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In our 10th issue you will once again find the latest research papers, opinions pieces, news and upcoming events. We interviewed Viral Acharya from NYU Stern School of Business and he commented about political influences on state-owned enterprises. There are interesting articles on the determinants of corporate governance quality in emerging markets, the evolution of corporate governance in Brazil, and the new regulations on mandatory electronic voting at general meetings in Turkey. As always, we present stimulating reports, news and events.
CG Insights Series – Is Political Influence on State-Owned Enterprises the True Obstacle to Private Sector Growth in Emerging Markets?
Viral V. Acharya is the C.V. Starr Professor of Economics in the Department of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business. This is an abbreviated version, read the full interview here.
The most interesting piece on corporate governance I read recently was….
A paper by several Indian academics on the difference in the behavior of independent directors in India before the 2009 Satyam scandal. The findings suggest that concerns about personal liability and the increased risk of law suits if the company engages in fraudulent or other inappropriate activity contributed to the flight of independent directors from poorly governed firms. more
Right now, I am working on…
A study that looks at the role of the dominant shareholder in state-owned banks, and how these dominant shareholders - the state - could be creating inefficiencies in the market because their focus might not be on maximizing shareholder value. Instead, their priorities are entwined with the political agenda of the moment. It builds on my earlier research in which my co-author and I conclude that during the financial crisis in 2008, investors rewarded Indian public sector firms that had greater systemic risk while penalizing private sector firms with similar risk. We attributed this finding to the explicit and implicit government backing of public sector banks, which do a lot of priority sector lending. more
I think the most relevant CG research topic for emerging markets now is…
This issue of the political economy and its influence over the actions of the dominant shareholder in state-owned enterprises, leading to market inefficiencies. Might this be the true bottleneck to private sector growth in emerging markets? The approach of favoring certain sectors due to the political exigencies of the moment - by controlling the actions of the dominant shareholder - could restrict the amount of credit available for other sectors. And particularly given the limited budgets of emerging market countries, this potentially could constrain economic growth, or contribute to lopsided development. more
Read the full answers and comments here.
Which Does More to Determine the Quality of Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies, Firms or Countries?
Andrea Hugill and Jordan Siegel
Hugill and Siegel of Harvard Business School shed new light on the comparative impacts of country and firm-specific characteristics on firms' corporate governance practices in emerging markets. As opposed to prior findings, the authors find that firm-specific characteristics are more important determinants of corporate governance ratings than country specific characteristics.
The Evolution of Corporate Governance in Brazil
Bernard S. Black, Antonio Gledson de Carvalho, and Joelson Oliveira Sampaio
Using three hand-collected surveys, the authors portray the significant improvement of corporate governance in Brazil between 2004 and 2009. They use a Brazilian Corporate Governance Index (BCGI) to proxy for changes in corporate governance. BCGI is comprised of six indices covering major aspects of corporate governance (board structure, board procedure, related party transactions, ownership structure, shareholder rights and disclosure). The improvements is due to two main factors: the growth in Novo Mercado and Level II listings, mainly through the entry of new firms with high corporate governance practices (IPOs) and the improvement in the governance practices of the firms that were already listed.
Value Creation and Value Capture in Corporate Governance: Using the Value-Based Approach to Analyze an Ownership Reform of China's Listed Firms
Nan Jia, Jing Shi, Yongxiang Wang, and Yongxiang Wang
This is the first study in the literature to apply the value-based approach for investigating corporate governance and it has important implications for emerging markets. Although the main focus in corporate governance reforms in emerging markets is to achieve higher firm value by protecting minority shareholders, the authors show that minority shareholders can be empowered to obtain greater protection, as their ex ante compensation essentially comes from the private gains that block shareholders who would otherwise keep to themselves ex post.
The Determinants of Director Remuneration in West Africa: The Impact of State versus Firm-Level Governance Measures
Bruce Allen Hearn
Bruce Allen Hearn from University of Sussex contrasts the influences of firm-level and state-level governance measures on directors' self-rewarding behavior measured by their remuneration. Using a unique hand-collected sample of West African firms, he finds that larger board sizes are less effective governance mechanisms while enhanced expropriation of private benefits of control is closely associated with lower government promotion of private sector policies, media and analyst freedom and corruption control.
Audit Quality and Corporate Governance: Evidence from the Microfinance Industry
Leif Atle Beisland, Roy Mersland, and R. Øystein Strøm
This study uses a unique, hand-collected sample of microfinance institutions from 73 countries to analyze the relationship between audit quality and governance mechanisms. The authors depict that the presence of internal auditors is related to other indicators of stricter governance, whereas the use of Big Four auditors is generally unrelated to other control mechanisms. There is no association between audit quality and governance; instead, the relationships between these two characteristics are dependent on the specific mechanism that is investigated. However, for situations in which a significant relationship between audit quality and governance does exist, the sign of this relationship is positive.
Opinion and Commentary
Istanbul Stock Exchange Moves First on Mandatory Electronic Voting at General Meetings of Shareholders
Melsa Ararat and Muzaffer Eroglu
After a recent law change in Turkey investors are now allowed to electronically participate and vote at general assemblies. The Financial Times refers to this regulation as a coup for international institutional investors with Turkish holdings as it increases the transparency of ISE listed companies and empowers them to embrace an activist approach. Ararat and Eroglu reflect upon the impacts of this law change and argue what needs to be done further.
