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Mar E-mini S&Ps (ESH18 +0.17%) this morning are up +0.21% at a fresh record nearest-futures high on optimism for strong Q4 corporate earnings results. Also, stronger-than-expected China Dec exports also bolstered confidence in the global economic outlook. European stocks are up +0.35% and EUR/USD (^EURUSD) surged to a 3-year high after German negotiators reached a preliminary accord on a coalition. A slump in the dollar index to a 4-month low boosted gold prices with Feb COMEX gold (GCG18 +0.76%) up +0.71% at a 4-month high. Asian stocks settled mostly higher: Japan -0.24%, Hong Kong +0.94%, China +0.10%, Taiwan +0.68%, Australia +0.04%, Singapore +0.22%, South Korea +0.32%, India +0.26%. China's Shanghai Composite climbed to a 1-1/2 month high after stronger-than-expected China Dec exports eased Chinese economic concerns. Japanese stocks closed lower as exporters fell as USD/JPY dropped to a 1-1/4 month low and reduced the earnings prospects of exporters.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.56%) is down -0.53% at a 4-month low. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.69% at a 3-year high. USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.11% at a 1-1/4 month low.
Mar 10-year T-note prices (ZNH18 -0.10%) are down -4 ticks.
German Chancellor Merkel's Christian Democratic Union, the Bavarian CDU Party and the Social Democrats, after a marathon of more than 24 hours of talks, hammered out an agreement that outlines a possible alliance.
China Dec new yuan loans rose by +584.4 billion yuan, weaker than expectations of +1.0 trillion yuan and the smallest amount in 17 months. Dec aggregate financing rose +1.14 trillion yuan, weaker than expectations of +1.500 trillion yuan.
The China Dec trade balance was in surplus by +$54.69 billion, wider than expectations of +$37.00 billion and the biggest surplus in nearly 2-years. Dec exports rose +10.9% y/y, stronger than expectations of +10.8% y/y. Dec imports rose +4.5% y/y, weaker than expectations of +15.1% y/y and the smallest pace of increase in a year.
Key U.S. news today includes: (1) Dec CPI (expected +0.1% m/m and +2.1% y/y, Nov +0.4% m/m and +2.2% y/y) and Dec CPI ex food & energy (expected +0.2% m/m and +1.7% y/y, Nov +0.1% m/m and +1.7% y/y), (2) Dec retail sales (expected +0.5% and +0.4% ex autos, Nov +0.8% m/m and +1.0% ex autos), (3) Nov business inventories (expected +0.4%, Oct -0.1%), (4) Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker (non-voter) delivers a speech on the economic outlook to the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce, (5) USDA Q4 quarterly grain stocks, (6) USDA Jan WASDE crop production, (7) Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren (non-voter) delivers keynote address at a conference at the University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management on Money, Models and Digital Innovation.
Notable Russell 1000 earnings reports today include: JPMorgan Chase (consensus $1.69), Wells Fargo (1.02), PNC Financial (2.20), Blackrock (5.98).
U.S. IPO's scheduled to price today: none.
Equity conferences this week: none.
Humana (HUM +0.80%) was upgraded to 'Buy' from 'Hold' at Jeffries with a price target of $333.
eBay (EBAY +0.29%) was upgraded to 'Buy' from 'Hold' at Suntrust Robinson Humphrey with a price target of $46.
JPMorgan Chase (JPM +0.54%) fell -0.5% in pre-market trading after it reported a -26% decline in Q4 trading revenue, a bigger decline than expectations of -19%.
Texas Roadhouse (TXRH +1.31%) was rated a new 'Outperform' at Wedbush with a 12-month target price of $67.
Finisar (FNSR +2.44%) gained 2% in after-hours trading after it announced the retirement of co-founder and CEO Jerry Rawls and appointment of Michael Hurlston as new CEO effective today.
Exact Sciences (EXAS +2.04%) fell over 5% in after-hours trading after it announced an underwritten public offering of $500 million in convertible senior notes due 2025.
Travelport Worldwide Ltd (TVPT -1.46%) climbed almost 4% in after-hours trading after it was named to replace Bob Evans in the S&P SmallCap 600 before the open of trading on Wednesday, Jan 17.
Astronics (ATRO +1.86%) rallied 5% in after-hours trading after it raised its 2018 consolidated revenue estimate to $745 million-$815 million from a prior view of $675 million-$750 million.
Taylor Morrison Home (TMHC +3.46%) dropped almost 3% in after-hours trading after it announced the commencement of an underwritten public offering of 19.2 million shares of its Class A common stock.
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD +1.51%) slid nearly 3% in after-hours trading after it acknowledged that two vulnerabilities apply to its chips after it said on Jan 3 that it sees "near zero risk" its chips were vulnerable to hacking.
Miragen Therapeutics (MGEN +0.35%) was rated a new 'Outperform at Oppenheimer with an 18-month target price of $13.
Scorpio Bulkers (SALT -2.63%) was rated a new 'Buy' at Noble Financial Group with a 12-month target price of $10.
Aradigm (ARDM -7.57%) plunged 44% in after-hours trading after the FDA failed to approve Aradigm's Linhaliq for treatment of non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis in patients with chronic lung pseudomonas aeruginosa infections.
Mar S&P 500 E-mini stock futures (ESH18 +0.17%) this morning are up +5.75 points (+0.21%) at a new record nearest-futures high. Thursday's closes: S&P 500 +0.70%, Dow Jones +0.81%, Nasdaq +0.69%. The S&P 500 on Thursday pushed up to a new record high and closed higher on strength in energy stocks after crude oil prices climbed to a new 3-year high. Stocks were also boosted by the U.S. Dec core PPI report of -0.1% m/m and rose +2.3% y/y, which was weaker than expectations of +0.2% m/m and +2.5% y/y and was dovish for Fed policy. A bearish factor was the unexpected +11,000 increase in U.S. weekly jobless claims to a 3-1/2 month high of 261,000, worse than expectations for a decline of -5,000 to 245,000.
Mar 10-year T-note prices (ZNH18 -0.10%) this morning are down -4 ticks. Thursday's closes: TYH8 +4.00, FVH8 +1.75. Mar 10-year T-notes on Thursday closed higher on the weaker-than-expected U.S. Dec PPI report and on exceptional demand for the Treasury's $12 billion auction of 30-year T-bonds that had a bid-to-cover ratio of 2.74, well above the 12-auction average of 2.31 and he highest in 3 years. T-note prices were undercut by negative carry-over from a slide in German bund prices to a 5-3/4 month low on the hawkish minutes from the Dec 14 ECB meeting.
The dollar index (DXY00 -0.56%) this morning is down -0.485 (-0.53%) at a 4-month low. EUR/USD (^EURUSD) is up +0.0095 (+0.79%) at a 3-year high and USD/JPY (^USDJPY) is down -0.12 (-0.11%) at a 1-1/4 month low. Thursday's closes: Dollar Index -0.480 (-0.52%), EUR/USD +0.0084 (+0.70%), USD/JPY -0.18 (-0.16%). The dollar index on Thursday closed lower on the unexpected -0.1% m/m decline in U.S. Dec core PPI report, the first decline in 10-months, which was dovish for Fed policy. There was also strength in EUR/USD after the minutes of the Dec 14 ECB meeting stated that policy makers could revisit their forward guidance early this year, in line with a strengthening economy.
Feb crude oil (CLG18 -0.85%) this morning is down -41 cents (-0.64%) and Feb gasoline (RBG18 -0.59%) is -0.0052 (-0.28%). Thursday's closes: Feb WTI crude +0.23 (+0.36%), Feb gasoline +0.0043 (+0.23%). Feb crude oil and gasoline on Thursday closed higher with Feb crude at a 3-year high and Feb gasoline at a 4-1/2 month nearest-futures high. Crude oil prices were supported by a weaker dollar, carry-over support from Wednesday's -4.95 million bbl decline in EIA crude inventories to a 2-1/3 year low, and comments from U.A.E. Energy minister Suhail Al Mazrouei who said OPEC will stick with its production cuts for the rest of the year.
