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Back from 12 day trip! WLV & BCV!
We (me, DH, DS5) returned a few days ago from our 12 day trip, 4 nights WLV, 7 nights BCV (we are DVC).
A mini-review/highlights Wilderness Lodge Villas: We had studio 3505, which is a very quick walk to and from the main building, etc. We got lucky, the hallways are very long and can end up with quite a hike if trying to run down to fill your mug or grab something from gift shop. Studio was in great shape, the designs/theme of the room a little old-fashioned and tacky we thought, but the room was in good shape and clean. The bathroom we thought was quite small, smaller than our bath at the BCV. My ONLY complaint about staying in a studio, is you do not get 2 beds You get one queen bed (which was quite comfortable) and one pull out sofa (not so much). - Boat service was great and we used several times, to get to FW for Mickey's Backyard BBQ, and to the Contemporary for Chef Mickey's. There was never a wait for a boat. - Bus service, eh. Not the best of our trips (at either of the 2 resorts we stayed at). We seemed to get buses quickly from the resort, but ended up waiting a long time at the parks a few times. At MK we waited 25 min for a bus (late afternoon), and at HS we waited 20 minutes in the POURING rain (under the barely covered stop) midafternoon. Pool: we only used once, and mostly the kiddie pool - we were only here 4 nights and it seemed every time my son wanted to go, they'd close the pool for lightning in area. BEACH CLUB Villas: OUR TRUE HOME The Wilderness Lodge is a great resort, but the Beach Club is it for us! We stayed there last year 4 nights (all we could get) but this year were thrilled to get 7. We LOVE the beach club. Though the bus service was not the best (Downtown Disney was such a disaster that we only went once during trip - the bus stops at FIVE resorts each way, and we waited at the DD stop for a bus back for 35 minutes mid-afternoon.) The Beach club is so beautiful and cheerful, the pool is AMAZING! Our son loves the pool there so much he often chooses it over going to a park. And who can blame him, the pool is endless. He fell in love with the kiddie water slide and me and DH took turns trying the big slide (which was fun). We ABSOLUTELY had to make time for the pool every day, and often could not get him out of it! - It takes less than 5 minutes to walk from our room to Epcot's back entrance! We often walked over to Epcot for a drink at night when we werent doing anything else, and a couple times while spending the day at the pool, Id run over to get us a QS lunch from the World showcase! Restaurants We Ate At: CRT - Breakfast - Even though he's a boy, our son loves the castle. Though he's not overly interested in the Princesses, he smiles and takes pictures with them, and he loves the sword they give him. Food was good too. Mickey's Backyard BBQ - a favorite of ours (did last year also). Though we were there in late August both times, and despite reviews from others about it being uncomfortably hot, we didnt find this to be the case. Yes, it was hot outside, but we were never uncomfortable there are fans, and there was a slight breeze this time. We thought the food was fresh & great (and everything on the buffet was safe for our nut-allergic son). The included beer and wine is great too. Our son is on the shy side so he didnt want to get up and dance with the characters, but he did dance some at our table and he enjoyed all the entertainment. Chef Mickeys - did both breakfast and dinner here during trip, both were great. We had great service, loved the character interaction and the food was very good both times. Coral Reef - we got to sit right next to the tank! That kept our son busy and he loved it so much and it is so cool to see sharks and sea turtles and stingrays right next to us while we eat. Have eaten here many times, service is always slow, but food good, and atmosphere awesome. Ohana - Dinner - another fav! My favorite food on WDW property. I just love the food here. My husband esp. loves the wings & dumplings, I love the chicken, shrimp and noodles. And dessert. All awesome. Only complaint this time is we got stuck at a table RIGHT where they do the entertainment. So standing right next to our table while we are trying to eat were tons of kids batting coconuts around on the floor, singing, dancing, etc. It was annoying. Though I know its part of the restaurant experience, and though we have never participated we never found the entertainment annoying before. I just didnt like having all those people right next to and even bumping into our table while we were eating. Next time will definitely request a table away from there. Tony's - we had one of the 1st dinner reservations here and service was super fast. We had barely ordered and the food was on our table. Thats ok with us, though all these days in a row at restaurants, our son isnt gonna sit still nicely forever so we prefer to get the food quicker. La Hacienda - great! We were among the first in the restaurant, great service and thought the food was excellent. Everything we tried tasted great! Hollywood & Vine (Breakfast) - great! The character interaction here was really great this year, it was a slow morning in the restaurant we actually showed up 30 min early for our res and were seated right away. The characters came around 2-3 times and the food was great. 1900 Park Fare (Dinner) - the food here was the best of any of the buffets of this trip, we thought. Excellent choices of food. The chef who came out to talk to us about our sons allergy and what he could have, made him a plate of special nut-free desserts which he was really excited about. The character interaction here is cute too. Be Our Guest (Dinner) - AWESOME! Yes, I made the res 180 days in advance. We were seated quickly, in the beautiful main ballroom. The food & service were excellent (I believe I had salmon) and my son loved it. The cupcakes there were safe for him (the chef made him one without the sprinkle candy on them, but it was the first time at Disney this trip he got a chocolate cupcake WITH frosting). It was a great experience. Garden Grill - another one we love, the food was (as always is) excellent, and the character interaction is great. Rainforest(AK, Lunch) - we love rainforest, the food is always good and its a fun atmosphere. That pretty much sums it up. Great trip, sorry to be back. We are going back in December for a quick 4 day trip since we never got to do the Merry Christmas party or see the lights, but since our points are used up for now, we have AP's and are trying to spend as little as possible on the trip we are staying at POP. 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"I didn't know they were building a new library, but I am glad the city is getting a new one," said Nancy Smith.
Smith said she drives past the old city hall every day.
"I saw it being torn down, but didn't know what they were doing with it," she said.
Smith said she hopes that the new library will have extended hours.
