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The European Parliament urges the immediate and unconditional release of all Armenian POWs and criticizes the violation of territorial integrity of Armenia by Azerbaijan.
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The EAFJD and its 13 chapters proposed that the EU introduces an official Remembrance Day of the Armenian Genocide
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Virtual Conference: MEPs, EAFJD and Armenian Ombudsman urge the EU to take concrete steps for the release of the Armenian captives
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Q: How can I simulate a visit in a website like I was in web browser I'm trying to find if there is a way to simulate a visit in a website like I was in web browser, with javascript execution etc...
If I try like with jsdom, google analytics shows me nothing for my personnel website. It's only capture source code.
How can I do that with node.js ?

A: What do you mean by simulate? When a web browser visits a website, it makes an http request to the server, and if the server returns an html document, it parses and shows it to you. You could do an http request using Node.js http module (example taken directly from docs):
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Adrienne Ames est une actrice américaine née le  à Fort Worth et morte d'un cancer le .

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 1931 : Le Chemin du divorce
 1931 : Vingt-quatre Heures : Ruby Wintryingham
 1931 : Girls About Town : Anne
 1931 : Husband's Holiday : Myrtle
 1932 : Sinners in the Sun : Claire Kinkaid
 1932 : Non coupable : Vera Marsh
 1932 : The Death Kiss : Marcia Lane
 1933 : From Hell to Heaven d'Erle C. Kenton : Joan Burt
 1933 : Mystérieux Week-end : Aileen
 1933 : Monsieur Bébé (A Bedtime Story) de Norman Taurog : Paulette
 1933 : Disgraced! : Julia Thorndyke
 1933 : The Avenger : Ruth Knowles
 1934 : George White's Scandals : Barbara Loraine
 1934 : Dollars et Whisky : Princess Lescaboura
 1935 :  : Kay Parrish
 1935 : Black Sheep : Mrs. Millicent Caldwell Bath
 1935 : L'Évadée () de George B. Seitz  : Betty Randolph
 1935 : Le Sultan rouge : Therese Alder
 1935 : Ladies Love Danger : Adele Michel
 1935 :  de Joseph Santley : Jane McDowell
 1938 : Sur la pente : Vivian Ross
 1938 : Slander House : Helen 'Mme. Helene' Smith
 1939 : La Patrouille de Panama : Lia Maing
 1939 : The Zero Hour : Susan

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I am a university professor whose scholarship investigates the effects of contemplative practices on human cognition and perception. Throughout the years, I have been particularly interested in how metaphors of light and luminosity have been associated with theories about the nature of consciousness in the religious cultures of Greece, India, and Tibet. I am also intrigued by how contemplative practices such as meditation aim to transfigure human perception, collapsing previously held dichotomies between subject and object, and between sacred and profane. At night, I explore these themes through walks from my home throughout the cities I have lived. I utilize the limited available light to transfigure mundane objects that might be overlooked during the day into evocative scenes and curiosities.


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Zim urged to expedite crafting of corruption whistleblower law.
Various stakeholders have called on the government to speed up the crafting of legislation to protect whistleblowers of corruption.
Zimbabwe currently has no legislation that protects whistleblowers against any possible after-effects of exposing illicit dealings.
Speaking at a national workshop on whistleblower protection in Harare, the British Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Melanie Robinson said whistleblowers are important in the fight against corruption and accountability of public funds.
"Whistleblowers are fundamental in uncovering wrongdoing and reducing the loss of critical state funds needed for COVID 19 response, recovery and development more broadly. They are the frontline of our most important assets in the fight against corruption, hold the information needed to hold perpetrators to account and play a pivotal role in ensuring transparency."
Amb. Robinson added that having solid laws would protect the safety of whistleblowers, who under the current situation are vulnerable to victimisation because of the information they hold.
The United Nations representative in Zimbabwe Maria Ribeiro also emphasised the need for a law that promoted whistleblowing. The UN Resident Coordinator said there would be more whistleblowers if there was a law to guarantee their protection and safety.
"Information about acts of corruption comes to the fore when a whistleblowing system is designed to encourage more reports from citizens, officials and private sectors. Key to such a system is an effective protection mechanism that is embedded in legislation. There would be more reports of corruption if whistleblowers know and trust that they would be protected," she said.
The country`s main anti-graft body has been encouraging citizens to report any illicit dealings and has come up with some whistleblower platforms. Speaking at the workshop, Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission Chairperson Justice Loice Matanda-Moyo said most corruption perpetrators were powerful people hence the need for strong laws.
She said, "We need to take into cognisance that most corruption perpetrators are powerful persons therefore with adequate protection potential whistleblowers are reluctant to come forward with information fearing victimisation. Consequently, without a whistleblower protection framework in place, it would be difficult to with the war against corruption."
ZACC in collaboration with the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in September last year launched a whistleblowing application mechanism as part of efforts to promote whistleblowing of corruption. This tip-off application allows ZACC to receive information and evidence while making the user remain. anonymous.
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The Bisso Towboat Company was founded in 1890, by Captain Joseph Bisso. When he acquired his first tug the Leo.
In 1907, Captain Joseph Bisso passed away. And ownership of the company passed to Captain Bisso's son. Captain William A. "Billy" Bisso.
In 1908, Captain "Billy" founded the New Orleans Coal Company. Which grew to become the largest ship coaling, and colliery business in the port of New Orleans, Louisiana.
In 1922, the New Orleans Coal Company merged the with the Bisso Towboat Company.
In the wake of World War II, the company faced the task of modernizing their fleet. Which involved converting the company's tugs from steam propulsion to diesel propulsion. Although, Captain "Billy" passed away in 1963 at the age of 88.
In 1963, Captain "Billy" Slatton passed away, at the age of 88. The Bisso Towboat Company was reorganized under the leadership of his daughter, Cecilia Bisso Slatten. And, his grandson, Captain William A. "Billy" Slatten.


This Scrap Buster Phone Sock is a great scrap yarn project if you're looking to use up leftovers in your stash. This knitted phone cover calls for less than 15 grams of worsted weight yarn, so you could easily make one (or two, or three) out of your scrap pile. This knitted phone case would work well as a gift for a friend or teen, too, since it's a quick and easy knitting pattern. Just customize this free knitting pattern to fit any size phone and you'll have a phone sock for yourself or a gift in no time.
