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More soldiers are being dismissed because they are not meeting the U.S. Army's fitness standards, according to an article in The Washington Post.
One of the reasons for the increase in dismissals is the Army's orders to trim the active duty force from 570,000 to 490,000 by 2017, according to the newspaper.
From January to October of this year, the Army dismissed 1,625 soldiers for not being fit, 16 times the number of soldiers who were dismissed for the same reason in 2007, the newspaper reported.
The Post cited a study by the Armed Forces Health Surveillance Center in which the number of active duty military personnel who were deemed obese more than tripled between 1998 and 2010. More than 86,000 troops—5.3 percent of the force—were diagnosed as clinically obese in 2010.
In times of war, the number of unfit soldiers who were dismissed decreased because of the need for more troops in combat. As the war in Iraq has come to a close, the Army is becoming stricter in its enforcement of its fitness standards.
The newspaper reported it did not receive data on dismissals from the Navy, Marines and Air Force. However, according to a recent report in the Air Force Times, the number of discharges of active-duty airmen who did not meet physical training standards jumped from 156 in 2007 to 1,319 so far in 2012. Demotions in the Air Force because of poor physical fitness also have increased as a result, from fewer than 100 in 2007 to 528 last year.
Last month, the Marines announced a change in the female physical fitness test in which pull-ups will replace the flexed arm hang. A transition period will begin Jan. 1 to allow commanders and individual female Marines to adjust training routines to prepare for the new requirements, which will be implemented Jan. 1, 2014.


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The Department of Statistical & Actuarial Sciences (www.stats.uwo.ca) is pleased to announce a search for a professor of quantitative finance at the associate or full professor rank (tenured). The position starting date will be July 1, 2014.
We seek candidates with a doctoral degree working in any area of quantitative finance or quantitative financial risk management. The successful candidate must provide evidence of top research and impact as evidenced by publications in top outlets across multiple areas of the discipline and by activities such as journal editorship, invited keynote talks, or membership on advisory boards. The successful candidate will have the ability to provide leadership in our growing quantitative finance research and training programs. Experience in initiating and leading new academic programs or research centers would be a particular asset as is demonstrated ability to teach quantitative finance to a variety of student constituencies. The candidate must also have extensive experience in graduate supervision, with a record of success in student placement, provision of extra-curricular training opportunities, and co-publication with graduate students. The successful candidate will have attracted research funding from a variety of sources including, ideally, the leadership of large, multi-stakeholder grants, and have demonstrated the ability to initiate and foster industry-academic collaborations. We aim to attract a promoter and champion of interdisciplinary scholarship who is able to effectively collaborate with academic colleagues across the university, in particular with our partners in Business, Economics, and Law.
Western's Department of Statistical & Actuarial Sciences offers an exceptional environment for interdisciplinary research, teaching, and training in quantitative finance. Together with the Department of Economics, Law School and Richard Ivey School of Business, the Department founded the interdisciplinary research Centre for Financial Innovation and Risk Management (CFRIM). Many of the 21 faculty in the Department, including a CRC Chair in Financial Mathematics and a CRC Chair in Financial Econometrics (joint with Economics), are active in the area of quantitative finance. The Department has vibrant undergraduate and graduate programs in financial modelling and Actuarial Science as well as Statistics. Additionally, the Department is an active participant in a collaborative professional Masters of Financial Economics program, offered with colleagues in Economics, Law, and Business. The Department is a Society of Actuaries (SOA) recognized Center of Actuarial Excellence and is an accredited university under the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA) University Accreditation Program and also offers a number of professional development programs for actuaries. Western is also the home of the SHARCNET High performance computing facility www.sharcnet.ca, and is an interdisciplinary leader in the area of big data and data analytics.
Western is one of Canada's top research-intensive universities and provides an exceptional employment experience. To learn more about Western and its resources for new faculty, please visit: http://www.uwo.ca/about/work.html and http://uwo.ca/facultyrelations/recruitment_retention/index.html
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: A complete application will include: a covering letter and curriculum vitae; a teaching dossier; a research plan; three representative papers; and the names, addresses, email addresses, and phone numbers of three referees. The application should be sent (email preferred) to:
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Captain Becker, how does one become a pilot?
How does one become a pilot?
Airlines recruit pilots in various different ways. Training people "from the ground up" is a good, solid approach. After passing the aptitude tests, recruits receive top-notch training that fully qualifies them to make their first commercial flight as a copilot. Another approach is to recruit pilots who have gained experience elsewhere.
What skills should a pilot bring with him or her?
Everything that's required of the profession in this day and age: excellent flying skills, decisiveness, the ability to work in a team, discipline, physical and psychological resilience and a willingness to take responsibility. The "mere" ability to fly a plane is no longer nearly sufficient.
How does one get promoted to captain?
The law requires you to hold a "Pilot in Command" license and have completed a minimum number of hours flying a commercial airliner, which is generally several years. In the end, the airline makes the decision based on the applicant's career history, possibly taking into account their seniority (time already with the airline).
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An unconventional workplace like the cockpit comes with huge responsibility and requires a high level of commitment – and I have thoroughly enjoyed meeting these challenges in my 40 years of active service. I also got to know so many countries that I'm now happy to stay right here in Germany, although I do watch the departing planes from the golf course in Frankfurt …


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Dealing With Earwax
Cotton swabs are standard in many family bathrooms. They're handy for a variety of grooming needs, but often are used to remove earwax — a common but potentially hazardous practice.
While some people have more earwax than others, in general the ear makes just as much wax as it needs. In some rare cases, kids' ears do make excess earwax. If it interferes with hearing or causes pain or discomfort, it needs to be removed by a doctor. But only a medical professional can determine whether earwax should be removed and rule out other issues that could be causing symptoms.
Parents — and kids — shouldn't attempt to remove earwax at home, even with remedies that promise to be safe and effective. Doing so risks damage to the ear canal and, possibly, a child's hearing.
Why Do Ears Make Wax?
Earwax is made in the outer ear canal, the area between the fleshy part of the ear on the outside of the head and the middle ear. The medical term for earwax is cerumen.
Earwax has many important functions. It helps protect the eardrum and ear canal by providing a waterproof lining for the ear canal, helping to keep it dry and preventing germs from causing infection. It also traps dirt, dust, and other particles, keeping them from injuring or irritating the eardrum.
After the wax is produced, it slowly makes its way through the outer ear canal to the opening of the ear. Then it either falls out or comes out during bathing. In most people, the outer ear canal makes earwax all the time, so the canal always has enough wax in it.
