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Daryl Hall, Vanilla Ice, Rev. Run and Bronson Pinchot featured in new DIY Network shows
"The Daryl Hall Project," "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish," "The Rev. Run Project" and "Bronson Pinchot Saves America" are four new series currently in production for the DIY Network.
The shows, featuring celebrities with a passion for home renovation and historic restoration, are scheduled to debut later this year and in 2014, according to a news release.
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Debuting later this year, the new series "Vanilla Ice Goes Amish" features Vanilla Ice, '90s pop artist and host of DIY Network's "The Vanilla Ice Project." With no frills, no music and no power tools, Vanilla Ice tackles life, including building a barn, at the largest U.S. Amish settlement in Holmes County, Ohio. The rock star renovator also returns with a fourth season of "The Vanilla Ice Project" next year.
Joseph Ward Simmons, best known as "Rev. Run" from American hip hop group Run DMC, keeps it in the family as his 9,000 sq. ft. home in New Jersey undergoes a complete renovation in "The Rev. Run Project." Premiering in 2014, DIY Network documents Rev. Run, his wife Justine and his three children, as they give their 4-bedroom, 5-bathroom a much-needed facelift. The series captures this family-based project as they update the entire house, including the great room, kitchen, garage and more. They even add an indoor swimming pool!
Bronson Pinchot gets a new 2014 spin-off. In "Bronson Pinchot Saves America," Pinchot and Mikey, his trusted sidekick from DIY Network's The Bronson Pinchot Project, scavenge their way through the U.S. to rescue previous artifacts from demolition.
Also next year, DIY Network debuts "The Daryl Hall Project," featuring singer/songwriter Daryl Hall from musical duo Hall & Oates as he fuels his second passion for historic home restoration with his latest project, a quaint 1700s Connecticut farm house. In the new series, Hall plans to revive this 1-bedroom into a new family home that was originally built by a widowed sea captain. Hall's care in historically accurate restoration must be melded with the mandates of modernity and small town regulations.
DIY Network's current celebrity home improvement programming includes The Vanilla Ice Project (Sundays at 9 p.m.) and The Bronson Pinchot Project (Saturdays at 10 p.m.)
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I dont think a 5'3" female rider will fit onto a 19" frame. The modern trend for road bikes is to allow more crotch clearance (about 3"), but to maintain the same length. This means that a small rider may be able to clear the top tube like a 1970s racer, but the frame will be way too long.
Off-road bikes need even more crotch clearance (4-6"), and these bikes should be a little shorter in length, since aerodynamics is not critical.
A CX style 531 frame built for MTB wheel size would be ideal, but dont discount MTBs if you want a ready built frame. Quality mid-range Al or steel MTBs are not overweight and are easy to pick up used. The wheels can be very strong and light, and narrow CX or touring style tyres (1.5" wide) would be fine. If you dont like the heavy MTB forks, then swap them for a set of springy 531 for much improved performance.
A triple crank would be the best gearing solution. Short legs deserve short cranks (probably 160 to 165mm). My local bikeshop has a beautiful TA triple chainset in 165 for a mere £30, its is normally £160. If building from scratch, you can use short cranks to advantage to build a bike which is lower and shorter.
You could probably simplify your shifter problems by sticking with straight bars and bar-ends, or if you need multiple hand positions, butterfly bars. Standard drop bar shifters are not built for small hands.
Bar ends are a no no I'm afraid they are not used in cx or off road mtb they are quite frankly dangerous for this type of event and you would rarely have your hands on the ends of drops to change gear when you want to if going over rough stuff.
Staight bars are probably the most practical and comfortable and twist grip gear levers the easiest to use if we can afford them.
gears need to be on the top of the bars for quick easy reach so you can constantly make use of them to maintain optimum cadence,( We will probably use the sora 8 spd set we have to save wasting money.)
The triple c/s is very cheap at £30.00 but then you would need to change the front and rear mechs and chain etc so more expense. This event is mainly on tarmac probably 30-35 out of the 40 miles so the gearing needs to have a 50 t and 12 sprocket to use the down hill sections to gainback time. If there are any hills that require more than 38 x 26 then they would get off and run with the bike. After all it is a race and running would be quicker You don't see triples on cx events
I take your point about the crank lengths but we have a db 50/ 38 c/s with 165 cranks she has been using and to get another 5 mm will cost another £100.00 or so with no real advantage.
I am not really interested in trends of bike frame geometry for this bike. A cx type bike is not going to give as much clearance as a mtb but 19" has sufficient clearance and Kathy has been using a 19" frame for the past 3 years without problem.
We use a short rising bar stem to compensate for shorter reach
Not perhaps ideal but compromises have to be made to reach an all round satisfactory solution at a very tight budget.
Low Weight, comfort and ease of use are the most important goals to achieve for a 8 hour triathlon endurance race. Cheap mtbs weigh upwards of 28lbs and this bike will weigh under 20 lbs!