The project is an excellent yarn stash buster (it uses worsted weight). On top of that, it has practical uses too. The phone sock not only makes it easier to find your phone in your bag or purse, it keeps the phone clean and protects it from scratches. A win-win!
I love scrap knitting projects, being the original recycler. And this is a great stocking stuffer or grab bag gift. If you put your phone in one of these it will cushion the fall if you drop it, too.


The Texoma Marina offers both RV and tent camping. These camp sites are right on the lake and have treed spots for plenty of shade. This is a great getaway for some remote camping. There is no water and electricity at the camp sites.


The most crippling word to hear as a student. Whether it be for self-fulfillment, parental reward, or eligibility, grades shape your life as a student. Grades defy your intelligence, your abilities, and your successes…or do they?
I have always struggled to appreciate the grading system. Part of this is there is no consistency. For example, I went to school in Gering, NE, our grading scale was A:100-94, B:93-87, C:86-80, D:79-74, F:74-0 but the school just across the river, Scottsbluff, practiced the grading scale of A:100-90, B:90-80, and so on. So this means that an "A" student at Scottsbluff could actually be a "B" student according to Gering's grading system. Is that really fair to the student? What do you think I thought?
I wouldn't say I am against grades, but I am definitely against categorizing students by grades. I don't feel that a letter should define a student and their intelligence, ability, and skill. I also don't feel that the letter justifies "learning." As an "A" student in High School, I can hardly recall anything that I really "learned" based on the grade. The grade was my motivation, not learning.
I don't know about you, but that is NOT what I want for my students. I don't want them to feel the pressure of the grade or the disappointment of not receiving a grade they thought they deserved. I want my students to determine their achievement; I just don't know how to do that, or if I can without "breaking" a school rule. But then again, what's the harm in breaking the rules in a system that clearly didn't work for me?
If the rest of the schooling system is in need of a change, I definitely believe the grading system is in need of some desperate housekeeping. Not only has the grading system labeled our students it has labeled our abilities as a teacher. If a student isn't doing well in school, the teacher is the first to be blamed, especially by the parents.
This isn't what teaching is about. Grades are not what "schooling" should be about. I fully believe in learning and teaching learning to be fun, to be a habit, and to be a life-long committment.
I completely agree with everything you've said about grades. Grades are meaningless! How can schools assign grades to students when there is no consistency in the grading system? I worry about grading when I become a teacher. I don't want my students to work hard just to earn an A and not learn anything in the process, which is exactly what I did in school. I want my students to really learn and feel good about it, so I hope that the grading system gets a makeover very soon.
I am still jealous of the Scottsbluff grading system! Gering was a good challenge though.


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Parsing the Present Philippines-China Contretemps
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Currently there is a political and legal tiff between the Philippines and China regarding the continuous presence of a swarm of fishing boats near China-claimed Zhōngyè Dǎo but Philippines-occupied Pag-asa — also known as Thitu. Some think this is in response to Philippine efforts to upgrade its facilities there. This tiff is significant because the process and the outcome may set a legal and political precedent for their relationship regarding their many other disputes in the South China Sea and others' disputes as well.
The Philippines and China have territorial, jurisdictional and behavioral disputes in the South China Sea. The Philippines filed a complaint against China under the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea. The panel set up under the Treaty ruled against China regarding its historic claim to maritime space there. It also ruled that none of the features in the Spratlys are legal islands capable of generating a 200 nautical mile (nm) Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ). It further determined that several of the features that were built up and occupied by China — including Mischief Reef and Subi — are low tide elevations and not claimable as territory by any nation. However, the panel did not rule on sovereignty disputes over high tide elevations. The claims of China to them remain just as valid — or invalid — as those of the Philippines and other claimants.
According to the Philippines, the presence of about 275 Chinese vessels near Thitu between January and March 2019 violated its "sovereignty, sovereign rights, and jurisdiction". It filed a diplomatic protest to this effect. Joseph Felter, US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for South and Southeast Asia said, "China's activities are of concern. It seems to be somewhat aggressive and provocative and we feel that they're unnecessary and unwarranted." The West and its media have painted this particular situation as a clear case of Chinese "intimidation" of the Philippines. But the situation is much more complicated.
Thitu is an above high tide feature — meaning that it is a legal rock and entitled to a 12 nm territorial sea. China claims and occupies Subi Reef — about 16 nm to the west. It is a low tide feature not entitled to a territorial sea [see map]. Indeed, it cannot be claimed as "territory" by any nation.
Source: CNN Philippines
That means that China's sovereignty claim to it is invalid and that Subi lies within the Philippines EEZ and on its continental shelf. But Subi also lies within the territorial sea of Sandy Cay — three high tide sandbars between Thitu and Subi. In effect, Sandy Cay extends the territorial sea of Thitu by another 12 nm. Both China and the Philippines claim these sandbars outright as their sovereign territory, and because they are situated within Thitu's 12 nm territorial sea.
If China were the sovereign of either Thitu or Sandy Cay, or both, it would validate both its claim and occupation of Subi. But if China gains sovereignty over these sandbars, the Philippines then will lose much of its claimed territorial sea to the west of Thitu because the median line between the sandbars would be the theoretical legal boundary. China may be taking these actions to demonstrate its sovereignty over Sandy Cay and only indirectly, involves Thitu.
In 2017, the Philippines began to build fishermen's shelters on these sandbars. China objected and Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the shelters to be dismantled and the construction to stop. The reason was that the nonbinding 2002 ASEAN-China Declaration of the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC), which is still operative as the parties try to negotiate a more formal binding Code, forbids "inhabiting on the presently uninhabited islands, reef, shoals, cays..." China claimed that the Philippines had violated this agreement. China may have feared this was about to happen again and formed a fishermen's "blockade" to prevent the access of Philippine fishermen to Sandy Cay, and from fishing in what it considers its territorial waters emanating from it.
So, this current dispute may not be directly about sovereignty over Thitu or even the Philippines construction activity there. Nevertheless, the latter might be considered a violation of the DOC that stipulates that the parties will "exercise self restraint that would complicate or escalate disputes and effect peace and stability," and its November 2018 reaffirmation by Duterte and China President Xi Jinping. Moreover, China may have tried to prevent the construction there because it feared that the Philippines would allow the US military to use it.