Metals prices this morning are mixed with Feb gold (GCG18 +0.76%) +9.4 (+0.71%) at a 4-month high, Mar silver (SIH18 +1.06%) +0.174 (+1.03%), and Mar copper (HGH18 -0.25%) -0.010 (-0.29%). Thursday's closes: Feb gold +3.2 (+0.24%), Mar silver -0.069 (-0.41%), Mar copper -0.0025 (-0.08%). Metals on Thursday settled mixed with Mar silver at a 1-week low and Mar copper at a 2-1/2 week low. Metals prices were undercut by the rally in stocks that reduced the safe-haven demand for precious metals, and by the hawkish minutes of the Dec 14 ECB meeting, which suggests tighter ECB monetary policy sooner rather than later. Gold closed higher on a weaker dollar.
|Friday, Jan 12
|Dec CPI expected +0.1% m/m and +2.1% y/y, Nov +0.4% m/m and +2.2% y/y. Dec CPI ex food & energy expected +0.2% m/m and +1.7% y/y, Nov +0.1% m/m and +1.7% y/y.
|Dec retail sales expected +0.5% and +0.4% ex autos, Nov +0.8% m/m and +1.0% ex autos.
|Nov business inventories expected +0.4%, Oct -0.1%.
|Philadelphia Fed President Patrick Harker (non-voter) delivers a speech on the economic outlook to the Central Bucks Chamber of Commerce.
|USDA Q4 quarterly grain stocks.
|USDA Jan WASDE crop production.
|Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren (non-voter) delivers keynote address at a conference at the University of California, San Diego Rady School of Management on Money, Models and Digital Innovation.
|Tuesday, Jan 16
|Jan Empire manufacturing survey general business conditions expected unch at 18.0, Dec -1.4 to 18.0.
|USDA weekly grain export inspections.
|BlackRock Inc
|Q4 2017 Earnings Release
|PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The
|Q4 2017 Earnings Release
|JPMorgan Chase & Co
|Q4 2017 Earnings Release
|Wells Fargo & Co
|Q4 2017 Earnings Release
|JPMorgan Chase & Co
|Q4 2017 Earnings Call
|BlackRock Inc
|Q4 2017 Earnings Call
|PNC Financial Services Group Inc/The
|Q4 2017 Earnings Call
|Wells Fargo & Co
|Q4 2017 Earnings Call


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Thrombolytics for stroke: undoubtedly the biggest controversy in emergency medicine. Also, the topic of this week's Emergency Medicine Cases Journal Jam podcast. Rory Spiegel, Anton Helman, and I take a deep dive into the evidence. Why would we do this? No, it isn't just that we have too much time on our hands. The journal jam podcast exists because we truly believe it is important to understand why we do what we do, both to ensure we are always providing the best care for our patients, but also so that we can explain that care to our patients. The evidence for (or against) thrombolytics is important precisely because the topic is so controversial. You will hear arguments on both sides. So will your patients. It is only through a familiarity with the studies, their strengths, and their weaknesses, that you will be able to decide for yourself what the evidence really shows and guide your patients to the best decision for their circumstances.
What follows are the notes I made while preparing for the podcast. First, I review the major randomized controlled trials looking at thrombolytics for stroke. That is followed by a discussion of the things I think are important to consider when trying to interpret this data. (Many folks might want to skip straight to this discussion section.) Continue reading "Thrombolytics for stroke: The evidence"


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A Synoptic Overview of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Cannabis MarketPflueger, Dane; Martinez, Daniel; Palermo, Tommaso (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Since 1996, a variety of US states have decriminalized and legalized the use of cannabis for medical and recreational purposes. Today there are only 11 states with total cannabis prohibition (see Figure 1). Each state has developed its own system and standard of legalization/decriminalizetion, and its own form of regulation and oversight of both psychoactive and non-psychoactive cannabis production, processing, sale, and distribution. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9210
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Jarmatz, Martin (Frederiksberg, 2018)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Pricing is the number one driver of profitability (Hinterhuber, 2004) and deserves greater attention from practitioners and academics (Kienzler & Kowalkowski, 2017; LaPlaca, 1997; Liozu, 2015). Research on pricing processes in business-to-business contexts is still underdeveloped (Leone, Robinson, Bragge, & Somervuori, 2012; Rao & Kartono, 2009). In line with authors, such as Homburg, Jensen, and Hahn (2012) and Liozu and Hinterhuber (2017), Carricano, Trinqueste and Mondejar (2010) particularly stress that there is a "continued lack of research providing sufficient detail to understand how companies organize for pricing" (p. 468). It is important to shed light on the phenomenon of organizing in terms of pricing to better understand firms' internal pricing processes and how they arrive at prices, to eventually help firms to move towards smarter pricing and potentially higher profitability (Carricano et al., 2010; Liozu, 2015). Based on this foundation and motivation, this dissertation addresses the following research question: how do firms organize for pricing? For this purpose, an organizing perspective is applied. Rather than focusing on the static aspects of the pricing organization, it draws attention to the process of organizing. Hence, it is a process lens that acknowledges dynamic ways of understanding social phenomena in organizations (Langley & Tsoukas, 2010). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9634
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Borgström, Benedikte (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: With care of writing as a method of inquiry, this paper engages in academic writing such as responsible knowledge development drawing on emotion, thought and reason. The aim of the paper is to better understand emancipatory knowledge development. Bodily experiences and responses shape academic writing and there are possibilities for responsible academic writing in that iterative process. I propose that academic writing can be seen as possibilities of passionate as well as passive writing. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9342
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Assessing network structures within container shipping industryProckl, Günter; Kotzab, Herbert; Kinra, Aseem (frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Purpose - Container shipping, due to its boundary crossing nature, is generally seen as an international business. A first look into the physical networks of the industry has shown that container-shipping companies operate however rather differently, with different motives for internationalization, and infact show different patterns to their international development. However, there are other important transactional and market-oriented considerations, and overall dynamics that need to be examined before concluding on the internationalization levels of container shipping companies, and the industry. The purpose of this paper is to further investigate the patterns of internationalisation by the examination of the more demand-oriented considerations. Design/methodology/approach - In order to answer the research question, the paper focusses on the examination of the front-end activities and structures like sales office networks and the overall extent of market presence. For this the fundamental sales networks of the companies were considered as a key indicator, and the port networks of the 20 largest container-shipping companies in the world (by TEU capacity) were analyzed. Findings - The resulting data set allows an examination on each company's overall network at various geographic levels, and a direct comparison of the networks of the companies. It shows that not all shipping companies are highly international. It also shows that market share and total capacity are not necessarily a good indicator for the worldwide presence of a company. Research limitations/implications (if applicable) - The paper adds yet another piece to the interesting puzzle on internationalization patterns of container shipping companies. However, for a complete picture on the internationalization process further work will be required that is based e.g. on the development pattern of single companies and that may also take more the dynamic aspects and comparisons into account. Practical implications - Preceeding work provides insights that are directed towards the port networks and thus toward the more back office oriented resource architecture and the more geographical aspect of physical coverage. By reorganising the focus on the sales network of the single container shipping companies, this paper presents findings that are also applicable to the front end, towards the customer, The comparison of both views is promising interesting insights such as ownership structures and entry modes along with the specific location commitment as a basis for strategic considerations. Originality/value – In the academic literature there is not much to find on the internationalization process and the dominating internationalisation patterns related to container shipping. The paper makes an important contribution in this regard by considering the different aspects of the international shipping networks and by bringing these closer to extant frameworks on internationalization. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8812
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Exploring the Process of Bringing the Market Inside the FirmFriis, Ivar; Hansen, Allan; Vámosi, Tamás (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Research on relative performance measures, transfer pricing, beyond budgeting initiatives, target costing, piece rates systems and value based management has for decades underlined the importance of external benchmarking in performance management. Research conceptualises external benchmarking as a market mechanism that can be brought inside the firm to provide incentives for continuous improvement and the development of competitive advances. However, whereas extant research primarily has focused on the importance and effects of using external benchmarks, less attention has been directed towards the conditions upon which the market mechanism is performing within organizations. This paper aims to contribute to research by providing more insight to the conditions for the use of external benchmarking as an element in performance management in organizations. Our study explores a particular type of external benchmarks - external suppliers' bids on sub-components (which can be produced either in-house or by the external suppliers) in a Danish manufacturing firm – and we study the conditions that determine the success of the mechanism in the manufacturing firm which include issues related to the calculation of the 'inside' costs of the sub-component, technical specifications of the product, opportunistic behavior from the suppliers and cognitive limitation. These are all aspects that easily can dismantle the market mechanism and make it counter-productive in the organization. Thus, by directing more attention towards the conditions for the use of the external benchmarks we provide more insights to some of the issues and challenges that are related to using this mechanism for performance management and advance competitiveness in organizations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9223
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Evidence from ChinaSundtoft Hald, Kim (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Sustainable work behavior is an important issue for operations managers – it has implications for most outcomes of OM. This research explores the antecedents of sustainable work behavior. It revisits and extends the sociotechnical model developed by Brown et al. (2000) on predicting safe behavior. Employee characteristics and general attitudes towards safety and work condition are included in the extended model. A survey was handed out to 654 employees in Chinese factories. This research contributes by demonstrating how employee- characteristics and general attitudes towards safety and work condition influence their sustainable work behavior. A new definition of sustainable work behavior is proposed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8775
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Jiang, Liping; Al-Ajlouni, Omar (Frederiksberg, 2017)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: WHAT IS THE ISSUE? Pricing can be a particular challenging issue for marine suppliers with multiple products and services especially when suppliers want to address specific customer needs and at the same time achieves the efficiency in pricing. WHY IS IT IMPORTANT? Appropriate pricing of products-and-services combination can have a much broader impact on the business. First, it will boost the sales and revenue by differentiating customers' varied preference between offerings while reducing the transaction costs. In addition, it will enhance the competitiveness and minimize the ability of new entrants to compete in the market. Lastly, customer satisfaction and loyalty will be increased accordingly. WHAT CAN BE DONE? The pricing challenge for multiple products and services can be overcome by applying the modular concept on pricing, where each product or service is offered as a module, so suppliers can either set different prices for each module or offer a couple of modules at a bundled price. Pursuing price bundling will allow suppliers to balance the tradeoff between customization and standardization in pricing, thus creating a potential win-win situation. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9520
