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Rock Hill, South Carolina –April 3, 2012 - 3D Systems Corporation (NYSE: DDD) announced today that Janne Kyttanen, of its Freedom of Creation (FOC) group, is starring in the 48 hour kick-off of the Heineken Innovation Challenge, April 3-5, 2012. The Challenge, worth $10,000 USD to the winner, invites people from all over the world to share their ideas on the future of sustainable beverage packaging and distribution.
The Heineken Innovation Challenge is the first to crowd source globally for sustainable beverage packaging concepts. Janne, an expert in 3D design, was selected to spend 48 hours in an undisclosed location, with just a web cam, laptop, a visual artist and 3D Systems' Cube™, ProJet™ 1500 and 3DTouch™ 3D printers. Janne will demonstrate the entire ideation-to-production process through access to Cubify.com, 3D printers and tweets, Facebook posts and emails from observers on www.ideasbrewery.com.
The Heineken Innovation Challenge entries will be submitted to internal sustainability experts for judging according to set criteria: innovation, feasibility and the most votes received at www.ideasbrewery.com. Selected designers will be invited to collaborate with Heineken to enhance and perfect their ideas. At the conclusion of the Innovation Challenge, an Official Jury of external experts and Heineken management will select one overall winner, who will be notified in June 2012.
About 3D Systems Corporation
3D Systems is a leading provider of 3D content-to-print solutions including 3D printers, print materials and on-demand custom parts services for professionals and consumers alike. The company also provides creative content development, design productivity tools and curation services and downloads. Its expertly integrated solutions replace, displace and complement traditional methods and reduce the time and cost of designing new products by printing real parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used to rapidly design, communicate, prototype and produce functional parts, empowering its customers to create with confidence.
More information on the company is available at www.3DSystems.com.
To experience 3D Systems' entire range of 3D content-to-print products and services please visit www.printin3D.com, www.production3dprinters.com, www.cubify.com, www.zcorp.com, www.print3d.com, www.toptobottomdental.com, www.3Dproparts.com, www.quickparts.com, www.alibre.com, www.bitsfrombytes.com, www.The3dStudio.com, www.freedomofcreation.com, www.sycode.com, www.botmill.com, blog.3dsystems.com, or via email at [email protected].


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The Royal Opera House Thurrock Community Chorus got the chance to sing with the Royal Opera Chorus for two joint concerts this autumn.
The new National Skills Academy in Purfleet saw the first of the two 'Awake in Chorus!' performances, while the second took place in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
The ROH Thurrock Community Chorus is open to all Thurrock residents , whatever their experience of singing. It The Chorus meets twice a week, and had been rehearsing for this event throughout 2012. "This concert is the result of all the hard work we've put in - and the fact that we're singing with the Royal Opera Chorus makes it even more special," said choir member, Sylvia Outram.
The two choruses performed songs together and as separate choirs. The repertoire included well-loved operatic numbers by Verdi, Bizet, Rossini, and Sullivan; as well as a specially-commissioned piece by Purfleet-based composer Alexander Campkin. The new commission was performed jointly by the two choruses. Librettist Hazel Gould created the text in collaboration with members of the ROH Thurrock Community Chorus, and the commission was performed jointly by the two choruses.
The ROH Thurrock Community Chorus will be performing in a special Christmas Concert at Thurrock on 8 December. The event is sold out.

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Mark Pollak finished tied for fourth at the tournament (Harvard Athletic Communications).
By Akash Mirchandani '15
On Friday April 20th, the Harvard Crimson arrived at Century Country Club looking to defend their title at The Century Intercollegiate. Century Country Club was sure to provide a great test, a par-71 layout measuring 6925 yards, with tree-lined fairways and numerous bunkers spread around the course. With last year's good memories in their minds, the Crimson mapped out strategies for every hole during their practice round.
Working up quite an appetite from the practice round, the Crimson freshened up for the evening's program and dinner at the Club. The Crimson enjoyed a spectacular spread including hors d'oeuvres, salads, various main courses, and a team favorite, a dessert buffet and sundae bar. After eating, the team listened to the head professional, Nelson Long, speak about the course's long history. Also, Michael Breed, a golf professional and television instructor, took the role of the keynote speaker and revealed his thoughts on taking advantage of opportunities and maintaining a positive attitude. His speech provided a fitting preamble to the thirty-six holes of tournament golf to come.
The Crimson woke up Saturday morning with a bright attitude for the day and were eager to take advantage of the beautiful, sunny weather. The team's seniors set the tone well, as Captain Tony Grillo '12 led the team with a solid 72 and Mark Pollak '12 shot 73 in spite of an unfortunate double on 18. The rest of the team struggled with the 20 mph winds, as Akash Mirchandani '15 shot 79, while Seiji Liu '14, Theo Lederhausen '14, and Michael Lai '14, playing as an individual, all shot 81s. The team total for the day was 305, leaving Harvard in fourth place.
After the round, many of the team members practiced until dark, improving on their weaknesses from the day's round. This practice session was aimed at preparing the Crimson for a successful final day, which was forecast as difficult and rainy.
On Sunday morning, the Crimson quickly grabbed breakfast and ventured down to the course. The tee times were moved up significantly in an effort to avoid the worst of the day's weather. Upon arriving at the course, the Crimson donned their full rain suits and warmed up in the chilly, windy drizzle. Yet, the worst of the weather was still to come.
Leading the way in the morning, Seiji Liu '14 and Theo Lederhausen '14 survived the brutal conditions with strong rounds of 76 and 74, respectively. Mark Pollak '12 and Tony Grillo '12 came in with 75 and 76. Akash Mirchandani '15 and individual Michael Lai '14 struggled on their finishing holes with freezing hands and wet grips, but still managed respectable scores of 77 and 75, respectively. The Crimson were satisfied with the way they persevered through the terrible weather with a round total of 301, besting their previous day's total by 4. In fact, the Crimson shot the low team round for the day.
The Crimson finished in second place overall – 6 strokes behind Rhode Island – and first among the Ivy League teams in the field. The Crimson are hoping this tournament and final round give them momentum leading into the Ivy League Championship to be played April 27-29 at Galloway National Golf Club.
The Crimson would like to thank Yale's Coach Colin Sheehan for organizing and hosting this weekend's tournament. The team would also like to express their gratitude to Nelson Long, the membership at Century, and all of the club's staff for their generosity in creating such a great event.


