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Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. LLC is expanding the availability of a mobile app that allows customers to use their personal mobile devices to scan, tally and bag their groceries while they shop in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.
The Quincy-based supermarket chain launched a pilot SCAN IT! Mobile app program in June for iPhone users in three stores. The app is now available for many Android devices and the initiative is now expanding to 42 additional stores.
Stop & Shop says the mobile app provides personalized, relevant and specific offers to shoppers based on their location in-store and purchase history. Shoppers should expect to receive eight to 10 targeted coupons per shopping trip, possibly saving between $250 and 500 a year.
The supermarket chain is part of Netherlands-based Ahold.


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Paul Fletcher MP is the Minister for Communications, Cyber Safety and the Arts in the Australian Government and the Member for Bradfield in the Australian Parliament.
He entered Parliament in December 2009 and became a Minister in 2015, serving in the infrastructure portfolio for three years. In 2018 he entered Cabinet as Minister for Families and Social Services and was appointed to his present role in May 2019.
Paul's communications sector experience includes working as an adviser and ultimately chief of staff to then Minister for Communications and the Arts Richard Alston from 1996 to 2000; working as Director of Corporate and Regulatory Affairs at Optus from 2000 to 2008; and serving as Parliamentary Secretary to then Minister for Communications Malcolm Turnbull from 2013 to 2015. He has written extensively about communications policy issues, including his 2009 book about broadband, Wired Brown Land.
Paul has dual first class honours degrees in law and economics from The University of Sydney and an MBA from Columbia University in New York where he was a Fulbright Scholar.
Paul joined the Liberal Party at age 16 and was active in student politics. He was a champion university debater, twice reaching the finals of the World Universities Debating Championship.

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Have you heard about the tax plan proposed by Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain (aka "The Black Walnut")? He calls it the "9-9-9 Plan".
According to Cain his 9-9-9 system would raise as much revenue as the existing federal income, corporate, and payroll taxes and could bring in additional revenue by boosting economic growth.
Here, from Cain's campaign website, are the basics of the plan -
- Business Flat Tax – 9%
1. Gross income less all investments, all purchases from other businesses and all dividends paid to shareholders.
2. Empowerment Zones will offer additional deductions for payroll employed in the zone.
· Individual Flat Tax – 9%.
1. Gross income less charitable deductions.
2. Empowerment Zones will offer additional deductions for those living and/or working in the zone.
- National Sales Tax – 9%.
Under 9-9-9The "Fair Tax" would ultimately replace the 9% individual and corporate income taxes. I assume he means the FairTax proposal for a national sales tax that has been around for a while. According to its website -
"The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal revenue neutrality, and, through companion legislation, the repeal of the 16th Amendment."
Cain summarizes the results of his plan -
- It ends the Payroll Tax completely – a permanent holiday!
- Zero capital gains tax
- Ends the Death Tax.
- Eliminates double taxation of dividends
- Ends nearly all deductions and special interest favors
Let me begin by stating that I would not vote for Herman Cain for President. I will never vote for anyone who openly supports the "Tea Party" movement.
While the 9-9-9 Plan is obviously a gimmick, it does deserve careful consideration.
I doubt the flat 9% tax rates for federal income, corporate, and sales tax would actually work, especially if it must also replace the current Social Security and Medicare payroll taxes, although I, as Cain is fond of saying, "don't have facts to back this up". But "The 9-9-9 Plan" sounds better than "The 10-15-6 Plan". At least he didn't call it "The 6-6-6 Plan".
I do like the "flat tax" aspect of the plan. And I like the fact that he does away with all loopholes and "tax expenditures". However, he does not mention whether some of these expenditures currently affecting the 1040, such as the tax benefits for college, the energy credits, and perhaps even a form of the Earned Income Credit, would continue as direct grant programs.
On the corporate level I also support a "dividends paid deduction". However I would apply any flat corporate tax to net book income (without a deduction for depreciation of real property). I do not support a "gross income" tax for corporations. Currently a NJ corporation, with high gross income but no actual taxable income, can pay as much as $2,000 in state corporate tax (again on actual income of "0") – and this is not fair.
I do not know what he means by "gross proceeds less all investment". Does he mean investment in equipment, such as a 100% Section 179 deduction? I am not sure if I support this aspect.
On the individual level, if you do away with all tax expenditures why keep the deduction for charity? The charitable deduction is most effective at higher levels of tax. I do not think that taking away the deduction for charitable giving under a low flat rate would substantially reduce contributions.
It is assumed from the plan outline that there would be a "0" tax rate on capital gains (I assume long term). While I do favor a lower tax on capital gains (or "more better", in my opinion, a return to the capital gains deduction, at one time 50%) I do not support a "0" tax on capital gains. Warren Buffet would pay practically no federal income tax!
I would want to consider keeping the deduction for contributions to retirement plans, or some kind of "universal savings plan" that would cover medical costs, education, and retirement, but would be willing to do away with all other deductions under a 10% or similarly low flat tax. And I would do away with the deduction for depreciation of real property on Schedules C, E, and F.
I especially like the fact that under a flat tax we would no longer have a situation where nearly 50% of Americans pay absolutely no federal income tax.
A national sales tax, as long as it is low enough, is not a bad thing. One of its major benefits is that it would collect tax from the current "underground economy". A drug dealer who does not pay income tax on his earnings, or a self-employed businessperson who under reports his income, would still be required to pay sales tax when he buys an expensive car. And, as most states already collect state sales tax, it would be easy to administer. A side benefit of a national sales tax could be standardized national rules for what is subject to state, and federal, sales tax.
If there was something similar to the 9-9-9 plan in place I definitely would not eventually replace it with the Fair Tax as currently proposed.
So – what do you think?


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Last August, federal agents in Massachusetts arrested a man in his late 60s. The man, Inocente Montano, had lived quietly north of Boston since 2002. Then, in May, Mr. Montano, who had been a military officer in El Salvador in the 1980s, was indicted by a judge in Spain for his involvement in the 1989 killings of six Jesuit priests and two women during the civil war. Now Montano endures home detention, facing US charges, held by one government and wanted by another.
American law enforcement has arrested hundreds of people like Montano – foreign former military commanders or officials now living in the United States despite involvement abroad in torture, extrajudicial killings, or other serious human rights abuses. These hundreds are dwarfed by the survivors around the world who are themselves victims of such acts or are relatives of the abused or dead.
For many survivors it has been decades since they were harmed. They have been denied by politics or corruption any redress in their home countries. Their histories show that one consequence of war is that peace may offer no justice.
A small San Francisco-based nonprofit organization called the Center for Justice and Accountability (CJA) works to find a measure of justice – and, just as importantly, truth – for such victims.
"So often what happens in cases involving state-sanctioned violence is the state also hides any evidence," says Pamela Merchant, the CJA's director. "It's hugely important for survivors to have their stories acknowledged at all."
