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Melaka and its PastOoi, Can-Seng; Lai, Shevren (Breda, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Despite the celebration and promotion of the creative economy, there is still a "dark" side to creativity. Creativity entails experimentation, chaos and failures. A creative space blends the aesthetics with chaos, sleek design with experimentation, and economic development with failed ideas. This case looks at the ambiguous and ambivalent interfaces of history in the historical city of Melaka (also known as Malacca) in Malaysia. History, by its definition, is a documentation of the past. Any historical documentation can be contested and revised. This case will not engage in the debate on revisionist history. Instead, it will show how history and heritage is negotiated and appropriated under present circumstances in the historic city of Melaka. The re‐interpretation and revision of history is part of the everyday creative response to changing circumstances. Such contemporary responses to the past, however unclear and acrimonious, are the essence of a creative place. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8927
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A Third-Generation Prediction MarketHallin, Carina Antonia; Juul Andersen, Torben; Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This article theorizes a new way to predict firm performance based on aggregation of sensing among frontline employees about changes in operational capabilities to update strategic action plans. We frame the approach in the context of first- and second-generation prediction markets and outline its unique features as a third-generation prediction market. It is argued that frontline employees gain deep insights when they execute operational activities on an ongoing basis in the organization. The experiential learning from close interaction with internal and external stakeholders provides unique insights not otherwise available to senior management. We outline a methodology to agglomerate these insights in a performance barometer as an important source for problem finding and innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8815
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Li, Xin (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: All of the three major theories of the firm, i.e., the transaction cost theory, knowledge-based theory and the entrepreneurship theory, offer some insightful analyses of the nature of the firm. However, they all have limitations and weaknesses in answering the fundamental question of the existence of the firm. In addition, they are all partial due to their particular focus on the multifaceted phenomenon of the firm. We argue that it is necessary and sufficient to develop a comprehensive yet integrative theory of the firm that combines the three competing yet complementary logics. Toward this end, we propose an aspirational community theory of the firm (ACT) as a candidate theory by conceptualizing the firm as an aspirational community, the core of which is a group of like-minded people sharing similar or same aspiration/vision. To explain the comparative advantage of the firm vis-à-vis market, we make a distinction between contractual labor and aspirational labor, the former being defined as services provided by a laborer in fulfillment of a contract while the latter as services provided by a laborer in pursuit of an aspiration; and argue that firms exist because while the market may be effective and efficient for allocating contractual labor it is less effective and efficient than the firms for allocating aspirational labor. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8767
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Context, complexity and competenceClausen, Lisbeth; Worm, Verner (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Asia (Japan, China, India and South East Asia) has a population of more than 2.5 billion people (a little less than half the world's population). Asia is diverse and complex but it is first of all an exciting place and accounts for a significant and increasingly large share of the global economy, boasting three of the ten biggest economies – China, Japan and India. It is the growth center of the current world economy, with two of the fastest emerging economies, China and India. The rapid development is partly because the countries have received huge amounts of foreign direct investments (FDI). In 2009 China alone received US $ 92 billion in FDI and China has more expatriates than any other country in the world (Welch, Welch & Worm, 2007). Many expatriates are also based in Japan, India and South East Asian countries such as Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia as well. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8599
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Nielsen, Bo; Nielsen, Sabina; Klettner, Alice; Boersma, Martijn (Sydney, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The business case for advancing more women into leadership is clear for companies globally. Whilst this is an issue of equality, it's also about accessing markets, productivity and economic opportunity. ANZ has made good progress: three women sit on our Management Board; 38% of all management roles and 24% of our most senior executive positions are held by women; and females lead key global businesses and countries in our super regional growth strategy. However, further gains are now hard won and largely incremental. Looking at the results of EOWA's 2012 Australian Census of Women in Leadership, it seems we are not alone. Given the high proportion of Australian women with a tertiary education - and indeed placed within junior and middle management ranks - the Census results demonstrate the pace of progression is far too slow. Extensive local and international research tells us there is no 'silver bullet'. In fact, I believe as CEOs and business leaders our approach must now focus on gender balancing our businesses with a fine tooth comb. We need to go beyond high level targets, discrete programs and initiatives and engage women and men in this major opportunity. For example, at ANZ we are working to ensure women have access to a breadth of critical experiences and development opportunities throughout their careers to position them well for senior executive roles into the future. We have set targets for at least 40% female representation amongst participants in our key recruitment, talent and development programs, in addition to our medium term goal to achieve at least 40% representation of women in management overall. More broadly, senior women consistently cite an inclusive and supportive line manager as a defining factor in their progression. It follows that if we want more women in our senior ranks, constructive, inclusive and supportive leaders should become the norm in Australian business rather than the exception. Flexible work options assist in helping people balance their caring responsibilities and other commitments. But there's more we can do to role model and promote flexibility, especially as such practices also build a more agile, productive and capable workforce. I recommend this report to all business leaders and urge all executives and directors to accept accountability for ensuring the next Census delivers better results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8597
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Munar, Ana María (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Tourism is often linked to ideas of escapism and release from everyday duties and obligations. Modern societies are characterized by highly complex systems of social and cultural control, and citizens of these societies find forms of liberation in travel (Jafari 1987). Tourism destinations act as magnetic spaces of leisure and relaxation that can be visualized as the realm of 'touristhood'– a theatrical arena in which individuals adopt different masks and conduct themselves according to expectations and norms that differ from those that rule their everyday lives. The consumption and enjoyment of alcoholic drinks constitutes a relevant element of the scenery of touristhood. In touristic spaces the beer product is socially transformed and constructed; tourists enact beer tourism through drinking practices and rituals performed at the destination. Alcohol, and in this case beer consumption, is constitutive of socio-cultural traditions in many national cultures (such as those in Northern Europe). National and local beer cultures are however being transformed and re-shaped in tourism destinations. This study examines the interrelation of beer cultures, more specifically German beer culture, and tourism. It examines how beer culture, combined with touristhood, produces extreme and novel forms of consumption transforming both tourism practices and the world of beer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8570
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Expo 2010 – Performing and regulating 'Danishness'Ren, Carina; Ooi, Can-Seng (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Using the concepts of auto-communication and micro-orientalism, this article argues that nation branding at World Expos produces and propagates notions of difference and otherness. By use of the Danish 'Welfairytales' pavilion at the 2010 Expo in Shanghai, we show how national Self is performed in two versions. One attempts to communicate 'the good Danish life' to the Danes themselves, while the other claims Occidental superiority. The case shows how the Danish exhibition is performed and regulated as sustainable and authentic and how in spite of its seemingly dialogical and interactive layout, a number of auto-communicative and micro-orientalist practices are enacted. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8557
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Exploring organizational antecedents for sustainable product development for international tour operating businessesBudeanu, Adriana (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The development of sustainable products or services is defined by Maxwell as the process of making products or services in a more sustainable way (production) throughout their entire life cycle, from conception to the end-of-life (Maxwell & van der Vorst, 2003). Essentially, sustainable products or services are alternatives to existing ones, but of a superior quality, providing the same function to the customer, being more cost-effective, while also generating less harm on the surrounding environments or societies. The emphasis is on securing the efficiency of inputs and outputs is all actions along the life cycle of the product or service, from raw materials to discharged waste, so that unnecessary consumption of resources and generation of wastes are avoided. More advanced concepts such as product-service systems and needs-oriented-service systems aim to reduce impacts from the production and the use phase, or even at the end-of-life phase of a product (Mont, 2002; Roy, 2000). New and under development, the area of product-service systems is increasingly gaining acceptance from companies (Manzini & Jégou, 2003). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8544
