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Associate Professor Rebecca Adler-Nissen
Rebecca Adler-Nissen's research focuses on International Relations theory (especially International Political Sociology); diplomacy, sovereignty and European integration as well as fieldwork, participant observation and anthropological methods in IR. Rebecca Adler-Nissen has been a visiting scholar at the Centre for International Peace and Security Studies, McGill University/Université de Montréal and the European University Institute in Florence. She is former Head of Section at the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2010-2011).
Professor Alison Bashford
Alison Bashford is Professor of History at the University of Sydney, and the Vere Harmsworth Professor of Imperial and Naval History and Fellow of Jesus College, University of Cambridge. In 2014 she publishes Global Population: History, Geopolitics and Life on Earth (Columbia University Press, 2014) and a second edition of Medicine at the Border: disease, globalization and security, 1850 to the present. She also leads an interdisciplinary project on Sydney's Quarantine Station, linked with Angel Island, San Francisco and Grosse Île, Quebec. She is currently writing a book with Joyce E. Chaplin, Harvard University, on Malthus and the New World.
Dr Monika Barthwal-Datta
Monika Barthwal-Datta is a Lecturer in International Security in the School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney. Monika's research areas include critical security studies, securitisation theory, human security and the international politics of South Asia. Between 2011 and 2012, Monika led a 2-year research project on 'Food Security in Asia' funded by the MacArthur Foundation under its Asia Security Initiative (ASI) at the Centre for International Security Studies (CISS), University of Sydney. Her forthcoming monograph, Food Security in Asia, is an outcome of the project and is being published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London as part of their Adelphi book series in early 2014. Monika is also the author of Understanding Security Practices in South Asia: Securitization Theory and the Role of Non-State Actors (Routldge 2012).
Associate Professor Kathleen M Vogel
Kathleen Vogel is an associate professor at Cornell University, with a joint appointment in the Department of Science and Technology Studies and the Judith Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Vogel holds a Ph.D. in biological chemistry from Princeton University. Prior to joining the Cornell faculty, Vogel was appointed as a William C. Foster Fellow in the U.S. Department of State's Office of Proliferation Threat Reduction in the Bureau of Nonproliferation. Vogel has also spent time as a visiting scholar at the Cooperative Monitoring Center, Sandia National Laboratories and the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies. Her research focuses on studying the social and technical dimensions of bioweapons threats and the production of knowledge in intelligence assessments on WMD issues.
Professor Thomas Biersteker
Thomas Biersteker is the Gasteyger Professor of International Security and Conflict Studies and Director of the Programme for the Study of International Governance at the Graduate Institute of Geneva. He served as Director of the Watson Institute for International Studies at Brown University from 1994 to 2006 and has also taught at Yale University and the University of Southern California. He is the author/editor/co-editor of nine books, including State Sovereignty as Social Construct (1996), The Emergence of Private Authority in Global Governance (2002), and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (2007). He is currently completing an edited volume on UN Targeted Sanctions as Instruments of Global Governance. His current research focuses on UN targeted sanctions, the emergence of transnational policy networks in global security governance, and the dialectics of world orders. He was the principal developer of SanctionsApp, a tool for iPhone and Android mobile devices created in 2013 to increase access to information and improve the quality of discourse about targeted sanctions at the UN Security Council.
Professor Roland Bleiker
Roland Bleiker is Professor of International Relations at the University of Queensland. Having worked as a Swiss diplomat in the Korean DMZ, he is interested in exploring the theory-practice nexus through interdisciplinary and cross-cultural approaches. His most recent book is Aesthetics and World Politics and he is currently working on a collaborative follow-up project that examines show images shape responses to humanitarian crises.
Professor James Der Derian
Professor James Der Derian is the Michael Hintze chair of International Security and director of the Centre for International Security Studies. His research and teaching interests are in international security, information technology, international theory, and documentary film. He is author most recently of Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network and Critical Practices in International Theory. He has produced four film documentaries: Virtual Y2K, After 9/11, Human Terrain and Project Z.
Professor Stefan Elbe
Stefan Elbe is Professor of International Relations and Director of the interdisciplinary Centre for Global Health Policy at the University of Sussex. He has published widely on global health security, including Security and Global Health: Towards the Medicalization of Insecurity (Polity Press), Virus Alert: Security, Governmentality and the AIDS Pandemic (Columbia University Press) and Strategic Implications of HIV/AIDS (Oxford University Press). Professor Elbe has served as the Head of the International Relations Department at the University of Sussex, and as Director of Research for the School of Global Studies at the University of Sussex. He is Chair of the Global Health Section of the International Studies Association, and Co-Convener of the Global Health Working Group of the British International Studies Association. Professor Elbe has served as an expert scientific advisor to the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), the Medical Research Council (MRC), the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), and more.
Dr Charlotte Epstein
Dr Charlotte Epstein's work examines discourse theory, critical security studies and global environmental politics. In her book, The Power of Words in International Relations: Birth of An Anti-Whaling Discourse, she approaches the topic of whaling both as an object of analysis in its own right and as a lens for examining the role of discursive power in international relations.
Dr Bates Gill
Dr Bates Gill commenced as CEO of the US Studies Centre in October 2012 after a five year appointment as the Director of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. He previously led major research programmes at public policy think tanks in Washington, DC (Brookings Institution and Center for Strategic and International Studies) and in Monterey, California (Monterey Institute of International Studies). He has also served as a consultant to US companies, foundations, and government agencies, especially with regard to their policies in Asia. He received his PhD in foreign affairs from the University of Virginia, and, in addition to his experience in the USA, has lived and worked for lengthy periods in France, Switzerland, Sweden, and China.
Dr Ryan Griffiths
Dr Ryan Griffiths is a lecturer in the Department of Government and IR at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on three loosely related areas. The first examines the dynamics of secession with a particular emphasis on the causes of secessionist conflict over time. The second area investigates the organisation of the international system, with a specific interest in sovereignty and different types of political order. The third research area looks at the rise of China, with a general interest in theories of power transition and the question of whether China will seek to accept, overturn, or modify existing international norms.
Vice Admiral Ray Griggs AO CSC RAN
Vice Admiral Griggs joined the Adelaide Port Division of the Royal Australian Navy Reserve in 1978 as a radio operator and entered the Royal Australian Naval College at HMAS Creswell on a short service commission in 1979. In June 2011, Vice Admiral Griggs assumed command of the Royal Australian Navy. Between 1995 and 1997 Vice Admiral Griggs served as commissioning Executive Officer of HMAS Anzac, helping to bring the ANZAC class into service. In October 2001 he assumed command of the ANZAC Class frigate HMAS Arunta and was immediately involved in border protection duties as part of Operation RELEX. Arunta then deployed to the Persian Gulf to enforce United Nations sanctions against Iraq and in support of the War on Terror. The ship was recognised for her efforts by being awarded the Duke of Gloucester's Cup for being the most operationally efficient ship in the RAN fleet for 2002.
Assistant Professor Jairus Grove
My work, so far, has centered on the ecologies and futures of global warfare. I am interested in the ways war continues to expand, bringing an ever greater collection of participants and technologies into the gravitational pull of violent conflict. I am also interested in various approaches to global relations such as systems theory, cybernetics, and complexity theory, as well as the role new media play in altering the interfaces of global relations. In my spare time I collect vinyl and co-edit The Contemporary Condition with William E. Connolly.
Professor Lene Hansen
Lene Hansen is a Professor of International Relations at the University of Copenhagen and currently a Visiting Scholar at the Centre for International Security Studies, University of Sydney. Her research interests centre on the history of Security Studies and International Relations theory with a particular emphasis on critical, poststructuralist and feminist approaches. Lene has written on a series of events and cases, including cyber security, the Danish Muhammad Cartoon Crisis, and the Bosnian War. For the next four years she is directing the research project Images and International Security, funded by the Danish Council for Independent Research. She is the author of Security as Practice: Discourse Analysis and the Bosnian War and the co-author with Barry Buzan of The Evolution of International Security Studies.
