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A Chakra Meditation & Meditation for Inner Wisdom
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A Chakra Meditation
Meditation for Inner Wisdom
• Glenn's highly acclaimed meditation techniques guiding you into a deep state of mental and physical relaxation.
• Background sound effects recorded at certain frequencies and in specific keys to enhance the deep trance effect.
• Hypnotic echoed backing vocals panning from left to right across the stereo range - a unique hypnotic effect.
• 60 beats per minute sound effects & powerful subliminal suggestions - all compounding the overall effect.
• Combines powerful meditation techniques with a state of the art digital recording technology.
A Chakra Meditation (CD/MP3 Download)
This superb high quality chakra meditation CD and MP3 download by the UK's best selling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold combines a deeply relaxing meditation with state of the art digital recording technology.
This empowering chakra meditation will help the listener feel energised and uplifted by guiding you on a powerful healing journey through the 7 main energy centres of the body called the Chakras. You will hear angelic vocals and sounds tuned to the frequency of each chakra, while you visualise a healing process through each stage of the meditation. This process can also help to overcome disease, illness or discomfort by using the innate healing power within us all.
Track 1 is the full version, while track 2 is a shorter edited version of this powerful chakra meditation. On both meditation sessions you will hear Glenn's pleasant voice, angelic backing vocals and absorbing 60 bpm sound effects guiding you into a deeply relaxed state of mental and physical relaxation. In this very receptive relaxed state, you will be given a number of post-hypnotic suggestions and carefully layered affirmations. The background echoed affirmations pan from left to right in your headphones. This deeply relaxing method of delivering multiple suggestions simultaneously to the unconscious mind can facilitate positive changes very quickly.
This powerful meditation recording is a completely safe and very effective way of bringing about an uplifting feeling of health and well being in your mind, body and spirit.
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1. A Chakra Meditation - Full Version
(awake ending) 42:40 mins
1. A Chakra Meditation - Full Version
(sleep ending) 50:28 mins
2. A Chakra Meditation - Short Version
(awake ending) 28:17 mins
2. A Chakra Meditation - Short Version
(sleep ending) 33:53 mins
Please note: On the CD version each track will gently bring you back to full waking consciousness at the end making it ideal for daytime use. The MP3 version has a sleep endings at the end of each track which will guide you into a peaceful sleep, making it ideal for night-time use.
A Chakra Meditation CD ISBN: 9781901923698
A Chakra Meditation MP3 ISBN: 9781905835294
Meditation for Inner Wisdom (CD/MP3 Download)
'Meditation For Inner Wisdom' is a superb high quality meditation recording by the UK's best selling self-help audio author Glenn Harrold. Track one is a 35-minute guided meditation that will take you on a special journey through a garden, a woodland, and to a lake under a beautiful harvest moon.
You will then be guided up to the magnificent stars of Orion. It is a very visual recording and the subtle background soundscapes supporting Glenn's powerful voice will help you connect with a profound feeling of inner wisdom and love.
Track two is an 11 minute affirmation only track. Glenn created this recording to help people take on a higher perspective in these challenging and stressful times. The focus is very much on empowering the listener and connecting them to their spirituality.
Like all of Glenn's recordings it combines powerful meditation and hypnotherapy techniques with state of the art digital recording technology. The special background sound effects have been recorded in certain keys and frequencies to help enhance the meditation effect and guide you into a deep state of mental and physical relaxation. At the deepest point in the meditation you are given a number of post-hypnotic and direct suggestions to help you connect with your spirituality and a feeling of inner peace and wisdom.
There are also a number of background affirmations, which echo and pan from left to right across the stereo range, ideal when using headphones. This deeply relaxing and powerful method of delivering multiple suggestions simultaneously to the unconscious mind can facilitate positive changes very quickly.
Meditation For Inner Wisdom Hypnosis CD ISBN: 9781901923735
Meditation For Inner Wisdom Hypnosis MP3 ISBN: 9781905835331
Carol Pino, Brighton
"I have used the Meditation For Inner Wisdom and I can't begin to tell you the difference it has made in me. I had a stroke August 19, 2011 thought I would never be the same. The doctors we're great but my stroke affected my memory and speech. Since I have been listening to this twice a day I am finding myself to have more confidence in myself. I just want to thank you so much."
Review Source - Amazon: R. Dickerson from WGC, Herts, UK
"Another Gem In A Highly Distinguished Series... This Chakra Meditation CD is the latest release in a long line of superb therapeutical recordings by clinically trained hypno-expert, Glenn Harrold. I am not entirely au fait with the origins of Chakra but it appears to be a metaphysical gift of the Orient. From what I can glean from this CD's content, Chakras are energy centres found on various parts of the body. Each one has a different colour associated with it and resonates to the sound of a certain musical note. Starting with the base Chakra, you progress up the body stopping at various points along the way to imagine the associated colour and to listen to the relevant note. The whole effect is supposed to be extremely relaxing and, yes, it does deliver the goods!Personally I am not sure how successful this latest release will be as a seller. Most of the harmonious experiences on this CD can be gained from using other titles in this wonderful series. Glenn Harrold, perhaps in fear of repeating himself, has branched out with this recording. It is certainly something very refreshing and full marks must be given for attempting to educate the uninitiated (myself, in this particular case). If you are new to this self-help series, I would urge you to try - Unleash Your True Potential. As for the Harrold hardcore of which I am one, go out and grab a copy. It is certainly an interesting take on the familiar self-healing topic."
Sriram Ganesh
"This CD is very powerful. The voice is very soothing and for each chakra the background voices hum the tones in the actual frequency for each chakra. I was able to feel the energy flow within a few days in the chakras. I have Deepak Chopra's chakra meditation CD as well and this is definitely better."
Lisa Buckalew
"This is the first of Glenn Harrold's meditations that I've tried and I'm now shopping for more. It's true that you get more out of it when you use headphones - awesome experience! The sound "travels" across the speakers from right to left which begins to feel circular and complementary as you are asked to visualize a whirling orb of color. The overall meditation is relaxing as well as refreshing and the background music is the perfect complement to the affirmations. There are two tracks - a 28 minute and 42 minute - I prefer the longer version as the timing and progression from one section to the next feels perfect to me. This CD is now part of my "Must Have" library."
Dianna Mount, Bowling Green KY USA
"Dear Glenn, Some time ago I purchased your Chakra Meditation, listened to it and, feeling nothing, decided I must have blockages. This lead me to discover Kundalini Yoga, which I've practiced for the last two months. Tonight I decided to give your CD another go and it was a truely fantastic experience. As you led me through each center, I felt an amazing hum or buzz moving up my body one chakra at a time. I easily identified the strong areas as well as where I still need work.
This one may not sell in the numbers that some of your other CDs do, but that doesn't diminish the value for those of us who benefit from it. Thank you for making this kind of help available."
