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By David Neff
Global Youth Summit Chaperone, Tennessee
Special to Scholastic News Online
Loretta Claiborne (left) and Kimberly Elise trackside at Mortan Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, before the 1500m run on June 25. (Photo: Suzanne Freeman)
Loretta had to overcome many obstacles, both social and physical, to become the athlete that she is today. She was born the fourth of seven children in a poor single-parent family. She was also born partially blind and needed surgery on one of her legs to help her walk. In school she was teased and tormented by classmates who did not understand her differences. At one point, she almost became institutionalized. With the determination of her mother and the friendship of a Special Education teacher, Loretta began to turn her life around. Special Olympics provided Loretta a way to focus her determination and gave her a positive outlet.
Loretta is participating in her 8th World Games competition in Dublin, Ireland in both the 1500 meter and 3000 meter race. Besides competing in Special Olympics, she holds several other honors. She was named Runners World Magazine's Special Athlete of the Quarter Century, Women in Sports Hall of Fame, Special Olympics International Hall of Fame, Special Olympics Pennsylvania Hall of Fame. She has also completed 26 marathons, is a World Games Gold Medalist in the half marathon and bowling, and has had a movie made about her life. Recently she was given an honorary degree from Villanova University in her home state of Pennsylvania.
Loretta travels the world talking to students about overcoming disabilities. She was subject of the 2000 Disney TV Movie "The Story of Loretta Claiborne." Loretta sat down to talk with Scholastic News Online at Morton Stadium in Dublin, Ireland, just before running the 1500 meter race today. Participating in the interview was the actress who protrayed Loretta in the film, Kimberly Elise. Kimberly has also starred in "Beloveded" and "John Q."
Scholastic: What has Special Olympics meant for you?
Loretta: Special Olympics has meant a lot for me. It changed how I think and feel. It also taught me to live on my own. It helped me fulfill my desire to be an athlete. I have been able to make changes and have respect for myself and others. It brought me discipline. It also taught me to live on my own.
Scholastic: What's your advice for kids who with mental disabilities?
Loretta: Become a part of the Special Olympics movement as a unified partner. Volunteer to help. It's about people, no matter what your background.
Scholastic: Disney made a movie about your life. What did you think of it?
Loretta: I thought the movie was wonderful. I don't watch it. I cry. Every child gets to see that every child is important. All children deserve the right to be successful. Success comes from within yourself. You can be successful by being better tomorrow than you were today.
Scholastic: On Monday you reached your personal best in the 3000 meter with a time of 13:01. How does having that record make you feel?
Loretta: We don't keep records in Special Olympics. That's not important to us. What's important is that you throw a softball when before you couldn't throw a softball. You do better than the last time. That's what counts. I always want my record to be better than last time.
Scholastic: What motivates you to participate in Special Olympics?
Loretta: The people. God The athletes.
Scholastic asked actress Kimberly Elise about her experience portraying such a well-known and respected athlete.
Scholastic: How does a movie such as "The Loretta Claiborne Story" spread the message of individuals with mental disabilities?
Kimberly: A movie is a good way to present a story in a language and format everyone can understand and appreciate. It builds emotion and compassion and understanding. It allows you to live in the other person's shoes. It broadens the prospective of a person.
Scholastic: How does the experience of working on this movie differ from some of the others you have done?
Kimberly: They are all different. Loretta's was my favorite. It was also my greatest challenge. I came out of it feeling that I really grew as a person. Her story is so strong and so many people were watching who are so close to her and care so much. I knew they would be watching how I portrayed her.
Scholastic: How does the disabled community feel about your portrayal in the movie?
Kimberly: It's been rewarding for me coming here [to the Special Olympic World Games] and meeting the athletes and parents who come up to me and say thank you. They are so used to seeing themselves portrayed as victims and as pitiful and this movie shows them as poeple who have strength and courage.
Loretta ended with some advice for success: "talk to someone you don't know." The 2003 World Games personifies this recommendation, she says. It is an event that provides an opportunity for athletes to communicate that normally would never.
"The Story of Loretta Claiborne" is part of the "SO Get Into It" teaching kit which can be obtained through the Special Olympics. Click here for more information.
You can find out more about Loretta at her own Web site: www.lorettaclaiborne.com.


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After years of uncertainty, sector closures and a recent massive rebolting effort, climbing at the beautiful Gorges du Tarn is now back in full swing.
The Gorges du Tarn close to Millau in southern France is an important bastion of French sport climbing but as it grew in popularity throughout the 1980's and 90's it also ran into difficulties connected to access problems and some poorly protected routes.
Realising the entity of the problem, the local climbers joined forces with the local administration and the FFCAM to address the issue and a convention was agreed upon with the local landowners, after which over 250 routes have now been systematically reequipped. These initially included the oldest lines with their rusty 8mm bolts, but after a (thankfully non-fatal) accident in 2010 the modern roof climbs were rebolted too. All routes are now equipped with 12mm bolts or glue-in bolts. Interestingly, where the famous Tarn run-outs were deemed simply too dangerous they were reduced, but "the spirit of the routes has been conserved". Which translates into clipping at good holds and not in the middle of a crux, and, importanly, safe and exciting run-outs.
To celebrate this official reopening a new guidebook has been published in French, German, Spanish and English and this major update since the first guidebook obviously covers the entire area except for those few sectors where access is currently forbidden, namely Shadocks and Gymnaze.
More good news is expected shortly concerning the nearby gorges de la Jonte and de la Dourbie, and if you're looking for a cool alternative to the increasingly crowded Ceuse, then Gorges du Tarn might be just the place to be. Before you pack your bags take heed and listen to a recommendation directly from Olivier Obin, one of the local driving forces: "make sure your rope is at least 80m long and of course never, ever forget to tie a knot in the the end!"
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I had a realization last night. I wish I could go into detail and lead you all up to this beautiful moment, because it really changed my life, but the lead up was personal and intimate and I'm not ready to share that with the world. Here is what I figured out:
My life is a cloud.
Everyday, I am different; I experience difference in any/all aspects of my life. I rarely plan nor do things that I expect actually happen all that often.
There are days where I'm scattered about and stretched out long and wide across the sky; my mind and body go to many places seemingly all at once.
The next day I can be overcast; I'm mellow and chill with no problems relaxing inside with a good book under my reading lamp.
