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There has been lots of chatter lately about how good Vance Worley looks thus far in his young career. His starts have been impressive; his relief appearance coming in after Blanton was also a great thing to see. But we all know that change is coming. Whenever Roy Oswalt is ready to return, and Joe Blanton feels back to normal, we know those guys are returning to their spots in the rotation. As our offense struggles to consistently give run support, many fans are starting to wonder what additions can be made to spark the lineup.
Domonic Brown is off to a strong start at AAA Lehigh Valley (.353 avg, and a 1.013 OPS through nine games). It is possible that Domonic Brown, and a healthy Chase Utley are all the help we need. But with a General Manager that loves making moves, and a decent amount of tradable pieces down on the farm, I think it's safe to assume that Ruben Amaro will be making changes to the roster in July.
The names that I want to focus on right now are Joe Blanton and Vance Worley, two pitchers that would be desirable to different teams, for different reasons.
Clubs that have a chance at the playoffs would probably rather acquire Joe Blanton, a playoff-tested veteran with the proven ability to succeed at the Major League level.
Teams that are looking to move their own veterans (if we are in the market for a Right-Handed OF, or a 2b), those teams would most likely look to add one or more of our younger arms. That is where Vance Worley might come into play… he's young, he's talented, he's cheap and under team control.
If I'm a General Manager, and assuming my team can't win this year, I'd rather have Worley than Blanton. However, if I run a team in need of a #3-4 type starter, someone to help us down the stretch, and plug into a possible playoff rotation, I'd go after Joe Blanton, asking the Phillies to split the tab.
I keep reading the name Michael Cuddyer (Twins, RF) mentioned as a Phillies target. To me, they would only look to move him if they fall out of contention, and if they get to that point – they would have no need for Joe Blanton, so they would likely ask for Worley PLUS others. Worley isn't the Phillies highest rated pitching prospect, but he is likely their closest, as he could start for MOST teams right now. I wouldn't move any of our Top Prospects to rent a player like Cuddyer – but for Worley, I think I'd make the trade. …What do you guys think, who would you rather keep…and who do you think is most likely to leave?
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Ah, Michael Cuddyer. No kidding. He would be a great addition for a number of reason. He's right handed. He can play third base, too. Which means that if Chase can't play, we can move Polanco to second. And if he can play right he can also play left. Ibanez needs to get off the field. I doubt we would even have to trade Worley in that deal. We could trade some Colvin, Cosart, DeFreitas types.
I am very concerned about the defense of this team right now. Whether it be Valdez or Utley, we are gonna be weak at 2B. Lets face it, the more Valdez plays, the more I understand why he is a reserve. He's not a great fielder. I don't like BenFran in left and DBrown won't be a ton better but at least he has a great arm. And Ibanez..well, lets just say that everytime he tries to throw out a guy coming from second, I fear a rotator cuff injury…..for the third base coach on the other team from windmilling his arm like a spastic. Ibanez is an absolute scourge out there. The Phils won't even get out of the National League with this defense. Ibanez is incapable of hitting the way he would need to to justify keeping him in the field like that. Getting rid of him is job 1.
The Dipsy
Cosart and Colvin are their best pitching prospects and many scouts think they have top of the rotation stuff. I think Reuben would try not to trade them. Worley falls third or possibly fourth depending on how high you are on Trevor May. I think after seeing Stutes though, De Fratus is tradable.
I've been thinking about this for the past week and was glad to finally see others start to bring this up. Worley can definitely fill in well, giving him some value to other teams. Blanton's ML experience also makes him a trading chip.
I guess it depends who you're willing to cough up in order to better the offense. We get Utley, Brown and Ruiz back by the end of the month/early June if things go as planned. They have until the deadline to see if they need that bat.
As one of your more vocal critics, let me just first say, good article! I agree with your breakdown of Blanton and Worley and who might go to what kind of team. One key component to keep in mind is that Blanton is making $10.5 mil this year and next, which is a very high cost for a player like Blanton. In order to move Blanton, Rube will probably have to either eat a lot of the money, move prospects along with Joe, or get someone back with a similar hefty contract.
Worley should be traded, since his value is at its highest and he's a young, MLB-ready starter who the Phillies don't have an immediate need for. Worley alone will not bring in anyone worth trading for, but he and a more marginal prospect should be enough to get a serviceable MLB player.
Publius – I think Worley is gonna be really good.
The Dipsy
And you might be right! I am impressed by what I've seen. But unfortunately (for him) the Phils have a slew of depth at SP, and Blanton's price tag means that the Phils may not be able to get the RH bat they NEED with him. In order to get a Cuddyer, Pence or someone else like that, the Phils are gonna have to give up young guys who are MLB ready, which Worley fits to a T. I'm saying this as a fan of a rebuilding team as well, the Mariners. If the M's had an OFer that fit the Phillies' needs (which they don't, their lineup is a wasteland of mediocrity), I would want someone who could compete now or soon, not a slew of younger guys. Plus, guys like Cosart, Colvin and other younger pitchers need to stay in the system as long as possible, since we're gonna need them once the 4 aces retire/sign elsewhere.
I just think its easy to say that we would like to trade Blanton and his salary . . . but it all depends on who the other team is, and the reason I bring up the Twins is because they are always looking to cut costs (or at least that's the track record of the past decade)… Worley at $400,000 would seemingly interest them more than Blanton …
I was never big on Worley as nothing about his minor league numbers ever gave him that "Top Prospect" kind of billing . . . but the same can be said about JA Happ, who every team in baseball would like to have in their rotation.
I think Blanton is still a good pitcher, and gets knocked by fans/media a little too much. The inquirer the other day had somethng like how Blanton was "bailed out by his defense turning four double-plays behind him" . . That is true, but Blanton was able to throw pitches to get those hitters to ground into double plays – so he should get some credit for that, right? … Worley's value might be sky high come the deadline, so it might be wise to deal him then instead of putting stock that he really is this good
Pubs, swear to god I didn't see your post, before I sent that . . . weird that we're completely on the same page with that. I'm really starting to like you!
I'd be willing to listen to offers for either or both, BUT NOT YET.
That's not what the team with the best record in MLB does. What we do is listen to those who are underachieving (Twins are a good example) and have needs. When/if Brown and Utley return and play for a couple months, then we can make a fair assessment of our needs for a strong playoff run. But adding more age than we already have at this point makes no sense to me, and adding huge salary doesn't either.
So when the time comes and the decision is made that we can't cover for our own weaknesses, I would say trade either or both if necessary. As much as I like the potential Worley shows, you have to give to get.
Is there something, somewhere that says Hunter Pence is available??? He's basically the entire Astros franchise right now, and he's 28 (I think) .. I can't see them moving him, especially not to the Phillies for anything less than a BOAT LOAD of talent
I threw Cuddyer's name out there a while ago as a RH "rental" that also fits a corner outfield, and even 1b spot … we have the pieces to rent players, not worry about keeping him after this year, since our window to win is NOW with Halladay, Lee, Oswalt, Hamels … it would be a shame to worry so much about guys in A-ball that we don't win now
Worley would have value if the Phillies showcased him. Which they arent doing.
