It can't be much longer now! Sigh.
Such wonderful, painterly images. I especially like the first one, it is like a storm, conveying the power of nature, showing us how much is outside our control. It must have felt like a long winter for you. Maybe tomorrow you will wake up and all will be green and shining!
Thanks so much, Anna, I'm happy you like these smudgy leftover winter images.
Beautiful images. I like them Karen.
Thank you, Yoshizen, the light and shadow coming from and through the trees caught my eye.
Very interesting images Karen. I love the movement!
Spring went into exile and came to Europe. The second year now, we have not had a real winter. We had a "sprinter" or a "wing", a strange new kind of season with temperatures like in early spring, but trees without leaves. We had one or two days with snow and the children came out with sleds and started building snow men although it was already wet and melting from the beginning. One day we had nearly 18° C, although it was still frosty in the night. The crocuses and daffodils came out in February. On some days, you can see people in t-shirts outside. We don't have real winter weather again in most years now. Only every couple of years you get one or two real winters, and even these are not they way I remember them from the 1960s and 1970s, when winters sometimes lasted into April and we had high snow for weeks every year.
here too Spring has difficulties evicting King Winter !!!!
Love it-"a slow shutter for a slow spring". It's true:) But still beautiful, never the less.
As Always, wonderful stuff, beautifully thought out and photographed. Here : Storm, Rain, Hail, Grey, Greyer, Very Grey, Storm. Daffs are being flattened. I give up and have retreated to computer!!
I can't wait to see what you will do when the Spring finally arrives! I can feel it churning in your images of the late winter gloom.
What perfect captures of winter's slow slide into spring.
Wonderful set of images (as usual)! I love the soft feeling in them.
Great tones within these shots Karen. Spring is here and on its way to you – we mowed yesterday for the first time this season.
Great images, as always. I love to moody, monochromatic palette wishing for spring.
Two days ago it got so warm that right before sunset all the snow started to steam. The trees were a damp black from the rain, shrouded in this bizarre fog that literally rolled down the hills.
Then it snowed and it all looked like winter again.
I wish I could have had you right here to capture the moment as you've captured these mystical melts.
These are great! Beautiful abstracts and very much to my taste.


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Point guards star for Real Madrid
Apr 21, 2019 by Euroleague.net Print
Real Madrid entered the best-of-five Turkish Airlines EuroLeague Playoffs knowing its star Sergio Llull was sidelined with a leg injury, while it was facing the competition's premier playmaker, Panathinaikos OPAP Athens' Nick Calathes.
However, after two games the reigning EuroLeague champ Madrid is the only team with a 2-0 lead, and is now just one win away from returning to the Final Four. In addition, in the Game 2 victory on Friday night, it was the play of Madrid's point guards that stood out.
No player's contribution was bigger than that of Facundo Campazzo, who energized the team on both ends of the floor. He was everywhere with 13 points, 9 assists, 7 rebounds and 5 steals in less than 23 minutes. Those 5 steals, as part of Madrid's single-game playoffs record of 13, were also tied for the most in any EuroLeague Playoffs game in seven years.
Campazzo impressed everyone, and even the visiting Panathinaikos head coach was ready to throw some praise at him: "Facundo Campazzo is a tough little kid", Rick Pitino said in his post game press conference. "On one play our power forward went up with him for a loose ball off a rebound, and he came up with the ball. I don't know how tall he is, 5'8'' or 5'9'', but he came up with a ball over a 6'7'' 6'8'' guy. He is a tough guy, plays hard, plays smart, very good pick and roll guy, and his effort is terrific."
The 'player of the game' AND a first interview in English.
Quite a night for @facucampazzo #GameON pic.twitter.com/p58ioNDXMF
— EuroLeague (@EuroLeague) April 19, 2019
And while Campazzo's tremendous energy kept making the difference the entire time he was on the floor, Madrid's play did not suffer much when he was sitting on the bench because of what Klemen Prepelic has brought to the table. Prepelic, who has now appeared in 19 games this season, has been something of a surprise factor in this series.
Prepelic made all of his 3 field goal attempts in Game 2, including a pair of triples. He scored all of his 9 points in the first half, and was Madrid's top scorer before halftime. Not having letdowns against a dangerous opponent like Panathinaikos is crucial in the absence of Madrid's star guard Llull.
"The situation with Serge [Llull] is difficult, he's one of the best players in Europe and we're without him for the playoffs, and you can't just have one guy stepping up but the whole team", said Madrid coach Pablo Laso.
But with contributions from a motor like Campazzo, plus usual role players like Prepelic and Jeffery Taylor, with the two combining to score 20.0 points per game in the series, Laso got his team to step up, and is now just a win away from a place in the Final Four.
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Travis Rice (born October 9, 1982) is an American professional snowboarder. He is #13 on Snowboarder magazine's list of the 20 most influential snowboarders of the last 20 years. The 40-year-old has featured in more than twenty snowboarding films. Rice's biggest claim to fame was when he arrived at Snowboarder magazine's Superpark contest at Mammoth Mountain and launched a 'mammoth' of a backside rodeo across a 117-foot gap jump. He has been considered "the Paul Revere" of the big mountain freestyle movement. In 2013, Rice was named the best contemporary snowboarder in the world by Red Bull; Rice was also hailed as one of the greatest snowboarders of all time by numerous writers and publications.

Early life
Rice was born in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He was raised near Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, in Wilson, Wyoming where he continues to reside in the region. Raised as a skier by his father, Paul Rice, a member of Jackson Hole Ski Patrol, Rice initially did not understand the rave of the new sport springing up on his mountain. However, he soon caught on and joined the local team.

He has a sister named Ashley Rice. His mother is Becky Rice.

Competition
In 2001, without a sponsor and only 18 years old, Rice drove to Mammoth Mountain in California to ride at Snowboarder magazine's "Superpark". Recognition from the snowboarding world would come at this event, when Rice launched a backside rodeo off a 117 foot gap jump. Absinthe Films' producer Justin Hostynek immediately approached Rice to begin filming for their upcoming movie, Transcendence.

Films and Other Media
Rice has filmed outstanding video parts year after year, producing jaw-dropping shots like his switch 540 over Chad's Gap in Utah, a 120 foot backcountry gap jump. On top of that, he has won several US Opens, an X-Games gold, and an Icer Air gold, where he landed the first double rodeo 1080 in competition.

In 2008, Rice co-produced (with filmmaker Curt Morgan) and starred in the snowboarding film That's It That's All. This film featured Troy Blackburn, Jeremy Jones, Mark Landvik, Terje Haakonsen, Nicolas Müller, Scotty Lago, Pat Moore, John Jackson, Jake Blauvelt, Danny Kass, and fellow Jackson Hole residents Bryan Iguchi and Kyle Clancy. Rice's part in That's It That's All, which included the first ever double cork 1260, heavily influenced his sweep at the Transworld Magazine Rider's Poll. He won Rider of the Year, Video Part of the Year, Standout of the Year, and Readers' Choice award. On September 7, 2011, Rice released The Art of Flight, a film made in collaboration with the same team behind 'That's It, That's All, including John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Nicolas Müller and Jeremy Jones, Scotty Lago, and Mark McMorris. The success of the Art of Flight enabled Rice to once again win the TransWorld and Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year awards for 2012 .

In 2012, Rice coordinated with Red Bull to create Supernatural, a backcountry freestyle competition held at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia, Canada. The competition was attended by the world's top snowboarders, including Nicolas Muller, Gigi Ruf and Mark McMorris, with riders competing in naturally created backcountry terrain. The inaugural winner of the event was the competition creator, Travis Rice.

Rice is a downloadable, playable character in SSX. He is the first "real-life" snowboarder to ever be featured in the franchise.

In 2016, Rice released The Fourth Phase. In 2019, he released Dark Matter.

Highlights
Travis Rice's professional snowboarding career started in 2001. Various competition results taken from EXPN.

