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Patent US7351252 - Method and apparatus for photothermal treatment of tissue at depth - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsThe present invention provides method and apparatus for treating tissue in a region at depth by applying optical radiation thereto of a wavelength able to reach the depth of the region and of a selected relatively low power for a duration sufficient for the radiation to effect the desired treatment while...http://www.google.com/patents/US7351252?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7351252 - Method and apparatus for photothermal treatment of tissue at depthAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS7351252 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/465,137Publication dateApr 1, 2008Filing dateJun 19, 2003Priority dateJun 19, 2002Fee statusPaidAlso published asCA2487987A1, CA2487987C, CN1665453A, CN100482182C, EP1523283A1, US20040093042, WO2004000150A1Publication number10465137, 465137, US 7351252 B2, US 7351252B2, US-B2-7351252, US7351252 B2, US7351252B2InventorsGregory B. Altshuler, Andrei V. Erofeev, Henry H. Zenzie, R. Rox Anderson, Dieter Manstein, James Burke, III, Andrew Radl, Michael Z. SmirnovOriginal AssigneePalomar Medical Technologies, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (109), Non-Patent Citations (48), Referenced by (78), Classifications (23), Legal Events (6) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetMethod and apparatus for photothermal treatment of tissue at depth
Q k ( z ) = μ ak ρ k · c k · ψ k ( z ) , ( 4 ) where μak, ρk and ck are the coefficient of absorption, density, and specific heat of the k-th layer, respectively.
T 2 ( z ) = T h + B · ( h - z ) - 1 α 2 · ∫ z h ⅆ z ′ ∫ hd z ′ ⅆ z ″ Q ( z ″ ) , T 1 ( z ) = T s + A · z - 1 α 1 · ∫ 0 z ⅆ z ′ ∫ 0 z ′ ⅆ z ″ Q ( z ″ ) , ( 5 ) where parameters A and B have to be found from the interface conditions. For the case of perfect thermal contact:
T h - T s = F 0 · V 0 α · [ 1 - V 1 μ t 2 · ( 1 - ⅇ - μ t · h - μ t · h · ⅇ - μ t · z max ) + V 2 κ 2 · ( 1 - ⅇ - κ · h - k · h · ⅇ - κ z max ) ] ( 10 ) Tmax=Th−Ts is maximum temperature rise in the tissue at the depth zmax.
z max = - 1 κ · ln [ κ · ( 1 - V 1 ) V 2 · h · μ t 2 + 1 - exp ( - κ h ) κ h - ακ F 0 V 0 V 2 h · ( T h - T s ) ] . ( 11 ) Maximum temperature can be calculated from (9) as Tmax=T(zmax)
t min = ( 6 ÷ 60 ) · z max 3 α 1 · z 1 + α 2 · z 2 ( 12 ) where z1 is the depth into dermis and z2 is depth into subcutaneous fat, and z1+z2=z is depth of treatment. The numerator constant (6÷60) varies within the given range depending on how close the desired temperature is to Tmax, being 6 for Tzmax=90% Tmax and 60 for Tzmax=99% Tmax. The treatment time must be longer than tmin. FIG. 11 shows a typical temperature distribution in the body. FIG. 13 and Table 2 show minimum treatment time as a function of depth of treatment z.
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Single Story Vacation Home on Water - Huizen te Huur in Discovery Bay, Californië, Verenigde Staten
Guests have access to entire interior of the house with the exception of a few cupboards and a closet where we store our personal belongings. Guests also have access to and use of our private boat dock. No garage access.
Guests must agree to the terms of our rental contract, which is available upon inquiry.
We take pride in our home. Please respect the house and property so that we may continue to share it with you. Smoking is not allowed on the property. Unfortunately pets are also not allowed. Rental agreement must be signed and returned at time of booking (sent via email). Renters must also be at least 25 years old.
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Nice place to stay - Review of Miriam Guesthouse, Rome, Italy - TripAdvisor
Nice place to stay - Miriam Guesthouse
Europe Italy Lazio Rome Rome B&Bs / Inns Miriam Guesthouse
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and 7 more sites! Miriam Guesthouse Via Ludovico di Monreale 24, 00152 Rome, Italy (Monteverde)
Ranked #539 of 3,642 Rome B&B and Inns
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Really nice atmosphere. A Little problems with finding the park place for those, who arrives by car, but not impossible ;-) Great reception, really nice and helpful staff. Cameral, clear and beautiful rooms for the couples. I hope, I'll Come back herę ;-)
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5 helpful votes “Like a Dream”
When I stayed in Miriam Guesthouse a week ago I had never been to Rome before. I was there for a Jewish wedding and the community where the bride and groom live was right there. There is also an exellent kosher cafe around the corner called Dolce Kosher (for those who care).The apartment was always clean, everyone who works there was pleasant and helpful, and public transportation was readily available. My room had a beautiful balcony with a table and chairs and a beautiful Roman street view. The room had two beds and was very comfortable for my friend and I to share. There is also a nespresso machine for excellent coffee whenever a guest may want. The only downfalls are that other families who stay there can be loud and the woman who comes in to clean arranges the room as if she is your mother, putting things where she believes they should be.I highly recommend this guesthouse.