If you were going to trade him youd have to do that so it would increase his value.
And if he pitched well Id not want to trade him because he is 24.
There will be a phillies team in 2016 and almost all the guys on the current roster wont be on it.
When Utley comes back if hes playing well. How about trading him or Jimmy or Victorino (who has been playing great).
Not saying it has to be now or this year even. But at some point this roster has to get younger. It just has to or its going to get really messy.
Andrew,i don't see them trading any of those guys…..
I dont think they will either.
But at some point you have to move older players for younger or to make room for younger players.
IMO the biggest problem with the offense is line up age and staleness.
Was last year and I see the same thing this year.
They still have a lot of heart and will get in the playoffs.
But I fear a similar scenario to the Giants series in the playoffs last year if its the same lineup minus Werth.
That's true Don.M but you don't want to sell the farm as they say either.We really just need to get healthy and send these career AAAA guys back where they belong!
Andrew – What is your hurry to get younger? The team next year will be younger merely by attrition. Ibanez, Lidge, Madson, possibly Rollins are gonna be gone. The year after that….relax, Ruben planned this way.
The Dipsy
No hurry. Ibanez and Lidge are really not even factoring into this year. In a positive way that is. Remember what built this team was young players coming of age and becoming great together at the same time. As they age if you keep them all together they get old together.
*year after that…Polanco.
The Dipsy
As long as they don't trade Cosart, Singleton, Brown, or any of their current position starters, I don't care. Worley or Blanton. Either one could go. Someone mentioned Cudyer? I hope they can do better then that…
…and you're high if you think they won't sign Rollins after with how shallow SS is in both the minors and the bigs. Regardless of his plate regression, he's a perrenial gold glover. He'll retire in red pinstripes.
If another team wants to get stupid like the Nats did with Werth would be stupid for the phils to grossly overpay for anyone.
At he right number Id love to see Jimmy finish career with the phils. For the glove you mentioned. Just dont know if he should still be hiting at or near the top of the order.
I love Worley and Stutes , both of whom are "give me the ball" guys and have good stuff. Trade Kendrick although he has won a lot of games for us he looks like a deer in the headlights compared to Worley and Stutes. Blanton is a big second half guy for us and I would prefer to keep him but I would also not like to lose him for nothing at seasons end if this is his FA year.
….Oh yeah @ Andrew- They'll be fine. We have the 5th ranked farm system as far as talent. The team is built to win right now.
Any trade would be to win now. Or it would be a horrible trade.
I never meant to trade for the future.
I am just of the opinion that trading a big name player might help the team right now. More so than trading a Worley or KK.
Our old buddy Lenny in the news.
Trending second right now on Yahoo.
Was my favorite in 93.
You can't trade impact players from your everyday roster- and expect to keep winning. Utley's been injured so he has a lower trade value now than ever. . . Rollins and Victorino are both desirable to a lot of teams, but they play great defense and prime positions . . . and trading either of them would just create another hole .
Our best bet is to upgrade the corner OF production – whether that's Brown in RF and Francisco in LF over Ibanez . . . or Ibanez/Mayberry platoon in LF, with Fran/Brown in RF …
who knows.. but Im not into trading any of our regulars
They would be dumb to trade a young arm like Worley, especially since Oswalt is gone after this season…… Blanton needs to go
I like Cuddyer, but I would want to move Blanton for him. I think Worley has a very bright future. I would, however, move Worley and a bullpen prospect for Hunter Pence. I would also include that hitting first baseman (Rizzolli ?) for Pence. I would then need to keep Blanton. Getting both Cuddyer and Pence would be a most interesting acquisition, and I would give up both Blanton and Worley for these two players, plus I would include Rizzolli and a minor league bullpen prospect.
You can tell that I am really horny to add offense to this team, can't you? Our outfield would be very solid with Pence, Victorino, Cuddyer/Brown. Cuddyer could relieve Polanco and Polaco could occasionally give Utley a rest. Cuddyer could also give Howard a rest against nasty southpaws.
Yes they should have actively tried to move them last off season or should this off season.
I am saying only a trade of one that immediately fills that hole and then some.
Not leaving a hole for a team trying to win the world series. Any trade including any of the regula players would be a trade to make the team better today not the future.
Like for example. Not saying this is happening or discussed or even possible. Just saying a deal like Victorino and Blanton for Mccutchen and Garret Jones.
Something like that.
My point is that fans and franchises shouldnt grow overly attached to players.
Kind of like the New England approach. If moving anyone helps the team. Make the move.
Ive heard Tom Brady trade rumors this year. I respect that alot.
Howard isnt getting a rest against anyone.
Contract and status makes it impossible.
Pence reminds me alot of Von Hayes. Who I loved when I was a kid 🙂
But all things considered hed look super in right for the phillies right now and Brown in left.
Ah yes, the sweet swing of Von Hayes. Remember this top 5: Juan Samuel, Jeff Stone, Von Hayes, Mike Schmidt, Lance Parrish……. The first half of my dream lineup of 1985. The one that never materialized.
I would give my left nut for McKutcheon but he's not going anywhere unless you can give the Bucc-oooos younger and cheaper players. So they can stink for less money. Maybe something like a Worley and Singleton? I say trade Shane. He's the one to go.
The Dipsy
Jeff Stone. I still have his rookie cards somewhere. He could run.
I can argue that the Von hayes trade was a good one too.
Lance Parrish just kind of fell off the face of the planet when he came to the phils. Like all the Mets FA signings now
My Mccutchen thing totaly hypothetical and impossible. Just saying moves of anyone arent always bad.
How about Halladay for Itchiro and Hernandez? Of course its impossible. But id do it. So trading even the best player isnt always bad.
I bet Rube goes for none of these guys(mentioned in earlier posts) you know he has an affinity for 36+ yo at their end of their career. We wind up with Vladimir for Blanton an another Prospect. I would like to keep Worley. Is it possible we can somehow move Lidge.
Lidge us unmovable. He could get released actually. I think Jeff Stone stole 140 bases in one minor league season or something like that. Glenn Wilson on that team, too. I thought Stone was gonna be so great but he turned out to be such a lunkhead. Actually too dumb to play baseball. I'm gonna do my "All Coulda-Been" team one day. I'll tell ya what, Strawberry and Gooden will be 1 and 1A. All that talent wasted makes ya wanna cry.
The Dipsy
Lidge has no value. Except for us to hope he could work his way back into being a credible reliever. When he comes back he shuold be in a limited role. If he proves himself give him more responsibility. Personaly if he ever is effective for the Phillies again ill be very suprised.
Stone stole 123 in a year in the minors.
And Dwight Gooden has a better career WAR than Sandy Koufax. Go figure
I would love McCutcheon in a Phillies uniform but I just don't see it happening. And I also agree that Worley is gonna be really good. I would love to see him here but I get the logic of moving him in the right deal.
