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Interview Date: 11/10/2010
Run Date: 12/06/2010
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Aidan Quinn has been around the block plenty of times as an actor, sometimes as the leading man, sometimes just as part of an ensemble. In his latest film, "Across the Line: The Exodus of Charlie Wright," he's in the former camp, starring as the title character, a Madoff-like fellow who, by virtue of Quinn's performances, turns out to be way more sympathetic than he ought to be. Bullz-Eye had a chance to chat with Quinn about this film, along with a few items on his resume, including the short-lived series "The Book of Daniel," his quick appearance in "Jonah Hex," and a couple of TV movies, one of which led him to meet Paul McCartney.
Bullz-Eye: Hey, Aidan, how are you?
Aidan Quinn: Hey, Will, how are you? Good to talk to you.
BE: I just finished watching the movie a few minutes ago, actually…
AQ: Oh, yeah?
BE: …and, obviously, the Bernie Madoff comparisons are right at the forefront. I presume you were aware of that pretty quickly into reading the script.
AQ: Oh, sure. Absolutely.
BE: Did you have any hesitations about that, given that it was touching on reality, or did it make it more intriguing?
AQ: It definitely made it more intriguing because the thought of…I, like most people, had probably zero compassion for Bernie Madoff, but then this guy, he's facing a death sentence, anyway, so he decides that maybe he can try to do something redemptive in his life. And I think it's kind of a theme. It's not just my character, but a lot of the men in the movie.
BE: Well, you make it very easy to sympathize with Charlie Wright's search for his daughter.
AQ: Yeah, well, you know, can you imagine? Oh, my God. Just trying to find one good thing to do, and then… (Laughs, then offers a spoiler, which will not be printed here)
BE: Yeah, I know. You kind of have to pick your jaw up from the floor when you hear that.
AQ: Oh, God, yeah.
BE: Like I was saying, you came across as sympathetic, but I don't know if that would've been quite so much the case if we'd gotten more of a look at the people who were hurt by Charlie's actions. Was that a conscious decision on the part of the filmmakers?
AQ: Exactly. I think that's why…it was really important in that one scene that I do say, "You don't understand, you have no idea, there is nothing good about me," and I talk about the lives I've destroyed and stuff.
BE: How was Mario Van Peebles to work with? Or had you worked with him before?
AQ: No, I'd never worked with him before, but he was great. He's…very present. He's all together. He's a director himself, and he's a very confident guy. Very fun to be around. Just easy-peasy.
BE: And he's just part of a really impressive ensemble.
AQ: Yeah, it is. It really is. I mean, you know, I'm a huge fan of Andy Garcia, so to get to do a couple of scenes with him was a thrill for me.
BE: So how did you come onto the film in the first place? Was it just pitched to you?
AQ: Yeah, they came to me, and they said they had Andy, which, of course, really piqued my interest. And then I read it, and, you know, it was a challenge of a role. Charlie Wright hardly says anything in the movie, and to try and find a way to make that work… (Trails off) And the whole seeking and trying to find redemption thing I liked. Plus, I mean, it was a lead role! Or lead-ish, anyway. (Laughs) So it was all good.
BE: You've been working pretty steadily, but you've been doing a lot of smaller films recently. Is that by design, to give yourself a chance to branch out with the types of stuff you're doing?
AQ: It's both. It's necessity needing to be the mother of invention… (Laughs) …and it's also because the kind of roles I get offered in studio films just are not that interesting to me, unfortunately, although I think I would do a lot of the roles better than the people who are cast in the lead parts. But I have to find a way to persuade the powers that be in those big movies otherwise.
BE: Well, on the up side, you may be the only person who got out of "Jonah Hex" unscathed, thanks to wearing a beard for your role (as Ulysses S. Grant).
AQ: (Bursts out laughing) Listen, I had a great time, man! I worked one day. I'd just come off vacation, I had a big beard, and…I'd read stuff about Grant before and I really liked the character. And they asked me to come in, and…I loved working with Mr. (Josh) Brolin. He's a lovely guy to work with. And, listen, I went out there for a day, and I had fun doing it. And they paid me. (Laughs)
BE: My full-time gig is as the site's TV critic, and I was a big fan of "The Book of Daniel." I actually have the complete series, such as it is, on my shelf right now.
AQ: Oh, wow! So you've got, what, five or six episodes, huh?
BE: Eight episodes, I think. What was that experience like? Given the subject matter, did you have your suspicions from the get-go that it might not go over well with mainstream audiences?
AQ: You know what? I think we were one or two years too early. I thought we were right on time. I thought the country was ready, and I thought that things were already loosening up in the TV world on the network side, but when we became the number one target by all of the Christian organizations to get off the air, we were dead. I mean, I went on talk shows with them, and they would call in, and…you just couldn't even have a conversation, because none of them had seen the material. They would just call in because their pastor or their bishop was telling them how disgusting it was. So you can't even argue with them. You can say, "I'm sorry you feel that way," but you can't really have a discussion, let alone an argument. All you can say is, "You haven't seen it! You haven't seen any of it!" I underestimated their power. I thought that controversy might even help us. But, quickly, there were no advertisers who would go anywhere near it. Even the bottom feeders, the advertisers who pay way less, wouldn't go near us. And then we were dead.
BE: Speaking of religious controversy, is it true that you actually got the role of Jesus in "The Last Temptation of Christ" but passed on it?
AQ: Mm-hmm.
BE: In retrospect, given the controversy over that film, did you feel like you'd dodged a bullet? Or do you feel like it was a missed opportunity for you?
AQ: You know what? I honestly don't. I honestly think…and maybe it's a naïve, convenient belief that things happen for some kind of reason, and it certainly would've helped my career tremendously, without a doubt. I mean, there's no doubt about that. My road is a much harder road. The path I took is…it's not that limelight path.
BE: Well, I'll tell you, as a Beatles fan, I really enjoyed "Two of Us," with Jared Harris.
AQ: Yeah, that was great fun. And the crowning glory of my involvement with that was that Paul McCartney liked it. (Laughs)
BE: Yeah, I'd heard that you'd met him after the fact.
AQ: Yeah, it was quite an extraordinary occurrence. When I was on holiday, on vacation, not long after doing it, I had to go back to Florida into a satellite studio and do all of the press junket stuff for the film…and he was staying in the cottage right next door to us! (Laughs)
BE: Speaking of TV movies, I was also curious about "An Early Frost." It's a film which had to walk a fine line, trying to bring attention to the AIDS epidemic without freaking middle America out too much in the process.
AQ: That'd be something to ask the filmmakers and, uh, not me so much. (Laughs) I was just an actor trying to do the right thing by the character and by the subject matter. I didn't really care about…I mean, that was a time when they still had Standards and Practices big time, the networks, and one day I kicked them off the set. I couldn't work with them hovering over me. It was just too uncomfortable. I was pretty bold at that age. (Laughs)
BE: What's your favorite project you've worked on that didn't get the love you thought it deserved?
AQ: Wow, there's a lot of them. (Laughs) That's a long list!
BE: (Laughs) It can be more than one.
AQ: Well, I did this film called "The Assignment." It was done by a division of Sony that went belly up, so Sony kind of just dumped it. And that was…it was something like 12 years ago, and it was kind of "Bourne"-like, where I play 17 different roles and do accents and this and that. I got to work with Ben Kingsley and Donald Sutherland, and it had a lot of action stuff in it, but it still had great character stuff in it, great acting stuff. So that was a big disappointment that that was dumped, because all of the critics loved it better than "The Jackal" and other movies that came out at the same time. They said, "Forget the other films, go see this." But it wasn't in any of the other cinemas, except for one or two! I've had a lot of films like that, though. I mean, I did a film called "The Eclipse" that won Best Film and Best Screenplay, and I won Best Supporting Actor, at the Irish Academy Awards… (Starts to laugh) …but that film didn't even get released in Ireland! But it was shown on television. The national TV station bought it and did a big thing with it. But, you know, those things go on all the time. You just cannot predict or invest in results. You can only invest in the moment of what you're doing. So there's constant lessons in learning how to not be attached to outcomes.
