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If you are building a Windows driver for your device this talk is for you. We will talk about innovations in driver development. This talk highlights the new user mode driver framework (UMDF 2.0) that is now unified with the KMDF model. This new model lets you start your development in user mode and easily transition to kernel mode (KMDF) if needed. We will talk about new WDF features. At the end of this talk, the audience will have an understanding of exciting new features for driver developers.
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School districts in Texas will enjoy greater state funding this biennium, but education experts told a group of area philanthropists Wednesday morning they still need help to ensure student success.
State Sen. Kel Seliger headed a panel discussion hosted by Amarillo Area Foundation, 801 S. Fillmore St., that centered largely on a new law that will — among other provisions — reduce the number of required end-of-course exams to five for high school students and allow more flexibility for students to pursue vocational programs.
Seliger spoke of the need for curriculum plans in Texas schools that accommodate students who may not need a four-year degree to succeed professionally, while making sure they still receive a rigorous level of education.
"There is in (House Bill) 5 ... lots and lots of rigor that will additionally be defined by what in the recommended curriculum the schools choose to put into that," he said.
The state's 2011 budget included $15 billion in government spending cuts, including $5.4 billion for public schools, the Associated Press reported. Lawmakers recently reached a deal to restore $3.4 billion for public education.
Shirley Clark, director of assessment and accountability for Region 16, is charged with making sure the 62 districts and two charter schools in the region comply with the new law, which also requires high school freshmen to have a personal graduation plan made up of courses suited to a specific area of study.
Students and parents will meet with advisers to determine those plans, she said.
Schools will need interpreters to attend those meetings as well as print materials in other languages for families who don't speak English, and those costs will add up, Clark said.
Clark also asked those in attendance for help with giving students opportunities to participate in public service projects, as districts will be required to submit reports rating their level of community engagement.
"That's really hard to measure," she said.
Amarillo Independent School District Superintendent Rod Schroeder praised Seliger's efforts to better public education during the 83rd Texas Legislature and said he believed that the complications brought on by HB 5 are outweighed by the benefits.
"House Bill 5 is a good bill. Very, very good," Schroeder said. "The biggest thing it does — it says 'One size does not fit all.'"
Schroeder said district officials have met with Xcel Energy and Bell Helicopter to discuss creating courses customized to skills those companies need.
"We are now bringing the business community in, and we need the business community," he said.
Carla Weatherly, director of early education and Headstart at Region 16, listed off a number of programs headed by Region 16, such as Early Head Start and Early Childhood Intervention Services, as well as other area groups that help children and families foster an environment of learning and growth. She said many local organizations need money and volunteers to help accomplish their goals.
The panel discussion also featured presentations by Jennifer Esterline of the Texas Education Grantmakers Advocacy Consortium and Jason Sabo of the lobbying firm Frontera Strategy.

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Are these two systems Equivalent?
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Fa= -10i+10j-15k (kN)
Fb= 30i + 5j +10k (kN) (6,0,0)m
M= -90i + 150j +60k (kN.m)
Fc = 10i - 5j + 5k (kN)
Fd = 10i +20j-10k (kN) (6,3,3) m
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In the Media
Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL)
March 9, 2016Vivienne Sze, the Emanuel E. Landsman (1958) Career Development Assistant Professor, recognized as outstanding junior faculty.
February 11, 2016EECS Department Head Anantha Chandrakasan recognized as global authority in the field of electronic chip development by KU Leuven.
February 3, 2016New technology could secure credit cards, key cards, and pallets of goods in warehouses.
February 2, 2016Low-power chip processes 3-D camera data, could enable wearable device to guide the visually impaired.
January 27, 2016Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers.
December 18, 2015Two prestigious awards were received by MTL students, alumni, and faculty at the plenary session of the 2015 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) that took place in Washington, DC in early December. IEDM is the premier conference in electron devices and it is a great honor to receive these awards at the plenary session.
September 24, 2015Associate Department Head David Perreault is recipient of 2015 R. David Middlebrook Award
September 21, 2015MIT-led team develops method for scaling up production of thin electronic material.
September 16, 2015Dimitri Antoniadis honored for pioneering contributions to integrated circuit microelectronics industry
July 29, 2015Gallium nitride electronics could drastically cut energy usage in data centers, consumer devices.
July 27, 2015Partnership of government, industry, and academia will pursue integration of optical devices with electronics.
June 22, 2015New ultralow-power circuit developed by EECS graduate student Dina Reda El-Damak and department head Anantha Chandrakasan improves efficiency of energy harvesting to more than 80 percent.
May 30, 2015Jing Kong, professor of electrical engineering in the EECS Department at MIT and principal investigator with the Microsystems Technology Laboratories and the Research Lab of Electronics has worked with MIT students and Evelyn Wang, professor in MIT's Mechanical Engineering Department to create a graphene coating for power plant condensers — a step that will improve power plant efficiency 2 to 3 percent and ultimately making a significant dent in global carbon emissions. Read more.
May 19, 2015The members of Voltage, a new group in MIT's Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department, want to interest more freshmen and Course 6 students in the field of Electrical Engineering (EE). Sponsored by MIT IEEE/ACM, the group is working to build a cohesive network for students in both the EE degree program (6-1) as well as for students leaning to EE in the EECS degree program (6-2) — offering support and resources in academics, research and careers. Read more.
February 26, 2015Professor Vladimir Bulovic holds the Fariborz Maseeh Chair in Emerging Technology at MIT, heads the MIT.nano project, and co-leads the MIT Innovation Initiative. His ONE Lab has been a hotbed of scientific discovery... Read more.
February 23, 2015Radio chip for Internet of things. Chandrakasan group extends battery life by reducing idle transmitter power leaksThis week, at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers' (IEEE's) International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC), the group of Anantha Chandrakasan, EECS Department Head and the Joseph F. and Nancy P. Keithley Professor in Electrical Engineering at MIT, will present a new transmitter design that reduces power leakage when transmitters are idle — greatly extending battery life and ultimately enabling the potential for the transmission of data needed for the "Internet of things". Read more.
February 13, 2015Kateeva, a company co-founded by EECS graduate Conor Madigan SM '02 PhD '06, now CEO and Vladimir Bulovic, the Fariborz Maseeh Professor of Emerging Technology in EECS and co-founder and now scientific advisor is featured by the MIT News for its promising technologies to mass produce large-screen, flexible OLED. Read more.
February 5, 2015Five members of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department of a total of eight MIT faculty have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering including Hari Balakrishnan, Sangeeta Bhatia, Anantha Chandrakasan, L. Rafael Reif and Daniela Rus. Read more.
