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Document Type Doctoral Thesis Author Pretorius, Werner URN etd-03162004-131828 Document Title Organizational factors influencing the transformational process of a financial institution Degree DCom (Human Resources Management) Department Human Resource Management Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof S W Theron Keywords
- work motivation
- transformation
- change
Date 2004-04-23 Availability unrestricted AbstractChange is a way of life in organizations today, whether the change is planned or unplanned. The goals of planned change are to improve the ability of the organization, as an open system, to adapt to change, and more specifically, to change behaviour of employees. Change in customer needs, the competition, and changed legislation amongst others, force the organization to change, and lead to change plans, strategies, and techniques.
The drivers for change impacted on the interrelated primary components of the organization (subsystems); viz. technical, structural, management, psychological, goal, and value components. The impact on the structural subsystem of the organization was brought about through restructuring, division of work, new decision-makers and authority, and changes in organizational policies and procedures. The impact on the technical subsystem was brought about by process re-engineering, new technology, and new techniques and equipment necessary for service delivery. The impact on the psychosocial subsystem was brought about by restructuring and affirmative action initiatives, resulting in a new network of social relationships, behavioural patterns, norms, roles, and communications. The impact on the goal and value subsystem was brought about by a new mission and vision of the organization, value changes such as empowerment, teamwork, learning and development, diversity awareness, as well as respect for the individual. All the changes mentioned previously collectively impacted on the managerial subsystem that spans the entire organization by directing, organising and coordinating all activities toward the basic mission. The managerial subsystem is important for the integration of the other subsystems, and the proposed changes were true role modelling, living the new organizational values, participative management, creating opportunities, people-centerd focus, giving recognition, motivating and coaching staff, and capacity building. For change to be effective there should be an integrated approach of structural, technical (work processes), and behavioural strategies. Through this research it became evident that it could be easier to change processes and structures within the organization, but the challenge is to change behaviour of individuals, groups, and the larger organization as it impacts on the management, psychological, goal, and value subsystems. People are the key to facilitate, implement, and manage change effectively in order to improve organizational effectiveness. Therefore, good leadership, including motivating employees during organizational change, is vital to the success of any change initiative. In summary, organizational strategy alone cannot produce the desired change results; there should be alignment with the management style, and the organizational culture or subcultures.
The purpose of this investigation was to determine if an integrated approach to organizational transformation (focusing on work processes, structures and employee behaviour) was followed. The analysis focused on factors that have an impact on the effectiveness/ineffectiveness to the change process, the impact of change on the organization, employees, and the organization culture. Specific work-related needs were also determined. The specific role of Human Resources (HR) during this change was determined, and recommendations were made accordingly.
A qualitative and quantitative research strategy were utilized to investigate the factors that influenced the effectiveness or ineffectiveness of the transformation process. Quantitative techniques were used to assess attitudes of the factors that influenced transformation, to investigate work-related needs, work motivation, and locus of control variables. Data were subjected to discriminant analysis and two-way factorial analysis of variance. Post-hoc comparisons were done by means of the Scheffé Test. A qualitative strategy was used to gather information about the need for change in this organization, the diagnoses of the current organization, planning of change strategies, implementation of change interventions, and management of the transformation process within the organization. The researcher's role was established as an objective observer of each and every aspect of the transformation process that entailed data collection, evaluation and feedback to the external consultants.
Many issues were identified that impacted on the effectiveness of the transformation initiatives. Recommendations were made for addressing the issues on individual, group and organizational systems level. It was proposed that the organization (business) strategy and organizational culture(s) be aligned, and that all transformation initiatives be driven with a holistic and integrated change approach. An organization transformation strategy should be part of the business strategy. It was proposed that culture (climate) surveys, and focus groups should become part of the transformation strategy, where the factors that impact on a strong organizational culture or sub-culture are tracked, measured and managed continuously. A motivation strategy (included in the transformation strategy) needs to be developed for the business unit/team that is aligned with the organization's strategy, objectives, business plans, critical success factors, the values of the organization, as well as the subculture(s) of the team/business unit(s).
