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Professional Etiquette
Your academic knowledge and skills may be spectacular, but do you have the social skills needed to be successful in the workplace? Good professional etiquette indicates to potential employers that you are a mature, responsible adult who can aptly represent their company. Not knowing proper etiquette could damage your image, prevent you from getting a job and jeopardize personal and business relationships.
Etiquette begins with meeting and greeting. Terry Cobb, human resource director at Wachovia Corporation in South Carolina's Palmetto region, emphasizes the importance of making a good first impression—beginning with the handshake. A firm shake, he says, indicates to employers that you're confident and assertive. A limp handshake, on the other hand, sends the message that you're not interested or qualified for the job. Dave Owenby, human resources manager for North and South Carolina at Sherwin Williams, believes, "Good social skills include having a firm handshake, smiling, making eye contact and closing the meeting with a handshake."
The following basic rules will help you get ahead in the workplace:
- Always rise when introducing or being introduced to someone.
- Provide information in making introductions - you are responsible for keeping the conversation going. "Joe, please meet Ms. Crawford, CEO at American Enterprise, Inc., in Cleveland." "Mr. Jones, this is Kate Smith, a senior majoring in computer information systems at Northwestern University."
- Unless given permission, always address someone by his or her title and last name.
- Practice a firm handshake. Make eye contact while shaking hands.
Shirley Willey, owner of Etiquette & Company in Carmichael, Calif., reports that roughly 80% of second interviews involve a business meal. Cobb remembers one candidate who had passed his initial interview with flying colors. Because the second interview was scheduled close to noon, Cobb decided to conduct the interview over lunch. Initially, the candidate was still in the "interview" mode and maintained his professionalism. After a while, however, he became more relaxed—and that's when the candidate's real personality began to show. He had terrible table manners, made several off-color remarks and spoke negatively about previous employers. Needless to say, Cobb was unimpressed, and the candidate did not get the job.
Remember that an interview is always an interview, regardless of how relaxed or informal the setting. Anything that is said or done will be considered by the interviewer, cautions Cobb.
In order to make a good impression during a lunch or dinner interview, make sure you:
- Arrive on time.
- Wait to sit until the host/hostess indicates the seating arrangement.
- Place napkin in lap before eating or drinking anything.
- When ordering, keep in mind that this is a talking business lunch. Order something easy to eat, such as boneless chicken or fish.
- Do not hold the order up because you cannot make a decision. Feel free to ask for suggestions from others at the table.
- Wait to eat until everyone has been served.
- Keep hands in lap unless you are using them to eat.
- Practice proper posture; sit up straight with your arms close to your body.
- Bring food to your mouth—not your head to the plate.
- Try to eat at the same pace as everyone else.
- Take responsibility for keeping up the conversation.
- Place napkin on chair seat if excusing yourself for any reason.
- Place napkin beside plate at the end of the meal.
- Push chair under table when excusing yourself.
Follow these simple rules for eating and drinking:
- Start eating with the implement that is farthest away from your plate. You may have two spoons and two forks. The spoon farthest away from your plate is a soup spoon. The fork farthest away is a salad fork unless you have three forks, one being much smaller, which would be a seafood fork for an appetizer. The dessert fork/spoon is usually above the plate. Remember to work from the outside in.
- Dip soup away from you; sip from the side of the spoon.
- Season food only after you have tasted it.
- Pass salt and pepper together—even if asked for only one.
- Pass all items to the right. If the item has a handle, such as a pitcher, pass with the handle toward the next person. For bowls with spoons, pass with the spoon ready for the next person. If you are the one to reach to the center of the table for an item, pass it before serving yourself.
- While you are speaking during a meal, utensils should be resting on plate (fork and knife crossed on the plate with tines down).
- Don't chew with your mouth open or blow on your food.
The interviewer will usually take care of the bill and the tip. Be prepared, however, if this doesn't happen and have small bills ready to take care of your part, including the tip. Never make an issue of the check.
Social skills can make or break your career. Kenitra Matheson, human resource director with Dellinger and Deese in Charlotte, N.C., emphasizes, "Etiquette and social skills are a must! Our employees have to exhibit a certain level of professionalism and etiquette, given that we constantly interact with our clients." Be one step ahead - practice the social skills necessary to help you make a great first impression and stand out in a competitive job market.
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The ITC "has made affirmative determinations in its preliminary phase anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigations," announced the agency today.
The vote was unanimous, said Dan Pickard of Wiley Rein, the law firm handing the case.
The preliminary judgment allows the US Department of Commerce (DoC) to continue its probe into whether the imported towers are being sold at unfairly low prices in the US and therefore undermining competition.
According to the DoC, China's tower makers allegedly undercut US tower prices by 213%, while Vietnamese companies charged about 142% less.
If the DoC finds there has been 'injury' to the US tower industry, it could require the Asian companies to make cash deposits in case duties are imposed, notes ITC spokeswoman Peg O'Loughlin.
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searches for a local minimum in f, starting from the point x=x0.
searches for a local minimum in a function of several variables.
searches for a local minimum subject to the constraints cons.
starts from a point within the region defined by the constraints.
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- FindMinimum returns a list of the form {fmin,{x->xmin}}, where fmin is the minimum value of f found, and xmin is the value of x for which it is found.
- If the starting point for a variable is given as a list, the values of the variable are taken to be lists with the same dimensions.
- The constraints cons can contain equations, inequalities or logical combinations of these.
- The constraints cons can be any logical combination of:
lhs==rhs equations lhs>rhs or lhs>=rhs inequalities {x,y,…}∈reg region specification
- FindMinimum first localizes the values of all variables, then evaluates f with the variables being symbolic, and then repeatedly evaluates the result numerically.
- FindMinimum has attribute HoldAll, and effectively uses Block to localize variables.
- FindMinimum[f,{x,x0,x1}] searches for a local minimum in f using x0 and x1 as the first two values of x, avoiding the use of derivatives.
- FindMinimum[f,{x,x0,xmin,xmax}] searches for a local minimum, stopping the search if x ever gets outside the range xmin to xmax.
- Except when f and cons are both linear, the results found by FindMinimum may correspond only to local, but not global, minima.
- By default, all variables are assumed to be real.
- For linear f and cons, x∈Integers can be used to specify that a variable can take on only integer values.
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AccuracyGoal Automatic the accuracy sought EvaluationMonitor None expression to evaluate whenever f is evaluated Gradient Automatic the list of gradient components for f MaxIterations Automatic maximum number of iterations to use Method Automatic method to use PrecisionGoal Automatic the precision sought StepMonitor None expression to evaluate whenever a step is taken WorkingPrecision MachinePrecision the precision used in internal computations
- The settings for AccuracyGoal and PrecisionGoal specify the number of digits to seek in both the value of the position of the minimum, and the value of the function at the minimum.
- FindMinimum continues until either of the goals specified by AccuracyGoal or PrecisionGoal is achieved.
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The U. of Michigan CIO talks about embracing cloud solutions as part of a school-wide strategy of adopting cutting-edge tech to drive innovation.