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The effort to rein in lawsuit abuse in the United States is a bit like the old arcade game "Whack-a-Mole." Just when you knock down one abuse, another pops up. This frustrating dynamic is the result of the creativity and political savvy of the class action and mass-tort trial bar -- whom we at the Manhattan Institute call Trial Lawyers, Inc. It's also the product of America's inverted legal federalism, in which the decisions of one state or local jurisdiction can dictate the terms of national commerce.
The most recent "magnet court" pulling in cases from around the country has been Philadelphia's Complex Litigation Center (CLC), which has drawn the ignominious distinction of being named the nation's worst "judicial hellhole" by the American Tort Reform Association two years running.
Founded in 1992 to deal with the deluge of mass-tort cases in the jurisdiction, the CLC has proved itself most attractive to Trial Lawyers, Inc. Over the last five years, the number of active asbestos and pharmaceutical cases in the CLC swelled 143 percent. This increase was not driven by more local injuries -- 87 percent of these plaintiffs had no connection to Philadelphia, and less than a third lived inside Pennsylvania.
Plaintiffs' lawyers have tried to get their cases heard in Philadelphia because the CLC's "rocket docket" promises a fast return on case filings, local juries have shown themselves likely to issue outsized verdicts, and certain procedural "innovations" in the CLC -- including, until recently, ordering juries to determine the costs of injury before deciding whether a defendant was liable -- drive up expected damages still further.
In Pennsylvania, judges have an incentive to increase caseloads, since local courts retain filing fees. Thus, when Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe assumed control of Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas, she unabashedly announced the goal of "taking away business from other courts."
To block legislative efforts at reform, Trial Lawyers, Inc. works aggressively to curry favor with critical politicians of either party. In Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association was by far the largest donor to Stewart Greenleaf, the Republican chairman of the state Senate's Judiciary Committee. Mr. Greenleaf, in turn, has worked to thwart tort-reform efforts in the state.
Fortunately, the tide in Philadelphia may be turning. Notwithstanding Mr. Greenleaf, the legislature passed a reform in June 2011 that limited courts' ability to stick minimally responsible "deep pocket" defendants with the full costs of alleged legal injury. In November 2011, the state supreme court's chief justice, Ronald Castille, appointed Judge John Herron to oversee Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas. Judge Herron instituted procedural reforms that have stemmed the flow of new case filings.
Even if these changes improve Philadelphia's legal climate, other jurisdictions stand primed to pop up as the trial bar's next most-favored place of business. Plaintiffs' lawyers will just file their cases in another court that assumes its place as the nation's top magnet court.
America's system of race-to-the-bottom, lowest-common-denominator legal rules is a clear impediment to our businesses' competitiveness. Litigation costs continue to consume a larger fraction of the national economy of the United States than in any other developed country.
But just as Trial Lawyers, Inc. bottles up most tort reform efforts at the state level through champions like Mr. Greenleaf, it largely stymies reforms at the federal level through outsized influence over congressional leaders. Three of the top four campaign contributors to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, are out-of-state plaintiffs' law firms: Weitz and Luxenberg (New York), Girardi and Keese (California), and Simmons Cooper (Illinois).
With Mr. Reid resuming his Senate control after this month's elections, the prospect of positive national tort reform in the next two years is nil. Progress, however, is still possible. Indeed, overall improvements in the American litigation climate over the last decade owe little to federal reforms, save the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005. Tort reformers will have to continue to work, as they have been, state by state -- hitting each mole, in turn, that rears its head.
James R. Copland is director of the Manhattan Institute's Center for Legal Policy and primary author of its new report, "Trial Lawyers, Inc. Update: Philadelphia."


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Manila, Philippines - An inaccurate map that mislocated a marine sanctuary may have caused a U.S. Navy minesweeper to run aground on a coral reef in the Philippines last week, the Navy said Saturday
All 79 officers and crew of the USS Guardian were taken off the ship for safety reasons after it struck the reef with its bow at 2 a.m. Thursday. The Navy's Pacific Fleet, based in Hawaii, said Saturday that its ships along with several support vessels continued to conduct salvage operations that minimize environmental effects to the reef.
The Navy said in a statement that a review of Digital Nautical Charts, which are used for safe navigation by all U.S. Navy ships, found they contained inaccurate data and may have been a factor in the Guardian's grounding. As a result, Navigator of the Navy Rear Adm. Jonathan White released precautionary guidance to all Pacific Fleet ships, saying that "initial review of navigation data indicates an error in the location of Tubbataha Reef" in the Philippines.
"While the erroneous navigation chart data is important information, no one should jump to conclusions," said Pacific Fleet spokesman Capt. Darryn James. "It is critical that the U.S. Navy conduct a comprehensive investigation that assesses all the facts surrounding the Guardian grounding."
The Avenger-class ship had just completed a port call in Subic Bay, a former American naval base west of the capital, Manila, and was en route to Indonesia and then on to East Timor to participate in a training exercise when it hit the reef, about 80 miles southeast of Palawan Island.
