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Pragmatism: An Introduction
Pragmatism: An Introduction
ISBN: 978-0-745-64664-0 May 2012 Polity 224 Pages
Michael Bacon examines how pragmatists argue for the importance of connecting philosophy to practice. In so doing, they set themselves in opposition to many of the presumptions that have dominated philosophy since Descartes. The book demonstrates how pragmatists reject the Cartesian spectator theory of knowledge, in which the mind is viewed as seeking accurately to represent items in the world, and replace it with an understanding of truth and knowledge in terms of the roles they play within our social practices.
The book explores the diverse range of positions that have engendered marked and sometimes acrimonious disputes amongst pragmatists. Bacon identifies the themes underlying these differences, revealing a greater commonality than many commentators have recognized. The result is an illuminating narrative of a rich philosophical movement that will be of interest to students in philosophy, political theory, and the history of ideas.
Table of contents
1. The Birth of Pragmatism: Charles Sanders Peirce and William James
2. John Dewey on Philosophy and Democracy
3. Pragmatism and Analytic Philosophy: Quine, Sellars, and Davidson
4. Neo pragmatism: Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam
5. Between Europe and America: Jurgen Habermas and Richard J. Bernstein
6. The Return of Peirce: Susan Haack and Cheryl Misak
7. Rationalist pragmatism and pragmatic naturalism: Robert B. Brandom and Huw Price
Works Cited
Ethical Perspectives
"Most certainly a helpful introductory text for newcomers that ought to be required reading for the rest of us in the midst of our own heated debates."
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
"A concise, reliable and lucid overview."
Political Studies Review
"This book offers an engaging and engrossing introduction to and overview of a rich philosophical tradition. Particularly valuable is its survey of a variety of recent and contemporary developments by thinkers who build on and carry forward that tradition."
Robert B. Brandom, University of Pittsburgh
"Brings together classical and contemporary pragmatists in a very clear, succinct, and rigorous way."
Cheryl Misak, University of Toronto
"Bacon has made an impressive contribution with this book. It is a lucid and fair-minded map of the
pragmatist tradition, and an excellent introduction to the topic."
Matthew Festenstein, University of York
- This is a comprehensive and contemporary introduction to the key figures and ideas which have defined the influential American philosophical tradition of Pragmatism.
- Ranges from classical pragmatists such as Dewey, Peirce and James, through to the more recent contributions of Rorty, Bernstein and Brandom.
- Michael Bacon expertly illustrates how Pragmatism represents a break with some of philosophy's most unquestioned presuppositions.
- This is an accessible and exciting narrative account which will be of interest to students and scholars in philosophy, politics and the history of ideas.

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List of Dioceses in the US
Note that parishes can be found via the corresponding diocesan web site.
List of Bishops in the US
Catholic Organizations involved with areas of management, finances and human resources:
Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (ACCU)
Association of Graduate Programs in Ministry (AGPIM)
Catholic Leadership Institute (CLI)
Canon Law Society of America (CLSA)
Catholic Health Association (CHA)
Catholic School Development Project
Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate (CARA)
Conference for Catholic Facility Management (CCFM)
Conference for Major Superiors of Men (CMSM)
Conference for Pastoral Planning and Council Development (CPPCD)
Diocesan Fiscal Management Conference (DFMC)
Diocesan Information Systems Conference (DISC)
Emerging Models of Pastoral Leadership Project
Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities, Inc. (FADICA)
The Institute for Priests and Presbyterates
International Catholic Stewardship Council (ICSC)
Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR)
Mexican American Catholic College (MACC)
Mid-Atlantic Catholic Schools Consortium
Ministering Together
National Association of Diaconate Directors (NADD)
National Association for Lay Ministry (NALM)
National Association of Black Catholic Administrators (NABCA)
National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA)
National Catholic Community Foundation (NCCF)
National Catholic Council for Hispanic Ministry (NCCHM)
National Catholic Development Conference (NCDC)
National Catholic Education Association (NCEA)
National Conference for Catechetical Leadership (NCCL)
National Federation of Priests' Councils (NFPC)
National Organization for Continuing Education of Roman Catholic Clergy (NOCERCC)
Paulist Evangelization Ministries
Parish Evaluation Project
Resource Center for Religious Institutes (RCRI)
USCCB Secretariat for Family, Laity, Women and Youth
Villanova's Center for the Study of Church Management
Catholic Standards for Excellence
: An Ethics and Accountability Code for Catholic Dioceses, Parishes and Nonprofits.
Catholic Business Networks
Catholic Business Exchange
The Catholic Business Network
Catholic Business Network of Central Virginia
Catholic Business Network of Montgomery County
Catholic Business Network of Northern Virginia
Catholic Business Network of Prince George's County
Catholic Professional & Business Club - Diocese of San Jose
Nashville Catholic Business Women's League
Woodstock Business Conference
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By JOHN FLOWERS
MONTPELIER — The Counseling Service of Addison County (CSAC) will need to trim its budget by around $500,000 before the end of June as a result of fiscal year 2009 state budget rescissions, including a new round amounting to $19.7 million announced by the administration of Gov. James Douglas on Monday.
State officials warned that additional, deeper cuts are undoubtedly on the horizon for this fiscal year and next.
Locally, the latest cuts will not only hit CSAC but will also mean closure of the Addison County Probation and Parole field office and elimination of state funding for the University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm in Weybridge, though that organization is expected to weather the storm thanks to a $1 million gift it received earlier this year.
State lawmakers were still sorting out the impact of the latest batch of cuts as the Addison Independent went to press on Wednesday. Casualties included:
• 50 state government positions statewide (15 of which are currently vacant). Affected agencies include Natural Resources, Buildings and General Services, Secretary of State's office, Agriculture, Corrections, Governor's office, Treasurer's office and Veterans' Affairs.
• Pay cuts of 5 percent for non-union state workers now earning more than $60,000 per year.
• A $766,000 reduction for the Vermont Student Assistance Corp., in second-semester college tuition grants.
• A 4-percent cut for the state's mental health agencies, including CSAC. Elimination of chiropractic service coverage for Medicaid recipients.
• Elimination of cervical cancer vaccines for adult women.
• Closure of state roadside rest areas (none in Addison County).
The rescissions also mean Vermonters and visitors will be seeing some higher fees for services, such as admission to state parks.
MIDDLEBURY — Voters in the seven towns that make up the Addison Central Supervisory Union school district on March 3 will cast ballots on a proposed UD-3 spending plan of $15,530,470 for the 2009-2010 academic year. The budge, which eliminates Middlebury Union Middle School's (MUMS) living arts program, represents a 3.4 percent increase in spending over the current year.
The living arts program and its teacher ultimately became the casualties of Act 82, a new state law that requires school districts to hold two votes on their budgets if they exceed a state-prescribed inflationary threshold. The living arts program costs $88,000, an amount school administrators reluctantly recommended for paring in order to ensure the UD-3 budget would not trigger a second vote under Act 82.
