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In decades past, specialized male salons or barbershops were the only place for men to receive hairdressing services with masculine finishes, say the educators for Pivot Point International. Now, most salons cater to both women and men, requiring all hairdressers to be able to provide salon services to the male clientele.
And, there are major perks with this bunch: Male clients are known to be the most loyal, having a much higher frequency of visit, male clients are also more than likely to take your retail recommendations, and, once they've found their stylist, they are incredibly faithful.
Pivot Point's Meta:Men, Classics Session I, is designed to expand or perfect stylists' range of techniques geared toward the male client—with a goal of winning new clients and gaining the unending loyalty of current ones.
After introductions, Allison Barker and Jason Russell, field educators, begin the workshop by establishing the characteristics that make a classic male style. In general, men's styling requires less volume—however, if volume needs to be created, it needs to be strategically placed to support a lean, square silhouette instead of softening. Classic male styles are overall square silhouettes, lean, often tapered, exteriors, tight shapes along the crest, angular shapes in the interior, exposed and defined hairlines and sideburns, and little to no volume.
Students learn that while the desired shape of a male hair style resembles a rectangle, the actual head shape of the client is rounded. The cut must compensate by incorporating longer and shorter shapes in the appropriate areas.
Students are given a male mannequin with long, unkempt hair—before cutting begins, educators review the "7 Sculpting Procedures": Sectioning; head position (upright, forward, tilted); partings(horizontal, vertical, diagonal); distribution (natural fall, perpendicular, shifted); projection(0-, 45-, 90-degrees); finger/shear position (parallel, non-parallel); and design line (mobile, stationary).
"Holding your shears in an ergonomically correct way will determine if you're going to be in the industry for four years or 40 years," educator Barker says.
Beginning with the "Chris" finish, students now begin cutting—following a video demonstration of the cut, the educator walks students through a hands-on step-by-step. As students progress to the last cut of the day, "Michael," educators continue to provide insight into the male client and how to achieve the best results.
"Horizontal partings add weight, so when cross checking a men's hair cut, don't cut too much or it will add weight," educator Russell says.
"If needed, go back in vertically or notch horizontally if your lengths are inconsistent."
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Topic: Good News Daughter's Thyroid non-cancerous
My duaghter got the news this morning. Pathology was benign. What a relief for us all.
thanks Jules for the little ray of hope. Goes to show us all miracles still do exsist. Thyroid is gone now. We were so worried, as she went through this 10 years ago and when something like this returns your odds tend to drop. Alright!!!
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In this edition of "In Defense Of" I will take a stab at defending one of the most Controversial figures in the IWC and wrestling and that is Eric Bischoff. These blogs usually reflect on in ring talent but in todays blog I will go to the management side of wrestling and take a look at and defend one of the most hated figures in wrestling Easy E, Eric Bischoff.
In 1994 Eric
Updated 08-31-2013 at 01:15 AM by THE_CRIPPLER
My last "In Defense Of" Blog involving Sid was very well received and I seen that alot of people feel the same about Sid as I do. So Today I'm gonna concentrate on a much more controversial figure in prowrestling and that is "The Total American Narcissist Package" Lex Luger.... Every wrestler not named Sting has nothing but bad things to say about Lex Luger when his subject comes
Updated 08-30-2013 at 09:15 PM by THE_CRIPPLER
I wrote my in Defense of Blog a few days ago about The Ultimate Warrior and surprisingly I found out that a lot of people feel the same way about the Warrior as I do. The Warrior is no ones favorite wrestler but certainly doesn't deserve the criticism he gets for his 1 WWF Run... Today I'am gonna blog about another controversial figure in wrestling and that is Sid/ Sid Vicious/ Psycho Sid/ Sid Justice
Updated 08-25-2013 at 07:49 PM by THE_CRIPPLER
I decided to start a blog on defending Wrestlers that the IWC to tear to shreds. The IWC are a weird bunch, We will completely overate some wrestlers and undeservingly bury another. So today I will be defending a man who has been a punching bag for Internet wrestling fans since the Internet was invented and that is the one and only Ultimate Warrior.
One of the complaints people have with
Updated 08-23-2013 at 11:08 PM by THE_CRIPPLER
Keeping with the theme of my Wrestlemania Blogs, Today I'm doing some facts and tidbits about the last 28 Wrestlemanias. So lets get started.
Most Matches at a Wrestlemania PPV
Wrestlemania 4 has produced the most matches in Wrestlemania history with 16 matches. The One day Single
Updated 03-04-2013 at 12:28 AM by THE_CRIPPLER
Wrestlemania season is upon us, So My Top 5 list will revolve around Wrestlemania's. Today I'm ranking the Top 5 opening matches in Wrestlemania history.
The Rules are simple, The match has to be the first match on the Wrestlemania PPV.
Wrestlemania 29 is almost set and stone and it looks like we are going to get a rematch to the disappointing Rock vs Cena WM 28 match. This got me thinking of wrestlemania rematches that surpassed its predecessors and those that disappointed... So todays top 5 list will focus on Wrestlemania Rematches.
The match has to be a rematch. The original match could of been legendary
Updated 02-23-2013 at 05:43 PM by THE_CRIPPLER
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The Twisted Disturbed Life of Kane DVD
Disc 1
Match 1
Survivor Series 1997
Kane vs Mankind
Match was made by Foley taking a brutal beating and sickening bumps. Kanes Mannerisms Resemble a Jason Vohees and Micheal Myers, Just frightening The early Kane Character. Kane wins his first WWF match with a Tombstone. Rating *** for Foleys
Updated 10-21-2012 at 08:00 PM by Frank
This is something I picked up at my local Walmart for $10. Its the Complete 3 Disc set of the Elimination Chamber and the 3 Disc Kane DVD in a double pack. Its perfect timing marking almost 10 years since the first Elimination Chamber and 15 years from the Debut of Kane at Badd Blood IYH... Its a 6 disc at $10, Seems like a Great Deal but How Good of a Deal is it? I'm here to give you a review
I never was never too angry about WWE going PG, I was a little pissed about the no blood or not letting people mention the word wrestling, I was annoyed cause none of the talent or the heels could show a bully mentality but none of that has to do with PG. I mean I grew up on WWE, I seen Savage, Warrior, Hogan, Steamboat, Diabiase and many others put on entertaining matches and they also had great
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Durability of Nevirapine-Based Antiretroviral Regimen
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Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute
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Last updated: July 7, 2008
Last verified: June 2008
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Although nevirapine is used as an alternative to efavirenz for initial regimen in developed countries, nevirapine has still been a key antiretroviral drug in many resource-limited countries including Thailand due to its accessibility and affordability. In addition, a component of stavudine and lamivudine is still widely used as a backbone in the antiretroviral regimen in this setting.To date, data on the durability of a regimen of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine are very limited, particularly from the resource-limited settings.