In most cases, nothing needs to be done to remove earwax from kids' ears; regular bathing is enough to keep it at healthy levels.
Home Treatment
If your child complains of ear discomfort and you see earwax in the ear, it's OK to wipe the outside of the ear with a washcloth. But it's important to not use a cotton swab, a finger, or anything else to poke inside the ear because of the risk of damaging the delicate ear canal and eardrum, or packing the wax in even further, which could cause infection.
If your child has any ear pain, discomfort, hearing problems, or an uncomfortable blocked feeling in the ears, talk with your doctor. (In infants and toddlers, tugging at the ears can be sign of an ear issue.) Many over-the-counter treatments are sold for earwax removal, but don't use them without talking to your doctor.
Ear candling has gained a lot of attention as a home remedy for earwax removal (and overall well-being), but doctors strongly advise against it because hasn't been proved to be safe or effective. In ear candling, one end of a cone-type device is inserted into the ear canal and the other end is set on fire, with the idea that the fire and the cone form a vacuum and extract the wax. But trying this at home means a high risk of burning the ear canal and possibly perforating or punching a hole in the eardrum, which can permanently damage hearing.
Earwax Removal
Sometimes doctors will remove earwax if it's causing pain and discomfort or interfering with hearing, or to get a better view of the eardrum to check for problems.
Earwax removal usually is done in the doctor's office. There might be a little discomfort but it isn't painful, though some kids may be uncomfortable with the sensation of someone handling their ears.
In rare cases where a child can't sit still or cooperate with the doctor, the procedure will be done in an operating room with the child given general anesthesia.
Doctors use a variety of different tools to remove earwax, including a tiny device with a curve at the end (called a curette), graspers, and suction, as well as an otoscope (a handheld tool with a light, used in regular checkups to see far into the ear canal). Removal takes just a few minutes and usually doesn't require any further treatment.
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|whenever hanging out (as we were at the Hickory Chair Showroom)
with Ronda Carman and Shay Geyer - hilarity will clearly ensue.
I wanted to bring you some highlights of my recent trip to High Point Furniture Market . . . a week-long event launching the new lines of furniture and accessories from almost every manufacturer you can imagine.
Oh, and frankly, there are some great parties too.
So here . . . in no particular order . . . and a few highlight of High Point!
The Hickory Chair Showroom
|Thomas O'Brien, for Hickory Chair.
|Loving the new collection from the amazing Alexa Hampton! Classical details. Graceful proportions. And tons of drama.
|A quick pic with my sweet friend Alexa. Besides her style and creativity - one of her best assets is her vocabulary. Seriously, if you get a chance to meet her . . . just say 'hi' and ask her a question . . . and then . . . let her talk!
|A part of the new collection from Suzanne Kasler. Beach-inspired. Finely detailed. And great American style.
|More from Hickory Chair - new pieces from Mariette Himes Gomez.
The Pearson Furniture Showroom
|You know, I always love a good dining bench. It's a great way to section off and define a dining space, when it's part of a larger room.
|I seemed to see a great deal of shagreen. Including this marvelous chest from Pearson too!
|And I LOVE this little chair . . . and frankly, I love the tone-on-tone chinoiserie inspired textile just as much. Love!
The Bernhardt Showroom
|And I seemed to see a great many over-sized mirrors. Whether you're in the design biz or not, you should know that mirrors are your best friends. They create depth and space where none might exist. And they do wonders for lighting.
The Parties . . .
|With Ronda Carman and Tammy Connor - at the Rizzoli Book-Signing . . .
Ronda was there promoting her new book Designers at Home that features the private homes of interior designers (including both Tammy and me!)
|Me and Christian May - two people who are often confused for each other. This photo was sorta just to prove that we were, in fact, not the same person!
|With Newell Turner (editor-in-chief of the Hearst Design Group) at the Hearst Party . . .
|And super-charmng Corey Jenkins . . . at the same event!
|and this might give you a little idea of the madcap atmosphere at the Hearst Party. Piles and piles of people - and all having a great time!


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LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) Tyler Johnson scored a career-high 19 points to lead Fresno State to a 64-59 win over Long Beach State on Monday night.
The Bulldogs (4-3) overcame a cold-shooting first half, when they shot 28 percent and trailed 31-25, by hitting 52 percent in the second half
James Ennis had 23 points and 13 rebounds for the 49ers (3-4). Long Beach made just 18 of 33 free throws in the game and shot 30 percent from the floor after halftime.
The nonconference rivals have already met once this season. On Nov. 25, Long Beach State won at Fresno 69-61. The schools were together in three different conferences from 1958-92. Until last week, they hadn't played since shortly after Fresno State left the Big West in 1992.
Long Beach State next hits the road to play No. 4 Syracuse on Thursday and No. 7 Ohio State on Saturday.


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Jay-Z Explains He Is 'Honored' To Have His Work Remixed By Others
from the creativity-by-remix deptA Dan points us to a fascinating interview with Jay-Z on Fresh Air that's worth listening to in its entirety.
Terry Gross: "So I've got to ask you how you feel about the Grey Album, which is the mash-up that Danger Mouse did of your Black Album and the Beatles' White Album, without any copyright permission. So, how do you feel about it musically and how do you feel about the fact that he did it?"If you listen to the actual audio, you can hear his sincerity on that last part. Later on (around 23:45), he talks about the process of getting permission to sample Hard Knock Life, highlighting the ridiculousness of permission culture. While he was thrilled about having others sample his music and do stuff with it, when it came to getting the rights for Hard Knock Life, he had to convince the original songwriters to let him sample it, and to do so he told "a big lie" concerning how he had seen the play, Annie, on Broadway as a kid, and had written an essay for some school essay contest about the importance of seeing Annie on Broadway. While the original songwriter of Hard Knock Life notes that he was happy with the Jay-Z song, it still highlights one of the problems with permission culture. Basically, Jay-Z had to beg (and lie) to create art.
Jay-Z: "I think it was a really strong album. I champion any form of creativity and that was a genius idea to do it, and it sparked so many others like it. There are other ones that, you know, it's really good, there are other ones that, because of the blueprint that was set by him, that I think are a little better. But, you know, him being the first and having the idea; I thought it was genius."
Terry Gross: "Did you feel ripped off by the fact that he used your music on it without paying for it? Or did you think it doesn�t matter, it�s really good art."
