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International Organisations Interest Group
European Society of International Law
Call for Abstracts: International Organisations and the Dream of Universality
The 14th Annual Conference of the European Society of International Law will be held at The University of Manchester, in Manchester, United Kingdom, from Thursday 13 September to Saturday 15 September 2018. The theme of the Conference is International Law and Universality. Details can be found here. ESIL calls its Interest Groups to submit proposals for agorae concerning the theme of the Conference by January 31.
In response to this call, the ESIL Interest Group on International Organisations (IG-IO) will submit a proposal for a Panel on the topic International Organisations and the Dream of Universality. If accepted by ESIL, the Panel will be organised as follows. The first part consists in the presentation of four papers by the members of the IG-IO, which will be chosen on the basis of the abstracts submitted in response to the present call. The second part consists in the discussion of the papers among all those who are present.
The IG-IO calls on all its members to submit abstracts on the topic "International Organisations and the Dream of Universality". The deadline for submission is Thursday 25 January 2018 but earlier submissions are highly recommended. Abstracts (in word, not exceeding 800 words) must be submitted to the IG-IO email. Further documents and information must be supplied with each abstract, so a careful reading of the full text of the present call, which also explains the selection criteria, is crucial.
In the name of transparency and to avoid misunderstandings, the IG-IO notes that the selection of the four abstracts it will carry out does not guarantee the realisation of the Panel, which is dependent on the decision of ESIL.
The IG-IO believes that in the theme of the ESIL 2018 Conference, "International Law and Universality", International Organisations clearly emerge as important objects of study. For a long time the world has put its faith in International Organisations as promoters of universality, as mechanisms of overcoming the perceived weaknesses and arbitrariness of a system of law founded on sovereign states and informed by individual state interests. To different degrees and in different manners, International Organisations have assumed these roles and advanced policies and practices accordingly. However, in the last decades, International Organisations have felt the impact of what may be described as the exhaustion of this world-view.
In reality, International Organisations have always been affected by counteracting narratives at work in the international sphere. On the one hand, with successive attempts at creating a universal, general and overarching International Organisation, from the League of Nations in the wake of the First World War to the United Nations at the end of the Second, the 'move to institutions' has often been interpreted as a move towards a genuinely universal international law. Coupled with the idea that organisations, whose power and authority are allocated along functional lines rather than on the basis of territorial sovereignty, are not as susceptible to the political snares and conflicts of interest that traditionally hamper legal relations between states, this inspired the view of International Organisations as an antidote to clashing state interests and the fragmentation of international law. On their part, International Organisations assumed this role and advanced this world view.
However, on the other hand, in the past twenty years the neutral, redemptory image of International Organisations has lost much of its persuasive power. Stories of misconduct in UN military operations and self-enrichment by UN staff have brought about a disenchantment and sobering of expectations. Besides, the incursions by International Organisations into sensitive areas, such as finance, environment and migration, combined with the political authority and material and social sanctions that International Organisations have to compel States to adopt, the imposing of policies and practices that domestic constituencies deem undemocratic or simply detached from their realities – all this adds up to long-felt misgivings about the manifestation of International Organisations as a Western-hegemonic project. In many spaces, including academia, this leads to critical views of the move from territory to function as a basis for power and authority in international affairs.
In this framework, the IG-IO calls on its members to think whether it is appropriate to look at the reasons and goals that motivated the move towards institutions as a dream; to explore the theoretical and practical importance of such a dream and whether it affects the development of the law and practice of International Organisations; to investigate the limits of this dream and whether it is reaching a point of saturation or exhaustion. Contributions may look at global and regional institutions operating in all fields – from education, to environment, to finance, to migration – both in the past and in the present. Authors are invited to scrutinise the role International Organisations play in securing or protecting universal interests, such as global commons, human rights – and contrast the discourse, policies and practices of these Organisations with the reality of those affected. Finally, contributors are invited to explore the reasons and the discourse of States and non-State Actors that resist or simply reject the role of International Organisations. In their contributions, all are invited to think of new possibilities and alternatives – if indeed universality has been a dream that motivated the move towards International Organisations, and much of their practices, and if this dream is nearing exhaustion, what can be seen on the horizon to replace it?
Procedure & Selection Criteria
Abstracts of no more than 800 words must be submitted by Thursday January 25 2018 to the IG-IO email. Given the format of the panels adopted by ESIL, the IG-IO will select four abstracts pursuant to the following criteria:
Originality and innovativeness of the work
Relevance to the Panel theme
Geographical and gender balance
Further Documents & Information
The following documents and information must be provided with each abstract:
The author's name and affiliation
The author's CV, including a list of relevant publications
A small biography (100 words) should be included in the abstract itself
The author's contact details, including email address and phone number
Whether the author is a current ESIL member
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Inspiring a Mindful Nation
By bigrigmedia
Two hundred and thirty-six years after the Great American Revolution, there is another revolution in progress quietly sweeping its way across our nation.
There are no marching bands or shots fired across the Potomac, but instead a subtle effort by a few, including movie stars and politicians, to improve our habits and reduce our shredded nerves in classrooms, hospitals, and yes, even in our military.
This growing interest in calming our minds and selves and relieving our tremendous collective stress using peaceful, non-pharmaceutical methods was recognized by 5-term Congressman Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) a few years ago while at a mindfulness and meditation retreat held by Jon Kabat Zinn in Western Massachusetts.
So profoundly inspired was Ryan that he decided to devote himself to these issues and thus wrote A Mindful Nation in 2012 to encourage "a simple practice that can help us reduce stress, improve performance and recapture the American spirit."
Being ramped up all the time is making us sick, he declared. "Kids are sending 3-to-4,000 texts a month," and neither can we adults be parted from the world of instant communication and computer screens.
What can this be doing to our levels of attention not to mention true human connectivity and intimacy?
We know by now that stress not only decimates our central nervous systems and invites illnesses, which not only inflame and devour our cells, but also damages the brain's Amygdala.
This little inch-wide, almond-shaped, power-packed nuclei cluster located in the center of our brains has functioned as our primary stress response mechanism, serving our species well until…now.
We don't need to live like this. It, and we, need calming.
It's true that one can't avoid real life. But do we really need to be so busy and driven all the time?
Happily, there is a growing undercurrent of awareness slowly taking hold. Many local hospitals have begun offering mindfulness programs to help their doctors deal with the daily doses of trauma and anxiety.
My friend's children attend a kindergarten in Santa Monica, California that teaches yoga and meditation for a few minutes a day. Actress Goldie Hawn's foundation is developing programs to help children "find happiness and success in school and in life." Her programs are currently implemented in over 1,000 schools. It's happening.
During the mindfulness retreat, Ryan found that the more he focused on his breath, the rhythm of his walking and natural surroundings, the greater a sense of spaciousness enveloped him.
He found his thoughts became less compelling, and those constant interior conversations we all have in our heads quieted down.
It may sound complicated or difficult, but it really isn't. And the results are profound.
As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, Ryan is taking his mindfulness message to the military to help our service men and women.
According to the Department of Defense, more than one million U.S. troops served in Iraq and over 60,000 troops are currently stationed in Afghanistan, for an on-going military conflict that has introduced a whole new series of physical and emotional wounds.
To help minimize emotional stress and achieve a sense of peace in hostile environments, soldiers are now being shown mindfulness skills before they deploy overseas.
At the Mind Fitness Training Institute in Washington D.C. , service men and women are taught to experience the sights and sounds around them, and how to understand how their minds are reacting in different situations, which can help maintain a sense of centeredness in any situation.
Congressman Ryan is also discussing the use of mindfulness techniques with members of the military to help soldiers deal with post-traumatic stress.
The message is practical. It's not that we need to become miniature Buddhas or master yogis, although one may arrive at that state of total bliss and oneness eventually.
It's just a little way to add a ribbon of calm into conscious thought—whether you are a member of the military, work with hospital patients, go to school or are simply trying to bring a finer dimension of peace and happiness into your life. It's a start and a step in the right direction.
To begin, one just needs to start paying attention, a familiar refrain we all heard in school.
Then start by taking time out of your day. Even 10 minutes, twice a day, does not require a muezzin's call to prayer, but quietly, privately, even excusing yourself from the office for a break minutes to slow down and align yourself, is what Ryan is trying to encourage.
It goes like this, using the acronym STOP:
S: Stop and pause what you are doing;
T: Take a few deep breaths with awareness and tune in;
O: Observe and curiously notice your thoughts, feelings, sensations; and
P: Proceed with whatever you were doing with awareness and kindness.
Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1776, "I take these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal. That they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among these life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
It's right there in the Declaration of Independence.
Mindfulness has been practiced for thousands of years; it encourages just that — happiness and kindness. It's our right.
It is time to claim our independence from depression and stress. Let's occupy peace and banish anxiety from the shores of our minds.
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In conjunction with colleagues at the QUB Human Rights Centre, join us for the screening of 'Syria's Disappeared' followed by a discussion between Professor Monica McWilliams and Veronica Bellintani.
Monica McWilliams in Emeritus Professor at TJI, former chief commissioner of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and has had a long career in empowering women in politics in countries undergoing conflict and transition. She has recently been involved in training women in Syria to engage and negotiate for peace.
Veronica Bellintani has been involved in activism for the Syrian revolution from 2011 and since then has worked with Syrian refugees in Italy, Greece and Turkey. Being engaged to a survivor of the systematic torture campaign of the Assad regime, she has a direct experience of the long-term psychological effects of said trauma.
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(Photo : Photo by John Moore/Getty Images) Noticed that your high blood sugar level is high in the morning? These two causes might explain the reason why.
High blood sugar levels are known to be dangerous for someone with diabetes as it could cause more complications and worse, death. People with a history of diabetes may be noticed that their blood sugar level is usually high in the morning.
According to the article of Cleveland Clinic, the high blood sugar level may be attributed to two effects. The first one is called the Dawn Phenomenon and the other one is the Somogyi Effect.
The Dawn Phenomenon is defined as the end result of a combination of natural body changes. It usually occurs during the sleep cycle. A body of a diabetic person needs to have a little insulin between midnight and about 3 A.M., which is usually the time of sleep. Without the intake of insulin during these times, the probability to have a high blood sugar level in the morning is high.
The time between 3 AM and 8 AM, the body starts churning out stored glucose or sugar to prepare for the upcoming day, as well as it releases hormones that would reduce the body's sensitivity to insulin. This happens as the bedtime insulin dose is wearing off, causing the body to record a high blood sugar level in the dawn.
On the other hand, the Somogyi effect is the second cause of high blood sugar levels in the morning, as it is described as a "man-made" effect. The condition, which is also called as "rebound hyperglycemia" by Diabetes.org, is said to be a result of poor diabetes management.
Experts said that there are two potential causes of the Somogyi effect that results in high blood sugar levels in the morning. The first one is the blood sugar dropping too low in the middle of the night then the body releases hormones in raising the sugar levels. The other cause is when the dose of a long-acting insulin at bedtime is not deemed enough by the body, resulting in high morning blood sugar once the person wakes up.