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A framework for analyzing innovation in the context of holiday package industryBudeanu, Adriana (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper has the starting point in the acknowledgement that a closer examination of the operational elements related to holiday packages may reveal advanced opportunities for advanced innovation. The investigation confirms that such opportunities exist in the intangible aspects of tourism products and production. Summarizing these findings, the paper proposes a framework that enables better insights into the nature of tourism innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8545
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The Role of Technology in Sustainable Tourism GovernanceBudeanu, Adriana (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Tourism has a dualistic nature characterised on the one hand by a high resilience and constant growth and on the other hand by a short-term greed of "consuming" its own life support systems: nature, culture and communities (Snepenger, Snepenger, Dalbey, & Wessol, 2007). Both aspects are constantly spurred by the rapid changes in demand and the diversity of supply, and the intrinsic importance that tourism has gained in individual lifestyles and in national economies. In addition, the strong influence of globalization on the institutional, organizational and policy formulation (Hall, 2005), determines three major aspects of tourism: the expansion of demand, the concentration of supply and increased similarities in demand. (Cornelissen, 2005) Consequently, the fragile balance required by a sustainable tourism development (European Commission, 2003a), (UNEP / UNWTO / WMO, 2008) is often at risk from conflicting goals of conservation versus development plans for tourism. Mixed approaches that combine top-down governance models with bottom-up collaborative strategies and policy networks are considered able to provide resilient decision making systems able to cope with unexpected challenges or conflict situations. These are characterized by shared rule-making and agreements between interdependent actors with divergent opinions and goals (Elzen, Geels, & Ken, 2004). Ultimately, a significant progress towards sustainability can be achieved by fostering changes of meaning and concepts, infrastructures and user-learning processes (Ehrenfeld, 2001). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8508
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A New Approach to Strategic ControlHallin, Carina Antonia; Andersen, Torben J.; Foss, Nicolai J.; Tveterås, Sigbjørn (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Recent advances within the dynamic capabilities view emphasize the "sensing" of employees as an important part of the micro-foundations of dynamic capabilities: By putting in place organizational processes that mobilize and exploit information gathered by individual employees from their operating environment, firms can update insights about performance outcomes and improve strategic decision-making. We test empirically the extent to which firms can ascertain performance outcomes by drawing on employee knowledge. Our empirical setting is the Scandinavian hospitality sector with respondents among frontline service employees. Using a time series approach, we show that employee respondents (collectively) assess medium-term organizational performance better than management and the financial models available to them. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8506
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Exploring a New Indicator to Predict Financial PerformanceHallin, Carina Antonia; Tveterås, Sigbjørn; Andersen, Torben Juul (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper explores a new judgmental forecasting indicator, the Employee Sensed Operational Capabilities (ESOC). The purpose of the ESOC is to establish a practical prediction tool that can provide early signals about changes in financial performance by gauging frontline employees' sensing of changes in the firm's operational capabilities. We present the first stage of the development of ESOC by applying a formative measurement approach to test the index in relation to financial performance and against an organizational commitment scale. We use distributed lag models to test whether the ESOC can predict financial performance. Monthly data were collected from frontline employees in three different companies during an 18-month period, and the initial results indicate that the ESOChas predictive power. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8507
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A PIE analysis 2011Mygind, Niels (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper gives an overview over how far transition has proceeded and what is still lacking in the process. The analytical framework – the PIE model for Politics, Institutions, Economy – is introduced. The model is first used to point to the main reasons for the fall of the command economy. Then it is used to identify the barriers for transition of the institutional system and the restructuring of the economy. This includes an analysis of the different factors behind the steep fall in production in the first years of transition. It is shown that countries implementing a tough stabilization and a comprehensive and consequent liberalization have been most successful in the process. A fast and comprehensive privatization, on the other hand, has not been sufficient for the necessary restructuring of enterprises. Decisive for success in transition has been transformation of the state as a crucial part of the development of new political and economic institutions implementing well functioning, clear and stable rules of the game for private enterprises. The institutional development has been important for the attractiveness of foreign investments - important for restructuring enterprises as part of a positive circle for the transition process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8486
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Insights from Annual General MeetingsStrand, Therese (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This thesis consists of five empirical studies, all relating to shareholder activism at annual general meetings. The first study concerns the structure and content of general meetings in Denmark and Sweden comparatively. The paper reveals significant differences in the level of activism, with Swedish investors being the most active in terms of proposals, proxy voting, and 'voice'. The paper takes a legal approach, and discusses divergence in activism levels from the perspective of shareholder prerequisites to engage in monitoring efforts. Further, the paper investigating the topics addressed through questions and opinions. The results show that matters which can be categorized as irrelevant are reasonably rare. This is an important finding, as suggestions to abolish general meetings have often been based on the assumption that general meetings facilitate nothing but irrelevant, time consuming, and costly discussions that serves no monitoring function. The second study analyses the impact of voting power on shareholder activism. We hypothesize that there is a positive relationship between shareholder activism and a measure of the largest shareholder's sensitivity to increased participation by small shareholders and find that firms' amenability to small shareholder influence leads to more proposals by the nomination committee, but fewer proposals by other shareholders. We interpret this as evidence that the shareholder elected nomination committees effectively channel shareholder concerns and preempt other kinds of activism. Politicians and companies that desire active shareholders could improve the amenability of firms to shareholder influence by ownership transparency, shareholder committees, and contacts with shareholder associations and other vehicles for collective action... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8460
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A Case Study of the Laundry Detergent Market in JapanFujiwara, Masatoshi (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper aims to describe how a commercially successful innovation occurs with the altering of the existing competitive structure in a market under environmental and competitive pressures. I study the history of the laundry detergent market in Japan and elucidate the manner in which Kao accomplished an innovation and increased their market share during the late 1980s. Kao introduced their new detergent Attack through a biotechnological innovation and dramatically changed the competitive structure to their advantage. The innovations introduced were of two kinds 1) fermentation engineering technologies to improve the cleaning performance of detergents by using alkaline cellulase, and 2) concentration of detergents to four times their earlier strength through changes in their powder processing technologies. This historical innovation that occurred in the laundry detergent market in Japan has a contemporary implication because combining firms' activities and environmental sustainability has been one of the most crucial topics over recent years. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8440
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Munar, Ana María (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Tourists have happily embraced the possibilities of interactivity and publication provided by social media and Web 2.0. The last decade has seen a massive increase of digital content generated by tourists online. This paper examines the digitalization of tourists' heritage experience, analyses the impact of social media and user generated content in the consumption of heritage sites, and discusses new forms of technologically mediated authenticity in tourism. Netnography and a constructive approach have been adopted for the examination of online communities and social networks. There are different types of tourist generated content online. This study focuses on the review genre and examines a purposive sample of data collected from Tripadvisor which, with over 30 million contributions, is the largest online community focusing on tourism and travel. Through a systematic analysis of tourists' narratives and socio-technical structures, this study assesses how technologies influence tourists' heritage experience. The research findings provide insights into the role that tourists' online reviews play as mediators of the tourism experience and illustrate the features of an emerging virtual tourism culture. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8439
