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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Sony Dwi Kuncoro topples Huan Go in Men's Singles semi-final at ...

Sony Dwi Kuncoro topples Huan Go in Men?s Singles semi-final at Indonesia Open GP Gold

Sony Dwi Kuncoro, the most passionate shuttler from Indonesia, put up spectacular show of top class badminton and thrashed China?s Huan Gao in Men?s Singles semi-final battle at the Indonesia Open GP Gold Badminton 2012 on Saturday, September 29, in Indonesia.

The in-form Kuncoro, who has been putting up spectacular show of top quality badminton in the whole tournament, continued his power play in the semi-final battle as well and toppled his un-seeded Chinese rival in a lopsided fashion.

The World Number 32 Kuncoro played with impressive precision on court and he did not face any trouble in beating Huan in straight sets with a superb margin in 41 minutes on court.

In the meanwhile, the lower ranked Huan could not continue his impressive run in the championship as he could not cope up with the positive and planned play of Kuncoro and went down without snatching any set.

In the first game, both shuttlers played with their maximum speed remained neck-to-neck at the opening stage.

The Chinese shuttler played with passion and he did not let Kuncoro to take lead until the end of opening half when both shuttlers remained close on score board.

After the break, Kuncoro started to create the difference by playing attacking badminton. He did not let Huan to play dominating game and stretched the lead.

The fifth seeded Kuncoro was in complete control of rallies at the ending points of opening set and he managed to win the first game with a tight 21-19 score on the board.

In the second game of this battle, Huan could not match the speed of Kuncoro who was everywhere in the court.

Indonesian shuttler was at his best when he executed powerful smashes in right areas and he managed to set up a superb lead until the break.

Kuncoro remained on driving seat in the concluding half of second set and he did not face any problem in winning it with a huge difference of 21-8.

The incredible Kuncoro easily wrapped up victory in semi-final contest against Huan with a striking 21-19 and 21-8 score on the board.

Source: http://blogs.bettor.com/Sony-Dwi-Kuncoro-topples-Huan-Go-in-Mens-Singles-semi-final-at-Indonesia-Open-GP-Gold-a191209

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University of Virginia Students Fight For More Tolerant Song

Students from the University of Virginia are calling for an end to the student-led tradition of inserting the word "not" before the word "gay" in its traditional fight song.?

The student council unanimously passed a resolution, urging the campus community to stop singing "not gay" during the "Good Ol' Song," five years after the Queer and Allied Activism group first raised the issue. The group's explanation, according to the Cavalier Daily student newspaper, was that the insertion started to become audible during televised football games.?

Allen Groves, dean of students, called the chant "juvenile" and embarrassing, and Eric McDaniel, the student-sponsor of the bill said the chant was "a relic of hate from a time of intolerance that we have more than progressed past."?

Outsports reports that students have made the addition to the song since the 1970s.

The Cavalier Daily's editorial staff also urged students to drop the addition to the "Good Ol' Song."?

"Certainly there is a right to be ignorant; to have one?s views and shout them too," they wrote. "But the addition of ?not gay? does not even express this. It says only that Virginia isn?t gay ? which isn?t true, given demographics and the fact that a Charlottesville Pride Festival happened Saturday. 'Not gay' is also not funny or clever or in any way cool."

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Saturday, September 29, 2012

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Ask Engadget: should companies include a cable with a new product?

We know you've got questions, and if you're brave enough to ask the world for answers, here's the outlet to do so. This week's Ask Engadget inquiry is from is from David, who wants to know if you'd prefer a free cable or a cheaper device when you buy pro audio gear. If you're looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com.

"I work for a small audio-tech company and we're currently getting close to releasing out first retail product, which does surround sound from stereo inputs -- kinda like Dolby Pro Logic, except good. Internally, we're agonizing over if we should include a stereo RCA cable. Of course, users will need to integrate an additional cable into their set up, but plenty of people will have spares lying around at home. Do you think it's better to:

a) Include a cheap cable and let people who care buy a high quality one?
b) Include a reasonable quality cable but increase the price?
c) Include no cable and make it clear they need to buy one?

Many thanks!"

What a question! We're decidedly of two minds, since given a bit of haggling, most retailers will chuck in a branded lead, but we'd hate to get our shiny new gear home to find it's missing a key component the one time they don't. Our dithering aside, it's time to turn the question over to our faithful Engadgeteers with this chance to shape the future of the high-end audio business for the better, we'd better not disappoint the man!

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NHL, locked-out players resume bargaining

NEW YORK (AP) ? The NHL and the players' association seemingly had a good day on Friday as they returned to the negotiating table.

It just wasn't good enough to bring the sides all that much closer to the end of the lockout that threatens the start of the hockey regular season.

The league and the union got back to bargaining for the first time since players were locked out on Sept. 16, and the sides discussed secondary issues without broaching the big economic divide that really is the essence of the dispute.

"It was a good day," NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly said Friday night after the second negotiating session of the day. "I wish we had spent today on what we consider to be the more meaningful issues, but it is what it is."

The sides were together for a total of about five hours ? including a private meeting between Commissioner Gary Bettman and union head Donald Fehr.

A handful of players also took part in the talks.

The groups agreed on issues related to player safety and drug testing, areas that weren't expected to be contentious. They will get back together on Saturday morning, and plan to meet on Sunday, too, but the topics of discussion still don't seem to include the big dollar issues.

"I don't know if I would say significant, but we did seem to make some progress on a number of things. Hopefully we will continue," NHL Players' Association special counsel Steve Fehr said. "There is no plan right now to discuss core economic issues."

