Earlier this year, Water Institute member Keith Hipel, University Professors in Waterloo's Department of Systems Design Engineering, was awarded the Miroslaw Romanowski Medal for significant contributions to the resolution of scientific aspects of environmental problems or for important improvements to the quality of an ecosystem in all aspects - terrestrial, atmospheric and aqueous - brought about by scientific means.
On November 29, Professor Hipel will deliver the Miroslaw Romanowski Lecture at the University of Waterloo: "Negotiations over Groundwater Contamination."
This training teaches students, staff, and faculty to identify persons with thoughts of suicide and connect them to suicide first-aid resources. Most people with thoughts of suicide don't truly want to die, but are struggling with the pain in their lives. Through their words and actions, they invite help to stay alive. safeTALK-trained helpers learn to recognize these invitations and take action.
Join Doug Peers, Dean of Arts, University of Waterloo, and a panel of experts in economics, philosophy, and human-computer interaction for a discussion about what we need to know and do to ensure artificial intelligence serves humanity for the good of everyone.
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For close to two decades Trey Anthony has carved out a successful career as a published and produced playwright in Canada in a national theatre scene where few playwrights enjoy sustained success. This talk will discuss how Anthony—a Black queer woman—has done so even as Canadian theatre scholars, practitioners and administrators voice perennial concerns about dwindling numbers in theatre audiences in Canada.
Every Wednesday afternoon, we offer a dedicated writing space (with coffee, tea, and treats!) for faculty to write together. After the writing session you are welcome to stay to discuss writing goals, challenges and strategies with your colleagues.
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From November 26th-28th at 9:30am-5pm, the Waterloo Store will be having a huge End-of Term Pop-up Shop in the SCH Concourse! There will lots of great deals, and items! So don't miss out!
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Join us to informally discuss about a range of topics, including ones you suggest, or get some help composing your comments on the LEARN discussion boards. We'll have coffee and tea available, so remember to bring a mug.
The Velocity Fund is a pitch competition, held three times a year, for startups and aspiring entrepreneurs to win a share of $130,000 in funding. Join us for the Velocity Fund Finals on November 27 from 11:00am – 3:00pm.
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While the term "empire" has come to have strong political connotations, an archaic use of the word simply means to hold absolute power over something or someone. Few who listen to or participate in music could deny its empire! This term's concert will explore music's empire through various cultures, time periods, and styles including works by Palestrina, Bach, Esenvalds, and Uusberg. This 80 voice choir is directed by Liska Jetchick.
The seventh Annual Waterloo West Neighbourhood Fest is a free, drop-in event designed for families with young children, and is organized and delivered by University of Waterloo students in partnership with the Stork Family YMCA and Harper Branch Library.
Directed by Dr. Maisie Sum and featuring GrebelArtist-in-Residence I DewaMade Suparta, the UW Balinese Gamelanand the Grebel Community Gamelanwill perform a mix of contemporary pieces and traditional classics. There will be a chance to try out the instrument for yourself after the concert.
Come and celebrate the launch of a new collaborative novel, written and edited by University of Waterloo students and community members!


Educational psychology is an area of research that has too seldom been put into educational practice. This module focuses on the discrepancies between principles of psychology and education. It is startling that there are many approaches due to research in the psychological field, but what is missing is to apply these principles and ideas of improving education in the field. The efficacy and effectiveness of these principles has to be proved by evidence from randomized controlled studies and meta-analyses. As Nora S. Newcombe in her article Biology is to medicine as psychology is to education: true or false? (2002) lines out there can be drawn an analogy to the field of medicine. Thereafter psychology should be forming a basis for any educational profession. Therapies in medicine are distinguished because of the evidence based proof. The same should be applied to the field of education, different pedagogical steps need to be investigated on their effectiveness in the natural field. Newcombe draws more implications from this analogy that I won´t mention here now. So, I think the problem that I have outlined is quite clear.
Right now I am again "victim" of the misleading and conservative way how education works. Besides my studies here in Wales I still need to take several exams from Germany that form part of the first semester over there. These count 100 % for my grade in the associated lectures. Students, me included, tend to postpone preparation for the exams. In the end they study full days for these exams, only to forget most of the theories, dates and concepts a couple of weeks later. The professors, even more incomprehensible to me, ask questions about dates and percentages of e.g. clinical disorders, or for the diagnosis criteria of the ICD (International Classification Diagnosis) and the DSM (Diagnostical and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) that you can later in your profession look up and you do not need to remember word by word. This example shows that especially in a German University there is a lot of change to be done, because how can I possibly learn much from just reciting the lecture notes? How can I store knowledge on a long term basis without forgetting it right after an exam? These are questions that I want to deal with in the next few months.
One principle of psychology postulates that Dual Codes and Multimedia have a positive impact on learning outcome. It is based on the content-addressable memory (CAM) which states that there are distributed representations in the cortex about an event or a thought etc. These representations have connections to the hippocampus (Pagiamatzis & Sheikoleslami, 2006). A certain cue as an access signal activates some of the representations of the memory track, which in their ways send the information to the hippocampus, where due to the different connections the other representations become activated. This leads to complete memory access. The dual coding approach of mental representations says that memory can be stored propositional (verbal content) and analogue (pictorial content). Paivio postulated in his theory of dual coding in 1986 that content is better to be remembered when it is represented both verbally and pictorial.
1) dual channeling meaning to combine verbal and nonverbal materials to strengthen encoding ability in remembering tasks. The information of the two coding systems should not be redundant, but rather be integrated to avoid splitting the attention.
3) limited capacity taking into account the cognitive load effects of multiple representations and interactive environments which can prompt cognitive overload.
The study titled "Cognitive Load and Learning Effects of Having Students Organize Pictures and Words in Multimedia Environments: The Role of Student Interactivity and Feedback" from Moreno and Valdez (2005) deals with this theory and seeks to extend the research done on learning in multimedia environments and addressing the role of dual channeling and interactivity. In the paper "meaningful learning" is defined by three stages of active processing: 1. Information selection, 2. Organization in coherent representations and 3. Integration into existing knowledge. This is the theoretical basis to investigate the germane load by interactive processes, meaning the effort that is invested to understand instructional materials.
In three experiments Moreno and Valdez found out that dual coding by working with words and pictures to remember the process of lightning formation leads to higher retention rates, better memory and lower levels of mental effort, thereby promoting a higher instructional efficiency. Therefore material in multimedia settings should be multimodal to support better learning.
The interactivity hypothesis was not supported by the studies and lack of time in engaging by system-based time conditions was not the reason people were not engaging more into interactive processes (Experiment 2). Interactive processes were achieved by putting frames of the process that had to be learned into a mixed-up sequence and making it necessary to organize material.
In a third experiment Moreno and Valdez hypothesized that immediate feedback that was given after each frame could lead to tendencies of trial-and-error rather than deeper processing. When the student was able to himself decide to receive feedback after self-evaluation, deeper learning was promoted. This underlines the importance of using techniques that motivate self-evaluation and therefore also increasing the learning outcome.
In educational settings the teacher should use these techniques to improve the effectiveness of his classes.
Craik, F.I., Lockhart, R. S. (1972). Levels of processing: A framework for Memory Research. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behaviour, 11, 671-684.
Mayer, R. E., Moreno, R. (2003). Nine ways to reduce cognitive load in multimedia learning. Educational Psychologist, 38, 43–52.
Moreno, R., Valdez, A. (2005). Cognitive Load and Learning Effects of Having Students Organize Pictures and Words in Multimedia Environments: The Role of Student Interactivity and Feedback. ETR&D, 53, 35–45.
Newcombe, N. S. (2002). Biology is to medicine as psychology is to education: true or false? New Directions for Teaching and Learnin,. 89, 9-18.
Pagiamatzis, K., Sheikholeslami, A. (2006). Content-Addressable Memory (CAM) Circuits and Architectures: A Tutorial and Survey. IEEE JOURNAL OF SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS, 41, 712-727.
