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Wow, the British have finally connected two dots. Maybe in 6 months they will figure out how to connect three.
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It is the denial of the authority of God!Jesus came to set mankind free from Satanic control. When we adhere to His will/way we are safe/sound, but when we allow Satan to interfere, we receive his punishment.Jesus came to bring US peace. Satan comes to steal/kill/destroy! The choice is still ours. Our forefathers knew in Whom they believed! How about US?
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Well, if you look at it from their standpoint...to be fair...we need to open a dialogue...While the "press" is out quoting Jesse and Al, why doesn´t one take a short trip to a local mosque and as a Moslem leader there about beheadings, and ask a bunch of them their "reactions" to the same.
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TOny Blair´s LABOUR Party deliberately brought this cancer into UK to "Change the face of UK."He certainly did.The Norwegian Labour Party did the same thing and now they are colonizing Norway - not assismilating.Breivik took aim at the Youth Wing of the Labour Party when he attacked their outing - Is it possible he was trying to prevent them from taking over Norway, population of 5 million - with untold Sovereign Wealth from oil?What if the Allies had attacked the Youth WIng of the Nazi Party and prevented their rise to Power?lIslam and Shariah Law are the Enemy of Judeo- Christians and any other minority group - they can no longer be tolerated - their mottot is convert or die- no gray area there.The LABOUR/LEFT/ISlamists - devils disciples.
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How´s that multiculturalism and political correctness working for you ? It´s not.Do they select countries that have gun control ? Arm the citizens.It´s all about numbers.
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Müller, Tina; Gwozdz, Wencke; Reisch, Lucia A. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The current fashion system is highly unsustainable, as continuous overproduction and overconsumption is contributing to environmental as well as social degradation. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between consumers' perceived responsibility for the non-sustainability of the fashion industry, diffusion of responsibility between different actors, label knowledge and use, perceived external barriers and environmental apparel consumption. Theoretically, we combine the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability-Model with norm activation theory. We use a representative sample of young Swedish consumers for our analysis. Findings show that perceived personal responsibility as well as label knowledge and use enhance environmental apparel consumption. The small but significant negative effect of perceived responsibility diffusion on environmental apparel consumption indicates that responsibilities between relevant actors might have to be delegated more explicitly than it happens today. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9023
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Skjold, Else (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this PhD thesis, The Daily Selection, I will be addressing the overall question of how research on wardrobes can contribute to a more effective connection between the production and the consumption of dress objects. The thesis builds on exemplary studies of people in their wardrobes, with the aim of focusing on theoretical and methodological concerns and implications. It is structured in three parts, each of which consists -‐ independently -‐ of its own introductory framing, its own literature review, its own methods chapter, its own field work study, and its own conclusive reflections. As such, the parts, when taken as a whole, represent an evolving process through which my overall research questions are being filtered and reflected. My scholarly approach builds on the fusing of fashion and dress research and design research, in this way closing a gap between dress practice as, on the one hand, symbolic discourse and, on the other, as an embodied practice that is 'physically embedded' in the material capacities of dress objects. In Part I, I frame this view by addressing the concept of dressing as a 'bodily situated practice', as defined by Entwistle (2000), combined with a processual view on design and everyday practices, as defined by Shove et al. (2008). Based on these perspectives, I contribute with my own explanatory frameworks of 'sartorial systems' and 'sensory anchoring', on which I base the entire thesis. In order to operationalise these frameworks in my field work, I have developed a personal methodology for the wardrobe method that embraces the sensory and temporal aspects of dress practice. In Part II, I filter this through the vehicle of a collaborative project with Danish designer Mads Nørgaard, wherein I observe how dress objects from Nørgaard's collection are appropriated and used in the wardrobes of informants. In this way, I point to discrepancies between the production and the dissemination of dress objects that take place in the fashion industry, and to the ways that people use and experience these objects in their everyday lives. In Part III, I conduct a series of 'wardrobe sessions' with informants in collaboration with a designer, in order to explore how use practice might cast reflections back onto design processes. In my concluding chapter, I argue that my thesis contributes with a more facetted and reflected set of thinking in relation to dress practice, and that this way of thinking could potentially bring about radical changes in the way dress objects are currently produced, disseminated and sold. All together, this thesis shows that in order to establish a more tight fit between the production and consumption of dress objects, there is very good reason to look into the dress practices that are taking place in people's wardrobes. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8992
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Hvass, Kerli Kant (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9028
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tacit knowledge or/and cultural categorizationZølner, Mette (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper explores how locals span boundaries between corporate and local levels. The aim is to better comprehend potentialities and challenges when MNCs draws on locals' culture specific knowledge. The study is based on an in-depth, interpretive case study of boundary spanning by local actors in the period of post-acquisition when their organization is being integrated into the acquiring MNC. The paper contributes to the literature on boundary spanning in three ways: First, by illustrating that boundary spanning is performed by numerous organizational actors in a variety of positions in MNCs, inclusively by locals in subsidiaries. Second, by showing that boundary spanning is 'situated' in the sense that its result depends on the kind of knowledge to be transmitted and the attitude of the receivers. A third contribution is methodological. The study illustrates that combining bottom-up grounded approach with pattern matching is a way to shed light on the tacit local knowledge that organizational actors cannot articulate and that an exclusively inductive research is not likely to unveil. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9030
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Ramirez, Jacobo; Gómez, Sergio Manuel Madero; Muñiz, Carlos (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This research aims to investigate the various direct and indirect impacts of organized violence and crime on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), as well as entrepreneurs' responses to violent acts. A mixed-method design based on a quantitative content analysis of 204 news stories found in the international press and a multi-case study covering 10 SMEs operating in Monterrey, Mexico, is used to explore entrepreneurs' responses to the direct and indirect effects of violent acts. The results highlight the dynamic between informal and formal institutions in SMEs' attempts to survive in complex institutional contexts. Future studies based on the results of this research could enhance the literature on SMEs and entrepreneurs in emerging markets. The results, which illustrate entrepreneurs' responses to violent acts, enhance our understanding of the emerging operational and managerial strategies of SMEs operating in complex institutional contexts. The findings highlight the emerging process of social change in Mexican society among members of the middle class, and various attempts to fight back against organized violence and crime in a non-violent manner. SMEs are important in Mexico and Latin America. However, the understanding of the direct and indirect impacts of organized crime and violence on SMEs is limited. This research identifies and analyzes the emerging responses of entrepreneurs to these institutional constraints. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9001
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Case Studies of Six Social Enterprises in KenyaPanum, Karen; Wendelboe Hansen, Michael (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: As part of the greater focus on the role of firms and entrepreneurship in development, spotlight has recently fallen upon so-called 'social enterprises'. Social enterprises are organizations that operate in the borderland between the for-profit and non-for-profit spheres. The inherent purpose of social enterprises is generation of social change through commercial means which is effectuated through innovative business model hybrids. At the bottom of pyramid (BOP) in developing Sub-Saharan Africa, the need for sustainable solutions is greater than ever and social enterprises are increasingly in focus as key players in sustainable development. Kenya constitutes a suitable location for the collection of empirical evidence on social enterprises at the BOP, partly because Kenya is a regional forerunner in the promotion of an entrepreneurial business culture, partly because Kenya displays many of the poverty related development challenges endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa. Hence, this paper presents six tales of social enterprises from the Kenyan BOP, who all have managed to pursue a social agenda while at the same time achieving commercial viability. While the cases contribute to the BOP literature as each constitutes solid evidence of social routes to success at the BOP, they also reveal important dilemmas facing managers who each day are forced to make difficult decisions in order to strike the right balance between achieving both commercial and social goals. Thereby the paper also adds significant value to the ongoing discussions in the social enterprise literature. Besides constituting important empirical evidence from the inadequately investigated area of social enterprises at the BOP, the cases provide basis for raising important conceptual issues related to the boundaries of social and traditional commercial enterprises. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9002