Dr Justin Hastings
Dr Justin Hastings is a senior lecturer in International Relations and Comparative Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, where he is also affiliated with the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, theChina Studies Centre and Centre of International Security Studies. His research is mostly focused on gray and black markets, rogue states and the structure and behaviour of clandestine non-state actors, such as terrorists, maritime piracy, smugglers, organized criminals, insurgents and nuclear weapons proliferators, primarily in Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia and the Indian Ocean.
Professor Peter Hayes
Peter Hayes is Professor of International Relations, School of Global, Urban and Social Studies, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia and Director, Nautilus Institute in Berkeley, California. He works at the nexus of security, environment and energy policy problems. Best known for innovative cooperative engagement strategies in North Korea, he has developed techniques at Nautilus Institute for seeking near-term solutions to global security and sustainability problems and applied them in East Asia, Australia, and South Asia. Peter has worked for many international organizations including UN Development Programme, Asian Development Bank, and Global Environment Facility. He was founding director of the Environment Liaison Centre in Kenya in 1975. He has traveled, lived, and worked in Asia, North America, Europe and Africa. He has visited North Korea seven times. He was born in Melbourne Australia; today he is a dual national of Australia and the United States. He is married with two children.
Professor Duncan Ivison
Professor Duncan Ivison is the Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney, where he teaches in the Department of Philosophy. He has also taught in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto, the Department of Politics at the University of York (UK) and was a postdoctoral fellow at the Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University in Canberra. Duncan did his BA at McGill University in Montreal, where he grew up, and his MSc and PhD at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Carolin Kaltofen
Carolin Kaltofen is a PhD researcher from the Department of International Politics at the University of Aberystwyth. Her research concentrates on the philosophical underpinnings of embedded and embodied interaction with new technology, specifically games and simulations that are used to train the military and political actors. Carolin received her MSc in Critical Security Studies from the University of Aberystwyth and completed her BA in International Relations with Spanish at the University of Sussex. Carolin has held several research positions in projects looking at international arms trade, moral agency and the responsibility of institutions. She currently holds a research grant from the Doctoral Training Centre of Wales and a scholarship from the British Economic and Social Research Council funding her doctoral research. Carolin is also a visiting researcher at The University of Sydney.
Professor John Keane
John Keane is Director of the newly-founded Institute for Democracy and Human Rights (IDHR) and Professor of Politics at the University of Sydney and the Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB). His most recent book, The Life and Death of Democracy (2009), was short-listed for the 2010 Non-Fiction Prime Minister's Literary Award. His new book, Democracy and Media Decadence is forthcoming.
Dr Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna is a leading global strategist, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is a Director of the Hybrid Reality Institute, Senior Fellow at the New America Foundation, Adjunct Professor in the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore, Visiting Fellow at LSE IDEAS, Senior Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, and Senior Fellow at the Singapore Institute of International Affairs. He is co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012) and author of How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011) and The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008). In 2008, Parag was named one of Esquire's "75 Most Influential People of the 21st Century," and featured in WIRED magazine's "Smart List."
Professor Roy MacLeod
Professor Roy MacLeod is a historian of international science and technology, who writes about nuclear history, the history of chemical weapons, science and strategy; the role of scientific intellectuals in the Cold War; the history of global movements in scientific ideas; and the emerging role of space science in the strategic vision of India, China and Asia-Pacific. He was founding co-editor of Social Studies of Science, and for many years the editor of Minerva, where he convened several special issues on security and scientific intelligence.
Dr Katina Michael
Dr Katina Michael (PhD, MTransCrimPrev, BIT, SMIEEE) is an associate professor in the School of Information Systems and Technology at the University of Wollongong. She is presently the Associate Dean International in the Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences. Michael's research interests are in the socio-ethical implications of emerging technologies with an emphasis on national security. Author and editor of six books on topics related to automatic identification, location-based services and surveillance, Michael has written over a hundred peer reviewed papers. In 2012 she became the IEEE Technology and Society Magazine editor-in-chief. She is also an editorial board member of Elsevier's Computers & Security journal, and Springer's Social Network Analysis and Mining journal. She is presently the Vice-Chair of the Australian Privacy Foundation and has previously spoken as a consumer representative. Michael has conducted research on the regulatory environment surrounding the tracking and monitoring of people for which she was awarded an Australian Research Council Discovery grant.
Professor Sarah Percy
Sarah Percy is Professor of International Relations at the University of Western Australia. Before coming to UWA, Sarah was University Lecturer in International Relations at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Merton College. Sarah's research focuses on unconventional combatants, including mercenaries, private security companies and pirates. She is interested in the relationship between criminal activity and international security, and the crossover between international relations and international law. She has published widely on mercenaries, pirates, and private security companies, in journals including International Organization and the Journal of Strategic Studies. Her book, Mercenaries, was published by Oxford University Press.
Dr Sarah Phillips
Dr Sarah Phillips, a lecturer in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, spent several years living and working in Yemen and has advised numerous Western governments and aid agencies on matters relating to Yemen and the Middle East. Her most recent book, Yemen and the Politics of Permanent Crisis, analyses the nature of the country's informal institutionsamid rapid political and social change.
Professor David Reilly
Professor David Reilly is an experimental physicist working at the interface of quantum science, nanoscale condensed matter systems, and cryogenic electronics and hardware. Professor Reilly completed his Ph.D at UNSW in 2002 on correlated electron phenomena in low-dimensional nanoelectronic devices. From 2005-2008 he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University with Professor Charlie Marcus, working on spin qubits. He returned to Australia in 2008 to lead a new research group, the Quantum Nanoscience Laboratory, in the School of Physics at Sydney. He is a member of the Quantum Science Group in the School and a CI in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Engineered Quantum Systems.
Dr Adam Kamradt-Scott
Dr Adam Kamradt-Scott joined the Centre for International Security Studies in November 2011. Prior to that he worked as a legislative and political adviser to an Australian senator before taking up a position in the Australian Public Service where he worked in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet as part of a small team tasked with revising and testing Australia's pandemic preparedness plans. He is a regular contributor and the Asia correspondent for the Health Diplomacy Monitor, which publishes on global health issues.
Dr John Lee
Dr John Lee is a frequent media commentator on all major international television and radio networks in America, Europe, Asia and Australia. He is one of only a handful of Australians ever invited to formally testify to US Congressional committees such as the US-China Security and Economic Review Commission. Dr Lee is regularly invited to brief Ministerial and Secretarial level officials in the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Taiwan, India and Australia.
Dr Megan MacKenzie
Dr Megan MacKenzie is a senior lecturer at the University of Sydney. Her research bridges feminist international relations, critical security studies and development studies. Her book, Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone: Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development examines women's participation in the 11-year civil war in Sierra Leone and the challenges and insecurities they faced during the post-conflict reintegration process.
Dr James Reilly
Dr James Reilly is a senior lecturer in Northeast Asian Politics in theDepartment of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney. His research and teaching are in the areas of Chinese foreign policy, East Asian politics and international relations. He is the author of Strong Society, Smart State: The Rise of Public Opinion in China's Japan Policy (2012), and the co-editor of Australia and China at 40 (2012).
Dr Frank Smith
Dr Frank Smith is a member of the Centre for International Security Studies, where he specialises in technology and international security. His research examines how organizations and institutions mediate the relationship between scientific facts, technical artifacts, and international security. He is particularly interested in biodefense policy in the United States, international responses to transnational outbreaks of infectious disease, and science diplomacy.
Professor Colin Wight
Professor Colin Wight's research interests originate in the desire to explore and understand the fragmented nature of International Relations Theory and to embed this understanding in wider intellectual and public debates. He is also interested in all aspects of political violence and is currently completing a book on terrorism, violence and the state.
Dr Thomas Wilkins
Dr Thomas Wilkins is a member of the Centre for International Security Studies at Sydney. He specialises in security studies and strategic studies, with a particular emphasis on the Asia-Pacific region. He wrote his PhD thesis on the topic of Coalition Warfare at the University of Birmingham and as an Exchange Visitor at the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University.