- Karen Goulart, Features Writer
University of Michigan CIO Laura Patterson is on a mission to bring the school's faculty and students to the cutting edge of innovation. In 2010, the university embarked on NextGen Michigan, a five-year-plan to adopt next-generation technology to advance research, teaching and learning.
The road to that goal, Patterson told SearchCIO.com, includes aggressive consolidation of the IT infrastructure that's spread across the university's 19 schools and colleges. The aim is to build an IT infrastructure flexible enough to support both shared services and mission-unique services. The goal is faster innovation.
A major step toward that goal was adopting Box, a cloud-based file-sharing, storage and collaboration platform, to facilitate collaboration between students and faculty members. Patterson, a strong proponent of cloud computing, became an early adopter of Box Inc.'s offerings tailored to institutions of higher education.
Since Box became available to all students and faculty last fall, 20,000 people have adopted it. Tens of thousands more of the 100,000 possible users are expected to join in by the end of the academic year. Here, Patterson discusses how this cloud offering meets NextGen Michigan's three main objectives (collaboration, mobility and globalization), why she chose this particular cloud solution, how Box fits into her overall cloud strategy, and why she thinks early cloud adoption is a competitive advantage.
Why was having a cloud service like Box important for NextGen Michigan?
Laura Patterson: Box met the three key objectives we have within NextGen Michigan. Collaboration is very strategic to the future of the university. We do team-based interdisciplinary research within the university, and our researchers collaborate with researchers around the globe.
So, we're seeking to build a collaborative environment that is easy for researchers, students and staff to use in their interdisciplinary work and that enables faster innovation. The same is true for learning: Team-based learning is the model now. Students are very social. They work in groups, so we wanted our collaboration environment to make it easy for researchers and students to work together.
In terms of mobility, students come to campus and on average bring three to five devices each. The expectation is they can access information anywhere for any of those devices. We're expanding our reach globally, so we were looking for a solution that allows people to work together and to access their own documents at anytime from anywhere, using any device.
The cloud model is a significant paradigm shift; it's not just a different way of sourcing. And because of that, I think early adoption of the cloud is a competitive advantage.
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CIO, University of Michigan
We also recognized our students, faculty and staff were starting to adopt cloud-based storage services that are consumer driven and didn't have the contractual protections we needed for institutional information. When Box came along, it was the perfect solution for the business problem that we had, and it also advanced NextGen Michigan.
So, you had campus-wide shadow IT?
Right, because while we offer storage solutions here -- in fact, we have more than one on-premises storage solution -- they were not easy to access and were not built for collaboration, but instead to store documents.
Did you consider options other than Box?
Under NextGen Michigan, we had made a decision to move the entire university to Google. And then Internet2 through its NetPlus service, made us aware of the Box offering and that they were looking for universities that would work with Box. Because of our NextGen Michigan initiative, our focus on collaboration and our strategy of cloud first, we very quickly decided that we were interested. So, I would really say it was really Internet2 that introduced us to each other.
Do you always move that quickly on IT decisions?
We made that decision in a very nontraditional way. Typically, our IT decisions involve a great deal of input from the campus, and we go through a governance process. In this case, when the opportunity, through the Internet2 NetPlus offering, came to us, I sat down with a couple of my key direct reports and I said, 'What's the risk here?' The risk was we could pay for this for a period of time and it doesn't get adopted on campus. That's the biggest risk that we have. Right now the risk of not doing this is we don't meet the needs of faculty or students, and they continue to go to consumer products rather than enterprise products.
It was a very different decision making process, but it is the way we need to be in order to work in today's environment. We can't take a year to make a decision on a product. With this cloud service as a NextGen solution, I was not investing in the physical infrastructure, I didn't have to hire new staff who had to learn new tools, and I was able to subscribe through a service agreement to a service I was very confident was going to meet the needs of our faculty and students -- and it has.
How do the adoptions of Google and Box fit your cloud strategy?
We have moved the whole university to Google. Our health system is not using email and calendar because of HIPAA [the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act], but we did provision a Google account to everyone -- even everyone in the health system -- so they could use Google Docs and other Google apps for collaboration. We have a Software-as-a-Service system called Concur which we use for travel and expense reporting and reimbursement. And right now we have an RFP out on the market for a provider of Infrastructure as a Service and Platform as a Service. Our dental school is working on a project for dental records in our dental clinic that will be a cloud-based offering.
For a while we've been looking at the opportunities for research data storage in the cloud, but we haven't made any decisions there yet. I'm very interested in high-performance compute clusters in the cloud also, but there again, we're just looking and haven't taken any action.
What are some of the challenges you've found in implementing cloud solutions?
One of the things that I find interesting about cloud solutions, and something that I think we need to get better at, is how to integrate the offerings into the existing infrastructure. If people have to go to a different site to get a tool, they're less likely to use it. But if the tool is integrated into where they're accustomed to working, then you see faster adoption.
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One way we've addressed that is we've integrated Box into our learning management system so that you can be in the system and launch Box just with a click. The faculty wants us to do even more integration into Box so that it's even easier for them to use it, but one of our challenges in using cloud offerings from various vendors is how you pull them together into one coherent offering for your user community so the user experience is intuitive.
Is it fair to say you have a pretty high comfort level with the cloud compared with other CIOs you know?
You know, some of my colleagues have made the statement, 'It's just a different way of sourcing.' I don't think of it that way. Every few years in IT, there is a significant paradigm shift. When technology moved from mainframe computers with dumb terminals to microcomputers in [LANs], that was a significant paradigm shift. When we shifted from networked computers to the World Wide Web, that was a significant paradigm shift. I think the cloud model is also a significant paradigm shift; it is not just a different way of sourcing. And because of that, I think early adoption of the cloud is a competitive advantage.
What still gives you pause about the cloud?
We are heavily compliance driven, and so for us to adopt across the whole university, cloud providers have to meet HIPAA compliance; we also have to have a way of meeting ITAR [International Traffic in Arms Regulations] compliance, export controls, PCI [Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard]. Additionally, all applications and services have to be accessible that so sight-impaired or learning-disabled students or any disability students and faculty and staff have to have an equal experience, and so accessibility is as important to us.
How mature are today's cloud solutions in terms of meeting the needs of a large university?
Ah, they are not very mature. But, again, we've taken a bit of a risk at Michigan in that because we believe cloud is an industry trend, we believe that the providers that are going to be successful and win in the industry are those that can meet the compliance and accessibility requirements. For example, recently Microsoft signed a business associate agreement, which is a HIPAA requirement, for their email and their collaboration offering -- and that was really big because that really made a statement to other vendors.
Are vendors not getting in your door if they don't meet all the compliance requirements?
It's an overstatement to say no one gets in the door. In fact, some of our cloud vendors haven't met all our requirements but we have a high level of confidence that they are going to. With some vendors, we've held up on certain projects until we could see movement that they would meet our needs and requirements. We've talked about barring the door going forward, but the industry was just too immature when we started to be able to use that strategy.
