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In the physics of general relativity, the equivalence principle is any of several related concepts dealing with the equivalence of gravitational and inertial mass, and to Albert Einstein's observation that the gravitational "force" as experienced locally while standing on a massive body (such as the Earth) is actually the same as the pseudo-force experienced by an observer in a non-inertial (accelerated) frame of reference.
A little reflection will show that the law of the equality of the inertial and gravitational mass is equivalent to the assertion that the acceleration imparted to a body by a gravitational field is independent of the nature of the body. For Newton's equation of motion in a gravitational field, written out in full, it is:
- (Inertial mass) (Acceleration) (Intensity of the gravitational field) (Gravitational mass).
It is only when there is numerical equality between the inertial and gravitational mass that the acceleration is independent of the nature of the body.[1][2]
Something like the equivalence principle emerged in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, when Galileo expressed experimentally that the acceleration of a test mass due to gravitation is independent of the amount of mass being accelerated. These findings led to gravitational theory, in which the inertial and gravitational masses are identical.
The equivalence principle was properly introduced by Albert Einstein in 1907, when he observed that the acceleration of bodies towards the center of the Earth at a rate of 1g (g = 9.81 m/s2 being a standard reference of gravitational acceleration at the Earth's surface) is equivalent to the acceleration of an inertially moving body that would be observed on a rocket in free space being accelerated at a rate of 1g. Einstein stated it thus:
we [...] assume the complete physical equivalence of a gravitational field and a corresponding acceleration of the reference system.
—Einstein, 1907
That is, being at rest on the surface of the Earth is equivalent to being inside a spaceship (far from any sources of gravity) that is being accelerated by its engines. From this principle, Einstein deduced that free-fall is actually inertial motion. Objects in free-fall do not really accelerate. In an inertial frame of reference bodies (and light) obey Newton's first law, moving at constant velocity in straight lines. Analogously, in a curved spacetime the worldline of an inertial particle or pulse of light is as straight as possible (in space and time).[3] Such a worldline is called a geodesic. Viewed across time from the viewpoint of an observer "stationary" on the surface of a gravitating body, the geodesics appear to curve towards the body. This is why an accelerometer in free-fall doesn't register any acceleration; there isn't any. By contrast, in Newtonian mechanics, gravity is assumed to be a force. This force draws objects having mass towards the center of any massive body. At the Earth's surface, the force of gravity is counteracted by the mechanical (physical) resistance of the Earth's surface. So in Newtonian physics, a person at rest on the surface of a (non-rotating) massive object is in an inertial frame of reference. These considerations suggest the following corollary to the equivalence principle, which Einstein formulated precisely in 1911:
Whenever an observer detects the local presence of a force that acts on all objects in direct proportion to the inertial mass of each object, that observer is in an accelerated frame of reference.
Einstein also referred to two reference frames, K and K'. K is a uniform gravitational field, whereas K' has no gravitational field but is uniformly accelerated such that objects in the two frames experience identical forces:
We arrive at a very satisfactory interpretation of this law of experience, if we assume that the systems K and K' are physically exactly equivalent, that is, if we assume that we may just as well regard the system K as being in a space free from gravitational fields, if we then regard K as uniformly accelerated. This assumption of exact physical equivalence makes it impossible for us to speak of the absolute acceleration of the system of reference, just as the usual theory of relativity forbids us to talk of the absolute velocity of a system; and it makes the equal falling of all bodies in a gravitational field seem a matter of course.
—Einstein, 1911
This observation was the start of a process that culminated in general relativity. Einstein suggested that it should be elevated to the status of a general principle, which he called the "principle of equivalence," when constructing his theory of relativity:
As long as we restrict ourselves to purely mechanical processes in the realm where Newton's mechanics holds sway, we are certain of the equivalence of the systems K and K'. But this view of ours will not have any deeper significance unless the systems K and K' are equivalent with respect to all physical processes, that is, unless the laws of nature with respect to K are in entire agreement with those with respect to K'. By assuming this to be so, we arrive at a principle which, if it is really true, has great heuristic importance. For by theoretical consideration of processes which take place relatively to a system of reference with uniform acceleration, we obtain information as to the career of processes in a homogeneous gravitational field.
—Einstein, 1911
Einstein combined (postulated) the equivalence principle with special relativity to predict that clocks run at different rates in a gravitational potential, and light rays bend in a gravitational field, even before he developed the concept of curved spacetime.