The World Wide Fund for Nature Philippines said that according to an initial visual inspection, the 224-foot-long, 1,300-ton Guardian damaged at least 10 yards of the reef, which UNESCO designated as a World Heritage Site. It is part of Southeast Asia's Coral Triangle, a huge stretch of ocean that contains most of the world's coral species, reefs, and more than 3,000 species of fish.
Angelique Songco, head of the government's Protected Area Management Board, said the government imposes a fine of about $300 per square yard of damaged coral, plus other fees.
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Updates have been sporadic at best as of late because all the writers, including myself, have been busy with college. The blog move has been chugging along slowly while this old one is being kept on life support. Not to worry though because Wolf Hurricane will be back with a vengeance. In the meantime I'll just be here to write filler posts. Hooray for filler.
Looking for that perfect WordPress theme
There will be no anime overview this week because I didn't watch anything. This post will instead focus on asking for WordPress theme recommendations. Wolf Hurricane will be moving to private hosting with its own domain. Before the move is official, I'm calling for advice from all the anibloggers on good themes to use.
My criteria are:
Fairly large customizable image header (About the size of the current one I use)
Width of 500 pixels for text area (I like to post pictures that are resized and 500 is an easy, even number)
Area for page tabs/links near the header
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So in other words, a theme that is very similar to my current one is what I'm looking for. I actually really like the Ocean Mist theme, but it's been a pain to configure on its own. I would be very grateful if any experienced bloggers out there could lend me a hand on this matter. You will be amply rewarded with yuri for your time.
Look, a distraction!
I've got some stuff in store for you readers out there that will remain a secret for now. Secrets help to build suspense and it's fun to be the secret holder. So in essence this post is just here to tease you. Don't you hate it when that happens?
The Key fanboy in me is playing through Tactics' One ~ To the Radiant Season. Going into it with previous experience from other Key works, One really feels like a prototype to the later games. It's primitive by today's standards but still remains a solid bishoujo game. Also of note, Key's art has come a long, long way since One. Maybe I'll write a brief review once I finish a couple arcs.
Wednesday Outlook
Let's see what's on the old schedule. I'll definitely try my best to do some research on the spring anime lineup and do a real preview with short synopses. This is easier said than done because I can't read any Japanese. The manga-anime adaptations and sequels should be easy enough to cover, but it's the other stuff that worries me. If only Japanese had been offered in high school… There really isn't anything else new or noteworthy to talk about for now.
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FNDF: The Host and A Tale of Two Sisters
The second installment of my Friday Night Double Feature series was Korean cinema, with one film I'd wanted to see for ages but had never had the chance and one film I love dearly and wanted to share with whoever happened to be around. The Host, surprise monster film hit from last year, was the former film, and the well-built psychological horror film A Tale of Two Sisters is a film that two years ago I watched twice in 24 hours–the second time just to follow along with an IMDB analysis of the plot.
I apologize for the delayed writeup, but please, read on and find pearls of wisdom.
Analyzing the Clannad Girls
I actually started this write-up back at episode eight and went from there. With eighteen episodes now under our belts, it looks like I can make a fair summary of Clannad's ladies. Several of the girls present striking similarities to previous Key girls while a few break free from the mold to be different.
Note that this is just a comparison of similarities, because Key really loves to stick to the archetypes that work. If anything changes as the episodes roll on, I will reflect said changes by editing this work in progress. I'm only going to cover the five main girls, so that means the minor girls are excluded for now. I may add them at a later time though. This post contains obvious spoilers for those who haven't seen Clannad, Air, or Kanon. I should technically include comparisons to the girls from One ~ To the Radiant Season but whatever. You have been warned.
Gaming and the Olympics
China never ceases to make me laugh. First it was Olympic Haruhi and now it's the prospect of gaming as an Olympic sport. The ancient Greek Olympians must be rolling in their graves by now. Check out this article over at CNN. To make a long story short, a video game competition will apparently be an unofficial part of the 2008 Olympics. China even considers gaming a recognized sport.
If you've seen televised video game competitions before, then you already know what a travesty it is. It's just an awful idea, because gaming as a spectator sport is a joke. Oh goodie, let's go watch a bunch of geeks play video games! To quote the article, "…video gaming is serious business". I like games as much as the next guy, but gaming =/= sport. Competitive eating is higher on my list of potential Olympic sports than gaming.
Source: Fortune at CNN
Anime Overview 2/10-2/16/08
This is a tentative weekly section devoted to critiques of the most recent anime I've seen; Usually the newest episodes that I want to talk about without going too in depth, but I may focus on older anime as well.
Clannad episode 18: Woo-hoo. Nagisa is back baby. Kyou and Ryou just got served. Well technically, Nagisa was the one that got served… In the face with a tennis ball. Ouch. It still goes without saying that all the other girls pretty much know that they lost the game to Nagisa. I especially liked the girls ganging up on Okazaki to eat their food. Tomoyo's arc has been lackluster compared to the other girls, but I still like her character as a whole.