Jay-Z: "No, I was actually honored that, you know, someone took the time to mash those records up with Beatles records. I was honored to be on, you know, quote-unquote the same song with the Beatles."
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After taking part in the "Covan Wake The Fuck Up Tour 2012" in January, Polish industrial metallers THY DISEASE returned to the studio to resume work their new album for a late 2012 release.
Commented THY DISEASE guitarist Yanuary: "We have happily reached the end of the tour and after a short break, we've started working under our sixth album in our rehearsal room in Krakow. I'm very impressed with how this album is created; the entire band is involved in this process. However, the music which is composed at the present moment, should surely show the path, which the band is going to walk for the next 10 years, I suppose. Very soon we will definitely share with you some details in the form of couple of video reports, which you will be able to watch on our YouTube channel. Meanwhile, we are extremely focused on composing the new tracks. The only exception is going to be the Eliminations For Woodstock concert, which is planned on 15 April in Zabrze in CK Wiatrak club. We cordially invite you to this event. The entrance will be for free, so we hope that all our fans will show us a support."
THY DISEASE's latest album, "Anshur-Za", was released in November 2009 via Mystic Productions. The follow-up to 2006's "Rat Age" was recorded in three different studios and was once again produced by Tomasz Zalewski. The CD's artwork was created by Xaay, who has previously worked with BEHEMOTH.
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eRelyx necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 191 diseños de 25 diseñadores freelance.
eRelyx is an online marketplace for pre-owned luxury products (think watches, shoes, handbags, jewelry).
Think about a site like ebay that:
-Only carries luxury products
-Has a much sexier, aesthetically-pleasing site design (and logo!)
Developing trust with the target audience will be very important.
Think about people who admire the following brands: BMW, Audi, Panerai watches, Equinox gyms, Thomas Pink Shirts, Christian Louboutin shoes.
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The logo can be:
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-An abstract logo/design with the name incorporated (above, below, to the side, etc.)
I like the idea of a script/cursive interpretation of the name, but am not wedded to it.
Elegance is important.
The logo will be used on the website, business cards, and potentially t-shirts.
I would like to see the logo on both dark and light backgrounds.
DO NOT: Use pastels or bright colors - I prefer rich, smooth colors.
DO NOT: Make it look too "techy"
DO NOT: Make it look too "young"
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The Point Waterfront Restaurant
I am the chef / owner of the long established Point Waterfront Restaurant in the California Delta. The restaurant has been in the family for 47 years. I took over the family business because I love the area and wanted to raise my kids here.
The restaurant sits on the sacramento river and the river is approximately 1/2 mile wide at this point. We are a boating community and the restaurant shares property with the Delta Marina Yacht Harbor.
We have a 100ft guest dock out front. The restaurant is situated at the entrance to the Yacht harbor and from the bar you can see miles down river. We serve all manner of guests and have many tourists come through in the summer months.
I would like 2 designs for a tshirt one for the back and one for over the pocket in the front. For the back of the shirt I would like a boat running through the waves with palms in the background with blues and sunset colors I would like the lettering to read The Point Restaurant, California Delta. On the front I would like the same colors as used in the back and i would like it to read The Point Restaurant, Rio Vista, Ca. The lettering can be in white or another stand out color but I would like The Point Restaurant to stand out better than Rio Vista, Ca. or California Delta and would like to be able to read The Point Restaurant on the back of the shirt from a few feet away. The first shirts will be black but we will be expanding to other colors in time.


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Leading the Way
February 11, 2013
President Barry Glassner has been busy building partnerships, communicating his ideas and plans, and strengthening ties with alumni and friends across the globe.
Providing leadership
Appearing in national media outlets from USA Today to the Los Angeles Times and Washington Post, Glassner's commentaries tackle some of the biggest issues of the day in higher education and beyond. In his most recent pieces, Glassner emphasizes the importance of international education and—in partnership with Northwestern University's president, Morton Schapiro—reflects on the challenges and rewards of being a modern-day leader in The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Building on our strengths
In January, Lewis & Clark launched the implementation of The Journey Forward: A Lewis & Clark Strategic Plan for 2020.Under Glassner's leadership, more than 70 faculty, staff, and students crafted a plan that will expand Lewis & Clark's impact and influence regionally, nationally, and globally over the next decade.
Making connections
With nationally recognized overseas study programs and students from 66 countries on campus, Lewis & Clark has strong connections with communities around the world. In November 2012, Glassner visited China, Korea, and Japan to deepen ties with alumni and build new relationships with local leaders.


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RALEIGH (AP) � About 200 law enforcement authorities and victims� advocates from across North Carolina are meeting in Raleigh to learn more about identifying and investigating cases of modern-day slavery.
RALEIGH (AP) � About 200 law enforcement authorities and victims� advocates from across North Carolina are meeting in Raleigh to learn more about identifying and investigating cases of modern-day slavery.
The Human Trafficking Symposium that began Thursday is co-hosted by the state's three top federal prosecutors. The two-day conference is intended to spur greater awareness of cases where men and women are coerced into becoming laborers or sex workers for little or no pay.
Prosecutors said trafficking victims are sometimes lured from overseas with the promise of a visa and good paying job only to find themselves forced to work in deplorable conditions. Abusers rule through fear, sometimes threatening to harm the victim or their children back home.
�Human trafficking is a national epidemic and it is also happening here, in our own communities, with many of the victims and perpetrators hiding in plain sight,� said Anne M. Tompkins, the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. �This symposium is a continuation of our efforts to create and maintain these strong partnerships, which can be force multipliers in our fight against this form of modern-day slavery.�
Tompkins co-hosted the symposium with U.S. Attorneys Thomas Walker of the Eastern District and Ripley Rand of the Middle District.
Though human trafficking cases are stereotypically thought to occur in agricultural fields and underground brothels, prosecutors said Thursday they are seeing cases of workers being exploited in numerous types of everyday businesses� including restaurants, nail salons, landscaping and commercial cleaning crews.
Conference participants were briefed on federal laws that could be used to send perpetrators to prison and strategies for protecting those victimized and helping them testify against their abusers in court.
�This event is an excellent example of the vital collaboration needed between the law enforcement and the service provider community,� Walker said. �Efforts to confront human trafficking must include an increased awareness of the indicators of this crime by those who are most likely to encounter the victims.�


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Year Up is an award-winning national 501(c)3 organization striving to close the Opportunity Divide by providing young adults with the skills, experience and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Through a one-year intensive training program, Year Up provides young adults ages 18-24 with a unique combination of hands-on technical and professional skills, up to 31 college credits, and a six month corporate internship.