"When we're looking at the budget constraints we were facing this year, there was no way we could find those savings looking for $1,000 here or $1,000 there," MUMS Principal Inga Duktig said. "It wasn't an easy decision at all."
A decision rendered even more difficult by another state law — Act 130, which requires that shared expenses be budgeted based on actual spending at elementary and secondary schools. That means UD-3 administrators have to reflect, in the 2009-2010 budget, around $280,000 in transportation costs that had previously been reflected in the supervisory union's elementary school budgets. That accounting change is responsible for more than half of the 3.4 percent increase in the proposed UD-3 spending plan.
"It's been a challenging budget for us," ACSU Superintendent Lee Sease told the UD-3 board at a Tuesday evening meeting.
He added the 2009-2010 budget picture is likely not to get brighter in the near future. That's because there is no more fund balance to apply to what is already a very conservative spending plan, according to Sease.
By KATHRYN FLAGG
ADDISON COUNTY — After 30 years in the construction industry, Salisbury resident Jack Sheehan has seen economic ups and downs before — but never before has he seen business slow like it has this winter.
"Usually I'm about a year to a year and a half ahead," he said, when it comes to plotting out his work schedule. "This year I have about half a year's worth of work that I know of."
And Sheehan, who runs a relatively small business with a crew of three other employees, is one of the lucky ones. He hasn't had to lay off employees yet, and so far, he said, the spring looks promising.
Other local builders haven't been so lucky, as construction around the region slows in the face of the national and statewide economic recession.
Work is tight in industries around the state. Unemployment in Vermont climbed to 5.2 percent of the workforce in October, up from 3.9 percent a year ago. (Statewide unemployment is still significantly lower than national unemployment, which at last count was a seasonally adjusted 6.7 percent.)
But with credit tight, and homeowners and business owners reluctant — or unable — to build, work is growing especially scarce for workers in the construction industry, which last year employed 5.5 percent of Vermont workers.
Slow business has forced some layoffs at businesses like Middlebury's Bread Loaf Corp. and Apple Hill Design-Build.
Jim Pulver, the vice president of architecture at Bread Loaf, acknowledged that his company has had to downsize its workforce recently — though he wouldn't say by how much.
The company, which specializes in industrial and commercial projects, is seeing fewer projects to bid on, Pulver said, as well as tighter budgets on projects that are moving forward.
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It was the perfect photo op for a bright Spring Day, or at least the White House thought.
President Obama shooting hoops on the White House court, joined by some cute kids who were at La Casa Blanca for the annual Easter Egg Roll.
Just one problem: The leader of the free world couldn't sink a shot.
The president tried 22 times and made just two jumpers. That's not even good enough to get a tryout with the lowly New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans. (Maybe the Sacramento Kings.)
So much for the photo op planners. The only PR person with a dimmer idea was the guy (or gal) who came up with this brilliant idea for the grounds of the Texas State Capitol. Please feel free to send us along your caption:


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Montgomery County Community College-Temple Transfer Information
Generally, Temple accepts academic, college-level courses beyond the developmental level completed with a grade C or better, from schools with regional accreditation. Credit is only awarded in academic subjects with a corresponding Temple department. Duplicate credit in the same course is not awarded in any case. Whenever possible, credit is allowed for courses completed more than 10 years before the date of admission. Courses evaluated for transfer from colleges and universities with different credit systems (e.g. quarter hours, units, etc.) are converted to semester hours (i.e., 2 quarter hour credits are equivalent to 1.5 semester hour credits; 3 quarter hour credits are equivalent to 2.0 semester hour credits; 4 quarter hour credits are equivalent to 2.5 semester hour credits). For more information about transfer credit evaluation see: Credit Evaluation.
Transfer Agreements
To better encourage and facilitate the transfer of Montgomery County Community College students to Temple University, Temple and Montgomery County Community College have established the following transfer agreements:
Dual Admissions
The Dual Admissions agreement between Temple and Montgomery County Community College conditionally admits students to Temple at the same time they are admitted to Montgomery County community college, and provides the opportunity for merit scholarships to Temple for eligible students. Interested students must enroll in the Dual Admissions program before completing 30 credits, including credits from any colleges previously attended Students are then admitted to Temple upon attaining their associate's degrees at the community college. Click here for more details about Dual Admissions with Montgomery County Community College.
Core-to-Core and GenEd-to-GenEd Transfer Agreement
Core-to-Core and GenEd-to-GenEd Transfer agreements accept -- upon Temple evaluation and approval -- the general education requirements of approved associate degrees in lieu of Temple's Core or GenEd requirements. Students entering Temple with an approved Associate degree are identified upon admission to or enrollment in the University and their fulfillment of the General Education by a Core or GenEd Transfer Agreement is noted on eligible student records.
The following Montgomery County Community College associate degrees are approved:
Transfer students should be aware that GenEd-to-GenEd transfer relates only to University General Education requirements. All requirements of Temple's schools and colleges and major programs of study remain in force.
Transfer students should be aware that Core-to-Core transfer relates only to University General Education requirements. All requirements of Temple's schools and colleges and major programs of study remain in force.
Program-to-Program Agreements
These agreements provide accurate curricular information for prospective transfer students and their academic advisors by lining up associate degree requirements and baccalaureate requirements. The agreements indicate which courses students should take during their associate program in order to be prepared for the Temple baccalaureate program into which they wish to transfer.
Temple and Montgomery County Community College have entered into the following Program-to-Program agreements:
Curricular information and program/advising grids from the agreements are included in the above linked documents. The full text of the agreements are on file in the Office of Undergraduate Studies. Programs and requirements are subject to change. Therefore, students should check periodically for updated materials. Students are advised to use these documents with the assistance of an advisor or counselor at Montgomery County Community College.
Transfer students interested in other majors at Temple should refer to the current Undergraduate Bulletin for course information and a suggested Semester-by-Semester Plan.
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In machine shops across the nation, operators increasingly rely on virtual part data instead of blueprints. Given their prowess in manipulating three-dimensional objects and simulating mechanical operations, why couldn't computers also be used to provide aspiring metalworkers with their own "pre-flight training?"
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Courses currently available include Workholding, Metal Cutting, Materials, Metal Forming, Material Handling and CNC. Each course requires 3 to 5 hours of instructional time, and all courses include online quizzes and tests. Instruction is available for participants at the beginner, intermediate or advanced level. At least one instructor is assigned to each department, and each department has a chairperson who personally chooses the instructors and oversees the content of all courses. To get answers for course-related questions, students can communicate with instructors or fellow students via e-mail, message boards and chat rooms. When a student successfully completes a course, he or she receives a certificate of completion to document this training.
The minimum connection requirement for running this training program is a 28.8 modem with Netscape Navigator 4.0 (or greater) or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 (or greater). For those who have slower Internet connections, the program includes a supplemental CD-ROM that allows multimedia files to run from the CD instead of the Internet. But even when the user's computer system does not support audio or full-motion video, the online course material is still functional.