Brad Lidge is a non-factor as far as I'm concerned.
we have the best record in baseball. we're getting our best prospect (brown) and our best position player (utley) back. two of our pitchers are already banged up and any other can go down–it almost always happens. this whole idea of trading one of them doesn't make any sense to me.
Remember Alex Johnson? Won a batting title in the American League with the Angels. Once he was hit in the head by a Don Drysdale pitch and did not flinch. Just ran to first base. He could not get along with anyone and I believe he was deemed mentally ill. A real shame because the guy had so much potential. He played for a number of teams starting with the Phils. Nobody kept him more than a year. He was dangerous, dumb but a genuine talent. He and Milton Bradley would be a couple of wild and crazy corner outfielders.
Dont forget
Jimmy Piersall
I sat through all of fear strikes out once. Could tell Anthony Perkins had no interest in baseball. But it was an interesting film..
Alex Johnson is a good one. Kerry Wood. Best stuff I've ever seen in my life. Better than Gooden, Ryan, Clemens. Herb Score. Tony C. I think Brad Lidge will be released. Only fair to let him latch onto another squad.
The Dipsy
Kerry wood still pitching middle relief for the cubbies
The ones like him who got hurt are different than the ones who just screw it up through off field crap and being stupid.
Then there are the ones like Lyman Bostock who get shot and killed or the great Phillie hall of famer Eddie Delahanty who was drunk and kicked off a train in in Niagra falls. We still dont knwo if he jumped or fell into Niagra Falls.
Nah….I count the guys that get hurt like Wood. He was a wunderkind. He looked like a sure fire hall of famer. Then the arm troubles. Who had a better home run stroke than Darryl?
The Dipsy
Strawberry played at a time when cocaine was available in the clubhouse and the teams looked the other way. The mets had drug dealers in there every day.
Was definately a waste.
He has a son named DJ who played basketball for Maryland and is still int the NBS developmental league.
Nice post Don, created a lot of good discussion. The sellers this year are going to be the teams that fell out, and want to cut costs, add potential. I think it is very unlikely Blanton gets moved, esp as stated above, when he keeps stating his elbow isn't quite right. The only way Blanton goes is if the Phils eat a lot of the contract, add Rizotti, and get a underachieving, high priced extra part. For the msot part, Rube makes smart trades, so I don't see it happening.
I'd love to keep Worley, who has slightly above average stuff, but great composure and knows how to pitch. He's the guy who has value, esp to a team that has fallen out of contention, and wants to shed payroll, build for the future. By the end of May, the divisions are going to line up, and 2 or three teams from each division are going to fall out of the race. Still too early to tell. One guy who would make a ton of sense (last year of contract, switch hitter, on a team going nowhere, has little pitching prospects) is Beltran, but that deal won't ever happen. Should be interesting.
The Phils need Worley and his versatility. With an aging Halladay, Lee and Oswalt, and a creaky elbowed Blanton, Worley is invaluable as a spot starter. Oswalt has a bad back, and so does Lee!
Plus, I'd take Worley over Kendrick every day in the long relief role or spot starter role. The Phils have already demonstrated the value Worley provides in his current role.
Also, the Phils' offense is in steady decline, so they can't weaken their pitching, and they sure don't need to get any older.
Of the two, I'd ship Blanton before Worley.
I would switch Worley with Oswalt(he's 6-1) and let RO EARN his starting spot. Mr Worley sure has…


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Friday, June 1, 2012
The First Social Media Projects in China on Climate
This term I taught
a Strategic HRM course at SHUFE. The course is basically about what is wrong with traditional HRM, why it doesn't work and
how strategy execution methodology can guide HRM to support the organizational strategy.Students worked in teams
to clarify their mission, objectives, action plan and to take action, observe results and adjust as the semester progressed.
They usually reported weekly with me picking out what emerged each week as a "best practice". Most of the teams
then immediately began incorporating that into their presentation.I encouraged all the groups to "collaborate
across borders", which was new for them, and many of the teams did this, helping each other in all sorts of ways, AND
learning from each other.I designed it this way for them to have an experience of what it might be like conducting
a strategic initiative in a real organization, rather than a temporary one, which was our course.The high level
project purpose for each team was to use social media to increase awareness of climate change and to attempt to influence
consumer behavior. There were two stated constraints:> Don't have any secret meetings behind closed doors to organize
dissent, and> Support/enable China's 12th Five Year Plan.The students did an amazing amount of work and
produced some incredible video's, so far beyond my expectations it is indescribable, but can be viewed.The link
above is one of the videos, quite touching, of course, for me. It presents an overview of all 9 projects, with comments by
the PM2.5 team. Their content video on PM2.5 has been blocked in China, it seems, but they managed to post it on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwpEH0Ksivg&feature=endscreen&NR=1 . I'm not aware of any of the other video's
being blocked, but I haven't checked them all yet.I was also blown away by the different groups' creative design
of logo's, T-shirts, metro card stickers, and posters. They just did an incredible job!
I will share more info
on this as time permits. What absolutely gladdens my heart was the degree of commitment, creativity, ingenuity, innovation
and collaboration these students demonstrated. This showed me what can be done with authentic engagement, commitment and team
spirit. I told them, "You have given me HOPE!"
Thursday, April 19, 2012
Climate Change Response: A Strategic Framework that Enables Alignment, Focused Action & Collective Learning
The first article in this series
introduced a strategic framework for responding to climate change [see blog post March 16, 2012]. Part 1 introduced
the Strategic Framework and addressed Stage 1 – Clarifying What's Important. This article included multiple strategy maps for responding to climate change by clarifying five levels for possible
focus: L1 global, L2 regional or national, L3 organizational, L4 urban or city, and L5 individual. Strategy maps are one-page
graphic illustrations of what's important, expressed as areas of critical interest that can be further specified as
strategic objectives. Part 1 provided inks to strategy maps that include directional objectives for resilience, sustainability
and well-being. If you have not already done so, it will be useful to read that article first, to better understand
the information provided below that refers to Focused Action, because Clarifying What's
Important precedes Focused Action when using a systematic
process to begin moving positively toward critical strategic objectives.
The second article in this series addressed the climate debate and why there is
a need for action, plus some information on my background. See article dated Saturday March 24, 2012 and titled: Climate
Change Response: Strategic Framework [Part 2a – What about the Climate Debate? & Why Is There a Need for Action?]
The third article
[Part 2b] is presented immediately below --ib
2b: FOCUSED ACTION – Converting Critical Issues & Strategic Objectives into Constructive Action
How does the strategy execution process convert strategic objectives into constructive action?
There are multiple approaches to taking FOCUSED
ACTION as a constructive response to climate change. The approach we recommend is based on a well defined
and practically useful methodology for strategy execution. This
sophisticated and effective approach to strategy execution has been used successfully in many parts of the world, mostly by
commercial organizations, but also by governments and NGOs. It is in widespread use in China, especially among the best managed
companies, conglomerates and SOEs.
is an established, practical and teachable methodology for managing complex systems. The methodology makes use of strategy management tools, such as strategy maps and balanced scorecards,
in a process that is designed to achieve strategic objectives. The strategy management process includes periodic review of
results, as well as linkages to budgeting, human resources, and to overall governance of any organization or complex system.
