set off from Oslo up to the Sognefjord, down through Lillehammer, back to Bergen and through the Sognefjord again, and returning again to Oslo. We played in fallout shelters to AC/DC fans, in small town festivals in the rain, in beautiful wooden hotels by the water's edge, and sometimes in actual clubs. Our yellow van drove through endless tunnels that finally emerged onto fjord-side roads with 1000-meter drops to the water on one side, and cliffs that vanished in the clouds on the other. Ferries took us across stretches of water where the rain seemed to be falling up into the sky. Mist and alcohol were everywhere. One morning I was wakened by a man who was wearing nothing but an air pilot's cap and clutching a glass of moonshine. It was 7:42 by his watch.
Since 2005 I've visited regularly, making new friends in Bergen and beyond. In Egersund, I met Frode Strømstrad whose band I Was A King were playing there. He very kindly offered to release a record of mine in Norway on his Hype City label. So I went home and disappeared into myself, as if I was roaming the fjords; I let one side of myself argue with the other, as if I was roaming the fjords with a therapist. I let the songs come out of me, and here is the result - sung in English for Norwegian ears."
~ Robyn Hitchcock - London, 2011
Robyn has been on something of a hot streak lately, releasing one outstanding album after another in quick succession with a variety of line-ups and in a wide array of Hitchcockian styles. On first listen Tromsø, Kaptein sounds like another winner. Perhaps I have "Norwegian ears."


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Title : Mr.
First Name : GURINDER SINGH
Last Name : SALUJA
Email Address : moc.liamg|8002ajulasg#moc.liamg|8002ajulasg
City : Ghaziabad
State : Uttar Pardesh
Country : India
Birth Day : 11
Birth Month : 03
Birth Year : 1984
Birth Time Hour : 20
Birth Time Minute : 40
Question : Please tell me when will I get my next job? Right now, I am in kuwait, but not satisfied with job & profile.
Your Job changing will be posible after 9th September 2008,wait till that
time,present time your Shani going in the 12th house,and this effects making
heavey works,and unknown fighting with supiriors,also there posibilities of
jail,kindly make feel free jobs and if you can wear Neelam in the middle
finger of your right hand it will give some reliefs in the present job.God
bless you.
Title : Mr.
First Name : Mukesh
Last Name : Mishra
Email Address : moc.liamg|189162hsekum#moc.liamg|189162hsekum
City : Muzaffarpur
State : Bihar
Country : India
Birth Day : 28
Birth Month : 07
Birth Year : 1981
Birth Time Hour : 22
Birth Time Minute : 50
Question : tell me about my career, luck and mony and education
Your career always related to works of Mars,like services in the
defence,hospitals,hotels,factories,and rental business,etc.Your luck always
depends on your father and by the political ways,The worship God is Vishnu
and wearing metal is gold,stone is Rubby and Day is Sunday.You can make your
education related to your career.
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First Name : rajesh bhargava
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Email Address : moc.oohay|76atpugimhsar#moc.oohay|76atpugimhsar
City : rewari
State : haryana
Country : India
Birth Day : 07
Birth Month : 09
Birth Year : 1960
Birth Time Hour : 21
Birth Time Minute : 05
Question : sir, i want to know about my son and daughter's future? and about my wife&myself?
Dear Bhragava
always be happy and healthy,
Your son is Sun and Your daughter is Mercury,both are in the house of
education,house of government,and both seeing by the Ketu (Supporters).Your
Mars (blood) is always ready to fight for the religion and faith,your
physical wealth always depends on the lord Hanumanji,and your money through
service,when you are out your religion and faith with hanumanaji,then your
money start to expanse in the hospital and in the matters of police etc.In
these days your Mars going to make more works in the department where you
are working,in present time your jupiter is going to see in the past
forgeted works,and after your rethinking from 9th September you can maintain
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The WIC program also offers benefits including: growth tracking to make sure your children are growing at a healthy rate, nutrition education and advice for caregivers and expecting mothers, and breastfeeding help. Specialized breastfeeding peers are also available for after-hours assistance with participant breastfeeding questions.
In addition, help finding healthcare and other community services is available.
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In my previous blog entitled, Scared of the Dentist, I discussed the fearful patient. You may want to read it to provide some insight.
Sedation is a nice option that allows the fearful patient to address their oral concerns in a relaxed and comfortable setting. I will briefly discuss three options. Each of these options have advantages and disadvantages.
Nitrous Oxide
|A mask for Nitrous Oxide gas
The advantage of this method is the almost instant effect once it is inhaled. The effect also dissipates fairly quickly after the inhalation of the gas is ceased.
There are potential negative side effects for the patients breathing Nitrous Oxide. Nausea and vomiting are the most common side effects.
I personally do not offer this option. Although it may be safe to patients, long term exposure is potentially very detrimental to the dental team and their future children.
Oral Sedation
|The most common oral sedation drug
The pill is in the same class of drugs as Valium. It makes you feel very relaxed. It's preferable to Valium because the effect is more profound and it dissipates quicker. This way, there is a reduction in the post operative sedation time.
Another advantage with this technique is that memory during the procedure is often affected. Many people desire this effect.
A disadvantage with this option is that the sedation effect lasts the longest when compared to the extremely rapid recovery times of the other two techniques.
IV Sedation
|Sedation monitored during procedure
The advantage with IV sedation is that all necessary treatment can be completed in single visit. A second visit may be required depending on the treatment.
IV sedation does have the disadvantage of expense. It is the most costly option. However, it can also save money when all of the treatment can be completed in a single appointment. This will require less time off from work and eliminates the expense of multiple sedations.
Everyone has different needs and circumstances. If you are anxious about dentistry,discuss concerns with your dentist so that he/she can come up with a tailored plan for you.
Dr. Cisneros maintains a practice in Freeburg and Columbia, IL. Both are in the Greater St Louis, MO area. For more information on a wide variety of subjects, please visit www.advanced-smiles.com.


