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HALLSVILLE - A $2 million bond issue for Hallsville Public Schools finally got enough votes for passage this year.
The issue earned 63 percent of votes this year. This is the third time the district asked voters to approve a school bond issue. This year, the district also asked for less money and said it would go toward school safety.
Scott Rice, who has students in both middle school and high school, said he and many other parents were glad to see the school bond issue passed.
"The school district will be benefited from having the improvements that they have asked for, improvements that seems like they are very needed at this time, where the security improvements with some of the entry ways, the removal of the old facilities that I know were aging," Rice said.
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Corporate Traitors – Tax Avoidance is Not Patriotism [COMMENTARY]
A just released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report tells us what we already knew. Our most profitable corporations are tax dodgers. The tax rate for corporations that make more than $10 million is 35%. The average actual rate paid by corporations in this bracket is 12.6%
What this amounts to is roughly $180 billion per year in uncollected tax revenues. Do you think that might help with some of our budget shortfalls?
When you include the businesses that make less than $10 million in profits, the average rate goes up about 5 points. Note that this means that the most profitable companies are paying a smaller share in taxes than smaller businesses are.
Consider your own tax rate. Chances are that if your income is within shouting distance of the middle class, you pay a higher tax rate than our most profitable corporations do.
How do corporations manage this? There are a number of accounting tricks and loopholes available, but the most egregious of them are the ability to avoid taxes by stashing profits overseas or by incorporating there.
Some fairly simple changes to the tax code could change all that, but the current make up of Congress, and especially the House, means that has no chance of happening anytime soon. There is talk of changing the corporate tax laws, but not in the correct way. Reforming America's Taxes Equitably (RATE), a corporate lobbying group, is fairly successfully pushing to lower the tax rates that corporations would pay.
Amongst the people that RATE has convinced is President Obama, who believes that the top rate should be lowered to 28%, as long as that package includes closing loopholes. This is yet another example of why the people who run around saying Barack Obama is a socialist have no clue what they are talking about. Anyone who wants to lower corporate tax rates is no kind of socialist.
It is instructive that this report came out just before the Fourth of July, because there is a tendency in the country to conflate the tax rebellion of the founding fathers with patriotism more broadly. They were in opposition to taxation without representation, and if the billions of dollars in subsidies to already insanely profitable mega-companies proves anything, it is that corporations are getting plenty of representation.
Every dollar of taxes dodged by corporations either results in deficit spending or damaging cuts to useful programs (ala the sequester). Worse still, it shifts the tax burden over to everyday Americans, who don't receive big subsidies and are more likely to feel the pinch in reduced government services. Taking profits overseas in order to pay the lower rates available there only weakens our country. There is nothing patriotic about it; it is more like treason.
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With the 2007 season in the rearview mirror, it's time for the Reds to bring looking towards 2008. In that spirit, Wayne Krivsky announced that the Reds would begin their search for a manager in earnest. The Reds will be looking at candidates from outside the organization, as well as interim manager Pete Mackanin. That said, it's difficult to envision Mackanin being retained as manager for 2008 and beyond. One would think that if that was going to happen, it would have happened before now.
"Pete is a candidate. He's definitely a candidate," Krivsky said. "People ask me about timetables and there isn't one. I'd rather get something done sooner than later. The sooner we know, it takes the uncertainty out of people's minds that are here."
The other 3 interim managers in the majors in 2007 (Cecil Cooper, John McLaren, and Dave Trembly), all had their interim tags removed already, so it's difficult to imagine the Reds giving Mackanin serious consideration at this point. The Reds desire to go outside the organization would seem to provide substantial evidence that they do not view Mackanin as a viable long-term option.
Given the Reds instability at the manager spot over the past decade or two, the Reds seem to be handling the situation wisely. To take the next step, the Reds need to continue to fill each spot in the organization with a quality option. Adding a top notch manager to the mix could bring the Reds much needed stability.
Since the Reds replaced Pete Rose in 1989, the Reds have gone through nine different managers and actually had three different managers in 2003. Over that time, not one manager has lasted at least four seasons and Ray Knight actually had two stints at the helm.
It's obvious that the Reds recognize the importance of getting it right this time, so expanding the search to outside candidates is a very good sign. To take a step forward, the Reds need to continue adding pieces to the puzzle. Adding a top flight manager would be a big piece.


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Incremental scenarios describe techniques where particular climatic (or related) elements are changed incrementally by plausible though arbitrary amounts (e.g., +1, +2, +3, +4°C change in temperature). Also referred to as synthetic scenarios (IPCC, 1994), they are commonly applied to study the sensitivity of an exposure unit to a wide range of variations in climate, often according to a qualitative interpretation of projections of future regional climate from climate model simulations ("guided sensitivity analysis", see IPCC-TGCIA, 1999). Incremental scenarios facilitate the construction of response surfaces – graphical devices for plotting changes in climate against some measure of impact (for example see Figure 13.9b) which can assist in identifying critical thresholds or discontinuities of response to a changing climate. Other types of scenarios (e.g., based on model outputs) can be superimposed on a response surface and the significance of their impacts readily evaluated (e.g., Fowler, 1999). Most studies have adopted incremental scenarios of constant changes throughout the year (e.g., Terjung et al., 1984; Rosenzweig et al., 1996), but some have introduced seasonal and spatial variations in the changes (e.g., Whetton et al., 1993; Rosenthal et al., 1995) and others have examined arbitrary changes in interannual, within-month and diurnal variability as well as changes in the mean (e.g., Williams et al., 1988; Mearns et al., 1992; Semenov and Porter, 1995; Mearns et al., 1996).
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Analogue scenarios are constructed by identifying recorded climate regimes which may resemble the future climate in a given region. Both spatial and temporal analogues have been used in constructing climate scenarios.
188.8.131.52 Spatial analogues
Spatial analogues are regions which today have a climate analogous to that anticipated in the study region in the future. For example, to project future grass growth, Bergthórsson et al. (1988) used northern Britain as a spatial analogue for the potential future climate over Iceland. Similarly, Kalkstein and Greene (1997) used Atlanta as a spatial analogue of New York in a heat/mortality study for the future. Spatial analogues have also been exploited along altitudinal gradients to project vegetation composition, snow conditions for skiing, and avalanche risk (e.g., Beniston and Price, 1992; Holten and Carey, 1992; Gyalistras et al., 1997). However, the approach is severely restricted by the frequent lack of correspondence between other important features (both climatic and non-climatic) of a study region and its spatial analogue (Arnell et al., 1990). Thus, spatial analogues are seldom applied as scenarios, per se. Rather, they are valuable for validating the extrapolation of impact models by providing information on the response of systems to climatic conditions falling outside the range currently experienced at a study location.