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Lessons from Three African CountriesWendelboe Hansen, Michael; Buur, Lars; Therkildsen, Ole; Kjær, Mette (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Extractive foreign direct investment (FDI) is heralded as the new development opportunity in Africa. But extractive FDI has a record of producing enclaves in host countries with few linkages to the local economy. Only if it creates local content will extractive FDI become a catalyst of development. This paper analyses the trajectories of local content policies and practices in three African countries – Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique. We argue that we cannot understand the dynamics and outcomes of local content policies in African extractives without understanding how local content has become ingrained in ruling coalitions' rent-seeking and maintenance activities in the three countries. We discuss the consequences of evolving local content practices for political patronage. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9014
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The Organisation of Danish Cancer Research 1949-1992Conradsen, Marie Louise (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The Cancer Centre That Never Was - The organisation of Danish cancer research 1949-1992 This thesis analyses the demise of a remarkably resilient idea relating to the establishment of a public-private comprehensive cancer centre in Denmark. Plans to establish the cancer centre were made for more than four decades without ever amounting to an actual centre establishment. After 43 years, the cancer research community finally deemed the idea fruitless and no further plans were made. But why did it take so long to abandon an idea that had at no point in its existence proved its worth or rationale? And why were better alternatives not explored although they presented themselves along the way? This thesis employs a theoretical framework inspired by economist Douglass C. North and sociologist Pierre Bourdieu to answer these questions and determine whether or not the history of the cancer centre that never was can be seen as a case of path dependence. In doing so, the thesis focuses on three main questions: 1) Why was the goal of building a public-private comprehensive cancer centre never reached? 2) Why did 43 years pass before the idea of the centre was abandoned? 3) And is it possible to answer these questions by merely seeing the matter as a succession of historical events, or should it be seen in the perspective of path dependence? By using North's concepts of formal and informal institutions, the thesis shows that the failure to establish a centre is closely linked to unfavourable institutional matrices at different times in history. The thesis also shows how the idea of the centre was promoted for different reasons by various groups of actors in the case-story, and that the idea was most vigorously promoted in times of economic recession as a tool to secure either better funding for individual cancer research groups or for the anti-cancer cause in general. At every point in history, at least one group of involved actors did not have their needs met by the institutional matrix and used the idea of a cancer centre as a way of expanding the matrix to their own advantage – thereby prolonging the lifespan of the idea. The history of the Cancer Centre That Never Was may, on the surface, seem irrational because it never paid off in the form of an actual cancer centre. However, by employing the concepts of North (institutions, path dependence) and Bourdieu's theory on social fields and actor behavior it seems that the path paid off in different ways and on different levels than through the establishment of an actual centre. The involved public and private actors in the cancer research community had other reasons for supporting a cancer centre than what was formally presented as the primary objective: the scientific coordination of cancer research in Copenhagen. Reasons that reflected a power struggle between individual researchers, public and private research organisations and the Danish Government on issues relating to the financing Danish cancer research. The thesis concludes that path dependence did most likely occur in the story of the Cancer Centre That Never Was. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9025
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How Material Practices and their Symbolic and Physical Meanings Form a Colonising LogicLauesen, Linne Marie (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This PhD thesis is the outcome of three-year doctoral study of corporate social responsibility (CSR) and stakeholder engagement in the water sector. This study contributes to new knowledge about water companies formed as hybrid organisations in the aftermath of the new public management (NPM) era worldwide. Today we see different hybrid organisations of water companies around the world that have either been fully privatised or quasi-privatised. Quasiprivatisation in Denmark means that water utilities are still perceived as natural monopolies, which has not made them into for-profit driven companies. Instead a simulated market and state regulation has been introduces with annual, national benchmarking to set a price cap as an upper limit for the consumer-price of water. Similar systems are seen in fully privatised water companies in the United Kingdom, the United States, and partially in South Africa. However, here the water companies are typically owned by private companies and not established as municipalityowned limited liabilities1 as in Denmark and elsewhere in Scandinavia. This PhD thesis proposes new models and principles and corporate social responsibility and stakeholder engagement of these water companies. The findings of the study suggest a new definition of a colonising logic of CSR competing and coexisting with the regulators' colonising logic of NPM. Through the study and definition of these logics as colonising the water sector this PhD theisis provides an understand of new perspectives of how CSR is enacted through stakeholder engagement and how the logic of CSR frames the top managers' claim: "We are CSR!" (Interview B, March 2011) and the consequences of this logic. Both the logic of CSR and the logic of NPM is found to be based on the materials that the water companies are organised around, namely water. Water is perceived as a natural good that should ideally be free and plentiful for all citizens around the world. However, the competition between the two colonising logics stems from another material, namely the money or price that providing clean and pure water for all are allowed to cost the citizens. Through the dialectical interaction of these in terms of material practices between producing water and infrastructure to distribute it and collecting money as a payment for it and the regulation of this, this PhD thesis proposes a new definition of the role of materials and material practices underlying several institutional logics such as the institutional logic of capitalism, state, democracy, family, religion/science, profession, and corporation (Friedland & Alford, 1991; Thornton et al., 2012; Friedland, 2013). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8896
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Madsen, Dorte; Ho, Shuyuan Mary (, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Interdisciplinarity is in the DNA of the iSchools. This workshop invites you to discuss how inter-disciplinarity plays out in theory and practice. The workshop addresses the uniqueness of the iSchools, provides an interactive framework to discuss and reflect on interdisciplinary practice. It suggests some models and tools to describe relations between disciplines, while offering a venue to brainstorm and envision issues of interest with like-minded colleagues. The purpose of this workshop is to establish a setting for continuous dialogue among colleagues on how interdisciplinarity plays out in practice. The workshop aims to create a forum for reflection on local inter-disciplinary practice(s) and to consider the possibilities of forming research networks. The workshop opens with a panel presentation from iSchool deans and senior faculty discussing current interdisciplinarity practices in iSchools and with presentations that address theoretical frameworks of interdisciplinarity. These presentations will form the basis for small group discussions in the afternoon. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8897
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Why Business Schools May Not Walk Their TalkRasche, Andreas; Gilbert, Dirk Ulrich (New York, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Business schools increasingly aim to embed corporate responsibility, sustainability, and ethics into their curricular and extracurricular activities. This paper examines under what conditions business schools may decouple the structural effects of their engagement in responsible management education from organizational practices. We argue that schools may be unable to match rising institutional pressures to publicly commit to responsible management education with their internal capacity for change. Our analysis proposes that decoupling is likely if schools (1) are exposed to resource stringency, (2) face overt or covert resistance against change processes, (3) are confronted with competing institutional pressures, and (4) perceive institutional demands as ambiguous. The discussion points to two implications. While decoupling may give rise to the illusion that responsible management education is progressing, it is also possible that an inconsistency between talk and action can help schools to articulate ambitions for responsible management education, which, over time, inspire recoupling effects. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8955
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An experimental approachPogner, Karl-Heinz; Tsakarestou, Betty (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The core principle of co-creation is engaging people to create valuable experiences together while enhancing network economics (Ramaswamy & Gouillart 2010). A central element of the transition to co-creation is the ability to develop and manage effective two-way communications and information systems (Leavy 2011). The power of co-creation is applicable anywhere along the value chain and to any type of industry (Leavy 2011). Co-creation can apply to any business, large or small whose customers have experiences and interactions. Moreover, customer engagement can take many forms, from face-to-face meetings involving a handful of people to web-enabled, large-scale social interactions involving many thousands (Leavy 2011, Ramaswamy & Gouillart 2010). We are interested in expanding these concepts to all parts of society (e.g. the triangle market, (welfare) state, and civil society). Finding solutions to address societies' challenges remains a concern for governments, cities, businesses and social innovators. These solutions emerge out of changes in technologies, advancement of knowledge as well as of the emerging model of the collaborative and sharing economy and networked peer local and global communities. This paper presents the outcomes of the Athens Co-Creation Workshop 2012) a collaborative initiative of two universities: the Panteion University; Athens and the Copenhagen Business School / Co-Creation of Experienced-Based Innovation Consortium (CCEBI); Copenhagen. Our main question is: How can co-creation and experience-based learning and innovation in Living Labs, across diverse sectors, organizations, institutions, companies and startups, help cities becoming platforms that facilitate networking, collaboration and innovation? Our main challenge is to explore such an opportunity regarding the city of Athens. Creating a human ecosystem reflecting all powers and involved stakeholders in such an endeavor, the workshop organizers and participants, following a co-creation and design thinking methodology, formed "ad-hoc" networks of reflective practitioners and researchers, experimenting with responding to the challenges set by the participants (the challenge "owners"). The paper presents the outcomes of applying co-creation and design thinking to solving the challenges presented by the Impact Hub Athens, a global social business incubator and co-working space that was testing its concept and business model as it was preparing its local launch in Athens; by working with challenges of branding Athens and using storytelling about Athens, and by testing the launch of the corporate university lab of Korres, a Greek skincare brand that has scaled up internationally. Given the different approaches to the notion of the co-creation of experience, we discuss the results of those co-creation sessions in terms of (a) the methodology applied, the participants' experience of collaboratively solving a problem connected with a solution-space, (c) the lessons learned from the cases about emerging into a shared language, discourse, and action around the concept, and (d) the potential of co-creating on the basis of experienced-based learning and of innovating as a model for sustainable cities (and markets). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8997
