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Easy fun food activity that kids can make for Christmas or anytime during the winter. Made from marshmallows, stick pretzels and red licorice strings.
Items needed:
- Large Marshmallows
- Stick Pretzels
- Red Licorice strings
- Cloves or gummy candies for eyes/tail
- Assemble Reindeer bodies by sliding a pretzel stick through two marshmallows, one from either end.
- Use 4 whole pretzel sticks for legs and a half of a pretzel stick for each antler.
- Fold a 1 inch piece of licorice string in half and insert into face of reindeer for a red nose. We used cloves for eyes and the tail but you could use other things like gummy candies.
- Attach head with half of a pretzel stick and then tie a piece of red licorice around neck for decoration.
- Reindeer can be made to stand or sit, depending how persnickity your reindeer is that day!


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SRAM S975 Quarq CinQo Power Meter 50/34T BB30 Compact Crankset
Item: 40-0959
Measure your power AND performance with the S975 Quarq CinQo -- the lightweight leader in wireless power devices. ANT+ technology syncs with any display unit for ultimate flexibility. Easily pairs up with third-party units from Garmin, iBike, CycleOps and more. Compatible with all of SRAM's road gruppos and features the SRAM integrated carbon crankarm and SRAM RED chainrings for incredible strength, stiffness and shifting performance. Battery is easy to install/remove and lasts for 400+ riding hours. Bottom bracket not included.
Power Meter:
- Works with any ANT+ compatible display unit
- ANT+ wireless technology is accurate to +/- 2%
- Compatible with all SRAM road gruppos
- Calibration values are stored in the CinQo
- No need to recalibrate when changing head unit
- Tool-free, user replaceable battery lasts 400+ riding hours
- SRAM integrated carbon crankarms
- CNC machined aluminum spider
- SRAM Black RED chainrings
- CR2450 battery
- Arm Lengths: 170mm, 172.5mm, 175mm, 177.5mm
- Ratio: 50/34T
- Q-Factor: 145mm
- Weight: 766g (172.5mm)
Compatible Chainrings:
- SRAM Red
- SRAM Force
- FSA Pro Road
- FSA Super Road
- Rotor Q-rings (110 BCD must be the OCP3 version)
- Shimano Ultegra
- Stronglight CT2 11-speed
Not Compatible Chainrings:
- FSA 110 BCD Campagnolo 11-speed
- Stronglight 110 BCD 11-speed
Compatible Bottom Brackets:
- Press Fit 30
- BBright
Analysis Software (Not Included):
- Training Peaks WKO+
- Training Peaks
- Golden Cheetah
- Strava
- Crankset
- Battery
- Ring mounted magnet
- 2 loose magnets
- Adhesive putty
- Instruction manual
- Bottom bracket not included

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The command stack editor now includes a command .C- to undo an immediately preceeding .C operation.
The L conversion code now has an option to count display width instead of characters on ECS mode systems.
The MCN and MC/N conversion codes now have an option (MCN- and MC/N-) to treat a leading minus sign as a numeric character.
The QUERY.STR.COMP.ALL setting of the OPTION command causes all relational operators applied to right aligned data items to be performed as string comaprisons.
The QMBasic FOR EACH loop construct has been extended to allow specification of an alternative delimiter character.
The QMBasic SIGNAL() function and corresponding SYSTEM(1062) function allow creation of simple cross-process signalling mechanisms such as might be useful to shut down a phantom process.
The QMBasic TRIMW() function trims whitespace characters. On ECS mode systems, this is in line with the Unicode definition.
A configuration option has been added to ban creation of private QMNet server definitions that have the same name as a public definition and could therefore weaken security by redirecting a connection.
The CT command can be used with a data collection file and will show the data in JSON format.
The ED editor now supports external commands implemented as user written catalogued subroutines.
The UPDATE.RECORD command will now compile an I-type if needed.
The QMBasic COMPARE() function now has a option for case insensitivity.
The QMBasic SYSTEM(33) function returns the name of the program that called the subroutine in which this function is used.
The CATCH clause of a TRY/CATCH block has been extended to allow optional automatic creation of a process dump file prior to unwinding the call stack back to the exception handler. Programs using this feature cannot be executed on earlier releases.
The @DRIVE token can now be used as a general @-variable, not just as a pathname prefix in file pointers.
This release introduces support for data collections, arbitrarily multi-dimensional data managed as name/value pairs. See the Data Collections section of the QM Reference Manual for details.
The data collections development has required addition of a Boolean data type in QM. This has been supported since release 3.2-2 but the @TRUE and @FALSE symbolic constants have continued to be evaluated as 1 and 0 respectively. From release 3.3-0, these constants will evaluate as the new Boolean data type. A NUMERIC.BOOLEAN option for the $MODE compiler directive has been included for use where programs compiled on release 3.3-0 or later must be able to run on releases prior to 3.2-2, however, use of this mode may cause data type issues in JSON strings constructed from data collections. Boolean values continue to be interpreted as 1 and 0 when used in situations that require a numeric value.
The MAXRLOCK private configuration parameter can be used to set a limit on the number of record locks that may be held by a single QM process.
See section 2.2 of the readme file regarding an automated update to QM files applied during an upgrade installation.
The GET.LIST and QSELECT commands now honour the CHAINED.SELECT OPTION setting.
When using a multivalued pattern in the MATCHES operator or the MATCHFIELD(), MATCHESS() or PARSE() functions, the value that matched can be determined by use of the INMAT() function.


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Dining: Parking-Lot Food
The Farmers' Markets are cookin', literally.
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From my years on the East Coast, I don't miss snow tires and storm windows. I do miss street food—quick, cheap food cooked right on the sidewalk and eaten on the run, everything from roasted chestnuts to the spicy Middle Eastern lamb sandwich I bought last time I was in Manhattan, a giant, tasty thing for $6.
When I first moved to Hawaii, I strolled down Kalakaua Avenue, anticipating teri meat sticks grilled on a sidewalk brazier—and there was nothing, not even a manapua wagon. Hawaii is impoverished by whatever regulations keep people from selling street food.
Then I heard someone complain about how our Farmers' Markets are jammed with people looking for prepared food to eat on the spot.
Bingo. We may not have street food, but we have parking-lot food. I set out to get me some.
Kailua Farmers' Market
Kailua Town Center Parking Garage // Thursdays, 5 to 7:30 p.m. // www.hfbf.org/FarmersMarketKailua.html
Kailua is civilized: It has its Farmers' Market in the evening, an hour that guarantees folks will arrive hungry. I was not surprised to find food heaven. Garlic shrimp plates! Poi-battered fish! Salmon and capers! New York steak!
I stopped at the booth that offered the most exclamation points, former restaurateur and disk jockey Tom Purdy's Taro Delight, which offered the Oh Wow LauLau!!! [all three exclamation points his].
