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PTSA meetings have low attendance. They are lucky to have 20 people in attendance. Principal in her few years has failed to create meaningful programs. Creekside has more programs and opened after Grand Ridge.
As a Grand Ridge parent, I am very pleased with the staff, programs, PTSA and overall academics at the school. However, the school is severely overcrowded and the situation is only getting worse. I wish I would have known this was going to happen before we moved into the neighborhood.
As a parent of two children at Grand Ridge, I can say we are truly fortunate to have such an excellent school in our community. My wife and I both help out in the classroom and at events and have been impressed with the staff and leadership at the school. Bright, caring and capable teachers combined with incredibly engaged parents make for a special learning experience. The Grand Ridge PTSA has had an astounding 100% family participation rate for the last several years.
Great school with enthusiastic teachers, administrators and families. The PTSA is the most active I've seen yet. So many parents putting their time and effort into making it such a great experience for all the kids. A very diverse population of kids that are learning everything from math, science and language arts & music to environmental care,tolerance and caring for the world.
Everything in that school is perfect.
Excellent school, great teachers, organized... I'm really impressed with the parent involvement and overall quality.
Our school has teachers & staff with the biggest hearts who really care about the kids the families & our community.
10!! Very good structure and amazing parent involvement and staff support.
Grand Ridge is Absolutely fabulous..the teachers, the principal...top notch
I had Twins in 5th grade, the 1st year the school was open. They have now 'graduated' and I'll miss seeing the staff on a regular basis. Each child is encouraged to do their personal best. The teachers are highly skilled and work hard to bring out the best in each child. The principal is kind and puts the Kids first. She is a great example of a leader and easy to approach.
My child is a student at Grand Ridge. The school is new but lacks strong administrative leadership. Teachers and staff don t have warm report with each other or the parents. The facilities are nice with; student computers, LDC projectors and electronic chalkboards in every classroom; a computer lab and excellent library are also available. These resources go mostly unused and on top of that there is no budget for Music and Art. The curriculum is based on skill level and segregates students based on performance. The math curriculum is based on word problems and traditional math is not taught. This seemed to be driven by the WASL. Covered areas are not provided for the younger children as they wait in the rain for the first bell to ring.
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Israel's army, with bases spread over 39 percent of the country, plans to vacate properties for development into residences needed to ease a housing shortage.
Moshe Linker spends his days studying Jewish religious texts in Jerusalem, supporting his three children with a seminary stipend, state child payments and his wife's teacher salary.
Delaware Chancery Court Chief Judge William B. Chandler III , who oversaw challenges to the Walt Disney Co. and Hewlett-Packard Co. boards as head of one of the most important U.S. business litigation courts, is stepping down. Chandler, 60, led the influential five-member court since 1997 and most recently ruled on Air Products & Chemicals Inc. 's hostile $5 billion bid for Airgas Inc.
A few days ago, the chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Benny Gantz, pushed back against the idea -- which has recently gained much currency among Iran- watchers -- that it was too late for his country to act alone against Iran's nuclear facilities, should sanctions, subterfuge and diplomacy fail.


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Stony Stevenson writes in with a Computerworld interview with a Google product manager talking about what's coming up for Google News, such as the possible addition of a video component and closer cooperation with YouTube. "One of Google's most popular and controversial services, Google News, is the aggregation and search site that media companies love to hate because it has become a major source of Web traffic and frustrations for many of them.... 'In an ideal world, Google News would show you who broke the story and the other articles that built on that. There are places where we're not doing that perfectly today.'"


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Andrew Sullivan: Now on The Daily Beast
Just "The Dish" now. No "The Daily Dish." Still worth a read, no matter the masthead. (Maybe they took it out because "The Daily Dish on The Daily Beast" might be a tad bit annoying to say?) Though we stand behind our prior LeBron-to-the-Heat comment.
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I'm dreaming of a White Christmas…
Just like the ones I used to know…
I don't fit in around here! They all call me "plastic" or "Barbie"… They wouldn't be allowed to even think that back home!
I know the feeling. -laughs- But hey, at least you have Mort. I don't even know where Peter went…
Life was just so much simpler back there.
Me too. I miss our palace. -sighs- It's probably not even there anymore.
I wish I could say something nice that would validate the point that song is trying to make but…I got nothing. Maybe he won't come. Maybe he'll never come and you'll never find him and he won't even care enough to write you a letter saying: hey! stop caring so much about me! I'm fine and I never want to see you again.
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He'll come, yeah. Of course he will.
Did you lose your prince too? I… mine disappeared and I don't know where he went.
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Every time a lawyer leaves the practice of law and somehow manages to make the news, I take notice. As I am still slowly extricating myself from the brilliant boondoggle that has been my legal career, the paths that other lawyers take to the exit is always interesting to me. From the ABA Journal, a litigation partner at Sidley Austin in Chicago has decided to take his leave of the firm to write a novel and, you know, live his life. He also left a few parting zingers:
I have realized that I cannot simultaneously meet the demands of career and family. Without criticizing those who have chosen lucre over progeny, let me just say that I am leaving the practice of law.
My epiphany may have come a bit late as my youngest child—I believe his name is Erik—is 24. But as I always said after missing a filing deadline, better late than never.
I have made friendships at Sidley that I will treasure well into the first quarter of 2012. But a career based on the perception of untapped potential, rather than on actual production, has a limited shelf life. I frankly would have expected management to have caught on years ago. I trust that my longevity will serve as a beacon of hope for underperforming lawyers of all ages. No need to name names: you know who you are.
As the saying goes (roughly stated), no one looks back on their life and wishes they had spent more time at the office. I'd be willing to wager that at least some people wish they had spent less time at the office and gotten to pick at a few co-workers. To this gentleman scholar, I say bravo. You are my kind of grumpy.
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A new bathhouse in central China is in hot water after it offered one lucky punter the chance to live like an Emperor complete with slave girls to sponge him down.
The spa - in Lushan, Henan province - auctioned off the prize to a wealthy businessman for an astonishing 10,000 GBP.