Dark and Stormy days happen; lets be real, who doesn't have these? They're frustrating, suffocating, anxiety-ridden periods that make us human.
Some days the clouds slowly glide across the sky; moving along at their own happy pace, happy to let things happen as they are meant to.
Others they change shape; one moment it's an elephant, then it shifts into a hippo with a jumprope (true story).
Then there are blue skies with thin cotton clouds in the distance; who doesn't love blue skies? No matter the temperature, a blue sky makes me smile and breathe easy.
Not everyones life is a cloud though. Some peoples lives are maps, they've planned all aspects up until their burial plot. Some are prisons, born into unfortunate circumstances they never asked for but are forced to make do with. Some are rainbows, they're magically picture perfect and you can't help but wonder what their murder weapon of choice is (my best guess is an icicle, if they're thorough there will be no traceable evidence [even I am concerned by the fact that I have thought that through, you're not the only ones]).
My life is a cloud. It's always gonna be a bit hazy in one way or another, but I couldn't be happier for the uniqueness of each and every day I get to experience in my life (I'm not lying or pretending to be profound, I started a bullet journal 4 months ago and every single day is different!). I can't wait for more cloudy days.
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The 3-minute interview: Nicole Sexton
Bill Sammon, The Examiner
WASHINGTON - Nicole Sexton became disillusioned with her job as a political fundraiser, so she quit and wrote "Party Favors," a novel about her former line of work, due out next month. She is currently working for the ONE Campaign, Bono's global advocacy group.
What turned you off about political fundraising?
The more I rose in my career, the more I was surrounded by people who did less personal investigation before they signed on to a candidate. It became more about the job and their own salaries. There are a lot of fundraisers who do not have a real grasp of what their candidates stand for. And I think that's a very, very dangerous thing.
How do you think your tell-all novel will be received?
The fundraisers probably won't be too happy. But I'm hopeful that everyone will gain some insight into the fundraising industry. Maybe that will start some positive dialogue about an industry that really needs some regulation and some oversight.
How is life different now that you're working for a charity?
The biggest difference is a feeling of satisfaction and emotional fulfillment working for people who have no voice.
Sounds like you sleep better at night, despite the pay cut.
Yes, I sleep better at night. Life is about choices. You come to crossroads and you make decisions about what matters. And it's not always about the money.
What do you find hopeful about Washington?
There seems to be a lot of people who share the same angst and discomfort that I have with the way things are done and the way people look the other way and don't say anything about injustices. There are a lot of people who feel a little lost here. And it may sound odd, but I find some hope in that, because people aren't comfortable with politics as usual. So when there's that level of frustration, when it bubbles and builds enough, perhaps there will be radical change.
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Xiamen Airlines plans to launch eight new services as part of its summer schedule starting from 31 March.
The carrier will begin four times weekly Changsha-Guiyang and daily Hangzhou-Changsha-Lanzhou services on 31 March. It will also commence a daily Nanning-Hangzhou-Dalian service on 20 April.
It will launch daily Quanzhou-Hangzhou-Tianjin and Xiamen-Tianjin-Harbin services on 10 May and 10 July respectively.
Daily Fuzhou-Guiyang-Lijiang flights will begin on 10 August, followed by a daily Tianjin-Xiamen-Sanya service on 10 September.
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- proper n. A cricket ground in South London.
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"Oval" comes from the Latin ovum, "egg" - birth and new beginnings, a place where our greatest aspirations might hatch and take wings.
Walking the line, listening to young people talk about politics, and watching them fill the Main Oval in the center of OSU's campus, I can tell you it was a truly moving sight.
We have a thug sitting in Oval Office advocating violence against fellow Americans.
How quickly they forget the many years of womanizing by former President Bill Clinton, which culminated in Oval Office blow-jobs with Monica Lewinsky.
Bush, who had very little national of foreign policy experience, seemed out-of-his-depth and seemingly destined to be a one-term Oval Office occupant.
"I've got this really nice home office," he said, "called the Oval Office and it means that I don't have a commute."
A career-reviving Test match century against Pakistan at The Oval was the spark for a year that saw Cook accumulate 1,302 runs with six centuries at an average of 76.58.
England's Jonathan Trott and Alastair Cook hit sixes at ICC awards
Even the stance on Scafell's Central Buttress called The Oval has had the heavy roller applied, thanks to the snowdrifts weighing down here of late.
The Oval is the ground on which England regained the Ashes last year and Andrew Strauss is keenly aware that if they lose focus against Pakistan now it is also the ground where they could begin to lose them.
England's captain Andrew Strauss focused on final Tests against Pakistan
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Areas of Focus of the Education Commission
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Comparing London and Frankfurt as world cities
Comparing London and Frankfurt as world cities. The report examines changing relations between London and Frankfurt with the introduction of a single European currency and the decision to locate the European Central Bank in Frankfurt. Based on interviews with key personnel in global financial and business service firms and institutions in both cities, the findings support a network model of inter-city relations, which, the authors contend, is more appropriate than the simplistic competition model that dominates public discussion. By Jonathan V. Beaverstock, Michael Hoyler, Kathryn Pain, Peter J. Taylor.
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It's scary how easy it is to always be wanting more.
I find myself doing a lot of day dreaming...
picturing myself at the time in life where I will drive a nicer car, live in my own house, have a beautiful yard...and the list never ends.
I think it's important to look around at what you have right in the moment, and be grateful for being exactly where you are right now.
Not always easy to do, but definitely important.
I am surrounded by so many beautiful things and so many beautiful people.
The challenge in life is to not take that for granted.
I pray you all will feel contentment this next week, and notice all of the blessings you have in your life. Hope it is a wonderful week!
Blessings, :)
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Whether you wear it to keep your jeans up around your waist, halfway down your backside or even as a simple fashion statement, there is no doubt that the humble belt is an accessory found in most wardrobes.
As the need for something more stylish than a dodgy beige strap becomes apparent, we are pleased to announce our new range of 'Seatbelt Belts'. These trademark Buckle-Down belts were "Inspired by the backseats of the coolest cars around." and now we have a massive range of designs available just for you!
So if you are looking for a unique belt to finish off your fashion then check out some of our best selling designs below or visit Grindstore for the full range. We also have an awesome new zoom function which we are rolling out and all of these belts are up and running on this feature so check it out and get a good look at your favourite products!


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Stop on over by Amazon where you can find a 60 count box of Huggies Overnights (Size 4) for as low as $14.83 shipped! Here is how to get this great offer:
- Go to Amazon and Find Huggies Overnights.