Purdy's thing is finding new uses for taro, like dips and "taronaisse." But behind his dip table were pressure cookers, which he assured me could cook laulau in half the time as steaming. "Plus the sound, the smell, draws a lot of attention," he said. The perfume of cooked taro leaves was intoxicating.
The Oh Wow laulau contains tender taro chunks and tangy, fatty salmon belly, wrapped in "plenty leaf," just as it says on the sign. For $7, it is as Big!! as Purdy's double exclamation points promise.
I needed to follow up with something smaller, so I wandered by Country Comfort Catering, which was offering deep-fried foods from many cultures—beignets, lumpia and wondrous arancini.
Arancini are a Sicilian version of rice balls, a step up from musubi. You start with risotto—in this case, a risotto with mushrooms. Put mozzarella in the middle, roll the whole thing in bread crumbs and cook it golden brown. It's sort of like fried mozzarella sticks, except round and actually good to eat, two for $3.
While I was waiting to get hungry again, I stopped by the cheerful Kele Smith of Na Ono's "Farm Fresh from the Chef," and spent $3 on a fun-to-nibble Kahuku corn on the cob. Na Ono offers conventional corn toppings, but, ever adventurous, I got mine slathered in shoyu butter and sprinkled with furikake. Not bad.
Refreshed, I went back to the plates. North Shore Cattle Co. was offering everything from steak to burgers. Being in a local-food frame of mind, I ordered the chop steak plate, $8. Mistake. The beef was tasty enough, but the chop steak was soupy and numbingly sweet, with far too much celery and hardly any onion. I tossed it.
Next, I waited patiently in line at Starpoint Catering, where I had sausage and pepper pasta, a big plate with salad and bread, $7. Starpoint's owner, Kate Wagner, insisted I have spaghetti instead of gemelli pasta—"Overcooked," she said.
The firm links of mild Italian sausage and the charred baby peppers were cooked separately from the chunky tomato sauce, and still had great integrity. It's difficult, though, to cut sausages and peppers with a fork in a parking lot. "North Shore Cattle has plastic knives," said the girl at Starpoint. I figured they owed me after the chop steak.
Dessert got interesting. Gerry Nakashima founded ColdFyyre! [exclamation point his], which makes small-batch ice cream. It's seriously a niche product, available only at the Kailua Farmers' Market on alternate Thursdays, made with things like apple bananas which he buys from Na Ono, the same people who sell the corn on the cob.
The resultant ice cream ($3 a scoop) has that little unripe acid tang that sets off apple bananas. While I was thinking how good it was, Nakashima handed me a sample of his "Green Seas" ice cream. "We're thinking outside the cone on this one," he said.


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Carl Icahn Counterbids for Dell
Polya Lesova details key stocks to watch on Friday, including Dell, Priceline and Nvidia. Photo: Getty Images.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Bülow, Anne Marie (, 2009)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper investigates the advantages and disadvantages of the use of email to obtain agreement between two parties with overlapping but also conflicting interests. The literature on Media Richness suggests that email is too lean to facilitate agreement; but all supporting evidence stems from homogenous populations. This paper, however, starts from the hypothesis that in connection with lingua franca interaction, the text format provides advantages for parties that need to think how to phrase an argument. However, the evidence provided from a negotiation task performed by international business students indicates that, while there is a distinct advantage in the feature of reviewability, the text format itself also poses a problem because it allows selective attention. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7923
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Argument, Cognition and Deadlock in Email NegotiationBülow, Anne Marie (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper investigates a set of email negotiations in order to explain a high number of deadlocks. The paper argues that one reason is the combination of cognitive effort characteristic of the e-mail genre, and the argumentative pattern found when two parties simultaneously try to persuade the other of the justice of their cause. For a negotiation involving the wording of a contract, the evidence suggests that, while there is a distinct advantage in the features of reviewability and revisablity, the email format allows selective attention to the other party's arguments, which can be shown to block suggestions and lead to sub-optimal results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8239
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Hovedresultater fra undersøgelse i kommuner, regioner og statAndersen, Kim Normann; Vatrapu, Ravi (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8035
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la Cour, Anders (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Over the past few years, there has been a growing interest in the voluntary organisations that play an important and innovative part in the development of the welfare societies in America (se Salamon 1995;1997; Alexander, Nank and Stivers C. 1999; Reisch and Sommerfeld 2003), England (se Plowden 2003) and Scandinavian (se... .) . The states, in particular, has realised that a number of welfare tasks cannot be solved without establishing a close working relationship with the existing voluntary social sector. The added political interest has led to greater awareness of the structuralisation of voluntary organisations and their supply of services. At the same time, we know very little today about the practical functions of volunteers – what is it they do and know, and how may this possibly differ from what others do and know. We are also in need of studies to highlight the relationship between the practices of volunteers and the voluntary organisations which initially facilitated the development of such practices. The need for such information is growing in step with the ever-increasing demands placed on the practices of volunteers by society in general and politicians in particular. Using Niklas Luhmann's theory of social systems as a springboard, this article will look at the state's expectations for new and more integrated forms of cooperation with the voluntary organisations. These expectations are interesting precisely because the bodies that are seeking to cooperate have very different ways of organising the provision of social services. Using a specially selected area of user-cantered voluntary social services, the article will examine the unique aspects of voluntary work, as well as the unique way in which the voluntary organisations organise and manage this work. The article will argue that the voluntary work represent a interaction system, and that the organisation which instigates the voluntary social work neither has access to it, nor control over it. The article will therefore show that there is another, far more controversial side to voluntary social services than the state's attempts to formulate a joint voluntary service policy. Voluntary organisations risk becoming embaressed. On the basis of this argument, the article will pinpoint a number of risks associated with the attempt to formalise cooperation between public and voluntary social services. What are the risks for the people towards whom these services are directed? What are the risks for the voluntary organisations? And what are the risks for the social policies of the welfare state, based as they are on the principle of universalism? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6307
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A Critical Ethnographic Study of the Structural Tensions of Organizing DiversityHolck, Lotte (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This dissertation consists of a collection of four articles aimed at critically exploring how diversity and its management are organized in two Danish organizations. The articles are based on a critical ethnographic study of the links among diversity and its management, and the structural setting, including the greater historical-societal structures, the organizations' structural setup and the spatial structures. Throughout the dissertation, I focus on how this structural setting enables and constrains the local organizing of diversity. This structural focus allows me to explore how structural conditions facilitate or restrain employee agency, and enables me to suggest locally relevant and progressive ways of organizing diversity. Consequently I ask the following main research question: How do the greater historical-societal setting, the organizational setup and spatial structures both enable and constrain organizing diversity in the two case organizations, and what are the implications for the management of diversity and employee agency? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9149
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Houman Andersen, Poul; Norus, Jesper (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: There is a continuing focus on the conditions for and processes of establishing new businesses and the role played by the external resource context in doing so. Using sociological concepts such as network bricolage and structuration some studies point to the supporting role as well as the restraining role of networks in this process. However, most research focuses on the innovative role of entrepreneurs in linking together dispersed resources in forming a concerted business enterprise. Far less focus has been on the de facto quality of these resources in forming the entrepreneurial role. Rather, the image of the Knightian or Kriznian entreprenur is left unchallenged, even in the "new" literature on entrepreneurship. However, if the concept of network bricolage or structuration as contexts institutionalising specific practices and sorting away others is taken seriously, the preexistence of patterned work practices shared among business actors, and how the ability to utilise these patterned practices in generating new business ideas affects the business start up process becomes important. Entrepreneurial processes may not only be influenced but also internally constituted by the wider environment. One may therefore question whether the impetus for starting up a new business vests entirely with the entrepreneur or what role the context plays in patterning the work of the entrepreneur with respect to firm creation. As pointed out by Gartner (1988) asking "who is the entrepreneur?" is the wrong question. For that purpose, we believe that the context of the entrepreneur, networks and embedded routines, provides an opportunity to understand how the context contributes in shaping the entrepreneurial act. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6717