So the original equivalence principle, as described by Einstein, concluded that free-fall and inertial motion were physically equivalent. This form of the equivalence principle can be stated as follows. An observer in a windowless room cannot distinguish between being on the surface of the Earth, and being in a spaceship in deep space accelerating at 1g. This is not strictly true, because massive bodies give rise to tidal effects (caused by variations in the strength and direction of the gravitational field) which are absent from an accelerating spaceship in deep space.
Although the equivalence principle guided the development of general relativity, it is not a founding principle of relativity but rather a simple consequence of the geometrical nature of the theory. In general relativity, objects in free-fall follow geodesics of spacetime, and what we perceive as the force of gravity is instead a result of our being unable to follow those geodesics of spacetime, because the mechanical resistance of matter prevents us from doing so.
Since Einstein developed general relativity, there was a need to develop a framework to test the theory against other possible theories of gravity compatible with special relativity. This was developed by Robert Dicke as part of his program to test general relativity. Two new principles were suggested, the so-called Einstein equivalence principle and the strong equivalence principle, each of which assumes the weak equivalence principle as a starting point. They only differ in whether or not they apply to gravitational experiments.
Three forms of the equivalence principle are in current use: weak (Galilean), Einsteinian, and strong.
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The weak equivalence principle, also known as the universality of free fall or the Galilean equivalence principle can be stated in many ways. The strong EP includes (astronomic) bodies with gravitational binding energy[4] (e.g., 1.74 solar-mass pulsar PSR J1903+0327, 15.3% of whose separated mass is absent as gravitational binding energy[5]). The weak EP assumes falling bodies are bound by non-gravitational forces only. Either way:
Locality eliminates measurable tidal forces originating from a radial divergent gravitational field (e.g., the Earth) upon finite sized physical bodies. The "falling" equivalence principle embraces Galileo's, Newton's, and Einstein's conceptualization. The equivalence principle does not deny the existence of measurable effects caused by a rotating gravitating mass (frame dragging), or bear on the measurements of light deflection and gravitational time delay made by non-local observers.
By definition of active and passive gravitational mass, the force on due to the gravitational field of is:
Likewise the force on a second object of arbitrary mass2 due to the gravitational field of mass0 is:
By definition of inertial mass:
If and are the same distance from then, by the weak equivalence principle, they fall at the same rate (i.e. their accelerations are the same)
In other words, passive gravitational mass must be proportional to inertial mass for all objects.
Furthermore by Newton's third law of motion:
must be equal and opposite to
It follows that:
In other words, passive gravitational mass must be proportional to active gravitational mass for all objects.
The dimensionless Eötvös-parameter is the difference of the ratios of gravitational and inertial masses divided by their average for the two sets of test masses "A" and "B."
Tests of the weak equivalence principle are those that verify the equivalence of gravitational mass and inertial mass. An obvious test is dropping two contrasted objects in hard vacuum, e.g., inside Fallturm Bremen.
Researcher | Year | Method | Result |
John Philoponus[clarification needed] | 6th century | Described correctly the effect of dropping balls of different masses | no detectable difference |
Simon Stevin[7] | ~1586 | Dropped lead balls of different masses off the Delft churchtower | no detectable difference |
Galileo Galilei[clarification needed] | ~1610 | Rolling balls down inclined planes | no detectable difference |
Isaac Newton | ~1680 | measure the period of pendulums of different mass but identical length | no measurable difference |
Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel | 1832 | measure the period of pendulums of different mass but identical length | no measurable difference |
Loránd Eötvös | 1908 | measure the torsion on a wire, suspending a balance beam, between two nearly identical masses under the acceleration of gravity and the rotation of the Earth | difference is less than 1 part in 109 |
Roll, Krotkov and Dicke | 1964 | Torsion balance experiment, dropping aluminum and gold test masses | [8] |
David Scott | 1971 | Dropped a falcon feather and a hammer at the same time on the Moon | no detectable difference (not a rigorous experiment, but very dramatic being the first lunar one[9]) |
Braginsky and Panov | 1971 | Torsion balance, aluminum and platinum test masses, measuring acceleration towards the sun | difference is less than 1 part in 1012 |
Eöt-Wash group | 1987– | Torsion balance, measuring acceleration of different masses towards the earth, sun and galactic center, using several different kinds of masses | [10] |
Year | Investigator | Sensitivity | Method |
500? | Philoponus [12] | "small" | Drop Tower |