Specific departments of the ToolingU curriculum are sponsored by major equipment and service suppliers to the manufacturing industry. For example, Jergens sponsors the Workholding department, Valenite Inc. (Madison Heights, Michigan) sponsors Metal Cutting and Castle Metals (Franklin Park, Illinois) sponsors Materials.
The program is designed to overcome some key obstacles that have discouraged in-house training in the past. For example, instead of being obligated to remove a trainee from his or her job duties for a large block of time, employers can schedule shorter training sessions that are less disruptive to their daily operations. This is possible because the online training program enables participants to stop at any point and then continue when additional time is available. This program also eliminates the expenses associated with sending employees to remote training facilities. Unlike classroom training that relies on printed materials that may become outdated, online information is updated as quickly as the technology changes. Employers have the option of purchasing classes either by the instructional hour or by the department.
Like a flight simulator for a pilot-in-training, the ToolingU curriculum is designed to lay the groundwork—not to replace—actual hands-on experience. In this regard, it's very important for employers to arrange shop-training sessions to complement a trainee's online instruction. As a rule, trainees who have completed the online course material are better prepared to get the most from their shop experiences.
Online training can be a valuable tool for employers who don't have the time or resources to utilize traditional training programs. When combined with hands-on apprenticeship programs in the shop, computer-based instruction gives employers the means to provide complete in-house training. This represents another resource in the ongoing challenge to train the metalworkers of tomorrow.


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Gansu (simplified Chinese: 甘肃; traditional Chinese: 甘肅; pinyin: Gānsù; Wade-Giles: Kan-su, Kansu, Kan-suh) or Turkish: Cansu, is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China. It lies between Qinghai, Inner Mongolia, and the Huangtu Plateaus, and borders Mongolia to the north and Xinjiang to the west. The Yellow River passes the southern part of the province.
It has a population of approximately 26 million (2004) and has a large concentration of Hui Chinese. The capital of the province is Lanzhou, located in the southeast part of Gansu. Gansu is abbreviated Gan or Long (陇/隴), and is also known as Long West or Long Right, in reference to the Long Mountain east of Gansu.
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Publishing, Editing, and Promotion with USAWC Press
This online guide will take you through the publishing, editing, and promotion process with the U.S. Army War College Press (USAWC Press). USAWC Press has a small, but highly effective publishing team; consequently, it is very important that you follow the steps outlined in this guide to expedite the publishing of your manuscript. The following lists identify the publication process, the items that you must provide to initiate the publication process, and what you can expect from USAWC Press's publication team to ensure a timely, accurate, and well-promoted finished product.
Letter from the Director
Each year the U.S. Army War College Press (USAWC Press) publishes a large number of studies, conference reports, and book-length volumes on a spectrum of issues central to U.S. national security. While USAWC Press analysts write the majority of these publications, many external authors contribute to our study program as well.
Publication by USAWC Press assures authors that their analyses will reach key Army and Department of Defense (DoD) leaders and the global defense intellectual and strategy community. On many occasions, USAWC Press publications have directly affected U.S. policy, military strategy, or military doctrine, and often are quoted in major publications like the New York Times or The Washington Post. They have led to invitations to brief senior leaders and testify in Congress. In addition to the hardcopy publications that are distributed to military leaders, defense policymakers, universities, journalists, and analysts around the world, the full text of USAWC Press studies is available on our website, which attracts thousands of hits per month. USAWC Press publications often are used as required reading in the military educational system and in civilian colleges and universities.
Generally, USAWC Press studies are longer and more comprehensive than a journal article. While there is no set length, the average USAWC Press study is 40–60 double-spaced typewritten pages, with substantial documentation. The most important criteria are quality of analysis, clarity of expression, and relevance to Army and DoD leaders. Manuscripts that are purely theoretical, political, or historical, or which do not link the author's analysis to current issues and decisions facing Army and DoD leaders, are not appropriate for USAWC Press. Not all USAWC Press studies end with policy or program recommendations for Army and DoD leaders, but many do.
Manuscripts submitted to USAWC Press should be in clear, direct, jargon-free prose. Authors should keep the use of acronyms, passive voice, and other distractors to a minimum. USAWC Press will not publish manuscripts written in a style that is not appropriate for the busy policymakers and leaders who form the core of the Institute's audience.
Manuscripts which the author would like USAWC Press to publish without remuneration should be directed to USAWC Press's Director of Research, Dr. Steven Metz. Authors who seek remuneration must work within USAWC Press's External Research Associates Program (ERAP). This entails submission of a proposal to the Carlisle Barracks Contracting Officer. Information on the ERAP can be found on USAWC Press's website. ERAP proposals are considered by a Review Board. Special consideration is given to those which focus on key Army issues and which supplement USAWC Press's expertise. If the Board elects to support a proposal, the Carlisle Barracks Contracting Officer develops a contract with the author.
Once a manuscript is submitted, the Director of Research, in conjunction with the experts in USAWC Press, will assess it and provide a recommendation to me as to whether it should be published as is, published after revision, or not published. While every effort is made to do this as quickly as possible, the process may take as long as 8 weeks. This applies to both manuscripts prepared under an ERAP contract and those which are not.
Once a manuscript is accepted, our small but highly effective Publications Office will edit the work and prepare it for printing and electronic publishing. USAWC Press seeks to provide all our contributors with the most efficient editing and publication process possible, even as our output grows.
This process moves much more quickly if manuscripts are formatted and submitted according to this Guide. It provides authors the publication requirements and standard "rules" we use in editing, in order to answer your questions in advance and to speed the time from final draft to publication.
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Path to publishing your manuscript
If you are an External Research Associate Program (ERAP) Author, see item P.
- You submit a correctly formatted, peer reviewed, and fully documented final version of your manuscript
- USAWC Press submits to two or more USAWC faculty for content review (3-4 weeks)
- They will recommend or reject manuscript publication
- They will identify the type of publication (USAWC Press Monograph, Letort Paper, Website only)
- USAWC Press sends suggested corrections and comments from the content review to you
- You correct and resubmit manuscript
(1-2 weeks)
- Steps B-D might repeat
- USAWC Press Management approves document for publishing
(14 days)
- You provide all required supplemental material to your USAWC Press point of contact.
- USAWC Press Publications Department is given all supplemental material and your correctly formatted and fully documented final version of the manuscript from your USAWC Press point of contact.
- USAWC Press Publications Department edits and coordinates required changes with you
(60-90 days – depending on the length and priority of the manuscript)
- Graphics formats document into galley proof for publishing
(14 days)
- After USAWC Press Publications reviews the galley proof, they will forward the galley to you for your final review and minor corrections as required
(2 weeks)
- Promotion activities begin
- USAWC Press Director, USAWC Public Affairs Officer, and USAWC Chief of Staff approve for publishing.
