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Friday, October 15, 2010
Photoloom Training
We are doing an hour-long training on the FamilySearch certified program Photoloom. Please come and learn how this program can add visual excitement to your family history! See you at the Grove Creek FHC at 9:00 am tomorrow OR 8:00 pm Sunday evening!
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
Need Specific Country Help?
At the Riverton FamilySearch library, there are some consultants that specialize in certain countries. Don't forget to seek out their help! If you need help with another country, call the library and check with them as they are adding experts all the time!
- Scandinavian expert Linda Baker is available at the Library on Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
- Danish experts Orla and Karen Pedersen are available at the Library on Wednesdays from 2:00 - 9:00 p.m. and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
- German expert Ray Joos is available at the library on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
- Danish, Norwegian and Russian expert Larry Parkinson is available Tuesdays from 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m
- Don't forget that we have our very own German experts in our library on Tuesday mornings from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm. Kurt and Sheela Matthia can help you out!
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Friday, October 8, 2010
Major Updates!
Four Major Updates to Family Search Beta
The following announcement was written by FamilySearch:
At the end of last week we released another substantial update to the FamilySearch Beta website. In addition to the four major updates outlined below, we've made a large number of improvements under the hood that aren't really visible to users of the site but make a big difference in the overall performance and function of the site. Here's the quick list of updates.
- Redesigned Home Page
- Brand New – Getting Started Section
- Redesigned Learning Resources including online Research Courses
- Just Released - FamilySearch Center Section
Redesigned Home Page. We redesigned the home page to highlight more of the site features like the Getting Started Section, Learning Resources and FamilySearch Centers. We also added a basic browse by location feature under the search form. We plan to make the browse by location tool much more interactive over time and would love to get your suggestions of how to improve it. Click the Feedback link on the site to leave us a suggestion.
Brand New – Getting Started Section. We have big plans for the Getting Started section of the site. What we released last week is just the beginning. Right now you can look at profiles of some famous ancestors that have been researched by our experts in the Family History Library. You can also choose from a number of designer pedigree charts and fill out your own family tree. Another valuable addition to the Getting Started section isn't quite ready yet, but you can still see a placeholder for it on the page. A new four-part video series in the Getting Started section will teach people how to begin researching their family history.
Redesigned Learning Resources Section. The learning resources section has been redesigned to try and make it easier to access the tremendous content created by FamilySearch and a community of volunteers. You can quickly search over 40,000 articles containing a wealth of knowledge about how to do research or where to find records all around the world. You can also add your own knowledge by updating an article or creating a new article. We've also added over 100 online courses dealing with a range of topics from Beginning English Research to Reading Russian Records. Watch these courses online to learn to research or improve your genealogy skills.
Just Released – FamilySearch Center Section. The newly released FamilySearch Centers section replaces and expands upon the former Family History Library section of the site. You can learn about services available for free in over 4,000 FamilySearch Centers around the world. Looking for the closest FamilySearch Center? Just put your postal code into the FamilySearch Center and we'll mark it on a map for you.
We hope you enjoy these new features and continue to provide us with your feedback on what we can do to make the FamilySearch Beta a more valuable tool. Remember, just click the Feedback link on the site to tell us what's on your mind.
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Church History Library vs. Family History Library
Do you know the difference? Do you know that BOTH are important to your family history? The Church History Library focuses on the history of the church as a whole, whereas the Family History Library focuses on multigenerational families and individuals. The reason that you would want to use the Church History Library is that you can learn about the history of the time period of your ancestors. This additional information puts "meat" on the bones of your family history dates. Did you know that the Church History Library has the most complete listing of Mormon pioneer emigrants and companies who traveled to Utah from 1847-1868? See for yourself at www.mormontrail.lds.org. You will be surprised at what you can find! Of course, the Church History Library has much more than this one database! Check it out! Below is an example of what I found for my ancestor, Amelia Evans.
Friday, October 1, 2010
"Celebration of Family History" Videos
The nine videos celebrating Family History that were shown at the National Genealogical Society's annual conference held in April (this year in Salt Lake City!) are now available online. They are unlisted in YouTube's index so you have to know this link to find them. Please share this link with family and friends. They are very moving and inspiring! The link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfXVvWb0qOQ. The Clan McCloud is my personal favorite!
Are You a Mac User?
MacFamilyTree, version 6, has now been certified to work with new FamilySearch. If you haven't heard of this program, check it out at http://www.syniumsoftware.com/macfamilytree6/topfeatures.html. For those of us who prefer Macs, this is a step out of the schizophrenic world that we live in going between the two major platforms in the computing world! Yeah!
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Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), commenced a daily non-stop service between Abu Dhabi and Rome Fiumicino Airport yesterday morning.
A senior delegation from the airline travelled on the flight including Senior Vice President Executive Affairs, Hasan Al Hammadi and Senior Vice President Government and Aeropolitical Affairs, Khaled Al Mehairbi.
Guests onboard the inaugural flight were presented with special commemorative certificates to mark the occasion, while a ribbon-cutting ceremony also took place at Rome airport, hosted by Aeroporti di Roma (ADR) Aviation Marketing Development Director, Dr Fausto Palombelli.
Celebrations in Rome will continue with a gala reception attended by over 300 dignitaries, government officials, travel agents, tourism representatives and executives from Etihad Airways' partner airlines.
Etihad Airways' daily service to Rome is operated using Airbus A330-200 aircraft in a two-class configuration, featuring 22 fully-flat beds in Business Class and 240 seats in Economy Class.
President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, said: "Italy is a very important market for Etihad Airways and we are delighted to establish a second gateway here, after Milan Malpensa.
"By starting services to Rome, we have strengthened our commitment to Italy and reinforced the close economic and political relationship it shares with the UAE, which is Italy's leading trade partner in the Middle East and North Africa region.
"Demand from business and leisure travellers has been incredibly strong on this new route, strengthened by the convenient onward connections we offer in both directions, either with Etihad Airways' own flights or through our extensive network of codeshare and alliance partners."
Lorenzo Lo Presti, Aeroporti di Roma Chief Executive Officer, said: "We are honoured to welcome Etihad Airways to Rome, where the airline's new daily direct flight to Abu Dhabi represents another major milestone for growing passenger and cargo traffic to and from Italy's main airport.
"We have always been particularly attentive to emerging markets, and the Middle East is an area which continues to enhance the range of direct flights on offer. We are certain this new connection between our hub and the UAE capital will increase the flow of business and tourism traffic in both directions.
"Looking ahead, our strategically situated Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino airport stands ready to play its part welcoming more visitors to Italy, and providing easy onward connections to the rest of the Mediterranean area."
The schedule of Etihad Airways' Rome-Abu Dhabi flights offers convenient links to destinations across the Gulf region, Indian subcontinent, Africa, Asia and Australia. In the opposite direction, Abu Dhabi-Rome flights connect to European cities such as Belgrade, Bolzano, Tirana and Zagreb through flights operated by the airline's equity partners Air Serbia and Etihad Regional.
In addition, Etihad Airways codeshares on Italian national carrier Alitalia's services between Abu Dhabi and Rome, and beyond to a wide range of Italian domestic and European cities, including Milan, Bucharest, Sofia, Vienna, Venice, Madrid, Malaga, Budapest, Malta and Barcelona.
Earlier this month Alitalia and Etihad Airways were named as Official Global Airline Carriers for Expo 2015, the upcoming Universal Exposition which will be held in Milan from 1 May to 31 October 2015.
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When my father was in Sweden last September, he enjoyed drinking Swedish fresh milk very much, and gradually, he also began to like butter, cheese, yoghurt, and many other dairy products. He could drink one liter of milk each day, and a huge bowl of yoghurt. He also had butter spread upon bread, which he would never do in China.
"What left the deepest impression upon you in Sweden?" his friends asked him at his return. "The milk", he replied without hesitation, "oh, and the beef", he added, smiling.
In Longyan we do have fresh milk sold at supermarket, yet the so-called fresh milk tastes more like milk powder dissolved with warm water, leading to no milky taste at all. So when my father took a sip at Swedish milk, he could not let it go. He even thought about buying a can full of milk powder home to Longyan, for he assumed that Swedish milk powder ought to be tasty as well. But he failed to find any.
