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Ed Yong is an award-winning science writer who reports for The Atlantic.
I CONTAIN MULTITUDES, his book about the amazing partnerships between microbes and animals, is available to pre-order.
His writing has also appeared in National Geographic, the New Yorker, Wired, the New York Times, Nature, New Scientist, Scientific American, and more.
Twitter: @edyong209
Newsletter: The Ed's Up
I Contain Multitudes will be released on August 9th in the USA and September 1st in the UK. You can pre-order your copies here.
For most of human existence, microbes were hidden, visible only through the illnesses they caused. Even today, many people think of microbes as germs to be eradicated, but those that live with us—the microbiome—are invaluable parts of our lives.
I Contain Multitudes lets us peer into that world, allowing us to see how ubiquitous and vital microbes are: they sculpt our organs, defend us from disease, break down our food, educate our immune systems, guide our behavior, bombard our genomes with their genes, and grant us incredible abilities.
With humor and erudition, Ed Yong prompts us to look at ourselves and our fellow animals in a new light: less as individuals and more as the interconnected, interdependent multitudes we assuredly are. When we look at the animal kingdom through a microbial lens, even the most familiar parts of our lives take on a striking new air. We learn the secret, invisible, and wondrous biology behind the corals that construct mighty reefs, the glowing squid that can help us understand the bacteria in our own guts, the beetles that bring down forests, the disease-fighting mosquitoes engineered in Australia, and the ingredients in breast milk that evolved to nourish a baby's first microbes. We see how humans are disrupting these partnerships and how scientists are now manipulating them to our advantage. We see, as William Blake wrote, the world in a grain of sand.
I Contain Multitudes is the story of these extraordinary partnerships, between the familiar creatures of our world and those we never knew existed. It will change both our view of nature and our sense of where we belong in it.
""In this sweeping and meticulously researched book, the author… excels at objectively navigating the large body of research related to the microbiome without overselling its curative potential or sacrificing any of the deliciously icky details, and he delivers some of the finest science writing out there in language that will appeal to a wide audience. An exceptionally informative, beautifully written book that will profoundly shift one's sense of self to that of symbiotic multitudes." - Kirkus starred review
"Yong makes a superb case for his position by interviewing numerous scientists and presenting their fascinating work in an accessible and persuasive fashion." - Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"You're probably aware that there's this thing called the microbiome. But what you probably do not know is that this microbiome is, as Ed Yong puts it in his beautiful and terrifying book, "more management than labor." We used to think germs were hostile invaders, to be nuked from space with antibiotics and slathered out of existence with hand sanitizer. But if we treat them well and cultivate them properly, they won't be the end of us. They're actually kind of the boss of us." - Wired: This Summer's 14 Must-Read Books
Early praise
"Beyond fascinating. An amazing book. It'll change the way you think about the world. It'll change who you think you are." --Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk
"Ed Yong is one of our finest young explainers of science-wicked smart, broadly informed, sly, savvy, so illuminating. And this is an encyclopedia of fascinations-a teeming intellectual ecosystem, a keen book on the intricacies of the microbiome and more." --David Quammen, author of Spillover and Song of the Dodo
"A marvelous book! Ed Yong s brilliant gift for storytelling and precise writing about science converge in I Contain Multitudes to make the invisible and tiny both visible and mighty. A unique, entertaining, and smart read." --Jeff VanderMeer, author of the Southern Reach Trilogy
"Ed Yong has written a riveting account of the microbes that make the world work. I Contain Multitudes will change the way you look at yourself and just about everything else." --Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction
"I Contain Multitudes changes you the way all great science writing does. You become disoriented, looking at the world around you in a new way. With vivid tales and graceful explanations, Ed Yong reveals how the living things we see around us are wildly complex collectives." --Carl Zimmer, author of Parasite Rex
"Ed Yong has done something beautiful, and unlikely: he's rendered the unseen world of bacteria thrilling, captivating and highly entertaining. This is a much-needed guide to the hidden kingdom that dominates life on Earth. It cuts through all the hype of microbiomes with a scientifically steady hand, but told with an infectious sense of awe." – Adam Rutherford, author of Creation
"With a simply wonderful book, Ed Yong opens the doorway to a hidden world around and inside us. He's smart, he's witty, and he's at the cutting edge. You could not get a better guide." - Tim Harford, author of The Undercover Economist Strikes Back and Messy
"This compelling and beautifully written book will change the way people look at the world around, and within, them. Certainly among the best books in an increasingly crowded field and written with a true passion for and understanding of the microbiome." --Professor Rob Knight, author of Follow Your Gut and professor at University of California, San Diego
has captured the essence of this exciting field, expressing the enthusiasm and
wonder that the scientific community feels when working with the microbiome."
--Professor Jack Gilbert, University of Chicago
August 10th – New York, Strand Bookstore with Robert Krulwich
August 13th - New York, Festival of the Unknown with Maria Konnikova
August 16th - Washington DC, Politics and Prose bookstore
August 31st – London, Science Museum Lates
September 1st – Liverpool, Genome Science 2016 conference
September 1st – London, Royal Institution
September 7th – Oxford, Skeptics in the Pub
September 9th – Seattle, Elliott Bay Book Company
September 13th – Phoenix, Arizona State University
September 18th – New York, Brooklyn Book Festival
September 20th - Cambridge, MA, Simons Center for Brain and Cognitive Sciences
September 27th – New York, NYU's Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute
October 3rd - Washington DC, Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
October 12th – London, London Literature Festival
October 16th – Bradford, Ilkley Literature Festival
October 21st - Norwich, Norwich Science Festival
October 24th – Sheffield, Off the Shelf Festival
November 5th – London, Intelligence Squared with Eran Segal, Royal Geographical Society
November 16th – London, UCL, Biology in Action
Highlights from The Atlantic
Every Episode of David Attenborough's Life Series, Ranked
No, Wait, Short Conversations Really Can Reduce Prejudice
A DNA Sequencer in Every Pocket
The Mysterious Thing About a Marvelous New Synthetic Cell
The Weird Stories Behind America's Official State Fossils
The Most Promising Cancer Therapy in Decades Is About to Get Better
Natural History Museums Are Teeming With Undiscovered Species
The Genetics of Staying in School
The Bitter Fight Over the Benefits of Bilingualism
We're the Only Animals With Chins, and No One Knows Why
The Fairy Tales That Predate Christianity
What Can You Actually Do With Your Fancy Gene-Editing Technology?
