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An Action Research ProjectMunar, Ana María; Villesèche, Florence (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report examines the relationship between gender and the Heads of Department group's leadership practices at Copenhagen Business School. This research project is one of the initiatives of the action plan developed by the Diversity and Inclusion Council at this university. Its aim is two fold. First, it examines the following aspects in relation to gender: 1) Management practices in recruitment and promotion (with a special focus on scouting and nudging); 2) Management practices in establishing and maintaining good work cultures and attractive research environments; 3) Best practices and guidelines for the promotion of diversity and equality, including suggestions for avoiding unconscious bias. Second, this initiative aims to stimulate self-reflexivity and open dialogue on the topic of gender and talent development among CBS's management groups and between these groups and the Diversity and Inclusion Council (CDI). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9359
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Statistics and Indicators of Gender EqualityMunar, Ana María; Biran, Avital; Budeanu, Adriana; Caton, Kellee; Chambers, Donna; Dredge, Dianne; Gyimóthy, Szilvia; Jamal, Tazim; Larson, Mia; Lindström, Kristina Nilsson; Nygaard, Laura; Ram, Yael (Copenhagen, 2015)[More information][Less information]
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From Danish Conglomerate to Global SpecialistMeyer, Klaus E. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Over the past decade, European businesses have accelerated internationalization, expanding within and beyond Europe. I argue that a major driving force behind this push towards global presence is the restructuring of corporate diversification strategies, which in turn is a result of gradual changes in industry structure and the institutional environment in home markets as well as global markets. The strategic change converts diversified conglomerates to global specialists in narrower niche markets. It brings them in direct confrontation with a small number of key competitors operating worldwide. On this stage, key competitive advantages are gained by making best use of resources across the world, and by effective global integration of operations. Hence de-diversification and internationalization are opposite sides of the same coin: globalfocusing. The argument is developed based on inductive case research of the restructuring in two Danish manufacturing enterprises, and a review of overall trends in Danish businesses. On this basis, I analyze the economic and institutional forces driving this process, and suggest propositions for empirical testing. The paper points to consequences of liberalization, and is thus of high relevance for managers and policy makers in countries that are not yet as open as Denmark. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6536
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Narula, Rajneesh (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Abstract: The growth of collaborative activity is greatly influenced by the process of globalisation. This paper focuses on the narrow area of collaborative R&D activity, and takes a 'macro' view of the effects of these developments. Globalisation has affected the need of firms to collaborate, in that firms now seek opportunities to cooperate, rather than identify situations where they can achieve majority control. The use of collaboration is particularly acute in capital-intensive and knowledge-intensive sectors. These are also the sectors where firms have expanded internationally fastest, as they need to compete in various markets simultaneously, but also to exploit and acquire assets and technology that may be specific to particular locations. The increasing similarity of technologies across countries and cross-fertilisation of technology between sectors, coupled with the increasing costs and risks associated with innovation has led firms to consider R&D alliances as a first-best option in many instances. This has important welfare implications and impinges directly on the industrial competitiveness of locations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6573
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The Role of Multinational EnterprisesNarula, Rajneesh; Zanfei, Antonello (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper undertakes a brief evaluation of the trends in the internationalization of innovative activities. We provide a taxonomy of R&D internationalization strategies, and discuss the main relevant theoretical and empirical issues, before discussing the centripetal and centrifugal forces underlying the nature and evolution of cross border innovation. We address the issue of international technology partnering as a key strategy that is complementary to the internationalisation of innovative activities through internal means, before raising important policy dimensions and directions for future research that derive from these debates. Key words: R&D internationalization, globalisation, multinationals, alliances, technology policy JEL Codes: F23, O32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6628
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Håkanson, Lars (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: All knowledge is context dependent. The relevant context is the social community where it resides, i.e. the 'epistemic community' formed as groups of people define and legitimize the knowledge they possess. In the mutual engagement in a common enterprise, epistemic communities develop, maintain and nurture the codes, tools and theories that provide the basis of their practice. Commonalities of code, tools and theory facilitate both voluntary transfer and involuntary imitation of knowledge within communities, also ones spanning organizational boundaries. Conversely, knowledge transfer between different epistemic communities, whether desired or unintended, is often cumbersome and fraught with difficulties. In order to achieve effective integration and cooperation between its various professional communities and subcultures, firms must therefore undertake investments in boundary-spanning mechanisms. Since these investments are specific to the context in which they take place and to the transactions that they enable, they cannot easily be organized through arm's length contracts. Firms exist because they have a relative advantage over markets in the integration of diverse knowledge. However, the associated capabilities need not translate into a relative advantage also in the transfer of knowledge, i.e. knowledge exchanged between members of the same epistemic community. Within communities, knowledge disseminates with relative ease both intentionally and through emulation. Knowledge thus acquired can generally be applied also outside the context of the exchange and the effort or investment expended in its acquisition is not transaction specific. The governance mode applied in such exchanges is therefore determined by strategic and contextual factors, including those of traditional transaction cost logic. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6594
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Sigurjonsson, Throstur Olaf (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Currently, the corporate governance has the agenda of categorizing reality and thereby determining which systems are more effective and efficient in a given context. A question is posed; how has the internationalization of markets, liberalization, deregulation, and privatization adapted to rapid changes in traditionally based models of corporate governance? When corporate governance practices are exported from one country to another, they tend to be translated and customized to local practices before being adopted. The objective of this thesis is to examine this type of adaptation and explain the circumstances that led to a collapse of governance mechanisms, using Iceland as an example. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8336
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an empirical investigation of the drivers of international strategic alliance formationNielsen, Bo B. (, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6539
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Gammelgård, Jens (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6543
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Hallin, Carina Antonia; Juul Andersen, Torben; Ooi, Can Seng (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We outline a strategic response capability framework drawing on cognitive neuroscience to explain stakeholder sensing and anticipations as essential input to environmental analysis. Stakeholders receive stimuli from ongoing interactions with the firm and thereby sense current environmental changes and form anticipations about future performance that provide early signals about needs for proactive strategic responses. Based on insights from literatures on cognitive neuroscience, marketing and strategy we develop a strategic response capability model driven by stakeholder sensing and anticipations with associated propositions. We discuss the implications of the proposed framework and suggest future research venues to further uncover the microfoundations of the firm's strategic response capability. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9007
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Applying dialogism in social science researchOoi, Can-Seng (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Bakhtin was a literary theorist and was the widely acknowledged father of dialogism. This working paper shows how Bakhtin and dialogism can be used to capture complexity, ambivalence and ambiguity in the social world. In following the spirit of dialogism, I will refer to my own research experiences in tourism and art worlds, through which I will reveal my own inclinations – which can be read as biases – in my research knowledge production. Through the concept of genre, heteroglossia, polyphony and carnivalesque, dialogism allows social science researchers to identify and structure the forces of order and disruption in society. There are methodological consequences if one is to follow dialogism. Besides having to get deep into the empirical field, dialogism challenges by raising questions on the manner we collect data, the extent to which we can present a holistic analysis, the ways to engage alternative analytical interpretations and the approach to address a researcher's own biases. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8672