(14-21 days)
- Released to external printer for hardcopy print and mailing
(14 days)
- Published to website (7 days prior to receipt of hardcopies)
- ERAP Participants Only
- You submit your topic proposal to USAWC Press
- Publishing board accepts topic proposal
(60-120 days)
- You have up to one year to submit a correctly formatted and fully documented final version of the manuscript
- Continue with normal path to publishing, item A. above.
USAWC Press Publications provides the following services
- An estimated timeline for publication
- USAWC Press will provide you with an estimate of publication date based on normal circumstances. There are several causes for this estimate to change. The leading causes are unresolved content issues found during the editing process that require author feedback, poor formatting, and missing appropriate citations and corresponding endnotes.
- Editing and limited graphic support
- At least two people will review and edit your manuscript. Graphics will layout your document in desktop publishing software for hardcopy and PDF distribution. If you submit small or low quality figures and images, this will delay the publishing process as the figures will have to be manually recreated as high resolution files.
- Content review by subject matter expert
- A relevant subject matter expert will review your document for accuracy related to content.
- Hardcopy distribution to subscribers and website customers
- Once the printer produces all hardcopies, it will distribute to an USAWC Press custom tailored distribution list of several thousand subscribers. We also print two hundred copies available for free website orders. If you provide us with your mailing address, we will send you five hardcopies. You may also direct us in advance to send a special batch of hardcopies i.e. to a specific organization.
- Featured on USAWC Press homepages
- Your manuscript will be available on the USAWC Press websites which are accessed by internet users several hundred thousand times annually.
- Unlimited free PDF downloads to the world
- All materials on the USAWC Press website are free. Your manuscript will be available to a worldwide audience for free download. While we cannot track how our documents are used, we occasionally get feedback or requests for reprint.
- Announcement in monthly SSI newsletter
- SSI has a growing newsletter list that is approaching 15,000 subscribers. Your manuscript will be announced in the monthly newsletters leading up to and during the month of publication.
- Email announcement to subscribers
- In addition to a hardcopy distribution network, we have an email notification system. SSI website users that elect to receive notification of publication will receive an email announcement regarding the release of your manuscript.
- Archived in USAWC Press website
- USAWC Press maintains a nearly two decade old archive of studies. We have no plans to ever remove documents from our archive. The Army also maintains an archive of all Army documents at http://www.dtic.mil. Your manuscript will be available in both locations.
- Subject matter expert notification
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Despite high prices and early contract offers, peanut specialists around the peanut belt contend acres will still be down slightly in 2011.
In the Southeast, Georgia is expecting the biggest loss in acreage, with a 20 percent cut expected. Alabama and Florida are each looking at a 10 percent reduction.
In the Virginia-Carolina belt, both Virginia and South Carolina are looking at about the same acreage as 2010 and North Carolina is looking at a 5 percent cut.
In Mississippi, where acreage had been on the steady increase, a 20 percent cut in acreage is anticipated.
In the Southwest, Texas and New Mexico are looking for 10 percent reductions in acres and Oklahoma is expected to remain the same as 2010.
Across the entire belt, peanut specialists in each state estimate a reduction of about 14 percent from 2010, or a planted acreage total of about 1,111,000 acres.
Despite the reduction in acres, the peanut industry could get a needed boost from lowering carryover. If producers top 3,000 pounds per acre across the belt, they will produce a crop in 1.75 to 1.85 million ton range that would likely keep prices good for growers for the 2012 season.
In Virginia, Virginia Tech plant pathologist and long-time peanut researcher Pat Phipps says the state will likely remain around 18,000 acres in 2011. Drought dogged peanut production in 2010 and many growers just can't find the incentive to plant more peanuts.
Government regulations on the use of Vapam, which is critical for Virginia growers who have a history of CBR on their farms, and the potential loss of Temik, are key factors that will limit production in 2011, Phipps says.
North Carolina State peanut specialist David Jordan says acreage in the Tar Heel state will likely continue to slide in 2011. He is expecting a minor reduction of five percent or so, but notes that could be higher, depending on how much cotton is planted is some of the key peanut producing counties.
Weed control, with the ever-increasing number of acres affected by herbicide tolerant pigweed, and managing diseases in peanut fields grown behind soybeans, are major issues that could further reduce acreage in North Carolina, Jordan says.
South Carolina
In South Carolina, peanut acreage is expected to remain around 65,000 acres, says veteran peanut specialist Jay Chapin. Again, cotton is a big factor as are grain crops which are competing for acreage in the state.
Chapin says timely rains at planting time may convince some growers to stay with peanuts or go to peanuts. Other issues, like weed management and the high cost of disease management will always be factors in how many acres of peanuts are planted, he adds.
Georgia is the epicenter for peanut production in the U.S. and peanuts could take a major hit in 2011, says veteran University of Georgia peanut specialist John Beasley. He says $600 a ton contracts helped offset the loss in acreage, but still predicts it will be 20 percent — possibly more.
"There is no getting around the competition for acreage that cotton brings in Georgia. We will likely plant 1.75-1.85 million acres of cotton in 2011. Cotton at $1.20 a pound is equal to peanuts at $717 per ton. As long growers can make more money on cotton, they are likely to plant more cotton," Beasley explains.
In Alabama, Auburn University research agronomist Kris Balcom says fuel costs, weed management costs, and the overall high cost of peanut crop inputs, will force growers to pay special attention to planting peanuts in 2011.
Overall, Balcom says he expects growers to plant 165,000-170,000 acres, or roughly 10 percent less than last year. The big increase in peanut acreage in recent years has come in areas historically planted to cotton. As is the case across the peanut belt, competing for acreage with cotton will be tough in 2011, he says.
University of Florida Extension specialist David Wright says Florida is likely to see a reduction in acreage by about 10 percent, bringing their total peanut acres down to 130,000 acres.
Wright says growers trying to get ahead of weed problems began cultivating in March and April and with continued dry conditions that is jeopardizing peanut planting. The continuing spread of herbicide-tolerant weeds is going to be a concern for Florida growers planting peanuts in 2011, he adds.
Texas A&M Extension agronomist Todd Baughman says predicting peanut acreage is a bit dicey because of cotton and water. "We expect a 10 percent reduction in peanut acreage this year, but it could be higher," Baughman says.
"Across most of our peanut producing areas, we are really dry going into the growing season. Low subsoil moisture tends to point to more cotton acreage. Combine that with the price of cotton, and peanut acreage could be down more than expected," he adds.
Cost of water a big factor
The cost of water is another factor in peanuts. Again, historically on land where wells are marginal, that land is going to cotton, he adds.
In Oklahoma, OSU cropping systems specialist Chad Godsey says peanut plantings should stay in the 20,000 acre range, or much the same as last year. The big change is likely to be a continued increase in the acres planted to Spanish varieties. "I expect nearly half our acreage will be in Spanish cultivars this year," he says.
