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Coaching Your Team to a Win in 2018
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With the new year in full swing, we at Call Criteria know how important coaching can be to your overall success. When agents perform well, your business usually does well (though the inverse can also be true). Agents need to know what you expect as well as receive regular feedback on how they measure up
With the new year in full swing, we at Call Criteria know how important coaching can be to your overall success.
When agents perform well, your business usually does well (though the inverse can also be true).
Agents need to know what you expect as well as receive regular feedback on how they measure up to your performance expectations.
Coaching, therefore, is a hands on process that helps your agents improve their performance to effectively take your company to the next level.
Perhaps the most important thing to note about contact center coaching is that you should never coach based solely on performance numbers.
While numbers are important, they are just one indication that your current business model is working or not.
To coach with results-driven goals in mind, you must define the healthy behaviors that speak to your organization's mission and beliefs.
When coaching, always consider the following;
- Define desired results
As a contact center manager, it's crucial to tailor performance evaluation criteria to match your organisation's goals.
Not only does a custom scorecard ensure you measure agent performance against KPIs that are important to you, but it also reduces friction between your agents and management team.
- Isolate the behaviors that drive the results you're looking for
Whether you know it or not, there are a set of practices that if encouraged in your contact center, will bear the fruits of performance you've always wanted.
Identify where your agent's shortcoming's are and address them head on with your agents.
- Reinforce tangible, observable behaviors (not beliefs, attitudes or personalities)
Coaching is all about defining expectations, which is why these expectations have to be focused on actionable measures that can be taken to reach your goals.
While every contact center manager has their own custom coaching strategy, it is essential to benchmark successful contact center coaching strategies from reputable providers and industry leaders.
- Coaching should be performed as quickly as possible to stamp out problem behaviors before they fester
Ideally, feedback when coaching should be delivered within 24-48 hours.
While it may seem overwhelming if you're supervising 150-200 agents in a day, you risk losing context from the misaligned behavior if the feedback and coaching does't occur quickly enough.
- Coaching needs to be consistent
An essential ingredient of successful performance coaching is the creation and setting of action plans or KPIs, indicators that identify how successfully an agent is meeting the expectations of the management team.
A one-off coaching opportunity may seem more economic and time-saving at first, but keep in mind that the performance of your agents may be the single most determining factor of your business' future success.
- Coaching must be specific
The last thing you want when coaching your agent is for them to go on the defensive to excuse their behavior.
To avoid this, you need to be as precise as possible and back up your claims using data and by referencing specific actions targeted for improvement.
Coaching and leadership go hand in hand.
It's important to remember, whether you are rewarding an agent for achieving their KPIs or coaching them on what can be improved, that coaching can be as helpful as it can be harmful to your staff morale.
Ensure you have a team of experts on hand to prevent bias and ensure improved agent performance in your contact center.
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We haven't heard a whole lot from Rita Ora in the past few years but it seems as if she's readying to make a major mark this year. A little over a week a go, she officially announced that she'll be dropping a new single, "Girls" this week. The song's line-up was rumored to be several different people over the months but she's finalized it with an all-star cast. Rita Ora recruits a girl gang consisting of Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX for her latest single, "Girls."
Rita Ora comes through with a massive single that's readies to be a summer anthem with "Girls." Ora comes through with the likes of Cardi B, Bebe Rexha and Charli XCX on the cut. While the three ladies flex the melodies with this pop jam, Cardi comes through with some gritty bars for her part on the track.
As Rita drops off her first solo record in a minute, the U.K. songstress is getting ready to embark on a European tour. The "Girls" tour is set to kick off tomorrow in Glasgow, Scotland. Keep your eyes peeled for more new music from Rita Ora and her second studio album.