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a latent class estimationPedersen, Torben; Soo, Christine; Devinney, Timothy M. (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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A Case Study of the Laundry Detergent Market in JapanFujiwara, Masatoshi (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper aims to describe how a commercially successful innovation occurs with the altering of the existing competitive structure in a market under environmental and competitive pressures. I study the history of the laundry detergent market in Japan and elucidate the manner in which Kao accomplished an innovation and increased their market share during the late 1980s. Kao introduced their new detergent Attack through a biotechnological innovation and dramatically changed the competitive structure to their advantage. The innovations introduced were of two kinds 1) fermentation engineering technologies to improve the cleaning performance of detergents by using alkaline cellulase, and 2) concentration of detergents to four times their earlier strength through changes in their powder processing technologies. This historical innovation that occurred in the laundry detergent market in Japan has a contemporary implication because combining firms' activities and environmental sustainability has been one of the most crucial topics over recent years. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8440
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An Empirical Investigation of the Credit Rationing HypothesisHobdari, Bersant (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We analyze the impact of corporate governance structures on access to capital using a unique and rich panel data for a large and representative sample of Estonian firms over the period 1993 through 1999. We distinguish among five different governance structures and provide estimates on the impact of each of them on capital constraints. Our results indicate that: (i) separate regimes exist in investment behavior; (ii) the likelihood of being financially constrained is higher in firms that are recently privatized, small and where ownership is concentrated in the hands of insiders; (iii) soft budget constraints lower the probability of a firm being financially constrained; (iv) the actual probabilities of operating in the financially constrained regime are calculated to be quite high and essentially stable during 1993-1999: 0.52-0.57 for state owned firms, 0.40-0.46 for domestic owned firms and 0.53-0.57 for employee owned firms. Corporate Investment, Corporate Governance, Liquidity Constraints, GMM Estimates, Switching Regression. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6555
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Ionaşcu, Delia; Meyer, Klaus; Estrin, Saul (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The concept of 'distance' has been used by international business scholars to explain variations in international business strategies and operations across countries. The more distant a host country is from the organizational centre of a multinational enterprise (MNE), the more it has to manage cultural, regulatory and cognitive differences, and to develop appropriate entry strategies, organizational forms, and internal procedures to accommodate these differences. Scholarly research has focused on the concept of psychic distance, which has been narrowed down in empirical work to indices based on Hofstede's work on culture. However, these measures capture only very partially the dimensions of distance of concern to international business. In this paper, we show how the broader theoretical concept of institutional distance, which incorporates normative, regulatory and cognitive aspects, affects entry strategies. Specifically, our theoretical arguments suggest that the impact of distance varies with different aspects of the concept of institutional distance, and that this impact interacts with both the investor's experience and with the relative importance of the pertinent operation for the investing MNE. Using a unique dataset of foreign direct investment in emerging economies that incorporates multi-host as well as multi-home countries, we find empirical support for our propositions, and provide an explanation for apparently inconsistent results in the previous literature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6620
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the case of financial services in developing economiesPatibandla, Murali; Rosario, Shirley (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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A Yin-Yang Perspective of Central and Peripheral Mechanisms in (Global) Strategy FormationJuul Andersen, Torben; Hallin, Carina Antonia; Li, Xin (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The organizational capacity to cope with unexpected changes remains a fundamental challenge in strategy as global competition and technological innovation increase environmental uncertainty. Whereas conventional strategy-making often is conceived as a sequential linear process, we see it as a non-linear interaction between top-down and bottom-up mechanisms dealing with multiple actions taken throughout the organization over time. It is driven by intension but with a flexible balance between centralized (planned) and decentralized (spontaneous) activities where strategy formulation and implementation interact. We adopt the frame of complementary Yin-Yang elements and Zhong Yong balance to explain the time bound interaction between these opposing yet complementary strategy-making mechanisms where tradeoffs and synergies are balanced across hierarchical levels. The model outlines how the interaction between top-down and bottom-up mechanisms shape sustainable strategic responses. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9010
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the case of IndiaPatibandla, Murali (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
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Petersen, Bent; Welch, Lawrence S. (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6526
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An empirical analysis of Economics and ManagementÓladóttir, Ásta Dis (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation consists of an introductory chapter, followed by four papers that approach the topic of internationalization of small economies and the multinational firm from different angles. The concluding chapter deals with what happened in Iceland after the crisis that started in October 2008 with the collapse of the Icelandic financial system and how the very fast internationalization of Icelandic firms was possible, but only as further issues that need to be researched. Each of the papers can be read individually as well as in the larger context of this dissertation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7993
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A liquor license was granted for Shooter's Saloon in downtown Brush at the Brush City council meeting Monday night.
Following a public hearing regarding the license, council, acting as the local liquor licensing authority, approved the license in a unanimous vote.
During the hearing, license applicant Mario Palombo made remarks regarding the proposed Shooter's Saloon, which will be located at 121 Clayton Street.
Palombo said he plans to open a sports bar and "wants put his best foot forward with an establishment that has a good reputation." He said he chose the building in Brush over one in Fort Morgan because he "wanted a building with some character to it."
He is using the same architect that performed renovations for the East Morgan County Library, because of their reputation and quality work on the library renovation.
The Shooter's building will have an "old, vintage look" Palombo said with "wood floors, wood beams and exposed brick, something more like what you would see in LoDo."
He said, "We want to keep Brush dollars in Brush," commenting on how many people in Brush travel to Fort Morgan for evening entertainment or more dining options. He also wants to bring Fort Morgan dollars to Brush by offering an evening shuttle service between Brush and Fort Morgan. The plan is to run the shuttle Friday and Saturday evening.
Shooters will have a rooftop patio that also will act as a smoking area, which will help alleviate any cigarette butts on the sidewalk area in front of Shooter's. However, those will be cleaned up if necessary.
"We want to be good neighbors and we want to have good neighbors," Palombo said.
In addition to serving as a sports bar with large TVs to watch sporting events, Shooter's also will have a dance floor with the hope of offering live entertainment. The establihsment will offer food in the form of appetizers, with a possible expansion down the road to a full menu.
In line with creating a quality establishment, Palombo said he plans to be proactive in training employees on how to handle "overserved individuals." Employees will go through a certification process regarding this issue.
No opposition to granting the liquor license was heard during the public hearing.
Shooter's plans to be open Monday through Thursday from 3 p.m. until midnight and Fridays and Saturdays until 2 a.m. and Sundays from noon to six. Palombo said he hopes to have the bar open by mid-October.
Also during its meeting, council moved and approved granting the East Morgan County Hospital a permit fee waiver request of 50 percent for its new construction project, valued at an estimated value of $11,510,772 with a permit fee of $50,179.65. The council has granted such waivers in the past.
The council heard from Brush resident Brad Reid who said he feels a neighbor is not following the regulations for the city's burn pit ordinance. He said he thinks it's a safety hazard for the neighborhood. Council members were shown pictures of the allegedly unsafe burn pit. City Administrator Monte Torres said he will visit with the Brush Chief of Police and have the issue on the agenda at a future council work session.
During staff reports, City Clerk Andrea Strand reported the city officially has names to put on the election ballot this fall. Candidates for mayor are John Gotto and Charles Schonberger. City council candidates are: Ward 1, Rick Bain; Ward 2, Kimberly A. Dykes and Jeff Osuch; and Ward 3, Jeanine Anderson Santistevan.
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Council approves license for Shooter's Saloon
A liquor license was granted for Shooter's Saloon in downtown Brush at the Brush City council meeting Monday night.


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COMMERCIAL NAT. BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA v. ARMSTRONG(1893)
Statement by Mr. Justice BREWER:
On the 23d of November, 1887, the Commercial National Bank of Pennsylvania filed its bill of complaint in the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Ohio, [148 U.S. 50, 51] against David Armstrong, receiver of the Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati, the purpose of which bill was to charge the defendant, as trustee of the plaintiff, for $17,460.32, certain funds in his possession. To this bill of complaint the defendant duly appeared and answered. After the taking of testimony, the case was submitted on pleadings and proofs, and on the 8th of June, 1889, a decree was entered in favor of the plaintiff, directing the defendant to pay to it the sum of $7,209.59, which he was adjudged to hold as trustee, and also whatever sums he might thereafter receive from the receiver of the Fifth National Bank of St. Louis, Mo., as dividends upon the sum of $1,577.89, the amount of paper transmitted to that bank for collection. From this decree both parties appealed to this court. The opinion of the circuit court was delivered by Jackson, Circuit Judge, and will be found in 39 Fed. Rep. 684.