And that is where the frustration lies. The NHL is waiting for the players' association to make a counterproposal to one the league made to the union in the previous bargaining session more than two weeks ago.

"We can't make them talk about what they don't want to talk about," Daly said. "In fairness, we do have to cover these issues if we're going to reach an agreement. What we're doing today is important, it's just not the most important things we can be doing.

"We've made at least two consecutive moves in significant dollars in their direction, and they haven't moved a single dollar in our direction since Aug. 4."

Former player Mathieu Schneider, now an NHLPA special assistant to the executive director, said Friday morning that there were agreements on more rigorous drug testing, expanding it to parts of the year during which testing is not currently done.

Neither side sees the use of performance-enhancing drugs as a problem in the NHL.

"We're in agreement that it's not an issue in our sport," Schneider said. "I think it's in the players' best interest as well as the sport to close off any possible time during the year where players could use."

Other topics on tap for Friday and through the weekend are various health and safety issues, time players spend at training facilities, and other non-economic topics.

"We like to say that nothing is agreed to until everything is agreed to, but we've certainly made some headway," Schneider said. "A lot of it was done previous to this morning. We're taking notes of where we stand. I would say that we have a lot of mutual ground that we have found agreement on."

It is not impossible that monetary issues will come up for discussion in this round of talks, they just aren't scheduled. Neither side has indicated it is prepared to make a new offer now regarding how to split up the more than $3 billion annual pot of hockey-related revenue.

"In general, when you're dealing with collective bargaining, when you start to have agreements on smaller issues, it can lead to bigger issues," Schneider said, "but it's still too early to say."

These are the first talks since the lockout was put in place on Sept. 16 and they came a day after the league canceled the remaining preseason games. The regular season is to start Oct. 11.

If a deal isn't reached soon, regular-season games will be in danger of being lost. The NHL canceled the entire 2004-05 season because of a lockout that eventually led to the collective bargaining agreement that expired this month.

"The calendar continues to tick along," Daly said. "My guess is as time goes on, regular-season games are at risk. I don't think it can be any more urgent than where we are now. We've had that level of urgency for a long time. In some respects you can meet all you want, but if there is no compromise or no movement or no new proposals I am not sure at the end of the day what you're meeting over.

"There is a very high degree of urgency certainly on our side. I can't speak for their side, but I am sure they would tell you there is a degree of urgency there, too."

Steve Fehr contended that the players' association is willing to discuss any issues at any time to try to make a deal soon.

"We can discuss the core issues whenever they want to do it," he said. "Bargaining is not ping pong. There are no rules on who has to serve.

"I don't want to use the adjective optimistic, but it was a productive discussion. We had a good session and hopefully it will continue and build momentum."

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/nhl-locked-players-resume-bargaining-174413541--nhl.html

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Barca invites 3 Palestinians after Hamas boycott

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updated 10:03 a.m. ET Sept. 28, 2012

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) -Barcelona has invited three Palestinians to attend the Oct. 7 match against Real Madrid in response to Hamas calling for a media boycott of the club after it gave a complimentary ticket to an Israeli soldier.

Barcelona announced in a statement that it had accepted the Palestinian embassy's request for tickets for footballer Mahmoud Al Sarsak, who was held in an Israeli jail for three years until being released this year following a hunger strike, along with the president of the Palestinian Football Union Jibril Rajoub and the Palestinian Authority ambassador.

The Spanish club also said it invited Gilad Schalit, the Israeli soldier who was held captive from 2006-11 by Gaza Strip militants, after receiving a request for a ticket for him.

Barca invites 3 Palestinians after Hamas boycott

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UP: Union Pacific Names Diane Duren Executive Vice President

Beth Whited Named Vice President and General Manager, Chemicals; Roy Schroer Named Vice President, Human Resources; Longtime senior executives Charley Eisele and Barb Schaefer to retire

Omaha, Neb., September 28, 2012 ? Union Pacific today announced Diane Duren has been named executive vice president, effective October 1. She will be responsible for strategic planning, administration and human resources upon two senior executive retirements in February. Duren also will become corporate secretary at that time.

Senior Vice President - Strategic Planning & Administration Charley Eisele and Senior Vice President - Human Resources and Corporate Secretary Barb Schaefer will retire in February after 34 and 31 years of service, respectively.

"Union Pacific's robust management succession planning process is designed to ensure we have highly qualified and talented people prepared for leadership roles," said Jack Koraleski, Union Pacific president and chief executive officer. "Our board of directors recognizes Diane's ability to establish customer relationships, build strong teams and develop talent. Those strengths, combined with her finance and strategic planning background, make her an excellent choice to guide the company's strategic direction, while ensuring we have the best qualified workforce to achieve our business goals."

Duren currently is vice president and general manager - Chemicals, where she is responsible for marketing and sales activities within the chemical and petroleum industries. Union Pacific's Chemicals business generated $2.8 billion in freight revenue in 2011. Duren has held a variety of positions in the Finance and Marketing & Sales departments since joining the company in 1985. Several organizations have acknowledged her leadership ability including Profiles in Diversity Journal, which named Duren to its previous Women Worth Watching list. A Creighton University graduate, Duren earned her bachelor's degree in business administration with a major in accounting.

The company also named Beth Whited vice president and general manager - Chemicals, succeeding Duren, effective October 1, and promoted Roy Schroer to vice president - Human Resources, effective in February.