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"You've finally been granted your Pokťmon Trainer's license. Now, it's time to head out to become the world's greatest Pokťmon Trainer. It's going to take all you've got to collect 150 Pokťmon in this enormous world...can you develop the ultimate Pokťmon strategy to defeat the eight Gym Leaders and become the greatest Pokťmon Master of all time?"The first installments of the Pokťmon franchise hit the Game Boy in 1996 in Japan (as Red and Green; see below) and in 1998 in North America. Taking place in a part of the world called Kanto (later shown to be east of a region called Johto; three years after Team Rocket is taken down in Kanto both regions are explored by a kid from Johto) based on the Japanese region of Kanto, the plot is simple: you, an eleven-year-old with a Nice Hat, are offered your very first Pokťmon by Professor Oak, the local authority on Pokťmon. He gives you a choice of three different types: Bulbasaur, Charmander, or Squirtle. His own grandson, your long-time Rival, gets second pick, and takes advantage of this to snag whichever one happens to be strong against your chosen partner.In exchange for your first Pokťmon, Oak wants you to run an errand for him: travel around the region and collect as many different Pokťmon as you can, recording all of them in your Pokťdex. Of course, along the way, you're more than welcome to challenge the eight Pokťmon Gyms, collect their badges, and take on the Elite Four in hopes of becoming the Champion of the Pokťmon League. Then there's the emerging threat of Team Rocket, a proudly evil organization that uses Pokťmon for its own selfish ends. Somebody's gonna have to deal with them, too — and who better than an eleven-year-old and his team of trained monsters?While the game's balance is undeniably broken (Balance? Psychic types LAUGH at your pitiful thoughts of BALANCE!), and glitches abound (Missingnoooooo!)... it's Pokťmon.It should be noted that in Japan, the first two games were released as Red and Green. Blue was released later as a third version, with a bit of a graphical improvement over the originals. For the international releases, the names Red and Blue were used. Although the Japanese Blue provided the graphics and game script for translation, the Japanese Red and Green provided the wild and version-exclusive Pokťmon for the international Red and Blue respectively. Aside from its codebase, this makes the Japanese Blue the only main series game to lack an international release.As evidence of its incredible popularity, Pokťmon Yellow was later released as a fourth version in Japan in 1998, and as a third international version in 1999. Yellow took elements from the TV series and transported them back into the games, however loosely. Instead of picking one of the usual trio, a wild Pikachu ends up as your starter, and follows you everywhere rather than getting into the usual Pokť Ball. The familiar Team Rocket trio also show up, although Meowth acts as a normal mon as opposed to an equal member to Jesse and James, acting as the third member in their party alongside Ekans/Arbok and Koffing/Weezing (but like your Pikachu, he slides into battle rather than be released from a Pokť Ball).After a successful run, Red, Blue, and Yellow were followed by the Game Boy Color-enhanced (though they can still be played on a previous incarnation of the Game Boy, as well as later ones) Gold and Silver, taking place three years after Red became champion and featuring that kid from Johto mentioned above, the return of Team Rocket, and improved the graphics that Yellow didn't (back sprites, etc.).Jump ahead a couple gens, and Red and Blue reappeared once more in the form of their Video Game Remakes on the Game Boy Advance: FireRed and LeafGreen. These allowed players to relive the classic games with many of the new benefits, tweaks, and balances of the second and third generations, though it took some Retconning here and there, and added in some new areas to explore after finishing the familiar challenge(s).These games have received two animated adaptations. The first one is the first season of the main Pokťmon anime. The second one is the anime special Mini Series titled Pokťmon Origins, which aired on October 2, 2013 in Japan (10 days prior to the release of the tie-in games Pokťmon X and Y) and November 2013 in the United States. This miniseries essentially serves as a more accurate depiction of the plot of Red and Blue/Green, being a Truer To The Text Anime of the Game in comparison to the main Pokťmon anime.Another detail worth noting is that many of the tropes listed under Red and Blue's category also apply to Yellow, FireRed, and LeafGreen.
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Personally I'm not a massive fan of bands releasing greatest hits collections while still in their prime as it suggests that the rest of the music they continue to produce will not reach the same high standards.
However, after an incredible 14 years in which they have recorded six studio albums, it cannot be denied that the Foo Fighters' collection of Greatest Hits is a fantastic album, compiling a handful of their biggest hits all into one album that will please their most ardent fans and anyone new to the band.
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Earlier this month, Raycom Media-owned WTNZ announced that WBIR, which is owned by Gannett, would begin producing its newscasts as part of the station's strategy to cost-effectively expand its local news programming and eventually begin broadcasting in HD.
WTNZ is debuting its new, WBIR-produced 10 p.m. newscast today anchored by Robin Wilhoit and John Becker (right), who will continue helming WBIR's 11 p.m. newscast as well.