Year Up Students Are Trained for Intern Roles in:
- Cyber Security
- SharePoint Administration
- QA Testing
- Customer Support/Service Desk
- Network Administration Support
- Desktop Support
- Helpdesk
- Business Operation roles requiring Microsoft Office skills
Participating in Year Up's Internship Program Benefits the Internship Partner By:
- Enhancing workplace diversity
- Improving employee morale through mentoring
- Providing access to a future talent pipeline of Year Up graduates
Year Up Timeline:
Two internship cycles, each 26 weeks, ensures a consistent source of IT interns:
- Cycle 1: August 1 – End of January
- Cycle 2: February 1 – End of July
Year Up students spend 36 hours/week at their internship site and return to Year Up every Wednesday afternoon to complete a three credit professional development training course.
Program Sponsorship Fee:
Under Year Up's GSA contract, a federal agency program rate is $22,692-$23,211 (depending on location) per student. In addition to the educational stipend received by the students, the program rate covers the academic component of the program (i.e., the college credits received during the learning and development phase), transportation expenses to the Year Up site and the internship site, and the direct and indirect costs of the placement, supervision, and training of students in federal agencies. The program rate does not cover any additional background checks (e.g., public trust or secret clearances) required by federal agencies.
Year Up is on the GSA Schedule 738X (Human Resources).
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Salutatorian Matthew Papa asked his classmates to continually follow through on plans throughout their life, while Valedictorian Tim Meeker said to, "never give up on anything you do."
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- Cleveland Orchestra Artist-in-Residence Fellowship Winners
- Violinist Ran Cheng '11 Wins Top Prize at the Stulberg International
String Competition
- Honors for Jazz Trumpet Professor Marcus Belgrave
- Professor of Musicology Steven Plank Wins Early Music Award
- Robin Eubanks is Number One Trombone Player, Say DownBeat Readers
- Granted Wishes
- Creativity & Leadership Grants Fund Three Winter Term Odysseys in 2009
Cleveland Orchestra Artist-in-Residence
Fellowship Winners
Cellists Mikala Schmitz and Avery Waite spent part of their final conservatory year doing something that most musicians can only dream about: studying with and performing alongside renowned cellist Alisa Weilerstein. The two were selected, following a competitive audition process, as Cleveland Orchestra Artist-in-Residence Fellows for the 2009-2010 season. Three fellows in all were chosen, and Oberlin students have won the orchestra's prestigious honor two years running.
Weilerstein, the orchestra's artist-in-residence, worked with the young fellows for a week in November; Schmitz and Waite participated in private lessons with her and performed in a public master class held at Severance Hall.
"The class was fantastic," says Waite. "We performed in the beautiful Reinberger Chamber Hall—a wonderful, intimate space. Ms. Weilerstein was particularly interested in bringing to light certain interpretive details, which seemed to really help the three of us. Throughout, she was insightful, intelligent, often funny, and she kept the audience engaged for the entire three-hour class."
In addition to coachings with Weilerstein, the fellows had the chance to observe firsthand the work that goes into preparing a concert with a world-class orchestra. Throughout the week, they were invited to sit in on closed rehearsals of Dvorák's cello concerto, which Weilerstein performed with the orchestra to rave reviews.
Violinist Ran Cheng '11 Wins Top Prize at the
Stulberg International String Competition
The Stulberg International String Competition is among the most distinguished of contests for young musicians; past winners include violinist Joshua Bell. Ran Cheng '11 of Beijing won a silver medal in the 2009 contest—the only violinist to capture a top prize. A student of Professor of Violin Marilyn McDonald, her winning turn was the allegro movement from Sergei Prokofiev's Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63, and the sarabanda and giga from J.S. Bach's Partita No. 2 in D minor.
Cheng says McDonald "is a very great teacher. She's helped me very much." McDonald says that "at the com-petition moment, one needs to think only about the performance and not about the technical details"—those "must be totally in place. Ran's technical proficiency is on a professional level, but what is special about her performance is that she brings to it a musical maturity well beyond her years."
Other violinists to win high-profile recognition for their talent this past year are Jing Qiao '10, McKenzie Bauer '12, and Holly Jenkins '12, students of Professor of Violin Milan Vitek and Assistant Professor of Violin David Bowlin. Qiao, of Sichuan, China, placed in the string division of the 50th Annual Sorantin International Competi-tion in San Angelo, Texas, in November 2009, winning a $1,000 award. She is enthusiastic about the support she has received from Professor Vitek: "I am really glad I came to study at Oberlin."
McKenzie Bauer, of Boise, Idaho, tied for first place in the college division of the Washington-Idaho Symphony Competition, held in December 2009. "It always feels wonderful to place first in any competition," says Bauer. "I played to the best of my ability at the audition, which makes the result even more satisfying." The following month, Bauer reprised her winning performance, the finale of Saint-Saëns's Violin Concerto No. 3 in B Minor, with the symphony at Lewiston High School in Lewiston, Idaho, in a program that featured the competition winners.
Holly Jenkins, of House Springs, Montana, won first place in the Lennox Young Artists Competition, hosted by the Richardson Symphony of Richardson, Texas, and held at the University of Texas in January 2009. She performed a movement from Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 35. In addition to a $1,000 cash prize, Jenkins presented the complete violin concerto with the Richardson Symphony in March 2009, under the baton of conductor Anshel Brusilow. "Jenkins is a huge talent. She played with silken tone, dazzling technique, and natural expressivity," wrote the Dallas Morning News.
Violists also brought awards home to Oberlin. Meredith Crawford '10, a student of Professor of Viola Peter Slowik, won first prize for her performance of the first movement from Miklos Rosza's Viola Concerto at the Skokie Valley Symphony Concerto Competition, held in April 2009. Other Obies to have won at Skokie include violinists Amy Oshiro '95 and Jennifer Koh '97.
Slowik students are tough acts to follow. In 2009, violist Allison Lint '10 won first prize in the 2009 Ohio Viola Society (OVS) Solo Competition, playing Max Reger's Suite in G Minor and William Walton's Viola Concerto. That was the third year in a row that a Slowik student won the OVS competition. Not wishing to break the streak, viola performance major Dillard Cheek '12 won first prize for 2010, performing Bloch's Suite for Viola and the Bach Chaconne.