Godsey says over the past few years some 'old ground' previously used for peanuts has come back into production. Bringing more old peanut land back into production could increase acreage, but cotton is the big competition for land in those areas and prices still favor it, he adds.
Peanut production is relatively new to Mississippi, and the state has gradually increased production to near 20,000 acres. However, Mississippi State University Extension district agronomist Mike Howell says that trend is likely to end with the 2011 crop.
Howell says a cut of 20 percent, pushing peanut acres down to 14,000 to 14,500, is expected this year.
A big concern for peanut production in the state has been to find varieties that are best suited to the area. Primarily varieties developed in Georgia and Florida have been used.
Georgia Greener looked promising, but seed issues are likely to influence growers to look to other varieties. In the southern end of the state, he says Florida 07 works well, but not in northern areas of the state.
As in most states, cotton is also an issue for peanut acreage in Mississippi. "While some may stick with peanuts at $550-$600 per ton, there is no incentive to increase acreage and as long as cotton prices remain high, it will be tough for peanuts to compete," Howell says.
USDA estimates
USDA crop planting estimates came out at the end of March. Though these estimates agree there will be a decrease in acreage, there is a significant difference from state-to-state and on total decrease in acreage.
The USDA Crop Planting Intentions Report predicts a 4 percent drop in total planted acres, or 1.24 million planted acres across all peanut- states.
The biggest difference from the peanut specialists predictions come from the biggest peanut producing state, Georgia. The USDA report predicts a reduction of 4 percent. Georgia peanut Extension personnel are predicting a much larger cut due to a pricing advantage for cotton.
The USDA report also calls for a decrease of 10 percent in acres in North Carolina and Virginia, double what peanut specialist predict. As in Georgia, competition from cotton will be intense in these states, which could create a bigger reduction in acreage, depending on planting time weather for the two crops.
Regardless of which predictions are correct, there is likely to be some decrease in peanut acreage in 2011, but expect a comeback in 2012. The continued increase in demand for peanut products in the U.S. is going to keep grower prices strong, and the reduction in acreage in 2011 is likely to stabilize supply and keep prices high going into the 2012 season.


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Tony Membrino Jr. lovingly strokes the bare chassis of his SK Modified racecar as it sits in a Bristol garage. The engine hasn't been mounted. Hoses an array of hoses wind their way like snakes through a red skeleton frame. It looks more like a go-cart than a racecar, but Membrino slips into a dreamy tone as he describes his precious treasure.
This spring, the Southington driver will make the leap into the top division at Stafford Motor Speedway. It's the next logical step in his meteoric rise, but even Membrino didn't expect it to happen this fast.
In late December, he received a call from Steve Greer, the owner of the 2013 SK Modified champion car. Greer offered Membrino a chance to purchase the chassis from a car that Woody Pitkat drove on the MRS tour, and Membrino leapt at the opportunity.
"I didn't plan it. It was more like an opportunity that fell into our lap," he said. "We're friends. He's been at Stafford about four or five years—about the same amount of time that I have—and we've been friends from the get go. He's working with Ryan Preece at Chassis Dynamics for their SK program. This RaceWorks chassis worked out for both of us. It helps me to work up, and it allows him to focus entirely on his Chassis Dynamics deal. It was a win-win for both of us."
Membrino has been racing at Stafford since 2008. He earned his first victory in the entry level DARE Stock division the following year, and he rallied to the DARE Stock points title in 2010. Over the past three seasons, Membrino has won the checkered flag four times. Last year, he claimed the SK Light points title in a highly-contested competition.
Still, this move to the top division came ahead of Membrino's career plan. He was expecting to compete for one more season in the SK Light division, but Greer's opportunity was too good to pass up.
"Some people told me that I should have moved up last year, but I think it was a good idea to stay," he said. "On the other hand, I don't think another year in SK Lights would really help me that much. Sure, I could contend for another championship to make it two in a row, but I don't think I'd be learning as much as I have over the last couple of years. I feel like I'm ready to make the move."
For the first time, Membrino will be driving a car that's younger than he is. He expects to run with a T/A engine and will be modifying the car with the help of Southington racing mainstay Ed Flemke. He will continue to work on the car with his father, but they will build a pit crew to handle the longer races.
To help defray costs, he has signed a new sponsor, Check-Mate Industries in New York. He continues to bring along his early sponsors with Equipment Services and CWPM continuing their partnership that reaches back to the DARE stock days.
Gary Danko is host of the Speedway Line Report on WATR 1320 AM, and he's been following Membrino's career from the start, and he said that the Southington driver is ready for the new challenge.
"Tony knows that it's kind of like starting all over again, but the only way that you're going to get better is to run against the best competition possible," said Danko. "I think it's going to be a work in progress. He'll be running with the best of the best, and he's going to have to continue to learn…He's going to have to pay attention. The competition is so great in that premiere division, so it's going to take some time."
The biggest difference will be the power of the SK Modifieds as he transitions from 355 horsepower engines to engines over 400 horsepower. Typical lap times drop from almost 20 seconds to less than 19 seconds and race distances stretch from 20 laps to 40 laps. A few races will test him with 80 laps.
"It's going to be different, but I'm looking forward to it," Membrino said. "It all adds to the dynamics of this change. I'm getting to the point where I'm actually sick of talking about it. I just want to strap into the car and go."
In addition, Membrino will be tested by some of the best drivers in the region. Longtime mentors like Preece, Teddy Christopher, Keith Rocco, and Woody Pitkat are going to be facing him head-to-head in competition. Membro said that he welcomes the challenge.
"It's going to be interesting to take the tips that they've given me and trying to use it against them to win, but that's what it comes down to," he said. "These are guys that I've looked up to for a number of years. Now, I have to go out there and try to beat them. It's going to be interesting, but it's going to be fun."
Membrino will kick off his rookie season at the 43rd Annual Spring Sizzler on April 25-27. Qualifying heats will be held on Saturday, and the 40-lap SK Modified race is scheduled for Sunday, April 27.
"He needs to learn from those drivers that have been in that division for a long time, but I think he's ready," said Danko. "He's well aware of what's going on around him on the racetrack. He's almost able to see things before they happen, and that's what has made him so successful from DARE stocks to the SK Lights. He needs to continue to be a smart driver and make moves on the racetrack when possible."
To comment on this story or to contact sports writer John Goralski, email him at jgoralski@ southingtonobserver.com.
He's movin' on up; Membrino prepares to make the jump to SK Modifieds at Stafford
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Passion of Collecting
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"Every passion borders on the chaotic, but the collector's passion borders on the chaos of memories."
