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Roster of films, 11mm Fußballfilmfestival, 3–6 April 2009
Other films
- 1958—O ano em que o mundo descobriu o Brasil (1958—The Year That the World Discovered Brazil) (Brazil 2008, dir. José Carlos Asbeg) | Documentary about the 1958 World Cup winners. | trailer
- Af Banen! (We Are the Champions!) (Denmark 2005, dir. Martin Hagbje) | A father and former professional player tries to win back his son's respect by coaching the boy's football team. | trailer
- Africa 11 (Austria 2008, dir. Stefan Lukacs and Tobias Müller) | Documentary on the New African Football Academy in Vienna.
- Die besten Frauen der Welt (The Best Women in the World) (Germany 2007, dir. Britta Becker) | See 7 Jan 08. Won the audience award for best film at the 2008 11mm festival. | trailer
- Cass (England 2008, dir. Jon S. Baird) | Biopic based on Cass Pennant, notorious hooligan cum author. Actually, he calls himself a "hooliologist." | trailer
- Corrupção (Corruption) (Portugal 2007, dir. João Botelho) | Drama dissecting a corruption scandal at FC Porto.
- Danish Dynamite (Denmark 2008, dir. Mads Kamp Thulstrup and Carsten Søsted) | "We are red, we are white, we are Danish dynamite!" So went the chant during the glory years of Danish football under German coach Sepp Piontek, leading to an unexpected European championship in 1992. According to the Danish Film Institute, the film "paints a portrait of a small nation, Denmark, that never, at least not until Piontek, took sports as seriously as other European nations did."
- Dhan Dhana Dhan Goal (India 2007, dir. Vivek Agnihotri) | Bollywood production based around the once glorious Bangla-infused Southall United, now relegated to the lower reaches of English football. | trailer
- A Different Pitch (UK and Kosovo, 2000, dir. Doug Aubrey) | Documentary follows Scotty Lee, who uses football to teach young Kosovars about the dangers of land mines. | full movie
Coverage of the Werder Bremen women's team's 3–2 victory over Jahn Delmenhorst on 9 Sept 08. (3:49)
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After I wrote a response to "winners and losers" in another fanpost... I wanted to leave the past in the past and look forward to this Saturday's game to ask what you all wanted to see... For me, I hope to see the following:
1) The secondary and linebackers taking better pursuit angles. This was a pretty poorly executed portion in the first game, and I think this needs to improve in order to limit gains. If we cannot tackle and take good angles, teams will 3-step drop us all day and leave our D-Line frustrated and useless.
2) Jahvid Best and Kevin Smith working in some semblance of a tandem similar to what they will be used in during the regular season. If Smith is not healthy, don't rush him, but this is more for my greedy desires than for the team's benefit. I want to see how Linehan wants to mix in Ksmooth and Jahvid.
3) Special Teams improvements. I am not concerned about missed FG's, but I think the blocking on kick/punt returns can definitely improve. Dante Wesley would be a nice player to see on the field in this case, as he isn't really contributing in the backfield.
4) Keep Matthew Stafford clean. I know that he needs his work, but truly, I do not want to see them putting Stafford out there for an extended period of time (a full 1Q/about midway through the 2nd? Is that right?) and have him go down, even for a few games.
5) Some crazy formation by Jim Schwartz/ Scott Linehan that they will NEVER use in the regular season yet makes other teams prepare for it when they face us (i.e.- Calvin Johnson in the wildcat with Jahvid Best next to him). I would love to verbize "Schwartzed" in the same way we have "Mayhewed".

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(BEIJING, September 14) -- Reigning champion, Peter Norfolk of Great Britain reclaimed the gold medal as the second ever Quad Singles event wrapped up at the Olympic Green Tennis Center on Sunday, September 14. Norfolk's victory was followed by Dutch champion Esther Vergeer winning her third Women's Singles gold medal.
Quad Singles
Second seed Norfolk won the first gold medal in Athens and on Sunday, he did it again, claiming victory over Sweden's Johan Anderssson 6-2, 6-2. The Quad Singles division was only introduced to the Paralympic Games in 2004. Fourth seed Andersson distinguished himself at his first Paralympics with silver, winning Sweden's first Wheelchair Tennis medal.
"It's the Paralympics. It's always tough, every match," said Norfolk. "But I felt good. I know Johan's inexperienced, and I played on his nerves, I think, today."
In Saturday's bronze medal match, American doubles partners Nick Taylor and David Wagner were up against each other and Wagner took the bronze by winning 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Women's Singles
Gold medalist in both Athens and Sydney, Vergeer remained unbeaten throughout the entire tournament after beating her teammate, No. 2 seed and relative newcomer Korie Homan 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (5) on Sunday. Yet it was a hard-won victory. In a nail-biting match that lasted two hours, Homan made Vergeer work for her gold, taking her right down to the wire. In the end, Vergeer appeared more composed than her less experienced opponent to win the tie-break. The last person to beat Vergeer in 2003 was Athens bronze medalist Daniela di Toro of Australia, who lost out to Vergeer at the Beijing Games in the first round 6-2, 6-0.
"When we had the tie-break I knew it was going to be over in a few minutes, either my way or her way," said Vergeer after the final. "From the second set on, I felt nervous and scared almost. Fear is probably one of your biggest opponents."
