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Creating Good Test Items
Testing with Agile
Course 1 of 5 in the Agile Development Specialization
To deliver agile outcomes, you have to do more than implement an agile process- you have to create focus around what matters to your user and rigorously test how well what you're doing is delivering on that focus. Driving to testable ideas (hypotheses) and maximizing the results of your experimentation is at the heart of a high-functioning practice of agile. This course shows you how to facilitate alignment and create a culture of experimentation across your product pipeline. You'll learn how to answer these four big questions: 1. How do we drive our agility with analytics? 2. How do we create compelling propositions for our user?
3. How do we achieve excellent usability?
4. How do we release fast without creating disasters?
More specifically, after completing this course, you'll be able to: - Use metrics to facilitate alignment with your company's objectives while keeping your team autonomous and creative - Drive to evidence-based, testable ideas that maximize outcomes and minimize waste - Structure analytics to focus your work and instrument observation for analytics-informed decisions - Test alternative interface patterns before you build them to maximize both product usability and purposeful implementation - Prioritize and execute investments in your delivery pipeline to increase the frequency of releases and decrease manual grunt work As a Project Management Institute (PMI®) Registered Education Provider, the University of Virginia Darden School of Business has been approved by PMI to issue 20 professional development units (PDUs) for this course, which focuses on core competencies recognized by PMI. (Provider #2122) This course is supported by the Batten Institute at UVA's Darden School of Business. The Batten Institute's mission is to improve the world through entrepreneurship and innovation: www.batteninstitute.org.
Usability Testing, Continuous Delivery, Lean Startup, Agile Testing
The course contains complete detailed information on Agile Testing. Users should make the best use of this course knowledge as now all the companies are now moving to Agile.
This course actually bring all that knowledge into light which has been taught in Course 1-3. all videos specially the interview are the essence of this course.
Is it usable?
The best products are tested for usability early and often, avoiding the destructive stress and uncertainty of a 'big unveil'. In this module, you'll learn how to diagnose, design and execute phase-appropriate user testing. The tools you'll learn to use here (a test plan template, prototyping tool, and test session infrastructure) are accessible/teachable to anyone on your team. And that's a very good thing- often products are released with poor usability because there 'wasn't enough time' to test it. With these techniques, you'll be able to test early and often, reinforcing your culture of experimentation.
Test-Driven Product Design5:42
Recap on Designing for Usability4:45
Creating a Good Test Suite9:31
Creating Good Test Items4:47
Testing Your User Stories Part 12:56
Running Usability Tests3:09
Demo: Running a Usability Test5:33
Demo: Creating Interactive Prototypes in Balsamiq1:27
Laura Klein on Qualitative vs.Quantitative Research4:24
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All right, let's look at how you would take user stories and
translate them into executable test items.
Particularly for exploratory and assessment testing you can do early on,
to both tighten up your understanding of what you're trying to accomplish for
the user and begin to test some approaches so you don't build a user interface that
you have to trash and revise a whole bunch of times.
What we'll use for this is this epic and
these child stories that we've been kind of playing with for HVAC in a hurry.
And what we've also done,
if you remember, is we've created some mocked up interfaces for these things.
These are very early stage but lets say we want to use these or
something like this for our exploratory testing.
If we look at these stories, there's one thing that's pretty clear,
which is that we need some kind of motivator, some stimulus for the tech.
Because basically, we're sitting them down, and saying hey, look up this part?
So what is that part?
Should we ask them, hey, think of a part a few days ago, last week?
The answer is no, that would not be a good idea because then
they're in the conference room now, we'd be kind of asking them to fill in
the blanks in a weird way that I think would get us some strange test results.
So like we talked about we want to kind of artificially motivate the subject and
then give them a very clear objective.
So, we look at for instance A here,
we say, okay you know the part number, you want to find the part.
I think we would want to bring in a part that is a plausible part that they would
want to look up, and this kind of comes back to the importance of getting really
good test data and specific examples before you start building stuff.
I think we want to have a part in there and ask them to look that up.
If for some reason we couldn't get a part, we could use a prop, so
some just a box with a part number written on it, pretend this is a part.
That wouldn't be quite as good, but it would probably be okay because we're not
trying to test their ability to find part numbers on a part,
we've already validated that.
So that is how I would prepare for this thing.
Now, if we look at the mock up here, we're going to ask them to type this in and
if you've used Balsamic or created these types of interactive prototypes,
you know that in this circumstance if it's not real base GML, CSS, so forth.
You're not going to actually be able to have them type in the part number.
It's just as a static kind of read only, view only screen.
So what we're going to have to do here is use a cheater,
which is where we would normally print out the screen,
maybe mount it on a piece of cardboard, you'll see this in the demo.
And then we're going to ask them to then go, after they look at the screen,
question and show us where they would, for instance,
put in the part number, we're going to ask them to write it in on the cheater.
Now, let's just step back a minute.
I know this is sounding probably a little low fidelity, and it is.
But, that's okay for the kind of exploratory and
assessment testing that you're going to go do.
Some people might say no, just use HTML, CSS, JavaScript and
just make quick mock-ups for them.
If you have people available to do that for
you right when you want to do this testing, that's fine.
But the most important thing is that you're able to do this sort of
exploratory and assessment testing really early and really often.
And in most teams, those kind of resources that can design and
mock up real working interfaces are usually in short supply.
And you don't want to have that cause you to only do testing
too late in the game when you can't really learn from it and act on it.
So that's my endorsement of this kind of low fidelity testing and
my caution that you don't wait until too late.
If we look at how we might actually write this up in our test plan template,
here's what this sort of first set of tests would look like.
I like to start with something like this,
how are we doing on the initial signifiers in the interface?
Where we kind of ask them we've got an intro script and
we're explain to them already the objective of this interface and
then we ask them, what do you think you're seeing here, tell me about that.
Very open ended question where we just kind of hear what they say?
What is their initial reaction?
How are they sort of mapping the different pieces of the screen that they're seeing?
This is a good thing to do in the beginning.
And then we get into,
specifically this item deals with the item that you saw at the story A.
Where we say, hey let's look up this part number here, I'm going to give
you this prop, and then we go through the interactions I just mentioned.
So that is an introduction to how to move from user story to test item,
in this particular circumstance here.
And some ideas on how you'd get that written up and
ready to go in your actual test plan.


One of the happiest side effects of having attended the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration in April is that I finally connected with another blogger who lives right here in Charlotte! Yes, I had to fly clear across the country in order to meet someone in my own back yard. Making new friends as an adult after a big move like ours is not an easy task. Nearly 2 years in and I still hadn't met anyone in the blogging community in our new hometown!
Jennifer from MommyB Knows Best is one of the friendliest, savviest bloggers I've met. I was thrilled when she suggested we try to grow a blogging group where we could meet and support other bloggers that live here. Over the summer, a handful of ladies have joined together to form the #BlogCharlotte group and we've been gathering once a month to bounce ideas off one another and support our businesses.
Thanks to this group, I am super excited to be adding a local flair section to Peanut Blossom. My hope is to start sharing reviews of my favorite spots here in Charlotte. We had our 2 year anniversary last week and I can truly say I LOVE living here. I'm excited to share a sampling of what Charlotte has to offer.
P.S. Be sure to scroll down and check out my review of Bonefish Grill below!
Our #BlogCharlotte group gathered at the Bonefish Grill up in Huntersville a couple weeks ago to sample their new menu. I'm always excited to get together with these ladies for a Mom's Night Out and I was curious to see how the Bonefish here in town compared to my last experience with them several years ago in a different state, which wasn't altogether positive. Spoiler Alert: It was a Night & Day Difference and I can't wait to take Tim back SOON!
Tim and I really enjoy seafood but a good fish place has been the one restaurant we haven't managed to find since our move. We both order fish specials from other restaurants, but I miss having a dedicated seafood spot on our roster of restaurant picks. I'm giddy that this has finally changed.
I loved how fresh all the ingredients were and how seasonal the specials are. A peek at their new menu and you can see that they are also trying to reach out to the non-seafood loving friends of fishy lovers. They have several steak options that are expertly prepared. Tim and I would definitely stick with the fish but I love knowing that if one of us just isn't in the mood, Bonefish would still be an excellent option.