|HIV Infections
|Drug: nevirapine
|Phase 4
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Allocation: Non-Randomized
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:
|Durability of Stavudine, Lamivudine and Nevirapine Among Advanced HIV-1 Infected Patients With/Without Prior Co-Administration of Rifampicin: A 144-Week Prospective Study
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Drug Information available for: NevirapineU.S. FDA Resources
Further study details as provided by Bamrasnaradura Infectious Diseases Institute:
Primary Outcome Measures:
- number of patients with undetectable plasma HIV-1 viral load [ Time Frame: 240 weeks ]
|Study Start Date:
|November 2004
|Estimated Study Completion Date:
|April 2010
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:
|December 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Intervention Details:
Drug: nevirapine
200 mg/day twice a day
Other Name: GPO-vir
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|15 Years and older (Child, Adult, Senior)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- HIV-infected individuals ≥15 years of age
- CD4 cell count <350 cells/mm3
- Willing to participate and give consent form
Exclusion Criteria:
- previous antiretroviral therapy
- pregnancy
- receiving a medication that has drug-drug interactions with NVP or RFP
- aspartate aminotransferase (AST) and alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >5 times of upper limit of normal range
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|Nonthaburi, Thailand, 11000
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Manosuthi W, Tantanathip P, Prasithisirikul W, Likanonsakul S, Sungkanuparph S. Durability of stavudine, lamivudine and nevirapine among advanced HIV-1 infected patients with/without prior co-administration of rifampicin: a 144-week prospective study. BMC Infect Dis. 2008 Oct 14;8:136. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-8-136.
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Re: My dad - CC survivor of 5+ years and counting
Dear Martin (alias Lurker) so good to meet you, almost in person. Now I know where Dan gets his wonderful gift of writing. But I am almost happier to hear about your 'slow growth'. Did Dr. Khan and Prof. Cunningham say why they are putting off Chemo? I like to say we try to remain realistically optimistic. It does sound like you are doing pretty good. We all just have to take one day at a time in life, that is the best we can do. You never know how strong you are until "strong" is the only choice you have! Now that you jumped in to our water don't be a stranger!


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Healthy Ramirez off to clutch start for Crew
PHILADELPHIA -- Brewers third baseman Aramis Ramirez has turned a late start to Spring Training into a hot start to the regular season. He went 6-for-8 with runners in scoring position in Milwaukee's first six games while the rest of the team went 10-for-58.
"I'm a cleanup hitter, that's what I get paid for, to drive in runs," Ramirez said. "I don't get paid to hit singles, because it's going to be tough for me to steal second base."
It is particularly difficult at this stage of his career because Ramirez, 35, was hampered throughout 2013 by a nagging left knee sprain, and had surgery in January to remove a non-cancerous polyp in his colon. The knee was healed by then, but Ramirez was behind the rest of the position players at the start of camp while he recovered from surgery.
On Tuesday, as Ramirez and the Brewers helped the Phillies open Citizens Bank Park for the year, he was healthier than at any point in the 2013 regular season.
He entered the day hitting .440 (11-for-25) with a team-best six RBIs.
"It doesn't surprise me because I know what kind of hitter he is, but I am surprised because I know he did have a shorter Spring Training than everybody else," Brewers manager Ron Roenicke said. "I know with him being historically a slow starter, I'm really glad to see him swinging well early. He understands what he needs to do. Those guys are pretty special [because] there's not a lot of them."
Said Ramirez: "I said it earlier, I feel pretty good. I feel like I'm about where I'm supposed to be. Now I have to work hard to stay on top of my game, to stay healthy, basically."
That entails more pregame leg work than Ramirez has done in the past. He has been focusing on his lower body as a response to last year's knee woes, which stemmed from a hard slide into second base during a Spring Training game.
When colon surgery shortened a second straight spring this year, Ramirez maintained he wasn't worried.
"I missed a few games in Spring Training, but Spring Training is really long," Ramirez said. "As a position player, you get a lot of opportunity to be ready for the season. I knew I had plenty of time to be ready for Opening Day. I thought I swung the bat good all spring, even though I missed a lot of time and didn't work out much in January. The main thing was just being in playing shape."
Last year, "I was playing on one leg," Ramirez said. "I couldn't move well last year. That's tough to do. [Now] I'm healthy, and hopefully I stay healthy."
Adam McCalvy is a reporter for MLB.com. Read his blog, Brew Beat, and follow him on Twitter at @AdamMcCalvy. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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This breakthrough formula soothes and helps repair sensitive, irritated, and sunburned skin. Anti-inflammatory bisobolol helps to restore smoothness while calming and cooling the skin. This cosmetic treatment is particularly useful for skin traumatized by laser, radiation, AHA treatments, microdermabrasion and after waxing or electrolysis treatments. Formulated without fragrance, mineral oil, lanolin or artificial colors that may clog or irritate skin.
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Los Angeles, Oct 7 (IANS) Robert Pattinson, who is dating model Dylan Penn, had a one-on-one chat with his girlfriend's father and actor Sean Penn.
Penn met Pattinson to make sure his daughter doesn't get hurt, reports showbizspy.com.
"Rob and Dylan get on well and really fancy one another. It's obvious Dylan is smitten," a source told Britain's Metro newspaper.
"But Sean had a chat with Rob recently. Sean knows what it's like to be a young, successful actor and the beautiful women that come with it. Sean gave his piece about not getting too heavy with his daughter if he's playing the field, as he doesn't want to see her hurt," the source added.


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ALTADENA – Two adults and a child suffered injuries believed to be minor following a crash involving a sheriff's patrol car Saturday, officials said.
The collision took place about 3:45 p.m. at Fair Oaks Avenue and Woodbury Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Tatiana Sauquillo said.
The two-man unit was traveling with its emergency lights and sirens on to assist another deputy involved in a fight with a suspect when the crash occurred, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Brian Mann said.
The patrol car collided in the intersection with a Toyota Camry, officials said.
The three occupants of the Camry were taken to a hospital for treatment of apparently minor injuries, Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Richard Hastert said.
The deputies were not injured, he said.
The patrol car appeared to have damage to the side, while the Camry had front-end damage, officials added.
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Topic: 15 months post surgery...fatigue, loss of appetite and ITCHING!!! help
My father had surgery at Shands hospital January 9th of 2010. They removed a small malignant tumor (klatskins).
He has had one complication after another over the Past 15 months. Right after surgery he was sent home with all the "drain " bags from the incision once he weaned off that, he started chemotherapy and radiation in April, 29 treatments of radiation and 5 weeks of chemotherapy. Then he had about 6 months of improved energy and appetite.
Then he started having bad acsites build up(fluid) in his abdomen and had to have that drained . He is on about 20 different medications to deal with multiple issues...diuretic, blood pressure, etc.
