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Challenges without the ClassroomLindberg, Frank; Pettersson, Michael (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The development of ITC has increased focus onto distance learning programs worldwide. Most universities today offer distance learning programs that are based on the Internet. This development represents a fundamental change in the very logic of being a university. It is no longer enough to rely on professor authority. How can one create a learning situation that enables the university to remain viable? In most western countries, the professors have dominated the learning processes at universities. Since the 50-ties, learning has been about learning-in, memorizing, and cram (Illeris, 2000) where professors most often decide what and when one could learn by providing the context and substance. In this perspective, the student has a role which is close to the one of a passive receiver, and s/he is mainly preoccupied with the problem of generating substance in memory most efficiently. Today, technology challenges our pedagogical reasoning in many ways. However, old pedagogical models often prevail. We see practices where lectures, notes and course information are published on the Internet, where ICT helps professor-student communication, and online based student tests. These attempts are based on old-time educational logic. There are fewer attempts to use ICT according to a different pedagogical perspective than the old professor authoritarian model. The purpose of this paper is to illuminate some challenges virtual students experience when facing a new ICT-based learning situation. We will try to explore and develop understandings of what it might mean to be a student when learning occurs within a virtual problem based learning landscape. When students are used to the traditional classroom, challenges appear in the twilight zone between two pedagogical practices. How do the students cope with challenges that a new virtual program demands, and what paradoxes and ambiguities appear when old learning processes do not work anymore? The present focus reflects an existential-phenomenological point of departure. This perspective is based on the philosophical writings of Søren Kierkegaard and Martin Heidegger (1927/1996; "Being and Time"), and the successors Hans-Georg Gadamer and Paul Ricoeur. The work is also inspired of the father of culturalism – Jerome Bruner (1996) and Wenger's (1998) community of practice. Thompson (1997) is an inspiration through his initiator of hermeneutical endeavor within consumer research. The consequences of this perspective are that the student and his/her experiences and learning cannot be separated from the student's existence. As for the subject matter, we cannot separate the student from his/her studying. Learning becomes a profoundly socio-cultural process which has to be studied according to the situation and context in which it appears. It is the heart of this project that the twilight zone between cultural roles might reveal some interesting knowledge about the introduction of ICT and its consequences. The socio-cultural conditions of present society set the context for the hermeneutic analysis of meanings and salient life concerns that learning experiences hold for time-pressured virtual students with high degree of responsibilities. An existential-phenomenological assumption is that individuals would tend to interpret their experiences within present socio-cultural framework. Due to its novel characteristics of the program, however, it is particularly interesting to investigate the role that virtual studying serves in the construction of reality and meaning. Furthermore, as it is assumed that experiences cannot be separated from who one is (being-in-the world), the process of human change during virtual studying is also expected to influence salient types of learning, the student's work practice, and his/her private practice. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7676
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Ten general principlesLi, Xin; Brødsgaard, Kjeld Erik; Jacobsen, Michael (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We argue, due to the conspicuous failure of Washington Consensus-guided reforms in most part of the developing world in 1990s and the outbreak of the current global financial crisis, Washington Consensus, as a general term of the neoliberal free market economic thinking, has been withering. In the meantime, Chinese economic model has gain wide recognition and praise worldwide. Joshua C. Ramo coined the term of Beijing Consensus as an alternative approach to economic development for developing nations. There has been hot debate on the notion of Beijing Consensus. We argue even though there are some problems in Ramo's original definition of Beijing Consensus, we should not reject this notion altogether. Instead, we should try to come up with better conceptualizations of this term. In this paper, we sum up ten general principles of the Chinese development model as our new definition of the Beijing Consensus. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7830
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Bordum, Anders (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this article I will interpret John Dewey's perspective on reflective thinking as if he were a philosopher of innovation management. From his pragmatist point of departure, the problems involved in knowledge-processes relevant to innovation are analysed and reconceptualised. On the basis of the analysis I attempt to identify some categories of general applicability when understanding, designing, and managing radical innovation processes. These categories are useful to conceptualise and talk about innovation, when knowledge is taken seriously and when managing innovation is also understood as managing the production of new knowledge, that is of making the unjustified justified, and the unknown known. Keywords: Reflexivity, reflective thought, radical innovation, innovation management, potential innovation, Plato, John Dewey, epistemology, knowledge. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7667
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Shambaugh, David (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: China's diplomacy is among the many accomplishments of China during the period of reform and opening up. The People's Republic of China is emerging fully on to the world's stage, and in a largely positive fashion. It now has both interests and a presence in parts of the world completely new to China—such as Latin America and the Middle East. Beijing has managed its relations well with the major world powers—United States, Russia, and the European Union. It has transformed its regional diplomacy in Asia, reasserted a role in Africa, and has become more active in multilateral organizations. Thirty years ago, at the outset of the "reform and opening" era, China acted hesitantly on the world stage, limiting itself largely to its united front tactics against Soviet "social imperialism." Its diplomats were not very sophisticated and rarely left their embassies abroad. In the United Nations, China's preferred medium of voting was to abstain (especially on sensitive issues). In short, China's diplomacy was hesitant and not confident, inward-looking not outward looking, parochial and not sophisticated, reactive not proactive, and composed more of words than deeds. Today, these latter characterizations better describe China's diplomacy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8013
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How Regional Characteristics Affect External Knowledge Acquisition and InnovationMasciarelli, Francesca; Prencipe, Andrea; Laursen, Keld (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: To introduce new products and processes, firms often acquire knowledge from other organizations. Drawing on social capital and transaction cost theory, we argue that not only is the impact of such acquisitions on the successful development of product and product innovations dependent on strategic and economic variables, it may also be contingent on the "knowledge characteristics" of the geographical area in which the firm is located. Combining data on social capital at the level of 21 regions with a large scale data set on innovative activities by a representative sample of 2464 Italian manufacturing firms, we find — after controlling for a large set of firm and regional characteristics — that being located in regions characterized by high levels of social interaction leads to a higher propensity to innovate. In addition, being located in an area characterized by a high degree of social interaction positively moderates the effectiveness of externally acquired R&D on innovation inclination. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7261
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Duus, Henrik Johannsen; Jørgensen, Jens E. (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Fremvæksten af modus 2 forskning stiller krav om en revurdering af højere læreanstalters evaluerings- og meriteringspraksis. Den endimensionale prioritering af modus 1 forskning såvel som dennes ligeså endimensionale evaluering via publikationer må afvises som utidssvarende. Som en konsekvens heraf udvikles en konkret model til evaluering af forskningsmiljøers modus 2 indsats. Modellen kan støtte strategiske budgetteringsovervejelser på de højere læreanstalter og i samfundet som helhed. Modellen søger ikke at vurdere modus 2 forskningens værdi, men tilstræber derimod alene en modus 2 aktivitetsregistrering under den i såvel modus 1 som modus 2 konceptet iboende forudsætning, at forskningen bedst værdisættes af interessenterne. De strategiske budgetteringsovervejelser og den heraf følgende ressourceallokering til forskningsmiljøerne foregår under den realistiske forudsætning, at højere læreanstalter fungerer som heterogene konglomerater præget af urelateret diversificering, hvorfor principperne fra den strategiske porteføljeplanlægning kan anvendes. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7672
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Birch, Kristina; Olsen, Jørgen Kai; Tjur, Tue (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: On the background of a data set of weekly sales and prices for three brands of coffee, this paper discusses various regression models and their relation to the multiplicative competitive-interaction model (the MCI model, see Cooper 1988, 1993) for market-shares. Emphasis is put on the interpretation of the parameters in relation to models for the total sales based on discrete choice models. Key words and phrases. MCI model, discrete choice model, market-shares, price elasitcity, regression model. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6735
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Harr, Thomas; Rønde, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We study the optimal regulation of banking groups ("banks"), taking both minimum capital requirements and legal structure into account. A bank can set up either as one legal unit facing limited liability jointly (branch structure) or as a bank holding company with subsidiaries (subsidiary structure). Banks are exposed to risk from their unobservable asset choices and to exogenous risk from their environment. We show that banks with branches are more prudent in normal times than banks with subsidiaries, but are also less prudent when problems arise. A regulator that observes banks' exogenous risk should optimally determine both capital requirements and legal structure. If the exogenous risk is private information to banks, it can be optimal to screen banks according to risk by setting capital requirements appropriately, and letting banks choose their legal structure. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7708
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The Relation Between Policies concerning Corporate Social Responsibility and Philosophical Moral TheoriesAn Empirical InvestigationFrederiksen, Claus S. (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the relation between policies concerning Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and philosophical moral theories. The objective is to determine which moral theories form the basis for CSR policies. Are they based on ethical egoism, libertarianism, utilitarianism or some kind of common-sense morality? To address this issue, I conducted an empirical investigation examining the relation between moral theories and CSR policies, in companies engaged in CSR. Based on the empirical data I collected, I start by suggesting some normative arguments used by the respondents. Secondly, I suggest that these moral arguments implicitly rely on some specific moral principles, which I characterise. Thirdly, on the basis of these moral principles, I suggest the moral theories upon which the CSR policies are built. Previous empirical studies examining the relation between philosophical moral theories and the ethical content of business activities have mainly concentrated on the ethical decision-making of managers. Some of the most prominent investigations in that regard propose that managers mainly act in accordance with utilitarian moral theory (Fritzsche and Becker, 1984; Premeaux and Mony, 1993; Premeaux, 2004). I conclude that CSR policies are not based on utilitarian thinking, but instead on some kind of common-sense morality. The ethical foundation of companies engaged in CSR thus does not mirror the ethical foundation of managers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7822
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The Effect on Transitional GenerationsKoethenbuerger, Marko; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We show that taxation of rents may yield an intergenerational Pareto-improvement in a small open economy provided tax revenues are earmarked to reduce wage taxes. Previous literature has shown that rent taxation benefits current young and future generations, while we show that it also benefits the current old generation when the initially prevailing tax mix is sufficiently skewed towards wage taxation. Rent Taxes, Capitalization, Transitional Dynamics, Labor Supply, Asset Prices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7685
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Are we witnessing an enchantment?Larsen, Bøje; Aagaard, Peter (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The classical ideals of science can be seen as an example of the drive towards rationalisation in modern capitalistic societies. It is a specialized activity, based on sine ira et studio, modernism and a production orientation. Based on a case - the Holistic Learning Centre [name changed] situated in Copenhagen - we argue that a post-rational form of research activity is emerging which revert these features. We term this new type of research "enchanted research", "sciencetainment" and "Mode2-b research". The factors that facilitate this development include the boring style of conventional research, growing competition for research funds, more project funding compared to institutional funding and a demand for accountability. Countervailing forces also exist, however. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6766
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Effects on Performance in Danish and Swedish BiotechnologyValentin, Finn; Dahlgren, Henrich; Lund Jensen, Rasmus (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Although biotech start-ups fail or succeed based on their research few attempts have been made to examine if and how they strategize in this core of their activity. Popular views on Dedicated Biotech Firms (DBFs) see the inherent uncertainty of research as defying notions of strategizing, directing instead the attention to the quality of their science, or the roles of boards, management, and collaborative networks etc. Using a unique comprehensive dataset on Danish and Swedish biotech start-ups in drug discovery this paper analyzes their research strategies. Adopting a Simonean point of departure we develop a contingency view on complex problem solving which structures the argument into three steps: 1) Characterising the problem architectures addressed by different types of DBFs; 2) Testing and confirming that DBFs form requisite research strategies, by which we refer to problem solving approaches developed as congruent responses to problem architectures; 3) Testing and confirming that financial valuation of firms is driven by achievements conforming to requisite research strategies. These strategies, in turn, require careful combination of multiple dimensions of research. Findings demonstrate that Shonhoovens classical argument that "strategy matters" is valid not only for the larger high-tech firms covered by her study, but also for small research-based start-ups operating at the very well springs of knowledge where science directly interacts with technologies. Even though a lot more research is needed along these lines, these findings offer new implications for the understanding, management, and financing of these firms. JEL Codes: L25, L65, O32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7214
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Effects on Performance in Danish and Swedish Biotechnology ByValentin, Finn; Dahlgren, Henrich; Lund Jensen, Rasmus (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Although biotech start-ups fail or succeed based on their research few attempts have been made to examine if and how they strategize in this core of their activity. Popular views on Dedicated Biotech Firms (DBFs) see the inherent uncertainty of research as defying notions of strategizing, directing instead the attention to the quality of their science, or the roles of boards, management, and collaborative networks etc. Using a unique comprehensive dataset on Danish and Swedish biotech start-ups in drug discovery this paper analyzes their research strategies. Adopting a Simonean point of departure we develop a contingency view on complex problem solving which structures the argument into three steps: 1) Characterising the problem architectures addressed by different types of DBFs; 2) Testing and confirming that DBFs form requisite research strategies, by which we refer to problem solving approaches developed as congruent responses to problem architectures; 3) Testing and confirming that financial valuation of firms is driven by achievements conforming to requisite research strategies. These strategies, in turn, require careful combination of multiple dimensions of research. Findings demonstrate that Shonhoovens classical argument that "strategy matters" is valid not only for the larger high-tech firms covered by her study, but also for small research-based start-ups operating at the very well springs of knowledge where science directly interacts with technologies. Even though a lot more research is needed along these lines, these findings offer new implications for the understanding, management, and financing of these firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7879
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An Assessment and Diagnosis of ProblemsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1997)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7858
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Refashioning luxury goods through co-creationWolny, Julia; Hansen, Rina (Geneva, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Sustainable fashion in all its guises, has been the preoccupation of many a recent campaign, article, research and initiative. Not only is the industry increasingly aware of the need to cut its environmental impact, but also consumers and consumer organisations are putting pressures on various parts of the supply chain to comply with environmental and ethical practices. Yet, from a management perspective, the economic impact of these demands can lead to conflicting priorities. In particular, the basic marketing concept of product lifecycle indicates the product's gradual diminishing monetary returns through time. In this paper we will be analysing a case of a refashioning of products that are either obsolete or unsalable and making a commercially viable collection. In 2008 MCM collaborated with the London College of Fashion to reuse, recycle and redesign a number of end-of-line, dated handbags into new objects of desire with a new lifecycle. This case will form a basis of analysing the validity of such a product re-development tactic for other luxury brands. The paper will provides a blueprint for future re-fashioning initiatives by reflecting on the value inherent in the process for both users and firms alike. The paper contributes to the understanding of recycling and sustainable fashion from a theoretical perspective that links together the product lifecycle, co-creation and value creation theories. The main theoretical implication of the work concerns the framing of recycling and refashioning with the context of those linked concepts.According to this contribution, refashioning can enable value creation from obsolete products, especially if a co-design with consumers or users forms part of the proposition. On the managerial side, this study recognisees the economic drivers of business and highlights the commercial, not only environmental and societal benefits of recycling within the luxury sector. The recycled products stand in direct opposition to counterfeiting, which is evident in the uniqueness for refashioned products leading to the development of new objects of desire. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8525
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Inderstanding the Dual Processes of the Human Mind and Human Interaction in Strategy MakingJuul Andersen, Torben; Fredens, Kjeld (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Modern cognitive science identifies a dynamic system of interacting fast and slow processes as essential to human thinking. The fast system observes and reacts to environmental stimuli and the slow system interprets events and reasons about future actions. When the fast and slow processes interact they form a dynamic system that enables individuals to respond effectively to changing conditions. We project this dynamic perspective onto human interaction in organizations where observations and experiential insights gained by employees and operating managers are linked to forward-looking planning considerations that take place around the top-management echelons. This identifies the responsive organization that is able to observe and react to frequent and often abrupt environmental changes and thereby adapt organizational activities to the changing reality. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8789
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Retirement Indexation in a Stochastic Model with Overlapping Generations and Endogenous Labour SupplyHagen Jørgensen, Ole (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Using a stochastic overlapping generations model with endogenous labour supply, this paper studies the design and performance of a policy rule for the retirement age in response to fertility and mortality shocks. Two main results are derived: First, to oset a change in the labour force the retirement age should adjust more than proportionally to the fertility change and, second, to be socially desirable the retirement age should be indexed less than proportionally to changes in life expectancy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7688
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Lando, Henrik (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6797
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Heterogeneity and Non-LinearitiesIversen, Jens; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The returns to education in self-employment are addressed in four different specifications of the relationship between log income and years of schooling. The specifications range from a standard Mincer equation with a constant percentage increase in income to an additional year of schooling to the most flexible specification with dummy variables for the different number of years of schooling split into different types of education. Based on the more flexible specifications, important non-linearities and heterogeneity in the returns to education in self-employment are found. These results are robust across different estimation methods: OLS; Heckit correction models to handle sample selection; and IV to deal with the potential endogeneity of years of schooling. Moreover, the results are insensitive to the use of different sample years, different definitions of self-employment, and different income measures for the self-employed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8225
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Laursen, Keld (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7843
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Creator: Edge, Rochelle Mary, 1971- and Rudd, Jeremy Bay, 1970- Series: Joint commitee on business and financial analysis Abstract:
We add a nominal tax system to a sticky-price monetary business cycle model. When nominal interest income is taxed, the coefficient on inflation in a Taylor-type monetary policy rule must be significantly larger than one in order for the model economy to have a determinate rational expectations equilibrium. When depreciation is treated as a charge against taxable income, an even larger weight on inflation is required in the Taylor rule in order to obtain a determinate and stable equilibrium. These results have obvious implications for assessing the historical conduct of monetary policy.
Mot-clé: Monetary policy, Business cycle, Cycle, Interest, Inflation, Policy, Prices, Monetary, Rational expectation, and Tax Assujettir: E43 - Money and interest rates - Determination of interest rates ; Term structure of interest rates, E31 - Prices, business fluctuations, and cycles - Price level ; Inflation ; Deflation, E12 - General aggregative models - Keynes ; Keynesian ; Post-Keynesian, and E32 - Prices, business fluctuations, and cycles - Business fluctuations ; Cycles
Creator: Erceg, Christopher J. and Levin, Andrew T. (Andrew Theo) Series: Joint commitee on business and financial analysis Abstract:
The durable goods sector is much more interest sensitive than the non-durables sector, and these sectoral differences have important implications for monetary policy. In this paper, we perform VAR analysis of quarterly US data and find that a monetary policy innovation has a peak impact on durable expenditures that is roughly five times as large as its impact on non-durable expenditures. We then proceed to formulate and calibrate a two-sector dynamic general equilibrium model that roughly matches the impulse response functions of the data. We derive the social welfare function and show that the optimal monetary policy rule responds to sector-specific inflation rates and output gaps. We show that some commonlyprescribed policy rules perform poorly in terms of social welfare, especially rules that put a higher weight on inflation stabilization than on output gap stabilization. By contrast, it is interesting that certain rules that react only to aggregate variables, including aggregate output gap targeting and rules that respond to a weighted average of price and wage inflation, may yield a welfare level close to the optimum given a typical distribution of shocks.
Mot-clé: Monetary policy, Consumer, Business cycles, Durable goods, and Social welfare Assujettir: E31 - Prices, business fluctuations, and cycles - Price level ; Inflation ; Deflation, E52 - Monetary policy, central banking, and the supply of money and credit - Monetary policy, and E32 - Prices, business fluctuations, and cycles - Business fluctuations ; Cycles
Discussion of John Geweke's "Wage and Price Dynamics in U.S. Manufacturing" and Thomas J. Sargent and Christopher A. Sims' "Business Cycle Modeling Without Pretending to Have Too Much A Priori Economic Theory"


