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Lean Management in the Construction IndustryBrinch Jensen, Kenneth (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Ledelsesteknologier såsom Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma og Activity Based Costing må fremtræde som konkrete, stabile, funktionelle og homogene løsninger, hvis de skal kunne fange både interesse og finansiering i forretningsverdenen. Studier af disse ledelsesteknologiers møde med organisationspraksis viser imidlertid, at disse teknologier er præget af stor ustabilitet og heterogenitet på tværs af implementeringer. Benders & Van Veen (2001) argumenterer for at ledelsesidéer besidder en kvalitet, der kan kaldes for 'fortolkningsmæssig levedygtighed'. Med dette skal forstås, at ledelsesidéerne har en evne til at tilpasse sig lokale forhold og interesser. Argumentet er endvidere, at denne kvalitet er mere afgørende for idéens overlevelse end idéens indhold..... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8163
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A multi-method inquiry on online communitiesKorfiatis, Nikolaos Theodoros (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation studies the behavioral characteristics of participants engaged in information exchange in the context of online communities. Online communities are defined as collectives of individuals that use computer mediated communication to facilitate interaction over a shared purpose and/or objective. It is argued that this interaction creates externalities, for example, in the form of codified information that others can use through web search tools. These externalities assemble a virtual form of social capital, a commonly shared resource. The research objective of this thesis is to examine how the behavioral tendencies of the participants in online communities are affected by the way this common resource is formatted, administered and shared. The dissertation consists of two parts: a theoretical part where the empirical background and the object of research inquiry is highlighted, and an empirical part which consists of four empirical studies carried out in the context of three online communities, namely, Google Answers, Yahoo!Answers and Amazon Online Reviews. The empirical part of this dissertation starts with a controlled experiment emulating a well known social dilemma: the public goods game. It provides substance as to whether and when participants in online communities behave (un) cooperatively. The next two studies focus on a special case of online communities where participants ask questions and other participants post answers conditionally on social and monetary incentives. The results of these two studies confirm that community participants do care about the contributions of others and engage in incentive compatible behavior. Yahoo!Answers participants exercise effort in the community by posting answers to questions conditionally on benefits provided by other participants. The empirical findings show that contributing participants in an online community receive answers faster, while those that do not contribute much effort are sanctioned in the form of longer response-time to their questions. In Google Answers this thesis, interactions can be observed that are based on monetary rewards (rather than social rewards in the form of a reputation index as in Yahoo Answers). Participants make use of voluntarily awarded payoffs (tips) along with stated rewards, in order to motivate those that provide answers (answerers) to provide better quality in their responses. The findings of this study confirm the symmetric effect between monetary rewards and quality. However, this study also identifies cases where social norms have a significant effect on response behavior. When participants seek to get better service with less effort (in terms of total cost), a reputation index which is constructed by the history of their previous interactions supports such an attempt. In other words, reputation history influences information sharing behavior in online communities. The last chapter of the empirical part focuses on another crucial aspect of information as a shared resource: Clarity and understandability. The study examines online product reviews on Amazon.com. The results suggest that participants do care about the clarity of this codified form of experience which increases a helpfulness index accordingly. The thesis overall finds symmetric effects between participation in online communities and output of interaction, but also identifies the ability of the participants to interact strategically as they seek to minimize the effort they provide in order to find the information they seek. The results underline the importance of signaling and quality evaluation mechanisms as counter-balancing control that can enhance activity on online communities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7797
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Strand, Robert Gavin (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this dissertation I examine the establishment of corporate social responsibility (CSR) bureaucracies at corporations and I come to consider the CSR bureaucracy as a space for reflection within the corporation. In the face of charges that bureaucracies are inherently unethical and devoid of consideration for humanistic concerns, I argue that within the large bureaucracy that is the corporation, the CSR bureaucracy can create a space in which tensions that arise from conflicting values and purposes can be identified, negotiated, and actions coordinated. I position this dissertation within the field of CSR, to which I introduce the Weberian distinction between formal and substantive rationality as means through which to identify and describe tensions that become apparent with the CSR agenda. This dissertation contains four articles, two of which draw from the engaged scholarship approach. One includes findings from a study I conducted as an action/intervention researcher with a U.S. corporation during the period in which a CSR bureaucracy was established. The other includes findings from a study of CSR focused MBA courses I instruct in which reflection is a primary learning objective. The other two articles include findings from studies I conducted to explore the establishment of a CSR position to the top management teams of U.S. and Scandinavian corporations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8462
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A sociomaterial study of development processes in the Danish film industryStrandvad, Sara Malou (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The empirical question, which the thesis addresses in the different papers, is how the process of development is organized in Danish film production. Development in film production characterizes the initial phase where an idea is constructed and transformed into a realizable film project. In practice, this creation consists in writing a synopsis and, later on, a manuscript for the film, because such drafts of the product are institutionalized as necessary devices for achieving funding to make the actual film. Hence, the focus area of the thesis is the process of manuscript writing in film production; an organizing process of developing projects. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7793
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Teilmann, Kasper Aalling (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The dissertation 'Interactive Approaches to Rural Development' gives new theoretical and empirical knowledge in the collaboration on development of rural areas and landscapes. From a perspective about the development and the challenges faced, the study analyses which functions that are demanded by the rural areas. Furthermore, the study makes an analysis of the collaboration in an EU financed rural development association; the Local Action Group (LAG). The overall objective is to: Analyse and discuss approaches to rural development under Danish conditions. The dissertation is cantered around three papers introduced with a frame that contributes to the overall objective. With point of departure in the changes that have structured the Danish landscape, the first paper analyses and discusses how the Danish planning system can be optimized to plan for a multifunctional landscape. Paper two and three builds on the EU rural development policy LEADER that through local project based development supports new income opportunities for the local inhabitants. Collaboration on the rural development is a subject that requires an interdisciplinary analytical approach. The dissertation therefore builds on different theories and both qualitative and quantitative analytical methods. The theoretical foundation draws on generic network theory and various applications of this. This is conducted by inclusion of ideas from interorganisational interaction in an analysis of the collaboration between municipality and a locally anchored development association. In addition the theory of social capital is applied to analyse whether the partnership formation and collaboration has supported the development of the local area. Furthermore, the concept of multifunctionality is assessed as a principle to be applied in countryside planning and rural development. The empirical foundation of the dissertation draws on mixed method research approach with interviews and surveys that are studied through qualitative and quantitative data analyses. Two of the three papers take point of departure in a case study of LAG-Djursland. Based on the dissertation it is concluded, that a crucial factor in the development of rural areas and landscapes is the collaboration among relevant stakeholders– often arranged around a partnership. To secure a concrete and locally attuned development it is important to engage local anchored stakeholders. These stakeholders have the greatest knowledge about the local development opportunities and barriers. Though the dissertation builds on experiences from the Danish rural landscape, the analyses, discussions and conclusions will be relevant in an international perspective. The interactive approach and the analysis hereof will be applicable in other domains than that of rural development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8592