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"Miriam Guesthouse" is located in the quiet district of Monteverde.Not far from the Vatican, you can easily reach the folkloristic Trastevere district.The Guesthouse has 4 rooms entirely renovated with taste and elegance, each with its own style.All rooms are with bathroom, TV, safety box, hairdryer, wi-fi,Beauty Kit.A reception and a small kitchen.
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Technical Headhunter.net Resource for Technology Management: April 2017
Five Characteristics of a Great Manager
A company that does not appreciate the value of employing great managers will pay the price down the road. That price can ultimately result in going out of business. Managers impact the bottom line for better or for worse. They have a direct impact on the success of a business in a myriad of ways. One example is employee turnover which has ruined many a company over the years.
Consider the following characteristics when hiring or evaluating a manager:
It may seem cliché but great managers are results-oriented. They motivate and support employees to reach the company’s objectives. Being results-oriented motivates and focuses both the manager and the team members.
Effective decision-making is the process in which managers select the best alternatives and implement them to achieve organizational goals and objectives.
“Effective decisions result from a systematic process, with clearly defined elements, that is handled in a distinct sequence of steps”. [Drucker]
Top managers concentrate on what is important. They then make an informed decision with the highest level of conceptual understanding.
Strong managers add value to the overall operational activities of the organization. The ability to delegate roles and responsibilities among team members per their skills is an important quality of a great manager. They must be able to delegate day-to-day business tasks to make better use of their time.
Delegating effectively will significantly contribute to the growth and development of an organization by creating more productive teams. Managers assess the time and resources of their teams. They motivate and empower team members by giving them additional responsibilities and by holding them accountable.
Great managers understand the strengths and weaknesses of each subordinate and capitalize on their skills. They find ways to circumvent their weaknesses by elevating and elevating and enhance the team members’ required skills. This is accomplished by conducting training including workshops and by delegating new challenging tasks to those individuals.
The best managers are excellent communicators. This sets the direction for the team. They also include their team members in the decision-making process. This inclusiveness builds both individual and team morale. It also enables the manager to make better decisions based on a broader pool of possible solutions.
Finally, great managers must have leadership skills. It is imperative for managers to direct, motivate and lead a team in order to enhance their performance and success. Strong leadership requires drive, focus, authenticity and excellent communication.
Managers who possess these five top characteristics will prove to be an essential element of a profitable company and are not to be taken for granted. To successfully hire a great manager, you must assess the knowledge, skills, experience and personality of the candidate based on the above five characteristics.
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Gooberella: April 2014
The Fur Angel Series Wins
The Fur Angel Series ( Angel in a Fur Coat ) has won the American Express Passion Project contest. The prize was $2,000 ... so I bought a new computer and a second small computer to carry with me preloaded with my writing program. Now to figure out windows 8.1 and skydrive.
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Clever Cupcake's Creative Cupcakes: cupcake hero: marshmallow
cupcake hero: marshmallow
marshmallow was the theme for march's cupcake hero competition. marshmallow was a hard ingredient for me. i figured there would be alot of s'mores, coconut, and whoopie pie cupcakes, so I decided to try something different. for some reason marshmallows make me think of sweet potatoes, even though I have never eaten them together, i believe alot of sweet potato recipes call for marshmallows. for this reason my marshmallow cupcake hero entry was sweet potato pie cupcakes.
sweet potato cupcakes (adapted from martha stewart's "baby sweet potato cakes")
3 cooked sweet potatoes (approximately 1.5 cups cooled and mashed)
2. mix butter and sugars until light and fluffy.
3. add eggs one at a time and mix until well encorporated.
4. in a seperate bowl combine flour and baking soda.
5. In another bowl mash sweet potatoes with buttermilk, salt, ginger, cinnamon, and vanilla.
6. add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until just combine.
7. add sweet potato mixture and mix until smooth.
8. spoon batter into cupcake liners and bake until toothpick comes out clean (approximately 20 minutes).
homemade marshmallows (recipe from cooking for engineers website)
for detailed instructions see: http://www.cookingforengineers.com/recipe/106/Marshmallows .
follow instructions until marshmallows are done mixing, then put marshmallow mixture into a piping bag, poke the the piping tip into the top of a cooled cupcake, squeeze until cupcake seems full, pull tip out and repeat until all the cupcakes are filled.
graham cream cheese frosting
beat cream cheese, butter, and milk until smooth. slowly mix in powdered sugar then mix on high speed until mixture has lightened up. add graham cracker crumbs and mix until well encorporated. frost cupcakes
open bag. place on top of icing.
NOTE: i am normally a bit leary of encorporating vegetables into desserts, but o have to say these were delicious, possibly the most moist cupcakes I have ever tasted. also, while i thought i was being original there ended up being at least 3 other sweet potato cupcakes in march's competition.
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TGIF – Book Blogger Hop | Reading between Pages..
