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The five most important questions you will ever ask about your organization.
1. What is our mission?
2. Who is our customer?
3. What does our customer value?
4. What are our results?
5. What is our plan?
1. What is our mission?
- What are our opportunities?
- What is our competence?
- What is our commitment?
A Mission cannot be impersonal; it has to have deep meaning, be something you believe in – something you know is right. A fundamental responsibility of leadership is to make sure that everybody knows the mission, understands it, and lives it. Peter F. Drucker
A mission statement should fit on a T-Shirt. It says why you do what you do, not the means by which you do it. To have an effective mission, you have to work out an exacting match of your opportunities, competence, and commitment. The ultimate test is not the beauty of your mission statement – it is your performance! If a great opportunity does not fit your mission, than the answer must be "Thank you, but no."
- What are our challenges?
- Does the mission need to be re-defined?
The mission answers the questions:
- What is our purpose?
- Why do we do what we do?
- What, in the end, do we want to be remembered for?
2. Who is our customer?
- Who is our primary customer?
- Who is our supporting customer?
- How will our customers change?
Who must be satisfied for the organization to achieve results? Identifying your primary customer puts your priorities in order and gives you a reference point for critical decisions on the organization's values. Knowing who is your customer provides the basis for determining what customers value, defining your results and developing the plan.
"Only customers can guarantee your job" Jack Welch
"The best companies don't create customers. They create fans." Peter F. Drucker
It is less important to report better profits than to check on whether you improved your share of the customer's heart and mind this year. The old thinking was that customers would hear about us and, we hope, choose our products. The new thinking is that we, the company, choose our customers.
We must master our knowledge of who the target customers are , who and what influences them, and how to create highly satisfying customer experiences. Recognize that today's customers are increasingly buying on value, not on relationship. Your success ultimately depends on what you contribute to the success of your customers.
3. What does the customer value?
- What do we believe our primary and supporting customers value?
- What knowledge do we need to gain from our customers?
- What will I participate in gaining this knowledge?
Leadership should not even try to guess at the answers, but should always go to the customers in a systematic quest for those answers.
- What does the primary customer value?
- What do supporting customers value?
Listen to customers, accept what they value as objective fact, and make sure that customer's voice is part of your discussions and decisions.
"Everything exemplary leaders do is about creating value for their customers."Jim Kouzes
Customers value an organization that seeks their feedback and that is capable of solving their problems and meeting their needs. Customers value a leader and a team who have the ability to listen and the courage to challenge the "business-as-usual" environment, all in service of the yearning of the customer.
4. What are our results?
- How do we define results?
- Are we successful?
- How should we define results?
- What must we strengthen or abandon?
Look at short-term accomplishments and long-term change.
"Each organization must identify its customers, learn what they value, develop meaningful measures, and honestly judge whether, in fact, lives are being changed." Peter F. Drucker
- What have we achieved that contributed to changed lives?
- Where do we focus now for results tomorrow?
- What must be strengthened or abandoned?
You must match your mission, your concentration, and your results. Like the New Testament parable of the talents, your job is to invest your resources where the returns are manifold, where you can have success.
The mission defines the scope of your responsibility. Leadership is accountable to determine what must be appraised and judged, to protect the organization form squandering resources, and to ensure meaningful results.
"Results are the key to our survival" Peter F. Drucker
5. What is our Plan?
- Should the mission be changed?
- What are our goals?
The plan encompasses mission, vision, goals, objectives, action steps, a budget, and appraisal.
To further the mission, there must be action today and specific aims for tomorrow. Yet planning is not masterminding the future. Any attempt to do so is foolish; the future is unpredictable. In fact face of uncertainties, planning defines the particular place you want to be and how you intend to get there. Goals are few, overarching, and approved by the board.
Goals flow from mission, aim the organization in the direction it must go, build on strength, address opportunity, and taken together, outline your desired future (vision).
"One prays for miracles but works for results" St. Augustine
Your plan leads you to work for results. It converts intentions into action.
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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition Gets Delayed
The spiffed-up edition of Baldur's Gate that'll include enhancements also now includes a release date delay.
According to a post from Beamdog' Trent Oster, the new release date for Baldur's Gate: Enhanced edition is November, pushed back from… well, today.
Oster says the delay is due to the increasing number of improvements the team and several volunteers are adding to the original Baldur's Gate, such as a higher level cap and improved modding support. He says the team wants to launch the best game possible, which is why there will be what is effectively a delay of two months before it hits.
Honestly, though, what's two more months for a greatly enhanced version of a classic? I'm okay with it.

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- "Because multi-touch technology lowers the barriers between the computer and its human users, these systems are approachable, easy to use and powerful."
- Transparent armor is half the weight and thickness of current armor but has the same ballistic protection.
- "With our investment in future technologies, its just as critical for us to make an investment in future engineers and scientists."
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SAN ANTONIO -- The U.S. Army showed off its latest technology advancements, including the Containerized Kitchen that can serve three hot meals a day for up to 800 soldiers, at the Army All-American Bowl Jan. 5.
The kitchen is housed on a trailer that is 8 feet tall, 8 feet wide and 20 feet long. It is powered by an on-board 10 kilowatt generator.
The Containerized Kitchen was just one of many technology displays the Army Research, Development and Engineering Command showcased in the Army Strong Zone Jan. 4-5. The displays are set up each year just outside the Alamodome in conjunction with the Army All-American Bowl.
In addition to providing hot food to the crowds of students and local residents visiting the Strong Zone, RDECOM displayed night-vision devices, robotics, medical simulation technologies and transparent armor.
A popular stop for the folks visiting the high-tech displays was the robotics area from RDECOM's Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center. TARDEC displayed military robots and allowed visitors to steer the robots around an obstacle course.
TARDEC scientists and engineers explained the operation of the robots, how they are used to perform ordnance protection and how they can guard Soldiers from potentially lethal situations. They are remotely operated and include on-board cameras that allow the Soldier to operate them from a distance even when the robots are out of sight.
