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Baron, Irene (Odense, 2011)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8534
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A Revision of Hofstede's Theory of Industrialization Supported by Cases from Latin America, Africa and Germany in the 19th centuryKragh, Simon Ulrik (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Drawing on a revised version ofHofstede's theory ofindustrialization and cultural change contained in his explanation of individualism and collectivism, the paper proposes that countries which are in the earlier stages of industrialization have a common culture that governs organizational behaviours. In-group/out-group particularist values that have been handed over from preindustrial society tend to overlay and replace impersonal and universalistic bureaucracies and market exchange typical ofindustrial society. The paper shows how these values shape the culture of organizations in Latin America, Africa and Germany around 1850. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9105
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African Perspectives in a European FrameworkJeppesen, Søren; Morsing, Mette (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We engage a discussion of political CSR in SMEs in an African context. Based on critical observations on Western MNC action in emerging economies, political economists have argued that business profit far more than society from CSR. In this paper we argue that the imperative for growth in developing economies provide an option to consider the scope and potential of SME engagement for local social development. Interestingly, while African business is not usually compared to nor found to share much similarity with European business practices, our empirical studies of CSR in African SMEs reveal a number of shared characteristics with their European counterparts. Supported by prior studies on European SMEs and our empirical findings from Africa, we conceptualize how CSR in SMEs in both regions first and foremost tends to be strongly focused on the "proximity factors" of employees and local society. We discuss how the SME propensity to prioritize proximity factors (feelings of importance of nearness) in CSR decision-‐ making in SMEs has different implications in an African than a European context. Future research paths are proposed to explore political CSR in SMEs in a developing economy context. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8836
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Lessons from Three African CountriesWendelboe Hansen, Michael; Buur, Lars; Therkildsen, Ole; Kjær, Mette (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Extractive foreign direct investment (FDI) is heralded as the new development opportunity in Africa. But extractive FDI has a record of producing enclaves in host countries with few linkages to the local economy. Only if it creates local content will extractive FDI become a catalyst of development. This paper analyses the trajectories of local content policies and practices in three African countries – Tanzania, Uganda and Mozambique. We argue that we cannot understand the dynamics and outcomes of local content policies in African extractives without understanding how local content has become ingrained in ruling coalitions' rent-seeking and maintenance activities in the three countries. We discuss the consequences of evolving local content practices for political patronage. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9014
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Strand, Strand; Copenhagen Business School. CBS; Institut for Interkulturel Kommunikation og Ledelse; IKL; Department of Intercultural Communication and Management; ICM (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8788
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Investigating formal and informal CSR practices and the views of managers and workers in SME garment companies in South AfricaJeppesen, Søren; Kothuis, Bas (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The article seeks to contribute to the SMEs and CSR literature in developing countries by providing; a) a 'Southern' SME perspective, which includes the voices of managers and workers, b) a perspective of CSR, which opens up to informal CSR practices that SMEs undertake, and c) an analysis of the key institutional issues affecting the CSR practices of SMEs. It presents perceptions of CSR practices among 21 SMEs in the garment industry in South Africa, based on 40 interviews with managers and 19 interviews with workers through the use of qualitative and quantitative interview frameworks. It highlights a high degree of similarities between managers and workers, though knowledge of (cognitive level) the concept 'CSR' differ considerably. Informal practices are widespread and of key importance to the SMEs, expressed by managers and workers alike. History, industry and manager-workers relations are found to be important factors in explaining the CSR perceptions and level of practices. It is suggested that future research investigate the role of informal practices further and explore the role of institutional theory. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9083
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Müller, Tina; Gwozdz, Wencke; Reisch, Lucia A. (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The current fashion system is highly unsustainable, as continuous overproduction and overconsumption is contributing to environmental as well as social degradation. The aim of the study is to investigate the relationship between consumers' perceived responsibility for the non-sustainability of the fashion industry, diffusion of responsibility between different actors, label knowledge and use, perceived external barriers and environmental apparel consumption. Theoretically, we combine the Motivation-Opportunity-Ability-Model with norm activation theory. We use a representative sample of young Swedish consumers for our analysis. Findings show that perceived personal responsibility as well as label knowledge and use enhance environmental apparel consumption. The small but significant negative effect of perceived responsibility diffusion on environmental apparel consumption indicates that responsibilities between relevant actors might have to be delegated more explicitly than it happens today. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9023
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CPH Kids and Danish Children's FashionCsaba, Fabian Faurholt; Larsen, Frederik (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: During the Copenhagen Fashion Week A/W 2010, CPH Kids opened as the first independent trade fair for children's clothing. Despite considerable resistance, the fair managed to establish itself and challenge the established order by providing a venue devoted fully to children's clothing and luring away exhibitors and visitors looking for change. In this paper, we analyze the dynamic development and distinctive traits of the children's clothing sector symbolized at the new fair. Our study contributes to inquiry into the role of fairs and festivals in the creative industries by examining the special case of coinciding, competing trade fairs. We introduce and build on three closely related, but in our view complementary, concepts applied and developed in analyses of festivals, trade shows and other kinds of temporary, usually competitive events, namely tournament rituals, field configuring events and tournaments of value. We establish the common ground of the three approaches, particular their assertion of the rich research potential and vital significance of festivals, fairs and similar events for many fields, whether deemed creative or not. We also single out particular strengths of each approach, which inform our inquiry.... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8238
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Theologies of the Corporation and the WorkplaceTackney, Charles T. (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9221
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Gilbert, Dirk Ulirch; Heinicke, Patrick; Rasche, Andreas (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper examines the factors that drive the success of multinational corporations (MNCs) in their pursuit of regional strategies. We develop a comprehensive regional success factor model to investigate the effects of regional management autonomy and regional product/service adaption on the regional success of MNCs. Using structural equation modelling, we also analyze the interaction effects of regional orientation and inter-regional distance. We evaluate our model by means of both primary and secondary data for Fortune Gloval 500 firms. Our findings show that appropriate degrees of regional management autonomy and regional product/service adaption are higly contingent upon contextual influences on MNCs. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8728
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From Risk Society To International Business ManagementCopenhagen Business School. CBS; Institut for Interkulturel Kommunikation og Ledelse; IKL; Department of Intercultural Communication and Management; ICM (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Multinational companies (MNCs) are increasing being exposed to risk that originate from local communities in the business environment where they operate. The response has been to implement systems for stakeholder engagement by including social issues into their risk management systems. However, these seem to be ineffective in mitigating local community grievances. In this paper I argue that social risk is to be defined in terms of how local stakeholders construct reality through a sensemaking and framing process which constitute at risk by its combined capability to influence organisational value creating activities. By utilizing a cross-disciplinary approach founded in a sociological conceptualization of risk I show that there is an alternative to identification and mitigation of social risk. I propose that MNCs could improve their performance by organizing their efforts using "intelligent" systems, which are based on the capability to identify frames and sensemaking processes. This paper show how social risk management can be conventionalised using distinct theoretical domains taking its outset in a sociological perspective on risk, linking International Business (IB) risk management practices, operationalised through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) systems, with communication theory and risk as frames of meaning constructed by community members and corporate decision makers. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9218