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Jiang, Liping; Hansen, Carsten Ørts (Frederiksberg, 2017)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: What is the Issue? Sustaining long-term growth requires marine suppliers to define their pricing strategies in a holistic fashion. However, pricing is an under-managed activity in many companies. Especially when moving towards servitization, services or integrated solutions are frequently underpriced or promised at performance levels that cannot be delivered profitably. Why is it Important? Pricing is one of the most important elements for all business and everything in the business works to justify the input value for a price and turn it into a profit. It therefore has a dramatic but frequently underappreciated effort on achieving profitability and keeping business thriving. What can be Done? The marine supplies industry needs radical change in pricing by thinking about customer's needs and aligning the incentives between suppliers and customers for long-term relationship. Value-based pricing is the way forward. An intensive discussion has been made with regard to the key challenges of applying value-based pricing in the marine supplies industry. Understanding these challenges is crucial for a move towards value-based pricing and will shed light on how to tackle these challenges. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9472
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Soffers, Ruter; Meijboom, Bert; Hsuan, Juliana (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Modularity can help address urgent societal needs of cost reductions and improved patient centeredness in healthcare, but has only rarely been implemented in that sector. We propound that this is at least partially due to the lack of guidance on reorganizations of existing healthcare offerings in a modular way. We identify three principles to do so: 1) the service architecture should be decomposable; 2) a proper service specification process should be introduced; and 3) the presence of interfaces should be ensured. Following these principles should help policy makers as well as managers to implement modularity in existing healthcare offerings. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9418
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An empirical case study of a renewal processBeyer, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The case is one of four cases of a phd. project. The project aims to explore how process work can be implemented so as to create ownership to solutions, and so it leads to organizational cohe-siveness and flexibility. The case is from 2006. The description is based on a series of qualitative interviews sup-ported by a review of organizational documents and followed by reflective workshops. The organization is a consulting firm. The case is process organizing introduced in order to delegate more decisions to employees. It has initially created energy and job satisfaction, but the result has been new demands to man-agement. The case shows that it is possible to create good organizational performance by combine process organization, transparency and self-management, but also that this makes special demands on leadership and organizational learning. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9665
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Toward a General TheoryMikkola, Juliana Hsuan (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The focus of this paper is to integrate various perspectives on product architecture modularity into a general framework, and also to propose a way to measure the degree of modularization embedded in product architectures. Various trade-offs between modular and integral product architectures and how components and interfaces influence the degree of modularization are considered. In order to gain a better understanding of product architecture modularity as a strategy, a theoretical framework and propositions are drawn from various academic literature sources. Based on the literature review, the following key elements of product architecture are identified: components (standard and new-to-the-firm), interfaces (standardization and specification), degree of coupling, and substitutability. A mathematical function, termed modularization function, is introduced to measure the degree of modularization embedded in product architectures, by taking the key elements as the main variables. Various managerial and theoretical implications of the modularization function are drawn. For instance, the function can be used as a framework to aid to examine various leveraging forces behind new product development, manufacturing, and supply chain management policies of a firm. The modularization function also allows us to study the implications of modularization from different theoretical perspectives, such as resource-based view of the firm and transaction cost economics. Finally, the application of the modularization function and its limitations are discussed. Key words: modularity, product architecture URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6287
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Kompetencebehov i fremtidens blå Danmark 2013Gammelgaard, Britta; Sornn-Friese, Henrik; Stoumann, Jacob; Hansen, Jens; Jessen, Mads; Larsen, Morten (København, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: For at styrke kompetenceniveauet i de maritime erhverv i Danmark er 10 partnere, bestående af relevante uddannelsesinstitutioner og maritime interesseorganisationer, gået sammen om projektet 'Danmarks Maritime Klynge' (DKMK). Med et særligt fokus på kompetenceudvikling inden for den maritime sektor udvikles og oprettes der i projektet flere maritime uddannelsesforløb i form af fag og kurser på bachelor- og kandidatniveau, der arbejdes på at skabe nemmere afkørsler til kandidatuddannelser for professionsbachelorer, og der udarbejdes relevante maritime efteruddannelsestilbud. Som en indledende del af projektet har projektets partnere via en række analyseaktiviteter set nærmere på, hvilke udfordringer, muligheder og behov de maritime erhverv i Danmark står over for i relation til uddannelse, kompetence og arbejdskraft. Ligeledes er der i inspirationsøjemed blevet set på, hvordan andre førende maritime nationer har valgt at støtte op om udviklingen af deres maritime klynger. Analyserne er foretaget på et overordnet niveau og mere uddannelsesspecifikke analyser vil blive foretaget af de enkelte partnere i den resterende projektperiode. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8665
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Or how the natural environment may qualify as a stakeholder in the firm's business environmentJustesen, Lise; Mouritsen, Jan; Tryggestad, Kjell (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In its general form, stakeholder theory posits an extension of the ecology. It claims that there are other stakes and interests than those posited by shareholder value theory (Freeman et al. 2004; Jensen and Sandström 2011), and some stakeholder theory proponents argue that the natural environment is also to be considered as a stakeholder (Driscoll and Starik 2004; Norton 2007). It is a positive claim – there are more stakes and interests – and a moral one – we should look towards more interests in order to complete the analysis. With this framing, stakeholder theory seeks to identify stakes and interests which may be difficult but in principle achievable; it also seeks to make analysis of organized activity such as (global) business into a concern with the relative power of stakes and interests. These concerns are highly relevant but they face the barrier that if stakes and interests are positively there, the analysis becomes static and will pay less attention to both the formation and to power-effects of stakes and interest. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8482
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Sørensen, Lars Bøge (Frederiksberg, 2007)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Bevæggrunden for studiet er en undring over det tilsyneladende fravær på risikostyring ifm. reducering af lagre, afkortning af leveringstider, specialisering, etc. Der opstilles en hypotese om at graden (eller niveauet) af SCM må hænge sammen med niveauet for risikostyring, da et tættere integreret netværk vil resultere i en forholdsmæssigt større konsekvens af en forstyrrelse (Perrow, 1984). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9615
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Representation of Services in Contractual AgreementsHarjo, Ieva; Frandsen, Thomas; Hsuan, Juliana (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper explores how seemingly complex servitized solutions can become tradable in a customer–supplier relationship by objectification and abbreviation. The key argument is that the complexity of product-service solutions can be reduced by abbreviation of the reality in written form of contracts and agreements that allow for customization while making the offer more comprehensible for customers and more manageable for suppliers. Preliminary results from an exploratory case study are presented. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9419
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Algren, Casper; Kotzab, Herbert (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Purpose: We have examined which dimensions are used by the largest Danish manufacturing companies to measure SCPM at operational, tactical and strategic level, how can these dimensions be classified, and how do these empirical results have implications for practice and selected SCPM-theories. Design/methodology/approach: A deductive structure based on a theoretical framework was used to design an empirical investigation of 54 Danish manufacturing companies, which all have revenue of more than DKK 500 million. Furthermore, qualitative investigation was done by analyzing four casecompanies in order to get a more in-depth picture of how SCPM is used in practice. Findings: The four most used SCPM metrics have downstream focus. Companies that use SCPM have a more deliberated split between metrics with focus on operational, tactical and strategic level. While the quantitative data indicates that non-financial measurements are most frequently used, the qualitative data implies that the companies use financial measures as basis for performance measurement and that results from non-financial measures have second priority. Research limitations/implications (if applicable): The model is limited to large Danish industrial companies and we propose to widen the model to upstream and downstream supply chain partners. Practical implications (if applicable): The paper shows the most important and most frequently used supply chain relevant key performance indicators as well as a process model of how to implement supply chain performance measurement in a company. Original/value: This paper closes the gap between theory and practice within the area of performance measurement and management within the context of supply chain management. The proposed SCPM model has been theoretically developed and empirically validated. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8331
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A Systematic Literature Review of Road Freight TransportBenedikte, Borgström; Gammelgaard, Britta; Wieland, Andreas (Frederiksberg, 2017)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Purpose: This article provides a comprehensive review of the strategic management of transport and logistics services and to identify promising avenues for future research in the field. Design/methodology/approach: A systematic literature review is conducted based on articles published between 2011 and 2016 in international peer‐reviewed journals. 55 selected articles deal with strategic elements concerning hauliers, such as service offerings, costs and revenues. Findings: Themes of hauliers' strategizing that are discussed in the literature, namely carrier selection revisited, professionalism, innovation, horizontal collaboration, planned and emergent strategies, and value propositions. Research limitations/implications: The research expands on the previous literature on logistics and transport and adds knowledge about hauliers as part of the transport and supply chain. Social implications: In highly ranked transport journals, only two per cent of the published articles concern haulier strategizing, thus, knowledge development concerning the socio-economic and managerial problems of practitioners and policy makers is delimited. Original/value: The study contributes to a strategic perspective by identifying transdisciplinary avenues of research that are likely to likely to encourage hauliers to be innovative. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9518
