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House of Commons Hansard #26 of the 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. (The original version is on Parliament's site.) The word of the day was resp.
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Question No. 57Questions Passed as Orders for ReturnsRoutine Proceedings
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Gurbax Malhi Liberal Bramalea—Gore—Malton, ON
With regard to temporary residence visas (visitor visas): (a) in each year during the period of 1986 to 2006, for each Canadian High Commission, Embassy and Consulate around the world, what was the number of visitor visa applications (i) submitted, (ii) approved, (iii) refused and the reasons given for each refusal; (b) what regulations are in place with respect to compassionate considerations for visitor visa applicants; and (c) in each year during the period of 1986 to 2006, for each Canadian High Commission, Embassy and Consulate around the world, what was the total amount of revenue collected from (i) all visitor visa applicants, (ii) applicants whose visitor visa applications were refused?
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Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON
With respect to the National Crime Prevention Centre funding over the past five fiscal years (2003-2004 through 2007-2008): (a) what was the total allocation of grants in each year; (b) which groups, individuals, or organizations received funding and in what amount in each year; (c) what groups applied for, but were denied funding in each year; (d) how have the criteria for eligibility changed in these years; (e) what studies has the government done to assess the success or failure of this program over these years; (f) how have applications been processed by the government in each year; (g) are any applications sent to the Prime Minister's Office for consideration and, if so, under what circumstances; and (h) what role does the Minister play in the approval process?
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Don Bell Liberal North Vancouver, BC
How many applications for temporary resident visas made by citizens of Iran were received in the following periods: (a) October 1, 2004 to January 22, 2006; and (b) January 24, 2006 to April 17, 2007?
(Return tabled)
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Tom Lukiwski Conservative Regina—Lumsden—Lake Centre, SK
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all remaining questions be allowed to stand.
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Tom Lukiwski ConservativeParliamentary Secretary to the Leader of the Government in the House of Commons and Minister for Democratic Reform
Mr. Speaker, I ask that all notices of motions for the production of papers be allowed to stand.
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Bill C-418--Speaker's RulingPrivate Members' BusinessRoutine Proceedings
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The Speaker Liberal Peter Milliken
Before we proceed to orders of the day, I wish to give a ruling on a matter before the House.
Members will recall that on October 16, 2007, the Chair made a statement reminding members that our Standing Orders provide for the continuance of private members' business from session to session within a Parliament.
In discharging its usual responsibilities regarding the orderly conduct of private members' business, the Chair reviewed all private members' business items eligible to continue from the first session into this new one. I need to bring to the attention of the House an issue that was noted with regard to Bill C-418, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deductibility of remuneration), standing in the name of the hon. member for Hamilton Mountain.
Bill C-418 proposes to amend the Income Tax Act to provide that a corporation may not deduct as a business expense more than $1 million per year in respect of remuneration paid to an employee or officer of the corporation in that year. If adopted, this measure would therefore have the effect of increasing the tax payable by certain corporations. In essence, this constitutes a reduction of an alleviation of taxation. In other words, the bill deals with an issue of ways and means.
As indicated at page 748 of House of Commons Procedure and Practice, there are two types of Ways and Means proceedings. The budgetary policy of the government is the first of these. The second type refers to "the consideration of legislation (bills based on Ways and Means motions already approved by the House) which imposes a tax or other charge on the taxpayer".
Furthermore, at page 896 of Erskine May's Parliamentary Practice, 23rd edition, it states that "the repeal or reduction of existing alleviations of taxation" must be preceded by a Ways and Means motion.
In my view, Bill C-418 imposes a charge on the taxpayer, but it was not preceded by a ways and means motion, which, as hon. members know, can only be proposed by a minister of the crown. I realize that this is a difficulty that ought to have been noticed earlier. In fact, it should have been noted when the member for Hamilton Mountain introduced the bill.
Accordingly, I have asked legislative drafters and procedural staff, working together, to provide early advice to members on their legislative initiatives so that members have ample opportunity to make the necessary adjustments to ensure their draft legislation does not offend House rules.
In conclusion, for the reasons stated above, proceedings on the bill to date, namely, introduction and first reading, have not respected the provisions of our Standing Orders and are therefore null and void. Accordingly, the Chair must now direct that the order for second reading of the bill be discharged and the bill withdrawn from the order paper.
I thank hon. members for their attention.
(Bill C-418. On the Order: Private Members' Bills:)
Second reading and reference to the Standing Committee on Finance of Bill C-418, An Act to amend the Income Tax Act (deductibility of remuneration)--Ms. Charlton (Hamilton Mountain).
(Order discharged and bill withdrawn)
The House resumed from November 27, consideration of the motion that Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code and to make consequential amendments to other Acts, be read the third time and passed.
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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to speak in this House on a subject to which I have devoted most of my professional career. When I left university, I became a crown attorney, first at the provincial level, then at the federal level. Then I became a defence attorney. I was even the president of the Association des avocats de la défense. I was the Bâtonnier of the province of Quebec, and then minister of justice and minister of public safety. As you can see, I have long thought about crime in general and effective ways to fight it. I have also thought about the bogus solutions that are sometimes proposed and that have produced disastrous results in neighbouring countries. I would not want this country to follow in its neighbour's footsteps only to end up with the same results.
From the outset, I would say that I think we all share the same goal, and that is to fight crime. Where we differ is in how to go about it. I give my opponents credit and they should give me credit as well, especially since my past has shown that, in situations where I really had power, I could fight crime effectively. Our major victory over the Hells Angels in Quebec is a very clear example of that.
Nevertheless, I often heard from the other side that we were filibustering on Bill C-2. I do not know whether the people who said that know what a filibuster is. In French, the word is "filibusterie". The word "filibuster" comes from the French word "filibustier". This tactic was first used in the U.S. senate by an elderly senator who had serious objections to a bill. At the time, there was no limit on speaking time, as there is now in all legislatures, thanks in part to him. To express his disagreement with the bill, he decided to speak without stopping. He even took the Bible and read long excerpts from it, and he kept on speaking.
Today, we have measures to prevent filibusters and systematic obstruction. We have a set amount of time to present our arguments. Filibustering means using every possible procedural means to prolong a debate.
Bill C-2 groups together five bills that were introduced during the previous session, including the bill on bail. The motion at third reading was adopted unanimously, without a vote, on June 5, 2007. I therefore do not see how we could have delayed that part of Bill C-2.
Bill C-32 on impaired driving died on the order paper, even before the report stage. Once again, I do not see how anyone could accuse us of filibustering.
Bill C-27 on dangerous offenders also died on the order paper, in committee. What does it mean when a bill dies on the order paper? It means that ordinarily we should have resumed the deliberations that were interrupted in late spring, but the session was prorogued. The government prorogued it. It was the government that aborted the process these bills had to go through before becoming law. As a result, these bills could not be discussed any further.
The same is true of Bill C-22. Even worse, this bill had been adopted at third reading. Once again, it had received unanimous approval.
We voted in favour of these four bills. Where, then, is the filibustering, this tactic where members try to prolong the debate so that a bill they disagree with goes nowhere?
One major bill remains, Bill C-10, which provides for minimum sentences for offences involving firearms.
We were against it for a number of reasons, but the bill was passed at third reading on May 29, 2007.
The government decided to group these five bills together for one reason: none of the bills elicited systematic opposition. Knowing that we have some objections to Bill C-10, which I will discuss shortly, the government is trying to say that if we vote against Bill C-2 because we are against this part, we are also against all of the other parts.
This argument keeps coming up in this House, and I do not think it is well founded. I cannot understand why all of the parties keep using this argument. I myself have never used it and probably never will. However, when we vote in favour of blocks of legislation—such as the throne speech, which contains numerous measures—that means we support some measures, but are against others.
