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Goals and principles of Finland's development policy
The aim of development policy is to support developing countries' efforts to eradicate poverty and inequality and promote sustainable development. Development policy is an integral part of Finland's foreign and security policy, development cooperation being one of the means of implementing it.
- Development policy and development cooperation – what are they?
- Striving to eradicate poverty and inequality and promote sustainable development
- Four specific priorities
- The key principles towards sustainable results
Development policy and development cooperation – what are they?
Development policy refers to activities that aim to reduce poverty, implement fundamental rights and promote sustainable development globally. It involves, for example, the policy dialogue conducted by Finland within international organisations and our dialogue with representatives of developing countries. The main responsibility for Finland's development policy rests with the Foreign Ministry.
Many other government ministries also have a role in development policy, because developing countries are affected by many decisions made at national, EU and international level in other fields, e.g. safety and security, trade, agriculture, environment and migration policies. Coherence between the various policy sectors is a key principle in development policy.
Development cooperation is one way of implementing development policy. It involves practical cooperation with developing countries and other cooperation partners, including international organisations and NGOs, in order to achieve development goals.
The implementation of Finnish development policy is guided by the 2016 Government Report on Development Policy.
Our activities are based on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted within the UN in September 2015.
Striving to eradicate poverty and inequality and promote sustainable development
While the world on the whole has become more prosperous in recent years, inequality has increased both within and between countries. Extreme poverty is globally the greatest single human rights issue.
The goal of Finland's development policy is the eradication of poverty and inequality and the promotion of sustainable development. Development policy also facilitates finding solutions to other global challenges, such as climate change.
The aim of all our activities is to strengthen developing countries' own resources to allow them to be less dependent on development aid. Achieving sustainable results is only possible through economically, socially and environmentally sustainable development.
Finland's action draws upon the inherent values and underlying principles of Nordic societies, the implementation of human rights being a key goal. Finnish development policy strives to strengthen the rights of the most vulnerable, promote gender equality and improve climate change preparedness and mitigation.
Four specific priorities
Finland focusses its action on four priority areas.
1. The rights and status of women and girls: Gender inequality is one of the greatest problems in developing countries. Experience has shown that enhancing the rights and the position of women and girls and their opportunities to participate strengthens the society as a whole, thus promoting attainment of the other development goals. Finland possesses the credibility and know-how to foster gender equality internationally.
Rights of women and girls (pdf, 2 pages, 1,6 MB)
2. The growth of developing countries' economies to generate more jobs, livelihoods and well-being: Without a solid economic base, poverty and inequality cannot be eliminated, societies won't have income to cover their spending and they cannot develop to be eventually able to support themselves. Decent jobs and livelihood opportunities are the cornerstones of human well-being and well-functioning societies. Finland possesses know-how as a promoter of resource-wise and accountable business and economic activity.
Reinforcing developing countries economies (pdf, 2 pages, 1,6 MB)
3. Democratic and better-functioning societies: Democracy and respect for human rights, a transparent and well-functioning public sector, tax collection capacity and public services, a good justice system, independent media and a free civil society are indispensable for the achievement of development and peace. Finland has a lot to offer in all these sectors and also in the field of education, a cornerstone for development.
Democratic and effective societies (pdf, 2 pages, 1,6 MB)
4. Food security, access to water and energy, and sustainable use of natural resources: People have the right to adequate food and water. Sustainable use of renewable natural resources creates a basis for food security, well-being, jobs and income. Finland is a country of clean technology and bioeconomy, boasting excellence in the realisation of well-functioning, environmentally-sustainable and climate-smart solutions in these goal areas. Finland also has a lot to offer in fostering the management of natural resources and the sustainable use of forests.
Food Security and natural resources, including access to water and energy(pdf, 2 pages, 1,6 MB)
The key principles towards sustainable results
1. Human rights: Finland's development policy departs from the principle that every person in the world has the right to a decent life: a viable environment, education, safety and security, health, livelihood and the possibility to exert influence.
Respect for human rights and their promotion is a principle that guides the planning and implementation of Finland's development policy and development cooperation to ensure that even the poorest know their rights and are able to act for them. It is equally important that the authorities are aware of their human rights obligations and have the capacity to implement them.
2. Openness: Effective and responsible development cooperation calls for an open distribution of information by both donors and recipients of aid. Citizens and the media in both developing and donor countries have the right to know where and how public funds are spent. Openness reduces the risk of misuse of funds.
The Foreign Ministry publishes on its website the financing decisions on development cooperation projects and programmes, the evaluations of its activities and statistics on the use of development cooperation appropriations. The ministry also has an online service through which anyone can report incidents of suspected misuse of development cooperation funds.
3. Coherence: Development policy and development cooperation are, however, just one means of effecting change. Policy coherence is an essential prerequisite for achieving sustainable development in developing countries. The impacts on developing countries must be evaluated and considered when making decisions in different policy sectors, particularly at EU level, and one policy sector must not undo the achievements of another sector.
Finland has promoted coherence especially in the following sectors: food security, trade, immigration, taxation, and safety and security. Concrete national-level measures have included deeper cooperation among various central government actors and closer coordination of EU affairs.
4. Quality and sustainable results: As a member of the international donor community, Finland has committed itself to improving the quality of development cooperation together with its partner countries. Donor cooperation, strengthening partner countries' local capabilities, the harmonisation of practices, openness and mutual accountability are some of the principles highlighted in the jointly-agreed rules.
We focus our efforts to ensure that our work will yield sustainable results with positive long-term impacts on society, reflected as better health, a rise in education levels, higher employment and improved safety and security.
A more goal-oriented planning and results-based management, monitoring and evaluation of results as well as learning from results and communicating about them will play a bigger role in Finland's development cooperation administration.
5. Partner countries' responsibility for their own development:Finland's development cooperation is based on development needs defined by our partner countries themselves and on their own development plans. Each partner country's ownership and commitment to achieving the development goals is a precondition for attaining sustainable results. Overall responsibility for change rests with partner countries themselves: the role of Finland is merely to support their development.