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Species Amphibians & Reptiles Birds Invertebrates Lichens Bryophytes
Mammals have filled the full range of niches available to them and may be specialist ….or generalist …. Ranging in size from the tiny pygmy shrew to the large red deer, wild mammals include species that walk, run, climb and even fly. Some are enigmatic and feature in our myths and legends. Others we think of as pests when their needs conflict with ours.
From the seed harvest rodents, to the browsers, such as deer, rabbits and hares, to carnivores, some specialist (weasel) and opportunistic (fox), to the highly specialised bats. In total in Wales there are about 45 species of free-ranging terrestrial mammals from 5 different Orders. They occupy most habitat types from the remote uplands to wooded valleys and aquatic environments such as rivers, streams and estuaries and some have adapted to share our dwellings.
Mammals adopt a range of survival strategies. Voles and rabbits are prolific breeders, but bats live for many years and produce at most one young per year. Dormice and bats hibernate when food supplies are low whilst squirrels do not hibernate, but can be less active in winter.
A number of mammals found in Wales are not native and have impacted on other native mammals, such as mink which escaped from fur farms and have had a devastating impact on the water vole, and grey squirrels (released by well-meaning Victorians and responsible for the decline of the red squirrel). Some mammals are extremely numerous (voles are estimated to number 75 million in Great Britain) and are regularly in contact with people within the houses (house mouse), gardens (moles) or in the wider countryside where some are considered to be a pest for one reason or another (e.g. fox). Others are very rare (barbastelle bat, pine marten) and declining (water vole) and hence of great conservation concern or unique to Wales (Skomer vole). Some have become extinct as a result of man's activities with some people wishing for them to be reintroduced (beaver).
What they all have in common is that they give birth to live young which the mothers suckle with milk until they are able to fend for themselves. They are also a key part of the Welsh biodiversity. And they're a good indicator of the health of our environment – the return of the otter to most rivers in Wales, for example, is a sign that our water courses are clean and provide plenty of fish and amphibians.
Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are designated for important populations of otter, water voles and bat species. Otter are also a primary or qualifying feature of 13 Special Areas of Conservation (SAC)
Mammal Orders and species in Wales
Chiroptera: bats – 15 species resident in Wales
Rodentia: rodents – 11 species
Carnivora: carnivores 8 species
Artiodactyla: even-toed ungulates – 6 species
Insectivora: insectivores – 5 species
Lagomorpha: hares and rabbits – 2 species
Mammal conservation in Wales
UK and international legislation protects our rarest mammals and UK and Local Biodiversity Action Plans (BAPs) guide actions for their conservation. A number of Welsh and UK organisations play an important role in mammal conservation and most are represented on the Wales Mammal Biodiversity Action Forum. These include Local Biodiversity Action Plan Partnerships, Local Environmental Record Centres, The British Association for Shooting and Conservation, The Bat Conservation Trust, The Mammal Society, Natural Resources Wales, The Vincent Wildlife Trust and The Wildlife Trusts of Wales, and Universities of Wales. See the Species Summary spreadsheet for a guide to which of Wales' mammals need conservation action.
Wales Mammal Biodiversity Action Forum Secretariat
Liz Halliwell
Mammal Actions Plans
Dormouse Action Plan for Wales
Wales Red Squirrel Conservation Plan
Brown hare action plan Wales
Water vole action plan for Wales
Otter action plan Wales
Otter survey of Wales 2009 _ 2010 Summary Report
Harvest mouse action plan for Wales
Hedgehog action plan for Wales
Conservation Strategy for Hedgehogs in the United Kingdom
Mammal resources and links
Summary of Wales BAP mammals
Wales Beaver leaflet July 2013
Wales Beaver Report June 2013
Mammal Society
People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)
Vincent Wildlife Trust
Red Squirrels Trust Wales
Mid Wales Red Squirrel Project
The State of Britain's Hedgehogs 2018
Wales Mammal Biodiversity Action Forum
The purpose of the Wales Mammal Biodiversity Action Forum is to:
Provide a forum for dialogue between statutory, voluntary organisations and LBAP partnerships involved in the delivery of conservation action for Wales mammal BAP species
Encourage awareness raising of mammal conservation issues and threats throughout Wales
Provide a link for the flow of information between local, regional, Wales and UK biodiversity action processes
Encourage the recording, reporting and dissemination of conservation status assessments of mammal species and ensure information is available for the purposes of informing biodiversity and public decision making processes
Promote best practice survey and conservation management
WMBAF Terms of Reference April 2010 (pdf)
WMBAF work programme 2013-14 (pdf)
WMBAF updates 2010-2013 (pdf)
Bats are fascinating creatures and they play an essential part in ecosystem functioning and in particular the control of nocturnal insects such as mosquitoes, midges, moths and beetles. Bats rely on a matrix of suitable habitats and quality of the environment- requiring places to forage, roost, breed and hibernate and their presence are indicators of a healthy environment.
Wales supports 15 of the 18 species of bat in the UK and there are 10 Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) where bats are either a primary or secondary feature of the SAC. All bat species and their roosts are legally protected in the UK and all bats are listed as European protected species under the Habitats Directive. In addition, 8 bat species are listed on the Priority Species list for Wales (Section 7 list)
Actions for Bats in Wales
Bat Conservation Trust (BCT) runs the Wales Bat Project which works with volunteer bat groups throughout Wales, raising awareness of bats in Wales and coordinating bat conservation projects such as the National Bat Monitoring Programme. The Urban Bat project encourages volunteers new to bat surveying to map and record urban bat activity. The project was piloted in south Wales and more recently in north Wales. For further information and to take part contact Steve Lucas, BCT Wales Officer. BCT also takes an active advocacy role in influencing policy development, along with other environmental charities, to assist Welsh Government to help meet their national, international and EU obligations.
Steve Lucas: Wales Officer, Bat Conservation Trust, Swansea Environment Centre, Pier Street, Swansea SA1 1RY
Email: Steve Lucas
For help and advice about bats, or to find out more about the Bat Conservation Trust, please visit www.bats.org.uk
Bat Action Plans Wales
Common pipistrelle Action Plan for Wales
Soprano pipistrelle Action Plan for Wales
Greater horseshoe bat Action Plan for Wales
Lesser horseshoe bat Action Plan for Wales
Noctule bat Action Plan for Wales
Barbastelle Action Plan for Wales
Bechstein's bat Action Plan for Wales
Brown long-eared bat Action Plan for Wales
Bat Biodiversity Action Plan for LBAPs
Bat resources and links
Wales Bat Project
The State of UK's Bats 2017
Bat Conservation Trust
Eurobats
WMBAP Meetings
WMBAF Meeting October 2013
WMBAF Meeting June 2013
WMBAF Meeting February 2013
WMBAF Meeting April 2012
WMBAF Meeting November 2011


