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And maybe not a classic, but one that is my personal Prozac, "Waiting for Guffman."
05 Jun 2012
MAC or PC?
Most played song on your iPod:
Ummm technophobe here... I don't have an iPod.
Most-visited websites:
Playbill.com, New York Times
Last book you read:
"Gilead" and "Home," both by Marilynne Robinson
Must-see TV show(s):
"Mad Men" – I came late to the party and have been watching reruns.
Some films you consider classics:
"All the President's Men"
"Now Voyager"
"Goodbye, Mr. Chips" (the original one)
"Mildred Pierce"
"The Misfits"
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
"A Streetcar Named Desire"
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"
Pop culture guilty pleasure:
I am more than a little ashamed of this but... "Dance Moms." Lordy.
Favorite cities:
New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco
First CD/Tape/LP you owned:
"A Hard Day's Night"
First stage kiss
Senior year in high school, The Rainmaker, John Holt as Starbuck, me as Lizzie
Moment you knew you wanted to perform for a living:
When I saw Mimi Hines in a road company of Funny Girl.
Who were the first people you called/texted after learning of your nomination?
My agents.
Favorite pre-/post- show meal:
After show, the Glass House Tavern
Favorite liquid refreshment:
Club soda with a splash of bitters and a twist of lime
Worst costume ever:
A tree in Morgan le Fays' forest in a summer stock production of Camelot. Think tie-dyed unitard with sequined leaves and ballet slippers.
Worst job you ever had:
Demonstrating Rubik's Cubes at Gimbles at Christmas time. I had to wear a t-shirt with a picture of two Rubik's Cubes emblazoned on my ample bosom, with the saying, "Once you get your hands on me you'll never let go."
If you could trade roles with anyone in the show for a week, who would it be?:
I'd be Mr. Weissman, because after opening scene I could sneak to the back of the house and watch the rest of the show. I've always wanted to see it as the audience does.
A few Sondheim roles you'd love to tackle:
Mrs. Lovett, Mama Rose
Most challenging role you have played onstage:
Serafina Delle Rose in The Rose Tattoo
Leading lady role you've been dying to play:
Lola in Come Back, Little Sheba
Leading man role you wish you could play:
Krapp in Krapp's Last Tape
Something about you that surprises people:
I really appreciate boxing.
Career you would want if not a performer:
I'd probably be a therapist. I'm interested in what makes people tick.
"I'll never understand why…"
Some people don't have an instinct to be quiet backstage.
Words of advice for aspiring performers:
Observe people, look for the humanity in everyone including yourself. Be as honest as possible in your work. When you're out of work, keep reading plays, listening to music, watching films – grant yourself the grace of staying inspired by the thing you love. If you feel complacent or stuck in your performing, look for a project that scares you.
And maybe not a classic, but one that is my personal Prozac, "Waiting for Guffman."


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Updated 4:13pm Thursday 23rd January 2014 in Sport By Alan Feldberg
MARLOW FC became the first team to take points off Daventry at their own ground as they battled to a 1-1 draw in the Southern League Central Division.
Daventry had won all 11 of their home matches before Mark Bartley's side rocked up and stunned them by taking an early lead through Carl Davies.
The hosts did equalise just before half-time, but Marlow matched them after the break and were good value for their point.
Bartley said: "They'd played 11 and won 11 so those were the first points they'd dropped at home.
"You've seen how free-scoring they've been, but I did my homework on them and set us up with a gameplan I thought could get us a result.
"They probably had their eyes on other games.
"We spoke about that and could have come away with all three points. We've certainly played better than that this season ,but in terms of results that was one of our best."
On Saturday they host St Ives, one place above them in the table.
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---- — IPSWICH — The next order of business for the Newburyport boys track team will be to win its fourth Cape Ann League Open championship in five seasons.
The Clippers (10-0) crossed another item off their ever-evolving list of goals yesterday with a victory over Amesbury in their final dual meet of the season. The victory clinched Newburyport's second consecutive perfect dual-meet season. The Clippers have a 19-meet winning streak dating back to 2012.
Now, the Clippers move into another portion of their schedule that they have dominated in recent memory. First, they will race in the Cape Ann League Championships Tuesday at the Reggie Lewis Center. Newburyport, the two-time defending champion, clinched last year's championship on the final event, when they placed second in the 4x400 relay. Their final score of 102 points bested second-place Masconomet by four points.
Newburyport will enter this year's meet with defending CAL Open champions in Jared Healey (55-meter dash), James Nutter (600 meters) and Nick Carleo (mile). Alec Reduker (hurdles, high jump), Tom Graham (600), Drew Beaupre (shot put) and Gabe Ficht (1,000) could compete for league titles.
Later in February, the Clippers will look to win a sectional title for the fourth year in a row. In 2011, '12 and '13, they won the Division 4 state championship. This year, they have moved to Division 5, and have already collected a Division 5 Relays championship. Many of the distance runners on the indoor team are also members of the three-time defending champion Division 5 champion cross-country team.


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Not many British Army Regiments like the RAF regiment, they see them as a bunch of stuck up own **** force that doesnt see much of the action. Plus they claim they are some sort of special force..
^^ haha Arfah explained it better
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I am proud to have served 6 years in the RAF Regiment, so please keep comments like that to yourself even if its only a joke !
I started this thread for Pics of the British Armed Forces of all units and Branches to show how good they are and how active they are around the world and NOT to slag off or make fun of anyone or any units. If anyone wants to do that go somewhere else.
Great thread and great pictures! I love British Army, my favorite one (well, after IDF ).
This is probably one of the most badass military pictures I ever saw.
Arfah,bet u did not guess there was soo many rockapes around here.


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Justin Bieber has agreed to perform a private concert at David and Victoria Beckham's LA mansion for their boys, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz. How cool is that? There is just one small catch, though.
Justin said, "I've agreed to give the boys a private concert at their house - if David gives me some private soccer lessons!" Aha! Well, that sounds like a reasonable deal, don't you think? The good old barter system.