Another crowd favorite was the bronze medal match between the No. 5 seed Florence Gravellier of France and Jiske Griffioen of the Netherlands. Gravellier was the only non-Dutch woman to make into the final four. She had missed out on the bronze in Athens but won it this time, with the final result 6-3, 6-4.
The Men's Doubles final match was cancelled due to rain on Sunday evening at the Olympic Green Tennis Center.


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Not my twins, but now I may have to get mine some of these jumping things :)
A man who posted his niece's letter to her parents on Reddit describes the 9 year old as "very bright."
She wrote...
Dear Parents, It seems you are both a little overly strict tonight, therefore I do not wish to read with you tonight. But if you change your attitude, I will be glad to. Goodnight.
Have you ever received a note or letter like this from your children?
~BS and Vanessa
For parents of teenagers, not knowing where your child is can be frustrating and scary at the same time. Giving them a cell phone, doesn't always mean they'll answer. Sharon Standifird was livid when she kept calling her son and he wouldn't answer. She said, "We need to develop an app that just shuts their phone completely down and they can't even use it." She then got on the internet researching how to develop an app and made one. It literally shuts down the kids phone, and will not go back on till he gets the password that mom puts in.
The app is available for $1.99 for androids on google play and very soon for I Phones. Watch out and remember, don't dog moms phone calls cause she will do it to you as well!
Nobody wants their daughter to turn into this...
This is so adorable!
This goes without saying but, DON"T LIGHT YOURSELF ON FIRE!!!!" I can't believe this is actually a thing. A Charlotte woman is facing charges after she helped her son light himself on fire in a stunt called the, "Fire Challege." I literally can't believe the mother helped her son do this, it makes me shake my head. The teen suffered minor burns to his chest and neck. Hopefully this is the last time I ever mention about this challenge again!
She's Okay!! This would be the scariest thing ever...I would never let her out of my sight again! I mean, I'm headed to college with her!
Hugo Cornieller took selfies everyday from age 12 to 19 years old. The result is fabulous. You can really see some serious puberty at about :44. It feels creepy to say that but we are just talking about a natural thing here and HE is the one that made the video, right?
Thursday Zoey woke up screaming like she was in pain around 10:30pm. I ran into her room expecting her leg or arm to be stuck in the bars of her crib, but no. Her eyes were still closed, but she was screaming for what seemed no apparent reason. I rubbed her back, nothing. I held her, nothing. I rocked her, nothing. I changed her diaper and tried to feed her and still nothing worked. I thought it might be her teeth so I gave her some Tylenol and sat up in my bed and held her upright against my chest and she finally fell asleep after an hour of constant screaming. She slept the rest of the night.
The next day my sister was watching her and said that Zoey was just not acting like herself and she was having these screaming fits throughout the day. She was refusing food and not smiling at all. Something was just not right. I decided it was time to call the doctor.
Though I didn't really know what to say when I called other than she is just not acting like herself. The nurse told me that I should bring her in to see the doctor on call Dr. Hay. Dr. Hay was the doctor on call when the twins got readmitted into the hospital for jaundice. She is very nice so if we couldn't see our regular doctor she was a good replacement. However, seeing the doctor on call is always iffy. Sometimes they are running behind and sometimes someone decides to be born during your appointment time. Both of these were the case for us. She was running about 20 minutes behind and then got called away to an emergency c-section before we had a chance to see her. By the time we found this out it was 5:00 so we were sent to Urgent Care to have Zoey checked out.
I explained to the Physician's Assistant what was going on after we discovered Zoey had a fever (not quite 102) and he said, "It sounds like an ear infection." Well, he took a quick look in both ears and sure enough Zoey has a double ear infection. She is on the tail end of a cold so this is not uncommon, but we never had to deal with ear infections with Mia so we had no idea what the symptoms were.
After getting her on amoxicillin she seems so much better. I found out from a friend who has dealt with lots of ear infections in her daughter, so many in fact that amoxicilin became ineffective, there are some ways to avoid ear infections all together and there are some natural treatments. Most of these only work for bacterial infections. My little one has a viral infection so the best treatment is still antibiotics.
If your child has a lot of ear infections you may consider putting tubes in. Every parent I know who has done this for their child has not regretted it. It is a surgical option though. Constant ear infections can damage a child's hearing so they should not be left untreated.
DISCLOSURE: Ministry Saint Michael's Hospital has paid to sponsor this post. Midwest Communications has received money in exchange for writing this post.
When people find out they are having a baby the list of must have starts. The research identifying the safest car seats begins. Once the baby is born new parents are concerned about any little thing that could make their baby sick. Everyone who holds the baby must wash their hands. The bottles and pacifiers need to be sanitized after each use. After about a year those worries begin to fade and parents consider themselves old pros so they start to slack a little on the safety concerns. Some parents revert to the thinking "I didn't have" or "I was raised bla bla bla and I survived". Though somethings new parents do may seem over protective one thing that isn't is keeping your child safe in the car. That means keeping your child in a rear facing car seat as long as possible an proper installation of car seats.
We had our infant car seat checked out by someone at AAA when I was pregnant with our first, Mia. When I was pregnant with the twins we went to the Rothschild Police Department and had the infant car seats and Mia's toddler car seat checked. Glad we did because they all needed some adjustments. In fact the officer who did the safety check told us that even though Mia was almost two and her feet touched the back of the seat her car seat should still be rear facing.
Forward facing vs. Rear facing
There seems to be a kid's book for just about everything these days and this new one has people in the publishing field saying it is the "most horrifying children's book ever."