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Bosnia and Herzegovina take small steps toward recognising same-sex couples
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The consultation would only take place in half of the country.
The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina is set to start a consultation that could mean the government starts recognising same-sex relationships.
However, the country is divided up in two self-governing entities, and only the Federation is considering the move. The more conservative Republika Srpska, which covers less than the Federation, is not considering it.
The Federation agreed to hold the consultation after demands from same-sex couples who had gotten married or registered abroad. Currently, neither region offers recognition of same-sex couples.
The Federation has appointed an interdepartmental working group to look at these rights. The group's chair, Sead Lisak, said the group would have its first meeting later this month. The group will meet with LGBTQ activists to discuss the issues faced by same-sex couples before drafting legislation.
If it goes ahead with affording same-sex couples recognition, Bosnia and Herzegovina would be a trailblazer among the Balkan states, with none of its immediate neighbours offering these rights. Nearby countries like Serbia and Croatia even have constitutional bans on same-sex marriage.
Last year, the country's capital, Sarajevo, finally held its first Pride parade, the last capital city in Europe to do so. However, the event had to be guarded by police, and a poll found 58% of people were against the Pride going ahead.
Samra Cosovic-Hajdarevic, the Deputy of the Party of Democratic Action called the march a "terrible" idea aimed at "destroying the state and its people."
She then added that LGBTQ people should be "isolated and moved as far as possible from our children and society."
LGBTQ rights aren't great across the Balkan nations, and earlier this year crowds of people cheered in the Croatian town of Imotski cheered and danced as an effigy of a gay couple was set on fire.
Zoran Milanović, President of Croatia, slammed the festival for promoting hatred and violence.
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"Hatred for others, intolerance and inhumanity are not and will never be a Croatian tradition."


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Paul Victor Gentilozzi (* 6. Februar 1950 in Lansing) ist ein US-amerikanischer Unternehmer und ehemaliger Autorennfahrer und Rennstallbesitzer.

Unternehmer

Paul Gentilozzi studierte nach der Pflichtschulzeit mit Abschlüssen Wirtschaftswissenschaften an der Michigan State University in East Lansing. Mit der Errichtung, dem Verkauf und der Vermietung von Gewerbeimmobilien wurde er vermögend.

Karriere als Rennfahrer

Die Fahrerkarriere von Paul Gentilozzi begann Anfang der 1980er-Jahre im US-amerikanischen Sportwagensport. Seinen ersten internationalen Einsatz hatte er 1983 beim 12-Stunden-Rennen von Sebring. Gemeinsam mit Dave Heinz und Jerry Thompson fuhr er einen Chevrolet Camaro an die 26. Stelle der Gesamtwertung. 1986 startete er erstmals regelmäßig in der IMSA-GTP-Serie. Die eingesetzten Oldsmobile Toronados wurden von seinem eigenen Team Rocketsports Racing gemeldet. Die erste Podiumsplatzierung gelang mit dem dritten Rang beim 300-km-Rennen von Portland.