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Ramirez, Jacobo; Sergio, Madero; Muñiz, Carlos (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper presents a mixed-method study that explores the configuration of human resource management (HRM) systems in "narco-terrorism" environments. The quantitative analysis focuses on 204 news stories. In addition, 25 interviews were conducted with managers and HR professionals at 20 firms in Mexico to explore the direct and indirect impacts of narco-terrorism on firms. Our analysis of firms' responses in terms of HRM systems indicate that trust of formal and informal institutions seems to shape HRM system in the focal firms. More specifically, a combination of strict employee control, an emphasis on soft-skills training and development, and a flexible work schedule seems to facilitate the building of trust in narco-terrorism contexts. It seems that the role of firms as social institutions integrate strategies, which seems to aim at avoid and manipulate the institutional constraints. Our findings highlight the importance of reinforcing values, such as trust, openness, and participation to develop a strong HRM system in violent driven environments. We examine the various effects of institutional contextual factors on the operation of HRM systems and practices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9000
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Mistra Future FashionGwozdz, Wencke; Netter, Sarah; Bjartmarz, Thordis; Reisch, Lucia A. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
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A Performative ApproachAlbu, Oana Brindusa (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation provides a critical analysis of transparency in the context of organizing. The empirical material is based on qualitative studies of international cooperative organizations. The dissertation seeks to contribute to transparency and organizing scholarship by adopting a communication centred approach to explore the implications of pursuing ideals of transparency in organizational relationships. The dissertation is comprised of four papers each contributing to extant debates in organizational studies and transparency literature. The findings indicate that transparency, in contrast to being a solution for efficiency and democratic organizing, is a communicatively contested process which may lead to unintended consequences. The dissertation shows that transparency is performative: it can impact authority by de/legitimating action, shape the processes of organizational identity co-construction, and its intersection with new media technologies can create tensions. Thus, the dissertation questions instrumental tendencies which regard transparency as full disclosure, the opposite of secrecy, and a way to achieve a consistent organizational identity. The dissertation provides a framework of organizational transparency which underlines its negotiated, power-infused and paradoxical nature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8916
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Colleoni, Elanor; Arvidsson, Adam; Hansen, Lars K.; Marchesini, Andrea (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In recent years, new digital media have become important for social networking and content sharing. Due to their large diffusion, social media platforms have also both increased the strategic importance of managing corporate reputation and rendered this more difficult. Companies are increasingly apprehensive about information and opinions that can spread through online communities rapidly without any control. While social media platforms increase the power of stakeholders, they also represent a large-scale source of information about feelings, opinions and sentiments of people that allow us to measure and monitor reputation through the analysis of user generated content in real-time. In this paper, we show how social media content can be used to measure the online reputation of a company. Furthermore, we present an open platform that uses a sentiment analysis algorithm on twitter traffic to monitor the real time evolution of company reputation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8730
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an Organic ModelLauesen, Linne Marie (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Stakeholder management has for the last three decades been concerned either with strategic business management or business ethics, values and quality. Many models have been developed, but recently the literature asks for more dynamic models instead of the staticism that characterizes some models. This paper offers an 'Organic Stakeholder Model' based on decision making theory, risk assessment and adaption to a rapidly changing world combined with appropriate stakeholder theory for ethical purposes in decision making processes in businesses. The 'Organic Stakeholder Model' is based on empirical evidence from hybrid organizations as Publicly Owned Enterprises (POEs) mixed of private corporations and political administration. The model offers a new way of combining risk management with ethical decisionmaking processes by the inclusion of multiple stakeholders. Not only does the model apply to these kinds of hybrid organizations, but it is easily adopted and tested for other private business models too. The findings and the conceptualization of the model enhances business ethics in decision making by managing and balancing stakeholder concerns with the same concerns as the traditional risk management models does – for the sake of the wider social responsibilities of the businesses and its stakeholders. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8734
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The Case of Business School RankingsRasche, Andreas; Hommel, Ulrich; Cornuel, Eric (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Drawing on the case of business school rankings, we study how institutions are maintained and remain persistent despite their contested nature. We argue that rankings as institutions can be maintained through subtle disciplinary practices that freeze power relations in recipient organizations. Our analysis rests on a Foucauldian understanding of control emphasizing that rankings discipline (1) by enhancing the visibility of individuals' performance, (2) by defining 'normal' behavior, and (3) by shaping how people understand themselves and the world around them. We show that these three disciplining effects support rankings' durability, reproducibility, and communicability enhancing their overall stability and diffusion. Our arguments demonstrate that rankings' relevance and impact is not entirely based on the legitimacy they are able to offer to ranked schools. Rather rankings impel a variety of disciplinary effects within business schools which help to stabilize and diffuse the institution. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8729
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Gilbert, Dirk Ulirch; Heinicke, Patrick; Rasche, Andreas (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the factors that drive the success of multinational corporations (MNCs) in their pursuit of regional strategies. We develop a comprehensive regional success factor model to investigate the effects of regional management autonomy and regional product/service adaption on the regional success of MNCs. Using structural equation modelling, we also analyze the interaction effects of regional orientation and inter-regional distance. We evaluate our model by means of both primary and secondary data for Fortune Gloval 500 firms. Our findings show that appropriate degrees of regional management autonomy and regional product/service adaption are higly contingent upon contextual influences on MNCs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8728
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an Organic Stakeholder ModelLauesen, Linne Marie (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Purpose: For the last three decades, Stakeholder management has been concerned either with strategic business management or business ethics, values and quality. Many models have been developed, but recently the literature asks for more dynamic models that can explain the complexities of the interaction between a corporation and its stakeholders. Methodology/approach: This paper offers a theoretical 'Organic Stakeholder Model' based on decision making theory, risk assessment and adaption to a rapidly changing world combined with appropriate stakeholder theory for ethical purposes in decision making processes in businesses. Findings: The concept of the 'Organic Stakeholder Model' is derived from observational studies of publicly owned enterprises from 2004 - 2011. The paper encourages researchers to test the validity of the model in any kind of business model. Practical implications (if applicable): The Model is based on case studies, but the limited scope of the length of the paper did not leave room to show the empirical evidence, but only the theoretical study. Originality / value of a paper: The model offers a new way of combining risk management with ethical decision-making processes by the inclusion of multiple stakeholders. The conceptualization of the model enhances business ethics in decision making by managing and balancing stakeholder concerns with the same concerns as the traditional risk management models does – for the sake of the wider social responsibilities of the businesses and its stakeholders. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8733
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Koro, a language previously unknown to linguists, has been documented in the mountains of northeastern India. Researchers with National Geographic's Enduring Voices project recorded the language—spoken by only about 800 people—for the first time.