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I didn't notice it, but apparently yesterday Google devoted its home page doodle to the fossil Lucy, to commemorate the anniversary of her discovery.
According to the Telegraph, this caused much ire amongst the creationist fraternity. There's not a lot more to say, really: the Telegraph had to pad out its story with lots of ridiculous tweets from the evolution deniers.
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Washington D.C., May 12, 2013 / 04:11 pm MT ().- The leader of a conservative think-tank is calling for more balanced abortion coverage from the Washington Post after the paper's publisher reportedly said that its production team members "do make mistakes."
At a meeting of shareholders in The Washington Post Company May 9, David Almasi, executive director of the National Center for Public Policy Research, argued that the paper's biased coverage of the March for Life could be contributing to its financial woes.
"In January, as almost every year, the March for Life got a tiny little story in the Metro section," Almasi told CNA on May 10.
"That's bad enough, but then the next day, there was a rally of under 1,000 people, by the Post's own reporting, for gun control, and they gave it almost the same length of coverage."
Almasi added that the Washington Post's article on the March for Life included a photo which prominently featured signs from pro-abortion counter-demonstrators, while the gun control article had "two photos that were of a positive nature towards the rally."
The Post's Jan. 27 issue featured the headline "Nearly 1,000 rally on Mall to call for more gun control," while the previous day's issue featured an article title "On Roe's 40th anniversary, more prayers to overturn it."
Well down the article, the Post noted that the March for Life's permit was for 50,000 but that "organizers said the attendance was several times that number" and that participants "stretched for at least five blocks."
"With something like the March for Life, they're busing people in, people are taking a lot out of their lives to be a part of this, and they're marching in weather I won't march in anymore … and I see little coverage," Almasi said.
He contrasted this with the "better coverage" of the gun control rally and an environmentalist rally against the Keystone XL pipeline, both of which had far fewer participants.
At the shareholder meeting, Almasi told Post management that such biased reporting is "a credibility problem that's obviously hurting your bottom line."
The previous week, the Washington Post Company had reported a sharp decline in profit in the first quarter. The company has explained the decline by costs related to early retirement, severance and restructuring, according to the New York Times.
Almasi participated in the shareholder meeting through Accuracy in Media, which own stocks in numerous companies.
He argued that the bias in abortion coverage is much the same as it was more than 20 years ago.
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At the meeting, Post Company chairman Donald Graham, who in 1990 was the paper's publisher, "said he was appalled by what happened 23 years ago, though he didn't really say if he was appalled by what happened this year."
Almasi said that Katherine Weymouth, current publisher of the Post, also responded to his concerns, saying "we're far from perfect – we do make mistakes."
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Almasi reports that in a private conversation following the shareholders' meeting, Weymouth said that 90 percent of the Post's newsroom is probably liberal and at times, "obviously their bias comes through."
Now that the Post's representatives admitted the paper's bias and previous mistakes, Almasi said that they need to do better.
"But we just need to see if they take that to heart, or it's just something they say every year at the shareholder meeting when we ask them," he stated.
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Finally, It's Here.Posted by rtmsf on November 10th, 2008
John Stevens is a featured columnist for RTC. His columns will appear on Tuesdays throughout the season.
We can stop now.
No need to continue going to YouTube to relive highlights of last season.
We can stop reading (and re-reading) those strange single-issue pre-season magazines.
We don't have to keep checking the listings at ESPN Classic or the Big Ten Network for a stray college basketball replay.
Somewhere in Florida, Dick Vitale has been taken out of a moth-ball-filled crate (or out of his tasty Tampa Bay Rays box seats) and has had his big bald pumpkin dusted off. He is drinking hot tea to prepare his voice. He knows that the weekly Mike-and-Mike appearances are not enough, now. He knows it's time to go to work.
Somewhere in New England, the always delightful and informative Tom Brennan is shopping for blazers. Hopefully with his wife's help.
At this moment, Digger Phelps is in a Staples, eyeballing the highliter section with genuine concern, holding up ties next to them to insure proper color-coordination. Jay Bilas and the Davises (Rece and Hubert) are watching replays of the Tim Tebow pep talk and laughing like Charley Steiner.
They're polishing the floors at Pauley and Cameron Indoor. Oh yes, they're setting up chairs at Rupp and O'Connell. If you listen hard enough, you can hear that blessed sound, that sweet, echoing collision between basketball leather and hardwood, coming from Louisville and Lawrence, Spokane and Storrs.
And we know why. It's back.
God, it's always been this way for me. Ever since I can remember, the middle of October has meant – political rhetoric aside — well, a feeling of new hope. Not just for the prospect of a great season for my favorite team(s), but for the fact that there WAS a season; that for the next five months, my favorite sport was going to take over everything – the TV, the radio, the conversations between me and my friends – and man, how sweet it was going to be.
"Take over" is the correct term, there. Seriously, some of my earliest memories of childhood were sitting with my basketball-coach father in front of a TV as he taught me why you have to "overload" a zone, or the best way to break a 2-2-1 full court press, or how, by looking at your defender's feet, to tell the exact moment to go on a dribble-drive. On random weekdays in grade school and junior high, my friends and I would be bleary-eyed having stayed up to catch the end of, say, Seton Hall at UC-Santa Barbara, or Loyola Marymount at Gonzaga, because if you were in our crowd you had better be able to discuss it. Especially during the season, we'd be fired up to play HORSE, 21, or 5-on-5 on any playground we could find. Rain or snow? Didn't matter, makes it more interesting. 3am and the cops showed up? Who cares, we'll find another court. Yeah, we were geeks, at least about college basketball. We didn't care. We still are.
I'm willing to bet that if you're reading a college basketball blog, you probably share my excitement, and you probably have similar memories to the ones I've recounted above. Maybe you have a specific moment in college hoops' glorious history that made you an immediate lifelong fan. Perhaps you can recall the exact details of where you were for the Bryce Drew Miracle. Or Tyus Edney coast-to-coast. Or Gabe Lewullis in 1996. Well take heart, friends. November has arrived. It ain't March, but it's still pretty damn good.