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Business Model Opportunities and Barriers for Fashion LibrariesRahbek Gjerdrum Pedersen, Esben; Netter, Sarah (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explore barriers and opportunities for business models based on the ideas of collaborative consumption within the fashion industry. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is based on a multiple-‐‑case study of Scandinavian fashion libraries – a new, clothes-‐‑sharing concept that has emerged as a fashion niche within the last decade. Findings: It is concluded that fashion libraries offers interesting perspectives, e.g. by allowing people to experiment with styles without having to pay the full cost and becoming a meeting place for young designers and end consumers. However, at present fashion libraries remain a small-‐‑scale phenomenon with difficulties reaching the mainstream market, not least due to limited financial and human resources as well as conventional fashion consumption patterns. Research limitations/implications: The study is limited to the new phenomenon of fashion libraries and does not cover other types of collaborative consumption within the fashion industry (Swap-‐‑parties, etc.). Originality/value: The paper is one of the first attempts to examine new business models of collaborative consumption in general and the fashion library concept in particular. The study contributes to the discussions of whether and how fashion sharing and collaboration holds promise as a viable business model and as a means to promote sustainability. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8819
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The Case of Nike in PakistanLund-Thomsen, Peter; Coe, Niel (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This article examines the circumstances under which CSR initiatives facilitate and/or constrain labor agency in GPNs. Using a case study of Nike's CSR approach in the football manufacturing industry of Pakistan, we explore how the CSR measures advocated in a new, emerging policy paradigm on CSR in GPNs affect labor agency at Nike's main football supplier factory in Pakistan. We argue that international companies may undermine labor agency in GPNs through their sourcing policies, but that their CSR policies could have a potential, albeit limited, positive impact on labor agency in GPNs which is significantly shaped by national-level contextual factors. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8803
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Vallentin, Steen; Murillo, David (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Modern governmental approaches to CSR (corporate social responsibility) have two distinguishing traits: they tend to define competitiveness as their primary concern and to make use of liberal and indirect means of steering. Contributing to a political understanding of CSR and focusing empirically on developments within the EU, this paper approaches CSR governance in general and competitiveness-driven CSR governance in particular from the point of view of an analytics of governmentality – thus introducing governmentality studies to the field of CSR. The aim of the paper is first, conceptually, to make sense of the governmentality approach in terms of the practical brand of critique it embodies and its positioning vis-à-vis other comparable contributions to our understanding of the government of CSR. And second, analytically, to propose a framework for analyzing the governmentalities of CSR. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7908
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Advantages of strategic ambiguityMorsing, Mette; Langer, Roy (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper we analyze the construction of corporate social responsibility in the business press as an act of strategic ambiguity. While corporate social responsibility (CSR) generally evokes positive associations in public opinion, this paper demonstrates that these associations are based on a broadly encompassing and ambiguous definition of CSR. Our empirical data shows how the business press in its discourse on CSR provides no clarity on the definition of CSR in terms of a coherent motive, a dominant stakeholder or a consistent issue, but rather maintains ambiguity and imprecision about the meaning and content of CSR. While ambiguity and imprecision may be seen as an act of uncertainty in a passing stage when a new phenomenon emerges and develops, our longitudinal data demonstrates how ambiguity is preserved during a ten year period in four different daily newspapers. Ambiguity is systematically maintained in the business press. We refer to this process as strategic ambiguity. The paper discusses the potential value and limitations of framing CSR in a state of strategic ambiguity in the context of the concurrent rethinking of the role of business in modern welfare societies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7125
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An Analysis of Donor-financed Management ToolsLund-Thomsen, Peter; Jamali, Dima; Vives, Antonio (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) account for more than 90% of the world's enterprises and 50-60% of employment. Their contribution to national and regional economic development and GDP growth is well-recognized (Morsing & Perrini 2009, Srinivasan & Bolar, Under Review). In fact, SMEs are thought to have enhanced local productive capacities, fostered innovation and entrepreneurship, and attracted foreign direct investment in both developed and developing countries (Raynard and Forstater 2002). However, whereas SMEs account for more than 60% of employment in developing countries, and although they are sometimes portrayed as key vehicles in the struggle against poverty in Southern contexts, (Luetkenhorst 2004), there is still a critical lack of knowledge about to the extent to which these firms may contribute to achievement of broader objectives of sustainable and equitable development (Fox, 2005). In fact, when it comes to their role in promoting corporate social responsibility (CSR) in developing countries, the verdict is still out there in terms of the extent to which SMEs engage in CSR, and whether their CSR involvement makes any difference to the profitability of firms, workers, and the environment in the South (Jamali et al., 2009; Sachdeva & Panfil, 2008). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8805
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Ney, Caroline Julie (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: As sustainable development practices expand among companies, innovation appears more and more as a required path to progress towards the integration of ecological concerns at the very heart of business activities. Ecodesign not only requires this integration but can also be a concrete tool for its implementation (Le Pochat, 2005). Our results show that while implementing ecodesign practices, companies mobilize existing competences, that they combine with new ones. These new competences originate from exploration-orientated external cooperations. This original combination of competences paves the way for an internal research, made mostly of exploitation but still including some exploration projects. Long-term continuous innovation (Verona, Ravasi, 2003) requires an appropriate balance between exploration and exploitation. The litterature refers to this balance as « ambidexterity ». The present paper provides evidence for a competence development process associated to the implementation of ecodesign. By combining contextual and network ambidexterity, this process promotes a continuous stream of innovation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7118
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Thompson, Grahame (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Many formulations of contemporary globalization suggest that citizenship is being radically transformed by processes of transnationalism. And the business world is reacting to this sense of change by firms claiming to be 'global corporate citizens'. But what exactly does global corporate citizenship mean and what are its implications? In this paper a preliminary response is made to these questions by situating corporate citizenship within the wider framework of constitutional debates about private economic law and the juridicalization of the international sphere more generally. The paper poses the issue of whether there is a quasi-constitutionalization of the international corporate sphere underway and the possible governance consequences of this process. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7379
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Hockerts, Kai; Wüstenhagen, Rolf (København, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper proposes a model of how incumbents and new entrants engage in sustainable entrepreneurship. We suggest that in the early stages of an industry's sustainability transformation, new entrants ('Emerging Davids') are more likely than incumbents to pursue sustainability-related opportunities. Incumbents react to the activities of new entrants by engaging in corporate sustainable entrepreneurship activities. While these 'Greening Goliaths' are often less ambitious in their environmental and social goals, they may have a broader reach due to their established market presence. This paper analyses the interplay between 'Greening Goliaths' and 'Emerging Davids' and theorizes about how it is their compounded impact that promotes the sustainable transformation of industries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7122
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Towards An Analytical FrameworkPyke, Frank; Lund-Thomsen, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this article, we explore the relationship between industrial clusters and social upgrading in developing countries. Our article focuses on the hitherto little-considered influence of the economic and regulatory environment on the social upgrading of a cluster and on its governance system. In doing so, we develop an analytical framework that seeks to explain how the enabling environment and different actors in cluster governance can either facilitate and/or hinder the process of social upgrading in cluster settings in developing countries. Finally, the conclusion outlines our main findings, the research and policy implications of our analysis. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9155
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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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Value Chain Struggles, Work Organization, and Outcomes for Labor in the Football Manufacturing Industry of Jalandhar, IndiaLund-Thomsen, Peter; Khara, Navjote (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Recent academic writings have emphasized that an increasing proportion of world-wide manufacturing is taking place through extensive subcontracting networks that connect consumers in the United States and Europe with workers laboring in the informal economies of developing countries where they often lack social protection or legal recognition under national labor laws. In this article, we make a contribution to this literature by exploring how three different forms of work organization – factory-based, center-based, and home-based football stitching - came into being in the brand sensitive, export-oriented football manufacturing industry of Jalandhar in North India. We argue that the evolution of supply chain linkages and work forms within this industry can best be understood through the 'prism' of value chain struggles between the intra-chain actors such as international buyers and local suppliers and the extra-chain actors such as national governments and international NGOs. In particular, struggles over supplier upgrading and labor standards first led to the creation of football stitching as a cottage industry in the latter part of the 20th century and then its re-establishment as industrial factory-based work in the early parts of the new millennium. We conclude that shifting preferences of the upstream buyers and the global consumers, somewhat ironically, offer a Hobson's choice to the Jalandhar football manufacturers: either insource football stitching within factory-based settings, adopt new technologies, and comply with labor laws/standards, or perish in the highly competitive global market. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8937