2023
1st, Yeti Natural Selection Tour Revelstoke, BC

2016-2017
 TransWorld Snowboarding Men's Readers Choice Award

2011–2012
 1st, Red Bull Supernatural, Baldface Lodge, BC (Backcountry Freestyle)
 TransWorld Rider of the Year (4th ROTY Award)
 Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year (2nd ROTY Award)
 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year

2008–2009
 1st (Gold), X-Games Big Air Competition (2009)
 4th – CJ – 5Star Red Bull Snow Scrapers (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
 TransWorld Rider of the Year (3rd ROTY Award)
 Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year

2007–2008
 1st, Quiksilver Natural Selection, Jackson Hold, WY, (Backcountry Freestyle)
 11th, Nokia Air & Style Big Air Competition
 1st, ICER AIR, San Francisco, CA (Big Air event). With a best run score of 95 for his Double backside Rodeo 1080.
 1st Winter X Games Big Air Double Cork 1080

2006–2007
 1st, US Open Slopestyle (2007)
 2nd (Silver), Winter X Games,  Snowboard Best Trick (2007)

2005–2006
 12th, FIS World Cup #1, Valle Nevado, Chile (Halfpipe)
 8th, Nokia Air & Style, Munich, Germany (Slopestyle)
 51st, Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix Halfpipe #1
 26th, Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix Halfpipe #2
 9th, X Games 10 (Slopestyle)
 2nd, Honda Session at Vail, Co (Rail)
 3rd, Honda Session at Vail, Co (Slopestyle)
 33rd, Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (Season End Rankings, Overall)

2004–2005
 TransWorld Rider of the Year, Reader's Choice (2nd ROTY Award)
 Named by Faces Magazine as one of the Top 20 Greatest Athletes Now
 3rd (Bronze), Winter X Games 2005 (Slopestyle)
 2nd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Quarterpipe)
 3rd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Straight Jump)
 1st, US Snowboard Grandprix, Breckenridge, Co (Rails)
 2nd, US Snowboard Grandprix, Breckenridge, Co (Halfpipe)
 8th, US Snowboard Grandprix Season End Ranking (Halfpipe)
 10th, X Games 2005 (Superpipe)
 2nd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Quarterpipe)
 3rd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Slopestyle)

2003–2004
 TransWorld Rider of the Year (2004)
 Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2003/2004)
 1st, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Quarterpipe Overall)
 9th, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Slopestyle)
 1st, Boost Mobile Pro-Jam (Rail)
 1st, Boost Mobile Pro-Jam
 4th, Winter X Games 2003 (Slopestyle)
 21st, Winter X Games 2003 (Superpipe)
 1st, Abominable Snow Jam (Slopestyle)
 1st, Abominable Snow Jam (Quarterpipe)
 1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge, Co. (Rail)
 1st, X-Rail Jam Tokyodome 2003 (Jam Session)
 1st, US Open Rail Jam
 1st, The Session, Vail, Co. (Rail)
 4th, The Session, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle)
 1st, Montana Christchurch Big Air, New Zealand

2002–2003
 1st (Gold), Winter X-Games, 2002 (Slopestyle)
 Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2002/2003)
 1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge (Big Air)
 4th, World Snowboard Federation Season End (Slopestyle)
 4th, The Session, Vail, Colorado (Slopestyle)
 1st, The Session, Vail, Colorado (Rail Jam)
 2nd, Toyota Slopestyle, Kijimadaira, Japan (Slopestyle)
 3rd, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Slopestyle)
 1st, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Rail Jam)

2001–2002
 TransWorld Rookie Of The Year
 1st (FIS Halfpipe), FIS, Park City
 2nd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Breckenridge, Colorado (Slopestyle)
 3rd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Snow Summit, California (Slopestyle)
 4th, World Championships, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle)
 1st, Yahoo Big Air, Breckenridge, Co. (Big Air)
 7th, US Grand Prix, Mount Bachelor, Oregon (Halfpipe)
 9th, Vans Triple Crown (Season End, Overall)

Video parts
 Dark Matter (2019)
 Depth Perception – (2017)
 The Fourth Phase – (2016)
 The Art of Flight – Brainfarm (2011)
 Neverland – Absinthe Films (2009)
 That's It, That's All (2008)
 DC MTN.LAB 1.5 (2007)
 Billabong – Lines (2007)
 DC MTN.LAB
 The Gap Session
 First Descent
 The Community Project
 Pop
 Night of the Living Shred
 The Prophecy (2002)
 Revenge of the Grenerds
 Futureproof
 More
 Full Metal Edges
 Saturation
 Vivid (2002)
 Deeper (2010)
 Blacklight (2001)
 Transcendence (2002)

References

External links
 Posts tagged 'Travis Rice' on SuperStoker
  Posts tagged 'Travis Rice' on THEBLEND]

Snowboarding
1982 births
Living people
American male snowboarders
X Games athletes