"Swedes would not want to drink powder milk when their fresh milk is cheaper and tastier." I explained to him. He finally gave it up, and I bought some more boxes of milk for him to drink before he headed back to Longyan.
I heard that he has lost the interest of drinking Longyan milk since he tried the Swedish one, and right now, he is trying hard to find the alternative. And I found one in Beijing! Unfortunately, longyan is way too faraway to have the milk delivered there.
My mother does not like milk generally, no matter whether or not it is from Sweden or China. But she still admits that Longyan milk does taste less milky, and that is the only milk product she can accept, yes, because it tastes less milky, and creamy.
I personally think that it is just a matter of habits. When I came to Sweden for the first time, I also turned myself against milk products, until right now, I can't live a day without a bowl of milk, be it Longyan milk or Swedish fresh milk. It has become a habit that I can't get rid of, something I like to stick to. I hope that I could gain enough nutrients from fresh milk so that I could grow a bit taller,a bit taller, that's all. Nah, I am joking.
Mobile games are getting increasingly popular among Chinese youngsters, amazingly popular, I must say, far beyond my imagination. As a matter of fact, not only youngsters, but also mid-age people are devoted to mobile games recently. What do they play? The simple brick building, the eating snakes, the bubble tricks, nah, none of these mechanical ones. They play games that require a great deal of concentration, intelligence, logical way of thinking, as well as money.
The most popular one in China is called Wang Zhe Rong Yao, namely, "The Glory of the King", developed by Tencent company. Released not more than five years ago, the game has reached such a degree where 90% of mobile users in China are bending their heads over the fighting scenes, at any possible place, for however long period of time – in subway, in toilet, in classroom, in office, in anywhere with or without Wi-Fi connection. There is no communication over mouths, for all the words to be shared stay in the games. What is the mutual activity at the reunion or get-together, except for one or two times of fighting through the games, and the winner pays the bill, the loser is in debts.
Those games with Glory as the leader, are, more or less, bringing strange people together through an intangible network. I feel out of connection, without being a player myself. Whilst everyone else is so much into their games, over the mobiles, I am sitting beside, looking out of the window, listening to their cheers and sighs. That's pretty much fun, I suppose, seeing them in harmony and myself not abandoned because of lacking knowledge of the game – I have learnt a lot too by hearing them exchanging information, and I bet I have got other things to do, and my interest does not stay there.
I definitely am not saying that mobile games are not good. What is bad is addictiveness towards everything, anything almost, even if that is something publicly known as "healthy".
Oh listen, my friends beside are starting to have another kill now. I do look forward to seeing who is going to pay for the lunch today, it would not be me anyway.
Chinese friends always ask me, if there are restaurants that serve Chinese food in Sweden.
"Of course, there are," I replied confidently, "and there are many."
Most Chinese tourists who come to Stockholm, would at their first instinct, seek for Chinese restaurants, rather than restaurants that serve western food. "Because Swedish food restaurants are expensive." some of my friends explained to me. "Same with Chinese restaurants," I answered, "They are, after all, restaurants in Sweden."
But they still turn to Chinese restaurants. I assume that it is because they are scared of trying something new and unsure. That is just one of the many reasons. Another major explanation, is that many Chinese people would have established a belief for themselves that they would not be used to western cuisine at all. And this belief is stuck inside their head throughout the entire trip, so that they would avoid running into any western restaurant eventually.
" I want rice," some Chinese uncles tell me, when I ask why they do not try some western food, "and western food is nothing more than hamburgers and fried chicken, what is good about it?"
There is no need to tell them, that the so-called hamburgers and fried chicken they see in Chinese cities, are just fast food in western countries, and there are many more well-made dishes that can hardly be seen in any western restaurants in China, not even in huge, international cities like Beijing. There is more food than rice with wok vegetables, and potatoes, pastas can be the staple food as well.
Do not establish a belief that would control your choice, and I can't be certain that because of the idea, you would miss a great deal of delicious goods.
A Chinese friend of mine has just moved from Lund to Stockholm. He wrote that he had already felt the high living cost in Stockholm, when he found no free parking place anywhere, and a ticket could cost up to 600 sek.
Honestly speaking, when I first moved to Stockholm I also found it expensive. Gradually, however, I realize that it depends on where you live, and how you live. Most importantly, after being in Beijing so many times, I do not think that any foreign friends would think that Beijing is so cheap, or China is so cheap any longer.
To live in Beijing is also very costly, especially accommodation. The price is not lower than that in Stockholm, the central Stockholm. But one advantage with Beijing accommodation is that there are far more choices than those in Stockholm - you can rent a windowless room for no more than 1000 rmb per month, yet it is still in Center of Beijing. But in central Stockholm, such a thing might not be possible, unless the conditions are way too terrible to have human beings living inside.
As for the groceries and restaurants, it is the same. Eating at an ok restaurant would cost around 100 per person, whilst eating at a fancy restaurant, it would cost naturally even more. But there are choices for 10 rmb one meal as well.
There are no cheap places in the world, it is just a matter of how much money you have. And there is no need to pick a place just because it is cheap, you should pick the one that suits you and you love.
The news that terror attack occurred in Stockholm reached my family in Longyan directly after it was sent in the air. All my friends, relatives and even working partners rang and asked if everything was fine with me. I told them that I was not close to that area when the incident happened, they all felt relieved.
News travels very fast nowadays, with internet connecting the entire world. Chinese journalists residing in Stockholm uploaded the information as soon as they received the material, leaking it out to the land six hours ahead of time. But that is not what grips my heart – the care of the family and friends is.
Loneliness is not about the external environment, but what lies inside the heart. Even if you spend most of the day by yourself, it would not make you one man, as long as you have someone, either near or far, who cares about you. They do not have to send messages to you every single day so as to stay in touch, to show their existence, or their care, what they need to do is to appear whenever you are in need of them, for a moment's conversation, or just a message that asks how you have been doing these days.
For me, I think the best friendship/ relationship, is when you are sitting together, and even if you have got nothing to say, you would not feel embarrassed at all, for having you around is already a huge bless.
Basically, no one is alone, unless you keep yourself isolated, and refuse to show yourself to the world.
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AppAppeal.com recently posted a map that shows popular health apps in an interesting and interactive way. In the picture below, there is a key to show what the different colors mean. The map displays health apps popularity by country, and I think it was pretty neat to see the trends.
I wasn't too surprised to see that WebMD is most popular in the United States. It's definitely one of my favorites, and I feel like I'm constantly getting emails or updates about the website and the mobile app. Most of the apps on this list I have used or at least heard of, so I'd be interested in hearing why certain apps are more popular in different parts of the world. Is WebMD more focused on ailments that affect Americans? Is Livestrong, which appears to be used in the most countries world-wide (according to this map), more dynamic and trusted?
One thing that caught my eye was the popularity of ZocDoc across Russia and in parts of South America. I'll be honest, I've never heard of it. After seeing it on here, I figured I should look it up and see what it was all about. Basically, you select your insurance, where you live, and what type of doctor you are looking for, and if any doctors in your area is participating with ZocDoc, it will pull up open appointments for that doctor. There weren't any doctors in my area that were participating, but I could definitely see how this would be awesome. Whenever I look at my healthcare provider's website and search for physicians, I always wish there was a way to just set up an appointment right then and there, or to be able to compare qualifications. It looks like there is also additional information about the education, reviews, and experience about doctors. I'm a little confused as to why it's so popular in Russia and South America, because as far as I could see, it is based on American doctors, but perhaps there is an international version available?
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As economies across the globe continue to contract, navies, armies, and air forces are being told, if not, "do more with less" to at least "do the same with less." Proceedings thus asked sea-service commanders around the world: What innovative efficiencies and economies are you implementing, or considering implementing, to improve force readiness?
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A country's state of readiness is the full range of defense strategy that allow its forces to provide the flexibility needed to shape the environment, deter political foes, and, if required, to rapidly respond to a broad array of threats. The world over, maintaining navies is becoming a difficult venture because of the high maintenance and operating costs. It has thus become necessary for navies—especially brown-water navies—to examine how innovative they can be to operate within scant economies. The Ghana Navy recently benefited from the acquisition of a number of platforms and other vital installations that make it more efficient and combat-ready.