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Moeran, Brian (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This working paper, delivered at the ©reative Encounters workshop on the Business of Ethnography in June 2012, and in part (the sections on advertising and anthropology) at the American Anthropological Association's annual meeting in San Francisco in November the same year, recounts the author's personal experiences as a fieldworker to consider what it is that defines the newly emergent sub-discipline of business anthropology. The underlying argument is that all kinds of ethnographic research not overtly conducted on 'business organizations' may be counted as an anthropology of business, which itself is not strictly defined by the word 'business' per se, but includes such features as kinship and household organization, creative and craft practices, community structures, and so on. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8511
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an Organic ModelLauesen, Linne Marie (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Stakeholder management has for the last three decades been concerned either with strategic business management or business ethics, values and quality. Many models have been developed, but recently the literature asks for more dynamic models instead of the staticism that characterizes some models. This paper offers an 'Organic Stakeholder Model' based on decision making theory, risk assessment and adaption to a rapidly changing world combined with appropriate stakeholder theory for ethical purposes in decision making processes in businesses. The 'Organic Stakeholder Model' is based on empirical evidence from hybrid organizations as Publicly Owned Enterprises (POEs) mixed of private corporations and political administration. The model offers a new way of combining risk management with ethical decisionmaking processes by the inclusion of multiple stakeholders. Not only does the model apply to these kinds of hybrid organizations, but it is easily adopted and tested for other private business models too. The findings and the conceptualization of the model enhances business ethics in decision making by managing and balancing stakeholder concerns with the same concerns as the traditional risk management models does – for the sake of the wider social responsibilities of the businesses and its stakeholders. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8734
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Dahl, Dorte Boesby (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper presents stories from fieldwork among parking patrol officers and managers in a Danish municipal centre. The stories are about the hiring, firing and retention of parking officers. The centre is renowned for management's active and ambitious work to improve the work environment for parking patrol officers, the quality of parking services and to employ diversity management. As many other types of unskilled work in Denmark, the job as parking patrol officer is a possible entry point to the labour market for people without formal education or people who have been worn out in other occupations. By presenting stories told by parking patrol officers and their managers at Centre for Parking, I wish to contribute to our understanding of the role of the public sector as an employer: the ambitions and limits of the public sector in regard to employing people for unskilled work and the dilemmas that follow. The aim of the paper is to show how these stories shape the simultaneous processes of professionalizing the traditionally unskilled work of parking patrolling and fulfilling a role as a socially inclusive workplace. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8604
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Achieving the Benefits of Speed in AcquisitionsKing, David R.; Meglio, Olimpia; Risberg, Annette (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: We examine the importance of speed and timing in acquisitions with a framework that identifies management considerations for three interrelated acquisition phases (selection, deal closure and integration) from an acquiring firm's perspective. Using a process perspective, we pinpoint items within acquisition phases that relate to speed. In particular, we present the idea of time-bounded strategic windows in acquisitions consistent with the notion of kairòs, where opportunities appear and must be pursued at the right time for success to occur. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9041
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Mining MNCs in ArmeniaTaarup-Esbensen, Jacob (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: When it comes to social risks is the business of mining properly one of the most exposed types of activities that a company can engage in. For Multinational companies (MNC) it is not only about maintaining good relations with customers, investors and local communities but also more distant stakeholders, not directly related to the business, who can raise issues that can have a significant impact on operations. Potentially threatening the MNCs ability to maintain its social license to operate and thereby initiating a stop of mining operation at a significant cost to the company. This paper is based on the case example of Teghout coppermolybdenum mine in North-Eastern Armenia, supplemented with evidence from other mining MNCs in the country, using interviews with key stakeholders, onsite fieldwork and public available information. It is found that MNCs in Armenia adopt a standards based social risk management strategy and that this strategy is based on the adoption of an international Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) standard promoted by the World Bank. However, the fieldwork reveal that local and regional stakeholders, from whom social risk rise, feel disengaged from the process, continue to raise questions about transparency and in some cases actively oppose mining activities and that this is happening despite the use of stakeholder engagement management systems that is promoted through the standard. My hypothesis is that the implemented social risk management systems are ineffective because they lack organisational embeddeness, which makes the MNC unable to recognise the value of weak ties and therefore fail to build legitimacy and trust with local stakeholders. I argue that this is happening because MNC use of the CSR system focuses on building strong ties and legitimacy with investors and government, rather than on building trust with the local communities that actually pose the biggest social risk. This insight into the use of CSR standards has consequences for our perception of how effective these systems are in reducing social risk and the impact on the risk management that both MNCs and their investors are practicing in turn potentially threatening their social license to operate and thereby risking a 'stop of operation'. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9095
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Risberg, Annette; Remke, Robyn (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9042
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Adaptive Appropriation in Japanese Labor Law and the Roman Catholic Social QuestionTackney, Charles (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8611
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2012 Walmart Labor Organizing and a Theology of the American WorkplaceTackney, Charles T. (Frederiksberg, 2013)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This paper applies theology of the workplace and cultural cognition studies to support recent "open source" labor union action at Walmart in North Americ and redress the lack of clear 2012 teaching on the social question by the U.S. Catholic Conference of Bishops. In an era of diminished cultural awareness about the role and significance of labor unions, insight-based critical realism, as a component of workplace theology analysis, can complement cultural cognition legal research for more effective labor organizing as well as Roman Catholic engagement in the social question. Comparative employment ecology workplace models, focusing on the U.S., Germany, and Japan, help in the historical derivation of practical, normative benchmarks for organized labor and management in respect to enacting more authentic employment relations. The benchmarks are grounded in theology of the workplace guidelines drawn from Roman Catholic encyclical teaching. Two basic parameters are shown to be particularly salient for the U.S. case: just cause dismissal protection and employee participation in managerial prerogative. Specific legal enactments and a strategic organizing model are offered in the conclusion for both union strategizing and collaborative church support. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8845
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Colleoni, Elanor (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The development of an information economy, and in particular its more recent "social economy" phase, has seen the "pluralisation" of conceptions of value (Stark, 2009). The rise of brands, the growing importance of reputation, both for individuals and for companies, the need to attract affective investments and in general to establish a positive large-scale recognition for companies are all manifestation of this. While companies have clearly identified the strategic importance of these intangible assets, an adequate and broadly accepted interpretation of how such immaterial wealth is transformed into tangible monetary value still lack. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8731
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The slightly tawdry world of boardwalk arcades along the New Jersey shore is just one of the attractions of Lubar's (Hidden Talents) engrossing novel. From the first moment soon-to-be-11th-grader Chad hears the boardwalk clown hurling insults ("His voice ripped the air like a chain saw," the novel begins), the teen is mesmerized. The "bozo," whose witty barbs lure passersby to try and drop him into a water tank, represents all that Chad is not: "Nobody ...