What is a strategic initiative? The primary management tool for transforming a critical objective into action
is a strategic initiative. A strategic initiative is
usually organized as a project with a beginning and an end. The project [strategic initiative] is often resourced with people,
time, money, equipment, office space, etc. It is important to note that each strategic initiative is organized separately
from the various functional units or departments in an organization. Strategic initiatives often include representatives [team
members] who are selected from different functional units. This enables people who have varied but relevant experience and
knowledge to share their multiple points of view about a particular objective. This discussion includes consideration of what
might be preventing progress and how might the barriers or friction points be overcome.
What happens after a strategic initiative is initially organized? When a strategic initiative is initially organized, the project team members start
their work. This often begins with an attempt to understand the important issues and factors that are influencing
achievement of the objective or the lack of progress. The project team members do this through discussion among themselves,
as well as engaging in additional information gathering through interview and research. One or more members of the project
team for the initiative may make site visits to other locations to observe how the objective is being addressed elsewhere.
If so, knowledgeable experts at that location will often be interviewed to help the project team better understand
the dynamics that are enabling progress toward that objective at that location.
What happens after the initial information gathering and research by the project
team? After gathering information to understand the
important factors influencing the objective within their own organization or system and possibly learning from other organizations
what they have done to achieve similar objectives, the project team shifts into a brainstorming mode.
They begin discussing ideas about what actions might be most effective in accelerating progress toward the objective.
What happens after the brainstorming discussion? The brainstorming discussion leads into a decision
making and planning process that fits well into a project management framework. This includes identifying the important
benefits to be achieved, the timeline for action, and a proposed budget,
if one has not already been set up. Responsibilities for action are identified by a simple formula: WHO
will do WHAT by WHEN?
After decisions are made and actions planned, how is the strategic initiative
managed? This is the critical point where a strategic
objective is converted into ACTION. Managing the strategic initiative involves taking the action steps that have been planned,
subject to adjustments based on results that have been obtained thus far. Milestones are
useful markers for what has been achieved by when, as a check on progress. Results are reported back to the entire project
team on a periodic basis. Project teams meet as frequently as is necessary to maintain movement in the desired direction in
an effort to reach the milestones that have been defined. [Note: This part of the strategy execution process is critically
important and will be dealt with in greater detail in a subsequent article –ib]
In most organizational or system structures, the project team usually reports
back to an oversight and coordinating committee, sometimes called a Governance Committee. The reports include information
about the extent to which the project [strategic initiative] is "on time", "on budget", and "on
benefit". Difficulties in meeting time, budget and benefit targets and expectations are discussed further
using an approach that might be called management by exception [MBE].
What about root cause analysis? MBE involves further brainstorming discussion in an effort to identify root causes of
problems. There is a separate management literature around root cause analysis. One way to keep it simple is
to ask a number of WHY questions about a problem that is interfering with or slowing down progress.
Previous research and anecdotal reports suggest that asking "Why?" five times [more or less] can usually uncover
a root cause that can be addressed with greater focus, time and energy for improved results. This is well known and understood
by experienced project managers. Project teams and team leaders who are less experienced can still be effective if they persist
in their discussion, analysis, decision making, planning and subsequent action. This action learning will
be discussed later in a subsequent article.
internal discussions among project team members, for a well functioning group, there usually emerges a general consensus about
the root causes of problems that have been preventing achievement of the objective. Understanding these root causes is an
important aspect of the project team's work. This diagnosis of root causes will often enable more effective solutions
to be planned and then executed.
the solution for dramatic improvements in progress toward an objective is primarily technical. It is often true, however,
that the project team becomes aware there are important intangible variables that are interfering with progress.
Reducing or eliminating these intangible barriers to progress will almost always involve multiple parts of the organization
or involve multiple components within a complex system.
What are the recommended areas for objective setting in response to climate change? Review of more than 2,500 articles indicates a fairly consistent set of areas
for setting objectives. If you examine the strategy maps referenced in the first article in this series [see
article dated March 16, 2012]. The one page templates from that article are repeated here to clarify
suggested directional objectives for consideration. You
can view and download these templates at the links below:
Level 1: Global
– a simplified strategy map template for global sustainability, with China's particular circumstances
in mind. This was originally presented in a 2 article series in Cost Management. www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/globalsustainabilitystrategymap2008.pdf
2009 – a more detailed strategy map template for global sustainability that could
also be applied to a region or country. www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/globalsustainabilitystrategymap2008.pdf
Level 2: Region or Country [see Level 1 strategy maps above]
Level 3: Organization or Network
2011 - a generic template for organizations, as a starting point www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/L3-OrganizationStrategyMapForResilientSustainability2011.pdf
4: City or Community
2010 – a generic strategy map template for
resilient sustainability, with China's typical urban environment in mind www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/L4urbanstrategymapforlowcarbon.pdf
2011 – a specific example of a strategy map developed for a medium sized Canadian city after
reviewing the summary of their strategic planning documents. www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/L4-CityStrategyMapForWellBeing2011.pdf
Level 5: Individual or Family - One or more future blog posts will be devoted to this topic.
These maps illustrate
a variety of intangible variables that have been identified, such as policy adjustments, education & training, sharing
of best practices, adjustments to the planning process, analysis of critical risks, development of resilience strategies,
etc. It is important to recognize that each of these intangible variables can be decomposed further into subsidiary objectives
that are worthy of focused action.
that climate change is a result of many different variables interacting in particular ways, with GHGs [greenhouse gases] being
the more obvious "cause" of the climate change. A five-year review of the literature covering thousands of published
articles revealed that intangible variables must be more effectively addressed if we are to accelerate our progress in responding
to climate change. When we ask, "Why haven't we made more progress in responding to climate change?" the
answer involves a complex combination of many different variables, most of which are intangible.
The central issue with intangible variables is their misalignment with
what is needed to establish positive movement in the desired direction. The strategy execution methodology described at www.globalisr.com
is the recommended approach for establishing alignment across all critical objective areas, with special reference to the
intangible variables.
Send comments, questions & suggestions to Dr.