1585 | Stevin [13] | 5×10-2 | Drop Tower |
1590? | Galileo [14] | 2×10-2 | Pendulum, Drop Tower |
1686 | Newton [15] | 10-3 | Pendulum |
1832 | Bessel [16] | 2×10-5 | Pendulum |
1910 | Southerns [17] | 5×10-6 | Pendulum |
1918 | Zeeman [18] | 3×10-8 | Torsion Balance |
1922 | Eötvös [19] | 5×10-9 | Torsion Balance |
1923 | Potter [20] | 3×10-6 | Pendulum |
1935 | Renner [21] | 2×10-9 | Torsion Balance |
1964 | Dicke, Roll, Krotkov [8] | 3x10-11 | Torsion Balance |
1972 | Braginsky, Panov [22] | 10-12 | Torsion Balance |
1976 | Shapiro, et al.[23] | 10-12 | Lunar Laser Ranging |
1981 | Keiser, Faller [24] | 4×10-11 | Fluid Support |
1987 | Niebauer, et al.[25] | 10-10 | Drop Tower |
1989 | Stubbs, et al.[26] | 10-11 | Torsion Balance |
1990 | Adelberger, Eric G.; et al.[27] | 10-12 | Torsion Balance |
1999 | Baessler, et al.[28] | 5x10-14 | Torsion Balance |
cancelled? | MiniSTEP | 10-17 | Earth Orbit |
2015? | MICROSCOPE | 10-16 | Earth Orbit |
2015? | Reasenberg/SR-POEM[29] | 2×10-17 | vacuum free fall |
Experiments are still being performed at the University of Washington which have placed limits on the differential acceleration of objects towards the Earth, the Sun and towards dark matter in the galactic center. Future satellite experiments[30] – STEP (Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle), Galileo Galilei, and MICROSCOPE (MICROSatellite pour l'Observation de Principe d'Equivalence) – will test the weak equivalence principle in space, to much higher accuracy.
Proposals that may lead to a quantum theory of gravity such as string theory and loop quantum gravity predict violations of the weak equivalence principle because they contain many light scalar fields with long Compton wavelengths, which should generate fifth forces and variation of the fundamental constants. Heuristic arguments suggest that the magnitude of these equivalence principle violations could be in the 10−13 to 10−18 range.[31] Currently envisioned tests of the weak equivalence principle are approaching a degree of sensitivity such that non-discovery of a violation would be just as profound a result as discovery of a violation. Non-discovery of equivalence principle violation in this range would suggest that gravity is so fundamentally different from other forces as to require a major reevaluation of current attempts to unify gravity with the other forces of nature. A positive detection, on the other hand, would provide a major guidepost towards unification.[31]
What is now called the "Einstein equivalence principle" states that the weak equivalence principle holds, and that:[32]
Here "local" has a very special meaning: not only must the experiment not look outside the laboratory, but it must also be small compared to variations in the gravitational field, tidal forces, so that the entire laboratory is freely falling. It also implies the absence of interactions with "external" fields other than the gravitational field.[citation needed]
The principle of relativity implies that the outcome of local experiments must be independent of the velocity of the apparatus, so the most important consequence of this principle is the Copernican idea that dimensionless physical values such as the fine-structure constant and electron-to-proton mass ratio must not depend on where in space or time we measure them. Many physicists believe that any Lorentz invariant theory that satisfies the weak equivalence principle also satisfies the Einstein equivalence principle.
Schiff's conjecture suggests that the weak equivalence principle actually implies the Einstein equivalence principle, but it has not been proven. Nonetheless, the two principles are tested with very different kinds of experiments. The Einstein equivalence principle has been criticized as imprecise, because there is no universally accepted way to distinguish gravitational from non-gravitational experiments (see for instance Hadley[33] and Durand[34]).
In addition to the tests of the weak equivalence principle, the Einstein equivalence principle can be tested by searching for variation of dimensionless constants and mass ratios. The present best limits on the variation of the fundamental constants have mainly been set by studying the naturally occurring Oklo natural nuclear fission reactor, where nuclear reactions similar to ones we observe today have been shown to have occurred underground approximately two billion years ago. These reactions are extremely sensitive to the values of the fundamental constants.
Constant | Year | Method | Limit on fractional change |
fine structure constant | 1976 | Oklo | 10−7 |
weak interaction constant | 1976 | Oklo | 10−2 |
electron–proton mass ratio | 2002 | quasars | 10−4 |
proton gyromagnetic factor | 1976 | astrophysical | 10−1 |
There have been a number of controversial attempts to constrain the variation of the strong interaction constant. There have been several suggestions that "constants" do vary on cosmological scales. The best known is the reported detection of variation (at the 10−5 level) of the fine-structure constant from measurements of distant quasars, see Webb et al.[35] Other researchers dispute these findings. Other tests of the Einstein equivalence principle are gravitational redshift experiments, such as the Pound–Rebka experiment which test the position independence of experiments.