Paivio, A. (1986). Mental representations: A dual coding approach. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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The 5 Traits All Top Performers Share
Hiring great people is one of the biggest challenges leaders face. Look for these 5 traits and you'll find employees who aren't just good, but exceptional.
By Morton L. Mandel and John A. Bryne 5 minute Read
There's one mistake I made earlier in my business life when it comes to people: only hiring when there was a defined need. One day, I realized that if we could afford it, it's just as important to hire exceptionally talented people even when you don't have an opening. On occasion, when we found a gifted person, an A player beyond doubt, we'd hire her and "park" her in the organization. At first, we would just give the person something to do. Always, after a few months, she was working 10-hour days and making a big contribution. Inevitably, we found an important role for her, or she found it on her own. I never regretted hiring an A player.
What do I look for? Five key things, in this order.
1. Intellectual firepower
2. Values
4. Work ethic
I always put brainpower first because intellect is the most important of the raw materials we work with. From intelligence comes thoughtful analysis, asking the right questions, good judgment, and better decisions. I want the smartest people I can find to join our organization. High-potential people like to be with other high-potential people. When I interview candidates, I'll often ask them to bring me through their lives. I want to know what their family history is. I want to know how well candidates performed in high school and college. I want to know whether they also reached beyond their academic potential to demonstrate some leadership potential.
Frankly, I want to know if their grade-point average (GPA) was 2.7 or 3.9 out of a possible 4.0. Even if they've been out of school for many years, a GPA can represent four years of evaluation, not a sixty-minute impression during a brief interview on a busy day. It may not be necessarily true that a 3.9 GPA will be better than a 2.7, but the odds are with you. Just like the manager of a baseball team who puts a right-handed pitcher on the mound to face a right-handed batter in a crucial at-bat, I play the odds.
So I'm looking for the Phi Beta Kappa, the captain of the debating team the president of the student council. It's no coincidence that seventeen presidents of the United States, thirty-seven U.S. Supreme Court justices, and 131 Nobel laureates have been members of Phi Beta Kappa.
I'm also looking for the person who rose quickly in another organization and was rewarded with an important leadership job. What challenges did that executive overcome to get something meaningful done? How did that person apply his intelligence to the job to make something happen?
My hurdle for brainpower is high, but once it's jumped I'm on to the next most attribute of success: values. Ultimately, all the intelligence in the world isn't going to help a person who lacks basic integrity and compassion for other human beings. I'm looking for honesty, decency, respect, kindness, generosity, and consideration.
Getting a fix on a person's values is admittedly difficult. Values are easier to discern once you have a person on staff, but much harder to recognize in an interview. You have to sense them. I can pick up some fairly good clues by the way candidates speak about their parents, their teachers, their role models in life. I want people who have been inspired by others, who are generous in giving credit to those who made a difference in their lives. I'm looking for people who want to help others in need, who have demonstrated kindness and consideration to the disadvantaged. Some of this may be subtle. It's what you can interpret from tone of voice or a face lighting up. But this tells me a lot about a person's purpose in life.
Passion has become an overused word in recent years. Still, it's the level of enthusiasm and interest in work and life that makes someone stand out above the rest. It's a fire that burns deeply within us. Once tapped, it can bring you to places that few other people can go.
Unlike values, passion is easy to spot. You either have it or you don't. There is a spirit or fervor in people who have passion. You can often feel their energy. They also are infectious team members. They ignite the passion in others. They get others to care as much as they do about accomplishing the possible and the seemingly impossible.
My fourth hiring attribute is work ethic. I work hard. I do so because I'm passionate about the work I do, and I feel good when I'm highly productive. I expect the same from the people we hire. We want people who embrace work, who understand that it's not something you do only to earn a living, but rather something that can help define who you are in this life.
During interviews, I try to get a feel for people how have a strong work ethic. You get that from learning they worked during high school and college, whether they worked weekends, what they sacrificed at times to work instead of play. At some level, work is about sacrifice: giving up some time with your friends or your family to perform your job at the highest possible level of excellence.
Finally, we come to experience. Experience, though important, is the last of the five things I look for because it's something you can provide your staff. We can't give them more intellect, better values, passion, or a strong work ethic. But we can give them experience by providing an opportunity to learn a discipline or a job. That's why we can make a compromise when it comes to experience, but never on the first four.
When I recruit talent, I want to be as sure as possible that the person I'm hiring has all of these attributes. That requires patience and work. And then I will do whatever it takes to bring that exceptional person on board.
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Excerpted with permission from the publisher, Wiley, from It's All About Who You Hire, How They Lead…and Other Essential Advice from a Self-Made Leader, by Mort Mandel and John Byrne. Copyright 2012.
–Morton L. Mandel is a self-made billionaire, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. With his brothers, Jack and Joseph, he cofounded Premier Industrial Corporation in 1940, eventually merging it with Farnell Electronics in a $3 billion deal. The three Mandel brothers also established the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation, which funds numerous social leadership initiatives all over the world.
John A. Bryne is former executive editor of BusinessWeek, former editor in chief of Fast Company, and author of ten books, including the New York Times bestseller Jack: Straight from the Gut with Jack Welch.
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Corinne left a career in fashion design to look after her three young children. After a few years at home she was really missing being creative and learnt millinery (hat making). This is how she discovered felt and it was love at first sight! The more she learnt about this amazing material and its versatility, the more she felt inspired. At Christmas time Corinne decided to make a little kit for people to make felt gingerbread men. It was an instant hit! she realised people where keen to learn and make so in 2010, the business was born!
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Defense Sec. Mattis Hails U.S.-Saudi Relations as War Pushes Yemen to Brink of Famine
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Saudi Arabia Tuesday for the first stop on his week-long trip to the Middle East and North Africa. Speaking on the plane to reporters, Mattis hailed the U.S.-Saudi Arabia relationship.
Defense Secretary James Mattis: "We're on our way. First stop, Saudi Arabia. As you know, this is a nation that has been a key security ally since 1944, when FDR and the king began this relationship. They remain a pillar of our security framework for the region and for American interests."
In Riyadh, Secretary Mattis called for a political solution to the ongoing war in Yemen, where the U.S.-backed, Saudi-led coalition has been fighting Houthi rebels. More than 10,000 people have been killed, the majority killed by the Saudi bombing campaign, and the war has pushed Yemen to the brink of famine.
While in Riyadh, Mattis also called North Korea's recent failed missile test "reckless." The Guardian is reporting the U.S. military is considering plans to shoot down future North Korean missile tests and that Mattis has briefed Congress on the possible escalation.
U.N.: 25,000 Sickened with Cholera in Somalia Amid Severe Drought
Meanwhile, in Somalia, the United Nations says 25,000 people have become sick with cholera, as a severe drought forces people to drink water infected with the deadly bacteria. The U.N. is warning Somalia is on the brink of widespread famine. In 2011, more than a quarter of a million people died during a severe famine in Somalia.
Syria: Residents Say 30 Civilians Killed in Alleged U.S. Airstrike
In Syria, residents say an airstrike killed at least 30 civilians, including women and children, in the Syrian province Deir ez-Zor on Monday. Reuters reports the airstrike was believed to be launched by the U.S.-led coalition. ISIS controls most of the province. U.S. Air Force Colonel John Dorrian said the coalition had carried out strikes around the town where multiple homes were reportedly destroyed, but he said he could not "confirm the veracity of allegations of civilian casualties." The journalistic monitoring group Airwars says nine civilians were reportedly killed by U.S.-led coalition airstrikes on Thursday and Friday in Raqqa.
Reports: Dozens of Iraqi Civilians Killed in U.S. & Iraqi AF Airstrikes
Meanwhile, the U.S.-led coalition and the U.S.-backed Iraqi Air Force continue to carry out airstrikes in Mosul, Iraq. The journalistic monitoring group Airwars says between 20 and 50 civilians were reportedly killed by airstrikes on neighborhoods across West Mosul Monday.