And the upcoming season is already intriguing in so many ways. So many questions are waiting to be answered. For the first time in a while, we have a true Goliath to start a season, this time in the form of the 2008-09 edition of the North Carolina Tarheels. Can they live up to the already-churning hype machine and take their place as one of the greatest squads ever assembled? Can Ol' Roy live up to the challenge and complete this task? What absolute sickness does Stephen Curry have in store for us this year? Will this new three-point line redefine the position of the 2-guard? Will the traditional center re-emerge as the premier position on the floor because of it? Will it bring back the lost of art of the mid-range jumper? Is Duke over- or undervalued this year? Is Davidson the new Gonzaga? Speaking of the Zags, is Austin Daye as special a player as he seems? Will Billy Gillispie's second season in Lexington be as impressive as his second seasons at UTEP and Texas A&M (therefore catapulting him to deity status)? And what is it going to be like to look over at the Arizona sideline and NOT see Lute Olson? Jeez, you might as well make the baskets 26 feet high and make the court triangular, because it will seem like a different game.
I can't wait to have them all answered. So serve it up, let's light this candle. With everything that's gone on in this country (sports and otherwise) in the last seven months, it seems like a million years ago that we crowned Bill Self and his Jayhawks as champions. So give me Big Monday. Love him or loathe him, give me Dickie V having one of his on-air seizures of hoops happiness. Give me Gus Johnson on the mic with a last-second shot in the air. Bring on Bracketology and let's have some mid-majors. It's time for Rick Pitino's white suit and the Fox Sunday night game.
Because finally…it's here. Rejoice, college hoops fans. Our game is back.


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The nursing division at Truman Medical Centers is committed to creating a culture of excellence that supports our mission, vision, values, and nursing strategic plan. We embrace shared decision making and empower TMC nurses to practice with autonomy and accountability through our shared governance structure. Professional practice encompasses lifelong professional development, evidence based practice, diverse learning opportunities, working with interdisciplinary teams, and a well-rounded stimulating work environment.
Our nurses work in collaboration with the healthcare team to drive practice changes, develop policies and procedures, and quality improvements. Truman nurses have a voice at the table. Our professional nursing environment is positive and we offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, flexible scheduling, tuition reimbursement, and a wealth of educational programs.
TMC Nursing Philosophy
The TMC Nursing Professional Practice Model (PPM) is a visual representation of the conceptual framework for TMC professional nursing practice. The model describes how nurses practice, collaborate, develop professionally, and provide high quality patient centered relationship based care. The PPM connects all nurses through a shared mission, vision, values, and trans-cultural caring behaviors.
TMC Nursing Belief Statements
The patient and their support system is the center of our professional practice model.
Our approach to patient centered care is grounded in relationship-based care (Koloroutis, 2004).
The work of Mary Koloroutis (2004), Patricia Benner (1984), Madeleine Leininger (1994) and Hoffart & Woods (1996) serve as the theoretical framework of our professional practice model.
Caring is the heart of our professional nursing practice and nursing incorporates the ten universal caring behaviors (Leininger, 1994) into the care delivery system:
• Respect
• Concern
• Helping
• Attention to Detail
• Presence/Being There
• Connection
• Protecting
• Touch
• Comfort Measures
• Adjusting The Environment
The provision of patient centered care encompasses the interdisciplinary team.
The RN accepts the responsibility, authority and accountability for his/her competent professional practice.
Transformational leaders and shared governance support our professional nursing practice and promote autonomy.
We value and support the quest for knowledge, the practice of lifelong learning, and continual professional development (Benner, 1984).
We provide high quality, evidence based and outcomes driven care to the patient while recognizing the inherent worth, dignity, and uniqueness of each individual.
Nursing Orientation Nursing orientation is a structured process that is individualized to assist both experienced nurses and new graduates to successfully integrate into the work setting. Working in concert with nursing leadership, the corporate clinical nurse consultants assist with unit-specific competency based education. The unit educator partners with the new hires to ensure a successful transition into independent practice.
Clinical Affiliations
As an academic medical center, TMC partners with strong nursing programs across the greater Kansas City area. We share training affiliations with several schools including the University of Missouri-Kansas City, William Jewell School of Nursing, Penn Valley Community College, MidAmerican Nazarene University, and University of Central Missouri. Whether students are pursuing an ADN, BSN or MSN, Truman Medical Centers offers a stimulating learning experience.
Professional Development
The Nursing Workforce Development Department supports many continuing education programs, including Basic Cardiac Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Neonatal Resuscitation, and Intermediate Fetal Monitoring. Most classes are free or offered at a nominal charge to employees. Ongoing educational opportunities are based on the results from the Annual Educational Assessment. Most of the offerings include nursing continuing education credit.
Nursing Career Development: We believe in providing our nursing team with innovative ways to advance their education. Tuition reimbursement and nursing scholarships are available for employees who qualify and are enrolled in an accredited nursing program. We have partnerships with local universities that includes matching scholarships and discounted tuition to further support our employees as they pursue their education.
Clinical Ladder
The Clinical Ladder program recognizes and rewards our front-line nurses with the opportunity for career development and advancement while maintaining a clinical focus. Promotion occurs as the nurse advances up the clinical ladder from ''Clinical Nurse'' through sequential progression to Clinical Nurse II, III, and IV. Each step on the ladder represents increased accountability and competency, along with a promotion in increase of base pay. There is a two-year requirement of maintenance of the promotion during each step of advancement or maintenance of the Clinical Ladder.
Relationship-Based Care
TMC places high value on people and relationships. This is evidenced by the adoption of the Relationship Based Care (RBC) model which places the patient and family in the center of the TMC environment. RBC is a culture shift to welcoming, appreciating, valuing, and empathizing and demonstrating these behaviors to the patients, families and our colleagues. Nurses are called to model these behaviors in our everyday interactions. Patient and nursing satisfaction is a one of the goals of RBC. We want to be the hospital of choice for Kansas City, and patient satisfaction is the key to achieving this goal. Through the active use of caring behaviors by TMC nurses, we are confident patient and nursing satisfaction scores will continue to rise.
Experienced Nurses:
It's hard to believe that I have been at TMC almost 25 years!
I can remember how overwhelmed I was when I first started on the Fourth Floor. The patients had such complicated health conditions. If it had not been for the mentoring and nurturing of some really awesome med-surge nurses, I'm sure I would not have lasted through my six months probation. Not only did they share their expertise, they demonstrated the "heart" of TMC.
A different kind of nursing journey began when I transferred to the Infectious Disease Clinic. It was in this clinic when nursing became "not just a job," but a career and a passion. And, again, it is a journey that was only possible because of the nurses who guided me and mentored me.
One of the highlights of my career was being nominated for the Heart of Healthcare award. That a fellow nurse that I hold in high esteem would nominate me is the greatest honor. Receiving the award and sharing it with my colleagues is now a treasured memory. However, I would never have made it to this point without the guidance of so many nurses.
