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| By: By Lawrence P. Carr
Today's senior managers grapple with a common problem: their organization is straying from its strategic intent. All too often, senior managers realize that their organizations' departments are not synchronized, and in the worst cases, these out-of-sync departments actually conflict with each other.
Siemens, a $52 billion multinational corporation, struggled to establish their U.S. market position in the medical equipment business. The U.S. Siemens team was working hard to build their market. They knew 50 percent of the world's demand for medical equipment was in the United States and their less than 10 percent market share was unacceptable. Corporate made the U.S. market a strategic priority. Most of the medical equipment was manufactured in Germany. Manufacturing processed the U.S. market demand the same as requests from Germany and operations from the rest of the world. Orders from Argentina, Nigeria, Portugal, and other countries were treated with the same priority. Further, Siemens had a tendency to delay the products for the U.S. due to some regulatory and special product requirements. The results were that products were delivered late and did not respond to the U.S. demand. Manufacturing did not share the importance and urgency of the U.S. market. Executives were frustrated with the lack of progress. They did not have strategic alignment.
Frustrated by their company's inefficiency, managers frequently ask us to define the correct set of measures or to provide the best incentive system to motivate their people. But there is no secret or silver bullet. The past is littered with clever management innovations, maze-like operational frameworks, and faddish methodologies. If any of them had been the secret, we wouldn't have had to write this article, and no one would need to read it.
Frustrated by their company's inefficiency, managers frequently ask us to define the correct set of measures or to provide the best incentive system to motivate their people. But there is no secret or silver bullet. The past is littered with clever management innovations, maze-like operational frameworks, and faddish methodologies. If any of them had been the secret, we wouldn't have had to write this article, and no one would need to read it.
Yet, smart managers understand that effective management often means adhering to the old adage, "You get what you measure." Consequently, many managers seek a universal approach to implementing strategy; but in doing so they labor under the very common misconception that such a thing exists. Searching for the secret—the "holy grail" of management strategy—is both fruitless and misguided.
Exhibit 1: The U.S. Division of a Biotech Firm
Exhibit 2: Insurance Company Call Center
As a side-by-side comparison of Exhibits 1 and 2 suggests, there is no "one size fits all" management system. Every firm needs to employ a custom management system that motivates employees to behave in ways that advance specific goals. Different strategies call for different approaches to managing and measuring performance. For example, a firm pursuing a low-cost strategy in a mass market, such as Walmart, has different priorities than a firm selling high-quality products, such as Nordstrom, to a niche market. Highly desirable behavior in the niche market such as wide aisles and appealing displays may be considered wasteful in the Walmart low-cost firm. Conversely, cost-reduction methods that are viewed as top priorities in the mass market may be strategically destructive in the niche market. Walmart has one set of cashier queues and store personnel are focused on filling shelves. Nordstrom has department cashiers and store personnel who are knowledgeable and focus on customer service.
But suppose two companies do pursue the same strategy—should they therefore measure performance the same way? No, because a customized performance and measurement system works not only because it fits a particular business strategy, but also because it responds to the company's culture and context. A strategy must be able to adapt to the particularities of a company; thus any single strategy, when followed by two firms, will require very different kinds of work. Consider the variables that affect strategy in two given firms: Do both firms face the same kind of competition? Are the prices and availabilities of required resources the same for both firms? Are the organizational capabilities the same? Do the firms face equivalent regulatory and compliance restrictions? Is the strategy a natural fit to the way people think in the organization or does it represent a break from past behavior? The answers to these questions will determine what matters in implementing the strategy and, therefore, which performance measures the company should choose.
GE (General Electric) and Philips compete in the Lighting Industry. Philips has very cutting-edge technology and is in need of more U.S. market penetration. GE has a dominant market share and strong distribution with an excellent sales and marketing team. GE needs to find better ways to commercialize technology and introduce more innovative products. Philips must build its customer relationship, distribution, and marketing. The factors of success in the same served market are different for each company.
But even once a company has thoroughly examined itself and its context to find "what matters," it cannot preserve the results in a static set of procedures and performance measures. A good management system, like any other part of the organization's infrastructure, needs constant attention, maintenance, and upgrading. Organizations are constantly changing—responding to the needs of the served market and the competitive environment. Thus, even an effective set of measures is only good for a limited time. Excellent management systems are dynamic and responsive.
Thus, concerned managers must learn to ask the right questions and to ask them often: not questions about finding a good performance measurement system product but about identifying a good process for measuring what matters. Designing and using custom performance measurement systems to implement organizational strategy takes careful thought and significant effort, and there are no shortcuts.
But the rewards can be great. In our academic, consulting, and professional careers, we have crafted, implemented, utilized, analyzed, critiqued, and repaired hundreds of management systems. Collectively, we have been working at this for more than 50 years. We have found that, although there are no "silver bullets," there are productive ways of thinking about delivering strategic results. Thinking clearly about delivering results means looking for compatible, organizational structures, linked performance measures, and reliable processes.
Our Philosophy of Management Systems
To achieve strategic results, a management system must align the effort of all the members of the organization. Effective execution requires that everyone in the organization pull in the right direction at the right time.