Each robot has unique characteristics and duties. Some are used to look under vehicles for explosives and can lift objects weighing up to 15 pounds.
Another high-end display by TARDEC featured the Fuel Efficient Demonstrator concept vehicle Alpha.
"The FED does the same mission as an up-armored Humvee," said Rachel Agusti, lead project engineer. "It's a little more current because it has v-body hulls, underbody shaping for blasts as well as export power, and it does that mission 70 percent more fuel [efficiently]."
RDECOM's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center showed off two of its technologies with night-vision devices and Command and Control Multi-touch Enabled Technology.
COMET demonstrates a multi-touch, multi-user collaborative platform with software enhancing the planning, wargaming, and mission execution functions of the military.
"We could build electronic maps that would behave like normal maps but have special capabilities. Because multi-touch technology lowers the barriers between the computer and its human users, these systems are approachable, easy to use and powerful," said Cyndi Carpenter, a systems engineer with the COMET team.
CERDEC's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate set up a display to prove its slogan, "We own the night." To demonstrate the technology, they set up a thermal weapon sight connected to a monitor displaying the crowds visiting the Zone.
RDECOM's Army Research Laboratory displayed two high-tech innovations. The Multiple Amputee Trauma Trainer animatronics face display is a pain-response prototype that was developed to give medics and combat lifesavers more realistic training.
"[The MATT program] incorporated movement and special effects technologies to significantly increase realism," said Dr. Teresita Sotomayor, science and technology manager for Medical Simulation Technologies at ARL's Simulation and Training Technology Center.
"The system has improved the effectiveness of both military and civilian trauma training. The system also improves treatment performance, which saves lives and limbs," she said.
Thousands of American Soldiers have been trained using the MATT simulations located worldwide throughout the joint medical and combat communities.
ARL also featured advanced transparent armor. Samples of glass-based and ceramic-based transparent vehicle window components were set up to allow the attendees to see and feel the weight and thickness advantages of ceramic transparent armor systems. They are half the weight and thickness of current armor but have the same ballistic protection.
With the high-tech displays, RDECOM is supporting the Army's mission of ensuring students, parents and educators are aware of science, technology, engineering and math opportunities with the Army, said Louie Lopez, chief of STEM education outreach.
RDECOM manages the Army Educational Outreach Program for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.
"RDECOM is in the business of research and development," Lopez said. "With our investment in future technologies, its just as critical for us to make an investment in future engineers and scientists."


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College Station, TX (Sports Network) - Texas A&M had a significant drop-off in
competition, but the 10th-ranked Aggies experienced no letdown in a 42-13 win
over SMU.
Coming off last week's tough setback to No. 1 Alabama, quarterback Johnny
Manziel ran for two touchdowns and threw for another score while sitting out
the majority of the second half on Saturday.
Manziel completed 14-of-21 passes for 244 yards with an interception and added
102 yards rushing for Texas A&M (3-1). Ben Malena carried the ball 13 times
for 71 yards and two touchdowns.
"I thought our guys ran the ball well," said Texas A&M head coach Kevin
Sumlin. "Played a lot of guys, got some good production out of some of the
young guys."
Garrett Gilbert finished with 310 yards, a touchdown and one interception on
37-of-62 passing for the Mustangs (1-2).
"We didn't handle the crowd noise very well," SMU head coach June Jones said.
"We had seven or eight offside penalties that set us back. It is frustrating."
The Aggies' first two drives of the game totaled 12 plays and ended with
rushing touchdowns by Malena and Manziel. Texas A&M then recovered an
onside kick, but Manziel wound up being picked off by Hayden Greenbauer in the
red zone.
SMU came away with points following the turnover as Chase Hover kicked a 42-
yard field goal with nine seconds to play in the opening quarter.
Texas A&M scored three second-quarter touchdowns and each time failed to
convert the extra point. Manziel threw a 16-yard scoring strike to Malcome
Kennedy and ran seven yards into the end zone before Deshazor Everett returned
a Jeremiah Gaines fumble 12 yards to paydirt.
Taylor Bertolet missed twice on the point-after try and Josh Lambo had his
attempt blocked.
Hover drilled a 47-yarder to close out the half, and Manziel led one more
drive following the break. Malena capped the 8-play, 78-yard sequence with a
short TD run.
Lambo made a 40-yard field goal in the waning seconds of the third quarter
before the Mustangs finally reached the end zone on Gilbert's 31-yard
connection with Keenan Holman.
The Aggies are now 12-0-1 against their former Southwest Conference rival
since 1984 ... Texas A&M opened a season with four straight 40-plus-point
games for the first team in program history ... The Aggies haven't lost a non-
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Detroit electronic-rock project Blue Stahli released the first chapter of its new album, The Devil, today. The album was produced by Celldweller and mixed by Joey Sturgis. The outfit has also teamed up with Revolver to premiere a track off the album, "Down In Flames," right here right now. Check it out below and let us know what you think in the comments.
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Nikon 1.4 teleconverter on zoom lenses.
Hey all,
I have recently purchased the 1.4 and 2 TC III to test them with my zoom lenses.
First I did some adjustments to ensure the focussing was as correct as possible.
When i took test shots @ 15 meter of a brick wall on a tripod and with remote release, i was quite amazed at the results.
I took 10 shots with a 200-400 with and without a 1.4 tc on a d800 ( @ f4(naked), 5.6(both) , 6.3(both) 7.1(both) f8(both)
I compared where at the same apertures, and they had almost all the same shutter speed.
The only shot i found clearly better with the 1.4 was @ f7.1, some were worse then naked and some marginally better.
I was expecting alot more of this TC ( the same story on the 70-200 2.8) and decided to return it.
The slower auto-focus and on the 200-400 being on 5.6 and possibly needing to stop down to f7.1 for really sharp images(resulting in either higher iso or lower shutter speed), has led me to the conclusion i am much more likely to make the shot without the 1.4 ( and just crop when needed ), and achieve better results.