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This classic of spycraft is based on Dulles's incomparable experience as a diplomat, international lawyer, and America's premier intelligence officer. Dulles was a high-ranking officer of the CIA's predecessor - the Office of Strategic Services - and served eight years as director of the newly created CIA. In The Craft of Intelligence, Dulles reveals how intelligence is collected and processed, and how the results contribute to the formation of national policy On the Military Intelligence Bracnh History Reading List 2012.
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From a shopping center and an airport to a concert venue or even your own phone, these are all places facial recognition technology can now be used due to technological advancements in the last few years. VOA Khmer's Hong Chenda narrates.


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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – UMBC senior Andrew Smith (Chadds Ford, Pa./Garnet Valley) placed 16th overall in the prelims of the 800m run, while competing as the sixth Retriever in program history to reach the NCAA Championships, Friday night at the national indoor track and field championships at the Albuquerque Convention Center.
Smith raced in heat number two of the prelims and completed the run in a time of 1:58.06. The top three runners from each heat automatically advanced to the finals, in addition to the next two fastest times. Iowa State's Edward Kemboi (1:48.37) led the pack as a whole while Florida's Ryan Schnulle paced the second heat (1:51.36).
Smith reset the school record in the 800m run three times this season, originally breaking the mark of 1:52.78 while winning the event and meeting the IC4A standard at the NYU Team Challenge on Jan. 24 by clocking in at 1:51.30. A week later he bettered his mark from the Armory by finishing second at the Penn State Nationals with a time of 1:49.15. In one last attempt to reach the NCAA Championships, Smith cut his time down to 1:48.82 at the BU Last Chance Meet in Boston on March 3.
In addition to snapping the school record, Smith protected his America East title in the event by taking the top spot at the Armory on Feb. 24 with a time of 1:51.17.
By reaching the national meet, Smith follows in the footsteps of UMBC head coach David Boob who became the first Retriever athlete to advance to the NCAA Championships in 1996. Bobb qualified for two more national championships and was succeeded by Cleopatra Borel (2002) and Huguens Jean (2003). Borel won the shot put event at the 2002 indoor meet to become the first Retriever national champion. Then last year, Mercedes Jackson (Huntingtown, Md./Huntingtown) reached both the indoor and outdoor championships with Vincent Rentzsch (Oranienburg, Germany/Elite Sportschule Potsdam) joining her in June in Oregon.


text: Seller: *jonglos (15.858) 100%, Location: GLOUCESTER, Ships to: Worldwide, Item: 372815225978 Item : A SUPERB ~ Jonathan Hayne ~ GEORGIAN ~ SOLID SILVER ~ Serving LADLE ~ London 1825 Description : This superb solid silver serving ladle was made by the noted London silversmith; Jonathan Hayne, in 1825 With an ornate monogram to the top Condition is very good, looks hardly used, a lovely piece, of gift quality Condition Overall (See Criteria Below) : Very Good Dimensions (Approx.) : Length 18cm / 56g Availability to INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS : YES : I am happy to post WORLDWIDE : EUROPE - Quote for mainland European Union postage and packing follows below U.K. postage quote, select your COUNTRY from the drop down box, if your country is not on drop down box please contact me for quote. INTERNATIONAL (Outside Mainland European Union) - Please contact me for postage and packing quote ( If the unpacked weight of this item is over 1.5 Kg or a large item – please see note below in the 'POSTING' section) Postage : UNITED KINGDOM - I only use Royal Mail 'Signed For' service. It's tracked, insured and safe; and is not much more expensive than standard postage. INTERNATIONAL - International parcels are sent as Royal Mail 'Standard Parcels', a 'Signed For' option is offered at checkout. Thanks for looking & good luck bidding I sell mostly ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES, see my other listings / shop - I am happy to combine P&P for multiple purchases Click on this link to view all my current listings : Current Listings Or, click here for my regular updates / newsletter : Updates Or click here to add me to your favourites : Add to Favourites My 'sister' e-Bay site contains Clothing / New Items, click on this link to visit it : Clothing & New Items I can combine P&P for items bought from EITHER site. PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO READ MY STANDARD LISTING INFORMATION, THANKS ; ITEM DESCRIPTIONS / CONDITION : I aim to describe all of my items as accurately and honestly as possible : In the case of ANTIQUE ITEMS. I will describe the items condition in respect of damage, repair etc. Buyers should appreciate that many items are of considerable age and therefore will show signs of general wear and tear, commensurate with it's age. 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My family never celebrates anything on the correct date. Like, seriously, my immediate family is allergic to pre-set schedules. I don't even think my parents own a calendar. It kind of drives me crazy in a way, but I'm used to it by this point. Their constant spontaneity has turned me into a little bit of an OVERplanner.
It's refreshing in a way. To know that they live life by their seat of the pants. A lot of people are too scared to do that (me). A lot of people like to know when they aren't going to be in town in advance so they can pre-plan the previous weeks in preparation for the trip(me).
Anyway... long story short. My family celebrated Easter one weekend after Easter. Ham, deviled eggs, the whole bit. Strangely missing were easter baskets, but whatever. I'm 28, I'm not going to complain about that. Too much.
So, family get togethers are awesome for me, because I get to make a full-size recipe of something decadent. I searched through my recipe folder and came across this recipe. It was noted as being from Bon Appetit originally. But, I'm sure I got this recipe from someone else's blog. Unfortunately, I didn't put that blog link on the recipe (like I usually do).
I really enjoyed making this cake. I made it in about 3 different stages in about 3 different days and I eagerly anticipated the final day... putting all the delicious components together. But, I think I had overloaded on all the individual components to the point where the final product wasn't as awesome as I had expected it to be. It was delicious, don't get me wrong. But, not quite as delicious as I thought it was going to be.
A few notes on the cake: It's supposed to be a 3 layer cake, but I only have two cake pans, so I made it a two layer cake. For whatever reason, I didn't split the filling recipe in half though, which is why my filling is SO thick. But, it was good that it was thick, because it wasn't too rich at all. My cakes seriously feel in the centers, as you can tell by the cake. I probably should have ran my knife along the edges as soon as I pulled it from the oven and I probably should have leveled the layers out with a serrated knife. Life and Learn.
Anyway, this cake is really good (the peanut butter cake is very light in peanut flavor, I think I would add more peanut butter next time, but it's so moist!) and though it seems kind of daunting, it's totally not.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake with Cream Cheese and Butterfinger Frosting
Begin preparing the cake one day before.
2 1/4 cups heavy whipping cream
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
12 oz bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped (I used semi sweet chips)
1/2 cup old-fashioned (natural) chunky peanut butter (I used smooth JIF)
2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
10 tbsps unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup old fashioned (natural) chunky peanut butter
1 pound brown sugar
4 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk
1 1/2 8 oz packages of cream cheese, room temperature (basically 12 oz of cream cheese)
2 cups powdered sugar, divided
6 tbps unsalted butter, room temperature
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
Butterfinger candy bars, coarsely chopped
For filling:
Bring cream and sugar to simmer in saucepan, whisking to dissolve sugar (this took me a LONG time, I dont think I had the heat up enough to start). Remove from heat. Add chocolate; let stand 1 minute. Whisk until smooth. Whisk in peanut butter. Chill uncovered overnight.
For cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Butter three 9 inch diameter cake pans with 1 1/2 inch high sides. Line bottoms with Parchment paper (I then buttered the parchment paper, too). Sift first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. Set aside. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and peanut butter until blended. Beat in sugar. Beat in eggs, 1 at a time, then vanilla. At low speed, beat in flour mixture in 4 additions alternately with buttermilk in 3 additions.
Divide batter among pans and spread evenly. Bake cakes until tester inserted in center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes 5 minutes. Turn out onto racks, peel off parchment paper. Cool cakes completely.
For frosting:
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese 1 1/4 cups powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla in large bowl to blend. Whisk whipping cream and 3/4 cup powdered sugar in bowl until mixture holds medium-firm peaks. Fold into cream cheese mixture in 3 additions; chill until firm but spreadable, about one hour.
Place one cake layer, bottom side up, on a 9 inch round tart pan bottom. Spread half of filling. Place another layer, bottom side up, on work surface. Spread with remaining filling; place atop first layer. Top with remaining cake layer, bottom side up.
Spread frosting over top and sides of cake. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover with cake dome; chill. Let stand at room temperature 2 hours before continuing). Press candy onto top and sides of cake.
Makes 12 servings
Bon Appetit
Friday, April 4, 2008
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Our View
The Oregon Court of Appeals has issued a ruling that puts limits on what types of events farmers and ranchers can host on their property and what kind of promotions they can offer at agritourism events.
Weddings and bouncy castles are out, birthday celebrations and farm-to-plate dinners are allowed, and the jury is still out on food carts.
The ruling springs from a disagreement among neighbors on Sauvie Island, a popular agritourism destination near Portland. Mark Greenfield, a land use attorney who lives on the island, objected to several activities conducted at Bella Organic, a farm that's down the road from his home.
The dispute wound its way through the county administrative process to the state's Land Use Board of Appeals and eventually to the state appeals court.
Greenfield said the main reason he brought the case before the Court of Appeals was to clarify ambiguities in the law.
We're not sure that's what's happened.
The court has ruled some events are OK because of their size. Wedding parties are typically large, and have no legitimate promotion value to agriculture, so aren't allowed. But small-scale events such as birthday celebrations can be hosted at a farm as long as there's some ag education component.
Bouncy castles and other similar amusements are forbidden because land use laws only allow farmstand structures intended for the sale of crops and livestock. What of other structures erected specifically for agritourism events? How about a corral used as part of a petting zoo for the kids at the birthday party, or picnic tables?
The court said that while "incidental retail items" can be sold from these structures, that cannot be their predominant purpose. We think the ruling opens the door to more disgruntled neighbors to press their case.
Oregonians are rightfully proud of land use laws that were intended to save productive farmland from development. In our view, few things are so important. But for too many urbanites farmland exists only as a backdrop for their idealized view of what rural Oregon should be.
Farms are businesses, and must be profitable to be viable and survive. That often takes creative marketing, particularly for a lot of the small farms many urban Oregonians see as the ideal.
The paradox of this ruling is that many of the agritourism events so popular with Oregonians who want to preserve the ideal could easily fail to meet the standard. And without those events, some of those small farms will become unprofitable, only to be absorbed by larger operations.
We agree with Ty Wyman, the attorney who defended Bella Organic, and his interpretation of the spirit of the land use laws. Bouncy castles, weddings and picnic tables don't threaten the viability of productive farmland.
We hope the Legislature can revisit the statute and carve out a compromise that serves the economic interests of farmers and keeps small-scale farming viable.


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New Catholic Dictionary – Saint Anthony
Abbot and founder of Christian monasticism. Born Coma, Egypt 251; died Mount Colzin, near the Red Sea, c.356. At the age of twenty, he divided his inheritance among the poor and retired to a cell in the mountains. Later he withdrew to Der el Memun, a mountain on the east bank of the Nile, and lived there in solitude for 20 years. About 305 he emerged to organize monastic life for the crowds who followed him. He again retired to the desert lying between the Nile and the Red Sea and lived for 45 years on the mountain where stands the monastery named for him, Der Mar Antonios. During this time he made two visits to Alexandria: in 311 to strengthen the Christian martyrs in persecution, and in 350 to preach against the Arians. Patron of Hospitallers, domestic animals, butchers, brush-makers, basket-makers, grave-diggers, and graveyards. Invoked against pestilence, epilepsy, erysipelas, and skin-diseases. Emblems: crutch, tau-shaped cross (Saint Anthony's cross), small bell, hermit, pig, book. Relics near Vienne. Feast, Roman Calendar, 17 January.


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Tolkien's Middle-earth:
Lesson Plans for Secondary School Educators
Unit One: Introducing Tolkien and His Worlds
Content Focus: The Oral Tradition
Thematic Focus: Creating Meaning Through Myth
In creating The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien drew upon traditional folk literature, including myths, tales, sagas, poems, legends, ballads, and epics. All of these forms ultimately spring from the oral tradition: stories told and retold over the centuries. In Unit One, students explore this rich heritage through readings, discussions, journal writing, and projects.
Learning Goals
By the end of Unit One, the student should be able to:
Describe some types of oral narrative that influenced Tolkien.
Identify several common myth and folktale motifs.
Indicate what Tolkien meant by "Faerie."
Suggest what is lost when an oral narrative is transcribed.
Discuss Tolkien's concept of the "eucatastrophe."
Unit One Content
Comments for Teachers
Key Terms
Discussion Topics
Suggested Activities
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Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts
My quilt, Profit Margins and I are Miss July in Block Party by Alissa Haight Carlton and Kristen Lejnieks.
Two of my quilts, Techno, and Low Volume Bricks are featured in Angela Walter's book.
Stitch Gifts Winter 2012
Swirl Potholders
Modern Quilts Unlimited Fall 2012
Atomic Squares
International Quilt Festival Quilt Scene Magazine Fall 2012
Deconstructed Nine Patch and "Quilting Modern" Quilt Themed Dinner
Quilt Trends Magazine Summer 2012Bouncing Wedges quilt
Steely featured on Apartment Therapy, March 2012
Quilts from Quilting Modern: Techniques and Project for Improvisational Quilts are on the covers of both Interweave Book Catalogs for 2012
Fresh Cut baby quilt project in June 2012 American Patchwork and Quilting
Bonus project and excerpts from Quilting Modern: Techniques and Projects for Improvisational Quilts
Images used with permission from American Patchwork and Quilting. Copyright 2012 Meredith Corporation. All rights reserved.
Modern Patchwork April 2012 Issue
Reflected Wedges Table Runner
Quilting Quarterly: Journal of the National Quilting Association, Spring 2012
The Modern Quilt Movement by Jacquie Gering
Quilt and Zo (Dutch quilting magazine) Nr 12 Fall 2011
Quilt featured in Modern Quilting article
Magic Patch Sept/Oct 2011
Quilts featured in modern quilting article by Linzee Mc Cray
Quilter's Home Aug/Sept 2011
Article on KCMQG and the Fetal Demise Project
American Quilter July 2011
Modern Quilt Guild Article
Quilter's Home June/July 2011
50 Top Quilting Blogs
Machine Quilting Unlimited May 2011
Quilter's World April 2011
Make it Modern by Jacquie Gering
Kansas City Star article, February 20, 2011 (syndicated in other cities in the US)
Modern Quilting: Breaking the Pattern by Susan Murphy Casey
Quilter's World August 2010 Blog Feature
Stitch Spring 2010
Project Improv article by Linzee Mc Cray
Apartment Therapy February 2010
Storm Windows quilt


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Wishing you all a blessed Sunday & rest of the week!
