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For and about gardeners, "Diggin' Dirt" offers 20 pages of poems with lively illustrations. Author Jean Oaks, a master gardener, combined her poems with watercolor drawings by artist Angela Burket, a fellow master gardener. Oaks peppers her poems with humor and the joys and tribulations of gardening. Topics include the miracle of seeds, early morning, broccoli, snakes, kudzu and wildlife who lunch. Burket and Oaks are members of Albemarle EMC and live in Hertford. Published by Perquimans Publishing in Hertford. Softcover, 20 pages, $13.95.
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Israel has steadfastly denied using White-Phosphorous bombs during the Operation Cast Lead invasion of Gaza in Dec. 2008. The Western media has parroted these denials whilst absolutely confirming that Israel would never, ever, ever use such a horrible terrorist tactic because ... basically ... well Judaism is a good religion and Muslims are bad. It's true. Just ask Sam Harris. He says it over & over & over again in his atheist lectures about bad Muslims and good Jews. Also, White-Phosphorous use on civilian populations is unlawful and Israel would never, ever, ever do anything unlawful because ... basically only Arabs do that kind of stuff, not Jews. Even though the Goldstone Commission documented IDF use, on civilian populations, of White-Phosphorous during Operation Cast Lead ... the Western media, and its spokesman, Sam, just did not, could not, believe it because ... Israel good / Arabs bad, etc.etc., ad infinitum, ad nauseum.
Okay. Except - finally - Israel has admitted that it ... did use White-phosphorous, on civilians, on 15-month-old baby girls even:
Israel's used plenty of White-phosphorous but only on really, REALLY bad people like ... these:
But Israel is not going to use White-phosphorous any more - once its supplies run out - because as a senior officer in the ground forces explained: "As we learned during Cast Lead, it [white phosphorus] doesn't photograph well, so we are reducing the supply and we will not purchase beyond what we already have."
Got that? They're not going to drop this terror-weapon from their American-taxpayer-supplied F-16s & AH-64 Apaches anymore because "it doesn't photograph well".
And we call Muslims "terrorists"?
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Why is its role in the formation of Israel entitled to special scrutiny?
Mainly because of the myth created by Leon Uris and Hollywood that Mr. Perlman referenced regarding "Exodus" and media from the period as a whole - that Israel was created by a small brave band of righteous Jews in the face of a huge army of Arab nationalists. What complete & utter bullshit. Nothing could be further from the truth. Matter of fact, the only "army" involved in the liberation of land & water from Palestinians was the one provided to Ben-Gurion by the United States back in 1946-47. Again, copies of the actual documents proving this can be found in "Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations With Militant Israel" along with evidence of U.S. pilots supplying reconnaissance/support in the 6-Day War, another Israeli bullshit story.
The point is that poison gas and a million other human crimes are the legacy of mankind, not the departure from civility of the israelis.
We are told, ad infinitum, ad nauseum, by Western media that Israel is the shining light of Democracy in the Middle East when, in reality, it is a military theocracy apartheid state that drops White-Phosphorous bombs on little kids - and if you don't believe that, just go to East Jerusalem, the West Bank or Gaza and look around at all of the people who have not been allowed to vote or participate politically since 1967. It's disgusting.
Where by the way was that support of ashkenazi-jews when it counted most?
The Palestinian people had absolutely nothing to do with that, and you know it, so why should they have to pay with their land/water? Look, there have been many genocides throughout history. I think of the Irish one, implemented by that "hero" Oliver Cromwell, who famously declared, "Just kill 'em all and let God sort it out!" HALF of the population of Ireland was wiped out and the resources decimated. Yet ... I don't hear about that holocaust every-other-day. Gee, I wonder why?
Glen...Hear, hear, esp. point #3. My early Jewish education, coming right after the Holocaust, was fanatically pro-Israel; learning the truth has been a decades-long process. If you want a 3-hr. orgy of propaganda, watch the movie "Exodus." Oh, yeah, and in my secular education the US was always the good guys.
The US has overthrown lawful governments, abetted rebels and or entrenched interests all over the globe in accordance with its perceived self interest. Why is its role in the formation of Israel entitled to special scrutiny?
And Syria is a red herring. The point is that poison gas and a million other human crimes are the legacy of mankind, not the departure from civility of the israelis.
Where by the way was that support of ashkenazi-jews when it counted most?
Justification is not needed in Israel when it is not needed in the rest of the world, not unless Jews are held to a higher standard than all others.
It's not Jews that I'm holding to a higher standard; it's the United States. Again, read "Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations With Militant Israel". You will see meticulous footnotes and references, direct from FOI research - xerox-scans of orders - by U.S. government officials, for the implementation of delivery of arms and conscripts into Palestine to murder and rob Palestinians in order to turn their land & water over to Ben-Gurion and his gang. No, Jews did not do this, the American government did - basically implemented a war against Palestinians, on behalf of Eastern European Ashkenazi-Jews, not Semite-Jews, to steal land/water.
And perhaps The Syrian government is doing their thing right now
This totally unproven supposition, actually a zionist fabrication, rampant in U.S. media, has even found its way into an atheist forum? Interesting. Please note that Israeli use of chemical weapons is actually documented by the Israelis which is how this blog ... began. Funny how you're trying to turn it into an phony indictment against ... Syria? This blog's about Israel. BTW, Syria's government is merely trying to protect its land/water/people against criminals armed completely by foreign (Saudi Arabia, Israel, U.S.) actors, something I would expect Americans would do if, say, Israel & Saudi Arabia were arming the Ninos Surenos & the 42nd Street Locos in South Central Los Angeles in order to overthrow Obama? However, 44% of Republicans, these days, would be all for that! So sure. Yeah. It's all good.
This was a mistake made in 1947 and it cannot be settled now by "diplomacy."
George Marshall, the smartest person our military ever produced was so disgusted by Truman's decision that he told Truman to his face that he believed the president was acting on Clifford's political calculations to win Jewish support, adding: "I said bluntly that if the President were to follow Mr. Clifford's advice and if in the elections I were to vote, I would vote against the President."
Marshall was, of course, right. Israel never should have happened and it wouldn't have it it hadn't been for Truman's support & supply of weapons & conscripts into Palestine after the War.
Justification is not needed in Israel when it is not needed in the rest of the world, not unless Jews are held to a higher standard than all others. And again the justification is far greater among Jews for obvious reasons. Europeans had no history in the americas. Europeans were not in danger of being annihilated by some other people. And Europeans layed waste to the american continent and its inhabitants. Some said manifest destiny. Some said that the natives needed to be saved. Hallelujah.
And the history of imperialism and conquest is a theme which plays out over and over. If you are only interested in undermining the justifications for the acquisition of the land which became Israel there is a good reason for your myopic focus.
Poison gas was used extensively in the first world war. Poison gas was used by the Italians against the Ethiopians in their little fling with imperialism. Napalm was used by guess who and guess where? And perhaps The Syrian government is doing their thing right now.
I understand that the Jews and Arabs were always there, but the land division seems to have went by "biblical real estate" claims rather than give each side a piece of the pie as it should have been. Now there is nothing more to give unless Israel would "give up" some of it's holdings and we know this is not going to happen. This was a mistake made in 1947 and it cannot be settled now by "diplomacy." Neither side would ever be able to give up their mythology and live together, but they would each fight to have a homeland.
Perhaps Arafat understood this very well before he was poisoned and killed. He used to fight on front lines with his people and was once asked who would win in a war of this type. His reply was that it depended upon "who had the greater imaginary friend." Not only did his reply take religion out of it all, but his reply also showed how religion helped form the situation in 1947. People need a nation or a country.
For the most historically accurate, thoroughly-footnoted, apolitical account of exactly how the United States organized and implemented the airlift of weapons and conscripts (many of whom were not-Jewish) from Eastern Europe into Palestine just after World War II, please see Stephen Green's superb "Taking Sides: America's Secret Relations With Militant Israel":
There was absolutely no, non-religious, justification for the state of Israel. It was sanctioned & supported by Truman so he could win a second-term. Period. This was nothing but an unlawful land-and-water grab by force, carried out mostly by Eastern Europeans (Ashkenazim, NOT Semites, BTW) who had no connection to Palestine whatsoever.