The strong equivalence principle suggests the laws of gravitation are independent of velocity and location. In particular,
The first part is a version of the weak equivalence principle that applies to objects that exert a gravitational force on themselves, such as stars, planets, black holes or Cavendish experiments. The second part is the Einstein equivalence principle (with the same definition of "local"), restated to allow gravitational experiments and self-gravitating bodies. The freely-falling object or laboratory, however, must still be small, so that tidal forces may be neglected (hence "local experiment").
This is the only form of the equivalence principle that applies to self-gravitating objects (such as stars), which have substantial internal gravitational interactions. It requires that the gravitational constant be the same everywhere in the universe and is incompatible with a fifth force. It is much more restrictive than the Einstein equivalence principle.
The strong equivalence principle suggests that gravity is entirely geometrical by nature (that is, the metric alone determines the effect of gravity) and does not have any extra fields associated with it. If an observer measures a patch of space to be flat, then the strong equivalence principle suggests that it is absolutely equivalent to any other patch of flat space elsewhere in the universe. Einstein's theory of general relativity (including the cosmological constant) is thought to be the only theory of gravity that satisfies the strong equivalence principle. A number of alternative theories, such as Brans–Dicke theory, satisfy only the Einstein equivalence principle.
The strong equivalence principle can be tested by searching for a variation of Newton's gravitational constant G over the life of the universe, or equivalently, variation in the masses of the fundamental particles. A number of independent constraints, from orbits in the solar system and studies of big bang nucleosynthesis have shown that G cannot have varied by more than 10%.
Thus, the strong equivalence principle can be tested by searching for fifth forces (deviations from the gravitational force-law predicted by general relativity). These experiments typically look for failures of the inverse-square law (specifically Yukawa forces or failures of Birkhoff's theorem) behavior of gravity in the laboratory. The most accurate tests over short distances have been performed by the Eöt-Wash group. A future satellite experiment, SEE (Satellite Energy Exchange), will search for fifth forces in space and should be able to further constrain violations of the strong equivalence principle. Other limits, looking for much longer-range forces, have been placed by searching for the Nordtvedt effect, a "polarization" of solar system orbits that would be caused by gravitational self-energy accelerating at a different rate from normal matter. This effect has been sensitively tested by the Lunar Laser Ranging Experiment. Other tests include studying the deflection of radiation from distant radio sources by the sun, which can be accurately measured by very long baseline interferometry. Another sensitive test comes from measurements of the frequency shift of signals to and from the Cassini spacecraft. Together, these measurements have put tight limits on Brans–Dicke theory and other alternative theories of gravity.
In 2014, astronomers discovered a stellar triple system including a millisecond pulsar PSR J0337+1715 and two white dwarfs orbiting it. The system will provide them a chance to test the strong equivalence principle in a strong gravitational field.[36]
One challenge to the equivalence principle is the Brans–Dicke theory. Self-creation cosmology is a modification of the Brans–Dicke theory. The Fredkin Finite Nature Hypothesis is an even more radical challenge to the equivalence principle and has even fewer supporters.
In August 2010, researchers from the School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia; the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; and the Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, United Kingdom; published the paper "Evidence for spatial variation of the fine structure constant", whose tentative conclusion is that, "qualitatively, [the] results suggest a violation of the Einstein Equivalence Principle, and could infer a very large or infinite universe, within which our 'local' Hubble volume represents a tiny fraction."[37]
Dutch physicist and string theorist Erik Verlinde has generated a self-contained, logical derivation of the equivalence principle based on the starting assumption of a holographic universe. Given this situation, gravity would not be a true fundamental force as is currently thought but instead an "emergent property" related to entropy. Verlinde's entropic gravity theory apparently leads naturally to the correct observed strength of dark energy; previous failures to explain its incredibly small magnitude have been called by such people as cosmologist Michael Turner (who is credited as having coined the term "dark energy") as "the greatest embarrassment in the history of theoretical physics".[38] However, it should be noted that these ideas are far from settled and still very controversial.


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CBNNews.com - JERUSALEM, Israel - After touring the Ashkelon neighborhood hit by a Grad missile Tuesday morning, Likud chairman Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu said a government led by him would topple Hamas.
