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OPINION: Jeremy Leggett
Shell's 2013 annual report includes an interesting statement about the company's potential death.
"Over time, we expect that a growing share of our CO2 emissions will be subject to regulation and result in increasing our costs," it reads.
"Furthermore, continued attention to climate change, including activities by non-governmental and political organisations, is likely to lead to additional regulations designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. If we are unable to find economically viable, as well as publicly acceptable, solutions that reduce our CO2 emissions for new and existing projects or products, we may experience additional costs, delayed projects, reduced production and reduced demand for hydrocarbons."
Why not come right out and say it? "We may find we have a business model that no longer works."
Suppose you were an investor in Shell and you read that; suppose you heard that Shell had cancelled drilling in the Arctic in 2014 due to investor and management concerns about soaring costs; and then you heard that the biggest sovereign wealth fund in the world was to discuss a complete withdrawal from investing in oil, gas and coal in the year ahead. Would you perhaps be a bit worried?
You should be, for this is the world we are living in today. Last month, the $840bn Norwegian state pension fund announced it would be debating a complete withdrawal from fossil-fuel investment. This is one of the funds that investors watch most closely. It owns fully 1.3% of the value in the world's stock exchanges. It has $44bn invested in oil companies, including Shell.
The fund has already halved its investments in coal. Meanwhile, the fossil-fuel divestments by other funds are continuing. Storebrand, a near neighbour in Oslo, has divested from 29 coal and tar-sands companies, citing fears that such investments might become stranded by climate policymaking. In the US, 17 foundations announced in January that they are divesting from all fossil fuels. The world's largest coal miner, Coal India, had to abandon a share offering in the face of investor scepticism. As recently as October 2010, it had been seen as one of the most valuable investments in the emerging economies.
Non-trivial as the divestment threat is, the pressure on capital expenditure is worse. Without the money to invest in finding new reserves to replace depletion, fossil-fuel companies no longer have a route to grow. They are in wind-down mode. And across the world today, these companies are staring this fate full in the face.
Giant miner BHP Billiton has announced that 2013 was its peak year for coal capex, and it has no new spending planned. Rio Tinto is busy selling coal assets. The oil majors have watched their capex treble since 2000, while discoveries actually drop. Many are clearly having cold feet. Steven Kopits, a most respected oil analyst, warns that exploration and production companies are cutting capex "one after another".
Even the "boom" in American shale is involved. "Dream of US oil independence slams against shale costs", a Bloomberg headline read on 27 February. Investment is hitting the buffers, and the reason is clear: independent producers will be spending $1.50 drilling for every dollar they get back in oil and gas sales this year.
In Britain, the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee warned that the carbon bubble poses a "serious threat to the UK economy".
"The government and Bank of England must not be complacent about the risks of carbon exposure in the world economy," committee chairwoman Joan Walley said. "Financial stability could be threatened if shares in fossil-fuel companies turn out to be overvalued because the bulk of their oil, coal and gas reserves cannot be burnt without further destabilising the climate."
But increasingly, financial stability is being imperilled by the routine capital requirements of the fossil-fuel industries, never mind climate policy. That only adds to pressures piling on the energy incumbency for mass changes in business models.
I leave the reader to think through the implications for renewables.
All the evidence for this article can be found at www.jeremyleggett.net
Jeremy Leggett is founder and non-executive chairman of international PV company Solarcentury. His latest book, The Energy of Nations: Risk Blindness and the Road to Renaissance, is published by Routledge


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Curling Rules and Regulations
Curling has a long tradition and has many fans worldwide. However, many people think it is the dullest sport every invented; next to golf and baseball. If you learn the rules and regulations you will find that this game is as exciting as any sport can be. Personally, I love to watch curling, especially during the Winter Olympics; it can get very exciting especially if you are rooting for your country's team. And, did you see the Norwegian team's pants in 2010? They started a worldwide trend; how can you call that boring?
I believe a love of curling is in my blood. I am Scottish by birth and Canadian by nationality; two important curling countries.
History of Curling
Curling is believed to have begun in Scotland in the Middle Ages, although other European countries dispute this fact; it was first mentioned in writing in 1540 by John McQuhin of Paisley. A sport very similar to curling also appears in the paintings of Pieter Brueghel the younger (1564-1636).
The first curling clubs were formed in Scotland and the Grand Caledonian Curling Club based in Edinburgh wrote the first "rules in curling" in 1838.
Curling was a part of the first Winter Olympic Games at Chamonix in 1924; three teams took part and Great Britain came out on top. In the next Olympic Games in 1932 curling was included as a demonstration sport and only two teams competed, the US and Canada; Canada won. Now the sport is fully represented at the Winter Olympic Games.
The Rules of Curling
Curling is played on ice, the field is called a curling sheet. The size of the curling sheet ranges from 146-150 feet long and 14.5-16.5 feet wide. Two rings are painted at each end of the sheet, creating a target of three rings and a bullseye.
There are 10 ends in each curling game divided between two teams; all throws by each team must take no longer than 73 minutes. Each team is allowed two 60 second time outs. Play starts with one team player throwing a curling stone towards the target area, trying to land their stone in that target. The stone is helped along the way by sweepers who sweep the ice surface to control its direction. Each team gets two consecutive throws. The goal of the next team to throw is to get their stones in the target but also to knock the opponents stones out of the area. Points are scored depending on where the stones come to a stop.
Curling stones weigh between 38-44 lbs and have a handle on top. They are no larger than 36 inches in circumference and 4.5 inches high.
The sweeping part of curling brooms used to be straw but now is more often than not made of synthetic materials. Curling shoes have one non-stick sole and a slider sole; however, there are covers that can be placed over shoes creating a slider sole.
Men with Brooms
Men with Brooms is a 2002 movie that stars Paul Gross and Leslie Neilsen. It's the story of a Canadian curling team who reunite for a championship tournament to honor their recently deceased coach. It's a great introduction to the game of curling and it is hilarious.
I never did understand the sport but I enjoy watching it during the Olympics. I should be able to follow it a little bit better thanks to you and your well-written hub!
Fascinating. My understanding of Curling is much greater than now that I have read your hub. The movie trailer looked interesting as well:)
It's awesome to see every day people from 1601. What a great image to add to your post. I knew curling was old and I was pretty sure it was from Scotland. Nice to know a bit more than that.
I noticed a little typo. You have Men with Brooms highlighted but "Men in Brooms" typed in the start of the paragraph just under it.
I did watch Men with Brooms. I've yet to see the end of it though. Three times it has been on when I couldn't stay to see it all for one reason or another.
Excellent hub on curling....it seems every 4 years when the Olympics start up....curling is one the sports people talk about.....this hub was able to help fill in some knowledge blanks about the history of curling....I smiled when I saw you had attached the trailer for Men With Brooms...the movie buff in me immediately gave your hubs the highest possible scores....so I am voting up, awesome, interesting, useful, and beautiful.....job well done.