Clinical Genetics Has a Big Problem That's Affecting People's Lives
How Genome Sequencing Creates Communities Around Rare Disorders
When a Genetic ID Card Is the Difference Between Life and Death
6 Tiny Cavers, 15 Odd Skeletons, and 1 Amazing New Species of Ancient Human
Highlights from Not Exactly Rocket Science: a blog hosted at National Geographic.
How Giant Prawns Could Fight Tropical Disease and Poverty
Single-Celled Creature Has Eye Made of Domesticated Microbes
Scientists Finally Decide Which Bit of This Weird Animal is the Head
Other columns
New York Times - There Is No 'Healthy' Microbiome
New Yorker (Elements) - Consider the Sponge
New Yorker (Elements) - How the Penguin Got its Waddle
New Yorker (Elements) - A Visit to Amsterdam's Microbe Museum
Slate - One Molecule for Love, Morality, and Prosperity?
Slate - GM Mosquitoes Bite
Long-form pieces
National Geographic - Inside the Eye: Nature's Most Exquisite Creation
Mosaic - DIY diagnosis: how an extreme athlete uncovered her genetic flaw
Mosaic - How malaria defeats our drugs
Nautilus - The Unique Merger That Made You (and Ewe, and Yew)
Wired - The power of swarms
Aeon - Ant Farm
Wired UK - Seeing the light: Ed Boyden's tools for brain hackers
Wired UK - Logging the Amazon
Nature - Dynasty
Nature - Replication studies: Bad copy
Nature - Here's Looking at You, Squid
Nature - Cancer biomarkers: Written in blood
Nature - Out of body experience - master of illusion
New Scientist - Scared to death: How intimidation changes ecosystems
New Scientist - Sleeper cells: How to fight bacteria that play dead
New Scientist - Dark side of the love hormone
New Scientist - Magnetovision: Birds' seventh sense revealed
New Scientist - The evolutionary story of the 'language gene'
Scientific American - Seemingly Unimportant Mutations Can Foster Disease
Scientific American - Armour against prejudice
Zombie Roaches and Other Parasite Tales—my TED talk on mind-controlling parasites at TED2014
Questioning a Hero—a Story Collider talk on David Attenborough's influence on my life
The Philosophy of Bacteria—a BBC Radio 4 Fore Thought episode on the microbiome
Radio and TV interviews
Various Science Friday radio interviews on everything from cancer immunotherapy to electric eels.
KCRW On the Point radio interviews on the bacteria in our guts, and a new species of ancient human
On journalism, science writing and my career—a conversation as part of New York University's Inside/Out series
Yong on Science, Replication, and Journalism—an EconTalk episode on reproducibility in science
It Takes Guts—appearances in a documentary about the microbiome
Career interviews


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For several years now, the Leominster American Little League program has benefited from the community work-release program of the Worcester County Sheriff's department. Sheriff Lew Evangelidis has built a program that allows inmates to give back to the community in tangible ways.
As we all know, parents are busier than ever. So, to get enough volunteer help to maintain the playing fields is not easy, and it is even more difficult to get enough volunteer time to make improvements. The manpower provided by the Worcester County Community Work Release program helps keep the fields at Leominster American safe and, more than that, up to the standards that the fields have been held to for more than 60 years. From painting fences to clearing weeds and brush around the baseball complex, the work crew takes pride in preparing the fields for the upcoming season.
With their help, the Leominster American Little League program has not only maintained the fields but has been able to make several improvements that directly benefit the kids. This year alone, there was a soft toss batting net installed so that kids don't have to risk injury by hitting balls into a hard fence. The fences that mark the backstop on the fields were cleaned of rust and then painted. Graffiti was removed from the storage trailers, and countless man hours were spent making improvements to the warning tracks on both fields.
With the help of the Worcester County Sheriff's Community Work Release Program led by Sheriff Evangelidis, Leominster American Little League has had another successful season on the diamond.

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The Best Rides at Walt Disney World
Space Mountain coaster seats.
I remember the first time I went on this. I was terrified but ended up loving it.
Space Mountain - Magic Kingdom - Walt Disney World Resort
El Gato Gomez Art – Space Mountain Print
Tuesdays seem to go by so slowly. Anyone up for a ride on Space Mountain to energize your day? #Disney
Space Mountain minimalist poster #WaltDisneyWorld
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Space Mountain / mario graciotti. Not so much for the typography, but the awesome graphic!
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Consumer Reports recommends the iPhone 4S — The Apple iPhone 4S is among the recommended models in our newly updated Ratings of smart phones. Apple's newest smart phone performed very well in our tests, and while it closely resembles the iPhone 4 in appearance, it doesn't suffer …
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Andy Greenberg / The Firewall:
iPhone Security Bug Lets Innocent-Looking Apps Go Bad — Apple's iPhones and iPads have remained malware-free thanks mostly to the company's puritanical attitude toward its App Store: Nothing even vaguely sinful gets in, and nothing from outside the App Store gets downloaded to an iOS gadget.
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Exclusive: HP weighing sale of webOS unit — (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co is evaluating a potential sale of its webOS software platform in a deal that could fetch hundreds of millions of dollars but likely less than the $1.2 billion the company paid for Palm Inc in 2010, said four sources close to the matter.
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Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
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Apple to train retail managers on 'union awareness' (exclusive) — Apple's flagship retail store in downtown San Francisco the morning the iPad 2 launched. — Apple has begun planning how to respond if its retail employees unionize, CNET has learned. — In an internal document obtained by CNET …
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The Owner of Yahoo!'s Patents Could Cripple Facebook's IPO Aspirations — Yahoo! (YHOO) has been the subject of countless speculation in the press over the last few months since Carol Bartz was sacked as CEO and Dan Loeb bought a 5% stake in the company. — There is endless discussion …
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Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus for T-Mobile available November 16th for $249.99 'down payment' — We already knew that the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus would be available in a Wi-Fi version on the 13th of this month, but now T-Mobile and Samsung have announced that the carrier will offer the tablet as well.
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Google chairman says will not favor Motorola — (Reuters) - The executive chairman of Google Inc on Tuesday played down concerns the search giant would give preferential treatment to Motorola Mobility Holdings after its planned purchase of the handset maker is completed.
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Samsung VP Gavin Kim departs to lead Microsoft's Windows Phone product management — Samsung's vice president of consumer and enterprise services Gavin Kim has left the company to join Microsoft as general manager of the Windows Phone team, BGR has exclusively learned.
