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May 8, 1997, lecture by Stephen Jay Gould at the University of Alabama, Birmingham
I had never heard Stephen Jay Gould in person and was looking forward to what I hoped would be a witty and intellectually stimulating lecture. The event was scheduled to start at 7:00 P.M. at the Hill Center Alumni auditorium and our party planned to arrive early in order to beat what we anticipated would be a large crowd. Our experience in trying to obtain entrance to the auditorium revealed as much about the purpose of the event as the lecture itself. At 6:30 P.M. the announcement was made that students holding a proper ID would be allowed to enter first. As expected, biology and other classes were required to attend. Meanwhile the crowd filled the lobby and spilled onto the curved walk leading to the auditorium. As 7:00 P.M. approached we started to hear murmurs of discontent from the crowd: "When will they let us in? Don't they care about the general public?" "Why did they choose such a small auditorium (320 seats)?" The auditorium door cracked opened and a small usher said, "Thirty only." Thirty ordinary people were counted and the doors closed. People again started asking: "Will there be a tape?" "Will you put a loudspeaker in the lobby?" "Will you move the lecture to a larger auditorium?" There was a silence that answered "No!" to all of these questions.
Many started to leave the lobby as we worked our way toward the auditorium door just in case. And, sure enough, the door opened and a voice said, "Ten more on the floor." We were in! By now we realized we were not wanted and that this lecture was not intended for the general public.
Gould started with a twenty-minute attack on the Bible and
Biblical literalists. "The Bible is cobbled together from
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railed. He illustrated with a litany of "contradictions"
from the Old and New Testaments punctuated by mocking laughter
from the audience. He went on to say that Darwinism is perceived
as the greatest threat to Western traditions. "Right!"
he shouted. I thought this was a lecture on science. Perhaps I
had wandered into a revival.
After an "historical" review of evolution-creation court battles Gould revealed the objective of the meeting. "We won in the courts but lost in the classroom," he said. "Teachers do not have the courage to teach evolution. They must become more aggressive." On the Alabama Insert he commented: "Legally challenge this unfortunate insert and win. This is a fight!" It was clear he came to rally the troops.
Gould attempted to achieve his goal by setting up a straw-man version of "creation-science" and then demolishing it through ridicule, ad hominem arguments, and the imprecise use of terms. He started by laying down the principle that evolution is both a fact and a theory. We are confident about the fact of evolution, he said, (1) because we can observe small scale observable changes (he gives credit to the Alabama Insert for being correct about this one); (2) because larger changes can be directly observed in the fossil record; and (3) because of inferential evidence -- namely, imperfections that beg for explanations. Creationism on the other hand is an attack on all science, and is motivated by a political agenda. It violates the very rules of science by operating outside of natural laws and by not being falsifiable. Worse yet, its proponents lie and distort the views of true science. When one of their positions is falsified, the creationists refuse to abandon it. To illustrate, Gould used a diagram of the fossil record and ridiculed those who explain fossil distribution through various theories such as differential intelligence (the dumb ones are on the bottom). Indeed, creationists are religious fundamentalists in disguise and are a dangerous lot. If allowed to prosper they will cause the demise of physics, of astronomy, and in fact, of all true science. Book burning, censorship, and a return to the Middle Ages will result.
The question and answer session was a sad continuation of my on-going intellectual disillusionment. Asked about his views on the origin of consciousness, Gould replied that consciousness debates are merely about definitions. Asked about his earlier definitions of religion as being the exclusive domain of ethics and values, he retreated. His most revealing response was to the question, "Would you comment on Behe's concept of irreducible complexity?" "I don't get it," Gould replied. He went on to add: "I am no expert on cells, but my colleagues who know say that Behe's argument is no better than that for the eye. It is the oldest argument in the book." Gould's responses represent wonderful teaching opportunities squandered.
I felt the lecture was a waste of time for those required to attend. Instead of presenting science, Gould preached "religion"; instead of teaching, he indoctrinated; instead of providing students with a model of sound discourse, he adopted the same unfair techniques he accused his opponents of using. Early in his lecture, Gould stated that he would "debate any honest creationist." I wish such a creationist had replaced the mythical opponent "created" by Gould. The evening was best summarized by a comment I overheard upon leaving the auditorium: "He sure knows a lot about baseball."
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For me, a trip to Mt. View Orchards is a trip down memory lane.
Parkdale was my stomping grounds, and the Trout Creek Ridge Road farm and fruit stand was just up the street; past a few hay fields, a couple notorious bike-chasing dogs, some noisy neighborhood chickens and a ginormous bull that would charge the fence if you got too close.
The 50-acre orchard is owned and operated by the McAlexander Family, with Ruth and Lyle at the helm for about the last four decades. When I was a kid, Ruthie gave me one of the first jobs I ever had, outside of mowing lawns and bucking hay for neighbors. The official Fruit Loop didn't exist yet, but the farm stand was still a popular stop for people on their annual autumn pilgrimages around the valley in search of farm-fresh fruit and produce.
I can't remember everything I did at the farm, but for sure my best memories are of operating the cider press (and taste-testing juice) and driving a four-wheeler through rows of trees in search of whatever variety apple or pear the farm stand was low on. Picking the fruit, if I recall correctly, wasn't nearly as much fun.
A stop at the farm this weekend yielded a number of pleasant surprises, including something I haven't done for probably 20 years but used to absolutely love when I was a kid: hay rides through the orchard.
I don't know what it is about taking a bumpy, dusty ride behind a tractor while sitting on scratchy bales of straw that I find so appealing. I'm even allergic to hay.
It must be the nostalgia; the true country-boy memories it brings back of afternoons spent wandering through orchard rows as young explorers; playing hide and seek and capture the flag, catching butterflies and grasshoppers, playing water-wars with the big metal sprinklers, telling scary stories in the dark and, sorry mom, partaking in the most unruly rotten pear fights imaginable.
I remember as a kid, I always wanted to live in Hood River. Life seemed so slow and boring growing up in the country. My family didn't own a farm; I just was just surrounded by them. What fun and crazy things were those lucky city kids doing down in Hood River? I felt like I was missing out on something, living waaaaaaaaayyy up in the sticks.
That angst is all but gone now, and I relish any chance I can to spend time in the country.
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 03:16
Post subject: Connect after hostname change
This may be a stupid question, but what happens if you connect to the network after you have changed the hostname? If everything is OK that would seem to be an acceptable workaround to me.
Or couldn't we just add some automatic "touch/reconfigure" script after a hostname change?
Then again, I rarely connect Puppy computers to MS domains or groups of MS computers, so this issue doesn't really affect me.
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 04:13
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This is the issue that will not die.
Consider how Windows and other Linuxes handle this situation. You pick a hostname during the install process, BEFORE the OS launches. If you want to change the hostname DURING a session, you are expected to do a reboot. This guarantees that the new hostname registers properly with all the systems that require it.
Unfortunately, Puppy is trying to do this ass-backwards. Puppy lets you change the hostname DURING a session while avoiding a reboot. No wonder it's so problematic.
There is an obvious (to me) solution to the problem. But I'm not going to suggest it because I know what the response will be.
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 04:48
Post subject: Re: refreshing the global environment
shinobar wrote:
BarryK wrote:
Regarding updating of the global HOSTNAME variable, that is good enough reason for restarting X after changing the hostname.