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Using CDs for your audio
I'm sure you probably already have your own method of CD audio extraction. It may be pretty good. It may well even be this one. However, if you haven't considered the possibility that ripping audio from cds isn't always perfect then you need to read this guide.
CDs are digitally stored audio, yes. So, extracting it should be a simple case of copying the bits right? Well, yes. However, there is one little problem.
Red Book
This is the disc format used for storing your audio content. It has it's advantages but it can't be used like any old data cd where you can just copy a file. You can see the tracks if you open it in windows but these are just pointer files. You need to extract the audio.
Unfortunately, unlike other data storage methods used in cd-roms, the Red Book standard isn't that superb for data extraction. Scratched and/or otherwise damaged cds may seem like they've extracted fine but actually be full of errors. These little errors can put a spanner in the works so you need an extraction program that will be able to tell if anything's gone wrong, test the file and pick the right extraction method for your cd-rom drive. Also, many modern songs have sub-audio data that some read methods may not pick up. In short, you need 2 things:
1) You need
EAC (Exact Audio Copy).
Now, you're probably wondering what 2) is all about. Well, in order to accurately extract audio (and rip dvds etc.) form a cd you really need aninterface called an ASPI layer. If you have Windows 98 or ME then you may already have one. If you have Windows 2000 or XP, then you may need to get one as ASPI drivers aren't included by default.
To find out if you have an ASPI layer use the ASPI Checker program from here.
The ASPI driver is installed as part of Adaptec's SCSI drivers but if you don't have a SCSI card you can still install an ASPI layer using a program call ForceASPI which you can get from here and it will allow you to install the drivers without having an adaptec card. It also comes with the most stable version of the drivers and works with everything that isn't Widows 95. For more aspi related information look here. NOTE: READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY when installing this - making sure you have made the necessary backups. Don't come crying to me if you kill your OS.
Thankfully, new versions of EAC don't require ASPI layers but it is the best method so, if you can install it safely, then please do.
Download it, unpack it and follow the instructions in the html file.
OK, now that you are all ASPIed up, load EAC. I will now go through the basic method of extracting the audio correctly with this program. You can fiddle with the other options yourself if you like but this will get the best extraction you can get:
EAC Basic Setup
Select the cd-rom drive that you believe will have the best read abilities. CD-Writers often have better read abilities but just in case, you probably want to follow the first few instructions for both to see which one works best.
Put in an audio cd (anything that isn't Linkin Park will do nicely)
[optional] Press Alt+G to get the cd information from freedb.
Once that is done, EAC should look a little something like this:
Now go into EAC -> EAC options (F9). In here, most of the defaults are fine but if there's anything you think you'd like to enable, have a browse around. The one thing I would recommend is going to the Normalisation tab.
Normalisation is the process of making the audio loud without clipping anything due to quantization errors. It's a "good thing" and really should be done with all of your sources (there will be a normalisation method described in each of the sections.
I personally think the defaults (shown below) are pretty good for normalising the audio where necessary.
Setting the Read Options
Now, OK out of there and go into EAC -> Drive Options (F10)
This is where you may start to get confused by the options. Don't worry, though, EAC has some excellent detection procedures that can work out what read features your drive has. You should try these out on all your drives to see which comes out best.
Extraction Method tab: Click the "Detect Read Features" box and wait. With any luck you have a drive that has the "Accurate Stream" feature. Leave the settings as they are once you have run the test.
Next, get a cd you know to be scratched and run the C2 test. Again, let the test change any settings.
Drive tab: click "Autodetect Read Command"
Offset tab: Click "Detect read sample offset correction"
Gap Detection: only change if you know what you are doing ^_^
You don't need to ^_^... but...
EAC has a nice function where you can set up your desired compression options which is great for making mp3s and luckily you still have the option to make an uncompressed wav if you want.
I generally setup an external compressor (lameMP3) and do a 192 average bitrate mp3 for my mp3s but this is a little off-topic as what we need is uncompressed WAVs.
Extracting the Audio
Once you've set everything up, select the track or tracks you want then choose Action -> Test and Copy Selected Tracks -> Uncompressed (F6).
The test method will obtain a CRC reading for the original and the extracted audio and compare them - it's basically a data corruption detection. The program does some other stuff too but all you need to know is that this will then extract the audio with the best read method possible, test that it has been extracted correctly then finally normalise (optional) and save it.
With any luck, when you get the report at the end you will have an error-free extraction. Congratulations.


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Commercial Identity Update: Mar. 1st, 2012Posted: March 1, 2012 | Author: georgesblog360 | Filed under: Commentary, Social Conscience | Tags: Banking, Corruption, Crisis, Fraud, Government, News, Poverty, Survival | 6 Comments
Thursday. Mar. 1st, 2012 – With so many issues rising up in debate, it becomes easy to forget that the structural mechanisms have been in place, for 150 years. The general public sees these institutions as altruistic and beneficial. They believe the news media when the Corporate Wars of Conquest are promoted. Unless that changes, people will be led around by the ring in their commercial identity noses.
VindicationPosted: September 17, 2011 | Author: georgesblog360 | Filed under: Commentary, Social Conscience | Tags: Blogging, Conscience, Homelessness, Life, Survival, Work, Writing | Leave a comment
A little vindication is nice. For 5 years, I was the voice people expected to hear, when they caled The American Freedom Network. I filmed and produced videos that went all over the world. I did audio production that they haven't duplicated, since. When I left AFN, I thought everyone in alternative news media knew who I was and what I was about. Most of the last 3 years felt like I had disappeared from the face of the earth. I never gave up. I continued writing under a wide variety of circumstances. I talked with everyone who came along and I follow more than 70 blogs. I speed read and comment on posts on many websites. Today was a major breakthrough. The previous record for daily views on my blog site was 93, on July 4th. Today, I have 278, at the moment. Michael Corbin always told me that he needed me as a writer. Dr. Stan Montieth
said that he really needed someone who could research the way I could. As it turns out, I need to be all of those things, and everything I was before I became homeless. It's been a long, hard road, but I'm home now. I have a wonderful woman in my life that really cares about the things that are important to me.
What Difference Does It Make?Posted: July 5, 2011 | Author: georgesblog360 | Filed under: Commentary, Social Conscience, Uncategorized | Tags: 2012, Bilderberger, Congress, Crisis, End Times, Government, illuminati, Law, Legal, New World Order, Planet X, Priorities, Prophecy, Status, Survival, United Nations | Leave a comment
What Difference Does It Make?
What difference does it make? That's the 64 Amero question. If you have a secure supply of drinking water, long term storage food to last a few years, and have the rest of the list of basic necessities, what happens next shouldn't mean much. Being outside the large cities would be a good idea. It's just easier to avoid problems, that way. Individuals can be known much better than crowds.