They drained about 12 pounds of fluid and he is now 157 pounds from 175 about 3 months ago.
He is tired all the time, sleeps most of the day, and pretty much drinks all his meals...ensure, soup, etc...
The oncologist says he is clear of cancer, the gastroenturologist is stumped and no one can tell us why he is itching so bad ???
His liver enzymes are elevated, but we do not know why???
Can anyone Share their experiences, similar or not???
I live in Georgia and he lives in Florida. I do not know how I can help!!!
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Trista made history as the first bachelorette after missing out on the final rose from Alex Michael during season one of The Bachelor. However, she found her own love story when she chose Ryan Sutter, and the two have been together ever since.
Andrew Firestone chose Jen on season three of The Bachelor, but their love fizzled and the two broke up. She was then offered a spot on season three of The Bachelorette, which she gladly took, hoping her true love was still out there. Now she's the author of Better Single Than Sorry.
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I am super excited for this Sunday's Wrestlemania, as everyone should be. Now, I know that the current match card has got a fair bit of criticism and that is fair, but it is still going to be an amazing show and we should all be grateful that we have such a grand stage in which to watch our beloved wrestling.
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Problems with Cushions The Chaise Lounges are great but the Wheat cushions that we bought to go on top of the chairs have a serious problem with holding water. The sunbrella fabric seems unevenly sprayed and after a rain last week water stayed collected in the joint between the top and bottom cushion for 6 days (so far). The wet spot has slowly shrunk leaving water lines. This has occurred on 2 of the 4 cushions we bought for our 4 chairs. Since the cushions have to be affixed in 4 places to the chairs it is not feasible to remove the cushions every time rain might be in the forecast. September 14, 2012
Best Outdoor Furniture Purchase Love our Balencia chairs & cushions. Not only are they extremely comfortable & well built, but they add a sense of elegance to our backyard and pool area. August 15, 2012
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awesome Just purchased these chaise lounges for the pool area.....................they look awesome there. Hoping they last a long time. July 16, 2012
Beautiful chairs We just got our new chaise lounge chairs and they are beautiful. They are comfortable and look very stylish next to our new pool. The only thing bad I can say about them is they do get quite hot in the sun. If you get a cushion or cover for them they are fine, or a towel works too. I'm definitely happy with my purchase. July 15, 2012
Great purchase We love the Balencia Bronze Chaises. They are comfortable, beautiful, and low maintenance. We appreciate that they are comfortable without an additional cushion or padding. I look forward to stacking them with ease when we are not using them. July 13, 2012
Luxury Lounging I love these Chaise Lounge chairs. They are very elegant looking by the pool and extremely comfortable....whether you're sitting up, lying down on your back or turned over. GREAT purchase. If I need more chairs I will definitely get these. I purchased the bronze brown color and LOVE it. Quite posh!! July 1, 2012
Gorgeous I bought 2 sets and they are absolutely gorgeous and look to have great quality! Everyone who has seen them have complimented them! I hope they are truly weather-proof since I live in the MidWest! June 27, 2012
worst purchase ever This is our third set of these balencia chaise lounge chairs. They are horrible quality. Front Gate should discontinue this product! I submitted pictures of the poor quality to Front Gates's CS. June 25, 2012
Balencia Chaises Love these chaises. Great quality and perfect size. The sleek design is so appealing and looks beautiful near my pool. Excellent value for money. June 23, 2012
beautiful AND comfortable We just had 4 of these chairs delivered to our new home in Texas. They are gorgeous, extremely comfortable & look exceptional next to our pool. They are super light weight so if we need to stack them or move them, it's a breeze! We haven't bought the cushions yet, but I will order today. I didn't realize how hot it gets here in the summer & the all season wicker is a bigger heat conductor than I thought, so I am certain cushions will be a necessity! However, if you aren't concerned about the heat conductor factor, you really don't even need the cushions....that's how comfortable these chaises are to lie on! Buy them and never look back....you'll be happy you did~! June 10, 2012
Very Happy Buyer! This was my first purchase through Frontage and I purchased four Barcelona Chaise lounges along with cushions. I couldn't be happier with the purchase! The chairs are very comfortable and look wonderful! They add a touch of elegance to the back yard and the ordering and delivery process was very easy. I will definately shop at Frontgate again! June 8, 2012
Better than I expected We ordered 2 sets of these, and the delivery men were extremely nice and courteous. The chaise are much prettier than in the photo and they stack perfectly. I would recommend these, especially if you don't want your chaise lounges out all the time, June 6, 2012
Chaise Love the look of my new chaise. They coordinate well with my existing patio furniture. Thinking maybe two more. May 31, 2012
Can these chaise be used without the cushions?
Yes, they are very comfortable. We have been using without the cushions.
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Can you sit upright in these or are you always reclined slightly?
You are always sitting in a slightly reclined position.
Date published: 2017-08-02
Are these comfortable when laying on your stomach ?
Yes, there is a slight curve to them, but they are comfortable on your back or stomach.
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Can these be stacked? Same question for the chaises with arms. Thanks!
Date published: 2017-08-19
Chair tapers too?
The dimensions of the chaise suggests that it does not taper where your feet would rest on it. In other words, the chaise is a rectangle. But, the coordinating cushions dimensions specifically note that the cushion tapers for a perfect fit to the chaise. Is the chair a rectangle or does it taper in a few inches at the foot?
The chairs do taper at the feet.
Date published: 2017-07-21
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At school, there were six substitutes one day. Unfortunately, the list containing the teachers' names, the subject they teach, and who the substitutes are was mixed up. Each item is in the correct column, but only 1 entry in each column is in the correct order. Using the clues below, can you the match the teacher to the subject and find out who the substitute is?
Teacher Subject Substitute
Cambell Math Green
Reese English Johnson
Holloman Art Cutler
Dixon P.E. Moss
Meeks Spanish Dail
Hall Foods Dills
1) Art is 2 places below Moss, but only 1 below Meeks.
2) Cutler is 2 places above Foods, but only 1 below Holloman.
3) Dail is somewhere below P.E., which is somewhere below Reese.
4) Hall is 2 places below English, which is 1 place above Green.
5) Cambell is somewhere below Art which is somewhere above Dills.
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Financial journalism has hit a new low. I thought things were bad enough, but Barron's has just taken financial commentary to subterranean levels. The magazine's cover story this week, "Follow Me, We Can Be Like Greece," is such a massive piece of distortion that it's mind-numbing that Barron's calls itself "America's premier investing magazine." If this is premier, I shudder to think what your run-of-the-mill, pedestrian magazines are like.
It's astonishing that Barron's doesn't understand the distinction between a currency-issuing nation, such as the U.S., and a nation that no longer has its own currency, such as Greece. The distinction is huge, and anyone in finance, particularly a publication that claims to hold itself up to such a high standard, should know that. And if it does know that but still publishes this distortion, then it is displaying a very cynical and blatant contempt for the very people it proclaims to want to "educate."