Baja Fish Tacos (Featured above): three warm tortillas, mango salsa, lime creme and shredded lettuce. I am a fish taco Fanatic! I order them whenever I find them and seriously these are some of the BEST I have ever tried. Without hesitation this would be the first thing I order the next time we go back.
Lobster Grilled Cheese: cheddar, smoked mozzarella, North Atlantic lobster chunks with fresh greens lobster bisque. You guys, there is So much lobster tucked into this sandwich and soup you feel like you are getting an entire tail. They are crazy generous with the lobster and it was to die for.
If you're not from Charlotte, you can find a location near you here.
#BlogCharlotte was given the opportunity to sample the new Bonefish Grill menu selections as part of their media outreach. Dinner was complimentary but Peanut Blossom was not compensated in any other way for this post. All thoughts and opinions are definitely our own. You may view our full disclosure here.
You just published a cookbook, what are you going to do now?!
Love that you shared your experience! Glad you got to enjoy some time with hubby too. Great shots of menu items and sounds like a great date location.
That was such a fun night! So happy we could get together again and can't wait for the next one!
I am seriously drooling over all of your posts on this new menu at Bonefish! Can we please go back again when I can join you!?!?! Everything looks and sounds AMAZING!


COLOMBO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lankan stocks extended gains for a ninth straight session on Friday, jumping 2 percent to a five-month high helped by blue chips and foreign buying.
The Colombo Stock Exchange's main index gained 2 percent, or 107.93 points, to 5,496.85, its highest close since April 4.
"Everybody is chipping in. Everybody is participating in the run and it's mainly a sentiment-driven market," said a stockbroker asking not to be named.
The new head of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Nalaka Godahewa, is expected to come up with new ideas to revive the market, which has fallen 9.51 percent so far this year.
Turnover was 1.76 billion rupees, more than double of this year's daily average of 874.2 million rupees.
The bourse saw foreign inflows of 155.1 million rupees worth of shares, extending the net inflow so far this year to 28.66 billion rupees.


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Drawing Software Patent Drafting Guidance in 2021 from an Unlikely Source: the Federal Circuit
mike_3yh5o022 . Posted on January 14, 2021 January 14, 2021
Homing in on three software cases in which the Federal Circuit found claims patent eligible in 2020 is illuminating for software patent application drafters.
by Michael Messinger
Since the Supreme Court's Alice decision in 2014, inventors have faced extra hurdles trying to protect their software-related inventions with patents. A chief obstacle has been satisfying the two-part test for eligibility under Section 101 set forth in Alice and Mayo. To meet this test, claimed subject matter must not be directed to a judicial exception, such as an abstract idea, (Step One), and if it is, must add "significantly more" to provide an inventive concept (Step Two).
The Alice/Mayo test is applied during examination at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and can be a defense raised against enforcement of the patent. However, one aspect inventors have most control over is the drafting of their patent specifications that describe their claimed inventions. The challenge software patent application drafters now face is how to draft patent applications that can withstand scrutiny under the Alice/Mayo test.
Theodore Rand reported in IPWatchdog last week a disturbing but not surprising trend. Rand found that, in 2020, 81% of software-related patents on appeal for subject matter eligibility in decided precedential cases (22 of 27) were found invalid. But in three cases, software-related patents were found drawn to eligible subject matter for patent purposes. Id.
In each of the three cases, the appeals court pointed to aspects of the patent specifications themselves. Looking more closely at the representative claims and court's comments with respect to the corresponding patent specification is illuminating. In particular, the court looked to the specifications for evidence of performance improvements over conventional systems, description of a technical problem/solution, and technological advantages.
Uniloc USA, Inc. v. LG Electronics USA, Inc.
In Uniloc decided April 30, 2020, the court found the following claim eligible:
A primary station for use in a communications system comprising at least one secondary station, wherein means are provided
for broadcasting a series of inquiry messages, each in the form of a plurality of predetermined data fields arranged according to a first communications protocol, and for adding to each inquiry message prior to transmission an additional data field for polling at least one secondary station.
(Uniloc, p. 4).
In so doing, the CAFC specifically referenced improvements over conventional communications systems described in the specification. The court also cited the description in the Abstract of an advantage provided by the claimed invention which "enables a rapid response time without the need for a permanently active communication link between a parked secondary station and the primary station." Id., p. 3. As a result, the court held "the claims at issue are directed to a patent-eligible improvement to computer functionality, namely the reduction of latency experienced by parked secondary stations in communication systems." Id., p. 7. The court continued, "like the claims in DDR, the claimed invention changes the normal operation of the communication system itself to 'overcome a problem specifically arising in the realm of computer networks.'" Id., p. 7. In this way, the court found the claims are not directed to an abstract idea under Step One of the Alice/Mayo test, but instead "are directed to a specific asserted improvement to the functionality of the communication system itself." Id., p. 10.
Packet Intelligence v. Netscout
In Packet Intelligence, decided July 14, 2020, the court found a representative apparatus claim 19 eligible. Claim 19 was directed to a packet monitor and included a packet acquisition device, input buffer memory, parser subsystem, memory for storing a database, a look up engine, and a flow insertion engine. (Packet Intelligence, pp. 3-4).
In finding the claim eligible under Step One, the court again references the patent specification. In particular, the court looks to technological problems and solutions described in the patent itself:
The asserted patents' specifications make clear that the claimed invention presented a technological solution to a technological problem. The specifications explain that known network monitors were unable to identify disjointed connection flows to each other, and the focus of the claims is a specific improvement in computer technology: a more granular, nuanced, and useful classification of network traffic. See, e.g., '751 patent col. 2 ll. 53–56; col. 3 l. 2–col. 4 l. 6. The specifications likewise explain how the elements recited in the claims refer to specific technological features functioning together to provide that granular, nuanced, and useful classification of network traffic, rather than an abstract result. See, e.g., '789 patent col. 23 l. 38—col. 27 l. 50 (describing the technological implementation of the lookup engine and flow insertion engine as used in the claims); see also '725 patent col. 10 l. 3—col. 13 l. 4. (emphasis added)
(Packet Intelligence, pp. 14-15).
TecSec v. Adobe Inc.
In TecSec decided Oct. 23, 2020, the court considered a representative multi-level security method claim:
A method for providing multi-level multimedia security in a data network, comprising the steps of:
A) accessing an object-oriented key manager;
B) selecting an object to encrypt;
C) selecting a label for the object;
D) selecting an encryption algorithm;
E) encrypting the object according to the encryption algorithm;
F) labelling the encrypted object;
G) reading the object label;
H) determining access authorization based on the object label; and
I) decrypting the object if access authorization is granted.
(TecSec, pp. 3-4).
In its eligibility determination, the court found the claim was not directed to an abstract idea under Step One. The court looked at certain prosecution history before the USPTO and again at the patent specification itself. As explained by the court a Step One analysis depends among other things on "what the patent asserts to be the claimed advance." Id., p. 24 (emphasis added).
The court noted the specification made clear the combination of labeling with the required encryption "is part of the focus of the claimed advance." Id., p. 26. The court continued at length to cite where the specification described both a deficiency and the technical solution using labeling in multilevel security with encryption. Id., pp. 26-28.
Passing Muster
Despite a stream of adverse decisions on patent eligibility last year, we find the Federal Circuit perhaps pointing out some ways to protect software-related inventions. Often, a patent drafter must balance a desire for broad protection for purposes of infringement with narrower protection for purposes of validity. In the computer-related software arts at least, the Federal Circuit showed in 2020 how important the patent specification may be in striking the right balance and passing muster under the Alice/Mayo test in 2021.