Irv Beiman at firstname.lastname@example.com
The first article in this series introduced a strategic framework for responding
to climate change [see blog post March 16, 2012]. Part 1 introduced the Strategic Framework and addressed
Stage 1 – Clarifying What's Important. This article included multiple strategy
maps for responding to climate change by clarifying five levels for possible focus: L1 global, L2 regional
or national, L3 organizational, L4 urban or city, and L5 individual. Strategy maps are one-page graphic illustrations of what's
important, expressed as areas of critical interest that can be further specified as strategic objectives. Part 1 provided
inks to strategy maps that include directional objectives for resilience, sustainability and well-being. If
you have not already done so, it will be useful to read that article first, to better understand the information provided
below that refers to Focused Action, because Clarifying What's Important
precedes Focused Action when using a systematic process to successfully
begin moving positively toward critical strategic objectives. --ib
Before considering how using Strategy Maps
within the Strategic Framework enables Focused
Action, let's first consider why there may be a large percentage of the populations who do not understand
why there is a need for action. One of the obvious reasons for this has been the "climate debate" as it has been
reported by the print and visual news media. While there may be many who do not yet realize or accept it, we are past the
debate stage on climate change. Way past it. It is a waste of time, breath and energy to engage in debate about whether climate
is changing. The debate is over among the top 120 business leaders. Even the CIA is paying attention to climate change, for national security reasons. There is no debate about climate change in China. Because of their recognition of climate
change by the top leadership of China, Premier Wenjia Bao began talking publicly about "balancing economic
development and environmental sustainability" in the summer of 2007. He has continued to do so since then. China's
central government and the Chinese Academy of Sciences know the climate is changing in dangerous ways.
Sitting here in Shanghai for almost
20 years, looking from the outside back to the US I have wondered for the past few years, "Why is there all this disagreement
about climate change in the US?" I heard rumors about this or that group influencing the media reporting on the climate.
Then I found a story about an investigative study by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists that explained
how the money flowed and why. Then a knowledgeable climate change professional recommended the Merchants of Doubt to
me. Now I am beginning to understand why there has been such debate and confusion…
Merchants of Doubt tells the "troubling story of how a cadre of influential scientists
have clouded public understanding of scientific facts to advance a political and economic agenda. The
U.S. scientific community has long led the world in research on public health, environmental science, and other issues affecting
the quality of life. [US] scientists have produced landmark studies on the dangers of DDT, tobacco smoke, acid rain, and global
warming. But at the same time, a small yet potent subset of this community leads the world in vehement denial of these dangers…[H]istorians
Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway explain how a loose–knit group of high-level scientists, with extensive political connections,
ran effective campaigns to mislead the public and deny well-established scientific knowledge over four decades. In seven compelling
chapters addressing tobacco, acid rain, the ozone hole, global warming, and DDT, Oreskes and Conway roll back the rug on this
dark corner of the American scientific community, showing how the ideology of free market fundamentalism, aided by a too-compliant
media, has skewed public understanding of some of the most pressing issues of our era." http://www.merchantsofdoubt.org/index.html
Even though the US visual and print media report
changing weather patterns, dramatic increases in drought, extreme weather events, temperature records and forest fires with
no reference to the climate change context in which all this is taking place, it is an accepted fact around the world that
our climate is changing. Even though most of the print and visual media in the US make no effort to explain the underlying
dynamics of what is producing these changes, climate scientists understand why it is happening and have predicted it will
continue if we maintain our business-as-usual path. There is a science that can be applied to understand what's
happening. It just isn't being reported. You have to look for it, possibly by signing up for newsletters such as what
Joe Romm puts out at www.climateprogress.org, and thereby begin to educate yourself.
I have 100+ years of
"old school" print journalism in my immediate family. As a child I became interested in reporting the truth when
my father was Business Editor of the Birmingham News and I did a book report on the life of Joseph Pulitzer. I worked as a
copy boy at that newspaper, giving up my Saturday nights to put out the Sunday paper when I was in high school. I was on duty
in the early 1960's when the Klan bombed the 16th St Baptist church and when they firebombed A.G. Gaston's
home, Birmingham's most successful black entrepreneur at the time. Those conservative white newspapermen worked all
night to get the story in each case and tell the truth about what happened. I have an old school journalist's view about
reporting the truth.
I am also trained
as a behavioral scientist with a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This training, my
own stress management research program, and supervising more than 20 master's theses and Ph.D. dissertations in the
1970's have given me a healthy respect for data and the issues involved in measuring the critical variables of interest.
It was important for me to understand the principles of measurement as they applied to the psychophysiological data I was
collecting in my own stress management research. I was also involved repeatedly in evaluating the measures chosen by graduate
students in their research when I was on the Psychology Department faculty at the University of Georgia in the 1970's.
I first started paying attention to climate
science in late 2006 when I saw a 30 min BBC special on television about melting permafrost in Siberia. Russian and Scandinavian
scientists were wandering around in melting muck, trying to measure the methane that was being released. Before the melt,
there had been ice and snow for thousands of years. Then came the melt, and no one had any idea how much methane was being
released. Then I learned in 2007 that the UN's IPCC Fourth Assessment Report did not include methane in the climate scientist's
statistical models. That's when I started paying attention. I have a 9 year old daughter. I reasoned whatever money my wife
and I can make in our lifetime will not make much difference in our daughter's life if our climate changes so dramatically
that there is a breakdown in society.
even though I am not a climate scientist, I pay attention to climate science data and examine the data trends in an effort
to discern their long-term direction. Understanding how the critical variables are connected helps to clarify the implications
and likely consequences of these long-term trends.
The second thing that grabbed my attention is that there seemed to be no general framework for organizing the critical
variables of interest and then try to do something about it. Possibly thousands of organizations, mostly NGOs, with hundreds
of thousands of people were working on solutions, but there were not connected wtih each other. That's when I realized that
the strategy execution methodology we had brought to China and improved over a long period of time could bring something useful
to the challenge of climate change. And that is why I am writing now and offering summaries of these tools online, for anyone
who is motivated to take action, to enable greater integration and success.
Let's consider the basics and connect the dots. The most basic fact is that more solar radiation is coming into
our atmosphere than is going back out into space. James Hansen, head of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is one of the most
recognized climate scientists in the world. He has accumulated an impressive set of presentations. His published research includes a recent publication on what he calls the net energy imbalance of the earth. This research shows that Earth is absorbing
more energy from the Sun than it is radiating back to space as heat, even during the recent solar minimum. This is attributable
to the extra carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases [GHGs] that are byproducts of human activity and the consumption of
fossil fuels for energy, transportation and buildings.
This extra heat gain by our planet is going into our oceans and our atmosphere, both of which are getting warmer. Warmer
ocean waters contribute to more frequent and more severe hurricanes, with Katrina being the most notable example when it grew massively as it passed over
a warmer Gulf of Mexico. Warmer atmosphere holds more water vapor and creates more severe weather events and precipitation,
which can contribute to the record tornadoes, snow and rainfall we have had recently. More precipitation in some areas
is compensated for by more drought in other areas [such as the most expensive drought in Texas history], which contributes to greater erosion and runoff, thereby affecting food
supply. Global water security as well as food supply and increasing prices for food are important global concerns for many countries, along with energy, jobs
and the local economy.
