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It is a huge waste of time and effort to dispute these (IMO). I just got a car loan and all the inquiries that were run for the auto loan by all the various banks (there were 9 of them if I remember correctly) only dinged my score by 1 point. Seriously - 1 point. Nothing else on my credit reports changed in those couple of days that the inquiries hit. Why in the world would you fight to get them removed if they are all counted as one inquiry (for scoring purposes) and the "1" inquiry hurts your score so little?
Also, why ask a question on this forum if you are going to just go on a rant about what you believe to be "correct" and the action that you are going to take is "x" despite that everyone is telling you that action "y" is in your best interest? You carry on about all the "resources" that you have with all the "money" that you have and all the "knowledge" that you have. Why bother with asking anything on this site at all? And for someone who "doesn't have the 'time' to 'waste' on a forum," you sure do have a lot to say on here quite frequently. Just saying...
Sorry, I am typically not this harsh on people, but I was really frustrated. I feel it's a huge waste of time (mine & others) to read and respond to posts from someone asking for help only to be told that they know how to handle it and will do so by doing "x" and that everyone else is more or less wrong. Then why did you post? Why did I read it? Why did I respond? Why are you here? Not trying to be mean, just asking the "why" questions that I think that we all say in our heads after reading threads like this from same OP. I will not be responding to any further posts from OP. I also suspect I will now be mod cut. Sorry mods, if I crossed a line...
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I think that has to be somewhat skewed by gold spammers in goldshire, but if these numbers are traced back to the onset of WoW, when "unintuitive was in", in the wake of EverQuest, I could totally see the marketing ("Come try WoW!") not living up to the hooking ("I love WoW!").
A LOT of Cataclysm is moving to correct this, and that's good!
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The 48-Hour Workout Jumpstart
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Day 1: Workday ScheduleMorning
Breakfast. You've heard it before: Don't skip breakfast. This goes doubly so since you'll be working out more vigorously than you normally do. Try a yogurt parfait with plain yogurt instead of a flavored one -- once you wean yourself from sugar, you'll likely find that you prefer the taste, says Jackie Newgent, RD, CDN, author of The Big Green Cookbook. She recommends creating your own flavors with seasonal fruit and adding a tiny drizzle of honey. "You want to be excited about what you're eating, so pick your favorite fruit and your favorite nuts," Newgent says.
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Before work. Try to sneak in a mini workout before your workday, like hitting a yoga class in the park or gym. "It's a good way to get centered on priorities and goals for next two days," says Dodge-Thews.
Make the most of your commute. If you can, walk or bike to work -- it'll give you a whole new experience in the morning while boosting your heart rate and metabolism.
However, if you have to drive, you can still do some Pilates exercises in the car (really!), says Emory Story, owner of Emory Pilates in Brentwood, California. "Since traffic schools now teach us to keep our hands at 9 and 3 on the steering wheel -- this is safer in the event that airbags deploy -- drop your elbows straight down so they point toward your thighs. Pull your shoulders back so your shoulder blades are plugged into the back, then lift out of your hips and lengthen your neck as if you are trying to touch your head to the top of the car," he explains. This works wonders for the posture and spine, and helps get you the oxygen you need to stay calm in traffic, Story says.
A.M. snack. Every three hours, eat a healthy snack that you really enjoy, be it your favorite fruit or a handful of almonds, which fill you up while supplying a great source of protein, carbs, and fiber. Snacking will also help keep you from being ravenous at lunchtime and will help fuel your afternoon workout.
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- Magic Knees: If you've had trouble with your knees, try this: Sit in a chair and extend one leg out straight. Lift up just enough so your hamstring is off the seat. Don't lean back. Hold for 30 seconds and then switch legs. "It instantly makes your knee feel stronger," says Cerqua.
P.M. snack. When you find yourself hitting the 4 p.m. crash, have another healthy snack around 150 calories.
After work. Amping up your workout doesn't mean you have to skip happy hour -- just tweak it. In lieu of cocktails, Dodge-Thews suggests grabbing your friends and heading to the nearest juice bar, then hit the dance floor together. "Dancing burns about 290 calories an hour, based on a 135-pound woman," according to Christ Anderson.
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Kids Keeping the Peace When Parents Divorce
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Today's New York Daily News has a headline that screams Madge's Lourdes Works a Miracle. No, Madonna's teenage daughter isn't healing the sick or parting the seas. According to the paper, what Lourdes has done is even more miraculous -- she's managed to make peace between divorcing duo Madonna and Guy Ritchie.
A source tells the paper that 14-year-old Lourdes came the couple begging, "Please don't be mean to each other." The teen told her mom and Guy that she wanted everything to be as friendly as possible. According to the source, Guy and Madonna have buried the hatchet and are making every effort to make things as civil as possible for the sake of the kids.