We take a holistic systems approach to delivering results. A management system for delivering results must be in harmony with the strategy, the environment, and the organization. When we say "holistic" and "harmony," we are not talking about New Age mysticism; instead, we are talking about a hard-headed and rational approach to strategy execution, one in which all the parts fit together and work toward a common goal with little wasted effort or energy. The primary active mechanism in the performance-measurement part of the management system is feedback. Using feedback, a manager may measure the magnitudes of strategically important performance improvements, assess causes and effects, learn how to make effective improvements, and motivate people to take actions that lead to those improvements. But only when all the parts of the management system line up can feedback be harnessed to encourage behavior that delivers strategic results. Harmonious design of the management system must take into account the nature of the business, the type of products or services it offers, and its strategic priorities. The organizational architecture must be compatible with the strategy. Furthermore, the organization's culture, as well as its operational capabilities and strategic strengths and weaknesses, must be reflected in the system design.
Ultimately, promoting strategic behavior is the objective of system design. First and foremost, delivering results depends upon influencing employees' behavior. The term "management system"—something that measures results and directs activities—sounds mechanistic, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Delivering results, from the organization's perspective, is not merely measuring and reporting; instead, it is the amalgamation of all the decisions made and all the actions taken by the organization's people.
Thus, a management system is more about human judgment than quantitative analysis. In assessing these judgments, a good manager must examine them from many angles: Are the employees' decisions and actions in the best interest of the firm? Are they aligned with the strategy? Do they open new options for the organization? Do they represent best efforts? Do they expose the organization to undesirable risks? Do they develop strategic resources? Yet even when the behavior stays the same, the responses to these questions may differ depending upon the situation.
Our message of delivering results also is very applicable to not-for-profit organizations. They, more than for-profit firms, are challenged with aligning the efforts of the parts of their organization with the shared strategy. The common financial goals (ROI, profit, EVA, etc.) are not applicable as overall measures. They need a system that coordinates roles and motivates people to implement the strategy as designed.
The challenge of designing and implementing a management system for delivering results can be daunting for several reasons:
Different strategies call for different competencies.
Specific competitive environments may reorder the priorities of these competencies.
The professional model may determine how an organization operates.
Leadership styles influence behavior.
Variations in organizational structures can lead to dissimilar strategic opportunities or limits within an organization.
Information technology can enhance or limit the flow of necessary data.
Skills and knowledge change over time.
No two people are exactly the same.
Managers who can navigate these variables and chart a route for their own organization's strategy will reach their goals faster and more efficiently than their competitors. Knowing how to create and direct management systems that deliver results is, in itself, a strategic resource.
Professor Lawrence Carr teaches in numerous programs at Babson Executive Education and is the co-author (with Professor Alfred J. Nanni Jr.) of Delivering Results: Managing What Matters, from which this article was excerpted.


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BOSTON -- Sophomore sprinter Chelsea Owusu set a school record in the 400-meters, helping to propel the UMass Lowell women's track and field team to their highest finish ever on Saturday at the America East Indoor Track and Field Championships at the Boston University Track and Tennis Center.
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The River Hawks finished fifth in a field of nine teams with 81.50 points. The team championship was claimed by Albany with 212 points. It was Albany's fifth straight indoor title. Stony Brook was second with 114.50 points and New Hampshire was third with 100.50.
River Hawk women scored in 11 events on Saturday, the second day of competition.
Owusu placed second in the 400-meters but turned in the fastest time ever in the event by a UMass Lowell woman. She clocked in at 54.70, chopping nearly two-tenths of a second off the previous record of 54.89 set by Taelour Murphy in 2015.
Junior Kathryn Loughnane scored in two events and was part of a relay team that put points on the board as well. She finished third in the mile with a time of 4:52.06. Freshman Kaley Richards (Lowell) also scored in the mile. She hit the finish line in 5:03.37, good for sixth place.
The 4x800-meter relay team earned five points with a fourth-place finish. The combination of Richards, Loughnane, and juniors Katherine Equi and Alyson Comeau hit the finish line in a school record time of 9:14.12.
The 4x400-meter relay team also took a fourth-place finish.
The River Hawks picked up an additional 12 points with a couple of strong performances in the shot put. Junior Celeste Pipia finished second with a throw of 43-10.75.
Several River Hawks have qualified for the IC4A/ECAC Championships at the Track and Tennis Center in Boston next weekend.
Also on Saturday, the UMass Lowell men's track and field team turned in its strongest performance ever at the America East Indoor Track and Field Championships.
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I'm reading Do it Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management by Mark Forster when I came across an interesting section where the author talks about the difference between interests and commitments.
Interests are things that appeal to you that you think about trying. You may have some non-serious hobbies now that you do that may be considered interests. And the defining feature of interests is that they are based on your emotions. You are interested in an activity because it has gotten your attention and you feel that it would be something enjoyable to do.
Commitments, on the other hand, are activities that you are dedicated to no matter how you feel. You made a conscious decision to invest your time and energy to it, and you are determined to make things happen. Even if you feel tired, bored, or stressed, you suck it up and go.
Just note the difference of hearing: "I'm interested in writing a book" with "I'm committed to writing a book." I'm sure I don't have to explain the contrast.
Looking around, I think we live in an age where people don't understand the difference between the two (unless they're doing a task that is given to them through school or work). It certainly was the case for me.
I was what people would call 'Jack of all trades, master of none.' I had many interests and tried many things throughout my life, but I never really dedicated myself to a single one of them. I have played four musical instruments, and only one of them somewhat seriously before I gave up on that too. I tried learning three different languages before I embarked on my current one which I have decided to commit to. I tried various sports and exercises, including two martial arts, but my commitment never lasted more than two or three years. I've also tried sewing, acting, singing, dancing, skating, skateboarding, painting, spirituality, picking-up women, and many more all without serious effort. Heck, I even lacked dedication in video games which I was gravely addicted to.
But they weren't all completely in vain. By trying many different things, I was able to learn more about myself and what I really wanted (and didn't want) in life. But I digress.
