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Lotus presented its Exige R-GT rally racer at the 2011 Frankfurt Motor Show. Designed to compete in the newly-formed FIA GT class of the FIA Rally Championship, the Exige R-GT marks Lotus' return to professional rally competition in over 20 years, and will race in tarmac stages of the series, including Monte Carlo, Tour de Corse, and San Remo.
The R-GT takes a standard roadgoing Lotus Exige -- now packing a Toyota-sourced 3.5-liter V-6, typically found in the Evora -- and gives it the full rally treatment. To protect the driver and navigator from the many dangers of rallying, an FIA-spec steel rollcage is bolted to the car's aluminum frame. The car's 3.5-liter V-6 pumps out 302 hp, and features FIA-mandated 34-mm air restrictors to keep the R-GT in class. Weight is also highly regulated, and is kept at a healthy 2646 pounds. A six-speed sequential transmission with two available homologated final drives is used, as is a limited-slip differential and racing-spec half shafts. Brakes are upgraded, increasing in both size and cooling efficiency. Wheels and tires measure 17x7 inches with 205/62-size tires in the front, and 18x8 inches with 225/65-size tires in the rear. A roof-mounted air scoop and rally-style fog lights complete the R-GT's look.
As a former member of the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus factory rally team, Director of Motorsport for Group Lotus, Claudio Berro, believes the brand's return to rally carries an extra special meaning. "With the new R-GT rules in rally, it's a very interesting time for us to return to the sport," said Berro. "Naturally, our approach this time around will be different to when we won the championship with Talbot three decades ago, but I think our philosophy is definitely the same."
Lotus says the racing version of the Exige was developed alongside the road-going variant, and that the R-GT remains easy to drive while still being a focused racing machine. Initially, Lotus will partner with customer teams that will race the R-GT in the various tarmac stages of the FIA Rally Championship. Lotus says this method has worked for the company in the past, when the brand entered IndyCar and Le Mans competition.
"In my mind, rally is probably the ultimate motorsport," said Berro. "We really believe it's one of the best and most straightforward ways to demonstrate the capabilities of our products."
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2. Lower training costs. Not drastically, but a little bit, like a couple hundred.
3. Increase chip drops or autosell values. A little bit more money in the pocket would help, and let people buy things other than levels.
Thank you for reading and I hope it's taken into consideration.
1. This would break the game in so many ways. Let's just assume your job exactly pays the bills and rent, with nothing left over, okay?
2. Already been done once in the past, but could be taken into consideration again. Anybody else feel this is a problem?
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After years of anticipation, autonomous vehicles are now being tested on public roads around the world. As ambitious innovators race to develop what they see as the next high-tech pot of gold, some experts warn there are still daunting challenges ahead, including how to train artificial intelligence to be better than humans at making life-and-death decisions. How do self-driving cars work?
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- Manufacturer/Brand; Crafters Companion; The Ultimate Pro; Advanced Construction Techniques for use with The Boxer & Envelobox Creator Boards
- Item number; 185717
- RRP at time of writing: £15
Reason For Buying
I'd seen several finished projects created from this DVD, that I wanted to try, shown on C&C. In the past when I have bought boards of this kind, I really didn't do that much with them. So I thought getting this DVD would encourage me out of my comfort zone and help me get more from the boards.
Run time 2.5 hours
12 Step by Step Projects
- Envelobox
- Stepper Card
- Tealight holder
- Accordian box File
Intermediate projects
- Swing Card
- Mini Desk Organizer
- Treasure Chest
- Hinged Box
- Set of Drawers
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- Stationary Case
- 3D Scene Card
- Clearly explained projects, how to use the boards and their tools show as you create projects
- Any products used are listed at the end of each project
- A variety of projects to suit all skill levels and ages
Not really a con, just a niggle. Something to be aware of 😉
Check the title, because although this title is mainly about the two new boards; The Envelobox Creator and the Boxer board, some of the projects shown require the Ultimate pro or other add in boards. Mainly just for embellishment but extra boards are part of the construction for; Swing card, Treasure chest, 3D Scene card.
Build Quality
This is an excellent quality DVD, not just for the content which I covered earlier, but the production quality is superb. The tutorials are well-lit, perfect sound and superb camera work too. No busy distracting backgrounds. The only music is during the gallery or during some assembly when there is no other dialog, so no struggling to hear instructions over music.
Value for Money
Excellent, Even if only a few of the projects appeal, it would cost far more than that for a tutorial class for just one project 😉 I have turned into a DVD convert, it was easier to watch how to do techniques than trying to read how to construct things.
Would I buy it Again?
Yes, and if you have bought either the Enveloboxer or the Boxer board you will get a lot further, much faster with your boards when you watch the tutorials on here. Highly recommed this DVD to crafters of all abilities.
Summing up
Great DVD, beautifully made and projects shown from start to finish. Inspiration, education and fun to watch, well done Crafters Companion, a job well done! If you are a more advanced crafter, once you have understood these techniques, you can easily modify the projects to your own style.