China is wrong to allow its fishermen to fish in the Philippines EEZ without its permission and to harass or block Philippine fishermen from fishing there. This violates the international arbitration panel ruling and the DOC. But if China's vessels are exercising "freedom of navigation" in the Philippines' EEZ, including anchoring, that is legal — if provocative — like US' activities in China's EEZ. Moreover, there are other possible explanations for the massing of China's fishing vessels in the area. But it appears that the massing and harassment is taking place within the 12 nm territorial sea around Thitu or Sandy Cay. That means it is a territorial dispute and both have the right to defend their claims. But their behavior should be restrained as agreed in the DOC.
So far this has been an uneasy standoff. But there are several things that could go wrong. If China attempts to blockade, or worse, "attack" Philippine troops and civilians on Thitu, it would likely draw an equally confrontational and aggressive response from the Philippines and perhaps the US. Observers suggest that the US was sending this message when it sailed a fighter-jet carrying warship — the USS Wasp — in the vicinity of disputed Scarborough Shoal during the recent US-Philippines Balikatan exercises.
But this is highly unlikely. China's leaders are neither that impulsive nor impatient.
If either the Philippines or China were to try to occupy the Cays, Duterte would come under tremendous pressure from his opposition to do something to either defend its fishermen or prevent China from occupying the features. Apparently Philippine navy vessels and aircraft patrol the area. If Chinese militia, or worse, Chinese coast guard or naval assets were to clash with or harass Philippine naval assets or soldiers there, this could trigger a call for US military assistance. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has famously declared to the Philippines that "we have your back" in the South China Sea. Moreover, the US Navy has hinted that in certain circumstances it will treat China's maritime militia as naval vessels. US Admiral John Richardson, Chief of Naval Operations, has called for a "more muscular" approach to countering China's use of paramilitary force. As Randall Shriver, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asia, says "We are more interested in what the activity is and what the mission is of a particular hull, not the color it is painted." However, it should be remembered that the US takes no position on conflicting territorial claim in the South China Sea and this presumably includes territorial seas around disputed territories.
Duterte has warned Beijing to leave Thitu alone and threatened military action in response to any Chinese aggression. But so far, the Philippines has taken a measured approach, perhaps reflecting the complications of the issue. According to Presidential Spokesperson Salvador Penelo, "We will ask them first, if they acknowledge such fact as determined by us. Number 2, ask them why they are doing it. Number 3, we will politely ask them not to… not to do what they are doing." As British China expert Tim Collard suggests, "If the region comes to fear that expressions of friendship with China will be seen as weakness and attract aggressive behaviour… it will only increase tensions in the long term and may lead to the involvement of other major powers". So, the stage is set for compromise or conflict. The choice is in the hands of leadership in Beijing and Manila. Meanwhile, the outcome and any precedents set are being carefully watched in all concerned countries.
Mark J. Valencia
Mark J. Valencia is Adjunct Senior Scholar at the National Institute for South China Sea Studies, Haikou, China.
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Murder in an Irish Village
by Carlene O'Connor
Series: An Irish Village Mystery
Murder has a way of killing business...
In the small village of Kilbane, County Cork in Ireland, Natalie's Bistro has always been warm and welcoming. Nowadays, twenty-two-year-old Siobhán O'Sullivan runs the family bistro named for her mother, along with her five siblings, after the death of their parents in a car crash almost a year ago. It's been a rough year for the O'Sullivans, but it's about to get rougher.
One morning, as they're opening the bistro, they discover a man seated at a table with a pair of hot pink barber scissors protruding from his chest. With the local garda suspecting the O'Sullivans, and their business in danger of being shunned, it's up to Siobhán to solve the crime and save her beloved brood.
A charming Irish village mystery, perfect for fans of Betty Rowlands and Dee Macdonald.


Cause, Symptoms, and Treatment of Malaria – Malaria is an acute febrile infectious disease transmitted by the female bite of the Anopheles mosquito, infected by Plasmodium.
Transmission occurs after the female of the Anopheles mosquito, which has been infected by protozoa of the genus Plasmodium. In Brazil, three species are associated with malaria in humans: P. vivax, P. falciparum and P. malariae.
The protozoan is transmitted to man by blood, usually through the bite of the female Anopheles mosquito, infected by Plasmodium or, more rarely, by another type of medium that puts the blood of an infected person in contact with that of a healthy person, such as sharing of syringes (drug users), blood transfusion or even from mother to fetus in pregnancy.
The most common symptoms are chills, high fever (at first continuous and then every three days), headaches and muscle, tachycardia, enlargement of the spleen and sometimes delusions. In the case of P. falciparum infection, there is also a 10-fold chance of developing what is called cerebral malaria, responsible for about 80% of the lethal cases of the disease. In addition to the current symptoms, there is slight stiffness in the neck, sensory disturbances, disorientation, drowsiness or excitement, seizures, vomiting and headaches, and the patient may reach a coma.
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I am always inclined to appreciate artists who choose the ambitious path.
Tonight's Haus Musik in The Great Hall directed by Jennifer Nichols aimed to make some challenging connections. This multi-disciplinary work (live music, a DJ, video, painting, poetry in two languages and dance) spoke to me.
Throughout I was asking myself those words: does this speak to you? We watched and heard four members of Tafelmusik playing in different groupings, namely Felix Deak (viola da gamba), Charlotte Nediger (harpsichord), Geneviève Gilardeau (violin) and Patricia Ahern (violin). They played works by Couperin, Rameau, Constantin, Leclair and Marais.
Sometimes DJ Andycapp's creations would answer the acoustic sounds of the four instruments of bygone days with a more contemporary sound.
And Jack Rennie came strolling into the space accoutred as one of us, which is to say, in modern dress and carrying a drink.
And then it was a bit as though the music was infecting him at first, as he seemed to fight the impulse to dance as though it were an illness or a kind of madness. And I felt that the music spoke to him. There was an answering voice, speaking in French as though paraphrasing the latent poetry of the moment.
On the big video screen we saw images of lavender, to complement the bunches hanging throughout the Great Hall, as Jennifer Nichols walked and danced in that virtual space while the live music was performed in our acoustical space below the screen, a suggestive series of images employing older buildings, as if to echo that older music.