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Like a basketball player who mistakenly shoots into his own basket and scores points for the opposing team, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York has inadvertently backed President Trump's accurate contention that there are liberal judges appointed by Democrats and conservative judges appointed by Republicans who rule differently on cases. After President Trump criticized U.S. District Judge Jon S. Tigar of San Francisco on Tuesday for issuing an order to stop Trump's new emergency restrictions on asylum claims by immigrants from taking effect – calling Tigar "an Obama judge" – Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts issued a rare public statement rebuking the president. "We do not have Obama judges or Trump judges, Bush judges or Clinton judges," Roberts said Wednesday. "What we have is an extraordinary group of dedicated judges doing their level best to do equal right to those appearing before them." Schumer piled on, criticizing President Trump in a Friday tweet: "I don't agree very often with Chief Justice Roberts, especially his partisan decisions which seem highly political …. But I am thankful today that he – almost alone among Republicans – stood up to President Trump and for an independent judiciary." OK, stop and think about that tweet. If Schumer calls Roberts a Republican and believes the chief justice issues "partisan decisions which seem highly political" he is corroborating President Trump. The New York Democratic senator sank one for the president. President Trump was stating a fact when he noted that district and appellate court judges from the 9th U.S. Circuit – which exercises jurisdiction over nine Western states and two U.S. island territories – tend to support liberal and Democratic positons in their rulings. Roberts was right to say an independent judiciary is essential and an ideal that judges should strive for. But we live in the real world, not an ideal world. In the real world, judges are not computers, all coming to identical conclusions on cases. Judges are individuals who come to the bench with different life experiences, different judicial philosophies, and – yes – different political views. That's why they don't always reach the same conclusions on the same cases. President Trump's observation about the 9th Circuit undercuts respect for rulings from that circuit, but the truth hurts. As the old saying goes, "facts are stubborn things." Here, the facts are with President Trump, if you look at the numbers. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals – where I served as a law clerk many years ago – has swung incontrovertibly to the left over the past 30 years. The president correctly stated that lawyers opposing his policies forum shop to bring their cases before federal judges appointed by Democrats, because they know such judges are more likely to rule in their favor. An increasing number of these judges seem enamored of the media attention their anti-Trump rulings garner. Media adulation encourages "judicial dicta" – court rulings that go beyond facts presented in a case and the application of law to those facts. District judges in the 9th Circuit are issuing imperious rulings, particularly on immigration cases. In some cases, they have claimed their rulings apply to every federal court in the nation. But that is not how the law works. Not surprisingly, the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently overturned hard-left decisions coming out of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The nation's highest court accepts cases for review when four members believe circumstances warrant. Typically, a case must be of significance, involve conflicting rulings by appellate courts, or deal with a major contested question. While only a fraction of appeals to the Supreme Court receive review, the American Bar Association reports that 80 percent of the 9th Circuit rulings reviewed by the Supreme Court are overturned. Only one circuit has a higher percentage of overturned cases – the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. They are overruled 83 percent of the time. Notably, that court has 17 Democratic appointees and nine Republican appointees at the district level, and seven Democratic appointees and three Republican appointees active at the appellate level. Altogether, there are 24 Democratic appointees and only 12 Republican appointees. Similarly, in the 9th U.S. Circuit, Democratic appointees outnumber Republican appointees 116 to 33 at the district court level. At the appellate level, Democratic appointees number 16, Republicans just seven. Moreover, of the 132 active Democratic-appointed federal judges within the 9th Circuit, 66 – including Judge Tigar, who was criticized by President Trump – were appointed by President Obama. In other words, 57 percent of Democratic appointees to the 9th Circuit are "Obama judges." And yes, these are the ones who have made headlines ruling against this President Trump. In effect, what these numbers suggest is exactly what President Trump asserts – that Democratic-appointed judges in the 9th Circuit are out of sync with U.S. Supreme Court precedent, consistently leaning too far left, and with a majority Democrat appointees, most of whom are Obama appointees. Run a counterproof. What is the least-reversed circuit – the one most in sync with the Supreme Court? The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which was reversed only 55 percent of the time. What is that circuit's composition? Republican appointees outnumber Democrats nine to two. Bottom line: An independent judiciary, in the best tradition of Chief Justice John Marshall, is vitally important. Judges should decide cases in a nonpartisan way. They should review facts impartially, then apply law without personal prejudice or political preference, resolve disputes on narrow legal grounds, construe the Constitution strictly, defer to other branches as constitutionally appropriate, and avoid legislating from the bench. To this extent, Justice Roberts is correct – and in sync with what President Trump and traditional constitutionalists say: America needs a credible, nonpolitical, and independent judiciary. That is and should be a shared goal. However, absent a conscious effort to avoid politics – and in the case of Democratic-appointees, to avoid legislating from the bench – judges who first rose from politics to their judicial appointments seem to drift backward toward their political leanings. President Thomas Jefferson worried about this exact problem. In 1801, he foresaw judicial overreach and warned – even then – that leaders of the political opposition "have retreated into the judiciary as a stronghold, the tenure of which renders it difficult to dislodge them." In 1807 Jefferson wrote to a friend: "The original error … (was) establishing a judiciary independent of the nation and which, from the citadel of the law, can turn its guns on those they were meant to defend, and control and fashion their proceedings to its own will." So while we all wish for an independent judiciary – judges who apply the law strictly and on a nonpartisan basis – the 9th U.S. Circuit stands out like a sore thumb. The judges have progressively drifted from the ideal. Accordingly, the facts are with President Trump on this one.
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I rarely take you to gardens that I design for many reasons, but occasionally, I will show you snippets of a property to focus on textures, plant combination, plant massing, views, or any of a number of other design features and techniques.
Since I am a member of the Lewiston GardenFest, I thought to show a property in Lewiston. I have designed quite a number of properties here and may highlight some through the growing season.