- Crafters Companion
- Ultimate Pro; Advanced Construction Techniques DVD
- Envelobox Creator (Board)
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I have a career in pharmacy management and a history degree. I live in the South West of England, but am originally from Surrey, where the vast majority of my ancestors are from, although I do have family links to several continents! I have been researching my family history since 1986. I am also a keen reader and love books, quilts and antiques.
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Julie, thanks for joining Genealogists for Families. I think your idea of making 'commemorative loans' is brilliant, and I will follow your example. It would be lovely if local team members could meet you when you come to Australia later this year.ReplyDelete
Hi Julie, Great to hear a little more about you. I love the idea of linking family and place events. You may have started a trend! I've been doing a few to Kenya as our daughter is currently living there. How interesting that you were married there. A shame Darwin isn't on your Aussie tour adventure. Can't tempt you?ReplyDelete
I would love to Pauline, but just how we would manage it in the time frame is anyone's guess. I am planning to meet up with Judy and anyone else who can make the local meet when in Oz in the Autumn, or your Spring!ReplyDeleteReplies
Julie, email me when you know your Australian itinerary. If you are not coming to Queensland I may be able to schedule my trip to Sydney to coincide with your time there.Delete
Sounds like a great idea, and good luck with the meet up, very envious.ReplyDeleteReplies
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Thanks for joining the team, Kristin. I see that you chose a group in the Dominican Republic. One of my best mates often does the same. Friends of hers worked there and loved the local people.Delete
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Q: What types of things can you put in your pond to create more fish habitats for a better population of fish? – Jacob of Texas
A: Fish habitats offer more than just a cozy home for schools of bass in your pond or lake. They also create an ideal spawning habitat, a spot of refuge and shade for young fry, a safe haven from swooping predators, and a breeding ground for algae and plankton to attract bait fish and lure larger fish to favorite fishing spots.
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Artificial Reefs: Artificial habitats have been shown to attract just as much plankton and provide just as much protection from prey as evergreen alternatives. Some come manufactured and ready to install, like the Porcupine® Fish Attractor. Others, like bundled pipes, can be put together yourself by bundling lengths of 10- to 12-inch pipe (PVC, clay or concrete) with or without one end plugged, anchoring with cinder block and submerging. You could also drop a barrel and turn it on its side. Regardless of your artificial reef type, simply place them in lines extending out from the shore in depths of 6 to 25 feet; the steeper the slope, the less structure is needed.
Boulder Clusters and Rock Piles: Piles of boulders or concrete blocks placed individually or in clusters can attract a variety of fish, not to mention providing a healthy medium for beneficial bacteria and tasty string algae to flourish. Use large boulders (more than 2 feet in diameter) and place them away from the shoreline. Boulders can be useful if you have small streams or rivers leading to your lake or pond, too, as they can break fast-moving currents and provide a resting place for fish.
Root Wads, Brush Bundles and Submerged Logs: Stumps, lengthwise-sawed logs, root wads, brush bundles — and even last year's Christmas tree — can provide important habitat. Simply gather the materials, attach a weight (like a cinder block), and sink them in the shallow waters of streams or in the near-shore areas of lakes and ponds. Create three or four groups of these bundles per acre, and place them in 6 to 10 feet of water, no farther than 30 feet from shore. Keep in mind that these "natural" habitats will introduce nutrients to the lake and cause unsightly algae blooms, which can be controlled using Algae Defense®.
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If you're over 30, you probably walked to school, played on the monkeybars, learned to high-dive at the public pool. If you're younger, it's unlikely you did any of these things. Has the world become that much more dangerous? Statistically, not at all. But our society has created pervasive fears around letting kids be independent and take risks — and the consequences for our kids are serious. Gever Tulley, the co-author of "50 Dangerous Things You Should Let Your Kids Do," takes on these media-inflated fears — which he calls "dangerism" — with surprising statistics and insights into the nature of fear and risk.
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Much of modern life is based upon the assumption that happiness and well-being come from economic prosperity. Many – politicians and media and citizens alike – seem to assume that the main goal of government is to ensure that the economy is forever moving forward. It is now overwhelmingly clear however, says Nic Marks in this essay, that the blind pursuit of economic growth has created a whole set of social and environmental issues that are rapidly undermining the potential happiness and well-being of current and future generations. He convincingly posits and argues that it's time to imagine a different future, one where the desired outcome of policies and governance is the quality of people's experience of life.