With the TC 2 III was more as expected and it clearly won when comparing the same sections of the image viewed at the same size ( which should be expected or TC's would probably not be around at all)
I will only use it when i really need the reach, and i hope thom hogan is right about it somewhat fixing the weak point of the 200-400, it is already a known fact the tc2III also performs well on the 70-200 when stopped down, so i did not test this yet.
Do you have simliar experiences with the 1.4 converter on zoom lenses?
It seems on primes everybody is raving about the quality with 1.4 converters, and i think even on a 200-400 it could result in better pictures, but i think taking tack sharp images is harder, and i didn't even do an overwhelming job under controlled conditions on a sturdy tripod with remote release.
I was hoping it would have made alot of difference and make me keep the 1.4 on for most of the trip, but it's just not for me.
Don't get me wrong, it still took great images, just when viewed at pixel level, the 40% more pixels on the same area didn't increase the sharpness or clarity as much as i expected, like the TC2III did.
I have not tested the TC2III for autofocus tracking yet, but i have a feeling it is gonna be slow and hard to track birds (if at all)
What is your experiences with teleconverters on Zoom lenses?
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Faulkner County Justice of the Peace Jimmy Bryant tells the Log Cabin Democrat he is considering running as a Republican for secretary of state. The incumbent, Democrat Charlie Daniels, is term-limited.
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With the Ducks trying to gain ground on the resurging San Jose Sharks, a win against a struggling rival was necessary before the season's conclusion. The Ducks didn't have a strong showing in the first minutes as Andrew Cogliano tried to help on two plays, but was denied by Eddie Lack in the net for the Canucks. His net minding for
Vancouver Captain Daniel Sedin was responsible for
The second saw more opportunities from the Canucks at the start, but paid the price after the whistle. Brad Richardson took a cheap shot on the rookie goaltender that made Palmieri and Nick Bonino respond by shoving the right winger into the boards as a warning. It put
The game went on an even strength run for most of the second until a chance for the Ducks arrived with three minutes left. On a shot through traffic, Ben Lovejoy's shot deflected off the stick of Palmieri to score the team's second of the night where the puck ended up sliding through the legs of Lack giving Palmieri 14 goals.
The game showed promise for the Ducks going into the third, as the fight began to disappear slowly for the Canucks. Beleskey made it a 3-0 game where Captain Ryan Getzlaf stole the puck near center ice, sending it back to Corey Perry who faked the shot and found the left winger open for his seventh goal. One last rush of offense came through for them as they took nine shots on net to Gibson. With the possibility of a shutout growing larger with the minutes falling off in the third, the Ducks defense played stellar to make that become a reality.
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bhai log...any one from Pune willing to donate his / her material..doesnt matter its of which ever insti...
Though am not writing CAT dis year but surely cant afford to miss those imp gyaan sessions from our mentor and other gods from Ahmedabad..am in for the confy...
Mentor saab, captain, vice captain aur ahmedabad ke sabhi khiladiyon ko mera sadar pranam......
Great to see our own Ahmedabad Dream Team ..
hope the team will score 1300 runs in the finals (considering all 13 players ) and more importantly will win the match..
Got late for the nominations nevertheless i know am already the part of this special team... ...
Am in for the confy anytime at night...and looking forward for AIR 1 in 6 days..
Will do...Dinner sounds good after the meet.Waiting for everyone to pour in with their confirmations please.
Everyone who's name I've not mentioned please confirm of ur presence
Heyyyyy bhaiiiiiiiiiiii..
Pure ahmedabad ki taraf se janamdin ki hardik badhaiyan...
Next year to ap L me budday mana rahe honge...islie next time ki party bhi is bar hi de dena.....
God Bless you...
PJ Set...
1.But to achieve 8 per cent economic growth, India needs to power-lift its exports from $46 billion now to about $100 billion.
(A) L.Mansingh, feels that the industrial cluster towns with exports potential like Tiruppur (hosiery) Panipat (woollen blankets) and Ludhiana (woollen knitwear), which have efficient assembly-line production facilities, only need to be promoted and their infrastructure upgraded to transform them into export zones.
(B) Even then, wed do less than what China does now.
(C) But Mansingh, director-general for foreign trade is optimistic, even as he acknowledges that the new SEZ scheme may not have a significant impact on trade or economy or offset the high transaction cost problem that plagues our exports.
(D) Ajanta Clocks, for instance, saw drastic cut in production cycle from one month in India to two days when it went to China.
6. Its hard uphill road ahead if India wants to increase its share in world trade from the present 0.65 per cent.
(A) Similarly, turning to caste, even though being lower caste is undoubtedly a separate cause of disparity,its impact is all the greater when the lower-caste families also happen to be poor.
(B) Belonging to a privileged class can help a woman to overcome many barriers that obstruct women
from less thriving classes.
(C) It is the interactive presence of these two kinds of deprivation - being low class and being female.-
that massively impoverishes women from the less privileged classes.
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women very severely. .
(E) Gender is certainly a contributor to societal inequality, but it does not act independently of class.
Hiii guys...hope u all are doing well der..
Bhai Log...dun knw whether i am doing it right or wrong by actually writing my personal prob...but my heart is actually forcing me to do this.
Wel til date have wrote cat twice...In 2008 cat i got 70 odd percentile...decided to write cat again coz as evry MBA aspirant e1 i wanted to get into(i stil want to) IIM...but then some heart breaking incidents took place and here i am writing wat my heart is telling to do..
It all started 2 years back...met a girl...she was already into a relationship..bt den dat guy(wid who she was in relationship wid) turned down her proposal of getting married...meanwhile e1 we dont know how we became best of d besties...and d best part or rather d worst...i fell in love wid her....we startd chatting day and night..was actualy placed in a company bt den due to some job satisfaction reasons i left dat....meanwhile e1 she was writing CAT'09...so wat better option wud be except preparing and writing CAT wid her...we gradualy started preps...someday seriously sometimes in a jocular mood...and it all got messed up...got a mere 53 percentile and she fetching 70 odd percentile...it was our dream to get into a gud colg together as we cud spend some time and it wud also add an advanatge to our dream of getting married...