But furious critics attacked the bathhouse owners for "revelling in the decadence of the past."
The winner - dressed up as one of China's emperors from the country's pre-Communist past - was stripped by his concubines and then bathed in private with the while spa to himself for
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The stunt, however, drew thousands of critical comments who said it "glorified bad times we have left behind."
"This is a shabby celebration of money and power. We don't want to go back to the old days," said one.
"China already has enough problems with a few having too much wealth and power without rubbing our noses in it," said another.
Critics also attacked the prize as "immoral."
In China, bathhouses are often thought as a front for prostitution, like massage parlours in the West.
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Don't Let The Teixeira Signing Fool You. Manny To The Bronx Is Still A Very Real Possibility.
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As you watch the Yankees in their apparent attempt to snatch up every free agent imaginable, just don't make the mistake of thinking that they're finished. Sure, they've already gotten arguably the 3 best players on the market. But if you think they're finished, you couldn't be further from the truth.
Impacto Deportivo has already reported that the Yankees agreed to terms with a deal involving Manny Ramirez. While Yankees GM Brian Cashman denied the story, the fact remains that Manny heading to the Bronx is all but inevitable at this point.
The Red Sox and Angels have been the two teams who have been brought up as pursuing every big free agent so far this year. So far, they have been outbid by the Yankees at every turn.
While this may not be the case with Manny Ramirez, it's obvious that the Bronx may be the only place he can turn, at this point. With the way he left Boston, there is no way he'll ever step foot in the home clubhouse again at Fenway Park. The Angels have no personal beef with Manny, but they've made it clear that they plan on building from within.
Manny has already declined offers from the Dodgers, and he has made it clear several times in the past that he would like to play in pinstripes. The Yankees still have the means, and they still have an open spot in the lineup for him, since Bobby Abreu is departing. Manny being Manny in New York? Don't be surprised when it happens.


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Located in the historical city centre, this four-star Hotel Los Arcos, enjoys an excellent situation, just 5 minutes away from the most emblematic monuments of the city (Muralla de Segovia, Alcázar de Segovia). The hotel is perfectly connected to the train station (500 meters) bus and taxi stop (50 meters).
It comes with 60 comfortable rooms, all of them with WIFI access (extra charge), DVD-Player with free movies available at the front desk as well as a private bathroom with hair-dryer and amenities. They also offer a free-of-charge services like gym and sauna.
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Complimentary daily newspaper
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Latest sport for Caerphilly, Bargoed, Blackwood, Ystrad Mynach, Cross Keys and Newbridge
Glynneath 13 - 43 Bargoed
3:02pm Wednesday 22nd October 2014
BARGOED maintained their 100 per cent record at the top of the Championship with a six-try demolition of Glynneath at Abernant Park, in a game disrupted by a stoppage of 50 minutes following a serious injury to one of the Glynneath players.
Nelson Cavaliers match reports
1:17pm Tuesday 19th August 2014
NELSON Cavaliers football sides have been back in action with the start of the new season
Bargoed boxer Lauren Price happy with historic bronze
7:47pm Friday 1st August 2014
BARGOED'S Lauren Price has won bronze in Glasgow – the first Welsh woman boxer to win a medal at a Commonwealth Games.
Bargoed's Lauren Price cruises through first Commonwealth bout
12:17pm Wednesday 30th July 2014
Bargoed's Lauren Price (right) was in action against Guyana's Theresa London in the Women's Middle round of 16 match at the SECC in Glasgow.
Bernard Martin Cup Final: Dynamo Aber 2 Nelson Cavaliers 0
11:37am Tuesday 6th May 2014
FOR the second year in succession Nelson lost the Bernard Martin Cup Final in a game which could have gone either way.
AC Pontytmister 0 Blaenavon Blues 5
2:06pm Monday 7th April 2014
BLUES manager Ryan Durham, without first choice mid fielders Mike Waite, Jamie Brankley and Marc Browning, gave a rare opportunity to second teamer Terry Jones who did not let his manager down and had a sound game in the centre of midfield.
Blackwood cricket club fixtures
5:20pm Tuesday 1st April 2014
BLACKWOOD Town Cricket Club is looking forward to the upcoming season as the opening fixture approaches.
Nelson Cavaliers 2nds 2 -1 Llantrisant
5:22pm Tuesday 4th March 2014
NELSON were looking to build on last week's impressive win against Llantristant and despite being forced into changes from last week's line-up, Nelson still fielded a quality side.
Caerphilly RFC take win to catapult to sixth place in league
5:15pm Tuesday 4th March 2014
Blaenavon Blues 0 Ynysddu Welfare 2
2:31pm Tuesday 18th February 2014
AFTER an impressive victory against Division 1 Side PILCS in the Gwent Amateur Cup, The Welfare were hoping for another win against Blaenavon in the County Motors Cup.
Caerphilly mountain biker set for big year
2:30pm Tuesday 18th February 2014
MOUNTAIN bike star Manon Carpenter is gearing up for a big year competing in the likes of the United States and Canada in this season's World Cup.
Ynysddu Welfare take game on penalties
2:29pm Wednesday 8th January 2014
Rhymney 27 Caerphilly 33
11:06am Wednesday 11th December 2013
CAERPHILLY completed their second victory in a row in a thrilling encounter at Rhymney.
Caerphilly sport volunteers honoured
12:40pm Tuesday 3rd December 2013
SPORTS volunteers and coaches were honoured last week by sports stars for their work in inspiring people to take up sport.
Nelson Cavaliers 2nds 1 Talbot Green 2
12:13pm Tuesday 3rd December 2013
THE game started well and James Hurley was pulling the strings early on from midfield, setting up Dean Marshall and Lewis Roberts for chances that were well saved by the Talbot keeper.
Nelson 8 Penrhos 0
4:20pm Tuesday 19th November 2013
NELSON Cavaliers won 8-0 against Penrhos in the Taff-Ely and Rhymney Valley Premier League The game started slowly as both sides tried to create chances and the game needed a goal to change the pattern.