Also, vis–à–vis incidents of pure violence, the Qur'an cannot compare with the Jewish bible. Just look at Deuteronomy chapter 20, or Numbers 25. There is nothing, repeat: nothing, in the Qur'an that even remotely compares with this type of slaughter, particularly of children (by bashing their brains in upon rocks), distinctly proscribed by Yahweh in the Torah. Jewish religious writing contains more explicitly violent hatred against other groups than any other religion by far. It is not improper or bigoted to point out the direct connection between Jewish religious writing and Israeli state violence, particularly as the connection is becoming more & more dangerous. Although we are told that it is all the time, usually with some fraudulent reference to the holocaust.
No matter how fine a definition you try to put upon it, White-Phosphorous is a chemical weapon whose use - on civilians - is expressly prohibited by the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons, the Chemical Weapons Convention, the Geneva Convention, etc.etc.
Israel has admitted use upon civilians and, BTW, will continue to use White-Phosphorous until its supplies run out. As usual, like in the cases of the USS Liberty, Lavon, Rachel Corrie, al-Arish, etc.etc. Israel claims, after a "thorough self-investigation" that it was all ... just a mistake.
And our media nods, frowns gravely and then goes on to the next story about Lindsey Lohan's new hairdresser.
Dennis, Jews were always there. So were arabs. Jews needed to have a homeland again after it was clear that most of the world was either in favor of their liquidation or unconcerned by it. Jewish refugees were denied entry into america and other places. It does not get any more exigent than that.
With or without biblical support Jews were going back whence they came. How is it relevant even? Would anyone talk about the christians who attacked the arabs without provocation during the crusades, had they retained Jerusalem? Their "claim" was religious. None of that has any meaning. Examine the history of every country and you will see people who overcome others and take the land because they are stronger. Most have far less justification than Jews had. It also should be noted that when Palestine was divided in 1947 Jews were ecstatic with a two state solution. Arabs attacked immediately.
Furthermore the Palestinians have been slaughtered by other arab states. I never hear any complaints about that. Reverse the roles and you would see jews assimilated into other countries. But instead palestinians are reviled.
This is the one thing on which I agree with Mahmoud Ahmedinutjob: the Jewish refugees were European, so why wasn't the problem solved in Europe? Give 'em a nice chunk of Bavaria, I say. But everybody conforms to the Biblical real-estate grant.
The whole thing is relatively easy to work out - save one minor detail. And that detail is that each side believes their god is the local Century 21 real estate agent. "We have a contract with YWHW." "No. No. No. Allah gave us this land." Get beyond that nonsense, and diplomacy might actually be able to work. However, until one figures out how to do that, the killing of innocents on both sides will go on because, in the minds of both sides, "My god has a bigger dick than your god!"
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mrwizard needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 22 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
I am a mixed martial arts fighter with the unique ability to strike hard enough to dismember people. I am not extraordinarily gifted in any way, but I understand how to manipulate body movements to maximize power. I have a short DVD program that I give away for free called "Powerful Strikes" and it contains the secrets to adding a ton of power to 7 different striking techniques. Many fighters lack knockout power and there is no reason for it; all they need is a little info and they will be destroying people in no time.
Anyone who wants to learn how to fight, strike hard, or has an interest in martial arts in general. Self-defense researchers can be included here, the best defense, after all, is a good offense. These people can either be tough and wanting to get tougher, or victims of being bullied who want to learn how to smash a face.
The logo should involve some depiction of a powerful strike... for all I care it could be a fist going through a tree. It could be a guy kicking another guy off the face of the earth. You are the artists, it's up to you to show me what a powerful strike looks like. Obviously, it needs to have the words "Powerful Strikes" in there somewhere. Let's see what you come up with! I will be actively communicating with all of you for adjustments and whatnot. Feel free to email me at email@example.com as I will check my email far more regularly than I will check the website and it's just easier then dealing with the messaging system within the site.
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Minnesota care providers split on union issue
ST. PAUL – Marilyn Geller loves taking care of young children.
"They are so eager to learn," the woman with a Bemidji child care service said. She could do a better job taking care of children, she told a Senate committee Monday, if she could work closer with other child care providers in a union.
Trish Berger also loves her role as a child care provider. She told senators many child care providers like her prefer their independence.
"They don't want to have to be regulated by a union," the Esko child care provider said.
The Berger and Geller testimony reflects division seen across Minnesota about whether self-employed child care providers who receive state subsidies for some children should be allowed to join unions.
A bill by Sen. Sandra Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, would allow child care providers to join unions. It would do the same for personal care attendants and other self-employed Minnesotans who serve the state's elderly and disabled.
Pappas said thousands of Minnesotans who serve the young, old and disabled are poorly paid and allowing them to join unions would increase their pay.
She said the average per-hour child care pay in areas outside the Twin Cities is $2.83.
"They are much more than babysitters," Pappas said about the mostly female group child care providers who would be affected by her bill.
The workers also need a union, she said, because "they are often isolated from their peers."
The Senate Health, Human Services and Housing Committee discussed the bill Monday and was expected to vote on it late Monday night.
The child care issue arose when Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton issued an executive order to allow the child care union vote.
Republicans and some child care workers took Dayton to court, which ruled his action violated state law.
When Democrats took control of the Legislature this year, the issue quickly arose, along with providers for elderly and disabled care.
While the bill allows the independent workers to join unions to negotiate base pay, the Legislature would have the final say.
People who opt not to join the unions would pay "fair share," an amount less than union dues.
Geller said the Pappas bill would "give child care providers a voice" when they negotiation pay and other issues with state leaders.
Berger, however, urged the committee to table the bill for two weeks and for legislators to hold town hall meetings in that time to listen to the public. She said that listening to others' opinions would set a good example for children.
Sen. Julie Rosen, R-Fairmont, said many child care workers plan to drop any children who receive state subsidies if the Pappas bill passes.
Outside the Twin Cities, it already is "difficult to find good quality day care providers," Rosen said. "There will be ramifications."
Pappas said her bill would result in higher child care payments. "The goal here is to put pressure on the state for higher child care subsidies. ... Having an organized group, it is like the squeaky wheel gets the grease."
Without higher pay, she added, people will leave the professions. "There also is a danger if we do nothing."
Pappas said workers for the elderly and disabled, like child care providers, are underpaid.
"We face a looming crisis in our home health care industry," she said.
"Right now, you are really on your own," Pappas said about the workers, including some who care for their own family members.
Mark Kirwin of Minneapolis said he is paid for 40 hours a week to care for his wife, a multiple sclerosis patient. Without his help, he said, she would need to move to a more expensive facility.
"It has allowed my family to stay together," he said about state payment he receives.
Republicans complained that child care and health care providers should not be part of a union.
"Child care workers are not employees of the state of Minnesota," Sen. Carla Nelson, R-Rochester, said.
Pappas responded: "It is a new category. ... It does not include any of the other rights of a state employee."


