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Olympic gold medalist Amy Van Dyken severs spine in accident
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Six time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken severed her spine in an all terrain vehicle accident over the weekend, and told emergency workers she could not move her toes or feel anything touching her legs.
The 46 year old swimmer, who goes by her married name Van Dyken Rouen, was injured Friday. She was airlifted to a hospital and had surgery to stabilize her spine.
A letter from the Van Dyken and Rouen families said she severed her spinal cord at the T11 vertebrae and that the broken vertebrae came within millimeters of rupturing her aorta.
A report by the Show Low Police Department said the ATV that Rouen was driving hit a curb in a restaurant parking lot and sent her over a drop off between 5 to 7 feet.
Rouen was found lying on the ground next to the ATV. She was strapped to a backboard and airlifted to Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center.
A witness said he saw Rouen launch over the curb and found her unresponsive when he arrived on the scene, the report said. Rouen was not wearing a helmet at the time.
Her husband, former Denver Broncos punter Tom Rouen, told police officers he had changed the throttle mechanism on the ATV from a thumb accelerator to a twist accelerator a few days before the accident, though wasn't sure if it was a factor in the accident.
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In 2003, she was among numerous prominent athletes who testified before a grand jury investigating the BALCO doping scandal. Rouen never tested positive for performance enhancing drugs during her career.
"The USA Swimming family is devastated to learn of Amy Van Dyken's unfortunate accident this weekend," the organization said in a statement. "We're happy to hear that she escaped and is now in great care. That she is already 'acting like her typical spunky, boisterous, ebullient self' shows she's on a great path."
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. Six time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Amy Van Dyken severed her spine in an all terrain vehicle accident over the weekend, and told emergency workers she could not move her toes or feel anything touching her legs.
The 46 year old swimmer, who goes by her married name Van Dyken Rouen, was injured Friday. She was airlifted to a hospital and had surgery to stabilize her spine.
A letter from the Van Dyken and Rouen families said she severed her spinal cord at the T11 vertebrae and that the broken vertebrae came within millimeters of rupturing her aorta.
A report by the Show Low Police Department said the ATV that Rouen was driving hit a curb in a restaurant parking lot and sent her over a drop off between 5 to 7 feet.
Rouen was found lying on the ground next to the ATV. She was strapped to a backboard and airlifted to Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center.
A witness said he saw Rouen launch over the curb and found her unresponsive when he arrived on the scene, the report said. Rouen was not wearing a helmet at the time.
Her husband, former Denver Broncos punter Tom Rouen, told police officers he had changed the throttle mechanism on the ATV from a thumb accelerator to a twist accelerator a few days before the accident, though wasn't sure if it was a factor in the accident.
He said his wife had not been drinking alcohol that evening. female athlete to win four gold medals in hermes bracelet sale replica a single games. She captured the 50 meter freestyle and 100 butterfly and also competed on the winning relay teams in the 400 free and 400 medley.
Four years later at Sydney, she added two more golds in the 400 free and 400 medley relays before retiring from hermes bracelet imitation competition.
In 2003, she was among numerous prominent athletes who testified before a grand jury investigating the BALCO doping scandal. Rouen never tested positive for performance enhancing drugs during her career.
"The USA Swimming family is devastated to learn of Amy Van Dyken's unfortunate accident this weekend," the organization said in a statement. "We're happy to hear that she escaped and is now in great care. That she is already 'acting like her typical spunky, boisterous, ebullient self' shows she's on a great path."
"Amy is a champion who has proven throughout her life that she is hermes mens bracelet imitation a fighter hermes mens bracelet fake who takes on challenges and comes out on top. We know Amy will tackle her rehabilitation with vigor and be back on her feet sooner rather than later," it said.
One in three older adults reports age discrimination
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Many older adults report being discriminated against due to their age, according to a new study.
One third of British people in their 50s and above said they had experienced age discrimination, researchers reported in the journal Age and Ageing. That included being treated with less courtesy or getting poorer service at restaurants and hospitals.
"We know from other work that many older people feel that they are discriminated against," lead researcher Isla Rippon, from University College London, said.
But these rates were surprisingly high, she added.
"Perceived day to day discrimination can affect both physical and mental health," she told Reuters Health. Frequent perceived discrimination may be a chronic source of stress and build up over time, leading to social withdrawal and reluctance to go to the doctor, Rippon said. The current data come from responses in 2010 and 2011.
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They also specified why they thought such discrimination had happened.
One third of all participants attributed fake hermes h bracelet Knockoff at least some of their perceived discrimination to age. That rose to 37 percent of those over age 65.
"About one third of the people report age discrimination in Europe and only about 17 percent report ethnic discrimination," Liat Ayalon, who studies older adults at the Bar Ilan University School of Social Work in Ramat Gan, Israel, said.
Ethnic discrimination tends to be studied more than age discrimination, she said, though that seems to be changing as the global population ages.
It's also important to keep in mind that perceived discrimination and actual discrimination can be two different things, Ayalon, who was not involved in the study, told Reuters Health in an email.
Older retired men with less money and more education were most likely to report age discrimination.
Better educated people may be more attuned to inequities and more likely to report discrimination of any kind, Rippon said.
Seventeen percent of all participants the highest proportion reported being treated with less respect because of their age. Less than five percent said they had experienced age related harassment.
"Of particular concern were the 10 percent of all respondents who felt that they had been discriminated (against) due to their age in health settings," Rippon said. "This provides further evidence for the existence of ageism in healthcare."
"For healthy, independent living people the effect (of age discrimination) on health will be indirect," Wim van den Heuvel said. A professor of care science imitation hermes bracelet sale at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, he did not participate in the new research.
Most of the people in this study were living independently.
