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Niklas Broberg
For many years now, Haskell has become increasingly synonymous with its implementation in GHC. While GHC is an incredible and much beloved compiler, this situation is still unfortunate. GHC is a highly optimizing compiler, and the implementation choices are made thereafter. In particular, the possibility to use GHC compiler functionality from third-party code is added as an afterthought, in the ghc-mod library. Pointedly, the library interface reflect the structure of GHC more than the needs of client library writers.
My haskell-src-exts library has become the de facto library for manipulating Haskell source code. Its interface is designed entirely with its clients in mind, and it has been widely adopted in the Haskell community. But syntactic manipulation only gets you so far, and many are the voices that decry the lack of accompanying semantic abilities, and work has started on delivering that.
In my talk I will give an overview of the existing work on haskell-src-exts (syntax), haskell-name-exts (name resolution) and haskell-type-exts (type checking). I will also present my grand vision for a complete haskell-suite: a modular set of libraries covering all that is Haskell, forming a reference implementation.


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The same variant for the old saga deathsticks guy had on the cup color right?
Just a heads up for all you variant collectors.Hem Dazon and Momaw Nadon are both shipping with a BLUE cup (earlier date stamp) or a CLEAR Cup (later date stamp)...
#1 - Blue Cup with White Rim#2 - Clear Cup#3 - Blue Cup with Clear Rim
I picked up the GB C-3PO Lava Base Variant at Valencia Target Saturday.
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October 24, 2013
October 23, 2013
a mixed lot, shades of gray
view on Ostend and the Europacentrum;
the cushions arrived at MR KITLY!
October 21, 2013
composition with leaves and petals from mom's garden;
some fade, others turn scarlet,
autumn's great :)
October 18, 2013
my winter stock, 2
drying mushrooms is easy, they just need to be cut into thin slices after you've removed the pores; then you arrange everything on a grid and place it on the stove for about a day, or if you want it to go faster in the oven at 50°C
my winter stock :)
more mushrooms at mieke willems
happy weekend all!
October 17, 2013
new cushion
for sale at Atelier Solarshop
October 15, 2013
Eppo on the beach
October 14, 2013
back home
I just got back from a weekend at the seaside with my family; it was fun despite the terrible weather; ate lots of sweets and yummy things, excess :)
all sorts of pastel junk washed up on the beach
looking for a chestnut cake recipe now; this one looks very appetizing.
October 10, 2013
some pastels ...
October 09, 2013
I'm working really hard lately to get all my orders ready, so there will be more cushion posts soon; this one is for mr kitly.
lantern tree in the botanical garden some time ago, made the blue sky a little bluer than it was :)
October 05, 2013
October 03, 2013
October 02, 2013
I was photographing some mobiles last weekend, that's quite a job cause a mobile is just about the hardest thing to photograph, I mean, the result is usually disappointing and the colors never come at their best; the light ones are always overexposed and in the dark tones you see no color difference, sigh :)
This time I've put a black mdf board in the hallway and made the pictures a bit underexposed, so the colors would come out better; if you look closely you can see a small eclipse in the picture above :)
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Relative College Completion Rates in Appalachia, 2007–2011(County Rates as a Percentage of the U.S. Average)
A college completion rate is the percentage of persons ages 25 and over with a bachelor's degree or more. The percent of the U.S. average is computed by dividing the county college completion rate by the national average and multiplying by 100. The map uses critical breaks such as the national average to organize the data into groups of common values.
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Tavern 51 | Lotte New York Palace
Lead times calculate when inventory will be prepared and shipped. They represent an average of the normal processing time. There are two different lead times: the internal lead time and the external lead time. These lead times are taken into account when calculating the Promised Ship Date and Expected Receipt Date for a customer order.Tavern 51 at The Palace Hotel, New York, New York


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Two Nigerian journalists whose paper published a report of alleged abuses by troops battling Islamist extremists were arrested and held for eight days by the secret police, one of them said Wednesday after their release.
The editor of Al-Mizan, Musa Muhammad Awwal, and reporter Aliyu Saleh were on Tuesday released by the state security services (SSS), Awwal said.
In pre-dawn raids on December 24, agents of the SSS picked up the journalists, along with their wives and Saleh's son, from their homes in the northern city of Kaduna, where the regional newspaper has an office.
Their wives and the son were released later that day.
"We were released... yesterday afternoon from the SSS headquarters in Abuja where we were kept after our arrest," Awwal said.
"Throughout our detention we were not told our offence, but they still have our mobile phones and laptops, which they said would be returned to us as soon as they are done with their investigation."
Awwal said they were manhandled while being arrested, but not abused while being held in custody.
The SSS declined to comment on the arrests.
The newspaper said it believed the pair had been held in connection with a story it published on the arrests of 84 people in the town of Potiskum by soldiers on suspicion of belonging to Islamist extremist group Boko Haram. The detainees' families were reportedly denied access to them.
Al-Mizan, established in 1991 and published in the Hausa language spoken throughout Nigeria's north, is run by the Shiite organisation Islamic Movement of Nigeria.
Residents and human rights bodies have accused troops of abuses, including arbitrary arrests and killings of civilians, in connection with Boko Haram's insurgency in Nigeria's northern and central regions.
Violence linked to the insurgency is believed to have left some 3,000 people dead since 2009, including killings by the security forces.


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Westside 5x5 Hybrid program by Kethnaab
Well, after posting the WSB Template and WS4BB, I have gotten MORE PMs, this time regarding a hybrid 5x5/WSB program. Now, usually I speak from complete experience; Ive done variations of each the 5x5 and Westside programs before, as well as the early version of DC, various iterations of HIT, 8x8 training, 3-day splits, 4-day splits, 7-day splits (each bodypart got its own day), super high volume, Yates-style lower volume, Ed Coan style PL SF periodized programs, etc when you hear me state something, I am stating MY opinion, unless I give credit to the originator. I dont like guesswork, and I dont talk smack about someone elses ideas if I have not tried them out myself or had a few of my buddies, soldiers or wife try it out. Like most dudes who are the biggest fish in a small pond, I get asked a lot for weight training advice by my buddies and guys in the various military units to which Ive been assigned, so I have a decent pool of results to pull from.
Again, I have done a variation of the 5x5 with great success, and have had TONS of success with my WS4BB variant, but I have NEVER combined 5x5 with Westside. I have enough personal experience with both that I feel I can toss out a pretty good idea as to how a WSB/5x5 template would work though by taking what I like from each and adjusting what I don't like. With that in mind, recognize that this is one mans opinion, and the key to any true advanced program is going to be customization.
If you have not AT LEAST run both the intermediate 5x5 and a WSB style training program for awhile, you really will not be able to customize this properly. In order to know what the hell Im rambling about, you will need a damn good understanding of the whys, hows and wherefores of both training methods. If you dont understand the principles and the reasoning behind the principles of each training method, I am going to seem like a rambling fool to you. In fact, even if you DO understand both programs, Im probably going to seem like a rambling fool. [IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif[/IMG]
However, never let it be said that I fear looking like a fool, so here we go.
5x5 is cookie cutter. WSB is all about customization. Madcow himself said outright that the spreadsheet serves ONLY as a starting point, that the 2nd time around, you should be able to adjust for your own needs/strengths/weaknesses as far as weight selection and Wednesday exercises. This is not a beginners or an intermediate program. It is an ADVANCED program. It also has a lot of volume, so it is best that you do this program after a full deload (from a DF program) or after a SD (if you were running HST). If you are not in good shape, meaning your workload capacity/recovery is poor, then run the intermediate 5x5 for a month, starting at week 2, to get yourself into proper workload shape. Do a 1-2 week deload and then hit things up with this one.