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Learning and innovation outside the filmJeppesen, Lars Bo; Molin, Måns J. (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: 1 Abstract: This study describes a process in which a firm relies on an external consumer community for innovation. While it has been recognized that users may sometimes innovate, little is known about what commercial firms can do to motivate and capture such innovations and their related benefits. We contribute to the strategy literature by suggesting that learning and innovation efforts from which a firm may benefit need not necessarily be located within the organization, but may well reside in the consumer environment. We also contribute to the existing theory on "user-driven innovation" by showing what firms purposively can do to generate consumer innovation efforts. An explorative case study shows that consumer innovation can be structured, motivated, and partly organized by a commercial firm that lays out the infrastructure for interactive learning by consumers in a public Keywords: Product Development, Consumer-to-Consumer Interaction, Learning, Consumer Innovation, Community, User-toolkits. JEL code(s): L21; L23; O31; O32 URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7281
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Gabrielsen, Gorm; Kristensen, Tore (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Most studies in marketing operate at a market level, which also becomes frequently the condition for design work. This means that the aggregate or weighted average consumer is the focus. Having already made this aggregation as the "top-down approach" indicates, it is not feasible to take the individuals apart and explore how they differ individually. This is so because already the concepts and the methodology are founded at the aggregate level. The differences have been eliminated and replaced by an assumed normal distribution or similar. We depart from that and start our investigations at an individual level. This means, in the "bottom up" approach we keep the individual variation or differences intact for further analysis. We base our concept and methodology at the individual level. Only then, understanding what happens for the single individual we can eventually aggregate to see the consequences at a market level. We explore a procedure that enables the marketer to estimate the effect of a marketing message like a mission statement in a logo at the level of a single individual. This is a prior to market test, with its own realism. The procedure can easily be extended to products, where both quality and price (willingness to pay) are issues and it can also be used as a follow-up after the round of pre-test. To satisfy individual users, real individuals should be considered in their heterogeneity. Relevant psychological and statistical methods and reasoning are useful in keeping the trace of the individual. In the bottom up approach we measure how much the influence of a treatment like that of facing a particular design influences each human being. Successively, one may see if other behavioural characteristics also unite for instance those who are heavily affected or those who are not. Then a new behavioural based community may appear. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9310
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Hansen, Troben; Uth Thomsen, Thyra (, 2014)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: In this paper, we suggest that many of the choice situations confronting consumers in the modern marketplace have become supra-complex. Supra-complex decision-making occurs when the perceived difficulty of transforming product information into knowledge exceeds the expected benefits of doing so, even if decision-making heuristics, or other kind of attribute-related decision rules, are applied. Under conditions of supra-complexity, we propose that consumers instead use mental markers in order to justify their decisions. Mental markers are any mental construct the consumer uses for the purpose of gaining mental justification of overall choices. We argue that the usage of mental markers leads to reductions in cognitive dissonance, reduced usage of mental resources and time. Drawing on the principle of mental justification as well as consumers' propensity to use goals as blueprints for directing their behaviour, we propose a framework for understanding consumer decisions when faced with supra-complexity. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9089
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Nebenzahl, Israel D.; Jaffe, Eugene D.; Kavak, Bahtisen (København, 2000)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6604
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Varieties of Institutionalism: varieties of capitalismHull Kristensen, Peer; Morgan, Glenn (København, 2005)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: The paper argues that the contrast between studies of MNCs which emphasise isomorphism and those which emphasise social embeddedness is unhelpful. Following recent institutionalist discussions which have emphasised the dynamic nature of firms, and institutions, it is argued that the transnational social space of the multinational encompasses a variety of different forms of actors which are engaged in processes that partially produce isomorphism and partially reproduce institutional difference. This perspective is proposed not as a middle way between the two institutionalisms but as a way to capture the ongoing dynamics of MNCs. The paper illustrates this approach through considering four ideal-typical 'games' which occur inside MNCs. These games are analysed in terms of the actors, the institutional resources brought into the game, the emerging rules of the game, the outcomes of the game and how these processes relate to institutional theory. These games reveal the complex interaction of processes of isomorphism and social differentiation and suggest an agenda for further research on MNCs that will focus on examining how these games interact and with what effect in different sorts of multinationals. Keywords: Multinationals; institutionalism; varieties of capitalism; isomorphism; embeddedness. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7355
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Palm Oil in Southeast Asia in Global Perspective (1880s–1970s)Giacomin, Valeria (Frederiksberg, 2016)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This dissertation examines the case of the palm oil cluster in Malaysia and Indonesia, today one of the largest agricultural clusters in the world. My analysis focuses on the evolution of the cluster from the 1880s to the 1970s in order to understand how it helped these two countries to integrate into the global economy in both colonial and post-colonial times. The study is based on empirical material drawn from five UK archives and background research using secondary sources, interviews, and archive visits to Malaysia and Singapore. The dissertation comprises three articles, each discussing a major under-researched topic in the cluster literature – the emergence of clusters, their governance and institutional change, and competition between rival cluster locations – through the case of the Southeast Asian palm oil cluster. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9381
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The Market for Force and the Right to have Protection RightsLeander, Anna (Frederiksberg, 2009)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Departing from an elaboration of the idea of a citizenship protection nexus (1), the argument developed below is that the introduction of a neo-liberal governance forms security is leading to far reaching (but largely unacknowledged). It is transforming the understanding of the rights to protection that come with citizenship, de facto transforming it from a general right tied to political citizenship to contracted right to be negotiated (2). At the same time, far from working to weakening the role of the state in security provision, the market is reinforcing it (3) and accentuating the military aspect of protection (4). The overall consequence is that the nexus tying citizenship to protection is increasingly shaped by the commercialized national and military concerns (promoted by public and private security professionals). As this paper concludes, attempts to frame and shape the citizenship-protection nexus in alternative ways—for example attempts to de-link citizenship from states and/or to de-militarize citizenship—are the main causalities of this re-ordering. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7962
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Bennedsen, Morten; Fosgerau, Mogens; Wolfenzon, Daniel (København, 2000)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7614
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Articulations of Social and Natural Order in Mass Mediated Representations of BiotechnologyHorst, Maja (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Afhandlingen undersøger massemedierede kontroverser om bioteknologi som politiske uenigheder ved at analysere argumenters konstruktion af problemer og løsninger. Det hævdes at ethvert argument i kontroverserne altid implicit artiku-lerer en eller anden bestemt forestilling om den sociale (og naturlige) orden og om, hvordan denne orden opretholdes eller kritiseres. En sådan forestilling er afgørende for at argumentet kan fungere som argument, dvs. som en menings-fuld sammenkædning af et problem og en mulig problemløsning. Kontroverser-ne om bioteknologi handler derfor ikke kun om teknologi og forskning, men er grundlæggende uenigheder om, hvilken rolle forskningen skal spille i samfun-det, og om social organisering i al almindelighed. En analyse af mønstre i disse argumenter kan derfor belyse de diskursive mulighedsbetingelser for regulering af bioteknologi i Danmark. Afhandlingens teoretiske grundlag er en relationel ontologi formuleret på bag-grund af den franske filosof og videnssociolog Bruno Latour, der giver anled-ning til at formulere en forståelse af offentlig meningsdannelse som en konstant produktion af italesættelse i netværk. For at kunne analysere denne strøm af ita-lesættelse inddrager afhandlingen den britisk-amerikanske antropolog Mary Douglas' kulturteori som et analysestrategisk redskab. Det empiriske materiale udgøres af dagbladsartikler fra Politiken, Jyllandsposten, Information og Ekstra Bladet. På baggrund af en række søgeord er der udvalgt 1575 artikler i perioden 1. august 1997 – 31. december 2001, der omhandler sundhedsrelateret biotekno-logi. En foreløbig indholdsanalyse af disse artikler er dokumenteret i et bilag til afhandlingen. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7130
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Invitation to a dialog between two theoretical approachesWestenholz, Ann (Frederiksberg, 2013)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Two theoretical approaches – Conventions and Institutional Logics – are brought together and the similarities and differences between the two are explored. It is not the intention to combine the approaches, but I would like to open both 'boxes' and make them available to each other with the purpose of creating a space for dialog. Both approaches were developed in the mid-1980s as a reaction to rational-choice economic theory and collectivistic sociological theory. These two theories were oversimplifying social life as being founded either in actor-micro level analyses or in structure-macro level analyses. The theoretical quest of both Conventions and Institutional Logics has been to understand the increasing indeterminacy, uncertainty and ambiguity in people's lives where a sense of reality, of value, of moral, of feelings is not fixed. Both approaches have created new theoretical insights by overcoming traditional micro-macro and actor-structure dimensions. However, they have also achieved this in different ways and I ask if there is a benefit to 'importing' some of these differences into the other approach. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8792
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On the authority and role of place brand image rankingsCsaba, Fabian Faurholt; Stöber, Birgit (Frederiksberg, 2011)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper discusses the practice of ranking linked to the issue of place branding focusing on two cases from Denmark, one the national level, the other on the local level, namely the city of Copenhagen. Rankings of places have increased, and – as we shall argue – so have their influence on identity negotiation and public policy. Drawing on experiences with rankings in other fields (corporate reputation and higher education) and critical work on polling, we examine their growing influence, unanticipated consequences and claims to represent places and people. We analyze how media and various audiences represent and use place image survey results. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8243
