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One of the highlights at AMM's State of Steel Conference in January was the on-stage interview with Keith Busse. Steel Dynamics Inc.'s president and chief executive officer put on an assured display, leading one industry veteran to comment that he was "pretty good for an accountant."
Busse does indeed hold a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting, but that just puts him in line with much of today's steel industry leadership. AK Steel Corp. chairman, president and chief executive Jim Wainscott, another speaker at the conference, started his career with the company as treasurer, while John Surma, chairman and chief executive officer of U.S. Steel Corp., is another who has an accounting degree.
Indeed, of the big four names confirmed for AMM's Steel Success Strategies XXV Conference in New York in June, most started corporate life counting numbers rather than making steel. Lakshmi Mittal, chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal, has a degree in commerce, while Alexei Mordashov, chief executive officer of Severstal, started his career as an economist. Of the four, only Dan DiMicco, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Nucor Corp., boasts credentials as a metallurgist (although Mario Longhi, president and chief executive officer of Gerdau Ameristeel and another regular speaker at AMM events, also is trained in metallurgical engineering.)
There are a number of reasons why an accountant or economist is more likely to rise to the top of a modern steel company than is a metallurgist or engineer. With most major steel producers now public companies, a large part of a top executive's job is communicating effectively with the financial community. Clearly there are more finance majors that metallurgists on Wall Street, so the steel industry's accountants are more likely to speak their language than are engineers.
Accountants working their way through the ranks at a major steel producer also are more likely to be based in the corporate offices, where they get more exposure to senior management. And in a world where M&As are such an important part of the industry, a star finance executive has the opportunity to be associated with high-profile successful acquisitions that bolster the bottom line and make everyone associated with the deal look like a genius.
But are these accountants really steelmen? Is the rise of the finance major really good for the industry? One industry observer put it like this: "It would be fine if they were all as sharp as Busse—but they're not."
And that, surely, is the bottom line. Managing a major corporation—whatever the industry—requires such a wide range of skills that it hardly matters in what part of the business the future executive started out. If a leadership candidate hasn't picked up a full bag of tools along the way, he or she likely won't be able to deliver on the bottom line, which ultimately is how every top executive is judged. And it doesn't take an accountant to figure that.
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Trying to pick up on every Apple rumor out there is a pretty dizzying prospect, especially ahead of a huge product launch by the company.
We try and write about the ones we find most interesting, but often wonder the same thing you do: how do they start?
This infographic was made for PC Mag by friend of the site Chris Kalb. See it in full down below.
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- Rumor: iPhone 5 will kinda, sorta, have '4G speeds'
- Rumor: Facebook app for iPad will launch alongside iPhone 5
- Analyst: We're only getting an iPhone 4S this year
- Rumor: iPhone 5 event with new Apple CEO Tim Cook on October 4
- Rumor: iPhone 5 will be in very short supply when it launches
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The Naraka Path (地獄道, Jigokudō) grants the user two main abilities: interrogation and restoration, by using theKing of Hell. Pain channelled the power of the Naraka Path through the body of a priest.
The Naraka Path ability makes heavy use of the King of Hell. The King of Hell is a large head which sprouts out of the ground surrounded by purple flames. It also possesses the Rinnegan as well as the shared field of vision along with the other summons.[1] The King of Hell could fulfil two purposes: interrogation and restoration.
To interrogate, the Naraka Path need only catch hold of a person, causing the King of Hell to appear before them. With the victim seemingly paralysed, the Naraka Path begins questioning them. After answers are given, the King of Hell will unzip its mouth to release tendril-like arms and would draw out an apparition of the victim's life force energy in the form of an enlarged tongue. The King of Hell would then proceed to pass its judgement. If the person was lying or refused to answer the questions, the King of Hell would remove their tongue and consume it, apparently killing them. However, if they told the truth, they would be spared, although left extremely exhausted.
The second ability the Naraka Path possessed is the ability to repair any damage. To do so the Naraka Path has the King of Hell ingest the damaged body with its tendril-like arms into its mouth, then, after some time, the destroyed body will emerge from its mouth, completely rejuvenated. It did this for example to the Asura Path after it was destroyed by Chōji and Chōza Akimichi.
Kabuto Yakushi stated that a Naraka Path user can transport bodies and souls through a given distance using the King of Hell.[2]
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- In Buddhism, the Naraka realm, or "hell realm", is a plane of rebirth, based on Karma (actions of body, speech, and mind) built up in a previous life or lives. There are various Naraka, each containing beings that are tormented until their Karma has achieved its full and satisfactory results. The beings can then be reborn into a higher plane.
- The Naraka are superficially similar to the Christian hell or purgatory, although there are many significant differences.
- Before being sent to the Naraka realm, the King of Hell, Yama, will be the judge of the dead. It's believed that if you lie to him, he will rip out your tongue.


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DeFUNIAK SPRINGS � The Walton County Economic Development Alliance�s search for a new executive director has ended.
DeFUNIAK SPRINGS � The Walton County Economic Development Alliance�s search for a new executive director has ended.
Steven Jaeger, the executive director of TransPORT, the port authority in Peoria, Ill., has accepted the position that has been open since Scarlett Phaneuf resigned Dec. 28 to accept a position with the Bay County Economic Development Alliance. Jaeger is expected to start on May 20.
Jaeger and his family have vacationed in Walton County for more than 20 years.
�I�m excited. My wife and I have owned property in Walton County for about 10 years, and even though we are currently living in the Midwest, our roots are in the South,� Jaeger said. �We were in the New Orleans area for about 17 years and throughout that whole period we�ve been coming to the Emerald Coast regularly.
�It�s a place we always wanted to end up and this, hopefully, will be an opportunity to do that.�
The Walton County EDA has a number of projects in development now that Jaeger said he will have to focus on, such as updating the organization�s strategic plan and website. He will also take over a position on the board of directors of the Walton Area Chamber of Commerce.
One of his initial goals for the position is to get out and meet people in the community.
�What I need to do is get to know the elected officials and the folks who make things happen in Walton County and get an idea of what they feel our priorities should be,� Jaeger said.
Walton County Commissioner Kenneth Pridgen, who is chairman of the EDA�s board of directors, said Jaeger was clearly the board�s first choice and he was happy he accepted the position.
�I was really impressed with the work he had put into looking at the area,� Pridgen said. �If anyone didn�t know him, they would think he was born and raised in Walton County because he knew the history, he knew the industrial parks, the beaches. He had really studied and done some research on Walton County.
�And he had a lot of enthusiasm about wanting to move forward on these industrial parks we have and trying to move the county forward and seeking businesses to come into our county,� he added. �He was really impressive to me and the whole board.�
Jaeger will be paid $65,000 a year, which is the top of the pay range for the job.
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Let's kick off this week with our first Hamantashen post.
I'm dressing up my kids as artists! Serving cupcakes on a palate..
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these are so cute! my kids are dressing up as bakers and we're giving biscottis. i think that will be the extent of my baking this Purim :)
Im dressing my daughters up as butterflies and giving out butterfly cookies, butterfly snack bags, butter cupcakes, and pretzel butterflies!
we are dressing up as oompa loompa and son is willy wonka!!!!
giving out homemade chocolate bars tangy taffy blue gum balls big lollies
Our bunch are dressing up as chinese this year. Giving rice noodles, soy sauce and oriental spice together with chop sticks and a paper fan. Still trying to come up with an idea of what to bake. Perhaps we will try out these pops now!
Dressing up with wacky tie and hat. My staple!
In a peanut ceramic cntainer giving out peanut chews, a hazel'nut' iced coffe, and bar of hazel'nut' chocolate.
1 kid dressed as a cupcake & 1 as ups driver & giving cupcakes in a brown cupcake box
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Finallygreen necesitaba un nuevo diseño de otro y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 46 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
fullasoul.com is a website with the intent of bringing fans of R&B, soul and funk music together with other fans...while promoting newer (mostly independent) artists along side the great R&B artists of the 80s and 90s. The site currently features a community forum and a store, but is soon to be expanded to offer several other exciting features.