BE: I wanted to ask you about working on "Desperately Seeking Susan." Given that Madonna hadn't really acted prior to that film, what was your impression of her at the time?
AQ: Well, I didn't really have any scenes with her.
BE: No, I know, but I presume you were both on the set at the same time.
AQ: Yeah, she was…I thought she was a lot of fun. She had a lot of energy, she had a great sense of humor, and I thought she was pretty darned good in the part, as far as that goes. If you look at the cast of that film, it was a collection of all the best New York actors, young theater and independent film actors, so it was fun to be around all of them.
BE: Given that I live about 15 minutes from the North Carolina border, I wanted to ask you about working on "Songcatcher."
AQ: Oh, yeah, that was great. I actually just did a film with the same director, Maggie Greenwalt, along with Olympia Dukakis and Virginia Madsen. We just finished it. It's tentatively called "The Art of Love," but they're going to change the title. But, yeah, I loved working on "Songcatcher."
BE: Do you enjoy the challenge of period pieces?
AQ: Yeah, I love all that. Anything that involves history and having to look and walk and talk a different way…that's why we got into this gig in the first place! (Laughs)
BE: So what do you have coming up?
AQ: Oh, loads of stuff. (Laughs) First, I think, there's "Unknown White Male." Oh, no, wait, they changed that title to just "Unknown," I think. That's with Liam Neeson, and it's kind of a political thriller thing that we did in Berlin. A big Joel Silver picture, an action-y thriller with fun characters. Should be good. That's in February. And then I believe the Weinsteins are going to put out a film I did called "Sarah's Key," with Kristin Scott Thomas, in March or April. It's based on a best-seller, and it's based in France, mostly. And then I don't know when the other films are coming out.
BE: So, now, are you currently filming "The Big Valley"?
AQ: No, it was postponed, actually.
BE: Oh, was it?
AQ: Yeah, they lost some funding. They say they're going to try and get it back together, but, y'know, who knows?
BE: All right, Aidan, it's been a pleasure talking to you. Good luck with the film!AQ: Thanks! Good talking to you, too!
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The Morningside Tributary is the last tableland trout stream in Toronto, it is part of the Rouge Park and it provides habitat for nationally rare red-side dace. Between 2001 and 2003, a 1400 metre reach of the Morningside Tributary was destroyed to allow developers to fill and build homes within the flood plain area.
Rampant Fish and Wildlife Habitat Destruction
To re-design the flood plain, developers were permitted to divert and channelize the stream, gouge-out a deeper but narrower flood plain, fill former flood plain areas and reconstruct the stream.
The developers also received permission to remove all the trees, shrubs, vegetation, topsoil and living things for a width of 100+ metres and a length 1400+ metres along this Rouge Park stream. Many fish and wildlife were killed or displaced, including a family of beavers, which were shot.
Government Complicity
Shockingly, the City of Toronto, Ontario Municipal Board, federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) reviewed and "permitted" the developers' proposals without a public environmental assessment of alternatives. They boldly and incorrectly predicted "no significant adverse environmental effects with the implementation of mitigation".
Disbelieving Public
DFO officials acknowledged that redside dace are sensitive to siltation due to erosion, removal of stream-side vegetation and water quality deterioration.
Why then would DFO and TRCA officials permit a plan that involves removal of all trees, vegetation, living things and topsoil for a width of over 100 metres and a length of more than 1400 metres along a sensitive trout stream with species of concern within a significant Park?
Many citizens and politicians were outraged by the rampant destruction of fish and wildlife habitat, including MP Derek Lee, Councilor Raymond Cho and other Rouge Park Alliance representatives.
The stream was diverted, for over 16 months, into a stone (rip rap) lined ditch with no shading, leading to water warming, excessive algal growth, oxygen depletion and downstream aquatic impacts.
Lengthy time extensions were granted for stream reconstruction, despite initial DFO permit stipulations that no extensions would be granted.
Monitoring Belies DFO and TRCA Conclusions
In response to the public outcry over the "permitted" destruction, DFO and TRCA officials stated that the reconstruction of the stream would "result in long term benefits to the natural form and function of the stream". However, FRW monitoring and the adjacent photographs demonstrate:
1. Water quality has deteriorated noticeably after stream reconstruction as evidenced by extensive nuisance blooms of algae and invasive aquatic weeds, indicators of polluted water;
2. Phosphate levels are elevated in the reconstructed stream to approximately two times higher than the provincial water quality standard;
3. Accelerated stream bank erosion is occurring in many areas, in spite of the filter cloth and plastic mesh, leading to siltation and habitat damage;
4. The stream bed (substrate) is coated with silt, sand and algae, creating a poor substrate for aquatic life including trout and redside dace;
5. Elevated water temperatures and pollutants from stormwater ponds are creating aquatic shocks after summer rainfall events;
6. Flood plain and riparian zone productivity has suffered long term harm because rich, deep, fluvial soils were replaced with poor, thin compacted soils covered with 100,000 square metres of plastic mesh and fabric; and
7. Colonization by invasive species has increased because the poor shallow soils provide a competitive advantage for invasive and non-native species.
Abuse of Fisheries Legislation and Policy
The "permitting" of such fish habitat destruction violates the very purpose and provisions of the federal Fisheries Act and Fish Habitat Policy and it undermines public faith in the integrity of the "permitting" process and the competence of government authorities.
The Ontario Environmental Commissioner appears to share our concerns, as outlined in the following conclusion from his 2001/02 Report (www.eco.on.ca):
"Ontario Ministries appear to be undermining the power and viability of the Fisheries Act by squabbling about enforcement responsibilities under the legislation. As a result, Ontario residents are being deceived about the extent of their rights under the EBR, and the legislation is not being effectively used to address water pollution threats and promote sustainable aquatic ecosystems."
"Ontario Ministries appear to be undermining the power and viability of the Fisheries Act by squabbling about enforcement responsibilities under the legislation. As a result, Ontario residents are being deceived about the extent of their rights under the EBR, and the legislation is not being effectively used to address water pollution threats and promote sustainable aquatic ecosystems."
The above photos and information belie the DFO and TRCA conclusion that the Morningside project would yield a net benefit for fish habitat.
Even if some recovery of fish habitat occurs in the long term, it does not alter the fact that significant and prolonged adverse environmental effects were permitted over a long section of a sensitive Rouge Park stream without a public environmental assessment of alternatives.
To avoid a recurrence of this habitat destruction and water pollution, we hope that DFO, TRCA, MOE and MNR will require thorough Fisheries Act and CEAA reviews for proposals that threaten to harm fish habitat. A thorough environmental assessment will promote better protection of fish habitat by requiring:
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A proposal to infuse the Hazlewood Act with cash to help universities fund tuition exemptions for veterans and their children passed the Texas Senate on Sunday night but has yet to get approval from the House.
The Act, which exempts veterans from paying tuition and mandatory fees, has been in place for years, but in 2009, the Legislature expanded the program with the Hazlewood Legacy Act, which allows veterans who haven't exhausted the benefit to transfer their credit hours to a dependent younger than 25.
Texas universities claimed a 450 percent increase statewide in revenue foregone during the past four years because of the legacy act's exemption, which requires schools to cover tuition and mandatory fees for up to 150 credit hours. According to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, statewide exemption totals have jumped from $24.6 million in fiscal year 2009 to $110.8 million in 2012.
Senate Bill 1158, authored by Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, would bring the program under the purview of the Texas Veterans Commission. A conference committee report adopted by the Senate on Sunday night adds funding to the bill — about $30 million will be funneled from the state's budget to colleges and universities for 2013. Meanwhile, the bill authorizes moving $250 million in the Texas Guarantee Student Loan program into the treasury, where interest on that fund or a small portion of it will then go to funding the Hazlewood Act starting in 2014.
"It adds to sustainability and gives us a mechanism of a fund to go to our universities," Van de Putte said. "We think with this, we have added the sustainability but also been able to mitigate the cost of a great program."