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It's All Coming to an End…
Is it just me or has everything slowed down to a humid drone? I go to mtp every couple of days, do a bit of weeding, a splash of watering, cut a few things for the basket-of-plenty and head off home to spend the day in the kitchen, pickling, chopping, washing, eating… It's like the summer will never end. Even my artichoke plant has poked it wee-tiny head up (even if I did have to chop it off). Ominously though, Clive my next door (plot) neighbour rocked up the other day, leaned on his spade and said the following: "Ah…it's all coming to an end now…!" My stomach turned "Nooooo!" I felt like yelling, "that simply can't happen. Clearly, my tomato plants will carry on producing tiny gems for ever, the lettuce bed will always be full to brimming with more crispy leaves than a normal human being can consume and mtp's beds will never be empty again."
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It feels weird seeing the summer nights draw in and the crops getting older and more slug-eaten. This is my first year of growing veg, and I really feel like I've watched the season pass by properly, but now I'm like a schoolkid mourning the death of the summer holiday. It's a sad time.
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Yes it's my first year too! – and I feel so in touch with nature (sounds cheesy but it's true). It's great.
# Carina O'Reillyon 22 Sep 2005 at 7:56 pm
Ah, come on, I've just started and for me it's all just beginning. Think of next year :)
# mtpon 25 Sep 2005 at 7:06 pm
Carina you're right – we should look to next year! I can't wait to get started again and we haven't even finished yet. Today I harvested a huge basket of potatoes, beans, toms, courgettes, peppers, and gherkins. So we're not done yet!
Surely we need to think about winter veg?
I've just about got the hang of cucumbers , lettuce and tomatoes – I'm now looking forward to cabbages, onions, parsnips …


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Econsultancy recently mass unfollowed over 19K people. This is neither new nor a unique strategy. Maki (doshdosh) did the same a while back. So did Scoble and a host of others. Each have their own reasons, but Econsultancy states:
It is impractical to follow 19,000 people. Too much noise has rendered our @econsultancy Twitter account unusable.
I am not surprised to be honest. In fact I am more surprised that they have promised to selectively restart adding people to their stream. I am pretty much a small fish in a huge pond, but I am nearing over 3K people myself. It is pretty impractical to follow everyone, as the noise to information ratio goes commpletely out of whack for me. Dont get me wrong, there are people who can manage that ratio pretty well. I, unfortunately am not one of them.
That doesnt mean that I ignore people that follow me. I often used to troll through streams of followers conversations and chat to them. To me, twitter is all about conversation and adding value. Typically you will see a high ratio of retweets from me and of me because I have taken time to build relationships with people. I could probably go so far as saying that after SEOmoz, Twitter was my reason for rise to noteriety. In my opinion, Econsultancy are doing the right thing. After all, in the words of @lakey:
Incidentally, our subscription business predated our activity on Twitter by six years, and hasn't yet reached a critical mass. In that sense, Twitter isn't make or break for our business.
Although I would argue that twitter did in some respect add to their exposure, I sincerely believe that it is the new friendly site architecure, the amazing quality of content that they have produced on the blog in the recent year that should take the lion's share of the credit. I remember saying as much a while back to Chris (@lakey).
What would I suggest they do? Twittter has this fantastic facility that has made my life genuinely easier on twitter. And that facility is the capability of building lists without having to follow everyone one it. In fact I probably have the highest subscribed UK SEO list. It allows me to keep an eye on what UK SEO's are saying, without having to add them on to my own stream or to create a secondary a/c to do so. My honest opinion is that Econsultancy should spend some time classifying their followers and segmenting them into these lists, and monitor their conversations from there, if they want to listen to what their followers are saying.
I dont take unfollows or the lack or recipricol follows personally. The Screenshot above is a real indication of a/cs that I follow that dont follow me. Some a/c's are obvious why they dont, however others I know, I speak to often, or are even friends with me on Facebook. Each have their own reasons, and I have never asked. Why should I? I simply assume that my tweets are of no use to them, or adds too much noise to their streams. That is the beauty of twitter. There aren't hard and fast rules. You learn as you go, and you adjust to your own communities. I have my niche, and I find I fit well within it. Some of my friends however arent so forgiving…
What would I advise those new (and some not so new!) to twittter? My bigggest piece of advice is to reach out. At least to me and other like minded people. I am not a rockstar, despite a large number of followers. I do it all the time. And it works!