TGIF – Book Blogger Hop
It is Friday and am already excited about the weekend (for no apparent reason). This time – after doing a lot of blog hopping for the last few days I decided to become an official “Hop-per” by joining the Book Blogger Hop. The book blogger hop is an event hosted by Jennifer from Crazy for Books. Here is a little something about the event from Jennifer.
Would you like to participate ?? Go ahead and check out Crazy for books and start hop-ping. This is a really cool way to meet other book bloggers.
Here are few blogs that made it to my google reader today:
Beverly from The wormyhole
Kelly from Book Sanctuary
Kelly Bookend diaries from Book End Diaries
PS: If you have landed here, welcome to “Reading between Pages”, Stay around and let me know what you think of my blog.. Dont forget to leave a comment so I can check your blog as well.
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June, on May 9, 2010 at 7:05 am said:
Hi Kavyen. It was so sweet of you to stop by my site and leave a comment about following. I like your reviews and I’ll be stopping back by to get the latest! Hope your having a good weekend, I know I’m as busy as heck!
kavyen, on May 9, 2010 at 11:07 am said:
Hi June, Thank you! Glad you stopped by… 🙂
leeswammes, on May 10, 2010 at 1:48 pm said:
I’m hopping around a lot today, and ended up on your blog. Seems like a fun place to visit, so I will be back!
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FANTASTIC 2 hour ride - Review of Rocky Mountain Outfitters, Midway, UT - TripAdvisor
FANTASTIC 2 hour ride - Rocky Mountain Outfitters
“FANTASTIC 2 hour ride”
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In a word - FANTASTIC! Emily, our guide, was wonderful. Experienced and fun :) Horses were great...we rode Storm and Vancouver. We covered a lot of trails...gorgeous views. Highly recommend Rocky Mt. Outfitters!!
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Fly fishing with Doug
It was my first time fly fishing and Doug could not have been a better guide! Rocky Mountain Outfitters provides an incredible experience from start to finish. We met Doug at base area where we were properly fitted with our gear and then proceeded out to a remote area of the Provo River with beautiful scenery and trout that we're biting! We caught a bunch of fish and learned some things along the way. Doug is definitely deserving of this 5 star review and I would recommend this experience to anyone that has fly fished or is looking to get into it!
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colter23 Salt Lake City, Utah
Many Thanks to RMO and Skinny for our great ride as part of my wife’s birthday. Harley and Rango were a couple of great quarterhorses and the setting was beautiful. Couldn’t ask for a better experience. Thanks again!
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Vacation horseback ride
Emily was a great guide. Horses were gentle and easy to ride. Trail was very scenic. Instructions were clear and safety oriented.
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Horses and fish, oh my
My husband, two grandchildren and I did the two hour horseback ride with Collin. It was great. Wonderful scenery, gentle horses and a fantastic guide. Next day my husband and grandson did the fly fishing and they can’t quit talking about it. Had a marvelous time and at least one of them caught a lot of fish. These folks are laid back, wanting to please their guests and at every step helpful and professional. If ever back in Park City or Heber we will go with them again.
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Posted on May 4, 2017 by lustwanderlc	it’s when the memories pull down on your throat
it’s when gravity pulls you a little harder and makes it hard to make simple movements
it’s when you obsess over minor changes
it’s when you become selfish and wish him misery
it’s when the thought of him with someone else breaks every bone in your body and stabs your heart with the shattered remains
it’s when you are not the same anymore
it’s when everything good is paired with the weight of the past
it’s when you miss every, single, thing
it’s when you cannot go a day without thinking of him
it’s when you can’t move on…
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Posted on November 12, 2015 by lustwanderlc	왜 이렇게 이중적이야?
그래도 사랑은 하고, 방송은 하자. Well lets love, and broadcast. *손을 잡은다* *holds hands*
I can’t say with conviction…
Where things don’t change
Posted on October 20, 2013 by lustwanderlc	There’s a place I know where everything always stays the same. Same people,
same landmarks,
same friendship,
same feelings…..
There’s a place I know called Connecticut.
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Choose Your Own Adventure – Flower & Beast
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Every time the seasons changed, a garbage bag full of second-hand clothes was dumped in the middle of our living room. It was the mid-2000s, time of the bedazzled camisole and as-seen-on-Lizzie-McGuire muscle tee, and my sister and I got the pick of the lot.
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The Eastern (Cyclical) Concept of Time – Noah begat 3 sons
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Time in the East is cyclical. The West generally perceive time as linear.
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Cafe One24 Opens with Organic, Gluten-Free Dishes - Wauwatosa, WI Patch
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Cafe One24 Opens with Organic, Gluten-Free Dishes
The fine dining restaurant and wine bar is an expansion from executive chef Sarah Dusseau's take-home meals sold at Fit Food Fitness.
Cafe One24 opened Wednesday in the building that also houses Culver's and Chipotle Mexican Grill at 3705 N. 124th St. context
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When Sarah Dusseau opened her Fit Food Trainer business combining a training studio with prepared, take-home meals, she was surprised how popular her tasty organic dishes became.
"Before I knew it, I was doing half my business in food," she said.
Dusseau is flexing her inner foodie even more with a new venture, a fine dining restaurant called Cafe One24 that opened Wednesday on the east side of Brookfield.
