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College Park Airport (KCGS) was established in 1909 after Wilbur Wright came to the field to train two military officers to fly in the government's first aeroplane. The facility is now the world's oldest continually operated airport,and is the site of many significant aviation firsts. College Park Airport, known as the "Field of Firsts," remains an active airport serving the needs of aircraft pilots, and is also a site for history buffs and aviation enthusiasts.
The airport was purchased by the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission (M-NCPPC) in 1973 and operates as one of the gateway airports to Washington, DC and Prince George's County. We have a 2,600' x 60' runway and offer both tenant aircraft parking and transient aircraft parking. We currently have aircraft parking for more than 100 planes, fueling services, weather briefing capabilities, and a pilot lounge. We are located just steps away from the College Park Metro Station which provides easy access to Washington, DC and surrounding areas. On the field is a historic hangar where the first airmail operations were based and is home currently to the Prince George's County Police – Special Operations Division.


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Mondo Guerra grabs the big prize — winning "Project Runway All Stars"
Wearing a red tuxedo and polka dot socks, black and white patent leather shoes, his hair in its signature pompadour, Mondo was clearly in his element Thursday night.
For the finale of "Project Runway All Stars" he was throwing a big party with a carnival theme. "Mondo Bazaaro" took over the Exdo Event Center and an estimated 400 people were on hand. The decor included balloon arches and a giant blow-up clown head and hands, a dunk tank, and much like the televised competition, games of skill.
For all the frivolity, there was still an anxious edge to the evening as the national broadcast of the "All Stars" finale got underway and the crowd didn't know if Mondo was going to win or lose to Austin Scarlett of Michael Costello.


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The Tournament of Champions has all the PGA Tour winners from the previous year, but that doesn't translate into the strongest field. Only six of the top 20 at are Kapalua to start the new year, led by Masters champion Adam Scott at No. 2.
Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson are sitting this one out, as they have for years now. Henrik Stenson, Justin Rose and Graeme McDowell also stayed home because they are members of the PGA and European tours and played deep into 2013.
The field is a better reflection of just how hard it is getting to win on the PGA Tour.
The list of those who failed to qualify is nearly as impressive as those who did — Rory McIlroy, Steve Stricker and Sergio Garcia from the top 10 in the world, along with Jason Day, Ian Poulter, Luke Donald, Charl Schwartzel, Jim Furyk and Keegan Bradley to round out the top 20.
Also missing is Hunter Mahan, Bubba Watson and Nick Watney.
Only nine players who were in the field at Kapalua have returned this year, starting with defending champion Dustin Johnson.
This is worth keeping in mind going into a Ryder Cup year.
The strength of a team is not always who's playing, but who is not. Europe was at its strongest in the mid-2000s when players like Rose, Poulter, Casey and Garcia were not locks to make the team. That led Colin Montgomerie to suggest that Europe was deep enough to field two teams.
To consider the strength of the Americans right now, consider the Presidents Cup three months ago. The team featured the usual suspects of Woods, Mickelson and Stricker. But look at who didn't make that team — Furyk, Watson, Dustin Johnson.
That could shape up as one of the top story lines for 2014 as players try to make their respective Ryder Cup teams. It won't be easy.
"You've got to look at 10 guys vying for seven spots," McDowell said of Europe's team. "There's going to be two or three guys who miss — good players, quality players. I would assume (Captain Paul) McGinley's wild cards are going to be very hotly contested. No doubt it's going to be a tough team to get on."
THE KING PAYS TRIBUTE: In his final "State of the Game" published on Golf Channel's website, Arnold Palmer offered poignant tributes to some of the golf personalities who died in 2013. He also wanted to set the record straight that Frank Stranahan had as much to do with invigorating the British Open as Palmer did.
The British Open didn't always get the best players, mainly because it cost more money to get there than players made in the tournament. Palmer went over in 1960, having won the first two majors that year, and he won the claret jug in 1961 and 1962.
"I am often given credit for "salvaging" the British Open in the early 1960s," Palmer wrote. "We can argue whether or not the game's most historic championship really was in danger of sinking, but it is safe to say that after World War II, many American competitors simply found it easy and more profitable to compete here in the United States. Frank never quit on the Open. He continued to compete there on a regular basis, and finished second in 1947 and 1953.
"His devotion to the Open Championship is what inspired me to go over in 1960. I won the following year, and I've been credited ever since with "saving" the Open, but it was Frank who paved the way."
MILLER TIME: No other golf announcer gets under a player's skin like Johnny Miller, who has developed his own style — and vocabulary — in his 20 years with NBC Sports. Could the two-time major champion take it as well as he can dish it out?
Miller will never know.
He said on a conference call leading to the Tournament of Champions that he played in a different era of TV commentary.
"In my era, nobody said anything but namby-pamby stuff," Miller said. "Nobody ever said anything that would make you upset. As Dave Marr said, we were just gilding the road back then, just making everybody look good."
Miller does believe in compliments. He's not afraid to praise. But he believes golf is much bigger than it was in the 1970s, and viewership expects more.
"It's not just a cute little sport, or an awesome game," he said. "Now it's sort of a world sport, and in the public view, they want more than, 'That was a fantastic wedge shot 30 feet right of the hole.' That's not what they want to hear.
"I hate to say it, but I'm probably the guy that got announcing a little bit more real, sort of an 'X Games' type of announcer," he said. "And sometimes I wish I wasn't the way I am, but that's the way I talk about my own game, so it's just the way I viewed it. I wasn't trying to rip anybody, but I have a high standard, and I feel like the best players in the world should perform. And if they don't, I'm not going to just say, 'Oh, that was a bad break' or something."
GOLF CHANNEL ON RADIO: Golf Channel no longer will just be seen. Starting this year, it also will be heard.
Golf Channel is expanding to radio for the first time in a broadcast agreement with SiriusXM. Programming will start Monday on SiriusXM PGA Tour Radio (XM channel 93, Sirius channel 208).
The programming that will be featured on radio includes "Morning Drive" hosted by Gary Williams, which is a natural fit. When "Morning Drive" began, its studio looked like it was built for a radio talk show. The only problem was it could only be seen on television.
"Radio is a natural extension as Golf Channel continues to expand," said Mike McCarley, president of Golf Channel.
SiriusXM already has beefed up its programming this year with shows hosted by the likes of Ian Poulter, Henrik Stenson and Ben Crenshaw.
MR. CLUTCH: Jack Nicklaus is regarded as golf's most clutch putter during his generation. That apparently included playing against his sons.
Jack Nicklaus II was asked recently if he could recall the first time he beat his father.
"I had a putt to beat him or Dad had a putt to miss or whatever, he seemed to always make it, and I seemed to always miss," Jackie Nicklaus said. "Honestly, I don't know if I recall the first time I beat him. It doesn't happen very often. It still doesn't happen very often."
Nicklaus said all four of his sons have beaten him in casual games. But he never let them win.
"If I had a 30-foot putt to keep one of them from beating me, I probably made it," Nicklaus said. "And the reason for that is that I've always felt like I don't want to ever give them anything. If they're going to beat me, they've got to beat me, and I think when you do that, then they feel like they've really earned it."
DIVOTS: More than just PGA Tour winners are at Kapalua this week. In the days before tournament week starts, the Plantation Course featured Rory Sabbatini, Scott Piercy and Scott Verplank, all of whom are on Maui for vacation. Verplank is taking an exemption for career money and will make his first start next week in the Sony Open. He said he last played Waialae in 1987. … Ryo Ishikawa, who earned his PGA Tour card back through the Web.com Tour Finals, moved to the top of the priority ranking in the first reshuffle on the strength of a runner-up finish in Las Vegas. … The 30-man field at Kapalua includes 13 first-time winners.
