Michael Arcaro, a spokesperson with the external communications division of the company, said the cuts were an effort to “enhance the strategic design of our organization.”
via Layoffs Hit Lincoln Financial Again – Concord, NH Patch.
Enhancing strategic design.
That’s a new one to me.
When you embody a niche in the market, you have fewer competitors. Therefore you also have more opportunities. Opportunities have a way of snowballing. Work begets work. The more you work, the more you work.
via Why Niche Creation is Where It’s At | The Hart Technique.
Artists create out of the stimuli they net as experience. But what if our limited energies as artists (there are only so many hours in a day) were focused on others’ needs, fears and desires? What if we focus on the audience of our choosing? What if our life energies were in the service of others?
During the teaching process, I will often ask artists who their audience is. This is what I commonly hear,
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A set of ingenious studies conducted by Stanford’s Zakary Tormala and Jayson Jia, and Harvard Business School’s Michael Norton paint a very clear picture of our unconscious preference for potential over actual success.
via The Surprising Secret to Selling Yourself – Heidi Grant Halvorson – Harvard Business Review.
In a prospective, longitudinal study, those who consumed a median 62.9 g of chocolate a week were at a significantly lower relative stroke risk than those who ate a median of zero grams weekly RR 0.83, 95% CI 0.7 to 0.99, according to Susanna Larsson, PhD, of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, and colleagues.
via Chocolate Each Day May Keep Strokes Away.
Please pass the M&M’s.
BACKGROUND: Reumofan Plus is marketed as a natural dietary supplement for pain relief. Reumofan Plus is labeled in Spanish and promoted for treating arthritis, muscle pain, osteoporosis, bone cancer, and other conditions. The product is manufactured in Mexico by Riger Naturals and sold in some retail outlets, at flea markets, and on various internet sites. FDA has worked closely with the Mexican government on this matter. The Mexican Ministry of Health has issued a health warning to the public and ordered Riger Naturals to recall the product.
Since June 1, 2012, when FDA first warned the public about the dangers of these supplements, the agency has received reports of fatalities, stroke, severe bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, dizziness, insomnia, high blood sugar levels and problems with liver and kidney functions,as well as corticosteroid withdrawal syndrome
via Safety Alerts for Human Medical Products > Reumofan Plus: Recall – Undeclared Drug Ingredient.
ISSUE: The Food and Drug Administration FDA is providing information and recommendations regarding safety concerns with the recalled Riata leads. These leads have an increased risk of premature insulation failure that can impact the lead’s ability to function properly.
According to St. Jude Medical, as of 2011, approximately 79,000 Riata leads remained implanted in patients in the United States.
Bear this in mind when you’re underwriting pacemaker cases.
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