We weigh the measures we support against those we oppose. We explain why we vote as we do. For a throne speech, when the negatives outweigh the positives, we vote against it even though we support some of the measures it contains. It is utterly unfair to say that since we voted against a group of measures, we must oppose all of the measures in that group.
The same goes for the budget when they criticize us for voting against measures that we actually want to see in place. We voted against the budget because the cons, the measures we did not support, outweighed the pros. The same applies when we vote for a budget, which does not necessarily mean that we support every single measure in it.
The argument is a faulty one, but the government has come to rely on this tactic to influence public opinion during the coming election, an election that the government seems to want as soon as possible. For example, they will say that we are against changing the age of consent, even though the bill passed unanimously, and so on.
Let us get to the heart of the matter: minimum penalties. We have some objections in principle to minimum penalties. Based on my personal experience, I believe that minimum penalties do not influence crime rates. I think many people who have long been studying crime would agree with me.
First, I think that no member in this House would be able to tell me how many minimum penalties there are in the Criminal Code. People do not know the minimum penalties. In Canada, the most glaring example is marijuana. I passed the Bar exam in 1966. I started working as a crown attorney at the provincial level, and that was the first time I heard talk of marijuana. There was not much at the time. Throughout university, I do not remember hearing about anyone smoking pot. I did not even know that expression, and I was obviously not the only one.
I then became a crown attorney at the federal level and I started to work on cases related to these issues. Let us talk about marijuana and hashish from Indian hemp. The Indian hemp growing here had no hallucinogenic properties. So at the time, all marijuana, hashish and Indian hemp that people have been smoking since the late 1960s to the present day came from somewhere else.
Does anyone know what the minimum penalty was for importing marijuana into Canada? I am sure that people do not know, just like people at the time did not. The minimum penalty was seven years in prison for importing marijuana. It is one of the harshest sentences in the Criminal Code. But it was while we had that minimum penalty that marijuana use started growing, reaching peaks in the 1980s.
Since that time, levels of marijuana use have remained very high. We can clearly see that minimum sentences had little effect. The problem is that people do not know what the minimum sentences are.
On the other hand, we have an example of success, but it still needs to be taken a little further. I am referring to impaired driving. The minimum sentences have not been increased, but we have seen awareness campaigns and increased education. People know that it is a crime to drive while impaired. I remember when I finished my studies and I was buying my first car, no one talked about it. Our attitude was to consider if the person was capable of driving and we did not really see it as a criminal act. This is no longer the case.
The public has become much more aware and we have seen a decrease in impaired driving charges. In fact, they have decreased significantly. When authorities began conducting the first tests on our roads to see if people were driving while impaired, it was not uncommon to stop about 10% of drivers. When road tests are done today, with the same sample chosen in the same manner, less than 1% of drivers are found to be impaired. People have become more aware. I think of my children who drive and who, when they go to parties, have a designated driver, everyone taking their turn. These are habits they have learned without the fear of prison.
Thus, as we can see, the simple fear of a sentence does not have an impact. Plus, people do not know what the minimum sentences are. We must know a little about how the criminal mind works. I practised criminal law long enough to know a little about the subject. Does anyone really believe that criminals think seriously about the sentence they might have to serve if they are caught? First of all, most crimes are committed on impulse. What people want to avoid and what prevents them from committing crime is not the penalty, but rather the fear of getting caught. If there is a good chance they will be caught, people change their behaviour.
I also had another experience in my personal and professional life. When I began practising law in Montreal, it seemed to be the capital of armed robbery. Some of those listening may remember the famous movie called Monica la mitraille. It was a very good movie. I do not remember her real name, but I did see her in court. She was the leader of one of the groups who committed armed robberies in Montreal. There was about one a day at the time.
Does anyone remember the last armed bank robbery committed last year? I am convinced that almost no one does. Is it because thieves are now more afraid of the sentence than back when it was harsher? Why did they do it? Why has the number of these robberies decreased considerably? It is because of intelligent preventive measures. Banks are built differently and there is no longer access to large amounts of money. The risk of being caught in relation to the anticipated profits is not worth it. Furthermore, all kinds of measures have been put in place in banks and the efforts of bankers has also decreased the menace of armed bank robberies.
Putting in place a series of measures resulted in a true decrease in crime. Fear does not stop people from committing crimes.
The third example I can give is the death penalty. We abolished the death penalty in Canada 25 years ago. Since then the number of homicides has declined steadily rather than increasing.
I am not saying that we should not have sentences. We must have sentences and for certain crimes in certain circumstances they must be severe. However, the use of minimum sentences does not work.
I have another philosophical problem with minimum sentences and it is worth talking about. A judge hears a case and arguments, then weighs all the factors that need to be taken into consideration when handing down a sentence, such as individual and general deterrents, the seriousness of the charge, the seriousness of the crime, the circumstances under which the accused committed the crime, his involvement in the crime, recidivism if any, his home life, his responsibility or the influence others may have had, and so forth.
Implementing minimum sentences forces a judge, who went over all these circumstances in his heart and soul, to conclude that, even though that person should get 18 months in jail, the minimum sentence is 3 years. He is required by law, in that case, to commit an injustice. I have heard judges say that when they hand down minimum sentences.
We often forget that when we want to impose minimum sentences we are thinking about the worst offenders. When I listen to the examples given by the members opposite who defend this bill, I know full well they are thinking about the worst cases. We have to realize that minimum sentences do not apply just to the worst cases, but also to less serious cases.
I will give an example that I witnessed in my career. This will show that, although the members opposite claim that seven-year minimum sentences are not being handed out, a number of people have, at one point, served seven years in prison for importing marijuana.
I remember a young woman whose capacities were diminished after an accident. She had a daughter and her husband had left her. She met a charming, smooth talking American fellow with an education, like her, and she fell for him. He was willing to live with her handicap. He was very attentive towards her. They were in love. He seemed to have a income, without being very wealthy. One day, he left, saying that he would be sending her parcels. It was not immediately clear to her what he was talking about. Parcels did start arriving. Based on telephone conversations between them, it is obvious that she suspected that the parcels contained something illegal, because he asked that she not open them. She did not import anything. She simply stored parcels in her home. But because she suspected that there was something illegal going on, under the doctrine of wilful blindness, she was undoubtedly guilty, like him, of importing narcotics.
I wonder what sentences my colleagues in the House would hand down to that man and that woman respectively. Does it not seem profoundly unfair that the same sentence be imposed on both of them just because the minimum sentence prescribed is seven years? Since the offence involved relatively small amounts of hashish, the least dangerous drug, he may not have deserved a seven year sentence and she certainly did not. This goes to show how minimum sentences result in unfair situations. Different situations have to be considered.
In addition, the examples of cases raised in the House often appeared very serious, based on the two or three reasons for which the judge imposed such sentences. I doubt, however, that this was the case. The judge probably cited 10 reasons or so, which are not listed, for coming to the decision which is described to us as unacceptable. It is entirely possible that a few of the thousands of sentences rendered every day in Canada seem too heavy handed. In the case of a truly unacceptable sentence, the potential remedy would not come from Parliament, as is suggested by our discussions, but from the appeal courts.
In none of the arguments put forward in support of increasing sentences was an unreasonable decision by an appeal court ever mentioned.
Finally, the most important thing to know concerning firearms: in the United States, they incarcerate seven times as many people as we do, and guns roam freely, so to speak. As a result, three times—
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The Acting Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
The hon. member for Vancouver Island North for questions and comments.
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Catherine Bell NDP Vancouver Island North, BC
Mr. Speaker, I listened very carefully to my hon. colleague's comments. He talked a lot about young people and the need for education and support for young people to change behaviour over time. That is so important. We in the NDP believe we need to have these kinds of supports and education so that as our children grow up they understand the difference between right and wrong and how to behave in society.