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Read the text below about James Gardner's theory on multiple intelligences and learning styles. Then identify those you think best apply to you and share your ideas with a partner.
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Howard Gardner of Harvard has identified seven distinct intelligences. According to this theory, "we are all able to know the world through language, logical-mathematical analysis, spatial representation, musical thinking, the use of the body to solve problems or to make things, an understanding of other individuals, and an understanding of ourselves. Where individuals differ is in the strength of these intelligences - the so-called profile of intelligences -and in the ways in which such intelligences are invoked and combined to carry out different tasks, solve diverse problems, and progress in various domains."
The learning styles are as follows:
Visual-Spatial - think in terms of physical space, as do architects and sailors. Very aware of their environments. They like to draw, do jigsaw puzzles, read maps, daydream. They can be taught through drawings, verbal and physical imagery. Tools include models, graphics, charts, photographs, drawings, 3-D modeling, video, videoconferencing, television, multimedia, texts with pictures/charts/graphs.
Bodily-kinesthetic - use the body effectively, like a dancer or a surgeon. Keen sense of body awareness. They like movement, making things, touching. They communicate well through body language and be taught through physical activity, hands-on learning, acting out, role playing. Tools include equipment and real objects.
Musical - show sensitivity to rhythm and sound. They love music, but they are also sensitive to sounds in their environments. They may study better with music in the background. They can be taught by turning lessons into lyrics, speaking rhythmically, tapping out time. Tools include musical instruments, music, radio, stereo, CD-ROM, multimedia.
Interpersonal - understanding, interacting with others. These students learn through interaction. They have many friends, empathy for others, street smarts. They can be taught through group activities, seminars, dialogues. Tools include the telephone, audio conferencing, time and attention from the instructor, video conferencing, writing, computer conferencing, E-mail.
Intrapersonal - understanding one's own interests, goals. These learners tend to shy away from others. They're in tune with their inner feelings; they have wisdom, intuition and motivation, as well as a strong will, confidence and opinions. They can be taught through independent study and introspection. Tools include books, creative materials, diaries, privacy and time. They are the most independent of the learners.
Linguistic - using words effectively. These learners have highly developed auditory skills and often think in words. They like reading, playing word games, making up poetry or stories. They can be taught by encouraging them to say and see words, read books together. Tools include computers, games, multimedia, books, tape recorders, and lecture.
Logical -Mathematical - reasoning, calculating. Think conceptually, abstractly and are able to see and explore patterns and relationships. They like to experiment, solve puzzles, ask cosmic questions. They can be taught through logic games, investigations, mysteries. They need to learn and form concepts before they can deal with details.
Watch the segment from the movie Grown-ups 2 and answer the questions:
1. What can you say about the little boy's intelligences? Is he intelligent? What are his strong and weak intelligences. Justify your answers.
2. Is it possible, in your opinion, for someone to have different intelligences, just like the boy in the scene? Why (not)?
3. What could a teacher do to teach the boy in such a way that he would have better results at school?