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What is the effect of meditation on your physical and mental health? Is there any scientific basis or evidence for meditation? Can meditation be used as an alternative therapy?
Find out the answers and more at the Association of Indians at Hershey's first lecture in their Science and Spirituality Lecture Series called "Science of Meditations." Dr. Charles Palmer, professor of pediatrics and chief of the Division of Newborn Medicine, will present the lecture at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Lecture Room C (C6616) on the Penn State Hershey campus. Light snacks will be served.
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My husband's great-grandfather, Philip Reuby, was born in Cork, and moved to London sometime before 1861. The 1881 census shows him as a fireman, and several of his children are shown as being born in Holloway Fire Station.
As can be seen in this modern photo, there was accommodation above – as this was only about ten years after the development of the telephone, it must have been common for fire crews to live on site. Hardly restful for the wives and families though.
Holloway Fire Station is now a community centre. London Fire Brigade has a photo gallery which shows some of the personnel, equipment and uniforms of the time.


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Food & Dining
Bird day: Where to save, spend
Pulling together the perfect Thanksgiving dinner comes down to balance. It's a matter of knowing when to save and when to spend.
And that rule applies as much to money as to time and energy.
Because the better you understand where time in the kitchen can pay serious dividends -- versus just leaving you frustrated and disappointed -- the easier it is for you to decide which parts of the big meal should get your time, and which should get your cash.
To help you sort it all out, here are our Top 12 Thanksgiving trouble spots, along with a take on where your time and money are best spent.
The turkey
How often do you roast a turkey? Once, maybe twice a year? And you're likely to spend four or more hours slaving over the sucker, right?
So why not splurge on an, organic, heirloom bird raised by free-spirited workers on a collective? The bird, after all, is the centerpiece of the meal. Make it a good one.
The brine
It's all about moisture. And brining is worth your time. Because a moist bird makes for a delicious dinner.
You could do a basic brine, which is a 1:1 ratio of kosher salt and sugar dissolved in water. Plunk the bird in that for eight to 72 hours and you're good to go. But anyone can do a basic brine.
What you want to do is invest a few extra minutes and a couple extra dollars to make sensational brine.Using the same 1:1 ratio, you're going to dissolve kosher salt and brown sugar in gently simmering apple cider seasoned with black pepper and fresh rosemary. Add a ton of ice to cool it down, then resume your poultry plunking.
The roast
Don't just pop the bird in the oven. Lube it up with as much butter as you can, both under and over the skin.And while you're at it, jam some fresh herbs under the skin, then pop some lemons and fresh rosemary into the cavity. (Don't fret over needing room for the stuffing. We'll get to that in a moment.) This all takes a few extra minutes, but it's well worth it.
Do it. But don't do it more than every 30 minutes. Every time you open that oven door, all the heat rushes out. Baste more than every half hour or so and your bird won't be done until Christmas.
The rolls
Unless you are an amazing baker, buy your rolls. They'll be better than what most amateurs can produce. And you won't spend hours fighting with the dough. Want a homemade touch? Make the butter to go with the rolls. It takes five minutes and will be the best butter you've ever eaten. Seriously.
Dump a quart of heavy cream in a food processor, then turn it on. Let it go for about three to five minutes. First it will turn into whipped cream, then the buttermilk will break away from the fat. Once the fat (butter) is all clumped together, dumped out the liquid.
Place the butter in a bowl and knead it to squeeze out more liquid. Once no more liquid comes out, season it with kosher salt and eat it at room temp. Best. Butter. Ever.
Mashed potatoes
Dry potatoes are better potatoes. So after you boil them, spend a few extra minutes spreading them on a baking sheet. Pop the potatoes in the oven at about 350 F for 10 minutes.
After the potatoes are dried out, use a ricer to get just the right texture. Then load on the butter and milk. Spare the fat, spoil the potatoes.
The salad
Waste of time. Waste of money. Don't do it. Nobody wants it. Nobody eats it. Thanksgiving is about carbs and fat. Be virtuous the next day.
The stuffing
Don't complicate your life -- or your bird -- by stuffing your stuffing. This is why casserole dishes were invented. But do spend a little extra to use real bread (not bagged stuffing).
Get good bread, let it go stale, cut it into cubes, then toast it in the oven. And when you assemble the stuffing, get some dried fruit in there, which offers a nice contrast of texture and flavor. Dried cherries, cranberries and apricots are all excellent choices. And tons of onions, sage and celery are nice counterpoints to the fruit.
Don't forget an egg or two for structure.
Cranberry sauce
Just make it. It's five minutes out of your life and it will make such a difference at the table. Use the recipe on the bag, but add as many other varieties of dried and fresh fruit as you can handle.
Green veggies
When in doubt, add bacon. Green beans. Brussels sprouts. Whatever. Bacon makes them better. Money spent on bacon is money very well spent.
Orange veggies
We're talking sweet potatoes and butternut squash. Leave the mashing for the white potatoes. Instead, cut the orange ones into cubes, dust them with cornstarch, a sprinkle of oil and whatever seasonings get you going, then roast them until lightly browned and tender.
The pie
Unless you've recently won a bake-off, here's another place to spend money instead of time. A good baker will make your efforts taste like something from 7-Eleven.
Instead, spend your time making fresh whipped cream using really good heavy cream spiked with fresh vanilla bean and a bit of powdered sugar. And the same cream can be piled onto the coffee you serve with dessert.


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A newly crowned beauty queen in Fiji, who sparked outrage because of her mixed heritage, was asked to give up her title because of her age, not her race, according to pageant officials, yahoo.com is reporting.
Torika Watters, 16, was chosen to represent Fiji in the Miss World contest last month. … But after Watters won the title, she faced heavy backlash because of her mixed European/Fijian descent, and some said she did not look Fijian enough.
Hundreds of derogatory comments had to be deleted from the Miss World Fiji Facebook page, according to reports.
Watters had to step down because she did not meet the minimum age requirement of 17, Miss World Fiji pageant director Andhy Blake told the Fiji Times. Koini Vakaloloma, 24, the first runner-up, will take her place in the finals in Inner Mongolia.
Watters will be eligible to enter the pageant next year.


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After single-handedly mending North Korea's strained relationship with the United States and threatening to take his "message of peace and love" to the next pope, Dennis Rodman showed up in Rome wearing exactly what you'd want to wear on a visit to the Vatican.
Clad in a multicolored flower-print jacket, glittery scarf and a baseball cap, Dennis Rodman reportedly supports black papal candidate Peter Turkson of Ghana, of whom he seems to know little.
"From Africa, right?" Rodman said when reporters asked about his pick for pope.
This is the best thing I've seen all day... look at Dennis Rodman's jacket! #iwantit twitter.com/makesleekkills…— Annapurna Barry (@makesleekkills) March 13, 2013
Dennis Rodman invades the #Vatican campaigning for #CardTurkson twitter.com/MaryAnnAhernNB…— Mary Ann Ahern (@MaryAnnAhernNBC) March 13, 2013
Has the conclave officially jumped the shark when Dennis Rodman shows up? #conclave2013 twitpic.com/cb0i2d— Devin Scillian (@DevinScillian) March 13, 2013
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Staci has been eyeing up her neighbor, Preston, for weeks now. Todays the day she makes her move. She devises a plan and sets it in motion. She asks Preston to help her hang a picture in her room. Preston has some business to take care off first, but says he will be right over. This is an even better opportunity for Staci as she furthers her plan by waiting for Preston in her underwear in bed. Preston attempts to hang the picture, but accidentally hits his finger with the hammer. This is the last opening Staci needs as she puts his hurt finger in her mouth and starts sucking. She continues her sucking as she pull down Prestons pant a puts his cock in her mouth. Then she turns around, slaps her ass, and orders Preston to fuck her. A fuck-me plea from a hot, horny teenager, Preston can not believe what he is hearing, but happily gives her what she wants and needs. This girl has skills too, as she fucks like a champ and shows off some spinning technique. Staci quickly learns that Prestons love runs deep and she loves it. Eventually, she begs for and receives his cum all over her face. Mission accomplished.