Shakugan no Shana II episodes 14-15: Still catching up after missing episodes for more than a month. At least the plot is finally starting to go somewhere now. It was getting really stale with all the early episodes being slice-of-life.
That about does it for this post since that's all I had time to watch. Have any of the winter shows gotten better in the meantime? Some of them are starting to show promise and some opinions would be nice.
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Hotblooded Filler Friday
Tenchoooooouuuuu! Filler posts need love too, but they have to pay for it. I probably post way too many Lucky Star pics. I'll blame that on… Hmmm… Global warming. There are a couple 90% complete articles that need a few finishing touches before they get published. Anime episode summaries will come sooner or later. Well now. Back to
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The Salvation Army Commissioner feels "shocked, ashamed and aggrieved" at sexual abuse within the organisation while saying resources are "stretched to the limit".PT0M0S 620 349
A Salvation Army officer who admitted to sexually abusing an eight-year-old girl was allowed to return to the organisation and rise through the ranks, the royal commission has heard.
Colin Haggar is accused of indecently assaulting the girl, who was the daughter of a Salvation Army op shop worker, in his office in Bathurst in 1989.
Counsel assisting the commission Simeon Beckett said the evidence would show Mr Haggar told the girl's mother and her husband, ''It wasn't that serious, I only fingered her'' and senior Salvation Army officers advised the family not to go to the police or the media.
In his opening address to the second public hearing into the Salvation Army's response to child sexual abuse, Mr Beckett said Mr Haggar was forced to retire and demoted from lieutenant colonel to major in October last year.
The Commission also heard the Salvation Army took a ''largely litigious approach'' towards victims of physical and sexual abuse, especially those who sought compensation. A ''matrix'' was developed in 2005 to calculate the amounts to be offered to victims based on the age of the child at the time of the abuse, the length of time they spent in Salvation Army-run homes, the kind of abuse suffered and the impact it had on their lives.
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Any advice about another kind of sling that is like the snuggli but less of a PITA to put on? I felt like DS was going to bounce out of the sling in the ring sling. I am very interested in doing babywearing this time around, since I'll have a 25 month old and a newborn. Thanks
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Sounds like it is too loose. The inner rail should be snug against your body and once you get your LO in you should snug up the outer rail.
believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it... unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.
If you like the snugli and aren't as big of a fan of the ring sling, you should check into...
a mei tai like the Babyhawk (or others see www.thebabywearer.com for reviews)
the new Beco
These aren't my apps, but we/my kids enjoy Touch Stars Search (finding yellow stars) and collecting stars in mazes Touch Stars on the iPhone/iPad.
If you like the position that a Snuggli is worn on your body, the next thing to try would be a Mei Tai. They tie on instead of buckling like a snuggli, have wider and sometimes padded straps that make carrying more comfortable (there are both padded and unpadded), and can be worn on front, back, or hip (although I was never able to get a hip carry in one to work for me). I would recommend checking out
Babyhawk shoulder straps are 4" wide padded straps, and have a large array of fun designer prints.
Ball Baby has 6" wide unpadded straps, more like using a wrap, and usually have the same print on the body and straps. Both are wonderful carriers, and I have used each. I have found that I tend to prefer the Ball Baby over the Babyhawk, but that is just a personal preference.
Cristina,mama to Michael 03-16-06, Nathan, 01-16-11, and an angel 01-20-09.
Go with your gut, follow your heart.
Do you need hip carry instructions? I should still have pictures of a BH being tied into hip carry somewhere. Although the Ball Baby is easier to do a hip carry in, some of our visitors at the local babywearing meeting prefer the BH now.
These aren't my apps, but we/my kids enjoy Touch Stars Search (finding yellow stars) and collecting stars in mazes Touch Stars on the iPhone/iPad.
I think I'll look at a Mai Tai. I should also look around and see if there are any babywearing clubs around. I feel like an idiot, but maybe I just wasn't using the ring sling the right way...


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Schnitzel boy am I glad you posted this. I want the 14 inch but i do not want to hear it in the cab. so I have to go with the 18 inch. But I still do not want to hear it in the cab or after 3 hours of towing. Staring to get annoyed with the sound. One of the reasons I like this so much. It's relaxing on the highway. My last truck had a 12 or a 14 inch and man it got annoying. I loved the sound but on the expressway, it would start to give you a headache. Oh and the people in the back seat. They would refuse to drive back their for a long time. so here it is. I have the y pipe just need to meet up with people in the area that have the 18 or the 14. So I could decide on what to do.
Glad I could help, the sound is growing on me and the drone isn't that bad at highway speeds. I don't know if its just me getting over the initial shock of how much louder it was versus stock or if its the muffler getting a deeper tone as it "burns in" either way I love it. Saving my pennies for a good CAI and we will see how she sounds then
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MOUNT WASHINGTON – After a whirlwind two-week courtship, Bullitt East senior basketball standout Tyler Sharpe announced on Monday that he has decided to become a 'preferred' walk-on at the University of Louisville.