Professor Jingdong Yuan
Professor Jingdong Yuan specialises in Asia-Pacific security, Chinese defence and foreign policy, and global and regional arms control and non-proliferation issues. He is the co-author of China and India: Cooperation or Conflict? and is currently working on a book manuscript on post-Cold War Chinese security policy. Prior to joining the Centre for International Security Studies at Sydney, Dr. Yuan served as the director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program, and was an associate professor of International Policy Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies in California.
Professor Simon Tormey
Simon Tormey is a political theorist based in the School of Social and Political Sciences. Prior to his appointment at Sydney in 2009 he was Professor and Head of the School of Politics and International Relations and founding Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) at the University of Nottingham UK. He was educated at the University of Wales, Swansea receiving his doctorate in 1991. He was a Research Scholar and Lecturer at the University of Leicester before joining Nottingham in 1990. In 2005 he was awarded a personal chair ('professorship') in Politics and Critical Theory.
Professor David Schlosberg
David Schlosberg is Professor of Environmental Politics in the Department of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and is known internationally for his work in environmental politics, environmental movements, and political theory – in particular the intersection of the three with his work on environmental justice. Most recently, he has co-authored Climate-Challenged Society (Oxford 2013) with John Dryzek of ANU and Richard Norgaard of UC Berkeley; the same team edited The Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society (Oxford 2011). Professor Schlosberg has held visiting appointments at the London School of Economics, Australian National University, and Princeton University. His current research includes work on climate justice – in particular justice in adaptation strategies and policies, and the question of human obligations of justice to the nonhuman realm. He is also examining the sustainable practices of new environmental movement groups – in particular their attention to flows of power and goods in relation to food, energy, housing, transportation, and crafting and making.


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As Women in Journalism publishes a new report revealing a shocking – but not surprising – lack of women in Fleet Street, we do a gender test on the whole media industry.
What needs to change? Who's doing it right? The Guardian's women's editor, Jane Martinson, is joined by Chris Burns (Sound Women), Kate Kinninmont (Women in Film & TV) and Media Talk alumnus Emily Bell to discuss all these questions and more.
The new BBC director general, George Entwistle, wants more women fronting programmes – but says he doesn't have the power to change the situation. Is "nudging" programme makers the only way to equality?
Plus, as is the tradition, we'll have Vicky Frost reviewing the best TV of the week.
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Meanwhile, concern grows as heavy rains are predicted Friday through the weekend, which could complicate the flooding issues even though the rivers have started to recede.
On Thursday, many Lake County residents stood in line at the flood resource center, which is called MARC - a multi-agency resource center. The center is located inside a vacant grocery store.
"The victims of this disaster are not shopping around having to go from place to place. They can come to one location and get almost all their questions answered," said James Joseph, director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.
The center, located at 965 E. Rollins Rd., is a partnership between the American Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the Northeast Illinois Community Organizations Active in Disasters.
"We've already had almost 40 people come through today. We're going to be open the next three days and here to support the community as needed," said Celena Roldan.
Beyond the obvious resources and support, there are counselors, housing and insurance information offered here. There were even therapy dogs hoping to help.
"The dogs are comforting for people who are in crisis and for people who are frustrated and bored waiting to get done what they have to get done," said Donna Head, of Rainbow Animal Assisted Therapy.
The damage and destruction that hit communities along the Fox and Des Plaines rivers left many residents without resources of hope.
"It's everything because I'm disabled and the funds are not there. Thank God for the community," said flood victim Roslyn Finch.
Some lost things that can't be replaced.
"Our son passed away about 24 years ago. All the stuff he had was in the garage and it's all got wrecked," said Shirley Lugo.
In Algonquin, their park along the Fox River has been closed for the second week and a planned concert in the park has also been nixed due to flooding.
Next week's Founder's Day celebrations -- which draws tens of thousands of people - will be relocated a mile away from the park.
"Is it dry now? It could be, but is it going to stay that way? We don't know. Only Mother Nature knows and we are not willing to gamble on that," said Sue Bazdor, of the Algonquin Founder's Day.
Fireworks on a barge on the Fox River is usually part of the Founder's Day events, but even though waters are receding it's unknown whether that will still be a possibility.
Boating traffic on the Fox River is gone, which is a blow to local businesses.
"It's unfortunate to lose the business but safety is of the utmost importance," said Charles Kaskadden, who is the general manager of Port Edward Restaurant.
Residents continue to grapple with the floodwaters. About 25,000 sandbags have been provided, but some residents have opted to leave or, at least, move some of their belongings.


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Discussion board where members can get started with Qlik Sense.
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You can pick whichever dimension you want on the x-axis and concat it with any other dimension.


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Hiding from your enemies in a cardboard box doesn't work too spectacularly in the real world, or even in Metal Gear Solid, but it works in the squared circle, as proven by Akiba Pro Wrestling.
Famitsu.com reports that the wrestling league recently tried to lure in the video game otaku — and probably promote some games — by throwing a few Metal Gear Solid 4 and Street Fighter IV characters into the ring, including Ryu, El Fuerte and Vega, complete with series signature moves.
Yes, the "drop a dirty magazine on the ground to distract your enemy" tactic also works, as evidenced by the report, but again, only on Japanese professional wrestlers.
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Fidelis Bath Sheet and Vesta Rug Pack
This is where you become the instant interior stylist! Completely make over your own bathing space and save over 20% with our value package comprising of 2 gorgeous Fidelis Bath sheets plus 2 Fidelis hand towels AND a Vesta floor rug. Plus, all online orders receive a complimentary luxurious gold Ziporah Lifestyle shopper bag.
The Fidelis Ziporah Lifestyle bath sheets or pool towels and hand towels are designed to add luxury and amazing designer color to your bathing or swim experience day after day. Ziporah Lifestyle bath rugs are the ultimate in luxurious bathroom mats. Not just for the bathroom, their unique designs and striking colors create a real style statement wherever they are placed- bedroom, living space and kitchen included!
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Rite Aid has made some changes to their Video Values coupons. Now, the Video Value coupons have a UPC starts with RC49 this may not seem like a big deal but this change will prohibit us from using an in ad coupon (UPC also starts with RC49) with a Video Value coupon.
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They have also pulled the $5/$25 and $4/$20 coupon. You can still print this $5.00/$25.00 Rite Aid coupon and use any Video Values that you had previously printed that are coded RC48 with the in ad coupons.


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Is there a future for family-owned trading businesses?
Providing jobs for approximately one fifth of all employees in Vienna makes trading businesses the biggest group of employers. Most of them are family businesses. Market-driven developments such as the emergence of online trade and the rise of "everything stores" forces particularly small- and medium-sized trading businesses to adapt their strategies if they want to survive in the long run. Being a family business can be a resource to achieve a competitive advantage. This study aims to identify the success factors of family-owned trading business in Vienna. More specifically, it investigates (a) the organizational and decision structures, (b) the succession situation and (c) the configuration and role of the business family that lead to their success.
The project
Duration: June 2019 - December 2019 Sponsor: Vienna Economic Chamber, Devision Commerce Researchers: Hermann Frank, Elena Fuetsch, Alexander Keßler
Managing Business Families: Success Factors of Business Families in Different Generational Stages
Business families are of enormous importance for the development of any economy. Well-functioning business families are an indispensable prerequisite for prospering family businesses and successful business families contribute substantially to the reproduction of entrepreneurship. However, the societal and politico-economic relevance of business families is still undervalued. This shortcoming is also represented in family business research which has almost exclusively focused on the functioning of family businesses whilst neglecting the "family variable". By bringing business families and their multidimensional challenges into focus, this research project aims to carve out characteristics that are relevant to understanding the mode of operation of business families and their specific approach to success and failure.