Fans of 80s and 90s R&B, soul and funk music are the core audience. While the site is also used to promote newer, independent soul artists, the fans of the newer artists we promote tend to also be fans of the great R&B artists of the 80s and 90s.
Obviously, we would like the design to be reflective of the site's focus. We already have an established logo, and that should of course be incorporated into the design. If you visit the site (please be sure to visit both http://www.fullasoul.com AND http://www.fullasoul.com/store ) You will notice that there is already an established color scheme as well...the site header should adhere to, or at least not clash with, the existing color scheme. The site's existing tagline ("Connecting fans of soul, funk and R&B to the music they love...") should also be worked into the design. A row of navigation links (about 6 links) is also needed...preferably across the bottom of the design. The height of the design is at the designer's discretion, but the width should be close to (but not exceeding) 1000 pixels.


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With Halloween happening this week, we asked our social media following for their favourite spooky operas. Here are five that were chosen for their spine-tingling atmosphere:
The Turn of the Screw
Based on the Henry James novella of the same name, Benjamin Britten's The Turn of the Screw is the classic operatic ghost story. An unnamed Governess moves to a country house to take care of two children, only to discover supernatural goings on, and hints of past abuse. As she gets to know the children better, she becomes increasingly convinced that they are suffering some form of demonic possession. Britten leaves it to us to decide whether or not the ghostly happenings at Bly House are in fact all in the mind of the Governess, as the tension builds to a chilling and tragic final scene.
Don Giovanni
The final day of opera's lascivious anti-hero begins with a cold-blooded murder and goes downhill from there. The sharp shock of one of opera's most famous overtures plunges the audience into the piece and Don Giovanni's hastening towards damnation, pursued by those he has wronged, until, late in the evening when he is visited by a ghostly dinner guest. It might have some moments of musical beauty (the aria 'Batti batti bel Masetto' for example) but Don Giovanni remains a work bookended by some of Mozart's most dark and dramatic music.
The passionate Dance of the Seven Veils is the most famous part of Strauss's Salome. For fans of the macabre, however, it's the unveiling of the severed head of John the Baptist that steals the show. As the deranged Salome embraces the head and crawls about the stage with it in David McVicar's Royal Opera production, the blood soaks her dress and skin. Her passionate kissing of the head shocks Herod and his guests so profoundly that the Tetrarch (hardly a figure of virtue himself) orders Salome's execution. This final scene is harrowing – but also deeply moving, as McVicar encourages us to feel sympathy for this troubled heroine.
With witches and ghosts aplenty, no Halloween opera list would be complete without Macbeth, Verdi's first Shakespearian opera. Verdi adored Shakespeare's plays, and his score faithfully reproduces the frenzied emotions of the Bard's original drama. As ambition transforms Macbeth to a murderous tyrant hell-bent on retaining power, Lady Macbeth, who first stirred his ambition, descends into insanity. With the unexpected appearance of the ghost of Banquo, and a hallucinatory vision conjured up by the Witches of Banquo's ghostly descendants, this is certainly an opera to send shivers down your spine.
King Agamemnon of Mycenae has been murdered by his wife Klytämnestra and her consort, Aegisth. Agamemnon's daughter Elektra becomes obsessed to the point of insanity with avenging her father's death. She gets her desire when her brother Orest returns to Mycenae, and Klytämnestra, Aegisth and their followers are killed in one of opera's most terrifying bloodbaths. But what follows is even more chilling, as the exultant Elektra literally dances herself to death. Strauss's score depicts every shade of his characters' tormented emotions, and the grim force of destiny, not least in the monumental 'Agamemnon' motif that opens and closes the opera.
What do you think is the scariest opera in the repertory?


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The Frederick County Sheriff's Office says a man has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a woman whose body was found in the same apartment complex he lives in.
Fifty-one-year-old Antwine Dwayne Snowden was arrested Tuesday in the death of 61-year-old Gloria Fitzpatrick.
Fitzpatrick was found dead in her Frederick apartment on April 22 after she failed to show up for work.
Deputies say Snowden had a social relationship with Fitzpatrick and had been in her apartment several times.
The News-Post of Frederick reports that the medical examiner determined that Fitzpatrick died from multiple injuries consistent with asphyxiation or strangulation.
Snowden is being held without bail.


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Author: James Mitchell, Strategist, BBH London & BBH Labs
The girl, Nina , is dressed for a meeting. "I've only got two business plans left," she states matter-of-factly. She places two objects on the table in front of me: a condom, and a pouch of pills. "I would be very grateful if you could decide."
I hesitate, and the girl's mask of professionalism falters. "These are my only options, so could you choose…please..?"
In that moment, I realise that my choice is her choice, and her choice is the choice of a hundred young people across London.
At an IPA event on Tuesday, Saatchi's Head of Planning Richard Huntingdon commented that "beyond all else, what we do is empathy." It's true – the comms we create should be an act of empathy towards our audience. When the problem is just right, empathy itself can be the answer. Complicated issues of debate – particularly around things like social justice, where the topic is one we don't like to discuss – can lose people in the discussion. When the most important measure of success is understanding, the quickest route to the head is through the heart, as empathy. Parents know this. When they try to convince children of the wrongness of a situation, the phrase you'll most often hear is: "well, how would you like it if…?"
When we feel anger or distrust towards someone we're often told to walk a mile in their shoes. As humans, we're actually very good at playing roles and seeing things from another person's point of view – if we get the right prompts. But executionally, it's a fine balance. You have to manage the audience's experience positively enough to draw them into a character, and only then can you subject that character to their (often harrowing) fate. Finally, the immersive experience must offer the 'immersed' some sense of redemption, the sense that there's something to be done to give this character a better future than their present. Only then can the audience leave not just with understanding, but with the desire to act.
One of the most profound cases of alienation that divides "us and them" is shocking because it's so everyday – homelessness. Centrepoint Parliament know this all too well. They campaign to raise awareness of youth welfare, but it's easy for the messages to get lost in the debate. We all remember the point and counterpoint that swirled around the London riots last August. Whose responsibility was it – the kids'? The media's? Blackberry's? British society was about to give up the youth for lost and no amount of rational discourse would overcome those images in the press of a burning M&S, a looted Tesco, a burnt-out car.
Centrepoint Parliament needed a way to viscerally cut through it all – and over six months, we worked with them to find it. The answer came directly from recordings of the youth hostel itself. No rhetoric, hyperbole or 'advertising' could match a simple recreation of the truth – this was Nine Rooms, an experiential theatre piece devised by its own members, with help from BBH. You are placed directly into the worst scenes of a young homeless person's life – the loneliness, the idleness, and the dilemmas.
My choice made, I hand the item to Nina. Her expression flickers with pain but all she says is a polite "thank you for your time." She collects her notes and walks out, leaving me alone with the untaken choice, and a sense of gratitude that I'll never have to make this kind of decision for myself.
They are scenes that we all have suspected are happening to 'someone, somewhere', and internally written off as the facts of life. To be forced to go through them – to wear the shoes – drags them out of the realm of statistics in the head, and into a the form of a nuanced human experience in the heart. To read the impact Nine Rooms had on people is both affecting and uplifting. It's clear that the power of the performance has made this a brief well answered:
"Powerful and emotive. So well done to get in touch with the reality of homelessness. Portrayed in a way which allows the audience to feel what the characters feel."
"Moving and very effective – being so close and personal made it a hard journey."
"Powerful stuff. Is this really going on in London? We all get so tied up in our lives that we don't know what's really going on. Thank you for the experience."
There were tough strategic choices to be made, too – we reasoned that delivering a powerful experience for the few was better than a message that would get tuned out by the many – as long as those few were so impacted that they would pass it on. The sense of shock and outrage we got from our comments book shows that it's worked. And as we said above, immersive theatre at its best doesn't just affect people, it moves them to take action – in this case, signing the petition to restore careers advice services so that no young person has to make Nina's choice.