January 29, 2015Dirk Englund and his team in the Quantum Photonics Laboratory have collaborated with colleagues at Brookhaven National Laboratory and an outside company to create a new technique to extend quantum-secured communication. Using nitrogen atoms embedded in synthetic diamond the researchers have trapped qubits that can transfer photons extending the superposition time of these qubits a hundredfold — ultimately leading toward practical quantum computing. Read more.
January 27, 2015Two EECS Department faculty Jesus del Alamo and Rajeev Ram are recipients of Bose Grants — out of five MIT professors selected for research projects that are high-risk yet potentially having significant impact. The grants are given in memory of Amar Bose, electrical engineering professor, who taught in EECS and founded the Bose Corporation. Read more.
January 9, 2015Englund, Berggren groups collaborate to build effective optical chips, crucial for quantum computational-circuitsA large group of researchers including EECS faculty Dirk Englund, Karl Berggren and their respective labs, the Quantum Photonics Group and the Quantum Nanostructures and Nanofabrication Group have collaborated with colleagues at IBM and NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory to edge closer to building effective quantum-computational circuits. Read more.
December 18, 2014Vivienne Sze, core member of the Microsystems Technology Laboratories (MTL), principal investigator in the Research Laboratory of Electronics (RLE) and the Emanuel E. Landsman (1958) Career Development Professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (EECS), has received a 2014 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Young Faculty Award (YFA). Read more.MTL, RLE, I-InfoSys, I-Circuits, II-AI, II-Systems, Energy, Wireless
December 11, 2014Professor Dimitri Antoniadis has been selected to receive the 2015 IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal "for contributions to metal oxide semiconductor field-effect transistor physics, technology, and modeling". The medal, sponsored by the Federation of Electric Power Companies, is given for outstanding contributions to material and device science and technology, including practical application.
November 23, 2014"Nearly everyone seems to carry a cell phone or tablet. But if Tomás Palacios's vision of the future of electronics comes to bear, it will be increasingly difficult to separate electronics from all the other structures and materials surrounding us." Read more.
November 10, 2014Institute professor Mildred (Millie) Dresselhaus is featured in Science magazine's careers section in a conversation about her research, teaching and primarily her pioneering role model for women
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Recently I have been obtaining DNA sequences from some of the fern samples collected by Te Papa Botany curator Leon Perrie on his recent trip to New Caledonia. We aim to determine the relationships of these New Caledonian ferns to other ferns around the world, including those from New Zealand. One sample, however, gave us… Read more »
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Learn ferns in Wellington
Are you interested in learning more about ferns, and in the Wellington region? Te Papa's Curator of Botany Leon Perrie is leading a walk through the fernery at the wonderful Otari-Wilton's Bush: Sunday 24th March 2013, beginning 2pm from the Otari Information Centre.
Guide to Fijian tree ferns
An abundance of tree ferns is one of the botanical characteristics that New Zealand shares with many of the larger Pacific Islands. The number of different species is not especially high, but tree fern individuals feature prominently in many Pacific and New Zealand landscapes. Following my work in Fiji, I've produced an online guide to… Read more »
Fern stamps
New Zealand Post has just released a series of postage stamps featuring five New Zealand ferns. The illustrations are excellent. Images of the stamps, from New Zealand Post's website. The five ferns featured are: hen and chickens fern, Asplenium bulbiferum – $0.70 kidney fern, Cardiomanes reniforme – $1.40 Colenso's hard fern, Blechnum colensoi – $1.90… Read more »
More tangle – a new species of tangle fern
I'd like to introduce a new species of New Zealand fern, Gleichenia inclusisora. Our scientific description was published just before Christmas 2012. The recognition of this species edges the number of native New Zealand fern and lycophyte species nearly to 200. Abstract of paper describing Gleichenia inclusisora. Email me if you would like a pdf… Read more »
Help with floating fern
I've recently learnt that the introduced Azolla pinnata (ferny azolla) has been found in the Wellington region. I'm interested in its distribution and would be grateful for help in looking for more. Azolla plants are fairly easy to spot: look for a red plant covering still bodies of water. Azolla are ferns, believe it or… Read more »
Where to find new species?
Where would you go to find a new species? Perhaps somewhere remote and little-visited, especially if it is ecologically unusual – New Caledonia maybe… Well, instead, how about inside Te Papa's collections, because that's where I first discovered a new species of Gleichenia tangle fern. A lot of biodiversity remains to be documented, particularly amongst… Read more »
Ferns of New Caledonia that are very different to those in New Zealand
You'll never have seen anything like these New Caledonia ferns in New Zealand, unless you've been to a very interesting garden (which I'd love an invitation to!). These are photos from my recent fern collecting trip.
New Caledonian ferns with close relatives in New Zealand
A lot of New Caledonian species belong to fern genera that also occur in New Zealand. Some look very similar to New Zealand species, whereas others are quite different! Here's a few from my recent trip.
New Caledonian ferns shared with New Zealand
About 35 species of fern are found in both New Caledonia and New Zealand. That's about 13% and 18% of the total species in each area. Almost all of these are widespread species that are also found elsewhere in the Pacific (and beyond). Here's a few of them that I saw during my recent field… Read more »


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Chicken & White Bean Salad
From EatingWell: May/June 2010
Zucchini and celery give this chicken-and-bean salad a nice crunch. We like serving it over a bed of slightly bitter escarole and radicchio, but any type of salad greens will work. Recipe by Nancy Baggett for EatingWell.
Makes: 4 servings, about 2 cups each
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Nutrition Profile
Diabetes appropriate | Healthy weight | Heart healthy | High fiber | High potassium | Low calorie | Low cholesterol | Low saturated fat | Gluten free |View Our Nutrition Guidelines »
- 1 medium clove garlic
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 6 tablespoons fresh orange juice, plus more to taste
- 1/4 cup white-wine vinegar or red-wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1 15-ounce can cannellini or other white beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 1/2 cups diced cooked chicken breast (see Tips)
- 2 cups diced zucchini and/or summer squash (about 2 small)
- 1 1/2 cups diced celery
- 1/4 cup finely diced ricotta salata, halloumi (see Tips) or feta cheese
- 1/3 cup chopped, well-drained, oil-packed sun-dried tomatoes (optional)
- 1 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil, plus whole basil leaves for garnish
- Salt & freshly ground pepper to taste (optional)
- 2 cups torn escarole or romaine lettuce
- 2 cups torn radicchio leaves
- To prepare vinaigrette: Peel the garlic and smash with the side of a chef's knife. Using a fork, mash the garlic with 1/4 teaspoon salt in a small bowl to form a coarse paste. Whisk in 5 tablespoons oil. Add 6 tablespoons orange juice, vinegar and mustard; whisk until well blended. Taste and whisk in up to 4 tablespoons more juice to mellow the flavor; season with more salt, if desired. Set aside at room temperature.