"I have had a lot of trouble in the evenings, because the library is closed and my kids use the computers for Internet access for school projects," she said. "I use them during the day to look up stuff, but my kids don't get access."
Smith said she thinks the library would be very busy in the evenings.
"I would at least like to see it open 2-3 hours after school lets out," she said. "It would help the kids grade-wise at school. If you get kids interested in books and in the library it can help them stay out of trouble."
Smith said the Internet access is also important for people without it.
"I know a lot of people around here who don't have Internet," she said. "I'm glad to hear about the new library."
Brenda Elkins said she didn't know anything about the city building a new library.
"I think it's a good thing," she said. "My 6-year-old, Eva, might get good use out of a new library."
Diane Ledbetter said she is glad to see the old city hall gone.
"We tremendously need a new library, and the old city hall was an eyesore sitting there after the new one was built," she said. "I am absolutely excited about it. The better we look on the main road—the better the city looks. I think it will help attract people and businesses to Lincoln."
Marvin McCullough said he drives past the old city hall on his way to work each day.
"I've been watching it every day," he said. "It is amazing to see it go away."
McCullough said it was a shame to see the building sitting there empty.
"Getting a new library is great," he said. "And they are moving very fast and efficiently getting the old city hall torn down."
Former mayor Lew Watson said tearing down the old city hall to build a new library is another step of progress for the community.
"The old city hall served its purpose for its time," he said. "When we first built it in the early 70s, the prospects for community growth weren't there. There was room for growth when we built it, but Lincoln outgrew the old city hall faster than officials anticipated. We couldn't foresee everything that was going to happen with the city's growth and demand for services."
Watson said it will serve a great purpose as a library.
"We had already added to the building once, and looked at remodeling it," he said. "But every model we looked at failed to meet community needs. We just couldn't make it work. Now the new city hall is built and has plenty of room to grow—we learned from previous experience."
Watson said although he has mixed emotions regarding the old city hall, the positive far outweighs any negative thought.
"It is hard to imagine a better location for building a new library," he said. "It is something to be celebrated rather than having negative feelings about it. Many, many good things for Lincoln originated in that building, and there is a lot of history there that is still with us. Now the new library will bring good benefits to the community."
Mayor Bud Kitchin said with weather days, it will probably be late next week before the demolition is completed.
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Crow Cementerio one of the world last remaining Gunslingers, he has sworn his life to most of the codes the Gunslingers stand for that includes accepting any challenge from anyone at anytime in any place the gunslingers refer to this as Draw!
What happens when a hero is push to his limits, when he is forced past exhuastion, driven beyond their breaking point and run though a literal guanlet. A villain is set to push Crow past this point and force the hero to exhuastion and near insanity so that he can end The Railgun for good. The villain has assembled a group of elite mercenaries to break Crow, along with thousands of small fry thugs to challenge Crow no matter where he is or what he is doing, Will other heroes step up to try to help the cowboy, will other villains see this as an opppurnity to finsih him off for themselves. In the end will Crow be able to walk out of this Guanlet in one piece let aloen survive.
This is going to a Level 3 and possibly Level 4 RP I already know that Kuro-san (who will be the main villain in all this) and Falken will be involved can't wait to see who use joins.
This is actually going to be a trilogy this being part one
Part One: Crow Must Die
Part Two: Revenge of the Numbers
Part 3: ???? TBD
The Numbers: A secret organization of skilled sharp shooters hired by Kuro-San to fight Crow Cementerio. There are five numbers each one having a different specialty and skills. The Numbers are ranked from weakest to strongest with 5 being the "weakest" and 1 being the "strongest." There is actually no number one because for that spot to be filled a candidate would have to fight 3 other Numbers and win which is near impossible. Even though the numbers are ranked from weakest to strongest each number is a serious threat and even though they are "weaker" compared to the other numbers they are extremely deadly in their own right. The Numbers revealed so far are Number 5 Western Fairy, Northern Devil (I assume is 4), Eastern Wolf (Number 3 maybe?).
Western Fairy(Number Five): Fairy is the noblest of the Numbers and is their explosion and long range expert she wears an outfit similar to french maid. She is the first of the Numbers to battle Crow in a small mining town Crow defeats barely though and then saves her from building out. She takes great pride in her custom weapons the fairy pair and her outfit never getting it stained during her missions, at least until this one where she cuts herself on a piece of glass and stains it with her blood then Crow rips it to wrapped the wound. She wields two rifles known as Fairy Pair:
Fairy Pair
Twin Sniper Rifles with unique ammunitions. The Fairy Dust Rifle (Left Hand) haves ammunitions that at contact explode and release a cloud of nanites, that take the shape desired by the user, and are inmobile unless ordered by Western Fairy. The Fairy Star Rifle (Right Hand) is a powerful sniper Rifle with a Two stage Bullet, that enhances it's range from 5 km (Classical Shooting), to 10 km (Secondary detonation) This bullets are used as beacons for the Nanites of Fairy Dust, and activate the cloud, releasing a powerful explosive detonation with power similar to 4 kg of C4 (Each Bullet), but without any scattering, the explosion is contained by the nanites in the cloud, turning a small patch of terrain into hell. The Nanites can also be tuned to explode with any bullet, as Western Fairy usually creates several layers around any Sharpshooting nest, resulting in sudden walls of explosions that protect her from bullets. If captured she can activate her bullets and release a cloud around her to burn to death, and possibly kill her captors.


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HAVANA - Hurricane Dennis slammed Cuba's southern coast with 135 mph winds Friday before slicing across the Caribbean's largest island, killing at least 10 people and pushing the Caribbean toll to 20.
The powerful storm headed toward a U.S. landfall, prompting thousands to flee the Gulf Coast.
Strong winds and surf buffeted the U.S. detention camp for terrorist suspects at Guantanamo Bay, on the island's eastern end, where a guard tower was washed into the sea. There were no reports of casualties.