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Big (Korean Drama) Episode 01 - (English) TYPE5
(빅)is a June 4 - July 24, 2012 TV series directed by Ji Byung-Hyun,
18-year-old Kang Gyung-Joon's (Shin Won-Ho ) spirit suddenly finds itself in the body of 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae ( Gong Yoo ) . Seo-Yon-Jae is a successful doctor and engaged to high school teacher Gil Da-Ran ( Lee Min-Jung ). Gil Da-Ran just so happens to be the teacher of 18-year old Kang Gyung-Joon. More problems ensue when 30-year-old Seo Yoon Jae falls in love with another woman ( Bae Suzy ).
Da-Ran ( Lee Min-Jung ), currently preparing to take for her teacher's exam, goes to a wedding hall to deliver a bouquet. When she hands over the bouquet Da-Ran discovers the bride is a friend of hers. Da-Ran also makes the uncomfortable realization that she wasn't invited to her friend's wedding. She stays at the wedding and gives money to the couple as a wedding gift. Da-Ran then eats lunch at the wedding alone. She then receives a phone call that the bouquet was delivered to the wrong bride and she needs to get it back. Da-Ran attempts to catch the bouquet at the end of the wedding, but bumps into a man named Yoon-Jae ( Gong Yoo ). Due to the bump, Da-Ran falls down the stairs and is hospitalized. As fate has it, her doctor at the hospital is Yoon-Jae, the man she bumped into at the wedding. Their relationship develops into a romantic relationship and one month later they plan to get married.
Now, Da-Ran works as a temporary teacher at a high school, while preparing for her exam to become a teacher. When she goes to work on the bus, she listens to her own story that she wrote in to the radio station. Da-Ran gets off the bus and a young man Gyung-Joon ( Shin Won-Ho ) gets off at the same bus stop. Da-Ran mistakenly believes the young man likes her. It turns out that Da-Ran took his umbrella on the bus and Gyung-Joon is a student at the high school where she works. High school student Gyung-Joon lived in the United States with his mother, but after his mother died came back to South Korea.
Da-Ran's wedding approaches and she is excited, but Yoon-Jae acts differently. Yoon-Jae seems to be avoiding Da-Ran. On the day they are to look for a new home, Yoon-Jae calls that he can't make it and Da-Ran bursts into tears. She asks if Yoon-Jae really loves her or just feels responsible for her and then hangs up. She doesn't know what to do. Then, her student Gyung-Joon sees her and takes her on a ride on his motorcycle. They go out to a lake, outside of Seoul. While looking at the water, Yoon-Jae calls Da-Ran and tells her that he will give her the answer to her question. Meanwhile, Gyung-Joon gets back on his motorcycle and leaves.
Yoon-Jae drives out to meet Da-Ran by the lake. Meanwhile, Gyung-Joon is leaving the area on his motorcycle. As the two approach each other, an accident occurs in front of them. They both try to avoid the car crash and both drive into the water.
As Yoon-Jae's car sinks deeper into the water, he manages to get out of the car, but sees high school student Gyung-Joon sinking past him. Yoon-Jae grabs him and goes back up to the surface.
At the hospital, Yoon-Jae is declared dead. Da-Ran rushes to the hospital and cries in front of the hospital mortuary. Then, Yoon-Jae suddenly wakes up. When he sees himself in the mirror he is shocked. He has Yoon-Jae's body, but his mind is that of high school student Gyung-Joon. He walks out of the mortuary and sees Da-Ran crying in the hallway. Da-Ran is so happy to see Yoon-Jae alive, but he insists that he is Gyung-Joon. Gyung-Joon then wonders where his body is and finds that his body is unconscious and in the hospital. Gyung-Joon starts to panic and walks out of the hospital.
Da-Ran finds out Gyung-Joon's address and goes there. She finds Yoon-Jae's body laying down in the high school student's bed. She realizes that Gyun-Joon's mind is indeed in the body of her fiance Yoon-Jae.
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Larr, Timothea "Timmy"- 2013 Hall of Fame
"Timmy" Larr
"I don't look backwards or keep records – I look ahead."
June 1, 1940 —
Birthplace: Oyster Bay, New York
Making Sailing Better
Timothea Larr won three Adams Cups, and was the first woman to win the Etchells North Americans (she won it twice), but when pressed she says her favorite victory was the first time she won the Raven nationals. "The Etchells wins were probably the most important," Larr says, "but the Raven was the most exciting." The Raven first appeared in the 1950s, and Larr's yacht club, Seawanhaka Corinthian in Oyster Bay, New York, had one of the first fleets of the hot, 24-foot planing centerboarders. They were a handful in a breeze. "Yes they were!" she laughs.
Accomplished women sailors are plentiful these days, but when a girl named Timmy Schneider began winning everything in sight in the 1960s, it was noteworthy; a rarity. The fact Schneider selected young, new sailors as her crew, and coached them into excellence, was a portent of things to come. She earned a degree in naval architecture from University of Michigan, then worked for the yacht design firms of MacLear and Harris, followed by McCurdy and Rhodes. But her deeper interest was tapped when she was asked to join the Junior Sailing Association of Long Island Sound. "I got involved," she says.
That's an understatement. Larr won the coveted Herreshoff Trophy in 1992 for her "outstanding contributions to the sport." In 2002, US Sailing initiated a trophy in Larr's name for "outstanding contribution to the advancement of sailor education…and selfless dedication."
As Chairman of the Youth Coordinating Committee at (then) NAYRU in the 1970s, Larr worked to establish standards for sailing in the United States. "We liked what the Canadians had done," Larr says, "but found we had to develop our own system for U.S. sailors who were more independent, not used to top-down directives." She went to successful U.S. Maritime sailing coach, All-American Gary Jobson, and asked him to write an instruction manual for Long Island's junior sailors. Jobson followed up with on-the-water courses, and suddenly standardization was being integrated. The pioneering work Timothea Larr did with instruction would inspire similar programs to be put in place for race officials and judges.
"Timothea Larr was relentless," Jobson says. "She established a national faculty of instructors and set much needed standards for our sport. She is the champion of having made sailing better for a long time."
- Roger Vaughan
Links of Interest:
The Timothea Larr Award, US Sailing
Timothea Larr USYRU Collection, Mystic Seaport
Sailing for Women: How to get more women on the water (GetWetSailing.com)