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A child's weight could be included on their school report in a radical plan to tackle the obesity crisis, says the man who led Australia's successful response to the AIDS epidemic.
David Penington also suggests the GST be raised and extended to a broader range of foods to encourage healthy eating.
Professor Penington, a former vice-chancellor of Melbourne University and dean of medicine, told an obesity summit in Canberra this week that the inclusion of weight in primary school reports could spark discussion between teachers and parents about diet and levels of physical activity.
''Some obesity does start in early childhood just with very bad eating habits,'' he said. ''It's not that I want the schools to be seen as the body responsible but, nonetheless, use the school environment as a way to contribute to ensuring the broader issues are there for discussion.''
A child and adolescent psychologist, Michael Carr-Gregg, said schools could play a role but warned that putting a child's weight on their report could trigger depression and anxiety and lead to bullying.
Christine Morgan, the chief executive of the Butterfly Foundation which works to prevent eating disorders, said weight was not the best measure of health, and reporting it could undermine a child's self-esteem.
Angelo Gavrielatos, the federal president of the Australian Education Union, said schools had a role to play in teaching children about healthy lifestyles but more resources should be directed at supporting parents.
A spokeswoman for the federal Health Department said placing children's weight on reports was not a federal responsibility, and its approach was to promote healthy eating and physical activity.
The federal opposition health spokesman, Peter Dutton, said: ''We support people having the information they need to make choices for themselves and their children. We do not support reporting on a child's weight on their report card.''
The chairman of Obesity Australia, John Funder, said the idea would need to be implemented sensitively.
Professor Penington said the GST could be changed to encourage those from low socio-economic groups to eat more fresh fruit and vegetables. Fresh food is GST free but the tax applies to hot takeaway foods, ice cream, biscuits, confectionery and soft drinks.


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Sunday, 5 July 2009
Cream brulee cupcakes
The cupcake sponge is identical to the strawberry and custard cupcakes I made last week, but with a twist. I don't normally make such similar recipes back to back but these looked special so I decided to go ahead. The book the recipe comes from is one of my favourite cupcake books – simply called "Cupcakes" by Murdoch Books; I love all their recipe books...and no, I don't have shares in the company so it's an honest opinion!
Whoever came up with this recipe – putting a crème brulee inside a cupcake – deserves much praise; it is a genius concept! The custard is silky and thick but made tons! I had lots left over....which isn't the world's worst problem I admit!
You need to take a little more care when creating the brulee topping so as not to char the sponge with your blow torch. It's not tricky...just be careful out there! If I could hand you two tips to make these, that I learned by bitter experience, they would be as follows:
1. Don't use a frilly paper case because when you start blowtorching the top you will set fire to the case and a flaming cupcake is not a joyous thing. Thankfully, no harm was done.
2. You can make and fill the cupcakes in advance and refrigerate until you wish to serve, but add the brulee topping at the last minute. I made them the day before and, because they need refrigeration, my brulee topping went soggy. They still tasted great but they lacked crunch.
For the cupcakes:
185g unsalted butter, at room temperature
170g caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 eggs
125g self raising flour
60g plain flour
125ml milk
For the custard and topping:
375ml whole milk
3 egg yolks
55g caster sugar
2 tablespoons plain flour
12 teaspoons soft brown sugar
How to make:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan oven 160°C/350°F/Gas mark 4.
- Line a cupcake pan with 12 paper cases, have a second tin on standby with paper cases as I found the mix made enough for several more cupcakes.
- Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla together until creamy and light.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time.
- Weigh out the flours and measure out the milk.
- Fold half the flour in, followed by half the milk. Repeat.
- Spoon the mixture into the paper cases. Fill each case about 2/3 full.
- Bake for approximately 15 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre comes out cleanly.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Now make the filling: place the milk in a saucepan and bring just about to the boil.
- Remove from the heat.
- Beat the egg yolks, sugar and flour until thick and pale.
- Gradually whisk in the milk.
- Pour through a sieve, back into the saucepan and stir over a medium heat until the mixture thickens and comes almost up to the boil.
- Remove from the heat
- When the cupcakes are cool cut the centre out of each one – don't go right through to the bottom; you're aiming to create a little bowl made of cupcake.
- Fill each cavity with as much custard as possible.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Sprinkle one teaspoon of soft brown sugar over each cupcake and blowtorch until the sugar melts and turns brown.
- Leave the sugar to harden.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.
6 comments:
- glamah16 said...
Thats a great idea and I love the custard inside rather than buttercream.
- 6 July 2009 at 01:51
- Ling's Passion said...
Best of both worlds. What a brilliant idea.
- 6 July 2009 at 06:12
- Cakelaw said...
Creme brulee inside a cake - brilliant!
- 6 July 2009 at 09:37
- Margaret said...
I haven't come across this book but I agree Murdoch books are wonderful.
Love the cream brulee idea for cupcakes - my husband would love these.
- 6 July 2009 at 11:17
oh my I so wish I was still a chief taster... :)
- 6 July 2009 at 12:51
- Katie said...
Wow they look amazing. Glad you didn't set your kitchen on fire!
- 7 July 2009 at 07:00
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Microsoft PocketPC
A Pocket PC is commonly referred to as a handheld computer that runs a version of Microsoft's proprietary mobile operating systems.
Microsoft Pocket PC, sometimes referred to as P/PC or PPC, is based upon the Windows CE framework. Variants of this operating system include versions such as Pocket PC 2000, Pocket PC 2002, Windows Mobile 2003/2003 SE, and Windows Mobile 5.0. Variants also exist for SmartPhones, such as Windows Mobile 2003 Smartphone edition.
One of the key benefits of Microsoft's Windows Mobile platform is file format compatibility with the desktop versions of the company's productivity software. Mobile versions of Microsoft software, such as Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, and Pocket PowerPoint, allow individuals to view and edit these files outside of the home and office.
Another benefit is integration with Microsoft's cross-platform solution, the .NET Framework. The .NET Framework and its associated class libraries handle things such as memory management, file I/O, and many other functions. The .NET Framework allows programmers to develop code in one of several .NET languages, such as C# and VB.NET. Pocket PCs run a simplified version of the framework called the .NET Compact Framework.
In order to maintain synchronization and connectivity with desktop computers, Microsft developed the ActiveSync program. The user merely has to connect the Pocket PC to the desktop computer in order to synchronize items such as appointments, contact lists, and even multimedia files.
In 2001, PDAs running Palm OS variants held a market share of about 72%, while Pocket PC held a meager 15% of the market. However, by the fourth quarter of 2004, Microsoft Pocket PC and Palm OS were practically tied with regards to market share -- Pocket PC-based devices had a market share of 40.2% while Palm OS claimed 40.7% of the market. This upward trend clearly illustrates the growing popularity of Pocket PC-based devices, and thus the increased likelihood that one will encounter such a device in the field.
Windows CE, which serves as the framework for the Pocket PC operating systems, began its life in November of 1996. The NEC MobilePro 200 and the Casio A-10 were the first two PDA-type devices available with this early version of the operating system, which was dubbed Handheld PC 1.0.
Subsequently, Microsoft released iterations of its mobile operating systems with names such as Handheld PC 2.0 (1997), Palm-Size PC 2.0 (1998), Handheld PC Professional Edition (1998).
As development of Windows CE continued, manufacturers began to build more esoteric devices around it, such as internet TV set-top boxes and web-enabled telephones.
Pocket PC officially began its public life when it was previewed at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2000. Codenamed "Rapier", the first version of the Pocket PC operating system was simply named Pocket PC.
Pocket PC Variants
Pocket PC 2000
Pocket PC 2000, based on Micrsoft's Windows CE 3.0 platform, was a first step towards the familiar appearance and functionality that is offered by Windows Mobile 5.0. Devices running Pocket PC 2000 ranged from the Askey PC010, which had a 16-color grayscale screen with no expansion slots, to the Casio EM-500, which had a 64k color screen and provisions for upgraded pheripherals such as cameras. Pocket PC 2000 launched with versions of Pocket Word, Pocket Excel, and Microsoft Reader bundled. ActiveSync 3.1, which provided an easier way to install applications onto the Pocket PC, was required to synchronize with host desktop machines.