People experiencing, or thinking they are experiencing, discrimination may go out less, feel sad or less safe, withdraw or become depressed, van den Heuvel told Reuters Health.
For older people not living independently, discrimination could actually lead to poorer medical care, he said.
Because this study lines up with results from the European Union and United States, the general findings about perceived discrimination probably apply to most countries, Rippon said. But the links to specific social factors like education and wealth may not.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Many older adults report being discriminated against due to their age, according to a new study.
One third of British people in their 50s and above said they had experienced age discrimination, researchers reported in the journal Age and Ageing. That included being treated with less courtesy or getting poorer service at restaurants and hospitals.
"We know from other work that many older people feel that they are discriminated against," lead researcher Isla Rippon, from University College London, said.
But these rates were surprisingly high, she added.
"Perceived day to day discrimination can affect both physical and mental health," she told Reuters Health. Frequent perceived discrimination may be a chronic source of stress and build up over time, leading to social withdrawal and reluctance to go to the doctor, Rippon said. The current data come from responses in 2010 and 2011.
Participants rated how often they experienced five discriminatory situations: being treated with less respect, receiving poorer service than other people in restaurants and stores, receiving poorer service Knockoff hermes gold bracelet in hospitals, fake hermes H bracelet Black gold being treated as not clever and being threatened or harassed.
They also specified why they thought such discrimination had happened.
One third of all participants attributed fake hermes h bracelet Knockoff at least some of their perceived discrimination to age. That rose to 37 percent of those over age 65.
"About one third of the people report age discrimination in Europe and only about 17 percent report ethnic discrimination," Liat Ayalon, who studies older adults at the Bar Ilan University School of Social Work in Ramat Gan, Israel, said.
Ethnic discrimination tends to be studied more than age discrimination, she said, though that seems to be changing as the global population ages.
It's also important to keep in mind that perceived discrimination and actual discrimination can be two different things, Ayalon, who was not involved in the study, told Reuters Health in an email.
Older retired men with less money and more education were most likely to report age discrimination.
Better educated people may be more attuned to inequities and more likely to report discrimination of any kind, Rippon said.
Seventeen percent of all participants the highest proportion reported being treated with less respect because of their age. Less than five percent said they had experienced age related harassment.
"Of particular concern were the 10 percent of all respondents who felt that they had been discriminated (against) due to their age in health settings," Rippon said. "This provides further evidence for the existence of ageism in healthcare."
"For healthy, independent living people the effect (of age discrimination) on health will be indirect," Wim van den Heuvel said. A professor of care science imitation hermes bracelet sale at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, he did not participate in the new research.
Most of the people in this study were living independently.
People experiencing, or thinking they are experiencing, discrimination may go out less, feel sad or less safe, withdraw or become depressed, van den Heuvel told Reuters Health.
For older people not living independently, discrimination could actually lead to poorer medical care, he said.
Because this study lines up with results from the European Union and United States, the general findings about perceived discrimination probably apply to most countries, Rippon said. But the links to specific social factors like education and wealth may not.
Nurse accused of killing seniors tended to them 'just prior to their deaths
SubscriptionsGo to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your:My ProfileNursing home patient records show former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, accused of killing eight seniors in southwestern Ontario, tended to them "at or just prior to the time of their deaths," according to police allegations filed in court last fall but kept confidential until today.Officers say they came to that conclusion after parsing records obtained from long term care homes in Woodstock, copy hermes brecelet clic h Paris and London where Wettlaufer worked between 2007 and 2016, often as the nurse in charge on the night shift."It was confirmed that Beth Wettlaufer had direct care of each of the victims . at or just prior to the time of their deaths," says the police filing, a sworn statement investigators submitted to a judge in October to get a court order to obtain her education records.Sections of the heavily censored statement offer a glimpse of how officers looking into Wettlaufer arrived at the decision to charge her with eight counts of first degree murder, in an investigation that has largely remained cloaked in mystery and innuendo.New snippets of the document, which contains unproven allegations yet to be tested in court, were made public Thursday morning following an Ontario Superior Court judge's ruling. The Postmedia newspaper chain had been fighting to get the entire file unsealed.The newly released portions show police homed in on "insulin overdose" as a possible cause in the deaths of the eight seniors early in their investigation, questioning managers at two nursing homes where Wettlaufer worked about how they stored and tracked the medicine.Details of why police arrested and charged Wettlaufer, contained in an application for a production order, have been heavily redacted. (Amanda Margison/CBC)A manager at Caressant Care in Woodstock, where Wettlaufer was employed from 2007 to 2014 and where it's alleged she killed seven seniors, said the nursing home doesn't secure or monitor its stocks of insulin.She added that it would "never hermes clic clac bracelet replica be looked at as a cause of death" in a patient, according to a summary of her remarks revealed in the police statement.Another nursing home, Telfer Place in Paris, told investigators it doesn't track or control insulin hermes enamel h bracelet knock off either, the police statement says.Disciplined for medication errorsWettlaufer was fired from Caressant Care on March 31, 2014, but the police filing says she had been suspended four times before that for "medication related errors."Quoted portions of a dismissal letter from Wettlaufer's boss, Brenda Van Quaethem, say she was terminated because of a "serious" incident where she gave the wrong medication to an elderly patient."Although you have acknowledged this latest error, this is another incident in copy hermes h bracelet a pattern of behaviours that are placing residents at risk," Van Quaethem is quoted as writing.