Certain innovations have been put in place to ensure we are not sidelined because of the harsh economic environment. Some of these innovations are in area surveillance, collaborating with the maritime industry, and cooperation with neighboring navies.
Sea surveillance: This is defined as "the systematic observation of surface and subsurface sea area by all available and practical means." For our navy to achieve the desired level of sea surveillance, the government has invested heavily in the acquisition of vessel traffic management information systems (VTMIS) and shore radars. The VTMIS includes the automatic identification system (AIS) already in operation in the country.
Ghana Armed Forces achieve better force readiness through joint training and exercise among the three services. The Ghana Air Force recently established a maritime air wing, and a program is in place for joint training with the navy to promote effective sharing of information within the domain. When that is fully achieved, ships could be guided directly to targets as opposed to the sometimes haphazard patrols currently conducted. The sailings of Ghana's fleet will now be more mission oriented, increasing effectiveness and efficiency, as fuel will not be spent unnecessarily.
Collaborating with the maritime industry: Our navy has established an informal means of gathering information about the maritime domain from Ghana's fishing and merchant fleets, and others who operate in the domain. Information about any suspicious activities is quickly relayed to the Navy for prompt action.
Cooperation with neighboring navies: Because of the transnational nature of many criminal enterprises, no one country can successfully fight maritime crime alone. Ghana's navy is pursuing subregional maritime cooperation with sister navies through training and exchange of information and visits to enhance safety and security.
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Abstract: We propose a complementary approach to analyze the impact of immigration on the wages of native workers. Using linked employer-employee data from Denmark for a relatively long time period (1993-2004), we study the consequences of an increased use of immigrants at the most disaggregate level – the workplace. We find that an increase in the share of workers from less developed countries at the workplace has a signifi cantly negative effect on the wages of natives – also when controlling for potential endogeneity using both fi xed effects and IV. The use of immigrants from more developed countries also appears to be correlated with wages. However, these correlations disappear when controlling for unobserved fi rm and worker characteristics and are thus likely to reflect selection rather than a causal effect of these immigrants. Finally, we find a positive impact on the wages of native workers from having Eastern European co-workers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7638
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Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper identifies several distortions which create barriers to entrepreneurship. First, in addition to the innate entry cost, there are entry costs caused by regulation. Second, union wage policies raise the opportunity cost of entrepreneurship. Third, inefficiencies in the transmission of tacit knowledge between generations of entrepreneurs can arise: with access to within-family ownership transfer, the outside market for entrepreneurship operates as a lemon's market. This problem becomes relevant when the economic life of a business idea exceeds the active life of an entrepreneur. barriers to entrepreneurship, tacit knowledge, occupational choice URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7711
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Rosholm, Michael; Scheuer, Christian; Sørensen, Anders (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of globalization, in the sense of increasing international trade, on the demand for skills in Danish manufacturing companies. The study is based on a unique data set that enables us to develop rich measures of international outsourcing and import penetration. Moreover, the data also allows several strategies to strengthen the causal interpretation of our results. The main finding of the analysis is that it is of crucial importance to distinguish imports - both in the form of outsourcing and overall imports - by country-of-origin. We find that international trade with low-wage countries leads to skill-upgrading. This is especially pronounced for import penetration with a ceteris paribus contribution of around fifty percent to skill-upgrading. Moreover, we find that import penetration in goods originating from high-wage countries lead to skill-downgrading. This latter result suggests that Danish manufacturing has comparative advantage in skill intensive production when compared to low-wage countries, but in unskill-intensive production when compared to high-wage countries. Skill-upgrading, Low-wage country outsourcing, Low-wage country import penetration, Comparative advantage URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7709
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Rent Sharing or Composition?Fosse, Henrik Barslund; Maitra, Madhura (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Offshoring firms are found to pay higher average wages than purely domestic firms. We provide a unifying empirical approach by capturing the different channels through which offshoring may explain this wage difference: (i) due to change in the composition of workers (skill composition effect) (ii) because all existing workers get higher pay (rent sharing effect). Using Danish worker-firm data we explain how much each channel contributes to higher wages. To estimate the causal effect of offshoring on wages we use China's accession to the WTO in December 2001 - and the soon after boom in Chinese exports - as positive exogenous shocks to the incentive to offshore to China. Both skill composition and rent sharing effects are found to be important in explaining the resultant gain in wages. We also show that the firm's timing in the offshoring process determines the relative importance of a channel. For firms offshoring to China in 2002 but not in 1999, only rent sharing explains the gain in wages. For firms offshoring to China both before and after China's WTO accession the wage increase is explained mostly by the skill composition effect. Moreover, these patterns are not discernible from the measures of skill composition and rent sharing available in typical firm level datasets - like ratio of educated to uneducated workers and sales per employee. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8540
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Glazer, Amihai; Kanniainen, Vesa; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We consider the effects of income redistribution when people can migrate from one country to another, and when land within each country is heterogeneous. Taxes related to income can then affect property values, and can induce migration, which further affects property values. We show that under these conditions a utilitarian government should never equalize after-tax incomes. If migration is impossible, it may even transfer income from the poor to the rich, reducing the rents earned by absentee landlords. The redistributive tax on the rich may be higher or lower when the rich can migrate than when they cannot. A Rawlsian government in the absence of mobility will equalize after-tax incomes. Under mobility, Rawlsian governments cut their taxes if and only if the relative pre-tax income of the poor is sufficiently low. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7689
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Fehr, Hans; Habermann, Christian (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The present paper studies the growth and efficiency consequences of tax-favored individual retirement accounts in a general equilibrium overlapping generations model with idiosyncratic lifespan and labor income uncertainty. We distinguish between economies with rational and with hyperbolic consumers and compare the consequences of mandatory and voluntary retirement plans with and without annuitized benefits. While a full taxation of capital income yields the highest efficiency gains in the rational consumer model, annuitization and hyperbolic discounting substantially improve the economic efficiency of IRAs. We also show that annuitization alters the intergenerational welfare consequences of the reform substantially, since it reduces accidental bequests. Finally, even if mandatory saving programs have a clear cost advantage, they are only recommendable if consumers are myopic. individual retirement accounts, annuities, stochastic general equilibrium, hyperbolic consumers URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7710
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For Økonomi- og ErhvervsministerietJunge, Martin; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
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Kaiser, Ulrich; Kongsted, Hans Christian; Rønde, Thomas (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We measure the quantitative importance of labor mobility as a vehicle for the transmission of knowledge and skills across firms. For this purpose we create a unique data set that matches all applications of Danish firms at the European Patent Office to linked employer-employee register data for the years 1999-2002. The Danish workforce is split into "R&D workers", who hold a bachelor's or a master's degree in a technical field, and "non-R&D workers". We find that mobile R&D workers ("R&D joiners"') contribute more to patenting activity than immobile R&D workers. Furthermore, R&D workers who have previously been employed by a patenting firm ("patent exposed workers") have a larger effect on patenting activity than R&D workers without this experience. Patent exposed R&D joiners constitute the most productive group of workers: for firms that patented prior to 1999, one additional worker of this type relates to an increase in the number of patent applications of the new employer by 0.0646. This corresponds to a 14 percent increase in the mean number of yearly patent applications. We also find that mobility of R&D workers increases the joint patenting activity of the donor and recipient firms, confirming the importance of labor mobility for innovation in the economy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7704
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Fosfuri, Andrea; Rønde, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We study a situation in which an R&D department promotes the introduction of an innovation, which results in costly re-adjustments for production workers. In response, the production department tries to resist change by improving the existing technology. We show that firms balancing the strengths of the two departments perform better. This principle is employed to derive several implications concerning the hiring of talents, monetary incentives, and technology investment policies. As a negative effect, resistance to change might distort the R&D department's effort away from radical innovations. The firm can solve this problem by implementing the so-called "skunk works model" of innovation where the R&D department is isolated from the rest of the organization. Resistance to change, innovation, skunk works model, contest. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7691