Shelly (Xiao) Du '11, a harp performance major from Oklahoma City, won first prize and a $2,000 scholarship at the Anne Adams Competition of the American Harp Society, held in June 2008 in Dearborn, Michigan. She played Fantasie on a Theme of Haydn by Marcel Grandjany, Sarabande et Toccata by Nino Rota; and the harp cadenza from Maurice Ravel's Tzigane. She studies with Assistant Professor of Harp Yolanda Kondonassis.
Honors for Jazz Trumpet Professor Marcus Belgrave
Visiting Professor of Jazz Trumpet Marcus Belgrave, called the "patriarch of Detroit jazz," was honored in October 2009 with the Kresge Foundation's Eminent Artist prize. The $50,000 award acknowledges Belgrave's lifelong dual careers as performer and teacher, and his profound influence on the musical life of his adopted hometown.
"Belgrave's world-class musicianship, charisma, swing, and commitment to mentoring young musicians—many of whom have become stars—have made Detroit a hipper city than it would have been without him," wrote Mark Stryker in the Detroit Free Press. Wynton Marsalis, interviewed by Stryker for the article, said Belgrave's award is "richly deserved."
Belgrave calls the award "the ultimate appreciation … a culmination of a period of my life. [It] shows me that the work I've been doing has been appreciated. Most of the young people I've touched are now quite famous. I told them the same thing my father told me: 'Music will take you places you could never imagine.' And that has happened."
Detroit has been very good to its adopted son. In 2008, a testimonial resolution by the Detroit City Council honored Belgrave as "Jazz Master Laureate" of the city. The resolution cites Belgrave's work as a trumpeter, composer, arranger, recording artist, and producer, including such career highlights as his early performance years with Ray Charles and recordings with, among others, Max Roach, Charles Mingus, and Eric Dolphy; his session work as one of Motown Records' "Funk Brothers;" and his appellation as the first jazz chair of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.
Professor of Musicology Steven Plank Wins
Early Music Award
Professor of Musicology Steven Plank received the Thomas Binkley Award for 2009, honoring his outstanding achievements in performance and scholarship as director of Oberlin's Collegium Musicum. The award was presented to him at a special ceremony during the annual meeting of Early Music America, held at the Boston Early Music Festival in June 2009.
"Receiving the Binkley Award has touched me deeply in several ways," says Plank, who is also director of the Department of Musicology. "It is the student musicians and their joy in singing this repertory that makes the Collegium thrive; the award reminds me of how very fortunate I have been in getting to work with them—they bring such joy and passion to our work together. It is their extraordinary love of singing early music that is the richest reward of all. The Binkley Award is one I most assuredly share with them."
The Oberlin Collegium Musicum is an auditioned ensemble comprised of a choir and smaller vocal ensembles, with a special focus on 16th-century liturgical polyphony. Forays into the repertory outside the 16th-century include Bach motets and cantatas on the one hand, and Notre Dame polyphony on the other. The Collegium presents regular standing room only concerts in Fairchild Chapel, and tours frequently.
Robin Eubanks is Number One Trombone Player,
Say DownBeat Readers
The readers of DownBeat magazine had their say. Grammy winner Robin Eubanks, associate professor of jazz trombone, was the number one jazz trombone player for 2009, the 74th year that the magazine has been polling its readers. They cast their opinions in categories that included individual artists, jazz groups, and recordings. There were 12 trombonists in Eubanks' category, artists such as Slide Hampton and Delfeayo Marsalis among them.
Eubanks has won the magazine's international critics' poll five times, but this is his first award from the readers, which, he says, makes the honor particularly sweet.
"I want to thank DownBeat's readers for the acknowledgement, and I hope to see and meet them as I travel and tour," he says.
More information can be found on the Oberlin website and at www.robin eubanks.com, where fans can sign up for Eubanks' newsletter and podcasts.
Granted Wishes
Each year, fellowships and grants from such prestigious organizations as the Fulbright Program and the Thomas J. Watson Foundation make the dreams of Oberlin students and graduates come true. Here are brief profiles of recent fellowship and scholarship winners:
Fulbrights were awarded in 2008-09 to Glenn Stroh '09, Jennifer Torrence '09, Nathaniel Cox '09, and Clio Tilton '07. The Fulbright allowed Stroh, who earned a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance as well as a Master of Music degree in historical performance, to fulfill his dream of studying at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt in Weimar, Germany. He recently completed post-graduate performance study with a focus on German Romantic repertory, performing on important historic instruments throughout the country and researching 19th-century instrument-building traditions.
"Weimar has been a particularly rewarding place for such study," Stroh says. "During the GDR, many churches were closed and organs were completely neglected, while their counterparts in West Germany underwent modernizations and alterations. This neglect ended up being fortunate from a preservationist standpoint, as much more historical substance was left intact. Many of these interesting organs have been carefully restored over the last 20 years, with sensitivity to their historical nature. Being able to access these instruments has been an unparalleled experience. I am immensely grateful to have had such an opportunity."
Jennifer Torrence '09, who earned a Bachelor of Music degree in percussion, earned a Master of Music degree from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama with the help of her Fulbright. She studied contemporary British music for percussion solo and piano-percussion duo and worked one-on-one with Sir Harrison Birtwistle, Richard Barrett, and Jonathan Harvey. She also commissioned three emerging composers—Matt Rogers, David Ibbett, and Sasha Siem.
Nathaniel Cox '09 earned double-degrees in trumpet performance and Russian. With his Fulbright, he entered the three-year master's program in cornetto performance at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, Switzerland, where he is studying with Bruce Dickey. Cox hopes to pursue a career as a professional cornetto player in Europe upon completing his degree.
Violinist Clio Tilton '07 completed her Fulbright year in spring 2010 following studies with Gilad Karni at the Conservatoire de Lausanne, doing a master's program in orchestral playing. Next year she will remain in Switzerland and finish the degree while taking lessons in baroque violin and viola, concurrently, with Florence Malgoire at the Conservatoire de Genève.
Danielle Koplinka-Loehr '09, who earned a Bachelor of Music degree in music education and a Bachelor of Arts degree in comparative literature, won a Watson Fellowship in 2009. She spent the past year studying the success of four groundbreaking international musical youth education programs: El Sistema in Venezuela, Fundación de Orquestas Juveniles e Infantiles in Chile, Sinfonía por la vida in Ecuador, and In Harmony in the United Kingdom. The purpose of her study was to find out "what it is about these programs that keep street children coming. What it is about a violin that so captures the heart of a potential gang member that he attends orchestra rehearsal instead of spray-painting street signs?"