But d worst was yet to come...was already pissed off due to my results...and there came in the that guy(wid whom she was in relationship earlier )..yes her first love ...now dat girl tells me she wants to marry dat guy...and when i try to persuade her, she bangs me wid d words "you wer already half mad, and now you are a full mad...y shud i marry u"...i knw des words were in shear anger and she didn't mean dat..she has clearly told me dat she wont get back to in my life...i am stil trying my efforts to tel her how much i love her...she tells me, she is aware how much i love her, but she is helpless, as she has got her love back..her words always ends wid dis "i wont come to you ever"
And now after all this i am down and out...trying to be an optimistic fool dat she wil come in my life again....i have a job in my hand bt den i day dream bout her only..not being able to concentrate on my job....hav got high BP too..not being able to eat properly....even in my dreams i see her face..
Have tried my level best, but stil she is not ready to be wid me..and her xcuse...."i have got my first love back in my life...i cant leave him in any case"..
I knw many of you wil suggest me to move on...but trust me guys..am not being able to forget her....:(:(:(:(:(:(:(:(...
Please Help me...:(
Assuming that i am not yet banned on this thread:lookround:, even i want to try my hands, brain, luck and money and alll that is required to fodufy billi for 1 last time...am ready for the final ...
varun bhai....i wont be able to turn up in d meet today(will be free by 9:00)..but yea future meets mein do consider me in
Aur haan PM me jimmy's num so that i cant start my preps wid dem...
Ek last baat....do convey my happy budday to milind bhai....
hiiiiii seniors...
wel here goes my prob
I wrote CAT09..got ditched very badly..hence hav decided to give one more try...now have got into an internet marketing job in a small scale company..it hardly has 30 employees..
now i had a discussion we 1 of my frnd whos also in d same job in an another small scale comapany and got a cal from SCIT but got rejected..he told we people cannot get thru IIMs coz we dont have quality work ex or coz we are not from infy, microsoft or oracle...he added dat incase if we get a call we will be rejected in GD/PI coz we will get low marks coz of our low profile.
so my ques ..is it really dat we cannot get into IIM if dont hav work ex from infy, microsoft or such other biggies...???????


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On the second night of the Republican Convention in St. Paul, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee told the inspiring story of one Martha Cothren, a teacher at Joe T. Robinson High School in Little Rock. "On the first day of school in 2005," as ol' Huck told it, Mrs. Cothren "was determined that her students would not take their education or their privilege as Americans for granted." To prove her point, the Arkansas teacher had all the desks removed from her classroom. Despite the student's pleas, they remained deskless the entire day. They hadn't earned them, said Cothren. By three o'clock, concerned parents and the local media were abuzz over the educator gone mad. Finally, with all present and demanding answers, the woman taught them the patriotic lesson they needed to learn. One by one, a long line of proud veterans entered the class, each one carrying a desk. "As they carefully and quietly arranged the desks in neat rows," recalled Huckabee, "Martha said, 'You don't have to earn your desks. These guys already did.'" Touching stuff.
What's more important, however, is to remember not when these brave veterans served as visual teaching aids, but to remember where and when those heroes fought and died for those desks: The Battle of Iwo Jima High.
World War II—America was entrenched in bloody combat throughout Europe and the Pacific. The end was nowhere in sight. The war was dragging on and America was paying the price. Average citizens were giving their best to go without, so our soldiers would have to tools they needed to succeed. America's children were no exception. As a rationing measure, students went to school without books, binders, backpacks—and yes, desks. Uncle Sam needed every scrap of paper, wood and metal he could get his hands on. Not only did desk production cease nationally, as decreed by law, but existing desks were dismantled and fashioned into guns, tanks and planes. And when that didn't work, the desks were used whole as both substitute for barbed wire in the trenches and bombs in the air. Though not as effective as conventional tactics, desk warfare played an integral role in Allied strategy. Through D-Day and The Battle of the Bulge, during the invasion of Tripoli and the Battle of the Midway, more desks were lost than at any time in U.S. history.
On February 23, 1946, tragedy struck the Allied war effort: We completely ran out of desks. Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered the sad news to the American people during a somber fireside chat. The war was all but lost. Hearing the news, one heroic naval officer had an idea.
On the evening of February 24th, Private Graham Cracker (you can't make this stuff up) did something no American should ever forget: he earned us our desks. The fighting over Iwo Jima had been going on for days. Cracker was shot down during a fierce dogfight over choppy seas. By some miracle, he was able to steer his flaming wreckage toward land. He crashed his plane into the gymnasium of Iwo Jima High School. History would never be the same.
After enduring an agonizing couple of minutes of being pelted with dodge balls, Cracker regained his senses and began to fight. And don't you know, he caught every ball thrown at him. Before long, the entire squadron of Japanese teenagers were on the sidelines, out of the game. Then he shot them all in the head for good measure. But he left one terrified child alive. That boy's name was Tojo Junior.
"Where are the fucking desks, fascist pig?" he yelled.
"Oh, me so solly, me no speaker Engrish!" Tojo pled.
"That sounded a lot like English to me, you damn Jap bastard!"
Private Cracker worked him over for two days and three nights. America needed those desks, or Europe would be crushed under the Nazi boot. Enraged by the boy's silence, Cracker ran from the gymnasium into the first classroom he could find. He came back and beat that boy's head in with a small table he'd found in the room. Several minutes later, he realized it wasn't a small table after all, but a desk! He knew he'd done his country proud.
Cracker went from room to room, study hall to social studies, math class to music, taking hostages and liberating desks. By the end of the day, he'd collected enough desks to ensure that at the end of the war, at least one American school would have the desks it so desperately needed. And maybe, just maybe, at some point in the distant future, a charmingly insane presidential has-been would be provided with a nauseous, hokey anecdote with which he could pander to racist gun nuts.