STAT OF THE WEEK: Tiger Woods is the only player to win the Tournament of Champions and a major in the same year since it moved to Kapalua in 1999.
FINAL WORD: "It's hard to predict golf. It was pretty easy to predict Tiger there for a while." — Johnny Miller.


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The Tri-County Council for the Lower Eastern Shore of Maryland was formed by an Act of the Maryland General Assembly in 2001. The purpose of the Council is to facilitate regional planning and development in Somerset, Wicomico and Worcester counties.
The Council membership is made up of municipal, county and state elected officials as well as the county administrators from the three counties. The voting members are the five Somerset County Commissioners, four of the seven Wicomico County Council members, the Wicomico County Executive, five of the seven Worcester County Commissioners, one municipal representative from each of the three Counties, and the members of the General Assembly who represent the region and have a majority of their districts within the three counties. Currently, there are twenty three voting members, fourteen non-voting members and the full Council meets quarterly.
The Council works closely with the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the United States Department of Commerce and United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development and partners with the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.
In November 2009 the Council was designated as an Economic Development District (EDD) by the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the United States Department of Commerce. This will allow the Council (on behalf of the Counties) to apply directly to the EDA for funding.


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Yippee! Bring out the bells, the whistles, and the fancy trays of mouth-watering, calorie-laden sweets: the end-of-year holiday season has finally arrived! As this year (and decade) draws to a close, Zoosk wishes you the happiest holiday festivities and brightest spirits and cheer that this season has to offer.
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A DLC pack for the oft-forgotten Ghost Recon Online will for the next few weeks make the online PC shooter (technically still in beta) substantially more interesting. Provided you like Assassin's Creed, that is. And the prospect of Assassins using assault rifles.
The pack adds "Abstergo" weapons and a very fetching near-future rendition of the Assassin's outfit, one that ditches the "Blending into a crowd" thing altogether in favour of being all about the straps and guns. And more straps.
You've got to pay for the privilege, of course, that's how games like this make money, but if you bundle stuff together you'll pay slightly less.


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A group of internet hackers affiliated with the organization Anonymous attacked the Philadelphia Police Department's website, stopping access for some visitors, over the arrest of activists protesting the ban on marijuana.
The denial of service (DoS) attack hit PhillyPolice.com last Tuesday, May 23, the department confirmed to NBC10.com.
"Our site experienced momentary disruption while the IT company took measures to counteract their activity," Philadelphia Police Social and Digital Media Manager Sgt. Eric Gripp said. "However, due to the site experiencing heavy traffic, it slowed down for some users."
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With a DoS attack, internet servers hosting the website are overloaded by hundreds or thousands of requests to access the site, at the same time. The requests clog the pipeline, preventing the server from delivering the website to users.
Sgt. Gripp said the traffic was coming from "all over the world at the same time."
Anonymous Team Vendetta, a hacktivist group supporting the legalization of cannabis or marijuana, posted a video to YouTube the same day claiming responsibility for the attack. In the video, an unknown user can be seen typing computer code into a dialog box and then showing a web page stating the site was down.
The video also shows a similar attack on the website for the United States Park Ranger Lodge, the fraternal order for park rangers. Requests for comment from the organization were not returned.
Law enforcement sources who did not want to be named because they're not authorized to speak publicly about the incident, said that officials came across online intel suggesting such an attack could be carried out. Those officials were able to notify the site owners ahead of time of the impending onslaught.
The group says they attacked the two sites because of the arrest of activists at a May 18 protest on Independence Mall at 5th and Market Streets, according to the video. The video shows protesters being taken into custody by National Park Service Rangers.
"All of this absurdity over the oppression of such a beneficial 'plant,' so as a collective we must protest," text in the video reads.
One of the protesters, activist and libertarian Adam Kokesh, was arrested after allegedly assaulting a ranger. In a complaint filed in United States District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Kokesh was speaking to the crowd, when another demonstrator told the protesters to light marijuana cigarettes.
The group linked arms and formed a circle to prevent rangers from getting to the alleged illegal drug use. When a ranger tried to push his way through, Kokesh allegedly grabbed the ranger's arm and held him back, according to the complaint. Kokesh was then taken into custody.
Philadelphia Police were not involved in the demonstrator arrests, according to Sgt. Gripp.
Kokesh posted a photo to his Facebook page showing him smiling next to a sign stating that possession of illegal drugs is prohibited. He was held for six days, eventually being released last Friday. His charges were reduced to a citation.
Kokesh has not responded to requests regarding the arrest and whether he was aware of the website attacks.
Philadelphia Police say the department works with federal authorities when cyber attacks are carried out.
"In events such as this, we do in fact confer with federal authorities in order to investigate the perpetrators," Sgt. Gripp said.
Federal Bureau of Investigation Public Affairs Specialist Carrie Adamowski says as a matter of policy the bureau neither confirms or denies the existence of investigations.
NBC10.com reached out to Anonymous Team Vendetta about the attacks, but they did not comment on the event.
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Human trafficking is the fastest-growing crime globally. In the United States alone, between 100,000 and 300,000 children are at risk for commercial sexual exploitation (being trafficked for sexual purposes) each year (Estes & Weiner, 2001). Young girls, especially girls of color and those who have been victims of sexual abuse, are disproportionately at risk of being trafficked. Child welfare systems inadvertently play a part in making girls vulnerable to exploitation—as many as 64 percent of women in prostitution were previously involved in the child welfare system.
Legal Momentum is helping vulnerable girls through public education, legislative reform, and coalition building throughout the country. Legal Momentum is working with collaborators and partners throughout the country on how to best serve the legal needs of exploited girls, and how to stop the commercial exploitation and trafficking of children by building coalitions to combat human trafficking across the country.
Facts about Human Trafficking
- The U.S. State Department estimates that 600,000 to 800,000 people are trafficked globally every year, with 14,500 to 17,500 people trafficked into the United States.
- Women and girls are disproportionately affected
- Children who have been sexually abused are especially vulnerable to traffickers
- Child welfare systems inadvertently play a part in making girls vulnerable to exploitation
- Human trafficking is a $300 billion industry
- Online platforms facilitate human trafficking, making millions of dollars off the sale of women and children
- In 2000, the United States and governments around the world signed the Palermo Protocol, agreeing that trafficking is slavery
- In 2015, The United States reauthorized the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act, which provides criminal and civil sanctions against traffickers
Legal Momentum's Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
Experts in Human Trafficking
Carol Robles-Román, Legal Momentum's President and CEO, is a member of New York's New Abolitionists, a campaign launched by the Sanctuary for Families and the New York State Anti-Trafficking Coalition to end human trafficking in New York State and across the globe. As Deputy Mayor to Mayor Bloomberg, Carol led reform efforts and a New York City-wide initiative to end human trafficking.
This multimedia initiative taught New Yorkers to recognize the signs of human trafficking, funneled resources to trafficking victims, and encouraged rights awareness and reporting. Human trafficking often occurs hidden from public view. Carol's initiative brought human trafficking from the shadows—the campaign advertisements, which featured the silhouette of a trafficking victim, information on trafficking, and how to get help—were plastered on city buses and broadcast via television, radio, and public service announcements. The video below, narrated by Emma Thompson, was widely disseminated as part of the campaign:
Legal Momentum Special Counsel Penny M. Venetis is also a subject matter expert in human trafficking. Penny serves as the director of the International Human Rights Clinic at Rutgers Law School. Penny has developed human trafficking advocacy projects, and recruited and supervised pro bono attorneys from major law firms to work on the Clinic's landmark cases. She served as Legal Momentum's Executive Vice President and Legal Director from 2015 to 2017, leading the filing of amicus briefs and litigation against Backpage.com on behalf of trafficking survivors and victim service providers.