Let's just understand something: The U.S. cannot become like Greece. Greece gave up its currency when it adopted the euro, and like any other country that spends or borrows in somebody else's money, its debts do matter, it can go broke, it is at the mercy of lenders if it wants to stay solvent.
The U.S., Japan, Britain, Switzerland and any other country that issues and spends in its own currency does not have this problem. That is why, when Standard & Poor's issued its idiotic downgrade of the U.S.'s credit rating back in 2011, rates did not even budge. Sorry, my bad ... rates went down. To new, all-time lows. Yawn.
Greece doesn't have that luxury. Its debt problems and the ratings downgrades led to soaring interest rates. Why? Because Greece needed euros to meet its obligations, and it doesn't print euros, only the European Central Bank does. So it had to beg the ECB for help or beg private entities that had euros to lend. Same with Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, even Germany. None of them are currency issuers anymore.
It's amazing how many otherwise smart people on Wall Street don't understand this. Several years ago, when I had my radio show, I had Bill Gross of Pimco on. I asked him about his comments on the U.S. debt and he went rattling off about how it's a big problem (and that was when the debt was only, like, $8 trillion). He compared the U.S. with some profligate household. When I asked him why he wasn't acknowledging the distinction between the U.S., which is a sovereign, currency-issuing nation, and a household, which doesn't issue currency, he was literally dumbfounded. He basically had no answer. He said it didn't matter. It didn't matter?
Well, Bill, and Barron's, and whoever else is interested, it does matter. It matters a lot. The U.S. cannot become the next Greece, and we can't become the next Spain or the next Zimbabwe or Weimar. The U.S. can always meet its obligations, because the obligations are denominated in its own currency.
However, we can become the next Japan, relying solely on ineffective monetary policy to solve issues that only fiscal policy can address. We can see our debt go higher and higher and higher over the coming years, with interest rates remaining near zero and economic activity mired in perpetual slow motion. Just like Japan.
We have economic problems, to be sure, but our debt is not part of the problem. Our problems stem from meekly accepting a subpar economy and high unemployment because we are not courageous or bold enough or enlightened enough to enact policies that boost aggregate demand, incomes, employment and output. We cling to superstition, falsity and myth. In so doing, we sentence ourselves to a standard of living that is far below what it could be and poverty for millions where there shouldn't be.
Barron's should know better. A cover story like the one makes it part of the problem. It perpetuates a dogma that is monumentally ignorant and destructive. It's a pathetic example of what our understanding of finance and economics has become. The whole system has been perverted by a washed-up, fake, misinformed doctrine, and millions upon millions suffer because of it, for no reason at all.
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Mr. Ellis I believe your definition of form is slightly different from what most of us focus on in this forum. We tend to focus on driving/distance form rather than general form.
even to this end I still say no. Inevitability implies that it will happen without any outside influence. The scenario you describe above implies that newer players are influenced by better/experienced players. I have a friend that started DG casually when we were in college (more than 10 years ago). He has remained a casual player and has no desire to do anything else with this sport. He can only throw about 200 feet. He has had no outside influence or desire to improve. he only likes to have fun with friends. I only picked up this sport 5 years ago but through desire and influence I'm a "competitive player" in comparison to my friend. In comparison to other players I still suck the oil. but that's a different story.


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Rick Majerus, one of the best minds in basketball, died on Saturday after a long battle with a heart condition. He was 64.
One of his former assistant coaches, Porter Moser, broke the news on Twitter Saturday night.
"RIP to my friend and mentor coach Majerus," wrote Moser, now the head coach at Loyola, Ill. "I learned so much about the game and life. We lost one of the best! My heart is heavy tonight."
Majerus' girlfriend, Angie Kvidera, confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that Majerus died Saturday in Los Angeles. Two television stations, KSDK-TV in St. Louis and KSL-TV in Salt Lake, also confirmed the report.
Jon Huntsman Sr, a longtime friend of Majerus', also confirmed the news to the Salt Lake Tribune in a statement.
"Majerus was one of the premiere coaches in college basketball history and a dedicated mentor to thousands of young men and women. We will miss him greatly," Huntsman said in a statement provided to The Salt Lake Tribune.
Huntsman added that the Majerus family will announce funeral arrangements and memorial services and early next week.
Majerus was forced to take a leave of absence in August and then he officially retired from coaching in November when it became apparent that he wouldn't return to good health.
He had a 517-216 record in 25 years as a head coach at Marquette, Ball State, Utah and finally Saint Louis. Majerus' also had a one-year stint as an assistant coach with the NBA's Bucks in 1987-88. He took 12 teams to the NCAA Tournament, leading his 1998 Utah club to the championship game before losing to Kentucky.
"Rick left a lasting legacy at the University of Utah, not only for his incredible success and the national prominence he brought to our basketball program, but also for the tremendous impact he made on the young men who were fortunate enough to play on his teams," Utah athletic director Dr. Chris Hill said in a statement.
"His standard of excellence extended beyond the basketball court and into the academic and personal success of his players. He will be deeply missed and we grieve for his family and all of his friends."
DeCourcy on Majerus' retirement: 'True genius of the game' will be missed
The news hit former players hard. Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers played at Marquette (1980-83), during part of Majerus' time there as an assistant coach.
"That's a tough one for me," Rivers said after the Celtics' loss in Milwaukee. "He's the one that gave me my nickname. I knew before (the game) that he wasn't going to make it through the night. I don't want to talk much about it."
Majerus had a history of heart surgeries dating to 1989, and was on blood thinner medication. He had a stent inserted in his heart last August in Salt Lake City, and missed a handful of games in the 2011-12 season after gashing his leg in a collision with players who had been diving for a loose ball.
After three years out of the game, he took over a struggling Saint Louis program in 2007 and immediately made the Billikens respectable. He finished with a 95-67 record at Saint Louis, including a 26-8 club last year that beat Memphis in its first NCAA Tournament game before losing to top-seeded Michigan State by four in the Round of 32.
"Rick returned our program to national prominence, and Billiken fans everywhere will be forever grateful for his deep commitment to winning, and his even deeper commitment to our student-athletes," SLU president Lawrence Biondi said in November when announcing Majerus' retirement.
In August, when Majerus took leave, the school put assistant Jim Crews in charge of the program on an interim basis for this season.
"Nobody loved basketball and teaching kids more that Rick," Crews said. "His passion for the game and the coaching profession was unparalleled."
The Billikens, picked by Sporting News to finish second in the Atlantic 10, are 3-3 on the season heading into Sunday's game against Valparaiso.
"We are thankful for Rick's efforts as he succeeded by all accounts as our head men's basketball coach," SLU athletics director Chris May said last month.