Five Questions about SRI – Weekly Expert Interview
Emerging Markets ESG
Interview with Professor Anthony F. Buono, Founding Coordinator of Alliance for Ethics and Social Responsibility, Bentley University. Buono speaks about what distinguishes SRI from mainstream investment and how academic study, awareness, engagement and research at business schools influence the development of SRI in emerging markets.
India Proxy Season 2012 Analysis
InGovern Research Services
InGovern analyzes 2012 proxy voting season in India along with the influences of new regulatory changes such as increasing public float in listed companies and mandatory requirements. Also see a recent interview with Shriram Subramanian, the Founder of InGovern.
Singapore Named as Top Corporate Governance Nation in Asia
Barclay Simpson
Asian Corporate Governance Association names Singapore as the number one in the region. Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan and Malaysia follow Singapore to form top five in the table. Corpgov.net website also shared a video of Brendan Wood's address at the SIAS 4th Asian Corporate Governance Conference 2012 in Singapore, discussing their shareholder confidence index.
Events and Calls for Papers
The 2013 Rotman ICPM Call for Research Proposals is now available. Phase 1 research proposal deadline is Monday, February 18, 2013. Winners will be announced publicly in the Spring 2013 issue of the Rotman International Journal of Pension Management.
CalPERS has launched the Sustainable Investment Research Initiative and is issuing a call for papers for its upcoming Sustainability & Finance Symposium, which will take place on June 7, 2013. Submissions will be accepted through February 22, 2013.
The Corporate Governance: An International Review is seeking paper submissions for a special issue conference on the "Global Perspectives on Entrepreneurship: Public and Corporate Governance." Special Issue Submission Deadline: April 1, 2013. The conference will be held on April 25-26, 2013 at the Schulich School of Business, York University, Canada.
The Center for Audit Quality (CAQ) offers funding on various audit quality related research topics. The number of projects selected for funding will depend on the quality and number of proposals received and the total dollar amount of funds requested. It's anticipated that a total of $200,000 will be arranged to fund multiple projects during this submission period. For more information on the research areas and submission please email firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline for proposal submission is Friday, March 1, 2013.
2013 International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) Annual Conference will be held on June 26-28, 2013 in New York, the United States.
ICGN is also to offer two awards: the ICGN Alastair Ross-Goobey Memorial Scholarship and the ICGN – Deloitte Scholarship. The deadline for applications is March 1, 2013.
From Our Coordinator
We encourage all of our members to notify us regarding their ongoing research or the events or conferences they want to share with the Network. We also welcome other relevant information and your feedback. Please contact Mehmet Canayaz at email@example.com
Melsa Ararat, EMCGN Coordinator
February 2013
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Cool Recipe: Dana's Unusual Lemon Salad
Stay Cool!
Name: Dana
Location: Glasgow, United Kingdom
How are you staying cool? Lemon salad! I know — lemon salad?! But it's great. It's refreshing without being too sour or bitter.
Lemon Salad
4 portions
2 big or 4 small lemons
2 small onions
Mint, chopped
1/2 chilli, chopped
Olive oil, 1 tablespoon
Peel the lemons and leave the white peeling on. Half, quarter and then cut in pieces the fruits. Pour water over the lemon pieces so that it covers them and put aside for 30 minutes. This means that all the bitterness will be drawn out.
Chop the onions and put in a bowl with the mint, chilli and oil. Discard the water from the lemons, put some fresh water back in and carefuly squeeze the lemons but don't squash them. Discard the water and put it in the bowl with the chilli, onions and oil. Season to taste.
• Visit Dana's blog: Eating Around Glasgow
Thank you Dana! This sounds refreshing and unusual; we want to try it soon!
(Image: Dana)
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this sounds good but the instructions have me a little confused. do you discard the juice you squeezed out of the lemons? What are you putting in the bowl with the chili and onion - the lemons or the juice? Thanks!

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Weird Racist Flyer in South Brooklyn Is Weird
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New York's Shield Law Notches a Victory
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Trial Begins for $240k Bank Robbery in 1993
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The G is Back and You Have Mixed Feelings
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Friendly Skies Flight Diversion Over Knee Defender
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CNN had a big scoop on December 19, when the network broadcast a half-hour interview with John Walker Lindh in a hospital bed, pledging his allegiance to the jihad. But according to Robert Young Pelton, the freelancer who spoke to Lindh in Afghanistan, CNN decided to broadcast the full interview shortly after the FBI began threatening to subpoena the tape in mid December. And now, whatever CNN intended, the extensive media coverage of the case appears to have cost Lindh his right to a fair trial.
Recall that Lindh became famous overnight. Before December 2, when CNN reported that he had been taken into custody, he was a faceless minion behind enemy lines. Just two months later, Lindh has replaced bin Laden as the face of evil, and CNN's interview has become a key piece of evidence in the criminal case that kicked off in Virginia last week. He has not yet been indicted.
The Lindh interview may turn out to be a case study in how the government can put the squeeze on the media. Here are some of the facts known so far: Pelton, the author of several travel books, had no experience as a journalist until last fall, when he got an invitation to spend time with a warlord who was fighting with a team of Green Berets in Afghanistan. He called CNN, which immediately sent him a cameraman, after which he filed several stories. One of them was his Lindh interview, which he conducted in a hospital near Mazar-i-Sharif and which first aired on December 2around the same time Lindh was taken into military custody.