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Labour Market, Health Care and Prescription DrugsHøjbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper uses a register dataset for the entire Danish population to examine the effect of early motherhood on labour market measures, health care measures and family measures for the mothers and their offspring. The dataset is divided into three groups according to the age of the woman at the time of her first child delivery. Using standard cross-sectional econometric techniques the results show that very young mothers (aged 16-21) have significantly lower employment rates, higher propensity to receive welfare benefits and a lower wage income. Children of very young mothers have a higher family replacement rate, more services received from General Practitioners and a higher propensity to receive ADHD-medications. The majority of the effects reported are also significantly greater for mothers who were aged 22-25 at the birth of their first child compared to older mothers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8377
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Keller, Katarina; Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andres (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Economic theory predicts that military conscription is associated with static inefficiencies as well as with dynamic distortions of the accumulation of human and physical capital. Relative to an economy with an allvolunteer force, output levels and growth rates should be lower in countries that rely on a military draft to recruit their army personnel. For OECD countries, we show that military conscription indeed has a statistically significantly negative impact on economic performance. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7714
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Koskela, Erkki; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We evaluate the effects of international outsourcing and labor taxation on wage formation and equilibrium unemployment in dual labor markets. Outsourcing promotes wage dispersion between the high-skilled and low-skilled workers. Higher domestic low-skilled wage tax, higher payroll tax and lower wage tax exemption increase optimal outsourcing. Outsourcing will reduce equilibrium unemployment of low-skilled workers both in the presence and absence of labor taxation. In the presence of outsourcing, wage tax, tax exemption and payroll tax have an ambiguous effect on equilibrium unemployment. Increasing the degree of tax progression decreases the wage rate and increases the demand of low-skilled workers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7697
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Junge, Martin; Meisner Nielsen, Kasper; Torp Jespersen, Svend; Kragh Jacobsen, Jesper; Bennedsen, Morten (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Firms in the European countries today have the possibility of choosing from a range of control enhancing mechanisms giving the controlling owners an amount of influence which is disproportional to their share of cash flow. The list of control enhancing mechanisms includes dual class shares, pyramidal ownership structures and several others. The justification for these control enhancing mechanisms is currently the subject of much debate within the European Union. The opposing positions in the debate can be stated briefly as i) the control enhancing mechanisms are an impediment to takeovers and should therefore be removed to improve the market for corporate control. ii) Removing the control enhancing mechanisms reduces the contractual freedom to decide desirable ownership structures. This report investigates whether ownership structures affect firm performance. To do so this study provides a description of the current ownership structures in European countries and the economic outcomes for firms using different ownership structures. The results are presented in the tables below. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7491
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En analyse på baggrund af en detaljeret uddannelsesopdeling. Teknisk baggrundsnotatFosse, Henrik Barslund; Højbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: CEBR har for Djøf udført en opgave, der har bestået i at få klarlagt produktivitetseffekter af uddannelse på et relativt højt detaljeniveau. Opgaven omfatter to dele: Den første del er en klarlægning af såkaldte egen- og fælleseffekter på 16 uddannelsesgrupper defineret ud fra fire uddannelseslængder og fire uddannelsesretninger. Beregningerne er udført på brancheniveau og inden for sektorerne privat fremstilling og privat service. Den anden del af opgaven omfatter en konsekvensberegning af at løfte Danmark op i OECD's top 5, når det gælder andel af personer på arbejdsmarkedet med en videregående uddannelse. CEBR har beregnet produktivitetseffekter inden for sektorerne privat fremstilling og privat service. Endelig har Djøf ønsket, at de samlede produktivitetsgevinster af et uddannelsesløft omsættes til populære størrelser i velfærdsdebatten. Dette notat indeholder en beskrivelse af beregninger af uddannelseseffekter. Beregningerne tager udgangspunkt i allerede estimerede marginaleffekter og følger tidligere anvendte metoder. Notatet inddelt som følger: Kapitel 2 er et kort teknisk kapitel, der informerer om data samt kort opremser litteraturgrundlaget og de anvendte metoder til at beregne effekterne af uddannelse. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8742
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En analyse på baggrund af en detaljeret uddannelsesopdelingFosse, Henrik Barslund; Højbjerg Jacobsen, Rasmus; Lykkebo, Ole Bech; Brandt, Kathrine Marie Skou (København, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne rapport handler om den ekstra værdi, som højtuddannede er med til at skabe i de virksomheder, hvor de er ansat. En ekstra værdi som sætter virksomhederne i stand til at levere kunderne serviceydelser og produkter i en højere kvalitet eller til en lavere pris end ellers. Den ekstra værdi kan opstå på mange forskellige måder afhængigt af uddannelse og branche. Eksempelvis skaber det ekstra værdi, at kvinden med boret er uddannet tandlæge, når man sætter sig i tandlægestolen for at få en omfattende og måske bekostelig behandling. For en familie, der køber og renoverer et gammelt hus, har det også ekstra værdi, at det er en uddannet el-installatør, som udfører el-arbejdet. Det kræver loven i øvrigt også. Ligesom det har værdi for en dansk vækstvirksomhed, som opkøber en udenlandsk konkurrent, at uddannede jurister har styr på kontrakten, så investeringen sker på det rette grundlag. Denne rapport sætter for første gang i en dansk sammenhæng krone og ører på den ekstra værdi – også kaldet højere produktivitet – som samlet er forbundet med alle de meget forskellige kategorier af videregående uddannelser i den private sektor1. Analyserne viser effekterne opdelt på uddannelseslængde, fagretning og branche. Mere uddannelse skaber højere værditilvækst pr. præsteret time i den private sektor. Dermed er der udsigt til højere produktivitet ved at øge uddannelsesniveauet. Samtidig foretages en samlet beregning som viser, at velstanden i Danmark vil stige betydeligt i form af øget BNP, hvis en større andel af de privatansatte har en videregående uddannelse. Flere højt-uddannede privatansatte vil forbedre virksomhedernes produktivitet og dermed styrke konkurrenceevnen. Det vil også kunne få en gunstig indvirkning på eksport og beskæftigelse. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8741
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Harr, Thomas; Rønde, Thomas (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We study the optimal regulation of banking groups ("banks"), taking both minimum capital requirements and legal structure into account. A bank can set up either as one legal unit facing limited liability jointly (branch structure) or as a bank holding company with subsidiaries (subsidiary structure). Banks are exposed to risk from their unobservable asset choices and to exogenous risk from their environment. We show that banks with branches are more prudent in normal times than banks with subsidiaries, but are also less prudent when problems arise. A regulator that observes banks' exogenous risk should optimally determine both capital requirements and legal structure. If the exogenous risk is private information to banks, it can be optimal to screen banks according to risk by setting capital requirements appropriately, and letting banks choose their legal structure. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7708
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The Effect on Transitional GenerationsKoethenbuerger, Marko; Poutvaara, Panu (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We show that taxation of rents may yield an intergenerational Pareto-improvement in a small open economy provided tax revenues are earmarked to reduce wage taxes. Previous literature has shown that rent taxation benefits current young and future generations, while we show that it also benefits the current old generation when the initially prevailing tax mix is sufficiently skewed towards wage taxation. Rent Taxes, Capitalization, Transitional Dynamics, Labor Supply, Asset Prices. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7685
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Retirement Indexation in a Stochastic Model with Overlapping Generations and Endogenous Labour SupplyHagen Jørgensen, Ole (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Using a stochastic overlapping generations model with endogenous labour supply, this paper studies the design and performance of a policy rule for the retirement age in response to fertility and mortality shocks. Two main results are derived: First, to oset a change in the labour force the retirement age should adjust more than proportionally to the fertility change and, second, to be socially desirable the retirement age should be indexed less than proportionally to changes in life expectancy. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7688
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Heterogeneity and Non-LinearitiesIversen, Jens; Malchow-Møller, Nikolaj; Sørensen, Anders (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The returns to education in self-employment are addressed in four different specifications of the relationship between log income and years of schooling. The specifications range from a standard Mincer equation with a constant percentage increase in income to an additional year of schooling to the most flexible specification with dummy variables for the different number of years of schooling split into different types of education. Based on the more flexible specifications, important non-linearities and heterogeneity in the returns to education in self-employment are found. These results are robust across different estimation methods: OLS; Heckit correction models to handle sample selection; and IV to deal with the potential endogeneity of years of schooling. Moreover, the results are insensitive to the use of different sample years, different definitions of self-employment, and different income measures for the self-employed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8225
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Jacobsen, Jóannes (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Vækstkautioner fra Vækstfonden giver anledning til privat finansiering af erhvervsaktivitet, som ellers ikke ville opstå. Vækstkautioner udstedt i 2011 medførte, at virksomhederne kunne skaffe samlet privat finansiering for 1153 mio. kr. til at foretage investeringer for. Beregninger i ADAM modellen viser, at investeringerne over en 3-årig periode skaber 872 arbejdspladser årligt – eller 5 arbejdspladser per virksomhed. I forhold til de forventede tabsudgifter på udstedte Vækstkautioner er beskæftigelseseffekten per udgiftskrone 15 gange større end effekten af udgifter til offentlige investeringer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8660
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Fresh North Shore restaurants to explore in 2013
As we enter 2013, things are hopping on the North Shore restaurant scene. Some of the biggest changes are taking place in Beverly, a town often overlooked by local foodies.