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Computer Experts Building 1830s Babbage Analytical Engine — Researchers in Britain are about to embark on a 10-year, multimillion-dollar project to build a computer — but their goal is neither dazzling analytical power nor lightning speed. — Indeed, if they succeed …
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The Elk River City Council has approved a permit allowing The Home Depot to have Penske truck rentals.
As a condition of the permit, no more than six rental trucks may be on the site at any given time.
Customers will be able to sign up to rent a truck on-line or in the store.
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Felicia Day's video for Project Awesome! Don't know what Project Awesome is? Watch!
- Glad to see you supporting P4A! DFTBA <3Dec 17, 2012
- Have a great vacation Hun in that warm tropical destination you have picked for Christmas ((so jealous)) will def go check it out!!Dec 17, 2012
- Cant swim? Seriously, +Felicia Day , thats dangerous. Please try to learn to "doggyswim". With a water temperature around zero degress you are dead anyway in 10-15 minutes. So no need to become an olympic swimmer. But if you at least know that you can swim, you can spend time on saving yourself instead of wasting it on "I cant swim" screams. That wont work. Especially if you try to scream under water... So please take a course during your vacation. Its literally a lifesaver. It have saved my life a 4-5 times.Dec 18, 2012
- You guys...any excuse to get Felicia in a swimsuit.Dec 18, 2012
- Nah she does need to learn to swimDec 18, 2012
- Joking aside, she really does yes.Dec 18, 2012
- Swimsuit? I was thinking more of a lifejacket. And scuba mask for the eyes. Know that many never learn to swim because they use glasses or contact lenses. For lets face it: Water is scary. And if you cant see what you are doing in a scary environment? Pure nightmare fuel. Its more comfortable to put on a scuba mask than to experience how chlorine or salt feels on the backside of your contact lenses....Dec 19, 2012


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Effects of coexistence between the blue mussel Mytilus edulis and eelgrass Zostera marina on sediment biogeochemistry and plant performance
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2012
The habitat-modifying suspension-feeding mussel, Mytilus edulis, may have facilitating or inhibiting effects on seagrass meadows depending on the environmental conditions. We investigated the effects of M. edulis on sediment biogeochemistry in Zostera marina meadows under eutrophic conditions in Flensborg fjord, Denmark. Sediment and plant samples were collected at ten stations; five with Z. marina (Eelgrass) and five with Z. marina and M. edulis (Mixed) and at two unvegetated stations; one with mussels (Mussel) and one with sand (Sand). The Mixed sediment was enriched in fine particles (2-3 times), nutrients and sulphides compared to Eelgrass stations. Increased sediment nutrient availability at the Mixed stations were reflected in increased N and P content in eelgrass. The plant biomass did, however, not differ significantly between stations, but shoot features (number of leaves and leaf areas) were significantly reduced at Mixed stations suggesting inhibiting effect of M. edulis on Z. marina. Negative correlations between eelgrass measures and sediment sulphide at Mixed stations indicate that presence of mussels increase sulphide invasion in the plants. A survey of 318 stations in Danish fjords suggests a threshold of 1.6 kg M. edulis m-2 beyond which no coexistence between Z. marina and M. edulis was found
Original language | English |
Journal | Marine Ecology - Progress Series |
Volume | 447 |
Pages (from-to) | 139-149 |
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State | Published - 2012 |
Citations | Web of Science® Times Cited: 7 |
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Dr. Konstantin Frank Dry Riesling 2011
Winemaker's Notes:
The 2011 Dry Riesling has a classic straw color with a crisp green hue. The nose shows typical Keuka Lake minerality with fresh lemon citrus and apple with an intriguing blossom aroma. The palate shows wonderful tight acid that balances out the fruity residual sugar enhancing the floral and bringing out the bright tangerine flavors. The palate also displays the slatey mineral characteristics that typify Dr. Frank's Rieslings. Serve with all fin fish and shell fish.
Dr. Konstantin Frank ignited the "Vinifera Revolution" a movement that forever changed the course of wine growing in the Finger Lakes and the United States. Dr. Frank's vision, knowledge and determination are credited with elevating the New York wine industry from a state of happy mediocrity to a level that today commands world attention.
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I am continuing to push the Minister of Health on the issue of planning for diabetes because it is his job to plan for future health services that we need; and he is not doing that. This is a problem for all of us who will inherit, within our lifetimes, an obesity and diabetes crisis that will totally monopolise our limited health resources. The plain translation of that is that our hospitals will increasingly be filled with people in dialysis machines leaving less room, money, and staff to deal with other health problems.
We should be planning now for this crisis.
Instead of putting his head in the sand, Tony Ryall should be gathering information to give us some sense of just how much diabetes will cost us in the future and what funds we need to devote now to preventing that.
Previously, when I asked him in the House about diabetes prevention, Tony Ryall said:
"Look, I think it would have been rational to have the investment that this Government is making in the area of diabetes and helping people manage their weight. The Government is spending $60 million a year on prevention initiatives, which include Fruit in Schools, the funding for which was going to be stopped under Labour[1]; a range of nutrition and breastfeeding programmes; and a very significant investment in Kiwisport. So it is across the range and across the life course."
So I asked him more questions about this figure yesterday.
The Minister has never sought nor received any advice on the potential cost of diabetes to New Zealand, so this $60 million figure is just a stab in the dark at some sort or prevention; not based on any analysis of the actual amount of money we should be spending today to address the tidal wave of costs that diabetes is going to hit New Zealand with in the future.
The Ministry of Health has provided the breakdown of that $60 million. It is, in reality, a decrease in budget since 2008 and includes things like increasing spend on bariatric surgery. While that surgery can save lives of people with obesity, it is a treatment, not a prevention measure. It is disingenuous of the Minister to say that he is spending $60 million on prevention measures when actually that is the amount of 'obesity related expenditure'.
If you take the first 7 lines of that table, which are the actual prevention measures, then we are looking at a 29% reduction in obesity prevention spend all while obesity rates continue to climb.