The global HOSTNAME variable is updated by the /etc/profile. We need not restart X if we launch the rxvt because the rxvt reads the /etc/profile. You can test it:
Change the hostname by the firstrun or the hostname-set (BTW, that on the quicksetup or connectwizard need to click its special button.), but do not restart X.
Launch rxvt.
Type 'echo $HOSTNAME'.
No problem when you run any program from the rxvt. The problem occurs for the roxterm who does not read /etc/profile, and if any program is launched from the menu and the program uses the HOSNAME. I don't know what program uses it. Restarting X is no help for this case. You need to exit X and type 'exit' and 'xwin'.
P.S. Attached a small test program to show the HOSTNAME environment variable.
What you are describing here is exactly what my latest change in Woof fixes. xwin exports the updated HOSTNAME, then X is restarted and the updated HOSTNAME is now the global HOSTNAME value.
An application such as roxterm that reads the global HOSTNAME variable will then be reading the updated value.
This is a very old technique developed by GuestToo (any of you guys remember him?) for the LANG variable, and it works well.
So, I don't understand your response. You described a problem with roxterm, I implemented a fix. In what way does my solution not fix it?
Perhaps I have overlooked some important point that you have made, but I have not yet seen anything that convinces me that a reboot is required.
Also, vague comments that people should be concerned about my changes in Woof, are just that, vague, unsubstantiated. And unhelpful. You would need to test the code and point out something specific that is wrong or needs improving.
You made a similar vague comment about bugs in Woof awhile back, well, more than once, it seems to be a theme of yours.
The one I recall, was in a Forum thread of an alpha release of Wary or Racy, the purpose of which was specifically to find bugs and fix them. It made your comment at that time quite ridiculous.
So, I'm peeved. I prefer helpful feedback. I tolerate your comments because that is the nature of this forum, people can post what they want. But, I much prefer reading posts from people who have identified specific problems and posted about them or post fixes.
Whiners are a pain.
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 09:13
Post subject: Re: refreshing the global environment
shinobar wrote:
No problem when you run any program from the rxvt. The problem occurs for the roxterm who does not read /etc/profile, and if any program is launched from the menu and the program uses the HOSNAME. I don't know what program uses it. Restarting X is no help for this case. You need to exit X and type 'exit' and 'xwin'.
P.S. Attached a small test program to show the HOSTNAME environment variable.
Tested on Racy-5.3 replacing Barry's recent hostname-set, network_default_connect, networkdisconnect, quicksetup and xwin.
EDIT: Sorry, this test is outdated. I missed Barry's last update:
#120505 automatic network reconnect. refer /usr/sbin/hostname-set
Changed the hostname 'puppyxx' to 'newhost'. Restarted X twice.
rxvt shows new HOSTNAME,
but the script launched by Rox click
shows old HOSNAME value.
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 09:24
Post subject: Re: refreshing the global environment
BarryK wrote:
This is a very old technique developed by GuestToo (any of you guys remember him?) for the LANG variable, and it works well.
I guess you are talking on this code at the last stage of xwin.
#v1.0.5 thanks GuestToo for advice on this, works with chooselocale script...
NEWLANG="`cat /etc/profile | grep '^LANG=' | cut -f 2 -d '='`"
if [ "$NEWLANG" ];then #precaution
if [ "$NEWLANG" != "$LANG" ];then
export LANG=$NEWLANG
exec xwin
I am planning to change this part to the following for the lucid-528JP, Japanese edition:
. /etc/profile # shinobar: reload profile
exec xwin
not only for HOSTNAME but because some installed packages may have stuff in /etc/profile.d.
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Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 19:56
Post subject: New test
Was missing Barry's latest fix in the previous test.
Tested on Racy-5.3 replacing Barry's recent hostname-set, network_default_connect, networkdisconnect, quicksetup and xwin.
xwin wrote:
#120505 automatic network reconnect. refer /usr/sbin/hostname-set
#120511 hostname-set changed HOSTNAME, via quicksetup, X is restarted, update $HOSTNAME (was exported at bootup in /etc/profile)...
Changed the hostname 'puppyxx' to 'newhost'. Restarted X
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Tested Precise 5255
FirstRUN, the single screen localization tool in this distro hits ALL of the marks for localization needs OOTB.
It handles everything that is expected for launch on behalf of the user fabulously, And, it has
successfully navigated network notification
such that all devices know its network name whenever FirstRUN is used in this Precise. This was tested on 3 different DHCP routers and the results are the same! As well, each router shows it in their tables and in syslog on the LANs. No more delays or mis-names. This is behind us. And, FirstRUN gives users a central point of reference for all of its localization offering.
The stability, the sophistication, and the maturity, along with it operating consistently within a LAN makes this distro, a stellar OS. Precise can be considered for use in every home, school, business, library, village, or community on the planet. It adheres to desktop needs and behaves with an ease of use that other distros struggle to achieve.
I have published for several years that FirstRUN has really changed the nature of Puppy, its user interaction, its ease of understanding, and now, its overall abherence to its role on the LAN, This is a truly magnificent contribute as was ever made.
Thanks you Barry and Shinobar for all the good efforts,
and for the understanding, in this solution to something I have witnessed mature over the years. Puppy, in moving from text startup localization to single screen localization has made it simple for users to have good knowledge of what they are doing for their system use. And, it provides a great launch-point for user acceptance of Puppy and the Puppy services provided them.
Thank you,
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Post subject: hostname
As for my conclusion, the network need to refresh after the hostname is changed
only if
there is a local Dynamic DNS.
My answer is in the firstrun-2.2.
countrywizard.qs at line 1753- wrote:
#v2.2: hostname
if [ "$HOSTNAME" = "$HOSTNAMEORG" ]; then
set_hostname # ensure hostname settings
# check if network is ready
LANG=C route | grep -q 'default[ ].*[ ]0\.0\.0\.0[ ]' && grep -wq 'nameserver' /etc/resolv.conf && NETREADY="y" || NETREADY=""
if [ "$NETREADY" ]; then
# check if there is local Dynamic DNS
nslookup $HOSTNAMEORG &>/dev/null && DDNS="y" || DDNS=""
MSG=$(gettext "Hostname is changed.")
_ReConnect=$(gettext "The network need to refresh in case there is a local Dynamic DNS.")
_Servers=$(gettext "NOTE: Some servers like 'samba' need to restart if they are already runnng.")
[ "$DDNS" ] && MSG="$MSG\n$_ReConnect"
DISCONNECT=$(which networkdisconnect)
RECONNECT=$(which network_default_connect)
if [ "$DDNS" -a "$DISCONNECT" -a "$RECONNECT" ]; then
_ReConnectNow=$(gettext "Refresh the network connection now?")
errmsg yesno $MSG && REFRESH="y" || REFRESH=""
if [ "$REFRESH" ];then
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Although this
reported as solved, there seems to be a logic bug in the WOOF version for setting localization values in the system.
This bug surfaces when you, either,
do NOT have wired ethernet connection to a DHCP server, or,
you have 2 LAN adapters and you do NOT have wire in the 1st ethernet adapter, or,
your DHCP server is wired over the 2nd LAN adapter
The Bug is explained here.
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Today, for the Fourth of July, the Rio Grande Southern is hosting a backyard party and picnic. There will be live music on their outdoor patio with brats, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, beer and wine from 4 to 9 p.m. Come celebrate the Fourth here in Dolores.