- To prepare salad: Combine beans, chicken, zucchini (and/or summer squash), celery, cheese and sun-dried tomatoes (if using) in a large bowl until well blended. Add chopped basil and 3/4 cup vinaigrette; toss until combined. Taste and season with salt and/or pepper, if desired.
- Toss the remaining vinaigrette with escarole (or romaine) and radicchio in a medium bowl. Serve the salad on the greens, garnished with fresh basil leaves.
Tips & Notes
- Make Ahead Tip: Prepare through Step 2 (omitting basil), cover and refrigerate for up to 2 days. Stir in chopped basil just before serving.
- To poach chicken breasts, place about 1 pound boneless, skinless chicken breasts in a medium skillet or saucepan. Add lightly salted water to cover and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat and simmer gently until chicken is cooked through and no longer pink in the middle, 10 to 15 minutes.
- Ricotta salata and halloumi are both firm, salted cheeses that can be found at large supermarkets and cheese shops.
Per serving: 428 calories; 23 g fat (5 g sat, 15 g mono); 79 mg cholesterol; 24 g carbohydrates; 0 g added sugars; 34 g protein; 8 g fiber; 667 mg sodium; 648 mg potassium.
Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (47% daily value), Vitamin A (30% dv), Folate (21% dv), Potassium (18% dv)
Carbohydrate Servings: 1
Exchanges: 1 starch, 2 vegetable, 4 lean meat, 3 fat
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New Textile Behemoth: Ross Forms $900M ITG, Poised to Take On China
Wilbur L. Ross' second conglomerate was born Wednesday with the merger of Burlington Industries and Cone Mills into International Textile Group.
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Denim Dish: DIFFA's Delight … Seize the Jeans … Mood Indigo … A Jean With No Name
DIFFA's Delight
Feathers, sequins, paint and high drama took 150 denim jackets way beyond basic at the 15th annual DIFFA Dallas runway fashion show and auction.
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Finally, a high-performance solution to the inconsistant stock air-shock on the BMW HP2. The Touratech Extreme rear shock will give you ultimate control over your damping characteristics, is packed with features an off-road rider needs, and is purpose built to go the distance on the HP2.
These fork springs by HyperPro are sized to carry a heavier rider or our large Fuel tank. And with that extra weight, they are a little harder than the original springs and they are progressively wound. Which means they are supple at the top of the suspension travel, but become progressively stiffer as they compress, which is an ideal feature for a bike that is operated with one rider at times, and at other times, fully loaded. Reduces bottoming and increases control when riding off-road.
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A quick breakdown of some of the Week 15 games in the Arena Football League (Note: Games appearing on ABC/ESPN will have separate breakdowns):
Philadelphia (10-3) at Dallas (11-2)
This shapes up to be the game of the year and a battle between the two best teams in the AFL. The Soul have been devastated by injuries and they head to Dallas after three losses in their last four games. They are not playing with a lot of confidence right now, but they are coming off a bye week and they should be well prepared and well rested. Both teams have dynamic passing attacks that will challenge aggressive secondaries with man-to-man and zone schemes, while avoiding excellent pass rushes. The Desperados have an elite rusher in Colston Weatherington and the Soul must try to neutralize him. Philadelphia has a good pass rush of its own, but it must matchup versus a Dallas OL that has only allowed nine sacks. If Philadelphia's pass rush is not effective, it will expose a once-outstanding secondary that has been ravaged by injuries and appears to be very vulnerable versus QB Clint Dolezel and the passing game. The Desperados' secondary will be challenged by QB Matt D'Orazio and the best scoring offense in the league. The Soul quarterback has only thrown seven interceptions and has a mind-boggling 129.1 QB rating. Can the deep Dallas defensive front keep constant pressure on D'Orazio? Can Philadelphia's thin secondary hold up versus the Dallas pass offense? These are two great teams, but this looks like it's going to be all Dallas.
New Orleans (8-5) at New York (7-6)
This is a very interesting matchup with major playoff implications as both teams come off gratifying victories in Week 14. Neither team plays with consistency on a weekly basis, but both are capable of solid efforts. These are two very good defenses with similar philosophies -- both like to attack, create turnovers and take chances by jumping routes and trying to read the quarterback. New Orleans has recorded the most interceptions in the league (24) but the VooDoo face a crafty veteran in QB Aaron Garcia, who calls his own plays and knows how to exploit a gambling defense. The Dragons' pass defense is also good, with 20 interceptions on the season. Ironically, neither offense is very explosive and both depend on their defenses to keep them in games. If these two defensive units play as well as expected, the outcome will depend on which quarterback takes care of the football, which would favor Garcia over VooDoo QB Danny Wimprine.
Chicago (10-3) at Cleveland (7-6)
Neither team played very well in Week 14, but Chicago was able to come away with a win over under-manned Kansas City. Cleveland was not as lucky in a tough loss to Dallas, where the Gladiators simply could not convert enough offensive possessions in the fourth quarter. This will be an interesting matchup between a very creative Gladiators offense that lacks a franchise receiver and a great Rush defense that wins with aggressiveness, intimidation and a gambling nature in an attempt to create turnovers. Cleveland QB Raymond Philyaw does a nice job of spreading the ball around. He relies on an underrated offensive line in pass protection and he has a good run game with Marlion Jackson at his disposal. However, Chicago's defensive line is excellent and the Rush apply a lot of pressure. Philyaw will have to be very smart with the football. The challenge for Cleveland, defensively, is to protect its secondary, which does not match up well in man-to-man coverage. The Gladiators will utilize a strong pass rush, but they must also be aware of Rush QB Russ Michna's ability to scramble.
Colorado (4-9) at Grand Rapids (3-10)
These two teams showed glimpses of solid play early in the season, but have faded in recent weeks. They are coming off disappointing losses and opponents have really figured out how to expose their weaknesses. Colorado's pass offense is ranked a lowly 14th in the league, despite the fact Ben Nelson is a quality No. 1 receiver and Chad Owens is an emerging star. But QB John Dutton hasn't been consistent and this offense does not seem to have any flow. Their receivers are not very physical and they must win with speed rather than power. However, the Grand Rapids secondary is not very good in tight man coverage. The Rampage offense also lacks explosiveness and the creativity that we saw earlier in the season seems to be missing in recent weeks. Grand Rapids has problems in pass protection, which has led to turnovers and offensive mistakes, but Colorado does not have a great pass rush. This game will be determined by which quarterback makes the least amount of mistakes.