I attended my first ever Brier in Saskatoon Saskatchewan this year (March 2012), and had a great time! I have curled in the past (over 20 years ago) but would rather watch than play. We already have plans to attend the next Brier, which will be much closer to home in 2013. Voted up and interesting!
I've always been fascinated by this sport but have never quite understood how it works. Thanks for the tutorial.
Right on the button! A wicked good hub! A clean sweep! I am trying to get all of the curling and Maine sayings together into this comment.
When ever we drive to our camp in Maine, we drive right by the Belfast Curling Club. Someday, I am going to stop in and maybe join (at least if I drive by in some month other than August). We used to live in Maine, so my wife knows, if I am back there in the winter, I'll be an active member (my Olympic dream may still be alive :-)).
The Belfast Curling Club is the only curling club in the state of Maine and has been around since 1959. It has an insulated club house (with a bar) and 3 sheets of ice. Rock On! (I don't think they say that in curling, but probably should).
There was an article in Downeast Magazine in Feb. 2011 about curling and the club. It is a very courteous sport and there are no losers. No, not like U-6 soccer or T-Ball, they do keep score. But, at the end, the Winners buy the Losers a beer! Now we are talking.
Here is the link to the Belfast Curling Club: http://www.belfastcurlingclub.org/index.php
and the link to the Downeast article: http://www.downeast.com/magazine/2011/february/che...
Shared, voted up and across the board!
I'm a fair-weather curling fan too - it's only on my mind during the Olympics (this also applies to all the indoor cycling events, dressage and diving).
Interesting hub, thanks very much!
I like watching Curling. I confess I don't think much about it until the Olympics are on, or someone writes a Hub about it, but I do find it an interesting game. Not boring, but definitely relaxing to watch.
uninvited writer! an excellent hub.... I have to confess that from the first time I watched curling on the olymics as a wee child I was fascinated in the game. I am very happy that you have written this hub because it explains so much about the sport that I did not know. Plus, the hub is very well written and a perfect example for others to follow... voted up and shared.


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The curious thing about BitTorrent Sync, a service that lets users share files in a peer-to-peer fashion rather than via the cloud, is that security-conscious users make up a significant portion of its audience. Since BitTorrent is probably best known as a technology used by illegal file sharers, it has a reputation, at least among companies with intellectual property, as a mechanism for leaking their valuable content.
And yet, since it opened up to all users in April last year, BitTorrent Sync has signed up 10 million registered users. Given the nature of the service, it's likely that a decent portion of its customers are using it for work. Either those users are doing so without permission of their employer, or BitTorrent has managed to gain their trust by showing the value of the offering.
BitTorrent is today rolling out BitTorrent Sync 1.4, designed to make it easier to use for -- yes -- sharing content.
The service was initially developed as part of an internal hackathon at BitTorrent, said Erik Pounds, vice president of product management at the company. "It was built by engineers, for engineers," he said. "The use case was syncing folders on their devices that they own. As the product was released to the market through the alpha and into the initial beta, it was obvious that people were using this product to interact with other people. That wasn't the initial design of the product."
Since Sync was first launched, BitTorrent has invested in making it a fully functioning product by dedicating developer resources as well as adding product managers so that it could identify target audiences and design around their use cases, he said. "With Sync 1.4, you're seeing the first fruits of that."
One target audience is people who use very large files that they either want to share with others or access from multiple devices. "The public cloud is not great at data transfer because you have to upload and then bring it back down," he said. "If it's device to device, whether you're behind a firewall or on a local LAN or on cellular, it will get there faster."
Since BitTorrent began offering Sync, it has supported over 80 petabytes of data transfer, Pounds said. For comparison, 10 billion photos on Facebook equals just over 1 petabyte.
Another set of target customers are very security-conscious users. "With BitTorrent, no other entity knows who you are or what you're doing," Pounds said. That's because files are shared peer-to-peer, without stopping to be stored on servers controlled by BitTorrent or anyone else. If files have to travel over the Internet, the payload is encrypted, he said.
The updates in version 1.4 really focus on this content sharing use case. In the past, users had to work through a complicated process to let other people view a shared folder. Now, users can send a link to people they want to share content with. Sync 1.4 also generates a QR Code linking to content, which some people might find easy for sharing content with mobile phone users.
When users share content with other people, the recipient doesn't have to have an account with BitTorrent to receive the content. Sync already had a key feature that requires a recipient to read a key, received with the file, back to the sender before being able to open the file, for an extra level of security.
Users get new controls too so that they can set documents as read-only or allow for editing. They can control links too, setting them to work for a certain period of time or to expire after a specified number of uses or to allow anyone to access the link anytime.
Sync 1.4 also offers users a new interface that lets them view which devices are connected to a given folder and whether devices or users are out of sync. User can also view sync progress, including which sources are syncing data in each folder.
BitTorrent has featured a number of case studies on its blog about users of Sync, indicating that there are plenty of business users. It points to a wedding photographer who uses Sync to collaborate with other photographers, a cancer researcher who uses it to work with global colleagues, and a design agency in Norway that uses Sync to share files across offices in three different countries.
One catch is that, especially for people who are attracted to BitTorrent Sync for capabilities around very large files, is it's not certain what it will cost. For now, it's free. "Our goal is always to have a very good free version. At a certain level we'll monetize," Pounds said.
Regardless of what BitTorrent ultimately charges for the service, users may also need to buy their own storage, if the storage built into their devices isn't sufficient to support the content they want to store and share. BitTorrent has made Sync available on network-attached storage gear from Seagate, NETGEAR, Synology, Overland Storage, and QNAP.
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USC announced several measures to improve the game-day experience in around the Coliseum. Details can be found below. USC opens the 2011 season against Minnesota at 12:30 p.m. Saturday.
iPHONE GAME-DAY APP
The new free iPhone game-day app provides live stats, traffic feeds and updates, maps, concession information and other features. Search for USC Game Day at the iTunes App Store or click here.
USC has taken measures to improve traffic flow around the Coliseum. There will be more traffic-control officers in the streets and improved and increased signage.
All parking around the Coliseum is now reserved on a lot-by-lot basis. Fans without an assigned parking lot are encouraged to park on campus.
In advance of the 2011 season, Coliseum ushers and ticket takers went through a new training program; new uniforms were purchased for Coliseum staff; and guest-service booths were added around the Coliseum. Additionally, game-day ambassadors will be stationed throughout Exposition Park.
If a ticket holder can't attend a game, the new, free Trojan Ticket Transfer program lets them electronically send their tickets to whomever they want. That person can print out the new tickets, and the original fan's old tickets will be automatically canceled without a fee. More information can be found here.