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Reflective Walls
A version of this article appears in the May/June 2009 issue of Home Energy Magazine.
May 06, 2009
In research spanning two decades, the record shows that reflective roofs on houses reduce cooling loads. Generally, at the Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC), where I do research, we have found cooling energy savings from white reflective roofing in residential buildings on the order of 20% over darker, less-reflective roofing. Ever wonder what improved wall reflectivity might do? We have. Energy simulations like DOE 2.1E within EnergyGauge USA (see "EnergyGauge HERS Rating Software," p. 18) often show a 5%–15% reduction in space cooling from making walls more reflective in hot climates—particularly if the walls are less insulated, larger in area, and/or not well shaded. However, this fairly obvious influence has seldom been measured. Since we like to evaluate such things at FSEC, we used the availability of the NightCool experimental control building as a ready means to obtain data on the relationship between wall reflectivity and cooling energy use. After the roof of the control building had been changed to white metal in early June 2008, we decided to split the summer season (by painting the walls white in mid-July) and examine how air conditioning energy use changed from the pre- to post-period. The measured temperature inside the 200 ...
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MLB can thank A-Rod, not its drug program, for catching star's PED use
PHOTOS: A-Rod through the years | Behind the scenes in '99 | Disgraced athletes
There is a lot that smells rotten about Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension from Major League Baseball. It does not change the fact that Rodriguez brought most, if not all of it, upon himself. It just smells, is all.
It was Rodriguez who admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs from 2001-03, after having lied about his steroid use on 60 Minutes.
MORE: A-Rod goes 1-for-4 in season debut | GALLERY: Rodriguez's first day back
If anyone should have known how big of a deal it is not only to cheat, but to try to have a cover-up fall apart, it was A-Rod.
It was Rodriguez who opted out of what was then the largest contract in baseball history during Game 4 of the 2007 World Series, irking the Yankees, Major League Baseball, and a good amount of the general public for his timing. If anyone should have known when it was time to keep quiet, it was A-Rod.
It was Rodriguez who was investigated by MLB in 2011 for his ties to Canadian sports doctor Anthony Galea, who pleaded guilty to smuggling drugs into the United States, a year after he Rodriguez had gone to him for help with hip rehabilitaion, unbeknownst to the Yankees. If anyone should have known the dangers of seeking outside medical help without so much as consulting his team, it was A-Rod.
It was Rodriguez who got involved with Biogenesis in the first place, so there is no reason to feel bad that he gets punished. What smells is not that A-Rod goes down, but how he goes down.
That is, of course, assuming that A-Rod goes down, because he is appealing the suspension, which will drag out this sideshow even further. The appeal is part of the process, but just like Ryan Braun, the public image now will always be of A-Rod as a doper.
BIOGENESIS: Cruz, Peralta, 10 others suspended for 50 games each
We know from the positive drug tests that got Melky Cabrera, Bartolo Colon, and Yasmani Grandal suspended last year that Biogenesis was not cranking out undetectable steroids. So where was A-Rod's positive test? What about the other Biogenesis clients? Since the start of 2012, the only other players suspended by MLB for drug use have been Marlon Byrd, Freddy Galvis, Guillermo Mota, and Carlos Ruiz.
"I think you have to be an idiot to test positive, and I was one of those idiots," Byrd said in spring training of his positive test for tamoxifen. He's right. Mota was a second-time steroids offender. Ruiz was a second-time stimulants offender. That kind of stupidity speaks for itself, while Galvis fits into the other category of doper most commonly busted in MLB's drug program: a young and not-widely known player from Latin America.
Think of the players you know to have used performance-enhancing drugs, and think about how you found out that they were users. Did they admit to using drugs from the safety of retirement? Were they BALCO clients? Named in the Mitchell Report because of evidence given by Brian McNamee and Kirk Radomski? Did they get "prescriptions" filled by Signature Pharmacy? Are they part of the Biogenesis scandal?
Were their names leaked as having tested positive in the consequence-free "survey" testing the year before penalties went into effect, basically a free warning to any drug cheats that they needed better masking agents? Or are you thinking of Rafael Palmeiro or Manny Ramirez? When it comes to those guys, welcome to Marlon Byrd's idiot club: Palmeiro tested positive months after wagging his finger at Congress, and Ramirez is alongside Mota on that list of men so brilliantly brainless, they got caught breaking the rules twice.
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Think about that, and then think about the fact that A-Rod, who has never failed a drug test, gets the longest suspension in the history of Major League Baseball's drug testing program. It looks awfully good for the league to be able to say that it's going after cheaters hard, givng an eye-popping punishment to one of the game's biggest names, but look again at how this happened: A-Rod got ratted out by his dealer, fake doctor Tony Bosch.
Rodriguez did this to himself, not only by breaking the rules, but by being an idiot and not getting involved with a Florida anti-aging clinic, but allowing there to be a paper trail. Say this much for Barry Bonds: he had a true friend in trainer Greg Anderson, who served more than a year in jail for contempt of court because he refused to testify against the home run record holder. Bosch flipped on A-Rod and everybody else at the drop of a legal brief from MLB.
The chance was there for A-Rod to be smarter than this. The Biogenesis investigation already was going on in June, when Yankees general manager Brian Cashman publicly said, after Rodriguez had tweeted that he was cleared to play games for the first time since his hip surgery, "Alex should just shut the f--- up." Again, Brian Cashman, general manager of the New York Yankees, a guy who knows what he is doing when he talks to the media, said, out loud, for publication, about the highest-paid player in baseball history and a three-time MVP: "Alex should just shut the f--- up."
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He should have shut the f--- up. If Rodriguez had shut the f--- up in June, he would not have spent the past six weeks making things even worse. Marlon Byrd was right that you have to be an idiot to test positive, but you can also be one without testing positive -- every square is a rhombus, but not every rhombus is a square. A-Rod sent a doctor out to talk to the media about his MRI results, and it turned out that Dr. Michael Gross, who never formally examined Rodriguez, had been reprimanded six months ago -- six months ago! -- for prescribing steroids. That was an embarrassing part of the sideshow leading up to Rodriguez's suspension, just a further illustration of the kind of stupidity it takes to wind up in this kind of mess, when if anyone should have known better, it was A-Rod.


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Now me, life is absolutely nutty. Spring break week with two sisters to watch in the day, I'm creating and enforcing an entirely new daily routine and menu, dog training school is taking more work than I had thought (but still a ton of fun), I'm trying to maintain a good relationship with my hubby while he's stationed in Germany until Sept. or so, plus plan and save up for a month-long vacation to South Caroline come Sept, trying to see if a visit to Utah would be in the budget (I'm going to have to save up extra as a moving nest egg after said vacation so currently it's looking like Utah is out after I catch up on pet expenses, replace my glasses and consider the vacation/moving fees), I keep needing to bail out my mother on her English homework (so I basically have an extra class where she takes the exams after reviewing what I did), and my anxiety has been toying with me along with my stomach issues. It's a right mess, so it is, but I rather enjoy it when I don't feel as if the whole world's crashing on my head.
Good friends have helped a lot. I mean A LOT. They've kept me pieced together when the anxiety was real tough and given me reason to smile when I started feeling I might not be able to handle the simple life of 'stay-at-home-student-mom.' (our mother gets here late, eats supper, spends an hour or two with us all and goes to bed, which means I handle things so she can get more hours to pay for stuff like food). And they know who they are. Even if life is equally bee-hive busy-hectic for them and staying up-to-date on the little details with each other is more of a challenge with the time-crunches.
I've been considering off and on getting a job in the midst of all this, but that's what the dog training courses are for... I think I'm going to focus on studying and helping with the house stuff/taking care of these poor critters in regards to food/vet for now, but I'm keeping it in the back of my mind.
Gah. As far as otherrrrs...
I hope school isn't being too mean to ya, Vines, and that you got settled real good Tigs - haven't heard anything in a while and I'm gettin real worried! Keira, moving sucks but I hope you're nearly done, I know the sooner you finish with that noise the better and you'll love it when you're all set up in yer new place. Kyra, feel better, I know doctors visits suck and so does feeling sick (I'm still avoiding visiting the doc myself, have purposely let everyone forget about it so that I don't have to deal with that mess). Feel better soon, and Tal, good luck with next Monday, I hope they manage to help you real good! No more bad days where trying to eat makes you flat out miserable, or at least I hope as much for you. It really sucks (and kinda hurts) to know you're in serious pain. Rainer I think I remember you talking about the stables and horses being a little in flux, I hope that's settled all proper, and SunBlind I hope you're still doing alright; weren't you busy-busy with work? Remember to try those long baths and an afternoon nap when you get the chance! And I hope the others will be able to poke around some soon as well; MoonBlaze and BookWyrm and all the rest. I know they haven't had much of a chance to play, hopefully the next adoption will shine some luck on them! And I really hope poor Foxxy gets settled in good and proper, you keep getting whisked off so much that you're too busy living life to really enjoy it!
Oi. I tell you, Life; can't live with it, would be dead without it!


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My friend Pat was back from Croatia and coming for supper.
The challenge--use as little oil as possible, have it be colorful and no shopping! (I was trying to meet a deadline.) So, what foods did I already have from the refrigerator, pantry, or the Texas-heat wilted garden?
I found canned and fresh tomatoes, red peppers, basil, canned beans, kale, cabbage, tofu, and some sweet potatoes desperately needing to be used.
I made: lazy gazpacho (using canned tomatoes, but without cucumbers since there were none in the house), Cajun eggless salad, sweet and sour cabbage (not cole slaw since I was using Vegenaise in the eggless salad), three bean salad (I had to borrow green beans from Holly the collie's jar in the refrigerator), raw kale salad with roasted peanuts (the recipe called for pinenuts but I had used them up last week), sweet potatoes with hoisin sauce, and some quickly-broiled slices of whole grain sandwich rounds (with a little nutritional yeast sprinkled on top). Those sandwich rounds I had been ignoring in the refrigerator for weeks.
And here's what it looked like:
Of course, a couple of recipes were from Shirley Wilkes-Johnson. I'll post them separately.
The key to being a vegan, truly, is knowing what to stock in your pantry and your refrigerator. Once you've got a well-stocked kitchen, food preparation is easy and fun, and the result is both tasty and beautiful.