Barrel House American Bar (252 Cabot St.) has taken over the former Mandrake space with a terrific mix of craft cocktails and bistro food.
We visited shortly after it opened and can attest to chef Patrick Shea's creativity and Sean Maher's deft pouring hand. Shea met Maher (managing partner) at Eastern Standard, and the two have outdone themselves on this venture, which is backed by Soma's Nik Paras and Anesti Lazarides.
The sidecars are perfectly balanced, the poutine is a must-try, the scallops were perfectly cooked and extremely fresh, the burger was juicy and flavorful, and the "twinkee'' dessert (a concoction of white cake, Nutella, and ice cream with a pretzel coating) was strange, but satisfying. We loved the attention to detail, from the breadsticks with herbed yogurt dip to the house-made sparkling water and sharp-edged ice cubes.
A few blocks away, EJ Cabots (282 Cabot St.) occupies the former Tryst space, renovated to give it a tavern feel. The décor features local artists, the food is eclectic comfort, the chalkboard specials change nightly, and the Sunday brunch features a Bloody Mary bar with bacon and Slim Jim mix-ins. Co-owners Joe Deisley (formerly of Brodie's Pub in Peabody) and Emilie Grant tell us the place has been busy since its August opening.
We have not made it there yet, but we are hearing raves about Prides Osteria (240 Rantoul St.), owned by Michael Magner of Prides Pizza in Beverly Farms. The kitchen is run by Paolo Laboa, who spent six years with San Francisco's Farina Restaurant Group and whose pesto won the World Pesto Championship in Genoa, Italy, in 2008.
The Beverly osteria is in the former Harry's 240 space and features a farm-to-table approach with a menu that changes nightly and features house-made pasta and desserts, along with creative antipasti, thin-crust pizza, and entrees made from organic meats.
In Newburyport, the popular Ceia Kitchen & Bar (38 State St.) is moving to new digs. Chef Patrick Soucy, who was invited to cook at the James Beard House in December, will prepare his coastal European cuisine in the three-story building recently vacated by Rockfish. Owner Nancy Batista-Caswell tells us the décor in the 144-seat space will include a copper-top bar and dining on the first floor, an open kitchen and 14-person chef's table on the second floor, and an intimate bar on the third floor, along with lounge seating.
Batista-Caswell is working on a different concept in Ceia's original space, featuring crudo-style seafood from chef Corey Marcoux, most recently of the Gallows in Boston. After a complete remodel that includes installing a marble bar, Brine Oyster Bar (25 State St.) will open in February with live oyster shucking, prime meats in creative surf-and-turf dishes, Italian and French wines by the glass, and craft beers.
In Salem, we were excited to discover the Jean-Louis Pasta Shop (84 Derby St.), just opened by Jean-Louis Faber and his partner, Connie Rosen, a few blocks from the House of the Seven Gables. Featuring ravioli of unusual size, dried pastas, all-natural wine- flavored sauces from Vino de Milo, and a line of infused oils, this place is worth seeking out. The pasta is handmade by Faber in the shop and can be purchased frozen for $5 to $15 per bag of 10 (each bag easily feeds two people).
We tried the artichoke/provolone and the smoked mozzarella and will be back for more — rich fillings and gorgeous, toothsome pasta in unusual shapes. Faber told us regulars are stopping in for once-a-day fresh pasta (around 5 p.m.), and he plans to sell country bread with roasted garlic and French-style sandwiches within a few months.
We cannot wait to try Gloucester's newest offering, Ohana (151 Main St.), which opened in May and won North Shore magazine's award for best new restaurant. Chef/owner Enx Dadulas is cooking up Hawaiian fusion cuisine such as teriyaki-glazed bacon-wrapped duck roulade and misoyaki marinated butterfish.
Dadulas grew up with Hawaii's Asian-influenced cuisine, but studied French and Italian techniques and cooked for Boston's Barbara Lynch. He said the restaurant has been very well received, especially with its penchant for treating customers like family ("ohana'' is Hawaiian for family). Many customers come back for pastry chef Michelle Hughes's creations, and Dadulas is responding to requests for more sushi by adding another 15 offerings in the new year.
Here are a few of the other venues we're looking forward to exploring this winter: Salt Kitchen & Rum Bar (1 Market St.) opens in Ipswich in February (an interesting-looking gastropub); Beverly's Wild Horse (392 Cabot St.) reopens this month, run by two former employees of Hamilton's 15 Walnut; Marblehead's 5 Corners Kitchen (2 School St.) is busy every night after its renovation, but may soon have competition from Palmers (a new outpost of the Andover establishment going into the Warwick Place development); Dinis (135 Washington St.) and Scosso (North Shore Mall) are serving up Portuguese and Italian fare, respectively, in Peabody; and Hamilton's Black Cow (16 Bay Road) has finally reopened after renovations.


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Over the past five years, Rihanna has dominated the music charts and become one of the most reliable pop hitmakers. She's also courted controversy (see below) with her style choices and personal life.
As the 23-year-old superstar from Barbados brings her fourth headlining tour, "Loud," to the United Center at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday (tickets: $19.75-$250 at Ticketmaster), she may be the only female singer to rival Lady Gaga in spectacle on stage.
And she has more than twice as many hits as Gaga—37 gold and platinum certifications to Gaga's 15, according to the Baltimore Sun—many of which concert-goers will get to watch her perform.
She hasn't done many interviews, but when she performed on "The Today Show" in late May, Rihanna said a lot had changed in the three years since she first appeared on the show.
"I definitely am a very busy woman. But I love it. I kind of get bored when I'm not working. So I can't complain," she said. "There's a lot of life experiences, a lot of great things that have happened since I was 20 years old, definitely."
She also told Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira that she tries to tune out all the criticism she hears about her choices in life.
"People are going to always talk whether you're doing bad or good, so you just have to do with you," she said.
Rihanna's latest album may be titled "Loud," but it's not the first time the singer's antics have broken the decibel meter. RedEye took a look at some of Ri-Ri's most shocking moments ahead of her visit to the Chi-Chi. (Yes, we're calling it that now.)
Hair (2007)
Lil' Rihanna was all sweet and innocent looking until one day in late 2007 when—BLAM!—she lopped off her locks into an enviably-edgy festival of choppy wonderment, perhaps to coincide with her "Good Girl Gone Bad" album. The world would never be the same.
Chris Brown (2009)
Everyone remembers this one: Ex-boyfriend Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault after beating Rihanna. We even hate thinking about this one‹and the fact that we still enjoy Brown's "Forever.'
"Battleship" movie (September 2010)
Ri-Ri was spotted filming scenes for the board game-based flick alongside "Friday Night Lights" star Taylor Kitsch. Seriously, THIS is what you pick for your first movie? We're only going to be happy if her lines include "battleship sunk!"
Ciara (February)
The singers engaged in some online hair-pulling via Twitter after Ciara dissed Rihanna on Joan Rivers' show. In typical minidiva fashion, they made up online quickly after, but we'd watch out if we were Ciara.
Rolling Stone booty cover (April)
Helloooo, bootygate! Rihanna graced the cover of rock's most famous mag wearing little more than a pair of spray-painted shorts. The stylist told Rolling Stone he was going for "what if Kid Rock and Rihanna had a baby." OK, true, that'd be one messed-up kid.