Georgia (8-5) at Columbus (3-10)
Georgia may be the hottest team in the AFL right now. The Force have won five in a row and appear to be a legitimate playoff contender, but they face a Columbus team that is better than its record indicates. Destroyers QB Matt Nagy is playing at a solid level and he gives them a chance to be competitive. The problem for Columbus is usually its defense, as the Destroyers do not make enough key stops and they have a secondary that does not match up well when they are not getting pressure up front. Georgia has an excellent offensive line that does a great job of protecting QB Chris Greisen and has only allowed four sacks through 13 games. The Force will likely control the trenches on both sides of the ball and unless the Destroyers get unexpected pressure on Greisen, he will pick them apart.
Orlando (8-6) at Tampa Bay (6-7)
These are two bitter rivals who know each other well, but both are coming off disappointing losses and neither is playing up to expectations. With the playoffs looming, this battle is almost a must-win situation for both. In recent weeks, the Storm have been winning due to a very sound and opportunistic defense that generates turnovers, but they fell apart in the fourth quarter versus a good Georgia offense. Orlando seems to self-destruct on almost a weekly basis with turnovers and offensive mistakes, which is baffling for a veteran team that is so well-coached. Orlando also has all sorts of instability at the quarterback position and you don't know which guy is going to line up behind center week-to-week. Neither secondary can match up well in man-to-man coverage, putting pressure on both teams' pass rush up front to create hurried throws. Orlando can pressure from the inside and outside. Tampa Bay needs a big game from NT Tim Gill, who will try to collapse the pocket and force the Predators' quarterbacks to scramble, which is when their accuracy really diminishes.
Arizona (7-6) at Kansas City (3-10)
The gutsy and resilient Rattlers clinched an impossible playoff spot last week with a win at Orlando. They seem to be oblivious to feeling the pressure of playing in tough road environments. Kansas City is playing hard and the Brigade were competitive in a loss to Chicago in Week 14, but they just seem to lack explosive playmakers on both sides of the ball. Ironically, Arizona seems to play it's best football versus the elite teams and that makes this game somewhat dangerous. Arizona started a new quarterback last week, Matt Sauk, who played well and is fortunate to have a good receiving corps, led by WR Siaha Burley. For Arizona to be successful, it must play well on defense and special teams. Luckily for the Rattlers, the Brigade pass offense is last in the league and it doesn't produce a lot of big plays. This game will likely be decided by the team that makes the fewest offensive mistakes, but don't expect an explosive offensive outburst.
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Preliminary Experimental Evidence from Matrilineal and Patriarchal SocietiesBulte, Erwin; List, John A.; Gneezy, Uri; Andersen, Steffen (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7591
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Melchior, Marie Riegels (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In terms of dress and fashion Denmark is an example of a West European peripheral country within the international fashion system. Since the Middle Ages, new fashions have found their way to Denmark through the internationally oriented royal family, the purchases of well-traveled citizens, various international and national fashion reports, and the international purchases by local retailers. With varying speed new cuts, colors and styles have impressed themselves upon both the everyday and festive fashions of the Danish wardrobe. The same foreign influence applies to local fashion production. Design, craftsmanship and technology has through time been shaped under influences from abroad. But these international influences have not undermined the recurring idea of a particular Danish dress and fashion culture. In the middle of the 19th century the prevailing view was that the peasants' festive dress represented specific national dress. By the beginning of the 21st century discussions in the Danish fashion industry and industry policy concern Denmark's status as a fashion nation and Copenhagen as a possible new global fashion center. This is due to the growing Danish fashion culture, the textile and clothing industry's export success, and not least the fact that Denmark is a world-leading fur exporter. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7769
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flows of exchange in a Japanese ValleyMoeran, Brian (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7018
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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is not to guess what the future of academic libraries will be, but to identify and understand the present driving forces with a view to choosing and influencing directions of development which will be advantageous to our users. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6936
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On the Operational Dynamics and Social Dimensions of Public-Private PartnershipsWeihe, Guri (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Drawing upon extant alliance literature, this article substantiates the argument that we need to look beyond mere structural and formative aspects of cooperation in order to fully understand the performance antecedents of public-private partnerships. Currently, scholarly work on operational processes and behavioural dimensions is practically non-existent. This article tries to remedy the current gap in the literature by reviewing research findings on interfirm collaboration (alliances). On that basis a conceptual framework for analyzing partnership processes is developed. Finally, the antecedents of collaborative advantage are theoretically examined, and the organizational competences contributing to collaborative success are identified. The conclusion is that operational processes and social dynamics are vital drivers of collaborative advantage. Another significant conclusion is that public management research can benefit from drawing upon existing alliance research. Alliance scholars have during the past couple of decades accumulated an impressive amount of knowledge on different aspects of inter-firm cooperation, and therefore the learning potential for public management scholars seems to be quite enormous. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7380
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Abstract: DTAG is a versatile annotation tool that supports manual and semi-automatic annotation of a wide range of linguistic phenomena, including the annotation of syntax, discourse, coreference, morphology, and word alignments. It includes commands for editing general labeled graphs and graph alignments, comparing annotations, managing annotation tasks, and interfacing with a revision control system. Its visualization component can display graphs and alignments for entire texts in a compact format, with a highly flexible and configurable formatting scheme. It also provides a powerful search-replace mechanism with queries based on full first-order logic, which can be used to search for linguistic constructions and automatically apply graph transformations to collections of annotated graphs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8222
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Andersen, Steffen; Harrison, Glenn W.; Lau, Morten Igel; Rutström, Elisabet E. (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The most popular models of decision making use a single criteria to evaluate projects or lotteries. However, decision makers may actually consider multiple criteria when evaluating projects. We consider a dual criteria model from psychology. This model integrates the familiar tradeoffs between risk and utility that economists traditionally assume, allowance for rank-dependent decision weights, and consideration of income thresholds. We examine the issues involved in full maximum likelihood estimation of the model using observed choice data. We propose a general method for integrating the multiple criteria, using the logic of mixture models, which we believe is attractive from a decision-theoretic and statistical perspective. The model is applied to observed choices from a major natural experiment involving intrinsically dynamic choices over highly skewed outcomes. The evidence points to the clear role that income thresholds play in such decision making, but does not rule out a role for tradeoffs between risk and utility or probability weighting. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7798