Understanding that government turns populations into refugees better than any other organization in the history of the world, would help you avoid, as Arlo Guthrie put it, being detected, inspected, injected and infected. Read everything you can about the history of crisis management. At least you would have an idea about how things work at your friendly local neighborhood Guantanamo, should you end up in such a place. If you are at all, historically and traditionally American in your thinking, you are probably labeled a potential terrorist. The Corporatist animosity toward all things American are very well documented. Congress isn't on the 'A'- list, and I doubt that I, you or anyone we know is in that privileged class.
Everything comes down to being in the right place, at the right time. That is the difference that the times we are in, makes. Beyond what an individual can carry, there isn't much worth having, if it isn't immediately accessible. Everyone should examine their far-flung, personal little empires. When the bureaucracy turns cannibal on itself, don't go swimming with the sharks. Always a survivor, never a refugee.
One Hour MeltdownPosted: July 5, 2011 | Author: georgesblog360 | Filed under: Commentary, Social Conscience, Uncategorized | Tags: 2012, Banking, Bankruptcy, Banks, Commerce, Credit, Currency, Debt, Default, Disaster, Earth Changes, Economy, Famine, Federal Reserve, Fire, Flood, IMF, Money, Newsletter, Planet X, Prophecy, Prosperity, Survival, United Nations, Wealth, World Bank | 1 Comment
One Hour Meltdown
Rev. 18:19 And they cast dust on their heads, and cried, weeping and wailing, saying, Alas, alas, that great city, wherein were made rich all that had ships in the sea by reason of her costliness! for in one hour is she made desolate.
Below is an article on the mechanics of how this prophecy will be fulfilled in America by a professional engineer. Worth the time to read.
The One-Hour Meltdown
Copyright © July 22, 2009 by Robert Wayne Atkins, P.E.
All rights reserved and all rights protected under international copyright law.
The following is just my opinion. It is nothing more than my opinion. I have nothing to substantiate or prove any aspect of my opinion. My opinion is simply the logical conclusion of a law-abiding sixty-year old Christian grandfather who has both an engineering degree and an M.B.A. degree and who has seen both good times and hard times during his life.
The Current Situation:
At the present time every nation in the entire world is facing serious financial and social stress. If only a few nations were involved then it might be possible to contain the upcoming meltdown to a few specific geographical areas. This has been successfully done in the past. However, since the entire world is currently on the edge of the cliff, when the meltdown begins it will impact almost everyone on the face of the earth.
Unless God chooses to intervene, the meltdown is no longer avoidable. Our governments and our financial institutions are no longer in control. However, to keep the system working just a little longer they must maintain the illusion that they have the system under control. But the system is broken and it can't be fixed.
There are two reasons why the system can't be fixed:
It has grown beyond its own capacity to support itself.
It has become so complex that no one can do anything significant to fix it because it is hemorrhaging in too many different places.
The average person in every nation on the face of the earth knows the meltdown is coming. The wealthy people know it. The poor people know it. Nobody wants it to happen. But almost everyone is just patiently waiting for it to begin and at the same time hoping that it doesn't begin too soon.
Nobody knows when the meltdown will actually start. It may begin one-month from now. Or a year from now. Or three-years from now.
But almost everyone knows that at some future date the meltdown will occur.
This widespread knowledge of the impending disaster is the reason that when the disaster begins it will quickly and completely spiral out-of-control in one-hour or less. In my opinion, most people do not seriously believe it could happen this quickly. Most people expect a more gradual meltdown. They may be right because nobody can predict the future, and that includes myself.
The One-Hour Meltdown
However, my personal opinion is that once the meltdown begins then in less than one-hour it will quickly escalate far beyond anyone's ability to control or manage it on a worldwide basis. The five basic assumptions that cause me to believe in my "one-hour meltdown theory" are as follows:
Banks: The financial institutions around the world cannot withstand a full-scale worldwide bank run. Therefore, they have already made plans to immediately shut down the instant they are told to do so. Within minutes, all across the globe, all the ATM machines will be offline, all credit card and debit card verification transactions will be halted, and all banks will have their vaults locked and their doors locked and their building emptied of all personnel, except perhaps for some special security guards. All high-level bank executives will immediately disappear to a wide variety of remote safe unknown locations. All telephone call inquiries to any of the financial institutions will be automatically answered by a computer with a pre-recorded message similar to the following: "Our system is currently experiencing an extremely high call volume and therefore we are unable to answer your call at this time. Please try again later when our call volume returns to normal."
Governments: The vast majority of our government leaders all over the world are relatively intelligent individuals. They completely understand the ramifications of a "bank holiday" in our computer controlled financial economy. Therefore, all government offices will also be immediately shut down, and they will empty their buildings and lock their doors. Any transaction in progress, including any trials in progress, will be immediately halted and postponed until some future date. All high-level government officials, including all judges and tax officials, will immediately disappear to a wide variety of remote safe unknown locations.
Retail Businesses: Since they will be unable to process even simple transactions, all retail establishments, both large and small, will immediately lock their doors to prevent anyone else from entering. If possible, they will complete any transactions for customers already inside their building if those customers have enough cash to pay for their purchases. Any customers wishing to pay by check or credit card or debit card will be told that the verification system is down and their transaction can't be completed. All customers will then be immediately escorted to the doors and the doors will be briefly opened and then immediately locked after they exit. In addition, in a manner similar to what happened during the World Trade Center meltdown, each store's management may demand that their employees remain at their stations until further notice or they will lose their jobs for leaving without management's permission. But most of the more intelligent employees will leave at the same time as the store's last few remaining customers. The store's special security guards may or may not remain behind in order to protect the store with their lives. Since most of these special security guards are not paid exceptionally well, a large number of them may decide that they should return home and protect their own families instead.
Criminals: Anyone and everyone who has any criminal tendencies and who has been patiently waiting for this to happen will immediately see it as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve their financial situation. More than likely the vast majority of these criminals have already made very detailed plans that includes exactly which businesses they are going to rob first, second, third, and so on. Any business with a reasonable level of cash-on-hand will be very high on every criminal's list. Every jewelry store and pawn shop that has any type of silver or gold jewelry, or precious stones (diamonds, rubies, emeralds, etc.), will be very high on everyone's list. The warfare that breaks out at these establishments between competing criminals will not be pleasant.
Normal People: Normal average people will begin looting. Grocery stores will be broken into and they will be completely emptied from wall-to-wall, including the rear storage area, in less than one-hour. Stores that have firearms, ammunition, appliances, clothing, shoes, or anything else needed by the average citizen will be emptied in less than one-hour. In skirmishes over the few remaining resources, normal average people will begin killing one another inside the stores, and in the parking lots outside the stores, and on the streets as these fully loaded vehicles try to escape with their loot.