Alexandra Wenman, Assistant Editor, Prediction Magazine
"I've had a listen to your Inner Wisdom CD and loved it – it certainly did the trick, as usual, I was out for the count within minutes and woke feeling incredibly uplifted. You really do have such a talent for this. Amazing! :-)"
Christina Hardyment. The Times - Aug 19th 2006
"Hypnotic heartbeat paced sound effects and heavenly music lull you into a relaxed state and boy do they work"
John Brennan - Transitional Meditation, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
"Hello Glenn, I have ordered and used 4 of your CD's and they are among the very best that I have ever found in the past 20 years. I am a meditation teacher in Toronto, Ontario, Canada and I use your CD's in my classes to help people to relax."
Sophie Campbell - The Sunday Telegraph
"I was startled by the effectiveness of this self-hypnosis audio"
Storm Lynn Lawrence "firstname.lastname@example.com" (Fallbrook, CA USA)
"Everything about Glenn Harrold's words, music and production quality was beyond my expectations after 40 years of pursuing hypnosis. I still can't believe it, but the second time I listened to these sessions, TEARS OF JOY AND RELIEF came to my eyes."
Darrin Owens, Author of READER OF HEARTS: SoulVision Institute, AR, USA
"Glenn Harrold is amazing! I have worked in the health and spirituality business for years and have listened to quit a few guided meditation and hypnosis audios. Till now, I have never engaged in such energizing and healing experiences as I have with Glenn's work. I recommend his audios to all my clients and students."
Anne Darling, Kirkcudbright, Scotland
"Dear Glenn, I love your CDs and listen to them twice a day - they have really changed my life for the better - thank you so much :)"
Women's Fitness Magazine (May 2009)
"I can honestly say that the effectiveness of Glenn's methods absolutely shocked me. I had entered the room as a sceptic and was blown away."
Matthew O'Brien, Virginia, USA
"These tapes are far and away the best hypnosis products I have ever come across... And I have been studying and sampling such products for 20 years. Masterful works! They are a pleasure to use."
Carole Stancer, UK
"I have several Glenn Harrold cds and think that they are excellent. Please feel free to use my comments with or without my name. I love your cds and always feel so well after listening to them. I have ME (or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome as it is now called) and become so very fatigued during the day. but after a half hour session with 'you' :-) I am ready to tackle the world again."
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Varying degrees of apocrine differentiation can be seen in most types of benign breast lesions (e.g. fibrocystic change, fibroadenoma, and adenosis) and many malignancies including invasive ductal carcinoma, invasive lobular carcinoma, and both ductal and lobular carcinoma in situ (3). Tumors entirely or predominately composed of apocrine cells ("apocrine carcinomas") account for less than 0.5% of all breast carcinomas (4). In one series of 2000 cases of primary breast carcinoma, 6 (0.3%) met morphologic and immunohistochemical criteria for apocrine carcinoma (2). Some studies have estimated the incidence to be anywhere from 15% to 60%, however this likely reflects lack of objective criteria and possible confusion with other eosinophilic and granular cell tumors of the breast.
Many researchers do not recognize apocrine carcinoma as a distinct clinicopathologic entity as most studies have found no significant differences in natural history and prognosis relative to regular infiltrating ductal carcinoma. However, because of substantial differences in hormone expression between apocrine lesions and similar common epithelial derived lesions, future treatment modalities may be quite different. For the time being, therapy for apocrine carcinoma is identical to that for infiltrating ductal carcinoma (6).
Contributed by Kate McFadden, MD and Malathy Kapali, MD

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text: Leigh Steiner 2015 40th Anniversary Message: Leigh Steiner By Leigh Steiner • May 5, 2015 WUIS/Illinois Issues 'Enchanted April' Play At The Hoogland By Rachel Otwell • Apr 1, 2014 Rachel Otwell/WUIS Enchanted April is a play set nearly a decade ago about two English women who go off to Italy together for a vacation in an empty castle. They advertise for traveling companions, and the result is a story rich in self-awakenings that combine the unique personalities and life-experiences of four women. We recently spoke with two actors in the play which opens this weekend in Springfield, Carly Shank and Leigh Steiner.


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Photo: Satellite dish located in downtown Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
Going Off Source
©copyright 1998 by Keith Cowing
Part 1:
Preface: Signal check
When SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Life) researchers come across a signal they suspect of being artificial in origin, they employ a series of tests to rule out terrestrial or natural explanations for the signal. One such test involves going "off source" - that is, swinging the listening device away from the specific star it was pointed at when the signal was detected. If the signal persists, then it is likely to be either of artificial terrestrial origin, or a natural emanation from a large portion of space. In either case, it is not likely the broadcast from an extraterrestrial civilization.
If however, the signal stops the moment the receiver goes of source, only to reappear once contact is reestablished, one's confidence in the possibility that someone is indeed out there moves up a notch. There are, of course, many more things to check, but this is one of the simplest ways to eliminate spurious signals.
After months of non-stop work, I really needed to go off source for a few days.
For the past several months I had been meaning to get out to Seneca Rocks, West Virginia to check in with the folks at the Gendarme Rock Climbing Shop. You see, I run their website, and I have been too busy to get out there - or "get vertical'" for quite some time. Just as this particular need to go out to West Virginia was becoming obvious, along came another reason: I needed to catch up with some SETI folks - and they were going to be in nearby Green Bank for a day or so, an hour's drive from Seneca Rocks. Two perfect excuses to escape the Washington DC metro area, and go off source.
Take Me Home Country Roads - No More
John Denver was killed in a plane crash off of Monterey, California yesterday. The moment I heard this, I flashed back to 1981, Edwards Air Force Base, and the landing of Columbia after the STS-1 mission. I was about 20 feet away from John Denver as the Columbia dropped onto the runway. There was no doubt that he was excited. Later, he and I would compare notes about our new Canon AE-1 cameras whose operation we were both trying to figure out.
As today would wear on, I'd read the local newspapers. Although he was not from here, John Denver had been adopted. The former governor of West Virginia noted that his song "Take me home country roads", although misrepresenting geography by placing the Shenandoah Valley and the Blue Ridge Mountains in West Virginia, had Nonetheless become a staple of weddings and funerals.
In curious simultaneity, was the fact that this date was also the 50th anniversary of Hamlin, West Virginia native Chuck Yeager's breaking of the sound barrier in the Bell X-1 rocket plane. Both stories received considerable prominence in the local press. So much for going off source and getting away from space. I gave thought to avoiding all forms of news media for a day or so.
That's what I did. I used these newspapers to light my campfire that night.
Downtown Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
The big deal in Seneca Rocks was the new traffic pattern at the intersection of routes 55 and 28 - er, "downtown". Change comes slowly here. Grudgingly, the locals admitted that it cut down on traffic accidents. Meanwhile the indoor climbing gym built in the shadow of a 1,000 foot high natural climbing site was losing money. Duh, I wonder why.
I spent the night at Seneca Shadows campground. No tent, just a sleeping bag. What a show. The cliffs of Seneca Rocks are oriented such that they catch a riotous array of colors as the sun sets. I got the full program. The damn-near full moon rose over the hills and proceeded to dominate the sky for the next 7 hours or so. On a dark night, Seneca is a prime spot for viewing stars, meteorites, and satellites. This night, with the Moon all ablaze, the sightings were similar to light-polluted DC: few and far between.
