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This project will examine, both conceptually and via empirical evidence, how scientific knowledge can be transferred effectively to planning, decision making, and management of coastal marine systems at different spatial and temporal scales and in different geographic locations worldwide. We will support several multidisciplinary groups of researchers, managers, and policy makers whose synthetic work has direct relevance to and intent of use by managers or policy makers in one or more geographic regions. Communications strategies will be developed and implemented to convey the process and outcomes of the work to managers, decision makers, and the public. We also will provide informatics support to ensure that data and results are archived and made available to the public.
Selection of topics for working groups will be guided by the results of a recent survey of ecosystem-based managers that was designed to address two primary questions:
1. What types of information might fill gaps or needs in the practice of ecosystem-based management?
2. What might be the most useful ways to share this information with managers and policy makers?
The survey was distributed to 220 practitioners in seven geographic regions: the western Caribbean, eastern tropical Pacific, Philippines, Gulf of California, Gulf of Maine, Great Barrier Reef, and the west coast of the United States. We received responses from a total of 47 individuals (21%) representing a wide range of organizational affiliations, years of experience, educational backgrounds, and ages.
A number of themes emerged from the survey responses. Across geographic regions, practitioners reported that key obstacles to developing and implementing ecosystem-based approaches to management are lack of political will, lack of access to relevant data from the natural and social sciences, and insufficient knowledge about and access to analytical tools, such as software for geospatial analysis.
Assessment of information needs for ecosystem-based management of coastal marine systems:
Executive Summary
Complete Report
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Conservation Decision Making in the Coral Triangle Initiative
The coral reefs of the Coral Triangle provide sanctuary for the highest concentration of marine biodiversity in the world and support the livelihoods and protein needs of millions of people. The health and productivity of these reefs are in serious decline from numerous threats, ranging from local threats such as over fishing and pollution, to the global threat of climate change. Local threats reduce the resilience of coral reefs to withstand global impacts from climate change, resulting in deterioration of reef structure and the ability of these ecosystems to sustain their ecological interactions. We will assemble data from disparate sources to develop a framework for prioritizing between places and among specific conservation actions that cost-effectively mitigate proximate land- and sea-based threats to coral reefs and apply it to regions within the Coral Triangle. With the overall goal of supporting decision making, we will work in close collaboration with local managers and policy makers to synthesize this data and develop a framework that is capable of considering complex ecological, social, and economic dynamics relevant to the region. We will demonstrate its utility at local and regional scales and under different social and economic management constraints within the Coral Triangle. Typically, management decisions on the land and sea are made independently, without fully considering how terrestrial land-uses impact marine biodiversity. Our work is novel as it is the first example of using economic theory to balance decisions between land and sea-based management actions. This information will help guide decision makers in determining where, when, and how money would be spent efficiently to protect coral reefs, sustain protein needs, and foster livelihoods of millions, in the face of a changing climate.
Possingham, Hugh
Klein, Carissa
A Framework to Assess Ecosystem Health in Support of Ecosystem-Based Management of Coastal-Marine Systems
Maintaining healthy, productive marine ecosystems is a recurrent theme in policy recommendations, management deliberations, and public sentiment. While healthy oceans are a broadly shared goal, distinct vital signs to gauge the state of oceans have not been widely implemented, yet are essential for effective policy-making. This working group will reduce hundreds of candidate indicators to a manageable set that will serve as critical monitoring and planning tools for effective marine ecosystem-based management. Specifically, we will bring together leading scholars and practitioners from ecology, fisheries, oceanography, economics, and applied social sciences to develop ecosystem health metrics for the Arctic, continental shelves, coral reefs, estuaries, and coastal upwelling regions. We will address three overarching questions: (1) What does ecosystem health mean and how can we measure it? (2) How can we measure the degree to which human well-being is sustained by marine systems? (3) How transferable are such metrics across different systems? The indicators developed through this initiative will serve as concrete concepts to help catalyze political will, pave the way for policy-making at all levels of government, provide critical tools to communicate the state of marine systems to the public, and facilitate much-needed integration across the social and natural sciences.
Crowder, Larry
McLeod, Karen
Rosenberg, Andy
Fogarty, Michael
Cultural Ecosystem Services from Marine and Coastal Systems: Counting the Intangibles
The field of ecosystem service science has begun to align economic incentives with conservation outcomes by identifying and valuing a more complete set of the services provided to humans by ecosystems than is traditionally considered in decision-making processes. Ecosystem services are the provision of things and experiences by ecosystems for people. The ecologists and economists working in this field have primarily focused on measuring, mapping, and valuing provisioning and regulating services; cultural services are always mentioned, but the integrated incorporation of such services into decision-making remains decades behind the more tangible services. We propose to change this by jump-starting the integration of cultural services into ecosystem-service decision-making tools. This working group will bring together an interdisciplinary group of ecologists, anthropologists, political scientists, philosophers, sociologists, and practitioners to tackle the thorny question "How do changes in ecosystems affect changes in cultural values in different scenarios for use of coastal and marine regions?" We will review the available data linking such ecosystem change to changes in cultural values, paying particular attention to interactions between services, and to non-linearities. The project will provide a framework for employing quantitative and-where necessary-qualitative methods to explicitly consider such values in marine and coastal planning.
Guerry, Anne
Chan, Kai
Ecosystem-based Management (EBM) Portal
This portal provides an online collaboration space for use by individuals and projects funded by the EBM Program at NCEAS, or by other sources.
Please contact walbridge [at] nceas.ucsb.edu (Shaun Walbridge) if you are interested in using the portal.
Ecosystem-based Management (EBM) Registry
This registery is available to locate colleagues and learn about their work. The registry can also be used to access data from other research and management projects and to share your data with registered users.
Please register yourself before searching the registry. By registering, you will make your contact information and research interests available to other registered users and help us strengthen the community of scientists and practitioners. Information is available only to registered users. Access to the registry is protected by passwords, ensuring that spammers will not be able to see your information.
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boesch [at] ca.umces.edu (Donald Boesch)
Professor and President, Center for Environmental Science, University of Maryland
patrickc [at] u.washington.edu (Patrick Christie)
Professor, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington
SusanRCrow [at] msn.com (Susan R. Crow Lowrance)
Public Service Associate, College of Agricultural and Enviromental Sciences, University of Georgia, Tifton
barry.gold [at] moore.org (Barry Gold)
Marine Conservation Initiative Lead, The Moore Foundation
eneeley [at] seaweb.org (Liz Neeley)
Assistant Director of Ocean Science Outreach, Communications Partnership for Science and the Sea (COMPASS)
cpeters [at] email.unc.edu (Charles Peterson)
Professor, University of North Carolina
e.pidgeon [at] conservation.org (Emily Pidgeon)
Senior Technical Advisor, Conservation International
r.pressey [at] uq.edu.au (Bob Pressey)
Professor, ARC Center of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
mary.ruckelshaus [at] noaa.gov (Mary Ruckelshaus)
Team Leader, Salmon Risk Evaluation Group, National Marine Fisheries Service
shaw [at] globalecology.stanford.edu (Rebecca Shaw)
Directory of Conservation Science and Planning, The Nature Conservancy
MWeber [at] resourceslawgroup.com (Michael Weber)
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As promised, VEDP is delving into UBED (University-Based Economic Development) in our institutions of higher learning across the Commonwealth.
"William & Mary (W&M) is looking at how to grow what's already in Virginia, as well as to help bring companies into the Commonwealth," said Leonard Sledge, William & Mary's Director of Economic Development.
To that end, W&M's Technology and Business Center has partnered with the county to run the James City County Business & Technology Incubator (JCC-BTI). The incubator provides support and advisory services to help accelerate the growth of younger companies. This support includes help setting goals and milestones, general business advice, organizational guidance, networking events, assistance locating financing and other service providers, and the use of a professional business facility.
The incubator also liaises with W&M's Mason School of Business and Entrepreneurship Center. Business school professors are assigned to each incubator company to help determine strategy. Business school students are also engaged in problem-solving initiatives for incubator companies through project and classroom exercises.
Launched in January 2007, the JCC-BTI has worked with 10 companies, graduating three to date. One such graduate is MODU System, a Malaysian manufacturer of conveyor belt systems. The incubator helped the company enter the U.S. market, advising management on how to position the product and locate resellers in the U.S.
Another success story is Breathe Healthy, a manufacturer of antimicrobial face masks with superior comfort and filtering abilities. JCC-BTI helped the veteran-owned company locate key markets for its product, as well as launch international sales.
According to William Bean, Director of W&M's Technology Business Center, "We're looking for companies that are passionate and serious about the growth of their business. Our incubator clients span a variety of industries, but the one thing they have in common is a genuine excitement to use the services of our incubator for accelerating growth."
To learn more about W&M's Office of Economic Development or the James City County Business & Technology Incubator, click on the highlighted links.
On Tuesday, advertising company Mail America announced plans to expand operations in Bedford County through a $5 million investment. The company will maintain its current facility while adding another 42,000 square feet through a nearby location.