Monday - ME upper body/press
ME press variant-------3 x 1 3, 1 set each @ 90% / 100% / 95% of 3, 2, or 1 RM
Squat/DL variant (a)-- 5x5 (ramped)
RE press variant (a)--- 5x5 (sets across, adjust weights down 5-10% from template)
Pendlay rows----------5x5 (ramped)
Wednesday - RE day
SQ/DL variant (b)----- 4x10
RE Press variant (b)-- 4x10
Chinups----------------- 4x10
Yates rows------------- 4x10
Friday - ME lower body
ME DL variant----------3 x 1 - 3 > @ 90% / 100% / 95% of 1, 2, or 3 RM
Squat/DL variant (a)---5x5 (sets across, adjust weights downward 5-10%)
RE press variant (a)--- -5x5 (ramped)
Pendlay rows------------5x5 (sets across)
The ever popular laterals are easily implemented for the medial delts. Sets of GHRs and/or reverse hypers and/or heel plate drags provide a way of taxing the hamstrings without overly taxing recovery. One (or two, or all 3, if you are a stud) can be added in up to twice weekly, the laterals all 3 days if you can swing it, much as direct arm work and hypers/abdominals are added in the Madcow 5x5s. Understand that those exercises are ADJUNCTS, rather than core principles. Leave them out if you must. Dont introduce them haphazardly.
Exercise selection. I included both Pendlay rows and Yates rows because they are the 2 most effective exercises for the entire back that I know of, and they are DRASTICALLY different in both technique and affect. The Yates rows are done on 10-rep day for a reason. This is an exercise that knuckleheads like to get stupid with and load up the weight. DONT do that. Suck down 5% of your ego and use 5% less weight and watch your technique improve by 50% and your results improve by 100%. Leave the egos at the door, bitches. To further mitigate this problem, I have chinups as the precursor to the rows as a means of pre-exhaustion. So now you have a very reasonable excuse to scale back on the weight for them. Tell that little voice inside your head to STFU, you just got done chinning, you dont NEED 3 plates on there.
- Select your exercises for the squat/DL/bench variations according to your strengths and weaknesses. If you know that off the floor is a weakness in the deadlift, then leave the rack pulls for someone else. If you know that your lockout is asskicking, youre fine at the midpoint, but you suck right off the chest, then give some strong consideration to reverse wide-grip benches and overhead presses, rather than CGBP and DB presses. If you dont give a **** how much you lift, you just want to pack on mass and strength is secondary, then select your exercises according to physique weakpoints rather than strength weakpoints.
- Unlike the basic WSB, which says no direct squatting, deadlifting or benching, I recommend that you use the basic squat, deadlift and bench press as much as possible in this program. No one that is reading this is an elite powerlifter, so chances are pretty good, youll need to keep benching, squatting and deadlifting in order to continue your progress. Additionally, unlike those advanced lifters, you can still have a tremendous amount of success incorporating the big 3 into your routine.
- ME exercises will be maintained for 2-3 weeks. Again, no world class powerlifter is going to take my advice, and the change every week thing primarily applies to them. On Week 1, you take your 3RM and perform a set at 90%, a set at 100%, and a set at 95% of your 3RM. All 3 sets are for 3 reps apiece. On week 2, you will do the same thing, but you will do doubles. During Week 3, you do singles and attempt to hit a PR for your 1-RM. At that point, you change ME exercises as you should hit a 1-RM for that exercise, as well as getting to your previous 5-RM on your main supplementary exercises (press variant a and squat variant a). Keep the supplementary exercises the same for another 3 week run and change to a new ME exercise. Do another 3-week run with the different ME exercise, as above (Triples during week 1, etc). (NOTE If you have run WSB previously, then stick with whatever ME %age scheme you like. I like 90/100/95. If you like something different, then by all means, do whachalike. Customize!) If you choose to switch ME exercise every other week, then shoot for week 1 = 3RM, week 2 = 1RM
Weight selection. You can use Madcows Advanced template as a starting point for weight calculations for the 5x5 ramping and sets across, as well as weekly progression. On Monday, reduce poundage on your second press by 5-10% to account for the ME press you do first in the day. Same for Fridays and the lower body exercise. Remember, it is a TEMPLATE. You should already know whether a 6% ramp works for you or if a 9% ramp works better.
- On Wednesdays, you will do 10-rep sets of completely different exercises (lower b, press b, Yates rows). Normally, your 10-RM is ABOUT 80-85% of your 5RM for that exercise. So if you can hit 200 for a set of 5, then you should be able to hit 160-170 for a set of 10. If you cannot hit 160-170 in this case, then adjust the weights upward or downward on the 10-rep day according to your own abilities. If you can hit 175-180 for a set of 10, then you probably can go reasonably heavy on Wednesdays. Adjust according to your own abilities
- I am of the (strong) opinion that, especially for bodybuilders, a very tight ramp should be done for the rows, and a noticeably looser ramp on the presses. I like a 5-6% ramp on the rows, a 12% on the presses (more on CGBP), and a 10% on the legs. Adjust as needed. Im not going to tell you how to suck this egg, you should have enough training experience to suck it your own way. [IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image002.gif[/IMG]
If you have not done at least the intermediate version of 5x5, you will not know how best to individualize this for you, so you may need to adjust fire as you go along. Ramp 12% on Wednesdays, maybe even 15%. Remember, Wednesday is supposed to be something of a break. This may seem easy compared to a 5x5 where you still work hard on Wednesdays, but remember, Mondays and Fridays will be MUCH tougher when doing the ME work. Shorter rest periods, move between sets faster. Wednesdays is the pump day. [IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif[/IMG]
For deload, set all 5x5 work on Mondays and Fridays to 3x3, replace the ME work with DE work (8x3 @ 50-60% on bench press, 10x2 @ 50-60% on box squats). Drop to 3x10 on Wednesdays for each exercise. Like 5x5, as long as you are hitting PRs on those main supplementary exercises and bar speed is good for the DE work, keep riding that overreaching/supercompensation wave. [IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif[/IMG]I'm estimating that every other ME exercise switch will be good for a deload.
Im working on a spreadsheet that will account for the 5-10% reduction on ME days as well as adjust for the ramping differences and the extra exercises. I may or may not bother to finish with it, as I am pretty strongly of the opinion that the key to success in this program is going to be knowledge of your own body and how you react to training variables (Such as exercise selection, weight progression, ramping, etc)
Besides, I spoon feed people more than enough. If youre to this point now, you should be able to take my ideas, adjust as needed, and run with them.
Now then, thats the basic program, lets look at the pros and cons of each method and why I organized things the way I did.
5x5 basic ideas
1) Do 5 x 5 with the same weight on one day, ramping on another day
2) Wednesday has less total tonnage and less volume than Monday and Wednesday
3) Constantly push to increase the weights in your core lifts
4) Keep the identical lifts throughout
WSB basic ideas
1) Pick an exercise for bench and an exercise for squat/DL and max out once weekly (ME)
2) Perform a speed day for bench and squat (DE)
3) Select exercises that increase your ability to perform each of the big 3 and perform a strength/hypertrophy routine with them for sets of 5-12 reps (RE)
4) Change the ME lifts frequently, the RE lifts not so frequently
5x5 Pros
1) Effective - Focus on squat, bench and dead guarantees increases in overall strength and mass (assuming proper diet)
2) Easily organized, easy to understand
3) Easy methodology for ramping, progression, and deloading (programming)
4) Done properly, all lifts go through the roof
5x5 Cons
1) Static program is not easily customized
2) No real way to emphasize weak points
3) Monotonous Focus on very small # of core exercises may lead to boredom (were dealing with the Nintendo generation here, stuff has to change every hour or they will get antsy and start spastically clicking on the channel changer)
WSB Pros
1) Easily customized for individual preferences
2) Designed to perfectly emphasize weak points
3) Variety keeps things interesting and makes workouts fun
4) Done properly, all lifts go through the roof
WSB Cons
1) Complex exercises and concepts can be confusing
2) De-emphasis of the big 3, especially the deadlift, can result in halted gains for intermediate trainees; even advanced trainees frequently need to hit heavy benches, squats and deadlifts
3) More difficult to periodize for the average trainee due to frequently changing exercises
4) Absolutely REQUIRES a spot 2 days out of the week for both ME days
WSB and 5x5 are almost perfectly complementary, as far as their pros/cons. A con of 1 is a pro in the other.