"It's arrived, with all its diabolical force," President Fidel Castro said on state television. He said 10 people died in southeastern Cuba, including one child who fell into roiling waters as its mother tried to cross an old bridge.
Another 10 were killed in Haiti, bringing the storm's overall death toll to 20.
Castro warned of likely storm surges along Havana's northern coast overnight, and subsequent heavy flooding.
An evacuation order was in effect in the Florida Keys, where officials feared Dennis could hit the island chain over the weekend on its way to the Gulf of Mexico.
The storm's center made landfall on central Cuba's southern coast in the early afternoon. Civil defense officials said more than 1.5 million people left their homes to take shelter with family or friends or in government refuges.
The storm had strengthened Friday morning to a Category 4 with winds reaching 150 mph but had weakened by evening, though its winds were at a still potent 125 mph. It was the earliest Category 4 hurricane on record in the Caribbean, according to Colin McAdie, a meteorologist with the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla.
Hours before Cuba, Dennis struck Haiti and killed 10 people as it collapsed bridges, triggered landslides, inundated homes and blocked roads with downed power lines and trees.
In Jamaica, a rescue helicopter was to airlift food and emergency supplies to hundreds of stranded islanders in at least seven eastern towns cut off by knee-deep floodwaters, said Nadene Newsome, spokeswoman for the country's emergency management office.
"Flooding has affected every parish of the island and it will increase as long as the rain continues throughout the day," she said.
Although Dennis was losing some strength as it passed over Cuba, it was expected to remain a major hurricane as it emerged over the Florida Straits and into the southeastern Gulf of Mexico later Friday.
Forecasters predict the storm will hit the United States anywhere from Florida to Louisiana by Sunday or Monday, the fourth storm in as many weeks to disrupt oil production.
The lower Florida Keys, including Key West, were on hurricane warning, while the southern part of the state, including Miami and Naples, were on tropical storm warning.
A hurricane watch was issued for portions of the northeastern U.S. Gulf Coast from the Steinhatchee River westward to the mouth of the Pearl River.
The U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo escaped the brunt of the storm. Heaving surf tore away a lifeguard tower at Windmill Beach and winds destroyed a bus shelter. A few power lines and tree branches were knocked down and there was minor flooding.
"Actually, everybody fared real well," said Navy Cmdr. Anne Reese.
American troops fixed metal shutters over the steel mesh windows of some prison cells overlooking the sea at Camp Delta, which is just 150 yards from the ocean.
In Haiti, young men were charging $2 to carry travelers and their possessions across the Grand Goave River, which overflowed Thursday and collapsed a 300-foot bridge, killing four people and cutting off Haiti's southwestern peninsula. Another person was killed by a falling tree.
Fristino Fleurinon, 18, said he carried at least 10 people across the river on his shoulders.
"People have to sell their things, and they have to come and go back to where they came from," he said.
In Jamaica, floods and debris blocked the road leading from the capital, Kingston, to the storm-battered east around Yallahs town.
The largest and most populous Caribbean island with 11.2 million people, Cuba suffers few hurricane casualties because the government cautiously evacuates people en masse, sometimes forcefully.
The hurricane center's lead forecaster, Martin Nelson, said it was the first time the Atlantic hurricane season had four named storms this early since record-keeping began in 1851. The season runs from June 1 to Nov. 30.
Last year, four catastrophic hurricanes — Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne — tore through the Caribbean with a collective ferocity not seen in years, causing hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars in damage.


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Dear Dish-It: My Girlfriend Puts Herself Down
TheBoyfriend asks: "My girlfriend is the most amazing ever: she's smart, funny and treats people really well. But she always puts herself down and it's driving us apart; what can I do?" Back to Article
I Dont Think Im All That Like All Dese Girlsxz Now Nd Days Im Not A Fast Lil Girl Either....
i dont put myself down i like being a crazy azz chick so leave me alone freaks of the world!
i NEVER put myself down no matter wat i do wrongg wich is alott of things and wen people TRYY to put me down i just sayy fu** yu and walk awayy happily
shooot i dont put my self down matter of a fact i put my self up
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MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (WKRN) – A Murfreesboro home was completely destroyed by a fire early Sunday morning.
It happened in the 200 block of Wilson Avenue around 2 a.m.
Fire crews responded quickly and were able to extinguish the blaze within 15 minutes.
Despite the quick knock down, fire officials suspected that the home will be a total loss.
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Pictures of Gisele Bundchen in May 2011's Numero Tokyo
Gisele Bundchen Goes '70s For a Spring Editorial in Numero Tokyo
Gisele Bundchen Goes '70s For a Spring Editorial in Numero Tokyo
Gisele Bundchen had cover-girl duties for the May 2011 issue of Numero Tokyo. She donned a variety of playful wigs for the '70s-themed shoot, in addition to a swimsuit and some of Spring's hottest flatforms. Gisele is currently in LA keeping her supermodel body in top shape at the gym following a working but bikini-filled visit to Rio for Carnival. Her posing skills are also on display in Emmanuelle Alt's first issue of Vogue Paris, which Gisele actually shot six months ago in St. Barts.
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In addition to her posing skills, she's showcasing her (emoting skill as well) aka silent acting. Being able to emote an idea, a thought, a feeling or tell a story without yapping. Not many models can do that type of modeling.
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how many times can we see sexy bombshell gisele with flowing gold hair? yes we know she does that to perfection but this shows off her versatility, which is one of the most, if not THEE most important traits to have as a model. Yeah sure she has looked more beautiful but that can get boring if thats all a model does IMO.
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Gisele is now in the ranks of Cindy and Linda! she is an icon. She looks like Donna Summer here. what a versatile model she can be.
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Whatever anyone says about Giselle, she's a model legend, no one can touch this girl. Just beautiful.
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Asian's have got it right! Cover her face and stringy hair as much as possible... the result! A stunning painting! they can make styrofoam gorgeous!