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- Add it to your shopping cart using Amazon Mom (Subscribe & Save).
- The final price will be $14.83 for a box of 6o, or $0.24 per diaper!
If you do not have an Amazon Mom subscription, you can still save on this item – but the deal is not quite as good. You can get the same box for $17.99 shipped, or $0.29 per diaper.
Just make sure that you log into your account and cancel your Subscribe & Save after your order ships.


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The ebike will be launched in the first half of 2012 and will initially be marketed by dealers in Europe and North America.
Mercedes small car company Smart is going to offer an ebike in 2012. smart CEO Dr. Annette Winkler says "The smart ebike is a true smart – but on two wheels. It's not just an extremely well designed bicycle that is sure to draw admiring glances in the city – it's also really practical and child's play to ride. Anyone can zip through town on it with or without exerting themselves – depending on their fitness level and as the mood takes them. And it's even easier to find a parking space than with the smart fortwo."
According to the association of the two-wheeler industry (ZIV) sales figures in Germany alone rose from 70,000 in 2007 to 200,000 in 2010. In 2018 the ZIV predicts that e-bikes will make up 15% of all bicycle sales in Germany. And in Europe as a whole sales are booming even more. In 2007 approximately 200,000 people opted for an electric bicycle and according to the ZIV by 2009 this figure had already risen to 500,000. And in 2010 around 700,000 e-bikes were sold throughout Europe – a plus of 40% compared with the previous year.
The smart ebike created by the smart designers boasts a clear design idiom and an independent appearance. It clearly breaks with conventional bicycle design with attractive integration of the components of the electric drive. The main components such as the frame, battery housing, handlebars, lights or mudguards have been designed and developed specifically for smart.
The two-material and two-color concept is also typically smart. The plastic battery housing forms a striking contrast to the aluminum frame of the smart ebike and the dynamic look is rounded off by 26 inch wheels. The headlamp and rear light feature LED technology.
As a pedelec(Pedal Electric Cycle) the smart ebike is strictly speaking a hybrid vehicle:
the electric motor – a maintenance-free and brushless rear-wheel hub motor from BionX – switches on as soon as the rider starts pedalling as with a normal bicycle.Muscle power is transmitted to the rear wheel via a durable and quiet belt drive. An integrated three-speed gear hub provides for comfortable gear changing.
The strengths of the ebike include its agile performance: the rider of the smart ebike decides how much power he wants the 250 watt electric motor to deliver to support his muscle power by pressing a button on the handlebar. There is a choice of four power levels with the fourth and highest level providing maximum pushing power. Depending on the power level selected and the manner of cycling a battery charge can last for more than 100 kilometers.
With more than 400 Wh the lithium-ion battery is one of the most powerful batteries in the competitive environment. It has been attractively integrated on the smart ebike and is housed on the lower bar in the frame triangle under a plastic housing. The portable battery can be charged either at a normal socket or whilst riding with the latter offering advantages in terms of cost and the environment. The wheel hub motor becomes as a generator when the rider brakes. The braking energy is recuperated, i.e. it is converted into electrical energy and stored in the smart ebike's lithium-ion battery.
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– Cruise Business Review is our flagship. Published 3 times a year, its first issue was released in 1991. It was created by Cruise Media Oy founder Teijo Niemelä in 1990, at the age of 21. Cruise Business Review analyses and monitors the developments of the cruise industry globally with in-depth interviews, market analyses, new vessel reviews and previews, as well as various technical and operational aspects. The subscription rate for Cruise Business Review is EUR 60,-/2 years.
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I can't believe I'm doing this - but after two years I'm moving my book reviewing blog!
It's moved to: https://laceysloveofliterature.wordpress.com/
so that's where you'll find me and my latest reviews.
It wasn't an easy decision, but I feel that with a new year starting a change needed to be made! I felt my blog was stagnant on this format; I felt restricted and did not really have the time for it at the end. Thus a change was needed not just for the layout/format, but for me.
So, to all my faithful, loyal and loving followers, you know where to find me!
Thank you so much for sticking with me.
You guys Rock!
Farewell for now!
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Johnson County hasn't lost since November, and in the process the Longhorns boys basketball team has become the front-runner in a tough Three Rivers Conference.
Science Hill's iron-clad grip on the Northeast Tennessee Swimming and Diving Championships went unbroken Saturday night when the 'Toppers held off a hearty challenge from Dobyns-Bennett to sweep all three titles at the Kingsport Aquatic Center.
One night removed from surpassing 1,000 points in his career, Gate City's Bradley Dean had a stellar night for the Blue Devils.
UNC Greensboro led the entire way and held off ETSU 75-68 in a Southern Conference game Saturday at Freedom Hall.
Among other games Friday, Eastside swept a Cumberland twin bill with Twin Springs, Union and Ridgeview split their games and the Johnson County boys handed Elizabethton its first Three Rivers loss.
Boone held off Crockett 76-66 in a key Big 7 basketball game on the night the Pioneers honored their 2018 Region 1-5A football and District 1-AAA softball championship teams.
University High went to Sullivan North on Friday and gave the Golden Raiders a Watauga Valley Conference basketball lesson.
In a conference full of .500 teams, Central's girls just keep winning every time out. The Lady Cougars upped their league record to 7-0 with a hard-fought 46-38 win over the Lady Rebels.
"It feels good to get one, especially against your rival. Hopefully we can build off this because we've got a lot of home games coming down the stretch here. I feel like we've been on the road all year."
Gate City still got big points and quality play from Zac Ervin and Bradley Dean but other players stepped up and played bigger roles in a 79-65 Mountain 7 win at Lee on Friday.
In a game where offense was at a premium, Science Hill's Jeila Greenlee delivered the crushing strike and Dobyns-Bennett suffered its first Big 7 loss of the season, falling 37-30 on Friday.
Marae Foreman 25 of his 29 points in the first half of Dobyns-Bennett's important Big 7 63-53 road win over Science Hill on Friday night.
NORTON — It's all about basketball for the Williams family. Aaron, center, has been coaching the J.I. Burton boys for the past 10 years, while his two older children, Caleb, left, and Maggie, play on the school's varsity squads. Younger daughter Sarah plays in the city youth league.