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different learning engagements of entrant firmsPetersen, Bent; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
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Different Learning PathsPetersen, Bent; Pedersen, Torben (København, 2001)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Much has been written about how international firms create and sustain firm-specific advantages that offset their liability of foreignness. Less attention has been devoted the question of how international firms can reduce their liability of foreignness. Looking for different paths of learning our study explores the dynamics of firms' liability of foreignness. A sample of 494 international firms from Sweden, Denmark and New Zealand is clustered along three structural dimensions of liability of foreignness: (1) perceived lack of knowledge about the foreign market, (2) the longevity of operations in the foreign market, and (3) international experience of the entrant firm. The four clusters that precipitate represent different learning path positions. One group of firms can be identified as pre-entry learners, another group as post-entry learners. A minor group of firms is characterized by perceiving a persistent lack of knowledge about the foreign market they are operating in. One might speculate if these firms engage in any learning about the foreign business environment. Furthermore, the data suggest that firms with extensive international experience are more capable in familiarizing with the foreign business environment than are firms with little international experience. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6893
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Strategic Response under Market and Institutional Uncertainty in the Tanzanian Food Processing IndustryHansen, Michael W.; Langevang, Thilde; Rutashobya, Lettice; Urassa, Goodluck (Frederiksberg, 2015)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Infant industry structures, weak institutions, wide spread market failures and lack of trust permeate the Tanzanian business environment. Nevertheless, some local enterprises succeed in overcoming these challenges. This paper seeks to understand the strategies of these enterprises. Drawing on case studies of Tanzanian enterprises in the food processing industry, we identify six generic coping strategies which contrast markedly with the kind of strategies conventional strategic management thinking would prescribe: Instead of focus strategies, Tanzanian enterprises diversify across industries and value chain functions; Instead of competitive strategies, Tanzanian enterprises embark on network and political strategies; And instead of internationalizing based on home-market strengths, Tanzanian enterprises internationalize in response to home-market weaknesses. We characterize the strategies adopted by Tanzanian enterprises and discuss implications for the strategic management literature. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/9200
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Medarbejderes kommunikative handlekraftJuul Christiansen, Tanja (Frederiksberg, 2010)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: Organizational identity has traditionally been understood as a fixed product that can be identified and communicated to employees. Organizational identity formation should, however, be understood as a reflexive process. There is not just one organizational identity but several, and the construction of these identities takes place in a continuing process among several participants. Yet, in many organizations management aims at a conventional identity formation in the official internal identity communication, when communicating identity to employees with the ambition of creating a monolithic organization of devoted employees. This kind of conventional identity formation has several implications. Firstly, it creates a gap between the official and the unofficial identity formation. Secondly, it runs the risk of making the organization appear untrustworthy. Thirdly, it may lead to a homogenous work force, which seems contradictory to the strive for innovation and creativeness that also characterizes contemporary organizations. Finally, its inherent aim of social control seems morally questionable. Thus, organizations could beneficially strive for a higher degree of reflexiveness by letting more voices be part of the official identity formation. The empirically-based research on how to facilitate such reflexivity is, however, sparse. In order to address this gap in the literature, this PhD dissertation explores how to affect rhetorical agency at work by implementing internal employee blogs in organizations.... URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8173
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Dick-Nielsen, Jens; Feldhütter, Peter; Lando, David (Amsterdam, 2012)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: We analyze liquidity components of corporate bond spreads during 2005–2009 using a new robust illiquidity measure. The spread contribution from illiquidity increases dramatically with the onset of the subprime crisis. The increase is slow and persistent for investment grade bonds while the effect is stronger but more short-lived for speculative grade bonds. Bonds become less liquid when financial distress hits a lead underwriter and the liquidity of bonds issued by financial firms dries up under crises. During the subprime crisis, flight-to-quality is confined to AAA-rated bonds. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8864
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Providing Common KnowledgeFoss, Nicolai J.; Kristensen, Tore; Wilke, Ricky (København, 2003)[Flere oplysninger][Færre oplysninger]
Resume: This paper draws on ideas in economics and game theory to develop a new theory of marketing and corporate communication in the emerging network economy. We argue that in a network economy, firms and consumers will confront "coordination problems." With the emerging network economy all this become urgent because the availability and cost of information decreases. Also, timing issues becomes crucial as millions of people get access to the same information simultaneously. That explain why events where masses of viewers simultaneously participate in the same events become so important. We introduce a simple game theoretic model to explain this, and discuss marketing applications and possible strategies. Key words Coordination problems, common knowledge, corporate communication URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6401
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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (Nov. 2, 2009) -- The ETSU men's basketball team -- the defending Atlantic Sun Conference champions and a 2009 NCAA Tournament participant -- will open the 2009-10 season with a pair of exhibition games, beginning Tuesday night when the Buccaneers take on nearby Milligan College inside Memorial Center.
Game time is set for 7 p.m.
For more on the Bucs as they begin the new campaign, read the season preview story located below or click on the 2009-10 ETSU Men's Basketball Media Guide link located above.
2009-10 Season Preview
An eight-time NCAA Tournament and two-time NIT participant, the ETSU Buccaneers enter the 2009-10 season looking to build on what was another historic and successful campaign in 2008-09.
One year ago, the Buccaneers posted 23 wins and captured one more conference championship - the 18th overall title in program history -- winning the Atlantic Sun Conference Tournament trophy and representing the league in March Madness. The Bucs went on to capture the interest of the entire nation during the tournament, taking No. 1 seed and Big East champion Pittsburgh to the wire before falling in the final minutes, 72-62. In that game, the Bucs trailed by only two points with just over four minutes left in regulation, and actually had possession of the ball with a chance to tie. Only free throws at the end by the Panthers led to the 10-point final deficit.
The Bucs success of a year ago was powered mainly by the "Big Three" of graduated seniors Courtney Pigram (Memphis) and Kevin Tiggs (Flint, Mich.), along with current senior guard Mike Smith (Vandalia, Mo.). That trio combined to score 1,890 of the Bucs 2,657 points during the year, with Tiggs placing second on the all-time single season scoring list with 729 points, Pigram finishing eighth on that list at 598, and Smith ending just outside the Top 10 with 521 points on the year. The bad news for the Bucs is that Pigram and Tiggs are both now graduated and gone, and over 50 percent of the team's offense from a year ago has left with them.
As the Bucs move forward in 2009-10, the departure of both Tiggs and Pigram leaves much of the offensive load to Smith, who not only finished third on the team with 15.3 points per game a year ago, but also led the squad in rebounding with 7.7 boards a contest. Smith ended the year with 10 double-doubles on the season. In addition to what Smith will bring to the table offensively, the Bucs will look to returning players such as redshirt sophomore forward Isiah Brown (Miami), junior guard Micah Williams (Manchester), senior guard Jocolby Davis (Meridian, Miss.), sophomore guard Adam Sollazzo (Tampa, Fla.), sophomore guard Jarvis Jones (Memphis) and junior forward Tommy Hubbard (Boston) to add some offensive firepower to the mix.
As for the newcomers this season, University of Alabama transfer Justin Tubbs (Trussville, Ala.) will make his much-anticipated debut with the blue and gold. Tubbs, who brings an athletic body and SEC experience to Johnson City, is a 6-3 shooting guard with incredible leaping ability and highlight-reel moves. Along with Tubbs, the Bucs also expect contributions from redshirt freshman forward J.C. Ward (Marietta, Ga.), as well as a trio of true freshmen in guards Bruce Grimm (Rochester, Ind.) and Sheldon Cooley (Tampa, Fla.), and forward Lukas Poderis (Port Richey, Fla.). All five of these additions to the ETSU roster have shown potential in early season workouts.
As for the season ahead, the Bucs will face a schedule that includes national power Louisville, SEC opponents Tennessee and Arkansas, visits from former Southern Conference rivals Appalachian State and College of Charleston, and an early season stretch with eight games in just 17 days. It will be arguably one of the toughest schedules the Buccaneers have faced in school history.
Pigram's departure leaves a major void for the Bucs on both ends of the floor. The team's starting point guard and one of its most feared defenders in the ETSU fullcourt defense, Pigram leaves large shoes to fill this season. Sollazzo brings the most experience to the point guard job, having started 12 games a year ago and averaging 17.9 minutes per game. However, the return of Davis - considered possibly the team's best defender - from his medical redshirt season immediately puts the battle for the team's starting guard position in question. Meanwhile, Grimm has impressed in the preseason with both his shooting touch and his court presence, leaving the Bucs with a three-player bottleneck for that position. At the shooting guard, Jones and Williams appear poised to fight for playing time, while Tubbs brings a great deal of hype to the mix, though he has yet to play one minute for the Bucs. Cooley will also look to find a spot on the floor at either the shooting guard or small forward spot.
Brown and Hubbard return as the only holdovers from the Bucs' frontcourt of a year ago. Making matters worse, with the departure of Greg Hamlin (Flint, Mich.), the team's starting center a year ago, the squad has also lost its best post defender and shot blocker. However, Brown appeared to mature in front of the entire nation in last season's NCAA game against Pittsburgh, scoring seven points and grabbing eight rebounds in just 17 minutes of floor time. Meanwhile, Hubbard returned from injuries that cost him most of the season to become a major contributor in the final weeks of the season, providing the team with a lockdown defender and strong inside rebounding presence that helped lift the team to an A-Sun title. A major unexpected hurdle for the team was the tragic loss of 6-11 center Seth Coy (Montgomery, Ind.), who would have been a sophomore this season before losing his life in a car accident last summer. While Brown and Hubbard were on the active roster a year ago, Ward spent last season as a redshirt and will enter his first season as an eligible player on the ETSU bench. Hope surrounds not only his ability to provide valuable minutes to the team, but also that Poderis will also develop quickly despite being a true freshman.