The fact that teenage Lourdes is managing to do what even divorce lawyers can't is a definite sign of the times, according to psychologist Cooper Lawrence. Cooper, author of "The Cult of Celebrity" tells momlogic, "It's different now than when we were kids. The way they parented us is different from the way parents raise kids today. Today, kids are involved in every family decision from what car are we going to buy to what kind of dog are we going to get. You can't have it both ways -- you can't expect the child to be involved in family decisions and then all of a sudden make a life-changing decision and expect the child to have no say."
Cooper also adds that watching Lourdes take an active role in her parents' divorce sends a powerful message to other children of divorce. "Lourdes is a little girl who grew up with the paparazzi as part of her public life. She has a public image and it matters what she says and does. When she says be nice to one another it sends a different message, it's influential to other kids."
But even so, Cooper cautions about having children act as peace keepers in their parents divorce. She asks parents to be careful about their behavior and warns that children should never be put in a situation where they feel they need to step in to keep the peace. "The children have nothing to do with the divorce. When you put the kid in the middle you're screwing up your kid. It's cruel. Children learn from your behavior and how you treat people."
As a rule, Cooper tells momlogic that parents need to keep the arguments to themselves; no child should have to hear you badmouth, fight or yell at each other. "Some kids take this stuff personally. You don't want the kids to somehow think that the divorce is their fault -- and even if you say that it's not, if you continually bad mouth your ex to the child, you're sending the message that somehow the child is involved."
And above all, remember, although you want to be your child's friend, you are first and foremost a parent. Don't use this as an opportunity to talk about what went wrong in your relationship, that's not a conversation any parents should have with a child. Cooper explains, "Don't talk to the kids about the divorce except for conversations about their own feelings. You have to reassure them that it's going to be ok. Mommy and daddy might not love each other any more but we both love you."
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Too often parents try to make the kids choose sides. How can they when they love both parents. We must start putting the kids first in this area of parenting!
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She's been singing on stages around the Quad Cities for years -- and now local performer Nicole Caras wants to see if she has what it takes to make it to a national stage.
Caras is headed to open auditions for NBC's "The Voice" in Chicago this weekend.
Caras, 27, has spent the past few years performing at venues around the Quad Cities with her cover band called "Caught in the Act."
During that time she's gained hundreds of fans and supporters who say they think Caras has what it takes to make it big on the voice.
"Every gig that I've got if I don't have one, I have multiple people telling me you've got to try the voice," said Caras. "You've got to try it. So I thought you know what - why not?"
Two months ago, the 27-year-old bartender and mother of one took the plunge -- signing up to audition for NBC's hit singing competition.
Now, audition pass in hand, Caras is headed to Chicago -- where among thousands of other hopefuls, she says she believes she has something that will make her stand out.
"Probably my size and my voice," Caras said. "It's the main thing I've always been told is I cannot believe that voice comes out of such a tiny, little person."
As she preps her big voice for the big day this weekend -- there's still one big thing she has to do.
"The hardest part about it is picking a song," Caras said, still undecided as she heads into her audition this weekend. "You only have thirty seconds to woo them give them goose bumps and leave them with wanting more."
After waiting months ... and soon to be hours filled with anxiety... it all comes down to just seconds in the audition room.
And no matter what happens -- Caras says nothing will ever stop her from singing.
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Caras said she's auditioned for some singing competitions in the past ...winning some, losing others.
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What we learned in the SEC: Week 4
1. The SEC West is clearly the best ... again: It's the same story in the SEC: The West is the best. None of these teams are perfect, but they are the best of the bunch in the SEC. Alabama throttled Florida at home, Auburn went on the road and gutted out a tough win over No. 20 Kansas State, Texas A&M just continues to roll over everyone, Arkansas can run on anyone, Ole Miss is a top-10 team, and Mississippi State walked into Death Valley at night and beat No. 8 LSU team in what turned into a late thriller. We know this LSU team has issues with its passing game and young defense, but give Mississippi State a lot of credit for that performance. There's a reason the West entered the weekend with five ranked teams -- all in the top 10. On the other side of the conference, everyone in the East has issues. The thing about the West is no team is really sticking out as the dominant team in the division, and every one of them is a work in progress, but they've all had really good moments. This is easily the toughest division in all of college football. Whoever comes out of this division might have an automatic ticket to the playoff on principle alone.