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Moeran, Brian (København, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This essay examines embedded structural tensions in the organization of Japanese advertising production. Tensions arise from the fact that an advertising campaign, like many other creative products, is produced by motley crews of personnel from both within an agency contracted to carry out the campaign (an account team) and freelance professionals hired to assist in the creative work required (a production team). The structuring of advertising account teams in Japan, Europe and the USA depends on how accounts are distributed by advertising clients. The amount and kind of creativity displayed by photographers depends on advertising and the structure of fashion magazine publishing. Creativity itself thus depends on an unspoken set of institutional power relations that enables individuals to compete for recognition as being creative . URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8148
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Moeran, Brian (, 2008)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This essay examines embedded structural tensions in the organization of Japanese advertising production. Tensions arise from the fact that an advertising campaign, like many other creative products, is produced by motley crews of personnel from both within an agency contracted to carry out the campaign (an account team) and freelance professionals hired to assist in the creative work required (a production team). The structuring of advertising account teams in Japan, Europe and the USA depends on how accounts are distributed by advertising clients. The amount and kind of creativity displayed by photographers depends on advertising and the structure of fashion magazine publishing. Creativity itself thus depends on an unspoken set of institutional power relations that enables individuals to compete for recognition as being creative . URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7777
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Designing for the "cultural other"Nielsen, Janni; Yssing, Carsten; Levinsen, Karin; Clemmensen, Torkil; Ørngreen, Rikke; Nielsen, Lene (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Differences in cultural contexts constitute differences in cognition, and research has shown that different cultures may use different cognitive tools for perception and reasoning. The cultural embeddings are significant in relation to HCI, because the cultural context is also embedded in the techniques and the tools that we apply. We lack a framework for discussing what and who we are, when we talk about a person as the user of an ICT system that has to be designed, developed and implemented. As a framework, we suggest a theory of complementary positions that insists on solid accounts from all observer posi-tions in relation to perspective, standpoint and focus. We need to develop com-plementary theories that embed complexity, and we need to reflect critically upon forty years of dominance by rationalistic, empirical understandings of the user as illustrated in the literature and practice within the HCI paradigm in system development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6454
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Comparing inter-firm labor mobility in the music industry and manufacturing industriesFrederiksen, Lars; Sedita, Silvia Rita (Frederiksberg, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper adds new knowledge to the phenomenon of transferring embodied knowledge through labor mobility by means of a comparative study of the entertainment and manufacturing industries. Explorative in nature, the paper takes advantage of unique data on the Danish labor market (i.e. IDA) to investigate labor mobility patterns for the two selected industries and to detect internal differences within industry segments and regarding creative intensive and invention activities in particular. We use the music industry as a proxy for the entertainment industries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7887
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Employees' Reception of Corporate Language PoliciesLønsmann, Dorte (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Corporate language policies and particularly the use of English as a corporate language have been studied in MNCs for almost two decades now. Despite these volumes of research, very little has been written about the implementation of new language policies. Few studies have examined resistance to or the process of implementing a corporate language, and even fewer have investigated the employee perspective empirically. The present study uses observational and focus group data to investigate reactions to a new corporate language policy in one Danish MNC. The study draws on sociolinguistic stancetaking theory and ethnographic methods and seeks to understand what contextual factors influence employees' stances towards the introduction of English as a corporate language. English language competence, the local linguistic context and different temporal perspectives are found to be key factors. The paper aims to bring the fields of language in international business and linguistic anthropology together in a study of the barriers experienced in companies implementing a new language policy. The paper contributes to the field of language in international business by exploring when and why corporate language policies encounter resistance. As such the results will shed light on the implementation phase of language policy-making. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9208
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Boxenbaum, Eva (København, 2004)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper investigates the bringing into existence of a proto-institution, that is, a new practice, rule or technology that diffuses beyond the innovative setting, but which is not yet taken-for-granted in a field. A case study, conducted real-time, shows how a collaborative group of business actors deliberately develop a proto-institution. They transpose an institutional logic from another field and combine it with an institutional logic in the focal field to resolve a field-level problem. Enabling factors include a high level of institutional heterogeneity in the focal field, the use of inter-organizational networks, and actors embedded in multiple fields. The making of the proto-institution is intentional, yet the institutional building blocks and the apparent interests of actors are institutionally embedded. The results from this micro-dynamic analysis suggest revisions to current conceptualizations of institutional change processes. Keywords: Institutional change, proto-institution, cognition, institutional entrepreneurship, innovation, collaborative networks. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6726
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Foss, Nicolai J.; Klein, Peter G. (København, 2006)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: We discuss the emergence of the theory of the firm (in the Coasian sense); survey and discuss the main currents of the theo~y of the firm, and discuss what has determined the emergence of the theory of the firm. We argue that advances in the theory of the firm have been strongly influenced by conceptual innovations in (mainstream) economics in general and by the ongoing division of labour in economics in tandem with a recognition of the importance of a number of empirical anomalies The substantive borrowing from neighbouring disciplines, such as business history, law, psychology, organizational sociology and business administration has been relatively limited and ad hoc (although some scholars, notably Williamson, have made more substantive use of these disciplines than othe~s) The fact that the theory of the firm has stayed relatively close in to the (changing) economic mainstream and that its substantive borrowing from neighbouring disciplines has been relatively limited unde~lie and explain much of the "external" critique of the theory (i.e., the critiques of sociologists, heterodox economists and management scholars). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7444
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A Case Study of the #BlackLivesMatter MovementLundgaard, Daniel; Razmerita, Liana; Tan, Che-Wee (Honolulu, 2018)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper explores the organizing elements that foster emergent collaboration within large-scale communities on online social platforms like Twitter. This study is based on a case study of the #BlackLivesMatter social movement and draws on organizing dynamics and online social network literature, combined with the analysis of 2050 tweets collected from days where the movement had high levels of activity. Drawing on the literature review, we propose a framework consisting of three organizing elements: structure, engagement, and communicative content that are essential in analyzing online collaboration. This paper uses this framework to analyze the collected tweets and identify how actors organize and engage in large-scale communities founded by emergent online collaboration. This paper identifies characteristics of how these key elements and a dynamic interplay between the two logics of action foster emergent collaboration in social movements using Twitter. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9602
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In Between Local Translation, Institutional Logics and DiscourseWaldorff, Susanne Boch (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In this dissertation I focus on a national reform of the Danish public sector, which in January 2007 facilitated the development of new municipal health care centers in order to meet specific local demands and to improve primary health care. However, this new organizational concept was not presented as a mandatory and detailed legislative reform. The municipalities therefore developed centers focusing in different ways on health promotion and rehabilitation and with great variation in their structure. Specifically, I find it intriguing how specific actors at the local level, such as politicians, medical professions, and social welfare professionals, were able to participate in local developments, and how they constructed specific organizational forms as local manifestations of the new national policy. Particularly, I am interested in exploring how the heterogeneous institutional context influences local actors' translation of an abstract organizational concept into specific organizational forms.... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8021
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An emerging picture of the Innovative Potential and Collaborative Capacity (IP/CC) among Indian ICT companiesRai, Sudhanshu; Pedersen, Mogens Kuhn (Frederiksberg, 2009)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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|2009-08-23, 01:52
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|2009-08-23, 03:24
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Well, but you make characters(at least on the "good guys' side") likable. And if they end up frustrated over her actions is not a good thing. You know many people watchs anime for fun and they don't start analysing the characters. That's why I think they should've made her more understandable. Not to mention many times her actions were controlled by her emotions in contrast with her Light Novel counterpart.
