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Parliament and Speeches
Selected speeches from Parliament. For more speeches and other work in Parliament, visit Hansard.
Emissions Trading Scheme Motion
I welcome the opportunity to speak to this motion, because it is important for this chamber to be clear about the difference between the Labor government and those opposite when it comes to climate change. There is a huge gulf between the two. The Labor government acknowledges that climate change is real, and has been and will continue to be willing to take action on climate change.
Senator Boswell remarked on developing countries struggling to feed and clothe their citizens. What Senator Boswell failed to acknowledge is that these are the very people who are most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. You need only look at the devastating floods in Pakistan, and to see the terrible impact that is having on millions of people, to appreciate that for us to be, as a developed nation, contributing to such catastrophes—as the science of climate change shows we have the potential to do—is a catastrophic thing. So I am pleased that the Labor government and the nation are acting on this important issue. Those opposite, you can continue to stick your heads in the sand about climate change and be climate change deniers. Because of your continued denial of climate change and its impact, you have no real solutions or ways of addressing what is a really serious and critical issue.
The Labor government accepts the climate change science that shows climate change is occurring. We accept that carbon pollution is causing climate change. We also know that our economy and our environment are at great risk of harm from climate change. That is the basis of our action. We believe the best and most efficient way to reduce carbon pollution is by putting a price on carbon. A price on carbon is an important reform for the Australian economy and it is an investment in the long-term future of our environment, our people and our economy. We know that there are sound economic reasons for putting a price on carbon. A price on carbon will create an incentive to reduce the level of pollution that we create. It is not a tax, unlike the opposition's policies, which will need to be funded through taxes. It is a market-driven incentive to reduce the level of pollution that we create.
Australian businesses are calling for certainty. They know a price on carbon will create certainty for them. That certainty helps encourage investment in this country. We know that a price on carbon will help drive investment in renewable and low emission technologies and that this will help ensure our economy remains competitive. That is the reality: more jobs, especially in renewable and low emission technologies; more jobs to strengthen the economy and build a sustainable environment. But we cannot do this without consensus—a consensus that builds support for the implementation of a carbon price.
We have a number of policy options on the table that have been debated in the Australian community, but it is important to achieve a community consensus on a carbon price and the timing for its introduction. I am really pleased that we have taken a new direction on climate change that will see Labor establish the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee, as recently announced. It is a committee that is charged with helping build consensus on how Australia will tackle climate change, a committee made up of representatives from around the parliament. And the government has extended an invitation to representatives from the coalition, the Greens and independent members of parliament.
What Senator Boswell failed to acknowledge in his comments about the recent election was that the very problem of climate change is one of the reasons why some of those Independents chose to back the Gillard government. They know that it is a significant issue that their electors and other Australians want to see action on.
The Multi-Party Climate Change Committee will be chaired by our Prime Minister, and our Minister for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, Greg Combet, will be its deputy chair. I am pleased that Greens senator Christine Milne will serve as co-deputy chair. I am also pleased that Mr Tony Windsor has already indicated his willingness to be a member of this committee. As members of parliament we will all have a chance to engage with our colleagues through this committee and discussions on these important issues. We know we must act with urgency if Australia's contribution to the climate crisis is to be addressed, but we must also debate this issue thoroughly and get our response right. We now have an opportunity, one that we must act on. It is a new opportunity to explore options for the introduction of a carbon price—an opportunity that the coalition has been invited to participate in and one that it has rejected, choosing to keep its head in the sand and oppose meaningful action on climate change every step of the way. It is a crying shame, because I know that there are good members of the coalition who believe in the importance of addressing this issue.
As I said, I am pleased that Mr Windsor has agreed to participate in the committee. He made it clear that climate change, along with the NBN, was a major reason in his decision to back the Gillard government. He understands that climate change needs to be addressed and he has acknowledged the significance of the Garnaut review's contribution to Australia's discussion of these issues. It is interesting to look at Mr Windsor's deliberations on a carbon price, his having voted both for and against the government's CPRS legislation. I think this demonstrates his willingness to come at this with an open mind and engage with us on the issue of setting a carbon price. I would have thought that those in the coalition were in a position to do this too, considering their own record of support for a carbon price in the past. It would be terrific if the coalition were prepared to bring their own ideas to the table, because we know that what this country needs is a lasting consensus on climate change, one which will empower us to take action for the sake of our climate and the planet but also, vitally, for the sake of our economy—for, without a price signal on carbon, we will continue to invest in old technologies and carbon-intensive industries that will not adapt to and change with the times. We are currently failing to keep up with moves made by other nations to make their industries climate competitive. If we do not do this, it will result in the loss of thousands of jobs around the nation. Yet again, Mr Tony Abbott wants to play the role of wrecker on this critical issue.
The government have always been clear that we believe climate change is real, we believe in tackling climate change and we believe that the best way of doing that is by putting a price on carbon. The reality is that no party has a majority in their own right on this issue and we are going to have to work together to achieve an outcome in the national interest. That is why we are pursuing this option of a committee. I think it is a significant mechanism to help us deliver a carbon price. We have to have consensus on this issue so that we can make what is a much-needed and sensible economic reform. It is a reform that taxpayers and businesses are demanding from us. This is in stark contrast to the opposition's position. It is vital that we have people coming together from a broad section of the community to test their ideas so that we can find a way forward. I note that part of one of the committee's terms of reference is:
… provide advice on, and participate in, building community consensus for action on climate change.
I note also that the question of a citizens assembly on climate change is now a matter for the committee—similarly, the question of a price on carbon in Australia.
