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Tornado damage in Louisville, Miss., in April 2014. (Maj. Andy Thaggard/National Guard)
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Vague tornado watches and warnings could soon become a thing of the past, thanks to research at the National Center for Physical Acoustics.
Humans can only hear a finite range of the sound spectrum. Sounds that are above the frequency of human hearing are referred to as "ultrasound." Whereas sounds that are below human hearing are called "infrasound."
The NCPA, located on the University of Mississippi's campus in Oxford, has developed a method to detect tornados using infrasound, sounds below the frequency of human hearing.
There has never been a perfect method for detecting tornadoes. In fact, only one method works on a consistent basis.
"The easiest way to detect a tornado, in this day in age, is through people's eyes and calling in their locations," said Dr. Roger Waxler, senior scientist and group leader for the infrasound research.
Waxler holds a PhD in physics from Columbia University, and has a professional background at numerous renowned institutions in the field.
The Infrasound Group at the NCPA are getting a better grasp on when tornados form, where they land, and where they move to, to provide more accurate information for the public before a tornado hits and to provide more images of these, he said. In addition to affecting the area of the midwest traditionally known as "Tornado Alley," the southern United States, including Mississippi, also is often hit hard by tornadoes.
According to NOAA and the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center, Mississippi averages 45.1 tornado touchdowns a year. This number comes from certain features that the tornado produces, and forecasters are trained to look for these distinguished features.
The state ranks in the top 10 nationally for number of tornado touchdowns each year, with a variety of serious and non-serious effects. They usually hit the worst between the months of January and May, and can occur all the way through November.
NCPA scientists have been researching the use of sensor arrays, which they developed on campus, to pick up sound and pinpoint the tornadoes and track them through infrasound. With their new technology, they have also been able to pick up information, through Doppler radars, identifying wind speed and rotation of the tornado, within thunderstorms.
"We get to go trounce around in national forests, putting out sensors, and we have a lot of fun," Dr. Craig Hickey, interim director of the NCPA, said with a laugh. The sensors he is referring to are placed in an array. By measuring the time at which a signal arrives at each array placement, scientists can determine the direction of the signal.
Dr. Hickey, Dr. Waxler, and the rest of the researchers at the NCPA are optimistic about the direction of the tornado research.
"There's still a lot of questions [to be answered], and progress to be made, but the information we do have is certainly promising," said Waxler.
Dr. Craig J. Hickey (Geophysics)
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El Canal Universitario de Antioquia (conocido como Canal U) es un canal de televisión abierta colombiano enfocado hacia el público universitario. Su sede está en la ciudad colombiana de Medellín y desde el 4 de agosto de 1999, produce y emite televisión académica, científica, investigativa y cultural.

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El Canal U presentó formalmente la solicitud para transmitir dentro de una frecuencia de televisión ante la Comisión Nacional de Televisión de Colombia el 10 de diciembre de 1997. La licencia fue aprobada en junio de 1998 y adjudicada al canal para transmitir en el Valle de Aburrá. El 20 de mayo de 1999, el canal empezó a transmitir en señal de pruebas y, el 4 de agosto del mismo año, inició sus emisiones de manera oficial.

En agosto de 2000, el canal organizó un concierto de rock por su primer aniversario, el cual reunió a más de 8 mil jóvenes, así como también realizó la «Carrera Atlética Canal U» con participación de mil corredores. Cada aniversario el número de inscripciones aumenta en un promedio de 500 corredores.

En abril de 2013, Canal U relanza su imagen corporativa, así como nueva programación, nuevo paquete de gráficas y nuevo eslogan.