Pocket PC 2002
Codenamed "Merlin," Pocket PC 2002 was Microsoft's Windows CE 3.0-based upgrade to Pocket PC 200. Pocket PC 2002 offered many improvements over the previous operating system, including a Terminal Service Client, a new mail Inbox, Windows Media Player 8.0, improved versions of Pocket Word and MS Reader, and many other features.
There were three service packs (EUUU1/2/3) released which addressed bugs and other issues in the original release.
Windows Mobile Versions 2002, 2003, 2003 Second Edition, and 5.0
Please see Microsoft Windows Mobile for more information on these Operating Systems.
Pocket PC Devices
In recent years, a number of manufacturers have elected to produce Pocket PC devices. Some of these makers include companies such as:
- Acer
- Asus
- Audiovox
- Dell
- Mitac
- Motorola
- Samsung
- Siemens
- Symbol
- Treo
Because different manufacturers are targeted at different segments of the market, such as business and consumers, the features and functionality of these devices sometimes differ greatly. For example, some devices have built-in capability for taking images and videos, while other devices have tools such as biometric fingerprint readers and barcode scanners.
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AOL just released quasi-profit numbers for each of its divisions for the first time.
As expected, AOL's dial-up subscription business--the business that powered AOL to astounding global success in the 1990s--still accounts for the vast majority of AOL's profits.
In fact, AOL's subscription business generates more than all of the company's profits, after accounting for AOL's corporate costs.
On the one hand, this is really bad news, because AOL's subscription business is still shrinking.
On the other hand...
This shrinking business still throws off an amazing amount of cash--about $500 million a year--that AOL can use and is using to invest in other cool businesses (content and an ad network).
And the shrinking dial-up business is shrinking at a much slower rate than it used to--because AOL is finding ways of adding other value for its subscribers.
In fact, it is not inconceivable that AOL will find ways to add enough value for its subscribers that the subscription business will soon stop shrinking and start growing again. And if that happens.... wow. AOL will have a built-in marketing engine (content and ad network) with which it can market subscriptions at very low cost. And given the profitability of this business, AOL's profit could suddenly begin to grow very rapidly.
Here are the quasi-profit numbers (operating income before depreciation and amortization and capital expenditures).
"Brand" is AOL content businesses, which, notably, are actually producing some quasi-profit.
"Membership" is the subscription business.
"AOL Networks" is the ad network business.
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Scoliosis is a deformity of the backbone (spine). It's when the spine has a side-to-side curve. The curve of the spine measures 10 degrees or more.
A normal spine appears straight when looked at from behind. But a child with scoliosis has a spine with an S or C shape. The child may look like he or she is leaning to one side. The curve can happen on the right or left side of the spin. Or it can happen on both sides in different sections. Both the middle (thoracic) and lower (lumbar) spine may be affected.
In most cases, the cause of scoliosis is not known. A child may be born with it. Or he or she can develop it later in life. It's most often seen in children between the ages of 10 and 18. It tends to affect more girls than boys.
Possible causes of scoliosis include:
The following are the most common symptoms of scoliosis. Symptoms can occur a bit differently in each child. They can include:
These symptoms may seem like other back problems. Or they may be a result of an injury or infection. Make sure your child sees his or her healthcare provider for a diagnosis.
Your child's healthcare provider can diagnose scoliosis with a complete health history of your child and a physical exam. Your child may also need these tests:
Finding scoliosis early is important for treatment. If left untreated, scoliosis can cause problems with heart and lung function. Healthcare providers, and even some school programs, routinely look for signs of scoliosis in children.
Treatment will depend on your child's symptoms, age, and general health. It will also depend on how severe the condition is.
The goal of treatment is to stop the curve from getting worse and prevent deformity. Treatment may include:
Tips to help you get the most from a visit to your child's healthcare provider:
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It may be the Mount Everest of sailing, but expectations are shrinking for the America's Cup's transformative impact on San Francisco.
Sailing's premier race, coming to the city in 2013, is now scheduled to have fewer competitors, fewer event facilities and no direct investment from race organizers into long-term infrastructure on the waterfront, according to officials and a new city report.
The latest cut came Friday when the Event Authority, the regatta's business arm, laid off 28 workers – about a quarter of the staff – from information technology, marketing and communications. Fourteen positions were in San Francisco, and the others in offices around the world, race officials said.
"We're having expenses match the revenues as much as we can, and a number of people will be leaving as a result," said Stephen Barclay, who took over the Event Authority as interim CEO this week in an organizational shakeup.
The America's Cup, led by billionaire Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison, initially planned to spend $111 million on repairing deteriorating piers the city has not been able to afford to fix for decades. But race officials backed away from that cornerstone agreement last month.
Now the revised deal, which the Board of Supervisors will consider Tuesday, calls for the port to invest nearly $22 million in pier and related repairs, as outlined in an audit report released Friday by Harvey Rose, the city's budget and legislative analyst.
"Those dollars were not available until the first deal didn't happen," said Michael Martin, the city's project manager for the event. Since the piers would no longer be set for long-term development by the Event Authority, they would generate more rent than anticipated for the port because the authority will not retain rent-free control of the piers after the races, he said.
The port will need to spend an estimated $21.9 million, including nearly $8 million for five team bases at Piers 30-32 and $7 million for a cruise terminal at Pier 27, the report says.
Yet the port's spending plan currently falls about $1 million short of that goal. In the report, port officials say they will likely cut back on dredging and related costs to make up the difference.
The port proposes to pay for those projects with a combination of lease financing agreements, bond proceeds and port operating funds. It is also banking on $1.6 million from the race's Organizing Committee, which is trying to raise $32 million over three years to cover the city's costs for law enforcement, cleanup, transportation and other event services.
So far, the committee has raised $12.5 million, all but $827,000 of which is pledged.
Fundraiser confident
Mark Buell, a philanthropist and Democratic Party fundraiser who is leading fundraising efforts for the Cup, said he remains confident donors will step forward despite the reductions. But, he acknowledged, "It takes a little longer to explain because there are more details about it being published and discussed publicly."
Rose also notes the Organizing Committee has not yet secured a bond that ensures it and the city stick to their commitments to host the event. The big changes to the city's obligations have complicated efforts to take out that bond, Martin said.
"The latest deal terms are in decent shape," said Supervisor David Chiu, who has criticized aspects of the project and called for Rose's report. "Assuming we resolve details on how we cover the city's costs for the event, I'm hopeful we'll be able to move the approvals forward shortly."
Aside from scaling back the development deal, the Event Authority has shaken up its top staff.
Barclay's predecessor, Richard Worth, is now focused on securing international television deals for the event. Last month, Worth told the San Francisco Business Times it has been "bloody tough" lining up international sponsorships, but Barclay said British network Sky TV has already committed to broadcast 12 hours of live exhibition racing from Naples, Italy, next month.
"We would rather have Richard focus his attention on bringing in revenue," Barclay said. "We want to get some of the broadcasters around the world to start paying good money for the pictures they all want."
Race organizers are paying NBC to broadcast portions of exhibition matches domestically, rather than getting paid for it, in an effort to boost interest. Barclay declined to disclose the amount paid in that deal, but said, "In the scheme of things, it's small numbers."
Organizers had also tried to transfer one of two planned exhibition races in San Francisco this summer and fall to New York to generate media attention and sponsorships, but Barclay said that plan was cut short.
Protecting Crissy Field
So has the number of event facilities. Crissy Field, which is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, will no longer be an official viewing area. However, the city has budgeted up to $3 million that could go to the National Park Service to clean up after visitors who drift there.
"Certainly people can look at different pieces and say that wasn't the original version" of the deal, Martin said. "But I don't think it was scaled back. I think it's evolving like any sort of innovative, challenging effort would."