Rose Farnan, RN, BSN, ACRN
TMC New Graduates:
Graduating from nursing school and taking boards are two very big steps in a new RN's life, and for many, including myself, are very stressful. Taking a job at an urban, academic ICU rivals those two stressors -- hands down.
Walking in that first day, I was so proud that I had earned my navy blue scrubs and was able to move on from my UMKC alma mater of royal blue scrubs. The feeling of accomplishment was quickly replaced with the very real feeling that I had peoples' lives in my hands, and that the responsibility our jobs demanded was intense.
My first summer, there were countless nights I laid in bed wide awake pondering the next day's challenges and going over the checklist of things I had learned in orientation.
One of the big things I had to get used to wasn't talked about in nursing classrooms: the idea of teamwork. My biggest obstacle was building the confidence that it was "OK" to ask for help, and that our staff and co-workers are there to help each other. I have learned to not only count on and trust my peers' clinical knowledge and skills, but also to realize that we are a team that will be there for each other, whether for a code blue or for turning a patient.
As the fear of the unknown and the ICU abated, I have realized that there is vast knowledge to be learned after school and that so much of your education occurs after graduation.
Having just completed my first year of working at TMC, I'm able to look back and see how far I've come. I've gone from being a green new grad whose heart skipped a beat every time my patient looked at me wrong to a more seasoned ICU nurse who knows what to expect from my patients, families, and the staff with whom we work.
As a new grad, I encourage you to ask questions, respect the advice of those with experience, and remember that, in a matter of time, your comfort level will grow. And you won't always be the new kid on the block.
Drew Gooden, RN, BSN
Truman Medical Centers offers a comprehensive benefits program with a variety of options for employees and their families.
Prescription Drug
Employee Assistance Program
Employee Wellness Programs
Paid TIme Off
Short-Term Disability Plan
Jury Duty Leave
Bereavement Leave
Military Leave
Educational Assistance
403(b) with Matching Contributions
Retirement Planning Consulting Services
Basic Term Life and AD&D Insurance
Business Travel Accident Insurance
Supplemental Term Life Insurance - Employee and Dependent
Long-Term Disability Coverage
Flexible Spending Plan
Legal Services Plan
Pet Insurance
Auto and Home Insurance
Credit Union and On-site Banking
Discounted Bus Passes
Lactation Rooms
Nurse Residency Program
Truman Medical Centers (TMC) Nursing Administration is proud to offer a Nurse Residency Program (NRP), which introduces the new graduate to the nursing profession by providing clinical and leadership training and support as the nurse transitions to a full partner on the healthcare team. Truman has partnered with the Vizient/AACN Nurse Residency Program™ to provide resources to help our new nurses gain confidence and increase competence during this 12-month program. As part of the program TMC will provide new graduates with support and development in the following ways:
Provide a standardized curriculum of classroom and simulation.
Monthly seminars and specialty courses designed for your specific unit.
Topics to be covered include patient safety, evidenced-based practice, procedure specifics, time management techniques, conflict resolution techniques, communication skills, stress management techniques and professional development training.
Provide a structured clinical orientation with a preceptor(s) along with consistent preceptor feedback. You will have a preceptor(s) or mentor(s) support person during the Nurse Residency Program.
Provide a venue for RN role development as well as nursing survival skills.
Provide a setting for relationship building with other new graduates using a cohort model.
Monthly meetings with your Nurse Residency Coordinator and preceptor for progress reports.
Mentorship while completing a facilitated Evidence-Based Practice project.
Paid salary and benefits for hours worked while in the Nurse Residency Program.
To be considered for the program, residents should:
Hold an associates or bachelor's in nursing science from an institution accredited by the National League for Nursing Accreditation Commission (NLNAC) or Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
Have a GPA of at least 3.0
Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the state of Missouri or eligible to take the NCLEX within 90 days of graduation
Be a nurse for less than six months
Commit to the one-year residency program
Nurses who apply for a specific RN position at Truman Medical Center and have less than six months of experience as a nurse will automatically be placed into the Nurse Residency Program.
Nurse Residency Program positions are listed as Residency Clinical Nurse RN
New Graduate Nurses are hired into all clinical areas, including specialty areas, depending on need
A new cohort starts 3 times a year
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Cheesy Baked Mashed Potatoes
Cheesy Baked Mashed Potatoes
From Camilla Salem, YumSugar
- 8 russet potatoes, peeled and quartered
1/2 stick salted butter, cubed, plus more for baking dish
1/2 cup milk or cream
2 teaspoons salt
1 1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese
1 cup grated parmesan cheese
1 cup breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons olive oil
- In a large pot, boil potatoes until tender when pierced with a fork. Strain and place into a large bowl for mashing.
- Add butter, milk or cream, and salt. Mash by hand or with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Butter a baking or casserole dish. Spoon mashed potatoes into baking dish and smooth the surface with a spoon or spatula.
- Evenly sprinkle cheddar and parmesan cheeses over the surface, then breadcrumbs. Drizzle olive oil over the topping.
- Bake in oven until topping is brown and bubbly.
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A new documentary alleges President John F. Kennedy was killed by a second shooter: A clumsy Secret Service agent attempted to respond to gunfire from Lee Harvey Oswald and inadvertently hit the president instead.
"JFK: The Smoking Gun" will air on the Reelz Channel on Nov. 3, just weeks before the 50th anniversary of the assassination on Nov. 22.
The documentary is based on the 1992 book "Mortal Error: The Shot that Killed JFK" by Bonar Menninger, who worked with Australian detective Colin McLaren over the course of four years.
McLaren and Menninger allege an inexperienced Secret Service agent named George Hickey, who was in the follow-up car behind the president's vehicle, tried to respond after Oswald fired the first shot.
When the car lurched forward, Hickey's inexperience caused him to fire and accidentally hit Kennedy with the bullet that actually killed him, they said.
"There was no conspiracy," McLaren said. "We're just saying a second shooter fired the fatal round."
Documentary producer Michael Prupas said: "The only conspiracy was the subsequent coverup."
McClaren said he came to his conclusions based on autopsy photos, looking at the trajectory of the fatal shot and the size of the "blow-out effect" on Kennedy's head, which McClaren said was inconsistent with Oswald's location and ammunition.
Hickey sued St. Martin's, the book publisher that produced "Mortal Error," in 1995, but a judge said the suit came too long after the book's publication. After Hickey died in 2011, Menninger began working with McClaren to produce the documentary.


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Now that she is on the way out and doesn't have to toe the line, Ms Clinton has suddenly deviated from the official WH line that says that Al Qaeda is by and large defeated and that its assorted remains are licking their wounds in some insignificant corners of the world.