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One of my yet to be fulfilled dreams is to pop open a fire hydrant and dance naked in the street while the exploded hydrant rains all over me. FUN. I'm second guessing myself now though cause exploded fire hydrants are FREAKING POWERFUL. They can even lift cars.
The video shows a hit and run accident that caused a fire hydrant to explode. Cool! Dance party! Not exactly. The car that happened to slide over the bursting water hole after the accident was lifted by the water pressure coming out of the fire hydrant for over an hour (it took that long for the water department to shut down the pipe). Just watch the video, it's hilarious to see mother nature's greatest resource treat a car like a wimp. [The Awesomer]


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See the Cover of Madonna's 'W.E.' Soundtrack
Madonna is making her directorial debut in 'W.E.,' and after winning a Golden Globe for Best Original Song, fans can now feast their eyes on the cover for the original motion picture soundtrack.
The cover shows the two main characters of the film, Wallis Simpson (Andrea Riseborough) and King Edward VIII (James D'Arcy), engaging in a passionate kiss on the beach. The image is taken from a scene from the film, touted as "one of the greatest love stories of the twentieth century," which fans can get a glimpse of in the movie's trailer.
According to the press release, Abel Korzeniowski's score was "recorded in April 2011 at Abbey Road Studios in London with a 60-piece orchestra conducted by Terry Davies including piano, violin and viola solos."
Korzeniowski was inspired by the theme of "obsession" in the film, as well as the "irrational compulsion to sacrifice everything and anything for love – a love that could easily be just an illusion."
The soundtrack will be released digitally on Tuesday, Jan. 31, and will feature 'Masterpiece,' Madge's award-winning original tune. The song, which plays during the end credits of the film, will also be included on Madonna's forthcoming solo album, set to be released this spring.


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Update your Linux Kernel (CentOS 5)
If your CentOS 5 server was provisioned prior to Dec 17 2010, then you are likely not running the latest CentOS kernel and are missing many important security patches.
Why am I missing security patches?
To provide the necessary drivers for your RAID card, we used to install a custom kernel on your server. However, updating to the current kernel could remove access to your hard drive.
To remedy this, we recommend reprovisioning your server. This installs an updated kernel that has drivers for your RAID card as well as all necessary security updates. For more information, see Starting over with My Server (Reprovision).
However, if you do not want to reprovision your server, you can update your kernel manually and install a RAID card driver from ElRepo.
To Upgrade Your CentOS Server's Kernel
- Via SSH, log in to your server as 'root.' See Switching to the Root User on Your Linux Server for information.
- Verify that you have the custom kernel. Type:
uname -rYou should receive the following response:2.6.18-HPTraidIf you receive a different response, you are not using the custom kernel and are already using the updated kernel.
- Verify that you have the expected RAID card connected. Type:
lspci -d 1103:1720You should receive the following response:03:09.0 SCSI storage controller: HighPoint (or Triones) Technologies, Inc. RocketRAIDIf you receive another response, do not proceed.
1720 (2x SATA II RAID Controller) (rev 02)
- Download and install the driver for your RAID card. Type the following commands:
rpm --import http://elrepo.org/RPM-GPG-KEY-elrepo.orgrpm -Uvh http://elrepo.org/elrepo-release-5-1.el5.elrepo.noarch.rpmyum --enablerepo=elrepo install kmod-rr172x
- Modify the file attributes of your
grub.conffile to make it editable:chattr -i /boot/grub/grub.conf
- Modify your yum repo file to allow kernel updates by commenting out the exclude lines in your
CentOS-Base.repofile. Type:sed -i 's/^exclude/#exclude/' /etc/yum.repos.d/CentOS-Base.repo
- Install the latest kernel. Type:
yum update
Note: If you do not see the kernel install, try using
yum clean.
- Reboot your server. Type:
- Verify you installed the new kernel:
uname -rYou should receive the following response:2.6.18-194.26.1.el5