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I was out last night at my neighbors, and took a bunch of homebrew so I don't have to drink his skunky Heineken. I got into a long conversation with another friend of his about homebrewing. He happens to be African American, and during the conversation I got thinking I'm not aware of ever seeing anybody other than Caucasians at the homebrew shop. We talked about it and he said he to the best of his knowledge, he didn't know of any either. Anyway he wanted to check it out, but wasn't sure about the equipment etc. So I said come on over next time I brew, you can use my stuff. So we are going shopping for some Wit beer ingredients in a week or so.
I know of one African American who brews. Michael Ferguson (called Mufasa- if anybody knows him, they know why) is the only person of color I know that brews. He's a pro, the head brewer of the BJ's chains. He's a super nice guy. I assume that there must be people of color who homebrew, but I don't know of anybody. Of course, I live an area that is 99.9% white anyway so it's not like I see people of color in my day-to-day life either. I've been to a couple NHCs, though, and I don't recall seeing much ethnic diversity at all. I saw mostly chubby white guys, aged 27-55, with a few younger and older sprinkled in and a couple of females. I am thinking that Mufasa was the only dark-skinned person in the room for some of the events. The other thing to think about is that while I consider myself "caucausian", I do have a racially ambiguous history. There is definitely some Native American in the back and possibly some African-american. But it's so far in the past, and it was such a hush-hush thing back then that no one talked about it. Now, anybody who would know the truth is long gone. I just know "Aunt Peggy" was very very dark, but she was "French". My southern family used "French" as a euphemism, though, for "colored" because that was taboo.
Is this not a racist thread? And so what if all you see are Caucasians at the LBHS.....
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Eastern European American here... I don't see this thread as racist at all. The OP is asking about what we are, without making any judgements (or negative remarks) about what's posted.
Interesting. I also just had the same conversation recently. I haven't run into anyone other than white guys, and some gals, in homebrewing. I'd love to see more diversity in any activity I take part in. For the record, i'm glow in the dark white (with a hottie hispanic wife) :-)


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SAN DIEGO, Feb. 25, 2013 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Axesstel, Inc. (OTCQB:AXST), a leading provider of wireless voice, broadband access and connected home solutions for the worldwide telecommunications market, launched its new wireless security alert systems by shipping approximately 40,000 AG50 Series Axesstel Home Alerts to two different customers in Africa. The AG50 Series Axesstel Home Alert System uses GSM technology and has a built-in cellular module that can send an SMS or place a phone call to up to 8 pre-assigned numbers. This affordable, easy-to-set-up product can be used in homes or other locations for end-users desiring a self-monitored alert notification system. An Axesstel Home Alert utilizing CDMA technology is also available in the AX50 Series. Clark Hickock, chief executive officer for Axesstel, stated: "The launch of the Axesstel Home Alerts expands our suite of wire-line replacement products and further establishes Axesstel as a leader in developing 'cut the cord' devices. The security alert systems enable network operators to offer new products to their entire subscriber base, resulting in additional revenue without further incremental investment, as well as attract new subscribers. We plan to release a series of five Axesstel Home Alert security systems in key strategic global markets. The security alert system product roadmap includes advanced 'all-in' products incorporating voice, broadband access capabilities and optional features enabling a wide array of connected home applications. We are excited about the worldwide opportunities for this product." Benefits- Provides wireless alert notification with a built-in cellular module that can send an SMS message or place a phone call to up to 8 pre-assigned numbers when the sensor detects motion
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Age-Inclusive HR Practices Lead to Improved Organizational Outcomes
Most industrialized countries are facing challenges posed by aging populations. Correspondingly, companies have to manage and engage a more age-diverse workforce than ever before. Sometimes, employees from three or even four different generations may work in the same company. Boehm, Kunze, and Bruch (2014) examined the effects of age-inclusive HR practices on organizational outcomes and found promising results.
Age-inclusive HR practices may include, but are not limited to, age-neutral recruitment and selection practices, equal opportunities to training, promotion, and transfer, and promotion of an organizational culture that values employees' contributions regardless of their age. Basically, the HR practices should consistently reflect the organization's commitment to an age-diverse workforce.
Age-inclusive HR practices impact organizational outcomes indirectly through age-diversity climate. Age-diversity climate is defined as "organizational members' shared perceptions of the fair and nondiscriminatory treatment of employees of all age groups with regard to all relevant organizational practices, policies, procedures and rewards." In other words, it refers to employees' shared impression that the organization takes an age-neutral approach to recruitment, promotions, and other employment practices.
Age-inclusive HR practices serve as signals of an age-diversity climate to employees. Employees are likely to perceive the organization as more just, supportive, trustworthy, and having a long-term interest in employees. Therefore, employees will reciprocate with more work-related effort and support for their colleagues, which will contribute to improved organizational performance. Also, organizational commitment and intent to stay will increase, thus reducing turnover intentions.
Through a survey study with 93 German companies, the researchers found that companies with more age-inclusive HR practices enjoyed better age-diversity climate and better organizational outcomes in areas of company growth, financial performance, return on assets, employee productivity, and efficiency of business procedures.
HR practitioners need to be aware of the demographic change of the workforce and be prepared to handle this trend. Age-inclusive HR practices that address equal access to employment, promotion, training, and opportunity to contribute may be a valuable tool. In order to further promote an age-diversity climate, HR practitioners should also make sure to communicate these practices to employees to increase their awareness. Lastly, age-inclusive HR practices are advantageous to all organizations, not only those featuring a high age-diverse workforce.
Are You Managing and Keeping Your Star Performers?
Every organization wants to retain its best people, because star performers are essential to success. But this maxim has become even more prevalent in today's business world.
The authors claim that the 20th century was about reforming the business world into factories that valued conformity and having everyone do their tasks in the same way. But the current business climate has people working to solve more problems in more unique ways. The projects that we work on involve quick turn-arounds and efficiency.