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Here's your weekly St. Louis bestseller list for the week ending April 22, as compiled by the St. Louis Independent Booksellers Alliance and based on sales at Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books and Sue's News.
It was a week for new titles on the St. Louis bestseller list -- except for Fifty Shades of Grey. Among the new books were The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection, the latest entry in the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series (and also The Great Cake Mystery, a kids' book about the detectives before they were full-grown ladies), Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (the movie is nigh!), Oaxaca Al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy by Mexican food guru Diana Kennedy -- and Slant of Light by Missouri native Steve Wiegenstein. Wiegenstein's novel concerns the fortunes of a utopian community in the Ozarks during the Civil War.
Making its debut on the kids' list is Crow by Barbara Wright, profiled by Daily RFT earlier this month.
Adult Bestsellers:
1. The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection by Alexander McCall Smith 2. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James 3. Slant of Light by Steve Wiegenstein 4. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith 5. Darth Vader and Son by Jeffrey Brown 6. Oaxaca Al Gusto: An Infinite Gastronomy by Diana Kennedy 7. We Are All Welcome Here: A Novel by Elizabeth Berg 8. Sugar Hill: Where the Sun Rose Over Harlem by Terry Baker Mulligan 9. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and Cornel West 10. Learning to Swim: A Novel by Sara J. Henry
Children's/ YA Bestsellers:
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Surfers Against Sewage have been challenging a proposal that could lead to ship-to-ship oil transfers taking place in Scotland's Firth of Forth.
The SAS have produced a campaign film 'Forth Wars' and an e-card to protest directly to Forth Ports plc.
The Firth of Forth is an exceptional marine environment and is highly valued by its many recreational water users who use the water all year round. It is therefore vital that its future is safeguarded against potential dangers such as ship-to-ship oil transfers.
An investigation has already found that the Russian company involved in the transfers was responsible for spilling around 35,000 gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico - but failed to disclose the information when providing official evidence to the Scottish Parliament.
SAS are particularly concerned that the decision to consent (or not) will be made by the private company, Forth Ports plc's Board, who are set to benefit financially from the contract, and not the Government.
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Biggs was born in 1886 in Elliston, Virginia. He attended the prestigious New York School of Art (the Chase School) which attracted some of the most important artists of the day. Later, he was inducted into the National Illustrators' Hall of Fame, along with Norman Rockwell and Charles Dana Gibson. He taught for a number of years at the Art Student's League and the Chase School.
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Workshop #2:
FAA and DATA INTEGRITY COMPLIANCE
Event date:
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center
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Building 1001 – Room 226/227
Event activities conducted in association with
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Unmanned Remote and Autonomous Vehicle Planning Systems Program
Executive Summary
On Thursday, August 18, 2016, the Open Technology Center hosted the second Unmanned Vehicles Workshop for Public Sector Agencies at Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center. The half-day event was attended by 70 representatives of more than 40 federal, state and local public sector agencies from across the state of Mississippi.
The primary topic for the workshop was compliance of FAA regulation and maintaining the integrity of information collected by public sector agencies using unmanned vehicle systems.
Getting a bird in the air is easy. Collecting information is simple. However, public sector agencies CANNOT simply disregard existing FAA regulations regarding UAV operations. Nor can they ignore laws and practices regarding how information is collected and handled.
The Unmanned Vehicle Workshops are hosted by the Open Technology Center as part of the Open Source Unmanned Remote, Autonomous Vehicle Systems (URAVS) program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) and U.S. Department of Defense, Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO).
The objective of this program is to help facilitate adoption of unmanned vehicle systems by public sector agencies in rural and under-served communities. Initial program activities focus on Public Safety (law enforcement and emergency management), Public Service (critical infrastructure protection), and Public Administration (state, county, municipal administration) agencies within the 13 counties in south Mississippi that make up the State's Fourth Congressional District. The program, however, is open to all public sector entities and eventually seeks to support agencies in rural communities nationwide.
Workshop Panel Presentations
The workshop featured two interactive panel discussions led by subject matter experts.
Panel 1: Access to the Sky: Requirements for Public Sector Operation of Unmanned Vehicle Systems
Panelists included representatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), law enforcement officers who have secured an FAA COA for their departments and a legal representative with experience in flight and aircraft operations regulations.
Key issues addressed:
- FAA Certificate of Waiver or Authorization (COA), Part 107 for Public Sector Agencies
- How to Secure a COA for Your Law Enforcement Department
- Law Enforcement Representatives from Madison and Adams County
- Kris Graham, Taggart, Rimes & Graham, PLLC
- Pilot Training for UAVs - Dennis Lott, Hinds Community College, UAV Systems Program
Panel 2: Data Integrity: Gathering, Handling, Storing Information Collected via UAVs
Panelists included Mr. Hal Kittrell (standing), District Attorney, 15th District Court of Mississippi and Special Agent Guy Walton (seated right) of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Key issues addressed:
- Maintaining the integrity of data (evidence) collected using unmanned vehicles
- Establishing Policy and Procedures for UAV operations within public safety departments
- Certification and calibration of UAV platforms and data-collection payload sensors.
Presenter Contact Information
Open Technology Center
- John Weathersby, Executive Director - 601.818.7161
- Dr. Brad Smtih, Director of Federal Programs - 601.606.1448
- Clifton Addison, Public Manager - 601.606.4336
Panel 1 Presenters
- Albert McCray, Federal Aviation Administration - 601.664.9814
- Deputy Chris Mackey, Rankin County Sheriff's Office - 601.825.1480
- Kris Graham, Taggart, Rimes & Graham, PLLC - 601.573.7421
- Dennis Lott, Hinds Community College, UAV Program - 601.857.3301
Panel 2 Presenters
- Hal Kitterll, District Attorney, MS 15th Circuit Court - 601.731.1476
- Guy Walton, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation - 601.264.7618
Audience and Attendees
The half-day workshop was attended by 70 representatives from more than 40 federal, state and local public safety and emergency management agencies from across the state of Mississippi.
Agencies represented included:
- Adams County Sheriff Dept
- Camp Shelby Joint Forces Training Center
- City of D'Iberville, MS
- City of Pascagoula, MS
- City of Pass Christian, MS
- District Attorney, MS 15th Circuit Court
- Federal Aviation Administration
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- George County Sheriff Dept
- Harrison County Sheriff Dept
- Hattiesburg Area Development Authority
- Hinds Community College
- Jackson County, MS
- Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics
- Mississippi Development Authority
- Mississippi Emergency Management Agency
- Mississippi Insurance Department
- Mississippi National Guard
- Mississippi Port Authority, Gulfport
- Mississippi Secretary of State
- Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command
- Office of Congressman Steven Palazzo, MS 4th
- Rankin County Sheriff Dept
- Regional Counter-Drug Training Center
- Senator Roger Wicker's Office
- Senator Thad Cochran's Office
- Stone County Sheriff Dept
Follow-Up Action Items
- In-depth webinar by Kris Graham scheduled for Friday, September 2, 2016 from 11:00 – 12:00 PM to provide additional information regarding key steps to securing FAA COA for public sector entity.