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In the late 1980s, influential articles by Jeff rey Sachs (1989) and Rudiger Dornbusch and Sebastian Edwards (1990) traced strong parallels between populist responses to the debt crisis of the 1980s under Alan García in Peru and earlier experiences with redistributive macroeconomic policies pursued under Juan Perón in the late 1940s and Salvador Allende in the 1970s. Each study showed that, despite important ideological and political diff erences, these governments adopted approaches that followed remarkably similar trajectories. Eschewing orthodox strictures pushed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), each engaged in fiscal and monetary expansion and exchange rate appreciation intended to shift income to "popular" groups in the service sector and the import substitution industrialization (ISI) sector. All discounted the risks of inflation posed by such policies and relied instead on extensive price controls and foreign exchange rationing to maintain stability and subsidize ISI industries. Most important, as foreign exchange reserves were depleted and fiscal pressures mounted, the policies in each of these cases ended in inflationary disasters and economic collapse. © 2011 The Johns Hopkins University Press. All rights reserved.
The electoral success of the left across Latin America has largely been interpreted as a backlash against globalization and a manifestation of anti-market voting of citizens increasingly frustrated with their experience of representative democracy. However, studies trying to test these propositions show rather inconclusive results and face the problem of translating objective economic conditions into observable individual perceptions. This article contends that theories of subjective well-being in psychology and economics can shed light on this left turn. In particular, life satisfaction, as a manifestation of experienced utility, can help explain the electoral outcomes observed throughout the region. The findings show that support for the left is higher the more unsatisfied voters are under a right incumbent.
Argentina's economic and institutional decline has long posed a conundrum to economists and social scientists. In particular, it challenges modern theories that seek to explain crosscountry growth differences. Theories that claim that institutions have a first-order effect on growth cannot explain the persistent economic decadence of a country that in 1930 was among the most institutionally advanced in Latin America. Theories that claim that that education and growth precede inclusive institutions face a similar problem, since Argentina was one of the most educationally advanced countries in Latin America. The same can be said of theories that claim that social capital is the determinant factor that explains long-term growth. This paper emphasizes the key role played by recurrent cycles of populism in pushing the country into secular decadence and posits that in Argentina rising commodity prices generate have driven the cycles of populism.
Since the mid-1990s, some rightist governments in Latin America have adhered to a strict market orientation while others have shown less attachment to doctrinaire neoliberal policies, a puzzle as rightists are expected to favor minimal government intervention in the economy. In an environment over the past two decades in which market-oriented policies, in general, have grown increasingly unpopular with many Latin Americans, we contend that rightists have less political cover to endorse neoliberal policies. Using panel data for eighteen Latin American countries from 1995 to 2015, we find that, because of the clarity of responsibility that occurs under political mandates and the unpopularity of market reforms, mandate-holding rightist governments will tend to go against their ideological preferences and decrease neoliberal policies. Our findings indicate that as presidential vote margins increase and responsibility for unpopular economic policies becomes clearer, rightist executives will be less willing to support such policies, but only to a point. The results suggest that clarity of responsibility can influence presidential decision-making concerning unpopular policies, especially microeconomic policies, but this influence diminishes as presidents become more electorally secure.
A contemporary challenge is inequality. This paper illustrates why ideas matter, and how they can change over time. Inequalities are reinforced when they are taken for granted. But this can be disrupted when marginalised people gain self-esteem; challenge hitherto unquestioned inequalities; and gain confidence in the possibility of social change. Slowly and incrementally, social mobilisation can catalyse greater government commitment to socially inclusive economic growth. This is illustrated with ethnographic research from Latin America, where income inequality has recently declined. Clearly, however, no single paper can provide a comprehensive account of political change in an incredibly diverse region. By highlighting some ways in which ideas matter (and the limitations of alternative hypotheses about increased fiscal space and democratisation), this paper merely seeks to persuade political economists to go beyond 'incentives'. Future efforts to tackle inequality might harness the power of ideas: tackling 'norm perceptions' (beliefs about what others think and do); publicising positive deviance; and strengthening social movements.
A contemporary challenge is inequality. This paper illustrates why ideas matter, and how they can changeover time. Inequalities are reinforced when they are taken for granted. But this can be disrupted when marginalised people gain self-esteem; challenge hitherto unquestioned inequalities; and gain confidence in the possibility of social change. Slowly and incrementally, social mobilisation can catalyse greater government commitment to socially inclusive economic growth. This is illustrated with ethnographic research from Latin America, where income inequality has recently declined. Clearly, however, no single paper can provide a comprehensive account of political change in an incredibly diverse region. By highlighting some ways in which ideas matter (and the limitations of alternative hypotheses about increased fiscal space and democratisation), this paper merely seeks to persuade political economists to go beyond 'incentives'. Future efforts to tackle inequality might harness the power of ideas: tackling 'norm perceptions' (beliefs about what others think and do); publicising positive deviance; and strengthening social movements.
The persistence of policy switches --- whereby presidents renege on campaign promises shortly after winning elections --- thirty years after Latin America's re-democratization defies established notions of democratic representation and poses a puzzle to analysts and voters alike. In this paper, I advance current explanations for switches, by arguing they can only be understood in the context of currency booms and crises, typical of Latin American economies after their reintegration into world finance in the 1970s. In order to test my propositions empirically, I examine elections held in the region between 1978 and 2006 and find evidence consistent with the claim that switches are strongly associated with periods of dollar scarcity, when the need to play creditors' "confidence game" pushes leftist presidents toward adopting policies opposed to the programs that guaranteed their election.
Argentina's economic and institutional decline has long posed a conundrum to economists and social scientists. In particular, it challenges theories that seek to explain growth differences across countries over time. Theories that claim that institutions have a first-order effect on growth cannot explain the persistent economic decadence of a country that in 1930 was among the most institutionally advanced in Latin America. Theories that claim that that education and growth precede inclusive institutions face a similar problem, since Argentina was one of the most educationally advanced countries in Latin America. The same can be said of theories that claim that social capital is the determinant factor that explains long-term growth. This paper emphasizes the key role played by recurrent cycles of populism in pushing the country into secular decadence and posits that, in Argentina, rising commodity prices generate have driven the cycles of populism.
Literature published a decade ago reflected a pessimistic view of the market-oriented reforms that Latin America carried out in the 1980s and 1990s, and many politicians have attacked these reforms openly. Indeed, the atmosphere is so negative that it would be reasonable to assume that many of the reforms have been reversed. This paper will take a new look at the situation ten years later. Our argument is that the reforms have generally not been reversed. The reversal that has occurred has been with respect to privatisation in a few countries; negative public opinion is also concentrated on privatisation; and the reforms helped to enable Latin America to take advantage of favourable conditions leading to high growth in the 2004-8 boom period and a relatively strong performance during the 2008-9 crisis. While much remains to be done to raise growth and improve distribution, objective information about the reforms is needed when policies for the future are made.
Electoral Revolution Or Democratic Alternation?
Over the past few years, a burgeoning literature on Latin American politics has developed, focusing on explanations for the renewed success of the left in the region. Building on electoral trends and public opinion analysis, we argue that the region is experiencing the normalization of democratic politics rather than a backlash or a revolution. Furthermore, we believe that electoral support for the left reflects the disenchantment of voters with underperforming right-wing governments. Using a unique data set covering eighteen countries in the region, our statistical analyses demonstrate that retrospective voting provides a powerful explanation of the recent electoral success of the left in Latin America. Thus, the central implication of our argument is that electoral accountability is still the primary mechanism of controlling the executive in the region's young democracies. En los últimos años, una parte importante de la literatura sobre América Latina se ha enfocado en el estudio del éxito electoral de la izquierda en la región. A partir del análisis de tendencias electorales y de opinión pública, nuestro argumento principal es que este fenómeno regional refleja una normalización de la política democrática más que una "revolución" de izquierda o una reacción a las reformas neoliberales de los años 90. En particular, el apoyo electoral a la izquierda refleja el desencanto de los votantes con gobiernos de derecha cuyo desempeño económico no ha sido satisfactorio. Usando una base de datos original que incluye dieciocho países de la región, el análisis estadístico muestra que el reciente éxito de la izquierda en América Latina se explica fundamentalmente por el voto económico retrospectivo de los ciudadanos. En función de estos resultados, se puede concluir que la sanción (accountability) electoral de los votantes es el mecanismo fundamental de control del ejecutivo en las jóvenes democracias de la región.
Latin American politics has taken a left turn in the past decade, with an increasing number of chief executives hailing from left-of-center parties. We investigate the political and socioeconomic factors explaining political ideology of the chief executive in a sample of one hundred elections taking place between 1975 and 2007 in eighteen Latin American countries. We find that the commodity booms in agricultural, mining, and oil are positively and significantly related to the probability that a country will have a chief executive from a left-of-center political party. However, for oil exports, we observe that this effect holds only for Venezuela. We also show that past political discrimination and government crises are positively and significantly associated with a move to more left-wing chief executives. Openness to trade and having a president from the right in the previous presidential term negatively affects the probability of having a more liberal president, although the effect of trade openness disappears when the incumbent president is a conservative. We also find that when a government crisis occurs during a term with a president from the right, the probability of having a president from the left in the following term increases significantly. Resumen: La política en Latinoamérica ha tomado un giro a la izquierda en la última década, donde el número de presidentes de la izquierda y centro-izquierda ha incrementado. Este artículo analiza los factores socioeconómicos y políticos que explican los cambios en la ideología política de los presidentes elegidos con una muestra de cien elecciones desde 1975 al 2007 en dieciocho países latinoamericanos. En este estudio encontramos que la bonanza en el mercado de la materia prima, en específico la agricultura, la minería y el petróleo, tiene una relación positiva con la probabilidad de que un país elija un gobierno de izquierda. Sin embargo, encontramos que en el caso del petróleo, la relación positiva sólo existe en Venezuela. También encontramos que la discriminación política y las crisis de gobierno están positivamente relacionadas con un movimiento hacia la izquierda en el poder ejecutivo. La apertura al comercio internacional y haber tenido un presidente de derecha en el término previo a la elección afecta negativamente la probabilidad de que un gobierno de izquierda sea elegido, pero el efecto de la apertura al comercio internacional desaparece cuando hay un gobierno de derecha en el período anterior. También encontramos que cuando hay una crisis de gobierno y un presidente de derecha está en el poder, la probabilidad de que gane un presidente de izquierda en las próximas elecciones incrementa.