Montano was named in a 1993 United Nations report on human rights abuses during the Salvadoran war. It was the CJA that in 2008 first filed a criminal complaint in Spain for the Jesuits' killings (20 people were included in the May indictments). It was the CJA that in August publicized Montano's presence outside Boston and his military past.
As part of a criminal investigation, Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations arrested Montano that month. He was charged in November with making false statements on an immigration application and perjury. [Editor's note: The original version of this story incorrectly described the independent investigations of the CJA and US Immigration and Customs Enforcement that lead up to the arrest of Mr. Montano..]
Yet much more of CJA's work has focused on litigation in US courts to achieve civil judgments for clients from Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia.
"Most of our cases are civil litigation – often we never see any money [from judgments]; it's more about [having] your day in court and confronting the atrocity and the abuser, and having the opportunity to tell the truth," Ms. Merchant says.
Along with pro bono counsel, the CJA (with just 10 employees) has won millions of dollars in judgments for its clients and has brought the importance of human rights to the attention of American politicians and news media.
Even in victory, though, the CJA's cases often depict a dismaying reality: After a war, peace, no matter how welcome, can fail to deliver justice and transparency.
In a 2008 result in Florida, the CJA won a $37 million judgment against a former army officer in Peru who led a 1985 massacre of villagers high in the Andes Mountains. The incident was one of the worst in the conflict between Peru and the Shining Path insurgents. The CJA's clients, two women, then 12 years old, watched the officer and his men shoot their families and burn them alive. As many as 69 people were killed in what became known as the Accomarca Massacre.
The Peruvian officer, Telmo Hurtado Hurtado, never paid for his acts. He was charged with making false statements and abuse of authority. But a 1995 amnesty law passed by then President Alberto Fujimori invalidated Hurtado's sentence and protected him from additional prosecution. Later, many of the 20-year conflict's atrocities were publicized by a truth and reconciliation commission, and the Peruvian government nullified the amnesty in 2002. Hurtado fled to the US.
"The Truth Commission was unique in that it did not recommend amnesty for perpetrators of abuses. In theory, then, [the commission] should have opened up a steady stream of criminal investigations and trials of human rights violators," says Miguel La Serna, a professor of history at the University of North Carolina. "In practice, however, only a small percentage of these perpetrators – many with close ties to the government and security forces – have actually been brought to justice."
The CJA based its case against Mr. Hurtado on the Alien Tort Statute [AST], which allows the US federal courts to hear lawsuits filed by foreign nationals for torts committed in violation of international law.
"ATS litigation can be a great measure of last resort when there are no other legal options available to the victim," says Mark Drumbl, a law professor at Washington and Lee University School of Law.
In another victory, the US government extradited Hurtado to Peru in July to face additional charges related to the massacre.
"A big part of what we try to do is to ensure that these people are held accountable in their home country," Merchant says.
But the significance of US civil judgments can be limited by larger political contexts in the victim's home country.
"Law only gets you so far in preventing human rights abuses," Professor Drumbl says. "One critique I would make of groups involved in ATS litigation for such abuses is that [the work] doesn't necessarily make for effective political transition."
In 1980, Cecilia Moran, then a 27-year-old government statistician, was jailed and brutally tortured by the national police in El Salvador. She was charged with being a "subversive" and held until 1983, despite never once being allowed to speak to an attorney.
In 2005, Ms. Moran was a plaintiff along with four others in a Memphis, Tenn., case brought by the CJA against Nicolas Carranza, who as El Salvador's vice minister of defense in 1980 was responsible for the national police. Mr. Carranza was found responsible for $6 million in damages.
He appealed, arguing that he was protected by a 1993 Salvadoran amnesty law passed to protect those involved in abuses during the war. The appeal was rejected.
"When CJA came to me about the case, I told them I would like to participate, because it was important that the rest of the world knew who he was and what he did," Moran says. "I was so satisfied when I heard it said in a court of law that he was responsible."


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Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is in trouble for saying he has a computer science degree when he does not.
Yahoo has defended Thompson by saying the inclusion of a CS degree in his bio was an "inadvertent mistake."
The problem with that is that Thompson has been including a CS degree in his bio for years.
More damning: He's also had a perfect opportunity to correct someone who asked him about getting the degree, and the most important things he learned.
AllThingsD's Kara Swisher found an interview Thompson gave to radio show TechNation back in 2009, when he was CTO of PayPal.
Gunn: Your bachelor's degree is in accounting and computer science. Now, from both of those, I mean that's, that's pretty obvious that's Paypal. What are the most important things you learned?
Thompson: Yeah. You know, I think and I, I mention this to young kids when I'm on campus, and my son who I was just talking about at Santa Clara, what I'm happiest about in my background is if you work in technology you're trained to solve problems.And that's really it, you're trained to pull apart very complex things and think about okay, how can I do this or how can I do that or how can I make it better?And that's really the background that I have and it started back in my college days, and I think that's really the wonderful part thing of being an engineer is you think that way.
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A boil is a red, swollen, painful bump under the skin that is usually caused by an infection. Boils often start in an infected hair follicle. Bacteria form an abscess or pocket of pus. With time, the pus may come to a head and drain out through the skin. Boils can occur anywhere, but common sites include the face, neck, armpits, buttocks, groin, and thighs.
There are several types of boils:
- Furuncle or carbuncle—an abscess that is caused by bacteria, sometimes they occur as several boils in a group
- Pilonidal cyst—an abscess that occurs in the crease of the buttocks and almost always requires medical treatment
- Cystic acne—an abscess that occurs when oil ducts become clogged and infected, more common in the teenage years
- Hidradenitis suppurativa —an uncommon disorder where multiple abscesses occur in the armpit and groin area
Causes of boils may include:
- Bacterial invasion
- Ingrown hair
- Splinter or foreign object lodged in the skin
- Blocked sweat gland or oil duct
Risk Factors
Factors that increase your chance of a boil include:
A boil may cause:
- Skin lump or bump that is red, swollen, and tender
- Lump that becomes larger, more painful, and softer over time
- A pocket of pus that may form on top of the boil
You will be asked about your symptoms and medical history. A physical exam will be done. A bacterial culture of the boil may be taken.
Some boils do not need medical attention and may drain on their own. More serious symptoms from boils may require treatment. These include:
- The boil worsens, continues, or becomes large or severe
- You have a fever
- The skin around the boil turns red or red streaks appear
- The boil does not drain
- An additional boil or boils appear
- The boil limits your normal activities
- The boil is on your face, near your spine, or in the anal area
- You develop many boils over several months
The boil can be drained if needed. The infection can be treated with antibiotics.
Home treatment may include:
Warm Compresses
Apply warm compresses to the boil for 20 minutes, 3-4 times a day. Depending on the area of the body affected, you may be able to soak the boil in warm water. These measures can ease the pain and help bring the pus to the surface. Repeated soaking may help the boil begin to drain.
Lancing the Boil
Do not pop or lance the boil yourself. This can spread the infection and make it worse. If the boil does not drain on its own or it is large, you may need to have it drained or lanced by your doctor. This is all most boils need to get better.