Here is what I have seen from young people today, including my son. The member talked about how young people who go out drinking now have a designated driver. The first time my son said he was going out with his friends to a party, I was quite worried about it, but they had, among themselves, selected a designated driver. I thought that was very responsible.
What I have seen from young people is this type of responsibility, which shows a maturity in people so young, and I think that says a lot about the education system and how we are bringing up our children today. I know there are a lot of young people out there who are very conscious about the environment and society in general and who want to be good citizens.
With regard to this bill and why it is here before us today, we are accused of stalling things, so I just want to know if the hon. member thinks that it is not a little hypocritical of the government to make those accusations against our parties when it is the Conservatives who prorogued this House and put everything back to square one.
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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Speaker, obviously, I agree completely with the member.
In introducing this bill, the government is concerned about appearances and about correcting perceptions. It is positioning the debate so that we look soft on crime, while it is tough on crime. I remember a wonderful expression used by the member for Etobicoke—Lakeshore, who said that the important thing was to be "smart on crime". We have to hand down the right sentences and impose the right penalties on the right people when they need them.
I am also thinking of the detrimental effects prison has on young people who may have committed a crime under the influence of other people and who may even have reoffended sometimes. If you want to rehabilitate these people, prison is the worst place for them. You have to use other methods.
There is also something else to consider. The United States has an incarceration rate seven times that of Canada. I do not remember the exact budget for our correctional services, but to reach the U.S. level, we would likely have to spend seven times more. The worst is that when these young people are sent to schools for crime, they pose a danger to society when they are released.
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Charlie Angus NDP Timmins—James Bay, ON
Mr. Speaker, I have a question for my colleague. A number of the elements in this bill had already been passed by the House and of course they already have been thrown back to square one by this move by the Conservatives.
One of the contentious elements of the bill is the attempt to tinker with the whole dangerous offender provision. There has been some advice given that this law will not actually stand up to a charter challenge. I would like to ask the hon. member what he thinks of that and the likelihood that we are bringing forth a law which at the end of the day simply will not pass legal muster.
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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Speaker, since the charter was adopted, the Supreme Court has surprised me several times. I am therefore reluctant to make any predictions as to what its ruling will be. However, I can say what parameters the Supreme Court will base its decision on.
I believe that the provision many members are opposed to is the provision on reverse onus, whereby when an application is made to declare someone a dangerous offender, that person would have the burden of proving that he is not a dangerous offender. We are talking about someone with several convictions that were all beyond a shadow of a doubt. Consequently, the individual does not have the burden of proving, but the burden of demonstrating. Once an individual has been convicted, the convictions are deemed to have been proven beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Still, I have a hard time believing that having the burden of demonstrating in the case of something that can result in indefinite incarceration—because that is the result—can satisfy the charter criteria.
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Gérard Asselin Bloc Manicouagan, QC
Mr. Speaker, I would first like to congratulate the hon. member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin on an excellent speech. It is an honour for the constituents of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin to have a member with so much experience, both professional and political. It is to the great credit of the citizens and voters of that riding, as well as that of the Bloc Québécois, to have among its ranks such a qualified member, someone with the skills, qualifications and experience to guide the members of our party. He has done a great job of that in the House today, as well.
The Chair had to interrupt the hon. member for Marc-Aurèle-Fortin because his time had run out. At that time, I think he was about to give us a few statistics on firearms in the United States and the number of incarcerations. He was going to draw some parallels between what is happening in the United States, a country with harsher punishments, and what is going on here in Canada.
My question has two parts. The federal government can pass all the legislation it wants concerning sentences, but when a judge imposes a sentence of two years less a day, it must be served in a provincial corrections facility. Thus, the legislation can be passed here in Ottawa, at the federal level, but the sentence might nevertheless be served in a provincial facility in Quebec. If that is the case, the incarceration will be paid for entirely by the citizens of Quebec.
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Serge Ménard Bloc Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, QC
Mr. Speaker, from the outset, the hon. member has been too flattering. Personally, I think it is an honour for me to represent the riding of Marc-Aurèle-Fortin. I know that almost all members of this House feel the same way about their ridings.
It is true that I have professional experience; however, that has posed a philosophical problem. I do not wish to demonstrate false humility, which is a perverse form of pride; yet, when one knows from experience that the majority of individuals have a false perception of the problem, what is the politician's duty? Is it to respond to the misperception while knowing that the solutions he suggests will not be implemented? Or is it do his utmost to change the public perception?
I completely understand that most people still believe that crime is on the rise, which is not the case. The one constant is the publicity surrounding crimes. People will rarely go and check the statistics at the end of the year. In fact, in Canada, crimes are tracked. There is a uniform crime reporting survey for police. By the way, the crime must be reported, otherwise victims will not be able to claim insurance. So crimes are reported, especially violent crimes, except perhaps in the case of an ongoing domestic dispute. When firearms are involved, or anything like that, it is all reported.
So, who goes to check with Statistics Canada? At the beginning of the year, the service was free, but it no longer is. Nevertheless, they have comparisons. I do not remember the exact numbers. I have them saved on my computer—which is closed—but I have talked about them enough to remember. They can be found at Statistics Canada, but I know a few.
In the United States, the incarceration rate is seven times higher than it is here, and firearms are much more prevalent there. What is the result? There are three times more homicides in the United States than in Canada. Five times more spouses are killed in the United States than here, in Canada. I am told that it is gangsters, but gangsters—
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The Acting Speaker Conservative Andrew Scheer
I regret to inform the hon. member that his time has expired. Resuming debate, the hon. member for Timmins—Baie James.


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The executive power of the Township shall be exercised by the Mayor pursuant to the Charter and general law.
The powers and duties of the Mayor shall be to:
Enforce the Charter and ordinances of the Township and all general laws applicable thereto.
Report annually to the Council and to the public on the state of the municipality and the work of the previous year; the Mayor shall also recommend to the Council whatever action or programs the Mayor deems necessary for the improvement of the municipality and the welfare of its residents. The Mayor may from time to time recommend any action or programs the Mayor deems necessary or desirable for the municipality to undertake.
Supervise, direct and control all departments of the Township government and shall require each department to make an annual and such other reports of its work as the Mayor may deem desirable.
Require such reports and examine such accounts, records and operations of any board, committee, commission or other agency of Township government as the Mayor deems necessary.
Prepare and submit to the Council for its consideration and adoption an annual operating budget and a capital budget, establish the schedules and procedures to be followed by all municipal departments, offices and agencies in connection therewith and supervise and administer all phases of the budgetary process.
Supervise the care and custody of all municipal property, institutions and agencies and make recommendations concerning the nature and location of municipal improvements and execute improvements determined by the Council.
Sign all contracts, bonds or other instruments requiring the consent of the Township.
Review, analyze and forecast trends of municipal services and finances and programs of all boards, commissions, agencies and other municipal bodies and report and recommend thereon to the Council.
Supervise the development, installation and maintenance of centralized budgeting, personnel and purchasing procedures as may be authorized by ordinance.
Negotiate contracts for the Township subject to Council approval.
Assure that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the Township or its inhabitants in any statute, franchise or other contract are faithfully kept and performed.
Serve as an ex officio nonvoting member of all appointive bodies in Township government of which the Mayor is not an official voting member.
Subject to law, direct any municipal department or division to perform the work, either in part or in whole, of any other department or division and, at the request of the director, require an employee of another department to perform services in the department of the director making such request.
Prescribe, in writing, the powers and duties of the deputy or deputies, personal secretary, executive secretary, and assistants to the Mayor.
The Mayor shall appoint all officers and employees for whose selection or appointment no other provision is made by Charter, ordinance or general law.
The Mayor shall, with the advice and consent of the Council, appoint a municipal assessor and all other municipal officers not assigned within municipal departments, subject to the terms of any general law providing for those officers, unless a different appointment procedure is clearly required by the plan of government or by general law.