Read on IP Watchdog – https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2021/01/13/drawing-software-patent-drafting-guidance-2021-unlikely-source-federal-circuit/id=128943/
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SiTE:LAB Rumsey Street Project 2015 + 2016 is a catalog that documents two years of the "SiTE:LAB Rumsey Street Project," a partnership between SiTE:LAB, an all-volunteer nomadic arts organization, and Habitat for Humanity of Kent County in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The two exhibitions, during Artprize 2015 and 2016, featured large-scale, site-specific projects responding to multiple vacant structures. Essays featured are by Gregory Volk, Jessamyn Fiore, Joe Becherer, Dan Cameron, Lisa Freiman, Steven Matijcio, and Elizabeth VanArragon, as well as statements by the artists.
In this essay excerpted from SiTE:LAB Rumsey Street Project 2015 + 2016, New York-based art writer and freelance curator Gregory Volk details the visceral experience of encountering SiTE:LAB for the first time during ArtPrize Eight at their "Rumsey Street Project" installation.
In 2016 I was invited as an outside art professional to Grand Rapids, Michigan to visit ArtPrize, see and experience artworks in this sprawling, citywide exhibition, and then discuss on local television, as part of the Critical Discourse series, finalists in several categories selected by both art experts and the general public. What this meant is that I had to focus on the finalist works, but as I scouted through the city taking in as many artworks as I could, I came upon a non-finalist house that was at once precarious and exquisite, magical and threadbare; an old, rickety house that Julie Schenkelberg had altered and sculpted, inside and out.
I was riveted. White fabric billowed from various apertures. Slots in the façade offered glimpses into the interior. You could look at this house but also, quite literally, through it, to the surrounding environment. When I visited no one was allowed to enter. Still, I pulled strings and made a beeline for the artist, who graciously ushered me inside. Traces of the former inhabitants, including scruffy posters and newspapers clippings on the walls, combined with Schenkelberg's myriad alterations: a gorgeous circular cut she had made from one wall and installed in a room facing a window, debris swept up just so, openings she had meticulously made in the walls. Part found structure and part made sculpture, this altered house, starkly alone on a vacant lot, was altogether enthralling, and if I had had a powerful vote I would have named it, then and there, the top prize winner.
SiTE:LAB moving the house for Julie Schenkelberg's project.
I didn't know much at the time about the innovative, itinerant, and at times miracle-making SiTE:LAB, which sponsored and made possible Schenkelberg's remarkable work, and also hosted 14 other nearby projects, but I sure took notice; the various artworks in the Rumsey Street Project were, for me, by far the most compelling part of the whole exhibition. For one thing, I discovered that SiTE:LAB had—somehow, in some way—moved the entire house quite some distance from its original location, where it became the perfect site for Schenkelberg to make her gritty, oddly delicate magic. At that point, I was all ears, and eyes. I mean, what kind of arts organization hoists an entire house up, moves it, and offers it to an artist so that she could make a dream work, a work impossible to realize in almost any other circumstance?
Now, I am completely smitten. SiTE:LAB's idiosyncratic and refreshing mission involves finding novel and compelling ways of inspiring and presenting ambitious artworks not in the art world but instead in the world, in this case sites in and around an entire city block on Rumsey Street. The works responded to and revitalized this off the beaten path—to say the very least—part of Grand Rapids.
In a former rectory, Mark Dion, an absolutely brilliant artist who is a master at dealing with history and sites, transformed the former residence of a Catholic priest into a convincing 1930s period room in a museum (although this was no museum, instead a semi-decrepit building). You felt the long dead priest might return any moment to this domestic setting, with its knickknacks, decorations, furniture, religious paintings, and illuminated Christmas tree.
William Lamson's minimalist outdoor sculptures, made by excavating and repositioning parts of a concrete foundation, were thoughtful and compelling and hinted at the vanished building that had once occupied the site.
Colombian Ana Belen Cantoni's wood construction in and atop a house was startling and wonderful. Not ArtPrize entries, but a major part of SiTE:LAB's Rumsey Street Project exhibition, were four short films by the visionary and influential Gordon Matta-Clark (1943-1978), a pioneer of site-specific work and architectural interventions. Including these films, in relation to the other site-specific works nearby, was insightful and completely apt. It's also a safe bet that many visitors were encountering works by Matta-Clark for the first time, making this ambitious project by SiTE:LAB all the more valuable.
Working directly with artists, understanding and supporting their idiosyncratic visions, and finding ways of realizing unusual projects is exactly what SiTE:LAB excels at, which is why this scrappy outfit is so important and should be treasured, and not just in Grand Rapids.
Releasing artists and artworks from what artist and writer Robert Smithson once termed "cultural confinement"—for instance heavily curated shows that are ultimately more about curators than they are about artists (and there are many such shows), and from neutral, usually white museum gallery spaces with their aura of hushed seriousness—and allowing both to operate in and engage with the rough and tumble world at large is both refreshing and exceedingly welcome.
Excellent artworks have a different "charge" (that's the term Smithson used in his 1972 essay "Cultural Confinement") when you encounter them not in a museum, with all its protocols and learned behavior, but on the streets and in weathered buildings, in a faltering former rectory, or as a solitary house inexplicably perched on a vacant lot.
Julie Schenkelberg had a gorgeous, tough to realize idea; she wanted to transform a house into a complex sculpture. SiTE:LAB found the house, moved it so that it would appear as both a house and large-scale sculpture, and Schenkelberg made her wondrous transformation, resulting in what was for me the best and most compelling work in all of ArtPrize.
Count me now as an impassioned supporter of SiTE:LAB, with its devotion to transformative artworks realized in what are often unorthodox and surprising sites.


A high level foreign affairs and fisheries delegation from Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China, visited the Ministry of Marine Recourses (MMR) office this week. Deputy Director General, Foreign Affairs Office People's Government of Guangdong Province, Su Caifang led the delegation. Members of the delegation included representatives from the Guangdong People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries.
The Yap cultural delegation headed by Tony Ganngiyan, governor of the state, gave its first performance on Tuesday, July 4, 2017, at the Zhongshan Youth Palace as part of the Zhongshan and Yap Cultural Exchange. The theme of the two-hour long cultural exchange was "Join Hands For A Brighter Tomorrow," offering live cultural displays and performances by both sides. Zhongshan performers included singers, dancers, kungfu fighters and musicians. The Yap delegation did a local attire display for men showing the various thuw ensembles from boyhood to manhood. Likewise, the girls displayed the women's traditional grass skirt attire from girlhood to womanhood.
The People's Republic of China has continued its support to the region through the China-Pacific Islands Forum Cooperation Fund with $1.05 million being handed over last Friday to the Forum's secretary general, Dame Meg Taylor. "The Pacific region is grateful for the strong relationship we have with China and their ongoing support through this fund," said the Dame Meg during the handover.
U.S. Congressman Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan announced that the commonwealth is receiving $4,518,008 more in federal funds as part of the Typhoon Soudelor recovery effort. The money will be used to install 12 generators to provide emergency back-up power to 91 wells and keep water service available to all villages on Saipan after a storm.


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It's hard to believe we are entering the *last* week of the Scavenger Hunt! We've been so impressed by all the posts you've shared with us on Instagram this month. Y'all have been BUSY!! We're going to share a few of them with you in a moment but first, let's talk PRIZES!!! We also want to send out a HUGE thank you to all the fabulous sponsors who helped us put them together!!
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Creating personal meaning from colliding stories
Title: The audience experience of science storytelling: impact profiles from a Q methodology study
Author(s) and Year: Jessica Sickler and Michelle Lentzner (2022)
Journal: Journal of Science Communication (open access)
TL;DR: Storytelling has a subjective individual impact on audiences. This study describes and sorts audience experiences with a science storytelling platform and finds four profiles that summarize the individual ways in which members of the audience internalize the value of science storytelling, ranging from captivation to social connection to aesthetic stimulation.
Why I chose this paper: I am fascinated by stories; the ones that we are told, and the ones that we tell ourselves. As a science communication (scicomm) researcher and educator, I am interested in the impact of stories in scicomm contexts, and this paper has taught me so much about the range of individual impacts that science stories have on audiences.
Late last year, we lost the prolific and inspiring writer and storyteller, Joan Didion. Her words from The White Album still echo in the void that she has left:
"we tell ourselves stories in order to live."