The WSB template is far more complex, the 5x5 template is easy, so well start with the 5x5 template (mitigating WSB Con #1). DE days have mostly strict carryover for powerlifters rather than bodybuilders, so we will drop DE work entirely (NOTE DE work makes for a GREAT deload!) 5x5 sets across as well as ramped 5x5 and ramped 4x10 comprise the RE work. The 2 ME days are very easy to incorporate, one on Monday for upper body, one on Friday for a deadlift variation (mitigating WSB con # 2). If you want to pull heavy on Mondays and bench heavy on Fridays, be my guest. Adjust your supplementary rep scheme accordingly. Wednesday during 5x5 is typically a lighter day, with 4 sets instead of 5, sub-max squats, military presses instead of bench presses, and only 1 maximal set of 5 for the deadlift. This becomes an RE day where all sets are ramped, and we get to go for the pump because it is like cumming and even powerlifters like to cum, right?
In order to mitigate all 3 of the 5x5 cons, a group of core exercises is selected for the press, squat and deadlift. Several ME press exercises will be chosen and will be rotated every 1-3 weeks on Monday. 2 additional presses will be chosen, 1 performed Mondays and Fridays (main supplemental exercise) in typical 5x5 fashion, the other performed on Wednesday RE day (accessory exercise), with higher repetitions. The supplemental exercises do NOT change, you continue to work hard to improve them and add weight. The accessory exercises are not weight dependent and can be changed on a whim from week to week if you like.
The various primary deadlift variants will comprise the ME lower body work, mitigating WSB con # 4 since deadlifts don need no steenkin spotter. [IMG]file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/ADMINI%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/msohtml1/01/clip_image001.gif[/IMG]If you have a spotter and you want to do ME squats, then go for it! Or if you like to base jump without a parachute, swim with sharks and run with the bulls, do ME work WITHOUT a spotter. Just make sure you list me in your will, mmmmkay?
Anyway, 2 different squat/pull variations will be chosen. As with the press variations, 1 is performed Mondays and Fridays in typical 5x5 fashion, the other performed on Wednesday RE day, with higher repetitions. In both cases, you select your supplementary press/squat/pull to suit your own weak points. Also note your own lower back recovery abilities should play HEAVILY into your selection. Youre doing Yates rows on Wednesdays. That is a heavy-ass exercise, even at 10 reps. That might not be the day to select heavy RDLs as your accessory exercise. Yeah, theyre 10-rep sets, but your lower back might really limit you and jack up your Yates rows. Might recommend reverse hypers, ghetto glute-ham or front squats, to keep your lower back a bit less taxed. If you really really need to hit the hammies and you cannot do the ghetto GHR or reverse hypers, you might want to switch to supported rows or cable rows of some sort rather than the Yates and do the SLDL/RDL. Id rather see you perform cable rows properly and hit your weak points than do Yates rows (especially improperly) at the neglect of your weak points. Also note you can select concentric-only exercises for your weak points on Wednesdays if you have a problem with DOMS on Fridays from the Wednesday workouts.
By using the large group of exercises YOU chose to best develop YOUR weak points, you can keep training more fluid while maintaining easy progression, thereby mitigating all 3 of the main 5x5 cons.
So there you have it, a basic recipe for success. Not a step-by-step spoonfeeding, but a sampling of ideas that you can use a starting point to construct your own workout program. If you arent experienced, stick to a templated workout. If you have the experience, give the 5x5/WSB hybrid a go and report back with how you adjusted it and how it worked as a result, for better or for worse.
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EJ has commented in posts over the last three years. Just read them to get a sense of his more recent thinking.
He did say he is working on a new site for us.
Indeed am working on a new site fully modernized but now focused on VirZOOM: https://netcapital.com/companies/virzoom
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Ok, ok. My GP once said that these "salty" tasting little white lumps were bits of food that had been trapped in throat tissue and then coated and released.
BUT I now wonder.
I recently learned that I have Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.
I had a period of about three years (15-18) when these lumps were more prevalent than at other times. Once, a lump about the size of a dime, which had a distinct wave pattern to it, came out of my throat.
The lumps hide behind my tonsils and are very annoying until they are released. I should also mention that as a child, I was in the hospital so often for Strept and Ear infections that they knew me on a first-name basis.
Is there a chance that this is a connection of which the medical community is largely unaware? Have others experienced this?


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Did you know Life Cover is now classed as a business expense?
Life Insurance is now tax-free and classified as a business expense.
Offering death in service benefits to you or your employees ensures they don't have to worry about their loved ones should the unthinkable happen. Whether you're a company director who wants to offer it to you and your staff, or contractor who wants it for your own family, Life Insurance has always come with hefty tax implications. But that's no longer the case.
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Better business sense for company directors.
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The New Fiver will enter circulation on 13 September. It will then take a few weeks for the notes to spread across the country to shops, businesses and banks.
In May 2017 paper £5 notes will cease to be legal tender and will no longer be accepted by shops and banks.
The three Scottish banks are also printing their next £5 and £10 notes on polymer. Clydesdale Bank will be issuing a polymer £5 on 15 September, the Bank of Scotland on 4 October and RBS in November 2016. The Royal Mint will be issuing a new £1 coin in March 2017.
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Are you PSC ready?
Steve J Bicknell Tel 01202 025252
From the 30th June 2016 all companies will be required to prepare a PSC Register.
You need to start keeping a register of your people with significant control (PSC).
A PSC is someone in your company who:
- owns more than 25% of the company's shares
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- holds the right to appoint or remove the majority of directors
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- holds the right to exercise or actually exercises significant control over a trust or company that meets any of the other 4 conditions.
You'll need to keep your PSC as part of your company register, as these need to be available for inspection.
Failure to comply will result in fines and up to 2 years in prison!


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The question
This is all I could think of.
Update: Midamerica challenges me with Afghanistan. My answer.
I didn't forget Afghanistan. I was against it from the beginning and it's the untold story of the failure of the war on terrorism or whatever it's called these days. I've always thought a major ground offensive against such a
We're still fighting that war. There's a death count mounting there regularly that you don't hear about and by destroying the hold the Taliban had on the country, evil as they were and still are, they made the AQ stronger, not weaker by removing an indigenous impediment to their operations. The Taliban kept the AQ in check. The Karzai administration, may be friendly to the US, but it's still only in control of Kabul some four years later - their "democratic elections" nothwithstanding. All we did there was take control of the country out of the hands of the religious zealots and put it back into the hands of the AQ and other assorted bandits including a bunch of pissed off Taliban who survived the offensive.
I can't find a way to call it good.
Update: Midamerica (or midwestern) progressive -- I'm a little confused on which name to use -- disputes my reasoning in comments.
It is a credit to the administration that they accomplished what the Soviet empire could not - routing the Taliban out of Afghanistan.
I have to ask, but did they really rout the Taliban? The Taliban were defeated, not destroyed. They're still in Afghanistan, they've simply gone underground and they continue to wage guerrilla attacks against out troops. They now form alliances with the AQ in order to harass our men.
The Taliban may not have pursued the AQ but I don't think you can really say they were protecting them. After all, in essence, the AQ was a threat to their own power. The most important check they imposed on the AQ's power was in the control of the heroin trade. Poppy production was nearly wiped out under their rule. It has since exploded again, to the point where Afghanistan is again providing the great bulk of that hemisphere's opium base. The profits from this business are not underwriting Karzai's government, they're supporting the AQ and now also the Taliban which even as we speak, you can be sure are attempting to reorganize.