Chris Brown Twitter reunion (May)
Cue head-shaking. Brown started following Ri-Ri on Twitter, and she, for some insane reason, started following him back, telling off fans who questioned her decision.
"Man Down" video (early June)
Rihanna finally seemed to find a channel for her anger in her latest video, in which the character she plays kills a man who raped her. Major backlash has ensued from a variety of groups, but actress Gabrielle Union applauded Ri-Ri's message, saying she'd once tried to shoot a man who raped her.
Twitter talk (June 11)
Rihanna took her critics to task on Twitter, writing "Man Down is the most viewed video on YouTube this week! Special thx to PTC and #RihannaNavy." Later in the day she wrote, "RiRiLovers+RiriHaters ... u all made this a success!!! And I truly thank u!" You tell 'em, girl


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I looked for the old one but, alas, it is not to be found.
I guess I will start a new one?
I looked for the old one but, alas, it is not to be found.
I guess I will start a new one?
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Autozone at 18th and Broadway and also Estes truking n Mukilteo. I see lots of now hiring sogns and will try to jot them down and post up for those who're looking
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A European automotive repair/ service shop in University Place has an opening for 1 well qualified technician. The shop performs maintenance and service to most major brands of European and Asian vehicles. Prospective technicians must have formal automotive training/ education, at least 5 years experience and all necessary tools to perform regular maintenance. Please apply in person with resume' for interview, call if you have any questions we would love to hear from you.
The shop is located at:
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Apprentice Body guy here I just got out of cloverpark tech, Im in need of a good shop to learn in,. pay doesnt have to be amazing. Hourly salary or flat rate. I dont care, i just want a good shop to learn in, I got 20k in snap on tools, hand tools, dent repair, and some paint gear and air tools. If you know a good shop looking for someone, big or small, any info is appreciated, or if you own a shop and are in need of a apprentice, You can pm me. Ill sweep floors, detail cars, or just hold your painters primer guns. I just wanna be in a good shop!
Chris if you guys werent up in Seattle id be all over that ASE master certified, love VWAG cars have approx 4 1/2-5 years automotive experience, just dont wanna make the commute up there
We're hiring Conductors again, and will prob advertise at least two more times this year.
Search for Interbay Conductor class and check the info listed to apply
for technical help, post here. http://forums.pnwfahren.com/ I dont offer much help on Vortex anymore
Anyone's company has entry level accounting or purchasing positions?
Would also settle for temporary positions in other fields. Preferably in Seattle area.
Looking for a job here. I have very basic car knowledge, but good customer service skills. Looking for employment in the Everett area.
Poop Coupe, Mk1 '83 Jetta Coupe Project.
Looking for an entry level individual with mechanical aptitude to work in Kent area machine shop.
My coworker's boyfriend works at Boeing and apparently they are hiring like crazy. Just FYI.
Need a grounds keeper in the federal way area just off 272nd. Its at Riverstone Apts.
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Need a grounds keeper at riverstone Apts in Federal Way off of 272nd
Quien conoce su ignorancia revela la mas profunda sapiencia. Quien ignora su ingnora su ingnorancia vive en la mas profunda ilusion.
Almost 17 looking for an internship at a shop.... just want to learn some new stuff. Im free
i'll clean up, do little things whatever is needed. I have basic car knowledge and can learn fast! I'm motivated!
Hey im 19 and looking for ANY kind of auto-related job. I have alot of mechanic skills and I work great with my hands. I also have some body work and painting experience. I am an extremely fast learning and am a great problem solver. I would LOVE to do ANYTHING car related (body work, paint, engine, maintenance, clean shop, work at the front desk, ANYTHING). I am willing to help out with anything, I just want to work in a shop!! Im located in the beaverton/aloha area now, Thanks
I work at Honda of bellevue and we're hiring lube techs.. part time and full time. pm me.


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2005 Jaguar S-TYPE Reviews and Ratings
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The Jaguar S-Type sedan was a great car when it was introduced and it's a much better car now. When it was launched in 1999, we praised its beautiful exterior and rich interior, and enthused over the sporty handling. Jaguar then re-engineered the S-Type for 2003, a major change that revised 70 percent of the car. The result was improved response, a smoother ride, and enhanced comfort and convenience. In short, the car had improved dramatically. For 2005, Jaguar has updated the styling, revised the interior, and retuned the suspension. And the wonderful ZF six-speed automatic is now standard on all models.
We like the improvements to the 2005 Jaguar S-Type. It's a comfortable car, it handles well, and it still makes a statement when it pulls up to a five-star hotel. We found the base 3.0-liter V6 delivers responsive performance, thanks partly to the superb six-speed automatic transmission. Opt for the 4.2 model and you get thrilling performance from its powerful V8 engine. If that isn't enough, you can spring for the high-performance S-Type R, which boasts a 400-horsepower supercharged engine, sports suspension, and big Brembo brakes.
Another more gradual but no less significant change: Jaguar's quality has been dramatically improved over the past few years and recent buyers report being very happy with their new S-Types.
Three models comprise the S-Type range, distinguished primarily by their engines. Each comes with rich leather upholstery and all the other features associated with a premium luxury car.
The S-Type 3.0 ($44,230) is powered by a 235-horsepower 3.0-liter V6. The S-Type 4.2 ($51,330) comes with a powerful, 294-horsepower 4.2-liter V8. The high-performance S-Type R ($58,330) gets a supercharged version of the same 4.2-liter V8. All models come with the six-speed automatic transmission.
Depending on model, features include heated power seats with memory, a split-folding rear seat, automatic dual-zone climate control with air filtration, power adjustable steering column with tilt-away entry and exit action, twin-function trip computer, and cruise control. Options include satellite navigation, power adjustable foot pedals, self-leveling xenon headlights, and rain-sensing wipers. Front and rear Park Assist are available. Adaptive Cruise Control is available which, like normal cruise control, allows the driver to set and maintain a cruising speed, but is also able to detect slower-moving vehicles ahead and will slow the car as necessary. When the traffic ahead speeds up, Adaptive Cruise will return to the driver's chosen speed.
The 4.2 is available as a swanky new VDP edition featuring premium leather upholstery with contrast piping, rich California burl walnut veneer trim, deep-pile carpeting, heated seats, and an electronic rear sunblind.
Jaguar substantially redesigned the styling of the S-Type for 2005. Though subtle, the changes are extensive and give it a more athletic look.
A new aluminum hood (in place of the steel bonnet) takes 22 pounds off the front of the car for improved weight distribution, and features a more defined vee shape. The redesigned front bumper is simpler, cleaner. Redesigned chrome bumper inserts are less bulky, and the bumper has a deeper chin. The grille is re-proportioned and stands out more, subtly lower and broader and more upright. It looks simpler, more modern and more assertive.
The sides of the car have been redesigned to make it look longer and leaner and the rear fender line is raised for a more powerful, forward-pushing stance.
The distinctive round tail lamps look more technical than before, blending smoothly into the new curves of the tail, and have a jewel-like appearance. The wider rear trunk finisher (in chrome on the 3.0 and 4.2) is simplified, running the full width between the new rear lamps.
The wipers feature an improved washing system, with the washer jets incorporated into the wiper arms for better coverage. Lever-style door handles remain, which are aerodynamic but I find them harder to grab than the kind you slide your fingers through.
Body panels fit more closely together. Overall, quality has improved dramatically in recent years. In 1989, Jaguar ranked at the bottom of the list in the J.D. Power and Associates Initial Quality Study, one rung above Yugo. Jaguar is now third from the top, according to the 2003 and 2004 surveys, just below Lexus and Cadillac. That's even more impressive given that the quality bar is moving up: The top of that list represents a much higher standard of quality than what was found at the top of the list a decade ago. Recent S-Type buyers appear to be happy with more than just the quality of their cars. The S-Type placed second in its class in J.D. Power's APEAL survey, which measures owners' delight with the design, content, layout and performance of their new vehicles, placing the Jag above the Mercedes E-Class and below the Lexus GS.