This expansion will create 75 new jobs over the next three years as the company seeks to hire print and mail insertion operators, maintenance staff and administrative personnel to help meet growing customer demand.
Producing nearly 400 million U.S. mail pieces each year, Mail America has operated in Bedford County since 1989 and currently employs 325 Virginians. The company's positive experience with the region's skilled and motivated workforce was a major deciding factor for this project.
Virginia's competitive operative costs and pro-business environment also influenced the company's decision to expand in the Commonwealth. According to Virginia Delegate Kathy Byron, "Our region continues to demonstrate that it is an ideal place for businesses to grow and to locate. The attributes we have here—reasonable taxes and regulations, a skilled and talented workforce, and welcoming state and local governments that are ready to work as partners—are instrumental to the success of firms like Mail America."
This is the second expansion Bedford County has seen this year. Forestry Equipment of Virginia announced plans to expand its truck assembly business earlier in March. Both companies received assistance from the Virginia Tobacco Indemnification and Community Revitalization Commission for their expansions.
To learn why companies continue to find success in the Commonwealth and why Virginia is ranked America's Top State for Business, click here.
Virginia Tech has developed a number of University-Based Economic Development (UBED) programs as part of its long-term strategy to help connect faculty and students with companies and communities.
According to John Provo, Office of Economic Development Director, "The global network starts as soon as you walk out the door. We facilitate the sharing of Virginia Tech's intellectual capital with the private sector to develop problem-solving solutions."
One such group is VT-IDEA (Virginia Tech Intelligence and Defense Executive Alumni). Founded in January 2009, VT-IDEA is made up of alumni working in senior government and industry positions in the national security sector. The group's mission is two-fold: it serves as both a resource for national security professionals to better connect, and it helps Virginia Tech get even more plugged in to the national security space.
Through its efforts to build a faster pipeline from the research in Blacksburg to the cyber security needs in D.C., VT-IDEA has recently helped introduce two new ideas to industry insiders. The first is a data safeguarding device that can wipe tablets and cell phones clean, removing confidential information once the individual has left a secured area. The second technology foils radio signal eaves-droppers. The technology senses the intrusion and reconfigures the network to make it secure.
VT-IDEA not only helps spot and commercialize winning solutions; it also puts early stage entrepreneurs in touch with financing and venture capital sources. The group will be doing just that at its upcoming meeting "VT-IDEA Presents Innovation and Entrepreneurship at VTECH" on June 21 at the VT Research Center - Arlington.
To learn more about how the VT-IDEA group and Virginia Tech's Office of Economic Development are building partnerships with the business community, click on the highlighted links.
German manufacturer McAirlaid's recently celebrated the addition of a 75,000-square-foot expansion to its existing U.S. headquarters in Rocky Mount, Va. Adding to the company's 70,000-square-foot facility at Franklin County Commerce Center, the expansion will increase the company's global capacity by 30 percent while creating 40 new jobs in the region.
The expansion provides McAirlaid's with the additional space to serve its customers in the hygiene, medical, food packaging, filtration and home décor spaces through its non-woven absorbency materials. It also allows the company to reduce imports of raw materials and rely more heavily on U.S. vendors, primarily on the East Coast.
McAirlaid's first announced it would establish its U.S. headquarters in Virginia through an $85 million investment in 2006. In the words of CEO Alexander Maksimow, "Franklin County's commitment to education through the public school system and job training programs, coupled with an existing workforce of highly motivated people with a strong work ethic, were key factors in McAirlaid's site selection."
Since opening its U.S. headquarters in Franklin County in March 2008, the company has received a warm welcome while experiencing the benefits of Virginia's skilled workforce, education system and premier East Coast location. This additional investment allows McAirlaid's to build on its success to date, illustrating the company's commitment to grow in Franklin County.
To learn why companies continue to locate in Virginia due to the Commonwealth's skilled workforce and excellent education system, click here.
Company and local officials joined Mary Rae Carter, Deputy Secretary of Commerce and Trade for Rural Economic Development, at McAirlaid's ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Universities play an essential role in developing the human capital so important to economic development, leading to the current term UBED (University-Based Economic Development). Over the coming weeks, VEDP will feature a series of blogs focusing on what universities are doing across the Commonwealth to play a more active role in reaching out to the business community.
According to Tom Osha, President and CEO of Old Dominion University's (ODU) Innovation Research Park (IRP), ODU is transitioning to a more active role in economic development by developing a 24/7 live-work-play community. IRP is capitalizing on the move away from traditional research parks to an updated model — the "knowledge community."
This new community caters to the next generation of researchers who desire a higher level of engagement in the neighborhood where they work. No longer satisfied with commuting home to the suburbs, this generation is looking to live, work and play all in the same location.
IRP provides just that through its location within ODU's University Village. Impressive on its own, IRP currently has 350 employees working in two 100,000-square-foot buildings, with plenty of room for expansion. Add to that University Village's 10 restaurants, retail stores, hotel, theater, art gallery and the Ted Constant arena, and one can see the attractiveness of such a hub.
The economic development impact occurs when companies are drawn to communities like this, bringing with them investment and new jobs to the area. One such company is ipConfigure, which chose to locate at IRP over a location in Texas due to ODU's multidimensional offerings.
ODU's Computational Intelligence and Machine Vision Lab was a significant consideration for the company, as their video surveillance technology utilizes just the sort of facial recognition algorithms developed at the lab. Easy access to a qualified employee base and close proximity to amenities also clinched the deal.
"ipConfigure hires ODU graduates and interns, utilizes the ODU Business Gateway, eats in the ODU Village, puts guests up at the hotel, buys tickets to ODU football and other sporting events, and attracts its customers to come to IRP to see the research happening at the Vision Lab and elsewhere around ODU," Osha stated.
The university also put ipConfigure in touch with the Virginia Port Authority, the first customer of the company's new Wide Area Surveillance products.
ODU is a shining example of a Virginia university that is seeking to bring the benefits of its research outside the classroom by catering to the needs of businesses. To learn more about ODU's interaction with the business community, click here.
The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford area was ranked Top 5 on the recently published Forbes.com Best Small Cities for Jobs list. Looking at 242 MSAs, Forbes.com calculated the ranking using employment numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for the period November 2000 through January 2012.
This ranking continues the positive recognition the region has received including a No. 4 rating on Site Selection magazine's Governors Cup for metro areas with a population of less than 200,000. Blacksburg, Va. was also named the No. 1 Best Place in the U.S. to Raise Kids by Bloomberg Businessweek.
The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford MSA continues to receive accolades for a number of reasons. Home to top-ranked Virginia Tech, the area's workforce is highly educated, with two-thirds of residents above the age of 25 holding a bachelor's degree or higher and 40 percent holding a graduate or professional degree.
The research capabilities of Virginia Tech combined with a highly-educated workforce have proven to be a winning combination, attracting companies and research parks to the area. The Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center, located adjacent to Virginia Tech's main campus, is home to 140 high-tech companies which employ more than 2,200 Virginians.
The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford MSA is able to retain its highly-skilled workforce due to the strong quality of life the region offers. The family-friendly community provides residents with numerous recreational activities due to its convenient access to the Appalachian Trail, Washington-Jefferson National Forest, Smith Mountain Lake and New River.
To learn more about the Commonwealth's plentiful resources — including a world-class workforce, top-ranked education system and strong quality of life — that make Virginia America's Top State for Business, click here.
Congratulations to Virginia State University's (VSU) Reginald F. Lewis School of Business for winning three awards over the last few months.
Last week, VSU's business school was awarded the RichTech Technology Innovation Deployment Award for its creative use of technology to enhance a process. RichTech honors organizations that help advance Virginia's technology-based economy.
This win was a nice follow-up to the "Best Business Program in the Country" award received earlier this month from The Center for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). The Center for HBCU ranked VSU's business school No. 1 for its commitment to innovation.
Last September, VSU's business school received the Governor's Technology Award in the category of Innovation in Higher Education. The award was presented at the Commonwealth of Virginia Innovative Technology Symposium in recognition of the most creative initiatives in the public sector.
All three awards recognized the business school's "Digital at the Core" initiative. As the first school in the country to delivery its core curriculum primarily via digital format, the school launched its pilot program in the fall of 2010. Digital textbooks, MP3 audio chapters, MP3 study guides, quizzes and flashcards were all available via download for a cost-friendly licensing fee of $19.95.
Founded in 1882, VSU is an example of Virginia's premier higher education system that partners with industries to prepare students with the technological training and skills they will utilize upon entering the workforce.
To learn more about Virginia's highly skilled workforce as well as customized training and recruitment programs, click here.
Congratulations to Loudoun County for winning another expansion from data center provider, Digital Realty. The company officially broke ground on its fourth building in what's known as "Data Center Alley" in Loudoun County, Va.
The two-story, 214,000-square-foot building will house 10 data centers and bring an $80 million investment along with 180 temporary positions and 12 full-time jobs to the area. With more than 50 percent of the world's internet traffic flowing through Loudoun County each day, the region certainly has become a hub for leading data center operations. Add to that an energy rate 28 percent below the national average and 10 million square feet of data center capacity, and one can easily see why data centers are flocking to Virginia.