Then this Saturday, July 6, there will be an all-day fireworks celebration at Groundhog Lake RV Park and Campground. Ralph Dinosaur will perform from 6 to 11 p.m. There will also be a tomahawk throw starting at 10 a.m., Navajo tacos, fry bread and pyro magic with Keenan Ertel. The fireworks start at dusk.
If you have new brochures or menus, or business cards please get them to us so we can display them in the visitor's center. Also if you have any special deals or events you are involved with, please let us know so we can get the word out for you. This service is absolutely free to all chamber members.
Well, the Fourth of July is here, and that means that our Escalante Days Celebration and Softball Tournament are just around the corner. The theme this year is "Dancing in the Streets." This year, Escalante Days will be Aug. 9 and 10, and there are still spots available for vendors. Call Ruby Gonzales at 882-7717, stop in the Visitor's Center or go on-line if you are interested in having a booth. It will start Friday afternoon and go all day Saturday.
Friday from 4 to 6:30 p.m., you can rock out with the timeless music of Louis Edwards and Yesterday. Louis has opened for Barbara Mandrell as well as other well known entertainers. Then on Saturday we will have a street dance to the music of Vanishing Breed.
Of course, Escalante Days will feature the usual events: a top-flight softball tournament, parades sponsored by the Montezuma Character Council, Galloping Goose rides, the Rotary Club's mountain bike race, the always popular Kiwanis Club Duck Race, chain-saw and arm wrestling competitions (this year sponsored by Riverfront Pizza), a live remote by D'Crow KKDC 93.3FM, as well as all the other family games that make Escalante Days the event of the summer.
Check out our Facebook site and you will see the latest picture from our June membership meeting at the Naked Moose and Business after Hours which was hosted by Soft Adventures Rafting. We frequently post new pictures there from our events and other things of local interest.
If you want to get to know your fellow Dolores residents, have some great food and refreshments, do some great networking and unwind from a busy day then you definitely want to check out our next monthly Business after Hours. The next one will be on July 25 at Four Corners Properties. In August it will be on the 22nd at the Rio Grande Southern on their outdoor patio; then Sept. 26 we will all meet at the Dolores River Campground formerly Dolores River RV Park, and for the final one of 2013 we will all converge at the 2nd Chance Thrift Store on Oct. 24th. The hours are 5 to 7 p.m. for every Business after Hours.
July 24 is the date for our next monthly membership meeting. The meeting will be at the Ponderosa starting at noon. Jay Mann from the Dolores Public Library will be our guest speaker. He will detail all of the new innovative programs he is kicking off in the library. Karma Coffee will host the membership meeting on Aug. 28.
Here are some other events planned for this summer:
July 27 - chili cookoff at Ground Hog Lake and RV Park.
Aug. 2-4 - annual Dog Agility Show in Joe Rowell Park.
Sept. 28 - Harvest Fest.
Contact the Chamber for more information about any of these events at 882-4018.


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Tuesday, 22 October 2013 07:14 PM
Lockheed spokesman Keith Little said the company decided to file a protest with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) because it did not believe the merits of its bid were properly considered during the Navy's evaluation process.
"After careful consideration, Lockheed Martin has protested the Navy's award of the Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) contract," Little said. "We submitted a technically compliant solution at a very affordable price."
Lockheed's protest came as lawmakers from New Jersey, where Lockheed builds the Aegis system and related radars, raised concerns about the Raytheon contract award, arguing that it would be more expensive than the Lockheed proposal.
Lockheed filed the protest late on Tuesday with the GAO, an arm of Congress that oversees disputes about federal contract awards, Little said. The agency now has 100 days to review the protest, with its ruling expected by Jan. 30.
Raytheon earlier this month beat out Lockheed and Northrop Grumman Corp to win the contract to design a next-generation air and missile defense radar for use on the Navy's Aegis destroyers starting in 2016.
Under the contract, Raytheon will build and test the new air and missile defense radar (AMDR) that will replace the existing SPY-1 radar built by Lockheed.
A Northrop spokesman declined comment when asked whether the company had protested the contract award by Tuesday's deadline.
Officials at Raytheon and at the Navy could not be reached for immediate comment on Lockheed's protest, which is expected to trigger a stop-work notice from the Navy.
Lockheed Chief Executive Marillyn Hewson told analysts earlier on Tuesday, before the company filed its formal GAO protest, that the company was evaluating a briefing it received last week from the Navy about its decision.
"We've been engaged on it, the Aegis system, for the past 42 years," she said. "We had deep understanding of that program and of the mission, so we were certainly disappointed."
New Jersey lawmakers sent a letter to Navy Secretary Ray Mabus dated Oct. 16 in which they expressed concern about the Navy's decision to begin working with a new company given what they called the "unprecedented success" of the Aegis system.
In the letter, the lawmakers said Lockheed offered "the lowest cost AMDR solution, which is low-risk and meets the key Department of the Navy leadership areas of affordability, ship fit, scalability and technological maturity." A copy of the letter was obtained by Reuters.
They said Lockheed offered the best value for the new radar given its past investment in the program, and had pledged to invest $135 million in the project as well as $70 million of capital improvements at the Morristown site.
"We are most concerned that the Navy's AMDR contract award decision, if implemented, would incur significant costs at this time of severe defense budget restrictions," they wrote, saying the decision could result in $400 million of extra costs.
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Image: Fish Dissection - Gills exposed
The gills of the Blue Mackerel.
- Gill filaments - the site of gas exchange
- Gill rakers - appendages along the front edge of the gill arch
- Gill arches - support the gills
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Gill filaments:
Just like the lungs of humans, the gills of fishes are the sites where oxygen is absorbed and carbon dioxide is removed. In addition, the gills are responsible to a varying degree for regulation of the levels of various ions and the pH of the blood.
The gill filaments of bony fishes (also known as a primary lamellae) are complex structures which have a large surface area. Off each are numerous smaller secondary lamellae. Tiny blood capillaries flow through the secondary lamellae of each gill filament. The direction of blood flow is opposite to that of water flow. This ensures that as the blood flows along each secondary lamella, the water flowing beside it always has a higher oxygen concentration than that in the blood. In this way oxygen is taken up along the entire length of the secondary lamellae.
Active swimming fishes, such as the Blue Mackerel have well developed gill filaments to maximise the amount of oxygen that can be absorbed. Less active, bottom-dwelling fishes generally have much smaller gill filament volumes.
Not all fishes rely totally on their gills to breathe. Some species, especially when they are young, absorb a large proportion of their oxygen requirements through the skin. Others species have well developed lungs for breathing air, and will in fact drown if they do not have access to the surface.
Gill rakers:
Gill rakers are bony or cartilaginous projections which point forward and inward from the gill arches. They aid in the fish's feeding. Their shape and number are a good indication of the diet of the fish. Fishes which eat large prey such as other fishes and molluscs have short, widely spaced gill rakers. This type of gill raker prevents the prey item from escaping between the gills. The gill rakers of the Blue Mackerel are like this.
Fishes which eat smaller prey have longer, thinner and more numerous gill rakers. Species which feed on plankton and other tiny suspended matter have the longest, thinnest and most numerous gill rakers, with some species having over 150 on the lower arch alone.