Based on customer feedback, Jaguar redesigned the S-Type's interior for 2005, adding or improving features while eliminating those not needed. All models come with rich leather upholstery, with stitching that gives it a high-quality appearance. Warm birds-eye maple veneer stained bronze is the standard trim, but a new aluminum trim option is available for a more technical-looking finish.
Material quality has been enhanced and there's a whole new palette of interior colors and trims. Trim choices now include classic leather, perforated leather, and R leather. There are four trim color options: Champagne, Charcoal, Dove and Ivory. And there are three new two-tone color combinations, depending on model: Granite and Dove on the aluminum Sport package, Charcoal and Light Sand, and Charcoal and Dove for the R. There are also three wood veneer choices depending on the model or package: Bronze Madrona (standard on all models except R), Grey Birds Eye Maple (R Only) and classic Burl Walnut (Highline package on 4.2-liter only). Topping the list is the High-line pack, with extensive use of classic walnut veneers (including a half-walnut, half-leather steering wheel), softgrain leather, premium floor mats, heated seats with subtle chrome highlights on the headrest bezels. Don't want wood? A sporty aluminum dash finish is available for the Sport and R, harking back to some of Jaguar's greatest sports cars.
Three seat styles are available. Comfort, Sport, and R respectively offer increasingly aggressive bolstering for spirited driving. The driver's seat is narrower in R models.
Sumptuous leather is used on the surfaces of all seats and door panels. The steering wheel looks and feels good. A well-designed toggle on the left side of the steering column quickly, easily and precisely controls the power tilt and telescopic adjustments for the steering wheel. The front seats are comfortable and supportive, with a nice firm seat bottom that minimizes fatigue on long trips.
There is a decent amount of space for rear-seat passengers. Rear legroom is on par with other similar sized cars.
For 2003, Jaguar added more storage to the S-Type interior. Two glove boxes are provided in addition to the center console storage. Sunglasses can be stashed in an overhead console case lined with soft rubber. Dual cupholders are provided, but are mounted far enough to the rear as to be a bit awkward to reach while driving.
Trunk space is only average at 14.1 cubic feet due to the curvy rear end; swanûneck hinges are used that intrude in the cargo space, but their advantage is that the trunk lid will conveniently pop up when opened. The rear seats can be folded down in a 60/40 split for 28.6 cubic feet of cargo space.
Climate controls and sound system buttons are big, easy to discern and easy to operate. The instrument pod contains just a fuel gauge and water temperature gauge besides the speedometer and tachometer. All told it is a pleasant design.
The electronically controlled parking brake has been refined for 2005. It is designed to work intuitively and will automatically release in certain circumstances: Switch on the parking brake with the car in Drive at an intersection and it switches off when you accelerate, handy when stopping for traffic lights on steep hills.
Driving the S-Type cars is satisfying. It imparts a feeling of class and sophistication to passengers.
The S-Type comes with a great transmission, perhaps the best available. The six-speed automatic ZF is the same transmission used in the new BMW 7 Series. This transmission is extremely responsive and silky smooth. With more gears to choose from, it offers excellent drivability around town. It delivers both better performance and improved fuel economy. A Sport mode allows the driver to shift manually. Select this mode and the transmission will not shift above the highest gear selected, though as needed it will shift down and back up below this gear. The transmission has two overdrive ratios. Sport mode stays in fifth unless the driver maintains a steady state for 30 seconds. But most of the time we preferred to simply leave it in Drive and let it do its thing, as it does it so well. It's a smart transmission: lift off the throttle for a corner and it senses the steering angle and holds it in gear. It also holds a gear on hills, eliminating hunting between gears.
The 3.0-liter V6 engine is smooth and delivers plenty of power for most drivers. We found it offers good power for passing. Floor it at 50 mph in fifth gear and in a heartbeat the six-speed automatic smoothly downshifted to second gear at 5500 rpm, surging without lurching. Jaguar says the S-Type 3.0 can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 7.5 seconds. The V6 was smooth and civilized when cruising, and noise from the engine was isolated. Under hard acceleration, however, the sound it made reminded us that it's a Ford Duratec V6.
The 2005 S-Type 3.0-liter we drove did not have the Sport package with its firmer suspension, but we still found the cornering to be exceptional. It felt a little squishy when driven hard on a winding road, but cornering was relatively flat (the car didn't lean a lot), and grip was very good. Add in the Dynamic Stability Control, and it's hard to get into trouble.
The S-Type rides smoothly and is nicely damped. Jaguar revised the suspension for 2005 to make the ride a bit smoother, but it's still tuned more for handling than a soft ride. Driving through the Texas hill country outside Austin, I found it still jiggles a bit from side to side on bumpy rural roads, a little more than I would have liked. And you can hear the hiss of the tires. When asked about this, a spokesman said Jaguar does not build Buicks.
The 4.2-liter V8 engine delivers truly spirited performance with strong low-rpm torque for quicker acceleration. Jaguar says the S-Type 4.2 can accelerate form 0 to 60 mph in 6.2 seconds, which is quite quick. The 4.2 feels relaxed and responsive around town and cruising on the highway, but delivers spirited performance when driving quickly on back roads. The 4.2 V8 generates 86 percent of its maximum torque at just 1500 rpm for greater flexibility around town. This a very strong car by any measure.
The 4.2 offers a firm ride. There is some road vibration on badly rippled roads, but it smoothes out on smoother roads. The 4.2 is quiet, with some wind noise at high speeds. It's stable at high speeds with precise, linear steering that makes the driver feel part of the car. Handling is firm without being too harsh. Jaguar's S-Type is not as stiff as the BMW 5 Series. It is the type of car that inspires confidence for those who enjoy driving without being a chore for those who do not. It felt wonderful when driving hard on narrow, winding roads. In short, it's a wonderful automobile, very pleasant.
The S-Type R offers fantastic acceleration performance. Jaguar says it can accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in just 5.3 seconds with a top speed electronically limited to 155 mph. We could clearly hear the whine from supercharger when hard on the gas. Hot rodders love it, but we wonder whether it would become tiresome. Superchargers deliver better low-end torque and more linear response than turbochargers and the R model offers significantly more torque than the normally aspirated 4.2. It's very responsive at low speeds as well as when being driven hard. Power is very linear. Big race-engineered Brembo brakes are terrific. Handling is superb, with the latest version of Jaguar's CATS as standard equipment (described below). Steering is precise and linear. The R is very stable at high speeds. Handling is very predictable when working the tires. Pushed to the limit, it goes into a four-wheel drift. Yet the ride quality is quite comfortable. This balance between athletic handling and a smooth ride gives the S-Type R a dual personality. Most of the time, it's a relaxing, refined luxury sedan, but stand on it and it acts like a sports car, agile, quick, fun. It's easy to drive and not at all intimidating, as we discovered on some narrow, foggy mountain roads in Spain.
The S-Type uses rear-wheel drive with a fully independent suspension, an appropriate layout for a luxury sports sedan. Though the S-Type shares its basic architecture with the Lincoln LS, though there are many differences particularly on post-2003 models, and the Lincoln and Jaguar are completely different in character, a tribute to the engineers for both cars.
Chassis refinements for 2005 for all models include revised springs and dampers (shocks) and the addition of low-friction ball joints. CATS, DSC and the steering ECU have been retuned as well. Suspensions for the S-Type come in three grades: Comfort, the softest, is standard on the 3.0 and 4.2 models. Sport is firmer and comes on the 3.0 and 4.2 models with the Sport package. R is the stiffest suspension, using a unique CATS calibration and stiffer springs. Each of the three suspensions uses specially tuned dampers (shocks) and anti-roll bars and unique CATS calibrations. CATS, Jaguar's Computer Active Technology Suspension is optional on V6 and V8 models, standard on the R. CATS optimizes ride and handling by using uprated springs to increase roll stiffness and electronically controlled two-stage adaptive dampers (shocks). Accelerometers and a brake sensor send signals to an electronic control unit to dynamically tune the suspension to driving conditions. The result is an optimized balance between ride comfort and handling agility. It's completely automatic and requires no intervention from the driver. We found that CATS does a great job of filtering out road vibration and rough surfaces without isolating the driver from the road. With it, the car feels unflappable in the corners without riding like a race-prepared sports sedan on city streets.
