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Reality Training Culture Change
Change corporate culture.
Internalize the skills.
A company's success hinges on its ability to continuously develop its corporate culture. In today's world, no one can afford to stand still. But managers sometimes find culture change more difficult than expected.
Finely worded principles are not enough to motivate changes in employee behavior. After company restructuring, mergers or takeovers, employees look to their superiors for guidance. Yet this requires that the managers themselves have internalized the changes and embody them every day on the job. This is where CPC comes in: With Culture Change Reality Training.
To us, culture change comprises all a company's internally focused strategic development or reorientation efforts. This can affect its management style, cooperation within the firm, the service orientation of its employees, or corporate values.
Once top management has made the decision to change the corporate culture, they must define the change precisely, e.g. in the form of a mission statement. The second step involves realizing the mission statement, a much greater challenge. That's when the culture change must be modeled from the top down and made understandable to the employees. Upper, middle, and lower management must all serve as role models.
Implement change projects.
Make plans understandable.
Managers often do not understand the need for the reorientation in the first place. They do not see the discrepancy between their own and the desired new behavior. They fail to challenge old habits.
Top management has been known to craft a new management model without the senior managers having once considered changing their own principles.
If management does not succeed in implementing change, nothing in the company will change. Even the top-down approach does not help in these cases. To get the ball rolling, companies need to make their plans understandable especially to upper, middle, and lower management.
Each and every manager must personally experience how their behaviors conflict with the vision and how those behaviors make their employees feel. Culture change reality training uncovers these connections and clears the path for the new vision.
Get the ball rolling.
Benefits at a glance.
During culture change reality training, participants learn under real-world conditions why the change is necessary. The format affords managers at every level a real understanding of their employer's plan of action for change and turns them into competent change agents.
During training our consultants confront the participants with a fictitious but daunting task. The objective may be to implement the culture change in an acquired company. CPC presents the new unit in completely real terms, employees and work environment included.
The reality training participants have three days to gain the unwavering support of the new unit's various stakeholders for the culture change. Good salesmanship is not enough. Credibility and exemplary behavior in interacting with their peers is paramount.
Reality training forces participants to experience in no uncertain terms the contradictions between their own and the target behavior. This awareness, combined with regular feedback from stakeholders and coaches, creates effective learning in the shortest possible time.
Experience proves that most managers not only become eager to overcome their own shortcomings, but positively soar from the good results that come from actively applying the new principles. The ball starts rolling...
Culture change reality training offers the following benefits:
- Under realistic conditions, executives learn how their actions impact employees and whether their behavior reflects the proposed culture change.
- Reality training increases acceptance on the part of the participants.
- Individuals receive honest feedback and the opportunity to immediately apply that knowledge through iterative learning.
- Managers come to firmly believe that the proposed changes are good ones and necessary for the entire team.
- External actors and coaches mirror the current situation and uncover the need for action.
- Training forces participants to leave their comfort zones, thereby awarding them with completely new learning experiences.
Culture change reality training has also proven an effective alternative means of initiating change across a critical mass, e.g. the entire management staff. The experience spurs the definition and follow-through of the action plan for permanent culture change.
Reality training not only gives participants the knowledge they need to realize culture change projects. It also creates zealous proponents of the overall plan and role models for the evolution of the company.


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Forza T5 Super Strength Black Review
If you've been shopping around for a quality fat burner to add to your weight loss regimen, then you might have stumbled across Forza T5 products. Forza T5 has produced a wide range of fat burning products, and recently they've released their "Super Strength Black" formula to the market.
Supposedly, Forza T5 Super Strength Black advanced limited edition version will only sell 2,000 bottles that will help consumers strip away excess fat in those stubborn places. Forza T5 claims that Super Strength Black contains over 50% of their fat burning ingredients, making it even more powerful than before for the ultimate weight loss experience.
Yet for those mathematicians out there that understand that 50% multiplied by Zero still equals Zero, just because a product claims to be more effective doesn't mean it is. To find out whether or not Forza T5 Super Strength Black can really produce some serious numbers on the bathroom scale, we've taken a closer look at its ingredients.
What We Like about Super Strength Black
Super Strength Black contains ingredients that have been clinically proven to produce weight loss results, and there is plenty of research to back up the effectiveness of caffeine or bitter orange peel. When used correctly, these ingredients interact with your body's central nervous system to deliver a rush of fat burning energy, so you can burn those extra calories and lose more weight throughout the day.