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Hvass, Kristian (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Research in business model innovation has identified its significance in creating a sustainable competitive advantage for a firm, yet there are few empirical studies identifying which combination of business model activities lead to success and therefore deserve innovative attention. This study analyzes the business models of North America low-cost carriers from 2001 to 2010 using a Boolean minimization algorithm to identify which combinations of business model activities lead to operational profitability. The research aim is threefold: complement airline literature in the realm of business model innovation, introduce Boolean minimization methods to the field, and propose alternative business model activities to North American carriers striving for positive operating results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8403
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Gammeltoft, Peter; Tarmidi, Lepi T. (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: China"s increasing integration with the world economy is met with much anticipation and much anxiety in the Southeast Asian region. In Indonesia, there is intense interest in Chinese foreign direct investment (FDI), not only among academics but also among policy makers, industrialists and the general public. So much more surprising is the fact that no systematic study of Chinese FDI in Indonesia has been undertaken to date. The current paper contributes to filling this gap and analyses the current composition as well as the historical evolution of Chinese FDI in Indonesia. Relying on a survey conducted in 2008 among Chinese invested enterprises supplemented with available official statistics and secondary data, the study finds that Chinese FDI in Indonesia is performed by mixed entities: some are owned by central government, some by regional government and some are private firms. In the case of joint ventures, their local partners are mostly local Chinese, except in the infrastructure, mining and energy sector where their local partners are Indonesian state-owned enterprises. Where the local developmental effects are concerned, a picture emerges where Chinese investments, at this early period of their internationalization, are likely to give rise to a more modest extent of positive spillovers than investor from more economically advanced countries. This stems from the sectors, investment motives and operational strategies of Chinese investors, the heritage of ethnic tension and segmentation of the economic system along ethnic lines in Indonesia, and the likelihood that Chinese MNCs as latecomers are more vertically integrated than their developed-country counterparts. Finally, considering the evolution of Chinese investments in Indonesia over time, investments have evolved from being individual and isolated projects to acquiring more systemic properties. Chinese companies have acquired a broader sectoral presence in Indonesia and Chinese invested companies in e.g. extractive or manufacturing activities can increasingly rely on complementary Chinese investments in logistics, travel, finance etc. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8397
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An exploration of micro- and macro-level determinants of board effectivenessMinichilli, Alessa Andro; Zattoni, Alessandro; Nielsen, Sabina; Huse, Morten (, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper addresses recent calls to narrow the micro–macro gap in management research (Bamberger, 2008), by incorporating a macro-level context variable (country) in exploring micro-level determinants of board effectiveness. Following the integrated model proposed by Forbes and Milliken (1999), we identify three board processes as micro-level determinants of board effectiveness. Specifically, we focus on effort norms, cognitive conflicts and the use of knowledge and skills as determinants of board control and advisory task performance. Further, we consider how two different institutional settings influence board tasks, and how the context moderates the relationship between processes and tasks. Our hypotheses are tested on a survey-based dataset of 535 medium-sized and large industrial firms in Italy and Norway, which are considered to substantially differ along legal and cultural dimensions. The findings show that: (i) Board processes have a larger potential than demographic variables to explain board task performance; (ii) board task performance differs significantly between boards operating in different contexts; and (iii) national context moderates the relationships between board processes and board task performance. Copyright # 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8773
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Jespersen, Jørn; Sloth, Birgitte; Rahbek, Carsten; Hansen-Hoeck, Fie; Østrup, Finn; Møhlenberg, Flemming; Anker, Helle Tegner; Olesen, Jørgen E.; Primdahl, Jørgen; Wier, Mette; Frandsen, Søren E.; Harttung, Thomas (København, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Regeringen har i foråret 2012 nedsat en uafhængig Natur- og landbrugskommission. Kommissionens opgave er, at udarbejde anbefalinger til løsning af landbrugets økonomiske, strukturelle og miljømæssige udfordringer, herunder hvordan erhvervet kan bidrage til klima-, natur- og miljøindsatsen. Det fremgår af regeringsgrundlaget 'Et Danmark, der står sammen' fra oktober 2011, at der på Danmarks areal skal være plads til at producere sunde og velsmagende fødevarer af høj kvalitet samt en varieret, mangfoldig og sammenhængende natur. Regeringen ønsker derfor et økonomisk og miljømæssigt bæredygtigt og fremtidsorienteret landbrugserhverv, der fortsat kan bidrage væsentligt til beskæftigelse og eksport i fødevaresektoren. Regeringen ønsker samtidig at stoppe tilbagegangen i og styrke biodiversiteten og forbedre miljøtilstanden i vandmiljøet og bidrage til at reducere udledningen af drivhusgasser. Regeringen peger derfor på, at der er brug for nye afbalancerede løsninger, så landbrugets rammevilkår fremadrettet understøtter en grøn omstilling med vækst og nye udviklingsmuligheder for erhvervet og samtidig styrker natur-, vandmiljø og klimaindsatsen. Natur- og Landbrugskommissionen påbegyndte sit arbejde i marts 2012 og har et år til at komme med forslag til at løse de økonomiske og miljømæssige udfordringer, som landbruget og naturen står overfor. Kommissionens anbefalinger skal præsenteres for regeringen i første halvdel af 2013. Kommissionen skal komme med konkrete forslag til, hvordan dansk landbrug og natur kan udvikles bæredygtigt både på kort og lang sigt. Kommissionens første opgave består i at udarbejde en statusredegørelse over landbrugets økonomiske situation, indtjeningsmuligheder og rammevilkår samt natur-, vandmiljø- og klimatilstanden, herunder status for implementeringen af EU- og andre internationale forpligtelser. Denne rapport udgør statusredegørelsen. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8850
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Complaint Review: WINGPSAN PORTFOLIO ADVISORS
WINGPSAN PORTFOLIO ADVISORS7624 Warren Pkwy FRISCO, Texas United States of America
WINGPSAN PORTFOLIO ADVISORS BANK OF AMERICA'S CROONIES Racist company, dont like black folks, especially educated black folks...Yessa Massa!! FRISCO, Texas
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It was the idea of Stephan Lang to move me from team to team throughout the Unit 57 throughout my tenure at WINGSPAN.
Stephan Lang Director at Wingspan indicated that I had potential and that he wanted to mentor me into becoming a member of management and so forth; however this was a lie as he did nothing to secure this facade.
Justin Belter the SVP at WINGPSAN also made false promises to me as he indicated that I would be made permanent within the next wave of hiring. This is a problem as mostly minority employees were not made permanent however worked long hours and days to prove themselves to management so that they could potentially go permanent.
I had worked at the company for 11 months and had not been selected to go permanent with the company even though less qualified and less tenured white employees went permanent much quicker and without the qualifications that I possessed.
I was consistently at the top of the production charts called DASHBOARD, for the entire time that I worked at WINGSPAN. Each month beating out other Advocates in the number of closures, attendance, quality etc. but never acknowledged for my hard work, while other white associates were made team leaders, promoted, and made permanent with raises. I never received this entire length of employment at WINGPSAN.
Wingspan intentionally came up with clever ideas to make me quit. Names on my cases had been changed mysteriously, cases taken from me and assigned to other individuals without notice to hurt my numbers, sabotage as one case failed after George Berryman former Unit Manager Caucasian male, had one of my documents switched so that it would appear that I was negligent. If I had not kept records of this document I would have failed that review.
The company treated me very badly as I was the top producing advocate at the site
and the white people who run it did not want to give me praise or promote me because of my race. If you check the status of all the employees at the site you will see that every month consistently I was at the top of the production rate amongst my peers. However less qualified white workers were exalted.
Stephan Lang indicated in front of me as well as Human Resources generalist Jennifer Baines who is a sell out herself and my Unit Manager Stella Cofoid that he wanted to move me in management however wanted me to have a good team lead to help me progress. However all that changed in March of 2013 when my newly team lead Michael Parish was switched to another team on the opposite end of the building and replaced him with Anna Dimarzio a team lead who has been known not to like black men.
Anna Dimarzio and her sister Alexis Dimarzio two of the most hated people at the company. They must be blowing the owner in order to keep their jobs. These two witches secretly run the show up there at WINGSPAN as it has been rumored that they are related somehow with the owner of the company which is full of nepotism.
Anna Dimarzio had been reported to Human Resources on several occasions for making threats, racial slurs and sabotage and nothing has been done about it. There are hints of conflict of interests amongst the whole company, as sometimes peoples wives, husbands, cousins, sisters, and brother etc all work at the company and play significant roles in the demise of other potentially eligible persons for roles in management etc.
There are currently no blacks in the top two tiers at Wingspan and I an African American man was attempting to breach that area that has always been all white and I was met with hostility and racism from management who attempted to label me an angry black man who needed proper grooming before entering the field of management, however I had reported the complaints on Anna Dimarzio that other co-workers presented to me during my time working for Associate Counsel.
Anna and Alexis Dimarzio are two trashy white woman who have done so many horrific things at the company and still has a job. She was not escorted off property after threatening to slap an African American woman by the name of Dawn who was her assistant. Dawn took a few days off to cool herself after being threatened at work.