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Abstract: This dissertation explores the internal antecedents of the phenomenon labeled management innovation. Management innovation refers to the implementation of new management practices, processes, techniques or structures that alter the way the work of management is performed. In other words, management innovation refers to changes in what managers do and how they do it. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8295
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Evidence from VietnamPham, Ha Thi Van (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The thesis revolves around the internationalization of Vietnamese firms - that is, how the international competitiveness of these firms is enhanced in terms of both upstream and downstream value chain activities and the export performance implications hereof. For Vietnamese firms, as well as for other firms from emerging markets, internationalization trajectories may differ considerably from the internationalization patterns portrayed in classical theories (such as the Uppsala Model) based on observations of the internationalization of firms from Western, developed market economies. Classical theories have primarily focused on firms' marketing & sales and networking capabilities as levers of internationalization – and less on upstream capabilities, such as manufacturing and auxiliary service competencies. Likewise the situation in other emerging markets many Vietnamese firms are inserted in global value chains (GVCs) governed by multinational buyers. For these firms, manufacturing skills may be of equal - or greater - importance to export performance than the mastering of marketing & sales and networking in foreign markets. The thesis presents various theoretical perspectives on firms' internationalization – perspectives that vary in terms of their focus on either upstream or downstream activities (or, the interrelationship of these two types of activities). The thesis tries to fill out the knowledge gap as to which of these theoretical perspectives fit best the trajectories of Vietnamese manufacturing firms involved in exports. In doing so, the thesis also draws on GVC models, entrepreneurial literature, and studies of economic as well as strategic export performance. Unique survey data covering 226 Vietnamese manufacturers involved in exporting was collected through face-to-face interviews conducted in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. On the basis of these data a set of hypotheses is tested using structural equation modelling as a statistical tool. The empirical study suggests that Vietnamese firms create international competitiveness in relation to both upstream and downstream activities. Furthermore, the study suggests that upstream competitiveness of the sample firms is significantly more attractive in terms of economic export performance (export sales, profitability and growth) than downstream competitiveness. However, when export performance is measured in more far-sighted, strategic terms, there are no significant differences between the two dimensions of competitiveness. The study also reveals some interesting industry differences: for firms in the "low-tech" textiles & garments industry, upstream competitiveness has greater impact on economic export performance than downstream competitiveness. Conversely, downstream competitiveness results in a higher economic return than upstream competitiveness for firms from the "high-tech" industries of electronics and mechanical manufactures In the last part of the thesis, theoretical, empirical, and managerial implications are discussed along with conclusions and suggestions for future research. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7934
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An empirical analysis of Economics and ManagementÓladóttir, Ásta Dis (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation consists of an introductory chapter, followed by four papers that approach the topic of internationalization of small economies and the multinational firm from different angles. The concluding chapter deals with what happened in Iceland after the crisis that started in October 2008 with the collapse of the Icelandic financial system and how the very fast internationalization of Icelandic firms was possible, but only as further issues that need to be researched. Each of the papers can be read individually as well as in the larger context of this dissertation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7993
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A Context-Specific StudyStucchi, Tamara (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This Ph.D. dissertation investigates some International Business (IB) issues, which emerge from a specific context of research. The study takes inspiration from one of the most currently debated phenomena in IB literature, i.e. the internationalization of Emerging Market (EM) firms. The recent global emergence of these firms is substantial and particularly interesting under several points of view, especially because the IB literature has traditionally been dominated by western-centric theories, whose applicability to the case of EM firms might be questionable. The present Ph.D. thesis recommends an approach to the study of the internationalization of EM firms that can contribute to the advancement of IB literature in general. This is illustrated by the four research articles of the thesis, where a single-country EM context is used to draw general implications useful for researchers, practitioners and policy makers. More in details, the first paper "Emerging market firms' acquisitions in advanced markets: Matching strategy with resource-, institution- and industry-based antecedents" studies the antecedents that can affect the motivations for the acquisitions that EM firms undertake in advanced markets. The second article, entitled "Time to internationalization and evolving institutions: An event history analysis of Indian firms", analyzes domestic firms' earlier versus later internationalization, during a period of radical institutional changes. The third paper, "The role of Overseas National Ownership in Outward FDI: A study of the Indian diaspora", studies how the presence of overseas national shareholders can influence homeland firms' outward FDI. Finally, the last article is entitled "Business groups' internationalization: The role of the domestic geographical scope" and analyzes one possible explanation for business groups' internationalization, from an organizational learning perspective. The Ph.D. thesis is empirically based on a very comprehensive sample of Indian firms. The data are collected from different sources, i.e. the Prowess database, the Zephyr database, the Indian Census and the World Competitiveness Yearbook. The potential value of this singlecountry context perspective is highlighted throughout the Ph.D. thesis, and clearly emerges while I address the different issues of the four research articles. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8699
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Yonatany, Moshe (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The aim of this study is elaborating the current understanding of a relatively new phenomenon: the internationalization process of digital service providers. It deploys a multiple case study methodology. Based on the case analyses and the discovery of new insights this study proposes a conceptual framework attempting at elaborating existing International Business theory. The analytical process of this study begins with explaining its context and developing definitions that are necessary for the purpose of data collection and case construction. Next, selected International Business theories and concepts are reviewed and contextualized propositions are developed. Following a detailed presentation of the case studies, the propositions are analyzed through per-case analyses. This analysis is coupled with a theory development exercise (which is presented in subsequent distinct sections). Here, unique findings of each case are analyzed in sequential per-case analyses in order to identify emerging patterns. Rudimentary concepts, which are grounded in the case findings, are proposed through the cross case analysis. In addition, the analysis of the propositions is summarized at this stage. Subsequently, a conceptual framework is proposed. To provide foundations for the framework, the proposed constructs are defined and explored more deeply, also through collecting additional data and integrating additional external literature. The conceptual framework is presented in the form of testable hypotheses. Finally, implications for International Business theory are drawn from the analyses and the conceptual framework. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8309
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With police in making space for creativityHartmann, Mia Rosa Koss (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: What does it mean to be innovative in public organizations? Scholars and policy makers call for public sector organizations to become innovative, whether this is through increasing collaboration, exploring networks or recognizing the innovation that occurs in government. This study contributes to this discussion a critical perspective arguing that much of the innovation that occurs in public organizations may come about in ways that are intentionally silenced by the organization and therefore dependent on the tactical creation of space for everyday creativity. It does so through an 18-month ethnographic study informed by Foucault's concepts of governmentality and discourse, as well as his history of the emergence of police within the state, and by De Certeau's theory of everyday practice and metaphor of the city. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9043