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There have been at least 25 prototype humans. We are but one more model, and there is no evidence evolution has stopped. So unless you think Rush Limbaugh and Howard Stern are the be all and end all of creation, and it just does not get any better, then one has to ask what is next? Juan Enriquez and Steve Gullans, two of the world's most eminent science authors, researchers, and entrepreneurs, answer this by taking you into a world where humans increasingly shape their environment, their own selves, and other species. It is a world where our bodies harbor 100 times more microbial cells than human cells, a place where a gene cocktail may allow many more to climb an 8,000 meter peak without oxygen, and where, given the right drug, one could have a 77 percent chance of becoming a centenarian. By the end you will see a broad, and sometimes scary, map of life science driven change. Not just our bodies will be altered but our core religious, government, and social structures as humankind makes the transition to a new species, a Homo evolutis, which directly and deliberately controls its own evolution and that of many other species.
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8. Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (TED Books) by Parag Khanna, Ayesha Khanna
Technology futurists Ayesha and Parag Khanna (whom Esquire magazine calls one of the 75 people who will influence the 21st century) declare that we are rapidly moving from a point of co-existence with technology to a phase of co-evolution with it. In the Hybrid Age, technology is ubiquitous (with trillions of sensors coating our environment), intelligent (devices communicating with each other as well as with us), and social (encouraging us to develop emotional relationships with it). Technology no longer just processes our instruction; it has its own agency, and we respond to it as much as it responds to us. What this means for societies and individuals, as well as communities and nations, is truly world changing. How will we respond and adapt?
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Philippe Petit startled the world when he walked on a taut cable between the soaring twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City in 1974. But even a death-defying high-wire artist has to start somewhere. In 'Cheating the Impossible: Ideas and Recipes from a Rebellious High-Wire Artist,' Petit takes you on a highly personal, entertaining and exciting journey from his first card trick at age 6 to his now-legendary walk through the skies of lower Manhattan, offering inspiring advice guaranteed to make your own life's balancing act go a little smoother.
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Rivers of defrosting ice are flowing off polar glaciers and surging into the sea. As the flow becomes a deluge, the livelihoods — and very lives — of tens of millions of people living near coastlines will soon be in jeopardy.
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How long do you want to live, and why? These are the questions that bestselling author ('Experimental Man') and science writer David Ewing Duncan explores, with surprising results. 'When I'm 164' surveys the increasingly legitimate science of radical life extension — from genetics and regeneration to machine solutions — and considers the pluses and minuses of living to age 164, or beyond: everything from the impact on population and the cost of living to what happens to love, curiosity, and health. Concluding that anti-aging technologies will probably succeed in the next 30 to 50 years, Duncan brings us back to the age-old question posed by the Beatles in their classic song: "Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm … "
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Instead of asking whether the Web is making us stupid, Howard Rheingold turns that question around and asks how designing and using digital media mindfully could make us smarter. What if humans could build tools that leverage our ability to think, communicate, and cooperate? We invented social learning, speech, writing, alphabets, printing, computers, and the Internet, which means we should be systematically directing the evolution of intellectual augmentation. 'Mind Amplifier: Can Our Digital Tools Make Us Smarter?' examines the origins of digital mind-extending tools, and then lays out the foundations for their future. Rheingold proposes an applied, interdisciplinary science of mind amplification. He also unveils a new protocol for developing techno-cognitive-social technologies that embrace empathy, mindfulness, and compassion — elements lacking from existing digital mind-tools.
Larklight is a book for an young readers. It was written by DAVID WYATT (Author), Philip Reeve (Author), David Wyatt (Illustrator).
Arthur (Art) Mumby and his irritating sister Myrtle live with their father in the huge and rambling house, Larklight, travelling through space on a remote orbit far beyond the Moon. One ordinary sort of morning they receive a correspondence informing them that a gentleman is on his way to visit, a Mr Webster. Visitors to Larklight are rare if not unique, and a frenzy of preparation ensues. But it is entirely the wrong sort of preparation, as they discover when their guest arrives, and a Dreadful and Terrifying (and Marvellous) adventure begins. It takes them to the furthest reaches of Known Space, where they must battle the evil First Ones in a desperate attempt to save each other – and the Universe.
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Philip Reeve was born and grew up in Brighton. He worked in a bookshop there and on various other projects before starting a career as an illustrator. Although he has been writing stories since he was very young, Mortal Engines was the first to be published – and to incredible critical acclaim. It was shortlisted for The Whitbread Children's Book Award and was awarded the GOLD Nestle Smarties Book Prize as well as being named The Blue Peter Book of the Year 2003. Philip lives in Devon with this wife and son. Illustrated throughout by David Wyatt, who has worked on many beautiful covers for authors including Terry Pratchett, Philip Pullman, Diana Wynne-Jones, Alan Garner and JRR Tolkien. He lives in an ancient house in a graveyard in Devon, and is a keen Lutist, cyclist, and wanderer of the moors.
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On a more serious note there's nice character continuity here. We see that Reed and Hayes still have their issues, but after their punch-up there is a growing respect - Reed chewing Hayes out for wasting time on his simulations and then apologising when he sees that the MACO has found a new way to blow stuff up is a nice touch, and you can bet Hayes is impressed that Reed and co. managed to out-think his soldiers and take control of the ship.