I was thinking of that quote from the eminently obscure German philosopher Walter Benjamin as I walked among tables piled high with the chaos of memories at the Wiki Wiki Vintage Collectibles and Hawaiiana Show not long ago. I often think of eminently obscure German philosophers while pawing through tables covered with vintage jewelry, jade, jammies, coins, curios, cookbooks, prints, purses, posters, beads, baskets and belt buckles. Not to mention a myriad of other curious knick-knacks, gewgaws and doodads. The room was crowded and noisy and smelled vaguely of the inside of an old suitcase. One table looked like someone had dumped a chest of (presumably) costume jewelry from the Pirates of the Caribbean Disney exhibit upon it. Hidden among the profusion of confusion throughout the room was an East German pilot's hat ($30), a Primo beer bottle opener ($12) and one of those squarish Pan Am bags schoolkids used to use to tote their books. (Whoever thought the Pan Am bag would outlast the airline?) To the naked eye the "collectibles" looked like, if not junk, then the kind of stuff you usually want to get rid of.
But I was wrong. In the weeks following my visit to the collectibles show I got to know several of the collectors and while I cannot report that they are completely normal, I came to realize that each shared an intense, almost feral drive to seek out and acquire the items that spur their passion.
Whether it is vintage dolls, aloha shirts or artifacts rescued from long-departed Island restaurants (Kau Kau Corner ashtray: $24), an amazing variety of objects provokes the same level of passion in whoever seeks them. It is as if all collectors, no matter what treasures they hunt, seem to share some kind of rogue collecting gene that the general population doesn't possess. And collectors sometime transfer that passion from one type of collectible to an entirely different one.
Kahuku seventh-grade science teacher Brett Kewish, for example, developed a fascination for vintage martini shakers ("I think drinking alcohol had something to do with it," he said) and put together an impressive collection before eventually transferring his passion to surfing memorabilia. Tomoko Young, who now has a vast collection of wooden kokeshi dolls from Japan, first focused her passion on championship show guppies.
There are thousands of collectors who form themselves into thousands of collectors clubs that come together under the National Association of Collectors Clubs, a veritable collection of collectors, if you will. They stage events, shows and auctions, the apparent goal being to sell off some of their least favorite treasures (or duplicates) so they can buy some other item that will make their collection complete.
Hawaii's two major collectors events take place at the Neal Blaisdell Center on July 17 and 18: the Hawaii All-Collectors Show and the Hawaiian Islands Vintage Surf Auction. These yearly events constitute the Superbowl of Collecting in Hawaii and make the little Wiki Wiki collectibles show I went to look like a garage sale.
Randy Rarick, promoter of the surf auction and executive director of the Vans Triple Crown of Surfing, spends a year coaxing surfing memorabilia collectors to part with everything from celebrity-signed surfboards to classic surf-movie posters and magazines, but for a good cause.
"We sell it and they get 90 percent of the auction price and 10 percent goes to our charities," he said. Those charities include the Outrigger Duke Kahanamoku Foundation, the Surfrider Foundation and the Surfing Heritage Foundation. Rarick points out that the reason the surf collectible market has gotten so huge is because surfers from the 1950s, '60s and '70s have grown up enough to be able to acquire tangible pieces of surfing history.
But, really, they've just transferred the passion they had for riding waves to a passion for the hunt. They've become collectors.
Dale Cripps
Vintage Toy Collector
"I'm trying to see if I can afford the teddy," Dale Cripps tells me. He's not talking about a woman's undergarment or a stuffed bear. He's talking about the Teddy: Teddy Roosevelt. Specifically, a roughly eight-inch-tall toy figure produced by the Albert Schoenhut Co. in 1909. Schoenhut was a Philadelphia toy maker who put out collections of figures like the 135-piece "Schoenhut Circus" and "Teddy's Adventures in Africa" to mark the president's famous safari.
Cripps is a gemologist by trade but a rabid Schoenhut figures collector by inclination. He talks about gems matter of factly but becomes animated when talking about his Schoenhut collection. He's got almost the whole circus, tent and all, staged on the dining-room table of his townhouse in Aiea. There are animals, clowns, ring masters, acrobats … the whole, well, menagerie.
"All the animals are poseable," he says. "That's what makes the circus so exciting." I'm not sensing the excitement personally but I am sensing his passion. "I just acquired this guy," he says, holding up a wooden, glass-eyed giraffe. "I probably have four or five elephants, so I'm doing pretty good."
Pretty good. But not great. Because he really wants the Teddy. And Teddys are rare. Expensive, too. They can cost up to $3,000 if you can find them, while the giraffe was a relative steal at $800.
"It's a struggle for me today to acquire pieces and pay the rent," he says. "But I'm not afraid to spend the money before I've been to the grocery store if something really good comes along."
Like most of the collectors I've met, Cripps sells some items from his collections to buy the pieces he really wants. But he says he won't sell the Schoenhuts, not even one of the elephants. Instead, he sells pieces from his vintage battery-operated-toy collection.
He tells me conspiratorially, "I was just offered a Teddy last night for $1,800. It was in pretty good shape."
I'm sensing those elephants aren't so safe after all.


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Managing Research, Development and Innovation: Managing the Unmanageable / Edition 3 available in Hardcover, NOOK Book
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Managing Research, Development and Innovation: Managing the Unmanageable / Edition 3
Now fully revised and updated the classic book on effective R&D management
"This thoughtful and detailed work outlines what is required in order to achieve the desired end results in a networked world where teamwork and collaboration are increasingly important to globally dispersed workforces." JOHN CHAMBERS, Chairman and CEO, Cisco
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"This is a superbly written book and could make an excellent reference and text for related university courses." E. LILE MURPHREE, JR., PHD, former Chairman, Department of Engineering Management, The George Washington University
"Provides a superb exposition of the role that social and psychological phenomena play in today's organizations." FRED E. FIEDLER, Professor of Psychology Emeritus, University of Washington, Seattle
As the economy shifts from producing goods to producing information, the role of researchers in shaping the future has become immense. By taking advantage of modern technology, the highly trained and predominantly autonomous researchers from around the globe collect and share information better than everyet, there is still a lack of an effective centralized structure for an R&D organization manager to integrate the efforts from many disparate individuals into a unified plan.
Managing Research, Development, and Innovation, Third Edition covers the management skills and leadership theories essential to generating products and excelling in today's global economy. Topics of interest include how to design jobs, organize hierarchies, resolve conflicts, motivate employees, and create an innovative work environment. Discover how superior management skills can increase funding, generate profit, and improve the effectiveness of technologically based organizations. This new revised edition:
- Covers all aspects of the research and development processwith focus on the human management function
- Includes two new chapters covering the innovation process critical to research and development of new products and services
- Outlines the challenging issues related to diversity in science and technology organizations and provides insights as to how diversity can be used to enhance creativity
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RAVI K. JAIN, PHD, PE, is Dean of the School of Engineering and Computer Science at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. He has been a Littauer Fellow at Harvard University and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University. He has published fourteen books, over 150 scholarly papers and technical reports, and has received national recognition for his teaching and scholarly activities.
HARRY C. TRIANDIS is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Illinois. He is the author of eight books, including Culture and Social Behavior, Individualism and Collectivism, and Fooling Ourselves: Self-Deception in Politics, Religion, and Terrorism.