Nonetheless, the surrounding countryside was alit with the Moon's bright, but color-lacking, light. Orion appeared rather quickly, hinting at the closeness of Winter. Enough stars - and satellites shone forth to make the view something quite marvelous to fall asleep underneath. This in itself was worth the trip. I was in the middle of an almost empty campground surrounded by only a few late season climbers whose fires had long since died out. The sky was mine.
Gimme Coffee
My fancy backpacking stove was clogged and I was in no mood to fiddle with it. My wife, the camping gear wiz, is far more adept at figuring this gadget out - and she is not here. The only solution was to go to Harper's General Store and risk whatever passed as "coffee" today. I survived. A farewell to the instructors from the Seneca Rocks Climbing School as they escorted their clients to the waiting cliffs, and I was off.
Green Bank is about an hour south of Seneca Rocks. There was little traffic on the road and I made good time, noting that dead deer were to be seen on the side of the road every 0.6 miles. Gee, how metric of them.
Meanwhile, not only was distance being calibrated for me by landmarks (Bambi), so was direction. Every turn in the road brought forth another handful of satellite dishes - all pointing more or less south. The locals joke and call them "Morning Glories, the state flower of West Virginia". Funny thing: all of these satellite dishes were pointing me directly at my destination: The National Radio Astronomy Observatory, home of some really big dishes. It seemed as if the entire state had taken up SETI.
Dishes in the Mist
After a nice hour of driving through near-peak fall foliage, still shrouded in morning mist, I entered Owens Valley. The road signs said I was close. Another turn in the road and I encountered a scene right out of the movie "Contact". If you saw the movie, think back to the shots of "the machine" in the distance at Kennedy Space Center. Flash forward to reality: Giant cranes and a nascent radio telescope could be seen with a band of mist at the base. I was later to learn that the movie's director never visited Green Bank for location shooting. Boy did he concoct an eerily similar view.
After parking my car and loading up my cameras, I was off on a 1 mile walk to the 140 foot radio telescope where I was scheduled to meet Dr. Jill Tarter, from The SETI Institute's Project Phoenix . I had to walk because internal combustion powered vehicles and their radio-noise-generating spark plugs are strictly forbidden anywhere near the radio telescopes. Thus I entered into a curious realm of pedestrians, bicycles, diesel-powered vehicles, and interstellar communication systems.
After 10 minutes or so I came around a curve in the road and saw an unusual sight. Ahead of me was the 140 Foot radiotelescope dish aimed not up in the sky but, instead, right at me. As I got closer I could see that the service tower had been wheeled up to the instrument section located at the focus of the dish. Closer, and I could see people with yellow safety helmets moving about. As I got within shouting range, the people in the tower started to come down the stairs. Among them was Jill Tarter from the SETI Institute. A shout to "smile for the camera" elicited a big smile and a wave.
Jill was accompanied by a local freelance writer and a German television crew from "Focus TV". We all got to know each other quickly and managed to have a rather enjoyable day as we preyed upon various aspects of Jill's time. Oh yes, Jill did have real work to do amidst all of our interruptions.
Rising from the ashes
Several years ago Congress demonstrated a collective lack of foresight and cancelled all NASA-sponsored SETI work. Out of this fiasco arose a private search effort: the SETI Institute's Project Phoenix. Project Phoenix is the privately funded continuation of the Targeted Search portion of the now-defunct NASA High Resolution Microwave Survey (HRMS). HRMS was, in turn, previously known as the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). During the time when NASA funded search programs, SETI Institute scientists, engineers and subcontractors were primarily responsible for the design, development and operation of the The Targeted Search System (TSS) for the HRMS. Now that private funding has been secured, NASA has provided the TSS to the SETI Institute on long term loan.
In order for the Targeted Search System to make use of this radio telescope for a SETI search special hardware needed to be installed. Just before I had arrived, telephone booth-sized receiver had been installed at the focus of the 140 foot radio telescope. Several racks of hardware were installed within the control room, while a trailer (filled to capacity with more gear) was installed approximately 100 feet from the base of the dish.
The trailer ("Mobile Research Facility") is totally self-contained and is designed to be transported (and plugged into) radio observatories all over the world. Inside the trailer are 10 or so powder blue racks and a sophisticated climate control (cooling) system. Jill noted that this facility, created in the early 1990s, had already been surpassed by newer, more powerful technology. Once this round of observations is complete, the entire facility is due for a massive hardware upgrade.
As Jill and a co-worker unfurled the Project Phoenix banner atop the trailer, you could see evidence of why the project's name is so appropriate: on the side of the trailer, beneath a sheet of plastic laminate, one could still make out the raised "N A S A" letters of the old NASA "worm" logo.
SETI Road Show
The SETI Institute was moving its Project Phoenix operations to Green Bank for the next few months. This involves not only the installation of specific receiver hardware in the radio telescope, but also the calibration of the radio telescope such that its operations could be controlled from Mountain View, California. The buzz word for this at NASA is "telescience". Now it is becoming known as "virtual collaboration".
Once the dish's operators were certain that the basic connections for the new gear were all in place, the dish began to swing up off the ground. Soon it was pointing skyward. I was caught off guard by both the speed - and grace - with which this immense structure repositioned itself. The telescope was then commanded to go through a series of known source observations to make sure that everything was calibrated properly. After some initial glitches, things began to fall into place.


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Dangerous Curves Ahead bring burlesque to The Empty Glass
www.emptyglass.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Anita Cookie is one of the five dancers touring with Dangerous Curves Ahead, a Brooklyn-based burlesque troupe that performs Tuesday night at the Empty Glass. She said the group has been to a lot of interesting places since it was founded four years ago, but Fairbanks, Alaska was kind of special. "We did two weeks in Alaska," she said. "It was amazing." While in Alaska, they stayed in a log cabin without running water, met a park ranger in Denali National Park who showed them that roadkill moose was edible and discovered that some parts of Alaska just don't see a lot of women. "You could kind of tell by the way they acted," she laughed. "They have a saying around there for the girls, 'The odds are good, but the goods are odd.'" Joking aside, most of the men they met were great, she said. And yes, a lot of them were glad to see the girls. "People came from everywhere when they heard there were going to be New York burlesque dancers," Cookie said. "They don't see a lot of that." The same is true in other places, too. Charleston typically only sees burlesque dancers just a couple of times a year, which is very different from New York, Cookie said. "There's a lot of burlesque coming out of Brooklyn," she said. "It really took off in the 1990s with the neo-classical stuff, which is striptease with an artsy, blue kind of edge." Since then, burlesque in Brooklyn has diversified. "You've got lots of troupes that are very, very vaudeville or very retro-throwback," she explained. "There are people who do the superhero shows; they're very comic book-y and sort of cater to the nerds -- and I say that in a loving way." Cookie said Dangerous Curves Ahead is a sampling of several different styles. "We're very rock n' roll and very edgy, but we've got a cutesy-pie act. We do a lot of comedy, and we've got a bit of hippy dippy stuff going on." Burlesque is a wide field of artistic possibility, and the variety is part of the reason Cookie loves the genre. Burlesque, she said, changed her life. Ten years ago, she was a fledgling dancer from California with a dance degree trying to find a break on Broadway. "I came to New York, and I was auditioning for things and getting typed out," she said. Meanwhile, a friend from college was making a big splash in New York as a burlesque dancer under the name Peekaboo Pointe. Cookie said, "She told me to come to a show, and I went to a show and totally loved it." A week later, she was in the show. Burlesque is encouraging, she said, especially compared to the competitiveness of auditioning. "It wasn't standing in front of three deadpan faces and next to 80 perfect looking girls, trying to get any sort of face time you could. "Burlesque is very freeing. You get to make all your decisions, and the reaction from the audience is great." Burlesque dancers don't do a lot of auditions, she added. They get by on reputation. Once a dancer gets into a show, if she's any good, other producers will put her in their shows. It's not all easy, of course. There is a certain amount of campiness, silliness and humor that comes with burlesque, but people do also take off their clothes. "Uh, that was pretty difficult at first," Cookie acknowledged. "As a dancer, especially in musical theater, I was used to playing sexy with minimal clothing, but in the beginning I was never going to go down to pasties. I was never going to wear a G-string." She giggled. "Now, I will sometimes go nude." Not all the time, she clarified. Just some of the time. After Cookie got into burlesque, she met other performers, including Clams Casino. They became friends and began performing together in New York and touring. "About four years ago, we decided to go to the Burlesque Hall of Fame," Cookie said. "They have a festival out in Las Vegas. There's a pageant: Miss Exotic World." Clams is afraid of flying, so they drove to Nevada from New York, working a few nights along the way to break up the driving and make a few bucks. The idea caught on with some of their friends, and suddenly they had a five-woman troupe. Dangerous Curves Ahead has been from coast to coast a couple of times, Cookie said. The troupe has been up and down the Eastern Seaboard, to Canada and just about everywhere else. "We dance, we pantomime and play act. We have special effects," Cookie said. "It's a good show." Reach Bill Lynch at email@example.com or 304-348-5195.