Table 1: information provided in response to Q176 (Examination of Estimates Budget 2013)
$(million) |
2008/09 | 2009/10 | 2010/11 | 2011/12 | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | |
Actual | Actual | Actual | Actual | Budget | Budget | |
Nutrition & Physical Activity | 18.339 | 15.378 | 15.364 | 15.395 | 15.529 | 15.529 |
Fruit in Schools | 10.719 | 9.827 | 7.428 | 6.902 | 6.902 | 6.902 |
HEHA Implementation | 28.720 | 18.642 | 16.127 | 12.983 | 1.313 | 3.123 |
Green Prescriptions | – | 3.772 | 3.981 | 4.321 | 3.784 | 5.224 |
CVD Diabetes- DHBs | 8.355 | |||||
CVD Diabetes- Ministry | 0.430 | 1.282 | 0.553 | 0.183 | – | |
Kiwi Sport – SPARC | 7.462 | 7.462 | 7.462 | 7.462 | 7.462 | 7.462 |
HRC – Research into Interventions | 5.000 | |||||
Bariatric Surgery | 2.000 | 2.000 | 2.000 | |||
Bariatric Surgery – DHBs (estimate) | 4.940 | 4.940 | 4.940 | 4.940 | 7.700 | 7.700 |
70.610 | 61.303 | 55.856 | 54.187 | 44.691 | 61.296 | |
Notes: This excludes Ministry of Health funding for a range of related programmes and services, such as maternity; maternal and child health services (Well Child, B4SC-Before School Check programmes), PlunketLine; and HealthLine. These services are not specifically designated as nutrition and physical activity programmes or promotion, but they do include advice on improving nutrition and breastfeeding promotion which make a contribution to reducing obesity.This excludes Government funding to district health boards (DHBs) used to employ dietitians. These dietitians provide primarily 'one-on-one' nutrition services, and DHBs may use their funding to provide additional nutrition and physical activity programmes and promotion.This excludes funding to general practice for its enrolled population. Advice on nutrition and on reducing obesity is also provided at a community level through general practice.
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I just noticed there is a lot of dust up above the starburst plantation shutter. I have determined to do something about that. I'll make a note not to look up that way again - much easier than finding something to stand on to dust that high, etc., etc.
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TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Supported by the huge success of its "Yu-Gi-Oh" trading card games, Japanese game software maker Konami is likely to post robust profit this year, according to a published report.
Konami is expected to report a net profit of 8.3 billion yen ($69 million) in the fiscal year through next March, the New York Times reported Monday, citing Zachary Liggett, an analyst for WestLB Panmure Securities.
The figure is 18.5 percent higher than the company's own forecast in May of 7 billion yen profit. Konami reported a profit of 13.6 billion yen in the business year ended March 31.
Konami's shares (9766) rose 2.2 percent 2,995 yen. The stock is up 35 percent since early August, when it hit a year-to-date Tokyo low of 2,160 yen.
Last Monday, Konami's American Depositary Receipts KNM, -5.88% debuted on the New York Stock Exchange. The ADRs jumped 5 percent Friday to $23.90, ending the week down 7.5 percent.
Yu-Gi-Oh, which translates as "Game King," is based on a Japanese comic book series. The story centers on a boy named Yu-Gi who fights virtual monsters whose powers derive from an ancient "millennium puzzle" that his grandfather helps him solve.
Yu-Gi-Oh cards, which show monsters and the exotic weapons used to battle them, debuted in the U.S. earlier this year and are riding a wave of popularity, according to the Times report. The game has surpassed Pokemon in popularity in the U.S., the report said, citing Comics and Games Retailer magazine.
Tops in game software
Konami is also performing well at home. In terms of sales in Japan, Konami became the country's No.1 game software maker in the April-September period on a domestic sales basis, surpassing the industry leader Nintendo NTDOY, -0.92% according to the Enterbrain magazine.
Konami, which ranked No.2 a year ago, sold 3.2 million copies of its games between April and September, thanks to solid sales of "World Soccer Winning Eleven6" designed for Sony's
PlayStation 2 machine, said Enterbrain.
The figure surpassed the 2.4 million games sold by Nintendo, which suffered from weak demand for its "Super Mario Sunshine" title. Bandai
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Today is Spank Out Day in the USA, an initiative initiated in 1998 to create awareness of the need to end the use of corporal punishment. On this day, parents, caregivers and guardians are urged to refrain from using spanking as a punitive measure.
Wonderful as any initiative aimed at minimizing corporal punishment might be, one can wonder how this can be a one day event. What happens after this day to families and caregivers who have partaken in the event? Do they just become their spanking little selves again? Do you go about spanking your kid 364 days a year and than on Spank Out Day, for this one day, you don't?
In fact, many countries have already adopted laws that forbid corporal punishment, leaning on the idea that it is in fact a violation of international human rights law.
Yet voices rise against making spanking illegal. People tend to see it as conflicting with a family's freedom of choice. But why would this be a valid choice, any more than murder, rape or
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Now that we're into the summer months until Cal Football's 2011 Fall Camp begins - a recommended good book to read will be welcome to many. History, politics, research - and certainly good novels will all be of interest to readers of this website.
If you make a post here, you should briefly address these topics: the book's contents, the author's qualifications, and your critique of its quality. When possible, be brief & focused.
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Friday, April 29, 2011
tiger stripes
so this morning it was a little hard to drag myself out of bed. it's been growing increasingly hot in my apartment, too - an apartment that is so hot even in december that i wear t shirts and shorts inside. so the glisten in these photographs is no photoshop trick; it's sweat, pure and simple.
shirt: j crew
shorts: asos
belt: asos
tights: hue
sandals: j crew
tiger pin: thrifted, a gift from sam
sam has gotten really, really good at picking out little gems like this brooch for me while he's out of town; it is not only awesome but also quite impressive. i've never known a guy who could pinpoint my weirdo taste in jewelry. yep, he's a keeper.
any big plans for the weekend? sam and i are heading up to boston, to attempt entry into the beer and bacon fest and attend the going away party of a good friend (and groomsman.) should be good times.
enjoy your weekend! also, i wasn't so sure about tumblr at first, but i'm pretty much addicted to it now. should you want to follow me, you can do so here.
xo audrey
**edit: i just realized the whole name of this post was incorrect. that is not a cheetah. it is a tiger. i need to review my big cats.
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sorry to hear about your tooth. i'm the same way! i dont want to get mine out but sometimes i get the pain. oh well, ce la vie! stay cool, girl!
i wander, i wonderOh no not wisdom teeth! They are gonna have to go and I'm no dentist. You'll be so glad when they're gone and you won't miss anymore wonderful nights out anymore. I hope you enjoy Boston, I'd love to visit that city and it sounds like you have a fab weekend lined up. What an enormous record collection! I adore your shorts and tights and what a gorgeous brooch:)) xo
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"It's caught in a vortex, that's extraordinary."