KINGSPORT — Dobyns-Bennett senior Courtney Whitson has had quite the four-year career for the Lady Indians on the basketball court and in the classroom. Whitson recently eclipsed the 2,000-point barrier for her career and is within shouting distance of the all-time scoring mark at D-B for both boys and girls.
The Energizer bunny has nothing on the Union basketball team. Just like the rabbit in the battery commercial, the Bears just keep going and going.


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About Us
Tel: 01736 751066
Fax: 01736 751067
Email: [email protected]
Triathlon Store
7 Hayle Industrial Park
Monday - 11:00 to 5:30pm
Tuesday-Friday - 9:30am to 5:30pm
Saturday 9:30am to 4pm
Closed Sunday
Open Bank Holidays
We are available to take your phone calls 9.30am-5.30pm Monday to Friday but you can order online at anytime 24x7, 365 days a year, orders are despatched during normal working hours Monday to Friday.
Or if you are in the area you can drop in to the shop in our Warehouse in Hayle, Cornwall. If you know the area, we're not far away from the West Cornwall Shopping Centre (M&S, Boots etc)
25 years of watersports experience and we are now one of the UK's largest online watersports retailers, www.watersportswarehouse.co.uk. We celebrated our 20th Anniversary of watersports know-how back in 2009, having started Undersea Adventures Ltd back in 1989 when the UK diving industry was still finding its feet.
"...times they are a changing..." so the words from the song go... And it couldn't be truer of WatersportsWarehouse.co.uk - while many watersports and dive businesses around us have fallen by the way side we've constantly adapted in order to maintain our position in the marketplace.
Rapid expansion has meant a move to our current larger warehouse and retail premises and as a result we're now able to offer a greater variety of watersports gear including Sailing apparel from Big Brand names such as Gul, Crewsaver, Gill Marine and Helly Hansen. Our expansion has also been aided by a major update of our website while maintaining its simple ease of use. We've made improvements to the overall layout, product images, and provide some really useful and relevant product information.
Working closely with one of the UK's market leaders in surfwear we've also developed our own Reefwear wetsuit range for Juniors and Adults including Shorties and Steamer Wetsuits for Summer and Winter.
We also have our own extensive range of Reefwear Snorkelling gear and have a vast selection of excellent quality Reefwear mask, snorkels, fins, kit bags, dry bags many of which are also suitable for diving, buoyancy aids, footwear, including some handy snorkeling accessories, representing outstanding value for money. Weve created a number of different watersports warehouse departments within WatersportsWarehouse.co.uk making it even easier to find items relating to your particular watersports activity and also increased the variety of products and brands available.
WELCOME TO TRIATHLON STORE & WATERSPORTS WAREHOUSE (Undersea Adventures Ltd)
There are so many 'web shops' out there now operating from spare bedrooms we felt we needed to show you our retail premises. Although most of our sales are online we do have a large, well laid out, well stocked shop which you are most welcome to visit.
From the A30 Loggans Moor roundabout (nr Next/M&S) take the exit for Angarrack and Hayle Industrial Park. Turn right onto the industrial park by Hawkins Motors and follow the road up and round to the right. We are approximately 400 metres from the A30.
We've got a great display of equipment, not just the big stuff, but all kinds of bits and pieces, gloves, hoods, clips, hooks and spare parts for products we stock. Our display is backed by a fully stocked warehouse, all ready for immediate despatch to you.
Established in Cornwall in April 1989 we started as a scuba diving centre, quickly becoming a PADI 5 Star scuba diving and scuba training centre which quickly established itself as West Cornwalls premier diver training centre. Business began with a RIB Little Deeper loads of enthusiasm - loads of dive gear no where to keep it.
1989 October - moved to our first proper dive centre and retail premises in St. Ives wow, loads of space.
1990 October - how did we manage to fill the space so quickly?
1991 - continued to build solid core of regular UK scuba divers needed more space.
1992 - an excellent year in St. Ives but now bursting at the seams four instructors working flat out throughout the summer.
1993 - more beginners than ever before - looking for a new premises need more space.
1994 - moved to superb new premises in Canons Town between Penzance and St Ives, in Cornwall. Wed found our utopia, or so we thought, own pool, offering accommodation for students and beautiful grounds. But unfortunately were presented with a serious planning headache culminating after planning appeal and public enquiry, with us having to look for new premises. In the same year we also opened a unit on Long Rock Industrial Estate, Penzance, Cornwall for scuba equipment sales and to house the compressor.
1995 - toward the end of the year we found new premises. Another, much larger unit on Long Rock. This year also saw the arrival of a new boat Little Deepers sister - Little Deeper II - enabling us to carry more divers and comfortably cope with difficult weather conditions around the Cornwall coastline.
1996 - Opening early that year having moved the whole operation into Unit 15a where we spent several years, loads of space!
1998 - Our 'new' premises now bursting at the seams, how did we fill it so quickly?
1999 - We introduced GUL wetsuits to our product range, and expanded further with many other top watersports brands incl Crewsaver, Bodyglove, Typhoon products.
2001 June - saw the culmination of three years of work and planning (and frustration) when we opened 'Undersea Adventures Red Sea' in Hurghada, Egypt.
2002 March 9th - was the launch date for our new, online shop with a wide range of products to purchase directly from the site.
2003 - massive expansion in the range of products on our website, now struggling to cope with more space urgently needed.
2004 - after 14 years of operating the scuba diving and training side, we decided it was time to switch the emphasis, by far the largest part of the business is now the online shop, so we decided to 'contract' out the scuba diving and scuba training side of the business.
2005 June - still growing, at last a move to our superb new premises in Hayle, Cornwall, 3 months later than planned, but glad to have managed the move, now we really have loads of space!
2005 August - where oh where did all that space go? We've filled the floor already, at least we have the height to go upwards in this building!
2005 September - Undersea Adventures Ltd gains 'Highly Commended' in the E-Commerce Awards 2005, South West Region. We were very pleased to receive the award in the 'Best Sales and Marketing Online' category for WatersportsWarehouse.co.uk. The presentation was held Wednesday 21st. September at the very impressive HP Labs, Bristol. And we enjoyed the champagne Thank you.