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niq wrote:I'm not sure, i'm in the same boat as you (getting mostly slips). I have to convince myself to wait until i'm well passed my right pec actively apply power and that seems to be the ticket. I just have a hard time convincing my body to wait that long. It feels really awkward since i've been strong arming for so long. If you think about it like a car driving around a corner, if you go into the corner too fast you'll blow the corner (a slip). But if you wait until the apex of the corner to start applying the gas, that's when you get the maximum speed down the following straight away. Knowing that, and convincing your body to do it are two separate things...
Indy's broken whip wrote:I think that I'm not properly hyzer flipping them due to the high speed turn, but it's more due to OAT and/or too little spin, which causes a late turn if I have understood correctly. I don't know.
I guess if you can throw so far, you should be able to generate enough velocity to hyzer flip, so maybe you are not pulling straight i.e. when you think of releasing the disc in hyzer angle, you also pull the disc in a way you pull when throwing hyzer shot. Then it won't turn so easily (although I tend to flatten the MD2 sometimes even when I try to throw big hyzer do to inproper release).
Maybe somebody who really knows something can chime in, I'm just making some noob guesses.
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Scott Stallings was in the 18th fairway at Torrey Pines, 222 yards from the front of the green, needing a birdie to give himself a shot at outright victory Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open. That's when his caddie told him, "Let's see what you've got."
Above all, he had experience.
One year and one week ago, Stallings was in a similar situation at the Humana Challenge. He hit a 6-iron from 220 yards. The ball sailed left and bounded into the water, the final mistake on a day he blew a five-shot lead.
He didn't make the same mistake twice.
Stallings hammered a 4-iron that narrowly cleared the water and set up two putts from 40 feet for a birdie. It gave him a 4-under 68 and a one-shot lead that turned into a victory when no one could catch him.
"I don't think one would happen without the other," said Stallings, who won $1,098,000 his third PGA Tour title. "I actually thought about 18 at Humana the whole time on 18 today. Not that I was like, 'Oh, don't hit it in the water.' But it was, 'Just make sure you pay attention to everything that's going on.' "
His final birdie capped off a wild day in San Diego. Nine players had a share of the lead at one point. But Stallings, at 9-under 279, emerged the winner with one big shot.
K.J. Choi had the best score of the week on the South Course with a 66 and was among five players who tied for second.
Jason Day (68) and Graham DeLaet (68) each made birdie on 18 to grab a share of second. So did Pat Perez (70), the San Diego native who grew up at Torrey Pines and whose father is the longtime starter on the first tee at the Farmers Insurance Open.
Marc Leishman had the last chance to force a playoff, but his drive on the 18th went right and bounced off the cart path and a fan. He had no chance to reach the green in two. His wedge for an eagle stopped a few feet to the side of the hole, and a tap-in birdie gave him a 71 and 280 total.
Gary Woodland appeared to have the best chance to catch Stallings. He was a shot behind — with plenty of length to reach the 18th in two — until he chose fairway metal off the tee on No. 17 and hooked it into the canyon en route to a double-bogey 6. Woodland, who had a one-shot lead going into the final round, closed with a 74 for a 282.
"This will be hard to swallow," Woodland said.
LPGA Tour: Jessica Korda won the season-opening Bahamas Classic for her second tour title, holing a 6-foot birdie putt on the final hole to beat Stacy Lewis by a shot.
Korda, 20, closed with a 7-under 66 for a 19-under 273 total on the Atlantis Resort course on Paradise Island. Lewis parred the final four holes for a 66. Korda tied Lewis for the lead with a 12-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th, then got up-and-down for birdie on the par-5 18th.
Korda, who won $195,000, admitted she was nervous on the winning putt.
"Incredible! I could barely put the ball down and line up," said Korda whose father, Petr, won the 1998 Australian Open tennis tournament.
Pleasanton native Paula Creamer (69) tied for third with Na Yeon Choi, Lizette Salas and Pornanong Phatlum at 16 under.


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Crude oil gained on Thursday, heading towards $110 a barrel as strong data from China and dollar weakness offset fears about the economic impact of a U.S. government shutdown.
Activity in China's services sector expanded at the fastest pace in six months in September as demand grew, cementing a modest pick-up in the world's second-largest economy.
"With the turnaround in economic indicators in a key emerging market economy like China, we can be positive that demand conditions for oil are going to be benign," said Harry Tchilinguirian, analyst at BNP Paribas.
Brent crude was up 42 cents to $109.61 a barrel by 1340 GMT, its highest in two weeks, after settling $1.25 higher in the previous session.
U.S. oil fell 8 cents to $104.02 a barrel, after ending $2.06 higher on Wednesday.
However, uncertainty on the United States budget and the possibility that it could dent demand kept prices in check.
President Barack Obama met with Republican and Democratic leaders in Congress on Wednesday to try to break a budget deadlock that has shut wide swaths of the federal government, but after more than an hour of talks no breakthrough emerged.
The uncertainty about the budget reassured investors that the Federal Reserve would not end its money printing any time soon which hit the dollar.
A weaker dollar supports commodities, which are priced in the greenback, as it makes them more affordable to holders of other currencies.
Oil got a boost on Wednesday on news that TransCanada Corp's Keystone XL Gulf Coast pipeline would start up by the end of the year.
The pipeline will ship crude from the delivery point of U.S. oil futures at Cushing, Oklahoma, to Texas. A glut of oil at Cushing has depressed prices.
However until the pipeline is completed, stockpiles will likely remain high. Crude inventories in the United States rose sharply last week as refinery utilisation fell, while the drawdown at Cushing slowed.
An easing of geopolitical risks in recent weeks has helped push oil down from a peak of above $117 in late August.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday that the United States hopes to engage with the new Iranian administration over its nuclear weapons programme, but Tehran must first prove it is willing to end a standoff.
Iran will present its plan for a resolution of the nuclear issue at talks with the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany (P5+1), scheduled to be held in Geneva on Oct. 15 and 16, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Friday.
"If there is progress in the P5+1 talks with Iran, that will put some pressure on crude oil prices," said Olivier Jakob at Petromatrix in Zug, Switzerland. (Editing by William Hardy)


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Menopause & Migraine
I have had severe migraine for 28 years (I am 47). I recently had hot flashes for 6 months when my migraine disappeared (they also went during my 2 pregnancies). But now the hot flashes have stopped and my migraine has come back. Can the symptoms of menopause fluctuate? My periods also seem shorter. Does this mean that when I hit menopause my migraine should go? Many thanks.
Your migraines seem to be related to changes in your hormones. Yes, symptoms of menopause do fluctuate, and periods often become lighter and longer between. It is most likely that when you are "done" with menopause, your migraines may also end. You could ask your health care provider to draw an FSH level, to see how close you might be to menopause.