And so this abstract dynamic was enacted, of two people seeming to be moved and even transformed by the music. We watched both Rennie's figure –dancing in spite of himself, reading and painting—and Nichols' video image dressed both in modern clothes and something as if to match the baroque era of the music. Where Rennie seemed to begin in the present and get drawn into the past, Nichols first appearance was in the old guise, but later incarnated in modern dress among a rougher urban landscape.
I was reminded of something I saw a lifetime ago. Brian Macdonald took Beethoven's Diabelli Variations and turned it into a series of dances, the pianist a woman, the chief dancer, a man responding to the poetry of that overpowering work. I was especially ready for this after last night's Triptyque, a largely abstract work whose dance was mostly dance qua dance, rather than dance as drama or story-telling. Perhaps Nichols' history with Opera Atelier makes her ready for a dance connected to a story, where the impulse to dance seems motivated by a scenario. I invoke Macdonald's work because in both instances we watch a kind of romance that is set in motion by the music-making. The proposition that is music, the demand that we open our hearts and imaginations to the beauty of the music, is ultimately a proposition that is seductive, at least at the platonic level, of one voice –the music– seeking someone to listen, someone to follow and perhaps dance, in response.
At the most fundamental level music calls for some kind of response, and our modern rigid silence doesn't really match the way the music speaks to a normal person. Normal? I refer you to the children crying, who were being shushed (a morning after addendum after realizing that this is vague; there were a couple of small children crying during the show… why they were there in a dark club at night? a mystery) . It's "normal" for parents to repress their kids, alas, and tell them to be silent. OR we can look at how Rennie twitched to the music. My toes tap, but I'm among silent reverent watchers, as though in a church. I wish for something more pagan I guess, where we all join in the Dionysian revels.
You know that old saying "if a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, is there a sound"? Another way of saying that might be "if music is played and no one dances: is there music"?
There is a natural romance in our encounters with the past. We are simultaneously of the present with our electronic devices, our modern clothes and sensibilities, and yet, of the time we encounter. Rennie's impulse to dance is the music speaking to him, and mostly we stifle ourselves, except for our polite applause at the end. I love that Nichols put all that on the stage for us, both the torture of it and the seductive beauty all at once.
I'm grateful for the experience and the romantic thoughts it provoked.


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Update: Thanks to a couple of our readers from France, it has been pointed out that French astronauts are known as spationautes by the nation's Centre National d'Études Spatiales (the French space agency). I have corrected the mini-discussion at the bottom of this article, reflecting this fact. Thank you Julien and Alexis!
In the 1960's NASA's motivation to land a man on the Moon was politically motivated, but in 1986, the UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher's decision to pull Britain out of Europe's manned space program was also politically motivated. Politics and space exploration can go hand-in-hand, but it can also hinder a nation's development as space policy can be overturned depending who is in office. Worries to one side, President Nicolas Sarkozy believes that France may begin a revolution in the ESA's outlook for the future. Amidst concerns aired by established space agencies that new space-faring nations like Japan, China and India may overtake Europe's space agency, Sarkozy has announced radical plans for an accelerated effort for a politically driven push to send man back to the Moon and then to Mars.
"The United States, Russia, China and Japan would not do what they do in space without a political motivation; Europe has only had a scientific motivation until now. So what we are saying is, let's get the same chances as the others. Beside the scientific pilot, let us have a political pilot, too, which will be the EU, because there is only the EU that can speak at that level." – President Sarkozy.
Although this is a bold statement, critics of Sarkozy's stance point out that the comparison between NASA and ESA is not realistic. After all, NASA spends eight times more on space development than ESA, so Europe would need to allocate huge resources if there were to be a new political direction in ESA science. The 33-year old space agency is run by 17 member-states within the European Union (plus Switzerland, Norway and Canada) so Sarkozy's aspirations may face setbacks, but the fact remains that France spearheads much of ESA's operations so the French President's views will not be ignored.
Update (July 3rd): Actually, the official designated name for a French astronaut is spationaute (according to the Centre National d'Études Spatiales). Thank you to our eagle-eyed French readers for sending me the tip! Now we have astronaut (US), cosmonaut (Russia), taikonaut (China) and spationaute (France). You learn something new every day!
Can see your point Astrofiend, but politics have been a great motivator for space travel in the past – most of the tech we use today wouldn't be available if there hadn't been the "my rocket is bigger than yours" attitude (fair play, the Saturn V was one huge firework). Also, NASA's bedrock is politics, and it's worked (kinda) over the last 50 years (give or take a lack of drive to get back to the Moon etc.). ESA on the otherhand could risk becoming pointless if other nations begin to become self-sufficient for access to space. Perhaps a good mix of policy and science drive might do the trick… But this is Europe we're talking about, we aren't always as friendly as we seem….
Sarkozy you moron! You're going to f__k the ESA up like the pollies have done to NASA!
Sarkozy is a politician. What do you expect! Controlling the ESA is just another agency that will enhance his ego-driven position of power. The world scientific community needs less government influence, not more. Science projects represent way to much "pork opportunity" for the bureaucrat. There is too much tax money spent because of political stupidity.
That is true – politics has motivated the majority of technological leaps in space-faring (not to mention providing the overwhelming motivation for those initial steps into space).
The thing is, the ESA just seems to pick excellent bang-for-the-buck missions with fantastic science return for an eighth of the price – they punch above their weight in almost every mission they approve! Now I'm not saying that NASA doesn't achieve these things too – merely that, for poor old NASA, funding and funding decisions seem to change every year purely on political whimsy, which seriously hurts the agency.
Maybe you're correct, and a bit of political motivation thrown into the mix may be healthy for the agency and its goals. Lets hope so!
I'm not too keen on that move either. The UE is a big machinery, not every gear of which is too well-oiled; dog forbid giving any more say in science investments to e.g. Polish prez Kaczynski.
Another concern is it could well be yet another step towards public funded but private industries-driven scientific programs. I don't want to fund _their_ short-term, profit oriented research, any more.
Still, if it could mean a little more ambition and lots more money – one can only hope at this stage.
Oh, and while "astronaute" and "cosmonaute" both exist in French, a French astronaut is actually called a "spationaute".