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Full Story: "Hidden" Language Documented in Remote Indian Tribe
Before this trip to a remote part of northeast India, there were 6,909 living languages known to scientists.
Now there is one more.
National Geographic's Enduring Voices project brought linguists Gregory Anderson and David Harrison to a region of India that requires a special permit just to enter.
To reach one village where this language is spoken, the expedition team had to cross a mountain river by bamboo raft.
It would be the first known time the language would be recorded.
Arunachal Pradesh is the home of an endangered language known as Koro. It's part of the Tibeto-Burman language family, a group of some 400 languages.
But until now, Koro was unknown to world linguists.
Only about 800 people are believed to speak it, with few under age 20.
Harrison, Anderson and Indian linguist Ganesh Murmu sat in the homes of the speakers, making recordings as people shared vocabularies and stories in Koro.
The researchers were in the region to study two poorly known languages, but in speaking to the locals, detected the third surprise language.
The scientists believe Koro may have sprung from slaves in the region, but they say more research is needed to determine precise origins.
Linguists consider half of the world's nearly seven thousand languages endangered, threatened by cultural changes, ethnic shame, and even government repression.
But at least with the Enduring Voices project, languages like Koro can be recorded and documented for the ages.
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The Indianapolis Colts added 19 undrafted free agents to the mix after the NFL draft concluded on Saturday.
The Colts announced they have signed cornerback Qua Cox, guard Marcus Hall, center Jonotthan Harrison, defensive end Tyler Hoover, cornerback Kameron Jackson, nose tackle Zach Kerr, quarterback Seth Lobato, cornerback Keon Lyn, safety Dewey McDonald, wide receiver Gregory Moore, defensive end Nnamdi Obukwelu, kicker Cody Parkey, tackle Eric Pike, cornerback Darius Polk, tight end Erik Swoope, wide receiver Eric Thomas, running back Zurlon Tipton, guard Josh Walker and wide receiver Tony Washington.
Of those, six played football in a BCS conference, including Hall (Ohio State), Harrison (Florida), Hoover (Michigan State), Jackson (California), Lyn (Syracuse) and Parkey (Auburn).
The most interesting prospect the Colts signed is Swoope, who did not play college football. At the University of Miami, Swoope was a four-year basketball player, who is trying to hoping to project as an NFL tight end, much like the Saints' Jimmy Graham — who also went to school at Miami.
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Dan McGuckin scored a game-high 10 points as Ocean Township defeated Red Bank Catholic in Red Bank. Ocean Township used a 25-15 second half to pull away and distance itself from Red Bank Catholic. Eric Musto chipped in with nine points for Ocean while James Taylor led the way with six for Red Bank Catholic.
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Mysterious BEAM outside London Googleplex ZAPPED
Assuming the 'video' is a screenshot of the bloke who is having his hair go all 'spikey' due to static charge why is the commentator flicking his arrow thing about background objects such as the roof of a car parked to the rear left and what might be the porch above a door entrance behind the bloke?
El Reg reanimates Cash'n'Carrion merchandising tentacle
Bike Pron
Don't suppose that would fit the bottle cage of a push bike.. And while I'm at it,
Any specs, lifetime for rechargeable batteries and possible flash modes. Also any mounting hardware for handlebars and have you got similar in red for the rear?
You'll go APE for our new Gorilla Glass 4, Corning reckons
Fnarr Fnarr
To make the glass so strong the Corning team drew inspiration from 17th Century Dutch glassmakers who discovered a technique for making super-strong glass called Dutch Tears, or Prince Rupert's Drops.
Tears and a Prince Albert come to ming [SIC]
Gartner mages: And the Enterprise Archiving Magic Quadrant top spot goes to...
As an aside
Has anyone demonstrated that a Gartner Quadrant is worth the paper it is Quartered On beyond Self Procreation?
It's space WAR: Comet launches fireballs at space-invading EARTH
The local council switches off the local street lights so the robbers can rob stuff but we can gaze better into the dark but the weather man taketh it away with his clouds and fog and shit.
No doubt in the cold light of tomorrow, when the sun wakes up.. but not for Phil, I shall put a foot out of the bed and be welcomed to the intense cold of a clear sky.. or fog.
Perhaps I should press 9 next time someone autodials me and suggests .gov is going to pay for my solar panels.
Is Jonathan Livingstone Perseid still about?
Don't bother waking me up. I have a cat for that one.
Facebook, working on Facebook at Work, works on Facebook. At Work
No Doubt..
You will have to link your 'Facebook Account' to your 'Facebook At Work' account and be invited to upload all the contact details from your address book so your 'friends' will be invited to join as well and you will be automatically 'friended' with email@example.com and email@example.com along with firstname.lastname@example.com
Philae healthier... beams CHEESE: Proud ESA shows off FIRST COMET SURFACE PIC
Re: You should have linked the hi-res
Hmm.. Thanks for the Hi-Res. Notice to the bottom right there appears to have been something similar to a surface melt that might have re-frozen.... and there appears to be a bit of string poking out of it that is also coated in whatever melted.
Soup Dragon indeed..
Blue String Pudding!!!
Comets are made of Blue String Pudding!!!!!1!!
They are the interplanetary equivalent of frozen home deliveries for Clangers.
Another great day as Science answers the mysteries of the Universe.
Yoiks. I dragged that one into Gimp. Cropped to the relevant area and selected the 'colourise' tool, first time I have ever used it, and the default settings came up with this,
Proof positive if it were needed.
This 125mph train is fitted with LASERS. Sadly no sharks, though
This 125mph train is fitted with LASERS.
Oh.. silly me. That's Zuck standing on the platform pointing to the 125mph train fitted with lasers, to his right. Not Zuck being a 125mph train or fitted with lasers...
Either that or he is not very good at Charades.
Mystery Google barges TORPEDOED by US govt: Showrooms declared death traps
This was part of the whatever % free time the Chocolate Factory gives to its Choclateers in an effort to stuff Ferrero Rocher, who are responsible for Nutella but do not make Hershey Bars. Deep fried Mars Bars and where Pop Stars might put them, deep fried or otherwise... ERM.
I think you will find that Google has "Fuck You Money", "Stuff You Money", "Don't Care Money", "Not Bothered Money", "Loads'a Money", bosh bosh, and spare left over for the Lobbyists, Lawyers and Politicians.
Obviously all paid for by 'you'... AKA "All Your Money".
"I know what you're thinking: "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
..and "Money Left Over", although the magazine will not be as questionably empty and self reloads by 'crossing the streams'.
Egon Spengler: There's something very important I forgot to tell you.
Venkman: What?
Spengler: Don't cross the streams.
Venkman: Why?
Spengler: It would be bad.
Venkman: I'm fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean, "bad"?
Spengler: Try to imagine all of your money getting sucked out of your wallet and used against you.
Stantz: Total wallet suckage with repercussions?.
Venkman: Right. That's bad. Okay. All right. Important safety tip. Thanks, Egon.
Stantz: Whoa! Does that include my Moths?
Venkman: Egon?
Spengler: And the wallet.
Stantz: What else?
Spengler: Everything.
Venkman: Who else knows about this Egon?
Spengler: Only me. I did a search on Google.
Stantz: Venkman: Oh Crap!!
LOHAN test flight: Results in from Oz jury
Re: Zeners
<bullshit mode on>
Point taken re EMI however it can be controlled/ameliorated. Just a matter of knowing what you are doing rather than, tongue in cheek, slapping things together on S-DEC and watching them blow up..
You will find that most avionics kit is stuffed full of SMPS and indeed El-Reg are using the above to buck things down from a higher input voltage by putting their batteries in series. Of course I do not know what Castle have Created but I might assume a bit of blue heat shrink and potting compound does not look like a solution to EMI.
One thing I do know is that a 'raw' buck converter hammers the input source with a square wave current draw unless you provide further input filtering...