In short, the business world has moved away from the conformity of the 20th century and into the creativity of the 21st century. This change has made star performers even more valuable, according to the authors of the study.
According to the researchers, the top 10% of a company's employees account for close to 30% of overall performance, and the top 20% account for close to 50% of overall performance.
The study found that replacing a star with an even slightly inferior employee can result in dramatically lower output. The value of star performers are not only based on their performance, but how they act and react with other employees.
The problem is that many organizations act as if the average employee is performing the majority of the work, and continue to use the normal distribution method when it comes to how they handle employees.
What can we do that has the greatest effect on the most people? They use this methodology for training, for determining strategic change initiatives, and for compensation.
The result is that they placate average employees and tend to alienate the star performer. Star performers feel as though they are either being talked down to, not given any attention at all, or are not valuable to the company. When that happens, they leave.
Management would be better served by focusing on their best people instead of focusing on the majority. The result is a more efficient increase in output, and fewer alienated star performers. A star performer in this job market still has options, and they take them when the work environment is not suitable for them.
So how can organizations keep their star performers?
- Allow star performers the flexibility to move in and out of teams to take full advantage of their knowledge transfer to rising stars.
- Use training interventions that improve star performers even marginally, because a slight increase in performance of stars can lead to greater production than a more significant increase of the average employee.
- Create a compensation system that conforms to the distribution of performance, which will help retain stars.
- Compensation systems that best retain stars provide considerably higher pay for elites.
- Investing more time into stars is likely to gain greater overall output and create positive gains.
- Management practices of limited flexibility and homogeneity of pay are not likely to motivate star performers.
Interviews: How to Identify a Deceptive Job Candidate
Almost every company has to go through some type of interviewing process in order to select which applicant they will hire.
But applicants frequently use a deceptive type of impression management, which can lead to organizations hiring the wrong person for the job. This can be a serious issue for companies if they hire a deceptive applicant whose work does not match up with the way they performed in their interview.
Companies cannot hope to completely stop applicants from using deception impression management in interviews. But organizations can try to alleviate the problem by selecting interviewers capable of detecting when an applicant is being deceptive.
In past research, most studies on this topic looked at impression management from a second-hand account, through self-report of the applicant.
The current study directly examines actual employment interviews using the technology of real-time coding via video.
This is the first study to examine deceptive job candidates from a company's perspective, rather than how the candidate views their deception.
While at first one might think it would be easy to spot a deceptive job candidate, the truth is that it's a lot more difficult than we imagine.
Recognizing when a candidate is being deceptive takes considerably more effort than detecting when a candidate is being truthful. Not only that, but the interviewer in typically more focused on representing their organization well during the interview, which makes identifying any deceptive behavior by the applicant even more difficult.
In a separate study, researchers found that companies frequently miss a candidate's deception, and hire up to 31% of all deceptive candidates interviewed. In other words, interviewers are rarely successful at identifying a deceptive candidate.
Overall, this study suggests that interviewers are more successful at detecting honest impression management, but often cannot detect deceptive impression management effectively. Specific, situational-phrased questions during the interview resulted in correctly recognizing a larger number of IM tactics.
If nothing else, companies should create some type of awareness among their interviewers that this sort of deception exists. This can help increase their suspicion when interviewing, which ideally would also increase detection percentages.
If possible, organizations should create and implement their own IM tactic training in order to improve their selection of the best applicant. Putting this in place could only benefit the organization and its selection procedures.
How Service Employees React to Mistreatment by Rude Customers
Dealing with rude customers is a universal truth to working in service positions. We've all been there, standing awkwardly in the checkout lane as a red-faced customer furiously berates an employee for some perceived injustice or inconvenience. Intriguingly, how employees react to this rude behavior might be influenced by cultural values.
Researchers Ruodan Shao and Daniel P. Skarlicki compared "Service Employees' Reactions to Mistreatment by Customers" in a hotel chain with locations in China and Canada. These countries were chosen due to their discernible cultural differences, especially the disparity between an individualistic and collectivistic focus.
Individualism is a cultural value that is characterized by a more independent focus, emphasizing personal needs, feelings and autonomy. Conversely, collectivistic values focus on prioritizing harmony and group accomplishments.
The researchers theorized that being berated or otherwise mistreated by customers is stressful to employees, damaging their self-esteem and self-worth as well as consuming mental resources through mechanisms such as ego depletion.
As a result, employees are faced with a choice: They can either replenish these resources by sabotaging the service being provided (for example, by hanging up on a rude customer), or choose to protect their remaining resources by provide the minimum level of service required.
The study found that this choice is made more predictable based on the cultural context. In Canada's individualistic culture, employees reacted to mistreatment from customers in a more direct way. In China's collectivistic culture, employees were more likely to react by retreating from providing top-quality services. Both of these reactions have important impacts on customer service.
So what do we do with this discovery? The study's findings are especially relevant to companies with global chains. By understanding the important role of cultural values, we can better predict the reactions of employees in different countries to stressful situations.
Furthermore, the researchers provided several solutions to the issue of stress caused by customer mistreatment, including a no-tolerance policy for poor treatment of employees, educating managers about these patterns of reactions, and encouraging a social structure at work to help with employee stress management.
In short, organizations need to remember that customers can be jerks. When they are, your employees will be faced with the choice of how to respond. Ultimately, anticipating their reactions based on cultural differences can make a huge difference in your employees' stress management and customer service.
The Consequences of Fit Across Cultures
Previous research has demonstrated that fit – the compatibility between an employee and a work environment – tends to lead to better attitudes, better job performance, and lower turnover (Arthur, Bell, Villado, & Doverspike, 2006). However, this research has focused predominantly on populations in North America. Today, companies operate across geographical boundaries in a globalized world of business, and it does not seem prudent to apply results found in North America to countries in Europe and Asia. Therefore, it becomes necessary to understand if fit across cultures predicts work attitudes and job performance across the globe.