Lynn Hecht Schafran, Esq., Legal Momentum's Senior Vice President and Director of Legal Momentum's National Judicial Education Program (NJEP), developed and implemented Legal Momentum's program to educate judges about gender bias in the courts nationwide. Lynn also serves as a senior staff attorney, litigating and writing in the areas of rape, domestic violence, the intersection of sexual assault and domestic violence, and gender bias in the courts.
Building Coalitions
In 2016 alone, Legal Momentum has connected with advocates in Seattle, Silicon Valley, New York City, and South Florida.
Legal Momentum has also presented at multiple conferences and workshops.
In July 2016, Legal Momentum Board member Loria Yeadon moderated an event with Legal Momentum in Palo Alto, California—in the heart of Silicon Valley—to raise awareness of online sex trafficking of minors today and address ways to end this growing problem. Carol Robles-Román gave the keynote speech and said, "Legal Momentum is ready to lead the charge against child sexual exploitation. We are working with members of Congress to change the law."
In April 2016, Penny M. Venetis and Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney spoke to students at the Roosevelt House Institute at Hunter College in New York City on "Professionals' Role in Confronting Human Trafficking—How Your Career Might Intersect with Victims of Sexual Exploitation." Penny and Congresswoman Maloney, who co-chairs the Congressional Caucus on Human Trafficking and the Trafficking Task Force of the Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, also discussed ways to strengthen anti-trafficking laws.
In March 2016, Legal Momentum and the Seattle Foundation presented a "Giving Lab" workshop on "Strategies to End Sex Trafficking" in Washington State and around the country. Legal Momentum discussed how internet platforms have created new challenges to combating trafficking. Legal Momentum's President and CEO, Carol Robles-Román, and Legal Momentum board member and advocate Loria Yeadon presented Legal Momentum's work targeting the internet platforms that have increased sexual exploitation of women and children.
In May, 2015, Penny M. Venetis contributed her expertise in human rights law at The World Summit: End Sexual Exploitation 2025, a conference in Atlanta sponsored by the Carter Center. Penny contributed to the legislative agenda for the conference, which called for enacting the "Nordic Model" at federal, state and local levels. The Nordic Model—so called because it has been successfully implemented in Norway and Sweden—stifles the demand for sexually exploited individuals by arresting traffickers and purchasers of exploitative sex. "The world must be awakened to the sex trafficking industry. I would like to see every city and state in the U.S. adopt the Nordic Model," said former President Carter.
In April, 2015, Penny M. Venetis spoke on a panel on "The New Slavery: The International Trafficking in Women and Girls" at the New York City Bar Association. She highlighted how principles of both domestic and international law can be used to stop traffickers.
Identifying and Addressing Critical Issues
Education and Outreach
Many people have no idea that human trafficking is so pervasive in the United States, occurring in every city and town. Public education is needed to raise awareness among the general public, as well as teens, parents, schools, and at-risk youth. Through public education and the reforms described below, we can end the sexual exploitation and trafficking of women and children. Legal Momentum is actively working to raise awareness through education and events.
Lack of Adequate Legal Solutions
The United States lacks adequate legal solutions to ensure justice for victims. Many jurisdictions still view victims as perpetrators. Girls who have been trafficked may be arrested on charges of prostitution even though they are too young to legally consent to sex.
Online adult advertising sites promote and facilitate the sale of women and children. So far, they have avoided legal liability, relying on the Communications Decency Act, an antiquated law that was passed to promote commerce on the Internet. Reform is needed to ensure facilitators of human trafficking are held accountable for the human rights abuses that occur on their platforms.
Working to End Human Trafficking
- Educating the public and raising awareness
- Building coalitions with organizations and law enforcement agencies across the country, including in Seattle, the Silicon Valley, New York City, and South Florida, to combat trafficking through targeted education, advocacy, and legal and legislative reform
- Providing valuable technical assistance to municipalities, judges, lawyers, and advocates on all legal issues related to human trafficking
- Advocating for legislative reforms such as amending or repealing the Communications Decency Act
- Bringing targeted impact litigation on behalf of survivors and organizations that serve survivors
Legal Momentum and Pro Bono Counsel David Boies File Suits for Nonprofit Clients and Trafficking Victims
On February 7, Legal Momentum and David Boies filed suit in Arizona and Florida against Backpage.com, a website that facilitates child sex trafficking. The lawsuits seek damages on behalf of a trafficking survivor and two service providers that provide care to trafficking victims. Service providers Florida Abolitionist, based in Orlando, and Sojourner Center, based in Phoenix, provide shelter, care, and support to trafficking victims, including individuals trafficked on Backpage. The suits have received attention from the national press, including NBC's Nightly News, USA Today, Litigation Daily, Reuters, and the Miami Herald.
he purpose of the lawsuits is to end the child rape that Backpage facilitates. According to a 2017 report issued by the U.S. Senate, Backpage makes $9 million in profits each month from sex ads, many of which are for trafficking victims. The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children has stated that more than 70 percent of all child trafficking reports it receives are linked to Backpage. Florida Abolitionist said in a statement, "Florida is a hub of human trafficking, much of it on Backpage. The Florida Department of Children and Families reported that in 2015 alone, it received 1,892 reports of human trafficking. We are proud to be a part of this lawsuit because every day we see how much suffering Backpage causes." "I'm delighted the microscope has been focused on Backpage and the internet that has become an instrument for this modern-day slavery," Florida State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said of the lawsuit. Sojourner Center said that Backpage.com "Made millions of dollars in profits each year from websites that they designed and intended to be used, and that they knew were being used, for illegal sex trafficking, including of children."
David Boies, Legal Momentum's pro bono partner on these lawsuits, said, "The real heroes are the trafficking survivors who are courageously pursuing this. It's a dramatic failing of our legal system that something so obviously terrible continues to flourish." He has handled some of the most important public interest lawsuits in the nation, including successfully advocating for marriage equality before the U.S. Supreme Court.
"The online exploitation of teen girls is the biggest human rights violation of our time. Backpage.com knowingly facilitated this evil and must be held accountable to the harmed girls and to the organizations that provide them services so they can heal and recover," said Carol Robles-Román, Legal Momentum's President and CEO.
LM Urges D.C. Circuit Court to Support Senate Action against Backpage
In late December, Legal Momentum and its national stakeholders, represented by David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, filed an amicus brief urging the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to decide in favor of the U.S. Senate in its action to require the website Backpage.com's parent company to comply with a Senate subpoena. The Senate is requesting information about Backpage.com as part of an investigation into its business practices. Last spring, the Senate held Backpage.com's CEO, Carl Ferrer, in contempt of Congress for failing to appear at a Senate investigative hearing.
Legal Momentum Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Consider an Important Online Child Sex Trafficking Case
Legal Momentum and the law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner filed a "friend of the court" brief urging the United States Supreme Court to take up the case of Jane Doe et al. v. Backpage.com et al. The plaintiffs are several women of color who were advertised for sex on Backpage.com in Massachusetts and Rhode Island when they were minors—beginning at age 15—and were raped hundreds of times as a result. Backpage is a classified advertising site that dominates the world market for commercial sex ads—posting one million sex ads per day, according to the National Center on Sexual Exploitation. It rakes in an estimated $9 million in profits every month from that business. Unfortunately, the district court dismissed the women's case last spring. The women appealed, but the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal. The appeals court interpreted a 1996 law, the Communications Decency Act (CDA), as protecting Backpage.com from being sued. Legal Momentum believes that this is a serious misinterpretation of the CDA, which Congress clearly intended to protect children from exposure to harmful materials online. Using the CDA to shield a site that operates as an "online marketplace for pedophiles" is a perversion of Congress's original intent to protect children, says Carol Robles-Román, Legal Momentum's President and CEO.