That will be the capacitor on the input side. Mr wet finger would probably conclude it is 'just enough' to get away with things.
which knobs on your loop compensation so you may as well put the batteries in parallel and use a boost converter with low input ripple current to generate the higher output voltage prior to bucking it down and independently redistributing it according to requirements.
<bullshit mode fully on>
Batteries are happier in parallel. Synchronous buck will return/recover power back to the input boost stage output which will/should take care of any load dump from the inductiveness of the servos... assuming that is a problem.
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Re: Zeners
"You may need to consider something a little more sophisticated..."
Probably not enough time for the sub-space jockeys but it might be interesting from a general perspective to do something for the 'collective community' which might avoid the "Ooops bugger, let's put a 'battery eliminator' in there. Oooops bugger." mentality.
I might mention that the graphs as presented make no sense to me and otherwise power processing is *hard*.
I would be inclined to implement a parallel low voltage battery pack, with sufficient voltage on the ground, to start up a..
UCC1803 for MIL SPEC
and implement a boost converter which will be 'gentle' on the batteries in terms of ripple current and once started will keep itself supplied from the output via devious means even if the batteries drop below UVLO.
Having boosted up to a 'suitable' voltage, 24V?, with your, dirt slow control loop, boost converter into a storage capacitor you then use, monster fast control loop, generic multiple synchronous buck converters to deliver the power at the required voltages elsewhere.
The output capacitors, assuming you use the right ones, will sniff at the spikes and should your load decide to take a dump it will be returned back to the boost converters output capacitor and recycled elsewhere.
Just burbling.
Google hopes to cure its 'flu sneezes
Re: Planet Appears to have Wobbled Again
"Not even with honey..."
Maybe Google can ask someone to spend a bit of their spare 'Google Time' putting that one in the sachet for suitable reconstitution during the 'add boiled water' phase.
It was a silly thought.
"Hi, you might like to consider the problem of LemSip not including Honey for your next 'freetime project'"
"Brin! Yeah Brin! I'll Hadoop it Right Away. Might Need Some More Big Data."
In news elsewhere please visit an NHS, or related, website and note that Google *is* *on* **
LarryPage** and has still not cured influenza.
Planet Appears to have Wobbled Again
Is this Google's Giggle to a, cold, Northern Hemisphere response or does Flu break out *all over* the World about this time of year and if it does why?
Apparently Google has *Big Data* but are incapable of doing much with it beyond advertising LemSip.
Oh... That will be it. Google also wants access to my medical records... to recommend Blackberry Flavour LemSip.
Fuck Off.
ROGUE SAIL BOAT blocks SPACE STATION PODULE blastoff
Does Elon Musk own a Yacht?
AndroidScript returns to Google Play Store: Ad giant YIELDS TO THE MIGHT OF EL REG
Re: new names:
Have an up-vote for STEMscript. I would suggest great minds think alike but you might become extremely worried.
ROBOT TROUSER SNAKE stiffens to master slippery mounds
It strikes me..
Looking at the picture of the mechanical/robot snake that what is happening is the lower point of contact of the top bend is pushing the sand back to form a hump and support forward motion whilst the upper point of contact of the bottom bend is holding the sand forming that hump in place keeping it stable in excess of what would be 'close to the angle of maximum slope stability' to enable the overall solution to work at that angle. I might speculate that a sidewinder in motion can traverse a slope that is greater than one it might be able to remain stationary on.
Apple's iPhone 6 can REVERSE BALDNESS (and cause it, too)
I would hazard a guess that these baldies if not truly bald actually have very short hair around their ears or a very short hair cut overall. As a result the hair is stiff and able to penetrate any gap in order to get caught and pulled out. Of course this does not detract from the fact that the problem did not exist before and therefore it is a design fault by Apple and they should be lambasted for it. I believe Mr Jobs had a short haircut so this would not have happened if he was still about. Could be time for a new style rubber bumper that covers the gap.
SHELLSHOCKED: Fortune 1000 outfits Bash out batches of patches
Fortune 1000 overlords SHELLSHOCKED into Bash patch batch
Meh..? Obviously I am dumb but doesn't 'update manager', or some other bit of tut, moan at people to update bits such as this or is the article suggesting 'Fortune 1000 Overlords' ignore such advice until they crap a load of someone else's money over to crooks, themselves, and then pay themselves bigger bonuses?
Spies, avert eyes! Tim Berners-Lee demands a UK digital bill of rights
On another Planet, in another Sol type system in another Galaxy far far far away.
"Five minutes of data collected."
"Run the predictor."
"Already have."
"Intelligence but perverted again."
"Chances of recovery?"
"Insignificant within their time scale."
"Chances of recovery with intervention?"
"Sigh. Move on to the next target."
US team claims PARIS paper plane launch crown
Re: /me
Hmm.. something like a B52 launching an X15... but sort of in reverse? Sling the paper plane under rocket powered one and cut it free when the rocket powered one has finished its launch/boost phase to maximum altitude.
iPhone 6: The final straw for Android makers eaten alive by the data parasite?
Fucking PhoneTard Wars
Mine will be the one that connects via the 'land line' and has its ring switched off.
Edge Research Lab to tackle chilly LOHAN's final test flight
Re: Stuff a couple o' these in there
Apparently beer works whereas coffee does not.
Re: Mumble
Please do let me know how it goes with more coffee.
If it still does not make sense after more coffee then I assume we can conclude that more coffee is not the solution to the sense you were seeking in the first place.
Or perhaps my logic is flawed.
IIRC El Reg published an article about someone discussing -40F as being -40C and having to check themselves.
Have Energizer got a
dirtydata shitsheet that details performance down at that temperature and 10 degrees below?
IIRC Arrhenius, may not apply, says 10 degrees halves performance.
Or.... Will Energizer get involved and help out with a solution, and perhaps a bit of cash, cough cough?
Hmm, no mention of the Rabbit Dildo.
Errr... Elsewhere it would seem you have a battery pack on the main launch platform to keep the rocket motor toasty. Floating a misshaped turd and going bang for buck/weight is there not some chymical method of keeping the internals warm?
Mumble. I believe it is some sort of two part goo that gets hot when you mix it. Not sure about how long it lasts.
Don't forget 'conformal coating'.
Blah Blah Blah.
Leak of '5 MEELLLION Gmail passwords' creates security flap
Re: Not my GMail password
Silly as it may seem, and I am not known to be particularly intelligent, I would assume that Google does not 'know' the passwords... salted cashews and such stuff. If they did download the file then in order to check for compromised accounts they would have to use the information to see if they could log in to the accounts and that might put them on the wrong side of the law. Of course assuming these are accounts that Google regularly sniffs the data from to spaff adverts at people then things possibly become even sillier. Anyway, as suggested, they might find themselves charged with doing something nefarious. Errr, pass the paracetamol.
Forget silly privacy worries - help biometrics firms make MILLIONS
Re: Will any of us still be alive in the year 2313?
Bit of a typo. The author obviously meant 2112.
"What can this strange device be?
When I touch it I get adverts for stuff I bought yesterday...."
China: You, Microsoft. Office-Windows 'compatibility'. You have 20 days to explain
Anyone for Phorm?
Like 'Sure, Right.'
The Chinese are going to let Phorm install DPI kit with Phorm Written and Maintained Software in their networks in order to intercept communications.
Damn these genetically modified orange, purple and pink striped flying elephants. I will have to get my XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXL large butterfly net out again.
What do you mean, I have to POST a PHYSICAL CHEQUE to get my gun licence?
Oooh Goody..
Presumably the new site will be implemented with HTTPS and include Google Analytics along with a plethora of other trackers including but not exclusive FaceAche, Twatter and Gibber + buttons.. Plus people will get the opportunity to pay via
EBAY PayPal and comment on the service via Disqus. Thus gifting all data about Fire Arm owners in the UK to the US Whilst improving your Fire Arm Browsing experience. Complaints will be ignored until you moan on Twatter and then any issues raised will be ignored. The associated site will not be targeted for SQL injection or other attacks by 'subversives' in search of easily liftable weaponry and munitions and when 'the database' gets powned the ICO will descend on them like flies on shit because it means they can look good by fining The Taxpayer.. again..