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Crystal Palace missing six for Southampton clash
09:33 27 September 2013
PA Wire
Crystal Palace will be without defender Damien Delaney because of an ankle problem for Saturday's Premier League clash at Southampton.
Midfielder Kagisho Dikgacoi is set to feature having been suspended for the home defeat by Swansea last weekend, while fit-again winger Jerome Thomas could also be in contention to start.
Midfielder Yannick Bolasie (hamstring) is still sidelined. Captain Paddy McCarthy (groin) continues his rehabilitation, along with forward Glenn Murray (knee). Midfielder Jonny Williams and defender Jack Hunt (both ankle) are long-term absentees.
Provisional Squad: Speroni, Gabbidon, Moxey, Mariappa, Campana, Guedioura, Bannan, Thomas, Jedinak, Chamakh, Jerome, Gayle, Puncheon, Alexander, O'Keefe, Phillips, Kebe, Kagisho Dikgacoi.


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Grundorf's new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks are designed to serve as a road worthy mobile / touring solution for musicians and audio professionals. They are available in 12-, 16-, 18-, and 20-space configurations. Along with a rack-mountable snake box, these cases also have a compartment on the utility side of the enclosure to house the snake reel.
More details form Grundorf (www.grundorf.com):
The Tour 8 Snake Racks are the ideal solution designed to significantly decrease a project's set up / tear down time.
Convenience and secure connectivity are the hallmarks of the new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks. These versatile systems holds a rackmountable snake box and include a pass-through between the rack and utility sections of the case so the feeder cable can remain connected. For added protection, there is a cable port located at the rear of the enclosure that enables the top lid to remain attached while the system is in use.
Designed and manufactured in the USA, Grundorf's new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks are constructed using 3/8-inch multi-layer plywood with a durable high impact resistant ABS laminated finish. The edges are finished with a double edged aluminum extrusion and the lid-to-body seal is made with an interlocking aluminum tongue and groove valance system designed to provide a tight, secure fit. The snake rack incorporates twelve rivet point recessed handles and ten rivet point recessed catches to provide the strength required for years of rugged, trouble-free use. The handles and catches all use a steel washer backed rivet system for superior durability.
As one would expect with a rugged touring snake rack, the new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks employ a large, heavy duty dolly outfitted with 4-inch casters and two brakes. To ensure security for the equipment, optional recessed key locks are available. The Tour 8 Series Snake Racks are available in red, black, blue, and gray.
Frank Grund, President of Grundorf Corporation, commented on the company's new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks. "The new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks provide the touring professional with an efficient and extremely robust means of managing the connections between microphones, mixing consoles, processors, and other equipment typically used in sound reinforcement applications," Grund says. "With the compartment on the utility side to house the snake, the snake ends can be left plugged into the snake box and be pulled out for the length of the run—saving valuable time during setup and break-down. Featuring robust construction throughout and large casters with brakes for safe, easy transport to further protect the equipment; the Tour 8 Series Snake Racks offer ease of use and a convenient means of making system connections. We're also proud of the fact that these systems are completely designed and manufactured here in the States. I'm confident musicians and audio pros will find the Tour 8 Series Snake Racks a compelling choice for their connectivity requirements."
Grundorf's new Tour 8 Series Snake Racks are available now and include the following MSRP pricing:
•      T8-SNR-12C:    $1,179.95
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•      T8-SNR-20C:    $1,339.95
Grundorf also manufactures these snake rack cases in Carpet finishes as well as the extra-heavy duty Tour 2 Series. Please contact the company for customization and accessory lock pricing.
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Al-Bannā resumes part two of his article in which he sheds more light on the genuine mission meant to be fulfilled by the church and how it should not deviate from its spiritual religious role by interfering in earthly issues.
In an important interview between Makram Muhammad Ahmad and Father Mattá al-Miskīn which was published on April 17, 1980, Father Mattá highlighted that the Christian church has a particular clear mission which it should never trespass; curing souls through the words of God.
Mattá believes that the church's interference even in social services hinders it from its original mission and gets it embroiled in situations which contradict its role. When asked about the church's relationship with society, he replied that that the church's mission is not to serve society, but rather to serve faith and the Christ in the character of the sinners and homeless individuals. He added that if the church deviates away from the domain of the Christ, seeks the money of the rich and authority, Christianity will definitely fail to fulfill its mission, and dispute and conflict will arise. Moreover, he stresses that the social services offered by the church are a deviation away from its genuine role. He justifies this by saying that the range of social services offered are nothing but an interference in the domain of the ruling system and, as a result, makes it a must for the church to be fully aware of the ruling system so that the social plan of the church can coincide with that of the government or otherwise, a clash between the church and the state is inevitable.
In addition, when asked about the limits between the authority of the church and that of the state, Mattá clarified that there is no relationship between the two simply because the kingdom of the church is God's kingdom while the sovereignty of the mandate is earthly life, and the social system. The ruler away from the church is responsible for earthly life issues on its different levels while the church is only responsible for the belief and the spiritual behavior of Christians but not for their patriotism.
Finally, the author explains that St. Mark's officials lost their way toward man's heart being occupied with side issues that are totally removed from the genuine mission of the church. They lost the key given by God to the church to open the kingdom of heaven for sinners.