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Hockerts, Kai (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper draws on interviews with 12 investor relations directors. These were used to elicit the mental models respondents used when explaining their firms' motivation to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Four dimensions of CSR-induced competitive advantages emerged: risk, efficiency, branding, and new markets. Respondents from firms with lower social performance drew on less differentiated and less balanced cognitive frameworks (focussing on risk and efficiency). Respondents from firms with higher social performance reported not only more links between CSR and competitiveness, their underlying cognitive models were also more balanced across the four dimensions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7117
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Strand, Robert (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The metaphors of strategic management are predominantly rooted in competition in support of the objective to achieve a "competitive advantage." Drawn from military, sport, and (oftentimes incomplete) interpretations of evolutionary biology, these metaphors imply that business is a zero-sum competitive game. Metaphors are not "just" words but, rather, they impact thoughts and actions. Hence the use of competitive metaphors encourages competitive behavior in business. We argue that this misdirects the purpose of business from being about value creation and, moreover, that value creation is most effectively achieved by approaching business as a fundamentally cooperative endeavor. Furthermore, these "survival of the fittest" sorts of metaphors inhibit considerations toward ethics, humanism, and sustainability. We call for a shift toward metaphors rooted in cooperation and as a means to do so we also call for a shift in focus from achieving "competitive advantage" toward achieving "cooperative advantage" as the objective of strategic management. We conclude by laying out some promising research avenues for further considerations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8880
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Rahbek Pedersen, Esben (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to develop a model of how managers perceive the responsibilities of business towards society. The article is based on the survey responses of more than 1,000 managers in eight large international firms. It is concluded that the managerial perceptions of societal responsibilities differ in some respects from the mainstream models found in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics literature. The article is an output of RESPONSE: an EUand corporate-funded research project on managerial perceptions of CSR. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7126
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Casanova, Lourdes; Crone Jensen, Elisabeth; Sloan, Pamela; Gradillas, Maria; Hockerts, Kai (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report summarizes selected findings of a three‐year research effort undertaken by INSEAD, Copenhagen Business School (CBS), Bocconi University, and the Leon Kosminski Academy. It is part of a larger European Commission‐funded study, entitled "RESPONSE". This project has aimed at understanding how multinational firms see their responsibility towards society and how this is aligned (or not) with the expectations of their stakeholders. Preliminary findings were developed in a final report which was presented at a conference in autumn 2007 at INSEAD, Fontainebleau (please find link in the appendix). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7120
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Yokoyama, Keiko (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The growing practice of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has led to increasing research attention in the literature to the role of CSR strategy. CSR strategy is a concept for maximizing profits or benefits for both society and the company. Studies of CSR strategy during the 1990's and the early 2000's were mainly limited to examining the concept of CSR, and merely discussed the needs and importance of the strategic development of CSR. Recently, strategy researchers have proposed more specific CSR strategies by applying their knowledge of strategic management. This paper first summarizes these CSR strategy studies and then proposes an approach to CSR strategy from a new perspective. This paper also identifies issues that a company may face when implementing CSR and suggests approaches to CSR strategy to overcome these issues. To overcome the CSR issues, the paper discusses (1) a framework for recognizing the contribution that CSR activity makes to corporate performance, and (2) approaches to CSR strategy for resolving tradeoffs inherent to the CSR activity. This paper proposes that a company design its CSR activity so that it expands the company's stakeholders, resources and capabilities. Secondly, because the impact of CSR activity occurs both through external factors, such as legitimacy and reputation, and through internal factors, such as implementation and learning, efforts to stimulate the processes are discussed. Lastly, based on the above considerations, the outcome of CSR, corporate performance and the resolution of tradeoffs inherent to CSR are further examined. This paper concludes by pointing out that, from the perspective of CSR strategy, it is most important for a company to implement CSR activity regarding it as a social business, based on a careful review of its core business. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7124
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Roepstorff, Anne (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7121
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Hockerts, Kai (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Over the past decade product service systems (PSS) study has established itself as a research field. Most recently scholars have occupied themselves with the design and implementation of product service systems, which they posit help reduce environmental and economic inefficiencies. However, extant literature leaves open the question why such inefficiencies exist in the first place. This paper proposes opportunistic behaviour, bounded rationality, and asymmetric information as possible explanations for the existence of the inefficiencies discussed by PSS scholars. It continues by exploring five types of property rights and the role they can play in increasing eco-efficiency. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7123
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The Relation Between Policies concerning Corporate Social Responsibility and Philosophical Moral TheoriesAn Empirical InvestigationFrederiksen, Claus S. (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the relation between policies concerning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and philosophical moral theories. The objective is to determine which moral theories form the basis for CSR policies. Are they based on ethical egoism, libertarianism, utilitarianism or some kind of common-sense morality? To address this issue, I conducted an empirical investigation examining the relation between moral theories and CSR policies, in companies engaged in CSR. Based on the empirical data I collected, I start by suggesting some normative arguments used by the respondents. Secondly, I suggest that these moral arguments implicitly rely on some specific moral principles, which I characterise. Thirdly, on the basis of these moral principles, I suggest the moral theories upon which the CSR policies are built. Previous empirical studies examining the relation between philosophical moral theories and the ethical content of business activities have mainly concentrated on the ethical decision-making of managers. Some of the most prominent investigations in that regard propose that managers mainly act in accordance with utilitarian moral theory (Fritzsche and Becker, 1984; Premeaux and Mony, 1993; Premeaux, 2004). I conclude that CSR policies are not based on utilitarian thinking, but instead on some kind of common-sense morality. The ethical foundation of companies engaged in CSR thus does not mirror the ethical foundation of managers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7822
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Theory and Practice of Stakeholder Engagement in ScandinaviaStrand, Robert; Freeman, R. Edward (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this article we clarify the historical roots of stakeholder theory to establish that a much larger role was played by Scandinavian thinkers in its development than is currently acknowledged. We show that important contributions to the stakeholder concept were being made by Eric Rhenman and his Scandinavian contemporaries in parallel to the contributions from the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) in the early 1960s and thereafter and thus are not a "historical trail" as they are currently labeled. Therefore we offer a significant modification to the historical narrative as presented in Strategic Management: A Stakeholder Approach (Freeman, 1984). These important Scandinavian contributions include the first publication and description of the expression "stakeholder" in management literature accessible to scholars throughout the world and the introduction of the first stakeholder map to the management literature. We use this occasion to consider potential relationships between these early Scandinavian contributions to the stakeholder concept with current practices of well-known Scandinavian companies. Through this we contend the evidence suggests relationships worthy of further considerations. We conclude by endorsing the expression "Scandinavian cooperative advantage" through which we intend to provoke increased attention from beyond Scandinavia. Cooperation between companies and their stakeholders is increasingly recognized as necessary for the social and environmental sustainability of world and the long-term profitability of companies where we contend inspiration for such cooperation may be prosperously drawn from Scandinavia. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8657
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Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Group Executive Chair, Fabric Upholstery
designed by Charles and Ray Eames
At A Glance:
Herman Miller introduced the Eames Aluminum Group in 1958 as Charles and Ray Eames' response to the need for high-quality indoor-outdoor furniture. It soon moved inside exclusively. Herman Miller celebrates the chair that came in from the cold. Available in management, executive and side chair models, this design remains a classic of style and comfort.
This high-back executive chair utilizes a lightweight aluminum frame with suspended upholstery, 5-star base with casters, tilt-swivel mechanism and seat-height adjustment. The polyester based fabric upholstery options provide durable, comfortable seating at a more affordable price than the more traditional leather options.
This is the kind of chair that belongs in the corner office or behind the biggest desk; the kind of chair that demands respect, while at the same time never being ostentatious or pretentious. It's simple, it's sleek and cool and retro, and it's designed to build a subtle picture of prestige. It also happens to be beautiful. Of course, this is also a flexible chair, and it doesn't have to be used behind a desk. While that is where it was designed to go, there are other places that will work, including lobbies and public spaces, and even homes. The high back of the chair makes it perfect for the desk, but that shouldn't be a limiting feature.
Also available in a leather version See the entire Eames Aluminum Chair Group.