Thanks for your collective work, UT is a great site.
As a European I would love to see more funding going into the ESA and more political backing but i would hate to see it become completely political. They need to find a balance.
I totally agree GuLi, I can already see Kaczynski demanding that it's got to be a Polish citizen who's first to step on the moon of all European nations. I hate nationalists.
Really, I like the way ESA is only guided by scientific priorities right now. Just take the Terrestrial Planet Finder which NASA cancelled. ESA's Darwin mission is still going strong, because we don't have a moon programme to fund.
Sarkozy aside, there was a time, in my opinion, that NASA became nothing more (for the most part) than a trucking company… losing its vision (with help from the politicians) of exploration. Unfortunately politics is the driving force returning us to the moon and beyond. It's a fact of life, but happy we are finally getting back on the right track. 'We' only seem to do the great things when given a push and a "we have to be first" mentality by our politicians is almost always the motivating factor…. So be it… Better than being a trucking company.
Space exploration is a neccesity for the human race. It is by far, politically driven. Good for Sarkozy to get the French and the EU into the big picture of real leadership in space.
If you anti-nationalists don't like this approach, suffer.
Al Hall and the rest of you are correct. Unfortunately it does require government financing to support space programs. I just have trouble with non-science bureaucrates controling science programs.
Indeed. Manned missions at the cost of scientific ones are right out.
I'd prefer both, but if this is a choice, science wins.
But perhaps integrating ESA more in the EU can help cultivate a bit more public enthutiasm for the Union.
I've now read several pieces on "whether or not to politicize space research." But I've yet to see anyone actually define what that means… It's one thing to say it, but another entirely to understand what is meant by it?
Are we saying that space research should be politically motivated rather than scientifically motivated? Is this strictly a funding issue (more money from the government) or is it also an ideological issue (to push a specific agenda, which may or may not be in line with a scientific attitude)?
If the question is whether politics and ideologies of whoever happens to be in power should be made of paramount importance over actual science, I'd have to disagree. Science shouldn't be the tool of politicians, used to promote a specific agenda of their choosing. I'm not saying they shouldn't have a say in the process, just that science should not become a "political" field, usable to push propaganda or an ideology.
It's a potentially dangerous precedent to give politicians more power than they already have to either promote or quash ideas.
The global warming debate has become a bit farcical, more about politics than actual science. Anyone questioning the official doctrine is branded a heretic and ridiculed to some degree. When ideologies become involved, the "science" of the thing can go out the window.
I guess I'd say that politicians can suggest ideas or directions for future research, but the actual science decisions should still be separate from the politics, with scientists ultimately deciding what is / isn't good science, or a good proposition for the next direction of research.
To: Micheal G, Good questions.
Why not call French space travelers "merdonauts".
ESA should develop a remote-controlled humanoid robot, that replaces humans in the international space station. Let us call it a Robonaut.
An entire room should be dedicated to this where a human controller is strapped on a device with FORCE FEEDBACK, floating above the ground like a real astronaut.
Such a robonaut could be launched as cargo in the current ATV, and would do exactly the same as an astronaut.
ESA would then save on fuel because it wouldn't have to launch that many sardines in a can.
It is too soon for human space flight. Everything should be done with robots for now. Everything on the moon can be done radio-controlled, almost real-time.


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ELKO – A West Wendover man standing in a travel lane on Interstate 80 near Wells was killed when he was struck by a passing car in the dark, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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Prajedix Flores, 24, was flown from the scene and succumbed to his injuries a short time later. The passenger of the Prius was transported with non-life threatening injuries.
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Zebraman 2004
June has come to an end and as I try to squeeze my foot in the door I don't quite make it so this last June-ing the Cult post is showing up on the doorsteps of July. This has been a fun month of movies that range from odd to awful to just plain bizarre, but they have all been a treat to watch. Wrapping up this month is the second film from Japan and is easily the most bizarre of them all, almost moreso since it comes from acclaimed and prolific director Takashi Miike. Zebraman starts out as a look into the life of a sad teacher who tries to live out this superhero fantasy based on a cheesy show that he watched as a kid until it eventually turns into something much more bizarre involving super powers and alien invaders. It was a nice way to wrap things up even though I doubt I'll get around to the vastly different sequel any time soon. But before we get too far into the film, let's hear from Elwood Jones who chose this film for me to watch.
Hi I'm Elwood Jones and my blog "From The Depths of DVD Hell" along with its tie in podcast the "MBDS Showcase" I use to generally further my lifelong obsession with cult, foreign and obscure cinema as I prefer to look at films mainly off the well-worn path of mainstream cinema.
The superhero film I have chosen for you though is "Zebraman" from director Takashi Miike who while perhaps best known for his ultra-violent Yakuza movies or insane output as he usually puts out about five films a year with this film being one of his first stabs at the superhero genre which at the same time unquestionably retains all of his usual randomness as seen through the various screwball antics he peppers throughout the film despite the largely serious tone. If anything though this is one of the more gentle introductions to a true maverick of Asian
To start things off, we get a look into the sad life of a teaching supervisor Shin'ichi Ichikawa. His students don't care for him when he substitute teaches one of the classes, his young son ignores him and gets bullied in school, his teenage daughter doesn't respect him and is dating an older man who turns out to be a serial killer, and his wife doesn't care for him and is cheating on him. Though honestly the wife is mostly a non-issue since she's barely seen during the entire run time. In fact, even when she is first introduced, we only see her hand through the doorway as she undermines her husbands authority and allows their daughter to go out late at night, even gives her cash for a cab. So it completely makes sense that he would create this elaborate-but-still-amateurish Zebraman costume for him to essentially play pretend in his bedroom.
Where things start to get a little weird is when it's revealed that there is an alien invasion involving a group of green, blobby, body-snatching creatures with big round heads and a visible neuron in the middle of their heads. There are a small number of characters besides Ichikawa who revolve around these creatures in some way. There's these two officers who work for the Defense Department, which seems to be something similar to the FBI's X-Files. Unfortunately there isn't any Scully, just a nerdy Mulder and the other one is more of a regular Joe who regularly complains about his itchy crotch. There's also the school's principal who is eventually revealed to be another one of the aliens, though he was the one who went rogue and caused them to crash on Earth in the first place. It's also odd how they keep returning to a joke where he appears to inadvertently crap his pants even if it's eventually revealed that it's actually his alien essence leaving his body because he's dying. Possibly. And to round things up, there's a new transfer student Asano who's in a wheelchair and has a single mother. Not only that, but he's also a fan of Zebraman and in the early days of the internet is able to show his teacher a Zebraman fan page which was how he became a fan. And during the early part of the film, the two characters form a bond over their shared love of this character.