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Global Competition, Collective Efficiency, and Local DevelopmentLorentzen, Jochen; Robbins, Glen; Barnes, Justin (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper describes the formation of the Durban Auto Cluster in the context of trade liberalization. It argues that the improvement of operational competitiveness of firms in the cluster is prominently due to joint action. It tests this proposition by comparing the gains from cluster activities in the areas of supplier development, human resource development, logistics, and benchmarking, and by contrasting the impact of joint action against a host of other variables, notably international competition and technical assistance by foreign partners. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6598
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Sørensen, Carsten; Trolle, Anders Bjerre (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We derive an explicit solution to the portfolio problem of a power utility investor with preferences for wealth at a ¯nite investment horizon. The investor can invest in assets with return dynamics described as part of a general multivariate model. The modeling framework encompasses discrete-time VAR-models where some of the state-variables (e.g. expected excess returns) may not be directly observable. A realistic multivariate model is estimated and applied to analyze the portfolio implications of investment horizon and return predictability when real interest rates and expected excess returns on stock and bonds are not directly observed but must be estimated as part of the problem faced by the investor. The solution exhibits small variability in portfolio allocations over time compared to the case when excess returns are assumed observable. JEL Classification: G11 Keywords: Portfolio choice, predictability, VAR, unobserved state-variables, hedging demands URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7151
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Lagrange versus the HamiltonianKleis Frederiksen, Niels (København, 1998)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7628
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Juul Andersen, Torben (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Organizational studies should address contemporary challenges of dealing effectively with the increasingly complex and dynamic business conditions. In this context we argue that structural features are linked to the corporate strategy process and affect the organization's ability to respond to ongoing environmental changes. Sustainable performance arguably derives from integrative strategy-making where business opportunities are pursued as they emerge while being directed and coordinated through forward-looking analytics. This combination of decentralized responsiveness and central reasoning identifies a dynamic system of interacting fast and slow processes. The fast system observes and reacts to environmental stimuli and the slow system interprets events and reasons about future actions. When the fast and slow processes interact they form a dynamic adaptive system that allows the organization to respond to uncertain and changing conditions. We apply this model to interactions among individuals in organizations where ongoing experiential insights among dispersed operating managers interact with the forward-looking planning considerations around top-management. This identifies an organization that is able to react to frequent and often unpredictable changes and adapt. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9008
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in search of network performanceGeersbro, Jens; Hedaa, Laurids (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Insights for International Strategic ManagementBenito, Gabriel R.G.; Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Companies' choice of foreign operation modes (FOM) has been a core subject of international business studies basically from its beginning (Hymer, 1960 [1976]; Root, 1964). A halfcentury of research has brought us a set of established perspectives on companies' foreign operation mode choices; the most important being the economics based approaches of internalisation and transaction cost theories (Anderson and Gatignon, 1986; Buckley and Casson, 1976; Hennart, 1982), evolutionary and resource based approaches (Andersen, 1997; Kogut and Zander, 1993; Madhok, 1997), institutional approaches (Kostova and Zaheer, 1999; Meyer and Peng, 2005), and process models based on learning and decision behaviour theories (Johanson and Vahlne, 1977, 2009).... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8363
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The co-creation of worth, calculative devices and calculative agencies in the Danish wind power marketKarnøe, Peter (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Wind power generated electricity offers a unique vantage point on the nature of markets and the specific organizing processes by which markets become constructed, configured, and contested. Modern Wind power generated electricity emerged in Denmark after the first oil supply crisis in 1974 when various entrepreneurial actors responded to that situation and saw wind power as one possible solution to 'the' problem. Today wind power is globally the fastest growing energy technology and supplies significant amounts of energy in countries like Denmark and Germany, in Denmark wind power generated electricity supplies 20% of annual electricity consumption. Although the trajectory of wind power institutionally and materially is much more robust today than 25 years ago very few thought that this technology had such a future. In the context of the 1970s with modernization and emerging nuclear power, many evaluated wind power as a relic from the past, some imagined opportunities (doomed as unrealistic), but nobody imagined that wind power should become one of the important 'weapons' against the CO2-related climate change at the turn of the century. However, confronted with emergent technologies outside the existing evaluative frames and institutionalised categories, it is not about being right or wrong from an objective epistemology, but about what epistemologies are used to frame the potential worth of a potential new energy technology. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6668
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an analysis of Danish medium-sized firmsEriksen, Bo; Døjbak, Dorthe (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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Economic Development in the Industrial Region of Aachen, 1800‐1860Reckendrees, Alfred (Munich, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The economic transition characterizing the process of European industrialization in the 19th century was concentrated on regions rather than on states. In the first half of the 19th century, the region of Aachen (in the west of Prussia) pioneered on the territory of the German states and developed to a powerful industrial region. The implementation and diffusion of the factory system and the economic impact of adapted and new institutions make the core of this paper. Reciprocal interconnections be-tween firms of different clusters shaped the region and created economic dynamics. Investments trans-gressed the boundaries of single industries and new industries emerged. One important feature of the regional production system was cross-sectional knowledge transfer; a second was institutions support-ive to this process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8982