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MOVIE REVIEW- Sketchy sketch pad: Ordinary movie disappoints
If almost anyone else had made Art School Confidential, it would be a perfectly enjoyable tale of a young artist's freshman year and the strange people he encounters; but after Crumb, Ghost World and Bad Santa, the last thing we expect from Terry Zwigoff is a movie this ordinary.
Like Ghost World, the screenplay for Art School Confidential was adapted from his own comic book by Daniel Clowes. But this time it's impossible to tell whether he and Zwigoff have their tongues in their cheeks.
Take the visual art, for instance. There's a 12-foot stack of brightly colored plastic chairs. You want to laugh, but don't for fear of seeing the same thing in a museum or gallery the next day. Is it art or satire?
It's the same with the script. A character named Bardo (Joel Moore) exists only to orient our hero, Jerome Platz (Max Minghella). Bardo's the one who gives the speech, a staple of high school movies, pigeonholing the various types (Vegan Holy Man, Angry Lesbian, Kiss-Ass, etc.) who populate the student body of Strathmore Institute. Is this a spoof of other movies or just another variation on the theme? If you watched Six Feet Under, a lot of the school stuff will look familiar.
Jerome wants to be an artist so he can get laid a lot, like his idol, Picasso. (It hasn't worked yet.) He has two roommates. Vince (Ethan Suplee channeling Jack Black channeling John Belushi) is a film student trying to make a movie about the still-at-large "Strathmore Strangler." Matthew (Nick Swardson), a fashion major, is so obviously gay, despite saying he misses his girlfriend, it would be a surprise if he didn't come out by the end of the movie.
At first, Bardo and Vince make it their mission to help Jerome lose his virginity, but they give up after he becomes innocently enamored of Audrey (Sophia Myles), who poses nude for his class. ("I don't want just any girl....I have very high standards.") Jerome starts dating her, but so does a classmate, Jonah (Matt Keeslar), who is older, taller, and more experienced.
That's already a lot of characters; but then add professors (including John Malkovich and Anjelica Huston), gallery owners (Steve Buscemi, Michael Lerner) and alumni, distinguished (Adam Scott) and otherwise (Jim Broadbent), and you need at least a miniseries to accommodate them all.
Professor Sandiford (Malkovich), who boasts of having been "one of the first" to paint triangles, counsels Jerome to "experiment with all the arts, all the philosophies, all the lifestyles" while he's young.
Though no longer young or searching for a niche, Zwigoff and Clowes seem to be following Sandiford's advice, dabbling in the whodunit (the only murder shown is copied from Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train– as Bardo says in another context, "Oh wow, another ironic pop culture reference"), teen romance, and coming-of-age genres, and offering a look at the art world that may be sincere or satirical. (The film's ending is definitely satirical, and even more definitely unoriginal.)
Minghella is a decent actor who could be the next Jason Schwartzman– not necessarily an enviable goal. He and Myles smoke cigarettes relentlessly, which may be a sign of rebelliousness in this day and age, but hardly looks romantic to the 79 percent of American adults who don't smoke.
Perhaps it's occupational resonance, but my favorite lines were bits of art criticism, as when a fellow student disses Jerome's work as "totally September 10th" and Sandiford tells the class Jerome is "trying to sing in his own voice using someone else's vocal chords."
Zwigoff is trying to sing in someone else's voice using his own vocal chords. The result would be fine for someone else, but it's a disappointment coming from him.


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Orthodox Christians in Seychelles celebrate the birth of Christ
The Orthodox faithful in Seychelles celebrated the birth of Jesus Christ on Saturday January 7th in a joyful Divine Liturgy, attended by about 70 believers.
The Christmas Divine Liturgy was celebrated by Father Sergios (Janosevic) of the Greek Orthodox Patriarchate of Alexandria and All Africa, serving in the English language for the mixed Orthodox community of Seychelles: Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Greek, Bulgarian, and Eritrean and Egyptian Coptic faithful.
The liturgy was attended by the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Seychelles, Mr. Mikhail Kalinin, as well as the Chairman of the Seychelles-Russia Friendship Society, Lieutenant-Colonel Andre Ciseau.
A five-member female choir sang hymns in Old Church Slavonic with Serbian church melodies at the service which took place at the Berjaya Beau Vallon Bay hotel, where some Russian, Romanian and Greek Cypriot tourists also joined in the celebration.
In reading the message of the Greek Orthodox Pope and Patriarch of Alexandria and All Africa Theodoros II, Father Sergios said that Christ's birth in Bethlehem had given Motherhood a new meaning; that it was sanctified by the Mother of God, the Theotokos, in the humble stable in Bethlehem.
"The Theotokos' attitude gave prominence to maternal love as an irreplaceable portal of human life. Her attitude highlighted the principles of mildness, humility and solidarity. Furthermore, the image of maternal shelter and protection, as this was reflected in the small stable in Bethlehem, was to become an everlasting benchmark for all the women of the world. A refuge of hope each time the last glimmer of light was lost. A refuge of courage each time the last reserves of strength were being depleted," said the message of Patriarch Theodoros II.
The Patriarch's message recalled the terrible treatment of mothers in Sub-Saharan Africa especially the women who are victims of trafficking, violence, abuse, diseases and unemployment.
"A world without mothers is world without love and a world without respect for women as the source of life; it is a world without humanity. Let us therefore not allow the crisis of our times to violate respect for women's rights. Rights know no gender, no borders. Let us show the necessary respect for the person, the work, the effort, the needs and the wishes of the mother, wife, sister and daughter," said the Patriarch.
After the Liturgy the faithful joined together for a celebration with traditional Balkan food and refreshments.
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Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint claims longer playtime than Skyrim, watching paint dry
John and Ste Pickford have announced today the top ten players for iOS game Magnetic Billiards: Blueprint have had more than 100 hours total playtime on them each, more than playing Skyrim or even watching paint dry.
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Pickford: UK BAFTAS "designed to discourage smaller games"
Speaking to Spong, iOS developer Ste Pickford has claimed the UK BAFTAs are not suited to the task of awarding excellence in the field of development, saying the entry fee alone "seems designed to discourage smaller games from becoming involved."
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Following the release of their first iOS game, we sat down with John and Ste Pickford to pick their brains on 28 years in the business and how to outwit expensive lawyers.
Kezcast - Can 3DS and NGP exist in a post-iPhone world?
Introducing the Kezcast, a new series of VG247 audio features on topics du jour by Keza MacDonald. First up: what's the point of 3DS and NGP when everyone's got a smartphone?
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In celebration of the fact more than 100,000 turns have been made on Pickford brothers-developed strategy game Naked War, Zee-3's decided to make the title free to play. That's nice, isn't it? As of today, you'll be able to continue your free trial forever, apparently, and existing subs now have infinite "challenge credits," allowing them […]
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American Cancer Society looking for northern CO residents for study
The American Cancer Society is looking for northern Colorado residents to participate in a national study aimed at understanding what effect lifestyle, environment and genetics have on getting cancer, as well as the impact those factors may have on preventing the disease.
"The American Cancer Society's previous cancer prevention studies have been landmark in what we understand about these complex diseases," said Erica Dickson, Oncology Research Manager at Poudre Valley Hospital. "As a regional leader in clinical trials, we understand the significance this study can provide researchers, which can make an impact both locally and globally."
The study, which takes place June 25-29, will focus on a diverse population of up to half a million people in the United States and Puerto Rico. Men and women between the ages of 30 and 65 who have never been diagnosed with cancer can enroll in the study at one of three University of Colorado Health locations:
1. Medical Center of the Rockies, Long's Peak room, 2500 Rocky Mountain Ave., Loveland, Colo. 80538 on Tuesday, June 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
2. Poudre Valley Hospital, Café F, 1024 S. Lemay Ave., Fort Collins, Colo. 80524 on Thursday, June 27 from 3 to 7 p.m.
3. Poudre Valley Hospital Harmony Campus, Building A, Harmony Café, 2121 E. Harmony Rd., Fort Collins, Colo. 80528 on Saturday, June 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Additional enrollment locations are also available in Greeley, Loveland and Windsor. Appointments are required. To make an appointment or for a complete list of northern Colorado enrollment locations, date and times, visit www.cps3noco.org.