In March, Backpage.com was held in contempt of Congress for failing to comply with a Senate investigation into its facilitation of online child sex trafficking. In October, Backpage.com's CEO, Carl Ferrer, was arrested in Texas on charges of pimping a minor that were filed by California Attorney General Kamala Harris. The company's co-founders, Michael Lacey and James Larkin, were also arrested on charges of conspiracy to commit pimping.
Legal Momentum strongly encourages its supporters to join in the fight against online commercial sexual exploitation to help call attention to this case on social media using the hashtag #CDAnot4traffickers.
Several anti-trafficking activists and organizations also signed on to the Legal Momentum amicus brief, including: Cindy McCain, Florida Abolitionist, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, Organization for Prostitution Survivors (OPS), Rising International, the YWCA of Silicon Valley, Sojourner Center, StolenYouth, and StreetLightUSA.


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The entrenched regime of racial preferences in American academia is a fit subject for study by the nation's top psychiatrists.
It's never OK to discriminate on the basis of race in American life, except when it is. Schools lionize the 1964 Civil Rights Act in their classrooms, and then violate it in their admissions offices.
This system is bad for the moral fiber of academic institutions, bad for the ideal of race blindness in America, and bad, the latest research suggests, for the minorities supposedly benefiting. It is good only for salving the guilty, race-obsessed consciences of university administrators and appeasing the PC gods and the usual interest groups.
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See if this sounds familiar: the Labor Department releases a bullish report showing the U.S. gained 288,000 jobs in the previous month, easily beating consensus calls for 215,000 new jobs. Bond yields immediately shoot higher, as investors finally see signs of a possible second-quarter economic thaw. But then bonds spend the rest of the day recovering, and by the afternoon it hardly looks like anything has happened at all.
That's what happened on May 2. It's also what happened today. Here's today's 10-year Treasury note intraday trading chart, courtesy of Tradeweb:
The situation surrounding the April jobs data was identical to that of the June data released this morning: expectation of 215,000 new jobs, actual number 288,000. And the 10-year intraday trading pattern was suspiciously similar each day, although the May 2 pattern actually saw yields reverse so sharply that they ended the day lower. That swing was aided by renewed conflict between Russia and Ukraine, but that day's unexpected Treasury market action touched off weeksofspeculation about why rates weren't rising like they seemingly should.
Today the yield started the day at 2.625%, spiked as high as 2.685%, and is now back down to 2.641%, per Tradeweb data.
One of the main suspects in both cases is foreign investment inflows, which so far this year have helped to offset what otherwise seems like organic, domestically driven economic pressure that should be pushing rates higher at this point. Other buyers clearly stepped in today as well. Here's Ian Lyngen of CRT Capital with his take:
Treasuries were drifting lower ahead of the stronger-than-expected NFP release and the event itself extended the price action as 10-year yields reached as high at 2.694% intraday – just shy of the 2.70% level. It's notable that the market wasn't able to hold onto the full extent of the weakness and we heard reports of real money dip-buying that served to further confirm the range....
We're impressed by the market's ability to hold despite the better read on the labor market and while we point out some of the softer aspects in the report... it's difficult to explain away the overall strength of the report. This suggests that even in the face of an improving labor market, 10-year yields at 2.70% are still an attractive level to buy (or at least cover). We heard of some large shops bringing forward Fed hike expectations, but the bulk remain within the second half of next year – which is consistent with the FOMC's dots and little reason for aggressive selling in the 10- and 30-year sector to be sure.
Shorter-maturity Treasuries, more vulnerable to an eventual Fed rate hike, didn't rebound as strongly this afternoon as the 10-year note and all finished the day slightly lower in price. Closing levels: 1-year note 0.104%, 2-year note 0.512%, 3-year 0.959%, 5-year 1.740%, 7-year 2.247%, all per Tradeweb data. The 30-year bond closed down 1/32 in price to yield 3.470%.


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"On the Road" Workshop with Nikos Economopoulos in Ethiopia
November 15, 2012
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"On the Road" is a series of workshops, combining spontaneous photography with the joy of the journey. They are organized for a limited number of participants, ranging from professional photographers to curious amateurs. Through the selection and discussion of the best images of the day, the participants will work towards developing their own photographic style, and see their overall approach improve each day. The goal of these workshops is to guide the participants through technical, theoretical and aesthetic issues towards developing their own photographic style.
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Among its blend of the old and the new, it has a unique mix of icons from the different strands of its history: imperial statues and colonial monuments to Fascist architecture; hammer-and-sickle placards from a former Marxist regime to high-rise luxury hotels. Although it lacks a traditional city center, it is safe and easy to wander around the famed Mercato, the grandest bazaar in all of Africa.
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BEMIDJI, Minn. (March 25, 2011) — Thirty-six Bemidji State University students are on the cast and crew for the University's theatre program production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," a Shakespearean comedy with a steampunk twist. The show opens with five performances beginning Friday, April 8, and closes with a matinee performance on Sunday, April 17.
Bemidji State's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" will be directed by Patrick Carriere, assistant professor of theater and communication arts. Scenery and lighting are designed by Ellen Jones, assistant professor of theater.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream" revolves around the marriage between Theseus, the Duke of Athens, and Hippolyta, Queen of the Amazons. It follows the follies of four young Athenian lovers and a group of actors bent on performing in front of the Duke on his wedding day. Both groups venture into the magical forest only to be tricked, enchanted and transformed by the fairies who reside in the forest and are ruled by the powerful king and queen of the fairies, Oberon and Titania.
Bemidji State's production of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in the Victorian era and stylized with the subculture of steampunk: machines and gadgets of the 19th century imbued with a futuristic sense that adds magic to the Victorian era.
Tickets are available now; call (218) 755-3935 for more information.
For more information, please contact Patrick Carriere at the Bemidji State University Department of Humanities at (218) 755-3901.
56601 | Candice Billups, senior, art; assistant scene designer, change artist.
56601 | Warren Billups, senior, design technology; student technical theatre coordinator.
56601 | Anthony Cole, senior, engineering technology; scene shop crew.
56601 | Ceara Dowell, junior, theatre; starring as Titania.
56601 | Jessie Ladig, senior, psychology; starring as Helena.
56601 | Dein Lawrence, junior, art; starring as Puck.
56601 | Elizabeth MacGregor, sophomore, English; starring as Hippolyta.
56601 | Tom Skime, sophomore, business administration and accounting; scene shop crew.
56630 | Jed Anderson, freshman, mass communication; starring as Starveling.
56401 | Kayla DeChaine, junior, biology; scene shop crew, office staff.
55317 | Claire Pieper, sophomore, psychology; starring as Cobweb.
Deer River
56636 | Jacqueline Teegarden, senior, theatre; starring as Hermia.
55803 | Eric Benson, senior, music; starring as Nick Bottom.
55122| Ben Eng, senior, business administration; office staff.
Elk River
55330 | Bob Boland, junior, theatre; sound.
55733 | Amanda Sorensen, senior, creative & professional writing; stage manager.
55331 | Joseph Dritsas, sophomore, political science; starring as Flute.
55021 | Katherine Anderson, freshman, sociology; starring as Snug.
55027 | Kyla Kyllo, senior, design technology; costumes.
International Falls
56649 | Benjamin Shofner, freshman, physics; starring as Philostrate.
55040 | Jacob Budnick, junior, creative & professional writing; light board.
56651 | Brady Jones, sophomore, theatre; scene shop crew.
Lino Lakes
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55128 | Jesse Villarreal, senior, theatre; starring as Theseus; also publicity and box office adviser, office staff.
56742 | Rebecca Cote, sophomore, creative & professional writing; assistant stage manager.