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Steve Denning: Why are these big firms pursuing "agile lite" rather than what one might call "full-blown Agile"?
Peter Cappelli: "Agile lite" reflects the idea that companies are not going to go with the full enchilada of the Agile notions. In some cases, it won't make sense to do it. The question is: how will HR adapt to that? My conclusion is that HR is not going to lead any of this. For instance, the changes that we have seen in performance appraisal, they came from the top down. They didn't come from HR. An interesting question is: to what extent can these interventions can work unit by unit? That seems to be the way they are going now. Where business units are implementing agile, the local HR people should be supporting what the business is doing. But is it going to be possible?
It's an interesting question whether you can have HR systems of one branch or unit operating completely differently from the way they work at headquarters. We don't know the answer to that. You could have different projects operating in a company in quite different ways. You already have that in IT, where the IT is Agile and the rest of the firm isn't. HR has so far not really been good at that. The norm is the reverse: the focus is to centralize and standardize and to execute uniformly across the firm. Some of that is enforced by law.
Anna Tavis: Our mission is to educate HR and move it forward. HR really learns by looking at others. A lot of times, they need to practice, unlike some of those leading Agile organizations in Silicon Valley. So, it's more effective to show them how others do it, rather than preaching to them an ideology, particularly one that is considered academic. It's more effective to say, "I'm just showing you how that function actually works." That's more effective than creating tables, and labels and titles, which isn't going to move the dial in that whole process of becoming agile.
Three Possible Roles For HR?
Denning: In different firms, HR is playing different roles. In my article, I suggested three possible roles, as shown in the table below. One is a kind of "executioner" on behalf of the top management. A second is a kind of "moderator," who tries to be responsive to the needs of all stakeholders—managers, staff, shareholders; in this role, when HR refers to customers, it is usually referring to internal customers. And third is the "business partner" role that is closely linked to the business with an external focus on external customers. How does this classification compare with your perspective?
Cappelli: I don't see any HR department of any size that is trying to be a moderator. They wouldn't last if they did it. There may be an argument that they should be doing that. But I don't see any HR group standing up to the executives and saying: "We really have to take care of the employees. We have to worry about their interests." I don't see that happening anywhere frankly.
As to what you call "executioners", I would tend to call them "administrators." They are kind of operating in their own world, doing their own thing. You see a lot of that, particularly in smaller companies that are not so sophisticated. They are hiring and doing all the things in the HR playbook, the traditional way.
As to HR partnering with Agile, that is, in firms that are taking Agile seriously: they are more a partner than the CFOs. In firms where the top management is relinquishing control, the HR people are part of those arrangements, but the CFO is typically not. So, they are a little ahead of the CFOs in that regard. But it's all driven from the top down. HR is not a leading function. They are not going to be much ahead on anything.
Tavis: Within HR, there has been a lot of discussion about HR as a partner. But it hasn't worked out well and there is a kind of disillusion with the term. "HR as partner" doesn't have a positive connotation. If anything, it's been merged with the idea of HR as moderator.
In our latest article, we are trying to reach out to the HR function. We started out on this journey by looking at what was happening in the performance management and appraisals. What we saw was written up in our article, "The Performance Management Revolution," in HBR. That's when we got the idea of looking across multiple HR functions and see how they are re-aligning to this more agile framework.
Practitioners in the HR field don't really engage in ideology that much, but they understand the practice. We show them practices that are actually happening and make them think about those examples. That's how they learn. In that missionary role, by giving about examples, we will be able to reach a much broader audience in HR and make them think and consider doing things differently. That will be more effective than talking about big ideas, because there has been so much of that. There is a fatigue out there in the profession. But if you show them what other people do, in their familiar language and their familiar space, it has a much bigger impact.
Denning: I agree with that. The appetite for big ideas is limited. As I wrote in my article, the examples that you give in the HBR article are all good ideas. HR directors are implementing them and they should be implementing them. What I am suggesting is that it is also possible, and perhaps even necessary, to have a bigger vision, given what's happening in terms of disruption in the business world as a whole.
In a coming article, I will give some practical examples of what HR people are actually doing when they are pursuing "HR as an Agile business partner" so that people can see what this looks like in practice. A couple of firms in the SDLC for instance, including parts of a very large firm (Microsoft) and a much smaller firm (Vistaprint), are pursuing HR as Agile business partners in a promising way. We see them implementing most of the things in the third column of my table (see below) in terms of "HR as an Agile business partner." I agree that examples like this, showing what HR people actually do on a daily basis, are more likely to be an effective stimulus to action than this very conceptual table.
Denning: But looking more broadly beyond HR, from your perspective, how widespread is Agile?
Cappelli: I'm kind of puzzled. We hear from some people that everyone is doing Agile. With those people, it's regarded as old hat. But then I talk to other groups who have never heard of agile. We have an advisory board here in my Center for Human Resources at the Wharton business school and they met here last week. These are folks who run vendor companies and people like that. When I asked them what their clients were saying about agile, they said that none of their clients are talking about agile. So, I'm puzzled as to how much agile is really going on outside of IT. When you get into IT, of course it's different. IT is its own special universe. But outside of that, it's puzzling. What do you hear?
Steve: The reason I co-founded the SD Learning Consortium (SDLC) a couple of years ago was precisely to solve that puzzle. I wanted to work with companies that said they were implementing Agile and to see whether it was talk or reality. What I found in these companies—some very large firms, like Microsoft, Ericsson and Barclays, and some quite small firms, like Menlo Innovations and Vistaprint—is that they are indeed setting out to implement Agile in a serious way it across the whole organization. Of course, in a large organization, it takes years.
And some of them don't call what they are doing "agile". That's one reason why "agile" doesn't show up on the radar. For instance, one of the most famous implementations of excellent Agile management is at Menlo Innovations in Minnesota, but the management doesn't refer to what they do as "agile." They say that if someone wants to call them agile, that's their affair: they don't want anything to do with the label. When you look at what they are doing, it is obviously classic Agile management. In part, they don't want to use the label because they see a lot of "fake Agile" out there, or perhaps what you might call "agile lite," and they don't want to be associated with that.
Tavis: We do see a whole spectrum of companies. Our intention is to see how this practice scales. The early adopters are there. It's a big movement. It's a wave that's coming through. I see much more interest in Europe right now and in Asia. The question is: how do you scale and how do you get others on board? What will it take? How do they learn? And that's where the customer-focus moves to the center. How do you transmit that? HR needs to learn what specifically they have to do.
Denning: It helps if we can all get clear on exactly what is Agile. In my work with the SD Learning Consortium, from which much of my writing flows, we set out to identify the core principles that answer the question: "What are we are talking about when we talk about Agile management?" The member firms in the SDLC have converged on three main characteristics of the Agile management mindset. First, there is a total obsession with adding value to the customer through continuous innovation. Second is descaling big complex problems to the extent possible into small pieces that can be handled by small cross-functional self-organizing team, working in short cycles and getting direct feedback from customers or end-users. Third is to have the whole organization function as a fluid network, rather than a top down bureaucracy, so that information can flow easily and quickly sideways, up or down. All of these three elements are part of a different mindset—a different way of thinking about organizations function and how to get things done in the world.
That's what the member firms perceive they are trying to do. None of the implementations is perfect of course. They see Agile as a continuing journey, a journey of discovery that never ends. When I visit these firms and talk to teams, at the top, in the middle and at the bottom, my take is that this is the journey they are on.
When we look at the world from this perspective, we can see that the five largest firms on the planet by market capitalization—Amazon, Apple, Facebook, Google and Microsoft—are also recognizably pursuing those principles, whether or not they use the term, "Agile." There is undeniably a correlation between those principles and the results that those firms are getting.
Agile advocates would say that there is also causation between the Agile principles and the results. They would argue that these firms have grown so much and are valued so highly, precisely because of their obsessive focus on delivering more value to customers through continuous innovation.
This doesn't just come from agile software development. It goes back to Peter Drucker's dictum that he kept repeating and discussing at length in his main books in 1954, 1973 and 1985: "There is only one valid purpose of a corporation, to create a customer." These five firms have been creating, and seem likely to create, more customers than any other firm and so they are the most valuable firms in the world, as seen by Wall Street. Some of those firms came from nothing, just a few years ago. Of course, Agile management isn't the only factor in their growth, but Agile advocates would argue that it's a very important one.
When people say they haven't heard about Agile management, they may not have thought of about how or why those firms grew so big so fast. They may not have heard of the principles on which their actions are based. And they may not know that these organizations are following them, particularly when the firms don't yet use a common label to describe what they are doing.
Denning: Even so, there is certainly a lot of talk about, and interest in, "agile." As you saw from the Deloitte survey, 94% of the 1000+ respondents said that their firms gave high priority to being agile, but only 6% said that they "highly agile today." What do you make of that?