[To read the first part of this series see AWR 2009, week 19, article 16]


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This was the second of two performances by The Beatles at the Rialto Ballroom, which stood on Upper Parliament Street in Toxteth, Liverpool.
The event was billed as a "Rock 'n' Twist Carnival', and was organised by Liverpool University. The Rialto Ballroom, a venue owned by the Top Rank organisation, had played host to a handful of Quarrymen performances in the late 1950s.
The Beatles' first performance at the Rialto Ballroom had taken place on 6 September 1962. In later years the venue was used as a bingo hall and furniture store, but was burnt down during the 1981 riots in Toxteth.


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WASHINGTON, DC (September 21, 2010) – Today representatives from marine research and corporate social responsibility organizations announced a new project that will ask companies to pledge to annually report their use of plastics in an effort to reduce waste. The announcement came as part of the Clinton Global Initiative. Steve Russell, vice president of the Plastics Division of the American Chemistry Council, which represents the nation's leading makers of plastics, responded with the following statement:
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OOC: Kay, will (not, heheheh) do. btw, changing Squirrelflight's human name to Autumn.
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- Wednesday April 28th, 2010 :: 02:45 p.m. CDT
Garland County currently has 188 active sex offenders. For more information, visit www.garlandcountysheriff.com.
After requesting and receiving a dedicated deputy, in 2007, to register, track and prosecute sex offenders, Sheriff Sanders continues to be vigilant in the tracking and registration of those offenders, keeping our neighborhoods safer and more informed.
The Garland County Sheriff's Department is currently tracking 188 sex offenders through the OffenderWatch program on our website, at http://www.garlandcountysheriff.com.
Through the program, users are able to view information on sex offenders that are living in their area as well as receive notification if an offender moves into their area.
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Austin Powers 4 Is Still Happening, And It's Unimaginable
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Mike Myers talked about making another Austin Powers movie after The Love Guru was revealed to be one of the worst movies ever made, but we havent heard anything about it in a couple of years. It seems its still happening. Powers director Jay Roach offered an update on Austin Powers 4 to MTV and says Mike is working on ideas for it, people are definitely talking about it and I'm all good for it.
One problem: Anyone who saw Love Guru and Austin Powers 3 knows that Mike Myers is as out of jokes as the Austin Powers franchise is out of gas. Powers peaked with number 2 (insert Myers wink at the camera here). Where could they possibly take this franchise that wont bore us to death? Hes been to the moon with a midget inside his pants. Whats left? Roach thinks theres more to do. He says theyre taking it, Somewhere you havent thought of. I guess that means its going to be funny?
Heres my Austin Powers 4 pitch, and its really the only thing that makes any sense. No one cares about Austin Powers or that Goldmember jerk from the third movie. The only thing anyones even remotely interested in seeing is Doctor Evil. So ditch Powers entirely and just make this a Doctor Evil movie. Use Joss Whedons Dr. Horrible web series as a template, insert the requisite number of shorn scrotum jokes, and maybe youll have something. Ok you probably wont have something but at least youd be giving it your best shot.
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Wary of the story limitations put on a franchise the longer it runs, Universal Pictures is calling the latest installment in its 'Fast and Furious' machine, this weekend's hotly anticipated 'Fast Five,' a "transitional movie" because the studio is hoping it will carry the street-racing series into a new genre: the heist movie. The plot of 'Fast Five' reportedly sets up a sequel that will fall squarely into that territory.
Adam Fogelson, chairman of Universal Pictures, told Deadline, "The question putting 'Fast Five' and 'Fast Six' together for us was: Can we take it out of being a pure car culture movie and into being a true action franchise in the spirit of those great heist films made 10 or 15 years ago?"
The answer, it seems, was to give screenwriter Chris Morgan, the man behind the well-received Angelina Jolie–James McAvoy spy thriller 'Wanted,' a little bit of free reign to carve out the fifth and sixth films as part of his new production deal at Universal with an eye toward shaking the franchise up.
'Fast Five' begins the transition. Following Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson as a federal agent tracking on-the-run Paul Walker and Vin Diesel, the film is much less about car culture than the previous films. "We've heard so many people say, 'I've never seen one, and I've never wanted to see one,' about the 'Fast' franchise," Fogelson said. "So if these movies were still about street racing, there was probably a ceiling on how many people would buy tickets. We wanted to see if we could raise it out of about racing and make car driving ability just a part of the movie, like those great chases in 'The French Connection,' 'The Bourne Identity,' 'The Italian Job.'"
The 'Fast' films have been a major cash cow for Universal, grossing nearly $490 million domestically and another $464 million overseas. The last film in the franchise, 2009's 'Fast and Furious,' is the series' biggest box office hit so far, and 'Fast Five' is already performing far better than expected in the select foreign markets it has already opened in, grossing $24 million out of the gate.
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Coastal Camera Club supports photography education
The Coastal Camera Club's March 13 highly successful Photo Beach Bash provided the club with the opportunity to fund two photography scholarships at Delaware Technical Community College. Leslie Sinclair, CCC president, and George Evancho, CCC vice-president, presented the scholarship funds to Department of Communications Chair Rob Rector and photograhy instructor Keith Mosher at the club's annual awards dinner in May.
Evancho stated, "In keeping with the club's learning and sharing mission, we are proud to reach out to interested and qualified students at Delaware Technical Community College to help support their photography education."
Club members also presented a Nikon camera including lens and speedlight, to a DTCC photography student at the club's meeting July 10. The DTCC photography program also received an Epson printer.
CCC holds meetings on the second and fourth Wednesday of every month, September through May, at Cadbury, 17028 Cadbury Circle, Lewes. For more information about the Coastal Camera Club, go to www.coastalcameraclub.com.


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Yikes. That takes me back.
I remember using MS Paint, in Windows 2.78 or something or other. On an Amstrad computer.
Good times.
Something reminded me of this today...my first tablet, circa 1985: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KoalaPad/Painter
I think I do remember making a map for gaming using it; and printing it out using a very hinkey color printer that used a plastic press-off ribbon (a cartridge was good for about eight pages because it had to use a, 8 1/2" character-high strip for each color (CMYK) for each line of the page).
Fun times. How did we ever survive?
Yikes. That takes me back.
I remember using MS Paint, in Windows 2.78 or something or other. On an Amstrad computer.
Good times.
Boo-yeah! I had one for my C64!
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Man, I always wanted one for my C64...lucky bastiches. I just bought some drawing pad thing for my niece's birthday (11) for her Wii.
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Actually...wait a minute...my fuzzy memories of ancient days are becoming clearer. I think this *wasn't* my first tablet. Just read the description again. This was the little one, sort of alike a mousepad on a modern laptop. My *first* pad was a great big (seemed huge but maybe 12"x12") "multi-touch" thing (you could put your whole hand on it and it would register) with pretty low resolution. Anybody remember what that was called? Seems like I remember it had a printed on color palette where you could select the drawing color...or maybe it was a printed insert or something?
Edit: if you have an iPad and want to recapture that Koala Pad mojo: http://felttip.com/paint/. Hmmm. I wonder if there's a DeluxePaint port for iPad. I loved that app (Amiga).
I have a question. Im thinking about getting a tablet and I want to know a cheap one that is decently good.