Final Analysis
Fullcourt defensive intensity and offensive production from the transition game were the keys to success for ETSU a year ago, and this season should be no different in that regard. The Bucs return a team with the athleticism and defensive skill to be solid in those areas. However, offensive production appears to be the biggest question mark for the Bucs this year, with only Smith returning as a double-figure scorer from last season. Who will step up to replace the point-production of Pigram and Tiggs remains to be seen, but whether or not this happens will be the key to the Bucs hopes of returning to NCAA play.


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For every goal there are endless excuses why you can't achieve that goal. The two easiest are time and money.
"I don't have time to join a gym, I'm too busy. And plus, the one I want to join cost too much money."
Both of those excuses are very easy to overcome because the truth is many of us spend countless hours online clicking around the Web, or we spend umpteen hours watching TV or reading books. Or we engross ourselves with our careers and never allow ourselves time to actually live.
If you are lucky enough to get a gym membership at a location that you like, and if you are like me, you'll start noticing annoyances. The gym is too far from my house, the parking is crazy, they charge you to park, the showers aren't hot enough, they don't have enough of the perfect machines, etc. All of these could be subtle reasons for not going to the gym that one extra day a week.
And we all know, if you can put down that one extra cookie, and work out that one extra day, your goals will come to fruition that much quicker.
My annoyances are never time, money or parking, it's the people.
At my gym there are several gentlemen who really get under my skin. The first guy has perfect hair and a dynamite body. He'll just grab a bunch of free weights, lay on his back and just lift them up and down like 20 times. These are huge, monstrous iron disks. Then he'll waltz over to a pull-up bar and do 20 reps there. Then he'll go to the leg machine and a small elephant will walk by and he'll lift the elephant with one leg for 20 reps, and then the other leg for 20.
Meanwhile his hair remains perfect.
Hate that guy.
Then there's the creepy old guy with a novel. Why does he have a book at the gym? Lord only knows. But he doesnt read the book, he just walks with it and talks to the ladies as they work out. He gives them tips on how to use the machine. And then he talks and talks and talks.
I have "The Howard Stern Show" playing on my iPhone and still I can hear this old guy talking to a young woman and I want to kill him.
Then there are the naked guys in the locker room trying to be more naked than the next guy. Dudes with their legs way up on the sink using hair dryers to dry their thighs. Who does this at home? Nobody.
There are gents who find it perfectly normal to be completely nude while standing near the TV in the locker room intently watching the Lakers blow out their opponent. Everyone else has towels on, but these men are obviously having a naked-guy competiton to see who can be nude for the longest period of time.
All annoyances that keep people like me on the couch eating Doritios and watching TV at home instead of working out.
Ignoring these people doesn't work. Try all you want, they will find a way to get in your space and at some point you have to surrender to their existence. And that's where you should try this approach.
Imagine they are demons. Demons from Hell. Their only job is to distract you from doing what the Devil knows will make you better.
I know it's silly, but try it. All the crap you're already thinking about them is made-up stuff in your head, so if you're going to make something up, imagine something that will help you.
Imagine they are there simply to dissuade you from coming back.
So when you get into the workout area, look for perfect hair guy. Oh yes, there he is. Where else would he be? That body isn't going to tone itself. And as you are doing your thing, instead of saying, "There's no way my body will ever turn into his," say, "The Devil sure put that demon in an interesting body," and continue with your exercise.
Instead of being intimidated by the perfect-looking gym members, feel sorry that the demons have to spend eternity in the gym while you only have to be there an hour every other day.
As for the naked people in the locker room, it's a locker room, get over it. Some people just want a little attention. Know that you will get the right attention from angels if you endure the negative thoughts in your head and eat right and exercise regularly.
Water for breakfast. I know, I know! Chicken salad for lunch. I was feeling sick at work so I had several nibbles of a six-inch Subway chicken breast sandwich for "dinner" at 5 p.m. A friend of mine wanted to have a real dinner at 9 p.m., so we had sushi and sake. Meanwhile my co-workers called me 14 times -- no joke -- demanding that I join them for drinks. So late-night drinks were procured. One shot of rum and one Diet Coke.


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Man mauled by grizzly in Alaska recounts attack
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A man who recently was mauled by a grizzly bear near northern Alaska's remote Brooks Range said he recognized the animal that left him with broken teeth and a deep gash in his arm from his guide trips.
Jim Tuttle said he and the hunters he guided often spotted the bear, nicknamed Buddy. But the animal was never aggressive toward them until two weeks ago, when Tuttle was walking along a creek and saw it charging.
Tuttle said 16 years of guiding in the area had dulled him to the risks of working in bear country. When the incident occurred earlier this month, he was walking to a caribou carcass by himself, armed only with a pair of trekking poles.
"I am partly to blame. I got complacent, and I paid for it," he told the Anchorage Daily News (http://bit.ly/19VFd8D ). "I guess I should have had a gun in my hand, safety off, ready to shoot."
He said the attack northwest of Anaktuvuk Pass lasted less than 15 seconds. When it was over, Tuttle was spitting out broken teeth and needed a tourniquet on his left arm. One of his cheekbones was cracked.
Because of dense fog, Tuttle had to wait 36 hours for a National Guard helicopter to reach him. Following surgery and dozens of stitches, he is recovering at his Anchorage home.
Tuttle suffered nerve damage to the face and wounds to his groin and knee have temporarily hobbled him. A cast on his left wrist has fixed his forearm in place so it can grow back muscle.
Tuttle, 52, said he feels lucky to be alive.
He had flown into the hunting camp in early August, where he planned to stay for two weeks. The camp was 15 miles from the base camp run by his outfitter, Arctic North Guides.
Chris Carrigee, who stayed in Tuttle's camp with his son before the mauling, said grizzlies were commonly in the area and would eat meat scraps that hunters left behind.
Carigee had taken photographs of his son and Tuttle in front of Buddy with their coffee and oatmeal. He said he didn't feel there was any danger.
On Aug. 14, after Carrigee and his son left, Tuttle was working with new hunters. The group killed a caribou that morning. They carried some of the meat back to camp and ate lunch before Tuttle returned to the carcass.
He heard the bear coming from behind him. He swung his hiking poles in the animal's face, but the bear knocked him over and bit him on the arm and hand before walking away.
"I thought maybe I'd get lucky, and she'd leave. No, she turned right back around, and then really chewed and got into where she could bite my face," Tuttle said. "I said to myself, 'You're dead.'
After the bear left, Tuttle made a tourniquet from rope in his backpack, and waited 10 minutes to make sure the bear didn't return, before limping back to camp.
The hunters called to request a rescue, but the camp was fogged in.
The owner of Tuttle's outfitting company flew in the following morning during a break in weather with a retired paramedic and medical supplies. But they left Tuttle, believing they couldn't fly him all the way to a hospital.
At 3 a.m. the following morning, the National Guard helicopter came.
The bear was killed by one of the hunters in Tuttle's group. Harry Reynolds III, a retired biologist who worked for the Alaska Department of Fish and Game for more than 30 years, said it's hard to say what made the bear attack. "They're wild animals," he said.
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January 29 Talk in Guilford: Adriaen Block and the Discovery of Long Island Sound
Block's story is a tale of mutiny, gun battles, fierce economic competition, burning ships, and explorations of uncharted harbors and bays.
Few people know the full story of Adriaen Block and the other Dutch sailors who first ventured into the Sound and the Connecticut River. And even while the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's first voyage up the Hudson was widely celebrated, little attention is being paid to the quadricentennial of the Sound and the Connecticut River.
In fact, we're not even sure when exactly Block made his voyage of discovery. It might have been in 1612, or in 1613, although it seems certain that it was not in 1614, as many books and websites claim.
I wrote about Block's voyage in This Fine Piece of Water: An Environmental History of Long Island Sound and have expanded and adapted that chapter of the book for this talk.
This will be the third time I've given it. Previous occasions were at the New Haven Museum and in Essex for Potapaug Audubon, Essex Land Trust and the Essex Historical Society.