The above events will all happen simultaneously during the first one-hour of the meltdown. After that first hour has passed, things will really begin to get nasty. Everyone will quickly realize there are not are not enough law enforcement personnel to protect everyone and everything. Although the military will probably be ordered to protect specific high priority establishments and resources, there will simply not be enough military personnel to protect individual civilians or businesses.
Events After the One-Hour Meltdown
Almost everyone who has lost their jobs, their vehicles, their homes, and their life savings will now have nothing more to lose by seeking some form of retribution against the society that took everything away from them that they once "partially" owned.
Anyone who has received a minor speeding ticket in the recent past and who honestly could not afford the fine will be in a very unpleasant mood. Everyone who has had their property taxes increased at the same time their income decreased will not be in a good mood. Everyone who has had their credit card interest rate increased at the same time their employer was reducing the number of hours they worked each week will not be in a good mood. Everyone who has been reduced from a two-family income down to a one-family income will not be in a good mood. Everyone who lost their job because their employer went bankrupt will not be in a good mood.
The vast majority of these individuals will have been just barely surviving in a situation where they were living hand-to-mouth on government welfare or the charity of the local community (unemployment checks, welfare checks, food stamps, food pantries, etc.). The instant they realize there will be no more government welfare or charity, then these individuals will have no hope for survival unless they are able to immediately acquire the food and other resources they need before it is all gone. Anyone who tries to stand in their way, or who tries to reason with them, will have a life expectancy of less than three-seconds.
After the stores are all emptied, and there is nothing else to be stolen, the tempers of the individuals who were not successful in obtaining what they needed will turn violent. When that happens they will form into huge mobs without being asked to. And they will begin seeking vengeance on anyone or any establishment they have a grudge against. Banks, and government buildings, and courthouses will be burned to the ground. Anyone still inside those buildings will probably be shot or hanged. Then these mobs will start looking for the high-ranking officials that they believe are the source of their misery. But the vast majority of these high-ranking officials will have already disappeared to safe places unknown to anyone but themselves.
If you have not previously thought about the above, or if you are not intellectually prepared to deal with it, then the chances are not very good for your long-term survival.
If you have been waiting to buy a really critical item for your family's long-term self-sufficiency because you thought you could buy it at the very beginning of a slow gradual breakdown of society, then it will no longer be available. Your family will have to try to survive without that item, if that is possible. Since the vast majority of us have very limited financial resources it would be helpful if you could prioritize your purchases right now before it is too late. The following article on my web site describes how this could be done:
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If the meltdown begins while you are away from home then your highest priority should be to collect the other members of your family and return home. Do not be tempted to participate in the looting. Regardless of what you think you might need, it would be foolish to risk your life and the lives of your family members at any store or business that is being looted. You should consider yourself "blessed" if you are successful at making it safely home with all your loved ones.
In my opinion, after the meltdown begins it will take about 24-hours for the vast majority of the criminals and the looters to self-destruct to at least one-half of their original number. In fact, human greed will probably reduce their numbers by a lot more than 50%. The reason this will happen is because every criminal will want whatever the other criminal has in his or her possession and he or she will probably be willing to kill to get it. The criminals and looters that survive will be the more ruthless and savage members of our society and they will gradually form into small gangs for protection and for their own mutual survival. When that happens things will just continue to get worse.
If you live close to the outside edge of a heavily populated area, and you can quickly and easily get onto a good road or interstate leading away from the danger area, and if you have a safe destination already planned, and if travel to that destination does not take you through another heavily populated area, then it may be possible for you to escape to your "retreat" if you act immediately and you do not hesitate.
However, if you live inside a heavily populated area, or if you are a good distance from a safe exit road or interstate, or if you do not have a safe destination to travel to, then loading your family into your vehicle and trying to drive anywhere at this time would probably not be a very good idea. In this situation, when the meltdown begins your best chance for survival will probably be to wait out the worst part of the meltdown inside your home. You should also be prepared to defend your home and your family during this difficult transition period.
I fully realize that the above suggestion goes against almost everyone's recommended strategy of "getting out of Dodge" (G.O.O.D) at the last minute. You are an adult and you will need to make your own decision in this matter. But before you decide, perhaps you should thoughtfully consider your chances for long-term survival in each of the following two scenarios:
Your family is trapped inside your vehicle in a traffic jam that is grid-locked and, although you don't know it yet, the cars in front of you and behind you are not going to move one-inch for the next several years. You and your family members quickly become physically and emotionally fatigued by the long wait inside your vehicle. Everyone needs to use the bathroom. Nobody can get any real rest. And as you watch one horror story after another unfold outside the windows of your vehicle you become terrified that you will not live to see another day. You are trapped inside your vehicle many, many miles from your home and travel in any direction by foot or by bicycle at this time would be suicidal.
Your family is temporarily trapped inside your home with whatever resources you have in your home. You can still use the bathroom in the privacy of your own home. You can still eat and drink in safety. Each member of your family can sleep in his or her own bed while one or more members of your family remains awake and on guard duty. On some future date, after your family has eaten a good meal and everyone is completely rested and mentally and physically alert, then perhaps on a dark rainy night your family will be able to escape by riding bicycles or by walking out of the danger zone to some safe remote place where you already have supplies pre-positioned and waiting for you.
In my opinion, neither of the above two scenarios is a pleasant one to think about. But if I had to choose between them I would select the second option.
Three Questions
Please allow me to ask you the following three questions:
How many people do you personally know who do not need to eat?
Where does most of the meat, bread, fruit, and vegetables that are consumed by the people inside a city actually come from?
If food deliveries into the city were stopped, how long would the city continue to be a safe place to live?
If you are satisfied with your answers to the above three questions and you still want to live in a big city then you should continue to do so. However, if you are not satisfied with your answers to the above three questions, then perhaps right now would be a good time to think about some other options for your family's survival.
Some Good News
Before you completely loose heart, please allow me to share some really good news with you. The meltdown hasn't started yet. You still have time to significantly improve your family's chances of surviving the upcoming meltdown.
Have you lost your job? That is good news. You can now relocate to a more lightly populated area.
Has the bank foreclosed on your home? That is good news. You can now relocate to a more lightly populated area.
Are you now living inside your vehicle? That is good news. If you can come up with some gas money then your can now relocate to a more lightly populated area.
You don't need to move to the unexplored wilderness in Alaska. You don't need to move into the heart of the Arizona desert. You just need to relocate to an area that is more lightly populated than a big city. The area you select should meet the following minimum criteria:
It is not on a major freeway or interstate.
It is at least several hundred feet above sea level.
It is surrounded by farm land, dairy cows, and other typical farm livestock such as horses, pigs, sheep, goats, and chickens.
It has a history of good average rainfall (not too much rain or too little rain).
It has a reasonable supply of trees and forest timber land.
It has a few nearby manufacturing facilities of any size.
Its residents still have the right to own firearms to protect themselves.
It has short mild winters.
You are smart. You could probably find a place like the above that is somewhere between 60 to 600 miles of where you currently live. When you get there, start looking for a new job.