News on Sharpe's recruitment has mentioned a lot of different schools this winter, but not the Cardinals. The interest didn't sprout until Louisville assistant coach David Padgett called Bullitt East athletic director Troy Barr to gauge interest from Sharpe.
HEBRON ESTATES -- With six games on the slate last week, North Bullitt head coach Brian Wise got an opportunity to see a lot of pitchers take the mound.
And he also saw his team come away with the title from the Ray Chapman Wooden Bat Classic in Ohio County.
With just a single game this week prior to its annual trip to the Cal Ripkin Experience in Myrtle Beach, Wise was trying to get another contest.
The highlight game of the week came on Friday when the Eagles fell 8-2 to Manual, a perennially good team in the Seventh Region.
MOUNT WASHINGTON – After an opening week to the season that head coach Jeff Bowles called 'nearly perfect', the winds of change blew in the opposite direction last week as the Chargers dropped a pair of games.
Still, the two losses brought forth different emotions. On Monday, the Chargers dropped a nine-inning, 3-1 decision to traditional state power Trinity.
Two days later, the loss was more painful as the Chargers did not snap back well, losing a 9-7 decision at Fairdale.
SHEPHERDSVILLE – Despite a lack of hitting, the Bullitt Central baseball team managed to win three of five games last week as strong pitching managed to carry the day.
Unlike many teams in the area, the Cougars have managed to play a good number of games through the first three weeks of the regular season. As of the weekend, Bullitt Central stood 5-5 overall.
"We are just hitting the ball terribly," veteran head coach G.J. Moore said earlier this week. "We didn't hit it well last year, but it is worse this year."
LOUISVILLE – A Louisville man formerly employed by Kentucky Country Day of Louisville as a high school physical education teacher and assistant coach with the school's athletics department was detained today pending trial for violating child exploitation laws, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr.
Matthew Graves, age 38, is charged in an indictment with Advertising, Transportation, and Receipt of child pornography. These charges stem from his use of the social media messaging application KIK.
LOUISVILLE – The former pastor of a Louisville, Kentucky, parish, Stephen A. Pohl, 57, was sentenced today in United States District Court, by United States District Judge David J. Hale, to 33 months in prison followed by a life term of Supervised Release for violating federal child exploitation laws, announced United States Attorney John E. Kuhn, Jr. There is no parole in the federal criminal justice system.
HILLVIEW -- A train crossing which has been the scene of accidents in the past, claimed a life on Tuesday morning.
Xavier Froeber, 19, was pronounced dead by the Bullitt County Coroner's Office.
Around 8:30 a.m., Froeber's vehicle was traveling on Highway 1020, attempting to beat a northbound train at the East Blue Lick Road crossing.
The train struck the car.
According to various reports, it appeared Froeber attempted to beat the northbound train.
SHEPHERDSVILLE - Regular visitors to the Multi-Purpose Community Action Agency Seniors Center are not strangers to retirement.
However, the party they attended was to celebrate a special retirement for a special person.
Senior Center director Mary Wilson is retiring after 12 years of fun daily activities, special parties, hot meals and plenty of love.
The seniors reciprocated that love with a special party in Wilson's honor, including gifts and visits from some of Wilson's past and present co-workers.
LEBANON JUNCTION— Though it is small, it is fierce.
And it won't stop until it gets what it wants which, in this case, is an appealing city.
"We used to be the Mayberry of this end of the county and I'd like to keep it that way," Lebanon Junction mayor Larry Dangerfield said.
Dangerfield reminded the city council at a recent meeting that the town's slogan is "We care." and that, often times, the community doesn't look like it.
BOWLING GREEN -- "Only Doing It for Some Doll."
So describes the behavior of the 'guys' in Frank Loesser's classic musical Guys and Dolls.
This joint production of WKU's Departments of Music and Theatre & Dance is based on Damon Runyon's stories of New York gamblers in the '40s and will be presented April 1-3 at Van Meter Hall.
The show was a great success on Broadway in 1950 and has been performed all around the world. In 1955 it was made into a movie starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.
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Based on my experiences (read: frustrations!) within various organizations' Professional Services groups, I'd like to take the Project Management concept further and discuss it more in terms of the entire 'Engagement Management' scope. I believe that most organizations miss the boat these days by separating Project Management and indeed, the entire Professional Services group, from the Sales process. PMs are not salesmen – except when trying to 'sell' necessary change orders – and salesmen are not PMs. I have never had a customer who's expectations were adequately set by Sales heading into the Professional Services portion of the initiative.
Basically, Engagement Management is a systematic approach that initiates with the sales process and ends with the engagement closing. This typically has an accounting component associated with it – overseeing the profitability of project engagements within an organization.
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Brad, thanks for the post. Seems interesting. But, aren't all areas that you are talking about covered by product life cycle management process? From my experience, organizations that have product management introduced,have good oversight of all areas that you are mentioning in the last paragraph:
"...Engagement Management provides general oversight to all
inputs and deliverables in the delivery process
- Business Requirements Document (BRD) delivery and signoff...." So, engagement management will be product management?