Gill arches:
Most fishes have gill arches. They are the boomerang-shaped bony or cartilaginous structures that support the gills. Each gill arch comprises an upper and a lower limb that are joined posteriorly. Attached to the gill arches are the gill filaments and gill rakers.
The gill arches not only provide support for the gills but also their associated blood vessels. Arteries entering the gills (the afferent branchial arteries) contain blood that has a low concentration of oxygen and a high concentration of wastes. Arteries leaving the gills (the efferent branchial arteries) carry blood rich in oxygen and low in wastes.
Additional information
- Helfman G.S., Collette, B.B. & D.E. Facey. 1997. The Diversity of Fishes. Blackwell Science. Pp. 528.
- Lagler, K.F, J.E Bardach & Miller R.R. 1962. Ichthyology. John Wiley & sons. Pp. 545.
- Michael, S.W. 1998. Reef Fishes. Volume 1. A Guide to Their Identification, Behaviour, and Captive Care. Microcosm. Pp. 624.
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New Gibson guitars have a reputation for dialed-in, off-the-shelf playability. To fine-tune and assure that highly desirably quality, Gibson has invested in state-of-the-art fret-dressing PLEK machines. The first two arrived at the Gibson Custom Shop in 2006, but as of this year every instrument built by both Gibson USA and the Custom Shop will benefit from the PLEKing process.
The best way to experience the results of the PLEK process is to visit your favorite music retail shop, pull any new Gibson guitar or bass off the wall, plug it in and play. But there's a lot of history and technical precision behind that instant playability.
PLEK machines are built and sold by A+D Gitarrentechnologie of Berlin, Germany. The machines were developed by musician and guitar instructor Gerd Anke with his partner Michael Dubach, who called their company PLEKTRON when it was founded in 1990. The goal of the PLEK process they created is to guarantee the best possible string action for each instrument. Simply put, a guitar with optimized playability sounds better. The strings do not strike the frets during playing and any intonation problems that may occur due to too-low string action are eliminated. Similarly, action that's too high is also a thing of the past with PLEKing.
The PLEKing process is done by CNC (computer numerical control) machines, which use microprocessors to perform their tasks. That doesn't mean human craftspeople are excluded from this process. The PLEK machine is ultimately a tool to reduce variances between guitars, which allows Gibson's expert builders to do their jobs more efficiently.
At Gibson's USA plant and Custom Shop, PLEK machines are located on the former sites of the fret filing departments. Every guitar is adjusted and set — that is, leveled and dressed — using the machines. The PLEK devices are remarkably self-contained: glass boxes with armatures and other mechanisms to run their cutting tools and measuring devices over the guitars. Gibson has created software templates for every model, and each machine takes about 10 minutes per guitar to work its magic.
Gibson's first PLEK machines were initially used only for the Vintage Original Spec series, but the accuracy of their fret and nut profiling made them an immediate hit. They are the ultimate fret filers. Gibson makes custom braces to seat the guitars in the machines. The truss rod on each guitar is adjusted prior to being placed in a PLEK machine by using the STS module, a string tension simulator that supplements the PLEK machines. Then the guitar enters the PLEK device and the machine simulates the string tension again while scanning the frets. The machine's on-board computer takes a 3-D graphic look at the fretboard surface, including the simulated position and height of the strings.
The machine's operator uses a Virtual Fret Dress menu to determine how much needs to be cut off from each fret and to set the fretboard radius and amount of fall-off suited for the instrument. The graph allows the operator to see the height of each fret, how high each fret will be after processing and — pre-PLEKing — where fretboard buzzes could occur because of frets being too high or too low.
When all the parameters for processing are determined, the frets and nut are cut to those parameters. The PLEK machines continue to simulate string tension as they adjust and file the frets and trim the nut. The machines can peel off just a thousandth of an inch if that is all that's required.
When the PLEK machine has completed its cycle the guitar rejoins the manufacturing line and all that's left is to hand polish the frets to a high gloss in the neck prep department.
Gibson's PLEK machines also provide an added value for customers, since the aftermarket cost of a guitar's ride on a PLEK machine at a repair shop can be as much as $300.


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Revenue U-turns on carousel carbon trading
Enviro-scammers left feeling green around the gills
Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs said that from midnight last night all trades in carbon credits will be VAT-free, because of fears that carousel fraudsters, who usually fraudulently exploit computer chips and mobile phones, will target the trade.
Carousel fraud or Missing Trader Intra-Community fraud occurs when goods are imported from a community country VAT-free, then sold on with VAT added. The trader then disappears without paying the tax to the Revenue. Goods can be, or can appear to be, moved several times between countries with tax added at each stage. It has been a huge problem for the UK, at one stage costing the taxman over £3bn a year.
Last week the Revenue told The Register it was seeing no evidence of a move into carbon credits by fraudsters. A spokesman said HMRC was aware that credits were a possible target and was monitoring the situation but saw no evidence of fraud.
This followed similar moves in France to make carbon credits VAT-free earlier in the month. In the Netherlands the rules were changed so that the buyer, not the seller, is now responsible for VAT payments. HMRC introduced reverse charging for computer chips and mobile phones in 2007 to counter fraud.
The Revenue said last night the move: "follows evidence that commodity trading in emissions allowances is being used by fraudsters to steal VAT revenues from the UK, and that the UK may become a major target for this activity in the coming months."
This takes effect immediately while an EU-wide solution is found. The Revenue's full statement is here. ®


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|System: PS3*, Xbox 360, PC
|Dev: Edge of Reality
|Pub: EA
|Release: December 4, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood, Language, Partial Nudity, Sexual Themes, Violence
That isn't to say Mass Effect isn't without its flaws. I finally understand why people hated the M35 Mako. I have new appreciation for all those YouTube videos showing it plummeting into lava, being attacked by a thresher maw, and being stranded on its back like a gigantic, metallic turtle. It's an unwieldy beast. Still, for some reason, I can't bring myself to hate it. In fact, I like to save, then try and get myself into the worst situation possible for giggles. It's troublesome, but once you accept that fact, you can start having fun trying to see just how bad it can get.
There are also some minor bugs. I've seen some graphical issues in Mass Effect. Sometimes a texture doesn't seem to display right. There were a few points where the frame rate dips. It's annoying, but expected. I experienced the same problems in Mass Effect 2 and 3, and from what I've heard the original Xbox 360 and PC versions of Mass Effect shared these flaws. It's a case where BioWare did the port, but didn't address the existing issues. Fortunately, none of these problems happen frequently. I'd typically see it happen once every 20 or 30 minutes.
The Mass Effect cover system is a turnoff too. It isn't terrible, but it's different from what I'm used to from Mass Effect 2 and 3, and it took about five encounters to adjust. I'm a big fan of just running up to something and automatically getting into cover. Mass Effect's system feels more complicated, but I do think part of the problem is me. I had gotten so used to playing a Sentinel and Vanguard in Mass Effect 3 and rushing up into enemies' faces that I needed to break that bad habit.
Still, I say a thank you is in order. Thank you, BioWare, for finally giving those of us with PS3s access to the full story. I'm looking forward to devoting a good chunk of the holiday season to replaying Mass Effect 2 and 3 with my shiny new Mass Effect save so I can experience the trilogy the way it was meant to be played.
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Players will need a copy of their birth certificate to register and the cost is $90 for the approximately 30-game season running from April through June.