SubscriptionsGo to the Subscriptions Centre to manage your:My ProfileNursing home patient records show former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer, accused of killing eight seniors in southwestern Ontario, tended to them "at or just prior to the time of their deaths," according to police allegations filed in court last fall but kept confidential until today.Officers say they came to that conclusion after parsing records obtained from long term care homes in Woodstock, copy hermes brecelet clic h Paris and London where Wettlaufer worked between 2007 and 2016, often as the nurse in charge on the night shift."It was confirmed that Beth Wettlaufer had direct care of each of the victims . at or just prior to the time of their deaths," says the police filing, a sworn statement investigators submitted to a judge in October to get a court order to obtain her education records.Sections of the heavily censored statement offer a glimpse of how officers looking into Wettlaufer arrived at the decision to charge her with eight counts of first degree murder, in an investigation that has largely remained cloaked in mystery and innuendo.New snippets of the document, which contains unproven allegations yet to be tested in court, were made public Thursday morning following an Ontario Superior Court judge's ruling. The Postmedia newspaper chain had been fighting to get the entire file unsealed.The newly released portions show police homed in on "insulin overdose" as a possible cause in the deaths of the eight seniors early in their investigation, questioning managers at two nursing homes where Wettlaufer worked about how they stored and tracked the medicine.Details of why police arrested and charged Wettlaufer, contained in an application for a production order, have been heavily redacted. (Amanda Margison/CBC)A manager at Caressant Care in Woodstock, where Wettlaufer was employed from 2007 to 2014 and where it's alleged she killed seven seniors, said the nursing home doesn't secure or monitor its stocks of insulin.She added that it would "never hermes clic clac bracelet replica be looked at as a cause of death" in a patient, according to a summary of her remarks revealed in the police statement.Another nursing home, Telfer Place in Paris, told investigators it doesn't track or control insulin hermes enamel h bracelet knock off either, the police statement says.Disciplined for medication errorsWettlaufer was fired from Caressant Care on March 31, 2014, but the police filing says she had been suspended four times before that for "medication related errors."Quoted portions of a dismissal letter from Wettlaufer's boss, Brenda Van Quaethem, say she was terminated because of a "serious" incident where she gave the wrong medication to an elderly patient."Although you have acknowledged this latest error, this is another incident in copy hermes h bracelet a pattern of behaviours that are placing residents at risk," Van Quaethem is quoted as writing.
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WICHITA, Kan. A small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a flight training building while trying to return to a Kansas airport Thursday, killing at least four people, injuring at least five others and igniting a fire that sent up towering plumes of black smoke that could be seen for miles around Wichita, officials and witnesses said.
Only the replica hermes h bracelet pilot was on the plane. CBS Wichita affiliate KWCH TV reports that about 100 people were in the building at the time of the crash at Wichita Mid Continent Airport but most were safely evacuated. Four people remained unaccounted for hours after the crash, but hermes replica bracelets were later located.
Two sweeps of the building found no more victims, though officials cautioned that a small portion containing a simulator room had not been checked because of structural dangers from the crash. Special equipment was being brought to the site that would allow access to the remaining space.
Wichita Fire Marshal Brad Crisp assured onlookers the search would resume as soon as the building was stable.
"We understand that this is a very difficult time, especially for folks who have family members who are working out here and they don't know," Crisp said.
The crash was "not an intentional act," Wichita Police Deputy Chief John Speer said. "We are comfortable in saying this is an aviation accident."
Smoke billows from a building at Mid Continent Airport shortly after a twin turbo airplane crashed into a building, killing several people, including the pilot in Wichita, Kansas October 30, 2014.
One person was in serious condition at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, another was in fair condition and three more who were treated and released, hospital spokeswoman Maria Loving told CBS News.
The plane, identified hermes bangle replica as a twin engine Beechcraft King Air, crashed into a building that FlightSafety International uses to train pilots to fly Cessna planes, company spokesman Steve Phillips said.
CBS News transportation safety analyst Mark Rosenker told CBS Radio News that the building is next to an FAA flight standards district office.
It appeared to strike the top of the building and ignite what Wichita Fire Chief Ronald D. Blackwell described as a "horrific" fire.
In comments late Thursday, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Leah Yeager said the pilot reported a left engine problem soon after takeoff.
Yeager said the plane was "flying low and slow before it entered a left turn," according to witness reports.
"It continued to turn left and then impacted the (FlightSafety) building," Yeager said.
Jeff Papacek, 39, of Wichita, said he saw a "giant fireball" as he was heading to his engineering job at Learjet, which has a testing facility at the airport. He said he didn't see the crash because there were too many buildings in the way, but he said hermes clic clac h bracelet replica the plane caught his attention beforehand.
"We are used to planes flying straight with the runway and this plane just didn't look like it was lined up and was way too low for the direction it was going," Papacek said, adding that he drove to the crash site to see what was happening and saw the building fire raging.
The crash did not appear to be significantly disrupting passenger traffic at the airport as planes could be seen taking off from other runways.
The crash is the latest in a string of incidents at the airport. In December, an avionics technician was arrested after a months long undercover sting when he allegedly tried to drive a van filled with inert explosives onto the tarmac in a plot prosecutors say was intended to kill as many people as possible. Then in January, an Oklahoma man rammed his pickup truck through a security gate at the airport. In September, the airport conducted a large scale disaster exercise featuring the mock crash of a 737 aircraft.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said it is "too early to rule anything out" about the cause of Thursday's crash and confirmed the FBI is assisting in the investigation, but stressed the agency's protocol is to respond to "any and all plane crashes at airports."
WICHITA, Kan. A small plane lost power after takeoff and crashed into a flight training building while trying to return to a Kansas airport Thursday, killing at least four people, injuring at least five others and igniting a fire that sent up towering plumes of black smoke that could be seen for miles around Wichita, officials and witnesses said.
Only the replica hermes h bracelet pilot was on the plane. CBS Wichita affiliate KWCH TV reports that about 100 people were in the building at the time of the crash at Wichita Mid Continent Airport but most were safely evacuated. Four people remained unaccounted for hours after the crash, but hermes replica bracelets were later located.