Park Rapids
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56470 | Kaitlyn Hanisch, sophomore, theatre; starring as Snout; also scene shop crew, scenic artist.
Pelican Rapids
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56573 | Courtney Guck, sophomore, elementary education; starring as Peaseblossom; costumes.
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The Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies, which was announced by President Obama in August, was scheduled to meet last week for the first time. However, according to a recent Politico report, the group did not convene.
"I simply thought that it was inappropriate for our group to continue working while the vast majority of the men and women of the intelligence community are being forced to remain off the job," Michael Morell, a board member and a former CIA director, told Politico. "While the work we're doing is important, it is no more important—and quite frankly a lot less important—than a lot of the work being left undone by the government shutdown, both in the intelligence community and outside the intelligence community."
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Vimeo has launched a Vimeo Festival Awards. Very close to the spirit of Vimeo. As Blake writes on Vimeo's blog:
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Starting today, submissions are now open worldwide for the Vimeo Awards. These awards are open to ALL videos online, not just videos on Vimeo. So even if you uploaded it to another site, or have yet to upload that new piece you have been slaving over, we want to see it! You can submit as many videos as you want in a variety of different categories. You can learn more and read the Official Rules at Vimeoawards.com
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Although Max has always been a creative individual, it was painting live around Los Angeles that gave him his chops and developed his distinct style. Being discovered online by the right people brought him across India, France, and Spain, where he painted in front of many audiences, met many local artists, and continued to develop his own unique perspective. Now he spends most of his time in his home town of LA, painting with his friends, and working in his studio to create new work for galleries across the country. Having seen the art scene of several different cities in several different countries, he is proud to be from Los Angeles, and continues to enjoy being one of the city's premier contemporary artists.
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Into Oblivion by Max Neutra
1xRun: Tell us a bit about the execution for these Into Oblivion pieces.
Max Neutra: Each bunny starts of as a pencil drawing on a sheet of half inch birch plywood. They are cut out using a jig saw or a band saw and given two coats of gesso. Next I paint the edges black and complete the line work. Next is the shading and pink in the ears. Next is the splatter and final touches. Each bunny is finished with two coats of varnish, first a gloss to help enhance the contrast in the colors, and last with a satin finish. After testing the balance of each bunny, I attach the wiring on the back for hanging, and a hinge that acts like a kick stand for the bunnies with a flat bottom. The last thing I do before I pack them up is sign, number, and date each bunny on the back.
1xRun: Can you tell us how the idea came about for these?
Max Neutra: My first bunny painting was created while exhausted at a late night dance party. I was painting on stage at a club. It was 2am, and I had a couple hours to go. I had already completed one big piece, but I had a second blank canvas, so I decided to do something different and fun. I looked out on the dance floor and saw all the crazy humans in their crazy outfits dancing the night away, and I thought "man, we are just going to dance ourselves right over the edge of the cliff. The end of the world will be a celebration. We will dance right into oblivion." With the apocalypse and overpopulation on the brain, I painted a canvas filled with white rabbits, and one colored rabbit standing out from the crowd. A woman bought the piece at the end of the night, and immediately commissioned two more for her friends. After painting so many rabbits in a short time, I came to realize that I enjoyed painting them and started to explore different permutations. Up until the bunnies, my work was generally grotesque and my style was gonzo. Painting the bunnies became a new discipline in finding the perfect curve, and filling space with with repetitive yet random patterns. I felt that studying these bunnies could lead to mastering other curves, such as those of the coveted naked female form. The first cut out bunnies were created for an Art Battle I was supposed to participate in in Barcelona, Spain. I was planning on using them as extensions of a bunny painting I was going to execute in front of an audience as part of a competition. Unfortunately, the event was rained out and cancelled. I found myself with about 20 cardboard cutout bunnies that I did not want to waste, so I brought them home with me on the subway. I started setting them up on the train and in the station, and ended up posting them up all around the neighborhood I was staying in and setting them up in the street. People got a big kick out of them and were constantly stopping to chat with me about them. Once I saw what kind of a response the bunnies evoked, I knew I was onto something…
1xRun: How long did the piece take?
Max Neutra: They were created during June and July 2012. Each bunny has about two hours worth of work in them, if not more. There are so many different stages of the process! Drawing, cutting, sanding, gesso, paint, finish, hardware, signing. My wife thinks I'm crazy for not charging more.
1xRun: What is unique about this piece?
Max Neutra: Each bunny is unique and has it's own personality. After having lived with some around the studio for a while, I can't help but feel like they are almost pets. Because of the way that some of them can sit, rather than just hang on the wall, combined with the fact that each is a unique shape cut out of wood, there is a sculptural quality to them. They are more than mere paintings. They are objet d'art.
1xRun: Why should people buy these pieces?
Max Neutra: Supporting freelance artists is important beyond helping them eat and pay their bills. Artists are members of society that have a responsibility to explore new mental frontiers and bring new ideas to the masses. It's like we are on Star Trek, making new discoveries on the outer edges of space and relaying our findings back to the home planet. Investing in an artist is investing in the conceptual growth and evolution of humanity. By purchasing artwork, you are making a statement declaring your understanding of the importance of ever broadening horizons.
1xRun: Describe these pieces in one gut reaction word.
Max Neutra: echoic.
1xRun: When did you first start making art?
Max Neutra: I've always been one of those creative types. Was drawing and painting since I was old enough to hold a brush. All of my schoolwork was covered in drawings. I was also into music since early on. I learned to play guitar, and later started producing electronic music, putting out a full length album called Automation Addiction in 2010.
1xRun: What was your first piece?
Max Neutra: Well, if you want to go way back to age four, there were pieces called "Man peeing while playing the drum" and "Mouse in the house". I think the first piece of real emotionally driven pure art that I created as an adult and at the beginning of my pursuit of becoming an artist was called "No Faith in Humanity". It was a tormented face, drawn in black and white with ink. A response to being stuck behind a bus in traffic.
1xRun: What artists inspired you early on?
Max Neutra: Super early influences were the eerie drawings of Edward Gorey and the creative creatures of Dr. Seuss. Later on R. Crumb and Todd Mc Farlane came into the mix. Next was Ralph Steadman (illustrator for Hunter S. Thomson books, among other things) and Gerald Scarfe (animations from Pink Floyd's The Wall). And finally Klimt and Egon Schiele.
1xRun: What artists inspire you now?
Max Neutra: I think that there are so many mind bogglingly amazing artists doing things these days. My most recent discovery is Jeremy Geddes. I'm not usually into that kind of super clean and perfect painting, but his technique is immaculate, and his work has such a vibe to it. They bring up feelings in me that I usually only experience in dreams. I also have a special place in my heart for Skinner and his general amazingness. Zeloot for his colors and out there ideas. Let's not forget the influence of my fellow LA artist friends. Maybe not a stylistic influence, but the camaraderie that comes from painting and growing with a group of artists is important. Michael Pukac, John Park, Mimi Yoon, Gregory Siff, Stephen Williams, L. Croskey, there are too many to list. I appreciate having them in my life.
1xRun: Do you listen to music while you work? If so what? If not then what is your environment like when you work?
Max Neutra: How many artists don't listen to music when they paint!? Music has always been an important part of my life. I used to produce my own style of quirky retro electronic music using vintage noise toys and whatnot. It seems that I always have music going, no matter what I'm up to. My musical taste is across the board. As I write this I'm listening to Clark. I recently purchased the latest albums from Dirty Projectors and Rufus Wainwright (That's right. I still pay for music. Don't get me started.) Kate Bush. Nouvelle Vague. Tweak Bird. John Coltrane. Stan Getz. Jimmy Smith. Justice. Modern Jazz Quartet. One of my favorite albums to paint to is a little known record called The Days Of Mars by two artists named Delia Gonzalez and Gavin Russom.