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"You know the road to insanity is a rough one, but once once you get there, it's not too bad! Rainbows, butterflies, and lovely white, long-sleeved jackets with shiny buckles on the ends!"
John Bankson
"Butterflies are a bio-indicator. They tell us how we're doing."
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"Happiness is not only in chasing the butterfly, being abeyant is just as rewarding and the butterfly will come to you."
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"She had butterflies on the way over. She was really excited."
Carol Hall
"Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it; the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder..."
Henry David Thoreau
"When you start interpreting this sort of thing sociologically, it's like taking a butterfly and pinning its wings down. You start beating it apart and you have nothing there. You have a lot of different opinions that don't mean anything. Truman would have been bored and would have yawned at that."
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Chatroulette is back, but the joke's worn off
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After several days' downtime, infamous video chat service Chatroulette has returned today with what is supposedly 'version 2.0' and it's clear that the novelty is well and truly over.
Besides a more plain, minimal interface, nothing's changed. The core idea of seeing a random person on screen and having the ability to chat with them or click a (now unlabeled) 'Next' button to see another person is still there. Also still in place is the high proportion of NSFW participants.
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In ten minutes on the site, 50% of the people I saw were, er, 'pleasuring themselves' while most of the others were bored individuals who were probably looking for attractive women to pleasure themselves over.
In short, it's the same old Chatroulette. The original version of the site made a minor celebrity of its young Russian creator, Andrei Ternovskiy. Meanwhile, the site quickly slipped into mainstream popular culture, with Cartman on South Park giving it a go and Lionsgate making a rather good movie trailer on it.
However, it's unclear how Chatroulette can possibly move on from here. Its core concept will always attract exhibitionists, voyeurs and perverts. While there's nothing wrong with that, don't expect it to ever get acquired by Facebook or Google. If Ternovskiy wants to move beyond being merely a 'kid who got lucky' he's going to have to go back to the drawing board.
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Olathe Free State High's Grace Brahler placed first individually at the Olathe South Golf Invitational on Thursday.
Brahler shot a 38 to win the nine-hole event.
"Her putting was real sharp today," FSHS coach Craig Hershiser said of Brahler. "She's always pretty long. Today she just really cleaned it up on the green, putted extremely well. When you do that, your score drops."
Olathe Northwest placed first as a team at 173. Free State was third with 197.
FSHS will play on Monday in the Shawnee Mission South Invitational, which will serve as the second half of the Sunflower League tournament.


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My wife left for three days, and I'm sad enough for that, but I just learned that one of my boy-hood heroes has died.
George Blanda was the NFL's all-time leading scorer when he retired, which isn't too surprising for a kicker who played 26 years (until he was 49 years old!) - but what most folks don't know or remember, was the season which made me a Raider's fan. In 1970, as a 43 year-old, with a body beaten up by 21 prior seasons playing quarterback, Blanda brought the Raiders back from defeat 5 times late in the season, coming in as a replacement and rallying the team each time - they went 4-0-1 during those final games.
He was a warrior, persevering, affable, amiable and humble, and while it isn't something which most people will remark upon, I will. I truly admired his will and grit. Rest In Peace, George.
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My brother was born in Oakland and I was born in San Francisco. We used to watch the Niners and the Raiders all the time and those games were some of the best. Blanda was one of the last of the old time players that played more than one position and was good at both. He won them a lot of games as a kicker also.
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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Open #Wikipedia for people who are #Dyslexic II
Great ideas are not uncommon. I am really happy to learn that Reedy had the idea to support the
font in MediaWiki before me. As you can see in the screen shot, progress has been made.
It is now just a question of dotting the i and crossing the t and pushing it out.
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Yesterday healthcare.gov launched which, among many other resources, contains links to where you can apply for the new state high-risk pools which are for uninsured folk with pre-existing conditions.
It's a never-before-available comprehensive list of of health insurance policies for folks who aren't eligible for Medicare. Hopefully more transparency and more information in the hands of consumers can help to start to bringing some of these crazy costs down.
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Jewish World Review March 4, 2008 / 27 Adar I 5768 Rescuing the Rust Belt By Thomas Sowell
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It is fascinating watching politicians say how they are going to rescue the "rust belt" regions where jobs are disappearing and companies are either shutting down or moving elsewhere.
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Helmet (band)
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Origin | New York, New York, USA |
Genres | Alternative metal,[1] noise rock,[2] post-hardcore,[3] post-metal[4] |
Years active | 1989–1998, 2004–today |
Labels | Amphetamine Reptile, Interscope, Warcon, Work Song |
Associated acts | Handsome, Anthrax, White Zombie, Rob Zombie, Scum of the Earth, The Cult, Exodus, Testament, Biohazard, Battles, Tomahawk |
Website | www |
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Page Hamilton Kyle Stevenson Dave Case Dan Beeman |
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Peter Mengede Rob Echeverria Chris Traynor Henry Bogdan John Stanier Frank Bello John Tempesta Mike Jost Jeremy Chatelain Jimmy Thompson Jon Fuller |
Helmet is an alternative metal band from New York. The band was formed in 1989 by vocalist and lead guitarist Page Hamilton, who is their only constant member.
Helmet became popular when they released their 1992 major-label debut Meantime, which peaked at number 68 on the Billboard 200 and featured their best known songs "Unsung" and "In the Meantime". Meantime is also Helmet's only album to go gold in the United States.[5] They made two more albums before breaking up in 1998. However, Helmet reformed in 2004 and released a new album later that year. The album was called Size Matters and was their last release on their longtime label Interscope Records. Helmet was briefly signed to Warcon Records, who released their next album Monochrome in 2006, but today, they are signed to Work Song Records. That label released their latest album Seeing Eye Dog in 2010.
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So far, Helmet has released seven full-length studio albums, which include:
- Strap It On (1990)
- Meantime (1992)
- Betty (1994)
- Aftertaste (1997)
- Size Matters (2004)
- Monochrome (2006)
- Seeing Eye Dog (2010)
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- ↑ Sharpe-Young, Garry. "Helmet". MusicMight. http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/new+york/new+york+city/helmet. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Alternative Metal". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d2697. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ↑ Meredith, Bill. "Helmet". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/helmet-p4472. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ↑ "Helmet Rediscovery". X-Press Online. March 28, 2007. Archived from the original on August 31, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070831112757/http://www.xpressmag.com.au/archives/2007/03/helmet_rediscov.php. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
- ↑ "RIAA Gold and Platinum searchable database". Search for artist "Helmet". RIAA. http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2012-05-30.