Britain's housing crisis: What are we going to do about it?
"The LA said that actually, as it was now part of the park and had no planning, it was only worth £50k. That £1.4m was the value of the chitty that enabled housing to be built on that sliver of land."
1) Take off and nuke London from Orbit.
2) Everyone left over apart from those involved in the 'collateral carnage' watches Emmerdale Instead.
3) Re-instate Chitty[s].
4) Profit.
Siri: Helpful personal assistant or SERIAL APP KILLER?
Tell me I'm wrong
You are wrong.
I recently switched off my 'defences' in order to 'experiment' elsewhere and was 'targeted', presumably for advertising.
Within an instant all my searches turned to someone else's incorrect guesses as to what I might be looking for.
Normal service was resumed having switched my defences back on with a clean browser restart.
End of buttons? Apple looks to patent animating iPhone sidewalls
Fuck Off!!
"The *documents* submitted by the company to the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) describe a device which uses a flexible screen capable of being bent around the corners of the casing."
I mean.. there might be some 'sensible' Americans about on Reg but Apple and the American Patent System goes beyond the pale.
Patents are not a pre-emptive guess or 'what if wet' dream based on what you think others might be working on and possibly vaguely realising or stuff that is already known. It should be 'provable and likely to be deliverable tech' by yourselves.
United States Patent Application 20140078240290
"We envisage a nuclear fusion machine for an initial trip to Alpha Centauri based on guesses about what everyone else is doing extrapolated to their possible success in order to sue them in a USofA court some time in the future because we did fuck all but they stole our dreams off of us.
Our invention will now be described with reference to Figure 1)
Figure 1) demonstrates a nuclear fusion machine with curved corners, in this case provisioned as a propulsion device for an initial trip to Alpha Centauri. a), haptics b), oled displays and c).1-4), leds are curved around the corners. We will work out how to do that shit once someone else implements it.
Figure 2) demonstrates some other made up bollocks we dreamed up and will rely on someone else implementing it first because it seems possible they might do so and then we can rape them in a US court.
Figure 3) demonstrates some other made up bollocks we dreamed up and will rely on someone else implementing it first because it seems possible they might do so and then we can rape them in a US court.
Figure 4) demonstrates some other made up bollocks we dreamed up and will rely on someone else implementing it first because it seems possible they might do so and then we can rape them in a US court.
Figure n) demonstrates some other made up bollocks we dreamed up and will rely on someone else implementing it first because it seems possible they might do so and then we can rape them in a US court.
As will be apparent to 'those skilled in the art' your arse is now ours in respect of Nuclear Fusion Machines for an initial trip to Alpha Centauri and Kettles including other Nuclear Fusion stuff plus all other tech or normal daily stuff already in existence or you may be thinking about improving and anything else.
All Prior Art, and everything else prior and in the future, is ours.. Sucks to be you"
Meanwhile 'American Chopper' is having a Barney over how to bend Ghost Riders latest set of 'down pipes'..
"No Seriously Man. You have to let me weld them from square steel sections with square corners."
"No Shit! Why have I got these pipe benders!?
"Sir, you really need to trust me on this one."
"Get out of here. You Are Fired."
"Hello.. Is my Motorcycle finished?"
"Just fitting the last piece Mr Ghost Rider."
"Hello.. You have been served."
"What The Fuck! is this Mr Suit?"
"I would advise you take legal advice in respect of my client's previous claim of all things curved. This Motorcycle is now Impounded."
"It's my Motorcycle!"
"Perhaps you should take legal advice as well Sir."
"It's my Motorcycle. Bought and paid for. Look into my eyes."
"Oh My God! You just Killed Ghost Rider!!1!!"
LOHAN wrapped in vinyl as Kickstarter campaign hits £18,000!
"Handily for us and *Virgin Galactic*, Spaceport America in New Mexico has the permissions for rocket operations, so we're packing up the Vulture 2 and heading west."
Might not the bearded one punt a few coppers in your direction or free flights and transport of equipment?
Our LOHAN spaceplane ballocket Kickstarter climbs through £8000
I'm surprised the Cuerpo Nacional de Policía did not wander up and say '"'ello, 'ello, 'ello" and drag your Begging Boffin off to the cells for vagrancy and a quiet rubber truncheoning.
LOHAN gets laughing gear round promotional mug
Re: Looking good
@Ralph B
Assuming Mr Haines has been used as the template to 're-circle the circle' you should be good to go, I humbly apologise.
In respect of an implied, my interpretation, suggestion elsewhere regarding pregnant ladies although that might have been my own illusion, presumably the logo will be subject to relocation and re-cicularisation in order to cover the nascent ballocketnauts bump.
Of course given women come with two jubs, and I realise blokes have two as well but err... There is the opportunity to include both EU and USA logos in the appropriate positions with the required re-circulisation, and three to accommodate pregnant ladies.
Of course given the introduction of ladies to the equation of Lohan Haute Couture a restriction to Small, Medium, Fat Bastard and Extra Fat Bastard might introduce unsolvable mathematical equations to the impossible solution.
Extra Research via online lingerie catalogues might be required.
I am surprised I have, as yet, made no spellling mistakes. Oh silly me, spurl checker not switched on. I shall now write a stiff letter to the OED to get them to sort their act out.
Uber and Lyft sitting in a tree, 'c-a-n-c-e-l-l-i-n-g each other's rides'
Buggered By Boris
I might have thought it was his problem to sort this out with more bikes. Is this why he is attempting to abdicate to Parliament?
Still I suppose having zombie cab drivers in London is not much of a problem given they will only be transporting London Zombies.
I now see the reasoning behind 'Perimter M25'.
Dolby Atmos is coming home and it sounds amazing
Welcome to the Matmos
Jane will come for you in full 3D sound via the orgasmotron. People with artex ceilings need not apply.
For sale via e-bay. Nascent Alien. Life insurance not included. No returns. Starting bid 99p, no reserve. Free local collection. Carefully packaged in dog.
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Adam Afriyie MP: Smart meters are NOT so smart
A mistake had been made at a subsidiary of MiniPlenty
MiniPower had elected to install the wrong sort of metering devices and could no longer 'load balance' matters. This of course in 'real terms' as applied to others would not matter. The concern, if there would have been one in one respect, is that people might notice having their usage of power rescheduled at such a large scale. People 'expected' their, luke warm, Victory Coffee at certain times during the day, give or take. Of course the later arrival of left shoes in respect of ordering the right assuming either arrived in the first place was not of much concern. This time shoe delivery would be suspended for all. Even the TeleScreens stopped working. More importantly The Ministries, without power, ceased to function.
Winston turned to see a man he did not recognise. Short, large head with a Vapid Smile dressed in a manner that suggested someone from a higher party echelon.
"We have a special job for you."
"Nothing seems to be working at the moment Sir."
"Yes, we know but you are highly recommended so we can work around that and get you up and running on this station."
The Vapid Smile handed over a large envelope.
"We need it in about an hour Winston. People need to know the truth here. I know we can trust you."
He paused and placed a box on Winstons desk then left.
Winston opened the envelope. A history of someone called Adam Afriyie. Someone who needed to become an unperson.
Winston looked at the box. It was wrapped in cellophane, black and proudly announced JSP 10 in Gold lettering.
Winston set to work under the failing emergency lighting. Within the prescibed hour he was finished and then the lights failed. He fell asleep and was woken again three hours later.
"Report Citizen!"
Startled but looking left and right all the other stations were in darkness. He spoke into the microphone to deliver his report of 'the truth'. Adam Afriyie, and others, became unpersons.
He looked at the JSP box.
"Want one?"
"Are they real Sir?"