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Resume: Using a combined conceptual and single case-based research methodology, we explore the process connecting a buyers attempt to transfer its sustainability requirements with its suppliers' willingness to participate. We conclude that buyer promoted sustainability practices in the supply chain can be understood as multiple decision problems. The case illustrate how accounting devices play major roles in resolving these decision problems, and how decision criteria apparently unconnected to the sustainability issue affect the outcome of the sustainability transferral process in the supply chain. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8273
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Resume: The spatial scope of organisations has recently been reemphasised in the context of supply chains and supply chain management. This scope is usually accompanied by uncertainty to organisations, especially for the extended supply chain with geographically dispersed operations and activities, thus posing environmental complexity in the form of risks and costs that organisations need to contend with. The main purpose of this dissertation is to create a deep understanding of this environmental complexity facing the extended supply chain, and the main research objective is to develop a construct, consisting of factors and measures, that can aid in describing its state in the context of logistics. Overall, the dissertation assumes an international business (IB) standpoint in undertaking this task whereby it is argued that countries and borders matter, and that differences between country environments lead to environmental complexity in the geographically dispersed supply chain. Country-oriented constraints may then exist at macro-economic level, or the micro-/meso- e.g. firm, network and industry levels of the business environment. In this dissertation, supply chain (logistics) environmental complexity is developed and operationalised in terms of the range and heterogeneity of country-oriented macro- logistics factors that need to be considered in extended, cross-border, or global supply chain (logistics) operations. The remainder of this dissertation is thereafter dedicated to finding these factors, and their respective information measures, by the application of a decision-making approach. A decision factor is one that influences the decision on selection with regards to environmental complexity, and an information measure is a unit of measurement that aids decision-making by providing some information on the factor. The findings of this dissertation are based upon multiple literature reviews, content analyses and expert opinions, and suggest the importance of 17 such decision factors and 187 different types of information measures, which describe the state of environmental complexity in extended, cross-border, or global supply chain operations. The study is particularly relevant from the perspective of strategy and design issues in global supply chain management, international operations management and international business, and more specifically for environmental scanning and decision-making applications such as site location and transport mode selection. By applying the results of this dissertation decision-makers may, for example, get a preliminary idea of the environmental complexity surrounding their extended supply chains. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7823
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Red thread from a WorkshopProckl, Günter; Gammelgaard, Britta (Frederiksberg, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Sustainability in business is clearly recognized as a very important topic which is intensively discussed in theory and practice. (When it comes to the social and ecological aspects of sustainability, the logistics and transportation industry is often considered one of the prime suspects to be identified as a major polluter reluctant to implement changes and improvements. A workshop was designed and organized in the fall of 2011 to start a discussion on the role that the logistics service industry plays or should play in the sustainability business. The clear objective was to work on the issue – not from the viewpoint of politics and society, not from the viewpoint of industry and the retail sector, and not from that of academia ‐ but from the view of the logistics service providers. In other words, the workshop was designed to help develop a clear statement of the role of the logistics industry. A statement of the logistics industry's role as the logistics industry understands it. This short paper recapitulates the red thread of the workshop discussions and ends with a summary. This summary is meant as a first draft of a manifest of the industry regarding their view towards the topic of sustainability. It provides statements in response to four basic questions regarding sustainability. As this manifest is made by a focused, but in size and geography limited group, it is of course not representative. Therefore we would like to encourage everyone from the industry in addition to those from outside the industry to support us with comments. Tell us if and why you agree or not, and how we could improve and augment the statements made. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8585
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On November 11, 1895 William Wallace Johnson was installed as Master of King Hiram's Lodge. He was the son of Past Master Joseph P. Johnson, joining the Lodge shortly after his fathers death in 1891. One of his first acts was to appoint Moses N. Gifford, chairman of a committee of seven members of the Lodge to complete arrangements for the Lodge's one hundredth anniversary celebration.
From the minutes of the Lodge:
"December 2, 1895
A report of the Anniversary committee is received. The celebration is scheduled for March 25, 1896. A banquet is to be held with tickets being available to all Masons desiring them. An oration is to be delivered preceding a concert by the Temple Quartet in the evening at Town Hall. A dance is to follow. Members vote that a history of the Lodge should be published and that William Johnson is to prepare and deliver it."
On December 12, 1895, the one hundredth anniversary of the signing of the charter of King Hiram's Lodge, the Lodge met at a Special Communication in the Lodge room with twelve officers and ten members present. This was a relatively low key event as, due to the inability of the officers of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to be present, it had already been decided to hold a significantly larger event in March of the following year. During a two and one half hour meeting remarks were made by those members present and the following resolutions, offered by Wor. James A. Small, were by a rising vote adopted by the membership of King Hiram's Lodge;
Whereas, on the twelfth day of December 1795 a dispensation was granted to sundry persons to form themselves into an organization to be known as King Hiram's Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, with authority from the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to perform all legitimate acts in conformity with Masonic usages, therefore
Resolved, that we the present members of the said King Hiram's Lodge this twelfth day of December 1895, desire to place upon record our appreciation of the noble work our brothers of one hundred years ago, as well as all others who have guided and defended our noble craft down through the century.
Resolved, that we pledge our best efforts individually and collectively to perpetuate the good name of King Hiram's Lodge to the end, that the close of the second century of her existence may show a record still grand and glorious in the cause of human rights and brotherhood.
During the next three months preparations and arrangements accelerated with a number of Special Communications held in the Lodge. Benjamin Allstrum Higgins and Leslie Atherton Spinney became Master Masons, a bronze commemorative medal was cast, under a dispensation from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and invitations and a circular letter were distributed to Lodge members and masons throughout, what was then, the 28'th Masonic District.
The Lodge also bade farewell and paid their last respects to three members who died suddenly, Capt. Nathan Persons, Capt. Benjamin Hatch Atkins and Capt. William Matheson. All three were highly regarded master mariners, active in Provincetown's whaling industry and West Indies trade. Nathan Persons commanded the Mary E. Simmons in 1866, Atkins, the Valentine Doane and the Olive Clark and Matheson owned the Jessie Matheson and Mary Matheson as well as Matheson's wharf.
At 2:30 P.M. on Wednesday, March 25, 1896 King Hiram's Lodge opened on a Special Communication with twelve officers and one hundred sixty members and brothers from the 28'th Masonic District. Wor. William W. Johnson appointed Past Masters Moses N. Gifford, Hezekiah P. Hughes and Lewis H. Baker a committee to receive M.W. Edwin B. Holmes, Grand Master of Masons of Massachusetts and his suite which was composed of twenty two Grand Lodge officers.
Following introductions and an exchange of remarks the Grand Lodge officers and guests were conducted in a procession to the Provincetown Town Hall where the anniversary exercises were to be held. This celebration was not limited only to the Lodge members and their guests, the Boston Traveler and the Boston Globe newspapers had entire pages printed in the following days edition covering the days events in Provincetown. Complete with artists renderings of the Lodge building, which had been handsomely decorated with red, white and blue bunting for the occasion and Lodge officers, William Johnson, William Young, and Irving Rosenthal it noted that most businesses in Provincetown had closed that day in observance of the event. The anniversary coverage even overshadowed Madam Sarah Bernhardt's opening at the Tremont Theatre in Boston.
The order of exercises at Town Hall were interspersed with selections provided by the Amphion Orchestra of Provincetown. An oration was delivered by the Rev. Bro. William Rider with a poem written for the occasion and delivered by Rev. Bro. R. Perry Bush of Gloucester, a lineal descendant of Past Master Godfrey Ryder, and the donor of the land where the Town Hall now stood. The opening exercises also included addresses of welcome by Wor. William Johnson and the Grand Master.
Excerpts of an address given by Wor. William W. Johnson, Master of King Hiram's Lodge at the Centennial Celebration of King Hiram's Lodge, March 26, 1896.
"The Charter of King Hiram's Lodge was signed on the twelfth day of December, 1795, and from that time we justly date the birth of our Lodge. Time in its ceaseless course has rounded out more than a full century since a little company of good men and true received from the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts a Charter empowering them to convene as a Masonic Lodge in the town of Provincetown. Their meeting was without doubt unnoticed even by their neighbors and friends, and it is probable that the most sanguine of our Brethren little realized how well they were building, and upon the foundation then deeply and firmly laid would arise an institution whose life of one hundred years, spent in deeds of charity, benevolence and love, we, their successors, should meet to celebrate; a temple which would withstand the malice, hatred, and feverish excitement of those ignorant of the rudiments of the principles upon which it was founded and upon which it was destined to stand unmoved.
Does not the fact that Masonry has passed through the most trying ordeals, and come forth unscathed and victorious, prove that it is founded on principles as immovable as the everlasting hills; grand truths which lead man ever onward and upward. One hundred years of seed time and harvest, one hundred years of sunshine and storm have passed. What changes have been wrought in this vicinity and among its inhabitants! Our Brethren labored valiantly and well. They have gone to their reward , but their works still live, and we enjoy today the fruit of their labors, and generations of Masons yet unborn will rise up and call them blessed. The venerated charter which they received, and which has been handed down to us after a series of more than one hundred years, plainly show the effect of the effacing hand of time. It has passed through many vicissitudes. It has been in danger of loss, destruction and surrender, but it has been happily preserved from all these misfortunes, and today is carefully guarded and highly prized, not only as a most valuable momento of the past , but as the proper authority for the work of King Hiram's Lodge.