The problem today is that people put far too much importance on their feelings. People want to be guided by what they feel is right, what feels pleasurable, what feels important. They waver in whichever direction the social current blows. They are slaves to their fickle desires that jump from one thing to another.
The second way people are influenced by their feelings is in regards to motivation and discipline. Unless they feel "motivated" young people today don't want to do anything. They disregard discipline because "passion" is all that matters for them. "If there's no passion, why bother?" is the attitude today. They associate discipline with being controlled and see doing as they feel as freedom. They don't realize that they are being controlled by not having discipline.
The result is that many weak-willed individuals have a proclivity towards activities that are easy and entertaining. They want the antiphysical engagement of sitting and watching whatever captures their attention, they want to escape to an artificial world where they just have to move their fingers to achieve imaginary goals. They are the mindless drones that profit the entertainment industries. An awakened man must repudiate such lifestyle like a disease.
Besides shunning meaningless interests that add no value to your life, you must reduce your interests or at least be more selective as you mature. As you get older, you'll appreciate time more and more and realize that you only live long enough to commit yourself to select few activities. I've met a girl few years ago who wanted to literally travel the world ("every single country"), study and get a dream job, marry the perfect guy and start a family in a big house. It just might be possible if a person is truly committed to making it happen, but this girl possessed no character to make me believe that she would do as she says. She had no discipline, didn't know how to manage money, and she was living in a bubble where she thought she could do anything she wanted. If you want to commit to manifesting your dreams or goals, you have to be realistic.
I still have number of interests and things I want to try, but I don't know yet whether it is realistic to do them all in my short life. And I sometimes wonder if they are as valuable and important as I think they are. For example, I want to travel and live in various countries around the world and learn new languages (and re-learn the ones I gave up on). Almost everyone wants to travel the world and experience different cultures if they had the chance, but is it really that great? I remember the first time I travelled internationally to a different country at a different continent. I had no previous travel experience and I was going alone, so I expected adventure, excitement, and a life-changing experience, but I got none of that. Although it was memorable, it was actually boring and exhausting for much of the time. I didn't learn anything profound and I didn't notice any personal change when I returned home. So I wonder: are my future travel plans something that I really want or are they just interests that I have because everyone else is doing it and it appears like something I should do? And if I learn various new languages, are they actually going to benefit me or do I just think it would be cool to speak many languages?
In fact, by spending so much thinking about these things that I may or may not do in the future, I'm losing the vital focus necessary for commitments that I have now. Future plans can wait.
How to Separate Interests from Commitments
My recommendation is to have a list of all the things you are interested in (electronic documents work best as you can edit them) so that you can have an overview to analyze and decide on what is important and what you're willing to commit yourself to. Once you fully appreciate how valuable time is and how brief your life is, you'll be able to let go of the many interests that you once felt were something you had to try.
A second method to compliment the first is to organize your commitments into short-term projects and long-term dedications. For example, I am currently working on a book which is my project. I don't have any other projects and I've cut down on other activities to dedicate more time towards it. I have other projects that I will start once this current one is finished, but I'm not even going to think about them for now. In addition, I also have long-term dedications that I will continue doing regardless of what short-term projects I may have. One of them is this blog. And once I am clear about my short-term and long-term commitments, I can use whatever free time I have to explore my interests to see what I would like to delve in more deeply in the future.
Last, forget about your feelings and passions. Let your rational mind decide what you should dedicate yourself towards and commit to it. In fact, if you want passion, you must first have discipline. Passion without discipline will come and go, but once you become one with your work, it will stay with you to motivate you.
I know I am better focused and accomplishing a lot more now that I am differentiating between interests and commitments. Because I have a list of interests and commitments organized in a document, I know when my mind is drifting away into thinking about things that are mere interests and can shut it off easily. Whatever I decide do in the future, I will do then, I have other things to focus on now.


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Work Hard, Play Hard? Doing the Math
FUN(X) * 2 Days = WORK(X) * 5 Days
For you non-math inclined, I just found that the amount of fun one has on the weekends has to be 2.5 times the amount of stress of work, a tall order, if you ask me.
I propose a different way of managing the stress of work. Instead of the strict separation of work and play, integrate the two, make it one type of time. This is nothing radical, and Marx would approve. Making work both productive and internally rewarding (dare I say fun?) would mean less alienation from your labor and an equation that looks something like:
And who said basic math isn't fun?
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Jennifer Lawrence's fingers smell rotten and delicious in this new clip from American Hustle
For those of you intrigued by the title of this story, get your minds out of the gutter. For everyone else, enjoy a brand new clip from David O. Russell's AMERICAN HUSTLE. With each new glimpse into the movie I am convinced that Russell is channeling late 1970s Martin Scorsese as he directed this tale of crime and corruption. This clip is yet another example of that.
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AMERICAN HUSTLE starring Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, and Jennifer Lawrence opens on December 18, 2013.


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Here are three common rules that can help you increase your audience and achieve YouTube success:
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YouTube is a great platform that offers significant opportunities for vloggers and marketers alike. But in order to realize the full potential of those opportunities, there are a few basic rules you should follow.