What's To Like:
The Eames Aluminum Group Executive Chair is a true tall-backed chair. The elegant combination of upholstery and aluminum ribbing rises to the top of most sitters' backs. The effect is not imposing or intimidating, but it is certainly more prestigious. It retains the mystique of the old versions of executive chairs but replaces their pretentious exteriors with the simple, lovely creations of Charles and Ray Eames. And while this is a classic example of classic modern furniture, it's not dated. If anything, the cachet of the chair has only grown in the years between its debut and today, because the ultra-cool, retro look has come into style now even more than it was at that time.
Another feature of the chair is the more sculpted back. That's just one more reason this is a great chair for the office. It will keep your back comfortable and give you a little more support. That's going to really come in handy for long days at the office, when you need to do sustained work at your desk for hours and hours at a time. When you don't have to get up all the time because you're uncomfortable, that's a ton of productivity you're not losing because of your chair. With the Eames Aluminum Group Executive Chair, you don't run that risk. This is a comfortable, stylish chair.
What's Not to Like:
You'll get tilt, swivel, and rolling casters, but you won't get adjustable or padded arms. You'll get beautiful style and a large variety of color options, but you won't get adjustable lumbar support. By retro, we mean retro; when style was evolving and technology hadn't quite caught up yet, the Eames Aluminum Executive Chair was king. So really, it's all about the trade-offs - if you're looking for style, this is your cup of tea. Fully adjustable comfort? Try the Embody Chair or the Aeron Chair.
The Bottom Line:
This chair is an example of perfect design. When Charles and Ray Eames made a piece of furniture, they were often trying to make something multipurpose like the LCW or the molded plastic chairs, or else something "perfect" for a certain task, like the Eames Lounge Chair and the Eames Aluminum Group Executive Chair. These were chairs that used innovative techniques and materials to create something perfectly tailored to a need. In the case of the Lounger that need was rest and relaxation, and in the case of the executive chair, the need is a fine, prestigious, and powerful looking office chair. This is a chair that looks the best in the office, but looks good in the home and in public areas as well. High style, aesthetic beauty, functionality; it's a classic design from Charles and Ray Eames.
Upholstery Options:
- ColorGuard Vinyl: 100& vinyl
- Railroad: 100% perent recycled polyester
- Cygnus: 69% elastomeric, 31% polyester
- Hopsak: 100% recycled polyester
Caster Options
- 2" single wheel casters, hard floors or carpet
- 2" chrome soft double wheel casters, hard floors or carpet
- 2" black painted hard double wheel casters, carpet
- 2" chrome hard double wheel casters, carpet
Seat Height Adjustment Options
- Manual seat height adjustment
- Pneumatic seat height adjustment with tilt lock
The Herman Miller Eames Aluminum Executive Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: EA337P, EA337.
Design Story
About the Designer
About the Manufacturer
Herman Miller is an industry leader in the integration of cutting edge technology to furniture and other household items to make everyday life more comfortable, convenient, and stylish. Herman Miller stands out at the forefront of such fields as ergonomic technologies, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and customizable furniture items.
In addition to producing some of the most outstanding office furniture in the world, Herman Miller has also taken on the responsibility of manufacturing some of the most celebrated furniture designs by some of the world's most famous designs. These "modern classics" include works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi. Herman Miller celebrates these famous mid-century designers' works through its extraordinarily precise manufacturing techniques and industry-leading green production processes.
Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Herman Miller is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, while manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Materials & Measurements
Manual Adjustment
Overall: 41.25" h x 23" w x 18" d
Seat Height: 17-19.75"
Seat Depth: 17"
Max Arm Height: 27.5"
Pneumatic Adjustment
Overall: 42" h x 23" w x 18" d
Seat Height: 17.5-19.5"
Seat Depth: 17"
Max Arm Height: 27.75"
Lightweight aluminum frame with suspended upholstery.
Upholstery Options
ColorGuard Vinyl: 100& vinyl
Railroad: 100% perent recycled polyester
Cygnus: 69% elastomeric, 31% polyester
Hopsak: 100% recycled polyester
Environmental Information
Shipping & Delivery
White Glove Delivery: $99.00 per item
If you want your furniture delivered and ready to go, this is the option for you. The shipper will schedule a delivery window with you at least 24 hours in advance. They'll bring the furniture into your home, place it in your room of choice, and assemble any pieces that need to be put together. It's the true white glove treatment!
- Typical transit time is 4-7 business days. Some larger and specialty items may take a bit longer.
- Shipper will arrange a four hour window for delivery at least 24 hours in advance.
- Your driver or delivery team will bring the furniture inside your home and into your room of choice (up to two flights of stairs).
- Delivery folks will unpack your furniture, assemble any pieces needing to be put together, and they'll discard all of the boxes and packaging materials.
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The Eames Aluminum Executive Chair comes with a 12-year manufacturer's warranty.
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Phys Ed: Does Stretching Before Running Prevent Injuries?
September 0, 2010
Recent findings and perspectives on medical research.
Everyone knows smoking is bad for you, but millions cannot overcome the addiction.
Secondhand smoke; Cigarette smoking; Tobacco cessation; Smoking and smokeless tobacco
Tobacco is a plant grown for its leaves, which are smoked, chewed, or sniffed for a variety of effects.
Most smokers in the United States would like to quit smoking. Most people who have quit smoking made at least one unsuccessful quit attempt in the past. Try not to view past attempts to quit as failures, but rather as learning experiences.
Many smokers come to depend on the positive effects of nicotine, such as boosting their mood, improving short-term memory and concentration, and producing a sense of well-being.
There are many more reasons to quit using tobacco. Knowing the serious health risks may help motivate you to quit. When used over a long period, tobacco and related chemicals such as tar and nicotine can increase your risk of many health problems.
Smokers who switch to smokeless tobacco instead of quitting tobacco completely still carry a number of health risks:
Those who are regularly around the smoke of others (secondhand smoke) have a higher risk of:
Infants and children who are regularly exposed to secondhand smoke are at risk of:
You will notice many benefits of quitting right away:
Your home, work, and social life will also improve immediately:
Some health benefits begin almost immediately too, but every week, month, and year without tobacco use only improves your health.
Like any addiction, quitting tobacco is difficult, especially if you are acting alone. There are a lot of ways to quit smoking and many resources to help you. See: Smoking - tips on how to quit
Benowitz NL. Tobacco. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine . 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 30.
Boffetta P, Hecht S, Gray N, Gupta P, Straif K. Smokeless tobacco and cancer. Lancet Oncol . 2008;9:667-675.
Parkes GT, Greenhalgh T, Griffin M, Dent R. Effect on smoking quit rate of telling patients their lung age: the Step 2 quit randomised controlled trial. BMJ . 2008:336:598-600.
Boffetta P, Straif K. Use of smokeless tobacco and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke: systematic review with meta-analysis. BMJ . 2009;339:b3060. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b3060.
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Counseling and interventions to prevent tobacco use and tobacco-caused disease in adults and pregnant women. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:551-555.


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Wendi necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 127 diseños de 37 diseñadores freelance.
ProPhase Labs
ProPhase Labs will be the new name of The Quigley Corporation, the company behind Cold-EEZE, Kids-EEZE and Organix. The company has changed hands and is being renamed. You can see the current website at http://www.quigleyco.com. ProPhase Labs will be launching some new products during the next 18 months. These may include remedies for acne, increased energy, smoking cessation and anti-aging. Our mission is to develop and market remedies that offer pioneering new options to improve treatment results. We address the root cause of illness with more power, speed and efficacy than other treatment options. We develop and acquire high performance homeopathic and allopathic compounds and offer unique methods to deliver those compounds. We innovate medical science and change lives.
Currently women buy our products, whether they are buying for their children, husbands or families, the vast majority of our consumers are women. These women are generally well-educated and are knowledge seekers.