"David's an amazing dad, and he told me how happy it would make the boys, so I had to say yes," Justin said. "Maybe now they have a girl, Selena will have to come too, and dedicate a song to Harper." It's so cute how Justin always wants to include his girlfriend, isn't it?
According to Justin Bieber, David and Victoria Beckham's boys are always playing his records in their house, "so I'm happy to oblige. David and Victoria are great parents, they will do anything for their kids." Surely, if the kids play his music all the time, the kids would consider a private concert by Bieber himself, live and in person, to be pretty cool.
Justin Bieber even predicts there could be another baby Beckham sometime in the future, despite the Beckham's claim that they are done having kids. He said, "People thought they would stop now they have a daughter but I'm not so sure, they both love kids so much I can see them having one more."
What do you think--will the Beckhams have another baby or, is the Beckham family complete now that baby Harper Seven is in the picture?


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As smoke continues to hang over the Front Range from the Lower North Fork Fire southwest of Denver, people with and without allergies are suffering. And warm temperatures, coupled with the smoke are hitting allergy sufferers with a one-two punch.
Around this time every year, allergy sufferers – like me – start to feel their eyes itch and we constantly have to fight off the need to sniffle and sneeze. But even without the wildfire smoke things are worse this year. Dr. Jeffery Rumbyrt is with Denver Allergy and Asthma Associates.
"We're seeing people in full blown allergy attacks. This year has been a great exception because of the warm weather the pollen counts have been very high. And over the last week, have literally exploded."
As trees begin to bloom winds spread pollen across the state. And Rumbyrt says pollen levels are at their highest in over a decade.
"We do pollen counts everyday in our office, and just compared to last week the pollen counts have increased 40 fold from where they were last week."
So what's going on?
The recent record breaking temperatures along the Front Range and plains has caused many different species of trees to pollinate at the same time a rare occurrence that Rumbyrt says is causing allergic reactions for many people earlier then they're typically used to.
"And last week at the end of the week, we even saw pine pollen which doesn't usually show up until May. So there's something different about that, with the different species are coming out earlier as well."
With the pollen count being so high, and so early, does that mean it will last twice as long? Dr. Rumbyrt doesn't think so. But people with grass and weed allergies may have to steel themselves for a tough allergy season.
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Aggravated parents shouldn't get excited over the Moorpark Melodrama's current "But Why Bump Off Barnaby?" No purple dinosaur gets offed in this comic murder mystery; you'd be thinking of Barney. In fact, the Melodrama's first non-musical production in eight years is great fun.
We're deep in Agatha Christie country here: The long-absent member of an aristocratic English family, Barnaby Folcey returns home at the request of patriarch Orion Leduc. Things aren't all as they appear to be at the family manse, and before long, prodigal Barnaby has become the late Barnaby. Dying, he scrawls a message that (as it turns out) could implicate virtually anybody in the house. The other problem is that, while Barnaby had a motive for killing most of the others, none of the others had any perceptible motive to kill Barnaby.


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Developers are currently working on a Debian variant for the lightweight Linux Eee notebook by Asus.
The team includes Debian developer Ben Armstrong who considers the device idea for word processing on the road, as he states in his blog. Armstrong, who has bought an Eee PC for his wife, would like to run is favorite distribution, Debian, on the computer, instead of the preloaded Xandros Linux.
Based on postings by Debian users on the Eee user forum, Armstrong is looking to customize a Debian Live CD with an installer for the small footprint Asus machine. A project homepage has already been set up on a Debian server.
Armstrong has also load his sub-notebook with developer tools such as Subversion, Git, GCC and Meld, and is planning to work on the Debian port while on the road for his employer.
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Augustana College presented its fifth annual Christmas at Augustana holiday concert on Friday, Nov. 30, and Saturday, Dec. 1. More than 300 students in the college's choirs, brass ensemble and orchestra joined together to share music in two sold-out shows.
These students from Libertyville participated in the concert:
Alyssa Dahlke, a junior majoring in psychology.
Anna Groebe, a senior majoring in classics and religion.
Rachel Hastings, a senior majoring in music education instrumental.
Brianna Hays, a sophomore majoring in communication sciences and disorders.
Beth Malecha, a senior majoring in chemistry. She also performed in the Handel Oratorio Society 132nd-anniversary performance of Handel's Messiah Dec. 8 and 9.
Christmas at Augustana is one of a series of performances planned for the season. The Handel Oratorio Society, performed Handel's Messiah and the Augustana Chamber Singers and the Office of Campus Ministries presented Lessons and Carols on Thursday, Dec. 13.
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Rickie Louise Brunner, 62, passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013. Rickie was an active member of First Christian Church in Montgomery, a longtime reference librarian with the Alabama Department of Archives and a graduate of the University of Alabama.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Buena Mae Lovelady Brunner.
Survivors include her cousins, Vicki (Stan) Gregory of Montgomery, William Yeackle of Chelsea, Dorothy "Dottie" (Kenny) Rogers of Mobile, Delores (Ray) Griffin of Valrico, Fla., and Bill Brunner of Decatur.
Funeral services will be at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, at First Christian Church, the Rev. Dr. Susan Diamond officiating, with interment at 2 p.m. Friday, Jan. 18, in Cullman City Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in her memory to the Christian Church Foundation, P.O. Box 1986, Indianapolis, IN 46206-1986 for the Rickie Louise Brunner and Joe and Buena Lovelady Brunner Fund.
Online condolences may be made to www.leak-mc.com.
Leak Memory Chapel in Montgomery is assisting the family.


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The remake of the movie "Fame" opens this weekend and children of the 1980s might remember that one-hit wonder by Irene Cara and the chorus which implores listeners to "remember my name."
That particular line comes to mind when reading about Kristin Armstrong this week.
Because while it's easy for people to remember her name, they probably don't really know who she is.
Kristin Armstrong, in fact, is the best American female cyclist. And unless you make podium picks for the Vuelta with your friends on Facebook, you may have never heard of her.
She is not related to Lance Armstrong. Nor is she Kristin Richard Armstrong, Lance's ex-wife.