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County Snapshot: Mitchell, 2013-2014
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May 2015
The Budget & Tax Center's Economic Snapshots provide a look at how well counties in North Carolina are faring across key indicators of economic well-being and opportunity.
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Resume: Fragrance and perfume connect with our most basic and primitive window on the world – our sense of smell. Animals use their sense of smell to find food, sense danger and mate. So, too, do human beings. Mothers and their babies bond through smell. Smell triggers memories buried long in our unconscious, probably because our sense of smell is linked directly to the limbic system, the oldest part of the brain, which is the seat of emotion and memory. Throughout the ages in Western civilization, fragrance has been used to communicate spirituality, passion, and both masculinity and femininity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7772
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Agambens politiske filosofi som anledningCarnera, Alexander (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Resume: Interaction design and usability have become important contributors to economic and cultural development in emergent economies in today's global distribution of the use and production of IT, but research and practice that incorporate cultural and non-western perspectives on software and interactive products are still in their infancy. This chapter presents theory of cultural cognitive styles and standard usability, and a framework for thinking about the maturity of cultural usability. The framework has five levels. Level I concerns the localization of the user interface, level II focuses on the localization of the usability evaluation methods, level III emerges with new user groups, level IV concerns historical changes in the concept of usability itself, and level V deals with managing a complexity of user groups. The chapter uses recent empirical results from studies of culture and usability to illustrate the need for the framework for thinking about the maturity of cultural usability. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7949
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Resume: One of the aims of the Eye-to-IT project is to investigate the possibility of using eye-tracking devices for detecting situations of targeted help for human translators. A prerequisite for automated assistance in human translation is the understanding and modelling of reading behaviour, the ability to follow human eye movements and to map gaze sample points — the output of eyetracking devices — onto words and symbols fixated. Within the Eye-to-IT project we currently use a so-called "Gaze-to- Word Mapping" (GWM) device (ˇSpakov 2008) that first computes possible fixations from sequences of gaze sample coordinates and then maps the fixations on the words which are likely to be fixated. This paper suggests an alternative framework of a probabilistic gaze mapping model for reading, in which fixations on textual objects are directly computed from the gaze sample points. The framework integrates various knowledge sources with the aim to compute the most likely fixations on words and symbols on the basis of the available data. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8043
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Franske adjektivisk afledte adverbier, der tager præpositionssyntagmer indledt med præpositionen à som argumenterEn valensgrammatisk undersøgelseSkot-Hansen, Annemette (Frederiksberg, 2009)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The purpose of this dissertation is to map the valency structure of a subset of the French adverbs. More specifically, the dissertation seeks to answer the following questions: What valency structure follows from the lexical content of the adverbs investigated? What is the nature of the semantic relation established? What is the status of the valents relative to the adverb and relative to other valents? The empirical object of investigation is focused on adverbs derived from adjectives which take prepositional phrases headed by the preposition à as their complement. In addition, the delimitation chosen for this dissertation is a class of adverbs which share the feature that they carry the suffix -ment, which developed from the Latin noun mens, meaning "spirit/thought/mood/tenor". It is argued that the fusion of an adverb and mens establishes the general meaning [in an adjective spirit/thought/mood/tenor], i.e. the adverb retains the general quality denoted by the adjective, but the meaning targets the verb situation (at clause level) or the quality (at phrasal level) which saturates the argument of the adverb. Following tradition, the analysis adopted here, takes the verb situation to be realised by the predicate, and the quality to be realised by an adjective phrase, which may be realised by a past participle or, in rare cases, by another adverb. Since the valent is required by the lexical content of the adverb, it is assumed, following Herslund and Sørensen, that the valent is a fundamental valent. Another important feature of the adverbs which are analysed in this dissertation is that they establish a relation between two entities. This means that in addition to its fundamental valent, the adverb takes a further valent which it links with the fundamental valent. This second valent is referred to as the second valent of the adverb. The two valents are analysed as two relata in a relation. Unlike the fundamental valent, the second valent is always at phrasal level. When the adverb functions at clausal level, the second valent is realised as the prepositional object of the preposition phrase headed by à. This realisation is, however, not possible when the adverb functions at phrasal level. It is argued that this is a consequence of the fact that it is impossible to insert other constituents between the adverb and the adjective, adverb or participle which is modified by the adverb. The result is that where the second valent is realised, the adverb moves from preposition to postposition relative to its fundamental valent. In the data investigated the second valent denotes very different entities such as situations denoted by verbs and qualities, but also objects and abstract entities. The individual adverbs which are investigated here each determine their valency. In general there are different sources that allow us to uncover the core meaning of a word. The sources chosen in this dissertation are: the semantic roles assigned by the adverbs, their symmetry, elements of shared semantics or partial synonymy, their morphology and etymological roots. In order to bring together these different sources, the dissertation postulates a denotation design for each adverb. The etymology of the adverbs has been a particularly helpful in determining the relation and valency they establish. In addition to adverb and adjective suffixes, the majority of the adverbs investigated have a preposition in their synchronic morphological make-up which denotes a relation between two entities: some adverbs contain both a preposition and a morpheme from another word class, e.g. comparativement and subséquemment, while others contain only a preposition, e.g. antérieurement and postérieurement. A very small subset does not contain a preposition, but only a single adverb morpheme which denotes the relation in question, so, for instance, the adjectives par and similis, which have formed pareillement and semblablement, denote a relation between two relata. From an etymological perspective, a few adverbs, such as latéralement, do not denote a relation – so it is only through the formal realisation of the preposition phrase that the relation is established. The dissertation maps the etymological and morphological structure of the adverb and the range of functions that the adverb and its valents can have at clausal and phrasal level. The function of the adverb is relevant to the extent that the function affects its semantics and its valency structure. The effect of function is seen in some adverbs when they operate on clausal or on phrasal level and in other adverbs when they modify entire clauses or just the verb. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7944
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en analyse af debatten om ledelsesmodeller i sygehussektoren med fokus på Århus AmtVinge, Sidsel (København, 2000)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Resume: This paper draws attention to the importance of the understanding of voluntary actions in the free market construct. Failing to understand the role of voluntary actions in the free market construct will often result in discussions of capitalism versus socialism focusing on asset ownership and not consumer sovereignty. I argue that asset ownership is less important than true consumer sovereignty, which again is the essential argument for why capitalism is the superior mode of resource allocation and social organization. The paper analyzes how our understanding of markets and voluntary actions are essential to the construct of consumer sovereignty. Understanding the degree of voluntary actions in a given commercial setting has implications for both business strategy and policy making. This paper thus aims to contribute to explain why restricted markets become crony capitalism. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9491
