My event

I just created my first event in Facebook and I am excited!
It is a talk on planning for and dealing with serious life issues....

Everything just worked out for this talk. I have not yet started the course so I have some time to prepare for the event properly. Should be a great event (I am trusting in Almighty God!)

Facebook event link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1994273784120824/

Continuing studies and writing about my bounce backs.....

I plan to start a new course on Monday. Hopefully, funding issues will be resolved (the school notified me that I needed to complete federal aid/loan documents).

In the meantime, I am writing more and more on my bounce-back/comeback....

I hope I get a few speaking engagements soon (to talk about BOUNCING BACK or DOING MORE WITH LESS).

Podcasting

I decided on a new area to investigate & test. (I usually investigate & test applications, websites, and so on.)
PODCASTING.
Podcasting & video (one of my research topics) "mix" well. I will also try to integrate into blogs.

(https://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet/basics/podcasting1.htm)

(https://internationalpodcastday.com/what-is-podcast/)


A podcast business?

(https://www.linkedin.com/in/benkrueger1544/)

Linden Technical Training School

While hunting for a professor/lecturer/instructor position, I ran across an institution I am very familiar with - the Linden Technical Training/Trade School. The building looked really old  (in need of repairs). "I hope they didn't forget about that place," I thought. I decided to take a closer look because I know how important that institution was. Some of my family members learned the electrical "trade" at that school to qualify for a job at the bauxite company. For my A-level Statistics project, I collected information from students at that school via a survey. I even signed up for the theory part of driver training at that school. It looks like there is (or was) a project to repair and revive the school. I will obtain additional information.

(Link: http://gina.gov.gy/tag/linden-technical-institute/)

Business plan/proposal

I spent some time working on a business plan/proposal for my tea business. I now have a basic 2-3 page proposal that includes my ideas for the business. Some pieces - such as marketing plan, financial estimates - are missing. What I have will suffice. I will work on other pieces later.

(click to enlarge)

UPDATE: I created a new blog to track activities related to the tea business:
https://teasforhealing.wordpress.com/ .

Latest idea/project

I am seeking business partner(s) and/or funding for a business that sells teas (and a few smoothies and soups) that heal or nourish the body. I am very familiar with such products - I am familiar with ginger tea, green tea, garlic tea, sorrel drink/tea, and so on. In recent years, I drank/took a lot of that stuff and I am a whole lot healthier. Interest in whole foods and alternative medicines is growing...

(https://flic.kr/p/MteWbF)

Interesting topic

My new course - Enterprise Network Architecture - is really interesting so far. I like the presentations (the course reminds me of the database course because of the presentations). It is the third week and I am working on my second presentation - not the usual assignments.

In week 1, one of the required readings was:
Making Virtue of Necessity: The Role of Team Climate for Innovation in Resource-Constrained Innovation Projects
By Matthias Weiss, Martin Hoegl, and Michael Gibbert
This paper "introduced me" to a new, interesting topic: innovation (& I will add productivity) in a low-resource environment - basically, performance when there is insufficient funding / less resources than typically necessary for high performance. This is my life right now. I have to produce a lot with very little....

Maybe I can make a difference or come up with new ideas in this area. I remember the issues and decisions I made when planning My Research Summary website/page. I ended up with a "basic" website/page (https://fahmeenaodettaresearchsummary.tumblr.com/) and plans to have a more complex website/page. I like the basic page a lot - it would be excellent for someone with limited resources. It has some strengths and advantages. One is the news summary landing page - the idea: http://moorefo1personal77.blogspot.com/2017/04/featured-papers.html. Another is the separate pages for certain areas that receive separate funding - I can provide a url that makes sense to organizations/sponsors. However, the basic page is not the very best design/organization (best of breed). It would be better to have my papers/research all in one place and tagged appropriately so that I can look at them this way and that - "pull" papers on specific topics, such as decision-making, then strategy (subset of decision-making as well as strategy in other areas), and so on. I started a project to look into using StumbleUpon to do just this: http://moorefo1personal77.blogspot.com/2017/04/course-starts-today.html.I have to read more on the low-resource topic.


When I first started down the research path, I thought I would struggle to find interesting topics/research areas (that are close/dear to me and/or I would enjoy). Turns out that there are a lot of areas: Customer-focused research (see my blog for this topic: http://moorefo1customerfocus.blogspot.com/ ), design & usability (see my design blog: http://moorefo1designresearch.blogspot.com/ ), typologies & taxonomies, and so on.

Thankful....

I am thankful today that I away from the Gainesville/Ocala FL area and can work on my assignment (because there is power where I am). Power is still out in Gainesville. I think schools and universities are still closed. Hopefully, things will be back to normal soon.