She is Kristin Armstrong -- 36 years old, from Idaho and a world and Olympic cycling champion.
And if you enjoy getting on the bandwagon, you have one more opportunity to do so.
She earned the respect of the other cycling Armstrong, Lance, who gave her a shout-out on his Twitter account yesterday ("Congrats to Kristin Armstrong!!!"), linking to the story of her winning the time trial.
Armstrong actually came to cycling late. She was a triathlete who was told by her doctors that she had developed osteoarthritis -- a condition where the cartilage in joints wears down over time, especially in hands, hips, knees and spine. Running was out. But cycling was in. And so began her career with a bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. By 2006, she was the gold medalist at the same event.
According to an article in the New York Times, Armstrong is sticking to her retirement plans -- unlike so many high level athletes from Lance himself to tennis star Kim Clijsters who retired, had a baby, and returned to win the U.S. Open this year.
Armstrong wants to have a family and is interested in becoming a sport director to help develop a new generation of female cyclists.
Perhaps in her retirement, she'll be able to widen her circle of fame. Or even more importantly, help grow the sport of cycling in the United State, particularly for women who, in typical sporting fashion have fewer competitions, prize money and sponsorship opportunities than their male counterparts.
Granted, none of that seemed to slow the career trajectory for Armstrong.
It's just a shame we're getting to know her upon her retirement.
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Talent is our people and their capabilities: right people + right jobs = exceptional output!
Research has proven a very strong correlation between the relationship of talent management and business goals. It is essential to perfect the process of talent management in order to attain organizational excellence.
Over the years we have seen phenomenal developments in technology to aid in the talent management process, thereby making it more substantiated and defined. With aligned technology-enabled talent management methods in place we see increased workforce productivity and subsequent improvements in quality of work.
One might say that Integrated Talent Management is, in other words, business excellence technology.
Thank you for joining the Integrated Talent Management virtual event. This community has recently celebrated its second year anniversary and has enjoyed tremendous response and success since its inception. Thanks to the remarkable talent of the team at HR.com, the Integrated Talent Management Opening Remarks webinar will:
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Performance management is often viewed with contempt or seen as having little relevance to what actually is relevant to a specific company. The problems for performance management are that people do not see the relevance or importance of the process. The goal of this webinar is to provide the viewer with a concrete foundation for how to create performance management forms that are not only useful but relevant to the job and company.
This presentation will cover:
1. Performance management and why it is a useful tool.
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3. The importance of creating from a job analysis or job description.
4. How to create good questions that will be easy to score and provide useful feedback for employee growth and employment decisions.
5. Create questions for the organization that everyone is rated on.
6. Creating questions that are position and job category specific.
7. Types of questions that can be asked and the benefits and problems associated with each of them.
8. Linking performance management to making stronger hiring decisions.
Viewers will leave the presentation with an understanding of how to create performance management forms that will be more detailed and useful than off the shelf solutions. When done watching this presentation viewers will have a fundamental understanding of what is in a question. In addition, viewers will understand how to create questions that are designed for the company as a whole to measure company goals as well as individual goals, in order to ensure that the companies and individuals goals are aligned.
The importance of the right match between candidate and employee is well documented. According to a 2012? Study by IDC Marketscape, a global market intelligence firm, employees cost businesses an estimated $37 billion every year because as hard as it is to believe, employees do not fully understand their jobs or how to perform within the culture of the organization.
Best in class companies recognize the importance of making the right hire. They are focused on making sure potential employees are qualified to perform critical job functions. But they also know that how well a candidate matches with the organization's culture and brand will impact short and long term performance.
In the selection process, these companies gather critical information on job requirements and cultural demands, and assess how well these requirements match the employee's style, drives and motivations.
These analytics in the selection process become a springboard for the employee's ongoing development and growth. A recent Aberdeen research report details how 90% of new hires make their decision to stay at a company within their first 6 months of employment. So, leading companies are not only able to assess a candidate's ability and organizational fit at the interview stage, but they are also able to determine the future development and where he or she will be most effective in the future.
This session will demonstrate how to link the selection process to an effective onboarding program. You will learn how to shorten the time it takes a new employee to get up to speed, be engaged and contribute to the organization's bottom line.
You will also learn how to extend the onboarding process to connect employee talents and motivations to the future needs of the organization.
You will leave this session with an understanding of how to match the organization's current and future needs with what most naturally motivates and drives the employee.
Competency Based Management has become increasingly popular as its value is found in understanding talent both required and available, existing skill deficiencies, matching performance to needs, and creating an environment of engaged employees.
Many people may think that because there is high unemployment and lots of good people out of work during these challenging economic times that the talent shortage is over. The truth is the talent shortage is actually getting worse. There are a lot of people out of work, but companies and organizations are still in dire need of the right kind of talent. The larger demographic picture which includes an aging workforce and fewer young people moving into the workforce to replace them, has made the need to attract and retain the best talent even more critical than ever before. Tighter corporate budgets mean that the people who are working are under greater pressure with fewer resources.
In order for a company or organization to sustain itself and be competitive in its market, it needs every person functioning at his or her optimal level. This means that they are healthy, creative, energetic, focused, passionate, and committed to what they do. They need to bring all their best ideas and work effectively and collaboratively together for the common good.
This webinar will focus on the Employee Engagement, that is a heightened emotional connection that an employee feels for his or her organization, that influences him or her to exert great discretionary effort to his or her work. Specifically we'll explore the compelling case of employee health and well-being as a strategic business imperative for employee engagement and sustainable competitive advantage. You will learn: 1) The spiraling costs of individual poor health to organizations and the demographic trends, 2) The critical importance of nurturing the whole person for optimal performance and personal fulfillment, 3) The Diamond Model of Integrated Health which identifies the 10 key areas necessary for well-being in mind, body, and spirit and 4) How to get started on an employee health initiative in your company.
In this era of global competition, organizations need every person functioning at his or her best. When team members are healthy and well, the result is reduced benefits costs, increased innovation, creative problem-solving, retention of top talent, high energy, and a winning culture where people are well, so they do well.