Sunday, September 28, 2014
1 Thessalonians 4:11
Wishing you all a blessed Sunday & rest of the week!
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Sunday, September 21, 2014
Words to Think About
I have prayed about what to share with you today. I always have several ideas & deciding on just one is sometimes difficult. However, while listening to the radio this morning, I heard one of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard in the entirety of my life. The words are from the heart of the man who wrote it, but they are from my heart as well. Perhaps they are also from yours?
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Monday, September 15, 2014
2014 JCS Christmas Ornaments Issue Review
In my opinion, the "gotta stitch" ornaments offered last year were many ... more so than in previous years. This year's offerings have kind of gone back to those prior to 2013. I did find a few "gotta stitch" ornaments in this issue, however, so without further adieu, here are my Top Nine for 2014 (I couldn't find ten). They are listed in the order in which they appear in the magazine. Photos of individual ornaments are sadly unavailable at this time.
1. NOEL - Pickle Barrel Designs. Maybe it's the word NOEL appearing on this ornament, but there's something about it I like. Features a banner with the letters N, O, E, & L, separated by snowflakes.
2. Joyous Square - My Big Toe Designs. The word JOY designed the way only MBT can design it. This will be one of the first ornaments in this issue that I'll be stitching!
3. O Holy Night - Faithwurks Designs. Extremely simple, quick-to-stitch ornament.
4. Faith - Nikyscreations. A primitive angel design. One of my favorites!
5. Come & Behold Him - Fancy Work. A simple design honoring what Christmas is all about. I love it!
6. A Woodland Wish - Blue Ribbon Designs. I was lucky to find a download photo of this one. I love these woodsy designs by BRD. I'll be leaving off the date though. You know me & dates : )
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Sunday, September 14, 2014
Forgiveness & Mental/Emotional Abuse
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Saturday, September 13, 2014
Autumn Decorating, A New Outlet Mall, & Critters in The Devil's Playground
Oh so many things to share with you today! First of all, the temperatures are staying cool & therefore I am still smiling & singing that Pharrell song : ) In fact, it's been so cool this morning that I treated myself to a long-sleeved jersey & broke out my fluffy slippers from last year : )
my autumn painted breadboard ...
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Wednesday, September 10, 2014
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Tuesday, September 9, 2014
August Finishes
Another nine! I can't believe I stitched nine ornaments a second month in a row! I'm not by any means a fast stitcher. However, I usually spend about 2 hours each night happily stitching away while John either watches something on TV, plays CDs while he's online (Christmas music has been in the air lately!), or reads to me. The time adds up I guess : )
The first three ornaments I will share with you were an absolute delight to stitch! I know they will be among my favorites each year. I apologize ahead of time for any designs that look a bit "warped" or uneven in my scans. They are actually nice & straight in person.
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Colliding With Destiny: Finding Hope in the Legacy of Ruth
The book I am reviewing this month is Colliding With Destiny: Finding Hope in the Legacy of Ruth by Sarah Jakes. I chose this selection because I have always been inspired by the biblical account of Ruth. I expected that the author would take me a bit deeper into Ruth's character, maybe introduce me to a few things I hadn't seen before, but she far surpassed my expectations.
There are 30 short chapters in this book, each one based on a verse or two from the Book of Ruth & focusing on the changes she experienced & the choices she made after her husband's death. Briefly stated, her life as she knew it ... as she had expected it to always be ... had ceased to exist. Her mother-in-law, Naomi, also a widow, encouraged Ruth to return to her parents' home while she herself returned to her homeland. Ruth, however, loved Naomi deeply & refused to leave her on her own, making the choice to return with her to Bethlehem.
The changes in Ruth's new life were many & her future uncertain. The author takes the reader step by step through each difficulty Ruth encountered & shows how she overcame them through her deep faith in God & a determination to not let circumstances define her. She kept doing what she knew was right.
We can make the same choices: to trust God with our lives, to honor & obey Him above all else, & to see ourselves as He sees us. We do not need to live our lives based on the negative image someone else tries to create in us. We do not need to allow someone's negative words to determine who we are or who we become. We do not need to allow circumstances to dictate our paths. We do not have to give up when the going gets tough.
Ms. Jakes ends each chapter with these three things:
1. A journal entry where she shares personal experiences that reflect upon the chapter just read. I deeply admire an author who is willing to share his or her own mistakes & struggles. It is much better to say "I understand" with a personal illustration showing how you understand, rather than stopping with those two words which can leave a person wondering if you really understand at all.
2. A series of questions for you to answer. I have read books where an author gives you questions to deepen your understanding of a chapter & how it relates to your life, or to simply deepen your understanding of yourself in general. In the majority of these cases, I have found these questions to be of no benefit whatsoever. The questions Ms Jakes gives in this book, however, are both well thought out & thought provoking.
3. A short prayer to ask God for help &/or healing based on the focus of the chapter. I have read prayers in other books which have often left me wondering what the author was trying to say, but Ms. Jakes shares prayers that are not only simply & beautifully written but relevant to the subject discussed & easily applied to one's own life.
There is a saying that was popular several years ago ... "keep on keeping on." It means to persevere ... "to continue in a course of action even in the face of difficulty or with little or no prospect of success." This meaning defines Ruth's life. It can define yours & mine as well.
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Sunday, September 7, 2014
Seek God First
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Monday, September 1, 2014
Correction on Yesterday's Post
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It's so great to see you, Mark Ruffalo
Which should be the title of the article every time I post about Mark Ruffalo. Yesterday I read an article about Mark Ruffalo here at the Guardian about how great he was in You Can Count On Me, and specifically the scene with Laura Linney where he cries in front of Laura Linney. That is such a wonderful movie and why haven't you seen it yet?
Anyway, the article made me miss Mark because it's been a while since we've seen him and he skipped TIFF for personal reasons but yesterday he showed up at Letterman and I promised myself, whenever possible, any Mark is good enough for this site, no matter what.
So here he is, being so great and looking so great and it's Thanksgiving here in Canada this weekend and don't you think Thanksgiving is a good time to watch You Can Count On Me?