Battling Bedwas slip to Pontypridd defeat
4:02pm Tuesday 19th November 2013
BEDWAS RFC battled in vain to a 15-34 defeat when they faced Pontypridd RFC at the weekend.
Caerphilly RFC lose out to Wattstown
1:02pm Tuesday 12th November 2013
Welsh Over 45's League - Newport Reps 5 Nelson 1
10:39am Tuesday 12th November 2013
A disappointing performance saw Nelson fail to raise their game against a confident Newport side.
Nelson 4 Fairwater 0
10:35am Tuesday 12th November 2013
NELSON secured an impressive victory against a competent Fairwater side. The pitch survived the recent storms and torrential rain to provide an entertaining game.
Pooler hold on to beat Blackwood RFC in the mud and rain
4:02pm Monday 4th November 2013
Senghenydd clinch Swalec Plate derby with win over Caerphilly
1:02pm Tuesday 29th October 2013
7:08pm Monday 28th October 2013
Hat trick leads to Caerphilly's first win of season at Virginia Park
3:47pm Thursday 17th October 2013
Over 40's League - Nelson Cavaliers 9 Pontypool 0
3:00pm Tuesday 8th October 2013
Nelson 40's opened up their league campaign with a thumping 9-0 win against a battling Pontypool side.
Nelson Cavaliers Tervs 1 Bush Bluebirds 2
1:40pm Tuesday 8th October 2013
A near full strength team and a first home game of the season should have seen the Tervs on top form. Unfortunately it was a tough competition with both teams making a great contest out of proceedings.
Ystrad Stars 1 Nelson Cavaliers 4
1:09pm Tuesday 8th October 2013
Bernard Martin Cup 1st round - Ystrad Stars 1 Nelson Cavaliers 4
Nelson Cavaliers 0 Baglan Dragons 2
4:37pm Tuesday 1st October 2013
NELSON continued their quests in cup competitions when Baglan Dragons were the visitors.
Mardy 3 Ynysddu Welfare 2
1:49pm Tuesday 1st October 2013
ANOTHER poor Ynysddu Welfare performance results in a very disappointing loss.
Caerphilly 17 Croesyceiliog 20
10:26am Tuesday 24th September 2013
CAERPHILLY suffered an undeserved defeat in the last minute of the game at Croesyceiliog as captain Matthew Entwistle converted a penalty with seconds on the clock.
Nelson Cavaliers 0 Abercynon 3
10:21am Tuesday 24th September 2013
NELSON'S hopes to have an extended run in the cup competition came to an abrupt end when they were comprehensively beaten by their higher league opponents and local rivals Abercynon.
Bedwas 9 Cardiff 27
4:42pm Monday 23rd September 2013
CARDIFF eased passed a lacklustre Bedwas for a deserved win.
Penallta youth keep on winning
4:32pm Monday 23rd September 2013
PENALLTA'S two youth sides continued their 100% league records. Penallta Youth (Golds) beat Caerleon 54-0 in an emphatic display of running rugby whilst the younger Blues side travelled to neighbouring Fleur de Lys and came home with a hard fought 12 nil victory.
Penallta 22 Heol y Cyw 23
4:27pm Monday 23rd September 2013
PENALLTA saw their almost two year unbeaten home record come to an end an Saturday with the visit of their bogey side Heol y Cyw.
Penallta 34 Glamorgan Wanderers 15
3:20pm Tuesday 17th September 2013
PENALLTA RFC welcomed Glamorgan Wanderers to Trinity Fields expecting an extremely hard-fought contest and the visitors soon showed their strength scoring two tries to go into a 10 nil lead.
Penallta Minerbirds 62 Gorseinon Ladies 0
3:11pm Tuesday 17th September 2013
THE PENALLTA Minerbirds continued their League campaign against Gorseinon Ladies on Sunday.
Caerphilly 13 Abergavenny 42
2:55pm Tuesday 17th September 2013
CAERPHILLY'S first home game of the 13-14 season ended in a comprehensive defeat as the visitors put 42 points on the board at Virginia Park last weekend.
AFC Caerphilly 2 Nelson Cavaliers 1
2:51pm Tuesday 17th September 2013
NELSON started this game on the front foot and were quickly into their stride playing crisp neat football and deservedly took the lead through Dan Lewis, who clinically finished a nice sweeping move.
Ynysddu Welfare 0 Chepstow Town 3
3:53pm Monday 16th September 2013
YNYSDDU bow out of the FAW Welsh cup with their heads held high after a courageous performance against a strong Chepstow side.
Blackwood Stars RFC 30 - Beaufort RFC 3
12:02pm Friday 13th September 2013
BLACKWOOD Stars won this encounter against a strong physical side; we all knew that Beaufort would be a hard side to play against.
Brain is one to watch as Butcher triumphs
2:36pm Wednesday 4th September 2013
CWMCARN Paragon's Andrew Butcher followed up his superb WCA Team Time Trial Championship-winning ride with another outstanding performance to take victory in the penultimate round of the Evening 10 Series.
Blackwood batsmen give up the ghost
2:34pm Wednesday 4th September 2013
Nelson dig deep to overcome Brithdir
10:14am Tuesday 3rd September 2013
Nelson grabbed all three points in a tight game. The first half was edgy with both sides having half chances before Ben Banks broke the deadlock.
Llanhilleth Athletic 1 Ynysddu Welfare 1
12:38pm Wednesday 28th August 2013
YNYSDDU Welfare's poor start continued as they were held to a 1-1 draw away to Llanhilleth Athletic.
Race AFC overcome Graig y Rhacca
3:56pm Wednesday 7th August 2013
RACE Welcomed Graig y Rhacca's footballers on Saturday, and with another warm day the game was split into three 30-minute periods.
CRICKET: Blackwood bat hard on Tondu
2:48pm Wednesday 17th July 2013
BLACKWOOD won the toss at Bryn Road and followed the trend of batting in superb conditions on a hard wicket and fast outfield.