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Stocks got a case of the jitters on Wednesday because some people didn't like what was in the minutes of the January Fed meeting? Really? That sounds crazy, but that's what I'm hearing. Investors dumped shares when it was discovered that several more Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members voiced concern over quantitative easing, believing that it would lead to rising inflation. That's all it took for the market to believe the whole thing was about to end.
For those who understand monetary operations it is a silly reason to be concerned. And for the Fed committee members who still believe that QE or other monetary operations cause inflation, please resign because if you don't understand the operational realities of QE by now, then you're never going to understand.
For the rest of you, here's a quick refresher course: The only thing monetary operations do is change the composition of the financial assets held by the public. If the Fed does quantitative easing (QE) or targets rates lower, the only thing that happens is that the private sector holds fewer bonds and more cash. That's it. No net new financial assets (money) are created, so it's not inflationary. It cannot be inflationary. Look at gold: It's been getting crushed since the recent new iterations of QE.
The stock market's angst is just plain silly. I get the fact that the Fed's actions have brought rates down and I also get that low rates have helped stocks from a "multiples/valuation" standpoint. What I don't get is how everyone sees this as stimulus. It's not.
How could it be? The Fed's activities have removed a vast amount of interest income from the economy. More than $400 billion in income have been removed since the Fed started conducting these measures back in 2008. That is money that would have been earned by the private sector, but instead it got siphoned off to the Treasury. No wonder the economy has been sluggish! Take $400 billion away from people and see if it doesn't affect them. In essence, QE can be thought of as a tax, because that's exactly how it functions. The funny thing is that a lot of people who support lower taxes also support QE as "stimulus." I think it would shock them to know that what they're really asking for is higher taxes.
While the threat of QE ending may spook uniformed investors, it should make informed investors happy. That's because they get a chance to buy good stocks on the cheap as the uninformed crowd dumps them. If and when the Fed does end QE and if and when it does raise rates, I'm going to be in there with a bushel basket, buying up stocks as they get tossed.
Frankly, I find all this talk of QE and "stimulus" to be frustrating. Let's face it, it's not doing anything for the real economy and it's making the stock market rally more and more difficult and narrow. Trading now requires very precise stock and industry selection whereas broader economic growth, which would come about as a result of rising incomes through that interest channel, would make it far easier for investors. It would float all boats.


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Ricardo 'Ricky' Rojas enters his first year as head coach for the women's tennis team and his ninth season as the assistant coach for men's coach for the ETSU tennis program.
A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Rojas joined the ETSU coaching staff in 2008 and has since helped lead the Buccaneer tennis program to conference tournament titles in each of his seven seasons. He also aided the Bucs to their first NCAA Tournament win in 2008 beating then-BIG EAST Champion Notre Dame; however, Rojas's aid did not end there. In 2010, he helped the Bucs to a 9-1 conference record and their second NCAA Tournament win defeating Alabama 4-2.
During his career for the Bucs, ETSU reached the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships for the fifth time in school history. The Bucs went 23-5 during the year, including going unbeaten in Atlantic Sun conference action (11-0). That season Rojas posted a 9-4 overall singles record, including going 8-3 in tournament play. Also with then teammate Predrag Burmazovic, the duo went 4-1 in doubles action.
Rojas earned his bachelor's, MBA and Masters in Sports Management degrees from ETSU.
Head Coach Yaser Zaatini's thoughts on Ricardo Rojas: "Ricardo really brings great experience and knowledge to our program," said head coach Yaser Zaatini. "Since he played here at ETSU, Ricardo knows what our program is about. His winning attitude and professionalism is something our players will benefit from both on and off the court. I'm happy to have him here and I'm excited that our team will get to take advantage of all that he brings to our program."


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Part I… Building Cultures Of Reliability-In-Action
Kathy | May 5, 2009
Development of effective decision-making skills and behaviors is the foundation of human reliability. This human element is crucial to your equipment and process reliability.
Process-oriented organizations drive value by improving their business processes and equipment performance. At the same time, however, a number of applications, including asset management, work process improvement, defect elimination and preventive maintenance, among others, can be powerful but incomplete applications when seeking to sustain a competitive edge.
To implement and sustain high-performing, reliable cultures, managers need to be as rigorous about diagnosing, designing and implementing changes to the human decision-making process as they are with their business and equipment processes. Equipment and process reliability ultimately rest with human reliability. Thus, cultural change at its deepest level requires examining human reasoning and its resulting decisions.
To establish a culture-of-reliability requires going beyond the traditional stew of copycat approaches and learning how to: (1) use actionable tools to implement and sustain reliability improvements and bottom-line impact by (2) collecting cultural action data and (3) learning how to use that data to uncover hidden bottlenecks to performance.
In the quest for high performance, well-intentioned managers often launch cultural change efforts using what they believe to be applied methods, like employee surveys, team building, empowerment, leadership style, systems thinking, formal performance appraisal, 360° feedback, you name it, only to be disillusioned in the end by the fact that more change efforts fail than succeed. Although they may be well-accepted, traditional change methods are not precise enough to create and sustain cultures-of-reliability and typically evolve into the next flavor of the month.
The learning exercise
For the past 16 years I have been conducting a specific learning exercise related to cultural change. The purpose is to help participants understand why implementation is so hard. There are five objectives for the session:
- To discover root cause of implementation barriers;
- To illustrate the interdependent relationship between learning and error;
- To determine how participants personally feel when they make mistakes;
- Based on their experience of error, to understand how humans design a culture-in-action to avoid errors and mistakes; and
- To determine the costs of error avoidance to business and human dignity.
To start, participants construct a definition of competitive learning which, at its root, is defined as the detection and correction of mistakes, errors, variance, etc., at ever-increasing rates of speed and precision—the heart of reliability. Through poignant illustrations, they learn that their organizations tend to focus on making fast decisions ("time is money"), timelines, milestones etc., but at a cost to precision, the quality of the decision.
Based on that definition, the participants are asked to reflect on a recent performance mistake they have made on the job or in life. The response from hundreds of them—male and female, Fortune 500 executives, managers, supervisors, engineers, technicians and craftsmen—are very consistent. When they make an error they feel: shame, anger, frustration, stupid, embarrassed, inadequate with an impulse to hide the error and, at the same time, a desire to fix it. The result is an emotionally charged picture of wanting to fix mistakes coupled with an overwhelming response to hide them for fear of blame.
As the exercise unfolds, participants gain insight into how learning and mistakes, trial and error shape performance and how ineffective learning patterns persist for years. For example, individuals from process industries have revealed they've known that less-than-effective outages and turnarounds have existed for years; that "lessons-learned" sessions don't successfully address operations and maintenance infighting and squabbles over what quality work means and the validity of data; that stalled work management initiatives or reprisals for management decisions are a fact of life; etc. The list goes on and on. Discovering why his division had not been able to penetrate a market for over 20 years, one vice president-level participant summed up the dilemma this way: "The costs [of ineffective learning] are so high, they are un-estimateable."