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My Game by Game account of the Knicks season. Who says we're OLD?!!!!
Hey, Joe! Great recap. Who's the handsome kid in the corner with no front teeth? Hopefully we don't go winless in the playoffs now that we're linless.Marky Marc
That's my nephew Marc. Huge Knicks fan!
Man! Lin out for the duration of the Season! That's LIN-sane! The rest of the gang will do it! And the Knicks are OVER 500 with this win! Nice artwork as usual Joe!
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It is said that timing is all, and this short tour is timed to include the magnificent Whooping Cranes before they depart for their northern breeding grounds and the spring arrival of those few Neotropical specialties of the lower Rio Grande that withdraw south of the border during winter. Additionally, the tour falls squarely at the peak of the most spectacular raptor migration in North America when virtually the entire North American populations of Broad-winged and Swainson's hawks move through the area.
We'll begin in Rockport, winter home to more than half the wild Whoopers, as well as Roseate Spoonbill, Reddish Egret, White-tailed Hawk, and a wide variety of waterfowl, gulls, terns, and shorebirds, then bird our way inland to the tall-grass savannas where the salient attractions are small populations of the rare Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Further south, we'll work our way up the Rio Grande to well-known areas such as Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge and Bentsen State Park. Among the many birds we expect to see are Least Grebe, Great Kiskadee, Ringed Kingfisher, gaudy Green Jays and Altamira Orioles, the modest Olive Sparrow, and the raucous Plain Chachalaca, the US's only guan. Red-billed Pigeons and Couch's Kingbirds should be arriving, and we'll have a good chance for such scarce breeders as Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Audubon's Oriole, Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet, Green Kingfisher, and White-collared Seedeater. And Mexican vagrants occur nearly every year.
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Reality Tv star Rob Kardashian has been hit with two misdemeanour charges after an alleged altercation with a photographer in March (13).
Kim Kardashian's little brother has been charged with battery and petty theft relating to a bust-up with Andra Viak, reports Tmz.com.
The 26-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star was sued by Viak over allegations he ripped the memory card from her camera during a spat after he caught her snapping him as he emerged from a Los Angeles gym.
She claims Kardashian was furious because she had taken shirtless photos of him.
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What's up Platform Nation? Back in August I brought you some details about the over the top, zombie hack n' slash adventure: Lollipop Chainsaw, along with a short gameplay video. Here in time for Halloween, Kadokawa Games and Warner Brothers have a new trailer for you to goggle at. We will be seeing this title some time next year on both PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The trailer does a great job of showing off the lighthearted and comedic nature of the game, along with some glimpses into finishing moves and the first boss fight. I personally enjoyed the decapitation basketball game. Great stuff, check it out:
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Here's a question and its one that really the Lions wouldnt have anything in for the most part so I'd be hoping for something from my random team...would Press Pass Legends be a product that could legitimately do? Not worried about the year. most if not all of the guys are drafted and/or have played in the NFL right? I could see the biggest issue coming up for players that have played on multiple teams but then at that point is is randomed? Price point is typically not bad but think the quality is there (both checklist and on card).
A mix of 09/10 works for me and could have 11 in there as well which hopefully would cover most everyones team of choice. I'd also be tempted to not jump real quick as we've got the NCAA Promo's coming quickly and who knows what goodies that might have.
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02-09-2012, 05:08 PM | #11 (permalink) |
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I'm gonna go ahead and suggest we do a March Madness promo, or at least wait and see what is available in them. Here is a link to last years:
http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/b...promo-1-a.html Pick up maybe one entry and a couple boxes of something new, and save the rest over for a top notch 3rd break of the year.
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02-10-2012, 11:56 AM | #15 (permalink) |
The new promo is up:
http://www.blowoutcards.com/forums/b...promo-1-a.html Not a lot of variety, but some potential
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02-10-2012, 12:55 PM | #16 (permalink) |
Meh....The Donruss Classics seems like the "best" to me.
Rated Rookies up $50 from our last break and again I really don't want to sort 2000 cards. The Topps Draft. Yuck but will do if you guys want to.
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02-10-2012, 01:06 PM | #17 (permalink) |
I wouldnt mind the donruss classics. And would like to stay away from 5 star thats just personal preferance. I will go along with the majority. But we could bust alot of boxes for the price of a 5 star box. To high risk and I have seen some really horid boxes of it. I say lets find something that has a decent amount of hits so everyone has a chance to add to their PCs. Just my opinion.
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I'm with this. I think if we do any high end we do like last year and get 1 box at the end of the year.. I'll put together some different options this weekend.
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02-12-2012, 08:17 PM | #24 (permalink) |
Stanton But from the list the 07 Classics has the best potential. Likely to get error cards but for those it should go to the player pictured not listed as the stamp will be wrong on the base cards if its still a similar run from when I got mine. Contenders and Legends are crap shoots. Draft picks would be fun - but could be a lot of work to match the players up to where they were drafted.
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Comparative Corporate Governance
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How can one be morally bound to an agreement to ignore one's other moral obligations?
In other words, why should the 'moral obligation' to 'keep a promise' to maximize shareholder wealth be any more important, or supersede, basic human principles, such as avoiding harm to others?[2]
The above mentioned argument gave rise to a new theoretical framework of 'agent-morality' or 'corporate social responsibility' or 'stakeholder theory' (which says that a manager's duty is to balance the shareholders' financial interests against the interests of other stakeholders such as employees, customers and the local community, even if it reduces shareholder returns) in the modern Anglo-American version of corporations where the societal norms are clearly in sync with the shareholder theory (which says that managers primarily have a duty to maximize shareholder returns) i.e. where the criterion of success is shareholder value.
The 'agency/shareholder theory' has for a long time represented the dominant paradigm for businesses (Shankman, 1999). Indeed, many of the U.S.economists or those connected to the financial markets accept the shareholder theory's presumptions conclusively. However, the stakeholder theorists smell blood. Evidenced in the scandals at large organizations, are the concerns about the integrity and independence of accountants who are responsible for auditing financial statements, and issues about the incentive schemes and shareholder recommendations at some of the leading stockbroker and investment banks have all provided essential nutrients for those who question the premise of shareholder dominance. These scandals can be considered as a proof of failure of the shareholder theory and the success of stakeholder theory. However, before declaring a clear winner, it is wise to take into account the working and effectiveness of the two theories.