From 'events' like Secret Cinema to political projects (Coney's Early Days Of A Better Nation) and even new twists on horror, both secular (Hotel Medea) and sanctimonious (see the rise in the US Evangelical concept of the scare-you-straight "Hell House"), immersive theatre has come into its own as a way of heightening reality for a media-skeptic generation. Even traditional media becomes that much more powerful when technology lets us step into the scene (see the experiential touches of our own work for Missing People). Whilst at its most shallow, 'experience' is a play for PR-able creativity, at its best, it's a dose of empathy that's truly transformative.
Ask the residents of Nine Rooms.
You don't have to have been through the rooms to take action – sign Centrepoint Parliament's petition here.


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Doubling down on its commitment to renewable energy, the Massachusetts Legislature overwhelmingly passed a new energy measure that would create the nation's most ambitious offshore wind energy target.The bill, approved in the final hours of the legislative session Sunday night, would require local utilities to get 1,600 megawatts of their combined electricity from wind farms far offshore––roughly equivalent to three average-sized coal-fired power plants. The law requires the utilities to line up contracts for that energy by 2027. They also would have to arrange for even more clean energy from other sources, including hydropower, by 2022. Gov. Charlie Baker, a Republican, is expected to sign it.There's about 1,800 megawatts of renewable energy (mostly solar) currently installed in Massachusetts.The bill would contribute to the state's broader effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent by 2050—a target that effectively requires the state to rely almost entirely on renewables for electricity. And it could also have broader implications for the nation's offshore wind industry, which has yet to make its first splash.
OSLO, Aug 5 (Reuters) - A global agreement on climate change looks likely to enter into force this year, a study showed on Friday, making it harder for Republican Donald Trump to pull out if he wins the U.S. presidency.Countries accounting for 54 percent of greenhouse gas emissions have signalled intent to ratify this year, according to the tally of national pledges by the Marshall Islands which is a strong backer of the plan agreed in Paris in December.That is just a fraction short of the required 55 percent of emissions, and support from at least 55 nations, the Pacific island nation said. The deal formally enters into force 30 days after the twin threshold is crossed."What we agreed in Paris at the end of last year will likely now have the force of the law by the end of this year," Marshall Islands President Hilda Heine wrote in a report compiled by her foreign ministry.
European officials are moving to close a loophole that promotes the burning of wood for electricity by an industry that's felling American trees, and a new report they commissioned has laid bare the urgent need for reform.European Union climate rules treat woody biomass energy as if it's as clean as solar or wind energy, despite it releasing more heat-trapping carbon dioxide for every megawatt of electricity produced than coal. Producing wood pellets for fuel can also foster climate-changing deforestation.
An unprecedented federal court ruling this week validated the way the Obama administration measures the social cost of carbon (SCC), a decision that could have wide-ranging impacts on the future of the energy industry and the way the United States addresses environmental justice.On Monday, the Chicago-based 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals unanimously rejected an industry-backed request to overturn a 2014 Department of Energy (DOE) regulation that set efficiency standards for refrigerators. In doing so, the court decided that the DOE has the authority to use SCC as part of its overall cost-benefit analysis when considering environmental regulations....In rejecting the industry's arguments against the DOE's carbon price, Senior Judge Kenneth Ripple, who was appointed by President Reagan, wrote in the opinion that this "is not a close call.""We are convinced that DOE's engineering analysis, including its use of an analytical model, was neither arbitrary nor capricious," she wrote...."Just last week a former national security adviser to President George W. Bush acknowledged that climate change was creating refugees and terrorists," said Doniger. "So the damage from ignoring climate change goes well beyond what we normally think of as 'environmental' issues; it's a core national security issue."
"Yesterday, big oil bought a full-page ad in the capital city's newspaper of record to halt action on climate," Brown said. "Today, the Assembly Speaker, most Democrats and one brave Republican passed SB 32, rejecting the brazen deception of the oil lobby and their Trump-inspired allies who deny science and fight every reasonable effort to curb global warming."
The state is already on track to nudge its greenhouse-gas emissions back down to 1990 levels by the year 2020. Then last week, after much fierce debate, the California Assembly and Senate passed a new bill, known as SB 32, that would go much further, mandating an additional 40 percent cut in emissions by 2030.......The whole world will be watching CaliforniaUp until now, the United States has mostly been tinkering around the edges of climate action. Now the country's biggest, most populous state is really taking the plunge. Along with the European Union, California has some of the most ambitious climate targets around.California is essentially offering itself as a guinea pig in the world's most important policy experiment. Everyone else will be watching and learning from the state's successes and failures — whether it can develop the needed clean tech, whether it can spur innovation, whether it can control costs and navigate political opposition, whether it can rejigger the grid to accommodate enormous quantities of renewable power. No pressure!
Insurers with $1.2 trillion under management called on Tuesday for the Group of 20 to set a timetable to phase out subsidies for fossil fuels by 2020 when they meet at a summit in China this weekend.Aviva, Aegon NV and MS Amlin said fossil fuel subsidies were at odds with commitments by G20 nations to combat global warming agreed by almost 200 countries last year at a Paris summit."Climate change in particular represents the mother of all risks," Aviva CEO Mark Wilson said in a statement.The companies called on the G20 leaders, who meet in the Chinese city of Hangzhou on Sept. 4-5, to set "a clear timeline for the full and equitable phase-out by all G20 members of all fossil fuel subsidies by 2020".
HANGZHOU, China — President Barack Obama has announced the U.S. will formally join a sweeping global emissions-cutting accord reached last year, boosting efforts to bring the plan into effect by the end of 2016.The Paris Agreement could well be remembered as "the moment we finally decided to save our planet," Obama said on Saturday in advance of the Group of 20 summit that starts Sunday in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou.
President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping ratified a sweeping agreement to curb carbon emissions, accelerating the path toward implementation of the 200-nation accord that the world leaders hope to achieve by the end of the year.After "depositing" their "instruments of acceptance" with United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki Moon -- handing over leather folders with signed documents tucked inside -- Xi and Obama committed to working together to combat climate change.
Last December, more than 190 countries adopted the Paris Agreement, the most ambitious climate change agreement in history. In order for the agreement to take effect and enter into force, at least 55 countries representing at least 55 percent of global emissions need to formally join the Agreement.Today, the United States and China deposited with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon their respective instruments to join the Paris Agreement, marking a significant contribution towards the early entry into force of the Paris Agreement.Today's action by the United States and China to formally join is a significant step towards entry into force this year with countries representing around 40 percent of global emissions having now joined and more than 55 countries having already joined or publicly committed to work towards joining the agreement this year.Read the President's remarks:We are here together because we believe that for all the challenges that we face, the growing threat of climate change could define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other challenge....
"I imagine it has to be ratified by both houses of Congress."Oddly, no. The thing was carefully structured to allow the Prez to effectuate via executive order. Not technically a treaty.
"When we start to look at the countries that are joining the... agreement and the countries that are going to commit to join before the end of the year, we are absolutely certain that we will have the Paris Agreement on climate change entering into force by the end of 2016," said David Nabarro, Ban Ki-moon's special advisor on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.To take effect, the Paris climate agreement needs ratification by at least 55 parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, representing at least 55 percent of global emissions.The officials told journalists in New York on Thursday that the United Nations had so far received 27 ratifications covering 39 percent of global emissions, including from the world's top two greenhouse gas emitters, the United States and China.Among those expected to join formally next week are Mexico and Brazil.
The 27 states challenging Obama's Clean Power Plan in court say the lower emissions levels it would impose are an undue burden. But most are likely to hit them anyway.Already, Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma and South Dakota appear to be meeting the CPP's early targets. And changes in the power market, along with policies favoring clean generation, are propelling most of the rest toward timely compliance, according to researchers, power producers and officials, as well as government filings reviewed by Reuters."We are seeing reductions earlier than we ever expected," U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Gina McCarthy said in an interview. "It's a great sign that the market has already shifted and people are invested in the newer technologies, even while we are in litigation."
Entry into force of the Paris Agreement would send a clear signal to policymakers and industry that the world as a whole is making a move to a low-carbon economy, providing certainty and confidence to investors and governments alike. With news this week that China was the world's largest investor into low-carbon power generation in 2015, Canada committing to a national price on carbon, and technology giant Apple pledging to run on 100% renewable energy, it is clear that the momentum behind the low-carbon energy transition is growing.