"Yes, but you do not really want one... not after... Look, I've got a torch with some batteries in it. Let's get you out of the building so you can walk yourself home. Apparently there is smoglight outside.
Fridge hacked. Car hacked. Next up, your LIGHT BULBS
How many...
mumble mumble mumble does it take to hack a light bulb?
Experts suspiciously eye LOHAN's cantankerous canards
Re: In words..
You are too kind. The previous cunning plan involving my nostrils was rejected as well. I shall now remove the pencils from my ears and discard this one as well.
In words..
This will probably be too complicated for you to bother trying to implement it...
Mount the canards on two rods that extend almost across the width of the fuselage. Arrange the rods so that one slides inside the other forming its bearing surface. Support the external rod internal to and either side of the fuselage with two mounting posts forming its bearing surface. Leave space either end to thread and glue on some large diameter cogs, teeth on face rather than circumferance. Drive the cogs with motors fitted with worm gears. Loads of support, loads of torque and unlikely to slip about the place.
UK.gov: Forget Google and those other chaps... Use THIS open Internet of Stuff specification
As Herbert Knobwink Said
Subsequently Richard commented that David was digging his hole... with a teaspoon.
David is still alive, and still would make it on the X-Factor. Richard.. not so much in the being alive type scenario... probably would do well on the X-Factor as well.
When asked to comment Vincent said he and Micheal were also dead and are quite happy not to be part of the present situation.
Bored yet? Now there's ANOTHER OpenSSL fork – it's from Google
Fuck That!!
I insist that Zuckerberg forks one off and protects us myriads of facebook users and our content from Evil Google.
Won't someone think of my kitten pictures and the advertising revenue?
Yes. Facebook will KNOW you've been browsing for smut
Nice CV.. No Comment.. DYOR.
Texan parks quadcopter atop Dallas Cowboys stadium
Didn't Borat...
Play to that stadium?
Security stock slinger Symantec speeds up with latest Backup Exec
At least Symantec are not McAfee plus they gave us [s]GreenNet[/s] StalkStalk. What's not to like unless you are not thinking of the children?.. Are you not thinking of the children?
Anyway. YTF is Mellor putting SpamVertising on the pages of El Reg. Can someone sensible like Orlowsky take him outside and Cattle Prod him?
Still using e-mail? Marketers say you're part of DARK SOCIAL
Just a Moment
Isn't the article at,
in effect actually saying that G-Mail is 'Dark Social'?
"Up to 80 per cent of all "sharing" of publisher and brand content is being distributed through email and text messaging to smaller, "off-the-grid" user networks, according to figures from measurement companies such as Chartbeat and online customer prospecting network, RadiumOne."
Pull the other one. G-Mail might be 'off the grid' to 'them' but it is hardly 'small'. Wet finger says at least 80% of the data they want to get their greasy palms on goes via G-mail.
No Fair. Want Google to Share with us. Toys out of pram.
Now... where's that middle finger icon?
EBay, you keep using the word 'SECURITY'. I do not think it means what you think it means
Re: Data Protection Act and Information Commissioner
"It seems to me that this is a data breach and eBay has a registered office in South West London. Can the ICO take action if we make a complaint?"
<font size=plus infinity>BWAH HA HA HA HA HA HA</font>
You owe me some new sides to replace the ones I have just split.
.. sorry. You may have missed the Troll Icon. Have beer instead.
MacBook Air 13-inch: If you squint hard enough, you'll see a lesser-spotted Apple Price Cut
So.. Basically You Are Saying
I can pick some discarded, not Apple shitware, hardware out of a skip and slap Linux, any flavour as long as 'beer is free', on it and completely fail to use the result to bootcamp some for shit powerpoint presentations on it but still end up with a computah that does the job. The alternative fascination would be??
Parent gabfest Mumsnet hit by SSL bug: My heart bleeds, grins hacker
No 'Link', per se, given for Reset..
The e-mail I received was...
"Dear Mumsnet user,
Following the recent security breach related to Heartbleed
we have removed the passwords of all users on www.mumsnet.com
To use the site you'll need to reset your password. You'll find
instructions and a link on the login page on how to do this.
Most importantly, if you use the same password on Mumsnet as elsewhere,
we strongly recommend you change your password on the other sites too.
Justine & the MNHQ team"
So the link is on the login page on the website and not in the e-mail. The above link to the homepage was not obfuscated. Less confusing/dodgy. I suppose they could/should have left even that one out or 'broke' it. Given your wife is not a member of Mumsnet it might be worth checking the e-mail again to make sure it really was not a phishing e-mail.
For myself I didn't twig that they had been 'hacked' and just thought they had discovered they were using a vulnerable version of OpenSSL and decided that it would be better to be safe than sorry and scrub everyone's passwords. It might have been better if they gave more details in the e-mail. I had to wait for the story here to discover what had apparently happened.
BTW I joined out of interest and it was a throw away account so I won't bother refreshing it... although it might be interesting to see what sort of method they do have in place. It would also be interesting to see how much has in fact been 'reset'. Would it have been wise to clean out all account details and throw away the e-mail addresses as well?
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Neptune Home
House | 4 bedrooms | sleeps 8
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Neptune Home is the perfect location for people who want to explore Caetown and surroundings during their holiday.
It is the idea place for a family, a couple or small group of friends who enjoy relaxing in a quiet, secluded hide away while enjoying unsurpassed views over False Bay.
The house is recently renovated and has all the facilities you may need. The garden is totally private and safe.
Simons Town, an old naval town that is rich in history, is only 1 km away, It offers many small boutique shops and fine restaurants as well as a naval museum. The harbour is home to the South African Navy, as well as to fishermen and many sailing yachts. It is the starting place for many excursions, sea trips and other activities. In addition there are several beautiful, secluded and safe beaches in Simons Town. The well known penguin colony is about 4 km away.
All around Simons Town are national parks, ideal for hiking or picnicking.
Cape Town is an easy 30-45 minute drive away via scenic roads and /or highways. In addition there is a regular train service from Simon Town to the centre of Cape Town. The closest winelands Constantia wine route) are a mere 15 minutes away and besides wine tasting they offer great culinary experiences. Stellenbosch, with its abundance of wine estates, is about 60 km away, and can be reached via freeway or via a scenic coastal road
The peninsula itself is a wonder of nature that beckons to be explored. It's rolling mountains, beautiful beaches, little villages, fynbos vegetation and varied wild life are a continuous source of amazement and joy.
|Sleeps up to 8, 4 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Simonstown - longbeach 1 km
|Car advised
|Nearest Amenities
|1 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Capetown International 40 km, Nearest railway: Simonstown 1 km
|No pets allowed, No smoking at this property
Features and Facilities
|4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms and 2 En suites
|Single beds (4), Double beds (2), Cots (1), Dining seats for 10, Lounge seats for 8
The Western Cape region
Simonstown is located on the Southern Peninsula, the southern tip of the African continent. It is a small, historical, english town, popular with art lovers.
The winter is the rainy season, although the weather changes fast on the peninsula. The summers are moderately warm, with lots of sunshine and an occasional shower. The wind is usually from the South East or South West and can be strong at times.
Simonstown is an easy 30 minute drive away from Capetown. Stellenbosch and its wineries are less then an hour away by car. In Simonstown is a naval base, where large international vessels are often ankered. Next to the naval base is the local harbour and yacht club. From here one can go on fishing trips, whale watching trips or go see kayakking or sailing. Around the harbour are many terasses and restaurants.
All around Simonstown are lovely walks, many in area's that are national parks.
Popular activities include cycling, fishing, whale watching, bird watching, scuba diving, sailing, kayakking and ofcourse hiking.
The west side of the peninsula is a mere 10 minutes away by car. Here you find more splendid beaches along the shores of the (very cold) atlantic ocean. Horseback riding is popular here.
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Hi everyone,
I know I need to subtract the final potential alcohol from the original, but when do I take the final reading. This is probably a really dumb question, which would explain why I can't find the answer anywhere.