I was escorted off the property on April 6, 2013 a day after I was nominated Employee of the Month for the month of March 2013. Why I dont know. I had done nothing wrong; however I can speculate that the whites in the upper tiers worked with Majail to set me up for this termination as they had attempted to get a paper trial on me previously to no prevail.
I would like to have these matters investigated thoroughly and to my satisfaction with justice.
I have filed a lawsuit this month against the sell out Majail Jackson the one token black they used to have me fired, since i had filed a charge of discrimination against them in November of 2012. Marti the white HR manager told me over the phone when they fired me orally, that I could'nt file discrimination because me and Majail Jackson are in the same protected class.
What that means is that one black firing another black, helps them avoid the whole discrimination suit. Well what they dont understand is that isnt going to be enough because she has violated so many other matters, that I can still sue the company for her actions.
Once I am done suing Ms. Jackson, I will then being suing WINGSPAN as well as BOA as they are Principal and Agent by law, and both can be sued. I will keep you informed of the active lawsuit once it has been completed.
Thank you,
John Boyd
John Boyd
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#1 UPDATE EX-employee responds
Wingspan Portfolio Advisors has the worst mgmt I have ever seen
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SUBMITTED: Thursday, June 13, 2013POSTED: Thursday, June 13, 2013
There is no rhyme nor reason to why the managers at Wingspan Portfolio Advisors make the decisions they make. I use to work there and I can vouch that the company is very poorly managed. I do belief as you stated the managers are all mostly related. you did the right thing for complaining online. More people need to let the world know how they are mistreated on these jobs. Lots of companies try to sweep things under the rug. Justin Belter is one of the worst managers ever. Highly racist. None of those guys can be trusted. They all treated blacks like crap. They are nothing but white supremacists. Stupid ones at that. Steve Horne is loyal to a fault. He lets these guys get away with everything which is why employees keep having to bash his company online.
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When Students Are Teachers: Yoga in Drug Court
When I became a yoga teacher 13 years ago, I was keenly interested in introducing yoga into hospitals and mental health centers. I began my own practice right after my father died, and experienced such grounding within my grief that I longed to share the benefits of yoga with people who'd experienced illness or trauma. I taught in hospitals, but it was five years later, in county drug court, that I found my true niche working with teens.


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Masters champions Glenthorne A fold
By Danny Caro, August 22, 2013
Glenthorne United A have withdrawn from the Maccabi Masters League due to a shortage of players.
Joint-manager Adam Kaye confirmed this week that the east London team will not defend the title they won in May.
"We just don't have enough players," said Kaye, who helped Team GB Masters win bronze at the Maccabiah Games last month.
"Some players have left, some have retired and some will be watching their children play instead."
Glenthorne are expected to keep running two teams in Division Two of the Masters League for season 2013/14.
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Send Neopolitan Dreams Ringtones to Cell Phone
You go on I'll be okay
I can dream the rest away
Its just a little touch of fate, it will be okay
It sure takes its precious time, but it's got rights and so have I.
I turn my head up to the sky
I focus one thought at a time
I do not let the little thieves under my tightly buttoned sleeves
You couldnt be alone, the time I feel like I am walking blind
I have no where I'll have time.
There are no legible signs
There are no legible signs.
I like the way that you talk
I like the way that you walk
Its hard to recreate such an individual gait.
You wait your turn in the queue,
You say your sorry's and thankyous
I dont think you're ever
A hundred percent in the room.
You're not in the room
You're not in the room.
Deepest of the dark nights
Here lies, the highest of highs
Neopolitan Dreams, stretching out to the sea.
You wait your turn in the queue,
You say your sorry's and thankyou's
I dont think youre ever
A hundred percent in the room.
Youre not in the room
Youre not in the room.
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The Morning Leverage: PE Part Of A Wave Of Surf Retail Activity
Top stories in this morning's LBO Wire:
Kinderhook Industries is banking that in times of feast and famine, people still need to do something with their garbage. Thus the firm's latest deal for Rizzo Environmental Services Inc., a Michigan-based waste collection company.
And a few stories available exclusively to LBO Wire subscribers: Shasha Dai reports on NXT Capital LLC's plans to possibly issue a new CLO in the first quarter of 2013, following closely behind a vehicle the firm closed in May . . . Apax Partners is attempting to prevent an equity loss as it seeks to sell medical logistics business Marken, our Private Equity News colleague Paul Hodkinson reports.
(LBO Wire is a daily newsletter with comprehensive analysis of all the investments, deals, fundraisings and personnel moves involving private equity firms. For a two-week trial, visit our homepage, scroll to the bottom and click "try for free.")
Elsewhere on the web:
Regardless of the headline risk, private equity firms can't seem to stay away from the senior care sector. KKR, Beecken Petty O'Keefe and Coastwood Senior Housing Partners have teamed up to buy Sunrise Senior Living from Health Care REIT Inc., Dow Jones Newswires' Amy Or reports.
Just a week after announcing plans to acquire Cogentrix, Carlyle Group has named the power-plant developer's CEO as head of its $1.14 billion infrastructure fund, according to The Wall Street Journal's Ryan Dezember.
Rip Curl International is riding a wave of investor interest at the same rival Billabong International has been fielding interest from private equity firms, The WSJ's Gillian Tan reports.
New research out from the Private Equity Growth Capital Council found that Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System enjoyed the best 10-year returns from the asset class, LBO Wire's Mike Wursthorn reports. (Subscription required)


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(Please note: some content may not be complete on the beta site.).
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|P. Termsuksawad; S. Niyomsoan; Ronald B. Goldfarb; V I. Kaydanov; David Olson; B. Mishra; Z Gavra;
|Measurement of Hydrogen in Metal Alloys by Magnetic and Electronic Techniques
|January 01, 2004
|As demonstrated in this paper, magnetic and electronic measurements can be used to quantify hydrogen availability, absorption, and desorption in materials for nickel metal-hydride batteries and hydrogen storage. The ability of a metal alloy to absorb and desorb hydrogen depends on the interaction of the metal's electronic d- and f-bands with electrons donated or accepted by the hydrogen. The tendency of alloys to dissolve hydrogen and form hydrides depends on their performance as electron acceptors. Absorbed hydrogen may exist in either soluble (protonic) or bound phases. Magnetization and thermoelectric (Seebeck) coefficient were measured as functions of hydrogen content in powdered AB5- and AB2-type alloys. Magnetization decreases with increasing soluble hydrogen in ferromagnetic AB5-type (La-Ce)(Ni-Mn)5 and (La-Nd)(Ni-Co-Mn)5. However, magnetization increases with increasing soluble hydrogen in AB2-type (Zr-Ti)(Cr-Fe)2. Finally, magnetization does not change with increasing bound hydrogen in AB2-type (Zr-Ti)(Ni-Mn-V-Cr)2. The Seebeck coefficient for AB5-type (La-Nd)(Ni-Co-Mn)5 is a monotonically decreasing function of hydrogen content. However, the effect of absorbed hydrogen on the Seebeck coefficient of the AB2 alloys depends on whether the hydrogen is soluble or bound.
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Helen Hunt, Emmanuelle Riva, Joaquin Phoenix, The Master: San Francisco Critics' 2012 choices
The Master was the San Francisco Film Critics Circle's Best Picture of 2012. Directed and written by Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master revolves around the complex relationship between a troubled World War II veteran (Joaquin Phoenix) and the charismatic leader of a philosophical / quasi-religious cult (Philip Seymour Hoffman). Scientology connections are obvious, and so are analogies to religion as a whole. (Image: Helen Hunt The Sessions.)
Curiously, The Master was a Best Picture winner without matching wins for either Best Director or Best Screenplay. Anderson's drama did, however, earn Joaquin Phoenix the Best Actor Award, thus bucking the Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) trend seen elsewhere.