The Iraqi Observatory for Human Rights says, on Saturday, another 42 civilians were reportedly killed after airstrikes hit a 16-room home in Old Mosul, killing members of a large extended family, including children.
On Tuesday, the United Nations warned that the battle to oust ISIS militants from the Old City of Mosul could turn into the battle's worst humanitarian catastrophe. The U.N. and Iraqi officials are rushing to build more camps to house people displaced by the battle. This is Issam Abo Mohammed, who was displaced from Mosul by the fighting.
Issam Abo Mohammed: "I have been sleeping on a mat for 17 days, and my back is hurting me now. I am 54 years old, and I am ill. My son was hit and killed in Wadi al-Hajar while we were escaping, and I buried his body in the street. If the senior officials do not help me, my family will die."
Ivanka Won Exclusive Trademarks in China the Same Day She Dined with Chinese Leader
The Associated Press is reporting Ivanka Trump secured three new exclusive trademarks in China the very same day she and her father, President Trump, had dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Trump's private Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. The China trademarks give her company the exclusive rights to sell Ivanka-branded jewelry, bags and spa services in China.
The New York Times reports Japan also approved new trademarks for Ivanka for branded shoes, handbags and clothing in February, and she has trademark applications pending in at least 10 other countries.
Ivanka no longer manages her $50 million company, but she continues to own it.
Ivanka also serves in the Trump administration as an adviser to the president. So does her husband, Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner. The AP says sales of Ivanka Trump's merchandise have surged since her father was elected president.
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Reuters is reporting the Philippine police are receiving cash rewards for extrajudicially killing drug suspects, based on interviews with two unnamed senior Philippine police officials. The officials also told Reuters that a majority of the nearly 9,000 killings carried out since President Duterte took office have been orchestrated by the Philippine National Police. In late November, a BuzzFeed investigation revealed the U.S. has continued to fund and provide equipment for the Philippine National Police, despite the mounting death toll of Duterte's so-called war on drugs.
Report: Child Refugees in Greece Forced to Sell Sex to Fund Journey Across Europe
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Leonard Doyle: "Almost 9,000 migrants have been rescued over the weekend by individual NGOs and by the international flotilla. The figure is 8,360, the precise figure. They're mostly Africans, although they also include a large number of Bangladeshis, a relatively high number of Bangladeshis. I think what's significant is that this brings to—when we look at the deaths at sea so far, we have 900 migrants dying so far at sea this year, 90 percent on the Libya-to-Italy stretch."
Bill O'Reilly May Be Ousted from Fox Amid Mounting Accusations of Sexual Harassment
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Fox News star Bill O'Reilly may be ousted from the network, amid multiple accusations of sexual harassment against O'Reilly. Over 50 advertisers are already boycotting "The O'Reilly Factor" over revelations O'Reilly and Fox paid $13 million to settle lawsuits by five women who accuse O'Reilly of sexual harassment and inappropriate sexual behavior. A sixth woman, Dr. Wendy Walsh, has also accused O'Reilly of harassing her and then retaliating against her professionally when she refused to have sex with him.
On Tuesday, a seventh woman, who remains anonymous, accused O'Reilly of harassing her for months with sexually and racially offensive comments and actions. The woman is an African-American clerical worker who worked near O'Reilly. Her lawyer, Lisa Bloom, said "[O'Reilly] wouldn't speak to her, other than to say things like, 'Mmm Hmm,' make grunting noises like an animal, she alleges, leering at her, looking at her cleavage and her legs, and he would call her 'hot chocolate,' which she found to be very offensive."
Twenty-First Century Fox is holding a board meeting on Thursday, fueling speculation O'Reilly will not be returning to air next week after his vacation. O'Reilly's team is denying he's in talks with the network about his exit. Click here to see our full interview with attorney Lisa Bloom.
Democrat Jon Ossoff Narrowly Misses Winning GA Special Election Outright
In Georgia, Democrat Jon Ossoff, whose campaign slogan was "Make Trump Furious," narrowly missed winning Tuesday's special election to fill the seat of former Congressmember Tom Price, who is now the secretary of health and human services. In the heavily Republican district, Ossoff won 48 percent of the vote, meaning he'll face off against Republican candidate Karen Handel in a runoff in June. A 30-year-old documentary filmmaker, Ossoff had raised four times more money for his campaign than any other candidate. This is Ossoff speaking Tuesday night.
Jon Ossoff: "We have shattered expectations. … And there is no amount of dark money, super PAC negative advertising that can overcome real grassroots energy like this."
MA Throws Out 20,000 Drug Cases over Scandal of Chemist Falsifying Evidence
Massachusetts prosecutors are throwing out more than 20,000 criminal drug cases over a scandal involving a former state chemist who admitted faking tests. Annie Dookhan pleaded guilty in 2013 to falsifying evidence in tens of thousands of cases during her nine years working at a state crime lab in Boston. In many of the cases, she identified the evidence as illegal narcotics without even testing the materials. We'll have more on this case later in the broadcast.
Trump Administration Deports DREAMer Despite His DACA Protection
Twenty-three-year-old DREAMer Juan Manuel Montes is suing the Trump administration for deporting him to Mexico, even though he had been granted legal protection to live and work in the United States until 2018 under President Obama's Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. He had been living in the United States since he was 9 years old. He was deported after he was approached by ICE agents in Calexico, California, and didn't have his wallet on him, which contained his ID and proof of DACA, since he'd left it in his friend's car. Within three hours, he was deported to Mexico. Trump has previously said he would not go after DREAMers with DACA. The Department of Homeland Security claims Montes's DACA expired in 2015, even though his lawyers have a copy of his work authorization card, which shows he had DACA protection through 2018.
Hundreds Protest White Nationalist Richard Spencer at Auburn University
In Alabama, hundreds of people protested against a speech by white nationalist Richard Spencer at Auburn University Tuesday night in the latest round of protests against the racist and xenophobic leader of the so-called alt-right movement. Spencer spoke against the wishes of the university, after a federal judge ruled the university did not have the power to cancel his speech. Spencer said Tuesday's speech was sponsored by the white nationalist website AltRight.com.
Migrant Justice Activist Hugo Castro Found Alive in Mexico City
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Why does the word "risk" scare us so much? Maybe because it's risky? Why are we so afraid to make mistakes when we learn more from our mistakes than from any of our successes? Why do we feel so unsettled with disruption, when disruption gives us an opportunity for growth and new opportunities? Maybe it's time we changed our lens on how we look at risk and disruption.
When we think of risk we often associate it with grim outcomes or the possibility of something unfavorable happening. When we think of disruption we think of something turning our world upside down. I've heard many people say, "I just don't want anything to change." Unfortunately, the only thing that never changes is that things always change.
But what if we started looking at the world differently. What if we looked at risk as an adventure — something that we haven't tried before. Something that might teach us new ideas and give us valuable scar tissue that we would come to love? For years I had wanted to take my family of four to Africa. Everyone told me that I was crazy. They said it was too dangerous, you'll get eaten by something that doesn't live here. You'll get kidnapped. You'll get murdered. None of these outcomes were interesting to me. But I really wanted my sons to see massive herds of elephants, white rhinos, and the splendor that is Africa all without any wifi. We were smart about the trip; we didn't take any foolish risks. And we had the trip of a lifetime. It was the grandest adventure — one that we will never forget and still talk about.
Risk is also a chance — the possibility of something happening, maybe even something wonderful. Stop stopping yourself. Take the chance. Meet the new person. Pick up a new hobby. Try new things. Relish in the joy of trying something new, even when it doesn't work out as you expect, even if you are terrible at it. I just got my HAM radio license and I'm terrible at it but it inspired my 75-year-old father to not only get his license but get the highest amateur certification and he loves it. He's talking to people in New Zealand!
No matter what happens, you can usually survive it. I know people who have had some pretty horrific things happen to them and they have survived. Those two questions help us understand our worst fear, then keep some perspective that we can survive it. We are stronger than we know.