The quote is deep and beautiful, and it speaks to the value of storytelling to convey meaning and inspire sensemaking in all aspects of the human experience. This quote emphasizes both the powerfulness of stories as an essential component of the lives that we live and their malleability to be shaped into anything we want them to be, no matter how they were presented to us. This is the essence and beauty of storytelling– that we each take our own personal meaning and make our own stories out of the stories told to us.
In recent years, storytelling has been identified as a powerful tool to communicate science with nonexpert audiences to the extent of coining storytelling as the 'soul of scicomm'. Particularly, well-thought science story plotlines transcend merely informing or persuading an audience of something to inducing emotional gravitation towards scientific experiences.
The Story Collider emerged in 2010 as a platform that uses personal storytelling to communicate about various science topics with the goal of connecting diverse audiences with diverse scientists and science communicators through shared experiences, identities, and emotions. The personal narratives told in The Story Collider's live shows adhere more to features of performing arts rather than typical forms of science outreach, thus they do not aim for specific and unified learning outcomes. Rather, the goal is for the audience members to embark on a "meaning-making process" that is dependent on their own distinct mindsets, experiences, emotions, and interpretations.
Study objectives and methods
Understanding the impact of science communication efforts is not a straightforward process, especially when the goal is not focused on specific learning outcomes. Sickler & Lentzner thus wanted to find a way to assess the subjective experiences of the audiences of storytelling science shows, and the resulting meanings that they construct from such experiences.
For this purpose, the authors used a method called Q methodology, which helps researchers transform subjective experiences into types (profiles) of common social perspectives. This participant-centered method provides more quantifiable data than typical qualitative interview methods. In this study, the authors provided participants with a series of statements describing a range of impacts of The Story Collider and asked them to prioritize such statements. This allows researchers to construct the profiles of the participants based on the order in which they place the impact statements. Figure 1 lists the steps in Q methodology and how it was applied in this study.
Figure 1. Depiction of the generalized steps of a Q methodology study and an overview of how each step was applied in this study.
The list of statements that were provided to participants to sort is provided in Table 1 below. The statements are organized according to a conceptual framework borrowed from the performing arts, which includes the intrinsic impacts of captivation, emotional resonance, social bonding & bridging, aesthetic growth, introspective value, and intellectual stimulation.
Table 1. The list of statements used as prompts for participant sorting.
Participants were asked to sort the statements in Table 1 above into the distribution in Figure 2 below. Each participant ranked the 28 statements from the most to least representative of their experiences with The Story Collider shows. Twenty-nine participants from diverse backgrounds completed this activity. Results were analyzed using a Q analysis software that sorts and factors statements, as ranked by participants.
Figure 2. Image of the distribution shape into which participants sorted the 28 statements.
The analysis produced four profiles representing distinct perspectives within the audience of The Story Collider:
Profile 1: humanizing science & piquing interest– most strongly connected with statements about discovery and learning about science (the most diverse group in terms of age, gender, science interest)
Profile 2: feeling empathetic & empowered – placed a higher value on the impact of emotional resonance and empathetic connections (predominantly women who worked in STEM or scicomm professions)
Profile 3: shared community of science insiders– impacted by authentic and diverse shared stories (mostly young STEM professionals with high science interest)
Profile 4: absorbed in the live show– characterized by a strong sense of captivation (a common aspect of these participants is that they were the only ones to have attended in-person shows before they moved online in 2020)
This study emphasizes the unique impacts that storytelling experiences can have on different people. The researchers clearly describe how participants come from diverse backgrounds and experiences, which translated into a variety of different impacts from the shows. Additionally, the experience itself of listening to the stories (in-person vs. online) seemed to influence the impact of those stories. The art-based storytelling approach that The Story Collider uses is thus shown to provide the space for each audience member to create their own meaning out of the larger shared storytelling experience.
Professional science communicators can take two practical takeaways from this study: 1) that storytelling is an effective science communication tool that allows for a range of individual impacts on audiences, ranging from captivation to social connection to aesthetic stimulation; and 2) that science communicators can use quantitative tools to assess subjective experiences resulting from science communication instances.
Referring back to The White Album passage from which Joan Didion's infamous quote is taken, we can further unpack the value of what we make of stories and how stories make us:
We look for the sermon in the suicide, for the social or moral lesson in the murder of five. We interpret what we see, select the most workable of the multiple choices. We live entirely, especially if we are writers, by the imposition of a narrative line upon disparate images, by the 'ideas' with which we have learned to freeze the shifting phantasmagoria which is our actual experience.
Science storytelling allows the audience to reconstruct the complex plotlines (phantasmagoria) that storytellers present to them in a way that speaks to their individuality and their needs, a validation of their lived experiences and their meanings, making them not only story consumers, but also story (re)writers.
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How should Europe react and respond to the complex and mixed nature of flows of people from third countries who are trying to reach its borders? This is not a paradoxical question but one full of divisions and driven more by perception than fact. The EPP Group Bureau meeting here in Milan is dealing with the extremely complex problem of migration by contributing the so-called Milano Paper on Migration in an effort to finding a common European solution.


According to a scientific study that appeared recently in the journal Molecular & Cellular Oncology, an antioxidant phenolic compound found in olive oil has the ability to selectively kill cancer cells, while leaving healthy cells untouched.
This compound known as oleocanthal would explain at least partly why people who adopt the Mediterranean diet are 15% less likely to be affected by cancer.
This diet includes lots of plants (fruits, vegetables, legumes and nuts) but few animal proteins. A lot of fibre is consumed but not much simple sugar. Large amounts of monounsaturated good fats and omega-3 polyunsaturated are present. Olive oil is the cornerstone of this diet and several studies have shown that it plays a significant role in the health benefits linked to such a dietary form.
Previous studies had already suggested that oleocanthal caused the death of cancer cells, but the action mechanism had not yet been understood. In this new study, researchers from Rutgers University and Hunter College of the City University of New York conducted in-vitro tests on cancerous and non-cancerous cells of the pancreas, breast and prostate.
Oleocanthal rapidly penetrates inside cells and manages to destabilize an internal structure called lysosome. These lysosomes are like small sacs in which cellular waste is accumulated and digested by highly active enzymes. By breaking the protective membrane, oleocanthal releases voracious enzymes, which then prey on cancer cells. Non-cancerous cells are spared because their lysosomes are less fragile. Moreover, the effect of oleocanthal is very strong because some cancer cells get destroyed in record time, 30 minutes for the fastest.
To enjoy the benefits of oleocanthal, choose a virgin or extra virgin olive oil, i.e. a cold-pressed oil, because this way, it retains the polyphenols in the base olives.
There is a simple and effective method to find out if your favourite oil contains oleocanthal. Oleocanthal interacts with a receptor in the throat, which causes a slight tingling. The greater the tingling, the greater the amount of oleocanthal and the more you will benefit from its anti-cancer activity.