But the aliens aren't actually the weirdest part of the film. As more is revealed, Ichikawa decides that he wants to show his new friend Asano his Zebraman costume and goes all the way across town only to unintentionally run across the serial killer wearing the crab hat that his daughter is dating. And while he initially acts like a typical person when faced with a dangerous man, he inexplicably discovers that he has almost superhuman fighting abilities and Zebra punches the guy so hard that it leaves a giant hole in his face that fills with the green alien goo. As the film goes on, his powers grow and at one point his hair stands on end for a split second in a zebra mohawk when he senses the aliens nearby. He even gains the ability to fly, and in the final battle his costume changes from his simple homemade one to a sleeker movie worthy costume.
What makes this a little problematic over the course of the film is how it has trouble separating fantasy from reality. For most of the film, as absurd as things get, it's all presented as reality. But there is one moment shortly after he has bonded with Asano and his mother over a nice dinner and is attacked by a giant crab with a human face. The crab man literally cuts his arm off when Zebraman calls for Zebra Nurse who is Asano's mother dressed in a similar Zebra outfit. And while this specific section is revealed to be a dream, just having that dream sequence calls nearly everything else into question as to whether it's fantasy or reality. But while that does mar the overall tone of the movie, it was still held up by the mix of humor and action. It was also nice that even though we were told that the wife was cheating on Ichikawa, he never becomes more than a respectful friend to Asano's mother. It's also simply amazing to watch as things play out over the course of the film as it gets more and more outlandish. It starts out as this simple family drama and slowly evolves into Ichikawa becoming the real Zebraman who can fly and turn into a literal zebra Pegasus with lasers shooting out of his head to destroy the giant alien creature and save the city from having a neutron bomb explosion attempt to destroy the same aliens. It's something that simply has to be seen to be believed, and now at least I can say that I've seen it. Until next time, this has been Bubbawheat for Flights, Tights, and Movie Nights.
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CDC Advisers Vote to Recommend mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines Over J&J's
A panel of outside advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday voted to recommend that Americans choose one of the other two authorized COVID-19 vaccines over Johnson & Johnson's shot because of the rare but sometimes fatal cases of blood clotting.
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted unanimously on the recommendation. The regulator still needs to sign off on the guidance.
Cases of thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS), which involves blood clots accompanied by a low level of platelets, have previously been reported in recipients of the J&J vaccine. The highest reporting rates are in women under 50.
The CDC said that the rate of such incidents is higher than previously estimated in both women and men.
At least nine people have died following the blood clotting incidents in the United States, the CDC has said.
Members of the panel also said J&J's vaccine is less effective in preventing COVID-19 than the other two authorized vaccines.
In a presentation to the committee, a leading J&J vaccine scientist said the vaccine generates a strong and long-lasting immune response with just a single shot.
"In the setting where many people do not return for a second dose or a booster, the durability of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine as a primary regimen could make a crucial difference in saving lives in the U.S. and around the globe," J&J's Dr. Penny Heaton said in the presentation.
J&J's vaccine uses a technology based on a modified version of an adenovirus to spur immunity in recipients, while the other two authorized vaccines use messenger RNA technology.
J&J's one-dose vaccine received emergency use authorization in March. In April, U.S. regulators paused administering the vaccine for 10 days to investigate the blood clotting.
A CDC scientist said on Thursday that the rate of deaths from TTS did not decrease after the pause in April.
Fewer Americans have received the J&J shot than the other two vaccines — by a significant margin. Out of more than 200 million fully vaccinated people in the United States, around 16 million received J&J's vaccine, according to CDC data.
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One reason people give for wanting to see a whale is that they are the biggest animal alive today. But even if they see only a small whale, it apparently satisfies the need to overcome the social stigma of not seeing a whale at all. Anybody who is anybody has seen a whale, and if you are one of the unglamorous people who cannot offhandedly boast of a recent whale sighting, you'd better avoid important social gatherings.
One thing should be explained, however.
Some people mistakenly believe whale-watching includes going to Sea World and seeing Shamu, the ``killer whale,'' do his tricks. This does not, repeat, does not count as whale-watching, and gives no prestige in the social scale. Shamu doesn't even have barnacles, and he lives in a tank. Furthermore, he has lived with people so long that he may not even know he is a whale!
Whales can be found almost anywhere. They are at home in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. One popular spot on the East Coast of the United States is Cape Cod, where there is a Cape Cod Whale Watching Hotline, in case tourists wandering around the vicinity don't know where the whales are.
One can't be too critical of this new fad. Whales are very high on the scale of animal intelligence and live in a rather advanced social order, which includes an underwater language of musical moanings and groanings. If people didn't watch whales, whales might well organize ways to watch people.
Maybe that's what is going on now. Maybe the de rigueur thing is not so much whale-watching as it is to be seen by a whale. A real, honest-to-goodness, barnacle-covered whale, that is.


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Change Management and Innovation (Management Essay Sample)
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In the contemporary world, change in organizations is happening at a swifter rate than can be imagined. The vehicle, causing these changes, is inclined to technology, which is updating day by day. Therefore, there is a need for organizations to keep revisiting their strategies to be followed to bring effective change. On the same vein, the organization should also be careful enough not to lose customers in the name of keeping abreast with the competition environment. The process of organizational change and innovation are critical in determining the future of the company. The imperativeness of flexibility of the organization structure to accommodate for change can never be overemphasized. Almost every other business in the world has realized the importance of innovation for survival in the market (Chapman 2010).
In the achievement of the intended change results, the ideas or the "change" intended must be realistic. This means it should be practical and not a theory that has no foundation implementation. In cases, where such unrealistic changes are introduced into the system, there is a possibility of crisis arising. Apart from the realistic nature of a change, other factors considered before implementing change. These factors determine the effectiveness of the change intended. It is not advisable to push the stakeholders in the organization to accept the change intended. However, in cases, where the change intended is crucial to the organization functionality, force may be used to ensure adoption (Galavan, Murray & Markides 2009).