The opposition accuses the government of breaking election promises. It is a ridiculous assertion. As members of this place you all know that our capacity to implement any legislative policy is dependent on the will of the two houses in this parliament. If we are too rigid, if we do not listen to and learn from each other, we will never make progress on these critical issues, because we will be precluded from negotiating and making compromises in the national interest. It is time for all parliamentarians to start looking at these issues afresh and get on with tackling climate change. We the ALP, the Greens and the Independents are willing to undertake this task; but, sadly, the coalition is a no-show. Frankly, the climate change committee represents an opportunity for the coalition to put forward its policies too, but you refuse to engage and play ball.
We know that it is important to engage on the question of a carbon price. We have to create an incentive to reduce pollution, an incentive to drive investment in renewable energy and low-emission technologies, and an incentive for business, government and all citizens to change our behaviour. Importantly, Australia needs to provide certainty for business, to keep our economy competitive and strong. If we fail in this mission, if we fail to put a price on carbon, then the longer we delay the greater the economic cost. The government knows it and the business community knows it, but it is something that the coalition flat out fails to acknowledge.
The Climate Institute found that uncertainty caused by delay could cost the economy about $2 billion—$2 billion a year, in fact—or around $600 a household by 2020. In Western Australia currently we have many householders feeling significant pain from increased electricity prices, increases that have been necessary because successive governments have withheld investment from the energy sector and infrastructure. We look like we are going to repeat this experience nationwide now because businesses cannot make investment decisions to guarantee the energy supply of this nation in the future. That is because of the uncertainty about a carbon price. So what will happen is that we will have a bottleneck and a massive spike in energy prices for consumers in years to come.
The Barnett government's decision to raise power prices by 46 per cent is hitting Western Australia's most vulnerable. WA households are applying for emergency assistance to pay their soaring electricity bills at nearly three times the rate that they were in 2008-09. In contrast, as demonstrated by the relief provided within our previous CPRS, Labor knows that vulnerable consumers must be protected from electricity price rises as we adjust our economy. That is something the coalition fails to acknowledge. Labor will always protect the interests of low-income earners in making these necessary and vital economic reforms. Under our previous scheme, the average weekly impact of the carbon price forecast by Treasury was going to be $12. In turn, we had proposed household assistance packages to address this problem, to fully offset for low-income households the estimated impact of these increases. If you have the Barnett government, a Liberal government, in Western Australia behaving in this way, who do you trust to take care of consumers who are most vulnerable to these increases?
The coalition has no policy to compensate or help low- and middle-income earners with rising costs caused by their inaction on this issue. Just like the Barnett government, what the opposition intends is a big price shock when, after many years of coalition delay, we will suddenly find ourselves playing carbon catch-up—hitting consumers hard. This will compound the pain of Western Australian families if we do not provide an efficient incentive for investing in low-emissions electricity generation. The coalition are being economically and socially irresponsible. They are being socially irresponsible for failing to accept mainstream economic thinking and failing to take action on climate change.
To compound this irresponsibility, Australians will have to pay more tax for the coalition's so-called direct action plan. The coalition have proven just how bad and just how inefficient their direct action policies can be. They proved this when they were in government, when they promised over $400 million over four years for 11 million tonnes of abatement. Instead, they spent only $132 million and achieved an abatement of just four million tonnes.
In contrast, we know a carbon price is a major economic reform that will create an incentive to reduce pollution. It is about driving investment in renewable energy and low-emission technologies. Business leaders in Australia understand that this is an important economic reform that we must make. We must make it so that we can be internationally competitive over the long term. Our industries must become less carbon intensive, and the best way of doing this is by establishing a carbon price in the economy.
Businesses need certainty. They need certainty so they can plan ahead with confidence. Delay is currently costing Australian industry. They need to know the form of a carbon price. Currently, businesses in Australia are calculating a great deal more risk into their investment decisions. What does risk equal? It means Australia is more expensive than it needs to be; it means less investment and it means fewer jobs. We know the longer that we delay the greater the adjustment cost, which is why business leaders around Australia are calling for action. That is why we can no longer delay. The Australian people know this, the Labor government knows this, and Australian and international business know this. Just ask BHP Billiton's CEO. He said:
To remain competitive in a future carbon-constrained world, Australia will need to turn into a lower carbon economy.
Business Council of Australia President Graham Bradley said there 'will inevitably be the need for a market based mechanism that will give us the lowest cost approach to reducing the carbon intensity of our industries'.
I ask: why would those opposite want to wreck the government's plan to take steps to move us closer to a lower carbon economy when we know that the Labor government are taking a responsible course of action by looking at getting a carbon price into our economy? The government are not approaching this issue with a closed mind but with openness, ready to engage with our colleagues, ready to engage with the people of Australia and with a willingness to approach this issue to create a consensus. The other members of the committee are willing to do this too. Mr Abbott and his team, by not being part of this, are seeking to wreck the process and they are being economically irresponsible because what we need now is a way forward together, a way forward for our environment, for our community and for our economy. I call on those opposite not to knock it but to join us.
WE'LL PUT PEOPLE FIRST
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the engine light was on... you should have fixed that issue...you have NO idea if anything else is wrong until you SCAN the system.
Or you could check the voltage at battery, start vehicle the voltage should increase. Not a complete test but a start.
Once you get ALL the codes post them here someone will advise AND repair that oxygen sensor !! get the light OFF.
What does that have to do with code readings?
Understood - some of those locations are insane to get to or R&R but you may have to. Get code readings first as if you take battery in for testing without a memory saver any codes will be lost and only the hard codes will come right back.
Because of the location it means even more to check it out there IMO as you probably don't do anything to ever check or clean it up where that type are.
Haven't had the fun with the one you describe by location but several others are a pest too up to breaking things to get to them or take out. If not up to that yourself say so please.
Sorry if I missed it but is the belt tight enough? You shouldn't be able to turn alternator while belt installed by hand, engine off and keys out please for a test or deflection of the longest stretch between pulleys.
If alternator slips when enough electrical power is being used a light could come on for battery and usually go right out again or could be intermittent.
Why did you assume it needed an alternator for the battery light, or even a battery for that matter? That light is no indication of battery health.
Are you aware that the voltage regulator is built into the PCM?