Anti-lock brakes with Brake Assist come standard on all S-Type models. ABS allows the driver to brake and steer at the same time by preventing wheel lockup in an emergency stopping situation. Brake Assist senses a panic stop and maintains maximum braking force if the driver makes the mistake of relaxing pressure on the brake pedal.
Dynamic Stability Control or DSC is standard on all S-Type models. This anti-skid system works extremely well and can help a driver stay on the road by preventing a skid. DSC links the brakes, steering, and traction control systems and analyzes information from on-board sensors to determine when the car is deviating from the driver's intended path. It then applies brake force to each individual wheel to readjust the car's course. This system helps the driver avoid losing control of the car, by reducing oversteer (sliding rear wheels) or understeer (sliding front wheels).
With its sensuous looks, Jaguar's S-Type makes a statement when it rolls onto the scene. It combines that with a luxurious, crafted interior in understated British fashion. The S-Type cars are effortless to drive with a relaxed, refined ride. They offer cutting-edge technology that's relevant and free of gadgetry.
The S-Type is a compelling alternative to the BMW 5 Series and Mercedes-Benz E-Class cars. The Jaguar is less expensive and more than holds its own in curb appeal, performance and features. We really like the 2005 S-Type 3.0 and love the 4.2 with its powerful V8. Pricing for the high-performance S-Type R has been dropped $4,125 to better compete with the BMW 545i Sport, Mercedes E500, Audi A6 and Lexus GS.


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KINSTON � An off-duty Lenoir County sheriff's deputy working as a security guard at a restaurant in Kinston has shot and killed a man.
The shooting happened around 3 a.m. Sunday.
The sheriff's department says Deputy Joseph Heck and another off-duty officer went into the parking lot and saw a man firing a gun at another person. The department says when 26-year-old William C. Gibbs III of Kinston refused to drop the gun, Heck shot him.
Kinston police and the State Bureau of Investigation are investigating.
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Recommended by Michelin Guide, recognized by hundreds of people of Yelp, reviewed by Tasting Table and featured on SF Magazine and SFCheapEats, Mandalay SF has been holding its outstanding reputation and quality service since 1984.
Burmese food is not yet ubiquitous like the cuisines of its neighbors China, India and Thailand, and this lends it a mystique that most Asian restaurants just can't maintain in San Francisco. Hip city dwellers want exotic, they want unique, they want special, and Burmese seems like the kind of food that the neighbors might not have discovered yet. But as much as the majority of SF foodies seem to delight in trying something "different" they still tend to popularize the blandest, most americanized establishments like, well...you know. (Read more at Examiner)
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When pressed, Sherry Dung will admit that when her family opened Mandalay in 1984, the tea salad was a bit of a hard sell. "We had to explain to customers that Burmese food was a combination of Indian, Chinese and Thai flavors," she says, "but with a unique preparation in our own style."
The city got the memo. While Burmese restaurants are rare elsewhere in the country, here we've embraced tea salad and coconut-curry noodles. Equally remarkable: The 28-year-old Mandalay, now encrusted with knickknacks and Christmas ornaments, has not settled into a customer-pleasing rut. (Read more at Tasting Table)
Familiar fans of authentic Burmese cuisine will find plenty to please their palates here, reveling in these zesty, spicy, and tangy dishes that often include catfish or coconut. For something completely different, discover the Burmese salad–a virtual cacophony of flavor, with pickled mango, cucumber, and toasted garlic in one version; crunchy tea leaves, roasted peanuts, plum tomatoes, jalapeño peppers, and crispy fried lentils in another.


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It looks like the news that the Channel Four News Team going to New York isn't going to be the only cool little tidbit we learn about Anchorman: The Legend Continues today.
Bleeding Cool has gotten their hands on a casting call out of Atlanta - where the sequel is currently in production - and it suggests that John C. Reilly will be making an appearance in the new Adam McKay comedy. Here's the full listing:
Do you look like John C. Reilly? We're seeking a caucasian male, 6'2″, any age. THIS SHOOTS TOMORROW, FEB 28th. Please submit your stats and 3 photos to [email protected] with the subject line JOHNNY DOUBLE.
This will be the third time that McKay, Reilly, and Will Ferrell have all worked together after Step Brothers and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and is definitely a welcomed reunion. Before Anchorman: The Legend Continues finally got the green light from Paramount there was talk about a possible Step Brothers sequel, but I wonder what that means now. Could Ron Burgundy's return mean that we won't get to see Brennan and Dale again? It all depends on how McKay and Ferrell feel about making sequels instead of developing new stories with new characters.
In addition to Reilly, Kristen Wiig has been confirmed for a part in the Anchorman sequel, and James Marsden and Terence Stamp are in line for roles as well. It will be in theaters on December 20th and, as always, you can get all the latest updates in our Blend Film Database.


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Sandra Bernhard Brings 'Sandemonium' to Joe's Pub
The inimitable Sandra Bernhard will return for her annual holiday shows at Joe's Pub at 425 Lafayette St. in Manhattan, performing her all-new show "Sandemonium"" December 26 through NY's Eve December 31, with two shows each night.
"Sandemonium" is swirling all around you, minute to minute "breaking news." No one knows what's coming next. Climate disaster, Russian invasion, unhinged leaders. Have you been slut-shamed? Are you gender neutral? Come face to face with a white supremacist? Swam through a flood? Run from a fire? Observed a chunk of the polar ice cap floating away?
Been strung out on Oxycontin? Lost your fortune in shady investments? Have you narrowly missed a terrorist attack in your favorite destination? Changed religions and still found no peace of mind? Birthed two sets of twins two years apart? Has your Instagram account been hacked?
You've been swept up in "Sandemonium"! It's time for a psychic break. Sandy will bring you back from your bad trip. Soothe your aura and calm your chakra's, shut down your electronics, find your mantra, do a meditation, let it all go my darling! Just stop! Look, listen to Sandra Bernhard along with the Sandyland Squad Band. Sandy will make it all better. Bernhard now debuts "Sandemonium" at Joe's Pub in New York City, which she will then perform throughout 2018 around the country and overseas.
She is also now enjoying the third year hosting her own hugely popular daily show Sandyland on SiriusXM Radio's Radio Andy channel (102) headed up by Andy Cohen, of which The Huffington Post wrote... "It's hard to describe, much, in the same way, it's hard to put words to a brilliant jazz artist's improvisations. She simply took the conversation places that were at once and enlightening, provocative and intimate." Her strong opinions and unique perspective, along with her provocative, spontaneous conversations with a wide spectrum of guests from the worlds of entertainment and fashion have made Sandyland so successful.
Bernhard's previous show "Sandra Monica Blvd: Coast to Coast" brought in rave reviews, with Variety saying "What makes Bernhard's comedy so rare -- whether she's philosophizing about Taylor Swift's squad or singing Dolly Parton's "Hard Candy Christmas" as imagined by Caitlyn Jenner -- is that within every keenly observed pop-culture rant, there's an element of piercing truth. Bernhard remains as brash and brazen as she was in the 1970s."
Bernhard did guest appearances on the Hulu comedy series "Difficult People," created by her friend Julie Klausner. She also returned to television with a recurring role on the hit CBS TV sitcom "2 Broke Girls" and guest-starred on episodes of Fox TV's "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" as the character Gina's "eccentric" and "offbeat" mother, Darlene Linetti.
And, in 2014 guest-starred on ABC Family's original drama series, "Switched at Birth" in a recurring role as Teresa Lubarsky, a groovy art professor at a local college where Bay (Vanessa Marano) is taking classes. The Peabody Award-winning family drama returned for its third season in January 2014. As most people are aware, from 1991-1996 she played Nancy Bartlett-the first openly gay character on a network sitcom -- on "Roseanne."
Sandra Bernhard performs "Sandemonium" from December 26-31 with shows at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. at Joe's Pub, 425 Lafayette Street in NYC.
For tickets, call 212-539-8778 or click here.
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Dia de Los Muertos Purple Girl Journal with Belly Band
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As part of my Dia de Los Muertos series, this little beauty looks amazing on her own or with any of her sisters (see other listings). These journals are reproduced from the original paintings created by me, Susan Elliott.
The journals are excellent for writing, sketching, or just about anything you'd like to document.
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