"We now face a spreading jihadist threat," Clinton said. "We do have to contend with the wannabes and affiliates going forward."And what should we expect now? Another round of "engagement"?
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Los Angeles Slow Art Day - Museum of Contemporary Art - April 27, 2013
Fresno Art Museum
Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Event Details
Museum of Contemporary Art
250 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles
Art viewing: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
$12 General Admission $7 Students and Seniors (65+)
Lunch: 1:00 PM - 2.00 PM
At Lemonade
Host: Christina Hobbs, contact Christina via e-mail
Slow Art Day is a worldwide celebration of art that encourages people to look at art SLOWLY – and thereby experience art in a new way. You can see more about Slow Art Day and the mission behind it on our website: http://SlowArtDay.com.
As Slow Art Day approaches, you'll hear from your host with more information, as well as instructions about what to do when you arrive for Slow Art Day.
More info about Slow Art Day movement: facebook | twitter | tumblr
When & Where
Museum of Contemporary Art
250 S. Grand Ave.
Los Angeles,
Saturday, April 27, 2013 from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
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For me, the end of summer brings on mixed feelings. At the end of last summer, I wrote this post. For me, it bears repeating. I hope you will agree.
I hate to say it…but I will. Summer is coming to a close. It feels a little sad saying adios to the hazy, crazy, sometimes lazy days of summer. And yet, to me, there is always a 'new start' feeling about September. I guess it must be that, for most people, summer vacation is over and it's time to get back to work.
Some of us will approach this prospect with enthusiasm and some, well, some will spend time singing the back to work blues.
As a leader, it is reasonable to assume that you would prefer the enthusiasm option to the blues option. But, like everything else, you'll likely have to work for it.
So here's a reminder from Daniel Pink about what truly motivates people to do their best work, (post vacation or otherwise) and it has nothing to do with money. In fact, according to Pink, (and intuitively, I agree) there are three things that, in combination, will charge our batteries and get us happily moving forward. Here they are:
Autonomy ~ freedom to, independently or with others of our choosing, work creatively and produce something we can be proud of.
Mastery ~ opportunities to learn, grow and build on our interests, knowledge and abilities
Purpose ~ Connecting to something greater than ourselves that we can believe in and strive to fulfill.
Here is a wonderful RSA Animate production called Drive: the Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us. It is ten minutes long but, for any leader, is worth the time to see because it gets to the heart of what motivates us.
This presentation suggests to me that to keep the effects of lethargy (whenever it may arise) from diminishing our activity and blurring our focus, we must find ways to emphasize or integrate the principles of autonomy, mastery and purpose into our everyday work life.
With this in mind, here are some questions for you, as leader, to consider:
Given the nature of your business, how might you provide opportunity for people to work autonomously?
How flexible are you when it comes to work arrangements?
What would happen if you were to make each person's operational framework larger and allow more independence? What might it look like?
What would you need to make it work? What would you have to do to fill that need? What would others have to do?
Mastery: What opportunities do you provide for people to get better at what they do?
How do you approach development planning?
How do you acknowledge accomplishment?
What value do you place on curiosity, risk and learning?
What are you willing to try, to allow your people a chance for growth and greater contribution?
If you were to take what you are doing now to increase peoples' level of mastery and multiply it by two, what would it look like? What do you anticipate would be the outcome?
Purpose: What purpose does your organization serve?
Does everyone in your organization know it? Understand it? Believe in it?
How often do you remind people of your organizational purpose?
How do you help them make the connection between what they do and how they contribute to the fulfillment of the purpose?
There will of course be other questions that come up for you but the point is, there are times when this notion of achieving a working environment that values autonomy, mastery and purpose requires some active consideration.
I just happen to think that the autumn, (when we tend to need time to cast fresh eyes on our life and work), is one of those times.
What do you think?


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Children and families in need of back-to-school assistance for the 2012-2013 school year are encouraged to seek help from The Salvation Army.
The Salvation Army's back-to-school assistance program helps local children in need by providing them with basic school supplies, backpacks, clothing and haircuts. Assistance is available for students in Kindergarten through 12th grade. Donations of new school supplies can be dropped off at your local Salvation Army.
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Yes, I said "Gluten-free Pita Bread". I did not stutter. I about fell out of my chair when I heard there was such a product on the market. I knew that I had to get my hands on some ASAP! I emailed Rami at GFL Foods, Inc and they happily shipped me out a package of gluten-free pitas to review (the pitas were sent to me at no charge; I am not being paid to write this review). You can purchase the pitas at www.glutenfreepitas.com , which is very easy to remember.
Jon was thrilled the day these showed up on our doorstep. We have now plowed through our package & I am here to report the many different ways we used the pitas. We have filled them with BBQ pulled pork, taco meat, lunch meat & cheese and used them as pizza crusts! Here is a couple photos of the pitas filled with taco meat.
These gluten-free pitas are so easy to prepare. Once they arrived, the instructions said to place them in the freezer. To prepare, simply place in the microwave for 30 seconds & fill with the filling of your choice. For the most part these pitas held up very well to the different fillings that we used. They did crumble a little when used as a pizza crust, but that could be due to the additional heating to melt the cheese on the "pizzas". The taste was great & complimented all of the different foods well. I would highly recommend these pitas. The only con I could really find was the price. The cost is $9/bag of pitas + shipping. I realize that gluten-free foods cost more to make, as the ingredients cost more. To my knowledge, I don't think there is another gluten-free pita on the market, so if you want one, this is the place to get them!
Thanks to Rami & GFL Foods, Inc for giving me the opportunity to sample & review these awesome pita breads.
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Pac-12 Power Rankings: Week SixPosted by Connor Pelton on December 19th, 2011
Here's a look at the power rankings that Drew and I have compiled after the sixth week of Pac-12 games. Here we go!