The transactions between the two banks originated in the following letter, sent by the Fidelity National Bank to the plaintiff:
E. L. Harper, V. P.'
To this letter the plaintiff replied on February 18th, accepting proposition No. 2; and thereafter, from time to time, forwarded paper for collection. The Fidelity Bank caused to be made and sent to the plaintiff a rubber stamp for use in indorsing paper thus forwarded. This stamp read as follows:
Business was carried on between the two banks under this arrangement until June 20, 1887, when the Fidelity Bank failed, having in its hands, or in the hands of other banks to which the same had been sent by it for collection, proceeds of paper forwarded by plaintiff after June 4th amounting to $16,851.92. The only correspondence which took place during this time between the parties, which can be considered as throwing any light upon the arrangement between them, was a letter from the plaintiff of May 25th, as follows: 'We don't wish to complain, but would like to understand why your remittance to us of May 21 only included items sent you up to May 14, and received by you on the 16th. We have to explain these things to our depositors, and wish to act intelligently on the subject;' and a reply in these words: 'We collect at par, and include in our remittances everything collected to date.' [148 U.S. 50, 53] The conclusions of the circuit judge were that the relation between the two banks was that of principal and agent,-a relation which continued, not only while the paper was held by the Fidelity Bank, but after the moneys had been collected thereon; but that, in order to enforce a trust in favor of the plaintiff as to any of the moneys so collected, they must be specifically traceable, and that it was not sufficient to show that by collection they had passed into the general funds of the bank. This paper had substantially all passed into the hands of other banks, to whom it had been sent by the Fidelity Bank, as its subagents, and the circuit judge held that if the Fidelity was indebted to these local banks, subagents, and the collections, when made, were entered in their books as a credit to such indebtedness, they must be considered as reduced to possession, and as having passed into the general funds of the Fidelity; but that, on the other hand, if the Fidelity was not indebted to the subagent banks, and the collections remained in their hands to be subsequently remitted to the Fidelity, and in fact were paid to the receiver after his appointment, they were specifically traceable, and were therefore subject to the trust created by the relationship between the two banks, and payment thereof could be enforced out of the funds in the hands of the receiver.
Edward Colston, Judson Harmon, and George Hoadly, Jr., for Commercial bank. [148 U.S. 50, 54] John W. Herron, for Armstrong.
Mr. Justice BREWER, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.
We agree with the circuit judge that the relation created between the banks as to uncollected paper was that of principal and agent, and that the mere fact that a subagent of the Fidelity Bank had collected the money due on such paper was not a mingling of those collections with the general funds of the Fidelity, and did not operate to relieve them from the trust obligation created by the agency of the Fidelity, or create any difficulty in specifically tracing them. As to such paper, the transaction may be described thus: The plaintiff handed it to the Fidelity. The Fidelity handed it to a subagent. The subagent collected it, and held the specific money in hand to be delivered to the Fidelity. Then the failure of the Fidelity came, and the specific money was handed to its receiver. That money never became a part of the general funds of the Fidelity. It was not applied by the subagent in reducing the indebtedness of the Fidelity to it, but it was held as a sum collected, to be paid over to the Fidelity, or to whomsoever might be entitled to it. The Fidelity received the paper as agent, and the indorsement 'for collection' was notice that its possession was that of agent, and not of owner. In Sweeny v. Easter, 1 Wall. 166, 173, in which there was an indorsement 'for collection,' Mr. Justice Miller said: 'The words 'for collection' evidently had a meaning. That meaning was intended to limit the effect which would have been given to the indorsement without them, and warned the party that, contrary to the purpose of a general or blank indorsement, [148 U.S. 50, 57] this was not intended to transfer the ownership of the note or its proceeds.' And in White v. Bank, 102 U.S. 658 , 661, where the indorsement was 'for account,' the same justice, speaking of the indorsement, said: 'It does not purport to transfer the title of the paper, or the ownership of the money when received.' The plaintiff, then, as principal, could unquestionably have controlled the paper at any time before its payment, and this control extended to such time as the money was received by its agent, the Fidelity. Bank v. Hubbell, 117 N. Y. 384, 22 N. E. Rep. 1031; Manufacturers' Nat. Bank v. Continental Bank, 148 Mass. 553, 20 N. E. Rep. 193; Freeman's Nat. Bank v. National Tube Works, 151 Mass. 413, 24 N. E. Rep. 779; Armstrong v. Bank, (Ky.) 14 S. W. Rep. 411; First Nat. Bank of Crown Point v. First Nat. Bank of Richmond, 76 Ind. 561. In those cases the suits were against subagent banks. It is true that in most of them the collection was made by the subagent after the avowed insolvency of the agent, but that fact we cannot think is decisive. If, before the subagent parts with the money, or credits it upon an indebtedness of the agent bank to it, the insolvency of the latter is disclosed, it ought not to place the funds which it has collected, and which it knows belong to a third party, in the hands of that insolvent agent or its assignee; and, on the other hand, such insolvent agent has no equity in claiming that this money, which it has not yet received, and which belongs to its principal, should be transferred to, and mixed with, its general funds in the hands of its assignee for the benefit of its general creditors, and to the exclusion of the principal for whom it was collected. Whether it be said that such funds are specifically traceable in the possession of the subagent, or that the agent has never reduced those funds to possession, or put itself in a position where it could rightfully claim that it has changed the relation of agent to that of debtor, the result is the same. The Fidelity received this paper as agent. At the time of its insolvency, when its right to continue in business ceased, it had not fully performed its duties as agent and collector. It had not received the moneys collected by its subagent. They [148 U.S. 50, 58] were traceable as separate and specific funds, and therefore the plaintiff was entitled to have them paid out of the assets in the hands of the receiver, for, when he collected them from these subagents, he was, in fact, collecting them as the agent of the principal. No mere bookkeeping between the Fidelity and its subagents could change the actual status of the parties, or destroy rights which arise out of the real facts of the transaction.
We also agree with the circuit court, in its conclusions as to those moneys collected by subagents to whom the Fidelity was in debt, and which collections had been credited by the subagents upon the debts of the Fidelity to them before its insolvency was disclosed; for there the moneys had practically passed into the hands of the Fidelity. The collection had been fully completed. It was not a mere matter of bookkeeping between the Fidelity and its agents. It was the same as though the money had actually reached the vaults of the Fidelity. It was a completed transaction between it and its subagents, and nothing was left but the settlement between the Fidelity and the principal,-the plaintiff. The conclusions of the circuit court were based upon the idea that these collections could not be traced, because they had passed into the general fund of the bank. We think, however, a more satisfactory reason is found in the fact that by the terms of the arrangement between the plaintiff and the Fidelity the relation of debtor and creditor was created when the collections were fully made. The agreement was to collect at par, and remit the 1st, 11th, and 21st of each month. Collections intermediate those dates were, by the custom of banks, and the evident understanding of the parties, to be mingled with the general funds of the Fidelity, and used in its business. The fact that the intervals between the dates for remitting were brief is immaterial. The principle is the same as if the Fidelity was to remit only once every six months. It was the contemplation of the parties, and must be so adjudged, according to the ordinary custom of banking, that these collections were not to be placed on special deposit, and held until the day for remitting. The very fact that collections [148 U.S. 50, 59] were to be made at par shows that the compensation for the trouble and expense of collection was understood to be the temporary deposit of the funds thus collected, and the temporary use thereof by the Fidelity. The case of Marine Bank v. Fulton Bank, 2 Wall. 252, is in point, though it may be conceded that the facts in that tending to show the relation of debtor and creditor are more significant than those here. In the spring of 1861 the Fulton Bank of New York sent two notes for collection to the Marine Bank of Chicago. There being some trouble about currency, the Fulton Bank requested the Marine Bank to hold the avails of the collection subject to order, and advise amount credited. Afterwards the Marine Bank sought to pay in the currency which it had received on the collection, then largely depreciated, but its claim in this respect was denied; Mr. Justice Miller, speaking for the court, saying: 'The truth, undoubtedly, is that both parties understood that, when the money was collected, plaintiff was to have credit with the defendant for the amount of the collection, and that defendant would use the money in its business. Thus the defendant was guilty of no wrong in using the money, because it had become its own. It was used by the bank in the same manner that it used the money deposited with it that day by city customers, and the relation between the two banks was the same as that between the Chicago bank and its city depositors. It would be a waste of argument to attempt to prove that this was a debtor and creditor relation. All deposits made with bankers may be divided into two classes, namely, those in which the bank becomes bailee of the depositor, the title to the thing deposited remaining with the latter; and that other kind of deposit of money peculiar to banking business, in which the depositor, for his own convenience, parts with the title to his money, and loans it to the banker, and the latter, in consideration of the loan of the money, and the right to use it for his own profit, agrees to refund the same amount, or any part thereof, on demand. The case before us is not of the former class. It must be of the latter.'