The way I see it, at least we knew where they were when they were in power and had they posed a direct threat to us, we could have dealt with them as we did. All we accomplished was to drive our enemy underground, where they're a lot harder to find, much less fight.
I think the single biggest fallacy in the GWOT is the idea that we can somehow "win" by killing enough terrorists. But you can't possibly kill every single terrorist, nor can you defeat a movement whose members reside all over the world in small pockets rather united as nation-state, using military force. Every time we try, we only make it worse.


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Check Out Some Terrifying Giant Squid Footage
With the ability to grow over 50-feet long (holding eyes that are equal to the size of dinner plates) this video -- featuring an enormous squid filmed more than 3,000 feet deep into the ocean -- proves that Jaws might be the least of our problems.
The nightmare-creator was filmed by a Japanese crew as part of a project hitting the Discovery Channel later in the month. Our guess is the working title is, 'Things That Are Likely To Scare You To Death.'
Imagine how big of a plate you'd need for this much calamari! Luckily, you'd most likely be able to use its eyes as the dinnerware.


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Causeway Bay
If shopping were a sport, Causeway Bay would be the home of the Olympic Games. This is where consumerism is out and proud, and every available square inch is seemingly devoted to worshipping at the altar of retail. Even though a relatively compact area, it would still take at least an entire day to work your way through its endless shopping malls, department stores, boutiques and market stalls.
Causeway Bay is a true microcosm of Hong Kong's shopping scene, with up-market fashion to be found in Lee Garden One – Six , Hysan Place, Lee Theatre, Times Square and Fashion Walk, mid-price and luxury goods in SOGO Department Store and wtc more, affordable youth fashion boutiques in the warren of shops that make up the Island Beverly Centre, and bargains galore at the chaotic Jardine's Crescent street market. And, among all these, are yet even more shops specialising in everything from shoes to electronics, computers, skin care, snacks, home accessories and more — overwhelming doesn't begin to describe it!
Hong Kong dances to the beat of international trade. In the neon blur, advertising deluge and unabashed consumerism of Causeway Bay you can feel the city's pulse like nowhere else.
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Quantifying MNC Geographic ScopeGeisler Asmussen, Christian (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper proposes a multidimensional index of regional and global orientation which can be used in confirmatory studies with econometric methodologies. Unlike extant measures, the index is objectively scaled and controls for home country orientation and market size differences. The index is shown to be consistent with models of internationalization that incorporate different assumptions about strategic choice and global competition. Preliminary results show that large multinationals follow home region oriented internationalization paths, although much of the regional effect reported by previous studies in fact reflects strong home country biases. Keywords: globalization; regional integration; global strategy; regional strategy; local strategy; triad; liability of foreignness URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7433
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A Research AgendaKazan, Erol; Tan, Chee-Wee; Lim, Eric T. K. (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Digital platforms are disruptive IT artifacts, because they facilitate the quick release of innovative platform derivatives from third parties (e.g., apps). This study endeavours to unravel the disruptive potential, caused by distinct designs and configurations of digital platforms on market environments. We postulate that the disruptive potential of digital platforms is determined by the degree of alignment among the business, technology and platform profiles. Furthermore, we argue that the design and configuration of the aforementioned three elements dictates the extent to which open innovation is permitted. To shed light on the disruptive potential of digital platforms, we opted for payment platforms as our unit of analysis. Through interviews with experts and payment providers, we seek to gain an in-depth appreciation of how contemporary digital payment platforms are designed and configured to foster open innovation. We envision that this study bridges existing knowledge gaps between digital platform and innovation literature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9406
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A Politico-Economic ModelNedergaard, Peter (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this paper technical standardisation is understood and explained in a model where economic analysis is coupled with an analysis of the political system as proposed in rational choice theory. The aim is to answer both the question why various countries (e.g. the United States versus European countries) let either the market or public intervention determine the mode of technical standardisation and the possible implications of these two ways of organizing technical standardisation from an economic and a political point of view. Based upon the analysis of the paper a couple of general policy recommendations are made concerning the mode of technical standardisation. Keywords: Rational choice, market failures, technical standards, standardisation, government failures. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7371
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How time impedes organizational agency in social responsibility activitiesBerg Johansen, Christina (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We live in an age where time is our most treasured resource. In all endeavors of life, we seek to control and exploit time towards specific ends, be it in organizational strategies, education, family logistics, career planning. We have colonized time with the clock and related technologies, and time is now a global currency that translates directly into money. The modern organization has developed out of this rationalization of time, and much management theory and education centers on temporal notions of efficiency – if we cannot work more, then how can we work harder and smarter, so as to spend time most productively? As will be argued in this article, rationalized temporality is one of the most powerful social constructions with which actors guide their behavior in contemporary organizations, and it invades other social constructions without our notice. This has real effect of our ability to develop new social solutions that lie outside the rational standards, as the case of a corporate social responsibility program will illustrate later. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9256
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a simulation studyTjur, Tue (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6734
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Løchte Jørgensen, Peter (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7142
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Tackney, Charles T. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This is a participant-observer report concerning curriculum deployment of Bernard J.F. Lonergan's insight-based critical realism and general empirical method for interdisciplinary research methods and allied courses in Copenhagen Business School (CBS, Denmark), from 2001 to the present. I also report similar instruction in interdisciplinary methods for management and organization studies at the International School for Social and Business Studies (ISSB, Slovenia) in 2012.1 The overall time period has been entirely under the aegis of the Bologna Process, begun in 1999, and the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), launched in March, 2010. Both the originating Bologna Process and subsequent EHEA envision curriculum development appropriate to "ensure that the European higher education system acquires a world-wide degree of attraction" (European Commission, 2013). In addition, the Bologna Process calls for specification of the "necessary European dimensions of higher education" (Ibid.). The point of this working paper is to report teaching success and indicate potential merits of Lonergan's general empirical method, grounded in insight-based critical realism, as a robust epistemological basis for EHEA university curriculum and instruction. The design approach to Lonergan's method offers grounds to think it uniquely adapted for interdisciplinary social science in the complex trans-cultural, multi-lingual, and religiously pluralist EHEA, thus providing curriculum content adequate and appropriate for the "necessary European dimensions of higher education. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9085
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Carl, Michael; Kay, Martin; Jensen, Kristian T. H. (Preprint, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates properties of translation processes, as observed in the translation behaviour of student and professional translators. The translation process can be divided into a gisting, drafting and post-editing phase. We find that student translators have longer gisting phases whereas professional translators have longer post-editing phases. Long-distance revisions, which would typically be expected during post-editing, occur to the same extent during drafting as during post-editing. Further, both groups of translators seem to face the same translation problems. We suggest how those findings might be taken into account in the design of computer assisted translation tools. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8046
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Hansen, Flemming; Bech Christensen, Lars (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Using pure single-source data, this paper provides evidence for the existence and magnitude of long-term advertising effects across FMCG product categories. Furthermore, we focus on the difficulties that arise for wellestablished brands when new products are introduced into the market and product innovations take place. Our research shows that such occurrences drastically alter the relationship between share of voice and share of market in any given FMCG market, hence making it pivotal for marketers to focus on such relationships in order to maintain market position. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6641