1. Stanford, 9-1: Stanford took care of business in their only game of the week, a 20-point drubbing of a mediocre San Diego club. The Cardinal defense has been outstanding in these types of game so far this season, as they have not given up more than 59 points to a non-power conference team. They have two more chances to keep that streak alive before Pac-12 play begins. Up Next: 12.19 vs. Bethune-Cookman
2. California, 9-2: Across the bay we have our number two team, who also went 1-0 this week with a 20-point win over a mediocre team. The Golden Bears defeated Weber State 77-57, making them the first Pac-12 team to reach the nine-win plateau. While the Wildcats as a whole are mediocre, they are home to the nation's leading scorer, Damian Lillard. The Bears held Lillard to 14 points, 11.4 under his season average. Up Next: 12.19 vs. UC Santa Barbara
3. Oregon State, 9-2: On paper, Oregon State's 289-193 outscoring of their three low-major opponents this week looked great, but I didn't like most of what I saw, especially against Portland State on Sunday. On offense, the Beavers looked great. They were shooting the ball with ease, passing with great efficiently, and flying high on dunks. But those plays led to too much celebrating and not enough getting back, making the Beavs look slow against the already-quick Viking guards. If they do this in Pac-12 play, opponents will be scoring in the 7os and 80s instead of the 60s, leading to more losses and making their chances of an NCAA Tournament bid even smaller. Up Next: 12.21 @ Chicago State
4. Arizona, 7-4: The Wildcats hold steady after dropping a 71-60 decision to Gonzaga in Seattle. Most will look at Arizona's four losses and think they are a middle-of-the-pack team, but considering those four have come against Mississippi State, San Diego State, Florida, and Gonzaga, they don't seem that bad at all. Group that in with the growing pains coach Sean Miller has had to endure so far, I really like UA at fourth. Up Next: 12.20 vs. Oakland
5. Oregon, 6-3: The Ducks opened up the week with an ugly nine-point win over Portland State, but the real challenge was to come six days later when Virginia came calling. Oregon was able to stay with the Cavaliers for 30 minutes, but Virginia used a stifling defense and hot shooting down the stretch to pull away for a 13-point win. Virginia forward Mike Scott led all scorers with 17 points. Up Next: 12.20 vs. North Carolina Central
6. Washington State, 7-4: The Cougars only game of the week was a less-than-stellar win over DII Western Oregon, but they trade places with rival Washington anyway. The Cougars have now won five in a row going into the Cougar Hardwood Classic. Up Next: 12.22 vs. Pepperdine in Seattle Read the rest of this entry »


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President Barack Obama used his executive power under the Antiquities Act of 1996 to expand the California Coastal National Monument to include the Point Arena-Stornetta Public Lands Tuesday, March 11, the White House announced
Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, and other local, state and federal officials attended a celebration Wednesday in Point Arena.
The California Coastal National Monument is made up of more than 20,000 small islands, rocks and reefs along the California coast. The expansion will add about 1,600 acres to the monument and be the first on-land access point for CCNM. The expansion will also add the land to the National Conservation Lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management.
The National Conservation Lands are a 27-million acre collection of ecologically, culturally and historically significant public lands managed by the BLM, including nearly five million acres of public lands in California.
As part of the National Conservation Lands, the national monument expansion will ensure that ranching, outdoor recreation and research will continue, according to a press release from the Conservation Lands Foundation. The designation will also provide protection for the Garcia River watershed, which is prime coho and chinook salmon habitat. It will protect wildlife habitat for a number of migratory waterfowl and endangered and threatened species, including the Point Arena mountain beaver.
Members of environmental protection groups and California"s senatorial delegation praised the president for his planned action.
"Mendocino Land Trust is thrilled that the Obama administration considers the Point Arena – Stornetta Public Lands important enough to take this action," said Ann Cole, executive director of the Mendocino Land Trust. "We thank the President for responding to the local community. A small population can make a huge difference when something as important as protecting our cultural and natural heritage is at stake."
"I am so pleased that President Obama is taking action to permanently protect this majestic piece of California"s coast for future generations to enjoy," Sen. Barbara Boxer said in a statement issued by her office. "Expanding this monument will not only help preserve this sensitive coastal area and protect marine life along the coast, it will also boost the tourism economy in Mendocino County, which supports 5,000 jobs."
Sam Goldman, California director of the Conservation Lands Foundation, said, "The expansion of the California Coastal National Monument is a step forward in reconnecting Americans with the outdoors, and it ensures that one of the most significant parts of California"s coastline will be protected for current and future generations."
The California Coastal National Monument was designated by President Bill Clinton in 2000, and protects small islands, exposed reefs and pinnacles off the 1,100 miles of California coastline, as well as the critical habitat it provides for an abundance of marine life.
The monument expansion is supported by the local community including the Point Arena Lighthouse Keepers, state and local elected officials, the Manchester-Point Arena Band of Pomo Indians, business organizations such as Visit Mendocino County, and conservation groups such as The Mendocino Land Trust, The Sierra Club, The Conservation Lands Foundation and The Trust for Public Land.
"The support for this designation is practically unanimous in the Mendocino business community as it will further raise the visibility and interest in the area, driving additional visitation to the county," said Scott Schneider, president and CEO of Visit Mendocino County. "It means more than they will ever know that the President and Secretary Jewell saw fit to protect this area in a way that will also have a positive impact on our local tourism economy."


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My Stocks Performance: April 13, 2011
Its been months since Ive started stock investing and even though the market has been tentative most of the times, I am happy with the performance of my portfolio. All are in positive/green and a special shout out for JFC, ALI and MBT. My top stock pick is still SCC because of its bright future. I hope the market would start the go up and Its not too late to take advantage of the bullish stock market! According to the analysts, 2010 was the start of a bullish Philippine stock market and bull runs are often for 5 years. The stock market is a viable instrument for wealth generation however it is not for the uninformed. More hardworking individuals lose money investing in the stock market because they do not have the right knowledge, skills and attitudes. Happy investing. =)
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Enterprise Ontologies – The Holy Grail or the Emperor's New Clothes?
December 17, 2010
Enterprise ontology was a topic of academic research in the 90s, e.g. in Canada, Holland, and Scotland. This early work was informed by industrial practice in enterprise modeling, and emphasized industrial issues like product design, requirements, organization, manufacturing, transportation, quality, inventory etc. The added value of an ontological approach compared to conventional enterprise modeling was however never clear to industrial practitioners, and ontology remained an academic exercise, which was not picked up by leading tool vendors.
Recently, the fad of the "semantic web" has brought forward an even more theoretical approach to enterprise ontology. Its proponents seem unaware of the earlier work. As before, interoperability is the core concern that ontologies are addressing, e.g. in the IDEAS framework. However, it seems that the focus has moved from interoperability of enterprises to exchange of enterprise models. This post questions if such an approach is viable. In the absence of any evidence that demonstrates that ontologies work in practice, I apologize for the theoretical nature of this post. Read the rest of this entry »
Four Approaches to Enterprise Architecture
December 10, 2010
Enterprise architecture (EA) has been developed by four different disciplines, as shown in the table below.
|Frameworks and Techniques
|Management Consulting
|Enterprise Modeling
|Information Systems (IS)
|Enterprise Architecture
|Zachman, TOGAF, ARIS
|Software Engineering
|Model Driven Architecture
|Systems Engineering
|(System of) Systems Architecture
|SysML, MODAF, NAF, UPDM
Enterprise modelling was first applied to analyse industrial operations, extending IDEF and other process modeling notations. Later, information systems people applied similar techniques for aligning the IT with the business it supports, and for IT management in general. After software engineering established object oriented modelling of the internals of software systems, systems engineering adapted these techniques to hardware and software co-design. Systems-of-systems thinking led them to extend their reach beyond technology and into the enterprise realm. Read the rest of this entry »
From industry and defense we have learned that a holistic design approach should be adopted to integrate data and knowledge management. In all knowledge work, the life-cycle management of data structures, properties and parameters, values and ranges, dependencies, rules, decisions, and experiences, require in-depth understanding of the data. This in-depth understanding is workspace dependent, local and possessed by practitioners only.