2005-2006 - During all the moving and expansion we also developed our own line of Snorkelling Equipment - Reefwear Masks, Reefwear Snorkels, Reefwear Fins and even a Reefwear Snorkelling and General Purpose Buoyancy Aid
2006 - Adding to our snorkelling range and working in conjunction with a local Cornish surf brand we designed and launched our first Reefwear wetsuit collection with Junior Wetsuits for Spring Summer - a range of Full suits and Shorties for general waterports use
2006 - later that same year we also spread our Reefwear wetsuit range to Adult suits for Spring Summer and a range for Winter
2008 July - Wow we are now in the roof well almost. Weve increased our storage and despatch facility and taken on more staff to help with our growing online and IT needs, our retail shop requirements and warehousing. Our shop continues to attract visitors from far and wide as we appeal to an ever increasing customer base here in Cornwall, throughout the UK and from Europe.
2009-2010 - Saw the expansion of our Reefwear range of wetsuits and Reefwear Snorkelling gear we've been able to stay one step ahead of the competition by providing superb dive quality masks and snorkels at superb prices to appeal to the holidaying and 'have-a-go' snorkeller from complete beginner through to Freediving level.
2011 - By continually adapting our business we've developed a huge product range and are able to offer the best selection of watersports equipment from our base in West Cornwall - our aim has always been the same. This could be a tough year for all retailers but we simply keep doing what we've done for the last 20 plus years, we don't stand still, provide excellent customer service supported by a solid base of Watersports brands, and have a wealth of knowledge and experience to aid customers buy the right product and at a competitive price.
Our success has been due to the dedication of our team to continually maintain a standard of service and quality of scuba training other diving establishments could only admire. Our advice is often sought by non-divers and divers alike for our insider knowledge of the coastal region around Cornwall everything from the best places to go snorkelling and boarding to providing neoprene to decorate a surgical bandage !! The service previously provided in the scuba diving business is now carried through to our online business with 97.5% of orders being despatched on time (same day weekdays) and 98% of our stock lines in stock at any one time, so we are able to despatch orders as soon as they hit our computer screens, figures hard to beat but as always, our aim is to do better.
2016 - Not content at standing still we introduced 3 new elements Swimming, Cycling and Running and developed a second online store TriathlonStore.co.uk. Stocking a vast range of open water swimming and triathlon apparel, tri bikes and cycling kit, running shoes. Our success has been due to the dedication of our team to continually maintain a standard of service and quality of scuba training other diving establishments could only admire. Our advice is often sought by non-divers and divers alike for our insider knowledge of the coastal region around Cornwall everything from the best places to go snorkelling and boarding to providing neoprene to decorate a surgical bandage !! The service previously provided in the scuba diving business is now carried through to our online business with 97.5% of orders being despatched on time (same day weekdays) and 98% of our stock lines in stock at any one time, so we are able to despatch orders as soon as they hit our computer screens, figures hard to beat but as always, our aim is to do better.
We would like to thank all our customers both regular and new.


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We all get upset after losing photo. We face situations when Photos get deleted or lost from camera, mobile phone or computer hard drive.
Thanks to the availability of recovery software that people are able to recover their photos. However, people often get confused when it comes to choosing software which can recover almost 100% photos. In such situation, few people make wise decision as to rely or remember one brand name and to download and install it permanently and use whenever needed.
But sometimes, users search the web and find lot of recovery programs, only to ask themselves, which one to use?
After you find one and make up your mind to use it, later on you find that the free version is lacking few features , or the most powerful paid programs needs honed technical skill or taking long time to recover your files.
There are many programs on the internet which claims to be free but are not free. In such situation, it is better to be aware and have a little knowledge about recovery software.
Here a brief overview of top programs which recovers the photos effectively and efficiently. The below written article can be used as a guide when it comes to choose from recovery software. We will introduce you to many great photo recovery programs to choose from both (free and paid.)
1. Stellar Phoenix Photo Recovery Software ($39)
Stellar Phoenix is an effective, efficient and user friendly paid program to recover deleted photos or pictures. It allows you to recover deleted photos from all brands of digital camera, mobiles, USB drive, internal and external hard drives and all other external storage devices. It boasts of deep scanning algorithm and consistent recovering capabilities, however scanning process takes time and needs your patience.
2, PhotoRec (Free)
PhotoRec is a wonderful free recovery program which supports Windows OS X/ OS/ DOS. It recovers deleted photos from digital cameras, memory cards, hard drives and other storage devices programs. However many users feel that it is not so user friendly as it only works via command line.
Program to recover deleted photos – PhotoRec
3, Zar(Zero assumption recovery) (49.95$)
Even if Zar is not free software, you may use the free trial version to undelete or recover your photos. It uses a deep scanning mechanism and it recognizes your drive, even if the device is damaged or not recognized by PC. Also the capability to recognize more file types and reliable recovering capabilities than any other software makes it stand apart. The only drawback people find is that is sometimes slow.
4, PicaJet Photo Recovery (Free)
Another powerful photo recovery program to recover deleted photos, but if you want to use this software, you need to have a basic technical knowledge. This program is used mostly by professional photographers or skilled computer users.
5. Undelete 360 (Free)
Undelete 360 is another free version files of a recovery program used to restore accidentally or unintentionally deleted files. Only one thing you have to bear with is that you have to select each file individually even if you have large files to recover. However, the paid version is free of such complexity.


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Blog Archives
Rebel Spotlight on Lyrical Genius Will "Da Real One" Bell
So I Run…
Mental Miming.. A letter to the artist in me.
by Will Bell on Friday, August 6, 2010
Passion with out guidance is like aiming while you cum, it feels good, but you will never hit the bulls eye. Yes you are glowing with satisfaction, but have made a really big mess. True talent has the ability to create outside of it self. Vincent van Gogh ever painted a picture to indicate that he was great, he painted, and the people deemed it so… So save the great I am poems for my "rap come back".
My goal as an artist is to produce something from myself, that people couldn't see before I chose to expose it… If the average by stander can tell where I'm going with my work before I even take off, then I'm obviously exposing what they… already can see. An artist has the ability to create then become, and become then create. A good write is to not expose the end until the end. If the poem has no moral then its a rap song. If you didn't think when you wrote it, then they wont think when they hear it. Write with the intent to inspire or have your gift of self expression expire due to the lack of use.
In order to be considered for the Rebel Spotlight, one must have done something epic, something that resonates in the souls of many and inspires positive change. Over the last few weeks we have felt many greats such as Gill Scott Heron and Elmer "Geromino" Pratt former Black Panther Party member transcend to the next level. Both were rebels and revolutionaries in their own right. The cause of the deaths are unknown.