Cappelli: My take is this. You hear a belief at the top of the organization that they need to become more flexible. When they say "agile," lots of companies are referring to that. They are not trying to become agile in the way that you and I are describing it. They are trying to become more flexible. It sounds like the right thing to say. They don't really have any idea what that term means.
Steve: That's true. But when the firm starts to consider the question, "How do we become more flexible?" they look around the organization and see all of the things that are preventing flexibility. They can see that just telling people to be more flexible isn't going to have much effect. At that point, some leaders may simply give up on the idea of becoming more flexible and accept their situation as the way things are. But others look into things more seriously and then they find themselves asking: "How is it that some firms, particularly big famous firms, have learned how to move so quickly and flexibly, when we can't?" That's when these managers are likely to stumble on Agile management in the sense that we are talking about. Then they find out that there is now vast array of systematic knowledge about how to become more flexible and so they start on their agile journey.
Cappelli: So, your view is that there are lots of companies that are into this, but there also lots of companies that are not thinking about the way you are describing it?
Denning: Absolutely, that's why only 6% of respondents in the Deloitte survey say that they are "highly agile today." And even some of the firms that are serious about Agile management are still only doing it in parts of the organization, particularly in large organizations.
The three principles are in fact a very large change and generally involve a significant culture shift, unless the firm was "born Agile." For instance, Riot Games is a young firm that was "born Agile," at least in its software development. The founders set out from the outset to create an agile company. So Riot Games didn't need to make that culture shift, although it does face other issues. At the other end of the spectrum, you have firms like Microsoft that has been involved in a ten-year transition to Agile, and it's still a long way from being complete. Some parts of Microsoft are more agile than others, though they all seem to be heading in that direction, now that Satya Nadella is CEO.
Different Agile In Different Parts Of The Organization?
Denning: In big firms that are in transition, you see different units at different stages of the agile journey. In the short run, that's inevitable, because the transition takes years. Yet as a longer-term proposition, there are difficulties in having one part of the organization operating in an Agile fashion while other parts, with which they have to interact, are not.
The hope of the founders of the Agile movement back in 2001 was, I think, that if they could get Agile teams going in IT, the teams would write great software at lower cost, and then the top management would leave them alone, and the whole firm would become agile. It turned out not to be the case. Over time, the friction between the agile and non-agile parts of the organization grows. The result over the last ten years or so we have seen that either Agile takes over the whole firm or the bureaucracy crushes Agile.
What we have learned is that these are really two different philosophies, values, goals, attitudes and mindsets. So, there are inevitable conflicts. Sometimes the tensions fester for years. Often, the end result is that Agile is closed down. For instance, we saw that a couple of years ago at Intel, and it has just happened at General Electric. But of course, the reasons why Agile was introduced in the first place still remain, and may be even more pressing. Thus, suppressing the Agile movement within a firm isn't the end of the story. Sooner, rather the later, the firm has to consider again, "How do we become more flexible, more agile?" That question doesn't go away.
Agile can take over the whole organization, but obviously it needs support to do so. At Microsoft, and Vistaprint, for instance, we do see that support coming from the top, and so we see the Agile journey continuing and growing stronger. Similarly, at Amazon, with its relentless focus on customer-value and its use of "two-pizza teams", we see strong support from the CEO, Jeff Bezos. It's obviously easier to make the whole firm Agile in small organizations than in large ones with many moving parts.
Overall, I see tremendous positive movement towards Agile management, in part because of the huge financial success of the Silicon Valley companies, creating value for customers that is recognized by Wall Street in these astronomical valuations, while firms that are still operating in the old way tend to be struggling and encountering severe disruption. It's also because Agile is really the only way to do software these days, and most firms are increasingly dependent on software for their future.
Almost all firms are seeing the need to become more flexible, more nimble, or whatever you want to call it. They look at the Silicon Valley companies and ask themselves: "Why can't we have what they are having?" It's unlikely that there will be any stabilization of the world marketplace or that disruption is going to stop any time soon. The pressures to address these issues will continue and even increase. I believe that the principles of Agile management are in the future of almost every company. It's a matter of when, not whether.
Denning: But you mentioned Europe. Is Europe different? For some years, I have heard that the head of HR is often already in the C-suite and a strategic partner of the business, much more so than in the U.S. Is that so?
Tavis: I was the head of global talent for Nokia working in Helsinki. That culture, without the name agile, was already there. It was a cultural thing. This is how a company works, period. They treated their employees as customers. In Germanic cultures, there is a kind of humanitarian culture as well. ING bank is an example. There are a number of companies in The Netherlands which are very agile. They embrace the philosophy and they really to practice it. In Europe, it is very intuitive. America is a lot more top-down and hierarchical. That's much harder to overcome.
Denning: We see the same thing in the SDLC. The national traditions in Europe particularly Scandinavia, are often a better fit with Agile than the US tradition, The Nokia case is interesting: in 2004, the staff had a vision for something very like the iPhone but they couldn't get the Nokia management to invest in it. The result was that it was Apple that pursued that idea, making vast earnings and destroying Nokia's leadership position in mobile phones. So, it's not enough to have teams that are brilliantly agile: the teams need the top's support to make big investments happen.
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We have featured wallets that are made from unusual (for a wallet that is) material like Tyvek, paper and bamboo and we have always been fascinated by how designers come up with great wallet designs using such unique materials. That is why when Foad Manshadi of Comfy Goods contacted us to tell us about his Kickstarter project, the Guru Cork Wallet that uses cork fabric, we were definitely intrigued.
We have to admit that we have never heard of cork fabric before this. Cork fabric or cork leather as it is also known by, is a special material made from cork shavings. Cork fabric is rather unique because it combines the durability of leather with the versatility of fabric. It is also waterproof and stain resistant which makes it a great environmentally friendly replacement for leather. We also think that the texture and natural pattern on the material is rather distinctive.
The Guru Cork Wallet measures 2.6 inches by 3.5 inches and has an outer layer that is made from cork fabric. The cork fabric layer is hand sewn using waxed thread and riveted to an inner elastic pocket. The elastic slot can carry up to 12 cards or you can carry a combination of cards and folded cash. The outer layer between the elastic pocket and the cork fabric layer creates an additional 2 slots for you to organize your wallet.
The cork fabric material comes in 3 colors. The coloring is dyed and not printed on the fabric which makes it more lasting. Additional colors are available as stretch goals for the Kickstarter project.
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Health Officer Issues Criteria for Lifting Masking in Indoor
Posted by Paso Robles Press | Oct 20, 2021
Vaccinations and continued masking indoors remain key to slowing the spread of COVID-19
SAN LUIS OBISPO — The County of San Luis Obispo Public Health Department issued criteria for lifting the current Health Officer Order to wear face masks in all indoor public places.
According to the public health officer, vaccinations and wearing face coverings indoors has dropped the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations across San Luis Obispo County.
"The COVID-19 case rate in SLO County is moving in the right direction, and for that, I thank the many residents and business owners who are actively complying with the indoor mask requirement and those who are making the decision to get vaccinated," said Dr. Penny Borenstein, County Health Officer. "As this current surge begins to recede, now is the time to establish criteria we can collectively work toward to lift indoor masking requirements for many people in many settings."
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According to the County, the criteria was developed with a focus on protecting local hospital capacity going into winter while keeping the community safe and open.
The County of San Luis Obispo Health Department will lift the indoor masking requirement in public spaces—not subject to state and federal masking rules—when the following criteria are met:
San Luis Obispo County reaches the moderate (yellow) COVID-19 transmission tier, as defined by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and remains there for at least one incubation period of 10 days; and
COVID-19 hospitalizations in the County are low and stable, and total hospital capacity is sufficient to meet the needs of all patients, in the judgment of the County Health Officer.
These criteria are similar to those adopted by other California counties. SLO County is currently in the substantial (orange) tier as defined by the CDC. The County's current masking requirements went into effect on Sept. 1 in response to a surge in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. Since Jun. 15, those who were not fully vaccinated have represented 78 percent of new COVID-19 cases, 84 percent of hospitalizations, and 79 percent of deaths in SLO County.
"Lifting the indoor mask mandate prematurely, while there is still substantial COVID-19 transmission and as we head into the winter months when hospitals typically see a surge from other respiratory conditions, will only land us right back where we were before the mask order was put in place," said Dr. Borenstein. "It is important to note the criteria also provide safety for elementary school-aged children, who as yet cannot be vaccinated. High numbers of community cases lead to infections in children, which has the unfortunate impact of students missing in-person school instruction. Our path forward is very clear, and getting vaccinated is ultimately the safest and most effective way to end the COVID-19 pandemic."
For updates on COVID-19 in SLO County, visit ReadySLO.org or call the recorded Public Health Information Line at (805)788-2903. In addition, phone assistance is available at (805)781-5500 Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on COVID-19 vaccine, visit RecoverSLO.org/Vaccine.
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I suggest you wear Chontaduro choker along with Aji choker (picture shown) for more accent.
Chontaduro is a fruit, originally from my hometown, Cali- Colombia. Its yellow color plus the golden honey that we pour on it with salt makes a unique and exquisite flavor in your mouth. I honor my city and its delicacies with this light choker. Enjoy it, and let the warm vivid colors take over your neck… you won't regret it!