- OTC to release web-based information portal – www.PublicSectorDrones.org to provide additional information, training and reference materials for public sector entities.
- OTC to host FAA COA Workshop to serve as "walk-through" for public sector entities to secure appropriate COA for participating entities.
- Establish UAV Pilot Training Classes in conjunction with Hinds Community College, Raymond, MS campus.
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The new MACH 1040 Full Gigabit Ethernet switches are IP30 Layer-2 switches with 16 Gigabit Ethernet combo ports (10/100/1000 TX (RJ45) or 100/1000 FX (SFP). All ports support version 2 of Precision Time Protocol in accordance with IEEE 1588 V2. Layer 3 functionality is available with the R software option.
High operational safety is ensured through high vibration resistance, immunity to RFI and EMI, fanless cooling and redundant power supply.
Designed for assembly in 19" rack-mount cabinets, the fanless MACH 1040 Ethernet switches use the latest energy saving chip technology. Rapid deployment is ensured through the 10-second boot time and compatibility with the ACA 21-USB, a configuration storage device that provides multi-device configuration and device replacement ease for low MTTR.
An operating temperature range of -40ºC to +70ºC, high resistance to jarring and extensive tolerance to electrical discharge and magnetic fields make the MACH 1040 Ethernet switches an excellent fit for power transmission and distribution systems.
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High network availability is ensured through media redundancy mechanisms such as HIPER Ring, MRP, Trunking, Link Aggregation and Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) in addition to dual power inputs and quality components. Security mechanisms include access control according to IEEE 802.1x, IP and MAC port security as well as SNMP V3 and SSH.
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Murphy v. Price et al
Plaintiff: Henery Lewis Murphy, Jr.
Defendant: Cheryl Price, Officer Roy, Officer Rlee, Sgt. Eve and Officer Agree
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Filed: July 18, 2011
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WBSSC Assistant Teacher Results 2016 is about to released along with cut off marks & merit list of 1st SLST for 16529 posts on its official website.
West Bengal SLST Exam Cut Off 2016: Before a month ago West Bengal School Service Commission released official notification for recruiting 16529 Assistant Teachers in Government school and it was for both the level Secondary Level which includes Classes-IX & X (Memo. No. 860/6602/CSSC/ESTT/2016) and Higher Secondary Level which include Classes-XI & XII (Memo. No. 861/6602/CSSC/ESTT/2016). Now for this recruitment huge numbers of people have filled the form because they do not want to miss the chance of getting selected for above motioned posts.
WBSSC Assistant Teacher Results 2016
Now as soon as they have filled form West Bengal School Service Commission provided them admit card through official website in which many candidate have to face problem as they could not download call letter on time because of heavy rush on official website. This is due to huge number of candidate were downloading admit card on same time but somehow after some time all those candidate who were facing problem have usefully downloaded call letter from official website.
WB 1st State Level Selection Test Result 2016
Now all those who have successfully downloaded admit card have given examination for both this post Secondary Level & Higher Secondary Level which was organized on November 27, 2016 and December 4, 2016 at various examination center it is all because huge number of candidates as they could not fit in single place. As this exam was taken at different examination center there was a very good organization for every candidate as they could easily find their seat from where they could give exam.
West Bengal SSC Asst Teacher Merit List 2016
Name of organization = West Bengal School Service Commission
Name of posts
- Assistant Teachers (10233 posts for Classes – IX-X, 6296 Posts for Classes – XI-XII, 14088 Posts for Upper Primary Level
Examination Date
- November 27, 2016 (00 noon to 1.00pm) for Secondary Level (Classes-IX & X)
- December 4, 2016 (00 noon to 1.00pm) for Higher Secondary Level (Classes-XI & XII)
Type of Job = Government Job
Type of Declaration = Results
Now as this exam was taken by West Bengal School Service Commission let's take a quick introduction of this commission. WBSSC was formed on November 1, 1997 for the purpose of recruitment of Assistant Teacher and Headmaster which can provide quality education to every child as they are future of our country. Not only that this commission is the first of its kind in the country consists of a Central Commission by the name of the West Bengal Central School Service Commission. There are six different Commsion which works under supervision of WBSSC and they are situated in Eastern Region, Northern Region, Southern Region, Western Region, South-Eastern and Hill Region.
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- Open official website of West Bengal School Service Commission which is westbengalssc.com
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Walter Moore, The Airport, Sears & K-Mart
Go Walter!
Suppose you had $11 billion. That's "billion" with a "b." What could you buy?
Well, you could pay for Hahn's proposed LAX airport remodeling plan, which, according to him, will not increase the airport's capacity one bit. Or you could buy Sears. That's right: for $11 billion, you could buy all 1,992 Sears department stores -- the same price as Hahn's LAX boondoggle. That's what K-Mart has announced today it's paying to buy Sears: $11 billion. Think of it: for what Hahn wants to spend, you could own 1,992 stores -- an average of about 40 stores per state!
We have to stop putting career politicians in City Hall. I'm your alternative. I won't waste your hard-earned tax money on "pay to play" boondoggles. My constituency is you, the taxpaying citizen.
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Kirk Hall is located along the eastern boundary of campus along Snelling Avenue. Originally constructed in 1926 and most recently renovated in 1993, Kirk was the second residence hall built at Macalester and is divided into nine sections with separate entrances.
Section 1 – female only residents; 5 singles, 2 double suites, 1 triple suite
Section 2 – co-ed; 3 singles; 7 double suites
Section 3 – co-ed; 5 singles; 6 doubles suites; 2 triple suites
Section 4 – Specialty Housing – Gender Free Living Community
Section 5 – co-ed; 10 singles; 4 double suites
Section 6 – co-ed; 10 singles; 2 double suites, 1 triple suite
Section 7 – co-ed; 9 singles; 5 double suites, 1 triple suite
Section 8 – Specialty Housing – Interfaith House
Section 9 – co-ed; 7 singles; 2 doubles suites; 1 triple suite
Resident Information: Kirk houses 151 students, most are juniors and seniors. Some spaces will be held for sophomores when a class size is larger than the number of traditional sophomore spaces available.
Bathrooms: Two bathrooms in each section of Kirk. The gender designations for the bathroom are as follows:
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Kitchen: There is a kitchen in the basement of section 2 with a stove, microwave and a sink.