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Friday, March 2, 2012
Take Shelter (2011)
Gore 0/5
Entertainment 5/5
Creepiness 3/5
Take Shelter is the most emotionally moving film watching experience I've had thus far this year. While not technically a horror film (it does have some scares and some genuinely terrifying moments), I do like to bring attention to some different films every now and then. This gripping story will keep you glued and anxiety riddled for much of its run time as you question the mental conditions of the central character and if he is, in fact, going completely out of his mind.
Curtis is a simple, blue collar family man. He has a loving wife and a special needs daughter, both of which adore him immensely. Despite the drain of being the sole provider, he doesn't complain about it despite comments from a co-worker who wonders aloud how he does it: manual labor at an essentially thankless job, being a loving husband and a caring father to a girl who needs special attention. None of that really seems to phase him and it becomes apparent that he is just as content as content can be with the life he is leading.
But things grow worrisome for him as he has recurring nightmares of a storm of the century, rolling through town, and creating havoc. In one of his dreams, he envisions his dog attacking him. Things start off subtly with regards to his metal faculties as he builds a fence enclosure and places the dog inside it along with a doghouse. At first, the wife questions it but doesn't worry too much when he claims it's just a dog and dogs belong outside. However, with his dreams growing in number and his night terrors becoming more violent (including instances of wetting the bed) his wife grows rightfully more concerned.
Despite advice from a doc to travel out of town to see a shrink, he instead visits a local counselor who doesn't do much to ease his mind. He later makes a trip out to his elderly mother who's living in an assisted living facility. Upon visiting her, we are painted a much bigger picture. One of mental illness and fears that he himself may be headed down the same path that claimed his mother.
Things come to a boiling point when he takes out a loan against his home to improve his storm shelter out back, tricking it up and putting all of the necessary safety features in place that will ensure the protection of his family should the 'big' one hit. Just when the townspeople have all called him crazy and his wife is at her wits end, a storm rolls through town and he thinks this is it. They take refuge in the shelter and despite his insistence that the big one is rolling through creating havoc, it is nowhere near as decimating as his mind had conceived. However, shortly thereafter, things come to a heartbreaking yet beautiful end. I won't say how but I will say that it will leave you in complete awe.
With fine acting propelling this feature, it really should have received some more notoriety within the film awards community. Anchored by wonderful performances from Michael Shannon and Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter is an intense and gripping dramatic thriller. This is one to be celebrated and watched time and time again.
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- The Film Connoisseur said...
We totally agreed on this one, a gripping, tense, suspenseful film. It's filled with this ominous feeling all through out, in a way it reminded of Donnie Darko which had a similar vibe of dream/reality and all around strangeness.
Michael Shannon is a great actor, I hope he continues a long and fruitful career, his got an intensity to him that works great in films like this one and Herzog's My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done?, if your interested in that last one, I wrote a review for it a while ago if you want to check it out.
- March 5, 2012 at 4:17 AM
- Planet of Terror said...
Thanks for the recommendation TFC, I'll have to check that one out. Agreed, Michael Shannon deserves such a career and I hope to see him in more works.
- March 8, 2012 at 4:33 PM
One of the worst most ridiculous films i've ever seen! truly hideous and the film never really went anywhere....long, drawn out , morose and boring! And the point was?? it never made one. Just goes to show that anyone, including critics who liked this stupid film has their taste in their mouth...who wants to watch crap like this?
- April 29, 2012 at 12:01 AM
- Planet of Terror said...
Wow anonymous. Thoughtful and insightful commentary. Really compelling stuff.
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After joining the Sport Management faculty at Liberty in 2005 as an associate professor, Dr. Vicky Martin was promoted to the chair of the Sport Management Department in 2006. Soon after this, Martin was elected by her peers to serve as the chair of the Athletic Senate Committee from 2006-2009. After becoming the chair of the department, Martin desired for students to have the ability to study sport management not only at the undergraduate level of learning, but also at the graduate level of learning while at Liberty. She began to develop the foundations of a graduate sport management program. In 2009, Martin proposed the sport management graduate program that she had been developing for three years. This program was officially approved by SACS (Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) and was launched in the spring of 2010. Martin is currently leading the Sport Management Department through specialized accreditation through the Commission on Sport Management Accreditation (COSMA).