The Mayor shall appoint the directors of each department with the advice and consent of the Council. Each director shall serve during the term of office of the Mayor and until the appointment and qualification of a successor.
The Mayor shall have such further appointment power as is provided by general law or this chapter.
The Mayor may, in the Mayor's discretion, remove any director and, subject to any general provisions of law concerning term of office or tenure, any other municipal executive officer who is not a subordinate departmental officer or employee after notice and an opportunity to be heard. Prior to removal, the Mayor shall file written notice of the Mayor's intention with the Council, and such removal shall become effective on the 20th day after the filing of the notice unless the Council prior to that day adopts a resolution by a two-thirds vote of the whole membership of the Council disapproving the removal.
Whenever a vacancy exists in any office required by the Charter or the Administrative Code to be filled by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the Council, and if there is no holdover incumbent, the Mayor may temporarily fill a vacancy (in the absence of any contrary provision in the Charter or ordinances) by appointing an acting officer, including the designation of the Mayor as Acting Director in the event of a vacancy in any department. The appointee shall have all the functions, powers and duties of the office until it shall be permanently filled. Any such appointment shall terminate 90 days after the date of the appointment unless the Council shall, by resolution, authorize one or more extensions of such period of up to 90 days.
The Mayor may attend meetings of the Council and may take part in discussions of Council but shall not vote except in the case of a tie on the question of filling a vacancy in the Council, in which case the Mayor may cast the deciding vote.
The Mayor may, and upon written request of a majority of the members of the Council shall, call a special meeting of the Council. In calling the meeting, the Mayor shall designate the purpose of the special meeting, and no other business shall be considered.
All ordinances adopted by the Council shall be submitted to the Mayor within three calendar days by the Municipal Clerk. The Mayor shall within 10 days after receiving an ordinance either approve the ordinance by signing it or return it to the Council by delivering it to the Municipal Clerk, together with a statement setting forth the Mayor's objections to the ordinance or to any item or part thereof. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-41, no ordinance or any item or part thereof shall take effect without the Mayor's approval unless the Mayor fails to return the ordinance to the Council within 10 days after it has been presented to the Mayor or unless Council, upon reconsideration after the third day following its return by the Mayor, shall by a vote of 2/3 of the total membership of the Council resolve to override the Mayor's veto.
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-42, the Mayor shall designate the Business Administrator, any other department head or the Municipal Clerk to act as Mayor whenever the Mayor shall be prevented by absence from the Township, disability or other cause from attending to the duties of the Mayor's office. During such time, the person so designated by the Mayor shall possess all of the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor. Whenever the Mayor has been unable to attend to the duties of the Mayor's office for a period of 60 consecutive days for any of the above-stated reasons, an Acting Mayor shall be appointed by the Council, who shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the Mayor or the then Acting Mayor.
[Amended 12-22-2011 by Ord. No. 2011-26]
The Mayor shall be elected by the voters of the Township in a nonpartisan election to be held at the time of the November general election and shall serve for a term of four years, beginning on January 1 following such election. Accordingly, the term of the Mayor holding office at the time of the adoption of this ordinance[1] shall be extended until December 31 beyond the expiration date of the Mayor's present term.
Editor's Note: "This ordinance" refers to Ord. No. 2011-26, adopted 12-22-2011.


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Speech by UN Resident Coordinator, Lizbeth Cullity at NHRI LaunchDec 10, 2013
H.E. Prime Minister Tuilaepa Lupesoliai Sailele Malielegaoi
Deputy Prime Minister, Honourable Fonotoe Pierre Lauofo
Ms Rosslyn Noonan, Human Rights Consultant and Representative of the Asia Pacific Forum
Mr Eric Friberg, Deputy Head of Office, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Regional Office for the Pacific
The Ombudsman, Maiava Iulai Toma
The Deputy Ombudsman, Maula Pepe Seiuli
Representatives from civil society organizations
Members of the Diplomatic Community
UN colleagues
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Thank you, Prime Minister for your inspiring opening remarks, and thank you Revernd for your blessings on our celebrations this morning.
I'm delighted to speak today, on international human rights day, on the occasion of the launch of Samoa's national human rights institution. I want to first congratulate Samoa for its achievement of establishing this institution as part of the Komesina o Sulufaiga [Ombudsman], with the mandate to protect and promote human rights in the country.
The establishment of a national human rights institution marks Sāmoa's accession to the rank of countries which regard the enjoyment of people's rights and freedoms among their most essential priorities. The creation of this institution signifies that human rights are not merely acknowledged as a symbolic issue for the country, but rather, the launch of this institution creates for the people of Samoa a place where they may seek assistance and advice for concrete human rights issues they face in their day-to-day lives.
Today's milestone follows extensive cooperation between the Government of Samoa and the UN Human rights system over the past several years. The establishment of the national human rights institution in fact is the realization of a commitment Samoa made in 2011, when its human rights record was reviewed by the UN Human Rights Council. The efforts of the Government of Sāmoa in delivering on its commitments deserve the highest recognition.
And as the representative of the UN system in Samoa, I am proud that the United Nations has been able to support the Government in establishing this institution, jointly with our partners from the Asia-Pacific Forum.
Samoa's achievement is an important milestone not only for the country but for the region as a whole. In fact, the process that led to the establishment of the national human rights institution, and especially the commitment demonstrated by the Government and civil society groups, serves an excellent example that other countries in the region can look to.
We're very pleased to support the Ombudsman office, jointly with the Asia Pacific Forum on National Human Rights Institution, in hosting a regional roundtable tomorrow, during which Samoa will share its experience of establishing such an institution with other countries from the region.
Human rights are one of the three pillars of the United Nations and central to all of the work we do. The UN system has been supporting the Government in the lead-up to this institution's establishment. Today, at its launch, I want to reiterate the full commitment of the UN family to assist the Ombudsman in its efforts to realize its important new mandate.
Thank you and Soifua,


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Deputy Regional Director - East Malaysia
No. 20-2 Jalan BK 5A/2C
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The Institute offers a number of education programs many of which are delivered and accredited by various universities internationally. Being a CMA means a commitment to a continuous professional development, and the Institute offers seminars, training and other development activities to assist members achieve this objective. For the industry and employer perspective, the Management Accounting 2020 program offers industry-based certification for best practice in decision information and control systems.
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Meet the groundbreaking new encryption app set to revolutionize privacy and freak out the feds.
By Ryan Gallagher|Posted
Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at 12:21 PM ET
Silent Circle CEO Mike Janke
Courtesy of Silent Circle
For the past few months, some of the world's leading cryptographers
have been keeping a closely guarded secret about a pioneering new
invention. Today, they've decided it's time to tell all.
Back in October, the startup tech firm Silent Circle ruffled governments' feathers with a "surveillance-proof" smartphone app
to allow people to make secure phone calls and send texts easily. Now,
the company is pushing things even further—with a groundbreaking
encrypted data transfer app that will enable people to send files
securelyfrom a smartphone or tablet at the touch of a button.
(For now, it's just being released for iPhones and iPads, though Android
versions should come soon.) That means photographs, videos,
spreadsheets, you name it—sent scrambled from one person to another in a
matter of seconds.
"This has never been done before," boasts Mike Janke, Silent Circle's
CEO. "It's going to revolutionize the ease of privacy and security."
True, he's a businessman with a product to sell—but I think he is right.
The technology uses a sophisticated peer-to-peer encryption technique
that allows users to send encrypted files of up to 60 megabytes through
a "Silent Text" app. The sender of the file can set it on a timer so
that it will automatically "burn"—deleting it from both devices after a
set period of, say, seven minutes. Until now, sending encrypted
documents has been frustratingly difficult for anyone who isn't a
sophisticated technology user, requiring knowledge of how to use and
install various kinds of specialist software. What Silent Circle has
done is to remove these hurdles, essentially democratizing encryption.