Cleaning and Bandaging
Whether the boil drains on its own or was lanced by a doctor, you must keep it clean. Wash it with antibacterial soap and apply a medicated ointment and bandage. Clean the affected area 2-3 times a day until the area heals completely. Try and keep the wound open by soaking or ointment to avoid it filling up with pus again.
Antibiotics may be needed if you have:
- Evidence of more severe infection
- Diabetes or other chronic illness
- A weakened immune system
- No improvement with lancing
- A lot of boils
To help reduce your chances of a boil:
- Practice good hygiene. Wash boil-prone areas with soap and water or an antibacterial soap. Dry thoroughly.
- Clean and treat any minor skin wounds.
- Avoid clothing that is too tight.
- If you have eczema, diabetes, or other chronic disease, follow the treatment plan outlined by your doctor.
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Gas gangrene is a potentially deadly form of tissue death (gangrene).
Tissue infection - clostridial; Gangrene - gas; Myonecrosis; Clostridial infection of tissues; Necrotizing soft tissue infection
Gas gangrene is most often caused by bacteria called Clostridium perfringens. It also can be caused by group A streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, and Vibrio vulnificus.
Clostridium is found nearly everywhere. As the bacteria grow inside the body, it makes gas and harmful substances (toxins) that can damage body tissues, cells, and blood vessels.
Gas gangrene develops suddenly. It usually occurs at the site of trauma or a recent surgical wound. In some cases, it occurs without an irritating event. People most at risk for gas gangrene usually have blood vessel disease (atherosclerosis, or hardening of the arteries), diabetes, or colon cancer.
Gas gangrene causes very painful swelling. The skin turns pale to brownish-red. When the swollen area is pressed, gas can be felt as a crackly sensation (crepitus). The edges of the infected area grow so quickly that changes can be seen over minutes. The area may be completely destroyed.
Symptoms include:
If the condition is not treated, the person can go into shock with decreased blood pressure (hypotension), kidney failure, coma, and finally death.
The health care provider will perform a physical exam. This may reveal signs of shock.
Tests that may be done include:
Surgery is needed quickly to remove dead, damaged, and infected tissue.
Surgical removal (amputation) of an arm or leg may be needed to control the spread of infection. Amputation sometimes must be done before all test results are available.
Antibiotics are also given. These medicines are given through a vein (intravenously). Pain medicines may also be prescribed.
In some cases, hyperbaric oxygen treatment may be tried.
Gas gangrene usually begins suddenly and quickly gets worse. It is often deadly.
Complications that may result include:
This is an emergency condition requiring immediate medical attention.
Call your provider if you have signs of infection around a skin wound. Go to the emergency room or call the local emergency number (such as 911), if you have symptoms of gas gangrene.
Clean any skin injury thoroughly. Watch for signs of infection (such as redness, pain, drainage, or swelling around a wound). See your provider promptly if these occur.
Onderdonk AB, Garrett WS. Gas gangrene and other clostridium-associated diseases. In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, eds. Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, Updated Edition. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015:chap 248.
Sheridan R, Liu YM. Extremity gas gangrene. In: Cameron JL, Cameron AM, eds. Current Surgical Therapy. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2017:858-861.
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Let me preface this column with a simple truth: No matter what insurance company advertising states, there is no such thing as an insurance company that is on your side. Its business interests and the interests of its shareholders is best served by making as few and as small payouts as possible. That simple truth now allows you to protect yourself by choosing insurance policies and companies that are the most likely to pay out fairly when the need arises.
Another important protection is choosing a broker who will be helpful and willing to go to bat for you. Not all brokers are created equal. My experience as a restorer of old cars is, unfortunately, fairly expansive and my conclusion is that some are very helpful and engaged with your problems, whereas others are pretty much just interested in their yearly commission on your policy.
One of the most dangerous mistakes you can make with your collector car is allowing it to be covered by your standard automobile insurance company policy. The company that you swear was just great when your 2010 Lincoln was rear-ended will for the most part turn into a nightmare adversary if your 1960 Lincoln suffers the same fate. This arises for a number of reasons, but the most important is that it does not have experience with the 1960 Lincoln and there are no books that it can look in or parts price lists to consult in order to arrive at a realistic price to repair the car.
Another unfortunate truth is that the cost of repairing the 1960 Lincoln will often far exceed what your insurance company believes is the market value, and the fact that you may have spent $100,000 restoring you car to perfect condition will not sway it from the belief that the car is only worth $10,000.
Let's assume you have had an accident with your collector car and it is covered on your standard policy. Let's also for the sake of argument say that it occurred through your own fault. How exactly does the process work?
Well, of course, with any accident, you should get a police report, even if the damage looks minor. What looks like a minor scrape and a couple of dents on the rear bumper of a 1959 Cadillac can easily cost more than $10,000 to repair and re-chrome. A police report will leave no doubt as to what happened and can be handy later.
Next is the phone call to your insurance broker to report it. Detail the whole story to your broker and give him or her a good estimate of the damage that you can see.
The next step is where you will start to run into trouble. This is when the adjuster is dispatched to inspect the car, write up the damage and give his or her opinion of what it will cost to repair it.
Here you have to remember that this person depends for his or her livelihood on making insurance companies happy with his or her quotes. This person doesn't give a damn if you're happy with the quote. He or she also does not have the usual methods of appraisal available to use. There are no standard or reliable parts pricing or supply structures for a 1930 Model A Ford and certainly no flat-rate books to tell the broker how many hours it takes to replace a front fender. Instead, the broker has to rely on pure guesswork and that is never, ever going to be close to the actual cost and it will also never, ever be more than the cost of the repair. In fact, in my experience, the appraisal on the damage to a collector car is more usually a half to a third of what the final cost will actually be.
So, how can you adequately protect your investment in your old car? The answer is actually quite simple. You can obtain special insurance policies that deal exclusively with antique and classic cars and even hot rods and customs.
"And I can imagine how much is that going to cost," I hear you say.
In fact, collector car insurance is most often considerably cheaper than your standard policy. The reason for that is that these special policies understand that you use your old car considerably less than your daily driver, you don't drive it in the winter and, in most cases, owners don't even drive in the rain if they can avoid it.
These policies usually have a list of restrictions such as not allowing you to drive the car to work every day, and they may state that they only want you driving the car to shows and events, but you can cover this off with the broker. The brokers representing these policies are also savvy about old cars and are willing to work with you to get the car repaired properly.
In my next column, I will outline the dos and don'ts when your old car has been in an accident and how you can be reasonably sure that your interests will be properly looked after as your car is repaired.


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At the end of the day, avoid the cliché
Jim Romenesko, an Illinois journalist whose blog carries commentary and insider information on the media, has written about words and phrases that journalists love too much. He cited headlines on three music reviews in The New York Times that had musicians "channeling" great artists in three genres:
He also linked to an entry by New York Times standards editor Philip B. Corbett, who decried in his "After Deadline" blog the reemergence of the use of "channel" in stories.