Here are three common rules that can help you increase your audience and achieve YouTube success:
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How to Come Up with Co-op Classes
You and your fellow homeschoolers are interested to cooperating together to do some group activities or classes, but you wonder where you can find ideas for the best classes for your particular blend of students?1 -- Borrow ideas from other sources, then modify those ideas to fit your group.Start with my list, talk to other homeschoolers and other groups, browse through homeschooling websites, or just let your mind wander. Adapt things to a larger or smaller scale to fit your group's students. Scale back information for your younger students, or expand the scope for your older students.2 -- Poll families in your group for ideas, suggestions, and abilities.Whether you hand out informal surveys at a Moms' Meeting or request that members call your "idea committee" with their suggestions, learning the desires of your member families (parents and students) will provide a good starting list: I'd enjoy a group class about... I have trouble teaching... I'd like my kids to know more about... Brainstorming sessions with other parents and students can bring up a surprising amount of information: I have this hobby... I know how to... I know a person who can do...3 -- Favorites and standby's-- Our group tried to do a musical or play or a program of vocal music each year, rehearsing throughout a semester. This type of activity is a favorite both with students and parents: the children enjoy it as a fun, non-textbook experience, and the parents love seeing their children blossom with newfound confidence and abilities that may be difficult to impart at home.-- Team sports were another regular standby, allowing the students to continue developing their abilities in basketball or volleyball. Players and non-players alike benefited from seeing teamwork in action. Non-players were recruited into supporting roles for managing competitions and concession stands.-- Many of our families felt writing was their weakest area of teaching, so we tried to have some form of writing classes each year: journalism, creative writing, poetry, novel writing, etc. The group classes provided the students with friendly, non-threatening competition and a wonderful melting pot of ideas.-- Art classes were another favorite among the students, and we had several Moms who were able and willing to give basic instructions.4 -- Strive to provide the areas that are difficult to do/organize.Some things are worthy of your efforts, even though they are not easily done, spur of the moment events. Yearly photos and testing are examples of events that require no talent other than organization from your member pool. Often with events like these, many parents are needed for traffic-flow, crowd-control, or just to serve as room monitors. A parent who shies from the task of teaching a large group of students may not hesitate at making the series of phone calls required to set up an event led by someone else.-- Science (group lab experiences)-- Hands-on history (field trips or special events)-- Standardized testing-- "School" photos5 -- Utilize or follow the natural inclinations of your group's students.Aeronautics, fashion history, and journalism were the strong interests of some of our students. We often allowed an older student to teach a single session class in his favorite field, sharing his knowledge and interest with the others. We took field trips and held multiple session classes to explore other favorite fields and spread the enthusiasm around to other students.6 -- This is a good idea; let's find a way to teach it.Discover your "growing edge" by daring to tackle something new. I have been a fan of the space program ever since NASA launched their first manned rocket, but I never dreamed I would lead dozens of children on a virtual trip into space! One Mom suggested it, we asked a few questions, did a little research, made a few phone calls, and I soon found myself spearheading an endeavor taking upper elementary through high school students on a space shuttle simulation trip to the moon. The hard part was all handled by professionals at a science museum, and I just coordinated the logistics of dozens of parents and their students (with my daughter's capable tutoring in computer databases), telling them who had to be where at what time. It was a great idea, and we found the way to make it happen.Another time I mentioned an educational game my children enjoyed playing, and asked if anyone else would be interested in it. Suddenly I was challenged with revamping the table game into a team sport, building a scoreboard, and posting the needed information to a website for the students to download. Again, we had a good idea and modified it to fit our group.7 -- Do not allow 1 or 2 dissenters to veto a perfectly good idea.If you have majority support for the class, interested students, a willing and able teacher, and all the necessities (access to any required special materials or locations) for holding the class, then do it! One or two objectors should not be permitted to ruin a good opportunity for all the others by whining until they get their way. Encourage any who disagree with the idea to make alternate plans for the day, then proceed.One time, children from a certain family were enthusiastically participating in a long-term group project when one aspect of it brought strong objections from their father. Those students withdrew, their vital positions were filled by other students, and the project was allowed to continue for the benefit of the group. However, I was very nervous for a while, worrying that the entire group could actually be forced to sacrifice their united efforts for the beliefs of one person.Ideas for classes can come from the most unusual sources. Even the smallest of ideas can be expanded to fill an hour of time, and larger ideas can be spread over several meeting periods. Once you have an idea for a co-op class, talk to others in your group and see what they think. Do not be intimidated by a lack of experience. Everything was done for the "first" time sometime. Seek input for ideas, then seek help in transforming those ideas into reality. If the idea is good, surely you can find a way to make it work.[For more detailed information on organizing co-op classes, see Co-op Classes: A Primer. For general information on cooperative classes and group activities, visit our Topical Index section on Co-op Groups.]
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So the regular season has come to an end and we did ok for a team that has been together for one season with our new players from knox thistle.
So we ended up 2nd this season with winton winning the league for the 3rd season in a row, we had our chances but a few hicups on the way didnt help our push for the title with us drawing twice with southend utd and we had the chances to beat winton both times but couldnt get the goals!
we still have some silverware with us winning the pre-season cup and with the edingburgh cup starting on the 10th for us we hope to get more silverware for our club.
So heres some stats W9 D2 L3 goals for 51 against 20 nico and jp were joint goal scores with 13 each.
Id like to add some other wee things as well about some key players.. in defence richard chand, andrew crawford and brad winwood played very well and with andrews consistant good peformances and all 3s work loads kept us in some games.
Midfield.. jp was a stand out with his trademark frrekicks and pinpoint corners..joe also played well scoring most of his goals from jps crosses. mark lemon also has a mention with his high work rate.
Up front nico scored 13 goals but missed a few games but that didnt deter us has we had a few others that could play up front and they scored as well.
overall i was pleased with the 2nd place but next season we will aim for 1st as we know we can beat the teams around us but its putting the ball in the net more and tightning up at the back is where we will focus on next season.