Whited currently serves as vice president of Union Pacific's National Customer Service Center. She joined Union Pacific in 1987 and has held a variety of executive roles in Strategic Planning, Marketing & Sales, Investor Relations, Finance and as president of Union Pacific Distribution Services, a Union Pacific subsidiary. She earned her bachelor's degree in business administration with a major in accounting from the University of Iowa.

Schroer serves as assistant vice president - Human Resources. He joined the railroad in 1978 and has held leadership positions in the Finance, Marketing & Sales and Human Resources departments, including assistant vice president - Employee Benefits. He earned his bachelor's degree in business administration from Creighton University and master's degree in business administration from the University of Nebraska - Omaha.

Eisele, Schaefer Retiring

Eisele was named senior vice president ? Strategic Planning & Administration in September 2001, where he has been responsible for strategic planning and business development at Union Pacific Corporation and its subsidiary companies. He has been responsible for Union Pacific's executive department and its related functions, and serves as Chief of Staff to the Chairman and CEO. Eisele joined Union Pacific in 1978 and has held positions in Finance, Accounting, Planning and Analysis, Human Resources, Supply, Management Systems and the Executive Department. He currently serves as chair of the Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition.

Schaefer was named senior vice president - Human Resources for Union Pacific Corporation in April 1997, and corporate secretary for Union Pacific Corporation in June 2004. She joined Union Pacific in 1981 in the Law department before being named to lead Human Resources. Prior to joining Union Pacific, Schaefer was an attorney in private practice in Omaha. She is a member of the board of trustees of the Weitz Funds, a mutual fund company. Schaefer is active in the community, has served as a board member for many nonprofit organizations and currently is chair of Children's Hospital & Medical Center.

"Charley and Barb served Union Pacific in many capacities over their careers and each made positive, lasting impacts on our company and employees," Koraleski said. "While we will miss their counsel, we thank each of them for their many contributions and wish them well in their retirement."

About Union Pacific

It was 150 years ago that Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act of July 1, 1862, creating the original Union Pacific. One of America's iconic companies, today Union Pacific Railroad is the principal operating company of Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP), linking 23 states in the western two-thirds of the country by rail and providing freight solutions and logistics expertise to the global supply chain. From 2000 through 2011, Union Pacific spent more than $31 billion on its network and operations, making needed investments in America's infrastructure and enhancing its ability to provide safe, reliable, fuel-efficient and environmentally responsible freight transportation. Union Pacific's diversified business mix includes Agricultural Products, Automotive, Chemicals, Coal, Industrial Products and Intermodal. The railroad serves many of the fastest-growing U.S. population centers and emphasizes excellent customer service. Union Pacific operates competitive routes from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways.

Union Pacific media contact:? Tom Lange at 402-544-3560 or tomlange@up.com, @tlange23

The statements and information contained in the news releases provided by Union Pacific speak only as of the date issued. Such information by its nature may become outdated, and investors should not assume that the statements and information contained in Union Pacific's news releases remain current after the date issued. Union Pacific makes no commitment, and disclaims any duty, to update any of this information.

Source: http://www.uprr.com/newsinfo/releases/human_resources/2012/0928_exec_announce.shtml

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Friday, September 28, 2012

The Las Vegas Badger: Good For Hobby Lobby

From the Deseret News:
Craft store chain Hobby Lobby filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the Obama administration's requirement that most health insurance plans cover contraceptives for women, citing the owner's religious beliefs and opposition to covering abortion-inducing drugs.

The rule change took effect for businesses on Aug. 1, and requires coverage for sterilization, contraception and some abortion-causing drugs. Hobby Lobby is the largest and only non-Catholic-owned business to file a lawsuit against the mandate thus far, joining 26 other separate lawsuits. A variety of religious groups have pushed back against the rule, saying it is a violation of their fundamental right to religious freedom.

Critics of the mandate have pointed out that while there are exemptions for places of worship, the exemptions are so narrow that they would disqualify those who serve people outside of their faith, like Mother Teresa and Jesus Christ. Religiously affiliated organizations such as hospitals, school and charities are not exempted, and non-profits have until Aug. 1, 2013, to comply.

Hobby Lobby CEO and founder David Green credits God's grace and provision with Hobby Lobby's success, and said the company cannot abandon its religious standards in order to comply with the mandate.

"We seek to honor God by operating the company in a manner consistent with Biblical principles," Green said. "The conflict for me is that our family is being forced to choose between following the laws of the country that we love, or maintaining the religious beliefs that have made our business successful and have supported our family and thousands of our employees and their families."? http://www.chron.com/news/article/Pastors-protest-Hobby-Lobby-on-morning-after-pill-3899201.php

I hope Hobby Lobby wins their suit as ObamaCare is clearly unconstitutional when it comes to forcing people to fund insurance benefits that violate their personal beliefs.

I know there is a Hobby Lobby in Henderson, by Best Buy on sunset.? I've been there once, but it is not the kind of hobbies I engage in, but if you like doing arts and crafts, check them out and support them in their fight against the Federal government.