3. Mississippi State will challenge for the West title: I wondered why this team wasn't ranked in the Top 25 to begin the season, and then the defense fell asleep in Week 2 and I started to wonder if Mississippi State was for real. Now, after a 34-29 win over LSU in Baton Rouge, you can't sleep on Dan Mullen and his Bulldogs. Sure, this was a rout that got pretty tight late in the fourth quarter, but this is a win the Bulldogs should be ecstatic about. And how about quarterback Dak Prescott? He had his best performance to date in his home state with 373 yards of offense and three touchdowns. Fellow Louisiana native Josh Robinson wasn't too shabby either, as he rushed for 197 yards and a score. Take the Bulldogs lightly at your own risk.
4. The East race is a total crapshoot: Besides a dominating performance from Georgia over Troy, the SEC East didn't have a great day. Florida was blown out by Alabama, Missouri was stunned at home by unranked Big Ten representative Indiana 31-27, and South Carolina slogged through a 48-34 win at Vanderbilt. We saw that Florida's offense still has major issues and Missouri's interior defensive linemen need a lot of work, as Indiana ran for 241 yards on the Tigers. South Carolina still controls its own destiny when it comes to going to Atlanta for the SEC title game, but no one would be shocked to see the Gamecocks drop another one. Will Georgia's defense get better? Will Florida have an offense? Was this a fluke loss for Mizzou? Is Tennessee a real sleeper? A two-loss SEC East champ is not out of the question with so many uncertainties.
5. Will Muschamp's seat is hotter than ever: I have a feeling Bill from Gainesville won't be calling into many radio shows this week. With a loss in which the Gators faded quickly in the second half, Muschamp's seat is roasting in Gainesville. Last year's injury-riddled, 4-8 season was one thing, but Florida has regressed in the past two games this season, which means the Gators have to show vast improvement in two weeks at Tennessee in order to perk an already downtrodden and disheartened fan base. You have to let the season play out, but this was a bad loss for Muschamp's squad, even if Alabama was the No. 3 team in the country. Florida should be competitive in games such as this, and the Gators just weren't after Alabama cleaned up its mistakes in the second half. There were plenty of opportunities for Florida in this one, but the Gators just didn't execute. Florida fans are frustrated with their coach and their quarterback, who are both in their fourth years at UF.
Bama failed the process, won anyway
Blake Sims, the senior quarterback who has surprised everyone outside of the Alabama program and no one inside it, threw for 445 yards and four touchdowns, and his head coach praised that.
But Alabama coughed up the ball four times and allowed a team with a listless offense to score three touchdowns. The Crimson Tide committed 11 penalties for 80 yards, an uncharacteristic display of mistakes. That's why a game that had no business being close remained in doubt late into the third quarter, before Alabama pulled away to a 42-21 victory at Bryant-Denny Stadium.
In other words, people, Alabama won the game but lost "the process."
The process is shorthand for Saban's coaching. It combines outlandish physical talent with a watchmaker's precision. The Crimson Tide had a lot of the former and not enough of the latter, which led to Saban debating himself throughout his postgame press conference.
"Obviously, everybody that watched the game could tell that there were some things that we did extremely well and some things were pretty sloppy," Saban said.
Saban regards sloppiness as the devil's playground, somewhere between a character deficiency and leprosy. Particularly in the first half, Alabama couldn't have looked less like a Saban-coached team if it had come out in the single-wing. Or leather helmets. Or orange and blue.
"I felt we could have had 900 yards," Alabama offensive tackle Austin Shepherd said. "Just minor things that we've got to fix, uncharacteristic things of us."
Take the penalties. Alabama had three false starts and two snap infractions.
"All of it is game management and execution." Saban said, "We're second-and-1 at the 1, and the quarterback calls the wrong cadence. Everybody might think that, 'Hey, the offensive line messed up.' That's the kind of stuff that we have to be consistent and trust in and believe in and do the right way. It's attention to detail. We've had far too many of those this year, and we've got to get it corrected."
Saban stopped and moved to the other podium in his internal debate.
"But there's also been a tremendous amount of production offensively this year ..."
Saban hired Lane Kiffin because he believed in the controversial coach's ability to run an offense. On Alabama's first play from scrimmage at the Tide's 13-yard line, Kiffin shifted tailback Kenyan Drake
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AP Photo/Brynn AndersonAmari Cooper's three touchdowns gave him 20 receiving TDs in his career, a school record.
Alabama beat Florida 42-21 Saturday in its SEC opener and did so with an uncharacteristically dominant passing attack. We tell you what you need to know about Alabama's awesome offense and some ignominious Florida records.
Alabama piles up yards
Alabama had 645 yards of total offense, its second-most under Nick Saban behind last season's 668 yards against Duke in a 48-7 win. It's also the most ever allowed by Florida in a single game, topping the 629 allowed to Nebraska in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl.