A highlight in the educational career of Martin occurred in 2009 when she was invited to attend the Oxford Round Table in Oxford, England. The topic of discussion at the Round Table was "women in leadership." Another highlighted moment was when she was presented with the "Outstanding Woman in America" award in 1987 and was deemed as an "Extraordinary Student of America" from 1985-1998.
Prior to coming to Liberty, Martin taught in the Sport Management Department of Florida Southern College in Lakeland, Fla. While teaching at Florida Southern, Martin was simultaneously pursuing her Doctorate of Sport Management at the United States Sports Academy. She received her D.S.M. in 2003. Prior to moving to Florida, Martin taught physical education courses for both Peace College and Oral Roberts University.
Research areas of interest to Martin are: women in sport, female mentorship in sport management, sport marketing, student-athlete welfare and NCAA sports.
Martin possesses a wide range of experience within the sport industry. During the early 1980s, Martin played professional tennis in Europe. She decided to move to America to play tennis and was offered a full tennis scholarship to Oral Roberts University. Upon graduation, Martin was appointed as the Division I women's tennis coach for Oral Roberts University. She coached and taught at Oral Roberts for 10 years. After leaving Oral Roberts, Martin coached Division III tennis at Peace College, and later she coached Division II tennis at Florida Southern College. While coaching at Florida Southern College, Martin was honored to receive the "Coach of the Year" award for the Sunshine State Conference in 2001. Martin has been involved as a facilitator and coach at numerous athletic camps and recreational programs; many of them were designed to get children interested in athletics, or help them improve their athletic abilities.
Martin was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa. She moved to the United States in 1982 in order to play tennis. In 2005, Martin moved to the Lynchburg area and now lives in the Boonsboro area with her puppy, Millie. She views each difficult situation in life as an opportunity to learn and grow, and encourages her students to do the same. Martin has a love for traveling and has traveled to many countries of the world. She desires to continue to travel in order to see and experience different places and new cultures. She is also an artist and loves to paint pictures.
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Students must complete between 34 and 49 credits (plus any or all of the Basic Skills courses) to complete the MBA degree at La Salle University. The total number of credits required depends upon the student's academic and professional background.
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Kenneth Childs, a Columbia lawyer who is co-chairing the conference, said the meeting is being held here not simply because Charleston is an attractive city with several good places to eat.
One of Churchill's best American friends was the Wall Street financier and statesman Bernard Baruch, who resided part time at Hobcaw Barony, a plantation property outside Georgetown.
Churchill visited Baruch's coastal home once, and Churchill also visited Camp Jackson -- now known as Fort Jackson -- outside Columbia at the beginning of World War II, Childs said.
There he witnessed a large-scale paratrooper exercise. "I had never seen 1,000 men leap into the air at once," Churchill later recalled.
Childs, a self-described history buff, said he admired Churchill's influential roles in leading Britain not simply in World War II but also World War I. Churchill was Prime Minister of Britain from 1940-1945, and is credited with rallying his nation early in the war while his nation stood alone against the Nazis. He also served again as Prime Minister from 1951-55.
"The most important thing to emphasize is this is just not an organization focused on one individual who has been dead for 45 years," Childs said. "It's an organization that's interested in international affairs, politics and statesmanship. Churchill was a remarkable statesman."
The conference is entitled "Churchill in the News," partly because it will feature rarely seen Movietone footage of Churchill's life and times -- footage that is part of the University of South Carolina's collection.
Judy Kambestad of California is coordinating the 27th International Churchill conference and expects 200 to 250 to attend, including MSNBC anchor and political commentator Chris Matthews.
Like Childs, Kambestad said she got involved with the Churchill Centre, a nonprofit organizing the conference, because of her admiration for Churchill.
"He was the one who basically defeated Hitler. I think most people realize that, but they don't know much else about him," she said.
Churchill was more than a politician but also an accomplished journalist and painter. He also was among the 20th centuries most quotable leaders.
"When 9/11 happened, we have a hotline and we were flooded with requests for Churchill quotes," Kambestad said. "Even the president called and wanted some Churchill quotes."
While Churchill lost power shortly after World War II, he gave a highly influential speech in which he warned an "iron curtain" had descended across Europe -- an early description of the tension that would become known as the Cold War. When he died in 1965, the Queen of England granted him a state funeral.
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As a young Royal Marine at the very end of the war, Neville Bullock was detailed as part of Sir Winston Churchill's official bodyguard.
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The Dallas Morning News reports 62-year-old Paul Harvey Andrews was sentenced Tuesday following emotional testimony from one of his victims.