We are looking for a logo that evokes both science and wellness. It has to work in both color and in black and white, reduced on a package. The logo can't be trendy -- we expect to live with this for a long time. We are interested both in an evocative mark, as well as interesting font treatment. Please don't use clip art or something that has been used before. We had a problem with that in an earlier contest.
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I was recently buying magical items for my Kobold Wilder and I wanted to get a Dorje of Body Adjustment to have backup healing. I looked at the price of a level 3 dorje(11,250gp) and it was a bit out of my price range. So I looked to see if there were any classes who learned it earlier.
I found that Psychic warriors have it as a second-level Power which puts its Dorje cost much lower and within my price range as a second level power (2nd level Dorje cost 4500gp).
What I want to know is: Do I need to make a Use Psi Device check because the power is technically on my Class list?


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Just ran a Heroic Eye Dungeon with a Shadow Priest ilvl 842. Here is how he blew us out of the water. 422k average damage at end of fight on final boss. He kept this dps up no matter what the pull.
yea, i haven't flasked for anything. I go to the auction house once a week to sell all my crap i collect. I didn't even thing of flasking till i saw dimitre with a flask on during the heroic raid.
Not only flasks, during fight pots have helped me combat mana issues big time. If we really want to progress we are going to have to start making those who attend the heroic raid get these items, everyone needs to pull their weight!
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I was thinking for dragons it might be a good idea to make sure we have a couple aoe stuns on each side. It seemed to really help chain stunning adds so we can take them down and not get to far from the boss. I think the running around is killing the dps a little being so melee heavy
re: consumables--
if you can stomach the cost, potions can contribute 2-5+% of a person's damage. we're not a super progression guild but our dps can pull obscene numbers when timing the potions properly. the mark of the hidden satyr neck enchant can also add a decent amount of damage if you have a suitable piece to enchant.
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Dick and Aldora Rhoads of Waldron, formerly of Morenci, will celebrate 65 years of marriage. They were married March 15, 1948.
The couple has five children, Bonnie Kammeyer of Arizona, Christine Jones, Lisa Walker of Wauseon, Ohio, Mary DeGrof of Arizona and David of Wauseon.
Dick and Aldora ran Keefer's Market in Morenci for many years, then they both worked at Sauder Village in Archbold for many years.


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Thousands of youths from Israel and other countries marched in silence Monday at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi death camp in Poland, to pay homage to 6 million Jews killed during the Holocaust.
Frank Lowy of Australia, a Holocaust survivor whose father died in the camp, joined the youths as they walked between the two main sections of the complex, Auschwitz and Birkenau. Israeli armed forces' chief of staff, Benny Gantz, son of a Holocaust survivor, made a speech to them.
Many of the young people wore blue windbreakers bearing the logo of the event, which coincided with Israel's annual Holocaust memorial day and is called the "March of the Living." Some also carried Israeli flags. Upon arriving at the stone memorial of Birkenau, the youths watched a pre-recorded message from Israeli President Shimon Peres.
They later lit six torches in tribute to the victims, Holocaust survivors and those who risked their lives to save Jews.
This year's march also honored the fighters of the Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis. April 19 will mark 70 years since they launched their doomed struggle.
The observances were broadcast live for the first time on the March of the Living website.
The annual 3-kilometer (2-mile) march traditionally starts from the Auschwitz main gate with its notorious "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Makes You Free") inscription and closes with ceremonies by the Birkenau memorial.
The march began in 1988 as a biennial event, but was soon staged yearly.
So far, more than 185,000 youths from around the world have taken part, according to the International March of the Living organizers.
During World War II, the Nazis killed some 1.5 million people, most of them Jews, but also Russians, Roma, Poles and other nationals at Auschwitz-Birkenau.


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WTViewerE software enables PC connectivity for Yokogawa power analyzers such as the WT5000, WT3000E/ WT3000, WT1800E/ WT1800 , WT500 and WT300E/WT300 through Ethernet, USB, GPIB or RS232. With multichannel measurements, multi-unit connectivity and multilingual support, the WTViewerE allows users to easily control, monitor, collect, analyze, and save remote measurements from up to any 4 power analyzers simultaneously.
|Test Application:
●Automotive Power Train
●Wind Power Inverter
●Home/Office Appliances
●Solar Power Inverter
Power Measurement Software
|*Simultaneous connections of up to 4 units
|Measurement , Remote Control
Multi-Unit Synchronization
Visualization and Analysis
|Real-time Control
WTViewerE allows users to analyze and control remote measurements in real-time or use previously acquired data. In the online mode, users have real time control of measurements from each connected instrument, allowing them to remotely start or stop integration or collect live measurement values. In the offline mode as well users can analyze the latest acquired or previously stored data.
Multichannel Measurements
With the WTViewerE, users can simultaneously view up to 12 waveforms, 8 trends, 8 vectors and 6 harmonic bar graphs in split screen mode or zoom in using cursors for more detail on a particular area of interest. Users can also customize, save and load screen layouts as well as specify the data to be saved in CSV format. The software also allows users to create custom computations combining values from multiple power analyzers.
Measurement Screen (online)
|Multi-unit Connectivity
WTViewerE enables synchronized measurement of up to four WT instruments in any combination regardless of model, element type or optional modules.
The software auto detects connected instruments and displays a list from which users can modify wiring systems, voltage and current ranges, update intervals, synchronization sources, display formats and other measurement conditions.
Analysis Screen (offline)
|With customizable split screen display of readings in numeric, bar, trend or vector formats, the WTViewerE simplifies the acquisition, storage and analysis of multichannel measurements from up to 4 power analyzers simultaneously.
Ideal for multichannel power measurements
The WTViewerE allows users to :
|WT Series Models
(firmware 6.11 or later)
(firmware 2.31 or later)
(firmware 1.21 or later)
|The WTViewerE allows simultaneous connection of different WT series models.
Example: WT3000E-WT1800E, etc.
It also allows simultaneous connection of the same models with different input element types/numbers or different options.
|Display screen
|Measuring Item: Normal, harmonics, integration
|Display Screens: numeric, waveform*1, trend, harmonic list*2, Bar Graph*2 and vector*2*3
*1 Harmonic measurement option must be installed in the WT300 or WT300E.
*2 Harmonic measurement option must be installed in the WT.
*3 A vector window cannot be displayed on the WT300 or WT300E.
|Data Acquisition Interval:50 ms at max. speed.
- The data storage period can be any custom settings (more than 20 seconds) and the data update rate of the product.
- Depends on your PC's processing speed, the communication interface is use, and the number of data points that the software is collecting from the WT.
- When the data acquisition interval is 500 msec or less, dropout of waveform data will occur on regular basis.
|Data conversion
|Numeric and Waveform data: CSV format (.csv)
|Languages Supported
|English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese,
German, Italian, Korean, Russian,
Spanish, French, Hungarian
|Equivalent to Intel Core i5-2430M or better
|4 GB or more recommended
|1TB free space or more on the hard disk
|English version of Windows 7, Windows 8.1, or Windows 10
|Communication Board
|NI (National Instruments)
|PCI-GPIB or PCI-GPIB+
PCIe-GPIB or PCIe-GPIB+
On Windows 7: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver.2.7.2 or later.
On Windows 8.1: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver.3.1.0 or later.
On Windows 10: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver.3.1.0 or later.
On Windows 7: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver. 2.8.1 or later.
On Windows 8.1: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver.3.1.0 or later.
On Windows 10: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver.15.5.0 or later.
On Windows 7: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver. 14.0 or later.
On Windows 10: Use driver NI-488.2 Ver.15.5.0 or later.
|An available PC COM port
|10BASE-T or 100BASE-TX compatible Ethernet port
|A USB Rev. 1.1 or later USB port
|Display, Printer, and Mouse
|Screen Resolution
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|Disk Drive
|A drive that can read CD-Rs
|Operating System
|Must be compaible with the operating systems listed above.