The Guilford Free Library is at 67 Park Street, right on the beautiful Guilford green. The organizer of the talk is the Falkner's Light Brigade, a group that maintains the lighthouse on Faulkner's Island Lighthouse. The talk is free, of course, and everyone is welcome.


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Zlatan Ibrahimovic insists Chelsea will face a better Paris Saint-Germain team than they would have last year in Wednesday's quarter-final.
Ibrahimovic, 32, will be the spearhead of PSG's attack when they step out at the Parc des Princes to take on the 2012 European champions in the first leg of their last-eight tie.
The French title holders fell to Barcelona at the same stage of last season's competition, but Ibrahimovic told reporters PSG have become a stronger unit in the last 12 months.
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"There's a big difference between our team from last year," he said. "It's the second year we're playing together, we're a lot better now. We know each other better. There are new players who have arrived, but some of them have taken on a lot of responsibility. Collectively, we are better. Last year, everything was new, we played more individually. Now we know each other a lot better. We're better as a team."
Many believe Ibrahimovic himself is playing the best football of his career. Along with a division-high 25 Ligue 1 goals, the Sweden international has struck ten times in European club football's premier competition, second only to Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo. The former AC Milan forward believes PSG represent his best chance of adding a so far elusive Champions League winner's medal to his trophy cabinet.
"I think the biggest opportunity for me to win the Champions League is with Paris, because it's my last contract in Europe. Once I reach the end of my contract, I'll either step down a level or I'll retire. That's still a long way off," Ibrahimovic, who signed a one-year extension taking him through to 2016 only last summer, added.
"We're in the quarter-finals, and we're playing against a fantastic team. We have nothing to lose and we are quite new to this competition while Chelsea have been there for the last ten years. They have won the Europa League, the Champions League, they're a very good team. Chelsea are a big club. It'll be very exciting. I think Chelsea are the super favourites."
While Ibrahimovic will be the focal point of a high-octane PSG forward line also including Edinson Cavani and - most likely - Ezequiel Lavezzi, Chelsea will be shorn of Samuel Eto'o due to a tendon injury. Laurent Blanc, 48, will also have Thiago Silva available with the Brazi centre-back wearing a protective mask over a facial fracture.
The former AC Milan defender was outstanding against Barca last season, but Blanc hopes his captain will have fewer opportunities to shine this time round with the hosts dictating play.
"Whether it's Chelsea or PSG, we'll play with our philosophy," he said. "If we start being afraid of counter-attacks, we'll go against our natural game. Yes, Chelsea love counter-attacks and counter-attacking. We have to be strong defensively.
"We have to try to score goals, but we must not concede. We won't change our way of playing. Otherwise, we'd play with 11 men behind the ball, and that isn't our way of playing."


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by Lou Mancinelli
If it were not for advances in medicine and increased knowledge and public awareness of breast cancer throughout the past 30 years, Marlene Lally, a former Chestnut Hill resident and a Chestnut Hill Community Association board member, fears she might have met the same fate as her mother and her grandmother, both of whom died from breast cancer in their 40s.
"When my mom was diagnosed [in 1980], even with four daughters you did not talk about it," said Lally, 49, a breast cancer survivor, during a recent interview, "She thought she was so fit it wouldn't affect her."
And her mother had reason to believe it. She was fit, athletic and a successful competitive amateur golfer and tennis player. She was also one of the many women who lived in an era where knowledge and awareness about breast cancer was limited. One year after her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, she died at age 45. Lally was 18.
In 2011, there were more than 2.6 million survivors of breast cancer in the United States alone, according to breastcancer.org, based in Ardmore, and about one in eight women will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of their lifetime, according to the group's website.
However daunting the statistics of the amount of women who are diagnosed with cancer, numbers of survivors and their stories are just as empowering.
That each October America celebrates National Breast Awareness Month is the difference between millions of women becoming afflicted with breast cancer, and millions of women being educated about it and becoming proactive in the fight to beat the disease, according to Lally. It is the difference one generation can make.
Many years after her mother's death, Lally, who was raised in North Jersey, began her own home screening at age 36, aware of her family history and with the knowledge of how to check herself for signs of breast cancer. Efforts to educate and to treat the public through organizations like the Susan G. Komen For the Cure, a group Lally now works for, have made the disease a common household concern.
Had she waited until she was in her mid-forties to screen herself, like her mother and grandmother who did not know better, Lally, a 1984 LaSalle University graduate, said she might have detected the lump in her chest too late.
In December 1999, at 37, she was diagnosed with a stage three aggressive breast cancer. She underwent surgery and a year of chemotherapy and radiation treatment at the Rosenfeld Cancer Center at Abington Memorial Hospital.
"The biggest thing I was afraid of was for my kids," Lally said. "My fear was leaving them."
She knew what it was like to lose parents. Before losing her mother, her father passed away when she was seven, after he suffered a heart aneurysm.
"It's not the greatest year," Lally said about her year of treatment. "But it's amazing what they can do if you can put that year behind you."
While she underwent treatment, Lally, who lives in Wyndmoor, continued to work at Chestnut Hill Academy as assistant business manager. Since battling and beating breast cancer, she became an independent Wilson Reading Specialist, a tutor who helps children and adults overcome reading deficits.
She was a member of the Hope Afloat USA Dragonboat Racing Team. She has participated in four sprint triathlons, a race that includes a half-mile swim, a13-mile bike ride, and a five-kilometer or five-mile run. Lally also ran in this year's Broad Street Run.
And because of the discomfort she experienced in the hospital while she underwent treatment, Lally designed her own line of pajamas complete with inspiration and meditative sayings for cancer patients. She said writing and other creative outlets help to heal and to clear her mind.
A few years ago, when Lally's children were in college, she decided she wanted a change in her career. She had been volunteering with members of the Komen For the Cure for a number of years. She met with Komen's Philadelphia Affiliate CEO Elaine Grobman to talk about a position with the right kind of challenge. Two years ago, she applied, interviewed and was hired as Komen's Philadelphia operations manager and volunteer coordinator.
At Komen, Lally oversees For the Cure's three major fundraising events, including the Walk for the Cure along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway on Mother's Day and its three major educational events. She said the work was challenging and fast-paced for a staff of 11. It is the more than 1,000 volunteers who comprise the bulk of the group's efforts.
According to Lally, more than 1,000 women attend the educational events. The next, Sisters for the Cure, a march Lally said is a tribute to African-American women, is in December, followed by the Latinas for the Cure in March and the Asian-American Health Day in June.
In addition to providing free mammograms and treatment information for women, the events are meant to be cultural affairs designed to make it more acceptable to talk about breast cancer and to eliminate fear about the subject, according to Lally.
It is important for all women to have clinical breast exams at least every three years, starting at age 20 and every year after age 40, a Komen For the Cure pamphlet advises women.
Breast cancer is a type of cancer in which cells in the breast divide and grow without normal control. Tumors in the breast tend to grow at a slow rate. By the time a lump is large enough to feel, it may have been growing for as long as 10 years, according to the Komen For the Cure website. But some tumors are aggressive and grow much faster.
The most common symptoms of breast cancer are a change in the look or feel of the breast, a change in the look or feel of the nipple and nipple discharge. There may be a lump, hard knot or thickening inside the breast or underarm area. There might be swelling, redness, or dimpling and/or puckering of the skin.
According to Lally, 75 percent of the money raised by Komen stays in the 13 counties they work with in the tri-state area, while 25 percent goes to research. With the money, thousands of women receive free screening and free treatment.
"Every single day there is a woman calling the office saying I lost my job, or my husband lost his job, or they can't find a job and they just found a lump," Lally said. "Or it is time for their annual mammogram checkup."
Across the tri-state area, with the money collected from its fundraisers, members of the Komen For the Cure have set up arrangements with dozens of health institutions who can provide women with free screening and treatment. In addition to the hundreds of educational presentations given by its members each year, the group offers up to $100,000 in screening and treatment grants, and up to $30,000 in educational grants.
"Komen has changed the face of breast cancer forever," Lally said. "I am the 'poster woman' for Komen. Within one generation they have changed the course of a family's history."


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Anyway, the lesson began with an illustration which went thus:
A soldier stood next to an old man about to be executed. He was guilty of being the "wrong" race and religion, nothing more. As the soldier raised his gun, his victim said, "Do you know that there is a God in heaven who sees all this, and who will one day judge you for your actions?"
The soldier then shot the old man dead.