That school was Joe T. Robinson High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. That has-been was Mike Huckabee.
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Do you feel tense, frustrated and angry all the time? Are you feeling a loss of control or agitated, but you don't know why? Do you have problems sleeping or staying asleep, or do you sleep too much? If so, help is available.
The Army has had a program in place since 2007 to assist Soldiers and address behavioral health needs.
Re-Engineering Systems of Primary Care Treatment in the Military (RESPECT-Mil) is a treatment model designed by the U.S. Department of Defense's Deployment Health Clinical Center to screen, access and treat active-duty Soldiers for depression and post traumatic stress disorder. This program has been modeled after a program that was proven effective in treating civilian patients with depression.
Some Soldiers are not sure if they are experiencing symptoms that warrant treatment, or they are not sure how to get treatment. RESPECT-Mil is an Armywide program that helps take the guesswork out of defining the problem and helps the Soldier to receive care as soon as possible.
On Fort Drum, RESPECT-Mil has a screening process in place at Conner Troop Medical Clinic, Guthrie Family Practice Clinic and Aviation Consolidated Air Station. All active-duty service members receive a screening form on each visit to a medical provider.
There are many emotions that people may experience day to day. It is normal to feel down or blue sometimes. Feeling alone or not being able to have feelings for the ones you love can be a sign that there is something amiss. However, it's important to recognize when anger or isolation is interfering with your ability to do your work, take care of things at home, or get along with colleagues. Sometimes, all it takes is a spouse or parent saying you are not acting like yourself.
Changes in weight (up or down), sleep problems (too much or too little), loss of interest in things you used to enjoy are symptoms that you should discuss with your primary care manager. RESPECT-Mil assessments will help you determine if you need care.
The great thing is RESPECT-Mil allows Soldiers to start treatment in their regular medical clinic right away. All primary care managers on Fort Drum have specialized training in treating behavioral health symptoms and using RESPECT-Mil for the follow-up that these treatments require.
There is no shame in asking for help. The Army's effort to "Break the Silence" is the Army theme for the Behavioral Health Awareness Month in May. Col. Don West of Northern Regional Medical Command issued a statement May 2 outlining the access to care the Army has implemented in the NRMC, which encourages service members to show a sign of strength by seeking help when it is needed. RESPECT-Mil is one of many programs the Army has to help service members.
Will my unit or command be notified of my treatment?
Some service members are concerned that their command will be informed that they have a behavioral health diagnosis and that this will become common knowledge among the troops.
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, a federal law, protects individuals' personal health information.
The command will only be informed if a Soldier is started on a medication that would delay deployment or interfere with flight status. Commanders are not told exactly what diagnosis has been made or what medication has been prescribed. The command cannot call and ask for a Soldier's medical record.
There is one exception: if a Soldier is verbalizing or demonstrating that he or she has suicidal or homicidal thoughts or actions, the command will be instructed to escort the individual to Wilcox Clinic on Fort Drum or an emergency room for a safety evaluation. They will not be told exactly why this request is being made. From this safety exam, the command will be informed only if there is ongoing concern for the patient's safety or the safety of others.
What if I need help right now?
If the symptoms you are experiencing make you feel unsafe -- as though you want to hurt yourself or others -- this is a sign of a serious medical condition.
Overwhelming thoughts or dreams of harming oneself are frightening, and if you let someone know, they can get you help and keep you safe. Sometimes a battle buddy or Family Member you trust can help; sometimes just calling a friend is helpful. Do not feel embarrassed or alone. Your friends, Family and battle buddies will be happy to assist you, but you have to let them know.
You can always walk into the Behavioral Health Clinic on Fort Drum from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, go to the front desk, and tell them you would like to speak to someone. You will be assessed and helped by a provider that day.
After regular hours or on weekends, you can walk into any emergency room and ask for help.
There are phone numbers you can call anytime, day or night, anywhere in the United States:
*National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
*Wounded Soldier and Family Hotline, 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433).
*Military One Source, 1-800- 448-3000.
For more information about RESPECT-Mil at Fort Drum, contact Florence Hare, CRN ANP, at 772-8812.


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The RASC has a long and distinguished history as a "learned society" and has adapted and changed many times since its founding in 1868. The History Committee's purpose is to foster preservation and interpretation of the history of the Society and its role in the development of astronomy. The committee is responsible for maintaining records and artifacts of the Society's history, making them accessible, encouraging their use, and aiding the Society to responsibly and imaginatively incorporate Canadian astronomical history and heritage in its diverse programs.
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AS 2014 National Youth Week is celebrated across Australia from April 3 to 14, the Cooma-Express is shining the light on local youth centre The Hub.
The Hub, located on Vale Street, offers support, referral, activities, advocacy and drop in for young people between 12 and 17-years-old.
With bathroom upgrades having recently been completed, through a community builders partnership grant, The Hub is able to offer a better range of services including a shower and laundry and a toilet with disabled access.
Cathy Guion has been the YMCA's Youth Project coordinator at The Hub for the past four years.
She said all young people across the Monaro were welcome to use The Hub.
"Any young person can access the hub for activities, drop in, or for support referral," she said.
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As well as running services at The Youth Centre, staff run a range of educational programs covering topics such as bullying, anger management and healthy relationships in the community.
"The Hub also teams up with other community organisations to help with activities such as Youth Week and Youth Homelessness Matters Day, Relay for Life and Daffodil Day," Ms Guion said.
To recognise and celebrate 2014 National Youth Week on this week, The Hub organised an art and writing competition.
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There are always plenty of activities on at The Hub including the program run during school holidays, and some fresh and exciting events in the pipeline for later in the year.
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Saturday, August 10, 2013
KANSAS CITY — The Kansas City Royals have put outfielder Lorenzo Cain on the 15-day disabled list because of a pulled left oblique.
The Royals made the move Saturday before playing Boston.