Duration: July 2017 - October 2018Sponsor: Österreichische Nationalbank (OeNB/Austrian Central Bank) Anniversary FundResearchers: Hermann Frank, Elena Fuetsch, Alexander Keßler, Manfred Lueger, Julia Süss-Reyes
This research project aims to analyze (1) how business families define their boundaries, (2) which basic orientations they pursue (indicating their success) and (3) which factors explain their basic orientations. To address these research questions, we divide our research project into four project phases: After conducting a methodically rigorous state-of-the-art literature review (phase 1), several focus group discussions with business families will be organized in order to identify and take up the core family subjects and problems with the highest practical relevance (phase 2). Subsequently, we will develop a comprehensive quantitative measurement instrument that will be employed in an empirical study involving a large sample of Austrian business families (phase 3). Finally, phase 4 serves as a concluding consolidation phase, in order to synthesize the main results of our theoretical and empirical work and to introduce the knowledge obtained to the scientific community as well as passing it on to practitioners in a series of workshops. The different project phases guarantee a cumulative progress of knowledge production and balance scientific rigor and relevance requirements. From a practical point of view, the study opens up possibilities for business families to locate and compare themselves with different types of business families. This enables them to reflect on possibilities for developing their functionality.
Innovations in family businesses: contextual factors, processes and performance effects
Innovation can be key for the creation of competitive advantage and thus plays a central role in driving business performance and business growth. In family businesses, innovation behavior is often largely shaped by the idiosyncrasies of the business family. For instance, the business family's desire to sustain the business over generations provides long-term capital (patient capital) to the business and prompts family managers to make far-sighted investment decisions. Furthermore, family businesses are often in possession of strong and trust-filled social networks with stakeholders which creates high potential to mobilize people for new ideas. Yet, although family businesses retain a number of assets that are conducive to innovation, investigations comparing the innovation output in family businesses and non-family businesses show ambiguous results. These results suggest that family businesses are both more and less innovative. These inconsistencies may be due to paradoxical effects of family involvement, as the family not only constitutes a resource but also a liability for innovation. For instance, family businesses prefer to avoid projects associated with high risk because they do not want to endanger family heritage. They prefer continuity which prompts them to rely on the tried and trusted and adhere to family traditions, instead of trying new things. Empirical evidence also indicates that the innovative capacity of family businesses frequently decreases across generations. Thus, although family businesses often have great innovation potential, they are sometimes reluctant to make use of this. This phenomenon is also known as the ability-willingness paradox.
Duration: July 2016 – August 2017Sponsor: Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung/Abteilung Wissenschaft und Forschung Researchers: Reinhard Altenburger, Hermann Frank, Elena Fuetsch, Alexander Keßler, Julia Süss-Reyes
The question of how family businesses make use of their innovation capacity and why some family businesses are better innovators than others is therefore the focus of the current research project at the Research Institute for Family Businesses (in cooperation with the University of Applied Sciences Krems). Building on the approach of "learning from the best", we aim to analyze five Lower Austrian family businesses that can be considered as best practice examples in terms of their innovativeness. More specifically, we focus on older family businesses that have preserved or recovered their innovative capacity and act exceptionally innovatively. Each case is analyzed individually and finally contrasted with the remaining cases. This enables the development of "innovative role models" for family businesses practitioners.
Agricultural family businesses in Lower Austria: How innovative, entrepreneurial and sustainable are they?
The Lower Austrian agriculture is dominated by family businesses. These are characterized by the participation of several family members and frequently even several family generations. Likewise, these businesses usually have a long-standing tradition to pass the business on to the next generation of family members. However, having a look at the recent figures, this tradition is facing severe challenges: Permanent budget cuts, climate-related crop losses, hardly predictable price fluctuations and the lack of successors ready to take the business over are among the main factors that lead to a decline in the number of agricultural family businesses. Therefore the traditional agriculture is increasingly forced to act in a more innovative, entrepreneurial and sustainable way.
The project
Duration: February 2015 – March 2016Sponsor: Amt der Niederösterreichischen Landesregierung/Abteilung Wissenschaft und Forschung, Gutsverwaltung Hardegg, Erste BankResearchers: Hermann Frank, Julia Süss-Reyes, Elena Fuetsch, Alexander Keßler
With this research project, the Research Institute for Family Business provides first insights into the innovativeness, entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability of agricultural family businesses in Lower Austria and provides recommendation for practice. The research project contains four main project phases: First, we provide a comprehensive literature review to gain a basic understanding of the latest state of research in innovation, entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability in agriculture. Second, we organize a kick-off to gain input from agricultural experts and use this information for phase three - a quantitative study to gain knowledge about the degree of innovativeness, entrepreneurial orientation and sustainability of agricultural family businesses in Lower Austria. Fourth, we consolidate the research results of the single project phases and formulate recommendations for practice.
Family Business Governance in Austria: Good Practice Case Studies
The main characteristic of family businesses is the overlap of at least two social systems (family – business). Since social processes are organized in a different way in the family and in the business, discrepancies of interest might occur. Depending on the handling of these diverging interests, the family influence on the business can affect the sustainable development of competitive advantages positively or negatively and consequently the success of the family business. Family business governance supports a family through managerial, supervisory and advisory bodies, or a binding set of rules to reduce the possible negative influence of the family, and to boost the positive potential of the business family in a sustainable and professional manner.
Duration: September 2012 – December 2014Sponsor: Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (BMWFJ)Researchers: Manfred Lueger, Hermann Frank, Daniela Weismeier-Sammer, Julia Süss
Large businesses more often involve family business governance institutions (e. g. advisory councils) or use mediation as a tool for conflict management than SMEs. Despite the importance of family businesses for the local economy, there is a lack of research focusing on the question if or how such governance activities could be useful for this type of business. With this research project, the Research Institute for Family Business provides a comprehensive examination of good practices of corporate governance in Austrian family businesses by conducting a set of research case studies. The main focus of our case studies will be on advisory boards, family constitutions, mediation, codes of governance and legal aspects of family business governance.
The Measurement of Familiness: Capturing the development, manifestations and impacts of family influence
The involvement of the family in the business is of vital interest within the scientific community, especially regarding the influence of the family in the business and its relation to performance, innovation or competitive advantage. The concept of familiness provides a promising lens not only for capturing the potential influence the family has on the business (e.g. through ownership or management), but the essence of the family's influence.
Duration: December 2011 – January 2014 Sponsor: Österreichische Nationalbank (OeNB/ Austrian Central Bank) Anniversary FundResearchers: Hermann Frank, Daniela Weismeier-Sammer, Julia Süss
With this research project, the Research Institute for Family Business provides an all-embracing examination of familiness by various means. The research project contains three main project phases based on each other: First, we provide a thorough literature review to show how the topic of familiness developed over time. With this review we not only provide a descriptive overview of the literature, but also discuss the different theoretical lenses applied to familiness, the development and impact of familiness on the business, and the different methodical approaches to assess familiness. In doing so, we are able to structure this sub-field of family-business research by consolidating familiness research, leading to promising directions for future research. Second, we employ a case-based approach to gain in-depth insights into Austrian family businesses to reconstruct their specific familiness. Altogether, we interviewed family members of sixteen family businesses of different sizes, ages and sectors, enabling us to contrast cases and establish a familiness typology that reflects the heterogeneity of family businesses and their specific familiness. We take a systems theory-based perspective on familiness and employ objective hermeneutics (fine analysis, systems analysis) to reconstruct latent meaning structures of the businesses incorporating familiness. The third project phase targets the creation of a familiness scale, as to date there is no measure available that might be capable to capture the essence of familiness. After consolidation of the results of the preceding project phases, we test the developed familiness scale by applying it to an Austrian sample of family businesses.
"Success Indicators of Austrian Family Businesses"
The project
The focus of the interdisciplinary study "Success Indicators of Austrian Family Businesses – The Interplay between Family and Business in Decision Processes" was on decision processes and the handling of conflicts and consensus in family businesses. We used qualitative as well as quantitative research methods and were supported by two additional dissertation projects. Conflict and decision aspects were particularly analyzed, as well as the handling of challenging situations. More detailed information about the project can be found here. (in German). A German executive summary of the study's results can be found here. Results of the study can be downloaded from the website of the Federal Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth (in German).