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With Horizon Zero Dawn, Guerrilla Games crafted a beautiful open world filled with life, both mechanical and human, and crammed full of things to do.
I might not have known what was going on -- frankly I still don't -- but Gravity Rush 2 is still a good time even for a new guy like me.
The Nintendo Switch is hoping to offer a vast library of varied titles right from the jump, and if the recent preview event in New York City is any indication that hope is resting on solid ground. The room holding the event housed over a dozen games coming either at launch or soon afterward.
What seemed like a silly pass during its reveal may turn out to be one of the best launch games the Switch offers, and I'm definitely gearing up for some crazy 1,2 Switch parties come early March.
The build to the Nintendo Switch is no different, especially now that the curtain has been lifted on the new console and its new approaches to gaming. Will this be the next great Nintendo initiative?
I was skeptical after watching the trailer, but having played ARMS for myself I feel a lot better about it.
Sega's newest strategy seems to be "if it wasn't broken, don't fix it" with Sonic Mania, a full return to Sonic's original adventures on the Sega Genesis.


GP trainees need to conduct effective telephone consultations. Dr Pipin Singh offers some practical tips and advice.
Telephone consultationns form a large proportion of consultations. This is due to the way patients now wish to access their GP but also because practices need to appropriately direct the flow of work to improve efficiencies within the service.
They are also part of the workplace-based assessments in the form of audio COTs and may appear as a station in the CSA. There is more advice on the audio COT here.
The term triage is derived from the french verb trier meaning to sort.
Telephone consultations should be approached in a similar way to face-to-face consultations. They carry more risk in comparison to face-to-face consultations due to the inability to see the patient, but a methodical approach using verbal and non-verbal cues should allow for a safe acceptable disposition at the end of the consultation.
Prior to the call, ensure you are in a quiet environment free from distractions.
A planned call means the patient will likely be expecting a call at a certain time so try and avoid running late where able.
Review the patients records. There maybe some information as to why the telephone consultation has been booked. Are there any recent letters? Are there any recent blood results or imaging?
Familiarise yourself with the patients medical history and medication list. Are there any relevant documents, for example advanced care plan, emergency health care plan? Are there any safeguarding issues?
If the telephone consultation is not planned, i.e for an acute problem (which make up the majority of telephone consultations in the out-of-hours setting), then the same pre-consultation preparation applies. If you are in out-of-hours you may not have the full medical record, but ensure you use any 111 information and any information you have via the summary care record. Remember you require the patient's consent to access this.
Ensure you introduce yourself clearly and check at least one piece of patient identifiable data, for example date of birth. Signpost how the consultation will progress.
Structure your consultation as you would in a face-to-face consultation. Try and speak to the patient where able. This is still possible with young children and those in a nursing home setting.
Start with an open question and allow the patient to tell their story. Avoid any early interruptions. Be alert to verbal cues, although this is more difficult over the telephone. Take a focussed history and used closed questions where appropriate. Identify any emergencies early on in the consultation.
Explore the patient's social situation. If the patient is elderly, how are they coping at home with activities of daily living? Is there any family support or external support?
If applicable, explore the patient's ideas, concerns and expectations around the telephone assessment.
Although most examination is not possible over the telephone, some information can be gathered, for example is there any sign of respiratory distress or wheeze? Could you ask the patient to count their own pulse, or a parent to count the child's breathing rate?
After your assessment, share your thoughts with the patient. Let them know what you feel the problem is and draw on their ideas, concerns and expectations to help you tailor your explanation. Find out what the patient already knows about the problem.
Ensure your explanations are jargon free. It is much more difficult to gauge whether a patient is following your trail of thought and explanation over the phone. Use your skills of chunking and checking to ensure patients are clear on what you feel the problem is.
If applicable, provide the patient with options for their problem. Knowing what the reason for the call is, will be useful at this point.
Need for a face-to-face consultation in surgery.
Need for a face-to-face consultation at home.
Need for a face-to-face consultation with another health care professional e.g district nurse, physiotherapist.
Need for an emergency response i.e 999 or direct admission via non-urgent ambulance.
Regardless of outcome, ensure you provide the patient with an adequate safety net for what to do if things do not progress as expected. Be very clear to the patient on who to call and what to look out for. Be very specific with red flag symptoms and time frames.
Consider what follow-up you feel the patient needs. If out of hours, do they need to see their own GP or the practice nurse? If in-hours and an intervention is made over the telephone, do they need a telephone review or a face-to-face appointment within 48 hours? A number off factors will determine how you action this.
Signpost patients to NHS Choices or patient.co.uk for relevant patient leaflets.
Ensure you keep good records and document them in a timely manner. Make it clear in the record (if in hours) that this is was a telephone consultation.
Fail to discover the reason for the call and the patient's concerns.
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Friday, May 11, 2012 | by: Mat DeKinder
"The Dictator" is offensive, crude, politically incorrect, absurd, insulting and vulgar. It also made me laugh from beginning to end.
"The Dictator" is the latest brainchild from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen, who is best known for the movies "Borat" and "Bruno." In those movies, Cohen took an outrageous character out into the real world and let the cameras roll as he went bonkers on the unsuspecting citizenry.
I wasn't the biggest fan of those movies because I don't find making real people feel uncomfortable to be particularly funny (a matter of personal taste to be sure) and I wasn't all that impressed by Cohen duping rednecks, which simply amounts to picking the lowest-hanging fruit. Between all the UFO sightings and seeing Jesus' face on a piece of toast, convincing them Cohen was a reporter from Kazakhstan doesn't seem like that far of a stretch.
But in the fully scripted "The Dictator," Cohen might have come up with his boldest creation yet as Admiral General Aladeen.
Aladeen is the dictator of the fictional African country of Wadiya and he rules his people in the manner of other Middle-Eastern megalomaniacs like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, whose own reigns featured details so insane that Cohen just lifts them out with little exaggeration and places them in his movie where they play for big laughs.
The plot plays out with a standard "Prince and Pauper" storyline as Aladeen comes to New York City to defend his nuclear ambitions to the United Nations. But once he arrives in the United States, Aladeen's treacherous uncle (played by Sir Ben Kingsley) attempts to have Aladeen killed and replaced with a double (also played by Cohen).
Aladeen escapes his killers, but finds himself on the streets of New York with no one believing he is the ruler of Wadiya. He is taken in by Anna Faris, who plays a feminist owner of a co-op grocery store in Brooklyn.
As you would imagine there is a lot of mileage to be gotten out of a former dictator being reduced to a grocery store clerk and Cohen runs with it for all it's worth.
The rest of the movie is a string of comedic set pieces that land with varied degrees of success as Aladeen plots his return to power.
When making this movie Cohen must have been thinking quite a bit about the beloved Charlie Chaplin film "The Great Dictator," which lampooned Hitler when he was at the height of his power.
While he certainly takes his swings at contemporary despicable heads of state (the film opens with a card that reads "In loving memory of Kim Jong-il"), Cohen also assaults the audience's comfort zone.
Cohen's comedy comes from toying with taboos, stretching the boundaries of good taste and the thrill of watching him walk the tightrope between "edgy" and "reprehensibly offensive."
Because of the movie's full-frontal assault on topics of sexual, racial, political and cultural nature, I can't in good faith recommend it to, well, anybody. Odds are high that something in "The Dictator" will offend you.
But there is a method to Cohen's madness and in my humble opinion "The Dictator" is his finest hour. By cracking wise about subjects most people are hesitant even to mention, Cohen shows us where our boundaries are and then makes us question why we've put them there in the first place. Plus, lest I make this sound too intellectual, there are plenty of poop jokes.
"The Dictator" is rated R for strong crude and sexual content, brief male nudity, language and some violent images.
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The 10 Best Movies Written by, Adapted From, or Inspired by Raymond Chandler
Posted on September 8, 2015 September 8, 2015 by Shane Scott-Travis
With his antithetical tableau of Los Angeles as a subterrane city both gritty and sublime, Raymond Chandler (1888-1959) reawakened the detective novel, taking it from the dour pulp fiction dustbin into the floodlights of celebrated and illustrious literature. Chandler began his writing career, first for pulp magazines, in his early 40s with short stories and then novels, publishing his first, The Big Sleep, in 1939.
Chandler's fiction invariably featured private detective Philip Marlowe, a so-so successful gumshoe, he had a way with dames, a way with words, and a moral code missing in most of the denizens of the L.A. in which he toiled. Chandler's was a world heavy with sin and shadow yet imbued in a dim light of unrelenting authenticity and menacing subterfuge.
"Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid," wrote Chandler in The Simple Art of Murder. "The detective in this kind of story must be such a man. He is the hero; he is everything."
It wasn't long before Marlowe was adapted for the screen and several stars would play him, including James Garner, Elliott Gould, Robert Mitchum, Robert Montgomery, Dick Powell and, of course, Humphrey Bogart. But Chandler's relationship with Hollywood was thorny at best, calling Tinseltown a "…degraded community whose idealism is largely fake.
The pretentiousness, the bogus enthusiasm, the constant drinking, the incessant squabbling over money, the all-pervasive agent, the strutting of the big shots… the constant fear of losing all this fairy gold and being the nothing they have never ceased to be, the snide tricks, the whole damn mess is out of this world."
And so Chandler wasn't directly involved with adaptations of his work — he became a screenwriter on other projects instead. This was mostly adaptations of other novelists' work: James M. Cain's Double Indemnity, and Patricia Highsmith's Strangers on a Train. The following list doesn't contain all of Chandler's Hollywood output, but rather the best representations of his or other's work that he influenced.
10. Brick (2005)
Writer/director Rian Johnson landed on the scene hard with his energetic debut, Brick. Equal parts The Big Sleep and The Breakfast Club, Johnson's film moves the Chandleresque narrative from the sun-soaked streets of crime-addled Los Angeles to the modern Cali suburbs and, more specifically, into the high school halls.
Truthfully, it isn't just the Chandler milieu that Johnson dips his toes into here, the whole gritty gumshoe genre gets revisited and reworked — Dashiell Hammet hounds will also have a lot to root for here — and the results are glorious.
In the Philip Marlowe mold, Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays "detective" Brandon Frye, a high school student snooping around after the mysterious death of his ex-girlfriend.