This weeks spotlight, however, will feature Will "Da Real One" Bell. He transcended on May 29th in the early morning hours. Bell was walking to his car when another vehicle pulled up and opened fire. I know it took some time for reality to set in and has yet to do so for others. We are acknowledging this literary soldier because his movements, thoughts and words touched the lives and hearts of so many. His story is truly inspirational. Bell's grind from the bottom to the top is an example that we can make it and assist others along the way. He was an activist and also focused on advancement for battered and abused women. He participated and initiated many fundraisers to support this cause. Will "Da Real One" Bell is missed and we are grateful for those who knew him personally and gave him flowers while he could still smell them.
Home going Services will be held on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at 1pm @ Upper Room Ministries (formerly Cooper Temple, 3800 NW 199 Street, Miami Gardens, FL 33055). The viewing will be on Friday, June 3 @ Wright & Young Funeral Home from 9am-9pm (15332 Northwest 7th Avenue, Miami 33169).
I used my pen, to escape from the pen,
fixed myself among broken men,
I was broken then,
so I wrote from with in, self confession produced hope in the end,
had to walk away from most of my friends,
and it seems that life has me walking again,
hopelessness like a crazy ex is stalking again,
voices in my head is talking again,
vivid memories of the coroner chalking my friend,
I take sleep medication hoping to see my Mother again,
hug my woman only to wish to be her lover again,
and you knew me when?
By way of smile not produced by joy but by amazement of my ability not to cry,
my level of faith not allowing me to ask God why,
you register the times I fail yet forget to credit me when I try,
do you know that on most days i don't even care if I die?
Therefore who cares if you lie in the mentioning of my character, when the ear that listens is just as foul as the mouth that speaks it,
your life is what you sow so dont be a bitch when its time for you to reap it,
and your apology you can keep it,
because i forgave you long before you knew that I was even aware of your wrongful judgement against me,
and i still wish you peace…
Promised God upon my release that I wouldn't be back,
so i'm using my pen to escape again,
walking away from some friends all over again, so i can mend,
and I prayed the whole time writing this so i guess, the end,
(This was his last Facebook note.)
Poetic Inspiration-Celebrating Spoken Word Artists.
Poetry.. my dreams and visions, my war cry of rebellion, loving santuary and knowledge seeking truth. I have had a long standing relationship with poetry from when I first read "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein and "A Dream Deferred" by Langston Hughes when I was 9. To my delight the media has showcased spoken word poetry through out with the 1975 broadway play " For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow is Enuf", 1997 movie "Love Jones", 2002, HBO 6 season, Def Jam Poetry and 2008 "Brave New Voices" for teenage poets. April is National Poetry Month so Im sharing a few of my favorite poets that I love and admire. These are just a few Revolutionary Poets! Support Poetry!
1. Sunni Patterson– Her spirit reached out and healed me… "More than a poet, more than a singer, more than an emcee–it's not just what she says, it's how she says it. Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, artist and visionary Sunni Patterson combines the heritage and tradition of her Native town with an enlightened modern world view to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove."
Website for more information www.sunnipatterson.com/
2. Warasan Shire– Speaks to my soul thee most!… "Warsan Shire is a Kenyan born Somali poet and writer who is based in London. Born in 1988, she is an artistic activist who has read her work all over the world, more recently South Africa, Italy and Germany. Her poetry has been translated into Italian, Spanish and Portuguese. She believes in healing through narrative and art. She works with refugee communities in the UK through poetry workshops to document their stories of journey and trauma."
Poem Six-Haiku
In prepartaion for War
to my daughter i
will say, when the men come, set
yourself on fire.
like many of the women back home
you have hair that reaches your waist
or the ground if you are bent over a chair
or the dimples of his back
if you are over his shoulder.
like many of the men you have loved
he was obsessed with your hair,
once even wrapped it around
his arm like rope, another time enjoyed
mouthfuls of it while you made love.
Check out her blog for more poems: http://www.warsanshire.blogspot.com/
3. Amir Sulaiman– Intense, powerful…. "Deep within Rochester New York, a poet writes the words his heart can no longer restrain. From the silent cries of the battered wife to the painful resignation of the orphaned child in Malawi, Amir Sulaiman intensely radiates the stories of life. The ailments of humanity are channeled through him into the eyes, ears, and hearts of the listeners."
I am not angry, I am anger
I am abominable, stress, Eliotic relentless
I'm a death sentence
For the beast and his henchmen
Politicians and big businessmen
I'm a teenage Palestinian
Opening fire at an Israeli checkpoint, point blank, check-mate, now what?!
I'm a rape victim with a gun cocked to his cock, cock BANG! Bangkok! Now what?!…..
For rest of this poem check out his website http://amirsulaiman.com/
4. Staceyann Chin– Fell in love with her story and presence… "A resident of New York City and a Jamaican National, she has been an "out poet and political activist" since 1998. From the rousing cheers of the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe to one-woman shows Off- Broadway to poetry workshops in Denmark and London to co-writer and performer in the Tony nominated, Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway."
For more information http://www.staceyannchin.com/v2/index.html
5.Gil Scott-Heron–One of the orginal revolutionary poets…."Gil Scott-Heron (born April 1, 1949) is an American poet, musician, and author known primarily for his late 1960s and early 1970s work as a spoken word soul performer and his collaborative work with musician Brian Jackson. Albums, most notably Pieces of a Man and Winter in America in the early 1970s, influenced and helped engender later African-American music genres such as hip hop and neo soul. Scott-Heron's recording work is often associated with black militant activism."
Website http://gilscottheron.net/
Influenced poet Sara Jones-Your Revolution


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They cannot manage their own lives, yet they may bully to manage yours. These are the dysfunctional managers. They are focused on managing, even micro-managing, the details, getting things done, accomplishing the strategic business plan and meeting the financial goals of the businesses that pay them, but not relating to the people they supervise. While the success of the business is an admirable goal, during that process dysfunctional managers tend to alienate employees and business partners and may lose their connection with their families.
Traits of the Dysfunctional Manager
Their personal backgrounds and experiences may have included separation or divorce, strained family relationships or alienation from children, smoking and or battling obesity or anorexia; yet, they have been successful in business. It is an interesting paradox that demands exploration. How can individuals who are not focused on the people they manage, the opposite of the servant leaders who preceded them, succeed in the 21st Century? The answer appears to lie in their business successes, the short-term financial and strategic results they can engender, often at the cost of employee or associate engagement, the watchword of the later 20th Century.