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Og dens relevans i dagHull Kristensen, Peer (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Dette working paper er en mere omfattende udgave af et Kapitel om "Den tidlige Organisationssociologi", som jeg har skrevet til Peter Kjær og Signe Vikkelsøs bog om Klassisk og Moderne Organiationssociologi, der er planlagt til at udkomme på Hans Reitsels Forlag i efteråret 2013. Dette working paper er mere omfattende og fylder flere ord end der var plads til i ovennævnte bog. Da meget af det, der nødvendigvis måtte skæres bort, forekommer mig specielt vigtigt, har jeg valgt at gennemarbejde den oprindelige version endnu en gang og udsende kapitlet på denne måde. Specielt vigtigt for mig var det, at der efterhånden, som jeg gravede, fremkom en vidensarkæologi, som var langt mere sammenhængende og stærk end jeg før havde troet. Samtidig blev det efterhånden tydeligt for mig at elementerne fra de forskellige forfattere kunne sættes sammen, således er der blev formet en meget stærk form for organisatorisk analyse-måde, som der er et voldsomt behov for i dag, hvor organisationsforskningen nok står over for lige så store udfordringer, som de tidlige amerikanske organisationssociologer gjorde under den progressive periode. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8772
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generationsskifte sætter værdier og praksis på spilChristensen, Søren (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6680
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En analyse af daginstitutionslederens betydning for et frivilligt engagement i de selvejende daginstitutionerHjerrild Carlsen, Mathilde; Højlund, Holger (Frederiksberg, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: I 2010 blev forsøgsprojektet "Netværksledelse i selvejende daginstitutioner. Et partnerskabsprojekt mellem kommunerne Svendborg, Århus og København" sat i gang. Deltagere var paraplyorganisation for selvejende daginstitutioner Menighedernes Daginstitutioner (MDI), de tre kommuner, 116 selvejende daginstitutioner og forskere fra Copenhagen Business School (CBS). I forsøgsprojektet var et væsentligt motiv at eksperimentere med ny partnerskabsorganisering. Projektet blev, som titlen indikerer, bygget op omkring tre kommuners samspil med sine selvejende daginstitutioner. En målsætning var at undersøge mulighederne for at formulere nye veje for selveje herunder at undersøge partnerskabet som en ny måde at organisere sig på med civile kræfter i de offentlige velfærdsydelser på daginstitutionsområdet. Projektets dagsorden var på denne vis udtryk for en både forskningsmæssig interesse i og en praktisk dagsorden om at engagere civile kræfter i de offentlige ydelser. I følgeforskningen har forskere fulgt udvalgte institutioner og gennemført undersøgelser af frivilligt engagement. Ønsket har været igennem interviews at få viden om brugen af frivillige bestyrelser og forventninger til bestyrelsesmedlemmer i daginstitutioner. En sådan viden om bestyrelser vil spille sammen med det overordnede forsøgsprojekts fokus på ledelse af frivilligt engagement på betingelse af nye samarbejdsformer, der folder sig ud på tværs af den offentlige og frivillige sektor. Det er et håb, at undersøgelsen kan bidrage til at forstå og problematisere betingelser for ledelse og ledelsespositioner i samspillet mellem det offentlige og frivillige. Datagrundlaget for undersøgelsen er forvaltningsdokumenter, kvalitative interviews med ledere og bestyrelsesmedlemmer i 31 selvejende daginstitutioner i tre kommuner samt udtræk fra kvalitative kommentarer i en spørgeskemaundersøgelse besvaret af 1.975 forældre. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9082
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What Would it Mean to be an Artisan of Finance?Thompson, Grahame (Frederiksberg, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper confronts the question of what a revitalized financial sector might look like if this were to be reconfigured so as to reproduce first an artisanal like persona for the financial analyst and craft like organizational structure for financial businesses, and secondly if this were to be re-territorialized so that it acted like a partisan rather than, as at present, like a disembedded footloose structure of 'global finance'. Initially the analysis is pitched at a rather abstract and theoretical level – pulling together artisans, nomads and partisans and tracing their intellectual lineages. But the chapter ends with three very concrete illustrations of actual financial relations in practice that meet some of the criteria for being both artisanal and partisanal. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8458
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product differentiation in Indian durable consumer goods industrySanyal, Amal; Patibandla, Murali (København, 1999)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6563
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on the Application of Three Techniques for Multivariate Data AnalysisJunghagen, Sven (København, 2000)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6405
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Nistrup Madsen, Bodil; Odgaard, Anna Elisabeth (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In order to develop a harmonised and efficient IT system, such as a database, it is important to be familiar with the underlying concept model (concept systems) for the relevant domain which the IT system should be designed to accommodate, as this forms the necessary firm foundation for designing the conceptual data model. Although there is no one-to-one correlation between concept and characteristic features in the concept model and classes and attributes in the conceptual data model, there are many similarities between concept modelling and conceptual data modelling, and by closely examining the relationship between the two models, we have strived to construct an algorithm for creating conceptual data models in Unified Modelling Language (UML) on the basis of concept models that adhere to the traditional principles and methods of terminology work. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8284
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New Adventures in the Public Management of Pay ScalesRennison, Betina Wolfgang (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Communication makes a difference. The manner in which we communicate creates the phenomena we communicate about. It can seem obvious, but we are nevertheless seldom aware of the complexity this constructivist assumption implies. Through an analysis of a new salary system in the public sector of Denmark (called New Wage), this paper theorizes this complexity in terms of Niklas Luhmann's systems theory. It identifies four wholly different 'codes' of communication: legal, economic, pedagogical and intimate. Each of them shapes the phenomena of 'pay', the construal of the employee and the form of management differently. In this chaos of codes the managerial challenge is to take a second order position in order to strategically manage the communication that manages management itself. Key words: Management; personnel management; human-relations; pay-system; communication; system-theory; discursive epistemology URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6381
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Larsen, Øjvind (Akureyri, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: From their beginning in the 1930s, critical theory and the Frankfurt school had their focus on a critique of disturbed social relations in western society dominated by totalitarian political regimes like Stalinism, Fascism, Nazism, and by capitalism as an oppressive and destructive economic system and culture. Now, 80 years later, this has all become history and thus it is time to leave the concept of critical theory behind us, and instead bring the concept of critique to a broader theoretical framework like hermeneutics. This allows the possibility of retaining the theoretical intentions of the old Frankfurt school and at the same time there will be no boundaries by specific dominant theoretical perspectives. In this paper, such a framework for a critical hermeneutics is discussed on the basis of Weber's, Gadamer's, and Habermas' theories on hermeneutics within the social sciences. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8998
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a redefinition of the strategies of local adaptation and global standardizationKragh, Simon (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7020
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Towards Relational Leadership In the Cultural SectorFriis Møller, Søren (Frederiksberg, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The thesis is an inquiry into how leadership is performed narratively in the cultural sector. Chapter 1 draws the cultural sector as a narrative landscape, and the reader is invited on a tour around this narrative landscape as seen through the eyes of some of the top guns in the cultural sector. Seen from this vantage, leadership in the cultural sector seems to be predominantly performed by relating narratives with reference to the metanarrative of the Enlightenment. The inquiry, however, draws on Lyotard (1984) to argue that such extralinguistic legitimization is in a crisis of legitimacy, wherefore the inquiry embarks on a problematization of the dominant understanding of leadership in the cultural sector with the activist aspiration of suggesting a postmoderning understanding of leadership in the cultural sector being performatively legitimized. Chapter 2 argues in favor of a relational, non-entitative understanding of narratives and it points to emplotment as a process of finding the best fit. This relational understanding of narratives allows the project to inquire into leadership performed narratively in all kinds of empirical settings, not confining itself to formal leadership contexts. Chapter 3 offers a genealogic approach to what the project has defined as the dominant narrative in the cultural sector, the