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Charter won't cater to local kids
I have nothing against Green Woods Charter School's relocation to Chestnut Hill, assuming easement issues and near neighbor concerns are appropriately addressed. But I don't understand the mantra that both the school and parents use to encourage local community support – that Green Woods Charter will bring a public school option to Chestnut Hill. And that having such an option will somehow benefit local parents, encouraging them to stay in Chestnut Hill, rather than flee to the suburbs, thus enhancing property values.
The truth is that as a Chestnut Hill parent, you will not be able to choose Green Woods for your child. Only through the charter school lottery system can the school choose you. Right now 90 percent of applicants are turned away.
Though the school will increase its size, its popularity will increase citywide as well, owing to the greater accessibility of its location relative to public transportation. Securing a spot won't get much easier. So, how does the community actually benefit when only a few families at most will get a coveted spot?
Charter schools do not benefit the majority of parents who want a good public school option for their child. On the other hand, investing in the future of Chestnut Hill's existing public school, J.S. Jenks, can benefit young families in Chestnut Hill, and ultimately the entire community. Jenks is one of the top Philadelphia K-8 public schools.
Many local families have already chosen Jenks, and there are many great things happening at the school. Yes it has typical urban school challenges, and with funding cuts looming, the road ahead is difficult. However, with community and parent involvement and support, J.S. Jenks can be the choice for local families looking for a public education solution. It can be the school that keeps families in Chestnut Hill, rather than moving to the burbs.
Haviva Goldman
Chestnut Hill
Neighbor welcomes Green Woods
Until the news broke several weeks ago, I had never heard of the Green Woods Charter School. As a neighbor of the Greylock Manor property, I read with interest the descriptions of the many unique qualities of this special school. I believe it will be a great asset to our community, and I would welcome them to our neighborhood.
On the beautiful grounds of Greylock Manor, the students can practice the principles of environmental conservation as well as inspire the entire Chestnut Hill community to further environmental awareness. I would like to see these dedicated young people warmly welcomed by all of their new neighbors.
Linda Baldwin
Chestnut Hill
Not surprised by neighbors' opposition
I applaud our editor in taking a stand that the charter school might be the best option for the property.
Have we ever found "near neighbors" to be in favor of anything? Therefore, it is of no surprise that the near neighbors of the proposed charter school oppose development. What is surprising is that, by their count, 100 people live on West Chestnut Hill Avenue and therefore have some clout as near neighbors.
]Ooops! No. It's just that they found 100 signatures. If we would define the affected neighbors as those actually living on West Chestnut Hill Avenue, we'd need every man, woman, child, dog, cat and gerbil (I draw the line at "dog").
Twenty years ago, we came to this community looking for a house and realized that West Chestnut Hill was really a great neighborhood. We were looking at a house there we called "Chestnut Hill 1." Eventually, we chose "Chestnut Hill 2" on the east side instead. Along the way, we considered homes on the same block of Chestnut Hill Avenue across from Our Mother of Consolation. It would have been cool for our daughter, a soon-to-be schoolgirl, but when our agent soaked her suede boots in a water-covered, dirt basement, we chose elsewhere.
I will not be surprised if the Chestnut Hill Historical Society finds that amendments to the easements are in the best interest of "preservation." As for traffic issues, Chestnut Hill is truly the NE access point to Philadelphia, especially as motorists look for creative routes. I'll trade the traffic on E. Evergreen Ave for West Chestnut Hill Avenue any day, as long as you take two cars for each of my buses.
We all suffer traffic. But then, again, I admit going to work before the rush. I suggest those wanting peace and quiet get out at 5:30 a.m. when it's nice on either side of Germantown Avenue.
Ed Budnick
Chestnut Hill
What about Jenks?
In 1999 I was part of a coalition of neighborhood organizations that invested much time and energy working with the potential owner of Greylock Mansion to attain an easement in exchange for the variance needed to use the building as he had hoped. We all worked long and hard to carve out this agreement. If this is thrown out for another and expanded use of that property, I have to wonder, What was the use of working in good faith to create that agreement?
The purpose for the easement was to contribute to the conservation of Fairmount Park and the Wissahickon, a public resource available to all and a world-renowned city park. Development, the reason for changing the easement, with the addition of buildings, 600-plus students and cars and buses to accommodate them, would contribute runoff, erosion and other threats to the preservation of the this exceptional natural resource and add to its decline.
And would this school come back again for further development in the future? Many of our schools have expanded, but they have been established here for many, many years, the latest being more than 40 years ago.
All parents want the best education they can get for their children, and I am wondering if the parents who are urging that this charter school be built in the West Chestnut Hill Avenue location have been to our local public school, J.S. Jenks. As a member of the Chestnut Hill Rotary, I have spent time at Jenks. We work in the school with Jenks students in a supportive reading program, have contributed dictionaries for student use and financially supported the Jenks Music Department.
Jenks has an energetic and forward-thinking principal. Jenks students have raised money for causes when there is a need. It was Jenks parents who raised money and organized the community to build the fabulous playground that is there for all in the community to use, and Jenks participates in other community activities. Please don't write off this terrific community public school.
Marie Lachat
Chestnut Hill
Chili Cook-off a big success
A fabulous event beyond our expectations describes the First Annual Chestnut Hill Rotary Chili Cook-off. You can't beat a room overflowing with face-painted kids (and even an adult or two), old friends catching up and new friends becoming acquainted all overlaid by the blissful aroma of chili cooking. Hmmm! Alligator Chili, Hawaiian Chili and more!
What a terrific time everyone had at the beautiful Brossman Center of the Lutheran Theological Seminary and this was made possible by the generous restaurateurs and caterers, volunteers, venders and sponsors of this fun, family event.
We thank them all, but we especially thank our generous sponsors, which include East River Bank, Forest and Main Brewery and Pub, O'Doodles, Semper Trust Company, Sila Heating and Air Conditioning, Wondergy, Chestnut Hill Hospital, Reed Axelrod Architects, Schoff McCabe P.C., Bates Photography, Carol Schwartz Gallery, Electrical Wizardry, GTI Travel, Human Touch Home Care, Leather Bucket Antiques, Lutheran Theological Seminary, Ross and McCrea LLP, Valley Green Bank, Beth Ounsworth and Family, Esther Kurtz and Family and Susan Bray and Family.
We can't wait to do this again next year! But don't wait until then. Join us for a Wednesday meeting at 7:30 a.m. at the Chestnut Hill Presbyterian Church. All are welcome.
Christian Mongrain
Chestnut Hill Rotary Club
Looking for heroes
Re: Nathan Lerner's article, "Cancers in Family Prompt 13-year-old to raise funds," Local, March 24.
You say you can't find heroes, children! You don't know where to look? Well, first off put down those magazines, throw away the sports page, turn off the television, reach up on my library shelf, take down that red, white and blue covered book, turn to the chapter "Americans who go far out of the norm to help fight for a cure for those with dread diseases."
They are the real heroes! They are to be admired by young ones like you and old folks like me … and in that chapter you will find Kyle Rosenberg.
Tom Woodruff
Puzzled by photo of tsunami
Thank you for a great newspaper that has enlivened the life of my family and me. I have been an area resident all of my 70 years, although the first 15 were at Fort Washington (but I went to school in Chestnut Hill 1946-1958) and the last 26 in Mt. Airy.
I was hoping to simply send you an email, but I have given up trying to find an email address in the paper or on your website. This is my first ever letter to the Chestnut Hill Local.
The photograph of the tsunami on page 17 of the March 24 issue is the most dramatic I have ever seen, but I wish there had been a more detailed attribution of the date, the place, and circumstances.
Looking closely, I am wondering if it is for real. If so, it certainly appears that the tsunami will go over the top of what seem to be 18-story (or more) buildings, which seems impossible. The highest waves I have heard of in connection with this current disaster were 30 feet high.
The breaking water over the sea wall in center left of the photograph does not seem realistic.
To me – I am no expert – the photograph seems to be a composite of two photographs: one of the sea, the other of the city in question. My sincere apologies if I am mistaken about any of this.
Thanks very much for whatever light you can throw on this astounding photograph.
Henry T. Armistead
Mt. Airy
Get suburbanites to come to Hill
I've lived in Mt. Airy for 10 years and love it, but everyone knows Mt. Airy wouldn't be as great as it is if we didn't have Germantown on one side and Chestnut Hill on the other.
Poppy's at the Chestnut Hill Farmers Market has opened his full-time coffee shop, pastry shop and gelato for summer evenings on the Hill, and it does make for a great corridor between Bredenbeck's, Baker Street, Night Kitchen, Metropolitan Bakery, Starbucks and Chestnut Hill Coffee Shop, as well as so many other lovely shops and parks.
I'd like Chestnut Hill's advertising to outlying areas to say: "Come to the city on a summer evening. Even if you're going to Center City, try a small detour south on Germantown Avenue. There are many ways to get back to Route 76 if you want to continue on."
People who live in the suburbs say their dog walks are so lonely when I tell them about how much fun mine are! People love my dog, and there are so many stores where he comes inside. Since I love tying together so many things at once, this makes me happy, and I spend more money!
Sue Maska
Mt. Airy
Raising money for desperate children
Since you wrote an article about my experiences in Uganda last year, I have email-fundraised a Dream House ($11,500) for Auntie Irene (who was mentioned in the story), so she and her husband, Uncle Jimmy, a policeman, can continue to take in more children as I find them sponsors! It took me five months, and they have started building the house
I returned to Uganda in late January for three weeks, just prior to President Meseveni's re-election. (They pay people to vote there!) There was a travel alert to U.S. citizens posted the day I arrived! I was overjoyed to see Victo (a young girl who had become pregnant after being raped) and meet her baby and see her in a great new school.
I taught art, visited the five sponsored kids and got involved in a plastic recycling project involving the local public elementary school (4,000 kids on $4 per student a year!). My idea was the "The Recyclers," a local soccer team where kids (boys and girls in that school, where the headmaster, Victo's uncle, will be the advisor) bring in plastic from their neighborhoods to play on the team. Then the school stores the plastic until there is enough to sell. There is plastic everywhere – bushes, along roads, etc. – and no trash or recycling program at all. China buys recycled plastic! The nearest recycling center is three hours away.
We can make a difference in the blink of an eye!
The world is so sore right now. It breaks my heart.
Kitsie Converse
Chestnut Hill