The Grand Master who affixed his signature to our Charter was Paul Revere, the close friend of Samuel Adams, John Hancock, Joseph Warren and James Otis. Paul Revere the "Eminent Patriot," who said to his friend:
"If the British march By land or sea from the town tonight, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry-arch Of the North church tower, as a signal-light,- One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country-folk to be up and to arm."
The Deputy Grand Master was William Scollay, a public spirited citizen of Boston, whose name is given to the square fronting Tremont Row. The Senior Grand Warden was Isaiah Thomas, who took an active part in the Revolution, and as an author and journalist did much to incite the people to resistance. The Junior Grand Warden was Joseph Laughton, who held a prominent position in the treasury department of our State. The Grand Secretary was Daniel Oliver, a prosperous merchant of Boston. They were men foremost in their day and generation, who were deeply interested in our Order, and identified with noble and unselfish achievements for the benefit of their fellow-men. These are the names which grace the charter of King Hiram's Lodge; names synonymous with honor, bravery, benevolence and patriotism; names which never die, but down through the years shine resplendent for their lives grandly lived.
On this narrow stretch of land, extending out into the way as if bidding defiance to old ocean, and proclaiming thus far thou shalt go and no father, are erected lighthouses. Their welcome rays across the vast waste of waters warn the storm-tossed mariner of hidden rocks and treacherous shoals, and point out the pathway to a safe anchorage.
Brethren do you see any parallel between the lesson of our town thus situated, thus protected, thus serving mankind, and the Institution to which we belong?
Masonry is built on principles sure and steadfast, whose influences for good extend far out into the sea of turmoil and strife, bid defiance to woe, misery and all things unholy. Its grand teaching, like beacon lights, dispel the darkness of our sordid, worldly ambitions, warn the traveler on life's ocean of perils which beset his course, and guide him to that peaceful harbor where the weary shall find rest.
Masonry is a lighthouse on the shores of time, save that its welcome rays penetrate everywhere, dispelling the darkness of sorrow and despair and diffusing the brightness of joy and hope. May King Hiram's Lodge in the century upon which it is about to enter, stand firm and true as a lighthouse on the shore, whose beams shall brighten the way of many a worthy Brother and encourage him to earnest endeavor and good living."
At 5:30 P.M. the Brethren, their ladies and invited guests were conducted to the Banquet Room in Town Hall where four hundred persons were served an elegant dinner prepared by T.D. Cook and Co. caterers of Boston. Wor. William Johnson introduced Past Master Artemus P. Hannum as Toastmaster of the evening who alluded to the good works accomplished by the Lodge in its first century in the community and expressed regret that the Lodge had been somewhat neglectful in its social responsibilities. He acknowledged the presence of the many ladies in the room adding that " By their gentility and charm they have added grace to the occasion," vowing that the Lodge would provide more occasions where they would be welcomed. Speeches were tendered by the several members of Grand Lodge in attendance with music provided by the Apollo Male Quartet of Boston. Dinner concluded with the entire assembly rising at the request of Past Master Artemus Hannum and singing "Auld Lang Syne."
The assembled guests adjourned to the audience room at Town Hall where a concert was given by the Apollo Male Quartet followed by a reception for the Grand Lodge officers where the Amphion Orchestra furnished the music.
In the Abstract of Proceedings of The Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for March
25, 1896, R.W. Sereno D. Nickerson, Recording Grand Secretary concluded his report with
the following;
The pleasures of the day were prolonged with a concert by the Apollo Quartet, of Boston, and a dance which was protracted until the small hours of the morning and appeared to afford the greatest gratification not only to all the young people but also to the several of the staid and sedate Grand Officers.
The members of King Hiram's Lodge met the following day at 7:30 P.M. to close
The minutes of the meetings in the following months contain a sense of satisfaction with an enormously successful event and congratulations to those members who organized and assisted in planning it. Special mention was made of the services of Adam's Lodge of Wellfleet and Howard Lodge of So. Yarmouth. Also to the Ladies Sewing Society of the Centre Methodist Church and to the Ladies Sewing Society of the Church of the Redeemer. The event also saw the presentation to the Lodge of Past Master Waterman Crocker's Past Master's jewel and a dress apron and sash presented by the Lodge to him in 1848. Arrangements were also made to publish the Anniversary History book, prepared by William Johnson and to purchase souvenir buttons. These buttons have a picture of George Washington with King Hiram's Lodge written on it.
All the historical content in these pages researched and compiled by Wor. James J. Theriault, curator of King Hiram's Museum and lodge historian. Any comments concerning content may be sent to James J. Theriault, 541A Main Street, Hyannis, MA 02601
Back to King Hiram's History Page.


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Justin Bieber was fined by the Dubai Police for crossing the speed limit as he raced to his concert in his 1.5million-dollar Lamborghini Avendator on Sunday.
The police said that the radar cameras caught the luxury sports car, which was being driven recklessly by Bieber, several times on Shaikh Zayed road, the Gulf News reported.
The Dubai Police confirmed that the pop star racked up six speeding fines during his stay in the city.
A police source said that the car, which has a top speed of 350kph and 691 horsepower, was spotted by the police patrols exceeding the road speed limit and they tried to stop the driver.
The insider added that several radar penalties were also issued against the car.
With the typical speeding fine in Dubai being 600 Dirham, Bieber would have to pay at least 3,600 Dirham, although it is unclear how the fines will be collected.
A UAE-based Lamborghini sales agent told the publication that it is possible for a motorist as young as the teen icon to get insured for the luxurious car.
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Best Of Times can book his Epsom ticket with victory in the Casco EBF Stallions Cocked Hat Stakes at Goodwood.
The Listed heat has only ever produced one Derby hero in 1979 victor Troy and while it may not boast a great profile in terms of future Classic winners, the likes of Pentire, Dubai Millennium and Rewilding do feature on the role of honour.
Best Of Times would seemingly be up against it with Prince Gagarin officially rated superior by 2lb while that pair must give 3lb all round due to their respective Listed successes.
However, the Saeed bin Suroor-trained Best Of Times looks far from exposed so far, winning two of his three juvenile outings last term before reappearing with victory in the Newmarket Stakes at Headquarters earlier in the month.
He emerged a half-length winner from that event but looked good value for the margin as he wandered around a bit when hitting the front and will surely have plenty of improvement still to come.
This son of Dubawi hails from the family of Dahlia so with the likes of St Leger winner Nedawi on the dam's side, stamina worries will hopefully be allayed.
Great Fun put up a decent performance to win on his belated racecourse bow at Wetherby last month and he can follow up in the Reheat Stakes.
A half-brother to three winners, he upheld family honour when scoring by half a length and the handicapper has hardly gone mad with an initial rating of 76 - a perch which looks highly workable.
Nelspruit has been the subject of some positive gallops reports of late and merits an interest in the Spitfire Maiden Auction Stakes.
He was beaten just a neck on his racecourse bow and can spark an across-the-card double for Richard Hannon with Belgrade primed for the Simonstone Fiat 500X Chase Handicap at Bath.
* Selections -
Haydock: 2.00 Borak, 2.30 Menai, 3.05 Scalzo, 3.40 Wanting, 4.15 Get Knotted, 4.50 Treasury Notes, 5.20 Ferdy.
Pontefract: 6.30 Gannicus, 7.00 Poetic Verse, 7.30 Sir Dudley, 8.00 Vallarta, 8.30 Next Stop, 9.00 Marasim.
Goodwood: 2.20 Nelspruit, 2.50 Great Fun, 3.25 Luna Moon, 4.00 BEST OF TIMES (NAP), 4.35 Palerma, 5.10 Humidor, 5.45 Paloma Dancer.
Musselburgh: 6.40 Fillydelphia, 7.10 Postulant, 7.40 Bunce, 8.10 Apterix, 8.40 Cisco Boy, 9.10 Lil Sophella.
Worcester: 5.50 Dr Anubis, 6.20 Orby's Man, 6.50 Vif Argent, 7.20 Pulling Power, 7.50 Midnight Shot, 8.20 Hunt Ball, 8.50 Kentford Myth.
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Both have their own appeal but i like this one the most!!! Love the mask. Great work as always Schin :]
the details is just insane! really amazingly beautiful piece!
to think of how you changed it flawlessly is amazing to me, i would have had to start a whole new picture, i would have gotten confused with all the different layers and stuff XD lol
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You've heard of Roth IRAs and you've heard of 401(k)s.
Both are awesome in their own ways, but if you have this newfangled retirement account called a Roth 401(k) available to you, you should definitely look into it, too.
The Wall Street Journal reports that, as of 2011, 21% of companies offered a Roth option on their 401(k), according to Fidelity, which manages plans that cover 11 million people. And that number is growing. At big companies of 250,000 workers or more, the figure is 50%.
We'll break down the ins and outs of a Roth 401(k) retirement account, so you can be confident you're making the right decision for your finances. Even if you don't currently have one at your company, read on, because a Roth 401(k) can benefit many people, and you could always request that your HR department add it to the company's retirement options.
How Retirement Plans Differ
With a Roth IRA, you pay taxes on your contribution now, but then all the money you earn on it won't be taxed when you take it out, as long as you withdraw your money after age 59 1/2. The downside is that you can only put in $5,000 a year, and you have to earn below $110,000 in order to contribute the full $5,000. If you earn more than $125,000, you can't use a Roth IRA at all (but you can use a non-deductible traditional IRA).