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"In a prehistoric dried up lake
A million years after the last earthquake
There lived a little girl who loved to bake
The only thing she made was cake and all she used was salt
That's all she had, it's not her fault
Saline the Salt Lake Queen"
– Rasputina
This was the first idea I had upon learning what this month's theme was. Saline the Salt Lake Queen is one of my absolute favorite songs to listen to while baking, for obvious reasons.
I had just recently tasted the magnificence that is smoked sea salt, and how EXTRA magnificent it is with chocolate. Oh so good. It goes with a lot of things though, and is something I am thrilled to add to my arsenal of fall-friendly ingredients. I have SO MANY PLANS for it, guys.
I thought that a gooey, smoky, salty chocolate cupcake would be a perfect tribute to the song, with the smokiness playing well into the desolate, crater-riddled landscape that the Salt Lake Queen inhabits.
I originally was going to use a very bitter 86% cacao chocolate for the ganache but since I made the ganache a bit early and had to refrigerate it overnight, it broke when I was trying to reheat it. Oil leaking everywhere does not a tasty frosting make. I didn't know what to do so I started over a couple days later with some less intense chocolate I happened to have on hand, but I'm not sure what percentage it is (just received a giant block in a goodie bag from a school event I volunteered to help with). It made a very silky, delicious ganache though. You can go as dark as you'd like but I wouldn't go too light – I have recently grown very fond of quality milk chocolate but it's not appropriate here.
Since the color wasn't as dark with the second batch of ganache I did add a little black food coloring. I originally though I might dye it darker but I like how it turned out anyway. Make sure you use good quality cocoa powder and chocolate, however dark you decide to go – I used Scharffen Berger cocoa powder and, uh, I have no idea what brand the chocolate in the ganache was. Cacao Barry maybe? We use that at school mostly and the squares had cacao beans on them so that's a safe guess.
Along with putting the smoked salt directly into the batter (I kept increasing the amount of salt in the recipe every time I checked it), I sprinkled some on top of the piped ganache, and decorated with a few large crystals of gray Brittany salt, which has a delicate, pure salt taste to it.
These cupcakes are soft, chocolatey, mysterious from the smokiness and just salty enough. They're also quite a bit tastier than what I imagine Saline was cooking up in her kitchen among the brutal ruins.
Saline's Salty Chocolate Cupcakes
First, Bake the Cakes:
- 1 cup boiling water
- 1/2 cup good quality cocoa powder
- 1 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp AP flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- 1 1/2 tsp smoked sea salt
- 1/2 cup butter, soft (make sure it's unsalted)
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp sugar
- 2 eggs
Preheat the oven to 350. Pour the water into the cocoa powder and whisk until smooth, then let cool to room temperature. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Set aside. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then add the eggs one at a time, incorporating them fully into the butter mixture. Alternately add the wet and dry mixtures in thirds, beating them in fully before adding more. Once the batter is completely combined and smooth, pour into lined muffin tins and bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center of one comes out clean. Cool completely before frosting. Makes 15-16 full sized cupcakes.
Then, Make the Ganache Frosting:
- 12 oz. bittersweet chocolate (the darker the better), chopped small
- 12 oz. heavy cream
- Few drops black food coloring (if your chocolate is less than 80% cacao)
Place the chopped chocolate in a medium heatproof mixing bowl. Heat the cream in a saucepan until it just boils, then pour evenly over the chocolate. Let the mixture sit for up to 30 seconds to allow the chocolate to melt, then, using a whisk, begin slowly stirring from the middle out until all the chocolate is fully melted and emulsified into the cream. If there are any chocolate "chips" left over, you can gently heat the mixture over a double boiler of simmering water, stirring constantly, until everything is melted. If you do that, don't let it get too hot or your emulsion may break (causing fats to separate and general ickiness). Stir in the food coloring until it's the right shade of dark, grayish brown. Let the ganache cool to set up a bit, then stir a little to whip up and place in a piping bag fitted with a star tip. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes. Sprinkle the cupcakes with a little smoked salt (and a few crystals of gray salt if you have it, or any large, crunchy, delicately flavored salt).
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Dirt, aesthetics and inclusion in public service workDahl, Dorte Boesby (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation investigates how changing management strategies in the public sector contribute to shaping and developing the 'parking attendant' as a certain sort of person in a municipal centre responsible for parking attendance. The job as parking attendant is – just as many other jobs in the public sector – the object of changing management strategies according to changing political agendas. Meanwhile, the job is also a psychologically demanding and stigmatized unskilled job in the public sector. The dissertation analyzes how parking attendants, whose job is increasingly professionalized, interact with changing management strategies by for instance resisting or avoiding them. The dissertation relies on sociological fieldwork among parking attendants and their managers. The fieldwork included shadowings of daily work, interviews, gathering of documents and participant observation at job-interviews. The analytical point of departure for the dissertation is Ian Hacking and Paul du Gay's theories of how identities are 'made up'. This sort of analysis is coupled in three articles in the dissertation to other perspectives on the relation between work and identity. These are about how employees handle stigma, which is considered in research on "Dirty Work", about how managers and employees draw upon "aesthetic labour" to meet the public's scepticism and as a means to bring down the number of assaults and finally how managememt strategies aiming at creating inclusion and diversity contribute to the making up of the parking attendant. All three analysis contribute to expand our understanding of work and identity in the public sector. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9265
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On Second-hand Valuation PracticesLarsen, Frederik (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In this thesis I address the question of how value is created in second-hand markets. Focusing on the role of charity thrift stores I present an ethnographic account of fieldwork I undertook in the Tavern Guild Community Thrift Store in San Francisco. I analyse my ethnographic findings in light of contemporary literature on values and valuations in material culture and reaching back through the anthropological literature on commodities and gift economies I build a framework around David Graeber's formulation of a concept of social, relational value. In order to structure the analysis I take Mary Douglas's seminal work on classification as a starting point and argue that the practices of valuation constitute a process of transformation form discard to commodity. To support the analysis I introduce theoretical concepts from the ethnographic literature on values, secondhand markets and valuations. Practices of categorization enable the employees to create value, but disorder is a condition of the process, which hinders the flow as well as provides opportunity for value. I describe thrift, a considered use of resources, as the main 'infravalue' that drives the valuations and allows the organization to create economic, social and emotional value. Next I zoom in on the interaction between people and objects on a micro-level. The theoretical framework here brings anthropological theory into play with actor-network theory (ANT) approaches to nonhuman actors, and I introduce the term withdrawal from object-oriented philosophy to address the agency of objects in valuations. By dividing the analysis into two parts I demonstrate in greater detail how objects as part of valuations are given agency through social entanglements, but also how the objects by their mere existence influence valuations beyond this entanglement. Their presence as more than the sum of their social relations has a profound impact on the valuations by resisting as much as partaking in the process of transformation. In the last section of the thesis I present an explorative study of the extended trajectory the objects take through markets and wholesale companies in Thailand. I discuss the role of the thrift store in the global context of second-hand exchanges and offer a critical reflection on the consequences of the proliferation of second-hand markets. The thesis provides a situated approach to the study of human-objects interactions and demonstrates that an understanding of the different forms of value that are at play reveal charity thrift organizations as important players in second-hand markets. Thrift enables the organization to salvage as many objects as possible while providing services to the community. In doing so they are vital in transforming discards into commodities for the other actors in the market. This study highlights the importance of considering materiality, and especially objecthood, in the context of second-hand markets, and suggests a situated framework for understanding the relationship between objects and practices in the broader context of material culture studies. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9182
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Antecedents, processes dynamics and firm-level impactØrberg Jensen, Peter (Frederiksberg, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This PhD thesis addresses one of the most intensely debated phenomena over the past decade within the realm of international business: Firms' relocation of value chain activities to other parts in the network of multinational corporation (MNC) or to external suppliers/services providers in foreign countries (hereinafter referred to as offshoring), often to destination countries with lower cost structures. Whereas the offshoring of manufacturing tasks has existed for several decades, and has been analyzed in the international business literature, the offshoring of advanced services tasks from developed country firms to destination countries such as India, which offer an attractive cocktail of low costs and highly skilled labour, is a more recent phenomenon. The offshoring of this type of services tasks forms the subject of this PhD thesis... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7741