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Dushanbe (Tajikistan) –A New Jersey network engineer is on a mission to send some love and care – of the digital kind – to Americans stationed overseas. Going by his hacker handle 'Deviant Ollam', he's been sending out hard drives filled with popular movies, television shows and music for over a year. Dubbed the Traveling Terabyte Project (TTB), the drives have seen action in war-torn countries and one set is now making a small contingent of Marines very happy in the former Soviet republic of Tajikistan.
Pictures of the Traveling Terabyte and Tajikistan …
Like many projects, the TTB was created almost accidentally after Deviant lost many of his files from a catastrophic hard drive crash. He bought replacement drives and members of the Defcon hacking community came together to help replace some of the lost files. Deviant ended up with some drives and came up with an idea.
"I've got this extra storage and thought 'what could I do with it?'. It didn't really make sense to put the disks into my already hugely ridiculous raid array."
In a flash of inspiration, he copied gigabytes of media files to the extra drives, packaged them inside an olive-drab Pelican case and shipped the whole thing out to a close group of friends stationed overseas. "You can't really put the drives in bubble wrap and throw them in the mail," said Deviant. And since the drives are going to war zones, it seemed appropriate to paint the hard drive enclosures olive drab green as well.
You can think of the drives, along with international power adapters and USB cables, as the ultimate care package. Some would consider it the modern day equivalent of what Atari 2600 and Commodore 64 owners used to do by swapping cartridges and disks through the mail. "It's like sneaker net, combined with air transport," said Deviant.
Deviant encourages users of the TTB to share their own pictures, music and other files by filling up the empty space on the drives. "I have a very open door policy about sharing. If there's something interesting, and there's room, feel free to share," said Deviant. He adds that once people receive the drives they often have an "overwhelming and second nature" desire to add files.
But all that sharing has its price because Deviant will sometimes find horribly disorganized folders when the TTB eventually makes it back home.
"I tend to be and always have been big about data structure and arrangement. Sometime's the drives come back with a folder just called Bob's stuff, with everything crammed into it. I'll spend all night categorizing all the extra content."
All the extra files eventually filled up the drives, so Deviant procured some more drives and made a 2nd Travelling Terabyte box. He also split up the content into an educational and an entertainment drive.
"At first it was an even 50/50 split between entertainment and educational, but now the entertainment drive is more popular," said Deviant. With all the new file donations, he might even have to split the entertainment box into drives containing television episodes, music and other videos.
One of those drives has made it all the way to the Marines stationed at the American embassy in Dushanbe Tajikistan. US Army Master Sergeant Robert McLaughlin delivered the drives to the embassy just to prove that the TTB project was real. McLaughlin, who is also the embassy's Deputy Chief in the Office of Defense Cooperation, told us, "The guys here thought it was an urban legend."
Despite the home-made nature of the project, the Marines at the embassy have been impressed with its construction. "It looks professional, like something from a company," Marine Staff Sergent Jerel Swain told us during a crackly, two-second delayed, telephone conversation.
Unlike the United States where fast Internet connections and good phone service are almost universal, the technology infrastructure in Tajikistan leaves much to be desired. The Marines must deal with spotty phone connections that can cost up to five dollars a minute along with extremely slow Internet transfers.
"If I wanted to download my favorite album, like the Red Hot Chilli Peppers, I would just let the computer sit overnight," said Swain.
Along with the slow Internet, embassy personnel have to deal with slow postal mail and an almost non-existent local electronics market. Swain told us that Amazon.com will deliver books and movies, but that it's incredibly expensive and packages take about three weeks to arrive. There are no Costcos, Wal-Marts or Best Buy stores around and the one movie store in town only sells Russian language movies.
Compared to the slow Internet, the speed and convenience of the drives have proven to be a big morale booster. "There must be a couple thousand shows and movies on these drives. My favorites are all the classic James Bond movies," Swain said, but he adds that he's now become a big fan of Japanese anime cartoons that are also on the drives.
"It's absolutely great, everything is all in one place and it's unbelievably easy to use. I don't have to go through the Internet. Everything is just a quick cut and paste away."
Eventually, Deviant would like to deploy dozens of Traveling Terabyte boxes around the world. He also would like to set up a website and forum where people could put in file requests and even vote on material to add or delete. In true geek fashion, he thinks some type of routing system or protocol would be needed to give priority to people who want to upload files.
Sending out that many boxes would obviously require extra hard drives and cases and so far Deviant hasn't asked any of the drive makers for help. "I'm not sure how they would react to this project, but I wouldn't turn down free hardware," he said.
Staff Sergeant Swain and his fellow Marines plan on keeping the TTB for a few more months and then they will send it off to another service member. Speaking on behalf of his team, he told us that the drives have made an insane place, just a little more bearable. He hopes that TTB concept takes off and that more people start making and sending their own versions.
"Some of these countries there's not a whole lot of technology and we don't get many care packages. I think the majority of people do understand our situation, but there's not a lot of action and not enough people doing something about it."


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We live in an increasingly wireless world. Many teenagers and most adults now own a mobile phone. Cordless phones and wireless broadband are used at home and work. Parents use baby monitors to listen out for their baby waking. Cafes, schools, libraries, public transport and other public places frequently offer wi-fi wireless internet and have mobile phone base stations/transmitters on their roofs, walls or located close by. The technology is incredibly useful, it gives mobility and the comfort of knowing that we are always connected. Wireless games, Wii, Nintendo DSs, iphones are rapidly becoming one of the most popular forms of entertainment for children, and are even being introduced in schools.
But are they safe? They are legal, readily available and there is a social pressure to keep up with the 21st century innovations. So why does Russia recommend that pregnant women do not use mobile phones? Why do the UK Chief Medical Officers recommend that children under the age of 16 use mobile phones only in emergencies? Why does the German Government recommend that wherever possible computer networks and the internet should be wired, rather than wireless? When we think of mobile phone safety, we often think of being careful about identity theft or cyberbullying. Occasionally the newspapers have headlines questioning whether mobile phones might cause brain tumours. But for some people the concerns go much deeper than that. To make informed choices about which technologies we want to use in our homes or for our children to use, we need to know what the concerns are, and weigh up the benefits and risks for ourselves.
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The problem lies in the pulsed or modulated microwaves (a type of radio wave) that these technologies use to carry information to and from each other and to their base stations/transmitters. As the number of wireless gadgets increase then so does our exposure to the microwaves all around us. Over the past few years our average exposure has increased exponentially, and it is likely to keep increasing.
So is living in a microwave environment good for us? Countries vary in the exposure limits that they set, with the UK having one of the highest limits (lowest safety). We follow the guidelines of the ICNIRP (International Commission for Electromagnetic Safety). The guidelines were set in 1998, based on the idea that microwaves have no damaging effects other than that of heating our bodies. If the power is below that which causes heating then it is assumed to be safe. But the science has moved on since then and many papers have been published demonstrating damage from microwaves below these limits. Scientists have become frustrated that the ICNIRP have not reduced their guideline values. Many scientists who are working on the biological (non-heating) safety of electromagnetic fields have come together to form the International Commission for
Electromagnetic Safety (ICEMS) and have produced resolutions which warn the public of potential risks from the technology.
A report was written in 2007 by a group of scientists describing why the current guidelines were inadequate, listing much of the science available at the time (the Bioinitiative Report). Since then, the European Environment Agency has stated that they consider the current guidelines to be inadequate. The European Parliament have urged member states to introduce greater protection of the general public to electromagnetic fields. Liechtenstein has voted to reduce its exposure limits by 100. France is beginning trials of these lower limits in sixteen of its towns.