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How the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark Came to Compete through their Knowledge Regimes from 1993 to 2007Møller Boje Rasmussen, Martin (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The present PhD-dissertation " "Is Competitiveness a Question of Being Alike? How United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark came to compete through their Knowledge Regimes from 1993 to 2007" studies the ideas which policy research organizations such as ministries of economics, economic councils and different types of think tanks – or what Campbell and Pedersen recently have defined as a nations knowledge regime – holds about the international competition of nations and what a nations competitiveness consists in, as well as whether and how these ideas co-varies with different national knowledge regimes particular form and organization. The primary argument and research result is, that even if the ideas, which policy research organizations in United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark in the period from 1993 to 2007 holds, in many ways are similar, they nonetheless exhibit nationally distinct features and differences. In short, the PhD-dissertation demonstrates, that not only does the organization of knowledge regimes vary. So do the ideas they produce. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8972
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A study of corporate branding strategies at Novo NordiskHolm Hansen, Jacob (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The inspiration for this project came from a practical and a theoretical interest in how strategies are anchored in organisations. In 2005 a colleague and I published a book about strategic leadership communication (Bordum and Holm Hansen 2005). It was an inquiry into how the power of strategic statements, such as vision, mission and values, are rooted in the underlying forces of communication and actions among the stakeholders of organisations. It demonstrated that the drivers of successful leadership are based on persuasive communication and action. This project takes this line of thought further through a conceptual and empirical inquiry. It is motivated by an interest in basic knowledge about corporate branding as an integrative phenomenon. Corporate branding is often understood as a strategic activity that creates attention and value for a company. The strategic and managerial approaches are generally dominant in theory and practice, where they suggest various prescriptions for success with a corporate branding project. Such approaches often build on assumptions about control where certain consecutive steps automatically lead to a powerful brand. While there are many possible approaches to corporate branding, it seems that the question of integration is a salient issue that characterises the phenomenon in different ways. For instance, corporate branding is said to integrate various academic disciplines, provide an integrated profile of a company, integrate internal and external stakeholders, etc. The particular focus here is encouraged by questions and reflections about how corporate branding as an integrative activity can be analysed and understood through a pragmatic theory of communication. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8456
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Fallan, Even (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Environmental accounting information (environmental disclosure) is the main topic of this dissertation. It started out as sporadic disclosure in company staff newspapers, press releases etc., and developed in the 1970s to become more often incorporated in annual reports for US and Northern- and Central European companies (Lessem, 1979). Since then, environmental disclosure has become common in both annual reports and on corporate web sites. All companies listed on Oslo Stock Exchange (OSE) disclosed environmental information in their annual reports as from year 2000 (Fallan, 2007). "The concept "environmental" in this context refers to those disclosures where an organizational process or a production process may have impact on the natural environment" (Fallan and Fallan, 2007). In the four papers of this thesis, the term environmental disclosure refers to companies' self-reported environmental information in media intended for widespread distribution (annual reports, separate environmental reports, web sites, press releases etc.). In addition to publicly available corporate environmental disclosure, environmental information is also supplied as private information by the company itself (private corporate disclosure – e.g. when a company have meetings with one stakeholder to provide or discuss information); publicly available information about the company (and its surroundings) supplied by others than the company itself (public noncorporate information – e.g. news media coverage, research reports, and public databases); and private non-corporate information (e.g. use of independent experts to take water or soil samples and satellite monitoring of land or water). However, the three latter types of environmental information are out of scope of this thesis. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8856
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A Legal and Theoretical Exploration of How to Regulate Unoriginal Database Contents and Possible Suggestions for ReformHerr, Robin Elizabeth (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Controversial from its inception, the European Database Directive protects unoriginal contents in contrast to the United States where there is no statutory protection. Despite this extra incentive, empirical evidence seems to indicate that database production in the European Community remains largely unchanged while that in the United States is increasing, at least in the short term. Dissatisfaction with the Directive has sparked efforts to revise database protection policy, including by the European Commission. In order to determine the best method of regulation, three factors are explored in this Ph.D. thesis: the nature of the database industry, regulatory theories emanating from economic analysis of the law and the evidence offered by the US and EC protection regimes. A major insight that emerges is that the productive potential of secondary producers, what the author terms re-users, is being undervalued in Europe. A greater emphasis on access could harness their economic potential. However, this conclusion comes with a twist based upon the American experience. A reduction in statutory protection could result in a switch to production models that emphasize access. But it could also result in models that reduce access even more than at present. In order to ensure a productive future, rigorous monitoring and regulatory adjustment is in order. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7716
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Institutionelt arbejde i den kommunale digitaliseringsprocesFederspiel, Sofie Blinkenberg (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne afhandling beskæftiger sig med institutionaliseringen af digitalisering i den danske kommunaladministration. At digitalisere vil i den sammenhæng sige at bruge informationsteknologi (IT) til strategisk udvikling af arbejdsgange, og digitalisering er derfor tæt forbundet med at skabe en organisation, der både er omstillingsparat, refleksiv og nytænkende. Selvom institutionalisering af digitalisering således er synonym med en radikal forandring af den kommunale administration, mangler der viden om, hvordan arbejdet med at institutionalisere digitalisering påvirkes af organisationsmedlemmernes forhold til IT: et forhold, som litteraturen tidligere har indikeret, kan have afgørende betydning for digitalisering. Afhandlingen bidrager med ny viden på området. Til det formål trækker afhandlingen på det neo-institutionelle begreb institutionelt arbejde, som giver mulighed for at belyse aktørernes rolle i institutionaliseringsprocesser. Afhandlingen baserer sig på et casestudie af to typiske danske kommunaladministrationer, hvoraf den ene er et resultat af kommunesammenlægning i forbindelse med kommunalreformen i 2007. Det empiriske grundlag består af kvalitative data i form af interviews, dokumentanalyser og mødeobservationer. Den indledende dataanalyse, som er inspireret af grounded theory, pegede på tre centrale analysetemaer i relation til afhandlingens fokus. Disse temaer, som lægger op til tre forskellige håndteringer af data og cases, danner grundlag for afhandlingens tre artikler. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8993