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The politics of corporate responsibility: CSR and the governance of child labor and core labor rights in the 1990sNielsen, Michael E. (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: 'No amount of preparation could have lessened the shock and revulsion I felt on entering a sporting-goods factory in the town of Sialkot, seventy miles from Lahore, where scores of children, most of them aged five to ten, produce soccer balls by hand for forty rupees, or about $1.20, a day. The children work eighty hours a week in near-total darkness and total silence. According to the foreman, the darkness is both an economy and a precautionary measure; child-rights activists have difficulty taking photographs and gathering evidence of wrongdoing if the lighting is poor. The silence is to ensure product quality: "If the children speak, they are not giving their complete attention to the product and are liable to make errors." The children are permitted one thirty-minute meal break each day; they are punished if they take longer. They are also punished if they fall asleep, if their workbenches are sloppy, if they waste material or miscut a pattern, if they complain of mistreatment to their parents or speak to strangers outside the factory. A partial list of "infractions" for which they may be punished is tacked to a wall near the entrance. It's a document of dubious utility: the children are illiterate. Punishments are doled out in a storage closet at the rear of the factory. There, amid bales of wadding and leather, children are hung upside down by their knees, starved, caned, or lashed.' URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7730
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India's national Oil Company and International Activism in SudanPatey, Luke (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
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Abstract: In this dissertation, I explore the practices created to manage business ethics and corporate social responsibility in multinational corporations and the relationship between them across three separate but interrelated articles. The first article suggests that these practices are resident in distinct communities of practice, and therefore there are boundaries in both meaning and identity that make alignment between them problematic. The second article looks at the boundaries between these communities by exploring the history of the professional associations in the business ethics and corporate social responsibility field in the United States, as well as their current articulations of knowledge and competence in their respective fields. The third article is a single case study of a company that purposefully aligned ethics, compliance, corporate social responsibility and sustainability practices and managers, and it explores both the enablers of alignment and the learning stages that transformed them into a single community of practice. Theoretically, this work applies communities of practice, an organizational learning theory, within the business and society field, thereby contributing a helpful lens through which to explore responsible business practices and the practitioners that create and implement them. Leveraging this perspective, this research offers a theoretical explanation about why practices are not currently aligned and illuminates both the barriers and enablers to future alignment. Practically, this work shows that boundaries exist between business ethics and corporate social responsibility practices, and calls on scholars and managers who seek alignment to both build intentional bridges between these communities and consider alternate trajectories for the evolution of these practices. Done well, learning across the boundaries between these communities of practice could in turn catalyze managers' understanding of ethics and responsibility in business. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9352
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A Case Study of Branding and Identity Struggles in a Low-Prestige OrganizationFrandsen, Sanne (Frederiksberg, 2011)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation examines the relationship between corporate branding and identity work at organizational and individual levels in the context of a lowprestige corporation. It is based on 17 months of research undertaken as an inhouse ethnographer at MGP, a European based national telecommunication corporation. The study seeks to contribute to integrated corporate branding theory by adopting a critical perspective on the intra-organizational affects of brands and branding. The dissertation contains three papers, each of which contributes to discussions within corporate branding, organizational identity and identification, as well as to literature on management control and employee resistance. The findings demonstrate that the management adopts integrated corporate branding in a hypocritical manner, while employees in response develop a cynical distance to their work. While this may be interpreted as negative consequences, the dissertation argues that these are productive and have certain advantages for the management in the given context. Thus, the findings challenge the integrated corporate branding ideal of coherence between the external and internal dimensions of corporate branding as the only productive way to create a successful corporate brand. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8366
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A critical political economy perspectiveBuch-Hansen, Hubert (København, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The focus of this thesis is one "component" of EC competition regulation, namely that of merger control. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7729
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The Semi-automatic expansion of existing terminological ontologies using knowledge patterns discovered on the WWWAn implementation and evaluationHalskov, Jakob (København, 2008)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The research object of this thesis is the so-called knowledge patterns and their usefulness in automatically extracting specic semantic relations from unannotated and uncategorized text on the WWW so as to facilitate semi-automatic updating and extension of existing ontological and terminological resources. The main contribution of the thesis is the implementation of a com- plete ontology extension framework called WWW2REL which is 100% based on a knowledge-poor, domain-independent processing of WWW text snippets and includes the three stages of pattern discovery, pattern ltering and relation instance ranking. Unlike most comparable systems WWW2REL is special in that it is both highly portable, can be applied to any semantic relation type and operates directly on uncategorized WWW text snippets. The system is tested on the biomedical UMLS Metathesaurus for four dierent relation types and manually evaluated by four domain experts. It is demonstrated that high precision in the task of knowledge discovery from a noisy text source can be achieved using a very simple instance relevance measure and two ranking heuristics. In contrast, many comparable systems operate on richly annotated academic text and tend to apply heuristics which are custom-tailored to a specic domain and/or relation type. When selecting the overall best ranking scheme, average system performance across all four relation types ranges between 70% to 65% of the maximum possible F-score by top 10 and top 50 relation instances, respectively. Finally, the thesis experiments also examine the portability of individ- ual knowledge patterns and of the ranking heuristics. It is concluded that synonymy KPs are the most domain independent closely followed by ISA KPs, whereas patterns for "may_prevent" and especially "induces" are more dependent on the domain. Empirical experiments also suggest that a ranking heuristic which penalizes relation instances whose arguments occur frequently in a general language corpus can be highly eective, but may need to be adapted to the domain in question. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7731
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Enhancing Social Entrepreneurship and Stakeholder TheoryDacanay, Marie Lisa (Frederiksberg, 2012)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This thesis develops a framework for understanding how social enterprises engage the poor and address poverty, a pressing global problem of the 21st century. Using casebased theory building, it studies a theoretical sample of three pairs of Philippine-based social enterprises, where the poor were suppliers, workers, and customers. In half of the cases, the poor were also owners. The research studies the roles and role changes of the poor in these social enterprises, how and why these roles changed, or did not change, and the impact of the roles and role changes, if any, on the social enterprises and the poor. Data for the research was gathered mainly from key informant interviews, published and unpublished organizational documents as well as previous studies done by external consultants on the case subjects. Based on a cross case analysis of the data from the theoretical sample, the thesis develops three models of stakeholder engagement among social enterprises with the poor as primary stakeholders or SEPPS, namely: control, collaboration and empowerment. This thesis provides insights and develops propositions about the importance of stakeholder engagement and the power and limitations of these three models in bringing about social inclusion and poverty reduction. These propositions are suggested to be applicable in countries in the South other than the Philippines where systemic poverty and inequality are exacerbated by the failure of state and market institutions to address the needs of the poor. This thesis makes a contribution to social entrepreneurship and stakeholder theory. It does so by sharing a perspective from the South and giving a voice to the poor as stakeholders. The researcher notes that overall, the poor and the South are under-represented in these discourses. On the whole, social entrepreneurship theorizing has been characterized as embryonic as a topic of academic inquiry. Stakeholder engagement is considered an under-theorized area in stakeholder theory. In developing a framework for understanding stakeholder engagement models involving the poor, this thesis makes a first step towards applying and extending stakeholder theory in SEPPS. The thesis likewise enriches social entrepreneurship theory by conceiving of SEPPS as a global social enterprise model that catalyzes South-North cooperation to address poverty and inequality. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8513
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In the Textile and Fashion IndustryAndersen, Kirsti Reitan (Frederiksberg, 2017)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: The publication of the Brundtland Report in 1987 put the topic of sustainable development on the political and corporate agenda. Defining sustainable development as "a development that meets the needs of the future without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (WCED, 1987, p. 43), the Report also put a positive spin on the issue of sustainability by upholding capitalist beliefs in the possibility of infinite growth in a world of finite resources. While growth has delivered benefits, however, it has done so unequally and unsustainably. This thesis focuses on the textile and fashion industry, one of the world's most polluting industries and an industry to some degree notorious for leading the 'race to the bottom' in global labour standards. Despite being faced with increasing demands to practise sustainability, most textile and fashion companies continue to fail undertake the changes that are necessary to achieve greater sustainability—or at best continue to struggle in a globalized and highly interconnected industry to implement the necessary changes. In light of this failure, this thesis investigates how organizations can change towards practising sustainability, focusing on the potential of taking a design approach to bringing about processes of organizational change. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9444