Blake Sims' rare Tide QB performance
Alabama quarterback Blake Sims threw for 445 yards, the second Alabama quarterback to ever top 400 yards in a game. The school record is held by Scott Hunter, who threw for 484 against Auburn in 1969. It's also the third-most by an opponent against the Gators and most since Peyton Manning threw for 492 yards in 1996. Sims threw four touchdown passes, the fifth Alabama quarterback to do so.
Amari Cooper sets school record
Amari Cooper's three receiving touchdowns helped him set the school record for most career touchdown receptions with 20. Cooper became just the fourth Alabama player to have 200 receiving yards in a single game. This leaves him just 532 yards shy of tying DJ Hall's school record for most receiving yards in a career (2,923). Cooper has 655 yards receiving this season, more than halfway to the school single-season record of 1,133 set by Hall in 2010.
Is Cooper the next Julio Jones?
Cooper has more receptions, receiving yards, 100-yard receiving games and touchdowns through the first 29 games of his career at Alabama than Julio Jones. Jones would finish his Alabama career with 179 catches, 2,653 yards and 15 TD.
Blake Sims, Amari Cooper lead No. 3 Alabama past Florida
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Blake Sims recorded Alabama's second-best passing day with 445 yards and the third-ranked Crimson Tide overcame a sloppy performance to beat Florida 42-21 on Saturday.
The Tide (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) committed four turnovers that turned into 21 points for the Gators (2-1, 1-1), who still couldn't handle the Sims-to-Amari Cooper connection.
Sims threw touchdown passes of 87 yards to Kenyan Drake on the opening play and 79 to Cooper later in the first quarter. Cooper, who came in leading the nation in receptions, caught 10 passes for 201 yards and three touchdowns.
The Tide's turnovers and other miscues kept the game close into the fourth quarter. Alabama's 645 total yards was the most the Gators have allowed.
Florida's Jeff Driskel was harassed and ineffective passing. He was 9-of-28 passing for 93 yards and was intercepted twice while the offense produced just 200 yards.
Instant analysis: Alabama 42, Florida 21
It was over when: The Gators had no answer for Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin's offense in the second half, and the clincher came early in the fourth quarter when Tide safety Landon Collins intercepted Jeff Driskel on third and long. It was Driskel's second pick of the game, and Alabama turned it into seven points on a TD pass to Cooper, extending the lead to 21 points.
Game ball goes to: It's not hard not to give it to Blake Sims, who answered the critics with Saturday's performance, but Cooper was simply uncoverable. The junior finished with 10 catches for 201 yards and three touchdowns. It didn't matter which Alabama quarterback was throwing him the ball. If Cooper wasn't at or near the top of the Heisman Trophy watch before this week, he will be now.
Stat of the game: Think Sims was good? How about this stat? Sims accounted for 457 total yards, second-most in Alabama history, and the most since Scott Hunter's 484 yards in 1969. The Tide quarterback finished 23-of-33 for 445 yards and four touchdowns through the air, and he added 12 yards on the ground. He wasn't perfect, fumbling once and throwing an interception on a tipped pass, but he was darn near close.
What it means: After the first three games, nobody really knew how good Sims and this offense could be. How would they fare against a historically strong SEC defense? That question was answered and then some Saturday. The Tide finished with 648 yards of offense, and Sims put an end to any quarterback controversy in Tuscaloosa. For Florida, the defense just ran out of gas in the second half, but the bigger concern is with Driskel, who finished 7-of-25 for 80 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. If the Gators expect to compete in the SEC East, they must have better quarterback play.
Meyer: 'I thought I was dying' in '09
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer told HBO's "Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel" he was depressed while coaching at Florida in 2009, lost 37 pounds and was "mentally broke."
Meyer was suffering from chest pains and self-medicating for his stress.
"Now I'm taking two Ambiens," Meyer told the HBO show. "I would drink a beer on top of it, just to get some sleep. Not many people know that.
"And I go from 217 pounds to 180 pounds. I lose 37 pounds."
That all occurred when the Gators were undefeated in 2009 -- until losing to Alabama in the SEC title game.
After the loss to the Crimson Tide, Meyer was admitted into a hospital with chest pains.
"They said, 'We don't believe it was a heart attack.' " Meyer said. "So, OK, 'Well, what is it?' 'We don't know.'
"And then you start thinking, 'There's something wrong with me mentally, you know? What is going on here?' "
Meyer said he was depressed.
"I thought I was dying," Meyer said. "Mentally, I was broke."
Meyer said after Florida won the national title after the 2008 season he didn't -- and couldn't -- enjoy the victory. He began recruiting literally minutes after the 24-14 win over Oklahoma in the BCS title game in Miami ended.