"[Foreign Minister] Tzipi Livni and the people of Kadima [party] scoffed at the predictions regarding rocket fire. A government led by me will overthrow the Hamas rule in Gaza and bring about a cessation of rocket fire," Netanyahu said.
One resident pleaded with him not to give the defense ministry to present Defense Minister Ehud Barak.
"Enough talking," the resident shouted. "Promise us you won't appoint Ehud Barak as defense minister."
Netanyahu didn't respond to the plea.
Earlier in the week, Moshe Ya'alon, former IDF chief of general staff now running on the Likud party ticket, told participants of the annual Herzliya Conference that Islamic terror groups saw the Israeli withdrawals from Lebanon and the Gaza Strip as "victories to jihad."
"History has taught us that capitulating to terror only invites more terror," Ya'alon said.
"In the case of Israel, steadfastness against terror also includes standing firm, without discussing any territorial concessions," the former IDF chief said.
"We have learned that our concessions over the past 15 years have brought upon us only more terror, rockets and bloodshed," he said.
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_The human consciousness concerns itself with a multitude of empty and
insignificant considerations, but the most wonderful of all escapes it.
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FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) — The Department of Defense has awarded a $3.4 billion contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to build fighter planes for the U.S. military and also foreign services.
Under the terms of the contract, the Lockheed plant in Fort Worth will expand its manufacturing of various models of the F-35 fighter plane.
Nineteen planes will be built for the Air Force, six for the Marine Corps and four for the Navy. Six others will be manufactured for England, Italy and Norway.
Lockheed also will manufacture support equipment and other related products.
The bulk of the work will be done in Fort Worth but some will go to Lockheed facilities in El Segundo, Calif., Orlando, Fla., and elsewhere.
Aircraft deliveries are expected to be completed by October 2016.
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Stella McCartney Pre-Fall 2013 Collection (Pictures)
First Look! Stella McCartney Reveals Her Pre-Fall '13 Collection
Stella McCartney just revealed her pre-Fall '13 collection filled with covetable pieces we'd like to get our hands on now. A select few, like Anna Wintour, Kim Cattrall, and Mary-Louise Parker, were able to see the collection in the flesh last night at an intimate soiree in NYC — but we have all the newly released photos from Stella's lookbook for you to check out right here. Staying true to her penchant for effortless silhouettes, Stella highlighted sleek separates in the way of boxy oversize coats, printed bomber jackets, loose trousers, and billowy blouses. Bold stripes were splashed on trousers, dresses, and even on gowns, emoting a chic, sportif feel everywhere you looked. Meanwhile, intricate embroidered capes and blazers injected an opulent touch to Stella's streamlined offerings. Our favorite piece? A slouched navy jumpsuit featuring a drop waist and metallic links across the chest — sport-chic at its best. Check out the rest of Stella McCartney's pre-Fall '13 in the slideshow now, and tell us what you think in the comments section below.
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Insight - Samsung's next reinvention challenge: itself
SEOUL (Reuters) - As its smartphone sales stutter and a generational leadership succession looms, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd is under pressure to reinvent itself - to be more innovative, but not lose the rigor and focus that made it a global powerhouse.
One effort this summer to foster a more worker-friendly environment and a more creative culture is to allow staff at its main Suwon campus south of Seoul to wear shorts to work at weekends. Working hours are more flexible, and female staff can take maternity leave without worrying about job security.
The flagship of South Korea's dominant conglomerate, or chaebol, is also trying to address shifting cultural values at home by curbing some of the excesses hardwired into corporate Korea. Forced late-night drinking sessions, long a staple of local office life, are out.
"It's 1-1-9 for evening company outings now: one type of alcohol, in one place and only until 9 p.m," said a Samsung employee in his eighth year at the firm. "Younger staff are no longer forced to stay, and the senior workers will be careful not to upset their subordinates," he said, asking not to be named as he was not authorised to speak to the media.
Samsung last month posted an unexpectedly sharp drop in second-quarter earnings, squeezed by falling market share in smartphones, and with no obvious driver in sight to reverse the decline. Chairman Lee Kun-hee, 72, who has famously managed Samsung with a sense of "permanent crisis", remains hospitalised following a May heart attack.
The ascension of his son and heir-apparent, the Harvard-educated Jay Y. Lee, 46, could be a breath of fresh air, but effecting wholesale change in the way the sprawling company operates would be a Herculean task and could prove a mistake.
"The company is in somewhat of a Catch-22 when it comes to changing its culture," said Jay Subhash, a former senior product manager who left Samsung in April. "It desperately needs to adopt a culture that fosters openness, creativity and innovation. But doing so would jeopardise its greatest existing cultural asset, its militaristic hierarchy, which enables it to operate at lightning speed to outpace the competition."