It's a game-changer that will almost certainly make life easier and
safer for journalists, dissidents, diplomats, and companies trying to
evade state surveillance or corporate espionage. Governments pushing for more snooping powers, however, will not be pleased.
By design, Silent Circle's server infrastructure stores minimal
information about its users. The company, which is headquartered in
Washington, D.C., doesn't retain metadata (such as times and dates calls
are made using Silent Circle), and IP server logs showing who is
visiting the Silent Circle website are currently held for only seven
days. The same privacy-by-design approach will be adopted to protect the
security of users' encrypted files. When a user sends a picture or
document, it will be encrypted, digitally "shredded" into thousands of
pieces, and temporarily stored in a "Secure Cloud Broker" until it is
transmitted to the recipient. Silent Circle, which charges $20 a month
for its service, has no way of accessing the encrypted files because the
"key" to open them is held on the users' devices and then deleted after
it has been used to open the files. Janke has also committed to making
the source code of the new technology available publicly "as fast as we
can," which means its security can be independently audited by
The cryptographers behind this innovation may be the only ones who
could have pulled it off. The team includes Phil Zimmermann, the creator
of PGP encryption, which is still considered the standard for email security;
Jon Callas, the man behind Apple's whole-disk encryption, which is used
to secure hard drives in Macs across the world; and Vincent
Moscaritolo, a top cryptographic engineer who previously worked on PGP
and for Apple. Together, their combined skills and expertise are setting
new standards—with the results already being put to good use.
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DALLAS — If time machines were real, Mark Cuban would have bought one months ago.
There's no sense lamenting Dirk Nowitzki's injury absence for the first 27 games of the season and his rocky return following right knee surgery in the middle of training camp.
The Dallas Mavericks can only hope that their bearded big man's brilliance this week — culminating with Saturday's season-high and season-saving 35-point performance in a 100-98 comeback win over the Chicago Bulls — continues as they hit the road for four tough ones. All-in-all, the Mavs have nine games left to steal the eighth playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The Bulls, playing without Joakim Noah and Marco Belinelli, led by 12 with 4:08 to go, by eight with 3:06 to go and by five, 97-92, with 1:27 to go. That's when Nowitzki, 8-for-8 to start the game and 6-for-7 to finish it, kept hope alive and outscored Chicago 8-1 in the final 54 seconds.
"He's made a career out of doing that," Bulls guard Kirk Hinrich said.
The sold-out matinee crowd was ready to erupt when Nowitzki stunningly missed a trailing, straightaway 3 with 60 seconds left, what would be his lone misfire of a 15-point final period. But Dallas corralled the rebound and Nowitzki got it back, wide open for a rare corner 3. Bang.
Next possession he victimized second-year guard Jimmy Butler caught in a mismatch. Swish, 98-97 Bulls. An unnerved Butler then gave Dallas a gift, bricking two free throws with 15.9 to go.
The Mavs' guards have caught plenty of flak for not finding Nowitzki in key situations this season. Not this time.
"We ran a play there that I think confused them a little bit; me, Vince [Carter] and Mike James were kind of all there, running a little action and I think they messed up the switch a little bit," Nowitzki said. "So one guy was open, I swung it to Vince, then they [the defenders] both ran to him."
Carter quickly swung it back to Nowitzki just to the left of the top of the arc with the clock ticking down … 5, 4, 3…
"Had a good look and let it fly," Nowitzki said. "Actually, that one didn't feel as good coming off my hands, but it helps when you make a lot of shots before that. It kind of snuck in there. It kind of rattled, too."
Whatever, it dropped with 2.9 seconds to go. And what was minutes away from a terribly disappointing, and likely season-crushing 3-3 homestand, became a momentum-juicer heading into a two-day break and a Tuesday night showdown in Los Angeles against the Lakers.
"It's kind of like the story of our season, every time people write us off or saying we're done, for some reason we find a way to hang around. The same happened again today. I thought everybody was thinking this game's over and we went and found a way to turn it around and save our season. We've been able to make this a close race. We've had some great wins over the last three weeks and we're still in the mix."
Dallas has gotten a little something from up and down the roster during its run to get into contention. Against the Bulls, center Brandan Wright didn't get the start, but bounced off the bench for 17 points and 13 rebounds. Mavs coach Rick Carlisle made a point to boost O.J. Mayo, who went 1-for-13 shooting, but gutted through 42 minutes lugging around a painful sprained left shoulder. And the defense finally buckled down when it absolutely had to late.
Still, Dallas, suddenly seizing close games it used to let slip away, isn't sniffing the eighth spot without Nowitzki, claiming his best health of the season, recently returning to All-Star form. That 11-year run came to an end this season, but he hasn't closed the book on a 13th consecutive playoff berth.
During the just-concluded homestand that improved the Mavs' March record to 11-4, Nowitzki posted two 30-point games (33 in Tuesday's overtime win over the Clippers) and averaged 24.0 ppg on 61.5 percent shooting overall and 44.4 percent from beyond the arc.
"You can see him really champing at the bit to get to the eighth spot," Mayo said. "He's doing everything in his will to keep us within striking distance."
His five 3-pointers on six attempts were a season-high and ruined Bulls guard Nate Robinson's incredible 25-point game. Robinson connected on his first seven 3-point attempts, including a 32-foot, late-shot-clock heave that put Chicago ahead 93-81 with six minutes left in the game. His corner 3-pointer at the buzzer, though, bounced away, leaving Nowitzki and his Mavs with new life once again.
"The game is 48 minutes and we kept on playing," said Nowitzki, who tallied his career 12th regular-season game-winner in the final 10 seconds of a game. "Myself, just step into the shots. I mean, really, there's no other chance. It's not like somebody else is unbelievably hot. … So just going to let it all hang out and see what happens."
When Nowitzki does that, you just never know.


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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – On Saturday, the MIT baseball team faced off against No. 25 Trinity College (Conn.) in a non-conference doubleheader on Briggs Field. After Trinity took the first game, 6-3, the Engineers responded to win the second, 7-2, snapping a four-game losing streak. With the split, the Engineers' record moves to 12-15 while the Bantams are now 17-10 on the year.
In game one, MIT jumped on the board in the first inning, pairing a double by junior William Blackman with a single by classmate Dan Hyatt to put one run on the board.
Trinity responded in the second, as first-years Brad Runowicz and Joe Papa led the inning with hits before senior Stephan Bernstorf brought both home with a single to right center. Later, first-year Evan Sternberg snuck home on a delayed double steal, putting the Bantams up, 3-1.
In the fourth inning, Trinity opened the lead to 4-1 when Runowicz walked to get on base and Bernstorf tallied his third RBI with a single to center field.
The Bantams struck again in the fifth inning. Seniors Matt Sullivan and James Wood reached base and advanced to second and third on a wild pitch. Runowicz notched a pair of RBI's for himself, singling through the right side to bring the score to 6-1.
MIT recorded three hits in the sixth, beginning with singles by Hyatt and freshman Ricardo Perez. Junior Brian Doyle hit an RBI-double to left center to narrow the deficit to 6-2.
The Engineers scored again in the seventh with another double from Blackman and one from Hyatt, his third hit of the game. Despite its efforts, MIT was unable to close the gap further and gave up the first game, 6-3.
Junior Andrew Janiga (3-1) pitched the full 7-inning game for the Bantams, logging 10 strikeouts, 4 walks and 8 hits on the day. MIT sophomore Torre Swanson (1-4) was hit for the loss, dropping 6 earned runs with 4 strikeouts and 5 walks in 5 innings on the mound. Sophomore Columbus Leonard closed for the Cardinal and Gray, throwing 1 strikeout and 1 walk in 2 scoreless innings.
