Congratulations Vietnam

As General William DePuy told the French general who said the South Vietnamese were incapable of fighting : "They kicked your ass at Dien Bien Phu!"

Congratulations and congratulations Korea! Again!

China as reliable as ever. And congratulations India on picking up the pace going the other way - out of the top-50 now. Behind Saudi, Bangladesh, Peru..

Country	Team size			P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Total	Rank	Awards				Leader	Deputy leader
	All	M	F									G	S	B	HM
Republic of Korea	6	5	1	42	39	1	42	22	24	170	1	6	0	0	0	Yongjin Song	Suyoung Choi
People's Republic of China	6	6		42	25	0	42	19	31	159	2	5	1	0	0	Yijun Yao	Sihui Zhang
Vietnam	6	6		42	36	0	42	21	14	155	3	4	1	1	0	Anh Vinh Lê	Bá Khánh Trình Lê
United States of America	6	6		42	29	0	42	23	12	148	4	3	3	0	0	Po-Shen Loh	Brian Lawrence
Islamic Republic of Iran	6	6		42	32	0	42	17	9	142	5	2	3	1	0	Omid Hatami Varzaneh	Seyed Hesam Firouzi
Japan	6	6		41	21	0	42	23	7	134	6	2	2	2	0	Yasuo Morita	Keiko Tasaki
Singapore	6	6		42	26	0	37	22	4	131	7	2	1	2	1	Yan Loi Wong	Xinghuan Ai

Contestant [♀♂][←]	Country	P1	P2	P3	P4	P5	P6	Total	Rank	Award
Amirmojtaba Sabour	Islamic Republic of Iran	7	7	0	7	7	7	35	1	Gold medal
Yuta Takaya	Japan	7	7	0	7	7	7	35	1	Gold medal
Hữu Quốc Huy Hoàng	Vietnam	7	7	0	7	7	7	35	1	Gold medal
Qiuyu Ren	People's Republic of China	7	7	0	7	7	4	32	4	Gold medal
Aleksandre Saatashvili	Georgia	7	7	0	7	7	3	31	5	Gold medal
James Lin	United States of America	7	7	0	7	7	2	30	6	Gold medal

Are you, like me, wondering what was so tricky about Problem 3? (I'm clueless, ICYW). Nice variation on the curve of pursuit problem I first saw in Brilliant Tutorials (lifted from Irodov).

Problem 3. A hunter and an invisible rabbit play a game in the Euclidean plane. The rabbit’s starting point, A0, and the hunter’s starting point, B0, are the same. After n−1 rounds of the game, the rabbit is at point An−1 and the hunter is at point Bn−1.

In the n th round of the game, three things occur in order.
(i) The rabbit moves invisibly to a point An such that the distance between An−1 and An is exactly 1.
(ii) A tracking device reports a point Pn to the hunter. The only guarantee provided by the tracking device to the hunter is that the distance between Pn and An is at most 1.

(iii) The hunter moves visibly to a point Bn such that the distance between Bn−1 and Bn is exactly 1.

Is it always possible, no matter how the rabbit moves, and no matter what points are reported by the tracking device, for the hunter to choose her moves so that after 109 rounds she can ensure that the distance between her and the rabbit is at most 100?

Are Whales Standing in for People?

Use Bitcoin to Solve the "Who" Problem

Per Geoff Smart and Randy Street, Who mistakes happen when :

Menageries (managers) :

• Are unclear about what is needed in a job
• Have a weak flow of candidates
• Do not trust their ability to pick out the right candidate from a pool of similar looking candidates
• Lose candidates they really want to join their team

How?

Decide what the MISSION is. What are you trying to accomplish as a team and what will the new hire's mission be. What OUTCOMES must the new recruit realize? Be clear about what COMPETENCIES successful candidates have that enable them to be A players. Be clear about the cultural fit - what needs to exist for ALIGNMENT.

How?

• Create a SCORECARD. This tells you how you'll judge the performance of the candidate after a few months on the job.
• SOURCE lots!!! of high quality candidates.
• SELECT qualifying candidates.
• SELL them on why this position is right for them.