Through collective reflection in a larger group, participants come to realize that they all experience learning in very similar ways. They also come to learn that their reasoning is very similar. They typically espouse that continuous learning is important and mistakes are OK, but, in the final analysis, mistakes are categorized as critical incidents on performance appraisals or simply seen as ineffectiveness.
When performance appraisal is tied to pay, rewards and promotion, participants indicate that they would have to be foolish, if they "didn't put the best spin" and save face at any cost. "I have a mortgage to pay" is how many respondents put it. At the same time, they acknowledge learning does occur, but at a rate that leaves much to be desired. "It's not all bad," is how many participants put it. Yet, this is not really a case of being bad. Rather, it is a case of sincere, hard-working people unknowingly designing a culture with a set of unintended outcomes.
At this point, participants begin to gain insight: they say one thing and do another. Moreover, they come to understand that it is easy to see defensive patterns in others, but not so easy to see defensive patterns in themselves. Not surprising, being defensive is espoused as not ok. Hence, good team players should be open to feedback. Not being open would be admitting a mistake, the very essence of pain.
In the final phase of the learning exercise, participants come to recognize that they have a strong desire to learn and they seek noble goals, but that fears of retribution for telling the truth, blame, fear of letting someone down or fear of failure, whether in substance or perception, contribute to a sense of loss of control. Unfortunately, this situation violates the first commandment of management: BE IN CONTROL.
The need for control translates into a hidden performance bottleneck, given the complexity of job interdependencies and systemic error. As one individual noted, "I can't control what I can't control, but I am held accountable. Accountability translates into who to blame." Participants acknowledge that they subtly side-step difficult issues and focus on the more routine, administrative issues, thereby reducing emotional pain and conflict in the short term. They acknowledge that they bypass the potential for higher performance by not reflecting on gaps in decision-making.
Ironically, as these decision bottlenecks limit performance, expectations for better performance increase, often resulting in unrealistic timelines and more stress. Executives complain they just don't get enough change fast enough, and middle managers and individual contributors complain of "micro-management." Sound familiar?
The end result is that sincere attempts to improve the status quo slowly are cocreatively undermined and inadequate budgets and unrealistic timeframes are set. Good soldiers publicly salute the goals, but privately resist because their years of experience have taught them to think in terms of "what's the use of telling the truth as I see it; this, too, will pass." Ultimately, many see the "other guy(s)" or group as the problem and wonder why we can't "get them" in line. This is the heart of an organizational fad—something that often is labeled as the lack of accountability.
Based on participants' data generated from this learning exercise and action data recorded and collected from the field (see Part III of this series for the data collection method), a culture-inaction model, similar to that shown in Fig. 1, is created and verified with illustrations. Participants consistently agree this type of model is accurate and reflects their own current cultures-in-action.
Underlying assumptions…
The culture-in-action model is rooted in human reasoning. Given the assumptions of avoiding mistakes and being in control to win and look competent in problem resolution, the reasoning path is clear. The behaviors make perfectly good sense.
When seeking solutions, multiple perspectives will proliferate on which solution is best, some with more risk, some with less. Think of it as inference stacking. A complex web of cause and effect, solutions and reasons why something will or will not work are precariously stacked one upon the other, up to a dizzying height.
Determining whose perspective is right is problematic ("Your guess is as good as mine"). Hence, controlling the agenda to reduce frustration either by withholding information ("Don't even go there") or aggressively manipulating people to submit or comply with someone else's views to get things done is a logical conclusion based on the underlying assumptions.
It is not surprising that executives seek to control their organizations and focus on objectives—and when they do this that middle managers privately feel out of control because they think they are not trusted to implement initiatives or handle day-to-day routines. This leads to the following managerial dilemma: If I voice my real issues, I will not be seen as a good team player. If I stay silent, I will have to pretend to live up to unrealistic expectations. Either way is no win (a real double bind).
To overcome this dilemma, people verify and vent their emotions one-on-one, i.e. in hallways, restrooms and offices. This way, they avoid confronting the real issue of how they are impacted by others, which is diffi- cult to discuss in a public forum ("Don't want to make a career-threatening statement"). Instead, they seek thirdparty validation that their beliefs are the right ones to hold ("Hey, John, can you believe what just happened in that meeting? I don't think that strategy is going to work; didn't we try it 10 years ago?"). Even the best-performing teams demonstrate some of these performance-reducing characteristics. The culture becomes laden with attributions about others' motivation, intent and effectiveness and it is labeled "politics."
Routine problems often are uncovered, organizations do learn, but the deeper performance bottlenecks, hidden costs, sources of conflict and high-performance opportunities are missed because the focus is on putting the "best spin" on "opportunities for improvement" with a twist of language to avoid the "mistake" word. That's because mistakes are bad and people don't like to discuss them. Interestingly enough, there are even objections to using the word "error" during the process of the exercise. It is not surprising that when trying to learn and continuously improve a turnaround, business process or project, for example, people privately will conclude "Oh, boy, here we go again. Another wasted meeting debating the same old issues." Negative attributions proliferate ("They don't want to learn") and underlying tension grows.
At this stage of the process, the pattern begins to repeat itself. As the project effort falls behind, expectations build. Typically, someone will be expected to "step up" and be the hero. With eyes averted, looking down, uncomfortable silence, someone "steps up" and often gets rewarded. Yet this heroic reward doesn't address root cause (i.e. what accounted for the errors and frustration in the first place). Side-stepping or avoiding the more difficult-to-discuss issues don't help uncover root cause, but, rather, lead to fewer errors being discovered. As a result, the business goal is pushed a little further out and economic vulnerability is increased.
If the market is robust, errors and mistakes may mean little to a business. The demand can be high if you have the right product, at the right time. As competition increases, however, or the market begins to falter, the ability to remain competitive and achieve what the organization has targeted is crucial. Competitive learning is the only weapon an organization has to maintain its edge in the marketplace.
Major culture-in-action features
In summary, the major features of a true culture-in-action are:
- Avoidance of mistakes and errors at all cost;
- Little active inquiry to test negative attributions;
- Little personal reflection (i.e. "How am I a part of the problem?");
- Little discussion of personal performance standards by which we judge others; and
- Little agreement on what valid data would look like.
As the exercise winds down, it's not long before someone asks, "So how do you get out of this status quo loop?" When this question comes, because it always does, I turn it back to the group and ask how they would alter this cultural system? The reaction is always the same—silence and stares. No wonder. The answer is not intuitively obvious, even to the most seasoned of practitioners and theorists.
The short answer is rather than "get" anyone anywhere, change has to be based on individual reflection and actionable tools driven through collaborative design and invitation. These actionable tools balance the playing field, at all levels, by helping create informed choice through daily decision-making reflection. Traditional intervention methods focus on changing behavior, learning your style or type, building a vision, etc. There are any number of approaches, all very powerful but incomplete without addressing the underlying reasoning (root cause) that is informing the behavior in the first place.