I would also like to thank Mike and Kerry Wood from CSL our main sponsors and there support for the season.
and our supports wether it be wifes, partners or friends it helps us and we appreciate it thanks guys. also josh collins our main coach who trains us thanks mate.
To all my players thanks for playing and hope we can keep the same team and go on and win the league in 2014.
I said i wouldnt be looking after the team next season as i have moved just of town..but i might do it one more time we will see??
End of season report for CSL Thistle div1
So the regular season has come to an end and we did ok for a team that has been together for one season with our new players from knox thistle.


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One of the important points that Athol Kay makes on his blog and in his book is his "sex rank". Simply put it is a number from 1 to 10 that indicates how attractive you are to the opposite sex.
For some reason, people tend to pair up with partners whom are equally attractive. Now this does not mean that some people aren't specifically more attractive to others; a 5 might be a 7 to a specific person. But in general we do see a trend (or at least an expectation) of people of equal attractiveness pairing up.
When a difference in this attractiveness starts to arise however, things become interesting.
The woman of the couple of sixes starts to really work on herself and becomes a seven. Suddenly, she is more attractive than her partner. This is where problems start, because attraction generally only happens with equal or better partners (Would you settle for less?)
Now step back and let's take a look at the death of a relationship: Things were great, even for years. But for some reason, one partner is starting to grow annoyed with the other partner. Little tensions arise, sex becomes nonexistent, both people start to become insecure and show their worst sides. Eventually, they break up and rationalise this by stating all the things they found annoying.
But what Athol shows is that this is not the reason for the relationship going awry. It might be the reasons you both see as the source of the breakup, but what simply happened is that one partner was losing attraction, leading to all the frustration and subsequent breakup.
You can't choose attraction.
You can however help it, by making sure that YOU work on your sex rank and increase it. That sounds abstract, but basically it comes down to : Be a better you. If you're a jobless slob, you should know the way already. If you're unhealthy and fat, start working out and lose weight.
Consider that you're not only doing this for yourself, but also as part of your effort to sustain a healthy and rewarding relationship.
So get your butt out and start doing something. (Like buying his book )


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Don't upload a picture -- it doesn't even have to be a photo of you. I just want to see something there to trigger my brain when your post wanders by. Get rid of the default avatar on the first day you sign up for Twitter.Twitter is a great tool for quick communication with lots of people. People can get to know your personality, and you can sometimes persuade them to make a purchase. I'm convinced that Twitter has a significant place in every online marketers repertoire.
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WOW, very nice and it has a nice warm feel to it! Nice job on the clouds! FAV!!!...hmmm this looks like a nice series! XD
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Description:I was lucky, that the scan has got 1280x960 pixels. Otherwise I couldn't make this wallie. ^___^ After I'd cut out the boring sky I drew the clouds. And that was tough, because soft clouds are really difficult to draw. X__X Scan was from MT. Thanks Barbara! ^^
And I chose the title cuz the girl in the middle seems to say: "waii.. I feel sooo happy, guys!"
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WOW, very nice and it has a nice warm feel to it! Nice job on the clouds! FAV!!!...hmmm this looks like a nice series! XD
Wah, this is awesome Yuunachan :) I like it a lot :D the color of the background is nice and all
The background is also cool ^^ love it love it love it **add to fave**
One question tho' if the scan is 1280x960 how come the wallie came out 1024x768 ???
It's a really good scene and the characters all look good together. Nice work :) .
really nice scene, a simple idea done with great skill! thank for sharing
Wow Yuuna this wallie looks so sweet ! I Really like it , nice bg , cute charas :) Good job, my fav
Omg! This wallpaper is just cool! Great job ^^
Great wallie !! :D the charachters are so funny. the background is amazing: the clouds *_*. good work ;p
thats cute, i like the feel of the wallie +fav
The characters all look sooo happy. :D The characters and background go well with eachother. It's a fav for me. :) Good job.
it's cute, you did a good job with the clouds, although an higher res would have been better, imo ;)
Pretty.. O_O ... Yuuna chan, you success describe your wally as the wallpaper title. The atmosfir is really life and happy. Good Work.. ^^
Wow, der bringt vielleicht Stimmung rüber *___*. Sieht echt klasse aus.
Pretty wallpaper. I really like it. ^__^ The girls are so cute.
The background is so nice too. :)
Keep up the good work! *Adds to favorites*
aww its such a long time since i did see such a happy and high quality wallpaper. my eyes love u for this wall. u did a great job and did let my heart jump a little higher. i dont have nothing to critic it all fits perfectly =)
Ahhhhhhhh so cute!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love the group art its so kawaiii!!!
This is so going into my favorites!!!!
Great kob,
this is nice...i really like the bg...you did a great job with the sky...
it looks sooo nice...
Ahh...nice scene!! The sky and everything up there looks really neat. I love the afternoon-look as well. Great work with colors, you made the wall so nicely!
OMG! YuunaChan! That's one awesome wallie! It's beautiful!! A definite fav for me!!
Omg, this is absolutely gorgeous ..I love the sky that you've drawn and the composition of the whole wallpaper is fab ... definite fav for me!
Hahaha~ After seeing this wallpaper, i feel happy myself too!! Its always good to see a nice wallpaper with cute guys and cute girls~!! Wow~!! Good job drawing the clouds~!! Love it a lot~!! ^^
WOAH somethign suttle and somewhat beautiful but for some reason the resolution needs to be bigger but noentheless the
whole wall works togehter!