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Son of Abraham and Chana, he was born on the 11th of March 1929 in Brussels, Belgium, to a family that emigrated from Kutno, in Poland. He learned at a French school and also received a Jewish education. In the Second World War, the family was destroyed by the Nazis, and he and his sister became refugees. He learned Hebrew from the volunteer teachers of the Hebrew Brigade serving at this time in Belgium, after the defeat of the enemy, and, with their help, he emigrated to Eretz [Israel] in the year 1945. He studied at the Youth Aliyah [school] in Kfar Ruppin for one year and after that, he went to work. He adapted quickly to the life in Eretz [Israel] and was liked by his friends for his cheerfulness and playfulness. As a member of the Haganah, from the beginning he participated in the defence of Tel Aviv during the War of Independence, and in attacks in and around Jaffa. After that, he was accepted into a unit of Mishmar HaAm [The People's Guard, a peacekeeping force at the time of Independence] in Sharona [a district of Tel Aviv], which was considered to be the first unit of the regular army within the framework of the Haganah. From that, he volunteered to serve in a bomb disposal unit in the Tel Aviv area, and, finishing the course, he went into action. He participated in a big battle on an Arab stronghold in the Sachneh district of Jaffa. After failure of the offensive due to the British helping the Arabs, he destroyed a fortified house and enemy cell nearby and, in spite of enemy fire, volunteered to rescue our wounded men from the site of the battle. He participated in reconnoitring attacks on Lod and Ramle, the clearing of enemy mines from the Zerifin camp and the fortification and mining of the defense line between Kfar Ono [now Kyriat Ono] and Safriya.
During the first truce, some troops of the guarding force accidentally entered one of our mine fields near Kfar Ono and some of them were wounded. Eliahu came to their help and while doing that he stepped on a mine and was blown to pieces on the 17th of June 1948. He was laid to eternal rest in the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery on the 20th of June 1948.
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Son of Zwi Firstenberg, he was born in Kutno in 1923. While still a child, he went to Eretz [Yisrael] with his parents. He attended school and later lived on kibbutz Ein Hahoresh from where he joined the Hagana [pre-State army]. During the Second World War, he enlisted in the Jewish Brigade. He fought in the front at Tobruk, where he excelled as a courageous and fearless fighter. When he returned to Eretz Yisrael, he joined the Fighters for the Liberation of Israel (Lehi) [a radical group, also known as Stern, after its leader Abraham Stern], where he participated in many actions. His wife Chana, who was a nurse, also attended to his comrades who were injured during their underground actions.
After the War of Independence, he worked in the administration of the main bus station in Tel Aviv and after that, he worked as a driver on the Tel Aviv-Eilat line. On the 17th of March 1954, he was driving a bus through Ma'ale-Akrabim [Scorpion's Pass, 100km south of Beersheva] when feddayin murderers attacked it and many passengers were killed, among them Efraim and his wife Chana. Their small son Michael suffered bad injuries.
May their memories be blessed.
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by Tamar KOWALSKA, Tel Aviv
Translated from the Yiddish by Marta Krzeminska
Given to print: Kowalski Tamar, Tel-Aviv
Listen up, for I am about to tell you about the miracles, great wonders,
How special is the life all of us Jews,
So very special that they separate us from the whole wide world -
I will present to you the Ghetto Konzstanz.
Not one had his residence there,
Our lads had themselves established palatial* tents
In the squares and in the middle of the field,
They have established a proletariat shtetl.
The life in Konstanz - a genuine delight -
Every day - a wedding and a funeral.
Entire day in a queue for a scrap of bread,
The life reminds here the life of dead.
But! Fellow lads, stay cheerful, it's not a time to worry.
Lift your head higher, for the morning has come.
Then we shall break the ghetto fences, destroy the ghetto-world.
We'll take our fate into our own hands.
(to be sung with the melody of They came and took us) - the title is a transliteration from Polish
Behind the wires I will lead you,
Line up everyone! From big to small!
Whatever is bought here you're not allowed to try.
Because the competition with us is vile.
You cannot run into the shop,
It's the group-leader who has to buy for us the smuggle:
Cigarettes, soap, candles and sardines -
So that we can sell them and thereby earn well.
Tra-la-la tra-la-la tra-la-la!
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Entrepreneuring in Africa's Emerging Fashion IndustryLangevang, Thilde (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A vibrant fashion scene is emerging in Africa, spearheaded by a new generation of young fashion designers. Drawing on a multi - sited study of Ghanaian, Ugandan and Zambian female designers, this article examines the emerging fashi on industry as a site for entrepreneuring where people's aspirations to bring about personal, cu ltural and socio - economic development converge. The paper reveals how fashion designers envision their endeavours as pathways for pursuing their passion, for changing the associations ascribed to 'Africanness', and for revitalising failing clothing industries. The paper proposes that while th e emerging character of the industry creates uncertainty and many obstacles for running viable businesses, fashion designers remain enthused by narratives about the industry's future prospects. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9333
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Ghosh, Maitri; Roy, Saikat Sinha (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Using firm-level data, this paper investigates whether Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), and hence Multinational Enterprise (MNE) presence, explains India's improved export performance during post-reforms. The recent literature stresses that firm heterogeneity gives some firms an edge over others to self select into export market. Apart from ownership, this paper takes into account firm heterogeneity and various other firm-specific factors while understanding firm-level export performance. Hausman-Taylor estimation results show that foreign ownership does not have significantly different impact on export performance over domestic firms across sectors in Indian manufacturing. Rather firms acquire internationally competitiveness from imported raw materials, foreign technical know-how and local R&D. Further, firm heterogeneity measured in terms of sunk costs significantly impacts on firm-level export intensity. The study further reveals that there are ownership specific factors that determine firm-level exports. The results have significant implications for policy in order to attain international competitiveness of firms in India. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9292
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Substitutes or Complements? Exploring the Indian Experience NanditaDasgupta, Nandita (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The recent phenomenon of rising outward foreign direct investment (OFDI) flows has raised serious policy concerns about its effects on the domestic investment and capital formation in the countries of origin of such FDI flows. Does OFDI stimulate domestic investment or does it crowd it out? The concern arises because OFDI activities could shift not only some of the production activities from home to foreign destinations but also could possibly threaten the availability of scarce financial resources at home by allocating resources abroad. All this have the potential to reduce domestic investment, thus lowering the long run sustainable economic growth and employment of the home economies. The central goal of this paper is to empirically explore the evidence of the macroeconomic relationship between OFDI and levels of domestic capital formation in India. Our study reveals that OFDI has long run strong positive causality with domestic investment and thus figures out to be a significant factor affecting domestic investment in India. It becomes imperative therefore that the nation make special effort to promote its OFDI through the designing of appropriate OFDI policies that would help stimulate its domestic investment now and in the future so as to sustain economic growth and development in the long run. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9294
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Some Lessons from United States Constitutional HistorySweeney, Richard J. (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: A constitution is more likely to be accepted if it federalizes those issues that are widely seen as needing complete harmonization. A constitution is more likely to endure if the federal government does not have powers that are not vital to it but which may alienate some member states to the point that the federal government loses legitimacy. It appears vital to have trade policy at the European Union level; for euro countries, monetary policy is already federalized. It is not clear that common foreign and defense policies are needed; insisting on common foreign and defense policies may lead to conflicts within and across member states that severely weaken the Union, conceivably contributing to eventual collapse. Insisting on harmonization of commercial codes does not have the destructive potential of attempting completely to harmonize defense and foreign policies; it may, however, lead to needless conflict that helps drain the reservoir of goodwill that the European Union will need for dealing with other conflicts amongst member states. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6787