Why are some Latin American states plagued by persistent policy volatility while the policies of others remain relatively stable? This article explores the political economy of natural resource rents and policy volatility across Latin America. It argues that, all else equal, resource rents will create incentives for political leaders, which will result in repeated episodes of policy volatility. This effect, however, will depend on the structure of political institutions. Where political institutions fail to provide a forum for intertemporal exchange among political actors, natural resource rents will result in increased levels of policy volatility. Alternatively, where political institutions facilitate agreement among actors, resource rents will be conducive to policy stability. This argument is tested on a measure of policy volatility for 18 Latin American economies between 1993 and 2008. The statistical tests provide support for the argument.
This article challenges the widely held view that populist mobilization and participatory democracy are incompatible. Ethnographic data from Chávez-era Venezuela show that while populist mobilization cannot directly generate participatory democracy, it can set in motion a process that indirectly leads to this result: By creating but failing to fulfill expectations for participatory democracy and falling short in other ways, a poorly performing local populist regime can precipitate a grassroots backlash that, under certain circumstances, can lead to the election of a post-populist regime with the interest and ability to successfully implement participatory reform. My data show that this can occur in municipalities led by the Left or Center-Right, complicating the idea that successful participatory democracy requires a Left party.
Argentina's tax-to-GDP ratio ranked at the bottom of worldwide tables of middle-income countries prior to the 2000s. By 2015, Argentina transformed from a low-tax to a high-tax country matching Brazil for the highest tax-to-GDP ratio in the region. No tax expert anticipated this outcome—quite the opposite. A rise in Value-Added Tax (VAT) revenue occurred as overall tax revenue increased, and this trend continued after a period of economic growth ended. This chapter explains how the government engineered this result by way of financial inclusion measures that targeted middle-class Argentines and their inclusion into the formal banking system. As financial inclusion drew more people into the formal banking system, consumers began to use less cash and more credit and debit cards causing more consumption to occur in formal markets ("easily taxed") and less in informal markets ("less taxed").
Although significant effort has been devoted to establishing the institutionalization as a critical dimension of parties and party systems, empirical analyses of the political implications of this institutionalization have received relatively little scholarly attention. Little is known, for example, about how it promotes governments' programmatic consistency. This article contributes to this debate by investigating a common trait of Latin American politics – programmatic shifts endeavored by left-wing governmentswho take office in the midst of speculative attacks – and examining how different levels of institutionalization affect the probability of such changes occurring. Results show that, confronted by strong speculative pressure, left-wing presidents tend to abandon their campaign promises in favor of conservative economic agendas. Contrary to expected, however, these changes occurmore frequently in institutionalized party systems. © 2015, Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Politicos (IESP), UERJ. All rights reserved.
Political economy scholarship suggests that private sector investment, and thus economic growth, is more likely to occur when formal institutions allow states to provide investors with credible commitments to protect property rights. This book argues that this maxim does not hold for infrastructure privatization programs. Rather, differences in firm organizational structure better explain the viability of privatization contracts in weak institutional environments. Domestic investors - or, if contracts are granted subnationally, domestic investors with diverse holdings in their contract jurisdiction - work most effectively in the volatile economic and political environments of the developing world. They are able to negotiate mutually beneficial adaptations to their contracts with host governments because cross-sector diversification provides them with informal contractual supports. The book finds strong empirical support for this argument through an analysis of fourteen water and sanitation privatization contracts in Argentina and a statistical analysis of sector trends in developing countries.
While scholars, activists and pundits from around the world have heralded the Lula years as a breakthrough for poverty reduction and the forthcoming emergence of Brazil as a dynamic economic superpower, many of their counterparts in the country as well as a number of Brazilianists elsewhere, have expressed great disappointment.
In the first decade of the twenty-first century, Latin America experienced a so-called left turn that sought either to reform or eliminate the neoliberal institutions established during the 1980s and 1990s. However, although Peru has electoral, economic, and social processes similar to those of its neighbors, the neoliberal institutions established in Peru by the 1993 Constitution remain firmly in place. This article aims to understand the mechanisms sustaining Peru's neoliberal regime since its creation. Why have these institutions survived and grown in strength in a regional environment that has been hostile to neoliberal legacies? The article answers that question, emphasizing the evolution of the balance of power between the precarious Peruvian political class and the empowered technocrats and bureaucrats within the state. The reformist politicians are too weak and amateurish to challenge the technobureaucrats within the state. Moreover, the article analyzes the different strategies deployed by technocrats and bureaucrats in order to ensure the continuity and stability of the neoliberal regime and its policies. Theoretically, the article suggests that institutional stability can arise from a daily process gradually shaped by actors and their strategies.
Latin America is a region with a long history of intergroup violence. Consistent with Tolstoy's famous observation that "every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way," Latin America stands out in several ways. No other world region has thus far seen such a variety of forms of violence. Through most of the twentieth century, the continent was plagued with civil wars and large-scale guerrilla warfare, social uprisings and violent revolutions; its inhabitants endured many coups d'état and military interventions and brutal military dictatorships coupled with state and nonstate terrorism. Though at the turn of the millennium, many of these "traditional" forms of violent confrontation have ceased or have been greatly attenuated, they have been topped by the upsurge of urban crime ("slum wars"), proliferation of violent youth gangs, and intensification of domestic violence as well as "drug wars" and state-led "wars on drugs." Latin America has a dubious distinction of leading the world in most global indices of violence.
We analyze the impact of economic conditions and income shocks on the stability of incumbents' support in Latin America. A reduction in the incumbent's vote share from one election to another is a behavioral indicator of voter discontent with her performance, a crucial element of democratic accountability. In explaining the percentage change in incumbent vote, we emphasize the importance of income effects. In particular, we argue that negative economic conditions have deleterious consequences on the capacity of incumbents to sustain their electoral support. We test this hypothesis both at the aggregate and individual level using electoral and survey data. We find evidence that negative economic shocks erode support for incumbents at both levels of analysis, thus increasing our confidence on results showing the impact of pocketbook economic vote in the region.
This article presents the case for steering clear of electoral outcome-based regime classifications. It advocates focusing instead on the systemic character of the formal and informal institutions that govern access to power as a more appropriate way to draw electoral regime boundaries. The case study of Ecuador under the presidency of Rafael Correa is offered as an example of this approach. Both electoral outcomes under Correísmo (2006–2017) as well as the procedural context in which elections occurred are examined. But the regime is here analyzed and categorized on a procedural-centered basis. The analysis of the slope of the playing field in the electoral arena reveals that political competition was fundamentally unfair, placing the regime in the competitive authoritarian category. This conclusion is reached on grounds of the incumbent's capture of the electoral management body, as well as highly discriminatory electoral laws drawn by the incumbent, among many other factors that rendered Ecuadorean electoral contests unfair. © 2017, GIGA German Institute of Global and Area Studies. All rights reserved.
The Politics of Market Discipline in Latin America uses a multi-method approach to challenge the conventional wisdom that financial markets impose broad and severe constraints over leftist economic policies in emerging market countries. It shows, rather, that in Latin America, this influence varies markedly among countries and over time, depending on cycles of currency booms and crises exogenous to policy making. Market discipline is strongest during periods of dollar scarcity, which, in low-savings commodity-exporting countries, occurs when commodity prices are high and international interest rates low. In periods of dollar abundance, when the opposite happens, the market's capacity to constrain leftist governments is very limited. Ultimately, Daniela Campello argues that financial integration should force the Left toward the center in economies less subject to these cycles, but not in those most vulnerable to them.
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BLOOMINGBURG — Five weeks after ordering work halted on Main Street buildings owned by developer Shalom Lamm, Bloomingburg officials are weighing a moratorium on building permits and the dissolution of the village's Planning and Zoning Boards.
On Monday, Village Hall hosted public hearings on three proposed local laws: Two would hand Bloomingburg's planning and zoning functions to the Town of Mamakating. The third institutes a minimum 30-day halt to commercial and residential permits.
Bloomingburg Mayor Frank Gerardi says the dissolution of the boards follows Gov. Andrew Cuomo's call for local governments to consolidate services.
The moratorium, he said, will give the village time to inspect properties belonging to Lamm, whose effort to build a 396-home Hasidic complex ignited widespread opposition.
"It's to give us, the building inspector and the engineer, the chance to go through all of what was done in the past year without permits," Gerardi said. "I'm more concerned that there are no health issues."
Gerardi is part of a newly elected Village Board whose members rode a wave of anti-Lamm sentiment into office in March.
They confronted essentially nonfunctioning planning boards and nonpermitted work done on Lamm-owned properties along Main Street, he said.
"It's just completely and totally out of hand," said Holly Roche, president of Lamm critic Rural Community Coalition. "There are buildings I know that have been almost demolished and then rebuilt without a permit."
In April, the village ordered work halted on some of Lamm's Main Street buildings, including a property he wants to convert into a private girls' school. At the time of the order, it was being used as a mikvah — a ritual bath house — without proper permits.
For the last month, Bloomingburg's building department has been inspecting Lamm's properties, Gerardi said. The developer is cooperating with the review, he said.
"Depending on what year they're built, there could be asbestos and lead paint," Gerardi said. Village officials are discussing giving property owners the ability to apply for a "hardship" waiver from the building moratorium. That law and the ones dissolving the Planning and Zoning Boards could be voted on at the next village meeting.
Turning Bloomingburg's planning and zoning functions over to the town will not only satisfy the governor's push for consolidation, Gerardi and Mamakating Supervisor Bill Herrmann said.
It also starts a process in which the village and town align their zoning codes, and could be a step toward full merger, they said.
"It would certainly make sense," Herrmann said. "These are wasted layers of government service."
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Wojciech Maciej Karłowski (ur. 10 stycznia 1966) – polski biolog specjalizujący się w biologii molekularnej i bioinformatyce. Profesor nauk biologicznych. Kierownik Zakładu Biologii Obliczeniowej na Wydziale Biologii Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu. Jego zainteresowania naukowe obejmują identyfikację niekodujących RNA, genomikę, analizy wysokoprzepustowe i adnotację funkcjonalną sekwencji biologicznych.