"I was in a panic situation," Meyer said. "We just won it. We got to do it again. I close the door. And I started just recruiting. One of my friends came and said, 'What are you doing?' He said, 'Enjoy, what's wrong with you, man? Enjoy this.' I tried."
Florida fan's Gator back tat is frightening
Well, at least one Florida fan in Tuscaloosa for Saturday's UF-Bama game is not letting the Tide fans steal all of the spotlight.
@ClayTravisBGID @jimdunaway gator fans are running wild in tuscaloosa. pic.twitter.com/g9uc6Yfoyg— Cole Medders (@cmedders1) September 20, 2014
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SEC viewer's guide: Week 4
Troy at No. 13 Georgia, SEC Network: Georgia is coming off a 38-35 loss at South Carolina and is looking for a resounding victory here. The last time these teams met (2007), Georgia won 44-34. This Troy team, however, is 0-3 and allowing 40 points per game while averaging only 20.7. Look for the Bulldogs to jump out early in this one.
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No. 6 Texas A&M at SMU, ABC/ESPN2: The Aggies come in at 3-0 and they've been rolling so far this season. SMU has been a mess, 0-2 and with a new coach: June Jones resigned last week; Tom Mason is serving as the interim head coach and is making his debut. Perhaps the Mustangs are fired up and have a renewed energy, but even if they do, the Aggies are in position for a convincing victory. These teams' past three meetings, dating to 2011, have resulted in a 35.3-point average margin of victory for A&M.
4 p.m. ET
Indiana at No. 18 Missouri, SEC Network: The Tigers are quietly getting it done and look to close out their nonconference schedule 4-0. If they do, it would be the eighth 4-0 start under Gary Pinkel and seventh in nine seasons. Maty Mauk is coming off a four-touchdown-pass performance and Shane Ray is coming off a two-sack, four-tackles-for-loss performance.
7 p.m. ET
Northern Illinois at Arkansas, ESPNU: A victory would give the Razorbacks as many wins this season (three) as they had in all of 2013. That would be a big step forward for Bret Bielema's crew. Northern Illinois is a quality road team, having won 17 in a row in opponents' home stadiums, including one at Northwestern on Sept. 6. Arkansas brings in a second-best-in-the-nation 362 rushing yards per game.
Mississippi State at No. 8 LSU, ESPN: Saturday nights in Death Valley are always fun -- typically for the Tigers. They're 43-2 under Les Miles in Saturday night games at Tiger Stadium. This is a big "prove-it" game for Mississippi State, a team that's 3-0 and trying to take a big step into SEC West contention. Last year's meeting between these two was competitive until a 28-point fourth quarter by LSU.
7:30 p.m. ET
No. 14 South Carolina at Vanderbilt, SEC Network: The Gamecocks got a huge win versus Georgia and are looking to go to 2-1 in league play with a victory here. South Carolina jumped out to a big lead over Vandy the last time these teams met and it's likely to happen again if the Commodores don't get on track quickly. They've struggled mightily out of the gate and had to rally to beat UMass last week. Patton Robinette will start at QB; will coach Derek Mason stick with him this time?
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Still waiting for it to appear on youtube, tbh...
Still waiting for it to appear on youtube, tbh...
Rob is trying to woo the hearts of Pakistani teenagers obviously
Indians can't bowl - Where has the rumour come from as I myself and many indian friends arwe competent fast bowlers ?
With the English bid I said: Let us be brief. If you give back the Falkland Islands, which belong to us, you will get my vote. They then became sad and left
One can only imagine how bad this would've been under current rules. Adam Gilchrist, with a succession of free hits against Daryl Tuffey's medium pace and with Eden Park's toy boundaries...Australia could've picked up 40 odd from the first over.
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Aaaaaaaaahahahahaha. **** I couldn't stop laughing. Especially that montage at the end.
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Been asked for this video a million times, thought i better deliver
MIKE HUSSEY HITS THE ROOF!!!!!!!! 2005 vs WORLD XI - MELBOURNE - YouTube
I really enjoyed that ICC World XI series.
Some decent videos some of you may enjoy. Found them the other day so I thought I should upload them.
Steve Waugh's Perfect Day. Century vs England Sydney 2003 - YouTube
Shane Warne's injury that led to his ban for doping - YouTube
Tied Natwest Series Final 2005 - Final overs - YouTube
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For those who like some old school cricket, Fox Sports 2 has a compilation of the 2nd test of the 1961 Ashes series right now. Bill Lawry with a big ton against Statham and Trueman.
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Press article: How human resources can resource humans
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The current economic situation is improving but HR managers remain prudent regarding the solidity and sustainability of the recovery. The majority of companies are unsatisfied with their achievements in managing staff with high potential and recognise the need to intensify their efforts in certain key areas of talent management.