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De-specialisation and "Stickiness"Laursen, Keld; Villumsen, Gert; Dalum, Bent (Aalborg, 1996)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper examines an issue related to the discussion of national specificity - whether the group of OECD countries are characterised by a high degree of stability of their export specialisation patterns at the country level or not. During a period of nearly three decades from 1965 to 1992, 20 OECD countries are examined. In addition we test whether the countries, have become more or less specialised in terms of trade specialisation in the period in question. In order to fulfill these aims we examine the sensitivity for, firstly; the level of aggregation, and secondly; the kind of statistical methodology applied. In this context we distinguish between specialisation (or despecialisation) in trade patterns on the one hand, and divergence (or on the contrary convergence) in trade patterns on the other. A specialisation process refers to a process in which specialisation intra-country becomes more dispersed (and counter-wise for de-specialisation). On the contrary, a divergence process refers to a process in which countries become more different in terms of specialisation in a particular sector, across countries (and counter-wise for convergence). The results show that elements of 'stickiness' and incremental change are combined for what concerns the intra-country analysis. In addition there is a (however slow) tendency for countries to de-specialise in terms of exports. The sector-wise results display convergence both in terms of - and )-convergence. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8120
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Gunnsteinsson, Snaebjorn; Steingrimsdottir, Herdis (Frederiksberg, 2019)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Childhood disability is a major health shock that affects parents early in their working life. We estimate its impact on parents' career trajectories, their balance sheets, and major life decisions using detailed register data from Denmark. To identify the causal effect of childhood disability we use an event study approach, where we control for a rich set of pre-birth variables and focus on conditions that have no or weak associations with socioeconomic determinants. We find that having a child with a disability has strong negative impact on mothers' earnings. The effect is persistent and the wage penalty appears to grow over time. Fathers' earnings are also affected but the impact is notably smaller. We find that both parents are less likely to be employed in the long run and are less likely to ascend to top executive positions. The long-term structure of the household is also affected as subsequent fertility is lower and partnership dissolution is more common. Finally, despite this financial shock, long term net worth of families is not affected or may be positively affected, potentially due to help from government transfers and lower cost associated with having fewer other children, or due to a stronger savings motive for the long term care of the disabled child. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9745
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Labour Market, Health Care and Prescription DrugsHøjbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper uses a register dataset for the entire Danish population to examine the effect of early motherhood on labour market measures, health care measures and family measures for the mothers and their offspring. The dataset is divided into three groups according to the age of the woman at the time of her first child delivery. Using standard cross-sectional econometric techniques the results show that very young mothers (aged 16-21) have significantly lower employment rates, higher propensity to receive welfare benefits and a lower wage income. Children of very young mothers have a higher family replacement rate, more services received from General Practitioners and a higher propensity to receive ADHD-medications. The majority of the effects reported are also significantly greater for mothers who were aged 22-25 at the birth of their first child compared to older mothers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8377
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Franke, Guenter; Peterson, Sandra; Stapleton, Richard C. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Investors choosing a portfolio strategy, in order to secure a pension at a future date for example, are faced with many uncertainties. One major uncertainty is the amount by which their pension fund will be supplemented by personal savings from a variety of sources such as life insurance contracts, bequests, or property sales. Over long periods of time these uncertainties are likely to be large and difficult to hedge, and hence may have a significant effect on the dynamic portfolio strategy. Drawing on the results of previous literature on the reaction of investors to non-unhedgeable background risk, and on the theory of stochastic dynamic programming, this article derives optimal strategies for investors maximising the expected utility of terminal wealth, where this wealth consists of the value of a pension fund plus accumulated personal savings. Numerical results, assuming that the market portfolio and the expectation of personal savings follow (possibly) correlated geometric Brownian motions, are derived to illustrate the effects of the size and uncertainty of the personal savings, as well as the effect of the resolution of the uncertainty in them over time. The computation uses a new technique for implementing the stochastic dynamic programming. This involves a binomial approximation, in two dimensions, which ensures that the computations are feasible for relatively long-term problems. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6795
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Expatriates´ Identity Work in Reverse Knowledge TransferFeldt, Liv Egholm (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In the last decade, researchers have shown that MNCs need to reverse knowledge transfer to secure their competitiveness in the global market. Lately this has been studied through re/expatriates. This study presents two exemplary cases from a study of 64 interviews conducted in 5 of the largest Danish MNCs. The purpose of this paper is twofold. First, to understand the role identity work plays in the ability and willingness of expatriates to learn and transfer knowledge. Second, to introduce Life Course Theory as an important methodological contribution with which to capture the entangled relationship between agency and structure within reverse knowledge transfer. Third, to develop and extend the current theoretical and methodological frame that govern the research of knowledge transfer. The present study indicates that institutionally generated organisational frames and work organising practices develop and feed certain power structures and communities, which influence the possibility of agency and as a result reverse knowledge transfer. The findings of this study stress that: 1) power is as an important productive force in identity work: consequently, it has the ability both to hinder and spur the processes of transformative learning and reverse knowledge transfer; 2) reverse knowledge transfer can be hindered by the lack of transformative learning in the single individual. The empirical material in this paper has been collected in the research project "Cultural Intelligence as a Strategic Resource". The project was funded by the Danish Strategic Research Council and conducted by Lisbeth Clausen, Liv Egholm Feldt, Martine Cardel Gertsen, Anne-Marie Søderberg, Verner Worm and Mette Zølner, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. The research team have had privileged access to five of the largest Danish MNCs. While the collection of material has in general been carried out by the research team, Liv Egholm Feldt is the only person responsible for the analysis, reflections and perspectives presented in this paper. To secure the anonymity of the interviewees, fictitious names have been used. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8436
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qu'en savons-nous?Herslund, Michael (Paris, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: La question de l'origine du langage humain n'est peut-être pas des plus en vogue, ni des plus urgentes parmi les multiples problèmes que soulève l'étude du langage. En effet, cette question est, depuis longtemps, considérée comme un problème que des linguistes sérieux ne perdent pas leur temps à vouloir résoudre, c'est le domaine des fous et des amateurs illuminés. Par conséquent, la question a été bannie des discussions des sociétés scientifiques comme la Société linguistique de Paris, dont les statuts de 1866 dans l'article II explicitement interdisent les discussions sur l'origine du langage ou la création d'un langage universel. Il n'en est pas moins possible d'examiner la question de façon équilibrée et, au moins, d'indiquer la sorte d'évidence qu'on pourra alléguer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8708
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Escuela secundaria, afectividad, y pobreza en MéxicoBlasco, Maribel (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7039
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om Niklas Luhmanns Organisation und EntscheidungThyssen, Ole (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
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How Luxury Experiences Contribute to Consumer SelvesBauer, Martina; von Wallpach, Sylvia; Hemetsberger, Andrea (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Hitherto literature in the area of luxury and luxury brands predominantly applies a management-oriented view of luxury. This project departs from traditional views on luxury by focusing on consumers' experiences with what they perceive as luxury. More specifically, the objective is to enhance understanding regarding how luxury experiences contribute to consumers' selves. The empirical study is exploratory in nature and relies on consumer diaries regarding consumer luxury experiences. This project contributes to existing literature by outlining four different forms of how luxury relates to consumers' selves. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8683
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Check out this tender story by David Davis over at SB Nation Lonform: "'She is Gone': The Search for the Gibson Home Run and for the Answers to a Family Tragedy":
Some 25 years later, the Dodgers have yet to win another World Series. Heck, they've yet to return to the World Series.
On this day, as the afternoon sun bakes the dugout, I ask Gibson if he thinks about the home run when he returns to Dodger Stadium. He nods and peers down the right-field foul line. "I walk in here and always look up at where I hit the ball," he said. "I kind of named it myself: seat 88 for 1988."
Gibson has probably talked about this moment a thousand times, maybe more, but he seems in no hurry. "It's very vivid to this day," he continued. "I was in the locker room listening to Vin [Scully] on the TV saying, 'Kirk Gibson will not be hitting tonight,' and I just said, 'My ass.' I really had no business going up there to the plate. But, you know, it's what I live for. I felt like my teammates wanted me to do it."
I've arranged to interview Gibson because I'm trying to figure out what happened to the home run ball after it disappeared into the scrum in right field. Gibson himself never saw the ball again, and no fan came forward that evening, or the next day, claiming to have recovered it.
It is gone, permanently.
But this quest, I'm beginning to realize, is also personal. I had tickets to the very section where Gibson deposited his homer, but I didn't attend the game. I can recall exactly where I was when he hit it out — which might explain why, 25 years later, I am trying to locate a ball that will never be found.