That reasoning is applicable here. Bearing in mind the [148 U.S. 50, 60] custom of banks, it cannot be that the parties understood that the collections made by the Fidelity during the intervals between the days of remitting were to be made special deposits, but, on the contrary, it is clear that they intended that the moneys thus received should pass into the general funds of the bank, and be used by it as other funds, and that, when the day for remitting came, the remittance should be made out of such general funds.
The conclusions, therefore, reached by the circuit court, were correct, and the judgment is affirmed.


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The lack of fluoride in community water sources may be detrimental to overall dental health of the county's residents, according to concerns from Pottawatomie County healthcare professionals.
Fluoride is a naturally occurring mineral that prevents tooth decay, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. While largely preventable, cavities are the most common chronic disease of children ages 6 to 19 years. Water fluoridation has been shown to reduce dental decay in children's teeth by 18 to 40 percent, according to the CDC.
None of Pottawatomie County's community water supplies have fluoride added to them. Most, such as the Shawnee Municipal Authority, have naturally occurring fluoride, but their concentration does not meet the CDC standard for the prevention of tooth decay.
The CDC recommends between 0.7 and 1.2 ppm of fluoride in the water to have a significant impact on the reduction of dental decay.
Shawnee's water supply, which serves about 31,000 residents, has the highest concentration of naturally occurring fluoride in the county at 0.4 parts per million, according to the Department of Environmental Quality.
The Tecumseh Utility Authority serves about 6,000 residents and has a fluoride concentration of 0.38 ppm, which is higher than most supplies, but still doesn't meet what the CDC recommends.
Shawnee stopped fluoridating its water in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina impacted the city's fluoride supplier, Shawnee City Manager Brian McDougal said.
Shawnee never resumed water fluoridation and no longer has the capability to do so, he said. Resuming fluoridation would require the city to build a new facility and system, which could cost between $150,000 and $200,000.
The Shawnee Pediatric Association and Shawnee Dental Association have approached McDougal about starting to add fluoride to the water again, he said, but Shawnee requires "additional capital needs" for water treatment and distribution.
Dr. Nan Shadid, who has been a dentist in Shawnee for 28 years, said she has noticed a significant increase in the number of children with cavities since Shawnee ceased water fluoridation.
"There's two ways to get fluoride in your system," Shadid said. "One way is topical using mouthwashes or toothpaste. The other way is systemic where it gets in through your bloodstream."
Only using fluoridated toothpaste or mouthwash is not sufficient to fight the amount of tooth decay seen in patients today, especially in infants, Shadid said.
"The only way babies are going to get enough fluoride to help them develop healthy teeth is by drinking fluoridated water," Shadid said.
Infants need to ingest the fluoride to help develop healthy teeth, she said.
Shadid said the problem with dental decay is so severe that she suggests patients use home water coolers and have fluoridated water delivered.
"I have a sign hung up in my office saying the water here (in Shawnee) isn't fluoridated," Shadid said. "Drinking fluoridated water and brushing with fluoridated toothpaste is the best way to combat decay."
Jeremy Holter, internist and pediatrician at the Saint Anthony Medical Clinic in Shawnee, said better oral health leads to better heart health.
"Adding fluoride to water can help reduce plaque buildup in the heart," he said. "Longevity correlates with dental health as well. Studies have shown that people who consume fluoridated water live longer than those who don't."
Holter said he's encouraged the city of Shawnee to resume fluoridating its water, but understands that cost is going to be a challenge.


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The Story Of Patent Reform: How Lobbyists & Congress Works... And How The Public & Innovation Get Screwed
from the sad deptWe've noted how there's suddenly been a lot of mainstream interest in the massive problems of the patent system, thanks in part to mainstream media operations like This American Life doing stories that expose just how damaging the patent system is today. And yet, despite all of this, we've been pointing out for a while that the patent reform bill making its way through Congress is useless. It does nothing to address the problems of the system and has a few things that will make matters worse. And it bizarrely includes clear favors to Wall St., protecting them from a few bad patents, while leaving everyone else -- including Silicon Valley -- to fend for themselves.
So why isn't Congress actually fixing the patent system?
Zach Carter over at the Huffington Post has an absolutely fantastic detailed look at the politics and corruption behind the patent reform bill. It's long, but worth reading. However, the tl;dr version is: patent reform is entirely about lobbyists and special interests. No one -- and I do mean no one -- appears to have any concern whatsoever for the actual impact of the patent system or patent reform on actual innovation. The story is about as depressing as you would imagine, but is a great primer on the nature of regulatory capture and how certain industries influence regulations, while the actual public and the people most impacted by the legislation is left out. Here's just a snippet:
DataTreasury's lawsuits are handled by Texas trial-law kingpins Nix, Patterson & Roach. In the 2010 elections, the firm was the third-largest contributor to the Democratic National Committee, pouring in $179,000, behind only Google and the Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. When Republican lawmakers bemoan "Democrats and trial lawyers," they're talking about Nix Patterson and a handful of other big law firms.Nobody comes out of this story looking good. Everyone comes out of it looking corrupt. And all of us suffer. Though a few lawyers are making out like bandits.
Nix Patterson brought in an even bigger fundraising champion to lobby Democrats for DataTreasury: Ben Barnes. He and his wife Melanie have dumped $379,000 of their own money into politics over the years, according to Center for Responsive Politics data, with every penny going to Democrats. Barnes is also one of the most influential fundraising bundlers in politics. In the first half of 2009 alone, he pulled together $630,450 for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee -- more than anyone else, according to the Sunlight Foundation.
Barnes is not a man congressional Democrats keep waiting. And he's previously worked directly with Pelosi, who attended a fundraiser at Barnes' Austin home in 2009. Pelosi's office did not respond to inquiries on her meetings with the fundraising giant, but when asked by HuffPost whether he had won over Pelosi on Section 18, Barnes said that he had.
"Oh, yeah," Barnes told HuffPost. "For some time I've worked with DataTreasury that has the patent all the banks are worked up about."
By revolting on the patent bill, Pelosi was throwing in her lot with Reps. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), Dan Boren (D-Okla.), Aaron Schock (R-Ill.) and Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), who circulated a letter on June 15 urging their colleagues to oppose Section 18, saying the language "carves out a special niche" for Wall Street that would "stifle innovation."
This odd bipartisan coalition was going up against the entire New York delegation, led by Rep. Joseph Crowley (D-N.Y.), chairman of the corporate-friendly New Democrat caucus, who declined to comment for this story. As the behind-the-scenes struggle intensified, DataTreasury promoted the idea that Section 18 was a covert bailout for the banks. If courts ruled that the new law amounted to an unconstitutional taking of property -- a very big 'if' -- then taxpayers would ultimately have to pay back the bank winnings resulting from the bill.
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Hartzler, Chancy A. (1876-1947)
Chancy A. Hartzler: bishop in the Illinois Mennonite Conference (Mennonite Church); son of Bishop John J. Hartzler, was born in St. Joseph County, Michigan on 5 May 1876, grew up in Cass County, Missouri, married Mary Neuenschwander 23 December 1900, and had one son, John. Hartzler died 15 October 1947.
Ordained preacher at the Sycamore Grove Church (Mennonite Church) in Cass County, 22 October 1906, Hartzler served 1908-1912 as a worker and then superintendent of the Kansas City (Kansas) Mission, then 1913 (1914 ordained bishop)-1947 as pastor of the Willow Springs Mennonite Church in Tiskilwa, Illinois. He was active in Illinois Conference work, serving as moderator and secretary, as well as in the General Mission Board (Elkhart) and in the Mennonite Board of Education.
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Bender, Harold S. "Hartzler, Chancy A. (1876-1947)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 6 Jun 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hartzler,_Chancy_A._(1876-1947)&oldid=113808.
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Excitement was running high as ISRAEL21c's Journey to Israel participants headed off early Sunday morning to Rehovot to Stratasys-Objet's headquarters to learn about the next industrial revolution. The group got a behind-the-scenes tour of the Israeli-American company at the heart of the amazing 3D printing technology.
Guy Menchik, VP head of Incubation Labs, introduced us to the world of polymers and plastics, top secret liquid printer toners, digital models and seemingly endless potential. Menchik repeated that everything as we know it today will be affected by 3D printing — citing it will alter every field it touches.
The temptation to splurge on a desktop version of this uber-cool printer ($10,000 for the home version) was on everyone's minds.