It's located in the same complex that houses Culver's and Chipotle Mexican Grill at 3705 N. 124th St., just south of Capitol Drive. The restaurant owner is Renee Shecterle, who is an investor in the Menomonee Falls-based Fit Food Trainer with her husband Brian who operates the Culver's.
Cafe One24 touts itself as Milwaukee's first "clean restaurant," offering "fresh and clean" organic and gluten-free dishes. Its Facebook page says ingredients have "no preservatives, no animal fat, no processing, no bleaching and no pesticides! Eat like mother nature intended — fresh and clean!"
But stripping away non-nature ingredients doesn't strip away the taste. The opposite is the case, she said, adding fresh produce and organic meat offer great flavors.
"I'm excited," Dusseau said, chatting in the wine bar Thursday after handling arrangements for a grass-fed beef order. "I'm always been passionate about food."
The organic and gourmet menu includes main entrees, sandwiches and burgers, soups, salads, breads, cheeses and appetizers. Item range from an $8 Portabello Mushroom sandwich and $11 Blackened Tilapia Po’Boy to main dishes such as $13 Butternut Squash Ravioli and $23 Seared Scallops.
Dusseau prepares food with products from partners such as Cybros Sprouted Bakehouse, Empire Fish, Growing Power, The WI Grass Fed Beef Co-op, and The Local Wisconsin Dairy Farmers.
The Cafe One24 menu items are different from the daily meals and snacks she sells at Fit Food Trainer, where take-home products "need to be able to reheat easily," she said. But she uses many of the same staples such as organic chicken and grass-fed beef.
Cafe One24 is open for dinner only, and reservations are accepted.
Address: 3705 N. 124th St., Brookfield
Phone: 262-781-1662
Website: cafeone24.com
Hours: 4:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesday to Thursday
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PMO Directors Series: My Story – Joanna Vahlsing, PMP
PMO Directors Series: My Story
Flashback to early 2013, when the word “selfie” became the Oxford dictionary’s “Word of the Year,” the cronut made its appearance and Candy Crush launched.
I was a PMO Director at a large health and wellness company. We were moving right along with our usual annual planning processes, weekly status reports and never having enough time for QA testing. “Development running long, ah – nevermind, just compress QA time.”
Our Waterfall process was kicking right along and anyone doing “agile” was a hippie – “they” didn’t understand the value of a “real” and “grown-up” process.
Little did I know that my safe, predictable world was about to be rocked and just how much education and learning I was about to receive – fortunately.
Senior leadership began to realize that we weren’t delivering the right value to the consumer in the timely manner that the customer needed, and not only were our numbers showing the impact but we also weren’t fulfilling our mission.
Then came the words “Agile Transformation” – and this is my story.
For the first ten years of my career in project management, I worked for organizations that worked in a Waterfall methodology at various levels, project manager, portfolio director, etc. My goals were all tied to the project being 1) on-time, 2) on-budget and 3) with high code quality. Also, it was extremely important that the “process” was followed – I remember I would do all my paperwork catch-up work in the evenings to make sure I was following the process.
No one cared that the projects were taking 6-8 months to get consumer-facing features out the door or if we were building the right solution for our consumers and our business. We were just happily following the process at our own pace; keeping the status-quo.
As launching tech became more accessible and cheaper, the company I worked for started to be disrupted by smaller companies that could move quickly and adjust to what the market needed – releasing new features frequently.
We needed to do something, so we started finding ways to be able to deliver value to our consumers faster, and to enable that, I had to take a hard look at what I was doing as a Portfolio Director in the PMO. Note that these learnings are in technology organizations with 150+ team members.
What Scared Me (and What Reassured Me Over Time)
As humans, we fear change, usually because of a perceived loss of control and identity and to a traditional PMO Head, the words “going Agile” can imply the kind of change where all management is thrown out the door and teams become self-organizing and self-managing. This activity directly attacks a Head of PMO’s role, and the level of identity that they associate with it – so it’s no wonder they’re usually resistant to the change. Who’s going to oversee the budget, have visibility into what everyone is working on or ensure that communications are appropriately relayed in a timely fashion?
Below are some of the things I can articulate now on what scared me.
“Am I going to get fired?” – this was a real fear because I thought that my role was becoming irrelevant. I quickly realized there were a number of ways I could leverage my skills that made me a great project manager and portfolio director to help enable the organization. I realized I was part of the leadership team that was defining the new ways that we were working which helped to re-establish an element of identity.
“Am I going to have to fire my team of project managers?” – fortunately, the answer was “no” because once I realized that I could help shape how the organization operated, I could define how the role of project management would fit into it. I was also tremendously lucky that my team also wanted to learn how to work in new ways and approached the change with an open mind. In your organization, you can define what this means and what title you give the role – Scrum Master, Agile Project Manager, Agile Coach, Project Manager, Cat Herder, etc. (If you need help, feel free to reach out to me, I have a lot of thoughts on the role definitions depending on the type and level of product development maturity of the organization.)