Data processing was actually the dominant sector across the Commonwealth in 2011, accounting for more than $960 million in capital investment and almost half of the nonmanufacturing investment. Virginia is poised to continue its growth in the sector as it has both the highest concentration of high-tech workers in the nation and the advanced telecom infrastructure across the Commonwealth to support the industry.
Virginia data centers claimed three of the top 10 spots in Southern Business & Development's 2011 Ten Best Data Center Sites in the South list. In addition, Bristol, Va., was touted in the study Broadband at the Speed of Light as one of the first municipalities in the nation to build a citywide Fiber-To-The-Home network.
To learn why leading companies have invested more than $4.4 billion in Virginia data centers over the last ten years, click here.
State, local and company officials celebrated the opening of Digital Realty's newest building at the groundbreaking ceremony in Loudoun County.
Governor McDonnell and Lieutenant Governor Bolling attended the ribbon-cutting ceremony in Henry County, Va., to celebrate the opening of ICF International's Business Process Management operations center. The opening of the facility comes just over a year after the Governor announced the project would bring 539 new jobs and a $15 million investment to Southern Virginia.
As a global professional and technology services firm, locating near a skilled workforce is critical. Following the company's $20 million expansion of its Fairfax County headquarters in 2010, this project is further validation of the strength of Virginia's workforce across the state.
This victory also illustrates the breadth of Virginia's technology infrastructure, another key deciding factor that helped the Commonwealth compete against Georgia, Maryland, Tennessee and West Virginia. Companies in Southern Virginia can take advantage of Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative's 800 mile open-access, fiber optic broadband network.
In the words of ICF International Chairman and CEO Sudhakar Kesavan, "ICF is proud to expand its operations in Virginia and to call the Commonwealth its home. As a professional services firm, ICF International maintains its global headquarters here, which offers the best combination of a robust economy, a pro-business climate, a high-quality workforce, and an outstanding quality of life for ICF employees. We are pleased to open this new operations center in Henry County and to build our workforce from local residents."
With the highest concentration of technology workers in the country, Virginia continues to attract world-class companies and gain recognition as the Top State for Business. To learn more, click here.
Governor McDonnell addresses the crowd at ICF International's ribbon-cutting ceremony in Martinsville, Va.
Site Selection magazine named Virginia the winner of its annual Competitiveness Award, which recognizes excellence on the part of a state-level economic development group. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) accepted the award at the Industrial Asset Management Council's Spring Professional Forum held in Austin, Texas.
The Competitiveness Award was based on a 10-factor index using Conway Data Inc.'s New Plant database. The number of new and expanded facilities, capital invested in new and expanded facilities, total jobs created, the individual state tax climate and state unemployment rate were a few of the factors used in selecting the Commonwealth as the winner.
Virginia's low-tax business climate, right to work status and competitive operating costs were just some of the benefits touted by Site Selection. Add to that a world-class transportation infrastructure, robust telecommunications network, and a tech-savvy workforce, and it's easy to see why Virginia is the clear winner.
This award continues the positive recognition the Commonwealth has seen in 2012. Virginia has already been recognized with a Top 3 Economic Outlook Ranking from the American Legislative Exchange Council's Rich States, Poor States study, a Top 5 ranking in Site Selection's Governor's Cup, a Top 3 ranking on Gallup's Job Creation Index, and a Top 10 ranking on Chief Executive's Best States for Business.
To learn why Virginia continues to garner attention as a top state for business, click here.
Mark Arend, Site Selection Editor in Chief, presents VEDP representative Brent Sheffler with the Competitiveness Award.
Alleghany County won a new manufacturing operation when Balchem Corporation decided to locate its first operation in the Commonwealth there. The project will bring an initial investment of approximately $10 million and 55 new jobs to the region over the next 2-3 years.
As a leading producer of encapsulated ingredients for the animal nutrition and health market, Balchem's growing portfolio of products has gained strong market acceptance at a global level. The manufacturing facility in Covington, Va., will allow Balchem to build on this success by more than doubling its output capacity for this market.
Virginia's strong manufacturing workforce, rich raw material supply and competitive overall cost structure weren't the only reasons the Commonwealth was selected for this project. Alleghany County's strategic location was also a critical factor in the selection process. Direct access to Interstates 64 and 81 will provide the company with convenient access to customers in the Northeast and Midwest markets, and close proximity to Virginia's world-class port system will allow Balchem to easily serve its international customers.
A 45-year-old, publicly-traded company, Balchem was ranked #29 on Forbes.com's 2011 America's Best Small Companies list. To learn more about Virginia's extensive manufacturing capabilities and why the Commonwealth continues to attract top companies like Balchem, click here.
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From vacation, Mayor Naheed Nenshi sends me his answer to today's burning, or at least smoking, question for Canadian politicians.
Has he ever used pot?
"No, and I've never eaten bacon either," says the mayor, a Muslim who follows his religion's stricture against eating pork.
"So, yes, it is a denial," he adds.
Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's recent admission that he smoked dope as an MP has set off an explosion of pot talk in this country.
When Toronto Mayor Rob Ford almost gleefully admitted this week that he "smoked a lot" (such a relief to face a minor charge!), the topic went viral.
Now, just about every politician of any stature faces the question: did you, or didn't you?
Yes, it's ridiculous.
But like many of the most trivial public questions, it's also irresistibly interesting. Sometimes the spectacle comes with tap-dancing to rival anything you'll see in a Broadway musical.
In Alberta, a crisp church-lady tone was set by Premier Alison Redford, who says she's never tried weed and thinks de-criminalizing would be a social disaster.
That leads us to our other provincial leaders, whose answers are very different from Redford's and sometimes hilarious.
"Yes, I did, and I inhaled as deeply as I possibly could," says Liberal Leader Raj Sherman.
Sherman goes on to say he never smoked or drank when he was a high school student in B.C.
"But at a reunion about 10 years later, a friend says, 'Hey Raj, try this.' So I did.
"I wasn't a regular user. I never purchased it."
He used dope about three or four times, he says, including once ("a couple of puffs") after he became an emergency ward doctor, but never on duty.
Sherman supports decriminalization — or failing that, heeding the call of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police for making marijuana a ticketing offence.
He disagrees entirely with Redford's claim that dope is a "gateway" to use of more dangerous substances.
"The majority of people who use marijuana do not go on to be users of hard drugs," says Sherman.
"Tobacco smoking and alcohol cause way more problems in emergency wards than pot smoking does."
Wildrose, meanwhile, appears determined not to be seen as the Wildbud Party.
Official Opposition Leader Danielle Smith refuses any comment on grounds that it's a federal issue, and politicians' admissions of pot use encourage young people to start smoking.
"I think there is a responsibility for politicians not to talk about it," says Vitor Marciano, Smith's press secretary. "Isn't that encouraging young people to break the law, normalizing it, making them say, 'I guess that happens all the time?'
"It's like giving permission for other people to follow a bad example."
That's an interesting point, but it does not answer the question nearly everyone else is facing up to: Did Smith smoke pot, or did she not?
NDP Leader Brian Mason acknowledged in 1993, after then-premier Ralph Klein owned up, that he used to smoke dope.
That led to an editorial cartoon showing "Cheech Mason" wearing a hippie headband.
"So, yes, I've been asked this question before and I admitted I had smoked the dreaded weed," Mason says.
Asked if he ever used marijuana in his previous career as an Edmonton city bus driver, he says: "God, no! Some of my passengers, maybe."
(The late Klein, by the way, said he didn't really care for marijuana because "I don't need to be any more paranoid than I am right now.")
On the Wildrose and PC sides, MLAs seems to be falling in line with their leaders.
Wildrose MLA Joe Anglin, the ex-military straight arrow, also declines comment. Redford's Finance Minister Doug Horner declares that he never touched pot.
His father was Hugh Horner, the late premier Peter Lougheed's rural chieftain.
"He was the family doctor and the MLA and the deputy premier and that was enough to keep me away from it," Horner says with a laugh.
"In my day, we did a lot of consumption of beverages more than we did that sort of stuff."
So goes this entertaining summer of smoke and mirrors. The country will survive it.
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Abstract: Printed copies of writings, a few drafts of printed writings, certificates, and miscellany, relating to political and economic conditions in the Czech Republic.
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By Tiernan Ray
Here's some things going on this morning in your world of tech:
Shares of server connectivity technology provider Mellanox Technologies (MLNX) continue to trade down this morning, falling by $9.90, or 16%, to $51.29, after the company yesterday afternoon cut its Q4 revenue forecast range below analysts' estimates, warning that demand was weaker than expected and that it had an issue that hampered delivering one of its products.
The stock is caught in quite a tussle this morning between bulls and bears, with numerous price target cuts, and at least one downgrade, to the equivalent of Hold from Buy, at FBN Securities, but others urging investors to keep the faith. Pacific Crest's Brent Bracelin reiterates an Outperform rating, arguing that he's "bullish on the longer-term prospect that InfiniBand adoption could double in the next to to three years."