Den ersten Sieg erzielte er 1988 bei einem Trans-Am-Rennen in Long Beach. In dieser nordamerikanischen Sportwagenserie feierte Gentilozzi in weiterer Folge seine größten Erfolge als Fahrer. Viermal, 1998, 1999, 2001 und 2004, gewann er die Fahrergesamtwertung. In den 1990er- und 2000er-Jahren fuhr er auch in der American Le Mans Series und ging zweimal beim 24-Stunden-Rennen von Le Mans an den Start. International war der Gesamtsieg beim 24-Stunden-Rennen von Daytona 1994 sein größter Erfolg als Fahrer.

Rennstallbesitzer und Teamchef

1985 gründete Paul Gentilozzi Rocketsports Racing, vorerst als Team für seine Einsätze in der Trans-Am-Serie. In dieser Serie war das Team bis Ablauf der Saison 2004 – dann wurde die Rennserie eingestellt – aktiv und hält alle nennenswerten Rekorde: neun Teamtitel, 57 Einzelsiege, die meisten Pole-Positions, die häufigsten Platzierungen unter den ersten drei und die höchste Summe an gewonnenem Preisgeld. 2003 stieg das Team mit Alex Tagliani als Fahrer bei den Champ Cars ein.

2009 wurde aus Rocketsport RSR Racing, das sich in der IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship engagierte.

Statistik

Le-Mans-Ergebnisse

Sebring-Ergebnisse

Weblinks

 Über Rocketsports (englisch)
 Paul Gentilozzi bei Racing Sports Cars
 Paul Gentilozzi bei der Driver Database