Two sweeps of the building found no more victims, though officials cautioned that a small portion containing a simulator room had not been checked because of structural dangers from the crash. Special equipment was being brought to the site that would allow access to the remaining space.
Wichita Fire Marshal Brad Crisp assured onlookers the search would resume as soon as the building was stable.
"We understand that this is a very difficult time, especially for folks who have family members who are working out here and they don't know," Crisp said.
The crash was "not an intentional act," Wichita Police Deputy Chief John Speer said. "We are comfortable in saying this is an aviation accident."
Smoke billows from a building at Mid Continent Airport shortly after a twin turbo airplane crashed into a building, killing several people, including the pilot in Wichita, Kansas October 30, 2014.
One person was in serious condition at Via Christi Hospital St. Francis, another was in fair condition and three more who were treated and released, hospital spokeswoman Maria Loving told CBS News.
The plane, identified hermes bangle replica as a twin engine Beechcraft King Air, crashed into a building that FlightSafety International uses to train pilots to fly Cessna planes, company spokesman Steve Phillips said.
CBS News transportation safety analyst Mark Rosenker told CBS Radio News that the building is next to an FAA flight standards district office.
It appeared to strike the top of the building and ignite what Wichita Fire Chief Ronald D. Blackwell described as a "horrific" fire.
In comments late Thursday, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Leah Yeager said the pilot reported a left engine problem soon after takeoff.
Yeager said the plane was "flying low and slow before it entered a left turn," according to witness reports.
"It continued to turn left and then impacted the (FlightSafety) building," Yeager said.
Jeff Papacek, 39, of Wichita, said he saw a "giant fireball" as he was heading to his engineering job at Learjet, which has a testing facility at the airport. He said he didn't see the crash because there were too many buildings in the way, but he said hermes clic clac h bracelet replica the plane caught his attention beforehand.
"We are used to planes flying straight with the runway and this plane just didn't look like it was lined up and was way too low for the direction it was going," Papacek said, adding that he drove to the crash site to see what was happening and saw the building fire raging.
The crash did not appear to be significantly disrupting passenger traffic at the airport as planes could be seen taking off from other runways.
The crash is the latest in a string of incidents at the airport. In December, an avionics technician was arrested after a months long undercover sting when he allegedly tried to drive a van filled with inert explosives onto the tarmac in a plot prosecutors say was intended to kill as many people as possible. Then in January, an Oklahoma man rammed his pickup truck through a security gate at the airport. In September, the airport conducted a large scale disaster exercise featuring the mock crash of a 737 aircraft.
FBI spokeswoman Bridget Patton said it is "too early to rule anything out" about the cause of Thursday's crash and confirmed the FBI is assisting in the investigation, but stressed the agency's protocol is to respond to "any and all plane crashes at airports."
Police probe suspicious deaths after two bodies found inside East Van home
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Public Sector Procurement Practice and the Principles of External Economies
Public Sector Procurement Practice and the Principles of External Economies, Clustering and the Global Value Chain
Can the public sector effectively apply the principles of External Economies to its procurement practice?
economies of scale (ES) occur outside of a firm, within an industry. Thus, when an industry scope of operations expands due to, for example, the creation of a better transportation network, resulting in a subsequent decrease in costs for a company working within that industry, external economies of scale are said to have been achieved. With external ES, all firms within the industry will benefit. (What Are Economies of Scale? By Reem Heakal, January 2003)
While the principles of external economies have traditionally been associated with the manufacturing industry, the emergence of clustering and the global value chain has in effect redrawn the boundaries of its applicability. Robinson in 1931 and expanded upon in his book The Structure of Competitive Industry (Cambridge Economic Handbooks, 1958).
Specifically, Robinson defined an immobile external ES as one which the firms to be in close proximity to one another for benefits to be realized. (As an adjunct point of interest, the benefits of proximity have recently been called into question such as in the case of Bombardier. According to Goldstein, the absence of a dedicated public policy regarding the development of localized clusters speculation on whether the clusters built through the national lead firms (Bombardier) success will consolidate into a self sustainable and durable regional specialization. I will expand upon the role that policy can play in the development of dynamic, global enabled clusters in which the government assumes the dual role of being the lead firm as well as primary facilitator a bit later.)
Conversely, economies of scale which are available to firms located well beyond the territory in which they are provided Robinson defined as being mobile. One example of external ES which Robinson cited in the 1930s as being mobile was the Liverpool cotton exchange, which could be utilized by firms both locally as well as globally to the apparent benefits of all stakeholders. (Note: I cannot help but draw a conceptual comparison between the Liverpool cotton exchange of the early 1900s and the emergence of agent based modeling and the resultant Metaprise architecture that is behind technological development in 2007.) Furthermore, Robinson conclusion that advantages of large scale industries concentrating in one country were declining as the importance of mobile economies were increasing represents a remarkable prognostication ability given his era and the absence of the major technological breakthroughs that have defined how much is fake Hermes bag price our modern economy today.
Government Taking on the Role of Firm
In the book Clusters Facing Competition: The Importance of External Linkages (Giuliani, Rabellotti and van Dijk, 2005), reference is made to the fact that the chain perspective extends beyond the realm of manufacturing to include activities in the supply of goods and services, including distribution and marketing (Kaplinsky, 2000; Wood, 2001). universities and associations.) key to leveraging domestic competencies is to fully understand and assess the capabilities of the heterogeneous supply community in servicing public sector needs (a worthwhile exercise that serves the dual purpose of laying the foundation for identifying areas of global strength or leadership within a particular sector.)
This strategy however is often undermined by the failure of the public sector to look beyond the relatively narrow definition of the sound bite associated with a reduction in spend. As a result, the majority of purchasing initiatives have been structured around a vendor compression strategy in which direct contracts with larger entities are expected to drive volume savings.