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Patientfigurer i hospitalets strategiske kommunikationPors, Anja Svejgaard (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne ph.d. afhandling handler om hospitalsvæsnets arbejde med strategisk kommunikation. Gennem det seneste årti er kommunikation blevet et strategisk indsatsområde på danske hospitaler. Her er kommunikation omdrejningspunkt i visioner, politikker, planer og daglige arbejdspraksisser. Hospitalerne laver kommunikationsstrategier og opbygger kommunikationsafdelinger, som skal bidrage til en bedre kommunikation med patienter – ikke bare i mødet mellem læge og patient i klinikken – men i den organisatoriske helhed. I afhandlingen beskriver jeg indledningsvist denne udvikling som en kommunikationsliggørelse af hospitalet. Den strategiske kobling mellem kommunikation og patient gør kommunikation til en organisatorisk opgave. Jeg undersøger, hvordan denne udvikling forandrer forståelser af patienten og griber ind i hospitalets organisatoriske orden. Afhandlingens hovedspørgsmål er, hvordan hospitalet iværksætter og håndterer kommunikation med patienter som organisatorisk opgave. Interessen for organisering af kommunikation og patientrelationer placerer sig i et interdisciplinært spændingsfelt mellem forskellige forskningsområder: I sundhedskommunikationsforskningen ses kommunikation som et effektivt middel til at opnå sundhedsfaglige mål. Andre tilgrænsende forskningsområder beskæftiger sig med kommunikation i konkrete møder mellem sundhedsprofessionelle og patienten. Desuden findes der en række institutionelle studier af strategisk kommunikation som hospitalers omdømmearbejde. Fokus i denne afhandling placerer sig mellem disse forskningsområder. Min analytiske interesse retter sig mod hidtil uudforskede aspekter af, hvordan patienten placeres i den strategiske kommunikation. Studiet undersøger ikke, hvordan den strategiske kommunikation modtages af patienter eller fungerer som omdømmehåndtering. Denne 281 afhandling er derimod en undersøgelse af, hvordan strategisk kommunikation med patienter sættes i værk og håndteres i hospitalsorganisationen. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8447
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Majgaard, Klaus (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Afhandlingen udforsker mulighedsbetingelserne for autentisk styringsdialog i den offentlige sektor – forstået som en dialog, hvor deltagere fra forskellige styringsniveauer kan dele kompleksitet og dilemmaer i styringsbetingelserne i et sprog, som opleves som vedkom-mende og træffende. Afsættet tages fra et perspektiv "inde fra" en konkret styringspraksis – nemlig et narrativ fra 2011, da forfatteren selv arbejdede som kommunaldirektør i Furesø Kommune. Fortællingen afsøger de forskellige "dagsordener" for styringen, der hver især har sin særlige måde at tematisere komplekse styringsbetingelser, og som også rejser hver sine sæt af paradokser. Kommunaldirektøren skelner mellem diskussioner, der omhandler "genopretning af orden og budgetssikkerhed" (med den skandaliserede Farum Kommune som bagtæppe), diskussioner om effektivisering og diskussioner om radikal velfærdsinnovation. Hvor diskussionen om orden opererer med meget snævre distinktioner mellem opfyldelse og ikke-opfyldelse af normer og regler, så er effektiviserings- og innovationsdiskussionerne præget af tiltagende åbenhed for de processer, der former rammebetingelserne for denne type vurderinger. En anden iagttagelse er, at ordens-diskursen typisk tiltrækker sig opmærksomheden, når den udfordres. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8991
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Un estudio sobre emigrantes norteamericanos en un pueblo mexicanoBalslev Clausen, Helene (Frederiksberg, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Den traditionelle migrationsforskning betragter Mexico, som et typisk faktor eller transit land, samt har sit fokus på migrationsflowet fra Syd (Latinamerika) til Nord(USA). Dette case studie derimod bidrager empirisk med identifikationen af en ny type immigranter, angelsaksiske noramerikanere, som i stadigt større omfang emigrerer fra Nord(USA) til Syg(Mexico), hvilket som noget nyt også gør Mexico til et pull faktor land..... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7733
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Omdømmearbejde og omdømmepolitikRiis Larsen, Troels (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Afhandlingen undersøger: 1)Hvordan staten har forholdt sig til de ikke-statslige omdømmeaktører og deres arbejdsområder. 2) Hvilke omdømmepolitikker den danske stat førte over for henholdsvis Sovjetunionen og USA inder den kolde krig (1945-1988). En diskussion af en række teorier om, hvordan stater relaterer til landets omdømme viser, at eksisterende teorier såsom nationbranding, public diplomacy og soft power ikke er anvendelige til en historisk analyse af ovenstående spørgsmål. Derfor bliver der i starten af afhandlingen brugt tid på at opbygge et begrebsapparat der relatere til hvert spørgsmål. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8980
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Here's some more definitive proof we can all, indeed, get along: A 6-week-old cheetah cub named Ruuxa has befriended a 7-week-old Rhodesian ridgeback puppy named Raina.
After the cheetah, born at the San Diego Zoo's Safari Park, was rejected by his mother, the keepers helped nurse the youngster. And then they found him a friend.
"Because the cheetah was by himself and did not have any siblings, we wanted him to have a companion immediately," animal training manager Susie Ekard said in the zoo's blog. "They definitely like to play, and when they take naps together, they often will snuggle up together for that warmth and closeness." (See them in action in the video below.)
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A goat named Mr. G received the surprise of his life recently when he was reunited with his best friend, a donkey named Jellybean.
The pair's inspiring friendship began when they lived together for years in the menagerie of a hoarder; after her brood was taken away from her, Mr. G and Jellybean were split up between two different sanctuaries.
Mr. G was taken to California's Animal Place, where the owners soon noted his emotional distress. The buck sat in his pen all day, refusing to eat or even move.
There are times in life when you just have to dive right in – and that was a lesson four African lion cubs at Smithsonian's National Zoo learned earlier this week.
The cubs, born March 10, were tasked with passing a swim reliability test on Tuesday. And they nailed it! (Watch the test in the video above.)
National Zoo staff say that the 10-week-old cuties were all able to keep their heads afloat, swim to the shallow end of the moat (2½-feet deep!) and climb back onto dry land, reports USA Today. That means they're almost ready to explore the terrain of their Washington, D.C., habitat with their mother, 9-year-old Shera.
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We're not the only kids at this playground. There are countless species of animals who also call earth home.
And so, as we celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, we want to give you seven more reasons to recycle that can of soda you just guzzled for lunch.
Seven more reasons to bike to the store for that gallon of milk instead of drive.
Seven more reasons to turn off your computer (gasp!) and save a little energy.
With summer on the way, the penguins are ready to play!
A group of hatchlings born at the Oregon Zoo is on its way to joining the zoo's Humboldt penguin colony of 18 adults this summer.
The facility has welcomed five little ones over the past few months and even managed to capture one of the baby's hatchings on camera.
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Ever since Ellen DeGeneres took the mother of all selfies at the Oscars last month, people everywhere have been trying to top it. Well, it appears someone finally has – a koala.
The cuddly residents of the Wild Life Sydney Zoo are the latest members of the animal kingdom to become selfie-obssessed. When a camera was set up on a moveable tripod in their enclosure a few weeks ago, Bruce, Aaron and Bill immediately started posing for snaps.
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Jayden, a 6-year-old with Type 1 diabetes, likes to look out the window in his room at the Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston. The Houston Zoo is located across the street, so he's trying to see the animals.
"We always drive by the zoo to get to the hospital," says his mother. "He had mentioned, 'Mommy, I just want to go to the zoo.' "
But thanks to a little technology, Jayden didn't have to leave his hospital bed to see jaguars, giraffes and sea lions.
A Danish zoo on Wednesday defended its decision to kill two aging lions and two cubs, citing the risk of inbreeding and the arrival of a new male.
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Along with some bonus Halloween dancing and a major announcement, another dancer had to leave Dancing With The Stars after all scores and votes were correctly tabulated.
After announcing Cher will be the guest judge next week, all of the remaining dancers performed various styles of dance in zombie gear before learning who would have to leave the show.
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Online dashboard maps the world's tweets in real-time
More than ever, Twitter is a treasure trove of data that not only reveals daily trends, but can also be used as a real-time search tool for breaking news and events. However, harnessing such a huge amount of data can be tricky.
In a bid to pin down at least a fleeting sense of what it all means, Paris-based developer Francke Ernewein put together a global dashboard called Tweetping that offers a real-time visualization of the tweets and hashtags being transmitted around the world. The display not only shows activity, represented by points of light a global map, but also real-time counts of words, characters and tweets being written.
This dizzying flow of information puts all the Twitter activity from North America, Africa, Asia, and Europe in one place, but the speed of the updates occur so fast that only a computer, or a perhaps a person with a photographic memory, would be able to make any real sense of the information stream. Nevertheless, the tool is beautiful display of exactly where and how often the world's Twitter population is connecting, and you can see it for yourself at the link below.
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College to Demonstrate National Model for "Blended Learning" at Small Private Schools
BOSTON (January 25, 2008) — Simmons College recently became the first private college in the nation to be awarded a grant from the prestigious Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to demonstrate that small colleges can offer high quality courses that combine classroom and online learning, while still maintaining close student/faculty relationships.