The pledges mean that a total of 60 countries, representing 47.7 percent of global emissions, have now formally joined the Paris agreement. ... A total of 55 nations representing at least 55 percent of global emissions need to sign up for the deal to come into force.
"The global community is rallying behind swift and ambitious action to combat climate change," said Paula Caballero, global director of the World Resources Institute's climate program."The fact that the Paris agreement will likely enter into force this year took everyone by surprise. This rapid pace reflects a spirit of cooperation rarely seen on a global scale.
The future of humanity depends on math. And the numbers in a new study released Thursday are the most ominous yet.Those numbers spell out, in simple arithmetic, how much of the fossil fuel in the world's existing coal mines and oil wells we can burn if we want to prevent global warming from cooking the planet. In other words, if our goal is to keep the Earth's temperature from rising more than two degrees Celsius—the upper limit identified by the nations of the world—how much more new digging and drilling can we do?Here's the answer: zero.That's right: If we're serious about preventing catastrophic warming, the new study shows, we can't dig any new coal mines, drill any new fields, build any more pipelines. Not a single one. We're done expanding the fossil fuel frontier. Our only hope is a swift, managed decline in the production of all carbon-based energy from the fields we've already put in production...."Absent some incredible breakthrough in mythical carbon-sucking unicorns, the numbers say we're done with the expansion of the fossil fuel industry," says Kretzmann. "Living up to the Paris Agreement means we must start a managed decline in the fossil fuel industry immediately—and manage that decline as quickly as possible.""Managed decline" means we don't have to grind everything to a halt tomorrow; we can keep extracting fuel from existing oil wells and gas fields and coal mines. But we can't go explore for new ones. We can't even develop the ones we already know about, the ones right next to our current projects...."Keeping it in the ground" does not mean stopping all production of fossil fuels instantly. "If you let current fields begin their natural decline," says Kretzmann, "you'll be using 50 percent less oil by 2033." That gives us 17 years, as the wells we've already drilled slowly run dry, to replace all that oil with renewable energy. That's enough time—maybe—to replace gas guzzlers with electric cars. To retrain pipeline workers and coal miners to build solar panels and wind turbines. To follow the lead of cities like Portland that have barred any new fossil fuel infrastructure, and countries like China that have banned new coal mines. Those are small steps, but they're important ones.
Following Libertarian thinking our contingency plan (allowing us to trash the world) is to inhabit other planets. I wish you all good luck with thinking such as this:http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/25/politics/gary-johnson-climate-change/Extract: "Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson offered an outta this world solution on Sunday to the planet's environmental crises."We do have to inhabit other planets. The future of the human race is space exploration," Johnson said on ABC's "This Week.""
the future for some people will be in space.
Will world leader actually get a handle on the global surge for air conditioning and refrigeration?http://www.climatecentral.org/news/100-countries-phase-out-hfcs-20725Extract: "CFCs have been routinely replaced by HFCs, which trap thousands of times more heat in the Earth's atmosphere than carbon dioxide.Their growing use in developing countries could mean they account for nearly 20 percent of all emissions by 2050. The replacement of HFCs could prove crucial if the world is to avoid dangerous runaway climate change, driven by a temperature rise of 2°C or more.>>snip
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Flash Flood interviewed Jaye Wells, of jayewells.com, described as "an author, wife, mother and art scholar". She's just completed her first manuscript dealing with paranormal romance, and is in the midst of a new one.
Jaye Wells was witty and delightful in the interview and made some very good points I'd like to share with you.
What's the best thing about writing, for you?
The days when it's fun and things are flowing. It's like an addiction. You spend the not so good days trying to reach that high again. One of the worst things about writing is process of getting published. It's demoralizing in many respects. Sometimes I wish I was the type of person who could be content just writing without wanting to be published. But I'm not. I love having an audience, which is one reason why blogging is so great.
What other advice do you have for new writers? New bloggers?
The best advice I have for new writers is not to believe every bit of advice you read about writing. It's so easy to get bogged down in advice from people, books, etc. Then you think of a million stupid things to distract you, i.e. what font should I use or when I finish my book how do I find an agent. Just shut up, put your butt in a chair and write. Worry about all that other crap once you've finished something.
New bloggers should avoid discussing the minutiae of their day. The best bloggers who talk about their lives make the tales entertaining. Don't tell us what you had for dinner unless it's a good story. For example, Reality TV isn't real. There are producers editing the tapes to make mundane events seems more dramatic. Don't lie, but don't bore us either. I also think trying new things is fun too. Do a contest. Ask questions of your readers. Make it interactive and people will want to hang around. Also, I've also found a large part of my new traffic comes from people who click on my profile when I've commented on other blogs. So if you want readers you have to be a reader and commenter.
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The next talk was presented by Dr. David Eagleman, a neuroscientist and author of the book Sum and Incognito. He was also featured on the Colbert Report – you can see that clip here.
His talks focus was on the ideas of neuroscience, the biology of the mind, an learning:
If the conscious mind — the part you consider you — accounts for only a fraction of the brain's function, what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman has spent years researching, an he's come up with some surprising answers. Our behavior, thoughts, and experiences are inseparably linked to a vast, wet, chemic-electrical network called the nervous system. The machinery is utterly alien to us, and yet, somehow, it is us. Eagleman takes us into the depths of the subconscious to answer some of our deepest mysteries, and to illuminate what this all means for students and teachers. How do children learn best? How do we teach students creativity rather than memorization? What are the effects of growing up digital? Eagleman charts new terrain in neuroscience and helps us understand how our perceptions of ourselves and our world result from the hidden workings of the most wondrous thing we have ever discovered: the human brain.
He began the discussion talking about the power of unconscious thinking on our lives – unconscious influences are powerful. There is a gap (a large one) between what the conscious mind knows and what we have access to. However, that's not a bad thing – we don't want the conscious mind meddling with what's going on 'under the hood.' In fact, when we overly focus on unconscious activities, we mess them up – be it playing a piano piece, serving in tennis, or mimicking 'every day activities' (like changing lanes).
Yesterday, Pat Basset, the President of NAIS, touched on the importance of creativity. I highlighted that in my post yesterday: "Difficult, Courageous, & Fierce Conversations." Eagleman's discussion also focuses on the importance of creativity in learning – that is a necessary component in helping students to work through problems and challenges – not just 'memorizing' information or regurgitating material. Rather, we want them to make associations and connections.
He gave us an exercise: think of a beach scene at sunset. He pointed out that most of us left out the details: coconuts, swimmers, smells, etc. Instead, we produced a simple scene. He argues that the brain does this because its "wired" to take the path of least resistance and producing a complex scene was too consuming and our brain avoids it.
He moves on to discuss the plasticity of the mind (neuroplasticity). The human brain is immensely malleable and plastic – it is constantly wiring and re-wriing itself. Our brains change based on experiences, stimuli, and trauma. What we do ultimately matters in how our brains end up looking physically.
Our physical brains can be made more resilient based on the concept of cognitive reserve. Constantly challenging, stimulating, and working our brains helps them to be more resistant to natural degenerative ailments as well as trauma.
"I don't ever trust my first intuition." – Leonardo da Vinci
We need to consistently question our minds, our determinations, our conclusions – re-question our ideas and re-examine our notions. We can train creative thinking by teaching our students to go back over and re-examine our thoughts and productions. We can actually practice creativity this way. As someone who has never considered herself particularly creative, I like the idea that I can work at it to become more creative. However, perhaps he's also arguing that creativity isn't just reserved to the realms of art.
He provided examples of this with convergent vs. divergent thinking; giving a 'right' answer vs. giving a myriad of 'correct' responses. The latter helps you to form connections and ideas rather than focusing on a single concept or idea. As instructors, we can guide students on a path, for example: "Think of an apple. You have that in your head? What color is it? What about the skin? What's its texture, is it smooth? Are there bruises on it? What about the stalk… is it there?" This can allow us to help guide and train our students.