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Dynamics of Techonology Upgrading of the Central and Eastern Europe Countries in a Comparative PerspectiveAnalysis Based on Patent DataJindra, Björn; Lacasa, Iciar Dominguez; Radosevic, Slavo (Warsaw, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report explores patterns of technology upgrading as a three-dimensional process which consists of (i) intensity of technology upgrading, (ii) structural change, and (iii) interaction with the global economy. The specificity of our report is that we depict patterns of technology upgrading by relying entirely on patent data. We derive patent indicators to capture the three dimensions. Patent indicators for intensity of technology upgrading trace technological capabilities at the technology frontier (transnational patents) and behind the technology frontier (domestic/resident direct applications to national offices). Structural change in technological knowledge is depicted by the share of transnational patent applications in high technology fields and knowledge-intensive activities and by calculating a technological diversification index. To capture interaction with global economy in the upgrading process indicators measure technological knowledge sourcing across countries and interactions between foreign and indigenous actors. Based on 7 patent indicators covering the three upgrading dimensions the comparative analysis focuses on EU27 and its subregions and on the BRICS countries. According to the results, in 2011 CEECs were quite homogenous in their upgrading paths. A typical CEE economy in 2011 is well behind EU12 in terms of frontier technology intensity, domestic technology intensity, share of high tech patents and technology sourcing abroad. Moreover, its organizational capabilities are often less advanced. The CEE profile is much less coherent in terms of technology diversification/specialization and share of joint inventions. However, differences among CEECs are not significant. Still there are some notable national features. Poland, Romania and Slovenia have above average domestic technological intensity which reflects partly their sizes (Romania and Poland) and specific model of innovation system reliant on domestic R&D intensive firms (Slovenia). Latvia and Lithuania are specific in terms of high share of HTKI patents. CEE technology upgrading as depicted by patents is within the BRIC pattern (with exception of China which in terms of technology upgrading has de facto delinked from BRICS). In the BRIC context, the CEE characterize very open innovation system with a high share of coinventions and foreign actors exploiting local inventions. This reveals weak organizational capabilities to commercialize its own inventions. According to the results CEE grew during 1990s/2008 based on production, not technological capability. Their future growth will increasingly depend on building technological capabilities at world frontier level. Our analysis shows that the basis for such growth exists only to a limited extent and that speed of upgrading towards world frontier activities is well beyond required for catching up. Equally, our analysis shows that solutions for improved technology upgrading will need to be found with their existing innovation model of small open economies integrated into the EU. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9232
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Jens, Frøslev Christensen (København, 1998)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper discusses 1) the generic forces that drive the evolution of diversified industrial corporations and their implications for the corporate technology base, 2) the changing role of the central R&D lab in the context of these forces, and 3) the role of management of technology in promoting dynamic coherence in diversified - and highly decentralized - corporations. The line of argument in the paper is illustrated by an indepth case-study of Danfoss, a Danish multi-divisional corporation operating within mechatronical markets. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8109
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Frøslev Christensen, Jens (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7842
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- cases om videnprojekter og videndeling i danske virksomhederSiggaard Jensen, Sisse (Frederiksberg, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Viden, videnledelse og videndeling er nøgleord i den aktuelle diskussion af organisation og ledelse og af arbejdslivets vilkår i det, der ofte karakteriseres som vidensamfundets nye økonomi. I dette paper analyseres fænomenet viden derfor som baggrund for at belyse nogle af de samfundsmæssige perspek-tiver og problemer, der tegner sig, når vidensmedarbejdere fremover må lægge krop til produktionspro-cesser både som råstof og som arbejdskraft. Udgangspunktet er to konkrete cases fra danske virksomheder. Kapitel I behandler et case "Viden-bank". Det er et projekt om videndeling og en intranetbaseret databasearkitektur. Caset stammer fra en virksomhed med afdelinger i 11 forskellige lande. Den foreløbige konklusion på caset er, at viden ikke er "noget", som findes "lagret i hukommelsen" eller i hovedet på det enkelte menneske. Noget, som blot skal hentes frem eller gøres eksplicit, så det kan deles og lagres i en organisation som en fælles hukommelse - for øjeblikket typisk forstået som et intranet. Viden kan derimod først iagttages som sådan i og med de dynamiske processer af social interaktion, der gør, at viden bliver anskuet som så-dan. Konklusionen understreger med andre ord, at fænomenet viden ikke er en ting, en repræsentation eller et "noget", der findes i sig selv og hævet over tid og sted, men at der snarere er tale om dynamiske processer, der udfolder sig i tid og sted. Denne konklusion er tillige et resultat af den teoretiske analyse i kapitel II. Den henter sit grundlag i kompleksitetsteori og i hypoteser om komplekse adaptive systemers egenskaber, sådan som formuleret af ledelsesteoretikeren Ralph D. Stacey i teorien om "complex responsive processes of relating" (Sta-cey 2001). Stacey sammenholder tre teleologier: en rationel, en formativ og en transformativ som led i et opgør med den fremherskende tænkning indenfor organisatorisk læring og viden. Dermed introduce-res et opgør med den systemiske tænkning indenfor dette felt. Der er især tale om et opgør med de fo-restillinger om viden, der ser individuel og social viden som to forskellige former, der udfolder sig på forskellige ontologiske niveauer som henholdsvis individuelle "mentale modeller" eller i sociale for-mer, som vi kender det fra organisationer. I kapitel III belyses den teoretiske analyse dernæst ud fra paperets andet case. Der tale om konkrete eksempler fra empiriske og deskriptive analyser af dynamiske vidensprocesser eller af viden, der bru-ges i praksis og "in situ" i en dansk IT og multimedievirksomhed (Jensen 2001). De empiriske studier er baseret på et længerevarende og dybtgående casestudie, og de tre beretninger, der indgår, bygger på feltstudier og kvalitativ videoanalyse. Det er beretningerne: "Når koden er knækket skal den tjekkes", "Når koden tænkes højt sammen" og "Når kodeekvilibristen skal debriefes". I det afsluttende kapitel IV analyseres beretningerne fra casestudiet i et perspektiv, hvor viden anskues som processer i meningskabende interaktion i det levede nu. Det danner afsæt for at introducere viden-kommunikation som et centralt videnfelt for kommende forskning. Et videnfelt der er baseret på den antagelse, at viden konstant må skabes og genskabes i videnbaserede virksomheder og organisationer. Den tese, der udkrystalliseres af analyserne, er således, at viden bedst kan holdes levende i kombinati-oner af dialog og samarbejde, der både udspiller sig face-to-face og face-to-interface. Eller sagt med andre ord i kommunikation som konstant veksler mellem nærvær i det fysiske rum og refleksion i net-baseret kommunikation. Videnkommunikation der udspiller sig i vidt forskellige relationer mellem tid og rum og mellem interaktion og identitet URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8072
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Snuggling has been around since the first government decided they could control what their people could buy. From wines banned by your government to gold or 'blood diamonds' it has been part of society for millennia. So what kind of person chooses this for their profession?
First, it has to be someone intelligent who sees a market niche they can occupy, and who is willing to accept the chance that they may not be as smart as they think they are.
Some nations have treated smuggling as a death penalty offense, others merely give you jail time, but while a modern American looks at jail time as sitting on your butt for X number of years and merely counting the days, other societies even now make this as miserable as they can. As an example, in Elizabethan England 'jail' was a hole in the ground that you occupied for the duration of your sentence; if you were sentenced to 5 years back then, it was the government saying 'we want you to die, and don't even care to see you die'. When you did die (Remember the medical technology of the time, five years was pretty much guaranteed) they just filled in the hole.
So how do you smuggle (Whatever) to (Where ever) in the first place?
The primary method, even up to Star Wars is the secret compartment. You build a space not available to the average onlooker, which holds whatever stash you're moving. Even in a modern ocean going vessel this is easy; bilge spaces, fore peak spaces, there is a lot of space on a modern ship (Meaning an ocean going vessel) that can be used for this purpose. But the guys who are looking for smuggling know these spaces as well, meaning they look there first.
So you need to make sure they do not look there.