The Sloan Foundation awarded Simmons $225,000 to support two innovative "blended learning" initiatives that combine classroom and online student/teacher interactions in the Simmons School of Health Sciences, and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
The goal of the Sloan program is to make high quality education available "anytime, anywhere, for those motivated to seek it." Course participants can access their courses at all times, from any location, through the Internet. The online and face-to-face course components are designed as an integrated learning experience: each mode of learning is an extension of the other. The Sloan Foundation selected Simmons College for the award to demonstrate the viability of blended learning at small private institutions, to help dispel misconceptions about the level of faculty/student attentiveness the format can support.
"Private institutions have lagged behind public institutions in embracing blended and online learning," says Simmons College President Susan C. Scrimshaw. "Some fear that blended learning will compromise the 'high touch' faculty and student rapport for which our schools are known.
"Simmons is not dissuaded by this rationale. We intend to lead the way as a model for small private schools, to show the best of both worlds—a college that can maintain a strong sense of community and also meet students where they are, in the workplace and homes distant from campus."
In one Simmons initiative, the grant will support blended learning in the Doctoral Program in Nursing Practice in the Simmons School of Health Sciences. Academic administrators believe that blended classroom and online courses will help decrease the shortage of nursing faculty, by making course offerings available to a wider geographic location, and with schedules that can better accommodate working professionals seeking a doctoral degree.
The grant also will support blended learning in the Master of Science program of the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science in western Massachusetts, housed at Mount Holyoke College. Known as GSLIS West, the program mirrors the program offered on the Boston campus and aims to meet the needs of students in western Massachusetts who are juggling work and family responsibilities while earning a master's degree in library science.
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12 Whole Eggs
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2 Yukon gold potatoes, peeled and diced
2 cups of lacinato kale
3 cloves garlic, crushed
¾ cup cheese, fontina; grated
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil, divided
Salt and pepper
In pan over medium heat sauté potatoes in 2 tablespoons of olive oil, place in 350 degree oven to finish cooking. Remove when al dente. In medium bowl mix eggs and cream until combined, add cheese and season with salt and pepper. In 10 inch cast iron pan over medium high heat, sauté kale in remaining olive oil, add garlic and cook until tender. Add egg mixture and potatoes to cast iron pan, place in oven for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. Cook until tortilla is set and golden brown on top. Remove from heat and let cool, serve at room temperature.
Salsa Verde
2 tablespoons capers, drained and chopped
2 anchovy fillets, chopped
3 Garlic cloves, crushed
¼ cup basil, chopped
¼ cup Italian parsley, chopped
2 tablespoons mint, chopped
½ bunch scallions, sliced
½ cup olive oil, extra virgin
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
½ lemon juiced
½ lemon zested
Mix all ingredients together and toss well. Serve over tortilla.
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VIDEO: A.I. downs Delcastle on last second shot
Braxton Watson's game-winning jump shot with 1.2 seconds remaining pushed A.I. DuPont to a 79-77 victory over visiting Delcastle.
A.I.'s 4th win of the season did not come easy. After giving up the lead on the previous possession, Watson took a 20 foot step back jumper after an effective crossover that rattled around before finally falling.
Delcastle was lead by junior Karaan Newsome who had 5 steals and 20 points in the loss. After helping the Cougars get off to an 11-3 lead to start the game, they let the lead slip after 3 pointers from Jeff Bradford and Raekwon Wilson.
A.I. caught up in the second quarter, going on a 10-2 run starting at the 7 minute mark. With a 46-42 halftime lead, another Bradford 3 pointer in the 3rd brought it up to 10 with three minutes remaining in the quarter.
A Delcastle comeback was halted following multiple turnovers, and Watson's eventual game winner. He ended the game with 20 points, going 4 of 5 from the line.
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Black Hand (comics)
|Black Hand
Black Hand as he appears in Green Lantern: Rebirth #1.
Art By Ethan Van Sciver.
|Publication information
|DC Comics
|First appearance
|Green Lantern (vol. 2) #29 (June 1964)
|Created by
|John Broome,
Gil Kane
|In-story information
|Alter ego
|William Hand
|Team affiliations
|Black Lantern Corps
Indigo Tribe
The Society
Underground Society
|Notable aliases
|Dr. Wilbur Palm
|Previously: Absorbs lifeforce energy from living creatures to recreate his destroyed hand.
Created and wields a device which siphons energy from green power rings and mimics their abilities.
Formerly: Undead being (Black Lantern)
Wears a black power ring
Currently: Wields an indigo power ring
Black Hand (real name William Hand) is a DC Comics supervillain and a recurring foe to Green Lantern.[1] He first appeared in Green Lantern (vol. 2) #29 (June 1964) and was created by John Broome and Gil Kane. The character's name is a tribute to DC writer and Batman co-creator Bill Finger,[2] on whom the character was based.[3]
Fictional character biography[edit]
William Hand is born an inventive genius; developing a penchant for speaking in extremely old clichés later in life. William's family, the Hands, are renowned in Coastville (a suburb of Coast City, California); however, he grows to dislike them early in life. He feels the best way to distance himself from them, especially his three brothers (David, Peter and Joe), is to start a life of crime. After extensive study, he becomes an expert criminal and evades police at every turn. Eventually, his criminal behavior escalates into becoming a costumed supervillain; dubbing himself "Black Hand" (an inside joke he conceives that refers to his status as the "black sheep" of the Hand family).
In preparation for an inevitable battle with the Coast City-based Green Lantern (Hal Jordan), Hand makes his most noteworthy invention. The device he creates is able to absorb the residue of a Green Lantern power ring's energy from any object that it touches. Once fueled by this energy, his device can then be used much the same way as a Green Lantern ring. In one crime spree, he uses his device to persuade the general public the items he has stolen have, in fact, never been touched. Hand also tends to break the fourth wall, speaking directly to the reader about his plans to confront Hal Jordan. [4]
For a while, he retires from a life of crime and attempts to run an adult theatre. This new lease on life is ended abruptly by Guy Gardner and his girlfriend Ice. Black Hand develops a phobia of super-heroes. While trying to reorganize his life into more peaceful pursuits, he encounters Justice League members at the World Trade Center restaurant and has a mental breakdown.[5]
Shortly before the events of Green Lantern: Rebirth, Black Hand's device locates a spare power ring that Green Arrow holds in case of emergency. Hand tries to claim the ring for himself, but is stopped by Green Arrow and Hal Jordan (who is serving as the current Spectre). As Hand attempts to wield the power ring, the emerald archer pins the villain's hand to the wall with an arrow and the Spectre turns his hand to coal; remarking that now "he can live up to his name."[6] Missing his right hand and insane from the trauma, Hand flees. After hearing of Hal Jordan's resurrection, he decides to live in the rebuilt Coast City in order to stay close to his foe. While on board an airplane, he is targeted and abducted by the Kroloteans, a race of mysterious German-speaking aliens that are akin to the gremlins of myth. They perform experiments that enhance his powers, and abandon him in a public park.[7][8][9]
He is seen in the Infinite Crisis mini-series as a member of Alexander Luthor, Jr.'s Secret Society of Super Villains and one of several heroes and villains observed by Kal-L and Superboy-Prime.[10] [11]
Post-Infinite Crisis origin[edit]
Black Hand's origin was rewritten in the Secret Origin storyline of Green Lantern, and further enhanced in the Blackest Night storyline.