A new picture book titled 'My Parents Open Carry' is designed to give children a positive outlook on their parents' gun-toting lifestyle.
Those behind the book think it will give kids a healthier relationship with the second amendment.
The authors said that they were disappointed that they couldn't find any other pro-gun books for kids so they decided to make their own. Their goal is to make kids feel more comfortable around guns.
A mom decided to teach her daughter a lesson by selling her Katy Perry tickets. Mom was punishing her teen daughter for disprespectful behavior. She posted the tickets on an online garage sale facebook page. The post read, " Spoiled brat daughter doesn't deserve these tickets." She sold the tickets in 5 minutes, and sadly the daughter had to listen to Katy Perry in her headphones grounded in her room.
Do you agree with how mom handled things, or should she not have made it so public?
No matter how bad your day is. No matter how much stress you're under at work. How under appreciated you feel. No matter if you're sick or feeling sad. When your kids are happy. When they play nicely together and tell each other that they love each other. When they look at you and smile and say "I love you Mommy" or "I need you Daddy" it all of a sudden turns into the best day.
My father in law suffered a stroke recently and it's been very hard on my husband, Josh. Dads are supposed to be invincible so when he sees his father lying there in a hospital bed with tubes and wires all over his body, unable to speak or even acknowledge that Josh is there it is very disheartening. Josh returned home from a visit with his father and I could see the pain in his face when he walked through the door. Mia heard him come in and ran into the kitchen so excited to see him and said, "Daddy I need a big hug!" Really it was Daddy that needed the big hug so he was more than happy to oblige the bouncy two year old. He looked up at me with a half smile and eyebrows raised in the middle telling me without words that this was exactly what he needed to know that everything would be okay.
Kids can be hard and they can be frustrating and they can be sassy, but when it really counts they can be the best thing on a bad day.
DISCLOSURE: Ministry Saint Michael's Hospital has paid to sponsor this post. Midwest Communications has received money in exchange for writing this post.
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Here's one way to stop your baby from crying!
It seems like everyone is tearing apart stores in search of their name on a Coke. One Couple used the #shareacoke campaign to make the perfect video announcing their pregnancy. The young couple is seen enjoying Diet Cokes when they realize they take on the voice of whoever's name is on the Coke they are drinking. They take on some famous Hollywood voices like: Morgan Freeman, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Steve Carell. Then their voices go back to normal and it turns out to be one of the coolest pregnancy announcements we've ever seen. On or off the web.
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(Photo above is a picture of my dad and his brother after their little league game. This picture was probably taken around 1957)
This video is great. It's so true too. Growing up now is completely different than it was back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. You might relate. I was born in the 80s but I even relate to some of it.
We always played outside and as soon as the street lights went on we had to come inside. Oh and I may or may not have drank out of the hose and liked it....
Having kids is one thing, but Twins double the "fun"!
There's a restaurant out in California that has just posted this sign.
Children crying or making loud noises are a distraction to other diners, and as such are not allowed in the dinning room.
The name of the place is Old Fisherman's Grotto in Monterey.
I think it's a great idea. If an adult were being loud and obnoxious in a restaurant the adult would get booted. Why should kids be any different? Until they get it under control they'll have to eat at home or at the drive thru.
Of course I have no kids. So not a problem for me.
Let us start with .... WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?!?!
At a recent mommy blogger conference, a kid company wanted to grab the mommy population's attention.
Bright Starts makes toddler gear, and they thought it would be cute to give out red hot candies inside a fake prescription bottle marketed as giggle pills.
Thank goodness most moms think that getting candy in a prescription bottle sends the wrong message to their kids. They aren't cute or funny and are potentially dangerous, giving children the idea that candy comes in prescription bottles.
How did this "idea" pass multiple people at this company to ever make it to the stage of handing out to people? NO ONE said...hey, this is a bad idea.
The company did say that soon after passing them out and getting a negative reaction from moms, they stopped with the laughter pills.
Please tell us you think this was a terrible, dangerous and irresponsible idea too!
~BS and Vanessa
Dad's are full of wisdom. My dad was famous for saying, "If God wanted you to have a hole in your head (AKA piercing) he'd have put it there Himself." Substitute have a tattoo, wear makeup, etc. for hole in your head. Though I didn't listen to him when it came to any of those things he was still trying to tell me that guys prefer natural beauty just in his own way and as I grow older the more I see that he was right.
I stumbled upon this buzzfeed today on Facebook and it cracked me up. My husband will have to share these gems with our three girls when they get older. Except maybe the Cosby one because I don't think that will ever apply to us :)
DISCLOSURE: Ministry Saint Michael's Hospital has paid to sponsor this post. Midwest Communications has received money in exchange for writing this post.
Come on kid get a grip. You're embarrassing yourself. It's time to face reality. This is how life works, you start out cute and lovable and you go out wrinkly and cranky. Crying isn't going to keep this kid tiny and cute. So let's snap out of it shall we?
The Next Great Dictator is born!
With three girls within 2 years of each other I know I'm in for a lot of fighting. I just hope most of them end like this one.
The twins just had their first fight over a toy. Zoey had a ball and Kenzie crawled over and tried to take it from her. Zoey was screaming at Kenzie so Mia got up off the couch, walked into the playroom and got another ball and gave it to Kenzie so they each had a ball to play with.
This was a proud mom moment.
DISCLOSURE: Ministry Saint Michael's Hospital has paid to sponsor this post. Midwest Communications has received money in exchange for writing this post.