What if you decided today, "Nothing is hard for me?" And you truly believed it, and whenever something risky happened or some disruption landed in your lap you'd say to yourself, "Well it's a good thing that nothing is hard for me." Imagine your world then, you'd embrace every disruption and tackle every obstacle with gusto.
The iconic Peter Drucker put it into perspective, "People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year." Maybe we should take more risks. Fortes fortuna adiuvat — Fortune favors the bold. Let's be bold.


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6:00 pm ($5 cover & $5 drink min.): The perfect show for short attention spans—open-mic stand-up with 4 1/2 minutes per set and 20 comics crammed into 2 hours—at the Greenwich Village Comedy Club (99 MacDougal Street) for John Morrison's Village Motel
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[TOP PICK] 8:00 pm ($9.47 online or $8 at the door): TV & movie star Kristen Schaal (one of the funniest women alive; shining star correspondent on The Daily Show; co-star of HBO's Flight of the Conchords and NBC's 30 Rock; Comedy Central Presents half-hour special; FOX's Bob's Burgers; co-host of Hot Tub Variety; co-author of bestselling book The Sexy Book of Sexy Sex), Sara Schaefer (inventive, luminous comic; co-star of MTV's The Nikki and Sara Show; Emmy-nominated staff writer for Jimmy Fallon; VH1's Best Week Ever; co-host of hit podcast You Had to Be There), Jeffrey Joseph (Jay Leno, HBO, FOX's In Living Color, Comedy Central), Matt Koff (Onion News Network, WitStream, 9 Am Meeting), and musical guest Ted Leo performing at Brooklyn's Littlefield (622 Degraw Street) with guest host Adam Newman: Hot Tub Variety
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[FREE] 8:00 pm: NYC stand-ups Rob O'Reilly, Aaron Glaser, Sergio Chicon, and Alex Edelman performing stand-up at this weekly show at Brooklyn's Bar Matchless back room (557 Manhattan Avenue, near the G subway's Nassau Avenue stop) hosted by Nimesh Patel, Mike Denny, and/or Michael Che: Broken Comedy
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[DISCOUNTED] 8:00 pm ($11.34 [vs. $21.69] online using discount code LLED10): NYC stand-ups specializing in political humor make fun of our current election cycle at The Playroom Theater (151 West 46th Street); take advantage of discount code LLED10 to see this off-Broadway show for under $12: Laughing Liberally: Electile Dysfunction
8:30 pm ($5): Alexis Lambright performing a one-woman show at The Magnet about her quest to pop her cherry: Combating Adult Virginity
[TOP PICK] 9:30 pm ($5): At UCB Chelsea, a delightful dark musical about the rich consuming the poor—literally. Witty songs from Brian Glidewell, Marcy Jarreau, and Kevin Carter, a uniformly strong cast (Megan Maes, Aaron Jackson, Michael Martin, Katie Schorr, Dan Hodapp, Brian Glidewell, and Stephanie Streisand), and sharp direction from Christopher Gladysz and Lauren Conlin Adams make this 30-minute surreal parody of Newsies a winner as a UCBT comedy, and recommended. That said, right now the story is paper-thin and the characters cardboard. While the latter is turned into an asset (e.g., a leg-injured character is hilariously named "Cripply"), I'm hoping the creators consider making all the elements deeper and more nuanced, and expanding the production to a 90-minute legit theatre length. Meanwhile, enjoy this remarkably compact version that delivers a quick, sharp punch to the gut you're likely to remember: Newsadoozies: A Man-Eating Musical…
…and in the other half of this double-bill, a show for which I had high hopes since some of my fondest childhood memories are of Krypto and his Space Canine Patrol Agents (S.C.P.A.). But this ain't that. Instead, it's a deliberately dumb version of Saturday morning cartoon shows that demonstrates little respect, affection, or wit towards its source material. The most notable elements are Neil Casey, who is hilarious as an evil alien insect-man; Rob Lathan as Neil's lackey; and Sue Galloway as the gal even dog creatures want to make out with. This could have been so much more, especially with the brilliant Craig Rowin as co-writer; but instead it's Dog Fleet
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[FREE] 9:30 pm: Following a club format, hosts Nore Davis & Andrew Short perform stand-up throughout for a total of 25 minutes, two comics each perform a 15-minute set, and then a seasoned headliner closes out the show with a 20-minute set, all at The Creek upstairs theatre in Queens' Long Island City: On the Road
10:00 pm ($5): Improv is dominated by guys, so this is a rare treat—a dozen female improvisors "for an evening of comedy that will delight men, women, babies, and kittens" at The Magnet hosted by Megan Gray: We Might Just Kiss
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[FREE] 10:30 pm: Improv students are welcomed onto the stage at The PIT downstairs lounge for this weekly open access show hosted by Gary DeNoia & Keith Huang: Base Jam
[TOP PICK] [FREE] 11:00 pm: Some of the finest comics in the world—who are no longer being announced in advance, but it's virtually always a great lineup—at UCB Chelsea guest-hosted by someone wonderful (while Leo Allen is in LA): Whiplash
[FREE] 11:00 pm: If you're an audience member who loves stand-up, Monday at 11 should be Whiplash! night (see listing above). If you're a comic who couldn't get booked on UCBT's all-star show, though, you can opt to instead practice your skills at this exceptionally supportive stand-up open-mic at The PIT upstairs theatre hosted by Jared Reed: Fresh
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Our Tribal Elders, the Integration of Norma McCaig
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Where did the term Global Nomad come from and what inspired the woman who coined it? I never knew, until reading this lovely tribute to Norma McCaig.
Continuing today with part 5 in Our Tribal Elders by Paul Asbury Seaman. Paul attended Murree Christian School in Pakistan. He currently lives in the Bay Area, California with his wife Catherine. He has published several articles about the impact of growing up overseas as well as a memoir, Paper Airplanes in the Himalayas: The Unfinished Path Home (West and the Wider World)
Integration… Norma McCaig (1945-2008)
The North, at the top of the medicine wheel, represents the Elder stage of life, coming fully into our own in both responsibility and self-expression. It is the embodiment of mindful stewardship: having the ability to effectively apply our knowledge and resources for the greater good. It is also the place where we come to terms with death—the ultimate form of self-acceptance.
Norma Marie McCaig was born in Teaneck, New Jersey. Her father was an executive with an international pharmaceutical company and when she was two years old the family moved to the Philippines, where Norma attended the American School in Manila. When she was fourteen her parents moved to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Norma spent a year and a half at Kodaikanal International School, a missionary boarding school in South India; she then went back to the Philippines to graduate from high school in 1963. Her brother Doug, several years older than Norma, had already returned to the United States and her parents were now living in Hong Kong.
McCaig's first significant job after college was with the Florence Crittenton Home for Unwed Mothers in Washington, D.C. But it was the Meridian International Center, also in Washington, that became the foundation for Norma's life mission. The Meridian Center is a private not-for-profit institution dedicated to international collaboration and cultural understanding. Among other activities, it manages the U.S. State Department's professional exchange programs. At the Meridian House McCaig worked as Home Hospitality Coordinator, providing part of the orientation for foreign students and government employees coming to live in the United States.
The time at "Kodi," the boarding school she attended in India, had a lasting impact on Norma. Perhaps it was being in her early teens, that pivotal identity-establishing period, but I never heard her wax nostalgic about any other place from childhood. She loved Indian food and with the slightest coaxing would lapse into her Indian alter-ego, "Rani," who spoke English with an affectionate parody of an Indian accent. (Think of the Dalai Lama's distinctive lilt, or J. Z. Knight's channeled entity "Ramtha" on steroids.)
In 1984 Norma McCaig went to a reunion of Kodaikanal International School. Initially wary, she found herself struck by an incredible sense of homecoming, far beyond what nostalgia might warrant. Not satisfied with the colloquial connotations of "third culture kids," she wanted something more inclusive, something that would describe how wide this experience truly was—a phrase that alluded to our continuing journey as well as our upbringing. Thus was born "global nomads." When Norma gave her first presentation on the subject a few months later, David Pollock was in the audience.