When Pelton sent the two-minute segment by satellite, "It was a big deal for CNN," he told the Voice. "CNN's going through a lot of troubles financially, and they're driven as much by viewers as by news judgment. So when this tape came over the transom, they were saying, 'We've got a scoop!' "
Pelton returned from Afghanistan on December 17. About a week before that, he said, he heard that the FBI was talking to CNN, and a top CNN exec told the cameraman, "Don't lose that tape!" However, it is standard for news organizations to resist turning over raw reporting material for use in a court of law. To avoid the subpoena, Pelton says, CNN worked out a deal whereby it broadcast an edited tape and posted an all-but-complete version on the Internet.
By placing the tape in the public domain, legal experts say, network execs pulled off a neat trick. They gave prosecutors the evidence they wantedand avoided being served the subpoena. That way CNN could duck the bad publicity from either resisting or complying with the subpoena.
A CNN spokesperson issued the following statement: "In certain investigations, federal criminal rules often do not allow parties to discuss whether they've been served with a subpoena. CNN understands that this is that type of investigation, so we cannot talk about it one way or another." Pressed to explain a broadcast that became so prejudicial, he said, "We aired the interview because it was newsworthy and it was exclusive."
Marc Garber, a former prosecutor turned defense attorney, said that it's natural for the Justice Department to want to "keep a tight lid on the evidence" and for CNN to want to "get out in front of the story."
"I don't think CNN or the government would want to be seen as getting in bed in something as sensitive as this," said Garber. "This is the system that's being attacked by terrorists, so if you're the government, you want this to be the fairest trial. If you saddle up to CNN or put the screws to them, you're going to cause yourself more harm in the long run."
Again: Lindh has not yet been indicted. So far, according to Pelton, the only evidence being cited by the government are Lindh's statements to CNN and to FBI agents, and Pelton's statements to the media. Last week, Lindh's lawyer James Brosnahan questioned the admissibility of Lindh's FBI statements because, he said, his client was denied the right to counsel for 54 days after he was taken into custody. (The government says Lindh signed a waiver of his right to counsel.)
It's unclear what evidence will turn up at trial. Some legal insiders seem to feel that the CNN interview will be admitted, based on the government's argument that it was a voluntary statement given to a third party. But they say Brosnahan will try to undermine the CNN interview by arguing that Lindh did not fully consent to the interview, that he was being given morphine at the time, or that CNN was acting as an arm of the U.S. government. Brosnahan did not return calls for comment.
According to defense attorney Mark Geragos, the FBI's failed attempt to subpoena the tape suggests that CNN was "not in cahoots with the government." The bigger question, he said, is "How did CNN get access to somebody who was supposedly in military custody?" To get the answer to that enigma, Geragos predicted, Brosnahan will want to depose Pelton, the CNN cameraman and producers, and whoever was in command of the Special Forces at Mazar-i-Sharif. Finally, because prosecutors need witnesses to support Lindh's statements, Geragos said they may end up using some of the prisoners currently being held in Guantánamo Bay to testify against him.


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Some of y'all know about it, and some of y'all don't. #photooftheday
Please pray for our neighbors. No one was hurt physically but I'm sure it hurts emotionally. I hate house fires.
Last night I made individual meatloaf, sauteed chicken broccoli & mashed potatoes. Thinking about what to make for dinner, not to adventurous so pulling out the cookbook.


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Pattaya Hotels
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October 13th, 2010
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It's a strange place Pattaya - the seedy parts of town (most of it) have become an international tourist destination in their own right. However the place is well worth a visit because you can pickup some of the finest art work (oil paintings in particular) from one of a dozen or so fine art sellers. Large original paintings cost around $200.
The Dusit Thani Hotel is probably the best around. http://www.pattayahotels.com/dusit-thani-pattaya.htm
The Dusit Thani Hotel is probably the best around. http://www.pattayahotels.com/dusit-thani-pattaya.htm
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Located a 5 to 10 minute ride from the center of the city from Pattaya, the Sea Orchid hotel has amazing amenities (beautiful pool, gym, bar/restaurant, etc.) and is only about a 4 minute walk from the most peaceful beach in Pattaya. At only 1,500 baht (approximately $46 USD) during low season for a large twin or double, this place was really a great deal!
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As part of the Julie Ann Wrigley Global Institute of Sustainability, the Stardust Center's main goal is to further educate others on sustainable and affordable housing options. Courses that cover everything from urbanization, household budgets, family dynamics, and housing policies will be available starting fall 2013.
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Professionals, regardless of discipline or setting, encounter individuals and families impacted by their housing. This course will explore the complexities surrounding housing affordability and sustainability. We will cover sustainability thought and apply it to the problems of housing, focusing on : (1) housing supply and demand dynamics; (2) the effects of housing costs and quality on outcomes such as vehicle travel, household budgets and affordability, health, social equity, labor markets, economic growth, and energy use and emissions; (3) policy and planning for affordable housing both in a broad sense and within the Arizona context; and (4) case examples of local affordable housing projects and studies of sustainability impacts.
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Emerging as a crucial element in decision-making, sustainability encompasses multiple perspectives, tradeoffs and impacts; offering new perspectives on social welfare problems and solutions. Students benefit from an understanding of social welfare that is developed through multiple lenses–including sustainability–to be effectively engaged in society and to contribute to creating a sustainable future.