In short: They messed up her the most in the anime.
(well, the second one's Layfon then)
|2009-08-23, 05:36
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In short: They made her a lot better in the anime.
|2009-08-23, 05:52
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Really? Well, then it's a clear difference in oppinion. I like LN Nina much more.
And you know the authors need to make characters likable both for casual viewers and "pro-analysers" to make it really good. It's like a cake. You can lick the cream and it's delicious, but you can eeat the whole cake and it's still delicious. Otherwise the cake's no good.
If the mayority can't understand her actions they label it as unreasonable(or even may artifical). If you can't understand a character you have a harder time for liking it.
And we know well the mayority of anime-watchers fit into the 'casual viewer' cathegory.
And anyways even if they explain Nina's motives it doesn't mean they really dumbed her down. Quite the opposite, we can understand her clearly and know who she really is.
|2009-08-23, 08:56
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But, in all seriousness, how can you claim ANY character in the anime to be complex? I really do not see where you're coming from. They're all pretty plain, if you ask me (Nina is an overachiever, Layfon is a fighter looking for purpose, Felli is an emotionless doll who ends up finding some feelings, and so on). Doesn't make it any less fun, but complex? I just don't see it. Now, if you cannot keep it civil, don't even bother to respond, ok?
|2009-08-23, 13:10
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A lot of the show has to do with the relationship between Nina and Layfon. Him, growing up in a harsh life and him developing skills in order to maintain the Orphanage but in doing so he believes that anything he does is justified, this later comes in conflict with Nina whose views on the military arts is more noble and idealized. Nina generally at start doesn't understand him in many ways and he doesn't understand her and likewise the views of those in the Orphanage who felt betrayed once they found out about his illegal activities.
Also Nina views on strength. She wishes strength to protect the city and believes that weakness is a sin. This comes more into play when she compares her power with Layfon. She starts doubting if she is in fact strong enough to protect the city and if she isn't then doesn't that make her weak? This is when she starts training secretly but her personality makes her put too much pressure on her own self and she often tries to take on these things by herself. Even then she is constantly trying to understand Layfon and others. She tries to question Layfon a number of times only to get evaded or he outright misrepresents his motives. This put her in a precarious situation since she has to try to balance the best for her team and her own feelings. She certainly didn't hate Layfon and realized the city needed his power but also felt conflicted by if the fact that his beliefs could cause problems later on if true and her own feelings are betrayal because of the revelation.
The Student Council President unlike her was willing to employ any method to save the school but then again we see with Dein Dee story that employing any method doesn't always lead to the best results. In this story we see that while having strong ideals she still warned Dee in order to try to save him by convincing him to stop taking the drug. She more than willing to give him a chance to redeem himself instead of turning him in without the opportunity for him to decide.
The SCP was imo also more than willing, at least at the start to use Layfon as only a tool while Nina wanted to be a friend and for him to rely on them as a team. Nina also puts a lot of the blame on herself and wonders if her actions were truly right many times. We see this in her talk with Leerin and then again at the end of the series. Both Nina and Layfon become stronger people when they rely on each other inside of take things on alone. This is kind of ruined by the power ranger ending but I digress.
Layfon is very similar to her but I don't want to go into to much about him as this isn't his thread and that be another few paragraphs...
Felli was never an emotionless doll. She just couldn't properly express her emotions on her face. She did however have many issues with being used and that why she refused to help and often times half-assed her skills so people wouldn't realize how powerful she was. She had a few other things about her character but that's the meat of it. I also don't want to get into her too much.
I pulled this all out of my head after not watching the show since it ended so I might have missed something and I shorten some analyzes down to bare bones but still Nina is a fairly complex character. If you honestly believe that she just an overachiever then I think you might have slept through the series.
|2009-08-23, 13:27
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Hoho! Hold your fangs! If someone hasn't noticed it or has percieved otherwise it doesn't mean he or she put lesser effort to understand the character. It's just that everyone sees the world differently. Like Nina had a hard time to understand Layfon at first.
And even if theyx haven't spent as much time and energy to understand the characters then it again doesn't mean they had little interest in it or something like that. As I said everyone sees the world differently. It also means they put their effort notice other things for example. Like the consistency of the story, the plot itself or simply the whole Regios world.
That's all. Please don't jump to conclusions that fast.
|2009-08-23, 13:42
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I still don't see what's so complex about Nina, even after that overly long wall of text - you simply outlined what anyone who watched the series saw. But if you do really want to over-analise her to death and find hidden meanings to her actions or whatnot, then be my guest, bub.
Don't be disheartened when not everyone agrees with your interpretations, tho (hint: I don't. I still find her character very straightforward, and not all that deep or complex or whatever it is you're trying to prove here - not to say I don't find her interesting, or a nice character; one thing does not negate the other), or even not find your points terribly interesting - and, at least, try to be less nasty about such disagreements, in the future. I don't really care for childish bantering, myself - unless it's in good spirits, which was clearly not the case with your post.