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North Korea's girl band The Moranbong Girls aren't going to rival South Korean K-Pop anytime soon, but they're still briefly entertaining to watch ... in a somewhat dark, hermit kingdomy type way.
Their hits include: "Do prosper, the age of the workers party!" — "Let's Study" — and "If the mother party wishes ... "
Telegraph's Tim Stanley quips they're "5 girls who just want to have state-sanctioned fun."
From Telegraph:
The Moranbong girls are not what you'd expect from an unfashionably totalitarian regime where grey is the new grey. Their skirts are short, the hair is trendy, the music danceable. It could just about pass as a Eurovision entry from Azerbaijan.


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University Mission
Western Connecticut State University changes lives by providing all students with a high-quality education that fosters their growth as individuals, scholars, professionals, and leaders in a global society.
To achieve this, we
- Offer undergraduate and graduate programs that weave together liberal arts and professional education and instill a desire for life-long learning.
- Sustain a vibrant, inclusive campus that connects individuals through co-curricular programs, cultural events, and service to the community.
- Attract student-centered faculty who are passionate teachers and accomplished scholars.
- Establish partnerships that create opportunities for internships, research, and experiential learning.
Excellence. We value outstanding achievement realized through persistence, effort, honest feedback, and self-reflection.
Curiosity. We value the questions that drive learning, innovation, and creativity, which serve as the beginning and the desired outcome of education.
Dialogue. We value the conversations that explore diverse perspectives and encourage shared understanding.
Engagement. We value the interactions with ideas, peers, and community that are essential to a vibrant university environment.
Opportunity. We value the possibilities created by affordable, accessible educational environments in which students can grow into independent thinkers and confident leaders.
Respect. We value the right of all people to be treated with dignity and fairness and expect this in our policies, classrooms, and community.


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Somalia: 'Al-Shabab' ambush ministers and defend Jowhar
After weeks of relative calm in Somalia, a convoy carrying three ministers has been attacked, while fierce fighting has erupted near the militant base of Jowhar, officials say.
The ministers of defence, interior and justice were unharmed after a landmine exploded under a vehicle near the port of Merca, they say.
A governor told the BBC there had been a two-hour gunbattle near Jowhar.
This is the biggest town under the control of al-Shabab Islamists.
The al-Qaeda linked group has been driven out of most urban areas over the past two years still controls many rural areas of the country.
Middle Shabelle governor Abdi Jiinow told the BBC Somali service that al-Shabab had now gathered its forces around Jowhar, 90km (55 miles) north of the capital, Mogadishu, in order to defend the town.
He said three soldiers and 15 al-Shabab fighters had been killed in the fighting, which he said was the fiercest in the area for several months since pro-government advanced on the town.
The militant group has not yet commented on the fighting there.
But its Twitter feed said it had carried out the ambush on the ministerial convoy near Merca, south of Mogadishu.
It said several people had been killed - a claim backed by some independent sources in the area.
The area's deputy governor told the BBC that four police officers escorting the ministers had been badly wounded.
Alongside the recent military gains, a new president took office in September, raising some hopes of a return to law and order after two decades of anarchy.


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I took control of a new server recently and noticed that Tempdb was not configured to best practice. It was not on its own drive and it consisted of one data file and one log file…The server had a couple of cores, I'm not sure how relevant this is anymore but SQL server 2000 it was recommended you create a TEMPDB data file for CPU…I'm not sure that you need a file for each CPU/core in later versions but as Brad McGehee says in his TEMPDB optimisation chapter in MVP deep dives (This is my review of the book) it does give you a place to start.
My first script here moves both the current log and data file to its new home.
USE master;
ALTER DATABASE tempdb
MODIFY FILE (NAME = tempdev, FILENAME = 'S:\SQLTEMP\tempdb.mdf');
ALTER DATABASE tempdb
MODIFY FILE (NAME = templog, FILENAME = 'S:\SQLTEMP\templog.ldf');
Once you have run this you will need to restart SQL Server for the changes to take affect. Also you will have two copies of the old TEMPDB files in the in the old location, I like to delete these after the restart to avoid confusion later.
The next script below adds an additional data file to my tempdb database, this ensures the number of data files in tempdb matches the number of cores on my machine. The reason for multi-data files is a reduction in contention on each file as IO requests are spread across the multiple files. This can be beneficial, even if the files reside on the same volume as is the case here, if you put each file on a volume of their own the performance gain is even greater…With a greater cost attached of course.
Anyhow, the following script adds an additional data file to the tempdb database. Its important to keep the size of each data file identical preferably sized according to TEMPDB usage. Also ensure that the same auto grow settings are set for each file. The algorithm SQL Server uses for filling pages will distribute the load equally if the files are the same size.
USE [master]
ALTER DATABASE [tempdb] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N'tempdev', SIZE = 153600KB )
ALTER DATABASE [tempdb] ADD FILE ( NAME = N'TempDev2', FILENAME = N'S:\SQLTEMP\TempDev2.ndf' , SIZE = 153600KB , FILEGROWTH = 10%)
ALTER DATABASE [tempdb] MODIFY FILE ( NAME = N'templog', SIZE = 51200KB )
As with all things please take the time to test the optimal configuration in your environment, as multiple files may or may not benefit you.