One of Johnson's biggest coups lays in his transferral of high school stereotypes into the hard-boiled detective world of dames, thugs, and stoolies, the end result is a shadowy, surreal visage of the suburban landscape, one eerily absent of adults, overrun with rhythmic, gutter poetry (his dialogue bristles with nuance and style in the Chandler tradition) and hard-edged aplomb.
9. The Big Lebowski (1998)
Loosely yet lovingly based on the narrative structure of Chandler's The Big Sleep — the title is a knowing nod — this Coen brothers cult classic posits an affable unkempt stoner, dubbed "the Dude" (Jeff Bridges, brilliant), in the Marlowe role. The eccentric characters that the Dude encounters in vignette fashion across L.A. and environs pay careful homage to film noir conventions, along with the witty repartee, dangerous dealings, and unconventional, often shaggy dog designs.
While lacking the hard-boiled and upper hand elements of Chandler's famed detective, the Dude still shares Marlowe's wit, skewered charm, and ability to intrigue glamorous dames, run afoul both the law and inept heavies at almost every turn. And like Marlowe, the Dude runs by his own moralistic code, making him relatable and worth rooting for.
The Big Lebowski isn't an obvious homage or a reboot, more an absurdist odyssey with bungled ransoms, bowling, kooky kidnappers, porn barons, kept women, amphibious rodents, and endless quotability. Where Marlowe is naturally driven, the Dude matter-of-factly abides.
8. Lady in the Lake (1947)
Robert Montgomery directs and plays the lead, adapting Chandler's first-person narrative in the most literal way possible: from Marlowe's point of view.
Certainly showing the whole film with a subjective camera is a gimmick, but using Marlowe's POV works surprisingly well, and makes for many memorable and unusual scenes (watching a beaten Marlowe struggle to reach a dime inside a phone booth is but one unforgettable example).
The story, for better or worse, plays second fiddle to the film's relishable technique, but it's creative as can be and unusually effective, overall. Sure, seeing the main character only when he passes by a mirror and having the bad buys swing at the camera is occasionally silly — molls kissing towards the lens is borderline laughable, too, perhaps — but it's a charming measure.
7. The Blue Dahlia (1946)
Utilizing an Oscar-nominated script from Chandler (his only original screenplay, though he would co-write two others), reflecting his brand of hard-boiled hubris and tabloid sensibility, The Blue Dahlia features Alan Ladd as Jimmy Moore, a WWII veteran who discovers his wife has been unfaithful during his tenure. When she winds up murdered he's the prime suspect in a film overfull with postwar pessimism and taut, exposed nerves.
The ravishing Veronica Lake co-stars as Joyce Harwood, a mysterious dame who could be trouble, of course, in a sordid tale that eschews virtue in favor of misandry in the decadent growth of postwar L.A. Both a critical and box-office success, The Blue Dahlia was, from Chandler's perspective, his best foray into cinema, in that it was on his own terms and involved very little compromise on his part.
6. Murder, My Sweet (1944)
Adapted by RKO from Farewell My Lovely, and directed by Edward Dmytryk, Murder, My Sweet was the first major motion picture release of a Chandler story (there had been two prior Chandler adaptations: Time to Kill and The Falcon Takes Over, both in 1942, both loose and lamentable) and the first appearance of Marlowe on the big screen.
Dick Powell had the honors of playing the hard-boiled hero, though at the time, 1940s audiences associated him primarily as the romantic lead in numerous musical comedies, so it was a winning gamble to plant him in such a different role.
Powell was well received as Marlowe, and Murder, My Sweet was dubbed a taut, twisty thriller, and to this day is regarded as one of the best Chandler adaptations. Presented primarily in flashbacks as Marlowe recounts to the police the events that led to his blindness, his skewed run-ins with predatory femme fatale Velma (Claire Trevor), and brutish toughie Moose Malloy (former wrestler Mike Mazurki) amongst others, Murder, My Sweet is quintessential film noir, and an elegant example of the genre.
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ComScore: App Discovery Is Waning
In its new study titled "The 2017 U.S. Mobile App Report," comScore found that mobile users are becoming less interested in downloading new apps. Users are, however, more open to receiving push notifications than they were last year. Other key takeaways for the mobile development industry include the following:
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"The majority of app users don't download any apps per month."
"Most app users across all age segments access 20 or fewer apps in a month."
"While many fast-growing apps still exist, fewer apps have emerged of late to revolutionize the digital landscape."
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Lantronix, Inc. provides secure data access and management solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) assets in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific Japan. The last earnings update was 87 days ago. More info.
Lantronix has significant price volatility in the past 3 months.
LA8N outperformed the Communications industry which returned 17.9% over the past year.
LA8N outperformed the Market in Germany which returned -6% over the past year.
Is Lantronix undervalued based on future cash flows and its price relative to the stock market?
It is not possible to calculate the future cash flow value for Lantronix. This is due to cash flow or dividend data being unavailable. The share price is €3.09.
The amount the stock market is willing to pay for Lantronix's earnings, growth and assets is considered below, and whether this is a fair price.
Are Lantronix's earnings available for a low price, and how does this compare to other companies in the same industry?
** Primary Listing of Lantronix.
Lantronix is overvalued based on earnings compared to the DE Communications industry average.
Lantronix is overvalued based on earnings compared to the Germany market.
Does Lantronix's expected growth come at a high price?
Lantronix is good value based on expected growth next year.
What value do investors place on Lantronix's assets?
* Primary Listing of Lantronix.
Lantronix is overvalued based on assets compared to the DE Communications industry average.
Lantronix has a total score of 1/6, see the detailed checks below.
How is Lantronix expected to perform in the next 1 to 3 years based on estimates from 2 analysts?
Is Lantronix expected to grow at an attractive rate?
Lantronix's earnings growth is expected to exceed the low risk savings rate of 0.2%.
Lantronix's earnings growth is expected to exceed the Germany market average.
Lantronix's revenue growth is expected to exceed the Germany market average.
Lantronix's earnings are expected to grow significantly at over 20% yearly.
Lantronix's revenue is expected to grow by 8% yearly, however this is not considered high growth (20% yearly).
All data from Lantronix Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago, and in Trailing twelve months (TTM) annual period rather than quarterly.
Unable to establish if Lantronix will efficiently use shareholders' funds in the future without estimates of Return on Equity.
Lantronix has a total score of 4/6, see the detailed checks below.
How has Lantronix performed over the past 5 years?
Below we compare Lantronix's growth in the last year to its industry (Communications).
Lantronix has delivered over 20% year on year earnings growth in the past 5 years.
Lantronix has become profitable in the last year making the earnings growth rate difficult to compare to the 5-year average.
Lantronix has become profitable in the last year making it difficult to compare the Europe Communications industry average.
Lantronix's revenue and profit over the past 5 years is shown below, any years where they have experienced a loss will show up in red.
Lantronix has not efficiently used shareholders' funds last year (Return on Equity less than 20%).
Lantronix used its assets less efficiently than the DE Communications industry average last year based on Return on Assets.
Lantronix has become profitable over the past 3 years. This is considered to be a significant improvement in its use of capital (Return on Capital Employed).
Lantronix has a total score of 2/6, see the detailed checks below.
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The boxes below represent the relative size of what makes up Lantronix's finances.
Lantronix is able to meet its short term (1 year) commitments with its holdings of cash and other short term assets.
Lantronix's cash and other short term assets cover its long term commitments.
This treemap shows a more detailed breakdown of Lantronix's finances. If any of them are yellow this indicates they may be out of proportion and red means they relate to one of the checks below.
Debt is covered by short term assets, assets are 1286.6x debt.
All data from Lantronix Company Filings, last reported 3 months ago.
Lantronix's level of debt (0.1%) compared to net worth is satisfactory (less than 40%).
The level of debt compared to net worth has been reduced over the past 5 years (0.4% vs 0.1% today).
Debt is well covered by operating cash flow (382.1%, greater than 20% of total debt).
Lantronix earns more interest than it pays, coverage of interest payments is not a concern.
Lantronix has a total score of 6/6, see the detailed checks below.
What is Lantronix's current dividend yield, its reliability and sustainability?
Current annual income from Lantronix dividends.
If you bought €2,000 of Lantronix shares you are expected to receive €0 in your first year as a dividend.
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What portion of Lantronix's earnings are paid to the shareholders as a dividend.
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Lantronix has a total score of 0/6, see the detailed checks below.
What is the CEO of Lantronix's salary, the management and board of directors tenure and is there insider trading?
Mr. Jeremy R. Whitaker serves as Interim Chief Executive Officer since March 05, 2019 and has been the Chief Financial Officer of Lantronix, Inc. since September 26, 2011. Mr. Whitaker served as Secretary of Lantronix, Inc. since Septamber 26, 2011. Mr. Whitaker also served as Senior Director of Finance and Accounting at Lantronix, Inc. from February 2006 to September 2010 and served as its Director of Finance and Accounting from August 2005 to February 2006. He served briefly as Vice President and Corporate Controller at Mindspeed Technologies from January 2011 to September 2011. Prior to Mindspeed, he served as Vice President of Finance and Accounting at Lantronix Inc. from August 2005 to January 2011, where he was responsible for managing all worldwide finance and accounting functions. Prior to August 2005, he held Vice President and Director level finance and accounting positions with two publicly-traded companies, as well as having served as an Audit Manager during his six years at Ernst & Young LLP. Mr. Whitaker earned a Bachelor of Arts in business administration with a concentration in accounting from the California State University at Fullerton and a Masters of Science Degree in Accountancy, from the University of Notre Dame's Mendoza College of Business.
The tenure for the Lantronix management team is about average.
The tenure for the Lantronix board of directors is about average.
Lantronix insiders have sold more shares than they have bought in the past 3 months.
Lantronix has a total score of 0/6, this is not included on the snowflake, see the detailed checks below.
Lantronix, Inc. provides secure data access and management solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) assets in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific Japan. The company's IoT products include IoT gateways, which provide secure connectivity and the ability to add integrated device management and advanced data access features; and IoT building blocks that offer basic secure machine connectivity and unmanaged data access. It also offers information technology (IT) management products, which comprise console management, power management, and keyboard video mouse products that offer remote access to IT and networking infrastructure deployed in test labs, data centers, and server rooms; and xPrintServer. The company provides its IT management product line and external IoT solutions through value added resellers, systems integrators, distributors, consumers, online retailers, IT resellers, corporate customers, and government entities, original design manufacturers, and original equipment manufacturers. Lantronix, Inc. was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Irvine, California.