The San Francisco Critics' Best Director was Kathryn Bigelow for the political thriller Zero Dark Thirty, which has created some controversy of late because of its depiction of torture conducted by Americans – and how that helped (or didn't) finding Most Wanted Man Osama bin Laden. Additionally, Zero Dark Thirty earned Mark Boal the Best Original Screenplay Award.
The Best Adapted Screenplay Award went to North American critics' favorite Tony Kushner for Lincoln. The Steven Spielberg-directed historical / political drama also earned Best Supporting Actor honors to Tommy Lee Jones.
The other two acting winners were Best Actress Emmanuelle Riva and Best Supporting Actress Helen Hunt. Emmanuelle Riva, a critics' favorite absurdly (but unsurprisingly) bypassed by both the SAG Awards and the Golden Globes, won for Michael Haneke's drama – and Best Foreign Language Film winner – Amour, which deals with the issue of love in times of illness and encroaching death. Helen Hunt won for her performance as a "sex surrogate" in Ben Lewin's The Sessions, in which she plays a woman out to help handicapped John Hawkes lose his virginity.
More San Francisco Critics Award winners
Other San Francisco Film Critics Circle winners: Best Animated Feature for ParaNorman; Best Cinematography for Life of Pi (Claudio Miranda); Best Production Design for Moonrise Kingdom (Adam Stockhausen); Best Editing for Argo (William Goldenberg, who also co-edited Zero Dark Thirty); and a special citation for Jacob Krupnick's Girl Walk All Day, which the San Francisco Critics' press release describes as "joyous dance film scored to pop/hip hop mashups."
And finally the Marlon Riggs Award (given to a Bay Area filmmaker) went to Peter Nicks for his documentary The Waiting Room, which was also chosen as the year's Best Non-Fiction Film. The Waiting Room chronicles the travails of patients and staff at an Oakland hospital, a public facility that cares for mostly uninsured patients.
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On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 10:32:53 +0200, Udo Munk wrote:
> The assembler didn't work correct, NEXT address was wrong. Added a few
> NOP's to release 1.1 to get NEXT at the same address as in 1.3.
And another one. While adding some more screens with 1.3 I noticed
that the block management isn't working. A look at the sources shows that
someone tried to use 1024 byte buffers. I changed that back to 128 byte
buffers and now it works correct.
I doubt that is was distributed by F.I.G in this condition, usually their
code was OK. I don't know yet if the 1.3 release was supposed to work with
1024 byte buffers and what was broken. Whatever, disk image is updated.
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What was the Temple of Artemis?
One of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to the goddess Artemis and completed in 550 BC at Ephesus. Only foundations, which are in a rather swampy hole, and some sculptural fragments remains from the temple. Artemis was a Greek goddess, the virginal huntress and fraternal twin of Apollo.
Antipater of Siden was the compiler of the ancient Seven Wonders list, and he said of the temple, "I have set eyes on the wall of lofty Babylon on which is a road for chariots, and the statue of Zeus by the Alpheus, and the hanging gardens, and the colossus of the Sun, and the huge labour of the high pyramids, and the vast tomb of Mausolus; but when I saw the house of Artemis that mounted to the clouds, those other marvels lost their brilliancy, and I said, "Lo, apart from Olympus, the Sun never looked on aught so grand."
Pliny describes the temple as 377 feet (115 meters) long and 180 feet (55 meters) wide, made almost entirely of marble, making its area about three times as large as the Parthenon. The temple's cella was enclosed in colonnades of 127 Ionic columns, each 60 feet (18 meters) in height.
On July 21, 356 BC, the night that Alexander the Great was born, legend has it that a psychopathic arsonist wanting his own form of immortality set fire to the temple. Plutarch remarked that Artemis was too preoccupied with Alexander's delivery to save her burning temple. "A man was found to plan the burning of the temple of Ephesian Diana so that through the destruction of this most beautiful building his name might be spread through the whole world." – Valerius Maximus
Today, in the swampy basin between Selcuk and Ephesus in Turkey are the pitiful remains of that Wonder of the Ancient World.
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A fish hook and line weighted with lead for dragging below the surface of the water.
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The Independent Police Complaints Commission are investigating his role in the 1989 tragedy, but while that inquiry continues, Bettison has confirmed his intention to step down in March next year.
Senior police offers are dismayed by his decision, the Guardian report, believing that political support was withdrawn from him, leaving Bettison with few other options than to walk away.
Bettison attracted criticism for standing behind his comments that Liverpool fans had made policing "harder than it needed to be", even after the Hillsborough Indepedent Panel cleared supporters of any such role, and pointed at a concerted police cover-up of what actually unfolded.
On announcing plans to retire, Bettison said: "Recent weeks have caused me to reflect on what is best for the future of policing in West Yorkshire and I have decided to set a firm date for my retirement of 31 March 2013."
Margaret Aspinall, chairwoman of the Hillsborough Families Support Group and mother of James, who died at the age of 18 in the tragedy, questioned the timing of his exit: "Obviously I'm very, very pleased. I'm absolutely delighted that he's going. But then he'll be going on his full pension, and I'd like to know the full reasons why he's choosing to retire as soon as this. Why didn't he stay until the IPCC came out with their investigation?"


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Registration for S4's Winter 2014 GIS Institute Opens October 21stposted Sep 17, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rachel Franklin [ updated Sep 17, 2013, 1:30 PM ]


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Let your son or daughter expend some energy and get some healthy exercise at Epic Gymnastics. Any and all ages welcome. For ages 3-5, parents must accompany child in the gym.
For non-members the cost is $15.
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Ross Castle is is located on the edge of Lough Leane, in Killarney National Park. It is considered a typical example of the stronghold of an Irish Chieftain during the Middle Ages. The date of its foundation is uncertain but it was probably built in the late 15th century by one of the O'Donoghue Ross chieftains.
PHOTOS - Ireland's top ten free heritage sites photo gallery
8. Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery, County Sligo
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery is one of the four major passage tomb cemeteries in Ireland. It is located at the centre of a prehistoric landscape on the Cúil Irra Peninsula in County Sligo in Ireland.
Around 30 megalithic tombs can be seen in Carrowmore today. The tombs (in their original state) were almost universally 'dolmen circles'; small dolmens each enclosed by a boulder ring of 12 to 15 meters.
9. John F. Kennedy Arboretum, County Wexford
Dedicated to the memory of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, President of the United States from 1960 to 1963, the Arboretum is a plant collection of international standing. It covers 252 hectares (623 acres) on the southern slopes and summit of Slievecoiltia and contains 4,500 types of trees and shrubs from all temperate regions of the world, planted in botanical sequence.
10. Desmond Castle, County Cork
The castle was built as the Customs House for Kinsale about the year 1500 by Maurice FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Desmond. It was used as a Customs House until 1641 when it was converted into a naval prison, following the construction of a new Customs House. The prisoners kept in the Castle were in the main French and Spanish, and the building became known locally as the "French Prison" as a result.
In January 1747, a fire broke out, killing 54 of the prisoners. In 1791, the castle was donated by James Kearney MP to the town of Kinsale, and it was subsequently used as a town gaol till 1846, and during the Irish Famine as a workhouse.
Admission to OPW managed heritage sites will be free on the first Wednesday of every month in 2011, beginning this month.
PHOTOS - Ireland's top ten free heritage sites photo gallery
Full list of the free of charge sites included in the initiative (confirm participation with the individual sites before visiting):
Barryscourt Castle
Desmond Castle (French Prison)
Ilnacullin (Garinish Island)
Donegal Castle
Glebe House and Gallery
The Casino, Marino
Dublin Castle, State Apartments
Kilmainham Gaol
Athenry Castle
Aughnanure Castle
Dún Aonghasa
Portumna Castle and Gardens
Patrick Pearse's Cottage (Teach an Phiarsaigh)
Ardfert Cathedral
Derrynane House, National Historic Park
Ionad an Bhlascaoid Mhóir, The Blascaod Centre
Ross Castle
Dunmore Cave
Jerpoint Abbey
Kilkenny Castle
Emo Court
Parke's Castle
Old Mellifont Abbey
Céide Fields
Battle of the Boyne - Oldbridge Estate
Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre (Newgrange) Knowth Open Easter to Late October
Hill of Tara
Trim Castle
Carrowmore Megalithic Cemetery
Sligo Abbey
Cahir Castle
Rock of Cashel
Roscrea Heritage (Castle and Damer House) and the Blackmills
Swiss Cottage
Reginald's Tower
John F Kennedy Arboretum
Tintern Abbey
Glendalough Visitor Centre
Visit www.heritageireland.ie for more information.