A holistic design approach should therefore be applied, where data models are defined, adapted, and managed by practitioners in a role-oriented Federated Knowledge Architecture. A knowledge architecture is capable of providing the work contexts required for self-serve distributed data management.
Simplifying BPMN 2.0
March 23, 2010
Though BPMN has emerged as a dominant business process modeling standard, the jury is still out on whether it is suitable for business people. Even for IT people, some argue that the number of constructs you need to understand in order to build a process model is too large. Future standards for adaptive case management will require even greater end user participation in process modeling.
Consequently, the requirements for a simple, robust, extensible, and flexible modeling framework are growing. Over the years, we have developed a few principles for making modeling languages simpler to use. These principles represent a move away from the prejudice that everything should be defined as classes, which so dominates OO and MDA.
The results of applying these principles to BPMN 2.0 could be a reduction of its size by up to 50%. The resulting framework would also handle typical evolution scenarios better, by removing the need for a lot of type change of individual elements. Finally, it would better support complementary visualizations of the process, like the 12 different process views we described earlier.
The Graphical Modeling Framework (GMF) of Eclipse is a promising open source platform for building your own model editors. We've performed a preliminary analysis of GMF as a platform for our methodologies for model-driven applications, and this post highlights its strengths and weaknesses. We also propose directions for future development of GMF that would simplify the use of the framework and extend its capabilities for view management and model execution.
The upside of GMF is that basic functionality can be put together without programming, based on your own domain specific metamodel. Through additional mappings, different diagrams can be integrated into a coherent architecture, and graphical symbols can be customized. Open source makes it easier for software developers to extend the framework.
On the downside, the programming paradigm of Eclipse is at odds with our end user driven approach. Our direct model execution ambition seems difficult to implement inside a framework based on extensive code generation. While we emphasize queries and views for generating role and purpose specific interfaces, GMF relies more on transformation. Read the rest of this entry »
Business-Driven SOA – Reference Models and Standards
December 9, 2009
Active knowledge modeling (AKM) is a business-centric approach to dynamically reconfigurable service oriented architectures (SOA). Services are made available to users in the situation they find themselves, as captured by enterprise models, in a business level language. The role of a knowledge architecture is to bring purpose and context to the services, and to dynamically compose and configure business solutions from basic services in a manner far more flexible than a conventional BPMS.
We here explore the relationships between AKM and SOA, through SOA reference models, reference architectures, maturity models, and standards. Several frameworks have been developed in order to capture and explain just exactly what service oriented architectures are. This post gives an overview of different frameworks, their purpose and perspectives:
- Reference models developed to explain and create agreement about the meaning of key terms, and the dependencies between them,
- Reference architectures, template solutions for a domain, outlining typical components and subsystems, aspects and layers of services,
- Development and maturity models that describe different generations of SOA, or the path from a conventional application architecture towards a fully service oriented realization.
- Modeling architectures, presenting overviews of modeling methods, which models should be developed and how they fit together, and how the modeling languages are structured.
Web services (WS) standards are also plentiful. People have mapped them before, but the dependencies between different standards are seldom visualized. We present a WS standards map that captures major dependencies.
Enterprise Modeling – What we have learned and what we have not
November 9, 2009
I was recently invited to the second Practice of Enterprise Modeling (PoEM) conference, in Stockholm, 18-19 November. This post introduces the topics that I will talk about there. The objective is to communicate some of our lessons from 15-20 years of enterprise modeling and enterprise architecture development, to highlight advances made, important ideas that were largely forgotten, and to point out directions for future practice development. Some of the lessons presented below are obvious to enterprise modeling practitioners. They are included here because outsiders coming into the field sometimes get them wrong. Other lessons may be more controversial, and they may not be applicable in every situation.
The proceedings of the conference are available from Springer Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. The presentation is available here (pptx). Read the rest of this entry »


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For heartthrob Robert Pattinson, love bites.
The hunky "Twilight" star who plays the sexy blood-sucking vamp Edward Cullin in the wildly popular film series said he may elicit screams from legions of female fans - but he isn't the object of women's affections.
"Girls scream out for Edward, not Robert," Pattinson told the Sydney Morning Herald. "I still can't get a date."
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The 23-year old who has been rumored to be dating co-star Kristen Stewart -- Bella in the series -- said he still gets lots of attention from fans.
"Like yesterday, I was having lunch down the road," he said. "We were in this place for a couple of hours and suddenly there was like 400 people outside on the street. It was just so nuts and it's like that all the time now."
Pattinson said he thinks the hype will simmer down once the sequel "New Moon" comes out.
"I'm not the lead in the second film. Taylor [Lautner] is," he said. "I appear in Bella's dreams. So I'm in it but the focus is not on me. ... I didn't have to deal with any of the bull---- of the first one. I don't have to hold the movie or worry about the fans. I think I did it better without all those pressures."


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Community Dashboard
The community dashboard is a research and analysis project. The goal is to help the team bring rigor to its goal-setting and also to give us a means of measuring success over time.
There are many successful communities within Red Hat, Fedora, and JBoss, and those communities have been built by many different people. The Community Architecture team wants to understand how these successful communities are created, and how we ensure that every member of Red Hat, Fedora, and JBoss is capable of creating and leading a successful community.
Community Biology 101
Community serves as a catalyst in everything that Red Hat, Fedora, and JBoss does.
Reaction: The progress of any task from idea to reality. The task can be as simple as a one-page summary of Fedora 10 for the press, or as complicated as the feature planning process for Fedora 11. The task can be code, leadership, process documentation, testing, writing, artwork, etc.
For any reaction to complete requires some amount of energy. From a business point of view, energy, time, and money are all synonymous.
The blue curve represents a reaction that does not operate with a community-building mindset. Perhaps this is a proprietary software project, and community isn't even an option. Perhaps it is an open source upstream that is so focused on coding, it doesn't have the time to properly build a community. Either way, the amount of energy required to reach a successful end state is high.