Shares of Cisco Systems (CSCO) are up 10 cents, or half a percent, at $20.44 following an upgrade to Outperform from Sector Perform by RBC Capital's Mark Sue, who also raised his price target to $24 from $21. Sue writes that he has "firming visibility" to his estimates for the company, and that he sees better execution on Cisco's part and the prospect that its gross profit margin is going to stabilize. Also, most of his major concerns, he writes, are no longer there, such as core markets being under attack by Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) or Huawei.
Shares of Alcatel Lucent (ALU) are up 15 cents, or 10.7%, at $1.56 after the company received an upgrade to Neutral from Underperform by Achal Sultania of Credit Suisse, who argues that the recent debt raise by the company "create[s] a viable business until 2015." Although Alcatel will probably not generate cash from the business before 2015, "we still believe that it will be able to maintain gross cash […] thereby creating a viable business entity long term."
PC makers continue to be standout performers as we head toward next week's Consumer Electronics Show. Dell (DELL) shears are up 8 cents, or 0.8%, at $10.76, and Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) shares are up 29 cents, or almost 2%, at $15.32.
Shares of Apple (AAPL) are off $1.23 at $547.80, giving up a little of yesterday's large gains, as the Street continues to debate the growth outlook for this quarter and the March quarter, and beyond. Rob Cihra with Evercore Partners reiterates an Overweight rating on the shares, but cut his price target to $750 from $775 after cutting his estimate for this year's revenue by $11 billion to $182 billion, based on slower-than expected iPhone growth. Apple may be up against the law of large numbers, Cihra thinks, as the company's replacement sales to existing customers for the device rise to 49% of total iPhone sales from just 32% last year, he speculates.
At the same time, Bernstein Research's Toni Sacconaghi this morning apparently reiterated an Outperform rating on Apple, and a $750 price target, arguing that the 50% replacement base for iPhone is actually a virtue for the stock.
Shares of Google (GOOG) are bracing for a decision by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission with respect to whether the company misused patents in the smartphone business, which Bloomberg's Sara Forden reports will likely arrive today, citing multiple unnamed parties. Google is likely to agree to change some business practices, though it's not exactly clear that Google will concede any wrongdoing in the matter.
Google shares are currently up $4.73, or 0.6%, at $727.98.


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Rule 13. Cases Involving Allegations Of Mental And Physical Disability.
A. Procedure. In considering allegations of mental and physical disability, the Commission shall, insofar as applicable and except as provided in Paragraph B., follow procedure established by these rules.
B. Special Provisions.
(1) If a complaint or statement of allegation involves the mental or physical health of a judge, a denial of the alleged disability or condition shall constitute a waiver of medical privilege and the judge shall be required to produce his medical records.
(2) In the event of a waiver of medical privilege, the judge shall be deemed to have consented to an examination by a qualified medical practitioner designated by the Commission.
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ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Trey Burke had 22 points and 10 assists as No. 2 Michigan finished its non-conference schedule with a 88-73 victory over Central Michigan tonight.
Michigan played without junior Tim Hardaway Jr. who missed the first game of his career with an ankle injury. That meant the Wolverines started three freshmen — Nik Stauskas, Glenn Robinson III and Caris LeVert — along with Burke and Jordan Morgan.
Robinson had 20 points, while Stauskas finished with 19 for Michigan (13-0), which is off to the second-best start in school history. The 1985-86 Wolverines team, led by Gary Grant, Roy Tarpley and Glen Rice, started the season 16-0 on its way to a Big Ten championship.
Central Michigan was hoping to match the success of its football team, which won the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl on Wednesday, but never recovered from falling behind by seven points in the first three minutes. Olivier Mbaigoto led the Chippewas with 14 points.
The Chippewas (7-6) came into the game having won two of their last four meetings with the Wolverines — in 2002 and 2007 — but they were quickly overwhelmed by Michigan's offense. Burke scored 14 points in the first nine minutes, and Michigan led 46-29 at the half.
The Wolverines cruised through a second half that was highlighted by Stauskas hitting five straight 3-pointers and Robinson's spectacular dunk in traffic. The only lowlight for Michigan was when McGary came up short on a dunk and fell down, and even that brought laughter from his teammates.
The Wolverines begin Big Ten play Thursday at Northwestern, while Central Michigan plays an exhibition game with Michigan-Dearborn before beginning Mid-American Conference play on Jan. 9 against Bowling Green.


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Sitting in time-out, tears streaming down his face, that's how I found him.
When I showed up to get The Mayor from Daycare he was in trouble.
The teachers there are gentle and only give him a time out when he earns one. So If he's in time out when I arrive, I make him finish serving his sentence.
This pisses him off.
But it's like Baretta said, "If you can't do the time, don't do the crime."
When I asked him why he got a time out, he said:
"I accidentally forgot to listened.
Then I got a time out.
Then I cried a LOT of times."
I HATE when I accidentally forgot to listened...or when I take my eye off the sparrow.


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Since the Bryan Police Department took over the responsibility of enforcing city codes three years ago, city and police officials agree it needs some more attention.
Police chief Michael Strope says he's realized there's need for a more active role in cleaning up Bryan neighborhoods.
"We hope to streamline the municipal court process. That will allow us from the date of the citation of the violation to appear in court no longer than 30 days at the very most," says Chief Strope.
Currently, the department gives several notices before issuing out citations, making it longer for things to get cleaned up. These new additions would only help speed up that process.
Twelve percent of low and moderate income housing in Bryan have fallen into the category of dilapidated, meaning the home is unsafe to live in.
Chief Strope is making recommendations to the city on how to improve the current code enforcement laws and make it more effective and efficient.
"We know there's a close correlation between neighborhood decay and crime, like drugs, prostitution, and gang activity. That's one reason why the code was moved to the police department is because of the close correlation of the two elements," says Chief Strope.
Before 2002, code enforcement was not the job of police, it fell under a separate city department. So does the city still think that was a good move?
"I don't know what the benefit will be to move it. It works well for us that they are at the same department because sometimes they have a crossover-the actual code enforcement people-who don't have police officer ability, need to be connected to those police officers so they can work well together. If they're in a different department, it just divides them up more." says Bryan Councilmember, Mark Conlee.
The code enforcement plan is to gain a partnership through a project called Neighborhood Pride.
Sharon Hauke is the supervisor of the code enforcement department. She says the plan is a way for officers and residents of Bryan to report areas that need attention.
"Once we get it to a level, they can maintain it and see that this is the kind of neighborhood we want to live in, and hopefully that will also impact crime in their fear of crime in those neighborhoods," says Hauke.
Cleaning up the neighborhoods would only make it a better place to live.


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International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is implementing a project on "Building Coalitions for Change to Implement Pro-Poor Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR) in Pakistan", in the Abbottabad district.
The EFR work in being carried on through implementation of EFR instruments as well as implementation of pilot schemes on solid waste and water supply under the recommendations of the various studies that have already been completed under the project.
During a Round Table held on 'Water and Sanitation' for identifying coordinated approaches in the district it was suggested that measures to protect and manage catchment area around Abbottabad need to be initiated to increase ground water recharge in the aquifers. Afforestation was also identified as a need.
The Event
For initiating slope stabilization and watershed management, IUCN organized a sapling planting campaign in Nawanshehr in collaboration with the NWFP Forest Department and Town Committee. On Independence day, August 14, 2009, about 4000 saplings of indigenous and multipurpose species were planted on selected sites. Nursery stock of Robinia pseudocassia (Kikkar) and Pinus roxburghii (Chir pine) were planted in degraded watershed area and on un-stable slopes around villages of Dhodial and Bumblail.
The event was celebrated as a major activity in conjugation with Independence Day, and was participated in by more than 300 persons, including senior representatives from community, social workers, members of Nawanshehr Youth Welfare Society and school children from local schools including Government High School Nawanshehr and Orush Public School.
School children sang national songs and poems about independence and Pakistan Day, while the Town Nazim and other senior citizens also spoke to them children and briefed them about the planting activity.
Before start of the planting activity, Saadullah Ayaz, Coordinator EFR, IUCN spoke to the school children and briefed them about the purpose of the activity. He also demonstrated how planting was to be carried out in order to ensure maximum survival of the plants. The children were also instructed to dispose off the trash in a proper manner.
Planting Activity
The activity was widely publicized through banners. For planting, children were assembled in small groups of two to three children, with each group being supervised by .teacher. Each group was given 10 saplings and they guided to already prepared ditches.
The children planted Robinia pseudocassia (Kikkar) on unstable slopes and shady aspect. While Pinus roxburghii (Chir pine) saplings were planted on southern and drier aspects. About 4000 saplings were planted.
Local people living around the site have been mobilized for the protection of planted stock and they will keep IUCN and Town Committee Nawanshehr informed about the survival and will ensure that the plants are protected from any damage.
Some school children have volunteered to keep visiting the site with their teachers to monitor plant survival.