Andrews was convicted in 1975 and 1985 of kidnapping and sexually assaulting children in Dallas County. He was sentenced to 75 years in prison in the 1985 case.
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|Mon, 02-11-2013 - 7:42pm
Good morning. I could use some third party opinions on an issue that I am dealing with. Here's the "short" story.
My girlfriend and I started dating in April of last year, so it's been about 10 months now. We live in Virginia and in early January, she went away to school in Missouri. We're both big into animal welfare and she is going to school for professional dog training. The school is 20 weeks long and she will be back in May.
Well, I was and am very supportive of this school, it's very well regarded and she will excel at it. We talked before she left and agreed to continue dating and agreed that we both definitely wanted to make it work and give our best efforts to stay together and see what happened when she was done (i.e. could we start a life together in earnest).
The problem is, she is so consumed with school now that it's making things extremely difficult. They go to school from about 8am to 6pm and then train until 10pm-11pm at night. I know this to be true as I know several people who have gone to the school and they all said the same, that it is all consuming and students essentially wake up and train or they don't pass. There's a very low pass rate and only the most dedicated students pass. There are plenty of other guys there, but honestly, I don't really have a worry that there is something else going on. She's not the type to do that and I can pretty much tell she is all consumed with training.
My issue is that I am feeling really left out. We text back and forth during the day on and off and we have talked on the phone or on Skype a handful of times (used to be every 2 days), but it's getting tougher. I no longer get texts at night before we go to bed (3 days in a row without), we haven't Skyped/phone talked in 3 days and she just seems too busy to really have any significant engagement. She also won't let anyone (me, her mom, her dad, her cousins) come and visit her at least until she is further in the program as she says she can't spare the time and will get behind with training.
In the end, I know she cares, but I know training and school have become her #1 priority and I am a waaaaaaaay distant #2. I'm not in her shoes, but it seems to be that if she really cared and missed me, she could take 5 seconds to text goodnight before she goes to bed (lots of times she says she just passes out when she is home - I can see the bags in her eyes on Skype - before she can) and would find some way to see me if even for a day. I just feel like I am not worth the few seconds some little gestures would take. We've discussed it and she knows how I feel and has made efforts to communicate more which helped, she just gets caught up in school and they tend to fade.
I love this girl to pieces but we've got about 4 months left to go and every day is torture waiting on her to contact me. I don't think I can go on like this and am about ready to break up but not sure I will feel any better knowing she is there by herself and is now single with a bunch of guys. She is the perfect girl for me in so many ways, unlike any other I have met. We have so much in common and get along so well, I really believe we could have a great future if we could get through with this. I'm just not sure we can.
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IF she is as great a girl as you say, then I think you need to suck it up for a few months and find something else to do with your time so you aren't just thinking about when she is going to call you. You know for a fact that she is constantly studying & training and she's dead tired--right now she needs to make this training her priority and you should be supporting her. It's like it would be if you were dating someone in the military & they were doing basic training or a new doctor/intern. If you look at 6 months compared to the rest of your life, it's a drop in the bucket. Now is your chance to support her & I'm sure if you stay together there will be times that you need her to support you.
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As an update, we had a really long text conversation on Valentine's Day (of all days). I had sent her some flowers and I could tell she was lukewarm about them. None of the typical language we use when we are talking happily. I said something about it and she apologized for "being this way". She said she feels disconnected to everything outside of the school because the school is all consuming (again, I know it is from multiple sources). She said the best way to put it is she honestly has not had time to think about us or miss me and if she does, she blocks it out because she doesn't have time to dwell on emotions, she needs to spend 100% of her energy focusing on school (there's like a 30% graduation rate and only the people who really bust ass make it). She was very apologetic and suggested we put things on hold until she is done with school and that we can still communicate during the time she is there, she just doesn't want the stress of "maintaining the relationship on a daily basis" like is expected with a long term relationship. She said that when she can't text or call me, she knows I am hurt and it hurts her to know she is hurting me because she can't find the time and that takes her focus away from training. I asked her if it was about someone else and she said no and I believe her. I looked back through old emails and the message she is telling me is consistent for the last 3 weeks. I really do believe she just feels like she is too busy and needs 100% focus on her schoolwork and I have to wait. I can understand that for the most part, but it's very hard to swallow that she doesn't miss me enough or think about me to make me a tiny, tiny sliver of her daily life. She has her own dog there and a new puppy she is training and lives in a house with 4 other people (3 women and a fresh out of high school guy, so no threats there) so I know she has a lot going on and deep down, I know her story is true. I guess it just hurts that I don't feel important enough for her to think about with fondness (she now says thinking about me makes her sad because she knows I am hurting). So, I guess I'll hang in there as long as I can and appreciate the sporadic texts I may get from her. Visiting her to the comment above is not possible. Not for me, her mom, dad, etc. She is not going to let anyone visit. She has laser focus on school.