Trinity was the first to score in game two, as Wood flew a shot over the right field wall for his eleventh homer of the season, putting the Bantams in front, 1-0.
In the second inning, MIT freshman Grant Iwamoto and sophomore A.J. Hansborough led off with hits before Doyle batted in a run with a single to center field and freshman Sean Fannin hit an RBI-single to left, giving Tech a 2-1 lead.
The Bantams evened the score in the third when senior Jack Abbott singled to get on base and worked his way around to third. Wood picked up his second RBI of the game with a sacrifice-fly to left, leveling the game at 2-2.
In the fourth, senior Stewart Park and freshman James McKinney recorded hits for MIT, as the Engineers scored two more to retake the lead at 4-2.
Iwamoto, Doyle, Fannin and Park tallied hits in the sixth for MIT, bringing home three more runs, widening the lead to 7-2.
The Bantams' rally was limited to just two hits in two scoreless innings, as MIT closer Cameron Brown held off Trinity's final eight batters to clinch the win for the Engineers, breaking a string of four straight losses, dating back to April 18.
Freshman Max Ockner (3-1) threw 5 strikeouts with 0 walks and 2 runs over 5 innings to secure the win for MIT. Four different pitchers took the hill for the Bantams, with sophomore Angus Anderson (0-1) taking the loss, having suffered 2 walks and 2 runs (1 earned) in 2.2 innings of duty.
The Engineers are at home again on Sunday, May 2, when they host the Lancers of Worcester State College at 1 p.m. The Bantams will continue on the road on Sunday, traveling to face Wesleyan in a doubleheader beginning at noon.


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TerraTec Cinergy T USB XS
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- Xceive XC3028 tuner and analog IF demodulator
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text: Relationships Reap Benefits January 29, 2013 07:25 AM Tweet Showing interest in others can pay off in big ways. You can own the world if you can be interested in other people, says Bret Oelke of the University of Minnesota in quoting Jay Abraham Jan. 29 at Tomorrow's Top Producer conference in Chicago, Ill. "You need to be able to listen and be sincerely interested in other people," says Oelke, an Extension agricultural business management expert. "Every one of you can afford to take the time to be interested in and make other people feel valued and important." Oelke explains that success is powered by three things: know-how, reputation and a network of contacts. "The formula for success is human capital or what you know times social capital or who you know times reputation or who trusts you," he says. Oelke encourages farmers, young and old, to ask: • What do my customers desire? • What can I provide? • How do I establish relationships? • How do I improve relationships? • How do I maintain relationships? "Your employees are your customers," he adds. "What's important to them? Is time off more important than a bonus or vice versa. Employees want to be valued and respected as an important part of the business." If you are a junior partner in the operation, Oelke says to ask yourself what your supervisors want. "They typically want a job completed, completed now and the way they would have done it with minimal oversight," he says. "You need to find a way to get your ideas heard up the chain." Most farmers don't think of their partners and family members as customers, but they are, Oelke reminds. "What do they want?" he asks. "They want your time and these are your most important customers." When dealing with external customers, Oelke encourages farmers to keep in mind how they are paid. "Grain buyers are not in business to get the most out of your production," he says. "They are in the business to maximize their own profitability Your task is to find out how you can help them achieve your goals while achieving your own." When looking at your customers, Oelke recommends you understand what they need from you, be responsive to their needs, find ways to lower transaction costs and do not waste their time. See full coverage of the 2013 Tomorrow's Top Producer event. .................................... Thank you to the 2013 Tomorrow's Top Producer sponsors: Agrotain, Farm Credit, SFP Back to news


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The Bay of Roses
Cala Calis cove, Roses
The towns of Roses, Castelló d'Empuries and L'Escala are laid out almost in a line along the same bay on the coast of Ampurias, in the province of Girona. All together they form a curious arch-shaped route containing a wealth of natural resources. Visitors can catch a glimpse of an ancient past which does not turn its back on the future. Here boats, diving suits and small planes allow one to discover the heart of an enclave which is inextricably tied to the blue Mediterranean. Beaches and coves, nature reserves and mountains, fascinating prehistoric monuments and ruins left by ancient settlers along this Mediterranean coast, museums, exceptional cuisine and an infrastructure for leisure and active tourism are its calling card.
The bay offers a coast of contrasts with more than six kilometres of beaches and coves and 50 kilometres of navigable canals. Its beaches offer shallow, clear waters.
However, this part of the Costa Brava contains other natural spaces such as Aiguamolls de l'Empordà, with a large number of native species of flora and fauna; the Cap de Creus, in the northern part of the Costa Brava; and the La Albera Mountains, with an interesting collection of megalithic monuments.
These monuments serve as a starting point for a historic journey along the bay. In the town of L'Escala we find other nearby ruins, those of the ancient Greek and Roman city of Ampurias, one of the most important archaeological sites on the peninsula. Equally outstanding is the Ciutadella de Roses, where you will find the ruins of the city of Rodhes (776 B.C.); the 11th-century monastery of Santa María, and Renaissance fortifications; the 7th-century Visigothic Castrum and Trinidad Castle, dating from the 16th century.
For its part, the town of Castelló d'Empuries has retained its cathedral, Jewish quarter, the city walls and convents, centres where documents chronicling the history of the bay have been preserved.
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The men's cross country team is preparing to face off against the top teams in the nation after finishing second at the Big West Conference Championship meet two weeks ago. The 2012 NCAA West Regional Championships is being held Friday, Nov. 9 at the Jefferson Park Golf Course in Seattle, Wash.
The UC Santa Barbara men are hoping to redeem their drop to from 13th to 14th place in the nation and edge out teams such as Cal, Boise St., USF and Gonzaga.
After leading the Gaucho pack at the Big West Championships in a time of 24:22.5, Freshman Bryan Guijarro is looking to shave off even more time from his Big West performance.
Jeremy Acosta, who finished 32nd at this meet last year, is hoping to set the bar high with another top finish for the Gauchos.
The fifth year seniors Juan Paredes and Anthony Ortolan are also hoping to shrink down their season best times of 24:29.3 and 24:8.5 respectively, from their Big West finishes with the hopes of leaving the meet with personal records.
Completing the lineup at the West Regional meet will be Bhavik Kanzaria, Baxter Frick, Abel Mogesse, Bryce Rausa and Andrew Farkas, who all ran well for UCSB at the Big West Championships and are expected to fill in the gaps at the West Regional Championships.
The men's 10K will kick off at 1:15pm.


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AMERICUS - The Georgia Southwestern tennis teams opened the week with a pair of victories over Oxford College at the Susan K. Smith Tennis Complex on Sunday afternoon, then lost both matches against Columbus State on Wednesday.
The Georgia Southwestern women's tennis team rolled past Oxford College, 8-1, on Sunday afternoon in non-conference action.
Leady Cuellar, Ginny Jones, Melinda Vansant and Jessica Rigdon won on both the doubles and singles sides for the Lady 'Canes.
Cuellar and Mollie McGowan picked up their 12th singles victories of the spring. Vansant won her team-high 14th singles match of the season.
Match results do not count in NCAA standings/rankings as Oxford is a member of the NJCAA.
Singles competition
1. Leady Cuellar (GSW-W) def. Ayanna Groves (OC) 6-2, 6-4
2. Ginny Jones (GSW-W) def. Vyjor Laohmipathy (OC) 6-2, 6-0
3. Brooke Anglin (GSW-W) def. Etasha Srimivas (OC) 6-1, 6-2
4. Mollie McGowan (GSW-W) def. Adriti Gulati (OC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Melinda Vansant (GSW-W) def. Swetha Mohan (OC) 6-0, 6-1
6. Jessica Rigdon (GSW-W) def. Ngan Do (OC) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Leady Cuellar/Ginny Jones (GSW-W) def. Ayanna Groves/Vyjor Laohmipathy (OC) 8-2
2. Etasha Srimivas/Adriti Gulati (OC) def. Brooke Anglin/Mollie McGowan (GSW-W) 9-8 (7-4)
3. Melinda Vansant/Jessica Rigdon (GSW-W) def. Swetha Mohan/Ngan Do (OC) 8-3
The 8th-ranked Columbus State women's tennis team had little trouble getting past Georgia Southwestern on Wednesday afternoon in Peach Belt Conference play, posting a 9-0 victory.