At the current time good jobs are exceptionally difficult to find. Therefore, if you still have a really good job, then you would probably be better advised to keep your current job. But you could still move your loved ones to a small safe farming community that is at least 30 miles away from any heavily populated area, and which meets the first seven of the above eight minimum criteria. This would mean that you would have to commute one or two-hours each day to get to your current job. But your family would be safe when the meltdown begins. And if the meltdown occurs when you are at home with your family, then you would be there to help protect them. If the meltdown occurs while you are at work, and if you leave work immediately and don't stop anywhere, then there would be a reasonable chance that you might get back home before 24-hours has passed. This would require that you always have at least one-half tank of gas inside your vehicle's gas tank each day when you arrive at work. Finally, your survival would be greatly increased if you also had a little food and water, a few basic survival items, and a bicycle inside your vehicle that you could ride if you got caught in a grid-lock traffic jam. Most people will not abandon their vehicle immediately because they have an emotional attachment to their vehicle and to just abandon it would not "feel" like the most logical thing to do. The reason is because these people have survived traffic jams in the past by just waiting for them to eventually unravel. But this time it will be different. The traffic jam will never unravel. (Note: If it becomes necessary, park your vehicle on the side of the road and lock it, if that is possible.)
The vast majority of you will probably not share my opinion on this topic because it is just too "scary" and therefore it just can't happen. However, if you have taken the time to read this entire article then at least you now know about my "one-hour meltdown theory" and you can include it as one of your highly unlikely future scenarios. And if it should actually happen then at least you will not be too surprised by the events as they quickly begin to transpire.
On the other hand, if you think my "one-hour meltdown theory" is not all that ridiculous, then there are three things you could be doing right now to better prepare for the serious hard times ahead:
If you have not already done so, then move to a lightly populated area.
Pray often.
Pray sincerely.
In order to minimize the number of future emails about the above article, on July 29, 2009 I decided to add this postscript to my original article.
As I mentioned in the above introduction, nobody can predict the future, and that includes myself.
And as I mentioned in the above conclusion, the vast majority of you will probably not share my opinion on this topic.
Instead of a "bank holiday" almost any reasonably intelligent individual could easily select a different trigger event, or combination of trigger events, that lead to the inevitable meltdown.
And, instead of a "one-hour meltdown," almost anyone could modify one or more of the original assumptions and change the time frame to 24-hours, or three-days, or two-weeks, or nine-months, or seven-years.
However, since writing the above article seven-days ago, so far I have not received any emails from anyone who believes the meltdown will never happen. The only points of disagreement are on the trigger event and the speed at which the meltdown will unfold.
Individuals who do not believe a "one-hour meltdown" is possible generally believe that our government and financial leaders have some reasonable degree of control over the social and economic factors that are rapidly deteriorating worldwide.
And those individuals who believe the meltdown will be triggered by a different event, such as a terrorist attack (similar to the World Trade Center disaster) or a nuclear explosion in some large city, generally believe that someone or some nation must intentionally do something disastrous to initiate the meltdown.
Since I can't predict the future I have no valid way to respond to these differences of opinion. As far as I am concerned, everyone has a right to his or her own opinion, and that includes myself.
As I stated in my article, I simply believe that our leaders do not have things under control and that a worldwide bank run could happen unexpectedly at any time, and our leaders have no way to prevent it or to contain it once it begins. It could happen on any day of the week and at any time during the day. But once it starts our leaders will immediately declare a "bank holiday" to prevent catastrophic damage to the financial system and to the reputations of our financial leaders.
May I please use the following analogy. The current worldwide financial situation is like a passenger bus being driven by a bus driver whose future employment depends on keeping to the bus schedule and maintaining the bus passengers confidence in the bus company. The bus is currently being driven down a straight stretch of highway on a really cold rainy day. But the bus is gradually picking up speed, and the temperature is quickly dropping. The bus passengers can see that ice is starting to form in different spots, and that there are some really dangerous curves just ahead. The driver calmly reassures all the passengers that he or she currently has the bus completely under control and therefore nobody should worry because the future will not be any different from the past or the present. However, the smart people on the bus politely ask the driver to stop the bus and when the bus temporarily stops, they get off the bus and they tell the driver they will walk the rest of the way. The remainder of the passengers have no desire to walk in the freezing rain and therefore the calm words of the driver helps to reassure them and they stay inside the bus as it starts back down the icy highway. The bus quickly picks up speed and then it enters the first dead-man's curve on the edge of a 1,000-foot cliff. The entire curve is completely covered with two-inches of ice. In a matter of seconds the people still on the bus will be no more. The people who got off the bus will still be alive but their continued survival will depend on how prepared they are and whether or not they actually know how to survive in their current extremely difficult circumstances. If they are already wearing a waterproof winter coat and waterproof footwear and they have some matches and some food and water then there is a good chance they will live to see another day.
May I now please interpret my own analogy. The bus is our current worldwide economy. The bus driver represents our current government and financial leaders. The ice represents the fiat money that is currently being increased at an ever accelerating rate. The dead-man's curve is a "bank holiday." The people still on the bus are the ones who believe that our leaders have a lot more control over our worldwide economy than they really do, and they are leaving most of their money inside the financial system, and they are continuing to live inside a big city. The people who got off the bus are the ones who live in a more lightly populated area and they are using whatever money they currently have to purchase the things they know they will desperately need in the future.
The above article is completely theoretical. The only reason I wrote the article is to provide you with a possible future scenario that you may not have considered too seriously in the past. However, it is my personal conviction that there is an extremely high probability that our future will be forever changed by a simple unexpected "bank holiday" that results in a "one-hour meltdown" of civilization as we currently know it. And, as I mentioned in the conclusion to my original article, I already know that most of you will not share this opinion with me. And that is perfectly okay with me and I am not in the least bit offended.
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The following is just my opinion. It is nothing more than my opinion. I have nothing to substantiate or prove any aspect of my opinion. My opinion is simply the logical conclusion of a law-abiding sixty-year old Christian grandfather who has both an engineering degree and an M.B.A. degree and who has seen both good times and hard times during his life.
However, my personal opinion is that once the meltdown begins then in less than one-hour it will quickly escalate far beyond anyone's ability to control or manage it on a worldwide basis. The five basic assumptions that cause me to believe in my "one-hour meltdown theory" are as follows:
Almost everyone who has lost their jobs, their vehicles, their homes, and their life savings will now have nothing more to lose by seeking some form of retribution against the society that took everything away from them that they once "partially" owned.
Please allow me to ask you the following three questions:
Before you completely loose heart, please allow me to share some really good news with you. The meltdown hasn't started yet. You still have time to significantly improve your family's chances of surviving the upcoming meltdown.