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New 16GB, 32GB iPhones appear in Carphone Warehouse systems
06/04/2009, 02:06 pm
Carphone Warehouse, the largest independent European mobile phone retailer and an official iPhone reseller, added four placeholders to their inventory list for new iPhone models earlier today, sources tell AppleInsider.
Apple's next-gen iPhone may add radio tagging, Nike Sport Kit
06/03/2009, 02:06 pm
A new version of Apple's iTunes software released Monday includes code strings that hint at a couple of new features likely to make their debut alongside new iPhone models this month, namely radio tagging capabilities and support for the Nike+ Sport Kit.
First photos from Apple's WWDC site highlight App Store success
06/03/2009, 08:06 am
With roughly five days to go before Apple kicks off its annual Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, signage spotted around the Moscone Center can already be seen paying homage to all things App Store.
Photos purport to show new iPhone's autofocus camera, compass
05/30/2009, 10:05 pm
A chinese blog has blurry photos that appear to show an iPhone -- possibly the next-generation model -- using autofocusing with its camera, movie recording and the digital compass.
Briefly: Canada gets HD TV shows; illuminated iPhone logo; more
05/28/2009, 02:05 pm
Canadian iTunes users are seeing the first wave of HD TV shows crop up on the localized version of the digital download service. Meanwhile, a new report claims that the Apple logo on the third-gen iPhone will illuminate just as the iPhone maker is said to be taking receipt of logic boards for the new handsets ahead of production.
Online vendor claims sale of first third-gen iPhone parts (photos)
05/28/2009, 09:05 am
A parts vendor based out of Hong Kong recently updated its product catalog with a front display bezel and LCD screen that it claims will be part of Apple's third-generation iPhone and has put them up for sale. [Updated with artist's rendition of third-gen iPhone.]
AT&T deploying HSPA 7.2 mobile service ahead of new iPhones
05/27/2009, 01:05 pm
AT&T has formally announced plans for deploying its 7.2 Mbps mobile data service upgrade this year, which will support faster iPhone models expected to be released this summer.
Another firm sees Apple selling existing 8GB iPhone 3G for $99
05/27/2009, 12:05 pm
With more and more evidence pointing to Apple's 2009 iPhone lineup consisting of three distinct models, the Royal Bank of Canada is the second investment firm to predict that one of those models will be a repackaged version of the existing 8GB iPhone 3G that will see its price tag lopped in half.
Apple prepping iPod nano with camera, three new iPhones - report
05/26/2009, 12:05 pm
Apple will introduce a new version of its iPod nano with a wider screen and built-in camera later this year after first introducing three new iPhone models distinguished by their network hardware, according to a new report.
iPhone 3G discontinued in Oz as report backs third-gen rumors
05/22/2009, 10:05 am
One of Apple's authorized wireless carriers said this week that the high-end iPhone 3G has been end-of-lifed. Meanwhile, a new report appears to be backing rumors of several features due in next-gen models expected to arrive shortly.
Apple's future iPhones may leverage ARM's v7 Cortex designs
05/21/2009, 01:05 pm
With Apple's first proprietary system-on-a-chip designs still rumored to be under active development, the iPhone maker may turn to ARM's standard v7 Cortex designs for multi-touch devices it plans to launch this year before building off the platform next year.
Japan's Asahi Kasei to supply magnetometer for next-gen iPhone
05/20/2009, 04:05 pm
Apple will tap Japan's Asahi Kasei to provide hardware support for the "magnetometer" -- or digital compass -- that's slated to make its debut in the company's next-generation iPhone handset, AppleInsider has learned.
Apple execs disclose options for boosting iPhone market share
05/15/2009, 02:05 pm
Apple executives said this week they believe the iPhone remains in its infancy and went on to -- somewhat uncharacteristically -- reveal a series of strategic measures they may employ in the near term to help grow the handset's share of the booming smartphone market.
Apple's future iPods rumored to get cameras like iPhone
05/15/2009, 12:05 pm
Apple may be planning to add camera functionality to a couple of its next-generation iPod models, according to a new report, which also claims that upcoming iPhones will retain the handsets' existing form factor.
iPhone speculation heats up around mysterious Best Buy entries
05/15/2009, 10:05 am
With Apple-related news grinding to a halt near week's end, some are scraping the bottom of the barrel and pointing to some unusual entries in Best Buy's inventory system as potential placeholders for Apple's next-gen iPhones.
Chinese rumor claims 2009 iPhone will be modest upgrade
05/11/2009, 07:05 pm
A forum thread on a Chinese Apple fan site is generating some interest by AppleInsider readers because one commenter claims to have used prototypes of Apple's next-gen iPhone because he purportedly has a friend working at the company's manufacturing partner Foxconn.
TomTom iPhone app; iPhone magnetometer; Boot Camp in 10.6
05/08/2009, 01:05 pm
Turn-by-turn GPS device maker TomTom is reportedly recruiting developers to help churn out an iPhone app. Meanwhile, next-gen iPhone hardware should include a digital compass. And Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard will reportedly allow Windows partitions running under Boot Camp to read Mac partitions.
Briefly: iPhone Software 3.0 taking better camera snapshots
05/05/2009, 12:05 pm
Beta versions of Apple's iPhone 3.0 software are consistently producing clearer, more detailed photos when running on the same iPhone 3G hardware as the latest public release of the software, new tests show.
Apple's proprietary iPhone chips may not surface till next year
04/30/2009, 08:04 am
Apple's fairly public plans to design a family of exclusive chips to power its next-generation iPhone and multi-touch handheld products may not fully materialize until sometime next year, according to the Wall Street Journal, which provides an overview of the matter with a few additional details.
iPhone Software 3.0 may offer voice control, dialing - report
04/21/2009, 10:04 am
A new report is backing rumors of Voice Dialing support inside betas of Apple's iPhone 3.0 Software but adds that capability may be just one of several features included in a new Voice Services framework that may also facilitate voice control of the new OS.