Source: http://lasvegasbadger.blogspot.com/2012/09/good-for-hobby-lobby.html

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RHA SA950i Review: The Perfect Pair of Cheap Headphones [Lightning Review]

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

postdoc programmes ? postgraduate opportunities in archaeology

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[posted 30 August 2012]
Humboldt Foundation
Georg Forster Research?Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
http://www.humboldt-foundation.de/web/georg-forster-fellowship-postdoc.html
Closing date: year-round

[posted 24 July 2012]
American Anthropological Association (AAA)
AAA Professional Fellow
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4853112/aaa-professional-fellow
Closing date: not specified (posted 23 July 2012)

The American University in Cairo
several new Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellowships
including Archaeology and Egyptology
http://aucegypt.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=29038
Closing date: not specified (posted 6 December 2011)

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Closing date (in descending order)

[re-posted 16 August 2012]
Bundesministerium f?r Bildung und Forschung
?Die Sprache der Objekte ? Materielle Kultur im Kontext gesellschaftlicher Entwicklungen?
http://www.mommsen-gesellschaft.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=996:foerderprogramm-bmbf-die-sprache-der-objekte-materielle-kultur-im-kontext-gesellschaftlicher-entwicklungen&catid=24:neueste-entwicklungen&Itemid=61
primary: http://www.bmbf.de/foerderungen/18562.php
Closing date (annual): 15 August 2013? (next closing date: 15 August 2014?)

[re-posted 1 September 2012]
Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg (HWK)
Institute for Advanced Study
Junior Fellowships
to collaborate with region research institutions in four research areas: Energy Research, Marine and Climate Research, Neurosciences and Cognitive Sciences and Social Sciences
http://www.h-w-k.de/wie-wird-man-fellow.html?&L=1
Closing date: 28 February 2013 (next closing date: 31 August 2013)

Belgium
FWO ? Research Foundation Flanders
Pegasus Marie Curie Fellowships
10 short fellowships
primary: http://www.fwo.be/Pegasus-Marie-Curie-fellowships.aspx
Closing date: 1 February 2013 (next closing date: 1 May 2013)

[posted 6 September 2012]
Rutgers University
Center for Cultural Analysis
2013-14 Postdoctoral Fellowships
?Objects and Environments?
in anthropology, art history, cognitive science, computer science, environmental studies and environmental history, history, literary and cultural studies, philosophy, sociology, and other related disciplines
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000742699-01
primary: http://cca.rutgers.edu/news/43-announcements/149-2013-14-seminar
Closing date:?7 January 2013

[posted 9 September 2012]
University of California, Berkeley
S.V. Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships
in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy; from any social science discipline and related professional fields such as law and planning, who will make significant contributions to research on natural resource economics broadly defined
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4906988/2013-2014-sv-ciriacy-wantrup-postdoctoral-fellowships
primary: http://nature.berkeley.edu/site/ciriacy.php
Closing date:?10?December 2012

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University of South Florida
Postdoctoral Scholars in Social Sciences and Humanities, 2013-14
?Global Change in a Dynamic World?
in one of the following disciplines: Anthropology; Communication; English; Geography, Environment and Planning; Government and International Affairs; History; Philosophy; Sociology
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000745197-01
primary: http://www.grad.usf.edu/provostinitiative2013.php
Closing date: 7 December 2012

[posted 5 September 2012]
University of Toronto
Jackman Humanities Institute
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the Humanities
theme: ?Translation and the Multiplicity of Languages?
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000742486-01
primary: http://www.humanities.utoronto.ca/content/id=755
Closing date:?1?December 2012

[posted 31 August 2012]
University of Illinois at Chicago
Institute for the Humanities
UIC Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Food Studies, 2013-14
on some area of food studies related to the humanities
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4900461/uic-post-doctoral-research-associate-in-food-studies-2013-14
primary: https://jobs.uic.edu/job-search/job-details?jobID=24400&job=uic-post-doctoral-research-associate-in-food-studies-2013-14
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000742221-01
Closing date: open until filled (for fullest consideration: 30 November 2012)

[posted 14 September 2012]
Universidad de Murcia
UMU Incoming Mobility Programme ACTion
Pre-Announcement for the second U-IMPACT call
5 two-year postdoctoral call to attract highly talented international scientists
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33818271
primary: http://www.campusmarenostrum.es/convocatorias.html
Closing date: 30 November 2012

[re-posted 31 August 2012]
Netherlands
NWO ? The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Rubicon fellowships
http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_6H2G7R_Eng
Closing date: 29 November 2012 (next closing dates: 3 April 2013, 4 September 2013 and 28 November 2013)

NEW [posted 26 September 2012]
University of Wisconsin-Madison
postdoctoral fellowship program in the humanities and humanistic social sciences
The theme for 2013-2015 applicants is ?DEMOCRACY?
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000746149-01
primary: http://humanities.wisc.edu/fellows/about-the-a-w-mellon-postoctoral-program
Closing date: 20 November 2012

[posted 5?September 2012]
Stanford University
Mellon Fellows for Scholarship in the Humanities
http://mellonfellowship.stanford.edu/about
Closing date: 16 November 2012

[posted 10 September 2012]
Columbia University
Earth Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship program
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/55
Closing date: 15 November 2012

[posted 7 August 2012]
University of Cambridge
Smuts Visiting Research Fellowship in Commonwealth Studies
including Commonwealth-related aspects of archaeology, anthropology, economics, history, human geography, law, literature, oriental studies, sociology, politics and social psychology
http://www.myscience.cc/jobs/id201092-smuts_visiting_fellow-university_of_cambridge-cambridge
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFE289/smuts-visiting-fellow-fixed-term/
primary: http://www.smutsfund.cam.ac.uk/visitingfellowshipwolfson.html
Closing date:?15?November 2012

Wellcome Trust
Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships
primary: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Fellowships/Basic-biomedical-fellowships/WTX033549.htm
Closing date:?9 November 2012 (for preliminary applications)