Students critically examine potential solutions associated with major social issues and policy, family and household dynamics, neighborhood stability, social equity, environment and health. This course emphasizes the challenges involved in striving for social and economic justice in a pluralistic and diverse society with competing wants, needs, and values.
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One week after he began his year by missing the cut, Tiger Woods didn't notice a big difference in his game.
It was everything else about the opening round at Torrey Pines that changed. Relatively calm conditions. Rough that didn't cover the top of his shoes. A course that has been good to him since he was a teenager. And despite his putter not cooperating at the end of his round, a 4-under-par 68 on his scorecard.


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Published on November 24th, 2013 | by Christian Cawley
The Day of the Doctor: Behind the Lens [VIDEO]
Enjoyed The Day of the Doctor? Missed the old favourite Doctor Who Confidential? Don't worry: this 50th anniversary behind the scenes show Behind the Lens includes highlights from the episode's filming.
Please note – there be spoilers here, so if you haven't seen The Day of the Doctor, please do not watch!
Voiced by the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, we catch up with old friends and meet some new ones. It's a rollercoaster ride and a time to celebrate. Features Matt Smith, David Tennant and Jenna Coleman with Billie Piper and John Hurt, as well as lead writer and executive producer Steven Moffat, discussing their 50th Anniversary experiences.
Watch out for a great story from Jemma Redgrave, recalling her childhood experiences with Doctor Who.
5 Responses to The Day of the Doctor: Behind the Lens [VIDEO]
Not available in the US.
Can someone post an alternate link? The BBC has gone back to its old trick of only making this available in the UK.
All you have to do is google. http://vimeo.com/80165680
Vimeo ? Really ?
Sorry, "Behind the Lens – DW 50th Anniversary" was deleted at 12:20:03 Sun Nov 24, 2013.
Yes, it was on vimeo at the time I posted that.
It can now be grabbed from some (many?) torrent sites.


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For the first time since it was founded in 2005, leaders of the Democratic Society Party (DTP), the main Kurdish political party in Northern Kurdistan, have held a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Turkish premier informed DTP's President Ahmet Türk on his plans to solve the Kurdish question. Even though the details of talks have remained unknown, Hürriyet newspaper says one of the first measures could be the return of 11,000 Kurdish refugees who have been living in Southern Kurdistan (Iraq) since 1993.More
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A famous Clifford Odets play returns to the Belasco Theatre
J.T. Rogers's new play at Lincoln Center explains how everybody loses at 'the great game'
What would you give up for freedom?
Funny Girl is the classic musical about entertainer Fanny Brice, a show that is never revived because Barbra Streisand was so indelible in the role, you'd have to be an absolute looney tune to even go near it. And the movie captures her performance for all time, a constant reminder of the p ... More >>
New work from Amy Herzog and Jeffrey Lane and David Yazbek; plus Shakespeare hits Broadway
The Public Theater presents director Nicholas Kent's production of The Great Game
Geronimo puts the go back in go-go. We talk about it.
A revival of Joe Turners Come and Gone
South Pacific, Gypsy, and Juno show how 1950s Broadway got 'serious'
Lincoln Center's Awake and Sing: A new way to play Odets?
To a time of spoofs and techno-barrages, Lucas and Guettel offer a romance for humans
What's the Trick of Staging Shakespeare? Directors Spill Their Trade Secrets.
The Bard's late romance founders but magically survives
The Expanding Role of Theater Sound Design
Jean-Paul Sartre's Men Without Shadows; Jenny Lyn Bader's None of the Above; Molière's Don Juan
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On Mentoring Undergraduate Researchers
I've been to lunches, workshops, and talks teaching undergrads how to get involved in research and what it's all about. I've never seen such a thing given to grad students or faculty on how to mentor said undergraduate researchers. Not once.
Having been involved in undergraduate research since 2008, first as an undergraduate researcher and later as a mentor, I now declare myself an authority on the topic. Or at least, I declare myself to have lots of opinions. Therefore, here is a compendium of some advice I have on working with undergraduates, answering some of the most common questions I hear from graduate student peers. Most of this advice is stolen from behavior I observed in Ethan Katz-Bassett, who mentored me and Colin Scott when we were undergraduates.
I would love to hear other thoughts in the comments from people who have worked with undergraduate researchers, or from undergraduates involved in research!
Finding "the good ones."
- Outreach to the CS student body at large. Both UW and Berkeley host poster/talk sessions where graduate students looking for undergraduate researchers can present to an audience of potential undergraduate researchers. Another way to outreach is to make an announcement to the class related to your subfield. I found all but one of my undergraduate researchers through Scott Shenker's EE122 class.
A somewhat common belief, which I think is a mistake, is to wait for undergraduates to approach *you*. While some might argue that these are the most ambitious students, I definitely disagree with such an assessment. The type of students who are willing to cold-email a professor/graduate student will usually fall in to one of two camps, half of which are actually not useful: (1) students who are truly ambitious and will work extremely hard (you want these), (2) students who think they're hot stuff but won't actually amount to much (you don't want these). Further, if you wait for students to cold-email you, you'll be missing out on a third, and very important category of students: students who are shy about their skills but looking for a chance to prove themselves. Students in this latter category often include students from non-traditional backgrounds or are under-represented minorities. Research can teach them to speak confidently about their work; their desire to prove themselves will push them to work diligently and reach their goals (you want these!).