Even though the projected savings have rarely materialized to the anticipated levels, the most significant and negative consequence of a compression strategy is the impact on the development and sustainable growth of a cluster. Referencing Goldstein once again, he defined a cluster as spatial concentration of firms (including specialized suppliers of equipment and services and customers) and associated non market institutions (universities, research institutes, training institutions, standard setting bodies, local trade associations, fake hermes bag blue regulatory agencies, technology transfer agencies, business associations, relevant government agencies and departments, etc.) that combine to create (or deliver, per Kaplinsky and Wood) new products and/or services in specific lines of business. Given this definition, anything that hinders the ability for various stakeholders to collaborate (re combine) such as a myopic focus on spend reduction will naturally create a strained copy hermes bag blue atmosphere that will limit cluster development domestically and therefore its effectiveness globally.
What is interesting is that the detractors of supply base rationalization share many of the same concerns as those who are opposed to globalization. In the case of globalization, Heakal article cited the claims of opponents that the of expanded business seeking economies of scale will negatively impact small business (who are actually the primary stakeholders in a cluster). The fear that Heakal described is that could virtually disappear as large companies begin to integrate and the monopolies created focus on making (or from a buyer perspective saving) a buck. report (A Strategy for Increasing Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Business) by the Executive Office of the President raised serious concerns regarding the negative impact contract bundling within the public sector was having on the SME community. This included concerns pertaining to the retardation of the innovation process which many believe is indigenous to and therefore a key tenet of a strong SME (cluster) base.
The emphasis here is that value purchasing and resultant savings can be achieved through a variety of means the most important of which is linked to a strong domestic SME sector.
With a sound strategy for identifying or developing and engaging industry specific clusters (of which SME are an integral component) domestically, governments will position these same organizational bodies to compete and succeed on a global basis. Therefore it is incumbent upon government organizations to evaluate all areas of spend from this combined strategic vantage point and where possible leverage (or develop if absent) cluster core competencies.
The Question of Governance in the Value Chain
According to Humphrey and Schmitz (2002), chain research focuses on the nature of the relationships between the various actors involved in the chain, and on their implications for development. In this regard, they emphasize that governance is an essential element of a value chain in that coordination is required take decisions not only on should be, or something should be produced but sometimes also and much and even at price. (Note: the same questions Sales fake Hermes bag that apply to production can also apply to purchasing decisions.)
While coordination may occur arm market relations or non market relationships, it is the latter that applies best to government procurement practices. In the area of non market relationships, Humphrey and Schmitz identified possible types of governance; a) network implying cooperation between firms of more or less equal power which share their competencies within the chain; b) quasi hierarchy involving relationships between legally independent firms in which one is subordinate to the other, with a leader in the chain defining the rules to which the rest of the actors have to comply and c) hierarchy when a firm is owned by an external firm. a domestic public sector procurement standpoint, and only if the more traditional government hierarchy mindset can reconcile itself with an implied of power, the network mechanism makes the most sense.
An example of where this governance structure has succeeded is in the previously referenced China software industry where according to van Dijk and Wang, companies express what they expect from the government and local government, eager to promote the sector, is very willing to act upon their suggestions.
Given the importance of being able to participate and compete in the emerging global economy countries such as Canada and the United States will undoubtedly take note of the attitudes and actions of China as well as other players (re European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes) on the world stage. If they do they will likely reach similar conclusions being that the development and utilization of indigenous or domestic clusters (which are largely comprised of SME is a key tenet of building success on a global basis. According to a study referenced in the book Clusters Facing Competition: The Importance of External Linkages, by focusing on this between internal clusters and external linkages, governments will be able to determine these interactions will help SME to face increasing global competition. One of the most effective ways to gain this understanding is through direct participation as a buying stakeholder.
Public Sector Procurement Practice and the Principles of External Economies, Clustering and the Global Value Chain
Can the public sector effectively apply the principles of External Economies to its procurement practice?
economies of scale (ES) occur outside of a firm, within an industry. Thus, when an industry scope of operations expands due to, for example, the creation of a better transportation network, resulting in a subsequent decrease in costs for a company working within that industry, external economies of scale are said to have been achieved. With external ES, all firms within the industry will benefit. (What Are Economies of Scale? By Reem Heakal, January 2003)
While the principles of external economies have traditionally been associated with the manufacturing industry, the emergence of clustering and the global value chain has in effect redrawn the boundaries of its applicability. Robinson in 1931 and expanded upon in his book The Structure of Competitive Industry (Cambridge Economic Handbooks, 1958).
Specifically, Robinson defined an immobile external ES as one which the firms to be in close proximity to one another for benefits to be realized. (As an adjunct point of interest, the benefits of proximity have recently been called into question such as in the case of Bombardier. According to Goldstein, the absence of a dedicated public policy regarding the development of localized clusters speculation on whether the clusters built through the national lead firms (Bombardier) success will consolidate into a self sustainable and durable regional specialization. I will expand upon the role that policy can play in the development of dynamic, global enabled clusters in which the government assumes the dual role of being the lead firm as well as primary facilitator a bit later.)
Conversely, economies of scale which are available to firms located well beyond the territory in which they are provided Robinson defined as being mobile. One example of external ES which Robinson cited in the 1930s as being mobile was the Liverpool cotton exchange, which could be utilized by firms both locally as well as globally to the apparent benefits of all stakeholders. (Note: I cannot help but draw a conceptual comparison between the Liverpool cotton exchange of the early 1900s and the emergence of agent based modeling and the resultant Metaprise architecture that is behind technological development in 2007.) Furthermore, Robinson conclusion that advantages of large scale industries concentrating in one country were declining as the importance of mobile economies were increasing represents a remarkable prognostication ability given his era and the absence of the major technological breakthroughs that have defined how much is fake Hermes bag price our modern economy today.