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Good point, Billy. What I'm trying to point out here is that many organizaations miss the mark with their customers in their overall Project Management approach. I'm trying to push across the concept that the Project Manager - who generally has the bullseye on his forehead during the whole project - needs to be involved in the sales process. Countless times I've taken the handoff from Sales, met with the customer and started the engagement only to have the customer say things like "Sales didn't tell us we needed training first" or "Sales said we'd be able to seamlessly integrate with our ERP system", etc. You get the picture. And all of these customer expectation reset points result in:
- extended project timelines
- customer dissatisfaction (often before the real work even gets started)
- cost overruns
- and in the worst cases, the plug can get pulled on the entire project
I take pride that my customer-facing skills are one of my greatest strengths. However, when the project starts out on the wrong foot with the customer because of incorrectly set expectations or poorly identified requirements, it's very difficult for the PS team to come in and be successful.
Seems interesting. I've found some valuable thoughts in your post. It's a good thing to integrate your efforts in different directions under one philosophy. It's also useful to integrate project efforts and corporate strategic planning. Here's what I mean: http://www.wrike.com/projectmanagement/03/25/2008/Bridging-the-Three-Gaps-in-Project-Management (the 1st point of the article) Would be nice to get your feedback too, btw.
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Brad mentioned something about "... not meeting the organization's or the customer's big picture need...".
I believe understanding the big picture requires PMOs to invest significant resources into broadening their horizons. More importantly, the organizations may consider supporting this education and awareness process.
Especially for the intersection between highly competitive environments and technology-intensive customer interaction points, such as telecommunications, software, automotive and finance, I believe this is crucial for project sucess.
Brad, what's your take?
Alek, I wholeheartedly agree. I've seen many PMOs plan, organize and start functioning only to fail miserably or work to re-organize...mainly because they continually fail to truly meet the origanizations needs. Customer satisfaction is not as high as it should be in these cases because the PMO is not structured to be an all-encompassing entity and therefore customer needs are not fully met. The PMO organization and, therefore, the PM leading the customer's project, appears weak or ill-equipped to make significant decisions or obtain the right resources. The PMO, and the PMs, need nearly an all-access pass the organization and resources - within reason and budget - in order to exceed...especially when supporting external customers who are paying big dollars for the PM, the technical team, and the ultimate solution that is being implemented.
Ghani Ahsan
I agree with your fundamental idea that Professional Services should work closely with Sales, Operations, Finance and Development in the preparation and submission of a proposal.It does not necessarily require the creation of a new organization called Engagement Management. I must admit that initially I was drawn to your idea, but on further examination I walked away from it.
My experience has shown that not only is Sales interested in "bagging" the deal, but sometimes others in the organization are also interested, even though the proposal may not "make sense" financially or from a customer service perspective. It seems organizations get caught up in the idea of winning the bid and then perhaps somehow making it work. That is when the Project Manager is left with a lose-lose proposition ... either losing money for the organization by delivering a quality solution or ending up with a disatisfied customer whose expectations were not met in an attempt to meet timeline and budget constraints.
Ghani, I think we may be on the same wavelength. I don't necessarily mean there has to be a separate 'Engagement Management' organization. However, by referring to it as such I was trying to distinguish from a standalone PM organization that is isolated from Sales and the rest of the company's key units. The PM org needs to be fully integrated into the process of engaging the customer, winning the deal and then acting upon it. By referring to it as Engagement Management I was trying to identify it as more of an Enterprise organization rather than the PM org most of us are used to. One company I worked actually did refer to it as Engagement Management and tried to realize this enterprise position within the organization, but they still missed the mark somewhat.
Thank you for your explanation. I agree with you completely. Ghani.
I have just read your piece on Engagement Management which is quite interesting though it does appear close to other disciplines such as business planning/process engineering open planning.
I take issue though with one of the benefits listed "Customers see a standardized and professional engagement
process across all implementations" because a lot of organisations are finding that discriminatory services in addressing their painpoints and touchpoints are particularly beneficial.
Mike Boyer Smith
Hi Brad,
This is a powerful concept, particularly for service organisations.
I think it's power comes from the shift in mindset that it requires. It lifts the idea of project management above the basic project delivery level to a realm that is concerned with how the whole organisation delivers true value to it's customers.
In progressive organisations, this is close to the heart of the organisation's branding (I'm thinking of businesses like Virgin). Ironically, not many marketing departments (who own branding) have the ability to really project manage the 'engagement' successfully from end to end.
Project managers who really appreciate this concept are destined for greatness.
Well done.