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DTIC ADA489986: Russian Leadership: Good Intentions Failed Democracy
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The United States and Soviet Union signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty in 1991; it entered into force in December 1994 and is due to expire in December 2009. The United States and Russia have held several meetings to discuss options for continuing their arms control relationship, but have not agreed on whether to extend START or how to replace it. START counts each deployed ICBM, SLBM, bomber as a single delivery vehicle under the Treaty limit of 1,600 delivery vehicles and attributes an...
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Congress passed the Nunn-Lugar amendment, authorizing U.S. threat reduction assistance to the former Soviet Union, in November 1991, after a failed coup in Moscow and the disintegration of the Soviet Union raised concerns about the safety and security of Soviet nuclear weapons. The annual program has grown from $400 million in the DOD budget around $1.1 billion across three agencies DOD, DOE, and the State Department. It has also evolved from an emergency response to impending chaos in the...
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In the early 1990s, Georgia and its breakaway South Ossetia region had agreed to a Russian-mediated ceasefire agreement that provided for Russian peacekeepers to be stationed in the region. Moscow extended citizenship and passports to most ethnic Ossetians. Simmering long-time tensions erupted on the evening of August 7, 2008, when South Ossetia and Georgia accused each other of launching intense artillery barrages against each other. Georgia claims that South Ossetian forces did not respond to...
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DTIC ADA516281: Regional Event Identification Research in Asia
Recent event identification efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) have focused on mining event ground-truth data collection in central Asia and testing far-local to near-regional discriminants using earthquakes, mining explosions, and single-charge chemical explosions. Our mining event efforts have identified over 20 mines and more than 1,000 mining explosions from around the former Soviet nuclear test site (KTS) in eastern Kazakhstan. Using the Kazakh National Data Centre (KNDC)...
Topics: DTIC Archive, LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB NM, *KAZAKHSTAN, *MINING ENGINEERING, *SEISMIC WAVES,...
DTIC ADA517856: Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate: A State within a State?
Standing at the crossroads of South, Southwest, and Central Asia, Pakistan is strategically important to the United States. Vice President Richard Nixon recognized the country's significance for Cold War containment in 1953, envisioning it as a linchpin to contain Communist influence in Afghanistan and a Northern Tier buffer against Soviet hegemony. In the 1950s and 1960s, the United States pursued military alliances to thwart Soviet and Chinese regional intentions, including placement of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIV WASHINGTON DC INST FOR NATIONAL STRATEGIC STUDIES, *PAKISTAN,...
DTIC ADA492882: Nuclear Arms Control: The Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty
On May 24, 2002, President Bush and Russia's President Putin signed the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty (known as the Moscow Treaty) that will reduce strategic nuclear weapons to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads by December 31,2012. The U.S. Senate gave its advice and consent to ratification on March 6, 2003; the Russian Duma did the same on May 14, 2003. The Treaty entered into force on June I, 2003.
DTIC ADA486040: Central Asia: Regional Developments and Implications for U.S. Interests
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the United States recognized the independence of all the former Central Asian republics, supported their admission into Western organizations, and elicited Turkish support to counter Iranian influence in the region. Congress was at the forefront in urging the formation of coherent U.S. policies for aiding these and other Eurasian states of the former Soviet Union. Soon after the terrorist attacks on America on September 11, 2001, all the Central...
DTIC ADA593620: IO Sphere: The Professional Journal of Joint Information Operations. Special Edition 2008
Topics: DTIC Archive, JOINT INFORMATION OPERATIONS WARFARE CENTER SAN ANTONIO TX, *INFORMATION WARFARE,...
Encyclopedia of The Cold War , A Political, Social, And Military History
by Umair Mirza
Topics: Cold War, World War, First World War, Second World War, Political History, Military History,...
DTIC ADA488031: The Late Sheikh Abdullah Azzam's Books. Part 1: Strategic Leverage of the Soviet-Afghan War to Undertake Perpetual Jihad
Sheikh Abdullah Azzam, more than any other cleric, is considered the strategic founder of al-Qaida. His calling to establish an al-Qaida al-Sulba (firm foundation) to export jihad where Muslims are being persecuted is the name Bin Laden finally chose when naming his organization al-Qaida. To understand Bin Laden and those who harbor sympathies toward al-Qaida it is vital to rediscover Azzam's books. Part I of this series will look into a book published in 1984, which by 1988 had gone through...
DTIC ADA502367: The Open door: U.S. Grand Strategy from 1787 to 2008
The grand strategy of the United States is that of the Open Door. Since 1787, the end state of U.S. grand strategy has remained constant: to achieve the purpose laid down in the Preamble to the Constitution. For the last 220 years the ways and means available to achieve that end state have grown, and with each major evolution in ways and means the grand strategy of the United States has evolved. From neutral nation to regional power to superpower, U.S. grand strategy has been expansionist in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS, *NATIONAL SECURITY, *FOREIGN...
DTIC ADA487582: Analysis of Digitized Seismograms from Russian Geophysical Survey Stations of Soviet Peaceful Nuclear Explosions
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, the permanent seismic stations of the Soviet Union recorded over 100 Peaceful Nuclear Explosions (PNEs) detonated within the Soviet Union. These records have not been analyzed using modern digital methods and remain in Russian Archives. We have started a new initiative in collaboration with the Institute of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics (IPGG) of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) in Novosibirsk to assemble the records of these...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Mackey, Kevin G, MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING, *RUSSIA, *SEISMOGRAPHS,...
DTIC ADA509026: A Strategic Conversation about National Missile Defense (Strategic Studies Quarterly, Winter 2008)
As the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan continue, as instability rises in Pakistan, as we face off with Russian interventionism, and as China delivers the Olympics, the future of US national security strategy becomes more and more tenuous. These collective events represent just a few trends and potential threats across a very broad spectrum. As American policy makers determine the course of our grand strategy, it becomes necessary to engage in a critically important conversation. In the face of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC, *GUIDED MISSILES, *NATIONAL DEFENSE,...
DTIC ADA482267: Retooling Deterrence for the Long War
The 2006 National Security Strategy solicited new approaches to deterrence that will affect terrorists who are not deterrable through traditional means. Recent national strategy and doctrine documents have answered the call by redefining deterrence so that the traditional defensive, reactive concept is conflated with offensive preemptive action. This re-imagining of deterrence was misguided. Theory suggests that the new approach weakened deterrence instead of strengthening it and exchanged...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Worthen, Norman M, ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA, *ORGANIZATIONS, *DETERRENCE,...
DTIC ADA485561: A Model to Transform NATO's Operational Level Military Capabilities
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), formed in 1949, provided security and defense as an organization against the threat perceived through the ideology and military power of the Soviet Union and its expansionist politics. With the paradigm change in 1991, the Alliance shifted mission focus from defending its member nations against a main threat perceived from the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact to an Alliance that provides collective defense and security to its members through power...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Nawrat, Christian J, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL...
DTIC ADA491229: The Soviet - Afghan War, 1979-1989: Failures in Irregular Warfare
The Soviets lost in Afghanistan because they failed to adapt to the requirements of irregular warfare.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Rodriguez, Jose L, MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA, *UNCONVENTIONAL...
DTIC ADA476110: Nonproliferation and Threat Reduction Assistance: U.S. Programs in the Former Soviet Union