Our next stop continued in the vein of innovation but had nothing to do with machines. We met Galit Reismann, founder of TLVstyle, in Itzik Canetti's Jaffa photography studio to hear about and meet some of the young rising designers of the fashion scene. Reismann runs a boutique touring business designed to show off upcoming designers in Tel Aviv's growing fashion industry.
"I'm trying to support the emerging young designers and to be a platform and expose their story and special handwriting that brings a new message to the world," Reismann tells ISRAEL21c. "The way the materials that they are using, the shades they are creating, the combination and collaboration with other young designers that really help them to pop up among the design industry in the globe. I think this is what is special about the Israeli designer."
She introduced us to Toosha – gorgeous eco-textile designers, Inbar Shahak – an amazing textile jeweler, Tamar Branitzky – a unique textile designer of scarves and Galya Harish – an innovative jewelry designer. All the young designers credited their creativity to their Israeli environment.
And though participants in the group had never heard about them before, after a private shopping opportunity, there's no doubt these Israeli designers won over new fans.
Reismann had more surprises in store and we boarded the bus to continue on to Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv's legendary boulevard. Here, we were introduced to the freshest contemporary artists at the Pop Up Pinzeta gallery.
"Pop up stores are the trendiest things in Tel Aviv now. They allow the young designer to reach the audience which they couldn't otherwise do because they cannot rent store space," Reismann tells the group.
Gregory Larin showed off art pieces that mix the extreme parts of life with street culture; while jewelry designer Nurith Jaglom displayed her one-of-a-kind sparkly pieces for people "who like to be noticed."
The Media Innovation Lab (miLab) at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya was our next stop. Here, we got an inside look at how students create and innovate the next big thing. The popular Human Mode App that helps people disconnect from their smartphones was made here.
It was a quick tour at the academic center before the group shuttled back to Tel Aviv for closing comments. Gidi Grinstein — president and founder of the Reut Institute – was excited to act as "the closer".
Grinstein spoke about Israel's need for "societal innovation" and that in order to keep the Startup Nation designation the government must push the "need for innovations that benefit society" and not just a few people in a company.
Grinstein left the group with food for thought while the chefs at Liliyot restaurant plied participants with a last supper to remember. Planes were waiting to take off from Ben-Gurion airport but the at-risk teens, key members of the cooking staff at this social business, were busy roasting, frying and filleting gorgeous gourmet creations.
The week-long ISRAEL21c-Keshet Journey to Israel was packed with innovation and creativeness, fun activities and touring, eye-opening lectures and workshops. For those sitting beside participants on the flight back to Australia, the US, England or Italy – the reason they were fast asleep had nothing to do with sleeping pills and everything to do with a crazy busy enlightening week in Israel.


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Professional golfer Michelle Wie finally lived up to over a decade of expectations on Sunday, when at 24 years old, she won the first major championship of her career: The 2014 Women's Open.
Wie also won social media when she started posting photos and videos of a major celebration that included drinking from the trophy and twerking. Alas, those twerking videos have since been removed. From the looks of it, both Tiger Woods and John Daly have a little competition.
Here are 14 other interesting tidbits I learned from Michelle Wie's Instagram account.
1. Wie Is From Hawaii.
2. And she was a really chubby baby.
3. She adores her dad, but they argue all the time.
4. She sleeps with her dog.
5. Wie graduated from Stanford, that means she's pretty darn smart.
6. But, she still has a silly side.
7. Wie used to love bread. A lot.
8. But now she's Gluten Free.
9. Wie will eat Texas Bar-B-Cue, however.
10. And live squid without so much as a squirm.
11. She's pretty well traveled.
12. Has donned hair extensions.
13. Recently threw out the first "pitch" at the San Francisco Giants Game.
14. And finally, she has major sponsors like Nike and Kia. Which is why, I'm totally guessing, the aforementioned "twerking videos" were removed.
And if you liked this story, you may want to check out the 9 U.S. Open Golf Pants That Need A Quiet Sign.


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So, my school's GradPlus offer comes with a 4% Origination fee. That's highway robbery, IMO. Anyone know of anyone offering GradPlus with Origination fees of less than 3%?
Have you pulled your credit report? A high revolving balance isn't a criterion for denial... there may be something wrong you should investigate.When you're denied credit, you can get a free full credit report from the credit bureau which provided the information to your lender.
When do we need to start applying for these loans? I am going to school in the fall and want to clear things upI have about 1300 dollars in cc debt which I am paying off with a decent job I got for the summer making about 3000 dollars. I am going to aggressively and quickly pay it off and try to get rapid rescoring to improve my credit score. I had a stupid medical bill that went to collections while I was abroad in France which brought down my score to a 580 from a 670. I am hoping to get my score back up to around 670 or higher like it was before. The collections debt payoff should alone jump the score up 40, 50 points. Why does it have to take so damn long to process? Applying for the loans sounds nervewracking and makes me nervous about it. Is applying in mid July too late? I doubt I will have my ccs paid off in full til the first of July and my credit report would not reflect it likely without rapid rescoring. The rest of my summer money is going to pay rapid rescoring fees and work with lenders to get approved. I'm sure I'll do it but when do I need to initiate the process?


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The open road. The windows down, an iced coffee in the cup holder and a bootleg Pearl Jam CD playing loud enough to push everything else out of my head. I'm driving, and I'm the king of the road.
Like most Americans, driving is a personal experience. I am the master of the vehicle I am in. It is my sanctuary. There have been days where 4 tires and several hours of windshield time have been my problem solver, my planning committee, my confessional and my best friend.
I have had jobs where I've driven for hours a day. I've traveled up and down the east coast. I went on every college road trip I possibly could, loving every minute of drive time.
Now I have a son; car trips are now the enemy.
Welcome to my nightmare. Traveling with a toddler. Having a child fundamentally changed every possible aspect about getting into a vehicle. Literally every element of the situation is different now.
Don't believe me?
- The driver's seat is at a different angle.
- The rear view mirror is pointed in a different direction.
- The volume of the radio is lower.
- The songs are different.
- The windows are not down as far.
- The speed is decreased.
- The defense is up.
- That space you used to have for your dog…gone
- and so on…
It is 100% true that your little bundle of joy will strip away every possible thing you loved about driving in cars. Imagine that you do not have a baby strapped in to your back seat, but instead, a ticking time bomb that will explode at any moment.
Today, I go almost nowhere. Just the thought of being in close confines with my child and no exit strategy for more than 30 minutes is enough to send stabbing pains of panic to my brain.
It isn't so much a question of if your kid will have a meltdown in the car, but when. Just how far can you get before it all goes to hell. Can you make it to your mother's house a few hours away? Can you make it to the beach? Can you get to visit the friend 15 miles away? Will you make it to the grocery store to buy milk? Only your child knows and they obviously aren't telling you.
I have a few tips for you. They are things I have picked up from "adventures" with my kid and watching other parents tackle this problem. Hopefully something in here helps.
- Nap Time: Your child is little and they sleep a lot. If you are going on a trip that is more than 20-30 minutes consider planning it for when your kid regularly naps. They may just sleep the entire ride. (This is what we call the ride to heaven)
- Past Nap Time (doubling down): You can try to keep your child up a little past their nap time in hopes that they sleep longer on the ride. This is practiced when your trip is of extra ordinary length. This is a bold strategy as it has been known to backfire. The child not only is pissy before you hit the road but may wake up early, and angry. (This is what we call the road to hell)
- Buy them something shiny: A new toy or game can go a long way to keeping your young one entertained.
- Feed them: Crackers are good, cookies work well, cheese is an option (with a side benefit of binding them up for the length of the trip to avoid that diaper change on the side of I-95). I never think to do this but I have seen more organized parents pack a small cooler for their child with milk, cheese sticks, grapes and other foods better kept cool.
- Road Construction: Avoid it.
- Movies: I do not personally have little TV's in my car for my son to watch and he is still a bit young and facing the wrong direction for that sort of thing. But I see many of them used and am a tad envious of the child watching Sponge Bob in the other lane while I'm reading the pro guns/god/life/choice/democrat/republican garbage plastered on the vehicle in front of me.