Cain was hurt while taking batting practice Friday. He is hitting .261 with 43 RBI in 96 games.
The Royals also designated for assignment left-handed pitcher Francisley Bueno, who picked up the win Friday against Boston by throwing 2 1-3 scoreless innings in relief.
Kansas City recalled left-handers Will Smith and Donnie Joseph from Triple-A Omaha. This is Smith's fifth stint with the Royals this season, going 1-1 with a 3.26 ERA in seven outings. Joseph made two appearances with the Royals in July.
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24 November 2012
Despite being out of the title fight, McLaren ensured it would take some of the headlines in Brazil after Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button locked out the front row of the grid for the 2012 F1 title decider at Interlagos.
In a session that started in challenging damp conditions after a brief rain shower, McLaren continued to lead the way on the timesheets as – having paced all three practice sessions – the Woking-based squad again led the way when it came to determining the grid positions.
Neither driver had suffered any scare in making it through to Q3 on a rapidly improving circuit, with the final flying laps proving to be the key ones in the final ten-minute shootout.
When the chequered flag dropped, the leading protagonists were all on their quickest laps of the session with Mark Webber taking provisional pole for Red Bull before Hamilton crossed the line to move into top spot with a time of 1min 12.458secs.
Points leader Sebastian Vettel then went third only to see Button beat both Red Bulls to go second – just 0.055sec behind his McLaren partner, who will now start his final race for the team at the head of the pack.
Webber and Vettel will therefore share the second row of the grid ahead of Felipe Massa, who once again out-qualified team-mate Fernando Alonso. Ferrari has already revealed there will be no repeat of the tactic it employed last weekend in Austin, with the team now hoping the Brazilian can get in the mix at the start to aid Alonso's title challenge,
Massa shares row three of the grid with Pastor Maldonado, although the Venezuelan could find himself in trouble for missing a weight check in the session – the same thing that caused Webber to pick up a reprimand last weekend in Austin.
Force India's Nico Hulkenberg and Alonso then share row four - the Spaniard ending up eight tenths of a second away from pole – while Kimi Raikkonen and Nico Rosberg rounded out the top ten; Raikkonen having undergone an engine change after final practice.
The Q2 runners were headed by Paul di Resta, who once again was unable to join Force India partner Hulkenberg in the final stage of qualifying and will start from eleventh with Bruno Senna also unable to make it into Q3 on his final lap of the session.
Three men in their final races for their current teams followed behind, with Sergio Perez 13th as Sauber continued to struggle for outright speed with Michael Schumacher starting his final race in F1 from 14th. Kamui Kobayashi and Toro Rosso duo Daniel Ricciardo and Jean-Eric Vergne rounded out those drivers to fall in Q2.
What that meant was that the big casualty in the opening phase of the session was Romain Grosjean, who dropped out with the three new teams to leave him with an awful lot to do on race day.
Having shown top six pace in the final practice session in the morning, the Frenchman saw his chances of a good grid slot disappear when he clashed with the HRT of Pedro de la Rosa coming round the final corner – with Grosjean trying to go through an ever-decreasing gap up the inside of the Spaniard and then hitting the rear of his car.
Damage to his front wing meant Grosjean was forced to pit for a change and although he was able to get back out for one final flying lap, he was unable to set a time quick enough to make it into Q2.
Of the new teams, Vitaly Petrov was quickest for Caterham having edged out team-mate Heikki Kovalainen ahead of what could be the final race for both with the team, with Timo Glock's Marussia half a second further back.
Charles Pic starts his final race in the second MArussia from 22nd with Narain Karthikeyan quicker than de la Rosa, who suffered damage to the rear of his car in the incident with Grosjean.
The HRT pair were more than a second behind their rivals in what could be the team's final appearance in F1, should it fail to find a buyer during the off-season.


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- "In that darkness the White Walkers came for the first time. They swept through cities and kingdoms, riding their dead horses, hunting with their packs of pale spiders big as hounds."
- ―Old Nan
The White Walkers, referred to as the Others in the books, are a mythological race mentioned in ancient legends and stories from the time of the First Men and the Children of the Forest. Eight thousand years before Robert's Rebellion, a winter known as the Long Night lasted a generation. In the darkness and cold of the Long Night, the White Walkers descended upon Westeros from the farthest north, the polar regions of the Lands of Always Winter. None knew why they came, but they killed all in their path, reanimating the dead as wights to kill the living at their command. Eventually the peoples of Westeros rallied and in a conflict known as the War for the Dawn, the White Walkers were defeated and driven back into the uttermost north, with the Wall raised to bar their return. In the present day, most believe they never existed and are just the stuff of legends, and even the few who believe they did once exist think they went extinct thousands of years ago. Certainly, none has been seen for thousands of years.
While held as myths and spoken of in the same breath as ghosts, goblins, "Grumkins and Snarks", there is a growing belief amongst the wildlings who live beyond the Wall that the White Walkers have returned.
White Walkers are humanoid. They are taller than humans, and they have wispy white hair and pale white skin which is stretched and very gaunt. The skin seems dry and wrinkled, giving them a mummified appearance.
White Walkers possess the magical power to reanimate the dead as their servants, known as Wights. They are known for their icy blue eyes, which a Wight will also possess when resurrected by a White Walker.
White Walkers wield weapons that have thin blades made of extremely sharp crystal.
According to legend, the White Walkers speak a language known in myth as "Skroth".
Season 1
- "The White Walkers have been gone for centuries."