Spring is a wonderful time, especially with successive bloom. See the companion post on this project on Green Apples. You get a sense of the size of the property.
The lilac are planted for the fragrance at a seating area. You can see what is going to bloom in summer coming up.
Roses will bloom with the lambs ears when the iris is finished. I worked with these clients for many years, and watched the garden mature. I also designed interior space in the residence. They have since sold the home and moved to a new home with less property.
Peonies are a favorite of this client and she has a collection of Tree Peonies. The follow-up post in Part 2 has plants showing a successive bloom with the crab apples. The rock garden starts blooming with the peonies, and is later in the season. Part 2 has the rock garden with plants just showing and not fully filled in like in this post.
You can see a bit more of the Spring show of this property at Green Apples.


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Core capital is the minimum amount of resources that any type of thrift must have on hand in order to be in compliance with the regulations put in place by the Federal Home Loan (FHL) Bank. Unless the amount of core capital meets FHL regulations, the thrift will not be able to extend services and provide accounts for new customers. The identification of core capital is a valuable tool in making sure that consumers are adequately protected when it comes to the process of establishing financial accounts.
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Loans earn profits for banking systems. Core capital is stockholders equity. A bank makes the majority of its profits from issuing loans, therefore it is the primary resource of a banks assets.
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In case you didn't know by now, we're big fans of unique, clean, custom rides. We've seen a bevy of customs through the years and today the good folks over at Diamond Atelier are back with their latest creation. Today we get our first look at The BMW R nineT by Diamond Atelier. This clean design was created for a client who wanted an aggressive look and matching the power. The result is a clean BMW R nineT DA#9, blacked out with plenty of power to match.
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The problem? Claire HATED it. With a passion. It got to the point where Claire would see me coming toward her with comb and detangling spray in hand and would say, "No pony tail!" Often I would swallow my pride and accommodate her. After all, it was her hair wasn't it? But I have to be honest and say that there were some days where I forced the pony tail position just so that I wouldn't look like a mother who never combed her child's hair.
While in Houston, I decided to do a little experiment with her hair. One day we were having a playdate at a dear friend's house. I intentionally left Claire's hair down so that my friend could see my predicament. She and I both agreed that as beautiful as Claire is, her hair needed some help. Here are a few pics of my sweet beautiful girl with her hair down.
So I finally decided to cut her hair off short. After all the waiting to get it long enough for a pony tail, I never thought I'd take her back to short. But I am tired of fighting the battle with her. So I took her to my sweet friend, Renee and she did an amazing job. Here are a few shots of the final result:
And a blurry shot of the back of the hair . . .
I don't know how long we will keep the short, sassy do, but I love it for now. And so does Claire. She is finally getting her wish. No more pony tails!!


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"For when my outward action doth demonstrate The native act and figure of my heart In compliment extern, 'tis not long after But I will wear my heart upon my sleeve"
-Iago in Shakespeare's Othello
When Shakespeare first penned the words "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" in 1604, he meant them in the way we are all familiar with today. That someone who wears their heart upon their sleeve is so open and transparent in their wants, desires, and thoughts and that it is easy to know these things just from looking at them and speaking with them. However, in a technological twist of fate, those words may be truer in a literal sense today than they ever have been before all due to a very interesting category of products: wearables.
When most people think of wearables, the most common example that comes to mind is most likely Fitbit. Considering that Fitbit has 19 million registered users and that there are 29 million registered Fitbit devices in over 50 countries that makes sense. Fitbit revolutionized personal fitness tracking, and in doing so, opened up the door for some amazing opportunities to increase the quality of care in telemedicine.
There is a consensus that telemedicine is more efficient than traditional office visits, saving wait and travel times, offering quicker access to healthcare professionals, and reducing costs of services. Given all this, why is there still some hesitation by some providers and patients to utilize telemedicine? One reason is that there is still a perceived advantage to being in the room with a physician. The physician can actually check vitals and get potentially important information on blood glucose levels, blood oxygen levels, heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, etc while there with the patient. However in today's connected world, technology, especially in the form of wearable, embeddable, and even ingestible connected medical sensors, all of this data can be gathered instantly remotely as well, and presented to the physician in real time while they conduct the appointment through a high definition video feed.
If you missed our previous blog on the variety of sensors out there in the marketplace today for remote healthcare, you should take a look at it here just to catch up. Technology has moved at an amazing pace, and to come full circle, is bringing Shakespeare's "heart on your sleeve" analogy to its technological manifestation.
There is a brand new category of wearable clothing being developed that integrates sensors right into clothing to track biometric data. Textile electronics are allowing computers to literally be woven into the clothes we wear, and yes, some of these sensors are even woven into the sleeve to track heart rates.
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), an organization known mostly in the past for internet standards and protocols, has taken an amazing role in these endeavors and "dedicated chips have been developed for health care monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment." The IEEE has even shifted its tagline to relate the greater role of the internet in our daily lives and continued health. They now summarize their mission as Advancing Technology for Humanity. Sounds like a common goal.