On the flip side, with a traditional 401(k), you don't pay taxes now, but then all your earnings are taxed when you take the money out, just like with the traditional IRA. The upside is that you can contribute up to $17,000 a year.
But now the Roth 401(k) offers the best of both worlds:
In other words, you can go gangbusters on your retirement with a Roth 401(k).
But hey, if you're not comfortable contributing just $17,000 a year (you do, after all, have big plans for retiring in Monaco with access to a 40-foot sailboat), you can contribute even more. If you fall under the income limits mentioned above, you can also open your own Roth IRA, which means you can put up to $22,000 in your retirement accounts each year and not pay taxes on however much that grows into when you retire. (If your income is too high to contribute to a Roth, then you can contribute $5,000 to a traditional IRA, but you won't get the tax deduction.)
You might even pay lower fees for costs associated with your plan because it's administered by your company, instead of the consumer rates you would get with a Roth through a brokerage. That could mean savings for you.
Should You Sign Up?
Sounds perfect, right? It is pretty cool. But there are a few situations in which you shouldn't take the option:
1. If your income is likely to drop a lot after you retire, or if your tax rate is high now. If you're in a scenario that makes you think you'll probably have a significantly lower income during retirement than you do today, that also means your tax rate might drop in retirement. For that reason, you might not want a Roth 401(k) where contributions are taxed now, and you might instead want to defer your taxes and go with regular a 401(k).
2. If you don't have many years until retirement for your money to grow. One of the best benefits of the Roth 401(k) is that you are never taxed on investment gains. For this to be valuable, you'll want to have time for your money to really grow, and as you get closer to retirement there is not only less time, but you often are taking a lot less risk with your portfolio, which usually translates to lower gains.
3. If you'll contribute less each month in order to make up for the loss in tax benefits you enjoyed under the traditional 401(k). There is a small upfront tax benefit in the traditional 401(k), which means every dollar you save actually lowers taxable income right now. While you still have to pay your taxes down the road (and even taxes on the investment gains), the Roth probably isn't the right fit just yet if you plan to put away less each month.
4. You want a broad array of investment options. Roth 401(k)s often offer narrower investment choices than Roth IRA accounts. If you care deeply about having lots of choices, this might give you pause.
The Bottom Line
Roth 401(k)s are a great option for almost every employee, especially those on the younger side who are looking to stash away as much as possible every year for a fantastic retirement.
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Floppy disks were introduced in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Initially, they were 8 inches wide, although this quickly was reduced as technology developed.
The floppy disk was the first main portable computer storage. It allowed software to be loaded onto computers. As floppy disks became more popular and convenient to use, they were used to save data from personal computers. Before the invention of the Internet and USB storage, floppy disks were the most convenient way to share data between computers, both in personal and professional settings. Floppy disks began to become less popular near the turn of the century when higher performing storage options became available.


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We leave Denali early in the morning and push further north to Fairbanks, our northernmost destination. In one big rush, we arrive by noon to speak to the rural native high school students here too. We eat lunch with them and learn their names and histories, growing up out here in the bush at the top of the world. Their past and present, and the here-now — seeing their bright minds and their glowing faces and imagining their shining futures is so invigorating. Soon, they go back to class; we say goodbye and wish them well on their journeys. And then finally, in the early afternoon, our messages delivered, we finally catch our breaths, our intentions fulfilled.
We check into our hotel, and at long last have a time to rest. Several of us drive up to Chena to warm and restore ourselves. At the hot springs there, we finally have a chance
to soak our aching bodies in its smoky waters. Nearing the end of our long journey, it is so good to soothe our stretched-out souls in the healing pools, and as the steam washes over us, our troubles melt away into the heat, the long miles wash into the clear, cleansing water, and evaporate into the mountain air. I sit on a big rock under the northern Alaska sky, my feet and ankles soaking in the spring, and a misty breeze in my hair. I lie back, close my eyes, and become a whale for a while.
Cold air
kissing the warm rocks:
Chena hot springs!
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On the drive back to Fairbanks, two moose cross our path, appearing suddenly on the road in front of our car. One strolls casually across the road as we roll past and keeps going, back into the woods. The other glides around our SUV and waits, watching the driver's side windows, peering at us, peering into us. Further along, a fox steals road kill and nibbles at it by the roadside as we watch. Other cars stop and stare with us. Despite the paved highway and the new flourishes of the twenty-first century, the street signs and the cement, this is still a wide, wild country, and nature is pushing back against the brunt of modernity. Truly, this is still their land.
This highway:
a river in the path
of a traveling moose
Back at the hotel, we shut the blinds on the unsetting sun. How bright it stays this far in the deep north! But we sleep in darkness for what feels like the first time in a long while.
Kyle Bemis
Ph.D. Student, Statistics


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Natural Easter Egg Dye
This time of year the grocery and department stores are awash with pungent chemical Easter Egg dyes that are bright, uniform, and prepare quickly; but it's important to know that those dyes are not the only way the gave a pastel embellished holiday to your little-ones.
Natural Easter Egg Dyes are easy to prepare, and even though they don't offer the near instant gratification of their new age counterparts – I think the natural dyes look better and are just as fun to use.
Powder Turquoise: Red Cabbage
Lavender/Light Blue: Blue Berry
Purple: Red Wine
Dull Blue Grey: Grape Juice
Orange – Red Brown: Onion Skin/Paprika
Brown: Dark Coffee
Pink: Beat Juice/Cranberry Juice
Yellow Green: Turmeric
Green: Spinach or Wheat Grass
The cooking instructions vary for individual ingredients; but the desired result is the same for each: deep color in enough liquid to fully cover eggs. Add 2tbs of vinegar (any will do, i prefer white) for each cup of liquid dye to help with color fastness. If you want more detailed instructions, try here.
Step 1. Hard Boil the Eggs
My preferred method for hard boiling Easter eggs is to place a layer of eggs on a wide pan, fill pan with cold water till the depth is 1.5 inches above the eggs, and turn on high heat. Once the water starts to boil, turn the heat off, place a lid over the pan and let sit 10 minutes. Remove eggs from pan and refrigerate. *note* eggs that are 3 to 4 days old will be the easiest to peel.
Step 2. Boil Dye Ingredients
You're going to have to play this one by ear – but it's not hard to do, so have faith in your self. Cut/grind/mince ingredients into small chunks or strips and place 1 or 2 handfuls into a pan. Add 2 cups of water and place on stove with high heat. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat till you achieve a light simmer. Simmer your selected ingredient for 10mins to an hour depending on the desired intensity of the color. Add more of the ingredient and allow time to steep, until desired color is reached. For dyes that use ground spices, 15 min steep time is sufficient.
Step 3. Decorate Eggs!
Allow liquid dye to cool. Add cooled dye to mason jars and submerge eggs. Let set at least 10 mins. Refrigerate eggs in dye over night for the most intense colors. *note* some natural dyes may effect the taste of the eggs. Some dyes are perishable, and should be handled as any other perishable food would.
The most important thing to do is HAVE FUN! Natural Dyes have been around for 1000's of years. If a food item is colorful, and is safe to eat raw at room temperature, it's likely that you can use it as a dye! Have fun, be safe, and happy Easter. Featured Image credit: Nomadic Lass
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Educator Roles in Promoting Mental Health and School Success for PreK-12 Students. Carl E. Paternite, Ph.D. Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs Department of Psychology Miami University (Ohio) http://www.units.muohio.edu/csbmhp
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Educator Roles in Promoting Mental Health and School Success for
PreK-12 Students
Carl E. Paternite, Ph.D.
Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs
Department of Psychology
Miami University (Ohio)
Presented at Mental Health Services and Schools Creating a Shared Vision Ellicottville, NY
August 19th, 2003
Educator Roles in Promoting Mental Health and School Success for PreK-12 Students
educators in school-based mental health programming.
enhance educator – mental health professional collaboration.
education" into the school milieu.
Educator Roles in Promoting Mental Health and School Success for PreK-12 Students
Accidents 6573
Homicide 1861
Suicide 1574
Cancer/Leukemia 759
Heart Disease 372
Congenital Anomalies 213
Lung Disease 151
Stroke 60
Diabetes 40
Blood Poisoning 36
From Weist & Adelsheim, 2003
"…the mental health delivery system is fragmented and in disarray…leading to unnecessary and costly disability, homelessness, school failure and incarceration."
Unmet needs and barriers to care include (among
July, 2003
July, 2003
Promote the mental health of young children.
Improve and expand school mental health programs.
Screen for co-occurring mental and substance use disorders and link with integrated treatment strategies.
Screen for mental disorders in primary health care, across the lifespan, and connect to treatment and supports.