For this study, Oh, Guay, Kim, Harold, Lee, Heo, and Shin reviewed 96 studies that had previously been conducted in East Asia, Europe, and North America. First, they found that fit predicts work attitudes – such as organizational commitment, job satisfaction, and intent to quit – as well as job performance across cultures. In taking this result further, the authors then looked at different types of fit, how they may vary across cultures, and how this may influence job performance.
To that end, four types of fit were identified:
- person-job fit, the compatibility between an employee and their job;
- person–organization fit, the compatibility between an employee and the organization;
- person–group fit, compatibility between an employee and their coworkers; and
- person–supervisor fit, the compatibility between an employee and their direct supervisor.
These types of compatibility were then grouped into two types: impersonal and interpersonal. The compatibility between an employee and their job or organization were categorized as an impersonal type of fit, since they do not concern interpersonal and social aspects of work. The compatibility between an employee and their co-workers or their boss were categorized as an interpersonal type of fit, since they are directly concerned with how well an employee relates to other people in the workplace.
In comparing fit and performance across cultures, impersonal fit had stronger effects in North America and Europe, while interpersonal fit had stronger effects in East Asia. In other words, for Westerners, matching an employee to the right role and organization is most important, while human resource management in East Asian business environments should take special care to build positive teams in which social conflict is kept to a minimum.
Self-efficacy and Job Performance
Is self-efficacy – the belief in one's ability to succeed – the result of past performance or a cause of future performance? Research thus far has shown that both perspectives are true: that past performance is a driver of self-efficacy (Kozlowski, Gully, Brown, Salas, Smith, & Nason, 2001) and that self-efficacy is a driver of future performance (Sitzmann & Ely, 2011). Upending large parts of the literature on this topic and resolving this issue of whether self-efficacy is the result of past performance or a cause of future performance, Traci Sitzmann of the University of Colorado at Denver & Gillian Yeo of the University of Western Australia found that self-efficacy is more the result of past performance and less a cause of future performance. In other words, a win in the workplace yesterday will make you feel good about yourself and may lead to a boost in job satisfaction, but it doesn't increase your chances of succeeding tomorrow. Future job performance and self-efficacy are not as closely linked as was previously though.
For their study, Sitzmann and Yeo reviewed the current literature, a process known as a meta-analysis, and synthesized the results of 38 studies of over 5,000 participants, most of which were college students. The indicators of performance differed among the studies, ranging from job performance tasks like stock prediction scores and air traffic control decision points to golf putting and exams in a statistics class. Overall, the analysis was surprising, because earlier work has tended to conclude that self-efficacy, in itself, led to improved job performance.
Fake Smile at Work? How you do it may determine your job satisfaction
Have you ever given a fake smile to someone at work even though you weren't feeling happy or very excited to see him? If so, you've engaged in a process known as emotional labor in which you manage your emotions in order to act in an appropriate way in a work setting. Maybe you wouldn't go to such efforts when around friends and family, instead feeling free to express the emotions you actually feel. In a work setting though, it may not be best to show your irritation about missing lunch to your brand new client.
Previous research has divided emotional labor into two categories: surface acting and deep acting. Surface acting refers to expressing the emotion that the situation requires even though it may not be the emotion that you are feeling. For example, you may need to smile and be cheerful when greeting a client even though you feel neither happy nor cheerful. Deep acting also refers to expressing the emotion that the situation requires, but instead of merely faking it, you try to generate the required emotions by thinking of historical events or associations. For example, you may need to smile and be cheerful when greeting a client, and even though you're feeling tired and grumpy, you generate happiness and cheer by thinking of positive associations or of things that make you happy.
Through a literature review of over 116 samples, the results of this investigation indicate that the type of emotional strategy utilized – surface or deep – affects job performance. Specifically, those who use a surface-emotional-labor strategy are less satisfied with their job and more stressed and exhausted, while those who use a deep-emotional-labor strategy are more satisfied, less stressed, and perform their job better. In explaining this finding, the authors believe that surface emotional strategies have worse affects on job performance because they require more effort in order to overcome the cognitive dissonance between an emotion felt and an emotion expressed. Though this result is important for the job performance of anyone with a client-facing role, it is particularly important for those in the service industry in which customer satisfaction is key.
Building a Positive Work Environment: Acts of Kindness at Work
According to researchers Sonnentag & Grant, a positive mood that comes from helping someone is so powerful that it can last till bedtime. Firstly, when you believe that you have helped someone at work you feel good. Then, over the day, you think about it, reflecting on the positive features of the event. This reflection spills over into the rest of your day, leaving you feeling good all day long. Due to our tendency to be more engaged with positive emotions and to detach from negative ones, we improve the positive parts of these memories in our minds, giving them greater power to make us happy. Secondly, helping someone at work creates a sense of progress and achievement (especially in helping professions), because it signals that one is capable of successfully contributing to someone else's well-being. This perception can carry over to other subsequent tasks. Such knowledge alleviates anxiety and enables employees to feel calm and relaxed. Quite interestingly, researchers found that there is an additional positive effect that occurs at the end of the work day, at bedtime, suggesting the importance of after-work leisure hours to contemplate on one's day.
There are some clear cut implications of this study. The researchers surmise that, while supervisors can certainly improve their subordinates' good feelings by acknowledging their contributions, coworkers also play an important role in workplace happiness. Especially on stressful days, coworkers appreciate daily acts of kindness. These behaviors can be brought to light via weekly meetings where heart-warming stories of such acts of kindness are shared among staff members. Another suggestion they provide is creating training programs that focus on helping employees build into their daily schedule a time for reminiscing about good experiences that have happened in the workday. This time would potentially lead employees to cultivate good feelings within themselves that may well last till their head hits the pillow that night.