Side Note: Years ago, I heard the argument that “Spotify doesn’t have project managers.” Well, they decided to add the role into their model, originally calling them Road Managers, and now they call them Project and Program Managers.
Side Note 2: In the PMOs I’ve run and created, I consistently maintain the titles of project, program and portfolio managers because they are generic enough – my preference would be just to call is “work management,” but that would probably just make it even more confusing.
“Does this mean that teams can do whatever they want with no planning?” – after working in such a planned/managed way, it was hard for me to let go of the fake level of certainty that we had. This initially sounded like chaos to me because I couldn’t see another way to develop without a formal plan. We found a way to have balance.
Side Note: I highly recommend Johanna Rothman‘s books Predicting the Unpredictable and Agile and Lean Program Management for new ways to look at project, program and portfolio estimation and management.
“How the heck do I estimate and manage the annual budget?”
Our usual process was in October the year before, and together with the Executive Team, we would set the annual plan of projects – we were arrogant enough to think we knew what the market wanted 15 months out. We’d figure out high-level schedules and the number of resources we’d need for each, understood the cost and then we’d have a plan to work from with a budget to manage.
In Agile, if team members are just working on whatever they want for however long they wanted, how was I going to ensure that there were not over-runs to the budget? Once I realized the power of investing in teams with time guide rails vs. investing in projects, I quickly realized that I could manage the budget because I knew who was assigned to which team and how long we wanted to make the initial investment.
We would revisit the team’s progress at certain points and make any investment adjustments – we also did this when we learned of market needs that were deemed higher priority than the items that were in progress.
Also, if we needed to spin up another team, and all team members were booked on valuable investments, we knew that we needed additional budget for another team. If the team was temporary, we could also look into consultants.
“What about compliance?” – In one organization, I needed to worry about HIPAA, PCI and SOX compliance. There was a fear triggered when I heard that going “Agile” meant zero documentation. Fortunately, the other leaders also had respect for meeting these compliance requirements, so we were able to design a process that still had documentation to cover our needs.
What Early Learnings Resonated With Me
We had a number of extremely talented thought leaders engaged with us as we learned how to improve how the organization operated, and below are the learnings that resonated with me:
Organizing team members by product vs. project.
In traditional days, the annual plan would be set, and project management was responsible for assembling the project team, kicking off the project and seeing it through to completion. The team would then disassemble and individuals would be assigned to their next projects.
In product based teams, we align cross-functional, full-stack team members around core areas of our product and make them as durable as possible. We assigned them goals and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), for example, for the team that has ownership of the Sign-Up funnel has a KPI of increasing the conversion rate. The other benefit of having teams whose members stuck together was that teams learned each other strengths and weaknesses and could compensate accordingly – there were also great team norms established.
Teams could also focus on achieving outcomes vs. just delivering features that were decided months ago by the Exec Team sitting in a room. Teams are able to learn and iterate as they release code/features and adapt based on consumer response. Really strong teams are able to do upfront testing with consumers to validate or invalidate their ideas. Teams got to know their consumers directly.
Looking at the portfolio as a mix of investments vs. managing a budget.
This changed the language that I used when talking about the budget. Gone was the language of if a project was on budget; instead, I talked as if I was talking about an investment portfolio, e.g. “Here’s our current investment mix, here’s any correlation to the return that we’re seeing, we might be a little off-balance here, and Team X is making great strides, but they’ve used up 80% of the time that we allocated to them, should we continue investing or turn our investment to another area and reassign team members or change what they’re working on?”
This approach also allowed us to “kill off projects” that weren’t going to be valuable without it feeling like a failure (aka the Project Death March).
The need to constantly re-evaluate processes and procedures, and to see them for what they are meant to be – enablers for the work.
There was such comfort in following the process – we were praised for it. Look at her – she’s awesome because her project had all the paperwork done and the MS Project schedule is fantastic! A memory stuck in my mind is Marty Cagan holding up two reams (yes, two reams) of paper I printed out for a project of mine for him to use a prop in one of his working sessions with us. What good did all the time that we spent writing that documentation get us? At the time, it was critical to all the hand-offs we had between departments as the work progressed so that nothing got lost in the communication. When we changed to working in cross-functional teams, there was no need for that high amount of documentation at the ridiculously high fidelity at which we created it.
Now, Scrum, which is sometimes called the “training wheels” of Agile, is getting scrutiny because some of the same symptoms are cropping up – Look at the team, they’re holding Stand-Ups, they’re having Retros AND using JIRA! Great job! If a person finds themselves doing something just for the sake of doing it (process for process sake) vs. finding new processes and procedures to help the team deliver, that could be a warning sign. Of course, once you get into larger organizations, there is a need to standardize ways of working. (Again, if you’d like to swap ideas on what’s worked or not worked when scaling, feel free to reach out.)
What I Had To Let Go Of
Project Managers are the ONLY leaders on the team. Fortunately, this was not hard for me because my project management style is more in a facilitative vs. directive approach. Everyone working on the team can be a leader.
Protecting the teams from making mistakes. Teams are going to make mistakes, and there is tremendous learning power there. We as leaders need to install safety nets to ensure that a team is never in a place where they are only one defense away from failure.