Computer Labs/Internet Access: 24-hour computer lab in the basement of Kirk. Wireless internet is widely available throughout campus and residence hall rooms. Each room also has Ethernet ports for times when students may prefer to use a wired internet connection. Additional Computer labs are located in Doty and Dupre halls. Computers are also available for general student use in George Draper Dayton Hall and the SOC, located on second floor in the Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center.
Lounges: There is a lounge in the basement of section 2 and a formal lounge in section 8, equipped with a microwave oven.
General Room Information: Singles, double room suites, and triple room suites. All Suites have a common room and single bedrooms.
Room Dimensions: Single: 12'6" x 9'
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|11 Oct 2009
32bit 4Gb Memory Limit Explained
I found an interesting article that I thought was worth sharing. I have always been bugged when reading that 32bit operating systems were limited to 4Gb of memory because of the way memory is addressed. It never made any sense to me because when I took Windows XP classes it had a nice little table covering different versions of Windows in the back which showed certain 32bit versions allowing up to 128Gb of memory to be recognized.
The book was written for taking Microsoft exams to earn a certification in XP and I also had another book of the same type for Server 03 again with the same table in the back. So if Microsoft is saying that 32bit is not limited to 4Gb why are people trying to say that the limit is because 32bit is not capable of addressing it?
Because the standard 32bit home desktop versions of Windows are not licensed to allow more than 4Gb. The only reason you are limited is because Microsoft wrote the OS to limit you not because 32bit cannot address memory above 4Gb.
If you want to read more about this in full detail with some images where the guy actually removed the limitation by altering the license file you can do so here:
Geoff Chappell, Software Analyst - Viewer
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|11 Oct 2009
Nice find +rep. BTW, the hack is very ugly.
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|11 Oct 2009
I think this article is great because it finally answers one of the biggest most misunderstood questions about 32bit windows and memory addressing. The only problem is that now since I understand it when I run into articles where people do not it is even more irritating to read all the misleading information they believe is correct.
One guy even tried to say that 32bit processors were the cause and that the reason PAE could allow more memory to be addressed is because 32bit processors were actually designed as 36bit and limited to 32bit however the entire thing is easily dispelled because he failed to explain why a 64bit processor still had the same limitations.
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I liked the way he has honestly written this article. Microsoft has been lying all these times.
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It has been my experience that any type of limitation set by Microsoft is nicely labeled as a license so that it sounds better.
The problem with this case is that they never mentioned that memory usage was something they licensed.
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|11 Oct 2009
Windows 7 Professional x64
Good read OP. Must be a marketing ploy or rake in more revenue.
+rep (I gave you another pip in your rep )
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|11 Oct 2009
Windows 10 Pro (x64)
The 4 GB limit for 32 bit is a technical limitation. There is just not enough addressing space in 32 bit integer lengths. To get around this issue you must increase the bit length, either by using 64 bit or with PAE. Now PAE must be supported not only by the hardware but also the OS and its core services (aka drivers). So why does Microsoft limit the 32 bit OS to 4 GBs of RAM? Well simple really, most of the hardware and drivers out there bulk with more then 4 GBs of RAM.
When you have an OS installed on billions of computers each with a unique set of hardware, why take the risky path? Limit to 4 GBs is the wisest choice to make. And honestly, Microsoft doesn't have to tell us jack about it (Microsoft artificially limits RAM all the time, Home Premium 64 bit is limited to 16 GB). That does not make it a marketing ploy or to rake in more revenue. Jeeze the 64 bit version cost the same as the 32 bit and they even come in the same box! Or you can get the 64 bit if you need it and use your 32 bit CD key.
Wild and silly speculation...meh.
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|11 Oct 2009
Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
An interesting article indeed. The way I read it is that 32bit and 64bit OS are essentially the same code and both are present when you buy 32bit. With some hacks and tweaks you can disable the 32bit blockage and make it run as 64bit. That's like taking the muffler out of the exhaust pipe of a mofa in order to make it run faster - and that is not legal either.
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|11 Oct 2009
The need for more than 4Gb of ram in a 32bit environment for a home user no matter what type of applications are being used is non existent really. Which is my guess why allowing more than 4Gb as a standard was never an option from the start.
The only time you really need more than 4Gb is if your running a server and if that were the case you would want to run a server version of windows which would support up to 128Gb depending on the version used.
I have done some pretty heavy operation with my current setup and never came close to touching the 4Gb of installed ram. I always have around 1200Mb of free ram even when running multiple apps that require a large amount of ram.
The reason it is so hard to fill the ram up though is mainly due to the speed at which it can pass off data.
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|11 Oct 2009
The 4 GB limit for 32 bit is a technical limitation. There is just not enough addressing space in 32 bit integer lengths. To get around this issue you must increase the bit length, either by using 64 bit or with PAE. Now PAE must be supported not only by the hardware but also the OS and its core services (aka drivers). So why does Microsoft limit the 32 bit OS to 4 GBs of RAM? Well simple really, most of the hardware and drivers out there bulk with more then 4 GBs of RAM.
Wild and silly speculation...meh.
The PAE requirement for 36-bit addressing was/is not met by all consumer-level processors. You need the motherboard and processor to provide a 36-bit address bus before anything else can happen.
"Client" Windows versions used to have this functionality. It was deactivated in XP SP2 and all subsequent versions because it was inducing BSODs in buggy drivers which did not deal well with the remapping. The dilemma faced by MS came down to two choices:
1) Work with every driver provider in the desktop space to teach them how to properly deal with PAE-remapped memory and hence not BSOD machines and corrupt data.The first one is obviously somewhat utopian, so they chose the latter - no remapping on "client" Windows as of XPSP2 and later. If you want to run more than 4GB, go with 64-bit.
There's no conspiracy. The guy's a ranter.
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Chicago - Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan today announced that the State of Illinois will receive $1,336,394.00 as part of a settlement totaling $35 million with Walgreen Co. (Walgreens) involving the United States, 42 states and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
The settlement resolves claims that Walgreens violated various state and federal statutes and regulations by switching dosage forms of three medications commonly prescribed for Medicaid patients, causing Medicaid programs nationwide to pay substantially more for these drugs than they otherwise would have.
The settlement is the result of negotiations jointly conducted by the attorneys general lead by Attorney General Madigans Medicaid Fraud Bureau and representatives for the attorneys general of Ohio, Massachusetts, Florida and Texas along with the U. S. Attorneys Office for the Northern District of Illinois and the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units.
This case is part of our larger, ongoing effort to prevent abuse of our Medicaid system, said Attorney General Madigan. Actions like the dosage switching involved here prevent our Medicaid programs from using limited resources as widely as possible and, ultimately, harm the patients who benefit from these programs.