Organizational innovation is a business term that refers to adoption of ideals and /or behaviors by a company/organization (Galavan, Murray & Markides 2009). The adopted trend is usually new to the organization and its effects are aimed at improving the company. The rate of innovation in an organization determined the ease, with which the organization responds to changes in the market. However, due to the factors that hinder changes, the implementation of the innovated ideas is slowed in many organizations. In this note, organizations are expected to put into consideration the attributes of effective organization change and innovation.
The first step in arriving at this decisional point involves a systematic analysis of the situation. The management team has to undertake a comprehensive study to diagnose the situation of change. Once the problem is noted, the problem should be comprehensibly evaluated at the most appropriate and beneficial aspect. This will, then, lead to close examination of theories of change and innovation that helps in determining the course to be adopted (Chapman 2010).
Finally, effective organizational change and innovation is defined by the ability to adopt the new ideas or/and behaviors in the organization. A close examination of the Coca Cola Company is conducted to help in understanding this change process. The analysis will be displayed parallel to the process steps.
Coca Cola Company is a giant drink company that is involved in processing of soft drink. The company origin was in the USA and was stated in 1886 (Bool 2009). The company positioned its product into the market in a special way. It offered free drinks in several occasions to help people recognize the taste of the brand products. This was an incredible step that resulted to a boost in sales and customers coverage. Since that time, the company has undergone vast changes in trying to retain their position at the top of the competition table.
Though changes and innovation have helped the company to grow and extend consumer boundaries, this modification and improvement have faced challenges. The company maturation can be traced back from the time of World War II, which led to collapsing of a number of companies in America. Luckily, the company survived and from this time it has picked up drastically to become one of worldwide most famous soft drink company. The company transformed the situation of war in that time to an opportunity of thriving in market expansion.
Organizational changes and innovation in Coca Cola Company
Supply of drinks to the American soldiers
A notable organizational change and innovation in the early years of the company history is the request to supply the American Army in the war with the Cola drink. This idea was presented by the Coca-Cola President, Robert Woodruff. The decision though risky and for what shortsighted businesspersons would term "a not worth investment", contributed to the company's growth. The management of organization demonstrated a sound decision, made to bring an innovative idea. Analysis of the first step of the effective organizational change and innovation in this case shows a properly diagnosed situation. The company realized the opportunity to establish the company in different areas of the world in such a difficult time. Robert turned the unfortunate situation/ event of war to a field of business in a long-term view (Bool 2009).
Before the war had started, the Coca Cola Company was being marketed in various countries including Cuba, Philippines, and Europe among others. By the time the war ended, the company had established several processing ports in areas, where the American army had camped. In total, there were 64 bottling plants, established in the European region. The company was, thus, able to meet its request to supply drinks to the army as well as lay a foundation for expansion of its' consumers coverage.
This example or step, taken by the company, illustrates how the company innovatively anchored a strong change in the market environment. Consequently, the company was able to reach out many people in areas, where the bottling plants were established. Theories of change, employed here, reflect the timing of positioning the idea. At this time, the government chances to decline the offer from the company were less. Thus, the adoption of the innovative idea was fast, thus, increasing facilitating effectiveness of the organizational change and innovation.
New Coke brand
During the mid 1980s, the American population favored the sugared products of the Pepsi Company over the Coca Cola drink. The company idea to shift to the new consumers taste did not significantly amount to the intended result. The introduction of New Coke in the market to replace the original flagship brand name of the company's soft drink products illustrates another brilliant example of organizational change and innovation (Clifford, 2009).
The repercussions that resulted in the market after this brand was introduced showed that the company recorded a significant blow to the income generated. Most of the Americans reacted negatively towards this idea. The company had invested in a 'diagnostic', procedure to help deduce which taste was highly favored by the consumers. This was after the market share had a decline in the prime of Pepsi introduction in the market. The analysis of the situation revealed that many people preferred nutritional base drinks. Thus, they were buying Pepsi at a higher amount that the Coca Cola brand (Clifford 2009).
The company had to come up with an innovative idea that would enhance the company's survival in the market. Following the result of the researchers, they decided to release a new brand; this was highly flavored than the original Coca Cola drink. The drink was sold under the name of New Coke. However, the loyal consumers of the Coca Cola drink were frustrated by this move. Influence from the Pepsi Company negative views about the new product resulted to decline in the sales of the new product. However, with time the market share started to increase to an optimum increase of 8%. (Clifford2009).
However, the company still realized that the society regarded the older brand as the real Cola drink. Consequently, the company reversed the idea and re-introduced the old brand into the market. The consumers received this with a lot of appreciation. Analysis of this trend shows several hiccups in the process of adopting the new brand. The company failed to develop an intimate understanding of the diagnosis, made by the researchers. In the market place, people will go for a product due to the added advantage of difference from those of the possible substitutes. Producing a drink that matches Pepsi, only give consumers the idea of going for the first of its kind product in the market. Thus, they always preferred Pepsi to New Coke. The company also failed to investigate deeply on the theories of change and innovation that could have helped in the process of change adoption. They failed to convince the people about the importance and benefit of New Coke.
The real coke was marketed as Coke Classic, in a few months from its introduction; it had outdone the New Coke and Pepsi in the sales. The company realized it had underestimated consumers' impact on the swift transition from Coca Cola to New Coke. The change was wrong since the company failed to understand the extent of the population attachment to the idea that Coca Cola formula represented. The effectiveness of the research conducted was queried after it failed to show that relation in its results. This is a significant hindrance in the effective adoption of the innovation. The researchers would have depicted the importance of this relation; a more acceptable product would have been released into the market. Despite the fact that the mistake was corrected later on, the loss incurred cannot be overlooked.
Management and organizational structure
The Coca Cola Company has devised plans to overcome the present challenges in the management structure. Every company has its own difficulties in the leadership and decision making process. The structure of the management design, adopted by the company, determines how fast the company will make a sound decision. Moreover, the structure also depicts the extent of consumers' adoptability and the effectiveness of the ideas. In this vein, the Coca Cola Company has decided to adopt a decentralized management structure. This design has allowed the managers, at different levels in the company, to be competitive in their levels of management. The organization has two distinct operating groups; bottling investment and the corporate. The groups are, then, divided into regional subgroups that are, then, divided to form different teams geographically. This is a creative decision that helps the company to excel in the marketing field.