Życiorys Naukowy
Wojciech Karłowski ukończył studia o specjalności biologia molekularna na Wydziale Biologii Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu w 1991 roku. W trakcie studiów odbył trzymiesięczną praktykę w ramach wymiany IAESTE w laboratorium prof. L. Jaenicke w Instytucie Biochemii Uniwersytetu w Kolonii.

W latach 1991–1996 Wojciech Karłowski kształcił się w kierunku genetyki molekularnej roślin w ramach studium doktoranckiego na Wydziale Biologii Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza. Jego prace badawcze dotyczyły molekularnych mechanizmów zaangażowanych w procesy symbiotycznego wiązania azotu przez rośliny motylkowe. Rozprawę doktorską pod tytułem 'Geny kodujące brodawkowo-specyficzne białka prolino-bogate w łubinie żółtym' obronił w 1996 roku. Promotorem w jego przewodzie doktorskim był prof. dr hab. Andrzej B. Legocki.

Wojciech Karłowski odbył staż podoktorski w laboratorium prof. dr Ann Hirsch w Institute of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) w latach 1997–2000. Tematyka jego prac badawczych w tym okresie dotyczyła zagadnień związanych z interakcjami symbiotycznymi roślin motylkowych i bakterii oraz charakterystyki nowego genu zidentyfikowanego podczas analizy mutantów lucerny (Medicago sativa) zablokowanych na wczesnych etapach rozwoju symbiozy.

W latach 2001–2004 Wojciech Karłowski pracował jako naukowiec w Instytucie Bioinformatyki / Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS) w Monachium w grupie dr Klausa F.X. Mayera. Realizował tam badania poświęcone genomice obliczeniowej roślin we współpracy z takimi ośrodkami naukowymi, jak Arizona Genomics Institute, Whitehead Institute MIT, czy Rutgers University. Najważniejszy projekt, nad którym pracował podczas pobytu w Monachium, dotyczył bioinformatycznej analizy danych produkowanych w trakcie sekwencjonowania genomu kukurydzy. Dzięki wykorzystaniu zaawansowanych technik biologii obliczeniowej umożliwił on pierwsze spojrzenie na skład genomu kukurydzy oraz historię jego ewolucji.