Walgreens currently operates retail pharmacies in 48 states and Puerto Rico and furnishes pharmacy services to Medicaid recipients in Illinois Todays settlement is the result of a joint federal-state investigation arising from the filing of a False Claims Act lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Chicago in 2003. The whistleblowers complaint alleged that Walgreens filled prescriptions for numerous Medicaid recipients by aggressively switching dosage forms of ranitidine (the generic form of Zantac, a commonly prescribed anti-ulcer medication), fluoxetine (the generic form of Prozac, an anti-depressant), and selegiline (the generic form of Eldepryl, used in treating Parkinsons disease and senile dementia), and that this conduct violated various federal and state statutes and regulations.
Based on the state-federal investigation, Madigans office contends that the improper switching practices continued from July 2001 through 2005, and that the wholesale substitution of alternate dosage forms of these drugs resulted in higher payments under the automated Medicaid reimbursement system, with no corresponding medical benefit to the individuals receiving the prescriptions. Todays settlement also resolves allegations that Walgreens made these wholesale switches without physician involvement and therefore violated numerous state regulations governing pharmaceutical dispensing.
This settlement is the third and final in a series resulting from investigations of similar conduct by pharmacy providers nationwide. Together, the three cases have brought back more than $120 million to Medicaid programs around the country.
In addition to the payment of cash settlements to the state and federal governments, Walgreens has agreed to the terms of a Corporate Integrity Agreement (CIA) with the Office of the Inspector General of the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. The agreement will include provisions that will ensure that Walgreens does not switch dosage forms of medications if the result would increase the costs to third-party payers, including Medicaid, and will subject the companys billing practices to ongoing federal scrutiny.


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Skip to comments.HERE'S HOW TOUCHSCREENS KILLED ROMNEY VOTES. WHAT THE MACHINE EXPERT CLAIMS.
Posted on 11/14/2012 8:31:40 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A Chicago voting-machine tech is sounding the alarm, claiming he witnessed multiple error messages on the voting touch-screens this election but only in cases where people voted for Mitt Romney.
Steve Pickrum said he worked for Chicagos election system during the early voting and Election Day voting for the 2012 race.
As an equipment manager for the system, Pickrum said, he responded whenever there was a glitch with a voting machine.
On early voting, when I did work on the floor when voters needed help using the equipment, I was able to see the preference of the voter, and every time that I saw [a] voter voted for Romney a voter save failure message came up on the screen, he reported.
Then when he went on Election Day to cast his own vote, he picked Romney and experienced the same error message.
Pickrum said he worked at both the Matteson voting area as well as in Precinct 70, and although he discussed the anomalies with his boss, had not yet filed a formal report.
He said when he voted, he was told by a precinct worker to just go ahead and assume that his vote had been tabulated, despite the error message. But since he knew the operations of the machines, he asked the poll workers to check the vote report, and they found his vote had not been counted.
He insisted on completing his ballot on another machine, he told WND.
Curiously, he reported he never saw the error message when the voter was choosing Barack Obama.
Another poll worker, this one assigned at the University of Michigan, reported a list of irregularities, including that the precinct captain told her at one point, You go sit down, you're bothering me, when she was trying to observe the proceedings.
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I hope that we correct this tyranny peacefully.
I guess this would explain what happened to the expected GOP turnout. Republican voters turned out, but votes weren't counted.
I'm glad Florida got rid of the touchscreens after the 2000 debacle. The bubble-in and scan voting systems at least have a paper trail.
What I find disturbing is that people just readily accept these machines that are so obviously more amenable to fraud and outright rigging than voting that leaves a paper trail. What does it take for people to take a stand? I guess with the NFL, NBA, NHL, Kardashians, Real Housewives and American Idol we have our plates way too full for trivial matters.
The media will never make this an issue. It's the tree falling in the forest.
he who owns machines owns elections...the scores dont match up. why are repubs not raising the roof about it?
so why the hell are the GOP not down in my south east part of the state and stopping this crap.
Obama never won this state, we are seeing massive corruption here and republican votes not being counted, hell every time we have a count and the future mayor and the Col get votes they stop the re-count.
Why is the woman who is in charge of this county not beebn arrested, .Where th ehell is my AG /GOV
Half (or so) of Romney votes went to 0 and there you have 0's *win*. They know it cannot be proven, though.
Dems know they cannot win on merits, therefore they must cheat, lie, steal and intimidate, whatever it takes, whatever works. The ends justify the means.....................
just sen this Murphy guy climing he won the election and making fun of a veteran called Col Allen West and the GOP are frigging where?
is there any stickers out there which mentions the massive rigging of this election or voter obama fraud?
Tyrants never go peacefully. A little bird tells me BamaClaus and his ComeYet crowd will not either.
we've seen that republican votes not counted here in FL and that even the woman in charge of elections in St Lucie county can;t explain these results.
Instead she gets people to form a barrier to not let the Col's observers to see what is happening, , we then have just patial re-counts which ten stop when the reublicans thee start catching up, we saw how the Col was in the lead and then when it got to her county the results changed so much thta evenshe cannot explain how.
Now we have the Col's challenger saying he's the new congressman and not a frigging peep from our GOV/AG or Romney or even the national GOP.
A veteran thrown under the bus by a party he hoined and then cheated out of his seat by the other party.
I have no doubt at all that Romney won this election. It was stolen.
There was more than one cheat mechanism is those swing states.
Face it, they were even bringing in cheaters from other ststes in Wisconsin. So R$R had every reason to believe they were in play in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania.
Absentee ballots are paper, and paper is the only way a vote will count.
That would be racist and the MSM would not support them.
4 years of rigging this election and now seeing our side has no guts what so ever to stand up for our votes or Col Allen West then don;t ever count on us ever winning another election.
2016 will go Dem and after that it will be a one party country .
So for all those who say move on then wake up for once in their lives and see a bigger picture here and stop being afraid of being called a name by the left or the media and grow some balls
A paper ballot is no protection against a corrupt Election office willing to commit fraud. There are procedures to ensure that both paper and electronic systems are accurate, but, again, these procedures are useless in the face of internal election office corruption.
thats what i would like to know ... WHERE IS THE GOP???? they were more interested in defeating tea party members and still are
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KEY THOT: The sun brings both heat and light. The sun's heat can be so intense as to start fires that can consume entire forest and everything living in it. In contrast, the sun's light is the source of life and healing for everything on earth. Every green tree needs the sunlight to manufacture its food. Sunlight also produces vitamin D which are necessary for bone health, for strengthening the immune system, fighting brain aging and even loosing weight. Sunlight also disinfects our skins and our clothes that are put out to dry in the sun. So, in describing the day of the Lord as the rising of the "Sun of righteousness", Malachi implies that the same Sun will be experienced as the burning heat of divine judgment for those who reject Christ and the healing light of divine grace for those who accept Christ.