Leadership is the most overanalyzed, thoroughly dissected, and utterly confused topic in business. The expectations that leaders are held to have become so inflated that practically no one can categorically quality as a "leader" anymore. Leaders are expected to be bold and calculated, passionate and reasonable, rational and emotional, confident and humble, driven and patient, strategic and tactical, competitive and cooperative, principled and flexible. Of course, it is possible to be all of those things…if you're God!
The study of leadership development has grown to be very complicated. We often get stuck thinking about leadership in terms of matrices and competencies and modules. The simple truth is that to be a leader is to open doors of opportunity for others. To be most effective, leaders need to be opportunity-creators. Drawing on the concepts introduced in the new book, Leaders Open Doors, leadership expert Bill Treasurer shows how leaders help people and organizations grow by creating meaningful learning opportunities.
Leaders get things done with followers. Without followers, leaders don't exist. Thus the focus of leadership should be on those being led. Followers will move mountains for leaders as long as moving the mountain provides them with opportunities to grow, develop, and progress. Open-door Leadership is about the responsibility that leaders have for noticing, identifying, and mostly creating opportunities for the people they lead. The leaders to whom we are most loyal are those who serve us by opening doors of possibility and opportunity.
Open-door Leadership involves aligning the needs of the organization with the career aspirations of the people you lead. People and organizations grow and develop when they intentionally pursue goals and challenges that stretch their skills and test their mettle.
In today's integrated talent management systems wonderful capability exists but falls short of executive leadership expectations. We have "cradle to grave" systems however the missing piece is we are no closer to predicting team based outcomes. Our systems are largely individually focused in nature whether you are discussing, hiring decisions, performance management, succession planning, workforce planning, comprehensive development systems or calibration sessions. We believe and many theorists and experts have trained us (including me in my early career) if we focus on individuals then the business results will follow. I was a true believer and in looking back followed this mantra in sizable organizations, in excess of 50,000 employees.
After conducting extensive research (12,000 hours on high performing companies) we learned several things that have rewritten the Integrated Talent Management book for me. First, in high performance companies the significant solutions come from teams not individuals. Whether the team is functional, cross functional, matrix or a hybrid the capability of the team exceeds individual solutions by a wide margin.
If you agree with this then we have crossed the first oxymoron. Why do we still focus on individuals when this is not the source of great solutions? Think about it for a moment – virtually every system we have today in the integrated talent management suite is focused on individuals. Even if we aggregate data the percentage of time focused there is small in comparison.
The second oxymoron, we don't start with the business outcomes we want to achieve 12 months out from these critical teams versus the totality of the organization. In high performing companies, there are a dozen or so critical teams that generate 80% plus of the forward movement of the whole company. This amounts to a fraction of the total population yet we tend to create designs that cover everyone. I did this and found what is good for everyone isn't effective for the dozen teams nor is it proportional to the desired business outcomes. In high performance companies we saw what I call the 80/20 rule. Focus 80% of the resources to those teams that will move the company ahead.
The third oxymoron, how do we know the teams we have (particularly the 12) will get the desired results 12 months out? How do our current systems support these desires? Today this is a critical element because in 90% + cases we don't know. Our capability in determining success probability of teams has lagged. Because of this we have taken a shotgun approach that is very expensive, inefficient with low ROI's. Our line customers understand this which manifests itself in budget reductions, outsourcing and focus on tactical initiatives, unless the leadership has an intuitive mindset on the connection between people and outcomes.
Imagine if we had systems/predictive analytics that could share the teams' probability of success 12 months out today. We could look at the current picture of any team and construct and align a variety of shotgun approaches into a laser focused capability to hit the outcome ball out of the park. In other words fill in the missing link (the tie between team based outcomes and significant future financial or operational outcomes).
This topic has come up in many business decisions I have participated in: Workforce planning sessions where the presiding executive has said, so tell me how do we know this effort will improve our business? Or Succession plans that end with, "great we have finished this effort and we are done for another year" only to miss the key question, how do we win against the competition and or improve our outcomes? Or we have this great leadership develop program that we put all our leaders through yet the ROI is elusive and the impact in specific operational teams even more elusive. In turnarounds or acquisition integration the same issues surface since key teams must achieve critical business outcomes to drive the overall success engine. Yet the tools we have today fall short of what our line customers really need – insights about the team's success probability and ways to improve this.
In today's interactive session, Dave Mosby, CEO, author and Executive Director of the Kieritsu Academy (the world's largest entrepreneur boot camp) will interview Gene Tange the CEO of PearlHPS on the concepts above. Gene will share some of the research findings and insights of the ground breaking predictive analytics foundation shared above.
Change Management is often portrayed as a complex process requiring a special expertise. Unfortunately, this perceived complexity causes wariness of the change process causing team members to look to the experts to lead a change. Yet HR team members are often called upon to provide guidance and help during change. To be of assistance they need a clear-cut, straightforward approach to help their organizations prepare for change.
This webinar provides a detailed look at how organizations should prepare for change, in addition to providing (5) specific recommendations for managing the emotional impact of change.
HR Team members can build their change management competence and benefit from this session by learning very specific questions to ask and answer to support a change. Dr. Bohn speaks in plain language during his Change Management talks and provides very clear steps and examples to prepare an organization for change.
In addition, Dr. Bohn shares five principles he has derived from research and experience that are key elements in effective change, including
(1) addressing anxiety to increase adaptation,
(2) encouraging simplicity in communications,
(3) working with executives to develop clear measurements of success and
(4) the importance of follow-through to make the change part of the DNA in their organizations.
Dr. Bohn also makes a strong case that all change either builds or destroys trust. Each of these principles addresses a different aspect of employee readiness for change. Dr. Bohn has global experience in managing change and transforming organizations. This session focuses exclusively on preparing for the change.
Does your business face a turnaround or significant restructuring? Do you operate in countries undergoing an economic downturn? Does your HR budget get cut year over year or is it nominal to begin with? Has business uncertainty become "the new normal"?
If any of these scenarios sound familiar, then this session may be for you.