"There's nothing wrong with comparing a young singer to an older one, a memoir writer to a famous literary character, or a yoga aficionado to Gumby," Corbett writes. "But to my ear, at least, the freshness of those recent comparisons was lost because we fell back on a faddish and annoying cliché: So-and-so is 'channeling' his 'inner' what's-his-name."


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All of the major vehicle manufacturers have been setting out their planned timescales for launching sales of driverless vehicles. Many people are surprised at the pace of change under which increasing numbers of cars are operating on our roads with less control by the driver. The UK Department for Transport (DfT) roadmap to encourage autonomous vehicles (AVs) on our roads envisages that the UK can be a world leader in AVs.
In May a Tesla car in Florida was the first high-profile example of a fatal accident involving a car in autopilot mode. In reality, most of the current generation of cars still require a driver to override the car in case the automated controls don't get things right. Many people already drive long distances without touching the pedals using adaptive cruise control, and it may not be long before more of us are willing to let our cars do some of the steering too – not just when parking.
The potential advantages of vehicles driving themselves are huge. Most road accidents are due to driver error. Although one fatal crash with over 100 million miles of Autopilot experience is a better record than with human error, much better safety than this is needed before we can rely fully on these technologies.
For the manufacturers making huge investment in AVs there are strong pressures not to fall behind their competitors. Although, there does not seem to be much demand yet from the public, the potential benefits are so great that few doubt that self-driving cars are here to stay. The manufacturers don't know yet know what types of AV will become popular first, but they are all expecting mass markets to emerge quickly.
Automation allows much better use of road capacity since vehicles can travel in road trains. This is particularly attractive for lorries where huge improvements in fuel economy are possible. Some freight operators are already participating in trials on the country's motorways. Google's AVs have been designed with an autonomous taxi-style transport service in mind and nuTonomy are already piloting autonomous taxis in Singapore. These fully automated vehicles provide a completely new type of transport system, automating the fast-growing ride hailing services such as Uber and Lyft. AVs are coming fast, so CILT as a professional institute needs to ensure standards and training help professionals adapt. This means going back to the core values and basic principles of mobility and access which were used when designing the current standards. Who should get priority? How do we accommodate human error within increasingly automated systems? How do we manage liability?
CILT has published its vision of the future of transport to 2030 and seeks to facilitate debate within the industry and with the travelling public about our transport future. Many of the myths that create the greatest concern have already been thought through, and the future is not nearly as scary as it might seem. AVs will not replace public transport. Particularly with high capacity systems such as rail and tram it would be very difficult to put all these people into individual vehicles, even with the better allocation of vehicle space that would come with AVs. The issue is not replacing high capacity vehicles but using AVs to connect people with the public transport services. AVs could expand the coverage of public transport to rural areas and places with dispersed populations, which could be a particular advantage for older people and low mobility groups.
Some early plans for AVs allow for more signs and road markings, but as the technologies develop, the roadmaps envisage no lanes, no signs, and no need for traffic control at all, helping to make places more attractive.
One of the greatest challenges relates to security. The most serious issue relates to people's privacy as they can be tracked wherever they go. However, this is already a challenge with existing technologies. People are being tracked through mobile devices such as phones, watches, and navigation systems. Urgency is needed to resolve these security problems, and the approaches taken to data ownership and management will then work for AVs as well.
Changes in liability laws will be driven by the insurance industry, which will be keen to see clearer presumed liability for AVs as a means of lowering accident risk, reducing their greatest costs.
Vehicles with AV capabilities are already on Scotland's roads with drivers checking and overriding as needed. Over the next 20 to 30 years the need for driving skills will increasingly be replaced with a need for better customer service and social skills. CILT is helping to set the standards for training the next generation of transport employees to encourage more social behaviour when travelling.
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More than a year and a half after Greenpeace activists walked up the red carpet at a state banquet where they opened a banner calling on world leaders to take urgent action to save the Copenhagen climate talks, eleven Greenpeace activists from eight countries appeared today in a Danish court, where they faced serious charges for their peaceful protest.
On the night of December 17th 2009, the Copenhagen Climate Summit was limping towards failure, but a glimmer of hope existed – there was still a chance to deliver a global climate deal. World leaders needed to be reminded of this, so Juan as 'Head of State of the Natural Kingdom', his 'wife' Nora, and Christian, as their 'bodyguard, walked up the red carpet to a royal dinner for more than 120 heads of states at the Danish Parliament Building. Once inside they unfurled banners that read "Politicians talk, leaders act".
All three were immediately arrested and held for 20 days, including over Christmas and New Year. Joris, who was outside the Parliament speaking to media during the protest, was arrested the following day and also spent the festive season in the same jail. Twenty months later, the 11 activists have left the court building in Copenhagen, and now await the Court's verdict. During today's hearing, Joris made an impassioned and inspired statement on climate change and the need for ordinary people to take a stand, which we have published in full below.
But before you read on, make sure you shout out our thanks and admiration to the "Red Carpet 11" – Joris, Nora, Juan, Christian, Morton, Victor, Dima, Melanie, Guilhem, Thomas and Anders.
With this year's Durban climate meeting approaching, world leaders must not repeat the failure of Copenhagen but instead take strong and urgent action for the climate - action that is needed now, more than ever.
Statement to Copenhagen City Court by Joris Thijssen, 19th August 2011.
My name is Joris Thijssen and I am from the Netherlands. In 2009 Denmark hosted the most important summit on combating climate change. The Danish Prime Minister said at the time: '…that the world was looking to the conference to safeguard humanity[1]', indicating the gravity and urgency of the situation. That is why we did what we did. Not because it was fun, cool to do, or that we like to dress up as a Head of State.
Climate change impacts
Even though these are words of a Prime Minister, they are just words. Your honour, have you ever seen the impacts of climate change? I have. Almost 20 years ago, when I was an aerospace engineering student and not involved with Greenpeace or the environment yet, I worked on a sheep farm in Australia. Their sheep died because it hadn't rained for years. Later I understood the livelihood of this farmer was threatened by climate change.
I have also seen the melting ice in Patagonia, on the Kilimajaro mountain in Africa, etc, etc. As we speak Greenpeace is working with other organisations to collect stories from woman in developing countries who are trying to deal with climate impacts. I would have loved to have one of those women here, so you could hear it first hand. The day before yesterday we published a new story where Saraswoti Bhetwal explains how she has found a way to deal with erratic rains in Nepal that can be 50% less than normal[2]. Great that she found a way to adapt, but as impacts get more severe, that will not always be possible and billions of lives will be impacted.
A few dead sheep don't make climate change. So one of the biggest scientific accorded processes was set up under the authority of the United Nations, to review the thousands of researches on this topic. The thousands of scientist on this climate panel reached the consensus that the climate is changing, mankind is causing it, society as we know it is threatened and YES we can solve it!