Caerphilly pupils keep up spirit of Olympics
4:36pm Wednesday 10th July 2013
DAY of Olympic-themed activity, organised by Sport Caerphilly, was held in Cardiff last week Olympic gold medallist, Jason Gardener, joined school children at the National Indoor Athletics Centre (NIAC) to celebrate the start of this year's Lloyds TSB National School Sport Week – the UK's biggest school sport event.
CRICKET: Sudbrook notch narrow win over Blackwood
11:43am Tuesday 9th July 2013
SUDBROOK CC kept their good run going with a narrow victory over Blackwood Town CC.
Bronze for Hendredenny teen boxer as he bids for next Olympics
3:30pm Wednesday 3rd July 2013
A CAERPHILLY teenager who recently won the Welsh Amateur Boxing Championship for the second year running has won bronze in the UK championships.
Ystrad Mynach karate kid Tomas lifts Welsh trophy
3:20pm Wednesday 3rd July 2013
AN YSTRAD Mynach karate kid has become the under- 12s Welsh Kumite champion at the KUGB Welsh championships.


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If disaster strikes, how quickly can you recover?
The longer an organization takes to recover, the more costly it becomes
Many organizations are challenged by this discovery phase. First of all, assessing the sheer volume of applications used in various departments can be daunting. In addition, business staff may not agree on which applications are mission-critical until they see the risks actually quantified in the business-impact analysis. Furthermore, it can be difficult to quantify the intangible results of negative media coverage and loss of reputation, but these results can have a long-lasting impact on profitability.
Where are the gaps?
Once mission-critical systems are defined, the organization should next analyze the gaps between the business needs and current recovery mechanisms. The in-house IT staff and outside technology vendors should be able to provide insight about current capabilities and recovery options specific to particular applications.
The Midwest hospital, for instance, learned that restoring the EMR would take 48 to 50 hours under current conditions, whereas the recovery-time objective was no more than two hours, and ideally near zero. Obviously, the gap was unacceptable, as the hospital could not afford to risk any EMR downtime.
The organization inevitably must address the perceptions of business staff versus current realities. They may not realize that assuring timely recovery requires IT investments that may not have been planned or adequately funded — and they may be unhappy to learn that their operations are not as well-protected as they had assumed.
Since senior business staffers typically control the budgeting of technology projects, it is important to engage them in reviewing the business impact and gap analyses. To remediate the most critical gaps, the IT team will need to make a clear business case for investing in recovery infrastructure, such as storage replication, disk-based backups, and off-site servers. The business-impact analysis is a helpful tool for juxtaposing business risk against the cost of IT infrastructure investments.
How can you close the gaps?
After the gaps are identified, the organization can create a technical and procedural plan to close them, along with the associated costs of each recovery strategy. Clearly, the mission-critical systems will receive the highest level of attention and investment, while the less-critical applications will be recoverable over longer periods of time.
Often, the best solution is to create a secure "hot site" for highest-priority applications, with disk or tape backup for others. This off-site facility hosts a replica of the mission-critical applications and data, and can be quickly activated during a disaster. Since a hot site that completely mirrors all IT systems could cost even a small organization seven figures, this strategy must be deployed very selectively.
Less-costly backup options include disk, tape or, increasingly, even the cloud. As cloud-based services evolve, this may become another standard recovery strategy. However, in many cases today, cloud options are best fit for DR for less critical systems. As time goes on, cloud will likely become increasingly more compelling for even mission-critical systems, though.
How long will it take to close the gaps?
Closing the gaps between business needs and capabilities may be a multiyear process, depending on the time and resources available. A thorough disaster-recovery plan will include the details of IT infrastructure improvements, timelines for project phases and resources required so the organization can budget for the multiyear implementation costs.
For most organizations, disaster-recovery planning is a valuable education process. It is comparable to buying an insurance policy, and you should not invest in the insurance until the risks and mitigation strategies are fully understood. Most important, disaster-recovery planning compels the organization to anticipate the worst — and feel more confident about tackling the aftermath.
Nick Chandler is a Senior Consultant for Data Center & Application Delivery at Burwood Group, a consulting firm specializing in IT management and infrastructure solutions. Chandler specializes in the design and deployment of Data Center infrastructure technologies, including core networking, server virtualization, and unified storage. Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Chicago, Ill., Burwood Group serves local, national and international clients, helping them bridge the gap between business strategy and technology solutions.
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Fri Aug 31, 2012 8:51 pm Cowboys waived RB Jamize Olawale, CB Teddy Williams, S Eddie Whitley and DL Robert Callaway.
Fantasy Source Spin: A converted wideout and fullback from the University of North Texas, Olawale impressed in preseason action only to get caught in the numbers crunch. Williams is the "Splendid Sprinter" who was a track star in college.
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Thu Aug 23, 2012 2:16 pm According to the Cowboys website, there is a "growing excitement" over undrafted rookie RB Jamize Olawale.
Fantasy Source Spin: A converted wideout from the University of North Texas, Olawale has moved from lead blocker to tailback with the Cowboys over the past couple of months. With fullback size (6-0, 230 pounds) and halfback moves and speed (4.53 40-yard dash), Olawale has stood out in the first two preseason games. He could push Phillip Tanner (hand surgery) for the final running back spot.
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The script closely resembles the nfs-ls script and attempts to list the contents of AFP volumes.
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August 28, 2012 at 7:00 AM
"The team with the best players wins." - Jack Welch Are you questioning the ability of your sales leader to take your revenue performance to the next level? Is slow revenue growth extending your time horizon to a successful exit?
In your next board meeting, they will ask what you will do differently to make the number in 2013. If replacing your sales leader is on top of the list, question #2 will be: How do you know the new one will be better?
To hire a top-performing sales leader, you have to remove legacy aspects of your recruiting strategy. In the last 10 years, you've removed inefficiencies from your life.
Consider taking the same approach to your recruiting strategy.