Government Taking on the Role of Firm
In the book Clusters Facing Competition: The Importance of External Linkages (Giuliani, Rabellotti and van Dijk, 2005), reference is made to the fact that the chain perspective extends beyond the realm of manufacturing to include activities in the supply of goods and services, including distribution and marketing (Kaplinsky, 2000; Wood, 2001). universities and associations.) key to leveraging domestic competencies is to fully understand and assess the capabilities of the heterogeneous supply community in servicing public sector needs (a worthwhile exercise that serves the dual purpose of laying the foundation for identifying areas of global strength or leadership within a particular sector.)
This strategy however is often undermined by the failure of the public sector to look beyond the relatively narrow definition of the sound bite associated with a reduction in spend. As a result, the majority of purchasing initiatives have been structured around a vendor compression strategy in which direct contracts with larger entities are expected to drive volume savings.
Even though the projected savings have rarely materialized to the anticipated levels, the most significant and negative consequence of a compression strategy is the impact on the development and sustainable growth of a cluster. Referencing Goldstein once again, he defined a cluster as spatial concentration of firms (including specialized suppliers of equipment and services and customers) and associated non market institutions (universities, research institutes, training institutions, standard setting bodies, local trade associations, fake hermes bag blue regulatory agencies, technology transfer agencies, business associations, relevant government agencies and departments, etc.) that combine to create (or deliver, per Kaplinsky and Wood) new products and/or services in specific lines of business. Given this definition, anything that hinders the ability for various stakeholders to collaborate (re combine) such as a myopic focus on spend reduction will naturally create a strained copy hermes bag blue atmosphere that will limit cluster development domestically and therefore its effectiveness globally.
What is interesting is that the detractors of supply base rationalization share many of the same concerns as those who are opposed to globalization. In the case of globalization, Heakal article cited the claims of opponents that the of expanded business seeking economies of scale will negatively impact small business (who are actually the primary stakeholders in a cluster). The fear that Heakal described is that could virtually disappear as large companies begin to integrate and the monopolies created focus on making (or from a buyer perspective saving) a buck. report (A Strategy for Increasing Federal Contracting Opportunities for Small Business) by the Executive Office of the President raised serious concerns regarding the negative impact contract bundling within the public sector was having on the SME community. This included concerns pertaining to the retardation of the innovation process which many believe is indigenous to and therefore a key tenet of a strong SME (cluster) base.
The emphasis here is that value purchasing and resultant savings can be achieved through a variety of means the most important of which is linked to a strong domestic SME sector.
With a sound strategy for identifying or developing and engaging industry specific clusters (of which SME are an integral component) domestically, governments will position these same organizational bodies to compete and succeed on a global basis. Therefore it is incumbent upon government organizations to evaluate all areas of spend from this combined strategic vantage point and where possible leverage (or develop if absent) cluster core competencies.
The Question of Governance in the Value Chain
According to Humphrey and Schmitz (2002), chain research focuses on the nature of the relationships between the various actors involved in the chain, and on their implications for development. In this regard, they emphasize that governance is an essential element of a value chain in that coordination is required take decisions not only on should be, or something should be produced but sometimes also and much and even at price. (Note: the same questions Sales fake Hermes bag that apply to production can also apply to purchasing decisions.)
While coordination may occur arm market relations or non market relationships, it is the latter that applies best to government procurement practices. In the area of non market relationships, Humphrey and Schmitz identified possible types of governance; a) network implying cooperation between firms of more or less equal power which share their competencies within the chain; b) quasi hierarchy involving relationships between legally independent firms in which one is subordinate to the other, with a leader in the chain defining the rules to which the rest of the actors have to comply and c) hierarchy when a firm is owned by an external firm. a domestic public sector procurement standpoint, and only if the more traditional government hierarchy mindset can reconcile itself with an implied of power, the network mechanism makes the most sense.
An example of where this governance structure has succeeded is in the previously referenced China software industry where according to van Dijk and Wang, companies express what they expect from the government and local government, eager to promote the sector, is very willing to act upon their suggestions.
Given the importance of being able to participate and compete in the emerging global economy countries such as Canada and the United States will undoubtedly take note of the attitudes and actions of China as well as other players (re European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes) on the world stage. If they do they will likely reach similar conclusions being that the development and utilization of indigenous or domestic clusters (which are largely comprised of SME is a key tenet of building success on a global basis. According to a study referenced in the book Clusters Facing Competition: The Importance of External Linkages, by focusing on this between internal clusters and external linkages, governments will be able to determine these interactions will help SME to face increasing global competition. One of the most effective ways to gain this understanding is through direct participation as a buying stakeholder.
Pope Francis Expels Limburg Bishop
Pope Francis temporarily expelled a German bishop from his diocese on Wednesday, due to his $42.7 million project to build a new residence. The Pope refused to completely remove Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz van Elst from his post in Limburg, though many associated with the Holy See had called for it.
Pope Francis is known for his affinity towards a more toned down mode of papal living he's moved into a Vatican guesthouse, and doesn't ride around in a tricked out Mercedes popemobile. During a recent trip to Brazil, he was driven in a Fiat, and has been seen in Fords and Volkswagons. Clearly Tebartz van Elst's actions have hermes Birkin Bag replica been seriously frowned upon.
It's not known how long Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz van Elst would remain exiled from the diocese of Limburg. It's been confirmed that Rev. Wolfgang Roesch would run things during what the Vatican calls Tebartz van Elst's "period of time away."
Roesch had been scheduled to take control on January 1, imitation hermes Birkin bag price but will begin running the replica Hermes Classic Shoulder Birkin bag diocese immediately, after much protest over the huge construction project. Pope Francis met with Tebartz van Elst and Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, the head of the German bishops' conference, last week. Soon after, the Vatican released a statement that Tebartz van Elst "could no longer exercise his episcopal ministry."