In 1987 McCaig attended the Second International Conference on Missionary Kids in Quito, Ecuador, where she met Ruth Van Reken. Norma stayed up all night reading Letters Never Sent and, like me, wept throughout. Ruth remembers vividly how she and Norma stayed up until the wee hours the following night discussing the commonalities between her upbringing as a missionary kid and that of Norma who grew up in the international business community. Along with those from volunteer agencies, foreign service, and military backgrounds, it is where these experiences overlap—and what we carry into adulthood—that offers the most insight. Norma McCaig was the first to see this so clearly.
McCaig borrowed heavily from her own retirement accounts to pull it off, but in December 1988 representatives from all these communities came together in Washington for the first conference of Global Nomads International. Norma never married or had children of her own; while this was not necessarily her preference, it did give her the freedom to pursue her vision. McCaig's decades-long association with Meridian International Center made for an easy transition to more and more consulting work, lecturing at the Foreign Service Institute and writing articles for its Journal, leading cross-cultural workshops for the Foreign Service Youth Foundation, for Berlitz Language Centers, and at conferences sponsored by SIETAR (Society for Intercultural Education, Training and Research) and NAFSA: Association of International Educators.
McCaig went through Georgetown University's Training Specialist Program and used those skills to work with educators, counselors, and mental health professionals to increase their awareness and ability to better serve the globally mobile population. In 1990 she persuaded George Mason University (located in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington) to provide her with office space, even though she had no official position there. Along with David Pollock, Norma was among the first researchers and advocates to emphasize the importance of re-entry—and having an organized structure to support TCKs coming "home" for college.
At George Mason she started the first collegiate global nomads club, soon followed by one at American University and George Washington University (both in Washington) and at Duke University in North Carolina. Meanwhile, global nomad discussion groups had sprung up in Boston, New York, Atlanta, San Diego, and Seattle. In 1993 a Danish global nomad, inspired by a talk on the subject her Argentine fiancé had heard in France, started the first European group—in Geneva, Switzerland.
Norma McCaig's life was about making connections—between individuals, groups, and ideas. She could muster an impressive turnout for a meeting, a project, or a social event better than anyone I've known. Global Nomads International (GNI) never became the institution McCaig worked so hard to establish, with formal chapters across the country and around the world; but her vision of a vibrant, interactive global nomad community has certainly become a reality—in no small part because of her early efforts.[i] Norma's slogan for GNI was "Affirmation, Exploration, Action." For those of us in leadership roles, our mandate was "to create an environment for global nomads to affirm their experience, explore it, and discover ways to use it." We were to be "catalysts for the healthy integration of this special experience into the lives of global nomads, but also for effecting positive change—locally, nationally and globally."[ii]
When Norma learned she had bone cancer in 2004, at first it only slowed her down a little. Her professional and personal lives had always overlapped, and in recent years she worked more and more out of her home in Reston, Virginia. Norma was known for her annual pumpkin-carving parties in the fall, and her summer birthday (July 25) was a major affair—bringing together people from many different walks of life. Norma was the networking queen, constantly putting friends and associates in touch with someone else who shared the same background or concerns. And this gift for connecting with people is perhaps our greatest loss with her passing.
Norma McCaig died in November 2008, after an unexpected relapse of the cancer she had successfully fought three years earlier. To me, it felt like the end of an era. In a few short years the global nomads community lost three of its guiding lights. (Ruth Useem died in 2003, David Pollock in 2004.) When I shared with Ruth Van Reken the huge loss I felt at Norma's passing, she told me to think of the thousands of lives Norma has touched, just as Ruth had reminded herself when David Pollock died. (She and Pollock had worked closely on TCK issues for more than fifteen years.) Those many lives, Ruth said, are like seeds floating through the air, dispersed around the world, now blooming with the same generosity of spirit; continuing the vision.[iii] In a tribute letter read at McCaig's memorial service, Van Reken recalled her as "this tiny red-headed marvel who packed so much energy and joy and brilliance into her little frame. . . . Norma is an example for all of us of how one person with a vision, a dream, a heart, and courage can, in fact, change the world."[iv]
There used to be a life-size self-portrait of McCaig hanging in the hallway of her home, just inside the front door. She created this painting in celebration and gratitude after her first bout with cancer in 2004. A typewritten note taped beside the picture offered this description—one that is also a remarkable summary of Norma's character and the strength and grace of her spirit:
"From the darkness of facing the end of this life to the deep blue of spiritual intention and constant loving support of countless people to the vibrant green of growth that comes when moving beyond adversity to the sense of being enveloped in bright, healing, life-giving Light, I feel the joy expressed in the face of the woman, Norma, who meets you eye-to-eye."
Always connecting from the heart; pursuing a vision of service, supported by her creativity and respect for the sacred—Norma was an Elder, a leader who used all her resources to benefit others. Because of Norma McCaig, many of us have found reconciliation with our past and a new perspective on our future. We have found fellowship, friendship, and a sense of family. Norma helped us discover and create a community we can call home. A place to stand. We can now more confidently face the world because we better understand who we are and where we came from.
More than anyone, Norma McCaig worked hardest to make us a culture, not just an identity or a researchable "population." The various local seminars, workshops, dessert-and-discussion evenings in someone's home, the annual winter holiday potluck, and the national conferences—all of them expressed that holy trinity of connection, meaning, and nourishment. Norma's life, and how she taught us to embrace the whole of our experience as global nomads, brings to mind the attitude of the Lebanese American poet, Kahlil Gibran: "I would not exchange the laughter of my heart for the fortunes of the multitudes; nor would I be content with converting my tears, invited by my agonized self, into calm."[v] Norma McCaig helped us embrace the rich mosaic of our lives—a mosaic created by both accident and intent, from all the broken-tea-cup moments of ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances.
[i] Whether coincidence or synchronicity, it's interesting that a spate of memoirs and other books on TCKs came out in the 1990s, just a few years after the first Global Nomads International conference.
[ii] Global Nomads DC (August 1991), 4.
[iii] I'm reminded of the quip made about Lou Reed's proto-punk group, the Velvet Underground: Only 700 people bought their first record, but all of them founded a band.
[iv] From letter read at McCaig's memorial service in Reston, VA, November 16, 2008.
[v] Kahlil Gibran, Tears and Laughter (New York: Wisdom Library, 1949), 7.
Website: Paul Asbury Seaman and you can contact him at pasburyseaman@gmail.com
The Heart of Ruth Van Reken
Identity with Ruth Useem
The Wisdom of David Pollock
By Rachel Pieh Jones|April 21st, 2015|Categories: Expat Thoughts, Third Culture Kids|Tags: expat, norma mccaig, our tribal elders, paul asbury seaman, third culture kids|1 Comment
Ron Wiley April 21, 2015 at 12:41 pm - Reply
Thanks for sharing this series, Rachel! Paul's sketch of the impact of each of these "tribal elders" gives a lot of context for our own understanding of our kids' experience.


One of the more underrated qualities of life in Paris is FM radio. How many cities come close to the wealth and richness of stations available here? The French may have invented cinema and dream about being on TV, but they are at home on the radio.
News, chat, classical music, jazz, pop, rock, world and ethnic beats, even religious offerings: whether you are cruising in the car or kicking back over drinks on a Friday evening, or just unable to get to sleep, Paris radio will have the tonic for you.
One thing that makes Paris FM unique, of course, is FIP, and its Fipettes-those velvety, sophisticated female voices that softly "moo" and "coo" the traffic news to soothe irate Parisian drivers.
Dublin's radio is underdeveloped by comparison. Okay, the national station, RTE compares well with French counterparts, and the discussions on NewsTalk 106 are sharp and engaging. But generally, pop hogs the FM dial. There is certainly not much rock or jazz, and nothing much in ethnic beats either. Lyric FM, a popular classical station, deserves a clap for being there, though it has a slightly haughty and prude air, with none of the verve or flair of Paris's Radio Classique.