In his updated origin, William Hand's parents run a coroner's office and funeral home, the logo of which is the same symbol William eventually adopts at the beginning of his criminal career. While still a young boy, Hand is shown as having a severe preoccupation with death and the dead that includes implied necrophilic tendencies. No particular trauma or event seems to have inspired this; even as a toddler, William is deeply fascinated by death and dead people, calling them "pretty". It is implied that his first kiss was with a corpse. At first William tries to control his urges by engaging in taxidermy; however, his hobby becomes a source of concern after he kills the family dog in pursuit of his favored pastime. From this point forward William is sent to various psychologists for the remainder of his life with the Hand family. William simply shrugs off every attempt to "cure" him, learning how to hide the most prurient manifestations of his necrophilia and accept the role of the "black sheep."[12]
As part of his newly written background, his energy-absorbing weapon is now portrayed as being built by Atrocitus, a fervent enemy of the Guardians of the Universe. Atrocitus comes to Earth looking for the being who will coordinate the events that come to be known as the Blackest Night; that being is revealed to be William Hand. Atrocitus locates and attacks Hand, believing the black power literally lies within his body. Atrocitus is stopped by Green Lanterns Hal Jordan and Sinestro, while Hand (encouraged by a strange voice) pockets the weapon and flees the scene.[13] He is later seen breaking into a hospital morgue, trying to steal one of the corpses there. When he is confronted by a security guard, he uses the weapon to kill him, after which saying to himself, the dead was good.[12]
The mysterious voice that tells Hand to steal Atrocitus' weapon for himself traps him under its thrall and influences him into resenting the Green Lanterns. As beacons of light, they upset the perfect balance of darkness and death. Trying to extinguish the light of willpower but unwilling to fight Green Lantern as an "average joe", Hand sews himself a costume using a family cadaver pouch and begins calling himself "Black Hand". Jordan apparently never connects William and his energy-absorbing weapon to his earlier fight with Atrocitus (believing it to be an original creation). Never revealing his weapon's true origin, Black Hand continues to fight him over the years, always retreating to a desecrated grave after each failure. There, he lies with the corpses, hoping for peace and release.[9]
Blackest Night[edit]
While being transported to prison, Black Hand experiences a sudden power surge that kills his guards and apparently began having visions of the dead planet Ryut and the Black Power Battery.
After the visions he roams the desert, hearing "Death" calling to him. It instructs him to reclaim all the souls it has lost in the DC Universe, including Superman and Hal Jordan.[14] Black Hand returns to his family's house, kills his two brothers, his mother, his father, and then finally commits suicide. While these events unfold, the Guardian Scar arrives at the Hand house. She pronounces that the self-sacrifice "pleases him" and regurgitates the first Black power ring, which reanimated Black Hand. She reveals that Hand is the physical embodiment of death, in the same manner that Ion is for willpower, Parallax is for fear, and the Predator is for love. Hand then announces that he will use his new power to finally extinguish the light.[9]
Black Hand later spies on Hal Jordan and the Flash as they pay their respects at the unmarked grave of Batman. After the two heroes depart, Black Hand digs up Batman's corpse and, speaking his own oath, begins the process of recruiting the deceased hero;
—Black Hand, Blackest Night #0 (June 2009)
While holding Bruce Wayne's skull, Black Hand tells the mysterious force behind the Black Lanterns (residing in Sector 666) that no one escapes death. He is later seen after Black Lanterns Elongated Man and Sue Dibny kill Carter Hall and Kendra Saunders. Hand enters the room and proclaims that Hawkman and Hawkgirl will not escape death this time. Two black rings fly out of Batman's skull and Hand commands the two fallen heroes, by name, to rise.[15] Black Hand is also present when the Spectre is taken over by a black ring, gloating to the assembled magic users (such as Blue Devil and Zatanna) that their powers are useless against his "lord's" might.[16]
When the Black Lantern's power levels finally reach one hundred percent, the Black Power Battery teleports itself to the outskirts of Coast City, right on top of the Hand Mortuary. Black Hand watches in delight as Nekron finally rises, and more black rings recruit the bodies of the people who perished when Coast City was destroyed.[17]
When Barry Allen attempts to attack Nekron, Black Hand steps in, using Batman's skull as an "emotional tether" to weaken the hero.[18] He is ultimately defeated when the White Entity is used to convert the several Black Lanterns into White Lanterns, and a white ring attaches to him, reviving him and forcing him to regurgitate several white rings, freeing the Anti-Monitor and destroying Nekron's physical form. He is later seen held in captivity by the Indigo Tribe, chained to the tribe's trademark power staff.[19]
From Blackest Night #2, a back-up feature entitled "The Book of the Black: The Burned-In Thoughts of William Hand" is shown, chronicling Black Hand's childhood memories, and his own personal opinions regarding each of the seven colors of the Emotional spectrum. In the end, his thoughts of the Indigo Tribe turn out to be a scream after his capture, hoping to be released from the Tribe's captivity; but as much of the text is in the Tribe's language thereby remaining indecipherable, except for a few names and four translated phrases.
Brightest Day[edit]
Black Hand is later revealed to be in an unknown location on Earth somewhat trapped inside of Proselyte, the compassion entity, as the members of the Indigo Tribe gather around them.[20]
When Indigo-1 and Black Hand confront Hal Jordan, Barry Allen, Sinestro, Saint Walker and Larfleeze, Black Hand explains that the ring has 'cured' him of William Hand's sickness. This prompts the others to realize that, with their rings, the Indigo Tribe cannot feel any emotion besides compassion. Hal implies that given Hand's role in the Blackest Night, other Indigo Tribe members may have committed evil deeds in the past. Although the Indigo Tribe offer to take the remaining emotional entities into protective custody, Hal rejects the offer, concluding that he cannot trust them in the search for the entities with this new information. Then the being responsible for abducting the emotional entities appears with Parallax, proclaiming that any who feel emotion cannot be trusted.[21]
The New 52[edit]
Black Hand returned when he confronted the currently-imprisoned Hal Jordan on the Indigo Tribe homeworld, the Tribe having abducted Hal and Sinestro now a Green Lantern once again with the intention of converting Sinestro into one of the tribe.[22] With his ring depowered, Hal tricked Black Hand into manifesting the green energy of willpower and using him as a battery to recharge Hal's ring, although the charge was still limited compared to what the ring would have been capable of if recharged normally.[23] Black Hand is freed when guardian Natromo destroys the Indigo Central Power Battery.[24] When the battery is restored, Black Hand's indigo ring tries to reach him, however Black Hand kills himself rather than return to the Indigo Tribe. A Black Power Ring later emerges from his corpse, reviving him as a Black Lantern.[25] Following his reanimation, he returns to Earth and murders everyone in a Chinese food restaurant, he then raises his family from the dead to "have dinner" with him. He lays out his plan to kill and reanimate as many people as possible, reanimating his victims as undead murderers. Meanwhile Sinestro takes Hal Jordan to the Book of the Black to reveal the plan of the Guardians of the Universe to replace the Green Lanterns Corps, however as he opens the Book, Sinestro and Hal Jordan are sucked into it and drawn to Black Hand.[26] Although Hal and Sinestro are able to destroy Black Hand's makeshift army of reanimated corpses by detonating Sinestro's old yellow power battery, they are unaware that Black Hand has witnessed a new prophecy in the Book of the Black; that Hal Jordan will be the greatest "Black" Lantern.[27] After trying to reanimate Hal's father, Black Hand is on the verge of being defeated by both Hal Jordan and Sinestro. The Guardians intervene, charging him up - which apparently grants him enough power to kill both his adversaries - before teleporting him in the Chamber of Shadows for unknown purposes "until he is needed".[28]
