In 2007 my father Garry and I ran a public training course on agile project management. One of the participants, Darin Zandee, was a supervisor at a large oil sands mining company. He was excited by what he heard, but he was not yet in a position to try things out. By early 2010 Darin had been promoted but his team was having deep challenges with effectiveness. At that time, he invited us to he...

Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is the common name for adults with microangiopathic hemolytic anemia, thrombocytopenia, with or without neurologic or renal abnormalities, and without another etiology; children without renal failure are also described as TTP. The diagnosis of TTP is an indication for plasma exchange treatment, but beginning treatment requires sufficient confidence in t...

A eight-week program entitled “Quantifying the Properties of Hot QCD Matter” was held at the Institute for Nuclear Theory in May-July 2010 (Program 10-2a). The workshop website, including agenda and talks, can be found at: http://www.int.washington.edu/PROGRAMS/10-2a/. Each week was devoted to discussion in a specific area, as follows: (1) New results from LHC and RHIC; (2) Initial conditions, ...

Despite extensive research, the question of the relative contributions of stimulus-driven and goal-directed factors to the allocation of attentional priority at the preattentive stage remains highly controversial. Theeuwes (2010) claims that within a spatially defined window of attention, the most salient object is always granted attentional priority mandatorily and irrespective of the observer...