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Reading, MS at Barry University
The Master of Science (MS) degree program in Reading is a 30-semester-hour program. This program is designed for teachers and leaders in literacy education at the PK-13 level.
Following completion of the Master of Science (MS) degree program in Reading, you will have acquired the ability to:
- apply knowledge of reading research to improve literacy instruction
- demonstrate refined research-based teaching strategies and skills for improved reading and learning
- model the integration of reading to learn best practices into the entire curriculum
- provide literacy leadership at the school, community, and district levels
Upon completion of the MS in Reading, you will be eligible for Florida's reading certification.
Designed for Working Professionals
All courses are offered in the evening. Most courses meet once a week for eight or sixteen weeks. Summer courses meet in a ten or twelve week format.
Most students complete the program in less than two years while continuing to work.
What Can I Do With This Degree?
Barry students and graduates achieve recognition and a high degree of success at all levels, PK-13, as:
- Reading teachers
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- Reading lab teachers
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- Corrective and remedial Reading experts
- Content area literacy experts
- Diagnosticians
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- Response to Intervention district leaders
- Response to Intervention coaches and resource leaders
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Pujols returns to first base
SEATTLE -- Angels slugger Albert Pujols returned to the field for Thursday's series opener against the Mariners, starting at first base for the first time since April 15. The plantar fasciitis affecting his left foot, which had relegated him to designated-hitter duties in seven straight games and nine out of the last 10, is no better or worse.
"It's the same," Pujols said in Spanish, "but I want to play first. I think I can play first."
Pujols hopes to play first base in at least three of the four games at Safeco Field, then Monday and Tuesday in Oakland. "And then we'll go from there," the two-time Gold Glove Award winner added.
"Being on the bench," Pujols said, "it's almost like you're not in the game sometimes. Like yesterday ... you get one of these long innings, like the fourth, and I came to bat that inning. I was riding the bike, but I didn't feel completely ready."
Pujols arrives in Seattle with a .267/.385/.413 slash line, starting each of the Angels' 20 games despite playing in noticeable pain.
Some days Pujols will wake up feeling better, other days his foot feels discernibly worse, but pain is ever-present. It doesn't bother Pujols while hitting, but the pain begins to kick in when he runs full speed, hits the bag or stands around for long periods.
Pujols doesn't believe playing defense will make much of a difference.
"Maybe in the fourth or fifth inning you start feeling a little uncomfortable," he said, "but I'll be all right."
Mark Trumbo has filled in admirably at first base, already racking up 12 starts at the position, and Angels manager Mike Scioscia said Pujols' starts there will remain a day-to-day decision.
Besides getting the invasive surgery, which would put Pujols out a few weeks and isn't particularly necessary, stretching, massage, orthotics and antiinflammatory medication are essentially the only treatments for plantar fasciitis, which Pujols dealt with early in his career.
"I don't know that there's anything we can do to provide relief for him," Angels general manager Jerry Dipoto said. "He's incredibly tough, and he tolerates what he tolerates."
When will the plantar fasciitis subside entirely, allowing Pujols to run at a normal pace and play his position on a daily basis? It's impossible to tell.
But Pujols is staying positive.
"Everything takes time," Pujols said, "and as long as I'm doing my treatment -- maybe one day I wake up and I don't feel it. It is what it is."


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Viral Video: Signs the World Might Be Ending, Part 1 — "Killer Karaoke"
I am not sure what to make of this new television show on truTV called "Killer Karaoke."
But, in part, it includes singing while sticking your head in a box with a skunk. Also Steve-O is the host.
Your move, Japan.


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Club to fly to Oakland, work out Wednesday
DETROIT -- The Tigers' only workout at Comerica Park before heading to Oakland had a pregame feel to it. The team took batting practice and infield work Tuesday, but did not do much else.
After contemplating a light workout Wednesday, the Tigers decided to make it exclusively a travel day to get out to the West Coast. They're scheduled to work out at the Coliseum in Oakland at 6 p.m. ET.
The Tigers did not plan anything beyond that. It's a longer layoff than past seasons before the American League Division Series, but manager Jim Leyland doesn't correlate it to what they faced before the World Series last October.
"We've got four days off. They've got four days off. We'll see how it plays out," Leyland said. "This is a little bit different in the sense that a couple other postseasons we were sitting around six, seven days, and the other team wasn't. In this particular case, the other team's sitting around, too."


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Western blot analysis of extracts from 293 cells transfected with Bad or Bad Ser112 and/or Ser136 mutant fusion proteins, using Phospho-(Ser) 14-3-3 Binding Motif Antibody (top), Phospho-Bad (Ser136) Antibody #9295 (middle) or Phospho-Bad (Ser112) Antibody #9291 (bottom).
Western blot analysis of extracts from Jurkat cells, untreated or calyculin A-treated (0.1 µM for 30 minutes), using Phospho-(Ser) 14-3-3 Binding Motif Antibody. Proteins were separated by 2-D electrophoresis prior to blotting.
Immunohistochemical analysis of paraffin-embedded human breast carcinoma, showing staining of proteins containing phosphorylated 14-3-3 binding motifs, using Phospho-(Ser) 14-3-3 Binding Motif Antibody.
Phospho-(Ser) 14-3-3 Binding Motif Antibody ELISA Assay: Signal-to-noise ratio of phospho- versus nonphospho-14-3-3 binding motif peptides. (S* denotes phosphorylated serine.)
|Product #
|100 µl
|$ 312
|MW (kDa)
Product Information
|Western Blotting
|Immunohistochemistry (Paraffin)
|Peptide ELISA (DELFIA)
Supplied in 10 mM sodium HEPES (pH 7.5), 150 mM NaCl, 100 µg/ml BSA and 50% glycerol. Store at –20°C. Do not aliquot the antibody.
For western blots, incubate membrane with diluted primary antibody in 5% w/v BSA, 1X TBS, 0.1% Tween® 20 at 4°C with gentle shaking, overnight.
NOTE: Please refer to primary antibody datasheet or product webpage for recommended antibody dilution.
From sample preparation to detection, the reagents you need for your Western Blot are now in one convenient kit: #12957 Western Blotting Application Solutions Kit
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
Load 20 µl onto SDS-PAGE gel (10 cm x 10 cm).
NOTE: Loading of prestained molecular weight markers (#13953, 5 µl/lane) to verify electrotransfer and biotinylated protein ladder (#7727, 10 µl/lane) to determine molecular weights are recommended.
NOTE: Volumes are for 10 cm x 10 cm (100 cm2) of membrane; for different sized membranes, adjust volumes accordingly.
* Avoid repeated exposure to skin.
posted June 2005
revised November 2013
Reprobing of an existing membrane is a convenient means to immunoblot for multiple proteins independently when only a limited amount of sample is available. It should be noted that for the best possible results a fresh blot is always recommended. Reprobing can be a valuable method but with each reprobing of a blot there is potential for increased background signal. Additionally, it is recommended that you verify the removal of the first antibody complex prior to reprobing so that signal attributed to binding of the new antibody is not leftover signal from the first immunoblotting experiment. This can be done by re-exposing the blot to ECL reagents and making sure there is no signal prior to adding the next primary antibody.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalently purified water.
posted June 2005
revised October 2016
Protocol Id: 10
This protocol is intended for immunoprecipitation of native proteins for analysis by western immunoblot or kinase activity utilizing Protein A magnetic separation.
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
10X Cell Lysis Buffer: (#9803) To prepare 10 ml of 1X cell lysis buffer, add 1 ml cell lysis buffer to 9 ml dH2O, mix.
NOTE: Add 1 mM PMSF (#8553) immediately prior to use.
A cell lysate pre-clearing step is highly recommended to reduce non-specific protein binding to the Protein A Magnetic beads. Pre-clear enough lysate for test samples and isotype controls.