- ―Eddard Stark
At the start of the series, there have been peculiar rumors from over the Wall mentioning the White Walkers. According to Will, a renegade from the Night's Watch taken captive near Winterfell, his patrol was ambushed by several White Walkers and his comrades Gared and Ser Waymar Royce were killed by them. Prior to this, the White Walkers had massacred a tribe of wildlings and left the corpses out as a warning. His story was not believed by Lord Eddard Stark, who executed him as a deserter. The White Walkers showed an ability to animate the corpse of a dead wildling child as a wight.[1]
Lord Commander Jeor Mormont and Maester Aemon of the Watch ask Tyrion Lannister to persuade his sister to send them reinforcements. They claim there is something other than the wildlings beyond the Wall and it's been growing in influence for some time. With winter coming they fear this unseen enemy will make its move.[2]
A band of wildlings fleeing south of the Wall passes close to Winterfell. One of them suggests taking a Stark captive for Mance Rayder, the King Beyond the Wall, but the others refuse to return north due to the dangers posed by the White Walkers[3], instead asserting they should head as far south as possible.
Osha, one of the wildlings taken prisoner at Winterfell, reveals to the Stark household that she and her companions were fleeing South to escape the Walkers. She also reveals the Walkers are nocturnal and sleep in the day and hunt at night. When her words are dismissed by Maester Luwin due to the belief the Walkers are long dead, she reveals that they were only sleeping and "they're not sleeping now".[4]
The bodies of several rangers are discovered a short distance north of the wall and are identified as Night's Watchmen who have been missing for weeks. Despite this Sam notes that the bodies show no signs of rot and appear in perfect condition. Later that evening one of the bodies reanimates as a wight and attempts to attack the masters. The creature is stopped when Jon discovers the creature's weakness is fire.[5]
After disposing of the remaining bodies, Sam tells Jon that he read that only the touch of a White Walker could do what they have seen tonight. A worried Sam notes the weakness of the Night's Watch and if the White Walkers decide to come in force then they are in real trouble.[5]
After recent events Lord Commander Mormont decides to mobilize the Night's Watch to head out beyond the wall to assess the situation and if necessary make a preemptive strike against their enemies. He explains to Jon that the war in the South is of little concern in relation to the threat of the returning White Walkers.[6]
Season 2
Jon Snow follows Craster into the woods and sees him placing a newborn baby, one of his sons, into the ground and leaves. Moments later a figure with glowing blue eyes appears and takes the baby away.[7]
After Craster discovers Jon, attacks him and orders the Night's Watch to leave his roof, Lord Commander Jeor Mormont confronts Jon, though he also admits he's aware that Craster worships the White Walkers and sacrifices his newborn sons to them in exchange for safety for him and his daughter-wives.[8]
Samwell Tarly, Grenn and Eddison Tollett gather dung around the Fist of the First Men when they hear a horn being blown and believe Jon Snow and Qhorin Halfhand have returned. Then they hear a second blow, the signal for incoming wildlings, and draw their swords for battle. Then they hear a third blow, the signal for White Walkers. The three run to the Night's Watch camp but Samwell is left behind, while a blizzard envelops the entire plateau. He seeks refuge behind a rock whilst a White Walker, leads a vast horde of Wights. Ignoring Sam, the White Walker rides past him atop an undead horse and leads the horde for an invasion. [9]
|Season One appearances
|Winter is Coming
|The Kingsroad
|Lord Snow
|Cripples, Bastards and Broken Things
|The Wolf and the Lion
|A Golden Crown
|You Win or You Die
|The Pointy End
|Fire and Blood
|Season Two appearances
|The North Remembers
|The Night Lands
|What is Dead May Never Die
|Garden of Bones
|The Ghost of Harrenhal
|The Old Gods and the New
|A Man Without Honor
|The Prince of Winterfell
|Valar Morghulis
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In the Game of Thrones television show, the term "White Walkers" is used as an alternate name for a species called the Others in the books. They are held to be fairy stories by most of the people of Westeros. According to legend, the Others were creatures of ice and cold who, more than eight thousand years ago, came from the uttermost north during a winter that lasted a generation and a night that covered the world, the Long Night. The Others were defeated in the War for the Dawn by a great hero wielding a sword of flame. After the Others' defeat, Bran the Builder constructed the Wall with magic and artifice to ensure they could never return to threaten the people of Westeros and the world beyond. The War for the Dawn apparently unified the peoples of the North under the rule of the Starks and saw Winterfell built shortly thereafter.
The Night's Watch was founded to guard against the return of the Others, but this task is generally forgotten today. The Watch is instead believed to be guarding against the human wildlings who hold the lands beyond and occasionally try to raid across the Wall into the richer lands to the south.
The White Walkers are always accompanied by cold temperatures, and coming from the Lands of Always Winter, it would seem that they prefer cold climates. They might even have difficulty surviving in warmer climates. Characters within the narrative debate whether this is because White Walkers actually generate cold and might even cause winters (such as the Long Night), or because they simply wait for the next winter cycle and move south when the temperature drops (in which case they didn't cause the Long Night, but seized on the opportunity it provided).
Some of Old Nan's fairy tales say that Wildling women have been known to mate with the Others to produce half-human children, but this is an unsubstantiated rumor.
The appearance of the White Walkers in the TV series isn't quite the same as in the books. They weren't fully revealed until the Season 2 finale, only quick shots mostly in the shows in the premiere episode of Season 1. Freeze-frame shots of this display an early working-model design for the White Walkers, but given that it only flashed on-screen for a fraction of a second, this may never have been intended as their final appearance. This early design was almost skeletal, without noses.
The version introduced in the Season 2 finale is closer to how they appear in the books. Some differences remain, in that White Walkers are said to wear much more armor in the books, made out of a strange reflective metal that almost acts like camouflage. Further, the White Walkers in the books are described as "gaunt" but they don't seem to have quite so much of a mummified appearance. They are actually said to have an otherworldly, icy beauty to them. Author George R.R. Martin, when discussing with comic-book artist Tommy Patterson what the White Walkers were supposed to look like in the comic-book adaptation of the story he was drawing, said that: "They are strange, beautiful...think, oh...the Sidhe made of ice, something like that...a different sort of life...inhuman, elegant, dangerous." Martin also confirmed that the White Walkers are not "dead", just an inhuman kind of life.[10] The Sidhe are a kind of otherwordly fairy creature from Irish mythology, said to inhabit burial mounds, etc., not unlike the Barrow-wights of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.[11]
The White Walkers are often known as "the Others" in the novels, and were still known by this name in the first draft of the pilot script. In the books, "white walkers" is the name given to the creatures by Wildlings, and with only a few Wildling characters, the term is heard only seldom.