*4 Storage Capacity
This software saves all displayed measured data.
Depending on the combination of setup items that affect the data size, the data may exceed 1 TB.
Conditions of setup items :
Measurement data acquisition time and size:
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We hear it every year the night and day following Selection Sunday: "Tech was hosed! State was screwed!"
Sometimes the arguments are iffy-at-best, sometimes they suck. This year, its clear as night and day that a team was screwed: Marshall.
Twitter erupted like Mount St. Helens after Iona was selected as one of the last four teams in the NCAA tournament last night, and for good reason. Sure, Iona played a tough non-conference schedule. I'll give you that they beat some tough RPI 51-100 teams. But so did Marshall, and then some. Lets compare.
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- Marshall has a significantly better non-conference and overall strength of schedule rating, something Jeff Hathaway (NCAA committee chairman) said the committee liked about Iona.
- Marshall's RPI is 3 points lower than Iona overall and 32 points lower in the non-conference schedule.
- Marshall is 4-6 against the Top 50, Iona is 0-2.
- Iona is 5-3 against the Top 100, Marshall is 6-10.
- Iona has 4 bad losses, Marshall has 3.
- Iona bowed out in the semi-finals of the MAAC tournament, Marshall made the finals in a significantly better conference (10 vs. 20 in KenPom rating.)
- Wins against NCAA teams: Iona (3: none of which are at-larges, RPIs: 78, 80, @135) – Marshall (5: vs 21, 21, 40, @42, 58)
- Perhaps the most damning evidence is that Marshall beat Iona by 19 in December.
For comedic purposes, Marshall wasn't even in the last four out. Translation: they didn't just miss the tournament.
Hey, but what do I know about resumes, I'm not on the NCAA selection committee. What I do know is that a team with significantly more Top 50 wins, more wins against NCAA caliber teams and better strength of schedule numbers was thrown to the curb for a team with less of the aforementioned NCAA at-large criteria.
Oh yeah, lets not forget that Marshall beat Iona by 19 points like the selection committee apparently did.
Marshall was hosed. Marshall was screwed.
Filed under: Selection Sunday, What the!? | Tagged: Iona Gaels, Marshall Thundering Herd, Selection Sunday |


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Andrew Garfield has used his Tony Awards acceptance speech to honor LGBTI activists who fought for community's equal rights.
Garfield won the Tony for best lead actor in a play for his role as Prior Walter in the iconic gay play, Angels in America.
The actor who has long advocated for the LGBTI community called out bigotry against the community in his acceptance speech.
'At a moment in time where maybe the most important thing that we remember right now is the sanctity of the human spirit, it is the profound privilege of my life to play Prior Walter in Angels in America because he represents the purest spirit of humanity,' Garfield said.
'And especially that of the LGBTQ community. It is a spirit that says no to oppression. It is a spirit that says no to bigotry, no to shame, no to exclusion. It is a spirit that says we are all made perfectly. That we all belong.
'So, I dedicate this award to the countless LGBTQ people who have fought and died to protect that spirit, to protect that message: For the right to live and love as we are created to.'
Let them bake cakes!
Garfield wrapped up his moving speech with a quip throwing shade at a recent Supreme Court decision to rule in favor of a baker who refused to bake a cake for a gay couple's wedding
'We are all sacred and we all belong, so let's just bake a cake for everyone who wants a cake to be baked,' Garfield said.
Andrew Garfield won Best Actor at the #TonyAwards for Angels in America. During his acceptance speech he gave a message of support to the LGBTQ community (and threw shade at conservative evangelical snowflakes): "Let's just bake a cake for everyone who wants a cake to be baked." pic.twitter.com/g9RBGSxZGF
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February 15, 2014
MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) — Bahraini anti-government activists clashed with security forces as thousands of demonstrators took to the streets on Saturday, sending tear gas into a major shopping mall and bringing the capital's streets to a standstill on the same day that authorities said a police officer died of injuries sustained from an earlier bombing.
The Interior Ministry said that the officer was one of two injured in what it called a "terrorist blast" on Friday in the village of Dair, near the country's main airport. It did not identify the officer. In a second statement, the ministry characterized recent attacks against security forces as "urban guerrilla warfare."
Chaos in the small Gulf-island nation highlights deeper regional sectarian tensions that continue to roil Bahrain three years after the country's majority Shiites began an Arab Spring-inspired uprising to demand greater political rights from the Sunni-led monarchy.
Neighboring Sunni-ruled Gulf countries with smaller Shiite populations, led by Saudi Arabia, sent troops to Bahrain in an effort to stem the uprising in 2011. More than 65 people have died in the unrest, but rights groups and others put the death toll higher.
Heeding calls by Bahrain's main Shiite coalition al-Wefaq, around 15,000 Bahrainis marched in the capital Manama's streets a day after the three-year anniversary of the start of the anti-government uprising.
The protesters marched for several miles (kilometers) before clashes erupted. Police fired tear gas at the crowd, which included women and children. The protesters carried the red and white Bahraini flag and signs that read "Democracy is the only solution".
"I came to say that I refuse the way that my government treats people like me with discrimination," prominent human rights activist Azhar Jaafar said. He was carrying the picture of a 22 year-old protester Nabeel Rajab, who is one of around 3,000 people believed to be behind bars for politically-related charges.
"Allahu Akbar!" or God is great, the crowd chanted as youth protesters erected makeshift barriers to keep police back. They burnt tires to block the effects of the tear gas and threw rocks back at the security forces. Some protesters were seen carrying Molotov cocktails.
Efforts to restart on-and-off reconciliation talks between the Shiite-dominated opposition and the Sunni monarchy and its allies have so far failed to bring an end to simmering unrest in the country, an American ally that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet.
Activists frequently clash with police. Anti-government factions have been increasingly using small-scale bombs targeting government forces. Al-Wefaq said the protests Saturday were called to demand a democratic transition "in which the people are the source of all powers." The group said the protest was also called to denounce the "free reign" given to security forces to exercise "heinous violations" against citizens.
The Interior Ministry says police have shown "incredible restraint in their use of force in dealing with violent rioters." Former member of parliament and opposition figure Abdul-Jalil Khalil told The Associated Press that a "serious dialogue" is necessary, but that it cannot happen so long activists are imprisoned.
"Today's events come as a result of a culture of denial by authorities who insist on security solutions and refuse to enter into meaningful dialogue," he said.


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PINE BLUFF — For those who didn't know, the late Al McGuire made an interesting point about Arkansas basketball during a live telecast:
PINE BLUFF — For those who didn't know, the late Al McGuire made an interesting point about Arkansas basketball during a live telecast:
"Surprisingly, Arkansas plays on three home courts — one in Little Rock, one in Fayetteville and one here," the Marquette coach-turned-broadcaster noted.
"Here" was the Pine Bluff Convention Center. Then was Feb. 12, 1984. Who were the No. 1 team in men's college basketball, the North Carolina Tar Heels, and the Arkansas Razorbacks.
According to then-Razorback forward Charles Balentine, legendary North Carolina head coach Dean Smith didn't want to play in the old on-campus Barnhill Arena or Little Rock's Barton Coliseum.
"North Carolina wanted a neutral court if it wasn't a knock-over team," current Pine Bluff Conventon Center executive director Bob Purvis said. "It wasn't neutral, but it wasn't a home court."
Apparently, most of the 7,529 fans in attendance weren't convinced it wasn't a home game.
"I've always said our crowd was our sixth man getting us up and beyond," said Balentine, a junior starting forward in 1984 who was averaging 7.7 points and 4.2 rebounds.