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Emgold's Idaho-Maryland Project (TSE:EMR)
Rick Mills: Emgold Mining Corp.'s (TSE:EMR) Idaho-Maryland Project (IMP) lies at the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains – a region that produced over 17 million ounces of gold and is the original Mother Lode Country that spawned the California Gold Rush.
The Idaho-Maryland Mine was the second largest underground gold mine in California producing 2.4 million ounces of gold with an average recovered grade of 0.43 ounce per short ton ("opt") or 14.7 grams per metric tonne ("gpt").
The IM project is a structurally controlled mesothermal mineral deposit with numerous high grade vein structures showing both horizontal and vertical continuity – The Idaho No. 1 Stope was one of the richest bonanza grade ore shoots in the world, producing one million ounces of gold from one million tons of ore.
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Current resources are:
Measured and Indicated (M&I) - 472,000 ounces of gold (1.7 million tons at 0.30 opt or 1.5 million tonnes at 10.3 gpt)
Inferred (I) - 1.0 million ounces of gold (2.6 million tons at 0.30 opt or 2.3 million tonnes at 13.4 gpt)
Emgold's management believes that the many exploration targets at the mine have the potential to up the combined resources to between 3 and 5 million ounces of gold (the exploration target of 3-5 million ounces of gold is based on projecting ounces per vertical foot to depth). To date, 216 gold resource blocks have been defined to delineate measured, indicated, and inferred resources with a total of 512 exploration targets identified for further exploration. In addition, 26 conceptual gold exploration targets have been defined.
Emgold is completing an Environmental Impact Report ("EIR") to reopen the mine and ultimately plans to construct a 2,400 ton per day (2,200 tonne per day) operation with the potential to produce over 200,000 ounces of gold per year. Existing Idaho-Maryland Mine workings consist of 72 miles (116 kilometers) of tunnels with the lowest level developed to a depth of 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) below surface. Conventional underground mining and gold processing methods will be applied.
Patented mineral rights consist of 2,800 acres (1,100 hectares), typically 200 feet (60 meters) or more below surface. Mineral rights are patented mining claims and are owned or controlled under a Lease and Option to Purchase Agreement. Surface property rights consist of three properties, totalling 146 acres (69 hectares), which act as portals to the subsurface rights. Surface rights are owned or controlled under a Lease and Option to Purchase Agreement.
The mine operated on and off for almost 100 years. The original stake was made in 1851, with mining beginning in 1862 and continuing on and off until 1954 when it became uneconomical in the post war boom with gold trading at just US$35 an ounce.
Emgold acquired the property in 2002 and immediately commenced permitting activities to reopen the mine. The permitting process is straightforward and well defined, with substantial work having been completed to date. The City of Grass Valley was selected as the "Lead Agency" in 2005.
A key to moving this project forward is the completion of an Environment Impact Report (EIR) – given the state of California's economy now might be the perfect time to get it done.
Emgold completed the Master Environmental Assessment in 2006, with the initial study completed in 2007. Emgold's management completed its draft EIR in October 2008, with public comments received in January 2009.
Modifications and clarifications to its Project Applications were completed in 2009 and 2010, which led to revised project applications being completed in May 2011. Selection of a consultant to finish EIR process was completed in November 2011. The last phase of the EIR is expected to take approximately 12 months, subject to financing.
There is excellent infrastructure, with direct road access to each of the three surface properties, along with power lines, natural gas lines, drinking water lines and sewer lines.
California slipped from 8th place to the world's 9th largest economy in 2011 (California's gross domestic product totaled $1.96 trillion last year, behind Italy but ahead of Russia and India). California's fiscal situation is a mess, its chronic budget issues and boom-and-bust economy have left it with one of the lowest credit ratings of any state in America.
Municipal budgets are feeling strained as growing pension requirements and declining real-estate revenues are burdening cities. In a move to shore up the state's budget municipal budgets were stripped of more than $1 billion in local redevelopment funds and vehicle-license fees. California State Controller John Chiang highlighted in an interview how cities are being affected saying; "They're having huge financial issues. The question is when you take one of their principal revenue sources, if not their principal revenue source, how are they going to sustain themselves?"
Three cities recently declared bankruptcy, and Moody's Ratings has warned that they are not likely to be the last, with more than 10 percent of California cities having declared fiscal crises.
California, the Golden State, is the home of the original Gold Rush and Californians still have mining in their bones. Two former gold mines have reopened in the last four years:
- Newgold's Mesquite Mine reopened in 2008 employing over 255 people and using 25 contractors
- In May 2009, Atna announced the restart of gold production at the wholly owned Briggs Mine in Inyo County, California. Atna employs 135 people at Briggs and is the second highest tax payer in the county
Emgold's Idaho-Maryland Mine will include unique additions such as an Education Center and an Outdoor Mining Display Park to enhance tourist opportunities for the City of Grass Valley. Environmental protection measures for the mining project include a cyanide destruction plant and a water treatment plant.
It's no wonder there appears to be strong support for the Idaho-Maryland in this old mining town.
In a 2006 public opinion poll, commissioned by the local City of Grass Valley, out of 388 randomly selected residents, 72 percent respondents stated that they were in favour of reopening the historic Idaho-Maryland Mine if appropriate environmental safeguards are in place, while just 12 percent indicated they may not support the mine's reopening. And this poll was taken was two years prior to the financial crisis at a time when the unemployment rate in the local county ranged between 3.8-4.9 percent.
The most recent state unemployment data showed that California's unemployment rate was running at 10.2 percent, compared to the 7.8 percent from the United States as a whole. In this county of 98,764 people, a fully operating mine would be one of the largest employers, and tax payers, in the county.
Here's the opportunity for investors – just recently, Prodigy Gold (PDG) announced a business combination with Argonaut Gold, valuing Prodigy at $341 million, or over $50 per ounce of gold resource (inferred and indicated).
Emgold is trading at less than $4 per ounce of gold resource.
Is it plausible, is it realistic to think that upon completion of its EIR the remaining elements to bring the Idaho-Maryland project into production will fall into place and Emgold will make the substantial paradigm shift from 'want to be developer' to developer to miner?
Realistic money making opportunities should be on all our radar screens. Is Emgold on yours?
If not, maybe it should be.
Richard (Rick) Mills
Richard is the owner of Aheadoftheherd.com and invests in the junior resource/bio-tech sectors. His articles have been published on over 400 websites, including:
WallStreetJournal, SafeHaven, MarketOracle, USAToday, NationalPost, Stockhouse, Lewrockwell, Pinnacledigest, UraniumMiner, Beforeitsnews, SeekingAlpha, MontrealGazette, CaseyResearch, 24hgold, VancouverSun, CBSnews, SilverBearCafe, Infomine, HuffingtonPost, Mineweb, 321Gold, Kitco, Gold-Eagle, The Gold/Energy Reports, Wealthwire, CalgaryHerald, ResourceInvestor, Mining.com, Forbes, FNArena, Uraniumseek, FinancialSense, Goldseek, Dallasnews, SGTReport, Vantagewire, Resourceclips, Indiatimes, ninemsn, ibtimes and the Association of Mining Analysts.
If you're interested in learning more about the junior resource and bio-med sectors, and quality individual companies within these sectors, please come and visit us atwww.aheadoftheherd.com
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This document is not and should not be construed as an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to purchase or subscribe for any investment.