These are only some of the results of a survey, Deloitte Luxembourg S.A. conducted amongst 200 persons of various industries involved with Human Resources Management. Luxembourg for Finance interviewed Gilbert Renel, Deloitte Luxembourg partner and leader of human capital advisory services, about the survey.
The survey is part of a series of surveys which had already been launched in 2008– in order to understand how organisations were managing talents in times of economic crisis. This analysis is the latest of the series and provides us with valuable insight into the evolution of talent management in Luxembourg and across the world over the last 12-18 months.
It would indeed seem so, with some 95% of respondents citing the recruitment of experienced hires as a key priority in the near future. In addition, it transpires from the survey that companies are focusing increasingly on ensuring that managerial positions are adequately filled – whether from external acquisitions or the internal development of their high professionals and high performers.
Although this specific issue was not directly addressed in the survey, the increased focus of employers on their high potential and high performers staff and the promotion of flexibility in their workplaces, would lead us to believe that one key behavioural differentiating skills for candidates is 'learning agility' – i.e. "the ability and willingness of a person to adapt to new environments and acquire new skills".
The survey clearly points to the fact that employers are more worried about the potential increase in their staff turnover rate (36% in 2010/2011 compared to 22% in 2009) with the results that staff retention is back on their radar screens – although most of them (74%) believe they are excellent or good on this specific issue.
The survey points to 3 key potential elements: insufficient variable financial remuneration, lack of career progress and new opportunities in the labour market.
Very important indeed – and the survey indicates that this will be a key investment area for employers; they rate it as their 3rd priority area - just behind 'leadership development' and 'workplace flexibility'.
I would answer this question by extrapolating from the survey's insights on the importance of employer branding and the reasons why employees tend to look for alternative employment. These would lead us to conclude that corporate culture is indeed a potential differentiator, especially regarding recruitment. However, as far as retention is concerned the combinations of more concrete elements, such as remuneration and career development, play a more important role.
The pulse of our surveys over the years indicates that Luxembourg companies are indeed well aware of the new challenges in HR (and their evolution over time). For instance, this year we included a hefty chapter on the status and evolution of HR Information Systems and found that our respondents were indeed very well aware of challenges awaiting them in that area.


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Sculptor: Giulio Monteverde (Bistagno, Alessandria, 1837 - Roma 1917)
The funeral monument called "Eternal Drama" represents a real Dans macabre, the futile attempt of life to escape the inevitable embrace of death. The sculptor Giulio Monteverde underlines, in this sculpture, the contrast between the sensuality of the beautiful young woman who personifies Life (caught in the moment in which , wearied by the vain struggle, she is about to surrender herself to the terrible spectre who has chosen her as his prey) and the rigid impassiveness of Death which seizes her.
"Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones."
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Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.
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My life
i had a shitty day at school, today. i went home and deleted some fb friends, before realizing that my whole flist needed to be purged. i will try to stop making angry statuses on there, since now teachers i don't even know make fun of me for it. oops.
i had a shitty, shitty day right off the bat. i started bawling in biology, actually. not a pretty sight. i had to go to the counselor's office. it was awkward and weird, and goddammit.
then things were going pretty good during lunch in which i stayed for the invitational~*~* acdec informational meeting. then i felt kinda shitty afterwards.
then amstud. a great big hole of shit. kill me now. i'm glad i'm done with that class and our final "group" project. i don't want to talk about that shithole of a class ever again. i'm a very nervous person, and it makes me sad/angry when people don't understand how hard i work. i don't appreciate it when assholes make jokes about stuff i don't think is funny. i'm insecure and terrified as fuck.
then some good things happened. a friend bought me a cookie. i got a rather encouraging e-mail from h&m. a tumblr pal left me a message - i really appreciate it when you guys leave me messages (it makes me feel so honored to be a part of your private life; it makes me so happy that you want to talk to me; like, i don't know, but it cheers me up so much when you guys just stop to think of me, let alone shoot me a message. i'm pathetic, lol). i got a letter from harvard - and while it's a run-of-the-mill letter, it made me feel better.
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Retained position in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index
In 2011, MOL Group was included into Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the second time as the first and sole company from the region. To be selected as one of the best 12 sustainable companies (best 10%) of the oil and gas producers segment is a significant acknowledgement of the efforts invested in recent years. In 2011 all business divisions defined a detailed set of sustainability objectives on the 6 SD Focus Areas to be achieved by 2015 ensuring MOL Group will remain among top performers.