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Rennfahrer (Vereinigte Staaten)
Rennfahrer der 24 Stunden von Le Mans
Rennfahrer der 12 Stunden von Sebring
Unternehmer (Vereinigte Staaten)
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Check Out the Top 10 Most Popular Courses of Full-Time MBA Students at Michigan Ross This Year
By Hannah Shapiro
Tags: Full-Time MBA, Courses
The top 10 list of most bid-on courses by Full-Time MBA students at the Ross School of Business this year shows that students favor a broad array of interdisciplinary subjects, ranging from environmental policy to the psychology of startup teams and big-data analytics.
The Michigan Ross Full-Time MBA curriculum takes students through a series of core courses in the first year, including the signature MAP (Multidisciplinary Action Projects) course. In their second year, students are able to choose electives that meet their academic and career goals and interests.
Electives, such as the ones below, illustrate the strength of Michigan Ross, which has 10 graduate business specialties ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News & World Report.
Below learn about the 10 most popular courses (in alphabetical order) at Michigan Ross that Full-Time MBA students have shown interest in this academic year, and the courses that other MBA students will want to add to their schedules in the future.
Advanced Big Data Analytics (TO 628)
This popular course led by Professor Sanjeev Kumar teaches students how to apply machine learning algorithms to various big-data sources in a business context. By the end of this course, students gain a better understanding of processes, methodologies, and tools used to transform the large amount of business data available into useful information and support business decision making by applying ML algorithms.
Behavioral Economics and Behavioral Operations Management (TO 635)
Behavioral economics combines lessons from psychology and economics to study how people process information and make decisions as employees, managers, and consumers. This course led by Professor Stephen Leider takes behavioral operations management and applies those insights to managing business operations.
This course is devoted to understanding the nature, causes, and implication of people's decisions, by considering how managers and policy makers can intervene to improve decision making and outcomes and how markets are organized around exploiting or remedying deviations from rational decision making. At the end of the course, students should understand the decision making process more thoroughly and be in a position to become a better manager.
Big Data Management Tools & Techniques (TO 640)
Taught by Professor Lennart Baardman, this course teaches the basic tools in acquisition, management, and visualization of large data sets. Students learn how to store, manage, and query databases via SQL; how to quickly construct insightful visualizations of multi-attribute data using Tableau; and how to use the Python programming language to manage data as well as connect to APIs (application programming interfaces) to efficiently acquire public data.
Through lectures and action-based learning in the popular lab sections, students leave the course being able to efficiently construct large data sets that source underlying data from multiple sources, and form initial hypotheses based on visualization.
Business of Biology (BA 518)
The objective of this interdisciplinary graduate course is to explore the intersections between science, technology, commerce, and social policy as they come together to advance or retract progress toward more personalized health care.
Through a variety of multidisciplinary faculty, speakers, panelists, and hands-on research experience, Professor David Canter provides a framework to enhance the understanding of the complex scientific and socioeconomic trends, opportunities and challenges that are taking place in the rapidly evolving fields of personalized medicine, molecular diagnostics, and targeted therapeutics.
Business Leadership in Changing Times (MO 611)
This course taught by Professor Mike Barger is often called the "CEO's course," and it has long been a favorite MBA action-based learning course at Michigan Ross. Students are challenged to navigate complex leadership crises that executives from some of the world's most recognizable companies have faced, right in front of those very execs.
During simulated press conferences, students reenact crises by role-playing members of different stakeholder groups while the executives are watching. Among the executives slated to participate this year: David Brandon, chairman, Dominos; Cathy Bessant, chief operations and technology officer, Bank of America; Derek Kerr, CFO, American Airlines; Kofi Brice, CFO, General Mills; Jen Hollingsworth, COO, Lionsgate Pictures; and Ram Krishnan, global chief commercial officer, PepsiCo.
Energy Markets and Energy Politics (BE 527)
This timely course gives students a solid grasp of the environmental and social impacts of the institutions that govern energy use, so that students can play a more effective role in shaping future policy or business decisions.
The course begins with basic scientific facts regarding the major issues facing energy sources and markets and then advances to study an overview of the role of government in influencing energy decisions. The course is led by Professor Tom Lyon — who holds a joint appointment in the Ross School of Business and the School for Environment and Sustainability, and who serves as faculty director of the Erb Institute.
Marketing Engineering and Analytics (MKT 630)
Professor Fred Feinberg teaches this popular course designed to help students develop a systematic and analytical approach to marketing. The course enables students to identify appropriate options and actions, calibrate costs and expected returns, and choose those with the highest likelihood of achieving business goals through marketing activities.
Specifically, students leave the course being able to recognize how to segment/target customers; how to optimize and position product attributes; and how to use analytic techniques to transform current-day marketing practice.
Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Development (Strategy 682)
This insightful course taught by Professor Brian Wu presents students with the opportunity to analyze the mechanisms underlying the creation (and destruction) of value in mergers, acquisitions, and corporate restructuring.
During the course, three sets of issues are examined from the point of view of a firm contemplating the use of these corporate strategy tools: Analytical frameworks to decide on whether and what to acquire; maximization of the share of value creation potential during the evaluation, negotiation and internal decision-making processes; and what actions should be taken after the acquisition is completed, in order to ensure that the value creation potential is realized.
New Product and Innovation Management (ES/MKT 605)
Professor S. Sriram, associate dean for Part-Time MBA programs, leads students through the stages of developing new products and services. Through a variety of lectures, cases, and outside speakers, the course focuses on new product development processes and avenues to teach students how to make the process more productive and minimize failure.
This course also gives students the opportunity to cultivate new product ideas and perform a concept test in order to evaluate their feasibility. The projects and material covered in the course are especially useful for those interested in product/brand management, management consulting, and entrepreneurship.
The Psychology of Startup Teams (MO 602)
Nine out of 10 startups fail. The majority of these failures lie not in the product or in the market, but rather in the people dynamics within the startup team.
As faculty director of the Sanger Leadership Center, an associate editor at the Academy of Management Journal, and board member of six of the top management and psychology journals, Professor Lindy Greer has designed one of the first courses in the world to specifically focus on how startups can successfully manage the people dynamics within an organization.
To accomplish this, the course bridges cutting-edge science on team dynamics and entrepreneurship with practical frameworks, experiential exercises, and well-known guest speakers including notable startup CEOs and venture capital partners.
While these courses may be the most popular for Michigan Ross Full-Time MBA students this year, there are many other action-based and innovative courses available. Explore the entire course catalog to view more.
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We've all seen the headlines. Retailers across the board are shuttering stores or going out of business — Sears, Sports Authority, Kmart, Office Depot. The numbers are staggering. According to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, retailers have laid off approximately 44,000 workers in 2016 alone — all while Amazon.com boasts 31 percent year-over-year second quarter revenues.
The discrepancy in retailer health is impossible to miss. As online retailer profits shoot through the roof, brick-and-mortar retailers have gone into triage mode trying to determine how to stop the bleeding. The retail landscape has shifted, and large chain retailers must shift, too, in order to compete in today's dynamic and rapidly evolving landscape.
This shift must include new strategies to cut costs, drive traffic, increase sales in-store and deliver new, engaging customer experiences. In this series, The Changing Face of Brick-and-Mortar Retail, we'll look at all of these components. Today, we start with an immediate concern for brick-and-mortar retailers — how to stop the bleeding.
Ask anyone who shops online why they do so and their answer will invariably be one (or all) of the following: convenience, price and inventory. In the past, having stores in multiple locations would meet consumer demand for convenience and inventory. With the ability to accommodate large volumes of both customers and inventory, large storefronts could also meet price demands. However, in the current environment, online retailers can easily beat physical stores on all of those fronts.
Brick-and-mortar retailers are facing tremendous operational and financial pressure to stay competitive, leading to margins that are unsustainable in the long run.
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1. Move transactions to the cloud. Point-of-sale (POS) hardware is expensive; it's costly to maintain and even more so to upgrade. And frankly, the hardware services a paper and plastic world, whereas today nearly every shopper is using their mobile phone to some degree. So why not make the smartphone the only device a shopper truly needs to interact with retailers?
Retailers can begin by implementing a hybrid system that integrates with existing POS-based checkouts, with the goal of ultimately transitioning to a predominantly mobile-based checkout. The big picture? Retailers looking for long-term operational efficiencies should look to connect all interactions happening in-store to the cloud, not just POS systems.
2. Warehouse long-tail inventory items. If 80 percent of sales come from 20 percent of products, why are retailers stuffing their stores with inventory? By warehousing long-tail items, retailers can reduce and optimize store sizes as well as associated overhead costs, while at the same time enhancing in-store inventory with fast-selling anchor products, digital displays for product information and mobile-based suggestions. Shoppers can use their mobile devices to browse and order different colors, sizes and styles of items not carried in the store, but which accompany the products they're buying in-store. These "virtual aisles" enable retailers to minimize inventory costs and contain costly markdowns, while giving shoppers the e-commerce experience they've grown accustomed to.
3. Steer consumers toward low-cost payment products. While credit card companies generally charge a 1 percent to 3 percent transaction fee on every purchase, retailers no longer need to be beholden to third-party payment platforms. There are many options retailers can allow and promote for payment. No-cost and low-cost payment options include store-branded cards, co-branded cards, debit cards and — soon — real-time automated clearing houses. Merchants can now use their own mobile apps to steer consumers toward their preferred low-cost payment product, making a significant dent in the overall cost of retail operations.
4. Leverage self-checkout. By enabling in-store transactions via mobile, retailers can transition from dedicated POS terminals to simplified self-checkout aisles and exits. In this scenario, shoppers walk through unmanned lanes devoid of costly POS hardware and automatically pay for scanned items as they leave the store. This modernized checkout results in significant cost savings, mostly due to staff reductions, commercial space redistribution, reduced shopping cart abandonment, reduced wait times and cheaper technologies.
5. Digitize paper coupons and rewards. The cost of mailing, redeeming and handling paper coupons and rewards is high and inefficient for merchants. Additionally, even consumers don't want to deal with paper coupons: 82 percent say digital coupons are a convenient option compared to printed coupons, and 51 percent of shoppers say they wish all coupons were digital.
Retailers should look to make coupons, offers and promotions available digitally to shoppers throughout all stages of the purchasing journey, while leveraging their mobile phones to simplify redemption. In addition to reducing the shipping and printing costs, these digital offers can also significantly reduce the time spent by store associates during checkout. Studies have shown upwards of 30 percent reductions in an associate's time spent on checkout when paper offers and coupons get digitized.
6. Enable inverse showrooming. Retailers are losing customers who come to their physical store only to price compare on Amazon. These people leave the store empty handed. Merchants can avoid this by using a technique called "inverse showrooming" — i.e., using a retailer-branded app to provide automated price-matching offers to consumers who have searched for merchandise elsewhere online while shopping in-store. Inverse showrooming enables retailers to use mobile technology to retain customers they otherwise would have lost to price differentials. Best Buy is a great example of a retailer that has been aggressively price matching online merchants, a move that helped the company beat profit and sales expectations of late, and buck the trend of weak performances in the electronics category.
In a day and age where Amazon accounts for 24 percent of total retail sales growth, the retail industry must reinvent itself to compete. Fewer shoppers are visiting physical stores, and many of the ones who do end up buying elsewhere. Retailers must fight back by slashing unnecessary overhead and harnessing technology to more efficiently serve and interact with shoppers via their mobile devices.
While it's a critical component of competition, cost cutting can only take a retailer so far. In the next article of this series, I'll examine how merchants can drive traffic and sales at their stores by personalizing the shopping journey and engaging with customers before, during and after the sale.
Amitaabh Malhotra is the chief marketing officer of OmnyPay, an integrated platform for payments, loyalty rewards and offers that encourages consumers to use their mobile phone for all aspects of their buying journey.


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Who are Burma's minority groups?
More than 40% of people living in Burma belong to one of the military-ruled nation's different minority groups. The government recognises eight distinct ethnic groups, with dozens of sub-groups, but refuses to acknowledge others.
As the country holds its first elections in 20 years, the BBC profiles some of the main minority groups. Click on each image to find out more.
Update 28 October 2011: The map on this story has been updated to include a section on the Rakhine people. We have also changed the text to make a distinction between ethnic groups and minority groups.