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Eamets, Raul; Mygind, Niels; Spitsa, Natalia (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Presently, legal regulation of participation of employees – financial participation as well as participation in decision-making – is not well developed in Estonia. On the one hand, it is due to the fact that no tradition of employee participation could have been formed after Estonia became independent because different, contrary political aims, e.g. development of the free-market economy and promotion of national elites, were given priority. Although employee ownership emerged during the early stage of privatization, it was a temporary phenomenon. Earlier experience with employee participation in decision-making was considered to be a relict from the time under Soviet rule and, therefore, to be discredited and not worth following. On the other hand, the solution of current employment and social problems is not associated with a higher level of participation of employees. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7112
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Klauberg, Theis; Muravska, Tatyana; Mygind, Niels; Rezepina, Irina (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This report outlines main trends in employees' financial participation in Latvia including historical, socioeconomic and legal background. A special emphasis is placed on privatization during the transition period which shaped an environment for employees' financial participation and influenced the current state of employee share ownership and profit-sharing. Attitudes of social partners and the government will be addressed. The report will show why the transition process lead to a low level of employees' financial participation and the indifference and ignorance of policy makers concerning the development of financial participation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7114
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Darškuviené, Valdoné; Hanisch, Stefan; Mygind, Niels (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Participation of employees in decision-making in Lithuanian companies has its roots in trade union movement as well as in the practice of managing companies under Soviet rule. After Lithuania regained independence, employee ownership was used to facilitate privatization. A notable success was establishment of a number of employee-owned companies that were formerly state-owned enterprises during the first stage of privatization. However, no stronger tradition of employee participation has evolved. Current legal regulation of participation of employees - financial participation, as well as participation in decision-making - is not well developed and does not provide for stronger incentives. The solution of current employment and social problems by the Government, ruling parties as well as social partners is not associated with a higher level of participation of employees. Financial participation is viewed mainly as a way of employee motivation as initiated by managers and current owners of companies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7110
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Lessons from the UKMallin, Chris; Mullineux, Andy; Wihlborg, Clas (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In 1992 the Cadbury Committee report on the financial aspects of corporate governance was published. The Committee had been established following the failures of a number of high profile businesses in the UK which had shaken confidence in the market. Some nine years later, in 2001, the collapse of Enron sent shockwaves through the US market. As a result of the Enron collapse and various other high profile scandals in the years since its occurrence, the US is examining its own corporate governance structures and provisions to determine how these might be improved and help avoid another Enron. The EU similarly is developing principles and legislation to improve corporate governance, and scandals such as Royal Ahold and Parmalat have helped drive further governance reforms. In this paper we detail the development of corporate governance codes in the UK and the adaptation of similar codes in the EU. We discuss the role of the financial sector in corporate governance and how principles for regulation and supervision of the financial sector complement codes of conduct and legislation in the area of corporate governance. JEL Classification numbers: G34, G28, G22, G23 Keywords: corporate governance, financial sector; institutional investors. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6789
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Wihlborg, Clas (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6794
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Laursen, Keld; Vejrup-Hansen, Per (Frederiksberg, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7840
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Some Austrian InsightsFoss, Nicolai J. (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7849
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Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers. Consequently, to affect a firm's ethical behavior, moral consumers refuse to buy from an unethical firm. Consumers who do not care about ethical behavior may join the boycott to (falsely) signal that they do care. In the firm's choice between ethical and unethical behavior, the optimality of mixed and pure strategies depends on the cost of behaving ethically. In particular, when the cost is (relatively) low, ethical behavior arises from a prisoners' dilemma as the firm's optimal strategy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7706
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A theoretical probe into the borderland of Business Studies and Development StudiesHansen, Michael W.; Schaumburg-Müller, Henrik (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Business studies and development studies have evolved relatively independently of each other – business studies occupied with profit maximizing strategies and the activities of entrepreneurs, firms and value chains, and development studies with economic, social and political development strategies of countries and regions. However, as more and more of the world's value-adding activities take place in developing countries and as MNCs increasingly incorporate developing countries' markets and resources in their strategies, business studies has taken a growing interest in the particular conditions of local and foreign firms doing business in such environments. Simultaneously, as the limitations of state led development strategies have become apparent and as market ideology has become prevalent in a growing number of countries, development studies has directed growing attention towards the role of entrepreneurship, firm strategy, private sector development and foreign direct investment as vehicles for economic and social development. In other words, both fields approach business in development from different sides. This paper seeks to identify themes related to the firm in developing countries as taken up by both business and development studies. We suggest the themes of common interest and potential convergence to be those of market failures, institutions, entrepreneurship, clusters, and firm internationalization. The paper illustrates that there are substantial opportunities for cross-fertilization between the two bodies of academic enquiry, and indeed, that without a conversation between the two literatures in the era of globalization, the analytical and predictive power of both may be seriously impaired. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6756
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Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In European Welfare States, low-skilled workers are typically unionized, while the wage formation of high-skilled workers is more competitive. To focus on this aspect, we analyze how flexible international outsourcing and labour taxation affect wage formation, employment and welfare in dual domestic labour markets. Higher productivity of outsourcing, lower cost of outsourcing and lower factor price of outsourcing increase wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Increasing wage tax progression of low-skilled workers decreases the wage rate and increases the labour demand of low-skilled workers. It decreases the welfare of lowskilled workers and increases both the welfare of high-skilled workers and the profit of firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7696
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en retsøkonomisk analyseRose, Caspar (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Artiklen indeholder en diskussion af Værdipapirhandelslovens forbud mod insider handel. Der redegøres for tesen om effektive markeder. Med udgangspunkt i økonomisk teori redegøres for argumenter for et forbud. Der argumenteres for at, at insiderforbudets økonomiske berettigelsen med fordel kan støttes på tesen om effektive markeder. Det er i modsætning hertil blevet gjort gældende i den nyeste børsretlige teori, at den økonomiske teori om effektive markeder ikke er et adækvat grundlag for insider reglerne, og at denne teori bør erstattes af den såkaldte Lemon-teori, formuleret af Akerlof. Artiklen gør gældende, at det ikke er uden problemer at overføre Akerlof's teori til de finansielle markeder, eftersom der ikke tages hensyn til markedets selvregulerende mekanismer, som mindsker problemet med asymmetrisk information. Artiklen afsluttes med en diskussion af de reguleringsmæssige konsekvenser som følge af valg af det økonomiske grundlag for insiderforbudet. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6793