The Shareholder Theory:
According to the shareholder theory, the basic idea is that the management must work towards the interest of the company's shareholders and their primary objective is shareholder wealth maximization. The company law does not provide a clear answer to the question: Who should be treated as the ultimate benefactor and in whose interest should the modern corporation be administered? While in theory it's always been said that the firm must be run in the interest of its shareholders, it says further that the corporation exists as "an artificial person, who may maintain a perpetual succession, and enjoy a kind of legal immortality."(Blackstone)[3] Therefore, the management of the corporation has a fiduciary obligation to shareholders in the sense that the functions of the firm must be conducted in the interest of the shareholders. And shareholders can theoretically bring suit against the management or specifically the directors of the firm for deviating from working in the interest of the shareholders. But since the corporation is an artificial and legal person, existing only in contemplation of the law, directors of the corporation are constrained by law.
In this century, however, the law has evolved to successfully restrict the pursuit of shareholder interest at the cost of other claimants in the firm. It has, in effect, required that the claims of employees, suppliers, local communities and customers, , , be taken into account, though normally they are subdued to the claims of shareholders.
The Stakeholder Concept:
A basis of stakeholder theory is that companies are so large, and their impact on society is so pervasive that they should discharge an accountability to many more sectors of society than solely their shareholders. [4] Freeman and Reed (1983) distinguishes two senses of stakeholders. The "narrow definition" includes those groups who are vital to the survival and success of the corporation. The "wider-definition" includes any group or individual who can affect or is affected by the corporation. [5] Stakeholders may include one or more of the following: shareholders, employees, NGO', investors, creditors, suppliers, competitiors, customers, local community, the general public. Indeed, Wheeler and Sillanpaa (1997) have emphasized on the need of developing stakeholder society and highlighted the importance for companies to be liable to a wide range of stakeholders.
Linked to the stakeholder theory is the idea of corporate social responsibility which has been defined as:
"The continuing commitment by business to behave ethically and contribute to economic development while improving the quality of life of the workforce and their families as well as the local community and society at large."
-Â Â Â World Business Council for Sustainable Development (2000)[6]
Story behind the disagreement:
As many theorists have observed, the stakeholder perspective has long been existing in the U.S. economic system. Previously, John Cassidy in the New Yorker argued, "Many chief executives saw their main task as overseeing the welfare of their employees and customers. As long as the firm made a decent profit every year and raised the dividend it paid its stockholders, this was considered good enough."[7] But it is also evident that, in the past two decades, expectations have changed.
A lot of people would wish that the shareholder-stakeholder dispute simply disappears. Particularly, many shareholder theory activists would immediately claim that the theories actually converge, that our society's norms clearly favor the shareholder theory or that market forces and the law leave one with no other option but to accept that theory. However, none of these claims can survive logical scrutiny.
If we consider the assertion that the theories converge, that if managers take care of the stakeholders, they will wind up maximizing profits and shareholder returns in the long run. However, that is clearly not the case in all situations.
Think about a business in a small town which has many long-term employees and has been manufacturing its products for over thirty years. Those products have been exported to a wide range of foreign markets except for the USAsince the last ten years. After thorough discussions and meetings between its senior executives, they have finally made a decision to its executives have recently concluded to outsource the manufacturing from another country as it would be cheaper and they can no longer afford to manufacture domestically. The shareholder theory would support shutting down the plant and would direct the executives to provide only what the law requires to the employees and the community at large, since there is little possibility of criticism against the company due to a plant shutting down (because the products are mainly meant for export). To spend any corporate funds on re-training affected employees or on aiding to the community would mean squandering away the shareholders' money, since the investments would never be paid back. However, the stakeholder theory would deduce a regulatory duty to the community as well as the employees; while it might not insist that the company should continue operating the plant, it would expect some efforts to re-train the employees, aid the community in attracting new industries etc. Clearly, these efforts would minimize the profitability, but the stakeholder theory will not support a "retrench and run" approach to the situation.
Additionally, consider the assertion that companies have no other option but to abide by the shareholder theory, depending on the market forces and law. Although there have been instances due to which one can say that U.S. law respects the supremacy of shareholder benefits, however, study of legal statutes do not, by and large, support that assertion. Jay Lorsch states that two principles form the nexus of directors' legal responsibilities: a duty of care and a duty of loyalty. The duty of care simply means that directors should gather necessary information before making decisions; the duty of loyalty means that directors should be careful to act appropriately when there are conflicts of interest.[8] As noted by Richard Ellsworth, "As long as directors fulfill their dual duties of care and loyalty, courts do not challenge their decisions,"[9] even if they are made according to the stakeholder theory. More specifically, in at least 38 states, there are now 'stakeholder' laws, which permit (or even require) directors to consider the impact of their actions on constituencies other than shareholders."[10]In addition, courts in Delaware — where the majority of large U.S. corporations are incorporated and where laws are largely consistent with the shareholder theory — have begun "to liberalize their interpretation of the state's laws."[11]
'Balance' is the solution:
In my opinion, the function of Corporate Governance and other policies is to boost the status of the corporation in the eyes of the stakeholder.
People invest in companies with a good reputation and it is common sense that if a company does not have good governance it won't have a good reputation.
Certain reports have shown that reputation can account to more than 50% of a company's share value (intangibles). Thus the association must become apparent. Reputation is derived from the way stakeholders perceive the organisation.
Therefore, a stakeholder performance framework becomes a tactic for an organisation that recognizes that there is value in relationships which needs to be explored.
Corporate Reputation has a number of drivers which govern it, such as, emotional appeal, vision & leadership, social responsibility, financial performance etc.
The idea of reputational risks reduction is to consider and work with a range of stakeholders in each of these driver areas in order to identify potential loopholes and suggest how to deal with them. It won't be a surprise to find that different stakeholders regard certain of these drivers more important than others. However, managers can concentrate on only some of these driving areas, and that is the danger. As Warren Buffet, while taking control of Salomon Brothers following the Treasury notes scandal in the early 1990s, famously fired all those involved and said to those who remained:
"If you lose money for the firm by bad decisions, I will be very understanding. If you lose reputation for the firm, I will be ruthless."[12]
It is thus about relationships, not only with the shareholders but with the stakeholders as well and making sure that you realize the needs of all the stakeholders and can communicate and build a relationship with them.