Also, I'll be the judge on what I consider a worthwhile post, thank you very much.
See ya - or not.
|2009-08-23, 14:05
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This is the problem with opinions people believe that reasoning, logic and examples are trumped by it so they hid behind it whenever they feel the need. I gave you my reasoning and you gave me "I don't agree" If you spent as much time coming up with that as analyzing characters in the shows it's no wonder you don't find anything complex about her.
|2009-08-23, 15:09
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Well, everyone's deffinition on complex characters differ a bit the very least.
Example:For somone who watched many harem animes even the two dimensional characters could be complex(the very least more complex than characters only defined by their archetype). While for somone who read many serious novels or anything with really developed and difficult characters it means something really outstanding.
Actually Layfon surely is a complex character or at least clearly not definable. He's a serious fighter with mean love for Military Arts and believes everything he done was the best choice. And he tends to sulk and don't want mto fight because of his failure. He's trapped between two really differing desires. But enough of him. Let's talk about Nina.
She's our "paladin" character. Honor above anything else, clear ideal, serious determination, mean thinking about her actions and correctly freflects on them. That's Nina's outer layer of personality. But it's something she forced on herself. The fairy's sacrafice had a great effect on her and she tries with all her might to help anyone she can. And perhaps she sees weakness as a sin, but it's only natural for a "paladin" and she really don't like failures.
As I said she forces herself. She wants to discover every secret of the worldand travel every part of it. But her responsibilites binds her on Zuellni. She's much more childish than she looks like.
She's similar to Layfon on that her love/desire and her determination/responsibility conflicts with each other.
So she's really not as simple as she seems. But maybe she's not complex enough for you. For me(who watched over dozens of harem animes) she's is.
|2009-08-23, 15:14
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Slick_rick, your reasoning holds no water. You have not listed any kind of hint for complexity or depth, you simply outlined whatever happened to the character during the course of the series. I didn't say that as my opinion. I stated it as a fact - the matter about opinions came later on. Like I said before, you're welcome to over-analise any and everything, but don't be mad when others don't really see all the "hidden" layers of meaning your superior analytical mind does. They most likely just don't care enough to.
And my usual M.O.? I've only discussed with you once, and if I remember right, you did not provide much fun there, either - instead, you went on wild tangents like you do now, trying to make yourself sound oh so intelligent for coming up with different theories for characters' motives and whatnot, but ended up failing miserably. I thought you wanted to discuss, and maybe had gotten more civil, but your points don't really merit such a thing.
I save my analises for shows that really allow themselves such treatment, like Ergo Proxy, Paranoia Agent, Eden of The East, Cross Game, Bakemonogatari and the like. Standard action fare is meant for fun. Not word games. But you're welcome to disagree - like you most likely will. I really don't care to argue for the sake of finding out who's got the biggest... argument. So, I'll leave you to it.
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|2009-08-24, 20:29
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If you're saving your analysis to other shows, then you're more or less admitting that you didn't bother to give much consideration into the character's complexity. Previous posts carry enough detail for one to see the multi-dimensional personality, but I shall write a couple of things based on them.
So we have Nina, who at first could be written off as the lawful good paladin leader of this RPG party, there are characters like that with shallow reasoning. However, we're presented with her past and motives, then her interaction with certain individuals. She leans her alignment at time: to Chaotic Good during Dinn Dee matter, to Lawful Neutral after Layfon's secret is uncovered and finally to Chaotic Neutral about the haikizoku issue. She definitely doesn't act solely on just one principle, she has priorities: Folk, fairies, friends and herself. Based on how the confronting problem presents itself, she'll bend either the rules or her relationship. But there's always a solid reason if not reasoning behind her reactions to those, be it logic or emotion. She stops and thinks when she has the chance (about Layfon, Dinn Dee, city's future) but may act on the impulse as well, especially under stress. (Layfon's secret, haikizoku, match vs first platoon) Thus, she feels more human and realistic than your average anime character. (watched some of the shows you mentioned and some of them have quite synthetic lead characters to be honest)
|2009-08-24, 21:00
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In all honesty, feel free to continue your discussion. I was only stating my opinion on the matter, after being slighted for a joke.
Now, if you sincerely believe the characters in the shows I mentioned are more vanilla than the ones in CSR... well, we'll just have to agree to disagree, mate.
|2009-08-24, 22:21
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Personally guys, people are entitled to his or her own opinion you know. One can think that an anime needs to be analyzed from top to bottom for the characters, while the others can think it's just need to be enjoyed since the characters are quite straightforward with how they act. What makes them complex or not is actually us, except when, well... Let's say it involve yanderes *CoughKaraNoKyoukaiCough* and some others really bipolar personality and actions.
It doesn't change the interesting moments of the series, really. You don't need to convince a person to think that a character in it is complex to make this series, say, unique. Regios is unique in my eye because it can combine fantasy-like RPG element to make a good series in the run. (Well, the end beg to differ, but hey, at least I enjoyed LOL-ing hard here!)
Me, I personally think that Regios both LN and anime is quite straightforward in terms of how their actions speak their personality. Crusade is a different matter from what I read from spoilers though. *Begs ackem sensei to search for the novel these days :'c* But it is my opinion and others can disagree and state their opinion in the exchange. But forcing a view is a different matter
|2009-08-25, 00:54
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Right. I watched many harem-animes for just pure LoL-ness. It had really bland characters and hardly any developmentson them, but the extremely hillarious scenes were the reason I watched them.
It's not the complexity of characters that decides a show's enjoyment factor.
But I have to disagree in one thing. Nina wasn't that easily understandable, because we wouldn't have that much debates about her character. And I think the anime-Nina and the LN-Nina is different because the later is my favourite in the Light Novels.
P.S: I would love to read Regios Crusade in english. Dixerio is an interesting character, even if he's "selfish" and probably blinded by revenge.
|2009-08-25, 05:15
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And that, as they say, is that. There's not a more subjective topic than what you take out of a work of fiction... and no more recurring argument than "you just didn't pay enough attention".
|2009-08-26, 19:46
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I didn't say 'vanilla', I said synthetic. Which may involve incoherence, unjustifiable actions, non-sense motives or plain stupidity. Just making it different doesn't mean it's granted value.
|2009-08-27, 00:07
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sorry, but there's a difference between complex and complete.Nina having explained background and else means for character development/completition. The only thing I could bring up her "dual desire", her real personality and the "make-up" she use almost always, but they're not as much distinguished and I guess the LN didn't built much on it.
In conclusion:LN Nina is a well-created character. I am uncertain about the anime version, but she was interesting too. Wether she's complex or not it'sdepends on personal viewpoint..
|2009-08-27, 04:35
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I simply don't think the character(s) in this show deserve such scrutiny, and no amount of tail wagging is gonna change that, when all you guys can present are what the show itself showed us. Sorry.