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Dirty Money's Dawn Richards gets ultra glam for a high-fashion shoot with Paris' Ghubar Magazine. Shot by Sarah McClogan, the former Danity Kane member has made a style 180, bringing back "Strictly Business" era Halle Berry with her short and manicured bowler cut. Dawn rocks a series of bodycon dresses styled by Ugo Mozie, with most looks committed to the coveted strong shoulder. We hope this stand-out shoot is a preview of coming attractions for Dawn. We need a solo album like yesterday!
What do you think of Dawn's shoot? Which looks are you digging the most?


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Manchester, NH, police start move into new headquarters; records will be moved this weekend
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) � Police in Manchester, N.H., are beginning the move to their new headquarters.
The patrol and communications divisions will report to work at the new Michael L. Briggs Safety Building on Valley Street on Thursday.
Criminal and traffic records will be available to the public at the old Chestnut Street headquarters until noon Friday, when both those divisions begin packing for the move.
Police say the new headquarters should be fully operational when it opens to public on Monday.
The building is named for the Manchester police officer who was shot to death in 2006 attempting to apprehend Michael Addison, who is now on death row.
The old headquarters � the Ralph Miller Public Safety Center � was named for an officer killed in 1976.


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Lady Panthers come back strong after holiday layoff
ROSCOMMON — Standish-Sterling's girls basketball team shook off weeks of rust on Wednesday and put together the kind of effort coach Kevin King envisioned heading into the season as the Panthers rolled to a 56-38 victory on the road.
After a slow start, the Panthers' full court press ignited a 41-19 SSC run during the second and third quarters.
"We played well," King said. "We had our press working tonight, so I was pleased even though we missed a number of layups and didn't shoot well at the free throw line.
"We also had 10 girls score, and that kind of balance is good."
Abbye Gulvas hit three 3-pointers and led the Panthers with 17 points. Ashlyn Gulvas added nine and Kelsye Mielke and Ellen Walderzak each scored six. King said Allison Collier's defensive work on Rosco's Caitlyn Walker was also a big factor.
The Panthers (2-4) host Ogemaw Heights on Friday to lead off a doubleheader with the boys teams.
Stephanie Walker led the Bucks (3-3) with 17 points.
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The Bureau Valley Elementary Conference track and field championships were all in the family at Spring Valley Tuesday. Bureau Valley South claimed three BVEC championships, and BV North claimed the other.
South's Devon Johnston was a triple threat among the seventh-grade boys, winning the shot (33-3 1/2), 100 (12.69) and 200 (27.26). Double winners were North's Austin Wzierbecki in the 800 (2:26.75) and 1600 (5:20.64) and LaMoille's Brett Dannis in the hurdles (17.72) and high jump (5-0). Other winners including LaMoille's Austin Lundquist (discus, 93-2), DePue's Alex Madrigal (400, 1:03.65) and 4x100 relay (56.41) and BVS' 4x200 (1:54.86) and 4x400 (4:32.99) relays. South topped North 102-78 for team honors.
Contributing to South's title for the seventh-grade girls were Addison Moreland in the 100 (14.08), Haley Weidner in the 800 (2:47.8) and 1600 (6:01.47), Alex Geary in the high jump (4-5) and 200 (30.04). The South also swept the relays. Other winners included Ohio's Lexi Loftus (hurdles, 18.46) and Maddi Deery, (shot 28-0), Malden's Taylor Hall (discus, 70-5 1/2) and North's Emily Fordham (400, 1:09.1). South claimed the crown by a 117-71 margin over BVN.
South's Sabrina Webb won the eighth-grade girls high jump (4-9) and 200 (28.57) titles. Other BVS wins came from Casey Mecum in the 400 (1:06.68), Niquel Eilts in the 800 (2:47.62), Tasha Richardson in the 100 (13.52). BVS also won the 4x100 and 4x400 relays. Other eighth-grade winners included Ladd's Maddie Quinn (hurdles, 16.54) and North's Marissa Mungia (long jump, 13-6 3/4) and 4x200 (2:02.59). South was a 122-99 winner over North.
North claimed its crown in the eighth-grade boys, topping DePue 120-93. For North, Michael Eastwood won the long jump (16-1 1/2), 100 (12.04) and 200 (25.01), and Hunter Sebby won the shot (36-9 1/2). North also won the 4x200 (1:52.21). DePue boosted wins from Austin Keist (400, 56.84) and its 4x100 (53.36) and 4x400 (4:05.93) relays. Also getting in the champions' circle were Ladd's Nick Edgecomb (hurdles, 19.2) and Michael Manning (discus, 94-3) and Neponset's Austin Thumma (1600, 5:36.1).
SRC Meet: The Princeton Logan Junior High School boys teams swept Tuesday's Starved Rock Conference track and field championships in Streator. The Logan seventh-grade girls took second.
The Logan seventh-grade boys ran away from the field, topping Mendota 152-118. Brett Schnenck took two firsts, winning the 100 (12.59) and 200 (24.46). Logan also got firsts from Kendle Whitford in the 400 (59.5), Drake Davis in the long jump (15-7) and Garrett Allen in the shot put (37-1 1/4). In relays, Logan won the 4x200 (1:49.74) with Alex Janssen, Whitford, Davis and Schneck and the 4x400 (4:14.06) with Jacob Darnell, Alex Janssen, Davis and Whitford
The eighth-grade boys edged Mendota 86-77 for first place. Blake Janssen won the hurdles (17.06) and placed second in the 200 (26.12). The Lions' 4x200 relay of Justin Darnell, Austin Wetsel, Blake Janssen and Lucas Sisler turned in the top time of 1:46.6. Spring Valley's Ricardo Alonso won the long jump (16-6) and 1600 (5:24.22), and the Wildcats won the 4x100 relay (53.55).
Peru Parkside beat out Logan for the seventh-grade girls title 121-83. Logan's Anna Murray took firsts in the hurdles (18.05) and 100 (13.18). Logan also won the 4x200 relay (2:04) with Regan Hubbard, Kaitlin May, Maddie Eckard and Murray.
Logan claimed the eighth-grade girls 4x200 relay with a time of 2:02.24 on the legs of Jamie Kuhn, Michaela Mall, Kim Duong and Sara Murray.
• Record-breaker: Kendle Whitford broke the Logan school record in the 400 meters on April 22 at PHS with a time of 58.71. Nathan Holmes held the record since 1994 at 58.73.
• Sectional time: Ladd Grade School will host an IESA 1A Sectional at Princeton High School starting at 9 a.m. Saturday. Local participants include Cherry, Dalzell, DePue, Ladd, Malden, Princeton Christian Academy, Princeton St. Louis and Spring Valley JFK.
Running at Kewanee Wethersfield starting at 10 a.m. will be Annawan, Bradford, Bureau Valley South and Neponset. Heading in the other direction at Erie will be Amboy, Bureau Valley South, LaMoille, Ohio and Tampico, starting at 9 a.m.
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StreetFest Set for Two Wheels
The 2005 edition of StreetFest will see some 1,000 incoming Calvin College students spend a part of their orientation combining service with learning in a variety of Grand Rapids neighborhoods.
August 22, 2005 | Myrna Anderson
Service-Learning Center to Celebrate 40
The Service-Learning Center at Calvin College will celebrate its 40th anniversary from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 9 in the Great Hall of the college's Prince Conference Center.
March 01, 2006 | Myrna Anderson
Spring Break Service Trips Set to Depart
From March 17 through 25, while students nationwide join the annual spring break exodus to the beach, 75 Calvin students with less leisurely agendas will be trekking to seven locales on the college's spring break service-learning trips.
March 10, 2006 | Myrna Anderson
Welcome to Calvin! Grab a paddle.
Last week, nearly 1,000 new Calvin students left campus and hit the streets of Grand Rapids for a closer look at the city. While many groups served at organizations around the city, one group took canoes to the Grand River to see Grand Rapids from a different perspective.
September 12, 2008 | Matt Kucinski
Taking the hassle out of the passport process
For three years now, Calvin has been making the process of getting a passport less of a fuss.
October 13, 2008 | Katie Landan
Whipped cream and a whole lot more
There's a mess of whipped cream cans perched on the front desk of Nordewier-Vanderwerp Hall and no pumpkin pies in sight. This is a dorm service auction, and the whipped cream is meant for faces, not pies.
November 26, 2008 | Allison Graff
Unborn Week celebrates human life
Unborn Week began at 4 p.m. Tuesday afternoon with representatives from Bethany Christian Services of Grand Rapids speaking to students in the DeVos Communications Center.
March 04, 2009 | Matt Decker
Destination: Pittsburgh, Louisiana, Grand Rapids ...
Whether they're tutoring, painting murals or cleaning up hurricane debris, the 75 Calvin students who go on this year's service-learning spring break trips will be sticking a little closer to home.
March 19, 2009 | Myrna Anderson
Tray-less is more
Calvin's dining services is working to become green and has started with "Tray-Choice" Tuesdays, intended to promote savings in food, water, energy consumption and waste.