Thats some old stuff. I started with Win 95 and Paint which isn't very cool.
@eViLe_eAgLe - I have an old Wacom Graphire 3, a new Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch and the Intuos 3. I currently use the bamboo for my laptop and the intuos for my desktop. The bamboo pen and touch is fairly inexpensive around $99 US, it gets the job done and is a pretty good starter tablet. However the pen nibs (plastic tips) wear out pretty quickly. The big thing is sticking to whatever you get, my graphire sat for years while I bashed my way with the mouse until I finally commited myself to the pen and never looked back. I have never used anything but Wacoms there are others out there but most reviews I have read put them well below the quality of Wacom products. Hope this helps.
Have you dressed your dungeon lately?
Aye, it does help.
Yeah, Wacom is the way to go brand-wise. Intuos isn't cheap but I can't recommend it highly enough. I had a Graphire for years though and used it over my old Intuos (no number, it was that old) because it had a USB interface instead of serial. I use an Intuos 4 medium now and it's really excellent, apart from fast-wearing nibs (which are quite cheap and Wacom is just down the road from me!)


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Eastern North Carolina has endured very dry weather conditions over the past several weeks. The WITN Weather Station has received only .86" since May 1. The Station usually gets about 5.00" during that time period in a normal year. Of course, some locations have received more due to the scattered nature of showers and thunderstorms in the spring and summer. Regardless, much of the area is under a moderate to severe drought. The drought is causing considerable concern among those involved in agriculture. Many lawns have even turned brown over the past few weeks.
Some improvement in these conditions seems to be on the horizon. The major upper level ridge of high pressure that has controlled our pattern will temporarily break down late this week allowing a cool front to push into area and stall. Weak areas of low pressure should form along the front enhancing convergence and increasing atmospheric instability. Moisture will increase and it appears that most locations will receive significant rainfall by the weekend. The best chances appear to be Thursday and possibly again sometime over the weekend. It probably won't be enough to end the drought but whatever we do get will likely be welcomed by farmers, gardeners and homeowners trying to keep their grass and shrubs from dying.


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Dorothea Baker (also known under the pseudonym Fleur Fleming) first became interested in art in 2008, when she discovered 3D computer graphics. In 2010 she developed an interest in watercolours, illustration and design, and since then typography and design elements have formed a major part of her art. Dorothea Baker also enjoys writing poetry and short stories, singing, and fishkeeping. She is a student pianist and composer.
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Rashid Khan fired a sizzling eight-under 64 to take the lead after round one of the BILT Open 2013 golf tournament being played at the Jaypee Greens Golf Resort.
Digvijay Singh of the DLF Golf & Country Club posted a seven-under 65 in the opening round to be placed second. Rashid, who was runners-up at last year's BILT Open, made an ideal start to the tournament with a bogey-free 64. The three-time winner on the PGTI had a quiet front-nine as he picked up just two birdies on the second and eighth. Rashid chipped-in from the edge for birdie on the eighth.
The 22-year-old had a far more profitable back-nine. Rashid gained momentum with three straight birdies on the 10th, 11th and 12th. He then sank a 20-footer on the 11th and landed his third shot from 150 yards out to within a foot of the flag on the 12th. Rashid's tee shot on the par-3 14th also stopped within a foot of the pin to give him another birdie. The wiry golfer collected a birdie on the par-5 15th before making his second chip-in of the day for birdie on the 16th.
Rashid, currently placed fifth on the Rolex Rankings, said: I had a good opening round after a long time. I had two chip-ins today and landed it within a foot on two occasions. I've shot some good scores at this course in the past including a 66 earlier this year during the Avantha Masters. I'm therefore confident of performing well this week. It's now a matter of capitalising on this start.
Digvijay's round of 65 was punctuated by eight birdies and a bogey. Digvijay, who started from the 10th, converted birdie putts from six to eight feet on the 12th, 13th and 18th. His good putting form continued on his second-nine as he holed birdie putts from a range of 15 to 30 feet on the first, third and fifth.
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i was bored last night so i rode my freebie bmx bike (dumpster dive special) to get an ice cream and then went to Falcon Field in Meriden, CT to check out the track. There was a bunch of kids hanging out. They were all real nice and gave me tips on riding and such. So I took a few laps. Wow is that fun. I think I might like to try racing a cruiser. I'm waiting for my friend's kids to be old enough to race and then he and I will probably do the cruiser thing.
One question: is it possible to be competitive in my age group (I'm 43) without getting much air? I'm not really into that. Waaaay to chicken, and can't afford injuries and missing work.


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Celebrity couple Himmanshoo Malhotra and Amruta Khanvilkar were announced the winner of dance reality show 'Nach Baliye 7' on Sunday, July 19. The couple lifted the winner's trophy that featured a dancing couple inside a big ring after twelve weeks of hard work and tough competition. They
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Greenwood farmer Brian Michalski named Tree Farmer of the Year
Brian Michalski was named the 2014 Delaware Tree Farmer of the Year at the recent annual meeting of the Delaware Forestry Association held in Bridgeville. Michalski owns a 59-acre tree farm near Greenwood in Sussex County that became a certified Delaware Tree Farm in 1997 and was recertified in 2010.
An active tree farm inspecting forester since 2001, Michalski also chaired the Delaware Tree Farm Program Committee from 2000 to 2003. Currently, he is president of the Delaware Forestry Association, a post he has held for about four years.
As a procurement forester for Hardwood Mills, based in Millington, Md., Michalski has actively managed his tree farm largely through his own efforts. The property, which consists of 30 acres of mixed upland/wetland hardwoods and 29 acres of native pine trees, is operated under an active Forest Stewardship Plan.
Delaware's program is affiliated with the American Tree Farm System, which was established in 1942. As a program of the American Forest Foundation, the American Tree Farm System focuses on the long-term sustainability of America's forests in ecological and economic terms. The network of over 90,000 woodland owners is organized through state committees and governed at the national level. Currently, 45 of the 50 states have committees.
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U.S. Department of State 2002 Trafficking in Persons Report - The Netherlands
|United States Department of State
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|This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for, nor does it necessarily endorse, its content. Any views expressed are solely those of the author or publisher and do not necessarily reflect those of UNHCR, the United Nations or its Member States.
The Netherlands (Tier 1)
The Netherlands is both a destination and transit country for trafficking in persons, predominantly women and girls, from all parts of the world, including Nigeria, Thailand, the Philippines, Russia, Bulgaria, China, South America and Central and Eastern Europe. The Netherlands is a transit country for other European Union countries. Two specific trafficking problems have emerged recently: the disappearances from refugee centers of single underage asylum seekers, mostly from West African countries and China, who are often put to work as prostitutes, and a growing number of "lover boys," young Moroccans or Turks living in the Netherlands who seduce into prostitution young, third-generation Dutch girls of Moroccan, Surinamese and Antillean descent.