The first Nokia with a notch is now official. The Finnish company on Thursday announced the Nokia X6's existence in China. For now, it remains a Chinese exclusive.
The phone boasts a top notch, a 19:9 5.8-inch 2280×1080 screen, and a big focus on camera performance.
At the tear, there's a dual camera combo: one 16MP sensor hiding behind a f/2.0 lens, and a smaller 5MP monochrome camera with a f/2.2 lens. Up front, there's another 16MP f/2.0 camera for more detailed selfies.
Internally, the phone will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon 636 chipset, run up to 6GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. There's also a microSD card slot, a 3.5mm headphone jack and USB Type-C.
While the phone will retail for a smidgen over US$200 in China, the company is contemplating launching the device internationally.
"Getting a lot of traffic on this so let's ask around. Should we bring Nokia X6 to other markets too?" asked HMD Global's CPO Juho Sarvikas.


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As you stroll up East Main Street to the Britt Festival grounds, at 230 South 1st Street—the corner of 1st and Main—you pass the Abraham Fisher House with its large sequoias and monkey puzzle trees. Fisher constructed the central portion of the house around 1860, although the lot was not deeded to him until 1866. Fisher had arrived in Jacksonville around 1853. Joined by his brother Newman, the mercantile firm of A. Fisher and Brother was one of the earliest advertisers in Jacksonville's first newspaper, The Table Rock Sentinel. With $3,000 in real estate and $13,000 in personal property, Fisher was the third heaviest tax payer in Jackson County in 1870. Fisher relocated to San Francisco in 1878.


Night Dive Studios last summer launched a Kickstarter campaign to help fund the reboot of System Shock, the 1994 genre-defining classic from developer Looking Glass Technologies and publisher Origin Systems.
The campaign managed to raise more than $1.3 million and development seemed to be going swimmingly but alas, things weren't as great as they seemed.
According to game director Jason Fader, the community made it clear that they really wanted console support. Unfortunately, Unity proved not to be a great engine to use for a FPS on consoles and after researching alternative engines for a few weeks including Unreal and Lumberyard, they ultimately decided to pull the trigger and go with the former.
When Polygon asked why the change was necessary, Fader said it had to do with a combination of cross-platform support, fidelity, content-creation pipelines and performance. Ultimately, he said, Unreal was the smarter direction to go.
At the Game Developers Conference this week, Night Dive published a pre-alpha teaser trailer showing what the game currently looks like on the new engine.
Given the new approach, Polygon asked if the game was still being called a remaster like it was when it was a Unity title or if it's something else entirely. Fader said they're making a "faithful reboot" which means the spirit of the game is the same but how they present it may be different.
They're not touching the overall story (other than fixing plot holes) and all of the familiar characters will be present although with more refined dialogue. Most of the classic creatures, weapons, items and areas are being kept, Fader said, adding that they will be applying modern game design principles and visuals to better introduce System Shock to current gamers that might not have had the chance to appreciate the original.
System Shock is expected to arrive in mid to late 2018 for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One as well as Windows, Mac and Linux.


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Nizam's grandson questions Azmet Jah's coronation
The coronation of Mir Mohammed Azmat Ali Khan, popularly known as Azmet Jah, as the successor of Hyderabad's eighth titular Nizam Mukarram Jah has been opposed by the latter's cousin Nawab Najaf Ali Khan.
A day after it was announced that Azmet Jah took over as the successor to his father as ninth head of the Asaf Jahi dynasty, Najaf Ali Khan questioned the anointment.
"Azmet Jah has self-proclaimed himself as IXth Nizam of Asaf Jahi Dynasty by issuing the self-declaration dated Friday 20th January 2023 issued by his office signed by 2 persons, both who are not a part of the Nizam Family only to misguide the common people and the government," said Najaf Ali Khan, the grandson of seventh Nizam Mir Osman Ali Khan.
He appealed to the common people to not be misguided by "such false self-declarations that do not mandate Azmet Jah to hold the title of Nizam IX".
Azmet Jah, a professional photographer and filmmaker who worked with leading Hollywood directors, on Friday took over as successor of his father Mukarram Jah who passed away in Turkey on January 14.
Mukarram Jah was buried at historic Mecca Masjid in Hyderabad on January 19 with state honours.
Najaf Ali Khan wondered how Azmet Jah, a man whose father did not live in Hyderabad and never learnt Asaf Jahi tehzeeb or rituals, be referred to be the head of the Asaf Jah dynasty
He argued that a "decree" can only be pronounced by a court, government authority or the head of a state. "A decree that self-proclaims a common citizen as the head of a dynasty is not legally valid, especially so after the abolishment of Titles and Privy Purses in 1971," he said
He alleged that three days after his grandfather passed away on February 24, 1967, Mukarram Jah obtained and presented a certificate that allowed him to take control of and seize all the private properties, movable and immovable wealth held by seventh Nizam.
"This led to the onset of ultimate destruction to the family as it allowed him to smuggle uncountable national and familial artifacts out of India, sell and profit from them," said Najaf Ali Khan.
In 2021, Najaf Ali Khan had approached a city court challenging Prince Mukarram Jah's claim of being the sole owner of five properties, including famous palaces belonging to the last ruler of erstwhile Hyderabad state.
He has termed "totally baseless" and "erroneous" the claim of Mukkaram Jah to be the sole owner of Falaknuma Palace, King Kothi Palace/Nazri Bagh, Chowmahalla Palace, Purani Haveli in Hyderabad, and Harewood Cedars Bungalow at Uddagamandalam (Ooty) in Tamil Nadu.
He argued that after the death of Mir Osman Ali Khan, the listed properties were supposed to devolve upon his 16 sons and 18 daughters.
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In the last week, the Weston Women's team have seen their manager, Josh Donoghue step down from his role due to outside work commitments. He has decided to continue as an assistant within the team.
Managing Director Oli Bliss has chosen Stacie Morrissey, (Women's Academy co-ordinator), to stand in as the team manager for the remainder of this season as she has worked with the team and also alongside Josh from day one after setting up the team herself back in 2016.
Stacie added, "I would like to thank Josh for the work he has put into the team, from day one he has shown real passion and determination which seen him lead the women through their first promotion and also it has been inspiring to see Josh grow as a coach with the team. I am honoured to stand in place for the rest of the season and understand he had to make this decision for the benefit of the team, We will make sure the right replacement is put in place for the team for next season who can replicate the great efforts in which Josh put in.
The management will look to implement a few changes as of next season, but for now Stacie and Josh, along with other team coaches Phil, Kaine and Dean will work as a team to complete the season in hand.


Margarita Fingerless Crochet Gloves are great for driving, texting or when it really isn't all that cold out or just for when you are doing something and need your fingers exposed.
I designed these using a thicker yarn. I used a ribbed cuff, sc and some shell work to create a little feminine look. I made these in adult size but could fit teems as well. They are made using worsted weight yarn and using the same stitch as the matching Margarita hat.
Row 4- ch 3, *sk next 2 st, sc in next st, ch 3*, repeat *to* sl st into 1st ch.
Work the top of the cuff. Join yarn with a sc on the top side of cuff at the seam. The yarn will be attached here, so the seam will be in the palm of the glove.
Row 15- chain 1, sc in each st, sl st to join turn.
Row 17- sc into 1st ch 3 sp, dc, tc, dc, sc in same ch, sc into next ch 3 sp, repeat from * to * …finish off.
Row 2 – 4 ch 1, sc in same st and in each st around, sl st to join At the end of row 4, finish off.
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Designer jewelry can be defined in simple terms as any piece of jewelry whose main feature is the design. The jewelry that is made by well-known designers is known as designer jewelry. The price of the designer jewelry is quite higher than that of the normal jewelry. Plenty of people are conversant with the designer pieces of jewelry. The designer pieces of jewelry are readily available in the market in a wide range of prices. One should thus contemplate about the cost of the jewelry that they want to buy. It is vital to choose jewelry that is within your budget. Create ample time to find out the place where you can purchase the designer jewelry at affordable prices.
Research about the worth of the material used to manufacture the designer jewelry. Gold is the commonly used metal by the quality designers. Gold is durable and easily modifiable into different shapes which is the main explanation for its use in the manufacture of designer jewelry. The gold designer jewelry is preferred by most people as it is very attractive. The uniqueness of the design used on the jewelry is the main determining factor of the value of the jewelry.
Majority of the people like their designer jewelry customized to suit their preferences. Even though the custom-made jewelry is pricey, it is very eye-catching. In most instances, the pieces of jewelry that are already manufactured are less expensive.
You need to consider where you want to buy the jewelry. The best place to purchase the pieces of jewelry would be from the local stores since they are sold at a reasonable price.
Consider the color of the designer jewelry. The color of your attire and your complexion should guide you on the color of the jewelry to purchase. The are different colors of the designer jewelry. However, most people prefer the designer pieces of jewelry that are coated with gold and silver as they do not react with the skin.
Make sure that you purchase jewelry from a dealer who is well known. This is to be certain that you are purchasing genuine designer pieces of jewelry. Make sure that you purchase designer jewelry from a licensed dealer. This is to be sure that the pieces of jewelry that the dealer is selling are of high value and durable.
Designer pieces of jewelry could be used as a marker of a certain social function or personal status. For example, a ring could be utilized as a symbol meaning that one is married or engaged. Some of the pieces of jewelry could be used symbolized that you are part of a particular denomination like the Catholics use rosary jewelries.