What We Don't Like about Super Strength Black
Forza T5 is not the first company to rely on stimulants for weight loss, nor will it be the last. Like so many other diet pills and supplements, Super Strength Black would be nothing more than a placebo without its high concentrations of caffeine and bitter orange. While these ingredients may be effective, they can also be hard on your body, resulting in negative side effects such as nervousness, jitters, dizziness, insomnia, headaches, and nausea.
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Forza T5 products are manufactured in the UK, so if you live anywhere else, be prepared to pay out of the nose for shipping and handling. Although Forza T5 Super Strength Black does have the potential to help consumers reach their weight loss goals, it might not work for everyone. Without a solid money-back guarantee that covers more than just your unopened and unused bottles, this pill might not be worth the risk.


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Replacing a Pane of Glass
Replacing a pane of glass is a fairly simple task, as long as you follow some basic rules and work safely. The task obviously gets more difficult the larger the pane is and the higher it is located. Before you start removing glass and applying putty, you need to measure the opening where the glass will fit and have a new pane cut by a glass supplier. The supplier should be able to advise you what thickness of glass you need for the size of the opening and the type of frame.
Removing Broken Glass
The first thing you need to do is to clear the frame of any remaining glass. Make sure you wear thick gloves and eye protection when doing this. Place a dustsheet on the ground both inside and outside of the window to catch any fragments of glass and then score all the way around the broken pane with a glass cutter, close to the putty. Tap the glass with a hammer to break it out of the frame, trying to keep the pieces as large as possible. Now remove the old putty with a chisel and take out the remaining glass and glazing sprigs or tacks. Remove any dust from the window rebates and paint the frame with a coat of primer.
If you need to leave the window unglazed overnight or for any long period, you can fill the hole with a piece of hardboard cut to size and nailed into the frame, or you can cut a small sheet of thick polythene and nail thin battens of wood around the edges to hold it onto the frame.
Choose the correct putty for the type of frame you are working on. Linseed Oil or Acrylic Putty should be used for a wooden frame and Metal Casement or Universal Putty for a metal frame. With either type of putty, you should work it in your hands for a little to soften it up. Now run a thin bead of putty around the rebate and press it firmly into the corner.
Inserting The Glass
Now carefully insert the new pane of glass, pressing the edges gently into the putty (never press in the middle of the glass). Use a small hammer to tap the sprigs or tacks into the frame so they hold the pane of glass. Make sure they are tapped in enough so that they will not show through the putty about to be applied. Alternatively, if you are working on a metal frame, bend the clips to hold the glass in place.
Run a second bead of putty around the edge of the glass and press it in firmly. Using a wet putty knife, carefully bevel the putty so it matches the rest of the windows. Alternatively, you can choose to use beading to hold the pane in place, bevel the corners and use tacks to pin it in place. Use a punch to knock the heads of the tacks below the surface and finish off by painting or varnishing as required.


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by Pat Buzby
Dub Trio have not picked a simple mission. In the '60s, the architects of dub created a new form of psychedelic dance music which put power in the hands of people who knew the powers of the mixing board, rather than leaving it with those who could play instruments. Now, the members of Dub Trio are attempting to do double duty as musicians and mixers.
New Heavy, the Dub Trio's second CD, reveals that they can achieve many of the same effects as the dub pioneers. The only issue is that, on CD, their achievement seems less remarkable than it would be if you could witness them onstage. Stu Brooks's bass lines morph in an instant from standard rock patterns to deep, throbbing pulses; Joe Tomino unleashes rapid fills which disappear in a second; at one point the trio even recreates the effect of a tape shifting into dull tones due to azimuth issues. However, you have to imagine the effect of being in the room, witnessing the drum and guitar acrobatics, feeling the low frequencies.
On "Not Alone," Mike Patton guests on vocals, evoking the pointless punk/metal frenzy which characterized '90s rock in much the same way that pointless classical/metal frenzy characterized '70s rock. Otherwise, the Dub Trio has the disc to itself. Their tendency to start with metal/hardcore riffs, shift into a dub interlude and then let the original riff return becomes repetitive after a while, but they do what they want to do with strength and rhythm. And yetif you disregard the fact of their doing it live, there's not much here that isn't also present in the original works of King Tubby or Sly & Robbie, or even in the more adventurous efforts of white followers such as the Police or Public Image Ltd.
The Dub Trio has reclaimed power for musicians which rested in the hands of non-musicians. However, this leaves New Heavy as little more than a souvenir of what is likely an impressive live experience.


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Episode 32: Arthur – Part 1
In Part 1 of Episode 32, Arthur talks about how his growing addiction, during a three year period, changed him from the outgoing, positive person (the life of the party) to someone who isolated himself from his friends.