I will explore how organizations facing a turbulent environment can drive strategic value through targeted activity across the talent management cycle. The session will provide insights from my experience as a management consultant and corporate talent strategy leader as well as external research and thought leaders.
A turnaround environment is marked by a heightened need for cost containment and focused execution. That scenario calls for targeted talent interventions and for a nimble talent management function.
During the session I will discuss and provide practical tips around these key questions:
• How do you create focus through talent planning, segmentation, and prioritization?
• How can you minimize the negative impact of a challenged business context on your employer brand?
• What are low cost ideas for talent sourcing?
• Why do you want to strive to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of your onboarding program?
• Why should you create a sense of urgency around talent engagement and retention?
• What are the key components of a "low cost" recognition framework as part of your total rewards program?
• What are alternative strategies to workforce reductions?
• What are key guiding principles for organizational re-design?
• What role does HR play in change management and employee communication?
• What is the role of leadership in a turnaround organization?
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Laurel & Heather, Dallas, TX
Like many daughters, my world fell apart when my Mom, Laurel, was diagnosed in April 2008 with IIIc ovarian cancer. Little did I know that 17 months later, having just potty trained my youngest son and signed up for Room Mom at preschool, that I would meet the same earth shattering diagnosis. I am BRCA negative, my Mom was never tested. Sadly, she passed away in July 2012 after a 4 year battle. Diagnosed in Sept 2009, I am thrilled to share I've only had one recurrence and I'm a not only a room mom again, but on the PTA board at my boy's elementary school. Life can still go on and be pretty sweet. Stay vigilant, but keep the faith!


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World of Warcraft Cataclysm: Patch 4.1 Guide
The long-awaited patch 4.1 has finally arrived, players can now look forward to two new 5-player level 85 heroic dungeons, and much more.
The release of patch 4.1 will bring two new heroics for level 85 players, as well as new guild achievements, a change to the random dungeon finder, many much-needed bug fixes, and numerous changes to existing battlegrounds and dungeons.
Zul'Aman and Zul' Gurub
The biggest and most exciting aspect of patch 4.1 is the re-introduction of Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub, these were previously raids and were taken out of the game in the release of Cataclysm. They have been reintroduced as 5-player level 85 heroic dungeons, players will need a minimum average item level of 346 to enter either dungeon, and they can queue for both using the random dungeon finder. The loots drops in both of these dungeons will be item level 353, rapidly improving player's item levels, these dungeons promise to be a challenge however. The rare epic mount drops that players used to be able to get in the Zul'Aman and Zul'Gurub raids will also be re-introduced, and players that were lucky enough to get the old ones will retain their feat of strength achievement.
Guild Objectives
The rewards for completing dungeons and battlegrounds as a guild group are already in place, but patch 4.1 will introduce guild objectives which can be attempted a limited number of times a week and will be relevant to battlegrounds, arenas and dungeons, the rewards will be more gold and experience for the guild as well as achievements.
Call to Arms: Random Dungeon Finder
For those players who use the random dungeon finder tool they will find a new feature has been added to try to reduce waiting times in the queue. This is a Call to Arms and it means that any class that is under-represented in the queue will gain extra rewards for joining a group, this will be a bag given at the end of the dungeon that will contain gold, the chance of gems or flasks, and a rare chance of a non-combat pet or even a mount. This tool is aimed at tanks and healers to encourage them to use the tool more often that they might normally do.
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As expected, numerous changes will be made to all classes and specs either improving their damage/healing or reducing it. This is standard for almost every patch release and reactions from players will tell Blizzard if they have got it right.
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( 4UMF NEWS ) Jay-Z Had Sex With Kenya Moore:
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Sent back from Maria's Big House of Hope in China, Steven announces some of the details of his new project first to you! his video blog friends. BEAUTY WILL RISE is available November 3rd.
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I am soooo excited to hear this album. I grew up listening to your music and have always been blessed by your life and your sincerity. Since the tragedy of last year I have watched your family grow in a way that I admire so much because I don't know if I could have gone through what your family did and to see you bringing forth so much good out of what seemed so bad...it's something the world truly needed and needs to see! I know this album will be as much if not more of a blessing to me and so many that will hear it. God bless you and your family as you continue to rise above the ashes.
I have prayed for your family so very often. Praise God for his faithfulness and for his realness! Can't wait to hear the album. Love the title!
I am so thrilled to know that your music will continue to stir us even deeper than you have already done throughout the years. Maria's Big House of Hope is a beautiful legacy to a beautiful life. Your family continues to be in our prayers as we continue our own journey as followers of Christ too!
Charleen Berg
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Dear Steven and the Chapman family. I just wanted to let you know how wonderfull it is to hear from you again. I look forward to new video blogs all the time. I want to congratulate you on the opening of Maria's Big House of Hope! I have been praying for you about this. I am also so excited to hear about your new album! You are my favorite music artist and your songs have ministered to me and my closest friends many many times. I saw you in concert here in Washington on May 17th 2008... when the news came a few days later about Maria Sue, my heart was broken and I joined the thousands praying for you and your family. I have been so inspired by your strength and transparency through this whole time. Thank you for being vulnerable and using this crisis as a ministry and an opportunity to offer others hope. Your stories of adoption have re confirmed my desire to adopt... I am praying for the little child who may be led into my home years and years from now (Right now I am 17). God bless you and the new developments in your ministry. Keep Divin' in and Livin' out Loud!
Jer 29:11 For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."
Love in Christ's Name,
Can't wait to hear those songs. I will be getting that album Nov 3rd! I'm so excited. Thanks for sharing your heart. I will keep praying for you. Much love, Laurie
Thanks for the video update Steven. We were able to see you in Abbotsford B.C., and we loved your song "Heaven Is The Face". We will continue to pray for you and your family as you continue to move on... It was so great to see your sons playing in concert right along side you. You are a amazing, inspiring, and beautiful family and have been such an encouragement to ours. Congratulations on the opening of Maria's Big House of Hope. It is so exciting! I can't even tell people about it without crying. :)
We're looking forward to hearing the rest of your new album.
God bless you and your family.