DTIC ADA484670: U.S. Civilian Space Policy Priorities: Reflections 50 Years After Sputnik
The space age began on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union (USSR) launched Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite. Some U.S. policymakers, concerned about the USSR's ability to launch a satellite, thought Sputnik might be an indication that the United States was trailing behind the USSR in science and technology. The Cold War also led some U.S. policymakers to perceive the Sputnik launch as a possible precursor to nuclear attack. In response to this Sputnik moment, the U.S....
Topics: DTIC Archive, Stine, Deborah D, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
DTIC ADA486042: Russian Political, Economic, and Security Issues and U.S. Interests
First Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Medvedev, President Putin's chosen successor and long-time protege, was elected President on March 2, 2008 with about 70% of the vote. Medvedev had announced that if elected, he would propose Putin as Prime Minister. The Putin regime has already brought TV and radio under tight state control and virtually eliminated effective political opposition, assuring this transition. The Kremlin s Unified Russia party had previously swept the parliamentary election...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Goldman, Stuart D, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE,...
DTIC ADA531372: Acute Effects of Irradiation on People and Animals from Soviet Underground Nuclear Explosions
We studied the mechanisms and features of the formation of the response reactions in humans and in animals to the effects of radiation factors imposed on them from experimental nuclear explosions. It was established that, as a result of short-term exposure of testing participants and the populace to a low-lying radioactive nuclear explosion cloud in 1968. with an overall external gamma irradiation of from 170 to 260 mGy (17.0 to 26.0 rad), and an internal contamination from freshly produced...
Topics: DTIC Archive, ITT CORP ALEXANDRIA VA ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND SCIENCES DIV, *NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS,...
DTIC ADA491668: Soviet-Afghan War (December 1979 to September 1989): Success Leads to Failure
Successfully invading and seizing control of Afghanistan in 1979 was the primary measurable success of the Soviet Union; it was the long term policy that failed to adequately recognize and adapt to a society who perceived a threat to their culture.
Topics: DTIC Archive, Perry, Jr, Henry C, MARINE CORPS COMMAND AND STAFF COLL QUANTICO VA, *CONVENTIONAL...
DTIC ADA483627: Nationalism, Mass Politics, and Sport: Cold War Case Studies at Seven Degrees
This study examines the role of sports in international relations during the Cold War. The era of nationalism and total war in the 20th century produced one of the most violent periods in European history prior to, and including, World War II. The masses were mobilized around myths, legends, and symbols of extraordinary power. Sports and physical culture were viewed initially as a means of creating societies more fit for war and quickly became a tremendous social movement. Sports became a...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Buckel, Bart A, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *HISTORY, *COLD WAR, *UNITED...
DTIC ADA485845: Animal Effects from Soviet Atmospheric Nuclear Tests
This two-part document describes the effect on animal models of atmospheric nuclear weapons tests performed by the Soviet Union at the Semipalatinsk Test Site. Part I describes the air blast and thermal radiation effects. Part 2 covers the effects of primary (prompt) radiation and secondary (fallout) radiation on the test subjects. It also covers combined radiation injuries, defined as a combination of radiation and non-radiation injuries. Several different animal species were used. Animals...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Logachev, V A, ITT CORP ALEXANDRIA VA ADVANCED ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE DIV, *WOUNDS...
DTIC ADA478852: Satellite Surveillance: Domestic Issues
Reconnaissance satellites, first deployed in the early l960s to peer into denied regions of the Soviet Union and other secretive enemy states, have from time to time been used by civilian agencies of the federal government to assist with mapping, disaster relief, and environmental concerns. These uses have been coordinated by the Civil Applications Office at the U.S. Geological Survey, a component of the Interior Department. Post 9/11, the Bush Administration has sought to encourage use of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Best, Jr , Richard A, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH...
Dmitry Medvedev, Putin's chosen successor and long-time protege, was elected President of the Russian Federation on March 2, 2008 with about 70% of the vote. Medvedev, formerly First Deputy Prime Minister, announced during the campaign that if elected, he would propose Putin as Prime Minister. Medvedev was inaugurated as President on May 7; Putin was confirmed as Prime Minister the next day. The Kremlin's Unified Russia party had previously swept the parliamentary election (December 2, 2007),...
DTIC ADA484339: Adapting U.S. Forces to Meet Operational Requirements
In order to effectively plan and execute military operations in today's security environment, Regional Combatant Commanders require forces capable or planning and conducting missions across the range of military operations. Recent experience has shown that while U.S. forces are highly effective in high-intensity conflict against conventional enemies, they are somewhat less capable in low-intensity conflict against unconventional threats. By using the Soviet experience in Afghanistan, this paper...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Hendricks, IV, William C, NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT,...
DTIC ADA488033: The Late Sheikh Abdullah Azzam's Books. Part 3: Radical Theories on Defending Muslim Land through Jihad
Sheikh Abdullah Azzam is a name that only gets attention among true students of Islamist militancy, yet he has had a tremendous impact on Usama Bin Laden and left him with the tools needed to establish a global jihadist network. The subject of this essay are Assam's militant jihadist fatwas (religious edicts) that were created from the perspective of the Soviet-Afghan War as interpreted by Islamist radicals. Azzam's alteration of jihad as a collective obligation incumbent upon all Muslims forms...
DTIC ADA483025: China's Anti-Satellite Test: A Precursor to Challenge U.S. Freedom to Maneuver in Space?
On January 11, 2007, the People's Republic of China (PRC) launched a direct-ascent anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon and destroyed one of their satellites. Uncovering Chinese motivations for this action has been problematic because the Chinese government has given virtually no explanation for this act. China seems to be actively attempting to challenge other nations' freedom to maneuver in space. Thus, the central research question of this thesis is as follows: Is the motivation behind current...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Mahler, Fredrick W, ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS, *USSR,...
DTIC ADA485268: The Acme of Skill: Nonkinetic Warfare
Nonkinetic warfare, conflict that does not involve using force to inflict physical damage, is rapidly gaining in importance. Scholars of war even from the time of Sun Tzu have articulated that the enemy's destruction is neither essential nor necessarily the best route to ultimate victory. The insurgency attributes that have characterized many wars since World War II suggest that the objective of warfare has shifted from the kinetic destruction of military forces to the nonkinetic impairment of...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Teo, Cheng H, AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL, *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED...
DTIC ADA494369: Afghanistan: Moving Beyond Warlordism
For nearly the past three decades, Afghanistan has been in a state of perpetual conflict. One constant throughout this period has been the presence of hundreds of nonstate actors with militias of varying sizes and abilities. These so-called warlords have been in the midst of this conflict and today possess significant influence across the country. Following the defeat of the Taliban in 2002, these armed militias constituted a significant force, and Japan was designated the lead for the process...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Shoffner, Wilson A, NAVAL WAR COLL NEWPORT RI JOINT MILITARY OPERATIONS DEPT,...
DTIC ADA479682: From VE Day to the Fulda Gap and New Europe: The Policy of U.S. Forces in Germany -- Implications for Twenty-First Century Conflict
This thesis examines the sources and character of U.S. policy that have maintained U.S. military forces in Germany from 1944 until the present, despite myriad changes in the international political environment and in the global restructuring of U.S. troops. From the moment the decision was made to transform the occupying forces in West Germany into stationed forces in the late 1940s, the presence of such forces has been the subject of much debate. Despite outward appearances of continuity in...
Topics: DTIC Archive, Eichorst, Todd C, NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA, *MILITARY FORCES(UNITED...