Growing up in Las Vegas, Nevada, Arthur had so much resentment towards his family, especially towards his mother. He had so much anger that he wanted to cover up his feelings but he didn't know how to at the time. After the death of his father, Arthur's life (then 18) took a tailspin. He happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time with a friend when he did heroin for the first time. During that time Arthur felt like he was in control. He had no idea what addiction was. By the time he turned 22 Arthur began to use three grams of heroin a day. Once those close to him knew that he had a problem, he finally agreed to get help.
A month and a half clean from treatment Arthur relapsed on the anniversary of his father's death. His mind was once again flooded with frustration, he isolated himself once more. Arthur would proceed on the worst run of his substance abuse, which would culminate in an unfortunate discovery during another trip to treatment.
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Hansel Bauman on DEAFSPACE: Lessons on Perception, Architecture, and Cultural Agency
IHCD Lunch & Learn Lecture
Wednesday, March 16th, 12:00PM
200 Portland Street, Boston, MA 02114
DEAFSPACE: Lessons on Perception, Architecture, and Cultural Agency
This presentation explores the emerging concept of DeafSpace as a profound example of how perception shapes architecture and how inclusive design and construction practices can empower traditionally marginalized cultures and enhance the quality of life for all.
Deaf people inhabit a rich sensory world with a visual and tactile means of spatial awareness; many communicate through visual, sign language and identify with a culture rooted in these cognitive and linguistic sensibilities and shared life stories. Throughout history deaf people have devised novel ways of modifying their largely hearing-centered environments to fit their unique ways-of-being. The wisdom born from contending with a misfit environment and these daily acts of cultural customization are the generative source of DeafSpace—a timeless, but as yet formally unrecognized, approach toward architecture that goes beyond accessibility to create an aesthetic responsive to and expressive of deaf experiences.
The presentation will chronicle the radically inclusive design and research undertaken over the past 10 years at Gallaudet University's DeafSpace Workshop that created the award winning DeafSpace Design Guidelines—a compendium of over 100 DeafSpace architectural patterns. Case studies will demonstrate how inclusive design processes inspired by Deaf culture have empowered users and ignited a renewed awareness of architecture and perception. These examples demonstrate how deaf people's unique spatial sensibilities transcend preconceived limitations of language, culture and sensory experiences to remind us of the deep connection between architecture, culture and wellbeing.
Speaker Bio:
Hansel Bauman is the Gallaudet University Architect, Co Director DeafSpace Institute (DSI) and adjunct faculty at Gallaudet University. He is the founding partner of Hansel Bauman, Architect + Planner and is a recognized leader in the field of "DeafSpace Architecture" with over twenty-five years of experience in architecture, planning, urban design, research, teaching and policy development.
Mr. Bauman is the recipient of the International Association of Universal Design's 2015 Gold Award for the "DeafSpace Design Guide" a catalogue of over 100 architectural patters attuned to deaf linguistic, cognitive and cultural ways of being. The Design Guide was developed through the DeafSpace Project —an ongoing research and design project—he established in 2006 with Gallaudet's Department of ASL and Deaf Studies.
As a DSI Co-Director Mr. Bauman has lead Gallaudet's community engagement and creative placemaking activities supporting the university's 2022 Campus Plan and 6th Street Development project since 2006. Mr. Bauman's writings and lectures, including a 2014 TED X lecture explores DeafSpace as a vernacular architecture for a more sustainable and livable world. In 2013 he was appointed to serve on the International Code Committee representing DeafSpace issues on behalf of the National Association of the Deaf.
About the Institute Lectures:
The "Lunch and Learn" lectures are at 12:00, provide a boxed lunch and are free. Companies presenting will showcase their innovative products illustrating the human-centered design philosophy.


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from Jan
It was a long and somewhat costly self-help course, but buying and selling our house has become one of the greatest learning experiences of my marriage. In 2009, Jeremy and I reluctantly moved back to the DC area from Chicago. We rented an apartment for a year and as our lease expiration was approaching, we began to have the hankering for family life which, at the time, we thought meant an established (oh how that term makes Jeremy feel like an old man) life with a child, house, a backyard, a car, and a commute. We got all of that and there ended up being only one thing in that list that we ended up really valuing (just to be very clear…that was the child!).
We bought the house in 2010 and sold it in 2014. If you are interested in the process and finances of it, check out Jeremy's post, coming on Thursday. But, I've done a lot of sharing and personal introspection the last two weeks and I'm exhausted! So, let me get back to my roots, practical and straight-forward thinking. What did we get out of such a seemingly bad decision?