This is, in many ways, a prime example of a secular society. Not a secular government (a government that does not promote one religion over another), but a secular society, one in which there is no higher standard than the rules of the society itself. It's a society with no sense of transcendence, no sense of a higher authority, no sense of God or of a moral standard greater than anything human. It's a society where humans take the place of God, a society where the only judgment one faces is the judgment of one's peers or of one's own conscience (whatever's left of it, anyway).
According to the Bible, however, the old man was right: there is a God in heaven, and He knows all things and He, indeed, will bring everything into judgment.
I don't know about you, but I was personally offended when I heard this. I do not see how a person shooting another person who said there is a god is in any way illustrative of a secular society. What if the shooter was serving his own - wait, that is the crux of my argument against this idiotic, piece of crap illustration, I'll get to it later. Let me pick on this first:
It's a society with no sense of transcendence, no sense of a higher authority, no sense of God or of a moral standard greater than anything human. It's a society where humans take the place of God, a society where the only judgment one faces is the judgment of one's peers or of one's own conscience (whatever's left of it, anyway).
Well, I suppose anyone who's read this blog before should know where I stand on this - no, there is no transcendence, no higher authority and no god! There is no evidence for any such thing, and sincerely wishing for them will not make them true. That "humans take the place of god" line is a meaningless cheapshot, and the fact is that the only judgement we can ever face is that which society hands down upon us.
I understand why one would wish for more. Some may find it impossible to face each day without the assurance that the injustices of this world are ultimately going to be repaid in kind. Human beings can't see everything, and not every wrong done is going to be revealed and punished, and it's tempting to want to believe there is some entity that exists outside the timeflow that notices everything and will mete out the punishment mortals were unable to. But no matter how hard one may wish for it, no matter how hard one may clap their hands, there facts of this reality will still remain. Instead of throwing your hands up in the air and running to the insubstantial comfort of imaginary entities, why not resolve to stand with your fellow human beings and resolve to work together to root out the injustices and bring the collective judgement of society down upon them. If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem, standing in the way of the progression towards a more just society.
The sort of "only God can judge" mentality fostered by the mindset shown in the above excerpt (note: I am not saying that that is what is directly espoused in the excerpt, only that it is a natural progression of it, one which is followed all too many times) has some directly harmful consequences too. Deep Thoughts catalogues numerous cases every week of sexual abuse by so-called holy men: pastors, youth leaders and the like. Nearly always, the most damning thing about these cases is the reaction of the churches these criminal excuses for human beings led. Instead of co-operating with authorities, condemning the offenders' behaviour or even simply apologising to the victims, they most often choose to maintain total silence, sometimes even expressing their outright support for the offender and wilfully hindering the authorities. And this isn't just the already very well-known and widely publicised Catholic clergy scandals and subsequent coverups I'm talking about: most of the cases Mojoey covers are mainline protestant denominations(including Seventh-Day Adventists. Read the comments section of that link). But it's all good, hey? God is going to judge them, so what does it matter if they escape Earthly retribution?
Now comes my real sticking point over this particular illustration. The author gives the story of the old man being shot for being "the wrong race and wrong religion" as an example of a secular society. Question: in which secular society has this ever happened? Each and every time in history people have been killed for being the "wrong race and wrong religion" it has been at the hands of another group of religious people who themselves believed they were doing the bidding of their god. More particularly, the most prominent example of this which has happened during the time since firearms were invented is most obviously the Holocaust perpetrated by the Nazis. Even if it was not the example the writer wished to put forward, the Holocaust no doubt sprang to the fore of most peoples' minds due to the widely spread misconception people seem to have that the Nazis' philosophies were atheistic. And yet, as most skeptics and anyone who has properly studied the history of Nazi Germany will tell you, the Nazis and Hitler himself were, if not directly religiously motivated, made use of religious propaganda and the churches to stir up hatred for the Jews, the Roma and other "undesirable" minorities.
The fact that the Sabbath School Study Guide's writer, Cliff Goldstein is himself Jewish only serves to exacerbate the scale of this example's error. It sounds to me very unlikely that Goldstein was unaware of the facts of what happened during the Holocaust, or of the obvious link to it people would draw regardless of whether or not he was directly referring to it. Whichever way one cuts it, this example is, consciously or unconsciously, slanderously dishonest.
The second issue I have a problem with comes in the study section for Thursday. In this section, we see this being said:
Looking around at the world, we shouldn't have a problem understanding the idea of judgment and condemnation. One doesn't have to be a believing Christian to realize that something is radically wrong with humanity. Who can't see what a royal mess, even disaster, we've made of things? Maybe we cry so hard at birth because, instinctively, we know what's coming. "I cried when I was born and every day shows why," a poet wrote. Who can't relate? Who hasn't himself or herself been the victim of just how greedy, selfish, and mean people can be? Or who hasn't at some point been the greedy, selfish, and mean one?
You know, all sorts of people, from friends to strangers, Christians, Muslims, so-called "agnostics" and less strident atheists ask me all the time why I'm so vocal in opposing religion. Simply put, it's attitudes as expressed in this excerpt, and various overtones laid throughout the lesson. The vibe you get from reading it is one of defeatism, of ultimate unfaith in one's fellow human beings, the feeling that society is in a downward spiral from which it can never pull up. Well, first of all, this view of humanity is factually wrong. Humanity is now as it has ever been: capable of both good and evil. The decay envisioned by many religious conservatives is in equal parts imagined and the consequence of greater connectivity and communication. News travels fast nowadays, and shocking news is by far the most popular and therefore we tend to hear more about it. We think murder, rape, violence and sundry other crimes are increasing in frequency because the frequency of which we hear about them is increasing. And yet, per head, there are fewer people dying violently today than in previous eras.
The media's sensationalism is causing the rise in alarmism,...yet I welcome it. I welcome that we get to hear about the crimes which were so studiously hidden and never spoken about in ages past. I welcome it, because it brings them to the light, gives us reason to be outraged by them. I welcome it because it enables us to see our enemy, so that we can work to defeat it and to change our circumstances.
And yet, that excerpt tells us that we cannot change them. It forces on us a spirit of defeatism and complacency, for if only God can change us, what reason do we have to even try? Why should we work for global peace and unity if some magic man in the sky is going to wiggle his fingers and do it for us? That is my greatest gripe with religion, that it breeds malignant mistrust in those it infects, and that it turns them into the biggest stumbling block to ever changing the situation we find ourselves in. I'm not saying that once religion dies the path will be clear, no. Other sources of herd-mentality intolerance and alarmism will remain, as well as humanity's own capacity for both good and evil, which we probably will never be able to fully banish. But the mountain in our path will have been worn down and we will be able to glimpse the brighter future that lies ahead of us.


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The last two weeks of November are climatologically the wettest period of the entire year.
This year won't disappoint.
Let me begin by showing you a neat chart never before seen on this blog. The TOTAL precipitation forecast for the next 8 days from the National Weather Service GFS model. This model has relatively modest resolution, so it is not capturing the full amounts over our terrain, but you will get the picture.
Very wet from coastal BC down to northern CA (5-10 inches is commonplace, with northwest CA "enjoying" 10-15 inches. No rain in Arizona and New Mexico and much of the NE U.S.
Lets take a look what the higher resolution UW WRF model is giving. Let me first show you the first 72 hr (ending 4 PM on Saturday). Modest precipitation over western Washington, but the heaviest rain (2-5 inches) over the mountains of NW CA.
Why so much rain? A large, cold trough will form over the eastern Pacific, establishing a persistent flow of moist air from the west and southwest (see upper level map for next Monday at 1 PM):
What about snow in the mountains?
Temperatures will be marginal in the lower passes (Snoqualmie/Stevens), so there should be a mixture of rain and snow there---I doubt they will have enough to open for Thanksgiving. But higher ski areas (Crystal, Baker) should get substantial amounts (foot plus) and may be able to open by Turkey Day. Keep tuned.
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Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Heavy Rains Return to the Northwest
Posted by Cliff Mass at 10:16 PM
5 comments:
- Rob Shurtleff said...
Can you provide any insight into snow levels / accumulations?
- November 15, 2012 at 6:56 AM
- fireflyvixen said...
Ditto on Rob's question. The real question is will Stevens and Crystal open on Thanksgiving?
- November 15, 2012 at 7:22 AM
- Cliff Mass Weather Blog said...
OK FOLKS!...by popular demand I have added a few comments about snow in the mountains. The higher you go the better!
- November 15, 2012 at 11:13 AM
- Westside guy said...
Haha, skiers always get antsy this time of year.
I used to count myself among them; but the price of lift tickets eventually cured me of that addiction. Ah, for those days of yore when you could go night skiing for ten bucks...