Woaah! A pride of lions, this is were I make a quick exit. Oh wait, I have a kid here that I have to stick around and protect. Son of a.....
Yeah, not what I had in mind. Now here's a nother reason not to have kids


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Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands:
Additional DHS Actions Needed on Foreign Worker Permit Program
GAO-12-975: Published: Sep 27, 2012. Publicly Released: Sep 27, 2012.
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What GAO Found
On September 7, 2011, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a final rule establishing a transitional work permit program in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) for foreign workers not otherwise admissible under federal law. The final rule addressed key requirements of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (CNRA); for example, the rule sets the permit allocations for fiscal years 2011 and 2012. As of July 2012, DHS had processed about half of the petitions for work permits that employers submitted in fiscal year 2012. The DHS decision on its permit allocation for fiscal year 2013 and a Department of Labor (DOL) decision on whether and when to extend the transition period, both required by CNRA, are both pending.
DHS plans to announce the permit allocation for fiscal year 2013 by the end of September 2012. DHS has identified one source of CNMI workforce data that it intends to use for its annual work permit allocations. However, the data source does not provide numbers of U.S. and foreign workers by industry, which could help DHS predict future demand for foreign workers. According to a senior DHS official, DHS has not made public the types of information, including its methodology, that it will publish with future permit allocations. Knowledge of DHS's methodology could help allay any public uncertainty regarding future access to foreign workers in the CNMI.
DOL has not determined whether to extend the transition period, according to DOL officials, and is not required to do so until July 2014. DOL has identified multiple sources of data on the CNMI labor market, including a source that provides the number of workers in the CNMI by citizenship and industry. DOL has also identified the methodology it plans to use in making its determination. According to DOL officials, DOL plans to estimate changes in CNMI employment and gross domestic product that might result from a reduction in foreign workers. These data sources and analyses could help DHS assess workforce needs and determine its annual permit allocation.
Uncertainty about the impact of the pending DHS and DOL decisions on access to foreign workers may be limiting business investment in the CNMI. Foreign workers made up more than half of the CNMI workforce in 2012, and CNMI businesses reported challenges in finding replacements for foreign workers. Some CNMI businesses indicated that uncertainty over pending federal actions has caused them to limit their plans for future investments in the CNMI.
DOL, the Department of the Interior (DOI), and DHS made available a combined total of about $6.5 million to train workers in the CNMI in fiscal years 2010 through 2012. DOL provided annual grants that support worker services. DOI provided a grant in 2011 to support on-the-job training programs, in response to CNRA requirements. As of July 2012, DHS had transferred to the CNMI Treasury about $1.8 million it had collected through its permit program for CNMI vocational educational curricula and program development, as required by CNRA. Information on the use of DOL and DOI grants is available to Congress on request, but DHS does not collect information on the use of funds it transfers to the CNMI Treasury.
Why GAO Did This Study
In November 2009, the United States applied U.S. immigration law to the CNMI, as required by CNRA. To minimize the potential for adverse effects on the CNMI economy, CNRA established a 5-year transition period scheduled to end in 2014. CNRA required DHS to establish a transitional work permit program for foreign workers in the CNMI and annually reduce the number of permits issued, reducing them to zero by the end of the transition period. CNRA also required DOL to determine whether to extend the transition period past 2014, based on an assessment of the CNMI's labor needs. CNRA further required GAO to report on the implementation and economic impact of federal immigration law in the CNMI. This report (1) assesses the status of federal implementation of the transitional work permit program, (2) examines economic implications for the CNMI of pending federal actions, and (3) provides the status of federal efforts to support worker training in the CNMI. GAO reviewed CNRA, U.S. regulations, and information from federal agencies and the CNMI government; and interviewed U.S. government officials and private sector representatives.
What GAO Recommends
GAO recommends that the Secretary of Homeland Security (1) provide, on publication of its permit allocations, the methodology used and (2) use DOL analyses as a factor in deciding future permit allocations. DHS agreed to publish its methodology but will wait to review DOL analyses until they are available before deciding to use them.
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Recommendation: To help ensure that CNMI's businesses are better able to plan for future permit allocations, the Secretary of Homeland Security should provide, when publishing DHS's annual permit allocation, the methodology it used and the factors it considered to determine the number of permits allocated.
Agency Affected: Department of Homeland Security
Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In commenting on a draft of the report, DHS concurred with our recommendation and stated that it would provide the methodology for the fiscal year 2013 permit allocation upon publishing the allocation. In November 2012, DHS published its fiscal year 2013 permit allocation via a notice in the Federal Register. In the notice, DHS provided its methodology and the factors it considered in determining the allocation.
Recommendation: To help ensure that DHS has the information it needs to assess the needs of the CNMI workforce as it decides on future permit allocations, the Secretary of Homeland Security should use Department of Labor analyses of economic data on the labor needs of the CNMI as a factor in deciding on future permit allocations.
Agency Affected: Department of Homeland Security
Status: Open
Comments: DHS did not concur with our recommendation that it use DOL analyses of economic data on the labor needs of the CNMI as a factor in deciding on future permit allocations. DHS agreed in general that relevant sources of information should be used and that the items described by DOL may be useful in future transitional worker permit allocation decisions. However, DHS will await further information as to what DOL has to provide. Once the DOL analysis is available, DHS will review it to determine its appropriateness and whether it should be factored into decision making for future permit allocations. We maintain that the data and analyses DOL plans to collect and complete will help DHS to more accurately assess the workforce needs of the CNMI when determining future permit allocations.