- Give them a mountain of work before you ever meet with them. Undergrads are busy — they take lots of classes, and many have outside activities — and they're also often young and bad at time management. They may commit to work that they're not capable of doing; don't let them do this (to you). When I sent out my call for undergraduate researchers, I had something like 10-12 responses. I then emailed all of them a lengthy reading list of two papers and five websites, and then some basic questions to check whether they had actually synthesized what I'd sent. Not "quiz" questions, but the type of questions we might talk about at a first meeting, eg, "Given the list of middleboxes discussed in that article, which do you think would be most interesting to integrate in to X? Why?"
5 undergrads made it past that step, and only then did I schedule an in-person meeting with them. 4 of those 5 are still working with me a year later — bingo, I found the ones who are able to commit time.
- Prioritize work ethic over "smarts." I never ask prospective students for CVs, grades, course lists, etc. Okay, there are some fields, e.g. Theory, that require a serious level of mathematical maturity before anyone becomes useful. You should probably check that the students you work with are capable of that. But for the most part, most students at UW and Berkeley are competent enough to learn things on the fly, code some useful tools, and do something productive if they're able to put in the time. You may need to tailor projects to an individual student's skillset, but I've found that I haven't had too much trouble with such tailoring — even when working with a freshman.
Making The Whole Thing Successful
- Be flexible regarding time. Because of classes, undergrads tend to have very bursty schedules when they're free to do research. The week after midterm they might put in 20 hours, the week of midterms they might put in none. Make sure in the long-run that they're making progress, but be prepared to say, "Go. Study for finals. I'll see you in two weeks!"
- Sign off on academic credits. If your student wants to do research "for credit", you should almost certainly say yes. Signing off on academic credit means they're guaranteed to have time for their project. It's just win-win for everyone - they get academic credits, you get guaranteed time. It's just a good idea.
- Individualize their projects. A good undergraduate project is part of a larger whole, but is self-contained for the student. For example, the Reverse traceroute algorithm includes four measurement techniques. As an undergrad, Ethan assigned me to "own" just one of the techniques. This gave me a piece that I had pride in, that I understood the context for, that I understood in entirety when it was done. If you assign students a scattering of tiny bits of a project, it's often hard for them to see why each piece is important, or why they should feel ownership or pride in anything to do (making it hard for them to feel motivated to work).
- Keep undergrad projects off the critical path until you know them well. You do not want to be sitting two days before the deadline to realize that a critical component of your paper is missing because finals happened and one of your students disappeared. Good projects for undergrads are usually those "extra" pieces of interesting analysis, that might improve the paper, but won't make or break it. With the netcalls project, we needed several examples of applications that used our architecture. Sylvia and I came up with four examples and assigned them to five students. When one of them didn't come through, that was okay — we still had three other examples we could put in the paper.
- Assign projects you mostly have planned out. Grad students and advanced researchers have a lot of context that undergraduates new to research just don't have — what are the right questions to be asking, how do I go about taking an open-ended question and turning it in to an experiment/plan, etc. Good project: "Implement a system that does X using this specific architecture and these tools." Bad project: "How would you implement a system that does X?" Good project: "Run these measurements and experiments and tell me whether system Z has property A." Bad project: "Does system Z have property A?"
- Be ready to dig into the details. Undergrads are still building up their basic skills — how to use toolsets, specific programming languages, etc. They may get stuck on some of the details, and you should be ready to help them dig in to it. Don't let them get stuck on a stupid bug for three weeks that a more experienced programmer would catch quickly — it slows them down, and consequently you down.
- Meet with them 1:1 unless they're explicitly working together. In an effort to better manage my own time, last Spring I tried having a group meeting with all of my students once a week. This was a waste of time for the students — they spent most of the time checking their email while I talked with the other students. This semester, I meet with two of the students together (because they're working as partners), and then two others for a shorter period each. The overhead turned out to be not so bad when I scheduled them back to back with other meetings.
- Don't get an army unless you're really prepared to spend a lot of time with students. You do not want 12 undergraduate researchers unless you are a very special person. Stick to a number you can keep track of individually, otherwise you'll forget what they're doing, they'll forget what they're doing, and not much will get done by anyone.
Being a Good Mentor and Making it Worthwhile for the Student
- Make them co-authors on papers that they contributed to. Even if their contribution is small. It surprises me that I even have to say this, but I've watched graduate students leave undergrads off author lists before, probably more as a mistake than out of malice. It hurts no-one to have another author on the paper, it helps the undergrad a lot if they apply to grad school to be an author, and it's The Right Thing To Do. People who contribute to a research project deserve authorship.
- Find out their post-graduation plans and help them towards it. If their goal is grad school, make sure they are prepared for their applications (due December) and that they have at least three faculty who can serve as letter writers. Help them talk about their work and consider what they might write in an SoP. If their goal is industry, give them implementation-heavy work that allows them to have projects to show off on their CV. Connect them to colleagues in industry who can hire them as interns — perhaps in a field they are "specialized in" due to research with you. (Brag time: one of my graduating students this Spring is headed to Symantec to work on network security appliances, i.e, middleboxes! He found that job himself though :-)
- Find them opportunities to present their work and talk about it. Many researchers I know remember their first talk or poster session, how terrified they were to do it, and how much they learned from it. Talking about your work makes you really synthesize what you did and why it's important. Hearing questions from others helps you move your work forward. And, it reminds you that the work you did is new, novel, and interesting to an outside audience — great affirmation for undergrads! Opportunities at Berkeley include the CoE undergraduate research poster session and various lab lunches. At UW, Mary Gates Hall hosts a whole undergraduate research symposium every spring — and undergrads on the honors track are required to give a thesis talk.