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(Reuters) – Liberia's national existence is "seriously threatened" by the deadly Ebola virus that is "spreading like wild fire and devouring everything in its path," the country's national defense minister told the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday.
Liberia is worst hit by West Africa's Ebola epidemic and will likely see thousands of new cases in coming weeks, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Monday. More than 1,000 people have already died in Liberia.
"Liberia is facing a serious threat to its national existence. The deadly Ebola virus has caused a disruption of the normal functioning of our State," said Liberian Minister of National Defense Brownie Samukai.
Two wars between 1989 and 2003 killed about 250,000 people and led to a complete collapse of Liberia. It was carved up by warlords who often used child soldiers and fought over control of diamond and timber concessions.
U.N. peacekeepers were deployed to Liberia in 2003 and some 6,000 troops and police are currently there. The mission's mandate is due to be renewed by the Security Council this month and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has recommended a straightforward extension of three months, instead of one year, while the international community tackles Ebola.
The WHO said on Tuesday that it had recorded 4,293 cases in five West African countries as of Sept. 6. It said it still did not have new figures for Liberia. The outbreak began in Guinea and has spread to Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria and Senegal.


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Young people leading restoration in Kenya
Inspirational youth are combining sport, arts, fun, passion, networking, science and technology to lead restoration of Kenya's degraded lands.
By: Tengetile Zanele Mphila-Nguru
Kenyan youths have over the years been playing a crucial role in landscape restoration. As a way of recognizing their efforts and inspiring them to share their experience more widely, the Reversing Land Degradation in Africa by Scaling-up Evergreen Agriculture (Regreening Africa) project in collaboration with GLFx Nairobi, supported by the African Forest Landscape Restoration Initiative (AFR100), hosted a youth-led virtual learning experience on 27 January 2021. The aim was to spotlight youth taking the lead in restoring their landscapes and fostering synergies to increase the scale of restoration in Kenya.
The youth webinar was one of a series of webinars as a build up to the launch of the National Landscape Restoration movement in Kenya, scheduled for June 2021. The young and lively event was joined by more than 100 people via Zoom and Facebook, hosted by Kiptoo Chemoiwo and moderated by Laura Mukhwana, both from GLFx Nairobi.
Amongst the speakers was Patricia Kombo, the founder of PaTree Initiative, named a Land Hero by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in 2020; Milton Oboka, the co-founder of One Vision Kenya and Green Ambassador for Climate Change Africa Opportunities; Fredrick Okinda, the chairman of Komb Green Solutions; Charity Lanoi, the livelihoods team leader at Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust; Janet Chemitei, the social media coordinator at Creative Waste Network; and Lesein Mutunkei, the founder for Trees for Goals.
From the discussions with these inspiring young people, it emerged that a majority of youth are seeking three key things: 1) meaningful partnerships in implementing restoration initiatives on the ground with state, local, national and global partners; 2) income-generating restoration initiatives that provide them with sources of livelihoods while restoring degraded landscapes; and 3) access to knowledge and technology through capacity building that helps them address real-world challenges.
The speakers noted that thousands of young people in Kenya are taking the initiative on climate change and the environment in their own small ways something that is hardly ever mentioned in the mainstream media. They shared their experience of the steps they have taken to start their organisations or join existing ones, how to start businesses geared towards the 3Rs (Reduce, Re-use and Recycle), how to network with others in the restoration business, how to gain wider community support, income-generating opportunities for youth in restoration and the use of various means, including sport, to promote restoration.
Most of the speakers mentioned that the journey to starting an impactful youth organization in landscape restoration requires passion and dedication to serve the community. Speaking on how she started her organization, Patricia Kombo said that she did not have any support from her parents but because of her love and dedication for the environment she used her savings and asked her friends to support her first project. She advised that young people who want to start a restoration organization should be aware that people want to see action in order for them to understand and join or support the work.'In my journey,' she said, 'I have realized that one greatest step to restoration is mindset change.'
More advice was shared by the young speakers during the event. Milton Oboka shared the most important points on how to network and engage with others and have successful partnerships. He explained that when engaging in partnerships with other organizations, trust and shared values were important, knowing what you want from the other (resources, skills, a platform etc), having a team with shared values, having something to bring on board, knowing your strengths as an organization, embracing change, sticking to the 'thing' and being persistent in that thing.
For some youth, landscape restoration is a form of transformation and the restoration of minds. This came out clearly from Fredrick Okinda's story on how he and other young people in Korogocho transformed themselves from committing crime to forming a group that works on landscape restoration, as a way of giving back to their community.
'We decided to stop doing criminal activities and give back to our community, hence, the decision to transform a dumpsite in our community into a park,' he said.
The different efforts youth in Kenya are putting into restoration are more evidence that young people are the future of restoration and by combining restoration with income generation, more young people are starting to see the opportunities that come with it.
'It is a matter of empowering youth with knowledge and assisting them to acquire finances for starting restoration projects,' said Charity Meitekini. She also mentioned that her organization's projects are centered around income generation and improving the livelihoods of youth and women. May Muthuri, a representative of the Regreening Africa project, also shared ways in which the project supports Kenyan youth. She mentioned that they ensure that young people have incomes and enjoy the benefits of trees and the restoration practices they promote. They do this by working with high-value trees — such as mango, pawpaw and avocado — and conducting training on value addition in order to enable them to earn higher incomes. 'In other counties, the youths have been introduced to fish farming, honey production and tree nursery establishment, where the project provides the seedlings,' she added.
It was also interesting to see that some youth have come up with artistic and creative ways to engage in restoration. Some are upcycling waste while others are using sport to upscale their efforts. Janet Chemitei spoke on how their organization upcycles food waste, plastic waste and fashion waste. She said that their aim is to change the 'use-and-throw' culture that most people have. Instead of using every item you have in your house once and throwing it away,' she said, 'there are a number of cheap ways to upcycle it into a beautiful work of art.'
The use of sports and talent gave other perspectives on combining landscape restoration and fun. Lesein Mutunkei explained how he uses football to upscale restoration efforts. Through his initiative, Trees for Goals, he started planting trees for every goal he scored in football. He has so far been able to plant over 1400 trees and aims to reach out to as many schools and football clubs as possible and have them adopt his project. 'My main goal is to have FIFA adopt Trees for Goals into different football clubs around the world,' he said.