Great job! :)
*mark as fav* ^_^* I love the wallie its sooo cute!! Thx for sharing!!
heya!!! weeee i'm back!! well you see i'm gone about 5-6 days bec. of my loptop gone wild!
well enough for that! time to comment your wall!!
wooo cooly!! nice scan!! the bg is sooo beautiful!+fav! XD
Very nice wall, i like the warm feel to the pic. Awesome job. Fav for me.
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The aim of the Superhero writing workshops at the Charnwood Youth Conference was to get young writers to reveal the secret sides of themselves, whether they were a Nerd Herd member, Viking Warrior, Secret Skateboarder or Faithful Friend.
Around twenty young people from schools across the region took part in the workshops and all said they enjoyed the experience – even the ones who usually hate writing!
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Loughborough Library's Informals writing group shared their favourite poems and used them as inspiration for new creative pieces.
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Court Backs $16 Million Judgment Against AT&T
(CN) – The 10th Circuit upheld a $16 million award for Californians who claimed that AT&T overbilled them through mandatory "universal connectivity" fees that were supposed to be used to help provide phone service to rural and low-income customers.
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Sportivate Funding OPENS SOON!
Year 5 Quarter 3 & 4 Commission Round
The next South Yorkshire Sportivate commissioning round opens Monday 13th April 2015 and closes 19th June 2015. We welcome applications for delivery taking place in October 2015 through to March 2016.
New to Sportivate?
Who is it for?
•Aimed at inactive 11-25 year olds who do not seek out sporting opportunities themselves or do not usually prioritise doing sport in their own time.
•Priorities for this commission round are Women & Girls, Disability and Young People aged 19-25 years
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•Projects will need to ensure that enough participants are targeted and engaged in the activities to reach a retain target
•There is no minimum or maximum amount of funding that can be applied for (dependant on number of participants retained)
•At the end of the project, participants will be supported into a local club of alternative sports provision
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Toledo's biggest second annual Liberty festival is taking shape and has an official date. This festival is ToledoLiberty! ToledoLiberty is a gathering of the liberty minded community and will be one of the largest events of its kind in the whole state.
Last year's scheduled speakers included
-Libertarian Perrysburg City Councilman, Todd Grayson
-Republican Toledo City Councilman, Tom Waniewski
-Conservative activist Samuel Wurzelbacher (Joe the Plumber)
-Executive committee member of the Libertarian Party Nathan Eberly
This year our event will be hosted by chapter president Ron Johns and will host three guests to be announced on the 13th. Along with these guests will be a handful of nonpartisan conservative and libertarian political organizations with tables. ToledoLiberty will be this city's largest Liberty celebration of the year so make sure to come out.
This year's line-up
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Wednesday, April 2nd
Doors open at 6pm
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The University of Toledo
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2801 W Bancroft St, Toledo, OH 43606
The Young Americans for Liberty at the University of Toledo
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Optilexia, or Whole Word Sight-Reading
Optilexia: Guessing words instead of reading them.
What causes it and what can you do?
This is the big one. Thousands of bright children look at the inconsistent spelling of words and choose to memorize them by sight, rather than trying to use phonic rules that don't work. They are treating the word as a single graphic image and this is even taught in some schools as the quickest way to learn to read.
It does produce quick early results and you may have seen good progress with the classic "early reader books", which use the same words again and again. Some of the very bright children can memorize the whole book. But that is not reading!
This situation can seem to be OK until the text gets too complex for this approach. At that stage you will see more and more guessing. The real giveaway is lots of guessing with short words, even though long words are sometimes read accurately. The reason you are seeing that is the long words have more context and are graphically more distinctive.
You will also see lots of reversals. If you look at a picture of a cow, you can flip it over and it is still a cow. If you are looking at words graphically, you can flip them too. But you tend to see these children falling behind fast at around the age of 7 or 8. And their spelling tends to be atrocious, even if they can do well on the revised spelling test each week.
The symptoms of Optilexia
This is what you will tend to see with an Optilexic:
- Lots of guessing with the short words but sometimes reads a long word fluently
- Reads a word on one page but not the next
- Incapable of reading unfamiliar words unless there is a clear context clue
- Very poor spelling in free writing, but sometimes quite good in spelling tests
- Might seem to progress well in the early years, but then hits a plateau aged 6-9
- Potentially far lower comprehension than you would expect for the intelligence of the child
- A lack of interest in reading
What is the solution to Optilexia?
The solution to this is to give the child the tools to engage with the phonic structure of each word and then force the engagement of the auditory cortex.
Easyread has been developed as a solution for exactly this situation and I don't know of anything that comes close to the same effectiveness we have achieved with Easyread. So I will give examples from Easyread as to how Optilexia can be solved for the child.
First, we take the visual strength of the child and use it to help guide the child towards proper phonic decoding of the text, using our trainertext visual phonics system. This allows the child to access the phonemes within each word and then blend them successfully, without needing outside help.
Second, we create games that can be easily won if the words are decoded in this way, but are impossible if the child tries to use the familiar strategies of sight-memorization and guessing.
As they practise the new approach day by day, it slowly becomes more natural to them. Like any skill, it takes regular practice to see the change and seems harder when you first change technique. But eventually the new approach leads to far higher confidence, reading accuracy, and reading speed.
Because the child is now engaged with the internal structure of the text, we usually see a marked improvement in spelling, although seeing this change will lag behind the reading proficiency.


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So recently you may have seen another of the fabulous window displays by Louis Vuitton,
featuring these beautiful folded white paper shirts and shoes.
which I believe was part of their "art of packing" campaign.
I walk past the George street store every day on my way to work and always want to stop and be a tourist but never go around to it whilst the display was on unfortunately.