Along the way, teach them this mantra that I learned from Ethan. What did you do? Why was it hard? Why is it important?
- Invite them to talks and reading groups. Let them know that they'll be in over their heads for the first few months, but listening to current work in the field will help them to connect their work to the greater context, get a sense for the state of the art across the field, and see how people go from problem statement to solution for many many problems.
- Nominate them for honors and awards. You know those announcements about the scholarship for X or award for Y that go out to the email lists? Nominate your undergraduates for these. Receiving an award for my research as an undergrad was a big turning point in my confidence as an undergrad — it also helped me out a ton as I applied to grad school. Every university has school-specific awards, and national awards like the CRA undergraduate research award or the ACM Poster Award are out there too. It looks good for you, too. My undergraduate advisors - faculty included - have the awards won by their undergraduate researchers listed on their CVs.
- Treat them like real researchers from Day 1. They, and you, will get a lot more out of the undergraduate research experience if you respect the contributions of their work, treat them as an important part of your research team, and ask them their opinions on things as colleagues. Frankly, this behavior scared the hell out of me when Ethan did it to me (Why do I have an opinion!? I don't know what I'm doing!) but in the end it made me feel like the work I was doing was important and drove me to really understand and and contribute to our project.
- Outreach to the CS student body at large. Both UW and Berkeley host poster/talk sessions where graduate students looking for undergraduate researchers can present to an audience of potential undergraduate researchers. Another way to outreach is to make an announcement to the class related to your subfield. I found all but one of my undergraduate researchers through Scott Shenker's EE122 class.


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The NBA trade deadline is right around the corner with Pau Gasol being the most likely player to be sent elsewhere by the Los Angeles Lakers. Although Gasol's future is up in the air with the deadline looming, the two-time NBA champion wants to remain with the Lakers according to Mike Bresnahan of the L.A. Times on Feb. 13:
Pau Gasol on trade deadline next Thursday: My preference would be to stay." Said he might be able to play again next Wednesday.
Unfortunately for the Lakers, Gasol isn't exactly a hot commodity on the trading block right now. As usual, the Lakers don't want to give up a big-name like Gasol without getting an asset of value in return.
At this point in time, the most likely trade scenario for the Lakers will be making a deal with the division rival Phoenix Suns before the deadline on Feb. 20. The Suns are the only team to show considerable interest in acquiring Gasol before the deadline outside of the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Gasol was almost dealt to Cleveland in exchange for Andrew Bynum last month, but the deal never came to fruition with the Cavs ultimately going with an offer from the Chicago Bulls for Luol Deng. Talk of Deng being back on the trading block along with Anderson Varejao has begun to surface over the last few weeks, but it remains to be seen if Cleveland will reignite trade talks with the Lakers.
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"Mike does that mean this albums sucks," you ask? Well, yeah, it is not the most creative thing I have ever heard especially on a second release that should be better than the first. Analytically speaking if these guys are using a formula to attain success then they are a dismal failure. This is for the reason that many are the Slayer and Deicide rip offs and those bands that do it blatantly either suck donkey sack or are uninspired. Either way what happens is that a guy like me buys this disc, feels ripped off for getting it, then throws it on the shelf to be later sold for $2 at the local disc store. At least I can get more use out of a pack of rolling papers I bought for $2 bones.


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Road test: 2006 Toyota RAV4
More of everything
Growing up is one thing, but if you grow too big for your boots in the process you risk losing some of those admirers you made along the way.
Toyota's new RAV4 for 2006, while it might not have become too big yet, has increased in size, weight and, in the new V6 version's case, power and luxury equipment to the point where it is edging away from the original and successful concept.
In the ten years since its introduction here, Toyota's RAV4 has developed from a sort of gawky newcomer unsure about the reception it would get, to a confident – and in the case of the 269 hp V6 version positively cocky – leading contender in the compact category that now accounts for 45 per cent of all SUV sales.
The cute duckling
When it was introduced in 1996 nobody quite new what to make of this Japanese compact-wagon-on-steroids that was attempting to cash in on the rapidly-emerging status of "real" sport utility vehicles. The RAV4 and others of its ilk were soon rather disparagingly dubbed "cute-utes."
But with the arrival of Honda's similar CR-V, and others in short order, it soon became apparent this type of vehicle was just what many Canadians were looking for. It was relatively inexpensive, frugal enough on fuel, had four-wheel-drive to handle winter driving, enough passenger and cargo capacity to be practical and, as a bonus, was part of the trendy SUV family so you didn't have to admit all those other things were important to you.
Toyota makes the claim that with the RAV4 it "invented" the compact class of SUV but it was really only the first to bring to market here a modern approach to this type of vehicle. Let's not forget the rather rustic Lada Niva and various small Suzuki models that, though small, were built along traditional SUV lines with separate frames.
The RAV4 with its unit-body construction, independent suspension, front-wheel-drive availability, no low-range gearing for its four-wheel-drive system and no real pretence of serious off-roadability was something a little different. What Toyota should claim is that the RAV4 was the first modern "crossover" vehicle, a description that was in most people's minds first linked to the Lexus RX300 of a few years later.
All grown up
This new RAV4 is a considerably larger, more comfortable, better-equipped and generally more capable vehicle than its pumped-up sedan progenitor, and a worthwhile step forward in many ways from the previous version.