George Pitagorsky
I fully agree that PM is a part of EM and that letting sales people price projects and promise deadlines more often than not leads to problems for the project. I have written on this subject and you may be interested in reading the article: The Zen of PM™: Engagement Management by George Pitagorsky, PMP published on AllPM.com http://www.allpm.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=1475
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I agree with what you are saying but I believe it only covers one half of the issue. The issue is not only sales making unrealitic promises but it is also project managers cutting sales and account managers out of the engagement once it has actually begun. The premise of your piece of looking into the engangement team as whole is great and I think is how it needs to be looked at, but your focus on only sales cutting out professional service teams is only one symptom of the broader problem. Engangement is not a one time let's make a sale initiative it is an on going process that includes the entire team of sales, executives, project managers, support through out the life cycle of the engagement of a customer, which if done correctly is hopefully more than just one unique project. This leads to more repeat business, better referals, more maintenance renewals. Project managers need to funnel back to account managers how a project is tracking, any hints of new opportunities, any gaps in customer expectations and what can actually be delivered.
Yes, that is big problem in Construction Industry. I have many problems with costumers/investors during construction activities that somebody from sales department told that this job would be done in this or that way. I have sales background and I know what costumer need. I think that is very important to get PM involved in sales/presales operations. Other problem is that necessary that PM should be specialist in construction, or should he be more manager than specialist?? In my opinion PM shouldn't be specialist, he should have knowledge about construction, but on which stage should be his knowledge...
Przemek- I agree completely. The PM usually does not need to be an 'expert' in the industry. However, they must be an experienced PM or in the process of being mentored while on the project - especially if it is a large project or critical project. And as you already know, I share your frustrations with the PM and PM org often being completely separated from the sales process.
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Niki Pierson
THANK YOU!! I have been struggling with this concept for our company. As a small business where many responsibilities cross (let's not even get into egos), I've fought to try to keep business development at the forefront of our project relationships (development, delivery, etc.) and had come across hints of "engagement management" interlaced with CRM - but nothing concrete enough to make it stick in our very delivery oriented environment. You hit it out of the park on this, I can't wait to show the team this, I'm certain this is what I needed to help get over the hump to adoption. Bravo!!
Violet Weed
You really have no idea what an Engagement Manager does, and where you got the idea that the Engagement Manager oversees the PM, what a crock! I've been in the technology industry since I graduated from high school and went to work for IBM -- at the age of twelve. That's 52 years now. I have been a Director of QA, a Development Manager, a project manager (got my pmp first in the 80s when there was no Microsoft Project (piece of cr*p that it is), a program director and now an engagement manager.
Stick to what you know, it is not the subject you wrote about.
Lambrain, could you please provide your own definition and view about the role and responsibilities of the Engagement Manager and describe the link to:
- Project Manager
- Account Manager
Thank you and kind regards
Jared P.
Violet Weed, who was either trying to end her comment with name calling, or very appropriately signing off as "Lamebrain", appears to have been trapped in an IBM basement for 52 years, because this post truly is quite reflective of what is going on in the industry. I have worked in 3 major professional services groups (IBM, Hitachi, EMC), and can tell you that no two companies do things the same...but in general, the concept of an Engagement Manager is very much as described above. Perhaps IBM has an elevated role they are calling an 'EM', but really the term is most often used in consulting and professional services orgs (such as custom development shops) that have recurring-but-unique engagements. When the service delivered is pretty much cookie-cutter, organizations tend to not use the term Engagement Manager, and rather have a PM overseeing the portfolio of concurrent client engagements, the sales team churning out proposals and handing them off as fast as they can, resource managers handling the scheduling of the on-site resources. Hitachi has (or had) Business Managers, which were a basically EMs with limited responsibility-- a bridge between sales and project management, but hierachically the same as a PM (talk about inefficient), which was an attempt at adding finanical oversight to the project delivery without retooling the PM team to handle such tasks; yet they still lacked the scoping/expectations oversight of the sales process.
The more efficient approach is to have multiple Engagement Managers (who are, in effect, PMs doing what PMs should be doing), each one maintaining a portfolio of engagements from lead-funnel to project closure.
Ms. Lamebrain is probably in a role that while called an "EM", is more analogous to a Program Manager in charge of the overall quality and customer satisfaction of the services group (while coexisting with another Professional Services Program Manager role, who has more operational and revenue accountability)
Thank you Jared! Great comments. And absolutely exactly reflecting my frustrations as a project manager in several different organizations. Sales is great - and very necessary. But short-sighted executives and under-informed or under-qualified PMO directors need to recognize the disadvantage that PMs are put in when they are handed something to manage that they've not been a part of during the sales process...however small that may be. Something..anything to get the PM ahead of the game and making sure the engagement and the customer expectations are aligned with the solution being offered. I really believe that failure to do this is one of the hidden reasons that PMOs fail over and over again.
Stephanie C.
Hi Brad, interesting post. I have been struggling with this myself for a few years now. However, at the agency level, what would you say the difference is between an EM and an Account Manager? I have seen very few Engagement Manager titles... this may be something that's not commonly seen in the agency business (digital marketing agency). I'm also curious, what do you think is the difference, if any, between an EM and a Program Manager? It seems as if you are suggesting the EM be aligned with the Sales organization (or at least outside of the PMO), but typically a program manager would be aligned within the PMO. Thoughts? Thank you for any insights you may be able to offer here.