CYNTHIA W. WEICK is Professor of Management in the Eberhardt School of Business and the School of Engineering and Computer Science at University of the Pacific. Weick was named the Neven C. Hulsey Chair of Business Excellence in 2006, and in 2005, she earned Pacific's Distinguished Faculty Award, which is the University's highest faculty honor.
Table of Contents
1 R&D Organizations and Research Categories.
1.1 How Information can be Used.
1.2 A Perspective on R&D Management.
1.3 What Is Research and Development?
1.4 Research Categories.
1.5 What to Research.
1.6 Emphasis on Basic Versus Applied Research.
1.7 What is Unique About Managing R&D Organizations?
1.8 Summary.
1.9 Questions for Class Discussion.
2 Elements Needed for an R&D Organization.
2.1 People.
2.2 Specialization.
2.3 Staffing.
2.4 Ideas.
2.5 Defects in Human Information Processing.
2.6 Fads in Science.
2.7 Communication Networks.
2.8 The Innovation Process.
2.9 Funds.
2.10 A Culture for R&D Organizations.
2.11 Not-Invented-Here Syndrome.
2.12 Fit of Person and Job.
2.13 Creative Tensions: Managing Antithesis and Ambiguity.
2.14 Develop a Climate of Participation.
2.15 Summary.
2.16 Questions for Class Discussion.
3 Creating a Productive and Effective R&D Organization.
3.1 Organization Effectiveness.
3.2 Who are the Inventors and Innovators?
3.3 Odd Characteristics of Inventors and Innovators.
3.4 Researcher's Relationship with Management and Peers.
3.5 Formation of Teams.
3.6 Generating New Ideas.
3.7 Emphases on Aspects of Organizational Culture.
3.8 Ethos of A Scientific Community.
3.9 Summary.
3.10 Questions for Class Discussion.
4 Job Design and Organizational Effectiveness.
4.1 Job Attributes.
4.2 Physical Location and Communication.
4.3 Career Paths.
4.4 Dual and Triple Hierarchies.
4.5 Centralization and Decentralization.
4.6 Keeping the Researcher at the Innovation Stage.
4.7 Job Design and Conflict.
4.8 Summary.
4.9 Questions for Class Discussion..
5 Influencing People.
5.1 Attitude, Altitude Change.
5.2 Findings from Attitude Research.
5.3 Behavioral Science Division Case.
5.4 Case Analysis.
5.5 Communication Alternatives and Outcomes.
5.6 Summary.
5.7 Questions for Class Discussion.
6 Motivation in R&D Organizations.
6.1 A Model of Human Behavior.
6.2 Changing the Reward System to Support Technical Careers.
6.3 Structuring the Organization for Optimal Communication.
6.4 Rewards and Motivation.
6.5 Reward System Discussion.
6.6 Sense of Control and Community.
6.7 A Federal R&D Laboratory Case.
6.8 Summary.
6.9 Questions for Class Discussion.
7 Dealing with Diversity in R&D Organizations.
7.1 Assimilation and Multiculturalism.
7.2 Understanding Culture.
7.3 Cultural Differences.
7.4 What Happens When People from Different Cultures Work Together?
7.5 Cultural Distance.
7.6 Cultural Intelligence and Related Concepts.
7.7 A Model for Diversity in Groups.
7.8 The Status of Minorities in Work Groups.
7.9 Dealing with People from Different Disciplines, Organizational Levels, and Functions.
7.10 Intercultural Training.
7.11 Summary.
7.12 Questions for a Class Discussion.
8 Leadership in R&D Organizations.
8.1 Identifying Your Leadership Style.
8.2 Theories of Leadership and Leadership Styles.
8.3 Leadership in R&D Organizations.
8.4 R&D Leadership: A Process of Mutual Influence.
8.5 A Leadership-Style Case.
8.6 Leadership in a Creative Research Environment.
8.7 Summary.
8.8 Questions for Class Discussion.
9 Managing Conflict in R&D Organizations.
9.1 Conflict Within Individuals.
9.2 Conflict Between Individuals.
9.3 Conflict Between Groups.
9.4 Intercultural Conflict.
9.5 Personal Styles of Conflict Resolution.
9.6 Unique Issues of Conflict in R&D Organizations.
9.7 Ethics.
9.8 Summary.
9.9 Questions for Class Discussion.
10 Performance Appraisal-Employee Contribution-In R&D Organizations.
10.1 Some Negative Connotations of Performance Appraisal.
10.2 Difficulties with Employee Appraisal.
10.3 Performance Appraisal and the Management System.
10.4 Performance Appraisal and Organizational Stages.
10.5 Performance Appraisal and Organization Productivity.
10.6 Goals of Engineers Versus Scientists.
10.7 Performance Appraisal and Monetary Rewards.
10.8 Performance Appraisal in Practice.
10.9 A University Department Case.
10.10 Implementation Strategy with Emphasis on Employee Contribution.
10.11 Summary.
10.12 Questions for Class Discussion.
10.13 Appendix: Argonne National Laboratory Performance Review Information.
11 Technology Transfer.
11.1 Technology Transfer Hypotheses.
11.2 Stages of Technology Transfer.
11.3 Approaches and Factors Affecting Technology Transfer.
11.4 Role of the User.
11.5 Characteristics of Innovation and its Diffusion.
11.6 Role of People.
11.7 Boundary Spanning.
11.8 Organizational Issues in Technology Transfer.
11.9 The Agricultural Extension Model.
11.10 NASA Technology Transfer Programs.
11.11 IBM Technology Transfer Cases.
11.12 Technology Transfer Strategy.
11.13 Summary.
11.14 Questions for Class Discussion.
12 Models for Implementing Incremental and Radical Innovation.
12.1 Defining Innovation.
12.2 Strategic Choices in Technological Innovation.
12.3 Making Technological Innovation Operational.
12.4 The Market, Marketers and Market Research in Technological Innovation.
12.5 Leading Innovative Organizations.
12.6 Summary.
12.7 Questions for Class Discussion.
13 Organizational Change in R&D Settings.
13.1 Why Organizational Change?
13.2 Steps in Organizational Change.
13.3 Problems and Action Steps.
13.4 Individual Change.
13.5 Group Change: Team Building.
13.6 Organizational Change.
13.7 Evaluating Organizational Change.
13.8 Case Study in Organizational Change.
13.9 Summary.
13.10 Questions for Class Discussion.
14 Managing the Network of Technological Innovation.
14.1 Overall Trends Within and Between Sectors.
14.2 Trends in Research, Development And Innovation in the Commercial Realm.
14.3 Trends in Research, Development and Innovation in the Federal Government.
14.4 Trends in Research, Development and Innovation in Universities.
14.5 Open Innovation, Regional Economic Development, and the Global Innovation Network.
14.6 Summary.
14.7 Questions for Class Discussion.
15 University and Basic Research.
15.1 Basis for University Research Activities.
15.2 Federal Support of University Research: An Entitlement or a Means to Achieve National Goals?
15.3 Basic Research-Who Needs It?
15.4 University-Industry Linkage.
15.5 Rethinking Investment in Basic Research.
15.6 Summary and Concluding Comments.
15.7 Questions for Class Discussion.
16 R&D Organizations and Strategy.
16.1 What is Strategy?
16.2 Strategy Levels and Perspectives.
16.3 Strategy Formulation and Implementation.
16.4 Strategy Evaluation.
16.5 Strategy and Innovation.
16.6 Technology and Strategy.
16.7 Applying a Strategy Process.
16.8 Summary.
16.9 Questions for Class Discussion.
17 Research, Development, and Science Policy.
17.1 Relationships Between Science and Technology.
17.2 Technical Innovation and Economic Development.
17.3 Analysis of Investment in Basic Research.
17.4 R&D Expenditure.
17.5 R&D Productivity.
17.6 Global Perspectives on Innovation.
17.7 R&D Expenditure and Science Policy.
17.8 Summary.
17.9 Questions for Class Discussion.
Author Index.
Subject Index.