The French Health and Security Agency recommended in 2009 that people reduce their exposures to mobile phones and wireless devices. Russia already has exposure limits 100 times lower than in the UK. Salzburg in Austria recommend exposure limits 1000 times lower than in the UK. A scientific panel, The Scientific Panel on Electromagnetic Field Health Risks, is currently writing new guidelines based on what they consider to be biologically safe and these will be published later this year. It remains to be seen whether these will be adopted by governments. There are economic and political pressures too.
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Probably not but thought I'd ask. If it is, would the D8 channels be selectable in Studio One 3.5?
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The D8 is an ADAT interface.
It has to be plugged into another interface like a 192
or Quantum to work.
If you have one of the later they yes S1 can see it.
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Thanks for the reply. I mistyped in the subject, I meant is it compatable with Quantim. Yes I did mean to hook the D8 into the Quantum via ADAT. The documentation says the later version of the D8 was compatable but did not mention this hardware version.
Pretty much, adat is adat. The device you connect it to will display the available channels to whichever daw you use, so you should be fine.
Just to note, the Current DP88 uses the same mic pres as the Quantam. The difference is slight, but possible noticable.
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Amphibious fish
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Amphibious fish are fish that are able to leave water for extended periods of time. About 11 distantly related genera of fish are considered amphibious. This suggests that many fish genera independently evolved amphibious traits, a process known as convergent evolution. These fish use a range of terrestrial locomotory modes, such as lateral undulation, tripod-like walking (using paired fins and tail), and jumping. Many of these locomotory modes incorporate multiple combinations of pectoral, pelvic and tail fin movement.
Many ancient fish had lung-like organs, and a few, such as the lungfish and bichir, still do. Some of these ancient "lunged" fish were the ancestors of tetrapods. However, in most recent fish species these organs evolved into the swim bladders, which help control buoyancy. Having no lung-like organs, modern amphibious fish and many fish in oxygen-poor water use other methods such as their gills or their skin to breathe air. Amphibious fish may also have eyes adapted to allow them to see clearly in air, despite the refractive index differences between air and water.
List of amphibious fish[edit]
Lung breathers[edit]
- Lungfish (Dipnoi): Six species, have limb like fins, and can breathe air. Some are obligate air breathers, meaning they will drown if not given access to breathe air. Some species will bury in the mud when the body of water they live in dries up, surviving up to two years until water returns.
- Bichir (Polypteridae):12 species, are the only ray-finned fish to retain lungs. They are facultative air-breathers, requiring access to surface air to breathe in poorly oxygenated water.[1]
- Various other "lunged" fish: now extinct, a few of this group were ancestors of the stem tetrapods that led to all tetrapods: Lissamphibia, sauropsids and mammals.
Gill or skin breathers[edit]
- Rockskippers: These blennies are found on islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans. They come onto land to catch prey and escape aquatic predators, often for up to 20 minutes or more. Leaping blennies (Alticus arnoldorum) are able to jump over land using their tails. On Rarotonga, one species has evolved to become largely terrestrial.[2][3]
- Woolly sculpin (Clinocottus analis): Found in tide pools along the Pacific coast, these sculpins will leave water if the oxygen levels get low and can breathe air.[4]
- Mudskippers (Oxudercinae): This subfamily of gobies is probably the most land adapted of fish. Mudskippers are found in mangrove swamps in Africa and the Indo-Pacific, they frequently come onto land and can survive in air for up to three and a half days.[5] Mudskippers breathe through their skin and through the lining of the mouth (the mucosa) and throat (the pharynx). This requires the mudskipper to be wet, limiting mudskippers to humid habitats. This mode of breathing, similar to that employed by amphibians, is known as cutaneous breathing. They propel themselves over land on their sturdy forefins.
- Eels: Some eels, such as the European eel and the American eel, can live for an extended time out of water and can also crawl on land if the soil is moist. Swamp eels can absorb oxygen through their highly vascularized mouth and pharnyx, and in some cases (e.g., Monopterus rongsaw) through their skin. The moray Echidna catenata sometimes leaves the water to forage.[6]
- Snakehead fish (Channidae): This family of fish are obligate air breathers, breathing air using their suprabranchial organ, which is a primitive labyrinth organ. The northern snakehead of Southeast Asia can "walk" on land by wriggling and using its pectoral fins, which allows it to move between the slow-moving, and often stagnant and temporary bodies of water in which it lives.
- Airbreathing catfish (Clariidae): Amphibious species of this family may venture onto land in wet weather, such as the eel catfish (Channallabes apus), which lives in swamps in Africa, and is known to hunt beetles on land.[7]
- Labyrinth fish (Anabantoidei). This suborder of fish also use a labyrinth organ to breathe air. Some species from this group can move on land. Amphibious fish from this family are the climbing perches, African and Southeast Asian fish that are capable of moving from pool to pool over land by using their pectoral fins, caudal peduncle and gill covers as a means of locomotion. It is said that climbing gourami move at night in groups.
See also[edit]
- ^ "J.B. Graham Air-breathing fishes. Evolution, diversity and adaptation, xi, 299p. San Diego, California: Academic Press, 1997". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 77 (4): 1265–1265. November 1997. doi:10.1017/s0025315400038893. ISSN 0025-3154.
- ^ Ord, T. J.; Summers, T. C.; Noble, M. M.; Fulton, C. J. (2017-03-02). "Ecological release from aquatic predation is associated with the emergence of marine blenny fishes onto land". The American Naturalist. 189 (5): 570–579. doi:10.1086/691155.
- ^ Keim, Brandon. "Video: How Leaping Fish Species Left the Water — For Good".
- ^ "Clinocottus analis summary page". FishBase.
- ^ "The mudskipper - Homepage". www.themudskipper.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer. "Echidna catenata (Bloch, 1795)". FishBase. Retrieved 2014-05-10.
- ^ African fish leaps for land bugs on BBC News


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A marijuana breathalyzer developed by Hound Labs in collaboration with the University of California, Berkeley finished field testing in California. The breathalyzer, which detects concentrations of THC in a person's breath, is the latest in cannabis detecting technology to stop drivers from driving high. The device works like the alcohol breathalyzer test. The suspected driver blows air into the device, which then records the concentration of THC in his or her breath. However, it has not yet been decided what amount of marijuana detected in the driver's breath can be used to establish impairment. The current law states the amount an alcohol breathalyzer can detect before being considered impaired, but not for marijuana. Further, the current blood and urine tests being used reveal whether there is some marijuana in your system. Not how much marijuana is sufficient to impair one's ability to drive.
Working with California law enforcement, Hound Labs tested the device on driver's suspected of driving while high. Officers would pull over the suspect and, if the driver failed their field sobriety tests, he or she would then be asked if they would voluntarily blow into the prototype breathalyzer. After recording the driver's breath, the information would then be relayed to the research team to collect and compare with other results. According to Hound Labs, the device performed well, and they did find a correlation in the amount of THC recorded in comparison to how recently the driver has smoked marijuana. The drivers who failed their sobriety tests were not arrested but rather educated in the dangers of driving high. The drivers were also found alternative transportation to make it home safely.
Due to the promising results, Hound Labs now focuses on improving the size and durability of their breathalyzer. They hope these improvements will make the device easier to handle. At this time, the marijuana breathalyzer is not in use by California police officers. However, this does not mean officers are not on the lookout for driver who may be driving under the influence of cannabis. If you have been charged with a marijuana DUI, the Law Office at Louis G. Goodman can help. Our lawyers have years of experience handling Californian's changing marijuana laws. We can help protect your rights and defend yourself to the fullest extent of the law.