Wojciech Karłowski podjął pracę na Wydziale Biologii Uniwersytetu im. A. Mickiewicza w Poznaniu w 2004 roku. W 2007 roku odbył 3 miesięczny staż na Uniwersytecie w Perpignan we Francji w ramach projektu Marie Curie Host Fellowships for the Transfer of Knowledge. Rozpoczął w tym czasie projekt naukowy poświęcony analizom bioinformatycznym domen białkowych zaangażowanych w procesy wyciszania transkrypcji we współpracy z dr Thierrym Lagrange. W 2008 roku Wojciech Karłowski został zaproszony przez Uniwersytet w Perpignan jako profesor wizytujący i realizował tam projekt związany z identyfikacją oraz analizą funkcji miRNA w ryżu we współpracy z prof. Manuelem Echeverria. W tym samym roku Rada Wydziału Biologii Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza nadała mu stopień naukowy doktora habilitowanego nauk biologicznych w zakresie biologii. W czerwcu 2009 roku Rektor UAM mianował go na stanowisko profesora nadzwyczajnego w Pracowni Bioinformatyki. Jednocześnie Wojciech Karłowski założył własną grupę badawczą, która zajmowała się projektami z obszaru genomiki, analiz danych biologicznych oraz badaniami nad niekodującymi RNA.

W 2014 roku Prezydent Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej nadał Wojciechowi Karłowskiemu tytuł naukowy profesora nauk biologicznych. W tym samym roku objął on stanowisko profesora na Wydziale Biologii Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu oraz zaczął kierować Zakładem Biologii Obliczeniowej. Jego zespół pracuje nad projektami związanymi z analizą danych biologicznych. W swoich badaniach wykorzystuje metody obliczeniowe do poznawania procesów biologicznych oraz prowadzenia wysokoprzepustowych analiz porównawczych, funkcjonalnych i ewolucyjnych w biologii molekularnej.

Główne osiągnięcia naukowe
Wojciech Karłowski specjalizuje się w bioinformatyce, biologii molekularnej, genetyce molekularnej i genomice. Jest autorem szeregu publikacji w międzynarodowych czasopismach naukowych. Do jego najważniejszych osiągnięć należą:

 Zielezinski A, Girgis HZ, Bernard G, Leimeister CA, Tang K, Dencker T, Lau AK, Röhling S, Choi JJ, Waterman MS, Comin M, Kim SH, Vinga S, Almeida JS, Chan CX, James BT, Sun F, Morgenstern B, Karlowski WM. Benchmarking of alignment-free sequence comparison methods. Genome Biol. 2019 Jul 25;20(1):144. doi: 10.1186/s13059-019-1755-7.
 Zielezinski A, Karlowski WM. Integrative data analysis indicates an intrinsic disordered domain character of Argonaute-binding motifs. Bioinformatics. 2015 Feb 1;31(3):332-9. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btu666.
 Karlowski WM, Zielezinski A, Carrère J, Pontier D, Lagrange T, Cooke R. Genome-wide computational identification of WG/GW Argonaute-binding proteins in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jul;38(13):4231-45. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq162.
 Messing J, Bharti AK, Karlowski WM, Gundlach H, Kim HR, Yu Y, Wei F, Fuks G, Soderlund CA, Mayer KF, Wing RA. Sequence composition and genome organization of maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 Oct 5;101(40):14349-54. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0406163101.
 Shiu SH, Karlowski WM, Pan R, Tzeng YH, Mayer KF, Li WH. Comparative analysis of the receptor-like kinase family in Arabidopsis and rice. Plant Cell. 2004 May;16(5):1220-34. doi: 10.1105/tpc.020834.
 Karlowski WM, Hirsch AM. The over-expression of an alfalfa RING-H2 gene induces pleiotropic effects on plant growth and development. Plant Mol Biol. 2003 May;52(1):121-33. doi: 10.1023/a:1023916701669.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne
 Strona Zakładu Biologii Obliczeniowej UAM: combio.pl.

Bioinformatyka
Polscy biolodzy
Wykładowcy Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Absolwenci Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
Urodzeni w 1966
Ludzie urodzeni w Poznaniu