A clear message to SLOW DOWN. These big life decisions need to be done thoughtfully, deliberately, and when at all possible, slowly. I do not necessarily mean to take a lot of time, but just to slow down your thinking and try (hard though it may be) not to jump from beginning to end without exploring all your options.
Looking back, Jeremy and I can both point out numerous situations in which if we had not jumped before exploring, we would have saved ourselves a lot of angst. But, we can't regret those situations. What we can do is do our best to slow down now. Find our comfy pace. When we realized home ownership was not the role for us, we finally began to heed this advice. We prioritized what we liked and did not like about home ownership. We realistically planned on how we could achieve some of those goals through a change. We deliberately weighed cost and benefits (monetary and other). We practically made a decision.
Many big (and small) decisions in life feel as though they need to be made in a rush, right away, now, now, now! But, in reality, even just 24 hours and some deliberate thinking can make a world of difference.
When I need to slow down in a situation, here is what I try to do:
1—Stop. Unless this is an emergency situation, I don't need to do anything RIGHT NOW.
2—Next, I take a moment to really define the situation/challenge.
3—List my priorities. Decide how realistic those priorities are.
4—Prioritize my priorities. What are the top one or two things I want to achieve?
5—Explore my options. What can I do to meet these priorities? Is this a realistic action? How can I ameliorate missed priorities?
6—Make a doable plan and implement my action(s).
7—Within a realistic time frame, review my progress and decide if my actions are, in fact, meeting my priorities.
For our house selling and proceeding actions, here is what happened:
1—Stop. It was not an emergency situation. We realized and took advantage of the time we had to make our choices. Realizing we were not rushed, really gave us the permission to take some time to think through some big items.
2—The true challenge was that we did not like owning a house or the lifestyle our location dictated.
3 and 4—Our priorities, in order of importance, were: more time together, moving out of the DC area, financial relief, living in a more walkable neighborhood, and access to free public services (library, park, etc.).
5—It turned out that, at the time, moving out of the DC area was not possible. That was a big disappointment. To ameliorate that disappointment, we were incredibly committed (rigid?) on meeting our other priorities.
6—Find a reasonable-sized and priced 2 bedroom unit in an apartment community with a pool located within walking distance to some free public services and a grocery store.
7—We've been in our place for 1.5 years and have mostly hit the mark. Our space is just right for the 3 of us (although white apartment walls do drive me nuts!), we have a pool, and can walk to a park, library, and grocery store. As an added bonus, we are closer to school and many friends.
So, what do I miss? The only thing I really miss is dining space. We really enjoy having friends over for dinner and other get togethers. With our current place, we almost always ended up having "living room picnics" instead of eating at a table. I did not realize that would be something I would miss, but I really do! But, at least I have a new priority for next time!
Trust me, slowing down is not always appropriate and it does not always work (if you read our blog long enough, I'm sure you'll learn about many of those situations). However, making a slow, comfy decision, even one that does not achieve all of the desired result, can give you the confidence and peace of mind of trying your best to find your comfy.
POST SCRIPT: This is a lesson still being learned as evidenced by a recent trip to Trader Joe's. Our list: cucumber, bell peppers, celery, and two dips. We did get those things along with 3 boxes of cookies and a cake. SLOW DOWN, we did not (until after our sugar crash, of course)!


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THOMAS TASCHINGER: Patriots fumble response to Deflategate report
When the speaker of the Missouri House was caught last week sending sexual text messages to a young intern, he quickly resigned. He did the right thing, but then again, he had no choice. The text messages were undeniable.
Robert Kraft, owner of the New England Patriots, should have followed that script with the Deflategate punishment. Admit your guilt, accept the punishment and move on.
Instead Kraft and the Patriots are going to keep on pretending that they knew nothing about the deflated footballs in the AFC Championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. Yet almost everyone outside of diehard Patriot fans realizes that this is nonsense. And part of the proof lies in the text messages.
Like these gems involving John Jastremski, an equipment assistant for the Patriots, and Jim McNally, the official locker room attendant for the Patriots, and No. 12 himself, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady:
Jastremski: Tom is acting crazy about balls
Jastremski: Ready to vomit!
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And this one, where McNally gives himself a nickname that will never be forgotten:
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The overall picture is summarized in lawyerly language by investigator Ted Wells, who said, "We have concluded that it is more probable than not that Tom Brady was at least generally aware of the inappropriate activities of [the locker room attendants] involving the release of air from Patriots game balls."
Brady's defenders ignore the damning texts - and the refusal by Brady's lawyer to provide any texts from Brady's phone. The Patriots even put forth the absurd claim that McNally was called "the deflator" because of his weight loss. Sheesh!