It provides 21 per cent more interior space inside its longer, taller, wider and certainly more attractive bodywork, which also offers seating for up to seven passengers, a unique capability in this vehicle category. And, for the first time, it offers V6 power.
It has also become more expensive, of course. Ten years ago a base, four-door, 4wd RAV4 could be had for about $23,000 and even last year for $24,735, But prices have jumped to $28,700 for the 2006 model and $32,595 for the four-cylinder Limited version we tested. The base V6, incidentally, starts at $31,200 and climbs to a positively stunning $38,670.
Does all this move the new generation RAV4 away from its roots, or does it make it a just-right sized and equipped vehicle for today's compact SUV market? Time, and the sales numbers, will tell.
The 2006 RAV4 rides on a wheelbase extended 170 mm and it is 405 mm longer (450 mm more than the original one), 80 mm wider and 200 kg heavier than its predecessor. And to illustrate how it has stepped up in size, its overall length is only 89 mm less than Toyota's Highlander and 205 mm shorter than its 4Runner. Perhaps more to the point, it's just about the same size as its main rival the Honda CR-V.
Outside, inside
The new styling not only reflects its more grown-up status, it's also become more 'crossover-y', losing even more of the classic SUV look, despite still carrying its spare tire hung outside.
That rather awkward rear door, which swings opens to the curb side, isn't its best feature, but a lift-gate would mean the spare would have to go inside or underneath eating up cargo space or the room required for the third-row seat available in some models. Cargo space on the 2006 is 2074 litres vs the 1909 litres previously available.
It's a moderate step up into the cabin, which is roomier, more attractively styled and better equipped, reflecting the overall increase in the RAV4's level of sophistication. The instruments are large and easy to read with broad silver bezels. The top portion of the centre stack holds the good quality audio system and rather tucked away under that is the panel for the climate controls. The front seats proved comfortable for three hour stints, and it's quiet and relaxed at highway speeds.
The headlamps, windscreen washers and cupholders are okay, the outside mirrors large and neat touches include extensions on the sun visors and a holder for your sunglasses. The rear seat splits 60/40 and holds two quite comfortably, three if necessary.
Standard equipment includes air conditioning, power windows, entry, mirrors and locks, stability and traction control, disc brakes with ABS, Brake Force Distribution and Brake Assist, 17-inch wheels, cruise control, de-icing windshield wipers and a tilt and telescope steering wheel.
The Limited adds alloy wheels, automatic transmission. Six-disc CD changer, dual zone climate control, leather wrapped steering wheel with audio controls, power driver's seat fog lamps and other minor items.
Starts with a four
Under the hood is the familiar and smooth-running 2.4-litre four-cylinder, twin-cam engine with intelligent variable valve timing system, but it has been tweaked a bit and now produces 166 hp at 6,000 rpm (up from 161 hp) and a same as before 165 lb-ft of torque at 4,000 rpm.
The automatic transmission in the Limited remains a four-speed, but at least it's a smart one which Toyota has dubbed the Super-intelligent Electronically-Controlled Transaxle. Overall drivability is good and acceleration adequate. But a five-speed automatic would probably improve the performance.
In our performance tests, a four-cylinder RAV4 equipped with this automatic gearbox accelerated from 0 to 100 km/h in 10.11 seconds and from 80 km/h to 120 km/h in 8.7 seconds. It covered the standing quarter-mile in 17.24 seconds, with a peak of 131.5 km/h (81.7 mph) at the timing mark. Its fuel economy ratings are 10.1 L/100km city and an impressive 7.7 L/100km highway.
The RAV4 is only available with Toyota's Active Torque Control four-wheel-drive system (U.S. buyers can opt for a front-driver), with a new electronically-controlled coupling that provides seamless switching between front and four-wheel-drive modes. A manual switch allows you to lock the system if you find yourself in really gooey going, splitting torque 55/45 per cent front-to-rear at speeds under 40 km/h.
Suspension is by a newly-designed MacPherson strut system up front and a "trailing type double wishbone" design at the rear. It has been set up to deliver more agile handling with reduced and better controlled body roll. The electric power steering (the wheel now tilts and telescopes) has also been retuned to give better feel and response. Standard wheels and tires are 17-inch alloys shod with P225/65R17 tires.
On the road, all this translates into a driving experience you'll enjoy. The steering is a touch light but response to driver input is prompt. It's far from agile but cornering is confident without undue body roll. Around town the ride is still slightly trucky, but comfortable and compliant and it's stable on the highway. Brake pedal feel is reassuringly firm.
Safety features include up-rated vehicle stability control and traction control systems, larger side mirrors and front airbags (oddly a side curtain system seems to be only available as an option on the Limited V6).
With its increase in size and substance (and price) the RAV4 may not be a "cute" ute anymore, but it is a vehicle that will meet the needs of many Canadian drivers.
And in 2008 there will be an additional inducement to buy one as they'll be built right here in Canada, at an all-new plant Toyota is building in Woodstock, Ontario. This facility will employ 1,300 workers and produce 100,000 units a year, no less.