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Ben Folds Live in Mobile, Alabama
Posted on April 8, 2009 by travellinbaen
Quote of the Day: "All music is folk music. I ain't never heard no horse sing a song." –Louis Armstrong
TB ain't no music critic. But if I was, I'd write all about how good the Ben Folds concert was this past Monday at the Saenger Theater in downtown Mobile. I'd give you his set list, tell all about the instrumentalists, point out the errors and bust out some cutting edge jargon.
Instead, I'll just tell you I thought he was damn good, better than I expected, which was that he'd be really good. A lot of the folks who inhabit this blog are unfamiliar with him, same as I would be if I wasn't wed to someone with discerning and eclectic tastes. So I write this with y'all in mind.
Ben Folds leads the band and plays the piano. Alongside are a drummer and a bass guitarist and a couple of utility players who do everything from shaking tamberines to playing the French horn to percussion to keyboards to standing around looking pensive and dour and wry. The band once was known as the Ben Folds Five back when they were only three but apparently dropped "Five" from their name when they expanded to that number. This fact alone is enough to garner him/them respect from TB. All of the talking and most of the singing is done by Ben. He is sort of a combination of Elton John and Jerry Lee Lewis crossed with a mad scientist and that gangly nerdy kid who pitched for the original Bad News Bears if he'd grown up and become Dwight from The Office. Rock Star, in her infinite wisdom, has kindly observed that "he could use a stylist" though TB heartily disagrees, finding his slovenly dress and post-pubescent awkwardness an appealing juxtaposition against his obvious self confidence, talent and leadership skills.
As for the concert itself, I only knew a few of his songs beforehand, and at least one of those I knew he played at a different tempo and deployed a new set of lyrics so that it was really only a cousin of the good tune on my ipod. One of my favorites from his new album is "Hiroshima" which has great lines for crowds to sing along though he surprisingly and a bit disappointinly didn't perform it in Mobile. In spite of this, I loved every number. The dude bangs on that piano like it slapped his moma, but the sounds he brings forth are pitch perfect. Watching his hands, one could only see a blur of flesh interspersed with ebony and ivory. Virtually all of his tunes are laced with humor, but also with truth and true emotion. The best example I can give is the song "The Bitch Went Nuts" which I'm linking below. It's damn funny, but its not just a silly gag song because it captures a feeling and a conversation most of us have had at some time. It's dark humor, the kind you share with your best pals. I'm not posting it, but I have a feeling more than a few of you ARB's will dig the tune "Bitches Ain't Shit", just in case you want to catch it on YouTube. I should also note that he played "Brick" in Mobile, which as his diehard fans know, he rarely performs any more.
The other thing about Ben Folds is that he projects to the audience a genuine joy and excitement in his own performance. This was no stereotypical rock star juicing up to go through the motions at one more stop on the tour. He came on stage about fifteen minutes after his opening act finished and he played until five minutes after the local ordinances required him to cease and desist. He played a set list unique in several ways from his recent shows and he improvised both the order of songs and the choice. There was even a voice vote by the crowd to choose his last pre-encore song when time was running out. One of the highlights of the night for a new fan like myself was when he played a song unique to Mobile. If you've ever seen Dana Carvey do "Choppin Bro-co-li", you have an idea of what transpired. It's a tradition of his to do this in each city I guess, and he basically makes up a tune in honor of his current tour stop in place of the usual pandering hometown compliments.
If I had to pick out anything to criticize about the concert I could, but they are small complaints. TB always likes to see a band leader introduce his guys and I always look for the lead to leave himself out of the introductions so as not to draw the applause away from the guys in the trenches. Just a little thing I've come to respect over the years and something left out of the show. Second, part of Folds' schtick is that he cusses in his songs and his onstage dialogue with the audience. A lot. TB ain't no monk, but as an aspiring humorist I am of the opinion that cuss words are most effective when used sparingly and timed appropriately. He overdoes it a bit. But then again, he kind of overdoes everything else too; all the things that make a concert fun–he bangs those keys, he sweats, he laughs, he runs, he kicks his stool out from under and he thinks about what he's going to do next to get everybody smiling and dancing. Rock Star says he's a musical genius and on this point, from what I've seen I'd have to agree.
For the uninitiated here at TB, except for maybe MD, you ought to check him out. Here's a couple of videos to give you a little taste of his work.
Warning–these links are a departure from the usual, PG 13 rated content of this site. For you kids out there….earmuffs, now.
Here's one more that demonstrates the "musical genius" part a little better. I can only link it, sorry.
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5 Responses to Ben Folds Live in Mobile, Alabama
Glad you enjoyed the concert TB, the guy sounds interesting, but,uh, where's the Thursday pickin' for the Masters??
workinbaen says:
coming as soon as I finish a little work project. Should be up by lunch.
Adam G says:
I stumbled upon this blog looking for some response to the Ben Folds Show in Mobile. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself at the show, and I hope that the show inspires you to do a little research about Ben Folds before you write some more blogs about him.
The three main guys you saw on stage did not belong to Ben Folds Five. Ben Folds is the only one from the original Ben Folds Five members that still plays as Ben Folds. They are all new guys, and Ben picked them up after doing a brief tour and a few albums by himself. Maybe you should check out the album "Ben Folds Live" (a play on "Ben Folds Five") which is a CD and DVD of just Ben Folds and his piano. (much of the stuff he did solo in Mobile is on that album).
Another thing I found wrong in your blog is the fact that Ben didn't introduce any of the members "in the trenches" as you put it. He surely did introduce every member on stage except for himself, not in one song, but throughout songs when they had solos. I, like you, like it when a front man introduces members of the band, but I also notice it when a he does it.
Also, the song you have linked is not the song "The Bitch Went Nuts" that was released on the CD. It is one of the fake songs that were released before the "Way To Normal" was released as a prank on the people that leak songs before they are released. Google it.
All in all, I'm glad you liked the concert and I hope you become a bigger Ben Folds fan and keep blogging about it.
Sounds like you found yourself an editor, TB.
Adam, my post was not intended to be a biography. I went to the concert. I enjoyed it. I wrote about my experience. I linked some stuff so people who were unfamiliar with him could get an idea of what I saw.
The identity of the musicians in the Ben Folds Five, Ben Folds in Mobile, and any other incarnation of the band is really irrelevant to the humorous observation I was making. However, I can see why you would read it the way you did. I could probably fix the problem by changing up the pronouns, but I probably won't.


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Private international law in Hungary. Kluwer Law International, the Hague, 2012. pp. 190.
The application ratione temporis of the Insolvency Regulation in new Member States. In: International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 2013, vol. 62., n 4., pp- 941-954.
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In 2009, Dr. Michael Krasner, an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, published a study in JAMA that demonstrated the effectiveness of a course in mindfulness in improving measures of physician well-being, burnout, psychological distress, and capacity for relating to patients.(1) Impressively, the effects of the intervention persisted not only in the short term, but also well after the end of the course.
How, then, can we cultivate mindfulness and apply it to our clinical practice? Dr. Krasner's intervention prescribed a two month intensive course, followed by a ten month maintenance phase, all involving mindful meditation, narrative medicine, and appreciative inquiry.
Though it may be challenging as residents to devote quite so much time to this pursuit, stay tuned for upcoming activities that the Wellness team will highlight that may help foster this skill.
Chen PW. How mindfulness can make for better doctors. The New York Times. 10/15/20019. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/15/health/15chen.html.