The bottom line is the NFL rule book. If other quarterbacks are fooling with the footballs - and they probably are - they too should be punished. But Brady got caught this time, and there have to be consequences for blatant rules violations. If not, each team strays further and further and the integrity of the game is compromised.
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In his new solo show, "Analog.Ue," the soulful storyteller Daniel Kitson tells a story without speaking a single word.
This unexpected feat begins with a striking, melancholy image that takes advantage of the unusual depth of St. Ann's Warehouse: Mr. Kitson standing alone in the dark distance under a light, surrounded by antique-looking recording devices.
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"Analog.Ue" tells of an old man, Thomas Martin Taplow, who decides to record his memories once he begins to forget them. You might say that these stories are his legacy. This formally tricky story zips across four decades from a plot line centering on Taplow and his wife, Gertie, to another on a girl, Trudy Livingston, who was a child when her father died. (They are all rendered in Mr. Kitson's voice.) Interweaving monologues about these ordinary lives filled with pathos, desperation and a stoic sense that everything will be just fine, Mr. Kitson shapes a strangely hopeful story about what we learn from loss.Continue reading the main story
While the monologues provide snapshots of rituals and landmarks of life — eating, shopping, falling in love — they are built like little teasing mysteries. Mr. Kitson doesn't set scenes so much as strip them bare, beginning a story by evoking a spare garage or an unbuilt cathedral. His descriptions of what isn't there are so meticulous that the emptiness seems to have an architecture. Even silence has a sound, which he calls, in one of many lovely flourishes, "the hum of absence."
Mr. Kitson's hit "The Interminable Suicide of Gregory Church," which played St. Ann's in 2011, has a similar organizing conceit, telling the story of a dead man's life through found letters. But here the process of recording, the documenting of memories, is as much the subject as the life itself.
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Thematically, Mr. Kitson dramatizes a kind of cosmic debate between the past and the future. As you might expect from a dying man with a fraying mind, Thomas treasures, even fetishizes the past. His wife, a widow, has a more fraught relationship with the "melancholy mountain of memories." She instructs her daughter to embrace the future.
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MEAFORD–The rich dark earth clings to the misshapen carrots and the irregular-sized tomatoes carry battle scars, but this is fresh food and David Harper, the farmer who harvested them just hours ago, is now selling them to an appreciative crowd.
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John Ziebarth has joined Cuhaci & Peterson Architects, Engineers and Planners in the role of Principal, focusing primarily on the firm's Grocery clientele. An alumnus of the University of Cincinnati's College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, Ziebarth holds a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, in addition to being licensed in multiple states.
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Squishy Saga: Episode 3: Glazing and firingPosted by nmjunko
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And… once the squishies have undergone their first firing, they are glazed.
I missed taking a photo of the first step after bisque firing- the sanding. Each squishy is inspected for cracks or holes and rough spots are sanded down. This is extremely hazardous, as it releases airborne silica dust, which if breathed in, can collect in the lungs and cause silicosis, for which there is no cure. This is why most potters wear a NIOSH N-, P- or R-100 mask when working in any situation that creates dust. I always meant to get around to buying one… so yeah, go ahead and yell at me. I never wore gloves either when I was an animal control officer so I'm used to getting yelled at…
Back to the topic- once sanded, the squishies are rinsed in hot water and left to dry for around an hour. Then the liner glaze is poured in. I use a glossy white glaze on the insides of the squishies. (note- in 2011 I switched to a clear glaze inside my pots) I also manage to get some on me, the walls, the table… as you can see.
Then the glaze is poured out, and I wipe off any drips on the outside and also wipe the rim clean.
After the stray glaze is cleaned off, the cup is set aside to dry for an hour or so. Then the outside glaze goes on! This is achieved by dipping the squishy into the glaze bucket.
Ready to dunk!
This glaze is floating blue. Before they are fired, glazes usually look nothing like the finished glaze, which can sometimes lead to confusion when glazing complicated patterns or images on pottery.
If I'm really careful I can get a nice clean line at the bottom of the cup. It didn't really happen here.
The squishy is pulled out and I let the excess drip off.
Then any stray glaze is cleaned up off the bottom and the cup is set aside until dry. Glaze dries pretty quickly- usually these will dry in about 3-5 minutes as the clay body soaks the water out of the glaze.
Then the kiln is loaded as before, all the way to the top:
Remember these colors as they will look completely different once fired! The kiln is programmed to fire to about 2200 degrees, and then it holds the temperature for 10 minutes to help the crystals in my beach glaze to form. This takes a shorter time than the first firing, because it does not have to go as slowly as before. Generally the kiln will reach temperature in 9 hours, but it takes a bit longer to cool off than it did before.