1xRun: If you could collaborate with any living artist who would it be and why?
Max Neutra: This shifts for me depending on my mood, but lately I've been thinking about how fun it would be to do something with fellow LA artist Gregory Siff. We both seem to have similar philosophies about art and the process, and the fact that it would not be hard to make it a reality is appealing. I don't feel comfortable with the idea of collaborating with someone I don't now. There are plenty of amazing artists out there, but unless we understand each other, it would be hard to get creative together. Of course, collaborating with someone like Damien Hirst or Jeff Koons would be fun because of giant the budget we would have to work with.
1xRun: If you could collaborate with any deceased artists who would it be and why?
Max Neutra: I think another version of this question is "If you could hang out with any deceased artist…". I'd want to hang out with Picasso. He seems like he might have been a fun guy to be around.
1xRun: What was the first piece of art that you bought? Do you still have it?
Max Neutra: Tough one. Does that Wolverine poster I bought in Junior High count? Still have it.
1xRun: What was the last piece of art that you bought?
Max Neutra: A small piece called Zebra Penis by Airom Bleicher. It's an oil painting of a zebra penis, but half the reason I bought it is because he wrote "zebra penis" on the back, as if it wasn't obvious. It's a nice addition to my closet gallery where I hang small strange work. Got a couple pieces by homeless people in there. Some fan art. Work by my mom. Jesus monsters in fishnet stockings. Rats smoking cigarettes. Pigs licking up menstrual blood. General debauchery.
1xRun: What else have you been up to and else do you have in the works?
Max Neutra: I have a new limited edition print that should be out just before this 1xrun release. It's called "Communion". The original is a 6x8ft Giraffe. Beyond that, there's some walls I'm painting around town for various business, and some group shows and live painting gigs. The main thing on my mind is the upcoming solo show at Cave Gallery in January. We sold out my show there last January, so I will be working hard to earn more success and come back strong with some new tricks up my sleeve…
1xRun: Where else can people find you on the internette?
Max Neutra: Website – Facebook – YouTube


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This EU-wide initiative will allocate various European funds to the Dutch Microfinance Institution Qredits (www.qredits.nl) to facilitate loans of over EUR 20 million (Rs 125 Crore approximately) to small businesses and people in the Netherlands who have lost their jobs and want to set up their own company.
Microfinance in European Union
Access to credit is a major concern for many EU companies, in particular for Small and Medium Entreprises (SMEs) and for entrepreneurs who want to start their own business or get new projects off the ground. That is why the Commission has, jointly with the European Investment Fund (EIF), launched the first EU microfinance project in the Netherlands. As part of the EU's Europe 2020 strategy for smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, the EU Microfinance Facility is one of the concrete actions taken at European level to address the consequences of the crisis.
At the launch event, the Chief Executive of the EIF, Richard Pelly, and Managing Director of Qredits, Elwin Groenevelt signed a guarantee agreement and loan deal which will facilitate the provision of the EUR 20 million loan, through Qredits, to micro-entrepreneurs in the Netherlands. Qredits hopes to extend support under EUR 25,000 to over 1,000 small businesses, many of whom are higher risk borrowers and often face difficulties in accessing credit from traditional banking sources.
Commissioner László Andor, Princess Maximá of the Netherlands and Dutch Deputy Prime Minister Maxime Verhagen attended the event.
Microcredit in Europe
Micro-credit in the EU means loans under €25,000 (Rs 15 Lakh approximately). It is tailored to micro-enterprises, employing fewer than 10 people (91% of all European businesses), and unemployed or inactive people who want to go into self-employment but do not have access to traditional banking services. 99% of start-ups in Europe are micro or small enterprises and one third of these are launched by people who are unemployed.


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Qualifying OthernessJanssens, Maddy; Steyaert, Chris (k, 1998)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The diversity domain seems currently in a struggle, having critical debates about the future direction of diversity studies as well as diversity programs and actions. It seems to have neglected theoretical reflections on notions of 'diversity,' 'difference,' or the 'other.' The purpose of this paper is to think theoretically about diversity, arguing that it is the thinking itself that has to become different and that a different thinking will make a difference in addressing policies and actions. The main point we try to make is that diversity is not a matter of constructing identities but of a moving alterity. We will depart from the current debates in diversity management, in which we identify mainly four issues: a narrow or broad definition of diversity, a stable or dynamic conception of identity, the role of power, and the importance of the socio-historical context. With the discussion of these four issues, we will try to indicate the implicit 'theoretical' choices prioritizing the concept of 'identity', turning the issues of diversity into a managing of individuals and 'their' identities. Rather than pursuing the route of identity, we try to explore another route, paving a possible way of conceiving the other from the position of the other and not from fixed norms and possibilities. We therefor turn to the concept of 'alterity.' The aim of the paper is then to develop an alterity-thinking by connecting and relating to the philosophical work of Deleuze and Guattari, and Serres; the writings of Collins on the Black-feminist standpoint, and recent political studies on democracy. The qualifications that we connect and associate to alterity, are: its relation to an ontology of becoming, its crossing out of the identifiable into becoming anonymous, its dependence on safe, social-cultural spaces, and on open, empty public spaces. To conclude, we reflect on the different ways in which this alterity-thinking is related to the four critical issues of the diversity literature and discuss its qualifications as possible conditions for what we might sum up as an 'alterity politics.' URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8127
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Extending the UN Framework to connect Political CSR with Business Responsibilities for Human RightsJonsson, Jonas; Fisker, Mette; Buhmann, Karin (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The literature on Political CSR (PCSR) outlines the political role of corporations, but fails to offer concrete suggestions for businesses to fill governance gaps through provision of public goods . Conversely, the political role of Multi - National Enterpris es (MN E s) plays a limited part in the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights , which was adopted by the UN in 2008 and forms the basis for the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights . Th is paper contributes to connecting the two approache s by drawing on insights from the PCSR literature to theorize on the extent of human rights responsibilities of MN E s , and combining this with the human rights focus of the UN Framework . Drawing on existing literature's coverage of MN E s operating in develop ing countries, we discuss how businesses can improve the respect and fulfilment of human rights. We propose an 'Extended UN Framework' to help attribute political responsibilities to MN E s that reflect their political power. The Extended Framework combines the original UN Framework's 'do no harm' approach with a leverage - based approach for firms to contribute to delivering public goods that are human rights. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9432
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Political Culture and History in the Nordic CountriesØstergaard, Uffe (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9212
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A Study of CWA Raters' Decision-Making BehavioursLindhardsen, Vivian (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The present maps study maps the decision-making behaviors of experienced raters in a well-established Communal Writing Assessment (CWA) context, tracing their behaviors all the way from the independent rating sessions, where the initial images and judgments are formed, to the communal rating sessions, where the final scores are assigned on the basis of collaboration between two rates. Results from think-aloud protocols, recorded discussions, retrespective reports and reported scores from 20 raters rating 15 ESL essays show that when moving from the independent ratings to the communal ratings, there is little, if any, increase in rater agreement levels and the raters' attention to the textual features corresponding to the official criteria become more evenly distributed. However, rather than consulting the scale descriptors directly in resolving insecurities about score assignment, the raters seemed to rely heavily on each others' expertise, thereby reducing the importance of the scale and emphasizing the value of the community of raters. In validating their scores in the communal rating discussions the raters appeared to be critically and equally engaged in the discussions, and through deliberating and refining their assessments the raters believed that CWA practices produce more accurate scores than in independent ratings and lead to professional development. These interpretations support a hermeneutic rather than a psychometric approach to establishing the validity of the present CWA practices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7743
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Anthropology, Fieldwork and Organizational EthnographyMoeran, Brian (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper looks at the relationship between anthropology, fieldwork and what is referred to as 'organizational ethnography'. It starts by distinguishing between fieldwork, which is a method of conducting qualitative research, initially in the discipline of anthropology, and ethnography, which is the writing up of that research. The paper makes use of the author's fieldwork experiences in a Japanese advertising agency to illustrate a number of features that define fieldwork as a methodology. It argues that it is the shift from participant observation to observant participation that enables the fieldworker to move from front stage to back stage in the study of an organization, and thereby to gain information and knowledge that is otherwise available only to insiders. Fieldwork, Anthropology, Organizational Ethnography, Observant Participation URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7038
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Hemlin, Sven; Wenneberg, Søren Barlebo (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6333