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American elm at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire (June 2015). This however led to extreme overplanting of the species, especially to form living archways over streets, which ultimately produced an unhealthy monoculture of elms that had no resistance to disease and pests. The banded elm bark beetle: a new threat to elms in North America. When measured in 2010, the tree had a trunk circumference of 324 inches (820 cm), a height of 111 feet (34 m) and an average crown spread of 79 feet (24 m). If you catch this comment, give me a call. Traductions en contexte de "American elm" en anglais-français avec Reverso Context : It hangs from what is believed to be its original yoke, made from American elm. Submit. I have dated one healthy specimen to over 80 years old! No subspecies or varieties are currently recognized within the species. They are smaller, different type of leaf and seem to have a pretty short life span, maybe 35 to 40 years. It is this distinctive growth form that is so valued in the open-grown American elms of street plantings, lawns, and parks; along most narrower streets, elms planted on opposite sides arch and blend together into a leafy canopy over the pavement. American Entomologist, 51:84-94, 'The Big Elm', Island Narratives Program, University of Prince Edward Island, vre2.upei.ca. In 1872, a large branch fell from it and was used to construct a pulpit for a nearby church. Old American elm in Halifax Public Gardens, Nova Scotia, Canada (August 2019). Dutch elm disease, which is caused by the fungus Ophiostoma novo-ulmi through its transmission by the elm bark beetle, has changed that. No documentary evidence exists of any treaty Penn signed beneath a particular tree. American Elm in Johnstown, New York. The wood of American Elm is very hard and was a valuable timber tree used for lumber, furniture, and veneer. In 2005, approximately 90 'Princeton' elms were planted along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, D.C. Common Name(s): American Elm, Soft Elm, Water Elm, Distribution: Eastern to Midwest United States, Tree Size: 65-100 ft (20-30 m) tall, 2-3 ft (.6-1 m) trunk diameter, Average Dried Weight: 35 lbs/ft3 (560 kg/m3), Specific Gravity (Basic, 12% MC): .47, .56, Modulus of Rupture: 11,800 lbf/in2 (81.4 MPa), Elastic Modulus: 1,340,000 lbf/in2 (9.24 GPa), Crushing Strength: 5,520 lbf/in2 (38.1 MPa), Shrinkage: Radial: 4.2%, Tangential: 9.5%, Volumetric: 14.6%, T/R Ratio: 2.3. Frederick Childe Hassam, 'Washington Arch, Spring' [1893], Frederick Childe Hassam, 'Church at Old Lyme' [1905], Frederick Childe Hassam, 'The East Hampton Elms in May' [1920], American elm avenue, New Haven, Connecticut (1901), Thomas Meehan and Sons catalogue, Phillips Academy Elm, Andover, MA (November 2019). [59], An American elm located in a parking lot directly across the street from the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City survived the Oklahoma City bombing on April 19, 1995 that killed 168 people and destroyed the Murrah building. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, UK. American elm twigs have a zigzag pattern and slightly flattened buds. [30] In 2007, the 'Elm Recovery Project'[31] from the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, reported that cuttings from healthy surviving old elms surveyed across Ontario had been grown to produce a bank of resistant trees, isolated for selective breeding of highly resistant cultivars. Girth 13 ft at 4.5 ft above ground; height 85 ft; spread 80 ft. Elm tree in Vermont (June 2017). Ulmus americana (Ulmaceae) is a polyploidy complex. Although no longer common in eastern North America, there are several hundred American elms in Corvallis, most on the Oregon State campus. The tree survived until the 1920s and "was thought to be a survivor of the primeval forest". A number of mostly small to medium-sized American elms now survive in woodlands, suburban areas, and occasionally cities, where the survivors have often been relatively isolated from other elms and thus spared a severe exposure to the fungus. Girth 16 ft, 3 inches at 4.5 ft above ground; height 74 ft; spread 97 ft. American elm in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada (August 2019). [9] Accordingly, the wood originally had few uses, save for making hubs for wagon wheels. E L M Slippery elm, Ulmus rubraMuhl, has been recorded in Franklin and York counties, but these records are histori-cal. Introduced to the UK by James Gordon[3] in 1752, the American elm was noted to be far more susceptible to insect foliage damage than native elms. Governmental agencies, educational institutions or other organizations in most of the states that are within the United States maintain lists of champion or big trees that describe the locations and characteristics of those states' largest American elm trees (see List of state champion American elm trees). Use the "claim" button to reserve one or more slabs. The NPS combated the disease's local insect vector, the smaller European elm bark beetle (Scolytus multistriatus), by trapping and by spraying with insecticides. [61] Despite protests from Ottawa area environmentalists and resistance from Opposition Members of Parliament the tree was removed in April 2019 to make way for new Centre Block renovations. [18] However, in some areas still not infested by DED, the American elm continues to thrive, notably in Florida, Alberta and British Columbia. [9] On more elevated terrain, as in the Appalachian Mountains, it is most often found along rivers. The wood is very durable and is suited for use in the manufacture of kitchenette furniture, flooring, baskets, and woodenware. [22][23] Introduced to Australasia, the tree was listed by Australian nurseries in the early 20th century. In what is now Penn Treaty Park, the founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn, is said to have entered into a treaty of peace in 1683 with the native Lenape Turtle Clan under a picturesque elm tree immortalized in a painting by Benjamin West. With its majestic, vase-shaped form accentuated by long, drooping branches, American elm is one of New England's most beautiful trees and was once a ubiquitous and monumental street tree in most towns. Would it hold up or just rot to hell? A monster maul that easily splits post oak bounces right off elm. Select. To hockey fans, elm is their favorite wood, as most hockey sticks are made of elm. Ulmus americana as campus elm: Cambridge, Massachusetts. However, nearly a year later the tree began to bloom. For example, in Central Park and Tompkins Square Park in New York City, stands of several large elms originally planted by Frederick Law Olmsted survive because of their isolation from neighboring areas in New York where there had been heavy mortality. Copyright © 2008-2020 Eric Meier | All Rights Reserved. Maybe it varies. In North America, there are three species of elm bark beetles: one native, Hylurgopinus rufipes ("native elm bark beetle"); and two invasive, Scolytus multistriatus ("smaller European elm bark beetle") and Scolytus schevyrewi ("banded elm bark beetle"). [56][57], Another notable American elm, named Herbie, was the tallest American elm in New England until it was cut down on January 19, 2010, after it succumbed to DED. It was also used for the rockers on rocking chairs. The wood of American elm is very hard and was a valuable timber tree used for lumber, furniture and veneer. [62], New York City's Central Park is home to approximately 1,200 American elms, which constitute over half of all trees in the park. Base is uneven. Are Rosewoods (and Bubinga) really banned by CITES? [11] A sugar maple-ironwood-American elm cover type occurs on some hilltops near Témiscaming, Quebec. The wood is very tough and has extensive interlocked grain. Always disinfect pruning tools with isopropyl alcohol prior to using on elm trees to prevent the introduction or spread of … American elm tree in Cummington, Massachusetts (August 2020). Planing can cause tearout and/or fuzzy surfaces. American Elm is a tough and durable hardwood. Elm wood is used in constructing boats and farm buildings because it is durable underwater; its is also used for furniture. However, the condition is far less serious, and afflicted trees should recover the following year. Splinting even w/a power splitter is very difficult. The wood is very durable in water. Rather than just cutting it down and having the wood go to waste, how would I find individuals/companies that might be interested in the wood? Looks like elm to me, but it's hard to say which type. Girth 13 ft at 4.5 ft above ground; Height 70 ft; Spread 75 ft. American elm in front of the Florence K. Murray Courthouse in Newport, Rhode Island (August 2015). The Indians once made canoes out of American elm trunks, and early settlers would steam the wood so it could be bent to make barrels and wheel hoops. American elms have been planted in North America beyond its natural range as far north as central Alberta. American elm, Old Deerfield, Massachusetts (2011). Responds well to steam bending, and holds nails and screws well. FYI: I receive a commission on sales generated through links to Amazon, eBay, etc. In bottomlands, the trunk is more likely to be buttressed than in the uplands. Identifying and Using Hundreds of Woods Worldwide, POSTER: Worldwide Woods: Ranked by Hardness. Ulmus americana was first described and named by Carl Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum, published in 1753. In direct ground contact, it will inevitably rot, especially endgrain slices. Insignificant small green flowers appear in spring before the foliage emerges. Trees in areas unaffected by Dutch elm disease (DED) can live for several hundred years. I have been making tool boxes and cabinets from oak and ash. Finishes beautifully, especially using darker colors. The city of Cambridge had plans for it to be "carefully cut up and a piece sent to each state of the country and to the District of Columbia and Alaska," according to The Harvard Crimson. [9], Young twigs and branchlets of the American elm have tough, fibrous bark that has been used as a tying and binding material, even for rope swings for children, and also for making whips.