Given all this, technology is in place today to maximize the efficiency of providing remote services without compromising the quality of care. Wearables and other medical sensors, used in combination with telemedicine can assure that both patients and physicians are confident in the diagnoses being made and the treatments being provided because all of the important data needed to make good decisions is available to them…remotely.
Avidex AV is revolutionizing the way healthcare facilities and doctors are delivering care. Their 20 years of experience is being leveraged to drive down the cost of care while promoting positive healthcare outcomes. Is your organization looking for a new kind of technology partner? Connect with one of our Account Executives today to learn more.
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As his Palme d'Or-winning film The Tree of Life opens in the UK, fans – they're often called disciples – of director Terrence Malick will be desperate to glimpse the latest images and sounds from America's cinematic seer.
Malick's films come along rarely – this is only his fifth in 38 years – and the man himself never talks publicly about them, so all the films are left to speak for themselves. The last press interview he gave was in 1973 and although he did appear on stage at the Rome film festival in 2007, it was only to talk about his favourite Italian movies.
His "mythic" status has been built on the reverence for his films: Badlands (1973), Days of Heaven (1978), The Thin Red Line (1998), The New World (2005), and now The Tree of Life, which was mostly filmed in 2008-9.
You'll notice from the chronology that for 20 years, Malick left the movie-making scene, an absence which has earned him a reputation as a recluse. Nevertheless, the number of people who have met him and worked with him are legion, from actors and producers, to cinematographers, editors and restaurant owners.
When The Tree of Life was awarded cinema's top artistic prize at Cannes, Malick didn't show up to collect it. Two producers accepted it on his behalf on the stage of the Grand Théâtre Lumière. Five days earlier, at the film's premiere in the same theatre, Malick had, I'm told, hovered in the shadows.
He wore a black tie but he had given the red carpet outside a swerve. The flash and pop of such events is not for Malick, of whom few photographs exist — one trip up the Cannes carpet would put an end to that. But, the festival's director, Thierry Frémaux, tells me: "He was there at the end for the applause, standing right next to Brad Pitt. I think nobody in the room really recognised him, but I assure you he was there."
Why does this man, for whom the biggest stars in Hollywood would drop everything, shun publicity? How does he evade the intrusions of modern life and yet work in the business of cinema, an art form in which his most intimate thoughts are revealed on the biggest screens? Who is Terrence Malick?
"He has the softest of voices and he really is the gentlest of men," says British actor Eddie Marsan, who featured in The New World. "But he's charming, polite and calm, entirely confident in what he wants to do. He'll talk about philosophy and politics and birds but he seems to enjoy the company of actors. Most of all, he seems to be in the present moment, not worrying about earlier or later."
Marsan's work includes Vera Drake and Happy-Go-Lucky for Mike Leigh, a comparably idiosyncratic film-maker although far more prolific. Malick's working methods, however, could not be further from Leigh's.
The British director demands six months of improvisation and filming; according to Eddie Marsan, Malick makes dialogue up on the spot and then starts his camera rolling, whether the actor's ready or not. "He shoots as much as possible in natural light, so you've only got a few moments to get it right," says Marsan. "There was a time when I'd memorised the two pages of dialogue he'd just scribbled out for me and was doing my speech, but then a bird landed on a tree behind me and I could see Terry move his camera off me to do a close up on the bleedin' bird."
Malick's obsession with ornithology is well known to admirers of his films, which often include lyrical passages that cut away from the central dramatic action to focus on swaying grasses and wildlife. During the pastoral drama Days of Heaven, starring Richard Gere, Malick insisted he would only shoot at "the magic hour", around sunset, causing the film to go massively over budget.
It makes one wonder why Malick chose cinema, with its commercial demands and star system, as his means of expression, especially as once a film is made, it is so often out of the artist/auteur's control. Malick's perfectionism is such that, along with prints of The Tree of Life on its US release last month, he sent a note "for the attention of every projectionist" ordering them to: show the film in its proper aspect ratio, dim the house lights well before the opening frame and ensure that the projector's "foot Lambert level is at Standard 14".
Malick lives in Austin, Texas, in an upmarket area called West Lake Hills. He attends a church whose pastor has a small role in The Tree of Life. Although many sources cite Malick as a native of Waco, Texas, he was actually born near Chicago in November 1943, the oldest of three sons of Irene, an Illinois farmer's daughter, and an oil company executive, Emil, of Assyrian descent.
Malick attended St Stephen's Episcopal School in Austin as a boarding student from the late 1950s while his family lived in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. It was there he met his current, third wife, Alexandra, known as Ecky, although they only married in 1998.