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New Challenges and Opportunities for RegulatorsGoldberg, Lawrence G.; Sweeney, Richard J.; Wihlborg, Clas (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Nordea is the first major international bank planning to operate important host country activities in branches as the Second European banking directive envisions rather than as subsidiaries. Nordea is the result of mergers of roughly equal-size universal banks in four Nordic countries with the intention to reap economies of scale and scope by providing services in an integrated organization. Nordea has so far operated under a legal structure with subsidiaries in the host countries. When the new branch organization is implemented, EU directives specify that the home country is responsible for supervision, regulation as well as deposit insurance. Supervisors in all involved countries are challenged by this prospect and they are negotiating to obtain an acceptable division of responsibilities. We argue that the Nordea case offers an opportunity to implement the EU's vision and to develop institutional foundations for substantial market discipline in banking. In particular, distress resolution and insolvency procedures for banks must be made rule based and credible for host country authorities to accept home country control. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6783
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An Explorative DiscussionFoss, Nicolai Juul (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6902
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The Commensuration of Sustainability Reporting and the Crowding out of Moralityvan Bommel, Koen; Rasche, Andreas; Spicer, André (Frederiksberg, 2018)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Drawing on extensive case study evidence, this study unpacks sustainability reporting's evolution from a moral values-based practice towards a financialized value-based one. We argue that this transition can be seen as a commensuration project and we examine the dynamics of this process. We find that increased levels of commensuration have moved sustainability reporting away from a focus on moral responsibility (i.e. 'doing the right thing') to a focus on strategic value creation for the firm. We theorize this crowding out of morality as a process of amoralization supported by the rigid cognitive framing of social and environmental issues (objectification) and the monetized coordination of relevant social interactions (marketization). We outline implications of our analysis for the scholarly debate on sustainability reporting and commensuration. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9693
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Inter-Ethnic Relations and Economic Development in Penang, MalaysiaJacobsen, Michael (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Identity formation is probably one of the most discussed aspects of strategic positioning within anthropology, sociology and political science. In general notions of identity have been based on either an absolutist or primordial understanding of belonging or a constructionalist view in which social and political positioning in terms of identity formation are governed by a given societal context. This paper bases its understanding of identity formation on the latter approach. This means that depending of context individuals have several different although related identities to choose between when manoeuvring in a complex and dynamic social environment. Identity formation, achieved or ascribed, and its various forms of externalisation are thus negotiated and not absolute. The dynamic behind this notion of identity formation is individual agency strategically manipulating social, economic and political positioning in a given societal setup. To illustrate the complexities and in this case negative ramifications of social engineering the article focuses on inter-ethnic relations and industrial development in Penang, Malaysia. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7909
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economic and scientific specialisation among OECD countriesLaursen, Keld; Salter, Ammon (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7220
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Functional Upgrading and Productivity Growth of Multinational Subsidiaries in European Transition EconomiesBurger, Anže; Jindra, Björn; Kostevc, Črt; Marek, Philipp; Rojec, Matija (Warsaw, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: With economic transformation and European integration Central and Eastern European countries (CEECs) have been inserted into European and global production networks. The literature on global value chains (GVCs) suggests that firms' performance in terms of value creation and capture crucially depends upon their ability to 'upgrade'. Apart from product and process upgrading this refers to 'functional upgrading' i.e. the changing portfolio and nature of business functions executed by firms within the GVC. In principal this should hold also for multinational affiliates. They participate in GVCs through vertically integrated and specialized forms of organization. Their ability to upgrade is closely linked with their position, mandate and power asymmetries within the multinational network. Recent case study evidence documents functional upgrading in multinational subsidiaries located in CEECs. Yet, their ability to increase value capture through these processes has been contested. This paper tests the relationship between functional upgrading and productivity growth of multinational subsidiaries. We exploit a unique firm level dataset that matches state-of-the-art survey-based business function indicators with times-series accounting data for a representative sample of multinational subsidiaries in selected CEECs. The estimation results indicate that functional upgrading has a positive effect on foreign subsidiaries' average productivity growth. The effect is higher for subsidiaries with more recent entries of foreign investors. This finding is robust to different measures for functional upgrading. The positive effect of functional upgrading seems to be mainly confined to foreign subsidiaries in manufacturing industries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9228
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Functional upgrading, relational capability and export performance of vietnamese wood furniture producersHanh, Pham Thi Song (Frederiksberg, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Departing from my interest in finding key factors determining a developing country firms' export success, this research explores two fascinating topics: one is the debate on whether a developing country's producers should become involved in marketing functions where a developed country's firms already hold a strong position, and the other is the very limited attention given in the export literature to the role of relational capability in a firm's export business.... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7742
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A semiotic outline of fundamental signs, significance-effects, knowledge profiling and their use in knowledge organization and brandingThellefsen, Torkild Leo (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: I designate my work as a semeiotic of knowledge organization in a somewhat wide meaning of the concept. A somewhat wide meaning means that it is not restricted to LIS research in keywords or representational theory of documents or thesauri construction etc. It builds upon and is inspired by the semeiotic of Peirce. It understands development of signs as a process of knowledge organization. Here, the focus is on branding, emotions and scientific knowledge. Therefore, the aim of the thesis is to present the concepts: the fundamental sign, the significance‐effect, semeiotic constructivism and the knowledge profile, and to suggest some relations between them. The main questions I pursue, and which this thesis hopefully will give answers to, are: Is it possible to define and describe the above mentioned concepts, which have their theoretical starting point in the semeiotic of Peirce? And is it possible to outline a use of these concepts? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8003
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The International Monetary Fund and Policy Reform Surveillance in Small Open EconomiesSeabrooke, Leonard; Broome, André (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The International Monetary Fund spends most of its time monitoring its member states' economic performance and advising on institutional change. While much of the literature sees the Fund as a policy enforcer in "emerging market" and "frontier" economies, little attention has been paid to exploring the Fund's bilateral surveillance of its Western member states. This article proposes that "seeing like the IMF" provides a dynamic view of how the Fund frames its advice for institutional change. It does so through "associational templates" that do not blindly promote institutional convergence, but appeal for change on the basis of like-characteristics among economies. Many Western states, particularly small open economies, consider the Fund's advice as important not only for technical know-how, but because Fund assessments are significant to international and domestic political audiences. This article traces the Fund's advice on taxation and monetary reform to two coordinated market economies, Denmark and Sweden, and two liberal market economies, Australia and New Zealand from 1975 to 2004. It maps how the Fund advocated "policy revolutions" and "policy recombinations" during this period, advice that coincided with important institutional changes within these small open economies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7323
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A Study of a New Economy Firm's Powers of PersuasionElgaard Jensen, Torben (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The article is an empirical analysis of how a Scandinavian new economy firm was able to persuade a number of business journalists that it represented 'the future'. It analyses how visitors to the firm were met with a specific and persuasive combination of rhetorical and material ressources. It suggests that the persuasive power of the firm was based on its ability to evoke and articulate a series of pointed contrasts between the attractive working life within the firm and the ordinary and problematic work life elsewhere. The article suggests that this strategy of drawing contrasts together differs from the mode of persuasion usually described by STS. Keywords: Sociology of expectations, Sociology of futures, Sociology of anticipation, New Economy, dot-com, persuasion, power, actor-network theory, materialised contrast argument. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6690
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Rai, Sudhanshu; Kuhn Pedersen, Mogens (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8024
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On the strategification of time in organisationsFrankel, Christian (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6723
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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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Brier, Søren (København, 2014)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9052
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Foreclosure is a legal process in which a lender attempts to recover the balance of loan from a borrower, who has stopped making payments to the lender.