Fortunately, thanks to the Internet, you can listen to radio stations from anywhere nowadays. These provide welcome ambience via the desktop at work, and through their archives, you can catch a programme from last week or last year. There are several purpose-built Internet radio stations, but they often sound so badly run. I prefer the real professional thing online. If in Dublin, why not slip online to radiofrance.fr and listen to those irresistible Fipettes?
Recently at work, I have been clicking into Danish Radio Jazz, with its smooth, seamless play list. Occasionally there is chat, but in mumbling Danish, so no distraction there.
It was on Internet a few years ago that I happened across what has become one of my favourite radio shows, a programme dedicated to the warmest contemporary chilled out lounge-style sounds on the planet. Lo and behold, it is broadcast not from some Off Boulevard dance cave in Paris or New York, but from Raidio na Gaeltachta, an Irish language station located in the stony mists of Connemara, a paradise somewhere on the other side of the world. How fitting, for the show is called An Tuaibh Tuathail (pronounced On Tou-ive Toohill), meaning "the other side".
And why not? After all, the Internet is footloose and it would be a pity if all it did was reinforce the "pre-e" world. Remarkably, An Taobh Tuathail has been around for nearly seven years now and is starting to reach cult status across Ireland. Founder and presenter Cian ó Cíobháin recalls the early days when he managed to get around a ban on non-Irish lyrics by seeking out exciting new musical sounds and bringing them to Irish audiences.
Globalisation met the Gaeltacht; local farmers normally used to listening to scratching fiddles and plaintive banshees, now peeled their spuds to "house, electro, hip-hop, drum'n'bass, techno, post-rock or nu-jazz from across the globe".
Cían's efforts paid off in May 2005 when RTE, in a bid to win new audiences, decided to create a new slot just for contemporary music, which it called Anocht FM (meaning Tonight or Ce Soir).
This "radical departure from mainstream Raidió na Gaeltachta programming" also meant dropping the language ban on lyrics. The other side, indeed.
It was music to Kerryman Cian's ears. He still presents the show in Irish of course, serving up a rich ambient menu from Tuesday through Saturday, while Galwegian Cathal ó Cuaig adds his own special recipe from Saturday to Monday, perhaps with a pinch more dance and world.
While their Irish has gone global via the Internet, so the duo's decks draw a worldwide audience: Cathal shows me emails, one from a listener in France, another from San Francisco, others from Asia.
French sounds feature strongly on the play list, from Marc Moulin to Dimitri, and jazz blower Eric Truffaz.
Irish sounds also get aired, such as God is an Astronaut and Dara, but as Cathal points out, "the emphasis is global electro, Afrobeats and nu-jazz". Compilations include A Slice of Paradise and the Tango Club Night. The station also has a very good archive, and listeners can request a playlist by email.
This is the one item needing improvement, though: the playlist should be streamed or posted with the shows, and times, artists and record names more clearly distinguished.
But these are just details. Working at my laptop in the heart of Paris, flipping between chilled Connemara and fond Fipettes, life could hardly be kinder to these Irish ears.
The Paris dial: FIP (France Inter Paris), 105.1, available also at www.radiofrance.fr; TSF Jazz, 89.9, www.tsfjazz.com; ; Radio Classique.fr, 101.1; Beur FM, 102.9; Afrique No.1, 107.5.
From Denmark, try www.dr.dk/radio , click DR jazz, or other form.


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5 Things to Know About Spinal Anesthesia for Infants
The option, when appropriate, can help very young children avoid the risks associated with going under general anesthesia.
Spinal anesthesia, a needle-based procedure that provides sensory and movement block without loss of consciousness, is becoming a more common alternative to general anesthesia for infants.
That's because general anesthesia is associated with some risks, such as need for placement of a breathing tube and changes in oxygen levels, blood pressure and heart rate.
The Food and Drug Administration warned in 2017 that repeat or extended exposure to general anesthesia could harm developing brains, which is why doctors often advise delaying non-urgent or elective surgeries until a child is 3 years or older.
Not only does a spinal-focused approach eliminate those concerns, it may also help shorten a surgery's duration and patient recovery time.
And the approach is simple.
"Essentially, what we do is inject a little bit of numbing medicine via a tiny needle into the fluid that surrounds the spinal cord, which in turn numbs the baby from the chest down to the toes," says Ashlee Holman, M.D., a pediatric anesthesiologist and an assistant professor of anesthesiology at University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital.
Typically reserved for adult patients, spinal anesthesia for children is offered at only a handful of specialized pediatric facilities across the United States — including Mott, where the option has been available since late September.
Holman, also the director of pediatric regional anesthesia at Mott, shared more facts that parents should know:
1. Spinal anesthesia technique isn't new
In use for more than a century, spinal anesthesia was first administered in 1898. But as general anesthesia became more commonplace — and the major dangers were reduced (but not eliminated) — the former approach fell out of favor.
"Modern general anesthesia in and of itself is quick and easy to administer as well as relatively safe compared to historically provided anesthesia," Holman says. "However, infants under the age of 1 year are a group at highest risk for complications."
Due to its benefit in avoiding general anesthesia, the spinal option is once again gaining awareness and availability.
2. It's only used for certain procedures
Spinal anesthesia lasts one to two hours and provides coverage from the chest down, so it's only suitable for shorter procedures involving those regions.
These include certain urologic surgeries such as circumcisions, repairs of hypospadias (a birth defect of the urethra) and orchidopexies (undescended testicle surgery) as well as hernia repairs and lower extremity orthopaedic procedures.
"Any procedure below the belly button that takes less than two hours is a candidate," Holman says.
"We're finding that the total recovery time is shorter for these patients, and we have been seeing quicker discharges from the recovery room as well as increased parent satisfaction."
Ashlee Holman, M.D.
3. Infant anesthesia patients remain awake throughout
Patients become much calmer after the numbness kicks in — a "meditative-like state" known as sensory deafferentation.
"The babies usually fall asleep naturally right after the injection," Holman says.
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Those who don't, however, are monitored throughout. Doctors and nurses can help distract a patient by singing lullabies, giving a pacifier dipped in sugar water, or offering using an iPad for visual distraction.
4. Infant recovery and discharge times are quicker
Once surgery is complete, babies are brought to the recovery room and are returned almost immediately to their parent.
They also can feed immediately (general anesthesia, by comparison, requires waiting sometimes 30 to 60 minutes after the baby awakens).
"We're finding that the total recovery time is shorter for these patients," Holman says, "and we have been seeing quicker discharges from the recovery room as well as increased parent satisfaction."
5. General anesthesia risks are absent
Infants who undergo general anesthesia face the risk of having breathing tube and oxygen issues, blood pressure changes or an allergic reaction — issues avoided with the spinal option.
SEE ALSO: Helping Babies Thrive After Heart Surgery
They also don't face neurological risks theoretically associated with repeat or extended general anesthesia given to kids age 3 and younger.
Another positive: Recipients tend to have less pain, so opioids are generally not needed in the operating and recovery rooms.
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Writing Desired State Configuration Resources is not trivial and there's many things which can go wrong. You should always spend significant amount of time testing resources you create. This task, although critical for quality, is often overlooked or performed carelessly and insufficiently. Below you can find DSC Resource Design and Testing Checklist which will help you design the resource and identify critical areas for testing. Follow it the next time you want to verify quality of your resource and check whether it adheres to DSC best practices.
The first think you should do is to check that your resource has correct structure and contains all required files. Every resource module should contain a .psd1 file and every non-composite resource should have schema.mof file. Resources that do not contain schema will not be listed by Get-DscResource and users will not be able to use the intellisense when writing code against those modules in ISE.
If you don't quite understand what every single item on this list is for, keep reading – I'll explain it in the sections below.
Another important aspect is verifying the resource schema (*.schema.mof) file.
Once you verified that resource contains all necessary files and verified them using DSC Resource Designer, it's time to check whether resource module can be successfully loaded.