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Department of Homeland Security:Continued Actions Needed to Strengthen Oversight and Coordination of Research and DevelopmentGAO-14-813T: Published: Jul 31, 2014. Publicly Released: Jul 31, 2014.
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Open Innovation, Intellectual Property, Technology Policy, Renewable Energy
Dr. West combines a high-tech entrepreneurial background with more than a decade of leadership in graduate business education. He received an SB degree in Interdisciplinary Sciences from M.I.T. with a concentration in Meteorology, and has worked more than 20 years in the software industry as an engineer, manager and entrepreneur. He was co-founder and president of Palomar Software as well as co-author of the Modsim programming language.
Dr. West has earned a PhD in Management from the University of California, Irvine and taught at Temple University Japan, Pepperdine and UC Irvine before joining the San Jose State University College of Business. At SJSU, he taught innovation, strategy and entrepreneurship classes, and was co-founder of the SJSU Solar Workforce Project and Silicon Valley Open Source Research Project. Dr. West is known as a researcher, public speaker, and blogger on the topic of open innovation, including editing (with Henry Chesbrough and Wim Vanhaverbeke) the book Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm (Oxford, 2006). His research has been published in Information Systems Research, Journal of Management Studies, R&D Management, Research Policy, and Telecommunications Policy, among other journals.
The course will be concerned with new venture (seed-stage) business formation and implementation issues that relate to conceptualizing, developing and managing successful new ventures. These issues include corporate governance, entrepreneurial financing, competition, negotiation of term sheets and special issues related to seed-stage firms concerning intellectual property and technology transfer.
The focus of this course is on the concepts and practice of creating a new business. The course has many components in our attempts to make it realistic and useful, and these can be collected into two major categories: identifying and evaluating business opportunities, and conceiving, writing, executing and defending a business plan.
Intellectual property (IP) rights are economically necessary to provide private actors the incentive to create and commercialize inventions. IP is particularly important for human therapeutics, where the temporary monopoly of a patent is essential for raising the money needed to complete clinical trials. This course reviews the nature and limitations of the various forms of IP and how firms leverage such IP to obtain competitive advantage and improved profitability.
The successful management of technological innovation is essential to the success of many life science businesses, whether in human therapeutics, medical devices or biofuels. This course examines firm strategies for creating sustainable competitive advantage in technology-based industries.
West J. Open Innovation. In Wiley International Encyclopedia of Marketing. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010
West J, Mace M. "Browsing as the Killer App: Explaining the Rapid Success of Apple's iPhone". Telecommunications Policy 2010;34(5-6):270-286
Gallagher S, West J. "Reconceptualizing and Expanding the Positive Feedback Network Effects Model: A Case Study". Journal of Engineering and Technology Management 2009;26(3):131-147
West J. "Before Qualcomm: Linkabit and the Origins of the San Diego Telecom Industry". Journal of San Diego History 2009(Winter/Spring);55(1-2):1-20
Bekkers R, West J. The Limits to IPR Standardization Policies as Evidenced by Strategic Patenting in UMTS. Telecommunications Policy 2009;33(1-2):80-97
West J. "Commercializing Open Science: Deep Space Communications as the Lead Market for Shannon Theory, 1960-73". Journal of Management Studies 2008;45(8):1506-1532
West J, O'Mahony S. "The Role of Participation Architecture in Growing Sponsored Open Source Communities". Industry and Innovation 2008;15(2):145-168
West J, Lakhani KR. "Getting Clear About Communities in Open Innovation". Industry and Innovation 2008;15(2):223-231
West J. "The Economic Realities of Open Standards: Black, White and Many Shades of Gray". In: Greenstein S, Stango V, editors. Standards and Public Policy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2007. p. 87-122
Chesbrough H, Vanhaverbeke W, and West J, eds., Open Innovation: Researching a New Paradigm. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006
West J, Vanhaverbeke W, Chesbrough H. "Open Innovation: A Research Agenda". In: Chesbrough H, Vanhaverbeke W, West J, editors. Open Innovation: Researching A New Paradigm. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2006. p. 285-307.
West J, Gallagher S. "Challenges of Open Innovation: The Paradox of Firm Investment in Open Source Software". R & D Management 2006;36(3):315-328
West J. "The fall of a Silicon Valley icon: Was Apple really Betamax redux?" In: Bettis RA, editor. Strategy in Transition. Oxford: Blackwell; 2005. p. 274-301
West J. "How Open is Open Enough? Melding Proprietary and Open Source Platform Strategies". Research Policy 2003;32(7):1259-1285
West J, Dedrick J. "Innovation and Control in Standards Architectures: The Rise and Fall of Japan's PC-98". Information Systems Research 2000;11(2):197-216
Research Synopsis
Dr. West focuses on how firms selectively use openness for competitive advantage by providing enough openness to attract external stakeholders while not enough to prevent an ability to appropriate value. This has included research on open source software, open standardization, IP business models and technology-based startup firms.
Current Research Projects
External Sources of Innovation: Professor West is developing a comprehensive review of existing research on external sources of innovation, integrating streams from open innovation, user innovation and community innovation.