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Some Theoretical and Methodological ReflectionJakobsen, Michael; Worm, Verner; Li, Xin (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: When analysing modes of navigating cross-cultural business communities most IB studies employ an etic approach that delineates how ethnically owned companies thrive and manoeuvre in complex cross-cultural business environments. This approach implies employing theoretical models and empirical observations that from a methodological point of view identify a local entrepreneur either as an objectified agent or as an anonymous 'other' thus pointing towards the assumption that such an approach has its roots in an ethnocentric academic tradition. This article goes beyond an etic approach and introduces an emic approach in which it is the local entrepreneurs themselves, who provide the main bulk of data on why and how they position themselves in a cross-cultural business environment the way they do. The main objective of this study is thus to show how local entrepreneurs develop business strategies so as to navigate and grow their companies in a complex cross-cultural business environments. The discussion on local entrepreneurship begins by outlining a theoretical framework for how to approach emic studies and from there proceeds towards suggesting a methodological approach that is capable of providing the empirical data that supports a theoretical framework based on an emic approach. The focus in this paper is thus to excavate how local entrepreneurs manoeuvres in a multi-cultural business context by combining both an etic and emic approach. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9300
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A Note on Product UpgradingDevadason, Evelyn (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The paper addresses the importance of network trade between Malaysia and China and assesses the extent of product upgrading in components traded. The study brings to the fore the following. First, China is emerging as an important market for component imports relative to component exports. As such the increase in two-way flows of parts and components for further processing and development, implying a shift away from assembly-end operations, remains insignificant. Second, network trade appears to have improved the quality of exports (reflecting the 'moving up of the value chain') destined to China, but the gaps between the unit values of export and imports have narrowed in the recent past, implying less product development. network trade, two-way trade, unit values, relative unit values, product upgrading URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7403
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Transnationalism and the 'Chineseness' of Enterprise DevelopementGomez, Edmund Terence (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The concept of transnationalism is characterised by an important contradiction. While it makes an important contribution to the literature on identity by focussing on the themes of hybridity and pluralism, when it discusses the issue of transnational capital, it falls into the trap of essentialising ethnicity. Transnational theorist argue that there exists a pan-ethnic unity among the Chinese diaspora that would enable this community to emerge as a new economic force globally. The case studies in this essay reveal, however, that transnational networks do not influence the way ethnic groups do business with co-ethnics in other countries. This study argues that there is significant competition among Chinese-owned enterprises, which explains the dynamism of these firms. There is also much evidence of inter-ethnic corporate ties involving Chinese firms. These findings bring into question the importance of common ethnic identity in transnational business transactions undertaken by the Chinese companies. Keywords: Transnationalism, Chinese Identity, Networks, Enterprise Development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7404
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Chandran, V G R; Rasiah, Rajah; Wad, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The study of innovation and technological upgrading experienced a significant interest in the academic literature, especially within the developing countries (Lall, 1998, 2001; Kim and Nelson, 2000; Ariffin and Figueiredo, 2004). The lack of involvement by developing countries in radical innovative capabilities (Rasiah, 1994; Hobday, 2005) and the interest of scholars in learning technological capability building and technological catch up processes has directed researchers to analyze various mechanisms or drivers that contribute to technological upgrading, especially in developing countries, more so in the manufacturing sector. This study aims to investigate the R&D activities and the internationalization of these activities undertaken by foreign firms within the Malaysian manufacturing sector. The study aims to provide answers to the following questions: 1. What is the status of the systems of innovation within the Malaysian manufacturing sector? 2. What is the role played by the agents of innovation, in particular TNCs or MNCs, in relation to R&D activities and its internationalization? and, 3. How is the Malaysian manufacturing (local and foreign) technological and R&D progress to date? This study confirms that the Malaysian manufacturing systems of innovation is weakly positioned but shows limited evidence of process innovation and not product innovation. However, evidence of innovation differs among states and sectors owing to differences in the systems of innovation. Although, Malaysia has not been chosen as a site for offshoring or outsorcing of R&D activities to a significant degree, it is found that one very important driver of innovation is the central role that multinational enterprises play in the Malaysian manufacturing systems of innovation. Process innovation is conducted by foreign subsidiaries and is on the rise in key the electronics industry. It is also found that technological learning by local firms is mainly through linkages, sub-contracting and technological transfer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7972
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Hockerts, Kai (København, 2007)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper draws on interviews with 12 investor relations directors. These were used to elicit the mental models respondents used when explaining their firms' motivation to engage in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Four dimensions of CSR-induced competitive advantages emerged: risk, efficiency, branding, and new markets. Respondents from firms with lower social performance drew on less differentiated and less balanced cognitive frameworks (focussing on risk and efficiency). Respondents from firms with higher social performance reported not only more links between CSR and competitiveness, their underlying cognitive models were also more balanced across the four dimensions. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7117
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Danish experiences in Eastern GermanyMeyer, Klaus E.; Bjerg Møller, Inger (København, 1998)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7082
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Pettersson, Michael; Schmidt, Marcus (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Denne undersøgelse er igangsat med henblik på at få et reelt billede af hvordan HD studerende på landsplan ser ud. I meget korte træk kan nævnes fra undersøgelsen, med 610 respondenter; Besvarelserne om hvilken organisation/virksomhed de studerende kommer fra, rejser spørgsmål om HD er tilpasset markedet i dag, om vi reelt er dækkende (off.ansatte). Med udgangspunkt i uddannelsens længde, er længden hensigtsmæssig. Nogle af de traditionelle segmenter (ingeniørerne) fravælger HD (1.del) til fordel for alternativer. Spørgsmål om der var forskelle mellem de forskellige HD. Spørgsmål om metode-indlæring blev som et væsentligt element fremhævet for at sikre såvel fagligt fokus som kvalitetsniveau. HD har et godt omdømme, vigtigt at fastholde det faglige niveau. De studerende lægger stor vægt på en international anerkendelse ligesom spørgsmål om en international anerkendt titel. Af spørgeskemaet fremstår at de studerende selv initierer beslutningsprocessen om valg af HD studiet. Spørgsmål om mulighed for customization sammenkædet med fleksibilitet og vejledning. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7670
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Toward a Dynamic Property Rights PerspectiveFoss, Nicolai J.; Foss, Kirsten (Frederiksberg, 1998)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7851
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la Cour, Lisbeth; Møllgaard, Peter (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6792
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Björk, Tomas; Murgoci, Agatha; Zhou, Xun Yu (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The objective of this paper is to study the mean–variance portfolio optimization in continuous time. Since this problem is time inconsistent we attack it by placing the problem within a game theoretic framework and look for subgame perfect Nash equilibrium strategies. This particular problem has already been studied in [2] where the authors assumed a con- stant risk aversion parameter. This assumption leads to an equilibrium control where the dollar amount invested in the risky asset is independent of current wealth, and we argue that this result is unrealistic from an eco- nomic point of view. In order to have a more realistic model we instead study the case when the risk aversion depends dynamically on current wealth. This is a substantially more complicated problem than the one with constant risk aversion but, using the general theory of time inconsis- tent control developed in [4], we provide a fairly detailed analysis on the general case. In particular, when the risk aversion is inversely proportional to wealth, we provide an analytical solution where the equilibrium dollar amount invested in the risky asset is proportional to current wealth. The equilibrium for this model thus appears more reasonable than the one for the model with constant risk aversion. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9097
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Holvad, Torben; Hougaard, Jens Leth; Kronborg, Dorte; Kvist, Hans Kurt (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6732
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Can we, will we, should we go for such events in Copenhagen?Lyck, Lise (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6631
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Strand, Robert (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The metaphors of strategic management are predominantly rooted in competition in support of the objective to achieve a "competitive advantage." Drawn from military, sport, and (oftentimes incomplete) interpretations of evolutionary biology, these metaphors imply that business is a zero-sum competitive game. Metaphors are not "just" words but, rather, they impact thoughts and actions. Hence the use of competitive metaphors encourages competitive behavior in business. We argue that this misdirects the purpose of business from being about value creation and, moreover, that value creation is most effectively achieved by approaching business as a fundamentally cooperative endeavor. Furthermore, these "survival of the fittest" sorts of metaphors inhibit considerations toward ethics, humanism, and sustainability. We call for a shift toward metaphors rooted in cooperation and as a means to do so we also call for a shift in focus from achieving "competitive advantage" toward achieving "cooperative advantage" as the objective of strategic management. We conclude by laying out some promising research avenues for further considerations. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8880
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Cross-national Transfer of Socially Responsible InvestmentBoxenbaum, Eva; Gond, Jean-Pascal (Frederiksberg, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines how individuals select and mobilize local institutions when they transfer business practices across societies that are construed as dissimilar to one another. We investigate empirically how the American business practice of socially responsible investment (SRI) was transferred to France and Quebec. Our analysis identifies five micro-strategies that were employed to contextualize SRI, namely filtering, rerouting, stowing, defusing, and coupling. This repertoire of micro-strategies extends previous research on contextualization, translation, and institutional transfers and links them to one another. They may also help explain why some transfers succeed while others fail. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7875
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Keller, Katarina; Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andres (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Economic theory predicts that military conscription is associated with static inefficiencies as well as with dynamic distortions of the accumulation of human and physical capital. Relative to an economy with an allvolunteer force, output levels and growth rates should be lower in countries that rely on a military draft to recruit their army personnel. For OECD countries, we show that military conscription indeed has a statistically significantly negative impact on economic performance. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7714