For those who reject God's salvation offered in gospel, Christ's return will be a terrifying experience: "the day is coming, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble" (Malachi 4:1). The heat of this divine wrath will purge and purify the earth of all "stubble" that is not of God. Even for believers, the appearance of Christ will also mean the burning away of everything that is not of God in our ministry: "For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw—each one's work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done" (1 Corinthians 3:11-13). The only comfort for believers is that though our works may be burned away if they are works of our own flesh rather than the Spirit, we ourselves shall nevertheless be saved because our foundation is Christ.
For those "who fear my name" (v.2), the coming of the Sun of Righteousness will be a great day of rejoicing. His return will bring light and life to all who believe in Him. There will be "healing in its wings" and we shall be leaping with joy like "calves from the stall" (v.2b). It will be a day of gladness as all our sins and sicknesses will be healed completely and death shall be banished forever: "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning nor crying nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away" (Revelation 21:4). The day of the Lord will a day of tears of joy as we experience complete healing of our spirits, souls and bodies in our new resurrection bodies. We will be with Christ forever after He has returned and we will be reunited with loved ones who have gone before us in the new heaven and new earth.
Thanks be to God for His amazing love and grace!
Father God, even as we witness with increasing alarm what is happening around us—global climatic changes, natural disasters from earthquakes and falling objects from outer space, including increasing political, social, religious and military tensions around the world, we know that Your coming is soon. Help us be ready so that Your coming may be for us healing rather than burning. Amen.


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Not that I'd dream of turning Rifftides into an educational institution, but here's a chance to learn from a great pianist as he plays and talks about his music. Over the years, Dick Cavett has hosted his show on six networks. These two clips come from his period with the Public Broadcasting Service, 1977-1982, long before PBS began dumbing down its prime time programming with vapid fund-raising specials. But I digress.
Here, Cavett's guest was Oscar Peterson (1925-2007). The first video recently showed up on the web and has been seen by few viewers. It is of marginal video quality but acceptable in the audio department. It has the standard promotional sildes with which Pedro Mendes starts and ends all of the videos he puts up. But who's complaining; he puts them up. The second clipcrisp and clearis a YouTube hit seen by more than 140,000 surfers. It continues the conversation. This is OP with Cavett in 1979.
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If I receive an e-mail with the sender being in California, will the time stamp in the e-mail header be the time he/she sent in their time zone (Pacific) or mine (Eastern)?
The timestamps in email headers are UTC (if the client is following the RFC properly). In the standard display mode (not looking at the header in detail mode) will display the time in your timezone by converting the UTC timestamp in the header to the local timezone as defined on the viewing computer.
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Yes of course. Right click on the senders name or email id and then after right click, click the item "inspect element" You will get all the details you require


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I live half an hour from a small city by a big lake. We're there a lot for shopping, dinners out, and visits to the local RE. I love the lake; since the shore is only a few blocks from downtown, we visit it often, watching the boats bobbing in the marina, kids playing in the sand of the tiny man-made beach, and the squadron of mallards who nest in the rocks.
Last summer, on a sunny day when I was about seven weeks pregnant, Paul and I went for an ultrasound. We saw the heartbeat, just as we'd hoped, then went to see the ducks.
Hatching happens late up here; by mid-July the ducklings are still small and downy, entirely dependent on their mothers, staying very close to shore. We watched those tiny ducks for hours, not talking much. But then we didn't need to talk, since we knew each other's thoughts we were happy, we were hopeful, and we were finally part of the business of life in a way we'd never been.
C'mon: pregnant. Heartbeat. Ducklings. Sunshine. It doesn't get better than that.
Two weeks later, everything was different. We'd lost the heartbeat. It's what we expected; we were prepared. We asked for a D&C.
I could have one that day if I stayed nearby, waiting my turn for an empty OR, so we didn't drive home. We waited downtown, the longest wait of my life.
And of course we watched the ducks. They were two weeks older, a little less downy and a little more assured. They swam farther out from shore and picked fights with each other. When their mothers approached to deliver a disciplinary peck, they tried hard to swim away. We could see their tiny feet churning fast in the clear lake water.
And again, we didn't talk much. Again, there was little to say.
I didn't see the ducks again before winter came in. I thought I would today. We went to town for brunch and shopping. Before we ate, we changed tables at the restaurant to get a better view of a sleeping infant. As we shopped, we slowed (though did not stop) as we passed the baby clothes. Then we split up, agreeing to meet in an hour's time.
As soon as we'd parted, I went to the bathroom and saw that I was spotting.
There was only the faintest tinge of beige on the toilet paper, more staining than spotting, thin and very light in color. I sat in the stall staring at the paper, reminding myself of what I already know: brown blood is old blood, less ominous than red. Many women spot throughout successful pregnancies. Bleeding isn't necessarily a bad sign.
But I also know that blood of any color is never a good sign. I know that about half of the women who experience bleeding will go on to miscarry. I know there's nothing I can do but wait.
So I sat in the stall and I cried for a while. I thought of Melissa, I thought of last year, and I thought of the ducks on the lake.
When Paul and I met once the hour was up, it was chilly and looked like rain. We decided against going down to the shore and came straight home instead.


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The corporate governance systems of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States are often characterized as a single "Anglo-American" system prioritizing shareholders' interests over those of other corporate stakeholders. Such generalizations, however, obscure substantial differences across the common-law world. Contrary to popular belief, shareholders in the United Kingdom and jurisdictions following its lead are far more powerful and central to the aims of the corporation than are shareholders in the United States. This book presents a new comparative theory to explain this divergence and explores the theory's ramifications for law and public policy. Bruner argues that regulatory structures affecting other stakeholders' interests – notably differing degrees of social welfare protection for employees – have decisively impacted the degree of political opposition to shareholder-centric policies across the common-law world. These dynamics remain powerful forces today, and understanding them will be vital as post-crisis reforms continue to take shape.Read more
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12,000 Churches sign up to celebrate evolution!
12,000 Churches are going to celebrate Darwin's 200th Birthday!
12,000 Churches are forsaken the Authority of the Word of God!
12,000 Churches have bought into a lie!
12,000 Churches are horribly in error!
12,000 Churches no longer confront sin!
12,000 Churches no longer teach God's Word!
12,000 Churches in America are a disgrace unto the Gospel of Christ!
12,000 Churches have 12,000 preachers that should be ashamed of themselves!
12,000 Preachers ought to find a different line of work!
I wonder how many false converts are part of these 12,000 churches, and how many will be shocked on judgment day too find out they are still lost in their sin!
What a disgrace this is to the Lord when church goers no longer believe his Word, but rather take fallible man's word instead. I pray God will send a new wave of repentance and revival to our churches soon!