The arrogance that a plan means success because we had a fake level of certainty to what we were building – that’s why we were okay with delivery timelines of 6-8 months. We assumed that people would wait and still want it when it was launched and that no one else would beat us to market.
Process for Process Sake – success means consistently delivering value at the appropriate pace; gold stars shouldn’t be given out for following the process. If the process is no longer enabling (or even more so, getting in the way), figure out ways to change it.
A Directive, Command and Control Style of Leadership – while this wasn’t too challenging for me, this was extremely tough for some leaders in the organization because for some functional roles, if the Manager is not directing (telling the employee what to do to get the work done), then what are they supposed to do? We as leaders needed to move to more of a facilitative, coaching and mentoring role to our direct reports and give team members space to figure out the how on their own. We were also needed to constantly be on the lookout to find ways to evolve the organization to further support and enable the teams.
Hopefully, this gives insight into what was going through my mind as I shifted my mindset and worldview. The other piece of advice is that this takes time – candidly, it probably took me at least a year and a half to fully let go of my past tendencies and habits. When I look back over the last five years, I can see how much I’ve learned and how my mindset has evolved, and I look forward to what I learn in the next five years.
For those of you who work with PMO leaders, please be patient and understanding. Most likely any person in the PMO is just unclear about how their role fits into the new style of working and how they’re going to do their jobs (meet/exceed expectations of their boss), and they’re feeling threatened. In agile environments, there is still a high value in having project management because its core tenets of organization, budgeting and communication are still strong enablers.
If you’d like to talk through any of the challenges that you’re running into, feel free to reach out. If you are in a PMO and have a fear I haven’t mentioned here, reach out because I’ve probably had it and figured out how to deal with it. Happy to help!
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Special Pre-Valentine’s Day Event at Spa Riviera 2/7 6pm – 9pm
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Wrap-up of Artist Gali Rotstein’s amazing Art Opening Reception
Posted on Tuesday, January 15, 2008 by thejoywriterpr
It took me a bit to collect all the pictures from the other night at Lois Lambert Gallery and Bergamot Station, but here they are in all their glory!
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Save the dates! January 12, 2008 6pm – 9pm & January 20, 2008 2pm – 5pm
January is all about Artist Gali Rotstein!
The Opening Reception is January 20, 2008, 2 – 5 p.m. This exhibit coincides with the Main Gallery exhibits, Spirits of Los Angeles and Tropical: Art of Brazil, Cuba & Haiti.
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Review: Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland | Meg Leigh
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Posted on March 16, 2010	by megleigh
Some readers may find the following review too ‘spoilery.’
I went with my two daughters to see Alice in Wonderland today. It was a movie we’d all anticipated for a long time, as we’re great fans of the Burton, Depp, Elfman trinity and have watched most everything they’ve done in the past.
Alice in Wonderland is a Disney production. No doubt Disney Studios own the rights to the story or something, but I would actually have preferred that it hadn’t been produced by Disney. Just me. I have a thing about it lol.
Anyway, this film is quite a departure from the traditional Alice in Wonderland storyline. I suppose remix is the best word to describe it as it’s based on Lewis Carrol’s Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. For me, that spoiled it. It shouldn’t have been called Alice in Wonderland because, it simply wasn’t Alice in Wonderland…
A line that is oft repeated throughout is “this is the wrong Alice” and that’s the sentiment it gave me. It felt all wrong.
The story was too different to the original. I didn’t gel with the seeming amnesia of Alice who is portrayed as a 19 year old woman on the verge of stepping out into life, who is brought back to “Underland” *jangle* to slay the Jabberwocky.
Mia Wasikowska felt all wrong for me as Alice. I was expecting a little girl, as is traditional.
Johnny Depp disappointed me in this. He seemed a little too aware of himself and not really immersed in the role. Also much of his dialogue was incomprehensible to me.
I fell in love with the look of Anne Hathaway’s White Queen, but her performance left me wanting.
I couldn’t settle to Helena Bonham Carter’s Red Queen…
All starting to sound a bit dismal, isn’t it?
But there were things to like. I adored “Ches” the Cheshire Cat, and Alan Rickman as the Caterpillar just did it for me!
Christopher Lee’s voicing of the Jabberwocky sent chills down my spine.
The 3D was gorgeous and I even ducked on one occasion when the March Hare threw a teacup at Alice.
I wouldn’t call this an adaptation of Alice or Through the Looking glass. For me, it felt more like a follow on, but based on the performances of the CGI characters, and the gorgeous photography and 3D effects, I will rate it 3.5 out of 5 stars.
I just felt this film could have been so much more!