She says she first experienced the power of music to alter the lives of at-risk youth in a Nicaraguan community center.
"Danielle exhibits the best traits" of an Oberlin student, said her advisor, Sebastiaan Faber, professor and chair of the department of Hispanic Studies. "She [possesses] great musical talent, sharp intellect, insatiable intellectual curiosity, and a boundless desire to make the world a better place. She's a creative artist in her own right and a gifted, committed teacher."
Creativity & Leadership Grants Fund Three Winter Term Odysseys in 2009
Three teams of conservatory students spent the 2009 winter term pursuing projects funded by Oberlin's Creativity & Leadership project. C&L's Conservatory Initiative Grants Supporting Imagination and Excellence (CIGSIEs) single out a few particularly entrepreneurial student projects and provide the resources to help their creators put them into practice.
Cellist Ted Rankin-Parker '09 and pianist Jonathan Corey '08 traveled to Atlanta to teach contemporary composition and performance techniques. "We feel that by engaging more and more people with the language and experience of contemporary music we can further its development," Ted and Jonathan explain. "If we manage to get community members and students to go home and write, improvise, or even just listen in a new way we have succeeded."
Guitarist Tim Ballard '10 and saxophonist Andrew Flachs '10 also hit the road, undertaking a two-week concert tour of community centers and universities in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and North Carolina. As the Syzygy Duo, the two performed mostly contemporary works, including some written by fellow Oberlin students expressly for their novel instrumentation. The tour proved to be "a defining moment in our musical careers," they wrote. "The experience gave us a crash course in the lives of professional musicians and the opportunity to network with faculty and alumni up and down the East Coast. Only Oberlin could provide a relatively untested guitar and saxophone duo with this incredible opportunity." In an effort to remain carbon neutral and educate audiences about environmental stewardship, the duo, whose member Tim is also majoring in environmental studies, purchased carbon offsets for their journey and printed program notes on recycled paper.
Garrett Openshaw '10, a violin major, traveled to Budapest and London as an apprentice to Channel Classics managing director and recording engineer Jared Sacks, who studied horn at Oberlin from 1971 to 1973. While in Europe, Garrett assisted on three recording sessions, learning about the intricacies of microphone placement and mixing, and edited recordings alongside Sacks. Garrett also got a valuable glimpse of the business side of Sacks' work; the two discussed the complex web of relationships that make the industry tick and the challenges that new technologies have presented for labels like Channel Classics. Back at home in Oberlin, Garrett wasted no time in applying his skills to recording sessions with student musicians. "Jared emphasized that recording could not be learned from a book, and that continual practice was the only real way to improve, so that is what I plan to do."


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The Power of Being Unstoppable in Christ
Unstoppable. This is a very powerful statement. Some top motivational speakers and celebrities out there are sharing to their audiences how to become unstoppable.
Since the global economic crisis people have realized that even the strongest and motivated business icons had been affected, and some badly hurt. The world then says we can get through this one day at a time and we will become victorious and move forward. But subconsciously if their happiness and fulfillment in life was and is derived from material things, they will get through but will admit that they were a little happier when they had more.
Here is the difference between hope with Jesus and hope without Jesus. Hope without Jesus is waiting for your position or circumstance to change. To be waiting and hoping that someday things aren't how they are now. There is nothing wrong with waiting for a miracle, but some miracles don't always come.
Life without Jesus is a life without purpose. Hope and purpose in this world is living as best as you can and maybe having life that gives back. But simply giving back isn't purpose, it's a branch of purpose but it is not the trunk or root of the tree. At my funeral, if one said, "Nick was a generous person," trust me I won't be doing cartwheels in my coffin. Recognition from people is never and never will be a goal. Some people strive for that respect or honor. Living a life to just reach for the position and status is vanity and sin. Yes my book titled Unstoppable was on the New York Times bestseller list. I praise God for that as it is a sign that people are enjoying it, reading it and being touched. Touched not by me, but by God Himself through the book.
The pinnacle of the fulfillment I can ever experience for my spirit and soul is to hear from the Lord, when I see Him face to face, "Well done my good and faithful servant." I am a servant of Jesus, the only one who could raise Himself from the dead. The One who couldn't be constrained by the grave. The One who plowed through the temptations of the snake and head of sin, Satan. Jesus is truly the only unstoppable One. He was God.
When I believe in Him, I could be battered and bruised, I could be broken and weary, I may be even bleeding…but in the arms of Jesus I am unstoppable as He heals, as He protects and as He carries me one step at a time. It is having the revelation of the power the Lord's grace in our life and receiving eternal life. The purpose on this earth is to know Him, walk with Him, be free in truth and love Him. After that love your neighbor as yourself so that they may not be waiting and waiting for a "hope" that never comes. God sent you to your friends and family to show that even in weakness we are still strong as we are carried and comforted by the Holy Spirit.
You want to help someone and show generosity? What can you do as they lie in a hospital bed dying? Give them the love and truth of Jesus. Why wait until that day to let them know that what they're really looking for isn't left, right, behind or in front, but just look up. Our hope is built on nothing less or more than God.
That is when H.O.P.E. becomes Hope Of Position Eliminated. This is when you aren't waiting for a different day or circumstance, but whether well fed or hungry, in the arms of Jesus you can endure all things. And we don't need to be unstoppable ourselves – we will never be that. All we need to do is be faithful, in faith believing in the promises of God, one day at a time.


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Python Drop Prevention Solutions is an easy extension of Powerblock Industrial, a company established ten years ago to meet our passion of designing something new and innovative. At the time we began Python Drop Prevention Solutions, our customers were having difficulty finding reliable, consistent and innovative tethering solutions that were robust in design and user friendly at the same time. We have a belief that in order to establish a successful product line we need to focus on the functionality and the technological aspect of each design.
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We need a new look for this infomation we have gathered. The wording and numbers can't be changed at all.
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Phonics and Reading Lists Aren't Enough to Raise Literacy Standards
A few months ago, I was outraged, as were many teachers who work in secondary education, to read the Evening Standard splash on literacy statistics. Today, I read the National Literacy Trust's annual survey on reading, entitled 'Setting the Baseline' and was pleased to see that someone is actually taking into account views of young people on their understanding of reading today – how they feel about it, how often they do it and what they actually like reading.