IMPORTANT: Pre-wash #73778 magnetic beads just prior to use:
Carefully remove the buffer once the solution is clear. Add 500 μl of 1X cell lysis buffer to the magnetic bead pellet, briefly vortex to wash the beads. Place tube back in magnetic separation rack. Remove buffer once solution is clear. Repeat washing step once more.
IMPORTANT: The optimal lysate concentration will depend on the expression level of the protein of interest. A starting concentration between 250 μg/ml-1.0 mg/ml is recommended.
IMPORTANT: Appropriate isotype controls are highly recommended in order to show specific binding in your primary antibody immunoprecipitation. Use Normal Rabbit IgG #2729 for rabbit polyclonal primary antibodies, Rabbit (DA1E) mAb IgG XP® Isotype Control #3900 for rabbit monoclonal primary antibodies, and Mouse (G3A1) mAb IgG1 Isotype Control #5415 for mouse monoclonal primary antibodies. Isotype controls should be concentration matched and run alongside the primary antibody samples
Proceed to one of the following specific set of steps.
NOTE: To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG heavy chains (~50 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Light-Chain Specific) (D4W3E) mAb (#45262) or Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127). To minimize masking caused by denatured IgG light chains (~25 kDa), we recommend using Mouse Anti-Rabbit IgG (Conformation Specific) (L27A9) mAb (#3678) (or HRP conjugate #5127).
posted December 2008
revised April 2018
Protocol Id: 410
NOTE: Prepare solutions with reverse osmosis deionized (RODI) or equivalent grade water.
NOTE: Do not allow slides to dry at any time during this procedure.
For Citrate: Heat slides in a microwave submersed in 1X citrate unmasking solution until boiling is initiated; follow with 10 min at a sub-boiling temperature (95°-98°C). Cool slides on bench top for 30 min.
|SignalStain® Boost IHC Detection Reagent (HRP, Rabbit) #8114
|SignalStain® Boost IHC Detection Reagent (AP, Rabbit) #18653
|SignalStain® DAB Substrate Kit #8059
|SignalStain® Vibrant Red Alkaline Phosphatase Substrate Kit #76713
|SignalStain® Vivid Purple Peroxidase Substrate Kit #96632
NOTE: Use of detection reagents other than those specified in this protocol may require further optimization of the primary antibody to account for the different sensitivities of the detection reagents.
posted February 2010
revised April 2020
Protocol Id: 283
(DELFIA® is a registered trademark of PerkinElmer, Inc.)
posted June 2005
revised September 2007
Protocol Id: 34
Phospho-(Ser) 14-3-3 Binding Motif Antibody binds peptides and proteins containing a motif composed of phospho-Ser with proline at the +2 position and arginine or lysine at the -3 position. Antibody binding is phospho-specific and largely independent of other surrounding amino acids. The antibody weakly cross-reacts with sequences containing phospho-Thr instead of phospho-Ser in this motif, and with sequences containing phospho-Ser surrounded by Phe at the +1 position and Arg/Lys at the -3 position. No cross-reactivity is observed with corresponding nonphosphorylated sequences or with other phospho-Thr/Ser/Tyr-containing motifs. By ELISA this antibody recognizes a wide range of peptides containing the 14-3-3 binding motif, and by 2D gel Western blot analysis it recognizes a large number of presumptive 14-3-3 binding proteins. (U.S. Patent No's.: 6,441,140; 6,982,318; 7,259,022; 7,344,714; U.S.S.N. 11,484,485; and all foreign equivalents.)Species Reactivity:
All Species Expected
Polyclonal antibodies are produced by immunizing animals with synthetic phospho-(Ser) 14-3-3-binding-motif containing peptides . Antibodies are purified by protein A and peptide affinity chromatography.
The 14-3-3 proteins are a highly conserved family of proteins involved in the regulation of cell survival, apoptosis, proliferation and checkpoint control (1-5). Biological regulation by 14-3-3 is mediated through phosphorylation-dependent protein-protein interactions (6). Two different phospho-Ser-containing motifs are found within nearly all known 14-3-3 binding proteins (7). Motif 1 (Arg/Lys and Ser at positions -3 and -2, phospho-Ser at position 0, and Pro at position +2) is found in critical regulatory proteins including Bad, cdc25C, FKHRL1, PKC and c-Raf (5,7). Phospho-(Ser) 14-3-3 Binding Motif Polyclonal and (4E2) Monoclonal Antibodies provide powerful tools for the discovery and characterization of potential 14-3-3 binding proteins containing this motif and for high throughput drug discovery.
Cell Signaling Technology is a trademark of Cell Signaling Technology, Inc.
Use of Cell Signaling Technology (CST) Motif Antibodies within certain methods (e.g., U.S. Patents No. 7,198,896 and 7,300,753) may require a license from CST. For information regarding academic licensing terms please have your technology transfer office contact CST Legal Department at email@example.com. For information regarding commercial licensing terms please contact CST Pharma Services Department at email@example.com.


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International Meeting to Review the Implementation
of the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
10-14 January 2005 | Port Louis, Mauritius
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REALTOR® University is an online school that provides professional development courses to REALTORS®, and is home to a graduate school offering a Master of Real Estate degree. NAR's Research department provides this lecture series, in association with REALTOR® University, featuring leading experts in fields related to real estate discussing topics of interest to REALTOR® University students.
This video series is brought to you by NAR and REALTOR® University. Watch leading experts discuss important real estate topics.


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Although there are thousands of employment discrimination cases filed every year, they are not easy for the plaintiff to win. The plaintiff must persuade juries that their employer made an employment decision based on a personal bias against race, religion, sex, age, etc. However, juries are much more receptive to a claim that a manager, supervisor or employer treated an employee unfairly after he or she made an accusation of discrimination or harassment.
Because jurors often see the act of striking back at complaining employees as a natural reaction and human nature, the employer is often the one who suffers in such cases. Employees who file retaliation claims and win are frequently awarded punitive damages—sometimes numbering in the millions. Therefore, a retaliation claim is not something an employer should take lightly.
Reduce your exposure to employee retaliation claims
While it is unlikely you can completely avoid retaliation claims, there are steps you can take that can reduce your risk of having such claims filed against you.
Implement policies against retaliation. You should already have anti-discrimination and harassment policies in place. If your existing policies don't cover retaliation, then you should update your current policies to include a strong non-retaliation policy. This policy should assure your employees that they will not suffer reprisal for filing complaints. The policy should also contain the process for reporting any retaliation that might occur.
Train managers and supervisors. Implementing non-retaliation policies is a good start but you should also provide training to your supervisors and managers. These employees need to understand what non-retaliation means and how to apply the policy correctly. Provide training on what constitutes retaliation and how to respond to a retaliation complaint. Further, all training should be documented in the event you need to show the steps you have taken to prevent unlawful retaliation.
Do not treat claimants differently. You should never treat an employee who has filed a complaint like an outcast or pariah. Such treatment only validates the employee's claim of unlawful conduct and renders your policies invalid. Instead, be proactive and communicate with the claimant. Provide him or her with a copy of your non-discrimination policy and offer to help them if they experience problems. And you should follow up to ensure there have been no further problems or incidents. All of these interactions with the claimant should also be documented and kept on file.
Review subsequent employment actions. Any employment actions taken after the complaint that affect the claimant should be reviewed before you make any changes. Such as change of supervisors, transfers to different departments, change of schedule, etc. Your personnel department, legal adviser and/or management personnel should review any proposed actions/changes to ensure that it does not constitute retaliation.
To discuss retaliation claims contact a NY business litigation attorney
When facing a retaliation claim, keep a cool head and talk to an experienced NY business litigation attorney about your situation. Your attorney can help you determine the best approach to take in your circumstances.


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Forum of Firms Focuses on Audit Quality
Oct 06, 2011 | New York | English
Over 50 senior audit professionals from 24 international networks of accounting firms met yesterday to share their perspectives on the topic of audit quality. The symposium, organized by the Forum of Firms, assembled a group of experts to discuss several elements of audit quality, in support of work currently being undertaken specifically by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB).