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The public is invited to an evening of song Dec. 9 as Lenoir Community College and the Community Council for the Arts present the 16th annual performance of Handel�s Messiah under the direction of Carolyn Crossland, program chairwoman of music at the college.
The sole performance will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Waller Building Auditorium. Admission is $7 at the door and doors open at 6:30.
Accompanying the choir will be a 15-piece chamber orchestra from the North Carolina Symphony. Justin Sturz of Greenville will be the performance pianist. Soloists include East Carolina University voice faculty Dr. Jami Rhodes, alto; ECU Head Music Librarian, David Hursh, tenor; conductor of the Greenville Choral Society Youth Chorale Peggy Vaughan, soprano, and Joel Gay, co-minister of Music at First United Methodist Church in Wilson, bass soloist.
.Handel was born in Germany in 1685, studied in Italy, and worked the majority of his career in England. Although his early compositions were mostly operas, his masterpieces are his oratorios, large works for chorus and orchestra often based on a Bible story, but lacking costumes, sets, and acting. His most famous oratorio, Messiah, considered by musicologists to be the most performed and most recognized work in all music literature is a fixture of the Christmas season that still awes listeners 250 years after the composer�s death. Citing Messiah, composer Ludwig van Beethoven, said Handel was the "greatest composer that ever lived."
Due to Handel's superstar status in England, Messiah burst onto the stage when it was performed in Dublin in 1742, with audiences of over 700 in a room that seated only 600. Ladies were asked by management to wear dresses "without hoops" and men were asked to �leave ceremonial swords at home� in order to make "room for more company."
Handel composed Messiah in 1741 in only three to four weeks, literally writing from morning to night. Charles Jennens, a well-known author wrote the text for Messiah, using selected passages from the old and new testaments. Unlike most oratorios, Messiah offered very little plot. Part I prophesied the birth of Jesus Christ; Part II exalted his sacrifice for humankind; and the final section heralded his resurrection. Only Part I will be performed at LCC.
In most of Handel's oratorios, the soloists dominate the performance and the choir sings only brief choruses. But in Messiah, the chorus takes a much larger role, commenting on the action and moving the story forward with great emotional impact and uplifting messages.
There is little doubt about Handel's own fondness for Messiah. His annual benefit concerts for his favorite charity, a home for abandoned and orphaned children in London, always included Messiah. In 1759, when he was blind and in failing health, he insisted on attending an April 6 performance of Messiah at the Theatre Royal in Covent Garden. Eight days later, Handel died at home. Unlike most musicians of his time, Handel amassed a fortune through his music and shrewd investments. His estate was assessed at 20,000 pounds, which made him a millionaire by modern standards. He left the bulk of his fortune to charities and much of the remainder to friends, and servants.
Abroad, Handel's reputation, and that of his best-known composition, continued to grow. By the early 19th century, performances of Messiah had become an even stronger Christmas tradition in the United States than in Britain. The musical giant Mozart confessed himself to be humble in the face of Handel's genius. Mozart said, "When he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt."
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Europe's Best-Selling EV Is Barely A Car At All; Bow Down To The Renault Twizy
With major automakers struggling to find a way to market and sell electric vehicles to the masses, just about every idea is being tested. Yet success seems to be coming from an unlikely source. Europe's best-selling electric vehicle isn't the Nissan Leaf, the Opel Ampera, or any other EV we've heard so much about. Instead, it is the Renault Twizy, more quad than car, and the key to its success isn't style or range…it's all about the price.Read more


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Hello all! I am new to making bento, and first thought about it after reading one of my favorite webcomics, where his wife starts making bento for him (http://www.reallifecomics.com/archive/090202.html). A friend of mine referred me to this site, and I have since been poring over its contents to gather as much information as I can possibly absorb. I am interested in it partially as a tool for weight loss, but also because I really like the idea of having a *real* lunch that tastes incredible, rather than Spaghettios or something of that nature. Also, veggies. I'm not a big fan of them, but I know I need them, and perhaps this new habit will teach me how to cook them and make them taste good. The orange juice carrots look particularly appealing. On top of all that, I love Japanese food, and I like the idea of eating it on a regular basis (or at least asian-inspired dishes).
I have a few obstacles to implementing this new bento plan, so I am trying to figure out how to balance everything so I don't go crazy. I am a part-time student and also work full-time. I am a student ambassador committee chair for my school's department, as well as a general busy bee with a few out-of-town weekend trips planned back to back in April (so planning for that will be quite interesting). My work is Monday - Friday, 8-5, basically. On Monday nights, I meet with my group for a class project, and Tues/Wed nights are class nights until 9-10pm. So my general plan is to pack lunch and dinner Monday - Wednesday using my Fit and Fresh lunch box, using the cooled section for dinner, and lunch only on Thursday and Friday.
Last week, I packed bento 2 times and loved it. This week, I have an ambitious plan laid out for lunch and dinner Mon-Wed and lunch on Thurs/Fri. Wish me luck! I hope I don't end up driving myself too crazy!
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Welcome to Just Bento. I hope you don't drive yourself crazy too, but if it all starts getting a bit much just back off a little. Good luck with your plan!
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Best of luck with your plans!!!!
Once you get started you will hate having to stop - and being busy is a very good reason to use this tool to make sure you eat well and stay healthy.
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Man, you're right on that! Last week, I only made bento 2 times, and on the days I didn't bring it, I really wished I could have. I'm combining this with my new exercise plan: Play Dance Dance Revolution for at least 30 minutes, 3 days during the work week, and 1 hour on the weekend. It's a good workout, it's fun, and can easily be varied to keep me from getting bored with it.
Welcome Brandy! You sound like an organized person, so I think you will be successful in your goals. Have fun! :)
Welcome and good luck!!! :D
I am also a full-time employee and I am going to an art school every night so I understand your problems!! lol
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