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Q: Kivy Buildozer python3 error: " ImportError: No module named 'requests' " I'm trying to build a simple kivy app with buildozer and python3, but for some reason inside this build no module 'requests'. I have tried to manually include this module as "required" for build in python, but this caused the error as far as 'requests" is already included in python3. I'm not sure on which side this problem is: buildozer or python-for-android.
Source:
from kivy.app import App
from kivy.uix.label import Label
from kivy.uix.floatlayout import FloatLayout
from kivy.uix.scatter import Scatter
import requests

class TutorialApp(App):
    def build(self):
        f = FloatLayout()
        s = Scatter()
        l = Label(text='Hello!',
              font_size=150)

        f.add_widget(s)
        s.add_widget(l)
        return f

if __name__ == "__main__":
    TutorialApp().run()

Log from logcat:
09-19 16:50:50.429 14737 14756 I python  : [INFO   ] [Text        ] Provider: sdl2
09-19 16:50:50.442 14737 14756 I python  :  Traceback (most recent call last):
09-19 16:50:50.442 14737 14756 I python  :    File "main.py", line 5, in
09-19 16:50:50.444 14737 14756 I python  :      import requests
09-19 16:50:50.444 14737 14756 I python  :  ImportError: No module named 'requests'
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A: just add the following directory to the project
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requests,
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North Dakota: a shining example of how to not handle coronavirus
Coronavirus General Discussion
coronafreedom
2 months ago 11/10/2020 1:49pm CST
How is it that a state with the fourth youngest population, the fourth least dense population, and one with few tourists ends up in the state that it's in. Hospitals are now at 100% capacity, nurses are asked to continue working even if they had just test positive for COVID-19. Cases and deaths have skyrocketed. Hospitalizations continue to increase at an exponential rate, positivity rate above 25%. Their 7 day average daily death rate of 17.3 may not sound all that troublesome, but would be equal to almost 8000 daily deaths in the country. Not to mention that this death rate seems to continue growing without any sign of slowing down. It is no surprise North Dakota has the lowest mask usage in the country. How is it that such a young, spread out population suffers from COVID this bad?
zxczxcv
re: coronafreedom
A textbook case of what would happen if Trumpism carried the day entirely on COVID policy.
joed1rt
Basically the same thing as what is happening in a lot of European countries right now. It didn't spread much during the summer months, not because they were doing anything right, but because it does not spread well in certain climate conditions. But it was able to remain seeded, so that when heating season hit and people were not taking precautions, it grew exponentially, as it had seeded into parts of every community. It will likely hit herd immunity in a couple of months, but it will be a harsh process, similar to what New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc. went through. They will probably hit a lower deaths per capita simply because the treatments are better. The reason similar things are not happening in places like NYC isn't because they are doing great with preventative measures, it's because 2/3 New Yorkers likely already have immunity to it.
Precious Roy
The Governor is letting nurses continue to work if they test positive because they are so short staffed. This is a complete disaster and 100% avoidable. Say whatever you want about IFR and "dying from v dying with" and all the other COVID denier arguments, but there is no argument why we should be letting hospitals fill to capacity and jeopardize the health and safety of everyone in the community just for political points. This is a borderline crime against humanity. Just imagine if the US had successfully controlled the virus and China decided to let it run rampant. People in the US would be up in arms about China's human rights record. But when we do it in the name of preserving our economy and "freedoms", leaders do not even blink when asked about actually doing something to stop the spread of the virus.
https://www.grandforksherald.com/newsmd/coronavirus/6753876-With-North-Dakota-hospitals-at-100-capacity-Burgum-announces-COVID-positive-nurses-can-stay-at-work
wutt
re: Precious Roy
Honestly that is just really sad that nurses are having to continue to work if they test positive. Are they confined to the covid sections or elsewhere in the hospital? I suppose the really ill ones will be at home or in the hospital itself but I don't know, that is just sad. It will do nothing for their recovery and it will surely spread it to patients who are covid free on entry as the nurses will be like vectors.
I hope they turn the situation around soon and I hope other states don't get that bad.
Why would anyone lie to hurt Trump? The people have already spoken--he's out! No reason to lie or make anything up at this point.
ND's positivity rate is pretty similar to most other northern states, and is actually lower than states like NY, CT, VT, NH, OR, M, MI IL & IA.
Lowest positivity (and this has been the case for WEEKS) is in MS. KY and NC also really good.
Most of the state's deaths are in nursing homes & long term care facilities, which largely managed to get hit back in the spring.
re: Man Overboard
Man Overboard wrote:
* managed to avoid getting hit back in the spring*
sub sub elite local hobby jogger
re: joed1rt
joed1rt wrote:
The timeline for Herd immunity would occur well after a vaccine is available and achieveable. Stop spreading lies.
There is something that you are correct about: that European nations got rid of far too many restrictions and mask complacency really fell during the summer and early fall months. Israel was the first country to experience this, hitting their second wave two months ago but has now recovered after intense lockdown. Interestingly, North Dakota's seven day average death rate relative to population is higher than every European country. Only slightly worse than the worst hit Czech Republic and Belgium. The interesting difference is the way in which they are handling this outbreak. European countries along with Israel went into lockdown with the outbreak of cases and deaths and seem to be nearing the peak. North Dakota on the other hand has refused to implement a mask mandate, bars and restaurants continue to run at full capacity, and large gatherings still occur regularly. Their death rate is extremely high and yet people still think it is a hoax. This is not occurring in Europe.
re: sub sub elite local hobby jogger
New York got to herd immunity in about 3 months. It can happen if it runs through a population unabated. A vaccine will not be widely available for 6-18 months (longer for countries like New Zealand and Australia who are in a cooperative arrangement with a number of non-contributing countries).
Look at the death curve for New York. That is exhibit A of herd immunity:
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/usa/new-york/
2600 bro
No evidence of seroprevalence high enough for herd immunity (even conservative estimates ~30-40%) in NYC or Sweden.
Next. plz.
You are so wrong on this but at least it is very easy to disprove.
7 day positivity rate (as of November 10)
NY: 2.1%
CT: 10.9%
VT: 0.6%
NH: 3.5%
OR: 12.1%
MI: 9.4%
IL: 10.8%
IA: 48.3%!!!
ND: 16.8% (24.6% for people tested for the first time)
SD: 54.0%!!!
https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/testing/tracker/map/percent-positive
You are right that North Dakota is testing very well, but it doesn't seem to be slowing down the spread as positivity rate continues to increase. Still, none of the states you mentioned beside Iowa have positivity rates within 4.5% of North Dakota. Besides for Oregon, none are within 6%. They really are in a completely different stage than the northeast. Iowa and South Dakota are both suffering like North Dakota, and they all seem to have governors that refuse to enforce mask mandates, curb large gatherings, or acknowledge the severity of the virus overall.
coronafreedom wrote:
. . . , positivity rate above 25%. . . .
In fact North Dakota's positivity rate is about 70% over recent days. Most experts would say there is insufficient testing if the rate is above 5%.
re: 2600 bro
2600 bro wrote:
Adding to that, the most extreme estimates say it was only at 30-40% around April although most had it around 20-25% at that time. Since then, many people have lost their antibodies, or a significant amount of antibodies to avoid a second infection. New York cases are now starting to increase. Just like Illinois, cases will begin increasing and deaths will take a few weeks to catch up. The issue with Europe and the Americas is that most elected officials and civilians need to see evidence of increased death before considering and sort of lockdown or enhanced restrictions. By the time these deaths increase, cases had been increasing for weeks and deaths will continue to increase. In Asia and Australia/New Zealand, officials & civilians act upon increased cases and positivity rates as a measure to consider lockdowns or enhanced restrictions. The people understand that the increase will eventually lead to an uptick in deaths, so they hit the problem head on.
Biden the Pedo
Have relatives in North Dakota. With close friends in hospitals. Nothing out of the ordinary is going on. Next leftist conspiracy...
re: Biden the Pedo
I also have relatives in North Dakota. They say the exact opposite. There is something going on. Next Right wing conspiracy....
I thought you deniers had a way to shield the vulnerable and keep us young folks out and about?
Oh wait that was always impossible and a red herring.
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Read what you just wrote. Relatives with close friends in the hospitals over something that isn't a problem. Seem pretty extraordinary to me.
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2 months ago 11/10/2020 11:11pm CST
I live in North Dakota. There's definitely something going on. My (Republican, 2A-loving) doctor friends say you do NOT want to be anywhere near a hospital right now. There's no capacity left.
The governor isn't a right-wing nutjob like in IA and SD. He's been pro-mask and pro-testing and he set up a pretty good contact tracing program.
But he's afraid of his own voters and unwilling to take unpopular moves that would make a difference. Even when cases and deaths have shot up, he won't do anything useful. And now there's too many cases for the contact tracers to follow, and the program has been put on hold.
It is, plain and simple, a failure of leadership. His heart was in the right place. But he was unwilling to pay a political price for doing the right thing.
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The training provides a platform to draw from best practices, lessons learnt, examine the interface between policy and practice for more effective approaches in peacebuilding, development and post-conflict reconstruction.
It is relevant for those engaged in the planning and implementation of field-based programmes, and those concerned with developing policies for appropriate responses in complex, political emergencies.
19th to 23rd November 2018, Nairobi, Kenya US$1300 Those working in capacity building areas and keen to widen their skills and knowledge on how to design, facilitate and evaluate trainings.