[posted 17 September 2012]
Fondation Marc de Montalembert et l?Institut national d?histoire de l?art (INHA)
Prix Marc de Montalembert 2013
soutient l?ach?vement d?un travail de recherche qui contribue ? une meilleure connaissance des arts et de la culture du monde m?diterran?en
http://sites.univ-provence.fr/lampea/spip.php?article1807
primary: http://www.inha.fr/spip.php?article4007?& http://www.fondationmdm.com/index.php/fr/bourse?& http://www.fondationmdm.com/index.php/en/bourse?[English]
Closing date: 1 November 2012

[posted 17 September 2012]
?cole fran?aise de Rome (EFR)
Appel ? candidature pour un s?jour comme chercheur r?sident aupr?s de l??cole fran?aise de Rome
http://sites.univ-provence.fr/lampea/spip.php?article1797
primary: http://www.ecole-francaise.it/fr/index.html?& http://www.ecole-francaise.it/fr/PDF/Chercheur_Resident_EFR.pdf
Closing date: 1 November 2012

[re-posted 6 September 2012]
National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC)
Postdoctoral Fellows Program
in any relevant area of research including anthropology, ecology, economics, education, geography, mathematics, statistics, computer science, political science, public policy, planning, etc
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000741908-01
primary: http://www.sesync.org/?& http://www.sesync.org/programs/postdocs
Closing date: 1 November 2012

[posted 6 September 2012]
Princeton University
Fung Global Fellows Program
Visting Research Scholar (6 positions)
theme: ?Languages and Authority?
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4858265/visting-research-scholar-fung-global-fellows-program-princeton-university
primary: http://www.princeton.edu/funggfp/application/
Closing date:?1?November 2012

[posted 3 September 2012]
Santa Fe Institute
Omidyar Postdoctoral Fellowship
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4900639/omidyar-postdoctoral-fellowship-at-the-santa-fe-institute
primary: http://www.santafe.edu/education/fellowships/omidyar-postdoctoral/
Closing date:?1?November 2012

[posted 30 August 2012]
University of Chicago
Society of Fellows
TEACHING FELLOWSHIPS IN THE HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
in all disciplines and areas of specialization
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4897883/collegiate-assistant-professor
primary: https://fellows.uchicago.edu/
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000741728-01
Closing date:?1?November 2012

[posted 14 August 2012]
University of Chicago
Provost?s Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholarships (PCEPS)
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000739613-01
primary: http://provostpostdoc.uchicago.edu/
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000742713-01
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000742776-01
Closing date:?1?November 2012

[posted 13 July 2012]
Dumbarton Oaks
Fellowships
in three areas of study: Byzantine Studies (including related aspects of late Roman, early Christian, Western medieval, Slavic, and Near Eastern studies), Pre-Columbian Studies (of Mexico, Central America, and Andean South America), and Garden and Landscape Studies
primary: http://www.doaks.org/research/fellowships-and-grants
Closing date:?1?November 2012

[posted 2 September 2012]
Jagiellonian University
?Society ? Environment ? Technologies?
Scientific assistant (Postdoctoral research) [13 positions]
in (1) Chemistry, (2) Biology and Earth Sciences, (3) Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science, (4) Biochemistry, Biophysicsand Biotechnology, (5) Mathematics and Computer Science, (6) History, (7) Management and Social Communication, (8) Philosophy, (9) International and Political Studies
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33809303
primary: http://www.set.uj.edu.pl/mlodzi-doktorzy
Closing date: 31 October 2012

NEW [posted 21 September 2012]
Fondation Fyssen 2012
Subventions de recherche
http://sites.univ-provence.fr/lampea/spip.php?article1832
primary: http://www.fondationfyssen.fr/subventionrech_oa.htm & http://www.fondationfyssen.fr/subventionrech_modossier.htm
Closing date: 29 October 2012

NEW [posted 20 September 2012]
The Danish Council for Independent Research
Call for Proposals F2012 and S2013
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33820897
primary: http://en.fi.dk/funding/calls/2012/the-danish-council-for-independent-research-call-for-proposals-f2012-and-s2013
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/fgDetails/39041
Closing date: 29 October 2012

[posted 31 August 2012]
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowshp in the Humanities, 2013-15
one of the following broad subject areas:?Race and Diaspora Studies; History of Science/Technology;?Empire and Colonial Studies; or,?Memory Studies
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000740679-01
primary: http://www.iprh.illinois.edu/guidelines/mellon/
Closing date: 29 October 2012

[posted 20 August 2012]
Amherst College
2013-2014 Amherst College Copeland Colloquium
four or five Fellows from varied disciplines to explore the theme of ?Catastrophe and the Catastrophic?
from the various disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and natural or physical sciences including anthropologists, literary scholars, historians, sociologists, philosophers, legal scholars, environmental scientists
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4885018/amherst-college-copeland-fellow-colloquium-2013-14
primary: https://jobs.amherst.edu/view/opportunity/id/478
Closing date: 15 October 2012

[posted 17?June 2012]
University of Pennsylvania
Penn Humanities Forum
Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Humanities?(5 positions)
for the 2013-2014 academic year general theme of??Violence?
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000730414-01
primary:?http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/?& http://humanities.sas.upenn.edu/applications/postdoc/cfa.shtml
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000739203-01
Closing date: 15 October 2012

[posted 3 September 2012]
University of Cambridge -Emmanuel college
Research fellowships
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFC338/research-fellowships/
primary: http://resfell.emma.cam.ac.uk/
Closing date: 4 October 2012