As expected, the list of items that students claimed to like reading differs somewhat from the list Michael Gove recommended in March earlier this year after a visit to the US charter schools run by KIPP. I have visited KIPP schools in New York and admire their dedication to the raising of literacy standards amongst the most deprived students in the state. What Michael Gove may have missed about KIPP is that their whole approach to reading is different to ours. Reading in a KIPP school is central to everything – classrooms are decorated using themes from books, words are displayed everywhere, there are sofas for children to sit on and read quietly and until students reach the required reading age, the curriculum is solely designed around Literacy, Mathematics, Science and Social Sciences (what we would term Humanities). Social Sciences lessons are literacy lessons in disguise – they teach reading skills through History, Geography and Religious Education. So, with all this in mind, how did Michael Gove come back from that visit to the KIPP schools and decide that a reading list and synthetic phonics were the biggest 'take aways' from that experience?
The students surveyed by the National Literacy Trust listed reading emails, text messages, websites and newspapers amongst their reading material, which just goes to show that reading is not, and will never be confined to reading books recommended by the state. Reading is a skill that needs to be used in the decoding and comprehension of everything that is written. It is not just a skill that allows someone to pass an English Literature GCSE (although, believe me, it helps), it is the difference between entire socio-economic statuses.
The findings from the National Literacy Trust are extremely interesting considering the screaming headlines in June, where the Evening Standard announced that a large swathe of young Londoners are illiterate, have no books in their homes and have parents who don't read to them. At the risk of sounding like a TV presenter from a well known family quiz show, the survey says that only 3% of young people surveyed stated that they don't have a single book in the home. The survey also points out, again, that young people from the poorest backgrounds, those receiving Free Schools Meals, are much less likely to have read a book recently. My own experiences, and those of my colleagues, show that the majority of students in our secondary classrooms can read. Their single word reading, their reading rate is not the reason they fail to achieve a chronological reading age score. It is their level of comprehension of what they are reading and a lack of exposure to language that causes an achievement gap. This gap that widens, almost unstoppably.
Richard Rothstein, Research Associate of the Economic Policy Institute in the US and Board Member of the American Education Research Association, has written extensively on the achievement gap in the US, especially in 'Class and Schools' (2004). He is quick to point out that a lot of the findings from his own and others' research in the US is mirrored here in the UK and his key point is that the achievement gap begins before the age of 3. Socio-economic differences – the gap between a working class child's experience and that of a middle class child – make or break a child's educational trajectory. Rothstein draws on his own and others' research to assert small, but hugely important facts – the amount of words middle class children are exposed to can be a third higher than the amount of words a working class child is exposed to. How parents read – the questions they ask while they are reading to a child vary between the classes. Reading, for him, is not just about those who can and those who can't. In other words, a phonics programme does not solve poor standards of literacy because the issue is so much wider and more complex than Michael Gove could even imagine. We cannot create a nation of literate, confident individuals by giving them a reading list and making them recite phonemes.
I believe that true teaching of literacy, in all of its many forms, cannot occur with any degree of success that we can be proud of until, like in KIPP schools, reading becomes central to everything. Reading, and the teaching of reading is more than just the ability to read the words on the page. In my department, we have been using Reciprocal Reading strategies developed by the Hackney Learning Trust – a programme of developing comprehension and vocabulary based on the excellent work of US educationalist and reading specialist, Lori Oczkus. We test our students to see whether it is their single word reading that needs development – and therefore a phonics programme is put in place for that child – or whether they have difficulty comprehending what they have read.
Even though I know the programme we have used is successful, I also know that it is not enough. I correct mistakes already made – what I would like to do is make sure that we don't have to compensate for these mistakes. We have a strategy to deal with the symptoms of the problem, but we do not deal with the root causes of low reading ages in schools. We haven't recognised yet in this country that we need to be bolder in our approach to raising literacy standards – that maybe we have to ignore accusations of being a 'nanny state' and intervene earlier in the relationship between parent and child. What could be wrong with explaining that simple adjustments to the way you read with your child could change their approach to reading later in life? What harm could there be in sharing some of the wisdom of organisations like the National Literacy Trust with would-be parents in an organised, state-delivered format? Can we not even begin to think how we could develop programmes, in school, in partnership with the NHS, in partnership with Social Services, to show parents of all backgrounds some of the skills they could easily employ in conversations with very small children? Is it not cheaper to teach a parent how to engage with a child through different reading materials than to maintain a prisoner in one of our jails for however many years?
As a teacher and professed literacy geek, I cannot explain how terrifyingly unambitious government approaches to raising standards in literacy can be. It feels like we have the knowledge of how to begin to deal with the issue of low literacy standards, but it's like a jealously-guarded secret that we can't share with the masses. What exactly are we afraid of?


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Robert L. Wergin, MD, FAAFP, Chosen President-Elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians
Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013
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SAN DIEGO — Robert L. Wergin, MD, FAAFP, a family physician in Milford, Neb., has been chosen president-elect of the American Academy of Family Physicians. Previously, he served three years as a member of the AAFP Board of Directors. The AAFP represents 110,600 physicians and medical students nationwide. Wergin was elected to the position by the Congress of Delegates, the AAFP's governing body, during the organization's annual meeting here.
As president-elect of the AAFP, Wergin will advocate on behalf of family physicians and patients nationwide to inspire positive change in the U.S. health care system. Outside the AAFP, he is a practicing family physician in the town where he was born and raised. He works in private practice at the Milford Family Practice Center, where he practices the full spectrum of family medicine, from obstetrics to geriatrics. He also serves as medical director for Sunrise Country Manor Nursing Home and Crest View Care Center.
Growing up in a rural setting, Wergin learned the importance of community involvement. Wergin currently serves as chairman of the Milford Public Schools Foundation Board, medical director for the Milford volunteer fire department, team physician for Milford Public Schools and sideline physician for the Nebraska Shrine Bowl. He also serves as Milford city physician, and is an instructor of advanced cardiac and advanced trauma life support. In addition, Wergin is a volunteer faculty member at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, teaching medical students and residents on their rural rotations.
At the national level, Wergin has been an active member of the AAFP since 1982. He served as a delegate and alternate delegate to the AAFP's Congress of Delegates for 12 years and is a former member of the AAFP's Commission on Membership and Member Services, and the Website Advisory Committee.
At the state level, Wergin has been an active member of the Nebraska Academy of Family Physicians since 1989, where he has served in numerous leadership positions, including president and board member. He was instrumental in passing LB-396 in the Nebraska legislature, which established the state's first Medicaid medical home pilot project. He currently serves as a governor-appointed member of the project's design and implementation task force. Wergin is also an active member of the Nebraska Medical Association, where he currently serves as councilor for the 6th District.