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Mosca to Show Off Strapping Machines
- Published: February 25, 2013
WALDBRUNN, GERMANY | Gerd Mosca AG, specialist in modern strapping technology, will display its products at the Corrugated & Carton Exhibition International (CCE), March 19–21, 2013, at the Munich Trade Fair Centre, Munich, Germany. The event is colocated with ICE Europe.
Mosca experts will be presenting the new UATRI-2 XT inline strapping machine with a quality assurance system, along with the SoniXs MP-6 T from the new EVOLUTION series. This machine has already made its mark in the corrugated industry.
The UATRI-2 XT fully automatic strapping machine offers users a variety of product
handling applications and security features. A simplified user interface and torque levels that automatically adjust to package size are said to make the machine very reliable. The configuration secures up to 30 packages/min with single or parallel strapping in perfectly aligned stacks, company says. Reportedly, machine's features save material costs and protect the product from damage to the corrugation structure.
In a booth sponsored by Taiwan-based corrugated producers TCY, Mosca will introduce the MCB-2-2 corrugated strapping machine.


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There was an April fools' joke going around that scientists had discovered a moon orbiting Mercury and they were going to shoot it at an angle that would bring it to Earth.
WHAT IF this was a real proposition? How would you feel about it? Personally I'd be furious that scientists were playing with things they shouldn't. Problem is, there may just be a time in the future where something like this may actually come about. Scientists decide to do something stupid that the population doesn't want. Rumours would flood social media on the effects - good and bad - of the decision.
So we'll go with the Mercury moon. Scientists are going to blast it off its orbit and it's going to reach Earth. They list a variety of reasons why it's a great idea - it will allow them to study moon and learn more about space. The alarmists will start talking about the impact causing the end of the world. Realists will question just what potential disasters this choice will bring. People will rally. Some will just sit back and watch the chaos.
Where are you on the scale? Would you rush about preparing for the end? Would you get out and rally? Would you tell everyone who'd listen to calm down because the scientists know what they're doing?
The problem is relying on people with power not to do anything stupid. Of course, that's usually the most interesting part to add into your story. Think about how the people with power in your book add to the story world, and see if you can get them to do something really, really stupid.
Just a little something for your Monday mind to munch on.