The webinar's participants engaged vigorously in the discussions. They asked numerous questions concerning youth engagement in landscape restoration and suggested ways to improve the engagement. Most of the participants raised the issue of income and finance in landscape restoration: they wanted to find out how youth can create sustainability in restoration projects that generate zero income and how a youth-led restoration campaign can establish long-term finance. Other concerns were about partnerships and opportunities, particularly, how to secure partnerships that will help them up-scale their work. Technology was also a point of interest for most participants, who were keen to know more about existing technologies used in landscape restoration.
Since most of the young people face different challenges as they work on restoration, it was important to have experts to advise them on how to tackle the challenges as they up-scale their work. Cathy Watson, the chief of Partnerships for the Centre for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF), shared tools that can be used to empower. In her speech, she mentioned what some would call 'simple tips' but which are very important for young people to consider when doing restoration work. These included taking pictures of their work, using their curiosity, searching online for what they did not know, being organized and how and where to secure funding. She also recommended that they download, Useful trees and shrubs of Kenya, to help them know which trees they are dealing with.
The final speaker of the day was Teko Nhlapho, the focal person for AFR100, who reminded everyone that there are 10 years left in which to achieve the world's most ambitious goals to beat climate change, help billions of people overcome poverty and to restore degraded land. Therefore, AFR100 together with World Resources Institute had created a 'land accelerator' program to train and support entrepreneurs whose companies restored degraded land. He https://thelandaccelerator.com/urged participants who were entrepreneurs in restoration to apply for the program.
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Optimization is not only about analytics. While quantitative data is indispensable for website optimization, the qualitative feedback from usability testing can quickly provide insights that would take much longer to garner from Web Analytics data.
For example, it would be nearly impossible for Web analytics data on its own to indicate that you need a guarantee on your purchase page. A single usability test could quickly flag this potential issue. If one or two more testers voice the same concern, you might really need that guarantee.
Other types of qualitative feedback include surveys, as well as direct conversations with end users, colleagues, and clients who may have never had the opportunity to critique Web processes.
Of course, even with seemingly decisive qualitative feedback, we can't assume that any change will increase conversion, so monitor key metrics after you make any change. Better yet, run a split test in Google Analytics Content Experiments or another testing tool to measure performance of the page variations.
In any case, don't limit your optimization efforts to quantitative analysis. Incorporate qualitative channels for faster insights.
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The B-5 Decimus, also known as the D-5 Decimus, was a model of bomber produced by the shipyards at the planet Sernpidal for the Sith Empire, and was named after its commissioner, the Sith Lord Darth Decimus. The B-5 Decimus, which was armed with heavy laser cannons, either missile or torpedoes as secondaries, and various mines and drones as options for its auxiliary weapons, was banned by the Treaty of Coruscant for its frequent use by the Empire against civilian populations in the Great Galactic War, though it saw use again in the Galactic War.[1]
The B-5 Decimus is one of the four bomber models available to Imperial players in Star Wars: The Old Republic: Galactic Starfighter, a 2013 Digital Expansion to the video game Star Wars: The Old Republic. It costs 5,000 Fleet Requisition to unlock, and is the Imperial faction's balanced bomber, with the Sledgehammer as it's Republic counterpart.
The bomber's description presents an inconsistency; it claims that the B-5 was banned and that the new B-6 Decimus design is the one that players can access, but the ship itself is still named the B-5.[1] This inconsistency was fixed in Game Update 6.0 on October 22, 2019.[2]
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The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSS) (Russian: Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции (ФСБ), tr. Federal\'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (FSB); IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈrat͡sɨjɪ]) is the principal security agency of the Russian Federation and the main successor agency to the USSR\'s Committee of State Security (KGB). Its main responsibilities are within the country and include counterintelligence, internal and border security, counterterrorism, and surveillance as well as investigating some other types of grave crimes. It is headquartered in Lubyanka Square, Moscow\'s centre, in the main building of the former KGB. The Director of the FSB since 2008 is army general Aleksandr Bortnikov. The immediate predecessor of the FSB was the Federal Counterintelligence Service (FSK) of Russia: on 12 April 1995, Russian president Boris Yeltsin signed a law mandating a reorganization of the FSK, which resulted in the creation of the FSB. In 2003, the FSB\'s responsibilities were widened by incorporating the previously independent Border Guard Service and a major part of the abolished Federal Agency of Government Communication and Information (FAPSI). The two major structural components of the former KGB that remain administratively independent of the FSB are the Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) and the State Guards (FSO). This video is targeted to blind users. Attribution: Article text available under CC-BY-SA Creative Commons image source in video...
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Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested four men in Moscow, Thursday, suspected of planning a series of terrorist attacks in the Russian capital over the New Year under the direction of self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL). Video ID: 20161215- 025 Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly...
Lieutenant colonel Dmitry Razumovskys (\"Hero of Russia\" recipitant), operator in the spetsnaz group \"Vympel\" of the TsSN FSB, last missions in April-May of 2004. He was killed in action 3 september that same year in the Beslan hostage crisis. More information about him: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%B9,_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87...
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Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) is the federal law enforcement agency and security arm of the United States Department of State. The agency is the lead U.S. law enforcement organization abroad. Its duties include protecting U.S. diplomatic missions, U.S. diplomats, and visiting foreign dignitaries
Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation Special Purpose Center of the Federal Security Service of Russia - CSN FSB Music - rnd-mil-con S O U N D
The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSS) (Russian: Федера́льная слу́жба безопа́сности Росси́йской Федера́ции (ФСБ), tr. Federal\'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Federatsii (FSB); IPA: [fʲɪdʲɪˈralʲnəjə ˈsluʐbə bʲɪzɐˈpasnəstʲɪ rɐˈsʲijskəj fʲɪdʲɪˈrat͡sɨjɪ]) is the principal secu
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Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) arrested four men in Moscow, Thursday, suspected of planning a series of terrorist attacks in the Russian capital over the New Year under the direction of self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS; formerly ISIS/ISIL). Video ID: 20161215- 025 Video on Demand: http://w
Lieutenant colonel Dmitry Razumovskys (\"Hero of Russia\" recipitant), operator in the spetsnaz group \"Vympel\" of the TsSN FSB, last missions in April-May of 2004. He was killed in action 3 september that same year in the Beslan hostage crisis. More information about him: http://ru.wikipedia.org/wik
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Brigadier-General Charles Granville Fortescue,  (20 October 1861 – 1 February 1951) was an officer of the British Army in the colonial wars of the late 19th century, the Second Boer War and the First World War.