A good example to illustrate why the management organization is considered in this paper as an organization change and innovative idea is the 2010 World cup sponsorship. The company allowed the regional groups to come up with a different aspect and format of advertisement, depending on the local preferences. In so doing, the company improved the sales since the local managers were able to devise plans that suit the local consumers' interest.
Culture is a significant influence of the marketing of products. Unless a company humbles to an extent of complying with the consumers' culture, the growth and development of such a company is restrained (Galavan, Murray & Markides 2009). Though the top management determines the decisions, relating to the company's progress, how to implement the ideas in the local levels is a decision of the local leaders. The importance of this idea was expressed by Neville Isdell in 2004, when he was announced the new CEO. Neville insisted on reviving the low growth rate of the organization. In his view, office management would not help drive the organization further. Instead, the company had contemplated on the adopting close relationship between managers and the consumers. In this connection, Neville introduced a complex system of governance, where the face-to-face meetings were launched in the ground levels to ensure that the employees were updated on whatever the company intended. Moreover, internet chats and communication channels were revived to increase the sharing of information among the stakeholders.
The behaviors of the employees changed positively since they believed that they formed the core bench of the decision making panel. This resulted to decline in the rate of employees, leaving the company. Neville idea resulted to improvement in the rate of growth of the company (Bool 2009). Therefore, the idea of interactive leadership is expressed by many as a major boost in the growth of the Coca Cola Company. This can be analyzed to illustrate the channel for effective organizational change and innovation.
To begin with, the CEO diagnosed a crucial situation of weakness in the company that could have petered the company. The diagnosis was made at a perfect time and intervention devised to revert the problem. The company used the theories of change and innovation to come up with ideas of how the interaction could be enhanced. They intended to use the internet and face to face meeting in order to reach out to more employees, so that they could contribute to company development. Increasing the interaction among the employees is a vital role in the development of a motivated relationship in an organization. The result leads to increase in sales and the employees' comments on being satisfied in the company than never. The summative result of Neville ideas were reflected positively, hence, can be regarded as an effective organizational change and innovation.
The Coca Cola Company has diversified its products to cover a large group of consumers. The company is one of the leading innovative firms internationally. The company is driven by the need to inspire moments of positivity and joy, establish values and impact a difference through refreshing its consumers. The company has helped several communities in the realization of the potential resources at their disposal. Moreover, the company encourages consumer participation in innovation and inventive business ideas, thereby, resulting to mutual benefit between the two groups. The new brands that the company is releasing are more consumers' choice based, rather than profit aimed products.
A core area that reflects the innovativeness of the Coca Cola Company is the number of brands that the company has established in the market. Coca Cola Company has over 500 brands, which are distributed in over 200 countries (Clifford 2009). As mentioned earlier, the company has adopted the local culture and a business process that ensures adoptability by the local consumers. This gives the company an advantage to excel even in the most remote areas. The consumers have helped the company to come up with brands that have results in community prosperity. The collaboration between Nestle Company and Coca Cola Company is an example to show how the company is much into the innovation and change (Bool 2009).
The growing changes in need and taste among different consumers triggered the company to diversify its products. The response is yet another example of innovation and change. The diet Coke was established after issues aroused, concerning the health habits in relation to drinks. The individuals who are suffering from conditions such as diabetes preferred a drink that would not affect their health or destabilize weight. Another brand that was suitable for individuals sensitive to the issue of health and weight is the Coca Cola Zero. The variant products of the Coke show the active involvement of the company in the organizational change and innovation. The maturation of the projects and the increase in sales of the product shows the effectiveness of the organizational change and innovation process (Bool 2009).
Crucial areas in organizational change and innovative management
In the process of effective management of organizational change, the last step of facilitating the adoption of change is highly sensitive. It is at this point that most of the resistance will be felt that may hinder the implementation of the aspired change in the organization. To ensure that dreams and the efforts, channeled at the diagnosis part are not wasted, the company should facilitate a smooth transition and involve all the stakeholders in time. Consequently, it is essential to visit the main approaches, used by the organization (Coca Cola Company) to avoid resistance to change (Galavan, Murray & Markides 2009).
The company ensures there is a smooth flow of information among the employees. The decentralized management/ leadership design of the company facilitates faster update of information, regarding the company. There are also computer site, where the employees shares their opinions. Neville introduced these changes in 2004, when he took over the Presidency role of Coca Cola Company. This method of governance allows the company to convince the unsatisfied individuals concerning a decision before it is implemented (Bool 2009).
Educating the employees on the practicality of the intended changes helps cope with the fear of unknown that may come with the changes. During this time, the company will identify the challenges that the employees are facing in implementing the changes. In most cases, innovations bring about different ideas that may need education and facilitation for ideas to be effective as intended. The Coca Cola Company needs to help consumers and employees to learn a program before it is implemented.
During times of adoption of the New Coke, Goizueta, who was the CEO of the company by then, paid a visit to Robert Wood (his predecessor) to negotiate for his idea. He wanted to reformulate the New Coke but many of the decision makers were against and adamant to support. This illustrates the importance of negotiation in ensuring that people understand your idea before implementing it (Chapman 2010).
However, in cases, where the innovation and change intended are crucial and there are groups of individuals not buying it, manipulation or coercion may be used. This depends with the agency and the importance of the intended change in an organization.
As revealed in the above discussion, it is clear that, innovation in a company and changing the organization as per innovations are two different but dependent factors. Change has been described as a must in the field of business due to the vibrant growth and diversification. The discussion has revealed the extent of the spirit of change in the different level of participants in the organization. Individuals, groups and the Coca Cola organization have been illustrated as having assimilated the attributes of effective management of organizational change and innovation. The reasons as to why the Coca Cola Company is an outstanding example of utilization of management of organizational change and innovation are not to be farfetched. The company has excellently maintained a firm grip in marketing soft drinks. The drinks are marketed in a varied cultural, geographical, political and economic environment, though they end up selling highly. The company, thus, benefit from its creative and innovative experts who are working hard to see the company escalate to higher levels in the market.
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