After applying it for the first time, file test.txt should appear in C:\test folder. However, subsequent runs of the same configuration should not change the state of the machine (e.g. no copies of the test.txt file should be created).
To ensure our resource is idempotent we can repeatedly call Set-TargetResource when testing the resource directly, or call Start-DscConfiguration multiple times when doing end to end testing. The result should be the same after every run.
1. Start with the resource not in the desired state.
Run Start-DscConfiguration with a configuration to put it in the desired state and verify it passes.
Get-TargetResource should return details of the current state of the resource. Make sure you test it by calling Get-DscConfiguration after you apply the configuration and verifying that output correctly reflects the current state of the machine. It's important to test it separately, since any issues in this area won't appear when calling Start-DscConfiguration.
Make sure you test the Get/Set/Test-TargetResource functions implemented in your resource by calling them directly and verifying that they work as expected.
Testing Get/Set/Test-TargetResource functions by calling them directly is important, but not all issues will be discovered this way. You should focus significant part of your testing on using Start-DscConfiguration or the pull server. In fact, this is how users will use the resource, so don't underestimate the significance of this type of tests.
– Credential/Session may behave differently because the DSC agent runs as a service. Be sure to test any features here end to end.
– Verify error messages displayed by the resource make sense. For example, errors outputted by Start-DscConfiguration may be different than those displayed when calling the Set-TargetResource function directly.
Resource should work on all DSC supported platforms (Windows Server 2008 R2 and newer). Make sure you install latest WMF (Windows Management Framework) on your OS to get the latest version of DSC. If resource by-design does not work on some of these platforms, a specific error message should be returned. Also, make sure your resource checks whether cmdlets you are calling are present on particular machine. Windows Server 2012 added a large number of new cmdlets that are not available on Windows Server 2008R2, even with WMF installed.
One very common test gap is verifying the resource only on server versions of Windows. Many resources are also designed to work on Client SKUs, so if that's true in your case, don't forget to test it on those platforms as well.
After deploying the module on the machine, calling Get-DscResource should list your resource among others as a result. If you can't find your resource in the list, make sure that schema.mof file for that resource exists.
If you intend to share the resource (which you hopefully do), creating quality examples which will help others understand how to use it. This is crucial, especially since many users treat sample code as documentation.
If your module contains several resources that need to work together for an end-to-end scenario, the basic end-to-end example would ideally be first.
– It's a good practice to include (commented out) example of how to call the configuration with the actual values at the end of the example script.
Sample_xRemoteFile_DownloadFile -destinationPath "$env:SystemDrive\fileName.jpg" -uri "http://www.contoso.com/image.jpg"
– For each example, write a short description which explains what it does, and the meaning of the parameters.
– Make sure examples cover most the important scenarios for your resource and if there's nothing missing, verify that they all execute and put machine in the desired state.
– There: The biggest problem with error messages is that they often don't exist, so make sure they are there J.
Make sure you verify errors in End to End scenarios (using Start-DscConfiguration), because they may differ from those returned when running resource functions directly.
Ensure that logs outputted by the resource are easy to understand and provide value to the user. Resource should output all information which might be helpful to the user, but more logs is not always better. You should avoid redundancy and outputting data which does not provide additional value – don't make user go through hundreds of log entries in order to find what he's looking for. Of course, no logs is not an acceptable solution for this problem either ;).
When testing, you should also analyze verbose and debug logs (by running Start-DscConfiguration with –verbose and –debug switches appropriately), as well as ETW logs. To see DSC ETW logs, go to event viewer and open the following folder: Applications and Services-Microsoft-Windows-Desired State Configuration. By default there will be Operational channel, but make sure you enable Analytic and Debug channels (you have to do it before running the configuration).
$commandToExecute = "wevtutil set-log $eventLogFullName /e:$statusEnabled /q:$statusEnabled "
Write-Host -Verbose "The channel event log is already enabled"
Ensure there are no hardcoded paths in the resource implementation, particularly if they assume language (en-us), or when there are system variables that can be used.
If your resource need to access specific path, use environment variables instead of hardcoding the path, as it may differ on other machines.
$programFilesPath = "C:\Program Files (x86)"
$tempPath = Join-Path $env:temp "MyResource"
Make sure there are no email names, account information, or names of people in the code. This is a good practice for any code.
– Verify the resource works when Local System (or the computer account for remote resources) does not have access.
– If your resource accesses shares, test all the variants you need to support.
You are responsible to make sure the resource is behaving correctly, so test its functionality manually or, better yet, write automation. This checklist contains items which are important to be tested and/or are often missed. There will be bunch of tests, mainly functional ones which will be specific to the resource you are testing and are not mentioned here. Don't forget about negative test cases. This will likely be the most time consuming part of the resource testing.
It's a good practice to create folder "Tests" inside resource module, create ResourceDesignerTests.ps1 file and add there tests using Test-xDscResource and Test-xDscSchema for all resources in given module.
This way we can quickly validate schemas of all resources from given modules and do sanity check before publishing.
If your resource is performing "dangerous" operations, it's a good practice to implement -whatif functionality. After it's done, make sure that whatif output correctly describes operations which would happen if command was executed without whatif switch.
Also, verify that operations does not execute (no changes to the node's state are made) when –whatif switch is present.
If we compile and then execute the configuration with the –whatif switch, the output is telling us exactly what would happen when we run the configuration. The configuration itself however was not executed (test.txt file was not created).
What if: [CHARLESX1]: [[File]file] The system cannot find the file specified.
What if: [CHARLESX1]: [[File]file] The related file/directory is: C:\test\test.txt.
What if: [CHARLESX1]: LCM: [ End Test ] [[File]file] in 0.0270 seconds.
What if: [CHARLESX1]: LCM: [ End Set ] [[File]file] in 0.0180 seconds.
VERBOSE: [CHARLESX1]: LCM: [ End Set ] in 0.1050 seconds.
VERBOSE: Operation 'Invoke CimMethod' complete.
This wraps up our checklist. Please keep in mind that this list is not exhaustive, but it covers many important issues which we encountered while designing, developing and testing DSC resources. Having a checklist helps to ensure we didn't forget about any of those aspects and in fact, we use it at Microsoft when developing DSC resources ourselves.
If you developed guidelines and best practices which you use for writing and testing DSC resources, please share them in a comment.


Gardening in small spaces is generally overlooked in garden design manuals. Garden design is often presented as a list of principles or rules, and there is value in the key elements of garden design, but they are too often illustrated on a grand scale. Most of us do not have acres of land on which to carefully calculate the width versus length of our perennial borders. Many of us don't have the time or the inclination to undertake the maintenance these acres of gardens would need.
Gardening in a small space has its limits, but it need not be limiting. In a small garden, the gardener can pay attention to detail. You can keep on top of maintenance, while still having time to sit and enjoy your small garden. In fact, many small space gardens are designed around entertaining and sitting areas, rather than the need to nurture plants.
Whatever your reasons for having a small garden, there is no reason it cannot be a well-designed show stopper. Virtually any plant or garden style can be worked into a small garden space. The principles of good garden design still apply, but you'll need to tweak them slightly.
The entire garden can be viewed as a whole. Some small garden spaces will be able to accommodate a hidden turn around a path or even be divided into garden rooms, but for the most part, small gardens can be taken in whole, in one look. This means that, more than ever, your garden will be viewed as a composition. You will undoubtedly be tweaking for years to come, but starting with somewhat of a plan will save you the time and effort of endlessly moving things around.
Limited space means you are going to have to make choices. You won't be able to grow every plant you love. This could be the toughest challenge for most gardeners. You will need to curb your inclination to buy a plant on impulse and assume you'll find a place for it. Shopping with your garden plan in mind will help you focus on the plants that will work best in your garden.
Color should also be limited, to give your small garden cohesion. Less is more. Start with a palette of 2 - 3 colors. You can always add a few plants in accent colors. Cooler colors will make the garden appear larger and give the garden a feeling of depth. You can compensate for the limited color palette with a variety of textures. The textural contrast will help blend the various plants and allow the garden to flow.