Here are three things to eliminate from your recruiting strategy immediately:
1. Industry Experience – The industry you're selling to is changing as fast as you're changing. New technologies are being created at warp speed. Companies that can't evolve are dying. This Forbes article from 2008 foreshadowed Blockbuster's demise when comparing them to Netflix. Just four years ago, being able to order DVDs through the mail was seen as evolutionary. Blockbuster's plan was "still in the works." Two years later, Netflix evolved from mail order to delivering streaming movies on demand. Blockbuster declared bankruptcy. Netflix evolved faster and won.
If your next sales leader candidate has 15 years of software sales experience, does it really matter if he was able to sell an on premise enterprise system to a customer in 2002?
You want to hire someone who is a demonstrated student of the game; someone who is on the bleeding edge of the industry they work in today. It's not relevant that they've worked in the industry for dozens of years. What you care about is their ability to evolve at the pace of the industry you're in today.
2. Product Knowledge – Product cycles are short. Salesforce.com has 19 scheduled releases between September and October of this year alone. Features and benefits come and go. If you are making a hiring decision on product knowledge, you're deciding on something that will be irrelevant in less than 6 months.
How well does your candidate understand the customers and the problems they are trying to solve?
Focus your efforts on identifying candidates who can tell you what problems their customers have today and how they solve them. Great candidates can tell you:
The answer you hear should not have a single mention of a product feature or benefit.
3. # of Years in Sales Management – Sales management is changing rapidly. Old school management isn't cutting it. For example, companies are using antiquated approaches like Solutions Selling rather than focusing on buyer-centric sales processes. In 2010, McKinsey published a study called Solutions Selling: Is the Pain Worth the Gain? In the study, they found 75% of solutions selling implementations fail. A sales process with a 25% success rate will not achieve your revenue goals.
Does your candidate know how to map a customer buying process in order to build a custom sales process?
The best sales leaders start with the customer first. They aren't enamored with the sales process they learned in 1995. They seek to understand how and why your buyers purchase your product. You want someone who thinks like your buyer, not someone looking to implement a legacy selling model. Look for a leader who can map a sales process to your customer's buying process from scratch.
Here are 6 Tips you can implement to recruit your next great Sales Leader:
This month, Mike Krzyzewski won his second Olympic gold medal with the US Men's Basketball team. Coach K adapts effortlessly from coaching teenage college kids to NCAA championships to coaching the top 12 NBA players to a gold medal. He doesn't allow himself to get bogged down by the old way of doing things.
"Too many rules get in the way of leadership. They just put you in a box . . . . People set rules to keep from making decisions."
Your next sales leader should be an evolutionary phenomenon. Forget legacy traits like industry experience, product knowledge and number of years on the job. The requirements of top sales leaders are so different today. Focus on pace of evolution, understanding of market problems and buyer-centric selling.
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Three Longview High School students this past weekend were honored as being among the best young artists in Texas. One member of the group – in her first ever All – State competition – was also recognized as being among best of the best. Senior Dervares Hayter and juniors Madison Branch and Serena Tuel received …
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Apr 12 2013
LHS artists named 'All State'
Permanent link to this article: http://www.easttexasreview.com/lhs-artists-named-all-state/
Jul 21 2012
KC announces Culinary Arts instructor
Kilgore College is pleased to announce that Kathryn "Kat" Jackson will be the new leader/instructor for KC's new Culinary Arts Program which begins Aug. 27. The late-afternoon and evening classes will be held at Longview High School's state-of-the-art commercial kitchen. Jackson has 15 years of industry experience from working with hotels as the senior manager …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.easttexasreview.com/kc-announces-culinary-arts-instructor/
Jun 05 2012
Forest Park principal moving to LHS
After two years at the helm of Forest Park Middle School, Brian Bowman has been named executive director of campus accountability at Longview High School. District officials will begin a search for his replacement immediately. Superintendent Dr. James E. Wilcox announced the move this week. "Brian has done a fabulous job at Forest Park," Wilcox said. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.easttexasreview.com/forest-park-principal-moving-to-lhs/
May 22 2012
Culinary Arts courses slated for Longview HS
The Longview Economic Development Corporation, Kilgore College and the Longview Independent School District are pleased to announce the development of an Associate of Applied Science degree in Culinary Arts at Kilgore College. Working closely with these entities and an advisory committee, Kilgore College officials designed curriculum to meet training needs in the Longview area. The …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.easttexasreview.com/culinary-arts-courses-slated-for-longview-hs/
May 16 2012
Lobo Stadium to close for graduation prep
Lobo Stadium will be closed to the public beginning May 22 so that preparations can be made for Longview High School commencement exercises at the facility, according to Athletic Director John King. Graduation is set to begin at 7:30 p.m. on May 25. The stadium will be reopened to the public on May 26 at …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.easttexasreview.com/lobo-stadium-to-close-for-graduation-prep/
Apr 17 2012
Longview HS counselor named
Sharon Rettig, Counselor at Longview High School has been named Counselor of the Year by the Piney Wood Counselor Association, a division of the Texas Counseling Association. Rettig is a career educator and consultant with 20 plus years in the educational arena. For the past 20 years, She has addressed taking care of students holistically. …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.easttexasreview.com/longview-hs-counselor-named/
Feb 21 2012
Artists earn trip to state
Two Longview High School art students have qualified to put their work against some of the best in the state, after winning All-Region and All-Area honors recently at a competition in Whitehouse. Another 19 students brought home All-Region medals – all receiving superior ratings from the judges. "As you can imagine, these students worked incredibly …
Permanent link to this article: http://www.easttexasreview.com/artists-earn-trip-to-state/
Jan 11 2012
LHS UIL competitors win medals
The Longview High School UIL Academics team traveled to Athens on December 10 to compete at the Athens Winter Invitational. Following are the results: Accounting – Deborah Conrad, Coach Marcus Stroud– 1st Place Accounting (6 competitors) Calculator Applications, Mathematics, Number Sense – Heather Cisco, Coach Jackson Schaap– 5th Place Math (50 competitors) Chris Yu – …
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What is IMO?
IMO=In my opinion
I am still trying to keep up with all the acronyms myself.
Discussion related to living as a Catholic in the single state of life. As long as a topic is being discussed from the perspective of a single Catholic then it will be on-topic.