After graduating from St Stephen's in 1961, Malick attended Harvard, where he earned a first-class degree in philosophy and was introduced to the works of German philosopher Heidegger, whose The Essence of Reasons he later translated.
Malick was a Rhodes scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford (the college currently lists Malick under "lost alumni" on its website), but he didn't complete his studies, allegedly following a disagreement over Wittgenstein with tutor Gilbert Ryle.
Returning to America to teach philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he also wrote for the New Yorker, which once sent him to Bolivia to write about Che Guevara. He was eventually attracted to Los Angeles by the formation of the new American Film Institute, where in 1969 he attended a class that included David Lynch and Taxi Driver author Paul Schrader.
His first movie, Badlands, was hailed as the greatest debut by an American director since Citizen Kane. Malick's private life, however, was marked by tragedy as his youngest brother, Larry, committed suicide in Spain while studying guitar under Andrés Segovia.
One story from these early days was offered by Martin Sheen, who detailed a fight Malick had with his producer. "Terry beat the hell out of him," Sheen says. "In true Texas style – he was so Texas. Didn't even hesitate, just started swinging. Terry just whupped him. If more directors would beat up their producers, we'd have a lot more artistic freedom."
Two years after Badlands, Malick went through his first divorce, from film assistant Jill Jakes, while working on his next movie, Days of Heaven – which was eventually released in 1978 starring Richard Gere, despite Malick's desire to cast John Travolta in the role. Travolta's producer, Aaron Spelling, would not free him from a TV show, infuriating Malick. Travolta claims this "broke Terry's heart" and insists it was the reason Malick left Hollywood for 20 years.
In the 20 years he was away, Malick moved to Paris and travelled the world, exploring caves in Nepal and the Alps as well as studying ancient civilisations and visiting Greece. He often went to watch football, supporting Paris Saint-Germain.
Throughout this time, however, he was also gathering footage and music that now finds its way into The Tree of Life, including shots of jellyfish, whales and icebergs.
His return to Hollywood with The Thin Red Line won him the Golden Bear at Berlin and seven Oscar nominations and although he cast famous names including George Clooney, John Cusack and Nick Nolte, many of the stars were cut out entirely and those who remained played second fiddle to a greater tale about man's place in the natural order. Warmly received by critics, it is now hailed as one of the greatest antiwar films, although one notorious review ended with the question: "What's with all the parrots?"
The New World followed comparatively swiftly afterwards. The tale of native American Pocahontas's love for an English captain in 17th-century Virginia and her journey to England, it made much of innocence versus colonial exploitation, contrasting the lush, wild vegetation of America with the manicured gardens of England.
Cannes boss Frémaux, who first invited The Tree of Life in 2010 when its present cut was not ready, is adamant. "This isn't someone arrogantly constructing a persona," he says. "He is humble and he is genuinely afraid of cameras and seeing photographs of himself. If he sees a camera anywhere near him, he recoils.
"I find him a very honest, open and likable. I like to say we have become friends – we share a love of old movies, he speaks perfect French and he is loyal to his word. I'm delighted he is now on the list of winners of the Palme d'Or."


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BRYN MAWR, Pa. – No. 1 Franklin & Marshall defeated Bryn Mawr 18-0 in Centennial Conference (CC) women's lacrosse action on Saturday afternoon. The Diplomats improved to 9-2, 3-1 CC while the Owls fell to 1-9, 0-4 CC.
Paige Moriarty had two scores and three assists, Grace Norley struck three times while Melissa Judge, Natalie Delinsky, Clare Monaghan and Danielle Wilson all scored twice. Claire Miller, Siobhan Burke, Bridget O'Donnell and Yen Baker each had a goal and Hannah Serling finished with a goal and two assists.
Gabby Frank assisted on four goals and Eileen Cuneo ended the day with five helpers.
Katie Groenke had four draws and Judge finished with three.
Danielle Harrington improved to 9-2 with the win.
F&M outshot Bryn Mawr 25-0, won 17-of-20 draws and held an 11-3 edge in ground balls.
The Diplomats return to action on Tuesday when F&M travels to Messiah for a 4:00 p.m. game.


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Dr. Riley J. Williams, III
Chief Medical Officer, Head of Product Development, and Chairman of the Board of Directors
Dr. Riley J. Williams III, MD, our co-founder, is our Chief Medical Officer, Head of Product Development, and Chairman of the Board of Directors. Dr. Williams is an orthopedic surgeon and academic, specializing in the field of shoulder, knee, and elbow surgery. Dr Williams has been affiliated with the Hospital for Special Surgery since 1993.
Since 1998, Dr. Williams has held dual appointments in the HSS Department of Orthopedic Surgery, where he is a full-time member of the Sports Medicine & Shoulder Service, and the HSS Research Division, as a Clinician-Scientist. Dr. Williams is an Associate Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College. His clinical and research expertise includes cartilage, ligament (ACL), tendon injuries, repair and reconstruction.