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The Roles of Knowledge Sources and Organizational Instruments in MNC Knowledge ManagementFoss, Nicolai J; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Recent research on the differentiated MNC has concerned knowledge flows between MNC units. While linking up with this literature, we extend in two directions. First, we argue that conceptualizing the MNC as a knowledge structure furthers the understanding of intra-MNC knowledge flows. Thus, we see MNC knowledge elements as being structured along such dimensions as their type and degree of complementarity to other knowledge elements, and their sources, for example, whether they are mainly developed from external or internal knowledge sources. These dimensions matter in terms of knowledge flows, because they influence the costs and benefits of knowledge transfer and, hence, the actual level of knowledge transferred. Second, based on this conceptualization, we argue that MNC management can influence the development, characteristics and transfer of knowledge through choices regarding organizational instruments (control, motivation and context). We test six hypotheses derived from these arguments against a unique dataset on subsidiary knowledge development. The dataset includes information on organizational instruments, sources of subsidiary knowledge, and the extent of knowledge transfer to other MNC units. It covers more than 2,000 subsidiaries located in seven different European countries. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7317
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An Analysis of ICMB 2006Damsgaard, Jan; Hedman, Jonas (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper analyzes the 44 papers included in the proceedings of the 5th ICMB conference in Copenhagen 2006. The purpose of the paper was to investigate to what extent the conference fulfilled its objectives which was to compare previous expectations with present realities along the following four areas: (1) business models, (2) the influence of m-business on private and work life, (3) the impact of regulation, and (4) the re-composition of the value network. In the analysis we apply the well-known framework by Lyytinen and Yoo for studying nomadic computing. In addition to this we also classify the papers in relation to type of artifact investigated, application area, and research methodology. The analysis show that the main focus lay on the use and adoption of mobile services – over 60% of the papers address. Few papers address the impact of service on any level of analysis. Business model is a recurring topic in 17 of the papers. There is lack in theorizing of the artifact, e.g. many just study mobile devices, but do not describe what type they study. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7752
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Rahbek Pedersen, Esben (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to develop a model of how managers perceive the responsibilities of business towards society. The article is based on the survey responses of more than 1,000 managers in eight large international firms. It is concluded that the managerial perceptions of societal responsibilities differ in some respects from the mainstream models found in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) and business ethics literature. The article is an output of RESPONSE: an EUand corporate-funded research project on managerial perceptions of CSR. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7126
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A Case of Danish Multinationals and their Subsidiaries in P.R. China and IndiaWorm, Verner; Xu, Xiaojun; Shinha, Jai b.P. (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: By drawing on a selective review of literature, we propose that the culture of Danish multinationals and transnational organizations interface with the Chinese and Indian societal and managerial cultures in order to create hybrid cultures in Danish subsidiaries in P. R. China and India. The hybrid culture moderates the relationships between the forms of knowledge and internationalization of multinationals on one hand and the transfer of knowledge on the other. It is postulated that stable cultural frames of the Danes and Chinese managers, both having stable cultural frame, will require long drawn efforts to overcome the cultural distance and transfer the various forms and levels of knowledge in the initial years of the subsidiaries. On the other hand, Indians' style of switching their cultural frames will create less entry problems but more recurring problems once Danish multinationals will get going. Once the postulates are empirically validated, potential implications for strategic interventions are briefly discussed. Keywords: Knowledge transfer, culture, MNCs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7400
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Mikkola, Juliana Hsuan (Frederiksberg, 2000)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Modularization refers to the opportunity for mixing-and-matching of components in a modular product design in which the standard interfaces between components are specified to allow for a range of variation in components to be substituted in a product architecture. It is through mixing-and-matching of these components, and how these components interface with one another, that new systems are created. Consequently, the degree of modularization inherent in a system is highly dependent upon the components and the interface constraints shared among the components, modules, and sub-systems. In this paper, a mathematical model is derived for analyzing the degree of modularization in a given product architecture by taking into consideration the number of components, number of interfaces, the composition of new-to-the-firm (NTF) components, and substitutability of components. An analysis of Chrysler windshield wipers controller suggests that two product architectures may share similar interface constraints, but the opportunity for modularization of one module is significant higher than the other due to the higher substitutability of its components and lower composition of NTF components. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7900
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 27 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
We are looking for an all-purpose logo in a vector format (preferably a layered psd file). It should be suitable for multiple uses, including the web, print, t-shirts, etc. It should look good both in color and black&white. Payment can be made by PayPal only.
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Vector (psd)
Our logo should be hip, fun and not take itself too seriously. See below for some of our slogans. The color scheme should match the website: orange and green (#FF9F00 and #609D04 is what is used). If you want to play around with variations of those colors, that is fine.
Here are some of the slogans we randomly place on the homepage - use them for inspiration:
quote: Nuke em' with EX-CEL LURES!
quote: Does your mother know you use ... EX-CEL LURES?
quote: With EX-CEL LURES the only thing you'll need to worry about is keeping your beer cold!
quote: FISH ON! with EXCEL-LURES!
quote: EX-CEL LURES - just add H2O!
quote: EX-CEL LURES - as good as it gets!
quote: EX-CEL LURES - taking your fishing to a whole new dimension!
quote: Go big or just go on home! With EX-CEL LURES you'll NEVER just go on home!
quote: Limit out FAST! with EX-CEL LURES!
quote: EX-CEL LURES - for the phat toads!
quote: EX-CEL LURES for big, bad dawgs and hawgs!
quote: Every spot is a hot spot, with EX-CEL LURES!
quote: WMD...EX-CEL LURES!
quote: HOOK UP! with EX-CEL LURES!
quote: Go big or go home!!! (And you'll never go home with EX-CEL LURES in your tackle box!)
quote: Got bent rod? Get EX-CEL LURES!
Other than that, use your imagination and HAVE FUN. We look forward to some great submissions.
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Love quizzes & love tests are the most popular. If you are in love or active in the dating scene, these love quizzes and love tests are just for you. Take a free love quiz or a dating quiz below.
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|RULES LZ Open SES Contest
LZOpen20 LZOpen40 LZOpen80
|Main Page Audio records
|Supported by N1MM logger, Sd by EI5DI, UA1AAF, 5MContest, DXLog.net - contest logging software.
DATE AND TIME: Annually, Every 3rd Friday of January,
from 18.00 to 22.00 UTC (4 hours total time).
For 2018 - January 19, Friday
BANDS AND MODE: 3.5 and 7 MHz, CW
PARTICIPANTS: Amateur Radio Operators World-Wide
EXCHANGE: Six figures: the serial Nr of the QSO and the serial Nr of the last corespondent's QSO. RST is not required. The RST will be considered 599 for all valid contacts. This is to be used for QSL purposes.
First QSO exchange: 001 000 See the example bellow
QSO with the same station is allowed after 29 minutes regardless of band (Any station can be worked once every 30 minutes - on the 30-th minute or after it) . For example : QSO at 18:02 next QSO is OK at 18:32 or later. (The seconds are not important!) No time limit to change the bands.
POINTS: The unconfirmed QSOs will not count for points. Each valid QSO counts 1 point regardless of country or continent (Everyone works everyone )
No preferance for working DX or LZ stations, no multipliers.
This is an example of LZ1FW's imaginary log:
The QSO will not bring points to both correspondents if the difference in the times is more than 3 minutes, or there is a mistake in one of the call signs or in the serial numbers.FINAL SCORE: The sum of the QSO points.
The QSO will not bring points to the correspondent who has not kept 30 minutes minimum time to connect the same station again.
Foreign stations Europe : Multi operators, Single operator High pwr, Single operator Low pwr and QRP (5W)
Foreign stations Outside Europe: Multi operators, Single operator High pwr, Single operator Low pwr and QRP (5W).
Bulgarian stations: Multi operators, Single operator High pwr, Single operator Low pwr and QRP (5W).
ORP participants please do not add /QRP after your Call Sign - just mark that you have operated QRP in your log.
Straight key Entrants (STREY World) - regardless of country , continent or power. ( Plese note in your contest log that you have used a straight key (STREY) during the entire contest period. )
Lady Operators - in addition to the category in which ladies participate they will be classified in a separate additional category too.
The Multi Operators Stations may use unlimited number of working sets connected in a network. The only limit is that all the stations must be located in the same call area.
The Single and the Multi Operators Stations are allowed to use DX Clusters, Skimmers, decoders or any other kind of technologies that they think might help. It is not forbitten to transmit two different signals on both bands even at the same time if one can manage a smooth operation. Single common log for both bands is required. Cross band contacts are not forbitten
The aim is to give a push to the new technologies combined with high operator skills.
AWARDS: Certificates to the first 3 stations in each category may be issued by volunteers.
Everyone who wishes to manage the contest awards for the next LZOPEN Contest please send a message to email@example.com. His name and Callsign will be announced and he will issue , manage and send the certificates to the winners. Electronic certificates are also welcomed.(They will be placed at the site for download). The aim is different in design certificates to be issued every year by different people.
Note: If there are no volunteers CERTIFICATES WILL NOT BE ISSUED !
E_LOGS: Cabrillo format. Send as attached file to email@example.com If you like the contest you can join the LZ Open Contest Club (LZOCC). Just send us a message or note in your log that you wish to become a member. The Membership is free of charge and it is open for everyone who loves CW contesting.
The Cabrillo QSO line should look like QSO: 7000 CW 2008-01-19 0024 LZ1DNY 001 000 F9OQ 001 000 QSO: 7000 CW 2008-01-19 0025 LZ1DNY 002 001 UA4PN 012 008 QSO: 7000 CW 2008-01-19 0036 LZ1DNY 003 012 RW9LL 006 008 The exchange must be split in the middle by spacePAPER LOGS : NO PAPER LOGS ACCEPTED ANYMORE !
DEADLINE: 10 days after the contest !
OFFICIAL WEBSITE: www.lzopen.com
LOGGING SOFTWARE that SUPPORTS LZ Open Contest:
N1MM Free Contest Logger - now fully supports LZ Open Contest , Your F2 exchange message should be: {EXCH} {LASTEXCH} or # {LASTEXCH} follow the setup instructions
LZOPEN ONLINE Contest Logger - you can use it online during the contest. No software needs to be installed. You have full statistics, dupe check, edit function, log generator. Just login and play with it before the contest - it is fun :) You can reset the log as many times as you wish.
Select the "LZ Open" template. After the contest, use SDCHECK (included with SD) to create your Cabrillo log. SD V14.11, released October 2008, is the only contest logger to fully support all aspects of the LZ Open. It shows individual countdown timers for calls that have been logged within the previous 30 minutes, and it highlights calls that have become available to work within the previous 10 minutes. You don't even need to type the call - the statistics is in front of your eyes : just watch and act !
More Loggers:
5MContest Logger
DXLog.net - contest logging software
UA1AAF LZcwc
The contest checking starts right after the contest. Every new log is automaticaly checked with the logs already received and the result is displayed online. You can see all the errors and compare the logs (cross-check).
All the stations who have sent logs will be classified (NO CHECK LOGS)
ABOUT THE CONTEST: We organize this international event in accordance with the rules of our domestic Bulgarian competitions. In this contest the exchange of the call signs does not mean that the contact is over. You still have to send and receive 6 figures WITH NO MISTAKE !!! High tempo non stop. The correspondents never end. You are allowed to work the same station up to 8 times durring the contest period. Our chain serial number system is unique and it has been used in all the domestic Bulgarian competitions since 1975. We are glad to see that it is well accepted outside Bulgaria.