Former vice president of the USA Al Gore made a movie about it and together with the UN climate panel, he got an Oscar and a Nobel Peace price for his work. He said: 'We, the human species, are confronting a planetary emergency - a threat to the survival of our civilization that is gathering ominous and destructive potential even as we gather here. But there is hopeful news as well: we have the ability to solve this crisis and avoid the worst - though not all - of its consequences, if we act boldly, decisively and quickly.
However, despite a growing number of honourable exceptions, too many of the world's leaders are still best described in the words Winston Churchill applied to those who ignored Adolf Hitler's threat: "They go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all powerful to be impotent.[3]"
The way Greenpeace works
Your Honour, as I said before, we did not do this because we like to dress up as Heads of State. Knowing these facts for Greenpeace and for all the individual defendants, this is the issue of our time that we need to solve or our societies as we know it are under threat. So during this crucial year 2009, we had hundreds of people working around the globe pushing Heads of State to go to Copenhagen and solve this issue.
And it worked. The researches we did, the reports we produced, the press conferences we gave, and the lobbying conversations we had - it worked. Heads of States were committing to go to Copenhagen. Heads of States from Brazil, the EU, China, and India were making statements that moved the negotiations a bit ahead. We threw our full force behind this campaign. I could show you a video with hundreds of peaceful activities we undertook around the Copenhagen process. During the Copenhagen conference, we participated in the big demonstration, we put advertisements at the airport as delegates arrived, we had a big banner on one of our ships visible as delegates' planes arrived at the airport, etc, etc. Now it came down to the 24 hours these Heads of State were in Copenhagen to seal a deal!
During the first 10 days of the conference we had a strong team present at the Bella Center to follow the talks and to lobby the delegates. It was not going well. There was not enough movement, ambitions were not high enough to solve the problem, it really came down to the leaders of this world, the Heads of State to use the power they have and crack the issue. In the run up to the conference, Ban Ki Moon said:
'Science tells us that the stakes at Copenhagen could not be higher. But the benefits of taking urgent, united action are similarly powerful. We must not squander this unique opportunity to chart a new path to low-carbon prosperity for all. It is essential that we achieve an ambitious climate deal in Copenhagen. The moment is now.
Ultimately, however, it is up to governments to decide on the content and form of an agreement. Responsibility for the outcome at Copenhagen -- as with any major international agreement -- rests on their shoulders[4].'
Than we heard that we, and the rest of civil society, were kicked out of the Bella Center, with no access to the people who would decide about the faith of our societies. So that's when we decided to take action and we did what we did. Peacefully, when the world was watching, we urged the Heads of State once more to act and not to talk, because all other means were unavailable.
We had to act
We believe there is room in the law for us to do this. But it's even stronger. We feel we had the obligation to do it. As concerned citizens we saw our politicians fail to be leaders. We saw how this biggest problem of our time was not going to be solved. So we had to act. We had to use the democratic space given to us to urge our politicians to be leaders. To act!
In this respect Gandhi once said: 'Civil disobedience becomes a sacred duty when the state has become corrupt enough.[5]' We can discuss the definition of 'corrupt', but I feel that when our governments don't act in the interest of humanity, there is a reason to stand up.
Al Gore called for civil disobedience with respect to climate change when he said: 'If you're a young person looking at the future of this planet and looking at what is being done right now, and not done, I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants'[6]
Individual choice
Your Honour, I am almost through, but I want to say a few more things about the 'no comment' answers I gave at the first day of the trial. I felt that with these questions the public prosecutor was looking for the leader, the coordinator who was the mastermind behind all this. I got nervous, because I can then imagine that this mastermind could face a more serious verdict.
So I want to tell you how this works with Greenpeace. Obviously we have a system in place to ensure everybody knows what others are doing, so in that sense there is coordination. Regarding this action, the organisation Greenpeace as well as all the individuals you see here, made their own decision to participate in one way or another in this action. Because we all feel the issues are so serious, because we feel we have the right to act, even the obligation to contribute to the solution. There is no one who tells someone else what to do or what not to do. It is on a voluntary basis and everybody make up his / her own mind.
To give you an example to illustrate our principled approach to peaceful protest: four of us were arrested during the action or the day after the action. But five other people were not arrested, and the police had no idea who they were. When the police finally requested (after three weeks) to come forward with the five names of the other people directly involved, these five individuals stepped forward voluntarily and gave their name. They are here today and it shows our vision on civil disobedience: we don't hide; we are open and honest about what we do.
Your Honour, I hope I was able to express urgency of the issue, of all those people facing the consequences of climate change and of the attitude of the defendants towards the issue and towards civil disobedience. I trust you will think about our motivations to take action when you make your deliberations to reach a verdict.
[1] BBC. (2009). Copenhagen summit urged to take climate change action. Last accessed 19th Aug. 2011
[2] Athar Parvaiz . (2011). Adapting to climate change can be simple. Last accessed 19th Aug. 2011.
[3] Al Gore. (2007). SPEECH BY AL GORE ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE. Last accessed 19th Aug.2011
[4] Ban Ki Moon. (2009). Now is our time. Last accessed 18th Aug.
[5] Gandhi. (2005). Gandhi quotations. Last accessed 18th Aug. 2011.
[6] Fox news. (2008). Al Gore Urges 'Civil Disobedience' Toward Coal Plants. Last accessed 18th Aug. 2011.
Credits: Group photo: © Greenpeace/Klaus Holsting. Joris Thijssen portrait: © Greenpeace/Christian Åslund
(Unregistered) Arnes
Bravo, je vous supporte! Les politiciens parlent et parlent et regardent soulement pour ses benefites. Et pour ca il faut prendre l,action!
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I still have not made my mind up about whether or not I support Greenpeace because sometimes their actions are (too) intrusive and sometimes clash wit...
I still have not made my mind up about whether or not I support Greenpeace because sometimes their actions are (too) intrusive and sometimes clash with laws. However this protest is non-violent, does not stop production ( like chaining yourself to oil platform does) and I believe that if you are a true politician, by definition representing the voice of the public I do not understand how this type of protest is being treated so harsh. If you are a true politician who understands his/her responsibilities and respects the opinions of the people you would have respected these types of protests and you would have backed up the protesters who are now being prosecuted.
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Thank you "Red Carpet 11" – Joris, Nora, Juan, Christian, Morton, Victor, Dima, Melanie, Guilhem, Thomas and Anders. Stay strong my friends!
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Red carpet 11 and all other Greenpeace activists: please continue your actions. It is a shame that your actions are necessary and it is a shame that ...
Red carpet 11 and all other Greenpeace activists: please continue your actions. It is a shame that your actions are necessary and it is a shame that you are prosecuted by Danish court. It is good to hear that 'the court found that the Greenpeace protest was a part of a peaceful political happening for a "debate-generating purpose" and that no material rights were violated.' It is unbelievable that nevertheless there is a probation of 2 weeks for the activists. Good luck to all of you.
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"They are solving problems for an actual clinical mentor rather than for a professor." -- Dan Cavanagh, chair of biomedical engineering department
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Infants in the neonatal intensive care unit often are treated for jaundice with phototherapy – or the application of blue light to skin.