When the
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was captured by the Death Star, the crew hid in the secret compartments, and they left them only after the first superficial search did not find them. But Han Solo knew a deeper scan
find them; the sign of a professional smuggler compared to a dilettante.
The problem with smuggling is you always have the efficient and the dilettante. The dilettante gets into it because they see the niche but are clueless, whereas the efficient will be here next week or next month. You can't always tell them apart; what is called a 'cigarette boat' was common for almost three decades before cigarettes were their primary cargo. They were used by smugglers of alcohol during that time.
So why is the dilettante a problem? Simple; they try something and fail, then try something else and fail, then try the next and fail. While an efficient smuggler
before trying the next option. A wise smuggler knows that as dedicated they might be to secure their blockade they have to rest, or move to another sector to maintain it. If you give them newer options to cover, they will add them, which causes your chance to evade to decrease. Sure there will be other ways, but how can you guarantee some dilettante hasn't tried it? Answer, you makes your play, and takes your chances.
Methods of insertion: There are several ways to insert your cargo. The first, and most obvious to both you and you foes is high speed. Run in, drop your cargo, and run like hell. This is bad because as I mentioned above, it is obvious. You're enemy will expect it.
Second, low and slow. Picture planet, how many meteors from micro meteors to the average fireball hits it every day? Answer too damn many. Your cargo has to be shielded from heat, and light enough to encapsulate. Odds that it will be spotted? Little or none because an average of several thousand meteors hit our atmosphere every day, so which one do you stop? Of course the larger or heavier your cargo, the more or larger the meteor, the more likely it will be intercepted. Remember, if you don't deliver, you don't get paid.
Third, misdirection; you give them the idea that you are shipping it in boxes of candy, but you slip it in through a load of fertilizer. Chances? Unless they are declaring a moratorium on fertilizer, you're golden. Believe it or not, nothing you suggest has been missed.
Do's and don'ts:
Do remember that anyone who hires you to smuggle is quite willing to accept your 'donation' if you are caught. Do remember that the man you're smuggling for would be glad to accept it without paying, whether by hiring some muscle to steal it or kill you when you try to you deliver. After all, this saves them money. This includes the partners of your client. Read In Fury Born by David Weber where the main character meets such entrepreneurs. Do resist the fanatic who expects you to work for nothing or just for the 'cause'. As often as you hear about the hard core super Christians who smuggled bibles behind the Iron Curtain, they don't mention the ones caught and sent off to the Lubyanka or a gulag.
Don't accept a job on spec; half up front or no deal. You have expenses and you have to consider them. Don't accept a job where you don't know what you're transporting or why you're transporting it. Imagine being hired to transport an unknown cargo, and discover you're transporting nuclear weapons to a terrorist organization, or even weirder, the daughter of a mobster who is being kidnapped to return to an abusive parent. Both of those scenarios have been used, and the problems are obvious.
Don't accept a job from someone you don't trust; not don't know, because 90% of your clients will not be known to you, but can you trust them to pay up? Han Solo forgot this rule in that he accepted a job from Jabba the Hutt who considered the carrier totally responsible for delivery. When he had to dump his cargo, Jabba blamed him for the loss.
So what are you carrying? It doesn't matter! Whether it is German bearer bonds or cigarettes, or booze or bibles or weapons or spice, you have a cargo that someone will pay you for if it can be delivered.
All you have to do, is deliver.
'To argue with those who have renounced the use and authority of reason is as futile as to administer medicine to the dead.' Now who said that?
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erik and christine were, uh... doing something, i guess... when erik snesed danger! he immediately grabbed christine and pulled her close to him, attempting to shield her. as it turns out, he got all worked up over nothing... christine appreciated the effort, though.
please comment!!
please comment!!
My phantom senses are tingling! Oh wait.. no, it's something else...
christine: *giggles*
erik: !??
christine: *giggles*
erik: !??
Yes Erik, I have those too... I just haunt a Library instead of an opera. <3 Don't be angry? <3
lovin' the sarcasm erik's expression is priceless!
gasp! christine is being sarcastic! WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE WORLD?!?!
i can only wonder,i did a double take when i first read it! it's very cute though.
protective much? XD
nice job
nice job
erik: *hisssss*!!
christine: erik, stop it!
christine: erik, stop it!
HA! I love his face here!
... oh my god YOU ARE ONE OF MY FAVORITE ARTISTS EVER!
thank you sooo much!!
thank you sooo much!!
thats soo funny
hah! lol, love her quote XD
its great! =3
I have no idea who these people are. XD
the phantom of the opera and the girl he stalks
Phantom of the Opera?
Havent heard about THAT in a while.
Havent heard about THAT in a while.
that's been what most of my recent deviations are about
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If the opposition disarms, well and good. If it refuses to disarm, we shall disarm it ourselves.
Joseph Stalin (1879 - 1953)
Contributed by: Lucid
Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.
One man with a gun can control 100 without one.
Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws.
Mayer Amschel Rothschild
Life is like a race track. When you go through it it may feel like you are being thrown around little bit, but if you don't resist it, but still control what is happening you will be fine. Just remember to take a pitstop now and then.
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Surrendering completely to love, be it human or divine, means giving up everything, including our own well-being or our ability to make decisions. It means loving in the deepest sense of the word. The truth is that we don't want to be saved in the way God has chosen; we want to keep absolute control over our every step, to be fully conscious of our decisions, to be capable of choosing the object of our devotion.
Paulo Coelho
Source: The Witch of Portobello, Pages: 30
Contributed by: Tsuya
The rich nations of the world are acting like ancient usurers, lending money to the desperate poor on terms that cannot possibly be met and, thus, steadily acquiring more and more control over the lives and assets of the poor.
William Grieder
Source: One World Ready or Not.
Contributed by: bajarbattu
Because we are self-controlling beings, we are also responsible for our actions. This is not a moral or ethical proposition, but simply a causal one: I am responsible for what I do because I am the one who controls my actions. By the same token, to the degree we seek to control the lives and property of others, we help to foster, in their minds, the illusions that they are not responsible for what they do.
Butler Shaffer
Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/ebook/6.html
Contributed by: peter
Life is a continuing process of making adjustments and creative responses in a world too complex to be predictable. But institutions insist not only upon their illusions of predictability, but their systems of control by which they imagine they can direct the world to their ends. This is why institutions have always aligned themselves with the forces of power, in order to compel the rest of nature – particularly mankind – to conform to their interests.