The Government of the Netherlands fully complies with minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, including making serious and sustained efforts to eliminate severe forms of trafficking in persons with respect to law enforcement, protection of victims, and prevention of trafficking. The Netherlands outlaws trafficking in persons, and vigorously investigates and prosecutes traffickers. Courts have handed down many convictions. A national public prosecutor for trafficking in persons was appointed in 2001, and each district court has its own trafficking in persons prosecutor. Police schools have started "prostitution control" courses, through which detection of trafficking and means to assist victims are taught. Many police officers have received this training, and police officials believe the training has led to an increase in criminal investigations and reports to the police. To protect victims, B9 immigration status is available for aliens who may have become victims of trafficking and for witnesses who are willing to testify for the prosecution in trafficking cases. B9 status holders may remain lawfully for three months in the Netherlands while relevant investigations are being carried out by authorities, during which time victims may decide whether to press charges against traffickers. Victims receive legal, financial and psychological assistance, and are entitled to safe shelter, medical check-ups and social security benefits. Victims are eligible also for permanent residence on humanitarian grounds. The government subsidizes the "Dutch Foundation Against Trafficking in Women," which is an independent, national expertise center that offers many services to victims. To prevent trafficking, the Government cooperates extensively with other European Union countries and financially supports national and international projects run by NGOs and international organizations to promote the empowerment of women in Central and Eastern Europe; the Caucasus and Central Asia; Cambodia, and Vietnam. One such program helps to prevent Colombian women from being trafficked to the Netherlands.


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The Transformer range of tablets is an initiative on the companys part to bridge the gap between a tablet, netbook and a laptop. The Transformer Book T100 is a Windows 8.1 convertible tablet. This is a new segment that is quickly gaining traction and is expected to become a separate vertical in the tablet segment.
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In two earlier works (Balashov, 2000a and 2000b), I have argued that considerations based on special relativity and the notion of coexistence favor the perdurance view of persistence over its endurance rival. Cody Gilmore (2002) has subjected my argument to an insightful three-fold critique. In the first part of this paper I respond briefly to Gilmore's first two objections. I then grant his observation that anyone who can resist the first objection is liable to succumb to the third one. This, however, opens a way to other closely related relativistic arguments against endurantism that are immune to all three objections and, in addition, throw new light on a number of important issues in the ontology of persistence. I develop two such novel arguments in the second half of the paper.
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Indeed, two out of every 10 individuals experience some form of communication anxiety, according to communications experts. That doesn't mean that the individual is less intelligent or undesirable, or should be labeled as different, but that he or she has a learned problem.
Hence, many individuals who fear public speaking often pursue careers that involve limited contact with groups or are removed from the mainstream. They tend to participate in organizations as individual contributors, but seldom draw attention to themselves. But what happens if your company reengineers its work processes, and you're suddenly thrust into a position that requires you to engage people on a daily basis? Will you sweat, suffer, sink or swim?
Line supervisors at The Whirlpool Corporation, Clyde Division in Ohio, met this challenge head-on. Company management recognized the problem of communication anxiety as it attempted to institute self-directed work teams. So they gave their line supervisors training to improve their communication skills, teaching them to become group advisers rather than top-down directors.
Work teams require new role for supervisors.
In 1988, Whirlpool employees faced an increase in production schedules during a new product introduction, thus placing an added burden on an already productive work force of 3,200. The union-free division had just completed a multiyear project, which involved a major product-design change. They had successfully installed state-of-the-art manufacturing systems that allowed them to produce high-quality, low-cost automatic clothes washers.
To seek a business advantage, the company chose not to move plants to lower-cost labor markets like some of its competitors. Countering this trend, for three years, the Clyde Division issued lump sum payments in lieu of a base-wage increase. In an attempt to be a best-cost producer, the Clyde Division of Whirlpool Corporation wanted to bring their employees' wages in line with other major appliance makers and the local market.
It became increasingly obvious that the company's cost-containment efforts weren't adequate in the highly competitive appliance industry. Only long-term solutions would give the company the advantages it needed. The solution: self-directed work teams. By moving from a supervisor-directed work force to an empowered one, employees would be better able to contribute to the organization.
But as the change process unfolded, Whirlpool managers discovered a few barriers. Most of the obstacles were experienced by the company's line supervisors. For example, many of them questioned the long-term security of their jobs to the point where they failed to endorse the team concept.
They also were concerned about the increased work load, particularly during the design phase. The team development and training phase thrust the supervisors in a role that required additional work and into a role they weren't prepared to perform.
The most unexpected concern, however, came from the line supervisor's new role as communicator. In a team-oriented organization, not only is the line supervisor expected to perform the normal daily responsibilities of achieving the desired production and quality numbers, but he or she must coach individuals, make group presentations and lead work teams.
Bill Pasmore, author of Creating Strategic Change, observes: "Participation is a threat to authority based on top-down control of decision making." In the traditional organization, Whirlpool supervisors were selected and retained on their ability to issue directives and handle discipline when a subordinate violated company policy. In the new organization, the area supervisor became a coach or team adviser. Instead of issuing directives, the team adviser was now being requested to facilitate team meetings, encourage and train individual team members, manage projects and provide general leadership to the team.
As the Clyde Division progressed further into the work-team process, the division vice president and five directors decided to form a Supervisor Design Team to address any problems. The design team was facilitated by two HR organizational development administrators and included eight randomly selected supervisors representing the various business units. The team's objective was to identify the skills required under the new role as team supervisor and develop a plan to improve the current supervisors' skills base. In an empowered organization, line supervisors turned advisers would have to spend at least 50% of their time interacting with others through team development, general communications and project management. After defining the performance required under a work-team model, the design team also generated a list of training requirements that would be required for success as team advisers. Some of the basic skills included computer literacy; engaging in interpersonal dialogue; planning meetings; making group presentations; and writing. Being a team adviser would also require leadership skills that help establish a lean production system. One must learn to coach, counsel and facilitate meetings.
Indeed, most supervisors, including the Design Team members, were quick to realize, but not publicly admit, their own shortcomings in the new environment. The symptoms were first noticed when traditionally strong-performing supervisors began to have difficulty leading their teams. For example, they appeared to lack control of the team meetings. Also, normally talkative supervisors were unusually frustrated and quiet during meetings, only to express opinions on the same topics outside the meetings. Additionally, the same supervisors, who normally appeared poised during general conversations, were extremely ill at ease when asked to present information to the division management team and other groups. The Supervisor Design Team recognized that their peer group suffered from more than just a lack of good presentation skills. The supervisor turned team adviser suffered from communication anxiety.
Communication anxiety is normal.
Through the data collection phase, the Supervisor Design Team learned that several organizations identified communication anxiety as a common problem. The team also learned about one training model that had been developed by a communications consultant to help alleviate this inhibitor. Based on this information, one of the article's authors [Arden K. Watson] helped define the problem and work with the line supervisor group at Whirlpool's Clyde Division.
According to James McCroskey, professor of speech communication at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia, the syndrome is "an individual's level of fear or anxiety associated with either real or anticipated communication with another person or persons." Fear of communicating is often associated with mere shyness, although shyness also includes social and personality difficulties.
The fear of giving a speech or talking in a new situation is normal, and it's experienced by most individuals. But the abnormal fear of communication, experienced by one-fifth of the population, affects the lives of these people in many ways, according to McCroskey. They may experience more general anxiety, resist ambiguity, avoid new experiences, prefer to be alone and exhibit less creativity. And when they have to communicate, they often have difficulty expressing their ideas.