When Black Hand was imprisoned in the Chamber of Shadows, he reanimated the elder Oan (who was killed by the Guardians) for information about where the Guardians have put him in, but is only told that the First Lantern is a danger for the universe.[29] Later, Green Lanterns Simon Baz and B'dg are sucked into the Book of Black and drawn to Black Hand.[30] When they began battling Black Hand, he sends Simon to the Dead Zone where Hal and Sinestro are trapped.[31] Green Lantern B'dg and the elder Oans subdue him to use his black ring to open a door to the Dead Zone in order to rescue Simon, but Sinestro unintentionally went with him, while Black Hand has vanished into the Dead Zone.[32] Hal soon makes the ultimate sacrifice by killing himself in order to harness the power of the black ring to escape the Dead Zone and stop the First Lantern Volthoom.[33] When the power ring turns Hal into a Black Lantern, Black Hand's body disintegrates into dust.[34]
Some time later, a black ring was soon after able to reviving him back on Earth once again, albeit in a slightly vulnerable state. Yet with the heroes of the world missing or dead, Black Hand wandered through the city as it is engulfed in riots, raising up dead people as zombies. Blaming Hal Jordan for all that happened to him, he finally makes his vendetta against the Green Lantern a lot more personal as he goes to the place where Hal's father, Martin Jordan, is buried and raises him and all the corpses in the cemetery. Black Hand removes one of his own hands and takes one of Martin's hand in its place, hoping to kill Hal Jordan with his father's own hand.[35]
Powers and abilities[edit]
Energy device[edit]
Black Hand possesses a device that can manipulate the energy of Green Lantern power rings. It can obtain this energy by directly draining it from a ring or through the residue a power ring gives off. Like power rings, however, the device needs to replenish its energy on a regular basis in order to operate. Hand usually recharges his device during battles with Green Lanterns, and has been shown to use it in order to help him locate nearby power rings. The device was recently revealed as being Atrocitus' creation, though it was previously assumed he invented it himself. In Secret Origin, this device was quoted as being a cosmic divining rod, designed by Atrocitus to locate William Hand and defend himself against Green Lantern interference.
Black power ring[edit]
After his suicide, Black Hand is reanimated by Scar when she releases the first Black power ring, making him the first Black Lantern.[9] Reanimated by the ring, the head injury he inflicts upon himself during his suicide is erased, restoring his body to a working state.[36] When the first Black power rings choose wearers, they present themselves to the deceased without a charge.[15] The rings (which constantly ask for "flesh") are recharged by killing living beings and removing their hearts; each heart restores .01 percent power to every ring in the Corps.[37] Black Lanterns are also able to read the emotions of the living as a colored aura that correlates to the emotional spectrum (red for rage, violet for love, etc.).[15]
Indigo power ring[edit]
After he had been restored to life, Black Hand is converted to the Indigo Tribe whose power ring allows Black Hand to perceive compassion in others and to force compassion onto those who feel none.[38][39] Indigo light has the ability to heal individuals with great empathy and to expose people to pain they've inflicted on other people.[39][40] Indigo Power Rings can teleport their users and others over intergalactic distances. This ability utilizes a great deal of power from an indigo power ring, and Indigo Tribe members try to use it sparingly.[40] Eventually he loses this ability and starts wearing a black ring again.
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In the alternate timeline of the "Flashpoint" storyline, William Hand is killed by Atrocitus to unleash Nekron in the process.[41]
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- Black Hand appears[citation needed] in DC Universe Online.
- Black Hand appears as a playable character in Lego Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, voiced by Liam O'Brien.
- ^ Wallace, Dan (2008), "Green Lantern", in Dougall, Alastair, The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 144–147, ISBN 0-7566-4119-5, OCLC 213309017
- ^ Rozakis, Bob. "Alter Egos And Alternate Earths", Comics Bulletin, accessed February 3, 2011.
- ^ Cronin, Brian. "Comic Book Legends Revealed #298", Comic Book Resources, accessed February 3, 2011.
- ^ Wallace, Dan (2008), "Crazy Creations", in Dougall, Alastair, The DC Comics Encyclopedia, New York: Dorling Kindersley, p. 92, ISBN 0-7566-4119-5, OCLC 213309017
- ^ "Justice League of America" #51 (June 1991)
- ^ Green Lantern: Rebirth #1
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #5 (November 2005)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #6 (December 2005)
- ^ a b c d Green Lantern (vol. 4) #43 (July 2009)
- ^ Infinite Crisis #1
- ^ Infinite Crisis #2
- ^ a b Green lantern (vol. 4) #35 (October 2008)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #34 (August 2008)
- ^ DC Universe #0 (June 2009)
- ^ a b c Blackest Night #1 (July 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night #2 (August 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night #4 (October 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night #5 (November 2009)
- ^ Blackest Night #8 (March 2010)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #56 (August 2010)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #60 (December 2010)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #7 (March 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #8 (April 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #9 (May 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #10 (June 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #11 (July 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #12 (August 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern Annual #1 (August 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 5) #14 (November 2012)
- ^ Green Lantern Corps Annual #1 (January 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #17 (February 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #18 (March 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #19 (April 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern vol. 5 #20 (May 2013)
- ^ Green Lantern #23.3
- ^ Montgomery, Lauren (Director). Johns, Geoff (Commentator) (2009). Green Lantern: First Flight (Behind the Scenes of Blackest Night). [Animated Film/DVD]. Warner Home Video. Warner Bros Animation. DC Comics.
- ^ SDCC 09: Blackest Night Consumes Comic-Con, IGN, July 25, 2009
- ^ Green Lantern (vol. 4) #48 (November 2009)
- ^ a b Blackest Night (vol. 1) #3 (September 2009)
- ^ a b Green Lantern (vol. 4) #46 (September 2009)
- ^ Flastpoint: Abin Sur - The Green Lantern #1 (June 2011)


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I'm currently using this shampoo with the Alba cocuonut milk conditioner. It leaves my hair shiny and soft, with little to no hair fallout. I like it so far, and if it continues to work this well I will probably repurchase. I have fine, damaged hair that I dye dark brown, and it doesn't dry it out or fade my color. When my hair is still damp, I put in some Organix Awapuhi Ginger Dry styling oil, and my hair looks and feels amazing. This is the only sulfate free shampoo that both A) actually cleans my hair and B) doesn't give me horrible dandruff. I'm not sold that sulfate free makes such a difference but so far, I love this shampoo. It also smells really good, in a tropical kind of way.
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*TOP REVIEWER* snoopy68 on 4/3/2013 9:23:00 AM more reviews by snoopy68
Age: 44-55 Skin: Normal, Fair-Medium, Neutral Hair: Blond, Wavy, Medium Eyes: Green
I bought the Alba Plumeria Replenishing Hair Wash and Conditioner at Target - combo pak - $9.99. I have a pixie cut, but my hair is heavily highlighted, so even though it is short it tends to be a bit dry. Since the shampoo is not creamy I really feared that this product may be too drying for my hair. Not so! It cleanses very well, but gently, with no build-up. The smell is not strong. I really love this shampoo! And I cannot rave enough about the incredibly moisturizing conditioner! Oh, I think the conditioner is the best that I have ever used in my entire life! I'll save my rantings on the conditioner for that review.