With the loss, GSW drops to 12-9 overall and 2-8 in the PBC. Columbus State, ranked eighth in D-II and second in the Southeast Region, improves to 12-4 overall and 9-1 in the PBC.
Singles competition
1. #18 Tracy Castillo (CSUW) def. Leady Cuellar (GSW-W) 6-1, 6-2
2. #35 Loriane Favoretto (CSUW) def. Ginny Jones (GSW-W) 6-0, 6-0
3. Madeline Johnson (CSUW) def. Kalie Douberly (GSW-W) 6-1, 6-1
4. Andrea Redrado (CSUW) def. Brooke Anglin (GSW-W) 6-1, 6-0
5. Olivera Jokic (CSUW) def. Melinda Vansant (GSW-W) 6-0, 6-0
6. Renata Paiva (CSUW) def. Jessica Rigdon (GSW-W) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #13 Loriane Favoretto/Madeline Johnson (CSUW) def. Leady Cuellar/Ginny Jones (GSW-W) 8-3
2. Tracy Castillo/Olivera Jokic (CSUW) def. Melinda Vansant/Kalie Douberly (GSW-W) 8-1
3. Renata Paiva/Andrea Redrado (CSUW) def. Brooke Anglin/Jessica Rigdon (GSW-W) 8-0
The Georgia Southwestern men's tennis team lost only one game the entire day as the Hurricanes cruised past Oxford College, 9-0, on Sunday afternoon in non-conference action.
The game tally was 63-1 in favor of GSW in the six matches played. Oxford defaulted in three matches.
Match results do not count in NCAA standings/rankings as Oxford is a member of the NJCAA.
Singles competition
1. Chris Eastwood (GSW) def. Andrew Yun (OC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Tommy Cangelosi (GSW) def. Dan Vo (OC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Ignacio Donnet (GSW) def. James Lee (OC) 6-1, 6-0
4. Savan Patel (GSW) def. Winston Hanks (OC), by default
5. Adrian Knight (GSW) def. Justin Speller (OC) 6-0, 6-0
6. V. Pinones-Haltenhof (GSW) def. No player (OC), by default
Doubles competition
1. V. Pinones-Haltenhof/Matt Vansant (GSW) def. Andrew Yun/Dan Vo (OC) 8-0
2. Chris Eastwood/Stephen Moore (GSW) def. James Lee/Winston Hanks (OC) 7-0, retired
3. Tommy Cangelosi/Adrian Knight (GSW) def. No player/No player (OC), by default
The 13th-ranked Columbus State men's tennis team had little trouble getting past Georgia Southwestern on Wednesday afternoon in Peach Belt Conference play, posting a 9-0 victory.
With the loss, GSW drops to 5-13 overall and 0-7 in the PBC. Columbus State, ranked 13th in D-II and fourth in the Southeast Region, improves to 12-3 overall and 5-2 in the PBC.
Singles competition
1. #42 Christophe Noblet (CSUM) def. V. Pinones-Haltenhof (GSW) 6-4, 6-2
2. Gordan Divljak (CSUM) def. Matt Vansant (GSW) 6-3, 6-3
3. Pasqual Duttlinger (CSUM) def. Ryan Bartz (GSW) 6-1, 6-1
4. Andre Mordhorst (CSUM) def. Stephen Moore (GSW) 6-3, 6-1
5. Martin Shishkov (CSUM) def. Chris Eastwood (GSW) 6-4, 6-1
6. Danilo Sardelli (CSUM) def. Tommy Cangelosi (GSW) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #7 Christophe Noblet/Gordan Divljak (CSUM) def. V. Pinones-Haltenhof/Matt Vansant (GSW) 8-1
2. Filip Cojbasic/Martin Shishkov (CSUM) def. Ryan Bartz/Stephen Moore (GSW) 8-5
3. Pasqual Duttlinger/Andre Mordhorst (CSUM) def. Chris Eastwood/Tommy Cangelosi (GSW) 8-2
Both GSW teams travel to ABAC on Thursday for an exhibition match at 2:30 p.m.


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Thursday November 26, 2009
With the X Factor final fast approaching, people are beginning to wonder what the winner's song - which is subsequently released as a single - will be.
If reports are to be believed, judge and show boss Simon Cowell apparently has 1981 hit Don't Stop Believin at the top of his list.
Fans of the show may remember this track from rock week, when 18-year-old contestant Joe McElderry gave a well received rendition.
Second in the running is said to be The Climb from Disney movie Hannah Montana. The track is reportedly favoured should Stacey Solomon be in line to win the competition.
There's been speculation that rivals Olly Murs and Danyl Johnson may be upset by the choices.
But on last weekend's program Simon suggested that the winner's song had been picked and agreed on by all the contestants.
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ECU research shows homework completion improves grades
Aug. 20, 2013
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Students may think that arriving at East Carolina University means escaping from parents and constant reminders to "Do your homework!" However, those out-of-class exercises could affect college students' academic success – at least if they're studying economics.
Department of Economics professor Dr. Nick Rupp, who counts education tactics among his research interests, recently published the results of a study in which he found that doing homework assignments leads to higher test grades.
"There's always been anecdotal evidence," he explained, "but I wanted to explore it scientifically."
After students in multiple sections of his principles of microeconomics class consented to participate in his study, Rupp handed out two different syllabi to participants. One group of students was required to do homework and turn it in to be graded. Those assignments accounted for 10 percent of their final grade. For a second group, homework was optional, so test scores made up 100 percent of their grades.
Individual students were assigned to the groups via a simple exercise: a coin flip.
"The classroom had kind of a football crowd mentality (on the day of the coin flip)," Rupp said. He added that those who landed in the homework-optional group were initially overjoyed.
But in the end, it was the students required to do homework who were cheering. They performed a half-letter grade better, on average, than those who did not have to complete homework assignments.
Rupp observed that there were A-students in both groups – those who would do their homework whether or not it was required. The biggest difference was for students who initially performed poorly in the course. More Bs than Cs were earned by the group required to do homework, he said. Homework completion also could cause students to pass a course they were otherwise on the brink of failing.
It wasn't because the homework grades helped them, but because they were learning more before the test.
"The perception is that homework is easy points," Rupp said. "But the test average (grade) was higher than the homework average."
No students' grades suffered due to participation in the study, Rupp said. The add/drop rate for the class was no different than others he's taught. And every student did have access to the homework and the option to complete it and have it graded.
However, he also observed that those students not required to do the homework would often wait until just before the test to complete all the exercises. They were "cramming," he said, and it didn't pay off. Those students didn't get feedback to know what they might have done wrong and what to study before testing.
Assigning homework does mean more work for one other party – those teaching college classes. Rupp said that his research indicates that two-thirds of professors at the seven largest campuses in the UNC system assign homework, but another third does not.
"This is a joint message – about the importance of doing homework – to both the students and the educators," Rupp said. "There is more work but if you care about student performance and keeping students in your class…it does pay dividends."
Rupp plans to conduct a similar study involving homework in chemistry classes, to see if his findings can be applied to other academic subjects.
"The Role of Homework in Student Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Field Experiment" was published in The Journal of Economic Education. ECU associate professor Dr. Andrew Grodner, also of the Department of Economics, co-authored the article.