Making errors is okay! In fact, schools should be a place where they can make errors. Focusing on things like effort rather than achievement is the best motivator for children. If kids are in an environment where they can make errors so long as they exert effort is conducive to their developing creative skills and thinking. We need to fight against the standard, linear concepts of teaching. On example he provided was the concept of "Idea Quotas." If a student comes to you with a problem, you tell them to come to you with 7, 10, or even 30 "ideas" about how to solve the problem. Enriched environments are also key – they need to physically and mentally stimulating. The room itself needs to be engaging – colorful, engaging, interactive, etc. Neuroplasticity requires emotional investment.
The next topic he tackled is the notion of the world in which our students are growing up. They live in a digital world with multi-functional devices. They live in a world of instant stimulation, answers, and interactive elements. Does this shane the way their brains are wired? Of course! They're products of the environment in which they grew up. He terms them "screen-agers." They grew up in front of screens, cell phones, etc. They are digital natives. Because they grew up in this environment, their brains are wired differently. In this generation, technology is steering the plasticity of their brains.
As he put it, we are from the "just in case" arena of learning – we learned things "in case we needed them." Students today live in a world of "just in time learning." They get a flat tire, they take out their phone and look up how to change the tire. If they need to know something, they go and find it. Is it a bad thing? It's akin to Einstein's Quote:
"Never memorize something that you can look up."
With technology, students can look things up as they need to know it – it's always in context and it's always related at the speed they need (faster, slower, or a mix). The world around us is changing rapidly and we all now have to work outside of our comfort zones – it's a different world than what we grew up in and how we learned as students.
He also tackled the issue brought up by the previous speaker, Tony Schwartz, who argued against multi-tasking. Instead, he argues that kids today are being wired for multitasking that it is the reality. It's not ADHD, it's how they grew up and their contextual world.
A specific teaching example that he brought up is: "Is it cheating for a child to use Google to answer a question?" Most teachers said no, but expressed frustration that their students were taking the 'easy route' of googling the world. However, he argued that we need to rephrase our questions so that they can use Google to explore the answer. I know that I've succeeded in writing an essay question when students say "I can't find the answer. I tried googling it and the answer didn't pop up." Then, they have to formulate their own answer.
He ended his talk by re-emphasizing the importance of encouraging creativity in teaching, lesson design, and consistently pushing our own comfort level.
Also, see Jonathan Martin's post.


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Talk:Grand Theft Auto
| This talk page is for discussing the Grand Theft Auto article.
This includes commenting on the article, questioning whether it is correct, or adding suggestions for improvements
Questions about GTA games, not about the wiki page itself, should be asked at Community:Questions.Remember to always add your signature to the end of your comments/replies using four tildes:
Naming changes
I would like to recommend that this article be moved to either Grand Theft Auto (series) or Grand Theft Auto series and that the article Grand Theft Auto 1 be moved right here, Grand Theft Auto. The original Grand Theft Auto does not have number "1" as the suffix, hence my recommendation. Any objections? --Legion 01:12, 30 April 2007 (BST)
- I object. I chose to do it this way because GTA is what we do all the way through the site to tell people about Grand Theft Auto (the series) and what it is and what is in it. Grand Theft Auto (series) isn't as simple. Not as many people want to view the page about GTA1, but that is still easy to find because it is known as "GTA1" because it's the first GTA. Also, if we are referring to which game Liberty City was featured in, saying "Grand Theft Auto" is slightly confusing (they're all featured in GTAs), so we say it was in GTA1. Just keeps things all the same having it as "Grand Theft Auto, known as GTA 1." Yes - technically you are right, however I would choose to use Grand Theft Auto (game) for GTA1 rather than move GTA. Xenon (Admin) talk 07:27, 30 April 2007 (BST)
- Sounds like you're suggesting this page ought to be turned into a disambiguation page with links to one for series and one for game....? Or are you suggesting that this page ought to stay and the article about original Grand Theft Auto ought to be moved to Grand Theft Auto (game)? --Legion 08:40, 30 April 2007 (BST)
- I think we should just leave it as it is, where GTA refers to all GTA games, and where GTA 1 refers to the first GTA game. That's simple enough for everyone to understand, and easy enough to find what you want. The "do you mean..." line at the top is good enough to redirect people who make a mistake. I don't want to say "The GTA Series" every time I say "GTA" on this wiki. I veto any changes. Xenon (Admin) talk 08:58, 30 April 2007 (BST)
Okay, understood. This red link you gave me, Grand Theft Auto (game).... does this need to be redirect or something? Thanks. --Legion 13:14, 30 April 2007 (BST)
You can redirect it to Grand Theft Auto. Unless Xenon wants to redirect it to somewhere else. George 08:42, 1 May 2007 (BST)
I think it should be called "grand theft auto series" to prevent confusion with "GTA1" MiloBellic 02:39, May 7, 2010 (UTC)
I totally agree, this should be moved to "Grand Theft Auto series". --DT-boy 14:16, 25 October 2010 (BST)
- I understand your view, but I still disagree. Most people associate "Grand Theft Auto" with the series of games and the franchise, rather than the 1998 game "Grand Theft Auto". Whenever I refer to that first game, I would always say GTA 1, never GTA. Everyone understands this. Anyone looking for the GTA 1 game who comes to this page would understand and easily find the correct page. If we changed it, we would confuse more people (who were looking for the series but found the first game) than leaving it as it currently is. Also, it is much easier to type [[GTA]] or [[Grand Theft Auto]] than [[Grand Theft Auto (series)]] every time, and [[GTA 1]] or [[Grand Theft Auto 1]] is not much harder. However, I do take your point that some people may expect to find the GTA 1 game here. This is why the disambiguation is right at the top of the page. Gboyers 19:48, 25 October 2010 (BST)
Can we improve this page
People searching for Grand Theft Auto on a search engine will often end up on this page before any other. How can we improve this page (the first thing they see) to ensure they find/visit other parts of the wiki? Currently it's just boring text and a few random links scattered around, and not a very good first impression. Any thoughts? Gboyers talk 09:03, November 26, 2009 (UTC)
- One thing we can do is ditch the general navbox at the bottom, since it's redundant (because we already have the contents section; that template should be intended for other articles with don't have this support), making it short and less confusing to newbies. Images for links in the content section would also draw in readers better (as the Fallout and Half-Life wikis have demonstrated). - ZS 10:21, November 26, 2009 (UTC)


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As promised, here are more gift ideas and ways to keep wrapping them a bit more eco-friendly.
As promised, here are more gift ideas and ways to keep wrapping them a bit more eco-friendly.
Let�s buy gifts from small local businesses and self-employed people. For example, a local craftsperson who makes jewelry or pottery (many excellent ones are at the Farmer�s Market), plants or flowers from a nursery or florist or local bakers with homemade cakes or chocolates.
Please make sure our money goes to individual people and not multinational companies. This way, more local folks will have a better Christmas. It�s an awesome way to show community support.
Try not to order things that have to be shipped across the country. If your recipient lives elsewhere, get a gift certificate to their local wine store, specialty shop, hairdresser � you get the idea.
Plant herbs in a small pot that will grow on a window sill. Of course, homemade cookies or candy are always wonderful gifts. One thoughtful gift is better than six wrapped packages of unwanted gifts. Books, a restored piece of furniture or a rebuilt bike can be cherished for many years.
Help your friends go green. Give planet-conscious gifts like compost bins, can crushers, water timers, programmable thermostats, rain barrels, bird feeders, light timers or a bat house.
Re-gift. Save the gifts that aren�t quite right for someone who will appreciate them. Or bring the gift to a local charity or resale store.
Donate to each other�s favorite charities, pop a cork and enjoy a great bottle of wine together. Now, that�s festive in my book.
Regular wrapping paper is recyclable. To figure out if it is, do the �tear test� � if it tears easily like paper then you can recycle it. But, the best material to use to wrap is something the recipient can reuse, such as a bandanna, a tea towel, a reusable cloth shopping bag or decorative tins. Reuse paper from gifts you receive; old maps and calendars are good reuse choices.
Speedy recycling starts on your living room floor on Christmas day: sort recyclable paper into the recycling bin and trash (ribbons, plastic and metallic paper and wrappings) into a trash bag.