Tebartz star wear hermes bag replica van Elst claimed the almost $43 million spent was covering 10 projects beyond his residence complex, and that extra fees had been tacked on due of historical preservation regulations.
There has been a lot of public disdain for the project, and the German press has called for Tebartz van Elst to resign. There's a transparent church tax in Germany that rakes in billions of euros a year, further scandalizing the project. The Vatican has made it clear that Pope Francis had made an objective decision on the matter, and that public outcry didn't sway any proceedings.
Tebartz van Elst is no stranger to controversy. He'd been criticized by local priests after recalling the dean of Wetzlar for blessing a homosexual couple in 2008. Tebartz van Elst also attempted to suppress media reports of a first class flight to India after he'd upgraded it in 2012. The cagey bishop was appointed on November 28, 2007, by Pope Benedict XVI.
Pope Francis temporarily expelled a German bishop from his diocese on Wednesday, due to his $42.7 million project to build a new residence. The Pope refused to completely remove Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz van Elst from his post in Limburg, though many associated with the Holy See had called for it.
Pope Francis is known for his affinity towards a more toned down mode of papal living he's moved into a Vatican guesthouse, and doesn't ride around in a tricked out Mercedes popemobile. During a recent trip to Brazil, he was driven in a Fiat, and has been seen in Fords and Volkswagons. Clearly Tebartz van Elst's actions have hermes Birkin Bag replica been seriously frowned upon.
It's not known how long Bishop Franz Peter Tebartz van Elst would remain exiled from the diocese of Limburg. It's been confirmed that Rev. Wolfgang Roesch would run things during what the Vatican calls Tebartz van Elst's "period of time away."
Roesch had been scheduled to take control on January 1, imitation hermes Birkin bag price but will begin running the replica Hermes Classic Shoulder Birkin bag diocese immediately, after much protest over the huge construction project. Pope Francis met with Tebartz van Elst and Archbishop Robert Zollitsch, the head of the German bishops' conference, last week. Soon after, the Vatican released a statement that Tebartz van Elst "could no longer exercise his episcopal ministry."
Tebartz star wear hermes bag replica van Elst claimed the almost $43 million spent was covering 10 projects beyond his residence complex, and that extra fees had been tacked on due of historical preservation regulations.
There has been a lot of public disdain for the project, and the German press has called for Tebartz van Elst to resign. There's a transparent church tax in Germany that rakes in billions of euros a year, further scandalizing the project. The Vatican has made it clear that Pope Francis had made an objective decision on the matter, and that public outcry didn't sway any proceedings.
Tebartz van Elst is no stranger to controversy. He'd been criticized by local priests after recalling the dean of Wetzlar for blessing a homosexual couple in 2008. Tebartz van Elst also attempted to suppress media reports of a first class flight to India after he'd upgraded it in 2012. The cagey bishop was appointed on November 28, 2007, by Pope Benedict XVI.
Pat Robertson Tells Wife Of Cheating Husband To Be Grateful For Marriage
Pat Robertson has many opinions on subjects including homosexuality, politics and the coming of the Mark of the Beast, but it was the famous televangelist's opinion on marriage that took center stage during Wednesday's episode of his daily television program, "The 700 Club."
Responding to a question from a viewer, Robertson hermes Constance bag replica said that married men "have a tendency to wander" and it is the spurned wife's job to hermes H bag replica focus on the positive and make sure the home is so enticing, he doesn't want to stray.
"I've been trying to forgive my husband for cheating on me," the viewer writes. "We have gone to counseling, but I just can't seem to forgive, nor can I trust. How do you let go of the anger? How do you trust again?"
While Robertson's co host hedged on the question, calling forgiveness "difficult" and spousal infidelity "one of the ultimate betrayals," Robertson got right to the point.
"Here's the secret," the famous evangelical said. "Stop talking the cheating. He cheated on you, well, he's a man."
The wife needs to focus on the reasons she married her hermes bag black replica spouse, he continued.
"Does he provide a home for you to live in," Robertson said. 'Does he provide food for you to eat? Does he provide clothes for you to wear? Is he nice to the children. Is he handsome?"
Robertson also offered a little advice on the "tendency of man."
"Recognize also, like it or not, males have a tendency to wander a little bit," Robertson said. "What you want to do is make a home so wonderful that he doesn't want to wander" or give in to the "salacious" magazine pictures and Internet filled with porn.
This is certainly not Robertson's first foray into anecdotal marital counseling, however.
In January, copy hermes bag blue Robertson told viewers that "awful looking" women can cause marriages to lose their spark.
"It just isn't something to just lie there, 'Well, I'm married to him so he's got to take me slatternly looking,'" he said. "You've got to fix yourself up, look pretty."
Similarly, in 2010 the host advised a woman complaining about her husband's flirtatious ways not to "hassle him about it" and just make herself as attractive as possible.
Pat Robertson has many opinions on subjects including homosexuality, politics and the coming of the Mark of the Beast, but it was the famous televangelist's opinion on marriage that took center stage during Wednesday's episode of his daily television program, "The 700 Club."
Responding to a question from a viewer, Robertson hermes Constance bag replica said that married men "have a tendency to wander" and it is the spurned wife's job to hermes H bag replica focus on the positive and make sure the home is so enticing, he doesn't want to stray.
"I've been trying to forgive my husband for cheating on me," the viewer writes. "We have gone to counseling, but I just can't seem to forgive, nor can I trust. How do you let go of the anger? How do you trust again?"
While Robertson's co host hedged on the question, calling forgiveness "difficult" and spousal infidelity "one of the ultimate betrayals," Robertson got right to the point.