Early life
The Honourable Charles Granville Fortescue was born on 30 October 1861, the sixth and youngest son of Hugh Fortescue, 3rd Earl Fortescue. Sir John Fortescue, the historian of the British Army, was his elder brother.

Fortescue was educated at Harrow School and was commissioned as a second lieutenant into the Rifle Brigade on 22 January 1881, rising to lieutenant on 1 July that year.

Military career
Fortescue saw his first active service with the 4th Battalion of his regiment in 1888–9 during the pacification operations in Upper Burma that followed the Third Anglo-Burmese War. Promoted to captain on 14 December 1890, he became adjutant of 4th Rifle Brigade in 1895. In 1897 he was employed by the Colonial Office in the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast, including an expedition to Karaga, receiving a Mention in Despatches and being appointed a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George. Having achieved the rank of major on 5 December 1898, he was also promoted to brevet lieutenant colonel on 8 July 1899.

Fortescue returned from West Africa in 1899 to take up the post of private secretary to the Secretary of State for War, the Marquess of Lansdowne, but just before the outbreak of the Second Boer War he went to South Africa as a brigade major in the Natal Field Force under Sir George White. He was in the Siege of Ladysmith, and afterwards served as a staff officer in the operations in Northern Natal (including the action at Laing's Nek) and in Eastern Transvaal (including the actions at Belfast and Lydenburg). For the last six months of the war he relinquished staff work and commanded a column in the field. He was mentioned in despatches four times during the war and awarded the Distinguished Service Order. After the war ended, Fortescue stayed on for four months as military secretary to the general commanding the occupation force before returning to regimental duty. He left Port Natal on the SS Malta in late September 1902, together with other officers and men of the 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade who were transferred to Egypt. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1911 Coronation Honours.

In April 1912, Fortescue was appointed Brigadier General, General Staff (BGGS) in Eastern Command. On the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 he became BGGS to Third Army of Central Force within Home Forces, but shortly afterwards he was appointed to command a brigade of Regular Army troops returning from overseas garrisons for service on the Western Front. This became 80th Brigade in 27th Division and assembled around Winchester. The brigade included his old battalion, the 4th Rifle Brigade, returned from India, and the first Canadian volunteer unit to arrive in Europe, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.

The 27th Division landed in France in December 1914 and was concentrated by 25 December. In February 1915 it was holding the line near St Eloi, with localised fighting going on. On 28 February the 'Princess Pat's' carried out a successful local attack. On 14 March the Germans made a surprise attack on 80th Brigade in the late afternoon, firing two mines and capturing St Eloi village, the surrounding trenches, and an artificial heap of earth known as 'The Mound'. There was severe hand-to-hand fighting in which the 2nd King's Shropshire Light Infantry and 4th Rifle Brigade distinguished themselves, but Fortescue was unable to make an immediate counter-attack because no reserves were on hand. The neighbouring 82nd Brigade did make a counter-attack after midnight that included 4th King's Royal Rifle Corps of 80th Brigade and retook some of the ground, but the Germans had already consolidated their hold on The Mound.

Shortly after St Eloi, Fortescue returned to Home Forces to take up the position of BGGS with First Army of Central Force. In November 1916 he received command of 212th Brigade of 71st Division, a new Home Defence formation composed of men who were unfit for overseas service. Once it had formed, 71st Division was assigned to guard the coast of Essex. After a year in command of 212th Brigade, Fortescue took over the 226th Mixed Brigade, which was attached to 71st Division. In January 1918 the War Office decided to break up the 71st Division by mid-March. Fortescue was then sent as part of a military mission to the Serbs fighting on the Macedonian front until the end of the war.

Fortescue was awarded the Serbian Order of the White Eagle, 1st Class, with swords. He retired from the British Army on 31 October 1919 with the honorary rank of brigadier general.

Family
In 1906 Fortescue married Ethel Rosa, daughter of General Sir Charles Clarke, 3rd Baronet and widow of Captain Ernest Campbell. They had two daughters:
 Anne Mary, born 17 July 1910, married 17 October 1929 to Henry Reginald Aked Garnett, who died in 1944.
 Lilah Rose, TD, born 15 October 1912, who served in the Auxiliary Territorial Service during the Second World War.

Before the First World War, Fortescue had accompanied his historian brother to some of the old battlefields of Europe, and he did a considerable amount of research for the last volume of Sir John's History of the British Army, which appeared in 1930.

Charles Fortescue died on 1 February 1951.

Notes

References
 Maj A.F. Becke,vHistory of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 1: The Regular British Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1934/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, .
 Maj A.F. Becke,vHistory of the Great War: Order of Battle of Divisions, Part 2b: The 2nd-Line Territorial Force Divisions (57th–69th), with the Home-Service Divisions (71st–73rd) and 74th and 75th Divisions, London: HM Stationery Office, 1937/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2007, .
 Burke's Peerage and Baronetage 106th Edn, 1999.
 Brig-Gen J.E. Edmonds and Capt G.C. Wynne, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium, 1915, Vol 1, London:  Macmillan, 1927/Imperial War Museum & Battery Press, 1995, .