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MarkB successfull working brain makes hungry... There a two more problems I was not yet able to solf myself:
Some of the mails I get contain text I would like to have it not printed because the info is superfluous and it uses only to much paper (more then 1 page).
I think it needs a specific filter and a script for wich I tried to make use of the following parts of another script of mine.
set #ll -1
LocateLine #ll "Bestellung über ZVAB bei:" $b
if #ll > -1 then DL1
goto FL2
DeleteLine $b #ll 11
:set #l -1
:LocateLine #ll "Zum Bearbeiten" $b
:if #ll > -1 then DL2
:goto FL3
eleteLine $b #ll 2
While the filters part works fine, the script ignores me javascript:emoticon(':oops:')
...because I don't know, with what the script has to start and with what to finish it.
The second problem: I would like to have a script which eliminates empty lines
After this, I promiss, I will let the moderators rest - at least form some time...
cordially, Götz


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Title: Good Intentions
Author: Pembroke Sincalir
Series: The Road to Salvation #3
Release Date: July 26th 2015
Format: Paperback & ebook
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
Source: complimentary copy in exchange of an honest review.
Author: Pembroke Sincalir
Series: The Road to Salvation #3
Release Date: July 26th 2015
Format: Paperback & ebook
Publisher: Booktrope Editions
Source: complimentary copy in exchange of an honest review.
Katie has been through Hell—literally—and discovered that it wasn't as bad as she thought it would be. In fact, she kind of enjoyed it. She got to be with Josh, found out about her past, and discovered who she wanted to be as a person. Katie didn't care that her actions went against social norms. She was happy.
But things are changing—again. Wes has come back into her life, and that can only mean trouble. His presence threatens to unravel her new-found happiness. She can't allow that. She won't let him back in. Yet, Katie can't push him away.
Thrown back into a state of confusion and uncertainty, Katie is once again forced to pick sides, and in the process, she may lose herself.
I am an editor by day and a zombie-killer by night (at least in my books). Since the first time I watched Night of the Living Dead, I have been obsessed with zombies and I often think of ways to survive the uprising.
I have written YA novels about zombies and the tough teens who survive the apocalyptic world, along with adult novels in the sci fi and fantasy genres. I have also written kids' books under the pen name J.D. Pooker.
I have written nonfiction stories for Serial Killer Magazine and published a book about slasher films called Life Lessons from Slasher Films under my real name.
Good Intentions is book three (and final) in this series that focuses on the eternal fight between good and evil. If you have read the previous books you know Katie and all the hard times she had to face. Now, she has to deal with the consequences of her actions and learn to live with the revelations about why everyone wants her soul. And to make things more interesting, Wes is back.
This book has the same atmosphere and rhythm than the other two books. There is some action, every chapter brings a new surprise and it's quite entertaining. The dialogues are fast and the writing is very good.
What I like about this series is that presents us a girl who chooses the bad side and we are ok with it. We are so used to see the main characters of our books choosing the right side or doing what is supposed to be good that this book is refreshing. We learn along Katie that the bad side might not be so wrong after all. Of course now that Wes I back, we have again the good vs evil fight and the soul saving conflict.
Josh is a character I never fully understood, I like him for moments but for most of this book I want him out! His actions and true intentions were expectable and I'm glad how things turned out to him.
I think that the book does justice to the entire series and presents an ending that answers most questions. As usual we have to deal with Katie's personality and her internal drama but if you enjoyed the previous books you should read this one!


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New York City Family Court offers free mediation services for parenting issues in custody and visitation cases. For more information on these Family Court-based mediation programs, contact Catherine Friedman, Esq., NYC Family Court Citywide ADR Coordinator.
Custody/Visitation Mediation
The New York City Family Court Custody/Visitation Mediation Program accepts custody and visitation cases pending in the family courts of all five counties. Cases are referred by the judge or referee but either party may request that the judge or referee refer the case to mediation at any time. All referrals are screened before the mediation session begins to determine whether the matter is appropriate for mediation.