- November 15, 2012 at 9:04 PM
- Ruth said...
Oh for the days of yore when my JOINTS allowed me to ski!
- November 16, 2012 at 4:36 PM
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|2006-12-14, 14:19
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New Tsukaima? is not that I dont believe it but...if is Season 2, I cant really think fo how they would link it to the end of Season 1. Since in Season 1, they somewhat mess it abit with the novels. Like skipping stuff here and there. : /
|2006-12-14, 14:23
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yes there is a shuffle oav but its called memories
there wont be a 26 eps.
|2006-12-15, 12:11
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canada
Age: 33
I did post a short blurb by cyan-san about the rumor of a Haruhi season 2 and Zero season 2 in the Haruhi forum a while ago, but that's all it is, an unconfirmed rumor.
|2006-12-15, 18:05
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Hmmm...taking a look at your link there, it might possibly have been your post I was referring to. I can't seem to find any other posts there with a quick search. I thought this had been confirmed though.
|2006-12-23, 01:37
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Volume 10 get~
*plows through the first 100 pages*
キャー イルククゥキター o(>ヮ<)o
Sylphie finally made her first human form appearance in the main story. ^^
(From Tabitha's Adventure gaiden volume)
Besides that, Siesta is starting to turn into a gag character. ^^;
Tip to self: don't quit your job in front of a boss who has the authority to imprison you.
|2006-12-23, 07:53
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I just started the tabasa gaiden. (man, just a few pages in and im hooked. I really like this series )
And volume 10 is being ordered now.
Sushi-san, Human form? Do you mean the talking or some kind of shape shifting?
giku, I'm afraid to read the answer
|2006-12-23, 17:14
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Anyway, vol.10 finished~
The comedy element was little more controled in this volume. In exchange, we got a great rescue story that took Saito and the gang across Halkeginia, all the way out into the deserts of Sahara.
Their "disguise professions" screamed RO though.
The volume ending was really touching~ Tabitha~ (つДT)
Saito's hetare-ness in the epilogue ruined it all though.
Spoiler for vol.10:
One last shocking truth about vol.10:
|2006-12-23, 21:16
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Hey will there probally be a volume where louise and saito MAGICALLY gets transported back to japan? If they do have one of those... you know whats gonna happen ^_^ but still even if that was gonna happen It will really bring up an intresting plot you know?
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I watched the anime recently, and I was disappointed at the failure to meet the potential of the premise for zero no tsukaima. After reading some of the novel summaries by Sushi-y, thank you so much very appreciated, it got me really interested in it. The anime doesn't do the novel justice. It excludes a lot of the content, and it disregards any of its serious aspects. They made the anime too lighthearted.
The summaries stopped at the end of volume 7 and I think began in volume 5. Anyway, from just reading those volume summaries and watching the anime assuming it covers somewhat volumes 1-3, I don't understand why Saito loves Louise SO much. She's always been snobby and inconsiderate to Saito for the most part. Even if she did do some nice things for Saito or act nice every once in a while, I still can't make sense of it. The only thing I can think of is that Saito finds her really cute, but even with that she has a flat chest. Saito probably does things for Louise 95% of the time while Louise does something for Saito 5% of the time or less. How can he possibly love a girl like that especially when compared to other potential people that are close to him. It seems like the author is just pushing it because she is the main heroine.
Even if Louise starts treating Saito more like a person later on in the following volumes, it doesn't explain why Saito first loved her in the first place. He realizes that Louise for the most part treats him like a tool. She's only smiled at him twice from volume 1 through volume 7. Again, I stress it doesn't make sense, and the author is pushing it because she is the main heroine.
I am also personally a SaitoxSiesta person.
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Well i'm more of a HenriettaxSaito person cause from hearing about her i just really feel bad and reckon she really needs a break and if Saito rejects her, it'll put her into a far worse mental situation than it already is.
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|2007-01-01, 21:30
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Saito, on the other hand, has already confessed to Louise several times. But Louise's unwillingless to accept his feelings (due to her own uncertainty about her own feelings) + Saito's own tendency to think negatively has resulted in him beginning to question whether Louise's affection towards him is real, or simply a product of the master/servant relationship (as in a magic spell effect). (vice versa for Louise towards Saito's confessions)
It's all quite yummy, really. ^^
|2007-01-01, 22:28
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Snape: "I hate Potter!"
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Well PastPrime, i'm all for polygamy endings, but am yet to see one come out of anime. My guess is probably because it's going to raise alot of protests from women as really it's quite degrading if you think about it...
But yeah in an anime i would like to see all the girls get the lead instead of them being all depressed..
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Tuesday, October 01, 2013
Your yields may be up this year, but prices are down and that is what hurtsTweet
They may not take you by your ear like your mother did, but you'll have some "splainin' to do for your spouse and your lender when they see your income and other financial records for 2013 and 2014. Life was good the past several years, but it is going to be hard in the near future if the sole difference is returns to the operator and to farmland. They won't be good. You need to say that out loud. They won't be good. But what got you into this fix?
It is hard to believe, but lower commodity prices can have a devastating impact on farm income, even when production is increased. That is the bottom line in a financial projection by University of Illinois agricultural economist Gary Schnitkey. He says returns for this year and next will be about half of what they have been for the past three years. 2010 through 2012 saw high commodity prices well above trend levels. However he says returns to land and operator the next two years will be more in line with long term projected levels. And he says what level of returns is projected for 2013 and 2014 will be more like what is expected for the future. He measured gross revenue from crop sales, plus crop insurance proceeds, minus the non-land costs. When land costs are subtracted the result is the return to the farm operator.
Returns to operator and farmland began to grow in 2006 and then sharply dropped in 2009. They grew at an even more rapid rated in 2010 and 2011 before collapsing after the peak of the drought. Based on Schnitkey's data, the projected returns to farmland and operator for 2013 and 2014 will be approximately half of what they averaged over the past three years. Since the returns were based on commodity prices, Schnitkey used corn prices of $4.55 in 2013 and $4.60 for 2014. Soybean prices used in the calculations were $12.80 for 2013 and $11 for 2014.
Schnitkey included yield data for all types of soils and soil productivity. He worked with a range of yields from 196 bushels per acre to 150 bushels for corn and from 57 bushels per acre to 48 bushels per acre for soybeans.
Causing the lower returns to operators and land were a couple of issues:
- Non-land corn costs in Illinois are projected at an average of $583 per acre. The $583 projected average for 2013 and 2014 is $35 per acre higher than the $548 average from 2010 through 2012. Decreases in 2013 and 2014 costs are projected due to lower fertilizer costs.
The second factor, and the one having a larger impact on returns, is lower commodity prices. Average projected prices for corn in 2013 and 2014 are $1.34 per bushel below the average for 2010 through 2012. Average projected soybean prices in 2013 and 2014 are $.86 below the average of actual prices from 2010 through 2012.
Schnitkey says the decline in prices for this year and next should be anticipated because economists thought the prices of the past several years were above what they should have been. Consequently the $4.60 corn and $10.60 soybean prices seem reasonable for the long term trend. The bottom line is that the lower returns will require that farmers make financial adjustments in their operations. That may mean capital purchases are delayed or reduced overall and that cash rents will have to be reduced to reflect the lower commodity prices and expected returns for the next couple years.
A combination of higher input prices and other non-land costs for this year and next, compared to the past several years, along with lower average prices for commodities than the period of 2010 through 2012 will all combine to mean lower returns to operators and farmland. The result will be the need to reduce capital expenditures and negotiate lower cash rents to be able to maintain any degree of profitability.
Your 2014 checklist for success:
1) Get a soil test and recommendations from the Texas Soil and Plant Lab.
2) Fill your planter with LG Seeds.
3) Call Koehl Bros. and order a new bin, because you will need it!
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Kimber's Scavolini Glass Kitchen
Kimber Cavendish is co-owner of the Kimber Boutique Hotel in Austin, Texas. But before she took a leap of faith and opened her own hotel, she operated a physical therapy practice out of her own home. The beautiful glass Scavolini kitchen you see above (with handmade tile backsplash, mind you) was once the lobby and waiting room of her practice! Clearly it's undergone a major transformation.
The peachy color palette is unusual, yet it seems right for Austin, and for the modern aesthetic of the rest of the home. Miele appliances, a Sub Zero refrigerator, and Bertoia bar stools complete the kitchen look, while a wall of art frames the Saarinen oval table and tulip chairs in the dining room.
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