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Home » Go See: 'Walking on Air' by Richard Tuttle at PaceWildenstein, New York, through April 25, 2009
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Go See: 'Walking on Air' by Richard Tuttle at PaceWildenstein, New York, through April 25, 2009
Richard Tuttle, 'Walking on Air, 5' (top) and 'Walking on Air, 4' (bottom), 2008, Via Re-Title.com
Presently on show at PaceWildenstein (534 W 25th st) is Richard Tuttle's first solo show at the gallery. The exhibition includes twelve new works that were executed in 2008. All twelve pieces, measuring roughly 1' x 10', are made up of two rectangles of dyed fabric cloth with sown in grommets, allowing each piece to hang on nails. For Tuttle, these latest additions to his oeuvre alleviate the ambiguity of dichotomy and of the abstract and the real and instead make manifest the prospect of harmony and a new beginning. The works are paired with a DVD, showing a conversation between Tuttle and Arne Glimcher, director and founder of Pace Art Gallery in New York.
PaceWildenstein
Richard Tuttle: Walking on Air
Exhibition Page and Press Release [PaceWildenstein]
Richard Tuttle Info, Bio, Essays and More [Sperone Westwater]
Biography, Interviews and Multimedia on Richard Tuttle [PBS art:21]
Richard Tuttle: Never Not an Artist (2005). Documentary on Richard Tuttle directed by Chris Maybach [Art City]
Richard Tuttle, 'Walking on Air, 8', 2008, Via PaceWildenstein
'Walking on Air' is emblematic of the nature of Tuttle's practice. Tuttle defies the machismo of modernist sculptural practice by fabricating artworks that are humble, yet playful, in size and material. For example, the use of materials such as cloth, paper and wire typify the Paper Octagonals series of 1970. Tuttle also includes light and shadow in his objects, thereby even venturing beyond the material. His practice is characterized further by the preference for unconventional hanging. In his 1975 Wood Slats, for example, works were hung right below eye level, triggering a different kind of physical interaction between the work, the viewer and the gallery space.
Richard Tuttle, 'Walking on Air, 10', 2008, Via PaceWildenstein
Richard Tuttle was born in 1941 in New Jersey and currently works from New York and New Mexico. In 1963, he received his BA from Trinity College, Connecticut. Tuttle had his first solo exhibition at Betty Parsons Gallery in 1965. An international career of numerous exhibitions, both solo and group, publications and awards was to follow. In 2005, SFMoMA organized Tuttle's retrospective and a year after, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts by the California College of the Arts. This month, Tuttle spoke at the opening of the exhibition of Miami Art Museum's most recent acquisitions and he contributed to the Menil/Rice Lecture Series organized by the Department of Art History of Rice University, Texas.
By Gabriëlle for Art Observed
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You are here: >Home Page >Business >General Business Courses > Business-Ethics > Corporate Social Responsibility
Michael Blowfield and Alan Murray
Publication Date - June 2019
Book Information ▼
In its journey from the margins to the mainstream, corporate social responsibility has become a significant part of the business agenda. Whilst society has always held expectations of business that go beyond maximising profits, the backdrop against which businesses now operate - characterised by financial crisis, climate change, political shifts, and population growth - has seen CSR become increasingly central to the ability of businesses to address global concerns.
How businesses manage the requirements of the 2016 Paris Agreement, implications of the growing 'gig economy', and the increasing importance of a CSR brand are just some of the contemporary issues explored in this fourth edition. The engaging, accessible style supports a critical perspective, while a forward-thinking outlook encourages you to consider how the interactions of business and society will continue to evolve.
How emerging business models, such as Uber, are governed; why Pakistan's football manufacturing industry takes an interest in its workers' sexual health; and what it takes to establish the Global Business Coalition for Women's Economic Empowerment are just some of the new case studies that illustrate the book's global reach. With more cases and examples than any other CSR textbook, initiatives as well as failures are explored in real businesses contexts, bringing the book's comprehensive coverage to life.
This book is supported by online resources.
Additional case study sources - useful links for where to source further case studies and examples.
Further reading - a comprehensive list of research to aid research.
Suggested films - a list of films that illustrate issues relevant to CSR managers.
Sources on regulations and governance - links to important legislation and guidelines affecting CSR
Web exercises - links to relevant websites direct you to valuable sources of information.
Journal club - links to seminal journal articles along with commentary on the paper, critical questions, and key points to consider.
For lecturers:
Figures and tables from the book - for use in lectures and seminars.
Updated and extended coverage of climate change, globalization, the gig economy, and the digitalization of business ensure all the latest issues to affect CSR are explored through a critical lens.
New and updated Snapshots and Case Studies on organizations as varied as Uber, Danone, and Levi's, and contemporary issues spanning zero-hours contracts to women's empowerment, contextualise CSR in the world around us.
A new 'Journal Club' online resource with links to seminal and contemporary journal articles, accompanied by commentary and critical questions, builds on the book's wide-ranging coverage to tackle specific ideas in more depth and facilitate critical thinking and discussion.
Comprehensive coverage of the interaction between business and society reveals how CSR is defined, negotiated, and managed in the twenty-first century.
An objective, critical approach evaluates the theories and key drivers of CSR, as well as looking to the future for this ever-evolving subject.
Snapshot examples and case studies link the book's theory to contemporary, real-life business situations.
A range of discussion and case study questions promote reflection, debate, and critical thinking, challenging students to find ways for businesses to act in a truly responsible way.
Michael Blowfield, former Professor of Corporate Responsibility at Wolverhampton University; Senior Visiting Research Associate at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford; and Teaching Fellow at London Business School,Alan Murray, Hoare Professor of Responsible Management at Winchester Business School; Visiting Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at Newcastle University Business School; and Visiting Professor at Groupe Ecole Superieure de Commerce de PAU (ESC PAU)
Part 1 The meaning and origins of corporate social responsibility
1. Introducing corporate social responsibility
2. The origins of corporate social responsibility
3. Sustainable development
4. Corporate social responsibility in developing economies
5. Globalization and corporate social responsibility
Part 2 Managing and implementing corporate social responsibility
6. How corporate social responsibility is managed
7. Corporate social responsibility and governance
8. Corporate social responsibility reporting
9. Stakeholder management and engagement
10. Socially responsible investment
11. Corporate social responsibility in smaller enterprises
Part 3 Impact, critics, and future of corporate social responsibility
12. The impact of corporate social responsibility
13. Criticisms of corporate social responsibility
14. The future of corporate social responsibility
The Globotics Upheaval: Globalization, Robotics, and the Future of Work
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Joanne B. Ciulla, Clancy Martin, and Robert C. Solomon
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A direct, nonstop flight between Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport (TNA), Jinan, Shandong, China and Lianyungang Baitabu Airport (LYG), Lianyungang, Jiangsu, China would travel a Great Circle distance of 183 miles (or 295 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the relatively short distance between Jinan Yaoqiang International Airport and Lianyungang Baitabu Airport, the route shown on this map most likely still appears to be a straight line.


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Sparks Clinch Final Playoff Spot In Western ConferenceCandace Parker scored a season-high 33 points and Nneka Ogwumike added 26, to help the Los Angeles Sparks clinch the final playoff spot in the Western Conference by beating the Tulsa Shock 92-73 on Sunday.
Lady Trojans Rally Past Oregon St. 71-62 For Pac-12 TitleKiki Alofaituli scored 12 of her 15 points in the second half, and Southern California earned its first Pac-12 Conference tournament title by rallying for a 71-62 win over Oregon State on Sunday night.
LBSU Women's Basketball Player Proposed To On Court After Overtime Loss
No. 23 Arizona St. Women's Team Holds On To Defeat UCLA, 59-57Adrianne Thomas scored 11 points and hit a key 3-pointer to lift No. 23 Arizona State to a 59-57 victory over UCLA on Sunday.
White Lifts UCLA Into NCAA Women's College Cup FinalRosie White pushed UCLA into the NCAA Women's College Cup final, scoring the decisive penalty kick against Virginia after the teams tied 1-1 on Friday night.
Ogwumike, Toliver Lead Sparks Past LynxNneka Ogwumike had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Kristi Toliver added 19 points, and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the Minnesota Lynx 85-84 on Thursday night.
Local Coach Overcomes Tragedy To Lead Team To VictorySport embodies all the greatest elements of the human spirit — love, strength, and courage. For one local basketball coach, that spirit paved the way to success after overwhelming loss.
No. 15 UCLA Upsets No.12 Notre Dame In Wild 2OTsDarxia Morris scored five points in the second overtime and came up with a big steal to help No. 15 UCLA beat No. 12 Notre Dame 86-83 on Thursday night.
Help Needed To Solve 3 Jefferson Park Hit-And-Runs, Including 1 Fatality