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Yesterday afternoon a colleague of mine gave a colloquium in the Anthropology Department. After the lecture, several folks headed down to the nearest libation-serving outside patio (as it was a nice spring afternoon) to pretend to be intellectual and discuss topics of great importance *chuckle*
This colleague was from Arkansas, but was born in Alaska. . . This had been revealed during his introduction, so I asked him about it and mentioned that it reminded me of a poem that my grandfather used to recite about a Tennesseean who died in the Alaska cold. My colleague immediately launched into Robert Service's Cremation of Sam McGee line by line without pausing. . . Sure, I know it's a classic, but the recitation was impressive nonetheless.
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Optical spending shrinks: is Europe catching a cold?
12 June 2012
The poor economic news coming out of Europe is casting a shadow over the optical networking industry. Market research firms Infonetics Research and Ovum both reported that the optical network hardware market had a bad quarter in Q12012.
Infonetics reports that the first quarter of this year saw a drop in optical network systems revenues of 23% worldwide to $2.8 billion. The market shrinkage was particularly acute in Europe, which suffered its "worst optical communications capex quarter in five years", the firm asserts.
Ovum analysts found that revenues declined 9% from the year-ago quarter, again with the worst fall in Europe where sales declined about 15% quarter over quarter. Due to differences in methodologies, the absolute numbers do not agree but the trends are quite clear.
Is the situation really as bad as it appears? Infonetics points out that the overall picture looks worse than it might because of the market's strength in the previous quarter (see Infonetics: Optical network equipment market up 8% in 4Q11).
One explanation Ovum is giving for the poor 1Q12 result is that the seasonal weakness expected in late 2011 was delayed and is happening now. "4Q/1Q market seasonality is becoming more pronounced as spending and spending growth shifts to Asia-Pacific and South and Central America, in which case sales should rebound more than is typical in 2Q12," said Dana Cooperson, practice leader of Ovum's network infrastructure practice.
Both Infonetics and Ovum expect the situation to improve. Ovum is still forecasting modest 4% growth in the optical hardware market this year to reach $16.2 billion. Andrew Schmitt, principal analyst for optical at Infonetics, is cautiously optimistic about the market overall.
"Conversations with vendors and carriers lead us to believe that spending in North America will resume moderate growth and we are forecasting solid gains in optical spending in China this year in large part due to our recent visits with Chinese carriers," he said. "But Europe is a tough call, with macroeconomic trends there not providing much hope."
Schmitt remains concerned about a continuing slow down in Europe. "The most alarming development is that year-over-year in EMEA – particularly Europe –spending on WDM optical equipment decreased faster than spending on legacy SDH equipment," he noted. "This is not the behavior of a region experiencing only a minor quarterly pullback. By contrast, the trend in North America was the opposite, with carriers cutting spending year-over-year but allocating towards forward-looking technology investments like WDM equipment and ROADMs."
As is always the case, some companies performed better than others during the quarter. For example, Fujitsu and Ciena outperformed competitors in North America, while NEC and Fujitsu increased their market share in Asia. Other vendors that outperformed the market were smaller companies such as Infinera, ADVA, and Transmode, according to Infonetics.
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Press release: Ovum reveals a slow start to 2012 optical networking market
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Over the past year, edjuster doubled both its revenue and the number of employees in Quebec. As such, the Company has established an even stronger position of resources to support major, catastrophic events, improve response times, reduce time spent onsite, minimize travel costs for insurers and better maintain its high level of health and safety standards.
As Quebec Insurers continue to recognize the value of professional, third-party field services for residential and commercial content inventory, edjuster will continue its expansion in all key regions to help further support its unmatched Performance Excellence Guarantee (PEG) program. The unique combination of technology with the e-xclaim cloud based content management platform and employees -- delivers more accurate and consistent performance on claims -- which is a clear differentiator in this market.
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The "Pet Price" on the males in this litter are $700.00 and the "Papered Price" (Includes UKC registration application) is $1635. If you purchase a puppy from me at the "Pet Price" you have the option of obtaining the registration application for the difference of the "Papered Price" before the puppy turns 12 months old.
These puppies are suited for what ever job you give them, they have great ball/toy drive and medium prey drive. They would make great companion/Personal Protection dogs as well with a built in on and off switch. I expect these puppies to have the same level head and outgoing personalities as both parents.
I expect the males in this litter to be 70-80 pounds and stand at 25" at the shoulders and the females should weigh 60-65 pounds and also stand at 25" at the shoulders.