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It is illegal to drive a motor vehicle with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 percent or higher. When police pull drivers over under the suspicion of DUI or DWI, they use chemical tests to check the BAC level in the driver's saliva, blood, breath or urine. If the results of these tests show that a driver has a BAC of 0.08 percent or higher, then the prosecution will use it as a key piece of evidence to pursue a DUI or DWI conviction. However, if the defense can challenge the accuracy of these tests, then they can sometimes prevent the prosecution from being able to use the results in the case against a DWI or DUI suspect. A few of the ways the defense can challenge a chemical DUI test includes:
- Failure to warn – In some states, refusing to take a chemical test will result in your driver's license being suspended. If the police fail to warn you that your license will be suspended if you refuse a chemical test, you may be able to prevent the results of the test from being admitted as evidence. In addition, many states allow you to have a choice as to which chemical test you would prefer to take. If the arresting officers do not offer you a choice about which chemical test you would like to take, it may make the results of the test inadmissible.
- Improper administration – If the device used to administer the test was faulty or not calibrated properly and you can prove it, you may be able to ensure the results of the test cannot not be admitted as evidence. Similarly, if the technician administering the test does not follow the required steps for administering the test, the results of the test may be inadmissible.
These are just a couple of the defenses that can be used to challenge the results of DUI and DWI blood, breath, saliva and urine tests. For more information about DWI and DUI defenses, contact the Law Office of Louis J. Goodman. Criminal defense attorney Louis J. Goodman has years of experience successfully defending the rights of people charged with DWI, DUI as well as other charges. He is tough, professional and respected. Call now to set up a free consultation to discuss your situation with him.
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Whether this is your first DUI/DWI or you have multiple offenses, Louis J. Goodman is the experienced criminal defense attorney for you. He can explain your rights and provide you with knowledge of what is likely to happen in your case. This knowledge can make an extremely stressful time easier to handle.
In some cases, an attorney may determine that you have a strong defense that may warrant a case dismissal or an acquittal after a trial. Louis J. Goodman is the perfect attorney for the job.
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Driving under the influence additional restrictions in 2016
Driving under the influence additional restrictions (SB 61): You better reconsider getting behind the wheel after a few drinks. This law extends the existing Ignition Interlock Device (IID) pilot project to Sacramento and Tulare counties. According to the law, a person convicted of a DUI has to install an IID for five months upon a first offense, 12 months for a second offense, 24 months for a third offense, and 36 months for a fourth or subsequent offense.


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Joe and I discuss perfectionism, and the problems it comes with, in our modern world. I wonder if perfectionism has been around forever or if it's just a modern-day problem. The reason why I personally believe perfectionism is a modern problem is because of our competitive lifestyles and the increased need to be special or extraordinary. What do you think? Write to me about your thoughts on this!
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- [0:45] Vicky and Joe have been on a vegetable rage and are now currently binge drinking gin & tonic.
- [2:25] Let's talk about perfectionism!
- [3:25] Has perfectionism always been around or is it just a modern 'problem'?
- [5:10] We hear so often from the media that we're destined to be extraordinary or , be able to achieve greatness.
- [8:10] "Are you okay, hun?" is one of the most annoying phrases ever.
- [12:45] You have to always be striving for something. If you already believe you're extraordinary, you're damaging your true potential.
- [15:45] The reality is we need great people, but we also need average people.
- [18:40] Nothing is ever going to be perfect. You can sit on your project for years with that mindset.
- [21:55] Want to get rid of your procrastination? Vicky has some advice.
- [24:25] Perfectionists have a hard time delegating tasks because they 'know' other people won't do it as good as they will. If you're like this, then you need to change your mindset!
- [26:00] Conclusion? Stop striving for perfection. Just take a step forward instead and make improvements as you go.
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Building codes save lives. Certainly for first-response organizations like the Red Cross it is the top priority in the wake of natural disasters, such as the recent earthquake in Haiti. However, it is never too early to begin addressing how to save lives and to start building a framework that supports the transition from short-term relief to long-term reconstruction.
Collapsed structures--homes, hospitals, schools and government buildings--have accounted for a great deal of the tragic death toll in Haiti, largely because most of these structures were not built to recommended code. While natural disasters cannot be controlled, buildings can. To avoid mass collapse and loss of life in the wake of future disasters, developing nations must improve their building standards by introducing building codes--and enforcing them.
In 2009 I participated in a voluntary mission to Haiti--sponsored by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors' BuildAction and Disaster Management Commission groups--to review and evaluate the local building codes. Tragically, introducing building codes takes time and we were not able to assist the local agencies to begin implementing change before the earthquake struck this month. However, the mission did give us an opportunity to make observations that clarified the need for stronger building codes and, more important, identify specifically what needs to be changed.
In July of 2009 I met with senior representatives of the Civil Protection Department (DPC), the government body responsible for disaster management activities in Haiti. We attended and spoke at a DPC workshop for local and government architects and engineers. Our presentation focused on building to recommended code and designing buildings to withstand earthquakes and hurricanes. (Incidentally, the DPC's building did not appear like it could cope with a disaster, and we hope it survived the earthquake.) At the meeting we were informed that there was a plan for disaster management, but clearly it was not effective enough.
Parts of the United Nations' and other agencies' buildings collapsed, and it would seem that they either rented or owned "suspect" buildings that were not built to code. Going forward, we would recommend that agencies such as the U.N. carry out vulnerability assessments on buildings prior to renting or buying them.
Hospitals, schools, police stations, government buildings and other key facilities must be built to withstand disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes. This means that in case of a disaster these buildings will still be functional. Churches should also be in this category, as they serve as excellent shelters.
Creating a practical framework to preserve these buildings is critical to saving lives in the future. In any country or region with the challenges faced in Haiti this framework should include:
--Developing a code along with local built-environment professionals, masons/builders and civil society groups who wish to be involved in reconstruction. Without local guidance and buy-in, the codes will only be foreign, not likely to be followed.
--Simplifying regulations--ideally in a pictorial and more accessible format--for self-built homes and smaller structures to ensure these codes are relevant to the poor.
--Establishing a motivational means of ensuring the codes get used. This includes increasing code awareness and re-training local masons and builders--and even self-builders--to ensure building practices improve. It is imperative these codes become an entrenched module in the university's architectural, engineering, planning and surveying courses.
With the government buildings being so badly affected, reconstruction work will likely occur long before Haiti has a proper and functioning building code. As we've already seen, multiple celebrities, the government, U.N. agencies, humanitarian/development agencies and private individuals, among others, will help with reconstruction projects. For their work to be successful a clear plan must be developed and appropriate built environment professionals must be involved. It is also important for such aid to be carefully monitored, ensuring that the money is well spent on constructing buildings that are not only built to code but also represent value for money.
We do not expect this to be easy, but we will strive to achieve it. And we'll be there for the long haul.
Sanjay Amin is based in Barbados and is a director of Caribbean property and development company BCQS International. He is an active professional volunteer with RICS' BuildAction program and led a mission to Haiti in 2009 as a part of RICS' Disaster Management Commission to address building code improvements. For more information on BuildAction and the DMC please visit www.ricsamericas.org.
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When client Jaguar launched the "Jaguar ALIVE Driving Experience", a cross-country drive event, they contacted Plan B to develop a CRM program that would connect with 18,000 In-Market Owners, Handraisers, and Conquests in 18 cities.
Research indicates that "hands-on" is key—consumer perception shifts to positive upon driving one of the Jaguar cars. With this in mind, the highly exclusive, invitation-only event was designed to feature professionally coached, behind-the-wheel exercises on closed courses, as well as in-depth product demonstrations that would put prospects directly in command of the vehicles.
Plan B developed and executed a robust CRM communication plan with various touch points, including a Direct Mail Invitation, Follow-Up Postcard Invitation and Confirmation Email Series, Handout Invitations and a Post-Event Thank You Email with Offer. The communications were built to encourage consumers to sign up for the event, drive qualified traffic to dealerships, and convey the brand's commitment to Style, Performance, Technology and Refinement.
After the first 11 events, the Jaguar ALIVE Driving Experience – the first Jaguar undertaking of such magnitude and cost investment – generated over 10,000 attendees with the following responses reported from those surveyed:
- 85% of attendees are new to the Jaguar brand
- 50% are under the age of 49
- 32% drive a competitive make
- 32% positive shift in overall brand perception after participating in the event
- 22% positive shift in purchase consideration after participating in the event
Armed with new information about their core target consumers, Jaguar is now better poised to take on the competition, and expects their improved overall brand perception and purchase consideration will translate to improved sales.