Devices that administer the therapy are, however, uncomfortable, noisy and non-portable, noted Neil Dold, who graduated from Bucknell University Sunday with a degree in biomedical engineering.
Dold and classmates Abraham Khan, Nyein Ko and Anna MacAlister spent a year developing a novel device to treat jaundice in the NICU for their senior design project, a graduation requirement for engineering majors at Bucknell. Working with Registered Nurses Lenore Skocik and Carlene Blagrave at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, the group created a soft cloth vest that uses an existing blue-light generating technology to treat an infant's jaundice. With further development, the device could be used for portable and longer-lasting treatments.
"What we developed was a light-delivery system that wraps around the child and provides phototherapy treatment," said Dold, who plans to pursue a career in medical device or product design. "We hope for the system to be used for at least an hour at a time to allow for interaction with family members, which is critical to neurodevelopment."
Bucknell's biomedical engineering students each year partner with surgeons, nurses and other medical professionals to solve real-world medical issues. The students meet with the Geisinger staff from varying disciplines throughout the year to conceive of ideas, develop plans, trouble shoot and ultimately test potential products. Following a design expo in which the students present their projects at the end of the academic year, Geisinger researchers evaluate each technology for potential further advancement.
In the past, biomedical engineering students have focused on improving means to measure bone quality in older adults; analyze DNA; and remove dangerous air bubbles from tubes administering fluids and medicine, among other goals. Because of a confidentiality agreement and to protect the future development of the technologies, specific details of this year's project designs cannot be revealed.
Brittany Scarpato, Nick Barnett and Raymond Kessler worked with Geisinger Physician's Assistant Barbara Leauber '96 to develop the protective device for patients who have had kidney transplants so they may participate in sports. As part of the design process, they created a "mock pelvis" and conducted numerous "drop tests" to mimic the effects of falls and blows to the kidney area. They also tested materials of varying thicknesses to come up with a protective device that fits in an athletic uniform, said Scarpato, who plans to attend medical school or work for an engineering firm.
"We learned through the process that you really can't plan for anything," Scarpato said. "We had to redesign, validate and conduct feasibility tests several times. We learned about economics, sustainability, management and resources as well as liability insurance. It's a very diverse class."
Kelly Desharnais, Daniel Redmond-White and Lisa Tostanoski worked with emergency room physician Timothy Vollmer to create an adapter to enable patients to be oxygenated during emergency intubation.
"The doctor has to open the airway of the patient by inserting an endotracheal tube with a laryngoscope," Desharnais explained. "It is a difficult procedure if the patient is obese or has had head or neck trauma, so the doctor administers a paralytic drug that relaxes the patient's throat muscles but also stops them from breathing. We worked with Dr. Vollmer to explore a way to enable oxygenation during these intubations when the patient is not breathing."
The team went through a "prototype evolution" to design and fabricate a device that maximizes the delivery of oxygen, maintains patient safety, and is easy for physicians to use, said Desharnais, who plans to pursue a Ph.D in neural engineering at Case Western Reserve University.
"We used a combination of unique flexible tubing and custom-designed fittings," said Desharnais. "It gave me a greater understanding of a full-circle process and where ideas come from and how we filter them. As biomedical engineers, we are trained to be translators between the medical world and the engineering design world. This goes far beyond the classroom experience."
Vollmer, the emergency room physician, said working with students is fun and mutually beneficial to the students and Geisinger.
"I put a problem out there, looking at it one way, and almost from day one, the ideas have been coming from them, going in a different direction," Vollmer said. "This is a resource to explore ideas and a great collaboration between the biomedical engineering department and a medical center of this size."
The senior design process allows students to bring together skills from all of their classes at Bucknell and prepares them for future careers, said Associate Professor Dan Cavanagh, chair of the biomedical engineering department.
"They are solving problems for an actual clinical mentor rather than for a professor," he said. "It really is an independent effort that lets them make decisions based upon their creative thought processes, acquired knowledge, developed skills and personal experiences."
As an extension of the senior design partnership, Bucknell and Geisinger will sponsor six biomedical engineers and three management majors this summer to solve newly identified clinical challenges. This is the first such collaboration between biomedical engineering and management students at Bucknell, allowing the teams to consider market needs as well as design, said Cavanagh, who will serve as project manager for all of the teams.
The students will work with faculty advisers and mentors from Geisinger's Emergency Department and Department of General Surgery. "I am excited to see how the students combine their skill sets to work toward a common goal," Cavanagh said.


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Sunday, July 22, 2012
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I just got back from a wonderful vacation in Oahu, Hawaii and will spend the week writing up some of the great food I had (not including the above). Stay tuned.
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OK, I understand Hawaii's love for SPAM. However, what market research genius determined a need for such a product? Has anyone ever been eating macadamia nuts and thought to themselves, "Gee, I wish these tasted like SPAM instead"?
But of course with typical American gastronomic gusto, these have been well received:
Now, bourbon flavored macadamia nuts would be interesting.
- July 22, 2012 at 9:25 PM
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Yeah, I didn't try this particular item. It just seemed repulsive to me, and I like spam (at least when cooked up island style).
- July 22, 2012 at 9:28 PM
America's contribution to world cuisine. Many Pacific island nations revere the stuff.
With so many incredible places and things to eat in Hawaii, so I have heard, this is one food item I would have passed on as well.