A 2007 study released by the San Francisco-based Employment Law Alliance, as reported by the Society for Human Resource Management in an HRMagazine May 1, 2007 article, "Study: Bully Bosses Prevalent in U.S.," "found that bullying in U.S. workplaces is alive and well. And, in many cases, managers and supervisors are the bullies: Nearly 45 percent of the respondents reported that they have worked for an abusive boss."
In a September 25, 2000 article by Sarah A. Klein in Crain's Chicago Business, "Take that you big, bad corporate bully! More firms seek ways to tame uncivil bosses, workers," reported that "in one national survey, 53% of workers who reported themselves the target of incivility said they lost time worrying about incidents at work, from receiving a nasty or demeaning note to enduring a supervisor's temper tantrum. Almost half of the group in the University of North Carolina's 'Workplace Incivility Study' said they contemplated changing jobs to avoid the offender, and 12% actually followed through."
An earlier recognition of problems associated with dysfunctional managers was addressed in a November 1, 1991 American Management Association article "Coping with Dysfunctional Managers," in "Supervisory Management." That article early in the last decade began to recognize the dysfunctional managers as "adults who grew up in dysfunctional families" and learned special coping skills, not as those adults who became dysfunctional based upon their later life experiences. Yet that summary, citing an article by Francine S. Hall in the Summer 1991 issue of "Organizational Dynamics," has some applicability today in its observation that, "frequently, says Hall, the organizational culture unwillingly contributes to a dysfunctional manager's destructive behavior. If control, for instance, is valued within the company, the dysfunctional manger might fit all too well into the framework."
In a June 10, 2008 op-ed piece for "Business Wire" by Stephen Xavier, CEO of Cornerstone Executive Development Group, "Micro-Managing CEOs Are a Danger Sign in This Economy," Xavier observed "there are also micro-managers who will jump from one large company to another. Given his record at Home Depot, one would have thought that Bob Nardelli would have had trouble getting hired as CEO of any major corporation. Yet, this old-school authoritarian CEO has found a home as CEO at Chrysler which unsurprisingly has the same history of poor labor relations, shoddy products and eroding market share."
In The Dumbest Moments in Business History: Useless Products, Ruinous Deals, Clueless Bosses and other Signs of Unintelligent Life in the Workplace, Adam Horowitz, editor, Portfolio, the Penguin Group, New York, 2004, relates the January 2003, statement of Goldman Sachs Group CEO Henry Paulson concerning the investment banking firm's employee layoffs for which he apologized to employees by voicemail a week later. "I don't want to sound heartless, but in almost every one of our businesses, there are 15 to 20 percent of the people that really add 80 percent of the value. Although we have a lot of good people, you can cut a fair amount and still be well positioned for the upturn." (p.21)
Richard Farson in Management of the Absurd: Paradoxes in Leadership, Simon & Shuster, Inc., New York, 1996, wrote "many of us have the idea that as managers we can use our skills to shape our employees as if we were shaping clay, molding them into what we want them to become. But that isn't the way it really works. It's more as if our employees are piles of clay into which we fall—leaving an impression, all right, and that impression is distinctly us, but it may not be the impression we intended to leave." (p. 41)
Although there has been a wealth of academic research on dysfunctional workplaces and the people who manage them, there has been a noticeable absence of material in the popular literature on the subject of dysfunctional managers. Some popular management books have addressed the "boss from hell," such as Managing Your Boss, by Sandi Mann, Barron's, 2001. In the section on "dealing with the boss from hell," Sandi Mann characterizes bosses as bullies if they are continually abusive and arrogant, exploding angrily, constantly criticizing, belittling, ridiculing employees. Mann suggests that while such bosses, similar to impatient or stressed bosses, achieve their desired results, there are serious consequences to employees due to chronic workplace bullying including serious health problems for employees and lost time to the business.
A few books, such as When Smart People Work for Dumb Bosses, by William and Kathleen Lundin, McGraw-Hill, 1998, and Crazy Bosses, by Stanley Bing, HarperCollins Publishers, 2007, address the demoralizing short-sighted management decisions, thoughtless actions and rude behaviors of managers and the obnoxious and dangerous insanity of managers, respectively. The Lundins wrote, "Dysfunction can be the outcome of dumb (inept, misguided, insensitive, power-driven, unfeeling) leadership or dumb (tradition-bound, blind-sided, arrogant) organizational thinking." (p. 117) They further wrote, "we predict more and more of what this paradigm example shows as organizations, out of competitive anxiety, dash toward 'technological fixes' without considering how the people who have to adapt to those 'fixes' need to be helped to do so." (p. 117) Stanley Bing writes "bully management is perhaps the most difficult of all tasks for those who wish to survive in a world filled with the impressive variety of sick senior officers." (Crazy Bosses, p. 75) He noted the inconsistent nature of the bully manager with "vast emotional swings depending on mood, often seemingly unrelated to external circumstances," (p. 75) further noting that "management by terror has been a time-honored technique because it works." (p. 76)
The Paradox Businesses Face with the Dysfunctional Manager
Many organizations adopted a family style culture during the latter part of the 20th Century. However, some quickly became dysfunctional family styled organizations, focused on a few functional details that yielded to the short-term success of the organization and its leaders rather than the engagement and empowerment of employees or associates. Communication, sensitivity and caring, which are at the heart of a fully functioning and competitive organization are hazy or lost in dysfunctional management styles. After relating many interviews with a variety of employees the Lundins observed "the most compelling observation is how people in power—from those who manage a small department to leaders of multinational corporations—believe they have the right to manipulate and play with the emotions of their employees." (p. 173)
An example of the bully as a dysfunctional manager is one who appears in a temper at the employee's office questioning the status of activity or demanding a status report when it was previously provided, but the manager did not take them time to save it or look for it. Or in the mean spirit of another example, demeaning an employee with years of published and very successful writing experience with the statement "you sometimes write as though English is your second language."
The Dilbert cartoon strip by Scott Adams has popularly and perhaps now properly characterized the dysfunctional bullying boss. In The Dilbert Principle: A Cubicle's-Eye View of Bosses, Meetings, Management Fads & Other Workplace Afflictions, HarperBusiness, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, 1996, Adams described the change in the management selection process from the Peter Principle of workers being promoted to bosses beyond their levels of competence to the Dilbert Principle of the most ineffective workers being "systematically moved to the place where they can do the least damage: management." (p. 14)
In The Dilbert Principle Scott Adams shares an email submission that is similar to the statement of the Goldman Sachs Group CEO previously identified in The Dumbest Moments in Business History.