July, 2003
Center for School Mental Health Assistance
Mark Weist
Center for Mental Health Assistance
Howard Adelman & Linda Taylor
"Barriers to Learning"
(see handout)
Interconnected Systems for Meeting the Needs of All Students
(From Adelman & Taylor, http://smhp.psych.ucla.edu)
From Weist, 2003
Center for School-Based Mental Health Programs (at Miami University)
address the mental health needs of children and adolescents
through multifaceted programming.
and adolescents, and treatment for thosewithsevere/
chronic mental health problems
School-Based Mental Health Partnerships
Many individuals have been instrumental to our school-based mental health partnerships since 1998. To name just a few:
University-Based (3 universities, 5 academic divisions, 6 departments)
Faculty/Staff: Carl E. Paternite, Karen Schilling, Julie Rubin, Denise Fox-Barber, Amy Wilms, Betty Yung, David Andrews, Al Neff, Diana Leigh, Alex Thomas, Randy Flora, Doris Bergen, Valerie A. Ubbes, Raymond Witte, Joan Fopma-Loy …
Psychology interns and graduate assistants: Lynne Knobloch, Becky Hutchison, Sally Phillips, Leslie Baer, Linda Gal, Derek Oliver, Mike Imhoff, Julie Cathey, Liz Morey, Chris Dyszelski, Chris Mauro, Nancy Pike, Jessica Donn, Sandra Kirchner, LaTasha Mack, Ann-Marie Bixler, Jari Santana-Wynn, Jeanene Robinson, Gloria Oliver, Francesca Dalumpines, Jamie Williamson, Jill Thomas, Jennifer Malinosky, Jason Kibby, Julia Pemberton, Ann Marie Lundberg, Marc McLaughlin, Robin Graff-Reed, Melissa Maras, Chris Reiger, Julie Swanson …
John Staup, Kay Rietz, Saundra Jenkins, Barbara Perez, Susan Smith, Valerie Robinson, Jolynn Hurwitz, Kate Keller, Terri Johnston, Charlie Johnston, Kathy Oberlin, Ellen Anderson, Noelle Duval, Linda Maxwell, Greg Foster, Teresa Jullian-Goebel, Suzanne Robinson, Terre Garner, Bryan Brown, Greg Rausch, Carolyn Jones, David Turner …
Teacher consultants: Sherie Davis, Marilyn Elzey, Tom Orlow, Teresa Abrams, Sarah Buck, Jim Carter, Julie Churchman, Amy Gibson, Joy Boyle, Chris Carroll, Mary Hessling, Joan Parks, Joanne Williamson, Jaimie Pribble, Pam Termeer, Pat Stephens, Patricia Scholl, Martha Slamer, David Wood, Susan Meyer, Monna Even, Ginny Paternite, Connie Short, Terri Hoffmann, Karen Shearer …
Guidance counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, and administrators: Marianne Marconi, Sandy Greenberg, Tom O'Reilly, Roberta Perlin, Betsy Esber, MaryBeth Bergeron, Greg Rausch, Ann Schmitt, Alice Bonar, Stephanie Johnson, Marcia Schlichter, Susan Cobb, Phil Cagwin, Bob Bierly, Martha Angello, Bill Miller, Bob Phelps, Dan Milz, Dave Isaacs, Mark Mortine, Rhonda Bohannon, Clint Moore, Cathy Keener, Mary Jane Roberts, Jean Eagle, Alice Eby, Kathy Jonas, David Greenburg, Candice McIntosh, Sharon Lytle, Terri Fitton, Steve Swankhaus, Melissa Kessler, Mary Jacobs ..
Action-Project Teams: Fourteen 2-4 person teams from ten schools in five school districts, each with a university faculty/graduate student liaison.
To help Ohio's school districts, community-based agencies, and families work together to achieve improved educational and developmental outcomes for all children — especially those at emotional or behavioral risk and those with mental health problems, including pupils participating in alternative education programs.
Action Agenda
Action Agenda (continued)
Policy Maker Partnership (PMP) at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
Concept Paper
Mental Health, Schools and Families Working Together for All Children and Youth:
Toward A Shared Agenda (2002)
"Encourage state and local family and youth organizations, mental health organizations, education entities and schools across the nation to enter new relationships to achieve positive social, emotional and educational outcomes for every child."
Purpose of the Concept Paper
Policy Maker Partnership (PMP) at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE) and the National Association of State Mental Health Program Directors (NASMHPD)
Shared Agenda Seed Grant Awards to Six States:
Missouri, Ohio, Oregon,
South Carolina, Texas, and Vermont
Additional Funding for Ohio's Shared Agenda Initiative
Ohio Department of Mental Health
Ohio Department of Education
Ohio Department of Health
Numerous Additional State-level and Regional Organizations
Infrastructure for Ohio's Shared
Agenda Initiative
The Shared Agenda seed grant is being implemented in Ohio within the collaborative infrastructure of the Mental Health Network
Agenda Initiative
Phase 1—Statewide forum for leaders of mental health, education, and family policymaking organizations and child-serving systems (March 3, 2003)
Phase 2—Six regional forums for policy implementers and consumer stakeholders (April-May, 2003)
Phase 3—Legislative forum involving key leadership of relevant house and senate committees (October, 2003)
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Columbus, OH — Statewide Forum, March 3, 2002
Athens, OH—Southeast Wooster, OH—North Central
April 15, 2003 April 28, 2003
Columbus, OH—Central Bowling Green, OH—Northwest
April 29, 2003 April 29, 2003
Cleveland, OH—Northeast Hamilton, OH—Southwest
May 5, 2003 May 5, 2003
vision, build a sense of mutual responsibility for reaching
the vision, instill hope that systemic change is possible,
and problem-solve regarding implementation issues
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1. Promote EFFECTIVE mental health and educational practices in schools
2. Increase family and community involvement in school mental health and educational programs
3. Actively solicit and appreciate student input in program planning and operation
4. Reduce stigma for children who need mental health
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5. Maintain focus on all children, not just students in special education
6. Promote a better understanding of children's mental health needs in schools
7. Expand cross-discipline training (preservice and inservice) for mental health/family-serving providers, educators and parents
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8. Work more effectively to reduce "turf issues" that interfere with children's mental health service delivery and with mental health-education collaboration
9. Coordinate more effectively between state-level and regional/local efforts in the area of school mental health and in promotion of mental health and school success
10. Develop organizational structures (e.g., 501C3) that will promote strong coalitions and facilitate funding
Teamwork Exercises
related to school-based mental health enhancement.
school staff on matters related to social-emotional adjustment and learning needs of children and school/climate issues.
Leadership opportunity
Training opportunity
Academic credit
Stipends ("supplemental contracts")
Addressing Barriers to Learning: Annual Conference and Action Projects Program
local public school-based projects that reduce mental
health-related barriers to learning and enhance the
development of healthy school communities.
Objectives of Addressing Barriers to Learning Program
health practices (classroom-based, classroom-linked)
that address barriers to desired academic outcomes
and personal and social skill development.
in conference activities and projects.
collaboration and system support for school-based
mental health practices.
Resources for Addressing Barriers to Learning Program
conference theme evidences quality and the potential for
successful application locally.
Conference Themes for Addressing Barriers to Learning Program
Consultants: Betty Yung and Jeremy Shapiro
Consultants: Marc Atkins and Scott Rankin
Consultants: Program faculty
Addressing Barriers to Learning: Current Elementary School Action Projects
themes and activities (open house nights, assemblies, community speakers). Parent
involvement in planning and implementation is emphasized.
Addressing Barriers to Learning: Current Elementary School Action Projects (cont'd)
psychoeducational training in coping skills and strategies for at risk students.
reading night dinner programs with storytellers and opportunities for families to read
and conflict resolution skills, using curricula from the Center for Peace Education.
Addressing Barriers to Learning: Current High School Action Projects
of students, including a strong community service component.
intensive involvement with a senior citizens center and tutoring in
an elementary school.
Addressing Barriers to Learning: Training in the Project Evaluation Process
Addressing Barriers to Learning:Levels of Evaluation
Addressing Barriers to Learning: Linking Project Objectives to Evaluation
Educators as Key Members of the Mental Health Team
Educators as Key Members of the Mental Health Team
An Exercise:
How much time do you spend addressing the emotional,behavioral, and/or social difficulties of your students (minutes per hour)?
Senior high school with 880 students reported over 5,100 office discipline referrals in one academic year.
Middle school principal reports he must teach classes when teachers are absent, because substitute teachers refuse to work in a school that is unsafe and lacks discipline.
Middle school counselor spends nearly 15% of day "counseling" staff who feel helpless & defenseless in their classrooms because of lack of discipline & support.
Elementary school principal found that over 45% of their behavioral incident reports were coming from the playground.
Three rival gangs are competing for "four corners." Teachers actively avoid the area. Because of daily conflicts, vice principal has moved her desk to four corners to regain control.
Bus transportation company is threatening to w/draw their contract if students don't improve their behavior. Recently, security guards were hired to ride buses.
Elementary school principal reports that over 100% of her office discipline referrals came from 8.7% of her total school enrollment, & 2.9% had 3 or more.
(Mendler, 1997)
Exist in every school
Vary in intensity
Are associated w/ variety of contributing variables
Are concern in every communityProblem Behaviors
For drop-out prevention, these include:
problem there is a
simple solution that
is wrong."
H.L. Mencken
Model: Influences on Violent versus
Non-Violent Behavior
(From Shapiro, 1999, Applewood Centers, Inc., Cleveland, OH)
Some of What We Know AboutYouth Violence PreventionFrom the Surgeon General (2001), U.S. Secret Service (2000),CDC (2002), Mulvey & Cauffman (2001)
Example of a Heuristic
School-Based Framework
training, MST, functional FT)
Approximately 100,000 6th-12th graders.