[9]. There are 30 to 40 species of elm that originate from central Asia. Interlocking grain is right!! In addition, a heritage-listed planting of American elms can be found along Grant Crescent in Griffith, Australian Capital Territory. However, a study published in 2011 by the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA revealed that about 20% of wild American elms are diploid and may even constitute another species. The classic vase-shaped elm was mainly the result of selective breeding of a few cultivars and is much less likely to occur in the wild. Leaves are alternate, simple, 4–6 inches long, 2–3 inches wide, broadest at or below the middle with coarse, sawtooth edges. When growing in the open, the trunk divides near the base into several large limbs which arch outward, resulting in an attractive, vase-shaped silhouette. American elm (Ulmus americana) is a large tree widely known for its vase-like shape and rounded, multi-branched crown atop a thick, powerful trunk. George Washington is said to have taken command of the American Continental Army under the Washington Elm in Cambridge on July 3, 1775. Mark 757-650-1946, We have a few American Elm's around but I don't see a listing for what I've been told are Chinese or Russian elm. Learn how and when to remove this template message, Spring Grove Cemetery, Hartford, Connecticut, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, List of Elm cultivars, hybrids and hybrid cultivars, State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry, List of state champion American elm trees, 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T61966619A61966626.en, Hidden elm population may hold genes to combat Dutch elm disease, Southern Research Station (www.srs.fs.fed.us), "New American Elms Restore Stately Trees", "Evaluation of 19 American Elm Clones for Tolerance to Dutch Elm Disease", "A 10-year Evaluation of the Performance of Four Elm Cultivars in California, U. S.", "Elm, Princeton - Ulmus americana 'Princeton, "Proactive, Not Reactive: Evolving Elm Management in the Nation's Capital", "Scientists Breed Supertrees to Beat Dutch Elm", "Appendix Two: Current Genetically Engineered Tree Field Trials in the US", "Saving the Nation's Green Giants: Tall, Lush Trees", "Voorhees Mall Elms Add to Commencement's Ambience", "The 2012 National Register of Big Trees", "America Must Remember Boston's Liberty Tree", "Arthur Lee Jacobson: Trees of the Washington State Capitol Campus", "Big Day for Curio Hunter When Famous Elm is Cut", "Do Rings of Herbie the Elm Have Age, Climate Data? The flower and ripe fruit are used to make medicine. [32], In 1993, Mariam B. Sticklen and James L. Sherald reported the results of NPS-funded experiments conducted at Michigan State University in East Lansing that were designed to apply genetic engineering techniques to the development of DED-resistant strains of American elm trees. American Elm is scarce because it is attacked and killed by Dutch Elm Disease, which has wiped most of them out. It has an attractive grain that resembles Ash. The American elm is a deciduous hermaphroditic tree which, before the introduction of DED, commonly grew to more than 100 feet (30 m) tall with a trunk whose diameter at breast height was more than 4 feet (1.2 m), supporting a high, spreading umbrella-like canopy. [33] In 2007, AE Newhouse and F Schrodt of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse reported that young transgenic American elm trees had shown reduced DED symptoms and normal mycorrhizal colonization. I'm in Williamsburg, and have an Elm also, getting it cut down b/c it's too close to the house. Ulmus americana, generally known as the American elm or, less commonly, as the white elm or water elm,[a] is a species of elm native to eastern North America, naturally occurring from Nova Scotia west to Alberta and Montana, and south to Florida and central Texas. Because the tree is fast … [52] The tree, an American white elm, became a celebrated attraction, with its own plaque, a fence constructed around it and a road moved in order to help preserve it. But if you throughly coat BOTH ends in some sort of finish (as many coats as practical), it should give you a little bit longer. Prune elm trees once every three years during the dormant season. The American elm is the state tree of Massachusetts and North Dakota. The tree stood in Yarmouth, Maine, where it was cared for by the town's tree warden, Frank Knight. The American elm is an extremely hardy tree that can withstand winter temperatures as low as −42 °C (−44 °F). Commonly called Dutch elm disease, this wilt has had a tragic impact on American elms. Various disease-resistant hybrids are out there, and their identification defies the usual distinguishing features of hard vs soft elms. Elms have been able to survive and to reproduce in areas where the disease had eliminated old trees, although most of these young elms eventually succumb to the disease at a relatively young age. SLAB CLAIM INSTRUCTIONS. Measurements taken at the time showed it to have a circumference of 24 feet (7.3 m), and its age was estimated to be 280 years. It also survives low desert heat at Phoenix, Arizona. American elm tree in Adams, Massachusetts (August 2020). Wetland Status. This tree died in 2019. Medicinal use of American Elm: An infusion made from the bark has been used in the treatment of bleeding from the lungs, ruptures, coughs, colds, influenza, dysentery, eye infections, cramps and diarrhoea. The trees, whose maintenance the National Park Service (NPS) manages, remain healthy and are thriving. (2013). Surviving American elm "street tree" in western Massachusetts (2016). The Indians once made canoes out of American elm trunks, and early settlers would steam the wood so it could be bent to make barrels and wheel hoops. Poor dimensional stability. Comments: Once one of the largest and most prevalent of the North American elm species, preferred as an ideal shade tree for urban roadsides. A Harvard "professor of plant anatomy" examined the tree rings days after the tree was felled and pronounced it between 204 and 210 years old, making it at most 62 years old when Washington took command of the troops at Cambridge. Girth 18 ft at 4.5 ft above ground; est. The American elm is an extremely hardy tree that can withstand winter temperatures as low as −42 °C (−44 °F). WOOD PRODUCTS VALUE : The wood of American elm is coarse-grained, heavy, and strong. & Olsen, R. (2011). It has been estimated that only approximately 1 in 100,000 American elm trees is DED-tolerant, most known survivors simply having escaped exposure to the disease. IF YOU HAVE THE SPACE ON YOUR PROPITY CUT THE TREE DOWN PUT 6X6 TIMBERS 2 EVERY 5FT TO 10FEET FROM EVERY SET OF 2TIMBERS WITH A 12T016INCH SPACE BETWEEN EACH SET OF TWO AND BUILD A BOX A ROUND THE TREE OR GET A FREE STANDING CAR PORT YOU PUT UP YOUR SELF WITH 4FEET OF SPACE ON EACH SIDE OF THE LOG WITH 5TO 8FEET AT EACH END OF THE TREE AND JUST LET THE TREE AIR DRY FOR A 2YEAR TO 4YEAR TIME FRAME AND THEN CHECK THE TREE EVERY 3TO 6MONTHS AND RENT A PORTABLE SAW… Read more ». Lafayette Street, Salem, Massachusetts: 'high-tunnel effect' of U. americana avenues once common in New England (colorized postcard, 1910). Justin, Wide boards would be great for making tool chests! [42] In Akron, Ohio there is a very old elm tree that has not been infected. Supplemental water applications benefit the tree during periods of drought. Girth over 18.5 ft; height 88 ft; spread 95 ft. It is known to have been planted along the Avenue of Honour at Ballarat, Victoria and the Avenue of Honour in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. 'Valley Forge' performed especially well in these tests. The trees are particularly noteworthy along the Mall and Literary Walk, where four lines of American elms stretch over the walkway forming a cathedral-like covering. The Washington Elm, Cambridge, Massachusetts. American elm located at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, CT (July 2019). as does basswood. American elm, Massachusetts (2013), with octopus-like limbs. But makes good handles, bends but won't break. It lacks durability, warps, and splits badly in seasoning [ 44 ]. I have several good sized (60′) American Elms in my yard ready to cut, been dying and dead past 3 years… Thinking about having them Quartered and cut into wide planks. It's almost 2 years since your question, so I'm not sure if you'll even see this, but I'd like to know. Before the onset of Dutch elm disease, American elm was one of the most common street and shade trees across much of the United States. I'm a hobby woodworker, so I'm always interested in getting trees sawed into lumber. height 80 ft; spread 100 ft. "The Grayson Elm" in Amherst, Massachusetts in winter. [47], The current Tree Register of the British Isles (TROBI) champion grows in Avondale Forest near Rathdrum, County Wicklow, Ireland. Its wood has a high moisture … Today, the wood that can be found is used mainly for making furniture. Ulmus americana L. – American elm Subordinate Taxa. I like the gravel/sand idea; I wonder if you could just place them directly on gravel to help dry out the underside faster after rainfall? It held up just fine. Thus far, plantings of these four varieties generally appear to be successful. [29] The United States National Arboretum released 'Valley Forge' and 'New Harmony' in late 1995, after screening tests performed in 1992–1993 showed both had unusually high levels of resistance to DED. Color/Appearance: Heartwood is light to medium reddish brown. The tree had a height of 22.5 metres (74 ft) and a diameter at breast height of 98 centimetres (39 in) (circumference of 308 centimetres (121 in)) when measured in 2000. [56] Weakened by DED, the tree died in 1964 from storm damage. If they are alive, most people prefer to leave them standing because they have a nice shape. Rot Resistance: Rated as non-durable; susceptible to insect attack. American elm, Hatfield, Massachusetts (2020). Interpreting Wetland Status. … Herbie was 110 feet (34 m) tall at its peak and had a circumference of 20.3 feet (6.2 m), or a diameter of approximately 6.5 feet (2.0 m). Subject to some warping, even for stickered and dried stock. Same American elm, Old Deerfield, Massachusetts (2012). 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The audience will witness the rousing adventures of 'Richelieu's Musketeer', a fantastic swashbuckling show with daring horseback feats, flamenco ballets and spectacular effects. The stage is equally spectacular. ShowTex installed a main house curtain in a rich, theatre red Bellini velvet. With its 13.25 m high by 72 m wide, it is arguably the largest house curtain in the world. Besides a 'normal' motorized traveller track, the curtain is also equipped with partial Venetia hoistsystems to create quick entrances. Of course, all curtain movements can be programmed from the show control computer.