- Get help: Half the problem is that your baby is stuck in the back seat with nothing to look at but the stain from that milkshake incident you had 2 years ago. So sticking someone back there to entertain them is helpful. Choose wisely in this though as the person you choose may be more annoying than your kid crying. (This is a reference to no one in particular, don't worry mom)
- Bring everything… ever: I don't care if you are just driving to the end of the street. Bring 2 dozen diapers, all the food in your refrigerator, 4 outfits for 4 seasons, 2 hats, boots, toys, an umbrella and a stroller.
- That's It: That is all I have. It's a short list. Riding in cars with babies sucks 95% of the time. There is no getting around it.


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SOCI 103: Introduction to Criminal Justice
An introduction to the criminal justice system, including police, courts, correctional facilities and community based corrections.
MATH 125: Fundamentals of Statistics OR MATH 225: Biostatistics
Exploratory data analysis and statistical inference including graphical summaries of data, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, and hypothesis testing. (Biostats: Descriptive statistics, sampling distributions, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, non-parametric methods, chi-square tests, regression and correlation methods, and analysis of variance.)
PHIL 213: Epistemology
This course introduces students to the central issues in contemporary epistemology (the study of knowledge). Students will develop critical thinking, reading, and writing skills, learn to develop and defend arguments, and practice justifying their views. Topics include the analysis of knowledge, skepticism, theories of epistemic justification, alternative approaches to traditional epistemology, and varieties of knowledge.
COMM 423: Communication and Evidence
This course guides students in answering a series of questions: 1) What constitutes evidence in various contexts? 2) How do scholars and practitioners treat evidence in building an argument? 3) What does the nature of evidence and argumentation suggest about a postmodern age? 4) How is evidence assessed? 5) How may evidence be presented persuasively and ethically in varied public communicative contexts? Students will engage in analytic and performative assignments to demonstrate their mastery of course content.


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The Normandy Institute is planned as an international educational residence dedicated to fostering a greater understanding and inspiration from the heroic leadership of the Allied Forces during WWII and connect a global community through education and travel experiences.
The historic Château de Bernaville near Sainte-Mère-Église and La Fière Bridge in the heart of the D-Day American Airborne drop zone will serve as the physical and intellectual location of the Normandy Institute.
The Normandy Institute will explore the themes of service and sacrifice, leadership and liberty to convey the democratic values defended in World War II. We are committed to passing the baton of historic knowledge by supporting excellence and delivering the highest quality innovative programs.
The Château is historically significant in that it was the German headquarters visited by Rommel on May 17, 1944 and where the first German General was killed on D-Day.
The Château de Bernaville was bought in 1856 by the Marquise Célestine Martel de Janville. She was the grand daughter of Major General René Adrien le Seigneur du Chevalier, page of King Louis XV, adopted father and aide-de-camp of Lafayette, the famous brother-in-arms of George Washington in the American War of Independence.
The Normandy Institute is a 3-hour drive from Paris and is served by 3 airports and a direct train on the Paris-Cherbourg line.
The Normandy Institute (NI) is a nonpartisan, non-profit, charitable and educational organization.
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Plus One Lap used to be all about cyclocross, now it's my dumping grounds for anything cycling.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Converting a road bike: the Colnago Conversion
This is the first installment of a series documenting the conversion of a Colnago road bike into a Colnago cyclocross bike.
Your first thought might be don't wreck a perfectly good Colnago frame. But I didn't, I'm just continuing where someone else left off. I got the frame and fork (which also included a Dura Ace threaded headset and a Shimano BB) from the same source of most of my bike junk---the Ebay. It was being sold as a "cyclocross" bike that was actually just a Colnago road bike with cantilever braze-ons already attached. I was concerned with rear tire clearance, and the seller assured me that he had run 700x35's in the rear without issue. That news gave me the green light to bid, and I "won" it for $173 plus shipping.
The seller didn't know the year or model of the frame, but I've narrowed it down to an 80's Colnago Super or Mexico. It has cool clover pantographs on the top of the BB shell, "Colnago" etched into the bottom of the BB shell as well as the Colnago clover cut out of the bottom of the BB shell. There is also "Colnago" etched into the top of the seat stays, a clover in the head tube lug, and the clover with a C around it on the fork crowns.
When I received the frame, I was disappointed to find that there was no way 35mm tires were going to fit as my 700x30 Michelin's rubbed. I got out my calipers and measured the width of the chain stays and it was 33mm. How could 35mm tires fit into a frame that was only 33mm wide? I emailed the seller, and he stuck by his guns saying that he ran 35's without issue, and that some tires don't actually measure what they're supposed to. True, most tires don't end up at the stated width (those 700x30 Michelins I have actually measure 31mm) but there's no way his tires could be that mis-measured.
Now, I was at a crossroads. My options as I saw them were to A) run narrower tires like 700x28's, B) sell the frame as is C) remove the cantilever braze-ons, repaint the frame and sell it as a Colnago road bike (which it is) or D) see if a local frame builder could widen the chain stays so as to allow a wider tire to fit in there.
I've always wanted a Colnago, and I love riding cyclocross, so I wanted to try and make this frame work, but I didn't want to use 28mm tires, so I looked into option D.
What I found is that local frame builder Tony Pereira of pereiracycles.com was able and willing to do the job of dimpling the bike, and he'd charge me a reasonable $30 to do it. The catch was that, in so doing, the chain stays may crack and I'd have to not hold him liable for that unfortunate consequence. I was willing to give it a try.
Before I took the frame to him though, I used some industrial epoxy/paint remover to get off the old and crap yellow powdercoat (PC) that graced this frame. This was not an easy process…the stuff was ugly and on there good. A few days worth of labor and I got the rear triangle fairly PC free. What I found was pretty cool, the dropouts and the right chain stay are chrome.
So that's where it stands now.
Installment two: "the frame returns" coming soon…
5 comments:
- Team N.O.T.S said...
sweet! looks like this one might even top the singlespeed. can't wait to see the next installment.
- Zoo said...
wow, can't wait to see what happens
Intresting project, I am interested ot see what you do with the brakes. Maybe you could post a picture of the completed colnago on my new Colnago blog site ?http://colnagoblog.spaces.live.com/blog/
you should see Ernesto's latest creation, the one with all the butterflies, only 100 being made. I think La bicicletta, the road bike store in Vancouver, www.labicicletta.ca has one.
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Reality TV Airdate Schedule News - March 2009
MTV's Logo reportedly renews 'RuPaul's Drag Race' for second seasonMarch 31, 2009
RuPaul is reportedly gearing up for another search for America's Next Drag Queen Star.
MTV renews 'The Real World' and 'Challenge' for four more editionsMarch 31, 2009
The Real World keeps going, and going, and going.
Fox to premiere the sixth season of 'Hell's Kitchen' on July 21March 27, 2009
Fox has announced Hell's Kitchen's sixth season will premiere with a special two-hour episode on Tuesday, July 21 at 8PM ET/PT.
TLC orders new 'Cake Boss' reality series starring Buddy ValastroMarch 26, 2009
TLC has announced it has ordered Cake Boss, a new Ace of Cakes-like reality series.
Bravo reveals 'The Real Housewives of New Jersey,' to debut May 12March 19, 2009
Bravo has announced that The Real Housewives of New Jersey, the newest installment in its The Real Housewives reality series franchise, will premiere on Tuesday, May 12 at 11PM ET/PT.
Discovery Channel to debut 'Deadliest Catch's fifth season on April 14March 16, 2009
Discovery Channel has announced Deadliest Catch's fifth season will premiere Tuesday, April 14 at 9PM ET/PT.
NBC to premiere 'America's Got Talent's fourth season on June 23March 13, 2009
NBC has announced that the fourth season of America's Got Talent will premiere over the course of two nights on Tuesday, June 23 at 9PM ET/PT and Wednesday, June 24 at 9PM ET/PT.
NBC to debut new 'Great American Road Trip' reality series on July 1March 13, 2009
NBC has announced Great American Road Trip, a new reality competition series that will feature seven families competing in challenges at various American landmarks, will premiere Wednesday, July 1 at 8PM ET/PT.
NBC to premiere 'I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!' revival on June 1March 13, 2009
NBC has announced its I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! revival will premiere Monday, June 1 at 8PM ET/PT.