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With Teeth (also known as Halo 19 or [WITH_TEETH]) is the fifth full-length studio album by Nine Inch Nails, released in 2005. It spawned three singles ("The Hand That Feeds," "Only," and "Every Day Is Exactly The Same"), four tour legs, and much celebration for Trent Reznor's sobriety.
The initial concept of the album was an exploration of "loss and possible discovery of self, along with alternate layers of reality and perception set inside a nightmare you can't seem to wake up from; with lots of feedback". Around this time mysterious quotes and binary codes appeared on the NIN website, including a passage from the book The Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le Guin, containing the phrase "bleed-through". The working title for ''With Teeth'' was "Bleedthrough", referencing the phenomenon of audio bleed-through. In a question posted in the Access section of nin.com Reznor announced that the working title "Bleedthrough" had been dropped. Reznor stated that the name was changed because "it was supposed to be about different layers of reality seeping into the next, but I think some people were thinking about blood or a tampon commercial". "'Bleedthrough' is no more," Reznor wrote in a message posted on nin.com, "as the songs and concepts matured, the focus and theme of the album shifted somewhat--leaving me feeling that title was inappropriate. Or you could just say I changed my mind. Yes, the new album has a title and track list, and no I'm not telling you what it is yet".
With Teeth
Reznor commented on the change of direction for the album, stating that "About five or six songs into writing it, the songs started to sound good on their own and they didn't need this framework to work together," and that With Teeth consists of "a collection of songs that are friends with each other, but don't have to rely on each other to make sense", however, the album's narrative arc describes "a difficult journey that begins with a nightmare and ends with acceptance of a new reality."[1]
In an interview in February 2004 Reznor stated that the new material was "more song-oriented (than The Fragile). It's much more lean. It's going to be twelve good punches in the face -- no fillers, no instrumentals, just straight to the point…It's a complicated concept record, but reduced to just simple songs. It's not epic in its scope. It's minimal and a bit brutal." The album's new, and ultimately final title is a reference to a Broadside Electric album of the same name
According to a statement on nin.com, Reznor stated that producer Rick Rubin was Reznor's "mentor" and "source of inspiration" throughout the planning and writing process of the album. Reznor was also heavily inspired by the use of more analog electronic effects and instruments, specifically tape delay and modular synthesizers, stating that "computers, among other things, are ruining music these days. I hate the Pro Tooled sound of perfection and everything being 'fixed.' This record is most definitely 'un-fixed."
With Teeth, unlike most Nine Inch Nails albums, does not have a unified concept and deals with a variety of themes. Reznor wrote the album after overcoming undisclosed addictions and settling legal issues with his former manager, John A. Malm, Jr.:
"A lot of this was [about] my relationship with myself, the world at large, and where I might fit into that...Also [it's about] my relationship to a disease that's going to kill me if I don't deal with it, and I came very close to that. Hopefully disguised enough that it's not a terribly boring record about recovery and addiction and that nonsense."
Reznor seemingly gained a new awareness of world issues, and showed this by speaking out against the US Government, as well as becoming a spokesperson for PETA. Some songs seem to deal with addiction ("With Teeth," "Sunspots"), while others have a more political intent ("The Hand That Feeds," "Right Where It Belongs").
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"Home" is exclusive on every non-american releases.
The released, non-album tracks from this era are "Non-Entity" and "Not So Pretty Now".
All With Teeth era songs have been played live except "All The Love In The World" and "Sunspots", both of which have been played at soundchecks and rehearsals for the With Teeth Tour.
On a PDF file containing lyrics and credits posted to the With Teeth site, several songs were not featured on the album. All of these songs except for one contained lyrics in some form. These songs are:
It should be noted that a song with the title "The Warning" is on the Year Zero tracklisting.
Also, in a pre-release article [2] for With Teeth, a song named "My Dead Friend" was mentioned. Whether this is an earlier name for a song that does appear or simply didn't make the cut is so far unknown.