According to the
World Meterological Organization [WMO] in a report released in March 2012, the world is getting warmer. Consider this chart
at http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/WMO.gif , taken from WMO's 2011 report. That report also summarizes some of the significant weather events in
the past decade, comparing them to previous decades. There is also a summary of the report available. The basic message is: The climate is changing,
and not in ways that are desirable.
examining multiple data sets, it's pretty easy to become concerned about where we are collectively headed. There are
multiple issues within the broad domain of climate science and climate change. One of the most important issues is tipping points [click here for a summary of article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences]. Tipping points can lead to a massive surge of carbon into the atmosphere, thereby changing our climate and our collective future
forever as a result of methane release and runaway climate change.
The most recent development in this
regard is the discovery in the Fall of 2011 by a Russian scientist who has studied Arctic waters for 20 years. Dr. Igor Semiletov
discovered plumes of methane hydrate release as large as 1000 meters in diameter rising from shallow arctic waters directly
into the atmosphere. Over a 100 year period, a molecule of methane [CH4] have 20x the global warming potential
of a molecule of carbon dioxide [CO2], but if you shorten the time period of consideration, methane can have as
much as 70x to 120x the global warming potential of CO2. While our global and local climates are enormously complex
and influenced by many variables, the inescapable conclusion many intelligent and reasonable people have reached is that we are at risk.
No one can be certain what the future holds, but it does seem certain that if we continue to increase the GHGs in our atmosphere, our climate will change. What also seems clear to me is that increasing
amounts of methane being released from melting permafrost and from methane hydrates rising from the arctic ocean floor is
a threat to our current way of life, and possibly to our very existence on this, our one planetary home.
These are just some of the many reasons for taking focused action in response
to climate change.
The next blog post will
return to the Strategic Framework and address FOCUSED ACTION – Converting Critical issues and Strategic Objectives into
Constructive Action.
Friday, March 16, 2012
We are not alone. We are connected to all that is and has
ever been. We are hurtling through time and space into an uncertain future. We face huge challenges that will determine
our collective fate.
There is a way for us to travel this journey together. It rests on a firmly established approach
for creating alignment, focused action and collective learning. This approach is being used extensively all over the world.
This framework enables alignment to dissolve the intangible
barriers that separate countries, organizations, cities and individuals. This framework enables focused
action for responding to climate change. This framework enables the collective
learning that will reveal the way forward into a future that is better than where we are currently headed.
How do I know this?
The need is urgent. The challenge is uniquely huge in the history of humanity. The time is now.
so, we begin...
As human beings we experience
ourselves and our organizations, as well as our families, cities and countries as being separate and uniquely different
from all the rest. This perception of separateness is an illusion, because we are all connected within complex systems
that are vast and often invisible. While climate science tells us we are at risk, the forces and motivations that maintain our current problematic direction
are strong.
The way to chart a path forward begins
with identifying the likely critical areas of interest. This depends on your focus level.
There are five possible focus levels: 1 global, 2 national or regional, 3 organizational or network, 4 city or community,
and 5 individual or family . You can choose to focus on any one or combination of these.
I have reviewed more than
2000 articles over the past five years and organized those documents into more than a hundred categories. That review of the
literature [which is ongoing] indicates the likely areas for you to consider in designing a strategy
map that fits your situation. I am now sharing with you strategy
map templates that make it easy for you to begin your own customized design process. You can adjust any
of these templates to fit your particular situation and circumstances.
This is a quite powerful
and efficient way to begin. One page clarifies what is critically important. One page shows the way forward. One page clearly
communicates your strategic intention to others. One page guides your actions and the actions of those with whom you are connected.
The one page templates provided here clarify suggested directional
objectives for you to consider. You can download these templates at the links below:
2008 –
a simplified strategy map template for global sustainability, with China's particular circumstances in mind.
This was originally presented in a 2 article series in Cost Management.
2009 – a more detailed strategy map template
for global sustainability that could also be applied to a region or country www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/globalsustainabilitystrategymap2008.pdf
Level 2: Region or Country
[see Level 1 strategy maps]
3: Organization or Network
2011 - a generic template for organizations, as a starting point
Level 4: City
or Community
2010 – a generic strategy map template
for resilient sustainability, with China's typical urban environment in mind www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/L4urbanstrategymapforlowcarbon.pdf
2011 – a specific example of a strategy map developed
for a medium sized Canadian city after reviewing the summary of their strategic planning documents. www.globalisr.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/L4-CityStrategyMapForWellBeing2011.pdf
Level 5: Individual or Family
- One or more future blog posts will be devoted to this topic.
After choosing your focus
level and carefully examining the directional objectives in the strategy map template, you can adjust the design and re-title
it as v.1 of your own strategy map. If you are in a commercial [for profit], governmental or non-governmental organization
[NGO], the best practice is to first develop a rough draft and then gather your top team to discuss how to adjust the strategy
map design based on their input. The discussion of the strategy map design can be facilitated internally or you can use outside
This discussion kicks off a group learning process as different individuals share
their different opinions and points of view about what is important. There is no right or wrong in this process. The strategy
map is a tool and can be revised as needed. Most organizations following best practice adjust their strategy maps annually.
However, amidst rapidly changing, turbulent or disruptive circumstances, any strategy map can be revised as needed, especially
if it would be foolish to wait until the "scheduled" time to do so. The more experience you have with your own
strategy map, the better able you will be to fine tune it to fit your changing circumstances.
smaller or simpler your organization or network, there will likely be fewer objectives than those that are included in the
above templates. The larger and more complex your organization and its structure, there will be a need to cascade
your top level strategy map to lower levels of the organization. I will describe how to accomplish this in one or more
subsequent posts.
Response to climate change should be included in your organizational strategy.
It will be important to integrate response to climate change with your
organization's other strategic objectives. There will be a learning curve in accomplishing this integration. There is
nothing wrong with having several revisions in your early strategy maps. In fact, this is common. The need for revision may
become more evident when you shift to converting the directional objectives into focused action.
2.0 in this introductory series will address two questions: What about the Climate Debate? & Why is there a need for Focused
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ISR Documents
L4 City Strategy Map for Well-Being 2011
L4 Urban Strategy Map for Low Carbon Resilience 2010
L3 Organization Strategy Map for Resilient Sustainability 2011
Low Carbon System 1 Summary
China Low Carbon System 1
Strategy Execution for Low Carbon Cities
L4 Urban Low Carbon Strategy Map 2010
L4 Urban Resilience Part 1 2010
L4 Urban Resilience Part 2 2010
L1 Global Sustainability Strategy Map 2009
L1 Global Sustainability Strategy Map 2008 [Abbreviated]
L1 Global Sustainability Part 1 2008
L1 Global Sustainability Part 2 2008
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"If this Virginia Tech shooter had an ideology, what do you think it was? " Limbaugh asked. "This guy had to be a liberal. You start railing against the rich and all this other — this guy's a liberal. He was turned into a liberal somewhere along the line. So it's a liberal that committed this act. Now, the drive-bys will read on a website that I'm attacking liberalism by comparing this guy to them. That's exactly what they do every day, ladies and gentlemen. I'm just pointing out a fact. I am making no extrapolation; I'm just pointing it out." [more]
I am guessing that the wholly non-consistent rantings of Cho must be one of the symptoms of madness, which is decidedly non-partisan (for example, Cho also named 'hedonism' as an 'enemy' which is as we know is not the sole province of the rich – to delve further into his primitive wordplay looking for ultimate cohesion would in and of itself be mad).