narrative of art for art's sake (the AFAS narrative), which the project argues function as an implicit standard. This includes notions of aesthetic autonomy such as suggested by Kant in 1790, artistic freedom and art for its own sake such as claimed by artists in the Romantic era, and the arm's length principle as the 'constitution of cultural policies' in the post WW2 Western world. Chapter 4 provides an overview of alternative voices which have challenged the dominant narrative. These include post colonial studies, cultural entrepreneurial studies and consumer behavior studies which in various ways propose alternative ways to lead and support the cultural sector. Chapter 5 links the discussions in chapter 3 and chapter 4 to leadership studies, notably to discussions of leader-centered orientations versus leading relationally orientations. The chapter concludes by suggesting a new sensibility towards understanding leadership and meditates on how this might be achieved, paying attentions to the possibilities of overcoming the putative crisis of legitimacy the inquiry is placed in. Chapter 6 relates a case-study of Malmoe City Library which endeavors into a difficult, yet very promising process of reformulating what a library may become in a contemporary context. This process challenges the dominant narrative and thus the current understanding of what a library should be, and this deviation from the dominant narrative challenges leadership. Chapter 7 assembles three different approaches to challenges the dominant narrative and to make new interpretive resources available to the understanding of leadership in the cultural sector. First, givrum.nu, a social movement working with arts, second, Mogens Holm, a leader in the cultural sector in a transition phase, and third, Copenhagen Phil, a classical symphony orchestra striving to avoid becoming a parallel society phenomenon. These case studies are conducted as written interviews with the cases, in an attempted un-edited form to also introduce relational processes informed by a power with relation to my own research project. Chapter 8 reflects on the case-studies in chapter 6 and chapter 7 in light of the two approaches to leadership discussed in chapter 5. It does so by linking my study to relational leadership theory in order to see how this theoretical field might inform my inquiry and how my inquiry might inform this field. It equally offers five possible reconstructions of the cases before concluding the research project by summing up contributions to the empirical field and the research fields, as well as by pointing to areas which could be further developed in future research. In line with the aspirations of the relational constructionist framework of the project, the inquiry does not offer a conclusion. Instead it encourages further reconstructions, thus submitting itself to the performative legitimization it argues in favor of. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8590
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Qualifying OthernessJanssens, Maddy; Steyaert, Chris (k, 1998)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The diversity domain seems currently in a struggle, having critical debates about the future direction of diversity studies as well as diversity programs and actions. It seems to have neglected theoretical reflections on notions of 'diversity,' 'difference,' or the 'other.' The purpose of this paper is to think theoretically about diversity, arguing that it is the thinking itself that has to become different and that a different thinking will make a difference in addressing policies and actions. The main point we try to make is that diversity is not a matter of constructing identities but of a moving alterity. We will depart from the current debates in diversity management, in which we identify mainly four issues: a narrow or broad definition of diversity, a stable or dynamic conception of identity, the role of power, and the importance of the socio-historical context. With the discussion of these four issues, we will try to indicate the implicit 'theoretical' choices prioritizing the concept of 'identity', turning the issues of diversity into a managing of individuals and 'their' identities. Rather than pursuing the route of identity, we try to explore another route, paving a possible way of conceiving the other from the position of the other and not from fixed norms and possibilities. We therefor turn to the concept of 'alterity.' The aim of the paper is then to develop an alterity-thinking by connecting and relating to the philosophical work of Deleuze and Guattari, and Serres; the writings of Collins on the Black-feminist standpoint, and recent political studies on democracy. The qualifications that we connect and associate to alterity, are: its relation to an ontology of becoming, its crossing out of the identifiable into becoming anonymous, its dependence on safe, social-cultural spaces, and on open, empty public spaces. To conclude, we reflect on the different ways in which this alterity-thinking is related to the four critical issues of the diversity literature and discuss its qualifications as possible conditions for what we might sum up as an 'alterity politics.' URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8127
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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)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 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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CORVALLIS, Ore. (AP) -- Oregon State running back Jovan Stevenson has been suspended for the first half of the Beavers' game at Utah on Saturday.
The Pac-12 Conference suspended Stevenson for a late hit on a defenseless opponent during Oregon State's 33-14 victory over Hawaii last Saturday. The foul occurred on a punt return late in the first half.
The Pac-12 says the discipline is a result of the league's weekly review of all unsportsmanlike conduct or player safety fouls.
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When a Tree Spreads Peace: Hiroshi Sunairi's Tree Project
A house feels like a home when there is meaning behind the objects we hold dear. A plant with a history can also become something to cherish. Right now people the world over are participating in a project by artist Hiroshi Sunairi by growing trees from seeds, all of which came from Hiroshima, Japan. These trees are born from seeds that already have a powerful story.
Sunairi obtains seeds from trees that survived the bombing of Hiroshima. He then sends them to people to plant and grow, to experience the joy of nurturing a plant. Just as Hiroshima has become a city of peace out of such devastation, Sunairi has found a way to bring people together through the very trees that survive from this time.
On his blog, through his exhibitions, and also through his photo account on Flickr, people are brought together by this common thread of having grown a tree from hibaku (atom bomb) seeds.
I also received a seed over a year ago, a Hackberry tree. I was very proud when it sprouted, but then it died (so I thought) before I could take a picture. But I also could not bring myself to throw it out so, for some unexplainable reason, I planted it in a planter outside for the winter. As luck would have it, it was not dead, only hibernating. It came to life in the spring and now lives happily outside.
- Interview with Hiroshi Sunairi
- Tree Project Blog
- Sunairi's exhibition at the Hort. Society of New York in 2009
- Flickr set of Tree Project participants
- Flickr set of Atom-bombed trees still alive in Hiroshima
To participate and obtain your own Hibaku (atomic bomb) seed, contact Hiroshi Sunairi at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Matt writes a weekly column on plants, flowers and gardening. Feel free to e-mail questions to email@example.com
Images used with permission from Tree Project


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Recently, I put my guitar away and put my directing clothes on, which consist of a black Kink.com hoodie, dark rinse skinny jeans and black Nikes – and started work on Jill Sobule's video for her song "San Francisco" from her beautiful new album "The California Years." Jill and I have been friends for some time, and I have always wanted to work with her. She is a rare breed of singer. Her heart, head and voice are all at one. There is so much emotion and sweetness and light and stingingly bright humor and love in the way she sings. She sounds like a little girl going through a bitter divorce.
The song "San Francisco" is a perfect Jill Sobule song about her visit to a masseuse who shares her dreams to go to the city someday. I love San Francisco and am constantly fulfilling my dreams of going there, so I felt I was the perfect man for the job. Lorene Machado helped me get the first shots of Jill singing at her house. I loved this part so much, because Jill is really fun to hang out with. One of the things I love about Jill is that she is so incredibly alive, like cold water melting down a snowy mountain as the morning sun cracks the ice, and the life in her spills out in her songs, in her words, running down the hills of everyone around. I remember she singled out my little puppy Gudrun and told her, like it was a secret she didn't want anyone else to know – "when I get home, I am going to take a bath and get right in my pajamas! Right in the afternoon!" It was so cute, you could just scream. I got in a little masseuse costume and Jill and I played travel guitars on top of a borrowed massage table. I got wonderful shots of Jill playing all over her house. She's so fair and precious and pretty. I love to photograph girls. I think I must be some kind of dirty old man inside, creeping around with my camera trying to get a stolen glimpse of their underwear.