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Historic Names with new From/To field
April 3, 2018
To improve coverage and handling for historic names the GeoNames alternatenames table has two new fields 'from' and 'to'. The two fields allow adding a string describing the period when the name was used. The main use case is for historic names but current names may also have the 'from' field filled to indicate since when the current name is in use.
So far the fields only contain years. The data type string, however, allows to express other information as well. Like '14uu' to express the fourteenth century or '197u' to describe the seventies. We don't want to invent our own standard to describe uncertainty and will use the ISO 8601 standard once it will be published. The ISO 8601 will supersede the library of congress Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF ) draft.
Some examples:
Jakarta has the following alternatenames with the fields filled:
- Sunda Kelapa 397-1527
- Jayakarta 1527-1619
- Batavia 1619-1949
- Djakarta 1949-1972
- Jakarta 1972-
The German city Chemnitz was called Karl-Marx-Stadt from 1953 till 1990. Mumbai was called Bombay in English till 1995.
To export the two new fields a new file alternatenamesV2 is now available in the download directory. The file is the same as the now obsolete file alternatenames, with two additional columns. The two files will exists for some time in parallel to allow users to change their import scripts.
New Map Layout
June 26, 2013
After many years without major changes to the GeoNames Map Interface it was time for an update. The new Map Interface makes full use of the screen for the map view. Other information is displayed on top of the map. The GeoNames gazetteer layer can now be displayed together with the wikipedia mashup. Boundingboxes and polygon boundaries are displayed where available and when associated with a GeoName feature. The bounding box is derived from the polygon information or from bounding boxes of children features. For populated places without polygon information the bounding box is derived from population number and feature code.
Thanks to Christophe for the implementation.
Improved SRTM Digital Elevation Data
February 20, 2012
GeoNames is switching from the original SRTM data provided by NASA to the processed srtm v4.1 data provided by cgiar. The extract files now contain srtm data where available and gtopo30 elsewhere.
SRTM is digital elevation model from 56° S to 60° N in a three arcsecond (90 m) resolution. The original data provided by NASA contains small holes of no data over water bodies, mountainous regions and desertic regions. Andy Jarvis and Edward Guevara of the CIAT Agroecosystems Resilience project (CGIAR), Hannes Isaak Reuter (JRC-IES-LMNH) and Andy Nelson (JRC-IES-GEM) have further processed the original DEMs to fill in these no-data voids. This involved the production of vector contours and points, and the re-interpolation of these derived contours back into a raster DEM. The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for sustainable development to reduce poverty and hunger, improve human health and nutrition, and enhance ecosystem resilience.
GeoNames has been kindly granted permission to use the processed srtm data. In exchange CGIAR has been given complimentary access to the premium web services. Thanks to Andy Jarvis and all the others involved.
South Sudan Country Codes
August 11, 2011
ISO has published the country codes for South Sudan. As expected in our blog posting it is SS. The letter codes for Sudan remain the same, whereas the numeric code for Sudan was changed from 736 to 729.
|ISO Alpha-2
|ISO Alpha-3
|ISO Numeric
|South Sudan
* US BGN=Formerly FIPS PUB 10-4
Republic of South Sudan
August 9, 2011
South Sudan became an independent state on 9 July 2011.
The new country has received geonameid 7909807. ISO has not yet assigned a country code and we temporarily use the country code XS. It will be changed to the official code as soon as ISO assigns a code to the new country. The ISO code is expected to be SS. The Republic of South Sudan is not the only country in the GeoNames database with a temporary country code. The other temporary country code XK stands for Kosovo.
The features of South Sudan have been updated with the temporary country
Sudan had 25 ADM1 before the independence of the south. 15 ADM1 remain
with Sudan, 10 states are now the ADM1 of South Sudan which formerly composed the provinces of Equatoria (Central Equatoria, Eastern Equatoria, and Western Equatoria); Bahr el Ghazal (Northern Bahr el Ghazal, Western Bahr el Ghazal, Lakes, and Warrap); and Upper Nile (Jonglei, Unity, and Upper Nile).
Historical place names
April 29, 2011
Improving the way GeoNames handles historical names is a popular feature request. GeoNames is now beginning to address this question.
There are two new flags in the alternate name edit tool:
isHistoric for names of the past that are no longer used.
isColloquial for slang and colloquial names
At the recent Annual Meeting of the Association of American Geographers is was discussed how GeoNames could be extended to improve support for the timeline. Some attributes under consideration:
– fromPeriod (date, year, decade, century or period of usage)
– toPeriod
– source (book or map where the name is used), publication date of the source
– notes
The discussion for these fields is still ongoing and any feedback is welcome.
The two new flags isColloquial and isHistoric are not yet included in the daily extract as we will probably add some more attributes and don't want to change the extract files too often. Each change in the extact files breaks the import scripts of users. We will extract the records with the two new flags in separate files as a temporary workaround till everything is stable.
Wikipedia Web Services
March 30, 2011
Over the last couple of weeks a new data extract for the wikipedia web services was implemented and deployed. The major change is certainly the dramatically increased number of geo located wikipedia articles.
A new attribute 'rank' has been added to the xml and json responses. It gives an indication of the popularity or relevancy of an article. The rank is an integer number from '1' for the least popular articles to '100' for the most popular articles. It is calculated from the number of links pointing to an article and the article length. The articles are more or less evenly distributed over the 100 ranks.
The 'elevation' field is now filled for nearly all articles, where no elevation could be parsed from the article itself it was enhanced with a reverse geocoded value from srtm3 or aster. The 'countryCode' coverage has also been improved. The attributes 'population' and 'elevation' are no longer set to '0' for unknown values, they are left empty instead.


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International Teaching Externship in Germany
Winter: Mid-January to Mid-February
Summer: Mid-May to Mid-June
Program Description
The CSB/SJU Education International Teaching Externship (ITE) program is a 4-week international opportunity where students will have a chance to work as a teaching assistant and/or team teacher in one of several locations. The ITE program is a professional teaching experience that you participate in following your teaching internship (student teaching) experience in the US. It is an additional opportunity to put your teaching skills into use in an international environment as you work with an on-site cooperating teacher. Teaching internationally is a great way to set yourself apart from others for job applications. ITE will be a professional adventure you will never forget!
Germany location - Creative inspiration between Rhine and Ruhr: the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) is located in the European region with the highest density of institutions of higher learning. UDE is the newest university in North Rhine-Westphalia and one of the largest universities in Germany. You will have the opportunity to choose to work in one of several schools that cooperate with UDE.
Program Cost
The German ITE program does not have a program fee. The estimated program cost is $3,100 - $3,200. Students will also be given a $500 stipend to help offset cost.
Estimated fees include:
|Round trip international airfare from Minneapolis to Dusseldorf, Germany
|International insurance and student card
|$ 22
|UDE Local rail/bus pass
|$ 350
|Essen lodging (shared apartment) $32 per day x 30 nights
|$ 960
|Essen meals $32 x per day x 30 days
|$ 960
Total Fees:
Stipend to offset costs
- 500
Total Estimated Cost after Stipend*
*This estimate does not include personal spending money.
- Complete e-application submitted by First Day of C Mod, 6:00pm, during the semester prior to the ITE program
- http://csbsju.edu/Education/Student-Resources.htm
- You will complete 16 weeks of student teaching in the US
- Application approval by the ITE Director
- Once approved, submit non-refundable deposit of $200 by date provide with approval notice.
- Once deposit is received, Education will register you for EDUC 368 (1-2) during same semester as student teaching
- Signed contract with Education regarding EDUC 368 and stipend requirements
- Attendance at pre-departure ITE cohort meetings
- Valid passport at time of departure
- Students must have an ability to pay all travel expenses and personal expenses including room and board
- Visa- Germany has a 90-day guest visa arrangement so no visa is needed. Remember when you arrive you are to state you are there as a tourist only, not as a student or worker.
Suggested Timetable
Fall Student Teaching:
- Department for ITE site in mid-January
- Arrive in host country by defined date - TBA
- Work in host K-12 schools as teaching assistant or team-teacher for 3 or 4 weeks
- Return to USA or travel on own
Spring Student Teaching:
- Departure mid-May after graduation
- Arrive in host country by defined date - TBA
- Work in host K-12 schools as teaching assistant or team-teacher for 3 or 4 weeks
- Return to USA or travel on own


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Online Library Tour: Third Floor - Williams Institute Reading Room
Click the blue buttons to navigate through this floor; use the side navigation to change floors.
The Williams Institute Reading Room contains the library's collection of materials in sexual orientation law and public policy. The collection supports the research of the Williams Institute, a nationally recognized think tank housed at the law school.


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Nutrition Facts
Percent Daily Values (DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Servings and Times
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 1.5
Ingredients and Preparation
- Blend all ingredients well in blender, and drink!
Tip: Try these variations:
- Frozen strawberries, blueberries, mixed berries, mango, or peaches
- Pineapple juice, orange-tangerine juice, and other 100% juice blends


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A man previously arrested 74 times was caught again, this time for allegedly robbing a bank in Maryland.
Robert Alonzo Robinson, 43, robbed the SunTrust Bank Friday, county police said. Robinson approached the teller and passed a note demanding money, police said. Robinson made off with an undisclosed amount of money.
Police arrested Robinson Wednesday at his home. He admitted his involvement in the robbery, police said.
Robinson is currently being held without bond.
Because of Robinson's criminal record, it wasn't hard for police to track him down. He has been arrested 75 times since 1992. Most of the cases involved some sort of theft. Some charges against him were dropped.
Betty Green, a neighbor of Robinson, isn't surprised by the number of arrests. She told News4 that Robinson had a drug problem and has been in and out of rehab.
"He has a problem," she said. "He has that monkey on his back, and just putting him in jail is not going to do any good. He needs to be in treatment where he can get off of the drugs."
43-Year-Old Man Arrested for 75th Time
A man previously arrested 74 times was caught again, this time for allegedly robbing a bank in Maryland.


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At Bon Air Baptist Church, we place a high priority on helping people find out where and how they can plug into service.
Serving is a great way to connect, meet new people, and use your gifts and talents in ministry. Fill out the online Spiritual Gifts Discovery Tool and Servant Profile and we will help you find a place of service based on your gifts and passions.


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Fish Coupon JAN 2020
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January MMH Fish DISCOUNT CouponLets enjoy the first month of this year with this delightful coupon on every fish we sell on MakeMyHobby Use this co...
Ammania sp. 'Bonsai' is quite similar looking to Bacopa Caroliniana, except it's slightly smaller more compact growing version. Under high light the tips of the stem might turn red/orange.