Wergin was awarded the Nebraska Family Physician of the Year award in 2002 and Nebraska Nursing Home Medical Director of the Year in 2012. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Nebraska, Kearney, with a bachelor's degree in biology and chemistry. He earned his medical degree from the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, and he completed his family medicine residency at St. Mary's Hospital and Medical Center in Grand Junction, Colo., where he served as an assistant director. Wergin also served as assistant director of the Lincoln Family Practice Residency, which is affiliated with the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Wergin is board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine and has the AAFP Degree of Fellow, an earned degree awarded to family physicians for distinguished service and continuing medical education.
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Family physicians conduct approximately one in five of the total medical office visits in the United States per year – more than any other specialty. Family physicians provide comprehensive, evidence-based, and cost-effective care dedicated to improving the health of patients, families and communities. Family medicine's cornerstone is an ongoing and personal patient-physician relationship where the family physician serves as the hub of each patient's integrated care team. More Americans depend on family physicians than on any other medical specialty.
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Think there's still nearly four weeks until the election? You think wrong. Election Day may be Nov. 6, but elections in California no longer take a day. They take a month.
Voting began this week, on Tuesday, Oct. 9.
You didn't know that? Well, a majority of Californians now vote by mail. And vote-by-mail balloting began Tuesday. Counties have begun mailing out ballots, and voters who wish to vote by mail can request ballots.
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Among those voting by mail this time will be your lead blogger, who will be in Columbus, Ohio, on Election Day.
If you're confused about how to vote, it's worth getting some advice from the California Voter Foundation and its president, Kim Alexander. She explains the many particulars of early voting here.
Of course, while it's nice to have early voting available, few voters are taking advantage of it in these early days. KPCC reports that just 75 people showed up to cast their ballots in Orange County on Tuesday.
But that could change. After all, it's still early. Literally.


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A New Approach to Strategic ControlHallin, Carina Antonia; Andersen, Torben J.; Foss, Nicolai J.; Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Recent advances within the dynamic capabilities view emphasize the "sensing" of employees as an important part of the micro-foundations of dynamic capabilities: By putting in place organizational processes that mobilize and exploit information gathered by individual employees from their operating environment, firms can update insights about performance outcomes and improve strategic decision-making. We test empirically the extent to which firms can ascertain performance outcomes by drawing on employee knowledge. Our empirical setting is the Scandinavian hospitality sector with respondents among frontline service employees. Using a time series approach, we show that employee respondents (collectively) assess medium-term organizational performance better than management and the financial models available to them. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8506
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Abstract: This article theorizes a new way to predict firm performance based on aggregation of sensing among frontline employees about changes in operational capabilities to update strategic action plans. We frame the approach in the context of first- and second-generation prediction markets and outline its unique features as a third-generation prediction market. It is argued that frontline employees gain deep insights when they execute operational activities on an ongoing basis in the organization. The experiential learning from close interaction with internal and external stakeholders provides unique insights not otherwise available to senior management. We outline a methodology to agglomerate these insights in a performance barometer as an important source for problem finding and innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8815
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Abstract: We outline a strategic response capability framework drawing on cognitive neuroscience to explain stakeholder sensing and anticipations as essential input to environmental analysis. Stakeholders receive stimuli from ongoing interactions with the firm and thereby sense current environmental changes and form anticipations about future performance that provide early signals about needs for proactive strategic responses. Based on insights from literatures on cognitive neuroscience, marketing and strategy we develop a strategic response capability model driven by stakeholder sensing and anticipations with associated propositions. We discuss the implications of the proposed framework and suggest future research venues to further uncover the microfoundations of the firm's strategic response capability. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9007
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Abstract: This paper explores a new judgmental forecasting indicator, the Employee Sensed Operational Capabilities (ESOC). The purpose of the ESOC is to establish a practical prediction tool that can provide early signals about changes in financial performance by gauging frontline employees' sensing of changes in the firm's operational capabilities. We present the first stage of the development of ESOC by applying a formative measurement approach to test the index in relation to financial performance and against an organizational commitment scale. We use distributed lag models to test whether the ESOC can predict financial performance. Monthly data were collected from frontline employees in three different companies during an 18-month period, and the initial results indicate that the ESOChas predictive power. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8507
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CULTURE- BUZZ BOX- Music man: Mike Seeger can do it all
A few years back, Mike Seeger might have been considered one of the last heroes of a fading tradition. These days, that's no longer the case– and that means that he's done his job.
As a roaming minstrel, Seeger spent decades fighting to keep old-time music alive in the face of a mainstream that was increasingly disinterested– and likely to confuse it with bluegrass, a related but distinct sister genre, when it did pay attention. He's pleased to see that things are finally starting to change.
"It's enjoying a re-popularity. People are writing books about it and reissuing recordings made over the last 70 or 80 years," says Seeger. He's been responsible for a few of the reissues himself, and takes particular pride in those projects where he's shepherded recordings of his favorite practitioners to market, sometimes dozens of years after capturing them on a field recording. The most recent of these was the Masters of Old-Time Country Autoharp compilation on Smithsonian Folkways records, the label Seeger has been working with ever since his first recordings in the 1950's.
"The most important thing is that they're playing it more, lots of young people," he says. He's likely hoping that a few neophytes will show up at his presentation on Sunday, August 27, part of a series of programs at Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
"What I'm going to do in this program is play samples of the kind of music that people played in this region before the advent of radio and photograph, music that came before the 1920s," he says. The presentation is said to focus on the origins of banjo, but Seeger promises forays into the many other instruments he plays.
"I'll have a gourd banjo and several other instruments that were played back in the 19th and early 20th centuries," he says. "It's going to emphasize the banjo, but it's an introduction to the music that used to be played in our region." Expect bits and pieces of autoharp, harmonica, guitar, and fiddle, among others.
"It won't be too academic," he promises; this despite the fact that traditional musical forms have commanded increasing amounts of scholarly attention in recent years. The public is taking notice, too: Seeger's father, Pete, one of the most influential old-time musicians, is the subject of Bruce Springsteen's new tribute album.
"I'm overjoyed to hear other people playing this music," says Mike Seeger.
Mike Seeger offers an introduction to old-time instruments at Humpback Rocks Mountain Farm, Sunday, August 27. Free, 2pm.
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