Here are the salient points and overall rating of this new model, as established by our reviewer:
- Adequate power
- Good fuel economy
- Overall value for money
- The price of admission rises with options
- Five-speed automatic would improve performance
- Bigger isn't necessarily better
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ITIL For Dummies, 2011 Edition
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Part I: How ITIL Can Help You 7
Chapter 1: Managing IT Services: Welcome to the World of ITIL 9
Chapter 2: Using the Building Blocks of ITIL 19
Chapter 3: Outlining the Structure of ITIL 37
Part II: Getting to Grips with the Service Lifecycle and the Processes 61
Chapter 4: Thinking It Through: Service Strategy 63
Chapter 5: Are We All Agreed? Service Design Part 1: The Relationship Management Processes 95
Chapter 6: Designing Services to Be Fit for Use: Service Design Part 2: The Warranty Processes 117
Chapter 7: Getting Physical: Service Transition 139
Chapter 8: Making Services Work Every Day: Service Operation 167
Chapter 9: Striving to Do Better: Continual Service Improvement 195
Part III: Getting Practical 215
Chapter 10: Implementing ITIL 217
Chapter 11: Getting Carried Away: Using Service Management as a Strategic Asset 245
Chapter 12: Going Back to the Drawing Board: Design Projects 265
Chapter 13: Organising the Troops: Transition Projects 281
Part IV: The Part of Tens 301
Chapter 14: Ten Ways to Help ITIL Work for You 303
Chapter 15: Ten Key Bits of ITIL: Some Possible Quick Wins 309
Chapter 16: Ten Places to Go for Help 317
Part V: Appendixes 323
Appendix A: Getting Qualified in ITIL 325
Appendix B: Glossary 333
Appendix C: Cross Referencing Processes 349
Index 355


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Context and responsive web design: why it's important to approach your decision to build a responsive site only after considering context.
AboutJulie Kondo is an interaction designer, not a robot or a panda. This is where she posts about things that inspire her.
Transparency — or at the least the appearance of it — is critical for companies like Google, which has recently come under fire for their updated privacy policy.
"The Story of Send" chronicles what happens after you hit "Send" in your gmail. I'm sure what happens on the backend is just as cute as how it's pictured here.
If anything, watch it for the adorable graphics and html5 yumminess.
Why content is a UX discipline
One look at the very awesome voiceandtone.com will show you just how valuable content is to user experience.
In this excellent article from UX Mag, UX Design as a Two-Way Conversation, the author illustrates what the conversation would look like when the user types "black sweater" into Google search:
User: I am looking for a black sweater.
Computer: Here's the first sweater I've found for you. It's a white men's sweater.
User: I am looking for a black sweater.
Computer: Here are 87 pages of black sweaters. Which one would you like?
User: Uhhh…
I was recently designing a series of flows for a project I'm working on, and I thought a lot about applying the analogy of a conversation to the design and copy. Because you can't actually be there to help your user, you have to anticipate the questions they'll have and make the answers readily available. This is, I realized, quite a challenging copy exercise. The voice on the page has to be useful, forgiving, and friendly. It has to guide the user toward a very real goal. In designing the experience, it helped me to imagine the flow as a phone conversation. Each step is like a question. "What would you like to do today? Okay, what's your name and where do you live? We're asking because X, Y, Z…"
If you think that words and content are wholly disconnected from UX design, think again. Copy is a powerful facilitator, a way to communicate with your user as a human and not as a robot. I love the metaphor of design as a conversation because I want interactions to be human, intuitive, and two-sided.
Check out this core77 article that, uh, maps out the product evolution of Google Maps. I love the glimpses into their process. We get to see the design decisions that emerged over time as they built the product into what it is today. It shows that you cannot make something great overnight.
Upcoming Trends in Digital
Upstream posted a Trend Guide in preparation for this year's Consumer Electronics Show.
Here are the "macro-trends" they listed in their blog post:
Personal biometrics and digital enabled behavior analysis will increasingly let consumers discreetly track and manage their lives more effectively.
New natural interfaces based on movement will allow more intuitive control of tech, increasing access to information and digital content.
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Mobile "geo-awareness" technology, will create dramatic paradigm shifts to how we shop, socialize and how we are marketed to.
Integration of Social Media and The Cult of Influence into the TV experience will transform it from a media consumption device to a content curating experience.
The "appification of everything", open source tech and accessible manufacturing merge the tangible product and digital, online worlds.
I think this is a pretty good roundup of things we saw in 2011. Check out the PDF in the article to see some examples.
For 2012, I'm hoping we continue down the path of evolving things like "Gestural Interfaces & Augmented Reality". Content is expanding into different devices, so those opportunities for improvement present themselves as huge UX challenges just waiting to be solved. Plus, if we want to use technology to help people, we need to think more about accessibility and what that means to everyone. Interaction design can go way beyond the flat screen. I wonder what will make up next year's trend report?
Ryan Singer Designs in Real Time
UX Designer Ryan Singer from 37signals (makers of the amazing Basecamp, among other products) details his whole process in a long and informative video, which you can watch at Peepcode (it costs money, but there is a free preview). If you are at all interested in UX and Interaction Design, I highly recommend taking the time to watch this. How often to you get to see a talented designer's thought process unfold in real time?
It is true that there is no substitute for real experience, and Ryan has a lot more of it than I do. As an observer, I was most curious to see how he would approach the UX problem and go about solving it. My biggest takeaway was that he looked at the experience holistically, rather than as a set of individual steps that needed to be mapped out one by one. The final interface and its usability were a result of him thinking about where the users start, what they can do, and where they end up. It's a neat little showcase for both Ryan's talent and the power of UX thinking.
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Cole:Way to go Miz you deserve it.
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