Wrap your gifts with newspaper (Sunday comics are great), cloth that can be reused or wrapping paper made with recycled content. Save and reuse ribbon from year to year. If every family reused just two feet of holiday ribbon, the 38,000 miles of ribbon saved could tie a bow around the entire planet. If every American family wrapped just three presents in re-used materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields.
Believe it or not, our wrapping paper, decorations, shipping materials, etc. turn into 25 million tons of solid waste � and paper is just the beginning. Don�t wrap oversized gifts. Hide them and give clues to make gift-giving into a treasure hunt.
Reuse foam peanuts. Most packaging materials for shipping can be used more than once. And, if you can�t use them, the UPS store will take them. Make festive recycling bins. They�re a great addition for your holiday party and a great activity for kids.
It would be wonderful if you, my readers, would email me and share some of your favorite �green� ideas to begin the new year.
Have a very Merry Christmas and let�s keep thinking greener for 2013.
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Valente, Marco (København, 1998)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This document contains a description of the main purposes and characteristics of Lsd. It discusses the problems related to the use of simulations in social sciences and describes how Lsd tackles these problems. In general, the use of simulations is constrained by two kinds of problems: difficulties in building the programs and difficulties to make use of other people's programs. Lsd proposes a system to facilitate both aspects of the use of simulation models. This document is mainly concerned with the use of simulations by unskilled computer users, and describes in detail how Lsd can be successfully used to explore and use a model without requiring any programming knowledge. Though it is not the main concern of the document, there are also few hints on the aspect of simulation program building. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8105
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Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to analyze the labor market for artists and in the creative industries more broadly: How important is a formal education for jobs in the creative industries? How are the careers of people with a creative education? Do they work in the creative industries or outside the creative industries? How is the profile of the jobs within the creative industries? Alper and Wassall (2006) present an overview of the economic, mainly empirical research concerning the labor market of artists. Different types of studies can be distinguished: theoretical models of artistic career processes, qualitative interviews and data, retrospective surveys and panel data based on surveys (either true panel studies or quasi panel studies). Some of the most extended studies on artists' earnings are done by Alper and Wassall on American census data, where data comes from peoples selfreporting in surveys, and peoples' occupation is based on time spent at work during a single reference week. This do obvious have some drawbacks. Register data from Statistics Denmark representing true panel data, makes it possible to overcome some of these problems and gain new knowledge on the career patterns of artists, their income, the importance of education, multiple jobholding etc. The register data used in this paper includes a lot of variables on socio-economy, income, employment etc. for the Danish population in the period 1994-2003. The paper includes a discussion and delimitation of artist and the creative industries, and presents new empirical results on the labor market for artists and in the creative industries URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7750
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Kaiser, Ulrich; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Rønde, Thomas (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We measure the quantitative importance of labor mobility as a vehicle for the transmission of knowledge and skills across firms. For this purpose we create a unique data set that matches all applications of Danish firms at the European Patent Office to linked employer-employee register data for the years 1999-2002. The Danish workforce is split into "R&D workers", who hold a bachelor's or a master's degree in a technical field, and "non-R&D workers". We find that mobile R&D workers ("R&D joiners"') contribute more to patenting activity than immobile R&D workers. Furthermore, R&D workers who have previously been employed by a patenting firm ("patent exposed workers") have a larger effect on patenting activity than R&D workers without this experience. Patent exposed R&D joiners constitute the most productive group of workers: for firms that patented prior to 1999, one additional worker of this type relates to an increase in the number of patent applications of the new employer by 0.0646. This corresponds to a 14 percent increase in the mean number of yearly patent applications. We also find that mobility of R&D workers increases the joint patenting activity of the donor and recipient firms, confirming the importance of labor mobility for innovation in the economy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7704
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A Comparative Study of Workers Conditions in Football Manufacturing in China, India and PakistanLund-Thomsen, Peter; Nadvi, Khalid; Chan, Anita; Khara, Navjote; Xue, Hong (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A critical challenge facing developing country producers is to meet international labour standards and codes of conduct in order to engage in global production networks. Evidence of gains for workers from compliance with such standards and codes remains limited and patchy. This paper focuses on the global football industry, a sector dominated by leading global brands who manage dispersed global production networks. It assesses the work conditions for football stitchers engaged in different forms of work organisation, factories, stitching centres, and home-based settings, in Pakistan, India, and China. It draws on detailed qualitative primary field research with football stitching workers and producers in these three countries. The paper explains how, and why, work conditions of football stitchers differ across these locations through an analytical framework that interweaves both global and local production contexts that influence work condition. In doing so, it argues that current debates on the role of labour in global production networks have to go beyond a narrow focus on labour standards and CSR compliance and engage with economic, technological and social upgrading as factors that could generate sustained improvements in real wages and workers conditions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8938
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Labour Market Implications of a Compressed Wage Structure when Education and Training are EndogenousMalchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Skaksen, Jan Rose (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We consider the economic implications of a compressed wage structure which is exogenously determined by institutions. An important feature of our analysis is that human capital is endogenous and can be achieved either as formal education or as informal training within firms after entering the labour market. While institutional wage compression decreases the incentives of individuals to become educated, it increases the incentives of firms to invest in training. As a result, the net effects of wage compression on the aggregate human capital level and GDP are ambiguous. Moreover, with wage compression, a skillbiased technological change may cause wage inequality to decrease. Keywords: Wage compression, training, education, inequality, institutions, skill-biased technological change. JEL: I21, J31, J5, O33. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7574
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Larsen, Birthe; Waisman, Gisela (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during an unemployment experience. Within a search and matching framework, we show that both natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spill-overs, inducing employment to increase in the other sector and the effect on labour market performance therefore depends on whether discrimination is present in only one sector or in both sectors. Discrimination may induce workers to train more or less than natives after having lost their skills, dependent upon which sector there is discrimination. Net output tends to the be most negatively affected by discrimination among high-skilled workers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9157
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Abstract: We examine the impact of discrimination on labour market performance when workers are subject to a risk of losing skills during the experience of unemployment. Within a search and matching model, we show that all natives and immigrants are affected by discrimination. Discrimination in one sector has positive spillovers, inducing employment increases in the other sector. Discrimination may induce immigrants to train more or less than natives, depending on the sector where it is present. Welfare tends to be most negatively affected by discrimination among highproductivity workers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8520
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Filges, Trine; Kennes, John; Larsen, Birthe; Tranæs, Torben (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper studies labour market policy in a society where differently gifted individuals can invest in training to further increase their labour market productivity and where the government seeks both effiency and equity. Frictions in the matching process create unemployment and differently skilled workers face different unemployment risks. We show that in such an environment, training programmes that are targeted to the unemployed complement passive transfers (UI benefits), unlike a general training subsidy. Combining passive subsidies with a training subsidy conditioned on the individual being unemployed (for a while) - the typical Active Labour Market Programme - implies a favorable trade-off between equity and efficiency which encourages high spending on training. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7511
