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#BeMore

Posted on May 27, 2019 by

Two unrelated events this weekend connected together to get me thinking about how we live our lives. On Saturday, my wife and I went to a celebration of life for a man named Dennis who died a couple of weeks … Continue reading →

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Informal Leadership: Leading Without Authority

Posted on September 7, 2018 by

During a lunchroom conversation at work the other day, a colleague asked how you can lead without authority. How can you be an effective leader without having the formal or positional authority of a VP, director or manger? It’s a … Continue reading →

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On Dumping Stuff

Posted on December 8, 2017 by

Last weekend we took a load of stuff to the dump. Technically it’s called a municipal waste transfer station. You pull up, back up actually, to the sloping edge of a long deep rectangular trench. The trench is really an … Continue reading →

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Mr. O’Byrne

Posted on September 13, 2017 by

I’ve been remembering my high school calculus teacher, Mr. O’Byrne, over the last few days. It started while I was reading a lengthy article about neural networks and how they’re trained using backpropagation and analytic gradients. There’s not that much … Continue reading →

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Swainson’s Thrush

Posted on May 28, 2016 by

They’re back! Swainson’s Thrush have returned to the North Cascades forests. I’m not a birdwatcher – glasses too thick – so I’ve never seen this bird close enough to identify it by color or markings. But I sure have heard … Continue reading →

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Underground New York Public Library

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

I came across this article about New York photographer Ourit Ben Haim’s project photographing people reading books on the New York Subway.  Her blog is http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com/.  If you click on any of the photos, you’ll get taken to her Flickr collection.  … Continue reading →

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Canadian Election Recap

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

Back on April 14, the Elections Desk here at Katz News Network issued its prediction for the outcome of the May 2 Canadian general election.  We predicted another minority government for Stephen Harper’s Conservatives, and the resignation of Liberal leader … Continue reading →

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