Definition of violence—three or more acts of fighting, hitting, injuring a person, carrying a weapon, or threatening physical harm in the past 12 months.
From Johnston (2003)
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Promoting Nonviolence: An Example of a Promising Secondary Violence Prevention Program
I. Violence-Risk Education
II. Anger Management
PACT Components III: Social Skills
emotions constructively.
Workin' It Out:
solutions, proposing alternatives when
disagreements persist, and learning to
The proper aim of education is to promote significant learning. Significant learning entails development. Development means successively asking broader and deeper questions of the relationship between oneself and the world. This is as true for first graders as it is for graduate students, for fledgling artists as graying accountants.
A good education ought to help people become more perceptive to and more discriminating about the world: seeing, feeling, and understanding more, yet sorting the pertinent from the peripheral with ever finer touch, increasingly able to integrate what they see and to make meaning of it in ways that enhance their ability to go on growing. To imagine otherwise, to act as though learning were simply a matter of stacking facts on top of one another, makes as much sense as thinking one can learn a language by memorizing a dictionary. Ideas only come to life when they root in the mind of a learner. (Daloz, 1999, p. 243)
We have a burgeoning field of developmental psychopathology but have a more diffuse body of research on the pathways whereby children and adolescents become motivated, directed, socially competent, compassionate, and psychologically vigorous adults. Corresponding to that, we have numerous research-based programs for youth aimed at curbing drug use, violence, suicide, teen pregnancy, and other problem behaviors, but lack a rigorous applied psychology of how to promote youth development.
The place for such a field is apparent to anyone who has had contact with a cross section of American adolescents. (Larson, 2000, p. 170)
This PowerPoint Presentation, with a reference list for cited work, will be posted on the CSBMHP website
vision, build a sense of mutual responsibility for reaching
the vision, instill hope that systemic change is possible,
and problem-solve regarding implementation issues
Treatment success rates:
From Weist & Adelsheim, 2003
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The Women's Health project was funded by the Community Fund and New Opportunity Fund and delivered in partnership with Lai Yin Association.
Yoga Classes
The main aim of the yoga classes was to provide an opportunity for Chinese women to participate in regular exercise which was enjoyable, and relaxing for the body and mind. It was a new concept to run yoga clases with an English-speaking teacher and Cantonese interpretation. The response to the yoga classes was good. The majority of the participants had never attended yoga classes before.
Personal Support To Women
Women approached the project mainly to request help and support in accessing mainstream health services, such as making enquiries to hospitals concerning their referrals, requesting an interpreter, and health information relevant to their health condition.
Health Education on Women's Health Issues
We organised a health talk on common gynaecological problems, given by Mary Burley from the Women's Health Outreach Team in Sheffield.


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In Google-Groupon talks, size matters
"Think small and act small, and we'll get bigger. Think big and act big, and we'll get smaller."
I came across this quote recently from Herb Kelleher, the founder of Southwest Airlines and my namesake (but no relation). I thought of it again this weekend when reports emerged that e-coupon star Groupon had rebuffed Google's generous $6 billion bid for an acquisition.
In the business of building the web, small companies dream of staying private, suckling the ample teats of venture capital, until a successful IPO makes everyone rich. Big companies have a ton of cash and use it to buy small companies, which then get lost inside the big company's culture and never really realize their potential.
Groupon, in other words, is thinking like a small company, albeit one that plans to get bigger. Google is thinking like a big one. And that may explain why Google is struggling to buy its way into the local and social web.
Groupon was a quick entry into both: It's local because it built its business on the back of small retailers and restaurants that saw its online coupons as a way to get new customers (although it's increasingly reaching out to big chains). And it's social because the coupons don't kick in unless enough people sign up, prompting people to share the coupons on Facebook.
Facebook has been a bigger driver of traffic to Groupon than Google. So Groupon not only represented a way to draw users and businesses to its local service, it also was a way to get people seeing Google as social platform. And not only that, but Groupon is profitable and growing like weeds.
A year ago, Google had a similar experience with Yelp, which also left Google sitting alone at the bargaining table. Yelp was an even better fit, because of its reliance on online ads as well as the Google Maps API. The problem seems to be, Google just looks too much like a big company. And being big may be to a company's advantage in industries like finance, but on the web it's not seen as a good thing.
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One of the things that I have found with my meditation practice is that it helps me when I'm feeling restless. Last week I had a lot of phone trouble. This meant that in the space of four days, I had to reset my phone three times. Making sure everything was backed up, signing out, resetting, and then reloading everything meant that I didn't have access to a lot of the little apps that keep me on track and from imploding into a little fire ball of nervous energy.
And, of course, every one of these resets happened at the end of the day so that I was waiting for things to finish setting up so I can re-download apps while I was sleeping. The third time this happened, I was so overtired by the time I made it to bed that I tossed and turned for awhile. Then, I was frustrated because I've dealt with this in the past by doing a guided meditation (but of course none of those apps had re-downloaded yet to my phone.) That's when it occurred to me that I could find a guided meditation on YouTube.
Meditation is about focus, awareness and presence (at least, that's what I think it's about. I could be wrong. I am so not an expert). So, at the end of your meditation, you should be awake. Obviously, if you get carried off into sleep that is okay. It happens sometimes. But, it shouldn't be your goal. And, that sort of seems counter-intuitive. Why should I do something that I should be awake when I'm trying to fall asleep? I suppose the answer to that is I should do it because it helps me deal with my overtired, cranky restlessness. So, I googled guided meditations and settled on the link below. I really like body scans. There is something about focusing on your body and checking in with how you feel that is really grounding and calming. It worked. I may have been a little agitated towards the end of the half hour but I made it to the end, awake, aware and mostly calm. Afterwards, I had no trouble falling to sleep.


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Johns Hopkins Dr. Kills Himself After Allegations He Recorded GYN Patients
(KTVI) – A Johns Hopkins gynecologist who killed himself last week was recently accused of secretly videotaping his patients.
Allegations were brought against Dr. Nikita Levy after an employee became suspicious of his behavior and reported it to hospital officials on February 4, according the Johns Hospkins.
The employee believed Levy had concealed a camera inside a pen he wore around his neck. An investigation into Levy by the Baltimore police found large amounts of multimedia evidence according to Yahoo! News.
Levy killed himself in his home on February 18. Read more from Yahoo! News.


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If you are a curly girl, despite whether your hair is considered to be more on the wavy side or on the tightly coiled side, you know it is very important to be taking good care of your hair. Of course everybody's hair is different thus the way you have to take care of it will be different as well. My hair personally would be best described as, wavy/curly. Below I am going to be talking about some of the things I found that have really helped me to grow out my hair.
- No Heat!
I know you've probably heard this a million times but it is honestly very true. For someone who heat styles their hair everyday, this is much easier said than done. I myself struggle with this, as I used to be the person who would heat style their hair everyday. This does not have to be achieved overnight. This process can be slow and steady. For example, if you are used to using heat on your hair everyday, try wearing it natural once a week or even once every couple of weeks. After you have been doing this for a while you can gradually wear your hair natural more and more often. When I first started using heat on my hair less I would leave it natural every other week. Now, I've learned to work with my natural hair and love it more, so I only use heat the odd time.
2. Do Not Wash Your Hair Everyday!
Again, I'm sure you've probably also heard of this tip a million times throughout your life and I know for some people this is also much easier said than done. When you are starting off it is important to remember that this is a process, you cannot expect to go from washing your hair everyday to twice a week immediately. When you first start training your hair to get greasy less often, your hair is going to look a little greasy. It is important to power through this stage because I promise you the results will be totally worth it! A few things that might make this process easier include; using dry shampoo on your non-wash days, wearing a hat, putting your hair up into a bun or into a braid.
3. Protective Hairstyles
For those of you who don't know what I mean when I say protective hairstyles, these are any hairstyles that protect your hair from the elements and from rubbing against things such as your clothes. This will decrease breakage which will allow your hair to grow longer as it will on be breaking off at the ends. These hairstyles can include things such as braids and buns. I promise they are not going to be as boring as you may think they are going to be. Take braids for example. There is so many different kinds of braids out there for you to try! These include braids such as crown braids, dutch braids, french braids, waterfall braids, and many more.
4. Healthy Diet
if you are a junk-food lover like me, this can often be the hardest part of trying to grow out your hair. That being said, not only will you see results in your hair when you start eating a healthy diet, but you will also notice a difference in your skin and overall well- being. For me, when I started being healthier, starting with something as simple as drinking more water, I noticed my hair was shinier and my skin was a lot more glowy.
I know these tips are all pretty popular, and if you have been looking into growing your hair for a while you've probably heard these a million times. However, they have always seemed to make a positive impact on my hair and the speed in which it grows. I would definitely recommend these tips to anyone who is trying to grow out their naturally curly or wavy hair.


text: Female soloist NC.A has just released a music video teaser for her upcoming single "Oh My God." n "Oh My God" is composed by "Ddol-i-bak" and Peter Pan, who has previously worked with SISTAR and Teen Top. The track is catchy dance song, and NC.A brings a cute choreography to match in the music video. She also acts in the video, portraying an adorably angry girlfriend. "Oh My God" drops November 14.