Richard Mills has based this document on information obtained from sources he believes to be reliable but which has not been independently verified; Richard Mills makes no guarantee, representation or warranty and accepts no responsibility or liability as to its accuracy or completeness. Expressions of opinion are those of Richard Mills only and are subject to change without notice. Richard Mills assumes no warranty, liability or guarantee for the current relevance, correctness or completeness of any information provided within this Report and will not be held liable for the consequence of reliance upon any opinion or statement contained herein or any omission.
Furthermore, I, Richard Mills, assume no liability for any direct or indirect loss or damage or, in particular, for lost profit, which you may incur as a result of the use and existence of the information provided within this Report.
Richard Mills does not own shares of Emgold Mining Corp. TSX.V – EMR


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By: Norman Chen, AARCC Campus Outreach Coordinator
As the spring semester starts up again, returning UIC students have been greeted by flurries of snow and tons of new opportunities from organization on campus. An intricate part of the start of each semester is RUSH, a designated time for Greek organizations to recruit and put their name out there.
But, what exactly is rush? To be clear, Rush is NOT pledging! There is absolutely no commitment to rushing a fraternity or sorority. Many rush events are completely free of charge and are a great way to meet people on campus! The main point of rush is to drum up interest for a potential class, however, the majority of the Asian-interest organization on campus are more interested in getting to know YOU.
While many people look at the sole purpose of rush to be recruitment, many organizations actually look it as a chance to gain traction on campus. With many of the Greek organizations hosting and participating in events for the semester, especially in Asian American Awareness month, rush allows them to attract interest and a potential audience. So, if you are interested in learning more about Greek orgs, specifically the ones we have on campus, it's a great idea to go rush! Even if you do not end up joining, it is great to be able to have gain networking experience, which will eventually benefit you in life after college (aka, "the real world").
If you do consider joining, please take a look at the 7 wonderful Asian-interest Greek organizations that we have on campus! While there are many choices on campus to going Greek, I believe that these organizations are invested in not only building culturally relevant leaders but also giving back to the community. They are a frequent presence at AARCC and host many annual events for Asian American Awareness month like Mr. and Mrs. Asiansensation!
Whether you have a sincere desire to join or are just browsing, rush is the perfect time to meet people and develop friendships that you might otherwise be able to! On a commuter campus such as ours, it becomes increasingly hard to meet and make friends after classes have ended. With rush, not only is the choice ultimately yours, but the potential memories may be some of the best you ever have of college. And best of all, FREE FOOD!
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Principe's Blog: Keeping up with Ryan Jones
Gene Principe praises the play & work ethic of fan favourite Ryan Jones
Sunday, 03.13.2011 / 9:38 PM MT / Blogs
By Gene Principe
Ryan Jones celebrates his 16th goal of the season in Sunday's game against the Penguins (Photo courtesy of Getty Images).
First off I thought shouldn't there be some kind of rule in the CBA that with all the trades for one day do we really need players picked up on waivers? Secondly I wondered what Edmonton was doing getting Jones? It was a move somewhat lost in the shuffle of d-men Lubomir Visnovsky and Steve Staios.
A year later and we know what the Oilers had in mind even if they couldn't have predicted what the winger has provided. He was originally a fifth round pick 111th overall by Minnesota and never played a game for them before being dealt to Nashville in a deal involving Marek Zidlicky. Prior to that he was a player of high regard at the NCAA level. As a senior he was a finalist for the Hobey Baker Trophy as the top college player in U.S.hockey while he schooled and skated at Miami University of Ohio. Now it's our turn to be educated by Jones on what he can do at the NHL level.
On Sunday he scored his 16th goal of the season for Edmonton which is the most among the Oilers on the active roster. Even before this year's deadline and the injuries only Taylor Hall's 22 and Dustin Penner's 21 goals would be more than the sweet 16 Jones has put up. It's not only how many but how he gets them. Nothing fancy just heads up hockey with a feverish work ethic and a knack for getting his nose dirty around the net.
He may have modern day hair but Jones is a throwback in the way he plays. He kind of reminds me of Ryan Smyth. Can't quite score like him or deflect pucks like him but between being able to grow a flowing head of hair he keeps his game simple and effective just like 94 used to.
When he arrived in Edmonton last year he got kneed by Derek Boogard and missed 12 games. As a result he only played in 8 games. Then in camp this year he had a back problem and so he was limited in what he could do and how much he could play. This wasn't exactly a banner start to the career of Ryan Jones in Edmonton. It made you wonder what kind of career he would even have a chance to build with the Oilers but after a slow start now he's chugging along. On this five game road trip he scored three goals.
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Omega-3 fish oil has a mixed but generally positive record when it comes to supporting optimal mood health.
Much of the positive evidence stems from studies that used only omega-3 EPA, which is one of the two omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil, the other being DHA.
An evidence review from Britain supports the greater efficacy of EPA, versus DHA (Martins JG 2009).
But putting aside each of these two omega-3s potential for preventing and treating depression, there are sound biochemical reasons to consider both important to general mood support see Omega-3s Show New Benefit for Mood Health and Omega-3s Display More Brain-Mood Benefits.
As to the clinical evidence, an expert panel appointed by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in 2006 found the evidence available at the time generally positive see Top Psych Panel Says Omega-3s Deter Depression, Bipolar Disorder.
The following year witnessed the publication of two evidence reviews. A panel in the UK declined to advise doctors to prescribe omega-3s (see British Panel Gives Docs a Bum Steer). And while a Taiwanese team also declined to advise doctors to prescribe omega-3s, they came to a more positive conclusion regarding omega-3s efficacy (see Omega-3 Mood Benefits Get More Backing).
Last year, an American team issued a meta-analysis of the best clinical studies funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and conducted by researchers from UCLA and the University of Illinois which echoed the positive opinions issued by the 2006 APA panel.
As the authors of that 2010 analysis wrote, patients taking omega-3 with either EPA or a combination of EPA and DHA experienced clear antidepressant benefits (see Mood Benefits of Omega-3s Affirmed.
Significantly, the 2010 evidence review encompassed a larger body of high-quality clinical evidence than was available to the authors of the earlier analyses.
Nonetheless, it will take positive results from several large, well-controlled trials before mainstream medicine adopts omega-3 fish oil as a standard tool for mood support and enhancement.
In the meantime, small studies continue to emerge, whose generally positive outcomes should encourage funding of such large studies.
Iranian trial finds omega-3 fish oil effective vs. placebo
In 2009, a joint Anglo-Iranian team reported their clinical finding that omeg-3 EPA from fish oil cut depression ratings by 50 percent.
That improvement matched the gains measured among participants who took fluoxetine, the generic form of Prozac (see Omega-3s Affirmed as Mood Lighteners).
Now another small clinical trial from Iran supports a positive view of the potential for omega-3s to boost mood health.
Researchers from the Tehran University of Medical Sciences recruited 66 people over age 65 whod previously been diagnosed with mild to moderate depression for a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.
The participants were randomly assigned to take either one 1000mg capsule of fish oil (one-gram, providing 300 mg of EPA plus DHA) or an identical-looking placebo oil capsule daily for six months.
Both groups took a standard test for depression and mood before and after the trial.
After adjusting the results to account for known influences on mood (e.g., cholesterol profile, body mass index, and thyroid health) the authors concluded that the fish oil group displayed a statistically significant improvement in depression rating scores versus the placebo group.
The Iranian authors expressed their conclusion this way: treatment with omega-3s was clinically more effective ... low-dose omega-3s had some efficacy in the treatment of mild to moderate depression in elderly participants.
At this point one would have to wonder why any physician or layman would not consider fish oil a no brainer for safe, natural mood support either alone or, as needed, in conjunction with pharmaceuticals.
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Freeman MP. Omega-3 fatty acids in psychiatry: a review. Ann Clin Psychiatry. 2000 Sep;12(3):159-65. Review.
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Martins JG. EPA but not DHA appears to be responsible for the efficacy of omega-3 long chain polyunsaturated fatty acid supplementation in depression: evidence from a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Am Coll Nutr. 2009 Oct;28(5):525-42. Review.