I didn't see any development, really. She was basically the same character at the beginning and end of the show - I would, honestly, not categorize any of the characters in the show as well-developed, but that's also a speculative and completely subjective point. And I do not want people accusing me of flame-bait again.
But, really, I never intended to have such a long-winded discussion. And it should be obvious that not everyone agrees with your points, taking into account the past history of this sub-forum. So, I don't think singling me out is the best idea, either.
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- Or Install PowerStrip. It can also be used for refresh rate overclocking, but not all newer graphics cards work. If the "Advanced timings options…" button is greyed out, PowerStrip is not compatible with your graphics card.
- Or Manual EDID override. This is the hardest method. If you need to get familiar with how EDID overrides are installed (e.g. 3D Vision Blog Instructions (different purpose), Microsoft technical info).(a) Download one of the [email protected] files ([email protected] EDID Overrides in this thread). This allows your HDTV to masquerade as a 120 Hz computer monitor, allowing your graphic card to send 120 Hz into your HDTV. Then you can see if the display successfully displays it!
(b) To install an EDID Override, download the file, then right-click this INF file in File Explorer and select "Install". This is a one-time step, even for future HDTV's. An example good EDID override is the ASUS VG278H EDID override INF file. This will attempt to make your HDTV "masquerade" as an ASUS 120Hz computer monitor.
(c) Next, go to Device Manager and right-click your monitor, select "Update Driver Software", then "Browser my computer…", then "Let me pick…", then disable "Show compatible hardware", then select the "EDID Override" from manufacturer ASUS (even if you don't have ASUS), and then reboot. Repeat this step every time you reconnect an HDTV to a new input, or to a new HDTV.
(d) IMPORTANT! (Windows 8 specific): If you're installing under Windows 8, follow these instructions to disable driver signature enforcement before installing this INF file. The INF file is installed via right-clicking the monitor in Control Panel -> Device Manager, and updating its driver.
(e) Finally, Control Panel will now unlock the 120 Hz refresh rate.
Test The Refresh Rate
- Connect your computer to the television first.
Make your HDTV your primary display. If using multiple displays simultaneously, do not use mirror mode. Otherwise, it won't work properly.
- Unlock 120Hz If Necessary
If using ToastyX Custom Resolution Utility, add the 120Hz mode.
If using manual EDID override, install the override as described above.
- Test the 120Hz refresh rate
Go to Control Panel -> Display -> Adjust Resolution -> Advanced Settings -> Monitor
(a) If the resolution of 1920×1080 fails, try 1280×720 at 120Hz.
There is a much higher success rate with 1280×720 at 120Hz
(b) If 120 Hz fails at all resolutions, try other refresh rates such as 75 Hz.
Testing 720p @ 120Hz is usually more successful because it uses a similar dot clock frequency to the frame-sequential 3D 720p @ 60 Hz (shutter glasses signal). You may need to use a Custom Resolution via the nVidia Control Panel or AMD Catalyst in order to create the 1280×720 120 Hz resolution, if it does not already exist.
- Test all connections. HDMI, DVI-D, VGA
Sometimes, a HDTV successfully overclocks to 120 Hz on one connection only.
Use compatible cables (e.g. high speed HDMI cables that are 3D and 4K ready).
Try to avoid adaptors (e.g. DVI-D to HDMI adaptor will not permit [email protected]).
Try bypassing your receiver. Older surround sound units may not pass 120Hz HDMI.
Yes, 120Hz sometimes works on older HDMI 1.3 ports.IMPORTANT NOTE:
– Your TV may say "60Hz" even when computer says "120Hz". Ignore this behavior.
– Avoid DVI adaptors with HDMI as those cannot do [email protected]!
- Test to check for true 120 frames per second.
Subjective Method: Drag windows around; dragging should be more fluid than 60Hz.
Objective Method:
– TestUFO: Frame Skipping Check (web based) or Refresh Rate Multitool (install app).
If only 60 frames per second is shown ("frame skipping"), try 720p instead of 1080p.
- Will it damage my HDTV?
Not likely. The risk is low but may not be zero. Presently, no HDTV's are currently known to become damaged because these models already do 120 Hz internally for other purposes (3D shutter glasses, frame interpolation, etc). Most HDTV's simply make it difficult to accept 120 Hz natively from an external signal source.
Blur Busters disclaims all responsibility for any possible damage to your display.
Special Situation: (from user reports) Sometimes a display "almost" reaches 120Hz, but not quite. For example, 115 Hz or 118 Hz. To fix such a minor shortfall, reduce the timings (smaller numbers for Front Porch, Back Porch and Sync) to maintain same dotclock while raising refresh rate. Using "Reduced" instead of "Automatic" within ToastyX Custom Resolution Utility, can do this too. This may allow success at 120Hz.
Uninstalling CRU: If you have problems with ToastyX Custom Resolution Utility, just run "reset-all.exe" to undo the changes made by the ToastyX Custom Resolution Utility.
No fake frames. No interpolation tricks. No Motionflow voodoo. True 120Hz!
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The ORHS WildBand is in its last week of sales for fresh citrus fruit from the Indian River Groves of Florida.
The ORHS WildBand is in its last week of sales for fresh citrus fruit from the Indian River Groves of Florida.
Besides buying for yourself with local delivery by WildBand students, the fruit makes an excellent holiday gift and there is a wide selection to order online for shipment anywhere in the continental United States.
If you have not yet purchased your oranges, grapefruit or tangelos, or if you have decided you would like to purchase more, log onto the band website at www.wildband.org and find the link on the right of the page to order fruit with a credit card. To make a purchase with cash or a check, email email@example.com to place your order and make arrangements to send/collect your payment.
Orders may also be sent by mail to Fruit Sale; ORHS WildBand; P.O. Box 5535; Oak Ridge TN 37831-5535.
If you don't know a band student, we will find one in your neighborhood or you may elect to pick up your fruit at the ORHS Band Room on Saturday, Dec. 14 between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. (Please note this with your order!)
The sale ends Wednesday, Nov. 6, and payment is due by Friday, Nov. 8, so place your orders today. Fruit delivery by the band students will begin Saturday Dec. 14, and may take several days.
Also, don't miss the ORHS WildBand's holiday concert on Thursday, Dec. 12m, in the high school auditorium. Then catch them marching in the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce's Parade on the evening of Dec. 14.


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Evidently there's a small fringe of Christianity that believes that god literally died to clear the sin slate for humanity. That is, as they say, why there are no longer miracles or an involved deity. These Christians believe that they should live their lives by the moral teachings of Jesus anyway. Just when I thought I had heard of it all.....
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I'll give Christian Atheism one compliment, at least in their telling the Yaweh fucker finally gets what's coming to him.