Love the Stonehouse Family
I am so excited for your album to come out!!! I know it's going to be amazing and God is going to do wonders with it. I've been struggling in my faith for a while now and you and your family have been such an encouragement to me. Thank you for being so honest and humble and for letting us walk this journey with you. I don't know you, and yet I love you all dearly and wish God's greatest blessings on you and your family. Thanks for the video blog and showing us around Maria's Big House of Hope...it looks like such an amazing place for those precious children and it's such a good way to honor your Maria! With much love and continued prayers!
Jenny (from NY)
Amazing to see you again, Steven! We're all getting very excited about this project, and about hearing how God has walked with you through this difficult time. Songs stemming from grief can often be the most powerful and the most inspiring...beauty rising from ashes. Hence the most-appropriate title! God bless you and yours as you continue on this journey.
Thank you for the update and video blog!! How exciting and humbling to see you all at Maria's Big House of Hope! I can't wait to hear the new songs and we continue to pray for all of you.
dear steven-
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thanks for the vblog tour of MBHOH!!! Gong Xi! Gong Xi!
so looking fwd to the new release! funny thing, b4 you arrived in Seattle for WOF, I carefully listened to the radio to try to catch "Heaven is the Face". Frustrated at not hearing it, I went to the spirit 105 website to review the songs that were played that day. THEN I realized it was indeed JULY 21st that day, not AUG 21st! ;-) LOL!!!
Continuing in prayer for your precious family. As you walk on His path, as He carries you, remember He is closer than your breath. May He sprinkle joy throughout your days and may you see the full expression of the glory of our mighty Lord revealed as you share with the world how He will make the Beauty rise.
thank you again for your prayers for my family. we continue on this journey together... asking God to help me say with confidence, not my will, but Thine be done!
millie :-)
Thank you for taking the time to video blog your exciting announcement of the new recording release date and title. As a parent of a child who has gone on to heaven, I anticipate your new songs with a different feeling this time. WE HAVE THE HOPE OF CHRIST.
Remembering that God is STILL God,
New York
I can't wait to hear both the song and the rest of the album, Steven! We love you, too, and we'll keep praying for all of you. Thanks for sharing this with us, and I hope to see you on tour sometime! :)
Dear Chapman Family,
Thanks for making the vblog announcement...
We rejoice with you at the opening of Maria's Big House.
We continue to pray for each one of you.
We know that God is forever faithful and we are counting on Him to do in your hearts what only He can do.
Can't wait until November 3rd to pray those Psalms along with you.
Love from Chandler, AZ,
The Nolans
Thank you, I'll pray for you more and more, you need prayers!
Wonderful to hear about everything!
can't wait to hear and see you again!
Alexander from Sweden :)
Sending love and prayers for your family from Stillwater, Oklahoma. SO EXCITED for November 3rd and SO BLESSED to hear what God has been doing in and through you on this journey. We love you!
Yay!! Can't wait for November 3 (the day in between my son's and my husband's birthdays)! Ann from Chicagoland
I have never anticipated an album more... I begged God to bring beauty from the ashes of your loss and I know that this album and Maria's BHOH are answers to that prayer.
Good to SEE you smiling SCC!
SWEET SWEET Maria's SPIRIT is glowing with LOVE & PRIDE for all her friends/loved ones with all the GREAT work you have done with Maria's BHOH <3
Like everyone else I can't wait to hear the Album and looking forward to seeing you live again hopefully soon. It never gets old telling you how much your music has meant to me over the years, and telling you how much you and your family are so loved and admired and kept very close in my thoughts, prayers and I thank you again for sharing with us not only your music but your heart as well, God Bless you and continued prayers..
Three months and counting until the release date...I am eagerly waiting to hear your heart, Steven. You are awesome and I love you in Christ. Hope to see you in NC soon.
Hugs to all of you.
I am so excited for all you have accomplished! God is definitely using you in so many ways to spread His love to others, even in the midst of your own pain. You are in my prayers, Steven, and I can't wait to hear the songs that God put in your heart!
God bless you
It looks like the beginning of the answer to all those prayers. I cannot wait for Nov. 3rd. I cannot wait to hear, sing, and pray through all the songs that our Lord has been speaking into your life.
Thank you for the update (I look forward to seeing more:) I am so thankful everyone made it home safely from China and that God has given you a new song to sing.
May the Lord continue to bless you and your family!
In Jesus' Forever Arms,
Leanne (phoenix, arizona)
November 3rd is going on our calendar!!! :) I'm so excited to hear this is coming up! I love the pictures and enjoyed the tour of MBHOH! The reality of the love being played out there in the rooms of that place is so striking to me tonight. As the mom of a little guy with special needs, my heart has been blessed as I've read about MBHOH tonight!!! As I'm getting off of this site to feed my youngest child, I'm praying for MBHOH and for this album as it comes out! What a blessing! Can't wait to hear it!!!
Wow! So excited, and above all so THANKFUL Steven for the fact that you will be sharing these songs with us.
As so many have already written, we see this album (and Maria's Big House) as the beginning of the fruit we have been praying for. Thank you for offering yourself as a broken vessel to the Lord and letting Him shine His glory through you. I SEE his faithfulness and the HOPE He has given you, and hear your testimony of His faithfulness and His promises, and I am rejoicing.
As so often with your music (which the Lord has used deeply in my life for 20 years...) the timing of this project is very much a God-thing. One of my missionary friends and colleagues was murdered recently for sharing his faith in a Muslim land, and I and so many who knew and worked with him are praying and believing that beauty WILL rise from the ashes of this tragedy. I believe the Lord will use your songs to help us remember the Lord's faithfulness, promises and love in this time of grief and shock.
Thank you for being HIS and for sharing all you are learning with us. What a gift and offering.
We love you and are praying for you.
Karen B.
North Africa
Thank you so much for ministering to us through your pain I am excited about the new CD My 3 kids love you as much as we do!!!
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Dam. I want my wife to look like that when were that age
agreed! and why do we have to see the "Weiner" but there's hearts over the tit-ays?
Because Nik is for the gays!!!