Every resolution or choice that a corporation must make has 4 broad sets of entailments. The obvious three sets of entailments are financial, legal and operational.
The fourth set of inference is mostly disregarded, further assigned or included in the process only on the basis of the inherent aptitude of one of the partakers. This fourth set of entailment is "reputational".
The reputational implications of a business decision can be identified as those that affect the way in which a corporation is regarded by those with whom it interacts, including shareholders, customers and employees, as well as suppliers, government regulators, the media and even competitors etc.
Any corporation is dependent on its stakeholders for support and the strategic significance of any stakeholder depends on how dependent the corporation is upon it. And this relationship can change in due course of time or due to recklessness.
Maintaining a corporation's status needs to be more holistic than just Corporate Governance, and needs to consider the company's relationship with consumers within the environment of a range of relationships, any of which may, in certain instances, go beyond the bond with shareholders, consumers or any other stakeholder in priority.
Directors must calculate a company's risk management route. Risk can be defined as uncertain potential events that could affect the achievement of a company's objectives such as strategic, legal, operational and financial issues. (King Report on Corporate Governance)
King points out: "This broad view of risk encourages a focus on vigorously administering risk that should be taken in the pursuit of opportunity, as well as focussing on shielding the company against redundant or avoidable losses. Risk goes to the very core of a company's capability to meet its goals and maintain its existence". The management of corporate status has become a priority, worldwide, on many progressive companies' agendas. Indeed, a recent survey in Europe has revealed that a company's reputation is one of the 3 most serious issues on any CEO or corporate agenda.
The progressive companies in today's world have realised that reputation is an asset that ought to be managed, pro-actively. Organizations have finally realised that the scrutiny under which businesses function today, and the amount of information in the hands of consumers and the outside public, make status a fundamental asset, and in some industries the most significant. [13]
Essential decisions by stakeholders are ever based on trust. Good reputations are built on good behaviour and policies that bring in stakeholder's trust. Before there is any communication, there must be reputation matter. If you analyze your own role as a stakeholder with other corporations, you will realize that trust is at the very centre of your product choices. It is as simple as saying that you buy what you trust. Thus, when we invest in a share, we buy what we trust.
It won't be wrong to say that reputational risk lies in the sphere of trust, moral principles, and the thinking of the companies.
Balancing the needs and interests of different stakeholder groups is notoriously difficult. This should not however be used as an excuse for making no effort to achieve such a balance. Hill and Jones (1992) also pointed out that many of the concepts and languages of agency theory could be applied equally well to stakeholder-agency relationships. Although, the moral discourse for company management implied by agency theory and stakeholder theory is vastly different, As Quinn and Jones (1995) explained, adopting one perspective (that of agency) leads to a discourse based on self-interest, whereas adoption of the other leads to a discourse of 'duty' and social responsibility. Unless these perspectives can be merged in some way, the managerial discourse cannot be expected to combine fully the extremes of profit-seeking self-interest and moral responsibility to society. Therefore, the only realistic compromise solution to this problem is to adopt the business case, rather than the pure ethics case. Unless corporate social responsibility and accountability enhance shareholder wealth, neither company management nor large institutional investors, nor small-scale shareholders would ever endorse it as a realistic approach to corporate activity. It is more realistic to accept that ethics have to be profitable in order to be acceptable to businesses. It is only by taking account of stakeholder as well as shareholder interests that companies can achieve long-term profit maximization and, ultimately, shareholder wealth maximization.
1.  Corporate governance and accountability
J Solomon, 2007 – Wiley
- An Agent Morality View of Business Policy
Dennis P. Quinn and Thomas M. Jones
The Academy of Management Review, Vol. 20, No. 1 (Jan., 1995), pp. 22-42
- 3.  J.W. Lorsch, "Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards" (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1989), 7-8.
4.  A stakeholder theory of the modern corporation
RE Freeman – Perspectives In Business Ethics (special Indian Edition) – Mcgraw Hill
- Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Corp. Soc. Responsib. Environ. Mgmt. (in press) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.132
- Ellsworth, "Leading with Purpose,"
- J. Cassidy, "The Greed Cycle," The New Yorker, Sept. 23, 2002, 64-77. Also see Cassidy for a thorough and accessible treatment of the factors driving the shift to a "shareholder value" perspective.
- R.A.G. Monks and N. Minow, "Corporate Governance" (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1995), 38.
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J Solomon, 2007 – Wiley
[2] An Agent Morality View of Business Policy
Dennis P. Quinn and Thomas M. Jones ; TheAcademyofManagementReview, 1995
[3] Sec. 1065. Nature and definition of private corporations. http://chestofbooks.com/business/law/Law-Of-Contracts-4-2/Sec-1065-Nature-And-Definition-Of-Private-Corporation.html
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[4] Corporate governance and accountability
J Solomon, 2007 - Wiley p. 23
[5] A stakeholder theory of the modern corporation
RE Freeman – Perspectives In Business Ethics (special Indian Edition) – Mcgraw Hill
[6] Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management Corp. Soc. Responsib. Environ. Mgmt. (in press) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/csr.132
[7] J. Cassidy, "The Greed Cycle," The New Yorker, Sept. 23, 2002, 64-77. Also see Cassidy for a thorough and accessible treatment of the factors driving the shift to a "shareholder value" perspective.
[8] J.W. Lorsch, "Pawns or Potentates: The Reality of America's Corporate Boards" (Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 1989), 7-8.
[9] Ellsworth, "Leading with Purpose," 348.
[10] R.A.G. Monks and N. Minow, "Corporate Governance" (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Blackwell, 1995), 38.
[11] Ellsworth, "Leading with Purpose," 349.
[12] TransAlta Chair, Donna Soble Kaufman, speaks to attendees of the Conference Board of Canada Spencer Stuart National Awards in Governance ceremony. This speech was given in Toronto on Feb. 10, 2009. < http://www.transalta.com/newsroom/speeches-presentations/2009-02-10/conference-board-canada-keynote-speech-spencer-stuart-nat>
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[13] Reputation is everything | BME| CPI Financial http://www.cpifinancial.net/v2/Magazine.aspx?v=1&aid=1365&cat=BME&in=92
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