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A Performative ApproachAlbu, Oana Brindusa (Frederiksberg, 2014)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation provides a critical analysis of transparency in the context of organizing. The empirical material is based on qualitative studies of international cooperative organizations. The dissertation seeks to contribute to transparency and organizing scholarship by adopting a communication centred approach to explore the implications of pursuing ideals of transparency in organizational relationships. The dissertation is comprised of four papers each contributing to extant debates in organizational studies and transparency literature. The findings indicate that transparency, in contrast to being a solution for efficiency and democratic organizing, is a communicatively contested process which may lead to unintended consequences. The dissertation shows that transparency is performative: it can impact authority by de/legitimating action, shape the processes of organizational identity co-construction, and its intersection with new media technologies can create tensions. Thus, the dissertation questions instrumental tendencies which regard transparency as full disclosure, the opposite of secrecy, and a way to achieve a consistent organizational identity. The dissertation provides a framework of organizational transparency which underlines its negotiated, power-infused and paradoxical nature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8916
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An Ethnographic Study of Trust, Distance, Control, Culture and Boundary Spanning within Offshore Outsourcing of IT ServicesTøth, Thomas (Frederiksberg, 2015)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This PhD dissertation is an ethnographic field study of the collaboration between Berlingske Media, one of the leading media companies in Denmark, and their Indian IT service provider, HCL – one of the largest IT service providers worldwide. The dissertation studies the day-to-day operational collaboration between actors from the client organization and the vendor organization in order to understand how vendor-side actors, as individuals and as a collective, can be constructed as trustworthy collaborators in the eyes of the client-side actors. While trust is the theoretical epicenter of this thesis it is, in acknowledgement of the contextual and dynamic nature of trust, subjected to an interdisciplinary analytical framework. Thus, the four analytical chapters in Part II introduce four different factors that influence the client-side actors' perceptions of vendor-side actors' trustworthiness: distance, control, culture and boundary spanning. The analytical conclusions are summarized in Part III of the dissertation. Based on these analytical conclusions a number of practice-oriented suggestions on how the client-side actors' perceptions of the vendor-side's trustworthiness can be improved are presented and discussed. Furthermore, the theoretical implications are presented and discussed. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9115
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Exploring Fashion Industry Business Models and the Circular EconomyHvass, Kerli Kant (Frederiksberg, 2016)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This dissertation examines post-consumer textile waste from the fashion industry's perspective, and addresses how business model innovation can facilitate reuse and recycling of garments and a transition towards a circular economy of fashion. Focusing on the emerging reuse and recycling practices of fashion brands the study builds upon one explorative and two in-depth case studies of industry pioneers and their endeavors of integrating reuse and recycling activities in their business models. Theoretically the study rests on business models, business model innovation for sustainability and circular economy. The study seeks to provide a unique contribution as it synthesizes the theoretical and empirical insights from the field of business model innovation and circular economy in the context of post-consumer textile waste. By highlighting and extending the idea of business model innovation for circular economy it makes a justification that product end-of-life phases require attention and can include new value propositions that companies can create, deliver and capture. This dissertation contains three articles, each of which contributes to an improved understanding of post-consumer textile waste management in the context of the fashion industry and its related opportunities and challenges. The findings cover both broad industry-level and more specific company-level discoveries. The industry-level findings provide a general understanding of existing practices among fashion companies while the company specific findings identify key issues and challenges of integrating a product's end-of-life aspects in an existing business model. Collectively, the findings demonstrate that end-of-life management of products is an emerging field among fashion companies and used garments can provide new value propositions for fashion brands. The findings also illustrate that the field is in its infancy and lacks best practices within business models, supply chain infrastructure, technological solutions and consumer engagement. Transition towards a circular economy implies full systemic change, and innovation not only in business models, but also in technologies, society, policies and finance methods as well as consumer behavior. None of these aspects can work in isolation and require that different stakeholders work in tandem. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9282
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Microsoft is looking to give a large group of cybersquatters the boot, and the company is doing so by slapping them with lawsuits. Earlier today, the Redmond giant filed a number of lawsuits against cybersquatters, or those who register a domain name similar to a trademarked domain name and then use the site for profit. "Microsfot.com" could be considered an example of this domain trickery.
In the lawsuits, Microsoft claims that the cybersquatters are infringing on its intellectual property, and the company is urging other businesses that have fallen victim to cybersquatters to come forward as well. Aaron Kornblum, an attorney on Microsoft's Internet safety enforcement team, feels that many companies are not aware of the profits they lose due to cybersquatters. "Cybersquatting is a growing problem for brands around the world and we hope to educate other brand holders and encourage them to take action," he said. Kornblum's words reinforce a statistic recently released by the World Intellectual Property Organisation where it found a 25 percent rise in domain name disputes as compared to last year. The increase could at least partially be attributed to valid domains bickering with cybersquatters.
For what it's worth, Microsoft's short war on cybersquatters has been rather successful. In total, the company has won two lawsuits in the U.S. resulting in the return of 409 domain names. In the United Kingdom, Microsoft settled with a London-based business cleverly known as the Dyslexic Domain Company. Microsoft received US$46,000 in the settlement and more than 6,000 domain names were returned to what could be considered their rightful owner.
While Microsoft's fight against cybersquatters has been primarily held on U.S. ground, it has plans to take the battle overseas in the next year. Details are sparse, but what we know is that the company will be filing lawsuits against several cybersquatters in the United Kingdom, Germany, and Italy. It's safe to say that many of us have accidentally wandered onto a cybersquatter's site, and for that matter, even believed that we were in the correct place. I've done it a few times; it makes me feel dirty. If Microsoft wants to take these domains on, that's great-I'm glad somebody's going after them. I can only hope that other companies do the same.


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1 1/2 cups pine nuts (about 7 ounces)
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup (packed) almond paste, crumbled
1 1/2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
3/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 large egg whites
1 1/3 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup powdered sugar (for dusting)
Preheat oven to 350 F. Butter 2 large baking sheets. Using on/off turns, blend 3/4 cup pine nuts and next 4 ingredients in processor until crumbly mixture forms. Transfer mixture to large bowl; add egg whites. Using electric mixer, beat until mixture is smooth. Whisk flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl to blend. Add to pine nut mixture; beat until smooth (dough will be soft and sticky).
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COLUMBIA, S.C. - The mother of four South Carolina children killed in an accidental mobile home fire was charged Friday in their deaths, authorities said.
Hope Hawkins, 21, faces four counts each of homicide by child abuse and unlawful conduct toward a child, Darlington County Sheriff's Capt. Andy Locklair said. State and local authorities found no signs of arson and think the fire started Wednesday by accident in the kitchen, though exactly what sparked the blaze had not been determined.
Hawkins was not home when firefighters arrived, and showed up moments later, Locklair said. The woman has given conflicting stories about where she was. No one else was in the home at the time.
"It's almost like she may have arrived at the same time as the fire apparatus," Locklair said.
Locklair didn't know if Hawkins had an attorney. She is scheduled to have a bond hearing later Friday.
It took firefighters less than 10 minutes to put out the fire in Hartsville, a city of some 8,000 people that's about 60 miles east of the state capital of Columbia.
Authorities said 10-month-old sisters Myasia and Kynasia Hawkins and their brothers, 2-year-old Camaron Mason and 4-year-old Delonta Dixon, died of smoke inhalation. All four children were found in a bedroom next to the kitchen, Locklair said.
Hawkins could face life in prison if she's convicted of homicide by child abuse, a charge that stems from leaving the children at home alone. The unlawful conduct toward a child charges carry possible sentences of up to 10 years each.
Authorities were still going through records to determine if either law enforcement or social services officials had been called to the home before, Locklair said.
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