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Abstract: Abstract. In Denmark, taxation of residential property returns varies considerably with the type of ownership and type of tenure in terms of the way income is calculated, the types of taxes applied and tax rates, which range from 0 % to above 60 %. Together with other housing subsidies this disparity in taxation contributes to the pronounced lack of tenure neutrality in the Danish housing market. The paper illustrates how tax rules alone create distortions and imbalances in the housing and residential property markets and discusses as well the magnitude of the imbalances. The method used is the application of a set of return and user cost equations. The tax aspects of the long-standing rather unequal treatment of private rental dwellings, social rental dwellings, owner-occupied dwellings and private co-operative dwellings, which have drawn decisive tracks in the markets, are discussed. The lowering of the tax rate for the return of institutional pension savings to 15 % which came into effect in 2001 has created a substantial advantage for pension funds compared with private investors with regard to investments in rental residential properties. The owner-occupiers' user costs and subsidization are shown to depend on their capital structure and to a large extent they depend on whether the owners' most obvious savings alternatives are either personal investments with heavily taxed returns or institutional pension savings with lightly taxed returns. Also private co-operative associations are tax exempted, and this fact in combination with the prospects of improved legal conditions for raising loans to finance the individual apartments will almost certainly lead to this form of tenure – as "tax free ownership" – capturing part of the market for owner occupation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7154
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Syntaxe, Sémantique, pragmatiqueLundquist, Lita (Frederiksberg, 1980)[More information][Less information]
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présentation à la Journée d'étude de l'ADBU le 17. sepembre 2004Cotta-Schönberg, J. Michael von (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: The objective of this paper is to explore the associations made in mass mediated articulations of biotechnology. It serves as the basis for further analyses of mass mediated controversies and the purpose is to establish a map of the landscape of mass mediated articulation of biotechnology. Which kinds of genetic research and technology are articulated in what way? What can be associated to what in the mass mediation and when is it portrayed as controversial? In short this is a study of associations in the news production that serves as a way of establishing an empirical archive for further work. It is based on a relational ontology inspired by French philosopher Bruno Latour, supplemented with the method of content analysis developed within sociology of mass media. The aim is to study the production of networks of articulation in mass media by looking at the outcome (the articles), which they produce. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6366
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A Cross-sector Study of Financial Service Companies and Manufacturing CompaniesSanden, Guro Refsum (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Situated at the intersection of sociolinguistics and international business and management studies, this PhD project focuses on language management in two different industry sectors, namely the financial service sector and the manufacturing sector. Employing a multiple case study design consisting of two matched pair cases, the study examines the means by which language is managed, i.e. language management tools, in the two financial service companies Nordea and Saxo Bank and the two manufacturing companies Grundfos and ECCO. The contribution of the thesis lies in capturing the effect of industry sectors on corporate language management – a level of analysis which has largely been overlooked in previous research. The findings indicate that industry sectors embody great explanatory power with regard to the selection of language management tools at company level. The financial service companies and the manufacturing companies were found to have three sector-level factors in common, though with somewhat different outcomes. Economic geography increases the use of English for corporate level functions in the two financial service companies owing to the companies' presence in international financial centres. On the other hand, in the two manufacturing companies, this factor increases the need for multiple corporate languages and translation into the mother tongue spoken by the production workers in the industrial locations where English language skills tend to be scarce. In manufacturing, economic geography was also found to lead to the use of language intermediates as mediums of communication. In all case companies, global integration increases cross-border communication and the use of English for corporate level functions, which also increases selective recruitment of English-skilled employees in both sectors. Industry speak is found to be closely related to company-specific language in all case companies regardless of sector, and technological solutions are implemented in order to manage large term databases in both sectors. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9174
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9354
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Christensen, Bent Jesper; Raahauge, Peter (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We consider a random utility extension of the fundamental Lucas (1978) equilibrium asset pricing model. The resulting structural model leads naturally to a likelihood function. We estimate the model using U.S. asset market data from 1871 to 2000, using both dividends and earnings as state variables. We find that current dividends do not forecast future utility shocks, whereas current utility shocks do forecast future dividends. The estimated structural model produces a sequence of predicted utility shocks which provide better forecasts of future long-horizon stock market returns than the classical dividend-price ratio. KEYWORDS: Randomutility, asset pricing, maximumlikelihood, structuralmodel, return predictability URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7135
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Considerazioni inter- ed intralinguisticheKorzen, Iørn (Frederiksberg, 2019)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: "L'italiano è una lingua complessa e difficile". Sicuramente non sono l'unico docente di lin-gua italiana in Scandinavia ad aver sentito questo giudizio da parte dei suoi studenti, e par-lando di testi settoriali, per esempio giuridici, tecnici o economici, le difficoltà e i problemi possono sembrare ancora più grandi. Una lunga carriera di insegnante di lingua italiana in Danimarca mi ha insegnato, inoltre, che fra i livelli linguistici più problematici per uno scandinavo, in ultima analisi troviamo la te-stualità: cioè tutte le caratteristiche e condizioni inerenti alla strutturazione, forma e inter-pretazione del livello testuale, del livello transfrastico. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9752
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Sørensen, Asger (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6402
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A literature review and a suggestion of how to study the issueWestenholz, Ann (, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Very little research – if any – has been done to find out what happens to leadership and working live when Chinese companies settle in Denmark. This paper argues that it is worth investigating this topic, as I assume that the numbers of Chinese companies locating themselves in Denmark will increase in the coming years. The aim of the paper is firstly to give an overview of the literature that deals with the development of Chinese companies going abroad, and it is shown that the direct outward investments of China is experiencing a rapid growth. Secondly I like to look at leadership and working lives in China, and the lesson learned from the literature is that leadership and working life in China is diverse and continuously evolving. But some trends may be identified like different institutional regimes and different types of companies. Thirdly I look at leadership and working life in Denmark, and I compare leadership and working life in the two countries showing that there are many differences. These differences may have an impact on the way Chinese companies handle their encounters with 'strangers' when they establish themselves abroad, but we do not know if this is happening. I conclude by outlining a way of how to empirically study the interaction between Chinese and Danish managers and employees working together in a Chinese company in Denmark. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8645
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The Brabus 5.0 liter V8-powered 190E of 1984 was spectacular but expensive and impractical for most customers. So the M103 straight-six that debuted with the W124 in 1985 was a godsend.
As its reply to BMW's 323i, Mercedes dropped the 2.6-liter version of this engine into the 190E, and the power race was on. Where AMG was more tentative, producing 3.2- and then 3.4-liter versions of this tough new straight-six, Brabus' development chief Uli Gauffres went straight for the jugular with 3.6.
With 268 hp and 269 lb-ft of torque, the 12-valve 3.6S rocketed to 62 mph in 6.3 seconds and on to 162 mph with the shorter sprint rear diff or a 177-mph top speed with the taller equivalent. The extra 25 hp and 18 lb-ft that came with the M104 24-valve based 3.6S version in 1990 made little difference against the stopwatch, and the 12-valve M103 was reckoned to be more robust in the long term.
I remember driving the original red 3.6S back in 1988. I had already tested the 190E 2.5-16, and while this factory homologation special was a track demon, it lacked low-end torque in normal road conditions.
In comparison, the six-pot Brabus 190E 3.6S was a revelation. The combination of a lusty, high-revving six-cylinder in a relatively light car was an intoxicating mixture. It was super smooth with plenty of grunt down low, and being blueprinted and balanced, it revved to the skies. This car just wanted to go all the time, so even though you could trickle through town effortlessly in a high gear, your enthusiast brain wiring meant it really was hard to drive slow.
Low weight and a well-sorted chassis also meant agility and sharp handling, while strong torque and a limited-slip differential also provided loads of fun for drift junkies. In an age when compact cars really were compact, this was one very rapid and entertaining cross-country or autobahn stormer.
This one is a better-than-new, one-of-a-kind Brabus 190E 3.6S replica that was slowly built up in 2008, and I'm having vivid flashbacks to the day I drove the original.. This brand-new car belongs to Sven Gramm, Brabus' effusive PR manager, who built it from scratch as his fun car. It's a dead ringer for the 1988 demo car, right down to the identification stickers on the under-bonnet slam panel. One subtle touch from the original car is the front grille, welded to the hood and color-coded red so that it all looks one-piece. The egg crate part of the grille, wiper arms, door handles, boot trim, and rear badges are all painted Mercedes 040 gloss black.
This is one of my favorite Brabus cars of all time, Gramm says. It's small and light, and has no electronics to interfere with the driving experience. It is effectively a 190E Clubsport, and is even faster and more hardcore than the factory 2.5-16 Evo 2.
A good donor car is paramount for such a project, and Gramm was lucky enough to find a 190E 2.6 equipped with a five-speed manual locally, owned by an elderly man since it was new. Immaculate inside and out, this car had been religiously serviced at the supplying Mercedes dealer, and had covered 175,000 accident-free kilometers (about 109,000 miles). The original owner had obviously intended to keep the car a while as he had specified uncommon options like the 70-liter long-range fuel tank and heavy-duty battery.