Maintained focus on environmental and energy efficiency
We pay focused attention to improve our CO2 intensity to be able to maintain our competitiveness in carbon constrained world. Energy efficiency programs throughout MOL Group deliver improvements in CO2 intensity per unit of production at different business units. On aggregate, our energy efficiency efforts meant reduction of CO2 emissions by 3% compared to 2010, or more than 200 kt in absolute figure.
In order to achieve our strategic target to decrease our VOC emissions, we rolled out 'leak detection and repair' (LDAR) program and started pilot projects at Hungarian installations. The projects will contribute not only to air quality improvement in neighbourhood, but will also deliver decrease of hydrocarbon losses.
Improvement in work safety performance
MOL Group has a challenging long-term target in work safety, the tolerable maximum is one lost-time injury per million hours worked (LTIF). In 2011 the LTIF was 1.23 (without INA Group) which is 21% improvement compared to previous year, but unfortunately still worse than target. In INA the LTIF dropped to 2.6 which represents a 24% decrease. However, the majority of the injuries is not related to the hazardous technology but rather slips and falls.
Compared to the previous years, our road accident indicator shows a decreasing trend. In 2011 we decreased our road accident rate (RAR, number of accidents per 1 million km driven) to 0.99 without INA, with INA Group RAR is 1.7. Besides the improving results, unfortunately we need to report about one employee fatal road accident in 2011.
All main programmes were continued and rolled-out to further companies, e.g. Contractor Safety, Process Safety Management or the Workplace Health Promotion programme called 'STEP – Take a step for your health'.
Best-in-Class talent attraction programs continued
In 2011, the fifth, jubilee international contest called 'Freshhh' was organised for students. More than 2,500 students have registered for the contest and finally 596 teams have been formed from 62 countries and 200 universities. 'Freshhh' is a great & unique tool for finding those talented youngsters who are eager to work in the oil and gas industry. This is proved by more than 60 colleagues, who have joined MOL Group since 2007, after being finalists in the competition.
MOL has also been maintaining close and regular cooperation with secondary schools. A lack of natural science experts has been observed on the global as well as on the local market. Therefore, special attention has been given to promote natural science studies among secondary schools. A variety of programs were carried on in 2011, e.g. 'MesterM Award', 'Dialogue Conference' or 'Junior Freshhh'.
By 2011 MOL Group companies established strategic partnerships with a total of 17 universities in all key countries of operations.
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For all intents and purposes, this season is something of an afterthought for the Celtics. Of course they would like to repeat and will no doubt make every effort in that vein, but what they sought they worked for last year and got. The question is whether or not this team will have the same measure of motivation going into this season (and through this season) that they did last year.
After all, this isn't a team that has bonded over years of attempts and failures. We're not talking about the 90's Bulls, who had several attempts and failures to reach the Finals, and we're not talking about the 2000 Lakers, who similarly had trouble reaching the top of the mountain. Those teams came together in the hard times and coalesced, established a team chemistry that carried them not only to their first title but to several thereafter. Alternatively, the Celtics were somewhat hastily assembled last summer with a series of shrewd and savvy moves by GM Danny Ainge. As much as they relied on their prodigious collective talent to win the 2008 Championship, they were also pushed along by the wave of expectations and pressures applied by all circles. They were fed by the media machine that insisted that they were destined for the title. They were spurred on by their own collective will to (finally) win a Championship.
Today, that motivation is gone.
They are no longer a trendy team. They are just another enviable assemblage of players with a title in their back pockets. They are looked upon now in the same way that San Antonio or Detroit is looked upon; as a contender with no real ownership of the title. They are now a team lumped in with several other aging teams with rings on their fingers. Could they repeat this year? Of course they could, but no one is all that motivated to talk about it outside of Boston, anymore.
Nowadays people want to talk about the Lakers with a healthy Andrew Bynum. They want to talk about a retrofitted Sixers team or about a loaded Rockets team. They want to talk about the Hornets, who nabbed James Posey away from the defending Champs with a promise of more money. No one is all that interested in talking about Boston anymore because, frankly, they did what they were supposed to do and now people have lost interest.
What remains to be seen is if the team still has interest. Without a doubt Kevin Garnett does. It's impossible for him to step out onto a basketball court at anything less than 150%. His intensity can be infectious, but it can also be exhausting. Sometimes having someone tugging at you like a kid after a pixie stick becomes tiresome.
Paul Pierce had a career year last season and was justifiably rewarded with a Finals MVP for his effort. He was often the teams best and most reliable player - a fact he has no qualms reminding people of - and yet that level of intensity and commitment was such a welcome surprise one wonders if can be repeated by a player not famous for his intensity and commitment. The fact of the matter is that there is no reason that the Celtics couldn't, and shouldn't, win the title again this year. While the loss of Posey stings, the team is still stocked with capable talent. Any worries about let-up are purely speculation, culled simply from the disbelief that any team, especially one with the age dotting the roster that Boston has, can maintain that level of focus and pressure for a second straight year.