Coming next month
In Part II, a culture of reliability will be defined, as well as the role of reflection in organizational performance and the actionable tools of collaborative design. MT
Brian Becker is a senior project manager with Reliability Management Group (RMG), a Minneapolis-based consulting firm. With 27 years of business experience, he has been both a consultant and a manager. Becker holds a Harvard doctorate with a management focus. For more information, e-mail: email@example.com


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February, and especially Valentine's Day, is considered a romantic time, and Hower House in Akron has dedicated its display to Victorian romance traditions with "Romantic Notions," which can be seen through Feb. 28.
"We thought we would go with a play on words," said Linda Bussey, assistant director. "There's notions of being romantic, and then there are sewing notions."
People in the Victorian era, particularly women, liked to exchange small but heartfelt and often practical gifts with their friends and sweethearts, Bussey said.
"Many women did sewing," Bussey said. "They did it either as a hobby or as a necessity."
The third floor trunk room at Hower House has a display of small vintage sewing machines, on loan from a volunteer's private collection. Displayed with the machines, many of which were designed for children but could be used by adults, are sewing accessories such as thimble and thimble-holders, needles, stitched items and even an "exploding box" which includes sewing accessories.
"You just pulled up the top, and the sides fall down," Bussey said, demonstrating. "Inside is everything you need for sewing, save for thread and a thimble."
Also displayed throughout the house are vintage Valentines, mostly from private collections, and information on the meanings conveyed with some of the gifts that might have been given, such as flowers and gemstones.
Hower House will have Sweet Saturdays of February on Feb. 16, and 23, when guests will be served gingerbread and hot tea in the dining room at the conclusion of their tour. The gingerbread and tea will be served from 12:30 to 4 p.m.
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SWINDON Robins' title-winning rider Jason Doyle could be on his way back to parent club Poole after the Pirates declared an interested in using their asset next season.
The Robins are keen to retain the gritty Australian after he increased his average during a campaign where he became a major part of the Elite League winners' side, despite missing both legs of the final against the Pirates through injury.
Poole promoter Matt Ford has revealed his interest in bringing their asset back to Wimborne Road after a year away, but even if he doesn't eventually take a team place, he insisted the Robins or any other side wishing to loan him will have to be patient.
"Jason Doyle is very much an option. He had a great year and he did exactly what we always knew he could do," Ford told the Daily Echo.
"I don't care if I don't disclose the final team member until March 1, I really am in no hurry this year.
"It will have to be contracts that are beneficial to the club and if that means us taking our time on our assets, other clubs are just going to have to be understanding that our riders won't be released until that point."
Swindon boss Alun Rossiter is not surprised the Pirates want to use the Australian once again, and is not overly concerned by the situation at this stage.
"I am not surprised they want to use him because he had a superb season for us and did a brilliant job, so I can't speak highly enough of him," he said.
"At the end of the day it is down to the riders what they want to do, and he isn't our asset so obviously we will wait to see what happens.
"We get first call on him if his parent club don't want to use his services, but he enjoyed his move here and it was good for him and good for us.
"I don't know whether he would want to go back to Poole, but speedway is a difficult thing because we have a group of riders who have had good years, and now their own clubs are looking back at them.
"That is only fair at the end of the day, and I am not surprised about it and we have to wait and see because at this time of year there are a lot of permutations.
"He might be in their plans for one team, but not for another."
Another 2012 Swindon rider mentioned in connection with a team place on the south coast next season is teenager Nick Morris, but Rossiter is confident he will be at Blunsdon when the new campaign begins.
"It think a lot of this link has come from people thinking about Nick's friendship with Darcy Ward," he said.
"Nick has stated he wants to come to Swindon again next year, and I don't envisage any problems with that because he seems happy with his progress with us."


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Single-game tickets go on sale Monday
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The Astros' new logo will be featured on several giveaway items in 2013, including a mini bat (April 19) and an umbrella (May 4). There will also be a Jose Altuve bobblehead giveaway on April 20 to the first 10,000 fans through the gates.
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Rachel Fogle's PR Internship at GROWMARK Focuses Career Direction
July 19, 2011
It's only mid-July, but Rachel Fogle has already had a very busy, and very rewarding, summer. At the end of May, she started a 12-week paid internship at GROWMARK in Bloomington, Ill.
"I knew that I wanted an internship in the agricultural community, so I looked at different agriculture companies and found GROWMARK. I was hired on the spot at my second interview," Fogle said.
Nearly 800 students have participated in the 52 year-old GROWMARK internship program. This year 41 students were selected from 18 different colleges and universities across the United States and Canada. Typically, anywhere from 50 to 70 percent of the interns have been offered full-time positions after graduation.
"It's a very highly regarded company," said Dr. Ron Koperski, associate professor of public relations in Bradley's Department of Communications.
Fogle works in GROWMARK's Energy Division as the marketing and communication intern. She makes promotional materials for the division's products.
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"I am working on the 'Go Further' website, doing search engine optimization. Essentially, I am making the website more visible on search engines like Google, Yahoo and Bing. I like to think of it as a new form of PR, which is promoting your site on search engines in a natural, or free way -which means more money in your wallet," Fogle said.
At the end of her internship, Fogel will present her work to GROWMARK employees and Bradley faculty members Koperski and Dr. Maha Bashri, assistant professor of public relations.
This internship also includes some traveling. Fogle will fly to Council Bluffs, Iowa, from July 20 to 21.
"I'm making a brochure for our lubricant facility there and will be traveling to speak to managers and specialists about the brochure and content to include in it. I get to go at a really exciting time for them -they are celebrating the fifth anniversary of the lubricant facility!" Fogle said.
Fogel says one of the best parts of her internship is the supportive and diverse work environment.
"You are not a number at GROWMARK. You are a person, and everyone knows you by name and wants to help you in any future endeavor. When you have a break through with your project, everyone is there backing you up and challenging you to keep going further," Fogle said.
Because of this internship, Fogle now knows exactly what she wants to do after graduation.
"I believe that this internship has led me down the exact path that I want to go with my career and that is to work for an agricultural company and be an advocate for the industry," Fogle said.
"With this opportunity, Rachel has been able to get more clarification on what career area she wants to go into within the agricultural community," Koperski said.
But it seems that Fogle is most excited to present her project at the end of her time at GROWMARK.
"I can't wait to show Dr. K. and Dr. Bashri at my conclusion meeting exactly what GROWMARK has done for me and what I have learned throughout the summer down Interstate 74 in Bloomington," Fogle said.
"She's really got her heart set on a career in agriculture and we are all so proud of her accomplishments," Koperski said.


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