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	<title>Prof. Appleby&#039;s Blog</title>
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	<description>On education and professional development.</description>
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		<title>Mainframe: Specialty Engines</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Continuing with our thread on mainframes for project managers:
In addition to the general purpose (GP) engines on the mainframe, you can also add specialty engines.  Specialty engines, as the name implies, are intended to provide very specific processing capabilities in contrast to the generalized processing capabilities of the general purpose engines.
There are four main types [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best job prospects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The CNBC website has a slide show on which industries will offer the most job growth over the next few years.   The data are from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.   For what it&#8217;s worth, the best job prospects are said to be in:

Management, scientific and technical consulting services



http://www.cnbc.com/id/34767708?slide=11
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		<title>Penguin Postlude</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I woke up thinking about penguins, so there must be something more I need to say.   Here goes.
Some of us are naturally negative in our outlooks.   I believe we&#8217;re just wired that way.  I have told people, in years past, that I have a superpower &#8211; the ability to see why a project [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penguin Question &#8211; Part 2</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What was your response to my penguin question?
If I were to ask this question in a (hypothetical) class, I think the responses would play out as follows:
1. There would be some who would say 50 miles.  They might be somewhat puzzled by certain aspects of the question, but, after all, a word problem is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Penguin Question &#8211; Part 1</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;If a penguin located at the north pole flies south for 30 minutes traveling at 100 MPH, how far south does it get?&#8221;
How would you respond to this question?  Think about it.
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