After I finished the principle photography with Jill, I headed to San Francisco for shots of the city, and also a kind of moving gallery of portraits, people I love and who represent San Francisco. I had one crew member, "Cho Show" alum Mookey Goh, who was my 1st AD, PA, grip, best boy, catering, locations and driver all rolled up into one. Our first subject was the illustrious Henry Lewis. We picked him up at Sword & Skull Tattoo and I also got to meet GRIME, who I absolutely adore and I wish I had a whole 'nother body so he could tattoo it. We took Henry to his studio, which he shares with Shawn Barber, who I tried to get in the video, but unfortunately, he was away at the Philadelphia tattoo convention. It's called the "get shit done" or "GSD" studio, as Henry and Shawn both sport the "GSD" tattoos and the life attitude of getting shit done. They are both world famous painters and tattoo artists and all around SF icons as well as being totally just hot guys. Henry said that I could also get a "GSD" tattoo as well, because I too, get shit done.
We gave Henry a ride home and then tried to shoot some of the drag show at AsiaSF, but since we didn't have permission, we had to leave – but it was all handled very politely I must say. They gave us a whole bag of delicious dinner to compensate, so it's all good. Not only is the show packed with stunning drag queens, the food is just divine. The chef there told me he has had a crush on me for ten years, so you know, I like them. They have a reality show coming out, and so their image is pretty tightly controlled. I am looking forward to seeing it!
The next location was infamous blogger Violet Blue's beautiful Castro home. I loved shooting Violet, not just because she's an absolute beauty, but also because I love her writing, and she is very much a San Francisco success story. She has gone from being a homeless teen to literary icon in just a short time, because she's still very young! She should probably sport a "GSD" tattoo as well. I put her in front of "No on Prop 8" sign. Her skin is very luminous and set off wonderfully by her jet black hair. I think the shots of her are my favorite of the whole shoot just because she's so darn good lookin'. Did I mention I love to photograph girls?
We waited for some very late drag queens. Drag time is like 2 hours later than everyone else, sort of like daylight savings time, so spring forward or fall back – it's gonna take 2 hours more because of makeup and hair, bitch. Tita Aida, Cecilia Chung, Christina and Monistat joined us. "Cho Show" fans might remember Monistat from the Vh1 promos, where she plays the drag version of me. Some people have a mini me. I have a maxi me, and that is Monistat. Everytime I see her, I am like, "bitch, why? why? why? you look exactly like me. bitch why?" It's like looking in a mirror if the mirror was a drag queen. I loved shooting all the drag queens but I just couldn't get enough of Monistat, who was burning up my lens so bad it melted and shit. She actually painted a yellow nicotine stain on her teeth as part of her drag. I couldn't stop shooting her and will likely make one version of the video with only Monistat for myself.
I had to kidnap Monistat and take her to our next location, the armory, where kink.com is. I am working with kink.com on another extra special secret project (NOT PORN- I wish), so I get special access and they let me stay there for free! I get my own room, #420 (appropriate). I put my maxi-me in the stairwells and shot the shit out of her. Then, I got Peter Acworth, the king of kink himself to don a little white thong leotard underneath a giant velvet and lace opera cape. He looked just like the Infant of Prague, or Le Petit Prince. He spun and spun and spun like a whirling dervish on the rooftop of the armory, overlooking the city. He spun around so hard he got dizzy and almost fell down. It was really hilarious and stunningly beautiful, and really captures him as he is. Peter is a like a mad king, but he's not really mad, just mad for his kingdom, and the kingdom of kink.com is a tremendously successful one. He's like Lord of the Cockrings.
We then went to my favorite place of all, Everlasting Tattoo, where my tattoo artist and friend Mike Davis tattooed shop assistant Ryan with an "SF" tattoo, just for me and my camera. We also played guitars to song like rock stars and I got some really pretty shots of the neon Everlasting Tattoo sign. Shit, I need to get more tattoos. We rounded out the weekend by shooting Mark Eitzel, from American Music Club. I love Mark, and he and I are working on a duet for my new album. He is a friend of Jill's too, and a San Francisco icon, and very handsome indeed.
I am getting better with the camera. I haven't picked it up in a couple of years. It takes some getting used to, since I forgot everything I learned from making all those music videos and short films. I just try to shoot too much, and then try to just be on the other side enjoying the images. The more I enjoy the subject, the better it looks.
I spent the better part of the morning shooting at Stephen Elliott's apartment, which is so classically Mission, with big bay windows that let in all that foggy white San Francisco light. I got cute Isaac Fitzgerald's on camera debut, as well as lovely Daphne and the sweet blondness of kink.com superstar Lorelei Lee. For the final sequence I went back to the armory and shot my darling Princess Donna, who put Stephen in some serious rope bondage and sat on him like he was a human swing. It was so incredible. I was really exhausted from shooting, but seeing that brought me back to life. Of course, I didn't take any photos, but I think I can steal some here and there from people to show you. Thanks to everyone in San Francisco, and especially to Jill Sobule and her beautiful song!!!
Violet Blue blogs about the shoot and posts some photos.


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kwanbis ~from HA? Hm, consistency-wise (scientific method, rigorous testing methodology, and so on), I'd expect something better from you than "Those who never used a trackpoint (at least for more than 1 day), do not understand how good they are"
...because, see, actual research suggest that trackpoints are inferior to touchpads (some examples linked in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pointing_stick#Comparison_with_touchpa... & http://cat.inist.fr/?aModele=afficheN&cpsidt=18522893 external link; and, conversely, note how the views and links supportive of trackpoint seem to be "subjective opinion" in character)
Reminds me also of http://plan9.bell-labs.com/wiki/plan9/Mouse_vs._keyboard/index.html
(and personally I do like trackpoints, I'm used to the concept; but...)
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Christmas Cards & More: Christmas Sweets
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Spectacular! Thanks so much for sharing these amazing projects.
You did, indeed, save the best for last...I LOVE this paper collection! All the cards and LOs are just too cute. This is going to be my Christmas mini album for our family! Thank you!!!
Can we please have a webisode a day? Just kidding, but I do so love them. Thanks for all your tips, your excellent products, and your smiling faces!
Wow, once again you guys did an incredible week of webisodes!! I say you can't possibly top that one, and you do!!! AMAZING TALENT!!! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us.
It is always a matter of pick and choose. Keep turning out these videos as I use it for inspiration - typically on Tuesdays, but luv the week long series most of all!
I have only caught this last session and loved it! I think it is a wonderful marketing approach. It makes one feel that YES! I CAN DO THAT! Ease of ordering is an abosolute plus as well. Great job girls! Keep up the good work and I hope to catch you in entirity the next time around.
You have done it again and my Christmas card making will be the talk of the neighborhood because of you. Thank you for all the time you spend to make my creativity grow.
Wow! All the Christmas stuff is great, but I found a new love in this set. Actually, I found it by accident yesterday, so I've already ordered it. Many of my friends and I are huge St. Louis Cardinals fans, so that tiny little bird that comes with the Joy die cut is right up my alley. I'm sure I'll use it for some Christmas cards, but I will also use it for Opening Day, World Series (yes, we ARE contenders again this year) and birthday cards. You COULD use the bird in other colors and pretend it's any type of bird you want, but I will ONLY use it in Cardinal Red
Love these. Thought I was finished shopping. Had to get these too. Thank you for the great ideas and beautiful papers!!
I love, love, love this Christmas collection. Don't know what I enjoy more the card samples or the scrapbook pages. Ladies, you have saved the best for last. Thank you for another exciting week of webisodes.
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