[posted 31 August 2012]
Netherlands
NWO ? The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
Innovational Research Incentives Scheme Vidi
targeted at researchers who have completed their doctorates and already spent some years conducting post-doctoral research
http://www.nwo.nl/nwohome.nsf/pages/NWOP_5VTGQW_Eng
Closing date: 2 October 2012

[posted 14 September 2012]
University of Utrecht
Centre for the Humanities
?Humanities in the 21st Century?
CfH-Descartes Digital Humanities Fellowship
http://ehumanities.nl/news-general/centre-for-humanities-call-for-fellowships/
primary: http://www.uu.nl/faculty/humanities/EN/centreforthehumanities/fellowships/Pages/Humanities-in-the-21st-Century.aspx
Closing date: 1 October 2012

[posted 5 September 2012]
Universit? Catholique de Louvain (UCL)
Incoming Post-doc fellowships of the Acad?mie universitaire Louvain (AUL)
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/jobDetails/33811481
primary: http://www.uclouvain.be/369565
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/fgDetails/33321
Closing date: 1 October 2012

[posted 30 August 2012]
St John?s College, Cambridge
Research Fellowships, 2013
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFC022/research-fellowships-2013/
primary: http://research-fellowships.joh.cam.ac.uk/rf_2013/
Closing date: 1 October 2012

[posted 14 June 2012]
Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
Harvard Academy Scholars Program 2013-2014
in the social sciences (including history and law) with a command of the language, history, or culture of non-Western countries or regions
http://careercenter.aaanet.org/jobs/4803553/harvard-academy-scholars-program
primary: http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/?& http://www.wcfia.harvard.edu/academy/academy_scholars_program.html
Closing date: 1 October 2012

[posted 14 June 2012]
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW)
International Institute of Social History (IISH)
Research Fellowships
primary: http://socialhistory.org/en/research/research-fellowships
Closing date: 1 October 2012

Bourses d?excellence IN.WBI (Wallonie-Bruxelles International)
http://sites.univ-provence.fr/lampea/spip.php?article1424
http://www.wbi.be/cgi/bin3/render.cgi?id=0132992_article&userid=&lang=ln1&rubr=bourses+bourse
Closing date: 1 October 2012

EXTENDED [re-posted 7 July 2012]
L?Agence universitaire de la Francophonie
Prix de la Francophonie pour jeunes chercheurs?: 6?me ?dition 2012-2013
sciences et m?decine &?sciences humaines et sociales
http://sites.univ-provence.fr/lampea/spip.php?article1676
primary: http://www.auf.org/actualites/prix-de-la-francophonie-pour-jeunes-chercheurs-6em/
Closing date: 30 September 2012 (i.e. extended from 15 July 2012)

[posted 6?July 2012]
Heidelberg University
Heidelberg Center for the Environment (HCE)
Junior Research Group Leaders (Postdocs)
to establish interdisciplinary research groups within the framework of the participating institutes (including Institute of Pre- and Protohistory and Near-Eastern Archaeology and South Asia Institute).
primary: http://www.hce.uni-heidelberg.de/?& http://www.uni-heidelberg.de/md/hce/120619_hce_junior_groups.pdf
Closing date: 30?September 2012

Fernand Braudel ? IFER Fellowships
postdoctoral fellowships in social and human science (SHS)
All social and human science disciplines are eligible.
An interdisciplinary approach to research topics is encouraged.
primary: http://www.msh-paris.fr/en/research/mobility/fernand-braudel-ifer-fellowships/
http://sites.univ-provence.fr/lampea/spip.php?article1774
http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess/index.cfm/jobs/fgDetails/36361
Closing date: 30 September 2012 (next closing date: 31 March 2013)

[posted 31 August 2012]
University of Cambridge -Gonville And Caius College
Research Fellowships
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFC126/research-fellowships/
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFC130/research-fellowships/
Humanities
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AFC128/research-fellowships/
primary: https://rfc.cai.cam.ac.uk/rf_2013/
Closing date: 28 September 2012

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Amherst College & Hampshire College
Five-College Postdoctoral Fellowship in Islamic Art
in Islamic Art and Architecture
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000715532-01
Closing date: open until filled (review of applications will begin 15 March 2012)

Mount Holyoke College
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in African Art 2012-2015
in African art and architecture
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000715304-01
https://jobsearch.mtholyoke.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobDetails_css.jsp?postingId=141615
Closing date: open until filled (review of applications will begin 27 February 2012)

Wittenberg University
ASIANetwork ? Luce Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow (2012-13)
in Korean Studies
area of research must focus centrally on Korea but may represent any field within the humanities or social sciences including, but not limited to, anthropology, art history, geography, history, literature, political science, religious studies and sociology
http://chronicle.com/jobs/0000711977-01
http://wittenberg.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=29573
Closing date: open until filled (review of applications will begin 15 February 2012)

Columbia University
Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Postdoctoral Fellowships in the Earth, Environmental, and Ocean Sciences
http://www.earth.columbia.edu/articles/view/55
http://www.myscience.cc/jobs_and_careers/id124801-postdoctoral_research_scientist-columbia_university-new_york_city
http://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=55431
Closing date: open until filled (review of applications will begin 31 December 2011)

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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The problem with baby showers vs. man showers | BabyCenter Blog

Baby-bottle beer drinking contests? Destination weekends? Sports events? Diaper kegs? Cigar parties?

Excuse me while I adjust my eyes to the light. I?ve apparently been in a cave and missed the fact that dads-to-be are being treated to a very different kind of ?baby shower.?

Man showers, dad showers, daddy moons, dadchelor parties, dadelor parties? whatever you want to call them, the idea is the same: ?You?re on death row, Dude. And we?re going to miss you.?