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Exposing serious problems at Chernobyl before the meltdown.
As reporter and editor of Tribuna Enerhetyky, the newspaper of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy plant in Ukraine, Lyubov Kovalevskaya obtained secret documents that enabled her to break the story about serious problems at the Chernobyl reactor one month before the nuclear accident. She spent the next three years collecting official documents on the facility and, risking her health, entered the forbidden radioactive zone more than 30 times to interview workers and cooperative officials. In addition to placing her health in jeopardy by entering Chernobyl, Kovalevskaya was persecuted by the KGB for criticizing a Soviet nuclear program. Her health still suffers from the effects of radiation exposure.


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We were heading to a neighborhood party where the majority of the guests were most excited about the beer pong and the glorious buffet. As for me, the main draw was an opportunity to see Schultzie, whose guardians were hosting. I have already written about Schultzie, who I love. We have had the joy of dogsitting for her several times, and I couldn't wait to see her.
You can imagine my distress when I arrived and was told that Schultzie was at Grandma and Grandpa's house for the night. Yes, I was disappointed, but I was also relieved that Schultzie would be safe and free from the angst that affects so many dogs at parties. Most dogs can handle a few guests, but bigger events pose significant issues for many of them.
There are the physical risks: being stepped on, going outside through a door that is inadvertently left open and ending up in the road, being hit by errant throws in ladder ball, disc golf or any other garden games so common at summer gatherings, consuming something unhealthy that drops on the floor or that a well-intentioned guest offers—including alcohol.
There are also psychological risks: it may be too loud, the dog may be unable to locate the guardians, the amount of activity may be overwhelming, unusual behavior by guests may cause stress in the dog, and staying up later than usual may be problematic.
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There are many solutions for making sure that dogs do not suffer because of a party at their house. They can visit friends or family members and avoid the party altogether, as Schultzie did. They can be taken to a professional boarding facility. If they are comfortable with it, they can spend the party cozy in a crate in a closed room, or just be put in a closed room without the crate.
Another option is for the dog to be under the watchful eye of a person who is constantly watching them and running interference to make sure that the dog is protected from any party dangers. This is a big job, similar to watching a toddler. It is not enough for the person to casually attend to the dog. That can lead to a situation in which someone asks where the dog is and the answer is something like, "Hmm, she's around here somewhere," which indicates inadequate supervision.
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Taste Test: Birch Beer
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GalleryTaste Test: Birch Beer
Ask a West Coaster if they've ever had a birch beer and the response is almost always the same: "Birch beer? What's that?" Birch beer never really took off for the rest of the country like it did in the eastern United States. That's a shame, because birch beer can be just as satisfying as its closest relative, root beer, and some of us even prefer it. We gathered nine different brands of birch beer to figure out which one was the best.
What gives birch beer its unique flavor? Glad you asked! Birch beers are flavored with oil distilled from the sap of birch trees, usually the Sweet Birch. These trees grow primarily from northern Georgia to southern Maine, which might be one explanation for why the East Coast has such a monopoly on birch beer.
Other common ingredients in birch beer include yucca extracts and acacia, which meld with the birch oil to help form the duo of wintergreen and licorice flavors most frequently associated with this soda.
Are you a fan of birch beer? Do you have a favorite?
Birch Beers We Tried
AJ Stephans
Big Ben's
Boylan's Creamy Red
Boylan's Original
Pennsylvania Dutch
Sioux City
Each birch beer was sampled in a blind taste test and judged on the following criteria:
The Criteria
- Carbonation: No one likes flat soda, but too much fizz can sting the mouth and mask flavors. In addition to the levels of initial carbonation, we also looked at how quickly these sodas lost their bubbly effervescence once emancipated from their respective bottles.
- Sweetness: A good birch beer should be neither too dry nor too sugary. We also looked at where the sweetness was coming from, and whether or not it overpowered the flavor of the birch oil.
- Overall birch beer flavor: How much does the soda evoke its actual name? Is the birch oil detectable, muted, or completely absent? Like root beer, birch beer should have overtones of mint and a medicinal note on the back of the palate. It should also go down easy without drowning your tastebuds in syrup.
Why The Losers Lost
Because of the strong wintergreen aspect of birch beer, drinking a substantial quantity of it has a numbing effect on the mouth. Our least favorite sodas from this bunch sped up that process, and delivered an overbearing sweetness as well. One brand was astonishingly sour, leaving a bizarre aftertaste that no one in the tasting group enjoyed.
After a rigorous round of tasting and re-tasting, we settled on our five favorites:
The Top Five
5. Pennsylvania Dutch
4. Boylan's Creamy Red
3. Kutztown
2. Sioux City
And the Winner Is...AJ Stephans
From: Fall River, MA
As noted in the Root Beer Taste Test, AJ Stephans really has the whole carbonation thing down cold. It stayed fizzy several hours after the bottle was opened, and was, as one taster put it, "Like pouring a thousand tiny bubbles onto your tongue."
Though this soda had a distinct medicinal bite, it wasn't overpowering. Expect bold wintergreen, anise, and licorice flavors that linger on the palate.
This was the overwhelming favorite from the tasting panel, and the one you should hunt down if you're looking for the quintessential birch beer experience. We got ours from Galco's Soda Pop Stop.
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moobaa brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 326 Designs von 76 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
We are having a small rebrand of our restaurant, and want a new logo that typifies Casual Fine Dining on the Waterfront. The restaurant has a 'Contemporary Beach' feel.
The logo will be used in multiple format, and would prefer to stay to 2/3 colours. The logo MUST be:
- In CAPS in Calligraph 421 BT.
- This is NON NEGOTIABLE
- Uses an old Win32 font, if you need a copy of it (not standard with XP/Vista) then email me at email@example.com
- Must be the dominant feature of the logo
- Colour - Monochromatic - just off-black.
Waterfront Restaurant
- This is NOT font specific, your call.
- Colour: we are moving towards a Smokey Blue / Aqua Marine palatte.
- Open to your interpretation
The restaurant is the leading establishment in the area, and we serve a World Range of cuisines. This IS NOT a Seafood restaurant, but is on the Waterfront. We are open to icons of Fish/Seafood, but will REJECT any designs which give the impression that it is a Seafood Restaurant... so use restraint.
One of our key facets to the Restaurant is that we have complete glass doors and get a beautiful sunset every evening.
The entire restaurant is going to have a facelift - current our styling is Red/Grey, with a real Warm Contemporary Feel... we are planning to keep that warmth, but move towards a more 'Ocean' colour palette, and a modern Beach House feel.
We are often confused as being an Asian restaurant, and we want to correct that. Part of this is because of the name (a Japanese city) and the current logo (Dandelion leaf)... see http://www.kamakura.co.nz.
We will provide ACTIVE FEEDBACK on all designs.
- Contemporary, yet Casual.
- Formal, yet Relaxed.
- The artwork in the restaurant is panels of stripped colour from http://madderandrouge.co.nz/product…cs_A2.html
- Modern World Restaurant.
- NOTHING Asian (i.e. chopsticks, fonts, rice bowl etc..)
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