Dr. Williams has held numerous sports-related medical positions. He has been the Head Team Physician and Orthopedic Surgeon of the Brooklyn Nets professional basketball team since 2005. Dr. Williams is also Head Team Physician for the New York Red Bulls professional soccer team. Dr. Williams is also the Head Team Physician for the Iona College Department of Athletics. He has also served as Associate Team Physician for the New York Mets professional baseball team and has worked with New York Giants professional football team.
Dr. Williams holds a B.S. from Yale University and an M.D. from the Stanford University School of Medicine. Dr. Williams also is co-founder and member of R2T2 Solutions LLC, which will grant us the exclusive worldwide license for Therma1™.
Taran Swan
Chief Executive Officer
Taran Swan is our Chief Executive Officer and a Director. Taran is a business consultant with general management, strategy, business development, and leadership training expertise. Since 2002, Taran has provided business advisory, leadership training, and executive coaching services to a wide range of companies in industries including automotive, financial services, healthcare, insurance, and media & entertainment as President of Taran Swan Consulting. In addition to providing consulting services in corporate settings, Taran has worked with senior executives in Leadership Development Programs at the Harvard Business School ("HBS") as a member of HBS's Coaching Faculty. Since 2006, Taran has been a partner with The MediaFix, a leading Digital strategy and consumer insight company.
Taran has held senior executive P&L positions with the Walt Disney Company, Viacom (MTV Networks/Nickelodeon), and Salomon Brothers. From 1993 – 2001, Taran was an executive with Nickelodeon, where she was elevated to Executive Vice President and Executive Committee member. While at Nickelodeon, Taran ran the Digital group, and also launched and ran Nickelodeon Latin America, an experience that was chronicled in the Harvard Business School case study, Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America. That case is part of HBS's Leadership Curriculum, has been ranked on HBS's Most Popular Studies list, and is used in MBA and executive management curricula at business schools around the world. At Disney, Taran was a senior business planner responsible for evaluating opportunities for Disney's Entertainment Division. At Salomon Brothers, Taran worked on the firm's trading floor in structured fixed income products, and became one of the firm's youngest Vice Presidents.
Taran has served on the boards of a venture capital fund and an early-stage multicultural multimedia business backed by Goldman, Sachs & Co. Taran holds a B.A. in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, attended NYU's Courant Graduate School of Mathematics as a Bell Laboratories Fellow, and holds an M.B.A. from the Harvard Business School. She is the wife of Roy Swan, the co-founder of R2T2 Solutions LLC, which will grant us the exclusive worldwide license for Therma1™.
John Parikhal
Chief Marketing Officer
John Parikhal is our Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Sales. Since 1977, John has been President of Joint Communications Corporation, an international media strategy and research company. John has also been a partner at MediaFix, a leading Digital strategy and consumer insight company since 2006. John has been a partner in Adrenalin, a North American marketing company specializing in positioning and promotion, since 1986.
John has provided marketing, management, and strategy advice to over 500 clients on four continents; is the author of two books, including The Baby Boom: Making Sense of Our Generation at 40; has written over 300 articles for magazines and newspapers; co-created a hit TV show for NBC; and is a highly sought after speaker on topics including trends, marketing, and consumer insights.
John holds a B.A. in Economics and Business from the University of Western Ontario, an M.A. in English and Communications from the University of Toronto, and pursued his Ph.D. in English (All But Dissertation) from the University of Toronto, where he was awarded the Canada Council Doctoral Fellowship an unprecedented three times.
Dr. Tanya Williams
Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary-Treasurer
Dr. Tanya Williams, MD, FAAP, is our Chief Administrative Officer and Secretary-Treasurer, and a Director. Dr. Williams is a board-certified, subspecialty-trained pediatrician. Since 2011, Dr. Williams has been an independent consultant providing health-related support services and advice to the private school community in New York City.
Prior to forming her independent consulting practice, Dr. Williams took time off from her professional career to focus on volunteer work, while raising her two daughters. From 2003 to 2010, Dr. Williams served in multiple roles and as President of the Parents' Association of Marymount School New York. From 2008 to 2010 and then 2011 to present, Dr. Williams has been a member of the Board of Trustees at the Marymount School.
Since 2009, Dr. Williams has served on the Board of Directors of the Partnership for After School Education (P.A.S.E.), a not-for-profit organization in New York. Dr. Williams held a faculty appointment in the Department of Pediatrics at the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York where she was director of the Child and Family Support Program from 2000-2002.
Dr. Williams holds a B.S. in Exercise Physiology from the University of Southern California and an M.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles. She completed her Pediatric residency and post-graduate fellowship at the New York Presbyterian Hospital Weill-Cornell Medical Center. She is the wife of Dr. Riley Williams, co-founder of R2T2 Solutions LLC, which will grant us the exclusive worldwide license for Therma1™.