My kit says to take the second SG reading when I put the beer into the carboy from the primary fermenter, but surely this isn't the final values.
I took another reading when I bottled the beer, but I think I messed up because I put the priming sugar in before I took the reading.
If I had taken the reading before I put the priming sugar in would that be the correct time to take the final reading? Or is the final reading taken when I open the bottle after it's primed?
I've already learnt a whole load from this site, and I only found it yesterday.
Cheers, Colin
Something witty and thought provoking.
I measure the final SG when I bottle- before the priming sugar is added. Sometimes I can get enough beer out of the fermenter after racking to the bottling bucket to get a reading.
Fantastic, thanks RichBrewer. I had a feeling that was probably it, but I failed Physics at school because I always came to the wrong deductions, so I like to check with someone else now. =)
Best to take at least 2 FG readings, actually. One when you think fermentation is done (to get a base reading) and the second at least 2 days later to confirm if the FG is the same. If it is, bottle/keg away. If it's dropped, hold off, let the yeasties do their thing and come back a few days later (repeating with the initial & then secondary gravity tests).
The final reading is the one that is the same as the reading taken three days earlier. Trying to time your fermentations is a bad idea. When the gravity has been the same for 3 days, then it's done.
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Ah, ok. More good answers. That makes sense. I've just set off my second kit, so I'm pretty must just following the instructions. I guess they're setup, so that more than enough time is left for the fermenting, hence they only seem to mention the SG readings in passing. My next beer might be from a recipe (if I'm feeling brave enough) so that information will all be very useful.
Thanks everyone.


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Yep saw that and harkened back to the same Bob McGrrrrr getting all girly excited over the imminent winning bid for some tall Japanese Ace a few years back. But hope is good ;þ
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Yep saw that and harkened back to the same Bob McGrrrrr getting all girly excited over the imminent winning bid for some tall Japanese Ace a few years back. But hope is good ;þ
Castro is a beast. This kid is just average. Why would you put him ahead of a potential TORP?
Please NO to Hunter. He would not fit in with the Jays clubhouse at all. He's a black redneck (if that's possible ) in that he is an homophobe and a bible thumping twit. He was given the good...
Haven't heard from you in a while. I can see why you get frustrated here, but keep the good comments coming.
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I'm not sure if it's his fault or whether it's still early and 3...
Maybe.... maybe a 2nd round afterthought
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Yoan Moncada? Can we?
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Nobody saw the AFL All-Star game huh? Never mind.
At 15, he looks like a zillion other kids trying to hammer the ball. Who knows though?
I'm still shaking my head at this deal, but you probably nailed AA right there..... and to think Napoli for Francisco was the move that should have tipped me off.
LOL.... you probably wished AA had called Sandy huh? Hard to argue with your thoughts.
I've wondered about the Kinsler deal lately. If it had happened, who was moved, Melky could have hit behind Jose and Carnation Milk, etc. Too bad really.
Nope... someone will help you out though.
I've seen Nolin a tonne. For the newbies here, he's a poor man's 'I may have misremebered'. Give him the ball.
Never mind.
For those that can get 213... ;þ
the Fall League All-Star game is tomorrow (nov 1) at 8pm. Osuna and Pompey are playing. Also, the Jays are playing a week later (sat 8th, 8pm)
Ah crap that's some good funny stuff..... close the thread now!


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NBA Playoffs, Lakers Suns Game 5: Phoenix may have lost, but Steve Nash was absolutely bananas
May 28, 2010, 2:33 AM EST
The Suns were right there. They were within striking distance, with plenty left in the tank, and thanks to a miracle three by Jason Richardson, had a real shot at forcing overtime and taking the decisive Game 5. It just wasn't meant to be.
Ron Artest's put-back crushed those hopes with a few bounces on the rim, but that doesn't change where the Suns were and how they got there.
Or rather, who got them there. Steve Nash was absolutely magnificent in the fourth quarter, and he had a performance worthy of his MVP standing. Nash was responsible for 11 straight points prior to Richardson's three-pointer, all products of his own creative efforts. These weren't catch-and-shoot looks, but contested drives to the basket and pull-up opportunities that found nothing but net. Nash is just that good of a scorer when he wants to be, or in this case, when Phil Jackson wanted him to be.
Nash clearly didn't shrink from the spotlight, and it was Steve's efforts that put the Suns in a position to win Game 5. That said, the Laker defense switched on screens to better cover Amar'e Stoudemire on the roll, and stayed home on the Suns' three-point shooters to avoid getting burned by the long-range game.
"They changed their defense tonight," Nash said. "They switched more pick-and-rolls,
so [there were] more opportunities to isolate. So that's really, again, we stick to
what we do and just try to read the defense and make the right play.
And tonight, since they changed, I tried to change."
It worked…to an extent, as Stoudemire only had 19 points on 12 shots and the Suns were a merely average 33.3% (9-of-27) from three-point range. Nash, meanwhile, put up 20 field goal attempts, which was by far the high among the Suns and understandably so considering the game had relatively few possessions (90).
Had Ron Artest not leaped out of the shadows to grab the game-winning bucket, the Lakers' defensive strategy on Nash would undoubtedly be considered part of their downfall. Steve was that good down the stretch.
There are a lot of distributors in this league that opposing coaches should seek to "make into a scorer," as a means of halting ball and player movement. Nash doesn't seem like he'd be such a player; Steve is one of the best shooters in the league (if not the very best), and he scores so efficiently that he can carry an offense if need be.
The only trouble is that history is Phil Jackson's ally in this case. Nash's game seems like it would be triumph over such a strategy (and in Game 5 it was, as Nash finished with 29 points on 60% shooting while still getting his 11 assists), but in playoff games where Steve has taken 20 or more attempts (including this one), the Suns are 3-8. Take away overtime games, and the Suns are 2-6 in such games. Stats like that aren't necessarily fair after a game like this one, but it's an interesting trend if nothing else.
Don't misunderstand my meaning; this game's result is not justification for the method. Nash very nearly won the game for the Suns, and with a few more free throw makes (Phoenix shot an unseemly 20-of-29 from the line), defensive stops, or rebounds, he probably would have. This one just went the other way, despite an awfully strong performance from one of the best point guards in the game.
- AmitK84 - May 28, 2010 at 5:04 PM
Nash probably would have had a harder time playing as well as he did..despite him being a phenomenal player and a pure shooter…if his bench's superior play compared to that of the Lakers hadn't granted him the luxury of playing only 5-6 minutes in the last quarter..all due credit to the Phoenix bench…
- Foul Dwimmerlaik - May 28, 2010 at 7:25 PM
I would say the same thing with your fellow muchachos — who sprouted out of a gremlin's body after getting wet — the moment the Suns won Game 4.
Lamers? Hardly. With 15 rings as opposed to what? Two Finals appearance? LMAO! Talk about attempts in futility.
Nash has my respect. Gutsy. Tough. Never-say-die attitude. Team player. You don't need to be a Suns fans not to appreciate that.
- Foul Dwimmerlaik - May 28, 2010 at 7:47 PM
Mea culpa for my double negatives: You don't need to be a Suns fan to be able to appreciate a tough, hard-working team player like Nash. Props to him. I should thanks him for giving our Lakers a real tough series. Just sad that he will end up chewing Lakers dust and watching the NBA at home in June.
- Meg - May 30, 2010 at 7:14 AM
Amazing game. The best game ever. I just wonder the photographer that was accidentaly hurted is all right.
- Foul Dwimmerlaik - May 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM
To all the Suns fans who trashed talk the Lakers: So what now, muchachos? Los gatos bit your tongue? Lamers what? Fakers who?
Next time, check your dictionaries. You need to re-learn your vocabulary.
- Foul Dwimmerlaik - May 30, 2010 at 9:59 AM
To all the Suns fans who trashed talk the Lakers: So what now, muchachos? Los gatos bit your tongue? Lamers what? Fakers who?
Next time, check your dictionaries. You need to re-learn your vocabulary.
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