Gramm's search for rare Brabus 3.6S parts began in earnest in January 2008, and he called in favors from friends both inside and outside of Brabus. Rummaging around Brabus' spare parts warehouse coughed up the period front spoiler, alloy wheels, brakes, and some other parts. There were no rear spoilers, but we found the original mold and my colleague in the design department made one up for me by hand, Gramm says. I had to buy him dinnerbut it was worth it.
While the original Brabus suspension kit was in stock, things had moved on in 19 years. Gramm spoke to his contacts at Eibach and Bilstein, who provided more up-to-date solutions. The new springs and dampers drop ride height by 40mm from standard, over 16-inch Brabus Monoblock I alloy wheels with Yokohama 048 225/45 trackday rubber fitted to them.
The tires are available in soft, medium and medium-hard compounds, Gramm explains. The first set were soft and their grip was fantastic, but I got through them in just 2,500 miles. Now I have medium-hards.
To make sure the body stays rigid under the onslaught of this grippy, low profile rubber, and also as a safety measure, Gramm fitted a Weichers rear rollcage and rear suspension tower brace. The big brakes behind the front wheels use 286mm vented discs and four-pot calipers with fast road pads, and stop the car very effectively from autobahn speeds.
Shedding excess weight was a priority, so the rear seat was removed and the fronts replaced with lightweight Recaro Spa Kevlar seats. A Brabus Type II steering wheel provides good grip, and four-point race harnesses and a fire extinguisher system complete the safety equipment.
The speedo was recalibrated to read to 300km/h, and the center console now houses a battery of oil temperature gauges for the engine, gearbox, and rear differential. The car has an oil cooler for each of these components, the rear differential cooler being housed between the rear spoiler and the bootlid.
The 3.6-liter engine was another challenge altogether. Built individually for each 3.6S, this powerplant always started life as a new or slightly used 300E unit. When Gramm finally found one, the block and cylinder head ended up in the Brabus engine shop, where each was stripped and checked for any problems before work began.
The 3.6S's unique 3,590cc capacity comes from a bore and stroke of 92.2x90.0mm, making the engine slightly over-square. A new steel billet crank is mated to lightened and balanced connecting rods and bespoke KS pistons. Knowing that he would only do perhaps 3,000 miles a year, Gramm opted for the largest oversized pistons to get the maximum displacement.
A local retired mechanic polished the connecting rods so they are not only lighter and perfectly balanced, they also look amazing. The cylinder head was gas-flowed, polished and given bigger valves, three-angle valve seats, and a Brabus high-lift camshaft. Compression ratio is 10.5:1. The air intake manifold was internally polished and eased to increase ram air, while on the exhaust side, a set of tubular headers and a stainless steel Brabus sport exhaust with twin 76mm outlets dramatically reduce back-pressure.
The original 3.6S did not need a catalytic converter; however, Gramm elected to have a pair of 100-cell metal sport cats installed so he can drive the car into urban areas that require the mandatory green sticker.
The positive effects that low weight and good torque from a large-displacement normally aspirated motor were starkly apparent as Uli Gauffres, in Gramm's car, and me in a W211-based E V12, ran in tandem on the autobahn. As we accelerated, the 2,900-pound 190E 3.6S immediately pulled away while the turbos on the 4,500-pound E V12 were still spooling up. It was a few seconds before we blew by the older Brabus, but it did prove a point.
And Gramm is clearly enjoying his car. But only in nice weather, he says.
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3.6-liter I6, dohc, 24-valve. Steel billet crankshaft, custom KS pistons, polished connecting rods, gas-flowed cylinder head was gas-flowed, bigger valves, three-angle valve seats, Brabus high-lift camshaft, polished intake manifold, tubular headers, Brabus sport exhaust
Five-speed manual
Eibach springs with Bilstein dampers, rear shock tower brace
Four-piston calipers with 286mm rotors
Wheels and tires
Brabus Monoblock I, 8x16
Yokohama 048, 225/45
Brabus front and rear spoilers
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Magicka DLC Plans Revealed as Sales Pass 200,000
The revelation came in an interview with producer Mattias Lilja of publisher Paradox Interactive at Big Download. He also revealed that multiple pieces of downloadable content, both paid and free, are in the works.
"The Arrowhead team asked if they could be a bit daring when it comes to the DLC and we told them yes," Lilja explained. "They really did go off the reservation with some stuff, and I bet my Wizard's survival kit most gamers will love it. The team is set up in such a way that some guys can keep patching the game while others produce DLC, without getting in the way of each other or stealing resources from one another."
Magicka has receive a whopping ten big patches since it was released for PC on January 25, having been a wee bit buggy at launch.
I have yet to pick this up but it does look deserving of the accolades it's receiving. I expect that L.A. Noire will be my GOTY; the seemingly deep investigative elements and branching story will probably earn it not to mention everything else that's in the game. (My choice is in response to your opinion that nothing else will be innovative)


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The search for a problem that only Near Field Communications can solve now sees an NFC-equipped key fob which can interact with a mobile phone to report a car's mileage, fuel level, tyre pressure and location... or what it was last time the fob looked.
The technology comes from car-component specialist Delphi, which reckons a NFC Gateway Key Fob (specs here in pdf) could enable a "permanent and constant link between drivers and their vehicles". Which would be fine, except for the 10cm range of an NFC signal, so the link is only constant when the driver is very close to their vehicle.
But that's not stopped company rep Craig Tieman telling RFID Journal: "No matter where you are, you can interact with your phone application and download information to the car... You can make changes to the car's interior temperature settings, or configure a new playlist from inside a restaurant, for example." This is true, though the changes won't actually affect the car until you get back into it.
You'll need NFC in your phone, of course, and your car too, so you could simply synchronise the phone directly with the car - but where's the margin in that? Delphi says its fob can be combined with the usual unlocking RFID technology, so you will be able to unlock your car using the fob if not the NFC component of it.
We're not sure if this is more insane than the NFC card that you have to hold beside your phone to use the phone's NFC functionality - as recommended by the UK's Home Office - but it's certainly a contender for the most insane application of wireless.
Even RFID Journal felt obliged to point out that services such as OnStar already offer a GSM-connected car that can provide real-time information, but that does need a subscription. Not that such a sub will be avoidable if the EU gets its way and we are all required to have mobile phones in all our cars.
But even if we don't, it's hard to imagine that a cache store on a keyfob is going to be the killer application for NFC, any more than the NFC-equipped gravestone or the battery-powered sticker. So we'll keep watching for that breakthrough technology which makes us wonder how we ever survived without Near Field Communications. ®
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It is the Barcelona midfielder's second major individual honour of the summer, after he was named Player of the Tournament for his role in Spain's triumph at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
The award was decided by 53 European journalists who cast their votes during Thursday's Champions League group-stage draw in Monaco.
Iniesta (28) received 19 votes, with Ronaldo and Messi – the winner of last year's inaugural prize – each receiving 17.
"I am very honoured and I dedicate this award to my Barcelona and Spain teammates," said Iniesta, who received the award from Uefa president Michel Platini.
"I am privileged to be here with two such great footballers as Leo and Cristiano."
An artful attacking midfielder, Iniesta has won every major honour in the game with Barcelona and Spain over the last four years and notably scored the extra-time winner against the Netherlands in the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa.
Despite his success at Euro 2012, Iniesta saw Barcelona miss out to Ronaldo's Real Madrid in last season's La Liga title race, while the Blaugrana also fell to eventual champions Chelsea in the semifinals of the Champions League. – AFP


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NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen Live Show Will Address 'State of the Industry'
DENVER – Drought, fires, floods, regulatory overreach, skyrocketing input costs and record herd shortage are all issues cattlemen and women have unfortunately become very familiar with over the past couple of years. NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen will take a closer look at the current state of the beef industry during a live call-in show on Tues., Nov. 13, at 8:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on RFD-TV.
"Our industry has weathered through tough times. By being resilient, cattlemen and women stick it out and come out stronger on the other side," said National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) CEO Forrest Roberts. "This special episode of NCBA's Cattlemen to Cattlemen will allow us to answer questions, listen to producer concerns and discuss strategies that are crucial in helping ranchers have successful cattle operations, while continuing to produce the safest, highest quality beef in the world."
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