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The universal Baroque - European University Institute
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'The nation-state is the enemy of the baroque.' This is the point of departure of this radical, even revolutionary, re-examination of the cultural history of the early-modern world. Drawing on sources in six languages, many of them hitherto unavailable to the English-speaking reader, and touching on the visual arts, architecture, music and literature, this study frees the word 'baroque' from being a term of periodisation (and too often, in English, a term of suspicion and denial) into being the descriptor for a network of circulation of ideas, words, plants, arts and energies which encompassed the totality of the early-modern world. This new mapping offers the hybridity of the arts of Ibero-America, the fruitful combination of the local and the international, as a way of re-examining the arts of the British Isles and Ireland, particularly the little-known Latinate high culture of seventeenth century Ireland and Scotland. It challenges also the anachronistic imposition of the modern idea of 'capitals of culture' on to the early-modern world, whose international culture fused the local and the international to the degree that remote settlements in Peru and Bolivia, a castle in Aberdeenshire, or an Episcopal Palace in what is now Serbia functioned as cultural centres as important as Madrid or London. This challenging book forces a reconsideration of many of the prejudices of the Anglophone perception of cultural history and in doing so opens to the reader a world of wonders: the allegorical dramas of Ireland and Belgrade; the arquebusier angels of Cuzco painting; the operas and festival music of Bolivia; the vertiginous architectural fantasies of the Jacobite exiles. --
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Businesses have proposed granting visas to European Union nationals in the London metropolitan area to prevent any migration curbs after the Brexit vote leading to a shortage of workers.Follow @Brexit for the latest news, and sign up to our Brexit Bulletin for a daily roundup.
The London Chamber of Commerce and Industry said Thursday that about 25 percent of London’s workforce is foreign, while EU nationals account for a huge proportion of workers in industries including finance, construction and hospitality. If they suddenly needed work visas under current immigration rules, London would lose 160,000 workers and face a 7 billion-pound ($8.7 billion) negative economic impact, the LCCI said, citing a report by the Centre for Economic and Business Research.
The call follows a PricewaterhouseCoopers study last month that said the U.K. should adopt a regional visa system to allow it to deal with staffing needs once it leaves the EU. That report was commissioned by City of London Corp., which oversees the financial district. London Mayor Sadiq Khan has also called for a visa system for the British capital.London voted overwhelmingly to stay in the EU, and Khan has said that, as much as he “might like the idea of a London city state,” he was “not planning to blockade” it. He is lobbying Prime Minister Theresa May for increased autonomy and access to talent.The Brexit vote, and indications the government may prioritize controlling immigration, has exacerbated existing concerns about staff shortages. According to the Recruitment and Employment Confederation, the supply of workers has been declining for more than three years. “In the approaching post-Brexit scenario, for London to remain competitive, we need to not only recruit the very best but also to be able to identify where we have skills shortages and act,” said LCCI Chief Executive Colin Stanbridge.The lobby wants a one-off, single-issue London Work Visa granting current EU nationals indefinite leave to remain. It said the government could decide eligibility -- such as employment in London on the June referendum day or the triggering of Article 50 -- to mitigate against a sudden influx of new arrivals.
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Life Enchanted: Saxon Shore Way Part II: Upnor to The Enchanted Forest
Saxon Shore Way Part II: Upnor to The Enchanted Forest
Before reading about the second part of my mysterious journey, read Part I.
... so I've entered Upnor high street.
A few posts back I spoke about a very strange encounter with a skirted man on the grounds of Upnor Castle (read here). I'm still a little weirded out about the castle after witnessing what I thought was a freaky coincidence, but nothing could prepare me for what I was to be told as I visited the gift shop again on my way to see Julie. I couldn't help myself, even though my boots were muddy from walking the shore all morning, I had to stop and buy some more mini flat-pack cottages at the castle shop (see here). I wiped my feet on the way in and was greeted by a nice lady behind the counter who asked if I wanted to buy admission to the castle. I thanked her and informed her that I'd visited recently and was only back for the flat-packs. She smiled and asked if I'd enjoyed my visit. "Of course", I told her. "Apart from the fact that I've been scared the life out of by a man wearing a skirt, it was great". I explained how I'd seen him quickly pass me as I photographed a doorway and then I'd seen him again from behind as he left the castle.
"I was informed that I was the only one of the grounds", I said ... her face went pale. "To tell you the truth", she said quite warily, "I cannot believe you were in there (while pointing to the castle) by yourself". She went on to tell me the story of two Canadian women who had experienced a similar phenomenon in 2008. As she pulled out a sketch from behind the counter I felt shivers down my spine. She told how they'd rushed into the gift shop and demanded an explanation for why "the guide in the costume" would not answer their questions. She told me they'd left white faced after learning that there were no guides in costumes on the premises. I swallowed hard and continued to listen despite the fact that I wanted to run out of the shop, and as far from the castle as I could. She asked me to give her a description of what she said could have been one of the many "resident spooks". She explained how they'd had more than a few worried visitors who heard invisible footsteps only weeks earlier as well as children who refused to enter the gift shop (that we were standing in!!!) It surprised me how normally she spoke about the paranormal. She mentioned once more about a monk who had been seen recently in the corner of the shop ... and with that I said goodbye.
I hurried down the path from the castle to the house where Julie was working, rang the doorbell and rushed inside. I sat and told Julie everything the woman at the gift shop had told me "I might not go there again" I said, "too scary". I made myself a drink and grabbed a left-over orange from my backpack before setting off again.
Saxon Shore Part II (Megan's version).