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Detailed and informative maps of the electoral district of Deniliquin, New South Wales. Printed at the Sydney Government printing office. Nineteenth century maps showing regional and small areas of New South Wales on this scale are very rare.
The Districts Government Commission, also referred to as the Local Government Commission, was established on 25 September 1894 with the appointment of Charles Edward Robertson Murray (a District Court Judge) as President. Both Christopher Brandis (Commissioner, Land Appeal Court) and Edward Twynam (Chief Surveyor and Director of Trigonometrical Survey) were appointed as members on 25 September 1894. George Lewis (District Government and Chief Electoral Officer) was also appointed as a member on 12 December 1894. George Lewis was in charge of the District Government Office within the Chief Secretary's Department. The Secretary to the Commission was John Walker who was succeeded by Robert Charles Scott.
The Commission related to the introduction in Parliament of the Local Government Bill in November 1894 by George Reid. It was entitled "A Bill to establish Local Government over that part of New South Wales which is outside the boundaries of municipalities; to make further provision for the constitution of municipal districts, and for the alteration of the areas of existing municipalities; to amend the law relating to municipal loans and municipal rates, and the recovery thereof; to amend and to extend the provisions of the 'Municipalities Act of 1867'; to amend other Statutes in order to give effect to the aforesaid provisions; and for other purposes connected therewith or incidental thereto."
The Commission reported on the boundaries of proposed local government areas around January 1895.
It is not known when the Commission was abolished although it was still in existence at 14 May 1895.
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Ciklopea Receives CSR Award for 2011
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Ciklopea was awarded the Corporate Social Responsibility award (Indeks DOP-a) at the 15th anniversary of the Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development. The company was given the CSR award for its first Corporate Sustainability Report, which ranks it among many other successful businesses that endorse CSR and the Global Reporting Initiative. The CSR award is given by the Croatian Business Council for Sustainable Development and the Croatian Chamber of Economy. The awards ceremony and the celebration of the anniversary were held in the Old Town Hall of the City of Zagreb.
During the ceremony the minister of business and trade Gordan Maras congratulated everyone who won the award. He also addressed the importance of corporate social responsibility and investing in employees. "I am especially glad to see many public companies, because I believe they are the ones that must invest greater efforts into achieving corporate social responsibility", Maras said and added that "CSR is not and should not be the privilege of large companies."
The minister of environmental and nature protection was also present at the ceremony and she said that she has been successfully cooperating with sustainable development companies for years. She concluded her speech by saying that environmental protection plays an important part in sustainable development.
Other speakers at the event were Deputy President of the Croatian Parliament Milorad Batinić, envoy of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Boris Cota and others who have been directly involved in CBCSD over the past 15 years.
Ciklopea's CSO Mladen Stojak was handed the award for achievements in corporate social responsibility in the category of small enterprises. Speaking about the success of his company Stojak said that, considering the state of economy in the country, sustainable development can seem like an unattainable goal. However, CSR has been the key advantage and driving force for Ciklopea since its establishment in 2003 until today. "Ciklopea grows and develops thanks to exchange of knowledge, investments into technology, use of local resources and other responsible practices. Positive changes in our clients', vendors' and employees' lives, as well as our community are our greatest motivation and reward," says Stojak.
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Matthew Efird always knew he would return to the family farm.
Since he was a kid, jumping around in the cotton trailers, Matthew Efird always knew he would return to the family farm. Efird is a fifth generation farmer working with his father, Russel, at Double E Farms in Caruthers. He also owns his own operation, Efird Ag Enterprises Inc., which specializes in commercial harvesting and shredding. Efird serves as a Director at Large on the Fresno County Farm Bureau Board of Directors.
Efird graduated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in 1999 with a major in fruit science and a double minor in agricultural business and plant protection, enabling him to receive his pest control license. He has been professionally farming since the completion of his college degree. I love what I do, Efird said. I love being able to farm with my father everyday, Dad and I work so well together. I've always wanted to be involved in production agriculture.
Along with the farming operation, Efird created his own commercial harvesting and shredding operation. He began with mechanically harvesting grapes and raisins in 2004. In 2005 Efird purchased a set of prune harvesting equipment and his first Flory Power Track shredder, and has continued to expand the business to include almond shaking and harvesting. This year the operation added two more shredders to serve the growing demand for the removal of orchard prunings, without the ability to burn. I took a small commercial harvesting operation and expanded it to the different endeavors we have engaged in, Efird said. Not only are we receiving a source of off farm income, but we are able to have total control of all aspects of growing, harvesting and delivering our own crops."
While in school, Efird had the opportunity to experience the differences in agricultural production on the Central Coast compared to the Central Valley. He worked as the manager of the Cal Poly vineyard and spent time working for his uncle's vineyard management company located in San Luis Obispo, gaining knowledge of the wine grape industry. My experiences in San Luis Obispo provided knowledge and a different perspective, which I was able to implement in my operations here at home, Efird said.
Efird believes the diversity in Fresno County benefits the agriculture industry, and is a key component to his operation. I don't think there's a better area to live in because you're so centrally located. The diversity of crops grown here in Fresno County allows it to be a leader in agricultural production throughout the world.
Efird is proud to be a part of a multi-generation farming operation and to be able to carry on that legacy. Although he enjoys the work that he does, there are daily challenges associated with running a successful business. Having the foresight and planning to always be one step ahead of where you need to be, if not two or three, that's the challenge. These challenges are much more tolerable when you are engaged in work that you have a passion for, and have a reliable and dependable team working with you, Efird mentioned.
Although the various operations keep him busy, Efird appreciates free time with friends and family and engaging in water sports, snow sports, camping, hunting and being a typical country boy. Efird also enjoys donating his time to community projects, and serving on various boards and committees.
Efird is looking forward to expanding his farming operation and achieving various personal goals in the future. He has experienced different aspects of the agriculture industry and feels qualified to be an active member of the Farm Bureau Board. He is excited to continue being involved as an active member of the Farm Bureau, as well as an individual who is positively engaged in Fresno County agriculture.


In my newly released book, The Invisible, I urge readers to join movements that are working for social change. This can be threatening to Christians who don't feel safe joining causes that might be led or actively participated in by unbelievers. Can you participate in a walk to fund AIDs research or join a movement to end human trafficking that does not express Christian faith in its mission statement?
My friend and mentor, Ray Bakke, teaches that "people of good faith can join with people of good will for the good of the community." We don't need to water down our faith to be involved with unbelievers in causes that affect the welfare of the poor and oppressed. In fact, joining such movements is a natural expression of true Christian faith. When Christians are not present at the tables where plans are laid out to address societal evil our absence communicates that we don't care.
Our holy prayer clusters are important. Our fellowship circles strengthen our resolve to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength. But then we must move out from those comfortable places to take action in the world to care for the oppressed and to work to right the wrongs of social injustice. This was Christ's mission on earth as expressed at the outset of his ministry in Luke 4:18-21.