They looked so amazing and intricate in the windows, and i was hoping they had done a Hermes and would feature the pattern on their website for people to download and DIY,
but alas it seems they did not :(
images: science of patterns, tumblr
(unfortunately the display is now over)
p.s you should totally follow stylists own on bloglovin', twitter, facebook, tumblr, or all of the above!


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It was formerly governed by its own laws, but after it was ravaged by barbarous nations, the inhabitants were obliged to elect as their protector, Mithridates Eupator, who was anxious to direct his forces against the barbarians who lived above the isthmus, and occupied the country as far as the Dnieper and the Adriatic, and thus to prepare himself against war with the Romans. Mithridates, with these views, readily despatched an expedition into the Chersonesus, and carried on war at the same time against the Scythians, Scilurus, and the sons of Scilurus, namely, Palacus and his brothers, whom Posidonius reckons to have been fifty, and Apollonides eighty, in number. By the subjugation of these enemies he became at once master of the Bosporus, which Pairisades, who held the command of it, voluntarily surrendered. From that time to the present the city of the Chersonitæ has been subject to the princes of the Bosporus.
Ctenus is equally distant from the city of the Chersonitæ, and from Symbolon Limen. From Symbolon Limen the Tauric coast extends 1000 stadia to the city Theodosia. [Note] The coast is rugged and mountainous, and during the prevalence of the north winds, tempestuous. From this coast a promontory projects far into the sea, and stretches out southwards towards Paphlagonia, and the city Amastris. It is called Criu-metopon, or Ram's Head. Opposite to it is Ca-
rambis, [Note] the promontory of the Paphlagonians. Criu-metopon and Carambis together form a strait compressed between them, and divide the Euxine into two parts. Carambis is distant from the city of the Chersonesus 2500 stadia, and from Criu-metopon much less; for many persons who have sailed through the strait say, that they saw both promontories at once. [Note]
In the mountainous district of the Tauri there is a hill called Trapezus, [Note] of the same name as the city, [Note] which is near Tibarania and Colchis. There is another hill also, the Kimmerium, [Note] in the same mountainous district, for the Kimmerii were once sovereigns of the Bosporus, and hence the whole of the strait at the mouth of the [Palus] Mæotis is called the Kimmerian Bosporus.7.4.4
After leaving the above-mentioned mountainous district, is the city Theodosia, situated on a plain; the soil is fertile, and there is a harbour capable of containing a hundred vessels. This formerly was the boundary of the territory of the Bosporians and of the Tauri. Then follows a fertile country extending to Panticapæum, [Note] the capital of the Bosporians, which is situated at the mouth of the Palus Mæotis. [Note] Between Theodosia [Note] and Panticapæum there is a tract of about 530 stadia in extent. The whole country is corn-producing; there are villages in it, and a city called Nymphæum, with a good harbour.
Panticæpsum is a hill inhabited all round for a circuit of 20 stadia. To the east it has a harbour, and docks capable of containing about thirty vessels; there is also an acropolis. It was founded by the Milesians. Both this place and the neighbouring settlements on each side of the mouth of the Palus Mæotis were for a long period under the monarchical dynasty of Leucon, and Satyrus, and Pairisades, till the latter surrendered the sovereignty to Mithridates. They had the
name of tyrants, although most of them were moderate and just in their government, from the time of Pairisades and Leucon. Pairisades was accounted even a god. The last sovereign, whose name was also Pairisades, being unable to resist the barbarians, by whom great and unusual tributes were exacted, surrendered the kingdom into the hands of Mithridates. After him it became subject to the Romans. The greater portion of it is situated in Europe, but a part of it is also situated in Asia.7.4.5
The mouth of the [Palus] Mæotis is called the Kimmerian Bosporus. The entrance, which at the broadest part
is about 70 stadia across, where there is a passage from the
neighbourhood [Note]
On sailing into the Kimmerian Bosporus, [Note] on the left hand is Myrmecium, [Note] a small city, 20 stadia from Panticapæum, and 40 stadia from Parthenium; [Note] it is a village where is the narrowest entrance into the lake, about 20 stadia in breadth; opposite to it is a village situated in Asia, called Achilleum. Thence to the Don, and to the island at its mouths, is a voyage in a direct line of 2200 stadia. The distance is somewhat greater if the voyage is performed along the coast of Asia, but taking the left-hand side, (in which direction the isthmus of the Chersonese is fallen in with,) the distance is more than tripled. This latter course is along the desert shore of Europe, but the
Asiatic side is not without inhabitants. The whole circum- ference of the lake is 9000 stadia.
The Great Chersonesus resembles Peloponnesus both in figure and size. The kings of the Bosporus possess it, but the whole country has been devastated by continual wars. They formerly possessed a small tract only at the mouth of the [Palus] Mæotis near Panticapæum, extending as far as Theodosia. The largest part of the territory, as far as the isthmus and the Gulf Carcinites, was in possession of the Tauri, a Scythian nation. The whole of this country, comprehending also a portion on the other side of the isthmus as far as the Dnieper, was called Little Scythia. In consequence of the number of people who passed from thence across the Dniester and the Danube, and settled there, no small part of that country also bore the name of Little Scythia. The Thracians surrendered a part of it to superior force, and a part was abandoned on account of the bad quality of the ground, a large portion of which is marshy.
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US scientists claim weight loss surgery provides better initial health outcomes for obese adolescents with type 2 diabetes than taking medication.Bariatric (weight loss) surgery is considered an extreme measure in treating obese people with type 2 diabetes. The forms of surgery used in the study are irreversible procedures and will therefore affect the children for the rest of their lives.