The vast majority of you will probably not share my opinion on this topic because it is just too "scary" and therefore it just can't happen. However, if you have taken the time to read this entire article then at least you now know about my "one-hour meltdown theory" and you can include it as one of your highly unlikely future scenarios. And if it should actually happen then at least you will not be too surprised by the events as they quickly begin to transpire.
In order to minimize the number of future emails about the above article, on July 29, 2009 I decided to add this postscript to my original article.


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Apple has reportedly received a transfer of 1,024 patents or patent applications from Rockstar Consortium, formerly Rockstar Bidco, a group of technology companies that bid on thousands of patents that had previously held by Nortel. Apple had been part of Rockstar Bidco, which bid against Google for the patents, and had access to the patents through that consortium. The transfer of patents to Apple's ownership, however, could better position them in ongoing litigation. Owen Thomas of Business Insider reports:
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Today is October the thirty-first. On this day in 1517 AD, Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the doors of Wittenberg Castle Church and challenged the status quo. It is also Halloween, the day on which every year we celebrate the status quo.
I have to admit that I'm not a great proponent of this annual nod to Satan and the titillations of toying with our fears and dipping our toes in the Styx, as if we wanted to try death on for size to assure ourselves that it's not that bad.
People will tell me that it is all in fun. And there was a time in my youth when I happily joined in with the crowd and submitted myself to the many thrill rides of fear. I reveled with the rest of them in the rush of dread. But I've learned that there is enough real hell in this life to overcome without my need to fabricate it for my amusement.
And certainly death is nothing to celebrate. Death is the great curse upon all creation. All the universe groans in agony while it waits longingly for the relief that will finally come on the day when death will be put to death. It took a titanic act of love on the Creator's part to make that happen, for Jesus died for us and was raised again in power so that in Him we might have eternal life. Why would we want to look back on that death, like Lot's wife looked back on Sodom, which cost so much for us to be finally freed? Jesus wept at the sight of the anguish and hopelessness that death has brought on the human race and all of creation. We should weep too.
Having said all that, I, like all the rest of the families on our block, filled a bowl with candy and dutifully doled out the morsels to all the little ghouls, goblins, monsters, supermen, princesses, witches, fairies, ballerinas, cowboys, ghosts, skeletons, astronauts, dirt-bike racers, lions, tigers, and bears. Oh my, aren't I the little hypocrite. Yes I am. And this will be my last year of caving under the pressures of the mainstream.
But the impetus for this blog was not self-confession; although I do feel quite liberated by this confession. The main reason is to share with you my observations of this year's crop of trick-or-treaters, to support my opening thesis.
We had teenagers come to our door armed with pillow cases wearing costumes that looked strangely like those I see them wearing everyday at the junior high school. We had kids who took the candy from my hand. Some said thank you. Some, after I plunked a 3-Muskateer Bar in their bucket, whined, "Man, I wanted a Starburst." One kid said, "Gimme something." Very few of them actually said, "Trick or treat." Some were eating the candy on their way down my lawn, leaving a trail of empty wrappers. There were also a few little cuties who welled my eyes with tears: the little two year old giraffe who made the long hike to my door with her dad and looked bewilderingly at me as I dropped a chocolate bar in her sack; and the three year old superman with forties style slicked back hair who said trick or treat and thank you; I told his mom and dad that I felt a lot safer knowing that superman is around. Some, I'm reasonably certain, came back for seconds. And some drove into our neighborhood in vans from who-knows-where, armed with empty buckets and sacks. I kept waiting for the tour bus to show up.
I don't know about you, but after witnessing this pageant of Halloweeners, I understood the meaning of status quo like I've never understood it before; what I experienced today is the true American culture in miniature. Lord have mercy.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
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More than 36 hours have passed since the end of the Lords Test. I spent this entire time blaming everyone for the heart-wrenching result.
Finally, I have calmed down enough to logically think over the whole debacle.
The Lord?s of disaster
by Rubu Islam
Published: 30th May, 2005
More than thirty-six hours have passed since the end of the Lord?s Test. I spent this entire time blaming everyone for the heart-wrenching result.
Finally, I have calmed down enough to logically think over the whole debacle.
To start with, the intention of this write up is not to blame anyone for the outcome but to identify the main reasons for our defeat. Keep in mind
that it is much easier to think that there is something wrong with our team and
management or that the defeat was an isolated event and everything will be just fine in the next game.
Unfortunately, this is not the case. The sooner we realize this, the better it is for us since the first step towards solving a problem is in
admitting that there is a problem. We all love our team and we will be with them forever, but we also need to be critical when something is not
going right. So, let us figure out the main causes of this disaster.
The English condition played a huge part for the outcome. No one desires to play England on their home grounds during the early summer.
As Habibul Bashar stated in one of his press conferences, our players had never seen balls moving so much. The three practice matches were
insufficient to adapt to the conditions since Bangladesh never played tests in English conditions before. Moreover, the quality of the bowlers they
faced during the practice games was not of the same caliber that they eventually ended up facing at the Lord?s. Inability to adapt to this new
situation was probably the main reason for the quick downfall. The only solution to this problem is to have more exposure. It would be wonderful if
some of our players manage to land contracts with the county teams.
Team Experience also played a big role in the defeat. The overall experience of the team is very important when it comes to roaming around
in unknown enemy territory. The main point is not, however, the age, but the number of games they have played.
Let us look at the team from this point of view: Nafis Iqbal, Aftab Ahmed, Mushfiqur Rahim, Shahadat Hossain and Anwar Hossain are all
inexperienced. They may be talented but they are inexperienced. They made up almost half of the team! Inexperienced players are easily overcome
when challenged by unexpected situations, more so by a strong opponent.
After getting hammered by the batsmen, the inexprienced Shahadat might look for divine interventions, while Tapash would think, ?What did I do the
last time this happened?? The outcome of this match could have been better had we have more experienced players like Tapash or Rajin in the
What is the solution? No, I am not thinking of bringing back players like Akram or Bulbul. However, the selectors do need to stop injecting
new players into the team for each tour. One sparkling session in the domestic league or a couple of stunning performances in practice matches
should not be the basis of giving someone a Test cap. Selectors should not let anyone play at this level until the player has shown consistent
performances over a period of time.
The Lack of footwork among our batsmen was one aspect of our game that surprised international viewers and commentators. If we analyze this
carefully, we will see that
most of our players got out because they did not move their feet properly. It is extremely important to go behind the ball in a swinging condition,
but our players were not very interested in doing this except for Khaled Mashud. Needless to mention, he was the only successful batsman in the
The obvious question surfaces: Is it very hard to move your feet back and forth? The answer is ?no.? Our players could or did not do it
because they are not used to doing it. In a non-swinging condition, this may not be the most important part of batting, but in a swinging condition it
does become important. This is an area where improvement does not require a lot of effort but has tremendous advantages. Dav Whatmore
should pay extra care to it in order to improve our players? footwork.