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a case-based comparison of commercial wholesaling and retailing softwareLoebbecke, Claudia; Juul, Niels Christian (København, 1999)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6467
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Open Standards and Their Early AdoptionKühn Pedersen, Mogens; Fomin, Vladislav V. (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Standards have proven themselves indispensable to the industrial revolution. How are standards developed today? What does the economics of standards tell about the impact of standards upon economic growth and productivity? Do standards influence industry innovation? How are the standardization processes in the field of ICT taking place? How and why do open standards differ from other types of standards? How may open standards influence ICT government policy and the reverse: How will government need to take action in the face of the international trend toward open standards in ICT? URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6498
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Politikernes og forvaltningens medkonstruktion og konsekvenserne herafSecher, Christine (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: This thesis is about how different e-participation user groups co-construct technology through the use in practice. It is studied how technology is used on a municipality level for citizen-communication and -participation with an online debate forum as a case in point. Users of online debates are citizens, politicians and the administration. In this thesis, I have chosen to focus on how politicians and the administration use online debates. I show how politicians and the administration participate in very distinct ways on the debate forum and thereby create specific forms of citizen communication and participation. Everybody can participate in the online debate as long as they give up their name and email. Periodically, citizens write quite a lot of contributions on the debate forum. But politicians' and the administration's perception of what is happening on the debate influence which role the citizens's contributions will have for the politicians and administration, as well as forms of interaction between users. In this thesis, I argue that the users' (politicians's and administration's) sensemaking about online debates as well as the mediation of the use of online debates have a crucial influence on which types of practice of online debate can develop. Online debate is perceived as an equivocal technology in the sense that the use of the technology is not clear cut but a result of the user's sensemaking about the technology and thereby the sensemaking about possible acts and interactions with the technology and other users. Sensemaking is the primary theoretical frame with a special focus on situation-specific cue-frame-relations. The Municipality of Odder is the case and a unique one with its 11 years of experience within municipally facilitated online debate. The empirical data are contributions written from September 3rd, 2005 to April 15, 2008 (a total of 1983 contributions), 17 semi-structured interviews of ½-1½ hours length with administration and politicians in the municipality as well as different written documents from the municipality. In this thesis I show that politicians and administration act as users of the online debate in four different ways: Political candidate, councilor, administrator and mediator. The political candidate run for the municipal election and is only present in the debate the last three months before the election. The political candidate see online debates as a good opportunity to make him/herself visible to voters and competing candidates, and therefore (s)he writes a lot of contributions during this period. The political candidate rarely answers ordinary citizen's contributions but instead decides to write new contributions or answer contributions started by competitors. The political candidate rarely gets involved in real discussions on the debate but instead choose to give his/her visions for the future of the Municipality of Odder. The councilor see the debate as the citizen's opportunity to voice their meaning and therefore rarely participate in the debate, as this could have a negative effect on citizens motivation to write on the debate. The councilor reads the citizens' contributions and once in a while the contributions act as input for internal council discussions. When the contribution reflect misunderstanding and when it is not only a few citizens who share the misunderstanding, the councilor chooses to write a report for the debate. It is usually the relevant committee chairman or equivalent who writes the contribution. The administrator believes that the majority of the contributions on the debate are political and therefore (s)he should not participate in the debate. The administrator sees citizens and business as partners. It is groups of professionals, which cover associations, organizations etc. and does not necessarily, see the individual citizen as a key stakeholder. The groups of professionals use other media, such as mails and letters, in their communication with the administration, as their input is often long reports and technical judgments. The administrator chooses only to answer factual misunderstandings in ongoing processes or more general issues in the municipality. The mediator, which is a role only a small part of the administration acts in, generally works with the implementing and forming the use of technology in the municipality. (S)he sees ICT as a way of increasing openness and effectiveness in the municipality. Online debates is a solution which the mediator believes especially increases openness and (s)he works with the aim of ensuring a continued debate. The mediator focuses on maximizing the number of contributions, on making it easy to participate and to make it possible to discuss anything, which is why the debate is in no editor or guided use of the debate. The result is that the individual user – political candidate, councilor and administrator – mediate the use of the debate and develop filters for their own and others' ability to act on the online debate. That politicians and administration appear in these four roles in relation to online debate problematic several aspects of the use of e-participation practices in a municipal context. One aspect is that the four roles develop different practices for the use of the debate which function parallel on the debate without the development of a common practice. A second aspect is that a mediator role is established. An actor who mediates the interaction between citizen and politician, and thereby an actor who has a high degree of importance for what online debating becomes in practice. A third aspect is that the administration takes the mediating role and becomes a political advisor or an administrator of political decisions. A shift which neither the politicians nor the administrator are aware of. At the same time, the way the technology is mediated creates both synergy and conflict between the councilor, the political candidate and the administrator. Synergy and conflict which primarily can be related to the focus of the mediator on the increased use of the technology and the missing focus on contextualization of the online debate. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8000