CBS to air 'I Get That a Lot' celebrity April Fools Day special on April 1March 10, 2009
CBS is planning a few pranks of its own on April Fools Day.
TLC to debut new 'Table For 12' large family reality series on March 23March 9, 2009
TLC has announced Table for 12, a new Jon & Kate Plus 8-like reality series that will follow Eric and Betty Hayes and their 10 children, will premiere Monday, March 23 at 10PM ET/PT.
ABC reveals Jill Harris as 'The Bachelorette,' series to debut May 18March 4, 2009
ABC apparently can't wait to wash away the bad taste of the ending of Jason Mesnick's The Bachelor season. The network has announced that former The Bachelor bachelorette Jill Harris will serve as the star of a still-unfilmed new The Bachelorette edition that will premiere on May 18.


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Smithtown seeks to halt work at Kings Park contractor
Smithtown Town attorneys plan Monday to seek a state court order to halt composting and rock crushing at a Kings Park precast concrete contractor.
Town representatives are expected to ask a State Supreme Court judge in Riverhead to bar KPE II, on Old Northport Road, from those activities because they violate the town zoning code, Town Attorney John Zollo said Friday.
The action was authorized by a 4-0 vote of the town board on Thursday. John C. Armentano, an attorney for KPE II, did not return calls for comment last week.
Councilman Robert Creighton did not vote. He said he supported the plan to take the company to court, but abstained because his son, Robert C. Creighton, is an attorney with Farrell Fritz, the Uniondale firm that represents KPE II.
Creighton, a Republican seeking to unseat Supervisor Patrick Vecchio in a primary, was accused by several residents at the meeting of a conflict of interest because of his son's employment. "I resolved it tonight by not voting," he said.
Neighbors demanded that board members crack down on KPE II, saying noise, dust and odors from the company's trucks and machinery disrupt their lives.
"We no longer enjoy living in our community," Michelle Garry said. "There are numerous violations every single day . . . Go down there and write summonses."
Vecchio said town public safety officers patrol the area and issue tickets when they suspect wrongdoing. "They're very good at what they do," he said.
Officials say the firm violated town code by taking in waste for storage or demolition. The town board of zoning appeals last month rejected the company's application for a certificate of existing use, which would have allowed the firm to operate virtually without town oversight.
At a November public hearing, company representatives said the firm was exempt from town codes because it had operated continuously since before the law was adopted about 50 years ago.
But the zoning appeals board, in its decision, said the company apparently ceased operations for several years before new owners bought the firm two years ago.
Creighton, a former Suffolk police commissioner who lives in Kings Park, said residents should call the county's Fourth Precinct when they suspect violations.
He said he called police when he believed KPE II trucks were breaking the law, but the vehicles appeared to have left before police arrived.
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WebGuru necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 15 diseñadores freelance.
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We are doing a series of "Time4xxxxx" web sites. The first is Time4Obedience.com. The prototype page is available at the URL. We will also be doing two other in the next couple months:
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Bear with me. My memory of this is shaky.
I think I read somewhere that A.C. once wrote a book of poetry that he passed off as, or almost passed off as, a collection of poems to Mary (as in Mary, Mother of Jesus). The Catholic Church, however, ultimately realized that they were really hymns to Nuit and rejected it.
Does anyone know of this collection or one that sounds like it? If so, is there a way to get access to it - book, online, etc.?


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In April we celebrated two separate days dedicated to the environment: Earth Day and Arbor Day. Even though this post is coming out belatedly at the end of April, we thought we should still let our readers know about the recently compiled subject guide listing our collections and rare books related to the environment and sustainability. The subject guide was created in support of Iowa State University's campus-wide Live Green! Initiative.
The rare books and collections listed demonstrate an ongoing concern with the environment throughout the twentieth century, particularly in the state of Iowa. The department holds a variety of collections related to sustainability and the environment in both the university archives and manuscript collections, covering such topics as soil and water conservation, alternative and efficient energy usage, recycling, wildlife protection, ecology, and sustainable agriculture. Included are records of the Environtology Council, Citizens United for Responsible Energy, National Association of Conservation Districts, Iowans for Returnable Beverage Containers, and records related to the Live Green! Initiative. The department also holds individual's papers such as conservationist and botanist Ada Hayden, ornithologists Walter Rosene and Philip DuMont, and soil conservationist Hugh Hammond Bennett.
Above is a photograph from the collection of the National Association of Conservation Districts Records showing a once better than average farmstead in Colorado which was abandoned during the dust storms of the 1930s. The collection of the National Association of Conservation Districts documents its efforts to prevent the environmentally damaging farming practices which contributed to the Dust Bowl.
In addition to the environment and sustainability subject guide, the department holds numerous other subject guides listing and briefly describing our collections related to specific subject areas including agriculture, aviation, genealogy, and natural history. We also have a subject listing of our manuscript collections.


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Just 15 years ago, if you'd seen one employee group health and benefits plan in Canada, you pretty well had seen them all. "They were designed for the average worker, which was considered to be a man with a non-working spouse," says Graeme Simpson, professor and program coordinator of Humber College's HR postgraduate program.
But companies began to wake up to the fact that their health and benefits plans no longer addressed the reality of their changing and diverse workforce. Some started revisiting their plans, in part to do the right thing, in part, because they realized that benefits could be a tool to recruit and retain employees. Those revisions occurred gradually over time, and many employers continue to see benefits within the narrow scope of life insurance, disability, health and vision and dental – but little more.
"With an ever increasing diverse workforce, benefits plans are becoming more complex to meet the needs, wants and expectations of that workforce, so we're seeing increased flexibility, more choice within benefits programs," says Brian Lindenberg, a partner at Mercer's health and benefits consulting business. "Individual compensation from employers isn't just pay. It's pay, pension, benefits and all investments such as training that represent an employee's total rewards package. So why not allow an individual the flexibility to design their own total rewards package? You have X amount of money to spend, so you can trade money from one bucket into another bucket. It allows an individual more flexibility to design their own total rewards. That's what we're moving towards."
Still, perspective is needed. Only about 30% of companies today offer truly flexible plans, says Mr. Simpson, but this number is likely to continue increasing in the coming years as the war for talent escalates with changing demographics.
"I think consumerism in general is one of the things demanding these changes," says John Salmond, AVP of Marketing and Product Development, Group Benefits, Manulife Financial. "Consumers today are very savvy. We're seeing a move toward even more personalized plans. There are even personal insurance solutions, for example, for the increasingly mobile workforce we have today that you can buy at a group level but take with you when you move on with your career to another employer."
In addition to more flexibility, the evolution of employee health and benefits plans has been towards offering far more than traditional health, dental and vision—with a strong trend towards wellness programs that experts believe will continue to keep expanding.
"It's pretty clear that companies are finding their competitive advantages even in technologies, and management systems get competed away very quickly," says Michael Rouse, assistant professor, Ivey School of Business. "So they're realizing that strategically their greatest competitive advantage is their people, because productivity and innovation come from your people. And they're investing in their people as a result."
Enter wellness and employee assistance programs. Originally introduced to reduce absenteeism, wellness programs today are really about helping to optimize benefits plans, says Salmond. Investing in the health and wellbeing of employees through programs to encourage healthier lifestyles or employee assistance programs that offer support to employees through challenging times reduces costs for the employer in the long-term through higher productivity, a healthier, less stressed workforce with less absenteeism and disability leaves. The expansion of the offerings of EA programs is likely to continue as well, say the experts. Shepell·fgi, one of the biggest EA providers in Canada, today offers counselling and support for everything from psychological issues to addictions, family planning and daycare, legal, financial and career and retirement issues.
Not all companies are convinced that wellness programs are worth the investment. And, while 74% of large companies in North America have wellness programs, "In many cases, their wellness program is just a flu shot clinic," says Mr. Rouse.
Numerous studies over the years have concluded comprehensive wellness programs have a significant return on investment for employers. A 2010 Harvard University meta-analysis of the literature on costs and savings associated with wellness programs found the ROI on medical costs was $3.27 for every dollar, for example.