According to research by Virginia P. Richmond, a communications professor at West Virginia University, a job applicant study compared business students with similar credentials. The students with greater communication anxiety were projected to be less task-oriented, less satisfied in their job, to have poorer relations with their peers, supervisors and subordinates at work, to be less productive and less likely to be promoted in the business organization.
Not only does fear of speaking restrict the communication of the employee, it can have profound effects on the attitudes and productivity in the company. An organizational psychology researcher at Knoxville-based University of Tennessee, studied fear of speaking among government employees in a career-planning workshop. He suggests that the dissatisfaction of those with high fear of communication may have negative effects on communicating with a company's clients. Moreover, the job satisfaction and functions of other employees may be negatively affected by interacting with a fearful peer.
Anxiety may originate in formative years.
One of the causes of communication anxiety may lie in a child's experiences during the formative years, according to a study by John Daly and Gustav Friedrich, communication professors at the Universities of Texas and Oklahoma, respectively. Apparently a learned trait, it's one that's reinforced because of the child's communication behavior. If a child is reinforced for being silent and isn't reinforced for communicating, the probable result is a quiet child. Also, if the child is punished while attempting to communicate, the child is more likely to become quiet.
In order to tackle the problem at Whirlpool, the program that was implemented was called Speak With Confidence. It was developed by the author [Watson] and is used with groups of six or less participants. It incorporates both communication anxiety coping techniques and develops communication skills. Anxiety coping techniques include visualizing and setting goals; communication skills include introducing oneself, making presentations and learning to speak assertively.
The model consists of applicable material for all work levels, and the content includes introspective as well as interactive and practice activities that provide immediate feedback. Here are some examples of training exercises:
- Describe three ways that talking is important and four ways it affects others and yourself
- Use three steps to introduce yourself
- Use three techniques to control fear of communicating—visualize the ideal scene; set behavioral goals and measure the accomplishment of behavioral goals you set; and use five steps of rational thinking
- Develop the introduction, body and conclusion of an informal presentation
- Effectively deliver an organized informational presentation
- Use an assertiveness process to verbalize opinions; ask and answer questions; give directions and talk directly to authorities.
Participants for the Speak With Confidence training were selected after completing an attitude inventory. The inventory measured communication anxiety levels in situations such as: representing the organization to other people, fielding questions at a meeting, talking to subordinates or superiors, interviewing, talking in a group and presenting information to a large group. Of the 105 supervisors who took the inventory at the Whirlpool Clyde Division, 35 participants experienced abnormal communication anxiety.
Supervisors who scored abnormally high on the inventory were invited to a private interview with the trainer to discuss their training needs. In some cases, the trainer found that the employee didn't need the training. Other supervisors who were invited avoided or refused to come to the interview. Most of those that did come, however, were receptive to and relieved that such training would be offered.
During the interview, the trainer explained the program and invited the supervisor into the training. If the person showed interest, the trainer explored the individual's attitude toward communicating, their experiences in communicating, communication needs now required of the supervisor and any of their special communication concerns.
As word spread about the positive training, several supervisors who hadn't tested in the abnormally high range requested to take the training. In all, 25 supervisors were trained in five groups. One group was trained each month during the fall of 1993. Training was held offsite in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere.
The authors received positive reactions to the training. Through questionnaires, the participants were asked to rate the usefulness of the program, the learning material, the presenter and the facilities. One supervisor remarked: "I wish I hadn't been so resistant." When asked how she would use the training, another participant said, "I'm sure I'll hold more meetings than I would have without this training. I may even be able to expand into other parts of my job."
In terms of learning, the trainer measured a 29% reduction in inventory scores, which indicated less fear of and greater willingness to communicate.
One participant explained her change in attitude: "Just because I have a thought doesn't make it so. How other people perceive me is different from what I feel on the inside." When the supervisors' pre- and post-objective lists were compared, the trainer found that the participants knew very few of the objectives prior to the training but afterwards, they had learned nearly all of them.
The behavioral evaluation was completed during three- and six-month interviews in which participants were asked to state the objectives they'd learned in the training and to explain how these behaviors were used on the job.
Training program improves supervisors' self-esteem.
Indeed, companies can recognize the problem of communication anxiety among employees in three ways. First, by observing communication patterns, managers can learn whether the employee readily enters into a conversation, speaks up in a meeting or offers to give a presentation. Second, employees can be asked in what communication roles they feel comfortable or uncomfortable. And third, a professional trainer can administrate a communication anxiety inventory to reveal how many employees may suffer from the syndrome, what settings provoke the anxiety and who may benefit from training.
For Whirlpool's Clyde Division, the Speak With Confidence training has been a success. Employees have learned to introduce themselves confidently, present information in a dynamic manner and speak assertively. By successfully communicating, they have increased their self-esteem as well as their dedication to the team process.
Personnel Journal, April 1995, Vol. 74, No. 4, pp. 111-119.


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After 20 years and 545,000 miles I decided it was time to give the Bike Mobile its due and let it rest. While it still ran just as good as the day we drove it brand new out of the car lot, it was just tired. Or maybe I was just tired of it. It sure did have a lot of personality but more importantly it was incredibly reliable. Both the motor and the transmission were rock solid. It was very easy on tires. I was able to get 120,000 miles on the previous set.
The dash lights went out some time ago so I rigged up a single LED bike light that I turned on at night to see the speedometer. The door handle on the sliding door was broken off but you could open the door by reaching back through the passengers side door. To maximize the A/C cooling after using the heater I had to stop the van, pop the hood and quickly push in on one of the water mixing valves to completely shut off the hot water circulating through the firewall. The headlight lens were so yellowed that the bright lights could be on and oncoming cars didn't know the difference. It was a terrific vehicle for some quiet time as the radio went out about 10 years ago. The electric door locks also quit about 10 years ago so I could not lock up the driver's side door----noone ever bothered anything in it.
The Bike Mobile is the same age as my son so it's all he's ever known. It was an extremely dependable vehicle that took my family all over the US and never let just down. Even just a couple years ago I drove it to Az and back with all my daughter's possessions. My wife drove it for about 30 miles without any oil in the oil pan one night after cracking it crossing a RR track---she called me while driving and asked why the check engine light was on!
At 545,000 it was either change the oil or change the vehicle---so I chose the latter! I replaced it with one of its much younger cousins. Got an incredible deal on another van that had a handicap lift in the back and it just would not sell. They even took it to the auction and it didn't sell. It was pretty easy to come to an agreemnt after than! It will take about 2 hours to dismantle the lift and I already have a taker for the lift.
I'll always remember it for taking me, my bikes and my golf clubs a lot of different places to do the things I enjoy most. I think it's newer cousin is going to pick right up where its older counterpart left off!!
I'm not sure when I'm going to retire from working every day but like the bike Mobile I now think I'll just know. Either I'll be tired or just tired of it. I have feeling it's going to be the latter.
Here is a picture of the Bike Mobile with my late mechanic who helped us celebrate the 500,000 mile mark. He was tragically killed a few months later while riding a motorcycle.
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