John, if they followed the literal teachings of Jesus then they would be blind after poking out their eyes to avoid lust and completely broke after giving away all their worldly possessions. Does that sound moral? No, I think we both would agree it doesn't. Your blog is good btw.
Pat, thanks. A car crash doesn't quite capture the stupidity though ;)
James - Good analogy. Like a car crash, it's tragic and while you know you shouldn't look, it's hard to divert your gaze.
I wonder if they have actually studied the moral teachings of Jesus... They might be very surprised. I once went through the four gospels and collected everything Jesus is reported to have said about what his followers should DO. His ethical teachings are apocalyptic-- drastic, extreme, utterly unworldly, but perfectly sensible IF you believe that the world is soon to end and very few will be allowed into Heaven. I wrote up my findings here:
All of us are Atheist :) Christian Atheist maybe means like what dawkins said, All of us are atheist on some gods :)
Pat - I don't know how they justify it and, frankly, other than reading the short blurb on wikipedia I'm not interested in investing my time into looking it up. I just thought it was interesting like a car crash.
Loren - I agree. But I hear more and more people that say they don't believe in god, but follow the 'moral teachings' of Jesus. I hope this doesn't catch on as science continually shows that god is unnecessary.
They're trying to justify what they were taught as kids, James ... and very likely not having a whole lot of luck at it. The truly operant question is whether or not they're willing to face down the data and realize that they backed the wrong horse.
Do these morons believe in an afterlife? If not, what's the point in dying for sins, if sins aren't punished in the afterlife? And, if they do believe in an afterlife, they're still relying on a delusion; even sans dios. And if they don't believe in an afterlife, why give a shit? Come to think of it, why give a shit to begin with?
I agree more and more everyday with Dawkins' statement that some smart people are very good at justifying stupid positions.
lol, I wouldn't be. It's like they acknowledge that there is no god, but don't want to admit that there never was...
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Veteran defender Naldo has agreed a new deal with Schalke to take him through to 2020.
The 36-year-old joined from Wolfsburg in 2016 and has established himself as a fans' favourite at the Veltins-Arena.
The Brazilian was already under contract until June next year, but has extended his stay by another 12 months.
"I am overjoyed at extending my time here at Schalke," he said.
"It is an enormous club with unbelievable, loyal fans who are always behind us."
#Naldo2020#S04 pic.twitter.com/0jiemlMVMe— FC Schalke 04 (@s04) October 17, 2018
Coach Domenico Tedesco added: "It is great news for all Schalke fans. Naldo is an outstanding person both on and off the pitch. He is a unifying figure in the squad."
Naldo helped Schalke to finish second in the Bundesliga last season, but their start to the 2018-19 campaign has been less impressive.
The 1-0 win over Mainz at the end of last month broke a five-game losing streak in the league, though they followed that up with another victory at Fortuna Dusseldorf before the international break.
Tedesco's side host Werder Bremen on Saturday.
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Inge Scheer
Born: January 11, 1930
Vienna, Austria
Inge grew up in Vienna's Leopoldstadt, a large Jewish district located between the banks of the Danube Canal and the Danube River. The Scheers loved music, and Inge grew up listening to family members singing selections from popular operettas.
1933-39: I was 8 years old when the Germans annexed Austria in 1938 and my parents decided we'd better flee. We were smuggled illegally, via the Netherlands, to Brussels where the Jewish community helped to hide illegal refugees like us. There in Belgium I began to perform in the Yiddish theater, and became known as a child star. Once I performed in a show that featured the famous Yiddish actress Molly Picon.
1940-44: The Germans occupied Belgium in 1940. I became known as "Irene," because Inge sounded too German. A year later, my sister Herta disappeared. My parents moved us to a neighborhood on the outskirts of Brussels, where I attended a Catholic school. But when the Mother Superior (knowing I was Jewish) said, "Mary is the mother of ALL children, believers and non-believers," I feared the kids would find out, so I never went back. I was 14 when Brussels was liberated. Then we began to search for my sister.
After the war, Inge learned that her sister had perished at Auschwitz. In 1948 the Scheers left Europe for Argentina, and in 1949 they immigrated to the United States.


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Norges Bank hiring in Shanghai
Asian Investor states, "NBIM received approval as a qualified foreign institutional investor (QFII) from the China Securities Regulatory Commission in October 2007 and now runs a fund worth roughly $200 million in China. The Shanghai office is also responsible for maintaining the fund's Asia-Pacific portfolio, which as at end 2008, represented 16.2% of NBIM's equity investments and 5.8% of its fixed-income portfolio.
Now NBIM wants to add an investment manager to head up its global technology, media and telecom, or TMT, portfolio to be based in Shanghai. There are also openings for a new CIO, COO, chief risk officer, as well as chief treasurer in its London and Oslo headquarters."
read more: Asian Investor
Private equity firm BC Partners hired Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. to advise on the sales of Acuris. Acuris is a collection of financial news and data sites, which includes Mergermarket, Dealreporter, and Debtwire. In 2017, BC Partners sold around a 30% stake in GIC Private Limited.
Before the rebranding to Acuris, Mergermarket was part of The Financial Times Group until 2013 when it was sold off to BC Partners.
Aflac Inc. is an American insurance company founded in 1955. The company is the biggest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. Aflac also has major operations in Japan.
In December 2018, Japan Post Holdings (JPHLF) signaled it was spending US$ 2.64 billion for a 7-8 % stake in Aflac. The goal is that, in four years time, Aflac will become an affiliate of Japan Post. Japan Post hopes to accomplish this by becoming the largest voting shareholder of the company. The world's 13th largest company, with 400,000 employees, Japan Post needs to expand to chase further growth, mainly because Japan Post expects the postal business to decline. Diversification is seen as the optimal route to long term stability for the holding company. Japan's economy is worrying. Japan's aging population means that many insurance companies are facing a shrinking customer base, Japan Post settled on a plan to expand overseas.
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I recently read an article in Stylelist Home that declared coffee tables on the extinction list. While I fully agree that ottomans, stools and trunks that can be used for double-duty are very functional, I still love a coffee table. Might it have something to do with the fact that I eat every meal in front of the TV? Maybe. But it's also that a table is where you can show off a bit of personality. It's a piece of art. I love the craftsmanship of handmade and vintage tables, and the sleek lines of a modern table that perfectly shows off a great display on top of it.
Some examples to convince you:
|reclaimed wood handmade beauty on Etsy: $450
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|vintage surfboard coffee table on Etsy: $650
|or a similar vintage-inspired new handmade table on Etsy: $280
|local vintage stores are a great resource, like Mid-Century Dwellers: negotiable price
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Justin Bieber dropped $25,000 on his new Family Guy-inspired necklace -- which contains over 12 CARATS of rubies and diamonds-- and TMZ has learned, the singer helped design the whole thing.