March 20, 2009 | Lynn Rosendale
Students in the driver's seat
Katie Sportel is serving as the mentor for a service-learning spring break trip, one of nine such trips sending 105 Calvin students, faculty and staff to serve and learn all over the U.S.
March 19, 2010 | Myrna Anderson
Marketing Uganda-style
Calvin senior Ashley Luse spent February in Uganda, trying to create a market for amaranth.
May 14, 2010 | Myrna Anderson
Serving and learning in southeast Asia
When he is in Indonesia this summer, Kevin Van Harn will try to remember not to point with his finger.
May 28, 2010 | Myrna Anderson
Post spill: an intern in Florida
Biology grad Amanda Hoffmeyer researches wildlife in Merrit Island Refuge.
July 26, 2010 | Lynn Rosendale
Serving in record numbers
A record number of Calvin students are going on service-learning spring break trips this year.
March 17, 2011 | Matt Kucinski
Streetfest photo album
Incoming students stock shelves, spread mulch and paint a playground during Streetfest.
September 06, 2011 | Calvin Staff
College ranking guides give Calvin high marks
U.S. News & World Report and other college guides rank Calvin among the best institutions in the nation.
September 22, 2011 | Matt Kucinski
Helping out at Cook Library Center
Students are helping with the homework and hanging with the kids at Cook Library Center.
October 19, 2011 | Myrna Anderson
Spring break trips build community
Calvin students are serving and learning everywhere from Kermit, West Virginia to Biloxi, Mississippi.
March 08, 2012 | Myrna Anderson
Remembering David DeHeer
About a hundred colleagues, friends and family of the late David DeHeer joined together outside DeVries Hall for a short ceremony honoring the longtime Calvin biology professor.
May 11, 2012 | Matt Kucinski
StreetFest's 20th anniversary
"It's an abstract idea until you get into the community. This is consistent with Calvin's mission of being a transformative presence in students' lives."
September 12, 2012 | Matt Kucinski


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Batavia resident Jennifer Hager, 35, was baby-sitting baby nephew Noah at the Batavia Block Party when she answered nine questions for the Kane County Chronicle's Brenda Schory.
Where did you grow up? Aurora
Who would play you in the movie of your life? Brooke Shields
First job? Babysitter
As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? A teacher, and yes, I became a teacher. I teach third grade in Oswego.
Do you speak another language? Spanish
Favorite charity? Anything that supports literacy.
What game show would you be on? "Wheel of Fortune"
Favorite local restaurant? Turf Room in North Aurora
What is an interesting factoid about yourself? I met children's book authors and illustrators. I've met author R.J. Palacio and illustrator Steven Kellogg. I presented with Steven Kellogg at a literacy conference, and he illustrated a picture for my classroom.


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28 March 2011. UNITAR's International Law Programme launched its new e-course on the Law of Treaties. Fifty-two participants from 39 countries, most of whom are government officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and staff from International Organizations, were selected to take this course.
The course on the Law of Treaties is aimed at providing theoretical and practical knowledge of the rules and principles that constitute the Law of Treaties, focusing on the stages of conclusion, the operation, modifications and termination, interpretation of treaties and their suspension and invalidity.
The e-course allows participants' flexibility, being able to work at their own pace, anywhere and anytime. Esteemed experts in international law, such as Professor Makane Moïse Mbenque and Dr. Eric De Brabandere, are moderating the course and guiding participants in their learning process.
UNITAR has granted reduced fees for participants from least developed countries, developing countries and countries with economies in transition. In addition, 12 fellowships awards were available exclusively to applicants from least developed countries.
The e-course on the Law of Treaties is the first of a series of courses on various current topics in International Law which will be implemented by UNITAR. The development of this first e-course has received the financial support from the Swiss Confederation through the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs. So far, we have received a very positive feedback from participants of the course.


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Nov. 1, 2005
What a difference a couple of months can make.
Back in September, the Lipscomb Lady Bisons volleyball team went across town to Tennessee State University and lost 3-2. Tuesday night at Allen Arena on the Lipscomb campus the outcome was much different as the Lady Bisons swept Tennessee State, the leading team in the Ohio Valley Conference, 3-0.
The Lady Bisons won the first game 30-25 and easily took games two and three by scores of 30-15 and 30-17. The Lady Bisons have won back-to-back matches over OVC schools after beating Tennessee Tech Oct. 28.
"This was a great win," said Lipscomb Coach Brandon Rosenthal. "It's a confidence builder, but the second half of the season has been a confidence builder. They have realized they can play with any team they want to play against."
In game one Tennessee State took the early control and led until the Lady Bisons rallied to take a 16-15 lead. They never relinquished the advantage, leading by as many as nine points at 29-20.
Games two and three were all Lipscomb. The second game was close until the Lady Bisons took over at 6-5 and continued to build their lead. In game three the Lady Bisons jumped out to an 18-5 lead.
Rosenthal credited the Lady Bisons serving as the main reason for the victory. They recorded nine service aces with Samantha Sullivan making a match-high five.
"We were able to do a lot of things because of our serving," Rosenthal said. "We're an aggressive service team. We are going to serve for points. Service aces are good, but it is not those aces, but the 20 or 30 other serves that put the other team in pressure situations."
Outside hitter Kelly Houff played her final home game for the Lady Bisons, but she made it a memorable one. She played in all three games, making five kills and three digs. Her hitting percentage was .250.
"Kelly has put in a tremendous amount of work," Rosenthal said. "There was a lot of losing when she first came here. The first couple of years she did some great stuff for the team. Last season was her best offensive year. She comes to play every game. Kelly knows her role on this team. I am very proud of her.
"This was a great senior night for her. She came out and did a great job."
Rosenthal also praised the play of freshman middle blocker Erin Pierce,
"Erin Pierce played a position she has never played before and finished with 10 kills and a .353 hitting percentage," Rosenthal said. "I'm proud of the way she played."
Lipscomb's Ann Mullins made a match-high 16 kills. Cara Wilber posted a double-double with 11 kills and 10 digs. Alex Scruggs added 10 kills.
No Tennessee State player finished in double figures in digs. Katrelle Armwood finished with 12 digs. Erika Godbolt posted 11.
The Lady Bisons, who have two Atlantic Sun Conference games on the road this weekend at North Florida and Jacksonville, are 12-16 overall. The 12 victories are the most ever for the Lipscomb volleyball program.
"We're playing for the second, third or fourth seed in the conference tournament," Rosenthal said. "We just have to keep our focus and do our part."
Tennessee State fell to 17-9.


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Quarterback Braxton Miller takes snaps from center Corey Linsley as the Buckeyes get ready to play Clemson in the Orange Bowl.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — In college football, it is not so much about how good you are. It's how good others think you are.
Ohio State coach Urban Meyer knows this, and on Wednesday he found himself willing rival Michigan State to its 24-20 win over No. 5 Stanford in the Rose Bowl.
Forget that the thought of the Spartans made him sick weeks earlier, to the point where he said he could muster only the "phoniest smile you've probably ever seen" in the days after the Buckeyes' loss in the Big Ten championship game. Meyer badly wanted a league cast as a punching bag to deliver a mighty swing of its own.
"I was pulling for the team in green real hard," Meyer said on Thursday. "Just because when I sit in these kinds of environments, [criticism of the Big Ten] gets thrown back and forth. Any time a member of your conference does well in a big game like that, I do think it's important because the truth is the upper-level Big Ten teams are excellent football teams. The conference is getting better. Guys are working extremely hard to close the gap on the SEC."
■ Could Tim Tebow be joining the Buckeyes' staff? Coach Urban Meyer and his former Heisman-winning quarterback at Florida, who was hired this week as an analyst for ESPN's SEC Network, have talked about reuniting. "But not serious talks," Meyer said, "because I don't want to disrupt his dream. His dream is to go play quarterback in the National Football League, and I don't think we're there yet that in his mindset that he's done. So nothing serious." A first-round pick by the Broncos in 2010, Tebow was cut by the Patriots earlier this season. Meyer said he recommended the ESPN gig to Tebow. "Tim will excel at anything he does because of his work ethic and his passion," he said. "Tim and I talk frequently. He's like a family member. I just hope he's not done playing."
■ Dabo Swinney joked he knows how Woody Hayes felt when the iconic OSU coach cold-cocked Clemson lineman Charlie Bauman in the 1978 Gator Bowl. "There's been a few times I'd loved to have run out there and punched a few guys myself," said the Tigers coach, who is known for his sideline histrionics. "But I've never crossed that line." Hayes coached 28 seasons at Ohio State before The Punch ended his career.
■ The Orange Bowl isn't the only thing on many of the Buckeyes' minds. Up to a dozen OSU juniors and seniors will begin training next week for the NFL draft — and it's reasonable to wonder if some already have a foot out the door. "We can say that doesn't exist, but that's a flat lie," Meyer said. "Every player that comes to Ohio State, every player with a dream of playing in the National Football League, that is a fact. We don't hide from that fact. If you do a good job of recruiting, coaching, developing, every Ohio State football player should play in the NFL. What round? That's all up to how blessed the individual is. But if I see or hear [NFL distractions], I've done this long enough that I've had to have conversations with people. I haven't felt that with this group at all."