But there's a catch. Mr. Rouse and his team at Ivey have done their own research and uncovered that almost all the studies done to date had no control group, which means that scientifically, it's impossible to know if the ROI figures we have today are accurate or not. "So we are embarking on a treatment/control group study. It's the first of its kind. We have four companies signed up already but we're looking for more," says Mr. Rouse. Funded by Sun Life Financial, the two-year study will follow two groups of employees at each company, one with a wellness plan and one without.
"Finally, we're going to have some hard facts on the ROI of wellness programs," says Mr. Rouse.


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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
LAS CRUCES, N.M. - Growing up, baseball was Aggie Alumnus Michael Johnson's favorite sport, as he and his older brother played the game with their mother sitting in the stands cheering them on. Baseball was a true love for Michael's mother, Mineola, and it is in her honor that Michael and his, wife, Judy, will give $1.4 million to the NM State baseball program for facility upgrades.
"Baseball has been one of my passions during my entire life," Johnson said. "My older brother and I grew up playing the game in Roswell, N.M. The love for the game was instilled in us by my mother, who was a huge baseball fan. It was the sport she really followed and enjoyed watching. She attended as many of our games as her work schedule would allow, cheering for my brother and me from the stands. We dedicate this gift as a memorial to my mother and hopefully it will bring good fortune to the New Mexico State baseball program for years to come."
Michael and Judy have always been supporters of the game of baseball on a few different levels, including establishing a scholarship at Rice University for its baseball program and also as long-time season ticket holders for the Houston Astros and the Rice Owls.
"My wife, Judy and I have always enjoyed the game of baseball," he added. "I coached Little League, Pony League, and Babe Ruth League for many years, and both our kids played baseball growing up. We were longtime Houston Astros season ticket holders and helped Rice University's baseball team in the late 1990s with a similar gift, which helped that program become very successful and I feel very proud of being a part of that effort. I had been thinking about doing the same for New Mexico State over the past few years and this year seemed to be the right time."
"Michael and Judy Johnson are great supporters of this university," said NMSU President Garrey Carruthers. "With their commitment of time, leadership and financial contributions, they are helping to ensure NMSU remains one of the best universities in our region."
"This gift from Michael and Judy Johnson is a program altering gift for NM State baseball," said head coach Rocky Ward. "It's really important to the growth of Aggie baseball. This will give us a much better chance to compete more consistently on the conference and regional levels, as well as help us significantly in our recruiting efforts, while giving our fans a great atmosphere to watch a baseball game. I want to thank Michael and Judy for their generosity and welcome them into the Aggie baseball family."
"I am very happy that Mike and Judy chose to give NMSU Athletics and our baseball program this transformational gift, which will change the face of our baseball program in a significant way," said NMSU Athletics Director McKinley Boston. "Our baseball facility will become state of the art, which will both enhance recruiting and also impact our ability to provide an improved quality of service to our fans. NMSU, our Head Coach Rocky Ward and our student-athletes will be forever grateful for this wonderful and significant gift."
The Johnson's gift will assist in making much needed upgrades to the baseball facilities including:
· Addition of stands to accommodate more fans
· Chair back seating
· Stadium sun cover
· Dugout expansion and renovation
· Upgrade clubhouse lighting and systems
· Sprinkler repair down the left field line
· Exterior fences
· Repairing of the outfield fence
· Upgraded press box
· Upgraded scoreboard with video display and MPH (miles per hour) display
Michael and Judy Johnson have been extremely generous to NMSU. In 2006, the Johnsons gave NMSU a $1 million gift to help the College of Arts and Sciences establish its first endowed chair in the Department of Geological Sciences. In honor of Judy's grandmother, an Aggie alumnus, they established the Daisy Gray Scholarship for students majoring in special education with a $150,000 gift in 2008. In 2009, the pair, who live just outside of Santa Fe, pledged $125,000 to the NMSU Center for the Arts to establish the new center's costume shop, Jaki's Closet, named after their daughter, Jaclynn, a 2011 NMSU graduate. In 2010, they donated $250,000 for The Lionel Haight Professorship and have since issued two $100,000 match challenges to work toward growing the professorship into a chair.
Michael Johnson retired from ConocoPhillips Co. in 2002. He graduated from NMSU in 1972 with a bachelor's degree in geological sciences. He also has earned master's degrees from Rice University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as well as an honorary doctorate from NMSU. He serves on the NMSU Foundation Board of Directors as Past Chairman.
Judy Johnson attended NMSU for three years before transferring to the University of Houston where she finished her degree in accounting. She is a certified public accountant and retired from the City of Houston, Texas, where she held many positions before becoming city controller and director of finance and administration. She serves on the NMSU College of Education's Board of Advocates, the NMSU College of Business' Advisory Council, and also received an honorary doctorate from NMSU.
The Aggies have been playing baseball since the inception of the New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanical Arts in 1888. The program has seen various advancements since those early days particularly in the area of funding and facilities. Prior to the 2002 season, Aggie baseball had never qualified for postseason play. There were only nine 30-plus win seasons in the previous 40 years.
The 2002 season marked a breakthrough year as the team qualified for its first conference tournament, secured 30-plus wins (all against NCAA Division I opponents), won its first conference championship, and made its first NCAA postseason appearance.
The momentum has persisted. Since that special 2002 team, the Aggies have qualified for all but two conference tournaments, won another conference title (2012 WAC), and played in two additional NCAA regional tournaments in 2004 and 2012. Eight of the past 12 seasons have been 30-plus win efforts and the program has qualified for 10 of the past twelve conference tournaments.
Aggie baseball has received national Top 25 rankings in the polls several times and has developed into the most powerful offense in the country. The 2013 team was ranked in the top ten nationally in most offensive categories, qualified for the conference tournament, and won 30-plus games.


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The president of the Allied Pilots Association sent a letter to union members Thursday that reminds them the pilots' union hasn't authorized any concerted job action and that any pilot efforts to slow the airline down must stop.
The move comes after American Airlines sent a letter Wednesday night to the APA warning that if pilots don't end actions that are disrupting its flights, it will take the union to court.
The warning came after the APA agreed to return to the bargaining table to hash out a new contract for pilots. The APA called Wednesday night's letter, "nothing short of a 'sucker punch.'"
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The bankrupt airlines says increased sick days and maintenance complaints by pilots have caused a spike in canceled and delayed flights in September.
The APA continues to deny any organized sickouts and its president Keith Miller reminded members in Thursday's letter.
"To be clear, APA has not authorized any concerted job action and APA disapproves of any such illegal activity. If, as Ms. Lynn alleges, pilots are using their professional discretion to delay departures through unnecessary checks, frivolous maintenance write-ups (and late filing), slow taxiing to increase block times, and taking circuitous routings, that activity must cease immediately."
Miller recapped the events of the last week and reminded pilots that AMR is watching the airline's operations looking for any activity that disrupts the airline.
"On a related note, as the APA Safety Committee addressed earlier today in a system-wide e-mail message, the AMR Certificate Management Office (which holds FAA oversight for the American Airlines air carrier operating certificate) is currently conducting specialized Operational Risk surveillance on the airline's operations. This surveillance is focused on frivolous maintenance discrepancy reports, misuse of the approved Minimum Equipment List, lack of adequate maintenance, time escalations, mishandling of aircraft trim settings, crew rest and duty time, disruptions of airport ground operations and traffic flow, and falsification of maintenance discrepancy release statements. This specialized surveillance will remain in effect throughout the bankruptcy process."
Miller also let the pilots know what will happen if American takes any legal action against the union.
"If management seeks a temporary restraining order against APA, make no mistake—we will likewise defend ourselves vigorously. However, by being forced to defend ourselves in court, we're diverting resources that your leadership believes would be more effectively deployed elsewhere. And with AMR in Chapter 11 restructuring, our legal advisers indicate that it's highly likely management's request for a restraining order would be granted. Based on the recent experiences of other pilot groups, it's clear that we would be seriously disadvantaged if we are forced to conduct ourselves under a restraining order. There is no strategic advantage whatsoever for APA to be placed in that situation."
Miller ended the letter by telling the pilots, "A meaningful improvement in American Airlines' operational performance is essential to keeping our focus where it belongs."
The APA board will meet again on Oct. 2 to discuss its next steps to securing a contract with American.
American Airlines said it had no response to Thursday's APA letter.