Dealing with Difficult Customers: address the problem, not the emotion
For customer service agents job performance is affected by which emotion management strategies they use when dealing with difficult customers. According to research by Little, Kluemper, Nelson, and Ward, problem-focused strategies like addressing a problem's source, decrease caller's negative feeling and result in positive customer feelings. On the other hand, emotion-focused strategies like distracting the caller from a problem increases in the intensity of a customer's negative emotions and a decreases their positive emotions.
In other words, if the customer service representative addresses a problem the customer calls about, the customer has a better experience than if the CSR simply focuses on how the caller is feeling. Further, it was also found that the behavior of the caller affected the behavior of the customer service agent, which in turn influenced the caller's experience. Customers who expressed negative emotions towards a customer service agent tended to trigger a less effective, more emotion-focused strategy by the customer service agent. In contrast, customers who were more pleasant elicited a problem-focused strategy and tended to have a better experience overall.
This result was found by evaluators who examined 228 recorded-customer-service calls. The evaluators had extensive experience as customer service managers. One evaluator assessed the behavior by the customer; the other analyzed the behavior of the employee. In sum, this result is not only helpful for people who work in the customer service industry, but also for customers seeking help. Calling angry or upset doesn't often get the best outcome for either party in the exchange.
Whistle While You Look For Work
Staying positive increases your chances of finding a job, according to a recent study in Personnel Psychology. Feelings of positive affect relate to job outcomes, such as the number of interviews and job offers. Specifically, positivity influence a job seeker's motivation and procrastination behavior, which in turn influences job-search outcomes. So, with unemployment at nearly 8%, try to stay positive, and hopefully, good things will come your way.
245 graduating college students searching for a full-time job completed one survey in September and a second survey in December during the on-campus recruiting season. Over 50 % of the participants were women, and the average age was 22. For the surveys, the first assessed positive/negative affect, and the second assessed procrastination, motivation, and job-search outcomes.
Job seekers with a positive outlook are, unsurprisingly, more likely to persist and less likely to put off job searching. While a smile and a hopeful viewpoint are not a magic tonic, they do offer a better way to approach the quest for employment.
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Better When He's Bad (Welcome to the Point #1)
Jay Crownover
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5 out of 5 Bad A** Stars
Reviewed by Yesi
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About BETTER WHEN HE'S BAD:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Jay Crownover returns with a heart-stopping new series… Welcome to the Point.
There's a difference between a bad boy and a boy who's bad . . . meet Shane Baxter.
Sexy, dark, and dangerous, Bax isn't just from the wrong side of the tracks, he is the wrong side of the tracks. A criminal, a thug, and a brawler, he's the master of bad choices, until one such choice landed him in prison for five years. Now Bax is out and looking for answers, and he doesn't care what he has to do or who he has to hurt to get them. But there's a new player in the game, and she's much too innocent, much too soft…and standing directly in his way.
Dovie Pryce knows all about living a hard life and the tough choices that come with it. She's always tried to be good, tried to help others, and tried not to let the darkness pull her down. But the streets are fighting back, things have gone from bad to worse, and the only person who can help her is the scariest, sexiest, most complicated ex-con The Point has ever produced.
Bax terrifies her, awakening feelings she never thought she'd have for a guy like him. But it doesn't take Dovie long to realize . . . some boys are just better when they're bad.
Better When He's Bad has many selling points without ever opening to the first page… one, it's written by Jay Crownover, two, the HOT cover, three, the phenomenal synopsis, and four, the wanting to know the difference between a bad boy and a bad man in books is a very intriguing concept. Are you sold yet??? You should be, this book is phenomenal and Jay Crownover's best book to date. I absolutely LOVE her Marked Men Series and if you know me, you know Rule is my number one of all the men Jay has given us but, good Lord, Shane Baxter is in a class all of his own. I never in a million years thought I would fall for a bad, bad man, not a bad boy who is a jerk or screws anything in sight, no, an actual bad man. A felony record, prison time, and extremely questionable behavior, Bax, that's what everyone calls him, and I fell for him, HARD. Jay Crownover made it impossible not to.
"She was the epitome of everything good that came from bad people and a bad place."
This is the story of Shane "Bax" Baxter and Dovie Pryce. It is dark, gritty, emotional, and raw, yet beautiful, intense, and sexy as hell too. Better When He's Bad is told in dual POVs and honestly, that is my absolute favorite. I love getting both sides of the story and in this case it was absolutely necessary. Bax is a bad man, the life he leads is a direct reflection of growing up in the awful place known as the Point. The choices he has made throughout his life have led him to prison and now that he is free, he is hungry for answers and for revenge. He was betrayed and the only person who can give him what he needs is missing, his best friend Race. Right from the beginning I was completely drawn in to Bax and to his story. He is determined and on a mission to find Race and finally learn what really happened the day he went to prison. When he meets Dovie Pryce, he knows she is a game changer. She is nothing like the women he is used meeting at the Point, she is wholesome and sweet, but feisty and strong as well. When their worlds collide there is no turning back to the life they have grown accustomed to. Dovie has a very special connection to Race and soon she finds herself on crazy and extremely dangerous ride with Bax. She also feels this insane attraction to him and she knows that nothing good can come out of that, well at least that's what she thinks. These two together are explosive, in more ways than one!
"I'm not going to pretend I don't like it when you're Shane better, but Bax has his place and I can deal with him, just not in bed."
I absolutely LOVED this story from beginning to end. The twists and turns, the danger and mystery, the very realistic life they lead, and the urge to find the good in Bax is overwhelmingly awesome. Jay Crownover is masterful in her writing and she can make you fall in love with the most unlikely man. I love how she brings her characters to life whether they are the focus or the supporting. It is easy to build a connection to all of them. You will be rooting for the bad man that has some good in him and you will be cheering for the girl who won't give up on him. A truly fantastic story that will stay with you long after you are finished reading. Better When He's Bad is a MUST read! I now anxiously await Race's story, the preview at the end of the book is one big tease and it left me wanting so much more! Well done, Ms. Crownover, well done.