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Be Still My Soul
Endorsements – Something About Us
Heidi and Michael Testimony
Tour De Romance
Blankets Tea And Crazy People
Heidi's Blog
So why a Christmas Cd and why did you name it simply "Christ`mas"? "Though the title may not be unique in one sense, if you look a little closer at the cover you will see the old definition of the word written right under it which gives it deeper meaning. It comes from two words, Christ and Mass. Many years ago believers would come together on December 25 and celebrate Christ's birth in a worship service. And that is what this cd does too. Worship and celebrate our Savior's birth. Every song speaks of it and every note proclaims it. I wanted it to be completely sacred. No jingle bells or Santa Claus here. Nothing against those kind of songs, but we were steering away from the commercialism that comes with the season and focusing on God Incarnate. My prayer is that we would all be profoundly moved to worship our King."
Of his 20 years in ministry he has never released a Christmas project so he is very excited about this one. Even though he sang on "The Christmas Shoes" cd by Newsong which has sold over a half million copies, he tells us with a smile that "that doesn't count."
He considers himself blessed beyond measure to have his whole family singing with him on "Christ`mas". He goes on and on of how talented each one of them are. "Meghan, my daughter, sang on my other cd "Be Still My Soul" some years back and the song got such a great response that I wanted her to sing with me again. So she sang on a song called "With Us" that I wrote with Mark Harris. (4 him) All 3 of her brothers have that song as one of their top 3 on this cd."
"Michael Jr., my oldest boy, has actually been the quiet one musically. But in the last couple of years he has shown some interest in singing publically. So I asked him if he would be willing to sing on a tune and he agreed. I included him on a quartet with me and his other 2 brothers Joseph and Timmy. They both have sung on 2 Dove award winning kid projects over the years. All three of them are very gifted musically. Quite honestly, it has become one of my favorite songs on the cd. I wrote it with Regie Hamm (Time of my life – David Cook) and it has become very sentimental."
His wife Heidi has sung on almost every solo project Michael has ever recorded. "We met in a singing group and she has such a beautiful calming voice. She doesn't like to sing publically anymore, but I always talk her into singing on at least one song with me per cd. The one we did together is called "We Adore You" and has a hymn like feel. She loves hymns, so I used that to my advantage to entice her to sing on it with me."
Another song that means a lot to Michael is "Have Yourself A Blessed Little Christmas" written by Hugh Martin. Yes, it is the same music from the classic hit "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" (2nd most recorded Christmas song ever) but with new lyrics. I used to work in a church in California where Hugh was a member. We became friends and I actually sang the original several times with Hugh as he played piano. But years later he rewrote the song focusing in on the birth of Christ and sent me a signed version of the sheet music endorsing me to do it. I wish he could have been around to hear this version. I think he really would have loved it."
Another favorite is a song called "All Praise To Thee." Martin Luther actually penned the masterful lyric. "My wife found it on the internet and I was literally blown away when I read it. I sat down the next day at my keyboard and wrote the music in 5 minutes. I have never written a song with someone who is deceased, but I actually enjoyed the process. Very easy when the lyricist doesn't have any say in the music."
There are several instrumentals on this project along with a funky version of the "Go Tell It on the Mountain" lyric but with new music. It's called "Go Tell It" and Nicole Sponberg from Selah did some adlibs on it. He also dedicated a song to his Dad who passed away several years ago. "Of course he had some Irish in him with a last name like O'Brien. I found an Irish Christmas Lyric on the internet and put music to it. My dad was a drummer and loved upbeat music. This song could have easily been on the soundtrack to "Riverdance", which he loved so much." Michael also invited Alex and Annie from the Annie Moses Band to play violins on it. And the infamous Patrick Darcy from Dublin Ireland played the penny whistle.
From the Epic opening of "Gloria" to the stirring ballad of "Sweet Little Jesus Boy", you will not be able to listen to this cd without being confronted with the wonder of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and his entrance into our world. May our hearts focus in on our Glorious Savior as we celebrate with adoration His birth.
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A harmonic damper is a device fitted to the free (accessory drive) end of the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine to counter torsional and resonance vibrations from the crankshaft. This device must be interference fit to the crankshaft in order to operate in an effective manner. An interference fit ensures the device moves in perfect step with the crankshaft. It is essential on engines with long crankshafts (such as straight-six or straight-eight engines) and V8 engines with cross plane cranks, or V6 and straight-three engines with uneven firing order. Harmonics and torsional vibrations can greatly reduce crankshaft life, or cause instantaneous failure if the crankshaft runs at or through an amplified resonance. Dampers are designed with a specific weight (mass) and diameter, which are dependent on the damping material/method used, to reduce mechanical Q factor, or damp, crankshaft resonances.

A harmonic balancer (sometimes called crankshaft damper, torsional damper, or vibration damper) is the same thing as a harmonic damper except that the balancer includes a counterweight to externally balance the rotating assembly. The harmonic balancer often serves as a pulley for the accessory drive belts turning the alternator, water pump and other crankshaft driven devices.