Researchers from Children's Hospital Colorado examined 700 teenagers with type 2 diabetes who were recruited from 15 clinical centres across the US.
They wanted to investigate which medical therapies were the most effective for helping young people control their diabetes, so they looked at two trials: the Treatment Options for Type 2 Diabetes in Adolescents and Youth (TODAY) study and the Teen-Longitudinal Assessment of Bariatric Surgery (Teen-LABS) trial.


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Extraoral Implants for Anchoring Facial Prostheses: Evaluation of Success and Survival Rates in Three Anatomical Regions
Heitor Batista dos Reis, DDS, MS/Joaquim Augusto Piras de Oliveira, DDS, MS/Vanessa Arias Pecorari, DDS, MS, PhD/Shiva Raoufi, DDS/Márcio Abrahão, MSD, PhD/Luciano Lauria Dib, DDS, MDS, PhD
DOI: 10.11607/jomi.4814
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the success and survival rates of extraoral implants for the fixation of facial prostheses in three anatomical regions. Materials and Methods: Subjects were consecutive patients with facial defects who underwent implant placement by the same surgeon in the orbital, nasal, and auricular regions between 2003 and 2012. After a minimum of 4 months of osseointegration, prostheses were anchored to the implants, and the patients were monitored for 11 to 111 months. Success rate, implant survival time, and occurrence of previous radiotherapy were evaluated. Rate of implant survival was estimated as a function of the anatomical region of the three groups (orbital, nasal, or auricular), and confidence intervals were calculated using Kaplan-Meier analysis with α = .05. Results: In the 68 patients 138 fixed implants, 48 showed defects in the orbital, 9 in the nasal, and 11 in the auricular region. The success rates and survival times were 95.9% and 8.6 years for the orbital, 92.9% and 2.8 years for the nasal, and 92% and 9.0 years for the auricular region, respectively. The success rate of implants in previously irradiated regions was 90.3% for the orbital and 100% for the auricular region. None of the patients was irradiated in the nasal region. Conclusion: No significant differences in implant success or survival were observed with regard to anatomical region or previous irradiation.
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1. I started by priming my eye, then applied a matte orange shadow on the lid. You don't need to worry about taking it all the way into either corner. The orange I used is from my Shany Cosmetics Bold and Bright palette.
2.Then I took a matte black shadow on a shader brush and applied it on the inner and outer corner, and into the crease. The black shadow used here is Blackout from the Naked 2 palette.
3. Next I took a blending shade on a fluffy brush and blended the black in the crease out. I used Tease from the Naked 2 palette, I wanted a more cool toned shadow.
4. For the last few steps..I applied Urban Decay liner in Perversion to my waterline and tightlined with it. I smudged it out on my lower lashline with Blackout. I applied a matte white highlight to my browbone and blended it with Tease (I used NYX single shadow in White) I blended the orange and black as best I could together without making it just look like a muddy orange color. I did a lot of layering orange, then black.
And that's it! It's pretty easy but has killer results If I do say so myself. So I hope you all had a fabulous weekend, and I hope you enjoyed this post!
Thank you for reading, as always :)


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Discover what they think about the EMLYON experience, what they learn in and out of class, the careers opportunities they benefit from, the diversity of the class and what they get out of it.
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Keyhoe's seminal book now in public domain!
Donald Keyhoe's book "The Flying Saucers are Real" is available from Project Gutenberg!!
(Click title to read book)
Anyone who professes an interest in UFOs either has read or MUST read this book. Keyhoe's deadpan...so much like his later incarnation Fox Mulder...lends his narrative the spare, gravitas-laden air of Joe Friday, while still maintaining a sense of wonder.
This is the book that more than any other encapsulated the themes we still debate today.
It is as relevant today as it was in the 50s.
Go. Look. Read!! :)
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Sunday, August 28, 2005
Katrina...and the waves...!
Hurricane Katrina rocked southern Florida, and prepares to rock Louisiana early Monday.
(Click title for current NOAA IR satellite image of the Gulf of Mexico)
Upgraded to a category 4 storm this morning, it is expected to attain category 5 prior to landfall.
If this storm continues its present course, it could mean a very grave situation for New Orleans. With the storm pushing 20-50 foot waves ahead of it, and with the heavy amounts of rain associated with this storm, New Orleans could be irreparably swamped. Remember that New Orleans is below sea level and has gargantuan pumps which keep the city from flooding. A failure of these pumps...or their being overwhelmed...would produce a huge environmental disaster in addition to destruction of property and potential loss of life.
Say a prayer for those in the path of the storm.
Note my house on the map...[gulp] :)
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Chekov Checks in...again!!
A fan series...Star Trek: The New Voyages...has secured Walter Koenig to reprise his role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in an upcoming episode.
(Click title to visit site)
In addition to Koenig, the script was penned by none other than worshipped Trek scriptwriter D.C. Fontana!
Koenig's youthful yet no-nonsense portrayal of Chekov tangibly helped to break down ethnic and cultural barriers as "detente" was getting underway. Roddenberry's goal of creating an "integrated" cast was achieved with remarkable vigor, and Walter Koenig deserves a large share of credit.
Ahead warp factor one, Mister Chekov!
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Todd Wilms
Todd Wilms heads the strategy for SAP's DiSCo organization (Digital, Social, and Community) to help SAP achieve its goal of becoming a world class social enterprise. Prior to joining SAP, he held executive leadership roles for some of the best known brands in the industry, including PayPal/eBay, Citrix, IBM, and PeopleSoft. A frequent contributor on Forbes, Todd is a widely quoted thought leader in the marketing space.