"That was what undid me about him. He was unpredictable, he was a criminal he was hazardous to my sanity, but then he held me when I couldn't sleep and he touched me like I would break. It was an intoxicating combination that I was having no luck in fighting."
Some authors say the characters speak to them and their story must be told…sometimes taking it in a different direction than they originally planned. Has this happened to you? If so, who has spoken the loudest?
Yeah it happens all the time. Ayden was initially gonna end up with Nash and then she met Jet and it was game over. Asa had a different love interest then the one he has now when I initially sold the books. He was also supposed to die in Jet and Ayden's book but something about him kept whispering at me to keep him around.
I don't know about speaking to me the loudest but Bax's character from start to finish was the most clearly defined. Like I felt like I knew every little single thing about him, there was no guessing, no surprise…his story was bright and clear and so was the way he wanted it told.
Is anything in your books based on real life experiences or purely all imagination?
Well I am heavily tattooed and I do like music and bars so I mean it's all subjective. None of the plot lines are based on any actual events in my life, but I think the world is pretty much 100% reflective of my life experience and preferences.
I have a wild imagination but all of it is touched with bits and pieces of reality. For instance Bax is a car thief-I have no idea if I got it spot on or not-but I know all the car stuff inside out because my dad builds muscle cars. Imagination with colors of the real world.
Rule seems to be the favorite of the Marked Men series, did you ever imagine it having such a big impact on readers and that a published series would follow?
I knew more books would follow. I knew it was going to be him, Jet and Rome for sure-regardless if I published independently or with a traditional publisher. The last three were more of a surprise but I'm ever grateful all the boys in the group get a chance at a HEA.
You know it's nice readers love Rule the way they do. It's special to have created a character that is so beloved-what I don't enjoy about that devotion is the idea or notion that no one can touch-that none of the books have followed have been on the same level as Rule. I just don't agree with it. I think my writing has matured, the way I tell my stories has tightened and I understand so much more now than I did with Rule. I adore his unique hold on my reader's hearts but I also kind of resent it too.
Better When He's Bad is getting lots of buzz. How did you come up with the idea about a boy who is bad versus a bad boy? What's the difference in your opinion?
A bad boy is a gimmick. It's a guy with a look, an attitude that gives him an excuse for bad behavior towards others. I think a bad-boy is a trope…they walk alike, they talk alike…they have characteristics that absolutely define them as bad-boys and it doesn't matter who the author is or what the story they are trying to tell is. Bad-boys are effortlessly sexy and have an allure that means they don't have to work very hard at getting whatever it is they want.
A boy who is bad isn't a caricature of what we've come to think of as a bad-boy. He's a real guy, with real attitude and real problems that I think he genuinely doesn't care one way or the other how he is perceived by anyone else. A boy that is bad is that way for a purpose, because he has to be, because he hasn't ever been able to be any other way. I think a boy that is really, truly bad is far more scary than he is sexy and alluring.
You have given us Rule, Jet, Rome, Nash and soon your readers will meet Bax… which one is your favorite? Which one did you enjoy writing about most and why?
I like them all. They are all a part of me. I feel like each book has a tiny piece of my heart and soul in it.
Bax has been my favorite to write because I wrote it with no rules. I wrote it to expand my genre. I wrote it to surprise people.
And mostly I wrote it to prove I could do something besides basic boy meets girl romance. Bax is a personal feather in my author cap and I love that about his book.
When someone finishes one of your novels, what do you want them to walk away with or to feel?
Whatever they want to feel. I'm always trying to teach a little life lesson along the way. I'm always trying to remind people little things they may have forgotten in the grind of the everyday…sometime it works. Sometimes it absolutely doesn't.
I would hope people feel satisfied and connected to the world I've created, but even if they don't then that's okay. As long as they felt something, anything…even annoyance or frustration I did my job.
They only way I feel I failed is if a reader was just like…blah…
Finally, what is up next after Better When He's Bad? We know Rowdy and Asa are coming. Any other future projects in the works that you can you share something about?
The second Point book, Race's story, Better When He's Bold is up in Feb after Rowdy. Oh Race…he's a smooth operator and has a really intense and interesting take on what needs to happen next on the mean streets.
And after Asa..the last official Marked Men book….well I have ideas…all kinds of ideas but they have to be secret for now…..
I let out the breath I was holding and took another step closer to her. The water was splashing on the sleeve of my shirt as I reached up to grab both of her cheeks in my palms. "Are you scared of me?"
It was the start of the questions I had asked her what felt like a lifetime ago. Her answer didn't change, but this time when she answered, she was holding back a smile that made my heart hurt.
"Terrified, but I kind of like it now."
"Do you trust me?" My voice broke. I had never really trusted anyone but Race and now there was her and my brother and just all kinds of new things making my life so much more complicated and undeniably fuller.
"With my life. I trust all the parts of you, Bax. You need to know that."
"You going to go to bed with me?" That made her outright laugh and she reached up to curl her hands around my wrists.
"As often as I can and anyplace in between when the mood strikes." The rest of the blood racing around my system went solidly south.
I dropped my forehead so it was resting on hers and the water from the showerhead was cascading down around us. I was making a mess, but I didn't care because I had her, and she was my home. "Do you love me?"
The words sounded so foreign, but so right, when I was saying them to her. She brushed her full lips across mine and the last three months without her faded away.
"Do you want me to lie to you or tell you the truth?"
I smiled against her mouth and kissed her back twice as hard as she had kissed me. "Lie to me."
She reached up and put her arms around my neck and took a step back, dragging me all the way into the shower stall with her. The water was lukewarm at best, and it made me shiver. So did the fact that she started to impatiently pull the tail of my shirt up over my head. A task made increasingly difficult considering I was now soaked head to toe and the material was clinging to me.
"Of course not. You're the last person in the world I could love."
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