Parker G, Gibson NA, Brotchie H, Heruc G, Rees AM, Hadzi-Pavlovic D. Omega-3 fatty acids and mood disorders. Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Jun;163(6):969-78. Review. Erratum in: Am J Psychiatry. 2006 Oct;163(10):1842.
Peet M, Stokes C. Omega-3 fatty acids in the treatment of psychiatric disorders. Drugs. 2005;65(8):1051-9. Review.
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Tim Blair
–, Monday, December, 24, 2012, (5:23am)
Back in July, Labor Senator Kate Lundy published a newsletter featuring the following future-is-past claim:
That time-bending assertion was repeated in Lundy's list of Labor accomplishments:
The Senator's statements may also be found online. During a previous era, Lundy predicted: "The Rudd Government will get the budget back in the black three years ahead of schedule and ahead of every major advanced economy." But lately she's been sorting out her own problems:
Sports Minister Kate Lundy has embarked on a major restructure of the way her office is run, with new staff being brought in to address what insiders are describing as a ''level of dysfunction''.
But while it appears Senator Lundy has instigated the restructure, sources close to her say some of the administrative problems are the fault of the minister herself.
''Kate is a hard worker and a nice person and she has lots of ideas, but she has no structure,'' one said.
''Three-hour staff meetings that go nowhere are the norm.''
(Via Peter M., who emails of Lundy's future-gazing prowess: "I recall thinking at the time that the claim was heroic.")
UPDATE. All hail the world's greatest Kate:
In 2010 I was fortunate enough to be awarded the most influential person changing the world of Internet and politics … I also enjoys gardening.
In 2012, however, Kate can't even make it on to a local list of 20 influential female voices.
(Via Simple Simon)
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The usual BS. The ALP rabble just has to say it, and it automatically becomes fact. Lundy is as delusional as Swan.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (06:20am)
Why the surprise? Normal for Labor, treat us like dumb idiots and tell us 'bull'. And the other usual drivel, 'Kate is a hard worker', we are all hard workers, Rudd was a hard worker, but in the end they are all bullies, that's what it boils down to.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (06:22am)
Mon 24 Dec 12 (01:31pm)
Could you imagine what the result would be if any result came from every 3 hour meeting. How much worse off would we be now?
Mon 24 Dec 12 (03:11pm)
Col, she's not merely a hard worker, she's so much more than that and so much more than you or me or even young Timmy. As she says on her home page:
. Take that Al Gore!
In 2010 I was fortunate enough to be awarded the most influential person changing the world of Internet and politics
But, as if that wasn't enough,
I also enjoys [sic] gardening, watercolour painting
She's a real renaissance woman!
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:00pm)
"I also enjoys [sic] gardening, watercolour painting"
... long walks along the beach, horses, classical music, fine dining, interesting conversation, honest people ...
That stuff sounds awfully like it's straight out of eHarmony.
Tue 25 Dec 12 (01:45pm)
" I also enjoys gardening"… sounds like a dud cut and paste.
She and the rest of the paliamentary Labor Party could go on saying all the way to the next election that they have brought the budget back into surplus, and a substantial section of the media would go along with it. After all, they have gone along with all the other fantasies so far, and seem to believe despite all evidence that this is still the best choice for government.
To point out that the emperor has no clothes has been deemed either relentless negativity, or misogyny. Such is the bizarro world of the press gallery.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (06:25am)
3 hour staff meetings that go nowhere. So what?
Better than 3 hour meetings that do nothing for Labor.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (06:30am)
Mon 24 Dec 12 (11:43am)
So what's the cost of those meetings? That's what Ms Leader.
I'd wager it's what I earn in a week. And as I along with other taxpayers are footing the bill, "that's not acceptable", especially in a time of budgetary constraints where every penny counts.
The bigger issue is it appears she's another incompetent minister that this incompetent PM has appointed and exercises no oversight over. What a shambles of a national government.
I'm not sure that what you've observed in Sporty Spice Kate Lundy's office meetings is time bending so much as time warping, Tim.
Let's go to Kate's minutes of the most recent meeting…
"It's astounding
Time is fleeting
Madness takes its toll
But listen closely
Not for very much longer
I've got to keep control
I remember doing the Time Warp
Drinking those moments when
The blackness would hit me
And the void would be calling
Let's do the Time Warp again
Let's do the Time Warp again"
Mon 24 Dec 12 (06:41am)
Her assertion that the budget was back in surplus is the exact problem Labor have with economics.
The do not know the difference between a 'budget' and 'actual' results.
To them, once a thought hits their head, it instantly becomes fact.
They are clueless. What it also proves is that gaining a University degree does not automatically deliver wisdom. It delivers a piece of paper that says you went to school for an extended period of time.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (06:55am)
Mon 24 Dec 12 (12:43pm)
Wayne Swan, Penny Wong and other economic failures, totally devoid of common sense, think that getting a million dollar credit card limit makes you a millionaiire.
The comment about staff meetings not going anywhere really sums up this entire Labor Government. It is a total embarrassment.
Whilst on Sports Ministers can't help but mention the inappropiate choice again. This government has achieved the impossible by putting L7 in rolls.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:17am)
"lots of ideas, but no structure" Sounds like any party of the left.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:21am)
There are people in most walks of life who have dreams and thoughts of what could and should have been.Then there are those who put said dreams to paper and claim big bucks to do so.We have a name for them—Labor!
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:21am)
''Three-hour staff meetings that go nowhere are the norm.''
Well she is part of a party where ''three-year Governments that go nowhere are the norm.''
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:33am)
Under Labor,
An annual $30Bn surplus was converted into $40Bn annual deficit giving us a $200Bn national debt today.
We now pay $500Mil in interest on our national debt per month.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:37am)
Dear Kate, borrowing is deferred taxation, interest has either to be paid from taxation or by kite flying between debts.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:41am)
Dysfunction and underachieving are desirable traits within a government that is increasingly leaning totalitarian and eco-fascist. I hope Kate does nothing till the next election.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:42am)
Wise up troops. When we say we have brought the budget back to surplus we mean the budget statement shows a surplus. Nowhere have we said, and it is unreasonable to expect us to, the end of year income and expenditure statement will show a surplus.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:46am)
700,000 jobs created?
Jobs like vast salaried ones for NBN execs who almost outnumber customers?
Jobs like Flummery's?
The creation of a job for Slipper?
The creation of a job for a foreign affairs minister who runs round championing assassination but slags off the US for letting terrorists get their poor little faces wet during waterboarding?
Every Labor created job is a drain on the efforts of productive people. Every Labor created job is a cause for despair. Every trace of this stupid MP needs to be erased from the nation's memory.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:47am)
Mon 24 Dec 12 (03:31pm)
I diss agree Whale Hunt, we need to sear the memory of this incompetent excuse for a government on the brains of our children and grand children. A fool learns by his own mistakes, a wise man by the mistakes of others. Let them learn what happens when people give government to the left.
Where are these 700,000 jobs that Labor created and how did the North Atlantic banking crisis caused by the sub-prime mortgage fiasco affect Australia?
The Australian economy tanked due to a dramatic drop in consumer confidence caused by Labor's wreckless policies and this hype is from a Minister who runs a dysfunctional department but has hired experts to make it more dysfunctional
Mon 24 Dec 12 (07:51am)
OMG if you can't say what needs to be said in 1 hour, an extra 2 hours will make no difference.
The distinction between politics and that real world is that in the real world it doesn't take 3 years to get rid of incompetent people.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (08:25am)
If you want proof that Labor takes the punters for mugs, this has to be it. Just say it and it's true, straight from McTernan's political marketing for dummies 101
Mon 24 Dec 12 (08:27am)
"Level of dysfunction" could be Labor's motto.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (08:29am)
Merry Xmas Tim and very best wishes for the New Year.
Mon 24 Dec 12 (08:30am)
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