I knew there was a reason I always wanted to be a boy.

There?s a certain amount of refreshing honesty that comes with the thought of a bunch of guys essentially wallowing in their arrested development and bidding their friend a drunken adieu at the one-way gates of fatherhood.

If the dad to be gets any present that can?t be smoked or chugged, it might be a formal dad uniform to wear in the delivery room.

Compare that with what goes on with moms-to-be, last I knew, and what you?ve got is a serious discrepancy. Baby showers, in comparison, are yawn-worthy, herbal tea-filled afternoons of sweet little lies and pretension.

Let?s see, whatever the venue, the baby shower message is this:

?Your life is just about to truly begin. Of course, you?ll be needing some equipment. Once you see how rewarding it feels to put these adorable outfits on your baby, then watch him poop all over them, and stick your engorged boobs into his mouth while wearing this tent, or attaching this top-of-the-line pump to your breasts, and carrying our baby around 24/7 in this cool sling while reading her Goodnight Moon in French as you strengthen your pelvic floor muscles with this super kegel exerciser, you will wonder why you even bothered to get out of bed in the morning before you were a mother. Aren?t you excited? Should you really be drinking that champagne and eating that Brie? Here, have some water and celery instead. There?s a good girl.?

There seems to be more than just alcohol that distinguishes these two rituals from each other. Doesn?t there?

Men: Hedonism. Say goodbye to freedom!
Women: Asceticism. Say hello to true, enlightened happiness.

I?m getting a major whiff of sexism here that I never bothered to smell before.

Has your man been treated to a dadchelor party? Would you let him go? Do you ever wish baby showers were more like man showers? Have you ever been to a raucous baby shower?

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Source: http://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/09262012the-problem-with-baby-showers-vs-man-showers/

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Hiring plans show retailers are confident about holidays

Gerald Storch, Toys R Us chairman & CEO, discusses his company's plans to hire more than 45,000 seasonal workers this holiday season.

By Roland Jones, NBC News

Toys R Us is joining Wal-Mart and other major retailers making bets that they?ll need extra staff for the holiday shopping season.

The toy retailer -- which hired about 40,000 seasonal workers last year and retained about 15 percent of that number after the holidays ended -- said Tuesday it will take on 45,000 seasonal employees in the U.S. this year to deal with the upcoming holiday season.

Last week, Wal-Mart Stores said it plans to hire roughly 50,000 seasonal workers during the holiday season, slightly higher than the number of employees it hired last year. Other retailers, such as Kohl?s and Target, have also announced plans for holiday-season hiring this year.

A rise in holiday hiring is seen as an indication of the retail sector?s expectations for holiday shopping season sales, which are vital to retailers because they account for around a quarter of annual retail sales in a typical year.

This week, outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said it expects holiday hiring to be up this season from last year?s levels. The retail industry hired just over 660,000 seasonal jobs last year. This year, Challenger expects retailers could add almost 700,000 workers. But that level of seasonal hiring is still below pre-recession levels.

While 57 percent of retailers plan to hire seasonal workers at the same level as 2011, 36 percent say they will be hiring more workers this year -- up from 10 percent in 2011, according to a survey by Hay Group. The management consultancy polled 14 major U.S. retailers in order to gauge retailers? plans for the 2012 holiday season.

Retailers? holiday sales projections and hiring plans show they are more confident in economy, Hay Group said. Seventy-five percent of retailers expect an increase in holiday sales this year, according the survey.

?Retailers are betting big on the 2012 holiday season,? and they are ?calm and cool, rather than concerned,? heading in, said Craig Rowley, who is head of Hay Group?s Retail Practice. After four years of economic turbulence, retailers have figured out how to operate in an uncertain business environment, he added.

However, with the economy still in the doldrums and unemployment stubbornly high, forecasts for holiday shopping this year are cautiously optimistic.

Retail sales in the fourth quarter of the year, which includes the holiday sales period, are expected to grow at a 4 percent annual rate, down from a 6 percent rate last year, according to a report from retail consultancy Kantar Retail.

The past two holiday shopping periods benefitted from a pickup in job growth in October that largely continued through the end of the year, but that sort of boost to the economy isn?t likely to take place in 2012, noted Frank Badillo, Kantar?s senior economist.

This fall, consumers are likely to feel more worried about the future, which will be fed by uncertainty surrounding the U.S. elections, unsettled U.S. tax and spending policies, and no clear resolution to the ongoing European debt crisis.

One area of strength will be e-commerce, Badillo added. He expects online sales to grow 14 percent in the fourth quarter, down slightly from the 15.8 percent page seen in the final quarter of 2011. That?s still robust growth, even though online sales only represent about 5 percent of all retail sales, he added. By contrast, brick-and-mortar retailers will see sales growth of 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter, down from 4.7 percent in 2011.

One retailer who will benefit the most from this trend will be Amazon.com, according to Badillo, who said Kantar expects the web-based retailer to become the most shopped retailer for the 2012 holiday season, surpassing the current leader Wal-Mart.

?Amazon is on a trajectory in terms of online sales that should see it surpass Wal-Mart this year,? Badillo said.

?Online is still very strong and far and away the strongest retail channel in terms of growth,? he continued. ?It?s driving much of the price pressure for big-box retailers; sales growth has been flattening out here for them, or in some cases going negative.?