Samsung has long emphasized the need for creativity while hiring more foreign talent as it operates in increasingly diverse markets. Along with relaxed rules on work hours, it stresses a "Work Smart" philosophy to reduce unnecessary time spent at the office.
While it's hoped a looser environment will help stir new ideas, some insiders say progress is slow against what's often described as an entrenched culture of rigid, top-down management.
"Samsung's doing some soul searching right now, it's asking itself 'who am I, and what should I do next?" said Chang Sea-jin, a business professor at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and author of "Sony Vs Samsung".
"In the long term, the company needs to become global and open. Giving employees more autonomy can lead to loss of control, but this will in the long run benefit the company by developing talent that can run the business from a global perspective."
The drop in second-quarter profit triggered some symbolic belt-tightening at Samsung: Handset division managers gave up part of their bonuses and downgraded to economy class for shorter flights - acts of loyalty that are part of Samsung's culture, which emphasizes urgency in action.
While the company is a market leader in smartphones, TVs, refrigerators and memory chips, it's saddled with a perception that it's a "fast-follower" and not an innovator like Apple Inc or Google Inc.
Samsung is hardly alone in the culture struggle.
Many Korean firms deal with the same issues stemming from the legacy of the country's Confucian, conformist culture, which has also fuelled its industrial success. Several Samsung employees interviewed by Reuters said that those who "stand out" from the norm struggle and often end up leaving.
"The core challenge for Korea is that as a Confucian culture that has deep respect for age, hierarchy is very important and so what you'll find is that it's hard to innovate in an environment where challenging your boss is not something you can easily do," said Shaun Cochran, head of CLSA Korea.
Samsung is making efforts to address that.
In July, Chief Financial Officer Lee Sang-hoon asked how Samsung can respond to rapid changes in the tech industry in the first "Grand Discussion", an initiative for more dialogue, through the company's newly launched Mosaic internal message board. The discussion generated 4,221 ideas and comments.
"Samsung takes pride in the creativity and diversity of its talented people and will constantly strive to create an environment where they have the opportunity to grow," the company said in a statement to Reuters. The company did not make an executive available for an interview, but provided Reuters with written material on various initiatives.
Under its "Creative Lab" programme, employees can individually or in teams take a year to develop an idea they come up with if it's deemed worthy of pursuit. Samsung says it had some 14,000 ideas last year through this programme and other company initiatives.
Employees and Samsung watchers say cultural change is inevitable as a younger generation of Koreans increasingly demands more than just high wages.
In a survey this year by job portal Incruit, Korean Air Lines Co ranked as the country's most desirable employer, snapping Samsung's 10-year run at the top. Incruit said Samsung's reputation for imposing a heavy workload and limiting personal time jarred with a growing preference for work-life balance.
That said, some two-thirds of Samsung's nearly 300,000-strong workforce is outside South Korea, and the vast majority of its revenue is generated away from home.
Among leading South Korean firms, Samsung stands out in that it doesn't discriminate on where job applicants were educated, said Im Chan-soo, head of LCS Communications in the southern port city of Busan, which offers private lessons for those preparing for interviews at Samsung.
Staff turnover at Samsung in South Korea was below 3 percent last year, against almost 17 percent at its overseas facilities.
"Samsung looks for honest people who are crazy about the company, people who have only looked to Samsung, who have done a lot to try to get in," said Im.
One former Samsung Electronics employee, an American in South Korea, said top managers are globally minded, though many employees and observers interviewed by Reuters said the core of its culture remains distinctly Korean.
"I think change is inevitable," said the current Samsung employee. "It's not because the company decided to be a trailblazer, but because the societal trends are changing. There's a desire to change the system."
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Value Net Integrator: An Atomic E-Business Model
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Value net integrators control the virtual value chain in their industries by gathering, synthesizing, and distributing information. This chapter analyzes the cases of Seven-Eleven Japan and Cisco Systems to illustrate how to successfully implement the value net integrator e-business model.
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Ryan Wooley
Ryan Wooley started with CBS Radio back in 2007 just three days after graduating from Eastern Michigan University with a Bachelor's degree in "Electronic Media and Film".
In that time he has worked every position imaginable both on-air and behind the scenes and is currently the afternoon sports anchor for both 97.1 "The Ticket" and WWJ Newsradio 950.