Tobias and Sarah's story is from the Book of Tobit, and his journey is guided by Saint Raphael.
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The growth of India's $22 million comics industry
Publishing | This wrap-up of the third annual India Comic Con, which drew an estimated 50,000 attendees (up from 15,000 last year), doubles as a snapshot of that country's $22 million comics industry. The growth of the market is attributed in large part to the rise of graphic novels, which are luring young-adult readers. [The Times of India]
Comics | Writing for The Atlantic, Noah Berlatsky weighs in on the backlash over DC Comics hiring Orson Scott Card in an article titled "The Real Reason to Fear a Homophobe Writing a Superman Comic": "It's disturbing to have Orson Scott Card writing Superman, then, in part because Superman is supergood, and the supergood shouldn't hate gay people. But it's also disturbing, perhaps, because Superman is a violent vigilante — and because violent vigilantism in the name of good is often directed not against injustice, but against the powerless." [The Atlantic]
Comics sales may have hit 20-year high of $715 million
Taking into account the Bookscan figures supplied last week by CBR columnist Brian Hibbs, numbers-cruncher John Jackson Miller estimates that print sales in North America of comic books and graphic novels reached $715 million in 2012, a high not seen since 1993 or 1994.
Miller breaks down his math, so there's no great mystery as to how he arrived at that number: Bookscan tracks about 75 percent of bookstore sales. Add to that the rest of the book market, direct market sales of periodicals and graphic novels, and newsstand estimates, and voila. He acknowledges it's a little rough, and doesn't take into account graphic novel sales to libraries (or, clearly, the digital and U.K. markets); there's also the big caveat, the rate of inflation that would put those 1993-1994 sales at about $1.1 billion in 2012.
Stills, it provides a fascinating snapshot of the state of the North American comics market last year, which grew by about $35 million from 2011.
Jackson also singles out another interesting number: "For what I think may be the first time in years, the Direct Market's graphic novel dollar orders exceeded the value of the Bookscan orders (but not the entire mass market). I attribute it at least in part to the huge traffic in Walking Dead trades: comics shops ordered at least 74,000 copies of the first volume in 2012, versus 38,000 copies through Bookscan's retailers. That's a big difference."
His analysis is well worth reading, providing a solid companion piece to Hibbs' lengthy Bookscan article.
Comics A.M. | Graphic novel sales jump 38% over January 2012
Publishing | Comics sales were up 22 percent in the direct market over January 2012, and graphic novels increased by nearly 38 percent. This good news is tempered a bit by the fact there were five Wednesdays in this January (or 25 percent more Wednesdays, if you want to look at it that way), but that fifth week is usually a quiet one for new releases, so I think we can call this a win. The retail news and analysis site ICv2 credits Marvel NOW! and a strong backlist for the boost. [ICv2]
Publishing | Dark Horse's video-game art book The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia last week was the No. 1 book in the United States, according to Nielsen BookScan — not merely in the graphic novel category, but in any category. The initial print run was 400,000 copies. (Comic Book Resources interviewed the book's editor Patrick Thorpe last month.) [ICv2]
Comics A.M. | Marvel's Axel Alonso on rise of Latino superheroes
Publishing| Marvel Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso talks about bringing more Latino characters — and more diversity in general — to the Marvel lineup: "People out there reading our comic books are of all sizes, creeds and colors and it's our responsibility to make them feel included. This isn't some PC initiative, this is capitalism. This is about supply and demand." [Fox News Latino]
Passings | Webcomics and minicomics creator Luisa Felix (Candy Blondell) has died at the age of 60. [The Comics Reporter]
Creators | Grant Morrison discusses winding up his run on Action Comics: "Symbolically I'm not a big fan of dealing with politics in superhero comics because I think it diminishes both sides of the argument, but I do have my own take on things. I've got my own politics and so they do tend to find their way in. And really for me, its more symbolic, the way story winds up to tackle all those issues and looks at them through the perspective of Superman and Red Kryptonite and weirdness. So it's gone underground. I think the early Superman was very much more aligned with the anti-establishment, anti-authoritarian current, because I think when Superman started out that he was what entered into." [Comics Alliance]
Snyder and Lee's Man of Steel gets Free Comic Book Day preview
Readers will get their first taste of the much-anticipated new Superman series by Scott Snyder and Jim Lee in DC Comics' gold-edition offering for Free Comic Book Day.
The special issue also will reprint the first part of "Last Son," the 2006-2008 Action Comics story arc by Geoff Johns, Superman: The Movie director Richard Donner, and Adam Kubert, described as "a great jumping-on point for fans who can't wait to see Warner Bros. Pictures' Man of Steel major motion picture." The story may seem like an odd choice, given that the issue is more than six years old and was released before DC's linewide relaunch, but it does reintroduce General Zod, the primary antagonist of Man of Steel, even if that continuity no longer exists.
The preview of the Snyder/Lee series, on the other hand, makes perfect sense, as its launch is timed to coincide with the June 14 opening of Warner Bros.' franchise reboot. While DC has kept details of the new comic close to its vest — has Man of Steel even been confirmed as the title? — Snyder provided ROBOT 6 with a tease early this month.
"We're going to be introducing a new villain, and we're going to be trying to do the biggest and most epic Superman story we can!" he said. "So you'll see the supporting cast — you'll see Lana, and Lois, and Lex, and Jimmy and Perry. The story itself is really going to put Superman against a threat that will kind of shake him to his core psychologically and emotionally. We're really really proud of it, and Jim is doing incredible work on it. So we can't wait for you guys to see it!"
Free Comic Book Day 2013 is May 4.