The Lord?s Factor came into this already dismal scenario to make things worse. Because of the historic aspect of this venue, the first
match in it became more than just a game. It is not unlikely that some players thought more of personal
achievements than team performances. The phrase ?first game at Lord?s? has been pronounced so many times by so many people that the
players may have lost sense of what comes first, the game or the sense of occasion. That so many players mentioned of doing something special at Lord?s is
enough proof of it. Well, this problem has already been solved because the first game is over. They paid heavily for the mistake and we can hope
that they learned from it.
The Bashar Factor is the one that has been discussed most by the forum members. Even though so many things can be said about the
pros and cons of this topic, there is no way to deny that Bashar played a leading role in this disaster. Coming in at number three, the most important
batting position, he showed an unforgivable lack of responsibility and judgment. The effect of his dismissal is much deeper than just being the start of a
batting collapse. All the young players in the team look up to him not only as a captain but also as the leading run scorer.
This explains the general tendency among our batsman to hook or pull every chance they get. Bashar boldly stated that, that was how he always has
been playing and that was how he scored most of his runs. What he failed to realize is that this, too, is how he gets out most of the time.
Another important thing is that all teams do their homeworks. At the beginning, when the styles and tendencies of our players were unknown to
the world, Bashar?s hooking and pulling worked to some extent. Now everyone knows that if you give a short ball to Bashar he will get out trying to pull
it. Bashar really needs to change this attitude and stop playing hooks and pulls until he is really settled. Another thing that can be done is to send
Bashar later in the batting order. This way he will face fewer moving balls and will not set an example of getting out irresponsibly.
Judging the relative importance of pacers or spinners is a very common dillemma among us fans. As it seems right now, our pacers are not very effective even in a pacer-
friendly environment. We need to keep in mind that the opposition is the second ranked team of the world and are very good at facing quality
pacers. Unfortunately for us, our pacers are just not good enough. While one match cannot be considered to draw any conclusion, we still may
come up with a different strategy. Another spinner may replace a pacer. It might not work as expected, but I do not think it will get any worse
The second match is imminent. What can we expect from that match? If we keep in mind that Lord?s is much more batting friendly
than Riverside, it is not unlikely that we may end up with an even worse performance. We cannot allow that to happen. We have to come up
with an improved performance. We must.
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text: Hello Hermann, Thank you very much for you valuable help. Your suggestions helped a lot. Regards Vagelis hermann pitton wrote: > Hi Vangelis! > > Am Donnerstag, den 15.11.2007, 21:00 +0000 schrieb Vangelis Nonas: > >> Hello Hermann, >> >> Your suggestion helped a lot indeed. I can now get about 2000 services >> on Hotbird using scan from dvb-apps. Moreover the "reception" is better, >> SNR is about 90%, SS is around 50% or more and I dont often get high >> error rates. I also tested viewing channels and I can now see channels >> that didn't exist before. One minor negative side effect is that >> channelscan on vdr crashes. >> >> However, I still can not tume to 12 transponders on hotbird (out of 94 >> in total). These are the failing transponders: >> >>> tune to: 11334:h:S0.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11373:h:S0.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11432:v:S0.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12264:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11954:h:S19.2E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11597:v:S19.2E:22000: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12480:v:S19.2E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12500:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11533:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11996:v:S13.0E:27500: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 12722:h:S68.5E:26657: (tuning failed) >> >>> tune to: 11344:h:S8.0W:27500: (tuning failed) >> >> Although the DVB-S part of the card is now much more usable. I feel >> there is still room for improvement of the Linux driver. >> >> Any suggestions on how to improve the "reception" further? >> >> I have to mention here that I have a single LNB on my installation, no >> disecq, however the patch helped a lot. >> >> Thank you >> Vagelis >> >> > > I'm a bloody beginner on DVB-S and have a simple dish just since a few > days. > > The reason for that is, that we have the code from Andrew since long for > the newer silicon stuff, also saa7134 triple devices, which should > support DVB-S as well since for over two years, but we don't make much > progress, since only the Trio seems to be supported and on others not > even testing happens. > > For sure I can see, that whole fleets of such triple stuff are coming in > from all seas. > > For now, I'm only on a device, hard enough to barely hold it in a not > triple capable PCI slot, and likely not fully initialized for the ISL > stuff. > > I'm looking forward to get something "normal" next and then maybe I can > contribute to your questions in the future. > > For now, try to exchange with people on the same hardware than you and > hope for hints of the DVB guys. > > BTW, that outstanding patch is committed since 7 days to v4l-dvb master. > > For what I can see the patchlet from me, attaching the ISL6421 for the > ISL6405 on the Medion Quad should not do any harm, quite the same for > the first LNB. > > If somebody recognizes any possible risks to the hardware, please say > so. I don't. > > Cheers, > Hermann > > > > > > >> hermann pitton wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Am Mittwoch, den 14.11.2007, 21:36 +0000 schrieb Vangelis Nonas: >>> >>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> I have been trying to use the DVB-S frontend of lifeview pci trio to >>>> scan and watch channels from Hotbird. I have the following two problems: >>>> >>>> >>> please try again with that patch applied and report again. >>> http://linuxtv.org/pipermail/linux-dvb/2007-June/018741.html >>> >>> I don't get a Medion Quad, not in the original triple bus master PCI >>> slot, to behave well on supplying voltage and tone on a ISL6405ER, but >>> with the RF loop through from an external receiver providing the missing >>> I have more than thousand broadcasts available from Hotbird-13.OE. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Hermann >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>> A) When I scan (using the scan utility from the hg tree, or the scan >>>> utility of my distribution) almost half of the transponders can not be >>>> tuned. I get the error tuning failed and of course almost half of >>>> Hotbitd's channels are not found. My transponders file is correct >>>> because it comes from my set top box which also runs linux :) or from hg >>>> dvb-apps or from other dvb software (e.g. prog dvb). I have also tried >>>> scanning with channelscan plugin of vdr with the same results. When I >>>> use kaffeine to scan for channels I get an Oops. I am attaching the >>>> output of my scan command using the scan util from dvb-apps fresh hg >>>> pull. (scan.log.gz) >>>> >>>> B) When I use ready made channel lists downloaded from the internet I >>>> get low SNR and SS on almost half of the transponders and in some cases >>>> high error rate. When I use szap on those transponders I can not get a lock. >>>> >>>> My kernel is: >>>> Linux vagoshome 2.6.22-gentoo-r9 #1 SMP Tue Oct 30 16:02:08 UTC 2007 >>>> i686 AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux >>>> with a fresh hg mercurial pull and installation. >>>> >>>> I attach also my dmesg as dmesg.log.gz >>>> >>>> I also attach my lsmod as lsmod.log.gz >>>> >>>> In case you need more info about the Oops I get when I scan from >>>> Kaffeine, I can reproduce it and send you the output. >>>> >>>> The card works correctly under windows on the same machine, sat cable, dish. >>>> >>>> Thank you >>>> Vagelis >>>> >>>> > > > > . > >


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