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June 18, 2011
mtDNA Test Results Arrived!
Readers may recall that on May 10 this year I mailed in my mtDNA Test Kit which I ordered from Family Tree DNA . Well, last week an email arrived saying my test results were posted!
I was pretty excited and immediately went to the Family Tree DNA website to read the results. I have to confess that I'm confused. I'm not sure what I've learned that will help me in discovering my maternal origins.
It seems my Haplogroup is J and I have 5 mutations from Cambridge Reference Sequence (CRS). But what does it all mean? I've got a lot of reading to do! One thing I spotted during a quick browse of various articles was reference to Haplogroup J being found more frequently in centenarians than in younger individuals. (Source: http://www.fasebj.org/content/13/12/1532.full) The women on my mom's side all live to be in their 90s so that's kind of interesting.
An intriguing but still puzzling result is my Recent Ancestral Origins section. Here FamilyTreeDNA displays a chart showing the countries of origin reported by the people I match. This intrigued me because my maternal lineage as far back as I know it (Mary Ansell born Kent 1771), is based solidly in England.
But my chart results show I match 80 people from England, 54 from Germany, 22 from Ireland, 13 from France, 11 from Sweden and several other countries where my matches are under 10. I'm going to have to do some reading to understand what these numbers mean because there are also percentages given showing what % of the total population tested within each country of origin match my test results.
England is low - yes it says I match 80 people who gave England as the country of origin of their most distant female ancestor. But it then shows that I only match 1.2% of the population tested. That seems low to me, especially since I also match at 1.2% the total who gave Austria, 1.2 % who said Denmark and 1% who gave Switzerland as their most distant country of origin. More research on my part is definitely required for me to understand these numbers.
I also gave in to temptation and upgraded from mtHVR1 to Mega. The sale price at Family Tree DNA was too good for me to resist!
An extra step you can take with your DNA test results is to submit them to mitosearch then you check for matches in their database. I did that and sent off emails to the people who most closely matched my 5 mutations. We'll see what develops from that!
It also seems to me that I need to join some DNA projects so I'm off to hunt for any that I think apply.
FN1: I've added my name and blog URL to the header of this post because two other blogs are copying my DNA articles without permission and posting them on their blogs. No link back to my blog is given and my name is omitted as the author. Since I hope to make connections with other genealogists through my blog, I have added my name and blog URL. This may help ensure that some notation is kept that indicates to readers of these unscrupulous blogs that the articles are not written by the blog owners in question. These same blog owners have disabled their comment feature and removed email addresses so I cannot contact them.
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- Debbie Kennett said...
With an mtDNA test it's always a good idea to join the relevant haplogroup project. There is a haplogroup J project here:
Your readers might like to know that there is a full list of mtDNA haplogroup projects in the ISOGG Wiki:
The basic HVR1 mtDNA test is a very low resolution test, rather like the 12-marker Y-DNA test, and many people do have lots of matches. These are mostly very distant and you probably share a common ancestor several thousand years ago. The full sequence test (also known as the mega) will give you a much better idea of your geographical origins, and if you have any exact matches they are more likely to be of genealogical relevance.
- Kathy Reed said...
I am so disappointed to hear that people are linking back to your blog and not giving you credit. I'm glad you came up with a good way to counteract the problem.
- Caverly said...
I'm surprised it took so long for you to try DNA testing. Although mtDNA is not as useful as yDNA it is interesting to look at and see ones maternal history in time.
P. Caverly
- Olive Tree Genealogy said...
P. Caverly - It didn't take me long to try DNA testing. I twisted my brother's arm several years ago to test his Y-DNA (which I paid for).
I had no interest in my mtDNA as I didn't think it had as much value, genealogy-wise, as Y-DNA. But th test cost went on sale.... and nNow I'm enjoying learning what it can show me :-)
- Olive Tree Genealogy said...
Debbie, thank you for your insight! I did join the J-mtDNA group and look forward to learning more
- Your Genetic Genealogist said...
Please keep us updated on what you find. My Mega mtDNA results were interesting: http://www.yourgeneticgenealogist.com/2010/12/my-full-mitochondrial-sequence-and.html
- The New Genealogist said...
Very interesting! I'm still debating whether mtDNA testing would be worthwhile, so I look forward to hearing more about what you learn!
So sorry to hear about those other blogs copying your posts- talk about not cool. On the other hand, it speaks to the quality of your writing. Still, I wish there was a way to make people like that stop.


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True flies are insects of the order Diptera (Greek: di = two, and pteron = wing), possessing a single pair of wings on the mesothorax and a pair of halteres, derived from the hind wings, on the metathorax.
The presence of a single pair of wings distinguishes true flies from other insects with "fly" in their name, such as mayflies, dragonflies, damselflies, stoneflies, whiteflies, fireflies, alderflies, dobsonflies, snakeflies, sawflies, caddisflies, butterflies or scorpionflies. Some true flies have become secondarily wingless, especially in the superfamily Hippoboscoidea, or among those that are inquilines in social insect colonies.
Diptera is a large order, containing an estimated 240,000 species of mosquitos, gnats, midges and others, although under half of these (about 120,000 species) have been described. It is one of the major insect orders both in terms of ecological and human (medical and economic) importance. The Diptera, in particular the mosquitoes (Culicidae), are of great importance as disease transmitters, acting as vectors for malaria, dengue, West Nile virus, yellow fever, encephalitis and other infectious diseases.
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A big-budget, effects-laden, 3-D retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend may seem like the unlikeliest pairing yet of director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie, but "Jack the Giant Slayer" ends up being smart, thrilling and a whole lot of fun.
Singer and McQuarrie's collaborations include, most famously, the twisty crime mystery "The Usual Suspects" (which earned McQuarrie an original-screenplay Oscar) and the Hitler assassination drama "Valkyrie," featuring an eye patch-wearing Tom Cruise.
"Jack the Giant Slayer" is cheeky without being too obnoxiously cutesy. While the look of it is medieval, the vibe seems more current, but it's not so anachronistic as to be self-referential and subversive along the lines of a "Shrek," for example. In that regard, it actually ends up being pleasingly old-fashioned.
Shot in 3-D — rather than one of those muddled 2-D re-dos — the film looks crisp and clean. Once it bursts forth from the ground, the beanstalk itself is magnificent, enormous and richly detailed.
Tasked with climbing up this monstrosity is Nicholas Hoult, hot off the zombie romantic comedy "Warm Bodies," as the title character. In staying mostly true to the story's origins, Jack is a poor farm boy whose uncle sends him on an errand to sell the family horse. Instead he comes back with — you guessed it — beans. But they're magic beans, so it's cool.
While visiting the kingdom of Cloister that day, though, he also locks eyes briefly with a mysterious young woman. Turns out she's the princess, Isabelle (Eleanor Tomlinson), who has escaped her overprotective father (Ian McShane) in disguise to get a taste of what the real world is like.
A subsequent escape on a rainy night throws these two together again — but this time, one of those magical beans gets tragically wet. Boom — beanstalk, one that sends the princess high in the sky, all the way up to a long-forgotten land full of isolated and really angry giants.
There aren't a whole lot of surprises here — if you know the story, you know what happens — although "Jack the Giant Slayer" features several inspired visuals. Hoult and Tomlinson have a nice chemistry with each other.
And they make room for some of the showier performances amid the strong supporting cast, including Stanley Tucci as the duplicitous Roderick.
The giants are fearsome and fully realized creatures with the help of motion-capture technology, especially Bill Nighy as their sadistic, two-headed leader. These are not bumbling behemoths but rather nimble warriors with a taste for blood who put the fright back into fee-fi-fo-fum.
"Jack the Giant Slayer" 3 stars
A smart and cheeky movie with a medieval setting and a modern vibe. It's thrilling and fun, if somewhat predictable. With Nicholas Hoult as Jack, Ewan McGregor, Eleanor Tomlinson, Ian McShane and Stanley Tucci.
Rated: PG-13 for violence, frightening images, language.
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True karaoke fans know the difficulty of pulling off dairy-free renditions of Sinatra classics — which makes this version of "Summer Wind" sung by New York City subway construction worker Gary Russo streetside on his lunch hour all the more impressive.
Caught outside the Second Avenue line construction in Manhattan, the hard hats apparently stage a free concert to break up the monotony of construction noises with selections from the Johnny Mercer songbook. To those of us who hear music dying every time people open wide on "American Idol," we'd say Gary Russo deserves a bigger audience than a few traffic barrels and hurricane fences.