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Zinner Henriksen, Helle; Viborg Andersen, Kim; Juul, Niels Christian (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Sammenfatning af undersøgelsen En netop gennemført spørgeskemaundersøgelse afdækker et betydeligt skift i kommunernes anvendelse af Internettet til indkøb i 2004 i forhold til to og fem år tidligere, hvor tilsvarende undersøgelser blev gennemført. Hvor det i 2002 var de mindre kommuner der var bedre til at søge information om vareindkøb på nettet, er dette billede dramatisk ændret i 2004. De mellemstore kommuner og store kommuner har distanceret de mindre kommuner. Det er overvejende de store kommuner der anvender e-indkøb og udnytter en stor del af de muligheder e-indkøb giver. De danske kommuner har i betydeligt omfang taget Internettet til sig på indkøbsområdet. Fra for fem år siden at være stort set uberørt af Internettet, er det i dag mindre end 2 procent der ikke køber ind via Internettet dagligt, ugentligt eller månedligt. De danske kommuner klarer sig ikke bare godt vurderet ud fra tidligere års præstationer, men også sammenlignet med norske kommuner som har indgået i undersøgelsen. De norske kommuner der medvirkede i undersøgelsen, er således på samme niveau, som de danske var for godt to år siden. Undersøgelsen viser, at den væsentligste drivkraft for implementering er forbedring af arbejdsrutiner, mens økonomiske besparelser kommer længere nede af listen. Trods den positive vurdering af mulighederne for bedre arbejdsrutiner og økonomiske besparelser, er kun 3% af kommunernes leverandører e-indkøbs leverandører, mindre end 1% af kommunernes indkøbsbudget anvendes online og blot 3% af kommunernes fakturaer modtages som e-fakturaer. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6444
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Indstilling af 23. marts 2011Kühn Pedersen, Mogens (, 2011)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8386
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EDI applications in DenmarkViborg Andersen, Kim; Juul, Niels Christian; Bjørn-Andersen, Niels; Bunker, Deborah (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6494
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Designing for the "cultural other"Nielsen, Janni; Yssing, Carsten; Levinsen, Karin; Clemmensen, Torkil; Ørngreen, Rikke; Nielsen, Lene (København, 2006)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Differences in cultural contexts constitute differences in cognition, and research has shown that different cultures may use different cognitive tools for perception and reasoning. The cultural embeddings are significant in relation to HCI, because the cultural context is also embedded in the techniques and the tools that we apply. We lack a framework for discussing what and who we are, when we talk about a person as the user of an ICT system that has to be designed, developed and implemented. As a framework, we suggest a theory of complementary positions that insists on solid accounts from all observer posi-tions in relation to perspective, standpoint and focus. We need to develop com-plementary theories that embed complexity, and we need to reflect critically upon forty years of dominance by rationalistic, empirical understandings of the user as illustrated in the literature and practice within the HCI paradigm in system development. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6454
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An emerging picture of the Innovative Potential and Collaborative Capacity (IP/CC) among Indian ICT companiesRai, Sudhanshu; Pedersen, Mogens Kuhn (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7994
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Shi, Qingxin (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Usability evaluation methods are widely used to assess and improve the user interface design. This dissertation investigates the thinking aloud usability testing from a cultural perspective. In a test situation, representative users are required to verbalize their thoughts as they perform their tasks while using the system, and an evaluator observes the user's task performance and comes up with usability problems. The primary goal of a usability test is to find a list of usability problems. In this research, the impacts of evaluators' and users' cultural backgrounds on both the result and the process of the thinking aloud usability testing were investigated. Regarding the results of the usability testing, the identified usability problem was the main focus, whereas for the process of testing, the communication between users and evaluators was the main focus. In this dissertation, culture was regarded as cognitive styles and communication orientations. For the theories of thinking aloud, both Ericsson and Simon's classic model, and Boren and Ramey's revised model for usability testing were taken into account. Based on the culture theories and thinking aloud models, hypotheses were developed to investigate the evaluators' identified usability problems in different cultural settings, and themes were put forward to investigate the evaluators' and users' communications. In order to investigate the hypotheses and themes, an experimental study was conducted. The experimental design consisted of four independent groups with evaluators and users from similar or different cultures (Danish and Chinese). Empirical data were collected by using background questionnaires, usability problem forms, usability problem lists, video recordings of the testing and interviews. The usability testing software "Morae" was used to record the whole testing, including the faces of the evaluators and users, the screen and keyboard activities. Evaluators' and users' communications were analyzed by the behavioural coding and analysis software "Observer XT 8.0" with a well defined coding system. The results of the systematic study of the thinking aloud usability testing in the context of the intra- and inter-cultural usability engineering show that the evaluators' cultural backgrounds do have some influences on the usability testing; however, the influences are different for the tests with Western and East Asian users. The main findings of this research have implications for both usability research and practice. The methodological approach also gives inspiration for usability evaluation studies URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8167
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An empirical investigation of business model innovation in supplier relation-ship managementNøkkentved, Chris (Frederiksberg, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: In broad terms we want to identify the initiatives that drive business model transformation and study their effect on performance. We also presume that such initiatives are primarily influencing the context-specific skills and priorities of the organization. Transformation initiatives leading to organizational and technological change are presumably constrained by resident capabilities (Hartmann et al.,2002, Håkansson & Waluszewski, 2002), the focus and state of the current operations (Subramanian & Shaw, 2002), hence they indirectly influence performance26. There are potentially additional environmental contingencies affecting those same domain-specific factors, of which we will investigate industry membership, region, and company size (Ford et al. 1997). Finally, we will explore whether different actors or leaders incharge of such technology-oriented and organizational transformations have differences of opinion on the priorities of the firm (Håkansson & Waluszewski, 2002). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7767