He has been awarded sportscast of the year on multiple occasions from both the Michigan Association of Broadcasters as well as the Michigan Associated Press. He was also honored by EMU in 2014 with the "Outstanding Young Alumni Award".
In addition to his duties with both radio stations, he is the play by play voice of the Westland John Glenn Rocket football team as well as the Eastern Michigan University women's basketball team. He also owns his own DJ company, "Mammoth Entertainment", and handles everything from graduation parties to weddings.
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It's no secret that the Spurs have and have had one of the best coaches to ever grace the sidelines in Gregg Popovich, but they have now went out and hired Becky Hammon, a former six time WNBA player of the year and 15 year veteran that has played for both the New York Liberty and San Antonio Stars.
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It's going on six years since the last time Detroit has held the "Granddaddy of them all" but that could all change on August 1st after Windsor and Detroit have teamed up and submitted a bid to World Wrestling Entertainment to bring WrestleMania back to the Motor City.
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Riot, in some way can we please make the community aware somehow of how in ranked games it's supposed to go in pick order, rather than almost being punished for being first pick? For example, in a game just now (that I ended up queue dodging, as I didn't want to waste 20 minutes and lower my elo) I was first pick, so while I'm trying to do bans, the rest of my team spams "top, top, top, top, adc, adc, adc, adc, mid, I ONLY PLAY MID, and I'm going to jungle Zed." So, that would've left me as support, which I am actually perfectly fine with playing, but after just saying "It's supposed to go in pick order, I'm actually a really bad support, willing to play it though, is there anyone else that would like to support, my best roles are top and adc" two of my teemmates said I was being a ****** and were going to troll because of it. After picks and bans, we had an Irelia - Poppy - Sona - Lux - Tryndamere composition, with three of my team members constantly insulting me due to my insistence that it's supposed to go by pick order, and you're supposed to be flexible in Ranked queue, not spamming 15-20 lines of chat with the only role you're willing to play as quickly as possible. Needless to say, I ended up dodging partially because I was already getting a headache and didn't seek to make it worse playing with a bunch of toxic twelve year olds. Back to the point here: can we please make it somewhat more obvious that it's supposed to be in pick order, or you're supposed to be nice regarding what roles you prefer, because how it stands right now, I almost feel punished if I get first pick and I worry about actual bans right away, as I don't have time to quickly type "I prefer top or adc".
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The summoner's code states something about in draft mode you should always pick something that meshes with your team well. If these kind of cases I report these people at the end (win or lose) for refusing to communicate with team. It sucks that it's often a loss in these scenarios, and you have to waste time and elo to get the report in, but it's about all you can do. IMO -- the real priority for Riot should be getting lobby chat logs into the tribunal system. The vast majority of trolling I still see in League of Legends all happens in the champion select lobby, as they know it wont show up in the tribunal.
RIOT didn't make the meta, RIOT didn't force the meta on anyone In fact, the NA meta was proven not the best when Asian / european teams sued another meta to destory. And yes, NA is learning to adapt too
+1 ~ I agree Though, maybe do a "showcase" and put it as a short tutorial that you can see when trying to sign up for ranked?


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John Stossel thinks the Obama regime has not quite morphed the U.S. into the Roman Empire. He's wrong. In fact, the new Rome on the Potomac has exceeded the decadence of classical Rome by an order of magnitude.
Libertarian extraordinaire John Stossel asks the right questions. He doesn't always arrive at the right answers.
The questions Mr. Stossel poses on his Fox-Business TV show, small mercies, have little to do with the mindless things that busy Big Media. For a couple of weeks, for example, the impetus among the mindless has been to provide the priapic Anthony Wiener with the boost his worthless life and life's work have clearly needed.
The sexting antics of this engorged organism—a New-York City mayoral candidate and once a Democratic congressman—have allowed Major Media to carry out its mission: knocking down one straw man (Weiner) to conceal the catastrophes of another (Obama).
Back to Stossel. To the question of "Are We Rome?" posed on the July 18 segment of his eponymous show, Mr. Stossel replied, "Not yet."
Mr. Stossel takes comfort in the fact that "we don't kill people for sport. When we go to war, misguided or not, we don't conquer or plunder. And when we win, we usually leave."
The popular host is utterly mistaken—just as he was wrong to summarily dismiss the threat to liberty of the "National Security Administration tracking patterns in our emails and phone calls," to quote his nonchalant column.
Who is Stossel kidding? American assassins hunt down and kill very many innocents abroad by drone. Unmanned aerial U.S. "drones have killed thousands, many of them civilians," attests Gabor Rona of Human Rights First.