"A newly appointed VP of my company, in an interview printed in the internal company news rag, made the following comment when asked whether existing employees would be relocated if the company won an upcoming contract, or if the company would instead hire local people:
'Engineers are basically a commodity. It doesn't make economic sense for the company to pay for moves when we can buy the same commodity on site.'
Naturally, this disturbed some individuals in the workforce and a number of them showed up at an all-hands meeting held by this VP a few days later and sat in the front row plastered with signs labeling themselves as 'Bananas,' 'Pork Bellies,' etc." (pp. 295, 296)
Yet, these dysfunctional managers are frequently successful, in a financial sense both as individuals and for their organizations. In the Human Resource Management article describing the 2007 study by Employment Law Alliance, its CEO Stephen J. Hirschfeld was quoted, that "changing the behavior of workplace bullies could be problematic for employers, Hirschfeld concedes, because workplace bullies can be high performers. Aggressive or 'type A' behaviors tend to be rewarded in the workplace, but Hirschfeld contends that employers need to draw the line and make sure aggressive workers don't become abusive managers." A Wall Street Journal article viewing the recruitment of chief executive officers observed that the characteristics of recent CEO hires have been focused on specific financial talents, details and successes rather than on the broader team leader or coach models of the past. A September 1, 1996 article on "Making it, CEO style," in "Executive Female by D. A. Benton stated that among five personality traits of chief executive officers ""the higher you go, the more exposure to the big picture you have, the more you might think being detail-oriented is unnecessary. Wrong. It's just the opposite. According to near-perfect chefs, the higher you go, the more critical it is to be aware of details."
In Management, a Revised Edition by Peter F. Drucker with Joseph A. Maciariello, HarperCollins Publishers, 1973, 1974, in the introduction to management and managers, Drucker observes "there is tremendous stress these days on liking people, helping people, getting along with people, as qualifications for a manager. These alone are never enough. In every successful organization there are bosses who do not like people, who do not help them, and who do not get along with them. Cold, unpleasant, demanding, they often teach and develop more people than anyone else. They command more respect that the most likable person ever could. They demand exacting workmanship of themselves and other people. They set high standards and expect that they will be lived up to. They consider only what is right and never who is right. And though often themselves persons of brilliance, they never rate intellectual brilliance above integrity in others. The manger who lacks these qualities of character—no matter how likable, helpful, or amiable, no matter, even, how competent or brilliant–is a menace who is unfit to be a manager." (p. 10) Drucker concludes, "Organizations are far from perfect. As every manger knows, they are very difficult; full of frustration, tension, and friction; clumsy and unwieldy. But they are the only tools we have to accomplish such social purposes as economic production and distribution, health care, governance, and education. And there is not the slightest reason to expect society to be willing to do without these services that only performing organizations can provide. Indeed, there is every reason to expect society to demand more performance from all its institutions, and to become more dependent upon their performance. And it is the managers who make institutions perform." (p. 526)
Reforming or Reassigning the Dysfunctional Manager
Returning to the American Management Association's article, "Coping with Dysfunctional Managers," cited earlier in this article, efforts a decade and a half ago to solve problems related to the behaviors of dysfunctional managers were in their infancy. That article stated that in solving the problem, "often supervisors of dysfunctional managers mistake behavior problems for management skills problems. But for the true dysfunctional manager, attending seminars on improving management will have only short-term success. Once a manager has accepted the fact that he or she is dysfunctional, Hall advises, a recovery program should be sought. As for organizations, how companies both recognize the problem and effect solutions will be one of the most difficult challenges for managements in the next decade."
One method to identify the dysfunctional manager to senior management is to allow the manager to demonstrate dysfunctional incompetence in the forum it most frequently appears. For example, if it occurs in meetings find an appropriate opportunity to invite the dysfunctional manager's supervisor to a meeting or if it occurs in written or verbal communications seek witnesses. This may, however, be a long-term effort that may not have a desirable short-term result. Another approach may be to identify documented problems seeking solutions from appropriate sources. Still another approach may be to a peer or three level review.
Rather than providing seminars and additional training for dysfunctional managers, the solution may include intensive efforts to identify dysfunctional managers and provide coaching or reassignment when those follow-ups are needed. One-on-one coaching, engaging a mentor relationship or even peer networking groups with other managers focused on identifying issues adversely impacting the dysfunctional manager's style may lead to behavior modification techniques.
If the Problem is Not Addressed: Potential for Legislation
Some articles, such as the 2007 Human Resource Management summary of the Employment Law Alliance study on bullying in the workplace, suggest that a growing awareness of the problem could result in the potential for legislation if employers fail to remedy the situation. That article reported, "There are proposals in about a dozen states for some form of workplace bullying legislation." It also referenced "a recent anti-bullying law enacted in the Canadian province of Quebec that gives workers the right to file suit against their employers and to recover damages for 'any vexatious behavior that affects an employee's dignity or their psychological or physical integrity."
The inevitable conclusion, however, is that the cycle of the dysfunctional non-abusive manager may be the right type of manager for the current competitive business environment, facing cost-cutting efficiency, financial challenges and economic declines domestically and internationally. Since dysfunctional managers may have difficulty self-identifying their need to transition their management style, organizations must be prepared to assist them in that transition through coaching and mentor or peer networking opportunities. If the dysfunctional manager cannot to adapt hardened characteristics to the amiable and servant leader model of management, reassignment or termination may be the course an organization should consider.
There is hope, however, that in the foreseeable future effective managers with the hardened characteristics of the qualified manager that Drucker proposed, and who remain for the longer term, can adapt those characteristics to the amiable and servant leader model. That combined model appears to have staying power that will bring longer-term success to the organization and the relationship with its employees or associates.
From: http://www.personal-injury-lawyer-digest.com
The bullying of academics follows a pattern of horrendous, Orwellian elimination rituals, often hidden from the public. Despite the anti-bullying policies (often token), bullying is rife across campuses, and the victims (targets) often pay a heavy price. "Nothing strengthens authority as much as silence." Leonardo da Vinci - "All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men [or good women] do nothing." Edmund Burke
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