Oh, well. Thanks for letting me ramble.
|Tue, 02-19-2013 - 10:42am
Well you know it's hard to wait but hopefully when she is done with school and comes back you can start up with your relationship. Now you have also learned something about her--she doesn't seem that good at multi-tasking, so what would happen if she had a very demanding job at home or had to work & take care of kids (like most people do)? Would she push aside her relationships?


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The amount of gene expression data in the public repositories, such as NCBI Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) has grown exponentially, and provides a gold mine for bioinformaticians, but has not been easily accessible by biologists and clinicians.We developed an automated approach to annotate and analyze all GEO data sets, including 1,515 GEO data sets from 231 microarray types across 42 species, and performed 12,658 group versus group comparisons of 24 GEO-specified types. We then built GeneChaser, a web server that enables biologists and clinicians without bioinformatics skills to easily identify biological and clinical conditions in which a gene or set of genes was differentially expressed. GeneChaser displays these conditions in graphs, gives statistical comparisons, allows sort/filter functions and provides access to the original studies.We performed a single gene search for Nanog and a multiple gene search for Nanog, Oct4, Sox2 and LIN28, confirmed their roles in embryonic stem cell development, identified several drugs that regulate their expression, and suggested their potential roles in sex determination, abnormal sperm morphology, malaria infection, and cancer.We demonstrated that GeneChaser is a powerful tool to elucidate information on function, transcriptional regulation, drug-response and clinical implications for genes of interest.
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- This guide is for the normal encounter.
Phase I: Add Phase
In this phase you're more or less dealing with a plethora of adds. As a range, you really just need to be aware of your kill priority, and to avoid standing in the way of the charge. Purple swirlies, despite prior history, are essential to be stood in.
The fight begins by talking to the Captain of the boat, and the boss does a fly-over getting dropped in the middle of the boat. If you're ranged, you can do some damage to the adds that will inevitably spawn by going to the right platform (facing the cabin of the boat where the portals are).
Now, on to the adds you'll be dealing with.
- Twilight Assault Drake – These drakes strafe across the deck of the ship, deposit their fierce riders onto the deck, and then retreat to a safe distance to bombard the gunship.
- Twilight Barrage – The twilight drakes launch bursts of dark energy at a random location on the deck of the Skyfire. Twilight Barrage inflicts 140000 Shadow damage, divided evenly among all players within its 5 yard radius. If the attack strikes the deck of the Skyfire without hitting a player, the gunship suffers the full damage instead.
- Twilight Elite Dreadblade
- Blade Rush – The Dreadblade charges at the location of a random distant player, inflicting 92500 to 107500 Physical damage to all players in its path.
- Degeneration – The Dreadblade carves a swath of destruction with its dark sword. The sword inflicts 38000 to 42000 Shadow damage to enemies in a frontal cone, and 3000 Shadow damage every 2 sec for 1 min. This effect stacks.
- Twilight Elite Slayer
- Blade Rush – The Elite Slayer charges at the location of a random distant player, inflicting 92500 to 107500 Physical damage to all players in its path.
- Brutal Strike – The Slayer strikes a vicious blow with its jagged sword. The strike inflicts 150 Physical damage, and 3000 Physical damage every 2 sec for 1 min. This effect stacks.
- Twilight Sapper – Sleek infiltrator drakes airdrop goblins strapped with powerful explosives onto the deck of the ship. These Sappers rush to breach the gunship bridge and detonate their destructive payload.
- Detonate – Upon reaching the Skyfire's bridge, the Sapper detonates his explosives. The blast inflicts 243750 to 256250 Fire damage to players within 8 yards, damages the Skyfire for 20% of its total durability, and kills the Sapper.
Now that you know what you're dealing with, the kill orders are going to be different based on your role — see the below table.
Awesome, right? Notice that Melee priority is the Dreadblades and the Slayers after the Sappers, whereas range should focus on the Drakes, then everything else. This fight can be a little chaotic, not necessarily because of the add priority, but more so the amount of movement required.