In all likelihood Doc Rivers will take his foot off of the gas pedal a bit this season. There is no reason to exhaust his regulars for 82-games because this team doesn't have anything to prove to themselves or anyone else during the regular season. Like Detroit and San Antonio, this team needs to make sure that it's core is ready to play next spring, not this fall, and that may mean some reduced minutes while the youngsters feast (or starve) against some real NBA competition.
The mystique surrounding this team may have abated for now, but come April there is no reason to expect they won't be even better equipped than they were last year to briskly traverse the Playoffs on their way to title number two.
PROBABLE STARTING LINEUPPG - Rajon Rondo
Rondo was something of a revelation last year. Going into the season all anyone wanted to talk about was whether or not he could lead a team so loaded with superstars. He proved not only capable but indispensible. He had a feel for how to run that team that was remarkably mature. It basically amounted to allowing Pierce, Garnett and Allen to handle most of the playmaking duties while he played invasive defense and patrolled the passing lanes. On occasion he would use his speed to get to the basket but all too often passed up a wide-open layup to pass out to the perimeter. His offensive game doesn't need to be dominant, but it does need to be more reliable. Plus Pierce, Garnett and Allen aren't going to be around forever and he's going to have many years in the NBA after they retire, so it would behoove him to get that offensive game rounded out now before it actually becomes depended upon.
SG - Ray AllenIn many ways Allen became more of the leader of the supporting cast than a member of the 'Big Three'. His credentials were and are validation of a career well spent, but he simply wasn't on the same plane as his running mates last season. A good chunk of the reason is because he simply wasn't called on to be more than he was. He willingly took a backseat because that was what needed to happen. He became a highly-paidthree-point specialist and, when called upon, could shoulder more of the scoring load - like he did in the Finals. Of the three, though, Allen is the one that looked the oldest on the court last season. He's only 33, but he has a lot of mileage on his body and this role is the perfect way for a player of his stature to end his career gracefully. He may have happened into this situation, but clearly he's embraced it despite sacrificing much of the glory bestowed upon his fellow All-Star teammates.
SF - Paul PierceThere was always a pocket of thinking that insisted that in order for Kevin Garnett to truly win, he couldn't be the best player on the team. Most talented? Sure, but he couldn't be that indefinable 'best'. Enter Paul Pierce, who simply played the most inspired basketball of his career and was, at times, the only player on his team that could push through the difficulties in the Playoffs and perform at the level that was demanded for his team to win. His awareness of what a game needed from him was unparalleled on this team, and his ability to deliver that need was all the more remarkable. Pierce has always been a marvelous talent, in the vein of a Vince Carter or Tracy McGrady, but last year he forcibly exited that class by proving that he had the intangibles that forces his team to win. Does having a roster like he had around him help? Of course it does, tremendously. But the elevation in his game last year took more than just better teammates, and all that remains to be seen is whether or not his transformation was permanent, or the result of one man possessed for one destiny-driven season.
PF - Kevin GarnettHe got his title. More than anyone on this team, Garnett and his legacy needed this title. Known as the ultimate talent without the validation of winning, Garnett came into a pressure-cooker of a situation on the most storied franchise in professional basketball and he changed the entire culture of the team by virtue of his presence, and got his validation in the process. While Pierce may have been a more instrumental part of their game-to-game success, Garnett was essential to this team's entire season-long stratagem of shutting teams down defensively for 48-minutes. His dedication to that specific end was the act that defined a season. His intense will was inescapable, and no one wanted to be the guy who didn't at least try to match it. Garnett is not a soft teammate; in fact he's barely a friendly teammate. He plays the game at a fever pitch and expects the same of everyone around him. In the end he may have needed these other guys to make him into a winner, but he was the spirit that got them that chance.
C - Kendrick PerkinsHere is last season's unsung hero for the Boston Celtics. More than any other role player, Perkins dedicated himself to post-defense in an era where the art is disappearing as fast as post-offense. His numbers aren't going to jump out at anyone, but his production in the paint was essential to this team's success. It allowed Rondo to risk his opponent's penetration while he patrolled the passing lanes. It allowed Garnett to move away from the basket to cover more mobile forwards or switch on pick and rolls. It allowed the team to play its brand of suffocating defense because Perkins knew where to be on the floor. He knew how to cut off paths to the basket. He knew how to alter shots as well as he knew how to block them. He knew that defense isn't measured by stats, it's measured by will, and he had the will to lock-up the post for Boston.
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8. Nik Stauskas - Kings
18. Tyler Ennis - Suns
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