What cause or causes are you presently engaged in?
How many people in your network are from races and socioeconomic groups that are different from yours?
What is stopping you from getting involved in a movement that is working for compassion and justice?


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"IN war, not everyone is a soldier," cautions the trailer for this stark, thought-provoking experience.
Game worlds brim with powerful heroes at war, one-man armies capable of subduing thousands of opponents. None of them recreates the grim reality of armed conflict the way This War of Mine does. Fun or entertainment isn't the goal, even though the gameplay echoes the relentless resource-management of The Sims.
TWoM focuses on three civilians barely surviving in a city reminiscent of a ruined Sarajevo. There are no heroes here, just ordinary people eking an existence. You can't win or escape – merely put off the inevitable downward spiral.
Yet such a dismal scenario proves enthralling, sustained by a series of heart-wrenching vignettes and a compelling game-y need to collect resources.
By night, one of your three survivors scavenges buildings in the city for food, wood, medicines, anything. You may encounter, for instance, armed, desperate raiders or an elderly couple who beg you not to rob their stuff.
Back at your "base", your crew spends the day cooking, crafting better stuff – or arguing about the morality of stealing to survive.
It begins simply enough, your trio in good health and spirits. Each night is an adventure, exploring the monochromatic world for supplies and revelling in your discoveries.
Soon, the easy pickings dry up and you gamble your safety with a sortie into guarded homes, risking explosions of violence or just the guilt of filching others' valuables. Your own base is vulnerable to raids and often your return after a night's successful scavenging is ruined by the news that you've been burgled.
But there can be moments of great compassion too, such as helping strangers who come to your door, or rescuing a woman from a thuggish soldier – at a risk to your own life.
At times, you will find This War of Mine frustrating, unfair and gruelling. The busywork of maintaining the health, nutrition and mental welfare of your crew becomes a chore as you seek to build a safer, more comfortable home.
But in keeping those three people alive, you'll also find a well of humanity deeper than that of all the Call of Duty series put together.
The tablet version lacks some of the features of the PC original, which was recently updated to add a scenario editor and character creator. But the developers promise to add those in due course.
At €15, This War of Mine represents a considerable investment compared to most mobile games. But it's a "gaming" experience not easily forgotten amid an app store catalogue of knock-offs, time-wasters and one-minute wonders.


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Critics Argue Common Core Repeal Could Lead To Creationism In Schools
New language in a bill to repeal the Common Core is under fire by an organization that advocates for the teaching of evolution. For that group, the language is all too familiar. Ohio Public Radio's Andy Chow explains.
The National Center for Science Education says a bill in the House would clear the way for Ohio schools to teach creationism in the classroom. The legislation seeks to repeal the education standards known as the Common Core—which is currently being used around the state.
The center's Glenn Branch says historically, the teaching of evolution has been under attack for years – first through the banning of the teaching of evolution outright and requiring the teaching of creationism in some form.
Branch: "And what we're seeing here is the representative of the third wave requiring or encouraging to present evolution—to misrepresent evolution as though it were scientifically controversial."
The bill used to say that the standards couldn't "prohibit political or religious interpretation of scientific facts in favor of another." That language was criticized so the co-sponsors of the bill—including Republican Representative Matt Huffman of Lima—changed it to say that nothing in the standards could be "construed to promote any religious or nonreligious doctrine."
Huffman: "Now will there still be what I consider 'fear mongering' on that issue? Sure. Because you know the folks who are trying to keep something from happening—that's their tool of choice."
But Branch argues that the new language still makes it seem like evolution is not based on years of established science and research and is just a contested theory.
Branch: "You're surely not going to see the scientific strengths and weaknesses of osmosis or photosynthesis being presented under the provision of the bill should it pass."
Branch and other advocates for the teaching of evolution add that this kind of language has already been used in other legislation in different states—all to open up the possibility of teaching creationism.
The bill is still in a House committee—no word yet on when a vote could be scheduled.
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Character Interview: Bryce Tarunson from Cloak and Dagger @katehillromance #RLFblog
Genre M/M Erotic Vampire Romance
Author Saloni Quinby
When police detective Bryce Tarunson arrests a man who's identical to his lover from two thousand years ago, he's pulled closer to the vampiric master he hates.
Vampire hunter Shane will do anything -- including tempt a vampire -- to rescue his brother who has fallen into enemy hands. He doesn't believe he's capable of falling for the object of his seduction, until he meets Bryce.
The bond between Bryce and Shane forces them into a battle that might end in the destruction of the Weapons of Redemption.
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Interview with Bryce Tarunson
What is it that you want, but cannot have? Authors call this the conflict of the story.
My life and my lover, Ronan, back. Or at least that's what I've wanted for two thousand years. Shane has changed my outlook, though. I guess most of all I want revenge on Tarun, the monster who made me.
What's your internal limitation? Meaning, what is it about you that makes it so you cannot do what it is you need to do during this story?
It's complicated, but what isn't, right? Maybe the Ronan part isn't so complicated. He's been dead for about two thousand years. My friends and I have been trying for revenge against Tarun, but he's elusive. In the meantime, we dedicate ourselves to helping those who are victims, like we used to be.
What inner doubt causes you the most difficulty?
That I'll lose to Tarun again, that somehow no matter how hard I've fought he'll still overpower me.
Tell us about your significant other, that person who makes living worthwhile.
Shane allowed me to love again after two thousand years. Ronan was my lover in my mortal life and when Shane and I first met, he was so much like Ronan it was both painful and wonderful. I don't know for sure if he's Ronan's reincarnation and it doesn't matter. He's the man I love and we've been through a lot together in a short time.
What would that person say about you?
I'd like to think he'd say that I proved to him not all vampires are evil. He'd say he loves me. I know he does.
What is your family like?
Brayden, Ansley, Rule and Guy are my family. They're my brothers. We weren't born to the same mortal family, but we were changed by Tarun. We've depended on each other, fought with each other and cared about each other. We've shared good times and endured rough times together. We're vampires, but I guess you could say that in a lot of ways we're a pretty average family.
What special skills do you rely on?
Gut instinct. Mind control is a powerful thing and I learned a lot about it from Tarun, but in the end I believe you have to go with your instincts.
If someone from your past showed up, who would you NOT want it to be, and why?
Wow. Tarun. He's also the person I want to show up. Go figure.
Are you happy with the way your story ended? Why or why not?
I'm happy to be with Shane, but we're still in danger. Shane's brother is still in Tarun's clutches. Even worse, I lost a brother--or it seemed that way. He might be out there. If he is, we need to find him, so I won't be completely satisfied until we find out exactly what happened to Ansley.
About You: Questions for the writer.
You have the length of a tweet (140 characters) to describe yourself as a writer. Let's see what you can do.
I write characters I love, because if I don't like them, I can't expect anyone else to.
When you wrote about this character, what made you the most happy? What made you the most sad?
It made me happy to give Bryce some peace and happiness with Shane, but it made me sad that he had to lose Ronan. Even I'm not entirely sure if Shane is Ronan reincarnated, but I do know that Bryce was finally able to find love again and I enjoyed exploring everything that brought him to it.
Why do you write?
I can't imagine not writing. Writing is so many things to me--an outlet, a lifestyle, and an intimate form of expression.
What do you want to write next?
Right now I'm working on two science fiction romances.
What other character from this book do you want to write about? Care to tell us why?
I truly wanted to write about Tarun and Adrian. It was so much fun to give them their own story in Fangs and Floggers. I love villains and antiheroes, so I really wanted to let Tarun tell his side of the story. From his vampiric sons' point of view, he's a monster, but like them he has a dark past and his own reasons for his actions.
Is there anything you'd like to say to your readers?
Thank you so much for your support. I hope you enjoy the stories!
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Keywords: character interview, Cloak and Dagger, gay romance, Saloni Quinby
Kate Hill 1/22/2014 7:01 AM
Thank you for having me as a guest!
Kayelle Allen 1/22/2014 1:50 PM
Always glad to see you, Kate! :)
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