Need
The need for a damper will depend on the age of the engine design, its manufacture, strength of components, usable powerband, rev range and, most importantly, the quality of the engine's tune. The engine's tune especially in computer controlled applications can have a dramatic effect on durability, the aggressiveness of the tune puts the engine at risk of detonation which can be catastrophic to all rotating assembly components. Modern (roughly 1988+) DOHC, SOHC flat 4, flat 6, flat 8, and flat-plane V8 have no need for this device. With or without the presence of a damper, a crankshaft will act as a torsional spring to some extent. Impulses applied to the crankshaft by the connecting rods will "wind" this spring, which will respond (as a spring–mass system) by unwinding and re-winding in the opposite direction. This crankshaft winding will usually be damped out naturally. However, at certain crankshaft rotational speeds, such winding can overlap with the crankshaft's natural resonant frequency, thereby increasing the frequency's amplitude and possibly leading to crankshaft damage.

Torsional crankshaft movement and harmonics
Each time a cylinder fires, the force of the combustion is imparted to the crankshaft rod journal. The rod journal deflects in a torsional motion to some degree under this force. Harmonic vibrations result from the torsional motion imparted on the crankshaft. These harmonics are a function of many factors including frequencies created by the actual combustion and the natural frequencies the metals make under the stresses of combustion and flexing. In some engines, the torsional motion of the crankshaft at certain speeds can synchronize with the harmonic vibrations, causing a resonance. In some cases the resonance may stress the crankshaft to the point of cracking or complete failure.

Countering torsional crank motion and harmonic vibration
The harmonic balancer helps minimize torsional crankshaft harmonics and resonance. The damper is composed of two elements: an inertia mass and an energy dissipating element. Most often made of rubber, this element may be composed of a synthetic elastomer, a clutch, a spring or fluid. The mass counteracts the torsional crank motions and in concert with the energy dissipating element absorbs the harmonics vibrations.

Construction
An OEM damper consists of an outer mass bonded/vulcanized to an inner hub. An aftermarket performance damper consists of a mass which is attached/mounted to a housing (steel, aluminum, titanium, etc.) based on the different types of damper and where the mass is controlled differently. The first three use older technology; First is the liquid type damper which surrounds the mass immersed in the housing which is then bonded or welded together. Second is the o-ring type which surrounds the mass with a number of o-rings as it sits in its housing. Third is the friction type which has clutches and spring acting on the mass inside the outer housing. Fourth is the newest type in which the mass sits over and is attached an elastomer ring which is then attached to the outer housing. The crankshaft and damper together become (in its torsional response) a spring–mass–damper system again which can only occur by the two being interference fit together.

Engine design, materials & other factors

Over time engine development has continually advanced in almost all areas from material, operation, and function. Many of the advances were led by the Japanese manufacturers as they have made quality and durability the cornerstone of their programs. The Japanese advanced the proliferation of forged crankshafts with rotating assemblies at 0 gram balance. Forged crankshafts are much stronger and are significantly less apt to exhibit detrimental torsional crankshaft movement which also mitigates harmonic frequencies. This progression has also seen the addition of forged rods and pistons initially in forced induction engines and more recently in normally aspirated engines. Adding these additional forged components ramps the engines rigidity reducing concern about crankshaft damage even further. With the advent of computer aided design and finite element analysis, manufacturers can now find and re-engineer weaker areas. Regardless of some of these improvements, certain engines, like the traditional V8,  have a firing order prone to excessive harmonics by nature necessitating the use of this device. The flat plane V8, traditionally used in more exotic engines, does not suffer from the excessive harmonics and therefore may use a solid undampened device. Modern (roughly 1988+) DOHC, SOHC Flat 4, Flat 6, Flat 8, Flat Plane V8 have no need for this device. Over the years many of these engines use solid cast iron or aluminum crank pulley or audible NVH damper (reducing engine noise heard in the occupant compartment). Audible NVH has been the biggest factor in OE manufacturer decisions throughout the vehicle. In addition the pulleys on these engines are mounted loosely with a location fit negating any potential to act as an engine protective damper.

Identification
The damper will be fitted at the front of the engine (opposite the clutch or transmission) just beyond the cover of the timing chain, gears, or belt, and behind the accessory drive pulley (which may carry one or more V, serpentine, or cogged belts.) In older vehicles the pulley and damper were separate units that were bolted together. In late model vehicles the two have been combined into one unit. Timing marks are almost always engraved for purposes of setting the ignition timing.

Maintenance

OE dampers are predominantly made using rubber as the bonding agent between the inner hub and the outer mass. Rubber is susceptible to operational and environmental factors. Rubber only has a finite ability to withstand operating temperatures plus any fluids that may find their way onto the damper. They are also susceptible to low temperatures which can make the rubber brittle. Any cracking of the elastomer(rubber) would be an immediate indicator of the need to replace the unit. OE dampers must be balanced, unless acting as an external balancer (Harmonic Balancer), as the quality of materials  (usually cast or sintered iron) do not lend themselves to acceptable/perfect balance specifications straight from manufacturing. Most aftermarket dampers are rebuildable, excluding the fluid type. When used in racing (drag, circle track, road race, etc.) they require regular inspection to ensure their proper function. When used on street driven vehicles, the damper manufacturer can provide inspection and service intervals based on the particulars of the engine the damper is being used on.

Effects of removal
This will depend on a number of factors from quality of engine materials used to engine balance to the type of crankshaft design the quality of engine tune and more. Engines have continually improved in nearly all aspects but most importantly in quality of materials used and their manufacture (also discussed in Engine design, materials & other factors above). These improvements range from forged crankshafts, pistons and rods to other rotational components. Engine balance has also improved significantly through more advanced balancing techniques and the higher quality engine components which make the balancing process easier. Many OE manufacturers have been achieving 0 gram balance across their production since the 1980's. Crankshaft design is also a factor as cross plane crankshafts can be the most susceptible to internal harmonic damage. Flat plane crankshafts, I format and H format engines do not exhibit these issues but can reach extreme output and RPM levels where a harmonic damper may be necessary. Last is the quality of the tune which can be one of the most significant factors due to all sorts of negatives associated with poor tunes from detonation to over-boosting. Other factors like piston pin offset, TDC dwell time and stroke length can be factors but are primarily limited to cross plane engines.

Original invention
Both Frederick Henry Royce and Frederick W. Lanchester have strong claims to the invention of the vibration damper, with the latest research showing Rolls-Royce using a crankshaft slipper (friction) vibration damper on their 1906 30HP models; however, Royce had not submitted it for patent. Lanchester had developed a theoretical multi-plate viscous design in 1910 (patent 21,139, 12 September 1910). This design was adopted by the Daimler Company and employed on their six-cylinder engines for a number of years. Royce developed a viscous damper in 1912 that was then further developed and carried through to the B60 engine of the 1950s.

See also
 Balance shaft
 Engine balance
 Noise and vibration on maritime vessels
 Tuned mass damper

References

External links
 http://www.atiracing.com/products/dampers/sae.htm
 http://www.atiracing.com/products/dampers/101/index.htm
https://dannysengineportal.com/harmonic-balancer-function-failure-warning-signs/

Engine technology
Torsional vibration