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Big Government
The given explanations for "implied consent" to government rule would never pass muster if applied to any private-sector organization.
Austrian Economics OverviewOther Schools of ThoughtProduction TheoryValue and Exchange
Bureaucracy and Regulation
Why can't the federal government just leave online gambling alone?
Not surprisingly, government regulations make it harder for small businesses to help their employees save for retirement.
Business CyclesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics
Capital and Interest TheoryHistory of the Austrian School of Economics


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The Internet has exploded with outrage over the re-homing of Rosa Torres's eight-month-old puppy, Raffiki. When the dog escaped from Torres's Los Angeles home in February, she was quickly taken to a local animal shelter and adopted by a new family the following week. Torres claims that when she learned Raffiki had been listed on the rescue center's website, she tried to re-adopt her own dog but was rejected by the shelter, Karma Rescue. Karma has contradicted her side of the story, saying that Raffiki -- now named Kami -- had already been adopted by her new family by the time they received Torres's request.
So who should get to keep the dog? We asked you, and the results were mixed. Legally, the answer is clear: a re-homed dog like Kami does belong to the new owner, so long as she or he was adopted after a mandatory stay period in a shelter. These stay periods vary from municipality to municipality, but they're intended to give pet-owners an opportunity to find their missing animals and reunite existing pet families. According to KC Theisen, Director of Pet Care Issues at the Humane Society of the United States, that's exactly what happens most of the time.
"The mandatory stay period absolutely helps people find their pets," Theisen said. "Almost every shelter has a strayhold or stay period in hopes that an owner will surface for an animal. Shelters have a good bit of success returning pets to their families. It's a very rare occurrence of the family showing up too late."
But Theisen says it's also rare that families will actually be able to track down their pets. Often, pet-owners are looking in the wrong place, or they haven't cast a wide enough net. That's exactly what happened with Terri Sandu, an Ohio woman who recently lost her dog in a similar scenario to Torres. Sandu called her local pound after her Rottweiler, Harley, jumped the fence in her family's backyard, but did not contact any local rescue groups -- one of which had been sheltering Sandu's dog, before they adopted her to a new family.
There are a number of ways to avoid devastating situations like Torres and Sandu's -- precautions that Theisen encourages every pet-owner to take, despite the rarity of such scenarios. "What we all want is to prevent these scenarios from happening," Theisen said. "You can do a lot of things to be reunited from your pet, should you be separated, but there are also a lot of ways to not ever be separated. First and most obvious is visible ID tag and collar, worn all the time, indoors and outdoors. Make sure tags have cell phone number so you can actually be reached no matter what, because that really is an emergency." Microchipping is also a key component to keeping pets safe, she said, and she suggests that all pet-owners get their animals microchipped immediately upon adoption.
In the event that pets do get separated from their owners, it's important to reach out. "There's no statistical info on re-homing, but it's a rare tragedy," Theisen reminded. "Many times, owners are looking in the wrong place for their pets. But if you just tell someone -- anyone and everyone -- about your missing pet, odds of successful union go up."


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Public Karaoke
Editors' Pick
There are many open bars in which you can amuse a room full of strangers with your rendition of "La Isla Bonita," but there is exactly one place where you can sing karaoke the way they do in the movies—on stage, in the spotlight, the center of attention: Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar. Every Friday and Saturday night, from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m., the dining room becomes the ultimate karaoke experience, with a "KJ" calling singers to the stage while the audience enjoys some of the best sushi in town. Get there early, the room gets packed. Waikiki Beach Marriott Resort and Spa, 2552 Kalakaua Avenue, 931-6286, sanseihawaii.com.


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CCHM is hosting the exhibition Founding Mothers: Portraits of Progress from August 19th through the end of September. The exhibition consists of 47 portraits of remarkable women from Clark County, 6 of which are making their debut at CCHM. An opening reception will be held at 5:00pm on the 19th. Hilarie Couture will speak about her process and portraits and give a demonstration at 6:00pm.
Couture's impetus for this project was the naming of 2016 as Vancouver's Year of the Woman coinciding with the centennial celebration of the Clark County YWCA.
Couture remarked "this body of work was a challenge to myself to paint portraits of women that I didn't know, and most that I had never seen, and to engage those living to spend an hour to 90 minutes with me in my studio sharing my world.
Mark your calendars for CCHM's related events:
- August 26th at Noon, Women's History Walking Tour
- September 1st at 5pm, First Thursday Lecture — Voices of Progress
- September 2nd at 6pm, Women's History Walking Tour
- September 17th at Noon, Women's History Walking Tour
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IALD Seeking Presenters for Enlighten Americas 2017
The International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) is seeking experts in lighting, design, architecture, building integration, business practice/management and related fields to present at Enlighten Americas 2017 being held October 12-14, 2017 at the Grand Hyatt Denver.
Enlighten Americas 2017 will feature a two-day conference with courses in the art, science and professional tools track. IALD is also looking for proposals for the two-hour student workshop.
The conference is intended to challenge traditional thought, identify trends/current pressures and motivate attendees to think outside the box. Seminars and workshops should be aimed at an experienced/advanced level — the audience will include lighting specifiers, lighting manufacturers and representatives as well as architects, interior designers, educators and students.
To be considered, submit a proposal via the online submission site by January 9, 2017. Presentations will only be accepted online.


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We are TOTALLY in love with the Aquasilk rug collection from ABC Carpet.
The rich colors, the washed pile, the soft hand – these rugs have it all! What a perfect addition to a sophisticated home that's ready for Spring! A colorful aquasilk rug would look best in an otherwise neutral room with white, gray, taupe or brown walls and neutral furnishings. A muted palette will allow those rugs to shine and get all the attention they deserve.


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Witt's new Leak-Master excels at finding even the smallest holes in rigid or flexible packaging quickly and precisely.
Information about Witt's device, states that inert gas and vacuum packaging can be tested for leaks, it's easy and it doesn't involve trace gas. The test product is placed in a chamber filled with water. When the lid is closed, the air space above the water level is evacuated, the package inflating under water. If air bubbles emerge, there is a leak. This test method is especially straightforward and cost effective and has the additional advantage that the weak point of the packaging is visible.
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But the newer Witt Plus version of the Leak-Master Easy can do even more – as it records, saves and communicates (via Ethernet and SD card) its test programme and results. This does away with tiresome and time-consuming logging by hand -meaning QC/QA Managers can check all leak test results at any time, especially those increasingly associated with Certification and Customer KPIs.
Standardising leak testing
Operation is via a coloured touchscreen. Products, users and also customised test programmes can be configured rapidly and easily. After logging on to the device and selecting the product to be tested, the user places the packaging in the test chamber, closes the cover and starts the test programme. The Easy's electronics then do all the rest. The pre-set vacuum is automatically generated and maintained over the defined time period. The user performs a visual inspection as usual and has to enter whether the packaging was leakproof or not after the test process. The end result is a standardised test sequence that can be reproduced at any time. So simple – yet so effective.
Electronics allows customised test programmes
Special test programmes are also possible using the electronics, for instance height simulation: At what height above sea level does the material yield? At the touch of a finger, the system can simulate a flight profile - another smart feature!
The Leak-Master Easy is the entry-level model in the Leak-Master® series for leak testing of packaging. Besides the water bath, with or without electronic control, variants with CO2 as the test gas are also available. The test is performed without contact in a vacuum chamber using a sensor, which logs any escaping CO2 in next to no time. The in-line variant "Leak-Master MapMax" can be integrated seamlessly into a packaging line. Testing for carbon dioxide is also carried out here, but fully automatically and with a speed of 15 cycles per minute so that the entire production is logged. This feature is truly unique. All detectors are available in multiple chamber sizes.