This is a reminder that everything can change in an instant. The future is not guaranteed (no one knows what the future holds). This is why some of us learned to trust in Almighty God and hope for the best.

Truth

The truth should be simple (it should be clear what is true and what is untrue/false), but sometimes it is complicated. One issue is the perspective/knowledge/insight of the person. A person who witnesses an accident, such as a car accident, may see  something (a detail) that another witness did not see. Maybe because of his or her location/angle of viewing. So there will be different "versions of the truth." A person may know more about what he or she is seeing, which could lead to: (1) more understanding and insight into what occurred (with better explanations), or (2) some bias because the additional knowledge leads him or her to believe there is a particular cause or issue (or maybe he/she paid attention to particular things while missing others).

This is an interesting issue...and just a fact of life. People are different. People will notice different things, highlight different things, and so on. It is even in the Bible (My intention is not to criticize or say that the stories are false. I believe they are true). An example is the information on Jesus' "arrest" in the Bible....

In the book of Matthew, the author explains that Judas kissed Jesus to give the others a sign (so that they would know who Jesus is). Jesus said "Friend, wherefore art thou come from" and they took him. (Holy Bible KJV, Matthew 26:50). There is information that Jesus could ask the Father for twelve legions of angels to assist.

In the book of Luke, in chapter 22, there is information that Jesus dealt with Judas by asking "Judas, betrayest thou the Son of man with a kiss?" In verse 5, there is information that a maid and two others reported that Peter was one of them. Peter denied it and the cock crew. 

In the book of John, the author reported that Jesus asked "Whom seek ye?" when Judas and the other men showed up. They answered "Jesus Christ of Nazareth" and then Jesus said "I am he" (Holy Bible KJV, John 17:4-5). There is no mention of the kiss in the chapter. There is no mention of a maid as one of the people who said Peter was one of them. Chapter 26 mentions that the servant and kingsman of the high priest whose ear Peter cut off did.

(It is my understanding that these authors were inspired by Almighty God to write).
The different details do not diminish the importance of the story. Maybe it makes it more believable because this is normal.

Truth is so simple yet complicated. 

Trust

Note to self:

Trust seems to be a hot new topic. Richie Etwaru recently published a book on blockchain and trust. I just noticed Joyce Meyer's new book on trust....

Meyer's trust is the trust in Almighty God. Incidentally, one of my favorite quotes is:
 "Blessed is the man who trusts in the Lord, whose trust is the Lord.
He is like a tree planted by water, that sends out its roots by the stream, and does not fear when heat comes, for its leaves remain green, and is not anxious in the year of drought, for it does not cease to bear fruit."
― Jeremiah 17:7-8, Holy Bible English Standard Version
(info on my use of this quote:
http://moorefo1personal77.blogspot.com/2017/03/old-headers.html & http://moorefo1personal77.blogspot.com/2017/03/good-day.html)

Trust touches a lot of areas - internal controls (accounting), auditing, secrets/clandestine work, selection of businesses and products, and so on. I need to think about trust some more.

Maryland

My vacation / family time in Maryland is going well. I stayed with my father & family first, then moved on to my mother and sister. I had a good time on my birthday. I enjoyed visiting old, familiar places. I am eating a lot, and so on. A really good time overall!
(I didn't have internet access for a short while, but that wasn't much of a problem).

I will be here in Maryland for a short while longer.

Some related posts/pictures:
(click on each to enlarge)

Know yourself, Celebrate your background

A thought about knowing yourself.....


I clearly remember wanting to go fruit picking during pastorial sessions, as other classmates/batchmates did. The pastorial parents who took their pastorial children to pick jamun and mangoes seemed cool and fun. (Actually, I think I tagged along with another parent/teacher once).
Rambo introduced pacman later and I enjoyed that! Maybe I didn't know myself really well back then.

Some related Pinterest boards/categories:
https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/fruit-basket/
https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/its-a-math-math-world/

I think I should add this post to my 'Mistakes' board:
https://www.pinterest.com/fahmeenaodetta/mistakes/

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
― Aristotle


My recent posts on Rambo....

I will miss church today.

Back at school, currently in MD

I started my new course: Statistics II recently. I am in the second week of the course (see blog: http://moorefo1phdstatistics.blogspot.com/).
Recently, I also cleared my Gainesville apartment, stayed at my aunt in Ocala for a short while, and then traveled to Maryland.  I have been busy! I thank God for the way things worked out / came together recently. I hope they only get better! I am trusting in Almighty God!

(link: https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/879785657153015809)

Today, I responded to the 'Magnet' prompt at the Daily Post. It was fun! Now, to continue working on my assignment...