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Meyer, Klaus E.; Jensen, Camilla (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The 1990s have been a period of extraordinary politics in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). This chapter discusses how the transition from state to market has created bureaucratic barriers to entry, but also windows of opportunity for foreign direct investment (FDI). The high costs and high investment risks associated with FDI in CEE are a reflection the institutional development. Thus, inflows of FDI have been largest in those countries that made most progress in establishing a market-oriented institutional framework. After outlining trends of institutional change and their impact on FDI, this chapter discusses how aspects of the institutional framework and FDI policy affect diverse types of investment projects. Acquisition and Greenfield investors are concerned with different aspects of government policy: privatization and regulatory policies for acquirers and investment incentives, regional policy and special economic zones for Greenfield investors. The shifting policy priorities have thus changed the types of projects undertaken by foreign investors in the region. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7106
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Searching for impact in Mali and South AfricaJeppesen, Soeren; Mainguy, Claire (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Little is known about impact of FDI on economic development in Africa compared to other developing countries, which the paper seeks to address by focusing on examples of impact in Mali and South Africa. The arugment put forward is that the impact has to be identified at the level of the industry or sector and the level of the firm with regard to employment effect, income generation and skills development. The mining and electricity and railway sectors in Mali are investigated and compared to the automobile industry in South Africa. The paper ends with suggestions for future investigations which can shed more light on the pertinent issues about impact of FDI in Africa. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6760
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A Case Study of PakistanAnwar, Amar; Mughal, Mazhar (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This study examines the differential response of various international financial flows to the post 9/11 episode of terrorism in the context of a South Asian country. Using monthly data for the period from January 2003 to December 2014, we analyze the impact of terrorism in Pakistan on the inflows of foreign direct investment (FDI), portfolio investments, and migrant remittances. We find that FDI decreases substantially as a result of terrorist activity, whereas portfolio investments show little change. In contrast, migrant remittances show a significant increase. These differences are also evident in financial flows from major source regions and top sending countries. The results are robust to the use of alternative definitions and indicators of terrorism as well as the inclusion of various macroeconomic variables. These findings indicate that foreign private capital flees an economy suffering from terrorism whereas migrant remittances are the only financial flows that increase during difficult times. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9291
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Extending the UN Framework to connect Political CSR with Business Responsibilities for Human RightsJonsson, Jonas; Fisker, Mette; Buhmann, Karin (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The literature on Political CSR (PCSR) outlines the political role of corporations, but fails to offer concrete suggestions for businesses to fill governance gaps through provision of public goods . Conversely, the political role of Multi - National Enterpris es (MN E s) plays a limited part in the UN Framework on Business and Human Rights , which was adopted by the UN in 2008 and forms the basis for the 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights . Th is paper contributes to connecting the two approache s by drawing on insights from the PCSR literature to theorize on the extent of human rights responsibilities of MN E s , and combining this with the human rights focus of the UN Framework . Drawing on existing literature's coverage of MN E s operating in develop ing countries, we discuss how businesses can improve the respect and fulfilment of human rights. We propose an 'Extended UN Framework' to help attribute political responsibilities to MN E s that reflect their political power. The Extended Framework combines the original UN Framework's 'do no harm' approach with a leverage - based approach for firms to contribute to delivering public goods that are human rights. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9432
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Book recommendations: The Histories of Stephen E. Ambrose
Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose
One of Ambrose's strongest popular works, in part because he allows his sources to tell their stories in their own voices. The result is about as close as one can get to the actual experience of the infantry in the European Theatre, even though that still leaves it worlds away from having been there.
Ambrose takes us from D-Day through to the Bulge, then takes a lengthy interlude of several chapters that focus on specific aspects of the war. Most, especially the chapter on medics, nurses, and the aid station system, are excellent. One chapter, on the air war, is somewhat redundant to his later work The Wild Blue, but is also fairly short. Finally, he returns to the chronology and takes us across the Rhine into Germany.
Structurally and informationally, the book is quite solid. My only real complaint is that the ETO maps that lead off many chapters are not particularly helpful. They usually show the big picture but do not show the smaller towns and villages in which the events of the accompanying chapter take place, leaving the events in a sort of geographical limbo. Also, all are two-page maps, and so the central front line, where the maps have their greatest detail, almost always winds up buried in the depths of the spine. Overall, this book would be my first recommendation for those interested in getting started with WW2 history as seen through the pen of Stephen Ambrose.
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose
The basis for HBO's extraordinarily-well-rendered 10-part miniseries. After about episode 5, I found myself wishing 1) I had been better able to place names with the faces on the screen, as it was becoming quite obvious that nearly every character was an actual, real-life person, and not some dramatic-license amalgam as in, say, The Tuskegee Airmen (a notable flaw of that otherwise excellent HBO production); and 2) I had a better knowledge of the various battles in which these men fought, and a more detailed understanding of what they went through. Ambrose's book provides all that and more. It's based—often directly, with long quoted passages—on numerous lengthy interviews with many of the soliders of Easy Company, including Dick Winters, Carwood Lipton, and many others. Best of all, the book allows one to see how one company could fight in the D-Day invasion in France, Operation Market-Garden in Holland, and the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and manage to wind up in Austria by the end of the war.
The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s over Germany by Stephen E. Ambrose
The story of the Fifteenth Air Force as told through the eyes of one pilot, his crew, and a squadron of the 455th Bomb Group stationed in Cerignola, Italy during 1944–45. The pilot is George McGovern, a South Dakota native who flew 35 missions over Germany and Austria, later to become a U.S. Senator and presidential candidate. McGovern's tale is neither typical nor atypical, and is told with candor and a scholar's eye for detail. Overall, this is a well-written and interesting book, but at times the book is hampered by a feeling of disjunction, as if various chapters did not know of the existence of others. For example, Chapter Nine describes the emergency use of parachutes tied to the waist gun mounts to slow an aircraft with its brakes shot out. Two chapters later, McGovern uses this technique, which is explained to us anew, as if for the first time. Also, many of the chapters bog down at their ends because Ambrose resorts to reciting mission statistics for the time period covered in the chapter. This is useful information, but might have been better served by a table in an appendix, with the body of the book reserved for more analysis than merely the raw numbers of missions flown, aircraft deployed, bomb tonnage, and losses of crew and aircraft.
Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863–1869 by Stephen E. Ambrose
This time Ambrose has moved away from military history and writes about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, though he does often refer to the crews, populated by Civil War veterans, as being similar to a fighting force as they pushed the line forward. (He even works in a few half-sequiturs regarding World War II soldiers.) The book alternates chapters between the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific, a decent way to structure the tale even though it's forced to chronologically backtrack to cover the same year from the other railroad's perspective. (This disconnect is more pronounced as the lines near each other, and their surveyors and graders cross paths.) The book includes some good maps, following the lines on a state-by-state basis, with the only drawbacks being that the the maps are insufficiently detailed to show all the towns along the lines that are mentioned in the text, and the California map (the start of the CP) is inexplicably placed near the very end of the book.
Overall, this is a typical Ambrose book in that it's an enjoyable read, densely researched (if not perfectly notated), mildly repetitive but otherwise written with élan. During his research, Ambrose was invited to ride on the UP's gigantic steam locomotive № 844, where he saw first-hand the enthusiasm of railfans for the old beast. Reading this book, it's apparent that much of that enthusiasm rubbed off on old Stephen.
Footnote: The fact that I managed to be in Sacramento while reading this book, and saw the actual Gov. Stanford, the CP's first locomotive, in the California State Railroad Museum there, helped to bring this book to life for me. Maybe someday I'll take a long drive down Interstate 80, much of which follows the old Transcontinental grade, for a full-immersion history trip.


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