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SOURCE: Peregrine Pharmaceuticals
February 19, 2013 08:30 ET
60% Improvement in Median Overall Survival in Patients Treated With Bavituximab Plus Docetaxel; Data Support Advancing Bavituximab Into Phase III Development
60% Improvement in Median Overall Survival in Patients Treated With Bavituximab Plus Docetaxel; Data Support Advancing Bavituximab Into Phase III Development
TUSTIN, CA--(Marketwire - Feb 19, 2013) - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), today reported data from its randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled Phase II trial of bavituximab in patients with second-line non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Data from the trial has been updated based on completion of an earlier review of discrepancies in the trial and the most current survival data from the trial. Updated results from this Phase II trial indicate a meaningful improvement in median overall survival of 11.7 months in the 3mg/kg bavituximab + docetaxel arm compared to 7.3 months in the control arm (HR=0.73; p value=0.217). Persistent separation in the survival curves was observed with response rates and progression free survival also favoring the 3mg/kg bavituximab + docetaxel arm in this difficult to treat second-line NSCLC. The results also demonstrated that bavituximab was well-tolerated with no significant differences in adverse events between the trial arms. Peregrine plans to report additional data from the trial, including updated subgroup analysis and safety data, at an upcoming scientific meeting.
"These compelling results strongly support advancing the 3mg/kg bavituximab plus docetaxel combination into Phase III development in second-line NSCLC," said Joseph Shan, vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs at Peregrine. "Data from this trial, along with results from seven other ongoing bavituximab trials across many different oncology indications, are helping guide our development efforts for this promising drug candidate. We look forward to reporting further data from these trials and to laying out our plans for advancing the program into late-stage development."
Peregrine's randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase II trial was designed to evaluate docetaxel with bavituximab or placebo and enrolled 121 patients with previously treated locally advanced or metastatic NSCLC. Patients enrolled in the trial were not selected based on genetic or other biomarkers. All patients had confirmed Stage IIIb or IV non-squamous NSCLC and had progressed following one prior chemotherapy regimen. The trial was designed to evaluate overall response rate (ORR) measured in accordance with RECIST criteria, progression-free survival (PFS), duration of response, overall survival (OS), and safety.
"From a regulatory standpoint, this trial achieved its three main goals in preparing for a Phase III trial by identifying a dose, augmenting the existing set of favorable bavituximab safety data, and demonstrating good signs of survival effect in patients," said Robert L. Garnick, Ph.D., head of regulatory affairs at Peregrine. "With these data in hand, we are now preparing for additional discussions with regulatory bodies including an end-of-Phase II meeting with the FDA by mid-year with an overall goal of being in a position to initiate a pivotal trial near year-end."
"The conservative approach we took following our internal review of data from this trial combines one of our bavituximab treatment arms with the placebo group with the resulting data remaining compelling to advance the program into Phase III development in second line NSCLC. We remain confident that the trial has demonstrated the potential of bavituximab in this difficult to treat disease," said Steven W. King, president and chief executive officer of Peregrine. "While our clinical, regulatory and manufacturing teams work together to prepare for an end-of-Phase II meeting with the FDA, we are continuing to update potential partners on these trial results and our future plans for advancing the program. Partnering interest remains high and the updates from this trial should help advance these discussions. We would like to express our gratitude to the patients who participated in the trial and look forward to continuing to develop potential treatments for cancer."
Background on Vial Coding Discrepancy
The review was prompted by the discovery of vial coding discrepancies while preparing for an end-of-Phase II meeting with the FDA as announced on September 24, 2012. The internal review included a thorough operational review of multiple third-party vendor operations at sites worldwide, testing of investigational product used in the trial, additional patient sample testing to determine drug levels and a review of immunogenicity testing results from the trial. The initial results of the extensive internal review were announced on January 7, 2013 and indicated that discrepancies were isolated to the placebo and 1mg/kg treatment arms of the trial and that there was no evidence of discrepancies in the 3mg/kg treatment arm of the trial. Based on the results of the internal review, Peregrine has taken a conservative approach toward analyzing the results from the trial which included combining the placebo and 1mg/kg arms into one treatment arm (control arm), and comparing those results to the 3mg/kg arm.
About Bavituximab
Bavituximab is a first-in-class phosphatidylserine (PS)-targeting monoclonal antibody that represents a new approach to treating cancer. Bavituximab is the lead drug candidate from the company's PS technology platform and is currently being tested in eight clinical trials, including three randomized Phase II trials in front-line and second-line non-small cell lung cancer and front-line pancreatic cancer, and five investigator-sponsored trials (ISTs) in additional oncology indications. PS is a highly immunosuppressive molecule usually located inside the membrane of healthy cells, but "flips" and becomes exposed on the outside of cells that line tumor blood vessels, creating a specific target for anti-cancer treatments. PS-targeting antibodies target and bind to PS and block this immunosuppressive signal, thereby enabling the immune system to recognize and fight the tumor.
About Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company with a portfolio of innovative monoclonal antibodies in clinical trials focused on the treatment and diagnosis of cancer. The company is pursuing multiple clinical programs in cancer with its lead product candidate bavituximab and novel brain cancer agent Cotara®. Peregrine also has in-house cGMP manufacturing capabilities through its wholly-owned subsidiary Avid Bioservices, Inc. (www.avidbio.com), which provides development and biomanufacturing services for both Peregrine and outside customers. Additional information about Peregrine can be found at www.peregrineinc.com.
Safe Harbor Statement: Statements in this press release which are not purely historical, including statements regarding Peregrine Pharmaceuticals' intentions, hopes, beliefs, expectations, representations, projections, plans or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, the risk that the major discrepancies discovered with respect to our randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled Phase II trial of bavituximab in patients with refractory NSCLC may cause regulatory authorities to require further clinical trials to support a registration package, the risks that partnering discussions may not result in a partnering transaction or that such discussions could be hindered or delayed as a result of the potential impact on the regulatory pathway for bavituximab caused by the major discrepancies discovered with respect to the Phase II NSCLC trial or the existing class action lawsuits, the risk that results from the front-line NSCLC trail will not be consistent with results experienced in earlier trials and may not support advancing this indication into later stage trials. It is important to note that the Company's actual results could differ materially from those in any such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, uncertainties associated with completing preclinical and clinical trials for our technologies; the early stage of product development; the significant costs to develop our products as all of our products are currently in development, preclinical studies or clinical trials; obtaining additional financing to support our operations and the development of our products; obtaining regulatory approval for our technologies; anticipated timing of regulatory filings and the potential success in gaining regulatory approval and complying with governmental regulations applicable to our business. Our business could be affected by a number of other factors, including the risk factors listed from time to time in the our SEC reports including, but not limited to, the annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012 and quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 31, 2012. The company cautions investors not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this press release. Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. disclaims any obligation, and does not undertake to update or revise any forward-looking statements in this press release.
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Enhancing Cultural Heritage Collections by Supporting and Analyzing Participation in Flickr
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Jett, J., Senseney, M., & Palmer, C. (2012, October). Enhancing Cultural Heritage Collections by Supporting and Analyzing Participation in Flickr. Poster presented at the ASIST 2012 Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD. Retrieved from http://www.asis.org/asist2012/abstracts/287.html
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Cultural heritage institutions can enhance their collections by sharing content through popular web services. Drawing on current analyses from the Flickr Feasibility Study, we report on the pronounced increase in use of the IMLS DCC Flickr Photostream in the past year, trends in how users are engaging with the content, and data provider perspectives on participation in Flickr through the DCC. In addition to users providing comments and tags for images, they are increasingly integrating historical images from libraries and museums into new digital objects and special collections. Intermediary services can fill a key role in lowering the burden for institutions to engage in Web 2.0 initiatives and broadening public access to cultural heritage content. To extend the scope of the current DCC services, we propose a feedback framework for transferring user-generated information to institutional data providers, to better capitalize on the growing base of interactions with their shared collections.


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