Source: http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/ebook/7.html
"Property" is not simply some social invention, like Emily Post's guide to etiquette, but a way of describing conditions that are essential to all living things. Every living thing must occupy space and consume energy from outside itself if it is to survive, and it must do so to the exclusion of all other living things on the planet. I didn't dream this up. My thinking was not consulted before the life system developed. The world was operating on the property principle when I arrived and, like the rest of us, I had to work out my answers to that most fundamental, pragmatic of all social questions: who gets to make decisions about what? The essence of "ownership" is to be found in control: who gets to be the ultimate decision maker about people and "things" in the world?
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This evening marks the one year anniversary of "The Park", and to help celebrate - Mirror House will be on hand!
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The Mark Twain Museum will host two writers' workshops this fall, with the first scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, in the museum gallery. This workshop will focus on writing for, with and about children. It will be led by museum Executive Director and children's author Cindy Lovell.
Lovell said one characteristic everyone has in common is being a former child. She noted that Mark Twain can teach a lot in this area, because he wrote many of his best-loved works for and about children. The workshop will explore ways to connect with young writers and writing children's literature.
The course fee is $75 and includes a continental breakfast and lunch at LulaBelle's. An optional two credit hours of graduate credit is available through Quincy University for $120. Participants should bring a laptop or any writing tools needed.
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Quips sink Tyrone with solid second half
March 6, 2016 By Shawn Fox For The Mirror McMURRAY — It was a tale of two halves for the Tyrone boys basketball team on?Saturday. The first half saw the Golden Eagles stay right with WPIAL champion Aliquippa. more »»
Smothering defense sparks BC
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March 5, 2016 EBENSBURG — The Bishop Carroll Catholic boys basketball program is no stranger to the state tournamen. more »»
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March 5, 2016 Class AA boys first round Bellwood-Antis (6-1) vs. Quaker Valley (7-6) Teams: Quaker Valley Quakers (20-6); Bellwood-Antis Blue Devils (24-2) Site, time: Hollidaysburg Area Senior High School, 4:30 p. more »»
Solid season wraps up for CC girls
March 5, 2016 AMBRIDGE — The Central Cambria girls basketball team might not have walked away from its PIAA Class AA first-round showdown with Bishop Canevin with a win. more »»
Marauders' comeback falls short
March 5, 2016 By Philip Cmor email@example.com KANE — Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic won't be pulling off the extremely rare achievement of winning state titles in both football and boys basketball the same yea. more »»
Pressure mounts in playoffs
March 4, 2016 Brittany Sedlock still has some pretty vivid memories of the first time she made it into the PIAA basketball playoffs. "My first playoff game my senior year, we played Marion Center. more »»
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March 4, 2016 FRIDAY BOYS Class AAA first round Hollidaysburg Area (6-1) vs. West Mifflin (7-5) Teams: West Mifflin Titans (15-8); Hollidaysburg Golden Tigers (20-4) Site, time: Tyrone Area High School, 7:30 p.m. more »»
The Mirror's Philip Cmor breaks down the state playoffs
March 3, 2016 GIRLS CLASS AAAA GIRLS The teams: Perkiomen Valley (1-1, 27-2), Red Lion (3-7, 25-4), Philadelphia Central (12-2, 12-6), North Penn (1-5, 26-3), Upper Dublin (1-4, 21-7), Archbishop Carroll (12-3,... more »»
Two area girls set for NCAA Final Four event
March 1, 2016 Two area girls basketball players will be part of the NCAA Women's Final Four. more »»
Tigers, B-A boys staying close to home
February 29, 2016 The Hollidaysburg Area and Bellwood-Antis boys both will be playing in Blair County, while both Bishop Carroll basketball teams could literally walk to the site of their first-round games when the... more »»
Lions' Kephart claims title, OW
February 28, 2016 When Jerrell Kephart went to bed at 6 p.m. Friday, the Altoona junior never dreamed he'd wrestle like he did the next day in the District 6 Class AAA Tournament at the AAHS Fieldhouse. more »»
Snyder's shot lifts Tigers to AAA crown
February 28, 2016 CRESSON — David Snyder had just missed two in a row from the foul line, and one of his previous two only went in after taking a very high bounce, rimming around the iron and charitably falling... more »»
Little Lions knock out Altoona
February 28, 2016 CRESSON — Altoona handled State College's troublesome full-court defense so well in the first half that it almost became an afterthought. more »»
State's outside shooting sinks Lady Lions
February 28, 2016 CRESSON — Altoona picked its poison in Saturday's District 6 Class AAAA championship game, and it turned out to be fatal. more »»
Lady Bisons nearly pull off upset
February 28, 2016 CRESSON — Experience matters. more »»
Berlin too tall of an order for young Everett
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Reggie was horrible.
All he did was cover grass and take poor angles on ball-carriers.
There are 134 users in the forums
Originally posted by modninerfan:
funny, everybody hating on reggie... I honestly dont remember him playing at all in the past 8 games or so...
Originally posted by YungAce:
Reggie is the Chilo of the defense. Just plain turrible!
Originally posted by SanFranAddic:
"...The 49ers' third safety this past season was Reggie Smith, who is also scheduled to be an unrestricted free agent.
A team source told CSNBayArea.com that the day after the season, the sides reached an understanding that Smith would look for an opportunity elsewhere. The 49ers are likely to sign another veteran safety to a minimum-type of contract and/or select a backup safety in the draft."
As Eddie D. would say, "He's gone."
Originally posted by 12b6demurrer:Originally posted by modninerfan:funny, everybody hating on reggie... I honestly dont remember him playing at all in the past 8 games or so...
You might wanna watch who the safety was when Mario Manningham caught his only catch/touchdown against NYG.
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at fs, he seems to be doing well, and not a big drop off between him and goldson. As long as mays can become a good ss i think that is better suited for mays than at fs.
Do you think we will be ok with smith at fs and mays at ss?
I think we will improve at ss with this move and stay the same at fs.
If we get rogers we lose no drop off from clements, spikes will be missed but i say a little dropoff to bowman also some dropoff in franklin to soap against the run, a huge upgrade at the c position if we get goodwin.
We may only need to get a wr and even that is not a pressing need if crabtree returns week 1, but we still need a better wr.
looks like if we add rogers and goodwin, our losses are minimal and our ol gains greatly, not to mention our speed in the secondary improves greatly
Originally posted by Sjceruti:See I think there is a huge dropoff...Goldson gets no respect here and I dont get it.
Name 10 FS's better than him.


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Does anyone know the rationale behind the design of Android to destroy and re-create activities on a simple orientation change?
Shouldn't allowing the activity to just redraw itself (if it so chooses) be a better, simpler and more practical design?
BTW, I'm well aware of how to disable my app from orientation change effects, but what I don't really get is the reason for this design in Android