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Would someone explain what it actually means?
Everybody has been talking about it. But how many of us really understand what the decision of the Rgie de l'nergie, the board that regulates utilities in Quebec, really means?
Oh sure, weve been told by Premier Daniel Williams that the Rgie is biased, that it reached unsupported conclusions, ignored factual evidence, contradicted itself, suppressed evidence, and breached principles of fairness and natural justice.
However, after the debacle in Grand Falls-Windsor in which the premier, and the best legal minds available, couldnt execute a successful expropriation I need more than the premiers version.
I want to know what the Rgie decision is all about, without the political spin and annoying chest thumping. Just give it to me straight, please.
On this one, the media have let us down. Within days of release of the English translation of the Rgie decision, some newsroom should have brought us an unbiased summation of what it meant especially after the release issued by the premier on May 26, which made the incendiary accusations cited above. Surely a local newsroom has a lawyer on retainer, who could interpret this. If not, how about asking a local lawyer to shed some light, in an interview? Furthermore, why didnt the media challenge the premier to explain his outrage; to link his accusations to specific references in the Rgie decision?
I have seen just one mainstream media commentator take this on. Russell Wangersky of the Telegram read the decision, and offered his views here. I congratulate him for doing so.
I read the decision too, but due to the technical language and dense legalese, I didnt understand much of it. So I consulted someone with a solid legal background, who has read and understands the document. That person who requested anonymity walked me through the decision again, to the point that I think I grasp it.
I will offer a quick overview right here. If there are errors, I take responsibility for them. But if Ive got it wrong, please correct me, and make your case point to the language I have misinterpreted. I won't mind, honestly. My goal is to shine light on a complex subject, in a way that we can all understand.
Most of what needs to be understood can be found on pages 81 to 94. This is where the Rgie sums up the dispute between the two parties and the events leading up to their decision.
In a nutshell, if Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro (NLH) makes a request to carry power on Hydro Quebecs (HQ) transmission grid, HQ must oblige. If they dont have the capacity to do so, they have to tell NLH what it would cost to make the upgrades. However, HQ doesnt generate a range of scenarios for you. It is the responsibility of NLH to say precisely what they want where the power is coming from, and where it is going and HQ will furnish the cost to do that.
In this case, the province was not specific. We generated scenarios for five different amounts of power, going to five different locations with a range of 25 possible configurations.
We asked for a direct current (DC) inter-tie, because DC doesnt require the system to be synchronized. That is, the HQ system is not synchronized with Ontarios, so DC is required for inter-connection. This way, the power doesnt slosh and wobble back and forth, causing stability issues. (This is no small matter for utilities, as stability issues are what caused the massive Northeast power blackout of 2003).
HQs position is that, most of its power is generated in the North, at James Bay and Churchill Falls, and flows south toward the Montreal/Quebec City corridor and the U.S. border. The flow is north to south, not east to west. HQs position is that it has limited capacity to move the power from East to West. The capacity to ship power to Ontario, one of the options NLH had requested, is limited.
To sum up, NLH asked for DC inter-connections on 25 configurations. HQ did several studies and generated a number of alternatives. NLH claimed that these studies were not done correctly. And this was a key bone of contention.
But heres where things fall down, and it is not HQs fault. HQ brought forward its engineering studies to make its case. However, NLH called no evidence. We did not attempt to refute HQs evidence. HQs position was uncontested. We did not offer an alternative perspective. We did not cross-examine their witnesses, and we did not call a witness of our own.
Here is paragraph 386, from page 91 of the Rgie decision:
The only testimony from a professional with expertise in transmission system impact studies and the manner in which the impact study in question was conducted is that given by Engineer Deguire (for HQ). NLH did not call any experts to testify on these technical questions or to contradict witness Deguire.
The only available evidence in front of the board was that of HQ, which, on the face of it, has no obvious flaws or errors of logic.
The Rgie had no other option but to accept the case, as put forward by HQ. We lost because we didnt defend our position, or challenge theirs.
Now, I could be wrong. I, and my source, might have missed something. However, Im willing to bet that any mistakes, oversights, or even biases on the Rgies behalf come nowhere near the wild accusations Premier Williams made in his May 26 release.
And if I am wrong, please tell me. My intention is to start discussion about an important matter which, at this point, remains shrouded in mystery. Journalists and lawyers who have read and understand the agreement are welcome to weigh in.
Spare me the anti-Quebec rants and the traitor talk. I want to know the facts. Then, and only then, will I decide where my anger should be directed.
In the meantime, here is what the premier said about the decision in his May 26 2010 release. The discrepancy between his remarks, and what I have reported here, is striking. Can someone please explain whats going on?
The Honourable Danny Williams, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador stated that the translation of the Rgie's decision indicates that in order to reach its desired results the Rgie acted as follows:
It reached certain conclusions without legal justification to support same;
It ignored express factual evidence and denied existence of some;
It made findings of fact while ignoring the weight of the evidence;
It contradicted itself and put aside its own previous decisions;
It used unsupported conclusions to pre-empt legitimate related arguments;
It ignored established principles of open access;
It engaged in significant misinterpretation of evidence;
It justified unsupported statements on the basis of discretion
It supported suppression of necessary evidence and working papers to assess System Impact Study;
It engaged in a major misinterpretation of the Open Access Transmission Tariff (OATT) which has no legal ground in civil administrative or common law rendering the entire complaint process ineffective;
It breached principles of fairness and natural justice.
The overall result is to deny access to Qubec facilities for the benefit of fellow Canadians while expecting open access from our American counterparts when requesting similar access south of the border, said the Premier. It is behaviour which should not be tolerated by Canadians or Americans who believe in fairness and competition in the market place for the benefit of consumers.


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