(link: https://fahmeenaodetta1.wordpress.com/dailypostchallenges/)

Break

I am on a short break from school (after completing the IT Data Communiications course on schedule). I decided that a break was best...so I could pack, move, and take care of other business without worrying about school papers and deadlines.

At this time, I am also thinking of the best way to proceed with some new project ideas. One idea is to review and analyze decisions on the HGTV show Love It Or List It. (decision-making / decision  support is my main research area). There are a lot of interesting decisions on that show - not only decisions by clients (who have to choose between (a) an updated home that was custom designed/renovated to solve some of their reported problems and (b) a carefully selected new home that would also solve some of their problems) but by the designers as well (who frequently have to deal with costly surprises, and so on). Maybe I'll put a proposal together. The project could develop an algorithm to recommend a decision based on financials or other logic. This could be a team effort.

Putting things in order, trying to manage time effectively as I usually do...

I recently submitted another assignment late (see: http://itdatacommmoorefo1.blogspot.com/2017/05/week-5-paper-submitted.html). A second time! I don't want to do that again during the course. I am usually good at managing my time and organization (I am known as a "neat freak" to some).

At this time, I am looking into/pursuing different avenues. I am trying to "put things in order." Some things/activities may not appear important, but they are. Every little bit helps....

For example, I updated the headers/cover photo of a lot of my online accounts yesterday. That has more of an effect than you know!

A picture with the old header:

The new header:

I also used this (related/similar) header in a few places:

(Flickr header)

Today, I spent some time on the "Our God as our Rock" bible study. I reviewed psalm 61....

(photo added to Pinterest and also to summary doc in GoogleDocs)

I also connected the categories in Pinterest - something I meant to do for a while....

I will now go work on my post due today. Back on track!

(FahmeenaOdetta)

Interest in food

More reasons to be interested in food. Maybe I should have continued studying Home Economics (includes Food & Nutrition) past the third form in high school. Very interesting...

See post: http://moorefo1wl.blogspot.com/2017/05/interest-in-food.html

Recent activities

Today, I planned to work on my PhD assignment/paper, but I ended up working on other things. I have been busy. I am working on getting my work/proposals out there (in search of funding), performing analyses, looking for work, and so on. Some of my recent activities:

Analysis of fruits in Pinterest:

(Screenshot of Facebook post; Posts with the same information in Twitter: https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/863082610641317890, https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/863084733286297600)

Update to Research Summary page - https://fahmeenaodettaresearchsummary.tumblr.com/

Update to my resume/CV and main website - https://fahmeenaodetta1.wordpress.com/:

Some of my other posts:

(Motivation item prepared for my first NCU course - This should keep me motivated!)

Test of my new https://www.textnow.com/ account went well. I still need to hook up a phone.

I need to work on my "Our God The Rock" bible study.

Some of my activities today 5/8...

Today, I signed up for a new 352 (Gainesville area code) phone number.
(Twitter post: https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/861704917383360512).

I also spent some time updating my Research Summary.

 

Daily Prompt 5/5

I spent some time writing a response to today's one-word prompt at dailypost.wordpress.com. (See my page: https://fahmeenaodetta1.wordpress.com/dailypostchallenges/ for the post). I also have to work on my "Our God the Rock" bible study.

(https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/lifestyle/)


I like today's verse of the day at BibleGateway.com:

Funding for decision-making research

I submitted the assignment on Monday. Everything is pretty much back on track.

I spent some time today reviewing funding opportunities for decision-making research (one of my topic areas - see: https://fahmeenaodettaresearchsummary.tumblr.com/). Some resources:

Funding for Decision Science Research: Negotiating the Maze
http://www.sciencemag.org/careers/2006/06/funding-decision-science-research-negotiating-maze

Decision, Risk and Management Sciences  (DRMS), National Science Foundation
https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5423

https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09544/nsf09544.htm

https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/natural-resources-environment/climate-change/data-and-decision-making-support/

https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/sl001091.pdf

http://www.nordp.org/funding-opportunities

https://www.grants.gov/

https://www.federalregister.gov/

July 11: Decision making during crises: Prospect theory and China's foreign policy crisis behavior after the cold war
http://www.eastwestcenter.org/node/33565
(...need to find more foreign resources/opportunities)


I need to work on getting my projects on the desks of potential donors/funding sources. In other words, more people need to know about my projects. I am sure some organization out there would be interested.

Missed deadline

I missed the deadline for the week 3 assignment (for the IT Data Communications Management course: http://itdatacommmoorefo1.blogspot.com/). The assignment was due last night at 12. First missed assignment since I started the PhD program! I will try not to read too much into it.