California's Renewable Energy Industries: In the 20th century, California was the world leader in the creation and deployment of renewable energy, with solar hot water heaters at the beginning of the century, space-oriented silicon photocells at the middle of the century and utility-scale concentrated solar power and wind turbines in the 1980s and early 1990s. This project compares the industry development and policy of California with other key regions of the world, and examines how California startups are conquering a new segment of renewable energy, the engineering, cultivation and processing of new crops to produce biofuels.
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"What sort of actions cross the line of what is considered stalking?"
In short, stalking is when the repeated actions of one person toward another are unwanted and cause the victim to feel fearful. Another way to identify if a person is crossing that line is if their actions are considered harassment. Stalking can happen between couples and friends, not just acquaintances or ex-partners. Victims can be female or male.
There is the stereotypical following of the victim to or from home, work or other regular "hangouts." One example would be the perpetrator showing up at your work with the sole purpose of watching you or being around you.
At school, it could be waiting for you to go in to or come out of class when they have no other reason to be in the area (and you haven't agreed to meet up). This doesn't mean that someone who needs to talk to you about homework or a project is a stalker—that person has an objective.
Similar to this, would be the victim finding unwanted gifts from the perpetrator. Flowers, jewelry, poems or other items that show up repeatedly are not symbols of love when it makes the receiver uncomfortable.
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Repeated communication from the perpetrator through any channels, such as phone, email and social media, that is unwanted and frightening would be considered stalking. Threats to harm the victim, the victim's family, friends, pets or property would fall under communication.
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Kids who struggle in Grade 3 math are less and less likely to achieve a turnaround by Grade 6, new research shows.
Ontario revised its math curriculum in 2005 to stress problem-solving over drills.
It's meant to help students learn more effectively.
However, findings from the government's Education Quality and Accountability Office, which tests students, show a steady decline since 2005 in the number and percentage of struggling elementary students who improved their math results.
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In 2005, 10,793 students who missed the Grade 3 math standard met the Grade 6 standard three years later. This means 28% of students who struggled in Grade 3 achieved a turnaround by Grade 6.
In 2009, 6,923 students who missed the Grade 3 math standard met the Grade 6 standard three years later. This means 20% of students who struggled in Grade 3 achieved a turnaround by Grade 6.
Every year in between, fewer students achieved a math turnaround.
"It may not be the math curriculum," said Michael Koslow, director of data for the government's testing agency. "It could be that teachers had such a strong focus on reading and writing that the math curriculum wasn't receiving the same attention."
"We're comfortable with the math curriculum," said Maria Ivankovic.
Ivankovic is a superintendent with the Waterloo Catholic District School Board.
She said the board is targeting students in grades 3 and 4 to improve their math skills.
Math grades are tumbling locally and in Ontario, inviting criticism of a method that encourages students to discover concepts through solving problems.
Education Minister Liz Sandals is standing by the curriculum.
"I've heard from business and community leaders who tell me that they are looking for graduates who know their math facts and who are also critical thinkers and problem solvers," she said.
"I'm confident that our balanced approach to math will ensure Ontario students are innovators, problem solvers and critical thinkers who will thrive in the new economy."
New research tracks individual students from Grade 3 (in 2005-2006) to Grade 6 (in 2008-2009) to Grade 9 (in 2011-2012) in reading, writing and math skills.
Findings generally suggest that kids who struggle early in school tend to struggle later, that intervening early and often can help turn this around, and that it's important to promote positive attitudes around math.
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The Record analyzed how Waterloo Region students perform in math between Grades 6 (in 2008-2009) and Grade 9 (in 2011-2012) and then compared this to the provincial average.
The biggest difference is students who choose applied math in high school.
Compared to Ontario, local students who study applied math are slightly less likely to meet the Grade 9 standard (46% meet it locally and 48% meet it provincially).
They are slightly more likely to see their math score fall after Grade 6 and slightly less likely to see their math score improve after Grade 6.
Local students who choose university-oriented academic math in high school are almost at the provincial average.
Local academic students meet the Grade 9 math standard 83 per cent of the time compared to 84 per cent provincially.
After Grade 6, math scores of local academic students fall or improve at almost the same rate as the Ontario average.
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This time, it's center Emeka Okafor, who has missed 14 games with knee swelling that the team physicians and trainers are having a difficult time diagnosing.
"He's getting some more tests done and talking to some different doctors," Williams said, adding later, "He got it drained awhile ago, though. I'm sure it's not swelling the way it was earlier. I just think this season has been nuts on guys' bodies.
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Two guard Eric Gordon has missed 39 games, first with what was described as a bone bruise by team officials. Gordon eventually had surgery to "clean up" his knee and is expected to return sometime in the final month of the season.
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Nick Cazana hooks a big tenant
Accounting firm LBMC is taking 25,000 square feet in a Century Park building that's currently under construction.
According to a spokeswoman for the firm, they're taking the top floor of a two-story building in the office complex next to Pellissippi Parkway, which is being developed by Nick Cazana's Commercial & Investment Properties.
John Griess, of Holrob Commercial Realty, represented LBMC on the deal.
The Scope is trying to find more details, but it appears that LBMC will be taking space in Century Park IV, a 52,000-square foot building that -- according to the developer's web site -- will be available for tenants in October.
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London attractions: How to entertain kids this summer - Kids Week London
Published: Wednesday 24th of July 2013
If you are busy trying to entertain the kids this summer and are on the lookout for things to do in London, then there are a range of activities to get your teeth into.
The city has got everything from toy museums, to cartoons and arcades - everything that most kids love.