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Rose and pink colors are traditionally used for the heart and the finer emotions. These colors on the 'Cherish' charm activate the emotions and power of the heart to allow deeper connections and more gratitude to come in which allows us to truly cherish and prize every blessing in every form it comes in.
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Fly Aeolus has its main office at Antwerp Airport, Belgium, a secondary office in Rotterdam, the Netherlands and in Berlin, Germany. At the moment Fly Aeolus operates 11 Cirrus aircraft and expects to add another two next year. The current fleet consist of FAA and EASA aircraft. Due to this growing fleet and growing demand they are looking for more freelance pilots within Europe.
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- Hold a valid CPL/IR or ATPL/IR.
- He/she has a minimum total experience of 500 hours, of which a minimum of 200 hours are on single piston aircraft, of which a minimum of 50 hours are IFR flights of which 15 hours are flown at night.
- Completed during the preceding 90 days five IFR Flights on a single piston aircraft incl. three instrument approaches in a single pilot role or an instrument approach check.
- Completed during the preceding 90 days three take-offs and landings at night in a single pilot role or a night take-off and landing check.
- He/she has successfully completed training on the Cirrus SR22.
As a Fly Aeolus pilot you will be responsible for the safe execution of a fractional ownership flight. Next to this you need to have a professional customer focus. All your activities will be supported by a professional team based in Belgium.
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Players cannot catch Kyogre in-game in Pokémon Soul Silver. However, players can transfer him by way of Pal Park from a number of other Pokémon games.
In Pokémon Heart Gold, players can find Kyogre in the Embedded Tower, which is accessible from a cave in Route 47 if players have the Blue Orb. When players reach that same point in Soul Silver with the Red Orb in their possession, they find Groudon waiting for them instead.
Players can only obtain Kyogre in Soul Silver by trading for him, or by importing him from another game. Kyogre is available from the Cave of Origin in Pokémon Sapphire, or the Marine Cave in Pokémon Emerald. Since these games were only available for the Game Boy Advance, however, they require a model of Nintendo DS that has the appropriate cartridge slot. Players who have a DSi or 3DS model will not be able to obtain Kyogre this way and must trade for him or use a copy of Heart Gold.
Kyogre is a legendary Pokémon, and in all games starts out at level 50. Players will need to be at a fairly high level to win the battle, and should come prepared for strong ice and water attacks.


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Fire officials say a wildfire charred several acres of woods on French Mountain in Rome, Maine.
Maine Forest Service rangers and multiple local fire departments responded to the blaze around 1:30 p.m. Thursday.
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Forest Ranger Specialist Kent Nelson says fire crews were challenged by the rugged, steep terrain of the mountain. The blaze was mostly contained by about 5:00 p.m.
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GEORGE strode into Dave's office. "Sorry I'm late," he said. "Emergency discussions with the Bank of England. Anyway, let's get cracking. We've got an awful lot to get through."
"I'll say we do," said Dave. "Two more episodes before we even reach the finale."
"Come again?" said George. "I thought we were brainstorming about your conference speech. How to respond to the Labour threat."
Dave looked nonplussed. "I've already done my speech. Had it finished weeks ago. I had to make time to catch up, didn't I?"
"Catch up?"
"With Breaking Bad. It's all anyone's talking about these days. It's gripping stuff – all about how unreformed state education and a lack of universal health care turn an ordinary teacher into a psychotic drug lord. I'm going to get so much kudos for being the first person in Britain to see the finale. Had to get the consulate in Los Angeles to promise Bryan Cranston an honorary knighthood so he'd slip me a copy on the sly, but it'll be worth it just to see the look of jealousy on Govey's face."
"Yes, but what about Ed?" said George. "Don't we need to do some serious rewriting?"
"Are you kidding?" said Dave. "I did that 'speech without notes' thing ages ago. I could still do it, if I didn't, y'know, have a life." He gestured towards the TV. "Spend my summer learning my lines like Swotty Ed, or chillax with Jesse Pinkman and Walter White? No contest."
George frowned. "I think you need to take this a little more seriously. Some of his policies have… struck a chord."
"Which ones?" said Dave. "The stuff about an energy freeze? Don't they know he gave them the sky-high prices in the first place? And what's he going to do if costs do go up? Stamp his foot at Vlad Putin until Russia gives him free gas?"
"Look, we both know it's completely ludicrous," said George, tetchily. "The energy firms are in revolt, the lights will go out, and beyond that he's got nothing to say on the deficit, education, crime, immigration, welfare or anything else. But the voters don't know that, and they don't much care. As far as they're concerned, Ed's handing out free money, taken from the only people as bad as the bankers."