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On Second-hand Valuation PracticesLarsen, Frederik (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this thesis I address the question of how value is created in second-hand markets. Focusing on the role of charity thrift stores I present an ethnographic account of fieldwork I undertook in the Tavern Guild Community Thrift Store in San Francisco. I analyse my ethnographic findings in light of contemporary literature on values and valuations in material culture and reaching back through the anthropological literature on commodities and gift economies I build a framework around David Graeber's formulation of a concept of social, relational value. In order to structure the analysis I take Mary Douglas's seminal work on classification as a starting point and argue that the practices of valuation constitute a process of transformation form discard to commodity. To support the analysis I introduce theoretical concepts from the ethnographic literature on values, secondhand markets and valuations. Practices of categorization enable the employees to create value, but disorder is a condition of the process, which hinders the flow as well as provides opportunity for value. I describe thrift, a considered use of resources, as the main 'infravalue' that drives the valuations and allows the organization to create economic, social and emotional value. Next I zoom in on the interaction between people and objects on a micro-level. The theoretical framework here brings anthropological theory into play with actor-network theory (ANT) approaches to nonhuman actors, and I introduce the term withdrawal from object-oriented philosophy to address the agency of objects in valuations. By dividing the analysis into two parts I demonstrate in greater detail how objects as part of valuations are given agency through social entanglements, but also how the objects by their mere existence influence valuations beyond this entanglement. Their presence as more than the sum of their social relations has a profound impact on the valuations by resisting as much as partaking in the process of transformation. In the last section of the thesis I present an explorative study of the extended trajectory the objects take through markets and wholesale companies in Thailand. I discuss the role of the thrift store in the global context of second-hand exchanges and offer a critical reflection on the consequences of the proliferation of second-hand markets. The thesis provides a situated approach to the study of human-objects interactions and demonstrates that an understanding of the different forms of value that are at play reveal charity thrift organizations as important players in second-hand markets. Thrift enables the organization to salvage as many objects as possible while providing services to the community. In doing so they are vital in transforming discards into commodities for the other actors in the market. This study highlights the importance of considering materiality, and especially objecthood, in the context of second-hand markets, and suggests a situated framework for understanding the relationship between objects and practices in the broader context of material culture studies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9182
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A firm level perspecitve on internal learning and organisational behaviourGranerud, Lise (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The auto-components industry has improved its performance significantly in South Africa during the second half of the 1990's. However, it has not yet reached the level of the international competitors. The present paper suggests that a focus on the firms' internal conditions is a way to identify obstacles preventing further improvement of performance and competitiveness. Organisational behaviour has increasingly become important internationally in the understanding of firm development and learning in the recent years. This paper argues that it is crucial to take into account the behaviour of the organisation in the perception of the problems connected to the development of technology and capabilities in South African SMEs. The paper builds on the immediate findings of a qualitative case study on technological learning in two auto-components enterprises in Greater Durban, where the organisational behaviour in different ways hinders internal learning. These findings are contrasted with a third firm within the metal sector, which has a very different learning environment. The paper emphasises the importance of including the informal organisational behaviour in the understanding of how to develop the technological resources. The study investigates the physical resources, and the human and organisational resources, and relates these to the routines in the organisational behaviour, including formal and informal work practices and social relations at the shop floor in the understanding of what influence technological learning in these firms. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6987
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Antecedents, processes dynamics and firm-level impactØrberg Jensen, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This PhD thesis addresses one of the most intensely debated phenomena over the past decade within the realm of international business: Firms' relocation of value chain activities to other parts in the network of multinational corporation (MNC) or to external suppliers/services providers in foreign countries (hereinafter referred to as offshoring), often to destination countries with lower cost structures. Whereas the offshoring of manufacturing tasks has existed for several decades, and has been analyzed in the international business literature, the offshoring of advanced services tasks from developed country firms to destination countries such as India, which offer an attractive cocktail of low costs and highly skilled labour, is a more recent phenomenon. The offshoring of this type of services tasks forms the subject of this PhD thesis... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7741
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a cross-cultural comparison of Elle and Marie ClaireMoeran, Brian (København, 2001)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6986
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On researching communication between parent companies subsidiaries situated in neighboring countriesandSkaates, Maria Anne (København, 1997)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7027
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Lorenzen, Mark (, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper presents stylized facts about the economic organisation of the film industry, arguing that while we know a lot about production, specialization and internationalization, the complex processes of globalization are still under-researched. The paper concludes with a research agenda of how to address globalization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7775
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A Revision of Hofstede's Theory of Industrialization Supported by Cases from Latin America, Africa and Germany in the 19th centuryKragh, Simon Ulrik (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Drawing on a revised version ofHofstede's theory ofindustrialization and cultural change contained in his explanation of individualism and collectivism, the paper proposes that countries which are in the earlier stages of industrialization have a common culture that governs organizational behaviours. In-group/out-group particularist values that have been handed over from preindustrial society tend to overlay and replace impersonal and universalistic bureaucracies and market exchange typical ofindustrial society. The paper shows how these values shape the culture of organizations in Latin America, Africa and Germany around 1850. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9105
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Kjærgaard, Annemette (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This document describes the pedagogical principles that guide teaching and learning at Copenhagen Business School (CBS). The purpose of making the pedagogical principles explicit is to guide and inspire students, faculty and administrative staff who are involved in designing, implementing or evaluating teaching and learning activities. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9263
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Bille, Trine; Agersnap, Flemming; Jensen, Søren; Vestergaard, Trine (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to study careers and income conditions of performing artists in Denmark on the basis of national statistics. The paper uses three different criteria for defining performing artist, and looks at the implications observed on careers and income conditions. The three different criteria for defining performing artists are: 1) Having a job as performing artist, 2) Graduation from a performing art school, and 3) Membership of professional performing artist's association. The paper has focus on three questions: How are the income conditions of performing artists in the period 1996 – 2007? How are the career length and patterns of the performing artists in Denmark? How is the careers related to the income conditions of the artists? The results concerning the living conditions for performing artists shows in general very low income levels for most of the artists, and only about 1/3 of them are working within the theatre sector. A regression model for 2007 shows a positive effect on earning of age, being a man, working in Copenhagen capital area, having work experience, having a basic actor education, and work as a dancer/choreograph or as an actor/director. The analysis of career length shows that most performing actors have very short careers of one or two years. Cross-tabulations for 2007 shows that those with short careers in general have very low income, while those with longer careers have substantial higher income, and most of them have an income high enough to make a living. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8177
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Djursaa, Malene (København, 1996)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7044
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African Perspectives in a European FrameworkJeppesen, Søren; Morsing, Mette (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We engage a discussion of political CSR in SMEs in an African context. Based on critical observations on Western MNC action in emerging economies, political economists have argued that business profit far more than society from CSR. In this paper we argue that the imperative for growth in developing economies provide an option to consider the scope and potential of SME engagement for local social development. Interestingly, while African business is not usually compared to nor found to share much similarity with European business practices, our empirical studies of CSR in African SMEs reveal a number of shared characteristics with their European counterparts. Supported by prior studies on European SMEs and our empirical findings from Africa, we conceptualize how CSR in SMEs in both regions first and foremost tends to be strongly focused on the "proximity factors" of employees and local society. We discuss how the SME propensity to prioritize proximity factors (feelings of importance of nearness) in CSR decision-‐ making in SMEs has different implications in an African than a European context. Future research paths are proposed to explore political CSR in SMEs in a developing economy context. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8836