"This symposium was designed to encourage participants to exchange views on audit quality from the perspectives of different stakeholders, including users, practitioners, and audit committees," said David Maxwell, chair, Transnational Auditors Committee. "The discussion raised questions on how audit quality should be defined, as well as ideas for practitioners to consider implementing in their audits."
The symposium commenced with an overview of the IAASB's project to develop an international framework for audit quality. Set against this backdrop, the first of two panels debated the expectations of auditors by investors, regulators, and management and the role that those charged with governance have in contributing to audit quality. Having an understanding of the multiple perspectives on audit quality, participants then considered what practitioners can do to drive audit quality by focusing on the "audit inputs"—namely audit firm culture, qualities of audit personnel, and audit process.
"Audit quality is a topic that runs right to the core of the Forum of Firms mandate and mission—the more we all understand it, the more we all can do to strengthen it," said Robert Dohrer, chair, Forum of Firms. "It is essential that all audit firms be engaged in the debate on this topic so that we can better consider how, as practitioners, we can better contribute to its advancement."
About the Forum of Firms
The Forum of Firms is an association of networks of international accounting firms that perform transnational audits. Members of the Forum have committed to adhere to and promote the consistent application of high-quality audit practices worldwide, including the use of International Standards on Auditing, and the maintenance of appropriate quality control standards in accordance with International Standards on Quality Control issued by the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. Through their organizations, members also conduct globally coordinated internal quality assurance reviews on a regular basis and have policies and methodologies that conform to the Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants. The Transnational Auditors Committee is the Executive Committee of the Forum of Firms and a committee of the International Federation of Accountants.


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WASHINGTON (AP) — It was reasonable for officials to reroute a Capitol Police tactical squad away from the Washington Navy Yard rampage amid concerns about possible threats to the U.S. Capitol after the officers got stuck in traffic, according to a report released Friday that defends the decision.
The officers in the specially trained unit, which handles crises such as mass shootings, tried to respond to the Navy Yard but could not even reach the command post there because of traffic snarls caused by emergency vehicles, according to the two-page document. There were also no demands for additional Capitol Police resources beyond the teams that were already there and commanders were faced with "the potential of threats or secondary attacks" to the Capitol building, the report states.
The unit was directed to the Capitol more than a half-hour after the first reports of the attack.
"Everyone's intentions were the right intentions `cause they're the type of people who want to go," Capitol Police Chief Kim Dine said in an interview. "That's what they want to do. We respect that and appreciate that."
Dine called for a review into the response to the Sept. 16 shooting amid reports that a Capitol Police supervisor had directed the Containment and Emergency Response Team to stand down and not respond to the rampage. The Capitol Police Board, which oversees the agency, initiated the investigation at Dine's request and released a summary of a review team's findings on Friday.
Senate Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer, who serves on the board, said at the time the investigation was announced that the reports, if true, would represent an "unbearable failure."
But he said Friday that the reality uncovered by a special review team was far more nuanced, and that the decision to recall the four-member unit made sense in light of the overall circumstances.
"It was reasonable to have them come back," he said.
Gainer, a former Capitol Police chief, said while he understood the inclination to second-guess the decision he did not think it was appropriate to speculate whether the unit would have made a difference if allowed inside the building. Tactical officers from multiple other law enforcement agencies also responded to the rampage and the gunman was killed during a police shootout.
"These are very fluid, fast-moving events and they're sort of multilayered," Dine said.
The Capitol Police is responsible for protecting congressional buildings as well as members of Congress and their families. But its units sometimes respond to emergencies away from the Capitol complex. On the day of the shooting, two motorcycle units deployed to the Navy Yard to help with traffic control, along with another team that helped protect the perimeter and a sergeant who served as a command post liaison, according to the report.
The gunman, Aaron Alexis, a 34-year-old former Navy reservist and government contractor who worked at the Navy Yard, killed 12 people before being shot to death by police. The FBI has said he was experiencing delusions in the months leading up to the shooting, leaving behind writings indicating that he believed he was being bombarded by extremely low frequency radio waves.
The review team conducted dozens of interviews and evaluated radio transmissions and command center incident logs. Several other recommendations were made as part of the investigation, including improving communication between different Capitol Police units during an emergency.
The full report was not publicly released. Dine said in an email to the department that the report "will truly help our Department moving forward."
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YORK COUNTY — The Maine Center for Disease Control reported last week that influenza — the flu — is widespread in Maine with three strains of influenza circulating in the state.
The Maine CDC reported there were 27 new outbreaks of flu in the state during the week ending Jan. 5 and 31 outbreaks during the week ending Jan. 12. The number of cases is expected to remain high for the next several weeks.
Influenza activity this year is "significantly higher than the 2011-2012 season...." according to a Jan. 9 influenza update from the Maine CDC. As of Jan. 15 outbreaks of influenzalike illness had been reported in every county in the state, according to the CDC website,
Health care providers are not required to report cases of individuals with flu-like symptoms, and some people do not seek treatment, so the number of cases reported by the Maine CDC may be "an underrepresentation of the true burden of influenza" in the state, according to the website.
"We have seen an increase in the number of patients in the emergency department with flu-like symptoms," said Goodall Hospital's Director of Marketing Kristen Hill this week. She said some patients — those at higher risk due to other illnesses or conditions — had been admitted to the hospital.
Sanford schools are seeing an absentee rate of about six percent, according to Assistant Superintendent Eric Knowlton. He said absenteeism among students has been increasing slowly, but not significantly, in the last two weeks.
"A lot of our students were vaccinated," Knowlton said on Wednesday.
Massabesic High School Principal Christian Elkington said there has been an increase in student absenteeism — from 30 - 40 to 50 - 60 students — since the Christmas/New Year break. He said there has also been an increase in illness among the staff.
Although the flu is currently widespread in the state, it has not moved to a "public emergency" situation, as it has in many other states. According to the U.S. Center for Disease Control, 24 states and New York City were reporting high levels of influenzalike illnesses as of Jan. 5. Maine's level of flu-like illness activity was "moderate" as of Jan. 5.
Symptoms of the flu include: fever or feeling feverish/chills, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, headaches, and fatigue. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more common in children than adults, according to the U.S. CDC.
Most experts believe that flu viruses spread mainly by droplets made when people with the flu cough, sneeze or talk. These droplets can land in the mouths or noses of people who are nearby. Less often, a person might also get flu by touching a surface or object that has flu virus on it and then touching their own mouth, eyes or nose.
Flu season typically peaks in February and the Maine CDC is still encouraging people six months and older, especially those at high risk of serious complications, to get vaccinated.
The CDC offers the following guidelines to decrease your risk of contracting the flu:
• Wash your hands: Both the general public and health care providers should remember to wash their hands frequently to prevent transmission of influenza.
• Cover your cough: Use tissues, or cough into your sleeve.
• Stay home when you are sick: Symptomatic individuals should remain home while sick. Maine CDC recommends staying home until 24 hours after the fever resolves without the use of medications.
• Get Vaccinated: Maine CDC recommends vaccination for everyone aged 6 months and older, especially for those who are at high risk of serious complications from influenza.
Influenza vaccine is provided at no-cost by the state of Maine for children under the age of 19 years. The flu vaccine is still available through clinics, health care providers, and some local pharmacies and offers protection in 14 days. For questions about vaccination, contact the Maine Immunization Program at 800-867-4775 or through firstname.lastname@example.com.
HomeHealth Visiting Nurses is offering a free flu shot clinic for children this Saturday, Jan. 19 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at its facility at 15 Industrial Park Road in Saco. The clinic is for children from six months to 18 years old. Vaccines will be injected. HomeHealth Visiting Nurses asks that people bring their health insurance cards so the agency can bill for administration of the vaccine.