And at the heart of it all is entertainment. We have highlighted three fantastic attractions which not only help to keep the kids occupied, but also help to bring out the 'inner child' in you.
The start of August is a very special time for the little ones as it marks the beginning of Kids Week London, in which a number of activities will be happening across the city for families to get involved in.
Many theatres across the city are inviting children and their families to watch free shows throughout August, in celebration of youngsters.
But while you're in London, why not check out some of these other top attractions which we've listed below, that kids will love.
Cartoon Museum
And what better place to start out than the Cartoon Museum? Here you can bring your favourite cartoon characters to life, which takes you on a nostalgic step back in time, to the dawn of cartoons.
After all, there can hardly be anything more fun on TV than an animated show, and at this museum you get to indulge in all of your childhood fantasies.
Contained in the museum is a collection of just about every type of cartoon you can think of including caricatures and rare examples of cartoon art.
It goes without saying that this is also a great place for the kids, who will be given the opportunity to take part in some of the animation workshops that are held in the museum, and learn about the process behind some of their favourite cartoons.
Namco Funscape
Or what about the Namco Funscape? Namco is the perfect place to party, and is one of the few places in the city where you can try your hand at bowling, games, and pool, all under the same roof.
If you are feeling particularly brave and fancy yourself as the next best thing to Beyonce or Taylor Swift, then you can also have a go at karaoke.
But it doesn't stop there. For this particularly special attraction also includes downhill skiing, skating and cyber skating.
Pollock's Toy Museum
Last, but certainly not least, we would recommend Pollock's Toy Museum. Most kids have a special love for toys, and Pollock's is a great place to educate them about the history behind many of their favourite dolls, games and trinkets.
The museum is a great spot for a family day out where visitors can browse their way through various puppets, stages and theatres. It consists of six different levels, with exhibitions that examine a different type of toy, whether that be dolls' houses, theatre, or construction toys.
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A thoroughly listenable collection of Sinfonias, Sonatas and Concerti from Bach's Cantatas - all given the unique flavor of Accademia Bizantina's characterful period style.
This album is licensed for download from Decca where you can buy the CD.
Accademia Bizantina are now firmly established among the best period performance ensembles of our time, with their director, Ottavio Dantone, in demand in the opera house and concert hall alike.
For this recording they explore the wealth of fine instrumental music in Bach's glorious Cantatas.
'Although it might seem a strange idea to make a CD of the orchestral introductions to Bach's cantatas, there is sufficient variety of mood - from celebratory to contemplative - to make the programme work as a sequence...the where-have-I-heard-that-before element is part of the disc's attraction, and the superb Accademia Bizantina makes the music live and breathe.' The Telegraph
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ByKen Sakamoto, Star-Bulletin
A 60 foot strip at Hamilton Library was "adopted" by
Joy Watson, planning coordinator for Library Services,
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THE Manoa campus of the University of Hawaii, like many public universities, is of the chop suey school of architecture, a little of this and a little of that. When you put it all together, though, it's pretty good, and what makes it special is the landscaping. Mainland universities look good in the spring and fall, but are dried up in the summer and leafless in the winter. The Manoa campus is at its very best right now with all of the flowering trees in blossom and the lawns green from the recent rains.
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But there is a committee that has been working for seven months to make it look even better, and they report progress. The Landscape Advisory Committee, which is one of the zillions of campus committees that deal with everything from snack bar menus to Chilean politics, knows where it's going and what it wants.
Sheila Conant, a professor of zoology, Ted Enoki, landscaping manager in the Buildings and Grounds Management office and Bob Hirano of the University of Hawaii's Lyon Arboretum met earlier this week to talk about the committee's plans.
"Our goal," said Conant, "is the development of a campus environment that is attractive, safe, acceptable to everyone, convenient to use, easy to maintain and that serves as an outdoor teaching laboratory." That was followed by a silence as one wondered if it could also do windows. "I am not at all sure we could ever meet that goal of having an environment that is acceptable to everyone," she added, "but the rest seem like reasonable goals."
Enoki explained that the committee had very modest beginnings. "It all started over concerns about tree-trimming," he said. "We trim heavily because we have to, and faculty members and students didn't like the results. We are understaffed, we have to meet the OSHA requirements, and we try to make the leaves and flowers accessible to botany and horticulture students."
That means that the trees are severely trimmed once rather than lightly pruned many times within the same time span to save labor. OSHA requires that the lowest limbs be above the heads of pedestrians and that they do not extend over the sidewalk into automobile traffic. The botany and horticulture departments often use plant material from the campus in classroom study, and want it to be in reach of students.
"We are finding our way through this," Hirano said. "One thing we hope to do is to be involved in landscaping plans for buildings still in the blueprint stage." He mentioned the landscaping plans for the new agriculture building that included an ornamental hibiscus hedge. "We asked that they substitute the native white hibiscus for the introduced hibiscus because it is less susceptible to disease and it would serve the same function."
The committee urges the use of native plants whenever possible, and it also wants to be involved when the Buildings and Grounds department decides to move a tree. "We aren't advocating destroying trees, but there are trees that simply can't or shouldn't be moved," Conant said. "We say 'Don't waste the money. Take it out and plant something else.' "
An example was a planting of nonnative coral trees near Dole Street that died. The committee recommended replacing them with shower trees rather than more coral trees because showers provide better shade. The landscaping on Dole Street, University Avenue and Maile Way, Enoki readily admitted, is a priority because that's what the alumni and other taxpayers see from their cars.