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The 2012 Challenge-24 Mathematics Contest was held on Saturday, March 17, at St. Bonaventure University. The contest, hosted each year by the Department of Mathematics, was directed by Dr. Doug Cashing.
There were 61 students from 12 schools that attended this year. The participating schools were: Austin Area Schools, Cuba Elementary, Cuba-Rushford Middle School, Franklinville, Friendship, Hinsdale, two Olean elementary schools (Boardmanville and East View), Olean Middle School, Otto-Eldred Elementary School, Otto-Eldred Middle School, and The Learning Center in Bradford.
Challenge-24 is a game in which contestants are presented with four numbers between one and nine. The object is to combine the numbers, using each number exactly once, to produce an answer of 24. Any of the standard arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division) may be used as needed, perhaps more than once, to get the result.
Medals were awarded to the first-, second-, and third-place students at each grade. They were: 3rd grade
First Place: Caden Granger (Cuba Elementary)
Second Place: Joseph Magro (Boardmanville)
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First Place: Joe Copella (Olean Middle)
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The rain continues to fall here in central Iowa – but it least 98% of the snow has melted. It's so funny to see your city covered in 3 feet of snow one day, and the next it's all gone. Thanks rain!
Poor football…left on the back porch to sit in the snow all winter long. Now it's getting rained on. Can't catch a break! ;)
Shortly after breakfast I went grocery shopping where I got a 6-pack of Coke Zero for free! It was a buy "x" amount of pop and you got this mini pack free.
I was especially jazzed because they came in these new, easy-to-use zippers. Instead of having to wrestle with your pop to try and get it out of the death-like grip these things usually have on them, now you just zip them right out! Plus, there's less environmental risks with animals getting caught in them, etc.
Oh my gosh, I also randomly stumbled upon these at the store!
Did anybody else use to eat these for, seriously, every school event/soccer game? It was either these or Little Debbie snacks. Ugh, I can still taste them…yuck!
When I got home I realized the gym just wasn't going to happen. I had already showered and there is too much on my plate today to trek all the way there, workout, then re-shower. Lame excuse, I know. Anyways, I made do and completed a killer cardio circuit that anyone could do at home!
8 Minute At-Home Cardio Circuit:
- 60 jumping jacks
- 2 minutes jump rope
- 60 high knees
- 60 butt kicks
- 40 crunches
- 20 reverse crunches
- 1 minute rest
Actually, you don't even need a real jump rope to do this. You could mimic having one and be just fine. My heart was bumpin' and I did the circuit 4 times. My abs are sore already! :D
After my workout I whipped up some Whipped Ricotta Banana Oatmeal!
In the mix:
- 1/3 cup old fashioned oats
- 2/3 cup water
- 1 banana
- vanilla
- cinnamon
- 1/4 cup ricotta cheese
- almond butter
Silky, luscious and smooth – I love this combo!
It's almost like cheesecake, and with a spoonful of almond butter, I was in Heaven.
Ok, these really took me to Heaven!
Ahhhh! (those are Angels singing!)
I'm making a St. Patty's Day inspired dessert for lunch at my parent's house tomorrow, which happens to incorporate these bad boys. So, I had some oreos and milk for an after lunch snack.
IS there, I ask you, ANYTHING more heartwarming than oreos dunked in milk?! o…m…g… From now on, whenever I'm having a bad day, I'm breaking out the oreos and milk. You've been warned.
Ben and I are off to the mall – it's shoe shoppin' time! :D
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Video: Swimmers bid Englewood H.S. pool a bittersweet farewell at final meet
For the Englewood High School boys swim team, and for dozens of others who gathered at the school's pool on Thursday afternoon, the dual meet against George Washington High School marked a bittersweet occasion: the school's last official competition at the eight-lane facility doomed to the wrecking ball.
"At this point, it just feels like home," said Tracey Lonn, who coaches the Englewood girls team. "No other pool has that same feeling."
The pool was originally slated for a $1 million face lift when the Englewood School District persuaded voters to approve a bond issue and mill-levy increase last fall that aimed to create a grade 6-12 campus. But a subsequent assessment determined that the pool needed $3 million in upgrades — and the school board approved its demolition.
But the board also said it would set aside $1 million for two years while pool supporters searched for additional donations to construct a new facility. That hardly seemed like a fair resolution to some folks, especially the student-athletes who had strong attachments to the pool and others who felt that the district hadn't handled the situation well.


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In 1991, Lupe and Nick opened their first Mole Mexican Bar and Grill in the Upper East Side. For almost 25 years, Mole has striven to create delicious authentic Mexican dishes with history and unique flavors to bring to you Mexico in a dish! Mole offers Dinner, Lunch, Brunch, Almuerzos Mexicanos and Happy Hour Menus to satisfy any palate. In addition to authentic Mexican food, Mole's chefs cook burritos, flautas, chimichangas, enchiladas and other popular Tex-Mex dishes in the traditional fashion. Guacamole is always made fresh to order!
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson joined local ministers and Houston Congressman Al Green at a news conference Thursday to call for an end to "Stand Your Ground"-type state laws across the nation and for an end to gun violence.
The presentation at the Metropolitan Christian Methodist Episcopal Church came one day after George Zimmerman, a central Florida neighborhood watch captain, was charged with second-degree murder in the February fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin. The teen's death has sparked an international outcry for the arrest of Zimmerman, who was released from police custody the night of the incident based on Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law. Numerous "Justice for Trayvon" rallies and protests have been held in Houston over the last few weeks.
"Let's not forget that Mr. Zimmerman represents a first down, not a touchdown – the beginning of a process. But far beyond him, the victory is not in how long he stays in jail. The victory is in repealing these draconian, stand your ground, self-defense, vigilante laws," Jackson told reporters along with others attending a church conference. "These laws incentivized vigilantism, take-the-law-into-your-own hands, kill or be killed. That's beneath the civility of a great nation."
Green clarified that although Texas does not have a typical "Stand Your Ground" law, the group is calling for the repeal of the state's Castle Doctrine relating to self-defense.
"The Castle Doctrine, as you know, has to do with one's home, but we've extended the Castle Doctrine beyond the home and while we don't call it Stand Your Ground you might recall that the Castle Doctrine was used to justify a homicide in Pasadena where two persons were shot outside of the man's home after the man was told not to go outside," Green said, referencing the 2007 Joe Horn case. "So while they may not call it Stand Your Ground, the essence of what's being done is the very same thing and it's time for us to pull down Stand Your Ground. It's time to make Castle what it has traditionally has been – a person's home."
Jackson and Green, who were flanked by a dozen black faith leaders, said they hoped to be joined in the future by ministers of other races and ethnicities.
Jackson also linked repealing Texas' new voter ID laws, the lack of health insurance among Texans and the subprime mortgage loan crisis that caused mass foreclosures as other examples of profiling that disproportionately affected people of color. The founder and leader of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition also said he hoped those who have been protesting in hoodies and with their voter registration cards "will use this as a transformative moment."
Jackson will return to the church Thursday to speak at 7 p.m.


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I don't know if there are currently any organized groups riding in my area. Occasionally I see groups passing through, but I don't see them on a regular basis.
This is my usual stomping ground:
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FGS Partners with German Association of Genealogical Associations
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) announces a new partnership with Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft genealogischer Verbände e. V. (DAGV), an umbrella organization of genealogical and heraldic associations in Germany, in order to further the exchange of ideas and information between genealogists and family historians across the globe.
Originally announced during the recent RootsTech 2013 conference in Salt Lake City, Utah on Saturday, March 23, 2013, FGS and DAGV will work to "develop technical solutions to preserve and present records and to increase the mutual contact" between both societies and their members.
DAGV, founded in Frankfurt am Main in 1949 and based in Stuttgart, represents 63 member associations in Germany with a total of 20,000 individual members among the organizations. Combined with the over 500 member associations and 500,000 individuals represented by FGS, both organizations intend to work closely together within the world umbrella organization of the Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique (CIGH).
A prevailing goal of this new alliance between FGS and DAGV is for a World Conference to be held in the near future to further the public's interest in genealogy. Both organizations will focus on strengthening the world organization in order to build bridges for generations to come and setting the world family history research agenda for the 21st century.
Dirk Weissleder, DAGV National Chairman stated " I personally want to ensure strong co-operation between our two umbrella organizations in the US and Germany. In order to support genealogical research at this level, we must leverage our personal contacts in sharing information and experiences. A key initiative will be to get younger people interested in genealogy through the use of the Internet as well as the structures of our genealogical societies."
D. Joshua Taylor, FGS President, added: "The challenges and opportunities facing genealogical societies are not limited by geography and it is an an honor and privilege to begin looking at ways our organizations can work together for the future of a global family history community."
Visit the DAGV website at http://dagv.org for more information about its projects, publications and activities. And follow FGS at http://fgs.org or on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/fgsgenealogy.
About the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
The Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS) was founded in 1976 and represents the members of hundreds of genealogical societies. FGS links the genealogical community by helping genealogical societies strengthen and grow through resources available online, FGS Forum magazine (filled with articles pertaining to society management and genealogical news), and Society Strategy Series papers, covering topics about effectively operating a genealogical society. FGS also links the genealogical community through its annual conference -- four days of excellent lectures, including one full day devoted to society management topics. To learn more visit http://www.fgs.org.