The red curve represents a reaction that does operate with a strong community. Whether it is a Fedora sub-project, Fedora as a whole, the RPM upstream, OLPC, or an emerging technology like Cobbler or Func is irrelevant.
Note that both reactions ultimately reach the same end state. The difference is the energy required to get there. Microsoft and Red Hat can both produce an operating system. Our job is to ensure that Red Hat does so more efficiently, and community is the mechanism by which we achieve that.
Incremental vs. Continuous
We still need to define the end state of a successful community-catalyzed reaction. The end state has two characteristics:
- The community has a clearly identified critical path and roadmap for the future.
- The community has a clearly defined leadership structure that does not depend on any of the catalysts.
In short, the reaction will have reached critical mass. The Community Architecture team can disengage from day-to-day operations in the community, but the community will continue to grow and thrive. Perhaps certain members of the team still participate in the community because they choose to, but the community is self-sustaining. We have made ourselves redundant, and therefore free to choose a new community to catalyze.
If we have done our job correctly, the activation energy needed to reach critical mass will be lower than in an equivalent reaction that did not focus on community building.
Community EKG
EKG is a community health scanner, first conceived by Greg DeKoenigsberg and later adopted and extended by Michael DeHaan.
Its goal is to mine and present statistics about the health of various communities. Currently, its focus is on mailing lists but it has the potential to expand to other forms of contributions. Mailing lists are a proper first step because they represent the common denominator that every community must have. Furthermore, the depth (number of messages) and breadth (number of unique authors) are a decent indicator of the community's size and velocity.
EKG can process the entire history of a project, so different communities can be inserted or removed from the EKG analysis at any point in time, without the risk of data loss. Because EKG can look backward in time, it can quickly show a community's entire growth history.
Finally, EKG represents a means of processing a huge amount of raw data that is available. Our dashboard will focus on a (changing) subset of this data, but is important to know that there is an always-flowing and always-increasing river of data underneath the dashboard.
Engagement Strategy
There are four main types of communities that we must track:
- Fedora communities
- RHEL communities (Emerging Technologies, Red Hat upstream projects, etc.)
- JBoss communities
- Other upstreams and other distributions (to serve as a point-of-comparison)
Current Action Items
Determine the initial subset of communities to include in the dashboard.
- Poll Red Hat stakeholders (Brian Stevens and Sacha Labourey) for RHEL communities and JBoss communities that are of particular strategic importance, and ensure that EKG is tracking them.
- Create a subset of Fedora communities that Community Architecture has engaged with over the past year, or that we consider of specific importance to the overall health of Fedora. Make sure that EKG is tracking them. (Max has already done this and submitted a patch to EKG.)
Conduct a time-based analysis of these communities, looking back as far as possible.
- New action items will fall out of this analysis.
- In the case that certain communities that have been identified as strategic appear that they could use some community-building assistance, reach out to the leadership of those communities. Begin a constructive (not critical) conversation, and see if they are interested in working with us.
- When we discover thriving communities that we have not previously engaged with directly, speak to their leaders and perhaps learn some new tricks, and build relationships.
Iterating in this manner for a few weeks will greatly inform our goal-setting for FY10.
It is critical to recognize that the end state of every community is not the same, and therefore the engagement model is not necessarily the same for each community. It is also worth noting that some communities will neither need nor want to work with the Community Architecture team. FIXME: Elaborate on this thought.
Measuring Success
During Friday's meeting, let's look at a few examples on the EKG output page, and talk through the manner in which our team looks at different lists, and the statistics around them, and draws conclusions. This will be a useful group exercise.
In particular:
- cobbler
- epel-devel-list
- et-mgmt-tools
- fedora-devel-list
- fedora-olpc-list
- freeipa-devel
- func-list
- genome-list
- jboss-development
- jbossws-dev
- libvir-list
- ovirt-devel
- spacewalk-devel
- spacewalk-list
- stateless-list
FIXME: This section is incomplete. It is mostly just notes jotted down, rather than even rough-draft level material.
We analyze the historical data for the communities that we have focused on this past year, and see what kind of improvements we have made.
We look at communities that we were focused on in the past but felt we had finished our catalyst job for, and see how well maintenance is going.
Furthermore, we look at the largest deltas (either positive or negative) each quarter, as success stories or potential red flags for attention.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio – So often the athletes representing a professional team are out-of-towners who don't have longstanding roots in the community.
But when the Crew took to their home pitch on Sunday, they were truly Columbus.
Five of the starters played for area high schools and a sixth, defender Josh Williams, followed the Crew while growing up in northeastern Ohio.
Three of the five locals were from the Crew Soccer Academy, marking the most Homegrown players to ever start for Columbus. A fourth, midfielder Ben Speas, was an unused substitute during the 1-0 win against Portland.
"It says something about our academy and our development," Homegrown goalkeeper Matt Lampson told MLSsoccer.com after the match. "In the future, you can tell there's going to be a lot more coming out and they're all going to be solid like us."
Lampson was joined in the first XI by fellow Homegrowns in defender Chad Barson and midfielder Wil Trapp, who made his MLS debut.
READ: GK Lampson gets first MLS shutout on biggest save of his career
"I think I underestimated the feeling you would get when you step on the field in front of your friends and family," Trapp said. "It was awesome."
Other central Ohioans were veteran defender Danny O'Rourke and midfielder Konrad Warzycha. The son of coach Robert Warzycha was born in Poland but raised in Columbus and, like Lampson, played for Ohio State.
Warzycha also made his first league start.
Defender Chad Marshall was particularly happy for the younger Warzycha and Trapp because they've been practicing with the Crew for many summers.
"Having trained with them years ago it's cool to finally see them get to this stage," Marshall told MLSsoccer.com on Sunday.
READ: Reaction to Crew's streak-busting win over Timbers
The game turned into a celebration of soccer in Ohio: Former University of Akron coach Caleb Porter returned for the first time as the Timbers coach and saw not only ex-Zips Barson and Trapp start, but Akron products Darlington Nagbe and Ben Zemanski started for the Timbers as well.
"Those are guys I worked with and guys that I care for," Porter said of Barson and Trapp. "I'm happy for any of the guys I coached."
Portland had a third player who attended high school in northeastern Ohio before going to Akron in the game, when Michael Nanchoff came off the bench in the 82nd minute.
"That showed the pedigree the state of Ohio has that all those people can produce and be successful professionally out there," Lampson said. "It's not even central Ohio but northern Ohio, too, and even [Chicago Fire defender] Austin Berry in southern Ohio. They're all doing well. I'm glad to be a Buckeye."