If you don't know how to see the nudes without the heart then you're not Dirty Army Strong.
How do you do it?
I call bullshit. After three kids, I don't think so.
2nd that
They have 5 kids….
5 kids
Looks good for mid-late 40′s… I would!
She just turned 40
she looks good as fuck. sexy bitch
Those tittays are yum yum. I'm guessing she'll be back on the market soon
Um, I don't see a face. Pretty bold to accuse some woman of this and have headless naked bodies as "evidence"
Cue, next post sweetie.
Nice..looks good and spark to boot. I would have moved up in the draft coach and taken her with my 2nd round pick. I luv this stuff…lol
Damn she's how old??? Looking good as fuck
how can we see the pix without the hearts?
How about the other 2 pics?
One Tata is making a left hand turn
No wonder The Steelers suck so bad – dude has disctractions. Hey Haley, why cant your O Line protect the QB – NO WONDER YOURE 0-4. TIME TO GO!!!!
she is smoking hot! better than 90% of 20-30 yr old chicks! and i bet her sex drive is far hotter than them too and her skill way better as well!
I will say it again Haley has got to go!!
THAT is one SUPER NICE caboose !
I would paint her face
I'd hit that 101 ways
To idiots post above-yea cuz any woman whose had 3 kids are ail fat, over weight, an obese. You f**kin moron


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SAINTS chairman Nicola Cortese has today broken his silence and denied rumours that the club is up for sale.
Speculation about Southampton Football Club has been mounting since the death of former owner, Swiss billionaire Markus Liebherr, in August. There were fears his family would sell the south coast club.
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Let's see here.
Six-foot-1. Meh, could do better. Just about average.
208 pounds. Meh, could do better. Just about average.
4.53 40-yard dash. Actually not that good. Kind of slow.
He's no Amani Toomer. He's no Plaxico Burress. He's no Victor Cruz.
He's the forgotten man in the national media, who are slobbering over Dez Bryant's "potential" or salivating over Desean Jackson's speed. He's never, ever mentioned among the top WRs in the game. Hell, he's almost an afterthought when talking about these WRs anyway.
We've got rookies ahead of him in that blasted NFLN Top 100. It's not Eli Manning that's the Rodney Dangerfield of this New York Giants team, its this team's number 1 WR: Hakeem Nicks.
Let's take a look at Hakeem Nicks' stats for his first three years and compare them to WRs that are often thought of as "good as", "better than," or my personal favorite..."have a much higher ceiling than" our superstar.
First, lets look at Hakeem Nicks:
2009 (14 games): 47 rec, 790 yards, 16.8 YPC, 6 TDs
2010 (13 games): 79 rec, 1052 yards, 13.3 YPC, 11 TDs
2011 (15 games): 76 rec, 1192 yards, 15.7 YPC, 7 TDs
Now, a player that is often regarded as one of the top WRs in the game, Vincent Jackson (last 3 healthy years):
2008 (16 games): 59 rec, 1098 yards, 18.6 YPC, 7 TDs
2010 (15 games): 68 rec, 1167 yards, 17.2 YPC, 9 TDs
2011 (16 games): 60 rec, 1106 yards, 18.4 YPC, 9 TDs
Let's take a look, now, at Desean Jackson's first 4 years in the NFL:
2008 (16 games): 62 rec, 912 yards, 16.6 YPC, 2 TDs
2009 (15 games): 62 rec, 1156 yards, 18.6 YPC, 9 TDs
2010 (14 games): 47 rec, 1056 yards, 22.5 YPC, 6 TDs
2011 (15 games): 58 rec, 961 yards, 16.6 YPC, 4 TDs
Jeremy Maclin is often thought of as Hakeem Nicks' main rival:
2009 (15 games): 56 rec, 773 yards, 13.8 YPC, 4 TDs
2010 (16 games): 70 rec, 964 yards, 13.8 YPC, 10 TDs
2011 (13 games): 63 rec, 859 yards, 13.6 YPC, 5 TDs
And now my favorite, Dez Bryant, ye of greater fame but lesser production:
2010 (12 games): 45 rec, 561 yards, 12.5 YPC, 6 TDs
2011 (15 games): 63 rec, 928 yards, 14.7 YPC, 9 TDs
As you can see, just based on the raw stats here, Nicks is awfully close to VJax. If he stays healthy, his numbers look pretty much identical. He's outplayed Desean Jackson last year, and their career stats look pretty comparable. Nicks ends up beating out Maclin every year and destroys Bryant as well. So much for that.
But those are just raw stats. Volume stats, if you want to be fair about it. Take a look at this great fanpost here by AntonioNickerson, a Cowboys fan.
Dez's Production vs All 1st Round Picks Since 2005 Through First Two Years
It was intended as a post for Dez Bryant, but it proves Nicks' brilliance just a bit more. It compares production of 1st round WRs through 2005 in their first two years. Hakeem Nicks was among the top performers in all categories, but what really took me by surprise that Nicks has led those WRs in TDs per game and Yards per game. And yes, this list includes the current top WR in the league, Calvin Johnson.
FootballOutsiders, which has its own methods of determining success via their DYAR stat, ranked Nicks as the 6th best WR in the league in 2010, and 9th in 2011. You can find their stats and methodology here: http://footballoutsiders.com/stats/wr
Taking a closer look into last year's numbers, what made what Nicks did so impressive is when he produced his plays. When the Giants were behind, an astonishing 74.2% of his catches went for 1st downs. When behind, he had 13 plays of 20+ yards and 3 of 40+.
He did his best work in the 4th quarter, with 4 TDs (more than any other quarter) and 7 catches of 20+ yards (more than any other quarter). We credit Eli Manning for being incredibly clutch. He can't do it alone.
On top of that, Nicks is consistent. In the past two years, he's had only 6 games of less than 50 yards. That's it. For the most part, he's always shown up to play, and almost always produces.