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princessapink on 6/21/2012 3:40:00 PM more reviews by princessapink
Age: 36-43 Skin: Combination, Fair, Neutral Hair: Brunette, Straight, Medium Eyes: Hazel
I used to really like some of this company's shampoos but I think each one is fairly different and I can't remember which ones I liked the best. After a few years of not buying these products, I decided to revisit them and picked up a Plumeria shampoo and conditioner. It's supposed to be good for color-treated hair, the bottle states. It also states that the formula is new and improved. I was a bit hesitant as new and improved usually means worse than before. As I feared, the formula left my hair flat and dry. The conditioner did nothing to moisturize either. I paid $9.99 usd for each bottle so spending $20 on inferior products, no matter how good they smell or natural they claim to be, left me feeling quite disappointed. I am now wary of purchasing the other varieties, especially if they are not the old formula. Guess it's back to drawing board for me, in my quest for natural shampoos that work well.
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bubbleluscious on 5/10/2012 6:58:00 PM more reviews by bubbleluscious
Age: 18 & Under Skin: Acne-prone, Fair, Cool Hair: Brunette, Wavy, Fine Eyes: Brown
I don't rly have anything to complain about this shampoo.. it smells amazing(very pleasant floral/fruity/tropical smell), doesn't irritate my scalp, and most importantly leaves clean and soft hair!! This is my favourite shampoo I have ever tried and the price is reasonable as well. It doesn't perform any miracle feats, but If you are looking for a basic shampoo without all the sulfates and parabens etc but that actually does the job, I would definitely recommend this one!
& great if u have oily hair&like to shampoo on a daily basis
EDIT: Ehh I think it is a bit more deserving of 4 lippies. Still a great pick though!
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Nerds99 on 3/24/2012 6:48:00 PM more reviews by Nerds99
Age: 30-35 Skin: Combination, Fair Hair: Brunette Eyes: Hazel
I've only used it twice, both times with the Gardenia conditioner (as it seems to be the preferred pairing according to the reviews; I do have the Plumeria conditioner, I just haven't used it yet), and it seems to work pretty well on me so far. My hair is clean, soft, shiny and manageable, and smells awesome :) I also use Alba Botanica's Very Emollient mango and honey body wash, followed by their kukui nut body oil. I like that these products are more on the natural side, don't contain a bunch of chemicals and silicone, and they all make me smell amazing. This shampoo, so far, has not dried my hair, and it lathers really well for not having any sulfates. I know that the lather is a "psychological" thing, and not really necessary to "clean" the hair, but I have to have lots of rich, foamy lather, or I am just not going to like the product. This one does the job in all the ways I need so far. If that changes, I'll update :)
This seems to work better each time I use it. My hair has gotten softer, silkier and more manageable than it was before I started using this product. I also started using the Plumeria conditioner and I think I might prefer that one to the Gardenia (the Gardenia seems to weigh my hair down just a bit...I would still use it on more humid days, though).
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ancientchives on 7/16/2011 6:39:00 PM more reviews by ancientchives
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This was really drying on me. I kept using this for about 2 weeks because it was sulfate-free, but then I started getting horrible dandruff!! It ended up drying up my scalp so I really wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I haven't had dandruff since I first started puberty about 12 years ago and this seems way worst then then =(
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jenn7oregon on 6/2/2011 1:52:00 PM more reviews by jenn7oregon
Age: 19-24 Skin: Normal, Fair Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
I love the smell of this shampoo but it dried my hair out a bit and I lost much more hair when brushing after the shower than with other shampoos. I am too young to loose hair so if a shampoo does that I am not going to buy it again. At least it doesn't have parabens or sulfate in it. Aubrey shampoo is much more organic and gives me healthy looking hair.
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SamanthaJustine on 11/9/2010 5:09:00 PM more reviews by SamanthaJustine
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A little heavy for my hair but I can use it a few times a week with no problem. Love the scent!
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julesanddaisy on 8/17/2010 7:07:00 AM more reviews by julesanddaisy
Age: 30-35 Skin: Sensitive, Fair, Warm Hair: Brown, Curly, Medium Eyes: Green
This shampoo and the conditioner are amazing. I started using it about 4 years ago and clearly I really like it. My hair is naturally curly and dry (and coloured). Alba plumeria shampoos and conditioners aren't heavy but seem to tame my hair. It's also an alternative to using regular shampoos as it doesn't contain sulfates. My boyfriend used to use and antidandruff shampoo but discovered that by using this shampoo he doesn't have dandruff. The smell of the plumeria (frangipani) is great too.
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*TOP REVIEWER* gypcc on 6/21/2010 1:29:00 PM more reviews by gypcc
Age: 36-43 Skin: Very Dry Hair: Brunette Eyes: Green
i'm on the fence... i love the smell, not too sure about the results. i was hoping for my hg shampoo... if i'm on the fence... this is probably not it. i dont hate it, i'm just not sure about it. i've used it for three shampoos... it lathers, which i like, and thought as a natural shampoo i'd not get much by way of lather... the smell i already mentioned... but it's not all that replenishing, at least i dont feel as thought it's giving my hair much moisture. we'll see how i feel at the end of the bottle. i'll give it that long (altho after seeing the review chances are it'll be another one cluttering the shelf). UPDATE, gave it another star because it doesnt have Sodium Chloride in it, and I can use it now that I've had a Keratin Treatment.
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This is a story about Kate*.
Kate is a sweet, seven-year-old little girl.
The school bell rings and it's time to go to class. While her classmates giggle and play tag until the teacher comes in to break up the fuss, Kate walks straight to her chair and sits down. She's tired and weak.
And she's very hungry.
Kate has barely eaten in a few days, but not by choice. Her parents struggle to make ends meet and much of their pay cheques go to pay bills and rent. They get by the best they can with what they're given.
But sadly, it's not enough.
Unfortunately, for many children living in Ontario, this is a stark reality. 1 in 6 Canadian children goes to school hungry**. One. In. Six. As a mother of two, I find this statistic to be utterly heartbreaking.
How many times have you heard, "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day"?
Hundreds? Thousands?
Well, there's good reason for this. The word 'breakfast' literally means, 'breaking one's fast'. After a night's sleep, it's important as humans to recharge. Food is fuel; it's energy for our bodies. Without it, we can't function properly. We lose clarity. We get tired, cranky, and have little patience.
Imagine a child, like Kate, expected go to school and perform at their best, yet having to deal with a rumbly belly all day and there is nothing he or she can do about it. They're hardly given a fair chance to show their potential.
"Six-to eleven-year-old children from food-insufficient families had significantly lower arithmetic scores and were more likely to have repeated a grade. Families were classified as food-deficient if they self-reported as sometimes or often not having enough food to eat. In addition, food-insufficient teenagers were more likely to have been suspended from school, and children in this category were more likely to have seen a psychologist and to have experienced difficulty interacting with their peers."
"Morning fasting has a negative effect on cognitive performance, even among healthy, well-nourished children. A test of the speed and accuracy of response on problem-solving tasks given to children who did or did not eat breakfast found that skipping breakfast had an adverse influence on their performance on the tests."
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