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UTokyo ISS Lecture: "News headlines and ethnic minorities in Japan: Reporting the `hate speech law` of 2016"
UTokyo ISS Lecture: "News headlines and ethnic minorities in Japan: Reporting the `hate speech law` of 2016" 2018年11月13日(火)
締切日/開催日 2018年11月22日(木)
The Contemporary Japan Group at the University of Tokyo's Institute of Social Science (ISS) will hold the lecture as follows.
News headlines and ethnic minorities in Japan: Reporting the `hate speech law` of 2016
DATE AND PLACE
Thursday, November 22, 2018 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at Akamon Sōgō Kenkyūtō Room 549, Institute of Social Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo Campus, University of Tokyo
In this talk we present the results of the first stage of a long-term
project: `News media and ethnic minorities in Japan: representation, discrimination, diversity`. The final aim is to provide a more precise, nuanced analysis of media discourse about ethnic minorities than existing qualitative (critical discourse analysis) and quantitative (statistical analysis) methods allow, and to develop a machine learning tool instrumental in that kind of analysis. We intend to reveal a variety of subjective attitudes towards minorities that media implicitly promote, such as indifference, reluctance, hostility, aggression, favour, and enthusiasm. We start with a selective analysis of the media debate surrounding the so-called `hate speech law` (Anti-Discrimination
Act) enacted in Japan in 2016. We take a closer look at the types of facts relevant to both hate speech and the Act reported in Japan's five leading national newspapers. The analysis is based on a sharp distinction between facts, reports and opinions. This distinction turns out to be challenging when applied to precise analysis of media texts.
Nevertheless, we argue that it is a proper starting point for investigating how news media shape the gradation of attitudes towards minorities—an urgent topic for all contemporary societies, including Japan.
For more information, please visit our website: http://web.iss.u-tokyo.ac.jp/cjg/


The myth of high achievers is a straight line: They grow up wanting to be entrepreneurs, earn straight A's, attend top-tier schools, join a world-class team, climb the corporate ladder, and then lead major companies.
The truth is, that line is rarely so tidy. People face adversity and personal setbacks. They hit career cul-de-sacs, experience failing relationships, and are forced to make tradeoffs to achieve their goals. Twelve-hour days at the office can feel lonely and anxiety-inducing. Failure happens.
Donahoe, who earned his MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business in 1986, described several inflection points in his life and career where he faced difficult choices and leaned on others for support and help. He urged students to invest in themselves outside of their careers, with the goal of developing a great life, not just a great career.
For every minute an elite athlete spends on the field, they've spent hours off the field, deliberately investing time in their mental, physical, and emotional health. Highly successful people do the same.
That takes the form of small things, like eating well, exercising, and getting enough sleep. It could also mean hiring a therapist or a life coach to help build a framework to understand the world. Being able to travel through life with supportive communities of people is key, Donahoe says.
If you want to be world-class, you have to invest in yourself.
Shortly after graduating Dartmouth, Donahoe joined Bain & Company with seven other young consultants. For several years, the group met once a month for breakfast, where they shared successes, but also failures and frustrations. Building a supportive community at work helped Donahoe make it through his early years at Bain.
Similarly, for the past 15 years, Donahoe and his wife, Eileen, have met once a month with five other couples to spend time together and open up about their lives, their families, and their careers.
A few years after Dartmouth, Donahoe and his wife were accepted into Stanford as postgraduates — John into the Graduate School of Business, and Eileen into Stanford Law. They had their first child, Jack, as John was entering finals for his first school term.
The couple experienced an inflection point: How would they balance being young parents and graduate students? Donahoe felt stuck. He went to the dean to discuss possibly taking a year off. Instead, the dean urged him to continue his studies and go part time, if needed.
Donahoe followed the dean's advice, figured out a way to balance schoolwork and fatherhood, and ended up graduating on time.
Four years later, the couple found themselves at a similar turning point: Eileen had graduated and was working for a federal judge in San Francisco who required her to be in court at 7:30 every morning. John was traveling constantly for Bain. The couple now had two young children in school. John considered quitting Bain to get a job closer to home.
Donahoe went to his boss, who offered a creative solution: The company would find a client in the Bay Area that Donahoe could work with so he could drop his kids off at school every morning.
"That was the most productive year of my career," Donahoe says.
He urged students not to look at their careers and relationships as zero-sum equations: You don't have to choose between children and a career, one partner's job over the other's, advancement over personal health. Instead, look at life as a positive-sum equation. Try to get as much out of it as possible, and look for creative solutions along the way.
Most high achievers like to win. Early in his career, Donahoe said he felt anxious, particularly when he had to make big decisions. His first boss at Bain offered him a sports analogy to help him get over his fear of failure.
A gifted young baseball player played Little League through college ball, hitting an average of nine out of 10 pitches. Now, taking his first at-bat in the Major League, he was wracked with anxiety that he would fail.
The fact is, Donahoe's boss said, hitting .900 in the Major League is impossible. The best baseball players in history are lucky to hit .350 — they miss two out of three swings. They sometimes strike out in a crucial moment, costing their team the victory. They drop balls, make bad plays, and disappoint their fans.
The difference, Donahoe's boss said, is that world-class baseball players wake up every game day ready to swing the bat.
Donahoe took that advice, eventually rising to become president and CEO of Bain in 1999. He later led eBay through a corporate turnaround that eventually saw its annual revenue double.
Five tips from people balancing it all.
The former talk show star offers career and life advice at Stanford Graduate School of Business.


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Ronnie Milsap Live is the first live album by country music artist Ronnie Milsap. It was recorded at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1976, the same year Milsap became a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and released that same year. Country music disc jockey and television host Ralph Emery introduced Milsap at the concert and also wrote the album's liner notes.

The album spent 24 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, peaking at No. 2.

Ronnie Milsap Live won the Country Music Association Award for Album of the Year in 1977, Milsap's second win in that category. In 1979, it was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America for US shipments exceeding 500,000.

Track listing

Introduction — Ralph Emery
Pure Love (3:27)
Medley: I Hate You/That Girl Who Waits on Tables (3:28)
Welcome — Talk by Ronnie Milsap
Medley: (I'm A) Stand By My Woman Man/What Goes On When the Sun Goes Down/Daydreams About Night Things (3:28)
Busy Makin' Plans (2:50)
Kaw-Liga (5:42)
Country Cookin' (5:40)
I Can Almost See Houston From Here (3:21)
(After Sweet Memories) Play Born to Lose Again (2:56)
Music Style Medley: Daydreams About Night Things/Cattle Call (2:54)
Let My Love Be Your Pillow (2:57)
(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time (2:53)
Honky Tonk Women (4:15)

Personnel
Ronnie Milsap — vocals, piano
Shane Keister — ARP
Charlie McCoy — harmonica, vibes
Stephen Holt — drums
Jimmy Capps — rhythm guitar
Johnny Cobb – bass
Dicky Overbey — steel guitar
Jerry McCoy, Jack Watkins — guitar
Jim Buchanan, Tommy Williams — fiddle
The Nashville Edition — vocal accompaniment

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1976 albums
Ronnie Milsap albums
RCA Records albums
Albums produced by Tom Collins (record producer)