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Friday, February 27, 2015
Letters As History: 1885
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I love letters like this. I like finding out about the people which makes the letter even more precious. Your Wythe Munford Peyton, Sr. was a memeber of the Sons of the American Revolution. Sadly he passed away just four years after he received this letter from his wife, Ellen Gertrude nee Williams.ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm a keen genealogist and found some information on a site called "Find-a-grave" where you can view the headstone of Mr. Peyton. The other information came from Ancestry.com Letters like the one you shared are treasures to genealogists, I have a translation of a letter to my 2nd great-grandfather from his sister in Germany and it's such a wonderful glimpse into their lives.ReplyDelete
Old letters are the best treasures. I love collecting them, although, I don't have any this old.ReplyDeleteReplies
I agree totally! :-)Delete
Goodness! I just read this on Google+. I enjoy old letters. They reveal much about how we change culturally over time. People often mentioned the weather and economic circumstances in their letters. They were less informal too. My how we have changed. :)ReplyDeleteReplies
I'm so glad that I am not the only one out there who enjoys peeking into the lives of others (even if they are strangers to me...) I find such a connection. They were real people with real problems...trying to deal with life, just as we do.Delete


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Hello and Welcome to the new year!
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Specifying "Applying the basics of Garment Development to the world of apparel".
Although trained in standard teaching methods, David has developed his own methods of teaching, to positively enhance the students creative integrity, visual direction, machine reflex, memorization and constructive techniques.
"We are all one soul living life through varied perspectives"
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Indiana Dunes Environmental Learning Center, Inc., now doing business as "Dunes Learning Center," was established as a regional resource dedicated to residential environmental education. Dunes Learning Center provides a classroom without walls in which students interact directly with the natural environment. The setting provides a unique exposure to a globally significant natural environment and one of the world's great urban/industrial regions. Students gain new knowledge and understanding about how improving the quality of life is dependent upon our success in sustaining and integrating these two environments.
Indiana Dunes National Park and Dunes Learning Center came together in 1997 to create a public/private partnership that would provide residential environmental education opportunities to students, educators, and learners of all ages. This partnership has enabled Dunes Learning Center to address its educational goals while enhancing and expanding the interpretive mission of the National Lakeshore.
Authorized in 1966, Indiana Dunes National Park became the first national park in an urban setting. The development of a residential camp at the National Park's Camp Good Fellow site was incorporated into the park's general management plan in 1980. In 1995, Congress committed to the longstanding plan by allocating funds for the first phase of the center's design and construction. Phase one included the building of 10 residential cabins, accommodating 80 participants, and Cowles Lodge, a dining hall/multi-purpose building. In addition, funding allowed for construction of a campfire area, trails, road and utility improvements.
Programs developed and offered by Dunes Learning Center continue a legacy of education established in the dunes more than a century ago. At Indiana Dunes, in the late 1800's, Dr. Henry Chandler Cowles made significant contributions to the emerging science of ecology. In 1899, Cowles' published his thesis on plant succession based on studies and fieldwork conducted in the Dunes. The publication of Cowles' work excited the scientific community and focused worldwide attention on the dunes. Throughout the early 1900's, Cowles lead frequent field trips to the dunes. As a result of Cowles' work, Indiana Dunes have often been heralded as the birthplace of ecology.


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About Us
Xanthella was incorporated in 2009 to tackle the problems of the high cost of micro-algal cultivation systems and the lack of standardisation of photobioreactors used in research and scale up.
There is a bewildering range of photobioreactor types used in research, many of which are unique. The high cost of commercially available reactor systems also means that few laboratories can afford to run experiments that have sufficient replicates to give statistically sound results.
These problems – and the diversity of the algae themselves – makes it very difficult to compare the results of different groups and the literature abounds with apparently conflicting results. Scale up from bench top to pilot scale is also a challenging step. These problems are holding algal biotechnology back and increasing costs.
Our ambition is to provide a range of photobioreactors that combine advanced design with cost-effectiveness that will overcome these problems around the lack of standardisation and make it much easier for both researchers and industry to advance algal biotechnology and production.
Xanthella's special strength is in the control and supply of light through our understanding of LED technologies and photonics which allows us to manipulate light in a completely reproducible and effective manner.
Xanthella was founded by the award winning, marine biotechnology veteran Douglas McKenzie and he leads a highly experienced team of electronic engineers, phycologists and process engineers.
The company is working with some of the finest research laboratories in Scotland to bring new technologies and processes to photobioreactor design. We are based at the European Marine Science Park just outside of Oban, Scotland and alongside the Scottish Association for Marine Science's laboratory at Dunstaffnage. This is home to the world-famous Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa (CCAP).