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In addition to playing in each other's quartets, Brian and I also play as a duo. I have always loved playing music and improvising with Brian. We are also teamed up in Bands led by Andrew D'angelo, Petr Cancura and others, so I get to see him all the time.
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Hamlin was named after a railroad official of the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway. Hamlin was named for Orient official W. H. Hamlin. The Orient reached Hamlin in 1906 and was followed by the Texas Central Railroad within a couple of years and by the Abilene and Southern Railroadin 1910. The arrival of the railroad was announced in 1902 and the first train arrived in 1906. The county's first gypsum plant was constructed six miles outside of Hamlin in 1903. Business boomed with the rail service, and the town included gins, a cottonseed oil mill, and a number of other businesses. Oil was discovered in 1928 which also contributed to the economy. TheHamlin Herald was first published in 1906 and still prints as of today.Hamlin would later gain its first and only hospital, Hamlin Memorial, in 1948. In 2015 Hamlin Memorial Hospital's name was changed to Hamlin Health. Drs Chad L White and Krishna Sunkavalli, practice in Hamlin as well as at "Hamlin Health Clinic". In 2014 Mrs. Delores(Lola) Zertuche joined the Hamlin Health team as a nurse practitioner.


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Never before have local authorities faced the financial pressures that they will be placed under over the next few years.
Leicestershire County Council have just consulted members of the public on how they can save £110 million pounds from their annual budget, roughly one third of all the money it currently spends.
The future of finance at North West Leicestershire District Council is not in a dissimilar position.
Both Councils plan to increase council tax next year (and for years after that) at the same time they are planning cutting, or even cancelling, many of the services that they provide.
The changes to local government will undoubtedly affect every community in North West Leicestershire but I fear will particularly impact on Thringstone.
You may ask why Thringstone could be badly affected and I will give you three examples.
- Our Community Centre, Thringstone House, is significantly funded by Leicestershire County Council. There is a serious concern that over the coming years the County Council will choose to stop providing that financial support.
- Leicestershire County Council is currently undertaking a piece of work which considers the prospect of merging our County and District Councils. Such mergers have happened in other counties. It is argued that mergers can save significant amounts of taxpayer money, at the same time many believe decision making is too far removed from local communities.
- The vast majority of communities in North West Leicestershire are governed by Parish Councils, Thringstone is not (alongside just central Coalville and Greenhill). The things that are normally done by Parish Councils are done on their behalf by NWLDC through a mechanism called 'Special Expenses'. The district council are now planning on moving services away from the 'General Fund', which all district residents pay for and into 'Special Expenses', which are paid for just by residents of the special expense area. It's all legal but it does mean residents in those communities will be provided with less services than they are now.
Parish Council's are responsible for many of the things that make villages (and towns) nicer places to live - the sort of things which could well be cut as local government changes.
Parish Councils can be responsible for allotments, bus shelters, community centres, dog control orders, litter bins, and play facilities to name just a few areas.
Local people are able to decide what are their own very local priorities and increase or reduce council tax to pay for them. In fact other Parish Councils, like the relatively newly formed Whitwick Parish Council, have not increased council tax since it was established 3 financial years ago.
The best Parish Councils make a huge difference in making villages much nicer places to live. Look no further than Swannington, Osgathorpe or even Shepshed.
I believe the residents of Thringstone should have that same opportunity.
In order to formally ask North West Leicestershire District Council to consider establishing a 'Community Governance Review' which forms a Thringstone Parish Council it is necessary to gather a petition of local residents.
For Thringstone 250 valid signatures are required on the petition.
After discussing the issue with, and at the request of, a number of local residents I have agreed to compile such a petition.
Over the coming weeks I will be around the village gathering signatures. If you specifically would like to sign the petition which formally starts a conversation about forming a Parish Council then please get in contact and I will make sure you get the opportunity to do so.


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The Celestial Vale was the home of the Divine Child, son of Pan Gu, until soldiers from the Twilight Empire invaded the place attempting to kill the Divine Child and take his power. Since then, Celestial Maidens have arrived to the vale and prepared it so that Spiritual Initiates can train there. Recently, it has been overrun by seven sacred beasts that now threaten the safety of the Celestial Vale and its people.
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The Celestial Vale is filled with beginner quests and monsters that will help newer players familiarize themselves with the game mechanics and their class's skills. Here new characters can obtain their first Genie, their first mount, flyer, armor and weapons. You will learn how to use the quest system, auto-path to locate objectives, form squads, message players and talk in chat, perform gestures and other actions. At the very end of the quest chain is a dungeon that requires a squad or help from a more leveled character.