Every plant or feature will need to serve a purpose. There is no room for wasted space or under-performing plants. Plants should offer at least two seasons of interest, preferably three or four.
Design can be easier when you can take in the whole picture at once.
It takes fewer plants to make a dramatic effect. Just make sure you aren't planting one of this and one of that. Too many different, individual plants will create chaos. Find a few plants that grow well and plant them in large clumps, repeating the clumps throughout the garden.
Gardeners get to know every space and plant in a small garden. Any plant that is out of place or not thriving can be spotted and corrected quickly. Be ruthless. If you can't bring yourself to compost an ailing plant, at least move it out of sight will it recovers.
Small gardens lend themselves to being enclosed. You may not want to install a stone wall, but a flowering or evergreen hedge will give the illusion of a secret garden. A simple low boxwood edge transforms a small garden into a formal garden. Hardscaping and fencing enclose and define a space for entertaining or children's play.
A small space garden lends itself to personal expression. Smaller gardens are extensions of your home and speak volumes about the sensibilities and tastes of the gardener. And if those tastes and sensibilities should change, it's much easier to rework a small garden.
Have a peek at this small garden photo gallery and see how varied small spaces can be.


Favorable interest rates and an increase in inventory are heating up housing markets across the country as noted in this recent article published on theMReport.com. While sales volume is brisk, Freddie Mac's economists predict price appreciation to slow to 3.5% in 2019 and 2.5% in 2020. If this prediction holds true, the U.S. housing market could see a continued run for the foreseeable future. The appreciation rates of 7-10%+ that we've seen at times over the past 7 years were not sustainable long-term. It was a big week for the South Tampa Luxury Market with seven sales over $1M and capping out at $4.345M. Have a great week!


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EEPCo, Chinese Company Ink Billion Dollar Transmission Line Deal
Lines to connect Grand Renaissance Dam to National Grid to be completed in two years
Mihret Debebe (left) CEO of EEPCo, Jia Zhigiang (centre left), president of SGCC, Xie Xie Xiao Yan (centre) Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, Debretsion Gebremichael (centre right) minister of Communication & Information Technology and Alemayehu Tegenu, minister of Water & Energy seem overjoyed by the signing ceremony between EEPCo and SGCC that they are seen exiting. All walk with smiles on their faces after agreeing to a 1.2 billion dollar deal for the construction of transmission and substation project.
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo) signed a 1.2 billion dollar agreement with the Chinese company, State Grid of China Electric Power Equipment & Technology Co. Ltd (SGCC) for the installation of high-voltage electric transmission lines.
The government will be spending 180 million dollars for the project. The 1.02 billion dollar difference is covered through a loan obtained from a Chinese government bank.
The deal was signed by Jia Zhi Qiang CEO of SGCC and Mihret Debebe, CEO of EEPCo. Debretsion Gebremichael, minister of Communication & Information Technology and Alemayehu Tegenu, minister of Water & Energy were also present at the signing ceremony on Thursday, April 26, 2013 held at the Sheraton Addis.
The project will help connect the power generated from the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GEDR) to the national grid. Implementation is expected to be underway within a month.
The transmission lines, which will carry 500kV of power from the GERD to Dedesa and Holeta, a 619Km stretch, will transmit via two 500kV double circuit transmission lines to the new Dedesa and Holeta substations.
These lines will later link up with the already existing Sebeta II, Sululta II, and Akaki II substations.
In the second lot, a 400kV double circuit line from GERD to Beles and Bahir Dar is already is under construction.
"Our plan is to complete the construction of the transmission lines in 24 months, before the end of the GERD," said Mihret. "When completed, the transmission lines will help to connect South Sudan and theSudan."
Since breaking ground, the GERD has reached 18pc of completion, according to the figures that Prime Minister Hailemariam Dessalegn presented during his nine month report to Parliament last week. The Dam's 5.4 billion Br cost does not include the 1.2 billion Br allocated for the construction of transmission lines.
When complete, the hydropower station will have the capacity to generate around 6,000Mw of electricity. With significant investment in hydropower dam projects along the Nile, Omo andGibe Rivers,Ethiopiaaims to fulfil its goals of becomingAfrica's electricity exporter.
It started exporting electricity toDjiboutiin June 2011 and began a pilot project exporting toSouth Sudan. The Corporation plans to start exporting to South Sudan and theSudanafter the completion of the power transmission lines.
"We are ready to share our vast experience and complete the project according to schedule," said Du Zhi Gang, president of SGCC.
SGCC, headquartered inBeijing, is the largest electric power transmission and distribution company inChinaand the largest utilities company in the world. It was ranked eighth in the 2010 Fortune Global 500 list of the world's largest companies by revenue and has moved one place up in the 2011 Fortune Global 500 list.
The public company was restructured whenChinaunderwent electricity "Plant-Grid Separation" reform in early 2000. The company was classified as part of a power generation group, and was mandated, along with its five subsidiaries to operate power transmission, distribution and other assets of the old State Electric Power Corporation.
SGCC built and owns one of the world's largest capacity High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) systems. It completed the project in 2010, although its capacity was surpassed by the Jinping-Sunan HVDC scheme which was put into operation in December 2012.
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Bristol City strike lucky against Rotherham United as Robins fans play their part
Adam Goodwin picks out the key points from the Robins victory over Millers
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Adam Webster of Bristol City celebrates scoring a goal to make it 1-0
Rotherham see red (twice)
The turning point for Bristol City was undoubtedly the two Rotherham red cards in eight minutes.
The first was a second booking for Billy Jones as he tracked Famara Diedhiou down the right wing, perhaps slightly harsh and could've been viewed as a 50/50 tussle.
The second seemed more blatant, as Richie Towell aggressively stopped Josh Brownhill breaking towards goal with a dangerous tackle, and he saw a straight red. The Robins won't be complaining about the harshness of the dismissal, as it inevitably helped them to their seventh game unbeaten.
Richie Towell of Rotherham United is shown a straight Red for bringing down Josh Brownhill
City struggle to penetrate
If Rotherham didn't receive those two red cards, you have to question whether City would've been able to break down a resilient Rotherham team.
The home side had 62% of possession in the game and 22 shots, but just eight of those were on target. Rotherham made 12 tackles and won 37 aerial duels, showing just how hard they battled throughout the game.
This continued even as they went down to nine men and was a performance the Millers can be proud of, despite them dropping into the relegation zone.
Webster's tasty treat after his maiden goal
Adam Webster has seriously impressed since arriving at Bristol City from Ipswich in the summer, and he topped off a superb 2018 with his first City goal on Saturday afternoon.
Lee Johnson revealed in his post-match press conference that he "owes him a Nando's" as he didn't think Webster would score "in a million years", but Webster's meaty header capped off an excellent performance by the central defender.
But will he go with Lemon and Herb or hot sauce on his chicken?
Bristol City 1-0 Rotherham - Reaction
Every word from Johnson
How the players rated
The key talking points
The Brownhill x Pack partnership
These two have started to forge a great partnership in the Bristol City centre-midfield this season and have been pretty much ever-present.
It was another solid display from both on Saturday at Ashton Gate, with Brownhill's boss tipping him for a Premier League move, in the near future.
They, collectively, made 129 passes (Pack 1st and Brownhill 3rd in the match passing rankings) and made a combined five 'key' passes, highlighting just how key they are to Lee Johnson's system.
Ashton Gate crowd
Not the for the first time this season, the City fans helped drag their team across the line.
With the game at 0-0 for over 80 minutes, there was understandably some frustration from the home supporters - but with their backing - City managed to find a late winner.
After the game, Lee Johnson said: "I said to the lads before the game that I've played in a lot of these and if we're not 1-0 up after 20 minutes, sometimes it goes a bit quiet so we have to create the atmosphere. But credit to the fans, they created the atmosphere."


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