— David Briggs
Now, it is Ohio State's turn.
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Today's Orange Bowl showdown against No. 12 Clemson presents the chance for another perception-shifting win — for the league, and more important to the Buckeyes, themselves. The result is important not only for the legacy of this season — "12-2 is a lot different than 13-1," Meyer said — but in what it means for next season.
OSU won a school-record 24 straight games, but fell to the first top-15 opponent it faced during the run (Michigan State). With the Buckeyes' strength of schedule questions not going away, a win over a high-end nonconference opponent would be a major credibility builder — and just the kind of boost that could keep an OSU team with one loss in contention for a national title next season.
A four-team playoff begins next year.
"The games that we've won, people don't want to give us credit," OSU defensive tackle Michael Bennett said. "And the one game that we lost, people want to say it's because the team is good, and that we can't beat a good team. So it gives us a little chip. [Clemson] is a good team. It's important to beat them so that people see that we're legit."
While every team in the country plays the no-respect card, the Big Ten is among the nation's favorite targets — and maybe rightfully so. Ohio State's back-to-back losses losses to Florida and LSU in the 2006 and '07 national title games set forth a steady decline in the league's image. The Big Ten is 6-15 in post-New Year's bowl games the past four seasons — including 4-9 against the SEC — and had lost nine of 10 Rose Bowls heading into Wednesday.
Save for the back-to-back title flops, the Buckeyes are the Big Ten's only big-game outlier. OSU is 6-3 in a national-best nine BCS appearances.
Center Corey Linsley said it felt like the country was gleefully waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"We are a little bit underappreciated, but that's the nature of the beast with this university," he said. "People will want to hate on us, but in terms of losing [against Michigan State] we're carrying on the tradition that this university has over 100 years. That's what kind of makes us upset. 13-1 is great for a number of other universities, but for us it's just another season and we get dissed in the media."
This bowl season, the Big Ten is 2-4. Yet Michigan State's win over Stanford offered a major lift, and a win by the Buckeyes could change the game — for the conference and its biggest brand.
"If we win this game," Bennett said, "we'll be confident going into next year."
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Talk:Validity vs. soundness
I rewrote this to correct an error and expand the topic a bit. The original content included the following:
- I either own a bicycle or a car.
- I don't own a bicycle.
- Therefore, I own a car.
The premises can both be true, that is, it's possible for me to own a car but not a bicycle. However, it's not necessarily true that, just because I don't own a bicycle I must own a car. Thus, this argument is valid but not sound.
This argument is actually valid and sound as the first premise declares a direct dichotomy and the second premise eliminates one prong.
In any case, the current article has a link or two that will need to be expanded. I'll try to add the syllogism page and include the named forms and an explanation of why those forms are valid, as opposed to others. -- Sans Deity 20:34, 30 August 2006 (MST)
- Wrong! It's valid because the conclusion is proven by the premises. Soundness has only to do with the truth of the premises. For example:
- Sadam Hussein either has weapons of mass destruction or he has a cheese cake factory.
- Sadam Hussein has no weapons of mass destruction.
- Ergo: Sadam has a cheese cake factory.
- This conclusion or "ergo" is a direct result of the premises. If Sadam as a result doesn't have a Cheese Cake factory then the argument is invalid. However, it is true that the truth value of the premises are independent of validity. It could be true that Sadam Hussein had neither,making it false and unsound, but if the argument is presented in the above format it will still be valid. --carlos (2010-07-01)
Go research the difference between validity and soundness. Read these articles, research them elsewhere...because you're confused, and simply wrong. I've reverted the edits. Sans Deity 11:25, 1 July 2010 (CDT)
- Not knowing the truth of a premise does not automatically make the argument unsound, though. You can easily show that it's false to state "all people have either a bicycle or a car", but it isn't necessarily false for a person to state "I have either a bicycle or a car." You would need to verify the conclusion to know if that premise is true or false.
- That example demonstrates why similar logical argument can be so readily accepted by creationists. The premises are written in such a way that they would be true if the conclusion were true... and the conclusion has been accepted a priori.
- Also, please bottom-post and sign your comments. --Jaban 06:39, 1 July 2010 (CDT)


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A throwaway line in a 10-K report which nobody reads or takes seriously is given a front page news story on slashdot??
Are you guys really this desperate to drum up the anti-Microsoft pagehits?
Are you guys really this desperate to drum up the anti-Microsoft pagehits?
Posted by kdawson on Tue August 04, 20:46
In short, yes.
Is open discussion really anti-Microsoft?
This recurrent claim of anti-Microsoft bias early in Slashdot discussions involving MS is so frequent that it's hard to believe it's anything other than a deliberate tactic by their reputation management team.
So "paid shills" is the new "year of the Linux desktop," correct? You may not be saying it, but you are strongly thinking it.
This recurrent claim of anti-Microsoft bias early in Slashdot discussions involving MS is so frequent that it's hard to believe it's anything other than a deliberate tactic by their reputation management team.
You did see which "editor" posted the story, right?
This isn't an acknowledgement of Linux, its something to use as ammo to prove that they don't have a monopoly. Don't get the warm fuzzies over Microsoft acknowledging Linux because its just marketing and politics.
1. Exclusive control by one group of the means of producing or selling a commodity or service: "Monopoly frequently
... arises from government support or from collusive agreements among individuals" (Milton Friedman).
2. Law. A right granted by a government giving exclusive control over a specified commercial activity to a single party.
a. A company or group having exclusive control over a commercial activity.
b. A commodity or service so contr
You could have googled a legal definition. I'll note that "from collusive agreements" fits MS exactly.
"An economic advantage held by one or more persons or companies deriving from the exclusive power to carry on a particular business or trade or to manufacture and sell a particular item, thereby suppressing competition and allowing such persons or companies to raise the price of a product or service substantially above the price that would be established by a free market."
Even in Al Capone's Chicago, other
The dutch railroads (NS) never had a monopoly in holland. Not even when they completly controlled ALL rail travel because well, there was always the steam train in De Efteling (attraction park) and even some tourist trains.
I think most sensible people would have exclude these and say that a company that has 90%+ of a market has a very effect control, even a monopoly. It would depend partly on the market, but MS software is sadly one market where a monopoly quickly arrises. MS software a market? Indeed.
Would you be happier if they were using the term oligopoly [wikipedia.org]? Then you could chuck Apple in with MS and it would be blazingly accurate.
I don't think your average Linux zealot will get warm fuzzes, but rather a raging hard-on. They've warped computers and software into something of a battle between forces of good verses evil on a level that could inspire it's own Star Wars sequel. They will use this as proof their crusade has the "Dark side" worried. They are so like children.
We are not
Very good point. The true indicator of Microsoft considering itself to have real competition is when it starts pricing its products competitively.
That's not possible without competition to define the true value of the software. A big chunk of Microsoft's business model has always been to hide the price from the actual customers by bundling their software in with hardware so that most of the end users don't even know what it cost them.
The problem with pretending that any Linux distro is a competitor to anything is that none of the Linux distro's have a viable economic model. Living on charity doesn't cut it for real programmers.
My suggestion of a new
The problem with pretending that any Linux distro is a competitor to anything is that none of the Linux distro's have a viable economic model. Living on charity doesn't cut it for real programmers.
Though not in the same league as Microsoft, there are Linux distro companies and venders that make a nice profit. One which is in MS's league is IBM, and it had gross profits of $45.66 Billion [yahoo.com] on revenue of $97.27 Billion. That's less than $1 Billion less than Microsoft's [yahoo.com] profits. Redhat [yahoo.com] had profits of $546.45
The problem with pretending that any Linux distro is a competitor to anything is that none of the Linux distro's have a viable economic model. Living on charity doesn't cut it for real programmers.
Will you stop spreading this kind of FUD? Linux developers are generally well-paid, by companies that know exactly why they are paying for this kind of development. There is little "charity" involved in developing open source software.
That's not possible without competition to define the true value of the softwa
Cheapest Apple Laptop: $999
Similar Vista Laptop:
+200 Full Office Suite
+ 99 Adobe Elements
+ 99 Anti-Virus
Looks like they're competitively priced to me.
Not anti-trust avoidance at all.
Havent you been reading?!?
Microsoft is accusing Linux of cyber-bullying and will use this to have linux outlawed in the US, Germany and the UK.
another diabolical move.
Laughably, acknowledgment changes nothing. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't party for the blue skies above us!
It's not really the first time, but it may be the first time they've put in an official filing. Here's a article from 5 years ago:
http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/35697.html?wlc=1249446360 [linuxinsider.com]
But, I think you're absolutely right that this is a ploy. And, they can play the marketing and political game like no other IT company.