Comics A.M. | Burglars make off with $10,000 comics hoard
Crime | The burglars who broke into Flea Market Comics in Mobile, Alabama, left the cash register alone but stole $10,000 worth of comics, according to owner Stephen Barrington. The thieves cut three locks off Barrington's storage units and replaced them with a combination lock, presumably so they could come back and get more. "It just left me deflated," he said of the theft. "People would come in just to look at the covers on them because they were such a various period from the '30s to the present and like I said anything on a display; they took." [Fox 10 TV]
Passings | Kiichi Toyoda, the first editor-in-chief of the Japanese manga magazine Shonen Sunday, died Jan. 10 at the age of 87. Shonen Sunday is the home of Rumiko Takahashi's InuYasha and Ranma 1/2 and Mitsuru Adachi's Cross Game. [Anime News Network]
Comics A.M. | Amazing Spider-Man #700 racks up $1.6 million
Publishing | The Amazing Spider-Man #700 led the pack in the December comics numbers with 200,000 copies selling to comics shops, and with a cover price if $7.99, it racked up a cool $1.6 million in sales. Avengers #1 sold 186,000 copies but at a more reasonable price, so the dollars didn't pile up as high for that one. ICv2 also has the December charts for the Top 300 comics and graphic novels in the direct market. John Jackson Miller takes it to the next level with sales estimates for the top 1,000 comics and trades of 2012. [ICv2]
Publishing | At the other end of the scale, Rob Clough talks to Chuck Forsman, the guy behind micropublisher Oily Comics. [The Comics Journal]
Walking Dead #100 officially top-selling direct market comic of 2012
Just in case there were any lingering doubt, Diamond Comic Distributors has made it official: The landmark 100th issue of The Walking Dead was the top-selling comic in the direct market in 2012.
As we noted in August, the issue by Robert Kirkman, Charlie Adlard and Cliff Rathburn set a new record for highest orders for a comic in a single month with an estimated 366,000 copies copies, beating The Amazing Spider-Man #583 (the Barack Obama issue, with 352,800 copies), the previous top seller for the 21st century, and The Darkness #11 (357,000), Image's previous all-time top seller.
According to the distributor, comics book sales finished the year up nearly 15 percent over 2011, and graphic novels up more than 14 percent. Marvel was the top publisher, with a 34.06 percent dollar market share and a 37.59 percent unit market share. DC Comics followed at No. 2 with a 31.94 percent dollar market share and a 36.75 unit market share. Marvel also published nine of the Top 10 comics of 2012: Uncanny Avengers #1, Avengers vs. X-Men #1-6, The Amazing Spider-Man #700 and Avengers #1.
The Walking Dead, meanwhile, dominated the graphic novels chart, claiming seven of the Top 10 spots.
"2012 was a terrific year for comic books and graphic novels," Diamond CEO Steve Geppi said in a statement. "Our publishers did a tremendous job of creating compelling storylines that comic book fans wanted to see – from Marvel's Avengers vs. X-Men followed by its Marvel NOW! titles later in the year to DC's powerful New 52 ongoing titles. Add in Dark Horse Comics' horror line-up, IDW's My Little Pony and Image Comics' creator-driven hits and it was quite a year. In addition, I would like to mention what a wonderful job comic shop retailers did in 2012, by continuing to establish a great environment that readers and fans want to come and visit."
Comics A.M. | ComiXology is third-highest grossing iPad app of 2012 [UPDATED]
Digital comics | Comics by comiXology was the third-highest grossing app on the iPad in 2012. Last year Comics made No. 10 on the charts, and two other comiXology apps, their Marvel and DC apps, also made the Top 20. [Inside Mobile Apps]
Manga | Black Lagoon creator Rei Hiroe has announced that after a nearly two-year hiatus, he'll resume his hit manga in January or February. The violent action/black comedy series, which centers on a team of pirates/mercenaries, is published in North America by Viz Media. [Crunchyroll]
Diamond Comic Distributors signs Tintin deal
Moulsinart S.A., the company established to promote and protect the works of Hergé, has signed a deal for Diamond Comic Distributors to exclusively distribute The Adventures of Tintin merchandise in specialty stores in North America and the Philippines.
The announcement is characterized as "a key step in Moulinsart's first ongoing and comprehensive program of Tintin collectibles, comics, and limited availability products in North America." A primary goal of the initiative is to expand the sales and brand awareness of Tintin in North America.
Hergé's beloved series, which chronicles the adventures of a globe-trotting young Belgian reporter and his faithful dog Snowy, has been been translated into more than 50 languages and sold more than 200 million copies worldwide. Although the books have experienced limited popularity in the United States, Steven Spielberg's 2011 motion-capture film adaptation raised awareness of the character.
Tintin merchandise has been listed in Diamond's Previews catalog since June, and will be spotlighted in dedicated pages.
"Although many U.S. fans became aware of Tintin with the Steven Spielberg/Peter Jackson film released in 2011, the international Adventures of Tintin have been known worldwide for many years," John Parker, Diamond's vice president of business development, said in a statement. "We at Diamond are ecstatic to be involved in the expanded introduction of Tintin's stories and awesome collectible and novelty products to the thousands of stores in our network."
News of the Moulsinart deal comes just a week after Diamond announced it had inked a deal with Tezuka Productions to distribute Osamu Tezuka comics, toys and other products outside of Japan.
Comics A.M. | Tezuka Productions and Diamond ink distribution deal
Manga | Tezuka Productions, which handles the works of Osamu Tezuka, has signed a deal for Diamond Comic Distributors to distribute its comics, toys, T-shirts and other products outside of Japan. [Previews World]
Comics | Sean Howe, author of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story, discusses the clash between the creative drive and the corporate interest, as it played out at the House of Ideas: "There's certainly a cautionary tale in there, but I think it's inevitable — because Marvel Comics is a really rich example of the way that pop culture works and that the Marvel story really gets to the way that art and commerce are always going to be battling it out in pop culture. If you're trying to have mass appeal and artistic expression at the same time, there are going to be compromises. And when you bring powerful corporate interests into the equation, it's pretty predictable what will happen." [The Phoenix]
The Walking Dead sees 39% sales increase in October
The question of just how well The Walking Dead #103 performed in the direct market has been answered with Comic Book Resources' sales estimates for October: 74,372 copies, a more than 39-percent increase from the previous issue and the biggest circulation gain of any title for the month. Mind you, that's based only on copies sold by Diamond Comic Distributors to the North American direct market.
