The Sourcerer's Apprentice

This assignment considers the use of the apprenticeship model of teaching in academic subject areas. This has been investigated by various authors since 1989. I will consider the various flavors of the techniques presented and some of the practical implications of these. I will draw from our experience running several courses where students undertake business like projects within a protective environment

Applying XP Ideas Formally: The Story Card and Extreme X-Machines

By gathering requirements on story cards extreme programming (XP) makes requirements collection easy. However it is less clear how the story cards are translated into a �finished product. We propose that a formal specification method based on X-Machines can be used to direct this transition. Extreme X-Machines �t in to the XP method well, without large overheads in design and maintenance. We also investigate how such machines adapt to change in the story cards and propose how this could be further enhanced

Fort Knox helps protect economy of Elizabethtown, Ky.

Kentucky ; Economic development ; Federal Reserve District, 8th

Tennessee town pins hopes on being transportation hub

Transportation ; Tennessee ; Federal Reserve District, 8th

Bucking the trend in manufacturing in Grenada, Miss.

Community ProfileManufactures - South ; Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Mississippi

Alton comes to grip with industrial decline

Illinois ; Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Economic development

Plentiful green space along interstate drives economy of tiny Missouri town

Federal Reserve District, 8th ; Employment ; Missouri