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Lessons from Three African CountriesWendelboe Hansen, Michael; Buur, Lars; Therkildsen, Ole; Kjær, Mette (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Extractive foreign direct investment (FDI) is heralded as the new development opportunity in Africa. But extractive FDI has a record of producing enclaves in host countries with few linkages to the local economy. Only if it creates local content will extractive FDI become a catalyst of development. This paper analyses the trajectories of local content policies and practices in three African countries – Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique. We argue that we cannot understand the dynamics and outcomes of local content policies in African extractives without understanding how local content has become ingrained in ruling coalitions' rent-seeking and maintenance activities in the three countries. We discuss the consequences of evolving local content practices for political patronage. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9014
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The politics of corporate responsibility: CSR and the governance of child labor and core labor rights in the 1990sNielsen, Michael E. (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: 'No amount of preparation could have lessened the shock and revulsion I felt on entering a sporting-goods factory in the town of Sialkot, seventy miles from Lahore, where scores of children, most of them aged five to ten, produce soccer balls by hand for forty rupees, or about $1.20, a day. The children work eighty hours a week in near-total darkness and total silence. According to the foreman, the darkness is both an economy and a precautionary measure; child-rights activists have difficulty taking photographs and gathering evidence of wrongdoing if the lighting is poor. The silence is to ensure product quality: "If the children speak, they are not giving their complete attention to the product and are liable to make errors." The children are permitted one thirty-minute meal break each day; they are punished if they take longer. They are also punished if they fall asleep, if their workbenches are sloppy, if they waste material or miscut a pattern, if they complain of mistreatment to their parents or speak to strangers outside the factory. A partial list of "infractions" for which they may be punished is tacked to a wall near the entrance. It's a document of dubious utility: the children are illiterate. Punishments are doled out in a storage closet at the rear of the factory. There, amid bales of wadding and leather, children are hung upside down by their knees, starved, caned, or lashed.' URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7730
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Ougård, Morten (København, 1996)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7035
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India's national Oil Company and International Activism in SudanPatey, Luke (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8166
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Weller, Angeli Elizabeth (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this dissertation, I explore the practices created to manage business ethics and corporate social responsibility in multinational corporations and the relationship between them across three separate but interrelated articles. The first article suggests that these practices are resident in distinct communities of practice, and therefore there are boundaries in both meaning and identity that make alignment between them problematic. The second article looks at the boundaries between these communities by exploring the history of the professional associations in the business ethics and corporate social responsibility field in the United States, as well as their current articulations of knowledge and competence in their respective fields. The third article is a single case study of a company that purposefully aligned ethics, compliance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices and managers, and it explores both the enablers of alignment and the learning stages that transformed them into a single community of practice. Theoretically, this work applies communities of practice, an organizational learning theory, within the business and society field, thereby contributing a helpful lens through which to explore responsible business practices and the practitioners that create and implement them. Leveraging this perspective, this research offers a theoretical explanation about why practices are not currently aligned and illuminates both the barriers and enablers to future alignment. Practically, this work shows that boundaries exist between business ethics and corporate social responsibility practices, and calls on scholars and managers who seek alignment to both build intentional bridges between these communities and consider alternate trajectories for the evolution of these practices. Done well, learning across the boundaries between these communities of practice could in turn catalyze managers' understanding of ethics and responsibility in business. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9352
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Leander, Anna (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper explains, or perhaps better rationalizes, why I have ended up thinking that so called "practice" theory provides the most adequate entry point for theorizing about business in/and global governance.1 But more than this the key ambition is to spell out what it means to work with practice theory and what kind of leverage it gives for understanding the role of business in global governance. The paper therefore begins by an account of two major difficulties thinking in terms of practices are useful for circumventing. The general thrust of that section is to underline why it may be useful to think in terms of practices in the first place rather than sticking with some of its admittedly more parsimonious and less labor intense alternatives. The rest of the paper then tries to outline what it means (in my view) to work with practices. The second section focuses on how we know whose/what practices matter. It emphasizes the importance of allowing for contextual differentiation when mapping activities and their hierarchies. It also underscores the significance of remaining open about who and what is important. It points to the centrality of different forms of capital (economic, social, cultural and symbolic) in defining whose activities matter. But even more strongly it links up with actor-network-theory's insight that also objects and technologies "act" in social relations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7024
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Reflecting and Reinforcing Neo-Liberal GovernmentalityLeander, Anna (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This article argues that the role of Private Security Contractors in Darfur reflects and reinforces neo-liberal governmentality in contemporary security governance. It is an argument (in line with other articles in this special issue) which is more interested in discussing how the privatization of security alters security practices (including those involving states) than in thinking about their impact on an idealised public monopoly on the use of force. To make its point, the article begins by drawing on Foucauldian work to clarify the meaning of neo-liberal governmentality in security. It underlines that governance is increasingly taking place through a set of (quasi-) markets, it is marked by entrepreneurial values, and a hands off approach to governance. We then discuss the way this overall change is reflected in and reinforced by the role of private security contractors in Darfur. Drawing on a framework of analysis inspired by Bourdieu, we show that neo-liberal governmentality is reflected in the dispositions of security actors as well as in their relative positions. The resulting security practices reinforce dispositions and positions that reproduce neo-liberal governmentality. Looking at these processes is necessary to understand the role of private security contractors in Darfur. But more than this, practices in Darfur entrench neo-liberal governmentality in security more generally. The managerial and 'de-politicizing' approach to security in Darfur displaces alternative views not only in the Darfuri context. It is taken into other contexts where it bolsters neo-liberal governmentality. This spiralling neo-liberal governmentality rather than diminished state control and authority is, we argue, the most significant consequence of the presence of private security contractors in Darfur. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6989
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the political, cultural and social dimensionTorp, Jens Erik; Rekve, Peter (København, 1995)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7006
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Leander, Anna (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The integration of private international security into Security Studies reflects the relatively recent nature of the market. The literature on the topic revolves around the basics of placing private international security on the agenda (1a); explaining and understanding the market (1b) and problematizing its relationship to central questions in international security (1c). The current trend in the field is to face the—still largely open—challenge of taking research further, both by completing, refining and updating current research efforts (2a) and by expanding and enriching the research agenda to more fully explore the politics of market development (2b). Paradoxically, as this entry concludes, this is leading scholars to abandon the focus on "privatization" and instead pushing them to formulate research agenda in new terms such as commercialization, commodification, governance or governmentality. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7967
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The fabled capital of the Byzantine and Ottoman empires is a glittering, glorious muddle of influences and impulses
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AS THE SUN RISES ON ISTANBUL, the first call to prayer sounds from the eastern edge of the city and ripples inward, from Asia into Europe, drifting over the ruins of several empires, past the glimmering lights of the Bosporus Bridge and the late-night stragglers still dreamily dancing on riverboats.
For almost three millennia, Istanbul's position on the Bosporus, the narrow strait that connects the Black Sea and the Mediterranean, has made it a trading hub for gold, silk, oil and spices, as well as a stomping ground for generations of merchants, hustlers and romantics. Location also made Istanbul the desideratum of conquerors the world over, many of whom decided that this place, and only this place, would suffice as the seat of an empire.
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I enjoyed your 3 days in Istanbul as that (and Turkey) are my favorite places on earth. BUT — many of United's customers are budget travelers and these three days probably cost as much as a month traveling in Turkey. I spent an average of $50/day staying in nice enough pensions and eating delicious food and taking buses in 2008 and only a bit more than that in spring 2012. It would be good to offer a more affordable view of these wonderful places. Istanbul is a gem, and can be very affordable.
as I was flying last October to Istanbul I found the Hemisphere Magazine with this article we followed each step and we enjoyed lots more of the city with this guide, thank you and keep writing this great travel tips and ideas, I will love to go back to Istanbul one of the best cities in the worild!!!
The only thing that we didn´t love so much was the last restaurant recommended for the the last night it was empty and no bellly dancers as the article said but then again my husband and I had a romantic, cold, and lonely nice dinner!!!
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