I will continue trusting in Almighty God. Incidentally, the verse of the day at BibleGateway.com is:

And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.
Hebrews 11:6 NIV

Featured papers

I recently started writing little tidbits about my papers with my status updates. And then I got another idea. Why not profile or highlight my papers regularly to "get the word out" on projects that could be funded?  Hopefully, sponsors out there would fund/sponsor one or more of my research. I could use the research summary/main page for this (https://fahmeenaodettaresearchsummary.tumblr.com/).


The recent posts:

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Post on diagram vs. written explanation in paper:
https://www.bebee.com/content/1452070/1294691

STATUS: I just returned from church. I will now continue working on my paper (due today). I am worried that I will not meet the deadline because there is so much to do. A reminder that my papers do not write themselves!

INTERESTING TIDBIT:
More on my papers (maybe I will receive funding on one of these)...

When I started working on the following paper for the IT Management course, I really believed diagrams were always better than written explanations. By the end of the paper, I was not so sure. I liked the BPMN diagram in the paper (I learned some BPMN at a previous job). But, I actually liked my written explanation better.

Paper: Documenting a Business Process
https://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefmis70003afinal

[I provided larger versions of the diagrams here:
http://fmoorereqprocessflow.blogspot.com/]

#processflowdiagram #diagramming #writtenvsdiagram #phdassignment #phdlife


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Post on the jobs of relatives  & related paper on infection control:
https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/857992471246237696

STATUS: I am still reading articles. I will start the first draft soon.

INTERESTING TIDBIT:
The papers I prepared for the Research Methods course touched on a lot of topics/areas. The following paper touched on compensation, performance and IT.  It reminds me of UofGuy economics and econometrics. (I liked lags/lagging since back then. I used lags in one of the papers.)

Relationship between Compensation & Employee Performance in Healthcare Infection Control
https://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm73039final-64986591
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.1.3725.5924

Is it coincidence that my mother works in health care (mostly as a private duty nurse/aide for elderly), my cousin works in infection control (ensuring surgical instruments are sterile/clean), and another family member worked in "housekeeping" for a while?


#research #healthcare #infectioncontrol #handhygiene #phdassignment #phdlife #fahmeenaodetta


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Post on the selection of the project management paper for my signature assignment:
https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/858429333651763200


#Flashback #DownMemoryLane

In May/June 2016, after much thought, I decided to expand on a paper on Project Management & Project Success for the final signature assignment for my NCU IT Management course. I liked several other options, such as a paper on website design and customer complaints (see: http://moorefo1designresearch.blogspot.com/2016/08/). Maybe it was the paper on 7 key factors that determine project success (a paper I found in the prior week) that caused me to select that topic. That paper reminded me of my 7Ps for Success. 

The signature assignment on project success:
https://tmblr.co/ZhvJDf2FUwKw1

My current (independent) project to write a paper on my 7Ps for Success:
https://fahmeenaodetta1.wordpress.com/researchpapergoalpublish1/


#research #projectmanagement #success #phdlife #fahmeenaodetta


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Post on how I selected the topic: online reviews for the first literature review course
https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/857332562435420161

A movie...that led to an article and then the selection of a topic for a class.

Movie: Entourage
https://youtu.be/SGSE_XPF4_g

Article: Abuse of Power In Online Reviews
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/abuse-power-online-reviews-fahmeenaodetta-moore

Paper: Selected Topic Areas and Reference Management System for Literature Review Course
https://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm73001

The signature assignment for the course:
Draft Literature Review Paper on Online Reviews
https://tmblr.co/ZhvJDf2FUtsu7

What do your papers and assignments say about you?

#phdlife #schoolpapers #researchpapers #fahmeenaodetta

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Post on my Pinterest designer account:
https://twitter.com/moorefo1/status/854741407667552259


STATUS: I am about to start working on the paper for this week. I have lots of time to complete. I don't expect an unusual rush/hurry to complete this week's paper like I did for last week's paper (link: http://itdatacommmoorefo1.blogspot.com/2017/04/week1-assignment-completed.html). I got a lot done - 2016 txaes filed and so on.

INTERESTING TIDBIT:

People usually can identify the artist or designer behind a "piece" of art or design. For example, a lot of people can identify designer Frank Lloyd Wright from his home designs. His work is "different". The work of artists and designers also "tell" or "say" a lot about them - in different ways. The artist may be sad or angry or bold.

I tried to create a Pinterest designer profile that says a lot about me (reflects my background, style, interests - sort of the way my school papers reflect my background or my clothes/outfits/selections say a lot about me). A lot of the details are from my background. What do you think?
https://www.pinterest.com/FMooreDesigns

#phdlife #taxseason


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