External sources
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Who: Who is going to be using this dashboard? Are the end users the company CEO or a supply chain analyst? Can your stakeholders properly interpret a scatter plot? The answers to these questions should most certainly impact your design and messaging of your dashboard.
What: What are the key requirements needed in the end product. Are there certain metrics, chart types, trends, or analyses that are necessary? Gathering a very detailed list of requirements can give you a solid starting point to build out a more in depth analysis. Always try and clarify any issues or questions regarding requirements as early as possible.
When: When is this end product needed by and when will it be used? Always set expectations for how long development should take. If a project looks too good to be true in terms or turnaround time, it probably is. There will be issues that arise so make sure to set realistic expectations.
Where: Where will this dashboard be viewed? The end user may have a computer in front of them all day or they may be a area sales manager and will need to have all the views available in a mobile format. Another where item is time zone. If your stakeholders are in different time zones make sure that the data source refreshes coincide with all users.
Why: I saved the best for last. Always ask yourself why this product is being created. There may be very similar products already available within your organization that you can leverage. In terms of design, understanding the end goal of the dashboard may be the single most important variable to consider.
Giving your stakeholders options helps them understand the capabilities of what you're building. It enables them to narrow down what they want to see in the final product so your likelihood of avoiding my theoretical scenario above decreases.
Building unique views allows you to get all of your creative ideas down on paper. This not only gives your stakeholders a better idea of desired end product, but it enables you as the developer to choose the best elements you've included to create a superior end product.
Do not put all of your eggs in one basket. If you spend a lot of time pursuing one idea that does not pan out you may feel like you failed. Instead, if you already have multiple ideas working if feels more like you are pursuing a different idea instead of associating a change of direction with a negative connotation.
Stakeholders: Ultimately whatever you are producing will be used by your stakeholders, so it only makes sense that you bring them into the loop early and often. Waiting until a late iteration of a dashboard to get stakeholder feedback can be very detrimental to the development process. Keeping that channel of communication open can help avoiding the bombshell "this isn't what we envisioned" moment.
Data Back End: A dashboard is only as good as the data behind it. Make sure that you know when your data sources refresh and if there is any maintenance being performed on certain databases. Having your data source shut down for maintenance 10 minutes before a key presentation is a situation you want to avoid.
I touched on this a little earlier in my necessary questions section but I think it needs a little more discussion. There are several ways to deliver Tableau dashboards to end users, but you must make sure your method is optimal for your circumstances. This topic is extremely important as it will ultimately influence the design of your end product.
Email direct link to Tableau Server: This method is perhaps the most efficient, but it also might be the most costly. This method requires all viewers to have some sort of license to view Server, but if you do go this route it is able to be automated on Tableau Server using the "Subscription" or "Alerts" feature. Also, if you are emailing links, users may not be inclined to click on the link. I know it's just one more step, but it may result in less usage.
Email screenshot: Although this method defeats a lot of the purpose of Tableau being an interactive tool, this will ensure than anyone opening this email will at least see the data being disseminated. If you go this route, you will need to customize the view (if there is customization) for each viewer before you send the email as opposed to a direct link where you are able to customize a view based on viewer.
Email Powerpoint: The newest version of Tableau allows users to export dashboards to Powerpoint, which presents another way you can send dashboards to stakeholders. Powerpoint can be a familiar face to many users, so while you lose valuable interaction with your dashboards, you gain a trusted medium.
Tableau Public: this only works when the data you are working with is public. If anyone can see your data, this is a cheap way to host your visualizations.
I hope this was helpful advice for avoiding some common pitfalls and ultimately delivering your end product in a more timely and impactful manner. Email me at spencer.baucke@tessellationconsulting.com with any comments or questions!


She licks right down the small of her back and then rips chunks of fur out and eats her fur or spits it out. When we consulted a veterinary clinic all they could think of was stress. Another vet said food change was the answer as there nothing there that might cause this.
Oh plus when I got her at 8 weeks the people who had her already dosed her heavily in flea treatment.. waaay too early as far as I am concerned, never the less, I took her home, washed her over and over, all she seemed to do was sleep??! Finally after a couple weeks she became a happy spunky kitty, but still this fur thing? and the sketchiness? I just don't know what to do.
Hi….. thanks for visiting. It seems that two vets don't have clean and clear answers. It is certainly a form of grooming gone mad – compulsive grooming. Before addressing that form of cat illness, please make sure that she does not have fleas. I presume that you have checked that. Fleas occupy the area around the small of the back or base of tail and she may be very sensitive to fleas. Some cats are others don't mind. Another illness worth considering is ringworm. This is irritating to the cat but you can't see it on the skin and vets find it hard to detect.
If you groom slowly and gently with a flea comb (32 teeth to the inch) making sure that the comb touches the skin you might be able to feel a rough skin or slightly broken skin as the comb's teeth pass over broken skin. If you do feel this, it might be ringworm (caveat: it might be broken skin through scratching). Anyway those are two things to check. Plus other skin conditions or allergies. The vet who suggested a change in food is saying that she suffers from a food allergy. You might try hypoallergenic cat food to test that. Note: if it is ringworm (unlikely but possible) please do not treat with chemicals willy-nilly. That may make things worse.
I don't think the early overdose of flea treatment is relevant but it might be. It may have damaged her slightly psychologically.
Now to the most obvious reason: compulsive grooming. Compulsive grooming is displacement activity. A cat does it to displace feelings of stress. It is like us biting our nails or scratching our head. Siamese are predisposed to it. It can affect Siamese that are deprived of their freedom or who suffer from boredom. Siamese cats in fact have the highest level of inherited conditions of all cat breeds.
Are you away all day? Is she left alone? I would do the obvious. She is an indoor cat. I think that a lot of full-time indoor cats get stressed and have problems like this. Why not patiently get her used to a leash and take her out into the yard if you have one? If you have a safe outside space let her use it. The way to beat boredom or indoor stress is to allow her to behave as naturally as possible. That has to mean being outdoors sometimes but in a safe environment. A cat cannot be in a natural environment inside a house with carpet and furnishings. I know people don't like me saying that but it's true.
I would explore that idea. You might get one of those extendable leashes and take her to a large open area that is quiet and let her play there. These might seem like odd ideas but they ideas that try and meet your objectives of letting her behave naturally while being safe. I know she might get a bit stressed but should calm down when used to going out. I'll bet she will love going out.
The underlying problem is not being able to express natural drives in a cat that is inherently anxious. You have to find a solution using imagination.