"Here's the secret," the famous evangelical said. "Stop talking the cheating. He cheated on you, well, he's a man."
The wife needs to focus on the reasons she married her hermes bag black replica spouse, he continued.
"Does he provide a home for you to live in," Robertson said. 'Does he provide food for you to eat? Does he provide clothes for you to wear? Is he nice to the children. Is he handsome?"
Robertson also offered a little advice on the "tendency of man."
"Recognize also, like it or not, males have a tendency to wander a little bit," Robertson said. "What you want to do is make a home so wonderful that he doesn't want to wander" or give in to the "salacious" magazine pictures and Internet filled with porn.
This is certainly not Robertson's first foray into anecdotal marital counseling, however.
In January, copy hermes bag blue Robertson told viewers that "awful looking" women can cause marriages to lose their spark.
"It just isn't something to just lie there, 'Well, I'm married to him so he's got to take me slatternly looking,'" he said. "You've got to fix yourself up, look pretty."
Similarly, in 2010 the host advised a woman complaining about her husband's flirtatious ways not to "hassle him about it" and just make herself as attractive as possible.
Prisoner charged with alleged murder of elderly man in Rye
Homicide squad detectives have charged a man who had been in an interstate prison with the murder of a retiree on the Mornington Peninsula more than a year ago.
Police allege John Woodruff murdered Barry Gray in his Rye home in May last year.
Detectives applied to both the Victorian and New South Wales star wear hermes bag replica Attorney General's Departments for Mr Woodruff's movement into the Victorian corrections system.
Mr Woodruff, 23, appeared before the NSW Local Court in August where it was determined he would serve his current sentence, in relation to other matters, in Victoria. He is currently in a correctional hermes bag replica facility in Victoria.
Mr Woodruff will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday in relation to the murder charge.
"Homicide Squad detectives would like to thank Albury Crime Investigation Unit and Crime Scene Unit, the Victorian and NSW Attorney General's Department, Corrections Victoria hermes bag black replica and NSW for their assistance," a police spokeswoman said.
Mr Gray, a long time resident of the area who lived alone, was found classic hermes bag replica dead near a broken front window in his house. A carer discovered his body.
Mr Gray's white Volkswagen Caddy van was taken after his death, with a police appeal resulting in it being discovered four days later. Police did not reveal where the van was found.
"What we're talking about here is an apparent forced entry into a home and an elderly man being brutally killed," Detective Inspector John Potter said shortly after the death.
Homicide squad detectives have charged a man who had been in an interstate prison with the murder of a retiree on the Mornington Peninsula more than a year ago.
Police allege John Woodruff murdered Barry Gray in his Rye home in May last year.
Detectives applied to both the Victorian and New South Wales star wear hermes bag replica Attorney General's Departments for Mr Woodruff's movement into the Victorian corrections system.
Mr Woodruff, 23, appeared before the NSW Local Court in August where it was determined he would serve his current sentence, in relation to other matters, in Victoria. He is currently in a correctional hermes bag replica facility in Victoria.
Mr Woodruff will appear in the Melbourne Magistrates Court on Friday in relation to the murder charge.
"Homicide Squad detectives would like to thank Albury Crime Investigation Unit and Crime Scene Unit, the Victorian and NSW Attorney General's Department, Corrections Victoria hermes bag black replica and NSW for their assistance," a police spokeswoman said.
Mr Gray, a long time resident of the area who lived alone, was found classic hermes bag replica dead near a broken front window in his house. A carer discovered his body.
Mr Gray's white Volkswagen Caddy van was taken after his death, with a police appeal resulting in it being discovered four days later. Police did not reveal where the van was found.
"What we're talking about here is an apparent forced entry into a home and an elderly man being brutally killed," Detective Inspector John Potter said shortly after the death.
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"A lot of women are doing it because men's watches have traditionally represented taste, class and luxury," says stylist Kelly Millar of KM Image Consulting.
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Take a Bow , the stunning Barbadian, wearing minimal makeup and a simple black tank, is merely part of the backdrop.
The real star wrapped around the singer's caramel wrist commands attention from the first frame. An 18K gold Piaget Polo watch with a 38 mm case, it's nearly double the size of most traditional women's watches.
It's fitting that Rihanna sports this aggressively masculine timepiece while she sings from the perspective of a spurned lover ready to move on. The men's luxury watch has become the definitive accessory for asserting wealth and independence. Piaget now classifies its timepieces by cartier replica love ring wedding band size rather than gender to reflect how blurred the line between men's and women's styles has become. The Rolex Daytona has been spotted weighing down Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's tiny wrists, Sienna Miller has opted for the gold Rolex Oyster Day Date model and Fergie has been seen wearing Cartier's chunky 42 mm Ballon Bleu.
"A lot of women are doing it because men's watches have traditionally represented taste, class and luxury," says stylist Kelly Millar of KM Image Consulting.
Catherine Town, director of Toronto's Cartier boutique, has noticed the trend. When women shop for themselves, she says, cartier fake ring love they often bypass the slender, traditionally feminine styles for the more hulking timepieces.
"They'll put on the small one and say, 'Oh no, that's too small.' It's basically like, 'Get it off!'" Town says with a laugh. "They're looking for a statement."
With a starting price of $5,000, those Cartier dreams may not be attainable for all, but that doesn't mean the less affluent must forgo the trend. Millar points to the pieces in ToyWatch's popular line, which offer the large, masculine features as the luxury brands but start at about $200 (thanks to their plastic cases with faux metal finishes).
Whether you go haute or pick a cheaper style, dress with your new bling in mind. Pairing a hefty hunk of wrist metal with other men's wear inspired looks could look cartier love bracelet replica costumey, says stylist Angie Miller, director of The Little Black Dress image consultants. She suggests combining it with feminine pieces to balance the watch's hard edge.
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