Although the tide was coming in and I was al little unsure about walking all the way to Strood, I was determined to at least get a taste for the Upnor-Strood route. The very beginning of the walk continued the length of the remaining shoreline just before the Chattenden Barracks. As I reached the small military establishment I was greeted by a chain-link fence with barbed wire reading "Ministry of Defense Property - Dogs on Patrol". At first, I was a little uneasy about taking the small path along the fence, but after I'd walked a ways I was greeted by friendly soldiers on the other side of the fence. One of them sat eating his lunch with his back to the fence, as I passed he cried out jokingly, "get me out of here!".
As I neared a main road I began to notice an interesting relationship between the natural and the modern world. Even though I was only close enough to hear the bustling of the traffic, I still felt like I was entering yet another enchanting world. Like I do, I decided not to continue on the Saxon trail after I'd approached a very confusing traffic light. I worry sometimes that I might look the wrong way and get run down by a speeding motorcycle, I think its side effects from a near death experience at Trafalgar Square least year. Anyway, as I began retracing my steps back to the house I came across a sign for a "public byway" which, according to my little booklet, describes a public footpath. I curiously approached a wooden gate and entered what I have since named "Snow White's Wood".
I named it after a pop-up book I had as a little girl, which was of course, was named after the best Disney film ever. To find out more about the pop-up book I'm speaking of, click on the link below:)
I could not believe how close I was to any kind of civilization (in this world). I imagined Snow White's cottage suddenly appearing behind the low branches. It was just so dreamy the way the light came through the branches. I continued through the wooded path until I felt all too alone. On the way out I decided that I would always remember the place as "my secret wood", a place I've been looking for since I was small. As I made my way home I snapped a few photos of a mallard pair, they looked so happy in the sun. The tide was coming in, so I quickened my pace and found my way back to the house pretty quickly. Before leaving Southpoint (the name of the house) I savored every beachy decoration.
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Matt Boehnke said...
Great site, but where is the discussions of the devonshires? They are my favorite!
What are these Devonshires you speak of? They must be some kind of elf living in Devon (where War Horse was filmed??)


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Sneek Peek inside Chapter 1 – The Chief Culprit: Joseph Stalin & The Soviet Union. – WEARS WAR on the Lies, Liars & WW2
Date: August 17, 2017Author: wearswar 9 Comments
A warning dear readers; this chapter will haunt you, it will leave you with a sense of unease and two inescapable questions:
What if Hitler had not invaded the USSR at that hour on June 22, 1941?
Why have establishment historians deliberately discounted new evidence made available decade after decade post World War II?
At times John Wear masterfully creates the tension of an excellent espionage novel while presenting a vast amount of informative and technical details. By framing the opening of Chapter 1 – The Chief Culprit, through the eyes of a Soviet intelligence defector, Wear allows us readers to reconsider and re-examine this pivotal event in our history as a ‘crime scene’ with new forensic evidence. The weight of evidence emerging post WWII and post the USSR, that evidence, so lightly and consistently dismissed by establishment historians, screams for a re-trial and reexamination of the narrative.
One begins to wonder; why are establishment historian’s so fearful of presenting their work in a historical Court of Appeal? Is there a secret modern day Gulag for historians who correctly and professionally revise the WWII narrative based on newly available documented evidence? Do they become sidelined to irrelevancy and poverty?
This chapter will both haunt you and crystallize some quiet doubts you have held about the WWII narrative.
Extract from Germany’s War: The Origins, Aftermath & Atrocities of WWII
Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union on June 22, 1941, is widely interpreted by historians as an unprovoked act of aggression by Germany. p15
The Soviet archives show that the Soviet Union had amassed the largest, most powerful, and best equipped army in history. As we shall see in the following discussion, the Soviet Union was on the verge of launching a massive military offensive against all of Europe. Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union was a desperate preemptive attack that prevented the Soviet Union from conquering all of Europe. p15
….The third Five Year Plan that began in 1937 had as its goal the production of military weapons of very high quality in enormous quantities. The Soviet Union under Stalin was highly successful in achieving its goals, and produced superior military weapons on a grandiose scale. For example, the Chelyabinsk tractor factory was completed in the Urals, and similar to Uralvagonzavod this factory was built in such away that it could begin producing tanks at any time. The Chelybinsk tractor factory was called Tankograd during the course of the war. It built not only the medium T-34 tanks, but also the heavy IS and KV tank classes.
One secret of Soviet success in building its military was the use of terror to control the Soviet population… The Soviets planned in advance the number of prisoners that would be needed for the next year, and would place an order in advance with the People’s Commissariat of Internal Affairs (NKVD) to obtain the needed workers. pp19-20
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Considering the Soviet Communists had mass murdered by various methods, an estimated sixty million of their own people, it is astonishing that the anti-Communist Western world ignored this travesty and joined sides with Stalin and his deviant personalities against the German people – and Americans providing the designs and American engineers contributing to the building of the Soviet war machine!
They must have heard the word – GULAG……….that is cognitive dissonance (split mind) on the Allies part.
I think the 60 million figure is grossly overestimated, it should be more like 30 million, but it’s still a big number
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