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Nielsen, Lene (København, 2004)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: design ideas. The concept of engaging personas and narrative scenario explores personas in the light of what what it is to identify with and have empathy with a character. The concept of narrative scenarios views the narrative as aid for exploration of design ideas. Both concepts incorporate a distinktion between creating, writing and reading. Keywords: personas, scenarios, user-centered design, HCI URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6448
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en undersøgelse af Sigchi.dk fællesskabets videnClemmensen, Torkil; Leisner, Pelle (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6510
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the influence of movement on user's visual attentionPetersen, Helle; Nielsen, Janni (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6506
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Bjørn-Andersen, Niels; Mørup-Petersen, Anders (København, 2000)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6481
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Introducing Seven New Product Project Types for the Study of Innovation ManagementRosenø, Axel (København, 2005)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Product innovativeness is a key moderating variable for the study of innovation management (Song & Montoya-Weiss 1998, p. 124). For this reason, some empirical studies of innovation management examine new product processes, critical success factors, and market learning practices for incremental versus discontinuous new product projects (Song & Montoya-Weiss 1998; Atuahene-Gima 1995; Veryzer 1998a; Lynn et al. 1996; O'Connor 1998; Rice et al. 1998). By looking at both these types of new product development projects, empirical observations are likely to be more realistic than those of studies that do not discriminate between more or less innovative projects. Even so, a dualistic view of the matter does not capture the nuances (Green et al. 1995)1 of the relationship between product innovativeness and innovation management practices. Hence, there is a need for richer innovativeness typologies that go beyond the dichotomous view and, thereby, lend themselves to a more finegrained study of innovation management practices for different types of new product projects. In fact, various innovativeness typologies exist that include more than two product types. Notably, the typology by Booz, Allen & Hamilton (1982)2 introduces two dimensions: newness to the market and newness to the company, resulting in six products types (with various combinations of high, medium and low newness). An alternative set of typologies differentiates between the product's technological newness and its market newness, for example Abernathy & Clark's (1985) typology with four new product types; Leonard-Barton's (1995) five product types; and Veryzer's (1998a) four types in a two-by-two matrix. Interestingly, these two meta-perspectives on product innovativeness (i.e. 1. new to the market and/or new to the company and 2. technological and/or market newness) are generally not included within the same typology in extant literature. For example, discussions of the technological and/or market newness of a product, often leave out the question of whether that newness is in the eyes of the industry and market (exogenous newness) or only for the focal firm itself (endogenous newness). More broadly, it can be stated that "... little continuity exists in the new product literature regarding from whose perspective this degree of newness is viewed and what is new" (Garcia & Calantone 2002, p. 112). URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6441
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Viborg Andersen, Kim; Juul, Niels Chr.; Korzen-Bohr, Sara; Pedersen, Jimmy Kevin (København, 2003)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6473
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Clemmensen, Torkil (, 2009)[More information][Less information]
Abstract: Interaction design and usability have become important contributors to economic and cultural development in emergent economies in today's global distribution of the use and production of IT, but research and practice that incorporate cultural and non-western perspectives on software and interactive products are still in their infancy. This chapter presents theory of cultural cognitive styles and standard usability, and a framework for thinking about the maturity of cultural usability. The framework has five levels. Level I concerns the localization of the user interface, level II focuses on the localization of the usability evaluation methods, level III emerges with new user groups, level IV concerns historical changes in the concept of usability itself, and level V deals with managing a complexity of user groups. The chapter uses recent empirical results from studies of culture and usability to illustrate the need for the framework for thinking about the maturity of cultural usability. URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/7949
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Rai, Sudhanshu; Kuhn Pedersen, Mogens (Frederiksberg, 2010)[More information][Less information]
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10398/8024
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growth and impacts in DenmarkViborg Andersen, Kim; Bjørn-Andersen, Niels (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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how MNCs enter regional knowledge clustersLorenzen, Mark; Mahnke, Volker (København, 2002)[More information][Less information]
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Martial Arts
Becoming Bruce Lee[edit]
World adventures are all well and good. There is no question they help out with a family's bankroll and decorative objects. But what about Sims personally? How can a Sim improve his life and his personal knowledge of the world?
Ladies and gentlemen: meet the Falkons! Again!
The Falkons are now in their intended home of Falkon Towers, happily living their virtual lives with unconventional jobs. Pyro is, of course, making money hand-over-fist due to his writing career, showing the world that his literary abilities makes Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare look like talentless hacks.
But still, there is something missing. The Falkon brothers didn't know what it was until the expansion pack was released, but now, they have new goals to seek and conquer.
On a trip to China, Pyro bought and brought home a training dummy and a brick breaker thingy. Pete, the athletic brother, obviously took to these like Winnie the Pooh takes to honey. Plus, the Martial Arts skill is the only thing standing between you and a mummy's curse if gets you in Egypt, and Pete wants to take no chances.
Working out on either Martial Arts object will build the Martial Arts skill; the training dummy also works on the Athletic skill simultaneously. Both activities count as exercise: work on them too long, and your Sim will get fatigued, forcing him to stop working out at all for eight hours.