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Everton boss Roberto Martinez has revealed that his side have an option to extend Gerard Deulofeu's loan from Barcelona into 2014-15, should the Catalan club agree.
The Spanish attacking midfielder netted a late equaliser against Arsenal on Sunday, his second goal since arriving at Goodison Park in the summer, and the Toffees boss hailed the speed of his adaptation to English football.
"We have an agreement to extend the loan for an extra year if Barcelona don't need Deulofeu," Martinez told reporters.
"He has incredible pace and I've never seen a player so quick with the ball. You've got certain players with raw talent who can create from nothing with a special touch and he is one of them.
"I always thought he'd take until February to learn how to deal with the league but he's surprised me.
"He's very arrogant in the right way and [Sunday]'s finish is exactly what he deserves."
Ross Barkley was another standout performer as Everton held the Premier League leaders at the Emirates, prompting renewed talk about the youngster's potential inclusion in England's World Cup squad, though Martinez intends to carefully manage the midfielder's development.
"The England manager [Roy Hodgson] has to decide what role, if any, he wants for Ross [at the World Cup]," he observed.
"What we need to do is make sure we give Ross another 50 starts to see his evolution. Any player needs to develop an understanding.
"In this country, we need to be more protective over our youngsters because, in Ross, we have someone who, if we look after him properly, can give us something unique."


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I'm totally new to Palm development and I'm actually looking into it for a design project at school. What I'd like to do is to create a program which will take in a digital input and send it wirelessly to a computer. Can anyone give me suggestions on ways I can get this done? Thanks a lot!
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Thomas S. Kuhn
212 pages, The University of Chicago Press, Third Edition, 1996 (originally published 1962)
The first text assigned in my sophomore philosophy of science course at Bucknell University was Thomas Kuhn's The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. This important work, our professor explained, analyzed the evolution of science and scientific thought. Interesting, I remember thinking. I'd always been taught that science proved things and produced facts, and I was curious to witness this truth-producing process questioned. At the same time, scrutinizing the whole history and process of science seemed aggressive, audacious, even arrogant. And this was precisely what I loved about my philosophy classes: permission to question the unquestionable. By the end of the book, Kuhn had left me with the following concepts:
- Scientists don't work alone, but as part of scientific communities with sets of agreed-upon beliefs.
- Normal science operates within these sets of beliefs, or "paradigms," and many scientists' research is "a strenuous and devoted attempt to force nature into the conceptual boxes supplied by professional education," as Kuhn puts it.
- Sometimes scientists observe things that don't fit existing paradigms (Kuhn calls these anomalies), and when enough strong anomalies build up and validate each other, a new paradigm emerges and the old paradigm bursts. These shifts are scientific revolutions, "tradition-shattering complements to the tradition-bound activity of normal science."
- Scientific revolutions happen slowly. They also threaten the status quo. Remember Galileo, put under house arrest for claiming the Earth revolved around the sun (not the other way around)?
After that year, I found Kuhn's ideas informing my thoughts about all sorts of things.
Aren't we all part of communities with agreed-upon, foundational beliefs? Deep down, conscious of it or not, we think we know something about what the world is like, and we gravitate toward others who think similarly. It's easy to go about our days without stopping to question these fundamental assumptions, though they can limit what we're capable of seeing and believing is possible. So usually, we're open to interpreting the world only in ways that perpetuate what we—and our communities—already believe to be true.
Thankfully, anomalies happen. We get shaken up, surprised, or just baffled by life. We get hints that the world might be different from what we'd thought. It's easy to shun these inklings and to tell ourselves, "No, that can't be true," or "I must be crazy," or "But that's just not the way things work." Sometimes, however, the anomalies are true, and we're not crazy, and we've gotten a glimpse of something that could actually redefine the way things work. A well-timed, powerful new insight has the potential to shape an entirely new paradigm around it—shifting the scope of possibility in the world! When I became an MBA student at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, Kuhn's ideas melded with my studies of innovative organizations and how these organizations create new products, new markets, and in a way, entirely new paradigms. Many begin with a bold, fresh insight about how things could be better—a kind of prescriptive anomaly. They then build themselves around this vision. Sitting in one of Professor Bill Barnett's strategy courses one day, I realized that this was happening with Kiva, then only a year old: We had seen before us the enormous untapped potential of entrepreneurs' stories to form connections and inspire action, and we had then used technology and microfinance to build the company around this insight.
Want to start your own revolution? Be aware of your most basic assumptions, and be ready to question them. Keep your eyes open. You might see something new and true. Trust yourself when you do. Follow the insight. It just may be the first step to changing the world.
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If you took your dad's new Audi S6 to the prom and then stole a kiss from the prom queen, how would you want your night to end?
Such was the question posed to Audi fans over the weekend for its upcoming Super Bowl ad. The automaker posted to its YouTube page one spot with three different endings and asked viewers to vote on which ending they liked best.
The winning spot was announced on Saturday.
In all three versions, a young man goes to his prom without a date. Possibly out of pity, his father tosses him the keys to Audi's new S6 sedan. Apparently emboldened by the car, our protagonist parks the car in the principal's spot, marches into the dance, and lays a kiss on...


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Although there will forever be those who wish their "Antiques Roadshow" experience
could have gone differently, we all still think of the show as the
grande dame of antiques television. I hold a special respect for the
show that has not yet been earned by the seven — yes, seven — new
antiques-related television shows now on the air this year. So those of
you who can't go a week without "Roadshow," feel free to print and save
the following 2011 schedule for your refrigerator door. You'll be glad
you did.
— Eric Bradley, Editor, Antique Trader magazine
2011 Antiques Roadshow Broadcast Schedule
"Antiques Roadshow" presents 20 new episodes and two "Antiques Roadshow Special Edition" episodes next year.
The 2011 airdates are:
Miami Beach, Fla.
Jan. 3, 10, 17
San Diego, Calif.
Jan. 24 and 31, February 7
Des Moines, Iowa
Feb. 14, 21, 28
Billings, Mont.
April 11, 18, 25
Biloxi, Miss.
May 2, 9, 16
Washington, D.C.
May 23 and 30, June 27
Special Edition: "Tasty Treasures"
To be announced
Special Edition: "Forever Young"
To be announced
"Antiques Roadshow" is sponsored by Liberty Mutual and Subaru. For more information, visit pbs.org/antiques.
You may enjoy these "Antiques Roadshow" related articles from Antique Trader magazine:
• Antiques trade mourns Barry Weber – 15-year Antiques Roadshow veteran
• Cheeseheads welcome Antiques Roadshow
• 'Antiques Roadshow' makes Biloxi stop
• AT Inbox: Antiques Roadshow responds to 'scripted' jab
• Letters to the Editor: Is there a "Roadshow" effect?
• My excellent 'Roadshow' adventure