Goriona – Blackhorn's mount throws things at you too.
- Twilight Onslaught – Goriona unleashes a massive blast of dark energy at a random location on the deck of the Skyfire. Twilight Onslaught inflicts 800000 Shadow damage, divided evenly among all players within its 10 yard radius and the Skyfire. If the attack strikes the deck of the Skyfire without hitting a player, the gunship suffers the full damage.
You'll easily be able to identify these things by the giant purple swirlie on the ground. Your whole raid needs to stack up in those giant swirlies. It's worth noting also that there are smaller purple swirlies that are tossed around, and are easily soaked by 1 or 2 people at a time. You should try to soak as many of those as possible, but it's not the end of the world if a couple are missed.
In order to proceed to the next phase, you have to survive 3 complete sets of adds. (2 drakes, 1 dreadblade, 1 slayer per wave)
Phase II: Blackhorn Himself
You'll be facing Blackhorn and Goriona together. I'll get into what you need to watch for, but it's important to look at what each of them does first.
- Warmaster Blackhorn
- Devastate – Blackhorn sunders his current target's armor, inflicting 120% weapon damage and reducing the player's armor by 20% for 30 sec. This effect stacks.
- Disrupting Roar – Warmaster Blackhorn screams fiercely, inflicting 47500 to 52500 Physical damage to all enemies on the gunship. The shout also interrupts spellcasting for players within 10 yards for 8 sec.
- Shockwave – Blackhorn strikes the ground, unleashing a wave of force that inflicts 95000 to 105000 Physical damage to enemies in an 80 yard frontal cone and stuns them for 4 sec.
- Vengeance – As Warmaster Blackhorn takes damage during the course of the fight, he inflicts 1% more damage for each percentage of his missing health.
- Goriona – After depositing her master on the deck of the Skyfire, Goriona hovers alongside the Skyfire and rains destruction down on the players. Once Goriona has suffered sufficient damage, she will break off and flee, abandoning her master on the Skyfire.
- Twilight Flames – Goriona launches a blast of dark energy at the location of a random player, inflicting 38000 to 42000 Shadow damage on impact to players in a 8 yard radius. Twilight Flames lingers on the deck of the Skyfire, inflicting 29250 to 30750 Shadow damage to players within 7 yards every 1 sec for 30 sec.
Once again, your raid will be split between melee and range damage groups. Range will start off on Goriona, and will DPS her until she flies off, then swap over to Blackhorn. Melee starts off on Blackhorn.
The challenge to this phase is avoiding bad things.
Goriona throws out purple puddles of Twilight Flames that need to be avoided. They disappear after a bit, but you'll likely be dealing with 3 or 4 of them at a time. Blackhorn throws out a cone of stun-badness that you need to get out of, otherwise facing potential death. Range is at a huge disadvantage to start this phase of the fight just due to the fact that Blackhorn's cone can cover the entire surface of the boat if you're unlucky. Every raid does the positioning a bit different, and it will take a bit of maneuvering to figure out what works best for your raid.
Once Goriona flies off, the fight becomes far easier, and range can get to min distance from Blackhorn, and quickly sidestep any cone quickly. Obviously the further away you are from the boss, the more difficult it becomes. This part lasts until Blackhorn is dead, which in the current landscape with the ~20% nerf, is pretty quick.
What does a Hunter need to know?
During phase 1, a Hunter's job is to burst DPS the dragons, and switch to Sappers when they spawn. Make sure you stack up during Twilight Onslaught, and soak as many of the smaller purple waves as possible.
During Phase 2, focus on Goriona, and stay out of bad. (Shockwave and the purple puddles) Ultimately, stay alive and damage things.
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Manti Te'o is no longer on Twitter.
According to multiple media reports, the Notre Dame linebacker deleted his Twitter account (@MTeo_5) during the Super Bowl. The college sports website CollegeSpun.com reported that the account disappeared during the third-quarter power outage in Sunday's game, right at a time when numerous Twitter users were making jokes at Te'o's expense.
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Te'o made headlines last fall when it was reported that his girlfriend died on the same day that his grandmother died. Months later, news broke that the girlfriend never existed.
A 22-year-old California man, Ronaiah Tuiasosopo, eventually admitted that he created the fictional Lennay Kekua, and that he engaged in a lengthy "relationship" with Te'o via phone and text. Both Tuiasosopo and Te'o said that the linebacker was never in on the hoax.
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