"Energy companies not very popular, are they?" said Dave, sagely. "I have to say, I think it's all a bit exaggerated. Most of these people have poky little homes anyway, so it can't cost that much to keep the lights on. They should try being Sam's dad, and having to heat a proper sort of place. Without the cash for those wind turbines in the back garden, he'd be sunk."
"I'm not sure 'mansions for all' is quite the solution to our woes," said George, drily. "Look, Lynton's crunched the numbers and focused the groups. We can't just sit here and wait for the recovery to trickle down. We need to show we're on the voters' side, that we've got ways to help."
"I suppose you're right," said Dave. "I'll put my thinking cap on. In fact, I've already had a thought…"
"Before you say anything," said George, "it can't have anything to do with a plotline in Breaking Bad."
Dave's face fell. This might, he reflected, take a little more effort than he'd thought.


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Will Smith's Deadshot Has No Time For Bullsh*t In New Suicide Squad Promo
We are T-minus 15 days away from Suicide Squad premiering in theatres and we're finally getting a closer look at Will Smith's character, Deadshot, a.k.a. Floyd Lawton. Deadshot is an extremely gifted assassin whom you definitely don't want looking down at you through crosshairs. His cold regard for human life is also a huge red flag.
In a new promo clip about the infamous marksman, we see The Mindy Project's Ike Barinholtz—whose character is still unknown, although there are plenty of theories—hand off a loaf of "pasghetti and toenails" to Smith, which is grade-A disgusting with a side of blech. Naturally, Deadshot doesn't take this lying down, instead telling the officer, "One day, I'm gonna get out of here and I'm gonna rain down on you." Remember what we just said about not wanting Deadshot after you, Ike?
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National bows to minimum wage myths - ACT
National's move to increase the minimum wage by 50 cents this April is yet another example of the Government's lack of resolve when it comes to economic issues, says ACT Leader-elect Jamie Whyte.
Late yesterday, Prime Minister John Key confirmed the minimum wage will rise to to $14.25 an hour from April 1 this year. Labour says it will bump that to $15.00 if it gains power. The Greens favour a push to the "living wage" of $18.80.
Labour Minister Simon Bridges said the 50 cent rise balanced the needs of businesses and workers.
"Setting these wage rates represents a careful balance between protecting low paid workers and ensuring jobs are not lost."
Advice to cabinet was that a 50 cent rise could cause the loss of around 2300 jobs.
The Starting-Out and training minimum wages will increase from $11 an hour to $11.40 an hour (or 80% of the adult minimum wage) from April 1.
"The economists in the National Party aren't stupid, They know that this will have adverse effects for New Zealand workers and the economy. Yet they continue to intervene in wage rates, in an attempt to position themselves as moderates," says Dr Whyte.
"In doing this, National perpetuates the myth that minimum wages protect the poor.
"John Key has skimmed over the inevitable consequences of this intervention, saying job losses will be 'relatively negligible'. What Key doesn't acknowledge is the unseen effects of minimum wages -- those businesses which don't directly lay off workers will be discouraged from employing more, or replacing those who leave voluntarily in future.
"The best thing that low skilled workers can do is get work experience. It's hard to think of a more cruel policy than passing a law that bans the people most in need of work experience from getting any.
"Furthermore, many businesses will pass on their increasing employment costs to the consumer, contributing to the rising price of living which many New Zealanders have come to accept as normal.
"ACT doesn't think it's okay for the state to put up barriers to employment. Nor does ACT think it's okay for the state to intervene to drive up the cost of living.
"Only ACT can provide the economic spine so badly needed in any center-right government."
Earlier, economist Eric Crampton told NBR Mr Key's plan to raise the minimum wage could cost jobs - and has outlined an alternative.
"New Zealand's minimum wage is among the world's highest, when we consider it in relation to the median wage," the Canterbury University lecturer told NBR ONLINE.
"I get nervous about disemployment effects of the minimum wage when the minimum wage is more than half the median.
"If we want to support the working poor, targeting assistance through wage subsidies like Working For Families can do the job without forcing low-skilled workers out of the workforce."


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There is no question that social media has gone mobile, as more and more consumers access their accounts via smartphones and tablets. Now, marketers are racing to catch up with consumers where they connect, employing a variety of strategies for outreach, according to a new eMarketer report, "Social Media Marketing on Mobile Devices: Turning Challenges into Opportunities."
The key opportunity for marketers in the shift toward mobile is that mobile users not only log in more frequently, but they also spend more total time on social media sites. As devices integrate social media more deeply, such as by making it easier to upload photos from a mobile phone to a social site, it reinforces the mobile-social virtuous circle, making it even stronger.
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Overhauling their Facebook strategy to focus less on promotions tied to their brand page and more on the content they deliver to the newsfeed is also a must, as Facebook's mobile usage rises dramatically, and the newsfeed takes pride of place on the smaller-screen devices.
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