And talk about a Roman spectacle! Targeted killing is even a bit of a sport—so much so that the New Rome has established a "new medal that honors drone pilots and computer experts" for their long-distance killing prowess. It was to be called "The Distinguished Warfare Medal."
Rome's rulers were not nearly as efficient as the US is at killing. Uncle Sam has industrialized and streamlined war-time slaughter. No longer do thousands of legionnaires lay siege to a city with attack catapults; one pilot flattens it with a single "daisy cutter" (and few qualms).
Compare the demographic and economic indices of countries the US has invaded—for their own good, of course, but without their consent—before and after those faith-based initiatives. You'll get a better idea of the carnage than John Stossel's optimism allows.
Libya is no longer. Ditto Iraq. Afghanistan is not doing much better since Rome set up camp there.
The Comitatus—"the sprawling apparatus that encompasses the ministries of government, the lawyers, the diplomats, the adjutants, the messengers, the interpreters, the intellectuals"—refused to keep count of the casualties in the Iraq war. Thus are the losses variously estimated to run from 110,600 violent deaths (Associated Press), to 601,027 (a Lancet survey), and likely even 1,033,000 (Opinion Research Business survey).
Likewise has "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan, still ongoing, been the direct and indirect cause of the deaths and displacement of many thousands of Afghan civilians.
(Wikipedia has tallied the deaths caused by Coalition forces in Libya.")
Again, contrary to Stossel's assertion, the latter-day Rome has mechanized the warfare-state's killing capabilities and has refined its propaganda wing to an art—so fine an art that John Stossel has bought it hook, line, and sinker.
Nobody attempting to tackle the "Are We Rome?" vexation should get away with a failure to mention Cullen Murphy's book by that name. This question Murphy has asked and answered. Superbly so.
Murphy's "Are We Rome? The Fall of an Empire and the Fate of Rome" draws the unflattering parallels between the imperial rule of ancient Rome and that of modern America, down to the contemporary "musicians" [like Beyoncé and Jay-Z], "the courtesans, diviners, buffoons [clearly categories are not mutually exclusive] … the people who taste the emperor's food before he himself does … the core groups of bureaucrats and toadies who function within the nimbus of great power."
The domain name "USA.gov.", if you will.
Lest you forget, the D.C. hood is also home to your favorite, oh-so gritty media personalities, who gather inside or near the Bubble to reap "the benefits of being at the center of the Imperium." This means rocking the ship of state just enough to retain street cred with "the folks."
Ultimately, "All life in Washington today derives ... from the capital's own version of Rome's annona — the continuous infusion not of grain and olive oil but of tax revenue and borrowed money," avers Murphy. "Instead of ships and barges there are banks, 10,000 of them designated for this purpose, which funnel the nation's tax payments to the city. This 'never-ending flow of revenue creates a broad level of affluence that has no real counterpart anywhere in America. Washington simply doesn't look like the rest of America." But its residents "fail to view this as bizarre."
The rest of the country doesn't much flinch about the fleecing. The people of the provinces are programmed to go on pilgrimages to D.C., and genuflect to their opulent oppressors.
The rest exist merely to serve the masters of modern Rome. Thanks to the graft flowing into the Beltway, the average income in and around Washington D.C. is $85,189 compared to $49,777 for the hinterland, where unemployment rates are almost double.
Unless the pauperized hoi polloi are willing to do something drastic, like repeal the "annona"—the number of that beast is 16: the 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution—we'll continue to live as the Beltway's bitches.
Yet another of Mr. Stossel's less piercing insights consists in objecting "to President Obama's $100 million dollar [African] trip," but consoling himself that "The Romans were worse": "Nero traveled with 1,000 carriages."
By Murphy's telling, when on-the-go, "just one element of the president's U.S. security detail [is] a thousand strong"! It entails Air Force cargo planes which bring helicopters, Secret Service SUVs, and the official presidential limousine (plus the official decoy limousine). Along for the ride are ground forces, U.S. Naval vessels, with surface-to-air missiles as backup.
When the modern-day Xerxes is on the move, he travels with more auxiliaries than Nero, bringing smaller countries to a standstill.
There's nothing Spartan or beneficent about the latter-day Rome's rule.
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Tom Lahman
It surprises me that America's enemies expend so much energy wealth and blood in hastening our self destruction. "All things come to those who wait."
"When God desires to destroy a thing, he entrusts its destruction to the thing itself. Every bad institution of this world ends by suicide."
Victor Hugo (1802-1885)"
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