That jump thrust The Walking Dead from the No. 24 spot on Diamond's Top 300 in September to No. 9 in October, marking only the second time the acclaimed Image Comics series by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard has cracked the Top 10. The previous instance occurred in July, when the milestone 100th issue seized the top spot with a record-breaking 366,000 copies (383,612 when you add other channels). However, aside from the auspiciousness of the occasion, that issue also benefited from 13 variant covers; Issue 103 had just one — Chris Giarrusso's adorable homage to the first issue (at right).
As we did last week, ICv2 gives part of the credit for the sales boost to the October premiere of the third season of the AMC television series. Now add that Issue 103 begins a new storyline — "a new beginning," in the words of the solicitation text — which won't be released in collected form until May.
Speaking of collections, a category in which the series thrives, the $60 Compendium Two was third in unit sales (an estimated 10,333 copies) but first in dollars; it was among the five Walking Dead collections in the Top 25 for October. The first volume, collecting issues originally released in 2003 and 2004, came in at No. 4 (with, again, 10,333 copies).
The Walking Dead returns to Diamond's Top 10 … but why?
The Walking Dead #103 was No. 9 on Diamond Comic Distributors' list of comics sold to the direct market in October, marking the rare breakthrough into the Top 10 by an independent title. The question, though, is why.
Sure, the landmark 100th issue of the acclaimed horror series by Robert Kirkman and Charlie Adlard landed atop the sales chart in July with a record-breaking 335,000 copies, propelled by a whopping 13 variant covers, but Issue 103 had just one variant (Chris Giarrusso's adorable homage to the first issue).
While there are no sales estimates yet for The Walking Dead #103, we can look to the two previous issues for some comparison: August's Issue 101 landed at No. 31 with an estimated 51,732 copies, followed in September by Issue 102 at No. 24 with 53,337 copies. Considering that ICv2 is reporting periodical sales increased 7.4 percent in October over the same month in 2011, we can safely say The Walking Dead #103 sold … significantly more than those two previous issues. Again, though, why?
It was billed as "a new beginning for The Walking Dead," and "a perfect jumping-on point," so perhaps we're seeing the television effect that's kept the collections at the top of the bookstore charts spilling into the single issues (the first volume, originally released in 2006, is a perennial bestseller). It's certainly possible that, with AMC's hit adaptation returning for its third season in October, viewers who had already consumed the trade paperbacks (and the retailers who sell them) took Image Comics at its word and jumped on the monthly series with Issue 103, pushing sales to somewhere well north of 53,000.
Next week, we should have a solid sales estimate, and with it a better idea of the title's trajectory.
Consolidation in the air: Disney+Lucasfilm, Random House+Penguin
So anything interesting happen yesterday? Oh, yes, that's right. Even the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy wasn't enough to delay the big announcement any longer: Star Wars is now the newest crown jewel of the House of Mouse. The announcement was made a day after plans were revealed to merge two of the world's biggest book publishers, Random House and Penguin. The two events, while occurring independent of each other, have all sorts of implications both specific and more broad.
Disney's purchase of Lucasfilm started a lot of people talking, and considering the legacy of Star Wars, it's only natural. With George Lucas out as director and Star Wars transitioning into something akin to the James Bond franchise, don't get your hopes up for a return to the sensibilities of the original Star Wars movie. The word "family" was used six times to describe the space opera in the press release and subsequent statements, sending a strong signal that what we've gotten most recently is what we'll get for the foreseeable future. Kathleen Kennedy was hand-picked by Lucas to succeed him as head of Lucasfilm and brand manager of Star Wars. Between her and Lucas' role as creative consultant, they'll ensure Star Wars retains something for the kids, which isn't necessarily a bad thing in and of itself, except for when it manifests itself in the form of Jar Jar Binks and other cartoon aliens with vaguely racist accents. In addition to the two- to three-year cycle of Star Wars films, there are plans for a TV presence and an expanded presence at Disney theme parks.
Comics A.M. | Brett Ewins out of jail; Ali Farzat continues to fight
Creators | Former 2000AD artist Brett Ewins has been freed on bail after a judge reduced his charge to assult. Ewins, who has been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, was accused of stabbing a police officer in a January altercation that left the 56-year-old artist hospitalized in serious condition. Because Ewins has already served nine months, part of it in a hospital (where he was in a coma), it's unlikely he'll have to go back behind bars. [Sex, Drugs, & Comic Books]
Creators | Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat, who escaped to Kuwait after the Syrian security police beat him and broke his hands, is now living in Egypt and continuing to draw cartoons supporting the Syrian revolution. "Fear has been defeated in Syria when the people marched 19 months ago against tyranny," he said. "I began to directly draw people in power including Assad and his government officials, to break the barrier of fear, that chronic fear that Syrians suffered from for 50 years." [Reuters]


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Architects say Design Affects Efficient Water Use
Efficient water use and management can be positively influenced by golf course design, according to Bruce Charlton, president of American Society of Golf Course Architects.
"Experienced golf course architects bring a lot of knowledge to the table about how a golf course can be designed or renovated to use water efficiently and make sure that the water that is used is managed properly," said Charlton. "This goes beyond things like using recycled water and looks at aspects like topographical characteristics, how water flows naturally and grass varieties."
Some of the ways design can influence water use and management:
Firm and fast conditions common in the United Kingdom can make the game enjoyable on a level not always found on American courses. More water doesn't necessarily mean better playing conditions. Design that takes this type of play into account can decrease water usage.
Cutting irrigation to natural areas. Although the initial cost for installation may be higher due to the need for precise watering and more sprinkler heads, using un-irrigated natural areas will reduce the amount of water over the life of a golf course.
Incorporating natural runoff patterns as well as wetlands into the design will help capture and filter potential contaminants, and allows for water to replenish aquifers.
Through an understanding of turfgrass and its growing medium, the plant's ability to process nutrients can be improved, reducing the amount of water required.
ASGCA says its members are experienced in designing for efficient water use. The association has published a third edition of "An Environmental Approach to Golf Course Development." For details, visit http://www.asgca.org/.
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