Razorback basketball in Pine Bluff was a norm for 16 seasons. The Convention Center, which opened in 1976, hosted the Hogs once each season in 1977-78 and 1978-79 and welcomed them twice a season for each of the next 14 campaigns. Arkansas was very successful here, winning 28 of 30 games.
"The biggest advantage we had was, there was no place else this part of the world" to play a game of high magnitude, Purvis said. "The only facility south of Fayetteville was Barton Coliseum, and no one wanted to go to Barton Coliseum. There was no new 6, 7 or 8,000-seat facility."
But rarely did a team from a big-name conference play Arkansas in Pine Bluff.
Enter North Carolina of the Atlantic Coast Conference, one of the biggest brands in college basketball, two seasons removed from a national championship. The team, which was 19-0 going into the game, was led by soon-to-be national player of the year Michael Jordan and his fellow future NBA stars Sam Perkins and Brad Daugherty.
At least two Arkansas players, Joe Kleine and Alvin Robertson, were familiar with Jordan and Perkins, as they played together on the U.S. Olympic team.
While the Razorbacks were preparing for a Southwest Conference game at Southern Methodist to be played the day before, the Tar Heels had already arrived in Pine Bluff the Thursday prior. (Arkansas and UNC played on a Sunday.)
"We kept looking in our newspapers, and they were talking about how the Tar Heels were already in town," Balentine said, adding there wasn't much pregame coverage of Arkansas vs. SMU.
Arkansas was 17-4 before the SMU game and in the middle of a tough Southwest Conference race. The Razorbacks fell out of the Associated Press rankings after back-to-back losses to Rice and Villanova, but started a new winning streak with wins over Baylor and Texas A&M (the latter decided by one point).
The Hogs needed to beat SMU in Dallas to remain in second place. So, there was no time to look ahead to the Tar Heels.
"Before we left to go to Dallas, that's all we talked about, beating SMU," said Balentine, a Newport native who now works as a district manager for Academy Sports and Outdoors and resides in Rogers. "… In order to be in second place, we had to beat SMU."
Mission accomplished. Arkansas won 80-71 and was supposed to fly into Pine Bluff that evening.
Instead, violent weather kept the Razorbacks in Dallas until the next morning.
"The weather didn't get better," Balentine said. "Dallas was normally a 45-minute flight. It took us about an hour and a half to get there."
And it was 2 hours before game time when the Hogs landed. NBC Sports crew, which included its top college basketball broadcasting duo of Dick Enberg and McGuire, was on hand to televise action, giving Pine Bluff rare national exposure.
"It's just kind of odd we were both in the middle of the conference, and we took a day out of conference to play," Balentine said.
Let alone the day after a conference game, but Balentine added it was originally scheduled that way.
"No one knew of a Michael Jordan when it was scheduled two years in advance," Purvis said.
For Balentine and the Hogs, the more immediate concern was how they would perform in front of the NBC cameras.
"We were still queasy from that trip," Balentine said. "It was the worst flight I had ever been on. We just had breakfast, and it wasn't great. We were still in the dressing room. Coach (Eddie Sutton) said, 'Get out there on the floor and shoot.' We were just trying to get our legs under us."
Then they headed back to the locker room before coming out for the tip.
"This is where I give coach Sutton all the credit: He told us, 'Forget all that you just went through. We're here now,'" Balentine said. "'It's time to go to work.'
"I remember him writing on the backboard. 'Charles you got this guy, Joe you got this guy.' We didn't have time to prepare. But he told us, 'You've got nothing to lose. Get out there and play.'"
North Carolina was missing an important player in freshman point guard Kenny "The Jet" Smith, whom Balentine said did not make the trip with a broken wrist. Stepping up in his role was freshman Steve Hale, a Tulsa, Okla., native and solid spot shooter who was heavily recruited by the Razorbacks.
But Arkansas was more concerned about the disadvantage in the frontcourt that North Carolina posed.
"Our goal was to contain Perkins and Daugherty," Balentine said. "We were overmatched already. Our goal was to keep it a half-court game, keep it within 55 and 60 points."
As for Jordan, the two-time consensus All-American who was averaging 19.6 points per game and hitting 55.1 percent from the field in 1984?
"There was no scheme to stop Michael Jordan," Balentine said. "It was more of a team thing."
In 1984, there was no three-point line or shot clock in nonconference or national postseason game, so trying to limit the Tar Heels on offense wasn't far-fetched.
In fact, Arkansas — which employed a 2-3 zone — raced to a 38-34 halftime lead and didn't play like a team weary from travel. Both teams hit 50 percent from the field in the first 20 minutes.
"We played it at the pace we wanted to," Balentine said.
The Hogs expanded the lead to 46-36 early in the second half, but the Tar Heels fought back to take a 58-57 advantage. Kleine, the Hogs' center, hit a jump shot to put his team back in front.
North Carolina, which shot a little colder from the field in the second half (40.7 percent), made some clutch buckets, however. Jordan, who finished with a game-high 21 points, made back-to-back shots to put North Carolina ahead 64-63 with 1:15 left.
With 29 seconds left and no time outs left, Arkansas inbounded the ball side-out, and McGuire correctly predicted the Hogs would put the ball in Robertson's hands.
"I was always the inbound man," Balentine said. "We drew that play up. The plan was to clear out and let Alvin take Steve Hale one-on-one. When Alvin got the ball, they immediately double-teamed him."
Robertson got the ball back just outside the key with 9 seconds left, with Hale heavily on him.
"Undefeated team," McGuire said on the call. "It can all end right here. There hasn't been an undefeated team since 1976, Indiana."
Then Robertson found Balentine.
"Out of the corner of my eye, here came the ball," he said. "Just happened to be at the right place at the right time."
Balentine stopped the bounce-pass with his left hand and pulled up for the 5-foot bank shot high off the backboard to put UA ahead by one point with 4 seconds left. Two more seconds elapsed before North Carolina called timeout. (Unlike today, the clock did not stop on a made basket in the final minute.)
Balentine jumped for joy in transition after the shot, hugging Kleine before they headed to the bench.
Because of the seating in the Convention Center, the ball could not be inbounded with a player entirely behind the side-out line. Matt Doherty inbounded from half-court, his feet on the line, and found Hale — who had 15 points and six assists — open in the left-hand corner for an open turnaround shot.
"It's good!" McGuire prematurely screamed.
It wasn't. The shot clanked off the rim, and fans stormed the Pine Bluff court in celebration. Arkansas had just beaten top-ranked, unbeaten North Carolina 65-64, with the help of Balentine's 10 points.
Enberg summed up the celebration scene in four words: "Pandemonium in Pine Bluff!"
Arkansas finished second in the SWC standings and the conference tournament, dropping a 57-56 decision to Houston in the final. The Hogs finished eighth in the final AP poll.
In its next outing, Arkansas lost to Virginia 53-51 in overtime in the NCAA tournament, wrapping up its season at 25-7.
North Carolina won the ACC regular-season title, but was stunned by Duke 77-75 in the ACC tournament semifinal. Indiana upset UNC 72-68 in the NCAA Sweet Sixteen before losing to Virginia 50-48 in the Elite Eight.
Virginia lost 49-47 to Houston in the Final Four, but the Cougars finished second in the NCAA for the second straight season as Georgetown won the final 84-75.
But Arkansas' win over North Carolina was a really good highlight that year, too. Maybe the best highlight in Pine Bluff sports history.
"That (win) gave a lot of notoriety to the state," Balentine said. "People forget, later that same year, we snapped Houston's 35-game conference winning streak. That was huge for us because they were ruling the Southwest Conference."
And the Tar Heels ruled all of college basketball — until they visited Pine Bluff.