How to efficiently whittle down a bunch?

Use a good phone screen :

• Could you tell me about your career goals?
• What are you really good at professionally?
• What are you not good at or not interested in doing professionally?
• Who were your last five bosses and how will they rate your performance on a scale of 1-10 when we talk to them?

How?

Use a good top-grading interview :

• What were you hired to do?
• What accomplishments are you most proud of?
• What were some of the low points in that job?
• Who were the people you worked with? Specifically :
• -- what was your boss' name and how do you spell that? What was it like working with that person? What will he/she tell me were your strengths and areas for improvement?
• -- tell me about the team you inherited? How would you rate them? What changes did you make? How would you rate the team when you left?
• Why did you leave?

I Hired Your Resume, But I Got You -- Jay Jordan

From the super book "Who" : Street/Smart Who : Critical Competencies for A Players

• . Efficiency. Able to produce significant output with minimal wasted effort.
• . Honesty/integrity. Does not cut corners ethieafly. Earns trust and maintains Confidence. Does What is right, not just what is politically expedient. Speaks plainly and truthfully.
• . Organization and planning : Plans, organizes, dchedules, and budgets in an efficient productive manner, Focuses on key priorities.
• . Aggressiveness- Moves  quickly and takes a forceful Stand without being overly abrasive.
• . Follow through on Commitments : Lives  up to Verbal and written agreements, regardless of personal cost,
• - Intelligence. Learns quickly. Demonstrates ability to quickly and proficiently understand and absorb new in formation. 
• . Analytical skills. Able to structure and process qualltative or quantitative data and draw insightful conclusions from it. Exhibits a probing mind and achieves penetrating insights.
• - Attention to detail. Does not let important details Slip through the cracks or derail a project.
• - Persistence. Demonstrates tenacity and Willingness to go the distance to get something done.
• . Proactivity. Acts without being told what to do. Brings new ideas to the company.

• Ability to Hire A Players (for managers), Sources, selects, and sells A Players to join a company,
• Ability to develop People (for managers). Coaches people in their current roles to improve performance, and prepares them for future roles.
• . Flexibility/adaptability. Adjusts quickly to changing priorities and conditions. Copes effectively with complexity and change.
• , Calm under pressure. Maintains stable performance when under heavy pressure or stress.
• . Strategic thinking/visioning. Able to see and communicate the big picture in an inspiring way. Determines opportunities and threats through comprehensive analysis of current and future trends.
• . Creativity/innovation. Generates new and innovative approaches to problems.
• - Enthusiasm. Exhibits passion and excitement over work. Has a can-do attitude.
• . Work ethic. Possesses a strong willingness to work hard and sometimes long hours to get the job done. Has a track record of working hard.
• . High standards. Expects personal performance and team performance to be nothing short of the best.
• . Listening skills. Lets others speak and seeks to understand their viewpoints.
• - Openness to criticism and ideas. Often solicits feedback and reacts calmly to criticism or negative feedback.
• - Communication. Speaks and writes clearly and articulately without being overly verbose or talkative. Maintains this Standard in all forms of Written Communication including email. 
• Teamwork. Reaches out to peers and cooperates with supervisors to establish an overall collaborative working relationship.
• Persuasion. Able to convince others to pursue a course of action.

Bill Johnson, CEO of Heinz' wish list : Chemistry, Commitment, Coachability, Controlled Ego, Requisite Intellect.

Windows Startup Folder in 5 Seconds

Open a File Explorer window (using icon from Taskbar if necessary )

Then, type startup in the box as shown

Press Enter and you're done. You'll get to something like

C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

How you're supposed to know that? I don't know. Why did I want to get here? So I could put in a link to Capture2Text!! The greatest piece of Utilityware the world has ever seen

Clark's Tips a la Howard

http://clark.com/

Know : You have a health credit report too... (Milliman, Ingenix)

You can (if you ever need to) order pills of 2x the strength, which cost the same, and then cut them in half for each administration - saving yourself 50%. Nice. See me in 50 years!