"People who don't work on campus have few complaints about the landscaping," Conant said. "But if you do, and you walk through, you see the bald spots. Landscaping is a marketing tool, for recruiting faculty and staff as well as for students. The first impression is hard to forget."
In the same way that volunteers are encouraged to "adopt" sections of local highways, the committee is hoping to locate students and faculty to adopt sections of planting around campus buildings. In addition to simply keeping them clean as with the highway program, they would be encouraged to update the planting.
Joyce Watson, planning coordinator of Library Services, has replanted and maintained a 60-by-3-foot strip at Hamilton Library. Enoki's staff upgraded the watering system and dug out the dying shrubs two years ago, and Watson replanted croton, pink and blue flowering pentas and a few bromeliads. It is a bright spot, and well maintained.
"A lot of the landscaping here is boring," Hirano said. "Mock orange, lauae fern, MacArthur palms and pothos for ground cover. These are what people put in 30 years ago, and it's getting tired. We want to encourage students as well as faculty and staff to replant some of these areas around the buildings where they work. We haven't the manpower to do it ourselves, but we will give them full support by supplying plants, compost and irrigation."
Planting projects by volunteers are monitored for maintenance, and the planting is approved before it goes in. "We can't afford the maintenance of coconut trees, for example," Enoki said. "For safety, they have to be trimmed regularly and coconuts have to be removed. Or they might put a plant in the wrong place -- that needs sun planted in the shade or one that grows best at the beach."
Shade is an important factor in campus landscaping, Enoki said. Trees also soften the look of the buildings, not all of which are architectural gems. The two main thoroughfares, Maile Way and East-West Road, are planted with shower trees -- those with pale yellow and white blossoms grow on Maile, and the rainbow showers are planted on East-West Road.
They are all in full bloom now, and worth a drive through the campus to admire them. Hirano isn't quite sure why the flowering trees, including the gold trees and all of the showers, are so late in coming into flower this year. "We think it's because we had such a dry winter, and then all of a sudden the rains came several weeks ago and the trees flowered." Many of them came into full flower all at once, which makes them spectacular.
The committee is particularly pleased with the planting at the new Hawaiian Studies buildings on Dole Street. "The plans had already gone out to bid, so we couldn't make any changes, but they chose nothing but native plants. It worked out really well," Hirano said.
They are less enthusiastic about the planting at the new Student Services Building, which has won an architectural award. "For what?" one of the committee asked, requesting anonymity. "The ground floor is fine, but they put planters outside on the second floor, all out of reach. Already they are full of weeds and the original plants have died. Nobody thought about how they would be maintained."
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The Arizona Diamondbacks have recalled right-handed pitcher David Hernandez and left-handed pitcher Tony Sipp from Triple-A Reno, according to D-backs' Executive Vice President & General Manager Kevin Towers.
Hernandez, 28, is 4-6 with 2 saves (7 opportunities) and a 5.59 ERA (30 ER in 48.1 IP) with 20 walks and 50 strikeouts in 48 relief appearances for the D-backs.
Hernandez was optioned to Reno on August 11. In 9 games for the Aces, he had 2 saves and a 0.93 ERA (1 ER in 9.2 IP), holding opponents scoreless in 8 of 9 contests. He had 12 strikeouts with 6 hits and 5 walks.
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This post is not about statistics or videos to compare these two great midfielders. Rather, I have certain observations regarding these two that I would like to share with you guys and you in turn can correct me in case am wrong.
The only negative observation that people are able to make about Modric(if you consider it to be a negative) is that his goals/assists stats aren't high enough to justify a 40M price tag. But the explanation for this could just be that he plays in a deeper position that requires more defensive contribution also. He is the one who makes the pass that initiates the attack or the transition from defense to attack. It is his vision that identifies the attacker in the best position, his precision in passing that determines the speed of the transition. It is a vital role that could make the difference between a good team and a great team especially when the opposition is good enough and bold enough to play a high line. In the later stages of Champions league, you are likely to face such competition and a CM like Modric is a must.
Having said all that, I don't think Modric is combative enough to play as the lone DM in a 4-3-3. Italy (and now Juventus) play Pirlo as the deepest midfielder, but in those cases the midfield is a diamond and the two wide midfielders are actually expected to help out defensively and also cover for Pirlo if he wanders forward. I am discussing a 4-3-3 because I think it is safe to assume that is what AVB will have Tottenham playing. Since DM is ruled out for Modric, he will have to play as a box to box midfielder who plays a greater role in the attack. While we can be sure that Modric is capable of this adaptation, it is safe to assume that AVB won't be disappointed to have Moutinho play this role instead of Modric. Moutinho played in a 4-3-3 in AVB's Porto as well as in the Portugal team at the Euros and he always does a damn good job in this position. If we pay 40-45M for Modric, Spurs should definitely be able to get Moutinho for 30-35M.
Also, we know for sure that RDM is going to play a 4-2-3-1 at Chelsea and Modric's best position seems to be in the pivot. Considering all this, I think AVB's appointment as Spurs manager may actually make the Modric transfer likelier. Maybe I am making up stuff just to convince myself that we will finally get Modric and that is why I am reaching out to your opinions on this. It is also being rumoured that AVB has identified some Brazilian player as a replacement for Modric and hence we may not even have to depend on Spurs getting Moutinho. One thing is for sure - Chelsea can't buy Moutinho to play in the pivot because he goes forward very frequently and is more suited for a 4-3-3.


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