Indeed, e-commerce tracking firm eMarketer predicts 2012 will see a fourth consecutive year where online holiday sales (defined as sales in November and December) will grow in the mid-to-high teens, after plummeting 8.2 percent in 2008 during the depths of the Great Recession.

eMarketer also estimates that online holiday sales will account for 24.3 percent of the $224.2 billion in U.S. retail e-commerce sales forecast for all of 2012.

Source: http://marketday.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/09/25/14095451-hiring-plans-show-retailers-are-confident-about-the-holidays?lite

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The list: Google's 25-cent app promotion

Google Play

Google's service up 25-cent applications today to celebrate 25 billion downloads. Find a 25-cent app? Sing out in the comments and we'll list it here:

Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/androidcentral/~3/nfPahBhZQEo/story01.htm

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Paris Auto Show opening amid deep gloom

A worker cleans the floor next to a covered Infiniti car in preparation for the upcoming Auto Show in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. The Paris Auto Show opens to the public Saturday Sept. 29 until Oct. 14, 2012. Europe?s carmakers could be forgiven for worrying that the slogan for this year?s Paris Auto Show, ?The Future, Now?, is a threat of more gloom and hardship to come than a promise of more prosperous times. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Workers dust off a Mercedes Class A in preparation for the upcoming Auto Show in Paris, Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2012. The Paris Auto Show opens to the public Saturday Sept. 29 until Oct. 14, 2012. Europe?s carmakers could be forgiven for worrying that the slogan for this year?s Paris Auto Show, ?The Future, Now?, is a threat of more gloom and hardship to come rather than a promise of more prosperous times. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

PARIS (AP) ? Europe's carmakers could be forgiven for worrying that the slogan for this year's Paris Auto Show, "The Future, Now", is a threat of more hardship to come rather than a promise of prosperous times.

Across the region, car sales are in their fifth straight year of decline and lots and factories are filling up with unsold cars. According to analysts at PwC's Autofacts industry forecasting arm, car sales in Europe are expected to drop 5 percent to 12.5 million units this year. Meanwhile, executives estimate factories have the capacity to build 20 percent more cars than they are able to sell.

The most recent data from Europe's carmakers' association ACEA show new passenger car registrations dropped a staggering 8.9 percent in August, for the 11th consecutive monthly decline. They're down 7.1 percent over the first eight months of the year and certain to continue the unabated drop that began in 2008 for another year at least.

This year, mass-market automakers Fiat, Peugeot-Citroen PSA, General Motors' Adam Opel, and Renault have all reported losses. Renault and archrival Peugeot Citroen, along with Italy's Fiat and Ford of the U.S., have been losing market share in Europe to German car makers BMW and Daimler, while mighty Volkswagen has managed to be the only major car maker to grow sales this year in a market that fell 6.6 percent in the eight months to end-August.

Eight out of Europe's top 10 car markets will see "dramatic decreases" in sales this year, according to auto industry consultants Alix Partners in a June report titled "Europe in Reverse Gear."

The consultancy estimates that around 40 of Europe's 100 or so car plants were operating under capacity and well below the break-even level.

Fiat and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne has warned that unless automakers are allowed to close unproductive factories, one or more automakers will fail in the medium- to long-term. But he argues the issue can't be solved on a national level, and has urged European officials to provide a "concerted road map" for the auto industry to close idled plants.

Earlier this month Marchionne had to bat down rumors he planned to move Fiat away from Italy ? but he said he has had to review investments and slow down new car rollouts to adapt to a contracting European market to avoid squandering capital.

France's Peugeot, Citroen and Renault see the Paris Auto Show ? which has its press preview on Thursday and opens to the public at the weekend ? as a chance to show off their latest models to a hometown audience.

The decline in the country's auto industry has been particularly marked: France produced just 2.2 million cars last year, as compared to 2005's 3.5 million. It employs 800,000 people ? 30 percent fewer people than it did 10 years ago.

One of the manufacturers, PSA Peugeot Citroen, will be hard-pressed to gloss over its financial straits, having recently announced it lost ?819 million in the first half alone, and announced plans to eliminate 8,000 jobs and shut a major factory in France.

"The group is facing a difficult time," PSA Peugeot Citroen's CEO Philippe Varin said when announcing the cuts this summer. "The depth and persistence of the crisis impacting our business in Europe requires the launch of the reorganization of our French production and a reduction in our structural costs."

In response to the gloom in the French auto industry, the government has unveiled a raft of incentives. Taxes are set to be introduced on larger, more polluting cars to pay for rebates that are designed to encourage French consumers to buy electric or hybrid cars ? which French carmakers are strong in.

The country's carmakers will be aiming for the mass market with their launches at the auto show.

Renault will be unveiling the new Clio IV, the latest iteration of Renault's top-selling small car. Renault will be depending on the new model, replacing the last version unveiled seven years ago, to attract many of the average French car shoppers who make up the bulk of the visitors to its stand.

Peugeot, meanwhile, will be showing off a small crossover concept car designed to take on the Clio. Called the 2008, the car is based on its popular 208 small vehicle. The carmaker will also roll out its own concept supercar, dubbed the Onyx.

Other new models among the 100 presentations promised by the auto shows' organizers are the new Jaguar F-type sports car and McLaren's P1 supercar.

But motoring aficionados will have to wait until next Spring to ogle the upcoming new Aston Martin Vanquish, as the British automobile icon will skip the French gathering and save its latest offerings for the Geneva Motor Show.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/cae69a7523db45408eeb2b3a98c0c9c5/Article_2012-09-26-France-Paris%20Auto%20Show/id-851ae527b75948e489fef0e19cb4caf6

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