Of course, it is a whole other conversation whether or not drug addict Rush Limbaugh actually believes this horseshit – but this is irrelevant. He is a spewer of vile. He does this with knowing, malicious intent. He is an enemy of the state, in the truest sense of the phrase. Humanity should treat him as they treat a pile of dog feces on the sidewalk – stop breathing, and walk around quickly. Any businesses caught advertising with his show must be treated the same way. Like lepers. Like dog shit.
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what is this album thing on create your album ???
Originally Posted by RasenUchihaChaos
what is this album thing on create your album ???
You upload pictures and such, and they can be viewed by others. Of course, viewing will depend on the settings you set.
Why is that my 5th somewhat good thread gets ruined by anti and pro sakura lovers
p.s. maybe i should have posted 4 main girls in my opinion who did something etc. like that
do you guys think tsunade has mastered slug sage mode?
jiraiya came close to toad sage mode. idk about orochimaru, kabuto is a dragon. so what about tsunade?
There's no conclusive evidence that Tsuande possesses Sage Mode, though she may.
Personal thoughts, it doesn't seem likely. When she left the village, she took up gambling and heavy drinking.
her skills were considerably rusty when she was recruited as Konoha's most recent Hokageit would've been more prudent for her to have used it when fighting at least Madara, if not Pein
Will Yamato become ever relevant again?
Will Kakashi have a one vs one fight against Tobi?
It is a mystery.
how do send points to another member. i think its named status points or something
Would NB be better if most nin could only use up to three releases max? Chuunins get one, blah blah, allowing only Rinnegan users to excess all five?
Can someone link me the databook page of the Creation Rebirth? As I remember is in the 2nd databook.
Can anyone tell me how Rinnegan revives people? is there a limit? can Obito bring back Neji? if there's no limit why didn't Obito revive Madara through Negato?
What does Itachi mean here?
"Because you cannot cast genjutsu on someone with the same eyes."
Is he referring to a mechanic of Izanami? Or is he just stating that 3T sharingans will cancel each other out?
after much time, i think Rikudou may be Uzumaki. because Uzumaki were distant blood relatives of the Senju clan and their symbol same eye of Uchiha clan ancestor.
Members of this clan were very knowledgeable in the art of fūinjutsu, same ability of rikudou ( his fūinjutsu can seal Juubi)
so what do you think?
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Can anyone tell me how Rinnegan revives people? is there a limit? can Obito bring back Neji? if there's no limit why didn't Obito revive Madara through Negato?
when use rinne tensei to revive people, the user will die, i think may be kakashi convince obito, then obito will use rinne tensei to revive all everyone:p.
Obito didn't revive Madara through Nagato because Nagato want to create piece by his way, and Obito need convince him with free will to revive Madara. May be Obito still didn't tell Nagato anything about his planhmm
Is it possible that we may see Edo Enma?
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Is it possible that we may see Edo Enma?
Enma is not dead, so he can't summoned by ET.
Originally Posted by TheEvilOne
Enma is not dead, so he can't summoned by ET.
Yeah I just thought of that. But could Hiruzen still summon him then? I just think he's bad ass.
The edo tensei is supposed to bring people back at their strongest, right? So why was the 3rd brought back as an old man? He clearly wasn't in his prime when he died.
Also, if he was truly stronger than the 1st, why wasn't he able to resist Orochimaru's control like the 1st?
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The Yin Chakra is in Minato.
Originally Posted by Azazel
You can't control what you don't have. He does not have the full 9 tails locked within him. So he cannot have the full chakra of that which he does not have.
........Thinking. does this mean that even if Akatsuki were to extract the 9 tails from Naruto and 8 tails from Bee, would they still be able to form the Juubi with the missing chakra of the other half of the Kyuubi?
Kurama regained his other half of chakra
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Career Clinic: Beware the pitfalls of instant messaging
Goldman Sachs may be planning to ban the use of Bloomberg's chat service for confidentiality reasons but there are other reasons to be wary of instant messaging.
Those of us working long enough to remember will recall the wild west that ensued when email was introduced into the working world, before any employer had thought about the need for email policies and rules. The email content being circulated in the late 90s was, as I recall, the sort of thing that if found now, would have meant most staff being given their marching orders.
Then employers realised what they had got themselves in to, started introducing email policies, and in the main, employees became a bit more cautious about what they did and didn't circulate. While email is still a relatively informal method of communication, I think we all probably write emails now, conscious of what we should or shouldn't be sending.
However, one area where we find that rule hasn't really extended is on instant messaging. Obviously instant messaging is the most informal method of electronic communication and allows individuals to chat - and that is where it gets dangerous. We have seen too many cases where the content of Bloomberg messages is much more like the chat at the pub - and where individuals might be prone to a bit of sexism, racism and misogyny at the pub, they are putting the same in their messages. We've seen chat discussing stag night antics (what goes on tour, doesn't always stay on tour…), many about traders' sexual prowess and the comparative attributes of their favourite escorts. We've also seen chats containing admissions of insider dealing and rate fixing.
There is somehow a sense that because the system isn't owned by the employer, that the information won't be monitored in the same way. That may be true, in that Bloomberg messages aren't monitored in real time, but it's very easy for an employer who suspects that kind of behaviour to get hold of them. And depending on what is said and the existence of policies on IT use, it can be difficult to defend this kind of behaviour in a disciplinary hearing if they find it. You could be looking at gross misconduct, instant dismissal, loss of approved person status and loss of stock – career in the City over.
Those cases are the exception rather than the rule but it still pays to be a bit more cautious about what you do message about, knowing that your employer could see them. If you're chatting with a friend about your latest love, or your lover about the night before, remember that your employer might one day come to read them – and the embarrassment factor may be enough to dissuade you from ever daring to bring a claim, however wrongful or unfair your dismissal might be.
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The news is also good for breast, colon and prostate cancers.
Fewer Americans are dying of cancer. That's just one headline out of The Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of cancer.
The report put together by the National Cancer Institute, the American Cancer Society, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries- covers 1975 Ð 2010- and the news is mostly good.
The highlight...lung cancer rates are declining at a faster pace, even among women. The key reason is that many decided to quit smoking two decades ago...and death rates are reflecting that lifestyle change now.
Other good news is that colon, breast, and prostate cancers are also killing fewer. In fact, the decreases in deaths from these four cancers account for more than two-thirds of the overall reduction in cancer deaths since 2001.
Sadly, there have been increases in deaths for liver and pancreatic cancer in men and women. Uterine cancer is also up in women. And in men, melanoma, the deadliest kind of skin cancer, is a increasing problem.
One final point these national groups make...cancer survival chances are better if cancer is the only thing a patient is fighting. Adding a chronic illness, like diabetes or heart disease complicates matters.