Watch this sort of announcement very, very carefully. Microsoft loves to describe Linux as a 'UNIX variant'. In both its basic kernel and its accumulated software bundles, it's as valid as calling Windows XP "DOS". (For those new to Microsoft history, XP is actually a Windows NT descendant, which is in many ways descended from VMS and many of its fundamentals stolen by David Cutler from DEC, where David wrote much of VMS and was hired to work on NT.)
"Microsoft loves to describe Linux as a 'UNIX variant'."
Microsoft is right. Linux is Unix. It's why I started using it. Can it legally be called Unix? No. But if it walks like a duck, etc, it's a duck. Linux is after all a clone of Unix. It's Unix in all but name. A clone of a dog isn't a cat after all... it's a copy of a dog. Comparing Unix and Linux to DOS and XP isn't a good comparison. The former is an OS and a copy of that OS. The later is an earlier OS and it's evolutionary descendant, and XP is more of a nephew to DOS than a son, considering that NT was conceived as a different OS than DOS... it was just built to be largely compatible with DOS.
Isn't Linux a Unix variant?
Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Torvalds and Tanenbaum get in a famous fight over the fact that being a "monolithic kernel operating system" is precisely unlike Minix's microkernel solution?
which is in many ways descended from VMS and many of its fundamentals stolen by David Cutler from DEC
If David Cutler stole Window NT from DEC, then Linus Torvalds stole Linux from Tannenbaum... or for that matter, SCO...
I just love how the FOSS community routinely rips someone else that borrows, but then has no problem supporting their own borrowing.....
Watch this sort of announcement very, very carefully. Microsoft loves to describe Linux as a 'UNIX variant'.
They do? News to me.
Stole everything but the stability? NT was a lot better than 95/98/ME but hasn't come close to the reliability of VMS.
In 2003 Microsoft wanted everyone to have a 'trusted computer' to make sure the owner couldnt fuck with the proprietary software. of course many software companies and Google realised that wasn't going to happen so they decided to push SaaS and have everything run remotely through a horrible, JavaScript laden web interface.
but i tell ya its better than the alternative MS was pushing. still because the good old enemy that is MS is being cut down to size does not mean it's a good idea to give up on free desktop-based client software. Web apps and other remote apps are not the best way and certainly not the most efficient method but it is the new way of making money from software.
As the owner of a webb app you have total control over when it is accessed, you can see everything clients are doing, you can put as many ads on it as you like and nobody will slate you for distributing 'adware' or 'spyware'. As long as you do everything server-side you have almost 0 chance of your stuff being pirated. This is better than DRM, its better than trusted computing and all without the invasive 'get out of my PC' sentiment associated with Microsoft's client-side type of security
It's not just posturing for the SEC this time. Talked to one of our vendors back east this afternoon and his mom liked his netbook so much he bought her one, then his dad wanted one, then another one for his step-mom. That's bad news for Microsoft for two reasons: One, Linux really is competitive on low-end hardware. The combination of Linux, Gmail, GoogleDocs and online services gives netbooks functionality that makes the OS less significant.
And, two, Microsoft can't demand their normal margin on a netbook OS. The cost of the unit is so low MS is forced to price their product lower. That's hurting revenues and that trend will only continue to accelerate. Windows 7 will run on netbooks, but not particularly well. Windows Mobile isn't going to gain them any market share and they can't sell XP on netbooks indefinitely.
The netbook trend caught MS flat-footed and they threw XP at it to fill the gap while they scramble around to try and find a solution. But there isn't one this time. Microsoft built their market at the top end of the scale, not in the appliance market. Their software isn't made to run on low-end hardware, they have no appliance market strategy.
This time, I think they're entirely justified of being afraid of Linux.
This time, I think they're entirely justified of being afraid of Linux.
I agree but not for the reasons you give. Mobile phones are the new platform. Microsoft, Symbian, Apple and Google are going head to head in that market. Google may push the linux kernel into a leading position against Windows.
lately. Since February.
I wish to buy (not have to install) a linux one. But I can't. Just the old models had linux.
(Which is why Asus lost a sale from me.)
Please don't confuse marketing and OEM site licencing deals with failure of Linux on technical merits.
Ubuntu on the Aspire One is great. Marketing played the major role in getting XP on all netbooks. Info on this work in progress is here.
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne/ [ubuntu.com]
When I bought a netbook for traveling this summer, Dell sold me one with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-loaded on it.
From the article:
Microsoft for the first time has named Linux distributors Red Hat and Canonical as competitors to its Windows client business in its annual filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Yeah, there are lots of pointless legal disclaimers in 10-K filings to cover respective companies' own asses.
It's not the first [catb.org] time [catb.org] that [catb.org] Microsoft [catb.org] has acknowledged [archive.org] Linux as a threat to their business model. It might be the first time they have put it in their 10-K report, but I don't consider legal disclaimers in an annual SEC filing to be newsworthy.
Has anyone read the Red Hat, Inc. 10-K report. Anyone take the time to count the number of competitors, listed by name, in there? Now ask yourself, is that newsworthy?
It might be the first time they have put it in their 10-K report...
It isn't. Here [sec.gov] is one from 2003:
Although we are the leader in operating system software products, we face strong competition from well established companies and entities with differing approaches to the market. Competing commercial software products, including variants of Unix, are supplied by competitors, such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, Apple Computer, Sun Microsystems and others, who are vertically integrated in both software development and hardware manufacturing and have developed operating systems that they preinstall on their own computers. Personal computer OEMs who preinstall third party operating systems may also license these firms' operating systems or Open Source software, especially offerings based on Linux. Variants of Unix run on a wide variety of computer platforms and have gained increasing acceptance as desktop operating systems, in part due to the increasing performance of standard hardware components at decreasing prices.
TFA asserts that this is the first time that Microsoft has named names of Linux vendors, but that's not strictly true either. The same 10-K filing from 2003 says the following in the "Server and Tools" section: "A number of companies supply versions of Linux, including Red Hat and VA Linux."
Overall, this is yet another total non-story based on sloppy reporting. More importantly, the Slashdot editors should be ashamed of themselves for displaying such ignorance about the compe
Canonical and other Linux players need to take steps needed to make certain that the Linux that the netbooks ship with is not some bizzarely broken configuration. A netbook that ships with Ubuntu should ship with the same Ubuntu you find on the Ubuntu installation CD. No more of this "Custom distro crap".
.... I'm supposed to load Ubuntu, fire up chromium, load microsoft.com and flip off the screen before jumping on the bed for a quick victory fist pumping....
Its nice to see linux prevailing, but lets not all get so worked up about 'acknowledgements' quite yet, lol.
It's rather worriesome. I don't really have an answer why.
Because no one outside of the faithful really care. Why would vendors waste time advertising something that is irrelevant to 99% of consumers? At best, for business sales Linux is more of a bullet point than a feature to be trumpeted.
Frankly, Linux is inside routers, set top boxes, embedded devices, PMPs, mobile phones (WebOS and Android are linux), and runs more than half the internet servers and the majority of the worlds top supercomputers and datacentres. Yet none of these companies are wearing the Linux badge, you don't hear Palm, Google, IBM, Linksys, Cisco evangelising Linux all over the TV and radio.
This is to be expected and, possibly, welcomed. IBM promotes "IBM Solutions/Partnering". Google promotes "Ad Sense" or "Chrome".
Microsoft's secret way of letting programmers that things are not okay!!!
Quick! To the Bat Chair!
Acceptance is the first step in overcoming a problem...
They can just try the DMCA card and have a max of 10 years for installing linux just like the story about a max of 10 years for moding a xbox.
This is NOT news. You'll find this in every such filing going back for years people...
I know everyone's really excited that their imaginary enemy has finally validated their existence as a threat but let's be more realistic here. If there's anything remotely interesting about this filing, it's that android and the upcoming Chrome OS is not mentioned at all.
To me it seems more like a message of disrespect to google, a more realistic competitor, than anything...
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HTC to Unveil Quad-Core Tablet at MWC 2012?
HTC to Unveil Quad-Core Tablet at MWC 2012?
According to China's Commercial Times, HTC is said to be introducing a quad-core Android tablet in February at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012. The upcoming tablet will be running on the recently announced NVIDIA's Tegra 3 quad-core processor.
HTC isn't a stranger to the tablet game, with its only Android tablet, the HTC Flyer, introduced earlier this year at MWC 2011. However, the Flyer's single-core 1.5GHz processor is a stark contrast from the quad-core prowess of the rumored upcoming HTC tablet. Even with its unique HTC Sense user interface, the Flyer did not manage to break the dominance held by Apple in the tablet arena.
The report also mentioned that the Taiwanese company could be introducing just this Android tablet in Q1 2012. However, it might not be the only tablet, given that HTC is supposedly hoping to gain first traction with Microsoft's Windows 8 that is expected sometime in end Q3 2012.
As per its usual routine, HTC should be riding on the media hype for the annual mobile trade show, with a pair of leaked phones, the quad-core HTC Edge and Ice Cream Sandwich-powered HTC Ville joining the Tegra 3 tablet as part of the MWC 2012 lineup.
Source: China's Commercial Times via SlashGear