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El parque de El Morlaco o parque forestal de El Morlaco es un parque forestal urbano ubicado entre los barrios de El Morlaco, El Rocío, Parque Clavero, Cerrado de Calderón y La Viña en la ciudad de Málaga.

Descripción

El parque cuenta con una superficie de 161 720 metros cuadrados, cubierta en su mayor parte por un denso bosque de pino carrasco. El perímetro exterior del parque está vallado en su totalidad.

La flora arbórea presente en el parque también incluye eucaliptos y cipreses. Entre la vegetación herbácea, se observan candilitos, aristoloquias, esparragueras blancas, gamones, marrubios, bolinas, ajonjoneras y romeros, entre otra gran variedad de especies.

La ardilla roja es muy abundante en el parque. También el erizo común y el camaleón son especies residentes. Entre su avifauna, se pueden observar abubillas, aguilillas calzadas, collalbas negras, jilgueros, cernícalos, gorriones, papamoscas grises, verderones y petirrojos, entre otras especies.

El parque dispone de dos miradores, dos zonas de esparcimiento para perros, un parque infantil, mesas de pícnic y tres pozas de agua para que la fauna del parque pueda bañarse y beber en ellas.

El acceso al parque se realiza a través de cuatro puntos de entrada. Los dos principales se encuentran en la calle Camino de la Desviación, al este, y en la calle Doctor Horacio Oliva, al noroeste. También se puede acceder al parque desde la calle Ramal Rodeo, al norte, y desde la calle Rocío, al oeste.

En uno de sus accesos principales, el que se encuentra en la calle Camino de la Desviación, se sitúa una estatua conmemorativa dedicada a Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente, obra de Antonio Arjona Sepúlveda. La estatua, anteriormente ubicada en los Jardines de las Américas, fue restaurada por el autor y reubicada en el parque de El Morlaco en febrero de 2020.

Historia

Desde el siglo siglo XVIII y hasta el siglo XX, existió una antigua mina de yeso en los terrenos actualmente ocupados por el parque, mina que  contaba con dos lagos subterráneos y de la que todavía se conserva la red de galerías. Durante la Guerra Civil española, esta red de galerías subterráneas fue utilizada por la población civil para guarecerse de los estragos de la contienda.

En la década de los cincuenta, se produjo la reforestación con pino carrasco de los terrenos de El Morlaco, por entonces todavía una propiedad privada. La reforestación fue realizada por el guarda de la propiedad. Todavía se conservan algunos restos de la antigua casa del guarda en el centro del parque.

Referencias

Véase también

El Morlaco
Distrito Este (Málaga)


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Gaby: Una historia verdadera es una película que narra la biografía de la poetisa y escritora mexicana de origen judío Gaby Brimmer. Es una coproducción estadounidense-mexicana.

Sinopsis
Adaptación de la biografía de la escritora Gaby Brimmer, quien nació con una parálisis cerebral que le impedía cualquier movimiento o expresión, salvo su pie izquierdo. Gracias a la ayuda de su nana, Gabriela accedió a toda su educación, incluida la universitaria. La película, rodada en gran medida junto a personas con discapacidad –los actores principales no lo son– de Cuernavaca (México), es un canto reivindicativo a la normalización educativa, sexual y social de las personas con discapacidad. La actriz argentina Norma Aleandro fue nominada a los Premios Oscar como mejor actriz de reparto.

Reparto

Trivia
Rachel Chagall, quien hace de Gabriela, figura en la película con su verdadero nombre, Rachel Levin.

Bibliografía

Películas dramáticas de Estados Unidos
Películas dramáticas de México
Películas biográficas
Películas basadas en libros
Películas sobre personas con discapacidad
Películas de Cecilia Tijerina
Películas con música de Maurice Jarre


The Palisade Plunge is 32 miles of sweet riding back-country singletrack that will connect the top of the Grand Mesa (10,700') to the Town of Palisade, CO, (4,700') via - yes, 6000' of relief, and the style of trail you've come to expect from COPMOBA. The Plunge is guaranteed to offer a fast, fun, and challenging ride.
The Plunge is a long, complex trail that will require substantial financial support, and we need your help to Power the Plunge! While our plan is to obtain much of this funding through various grant funding options, it is critical that the mountain bike, run, and walk community is able to support the project through a locally driven fundraising campaign. Those grants require matching dollars, and now is the time to pitch in!
Phase 1 of the project is to construct roughly the lower half of the route. This will provide ~18 miles of point to point route, plus new loop options adjacent to the existing Palisade Rim Trail. We're working to get as much quality trail on the ground for everyones riding pleasure as soon as possible. Construction start is planned for Spring 2019 if funding is secured, and Phase 2 will follow directly after Phase 1.
The Power the Plunge campaign is the best opportunity for individuals and businesses to donate to this project. You can donate at any level, at any time, and as often as you'd like. Our goal is to raise $30,000 by July 29 to Power the Plunge, and we can only do it with your help! After you've donated below, please share this email with your friend network and let them know how important this project is for the singletrack community of Colorado. If you'd like to donate by check instead of online, donations can be mailed to PO Box 4602, Grand Junction, CO 81502 with a notation that the donation is to Power the Plunge.
You can also visit the Frequently Asked Questions page for more information on this project.


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McCallie makes a mark in National History Day competition
Posted by McCallie Communications and Marketing on March 17, 2017
Months of hard work and research paid off for several history students who found success at the regional competition for National History Day.
McCallie had a strong showing at the contest in Cleveland, Tenn., with 15 students advancing to the state competition. For the third consecutive year, McCallie students swept all three spots in the essay competition.
Students competing in National History Day have been working with Dr. Duke Richey '86 for most of the school year on their projects, based on this year's theme of "Taking a Stand." The top two finishers in each category now move on to compete at the state level in Nashville on April 9, with the top two in each category at state moving on to the national competition, which will be held in Washington, D.C., this summer.
McCallie's first place finishers are:
Walt Buzzini, Individual Performance, "Ralph McGill: Taking a Stand in the Segregated South."
Joseph Richard, Paper, "Thy Will Be Done: Clergy, Napalm, and the War in Vietnam."
Griffin Ball, Individual Documentary Film, "Comeback City: Chattanoogans Taking a Stand for a Cleaner, Better City."
Duke Richey, Individual Exhibit, "Still Standing: Rex Richey and the Fight Against Bootlegging in Tennessee."
Ben Smith, Individual Website, "Standing in Fire: Self-Immolation Protests and the Vietnam War."
Parker Norton and Rohan Gupta, Group Exhibit, "'I'll Take My Stand'": The Agrarians and Anti-Modernism in the American South."
Dawson Yates, John Knox, and Josh Martin, Group Performance, "Osceola: An American Freedom Fighter Makes a Stand"
Second place finishers are:
Trey Sprouse, Paper, "Coming Out: Recognizing the Voice of American Homosexuals."
Grant Smith, Individual Documentary Film, "The East Tennessee Bridge Burners: Lincolnites Taking a Stand."
Arthur Lebovitz, Individual Performance, "Pete Seeger: The Power of Folk Music."
Will Klein and Emerson Wright, Group Exhibit, "Coal Operators and Evicted Miners in the Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Coal Strike of 1912."
National History Day is an academic program for students in grades 6-12. Students select a topic, conduct extensive primary and secondary research, and analyze and interpret their conclusions. They can choose to present their work through a website, exhibit, performance, documentary, or original paper.
Topics: academics, history