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Entire album streaming at bandcamp. I really like it, probably better than their debut which I already enjoyed.
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This sounds sludgy enough for me. It has some very interesting sounds. That second track is something else.
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Saturday, December 17, 2011 - A Town of Highland Constable conducted a traffic stop of a 2002 Mitsubishi Lancer on State Rte 55 for speeding. The officer noticed the operator had the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath and contacted the NYSP for assistance.
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Police: Man suspected of attempted kidnappingTHE ASSOCIATED PRESS | January 05,2013WESTMINSTER Vermont State Police are looking for a man suspected of trying to kidnap a girl waiting for a school bus in Westminster.
Troopers say they received a report of a suspicious man who pulled up to the girl on Friday morning and asked where her mother was and then tried to grab the child by the hand.
The suspect is described as a tall, slender man with possibly light brown hair and dark mustache. Police say he was driving a red pickup truck.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- JPMorgan Chase (JPM) was the winner among the largest U.S. banks on Friday, with shares rising 2% to close at $47.17.
The broad indexes all rose after Procter & Gamble (PG) reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $1.22 a share on revenue of $22.2 billion, beating the consensus EPS estimate of $1.11 on revenue of $21.91 billion, among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. P&G also increased its core earnings per share guidance for the fiscal year to $4.07 from $3.97 amid "strong productivity improvement and resulting cost savings." The company also increased its outlook for share repurchases to $6 billion from $5 billion. P&G's shares rose 4% to close at $73.25.
The KBW Bank Index (I:BKX) was up slightly to close at 54.12, after the Census Bureau announced that new-home sales fell to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000 in December from an upwardly revised 398,000 in November. Economists, on average, were expecting December new-home sales of 385,000, according to Briefing.com.
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JPMorgan Chase's shares have now returned 8% year-to-date, after returning 36% during 2012.
The shares trade for 1.2 times tangible book value, according to Thomson Reuters Bank Insight, and for and for 8.2 times the consensus 2014 EPS estimate of $5.75. The consensus 2013 EPS estimate is $5.34.
Based on a quarterly payout of 30 cents, the shares have a dividend yield of 2.54%.
Deutsche Bank analyst Matt O'Connor on Friday upgraded JPMorgan Chase to a "Buy" rating from a "Hold" rating, while raising his price target for the shares to $53 from $48, saying the shares had "risen 32% since Aug 2 vs. +62% for the other four market sensitive banks on average," and that the shares "now trade at a discount to other US market sensitive banks on 2013E and in line on our 2014E and 2015E."
The analyst expects JPMorgan Chase to announce plans to cut annual costs in a range of $3 billion to $5 billion, at the company's investor conference on Feb. 26, and that half the cost savings "will likely be incremental to what's already been disclosed," and include "declines in the cost to service mortgages not owned by JPM (worth $1.5-2b annually over the next 2-3 years), as well as costs associated with mortgages on balance sheet (another $0.5-0.7b opportunity)."
"Longer term, we expect JPM to be the best-positioned market sensitive bank for a pickup in consumer loan growth (which we expect to occur by the end of this year as private sector deleveraging comes to an end)."
O'Connor estimates that JPMorgan Chase will earn $5.30 a share in 2013, with EPS increasing to $5.83 in 2014.
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Secretary Clinton extended New Year's greetings to people in Thailand, Nepal, Laos, Cambodia and Bangladesh and to all people everywhere who share in the cultural traditions of these celebrations.
The Secretary said, "All New Year celebrations reflect the hope of new beginnings…[W]e must all stand together to embrace the New Year's promise of rebirth and renewal. It is our shared hope for the future – our shared dream of a better world for our children – that brings us all together to celebrate our common humanity."
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Hi, Happy New Year.
I liked the great photos of the different countries.
The one of Bangkok, Thailand's "Water Festival" was my favorite. I hope everone has a great New Year . :)
Have a great week people....Cya.. :)
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One would hope the celebration of culture in this new year would inspire Thai and Cambodian people and their leaders to put to bed any and all land disputes 'round cultural sites.
And share the procedes of tourism with the locals.
Cultural heritage should not become an excuse to perpetuate animosities.
Wendy in California writes:
Happy New Years all over!
Whoever the webmasters are for Dipnote and state.gov must be standing o'd -- they're better and better. These multi-pict entries are so cool. Nifty. It's becoming a mighty and magnificent website. Well done and hurray!
Arindam in India writes:
That is so generous of her. I, behalf of all the Bengalis here at West Bengal, India also would like to wish her Shubho Nabobarsho 1416 (A delightful new year,1416).
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Ohio Northern University's pharmacy personalized medicine education website receives certification
A website created by the student chapters of the Personalized Medicine Coalition (PMC) at the Ohio Northern University Raabe College of Pharmacy and the University of Florida College of Pharmacy has received certification from the Health on the Net (HON) Foundation.
The public education website, called "Drugs and Genes," (drugsandgenes.com) provides background information on DNA and genetics related to drugs and introduces drug-gene interactions. The mission of the website is to provide the general public with reliable, up-to-date information regarding genetic data and how it relates to the use of particular medications in a way that is both useful and easy to understand.
The PMC, representing scientists, patients, providers and payers, promotes the understanding and adoption of personalized medicine concepts, services and products to benefit patients and the health system.
The HON Foundation promotes and guides the deployment of useful and reliable online health information and its appropriate and efficient use. Created in 1995, HON is a nonprofit, non-governmental organization accredited to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations. For 15 years, HON has focused on the essential question of the provisions of health information to citizens, information that respects ethical standards.


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Water Valley Land Co., the owner of the property, said Friday that Woodward leased the facility at 871 Champion Drive for three years.
Water Valley Land bought a 10-acre parcel and the building that formerly housed the Chevy dealership for $2 million.
"We look forward to accomplishing our important temporary project work at the Windsor Iron Mountain Business Park facility while expanding our support for the Northern Colorado economy," Woodward CEO Tom Gendron said in a statement issued by the real estate firm. "We have been very impressed by the efforts of the town of Windsor and Water Valley Land Co. to make this possible."
Woodward has not yet determined specific employment figures, Water Valley Land Co. said.
The lease between Woodward and Southgate Two brings the business park to full occupancy.
"We are pleased to welcome such a quality employer to Windsor," Windsor Mayor John Vazquez said. "We look forward to partnering with them to bring more innovation and technology to the town."
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Dare I say, Keep Of Kalessin's best song so far? "Reptilian Majesty" is so good that it wins an extra point
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I don't know if its just me but I just can't get past the clean-vocal-chorus-singing. Much as I have tried, I just don't like it and that makes all the difference for me.
Written by Doc Godin on 17.08.2010 at 22:14
I think I'm one of the few people that actually liked The Dragontower, but I can't argue against the review that it really had no place on this album...it just seems to contradict a lot of what this album is about musically.
The review is a bit long, but it catches all the finer points and is quite honest.