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Diagnosing Apple's PR Afflictions
Jan 6, 2009 9:03 AM PT
Unless Apple is planning on unveiling an iCar, an iHome or an iBrain at Tuesday's Macworld Expo in San Francisco, the media focus will remain squarely on Steve Jobs; his absence, his health, his successors. That's as it should be, even with the "Dear Apple Community" letter from Jobs that the company released Monday, and an accompanying statement of support from Apple's board of directors.
Still, I feel sorry for anyone who's wearing a press badge in the Moscone Center audience. I've attended a couple of Macworlds as a tech reporter for CNBC, and I've felt the heat that emanates from the Apple acolytes in the audience, cheering wildly at the new products and laughing at Jobs' Microsoft jokes. I can just imagine the response from the crowd if Jobs' keynote replacement Phil Schiller, Apple senior vice president for marketing, decides to get medieval on the media -- blogs included -- for its obsession with Jobs' weight, the reporting of rumors from anonymous sources and the airing of false iReport-ed Jobs heart attacks. All those liveblogging the keynote should arm themselves with earplugs -- or maybe earbuds from an iPod.
Fanboy-Media Throwdown
Many of the catcalls from the Mac faithful got a tryout on the comments sections of most of the traditional media Web sites or tech-related blogs that reported on the Jobs letter Monday. It didn't matter if the reporting was well-sourced and complete, like Tom Krazit's Cnet story. It was still greeted with this comment: "I'm not sure what got put in the water coolers at C|Net over the holidays, but you folks have collectively lost it today." The commenter surely didn't approve of Krazit's headline: "Steve Jobs' Health Now a Public Matter."
Jacob Goldstein, posting on The Wall Street Journal's Health Blog, helped fill in the holes in Jobs' letter. Jobs said the reason he lost weight in 2008 was a hormone imbalance that kept his body from absorbing needed proteins. Was it tied at all to his bout with a rare form of pancreatic cancer? Jobs didn't say, but Goldstein interviewed two endrocrinologists -- including one from the Mayo Clinic -- who said the hormone issue was probably related. That didn't stop the Mac fans. "Jacob, get a life," wrote one. "Thanks for confirming my decision that the WSJ is closer to the Nationl Inquirer that it is a business journalism publication," wrote another.
Krazit and Goldstein were just doing their jobs -- but I guess the Macolytes have to stick up for their Jobs too.
New vs. Traditional Media - Again
It's expected to find anonymous commenters taking potshots at reporters or bloggers, but when the bloggers and other new media types go after traditional media, it gets downright unseemly. Silicon Alley Insider fed the new-vs.-old-media meme with its headline, "Gizmodo Gets Steve Jobs Macworld Story Right, CNBC Gets It Wrong."
The gist of Nicholas Carlson's story is that everybody, including CNBC tech reporter Jim Goldman, bought Apple's explanation on Dec. 16 when it announced that this would be the company's last Macworld and that Jobs would not be making the keynote appearance we've expected for the past 10 years; it was "more about politics than about his pancreas," as Goldman quoted his company sources. Apple doesn't need expensive trade shows to introduce new products, they said.
However, last week, Gizmodo bloggers quoted their own anonymous longtime Apple source who said Jobs was passing on the keynote because his health was "declining rapidly." The stock sank, and Goldman checked again with his sources who said nothing had changed from their original statement. SAI believes Jobs' letter validates -- at least in this instance -- new media over old, and that bloggers can have potent sources too, even if Jobs says in the letter that his imbalance should be corrected before the summer.
Goldman also wrote the following in his same "TechCheck" blog posting: "If Apple is lying, holding some truth back, manipulating its own stock by manipulating the truth, someone -- indeed a lot of people -- could be going to jail. Do I like the way Apple has handled this ongoing story? No. But do I traffic in rumors to fill the void the company has created by not choosing to be more forthcoming about Jobs' health? Absolutely not. When Apple's got something material to report, I trust that it will. Meantime, unsourced garbage nuking its shares is just that."
Full disclosure: I know Goldman well. He took over the tech beat at CNBC when I left the network in 2000. He's one of the best, and the reason he's one of the best is because he's all about journalism with a capital "J." His bosses also appreciate that -- which is why they don't want him airing rumors. I've written in this column about the hard lessons we all learned at CNBC in the late 1990s when short-sellers and day traders would float unsubstantiated rumors about publicly traded companies on message boards.
Carlson's point about bloggers and their sources is really about the bigger issue of new media rules: There really aren't any, and Apple has once again helped to illustrate that.
Apple's PR Problem
It's going to seem like I know everybody and their dog in the tech world, but then again, I've been at this for a while. (I'm not saying I'm old, but pretty soon you're going to need carbon-14 dating methods to determine my exact age.) Web 2.0 is all about transparency, so you need to be aware that I am also familiar with the person who helps lead Apple's PR department. Steve Dowling used to be CNBC's Silicon Valley bureau chief. He's all too familiar with how business journalists get to the truth. After he left CNBC to work at Apple, he helped set up interviews with Jobs for me during my time at Headline News.
I'm hoping that Dowling isn't contributing to Apple's wobbly strategy regarding Jobs' health issues. To be fair, everybody needs to understand that he's working for one of the most mercurial CEOs ever. What Jobs says goes, and if he doesn't want to say everything there is to say about his health -- even if I and others think that's the wrong approach -- then that's that. And Apple's PR department was famous before Dowling got there for its absolute control of the message.
Still, if Web 2.0 and the new media are teaching Apple and the rest of us anything, it's that you ultimately don't have control if you don't buy into transparency, and it's my sincere hope that Dowling is preaching that message internally. In the 21st Century, stories escape their masters much sooner than they used to.
Mac fans who despise publication of rumors about Jobs' health lap up rumors concerning new iProducts. Jobs is at the vortex of this tornado of attention; the company must be upfront about everything, and not just when the rumors reach critical mass. He's the CEO of the most blogged-about tech company on the planet, with responsibility to shareholders. His image is Apple's image. If the rumors are at a fever pitch and impacting stock price, then, sadly, the issue of privacy becomes moot.
Stonewalling is simply not the Apple way. At least, it's not the Apple that charmed me when I bought my first iPod and took it out of its box, only to find a little message on the clear plastic that encased the media player. "Don't steal music," it said, addressing head-on the controversy over illegal downloads.
Nicely done. But a letter from Steve Jobs that appears to answer questions only to raise more, and simply roils the blogosphere, is no way to think different.


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Portugal. The Man is an indie rock band based in Portland, Oregon. The band hit the stage at Red Bull Sound Space, and once again gave a breathtaking performance! Band members include: John Gourley, Zach Carothers, Kyle O'Quin, Noah Gersh, and Kane Ritchotte. 150 fans were lucky enough to catch this intimate performance! Currently the band is on tour supporting their most recent album 'Evil Friends', and will hit prime festivals such as Austin City Limits and Life is Beautiful, and even go worldwide by hitting: Australia, Japan, the UK, and more!
Be sure to check out this amazing band at one of their upcoming shows, I know you won't be disappointed!
For more information and to check out tour dates please visit: www.portugaltheman.com
About Red Bull Sound Space:
What was once an office space packed with hum-drum cubicles is now home to a stage evoking the spirit of underground rock and roll. KROQ listener donations of old audio equipment such as '40s-era radios, record players and blinged-out boomboxes were crafted into a piece of artwork that adorns the stage. Since its launch in October 2011, the space has hosted Coldplay, The Black Keys, Bad Religion, The Fray, Of Monsters and Men, Keane, FUN, Falling in Reverse, Angels & Airwaves, Pennywise, Silversun Pickups, Neon Trees, Imagine Dragons, Metric, Serj Tankian, M83, Passion Pit, Grouplove, Slightly Stoopid (KROQ), as well as Maroon 5, Flo Rida & Nelly Furtado (AMP).
For more information on Red Bull Sound Space, please visit KROQ.COM/RedBullSoundSpace.