As positive intervention researchers, we are often approached by proponents of ACT, and the ensuing conversation is freuqently the same. The questioner says, " I have always wondered what the difference is between a positive intervention and ACT. " Obscured within this polite statement are the questions they really want to ask: is there anything new about positive interventions, or are we " sel...

The title of this position paper might seem a foolish answer but inverting the problem makes it easier to see the reuse constraints. Members of our panel represent the latest software technology applied to reuse. I am sure that not one of our panelists will claim to have found the answer. As with most problems, a solution will combine these technologies into a development process. The question ...

“American applicants, to Dutch eyes, oversell themselves. Their CVs are worded in superlatives...during the interview they try to behave assertively, promising things they are very unlikely to realize...Dutch applicants in American eyes undersell themselves. They write modest and usually short CVs, counting on the interviewer to find out by asking how good they really are...they are very carefu...

OBJECTIVE Because of their low cost and ease of use, collaterals' reports are the most frequent source of independent corroboration with alcohol abusers' self-reports of drinking and related events. Although several reviews have shown that we can have confidence in the accuracy of alcohol abusers' reports of their drinking and in the use of collateral reports as an independent validity criterio...

Note to workshop organisers: I am not yet absolutely certain that I will be able to attend the workshop, but have submitted this position paper on the assumption that I will be able to attend for some or all of the meeting. My apologies for not being certain of my availability at this time.