All characters can enter or exit the Celestial Vale using the Teleport Master NPCs in the major cities. From the NPC's menu select, "Quest Related" and "Go back to Celestial Vale". Likewise to return to Perfect World main while in Celestial Vale go to Teleport Master and select "Quest Related" and "Return to Perfect World"
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- Give the Beginner's Guide a read as it will help you familiarize yourself with the game.
- If you are new to the game and want to spend real money to expand your inventory, safe, or quest log by purchasing items from the Boutique (in-game store) you will have to wait until you are level 10+.
- Open the quest log (Press the Q key) and check "Current Quests" and "Find Quests" to start your journey. Always check the area you are in for any NPCs that have a quest flag over them so you can grab those quest while you are there.
- Start doing quests by checking where the Quest Dispatcher of each quest is located on the map. Do this by clicking on the Dispatcher's link then stop your travel and open the map (Press the M key) to see where the highlighted location is flagged on the overall map and the expanded map. By doing this to each quest you can plan how you want to organize doing the quests. You can do the same thing for the "Quest Awarder" links also, if it they are given.
- As you receive quests remember that the quest log is limited to 20 quests by default. Try not to fill your quest log too much, as PWI uses it for several things such as teleportation, opening boxes, drops, buying items and many more.
- You may be tempted to pick up everything that monsters drop. This can quickly become a storage nightmare until you learn what to save and what you can throw away. Most drops are not worth very much (1 coin) and can be thrown away, though some items are useful for expanding your safe or pet bag.
- A lot of quest items will appear in the "normal item" tab of your inventory rather than in the "quest items" tab. Also you will likely receive lots of items when completing quests throughout the game, so make sure to leave enough space in your inventory.
- This game has a lot of features and can get very complicated very quickly, especially if you level up very quickly. Don't be afraid to ask for help or advice from other players. Most players are glad to help out if they are able to, but make sure to not abuse the opportunity.
- When you begin you may notice a glowing golden treasure chest, usually located at the top of your screen. You can get useful prizes from this as you progress through the game, so make sure to check it regularly.
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As you level your character or reach the end of the quest chain in Celestial Vale, you will start seeing quests in your quest log that are in Perfect World. Upon leaving the Celestial Vale, you will be teleported to the main city of your particular race in Perfect World. It is recommended to begin the quests that are close to your city, though you can also begin completing quests in Archosaur as well as they are also available to you.
At this point you may want to research the up coming Quests you will be given as you level. The most important quests to do are the Cultivation quests as these help to teach you more advanced skills. It is also a good idea to choose a list of Daily Quests to do to keep you moving along and leveling at a decent rate.
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In reviewing the 2017 Toyota Corolla XLE trim, I remembered that I drove a Toyota Corolla XSE trim in late-June.
Instead of doing a straightforward review of just the XLE, let's take a look at what some of the key differences are between two trims on a car that was bought 360,483 times in 2016.
In fact, the Toyota Corolla was the No. 6 ranked best-selling vehicle in the United States in 2016. With 360,483 sold, Corolla sales actually dipped 0.8 percent from 2015 to 2016.
The main differences can pretty much be summed up like this:
- The XSE is a sportier model on the outside and inside with its two driving modes and spoiler.
- The XLE does not have a Sport driving mode, and comes without a spoiler.
- The XSE is typically about $1,000 or so more than the XLE edition.
The XSE design:
The XLE design:
What I liked: The 2017 Toyota Corolla XLE is a standard car that is easy to drive, comfortable enough and capable enough to either hop on the highway or take the back roads on the commute.
The fuel economy of 32 mpg with 36 mph highway and 28 mpg city are bug factors in the appeal to the compact Corolla. I drove the car to work every single day from the North End to Downtown, and even added a couple Metro trips and the fuel gauge still never really flirted with half-empty.
That's the kind of performance you should be looking for in a Corolla, and not spunky fun driving that oozes with horsepower and torque. Not only this, but it comes with the expected standard safety features, a solid touchscreen, and simple controls and connectivity that make the $20,000-plus price tag fit.
What I didn't like: All right, you caught me, this is a really boring drive.
It does all the things it's supposed to do, but there is no personality or character when it comes to the Corolla XLE. Not that the XSE was masquerading as a turbocharged Kia Soul, but at least there was some sporty feels and jump to the acceleration in that trim.
I think that taking away the Sporty design and the driver customization really limits the XLE, in that what are you buying when compared to the much more fun XSE edition. The safety equipment, seats and just about everything comes the same, so why not spend just a little more on driving modes, a better design and so on and so forth.
Price as tested: $23,451
-- added equipment to the cost include 50-state emissions, body-side moldings, mudguards, door sill enhancements and the carpet/trunk mat set.