Finally, I'd be remiss without talking about Nicks' performance in the playoffs. Just take a look at this:
vs ATL: 6 rec, 115 yards, 2 TDs
vs GB: 7 rec, 165 yards, 2 TDs
vs SF: 5 rec, 55 yards, 0 TDs
vs NE: 10 rec, 109 yards, 0 TDs
444 yards (2nd most in NFL playoff history - behind only the great Larry Fitzgerald). 4 TDs. 3 out 4 games surpassing 100 yards (and the one game he didn't he was injured early in the game).
Everybody remembers Mario Manningham's catch from the Superbowl, but Nicks had the quietest 100 yard game in recent memory. Nicks is a statistical monster, even if nobody realizes it. It's not easy to be a 1200 yard WR in this league, yet Nicks achieved just that last year (well almost, but we can round up 8 yards!).
Okay, so we looked at the statistical aspect of Nicks' game. Let's look at some games of his (the ones available on YouTube by the very great resource NYGiantsCentral)
I've described what I look for in a WR in this fanpost about Rueben Randle, right here:
Rueben Randle and WR Film Study
Let's take that methodology and look at some plays and why I think Nicks is just swell.
Hakeem Nicks vs Cardinals (2011) (via NYGiantsCentral)
So what we'll do here is just take a small tour of a couple games of Nicks, starting with a very recent example in the Arizona desert. Forward to about 0:50. A small example of his adjustment skills. He will dive, jump, muscle, and squeeze his way to any ball within his catch radius. In this one, he's battling a contested ball with the Cardinal corner, and has the wherewithal to stretch out and jump for the catch.
Now forward to 1:20, for one of his favorite plays, the WR bubble screen. He's extremely slippery, and extremely strong. These plays are almost always at least 7-8 yard gainers for that reason, he can make moves in that limited tunnel and have the strength to fight off the first one or two guys that come after him.
3:36. He's got one of these plays every game that make you say "Ughhh. Unbelievable!" but not in the Al Michaels/Chris Collinsworth way. Just a thing of absolute beauty and power. Completely contested play, he had no business catching that ball, nor staying on his feet. That is what makes Hakeem Nicks so special. That combination of his adjustment to the ball, his physicality at the point of the catch, his strength to maintain the catch, and his balance to stay up and get extra yardage.
Hakeem Nicks vs Dallas (2010) (via NYGiantsCentral)
First off, let me be the first to say I got really pissed off when Troy Aikman said that Nicks is the Giants' version of Dez Bryant. No. No. NO. Dez Bryant can only hope to be what Hakeem Nicks already is. He starts off this video with a quick snapshot as to why he is a top WR.
Let me put it bluntly, Hakeem Nicks' blend of route running and body control is virtually unmatched by anybody else in this league. The only two players I'd put above him in this regard are Larry Fitzgerald and Andre Johnson, both of whom are not human in their adjustment to the ball as well as their precision route running. Nicks showed that body control in this play. He's not the biggest WR at 6'1, 208, but he plays like he's 6'4 230. He starts off with a stutter move, quick slant on the outside, and the back shoulder throw by Eli is thrown before Nicks even turns around. He times it perfectly, gets elevation, and blocks out the corner for a perfectly indefensible pitch and catch.
The very next play in the video shows how he gets separation with his route running. He's not the fastest guy on the field, but he's got what I call "hidden speed." His cuts are based on timing, and they are so precise that his connection with Eli allows him to catch the ball as soon as he breaks out of cut, without having to wait. We see that here.
Don't even get me started on his strength while catching the ball. He's about as strong at the point of the catch as any WR I've ever seen. If its in his mitts, chances are he's going to hold on to the ball. We see that strength again at 2:05. Just so difficult to bring down during and after the catch.
Please watch 2:37 of this video now. No explanation needed. Seriously, just go watch it. Want to talk about catch radius? Yeah.
The biggest problem with Hakeem comes at around 2:50. He'll have those easy drops sometimes. Not too many times, but just lapses in concentration. He's nowhere close to Roddy White or Braylon Edwards in that respect, but just something to improve on.
As for the last play in the video, it didn't count because of a holding (much to the glee of our announcers no doubt), but Nicks rolls up everything that we've been talking about right there.
Hakeem Nicks vs Texans (2010) (via NYGiantsCentral)
Here's a game versus the Texans. Go on over to the 2nd play or so. Another beautiful example how he strong enough to post up on the defender (in this case, 1st rounder Kareem Jackson) and take him out of the play.
Move on over to 1:08, and by now I think the Texans realized that they're going up against cheatcode. His hands are SO FREAKING BIG. Again, we see that adjustment to the ball, leap up, recover, maintain balance, take a great angle to the sideline, use a little wiggle, and get a massive gain. That just isn't fair. He plucks the ball from the air at its highest point almost like a vacuum.
Oh c'mon now. 1:25. Just stop it, Hakeem, you're scaring the children.
Do you guys want one more? One more? Aw, why not.
Hakeem Nicks vs Green Bay (2011) (via NYGiantsCentral)
0:21 - Once again shows his ability to separate when he NEEDS to separate. Separation doesn't mean maintaining a 5 yard cushion against the DB. It means when its time to catch the ball, your arms and the ball are away from the defender. Nicks' physicality provides a great way to create separation. Though he's sneaky fast, its his great hands and strength that got him with this one. Unfortunately he didn't stay inbounds, but that was amazing.
What also makes Hakeem so dangerous is that not only is he a great possession receiver, but he can be an equal powerful deep threat. He tracks the ball in the air as well as anyone. We see that at 1:00. We also see that strength to hold on to the ball once it lands in his hands.
And of course, I'd be remiss if I didn't mention 2:20. Incredible tracking of the ball, great hands, amazing body control.
At this point, I sound like a broken clock. But hell, it works. You don't always need speed to separate. You need those adjustment skills, that strength, that body control. That's uncoachable.
I'm looking to see Hakeem (with more coverage rolled over to Victor Cruz) to really light this league on fire this year. 1300+ yards with double digit touchdowns should be attainable for him if he can stay healthy. Maybe this year is the year he finally gets his respect.
And if not, that's okay. Because beyond his fantastic football skills, he knows how to work the ladies too.
Hakeem Nicks: Quickest Hands in the NFL? (via ripparty)


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