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The Bruins stunned top-seeded Escalon 25-22, 25-20, 20-25, 19-25, 15-12 on the road Tuesday night to advance to the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV championship match. The Bruins will take on Union Mine on Thursday at 6 p.m. at UC Davis.
Bear River won the Pioneer Valley League title this year for its first league banner since 1998. The Bruins also won the Division III section title in '98.
"We got the first two games and we were kind of riding high," Bear River coach Matt McDonald said. "We made some plays in the third and fourth games, but they just outplayed us. They played unbelievable. It's the first time we've gone to five games all year and we just really composed ourselves because we were rattled."
Junior Sara Schell was tremendous, finishing with 21 kills. Kirsten Pereira and Katie Tomkiewicz had 12 kills each and Kaya Johnson dished out 47 assists. Amanda Clark came up with back-to-back kills in the final game and Teryn Rath had two big blocks to help the cause.
El Camino 3, Del Oro 0 at Sacramento — The Golden Eagles' season ended in the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II semifinals as top-seeded El Camino roared to a 25-9, 25-10, 25-13 victory at home.
"They got on top early and they just beat us," Del Oro coach Stu Kageta said. "They put pressure on us and we didn't respond."
Del Oro junior Morgan Lees had seven kills and nine digs. She was also 10-for-11 serving with one ace. Megan Hentschke had 12 digs and Stephanie Solich added four kills and 10 digs for the Golden Eagles.
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Among the social media companies based in the United States, Facebook ( FB ), Google ( GOOG ), and Zynga ( ZNGA ) saw significant upswings in short interest between the September 13 and September 30 settlement dates.
The number of shares sold short in Angie's List ( ANGI ), eBay ( EBAY ), Groupon (GRPN), Pandora Media (P), United Online (UNTD), and Yelp (YELP) also increased in that time.
However, LinkedIn (LNKD) and Shutterfly (SFLY) bucked the trend, with declining short interest in the first two weeks of the month.
In addition, note that the number of US-listed shares (or ADRs) sold short of Chinese social media companies Baidu (BIDU) and Sina (SINA) shrank in late September, while those in Renren (RENN), Sohu.com (SOHU), and YouKu Todou (YOKU) grew.
Below our firm takes a quick look at how Facebook, Google, and Zynga have fared and what analysts expect from them.
The number of shares sold short in this social networking giant jumped about 48% to near 40.01 million, the highest level of short interest so far this year. That was on top of a 15% rise in short interest in the previous period, and it represents more than 2% of the total float.
Facebook is expected to post annual revenue growth of more than 30% both this year and next. The company has a market capitalization of almost $114 billion. While its long-term earnings per share (EPS) growth forecast is about 30%, the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio remains in the stratosphere.
Of the 40 analysts who follow the stock and were surveyed by Thomson/First Call, 13 rate the stock at Strong Buy, and 16 others also recommend buying shares. The mean price target, or where analysts expect the share price to go, is more than 8% higher than the current share price.
The share price has retreated more than 7% in the past week, but it is still about 67% higher year-to-date. Over the past six months, the stock has outperformed the likes of AOL (AOL), Google, and Yahoo! (YHOO).
Short interest in this Mountain View, California-based operator of Google+ and YouTube rose more than 23% in the period to more than 5.39 million shares, which was about two percent of the float. That was on top of an increase of more than 16% in the previous period. The days to cover is less than three.
The company has a market cap near $285 billion but does not offer a dividend. It has a long-term EPS growth forecast of almost 15%, and its P/E ratio is less than the industry average. Also, Google's operating margin also is higher than the industry average, and its return on equity is almost 16%.
Of the 42 surveyed analysts, 32 recommend buying shares, with 12 of them rating the stock at Strong Buy. They believe the shares have plenty of headroom, as their mean price target is more than 13% higher than the current share price. That target would be a new multiyear high.
Shares have traded mostly between $850 and $900 since May. The share price is up more than 18% year-to-date. The stock has underperformed not only Yahoo and Facebook over the past six months, but the Nasdaq (INDEXNASDAQ:.IXIC) as well. It has outperformed the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX) though.
Short interest in the San Francisco-based online social games operator rose more than 28% to around 29.32 million shares during the period. That ended three consecutive periods of declining short interest, and it represented more than 5% of Zynga's total float.
Zynga withdrew its application for an online gambling license from the state of Nevada during the period. The company has a market cap of less than $3 billion. The long-term EPS growth forecast is about 30%, but note that the return on equity is in the red.
For at least three months, the analysts' consensus recommendation has been to hold shares of Zynga. Note also that the share price has overrun the analysts' mean price target. So, until price targets are raised, no upside potential is indicated.
The share price jumped almost 28% in September, though it has pulled back about 7% in the past week. Over the past six months, the stock has underperformed Electronic Arts (EA) and Facebook, as well as the Nasdaq.
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He was born Sept. 20, 1944, at Ash Flat, the son of Merle and Freda Fowler.
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