Famous Beverly Hills jeweler Jason Arasheben tells TMZ, he and Bieber designed the Stewie pendant together -- adding, Justin "had a specific vision for how he wanted it to look."
Jason tells us, the necklace contains 12 carats of precious stones -- including multi-colored rubies and white diamonds -- and they're all set on 14-carat gold.
Victory shall be Bieber's!
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Xandros Server Standard Edition 2 Released
Xandros today launched Xandros Server Standard Edition 2, a complete, enterprise-grade SMB Linux server package including Xen virtualization and more than 30 other services. The new Xandros Linux server is compatible with existing Windows domain and networking topologies. It provides a perfect alternative for Windows administrators looking to minimize down-time and cut support costs, and offers the ability to remotely manage their Linux servers even from a Windows desktop, through the all-graphical Xandros Management Console (xMC) that can operate in the way they have grown accustomed to in a Windows Server centric environment.
Equally at home on new and existing networks, Xandros Server 2 can be set up by Windows server administrators who have no Linux experience. It includes a new, easy-to-use virtual machine manager with no licensing restrictions to manage servers inside virtual machines as well as allowing supported virtual machines to be administered in the same manner as physical servers within the managed community.
Xandros' managed community architecture cuts workload significantly through the automation of various administrative tasks. Successor to the winner of the LinuxWorld Product Excellence Award of 2006, this powerful, next generation Xandros Server is the first commercial Linux product based on the highly acclaimed version 4.0 of Debian GNU/Linux.
"Our transition from Windows NT servers to Xandros Servers went remarkably smoothly. We were able to import more than 2,000 accounts using the server's Windows-to-Xandros migration tool, which automatically joined each user to a specific group, generated a password, and formatted the account to the appropriate template," said John Flores, system administrator for the College of Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio. "Thanks to the Xandros Management Console, we picked right up from where we left off – no special training was needed. The command line was always available, but we found that the point and click interface and wizards took care of all our needs."
"We took a solution-oriented approach to creating Xandros Server 2, incorporating usability feedback from customers and partners, and adding requested new features such as Xen virtualization and wiki support, to create a complete, enterprise-grade SMB package with no hidden licensing costs," said Andreas Typaldos, Xandros CEO. "We did a significant amount of engineering up front to incorporate more than 30 server components into a coherent managed community with workflow automation that resolves errors before they occur and brings the benefits of Linux server technology to enterprise administrators and SMBs. Xandros Server 2 enhances freedom of choice by making it easy to incorporate alternative e-mail, backup, virtualization, and other server solutions into existing Windows-centric environments."
"In addition to meeting the needs of a typical Linux/UNIX system administrator, Xandros Server 2 takes Linux servers to an unprecedented level of ease of use, putting Linux power and stability in the hands of a typical Windows server administrator," said Ming Poon, Xandros VP of Product Development. "Windows server administrators can even manage Windows and Xandros servers side-by-side using the Xandros server management console on Windows (xMC for Windows). We also provide Windows administrators with a graphical migration tool to easily move their NT and Windows 2000 servers to the new Xandros Linux server."
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The Xandros Server Standard Edition Version 2 is the first commercial product built on Debian 4 (Etch), and includes Xen virtualization with no licensing restrictions. A new version of the Xandros Management Console (xMC), the cross-platform graphical management tool, enhances IT managers' freedom and flexibility by allowing them to manage Xandros servers from a Windows XP or Vista PC. A special Xandros edition of Scalix 11 provides integrated enterprise-class e-mail and calendar features to the SMB market, including full Microsoft Outlook, as well as a Mobile Web Client.
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Xandros server technology will be the standard to define the complete end-to-end appliance-like SMB offering, including commercial-grade backup, streaming media, virtual private network (VPN), and built-in system monitoring facilities. A unique managed community architecture with workflow automation alerts administrators to potential conflicts among various services, relieving them of the burden of tracking down and resolving issues after the fact. The Xandros Management Console's plug-in architecture facilitates the integration of third-party services through a free software developers' kit. Certification to the Linux Foundation's latest Linux Standard Base (LSB) 3.1 specification assures broad application support.
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The new Xandros Server Standard Edition Version 2 has a suggested retail price of USD 449.99 and is available for immediate download from www.xandros.com,The boxed product will be available in approximately 30 days. For complete product and purchase details, please visit www.xandros.com.
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The New York Times Co reported worse-than-expected results on Thursday as advertisers cut spending on both print and digital outlets, sending shares down 12 percent.
The newspaper company said that revenue was up almost 1 percent to $449 million. Still, the result missed the analysts' consensus estimate of $479.23 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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Adjusting for severance costs and other special items, the company reported a quarterly loss of 1 cent per share, well below expectations of earnings of 8 cents per share.
The slight uptick in revenue was due to a 7.4 percent rise in circulation revenue helped by the company's digital subscription plans.
But as the company tries to rely more on circulation for its revenue, advertising sales are in a persistent slump.
"It wasn't a nice quarter on revenue," said Edward Atorino, an analyst with Benchmark Co. "The advertising numbers look terrible. I thought they might do a little better. They are caught up in the downslide like everybody else."
The stock dropped 12 percent to $9.37 in morning trade.
Print ad revenue, coming primarily from its namesake newspaper and the Boston Globe, dropped almost 11 percent from a year earlier - an even steeper decline from the previous quarter.
Digital ad revenue, which has been a bright spot for the company, fell 2.2 percent.
The company attributed the declines to the "challenging economic environment, ongoing secular trends and an increasingly complex and fragmented digital advertising marketplace."
Advertising revenue at The New York Times newspaper depends largely on national accounts from sectors like telecommunications and technology that use the daily to reach people across the United States.
"I think that really reflects that national newspaper revenue is much more exposed to secular pressures than the local retailer," said Leo Culp, an analyst with Citi.
The trend of declining national ad revenue was apparent at Gannett Co, the largest newspaper chain in the United States, and its national newspaper USA Today, a competitor to the Times.
While Gannett turned in better-than-expected results last week, national advertising, primarily through USA Today, was down almost 8 percent at its U.S. newspapers.
The clampdown by advertisers is expected at the New York Times into the next quarter - typically the strongest one for the newspaper industry as it's buoyed by holiday spending.
The company said it expects the same advertising trends in the fourth quarter as the third period.
Paid subscribers to the digital editions of The New York Times and sister paper International Herald Tribune increased 11 percent and totaled 566,000.
Once a sprawling media conglomerate, The New York Times has tightened its focus and shed assets. Over the past year, it sold a group of newspapers in the U.S. Southeast and in California, digital property About Group and stakes in sports ventures including the Boston Red Sox and Liverpool Soccer Club.
It is now down to a handful of newspapers, including its flagship, the Boston Globe, the Worcester Telegram & Gazette and the International Herald Tribune.
(Reporting by Jennifer Saba; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)