Pete starts his martial arts career by attacking the training dummy with weak slaps and a lot of cowering. Once he hits level 2, he is then allowed to switch to the board breaker. The board breaker definitely raises the Martial Arts skill much faster, essentially making the training dummy useless for all but the most rookie Sims. However, it's still important to have around…
See, Pete interacts with the board breaker, and he gets to choose one of five types of boards: Foam, Balsa, Oak, Thin Stone, and Space Rock. He can pick any at any time… but there is a penalty for him picking something a bit high in level. Pete, thinking entirely too highly of himself, goes for a Space Rock board and immediately hurts his hand smacking it. This gives him the "Hurt Hand!" debuff, which bans him from using the board breaker for three hours.
Despite having the "Hurt Hand!" debuff, Pete is still allowed to use the training dummy. This is why you want to always keep one around anyway: it's a good backup for Sims who injure themselves, as well as veterans of martial arts to train rookies. Once the debuff clears, Pete switches back to working on the board breaker, this time starting with the Foam-type boards.
Now, I watch the number of boards Pete is attempting to break: as Pete works on the board breaker and levels up his Martial Arts skill, he stacks more boards together. He can stack up to four or five boards, but at that point, it's in Pete's best interest to upgrade to the next board. The Martial Arts skill gains faster as he increases what, exactly, he's breaking in half.
Of course, the one thing you'll want to watch for is a Want called "Break X Boards," where X is some number that tends to range from 10 to 250. If Pete gets that Want, I switch him back to Foam boards. Although this doesn't increase his Martial Arts skill all that much, that's not the point; we're going for quantity over quality in that case.
Getting to the top level of the board breaker is very profitable. Pete can start breaking Space Rock boards around level 8 or 9 in Martial Arts. At that point, any time he breaks a Space Rock board, he creates a random gem immediately. Break a few boards, cut the gems, and in no time he's rolling in Simoleons. Considering that boards don't cost any money, this is a no-risk, all-profit venture! But then, Pete isn't in this for the money: he's in this for the honor.
There is a third way to gain Martial Arts as well. Once Pete hits level 5 of Martial Arts, he is able to use a self-interaction called "Meditate" anywhere, anytime. Meditating freezes all six need meters, allowing your Sim to relax for awhile. Meditate long enough, and your Sim do a one-shot teleport around the neighborhood. Meditating at all increases the Martial Arts skill, and only the Martial Arts skill; also, it increases pretty slowly too. Still, meditating is nice if you're trying to delay your Sim's actions for a few hours but don't want to go to bed, for example.
Now, Pete isn't training merely for self-defense. Over in China, the Chinese Sims are holding constant martial arts tournaments. Although Pete could spar with literally anyone, even in Pyroville, the real money and prizes are across the Pacific Ocean. Though he can enter the tournament at anytime, Pete is a bit of a perfectionist like his brother: Pete waits until he hits level 10 of Martial Arts before flying over.
Once in China, Pete can start a martial arts tournament wherever he is standing. He goes to his inventory, pulls out his cell phone, then uses "Call Sim… > Challenge Spar Tournament Contender" interaction. If you're a fan of chess tournaments, you'll know this system is basically the same thing.
So Pete makes his call, and presently his first opponent, Changpu Chou, comes over to the Base Camp. After a quick introduction, Pete uses the "Challenge to a Ranked Sparring Match" social interaction. He agrees, Pete automatically changes into his martial arts outfit, and it's on!
The fight is wholly out of your control: you just have to hope that training and discipline were enough. In this case… it isn't. Pete loses 2-1, despite having a 10 in Martial Arts. Matches like this are not just based on your belt color: they are partly based off an invisible experience bar. The more matches you participate in, the better your chance of actually winning. Keep at it, young grasshopper!
As it is, Pete immediately challenges Changpu to a rematch, and beats him. Then, Pete calls up his next opponent, invites him over, and restarts the process. After a few matches, Pete gets hungry and stinky, and starts going on a losing streak. This is not unrelated: as with most actions in the game, the Sim's overall mood contributes to his ability. As he gets hungry and tired, he starts to lose… so that's when it's time to call it a night, eat dinner, take a shower, and have a good night's sleep. In this case, Pete's Eye Candy superpower is also working against him: he is giving a buff to his opponent, increasing their mood without doing anything for his own.
In any case, Pete keeps working on it the next day, and the next… and then his vacation is sadly over. After a mere three days, he's racked up a record of 8-6… not the best, but it's a start, and he's gained two ranks in his tournament standings. The tournament rankings are basically arbitrary: there are five levels, you start at 0, and winning a bunch of matches kicks you up a level. Getting to level 5, the top level, doesn't bring any direct reward, but the bragging rights are nice. Hitting that also constitutes a "tournament win," in case you have that wish added as a promise.


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